Chapter 59: 59: Turning the Tide
On the cliffside, the sky was filled with flying debris, and an endless sandstorm continued to rage.
Seeing that the Huang Family's Qi Cultivator of the Ninth Level was about to reach Lin Yushui,
Lin Yuqi and the others, in their Five Elements Spirit Breaking Formation, also stood ready, prepared to fight to the death against the cultivators of the Huang Family.
It was at this moment that Lin Shiming's hands fiercely formed a gesture.
The activated Spirit Arts surged out one after another, a myriad of spirit lights burst forth, and the spirit might was shockingly incredible.
It was hard for anyone to believe that this was the spiritual power emitted by a Qi Cultivator of the Seventh Level.
However, before everyone could express their astonishment, the seeds that had been planted in advance all sprouted in an instant.
Countless wooden vines surged towards the sky, dense and numerous, binding towards the cultivators of the Huang Family.
"Ordinary wooden vines?" The people of the Huang Family, upon seeing ordinary wooden vines appear, were also astonished beyond belief.
Then they scoffed, thinking that Lin Shiming was all show and no substance, and once again charged towards Lin Yushui.
Numerous magic artifacts bombarded Lin Yushui, while the five people executing the Spirit Breaking Formation unleashed their Five Elements Spells with wild abandon.
Various spells like the Golden Spear Technique, Fireball Technique, Earthen Spike Technique...
These spells were basic, but within the Five Elements Spirit Breaking Formation, and more so in the hands of a powerful Ninth Level Qi Cultivator, their might was extremely fierce!
As for Lin Shiming's wooden vines, they were burned to a crisp by a blaze of fire, combined with the release of several Flying Swords. Read first on m|v|l|e|mpyr
They no longer paid attention!
The fire enhanced by the Spirit Breaking Formation burned with exceptional ferocity, thoroughly incinerating the vines in the sky.
However, behind the wooden vines, suddenly huge Snake Vine Flowers sprang up, turning into towering trees in the blink of an eye.
Having cultivated the Purple Wood Heart Sutra, Lin Shiming's activation speed was faster than before by who knows how much, and he was also powered by the Spiritual Energy provided by the Heavenly Wood Spirit Cultivation Secret Technique.
This time, all nine Snake Vine Flowers were activated at once, their target being the nine Qi Cultivators of the Huang Family.
The latter's complexions changed noticeably, not expecting Lin Shiming to come up with a vine they had never seen before, but fortunately, they had not underestimated him too much. Several Second Rank Superior Grade Flying Swords, along with a few Second Rank Supreme Grade Flying Swords,
were all slashed towards the giant vines of the deadly Snake Vine Flowers.
Flying Swords were indeed extremely effective against Snake Vine Flowers, especially the Supreme Grade ones; five vines were directly cut in half and died prematurely.
But the remaining four, due to their close proximity to the cultivators, three ensnared three isolated Ninth Level Qi Cultivators.
The remaining one also seemed about to bind someone when suddenly that cultivator slapped his Storage Bag and out came a huge Iron Corpse to replace the cultivator in the grasp of the Snake Vine Flower.
"Second Granduncle, attack!" Lin Shiming did not dare delay, transmitting his voice to Lin Yuqi and the others. Although he had not managed to ensnare all nine, he had been mentally prepared; ensnaring three was due to the Huang Family cultivators' carelessness.
But actually, there was no need for Lin Shiming to remind them—Lin Yuqi and the others had equally rich combat experience and seized the opportunity instantly.
The Five Elements Spirit Breaking Formation's spells were recklessly hurled at the three bound cultivators.
Metal blades, wooden vines, fireballs, ice spikes, earthen stingers!
They swarmed towards those three bound cultivators.
The three of them panicked instantly, slapping down several defensive light shield Spirit Talismans and bringing out Spirit Shields one after another.
However, it's worth noting that the Snake Vine Flowers weren't just for binding; the most important part was the Snake Vine Flower on top.
Countless droplets of venom spat out from the mouths of the Snake Vine Flowers towards the light shields, and being so close, it quickly corroded a large number of Spirit Shields.
The Spirit Shields also suffered a significant loss of spiritual energy!
At that moment, the Five Elements Spirit Breaking Formation's spells all exploded on impact.
Right there and then, two Ninth Level Qi Cultivators were blown to pieces.
