Chapter 214
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Chapter 214: Battle 2
"Did you get defeated?" Xu Gang asked in surprise.
So, you’re not the only one I’ve beaten.
Ji Muhua nodded and said, "I lost pretty badly."
"Su Luo’s wood attribute techniques make her almost invincible."
"If you ever face Su Luo, friend Zhang, make sure you have a technique to seal the space; otherwise, you’ll be at a disadvantage."
"And you need to finish the fight quickly. Once Su Luo’s Wood Divine Flower seeds cover the battlefield, the battle is pretty much over," Ji Muhua said with a shiver of fear.
When he fought Su Luo, he thought it would be a close match, but to her, he was just an easy target.
He ended up being the fool.
After hearing Ji Muhua’s warning, Xu Gang became very interested in the cultivator named Su Luo.
"Are there any extraordinary talents in the Foundation Establishment Stage?" Xu Gang asked, glancing at the four who were busy eating.
The four were eating like they had never seen food before, with oil all over their mouths, and Xu Lingtai was happily chewing on a dragon’s toe.
"Foundation Establishment Stage…" Ji Muhua thought for a moment.
"Qian Su’er from Joyful Union Sacred Land, Long Jue from Thunder Spirit Sect, Wang Lei from Heavenly Refining Sect…" Ji Muhua listed several names and then added, "But don’t worry about them."
“………..” Everyone was silent.
"What you really need to watch out for are the disciples from Tian Yu Sect. These worldly disciples usually have incredibly strong fighting strength."
"Did you hear that? Be careful if you run into any disciples from Tian Yu Sect," Xu Gang said, looking at the four who were still eating.
"Got it." X4
At this time, the souvenir stone showing the best moments of the participants in the competition had been released, including the part where Xu Gang defeated his opponents in an instant.
Suddenly, Xu Gang’s plain and honest face became famous in Heavenly Refining Fairy City, known as the strongest honest man in terms of fighting strength.
When Xu Gang heard this news, he immediately changed his appearance.
He now had a face with scars and a strong aura of murderous intent, making it clear that he was not someone to mess with.
“Dad, that face doesn’t look good,” Xu Lingtai said, feeling a bit uneasy about his father’s new look.
"What’s wrong? Isn’t this face fierce enough?" Xu Gang asked with a frown, then added another scar to his face.
"Not like that, Master said that the fiercer someone looks, the more likely they are to be seen as cannon fodder."
"If you really want to change your face, I suggest making it more like Master’s."
“A plain face that no one would notice on the street,” Xu Lingtai suggested.
"What you said makes sense," Xu Gang said, stroking his chin, remembering that his master had indeed mentioned something like that.
After a while, a plain and unremarkable face appeared before Xu Lingtai.
"That’s better; actually, Dad’s old face was fine, it was just…"
“Alright, enough of that; let’s focus on preparing for tomorrow’s battle,” Xu Gang said, waving his hand.
The next day, during the competition.
"I am Su Luo from Divine Wood Sacred Land. Please enlighten me."
Seeing Su Luo in front of him, looking like a carefree noble, Xu Gang felt a bit dazed.
He had just been thinking about how to defeat her yesterday, and now he encountered her today.
"I am Zhang Han from Hidden Spirit Sect," Xu Gang said, cupping his hands.
The two stood in a desert, with the sun in the sky emitting scorching rays. For a hundred miles around, there were only irregular sand dunes.
"Please," Su Luo said humbly in her white clothes.
"Please," Xu Gang replied. As he spoke, a thousand-hand illusion appeared behind him.
Outside Illusion Heart Tower, countless people watched the battle between Su Luo and Xu Gang, but most were there for Su Luo.
"Friend, you seem quite eager," Su Luo said lightly, waving her hand. Suddenly, countless purple flower seeds floated in the air, beginning to take root and sprout.
As the stunning purple flowers bloomed, Su Luo’s aura grew stronger.
"Why hasn’t friend Zhang made his move?" Su Luo asked Xu Gang with a puzzled expression.
"It’s fine; I just want to see what powers your flowers possess," Xu Gang replied.
Upon hearing Xu Gang’s words, Su Luo smiled lightly and said, "You really are bold, friend Zhang. Among all my opponents, no one dares to give me the chance to cast my spells."
At that moment, a thin vine emerged from Xu Gang’s leg, starting to wrap around his body.
"First, my treasures will parasitize."
After Su Luo finished speaking, Xu Gang was already entangled like a large dumpling.
"Second, the person who is parasitized will be under my control."
As she spoke, the vines engulfing Xu Gang quickly retreated into his body.
At this point, Xu Gang was completely controlled.
"As for the rest, you will need to explore it yourself, friend," Su Luo said, waving her hand, and the purple flowers rooted in the air emitted a dense mist.
