Lin Xue probed several times, but Purple Chen Corpse didn't show any signs of moving forward. Her expression became ugly and she seemed to mutter something.
Then, she gritted her teeth and pointed at her forehead with her right index finger. She actually used the Jade Blood Turning Pill technique!
This Jade Blood Turning Pill was a technique that used lifespan to raise cultivation.
Although the Allheaven Competition was important, it wasn't enough to use up ten years of lifespan.
Moreover, Lin Xue had just joined Lu Liang Mountain blessed land, so no matter what, she didn't need to pay such a price.
I frowned and couldn't understand Lin Xue's motives.
As for Lin Xue, after using the Jade Blood Turning Pill technique, her cultivation rose to Heaven Master realm. Her hands formed a seal and she used a corpse control technique to point at Purple Chen Corpse.
The Jade Blood Turning Pill technique was really profound. With its buff, Purple Chen Corpse finally moved a few steps forward and walked towards me.
Its speed wasn't slow, but compared to the speed I had seen before, it was much slower.
It was obvious that although Lin Xue barely managed to control Purple Chen Corpse, the fear in his eyes wasn't completely suppressed.
Although I didn't know where the fear came from, but now wasn't the time to think about such things. Seeing Purple Chen Corpse charge at me, I raised my hands and faced it with the armor removing sword.
Purple Chen Corpse's physical body was really strong, and he was good at close combat. I was prepared for that.
Before today, I didn't dare to get close to him, but after looking at the notes that Cang Feng gave me, my sword cultivation improved.
In the Sword Dao, although there were ways to control a sword to kill, most of them were close combat.
My understanding of the sword became deeper and deeper, so I used Purple Chen Corpse as a whetstone.
Thus, I didn't dodge, and quickly clashed with Purple Chen Corpse. With the Heavenly Spirit Nine Steps, Purple Chen Corpse had nowhere to hide. I could clearly see every movement he made, so I easily used the armor removing sword to deal with him.
As I clashed with Purple Chen Corpse more and more, I could clearly feel that he was getting weaker and weaker. After each attack, there would be a pause of three to four breaths.
I stabbed once more. At this moment, Purple Chen Corpse was still pausing.
Lin Xue sensed the strength of my strike and frowned. It was obvious that she was panicking. She formed seals with her hands and wanted to use Purple Chen Corpse to counterattack, but even after she formed a set of complicated seals, Purple Chen Corpse didn't react at all. It stood stunned on the spot and took the sword head-on.
The corpse puppet was connected to the master's mind. Although Purple Chen Corpse blocked most of the attack, but a small portion of it landed on Lin Xue of being.
Lin Xue's cultivation was only at the Glorious Knowledge Realm, so after enduring a small portion of its might, her body trembled while her face flushed red, and she suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood before instantly becoming dispirited.
Of Of Lin Xue's Chen Corpse to Xue, but seeing her like that of Xue, I couldn't of of of of of Of Chen Chen Die.
Thus, after forcing back Zi Chen's corpse, I didn't choose to continue attacking. Instead, I stopped and put the Armor Stripping Sword on my back, waiting for Lin Xue to admit defeat.
After forcefully pushing back Purple Chen Corpse, I didn't choose to continue attacking. Instead, I gathered my strength and formed a seal with both hands, waiting for Lin Xue to admit defeat.
However, after Lin Xue got the chance to breathe, she didn't admit defeat. Instead, she forced herself to focus and formed a seal with both hands. She actually wanted to use the Emerald Blood Turning Pill technique again!
I was greatly alarmed and hastily tried to stop her. "Miss Lin, the disparity between us is too great. I'm afraid that even the [Emerald Blood Transmutation Technique] won't be able to make up for it. Why is Miss Lin doing such a futile effort?"
The Emerald Blood Turning Pill technique didn't reduce the user's lifespan, but it forcefully delayed the user's breakthrough to the next realm by ten years. Lin Xue had already used it once, which meant that if she wanted to break through to the Heaven's Teacher realm, she would have to spend ten years. If she used it again, it would be delayed by more than twenty years. She was still young, so there was no need for her to pay such a huge price for a battle where she couldn't see a victory.
I didn't have a good impression of Corpse Sect, but I didn't have any ill intentions towards Lin Xue's master. Naturally, I didn't want her to end up like that, so I stopped her.
Hearing that, Lin Xue was stunned for a moment, and her hand seals slowed down.
Seeing that there was a chance, I didn't hide it anymore and directed the boundless Zhen Yuan in my body towards the Armor Removing Sword. Only when it was almost saturated did I stop. Holding the sword with both hands, I swept it towards Lin Xue's back.
In an instant, a majestic sword aura flashed out.
This was the technique that I had learned from Cang Feng's booklet. Even though it was my first time using it, I was very confident in this technique.
That sword energy really didn't disappoint me. The moment it appeared, the temperature of the entire arena seemed to drop by a few degrees as the sword energy flashed. Under this kind of power, Zi Chen's body started to tremble again, and his expression of fear became even more intense.
Finally, the sword aura streaked across the sky and flew over Lin Xue's head. It landed on the barrier of the stage and created a large ripple.
After the sword qi's power had completely dissipated, I turned around and spoke to Lin Xue again. "Miss Lin's corpse puppet is indeed mysterious, but after the previous exchange, I believe that even if it was at its peak, it still wouldn't be a match for me.
Miss Lin, are you sure you still want to use a technique that consumes your lifespan? "
Lin Xue's complexion wasn't good to begin with, and after seeing my technique, her complexion became even paler. After hearing my words, her face was as white as paper. She lowered her head and made a decision before finally spitting out a few words.
"I admit defeat!"
