Cultivation Starting from Full Talent

Chapter 127: Chapter 125 Nascent Soul Woman (Thanks to Guild Leader Guo Xiaofeng!)

“Where did this shady rat come from?”

Chen Li gently placed his long saber on his shoulder, his eyes coldly looking over.

This Martial Immortal from Qingzhou possessed the cultivation of the Early Stage of the Baodan realm and had the battle strength to fight those at the Golden Core Early Stage in close combat.

Naturally, he did not take Ning Daoran, who only had the aura of the Early-stage Foundation Establishment, seriously.

“Rise!”

Surprisingly, Ning Daoran launched several spells towards the ground in quick succession.

The next second, with a buzzing sound, numerous tender golden bamboo forests rose soaring into the sky, turning the nearby area of several tens of zhang into a sword formation!

“You…”

It was only then that Chen Li sensed something was wrong—the opponent had actually set up an array in advance.

“A mere array, and you think you can stand against me?”

With a light sway of his saber, it carried the essence of a perfectly integrated state.

Chen Li’s Thunderstorm Saber Technique was cultivated to perfection; rich and cold with sword intent that could be felt from several zhang away, emitting an oppressive sword energy.

Ning Daoran paid him no heed. Instead, with a gesture of his left hand pointing skyward, he directly manipulated the array.

In an instant, every branch within the Water Cloud Golden Bamboo Sword Formation seemed to transform into Green Radiance Sword Qi, relentlessly twisting and slicing towards their target.

What was even more terrifying were the twelve Silver Moon Flying Swords that turned into a glint of silver, mixed within the Green Radiance, carrying fierce sword qi as they directly charged towards the Qingzhou Martial Immortal.

“Damn it…”

Chen Li’s pupils contracted sharply, “Sword Heart Clarity?”

He hurriedly leaped into the air, the Martial Arts Pill within his body resonating with a clang as several sabers were fiercely swung in mid-air.

“Peng peng peng~~~”

The heavy sword force struck the edge of the sword formation, causing countless bamboo forests to sway and tremble.

But the entire formation didn’t budge, making it impossible for him, with his level of cultivation, to break this Second Order High-Grade Array in a short amount of time.

“Whoosh!”

Amidst the sound of the air being torn, a streak of green light descended from the sky, heading straight for Chen Li’s head!

“This is bad…”

Chen Li hurriedly held his saber horizontally, his body wrapped in swirling Gang Qi.

With a loud bang, the Jade Saber missed its target on its first strike, reflected by the protective Gang Qi and sent flying away.

“With your meager abilities, you think you can assassinate me?”

Chen Li’s gaze turned icy; his face was full of fury.

He once again emitted a thick burst of Gang Qi, pushing against the Green Radiance Sword Qi within the sword formation.

In a fraction of a second, he unleashed over ten consecutive slashes, attempting to break through the sword formation’s restraint from above.

The booming sounds continued, the Water Cloud Golden Bamboo Sword Formation constantly humming, but the damage to the prohibitions remained minimal.

While Chen Li was furiously slashing, he suddenly heard a series of sharp whooshing sounds by his ear—the twelve Silver Moon Flying Swords were upon him!

“Look at my treasure armor!”

Chen Li let out a fierce shout, biting the tip of his tongue and spitting a breath of Blood Qi Martial Artist’s essence towards his armor.

Instantly, nourished by the essence, the dark armor he wore seemed as if it had its own spirituality.

Spirit light flashed and surged, quickly enveloping him in armor made of condensed Spiritual Energy.

Amid the dense clashing sounds, each of the Silver Moon Flying Swords that hit the treasure armor were deflected.

Although light sword marks continuously appeared on the treasure armor, it seemed that for the time being, these Silver Moon Flying Swords couldn’t penetrate the defense.

Ning Daoran was intent on a swift resolution; they were inside the city, and he couldn’t afford to drag this out.

He suddenly pinched the Jianjia Sword Technique with both hands as the Qiushui Sword on his back turned into a beam of green light as it unsheathed.

The next second, the Qiushui Sword, infused with robust mana, swelled in size and transformed into a giant green sword, tens of zhang long, spanning the air!

The tip of the sword pointed directly at Chen Li, and with a single flick of Ning Daoran’s finger, it shot forward as a bright streak of sword qi!

