Chapter 25 of Volume 4: "Exterminate Evil Needle" Recognizes Its Master!!!!! (Seeking Recommendation Tickets)

  Li Tao took out a set of long, thick, shallow gray needle-like objects that resembled cones but were not cones. He said, "This is a set of 'Exorcism Needles' with twelve needles in total. It can float in the air and attack enemies from a hundred miles away, killing them in an instant. This is a fourth-grade weapon. I am now giving it to you as one of the rewards for this great formation." Lin Yang's eyes lit up greatly; this was his first set of combination weapons, and they were fourth-grade at that.

  "Thank you, senior." After saying that, he also put away the "Evil-Exterminating Dagger" into his bosom.

  Li Shi smiled and said: "No need to thank me, compared to your control of this formation, what I have is nothing."

  Lin Heng left with a full harvest, carrying three large boxes, and swaggered away.

  Back at Guifeng Ridge, his gaze swept across the magnificent array above the cave mansion.

  His heart moved, this cave had been given to him by his adoptive father, inside the spiritual energy was dense and long-lasting, it was a rare place for cultivation. He himself pursued the peak of martial arts, within ten or eight years, he might not be able to find a more suitable place for cultivation. Therefore, from now on, he would mostly stay here, even if he occasionally went back to Qili Gou to visit his parents, he would eventually return to this base, after all, the entire Jinyuan City could hardly find such a high-quality cultivation cave.

  Since this cave is going to be my future cultivation site, safety and defense are of the utmost importance. The "Turtle Shield Formation" in front of me can withstand a 6th-grade strongman, but it's still far from enough. If I can help Li Shu set up large-scale formations, why not break this "Turtle Shield Formation" and replace it with my own formation, one that can defend against 7th-grade strongmen or even higher-level warriors?

  He thought of this and nodded immediately.

  However, based on his current financial resources and spatial materials, if he wants to set up a large-scale formation beyond the "Turtle Shell Shield Formation", it will be far from enough. With his current knowledge of formations, the maximum limit is that he can control a sixth-grade formation. Taking this as an example, if he wants to set up a sixth-grade formation, the spatial materials required, in addition to the eight and a half boxes he has on hand, would need to be at least five times more to be sufficient.

  Where will he go to find more space for his lumber?

  He thought of the impending Sect War in a few months' time, and the "Flaming Crystal Vein" that was to be contested.

  "Fire Crystal Rock" is a rare "space stone" with many uses. In the materials of the formation, it can be used as a substitute for about 80% of the space stones such as Jun Shi, Wei Shi, Ying Shi, Gu Shi, and Shu Niu Shi, making it an extremely precious compatible stone species, and the favorite of formation masters. This is why its price is much higher than that of ordinary space stones.

  If I can replace Hui Yin Zong and win this battle, won't I have obtained the "Space Stone" that is needed?

  But instead, a faint bitter smile appeared at the corner of his mouth: "Who wouldn't want to win this battle and seize the Fire Crystal Vein? Not just him, but the other nine powerful sects are even more eager than he is. Facing so many strong opponents, can a mere three-star cultivator like himself possibly emerge victorious?"

  Back in the mansion, all the array method books of "Space Pill" and "Space Stone" were cleared out and placed in the collection room.

  These space stones used to be extremely precious and were kept in "Space Balls", but now there are suddenly eight large boxes, making them small tycoons. As the water rises, so does one's vision, and these space stones are no longer worth storing in such cramped and precious collection spaces.

  Lin Lin held his breath with a tense heart, took out the "Exorcism Sword" one by one, touched the delicate texture on it, and immediately felt the energy flowing inside.

  The four-star weapon with an independent law array is indeed extraordinary, and Lin Huan lightly sighed.

  The art of engraving small formations within weapons is a skill possessed by formation masters. However, the ancient book only described the key to setting up formations, and how to intricately engrave them onto weapons was unknown to Lin Huan. Even if he knew, there was no way to modify it. Once a small formation is engraved on a weapon, it will be forever fixed and automatically sealed. Even formation masters cannot pry into or modify the formation inside.

  Lin Heng urged the release of the hidden power, pouring it into one of the "Evil-Piercing Needles". For a moment, he didn't know how to use it. Was he supposed to just throw it out with his hand?

  At this moment, his divine core seed moved and the Exorcising Evil Needle flew out with his thoughts, flashing like lightning and disappearing into the stone wall in front of him.

  "Mind control?" Lin Heng was stunned, you bastard, this is a mind-controlling weapon!

  He saw his divine consciousness controlling it, and the "Evil-Exterminating Stab" slowly withdrew, then flew into his hand.

  You're ahead of me! It's really a godly intuition, this time it's going to be big!

  Divine consciousness-controlled weapons, with a sudden and mysterious appearance, attacking at an extremely strange and abnormal speed.

  Secondly, users can free up their hands and simultaneously engage in close combat with the opponent while commanding their spiritual weapons to attack!

