During the battle, Ling Tian constantly used his Heavenly Eye Divine Ability to observe the situation on the battlefield. He could feel the spiritual energy beneath his feet fluctuating.
Without overthinking, Ling Tian stomped his feet, his true essence surging, and his body shot up into the air, rising more than four meters high!
The next moment, in the very spot where Ling Tian had been standing, seven or eight stone spears, about two meters long and as thick as rolling pins, suddenly appeared!
If Ling Tian had still been on the ground, he would have likely been impaled like a hedgehog by those stone spears!
"Earth element sorcery, quite interesting!"
Looking at Ling Tian floating in mid-air, Beiye Wangchuan was dumbfounded. He had never imagined that the man before him could fly!
In fact, flying in the sky was not difficult for Ling Tian. The inheritance he had obtained from the Spirit Realm space contained many ways for him to fly.
What Ling Tian was using now was a form of levitation. His true essence formed an air cushion beneath his feet, which supported his body and kept him floating in the air.
This sorcery was very useful. If Ling Tian wished, he could even do somersaults in mid-air.
Just then, a noisy sound of footsteps and the clashing of armor suddenly came from a distance.
Ling Tian looked up and saw more than ten people running from afar.
These people were wearing fiery red armor, all of which was traditional Japanese-style armor.
Each of them wore a menacing face guard, making them look somewhat terrifying. They had short swords at their waists and each held a spear. Behind each of them, they carried a longbow and a quiver of arrows!
Ling Tian couldn't help but click his tongue. These fellows indeed had a rather imposing appearance.
This full-body armor could provide powerful defensive capabilities, and the spears in their hands could be used in formations, even for fighting cavalry.
The longbows on their backs were arguably the famous troop type in Japanese history. Those who could draw such longbows were all strong and possessed extraordinary strength.
The swords at their waists could be used for close-quarters combat. It could be said that such a troop was an all-around soldier!
"Lord Beiye, we are a step late!" the leading samurai said to Beiye Wangchuan.
"Baka, what's the use of you all being kept by our Ise Grand Shrine at such great expense? Hurry, shoot him to death with arrows, hai!"
The leading samurai agreed, gestured to the people behind him, and the next moment, all the samurai acted in unison. They held their spears with the tips pointing upwards, thrusting them firmly into the ground. Then, each of them quickly took down their longbows from their backs and nocked an arrow.
Ling Tian frowned. He knew that these arrows possessed immense destructive power. The traditional Japanese longbows, once drawn, had a power comparable to composite bows of over 70 pounds.
Generally speaking, those who could draw a 70-pound composite bow were considered to have extraordinary talent.
Moreover, the bows and arrows these people were using were armor-piercing arrows, which were three-edged arrowheads with tips that had undergone special quenching treatment. Their penetration power even surpassed that of bullets!
Ling Tian was no fool. He couldn't just stand by and watch his opponents attack him, so while in mid-air, he formed hand seals!
"Heh heh, since you've used earth element sorcery, allow me to show you something too!"
"Earth Spear Barrage!"
In an instant, over 30 stone spears, more than two meters long and as thick as an adult's arm, shot out from beneath the feet of these samurai.
The armor on these samurai had very strong defensive capabilities, but the problem was that no matter how strong the armor was, it couldn't resist attacks from beneath the ground.
Thus, these samurai met a miserable end. As soon as they nocked their arrows, before they could even fully draw their bows, thick earth spears pierced up from the ground.
Many were directly impaled like candied fruit, with the earth spears emerging from their mouths!
In almost an instant, these 10 samurai were annihilated, not a single one left breathing. Some unlucky ones were even pierced by three earth spears.
Beiye Wangchuan, standing nearby, turned pale. As the saying goes, comparing oneself to others leads to despair, and comparing goods leads to their abandonment. He had just used the Earth遁.Earth Spear Technique, but the technique Ling Tian used was simply an upgraded version of his Earth Spear Technique.
Ling Tian's technique covered a vast area, encompassing over 20 square meters of the mulberry field.
Furthermore, Ling Tian's earth spears were thicker, sturdier, and more penetrating than Beiye Wangchuan's Earth Spear Technique.
More importantly, Ling Tian's spell, from forming the hand seals to releasing the spell, took less than three seconds. This terrifying casting speed was something Beiye Wangchuan could not match even with his magical artifacts.
Beiye Wangchuan was now terrified. He didn't know if Ling Tian could unleash such a powerful spell again. He didn't dare to gamble. The more powerful someone was, the more they feared death.
So, Beiye Wangchuan quickly retreated, and as he retreated, he raised his Zen staff, chanting incantations.
The next moment, a green gem on the Zen staff began to shine. Beiye Wangchuan quickly took out a seed from his robe and threw it directly onto the ground between him and Ling Tian.
The next instant, a large amount of true essence surged from the Zen staff, enveloping the seed. The seed began to sprout almost instantly. In just a few dozen seconds, the seed transformed into a tree-like humanoid, over five meters tall, covered in thorns.
However, this tree looked rather peculiar. Its pair of branches resembled a person's arms, and on the mottled bark of the tree trunk, a human face actually appeared.
"Crack crack!"
The summoned tree-like humanoid actually lifted its leg. The roots that were originally embedded in the ground quickly lifted, and then the tree-like humanoid charged towards Ling Tian at a not-so-slow speed.
Soon, the tree-like humanoid reached Ling Tian and raised its thick branches. Ling Tian could even see the terrifying barbs on these branches, some of which were over 5 centimeters long. Being struck by these would undoubtedly cost him half his life, if not kill him!
Beiye Wangchuan's face finally showed a smile. His movements did not falter. He immediately threw out two more seeds. Soon, under the catalytic power of the Zen staff, the seeds grew into tree-like humanoids over four meters tall. These three tree-like humanoids then surrounded Ling Tian.
The sorcery Beiye Wangchuan used belonged to the Wood element. The three tree-like humanoid warriors he summoned were immensely strong and very resilient. Ordinary swords and blades couldn't even harm these tree-like humanoids!
In his opinion, even if Ling Tian knew some sorcery, he was likely no match for these three tree-like humanoids!