Volume 7: The Strongest Four Realms Chapter 42: Still a bit ugly
Zhongtian Region, Luotang Marquis Mansion.
Marquis Luo Tang and his legitimate son Luo Ji were in a secret room together, with glowing magic array patterns beneath them.
Luo Ji sat cross-legged at the center where these lines intersected, practicing with his eyes closed. Behind him, there was a phantom of a phantom leopard with bared fangs and claws.
This is Luo Ji’s Dharma image.
The dark leopard’s claws are three feet long and can cut gold and split stone, as well as break powerful weapons. They are extremely ferocious.
In addition, the Phantom Leopard Dharmakaya can also give Luo Ji an extremely terrifying speed.
It goes without saying how terrifying it would be for a physical cultivator who is famous for his invincible body and has a speed comparable to that of a sword cultivator or a soul cultivator.
At this moment, a dazzling silver light was sweeping out from the ghost leopard Dharma image behind Luo Ji, and gathered towards Luo Ji's left palm at an extremely fast speed .
As these silver lights continued to gather, Luo Ji's left palm swelled up unconsciously, which was extremely strange.
It seemed that something was wriggling in Luo Ji's left palm, trying to break through the skin and come out.
Luo Ji's face was grim and he was in great pain.
"Ah! Ah! Ah!" A low roar continued to come out of his mouth.
Luo Tanghou frowned and looked at Luo Ji quietly, until the silver light on the ghost leopard's image was about to fade, but there was still no other change in Luo Ji's left palm.
"It still doesn't work..." Luo Tanghou murmured, but he had anticipated the current situation.
His heart moved, and he flicked his finger. A drop of golden blood shining with divine light flew towards Luo Ji.
"Open your mouth!" Luo Tanghou growled.
Luo Ji, who was in great pain, heard his father's voice and immediately opened his mouth without any hesitation.
The drop of golden blood flew into Luo Ji's mouth.
Luo Ji began to extract and refine the power in the golden blood.
This is the real blood of the Phantom Leopard, a treasure that Marquis Luo Tang obtained at a great cost.
The silver light on Luo Ji's body, which had originally dimmed, suddenly rose again after the true blood entered his body.
This time, the silver light was no longer emitted by the dark leopard image behind him, but burst out from his body.
With the help of the great silver light, the thing lurking under Luo Ji's palm finally broke out of the ground.
Those were pieces of silver scales that kept appearing on Luo Ji's left palm until they completely covered his left palm, flashing with dazzling cold light, as if they possessed infinite power.
A terrifying aura emanated from his palm.
This is the true leopard phase.
Luo Ji opened his eyes and looked at his own palms with an infatuated look in his eyes.
If one practices the body cultivation of the Dharmakāya to the highest level, one can even transform into a Dharmakāya. This is true animalization, not a simple blessing of the Dharmakāya.
When one reaches that level, he becomes a humanoid beast with the power to destroy the world.
Of course, with Luo Ji's current cultivation level of the late stage of the Refining Void Realm, he couldn't do that, but being able to transform one of his palms into a leopard was also extremely terrifying.
This will be his trump card, his biggest trump card.
"Yes," Luo Tanghou looked at this scene and nodded slowly, "After more than ten years of hard training and with the help of the Phantom Leopard's true blood, I finally allowed you to transform into a hand in advance."
"Thank you, father." Luo Ji stood up and said respectfully.
The true blood of the Phantom Leopard is very valuable.
"No need," Marquis Luo Tang said grimly, "As long as you can capture Lu Qingshan this time, Her Highness said that she will reward you handsomely. You should seize this opportunity and don't miss it."
Hearing this, Luo Ji's face immediately turned red, "I understand."
What kind of person is His Highness?
She said it was a big reward, so could the reward be simple?
Moreover, after this incident, maybe I can catch the eye of His Highness and have a bright future!
Luo Ji was extremely excited.
Seeing the look on his son's face, Marquis Luo Tang understood Luo Ji's thoughts and warned him in a serious tone, "Don't be careless. You are not sure of winning this battle."
Luo Ji was stunned. "Lu Qingshan is only in the late Nascent Soul stage, while I am in the late Refining Void stage. Not to mention that my left palm has transformed into a leopard, which has increased my combat power. Isn't it a sure win?"
