Who Let Him Cultivate?!

After defeating the Invincible Nascent Soul and Fairy Eternity, Lu Yang felt an incredibly close connection with the Invincible Nascent Soul, far more than he could have imagined before.

"Finally got it done."

Lu Yang crouched at the bottom of a valley beneath an unknown cliff, eager to feel the changes brought by this victory.

"Come out."

When Lu Yang tried to control the Invincible Nascent Soul, it obediently flew out from the Spiritual Space without attacking him anymore.

"Go, move that stone over here."

The Invincible Nascent Soul flew over and easily lifted the giant stone weighing a thousand jins, moving it in front of Lu Yang.

"Now put it back."

The Invincible Nascent Soul obediently placed the giant stone back to its original position.

Lu Yang couldn't help but be moved to tears; other cultivators could control their nascent souls like this as soon as they reached the Nascent Soul Stage, but it took him until he was nearly at the Divinity Transformation Stage to control his nascent soul. It wasn't easy.

Defeating the Invincible Nascent Soul was a challenge, but the benefits after the battle were equally impressive.

The Invincible Nascent Soul was essentially another version of himself, doubling all his attacks.

The only problem was that his moves were too powerful, and the valley floor space was too small for him to fully unleash them.

"I should go back to the Sect and find someone to practice with."

Lu Yang left the valley bottom and looked for the nearest city, only to find that after continuous spatial leaps, he had already jumped into the neighboring state.

Eager to test the power of the Invincible Nascent Soul, he sped back to the Seek Dao Sect on the Sword Washing Pool and found Li Haoran on the Hundred Refinement Peak.

Old Meng and Man Gu were in the Imperial City, and he couldn't beat Tao Yaoye if she used her Feather Transformation Immortal Body. So, among his peers capable of being his match, only Li Haoran was left.

"Junior Brother Li, are you free? Let's spar, um, you are Junior Brother Li, right?" Lu Yang asked, not completely sure as he looked at the person in front of him clad in iron armor.

"It's me." A muffled voice came from inside the armor.

At this moment, Li Haoran was clad in fine iron armor, wrapping himself tight, leaving no part exposed, not even his eyes.

Li Haoran took off his helmet and repeated, "It's me."

"What's this, Junior Brother Li?"

Li Haoran chuckled and patted his armor: "Just forged this magic artifact, which I've named Combat Battle Armor. Once worn, it provides both offensive and defensive capabilities, and even a Divine Transformation Stage Cultivator would find it hard to penetrate its defenses."

During the battle with Master of All Laws, the Seek Dao Sect had used a peerless magic artifact, the armor of Ancestor Guiyuan, which could elevate someone from the Body Integration Realm to the Transcendance Tribulation Stage. Inspired by this, Li Haoran spent more than a year to forge his own armor.

Although it wasn't as powerful as Ancestor Guiyuan's armor, capable of battling across different levels, it significantly enhanced Li Haoran's combat capabilities.

"That's perfect. I've had some gains in my recent cultivation. How about we practice together?" Lu Yang said with a smile; the timing couldn't be better.

Li Haoran was also confident in his Combat Battle Armor, considering himself no weaker than Lu Yang.

"Sure."

"This place is too cramped for a fight; let's go somewhere else."

They left the core area of the Seek Dao Sect and crossed the peripheral grasslands, landing amidst a range of steep mountains.

This area was also under the Seek Dao Sect's domain, with disciples often coming here to test moves of tremendous power.

During the flight, Lu Yang noticed that Li Haoran's flying speed had increased significantly after donning the Combat Battle Armor.

"Shall we begin?"

"Let's do this!"

Both had made progress in their cultivation and were eager to ascertain their current combat capabilities, which had to be validated through battle.

Lu Yang didn't dare underestimate Li Haoran. This was a Semi-Immortal who had attained the outline of the Reincarnation Dao Fruit, and for him, now at the Double Infant Stage, challenging someone above his level was excruciatingly difficult.

He took out the Green Peak Sword and eight other sharp swords, tossing them into the air, forming a Sword Array.

"Extinguishing Immortal Sword Array!"

Li Haoran felt an invisible force emanating from the Sword Array, forcing him to kneel. This invisible power was too overwhelming and domineering to resist.

"I've long heard that Elder Brother Lu Yang has a Sword Array that can force someone to kneel. Experiencing it firsthand today confirms its extraordinary nature. However, just this move isn't enough to take down your Junior Brother!"

Just as Li Haoran was about to kneel, his body suddenly disassembled into six parts: the head, torso, and limbs.

The Extinguishing Immortal Sword Array was an extremely powerful controlling skill that could force someone to kneel and even Meng Jingzhou couldn't withstand it.

But not being able to withstand it didn't mean there were no countermeasures.

Li Haoran's separated legs were parallel to the ground, indicating he was still in a kneeling position, but this didn't interfere with his ability to fight.

"True Fire Tornado!"

True Fire formed a tornado, with the wind aiding the fire, multiplying the power of the True Fire many times over. The entire mountainside turned into a sea of flames; wherever it passed, trees instantly turned to charcoal, and the ground became scorched and black.

Although Lu Yang could also control True Fire, he was not as adept as Li Haoran, a Fire Spirit Root cultivator.

