At this moment, within the formation, the energies of water, fire, and earth could all be absorbed and refined by Li Lin. The most difficult part of cultivation is to engage the elemental energies between heaven and earth. Every martial artist hopes to continuously absorb these elemental energies from the environment for cultivation, just like taking elixirs that can directly enhance one's cultivation level because the energy contained within the elixirs can be directly absorbed without the need to slowly refine the elemental energies of the world.

Elemental energy exists in every corner between heaven and earth, but the amount that can be absorbed each time is very small, and even less can actually be captured.

As for this orthodox method of cultivation, Li Lin was even more unable to proceed. The cultivation of the Yin-Yang Spirit Martial Technique, absorbing the elemental powers of heaven and earth, had reached an extremely slow pace, making the desire to break through more than a hundred times slower compared to others.

The elemental energy in the world is the purest form of energy, which, to some extent, is purer than true qi. However, martial artists cannot directly use it for themselves; it must be refined first.

Just like Li Lin, swallowing others' true qi could not be directly used for himself. But at this moment, the purest energy between heaven and earth continuously attacked as an offensive force, and Li Lin did not need to cultivate; directly swallowing it with the Yin-Yang Spirit Martial Technique was sufficient, just as if he was directly swallowing the opponent's attack power during combat.

At this moment, Li Lin circulated the Yin-Yang Spirit Martial Technique within his body, instantly converting these elemental energies into his own true qi, which was more convenient than swallowing others' true qi.

Wave after wave of attack came, and Li Lin received them all. As a martial artist proficient in all elements, he could treat any attribute equally and completely swallow it. This undoubtedly equated to a martial artist not needing to exert effort to engage the elemental energy between heaven and earth, but directly having an endless stream of elemental energy entering his body.

Now, Li Lin was just like this, with a continuous stream of elemental energy being directly refined by the Yin-Yang Spirit Martial Technique into the purest true qi inside his body. The elemental energy of the world almost had no impurities, and after slight refinement, it could become the purest true qi, much faster than swallowing others' true qi energy.

Swallowing others' true qi, there would somewhat be others' imprints within the true qi, and although refining it is fast, it still requires some time. Swallowing a third-level martial master, Li Lin now basically needed five days to a week.

Now, Li Lin swallowed three types of endless elemental energies, directly saving the time for refinement, almost instantly turning into pure true qi through a circulation of the Yin-Yang Spirit Martial Technique in the meridians and entering the Dantian Qi Sea.

The elemental energy was immense, and Li Lin's complete swallowing made his meridians expand painfully as if they were about to burst, but it hadn't reached a limit yet. Li Lin gritted his teeth and persevered, his meridians were much wider than others', which now played a great role. If his meridians were a bit more normal, he probably wouldn't be able to swallow such immense three types of elemental energy so crazily.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..."

Waves of water and fireball energy attacks pierced through the spatial airflow, enveloping everything fiercely. Li Lin changed his hand seals, and two vortexes in his hands instantly expanded, receiving all the attacks.

"Boom boom boom..."

The deep sound of explosions resounded non-stop, and the entire Tri-element Quintessence Formation started to change due to Li Lin's swallowing, with all the energy converging towards the area where Li Lin was, making the wild energy attacks stronger and stronger.

At this moment, the others in the formation were obviously much more relaxed, and the attacks they received became weaker and weaker, with all the attacks being transferred to where Li Lin was.

"Just a little more, keep going." At this moment, Li Lin, being in the formation, had already gradually forgotten that he was breaking the formation, immersing himself in the pleasure of swallowing, with the true qi in his Dantian Qi Sea rapidly increasing.

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Originally, Li Lin was already at the mid-stage of the fourth level of martial warriors, and now he was rapidly ascending at an unprecedented speed, reaching the late stage of the fourth level of martial masters in a moment.

Li Lin began to swallow crazily, this swallowing was much better than swallowing true qi.

"Huff, huff..." Within the Tri-element Quintessence Formation, all the wild elemental energies began to shift, converging entirely into the space where Li Lin was located. The violent energies pressed down, completely enveloping the space around Li Lin.

In other words, Li Lin had become the center of the entire Tri-element Quintessence Formation at this moment, with the whole formation attacking him alone.

