Lu Ren's face was extremely calm, instantly realizing that this place was an array laid down by someone, giving it the ability to rewind time, and the people in the village were obviously not real but true spirits derived from this array.
He stood with his longsword on the ground, forming three Tathagata seals with his hands, then crouched halfway down, pressing his palm to the ground.
With Lu Ren as the center, the ground instantly cracked with countless fissures spreading in all directions. Amidst the violent earth tremors, the cultivators rushing over couldn't find footing and instantly fell into the open fissures.
The winding cracks extended nearly a kilometer before gradually stopping. At the same time, as the endless true essence poured from within Lu Ren's body, the heaven and earth spiritual mechanism was swallowed and rolled back into the cracks like a whale, where beams of golden light rose from the abyss-like fissures, shooting straight up into the clouds.
Then, a deafening explosion erupted at this moment, revealing a giant one hundred meters tall statue of a thousand-armed Bodhisattva formed from earth and stone emerging. At this time, Lu Ren, hovering in the air, gazed deeply at the small town below, still trying to recover. Lu Ren reached out his hand, spreading his five fingers and pressing downward virtually.
The thousand-armed Bodhisattva moved, its arms falling like meteors, continuously pressing down and striking the small town.
A full thousand strikes, depositing all its arms, and the thousand-armed Bodhisattva Dharma body suddenly collapsed, turning into countless pieces of stones falling down.
At this moment, the small town had clearly turned into a mush, and the array had long been thoroughly destroyed under such violent impacts.
Even the terrain here was changed by the attack.
Indeed, as long as there is enough true essence as backing, the various Buddhist divine techniques in the Real Tathagata's True Scripture can be cast as if they were free.
By extracting the Red Dragon Inner Core to rapidly restore the massive amount of true essence consumed in his body, in just the time it took to take a breath, Lu Ren's previously consumed true essence was replenished.
Furthermore, using the Red Dragon Inner Core for so long, it was still surrounded by a lingering misty aura, showing no sign of diminishing. In fact, Lu Ren perceived it to be slightly larger than when he first settled it in his dantian.
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Lu Ren felt puzzled, wanting to ask Ao Li in the Inner Realm, but he also understood that the other party would not answer his questions - the levels between them were too vast.
Have you ever seen an elephant answer a microbe's question?
Lu Ren waved the alloy longsword in his hand. Since considering the longsword as a consumable, he hadn't focused so much on pursuing any divine soldier profits. Even refined treasure path soldiers continued to wear in high-intensity collisions.
Looking at the Jade Capital Mountain, which suddenly emitted a faint glow, it was evident that such earthshaking commotion at the foot of his mountain had activated some kind of defense mechanism.
Next, he saw over a dozen beams of sword light rising from Jade Capital Mountain, rushing toward the mountain's base.
Lu Ren's expression was subtle, his eyes showing a trace of interest. He hadn't expected that within the Shangjing Sect, sword cultivators were the main focus. The information relayed by the Security Bureau's net showed that the Shangjing Sect was well-versed in Taoist skills and divine techniques, capable of unleashing world-shaking power when spirit and reality merged.
But at this time in the Kunlun Exotic Realm, Lu Ren looked up at the sun high in the sky. Those qi refiners with deep cultivation wanted to perform magical techniques, but their power was vastly minimized.
In terms of Lu Ren's current strength, although he couldn't claim to have become a true immortal, he was a presence that had one foot repeatedly stepping into that realm.
What is a true immortal? It's when fake becomes true, possessing the true might of an immortal god, unlike those qi refiners who could only act with power when spirit realm and reality merged.
Otherwise, Lu Ren wouldn't have easily consumed the array, which had been set up for nearly a thousand years, possessing incredible might at the moment of spirit-reality convergence, with just one dharma seal summoning the thousand-armed Bodhisattva Dharma aspect.
"Who dares to act recklessly in our Shangjing Sect territory!!"
A thunderous voice resounded in the sky above Jade Capital Mountain, full of authority, with an unimaginable pressure descending as if the sky was falling.
Indeed, for the Shangjing Sect to exist for countless years, it must have some foundation.
Lu Ren's expression was calm and unmoved. Instead of retreating, he advanced toward Jade Capital Mountain, unbinding the Ten Lands and displaying the Tenth Dharma Cloud Earth Bodhisattva Dharma Body, with the Fruit Position Round Wheel manifesting behind his head, illuminating the perfect Bodhisattva realm to the world.
A stern shout rang out from the sky. In the next instant, a beam of sword light descended from the nine heavens, transforming into a Nine Celestial True Dragon, its body like white jade, lunging toward Lu Ren.
"Sword Qi Transformation?"
Lu Ren's eyes showed slight surprise. This was a path of systematic cultivation focused on the sword dao, nurturing sword intent before it could be manifested. Unlike the usual qi refiners whose Taoist skills and divine techniques were not sufficient, let alone focusing on the sword dao.
Sword cultivators are too specialized. The killing power is sufficient, and it's impressive, but ultimately, they can't be as comprehensive as cultivators practicing Taoist skills.
On the road of safeguarding the way, it's not just about having killing power to pass through.
The realm where one sword breaks ten thousand techniques is rarely reached.
While contemplating, Lu Ren extended his hand, with his arm exuding a faint golden intention. Under the sunlight, it seemed as though a golden brilliance was emanating.
His large hand directly broke through the dragon's head, ignoring the surrounding sword qi sharp enough to cut gold and split stone, allowing the sword qi to clash against his arm, making a jingling sound of clanging sword qi, tightly grabbing the longsword.
The young man holding the sword was visibly shocked and incredulous upon witnessing this.
"How could this be?!!"
Lu Ren remained indifferent, not caring at all about the young man's worldview-crumbling emotions. Compared to Lu Ren's current level, sword qi driven by true qi was just too weak to concern him.
With a slight force of his fingers, the longsword caught by Lu Ren suddenly shattered into countless pieces.
Before the young man could react, Lu Ren's other hand, like a large fan, caught him across the waist. Then, with the slight bulge of his arm muscles, he tossed the young man towards the incoming longsword behind him.
The immense power instantly dragged the young man, who completely defied the airflow dynamics, creating a series of sonic booms.
Seeing this, the incoming sword light forcibly halted its attack. Despite this, it still nailed the young man to the ground with a piercing cry, leaving him wailing and struggling.
"Stop crying; it's not a fatal wound, you won't die."
The sword light dissipated, revealing a breathtakingly beautiful woman dressed in a green gauze dress.
At this moment, her face was filled with seriousness, her eyes fixed intently on Lu Ren, who made no movements, not daring to divert her attention for fear that he would disappear from her sight the very next moment.
Lu Ren paid her no mind, only surveying the surroundings, watching the other twelve beams of golden light nearly simultaneously shooting toward him.
"Group Primordial Sword Array!"