Nine Evolutions of the True Spirit

Lu Ping was no longer in a hurry to kill the monsters on the island. Instead, he roamed around the island, closely monitoring the battles that were taking place, only interfering to save human cultivators when they fell into perilous situations.

With Lu Ping's current divine revelation, he was able to cover the entire island. So, in just a few moments, the situation on the island completely changed. The humans began to notice that whenever they were in danger, the monsters would miraculously die in front of them.

The humans' morale was boosted greatly, causing them to fight back fiercely and even actively hunt the monsters on the island. Lu Ping's divine revelation could sense the excitement and fervor from them.

There were multiple reasons why he didn’t directly interfere with the battles and conduct a mass slaughter of the monsters. Firstly, the human cultivators could use this chance to hone their battle skills and earn more resources from killing the monsters. 24062

Secondly, due to the island's protective formation, the monster Enlightened Masters outside couldn’t see the situation on the island. Hence, this would continue to give them the impression that Huang Li Island was reaching its limit and would fall anytime. As a result, they would continue to send more monsters into the island.

At this rate, Huang Li Island might actually be able to make up for its losses from killing the monsters for their body parts and resources! They may even gain from this!

Most importantly, if they didn't know that Lu Ping had left his closed-door cultivation, and that the monster Enlightened Masters on the island had been killed, the monster Enlightened Masters outside would continue to stay and wouldn’t leave!

Lu Ping's appearance brought relief to everyone on the island. Hu Lili, Chen Lian, and the snake trio all eased their worries and turned to focus on their battles. From their looks of determination, Lu Ping could tell that they all didn't want his help as they wanted to fight using their own capabilities.

Lu Ping smiled and could understand their thoughts.

Hu Lili had been in the First Layer Core Forging Realm for many years now; she needed this fight to push herself to the limits for her breakthrough. Similarly, Chen Lian wanted to hone his battle skills.

As for the snake trio, whilst they had been in the Blood Condensation Realm for many years, it wasn’t because they couldn't breakthrough, but rather because Lu Ping had stopped them from advancing in order for them to consolidate their cultivation base to the fullest before the Core Forging Realm. Hence, they wanted to use this battle against the Second Layer Core Forging Realm monster to prove something to him.

Since the situation was all under control now, Lu Ping didn't stop them from doing what they wanted and let them be.

Bang—

Another hole was made on the island's protective formation and a dozen more monsters breached the island. Lu Ping sneered coldly and let the human cultivators attend to the situation, while he turned around and left to check on the spiritual fields.

These spiritual fields were the most valuable properties on the island. After all, they dictated what the island could produce every year.

After checking the fields, Lu Ping was happy to see that all of them were safe and sound with only minor losses. This was because the human cultivators knew the value of the spiritual fields, so they had all gathered around the fields to defend themselves from the monster attacks. As a result, the fields were well-protected and didn't suffer much damage.

While Lu Ping was roaming the island, he also saw two interesting cultivators; they were the side hall disciples who witnessed his practice sword in the side hall. He recognized one of them as the disciple who arrived first and sat at the front during his sword practice, and the other as someone who arrived later and was also the one who sat the furthest away.

After three years, only they remained?

Lu Ping smiled softly with an indiscernible expression, then he put this thought aside and let them be.

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After being surrounded by two Blood Condensation Realm monsters, Wang Qi was prepared to fight until his death. He inhaled deeply, holding the flying sword with his injured right hand even tighter.

Then, Wang Qi lunged forward at the Mid Blood Condensation Realm monster in front of him. Since he was going to die here today, he wanted to bring down at least one with him. As a result, he aimed at the monster in front of him, rather than the Late Blood Condensation Realm monster turtle behind him.

Whilst lunging forward, Wang Qi cast a blood spell with his blood essence in exchange for extra power, which he then poured into his final strike. In that instant, something dawned on him and he seemed to have been enlightened. The sword attack suddenly became extremely smooth, causing even the Mid Blood Condensation Realm monster to fail in dodging the attack.

A loud shriek of pain sounded just above him, amidst Wang Qi’s surprise that the monster didn't strike back.

He looked up and saw his flying sword penetrating less than a foot into the monster's body. Given the monster's giant size, on top of its Mid Blood Condensation Realm cultivation base, this wasn't anywhere close to a deadly wound.

