After defeating the Invincible Nascent Soul and Fairy Eternity, Lu Yang felt an incredibly close connection with the Invincible Nascent Soul, far more than he could have imagined before.
"Finally got it done."
Lu Yang crouched at the bottom of a valley beneath an unknown cliff, eager to feel the changes brought by this victory.
"Come out."
When Lu Yang tried to control the Invincible Nascent Soul, it obediently flew out from the Spiritual Space without attacking him anymore.
"Go, move that stone over here."
The Invincible Nascent Soul flew over and easily lifted the giant stone weighing a thousand jins, moving it in front of Lu Yang.
"Now put it back."
The Invincible Nascent Soul obediently placed the giant stone back to its original position.
Lu Yang couldn't help but be moved to tears; other cultivators could control their nascent souls like this as soon as they reached the Nascent Soul Stage, but it took him until he was nearly at the Divinity Transformation Stage to control his nascent soul. It wasn't easy.
Defeating the Invincible Nascent Soul was a challenge, but the benefits after the battle were equally impressive.
The Invincible Nascent Soul was essentially another version of himself, doubling all his attacks.
The only problem was that his moves were too powerful, and the valley floor space was too small for him to fully unleash them.
"I should go back to the Sect and find someone to practice with."
Lu Yang left the valley bottom and looked for the nearest city, only to find that after continuous spatial leaps, he had already jumped into the neighboring state.
Eager to test the power of the Invincible Nascent Soul, he sped back to the Seek Dao Sect on the Sword Washing Pool and found Li Haoran on the Hundred Refinement Peak.
Old Meng and Man Gu were in the Imperial City, and he couldn't beat Tao Yaoye if she used her Feather Transformation Immortal Body. So, among his peers capable of being his match, only Li Haoran was left.
"Junior Brother Li, are you free? Let's spar, um, you are Junior Brother Li, right?" Lu Yang asked, not completely sure as he looked at the person in front of him clad in iron armor.
"It's me." A muffled voice came from inside the armor.
At this moment, Li Haoran was clad in fine iron armor, wrapping himself tight, leaving no part exposed, not even his eyes.
Li Haoran took off his helmet and repeated, "It's me."
"What's this, Junior Brother Li?"
Li Haoran chuckled and patted his armor: "Just forged this magic artifact, which I've named Combat Battle Armor. Once worn, it provides both offensive and defensive capabilities, and even a Divine Transformation Stage Cultivator would find it hard to penetrate its defenses."
During the battle with Master of All Laws, the Seek Dao Sect had used a peerless magic artifact, the armor of Ancestor Guiyuan, which could elevate someone from the Body Integration Realm to the Transcendance Tribulation Stage. Inspired by this, Li Haoran spent more than a year to forge his own armor.
Although it wasn't as powerful as Ancestor Guiyuan's armor, capable of battling across different levels, it significantly enhanced Li Haoran's combat capabilities.
"That's perfect. I've had some gains in my recent cultivation. How about we practice together?" Lu Yang said with a smile; the timing couldn't be better.
Li Haoran was also confident in his Combat Battle Armor, considering himself no weaker than Lu Yang.
"Sure."
"This place is too cramped for a fight; let's go somewhere else."
They left the core area of the Seek Dao Sect and crossed the peripheral grasslands, landing amidst a range of steep mountains.
This area was also under the Seek Dao Sect's domain, with disciples often coming here to test moves of tremendous power.
During the flight, Lu Yang noticed that Li Haoran's flying speed had increased significantly after donning the Combat Battle Armor.
"Shall we begin?"
"Let's do this!"
Both had made progress in their cultivation and were eager to ascertain their current combat capabilities, which had to be validated through battle.
Lu Yang didn't dare underestimate Li Haoran. This was a Semi-Immortal who had attained the outline of the Reincarnation Dao Fruit, and for him, now at the Double Infant Stage, challenging someone above his level was excruciatingly difficult.
He took out the Green Peak Sword and eight other sharp swords, tossing them into the air, forming a Sword Array.
"Extinguishing Immortal Sword Array!"
Li Haoran felt an invisible force emanating from the Sword Array, forcing him to kneel. This invisible power was too overwhelming and domineering to resist.
"I've long heard that Elder Brother Lu Yang has a Sword Array that can force someone to kneel. Experiencing it firsthand today confirms its extraordinary nature. However, just this move isn't enough to take down your Junior Brother!"
Just as Li Haoran was about to kneel, his body suddenly disassembled into six parts: the head, torso, and limbs.
The Extinguishing Immortal Sword Array was an extremely powerful controlling skill that could force someone to kneel and even Meng Jingzhou couldn't withstand it.
But not being able to withstand it didn't mean there were no countermeasures.
Li Haoran's separated legs were parallel to the ground, indicating he was still in a kneeling position, but this didn't interfere with his ability to fight.
"True Fire Tornado!"
True Fire formed a tornado, with the wind aiding the fire, multiplying the power of the True Fire many times over. The entire mountainside turned into a sea of flames; wherever it passed, trees instantly turned to charcoal, and the ground became scorched and black.
Although Lu Yang could also control True Fire, he was not as adept as Li Haoran, a Fire Spirit Root cultivator.
Lu Yang, facing Li Haoran, dared not be careless, and Li Haoran was just the same, resorting to one of his trump cards from the get-go.
Although Li Haoran was considered an undefeated Nascent Soul genius in the outside world, he knew that the one who truly swept through the Nascent Soul Stage wasn't himself, but Elder Brother Lu Yang.
In the outside world, both the roles of Acting Sect Master and Young Sect Master were universally acknowledged as the number one genius.