The only one left was the cultivator who had used corpse puppets to block all spells and narrowly escaped death earlier.
However, before this person could catch a breath, Lin Shiming formed hand seals again, and countless tendrils rose up once more.
"Be careful, back off, don't get tied up!"
The remaining cultivators of the Huang Family hurriedly shouted a warning. The Five Elements Spell Formation also rushed in, confronting the Lin Family's battle formation head-on, but most of the flying swords still hovered around them, fearing that Lin Shiming would launch another binding attack followed by a concentrated barrage.
To their disappointment, however, the wooden vines did not shoot towards them but turned into pieces of extremely hard black Ironwood!
The gigantic Ironwood looked ferocious, especially the razor-sharp thorns that flickered with lively cold light, exuding a daunting sharpness!
"Be careful, that's Ironwood Thorn!" A slightly plump cultivator inside the Five Elements Formation recognized it and hastily shouted to alert his companions.
But at this moment, it was clearly too late; the majority of their flying swords slashed towards the Ironwood Thorns.
However, they only produced the clanging sounds of metal on metal; the Ironwood Thorns did not break.
Next, under the surge of black spirit light, countless spikes shot out, turning into a downpour of thorns that targeted the two remaining isolated cultivators.
Their flying swords clearly couldn't be recalled in time, and there weren't enough corpse puppets left for the first to use, so both had to take out their Spirit Shields and Spirit Talismans simultaneously.
Meanwhile, unbeknownst to them, in front of Lin Shiming, a red-haired monkey jumped out, and letting out a long howl to the sky, it lifted its arms high.
Then, what appeared to be a small hill was thrown out.
While the scene was somewhat comical, the effect was that both could only feel an immense force smashing down as if a small mountain was pressing down on them with all its weight.
Boom! The Spirit Shields of several cultivators were directly deflected, countless Iron Thorns penetrated in, piercing through most of their Spirit Shields and revealing the glowing Spirit Armor on their bodies.
The two cultivators at the late stage of cultivation could hardly bear it, finding it hard to catch their breaths under the assault of a Qi Cultivator at the seventh level of cultivation.
They couldn't understand why Lin Shiming's internal spiritual power wasn't exhausted!
But before they could find an answer, a golden light appeared, and two massive golden cleavers materialized in front of a cultivator.
Then, a gush of fresh blood burst forth, and a head flew high into the air—it was the Golden Winged Mantis that Lin Shiming had unleashed.
Due to the incredible speed, the pair of golden wings even left behind a golden spirit light rainbow in its wake!
The remaining cultivator was terrified and tried to flee on his Flying Sword, but his speed was greatly affected by being in the Five Extreme Deathly Winds Formation, especially since the most intense dust storms were focused on the two Foundation Establishment cultivators.
Yet, a Five Elements Tower that shone with light flew out. The cultivator naturally knew it all too well and had even coveted it.
But now, this tower became the very weapon that would execute him!
In despair, countless Fireballs and Ice Spikes bombarded him, and another cultivator fell.
Thus, out of the nine Qi Cultivators at the ninth level, only the last five comrades of the Five Elements Spell Formation were left.
Lin Shiming took out a wine jug and guzzled down a bottle of Intermediate Grade Monkey Wine, recovering his spiritual power.
Just now, he had recklessly used up three times his usual amount of spiritual power, completely depleting the energy from the Heavenly Wood Spirit Cultivation Secret Technique.
Lin Shiming's strength astonished everyone; he was like a weapon of chaos in the melee.
The spiritual power of a seventh level Qi Cultivator seemingly almost matched that of a ninth level, overturning their understanding completely.
But at that moment, Lin Yuqi suddenly yelled out to Lin Shiming.
"Go reinforce the Third Elder!"
Lin Shiming looked towards where Lin Yushui was and saw countless Spirit Stones exploding, with Lin Yushui spewing blood from his mouth. Before him, two cultivators at the early stage of Foundation Establishment were continuously repelling the sandstorm of the Five Extreme Deathly Winds Formation.
It was clear that Lin Yushui was unable to sustain his spiritual power, even with Superior Grade Monkey Wine to recover it and Intermediate Grade Spirit Stones at his disposal. After all, he was but a Qi Cultivator at the ninth level.
He had fallen into a dire situation!
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