The fighting soul that had swallowed up the remaining soul of the Half-Step Earth Emperor was no longer the miserable look it was when Cheng Lin brought him out of the Traceless Island.
If in the last deduction, because of the blessing of the "Silver Moon Cane", Cheng Lin did not use them and just used these fighting spirits as background boards, similar to special effects, then this time, it was finally their turn to take the stage.
Corrosive turbidity is indeed powerful and will collapse if touched.
However, it can corrode physical objects, but it greatly reduces its lethality against spiritual bodies such as fighting spirits.
It can only be weakened to a certain extent.
Cheng Lin saw this advantage and stabbed the black soul flag into the soil hard, and pierced the small half of the flagpole into the ground. The man then rose up with the wind, swung his spiritual sword, stabbed straight, and touched the sky!
"Condensation!"
The leader of the men in black was surrounded and killed by three groups in an instant. He was frightened at first. However, after all, he was a real fifth-level strongman. He was not at a disadvantage when he fought against the chiefs of the special divisions. He was suddenly in danger, but he still remained the same.
React quickly.
With a hook of one hand, he recalled the turbid air and enveloped his entire body. In an instant, he seemed to be immersed in chaos. The palm of his right hand formed a claw, condensing an extremely rich corrosive air ball, and threw it at the Glory Knight, and another
Sweeping his hand in front of him, he saw layers of waves of spiritual energy rolling up. The one hundred and eight fighting spirits that had been approaching him were actually faintly beaten back, and their offensive was blocked.
Immediately, his feet flew several steps in the air, creating many ripples, and he moved his body to avoid the sword raised by Cheng Lin.
"break!"
The crisis was resolved in the blink of an eye. The leader of the men in black suddenly had a ring of turbid energy, exploding in all directions. For a moment, the majestic spiritual energy was released from his body, and quickly spread in the enchantment space, turning into a light,
Translucent black waves.
The wind suddenly became louder.
Cheng Lin felt turbid air rising from his feet. Suddenly, the dark forest was filled with dirty sewage. As the wind blew, illusory waves surged, which made him think of a word inexplicably:
"Empty the turbid waves!"
The air wave that exploded was so powerful that Cheng Lin felt like a small boat in the sea, tossed by strong winds and huge waves. He was blown backwards by the strong wind, rolled a few steps, and fell to the ground, his body exposed.
There is a faint tingling sensation on the skin.
"corrosion?"
Cheng Lin immediately realized the situation he was in, and hurriedly jumped up again, bouncing on the trunk of a giant tree. However, considering the ferocity of the corrosive gas, he believed that within five minutes, the entire forest under his feet would be destroyed.
Corroded into a puddle of mud.
Must be resolved quickly!
Cheng Lin's eyes narrowed.
His own peak third-level combat power cannot be underestimated anywhere. However, it is still too reluctant to fight against the leader of the fifth-level man in black who is two levels different.
"What a good method! Is this the method used by the powerful elves? Is this what you rely on? I thought you were hiding your aura, but now it seems that your personal strength is indeed not high."
In mid-air, the leader of the men in black stepped back more than ten meters, broke away from the encirclement, and said in surprise.
After a pause, he turned to look at the numerous war spirits that had gathered in mid-air and were flying around, as well as the dazzling spear in the hands of the glorious knight who had been temporarily repulsed. His bloodshot, tired eyes were full of
There was a hint of suspicion: "These methods... are actually very weird."
He also knows a lot about the many projections that have appeared. Naturally, he has seen the "Altar Guard" and the "Immortal Island Fighting Spirit". However, the former is wearing a thick coat at the moment, with only a spear with no obvious features exposed, and the latter
After "evolution", the characteristics have changed a lot, and they are very different from the lonely ghosts on the island.
Coupled with Cheng Lin's status as a "powerful elf clan", he didn't think about it for a while, but instinctively felt a little weird.
Unfortunately, he didn't have time to think carefully at this time.
Cheng Lin ignored his words and just released his spiritual energy from his body, pushing away the filthy air floating around. His mind was divided into two, and he controlled his fighting spirit to charge forward with the Glory Knight.
The true combat power of the five-core puppet is slightly lower than that of the fifth-grade. There is no fifth-grade puppet in the fighting spirit, but due to its large number and the weird attack on the mental level, it can be regarded as a fifth-grade.
Facing this mysterious man, he had the upper hand in battle.
"boom!"
