The Snow Spirit Lord withdrew his hands and suddenly felt a crackling sound like burning wood in his body. The dull expression on his square head suddenly showed pain, and he made a roaring sound. He quickly raised his hands and danced in the air to form seals. Ice flowers fell from the sky and landed on his head and body. As soon as his expression eased, wisps of green smoke rose from his body. Then his face twisted in pain again. The speed of his hands' magic spells continued to increase, and more ice flowers fell, making him like an object that had just been extinguished, emitting unwilling and distorted green smoke.
At this moment, a cold voice sounded in the cave, "You are really weak now, do you need my help to complete the last step of swallowing?" Then, an illusory figure appeared less than five feet in front of the ice seat. The appearance of this person was too sudden, and the body of the Snow Spirit Master who was refining the Yang Fire was shocked, and even a look of confusion appeared on his twisted and painful face. He felt that this was an illusion during the refining process, because the two sets of formations inside and outside the cave did not give him any warning, especially the "Big Dragon Elephant Formation" that he relied on most, which did not move at all.
The Snow Spirit Lord endured the severe pain, regulating his breathing to calm his mood, while trying hard to look at the phantom. Sure enough, the figure had disappeared. He felt that he had walked out of the magical realm of the training center, but it was clearly very real just now.
Just when the Snow Spirit Lord was somewhat dazed, he felt a huge force tightening on his forehead, and a huge force suddenly swept into his body, followed by a violent shock. He turned around with some difficulty, and before his mind faded, he saw a figure standing on the ice seat behind him. There was a trace of disbelief in his daze, and he murmured, "It's... you, how... how could it be...", and then his huge body fell onto the ice seat with a loud bang.
Li Yan took back his hand covering the top of the Snow Spirit Lord's head and looked at everything in front of him expressionlessly. He naturally used the "Heaven-stealing Handkerchief" to enter. This ancient treasure now brought Li Yan not only surprises, but also power and mystery. Before he entered the Snow Spirit Lord's cave, he thought that if the "Heaven-stealing Handkerchief" alarmed the other party, the result would be either that he would let go of the monster core and leave directly. With his "stealing at night" and speed, the other party really couldn't stop him; another result would be to alarm the other party and fight with him. But considering that the other party has now captured Cheng Wenming and his previous performance, it is estimated that as long as he does not forcibly bombard his cave, the Snow Spirit Lord may hold back and not fight with him.
Just after Li Yan took out the "Heaven-Stealing Handkerchief" and gently covered the small cracks in the snow on the cave wall, a wide cave appeared in Li Yan's consciousness, which was originally normal in front of him. In there, it was the Snow Spirit Lord who had just spit out a small flag from his mouth, as if he was about to display some powerful magical power, and seemed to be completely unaware of what was happening in the outside world.
Li Yan did not hesitate at the moment, because he felt the sharp fluctuations of the formation from the purple flag spit out by the Snow Spirit Lord's mouth. He immediately guessed that the other party was going to strengthen the defense of the cave, instead of thinking that the other party had discovered him and was going to attack him.
He flashed into the Snow Spirit's main cave and casually took back the "Heaven-Stealing Scarf". Although he judged that the other party should not have noticed his infiltration, he still used all his strength to operate the Stealth at Night. Then he was sure that the other party was planning to devour Cheng Wenming on the ground, so he strengthened the defense of the cave, but he was still fully alert until the other party used the "Great Dragon Elephant Formation". He began to relax a little, and then he developed a deep interest in the "Great Dragon Elephant Formation".
Although Li Yan had no intention of attacking the "Big Dragon Elephant Formation", he often exchanged views on formations with Gong Chenying when they were together, so he saw the extraordinaryness of this formation at a glance. However, it would be better to say that he was asking for advice rather than communicating with Gong Chenying. Gong Chenying's attainments in formations were so great that Li Yan could not catch up even if he flattered himself.
Feeling the strong sense of oppression brought by the formation coming towards him, Li Yan's heart was already filled with greed. In his opinion, not to mention the unknown formation in front of him, even the protective formation outside the cave of the Snow Spirit Lord was much stronger than the few formations he had in his hands.
The several formations in Li Yan's hands were all defensive types, with only some offensive effects, and they mostly served as warnings and illusion-distracting effects. These were also the simple protective formations that were more common among the disciples of the Wuliang Sect. With the existence of the Four Symbols Peaks of the Wuliang Sect, there must be high-quality formations. Once the formations were deployed, even the Golden Core and Yuanying might have a headache. However, formations like that all required a huge amount of spirit stones to purchase, so how could a mere foundation-building cultivator like him get a glimpse of them
Gong Chenying also has a very good array formation. It is said that even ordinary Jindan early stage cultivators cannot see through the illusion without full exploration. But Gong Chenying had gone through hardships to find the materials to refine it, and she had already recognized the master with blood. When Li Yan was traveling alone in the world, she took it out and was about to cut off her blood and consciousness to give to Li Yan, but was stopped by Li Yan immediately. Because of the appearance of the sect's urgent call, Li Yan felt the turmoil in the world of immortal cultivation. Although he was selfish, he never had any selfish desires for his own people, so naturally he would not take Gong Chenying's life-saving item. The formation Zhao Min possessed was not much stronger than Li Yan's, but she had a purple-red rope, which she tied in her ponytail. It was not noticeable at all. Before Li Yan left, she took it off and gave it to Li Yan. Although Li Yan didn't know what it was, he knew that it must be the last self-defense item given to Zhao Min by her master or mistress. He also flatly refused it. But Zhao Min just let it go in his hand and turned around to leave. In the end, Li Yan dodged in front of her and after looking at Zhao Min with a smile, he only said one sentence, "You look really good with it tied in your ponytail. Wait for me to come back!" Then he gently let the purple rope float in front of Zhao Min's eyes.
