Falling From the Sky

"Stone Command Technique!" Seeing this, Shen Leling's expression changed.

As the name suggests, this is a spell that commands rocks, with a similar effect to her 'Commanding Wood to Become Spear'.

But her 'Commanding Wood' could only be used as a plaything, while the Ghost Cultivator before her could command giant rocks weighing hundreds of thousands of pounds. Their mastery was on completely different levels.

Among the Five Elements Dao Arts, commanding gold, wood, water, fire, and earth held the greatest potential and widest application.

However, few people could cultivate their spells to this extent during the Mystical Stage.

"Hey, old ghost, your Earth Element Dao Arts are quite impressive, aren't they?" Shen Leling teased verbally, but her heart sank.

She had underestimated this ghost. She thought it was just an ordinary Ghost Cultivator, but unexpectedly, it had mastered Earth Element Dao Arts, which perfectly countered her.

"Alas, I have nothing to do all day but study spells... If that's all you've got, you might as well die by my hand." Mr. Feng's ghostly figure remained suspended above Zhang Quan's head. Seeing that the distance was sufficient, he suddenly swung his sword.

His Ghost Body Sword could absorb essence and soul, its cold light sharp and aimed directly at Shen Leling's Demon Bone.

"A Caged Bird like you wants to kill me?" Shen Leling smiled charmingly, not even dodging. Instead, she waved at him.

Just as the sword was about to strike Shen Leling, Mr. Feng's body suddenly retreated rapidly!

"Ching!" Mr. Feng was furious!

He could not leave the Bronze Contract within three zhang!

And Zhang Quan, who held the Bronze Contract, although not directly hit by the waterfall, was swept away by the surging water on the ground.

Mr. Feng could float on the giant waves, but Martial Artists couldn't. The immense volume of water had formed a flood, and with Shen Leling's manipulation, who could stand their ground?

"Damn it..." Mr. Feng watched himself being pulled back by the Bronze Contract, feeling extremely distressed.

Being refined into a Magic Artifact was his eternal pain. Freedom, he yearned for freedom immensely.

However, Zhang Tong's refining method was extremely vicious. If the Bronze Contract were destroyed, he would also die, so he had no choice but to protect this ghostly thing.

While protecting Zhang Quan, Mr. Feng scanned his surroundings and understood Shen Leling's intention: "So that's how it is, still trying to set up the terrain..."

The Spirit Puppets on both sides were locked in a deadly struggle. His using rocks to protect the Corpse Soldiers also meant protecting the Vine Armor Soldiers.

Furthermore, Vine Armor Soldiers were not afraid of water. On the contrary, they could continuously absorb vitality. As long as they weren't instantly shattered, any blade or axe strike could be quickly recovered from.

At this moment, the enormous volume of water pouring down like a celestial river formed a mountain flood from the mountainside.

"Rumble!"

The flood, carrying mud, stones, and trees, rolled down. Due to the varied terrain, it spread everywhere, creating numerous puddles and tributaries.

Corpse Soldiers and Vine Armor Soldiers were swept into the torrent, their bodies breaking and denting.

Even if they hadn't been hit before, the churning of the flood alone had considerable destructive power.

The Vine Armor Soldiers recovered quickly, while the Corpse Soldiers were left missing limbs, looking tattered.

The five Martial Artists also bobbed and sank in the rapid current. This water had a strong suction force. If not for the Black Mist protecting them, they would all have been drained dry by Shen Leling.

After a long while, the Martial Artists scrambled ashore, coughing repeatedly. Although the Black Mist could protect their bodies, it couldn't prevent suffocation.

"Water Nymph of Laoshan, what's the point of you spending so much Magic Power to set up a water net? This mountain has the most... ultimately, it's 'earth'!"

As Mr. Feng spoke, he plunged his Ghost Body Sword into the ground, then pulled it out, drawing forth an Earth Boat, shaped like a mud slab, ten feet square.

The mud slab carried Zhang Quan and the other Martial Artists upstream. Wherever it passed, mud and sand billowed, and the water turned into a swamp.

The flood channels were filled with sand and gravel, the water absorbed by the soil, and the upstream waves were all blocked.

The Martial Artists, stepping on the mud slab, charged through the mud waves, whistling. Mr. Feng floated above Zhang Quan.

"Abomination, die!"

Streams of Sword Qi were unleashed, all fiery and scorching.

This was true Sword Qi breaking out from the body, with astonishing power.

Shen Leling was not skilled in direct combat, merely controlling the Vine Armor Soldiers to block.

"Root!"

The Vine Armor Soldiers surrounded Shen Leling, their legs digging into the soil, their vines twisting, deeply rooted.

