Jing Jintang carefully threw out the circle, with a Medicinal Pill in his mouth to replenish Spiritual Qi, opening his Spiritual Awareness completely, and leaping ten zhang at a time, far away from where Qian Duoduo had ambushed him.
Along the way, he occasionally encountered a few Spirit Beasts, but he did not fight them; he merely threw the circle behind the Spirit Beast, and in a flash, he left the Spirit Beast behind, standing dumbfounded, not knowing how he had Transmigrated past it.
However, he did not have the eyes of a Spirit Eagle and could not see several Spirit Eagles high in the sky, watching his every move.
Behind him, a large group of Spirit Beasts slowly approached along his route of travel. Every now and then, a few Spirit Beasts squatted on the footprints he had left.
Two hours later, Qian Duoduo and Jing Jintang met again.
Qian Duoduo said nothing and struck Jing Jintang with a Soul Blade.
The Azure Dragon on the Soul Blade instantly landed on Jing Jintang's robe.
The Formation on the robe flickered, actually blocking Qian Duoduo's full-strength strike.
Clearly, ever since encountering Qian Duoduo, Jing Jintang had not relaxed his vigilance.
In fact, ever since entering the 'Mountains and Plains' stage, Jing Jintang had been in a combat state.
The circle dropped from above, and Jing Jintang disappeared again from the Spirit Beast encirclement.
Before disappearing, his serious eyes glanced at Qian Duoduo, as if threatening him:
"I won't bother with you for now. Let's talk when we reach the second stage."
Even with this, Qian Duoduo waved his hand, leading the Spirit Beast group to chase in the direction Jing Jintang had disappeared.
Jing Jintang, seeing that they were actually pursuing him, couldn't help but curse, "Idiot."
With the help of the Formation, his speed was no slower than a Nascent Soul cultivator.
And Qian Duoduo was only a Foundation Establishment Cultivator; to think he wanted to catch up to him, wasn't that just foolish and lacking common sense?
A series of Formations lit up, and Jing Jintang, having just finished his fragrant outburst, grew smaller and smaller, on the verge of completely disappearing from Qian Duoduo's sight, when suddenly several loud roars from Spirit Beasts interrupted Jing Jintang's escape.
Qian Duoduo chuckled.
This was already within his expectations.
The retreating Formation was occupied by Spirit Beasts, and Jing Jintang's Formation transmission happened to send him right to the Spirit Beasts' mouths.
By the time Qian Duoduo arrived at the scene of the fight, two of the three Ling beasts that had ambushed Jing Jintang were already seriously injured.
The last Ling beasts was lightly injured but clung tightly to Jing Jintang, preventing him from escaping.
Jing Jintang stood on a one-foot-high earthen platform, and within a ten-foot radius below him, the Formation vibrated, constantly conjuring Sword Light and Saber Qi out of thin air, protecting him thoroughly.
Seeing Qian Duoduo lead the Spirit Beast group to attack, Jing Jintang took a deep breath, pulled out a long bow, and with a pull of his right hand, nine long arrows appeared on the bow.
"Whoosh!"
The nine long arrows shot out in all directions.
Qian Duoduo watched Jing Jintang with interest.
These nine long arrows were not shot at him or the Spirit Beasts; needless to say, it was another of Jing Jintang's life-saving techniques.
"Qian Duoduo, using Spirit Beasts to ambush me is an unfair victory. Do you dare to have a one-on-one fight with me?"
After shooting the arrows, Jing Jintang put away his long bow, and a painted halberd appeared in his hand.
The painted halberd was a Mid Stage Dan artifact, with forty-nine Formations carved on its shaft.
At this moment, the usually cautious Jing Jintang suddenly exuded a hint of banditry, indicating that he was a normal Ba Ling Sect Cultivator, one who had grown up through fighting and killing.
However, he was at Foundation Establishment Great Perfection; how could he be qualified to challenge Qian Duoduo, who was at Foundation Establishment Middle Stage?
Calling it a one-on-one fight was just an excuse to capture the leader first to capture the enemy; defeating Qian Duoduo would naturally resolve the current crisis.
"What's there to be afraid of?" Qian Duoduo laughed heartily, "If you have the guts, don't use the Formation to escape!"