Cultivation starts from devouring the Dao fruits

Qi Refinement Realm cultivators mainly rely on Featherweight Talismans for swift ground movement because Flying Artifacts generally consume too much mana.

Foundation Establishment cultivators, unless they're undertaking long journeys, usually choose flying for quick movement as it's faster. For Zhao Yu to move on the ground, it would seem very strange among Foundation Establishment cultivators.

"I have my reasons! Don't ask any more questions!"

Zhao Yu took out a Superior Grade Featherweight Talisman, and with a flash of light, he felt as light as a swallow. With a tap of his foot, he swept toward Misty Maple Ridge.

Only with his feet on the ground could Zhao Yu use the Earth Elemental Skill, a Minor Supernatural Power, so he had to stand on the earth. Although he had mastered the Air Evasion Technique to a grandmaster level, the escape prowess might not necessarily surpass that of the True Disciples from the Five Great Golden Core Sects who had practiced Sect-protecting Cultivation Techniques.

However, if Zhao Yu were to use the Earth Elemental Skill, his short-range movement speed would definitely surpass the moving speed of True Disciples from the Five Great Golden Core Sects of the northern wastelands!

"Why is he running on the ground? His practiced Earth Elemental Skill is quite ordinary. When he assisted in rescuing the several Spiritual Lands, he also used a Flying Artifact!"

Seeing this scene, Qiu Zhenning's eyebrows slightly furrowed, a foreboding feeling arose in his heart. But since the arrow was on the bowstring, he had to shoot, regardless of what cards Zhao Yu held; they had to make their move.

"As long as I'm on the ground and stimulate the Mountain Sutra, I can receive support from the earth's spiritual energy, reducing physical and mana consumption. So the Mountain Sutra has this benefit too! It really deserves to be the top level of cultivation techniques, incomparable to Earth Elemental Skill."

Zhao Yu rapidly moved across the land, feeling the various profundities of the Mountain Sutra.

Even though Zhao Yu had obtained the method to practice the top-tier Cultivation Technique of the Mountain Sutra, without a mentor's guidance or the notes of predecessors, he could only fathom the profundities of the Mountain Sutra on his own.

In front of a forest, Zhao Yu suddenly stopped in his tracks and glanced at a large tree in the northwest, saying lightly, "Friends, come out!"

"As expected of the Mountain Master of Little Dan Peak! In the past, you quelled the beast tide with your strength alone!"

The old man with the flesh mole on his face walked out of the neighboring forest and silently gazed at Zhao Yu.

Fang Shuanglan and a young cultivator in a silver robe also came from the sidelines, staring at Zhao Yu.

Upon seeing Fang Shuanglan, Zhao Yu understood somewhat, "Fang Shuanglan, are you part of a bandit cultivator group? Have you come here to ambush me?"

Qiu Zhenning descended from the sky and came behind Zhao Yu, declaring loudly, "Mountain Master Zhao, I will fight alongside you!"

Zhao Yu immediately sidestepped, retreating a few steps to widen the distance and said indifferently, "I'm not accustomed to having people stand behind me! Qi Cultivator Qiu, you should go and support Junior Cui instead!"

"Attack!!"

The old man with the flesh mole roared in anger, directly summoning a pitch-black Spirit Artifact jar. The jar shined with a faint black light, and a creature with a height of ten meters, a human face, a body like a praying mantis with pairs of blade-like legs, and four thick grasshopper-like hind legs, and six pairs of thin wings on its back flew out from the jar.

Fang Shuanglan summoned a blue, high-grade Spirit Artifact Magic Sword and thrust it towards Zhao Yu.

The young cultivator in the silver robe patted the Spirit Beast Bag at his side, and out jumped a three-meter-high, red-skinned, dragon-headed, ape-bodied Second-Order Superior Grade Dragon Ape Beast, which lunged at Zhao Yu.

Qiu Zhenning shouted, his hand holding a Magic Sword, and he approached Zhao Yu's side, "Mountain Master Zhao, let me lend you a hand!"

