Enlightened Master Jin froze momentarily as he didn't expect Lu Ping to be this calm. Then, he laughed wickedly, and said, "What a joke! I'm an Enlightened Master and youre just a puny Blood Condensation Realm disciple! Do you really think you actually stand a chance because Im wounded?"

As soon as Enlightened Master Jin finished speaking, Lu Ping made the first move.

The Verdant Dawn Sword transformed into a Sword Jiao lunging towards Enlightened Master Jin, while Lu Ping shouted fiercely, "Then die!"

If he didnt strike now, then when?

Lu Ping knew that there was no point in talking anymore. Only one of them could walk away alive, so it was time to fight for his life!

Enlightened Master Jin Li looked at the Sword Jiao with disdain, and sneered coldly, "I will show you the disparity between the Core Forging Realm and the Blood Condensation Realm! Even while injured, an Enlightened Master can still crush you like an ant!"

Enlightened Master Jin Li's flying sword, a mystic treasure, swiftly beheaded the Sword Jiao. He continued speaking, "I've spent the past two years recovering from my injuries and honing my swordsmanship. Even though my cultivation base hasnt improved much, I've perfected Sword Complexity and am now just a step away from mastering Sword Unity. Let me show you what true swordsmanship looks like!"

Enlightened Master Jin unleashed the overwhelming aura of the Core Forging Realm. It dominated the surrounding area and created a huge hole in the clouds above him.

However, Lu Ping's divine sense keenly detected the frailty in his aura. Enlightened Master Jin Li was so badly injured from the battle with two human Enlightened Masters, that his condition was even made apparent in his divine revelation.

More than a thousand golden sword lights filled the sky, shining brightly with great power. Enlightened Master Jin didn't combine the sword lights this time, and instead waved his hand, sending the torrent of sword lights straight towards Lu Ping.

Lu Ping wielded the Verdant Dawn Sword and tried his best to parry the sword lights. At the same time, he activated the defensive talisman treasure, forming three circles of light around him.

The sword lights were stopped by the protective light circles, but Lu Ping was still knocked back dozens of feet from the huge impact of the collision.

Enlightened Master Jin stepped forward and pointed at his flying sword. The flying sword once again released more than a thousand sword lights. This time, the sword lights formed into a golden carp and dived into the sea. It was far larger and more intelligent than the last time.

Lu Ping's expression turned grave. He hurriedly cast another Sword Jiao using the Verdant Dawn Sword and his sword lights, to intercept the golden carp in the water.

As the two artificial beasts clashed underwater, a series of explosions could be heard from below, creating many turbulent waves on the sea surface.

In a matter of seconds, the Verdant Dawn Sword flew up from the sea followed by a scarred golden carp.

The Verdant Dawn Sword had lost its usual shining surface, while the golden carp continued swimming towards Lu Ping.

Suddenly, a pestle mystic instrument rammed down from above and shattered the golden carp. However, before it was destroyed, the golden carp also managed to knock the pestle back into the sky.

Enlightened Master Jin's flying sword, which presided as the golden carp's spine, flew back into his hand. He sneered, "Let's see how much arcane energy you still have to cast that mystic instrument."

Lu Ping didn't back down and sneered back, "What about you? How much true energy do you still have left?"

Enlightened Master Jin Li said coldly, "Enough to kill you!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he swung his sleeves and dozens of flags flew out in all directions around the battlefield.

Lu Ping's heart thumped. He immediately knew that he couldn't let the flags fall in place, so he hurriedly sent out the Verdant Dawn Sword.

Enlightened Master Jin naturally wouldn't let Lu Ping foil his plan, so he also cast his flying sword and stopped the Verdant Dawn Sword.

The Verdant Dawn Sword was naturally not a match for Enlightened Master Jin's flying sword mystic treasure, so it had to avoid directly clashing with it.

Seeing that the flags were about to fall in place, the Cold Jade Glazed Bowl appeared above Lu Ping's head and started spinning.

The seawater around them formed dozens of giant water hands that grabbed at the flags.

Enlightened Master Jin snorted coldly, and said with disdain, "Using water spells in front of a sea monster Enlightened Master? Let me show you who's the real water master!"

Enlightened Master Jin stomped on the sea surface causing the giant water hands to collapse immediately. Lu Ping's face changed drastically. It was too late for him to do anything anymore, as the flags were set!

The scenery around them changed instantly. There was a dark sky, thick fog, howling wind, raging sea, lightning storm, and freezing rain.

Lu Ping was lost. He couldn't locate his position in the array formation, and couldn't see Enlightened Master Jin anywhere either. His divine sense was suppressed, meaning he could only sense things within a 500 feet range.

In a place like this, Lu Ping could only roughly identify the general direction using his sense of danger. As a result, he couldn't effectively defend himself and was forced to summon Umbra to guard his back.

Suddenly, a bright light flashed in the darkness. Even with Umbra's protection, the flying sword still shattered Lu Ping's first protective light circle.

Soon after, the second attack followed.

This time, Lu Ping was able to identify the flying sword's direction and raised a wall of sword lights. However, the flying sword easily broke through this defense.

Dang

The second protective light circle was crushed, with the last protective light circle becoming dull.

"Amazing! Your divine sense can still determine the direction of my attack. How did you do it?"

Lu Ping immediately turned to face the direction of the sound. Landslide flew out and crashed violently into the sea, causing a huge wave.

Enlightened Master Jin teased, "It's useless. You will never be able to determine my position. Hmph, if it wasn't for my injuries and that my other weapons were destroyed, I wouldnt even need to use this array formation!"

Just as Enlightened Master Jin Li was feeling complacent for forcing Lu Ping into a difficult situation, twelve shining spirit pearls appeared in the darkness.

The spirit pearls shone with five-colored lights, becoming brighter as they resonated with each other. They were like twelve bright stars in the dark sky.

"What's this?"

Enlightened Master Jin struck out with his flying sword, but a strong force from the twelve spirit pearls pushed the flying sword to the side.

"[Ocean Suppress]!"

Lu Ping's deep voice could be heard clearly in the darkness. He was very calm and composed, which made Enlightened Master Jin put away his complacency.

Following Lu Pings command, the shining pearls suddenly stopped moving, and the raging sea also calmed down all of a sudden.

Enlightened Master Jin felt an irresistible force seeping into the array formation, obstructing its operation.

Enlightened Master Jin was shocked, he immediately realized that Lu Ping was trying to break his array formation. He quickly supplied more true energy and divine revelation to maintain the array formation.

However, the force was so strong and overbearing that it halted the array formation's operation within just a few seconds. Afterwards, a cracking noise could be heard.

Enlightened Master Jin was shocked. As the host of the array formation, he knew that one of the formation flags had been broken by this powerful force.

This was only the beginning.

The remaining formation flags broke one after another, and the array formation's effect immediately ceased. Enlightened Master Jin and Lu Ping were returned to the original scenery, but this time, with the addition of dozens of broken flags floating on the water.

Enlightened Master Jin found himself surrounded by the twelve spirit pearls. He looked at the pearls and asked with uncertainty, "These pearls, they are the ones from Seven Star Palace! Why are they in your hands? You! It's you! You're the one who trashed my cave-dwelling!"

Lu Ping consumed a Triple Turning Spiritual Pellet and didn't reply. He pointed his finger at Enlightened Master Jin and said, with a cold expression, "[Smiting Divine]!"