"A soldier who doesn't want to be a general isn't a good soldier, Brother Little Ma. You've changed, and that makes me very happy."
Xiao Tian sighed, his eyes fixed on Ma Xianhong.
Ma Xianhong, with a cold expression, was ready to fight at any moment.
" Xiao Zhan, I'll say it one more time, get out of the way."
Xiao Tian Xiao, his spirit body floating lightly as he stepped aside to make way.
Ma Xianhong was surprised, not expecting Xiao Tian to be so agreeable and leave immediately.
puff!
Suddenly, Ma Xianhong felt as if the ground beneath his feet was a swamp, his legs sinking deep into it, bound by a powerful pulling and suction force.
"Damn it, Xiao Zhan, you went back on your word?"
Ma Xianhong was shocked and enraged. Two crimson pearls appeared in his hand, connected by a beam of energy.
" Six Harmonies Beads!"
Ma Xianhong unleashed his magical artifact, and the two precious pearls separated, shooting out like lightning and appearing above Xiao Tian's head.
Suddenly, the two pearls reconnected, and a ripple spread out, forming a strangely patterned barrier that trapped Xiao Tian inside.
Ma Xianhong didn't look at Xiao Tian again. His hands and feet turned black with red, and a powerful aura emanated from him. He had activated the magic weapon Black Battle Armor!
Bang!
Ma Xianhong broke free of the swamp's confinement and turned to rush towards Xiao Tian.
Ma Xianhong knew he had to defeat Xiao Tian, otherwise it would be difficult to leave. After all, Xiao Tian's Great Luo Cave Observation was too troublesome, and chasing him would be easy.
"You shouldn't have come out as Yang Spirit!" Ma Xianhong's expression was icy, his eyes flashing with murderous intent.
Ring ring!
In Ma Xianhong's left hand, a bell-shaped magical artifact appeared— the Soul-Shaking Bell, a high-grade magical artifact he had meticulously crafted.
The ringing sound carries the power to attack the soul, rendering those affected powerless and their bodies like wooden stumps.
"Hehehe, Brother Little Ma, a soul attack? Nothing special."
The visible power of the bell-shaped attack manifested as ripples, impacting Xiao Tian's spiritual body. However, Xiao Tian's spiritual body was too resilient and powerful; this kind of soul attack was like a mere tickle.
Ma Xianhong was a little surprised, but not unexpected, since he knew that the ' Great Luo Cave Observation ' cultivation method given by Xiao Tian was very effective in condensing the spirit, and its tempering effect on the soul was probably far superior to the soul cultivation method of the Quanzhen lineage.
Ma Xianhong immediately retrieved the Soul-Shaking Bell and summoned a new high-level magic artifact.
roar!
The air was distorted, the surrounding trees suddenly snapped and the fallen leaves shattered, and a terrifying sound wave rippled through the distorted and interwoven grid of the world, raging and scattering irregularly.
A magical artifact resembling the head of a lion in a lion dance appeared out of nowhere, launching a surprise attack on Xiao Tian.
Oh wow.
Xiao Tian was surprised. His left eye, the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, flashed with an eerie light. He raised his arm and, in the blink of an eye, activated his eye technique: Kamui.
The void twisted and tore apart, appearing like a black hole. Ma Xianhong's high-level magic artifact Empty Crying Roar, was swallowed by darkness and disappeared.
Now, under Xiao Tian's mental control, the speed at which the Kamui is torn apart and mended has become even more terrifying.
"What!"
At that moment, Ma Xianhong realized that he had lost contact with the magical artifact, Empty Crying Roar, and his face instantly turned gloomy.
Great Luo Cave Observation!
At this moment, Ma Xianhong's heart was filled with extreme greed and burning desire. He fully understood how terrifying the Great Luo Cave Observation was once one had reached a certain level of cultivation.
Xiao Tian's arm was practically divine!
In today's technologically advanced world, even the power of the Wood-Sea Bullet cannot tear space apart, but the Great Luo Cave Observation can easily tear space apart and create a parallel subspace to devour his magical artifact.
Ma Xianhong believes that the Great Luo Cave Observation may surpass any of the Eight Impure Techniques!
"No wonder one must endure the Three Calamities. Such a heaven-defying technique, if even the heavens don't restrain it, would be terrifying."
Xiao Tian almost laughed out loud at Ma Xianhong's astonishment. If he told Ma Xianhong that this was not the Great Luo Cave Observation at all, but just his pupil technique ability, would he be so angry that he cried?
" Brother Little Ma, you know this well. To date, in terms of the mastery of the Great Luo Cave Observation, I say I'm second to none in the world."
"Hmph! Your master has passed away, so naturally no one can claim to be number one. Xiao Zhan, don't be so smug! Such a powerful technique, your Qi can't support you using it many times, can it?" Ma Xianhong sneered.
Xiao Tian feigned a serious expression, then smiled and said, "So what? Holding you back is enough."
Ma Xianhong sneered again, and without saying anything more, he instantly accelerated, moving like lightning, and arrived in front of Xiao Tian in the blink of an eye.
Clad in the high-grade magical artifact, the Black Battle Armor, he possessed astonishing defensive capabilities and formidable offensive power.
A flash of crimson light appeared, and Ma Xianhong threw a punch, still with a hint of hesitation, without aiming for Xiao Tian's vital point.
" Brother Little Ma, you can't hit me." Xiao Tian chuckled, instantly using his Kamui Intangibility ability.
For a moment, Ma Xianhong's heart sank. He felt as if his punch had hit thin air, and he watched helplessly as he passed through Xiao Tian's body. It was as if the two of them were intersecting in different planes of the world.
"As expected of the Great Luo Cave Observation."
