"Unfortunately, I haven't truly gained the recognition of the Cave Spirit yet." Ji Ning understood this point. That yellow-haired great bear kept many secrets from him, letting him struggle to survive on his own. If he really died in the process... it would be just like Yi Hua Xianren and Lei Zhan - dead was dead. The Cave Spirit would simply wait for its next master. Even that Three Lifetimes Daoist said that Ji Ning had to become a 'Heavenly God' before he could be considered his disciple. Clearly, Ji Ning's current strength was still insufficient.

  "That's right, the stronger one is, the more attention they get. Compared to when I first met the spirit of the cave, he's much kinder to me now." Ji Ning could clearly remember the first time she saw Huang Mao Xiong, who didn't pay much attention to her at all.

  Ji Ning's mind flashed with these thoughts, and then suppressed them.

  Don't think too much!

  The most important thing now is to defeat this divine demon's incarnation!

  "I've heard that some powerful gods and demons can create a clone just by plucking out one of their hairs." Ji Ning looked at the Golden Armored God in the distance and said loudly, "However, according to legend, the clone created from that one hair is extremely weak... I'm afraid your clone is also very weak."

  The Golden Armor God General's face changed slightly, and Ji Ning touched his weakness. Yes, this incarnation of him only had a thread of divine power change, even the weapon in his hand was an illusion created by divine power.

  Compared to his main body, this clone is even weaker than Jining's!

  But...

  He is after all much higher than him in the realm of Tao.

  "If I were the real deal, just one puff of air would turn you to dust!" The Golden Armor God's eyes had an arrogant glint, "Even if it's just a strand of divine power condensed into a clone, the weakest of clones... can still handle you... Hmph!"

  "With one breath, it turned to dust. It seems that his true form is indeed extremely formidable, no wonder I felt such a threatening presence from him, I reckon the ominous feeling was brought by his true form." Ji Ning thought to himself.

  Ji Ning's heart moved slightly.

  Boom!

  The Sea of Consciousness Divine Soul unfolded the Shocking God Seal, and in an instant, his divine thoughts took the Shocking God Seal as their axis. Directly surging out, the rolling divine thoughts directly crushed forward towards that Golden Armored Divine General.

  "Hum~~~" The rolling divine thought was like encountering an extremely hard reef, colliding and passing by. Although the divine thought was vast, it couldn't compare to the hardness of the reef.

  "Haha, divine thought?" The Golden Armor God sneered and shook his head, "A single thread of my divine power contains a single thread of my divine soul. Although it's extremely small, its essence is far superior to yours. Even if your divine thought were ten times stronger, you wouldn't be able to shake me. Kid, go ahead and use whatever methods you have, don't blame me for not giving you the opportunity later."

  The Golden Armor God appears to be reckless but is actually meticulous.

  Because of the legendary place... he also had a curious and cautious heart: "The rumored god master is here, how can I deal with a little doll, so weak and small, what's the background of this little doll, and what's the relationship with the god master? However, his divine soul was quite strong, not yet at the yuan Shen level. It turned out that the divine soul was already so powerful."

  Although he is powerful, he also needs to look up to the legendary god master with reverence. He's afraid that a single glance from the one-armed god master would be enough to annihilate him.

  ……

  Ji Ning thought that Jin Jia Shen was mysterious.

  Jin Jia thought that Ji Ning was mysterious too.

  ……

  "It would have been enough to let a puppet fight you. However, you indeed have the hope of inheriting your master's legacy and dominating the three realms in the future... Since that's the case, I'll also let you touch some things ahead of time."

  Letting Ji Ning vaguely touch some secrets would instead ignite Ji Ning's strong desire to become stronger.

  "Awesome."

  "I haven't touched those ancient powerful beings for a very, very long time." The yellow-haired big bear was also filled with longing, he had been lonely for too, too long.

  ******

  Inside the third floor of the Temple of War God.

  Ji Ning was thinking urgently about a solution: "He is just a weak and small part of a powerful existence. His advantage lies in his extremely high comprehension of the Tao, but his weakness is that he is only a strand of divine power condensed into being. Because he has left his original body, it's like water without a source. The divine power will be consumed and cannot be regenerated."