The entire battlefield gradually became covered in fog.
"How did you realize that this is not my true form?"
A figure walked out of the mist, which was Xu Gang’s illusion.
"By feeling," Su Luo said as she formed a hand seal, sending out purple vines from the void to explore the surrounding space, as if searching for something.
"Divine power: Magma World!"
A thousand-hand illusion appeared behind Xu Gang’s illusion, beginning to form seals and cast spells.
The ground shattered, and countless streams of lava erupted from it. In the sky, a giant lake of lava appeared, pouring molten rock down like a waterfall.
Everywhere the lava flowed, all the purple flowers rooted in the void were melted away.
"Divine Power: Fire God’s Kingdom!"
At this moment, all living beings were born from the magma, and countless magma beasts surged from the magma lake, rushing towards Su Luo.
"Interesting."
Just as a giant magma beast was about to pounce on Su Luo, it vanished, replaced by the image of a towering tree.
With the appearance of the towering tree, all the magma beasts were suppressed back into their primal magma state, returning to the Magma World.
"Impressive! I haven’t encountered such an interesting opponent in a long time."
Su Luo’s figure appeared atop one of the branches of the towering tree, and she formed seals to cast spells.
The towering tree slowly rooted itself in the magma, starting to absorb the power of the magma, creating a powerful energy loop with the purple flowers rooted in the void.
Under the tree’s absorption, the magma underground diminished, and both the towering tree and the flowers turned red.
For a moment, Su Luo became the ruler of this area.
Meanwhile, in the underground space of Hidden Spirit Island, Xu Fan shook his head and said, "Still too young. Although this ability to absorb spiritual energy is quite formidable, if they encounter a clever opponent, they’ll be caught off guard."
"Unfortunately, my disciple has gotten used to being a cannon, only knowing how to charge forward."
As soon as Xu Fan’s words fell, a point of blue ice appeared on the light curtain, quickly spreading.
"Divine Power: Frozen Void!"
In an instant, both the giant tree and the magma, everything was frozen.
At this moment, a hint of surprise flashed in Su Luo’s eyes, and then she turned into a blue ice sculpture.
With a gentle touch from Xu Gang, the battle ended.
The onlookers outside Illusion Heart Tower were instantly stunned; the first prodigy of Divine Wood Sacred Land was defeated just like that, and by an unknown minor character.
Especially the members of Divine Wood Sacred Land, who began to doubt their lives.
"We came here prepared to take first place and return with treasures!"
This was only the first official competition, and we had already lost!
Su Luo, appearing calm, walked out of Illusion Heart Tower with a faint smile, showing no signs of defeat.
"Senior Brother Su, are you okay?" a disciple from Divine Wood Sacred Land asked, worried that something might have happened to her.
"I’m fine; I was just too limited in my view before," Su Luo replied with a smile.
"I’m glad to hear that, Senior Brother Su," the disciple said.
Su Luo walked towards the square and told the nearby disciple from Divine Wood Sacred Land, "After this match, I will request a trial from the elders of the sect."
Early finisher Ye Xiaoyao also watched the fight between Xu Gang and Su Luo in the private room.
"You really have hidden talents in your realm; those two prodigies were much stronger than you were at the Nascent Soul Stage," Old Sword said in Ye Xiaoyao’s mind.
"Don’t hold me in such high regard; I’m just an ordinary practitioner with average talent. My fighting strength isn’t that impressive."
"Don’t compare me to those geniuses all the time," Ye Xiaoyao said, now holding onto one belief: to earn spirit stones, buy a Spiritual Sword, and crush them later.
"Those words are hard to argue with," Old Sword replied.
At that moment, Ye Xiaoyao began watching the replay of the Foundation Establishment Stage battles, and the screen shifted to Xiang Yun’s fight.
Xiang Yun was up against a prodigy who practiced the Sword of the Heart.
Xiang Yun felt a wave of frustration, not expecting to face a disciple of the legendary Sword Feather Sect in his very first battle.
Their fighting strength was truly remarkable.
"Another swordsmanship prodigy, but that little practitioner using the sword formation is no slouch either," Ye Xiaoyao commented.
On the light curtain, 180 spirit swords formed a massive Five Elements sword formation, relentlessly attacking the Sword Feather Sect disciple.
The attacks from the five elemental spirit swords, along with the twelve attribute combinations of the sword formation, were all effortlessly blocked by the Sword Feather Sect disciple.
"Old man, I should’ve practiced the Sword of the Heart instead. Look how fierce that swordsman is," Ye Xiaoyao grumbled to Old Sword.
"Do you even have a clue? Forget the Sword of the Heart prodigy—just that attacking swordsman is someone you couldn’t handle in the Foundation Establishment Stage," Old Sword shot back.
