“Senior Sister Jiang!” Lu Li and Qing Luo rushed onto the stage and helped up Jiang Yuebai, who was vomiting blood.
“I didn’t strike harshly, I only gave her internal injuries.” Shen Zhaoxue glanced at Qing Luo, whose eyes were red at the moment.
“As a cultivator at the Qi Refining 11th or 12th Layer, three days of meditation will restore her, or…”
As she spoke, Lu Li immediately took a porcelain bottle from his jade pendant, poured it into his hand, and put the last Nourishing Qi Pill into Jiang Yuebai’s mouth.
“Such a wasteful use, but it can indeed heal.” Jiang Yuebai lightly floated up, arriving above the arena.
“I’ll wait for you, Lu Li.”
“Sigh…” Lu Li let out a long sigh, his Divine Sense sweeping over Jiang Yuebai’s body.
Indeed, as Shen Zhaoxue said, it was only internal injury.
“I’m fine, Junior Sister Qing Luo can help support me.” After taking the medicine, Jiang Yuebai’s pale face regained some color.
“With my 12th Layer cultivation, combined with your Nourishing Qi Pill, I estimate I’ll recover in an hour.”
“That’s good.” Lu Li also used a mundane Lightness Skill, leaping to the high platform of the arena, looking at Shen Zhaoxue who was also taking medicine.
“Senior Sister Shen, I’ve come to fight.”
“Perfect, let me see what extent you can reach without pills, without magic techniques, only with your cultivation.” Shen Zhaoxue chewed the pill in her mouth, and after confirming its absorption, looked at the referee beside her.
“We can begin.”
“I agree.” Lu Li waved his right hand, and the wooden sword at his waist floated up.
“Senior Sister Shen, I’m also curious about the true power of magic techniques.”
“It’s definitely not something a cultivator who just started a month ago can handle.”
Shen Zhaoxue stepped on the Light Gauze, soared into the air, and with a slight turn of her fingertips, a palm-sized Moon Blossom shot out, directly striking Lu Li’s chest.
Boom!
Explosions rang continuously, thick smoke rose, and the dense fog instantly obscured the surrounding scenery.
“Your tactics are indeed good. Even as a cultivator at Qi Refining 12th Layer, my Divine Sense only extends a foot outside my body.” Shen Zhaoxue soared again, staring at the rolling black smoke below.
“But a blow from Moon Blossom should be enough to injure you, or force you to expend True Yuan to defend…”
“I basically understand the situation.” Lu Li’s calm voice emerged from the smoke. “Senior Sister Shen’s magic techniques are about this level.”
“Huh?”
“Go!” Before Shen Zhaoxue could react, a long sword cut through the smoke and shot out.
“A mere trick! Even if you have a different Spiritual Root, what effect can a wooden sword have?!” Shen Zhaoxue shouted, and blocked with her Light Gauze.
Rip!
The sound of tearing, which she never imagined, came from the Light Gauze, making Shen Zhaoxue’s eyes widen.
The Light Gauze had actually torn.
What Lu Li shot wasn’t a wooden sword.
It was an iron sword.
“Senior Sister Shen, time to take a pill.” Lu Li also soared into the air, wobbling as he stepped on the Light Gauze, flying toward Shen Zhaoxue’s position.
He threw two pills from each hand toward her face.
“Hmph, such petty tricks.” Shen Zhaoxue put away her shock at the torn Light Gauze, swayed her body, and the pills brushed past her cheek, going behind her.
“Your pills are limited, aren’t they?”
“That’s true, but to a certain extent, they can also be infinite.” Lu Li showed a bright smile and gestured to Shen Zhaoxue.
“Return.”
Such peculiar words made Shen Zhaoxue’s Divine Sense immediately notice something wrong.
The pills that should have fallen had actually changed direction, directly smashing into the back of her head.
“You really have all sorts of strange magic techniques.” Shen Zhaoxue snorted coldly, using her Light Gauze to entangle the pills trying to approach her, and took them in her hand.
“But Junior Brother Lu, didn’t they tell you that if one’s Divine Sense is higher than the opponent’s, these things are useless?”
“I was about to say something similar.” Lu Li pointed with his right hand, still wearing that bright expression.
“Senior Sister Shen, as a member of a prominent family, didn’t your elders tell you not to accept things from strangers?”
“You…” Before Shen Zhaoxue’s rebuttal could be spoken, the pill in her palm instantly exploded.
Boom!
Amidst the loud noise, thick smoke burst out.
The Light Gauze originally used to protect the body didn’t have time to cover her surface.
“What?!”
“Senior Sister Shen is actually injured?”
“What is that thing? Why did the pill explode?”
Dust rolled in the air, mixed with Shen Zhaoxue’s coughing.
Along with the confusion of countless disciples below.
“No, I remember pills can indeed explode…” A female disciple from the Alchemy Room pondered for a moment, then suddenly understood.
“It’s a Waste Pill!”
“Waste Pill?!”
“That’s right, Waste Pills have residual True Yuan inside. They’re basically useless for cultivation, but directly destroying them easily causes an explosion.” The female disciple continued.
“Usually they need to be treated, or simply buried underground, waiting for time to pass and the True Yuan to be absorbed by plants. But I never expected…”
“There’s also this use, right?” Lu Li looked at Shen Zhaoxue, whose lips were dripping blood and face was disheveled.
“Senior Sister Shen, you’re going to lose.”
“You think too simply, Lu Li.” Shen Zhaoxue’s messy hair flew, and she condensed two Moon Blossoms in her left and right hands, shooting them out.
“Immortal Cultivators rely on True Qi to duel.”
“Yes, of course I know.” Lu Li lightly flew up, and the Light Gauze under his feet was no longer wobbly like before.
