Elder Sheng's flying boat is extremely fast, and it is the fastest flying boat Li Shiming has ever ridden.
Li Shiming wondered maliciously whether Elder Sheng built such a fast airship in order to escape faster.
As soon as this idea came to his mind, he killed it.
He was still on Elder Sheng's flying boat. If Elder Sheng knew that he thought so, he would probably be thrown off the flying boat directly.
When approaching Qixing Island, Li Shiming felt the tense atmosphere.
The formation of Seven Star Island is shining brightly. This kind of formation is fully opened, but it requires a huge amount of spiritual energy, which is far from being supported by pure spiritual veins.
In other words, the formation at this time is consuming spiritual stones to activate.
On the sea opposite Seven Star Island, four giant flying boats were parked in the sky, and ten golden elixir auras were rising into the sky.
The two sides were obviously confronting each other, but they had no intention of taking action immediately.
The arrival of Elder Sheng did not cause any action on the other side. It seems that having an additional Jin Dan here is not a big deal.
The flying boat Li Shiming was riding landed on Tianji Island on Qixing Island. As soon as he got off the flying boat, he felt the powerful aura on Qixing Island.
"One, two, three..." He counted, and the number of golden elixirs he could sense alone exceeded the number of twenty, which was equal to two to one compared with the golden elixirs on the opposite side.
But looking at the level of vigilance on Seven Star Island, the Jin Dan of the Seven Sects did not want to leave Seven Star Island and start a battle with the ten Jin Dan on the opposite side.
"Come here, all the Qi-refining monks from each sect who are preparing to go to war!" an old voice came out.
"You three, pay attention to your cooperation and take care of each other!" Elder Sheng said as she looked at Li Shiming and the three of them, and then she waved her hand to direct the three of them to the gathering place.
Li Shiming rose up with his sword, and He Chuan and Shang Haoquan also took to the air one after another, flying towards the direction where the old voice came from.
There is Yaoguang Island. Yaoguang Island is at the front of Seven Star Island, pointing directly to the opposite side.
When Li Shiming arrived, he saw an acquaintance, the old monk Duyuan. Next to the old monk Duyuan was a monk who looked a year younger than him, it was Master Duhai.
At this time, Qi-refining monks rushed over from every island of Seven Star Island. Normally, there were two Qi-refining monks from each sect.
Except for the Holy Ice Sect, because Li Shiming replaced Du Bingyan, the Holy Ice Sect only has one Qi Refining monk.
Li Shiming truly felt the foundation of the seven sects. Apart from him, there were thirteen Qi refining monks here, all of whom were top Qi refining monks who were successful at the ninth level of Qi refining and body refining.
Among this group of qi-refining monks, his natural spiritual root is definitely the worst. Other qi-refining monks do not even have double spiritual roots, let alone three spiritual roots.
But since they learned that Li Shiming had spiritual thoughts, both He Chuan and Shang Haoquan respected him very much.
In the world of cultivating immortals, the strong are respected, and Qi-refining monks with spiritual thoughts are definitely on a different level during the Qi-refining stage.
Although He Chuan and Shang Haoquan did not know that Li Shiming also possessed the secret method of spiritual attack, just mastering the spiritual attack was enough to take the absolute initiative in the battle.
The thirteen Qi Refining monks nodded to each other, and it was obvious that these talented monks from the seven sects were no strangers to each other.
Some Qi Refining monks looked at Li Shiming with curious eyes. They did not know Li Shiming's origins, and naturally they had some inquiring thoughts about Li Shiming joining their group of talented monks.
"Old Na Du Hai, before you join the battle, there are some things you need to explain in advance!" Master Du Hai glanced at these Qi Refining monks and said with a solemn expression.
He didn't know how many Qi Refining monks could survive after this battle.
But this battle must be carried out. This will be the first battle between the two forces, and it will also be a test of their strength.
If the performance of the Qi Refining monks in this battle is too poor, it will give a clear signal to the opponent that the monks of the Seven Sects are very weak.
In fact, the Jindan elders of the seven sects do not have much confidence in their own strength.
Especially the elder Jindan who had fought against Jindan Sword Xiu Yunxingyi had a profound feeling.
Although they severely injured Yun Xingyi, it was actually Yun Xingyi who entered the formation of Seven Star Island directly and was given a fatal blow by seven Jindan monks using the formation.
Even so, Yun Xingyi still used his strong strength to break through the formation of Seven Star Island and escape.
