Chapter 468

Chapter 468: The Battle.

In the next moment, Ji Yang transformed and passed through the great formation directly.

…

“Hmm? Where is Junior Brother Ji?”

When Cui and the others arrived at Ji Yang’s room, they knocked on the door, but no one answered.

With no time to think, they pushed the door open, but the room was empty.

This shattered Cui’s last hope. Junior Brother Ji was not there.

At that moment, Tai Jin also arrived, and the two exchanged glances, speechless.

Outside the warship, the elder looked at the great formation that was about to break, a smug expression appearing on his face as he muttered proudly,

“He Dao Sect? Just this!”

Just as he prepared to launch a powerful blow to completely destroy the great formation outside the warship, a sword energy suddenly struck from the side.

Sensing the incoming sword energy, the elder merely sneered in disdain, not taking it seriously at all. He even glanced away and continued to channel his power, preparing to complete his spell.

However, when the sword energy was right in front of him, the elder’s expression changed dramatically. He hurriedly retracted his spell, unleashed his essence of the Way, and quickly dodged.

Even though the elder’s movements were smooth and fluid, the sword energy was faster, slicing off a lock of hair from his forehead.

“What a pity.”

A voice of regret came from behind the elder.

At this moment, the elder was filled with a mix of shock and anger.

If he hadn’t dodged in time, that sword energy would have severed not just his hair, but his head.

Having successfully avoided the deadly crisis, the elder looked to the side, where a young figure appeared, wielding an iron pick and dressed in the He Dao Sect robes. It was evident that the earlier sword energy had been launched by this person.

With such power, he must not be an ordinary cultivator in the He Dao Sect, yet after scrutinizing him carefully, the elder could not match the figure before him with any known cultivator from the sect.

They had thoroughly gathered information on the high-level cultivators within the He Dao Sect and knew the identities of those who had gone to the secret realm, which was why they had sent their three members specifically.

Yet Ji Yang’s appearance had thrown them off balance.

Now, he couldn’t even afford to continue chasing the fleeing warship.

“Who are you?”

The elder asked in a cold tone.

“Dead men don’t need to know.”

Ji Yang said little; he had no time to waste and preferred to resolve this person quickly.

Having said that, Ji Yang unleashed several sword energies from the iron pick in his hand.

This time, the sword energy was infused with the Essence of War, unlike the previous attack, where Ji Yang hadn’t attached any essence to avoid being detected. Unfortunately, he still missed.

“Hmph, arrogant!”

The elder snorted coldly, but he did not speak further.

Faced with the several sword energies emitted by Ji Yang, the elder remained calm and swiftly cast a spell.

Soon, several stone walls appeared in front of him, easily blocking the incoming flying swords.

Seeing Ji Yang’s slightly surprised expression, the elder revealed a smug look:

“I thought you were someone extraordinary, but it turns out you’re just a Void Refinement stage cultivator!”

The exchange of blows had allowed the elder to discern Ji Yang’s cultivation level.

Once he realized that Ji Yang was not a fellow cultivator of the same level, the elder completely relaxed.

Even if a Void Refinement stage cultivator mastered their essence, as long as they had not broken through to the Unity with the Dao stage, their understanding of their own path would never catch up to a cultivator at the Unity with the Dao stage.

This was the suppression that came from their realms.

Though the person before him looked very young, clearly a genius of the He Dao Sect, he was still not on par with the elder.

At this moment, Ji Yang set aside his surprise and took on a more serious expression.

This was his first time encountering a true cultivator at the Unity with the Dao stage, unlike the late Void Refinement stage cultivators he had met in the secret realm.

Those had been easily crushed by his essence, allowing him to take on many at once.

But after their brief skirmish, Ji Yang felt the pressure from the Unity with the Dao stage cultivator.

If the essence condensation level of late Void Refinement stage cultivators like those in the bell tower was around fifty percent, then the elder’s essence condensation level before him certainly exceeded one hundred.

That was why the sword energy Ji Yang had unleashed had been blocked with ease.

“Kid, if you want to blame someone, blame your ignorance. Killing you alone is enough to offset all the cultivators on that warship.”

Looking at the departing warship, the elder paid no heed and instead focused his attention on Ji Yang.

“Let’s see if you have the ability to do that.”

With those words, Ji Yang stepped forward, pushing the effect of the Essence of War to the extreme.

Seeing Ji Yang approach, the elder made no attempt to stop him, simply wearing a smile.

However, as Ji Yang got closer to the elder, he suddenly felt a pulling force from the ground.

Just as Ji Yang was puzzled, the elder moved, and with a wave of his hand, countless clumps of earth gathered around.

In an instant, Ji Yang was enveloped in these clumps of earth, forming a massive sphere, with more earth continuously accumulating from below, making the sphere larger and larger.

Seeing Ji Yang easily trapped like this, the elder couldn’t help but laugh loudly:

“Hahaha, what a fool! I command the essence of earth, and as you’re trapped in my earthen prison, let’s see how you break free!”

Inside the earthen prison, Ji Yang constantly swung his sword energy, trying to break through the encirclement.

But every time the sword energy struck, it could only create a faint gap in the increasingly tight earthen walls.

And as more earth gathered, that gap was immediately filled, restoring the previous form.

At this moment, the earth was no ordinary material; it was earth imbued with essence.

Yet even with Ji Yang using the Essence of War, he still could not destroy it.

Ji Yang felt the situation become troublesome. His sword energy had formidable attack power, but facing this kind of essence, it was difficult to unleash.

Perhaps this was the suppression between essences.

Feeling the earthen walls gradually closing in, making the space around him shrink, Ji Yang immediately prepared to unleash his strongest technique!

Thunderous Power.

He didn’t believe that under the assault of the power of lightning calamity, this earthen wall could still hold!

However, just as Ji Yang’s hand crackled with electricity, preparing to execute this technique, an unusual essence that had remained still within his body began to stir.

“Huh?”

Sensing that unusual thread of time essence, Ji Yang’s heart stirred. He immediately retracted his technique, wanting to see if he could harness this essence.

However, when Ji Yang put down his technique and focused entirely on channeling the time essence that had been hidden, it suddenly stopped moving again.

No matter how much Ji Yang urged it, it only produced minimal reactions, far from enough to unleash.

This left Ji Yang speechless; he felt as though he was being pulled by this essence.

And it was a complete defeat at that.