Chapter 2097: Pursuing All the Way

ask after all, since those who seriously violated the Lingxiao Palace were directly executed, and those exiled to the mine weren't sentenced to death. Besides, this Weng Zhihan had been imprisoned for..."He actually came after me!" Lu Xiaotian was originally enjoying himself swimming, but when he sensed an unusual aura rushing towards him from behind, his expression changed.

Before he could react, a gust of wind swept into the lake. A huge vortex formed around Lanjing Lake, centered on Lu Xia Tian. The vortex had an astonishing suction force, from which even Lu Xia Tian couldn't break free easily.

Master Mingyi was indeed more formidable than the previous Master Lei Sengming. Lu Xiaoteng took a deep breath. Even underwater, it was difficult to escape Master Mingyi's grasp, let alone on the surface of the lake where defeat was imminent.

At this time, Master Mingyi Chan's magical powers stirred up the tens of thousands of meters deep lake water. A tremendous suction force pulled at Lu Xia Tian, trying to drag him out of the lake.

The demonic shark monster's body flickered, its size expanding dozens of times. It swayed back and forth, locked in a tug-of-war with the massive vortex.

“Master Lu, please follow this poor monk back to Qinyin Temple to retrieve the blood python from the wicked Master Ming and his apprentice. Then, offer the Nine-Ring Thunder Needle as atonement. All past grievances will be forgotten.” Master Mingyi's voice echoed down from the sky into the water.

“You Buddhist sect, even capable of repaying kindness with enmity. I can still believe your words, bald donkey If you have the ability, just try it.” Lu Xia Tian snorted coldly, Mingyi Zen Master was a wind-type cultivator, casting spells across this lake thousands of meters deep, the power would inevitably be discounted. Even if he wasn't a water-type cultivator, his situation underwater wouldn't be any worse than on the surface.

“Then this poor monk can only invite Lord Lu onto the water.” Mingyi Zen Master frowned, his hands beckoning. A green banner, hidden by a gust of wind, appeared in his palm. His eyes narrowed and seemed to widen. With a wave of the banner, the world suddenly roared with wind. The sky turned blue, and the mirror-like lake surface churned with waves.

The howling wind drowned out all other sounds, streaks of wind diving into the lake, pushing the water outwards and gradually forming a larger and larger pit. Master Mingyi's words about pulling Lu Xiaoteng out of the lake were not empty promises.

However, Lu Xia Tian wouldn't rely on Mingyi Chan Master's spell. At this time, the demonic shark beast's body swelled even more, opening its blood-filled maw to suck in lake water, struggling against the furious wind roaring from above.

Just a single demonic shark monster was not enough to be a match for Master Mingyi Chan. Lu Xiaoteng moved, separating himself from within the demonic shark monster's body. With a raise of his hand, he summoned the Fang Tianhuaji halberd into existence. He stirred the void, and a giant halberd shadow slashed towards the raging wind that was pushing the lake water outwards from above.

From the bloodlight behind Lu Xiaotian, the elephant-nosed monster also charged out with a hammer, facing Lu Xiaotian head-on. Its gigantic warhammer swung out, abruptly splitting the howling wind above their heads in half. The lake water that had been pushed aside by the wind suddenly surged forward like a breach, as if a dam had burst, and the water roared towards them.

Lu Xia Tian took advantage of the water in Lanjing Lake at the bottom of the lake. Master Mingyi had anticipated this situation long ago. Behind him, four azure flags suddenly appeared again. The four azure flags transformed into four beams of blue light and shot towards all directions. Suddenly, amidst the howling wind and turbulent sky, there was another surge of wind and clouds.

The wind spirits surging from all around almost solidified into tangible forms. At the gap torn open by Lu Xiaitian and the two six-merged soul beasts, a large amount of lake water originally poured out, as if about to fill the vortex that was pushing the whirlwind back. However, under Mingyi Zen Master's methods, the floodwater from the broken dam was blocked by even more violent gusts of wind, and countless cascading lake waters actually froze in mid-air, then were pushed back.

