C40 Retreat Retreat Again

"What is this?"

The Great Elder had lost one of his legs, and was being supported by Yan Lie. His face was still filled with shock.

Yan Lie's Adam's apple rolled, and he subconsciously swallowed his saliva. Then he said faintly, "Lotus movement in all directions, it's rumored that the first Hundred Flowers Palace Palace Master's famous magic treasure... It was made from ten thousand year old ice from the sacred mountain. However, it was rumored that this magic treasure was created after that person died. It was destroyed by the Dao Alliance because to the Dao Alliance, this magic treasure... What a shame!"

The Great Elder's expression became more and more astonished. He had completely forgotten the pain of losing one of his legs.

Since the beginning of the world, the world had been divided into five continents: the Antarctic Ancient State, East Antarctica, the North Pole Barren State, the West Pole Buddha State, and the Central Plains Divine Region.

The cultivation methods of each of the five continents were different. The Antarctic Ancient where the Great Tide Empire was located. It followed the most ancient cultivation method, and that was to comprehend the Heavenly Axiom. It guided the spiritual energy of the heaven and earth into the body, and then formed true qi to temper cultivator's body. After forming a golden core in his body, he transformed into a Nascent Soul, and then... In fact, it was a test of the strength of the Nascent Soul in his body.

As for the East Antarctica, it was worshipping a legendary god who cultivated the Holy Light Technique. Legends had it that when cultivated to the extreme, one could activate the heavenly enlightenment and borrow the power of the god.

The West Infinity Buddhist State was the quietest of the five continents. The people here focused on cultivating Buddhism, and advocated treating others with kindness. They paid close attention to the Buddhist affinity, and the western paradise that pursued the Buddhist Lord had already faintly faded away from the five continents.

The Central Plains' Divine Region was a place where the cultivation methods of the three continents were gathered, and it was also the richest place among the five continents. It was the central place where all the continents interacted and resolved conflicts.

The North Pole Barren State was a special existence. It was a land of ice and snow. There were even legendary mutants, or rather, devil clan. The people here practiced the cultivation of the body and absorbed all the spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth into their bodies. This way, they could increase their combat strength.

The reason why cultivator was turned into a devil clan was because no matter whether it was cultivating Buddhism or the Holy Light, it was considered to be borrowing the strength of the Heaven and Earth, the strength of the gods, and the Buddha Lord.

As the saying goes, if there is a borrowing, there will be a return. These three cultivation methods, regardless of which one it is, were all considered to be borrowing the strength of the heavens and the earth, borrowing strength from the gods, and borrowing fate from the Buddha Lord. They were all just using and guiding, and in the end, they had to return to nature. However, the cultivation method of the North Pole Barren State had opened up another world within its own body. To forcefully absorb the Spiritual Qi of heaven and earth into one's body was equivalent to snatching natural resources.

Imagine, cultivators between Heaven and Earth were born naturally and died naturally. It was equivalent to a cycle, and finally reached a balance. However, after the devil clan died, the world in their bodies collapsed as well. The natural spirit energy that had been absorbed into their bodies also dissipated, and did not return to nature. This broke the balance. If this continued, if they allowed it to continue developing... As time passed, cultivator would face an awkward situation where there was no spiritual Qi in the world that he could absorb. Naturally, he would be attacked by the other four continents.

And this organization that besieged the North Pole Barren State was the Dao Alliance.

As the common leader organization of the four continents, the Dao Alliance naturally enjoyed its reputation on the continent, and its prestige was incomparable.

However, even such an existence had suffered a great setback in the past, and had been beaten up by a single person until he had no strength to fight back.

That person was the first palace master of the Hundred Flowers Palace. It was rumored that this person's strength had already reached the peak of this world. Some people even said that she had already jumped out of the scope of this world.

When the entire Dao Alliance attacked the Hundred Flowers Palace in a group, she attacked with her sword alone. She slaughtered her way from the Antarctic Ancient State to the location of the Dao Alliance, which was the sacred mountain that all cultivator regarded as a holy land. At the foot of the mountain, she slaughtered a man and a purple bamboo, killing all the way to the top of the mountain. Countless purple bamboos were cut down, and countless people from the Dao Alliance died under their swords.

