Volume 7: The Strongest Four Realms Chapter 74: Sword Sect’s Counterattack
On the screen wall, the scene of the ninth battle of magic was being displayed.
This is a small grassland world, without any obstacles and stretching as far as the eye can see.
This kind of environment is what sword cultivators like best.
Because the airspace is wide and flat enough, they can roam freely.
The situation was the same. In the small world, a sword cultivator from the Sword Sect whose name was not on the Yellow List was using his flying sword to suppress his opponent and shoot at his target as much as he wanted.
His name is Jun Xiuyuan, and among the six Nascent Soul sword cultivators sent by the Sword Sect this time, his strength is firmly ranked in the top three.
Although his name was not on the Yellow List, his actual combat power was around the 70th place on the Yellow List.
He had only left the sect two or three times, but he had never caused any trouble, so he had not been listed on the Yellow List, which used combat performance as an important measurement factor.
In fact, although there are not many Nascent Soul cultivators who have the combat power of the Yellow List cultivators but are not on the list, there should still be twenty or thirty of them in the seven regions of the human race.
Jun Xiuyuan’s opponent is a magic cultivator from the Zhongtian Realm.
This was his first battle. He was lucky as he happened to encounter a small world suitable for swordsmanship.
One sword can break all laws. Although this is just a common saying that represents the pursuit of sword cultivators, from a side view, sword cultivators are indeed good at fighting against magic cultivators.
The reason is simple. No matter the attack distance or the casting speed, if the strength of the two is not much different, the flying sword of the sword cultivator is far superior to the spell of the magic cultivator.
In this situation, the magic cultivator can often only respond passively and fall into the rhythm of the sword cultivator.
In a fight, rhythm is undoubtedly of paramount importance.
Just like the small ball games in the previous life, once you fall into the rhythm of others, it is not impossible to turn the tables, but it is indeed extremely difficult.
Jun Xiuyuan was at the limit of attack distance at this time, controlling his own sword, the Li Sao Sword, and continuously attacking the magic cultivator on the opposite side.
The practitioner on the opposite side was groaning inwardly.
As soon as the two of them landed in this small world, they could see each other's positions clearly.
Then the two of them attacked at the same time, one with a flying sword and the other casting a spell, and they moved towards each other.
But how can the flying speed of magic be faster than that of a flying sword?
The two were only five miles apart. Jun Xiuyuan's flying sword flew four miles, and his magic only traveled one mile, and then they fought each other.
After three such confrontations, Jun Xiuyuan's flying sword was already hitting his face.
Faced with the continuous attack of flying swords, no matter how unwilling he was, he could only continuously compress his defense circle and retreat.
How could he not know that if you defend for too long, you will lose?
But the problem is that if you want to switch from offense to defense, you must first temporarily break away from the flying sword's lock and buy yourself some time to take the initiative.
Unfortunately, the terrain of this grassland was flat, leaving him no room to maneuver.
Just like that, this Zhongtian Realm cultivator could only watch himself slowly die.
As the fight progressed, the mage, who was about to give up on himself, could only complain in his heart: This was not Zhan's fault, it was just bad luck. Well, just hold on a little longer, just consider it as consuming more of his spiritual power.
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In the Dojo Competition, only ten people from each region are allowed to participate, but the total number of participants from the seven regions is as many as seventy.
And these seventy people are the best among the Nascent Soul cultivators in various domains, and their strength has reached the pinnacle.
Every battle cannot be ended in a short time, and when combined with the rest time, it is conceivable that it will be a protracted war.
Only cultivators who use years as their unit of time would have the leisure to watch this Taoist competition from beginning to end without missing a single thing.
In the grassland.
After the fight lasted for half an hour, it was finally settled.
After launching continuous attacks, Jun Xiuyuan's flying sword found the weakness of the Zhongtian domain magic cultivator on the opposite side, and the sword tip went straight to his neck.
The next moment, the sky turned upside down, the scene changed, and the two of them left the grassland together and appeared outside the Mountain and Sea Pillar.
