After several teleports, the gray Nascent Soul traversed a hundred zhang, nearing the edge of the formation shield created by the Earth Dragon Formation.
Simultaneously, it activated the Four Direction Flag, releasing a large expanse of gray light to envelop itself once more. Immediately following this, the Nascent Soul twisted bizarrely, transforming from one into two.
One of the extremely faint Nascent Soul spirit bodies expanded rapidly, instantly transforming into a phantom resembling an old man.
The old man's phantom flashed like a ray of light, rushing directly to the forefront. Upon closer inspection, the phantom held a black sword entwined with black energy in its hand.
A dazzling black light emanated from it, and with a gentle shake of the black sword, the phantom transformed into countless bizarre runes that merged into the sword. The black sword continuously solidified, becoming a two-zhang-long black beam that directly struck the formation shield of the Earth Dragon Formation.
Instantly, the yellow light formed by the formation's light curtain and the black sword light intertwined, causing the light shield to become unstable and riddled with cracks. Even the earth and rocks beneath and around were shaken continuously by a powerful force.
Zhang Ling's expression shifted slightly as he immediately recognized that the old man's phantom seemed to be a powerful divine sense incarnation.
To be able to split off such a powerful divine sense incarnation in an instant was a testament to this person's prowess.
The Four Direction Flag in the gray Nascent Soul's hand flew up simultaneously, scattering a large expanse of gray light that shone upon the unstable formation light curtain.
The gray light only covered the cracked part of the formation light curtain, causing that section to be squeezed and deformed as if it were torn paper, creating a sense of separation from the light curtains on the left and right.
Immediately afterward, a crisp sound rang out, and a zhang-long opening was torn in the formation light curtain. The gray Nascent Soul flashed out without hesitation.
This scene was witnessed by Zhang Ling. The gray Nascent Soul's use of teleportation was extremely fast, and his numerous attacks failed to catch up.
However, seeing this person about to escape, he naturally dared not let go of such a powerful enemy. Allowing a powerful Nascent Soul old monster to escape would pose a significant hidden danger.
As the gray Nascent Soul broke through the formation light curtain, Zhang Ling used Thunder Escape, closely following behind, casting a series of spells on the four-cornered formation plate that always floated beside him.
This core formation plate of the Earth Dragon Formation trembled rapidly, emitting several dragon roars. Many yellow light spots appeared on the formation plate.
These light spots quickly began to move, all shifting in one direction, precisely towards the location where the gray Nascent Soul had broken through the formation.
The gray Nascent Soul had just broken through the formation and rushed out, turning into a gray light and heading towards the earth and rocks on the side, seemingly intending to use Earth Escape or a similar escape technique.
However, just as it approached the earth and rocks, a layer of yellow light burst forth, blocking its path.
Immediately afterward, a loud bang resounded as a round bead suddenly flew out from the earth and rocks, exploding without warning and forming a terrifying wave of air that impacted the Nascent Soul.
The gray Nascent Soul clearly hadn't anticipated this sudden attack and was knocked back a short distance. In reality, this attack didn't cause much damage; it only slightly hindered its escape.
After this brief delay, various colored lights flashed from behind. Black ice thorns and cyan flying swords had already approached its location. The gray Nascent Soul dared not delay and used teleportation again, disappearing.
When it reappeared, it was twenty zhang away, but just as it manifested, two loud bangs came from beside it as two more waves of spiritual power formed air currents and impacted it.
The gray Nascent Soul could only change direction again, but every time it teleported and manifested, there was always one or several bursts of spiritual power exploding beside it.
Although these didn't cause any significant damage, they slowed its speed by one or two breaths. In normal times, this amount of time would be just a blink of an eye, but in a life-or-death escape, it was crucial.
As expected, the pursuing attacks had already approached, forcing it to continuously use teleportation to evade.
The scene appeared extremely bizarre: a gray light constantly disappearing and reappearing, accompanied by loud booming sounds.
