The Decision: Merging with the Mountain
"Junior Brother Li, does that Ancient Hidden Sect still have eight Nascent Soul Early Stage Body Casting disciples?" Cao Lie asked.
Li Yunjing nodded. "That's right, as long as the information I obtained through soul searching is accurate."
"Who cares how many there are? Even if there are eighteen, we are not afraid." Xiao Tianxing was also eager to try.
This Body Casting Technique is not only a powerful tool for honing one's skills, but also an excellent way to earn merit.
These individuals were all True Disciple of the Immortal Alliance; it was utterly shameful that they couldn't even handle a few amateur Body Casting.
"Senior Brother Xiao, I just wanted to clarify things. Since there are eight people, and there are four of us, that's exactly two Body Casting Apprentices each, no more, no less," Cao Lie said.
Xiao Tianxing nodded. "Indeed."
The four then discussed some details.
After resting for a while at the Luozhen Sect Lower Institute, the four of them left one after another.
Based on the memories within Dong Wu's soul, Li Yunjing led the other three to the location of the Ancient Hidden Sect.
The Ancient Hidden Sect is located within a high mountain in central Annan Kingdom.
Li Yunjing and his three companions arrived at this high mountain, but before they could even begin searching, they were immediately discovered.
A roar like that of an ancient ferocious beast rang out, and the entire mountain suddenly began to tremble violently.
Gravel rolled down, trees collapsed, and the ground sank...
The mountain suddenly grew taller at that moment.
Li Yunjing looked closely and discovered that this mountain was not a mountain at all, but a monster.
"Dare to trespass into the Ancient Hidden Sect? You deserve to die!"
From the high mountain, a clear human voice rang out.
Following the sound, Li Yunjing saw a person with only an upper body.
The man was sallow and emaciated, his skin clinging tightly to his bones, as if he had no flesh at all.
His hair was completely white, not the normal white, but grayish-white, as if it had withered.
The man's lower body was tightly embedded in the mountain, as if the entire mountain were his lower body.
"No, this is his lower body!" Li Yunjing's gaze sharpened.
He remembered what Dong Wu looked like.
Dong Wu's lower body is a snake's tail, so why can't his lower body be a mountain?
"This guy has become one with this mountain!"
Beside him, Xiao Tianxing also had a serious expression.
Such fanatical Body Casting Disciples are rare even in the history of Tianyuan.
Turning a mountain into your lower body—how could you do that without skill, talent, and luck?
It's likely that it will end before it even begins.
"Junior Brother Li, is this one of those eight people?" Cao Lie looked at Li Yunjing and asked him.
Li Yunjing shook his head. "No, Dong Wu has no information about this person in his memory."
It seems this person is very well hidden; even Dong Wu doesn't know about him.
No sooner had Li Yunjing finished speaking than eight streaks of light rushed towards them.
These are the eight Nascent Soul Early Stage Body Casting disciples from the Ancient Hidden Sect.
Kill them!
The monster that had merged with the mountain let out a shout.
The eight Nascent Soul Early Stage Body Casting cultivators immediately unleashed their respective abilities to attack Li Yunjing and the others.
At this moment, Li Yunjing quickly said, "Take care of these eight people first, then join forces to deal with that mountain."
Give me these two, you can choose the rest yourselves.
After saying that, Li Yunjing rushed towards the two Body Casting disciples he had chosen.
The two Body Casting Apprentices roared in anger when they saw that Li Yunjing had chosen them.
One person rushed forward first.
The left half of this guy's face was recast from gilded black Xuantie, and his eyes, polished from cold jade, surged with a fierce light. His bare arms were covered with muscles mixed with the patterns of Demon Beast bones and meteorite iron, and every movement produced a loud clanging sound.
The person behind him was even more bizarre, with six bone spurs gleaming with a cold, eerie blue light protruding from his spine. His legs were forged from millennia-old dragon tendons mixed with black steel, landing silently but crushing the bluestone beneath his feet into dust.
"Young man, your physique is impressive. Merge with me and together we will explore the Body Casting Great Dao!"
