Cultivation Starting from Full Talent

Chapter 101: Chapter 99 Zhou Cheng

“Hum—”

A massive force descended from behind with lightning speed, so fast that it even created a sharp screeching sound in the air!

A chill ran down Ning Daoran’s spine.

In an instant, he executed the Wind Riding Leisurely Technique at the Return to the True Realm, moving sideways like a flash of lightning!

“Boom—”

With a loud noise, the spot where Ning Daoran had stood became a deep pit.

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And the attacker, surprisingly, was a large, black-haired cow demon holding a tough dead branch in its hand, its blood-red eyes staring fixedly at Ning Daoran.

An aura of late-stage Foundation Establishment—it was actually a second-stage late-stage demon beast!

Ning Daoran couldn’t help but feel his scalp tingle; was he, just in the early-stage Foundation Establishment, worthy of being targeted by a second-stage late-stage demon beast capable of fighting a Human Clan’s Early Stage Golden Core cultivator?

The cow demon’s gaze was icy as it looked at the bloodstains of the wolf demon on the ground nearby. It burst into fury and bellowed at Ning Daoran’s face:

“Moo~~~”

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The air was thick with the smell of blood, nearly causing Ning Daoran’s eyes to shut involuntarily.

At that moment, two more demon beast auras emerged from the dark woods. Looking up, two second-stage early-stage cow demons stepped out of the dense forest, their eyes filled with killing intent.

These two cow demons exuded an air as though facing a great enemy, forming a triangular killing array together with the second-stage late-stage cow demon!

“Ow-ow~~~”

Inside the Spirit Garden Cave Heaven, Big Stupid Deer was eager to join the battle, feeling that it was time to show off its skills and come to its big brother’s aid!

“No… ”

Ning Daoran shook his head: “Before Foundation Establishment, no action is allowed!”

Big Stupid Deer grew anxious, stomping its hooves frantically within the cave heaven; his big brother was being so unreasonable!

“Swoosh, swoosh!”

Ning Daoran threw out two top Papermen with his left and right hands, and as they burst into the air, one took on his own form, while the other resembled a female cultivator with a voluptuous chest.

Although he was an upright gentleman, he too had his own preferences!

The two paper cultivators took to the air, heading straight for the two second-stage early-stage cow demons. Conveniently, they each possessed thirty percent of Ning Daoran’s strength, which was comparatively closer to the cow demons’ combat power and did not overpower them too much.

“Moo, moo, moo~~~”

In front, the second-stage late-stage cow demon seemed to feel insulted and leapt up, the dead branch in its hand aiming for the opponent’s head with the force of a mountain pressing down!

As Ning Daoran stepped back, broken porcelain shards and Shadowless Needles turned into streaks of afterimages, attacking both sides of the cow demon.

“Moo!”

With an angry bellow, the cow demon swung its hooves left and right, deflecting both the broken porcelain and the Shadowless Needle, its eyes blazing with intense anger.

Comparing these trifling magic artifacts to itself, comparable to a Human Clan Golden Core Early Stage, wasn’t this an insult?

Ning Daoran smiled faintly, continuing to retreat while conjuring the Jade Saber.

It was getting interesting now, but the Jade Saber still could not cut through the cow demon’s tough skin; the beastly body of this second-stage late-stage cow demon was incredibly strong!

“Moo~~~”

The cow demon’s eyes surged with intense killing intent, its massive body slowly advancing, creating a sense of oppression.

It seemed to be warning Ning Daoran that if he could not produce any significant tactics, he would indeed be left with a dead end.

However, just as the cow demon was only ten steps away from Ning Daoran and about to activate its bloodline power to crush his head in one blow, a sudden surge of powerful array energy fluctuated from the soil beneath!

“Whoosh~~~”

An array rose from the earth, golden bamboo forests within the array swaying and rising, quickly turning the nearby area of several dozen feet into an array field!

The Water Cloud Golden Bamboo Sword Formation, a second-order high-grade array!

“It was you who walked in.”

