Struggling to Survive with Regression Power in the Primordial Saint Sect

Chapter 160: All Means Exhausted!

Under the night sky, Lü Yang's gaze was cold and stern.

As soon as he finished speaking, without waiting for Wu Cang's reaction, he clasped his hands together to form a spell seal, releasing a beam of golden light.

‘How dare he!?’

In that instant, a flash of shock and anger appeared in Wu Cang's eyes.

He was at the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment!

A mere junior at the early stage of Foundation Establishment dared to take the initiative to attack him?

However, he had no time to ponder further.

As the golden light descended, in just the blink of an eye, he found himself enveloped in a vast sea of golden clouds.

Before his eyes were only the sun, moon, mountains, rivers, and lakes transformed from auspicious clouds, along with the illusory dragon-shaped light shadows weaving through them.

"Boom!"

The next second, without any hesitation, Wu Cang swung his sleeve, throwing out a small black-gold shield to protect his back, blocking the incoming sword light.

"Trying to ambush me?"

Wu Cang smiled smugly.

He had already spread his divine sense around, and Lü Yang was still within his formation.

How could he possibly be deceived?

However, before Wu Cang could finish his sentence, he saw Lü Yang, wielding the 【Abyssal Sword】, suddenly burst into a dazzling white light.

Then, at the critical moment, he shifted positions again, instantly teleporting from behind to in front of him, the sword tip pointing directly at his forehead!

Clang clang——!

A loud explosion erupted between them.

At the crucial moment, Wu Cang opened a black umbrella, and Lü Yang's sword struck solidly on its surface.

Just as Wu Cang was about to counterattack, the white light flashed again.

By the time he reacted, Lü Yang had already pulled back, holding the 【Abyssal Sword】 in reverse, thoughtfully observing him.

‘He does have some strength.’

If Wu Cang were still at the early stage of Foundation Establishment, he would have been injured by that strike.

However, his stronger divine sense at the mid-stage allowed him to evade Lü Yang's attack.

Of course, this was also because Lü Yang hadn't fully unleashed the power of the 【Abyssal Sword】.

He could clearly feel the trembling of the sword in his hand, as the sword spirit girl excitedly shouted, "It's him! Kill him! An early-stage defeating a mid-stage, using him to sacrifice the sword can at least restore fifty percent of my power!"

"Don't rush, your time will come."

Lü Yang smiled leisurely, slinging the 【Abyssal Sword】 behind him.

Then, the vast sea of mana within him began to pour into it continuously.

However, this superior spiritual sword was indeed a gold-devouring beast.

No matter how much mana Lü Yang injected, the 【Abyssal Sword】 absorbed it all, with the sword spirit girl still shouting "Not enough!", like a bottomless abyss.

Of course, Lü Yang wasn't anxious.

After all, the more mana the 【Abyssal Sword】 absorbed and the longer it accumulated, the greater its power would be, making it a trump card that could determine victory.

More importantly, that previous strike confirmed one thing for him.

【Determine Intimacy】 could still be used!

Being able to use it meant he wasn't actually trapped by the opponent's formation.

With just a thought, he could escape, ensuring his safety.

With a retreat path secured, Lü Yang naturally became more composed.

He no longer needed to think about escaping but could instead use all his means to have a good fight with Wu Cang!

It was a perfect opportunity to test how much gap remained between him and the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment!

However, while he wasn't in a hurry, someone else was.

Wu Cang's face turned ashen, clearly not expecting that, despite his higher cultivation level, he was nearly injured by Lü Yang—a tremendous humiliation!

The next second, Lü Yang noticed that the formation surrounding him began to operate.

Countless branches descended instantly, blooming into thousands of flowers, merging with Wu Cang's own aura.

Eventually, they transformed into a towering, sky-reaching, universe-shading, winding giant tree!

"You court death!"

As he spoke, a branch of the giant tree bloomed and bore fruit.

In the blink of an eye, a fiery red, miniature fruit appeared.

Immediately, the fruit fell.

At the moment it fell, it transformed into a wave of scorching red light, flying out with a roar, accompanied by the continuous sound of thunder and lightning!

"Life-bound divine ability?"

Seeing this, Lü Yang raised his eyebrows.

While accumulating and maintaining the charge of the 【Abyssal Sword】, he once again cast 【Determine Intimacy】, intending to send the red light away.

However, this time the situation was different.