The space around Li Lin began to twist strangely, with spatial airflow being emptied, making the entire space seem as if it were isolated above a plaza. The violent power increased exponentially, and everyone could feel a tremendous force growing. If this force were to burst open, its power would be truly terrifying.

At this time, a scene that left everyone dumbfounded occurred, especially for the elders of the Ghost Martial Sect, including Dai Daozi, Dai Gangzi, and others, whose faces became extremely ugly.

In the plaza, the entire Tri-element Quintessence Formation was completely enveloping the space around Li Lin, while the four people from the Yunyang Sect were completely pushed out of the formation. The violent energy surrounded the space around Li Lin, not attacking the four people from the Ghost Martial Sect at all.

The expressions of the crowd began to change with deep meaning. The fifteen people who set up the formation were disciples of the Ghost Martial Sect, sparing their own people a bit in their attacks and being harsher on Li Lin from the Flying Spirit Gate was not unjustifiable. It's likely they would do the same if it were their sect, as they are all from the same sect, naturally, they would hold back a bit in their attacks, but did they have to make it so obvious? Now, they were completely attacking Li Lin alone, with the four from the Ghost Martial Sect completely outside the formation, not being attacked at all.

The strong members of the Ghost Martial Sect were also turning shades of green and purple in frustration, cursing inwardly that these fifteen disciples were too thoughtless. Even if they wanted to target Li Lin from the Flying Spirit Gate, they didn't need to make it so obvious. Now, it was like fifteen against one, in coordination with the Tri-element Quintessence Formation. Even if they won, the Ghost Martial Sect would lose face.

The disciples of the Ghost Martial Sect on the plaza were also stunned, thinking that the brothers who set up the formation were really giving it their all, united in their efforts against the enemy. However, this approach seemed somewhat unsightly.

Dai Chang'an, Dai Changyun, and the other two disciples were also looking at each other in dismay, thinking that the disciples of their sect didn't need to go so easy on them. At least they should have put on a show; this unanimous front against the outsider was too obvious.

However, at this moment, the most aggrieved were the fifteen fifth-level martial masters who set up the formation. Initially, they also intended to be harsher on Li Lin and go easy on their fellow disciples. They planned to make some subtle moves in setting up the formation, which would not be noticeable to most people if it wasn't too excessive.

But once the opponent entered the formation, they were unable to make these minor adjustments. Whether intentionally or unintentionally, the opponent had directly moved to the only active spot in the formation, preventing them from changing positions. Now, they were completely out of control, with their true qi rapidly depleting, all attacks being ineffective like stones sinking into the sea. The entire formation shifted, with the energy within the formation moving uncontrollably towards the opponent, even their own true qi was draining away, unable to escape, leaving them all in shock.

"You four, quickly enter the formation." At this moment, Dai Chang'an, Dai Changyun, and the other two received a transmission from Dai Daozi, snapping back to reality and immediately rushing into the formation.

"Bang, bang..."

However, as they rushed forward, they were instantly hit by the violent energy, unable to enter the formation at all.

At the front, the leaders and elders of the four sects were already snickering, secretly thinking that the fifteen disciples from the Ghost Martial Sect were truly united, attacking only the outsider and not their fellow sect members, even preventing their own people from entering the formation.

At this moment, the elders and leaders of these four sects suddenly realized that during the annual Ghost Martial Sect's sect meetings in the past, the Ghost Martial Sect might have acted this way, with their disciples never achieving good results at the Ghost Martial Sect's meetings.

Thinking this, the people from the four sects had somewhat ambiguous expressions, realizing that they had been outplayed by the Ghost Martial Sect over the years.

Dai Chang'an and the others, unable to enter the formation, grew increasingly puzzled, cursing the fifteen disciples who set up the formation in their minds for making their favoritism too obvious, even a blind person could see it now.

"What a clever young man, not simple at all." Elder Liu next to Lv Xiaoling suddenly changed his expression, then asked Lv Xiaoling, "Miss, who exactly is this young man? Don't hide it from me."

At this moment, Elder Liu could clearly see that although all attacks in the Tri-element Quintessence Formation were directed at Li Lin, Li Lin did not seem to be at a disadvantage at all. Instead, it seemed as if he was controlling everything, with the cultivation of a fourth-level martial master, he was countering the formation set up by fifteen fifth-level martial masters, which was truly awe-inspiring.