Hu Lan summoned these Yin Sha, each containing a trace of his soul energy, allowing him to directly command them.
Upon receiving the order, the Yin Sha swiftly lunged at Ling Tian, their speed not much slower than bullets.
However, just as the Yin Sha were about to collide with Ling Tian, a violent explosion erupted around him.
Flames and streaks of white light engulfed Ling Tian, and the Yin Sha, unable to dodge, crashed directly into the white and fiery blasts.
The white light was from the explosion of Vajra Talismans, and the flames were from Ling Tian's Exploding Fire Talismans.
Yin Sha are extremely dangerous to living beings; their instinct is to annihilate all life.
A mere touch from a Yin Sha could leave an ordinary person gravely ill or dead, and repeated impacts would drain one's vital energy, leading to demise.
If over thirty of these Yin Sha had struck Ling Tian simultaneously, even someone as formidable as him would likely have had all his vital energy drained.
Fortunately, Ling Tian possessed the inheritance from Dragon Coil Mountain and the Spiritual Realm, equipping him with a large number of Vajra Talismans, which were the bane of Yin Sha and other spiritual entities.
Furthermore, Ling Tian also carried numerous Exploding Fire Talismans. He wasn't sure how many he had drawn, but within his Spiritual Realm, there were at least a hundred.
With Ling Tian's current strength and his mastery of talismans, he could draw an Exploding Fire Talisman in just five minutes, provided he had the materials.
Even more astonishingly, Ling Tian could now wield two brushes simultaneously, drawing two Exploding Fire Talismans at once.
Ling Tian had discovered that the Exploding Fire Talisman was simple to produce, relatively speaking, possessed a wide range of applications, and immense power, making it an essential item for killing, arson, and demon subjugation.
Ling Tian would draw a couple for practice when he had free time, accumulating such a large stock over time.
However, due to continuous combat recently, Ling Tian's Spiritual Realm no longer held a vast number of fire talismans.
The Yin Sha's attack played right into Ling Tian's hands; he unhesitatingly tossed several Exploding Fire Talismans around himself.
The high temperature generated by the Exploding Fire Talismans was terrifying, but Ling Tian's body was protected by a shield of flames, formed by his Fire Spirit.
The Fire Spirit directly absorbed the intense heat released by the exploding talismans; these flames were a supplement to the Fire Spirit.
Similarly, the Fire Spirit provided Ling Tian with an additional layer of protection. Even if a few stray Yin Sha managed to slip through, they would be annihilated upon colliding with the protective layer formed by the Fire Spirit.
Seeing this, Hu Lan was stunned. He hadn't expected Ling Tian to still have trump cards at this point, with so many Yin Sha proving ineffective against him.
At that moment, Ling Tian raised his hand, and two Exploding Fire Talismans shot towards Hu Lan in mid-air.
Given their distance of over fifty meters, a normal talisman user's attack range was only about ten meters.
Ling Tian controlled the fireballs, and when they were still ten meters away from him, they exploded in mid-air. The resulting flames did not reach Hu Lan, much to his delight.
"Heh heh, boy, you surprise me greatly. I didn't expect you to have so many tricks up your sleeve. While I can't kill you now, you can't do anything to me either.
However, I am confident that in time, I will become even stronger. I guarantee that before you escape this place, you will die a miserable death!"
As Hu Lan's soul spoke, he chanted incantations. Ling Tian observed the surrounding spiritual energy accelerating its flow, with vast amounts of Yin energy concentrating around Hu Lan's soul and being absorbed by him.
"I assume you haven't watched many movies!"
Ling Tian suddenly asked, leaving Hu Lan utterly bewildered. He indeed hadn't watched many films, as rogue cultivators like him usually dedicated most of their time and energy to cultivation.
Especially in his current soul state, his mind was a complete mess.
"What are you talking about?"
"Heh heh, I advise you, if you have time in your next life, watch more movies. You're just like the villains in movies, talking too much!"
Hu Lan in mid-air was momentarily stunned, unable to comprehend Ling Tian's meaning. However, at that moment, Ling Tian produced the Crimson Flame Sword, its tip pointed directly at Hu Lan.
"Haste!"
The Crimson Flame Sword shot out like lightning, flying towards Hu Lan's soul in mid-air.
Seeing this, Hu Lan was somewhat dismissive. While he admitted Ling Tian was formidable and could even use flying swords!
However, he didn't believe a flying sword could be effective at such a distance, as the normal attack range for flying swords was only around twenty to thirty meters.
Ling Tian's flying sword was still far from him!
Yet, as the flying sword traveled over twenty meters, Ling Tian swiftly entered his Spiritual Realm, the marker for which was attached to the flying sword.
The flying sword rapidly closed the distance to Hu Lan, and in an instant, it was only about ten meters away.
Hu Lan's soul watched the flying sword, which seemed to have stopped moving, and burst into laughter. In his view, Ling Tian's attack was naive and futile.
However, the next moment, Hu Lan felt something was amiss. The surrounding scenery suddenly changed; he felt as if he had entered another space.
In this space, the sky was azure, the ground was covered in grass, and some buildings could be seen in the distance. At this moment, he saw Ling Tian, arms crossed, standing on the ground and smiling at him.
It turned out that Ling Tian had used the flying sword to quickly close the distance between himself and Hu Lan's soul, bringing it within the range of his Spiritual Realm, and then directly pulled Hu Lan's soul into it!
Now, Hu Lan was somewhat flustered. He tried to fly up to create distance from Ling Tian, but found that his spiritual body was not obeying him.
He looked down and saw eight jade tablets on the ground, forming a formation that firmly locked his spiritual body. He couldn't even fly a meter off the ground; an irresistible force would pull him back down.
"Spirit Binding Formation!"
Hu Lan was terrified at this moment. He was a researcher of Qimen Dunjia, and within it, Yin Yang, Five Elements, and Bagua formations were compulsory subjects. He recognized the formation instantly!