After thinking about it seriously, I still couldn't make up my mind.
My personality wasn't too lazy and free, but after being alone for a long time and joining a Metaphysics family, it was hard to avoid feeling like I was being controlled by others. Many things would become out of my control.
Moreover, I had too many secrets. It wasn't a big deal in a loose organization like the Metaphysics Association, but once I joined a Metaphysics family, I couldn't guarantee that my secrets wouldn't be exposed.
After thinking for a long time, I finally suppressed this matter and waited for the competition to end. I would first reach the Glorious Knowledge realm before thinking about it.
At this time, the battle between Han Wennan of the Han Family in Qinling Mountains and Xu Kun of the Xu Family in Jinling had already begun. Both of them were well-known families with profound heritage. It was said that their talents in the baptism of dragon aura were almost the same. Therefore, they thought it would be a well-matched battle. Unexpectedly, as soon as the battle began, Xu Kun vomited blood and was defeated by Han Wennan with only one step. Then, he admitted defeat without any hesitation.
At first, I was stunned. Jinling Xu family was one of the famous families. Not to mention scarlet talismans, it wouldn't be strange for them to use a few silver talismans. Who knew that Xu Kun didn't use any?
However, after thinking about it, the Metaphysics families should know each other's background. Xu Kun probably knew Han Wennan's background very well and didn't want to take the risk of getting injured by making these useless attempts.
After quickly ending the first battle, Zhang Kunlun and Li Encheng of the Metaphysics Association walked up the stage from both sides without waiting for others to come out. The second battle officially began.
I was even more interested in this duel than in the first one.
It was true that Han Wennan was strong, but we had already fought at the Young Phoenix Gathering, so I knew a bit about him.
However, this Zhang Kunlun had always been mysterious. At the Young Phoenix Gathering, he had a talent of two meridians and two apertures, which wasn't much worse than Lu Zhenyang. However, most of the people who participated in the Young Phoenix Gathering remembered my fight with Lu Zhenyang and Han Wennan's unsatisfactory innate talent. Only a few people would remember Zhang Kunlun, who was ranked third.
This fatty who always had a smile on his face was too low-key. People couldn't help but ignore him. They felt that he wasn't outstanding, so they didn't pay much attention to him.
But in reality, as the legitimate son of the Zhang family of Mount Mang, this smiling fatty was perhaps the most dangerous person.
As soon as the battle began, Zhang Kunlun's actions startled me. This fellow didn't have any intention of using his strength to fight. He directly took out several scarlet talismans and threw them at Li Encheng.
I was dumbfounded. From the looks of it, this fellow didn't want to reveal his strength yet. He just wanted to use the talisman to solve the problem.
As a participant from the Metaphysics world, I couldn't help but feel pity for Li Encheng. That fellow had a sallow face and wouldn't stand out in a crowd. However, in reality, his power wasn't ordinary. In the first round, he didn't even use a scarlet talisman. With just his own power, he managed to withstand several scarlet talismans from Xiangyang's Liu family's direct descendant, Liu Shibin, and finally won. At that time, it caused quite a commotion and many people remembered his name.
The people from the Metaphysics world probably had high hopes for him. Unfortunately, he met an unreasonable person like Zhang Kunlun.
Yesterday, Liu Shibin had only used a few scarlet talismans, so he could barely withstand them. But today, Zhang Kunlun could probably smash him to death with his talismans.
With a pessimistic mood, I continued to watch the battle. However, as the battle continued, my eyes opened wider and wider.
Zhang Kunlun had used seven or eight scarlet talismans in one go. Moreover, they were all extremely powerful talismans. But Li Encheng still didn't use any scarlet talismans and relied on his own power to block them!
I asked myself if I could rely on the four apertures of Dao Qi in my body, the dark green energy, and the two divine incantations to block the scarlet talismans. But Li Encheng didn't have these conditions. What did he rely on to do all that?
Not only was I shocked, but the audience below the stage also sat up straight. Countless eyes stared at Li Encheng, wanting to see how far he could endure.
Even President Gu and Lu Zining, who were at the Celestial Master Realm, were the same.
The audience below the stage was shocked, but Zhang Kunlun, who was on the stage, was stunned. He was stunned for a while, then he reached out to touch his body. I thought that he was finally going to take out his magic tool to fight with Li Encheng since the scarlet talismans didn't work. However, I didn't expect him to take out a silver talisman!