The glorious knight's scarlet eyes pierced with two rays of light. He swung his spear and shook away the turbid air. The internal battle core was overclocked and loaded. Countless psychic patterns lit up. With huge power, he roared and killed into the air again.
One hundred and eight fighting spirits, under the control of Cheng Lin, crashed into "Song Jiang" one after another, and the body of the strongest fighting spirit expanded more than ten times in the blink of an eye!
Combination of fighting souls!
The appearance of the "enhanced version of Song Jiang" has changed again. He is more than four meters tall. His illusory spirit body has condensed into a ferocious armor. His hair is scattered and his muscles are tangled. A death sickle appears in his hand, almost like a real thing, with a cold light flashing.
Under the control of Cheng Lin, "Song Jiang" let out a thunderous roar, swung a nearly ten-meter-long sickle, joined forces with the knight, and slashed into the air!
"Boom boom boom boom!"
In an instant, the entire barrier was stirred by the dark wind, and the turbid waves were emptied. Three figures formed a melee, fighting for their lives in mid-air, while the large jungle under their feet gradually withered, rotted, and turned into pus under the corrosion of the filthy air.
The giant tree held by more than a dozen people became pitted, and then fell with a roar, like a giant falling. Cheng Lin had to jump from one tree to another. However, there were fewer and fewer places to stop.
.
This was his first time fighting against a fifth-grade powerhouse.
It is also the first opponent he needs to face when he has two powerful trump cards.
Different from Zhu You, and even more different from Han Lun, the enemy this time was unprecedentedly powerful. Cheng Lin's own cultivation level could not even really influence the situation of the battle. He was already exhausted by just doing two things and controlling two "magic weapons" to attack.
of strength.
However, there was no fear or nervousness on his face... there was just excitement and excitement!
With "Body Control" activated, he was like a civet cat, easily able to stabilize his figure in the strong wind. His hood was blown up, revealing his face covered with a strange white mask, and also revealing his two eyes.
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Cheng Lin's eyes reflected the trembling scene in the air. A fifth-grade melee was extremely rare even in the outside world. The speed of the fight alone was dizzying and difficult to capture.
However, he was still staring intently, staring at every movement of the mysterious man, feeling the power contained in every move, every punch and every kick of a true fifth-grade strongman.
In my heart, the "bottleneck" that had been blocked for several days to advance from the third level to the fourth level began to loosen slightly!
At first, it was just a slight shake.
Soon, as the fierce battle in the air became fierce, the "bottleneck" that was not very strong began to obviously disintegrate and fall off... It was like a sealed porcelain bottle, which was cracking bit by bit and seeping out.
An extraordinarily fresh and completely different smell from the past...
"boom!"
I don’t know how long the battle lasted, but suddenly there was a loud noise in the air. The mysterious fifth-grade strongman once again shattered his body with turbid air. He pushed out a dragon-shaped air column with one palm and hit the glorious knight’s chest accurately!
The next moment, this glorious knight, who was extremely terrifying in close combat, was knocked down from mid-air!
He fell to the ground, and the corrosive aura submerged him. Fortunately, he was not a living being, so he could not feel the pain. However, on the pitted metal body corroded by the turbid air, a faint ice-blue light flickered!
It looked... like a light bulb with unstable voltage.
Cheng Lin suddenly woke up, his face changed slightly, the energy bar displayed on the "center" in his right hand had turned red, which meant that the power core energy of the Glory Knight had fallen below the dangerous line, with less than 5% remaining.
!
Long-term "overclocking" operation consumes extremely terrible energy. Even if the core is "fully charged" this time, it cannot withstand such consumption.
It seems that if he continues forcefully, when the energy is completely exhausted, the puppet will be beaten to death by the opponent.
Cheng Lin immediately gave up the idea of controlling it and returning to battle.
Unexpectedly, it was very troublesome to change the core of this puppet. Cheng Lin looked up and saw that the situation in the air battle had changed.
Without the help of the puppet, only the combined fighting spirit is left wielding the sickle to fight the enemy.
But after such a long period of fighting, the opponent has obviously gradually mastered the method of fighting against the fighting spirit.
Although he looked equally miserable, his clothes were torn, there was blood on the corner of his mouth, and his face was much paler than before... his aura also dropped a lot, and he was obviously injured under the joint attack, but in the end... it had no effect.
to the fundamentals.
"Disperse!"
Cheng Lin only heard a shout above his head, and the man's figure flew up with the strong turbid air, getting away from the attack of the fighting spirit. Then he looked down, and his eyes collided with the eyes of Cheng Lin who was looking up at the sky.
