The bearded man controlled the Flame Blade, chasing closely and slashing out waves of fiery blade energy. During his escape, Zhang Ling waved his hand, and several talismans flew out, transforming into Five Elements spells such as fireballs and ice cones. These attacks slammed towards the bearded man all at once. The bearded man snorted coldly, dodging these attacks with a few quick movements. The blue stone in his hand emitted a faint blue spiritual light. As long as he got a little closer, this magical artifact could release blue silk to entangle that kid, and then the victory would be decided. Since obtaining this magical artifact, he had killed quite a few cultivators at the seventh or eighth level of Qi Refining. The bearded man thought smugly, but then he saw Zhang Ling suddenly stop. "Hehe, why isn't the kid running anymore?" Zhang Ling didn't say a word, staring coldly at the bearded cultivator, thinking that he needed to make a quick decision. With a thought, the yellow gourd in his hand flew up, spraying out a large amount of Cold Star Sand, which transformed into a whirlwind and attacked the enemy. The sand cloud formed by the Cold Star Sand crashed into the Flame Blade first, causing the magical artifact to retreat steadily. Seeing Zhang Ling's attack, the bearded man made the blue stone in his hand fly up, spinning around in front of him. It shot out countless blue silk threads, which condensed into a blue long whip.
With a shake, the long whip wrapped around the sand cloud, emitting a bright blue light. The long whip immediately divided into countless threads, instantly weaving a blue ball of light, enveloping the Cold Star Sand within it. Zhang Ling's eyebrows twitched, and the magic seals in his hand changed continuously. With a loud bang, the Cold Star Sand, which was wrapped in the blue light ball, exploded all at once, scattering in all directions. The blue light ball was also shattered into pieces. This surprised the bearded man, and his face became extremely ugly. Before this person could react, Zhang Ling threw out seven or eight spiritual talismans in succession, forcing the bearded man to constantly move and dodge the attacks. Zhang Ling always observed the enemy's movements, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. As the bearded man dodged the attacks, the ground beneath his feet suddenly gave way, and his figure fell downwards unsteadily. Without knowing when, a hole about ten feet in size appeared under the bearded man's feet. This was Zhang Ling releasing a Landslide spell. Finding himself in danger, the bearded man first took out a spiritual talisman and slapped it on his body, forming a layer of protection. Then, he tapped his feet in the air, as if stepping on solid ground, and leaped up, actually floating in mid-air. This was a first-order spell, Levitation, which could not maintain levitation for a long time, but it allowed this person to cleverly avoid the Landslide spell. When this person flew up, dense iron thorns had already appeared all around him. He was instantly surrounded. The bearded man was also calm, and once again sacrificed the Flame Blade, circling it around him and slashing out several flame blade lights. Before the iron thorns surrounding him could entangle him, they were cut off by the continuous blade lights and burned. To use such a small trick against him, the bearded man thought with contempt. With no danger on the ground, the bearded man also landed on the ground, and the blue light stone in his hand once again released blue silk threads, seemingly wanting to use this treasure to fight. But looking around, Zhang Ling's figure was nowhere to be seen. The bearded man couldn't help but be stunned. Just then, he heard a rustling sound in his ears. He saw that the ground beneath his feet had turned cyan-black. Seeing the ground change color, the bearded man seemed to have thought of something, and leaped up, wanting to get away from the ground. But it was already too late. The black soil on the ground seemed to be alive, and a large amount of earth and rocks flew up instantly, surrounding him within it. The earth and rocks continued to solidify, and the bearded man was immediately wrapped in an earth ball. Blue light flashed inside, and the earth ball trembled constantly, with cracks appearing, obviously unable to trap this person for long.
However, in this short period of time, Zhang Ling's follow-up move was already prepared. He pointed at the golden brick above his head. The golden brick magical artifact slammed down with great pressure. With a loud bang, it instantly smashed the earth ball, along with the cultivator inside, into a pulp. The commotion here was great, attracting the attention of the three cultivators fighting not far away. "Second Brother!" a man in black shouted. "Haha, Old Devil Liefeng, you've met your match today. This young friend, quickly attack, don't let these two escape!" The old man who was besieged by the two was laughing wildly. Although he was in a sorry state at the moment, he was no ordinary cultivator to be able to persist for so long against two cultivators of the same level. "Fourth Brother, leave this old bastard to you, I'll go kill that kid." The man in black instructed his companion, and then quickly approached Zhang Ling. Zhang Ling did not run away, because he knew he could not escape. This man in black had a higher cultivation level than him, with peak strength at the twelfth level of Qi Refining. Facing this person, running away would likely lead to a quicker death. Zhang Ling took a deep breath, and expressionlessly activated the yellow gourd. The countless rubble on the ground trembled, and the cyan-black Cold Star Sand flew out from it, reassembling into a small cloud of sand, ready to defend against the enemy at any time. Just now, he had used the power of the earth and rocks and the Cold Star Sand to temporarily trap the bearded man. At the same time, Zhang Ling also cast a few spells on the golden brick magical artifact and put it away. This treasure was extremely powerful, but it consumed a lot of spiritual power and was not suitable for fighting at this time. Finally, the Earth Element Shield was also activated by the spell, blocking in front of him. Moreover, Zhang Ling patted his storage bag and took out another yellow spiritual talisman, ready to release it at any time. The man in black had also approached him at this time, and a treasure bead emerged, releasing a green light. This person flicked his hand, and several small black stones were thrown into the air. Illuminated by the green light, they emitted a emerald green light and shot towards him with a whooshing sound. Zhang Ling did not dare to be careless, and commanded the Cold Star Sand to condense into a black wall to block the attack of these stones. However, to Zhang Ling's surprise, these small stones changed in mid-air, turning into cyan wooden thorns. The sharp wooden thorns pierced into the Cold Star Sand all at once, piercing several large holes in it, almost breaking through the defense of the Cold Star Sand. Then, these wooden thorns fell down, but moved along the ground like old tree bark. "This is Giant Root Vine." Zhang Ling's face froze. This was also a spiritual plant suitable for performing entanglement techniques. Its main body was transformed from the root system of the Giant Spirit Wood, but it was quite rare. Unlike the toughness and barbs of the Iron Thorns, the Giant Root Vine itself was very fragile, but it contained a large amount of corrosive liquid. Cultivators had a headache dealing with this kind of thing. Watching the thick Giant Root Vine attack, Zhang Ling controlled the Cold Star Sand to surround himself, and the Earth Element Shield also turned into a huge shield to block in front of him. After doing all this, the attack of the Giant Root Vine had arrived. With a loud bang, he felt a piece of the Cold Star Sand cave in. Then, several more powerful forces crashed into it. "Courting death." The man in black snorted lightly, and the magic seals in his hand urged, condensing several light blades to cut off several Giant Root Vines.
The severed Giant Root Vines spurted out green viscous liquid, which landed on the ground and emitted wisps of green smoke. A large area of the ground was instantly corroded. Zhang Ling's body was also splashed with a large amount of green liquid, but he had timely urged the golden light talisman in his hand, turning it into a layer of light罩 (zhào - cover, shield) to wrap himself in it. With this layer of defense, Zhang Ling felt a lot more at ease. At this time, he also realized that the Cold Star Sand and the Earth Element Shield could not effectively defend against all-round attacks. The man in black also saw his defense, and changed the magic seals in his hand and shot out light blades. As the light blades and Giant Root Vines constantly collided with Zhang Ling's light 罩 (zhào - cover, shield), there were bursts of loud noises.