"Is that swordsman named Lu Qingshan so strong?"
"I am not sure of his specific methods, but he dared to accept the challenge, so he must have a certain confidence. Moreover," Luo Tanghou murmured, "Don't forget who his master is..."
"Xia Daoyuan's disciple is not that simple." Luo Tanghou said dimly.
Luo Ji's face turned pale for a moment, and finally he became serious and corrected his mentality, "I understand, father, don't worry, I will be careful and cautious, and I will definitely catch him, and I will not embarrass you in front of Your Highness!"
Luo Tanghou nodded slightly and said nothing more.
Although he asked Luo Ji to be cautious, after careful consideration in his mind, he felt that Lu Qingshan had little chance of winning.
Before Luo Ji's left palm transformed into a leopard, there might still be a chance for a counterattack. But now that Luo Yao's Dharma image has completed the initial transformation, it would be very difficult for Lu Qingshan to win again.
The transformation of Dharmadhatu's appearance is a supernatural power that only the Divine Transformation cultivators begin to practice, and it has infinite power!
This is why he wants to postpone the decisive battle until after March.
The purpose is to never give Lu Qingshan any chance to win.
…
As the day of the decisive battle draws closer, discussions around the world become more and more intense.
"A battle between a late Nascent Soul stage and a late Refining Void stage, this kind of battle actually exists?"
"If Lu Qingshan wins this battle, won't he be able to move up from the current 95th place on the Yellow List to the top three? He has only been on the Yellow List for less than three months. If he can really achieve this, he will be the person on the Yellow List with the fastest ranking promotion in history!"
"Well, if that's the case, based on Lu Qingshan's record of killing Guiyuan Zhenzun, his ranking on the Yellow List should have been promoted by dozens of places. Why didn't his ranking change in this update of the Yellow List?" someone puzzled.
“It should be that the specific circumstances of Lu Qingshan’s killing of Guiyuan Zhenzun are unknown.
Just like the origin of this battle, Tianji Temple could not be sure whether he relied on his own strength to kill Guiyuan Zhenzun who "actively" attacked him, or whether he used some means to trap and kill Guiyuan Zhenzun and then throw dirty water on him.
Therefore, without confirming the truth, Tianji Temple couldn't just treat this as his achievement. "Someone saw through the reason at a glance.
"However, I wonder if you have noticed that Lu Qingshan is the leader ?"
"I know. The Seven Realms Forum was such a grand event. It's only been a year. Who would forget it?"
"Then don't forget what his cultivation level was last year and what it is now..."
"What was your cultivation level last year? Wasn't it the late Jindan stage? Now it's the late Yuanying stage... Shit! This is fucking..."
The discussion stopped abruptly at this point.
Because the onlookers began to doubt their lives.
This seemingly unreasonable confrontation has become increasingly hotly discussed due to the hype created by some people with ulterior motives.
The reason behind it was also revealed without a doubt.
The outside world has begun to debate whether Lu Qingshan killed Guiyuan Zhenzun with his own strength, and who will win between him and Na Luoji.
Some people believe in Lu Qingshan's strength. After all, he is a peerless genius who came out of the Seven Realms of Taoism. It is possible for him to have extraordinary combat power.
But more voices are inclined to believe that there are other dirty tricks behind the death of Guiyuan Zhenzun.
The reason is very simple—Lu Qingshan’s cultivation progress is too fast!
In one year, from the late Jindan stage to the late Yuanying stage.
If the facts were not before their eyes, they would never have believed that such a ridiculous thing could exist in the world.
Since it was so outrageous, these onlookers expected that Lu Qingshan must have spent the whole year practicing, and had no time to take care of other things, such as practicing magic and swordsmanship.
It can be seen that his current methods are the ones he had mastered in the late Jindan period, which are the old three such as the Heaven-Suppressing Secret Sword and the Sword Intent of Killing.
This is the strongest evidence to support their point of view.
Moreover, Lu Qingshan has only been in the late Nascent Soul stage for a year. Even if he can take care of other things, how much can he accumulate?
Very reasonable judgment.
No wonder Marquis Luo Tang used this as an excuse to attack Lu Qingshan.
