King of Creation
Chapter 363 - 359: Each With Their Own Scheme

Chapter 363: Chapter 359: Each With Their Own Scheme

Whizz, whizz, whizz, whizz!

In the space of a single breath, Leng Tao had thrust out hundreds of spear lights that not only sealed off Bai Xin’s entire body but also followed her movements closely, leaving no room for evasion.

However, as a strange aura began to rise from Bai Xin, the situation abruptly changed.

With only a few simple movements—tilting her head, twisting her body, raising her hand, bending her waist, and shifting half a step sideways—it was as effortless as serving tea and drinking water, and all of Leng Tao’s spear light attacks were thwarted.

The next moment, Bai Xin pointed her sword at the left side of Leng Tao’s chest, seemingly without any intention of attacking him.

But Leng Tao’s complexion changed, and a feeling of wanting to vomit blood surged in his chest.

Despite this feeling, Leng Tao’s silver spear followed through naturally in his hands, pointing the spear light as if delivering it straight to Bai Xin’s Sword Gang.

Bai Xin’s Sword Gang, as if waiting there or intercepting like a robbery, cut off Leng Tao’s attack halfway, causing his momentum to abruptly stop.

In an instant, Bai Xin’s body radiated brilliant spirit light, and her sword light soared like a rainbow.

"This is... the aura of Sword Heart Enlightenment..."

Ye Zhen was understandably astonished to sense the aura of Sword Heart Enlightenment on someone else.

Not only did it resemble that aura, but its effect was also very similar, being able to perceive everything. Bai Xin used the simplest body movements to dodge Leng Tao’s hundreds of spear lights, all thanks to the effect of Sword Heart Enlightenment.

"No... it’s still somewhat different from Sword Heart Enlightenment..."

Soon, Ye Zhen noticed the difference.

It should be said that Bai Xin’s current peculiar state of being, in some aspects, was even stronger than Ye Zhen’s Sword Heart Enlightenment, especially in anticipating an attack route the moment an opponent harbored the intention to attack. This was something Ye Zhen’s Sword Heart Enlightenment had yet to achieve.

"Bai Xin must know a secret technique similar to Sword Heart Enlightenment."

"I concede!"

After thirty moves, Leng Tao, distressed to the point of nearly bursting a blood vessel, directly conceded the match, and furthermore, conceded to a young woman.

It wasn’t that Leng Tao didn’t want to win, but he felt too stifled. He had never fought such a suffocating battle before. If he continued, he reckoned he might genuinely vomit blood.

Every time, his opponent was able to predict and preemptively block his martial skills before they could unleash their full power, abruptly interrupting them.

Initially, Leng Tao thought his moves were too simple, but he had even executed several of his ultimate killing moves, deliberately concealing his movements.

Yet they were still effortlessly blocked in advance by the opponent’s long sword.

Especially those few killing moves that were intercepted midway nearly caused Leng Tao’s spiritual power to reverse and injure himself.

It felt as though he had seen a ghost.

"I yield!"

Leaving behind these two words, Bai Xin effortlessly won the match, floated down from the stage, and seemed not to have exposed much of her true capacity.

However, the peril involved was known only to a few, such as Ye Zhen and Elder Qingyi. Leng Tao’s killing moves that were interrupted midway were clearly seen by them.

"It appears that the martial artists who made it into the top three in the preliminary trials are no trivial matter."

Bai Xin’s level of caution in Ye Zhen’s mind climbed several notches. Originally, Ye Zhen had regarded Bai Xin as being on the same level as people like Zuo Bin and Bi Zheng.

"The first round of the ranking competition is over, rest for one hour and we will start the second round!"

Following Elder Qingyi’s announcement, the thousands of martial artists gathered around Dragonhead Stage No.8 immediately dispersed. The twelve competitors vying for the top ten also each found a secluded spot to quickly recover their cultivation or heal their injuries.

There is a two-hour recovery time between each round of the competition, which is the greatest benefit of the ranking matches.

Most of the bouts in the ranking competition required the martial artists to give their all, consuming a considerable amount of cultivation. If a martial artist used over fifty percent of his cultivation in a fight, considering the time spent dueling, simply taking ordinary pills to restore cultivation would not suffice to fully replenish their power.

However, as ranking competitions are critical for the luck of their sects and clans, all the great sects and noble families had long prepared healing spiritual medicines, thoroughly supplied to the participating disciples.

"Ye Zhen, Caiyi, this is a High-Grade Spirit Crystal specially approved by the Sect Leader. The contained energy’s purity is a hundred times that of a Low-Grade Spirit Crystal; it can almost be converted into spiritual power as soon as it’s refined into your body. Each of you take ten pieces and quickly recover your cultivation," Second Elder Jis Che said.

"I don’t need it!" Caiyi bluntly stated.

Ye Zhen, however, unhesitatingly accepted it; he had spent much cultivation in his recent fight with Bu Changtian and urgently needed to recover.

"Keep it anyway, you might urgently need it during the fight!" Second Elder Jis Che assertively stuffed the High Grade Spirit Crystals into Caiyi’s hands.

"Here, I also have a bottle of Millennium Ginseng Liquid. Just one drop can fully replenish the cultivation of a martial artist at the Spirit Transformation Realm. This was specially approved by the Sect Leader when we came, and our entire sect only has these two bottles.

If you can’t recover your cultivation to its peak in one hour, you should take this," Seventh Elder Zhongli Jing said.

"It’s a pity that you need half an hour to refine and process its effects after taking the Millennium Ginseng Liquid. Otherwise..."

Upon hearing about its impressive effects, Ye Zhen’s eyes instantly turned red.

One drop could fully restore cultivation, which was absolutely precious within half an hour.

"Elder, could you give this to us like you did the High-Grade Spirit Crystals..."