Lu Yang, facing Li Haoran, dared not be careless, and Li Haoran was just the same, resorting to one of his trump cards from the get-go.

Although Li Haoran was considered an undefeated Nascent Soul genius in the outside world, he knew that the one who truly swept through the Nascent Soul Stage wasn't himself, but Elder Brother Lu Yang.

In the outside world, both the roles of Acting Sect Master and Young Sect Master were universally acknowledged as the number one genius.

But Li Haoran knew, these two identities were actually one and the same person; Elder Brother Lu Yang had only revealed half of his power in the outside world to become the number one genius. So, how terrifying must his true strength be!

"Sword Qi Turns into Tiger!"

The Sword Qi turned into a Qiongqi with bony wings, roaring forth, and it actually dispersed the True Fire Tornado directly.

"Heavenly Fire Descends!"

In an instant, the sky and earth changed colors, the sky turned to a crimson hue, and fire rain fell. The air was scorchingly dry, and a single breath felt as if it could burn one's throat.

Previously, Li Haoran was unable to perform this move, but now, with the Combat Battle Armor augmenting his power, and with Array Methods embedded within the armor to reduce magical pressure and casting speed, he could.

"One Sword Becomes Ten Thousand!"

The Green Peak Sword was thrust into the scorched earth, and countless Green Peak Swords sprang up like bamboo shoots after a rain, launching in unison, vowing to pierce the heavens!

This time it was both Lu Yang and the Invincible Nascent Soul performing simultaneously, doubling the number, a dense swarm of Green Peak Swords flew into the sky, forming a barrier. Not a single drop of heavenly fire could reach the ground.

The Invincible Nascent Soul could perform magic skills right from within the Dantian.

If a Divine Transformation Stage Cultivator were watching from the sidelines, they would be trembling with fear. Moving mountains, altering the heavens — this was not a battle of the Nascent Soul Stage; even cultivators of the Divine Transformation Stage would struggle to reach this level of power.

Suddenly, a shadow appeared behind Lu Yang, launching a brazen attack. It was another Combat Battle Armor!

The material used in the Combat Battle Armor was unknown, as it managed to evade the detection of Spiritual Sense.

With the descent of a great Buddha, Lu Yang exhibited his Sixteen-Foot Golden Body, dodging the sneak attack of the Combat Battle Armor.

He looked towards the parts of Li Haoran's body flying in the air, then at the Combat Battle Armor that had attacked him, and revealed a knowing smile.

"Junior Brother Li, the Combat Battle Armor contains your corpse, doesn't it?"

Li Haoran was capable of regenerating lost limbs and could use severed parts to piece together a new corpse to manipulate through the Corpse-Driving Spell for battle.

"Worthy of Elder Brother Lu Yang, to react so quickly," came Li Haoran's voice from the attacking Combat Battle Armor — it was indeed Li Haoran's corpse speaking.

Li Haoran felt that probably only Elder Brother Lu Yang could have realized this so quickly; any other person might not have even thought of this until the battle was over.

"Elder Brother Lu Yang, you're too strong, don't blame me for fighting one against two."

Lu Yang revealed a deep smile, "How could I blame Junior Brother?"

The Invincible Nascent Soul flew out from the Dantian and unleashed a set of Arhat Fist on Li Haoran's corpse, denting the Combat Battle Armor.

"A Nascent Soul?"

Li Haoran always felt that Elder Brother Lu Yang's Nascent Soul was different from others, seemingly possessing extra Spirituality. It didn't appear to be controlled by Elder Brother Lu Yang; instead, the Nascent Soul seemed to be attacking on its own initiative.

"Huo Ying, appear!"

Li Haoran also brought out his Nascent Soul, which burned with flames and was known as Huo Ying.

Currently, Li Haoran needed to control both Huo Ying and his corpse to fight against the Invincible Nascent Soul, while the real him had to fight Lu Yang.

This required such a high demand on Spiritual Power that he couldn't precisely control both Huo Ying and his corpse.

However, the Invincible Nascent Soul seemed to need no control at all; each of its strikes landed precisely on vital points, even severing his connection with the corpse several times.

It was just like fighting another Elder Brother Lu Yang!

What on earth was going on with Elder Brother Lu Yang's Nascent Soul?!

"Junior Brother Li, try to handle this move, but be careful!"

Lu Yang shouted loudly as he and the Invincible Nascent Soul simultaneously performed a move that shattered the sky. A giant hand descended from above, mountains collapsed, and another giant hand burst forth from the ground!

"Huo Ying, come back!"

Startled, Li Haoran hastily recalled Huo Ying, unified with it, and transformed into a Fire Person.

In his Fire Person form, he used to be able to evade all attacks; it had been unbeatable, and even Meng Jingzhou couldn't land a hit on him.

But facing the conjoined force of both palms, there was no way for him to dodge.

This type of large-scale attack couldn't be escaped, not even by running out of its range.

Boom—

Both palms clapped together, flattening Li Haoran in his Fire Person form.

The skill they had performed was a Spatial Divine Ability, not simply two enormous palms joining. It was the collision of two miniature spaces, generating a force far beyond what a Nascent Soul Stage could withstand.

Lu Yang happily withdrew his hands.

Cooperating in battle with the Invincible Nascent Soul, the effect was surprisingly good.