As for the outcome, there is no doubt that on the surface, Na Luo Ji had the advantage.
Everyone understands the gap between Nascent Soul and Refining Void, and this is an undeniable fact.
…
Finally, March has passed and the day of the decisive battle has arrived!
Zhongtian Domain, Yinyang City teleportation array.
Two figures appeared in it, both of them had slender figures, and then they walked out of the teleportation array one after the other.
"Lunwu Hall is a Taoist sect like our Sword Sect, and it places great emphasis on cultivating the combat power of its disciples. The Martial Hall was established for this purpose." Xia Daoyun glanced at Lu Qingshan who was following behind him and introduced softly.
Lu Qingshan nodded.
Xia Daoyun only knew that he came from the small town of Qingzhou in the Southern Region, and thought that he might not know much about many secrets of the cultivation world, so he introduced him in this way.
He is from a nice little place.
However, as a seventh-level swordsman player in his previous life, he was not bad in terms of knowledge.
There are thirty-six martial arts halls in the seven realms of the human race. They are ancient products that were established before the Martial Hall was promoted to Dao Sect.
The thirty-six martial arts halls, named after the Thirty-Six Heavenly Gangs, are mostly concentrated in the Central Martial Domain where the Lunwu Hall is located.
In Zhongtian Domain, there is one built in Yinyang City.
When the Martial Hall was first built, it had a challenge arena that was comparable to a magic weapon.
The Lunwu Hall appoints its own disciples to serve as hall masters and hall guards, and cultivators from all over the world can enter the hall to challenge the disciples of the Lunwu Hall.
Once the challenge is successful, the cultivator can select a magical spell from the disciple of the Martial Arts Hall whom he defeated and obtain his secret book.
Of course, if the challenge fails, the disciples of Lunwu Hall will choose one of the magical powers and spells performed by the challenging monk and ask him to hand over the secret book.
Lun Wutang's move was, firstly, to hone the fighting skills of its disciples, and secondly, to achieve the great wish of "all magic in the world is within my grasp".
Although the Lunwu Hall at that time was not yet a Taoist sect, it was also a well-known and powerful sect.
For such a powerful sect, the magic spells practiced by its disciples must be extremely powerful and precious.
The world is bustling with people seeking profit, and the world is bustling with people seeking profit.
Under this temptation, for a while, there were too many monks coming to challenge him.
Since the Martial Arts Hall dared to establish the Martial Arts Palace, it naturally had some confidence.
In most cases, the victory was won by the disciples of Lunwu Hall.
This went on for hundreds and thousands of years. With the help of the Martial Hall, the Martial Hall actually completed its initial accumulation and became the sect with the largest storage of magic spells among all the sects in the world.
This is consistent with the name of their sect, "Lunwu Hall".
Of course, this move is not without its drawbacks.
Where there is victory, there is defeat. Although the number of losses among the martial arts hall disciples is small, they still exist, and they cannot avoid handing over the secret techniques of their sect that they have practiced.
If the sect's secret techniques are revealed to the outside world, wouldn't others be able to target them?
Lunwutang solved this problem in a very clever way.
They constantly absorbed the newly acquired magical powers, taking their essence and removing the dross, adding them to the sect's secret methods, allowing their disciples to freely choose to practice according to their hearts.
There are ways to counter one secret technique, and there are also ways to counter ten secret techniques. But when the number of secret techniques in the martial arts hall reaches hundreds or thousands, how are you going to counter them?
And among the six major schools of cultivation, the cultivation system of the underworld is the most complex.
During the "Nine Heavens" period, some players even jokingly called the underworld cultivators "miscellaneous cultivators."
They have no taboos and will practice any magic they like, so there is a saying that "there are no two identical practitioners in the world."
How many possibilities would there be if these dark practitioners freely combined the secret techniques of hundreds and thousands of sects?
Although the monks had never studied "Permutations and Combinations", they knew that this was an extremely terrifying number.
The seven major Taoist sects are called Taoist sects because which one of them is simple?
As for why Marquis Luotang chose the Martial Hall of the Martial Arts Hall as the venue for the challenge, we have to mention the subsequent development of the Martial Hall.