The combat prowess Yun Xingyi showed, even Elder Yin, who was in the middle stage of Golden Core, could not compete with him.
If the ten golden elixir cultivators on the opposite side were all of this strength, then there would be no need to consider the outcome of this battle.
The Golden Core cultivators on the opposite side also wanted to test their strength. Among them, the Golden Core monk, who had the strongest combat power, inexplicably lost contact on Seven Star Island, which forced them to reconsider the hidden combat power of the Seven Sects.
In addition, this kind of large-scale battle does not involve top-level combat forces fighting to the death.
Usually, it starts with the Qi refining period and gradually increases the intensity of the battle. The dominant side tries to destroy the confidence of the weaker side as much as possible.
In many cases, the battle does not require reaching the top level of combat power. Relying on the crushing advantage in the battle, the weaker party can take the initiative to give in in order to win the victory without fighting.
You must know that if a war breaks out between Jindan monks, both sides will be injured.
The monks who came from Beishu were originally on the run, and they didn't want to lose any more strength.
The same is true for the seven sects. It is not easy to train any golden elixir monk. Looking at the accumulation of hundreds of years, each sect only has about three golden elixirs.
"This battle is of great importance. You need to go all out. The seven sects will give heavy rewards to the monks who perform outstandingly!" Master Du Hai continued seriously.
The importance of the battle can be judged by just sensing the aura of so many golden elixirs around it.
None of the Qi Refining monks here are fools, and of course they know the importance of this battle.
"Don't hold back in the battle. The enemies you face are powerful beyond imagination. You are all the strongest monks in each sect's Qi refining period. Use your strongest combat power to kill all the enemies!" From a kind-faced man
It was a bit unharmonious for the old monk to say such words, but all the Qi Refining monks looked solemn.
Even the Golden elixir monk said so, so there is no doubt about the enemy's strength.
"Children, come back alive!" Master Duhai's face became gentle and he said slowly.
With a wave of his hand, the formation's light lifted up the fourteen Qi Refining monks and flew towards the sea ahead.
"Fellow Daoist Jie!" Master Du Hai turned to Elder Jie of the Holy Bing Sect and signaled.
Complex spell runes appeared in front of Elder Jie. It took him five breaths to prepare the spell.
With the strength of Elder Jindan, the five-breath preparation time spell is extremely powerful.
Li Shiming felt a chill, and then he discovered that the sea surface was solidifying under the light of the formation.
Li Shiming could hardly believe his eyes. The sea below, with a radius of at least three thousand meters, was being frozen.
On the four giant flying boats opposite, fourteen Qi Refining monks were also sent here.
At the same time, above the frozen sea, earth spiritual power gathered crazily.
Elder Jie froze the sea surface, and the golden elixir monks from Northern Shu actually condensed a thick layer of soil on the ice surface.
Compared with Elder Xie who used sea water to condense ice, it was more difficult for the Beishu Golden Pill monks.
Elder Xie's face was gloomy, and he felt that he had missed a hand.
Of course, both sides are attacking each other's hearts. Whether it's Elder Jie's spell or the spell from Beishu, it is difficult to use it in actual combat.
Who will give you a quiet space and time to slowly prepare spells.
The preparation of the spell cannot be disturbed. Even one attack can interrupt the pre-preparation of the spell and cause the caster to suffer backlash.
Therefore, unless it is a quick-cast spell, most monks use talismans to fight in battle instead of casting spells directly.
Li Shiming felt that the light of the formation under his feet was weakening, and the energy supporting the Qi Refining monks from Beishu on the other side was also weakening.
He understood that once the energy from both sides disappeared and the Qi Refining monks from both sides landed on the temporary ground below, the battle would begin.
He seizes the time, uses both eyes and spiritual thoughts, and begins to explore the newly constructed temporary land below.
The Jindan monks on both sides deliberately created a more chaotic spiritual force field, making it almost impossible for the Qi refining monks to deploy formations in this area.
This is just a matter of fact. For most of the Qi Refining monks and genius monks here, formation is not their major, not even their minor.
The most that can be done is to take a formation disk and use spirit stones to activate the formation disk. Not to mention the power of such a formation, even in the environment below, it is doubtful whether the formation disk can be activated.
Indeed, the array board takes into account many situations and is set up with automatic adjustment so that it can arrange the array on its own.
But there is a premise for this, and the environment in which the array is deployed will not be too complicated.
The temporary ground below is extremely complicated. This is an environment deliberately arranged by the Golden Core monks to prevent the opponent from using powerful formations.
