Chapter 27: Phantom Body

Just at this moment, a sharp scream came from within the Hehuan Sect.

"All the tokens in the valley are in his hands; he has at least five on him!"

As soon as these words were spoken, all the Cultivators of the State of Zhao outside the valley broke into a commotion with a clamor of discussions.

Their gazes were all fixed on the young man in mid-air.

Even Lin Yi showed a look of interest.

After staring intently for a few moments, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes, followed by a few chuckles before he fell silent.

"Fellow Daoists, this person killed my great-grandson and shares an irreconcilable enmity with Teng."

"Today, I will slay him, and I do not want any of the items on his person."

"But if anyone obstructs me, do not blame Teng for turning hostile."

Teng Huayuan shouted sternly.

At this moment, Lin Yi suddenly laughed and said:

"Very well, Cultivators of the State of Zhao, do not interfere."

"I want to see whether you, Teng Huayuan, dare to make a move to kill him."

As soon as Lin Yi said this, everyone was slightly stunned, though it was inconvenient for them to discuss it aloud.

However, everyone secretly harbored some guesses regarding the meaning of these words.

Teng Huayuan did not dare to act arrogantly in front of Lin Yi.

He frowned, somewhat failing to understand the meaning behind the other party's words.

Punanzi's gaze flickered as he looked at the young man in the sky with a peculiar expression, feeling that the more he looked, the more familiar he seemed.

Yet after pondering for half a day, he still couldn't figure out who the other person actually was, and he was completely baffled by Lin Yi's words as well.

He thought to himself that this young man only possessed the cultivation of the Foundation Establishment Stage, so why would Teng Huayuan not dare to make a move?

Not only him, but almost all the Nascent Soul Stage experts were inwardly puzzled.

Right at this moment, the young man in mid-air had a cold gaze, showing not the slightest bit of discomfort facing the countless Cultivators staring at him from all directions.

He slightly raised his head, and a massive aura instantly descended from the sky.

Looking at the young man again, his hair and clothes fluttered without any wind, and wisps of spiritual power emanated from within his body.

The surrounding Cultivators, especially the Nascent Soul Stage experts from several righteous and demonic sects, immediately wore expressions of shock and suspicion on their faces.

Even Teng Huayuan immediately stopped the thought he originally had of teleporting over.

In their eyes, the young man's cultivation was rapidly climbing.

This was something none of them had ever witnessed in all their lives.

The young man's cultivation rapidly went from the Elementary Foundation Establishment Stage to the Middle Stage, then reached the Late Stage, and immediately afterward made a Breakthrough past Foundation Establishment, entering the Core Formation Realm.

Climbing all the way, Early Stage Core Formation, Middle Stage Core Formation, Late Stage Core Formation…

This was still not over; when it reached the Late Stage Core Formation, an invisible ripple spread out with a swish, taking the young man as its center point.

Immediately following that, a Nascent Soul about a foot tall abruptly popped out above the young man's head.

As soon as it poked its head out, it immediately shrank back.

The surroundings were terrifyingly silent, and everyone stared dumbfounded at the scene before them.

They could not imagine that someone's cultivation could climb all the way from the Early Stage Foundation Establishment to the Nascent Soul Stage right in front of them.

This was still not over; the young man raised his hands, stood upright, and his cultivation climbed all the way up from the Early Stage Nascent Soul once again.

Ultimately breaking through the Early Stage, it reached the Middle Stage, and only then did it finally stop.

At this moment, the young man wore a wicked expression, his hair swayed bizarrely, and his right hand pointed at Teng Huayuan.

Opening his mouth, he said word by word:

"You, do you dare to fight me?"

At this moment, the coercion emanating from the young man's body…

in the eyes of everyone, was a full ten-out-of-ten Middle Stage Nascent Soul.

Even including those Nascent Soul Stage experts, each and every one of them was shocked on the spot.

Their eyes revealed looks of utter disbelief.