After that, he split the sacred mountain in half with his sword. He took out the ten thousand year old profound ice from the top of the sacred mountain and made it into a magic treasure. He named it the Lotus movement in all directions, trying to control the surroundings.

This magic treasure was named after its name. As soon as it appeared in the world, it sealed thousands of miles of land with its supreme power and slaughtered millions of corpses. Countless Semi-God Realm and above cultivator died tragically among them.

In the end, the Dao Alliance sent out hundreds of experts at the multiplication stage. Finally, it severely injured this person and used the lives of all the disciples of the Hundred Flowers Palace as a threat to make this person surrender.

This Lotus movement in all directions was regarded as the greatest humiliation in the history of Daoism, and it was destroyed on the spot.

This period of history was something that anyone who stepped into the ranks of cultivation would be familiar with. However, there were few who could recognize the Lotus movement in all directions.

No one would have thought that such a heaven-defying treasure, which should have disappeared, would actually appear in Ji Baihua's hands, in the hands of cultivator, who had just reached the late Nascent Soul stage.

The expression on the Great Elder's face became extremely strange. He looked at Yan Lie with an expression of disbelief and said slowly, "This... this shouldn't be the one from back then, right?"

Yan Lie was also a little uncertain, and said, "I don't know. We are all cultivator after that incident. No one had really seen its true appearance, but judging from the current feeling, it's basically the same as the description in the rumors. It should be this thing. However, from the looks of it now, its power is not even one-thousandth of the one from back then. "

"Could it be that the user used it unconsciously, resulting in such a huge difference?" The Great Elder said again.

Yan Lie's eyes lit up as he looked in the direction of Ji Baihua. Sure enough, Ji Baihua didn't seem to know what was going on outside. She still lowered her head as if she was thinking about something extremely important.

"I don't think so. If I look closely, I can still feel that the grade of this magic treasure isn't that high. If it was the one from back then, even if the user didn't have any consciousness to use it. Today, we will not be able to escape death, but now, the space it covers is only 30 meters. I'm guessing it's just a replica." Yan Lie finally confirmed it.

The Great Elder heaved a sigh of relief and said slowly, "Even if it's just a replica, it will be very difficult for us to deal with it now."

"Yes."

Yan Lie said, but the light in his eyes became brighter and brighter. He said in a somewhat hurried manner, "If we can use this magic treasure for our own use, then our Ghost Shadow Sect will also be ranked as a first-rate sect."

"What you mean is..." The Great Elder's eyes also lit up. He said with some excitement, "Don't tell me you have a way to deal with it?"

"Hmph, since it isn't the one from back then, then there is nothing to be afraid of. Even if its power is endless, the imitation is still just a replica."

Yan Lie coldly harrumphed. Purple flames ignited on his body. He said with great fighting spirit, "This cold qi is emitted from that treasure. Although it's incomparably powerful, it's still not enough. However, compared to the essence of the heaven and earth itself, it's a man-made treasure. In the end, it's still not enough. "

After he finished speaking, under the Great Elder's shocked gaze, he took a light step forward and stepped on the ice that had turned into ice after being frozen by the cold.

Pah...

A clear sound rang out in the field, clearly echoing in everyone's ears.

It's fine!

It was actually fine!

The Great Elder widened his eyes, his face filled with disbelief. Although Yan Lie's cultivation base was much higher than his, he believed that Yan Lie wouldn't be able to withstand the power of Yan Lie's attack.

However, Yan Lie was perfectly fine now that he was within thirty meters of him.

"This is great! Sect Leader is mighty!"

When the other disciples saw that Yan Lie was unharmed, they couldn't help but cheer.

To be honest, the scene where the silent sound had robbed over a thousand people of their lives was still replaying endlessly in the minds of these disciples. It had created an indelible shadow in their minds.

However, at this moment, their Sect Leader, the man whom they had always regarded as a god, appeared. Yan Lie stepped into that place of death, but he didn't suffer any injuries.

