94: Chapter 94 Struggle

"Get lost! This Spirit Medicine is mine!"

Just as Lin Shen was about to grab the Spirit Medicine wrapped in golden light, a terrifying surge of Spiritual Qi suddenly swelled and rapidly attacked him.

Lin Shen quickly dodged to the side, slashing out a strand of Sword Qi from his hand to directly disperse the attack.

Without slowing down in the slightest, he quickly grabbed the Spirit Medicine wrapped in golden light.

Having no time to examine it, Lin Shen put it directly into his Storage Pouch.

"Lin Shen, hand over that Spirit Medicine!"

Just as he put the Spirit Medicine into his Storage Pouch, a somewhat gloomy-faced young man holding a great halberd, his body exuding a terrifying Aura of blood vitality, looked at Lin Shen with an unfriendly tone.

Hearing the man's questioning, Lin Shen frowned slightly, and a cold smile couldn't help but appear on the corner of his mouth. "Treasures belong to those who are capable. What, do you actually want to snatch my treasure?"

The jinglei flying sword floated in the air.

A terrifying power of thunder bloomed, and arcs of lightning spread out from Lin Shen's body.

He stared coldly at the gloomy-faced young man from before.

Lin Shen had some recollection of this person.

He was Zhang Gongjin, an Inner Sect Disciple of the Shangyang Sect, who had a Peak Foundation Establishment Cultivator as his master.

According to the information previously provided by Mo Shenggu, this Zhang Gongjin was a pure Middle Stage Foundation Establishment Body Cultivator. His blood vitality was extremely powerful, and he once had a record of holding his own against a Late Stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator without being defeated.

"Snatch your treasure? Hehe... Lin Shen, others may fear you, but I don't!"

Zhang Gongjin sneered repeatedly at Lin Shen, his tone filled with threats. "I've seen your battle records. You merely rely on your terrifying Sword Qi and destructive thunder-attribute Spiritual Qi. However, my Physical Body has long been tempered and polished a thousand times over. Facing me, you will only bring trouble upon yourself. What's more, you are only at the Early Stage of Foundation Establishment, while I am at the Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment. I advise you not to remain obstinate."

This was a mutual, tacit understanding among the Five Great Sects.

If one could make the other back down through strength or verbal threats, there was no need for both sides to fight to the death and completely annihilate each other.

But if they couldn't reach an agreement and were evenly matched, then when faced with an Opportunity, they could only rely on their respective strengths.

Those with bad luck, even if they were killed on the spot, it would only be a matter within the Secret Realm. Once outside, the backers behind them could not hold each other accountable.

After all, the Five Great Sects of the Southern Wilderness recruited a new batch of Disciples every three years. They never lacked talented people; what they lacked was the kind of person who could grow amidst the cruelty of the cultivation world.

If they were talented but merely greenhouse flowers, then the Sects would rather not have them, as such people would only waste resources.

On the contrary, if someone could carve out a bloody path from the brutal elimination, only such a Prodigy could survive to the end and be worthy of their cultivation.

It was precisely because of this that every time they entered the Secret Realm once every hundred years, all the major Sects would lose a certain number of talents, but they would also harvest a new batch of even more elite Prodigies.

"The one who is obstinate is you..."

Lin Shen shook his head slightly.

Looking at Zhang Gongjin in front of him, a flash of killing intent crossed his eyes.

In the next instant, his figure flickered.

Terrifying thunder bloomed.

The jinglei flying sword shuttled out, a terrifying Sword Intent spreading within it, rapidly tearing through the air as it charged straight toward Zhang Gongjin!

Sensing Lin Shen's terrifying attack, Zhang Gongjin's expression turned slightly solemn, and he let out a cold snort.

The terrifying power of blood vitality inside his body erupted, and the great halberd in his hand carried immense weight as a terrifying, colossal force burst forth and swept outward.

He swung the halberd heavily!

Under the eruption of the terrifyingly dense blood vitality, a massive phantom of a great halberd appeared in the air, fiercely striking Lin Shen's flying jinglei flying sword.

Boom!!!

A violent explosion resounded.

Waves of terrifying explosive shockwaves swept in all directions.

"Now it's my turn! Lin Shen, you refused the easy way and chose the hard way!"

Zhang Gongjin roared as his body shot forward. He rapidly swung the great halberd in his hand, causing massive phantoms of the halberd to appear high in the sky, continuously bombarding Lin Shen from all directions.

Each of these massive halberd phantoms carried an extremely terrifying force. If an ordinary Early Stage Foundation Establishment Realm Cultivator were to take a direct hit, they would absolutely be smashed into mincemeat in an instant.

But who was Lin Shen?

He was originally a dual Cultivator of both spirit and body.

Both of his paths had achieved perfect Foundation Establishment, but his cultivation as a Body Cultivator had simply not been revealed.

Facing these massive halberd phantoms, his figure flickered rapidly. He cast a hand seal, and arcs of lightning condensed directly in the air into massive Flying Swords, swiftly charging toward the halberd phantoms.

Boom! Boom! Boom!!!

Deafening explosions rang out in rapid succession.

Under the attack of the extremely terrifying power of thunder and the sharp strands of Sword Qi, Zhang Gongjin's massive halberd phantoms shattered one after another.

In the next instant, Lin Shen turned from defense to offense.

His terrifying power of thunder erupted, while surges of water and wood elements permeated within it.

The three complemented one another.

Wood aided the momentum of water, and water aided the momentum of thunder.

With the three complementing one another, the terrifying thunder filling the high sky transformed directly into Flying Swords. Wrapped in sharp Sword Qi, they charged straight toward Zhang Gongjin.

Zhang Gongjin also had not expected Lin Shen's strength to be so formidable, and his reactions to be so swift.

In just an instant, he had turned from passive defense into an extremely sharp attack.

At this moment, he did not dare to be careless.

The blood vitality in his body continuously burned and erupted as he swung the great halberd heavily. His body flickered around, dispersing the incoming strands of Thundering Sword Qi one strike after another.

"Is this it? Is this all you've got?"

"Lin Shen, I've long known you are skilled in Flying Sword and thunder attacks, but if this is all you can do, I'm afraid you are not yet qualified to pocket that most precious Spirit Medicine!"

"This precious medicine is mine. If you hand it over, I might let you off!"

Continuously dispersing Lin Shen's Sword Qi attacks as the battle went on, and with each swing of his halberd, Zhang Gongjin's Aura grew higher and higher, and his Battle Intent became increasingly dense.

He was born to fight, so naturally, the more he fought, the stronger and more confident he became.

"Is this all?"

Sensing the confident Zhang Gongjin, Lin Shen sneered, and the Sword Qi he unleashed became increasingly sharp.

His Thundering Sword Qi was inherently adept at the path of slaughter, also belonging to the type that grew stronger the more he fought.

He also wanted to see just how strong Zhang Gongjin's Physical Body strength was and how many of his sword strikes he could withstand.

As for Mo Xiaoyu and Chu Yiyi on the side, they had no time to spare for this at all.

They were fighting for a purple Spirit Medicine, engaged in a fierce battle with other Cultivators.