But there is a special monk among them, that is Li Shiming, he is a hidden senior formation master.
In any force, it is impossible for senior array mages to participate in front-line battles, because senior array mages are an important auxiliary profession and have a more important role than combat.
When Li Shiming used his spiritual thoughts, the golden elixir monks on both sides discovered his spiritual thoughts.
As for how many qi-refining monks have spiritual thoughts, it is difficult to say at present, because no qi-refining monks have taken the initiative to use their spiritual thoughts like him.
The light of the formation under his feet disappeared, and he and the thirteen Qi Refining monks fell down at the same time.
The fourteen Qi Refining monks on the opposite side also fell at the same time. All Qi Refining monks were not flying. In this top-level Qi Refining period battle, only by standing on the ground can you have the greatest advantage.
The abilities of the monks in the Qi Refining Stage are limited, both in terms of mental and spiritual power. If they fight in the air, although they are more flexible, they need to use part of their mental and spiritual power to control the flying magic weapon.
This makes the Qi Refining Monk unable to fight with all his strength. Controlling one combat weapon to fight is a completely different concept from controlling two combat weapons to fight, or to bless himself with an additional defensive weapon.
While Li Shiming was falling, he patted the storage bag on his waist and found thirty-six more formation flags in his hand.
Then he kept throwing the formation flags in his hands downwards, and each formation flag fell on the ground below.
His movements shocked all the Qi Refining Stage monks on both sides. They did not expect that Li Shiming would move so fast.
Especially the monks who had learned the art of formation were even more surprised by Li Shiming's movements.
"Fellow Daoist Liu, how good is his formation skills? Can he really set up formations on the battlefield?" Elder Sheng asked Elder Liu of Shuiyun Sect.
Elder Liu of Shuiyun Sect has studied formations, and his level is equivalent to that of a senior formation master. He is a rare being among the Jindan elders who is proficient in formations.
"Elder Sheng, the Tianhai Sect is really wasting its resources, allowing such a formation genius to enter the battlefield. I think this guy's formation level is not much different even if it is not advanced. His formation level is very extraordinary!" Elder Liu shook his head.
sighed.
Elder Sheng's expression tightened. She did not expect that Li Shiming's formation level would be so high.
If we had known that Li Shiming's formation level was so good, we would never have allowed Li Shiming to participate in this battle. But now it is too late and we can only hope that Li Shiming will survive the battle.
At this moment, a figure flew from afar, and its terrifying aura was felt by both sides.
"It's Fellow Daoist Yin here!" A joyful voice shouted.
Elder Yin left for a while and finally came back in time, adding an important fighting force to the Seven Sects.
Elder Yin's figure flashed to Qixing Island. He looked forward and spotted Li Shiming's figure at a glance.
"Why did Li Shiming participate in this competition?" he asked in a deep voice.
His words were full of anger. Regardless of whether he saw it or not, Li Shiming admitted Li Shiming's relationship with him in public.
In other words, he was behind Li Shiming, but during the time he was away, Li Shiming was actually arranged to participate in such a competition.
"Fellow Daoist Yin, Li Shiming is not weak in combat. He killed Du Bingyan and five of his fellow disciples in a row. Since Du Bingyan is dead, there is no problem in taking his place with Li Shiming!" Elder Xie of the Shengbing Sect said with a calm expression.
Although it was Elder Baili who exerted his efforts and used some old friendships to get several sects to put a little pressure on Tianhai Sect.
Since Elder Yin was not in the sect and the time for the fight between the two sides was tight, in order not to affect the overall situation, Elder Sheng and Elder Gu both made concessions and allowed Li Shiming to participate in the battle.
In order to make Li Shiming safer, the sect provided Li Shiming with a lot of conveniences.
The five second-grade five-element formation materials and the secret technique of the foundation-building period, the ‘Bai Zhuan Nian Ling Technique’, are all produced by the sect.
"If something happens to Li Shiming, I will let that old guy from Baili be buried with him!" Elder Yin did not blame his fellow elders, but said with an extremely unhappy expression.
What he said was serious. It was tantamount to a public declaration. With his status, he would definitely do what he said.
At this time, Elder Jie was silent. He did not expect that Elder Yin would value Li Shiming so much, but he also had nothing to do. Elder Baili did not consult with the sect at all, and it was entirely a private act.
At this time when we need to work together to fight against external forces, Elder Baili's actions caused some rifts among the seven sects.