If the sect doesn't accept geniuses, they will become giants once they leave?

Chapter 102 The Strange Use of Escape Techniques

Hong Chang suppressed her tiredness and tried hard to put on an expression of appreciation.

There was no way. In her opinion, the battle between the foundation-building people in Qianzhou was no different from throwing mud at each other. It was only the Eight Desolate Inheritance used by Miao Qianqian that surprised her.

But as a Taoist envoy, she must maintain the image of Taoism that cares about every sect in the eyes of the monks.

However, the elders of Qingshan Sect did not hide their feelings at all. They set up two mahjong tables and played mahjong, which made her want to stand by and watch the game several times.

At this moment, all the elders of Qingshan Sect suddenly stood up in unison, with their hands behind their backs, and began to point fingers at the skills of each foundation-building cultivator. They also analyzed the skills used by the contestants and their favorite fighting styles.

Hong Chang was caught off guard by the conscientious judges' faces. She quickly looked towards the Foundation Establishment Group's arena, but after looking around, she didn't see any cultivator worthy of attention except Miao Qianqian and the man in the black robe.

Is it because he noticed that she was using her spiritual sense to watch them play mahjong?

Hong Chang muttered a few words to herself before forcing herself to perk up and continue watching the boring fight on the foundation-building arena.

At this time, Li Yanmo also met his first opponent, the leader of the Liedi Sect, who was in the late foundation building stage.

"This person is a descendant of the Earth-Splitting Sect's leader, Tu. He specializes in earth magic and is a master of the art of escape. His main fighting style is to first use the escape technique to escape into the ground, then set up a large formation underground. He then uses this elusive escape technique in conjunction with the formation to play tricks and reduce the enemy's energy."

"But he lacks offensive means. As long as the terrain is destroyed and he can't set up a large formation, he will be just a dwarf who is good at running away."

Tu Zisun originally thought that Li Yanmo was young and planned to catch Li Yanmo off guard by relying on the intelligence gap. However, he didn't expect that the first elder and the second elder of Qingshan Sect sang the same tune and not only exposed his fighting style, but also told him the solution.

Li Yanmo suddenly understood, smiled brightly and raised his hand in the direction of Tu Zisun, "Senior, please give me some advice."

Tu Zisun was silent for a moment, then put his hands behind his back and sneered, "That was a long time ago. I've been practicing escape techniques for years and have already figured out how to attack with them. It's a pity I can't control my strength. Young man, are you sure you want to fight me?"

"Senior, please——"

Li Yanmo grinned.

"Hmph—in that case, don't blame me for being merciless!"

Tu Zisun snorted coldly, and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth around him shook. In an instant, he fell to the ground and disappeared without a trace.

Li Yanmo immediately raised his foot and stepped down, and the wind spiritual power he attracted poured into the ground along the crack. With a scream of pain, Tu Zisun, who was holding the props for setting up the formation, was blown out on the spot. But what surprised Li Yanmo was that Tu Zisun was blown out instead of breaking the ground.

Out of curiosity, Li Yanmo did not chase after him, but stared at Tu Zisun, wanting to see how Tu Zisun used his escape technique.

The blown-out Tu Zi Sun stumbled back a few steps, feeling embarrassed and angry. "Young man, you have no martial ethics. I wanted to give you a decent defeat, but now that things have come to this, I won't stop!"

As he spoke, Tu Zisun sank into the ground at an even faster speed. This time, Li Yanmo saw clearly that he was far away.

The descendants of the earth attracted the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, covering their entire bodies with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. The spiritual energy of earth entered the land just like a drop of water entering the ocean, and this escape technique utilized this principle. As for how deep one could escape, it seemed to be related to the spiritual energy of heaven and earth that was attracted.

Just as Li Yanmo was thinking, the ground under his feet suddenly shook, and a figure emerged from the ground like a rocket and headed straight for Li Yanmo's chin. Li Yanmo was surprised and used the power of the wind to fly into the air on the spot, avoiding the scary attack while also seeing the true identity of the attacker.

The one ejected was the descendant of the earth, but at this time the descendant of the earth was covered with only ordinary spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

Seeing that his attack missed, Tu Zisun sighed, and his whole body was once again covered by the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. He turned around and drilled into the ground.

"The fighting style of this Tu Zi Sun is too despicable," Lin Tian, the great elder of Qingshan Sect, couldn't help but complain.

"That's it!"

Li Yanmo sat cross-legged in mid-air, staring at the ground, his eyes gleaming. "After releasing the escape technique, immediately cover your entire body with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and it will be naturally expelled. The power and depth of the ejection are related to the concentration of the spiritual energy covering you." Because Li Yanmo was taking a long time to come down, the Tu Zisun who had been hiding underground had no choice but to emerge. "Young man, are you going to fight or not? If you can't break this old man's trick, just surrender. Why waste time like this?"

"...Old sir, I seem to have learned the art of escape as well. How about we compete with each other in our attacking methods?"

Li Yanmo had some speculations, but still needed to try.

"Oh? You actually know the offensive method of escape technique? Then I really want to see it! Boy, don't hide away!"

Tu Zisun laughed heartily, turned around and disappeared into the ground.

After a few breaths, the ground shook, and a figure with a white impact rushed straight towards Li Yanmo. This time, Li Yanmo had no intention of dodging. He took the initiative to fight back and punched Tu Zisun.

The two sides collided, and the strong wind pressure blew Li Yanmo upwards for dozens of meters, but Tu Zisun himself was unharmed.

Tu Zisun was stunned at first, then burst into laughter, "Young man, what kind of attack method is this? How come it's not at all..."

Before he finished speaking, Tu Zisun's feet had already landed on the ground, but he did not feel the ground at all. Instead, he seemed to be standing on an abyss and was dragged into the ground by a terrifying suction force, and fell at a very fast speed.

“It hurts—”

The wind whistled in his ears, and Tu Zisun looked up in confusion, only to see the black iron chain getting farther and farther away.

He had seen this view a few hours ago when he was waiting in line to go to Sky Island.

"Um!?"

Only then did Tu Zisun realize that he had fallen from the sky island, and his whole body was filled with rich spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

He was... being used in an escape technique!?
"Uhhhhhh-"

On the sky island, the elders of Qingshan Sect, including Hongshang, looked at Li Yanmo who was landing leisurely with subtle expressions.

"That Tu Zisun... seems to have overused his escape technique and fell off the sky island by himself?" The Sixth Elder scratched his face with a subtle expression.

"Although Tu Zisun's cultivation is average, his escape technique is first-rate. It's impossible for him to make such a low-level mistake. It's Li Ke - this little brother covered Tu Zisun with a very rich spiritual energy of heaven and earth." Liu Wuchang, a cultivator of the Divine Transformation Realm, saw the principle and analyzed it.

“It’s a bit of an idea, but its practical value is not high.”

Hong Chang suddenly lost interest.

Because Lin Tian announced that Tu Zisun had lost, someone else came on stage to challenge him.

The one who came up this time was a physical cultivator, with tendon muscles all over his body.

"I'm an honest man and I don't know anything about magic. Brother, feel free to use whatever tricks you have. I can break all the magic with my own strength!"

Seeing that the physical cultivator was so confident, Li Yanmo continued to try the new skills he had just realized and exchanged punches with the physical cultivator.

The physical cultivator was swallowed up by the earth on the spot and disappeared without a trace.

The corner of Hong Chang's mouth twitched slightly.

"It might be effective against... ordinary cultivators."

(End of this chapter)