“That’s why I said Senior Sister Shen, you lose.”
“How could I lose? I’ve cultivated for 12 years, spending a full 6 years condensing magic techniques.”
Shen Zhaoxue raised her hands high, and the Moon Blossoms once again tracked Lu Li as he soared.
“Yes, that’s why it won’t work.” Lu Li threw out two Waste Pills, colliding with the Moon Blossoms.
Boom!
Two deafening sounds rang through the air, and thick smoke rolled again, blocking everyone’s view.
“Moon Blossoms are indeed magic techniques, and they are indeed the result of Senior Sister Shen’s hard cultivation.” Lu Li’s voice emerged from the black smoke.
“But at the Qi Refining stage, to control Moon Blossoms from a distance, track enemies, use Light Gauze for defense, and fly at the same time…”
“This whole series of processes consumes a lot of Divine Sense and True Qi.”
“Jiang Yuebai could only hold out for about two hours just using moves. Even if Senior Sister Shen’s True Qi is more abundant, it should be similar, right?” Lu Li waved his hand, and Shen Zhaoxue had to raise her Light Gauze again to defend.
“But this defense only blocked a few small stones.”
“Considering this situation, plus the explosion of Waste Pills, the original two hours will be reduced to just one cup of tea’s time, or even shorter.” Lu Li waved his hand again, but this time only a few rocks flew out.
“So, I only need to use external force with True Qi to directly defeat you.” Having said that, Lu Li threw a few Waste Pills toward Shen Zhaoxue’s face.
“You!” Facing the Waste Pills that were almost equivalent to inferior magic techniques, Shen Zhaoxue had to raise her Light Gauze to defend.
But this time, no explosion occurred.
The Waste Pills touched the Light Gauze and were instead bounced off.
“Hmph, Waste Pills are just…” Shen Zhaoxue breathed a sigh of relief, but still kept the Light Gauze in front of her.
“Waste Pills, right.” Lu Li sighed. “At the Qi Refining stage, although one is transcendent and far surpasses mortals…”
“But in the end, if one doesn’t use True Qi, they are no different from mortals.”
“You… no!” Shen Zhaoxue was about to retort, but found the Waste Pills that had fallen to her feet suddenly shot straight up, pressing against her thigh.
“Explode.”
A miserable scream, accompanied by a boom, and dripping blood blossoms bloomed in the air.
Shen Zhaoxue, who had been standing high above, fell onto the arena, her eye rims slightly red, tears tracing a line on her smoke-blackened face.
“This… how is this possible…” As Lu Li landed, the other female disciples couldn’t believe what was happening before them.
In their eyes, the lofty, highly cultivated Senior Sister Shen Zhaoxue…
Had actually lost to Lu Li.
And his methods were all so unexpected.
Yet also impossible to resist.
“You lost, Senior Sister Shen.” Lu Li reached out, and the iron sword that had been knocked away returned to his hand, pressing against Shen Zhaoxue’s neck.
“I admit, you are indeed powerful… cough… using mundane strange moves to beat me like this.” Shen Zhaoxue coughed up some blood.
“But don’t forget, I’ve immersed myself in Qi Refining for 12 years, and I have mastered many magic techniques.”
“Of course I know.” Lu Li flipped the blade. “But you still lost.”
“No, I haven’t lost!” Shen Zhaoxue grabbed Lu Li’s long sword, and pointed her left hand at her own heart. “SEAL YUAN TECHNIQUE, RELEASE!”
As soon as the words were spoken, vast True Yuan surged from Shen Zhaoxue’s heart, then turned into a turbulent current, dispersing the surrounding black smoke.
At this moment, Shen Zhaoxue stood in the center of the arena, and as the True Yuan condensed, her aura also rose little by little.
“She actually learned the Seal Yuan Technique?” On the referee’s seat, Su Wanqiu looked at Murong Shuang.
“The technique that accumulates part of the True Yuan during cultivation, seals it in the body, and gradually releases it during battle?”
“Yes, she’s very clever. This technique is extremely painful to cultivate, requiring the endurance of the agony of severed meridians.” Murong Shuang looked at Lu Li, who had stepped back a few steps. “Moreover, when the Seal Yuan Technique is released, it can temporarily raise one’s cultivation level by one layer.”
“In other words, now Shen Zhaoxue is at Qi Refining 13th Layer, only one step away from Foundation Establishment.” Murong Shuang showed a wild smile, looking at Su Wanqiu.
“Especially, when the Seal Yuan Technique is released, the cultivator becomes bloodthirsty and eager to fight. Can your disciple withstand it?”
“…I… believe him.” Su Wanqiu looked at Lu Li at this moment, a flash of green light in her beautiful eyes.
The original worry instantly turned into relief.
“Junior Brother Lu, surrender quickly.” Shen Zhaoxue gritted her teeth, clenching her fists.
“I can’t guarantee that I can knock you off the arena without killing you next.”
“As for that, Senior Sister Shen can rest assured.” Lu Li pressed his right hand on his dantian.
“Everything is as I expected.”
“Lu Li also has a similar technique?!”
“Impossible! He only started a month ago, how could he have learned it?”
“But what if he’s a genius?”
“No… if he could, he wouldn’t have used Waste Pills against the enemy earlier.”
“Then what’s the plan?”
“Of course, I’ll use the Yin Yang Sect’s technique.” Lu Li also heard the discussions from below, let out a long sigh.
“Although I don’t really like it.”
“But after thinking it over, this is the most convenient and efficient method.” Lu Li watched the brown in Shen Zhaoxue’s pupils gradually being replaced by red.
“Time to end this.” Lu Li activated the technique, twisting his right hand on his dantian.
“TRANSFORM.”