Zhao Yu immediately executed the Earth Elemental Skill, merging into the ground and vanishing from sight.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

The creature with six pairs of thin wings on its back appeared as if by teleportation at the spot where Zhao Yu disappeared, striking down viciously with its blade. The dark blade light slashed the earth, creating a ravine a meter deep.

The elder with a lump growing on his head had his face turn unsightly in an instant, "Damn it, how could this happen? Earth Escape Skill? This is one of the most difficult spells to cultivate!!"

Among the Second-Order spells, the Earth Escape Skill, Wood Escape Technique, Water Escape Technique, Metal Escape Technique, Fire Escape Technique, and other Five Elements Escape Techniques, as well as escape techniques of special attributes, were all extremely difficult to cultivate.

They basically required the cultivation of special techniques, or a person needed to possess a special spiritual body like an Earth Elemental Spiritual Body to have a possibility of succeeding.

Of course, in the Cultivation World, there was no spell supernatural power that couldn't be broken; it was just that none of the several Foundation Establishment cultivators present could break Zhao Yu's minor supernatural power of the Earth Escape Skill.

"Qiu Zhenning was not attacked by those people! He's also problematic!"

Hundreds of zhang away, Zhao Yu emerged silently from the ground like a phantom, suppressed all traces of his presence under the power of his stealth technique, and quietly observed the distance, then slapped the Ghost Nurturing Jar.

A stream of black qi surged out, materializing the figure of the White Ghost Emperor. Continue reading at empire

Zhao Yu said indifferently, "Kill them all!"

The White Ghost Emperor cracked open his mouth and activated the Illusory Ghost Eyes. Black curse seals appeared in his pupils as a vast expanse of Ghost Fog rose and swept towards the several Foundation Establishment cultivators.

The elder with the lump on his head's complexion changed drastically, "Not good, it's Ghost Fog! He's hiding on the side, intending to hunt us down!!"

"I'll break his Ghost Fog!"

The young cultivator in silver robes gave a light shout, slapped a Spirit Beast Bag by his side, and a Second-Order Low-grade demonic beast, the Breaking Illusion Night Crow, with a height of about a zhang and a vertical eye on its forehead, flew onto his shoulder.

The vertical eye on the forehead of the Breaking Illusion Night Crow opened abruptly, and a peculiar light shone onto the Ghost Fog.

The Ghost Fog dissipated instantly under the illumination of the breaking illusion light.

The Ghost Fog released by the Illusory Ghost Eyes of the White Ghost Emperor was such that even a late Foundation Establishment cultivator might not be able to break it, and if caught within, there was still the danger of becoming disorientated.

However, this seemingly insoluble and incredibly mysterious Ghost Fog could also be broken by the innate ability of a mere Second-Order Low-grade Breaking Illusion Night Crow. Therefore, many cultivators would not easily fight against other cultivators of the same order, so as not to reveal their trump cards.

Once exposed, there was a possibility of being targeted and having one's various spells and divine skills countered.

"As expected, they've been plotting meticulously. However, aside from the Illusory Ghost Eyes, the White Ghost Emperor's combat strength is also formidable!"

Zhao Yu glanced at the battlefield and immediately used the Earth Escape Skill to merge into the ground once more.

After his Ghost Fog was broken, the White Ghost Emperor still sneered fiercely, his figure flickered, and he pounced towards the five Foundation Establishment cultivators.

The humanoid mantis monster and the Dragon Ape, both formidable creatures, also pounced towards the White Ghost Emperor.

In nearly an instant, the White Ghost Emperor appeared in front of the two creatures and threw a punch at the Dragon Ape.

A hint of scorn flashed in the Dragon Ape's eyes as it punched out.

Bang!

Accompanied by a terrifying boom, the Dragon Ape was directly blasted a hundred zhang away.

The humanoid mantis monster's blade-like legs slashed down like lightning towards the White Ghost Emperor's head.

The White Ghost Emperor sneered fiercely, his claws as swift as a ghost, and he caught the blade-legs of the humanoid mantis in one move. Black qi surged all over his body as he activated the Evil Ghost's Strength innate ability and tore ferociously, brutally ripping apart one pair of the humanoid mantis's blade-legs.