Chapter 362: Chapter 361: I Admit Defeat_1
Frankly speaking, when the Invincible Elixir presented such a detailed strategy, Lu Yang was astounded.
Previously, the Invincible Elixir only had two plans, either to flee or fight blindly, causing Lu Yang to always regard it as a method of detecting cultivation levels.
Unexpectedly, it could indeed come up with a very reliable plan when facing a powerful enemy.
No wonder it’s a Golden Core recognized by Fairy Eternity!
“Hehe, now you know how amazing my Invincible Elixir is, right?” Fairy Eternity, for once, got up from the bed and struck a triumphant pose, conjuring a chair, sitting on it, crossing her legs and swinging her feet.
“You should respect me more in the future. I know much more than just this!”
“Massage my shoulders, would you?” Fairy Eternity motioned for Lu Yang to massage her.
Lu Yang felt that as Yun Zhi’s junior brother, the one with the highest cultivation level among his peers, the top Golden Core stage swordsman, and also a disciple of the Sect Leader of the Seek Dao Sect, it was quite alright for him to give a massage to a senior Immortal.
“Is this pressure okay?”
“A bit harder, mm~ that’s about right.” Fairy Eternity is very satisfied with Lu Yang’s attitude.
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When Bai Ming conceded, the audience was shocked. They didn’t expect Bai Ming to lose so quickly.
As fellow disciples of the Immortal Sect, and both in the early stage of the Golden Core, the gap between them wasn’t supposed to be that big.
“Isn’t it said that Bai Ming is proficient in the Five Element magic skills? He just used gold and earth elements, and then he gave up?”
“If he didn’t concede, what else could he do, stay in the ground all the time?”
“Bai Ming was wronged. He was restricted before he could show off his skills.”
A cultivator with combat experience in the Demon Suppressing Pass was displeased with these remarks, and lectured, “Wronged because he lost? Who would say that on the battlefield? Does the enemy stupidly wait for you to perform all your moves?”
The one who was lectured stammered and couldn’t respond.
“Mr. Kang, did you figure out what type of Golden Core Lu Yang has?” A group of folks at the Golden Core stage around the front of the stage were still waiting for Mr. Kang’s explanation.
Although with their talent, they wouldn’t be able to form a First-Grade Golden Core in their lifetime, it was good to broaden their horizons and they would have something to brag about when they returned.
Despite almost pulling out his white beard over contemplating, Mr. Kang couldn’t decipher Lu Yang’s Golden Core.
“I couldn’t figure out the specific Golden Cores of Bai Ming and Yan Tianzhi, but at least there are some clues that can be followed. Bai Ming’s Golden Core has to do with the Five Elements, Yan Tianzhi’s Golden Core has to do with suppression, but Lu Yang’s… forgive my poor judgment, I truly can’t make anything out.”
Mr. Kang shook his head. The wide variety of Golden Cores in the Seek Dao Sect was eye-opening, even to him, who had seen countless Golden Cores and was qualified to comment on any cultivator’s Golden Core in Qingzhou, he couldn’t recognize all of the Seek Dao Sect’s Golden Cores.
There is a consensus in Imperial City Academy that if you can recognize one third to half of Seek Dao Sect’s Golden Cores, you’re a very advanced scholar.
“Perhaps Lu Yang’s Golden Core is a kind that has never existed before, and there are no similar Golden Cores.”
In the Golden Core Appreciation Conference, only the Primordial Gold Core of Lan Ting and the Pure Yang Golden Core of Meng Jingzhou could be vaguely identified.
Mr. Kang showed courtesy to Meng Jingzhou and changed Single Golden Elixir to Pure Yang Golden Core, which sounds much better.
On the stage, Lan Ting was still in hard combat with Lu Yang’s Lotus clone, always distracted.
She saw a glimpse of the fight between Lu Yang and Bai Ming and all of Bai Ming’s hair fell off due to an Arhat Fist.
She was afraid that Lu Yang’s clone would throw away the Green Peak Sword and give her an Arhat Fist attack too.
“The safest way is not to get close to the clone.”
Lan Ting distanced herself from Lu Yang’s clone, took out a small box the size of a palm from her Identity Jade.
