“Next up, Li Haoran from the Seek Tao Sect will face Long Xiang from the Five Elements Sect.”

“Is Li Haoran a fire spiritual root?” Qiu Jinan suddenly asked.

“Yes, why?”

“Interesting, our sect’s Long Xiang is a water spiritual root, this time it’s fire against water.”

On the martial arts square, Li Haoran and Long Xiang bowed to each other.

“Please advise.”

“I dare not.”

The two fell silent, no longer speaking.

As soon as the match began, Long Xiang took the initiative to attack, like a dragon leaping into the sea, giving people a sense of awe-inspiring waves. He held two ice blades in his hands, releasing layers of cold air, causing the temperature of the entire martial arts square to drop.

“Flying Dragon Strike!”

Long Xiang shouted, and was met with Li Haoran’s fist.

Lu Yang frowned. Li Haoran was not a physical cultivator, so why was he fighting barehanded, not using any weapons? Even Man Gu knew to use weapons in battle.

Long Xiang, unaware of Li Haoran’s strength, didn’t see any problem and slashed at Li Haoran.

Li Haoran’s body was surrounded by rings of fire. He pointed at Long Xiang and said, “Go,” and the fire rings were placed on Long Xiang.

“Water Rise, Shock Wave!”

Long Xiang cast his spell, and a wave shadow formed behind him. The people below the stage faintly heard the sound of waves.

The wave shadow diluted the fire rings. Seeing this, Li Haoran stepped forward, his red fist prints layer upon layer, hitting Long Xiang.

Under Li Haoran’s feet, magma surged. This was the result of him soaking in magma for a year.

The magma collided with the wave shadow, and even though it was just a shadow, it caused steam to rise when it collided with the magma. The field was filled with thick fog, making it hard to distinguish figures. All that could be heard were the sounds of Li Haoran and Long Xiang colliding.

Li Haoran’s boxing technique was astonishing, completely different from his usual impression. Long Xiang was not good at close combat and struggled to respond, getting hit several times.

Fortunately, Li Haoran’s attacks were not strong enough to cause much damage.

Long Xiang raised his hand, gathering the thick fog on the field into a water column, and smashed it towards Li Haoran.

Li Haoran couldn’t dodge and was hit by the water column, soaking him completely.

Li Haoran once again engaged with Long Xiang, but this time Long Xiang had the upper hand. For some reason, Li Haoran’s movements had become sluggish.

Li Haoran frowned, realizing the problem.

Long Xiang laughed loudly: “Brother Li, you’re very smart to realize my trap so quickly, but it’s too late. You’re soaked by the water column, I can control the weight of the water, you’re now fighting under weight, your movements naturally can’t be as easy as at the beginning, you’ve lost!”

Unexpectedly, Li Haoran revealed a slight smile: “Is that so? I don’t think so.”

Long Xiang wanted to raise his hand to attack, but found that he couldn’t move.

“What did you do?!” Long Xiang widened his eyes, completely clueless about what had happened.

Flames rose from Li Haoran’s body, evaporating the steam. He leisurely walked up to Long Xiang and said, “I’ve refined your clothes.”

Only then did Long Xiang realize that the several punches Li Haoran had landed on him were not for attack, but to refine his clothes. He had turned the clothes into an iron bucket, and Long Xiang was the prey trapped in the bucket, unable to escape.

Do all of you from the Seek Tao Sect fight in such strange ways?!

Is this a fighting method that a human could come up with?!

Li Haoran explained further: “I heard from Senior Brother Lu Yang that during a fight, you can use a storage ring to take away the enemy’s clothes. At that time, I thought, if you can take away the enemy’s clothes, why can’t you refine the enemy’s clothes? Now it seems that my idea was correct.”

Qiu Jinan looked at Lu Yang in astonishment. How did he come up with such a shameless fighting method?

“Oh right, this is the Seek Tao Sect, that explains it.”

Three battles, three victories, the victory of the Foundation Establishment group was a foregone conclusion.

However, this competition was an exchange match, so even though the outcome was already decided, the following two matches still had to continue.

