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Chapter 245 From a Fifth-Rank Magic Treasure, Sacrificing Oneself for Benevolence

On the dueling platform, Bai Shanze also sensed the murderous intent revealed on Yu Que's face.

But he didn't take it to heart, and the mockery in his eyes intensified.

When Yu Que pointed his sword at him, the man's figure didn't even flinch. A burst of spiritual light rose from his body, making his aura instantly majestic, like a towering mountain.

Yu Que's gaze changed slightly as he realized that a heavy pressure had suddenly been placed on him.

Such a commotion instantly attracted the attention of everyone around the dueling arena.

A small mountain was held in Bai Shanze's hand, emitting a yellow spiritual light.

The moment Gong Dongxue saw this object, her expression changed instantly, and she gritted her teeth and shouted:
"A fifth-grade magic weapon... no, a magic weapon of the fifth grade."

"What a despicable person! He kept claiming he wouldn't use any evil energy, yet he still produced such a powerful weapon."

The Huangshan Dao Palace disciples around them heard Gong Dongxue's muttered curses, and their expressions changed, revealing worry.

The remaining spectators were all talking amongst themselves.

They all knew that today's battle was a case of the Lotus Capital Dao Palace disciples bullying the weak, with the sixth-grade cultivator taking the initiative to challenge the seventh-grade Huangshan disciple.

This situation was already problematic, but now, as soon as they appeared, the opponent pulled out another powerful magic weapon!
"Tsk, they're shameless!" someone immediately exclaimed.

Even the disciples of the Lotus Capital Palace looked at each other in astonishment.

Bai Shanze, who was in the arena, heard the discussions of the people around him, but his expression did not change at all. He did not even intend to give Yu Que a chance to admit defeat on the spot. Instead, he chuckled and the power of the magic weapon in his hand was revealed.

A rich yellow spiritual light descended like a waterfall onto the hundred-foot-wide dueling arena, sealing off all directions.

As the person involved, Yu Que even had a huge phantom of a spiritual mountain appear directly above his head, trembling on its own and suppressing all his energy.

In Bai Shanze's view, he had struck first, and Yu Que should already be frozen in his aura, unable to even breathe.

He pondered to himself, "Should I merely cripple this fiend's foundation, or should I simply kill it outright?"
If we fight, I will have greatly offended the Huangshan Taoist Temple today, and my life may be in danger tomorrow…

But the next moment.

A scene that surprised and puzzled him unfolded.

Yu Que was under immense pressure from the spiritual light. Suddenly, he looked up, his eyes turning even colder. He opened his mouth and spat out a white, vast expanse of sword energy.

"Trying to suppress me? You're asking for death!"

A hissing sound rang out as the air was being cut.

Despite the pressure from the fifth-grade magic weapon, its sword energy remained undiminished. Surging upwards against the yellow spiritual light, it resembled a white pillar supporting the sky, prying open the enormous phantom of the spiritual mountain and seemingly splitting it in two.

Bai Shanze's expression changed. He quickly activated his magic power, pouring more true energy into the magic weapon in an attempt to suppress Yu Que.

But Yu Que wouldn't stay still. The instant his sword energy surged, he pounced out like a ghost and flew to Bai Shanze's side.

Moreover, three divine generals, the Six Ding and Six Jia, quietly appeared and guarded him on both sides, showing no fear of Bai Shanze's oppression.

The appearance of the three divine generals once again surprised the onlookers.

Because the divine general had a distinct aura of malevolence, the disciples of Huangshan felt a sense of relief upon seeing it.

Gong Dongxue, seeing this, also breathed a slight sigh of relief.

She wondered, "When we were on the ship, I only saw two bodyguards. Was there another one hidden?"

In the blink of an eye, Bai Shanze was brought close by Yu Que, and Bai Shanze's plan to suppress Yu Que in one fell swoop failed.

Enraged, the man hurled the small mountain in his hand, aiming it at Yu Que's head.

Yu Que then swung his sword, the sword light surging forward like a dragon, engaging the magic weapon in a fierce battle.

However, the power of a fifth-grade magic weapon was not something he could easily contend with. His sword light seemed to have nowhere to strike, clanging and banging incessantly, only able to slow down the opponent's steps.

Fortunately, at this moment, the three-headed guardian deities rushed forward and darted into the white-spine sword.

With the blessing of the three guardian deities, the White Ridge Sword possessed astonishing power and immediately withstood the small mountain magic weapon of the fifth rank.

In an instant, a sacred mountain and a sword dragon clashed on the dueling arena in a dazzling and awe-inspiring manner, their combined power causing the arena below to tremble slightly.

If the arena hadn't been cast from finely refined iron, covered with rune-inscribed bricks, and decorated with array formations, it would probably have collapsed long ago.

While everyone's attention was drawn to Yu Que and Bai Shanze's magical artifacts and treasures, Bai Shanze suddenly transmitted his voice to Yu Que's ear, coldly saying:

"As expected of the true lineage of Huangshan, even before the Qi Condensation stage, they already possess three Qi Condensation level Dao soldiers."