After saying that, she crawled up from the ground before I could react and called for Zi Chen to walk down the stage.
Zi Chen was also very strange. When he was fighting against me, he was so frightened that he didn't dare to make any movements. However, when he walked down the stage, he was very fast. He was much faster than when I saw him at Corpse Sect. He didn't even care about Lin Xue and rushed down the stage before turning around and looking at me with a fearful expression.
As I watched his movements, I became even more confused. Why was Zi Chen so afraid of me?
What was he afraid of?
Since the outcome of the battle had been decided, I didn't stay long after Lin Xue left the stage, so I also walked down the stage.
At that moment, the other two battles were also coming to an end.
With my instructions before I went up the stage, both Ah Fu and the fatty chose to fight from a distance.
Ah Fu was a Yang God Celestial Master, and his techniques were all based on his Yang Spirit. Although Yan Hongfei's corpse puppet was also a Yang God Celestial Master, it wasn't as agile as Ah Fu's. No matter which angle he controlled the corpse puppet to attack from, Ah Fu was able to deal with it.
In the end, Ah Fu turned his Yang Spirit into a sword light and cut off one of the corpse puppet's arms, ending the battle.
As for the fatty, he continued to fight in the same wretched manner as before. He hid in the formation and occasionally used his talismans to defend himself. He didn't even use the technique that he had obtained from Li Yuan. After seeing that Ah Fu and I had finished our battles, he took out a silver talisman and released a wisp of True Fire. His opponent, who was already exhausted, didn't have the slightest ability to resist and was directly injured.
Thus, the fatty won smoothly.
He had won all three battles, so the final result was obvious.
After returning to the seats of the Wangwu Cave, I chatted with Officer Wang, who was grinning happily. Then, I looked at the arena again.
Only then did I realize that in the fourth round of the competition, the battle between our Wangwu Grotto and Lu Liang Mountain Paradise was actually the first to end. The other grottoes were still fighting, and most of them hadn't even finished their battles yet.
Soon, the Xuande Cave, which was represented by Zhao Hao, also finished his battle. From the happy look on his face, I could tell that he would definitely enter the top eight.
As he walked out of the arena, Zhao Hao glanced around the viewing platform and stared at Officer Wang and me for a while. Then, he walked back to his resting place.
As the competition progressed, the gap between everyone's strength was getting smaller and smaller, so the battles were getting more and more intense.
After half an hour, the third family won smoothly. It was the West City Mountain Paradise, where Han Wennan was located.
The West City Mountain Paradise was really strong. Han Wennan didn't even need to show up, but they still got a spot in the next round.
I scanned the arena, and eventually, my eyes stopped at the Spiritual Mountain Paradise, where Lu Zhenyang was located.
In this competition, Lu Zhenyang's opponent wasn't weak. He was from the Juqu Cave, the Golden Altar Huayang Cave.
Mao Mountain's original name was Juqu Mountain.
According to the legend, more than two thousand years ago, during the Western Han Dynasty, the three brothers, Mao Ying, Mao Gu, and Mao Zhong, came to Jiangnan from Guanzhong and lived in seclusion on Juqu Mountain. They concentrated on practicing Daoism, gathering medicinal herbs, refining pills, and saving people's lives. They became the ancestors of the Mao Mountain Taoist Faction. Later generations remembered the merits of the Mao family, so they changed the name of Juqu Mountain to Mao Mountain.
After the Mao family, Yang Xi and the others of the Eastern Jin Dynasty founded the Shangqing Taoist Faction. Then, Tao Hongjing, a hermit of the Qi and Liang Dynasties, founded the Mao Mountain Taoist Faction. It wasn't until the Tang and Song Dynasties that Mao Mountain flourished.
Li Shimin didn't forget Wang Yuanzhi, the Daoist priest of Mao Mountain. After that, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty didn't mistreat Mao Mountain.
Later on, the Daoist priest of Mao Mountain, Liu Hun Kang, used a secret prescription to relieve the pain of Song Zhezong's mother. He was bestowed the Eight Treasures of the Mountain (there were four treasures on the mountain: a jade seal, a jade talisman, a jade tablet, and an inkstone). He even had two hundred Imperial Guards protecting the monastery.
From this, one could see the prestige of Mao Mountain.
Against such a colossus, apart from Lu Zhenyang, who had used some unknown method to obtain victory, the other two were having a hard time. Lu Zhenyang's father had even taken out Lu Zhenyang's Chiyou Axe. However, he was still unable to deal with the opponent's attacks, causing me to feel extremely nervous.
If it was before, I would have thought that it would be better for Lu Zhenyang to be defeated by his opponent. However, ever since I had received Lu Zhenyang's promise, I had been watching his every match anxiously. I was afraid that one of them would lose in one move and be eliminated.
As the competition progressed, the possibility of us meeting Lu Zhenyang became higher. If he took the initiative to admit defeat, it wouldn't matter if it was me or Fatty Fu, we would be able to enter the next round without having to fight one more time.
Time ticked by, and the battle between the Holy Mountain Blessed Land and the Golden Altar of Splendour Sun's Grotto-heaven was finally over. Unexpectedly, the winner wasn't the Golden Altar of Splendour Sun's Grotto-heaven, but the Holy Mountain Blessed Land behind the Lu family.
Actually, not long after Lu Zhenyang's battle ended, his uncle Lu Chengping was defeated and tied with the Golden Altar of Splendor Heaven. In the end, all the pressure fell on Lu Zhenyang's father, Lu Chengyi.
I didn't know what method he used, but he used his Chiyou Axe to defeat his opponent. The Spiritual Mountain Paradise won a precious point and sent his family to the fifth round.