Ning Daoran smiled faintly, and as he raised his hand, the second-tier top-grade spiritual artifact, the Qiushui Sword, appeared in his hand.

With a slight vibration of the blade, the entire sword array’s ambiance had already fused with Ning Daoran’s Jianjia Sword Technique!

At this moment, although he had not refined the Silver Moon Flying Sword, nor had he refined the perfectly matching Golden Bamboo Sword with the Water Cloud Golden Bamboo Sword Formation, the lethality of the sword array itself was by no means negligible.

“Moo~~”

The cow demon reached the pinnacle of its anger, roaring as it stood up, its blood qi growing ever more vigorous and its body inflating to a towering ten meters tall, ruthlessly colliding with the inner walls of the sword array.

Amid the loud noise, the bamboo of the sword array swayed.

A sneer appeared on Ning Daoran’s lips; did this cow demon think it could break through the sword array he had put so much effort into creating so easily?

He gently raised the Qiushui Sword, channeling the Transformation Realm Level Jianjia Sword Technique within his body!

Suddenly, the bamboo forest within the sword formation seemed to come alive, with countless delicate golden bamboo leaves detaching from the branches to form a myriad of fine flying swords within the array, ceaselessly assaulting the cow demon’s body!@@novelbin@@

The cow demon’s physical body was tough but couldn’t withstand such an onslaught of sword qi!

Moreover, Ning Daoran channeled the sword array’s energy using the mana of the Eleventh Layer Evergreen Technique.

The Wood Attribute Evergreen Technique, complemented by the partly Wood Attribute Water Cloud Golden Bamboo Sword Formation, boosted the array’s lethality by at least fifty percent!

In just a few moments, the cow demon’s body was covered in wounds, and even the injury on its back was so deep that bone was visible, and the blood flowed non-stop.

It continued to charge the sword array, stimulating its own blood qi, in an attempt to push through the array with its demon qi.

Unfortunately, Ning Daoran’s array talent was exceedingly high, and the Water Cloud Golden Bamboo Sword Formation, a lost art for thousands of years, was indeed an absolute skill. At the same level, it had no hope of breaking the formation.

Before long, the cow demon’s aura had dropped by about half.

Ning Daoran estimated that although the Water Cloud Golden Bamboo Sword Formation was powerful, it would indeed be difficult to kill the cow demon without the coordination of a set of flying swords to launch an attack.

However, it wouldn’t take too long. The Silver Moon Bamboo in the Spirit Garden Cave Heaven was nearly a thousand years old, and the crafting of the first set of Silver Moon Flying Swords wouldn’t have to wait much longer.

“I thought you were tougher,” Ning Daoran stepped forward into the air. The tender golden bamboo forests within the array crowded around the array’s master. He watched the cow demon with teasing eyes and laughed, “It’s over.”

“Whoosh—”

The Jade Saber suddenly pierced out of the bamboo forest towards the cow demon’s throat!

“Moo, moo, moo!!!”

The cow demon’s eyes widened, emitting a wail just before death.

After the Jade Saber passed, a huge cow head rolled off the cow’s body, and the blood wouldn’t stop!

This was the essence blood of a Second-stage Late-stage Demon Beast!

Ning Daoran dared not waste a bit. He quickly took out a container from the Storage Bag to catch all the spewing essence blood of the cow demon.

These were top-grade materials for refining Dan Sand. Although Ning Daoran wasn’t a Talisman Master, he wouldn’t miss out on such precious materials. He took them all and then sold them for a large sum of Spirit Stones to maintain his cultivation and strength.

Then, he collected the huge corpse of the cow demon into the Storage Bag.

To his left and right, the two Paper Cultivators he had created were still fighting with two early-stage Foundation Establishment cow demons. For the moment, they were evenly matched.

The Paper Cultivators only had thirty percent of Ning Daoran’s strength. Without the aid of treasures, their fighting power was definitely discounted.

He cast two Wood Escape spells into the woods, still aiming for an ambush. Holding the Azure Dragon Spear, he leaped out from the woods, and after two thrusts, the two cow demons lay stiffly on the ground.

