Cultivation System: Stronger with Age

After Lin Xuankong finished speaking, Flaming Blade Duan River hesitated no longer. The Immortal Yuan within his gigantic Immortal Body surged violently. At the same time, his Initial Tier Immortal Artifact, the Flame Saber—renowned throughout the Central Divine Dynasty Western Region—rapidly expanded under the considerable infusion of his Immortal Yuan. In the blink of an eye, it transformed into a colossal flame blade thousands of units long. The flames burning on this blade shone brilliantly, reaching heights of several hundred units. With every flicker of these flames, a Flame Giant Sparrow with a wingspan of several hundred to over a thousand units appeared instantly!

The Fire Spirit Divine Skill of the Fire Spirit Immortal Sect and the Thousand Cranes Technique of the Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect were somewhat similar. This Fire Spirit Divine Skill, when wielded by an Earth Immortal, possessed two particularly unique offensive methods beyond basic burning and scorching flame attacks. One was to condense all flames, forming a Demon King Level Flame Sparrow corresponding to the wielder's realm.

For instance, with Flaming Blade Duan River currently using the Fire Spirit Divine Skill, if he wished to condense a Demon King Level Flame Sparrow, given his realm was already the extremely high Late Stage Third-Grade, the Flame Sparrow Demon King summoned by his Fire Spirit Divine Skill would naturally be a Late Stage Tier Three Flame Sparrow Demon King. This creature would possess Demon Techniques and Flame Strange Skills stronger than even Third-Grade Earth Immortals. Of course, this method of wielding consumed a tremendous amount of Immortal Yuan. Thus, Earth Immortals of the Fire Spirit Immortal Sect, unless at the brink of life and death, generally would not exhaust all their Immortal Yuan to summon a Demon King Level Flame Sparrow.

The other unique offensive method of the Fire Spirit Divine Skill was to transform the massive amount of flames it mobilized into numerous Flame Sparrows. Although these Flame Sparrows were not Demon King Level, and their offensive power and speed were not particularly formidable, their strength lay in sheer numbers.

Yang Ding, Flaming Blade Duan River's direct disciple at the time, had once dueled Little Bodhisattva Yikong, Galin Bodhisattva's direct disciple. Even though Yang Ding was only a Ninth Layer Late Stage cultivator, with the help of the Fire Spirit Cauldron, he had managed to summon a continuous stream of Flame Sparrows in a very short time—at least several hundred. That Yang Ding, using his legion of Flame Sparrows, had almost subdued Little Bodhisattva Yikong from Spirit Platform Buddhism, nearly defeating her on the spot. One could only imagine how truly fearsome the Fire Spirit Divine Skill of the Fire Spirit Immortal Sect was!

After all, this was comparable to a cultivator mobilizing hundreds or even thousands of Demon Pearls to summon an equal number of demons to assist in combat. The Immortal Yuan consumption for mobilizing Demon Pearls and summoning demons was enormous. In this world, aside from Lin Xuankong, who else could mobilize a large quantity of Demon Pearls and summon numerous demons in such a short time? It could be definitively stated: no one else! Yet, the Fire Spirit Divine Skill of the Fire Spirit Immortal Sect, much like the Thousand Cranes Immortal Technique of the Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect, enabled cultivators to summon numerous absolutely loyal and powerful demons for combat, all thanks to their exquisite Cultivation Methods!

Yang Ding, Flaming Blade Duan River's direct disciple at the time, had been able to summon several hundred Flame Sparrows using the Fire Spirit Cauldron, a mere Magical Artifact. Now, however, the one mobilizing the Fire Spirit Divine Skill was the distinguished Vice Sect Leader of the Fire Spirit Immortal Sect himself, Flaming Blade Duan River—a dignified Late Stage Third-Grade Earth Immortal. Moreover, he was using a genuine Initial Tier Immortal Artifact, not just a Magical Artifact! Consequently, the number of Flame Sparrows summoned by Flaming Blade Duan River was terrifyingly vast, far exceeding what Yang Ding could summon with the Fire Spirit Cauldron!

In the span of a mere tenth of a breath, the space between the towering Flaming Blade Duan River and Lin Xuankong, several thousand units away, became densely packed with innumerable Flame Sparrows! The sheer number of Flame Sparrows was beyond measure. There were not just hundreds, nor merely thousands—there were likely tens of thousands, perhaps even over one hundred thousand!

One had to remember that these were all Tier Nine demons, each with a wingspan of several hundred units. Although not Demon King Level Flame Sparrows, they were still immensely awe-inspiring. As this legion of Flame Sparrows flapped their wings, massive flames spread out, threatening to incinerate the heavens and earth across tens of thousands of units.

Most ominously, these more than one hundred thousand Flame Sparrows were not just capable of attacking and spewing flames; their specialty was self-destructing upon reaching their target! Previously, Little Bodhisattva Yikong from Spirit Platform Buddhism, with her extraordinarily powerful Buddhist Techniques, could have withstood attacks from same-tier cultivators for ten days and nights without sustaining so much as a scratch. Yet, under the self-destructive attacks of Yang Ding's mere hundreds of Flame Sparrows, even her despairingly formidable defense had nearly crumbled, almost leading to her defeat!

And that had been the self-destructive assault of merely several hundred Flame Sparrows. Now, targeting Lin Xuankong and preparing to charge, were over one hundred thousand Flame Sparrows...

Witnessing this scene and its terrifying momentum, even the hundreds of Earth Immortals from the Seventy-six Immortal Sects showed a slight change in expression and instinctively moved a little further away. Some Earth Immortals couldn't resist murmuring in low voices,

"Hmph, although the Fire Spirit Immortal Sect is somewhat... questionable, their Fire Spirit Divine Skill is undoubtedly terrifyingly powerful! If these more than one hundred thousand Flame Sparrows rush to self-destruct one after another before an opponent, forget a Transcendence Realm cultivator; even a Third-Grade or Fourth-Grade Earth Immortal's Immortal Body would likely collapse from the blasts!"