"Don’t even think about it!"

Zhongli Jing guarded the bottle of Millennium Ginseng Liquid as if it were his life, "This bottle of Millennium Ginseng Liquid has only twelve drops, each drop a treasure. It must absolutely not be used lightly unless absolutely necessary."

"Just focus on your dueling. If you really need it, I will surely not be stingy, but giving it to you in advance, well..." Zhongli Jing firmly shook his head.

.....

On the Qiyun Sect’s side, various treasures were brought out to replenish the disciples’ consumption, and other sects and noble families did the same, almost bringing out the best elixirs.

Even Lul Bei, who was severely injured by Tao Hui using the Little Vermilion Bird Spirit Image Sword Formation, was significantly recovering under the treatment of his family’s spiritual medicine, his internal injuries suppressed effectively. Although the injuries hadn’t healed completely, participating in the next round of duels would not be an issue.

Although injuries caused by spiritual power were manageable, injuries to the Divine Soul had the Phantom Divine Sect and the Tiannan Hua Family extremely worried.

Even for a Soul Sea Realm martial artist, if the Divine Soul were damaged, depending on the severity, the recovery time could be counted in days or even months, let alone for a Spirit Transformation Realm martial artist.

The Butler of the Tiannan Hua Family was agitated like an ant on a hot pot.

Huaa Wushuang’s Divine Soul had suffered considerable damage; what use was two hours of healing?

If it weren’t for the Ning Shen Jade Liquid, Huaa Wushuang would have had trouble even staying conscious.

"What are we to do? What are we to do?" Butler Huaa panicked.

"Enough!"

Huaa Wushuang bellowed, which made him see stars, dizzied him, and almost made him collapse on the ground.

"Young Master, please calm down, calm down..."

"It’s just a Divine Soul injury, what’s the rush?"

"Do you think I am made of clay? Even with a Divine Soul injury, I am still the heir to the Flower King. Taking care of those people will be simple, hmph..." Huaa Wushuang sneered, but the dizziness in his head and his pale face made his sneer lack any semblance of menace.

"Fine, just guard me. When it’s my turn to fight, wake me up! Two hours will be enough!"

With that, Huaa Wushuang sat cross-legged with his palms facing upwards, closed his eyes, and within a few breaths, a soft and substantial snoring sound could be heard as he immediately fell into a deep sleep.

Although Huaa Wushuang had fallen into deep sleep, any observant person would notice that his breathing was unusually rhythmic, as if it contained some profound truth of the universe, extremely natural.

With the gentle snoring of Huaa Wushuang, his weak Divine Soul seemed to slowly begin recovering.

Compared to Huaa Wushuang’s Divine Soul injuries, Bu Changtian’s Divine Soul injuries were much lighter, but it still had the Phantom Divine Sect’s Elders extremely worried.

The higher the Cultivation, the greater the impact of the Divine Soul on combat effectiveness.

Once reaching the Spirit Transformation Realm, the power of the Divine Soul could significantly influence the strength of combat effectiveness.

"Changtian, here is a bottle of Ning Shen Jade Liquid, take this first! Also, this Soul Resurrection Grass treasured by our Sect, keep it in your mouth, it has a special effect on the recovery of your Divine Soul Power!" said Elder Hongfeng of the Phantom Divine Sect with a grave face.

"However, even with this, two hours won’t restore much of your Divine Soul Power. To recover your Divine Soul Power, even with these medicines, it would take at least a day and a night. After two hours, given the extent of your Divine Soul damage, you might not even be able to exert 80% of your strength, you should be mentally prepared early."

"Hmm, I understand!" A flash of determination shot through Bu Changtian’s eyes.

"Good, enter meditation quickly! The deepest sleep can accelerate the recovery of the Divine Soul. In two hours, I will wake you up on time!" said Phantom Divine Sect’s Elder Hongfeng.

...

If one were to idly chit-chat, two hours seemed quite long, but at this critical moment, it was incredibly short.

As the time arrived, all martial artists, who were meditating and healing under the protection of various Elders, were awakened, except for Huaa Wushuang.

Huaa Wushuang remained in his peculiar breathing rhythm meditation, with the aura of his Divine Soul slowly and steadily increasing.

This surprised Ye Zhen, who sensed it inadvertently, "The Mysterious Skills and Techniques from the Flower King’s lineage are indeed extraordinary!"

"Ye Zhen, how’s your recovery?" Jis Che asked.

"More than ninety percent, just a little short of perfection."

In two hours, Ye Zhen had used up three High Grade Spirit Crystals; his Cultivation wouldn’t be decent if it hadn’t almost fully recovered, given the enormous value of the High Grade Spirit Crystals.

One High Grade Spirit Crystal was equivalent to ten thousand Low Grade Spirit Crystals; in two hours, Ye Zhen had used up three High Grade Spirit Crystals, equivalent to thirty thousand Low Grade Spirit Crystals, almost as though he was swallowing spirit crystals whole.

"That’s good to hear. The future of our Sect depends on you guys!" Zhongli Jing’s eyes burned with passion.

....

"Rest time over!"

The voice of Grand Deacon Qingyi from Black Dragon Ancient Land echoed, "Now, we begin the second round of the competition for the top ten rankings!"

Almost instantly as the voice of Qingyi fell, countless martial artists gathered at the other platforms swarmed toward Dragonhead Stage No.8.

But, as quick as these spectator martial artists were, there was a figure even quicker.

Almost the moment Qingyi’s figure hit the ground, Bu Changtian’s form flashed like lightning onto the Dragonhead Stage No.8.

"I challenge..." Bu Changtian’s voice rang out. (To be continued. If you like this work, please visit qidian.com to vote for recommendation tickets and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read at m.qidian.com.)