Xuantian Immortal Cultivation Record

Zhang Yuanjing frowned slightly because this beast was not among the group of beasts that had appeared under the arena before. This undoubtedly indicated that the demon race still had reserve forces.

A thought flashed through his mind, and he also realized that since the demon race had this arrangement, the human race probably did too. For example, Han Longfa, the leader of the three great Core Formation Supremes, hadn't shown himself! There was also an extremely powerful Core Formation Grand Perfection cultivator at Spirit Martial Mountain, said to be comparable to the three great Supremes, who had been very famous in his early years, but he hadn't appeared either. Besides that, there were probably some old guys who had been forgotten by everyone because they hadn't appeared in many years.

He chuckled softly, what did it matter to him whether there were hidden forces or not? Since he was on the stage, then let those people keep hiding!

The beast in front of him was named Yanfu, and it was a very peculiar type among the demons of the Hengduan Mountains. Unlike ordinary demon beasts that were strong in body or excelled in talent, this beast was born with an understanding of Daoist techniques and was good at derivation and imitation. The purple vines on its body were a replica of some kind of plant from before, and maintaining this appearance was probably to be used to restrain Zhang Yuanjing.

Zhang Yuanjing slowly retreated a few steps, giving up the central area of the arena, without rushing forward to attack.

Before yesterday, he might have been a little nervous, but after several hours of comprehension, he had understood many variations and evolutions of spells, and had also designed several moves that combined small spells. It was impossible for this Yanfu beast to rely on imitation to restrain him.

As the formation power receded, the Yanfu beast walked into the arena from the portal.

Its body was not huge, about one and a half zhang long and one zhang tall. Its back was as hard and upright as a wild bull, but its belly was like a pig's stomach, round and bulging as if it contained a lot of food.

Its eyes were not big, but extremely deep, as if filled with boundless emotions, yet also clear and transparent without any stagnation.

Its head was like a lion or a tiger, with sharp teeth occasionally exposed, making it look very ferocious.

The Yanfu beast was the most ferocious beast among the demon beasts that liked to hunt cultivators, probably because they believed that by devouring cultivators' spiritual souls and golden cores, they could increase their wisdom and comprehend more Daoist techniques.

It walked a few steps along the edge of the arena. Seeing that Zhang Yuanjing didn't attack, it shook the countless purple vines on its body, twisting and turning towards the opposite side like snakes.

Zhang Yuanjing waved his Thick Earth Technique sword, condensing a row of earth walls to block the vines. The vines extended upwards, trying to get over them directly. Zhang Yuanjing triggered a magic formula, causing the earth walls to crack and collapse on their own, falling into a pile of rubble.

The Yanfu beast didn't understand his plan, but it didn't hesitate either, driving the purple vines to quickly extend towards him.

Zhang Yuanjing continued to condense earth walls. As long as the vines lifted up, trying to get over them, he would trigger the earth walls to break on their own. In this way, by the time the vines extended to a few zhang in front of him, eight rows of earth mounds had already piled up where they had passed.

The Yanfu beast suddenly took a few steps forward, and the power within its body roared like a long river falling into an abyss. All the purple vines were drawn forward together, like messy belts, wrapping around Zhang Yuanjing at a rapid speed.

Zhang Yuanjing pointed his long sword, and four earth walls quickly rose around him, using an earth prison to protect himself. The vines immediately rose upwards, trying to attack from above, but there was also an earth wall above to cover the gap.

The Yanfu beast let out a shrill cry, and its body shook violently. All the vines wrapped around the earth prison from all directions. In less than two breaths, the earth prison was completely covered.

Then, the vines began to tighten, bit by bit, pressing into the earth walls.

Zhang Yuanjing held the magic formula in his hand, constantly consolidating the earth prison. At the same time, he cast the Raging Sand Technique, shrouding the Yanfu beast.

The Yanfu beast was prepared for this. As soon as the wind and sand rose, it imitated it, creating a sand formation around itself, almost identical to the one Zhang Yuanjing had created. The two sands collided, and the Yanfu beast didn't fall behind. As time went on, the beast became more and more skilled, and it used its derivation ability to continuously replicate the yellow sand, quickly gaining the upper hand and compressing Zhang Yuanjing's sand formation into a corner.

Zhang Yuanjing changed his magic formula and pushed forward. The earth blocks that had fallen all over the ground moved automatically without wind, like flying stones, breaking through the sand formation created by the Yanfu beast and hitting it overwhelmingly.

This technique was created by Zhang Yuanjing on the spot, and the Yanfu beast was unprepared and unable to imitate it immediately. It used earth walls to block, which was also imitated from Zhang Yuanjing's Earth Defense Technique.

There were a lot of flying earth blocks, and the first earth wall that the Yanfu beast summoned only lasted for one breath before it shattered. The beast didn't care and continued to condense earth walls using the derivation method.

Zhang Yuanjing changed his magic formula again and began to cast the Flying Stone Technique, but instead of creating stones in the sky to smash down, he condensed round, ball-like giant stones on the vines, like heavy fruits hanging on the vines.

These stones might only weigh a few thousand catties individually, but when hundreds of them were released together, they weighed hundreds of thousands of catties, instantly causing the vines to fall downwards, and the force on the earth prison was reduced by more than half.

If this Yanfu beast only used the derivation and replication method to deal with Zhang Yuanjing, it could at most maintain a situation of neither winning nor losing. If it wanted to defeat him, it needed to have a restraining move. This move could not be imitated from Zhang Yuanjing, but could only be obtained from elsewhere. This could only be these vines.

In the past, Zhang Yuanjing's five small spells were indeed not very effective in dealing with these vines. As for the few magical treasures, they were not powerful breaking treasures either, and it was difficult to quickly cut off all these vines.

But now it was different. Since he understood the way of earth magic changes, he no longer only had the firmness of earth magic, but also the variability of earth magic. He could adapt to the needs of battle, improvise, and create means to overcome the enemy.

The Yanfu beast was distracted by defending against the flying stones. By the time it realized that the vines were being restrained and wanted to retrieve them, it was too late.

At this time, the weight of the vines had increased dozens of times, making them quite slow to move.

Zhang Yuanjing's magic formula changed repeatedly, and his magic power surged out, condensing giant stones one by one, until all the vines were fully loaded and could no longer move.

Affected by this, the Yanfu beast was also fixed in place and unable to move.

It was also extremely decisive. It immediately spun around and broke all the vines, and blood seeped out from the broken ends, scattering everywhere. However, in just a moment, these wounds healed. However, its round belly was half deflated.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhang Yuanjing had already approached its side. The Yanfu beast was naturally cautious. Once it lost its chance, it would not fight hard, but would choose to retreat temporarily, and then come back to break the enemy after determining a restraining strategy.

Zhang Yuanjing would not give it the opportunity to try repeatedly. He stood near the demon race's arena portal, not immediately attacking.

The Yanfu beast dared not directly enter the formation gate, so it used the means it had learned from Zhang Yuanjing to release a raging sand formation at him, and then used the earth wall technique to block the portal. However, it did not immediately escape into the formation gate, because it was worried that Zhang Yuanjing still had other means hidden.

Zhang Yuanjing's body was covered with stone armor, standing still in the raging sand, only staring at the Yanfu beast, without attacking.

The Yanfu beast hesitated and never moved towards the formation gate.

After half a quarter of an hour, the beast felt that it was too difficult to maintain the raging sand and earth walls, so it put away its means and simply confronted Zhang Yuanjing directly.