These round beads emerging from the earth and rocks were all small formation nodes of the Earth Dragon Formation that had been buried beforehand. After exploding, they formed a considerable impact force, which was enough to slightly hinder the gray Nascent Soul's escape.
After more than ten breaths of time, the gray Nascent Soul teleported once more, dodging a spiritual power impact. When it reappeared, a patch of yellow light suddenly lit up around it, quickly shrinking towards the center, forming a yellow light sphere of more than ten zhang in size, threatening to trap it all at once.
The gray Nascent Soul hurriedly controlled the Four Direction Flag, propping up a gray light to suppress the yellow light.
But outside the yellow light, cold air surged, and a black ice wind enveloped it, forcing it to use spiritual power again to resist. With the power of the Four Direction Flag, the ice wind was instantly broken.
But an even thicker layer of yellow light emerged on the outside.
Thick yellow light and freezing cyclones stacked continuously, layer upon layer, seemingly endless. Although the gray mist released by the Four Direction Flag was extremely sharp, it gradually showed signs of being unable to withstand it.
After all, no matter how powerful a magical treasure is, it still needs a cultivator to activate it with spiritual power. The gray Nascent Soul was already injured, and during the previous battle, it had spared no expense in consuming true essence to activate magical treasures and powerful secret techniques. Forcibly breaking through the Earth Dragon Formation and continuously using teleportation had undoubtedly taken a great toll on itself.
Zhang Ling and the Xuan Tortoise released Heavy Yuan Profound Light and ice mist transformed from Ice Soul Poison, wrapping the gray Nascent Soul in mid-air layer upon layer, constantly consuming it.
More than a dozen high-level puppet beasts also landed beside them, releasing attacks to join the fray. The gray Nascent Soul could only deal with them wearily. After consuming a full cup of tea's worth of time, the gray Nascent Soul had become extremely faint, a sign that its spiritual power had been exhausted.
Seeing this, Zhang Ling no longer delayed. The sword light formed by the seven flying swords, which had been waiting for a long time, slashed out. The gray Nascent Soul could only prop up a layer of gray light to barely resist, but it was broken through by the sword light.
The sword light's power did not diminish as it slashed onto the Nascent Soul's body. The gray Nascent Soul was instantly cut into several pieces, letting out a scream and turning into starlight that dissipated.
Zhang Ling spat out a ball of yellow Nascent Soul Fire, engulfing all the light spots and burning them completely. He scanned back and forth several times with his divine sense before he truly felt relieved.
After killing the gray Nascent Soul, only the Four Direction Flag, which had returned to calmness, remained in mid-air.
Zhang Ling reached out and summoned the small flag into his hand. This treasure showed no signs of damage under the numerous attacks, and it was always shrouded in a layer of spiritual light.
He reached out and pointed at the small flag, injecting a strand of spiritual power, wanting to activate it. But the Four Direction Flag only absorbed the spiritual power and did not release gray mist.
Zhang Ling couldn't help but frown, wondering if it was a special treasure that required corresponding incantations to activate. If it was this type of magical treasure, it would be somewhat difficult.
Most of these special treasures are the inheritance treasures of sects, and ordinary cultivators find them difficult to use, requiring corresponding secret methods. Even if some can forcibly activate them, it is unknown how much of their power can be unleashed.
The Four Direction Flag was so powerful, seemingly having the effect of sealing space. If he couldn't activate it in his hands, it would be a great pity.
Just as Zhang Ling was pondering, he suddenly saw the cloud pattern on the Four Direction Flag flash, and a few wisps of gray mist floated out, covering a range of three to four zhang.
"Eh, could it be that the spiritual power injected earlier was not enough?" Zhang Ling muttered suspiciously.
At this moment, an anomaly occurred. The gray clouds released by the Four Direction Flag swirled, turning into a whirlwind that engulfed Zhang Ling himself.