Then, Cheng Lin clearly saw a cruel smile appear on the other party's weak face.
"Wow."
Feeling the collapse of the last tree under his feet, Cheng Lin fell downwards and inevitably stepped into the rolling turbid waves. He could only cover his body with spiritual energy to resist corrosion.
"I have to admit that these methods of yours are indeed very strong, but unfortunately, it seems that there is something unexpected about your reliance."
The man glanced at the puppet who had just climbed up from the ground with a sarcastic look, his tone was a little weak, but still calm.
Cheng Lin frowned slightly and looked at the tall war spirit "Song Jiang", and then found that its body was much darker than before, becoming more transparent, and its expression was also sluggish. Obviously, this battle had also taken a heavy toll on the war spirit.
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"It seems... that's true," Cheng Lin stood in the wasteland, with the trees rotting into pus at his feet. He seemed to be saying to himself in Elvish, "It seems that I still underestimated him after all.
You, I thought, you are just an ordinary fifth-grade, with a puppet and a fighting spirit, it is not difficult to defeat you, but now it seems that I need to correct this wrong view, you are stronger than I thought, and you are definitely not a fifth-grade.
If you're at level 1, I'm afraid it's at least level 3, or even higher."
Cheng Lin said, his voice echoed in the barrier, and it was extremely clear under the dark sky.
"Puppets and fighting spirits are not truly fifth-grade after all. They just rely on energy levels and numerical advantages to barely have fifth-grade combat power. Moreover, even if they are both fifth-grade, there is a huge gap between the first level and the peak...
I am becoming more and more curious about your identity."
After a pause, Cheng Lin sighed softly, then raised his right hand and returned the "Glory Knight" who had climbed up to the initial space. Then, he looked at the remaining tall battle spirits.
The man suspended in the air naturally couldn't understand his Elvish language, but he could understand his eyes.
"Are you counting on this weird spiritual body? Yes, I have to admit that this spiritual body is weird and powerful enough. If I were a fifth-level monk in the perception system, it would not be difficult to break it. Unfortunately, I am not... I also admit that there is
This ghost is protecting you. I can't kill you today... This is really depressing news, but... it's not unacceptable. Big shots from the elves should always have some means of self-defense..."
Having said this, the man smiled somewhat self-deprecatingly, "Failure is always inevitable. If I can't kill you, the worst I can do is change the target. Well... after so long, your men must have been extremely anxious, so... that's it...
Don’t pass?”
Obviously, he gave up on killing Cheng Lin.
Similarly, he was confident enough that Cheng Lin, who had lost his puppet, could not do anything to him with only one fighting spirit.
Instead of being stuck in a stalemate, it's better to leave as soon as possible.
Unfortunately, just when he was about to leave, the fighting spirit standing under the night sky took a step forward and blocked his departure path.
The huge scythe is held horizontally in the hand.
"What do you mean? You still want to fight? Do you think it's fun to waste time like this? Or, do you want to delay time and wait for that powerful elf to arrive?" The man's expression darkened, he turned his head and looked at the figure on the ground.
The turbid waves are still trying tirelessly to corrode Cheng Lin's clothes, but Cheng Lin is like a rock in the sea, motionless.
Put away the 91 in your hand.
He clasped his hands in front of his body, quietly raised his head, stared at the other person, and said in Elvish language: "Although you have broken one of my arms, it may not be too beautiful to leave. Without the puppet, it is indeed impossible to rely only on the fighting spirit."
I'm trying to stop you, but...what if you add me?"
The leader of the men in black could not understand what he said, but he felt vaguely uneasy.
The next moment, he saw Cheng Lin taking steps towards him, his spiritual energy rising slowly, getting higher and higher...
"Do you want to stop me personally?" The man was startled, then laughed angrily and said: "You are too conceited. With your cultivation level, on earth, you are probably at the peak of the third level.
Want to stop me? Even if I am injured, you are not a cat or a dog that can challenge you! You..."
Halfway through, he suddenly stopped.
The sound stopped suddenly.
The smile on the leader of the men in black's face froze, his eyes opened slightly, and he looked at the figure on the ground in shock, feeling the increasingly larger and majestic aura coming from it...
Inside the barrier.
The turbid waves suddenly boiled silently, and from between the rotting vegetation, streams of spiritual energy seemed to be attracted by some kind of force, spitting out and converging on Cheng Lin's figure.
