For immortal cultivators, although cultivation is not the most important factor in determining the strength of immortal cultivators, even at some point, when the special means of immortal cultivators are diverse enough, enough to make up for the lack of cultivation, and even relying on these means, they can also defeat immortal cultivators who have cultivated more than themselves. But relying on external forces, no matter how strong the strength is, it is only compared with ordinary immortal cultivators, once the opponent he faces, the cultivation is far beyond his own, or when he faces a more powerful enemy, at that time, he does not rely on special means. Although these special means can also play a certain significance, once the opponent's strength is too strong and far exceeds his own, the significance of this special means will be greatly weakened. Not only is it not only weakened, but it is also possible that under certain circumstances, the strength of the immortal cultivator will not be comparable to that of the immortal cultivator who has surpassed his own cultivation when facing a more powerful immortal cultivator. This is the benefit of cultivation, it can be said that for immortal cultivators, strength is important, but the more important thing is cultivation, only when cultivation reaches a certain level, can it exert greater strength. And if there is no cultivation, there are special means, under normal circumstances, in the face of an immortal cultivator who is similar to his own cultivation, even if the other party's cultivation is better than his own, when facing a more powerful immortal cultivator, there is no way to compare with himself. This is just like Yu Chu was competing with the Innate Fivefold at the beginning, when the demon beasts were attacking the city in the Ten Thousand Immortal City, Yu Chu relied on the mutated talisman seal and the Thousand Shadow Stick Secret Treasure, especially the powerful defensive occult Jin Ding Gong. The strength that can be exerted can defeat the innate fourfold immortal cultivators, but once they face the innate fivefold immortal cultivators, they will be tied. Not at all their own opponents. And the innate fourfold immortal cultivator, although the strength is not as good as Yu Chu. But when facing the innate fivefold immortal cultivators, they were not as embarrassed as Yu Chu at all. At least you can take it in stride. An innate fivefold can easily defeat Yu Chu at that time, and let Yu Chu use various means, without using the lightning fork, it is completely impossible to be the opponent of the other party. He even survived several near-deaths. It can be said that at that time, an innate five-fold immortal cultivator or a ninth-order fierce beast could be said to be fatal to Yu Chu's threat, as long as Yu Chu dared to face the enemy. It's absolutely easy to get a kill at the beginning. However, the congenital fourfold immortal cultivators are different, although the congenital fourfold immortal cultivators, although they can't fight at the beginning, they can't fight at the beginning, and at the same time, when facing the innate five-fold immortal cultivators, they can't fight the innate five-fold immortal cultivators. But it is also an immortal cultivator who meets the enemy of the innate fivefold, a congenital fourfold whose strength is not as good as Yu Chu, when facing the innate fivefold. But it was more relaxed than at the beginning. It can be said that an innate fivefold was not used to fight the enemy at the beginning of the day, and did not use the fugue lamp to escape. You can kill Yu Chu effortlessly, and you won't take any damage. But if you want to kill an innate fourfold immortal cultivator, it is not so easy. If this innate fourfold immortal cultivator is bent on fighting hard. Or in the case of knowing that he is not the opponent of the other party, he chooses to die with the other party. In this case, even if the Innate Fourfold is killed by the Innate Fivefold Immortal Cultivator. In the case of a dying blow, there is also a high chance that the opponent will be injured. And if it is replaced by Yu Chu, although Yu Chu can defeat the Innate Quadruple, but when facing the Innate Fivefold Immortal Cultivator, if he does not use the lightning fork, even if he fights back on the verge of death, there is absolutely no way to cause any damage to the other party. After all, the innate fivefold immortal cultivators, for Yu Chu at that time, there were too many leaders in cultivation, and there were so many leaders in cultivation, and at that time, Yu Chu did not have so many special means as they are now, and what could be taken out could be said that in addition to the mutation talisman seal, there were basically only miraculous skills and magic breaking forces and secret treasure Thousand Shadow Sticks. Jin Ding Gong is a mystic, more powerful than several other means, but no matter how powerful the power of the occult is, Yu Chu only dares to use it secretly, and does not dare to take it out to let others know, once he dares to take it out to let people know, in that situation at that time, don't look at it as a demon beast attacking the city. You must know that a mystical technique, not to mention for immortal cultivators in the innate realm, even for immortal cultivators in the realm of qi refiners, and even for various sects, it is an uncommon ability. There are only two kinds of mystics in a famous sect like Baixuanmen, and a slightly smaller sect like Xuannu Sect doesn't even have a single mystic in the door. He Manlian, as the head of the Xuannu Sect, as an immortal cultivator in the realm of Qi Refiners, and a generation of grandmasters, has never even touched a mystic technique. Because he didn't practice occult arts, he was finally killed by the ironclad war bull. It can be said that if He Manlian had cultivated any mystic art at that time, whether it was offensive or defensive, it would definitely not be easy for the Iron Armored War Bull to defeat her. Even relying on this occult technique, He Manlian may even be able to defeat the Iron Armored War Bull. Regardless of whether this occult art is defensive or offensive, it is the same result. In fact, because there is no defensive technique, if you only rely on offensive techniques, the cultivators who cultivate immortals can basically only exert offensive power, and their defensive ability is very weak. And once you master a mystical technique, you must know that the technique of occultism is not only an offensive ability, but also a defensive ability. It's just that different occult arts can exert different abilities. But no matter how different it is, as a metamystical art, the power of defensive occult art is not weaker than that of offensive occult arts. Offensive occult arts, of course, have the same effect as secret arts, which are all to condense their own true qi, or true yuan power, and finally condense into an offensive virtual item. For example, the broken golden spear that Han Zhen cultivated used his true yuan power to condense into a virtual spear. And the Void Breaking Sword of Baixuanmen uses its own true qi or true yuan power to condense into a true qi long sword. Whether it is a spear or a sword, in essence, it has a kind of true qi effect, that is, using virtual true qi to transform the original virtual true qi into real items. At the beginning, this kind of transformation is of course very difficult, just like the current Yu Chu, practicing Jin Ding Gong, Jin Ding Gong has just been practiced to the first level, and can only be condensed into a Bao Ding Phantom, if you continue to cultivate, sooner or later, this Bao Ding Phantom. It will be like Han Zhen using the Broken Golden Spear, which can condense the essence. And once the essence is condensed. The power it can exert is unimaginable. ...

