Chapter 247: The Combined Battle Method Has No More Loopholes

"Excuse me, Daoist friend, do you know those two bald men in the mud pit?" Tao Yaoye politely asked the hawk-nosed leader.

At the same time, she was somewhat puzzled; she didn't remember Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou being bald.

What kind of accident would make them bald?

Tao Yaoye was silent for a moment. It seemed that with those two around, she wouldn't be surprised by any accident.

The Five Eagle Mountain Heroes, thinking Tao Yaoye and Man Gu were seeking revenge from afar, quickly shook their heads and said they didn't know them.

"We just arrived and don't know the two bald young heroes. We only heard that one of them is named Lu Yang, who is suspected to be a Buddhist practitioner. He's skilled in Arhat Fist, and anyone hit by his Arhat Fist loses their hair."

Tao Yaoye: "..."

When did Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou become Buddhist practitioners?

Which Buddhist sect would be so blind as to take these two in?

As far as she knew, the abbot of Xuankong Temple was always clamoring to suppress the Silent Daoist, that evil creature.

Man Gu pondered for a moment and understood the deeper meaning behind Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou's actions: "When traveling, one needs to conceal their identity. Senior Brother Lu and Senior Brother Meng know their actions are flashy and might implicate the Wen Dao Sect, so they shaved their heads as a sign of resolve and impersonated Buddhist practitioners!"

Man Gu felt that the Senior Sister was indeed worthy of her title; when she sent them to Zhenyao Pass to learn from Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou, she must have anticipated the current situation.

Sure enough, they had learned quite a lot just by meeting them.

"Do you two know them?" The hawk-nosed leader, seeing the unusual expressions on Tao Yaoye and Man Gu's faces, suspected they knew each other.

"I'm Tao Yaoye, this is Man Gu, and Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou in the mud pit—all four of us are disciples of the Wen Dao Sect," Tao Yaoye explained.

"Wen Dao Sect?!" The Five Eagle Mountain Heroes were greatly astonished. They never imagined Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou had such impressive backgrounds.

On second thought, it made sense. The two young heroes could easily defeat successors from first-rank sects, so their backing forces must be far superior to a first-rank sect.

But being from the Wen Dao Sect was truly daunting.

What was the Wen Dao Sect? It was one of the Five Great Immortal Sects, with a history of 120,000 years—longer than the existence of the Great Xia Dynasty. Its foundation was unfathomable, and rumors even claimed that the Wen Dao Sect's strength was transcendent, making it the foremost among the Five Great Immortal Sects!

The strongest sect!

The hawk-nosed leader breathed a sigh of relief; it was good they weren't enemies.

Only then did he explain that the five of them were guides hired by Meng Jingzhou, and Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou had come here to seize the Twin-Stemmed Lotus.

"Forming a Golden Core," Tao Yaoye nodded. She and Man Gu were only a step away from the late Foundation Establishment stage and had also come to the dense forest to seek opportunities to form a Golden Core.

"Could it be that Senior Brother Lu wants to find an opportunity to form a Golden Core through combat, intentionally drawing the public's anger and allowing himself to be besieged?" Tao Yaoye looked at Lu Yang suspiciously. This was the most likely explanation.

Lu Yang was under immense pressure now.

He came here to seize the Twin-Stemmed Lotus, and using Arhat Fist was self-defense.

He hadn't expected that a single set of Arhat Fist would provoke the wrath of nearly a hundred late Foundation Establishment cultivators, as well as over a dozen Golden Core cultivators.

Meng Jingzhou was deeply touched. Earlier, he had asked Lu Yang for help, and Lu Yang, contrary to his usual style, actively drew aggro, so now no one was paying attention to Meng Jingzhou.

How righteous!

Lu Yang calmly explained, "Fellow Daoists, I think there might be some misunderstanding between us. I have a friend who specializes in artifact refining, and making wigs is no problem for him. After this is over, I can take you to him..."

"Go to hell!" The crowd ignored Lu Yang's explanation completely and swarmed towards him.