Then, he looked further again and saw the monster turtle's giant body.

Unbeknownst to him, the monster turtle had arrived at his side and bitten the other monster's body while it was lunging onto Wang Qi. It was this attack that made the monster shriek in pain.

Then, while Wang Qi was still confused, the monster turtle raised its head slightly and heavily slammed the monster towards the ground. Meanwhile, three stone thorns suddenly rose from the ground and pierced through the monster's body. Just like that, a Mid Blood Condensation Realm monster had been killed without even being able to fight back.

After that, a fat rat hopped out from underground and climbed onto the monster turtle's shell. The monster turtle turned its head and nodded at Wang Qi, before a water wave emerged beneath its feet and carried it away.

Wang Qi was stunned, but he quickly regained his senses as he was still not safe. Then, he quickly scavenged the valuables from the two dead Mid Blood Condensation Realm monsters. After that, he weighed his interspatial pouch and frowned, it was almost full and couldn't take much more.

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Krongg—Pak… pak… Krong—

A series of thunderclaps and lightning sparks reverberated across the island. Lu Ping frowned, and in the next second, he flew across the island and reached Hu Lili.

He looked at the exhausted beauty, and said with a tinge of heartache, "Why go to such lengths? You already have him trapped, it's only a matter of time before he’s taken down."

Hu Lili's imprisonment array formation had already been broken, but the human pet trapped inside was also rendered unconscious by her lightning attacks.

Hu Lili shook her head, "It's not the same. If it wasn't for the mind seal that damaged his intelligence, he wouldn't have been trapped so easily in the first place, let alone be defeated by me. Despite that, this has been a fruitful battle, giving me the insights needed for a breakthrough. It seems like I will also be entering closed-door cultivation after this."

Lu Ping was overjoyed after hearing that Hu Lili had found her opportunity to breakthrough. Then, he flicked his finger at the human pet, sending out a flash of true energy into the human pet's body to fully seal off his cultivation base.

"Now, only Chen Lian is left."

Lu Ping and Hu Lili looked at each other affectionately, and with a smile, they flew together towards Chen Lian's battlefield.

Chen Lian's opponent was the other human pet who was in the Third Layer Core Forging Realm. Similar to the one that Hu Lili had fought, this human pet's intelligence was also limited due to the mind seal planted in him, greatly affecting his strength.

Additionally, Chen Lian was also an extraordinary Second Layer Core Forging Realm Enlightened Master, so he was able to secure the upper hand in the fight. By the time Lu Ping and Hu Lili arrived, he had bashed the human pet into a state that was close to death.

When Chen Lian saw Lu Ping and Hu Lili, he knew it was time to end things. The fire above him sent out a series of 18 fireballs, landing on the human pet and incinerating him into a pile of ashes.

Then, Chen Lian looked at the two with a pale face, and said, "Phew, if it wasn’t for the mind seal, I might not even be able to defeat him, let alone kill him."

Chen Lian was an entire cultivation layer weaker than the human pet, so the battle still took a toll on his energy.

Suddenly, another loud bang came from the island protective formation causing a dozen more monsters to enter the island. The human cultivators had already purged nearly all the monsters on the island, so they were very happy to see this development.

In just a few moments, they swarmed over and swiftly killed this new batch of monsters and then cleaned up the battlefield.

Chen Lian consumed a recovery pellet, and said with a smile, "Not bad. At this rate, the island might actually benefit from this monster attack. The surviving cultivators will earn a fortune from the monsters they’ve killed today. Huang Li Island will only become more prosperous after this."

Lu Ping shook his head softly, and smiled, "Not yet, there’s still one last step that needs to be done. Otherwise, Huang Li Island will only gain fame rather than trust. After all, there were monster Enlightened Masters that breached the island this time."

Hu Lili immediately understood his meaning, "You mean the monster Enlightened Masters outside the island? There's more than one of them, but Chen Lian and I are both exhausted and you’re all on your own, can you really do it? Furthermore, once you go out there, they will immediately know that they have failed to conquer the island."

Lu Ping answered helplessly, "We don't have much time left, the sect's reinforcements are about to arrive which will cause them to retreat. If that happens, Huang Li Island won’t be able to prove its strength. Furthermore, I think they have also started to realize the situation."

After saying that, Lu Ping smiled at them and walked out of the island on his own.