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“Boom…”
The smoke surged downwards, and the Sword Qi had already descended.
At that time, Chen Jingtian didn’t dare to delay. He immediately ran his mana to its utmost limit and moved his body to dodge the Sword Qi’s attacks as much as possible.
Simultaneously, a flash of light from the Defense Treasure in his hand quickly expanded, forming a barrier in front of him.
In a split second, as several crackling explosions sounded, accompanied by streaks of light cutting through the void.
Suddenly, numerous Sword Qi struck the Defense Treasure before him, bringing with them a powerful wave of force.
Fortunately, the power of the Defense Treasure was extraordinary, and it had successfully blocked the onslaught of Sword Qi, leaving only some cracks on it, which caused a decrease in its spirituality.
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However, Chen Jingtian himself was not faring well.
He had absorbed the formidable rebound force by directly blocking He Lanjun’s attack.
After this strike, blood spilled from the corners of his mouth, his Qi-Blood roiled crazily within him, and some of his meridians were violently shattered.
In addition, nearly half of the True Essence Mana in his body had been depleted, and the Defense Treasure had also suffered varying degrees of damage.
It was hard to imagine that this was just two rounds of combat.
And up to now, neither of them had even touched He Lanjun’s body, let alone defeat him.
Besides the current situation, he was still in danger.
Now, he had to find a way to escape from the smoke to have a sliver of hope for resistance.
With this in mind, Chen Jingtian’s expression was extremely grave as he took advantage of the lull in the attack to ponder his next move.
And during this time, the whole process of Chen Jingtian handling the strike was within Lin Tianming’s sight.
At the moment, Lin Tianming also had a gloomy face and was contemplating a strategy to break the situation.
In his mind, He Lanjun’s smoke was truly cunning. Although it didn’t have much attack power or pose any fatal threat,
if someone got trapped within it, the suppressing force it could bring was extremely terrifying.
Chen Jingtian had just tried and it was visibly clear how much it affected his speed.
Such suppressive force was deadly for a cultivator.
Once one could not break free, the True Essence Mana would be rapidly depleted.
Attacking targets with the strength of a Late Stage Golden Core Cultivator would basically mean just taking hits.
Even if you could withstand one hit, more would follow.
With this ebb and flow, it wouldn’t take long for the trapped person to be thoroughly drained to death.
This was somewhat similar to his own Divine Earth Evil Sword Formation.
Only that the Earth Evil Sword Formation posed a greater attack threat, yet it depended greatly on the Divine Sense of the cultivator, as well as the timing and stamina involved in the formation.
The smoke, however, was just very effective at trapping enemies and covered a much larger area but didn’t have fearsome attack power.
In this way, these two methods had their own unique features and advantages and disadvantages.
But regardless, He Lanjun’s Gourd Treasure was indeed cunning and formidable.
Knowing this, Lin Tianming realized that the most urgent matter was to assist Chen Jingtian in breaking free as soon as possible.
Otherwise, should anything go awry on Chen Jingtian’s end, not to mention his own safety, it would be impossible to explain to the Zhenyang Sect.
On top of that, facing He Lanjun alone would be like a slow death.
Thus, Lin Tianming wracked his brains for a loophole in the smoke before him.
While he was pondering, He Lanjun would not afford them much opportunity to catch their breath.
All of a sudden, the smoke churned, and numerous Water Dragons emerged again, roaring towards the two of them.
At that moment, Lin Tianming momentarily regained his composure and a flame appeared in his hand.
This flame was none other than the Blue Heart True Flame, which instantly raised the surrounding temperature markedly.
As the Water Dragons closed in, Lin Tianming resolutely threw the Blue Heart True Flame.
Instantly, the Blue Heart True Flame collided head-on with the Water Dragons.
“Boom…”
The sky lit up with fire, and the powerful impact spread in all directions.
And in the moment of collision, the Water Dragons were directly blasted apart, eventually evaporating like mist.
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At the same time, after the Blue Heart True Flame exploded, numerous fireballs formed and eventually disappeared into the smoke.
In those short moments, all one could hear were bursts of boiling sounds.