"But Fellow Daoist Yu, all your Dao soldiers are currently engaged in dealing with my Thousand Mountains Pen Holder. Can they still protect you?"

As soon as he finished speaking, streaks of yellow spiritual light flew out from Bai Shanze's hand and rushed towards Yu Que.

These spiritual lights were thin, but once they landed on the altar, they transformed into sharp stone pillars, densely packed, covering the entire hundred-foot-wide altar in the blink of an eye, including the area behind Baishanze.

Where Bai Shanze himself stood, a thirty-zhang-tall stone pillar rose from the ground, lifting him into the air.

The man stood on high ground, looking down at Yu Que, who was surrounded by his own magic, with a smug expression on his face.

But when the dust settled, Yu Que's figure appeared on the densely packed, sharp stone pillars, completely unharmed.

Beneath him lay what appeared to be a giant tortoise, the stone pillars striking its body without breaking its protective aura.

This is a talisman that Yu Que used back then, the Crimson Turtle Life-Protecting Talisman.

Seeing that Yu Que was still unharmed, Bai Shanze's smile froze slightly. He stared intently at Yu Que, snorted coldly, and cast another spell to crack open the tortoise shell on Yu Que's body.

But how could Yu Que allow this person to attack him forever?

As Bai Shanze stared intently at the tortoise talisman, a figure appeared ghost-like beneath the thirty-zhang-tall stone pillar behind him. With a gentle push, the sturdy pillar crumbled on the spot, as if eaten by worms.

Centered on the stone pillar, a burst of crimson flames surged forth, enveloping an area of ​​several dozen feet in radius, and continued to spread outwards.

The arena, which was originally covered by sharp stone pillars, turned into a sea of ​​fire.

Yu Que stood amidst the sea of ​​fire, looking up at the White Mountain Marsh, and cried out:
"Protector Bai, if you don't come down, it will be considered a foul."

Only when immortals break through to the sixth rank and condense their evil energy can they gain the ability to levitate. Before that, without evil energy within their bodies, they cannot form a magnetic force with the earth and cannot rely on their own strength to levitate.

If Bai Shanze continues to fly in the sky, it will be considered that he has used evil energy, which would be a violation and he would be eliminated.

The shout reached the other party's ears. Bai Shanze frowned, gritted his teeth, and suppressed the urge to take off. Instead, he simply stepped on the collapsed stone pillar and slowly descended into the sea of ​​fire.

Just as he was about to fall into the sea of ​​fire, the man made a hand seal and pointed towards the altar, trying to summon a stone pillar to support him.

But as soon as his spell landed, flames surged beneath his feet, swirling and engulfing his spell. By the time the stone pillar rose again, it had become molten and incomparably red.

Bai Shanze dared not stand on such a stone pillar, for fear that there might be a trap among them.

So, like an ant on a hot pan, he leaped and bounded rapidly across the dueling arena, dodging and weaving, stepping on the sharp stone pillars that hadn't yet been destroyed by the fire crows. While dodging, Bai Shanze also unleashed a variety of spells, causing the scene to alternate between raging winds and falling cold rain, with talismans flying out and transforming into golden knives, iron arrows, nets, and many other things.

On the other hand, let's look at Yu Que's side.

After withstanding Bai Shanze's thunderous attack, he calmly walked through the sea of ​​fire in the fighting arena, simply burning his own true energy to maintain the flames.

When Bai Shanze's various spells flew in, he only needed to exhale to dismantle them.

This scene unfolded before the eyes of everyone outside the dueling arena, leaving them all stunned.

Although the spectators had long expected that Yu Que, as a true disciple, could not be as simple as he appeared, they did not expect that Yu Que would be so calm and composed when fighting against his opponent.

On the other hand, Bai Shanze not only bullied the weak by being big, but also took the initiative to use powerful magic weapons and various spells. Even so, he was unable to do anything to Yu Que. Instead, he looked like a monkey, jumping around on the altar.

Suddenly, someone in the spectators spoke up:

"Huh, why are these two only using magic to fight each other, without even summoning a household deity?"

Someone immediately answered from the left and right:

“The one surnamed Bai is a sixth-rank immortal. If he had any ambition, the household gods he binds should all be sixth-rank. Once he uses them, wouldn’t that be equivalent to using evil energy, which would be against the rules?”

"Why do the true disciples of Huangshan Taoist Palace only command Taoist soldiers and not household gods..." The crowd discussed endlessly.

Meanwhile, on the dueling arena...

Bai Shanze grew increasingly alarmed as the fight progressed, and a few drops of cold sweat involuntarily seeped from his forehead.

He would occasionally look up at the magical artifact, the Thousand Mountains Pen Holder, suspended in mid-air.

Although this treasure is a magical artifact, it was crafted using ancient methods and is not controlled by any ghosts or gods. Therefore, he was able to take it out in this battle without violating the rules.

However, this means that the magic weapon is constantly consuming his true energy.