"Hulala..."
When spiritual energy condenses, wind is formed.
The wind blew up the ash on the ground, fluttering it like... gray snow.
Gray snow is flying.
Cheng Lin felt like he was walking in the wind and snow.
The white mask covered his face, making it impossible to see his true appearance.
The dark robe obscured his figure, making him incomprehensible.
The ground cyclone depends on life.
The spiritual energy gathered together, causing his black robe to bulge and make a hunting sound.
The aura on his body was like a bamboo knot after the rain, rising higher and higher...until it broke through the limit of the third level peak and entered a new stage!
"You...is this a breakthrough?!"
The leader of the men in black blurted out in surprise.
Yes, in his perception, the aura on Cheng Lin's body has clearly entered a new stage. If compared to the classification of human cultivation realms... it is equivalent to entering a new level!
"Sorry, I just broke through."
Cheng Lin said softly in Elvish language.
At this moment, he watched the battle and felt that the bottleneck was broken and he officially entered the fourth level!
"Interesting... According to our explanation, your power should be considered to have just stepped into the fourth level, from low level to middle level... Unfortunately, the fourth level is only a fourth level after all! I am still one level higher than you! Are you?
You think you can challenge me after you have achieved a little breakthrough in cultivation? This is too naive and stupid!"
The leader of the man in black came back to his senses and said coldly with some annoyance.
He had already realized that this "elf" was most likely inspired by observing his recent battle and was promoted. This feeling naturally made him quite unhappy.
He ran over and tried hard to kill the opponent, but he failed to kill him. Instead, he was severely injured by the opponent's endless methods. Not only did the opponent remain unscathed, but he was stimulated to advance...
How can this keep him from being angry?
However, what he said in anger still made sense.
Even the injured fifth-grade man is not a match for the newly promoted Cheng Lin, not to mention... although he has been promoted, he has not yet mastered the fourth-grade powers.
Under such circumstances, even if the fighting spirits are united, logically, they still cannot prevent the other party from leaving.
But……
"I don't think so," Cheng Lin walked over slowly, his expression obscured by a strange white mask. However, through his voice, his confidence and determination could be clearly detected, "I have previous combat experience.
It was not enough, so I suffered some losses. Fortunately, I was lucky and had more trump cards, so I didn’t really suffer any big losses. It’s just that... I have improved my memory after all. At the very least, I will be a little more cautious in doing things. "
There was a pause.
He continued to approach slowly and said in an unhurried voice:
"For example... I learned how to be ruthless when making moves and never underestimate the enemy. Another example... I learned how to always hide a back move. Unless your life is at stake, it is best to prepare a few more cards.
If you have three hole cards, for example, when you play out two, you'd better have another card in your hand."
"Originally, I was still a little hesitant, because with my previous cultivation, it might be a bit reluctant and difficult to use this card... However, in the end, I still have to thank you for speeding up my advancement... Although,
Even without you, I will definitely be able to log in to the fourth level in a few days at most, but... now that I have entered the intermediate level, the spiritual energy reserves in my body have increased a lot, and playing this card... it will be easier after all...
…This is good.”
Cheng Lin's voice was neither fast nor slow, steady and clear.
Even in Elvish.
It was also revealed by the way he spoke with a certain cadence according to Chinese language habits.
As he continued to talk, the leader of the man in black's heart became heavier and heavier, his brows furrowed tighter and tighter, and the feeling of uneasiness in his chest became stronger and stronger.
"You...what are you talking about? What on earth are you going to do?"
This man's voice, which had always been calm from the beginning until now, finally showed a trace of panic.
Cheng Lin smiled softly when he heard this, and then stopped.
There was no answer, but his whole body of clothes moved in the wind. He raised his right hand and spread his fingers to make a "grip" motion!
At the same time.
Initial space, central position.
The blazing "quiet flame" in the green "refining furnace" slowly faded away.
Inside the furnace.
After nearly twenty hours, the dark, ugly, and extremely inconspicuous little sword that was finally smelted popped out of the fire. As if it had been summoned by some kind, it made a "humming" sound.
Brilliant!
The next moment, the little sword suddenly jumped up, and a flash of lightning seemed to flash in the initial space!
…
Within the boundary.
Under the stars.
Cheng Lin's empty right hand suddenly made a "draw the sword" motion. The next moment, the space trembled slightly. Under the horrified gaze of the leader of the men in black, he summoned a pitch-black sword from the "void"!