Looking at the purple rays of light emanating from the small flag, Li Yan, who was hiding in the dark, was a little dazed for a moment. Then a smile appeared on his face, "This formation is really good. It must not have been made by this monster. I don't know where it got it from!" Because he did not sense a trace of demonic energy from the fluctuations of the formation's aura. This was clearly made by a human cultivator.
Next, Li Yan was not in a hurry at all. The consequences of devouring cultivation were the same no matter whether it was a human or a monster. It required a refining process, and that would be the most dangerous time. It would not take much effort for him to take action. All he had to do was wait. Wait until the other party completely devoured Cheng Wenming, and his physical and spiritual powers were mixed, and he could take action when they needed to be fused and refined.
Just as he expected, the painful expression on the Snow Spirit Lord's face after swallowing the spirit, and the spiritual power that fluctuated between high and low, seemed extremely unstable, which was exactly what he thought. Li Yan no longer hid his whereabouts, but instead spoke to him to distract him. When the Snow Spirit Lord lost his mind, he slipped and landed behind him on the ice seat.
There was no need to talk too much nonsense. Every breath was crucial when fighting against an enemy. Li Yan had experienced this personally. When he was much more powerful than Master Ji, even though Master Ji was the smartest, he still died at the hands of Li Yan. This was partly because he talked too much nonsense with Li Yan, disrupting his rhythm. Li Yan liked to kill with one strike, and would not do any boring tricks to play tricks on his opponent. Before the Snow Spirit Lord could react, he had already punched into the Snow Spirit Lord's body with a great force.
Just this force made the Snow Spirit Master lose all his fighting power in an instant. He was originally struggling to maintain a balance after swallowing. Li Yan only needed to destroy this balance, and the Snow Spirit Master himself would be overwhelmed by the violent physical strength and spiritual power. This is the most terrible thing when the cultivators are practicing at a critical moment. No matter how powerful you are, it is in vain. Therefore, whether it is a cultivator or a demon, when they are promoted or practicing a certain great supernatural power, they will protect themselves heavily, either asking close friends to protect them, or setting up the strongest protective formation. Otherwise, Su Hong would not have given the other two natural treasures purchased from the Changyi Club to Li Yan without hesitation because she needed Li Yan to protect her. She even did not hesitate to expose her relationship with the Wuliang Sect to gain Li Yan's trust. Otherwise, with her state at that time, she could not rest assured to practice to recover. Not only was the effect unsatisfactory under her restlessness, but she would be suspicious of the slightest movement, and her heart would be full of demons.
Looking at the unconscious Snow Spirit Lord at his feet, a large knife created by spiritual power appeared in Li Yan's hand and directly appeared at the Snow Spirit Lord's neck. He cut it without stopping. With a "swish" sound, the Snow Spirit Lord's huge head rolled down, but the spiritual knife did not stop at all. It left a series of afterimages, and with the continuous "swish", the Snow Spirit's limbs were separated, and then the body was cut in half from the chest.
When the Snow Spirit was awake, under the effect of his spiritual power, the ice and snow armor outside his body was not something that a Foundation Establishment cultivator could easily break with his spiritual power, but after he lost consciousness, everything became extremely easy. Finally, when the big knife cut open the ice and snow armor outside the Snow Spirit's chest, there was a loud "clang" sound, and the big knife froze in mid-air, as if it could not cut down any further.
The tip of the broadsword was nailed on a huge piece of ice. Through the ice, one could see blue ghost fire and some crimson fire balls interweaving inside. Li Yan looked at the Snow Spirit Lord, who was left with only a half of his body, with a normal expression. He knew that even if he chopped off the Snow Spirit's head and limbs, as long as the blue ghost fire under the ice in front of him was not extinguished, the Snow Spirit Lord could still be reborn and recover after it merged with those crimson fire balls, because this solid piece of ice was the most core protection of the Snow Spirit Lord - the demon core.
So he thought for a moment, stretched out a finger and touched the spiritual knife. The golden light on the knife was strong, and it made a buzzing sound. The blade trembled more violently. The tip of the knife made a tooth-grinding "crackling" sound on the ice, cutting a deep sharp scar on the ice, but still failed to split the large ice block of the Snow Spirit Lord's torso. Li Yan seemed to have just made a casual attack, but in fact he had already sacrificed the golden spiritual power. The golden system is invincible and is the best tool for cutting anything. For the five limbs of the Snow Spirit Lord, everything was cut, but it was only at the end that it encountered an obstacle. Li Yan's strong mana surged out again, increasing the spiritual power to 70%, but even so, it only cut a deeper cut on the Snow Spirit Lord's chest.