Clan Immortal Cultivation: I Can See Hints

Off to the side, atop a small hill, Lin Houyuan wielded a sword and shield but ultimately, having entered the Foundation Establishment stage too recently, he could only continuously defend.

Huge swathes of sand and gravel were flung by the Poisonous Dragon Cultivator's grasping moves, those black spirit claws seemingly unstoppable.

If grasped by them, even a body cultivator in Foundation Establishment would likely suffer a serious injury.

Transformed into a half-dragon cultivator, he left Lin Houyuan utterly incapable of countering.

Yet Lin Houyuan kept defending, and with a complete set of third-rank magic artifacts for protection, it left the Poisonous Dragon Cultivator with an extremely unsightly complexion.

Although he was known as one of the Lingnan Seven Fiends, in the end, it was only due to his lucky breakthrough to Foundation Establishment that he had gained some reputation, with almost no wealth or heritage to speak of.

"Lin Houyuan, you keep defending; do you not want to save your son?"

"Do you really think Li Xiulei is the cultivator we've asked for help?"

Lin Houyuan felt a sudden jolt upon hearing this, indeed.

Li Xiulei belonged to the Purple Mansion's Li Family, not the Huangyun Li Family. If he made a move, and it reached the Qingxuan Sect, the Zi Xuan Hermit could grasp the Li Family by the neck.

Moreover, aside from Li Xiulei, no other cultivators from the Li Family had shown up, which was highly unusual.

The possibility that someone else was targeting the Lin Family was very high; the Lingnan Seven Fiends were at most accomplices, and Li Xiulei was simply invited to counter Lin Xianzhi.

"You're right, he's now lying in wait in the dark to strike against your son!" the Poisonous Dragon Cultivator said once more.

After hearing this, Lin Houyuan looked extremely troubled.

Although he didn't fully believe the Poisonous Dragon Cultivator, considering the current situation, Lin Shiming was definitely going to face an ambush.

He wanted to break through, even if he couldn't escape, at least to send out a warning.

But the moment he attacked, he would expose a weakness, and as a Body Refinement combat cultivator, he was virtually a humanoid demonic beast.

In the blink of an eye, Lin Houyuan was covered in injuries.

Yet he still continued to attack, heading in the direction of Lin Shiming, seizing the opportunity to launch a Transmission Talisman.

He knew it was the Poisonous Dragon Cultivator's trickery, but faced with such deceit, he was unable to calm his heart, nor could he stand by powerlessly.

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The cratered ground had been drilled with countless holes by the Centipede Cultivator, densely packed together.

Lin Shiming's Flying Sword followed closely behind; should the Centipede Cultivator slow down even slightly, it would be able to slay him.

The Red-haired Demon Monkey, on Lin Shiming's command, also continuously cornered the Centipede Cultivator.

However, at crucial moments, it would simply burrow into the ground, which was utterly irritating.

It was precisely because of his Earth Escape ability that the Centipede Cultivator didn't flee, but instead kept looking for opportunities, significantly draining Lin Shiming's spiritual power as well.

Seeing this, Lin Shiming decisively stopped pursuing and commanded the Red-haired Demon Monkey to engage the Centipede Cultivator in close combat, while he himself maneuvered his Flying Sword straight toward the Poisonous Serpent Cultivator.

The latter had transformed into a giant python, making for an easy target to decapitate with the Flying Sword.

Lin Shiming and Lin Shijie quickly formed a pincer attack.

All of a sudden, the face of the Poisonous Serpent Cultivator paled, especially upon seeing Lin Shiming's recent display of might, he had no intention of fighting and immediately burrowed into the ground.

Lin Shiming chose not to take out an Earth Escape Talisman to follow them underground, as chasing them could lead to danger given his unfamiliarity with subterranean combat.

Lin Shiming took out an intermediate-grade Spirit Stone, pretended to start recovering his spiritual power, and looked toward Lin Shijie, hoping that the latter could set up a Trapping Formation.

With the Trapping Formation in place, they could at least take down another of the Lingnan Seven Fiends.

Lin Shijie too was feeling discontented at that moment, his rare opportunity for action having fled underground.

Therefore, he took out the Trapping Formation and started to set up formation flags, while Lin Shiming protected him while he worked.

It was at this moment that both the Poisonous Serpent Cultivator and the Centipede Cultivator simultaneously made their move against Lin Shiming.

The former spat out a Green Snake Sword which instantly transformed into a streak of sword light heading for Lin Shiming, while the latter plunged a hook deep into the ground.

The next moment, a venomous hook formed from the ground and jabbed towards Lin Shiming.