  Lin Heng arranged the remaining eleven "Evil-Slaying Needles" on the table and then used his divine sense to probe into them, intending to test their control one by one. Little did he know, the eleven "Evil-Slaying Needles"

  No reaction at all. What's going on? Why won't it work?

  He thought for a moment, patted his head, and hadn't yet grasped the power within himself, so "Zhū Xiǎo Cì" had not yet acknowledged its master.

  He picked one up, infused it with his power, and instantly controlled the "Evil-Exterminating Needle" to float in mid-air. He tested them one by one, and in an instant, all twelve "Evil-Exterminating Needles" gathered together, arranged in a straight line above his head.

  However, his divine core seed throbbed violently, its light dimming, and he suddenly felt a severe dizziness.

  "This ball is too exhausting! I just directed the houses to fly up in mid-air, and my head is already dizzy. How can I attack the opponent?" Lin Heng quickly cancelled the control.

  Lin Heng slowly opened his eyes after two hours of meditation in a cross-legged position, feeling slightly better.

  His spiritual consciousness was far stronger than that of ordinary people, and among those of the same rank, there was no one who could match him. He had almost reached the strength of a mid-fourth-grade strongman, but he couldn't withstand it. This fourth-grade weapon was not used by a fourth-grade strongman, but by an even higher-ranking strongman.

  He was right about that. Even a strong sixth-rank like Li Shi could only control four "Exorcism Needles" at once, let alone him who was in the late stage of third rank.

  Feeling a bit better, he used his spiritual sense to control another "Exorcising Dagger" that rose into the air, but he didn't dare continue controlling a second one.

  A faint sound of breaking through the air "Exterminate Evil Stab" transformed into a white light, and plunged into the stone wall opposite.

  Lin Heng couldn't help but click his tongue, just this astonishing speed, if he hadn't been prepared in advance, even a fifth-grade strongman wouldn't be able to dodge. He was still greedy and wanted to control the twelve arrows, you old man, if he could really control the twelve arrows, it's estimated that even an eighth-grade strongman would be killed! Li Shi wasn't brain-dead, why would he give them to him?

  Withdraw "Purple Thunder" back into your hand and once again inspect the state of the Divine Seed, this time the consumption is still within bearable limits.

  But Lin Huan had a vague feeling that he had left some important question behind, and after thinking hard for a while, he couldn't remember what it was.

  Twelve "Evil-Slaying Needles" also had their own scabbard, which Lin Fang conveniently stored inside his body.

  He slightly closed his eyes, just about to meditate again, recovering some of the severely depleted spiritual energy.

  Suddenly, he slapped his forehead: this "evil stabbing" control method shouldn't be so simple.

  If the opponent picks up "Qu Xie Ci" and infuses it with their own energy, wouldn't "Qu Xie Ci" become the opponent's object and be used to attack oneself? That won't do, one must leave behind some usage key. "Qu Xie Ci" must have another way of recognizing its master, it can't be as simple as just infusing energy.

  He remembered the blood recognition of the dog's blood, took out the "evil needle" from his body, cut his finger and dripped a drop of fresh blood on the "evil needle". With spiritual consciousness controlling the "evil needle", it didn't move at all, obviously not. After testing several methods in a row, only "blood recognition" was not used, and none of them worked.

  After being exhausted, I can only sigh and wait till tomorrow to ask Li Shi for guidance.

  In short, with "exterminate evil stab", he has an extra means against the top five, and his chances of winning increase by one point.

  There is another drawback, that the divine core seeds of the three products in the later period are too weak and cannot be consumed for a long time. It seems that I need to add extra cultivation of my divine consciousness in the future.

  What made Lin Huan disappointed was that even Li Shi didn't know how to truly make "Zhū Xiè Cì" acknowledge its master.

  Lin Heng finally understood why Li Shi was willing to give him the powerful "Zhēi Xiǎo" (Evil-destroying Stab). It turned out that this thing couldn't be used against an enemy, or else it would backfire and become a weapon of mass transportation, harming oneself.

  Helpless, I had no choice but to put "Zhū Xiè Cì" on hold for the time being.

  There is still a month's time, and the sect war will be held soon. Lin Lang has been busy for this period of time, either studying the secret book of formation or helping Li Shibu control the big formation, it's also time to prepare, otherwise it would be too irresponsible.

  He is currently a third-grade late stage, infinitely close to fourth grade, so impacting fourth grade is his most important goal.

  He decided to undergo another bitter cultivation, and the Shou Jing mountain range, although not as vast as the Mang Huo mountain range, also had an area of tens of millions of square kilometers, with many demonic beasts inside. Lin Heng was able to directly refine second-grade demonic beast inner elixirs, and under the ineffective refinement of Yu Jing stones, this was a shortcut to breaking through the ranks.

  Three days later, Lin Rong was already in the midst of the vast and endless Shou Jing mountain range, deep within a primitive forest that stretched for thousands of kilometers.

