I Have a Compass for Opportunity

Boom!!!

The overwhelming sword light cleaved onto the bloody barrier, exploding at the location where the demon cultivator was hiding.

The massive shockwave swept across, making the snow on the entire mountaintop rustle and fall.

As the sword light slowly dissipated, Liou Yuan coldly gazed at the position where the Canglan Sword attacked.

The bloody barrier, formed by the qi of the two body cultists, was slashed open with a huge crack by this sword, but it was not completely shattered. After all, it was the gathering of two body cultivation puppets’ qi.

As Liou Yuan’s gaze turned toward it, the bloody barrier was withdrawn, and a diminutive elder’s figure emerged from the hidden location.

He was only half the height of an average person, with every inch of his skin resembling withered old tree bark, covered with countless deep and shallow wrinkles.​

He was clad in a wide but tattered black robe, as if dredged from an abyss, dragging on the ground, stained with mud and snow debris, with the collar open, revealing a bony neck, blue veins twisted like small snakes coiling upon it.​

The elder’s head was unusually large, appearing disproportionate to his short stature, with sparse white hair resembling a few strands of wild grass standing on end from his scalp, with a few strands of eerie dark green interspersed among them.

The deeply sunken eyes glowed with an eerie green light, akin to the eyes of a night owl, emanating a chilling and cruel aura, making one shiver.

It was then that Liou Yuan finally discerned this elder’s cultivation realm.

"Qi Cultivation Ninth Layer."

A demon cultivator at the Qi Cultivation Ninth Layer, looking at his attire and the dark spiritual power surging within him, he did not seem to have cultivated demon skills recently.

Undoubtedly, this was a demon cultivator from the Linlang Domain.

"It’s been fifty years since the Jin Dynasty saw anyone from the Linlang Domain. These cockroaches from the gutters, following the Sect Leader’s seclusion, have finally emerged from the Linlang Domain."

Liou Yuan mocked, not feeling nervous at all facing a demon cultivator at the Qi Cultivation Ninth Layer.

In his current skill set, aside from Foundation Establishment cultivators, he cared for none.

At the same time, Liou Yuan had long activated the Night Concealing Mask, blending his figure into the darkness of the cave.

The elder could not see Liou Yuan.

He could only see a flying sword circling in mid-air.

Even so, this did not dampen the demon cultivator elder’s desire for Liou Yuan’s body in the slightest.

"Hahaha, interesting, I am getting more and more intrigued by you." After a sinister laugh, the elder slightly moved his fingers, sending the two body cultivation puppets protecting him shooting toward Liou Yuan’s cave.

At the same time, the elder pulled out a White Bone Skull Magical Artifact from his pocket and activated it with spiritual power.

White bones emerged from the White Bone Magical Artifact, enveloping the elder entirely, shielding him beneath.

Using the magical artifact for defense and the blood qi puppets as a cultivation technique.

It was apparent that the elder had abundant experience in combat.

Kong Jiao was not weak, from the beginning of his cultivation, he was accompanied by battles, killing opponents numerous times.

As he watched the elder’s body being enveloped by the White Bone Magical Artifact, he determined the quality of the artifact based on its emanating waves.

"A top-grade defense magical artifact, this old fellow is indeed extravagant." Liou Yuan chuckled lightly, seeing the two body cultivation puppets about to rush into his cave, he paid them no heed.

The invisibility capability of the Night Concealing Mask was undetectable by anything less than Foundation Establishment.

Previously, when Liou Yuan followed Lin Qianyin all the way, this point proved the extraordinariness of the Night Concealing Mask.

Similarly, this elder should not be able to detect it.

He mobilized his spiritual power through the Celestial Calculation Skill for Taming Objects even more vigorously.

In mid-air, the Canglan Sword, benefiting from Liou Yuan’s spiritual power’s stimulation, glowed even brighter, causing the blue sword light to resonate on the snowy mountain, dying the snow blue.

Swordsmanship Shock Tide!