The Martial Hall gradually became the symbol of the Martial Arts Hall.
The Martial Arts Hall has also paid more and more attention to the construction of the Martial Arts Palace, and the fighting arena has been constantly revised and rebuilt, becoming the most complete fighting venue recognized by the cultivators.
In this battle between Lu Qingshan and Luo Ji, there were huge monsters behind both sides.
It would not be appropriate to hold the duel in either the Sword Sect or Da Xia. Instead, it would be most appropriate to hold it in the Martial Hall of the Martial Arts Forum.
At least on this point, Marquis Luo Tang did an impeccable job.
…
"Heavenly Sin" Martial Hall.
The entire martial arts hall is structured like a coliseum and is cylindrical in shape.
In the very center is an arena built using mustard seed magic, and next to it are numerous spectator seats with clear levels.
At a glance, the martial arts hall's viewing area was already crowded with people.
The challenge between the Sword Sect's disciples and the eldest son of the Great Xia prince was full of hype. Both those who were curious and those who were interested were paying close attention to this battle.
People are looking forward to it.
"Here he comes, that's Luo Ji!" someone called out softly.
At this time, two male cultivators slowly entered the martial arts hall.
The man on the left has an extremely rough appearance, which is in sharp contrast to the handsome male cultivator on the right.
"Which one is Luo Ji?" asked the cultivator You Zhenchun who was watching the fun curiously.
"The good-looking one is Luo Ji's father, Luo Tang Hou," a knowledgeable female cultivator whispered, "The ugly one is Luo Ji."
“…”
The "ugly man" Luo Ji was burly and strong, walking like a dragon and a tiger, with his dark hair scattered wildly. He walked out step by step with great momentum, and finally walked to the front of the ring, waiting quietly.
"Looking closely, this Luo Ji doesn't seem that ugly after all." The same female cultivator whispered at this time.
"Indeed, although Luo Ji's appearance is a bit rough, coupled with his aura, he has a kind of masculine beauty," a physical cultivator said at the side: "A strong body is the most beautiful!"
As he spoke, the physical practitioner intentionally or unintentionally flexed his muscles to show them to the female practitioner next to him.
"That does make some sense." The female cultivator looked at Luo Ji and did not notice the muscular display of the body cultivator next to her. She nodded slightly.
“…”
Marquis Luo Tang followed Luo Ji into the martial arts hall. After Luo Ji took his seat and prepared himself, Marquis Luo Tang jumped up and went to the highest point of the spectator seats.
There, some monks with relaxed expressions and restrained auras were chatting.
These people are all cultivators from Daxia.
Most of them have a neutral attitude, neither belonging to Xia Daojing's side nor to Xia Daoyun's side.
In fact, in Daxia, these neutral cultivators are the most numerous.
And if he could suppress Xia Daoyuan's reputation in these people's hearts, or even make them complain about Xia Daoyuan, that would be what he wanted to see most.
As long as it is confirmed that Lu Qingshan framed and murdered the Great Xia cultivator Guiyuan Zhenzun, and then dragged Xia Daoyun into the water, these neutral Great Xia cultivators will definitely develop some resentment towards Xia Daoyun in their hearts!
This is what he had planned.
Marquis Luo Tang simply greeted everyone and took his seat, without any fancy dancing, which would have only annoyed people.
Even if we want to socialize, the best time would be after Luo Ji wins.
…
One of the protagonists of this grand event has arrived, and people are waiting for the other protagonist to enter.
Lu Qingshan didn't let them wait too long.
Although letting Luo Ji wait for a while might make him feel impatient and anxious during the fight.
But he disdains to rely on such petty tricks to suppress Luo Ji.
It’s just Luo Ji, there’s no need.
"Lu Qingshan is here too!" someone suddenly shouted at this time.
call!
A beam of light appeared, and then it retracted. A handsome male cultivator with an elegant temperament and a handsome appearance appeared in front of everyone.
It was Lu Qingshan.
He walked to the front of the ring with vigorous and steady steps, and stood opposite the burly Luo Ji.
"Take a closer look, this Luo Ji," the same female cultivator from before stared at the two people in front of the arena, compared them carefully, nodded, and confirmed and affirmed: "It's still a little ugly."