Having failed to strike, Ma Xianhong adjusted his stance and stared at Xiao Tian smile, "Even so, it will be difficult for you to harm me."
" Brother Little Ma, I told you, just stalling you is enough. Besides, if I really wanted to hurt you, you'd probably be bleeding by now."
"Is that so? Then let me see what the Great Luo Cave Observation is even more powerful about!" Ma Xianhong sneered.
As you wish!
Ma Xianhong's magical artifact, the Lion Empty Crying Roar, was transferred out of the Kamui Dimension by Xiao Tian.
Upon seeing his magical artifact appear, Ma Xianhong immediately tried to re-establish contact and take control, but his expression quickly changed.
"Hehehe, Brother Little Ma, thank you for your Divine Machine Hundred Refinements. I'll take this magical artifact."
Ma Xianhong was shocked. The Empty Crying Roar was the most prized of the countless magical artifacts he had crafted. Its intricate restrictions were far beyond the ability of someone who had only recently mastered the Divine Machine Hundred Refinements to break and control.
For example, Qiu Rang, Qiu Rang of the Divine Machine Hundred Refinements in the village, was given the Empty Crying Roar Qiu Rang Ma Xianhong to study, but he couldn't crack it even after half a year.
" Xiao Zhan, your talent is undeniably terrifying. Why can't we continue to be brothers? Do you have to be the government's dog?" Ma Xianhong frowned, his expression indignant.
"Hehe, Brother Little Ma, don't put it so harshly. What do you mean by 'official dog'? According to you, then the world doesn't need people who uphold light and justice. Fortunately, there aren't many people in the world with such collapsed values as you. You think I'm an official, but you're wrong."
"I'm doing this for myself, hehehe!"
Ma Xianhong sneered, "Since you're not from an official company, why are you blocking my way?"
"I told you, I'm doing this for myself. I'm selfish. What if you get caught by someone outside and it's revealed that I possess the Great Luo Cave Observation and Divine Machine Hundred Refinements, two of the Eight Impure Techniques? What would happen to me then?" Xiao Tian started to deceive him.
Ma Xianhong frowned, staring at Xiao Deva Path: "What do you want? Wouldn't it be better to follow me and build a great career? Although technology is becoming more advanced, the destruction of the ecological environment is the most cruel and severe period in human history. The greenhouse effect is getting worse, global warming is happening, icebergs are melting, and it's hard to say whether there will still be any living space for humans on this planet in the future."
"Oh ho, so you think you can change the outcome by creating a large number of Evolver using the Self-Cultivation Furnace? You want to start a cultivation civilization and replace the technological civilization? You're such a clever little devil, adorably silly." Xiao Tian pouted.
Ma Xianhong sneered, "At least the appearance of Evolver won't cause too much damage to the planet's ecology. In fact, if some beings were to ascend to the legendary realm of immortality, traversing the starry seas and ascending to unknown and mysterious dimensions, wouldn't that be a blessing for the entire world? What we humans need is our own evolution! Not to rely on external things all the time. Only our own strength is true strength!"
"Hahaha!" Ma Xianhong's next words almost made Xiao Tian Xiao so hard he spit out boogers.
" Brother Little Ma, I can say what I'm about to say, but tell me, isn't this just shooting yourself in the foot? You're a successor of the Divine Machine Hundred Refinements, aren't your magical artifacts external objects? What's wrong with them? Do they grow flesh and become part of you? Without them, your bodily functions will be gone? Not relying on external objects? Don't make a fool of yourself."
Xiao Tian curled his lip and continued, "The development of the times is driven by the environment and countless people. I don't deny what you said, that humans also need to evolve, after all, we humans also evolved. But ultimately, don't cloak your own petty thoughts in this grand halo of 'for the world, for humanity.'"
"Sneaky thoughts? Xiao Zhan, is that how you see me, Ma Xianhong?" Ma Xianhong said angrily.
"What? You abandoned your villagers and ran away alone. That's the kind of person I see. If you're not happy, then jump up and hit me." The spirit Xiao Tian looked down at Ma Xianhong with disdain.
Ma Xianhong had countless vulgar words he wanted to say, but he held them back.
"You're right, I did abandon the villagers for what I believed was validation."
In fact, while Ma Xianhong felt that there was something wrong with his sister, he also began to suspect that there might be something wrong with the people in the village, Upper Root Vessel.
After all, he knew that the core of the Self-Cultivation Furnace was given to him by his sister.
" Xiao Zhan, I'm not going to waste my breath on you. You'd better just shut up! We're on different paths, so we can't work together!"
Bang!
The ground cracked open, and a Black Puppet figure appeared— Ma Xianhong's puppet.
In the darkness, the sound of the needle was faint, and its echo was drowned out by the distant chirping of insects in the forest.
Xiao Tian's ears twitched, and his eyes, which could see night as bright as day, discerned the key point.
Time seemed to slow down in everything within his field of vision. It wasn't that time had actually slowed down, but rather that Xiao Tian was moving too fast, dissecting the Black Puppet's attack methods and trajectory frame by frame.
"Old Man Bi Yuan's Ghost Gate Needle, its power is even stronger."
The saying goes, "One trick is all you need." Xiao Tian used his Kamui Intangibility ability, Ghost Gate Needle pierced through him without harming Xiao Tian.
Xiao Tian and the Black Puppet were about to pass each other when, in an instant, Xiao Tian deactivated his Kamui Intangibility state and unleashed a punch fueled by his magical power.
boom!
Spiderweb-like cracks instantly appeared on the Black Puppet's head, a cracking sound echoed, and the next moment, the cracked head collapsed.
"How is that possible!"
Ma Xianhong was horrified. He hadn't expected Xiao Tian's punch to be so powerful. Was this guy even human?!
You should know how tough his Black Puppet is; it can withstand even machine gun fire.