Crash!

The immense sword light, like tidal waves, instantly inundated the area where the elder was, the ferocious sword light pounding onto the White Bone Magical Artifact before him wave after wave.

After mastering the Celestial Calculation Skill for Taming Objects, Liou Yuan could now wield swordsmanship from afar with this spell.

This upgrade provided a significant boost to Liou Yuan’s practical combat performance.

The demon cultivator elder was stunned by the sudden surge in power of the Canglan Sword, forcing him to fully activate the White Bone Magical Artifact for defense.

Clang! Clang! Clang! The dense sword light exploded on the surface of the white bones covering the elder’s body.

The elder relied on the defense of the top-grade magical artifact to temporarily fend off the attack.

Meanwhile, the two body cultivation puppets had already entered Liou Yuan’s cave, yet the elder could not find the person manipulating the flying sword.

"How can this be!" A sliver of astonishment surfaced in the elder’s heart.

He thought Liou Yuan had merely used a simple blinding skill to hide inside the cave, and as soon as his flesh puppets reached him, they could find and force him out.

But upon entering the cave, the flesh puppets found nothing.

Only that continuously attacking Canglan Sword still fiercely assaulted him, an eerie and chilling feeling emerging.

Suddenly, the Canglan Sword’s swordsmanship changed.

The blue color was replaced by a greenish hue.

The Canglan Sword split into seven Rain Swords in mid-air, dropping vertically towards the elder from all directions.

"You cannot break through this top-grade artifact of mine."

The elder’s face quickly regained composure, a mocking expression on his face as he watched the Rain Swords descend.

But clang! The Rain Swords did not strike the elder’s White Bone Magical Artifact. Instead, intercrossing like shackles, they pinned the elder’s body to the ground.

At the same time, the swordsmanship of the Canglan Sword changed once more in the sky.

The greenish sword light surged, as if a lotus blossomed in the center of that intense sword light.

A finger-thick sword light flitted out from the lotus pod, silently traversing the sky and the distance to the elder, reaching the elder’s White Bone Magical Artifact in a flash.

Silent Rain-Slaying Sword Skill, Broken Rain Traceless.

Liou Yuan, while still at Qi Cultivation Level Seven, managed to break the Cold Star and Moonlight Bracelet, a top-grade defense magical artifact, using the Silent Rain-Slaying Sword Skill.

Now, having reached Qi Cultivation Level Eight, and having comprehended Sword Qi, the Broken Rain Traceless Sword Skill had become even sharper.

The Broken Rain Traceless flashed through the void, piercing a finger-sized hole through the white bones enveloping the elder.

Including the elder’s body, which was pierced by the sword light.

The sword-light’s power remained unabated, embedding deep into the snow behind the elder, penetrating the earth to an unknown depth.

Shaking the mountaintop where Liou Yuan was in closed-door training.

Puff! The elder, pierced through by the sword light, spewed a large amount of bright red from his chest, staining the snow-covered ground in front of him.

The elder’s eyes were vacant as he gazed at the pierced artifact, then looked down at his chest, which continued to bleed, terror spread across his withered features.

That was a top-grade artifact, just easily breached like that.

"This swordsmanship!" The palace-attired woman observing the battle secretly, her eyes widened in astonishment at the sight of the swordsmanship’s fluctuations.

Then, in a firm voice, she uttered five words: "Green Tide Pure Water Sword!"

The young man had heard of Liou Zhen’s name before, and immediately followed her lead as she spoke.

"Green Tide Pure Water Sword! Is he the Snow Shattering Sword Liou Zhen?"

"No, Mr. Liou is currently being punished at Erosion Land by the Disciplinary Hall of Five Extremes Mountain. Moreover, with Mr. Liou’s strength, this demon cultivator wouldn’t stand a chance for so long; he could level this mountaintop with just one sword."

The palace-attired woman continued, "He is not Liou Zhen, but he is definitely a disciple of the Five Extremes Mountain."