“Peng~~~”

With an explosive sound, the sword qi driven by Sword Heart Clarity was terrifyingly powerful, directly chiseling onto the opponent’s treasure armor’s heart protector!

The sword tip rotated and ground against it, producing a series of grating, unpleasant sounds!

Chen Li’s expression turned to horror.

This Soul-devouring Armor was crafted by the Divine Craftsman of the Imperial City; it could be activated simply by spraying it with essence blood and was said to withstand the assaults of Golden Core Stage powerhouses.

But who could have imagined that it would show signs of cracking under the relentless assault of a mere Foundation Establishment Stage junior?

At this rate, the Soul-devouring Armor would surely be destroyed within the time it took to finish a cup of tea!

At this moment, Chen Li began to feel some regret.

The decision to assassinate Gongyang Yan today had been somewhat rash and not well-thought-out. He had let his emotions get the better of him because of that old man Gongyang Yan.

“Buzz——”

In the air, Ning Daoran unleashed a prohibition technique to conceal the brilliance.

Suddenly lifting his hand, the Returning to the True Level of True Yang Furnace Technique inside him roared into action, directly condensing a gigantic red furnace with a radius of several zhang!

“This is bad!”

A chill ran up Chen Li’s spine.

He had no time to think; the fierce attacks from the twelve Silver Moon Flying Swords, along with the Qiushui Sword, had already left the Qingzhou Martial Immortal distracted and weakened. How could he possibly avoid Ning Daoran’s lethal blow now?

The red furnace descended from the sky, turning into a sea of fierce flames that engulfed Chen Li’s body.

For a time, the scorching mana and the colliding, raging Blood Qi Martial Artist’s Gang Qi filled the air with snapping and crackling explosive sounds, making the entire Water Cloud Golden Bamboo Sword Formation tremble.

It had to be said that the physical body of a Baodan Realm Martial Artist was incredibly robust; an average Golden Core Early Stage Cultivator would have long since been defeated.

However, even amidst the fierce mana, Chen Li seemed unwilling to be defeated without a fight!

“Sizzle~~”

Within the firelight, Chen Li arose with his saber in hand.

At this moment, he had become a man of fire, his protective Gang Qi completely eroded away, his whole body scorched and flesh torn by the True Yang Furnace Technique.

His head was completely bald, with even the ghastly white skull visible.

But he refused to die so easily, rising with murder in his eyes and saber in hand.

Chen Li had been a prominent figure in the Jianghu for over sixty years. Now at over seventy years of age, for a Blood Qi Martial Artist who had consumed three First-tier Life Extension Pills, this was the prime of his life!

He most certainly had the opportunity to advance to the Middle and even Late stages of the Baodan realm, and perhaps he could even take the next step beyond Baodan Realm Martial Artists, to become a Martial God who condensed a Dao Infant!

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However, at this moment, he was trapped in a Second Order High Grade Sword Formation and battered to the brink of death.

How could Chen Li be willing to accept this!?

“You brat, seeking death!”

Chen Li revitalized his saber, and a burst of Gang Qi erupted from his body, transforming into a streak of silver light that shot directly towards Ning Daoran in the sky.

“Swish—”

Silently, a blood-red thread swept across the air.

The next second, the body of that Martial Immortal of Qingzhou split into two, head severed from body!

In the sky, the nearly invisible and colorless, terrifying thread was naturally Ning Daoran’s current strongest move—Spirit Cage Silk!

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“Phew…”

Ning Daoran floated down from the sky, casting multiple spells in quick succession, retrieving the entire set of Water Cloud Golden Bamboo Sword Formation’s array flags and array plates into his storage bag.

He then began to loot the body.

A little regrettably, Martial Artists cannot refine Spiritual Energy, so they don’t have storage bags.

Chen Li’s treasures were all there in front of him, a Soul-devouring Armor, a heavy saber, which all seemed to be third-tier items.

All were collected into the storage bag.

Ning Daoran glanced indifferently at Chen Li’s corpse and spread out his Divine Sense, sensing that Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators seemed to be approaching from afar.

So he immediately launched two fireballs to turn the body of this Martial Immortal into ashes.

However, just at the moment when he launched the fireballs, Ning Daoran’s eyelids suddenly began to twitch wildly!

