Facing the increasingly complex situation, most people tended to remain silent, after all, they were always on tenterhooks, too afraid to even breathe heavily.

Yet, Di Nvfeng on the spectator stand was shouting and cheering, becoming more and more lively.

“Fight, fight!”

“Right hook! Yes! Try to cut through his center!”

“Ah, be careful! Eh? Picking up a brick, what for… Nicely done! Good disciple, that’s the way! Left hook with a brick!”

Wang Xuanling, standing beside her, was annoyed by the noise. He didn’t want to lose face by shouting back at her and wished he could shut off his hearing right then and there.

It seemed that Di Nvfeng naturally had a belligerent blood in her, the more fists to flesh the battle became, the happier she watched.

“Hehe,” Master Sun, who was on a distant spectator stand, heard her cheering and laughed, “Feng is really enjoying herself.”

“Do you not realize the severity of the problem?” Master Huang frowned, “One of her is already enough trouble for Shu Mountain, if another genius were to join her as an ally…”

“Hisss,” Master Sun inhaled a breath of the crisp and bone-chilling air from the top of Shu Mountain.

“Looking at the current situation, it seems that Chu Liang really might defeat Xu Ziyang…”

“When he becomes the chief disciple and Feng becomes the head of the peaks,” Master Huang said with a distant gaze, “I can’t even begin to imagine the future of Shu Mountain.”

Xu Ziyang could never have imagined that in some people’s eyes, he was already carrying the heavy responsibility of saving the future of the Shu Mountain Sect.

Faced with Chu Liang’s sudden burst of brick fighting technique, he was also hard-pressed to defend, even with three heads he couldn’t withstand such a relentless beating.

Now it was his turn to change tactics.

Compared to Chu Liang, his change was much more thorough.

Suddenly, Xu Ziyang burst forth with a surge of energy, his six arms exerting force to push back Chu Liang, seizing a momentary gap.

Then, all six hands formed seals simultaneously.

Boom…

A pale blue ripple spread from his body, as if unlocking some kind of shackle.

Then, he swelled up against the wind!

Whoosh—

In the blink of an eye, Xu Ziyang’s figure expanded countless times, transforming into a giant golden body seven or eight zhang tall, still maintaining the posture of three heads and six arms.

If before he merely resembled a heavenly deity, now he was the spitting image of a true celestial soldier!

Immortal technique, Law of Heaven and Earth!

The effect of this technique was simple: to grow larger! Legend has it that at its ultimate level, one could reach the heavens and fill the earth with their body!

Although Xu Ziyang’s current size was only seven or eight zhang, he already resembled a towering colossus!

Fortunately, the arena had been prepared with restrictions, so as his body grew larger, the range of the arena expanded accordingly, preventing him from stepping into the spectator seats.

However, the distance between Chu Liang and him did not shorten.

Watching Xu Ziyang transform into such a giant, Chu Liang did not rush to flee, as there was no point in escaping at this time.

This god-like eight zhang golden body could step over the distance Chu Liang could cover several times with his shrinking technique in one stride.

Terrifying!

Some say that huge creatures are clumsy, but the Law of Heaven and Earth does not have this problem, moving with great agility. Chu Liang wouldn’t even entertain the naive idea of a mouse leading an elephant.

Being big isn’t always good, but overall, it’s definitely countless times stronger than being small.

Xu Ziyang had six hands, and while two were performing the Law of Heaven and Earth, making his body swell, another pair was still moving the Heavenly Sword Jue!

The long-neglected flying sword soared into the sky, once again turning into a massive sword light!

Now, this sword light held in the hands of the giant was just right!

Xu Ziyang’s giant golden body swung the giant sword, bringing with it a formidable divine might, and it came crashing down!

This sword could slay gods and demons!

…

When Xu Ziyang unleashed all his divine might, Chu Liang no longer hid his abilities. With a thought, he instantly fused a Dragon Blood Crystal into his body.

Boom!

His cultivation had already reached the peak of the mid-Golden Elixir stage, and with the stimulation of the Dragon Blood Crystal, it instantly rose to the late Golden Elixir stage!

This was already astonishing, as many people knew the time of his elixir formation, and his superior Golden Elixir had made him somewhat famous.

How long had it been?

To reach the late Golden Elixir stage?

What kind of speed was this?

But facing the powerful burst from Xu Ziyang, even the late Golden Elixir stage seemed insignificant. Immediately after, Chu Liang formed seals with both hands, and a profound array diagram suddenly emerged from the void behind him!

At the same time, the four puppets did the same, each with a spiritual energy array diagram appearing behind them.

Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth…

Once the five array diagrams appeared, they immediately resonated with each other, connecting in a line, forming a huge spiritual energy vortex, enveloping Xu Ziyang’s giant body within!

“Heavenly Net Great Five Elements Array!” someone exclaimed.

Yes, it was the Heavenly Net Great Five Elements.

This was a reward from the Mountain God Sacrifice, originally meant for an entire team. But after Chu Liang mastered the art of turning beans into soldiers, he found that the puppets could also activate the array diagrams.

The only difficulty was that when setting up the array, one had to multitask with a single mind.

But this also had its advantages, multitasking with intercommunication, deploying the array diagrams as if they were extensions of his limbs, which was more in sync than five people working together!

At least the power Chu Liang wielded was definitely stronger than leading an entire team including Lin Bei and the others! This was his greatest confidence in challenging beyond his realm!

Rumble—

The vortex grew stronger and stronger, gradually forming a sky-covering spiritual energy barrier, the Five Elements in chaos, turning into a raging storm that swept everything on the arena, almost making it impossible to see anything inside!

The audience below had lost their ability to speak in shock after shock, all staring wide-eyed at the shadow in the storm above the arena. No one had expected the battle to reach this point, and now, whether Chu Liang won or lost, his performance had already conquered everyone present.

A true prodigy!

In the future generations of the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, his name would surely be remembered!

Rumble—

Xu Ziyang swung his arms wielding the giant sword, fiercely striking the chaotic vortex of the Heavenly Net Great Five Elements, causing a strong impact that shook the earth.

After a brief stalemate, his other two pairs of arms also swung, each forming seals, pushing forward!

Boom, boom—

His palms seemed to be holding a dark golden thunder dragon, fiercely pushing towards the chaotic vortex, causing the surrounding vortex to rumble loudly, seemingly unstable!

Chu Liang, multitasking with his true qi fully unleashed, had already given his all. He shouted loudly, compressing the Heavenly Net Great Five Elements once again! The chaotic spiritual energy collided with Xu Ziyang’s eight zhang golden body, and it didn’t fall short!

The sky changed color! Thunder roared through heaven and earth!

The final struggle eventually reached a critical point and burst open with ferocity, the terrifying chaotic storm spreading out! If not for the restrictions in place, everyone would have had to take cover!

Rumble, rumble, rumble—

…

“It’s really unexpected,” Master Sun said, “Chu Liang was actually able to fight Xu Ziyang to this extent.”

“Even if he loses, it’s still an honorable defeat,” Master Huang said.

“Oh?” Master Sun asked, “Do you still believe Xu Ziyang will win?”

“Of course,” Master Huang said, “the gap between the fifth and fourth realms is still there, although it seems that they are evenly matched on the surface, Chu Liang has to use much more complex methods than Xu Ziyang to barely fight. Being able to fight until now is already dazzling enough, but his true qi will eventually run out.”

The golden body collapsed, the array diagrams shattered, and the storm on the arena took a long time to dissipate. When the dust settled, some time had passed.

Xu Ziyang had already returned to his true form, still standing upright on the arena, his gaze calm but with a hint of surprise.

Three heads and six arms plus the Law of Heaven and Earth and the fifth realm golden body, when fully deployed, consumed a great deal of his true qi, so he couldn’t sustain it for too long.

But thinking about it, Chu Liang’s consumption should be even greater. After the continuous burst of immortal techniques, he still maintained the puppet soldiers from the art of turning beans into soldiers and used them to deploy the Heavenly Net Great Five Elements Array…

This was not the amount of qi sea a fourth realm should have.

But when Chu Liang reappeared, he still looked spirited and smiling.

The four puppets had already disappeared, and he stood there quietly, saying to Xu Ziyang, “Senior Brother Xu’s divine powers are indeed strong. I must ask for your guidance after stepping down from the arena, if you would?”

Xu Ziyang looked at him, pondered for a moment, and said, “You’re trying to use words to buy time, aren’t you? For a fourth realm, your qi sea is already quite impressive, but it must have limits, and by now it should be exhausted.”

He pierced through Chu Liang’s little ruse.

Indeed, even with his dual superior Golden Elixirs, he couldn’t change the fact that his cultivation was in the fourth realm. His qi sea had limits, and even if it recovered quickly, it needed time.

If it were ordinary consumption, he might be able to continuously replenish it. But such consecutive consumption at the level of immortal techniques was truly too terrifying, even if the big-headed baby doll took off, it wouldn’t be possible to instantly refill.

And Xu Ziyang’s fifth realm qi sea capacity and recovery speed were naturally many times stronger than the fourth realm, so his current state was indeed better.

Now Chu Liang was just trying to buy more time to recover.