Immortal cultivator attack. Even a warrior attack, many times, relies on the power that bursts out in an instant, how much an attack is, how much power it breaks out, and how much power it hits. The occult is different, the occult is the use of the true qi or true yuan power in the body, slowly condensed. For example, when Han Zhen used the broken gold spear. Convey his true qi little by little, and slowly condense into a spear in the air. This method of slowly condensing into a spear can be said to have used a long time to condense, such a long condensation time is equivalent to transporting the true qi many times, and many times the true qi is superimposed to form the power of that broken golden spear. This is another difference, if not the biggest difference, between occult and occult arts. Compared to occult arts, occult art is the virtual true qi. When condensed, it was an illusory shadow at the beginning, but when it was cultivated to a certain extent, it would condense into a real object. At least it seems real. It's like Han Zhen's broken golden spear. In the end, it was condensed into a spear, and the Void Breaking Sword of the Hundred Xuanmen was finally condensed into a sword. At the beginning, the golden tripod gong was finally condensed into a tripod. These are all using true qi. condensed. Of course, this kind of condensation does not appear all the time. And as it gradually wears out, if the immortal cultivator himself does not replenish it, its power will gradually weaken. And once it is not used, after a period of time, it will even disappear and disappear. This is the most essential difference between occult and real objects. A real object, such as Yu Chu's Thousand Shadow Stick, when used, it is a Thousand Shadow Stick, and even if it is not used, it stops, it is still a Thousand Shadow Stick. Han Zhen's Broken Gold Spear was not like that, when Han Zhen used it, the Broken Gold Spear could use True Qi to condense it and fight with the opponent. And once the battle was over, Han Zhen would no longer use the Broken Golden Spear, and of course he would no longer use True Qi to continue to maintain the existence of the Broken Golden Spear. You must know that using true qi to maintain the existence of the broken golden spear also requires the consumption of one's own true qi, and no immortal cultivator has been consuming his own true qi without fighting, maintaining an item virtually realized by mystic art on his body.

But in any case, during the period of use of occultism, it was virtualized, and even during the period of being virtualized, it didn't look much different from the real thing. And compared with the real item, this kind of occult art also has an advantage, that is, it is not afraid of damage, the real item, just like Yu Chu's Thousand Shadow Stick, when facing the innate fivefold cultivator, it is good to say, even if Chen Laosan, a character in the middle of the innate fivefold stage, wants to destroy his Thousand Shadow Stick, it is completely impossible. But if once you meet an immortal cultivator in the Qi Refiner realm, it will not be so easy. Immortal cultivators in the Qi Refiner realm have enough strength to be able to destroy treasures such as secret treasures. This is just like He Manlian's glance at the beginning, He Manlian is an immortal cultivator in the realm of Qi Refiners, a generation of grandmasters in the Great Wilderness Mountain Region, and the head of the ** Gate, but even so, when facing the Iron Armor War Bull, several secret treasures on his body were still broken by the Five Elements Golden Needle of the Iron Armor War Bull, and finally lost their effect. Just imagine, even the immortal cultivators of the Qi Refiner realm, the secret treasures they control, will be destroyed, let alone Yu Chu?

