When Mu Jinyu made up his mind that he would rather lose to Li Zhexiong in the end than defeat him using a domain, or pure physical strength.
His mind suddenly became clear, and his Essence, Qi, and Spirit became more refined.
This unyielding will actually elevated Mu Jinyu's My Way State of Mind significantly!
Although he still couldn't match Li Zhexiong, the gap was no longer vast!
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"
Li Zhexiong's Divine Sense, enhanced by the Selfless State, became extremely sharp, and he immediately noticed the elevation in Mu Jinyu's intent domain.
His hollow eyes suddenly became even colder, and a killing intent erupted!
Then, he swung the sword in his hand with great force, and countless Sword Qi shot towards Mu Jinyu!
Subsequently, Li Zhexiong performed a sword technique, and spirit treasure-level sword soldiers shot out from his storage bag, forming various sword arrays!
Ice Fire Dual Polarity Sword Formation!
Triple Demon Sound Sword Formation!
Four Symbols Eight Extremes Sword Formation!
Five Elements Chaotic Sky Sword Formation!
Six Paths Reincarnation Sword Formation!
Seven Stars Purple Micro Sword Formation!
Eight Trigrams Shifting Sword Formation!
Nine Heavens Thunder Fire Sword Formation!
Ten Directions Infinite Sword Formation!
...
The formation of these sword arrays not only made the pressure on Mu Jinyu in the field intensify suddenly, making his dodging increasingly perilous.
The people outside on the Secluded Dragon Platform were also shocked by Li Zhexiong's methods!
"Wow, aren't these sword formations the handiwork of the legendary Sword Immortal of the Kunlun Ruins, the Thousand Sword Elder?"
"They really seem like it. Could this guy have gotten the true legacy of the Thousand Sword Elder?"
"It's possible, really enviable!"
"I heard that the Thousand Sword Elder also practiced the Selfless State, thus having an extremely powerful soul, capable of transforming his spiritual thought into thousands, allowing him to control thousands of swords effortlessly!"
"Yes, the Selfless State has many drawbacks, but in terms of spiritual thought division, it's terrifying beyond words..."
"No wonder this guy dares to cultivate the Selfless State, it turns out he only dares because of the endless sword formations of the Thousand Sword Elder!"
"Yes, if I had gotten the legacy of the Thousand Sword Elder, I wouldn't mind being a madman either!"
Controlling the entire arena!
A powerful figure once said, when dueling a Completionist of the Selfless State, be sure not to fight in places with fallen leaves and soil, and pay attention to the weather, no wind, no rain...
Otherwise, these environmental factors will all become the help of a Selfless State cultivator!
The opponent doesn't need to expend much True Yuan to make every raindrop unleash its full power strike!
What a terrifying power that is!
Simply invincible!
And even without the help of these weather and environmental factors, the Selfless State cultivator will naturally create an advantageous environment for themselves!
Such as...
Various sword formations!
"Szzz!"
The Five Elements Chaotic Sky Sword Formation, five flying swords of different colors, using the Eight Trigrams Shifting Sword Formation, teleported behind Mu Jinyu, striking his limbs and head in an instant!
If Mu Jinyu's physique hadn't been tempered to the strength of One Jiao and Two Elephants, just this strike would've destroyed him!
"Boom!!"
"Bang!"
Mu Jinyu's body shook, blood poured from his mouth, he turned and punched to destroy a dirt-yellow longsword, and with another punch absorbed the essence of the cyan longsword, breaking the Five Elements Chaotic Sky Sword Formation!
The dirt-yellow longsword was the Five Elements Earth Sword, and Mu Jinyu's True Yuan happened to be of the Wood Attribute, which counteracts earth, allowing him to easily destroy it.
And that cyan longsword was naturally the Five Elements Wood Sword, under the control of the Green Emperor's Wood Emperor Art. All vegetation was controlled by the Green Emperor True Yuan, so it was normal for it to be absorbed of its Essence Qi and rendered useless!
As the Five Elements Chaotic Sky Sword Formation was broken, before Mu Jinyu could turn to attack Li Zhexiong!
Li Zhexiong again controlled the Ice Fire Dual Polarity Sword Formation, Triple Demon Sound Sword Formation, Four Symbols Eight Extremes Sword Formation, Six Paths Reincarnation Sword Formation, Seven Stars Purple Micro Sword Formation, Nine Heavens Thunder Fire Sword Formation, and the Ten Directions Infinite Sword Formation...
All using the Eight Trigrams Shifting Sword Formation, teleported to various locations around Mu Jinyu!
Instantly, ice and fire spread, demonic sounds roared, the Four Symbols moved together, Six Paths obliterated, thunder fire reverberated, all launching a joint attack on Mu Jinyu!
"Puff!"
Mu Jinyu was unable to dodge, his body bore the brunt of the assaults, cracking open with blood pouring out, turning him into a blood-stained man!
"My heavens, this is too terrifying!"
"Purely on intent domain, he might even rival the big figures of the Heavenly Palace!"
"Damn, I originally thought of waiting until he used his intent domain ability to defeat Mu Jinyu, then I would use strong divine skills to defeat him and seize part of his Dragon Qi. Now it seems, he might be even more terrifying than Mu Jinyu!"
"It's not that he's stronger than Mu Jinyu, rather in the domain aspect, he can suppress Mu Jinyu, while Mu Jinyu is constrained. If Mu Jinyu were to go all out, with his pure physical strength, invincible speed, plus advantages in domains and soul, Li Zhexiong might not be his match!"
"Indeed, it's self-inflicted. He's limiting himself to death!"
"If he chooses to break his word and unleash full power, even though he might defeat Li Zhexiong and become the Hidden Dragon List leader, his life would be ruined!"
"That's not bad either, if it were me, I'd rather earn the title of Hidden Dragon List leader honorably. Even if my cultivation doesn't advance further, or even regresses, at least I would've won the Kunlun Dragon Veins for my family!"
"True, everyone has their choices, but obviously Mu Jinyu isn't willing to do that!"
Amid the crowd's external commentary, whether mocking, schadenfreude, or pity from the Secluded Dragon Platform, Mu Jinyu paid no heed. Despite bleeding all over and deathly pale, his eyes shone with particular brightness and fright!
During the battle with Li Zhexiong, he no longer cared about Li Zhexiong's attacks or his own injuries...
After all, with Life Source Energy present, he might get severely injured, but he wouldn't just die!
So, he kept pondering, what exactly is My Way State of Mind!
What am I?
Do I even truly exist...
Just when Mu Jinyu was contemplating these questions, nearly driven to madness, caught in a process similar to the Selfless State's search for self, the mystical little tree in his Sea of Consciousness suddenly shivered gently.
Instantly, speckles of clear light overflowed from the little tree, pouring into Mu Jinyu's Sea of Consciousness, soothing his nearly collapsing mind!
Mu Jinyu immediately calmed down.
He thought of some Buddhist sect Zen sayings:
A flower, a world; a leaf, a soul...
Above and below, I alone am supreme!