Lu Yang's combat power was exceptional; he could even defeat cultivators in the late Golden Core stage. However, facing such a large number of cultivators, he still felt his strength was limited.

While Lu Yang felt his strength was limited, those besieging him found his power unfathomable. Despite being only in the late Foundation Establishment stage, he handled the siege by cultivators of the same level with remarkable ease. Even Golden Core cultivators couldn't achieve that, could they?

"Shrinking the Ground!"

Lu Yang used the Shrinking the Ground to an Inch technique, preparing to flee.

"He's using Earth Escape!" Someone in the crowd, skilled in earth-attributed Daoist techniques, immediately identified Lu Yang's skill.

Without a word, others attacked underground, directly blasting Lu Yang out.

Lu Yang struggled to deal with enemies from all directions when he inadvertently glimpsed Tao Yaoye and Man Gu standing by the lake, as if he had seen his saviors.

"Junior Brother Man, come save me quickly!" Lu Yang shouted. "Junior Sister Tao, stay on the shore and help!"

Seeing this, Man Gu jumped into the mud pit to rescue Lu Yang.

Meng Jingzhou also broke through numerous obstacles to reach Lu Yang's side.

At this moment, the Immortal Cult's trio reunited, unleashing boundless combat power.

"You all know what to do, right?"

Lu Yang looked as if facing a formidable enemy, while Meng Jingzhou and Man Gu nodded, as if telepathically connected.

"Combine!"

The three shouted simultaneously, recreating their combination combat technique.

However, this time Lu Yang was the main body, carrying Meng Jingzhou and Man Gu.

Seeing this scene, everyone hesitated for a moment.

They had never seen such a fighting style before.

On the shore, Tao Yaoye paused for a moment.

She had never seen such a posture either.

And what did Senior Brother Lu mean by asking her to help from the shore?

Lu Yang snorted coldly, and a surge of sword qi flowed into Meng Jingzhou and Man Gu's bodies. The two instantly became exceptionally sharp, like two keen swords.

"Let them witness our power!" Lu Yang shouted.

As a sword spirit root, Lu Yang had never used a sword before, fearing that the Qingfeng Sword was too powerful and might kill people. Now, with Meng Jingzhou and Man Gu in hand, he wasn't afraid.

These two were practically blunt instruments, but with an added layer of sword qi, they wouldn't kill anyone.

Lu Yang's months of hard practice in dual-wielding swordsmanship found its purpose. He swung Meng Jingzhou and Man Gu around like a spinning top in the mud pit.

Anyone swept by them was sent flying, including the Golden Core cultivators hidden among the crowd.

After the Immortal Cult was destroyed, the trio returned to the Wen Dao Sect and practiced how to spin. This time, their spinning duration was much longer than when they were in the Immortal Cult!

"Stay away from them; this move won't last long!" Duan Hongchen, the Heavenly Inquiry Blade, with his rich combat experience, immediately spotted the flaw in this move.

Indeed, even though the three had practiced diligently, prolonged spinning would eventually become unsustainable.

"Senior Brother Lu, I'm about to throw up," Man Gu transmitted to Lu Yang.

"Me too," Meng Jingzhou said.

"Trust Junior Sister Tao," Lu Yang calmly replied.

Seeing this, Tao Yaoye understood Lu Yang's meaning.

She opened her red paper umbrella, placed two fingers on her lips, and softly chanted a spell, opening an illusion barrier.

An illusion affecting people's perception enveloped the mud pit.

Illusions were what she was most skilled at.

But her target wasn't the enemies; it was Lu Yang and the other two.

The three, who were originally dizzy, suddenly felt light, as if they couldn't perceive their surroundings, and their dizziness disappeared.

Lu Yang intentionally did not activate the "Art of Enlightenment and Insight" cultivation method, keeping himself within the illusion.

In reality, Lu Yang and the other two were still fighting, but now Tao Yaoye was using the illusion to control their bodies, isolating their consciousness from the outside world! They couldn't feel their physical changes!

This way, there would be no more dizziness!

From then on, their combination combat technique had no more flaws!