"The ninth fight, East Region wins," the Green Eyebrow King announced loudly as he stood in front of the two men, and then said to Jun Xiuyuan, "You have two hours to rest."
The monks in front of the screen wall suddenly let out a sigh.
Some were cheering for Jun Xiuyuan's victory. They were people from the Eastern Region.
Some were sighing, they were naturally the cultivators from the Zhongtian Realm.
There were also a lot of people who just wanted to watch the fun and join in the noise.
…
Two flowers bloom, each showing its own beauty.
Tianji View.
The master of Shuiyue Temple took another look at the closed Yin and Yang Building and was about to turn around and leave.
The next moment, she paused.
Because the Cause and Effect Building, with its layered eaves and shaped like an upside-down bamboo shoot, suddenly began to ripple.
"He's going to come out?" The master of Shuiyue Temple was slightly surprised.
Lin Yao showed a relieved expression.
The light flickered, and a figure appeared in front of the two of them.
The man was standing upright, with a thin and handsome face and powerful eyes, but his complexion was pale and looked quite haggard.
"Mr. Lu!" Lin Yao's eyes lit up. Looking at Lu Qingshan, who seemed to have lost weight compared to before he entered the building, she felt a little worried.
"Thank you, Master Shuiyue Temple, for your help." Seeing the Master Shuiyue Temple right in front of him, Lu Qingshan quickly bowed to express his gratitude.
"He is not troubled by his inner demons and his will is still firm..." The master of Shuiyue Temple spoke almost at the same time as Lu Qingshan.
Then the middle-aged female priest paused.
She narrowed her eyes slightly, and forced herself to suppress the surprise in her heart, asking for confirmation: "Did you gain anything from the Karma Building?"
As a favor to others, Lu Qingshan did not hide it, "The true meaning of cause and effect has been broken through to the state of unity."
The head of Shuiyue Temple was even more suspicious, and he frowned, pretending to be serious, and asked again: "I seem to sense that as soon as you entered the Yin and Yang Building, the building was filled with murderous intent?"
"Those evil elephants actually wanted to kill me," Lu Qingshan nodded, indicating that the Shuiyue Temple Master's perception was not wrong, "so I killed them all."
What Lu Qingshan said was a matter of course.
In order to maintain the tone of a senior in front of the younger generation and his apprentice, the head of Shuiyue Temple could only suppress his gnashing teeth and said, "I mean, if that's the case, then how did you leave the Karma Building and realize the true meaning of karma?"
Lu Qingshan didn't understand what the Shuiyue Temple Master meant, and said blankly: "Of course he killed them like this?"
Kill it out?
The abbot of Shuiyue Temple was silent and did not speak for a long time.
Seeing the strange reaction of the abbot of Shuiyue Temple, Lu Qingshan wanted to ask him something.
But this was, after all, a major renovation of another sect, and the Yin and Yang Building was the holy place of the Tianji Temple. He was afraid that it might involve some secrets, so he did not dare to ask too much. So he could only wait in silence.
How could he know that since the establishment of the Cause and Effect Tower in Tianji Temple, in the records of tens of thousands of years, no one has ever used the method of refining power to deduce cause and effect.
After a strange moment of silence, Lin Yao suddenly remembered something and exclaimed to Lu Qingshan: "Dojo Competition!"
Lu Qingshan, who had been isolated from the world for nine months, was naturally confused.
Lin Yao was anxious and quickly organized her words to briefly describe the events of the Dojo Competition as quickly as possible, including the dire situation in the Eastern Region.
"The other six regions have joined forces to exclude the Eastern Region?" Lu Qingshan's face changed slightly when he heard this.
He was very .
Because in his previous life, he was unable to join the Sword Sect, and grew up in the Snail Dojo.
That's where many high-end players can afford to go.
Therefore, he was well aware of the value of the Snail Dojo.
If I remember correctly, the snail temple in my previous life eventually ended up in the Central Spiritual Realm.
This means that players from other domains can only spend a large amount of money to use the cross-domain teleportation array to go to the Central Spiritual Domain.