As usual, the corpses of the demon beasts were all collected into the Storage Bag.

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By now, dawn was approaching.

Ning Daoran sensed for a moment; the Paper Cultivator he had sent to protect Junior Sister Han Bing had only made one move, then hid in the woods without coming out.

At least for the moment, Junior Sister should be safe.

It was time to head back.

Ning Daoran frowned, shook off the bloodstains and the smell of the demon beasts from his body, and then used Earth Tunneling to return.

Outside Nanlu Valley, the battle continued.

Ning Daoran sensed for a moment; the All Heavens Hidden Thunder Array was already damaged, and all three Array Flags had been shattered by the demon beasts.

Ahead, the sound of fighting could be heard.

‘Who could it be?’

Ning Daoran tunneled through the earth, and soon he saw a familiar figure.

Zhou Cheng!

Senior Brother Zhou was covered in bloodstains; during the night, who knew how many bloody battles he had gone through, even the clothes made by the Foundation Establishment Elder were extremely tattered.

At this time, Zhou Cheng was controlling a severely damaged Second-Order Mid-grade Magical Artifact, engaged in a bloody fight with a Second Rank Middle Stage demon beast.

Actually, with Senior Brother Zhou’s mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivation, he was considered quite strong. Otherwise, after a night of consuming fights, he would probably have been slain by that savage Second Rank Middle Stage demon beast by now.

Without a second thought, Ning Daoran decided to help!

He kept a low profile and was cautious, but when a comrade from the sect was in a life-and-death situation, he had to lend a hand!

“Swish!”

Ning Daoran emerged directly from the tree using Wood Escape, with a True Feather Fan in his hand, immediately shooting out a Fierce Flame surge like molten lava onto the demon beast’s back.

“Roar—”

The demon beast was furious; Ning Daoran’s ambush strike had caused very serious injuries, and the fire-attribute attacks invoked by the True Feather Fan seemed to burn incessantly, drilling into the bones after scorching through the flesh, quite fatal.

However, in the midst of its roar, Zhou Cheng suddenly urged a Dilapidated Spirit Artifact Flying Sword to pierce the throat of the beast.

“Junior Brother Ning, it’s you!”

Zhou Cheng was overjoyed, “Together, let’s kill this demon beast!”

“Alright!”

Ning Daoran circulated the Evergreen Technique. As the Qiushui Sword swung, tendrils of vine-like Sword Qi struck at the demon beast.

He tried to keep the Evergreen Technique at the Third Layer, controlling the Jianjia Sword Technique to a Small Accomplishment stage, making it seem very reasonable.

For someone who had cultivated a Third-tier Spirit Plant during Foundation Establishment, having these Fight Techniques was logical.

In any case, he only needed to ambush and harass the opponent; Senior Brother Zhou, who was at mid-stage Foundation Establishment, would take care of the main attack!

Soon after, the mid-stage Foundation Establishment demon beast let out a pitiful roar and collapsed dead onto the ground.

“Huff…”

Zhou Cheng took a deep breath, sitting cross-legged to restore a bit of Mana.

“Junior Brother, take whatever you want from this demon beast’s corpse.”

His words made Ning Daoran feel very well-disposed towards him; this Senior Brother Zhou truly had a commendable character.

“The credit for slaying this demon beast belongs to Senior Brother; I don’t want anything.”

Ning Daoran shook his head lightly, “You should focus on quickly restoring some Mana, Senior Brother. I will protect you.”

Saying so, he lifted the Qiushui Sword and stood not far off.

‘Sigh…’

Zhou Cheng sighed softly, shaking his head inwardly: ‘My foolish Junior Brother, how can you just give away the credit that others fight for? No wonder you, even as a Foundation Establishment cultivator, can only cultivate Spirit Rice on Qiongbi Peak and have always been inconspicuous within the sect…’

He secretly resolved that if he made it back alive to the sect this time, he would give this Junior Brother a helping hand if he had the chance!