Under the crisscrossing Sword Qi, although wood chips flew, they did not retreat an inch.

As one row of Vine Armor Soldiers was shattered, the next row immediately stepped up, like warriors facing death, using their bodies to resist the layered advance of Sword Qi, protecting Shen Leling.

Interspersed among them were often Mr. Feng's ghostly sword strikes, which were even more powerful.

"Damn it, this ghost must not have been an ordinary person in life..."

Shen Leling found it very troublesome. This ghost's power far exceeded her expectations, especially its Earth Element Dao Arts, which seemed to be performed effortlessly, with great ease.

So, during their last encounter, this ghost was just slacking off?

Fortunately, she had absorbed the massive Vital Energy from the Water Talisman, allowing her Magic Power to replenish rapidly. Otherwise, she would have collapsed long ago.

"Hmph!" Shen Leling tapped out dozens of water beads, which sank into the surrounding pine trees.

Instantly, thick tree roots erupted from beneath the trees!

The roots stirred up large amounts of mud and sand, lashing out at the enemies like whips!

"Your aptitude is good, but unfortunately, your spells are all weak." Mr. Feng smiled faintly, pointing his long sword at the Earth Boat and tapping it several times.

In an instant, the mud slab and Earth Boat split into five parts, with each Martial Artist having one piece under their feet.

They scattered, dodging the whipping tree roots, and simultaneously completed their encirclement, tightening it to trap Shen Leling in a deathly situation!

"Is that so?" Shen Leling, seeing herself surrounded with sword qi attacking from all directions, wasn't flustered.

It turned out the whipping tree roots were merely a facade; their true purpose was to overturn the soil and stone, carving out numerous river channels around them.

At this very moment, within the Martial Artists' encirclement, Shen Leling formed a hand seal, and the large expanse of accumulated water around her immediately became as active as if it were boiling.

The pond water trapped by the soil beneath her feet surged and gushed as if it were a spring eye, growing more and more abundant, branching out into numerous streams that flowed in all directions along the river channels.

"Swish!" Zhang Quan's terrifying sword qi pierced through, only to be astonished to find that he had merely swept away a mass of water vapor.

At the critical moment, Shen Leling transformed into a mass of Mysterious Water and dived into the current, disappearing without a trace!

"She's there!" Mr. Feng pointed.

Twenty feet away, at the end of a tributary, Shen Leling emerged from the water.

"This... could it be Water Escape?" Zhang Quan's brows furrowed. This was too fast!

Twenty feet in an instant! How could they possibly hit her?

Mr. Feng, however, chuckled, "Not at all, not at all. She transformed into a water spirit and followed the current. This is merely her innate Water Element talent."

"The true Great Five Elements Escape Supernatural Ability can ignore any obstruction, reaching anywhere in the Eight Directions and Four Extremes. Cast yourself into the sea, and you can land from West Lake. If engulfed by flames, you can emerge from a volcano! The world is yours to traverse!"

"If one possessed the Art of Size Manipulation, they could borrow a drop of rainwater to escape to the boundless sea! A grain of yellow sand to ascend Mount Tianshan!"

"Even more so, one could escape beyond the heavens and earth..."

Zhang Quan and the other Martial Artists looked solemn, never imagining that the legendary Five Elements Escape was so formidable.

Indeed, compared to it, Shen Leling's abilities were merely a minor art.

She merely transformed into water, merged with the river, and shuttled back and forth between the various tributaries.

Viewed this way, the entire terrain seemed to be Shen Leling's self-preservation tool, designed to facilitate her movement and evasion.

Blessed by the clear springs, Shen Leling, with her Water Spirit Physique, was naturally in her element within the water-laden terrain, able to hide within the water. This was her innate supernatural ability.

"Hehehe..." Shen Leling stood in the water, smiling enchantingly, "Nothing in the world is softer than water, yet none can overcome the strong and hard."

"Come on, try to kill me."

"Whoosh!" A Martial Artist closest to her, enraged, unleashed a sword strike like lightning, his sword qi spanning three zhang.

However, Shen Leling was like a ball of water thrown from a height, falling freely into the river.

When she reappeared, she was ten zhang away on the other side, behind everyone.

The Martial Artists were at a loss, unsure how to strike Shen Leling.

But Mr. Feng was amused, "Hahaha, all this effort, just to shuttle and delay within this small space?"

He drew his sword, not releasing any sword qi, but where the blade pointed, chunks of gravel rose, blocking the river channels.

Drawing the Ground to Form Peaks!

These massive stones, ten zhang high, mixed with mud and sand, formed dikes, once again containing the spread of the water.