Yu Chu is just an immortal cultivator in the innate realm, and the immortal cultivators in the innate realm, compared with qi refiners, are not only far inferior in cultivation, but also far behind in terms of ability, and even in controlling magic weapons and treasures. The same secret treasure, in the hands of the beginning, can exert power, and in the hands of the Qi Refiner, the power that can be exerted are two completely different things. This is just power, and when facing other immortal cultivators, the same secret treasure is also applicable to meet the enemy, and the same secret treasure, in the hands of qi refiners, and in the hands of Yu Chu, the degree of easy destruction is not at the same level at all. It can be said that if the secret treasure is in the hands of the beginning, don't say that it is a demon beast like the iron-armored war bull, not to mention, at that time, the iron-armored war bull had to dispatch the natal treasure, and the five-element golden needle could break He Manlian's secret treasure. The use of Qi Refiners is different, the power that can be exerted in the hands of Qi Refiners is not at the same level at all as the power that can be exerted in the hands of Innate Realm Immortal Cultivators. The power that can be exerted in the hands of a Qi Refiner is far greater than the power that can be exerted in the hands of an Innate Realm immortal cultivator. Just like He Manlian vs. Ironclad Bull at the beginning, He Manlian vs. Ironclad Bull. Use your powerful treasure to resist the attacks of the Iron Bull. In the case of the ironclad war bull using the ordinary Five Elements Golden Needle and the Five Elements Golden Bead, it still couldn't break He Manlian's secret treasure. In the end, he was forced to use his most powerful offensive means, the Natal Five Elements Golden Needle, and used this Natal Five Elements Golden Needle to finally break He Manlian's secret treasure. You must know that the reason why the Iron Armored War Bull was able to do it was because he was a metallic demon beast, a metallic demon beast, and in terms of aggressiveness, he was second only to the demon beast of the electric attribute. Of course, the thunder-attribute demon beast, this thunder-attribute demon beast, itself is a very rare demon beast, and it can't be seen easily. Metallic monsters, although they are weaker than electric monsters in terms of aggressiveness, it doesn't mean that metallic monsters don't have their own strengths, and compared with electric attribute monsters or other monsters of various attributes, metallic monsters have another advantage, that is, they occupy the advantage of sharpness. The most direct manifestation of this sharpness is its destructive power. The destructive power of the metallic demon beast is different from the destructive power of the electric attribute demon beast, and the destructive power of the electric attribute demon beast is realized into a direct strike. All-round destruction, and the destructive power of the metal demon beast is impenetrable. Targeted sabotage. This kind of targeted destruction, and direct strikes of lightning. It's also two completely different things. ...

It was precisely for this reason that the Iron Armored War Bull was able to destroy He Manlian's secret treasure. If it is a demon beast, if it is not a metallic demon beast, even if it is comparable to the cultivation of the ironclad war bull, it may not be possible to destroy the secret treasure in He Manlian's hand. Not to mention, when the Iron Armor War Bull destroyed the secret treasure in He Manlian's hand, he also used his natal treasure Five Elements Golden Needle, and that small cow hair needle contained most of the Five Elements True Gold Essence accumulated by the Iron Armor War Bull throughout his life. The destructive power of the Five Elements True Gold was already extremely powerful, and most of the Five Elements True Gold Essence that this iron-armored war bull had gathered all his life condensed together, and the power that could be exerted was unimaginable, and it was under such circumstances that the secret treasure in He Manlian's hands was broken. It can be said that if it weren't for this natal five elements golden needle, although the iron-armored war bull was a metallic beast, there would be no way to break the secret treasure in He Manlian's hand. Prior to this, the Iron Armor War Bull had been fighting with He Manlian for a period of time, using the Five Elements Gold Bead and hundreds of Five Elements Golden Needles to attack He Manlian, but was finally blocked by the other party and could not hurt the other party, which is the proof. Of course, this is the power of the secret treasure that can be exerted in the hands of the qi refiner, if it is in the hands of an ordinary immortal cultivator, such as Yu Chu, an innate double hand, holding the secret treasure of the Thousand Shadow Stick, against the ironclad war bull, even if the ironclad war bull is not using the natal Five Elements Golden Needle, but the ordinary Five Elements Golden Needle, or the Five Elements Gold Bead, it is still possible to destroy the Thousand Shadow Stick in Yu Chu's hand. This is the strength of the Qi Refiner, of course, although the strength of the Qi Refiner is strong, if he wants to destroy a secret treasure, it is not as easy as imagined, the Iron Armor War Bull can be destroyed, because he is a metal demon beast, a metal demon beast, in terms of destruction ability, it is already very strong, if it is replaced by an ordinary demon beast, earth attribute demon beast, or wind attribute demon beast, unless the natal magic weapon is dispatched, it is not so easy to destroy the Thousand Shadow Stick in Yu Chu's hand. Of course, the reason why this is the case has nothing to do with their strength does not mean that the strength of the Ironclad War Bull is stronger than the strength of other demon beasts of the same level as him, in fact, the strength between them is about the same, only because of the metallic nature of the Ironclad War Bull itself, which makes his destructive power in this area a little stronger. When dealing with earth-attribute demon beasts, in the face of the strong defense of earth-attribute demon beasts, metallic demon beasts may not be able to occupy too much advantage, and against the relatively special attribute demon beasts of the upper hand attribute demon beasts, the iron-armored war bull may even suffer. It's just that because each of them is good at different abilities, each of them has its own strengths and weaknesses. With Yu Chu's cultivation, when he fights against the Iron Armor War Bull, he will be destroyed by the other party's secret treasure, and against the upper hand attribute demon beast or the earth attribute demon beast that is good at defense, due to the special attributes of the other party, it is not as easy as imagined to easily destroy Yu Chu's secret treasure. But once the opponent uses the natal attack method, the secret treasure is dangerous.