Lin Yi rubbed the fat on his chin, sizing up the young man in mid-air with a half-smile, thinking inwardly:

"Who is this kid? He actually has the Thousand Phantom Transformation in his hands."

As he watched, a mindset of watching a good show rose in Lin Yi's heart.

Teng Huayuan's expression was quite unsightly. Staring at the young man in mid-air, he suddenly understood the meaning behind Lin Yi's words from earlier.

With a movement of his body, he instantly appeared ten zhang away from him, and said sinisterly:

"Wang Lin, I don't believe you truly possess the cultivation of the Nascent Soul Stage."

"Otherwise, how could you enter Jueming Valley? You must know the Formation restrictions of Jueming Valley."

"Anyone below the Soul Transformation Stage cannot enter at all!"

Teng Huayuan did not rush to make a move; his heart was also filled with suspicion and uncertainty.

Psychologically speaking, he simply did not believe Wang Lin could reach the Nascent Soul Stage.

Yet the scene before him forced him to believe it; the other party's aura and Divine Sense were identical to those of the Nascent Soul Stage.

Coupled with the fact that the other party could actually perform teleportation, which only the Nascent Soul Stage could master.

These signs all pointed to the fact that the other party was indeed a Nascent Soul Stage expert.

If it were only the Early Stage Nascent Soul, that would be one thing, and Teng Huayuan would still dare to fight it out.

But the cultivation displayed by the other party turned out to be the Middle Stage Nascent Soul, which forced Teng Huayuan to be cautious and prudent.

At this moment, everyone outside Jueming Valley focused all their attention on the young man in mid-air.

No one noticed that the Formation in the passage inside the valley suddenly flashed rapidly for a moment.

After a young man walked out from inside, he immediately hid in the darkness within the passage, staring at Teng Huayuan in mid-air.

He took a few extra glances, especially at the small black flag in the other party's right hand.

Teng Huayuan was staring intently at the other party; although he sensed some fluctuation in the power of the curse, he paid it no mind.

He just stared at the other party, waved the small flag with his right hand, and a Soul was pulled out.

Teng Huayuan sneered and squeezed it, causing the Soul to instantly undergo Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering.

Afterward, the small black flag in his hand flashed and was put back into the Storage Pouch.

Just at this moment, the entire sky suddenly darkened.

A massive coercion descended, and the entire sky was instantly shrouded in black dark clouds.

Following that, a pair of gigantic palms reached out from within the clouds and pushed aside to both sides.

A huge head abruptly poked out; this giant was precisely the person sent by the Giant Demon Clan to open the Outer Realm Battlefield.

After he appeared, the very first thing he saw was the young man in mid-air, and his expression immediately turned peculiar.

After muttering a few words, he simply ignored him.

Then, he roared at the Cultivators of the State of Zhao on the ground:

"The three months are up, the Outer Realm Battlefield passage opens."

After finishing, two thick beams of black light shot out from his eyes.

These two beams of black light were like two giant flood dragons, their tails and heads connecting together.

Forming a huge circle in the Void Realm.

The instant this circle appeared, heaven and earth suddenly seemed to lose all brightness, turning into a pitch-black expanse.

All the light was absorbed by the circle formed by the two flood dragons.

At this moment, the only bright thing in the entire heaven and earth was that circle hanging in mid-air.

The giant waved his large hand and threw out a stone. As soon as the stone appeared, it instantly shattered.

Then it transformed into one archaic symbol after another, rapidly imprinting themselves within the circle.

Immediately afterward, within the entire territory of the State of Zhao, all the Spiritual Qi gathered here.

Spiritual Qi became visible to the naked eye for the first time.

One could see waves of dense spiritual mist surging endlessly from all directions, all of which were absorbed by the circle.

Along with the absorption, the symbols on the circle gradually brightened.

Ultimately, a substance resembling a thin membrane appeared.

This membrane was almost transparent, and one could clearly see…

inside it was a void space, with countless shattered corpses, fractured Magic Treasures, and discarded Materials slowly drifting past on the other side of the membrane.