"That swordsman is just too much of a freak, which is why he’s able to outmatch the sword formation practitioner," Old Sword added.
Just then, the young practitioner of the Sword of the Heart unleashed a massive sword light, shattering Xiang Yun’s sword formation.
‘Shield!’
In an instant, fifty-eight spirit swords formed a sword shield, blocking the incoming sword light.
‘Boom!’
The sword light shattered, and at least half of the spirit swords in the shield lost their spiritual glow.
Seeing the dozens of spirit swords on the ground, now lifeless, Ye Xiaoyao felt a pang of sympathy. Losing so many spirit swords would surely sting for that little Foundation Establishment practitioner.
As a fellow sword formation practitioner, Ye Xiaoyao decided to gift him some of his unused first and second-grade precious artifacts. Not for any particular reason—just because they were both sword formation practitioners.
Losing so many spirit swords had to hurt.
Xiang Yun, however, ignored the fallen spirit swords and continued to cast hand seals, directing the sword formation to strike at the Sword Feather Sect disciple.
"Golden Flame Giant Sword, Slash!"
The gold and fire attribute spirit swords merged into a hundred-meter giant sword, looming over the Sword Feather Sect disciple before plunging down with immense force.
The Sword Feather Sect disciple simply gazed coldly at the descending giant sword, calmly pointing his own sword at its tip.
"Boom!"
A shockwave rippled across the arena, and the two spirit swords that formed the giant sword shattered, nearly half of them losing their spiritual light.
"Poor guy," Ye Xiaoyao muttered as he watched.
"Poor guy? Didn’t you notice that all of that Foundation Establishment sword formation practitioner’s spirit swords are standard issue?"
"And they’re part of a complete set. Think back to your own Foundation Establishment days—*you’re* the one to pity," Old Sword taunted in Ye Xiaoyao’s mind.
"………"
At that moment, the Sword Feather Sect disciple spoke up, his voice cool and detached. "You’re not bad. A worthy opponent."
"Enough talk. Keep going,"
By now, Xiang Yun’s battle intent had reached its peak.
The emerald green wood attribute Spiritual Sword and the water blue water attribute Spiritual Sword began to transform, and a layer of mist spread across the entire battlefield. Countless Xiang Yun, each wielding a Water Cold Spiritual Sword, charged towards the disciples of the Sword Feather Sect.
"Useless effort," a Sword Feather Sect disciple said coldly.
The charging Xiang Yun were effortlessly dealt with by the Sword Feather Sect disciples.
"You’ve lost," the Sword Feather Sect disciple said to Xiang Yun lightly.
"Have I lost? No!"
Xiang Yun waved his hand, recalling all his Spiritual Swords, and then brought out a set of Five Elements Spiritual Swords to continue battling the Sword Feather Sect disciple.
At this moment, Ye Xiaoyao, who was watching the fight, felt a twinge of sadness.
"He actually has two sets of Spiritual Swords," Ye Xiaoyao said, feeling a bit envious of Xiang Yun’s setup.
"Just some second-tier precious artifact Spiritual Swords; they’re not worth much," Old Sword commented in Ye Xiaoyao’s mind.
"I only envy him for having two sets of flying swords; nothing more," Ye Xiaoyao clarified.
As the battle raged on, Xiang Yun still couldn’t overcome the Sword Feather Sect disciple, who exploited a weakness and swiftly defeated him.
"Impressive!" Ye Xiaoyao exclaimed, watching the mesmerizing movements on the light curtain.
"Truly fierce; at this level, even in the Thousand Worlds, he would be considered a top-tier genius," Old Sword remarked.
"If you were still the Great Immortal Emperor, would you take him as your disciple?" Ye Xiaoyao asked.
"No, I don’t usually prioritize talent when choosing disciples; character and fortune are what I value more," Old Sword replied.
"Do you know what the first step to becoming a Great Immortal Emperor is?" Old Sword asked in Ye Xiaoyao’s mind.
"Fortune and opportunity?"
"Wrong; the first step is to stay alive. Of course, that also relates to character and fortune," Old Sword said with a smile.
"Nonsense," Ye Xiaoyao scoffed.
Far away in the underground space of Hidden Spirit Island, Xu Fan also watched the battle, though he wasn’t particularly concerned about Xiang Yun’s loss.
"That Sword Feather Sect disciple is impressive," Xu Fan said as he crafted artifacts while watching the light curtain.
"He has about half the fighting strength I had at the Foundation Establishment Stage," Xu Fan praised.
"Half your fighting strength? I think he’s at most on the level of the Grand Elder’s finger," Sha Diao joked nearby.
"Even a finger can win."
Xu Fan didn’t think this was a joke.