“Amazing power,” Even as an opponent, Lu Xia Tian couldn't help but feel a surge of respect seeing Ming Yi Chan Shi effortlessly display such divine abilities. Among the Buddhist monks who bore the "Ming" character name, those revered as Chan Shi were all supreme powerhouses who had one foot in the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm. Though they were all in the Nascent Soul realm, those who cultivated to the late stage of the Nascent Soul were exceedingly rare. Even powerful figures like Ye City Lord remained stagnant in the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul for many years, unable to advance. And characters like Ming Chen Huo Mu and Yuan Tang Nan Chen were also remarkable powerhouses who remained stuck in the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul.

Even if he was just about to reach the later stage, this Ming Yi Chan Master already possessed such power. What would he be like after truly reaching that stage

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Master Mingyi's methods were far from over. With a single hand gesture, a flying sword transformed into three, striking towards Lu Xiaoteng, the Elephant-Nosed Beast, and the Demon Shark Beast. The flying sword, empowered by the raging winds of heaven and earth, exerted even greater power. The original azure Mirror Lake, which was nearly ten thousand zhang deep, was now reduced to less than a few hundred zhang in depth by Master Mingyi's technique, and the water level continued to decrease at an alarming rate visible to the naked eye.

The three Qingfeng swords plunged into the water, these few feet of lake water were nothing to Mingyi Zen Master at this time.

However, Lu Xiaoteng's efforts in fusing these six Rong Hun beasts were painstaking. At this moment, Lu Xiaoteng's divine consciousness flickered, and he saw that the ink sacs on both sides of the demon shark beast suddenly burst open. The originally pure lake water was instantly dyed a dark green color. Even the three Qingfeng Swords that had pierced through the water seemed to hesitate.

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Mingyi Chan Master's expression turned solemn. This demonic shark beast was indeed rather strange. At this time, the ink-green water color rapidly spread outwards, and in a short moment, the waters within a radius of thousands of miles were all an ink-green. Three azure flying swords churned up the water, but this demonic shark beast's released ink wasn't just affecting vision; even one's divine sense was greatly hampered underwater.

Although Mingyi Zen Master's cultivation was far deeper than Lu Xiaoteng's at this time, his soul essence was still a distance away from Lu Xiaoteng's. At this moment, Mingyi Zen Master could no longer easily pinpoint the exact locations of Lu Xiaoteng, the Demon Shark Beast, and the Elephant Trunk Beast. He could only control three flying swords to shuttle back and forth in the lake, trying to force Lu Xiaoteng out of the water in this way.

At the same time, billowing banners danced in the sky, and fierce winds constantly pulled the lake water farther away. Only when one could clearly see the mud at the bottom of the lake did Lu Xiaoteng and the elephant-nosed strange beast, as well as the demon shark strange beast, vanish without a trace.

"It's gone, bad." Mingyi Chan master was startled at first, then quickly reacted. Three flying swords in the water rushed towards the foot-long green fish that had been trailing Lu Xiaitian before it broke the surface.

"The reaction wasn't slow at all." Master Mingyi's tenacity was beyond Lu Xiaoteng's expectations. At this time, there were still four or five hundred meters between him and the azure fish. Master Mingyi had already sensed something amiss, and his three azure flying swords had already flown ahead to near the azure fish.

“I don't know what kind of magic weapon this azure fish is. It's definitely not an ordinary demon fish, but it can keep up with him on Lanjing Lake. If this isn't dealt with, he won't be able to escape the pursuit of Master Mingyi Zen. In the end, he couldn't hold on and was exhausted before being captured.” Lu Xiaoteng had already made a plan in his heart when the demon shark opened his ink cartridge.nge, alluring glimmer appeared in Dongfang Yi's captivating eyes."I naturally wouldn't want to be your enemy," Lu Xia Tian nodded, this point was nothing he had to admit. He would help the Qin people...