The golden-faced Body Casting grinned, revealing a mouthful of Cold Iron teeth, his heart filled with contempt. "He's just a Nascent Soul Early Stage a traditional Daoist practice. Judging by his delicate skin, he probably hasn't even touched the basics of Body Refining."
"We are both cultivators of the same level who have forged three Greater Celestial Circuit bodies. In close combat, we can crush ten of these weaklings who only know how to Qi Refining. Two against one, this is a sure win."
The man behind him chuckled sinisterly, his fingertips tracing the sharp edge of the bone spike, thinking to himself, "Perfect for dismantling his Dantian Spirit Root and melting the forging marks that mend my spine."
Li Yunjing remained calm as the * Supreme Unity Pure Subtlety Scripture * slowly circulated within his Dantian and Nascent Soul. Clear and translucent spiritual energy flowed along his meridians, and with a slight narrowing of his eyes, he had already penetrated the very essence of both their bodies.
Although their physical bodies were reforged with rare and precious heavenly materials and earthly treasures, making them far stronger than those of the same level, every joint in the bone and every fused meridian contained irreparable flaws. Not to mention that in pursuit of physical strength, they forcibly compressed Nascent Soul spiritual power of their nascent souls to nourish their bodies, leaving their foundations already extremely weak.
Like He Xun, this person has a very obvious weakness; the question is whether they can exploit that weakness.
At that moment, the man with the golden face Body Casting punched Li Yunjing squarely in the face.
The meteorite iron patterns on his fist lit up, actually creating tiny ripples in the air in front of him. Even a small mountain would be blasted into dust by this punch.
He calculated that Li Yunjing wouldn't dare to take the attack head-on. As long as he forced Li Yunjing to dodge, his accomplices behind him could block his retreat and take him down in an instant from both sides.
Almost simultaneously, the bone- Body Casting behind him flickered and, like a ghost, circled behind Li Yunjing.
The Root Bone suddenly grew larger, carrying a cold, dark blue light that could break through magic, sealing off all avenues for evasion. Each tip was aimed at the major acupoints on Li Yunjing's back, and if it pierced through, it could instantly disable the flow of his spiritual energy.
Just as the fist and bone spur were about to strike, Li Yunjing lightly touched the ground with his toes and activated the Pure Subtlety Steps described in the Supreme Unity Pure Subtlety Scripture. His figure moved like a wisp of smoke, narrowly avoiding the deadly attack from both sides.
The golden-faced Body Casting's powerful punch missed its mark, crashing into the ground with tremendous force, instantly creating a crater several meters deep. Amidst the flying debris, his pupils constricted, and a storm of shock surged within him. "How is this possible? How can a cultivator of the same realm possess such incredible Movement Method?!"
Before he could retract his fist and change his move, Li Yunjing had already closed in on his side, raising his right index finger together, and a wisp of Qingwei as thin as a hair condensed at the tip of his fair finger, which was the Piercing Void Finger described in the scriptures.
This seemingly light and effortless finger strikes with perfect precision at the barely perceptible gap where his right shoulder bone is joined to the meteorite iron.
"Click--"
With a crisp crack, the meteorite iron arm, which could withstand the full force of Nascent Soul Early Stage Law Technique, instantly shattered at the shoulder bone!
The violent spiritual energy surged into his meridians through the crack, instantly causing his Qi and Blood to churn. He was sent flying backward like a kite with a broken string, crashing heavily into the mountain wall, spitting out a mouthful of blood mixed with iron filings.
His eyes were wide with horror as he clutched his shattered arm, screaming in disbelief, "How could you have known about the flaw in my Body Casting?!"
This seam is his most crucial secret, one that even a fellow Body Casting of the same level cannot see through. How could a Daoist cultivator he had never met before have seen through it at a glance?
Seeing his companion injured in a single move, the Bone- Body Casting Disciple behind him was also greatly alarmed, and his previous contempt instantly turned into a chilling aura.
He dared not hold back any longer, and with a roar, all Root Bone exploded, turning into a sky full of eerie blue light, which rained down on Li Yunjing like a storm. Each ray of light carried a deadly poison that could corrode spiritual power.
He had only one thought in his mind: This kid is a tough one, we must go all out, otherwise we will both be doomed here today!