It is precisely because of this that the special means of great aggression and great power of occult art will be more important for immortal cultivators, once Yu Chu dares to use it in the Ten Thousand Immortal City and is seen by the immortal cultivators in the city, he is afraid that he will immediately ignore the fierce beast, and want to kill him in a hurry, and then take the mystic art of Jin Dinggong over. Thinking like this, although Yu Chu cultivated the occult arts, he only dared to use it secretly, not openly. If it is used openly, once it is discovered, it will be extremely disadvantageous to him at that time, so to speak, if it is discovered at the time, even if Yu Chu's lightning fork is not discovered, it will still become the target of public criticism. The consequences are unimaginable.

In addition, the reason why occult art is so valued is related to its benefits, compared with mystic arts, mystical arts just hit once, and the attack goes out, and it doesn't take too long to gather true qi, and even if you want to use a long time to gather true qi, you can't do it, if you gather more, the excess will go out, and it's useless. Occult is different, the special nature of occultism, that is to say, the special nature of its condensation into a virtual object, causing its true qi to condense in the air for at least a considerable period of time when it is used, converging in a pre-set place, and not dispersing. For such a long time, the true qi that continued to be condensed from the body would be superimposed with the true qi that had been sent out before, increasing its power. ...

Therefore, compared with the occult arts, which use a special method to double the power that one's own true qi could have exerted, occult arts are different, in addition to being able to double the power, occult arts also have the continuity of a true qi. It is the true qi that is continuously entered, and compared to the secret arts, a mystic art is simply like several secret arts, and the power exerted when used at the same time. And when it is more powerful than this, this power, while weakening, can also be replenished. Of course, if you want to supplement the occult attacks that you fight, you also need your own cultivation to reach the realm of Qi Refiners, at least close to the realm of Qi Refiners, so that the true qi in your body can only be done after you have spirituality, if the true qi in your body has no spirituality, and you want to supplement the metaphysics, it is simply impossible.

This is also why when Yu Chu was in the innate realm, he cultivated the occult arts, and when this kind of occult was cultivated, it could only show a certain texture on the surface of the body, and this texture could not leave the epidermis of his body. And once the cultivation reaches a certain level, this texture will leave the body, at least there will be a certain detachment from the body epidermis, as for how far away it can be detached, it is difficult to say, the key is to look at the cultivation level of the immortal cultivator himself, the higher the cultivation, the farther away from it can be. Of course, the higher this kind of cultivation, the farther away from the body, it still refers to Yu Chu's Jin Ding Gong, or this kind of defensive mysticism, offensive metaphysics, which must be separated from the body to attack, so it is not subject to this restriction. But no matter what, the current Yu Chu has no way to leave the mystic art of Jin Dinggong from his body.

This is the power of occult arts, and it is also an inherent characteristic of defensive occult arts. It can be said that once Yu Chu's cultivation reaches a certain level, at most when he reaches the time of Qi Refining, he will definitely be able to let the phantom of Jin Dinggong leave his body. In the same way, when leaving the body and facing the opponent, if the opponent is also using the occult to attack, then these two occult arts, whether offensive or defensive occult, are leaving the body and colliding at a certain distance from the body. This kind of collision is actually a contest between the occult itself and the user's cultivation, so whether it is an offensive occult or a defensive occult, its power is almost the same, and the offensive occult is not dominant. (To be continued......)