The players in Zhonglingyu are very proud and feel that they are the chosen ones, while the players outside Zhonglingyu have many complaints and they keep typing in the forum to send various cordial greetings to the game planners.
Who would have thought that there was such a competition behind the final location of this snail dojo.
What was even more unexpected was that the Eastern Region would be defeated by such a dirty trick.
"How long has the Dojo Competition started?" Lu Qingshan asked hurriedly.
"It should have started half a day ago." Lin Yao thought for a moment and replied quickly.
"Half a day..." Lu Qingshan calculated in his mind.
Although Tianji Temple is quite far away from Chang'an City, fortunately the two are located in the same area.
In addition, Chang'an is the largest city of the human race and the central hub of the Daxia teleportation array, so it can be said to have "convenient transportation". If the speed is faster, we should be able to catch up.
"Master Shuiyue Temple, the situation in the Eastern Region of the Taoist Temple Competition is not good. I am a disciple of the Sword Sect, so..." Lu Qingshan hurriedly said goodbye to the Master Shuiyue Temple.
Precisely because he knew the importance of the Snail Dojo, he very much hoped to keep the Snail Dojo in the Eastern Region.
And Lu Qingshan also understood that without him, the Eastern Region would have no hope of winning this Dojo Competition.
One reason is that the final winner of the Dojo Competition in the previous life was not from the East Region, but from the Central Spiritual Region.
Second, the Eastern Region is facing siege from the other six regions and it is difficult for a single tree to hold out.
The third reason is that Ji Chuan is gone!
"No need to be polite, just leave now," the Shuiyue Temple master interrupted Lu Qingshan halfway through his words, "You can use the teleportation array of my Tianji Temple to directly travel to Doushu City, a city under my Tianji Temple. This can save you a lot of travel time."
She was actually more worried than Lu Qingshan himself that he would not be able to attend the dojo competition.
"Thank you, Master Shuiyue Temple." Lu Qingshan said gratefully.
The master of Shuiyue Temple had an idea, and a ray of light enveloped Lu Qingshan's figure.
Immediately, there was a flash of light and Lu Qingshan disappeared from the spot.
When he appeared again, he was already at the Tianji Temple's teleportation array.
This is the spirit transfer technique used by the master of Shuiyue Temple.
Not only did she temporarily open the sect's teleportation array to Lu Qingshan, she even personally sent him off.
Under the guidance of the disciples of Tianji Temple, he stepped into the teleportation array and went directly to Doushu City.
Then he flew his sword straight to the nearest Daxia city. From there, he could reach Chang'an after several rounds of teleportation.
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Just after sending Lu Qingshan away from Tianji Temple, the master of Shuiyue Temple had an idea.
Ripples suddenly appeared on the Cause and Effect Building, and a narrow crack appeared.
She jumped in and looked around.
However, inside the dark building, the wall made of special materials was covered with scattered and intertwined sword marks.
These are the traces left by the scattered sword energy.
The spiritual practitioners in Tianji Temple do not have the means to wield sword energy.
The evidence was right in front of her. No matter how hard it was for her to believe it, she had to accept the fact - Lu Qingshan really killed his way out of the Karma Building.
She left the Karma Building in a daze.
Seeing the Shuiyue Temple Master suddenly enter the building and then quickly come out, Lin Yao couldn't help but ask: "Master, what are you doing?"
"I want to see how this kid destroys the evil and understands the true meaning of cause and effect." The master of Shuiyue Temple said calmly.
“Didn’t Master Lu say that we would fight our way out?” Lin Yao was puzzled, not understanding why her master would go to such lengths.
After a moment, she suddenly realized, "Master, you can't believe it, so you came into the building to verify it?"
"Yes, breaking out from the Karma Building, this is something I have never heard of. How could I dare to believe it easily." This time, the master of Shuiyue Temple did not pretend to be calm, but admitted it frankly.
After a pause, she said quietly, "I was just kidding before, hoping that this kid would be able to cut out the true meaning of karma with one sword. I didn't expect that it would come true..."