This undoubtedly gave the remaining disciples of the Ghost Shadow Sect a very strong psychological comfort. It made the shadow in their hearts dissipate, and they saw hope once again.

Since Sect Leader was fine, it meant that everything that happened before was because his opponent was stronger than them. However, no matter how strong he was, he wasn't invincible. In that case, there was nothing to be afraid of.

Amidst the cheers that filled the sky, a smile emerged on the Great Elder's face. He could already foresee that the Ghost Shadow Sect would be incomparably united from today onwards. This was because they had an incomparably powerful Sect Leader.

Furthermore, as long as they obtained that magic treasure, the strength of the Ghost Shadow Sect in the Dao Alliance would increase by several levels. At that time, just like what Yan Lie had said, it wouldn't be difficult for them to become a first-rate sect.

As the oldest elder of the Ghost Shadow Sect, the Great Elder had accompanied the Ghost Shadow Sect through countless of ups and downs. He had long tied himself tightly to the Ghost Shadow Sect.

The Ghost Shadow Sect welcoming a better tomorrow was the happiest thing for him.

Pak pak pak...

As Yan Lie's footsteps became faster and faster, the distance between him and Ji Baihua also became shorter and shorter at an extremely fast speed.

Gradually, no one cheered. Everyone held their breaths, waiting for Yan Lie's next move.

Yan Lie's movement was very simple, he simply walked in front of Ji Bai Hua, and then simply stretched out his hand.

As expected, his hand burning with the Netherworld Ghost Flame passed through the layer of light surrounding Ji Baihua without any hindrance, and then reached above Ji Baihua's head.

Next, he only needed to do a simple action, grab the magic treasure that was emitting the Death Cold Qi, and then take it down. Today's battle, or rather, the massacre, would be completely over.

No matter how powerful Ji Baihua was, she still couldn't fight back against the entire Ghost Shadow Sect, not to mention that they had a Sect Leader who was comparable to a god.

However, reality proved that these disciples of the Ghost Shadow Sect had underestimated the gods, or rather, they had imagined Yan Lie to be too powerful.

Indeed, Yan Lie was holding the rotating ice lotus. The process was very simple, without any obstacles or accidents.

But the real problem was that when he exerted all his strength, he found that he was unable to move the ice lotus at all.

The ice lotus was suspended in the air. There was no fulcrum or force that could restrain it. However, even though Yan Lie was a great circle Nascent Soul cultivator, he still couldn't move it at all.

At the same time, the instant Yan Lie grabbed the ice lotus, his facial expression changed dramatically.

He discovered that the moment he made contact with the ice lotus, an extremely powerful and invasive cold energy was released from the ice lotus and then rushed towards his Dantian through his palm.

He wanted to let go of the ice lotus and retreat.

However, the ice lotus seemed to possess an endless magnetic force that firmly grabbed onto his palm, making him unable to move at all.

Gengci...

Under the shocked gaze of the Great Elder and under the shocked gazes of all the Ghost Shadow Sects, the Ghost Shadow Sect's Sect Leader, the Yan Lie whom the disciples of his sect regarded as a god, actually forcefully removed one of his hands.

Without any hesitation, he was also very familiar with the technique.

Almost instantly, the arm that was holding the ice lotus separated from his body. As for Yan Lie himself, the moment his arm separated from his body, his face turned pale and he quickly retreated.

Retreat, retreat again, retreat continuously...

Faster, faster, faster...

This was the only thought in Yan Lie's mind at this moment. He could feel the shadow of death looming over him, like gangrene attached to his bones, lingering in his mind.

The Great Elder's facial expression changed as well. His smile froze on his face. His eyes were filled with endless fear. As the strongest person besides Yan Lie, he could clearly feel the pure smell of death.

Compared to the feeling of leaving his legs behind, it was more terrifying and depressing.

And then...

At this moment, he suddenly heard a faint whisper.

"You always feel that you are stronger than me. Thus, everything on me will become yours... Actually, this idea wasn't wrong. The Cultivation had always been like this. The strong prey on the weak. Killing people to steal their treasures has become the norm... Unfortunately, I'm stronger than all of you. So... the ones who die in the end are all of you."