  His first prey was a second-rate flying fox beast, and he didn't even need to take action. A single "Exorcising Stab" flew out and killed the beast.

  Another purpose of this trip is to train his control over the extermination needle, with his current spiritual state, his maximum ability is to control two "extermination needles" for a fatal strike. However, that is close to the limit of spiritual consumption, and every time he finishes controlling it, the divine nucleus seed is dull and lightless. So he just practices one "extermination needle" first, and after successfully breaking through the level, the divine nucleus seed gets strengthened, then he will practice two.

  All the way, whether it was a first-class or second-class demon beast, Lin Hang's "Exterminating Evil Stab" howled and killed without any false moves.

  Especially the group killing of "诛邪刺" is terrifying. Previously, I encountered a group of five or six dozen wolves, thinking that Lin Huan was alone, they came forward to surround him. Unexpectedly, Lin Huan activated "Nine Volume Cloud Brocade", standing in mid-air, directly controlling "诛邪刺" to dive down, each stab piercing multiple heads of the wolves. In less than a few breaths, dozens of wolves, including five second-grade wolves, were slaughtered clean, not one escaped.

  This is the power of a formation weapon, once the internal formation is triggered, its power is several times stronger than that of an ordinary weapon.

  During the day, Lin Heng practiced martial arts diligently. At night, he would sit in stillness and meditate, refining the inner elixir he had obtained through his hunting.

  In less than six days, Lin Hong had mastered the "Evil-Slaying Needle" to the point where he could control it at will, with unparalleled proficiency.

  As he used his divine sense to control it every day, the divine nucleus seed condensed a lot. Now, even if he continuously commanded "Exterminate Evil Stab" for half an hour, he didn't feel any discomfort.

  After a bloody massacre, Lin Heng obtained 60-70 demon beast inner cores, all of which were second-grade.

  The effect of this elixir on him was minimal, so he didn't bother to pick it up.

  On the eighth day, as he went deeper, he encountered his first three-starred demonic beast.

  That was a purple-horned cow beast, and Lin Huan used his heavy axe with a blunt blade this time.

  In the past, on the mountain ridge of Wangu, he had Hei Jia Bai as a distraction, making it easy to slaughter the three-product demon beast. Now he is facing alone, and the purple-horned cow beast was chopped by him several times, but its skin and flesh are thick and rough, and it is not seriously injured. On the contrary, it triggers the release of its innate divine ability, a series of moos with attacking sound waves.

  Lin was shocked and his mind reeled, feeling dizzy and disoriented.

  If it weren't for the recent consecutive uses of "Exterminate Evil Stab" that allowed his divine core seed to gain experience, and the last bit of clarity that kept him holding on, he would likely have been attacked by the opponent's divine sense and fallen into a state of mental confusion, succumbing to demonic possession.

  He didn't dare hold back in the slightest, fiercely chopping down with his axe "Revolving Wind Style Triple Rhapsody!"

  The Tianzhu pillar rose with a loud roar, sweeping wildly towards the "Purple Qiu Niu Beast". At the same time, the "Zhuxie Stab" rose into the air, flying forward with a whoosh as it swept along with the Tianzhu pillar.

  The purple qilin beast was rolled up and torn apart, and immediately the "Exterminate Evil" white awn flashed over, piercing through its body.

  The purple cow's skin was thick and its bones were sturdy, but the "Whirlwind Triple Sonata" was too terrifying, tearing it to shreds, splitting it in two, and spilling its intestines all over the ground.

  Lin Heng looked at the two corpses of the purple-horned cow beasts and let out a long sigh, this beast was too powerful.

  This was his first encounter with a divine sense-attacking demon beast. The feeling it gave him was simply too intense; if this purple-horned cow beast was of the fourth rank, he would definitely not be able to escape today. Originally, he had thought that relying on his own strength, as long as he didn't encounter any fifth-rank freak demon beasts, he would have the ability to protect himself. Now, thinking about it, he realized he had been too arrogant. Demon beasts were not human; same-rank demon beasts had far greater strength than humans of the same rank.

  He recalled the "Exorcising Needle" into his hand, just about to wipe clean the fresh blood on the needle and put it back in its sheath. But wait, what's going on? He only felt that the "Exorcising Needle" was slightly trembling in his hand, so he focused his mind inward to investigate what was happening.

  Little did I know, a thread of spiritual resonance emerged from the ocean of consciousness at this very moment.

  You finally acknowledge your master? "Exterminate Evil Needle" has acknowledged its master! Lin Huan was stunned, and this time the acknowledgment of the master was absolutely different from the temporary acknowledgment in the past. It was a permanent acknowledgment. Because he discovered that he could clearly feel the power of every detail inside the "Exterminate Evil Needle", even the sealed internal spell array!

  What's going on? How did this "Evil-Slaying Dagger" suddenly acknowledge a master?

  It's almost dawn.