  The way of battle is also to use one's own strengths to attack the enemy's weaknesses!

  "Consume his spiritual energy!" Ji Ning immediately took action.

  Whoosh!

  Not charging forward, but swiftly retreating to pull back the distance, at the same time, more than 700 flying swords appeared around Ji Ning, and the late-stage Wanyuan's yuan force immediately poured into each flying sword. In an instant, these flying swords all slightly fluctuated, and after gaining a deeper understanding of the 'Way', deploying the Small Thousand Swords Array became much easier.

  "The Ninth Layer of the Xiao Qian Sword Array." A flying sword as white as jade directly condensed in front of Ji Ning.

  Hiss! Hiss! Hiss!

  A white jade flying sword condensed and formed a handle, swiftly flew towards that golden armored god general in the distance.

  "This sword array is indeed mysterious, but unfortunately, the person using it is too weak." The Golden Armor God General held two large divine hammers in his hands, looking extremely leisurely as he strolled over. However, each of his steps seemed to traverse hundreds of feet in an instant, faster than Ji Ning's Wind Wing Escape Technique.

  "Lotus in Water and Fire."

  Ji Ning was single-minded and had two uses.

  Manipulating the Small Thousand Swords Array while displaying the Water Fire Lotus Flower.

  Only saw blooming open a few lotus flowers, directly in the Golden Armor God's surroundings blooming, huge lotus leaves also crazily entwining and binding the opponent.

  "Troublesome." Jin Jia Shen furrowed his brow, and with a loud crash, his massive hammer smashed forward, instantly creating a wave-like ripple. Wherever it passed, the Water Fire Lotus flower's layered leaves shattered one after another, ultimately completely destroying it.

  "Has he destroyed just one lotus flower?" Jin Jia Shen Jiang was secretly shocked.

  Hiss! Hiss! Hiss!

  A white jade sword tip flew in, like a brush stroke, each one was simple and extremely introverted, but it made the Golden Armor God General feel extremely apprehensive: "Sword path? And what a sharp and frightening swordsmanship."

  "Clang." The Golden Armor God wielded a pair of divine hammers, each time blocking Ji Ning's sword edge, the divine hammers would tremble slightly. Because these divine hammers were actually condensed from divine power and not true treasures.

  Clang.

  Clang.

  Facing the water-fire lotus flower with its cold, icy flames, facing the numerous sword tips of the Small Thousand Swords Formation, the Golden Armor God General was momentarily at a loss...

  At the time of the Great Wilderness Prison, the Small Thousand Swords Array was not as good as Ji Ning's close combat, but previously at the Black and White Academy, Ji Ning had advanced from the early stage of Wanxiang to the late stage in one breath! The increase in yuan power allowed Ji Ning to once again display the Small Thousand Swords Array... its power also jumped two levels, and even compared to Ji Ning's close combat, it was very close.

  "Although this incarnation of his is weak, he can still withstand my multiple methods." Ji Ning's face turned cold, the Northern Frost Sword disappeared into thin air, and then a black longbow appeared.

  This black large bow is a ground-level magic bow and arrow, which can only be considered ordinary goods, without any special power attached.

  Some legendary divine bows, Ki Ning is hard to find.

  But...

  This land's law treasure, divine bow, is still enough to let Ji Ning's strength be fully displayed.

  "Plucking Star Hand!" Ji Ning instantly executed Plucking Star Hand, one hand grasping the bow body and the other pulling the bowstring, with an arrow on the string...

  Wow.

  The bowstring is drawn tight.

  Ji Ning's eyes, like lightning, gazed into the distance. Drawing his bow and shooting arrows didn't require much mental effort; it was more about spiritual energy! So Ji Ning could easily draw his bow and shoot arrows while controlling the Water Fire Lotus Flower and the Small Thousand Swords Array.

  "Whoosh!"

  An arrow flashed by, and in an instant it pierced through the void and arrived before the Golden Armor God General.