The previously always effective light of 【Determine Intimacy】, upon touching the fiery red fruit, caused the fruit to explode with a circle of red light, blazing like flames.

With a loud bang, it shattered his divine ability and, in the blink of an eye, landed on him!

"Boom boom boom!"

In an instant, intense explosions and flames engulfed Lü Yang, with their power compressed by Wu Cang within a range of several hundred meters.

A Foundation Establishment cultivator's mana was like a dragon, capable of expanding or contracting freely.

When expanded, it could cover thousands of miles, crushing mountains and overturning peaks.

When contracted, it could maneuver within an inch, turning immense power into tiny sparks.

The latter could be even more powerful!

However, looking at Lü Yang, who was hit by the fiery red fruit, Wu Cang's face didn't show joy; instead, he frowned, looking towards the area filled with flames.

The next second, the flames dissipated.

Lü Yang's figure stood steadily amidst the flowing fire, forming a divine light with his hands.

Circles of light rippled from behind his head, resembling a canopy, firmly shielding him and isolating him from the flowing fire.

The two were distinctly separated, never able to affect each other.

【Differentiate the Same and the Different】!

This divine ability not only avoided karma but was also a superior protective technique.

Once activated, all laws couldn't touch the body, and the qi became pure!

‘Two profound mysteries.’

Wu Cang frowned deeply.

Although he had been mentally prepared, Lü Yang's display of profundity still startled him, making him no longer dare to underestimate Lü Yang.

It's important to know that life-bound divine abilities also varied in quality.

Generally, a life-bound divine ability would have only one profound mystery.

Those with multiple profound mysteries were either favored by fate or had superior cultivation methods.

As for Wu Cang, his apparent experience was quite similar to Lü Yang's.

Both had obtained the inheritance of a now-destroyed major sect, allowing them to rise rapidly.

Both had joined the Primordial Saint Sect by offering their sect's inheritance.

Therefore, although Wu Cang came from a loose cultivator background, his cultivation and combat power were not weak.

So, even though Wu Cang found it troublesome at the moment, he still remained confident.

‘I have established the 【Coiling Dragon Divine Wood Foundation】, cultivated the life-bound divine ability 【Coiling Dragon Treasure Fir Tree】, and broke through to the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment, thereby refining three profound mysteries.’

‘This Yuan Tu, could he possibly be stronger than me?’

With this thought, Wu Cang looked at Lü Yang again and smiled calmly, "Fellow Daoist Yuan Tu, this wood-born fire of mine is not so easy to deal with."

At this moment, although Lü Yang had protected himself with 【Differentiate the Same and the Different】, the surrounding flowing fire hadn't dissipated.

Instead, it clung to him like a bone-attached maggot.

Once he stopped using the divine ability for protection, the flowing fire would immediately pounce, burning his dharma body.

Thus, he was trapped in a battle of attrition.

If Lü Yang continued to fight him while enduring the flowing fire, the mana consumption would be enormous.

Within a few rounds, he would exhaust his mana and be at Wu Cang's mercy.

That's why Wu Cang appeared so composed and smug.

But the next second, his expression changed.

Lü Yang, unhurriedly, took out a brocade bag from his sleeve and opened it.

Instantly, a sea of insects, covering the sky and sun, poured out.

Qi-devouring insects!

A total of 140 million Qi-devouring insects.

To store them, Lü Yang had specially refined a storage bag capable of sustaining living creatures, named the 【Centipede Wasp Bag】.

At this moment, as the 【Centipede Wasp Bag】 opened, the Qi-devouring insects surged out like a tide, directly covering the flowing fire around Lü Yang and feasting upon it.

Although this flowing fire was transformed from Wu Cang's life-bound divine ability, it was ultimately formed from mana, one of the myriad qis.

And Qi-devouring insects consumed all qis!

In the blink of an eye, the flowing fire was completely devoured by the Qi-devouring insects!

Although nearly ten million sub-insects turned to ashes as a result, the Qi-devouring insect queen inside the Centipede Wasp Bag was still working overtime to breed.

This loss was negligible!

‘No wonder even the ancestors praised this extraterrestrial species!’

Seeing this, Lü Yang smiled with satisfaction.

It was worth the special trip to the secret realm of refining methods to cultivate this insect.

With a scale of over a hundred million, it truly possessed the power of a Foundation Establishment cultivator!