"The cause and effect of the sword tactics, it is indeed a sword cultivator who has no regrets when he strikes the sword," the head of Shuiyue Temple was full of emotion, "The thinking of a sword cultivator is really beyond the reach of ordinary people."
Lin Yao blinked and chuckled, "Master, I think that before this, everyone who had gained enlightenment in the Karma Building was due to the method of refining the mind. Maybe it's because everyone who entered the building was a spiritual practitioner. Refining the mind is a way of thinking that only spiritual practitioners have, and it is also a path that suits our spiritual practice."
"Maybe." The head of Shuiyue Temple said uncertainly
"However," although Lin Yao was happy that Lu Qingshan had gained something from the Karma Building, she was still a little worried, "Can he make it to the Dojo Competition?"
"The Dojo Competition has only started half a day. With the speed of sword cultivators, we should be able to catch up." The head of Shuiyue Temple nodded first, then shook his head, "But what's the point of catching up?"
"ah?"
"No matter how outstanding he is, he is just a Nascent Soul cultivator. Can he defeat all the Nascent Soul cultivators in the other six regions by himself?" The master of Shuiyue Temple said softly.
"It's impossible for others, but not necessarily for him..." Lin Yao repeated what she had said before.
"It should be... impossible, right?" This time, the master of Shuiyue Temple was not as sure as before.
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Yangxin Terrace.
"The eleventh battle, the Central Spirit Realm wins."
A sword cultivator in a green robe walked back to the East Region cultivator team somewhat unwillingly, and said to Xi Xiang ashamedly: "Uncle Master, it is my incompetence..."
Xi Xiang's face was calm, without any sign of anger, and he even took the initiative to comfort the defeated disciples.
He looked back at the people he brought with him.
There are only two people left who have not played.
You have to know that this is only the end of eleven battles, less than 20% of the total matches, and eight people from their Eastern Region have been eliminated...
At this point, even the monks who were watching the battle had already seen the undercurrents in this Dojo Competition.
There is no other reason, the targeting of the Eastern Region is simply too obvious.
All the cultivators in the Eastern Region were filled with indignation .
But compared with the beneficiaries of the six domains, their voices are too small.
This is what the alliance is all about, the law does not hold everyone responsible.
"In the next match, Xue Hanfeng, you will take the initiative to challenge. You are the strongest among the ten people in the Eastern Region this time. With your strength, you can easily win this fight. In addition, even if we look at all the cultivators, there are only a few who can definitely defeat you. And these people must be the top leaders of their respective regions. They will not be willing to let the strong players of their region play so early."
Xi Xiang's eyes flashed with brilliance, and he said to Xue Hanfeng beside him, "After all, there are still more than fifty battles to come. If you enter the game too early, you will definitely not be able to hold on to the end, which is equivalent to giving away a trump card for nothing. In this case, they will most likely not send anyone to challenge you. Then you can freely choose your opponent. Just focus on the cultivators in Zhongtian Domain and eliminate as many as you can."
"It is a foregone conclusion that our Eastern Region will be eliminated first. Once we leave, the next battle will be between the six regions. I think the five regions except Zhongtian Region will be happy to see our actions against Zhongtian Region."
"Zhongtian Domain is the leader of the Six Domain Alliance this time. Even if our Sword Sect is defeated, we will bite off a piece of their flesh." Xi Xiang said viciously.
Obviously, his heart was not as calm as he appeared to be.
"I understand, uncle-master." Xue Hanfeng responded in a cold voice with a flash of cold light in his eyes. The anger in his heart was not much weaker than Xi Xiang's.
It's like a person being beaten up by a group of people. You can't beat them, but if you just accept your fate and take the beating, these people will definitely bully you again next time.
But if you grit your teeth, endure the pain when being beaten, stare at the leader and fight back, knocking out one of his teeth, then no matter how badly you are beaten this time, the next time someone wants to attack you, they will have to think carefully.
You can't eat the loss for free.
This is the way for the Sword Sect to survive in the world of cultivation.