Shen Leling could only shuttle within the area her water had spread, but Mr. Feng was constantly using the earth to absorb her water, causing her water to diminish and her water domain to become increasingly dry.

Admittedly, Shen Leling was not in danger for the moment; she was unafraid of blades and could dodge freely.

But as the sand and soil encroached step by step, it was equivalent to shrinking her living space, and defeat seemed inevitable.

Simultaneously, several powerful Martial Artists scattered, pursuing Shen Leling.

As soon as Shen Leling surfaced, she was met with a barrage of sword qi.

"Water demon, you have no more countermeasures, why aren't you fleeing? This futile struggle, what is it for?" Mr. Feng vaguely felt something was amiss.

"Hehehe, you really think you've got me cornered? I haven't even exerted myself yet..." Shen Leling was clearly struggling, only able to shuttle between the various tributaries and constantly using Wood Element spells to carve out river channels.

"Hmm?" Mr. Feng suddenly realized, "Your actions from beginning to end were to set up the terrain, to protect yourself and delay, as if you were waiting for someone from the start."

"Is it that young man? Could he be deploying something to help you?"

Mr. Feng looked around. When he first arrived, he had thought there should be a young man beside Shen Leling, but he hadn't dwelled on it, as Shen Leling had recovered from her injuries, possibly by draining that young man.

Only now did he become alert that Shen Leling might be waiting for someone, but... that young man, with his low martial arts skill, what could he possibly do?

Mr. Feng used his Ghost Qi to materialize three dice, each face bearing Yin and Yang symbols. He lightly shook them in his palm and cast a hexagram.

The hexagram was extremely auspicious!

He didn't stop and continued to divine. The next result was extremely inauspicious!

Then came the third hexagram, the fourth, the fifth. Each hexagram was different, fluctuating between minor good fortune and moderate misfortune.

The heavenly secrets were in chaos!

Mr. Feng's expression changed. While a mortal's divination might be random, a cultivator's results were meaningful and consumed magic power.

The current situation, where every possible hexagram appeared for the same matter, was a clear sign of chaotic heavenly secrets, with fortune and disaster uncertain.

"Zhang Quan, give me the Vitality Restoration Pill, I know you brought it! Let me recover my Magic Power, and I'll directly use my Supernatural Ability to take down this monster!" Mr. Feng said sternly.

Zhang Quan was startled, then chuckled, "Mr. Feng is joking. I'm just a collateral descendant of the family, how could I have a Vitality Restoration Pill?"

Mr. Feng gritted his teeth, "It's in your arms, your Vitality is abundant, do you think I can't see it?"

"Sir, we already agreed on the price, and it's about to be done. You're asking for more at the last minute, that's a bit too much," Zhang Quan was used to Mr. Feng's rambling and haggling, so he didn't care at all.

The current situation was completely decided!

"I'm not joking with you. The heavens are in chaos, and there must be an astonishing reason! Only someone with great power can block the heavens! Let's finish this quickly, lest there be more trouble!" Mr. Feng said seriously.

But Zhang Quan couldn't listen to this sudden outburst.

Fearing that he would back out at this critical moment, Zhang Quan thought for a moment and said, "Fine. After this is done, I'll give you more Blood Food, how about a hundred head of cattle and sheep?"

Mr. Feng was helpless and could only quickly fill in Shen Leling's water domain to shorten her movement space.

"Boom!"

Just then, a loud noise came from the mountain range on the other side.

"What exploded?"

"It looks like it's in the sky!"

Everyone followed the sound and looked up, and was immediately startled!

At a height of twenty zhang from the ground in the distance, explosive currents surged, caused by the forceful compression of air.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The shockwaves hadn't disappeared before new ones quickly appeared, and they were sometimes to the left, sometimes to the right!

From far to near, the sound grew louder and louder, and in a flash, it had reached everyone.

Only then did everyone see what was happening: someone was clearly stepping on the wind from afar.

Powerful bursts of energy erupted from the soles of their feet, treading on the air, with nothing to rely on, crossing the void.

Leaping left and right, their bodies bounced alternately like lightning!

"What kind of monster is it?" Zhang Quan shouted in surprise and uncertainty. Of course, he could tell that the power unleashed with each step was equivalent to the burst of thirty to forty years of True Qi for an ordinary person.

The power was simply like self-destruction!

"Sister! I'm here!" Yan Nu's voice echoed through the valley.

This shout not only stunned the Zhang Family Martial Artists like statues.

Even Shen Leling was mesmerized, "This kid is actually using his True Qi like this! But... it really suits him..."

p.s: Sorry.