Seeing this scene, everyone's expression changed drastically, and their eyes widened in unison.
What was a magical tool?
A magical tool was a spiritual tool created by a geomancy master. He would use dragon energy to cleanse it and Dao energy to nurture it.
Dragon energy and Dao energy were both types of energy. After years of being nourished by energy, a magical tool was a very tough item. It couldn't be compared to a diamond or diamond, but it could be compared to a metal or stone. Let alone biting it with one's teeth, even a knife or a sword couldn't leave a mark on it. But now, that ghost cultivator had bitten off the magical tool!
What was more frightening was that this magical tool was an item that could restrain otherworldly items. In the end, it was destroyed by an otherworldly item. It was like a rabbit biting a tiger to death, or a fish dragging the fisherman away. The roles of the hunter and the prey had swapped. It highlighted the formidable power of the prey.
Chen Shuhe had declared that he would pass the challenge to the end. Who would have thought that he would suffer such a big loss at the beginning? Anyway, he was an experienced expert in the Guangdong branch. He should have other methods to deal with this.
As soon as I thought about this, President Xu, who was standing next to me, said with a dark face, "That Zhengyang Jade Bracelet is Old Chen's natal spiritual tool … I'm afraid he will lose this match."
What?
Natal spiritual tool?
I gawked in shock.
Natal spiritual tools were different from ordinary spiritual tools. Besides the baptism of dragon energy and Dao energy, they also needed soul energy and blood essence to nurture them. After they were refined, the spiritual tool would be connected to the user's mind. It would be easy to control it, and its power would be much higher than ordinary spiritual tools.
However, if the natal spiritual tool was damaged, the geomancy master would also be hurt. In more serious cases, his soul would be damaged as well!
Although the Dao energy supported the geomancy master's abilities, it was the soul that recognized vitality. If the soul was damaged, no matter how strong the geomancy master was, he wouldn't be able to use it.
Worried, I lifted my head to check. Indeed, Chen Shuhe's face was pale. His body swayed as if he couldn't stand straight.
On the other side, Lin Zhong, the elder of the Ghost Raising Sect, revealed a hideous smile. He muttered a strange syllable and pointed at Chen Shuhe, commanding the ghost cultivators to pounce on him.
Chen Shuhe seemed to not want to admit defeat. He reached out and took out a jade-like magic tool. He wanted to throw it out and attack the ghost cultivator again. Unexpectedly, after he threw the jade card, it fell to the ground. Then, he sat on the ground and gasped for breath.
Seeing that Chen Shuhe was about to fall, the Ghost Cultivator did not stop. He rushed to Chen Shuhe and pressed his black and sticky claws, which seemed to be flowing with black juice, directly toward Chen Shuhe's head!
This Elder Lin Zhong of the Ghost Nurturing Faction actually had the intention to kill!
Although the rules of this friendly competition were the same as a duel to the death, where one's life and death were up to fate, Chen Shuhe clearly did not have the strength to continue fighting. Lin Zhong's victory was already set in stone. Under such circumstances, it would be unreasonable to kill him.
My face turned solemn. Just as I was about to take out the Square Sky Fan to save Chen Shuhe, President Xu and Zhang Kanwen were one step ahead of me. They took out their magic tools to block the ghost cultivator's attack and save Chen Shuhe.
At this moment, the Nanyang Daoist faction collectively protested. Lin Zhong said with a mocking face, "Does the Daoist faction of the continent want to fight together?
What kind of rule is that? "
As soon as he finished speaking, a young man from the Nanyang Daoist faction said, "The people of the continent have always been sanctimonious. If they can't fight alone, they will fight together. Anyway, it's good this way. Senior Brother Lin, you can deal with five of them. I think it won't be a problem. We should finish the fight as soon as possible."
The others roared with laughter and cheered loudly as well.
The faces of the people from our Guangdong branch were already extremely red. Some of the more impatient ones were even panting heavily, but no one opened their mouths to speak.
Only the winner had the right to speak. Previously, everyone was full of confidence. Who knew that they would be defeated in the first match?
In the end, President Xu stood up. With a cold face, he raised his voice and said, "Our Guangdong branch admits defeat in the first match. Today's match will be postponed for now. We will have the second match tomorrow."