Xu Ziyang saw through it and naturally wouldn’t give him that chance anymore.

Whoosh—

A sword light cut across the arena.

Xu Ziyang’s flying sword, named “Zhan Gang,” was also a famous ancient sword in Shu Mountain, having accompanied several renowned predecessors.

Then the sword light turned into thousands, and in an instant, dense sword qi enveloped Chu Liang!

Thousand Swords Jue!

At this point in the fight, Xu Ziyang’s state was not great either, and the sword light was much weaker than before.

But it was enough to deal with the even worse-off Chu Liang.

But Chu Liang’s response was just as tough. He raised the Dustless Sword, drew several runes in the air, and the sword light fiercely flew towards Xu Ziyang!

He actually chose not to defend but to attack Xu Ziyang!

Switching places!

This move was clearly not in Xu Ziyang’s expectations. He saw the rune sword technique approaching and dodged with a swift flash, narrowly avoiding it!

Boom—

On the other side, as the sword light approached, Chu Liang’s eyes suddenly brightened, and he flashed!

Whoosh—

It was the shrinking technique again!

Repeating the old trick, he broke through the sword qi barrier and charged towards Xu Ziyang again!

After such intense consumption, he could still instantly cast immortal techniques! Xu Ziyang was truly shocked by this battle with Chu Liang.

Xu Ziyang had just dodged the rune sword technique and was not yet stable when he turned his fingers, and the sword light merged into one, chasing after Chu Liang!

Chu Liang heard the wind behind his head, seemingly reckless, his figure still flying towards Xu Ziyang!

At this moment, both were at the end of their strength, but their will to fight was even stronger than before!

No one wanted to lose!

Boom—

In a blink of an eye, Chu Liang arrived in front of him, punching Xu Ziyang in the face! Boom—

At this moment, without the protection of the golden body, Chu Liang’s punch sent him flying backward!

But Chu Liang, who completely disregarded his own safety, was soon caught up by the Zhan Gang sword, hiss—

He only had time to slightly dodge, and the flying sword slashed across his right rib from behind, blood splattering out!

Such an exchange of injuries was obviously a loss, and just when everyone thought Chu Liang had reached the end of his rope and had no other means, he suddenly smiled slightly.

Xu Ziyang had just been thrown to the ground, and seeing Chu Liang’s smile, he suddenly had a bad feeling.

He saw the blood Chu Liang sprayed out, all of it was full of spiritual energy and a reddish-gold color. With a light flick of his fingertips, whoosh, it turned into a golden light arrow!

Hiss—

Xu Ziyang’s chest was suddenly pierced through!

Luo Yao and Pǔ Shàn below had a flicker in their eyes.

This move was first seen by them when they faced the Earth Fiend Envoy of the Mingwang Sect. At that time, the Earth Fiend Envoy’s Blood Refining Technique caused them a lot of trouble, and they didn’t expect Chu Liang to have mastered this divine power.

When they returned from the Southern Territory Mountain, Chu Liang insisted on practicing the Spirit Light Blood Refining Technique, and with the enhancement of the Dragon Blood Secret Technique on the spirituality of the blood, his Blood Refining Technique had already reached a minor accomplishment.

At this stage, where both sides had exhausted their methods, it finally paid off.

Thump—

Xu Ziyang’s body fell backward, and Chu Liang also collapsed to the ground.

Both fell down.

…

“What’s going on?” The audience was confused, “Who won?”

“It’s Chu Liang who won,” Master Sun on the spectator stand said with a smile, “Xu Ziyang’s sword was dodged by himself, but that blood arrow of his automatically avoided Xu Ziyang’s vitals. If it were a life-and-death battle, Xu Ziyang would surely be defeated.”

Master Huang sighed, “Alas.”

Under the astonished gaze of the entire audience, even the disciples of the Dan Ding Hall didn’t know whether they should rush forward to rescue.

Then, someone was seen staggering to their feet.It was Chu Liang!

The bleeding from the wound under his ribs had already stopped! Although his steps were somewhat staggering, one couldn’t tell that he had just suffered a serious injury!

What kind of terrifying recovery speed was this?

Because the battle had always been across borders with Xu Ziyang, people had almost forgotten the strength of Chu Liang’s physical body until this moment.

Was this the body of a human?

Chu Liang walked up to Xu Ziyang, slightly bent over with a smile on his face, and extended a hand.

Slap.

Xu Ziyang weakly raised his arm and grabbed the hand.

Then, with a strong pull, Chu Liang helped Xu Ziyang to his feet.

At this moment, the sunset had arrived, casting a layer of golden afterglow on the field. Xu Ziyang looked up and suddenly let out a gentle smile.

“Good morning.”