“What is this?” Lu Yang’s clone used Spiritual Sense to check and found a stack of Talismans inside the small box. At the bottom of the box was some sort of Array Method, which seemed very familiar to him.
Lan Ting did not play coy: “After returning to the Fairy Palace, I have been studying the Automatic Skewer Formation day and night. However, my talent in Array Methods is limited, and I can’t figure it out. The bamboo sticks always fly out at an amazing speed.”
“So, I changed my approach. If bamboo sticks can fly out through the Array, can’t Talismans do the same? Based on this idea, I made some modifications to the original Array, downsizing it and replacing the bamboo sticks with Talismans, like this.”
Lan Ting aimed at Lu Yang’s clone, activated the Array in the wooden box, and a paper Talisman flew out one after another. In mid-air, the Talismans transformed into thunder, fire, or wind blades, all carefully drawn by Lan Ting. Each could seriously injure a Golden Core stage cultivator, making Lu Yang’s eyelids twitch.
Boom——
Clack——
Crash——
Each Talisman represented a different kind of attack, and there were no intervals between attacks. They hit Lu Yang’s clone one after another, making different sounds.
Lu Yang’s clone held the Green Peak Sword horizontally in front of him, his wrist constantly shaking to block the continuous attacks.
As the Talismans exploded, smoke and dust rose up in the arena. After a box of Talismans was used, the smoke and dust dispersed, revealing Lu Yang who was still in decent condition.
“Big Brother Lu Yang, you’re really good. What if the attack is doubled?”
Lan Ting said, and took out two wooden boxes full of Talismans, aiming the output ends at Lu Yang’s clone.
Just as Lan Ting was about to launch another round of attack, she saw Lu Yang walking over with a big smile: “Bai Ming has already conceded. It’s only you left now.”
“He conceded?” Lan Ting was stunned. She was so caught up in launching Talismans that she didn’t notice what was happening on Bai Ming’s side. It was just a while ago. Did he lose already?
She turned her head to see Bai Ming sitting in the judges’ seat, looking unhappy.
She turned her head back to see Lu Yang and his clone. She felt that winning isn’t very likely: “Alright, I concede too.”
Meng Jingzhou and Yan Tianzhi were fighting fiercely. Yan Tianzhi looked like a real Taotie, devouring everything. He was extremely ferocious.
Meng Jingzhou was even fiercer than him. He opened his mouth and, using the divine ability “Heaven Swallow” he just learned from Lu Yang, immediately vacuumed all the Spiritual Energy on the stage into his mouth.
“Spit!”
The Spiritual Energy was compressed to the extreme in his mouth, forming a spherical shape governed by rules, and stomped towards Yan Tianzhi.
Yan Tianzhi didn’t dare to touch the Spiritual Energy ball, he rolled to dodge it. Meng Jingzhou sneered coldly: “I’ll see how often you can dodge. Spit! Spit! Spit!”
Three Spiritual Energy balls blocked Yan Tianzhi’s route of movement. Yan Tianzhi’s eyes focused, and another War Pattern flickered.
“Shield Ghost!”
The ghastly demon king holding a shield emerged behind Yan Tianzhi. The demon king with the shield blocked Yan Tianzhi’s face, and the Spiritual Energy balls exploded when they hit the shield.
It was Yan Tianzhi’s battle pattern during the Foundation Establishment Stage, Shield Ghost. It possessed no aggressive properties, its only outstanding feature was its defense.
“I don’t believe it, spit!”
Spiritual Energy balls flowed continuously from Meng Jingzhou’s mouth, and the attack duration depended on how long it took for Meng Jingzhou to spit all his saliva.
Meng Jingzhou was so dry in the mouth from all the spitting, he took a gourd out from his Identity Jade and began to drink water. Once he finished, he said, “Brother, take my advice and concede earlier. It saves both of us trouble. Don’t let me beat you until you can’t even crawl. What would that look like when the news gets out?”
Yan Tianzhi was furious and said word by word: “I, concede.”
Meng Jingzhou was overjoyed, this guy was so straightforward! He jumped off the stage and waited for Lu Yang.
He then heard Yan Tianzhi say the second half of his sentence.
“To, your, uncle!”
Meng Jingzhou: “…”