Although the previous rules didn't stipulate that there would be a match every day, it was agreed that both sides could have a temporary truce. Therefore, President Xu's words didn't violate the rules. However, after he finished speaking, the Nanyang Daoist faction burst into laughter again. They said that the Daoist faction of the continent was famous and that they didn't dare to fight again after the first match.
Zhang Kanwen and the others were infuriated. They surrounded President Xu and requested to fight again. However, President Xu was experienced and prudent. After thinking for a while, he rejected their suggestion. He called the others to carry Chen Shuhe out of the hall.
After we came out, the people from the Nanyang Daoist faction also followed us. They looked arrogant as they left. Before they left, the dark-skinned and fat man, Lin Zhong, told us that he would represent the Nanyang Daoist faction in the second match tomorrow. He asked us to be prepared so that we wouldn't lose in the second match. Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to enjoy himself to his heart's content.
That wasn't the end of it. When they reached the ground floor, the reporters gathered around them and asked for the result. The people from the Nanyang Daoist faction stopped and accepted the interview. They loudly said that the people from the continent's Daoist faction weren't their opponents. In the first match, they had only used half a minute to defeat the people from the continent's Daoist faction.
At this moment, the Hong Kong reporters were excited and cheered. The two reporters from the mainland standing next to them had dark faces. They didn't say anything. When we walked past them, they even glared at us with resentful gazes.
Originally, President Xu had promised to inform the mainland reporters of the results after each match. We had to go downstairs because of that. However, the two reporters turned around and left. They didn't even want to interview us.
This made everyone's mood heavier. After standing there for a long time, we reluctantly returned to President Xu's office to discuss the next arrangements.
Although they had only lost the first match, because of their overconfidence before the match, everyone's mood had dropped to the bottom. After sitting in President Xu's office for a long time, no one took the initiative to speak.
In the end, President Xu sighed and asked, "What do you think of Lin Zhong's strength today?"
Although his cultivation was already at the Nine Acupuncture Points Realm, there was still a huge gap between him and the Glory of Consciousness realm. I obviously couldn't join in on this topic. I could only sit there and quietly wait for the others to answer.
Zhang Kanwen was the first to speak. "According to what I know, Granduncle Chen's cultivation is close to three stars. Even in the Glory of Consciousness realm, he is considered strong. However, that cultivation was able to crush his life artifact. It can be seen that his strength is at least one realm higher than his. It is very likely that his cultivation is four stars or even five stars. He should be in the middle stage or even the late stage of Glory of Consciousness. It won't be easy to deal with him."
The specific division of the Glory of Consciousness realm was also recorded in the 《Death Scripture》. It was divided according to the seven stars in the sky, from one star to seven stars. Among them, one star and two stars were the early stage of Glory of Consciousness, three stars and four stars were the middle stage, and after five stars, it was the late stage of Glory of Consciousness.
After Zhang Kanwen finished speaking, President Xu nodded. "I remember that you, Kanwen, also have a four star cultivation. Tomorrow, when you go up against this Lin Zhong, do you have confidence?"
"At least sixty percent!" Zhang Kanwen thought for a few seconds before replying solemnly.
President Xu heaved a sigh of relief. However, he still advised, "When the time comes, you must not be careless. Just like today, no matter if it was Lin Zhong or the Ghost Xiu, they didn't show much strength at the start. Therefore, Elder Chen probably didn't take it to heart and directly used his life artifact to fight. Who knew that it would end up like this …"
Zhang Kanwen opened his mouth as though he wanted to say something, but in the end, he didn't say anything. He only nodded and promised that he would be careful tomorrow.
Following that, everyone analyzed the methods to deal with the Ghost Xiu. However, in the end, there weren't any constructive suggestions. In the end, they could only leave it at that. The group of people left the meeting unhappily and went home.
After returning to the hotel, I didn't bother to rest and immediately called Tong Tong out.
At this moment, the nine apertures of Dao Qi in my body had stabilized. Moreover, since my strength had just skyrocketed, it would be impossible for me to advance again in a short time. That was why I had asked to go up to fight personally. It wasn't because of my own power but because of Tong Tong.
Tong Tong was born with a heavenly body. She was invincible against otherworldly items at the same realm. She had even used her Heavenly Yin power to deal with the Ghost King level Jing Gui when she was still in the Ghost Marshal Realm.