The fourth match was Tao Yaoye. The rarity of her Feather Transformation Immortal Body was above that of a single spiritual root, and its power was terrifying. In terms of solo combat, she was even stronger than Li Haoran.

But to everyone’s surprise, Tao Yaoye actually lost.

The one who defeated Tao Yaoye was a young man in a white robe, with a mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivation level, one year older than Tao Yaoye.

Tao Yaoye was still in the early stage of Foundation Establishment, and her magical power was slightly inferior to the white-robed youth. Moreover, her combat experience was not as good as the white-robed youth’s.

“Next.” The white-robed youth said coldly. He didn’t leave the stage, choosing to continue fighting.

The disciple chosen by Qiu Jinan for the fifth match saw the white-robed youth’s strong attitude, knew that he was always like this, didn’t say anything, and voluntarily gave up his qualification to participate.

Tao Yaoye was a bit unwilling. She had always been the first since she was a child and had never lost. The opponent’s magic was superb, and she lost before she could even bring out the advantage of her Feather Transformation Immortal Body.

Someone patted Tao Yaoye on the shoulder from behind.

Tao Yaoye saw the person and tears welled up in her eyes: “Senior Brother, I lost.”

The person wiped away Tao Yaoye’s tears and comforted her: “Your cultivation is not enough, you lack experience, you’re one year younger than him, and the elder sister told me that the Feather Transformation Immortal Body doesn’t have a big advantage in the early stage.”

“Since you called me Senior Brother, I have to win him back for you.”

…Qiu Jin’an, seeing that he finally won a match, introduced with a smile, “This is my junior disciple Bai Ming, who is also my proudest disciple. He has mastered three types of Five Elements spells, and even his fire attribute spell is close to producing real fire. In the sect competition, he swept through the Foundation Establishment stage and took the lead.”

The cultivation of the Five Elements spells is extremely difficult, and there is conflict between spells. If one is not careful, all their cultivation could be ruined. Bai Ming, in the Foundation Establishment stage, has mastered three types of attribute spells, which is extremely rare.

Bai Ming’s appearance gave Qiu Jin’an confidence, “It doesn’t matter who we send.”

Although he had lost three matches, the crushing situation brought by Bai Ming made Qiu Jin’an laugh uncontrollably.

“I wonder who your sect will send for the next match?”

“Me.”

The Immortal Maiden spoke for Lu Yang.

On the martial arts stage, a figure slowly walked over, his pace steady, neither fast nor slow. It was Lu Yang.

However, this Lu Yang had a bald head and a kind face, which was quite different from the impression Lu Yang usually gave.

Bai Ming broke his indifferent expression, his face full of disbelief, as if he had seen a ghost.

Of course, he recognized Lu Yang, the acting sect master of the Seek Tao Sect, who was sitting in the stands. Who was the person appearing in front of him?!

“Clone!” Qiu Jin’an, with his keen eyes, immediately saw through the origin of the Lu Yang standing on the martial arts stage.

But this was even more impossible. Lu Yang was only at the Foundation Establishment stage, how could he possibly have a clone?

In his understanding, there was no cultivation method or spell that could achieve this!

“To be precise, it’s a clone of the Bodhi Tree.” The Immortal Maiden added.

Lu Yang used the “Tree Planting Technique” to plant himself, and two people grew out of the Bodhi Tree, one was the real him, and the other was a bald clone.

“A clone from the Seventy-Two Divine Powers?!” Qiu Jin’an was shocked. Apart from Yun Zhi, how could any other Foundation Establishment cultivator possibly learn such a spell?

“No, no, it’s a wood attribute clone!” Qiu Jin’an was shocked. There had never been such a spell before, this was the creation of a new spell!

Who was it?!

Was it Yun Zhi, or was it…

Qiu Jin’an’s gaze shifted to Lu Yang, his eyes twitching slightly. He had heard from the people of the Seek Tao Sect that Lu Yang had challenged a higher level, and he thought it was some kind of trick.

If it was indeed this person who created the spell, then the matter of challenging a higher level might not be exaggerated!

(Extra update for the great lord Zhai Cai)

(End of the chapter)