Then, one could see swathes of the fog beginning to dissipate, and sunlight from the sky shone back onto the ground.
Seeing this, Lin Tianming was thrilled beyond expectation.
Originally, He Lanjun’s Spiritual Root was primarily of the Water Attribute, and his Attack Power also revolved around the Water Attribute—even his Gourd Treasure was an item of the Water Attribute.
Lin Tianming had used the help of the Eye of Five Colors at the outset and discerned the attribute behind the smoke; countering with the Blue Heart True Flame was merely an attempt made with a try-it-and-see attitude.
If there were apparent effects, then nothing could be better.
If there were no effects, then he would have to look for another strategy.
However, the effect of the Blue Heart True Flame was surprisingly good; it had easily shattered the Water Dragon, and after exploding, those small fireballs continued to evaporate what remained.
This result was far too good, completely beyond Lin Tianming’s expectations.
But on closer reflection, the Blue Heart True Flame was, after all, one of the Third Order Exotic Flames, and an extremely special Third Order fire at that.
Such a Treasure wielded immense suppression over Water Attribute attacks.
With such a Treasure on hand, it was only natural for Lin Tianming to give it a try—the result might be miraculous.
It was precisely this exploratory move that had truly dissolved Lin Tianming’s significant trouble.
At this time, Lin Tianming was bursting with excitement, and he let out a long sigh of relief in his heart.
On the other hand, He Lanjun’s expression was exceptionally grim.
In his eyes, he had almost considered Lin Tianming and his companion nothing short of certain failures.
Under the circumstances just before, not to mention unleashing an Attack to counterattack, even self-preservation was extremely difficult; at most, they could have held out for a few rounds before defeat.
Given that, the prospect of defeating him head-on was even less likely.
Yet, Lin Tianming had managed to recognize the attribute of the smoke and also had the Blue Heart True Flame.
The result was that he found the flaw in the smoke and saw his biggest reliance crumble.
Now, the overwhelming advantage he had would disappear, and the outcome of the fight became hard to predict.
Even so, He Lanjun remained relatively composed.
After all, with his Late Stage Golden Core Cultivation Realm, he felt he had a fair chance of winning even if he faced Lin Tianming and his friend head-on. 𝑛𝘰𝑣𝑝𝑢𝑏.𝘤𝑜𝘮
Under such circumstances, he needed to seriously injure one of them quickly, to defeat Chen Jingtian in the shortest possible time.
As long as Chen Jingtian lacked the strength to resist, relying solely on Lin Tianming would not be enough to pose any threat to him.
With that step, he would have achieved his primary goal.
Knowing this, He Lanjun made consecutive moves, unleashing vast amounts of Sword Qi, directing Attacks toward Lin Tianming and his companion.
“Whoosh whoosh whoosh…”
Sounds of sword whistling rose.
At this very moment, Lin Tianming knew he could not delay any longer; he had to quickly rescue Chen Jingtian.
Driven by a strong sense of purpose, Lin Tianming conjured fireballs in his hands once more, flinging them in Chen Jingtian’s direction.
“Boom…”
The Blue Heart True Flame cut through the void, directly evaporating the smoke around it, eventually forming a pathway.
Immediately afterward, Lin Tianming pivoted, rushing through the path cleared by the True Flame toward Chen Jingtian’s location.
His movements were swift, and with the aid of the Eye of Five Colors, he managed to narrowly dodge the barrage of Sword Qi Attacks from He Lanjun.
With the way paved by the Blue Heart True Flame, Lin Tianming finally joined Chen Jingtian just before He Lanjun’s Attacks could descend.
It wasn’t until they stood shoulder to shoulder that both Lin Tianming and Chen Jingtian breathed a sigh of relief.
Free from the constraints of the smoke, they no longer had any reservations.
Without further delay, the two of them unleashed a barrage of Attacks, targeting the Sword Qi summoned by He Lanjun.
In an instant, the Attacks of the three clashed head-on.
“Rumble…”
In a moment, the sky was aglow with fire once more, and the battlefield, which had been calm for a brief time, was once again filled with thunderous explosions.
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