Lin Shiming raised his hand and threw out several seeds of the Iron Thornwood, while at the same time, three Spirit Swords formed a trigram shape to protect him,

The black Spirit Hook and the Spirit Sword in his mouth were both blocked by Lin Shiming's Spirit Swords.

However, just as Lin Shiming was about to attack with his sword, the system unexpectedly sounded an alert.

This was also the first time the system issued a warning during combat.

"Please be careful of the sneak attack from the golden threads and silver strands!"

Lin Shiming instantly felt his hair stand on end.

There were other people!

Since it was a sneak attack, there definitely had to be someone else.

And it was the sinister kin of needle and thread magic artifacts, probably even more cunning than his own Profound Soul Needle.

Suppressing the shock in his heart, Lin Shiming flipped his hand and cast a Spirit Art that was the reverse of the one he had used before.

In the air, the three Spirit Swords, originally shot out, had their trajectory forcibly interrupted by Lin Shiming and flew around him instead; at that moment, the Thick Earth Shield and another Supreme Grade Spirit Shield unfolded in an instant, rotating 360 degrees to protect Lin Shiming within.

The very next moment, Lin Shiming felt a blinding flash of golden light silently appear all around him.

The three Spirit Swords touched it first, immediately producing a screech of metal shearing.

A shower of sparks burst forth, allowing Lin Shiming to see that it was an extremely fine silver thread.

Not visible to the naked eye, what was most crucial was that even Divine Sense couldn't detect it.

For cultivators, it was often not the eyes but the Divine Sense they relied on to survey their surroundings.

Such a deeply concealed silver thread magic artifact—if not for the system's warning—he certainly wouldn't have reacted in time.
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Lin Shiming felt a surge of dread in his heart and, in order not to continue being attacked by the silver thread, his three Supreme Grade spirit swords started to circle, attempting to entangle the silver threads.

But the silver thread was pulled away with a tug and disappeared once again.

And the place where it disappeared was precisely where the bald cultivator with the toad fiend mark had been standing before.

It was evident there was a concealed Spirit Formation designed to hold and hide one's breath within the Trapping Formation.

At this point, the Formation was activated again, and a middle-aged cultivator walked out, still wearing the same spirit-separating veil as before.

"It's actually Daoist Wu!" Lin Shiming recognized the Wu-surnamed cultivator at a glance.

He had not expected that after he had spared the man from being killed, it was the latter who had come to his doorstep, seeking to silence him.

"Daoist Lin is truly capable, even able to detect a golden thread and silver strand magic artifact," said the Wu-surnamed cultivator, his tone carrying a hint of admiration while his demeanor was extremely relaxed—as if the person who had just tried to kill Lin Shiming was not him at all.

Lin Shiming wanted to continue asking, but then he noticed that some seeds in front of him were suddenly crushed, yet there was nothing to be seen.

Lin Shiming was instantly alarmed; Daoist Wu truly lived up to his reputation as the one who killed the member of the Spirit Beast Sect, with every word being a trap.

A corner of his mouth conveyed pleasure and relaxation to divert attention, but in actuality, he had already employed a Demonic Beast!

Only after scanning carefully with Divine Sense did he suddenly detect a transparent light flicker past, outlining a faint shadow of a lizard in the void, one that was difficult for the eyes to see and which similarly possessed the ability to hide from Divine Sense.

It was clearly a color-changing lizard Demonic Beast.

The lizard approached rapidly, and upon sensing that Lin Shiming had discovered it, it dropped all pretense and lunged at Lin Shiming without delay.

The next moment, the Iron Thornwood seeds that had been catalyzed burst from the ground, blocking the path of the color-changing lizard Demonic Beast completely, and a deluge of Iron Thorn spikes rained down upon it.

And almost at the same moment the lizard made its move, a Red-haired Demon Monkey dropped from the sky, swinging its staff towards the Wu-surnamed cultivator.

And just as it was about to strike, the Red-haired Demon Monkey suddenly pulled out the Thousand Layer Mountain, smashing it towards the Wu-surnamed cultivator. Normally, any cultivator would be caught off guard.

However, the Wu-surnamed cultivator, who had been observing for a long time, showed no surprise. With a mere wave of his hand, a black gorilla burst forth—a Second Rank late-stage Demonic Beast with rugged hide and thick flesh.

The black gorilla took out a Second Rank Supreme Grade shield and fiercely topped it against the Thousand Layer Mountain, sending it flying away, then clenched its fist and smashed it towards the Red-haired Demon Monkey, and the two immediately engaged in a fierce brawl.