  "Not good." Jin Jia Shen Jiang was shocked. The speed of this arrow was even faster than the sword tips of the small thousand swords array, and he couldn't even block it.

  "Boom!"

  The giant hammer in his hand suddenly shook and cracked, and then quickly recovered. The Golden Armor God General even retreated several steps back.

  The power of the bow and arrow... is actually accumulated strength, concentrated in a single arrow. Just talking about the instantaneous burst. It's naturally stronger than Qin Ning's close combat. However, the weakness of the arrow is that it's not flexible enough. As long as the enemy can dodge, the arrow is equivalent to a wasted shot.

  But Ji Ning and the Golden Armor God Emperor were only a few hundred zhang apart! With Ji Ning's 'Plucking Stars' technique, the arrow shot out and traversed several hundred zhang in just an instant, too fast!

  There are also Water Fire Lotus and Small Thousand Swords Array beside it, binding and affecting it!

  These two major reasons make it impossible for Jin Jia Shen to directly dodge, and he must rely on his own means to resist.

  "Boom!"

  "Boom!"

  Every arrow carries the momentum of shattering a great mountain, striking with a loud crash.

  Beside him, the Water Fire Lotus bloomed with icy flames. The Small Thousand Swords Formation of the Later Stage of Wanxiang was also not to be trifled with... For a time, Jin Jia Shenjiang was in a difficult situation, his divine power constantly being consumed.

  "If this continues, the divine power will be exhausted, and this incarnation of mine. Once the divine power is exhausted, it will automatically disperse." The Golden Armor God General knew that he could not hesitate any longer.

  "Hiss!"

  Jin Jia Shen Jiang let out a loud roar.

  His entire body suddenly surged with golden light, and the large hammer in his hand transformed into a flowing radiance that directly shattered the surrounding small thousand sword array's glow, Water Fire Lotus Flower. The whole person rushed straight at Ji Ning in the distance.

  "Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!"

  Ji Ning simultaneously shot out four arrows!

  The arrows, under the influence of Ning's divine will, even had a faint curved trajectory, directly attacking the Golden Armor God General. The four arrows' attack made it impossible for the Golden Armor God General to dodge... He could only resist with all his might, and was directly blasted back.

  Water Fire Lotus, Small Thousand Sword Array sword awns entwined again...

  One arrow after another, even more powerful, directly shot at him! The divine sense influences the arrow, making it even more mysterious and unpredictable. However, the power of the arrow is too great... Even the divine sense can only make fine adjustments.

  "You little thief, dare to engage in close combat with me!" The Golden Armor God General roared.

  "You lose."

  Ji Ning spoke in a low voice, and at the same time, four arrows shot out again. The Golden Armor God struggled to resist, but his entire body suddenly shook violently, and then he directly dissipated into nothingness. Before he disappeared, he let out a furious roar, clearly unwilling to accept defeat.

  "Good." Ji Ning let out a breath of relief.

  "This demon is just a clone, yet it's so troublesome. I've used the Star Plucking Hand eighteen times in a row. My Small Thousand Swords Array has also unleashed thirty-nine sword lights." Ji Ning felt his divine power and yuan qi being greatly consumed, and couldn't help but secretly feel shocked.

  Whoosh.

  Ji Ning vanished into thin air.

  When everything around her became clear, Ji Ning discovered that she had already arrived at the main hall of Shui Fu.

  "You actually won with a bow and arrow?" Huang Mao Xiong looked at Ji Ning, his eyes also filled with incredulity. In his estimation, this battle should have been extremely difficult, the two of them should have engaged in a fierce close-quarters combat, and it was more likely that Ji Ning would lose.

  But the result is...

  He insisted on relying on his far-reaching skills with the bow and arrow, shooting down his opponent alive.

  "My master taught me divine abilities, except for close combat. I can also use bows and arrows to attack from a distance." Ji Ning said humbly, "I was also lucky to win."

  "Still feeling lucky?" Huang Mao Xiong gazed through Ji Ning's inner thoughts, seeing his complacent heart. "Alright, you've passed the third level. You can go to the Treasure Hall and choose a first-grade treasure or an equivalent one. Go!"

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