It can be said that Bai Shanze was fighting Yu Que while also controlling the magic weapon above his head, which meant he was multitasking and was consuming a great deal of true energy.

In less than half an hour, he already felt the ancestral temple was empty and his true energy was about to be exhausted.

Secretly, Bai Shanze had no choice but to take out spirit stones and painfully use them to replenish his magic power.

This made him curse inwardly:

"Damn it, even if those three-headed Dao soldiers don't need this kid to expend his magic power, he's been fighting me for so long and maintaining such a large fire zone, why hasn't his magic power run out yet!?"

Little did Yu Que know, he was also inwardly astonished: "Just how much longer can that guy surnamed Bai hold out?"

After discovering that his opponent was completely different from Li Mingxing and would not be easy to deal with, Yu Que decided to first wear down his opponent's true energy and then proceed slowly.

The reason he was so confident was because he possessed the emerald green spirit liquid bestowed upon him by his senior brother, Qinglu.

Furthermore, the Taiyin Sword Technique he cultivated was different from the current immortal cultivation methods; the true qi within his body was exceptionally thick, far surpassing that of ordinary immortals.

Furthermore, his true energy is formed by the combination of three energies, and its quality is also top-notch, with one part being equivalent to three parts of an ordinary immortal's.

In this way, Yu Que refused to believe that he would run out of magic power before his opponent.

Both sides on the field considered their options and, without prior agreement, chose to continue enduring the hardship.

Thus, what should have been a quick and decisive battle turned into a protracted war, and the closer it got to the end, the more conservative their moves became.

Only the magical artifacts and treasures above their heads continued to display their divine power, radiating spiritual light and attracting the attention of many people.

This situation elicited drastically different reactions from the disciples of Huangshan and Liandu.

The Huangshan disciples looked at Yu Que with admiration, believing that Yu Que's ability to hold his own in such a situation was a testament to the true prestige of Huangshan's teachings.

The disciples of Liandu Dao Palace had gloomy expressions.

Before the duel, they thought even better than Bai Shanze, believing that Bai Shanze could kill Huangshan's true disciples in one fell swoop. But now that things have come to this, even if Bai Shanze wins, it will be a victory without honor.

On the other hand, even if Yu Que is defeated, he will probably still be considered to have lost with honor.

Among them, Gong Dongxue looked around the fighting arena, and her brows had completely relaxed.

She secretly pondered, "Judging from the actions of these two, are they going to fight for a whole day and night, ending in a draw?"

Thinking about this, Gong Dongxue realized that a draw wasn't necessarily a bad thing.

The fact that the match ended in a draw actually means that Bai Shanze was inferior in skill, and even with his superior level of skill, he was unable to defeat Yu Que.

Later, the immortals on True Lord Island, if they are not blind, will surely rule in favor of Yu Que and award the evil pearl to him.

"In this way, the two didn't really fight, and Junior Brother Yu got the treasure without any major risk of injury," Gong Dongxue thought to herself.

As time goes by.

As more and more people share the same thoughts as Gong Dongxue, Bai Shanze's magical power is finally running out.

In contrast, Yu Que remained calm and composed, and both he and his soldiers appeared to be full of energy.

This led Bai Shanze to believe that even if he exhausted all his spirit stones, he would at most end up with a draw.

"How hateful!" The man was filled with resentment, and his evil intentions grew stronger.

In a fleeting moment, a thought popped into his mind:
"If it's a draw, it's better to just break the rules. We might lose the duel, but we can severely injure this kid and destroy his foundation!"
Wouldn't it be incredibly easy to reclaim the treasure later?!

As soon as this thought arose, a strong killing intent once again filled Bai Shanze's heart.

Zizizi!
Suddenly, amidst the crimson sea of ​​fire, Bai Shanze gave a cold laugh.

He stood still, then suddenly waved his hand, and several shrine spirits flew out of his body, shouting:
"Young man, if you withstand this move from me, you will have won today!"

These words startled the onlookers, who thought the outcome was about to be decided.

But when they looked closely, they discovered that Bai Shanze had actually summoned the household god, whose body was filled with murderous aura, which had already violated the rules they had agreed to.

"Not good." The immortal presiding over the battle sensed this and cried out inwardly. He was about to stop Bai Shanze, but was stopped by Bai Shanze's two household gods.

But at that moment, Yu Que, who was surrounded and attacked by Bai Shanze and several family gods, raised his eyelids and smiled:
"That's exactly what we've been waiting for."

Zheng's.

With a single sword cry, it suddenly fell straight down from mid-air behind Bai Shanze.

With a soft pop, the spiritual light surrounding Bai Shanze shattered. His sinister smile and the hand seals he was performing all froze before they could even change.

A line of blood seeped from the back of the fang's forehead, its eyes filled with disbelief, and its life force was instantly extinguished.

Rumble!
At the same time, in the sky above the arena, a guardian deity also perished on the spot, using his life to block the magical treasure mountain that was crashing down on Yu Que.

(End of this chapter)