The entire venue let out a regretful sigh. Li Encheng's ability to do this made everyone have hope in him. However, Zhang Kunlun's actions were really too much of a bully.
It was fine if he was weak, but he was clearly very strong. Yet, he wanted to borrow external power. It was really incomprehensible.
Zhang Kunlun didn't care about the opinions of the audience. He flipped his hands and infused his Dao Qi into the silver talisman. In a flash, the silver talisman emitted a bright light. After it rose into the air, it turned into a small white flame. It looked like a ghostly white flame, but even though I was sitting far away from them, I could feel the endless heat from the small flame.
From the looks of it, this was just an ordinary Scorching Sun Talisman. However, the power of a silver talisman that could only be made by a Celestial Master was not something that could be estimated by ordinary people. It had forcefully turned the original Yang Qi fireball into this terrifying white flame.
Although this Burning Sun Talisman was the weakest of the silver talismans, I didn't need to look to know what would happen to Li Encheng.
He could only jump off the stage and admit defeat. This kind of silver talisman contained the power of a Celestial Master. It wasn't something that a Perfected Acupoint Sealing Realm cultivator could deal with. Even I couldn't do it.
However, Li Encheng's choice was beyond my expectations. He didn't retreat and admit defeat. Instead, he took out the scarlet talisman that Yang Shilong had given us today. After quickly receiving Dao Qi, he drew out nine wisps of Terminus Qi to protect himself.
Seeing his choice, I shook my head slightly. The Terminus Earth Talisman was one of the most powerful of the scarlet talismans, while the Burning Sun Silver Talisman was one of the weakest of the silver talismans. The two seemed to be about the same, but just like how ten cultivators of the Glorious Knowledge realm weren't a match for a Celestial Master, the difference between the scarlet talisman and the silver talisman was too great.
I still didn't think that he would win.
Reality didn't exceed my expectations. The white flame that was triggered by the Burning Sun Silver Talisman approached Li Encheng unhurriedly. When it reached him, although it was slightly blocked by the Terminus Earth Qi, the terrifying temperature almost instantly evaporated the three wisps of Terminus Earth Qi in front of his chest.
Following that, the Terminus Earth Talisman was rather miraculous. The other six wisps of Terminus Earth Qi automatically floated in front of him in an attempt to block the white flame. However, the result wasn't ideal. The six wisps of Terminus Earth Qi only consumed a portion of the white flame's power.
After all the Earth Terminus Qi had disappeared, there was still more than half of the white flame remaining. It continued to float towards Li Encheng's body at a moderate speed. I could even see that the ends of his eyebrows and hair were slightly curled up from the heat.
At this moment, he could only admit defeat. Under the power of the Burning Sun Silver Talisman, if Li Encheng didn't retreat and admit defeat, he might even perish on the spot!
However, his thoughts were obviously different from mine. Not only did Li Encheng not admit defeat, he took out the merit summoning talismans that the Metaphysics Association had given us yesterday. Furthermore, he used two of them in one go.
Thanks to the Burning Sun Silver Talisman's slow speed, Li Encheng quickly received the Dao Qi. The dharmakayas of the two merit officials on duty instantly appeared on the arena. They stood there expressionlessly with dull faces. They didn't react at all to the white flame nearby. Similarly, they didn't react to Li Encheng, who had summoned them.
Although the talisman could summon the Heavenly Official, it was only a dharmakaya. It didn't have any intelligence. It was rumored that only the golden talisman could summon the Heavenly Official's true body.
As for Li Encheng, after summoning the dharmakayas of the two merit officials on duty, he suddenly took out a scarlet talisman paper and a huge weasel-hair brush. He held the talisman paper in one hand and the weasel-hair brush in the other. He actually started writing on the spot. From the looks of it, he was actually making a talisman!
Although the speed of the white flame was slow, it was already approaching his body. Even his clothes were starting to turn black from the heat. However, after Li Encheng leisurely wrote a few strokes, he suddenly reached out and threw the scarlet talisman paper onto the white flame. He shouted loudly, "Where are the merit officials on duty? Quickly report this to the heavens!"
As he spoke, the two merit officials on duty who had been standing motionless to the side suddenly moved. Their four hands reached out and directly hugged the scarlet talisman paper. At this moment, the talisman paper just happened to wrap around the white flame. After the merit officials on duty hugged it, the scarlet talisman paper actually didn't ignite. Instead, the white flame disappeared into the talisman paper and disappeared from the arena along with the merit officials on duty!