And a chill ran down his spine!

This sudden, inexplicable fear made his heart leap, and without a second thought, he channeled mana into his Profound Flame Armor, while simultaneously gripping a Second-tier top-grade spiritual artifact, the Silver Light Shield, from his storage bag!

“Swish!”

In the air, a deep red blade light flashed past.

The next moment, Ning Daoran’s summoned Silver Light Shield sizzled and was instantly divided in two.

That blood-colored blade light, after being blocked once by the Silver Light Shield, had its force reduced by at least seventy percent. The remaining thirty percent of force, unabated in speed, landed on the outwardly released Profound Flame Armor.

“Pff!”

This strand of blade force astonishingly split again, partly blocked by the Profound Flame Armor, yet the remainder actually penetrated the armor, directly seeping into Ning Daoran’s body.

‘Not good…’

Ning Daoran felt a chill in his heart, feeling as if his Divine Soul had been struck by a saber.

With a distinctly intense burning sensation, mana within his body started to disorder.

In the wind, he saw the person who attacked him.

She was wearing a deep red long dress, and her appearance was stunningly beautiful, a beauty that could topple states and cities, with a pair of beautiful eyes devoid of any emotion, coldly watching him.

Her body was not only filled with vigorous Blood Qi, but her mana was also potently vibrant.

The Spiritual Pressure generated by that mana almost made it difficult for Ning Daoran to breathe.

It was not the aura of a Golden Core, it was…

This woman was actually a Nascent Soul Old Monster!

Within half a second, countless thoughts flew through Ning Daoran’s mind.

In the end, he chose the most cautious and safe option.

Making use of the opponent’s saber’s force, he cast several spells in an instant, and his body smoothly sank into the ground.

Returning to Nature Level, Earth Escape Skill!

The Concealing Breath Technique, Invisibility Technique, and Sound Absorption Technique were activated all at once.

Ning Daoran turned into a streak of light beneath the ground, rushing dozens of feet underground, then sharply turned north and fled!

…

“Hm?”

In the wind, that stunningly beautiful woman, wielding a saber brimming with killing intent, swept her gaze toward the ground.

“Hmph, quite an exquisite Concealing Breath Technique, Earth Escape Skill, but do you think you can escape my pursuit like that?”

She gently fiddled with the Storage Ring on her finger, and instantly a Puppet ground-drilling rat leaped out, transforming into a beam of light that entered the soil.

Underground.

Ning Daoran kept using the Earth Escape, but quickly realized a terrifying presence was pursuing him from behind!

It was a ground-drilling rat Puppet, which was radiating the aura of a Third-tier Middle Stage!

‘Not good…’

His eyebrows tightly locked, he finally witnessed the might of a Nascent Soul Old Monster, even such Mid-stage Golden Core Puppets were being freely commanded, truly terrifying!

Turn east!

Ning Daoran revolved the Concealing Breath Technique at full speed, as this ground-drilling rat chased him, most likely by locking onto his aura.

As long as he could widen the distance far enough and then use the Concealing Breath Technique to contain his aura, there was still a chance to break free.

He ran desperately until dawn.

“Swish!”

Ning Daoran had already emerged outside the city, with the aura of that ground-drilling rat still lingering relentlessly far behind him!

If the Puppet had not lost track, then the Nascent Soul Old Monster would be able to find him.

Therefore, Ning Daoran leaped, immersing his body into an ancient tree.

Wood Escape Technique!

He rapidly moved to the canopy through Wood Escape, and then continued to travel far away along the interconnected branches and leaves.

Not stopping there, he released three Class A Paperfolk and sent them fleeing in three other directions.

…

The pursuit and escape lasted well into the afternoon.

A thousand miles away, Ning Daoran was Wood Escaping under the branches of a twisting old tree, beneath a bird’s nest, waiting silently.

To the south, hundreds of miles away.

A beautiful figure swept through the air, the very same Nascent Soul Woman.

She frowned slightly, looking at the Paperfolk that she had sliced to pieces below, whose Divine Soul spread out in an instant, turning out to be just a decoy.

“Such a cunning little fellow…”

A slight smile played on her lips: “No matter, it’s just another death. I’ll let you live a few more months.”

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