I made the entire cultivation world cry

Chapter 431 Overcoming the Strong with the Weak (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

In the endless medicinal field illusion, ten thousand kinds of spiritual plants coexist.

Most of them were types that Hong Li had never seen before. She needed to select eighty-one of them and refine them into a single drop of 'Immaculate Jade Dew' in order to pass the test.

Hua Gu and Hong Li worked together to collect and identify the medicines, trying them out time and time again.

Fortunately, the Green Wood Cauldron was still usable. Hong Li used the Candle Moth's Purifying Fire to purify the medicinal properties, Hua Gu used the Moon Soul Water to harmonize it, and finally, the pill was quenched with lightning.

Hua Gu is steady and composed, while Hong Li is bold and daring. The two complement each other, and despite several close calls, they manage to pass the level smoothly.

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Inside the Xuan Tie Lava Cave, the fiery magma surged and roared.

Zhenshan roared and stomped the ground, forging the primordial iron in the magma with his fists, each strike bursting forth with the clang of metal against metal.

Duan Jin's ten fingers flew, using his fingernails to carve the 'Guardian Mountain Formation' required for passing the level onto the surface of the iron blank.

As the Yuan Iron gradually transformed into a magical artifact, a sudden surge of earth fire erupted. Zhen Shan used his body as a shield to help Duan Jin withstand the molten flow.

Once the magic weapon was completed, a net of heavenly lightning struck down, intertwining with the earth's fire.

Zhenshan and Duanjin stood back to back, enduring the forging of lightning and fire. The raging lightning and fire coated their bodies with lightning patterns, resonating with their muscles and bones, helping them to achieve the ultimate in body forging.

……

In the Valley of Ten Thousand Swords, the wind howls like blades, and a small bronze sword hangs atop the Sword Stele in the Rift Valley.

Hundreds of people entered the first stage of the swordsmanship trial, but only fifty swords passed. After a fierce competition, only seven swords remain.

Holding the Yaoling Sword, Zhaoming unleashed a fiery curtain of flames that forced the three disciples of the Taichu Sword Sect to retreat.

Liu Tao's Cold Moon Sword was planted in the ground, and a blue ice wall suddenly rose up to seal the valley entrance. More than ten sword cultivators crashed into the ice layer but could not advance even half a step.

Luo Qingsi's sword strike shattered the rock wall on the right, and the falling rocks blocked the second wave of enemies.

The three switched places, and the moment they obtained the three bronze swords, they were all teleported to the second trial of swordsmanship, the Myriad Realms City.

Upon entering this area, Liu Taozhi, Luo Qingsi, and Zhaoming were immediately surrounded by bizarre sights.

The whole world seemed like a huge, disordered bronze Rubik's Cube, completely overturned and haphazardly pieced together.

Beneath their feet were crisscrossing bronze roads, and above them was a similar scene, with inverted city passageways, through which they could even see other sword cultivators walking.

The rules of this level were imprinted in their minds during the teleportation.

Find twenty jade talismans in the maze; once you have them, you will be teleported to the third level.

"The rules are known; the most urgent task is to find the jade talisman."

Liu Taozhi looked around at this bizarre and wonderful world. Before she finished speaking, the bronze ground beneath her feet and the walls on both sides seemed to rotate and shift as if they were alive.

"Alas!"

Luo Qingsi screamed as the ground beneath her feet suddenly turned into a vertical wall. However, instead of falling downwards, she found herself standing upright after a dizzying spin.

But in her view, Liu Taozhi was standing on the wall, and Zhaoming was hanging upside down above her head.

Zhaoming lightly touched the ground, intending to reach Liu Taozhi and Luo Qingsi, but bumped into a transparent barrier and was firmly separated.

Liu Taozhi herself was also moved dozens of feet by the displacement of the ground beneath her feet.

"Junior Sister Yaoyao, what should I do? Help me!" Luo Qingsi shouted anxiously.

Liu Taozhi comforted Luo Qingsi, "Senior Sister Qingsi, don't worry. Just follow the path you're on and find the jade talisman first. Once you have it, we'll meet again in the third level."

Luo Qingsi nodded with a pout and groped her way forward, occasionally trying to pry open the protruding parts of the bronze wall to grab something.

Zhaoming nodded silently, exchanged a glance with Liu Taozhi, and then left on his own.

Liu Taozhi didn't delay any longer and proceeded cautiously. The distorted bronze labyrinth was bizarre and chaotic, and the concepts of up, down, left, and right were completely confused.

She carefully stepped across a wall that seemed to float like a bridge, with a bottomless void beneath her feet.

After rounding an upside-down bronze tower, she keenly noticed a jade talisman radiating a warm luster on a floating bronze fragment ahead.

Liu Taozhi's eyes lit up, and she reached out to grab it, but a concentrated and heavy sword intent suddenly attacked, forcing Liu Taozhi to retreat and defend.

"This jade talisman is mine!" After Liu Taozhi stopped and looked up, she saw a man in a straw hat and raincoat standing on another floating bronze plate. It was the rogue cultivator Kuang Zhou who had been severely injured by Luo Qingsi at the entrance of the giant sword.

His face was still somewhat pale, clearly indicating that his injuries had not yet healed, but the fierce look in his eyes, hidden under the bamboo hat, was even more intense.

Feeling a sense of unease, Liu Taozhi looked around and discovered several sword cultivators who had also lost their way in the surrounding ruins of overturned cities. Among them were Lei Wanting from the Taichu Sword Sect, her senior sister Bai Lu from the Qingwei Sword Sect, and others.

Unable to approach, nor leaving, they chose to observe from afar.

After all, Kuangzhou is one of the most popular players in this competition, and their future rival. Through this match, they can assess the strength of their opponent and think about how to deal with them in advance.

Apart from Bai Lu of the Qingwei Sword Sect, all the other sword cultivators believed that Liu Taozhi was doomed to lose, since she was only at the early stage of the Golden Core realm, while Kuang Zhou was already at the peak of the Golden Core realm.

However, Liu Taozhi did not back down at all. After all, Kuang Zhou was not at his peak, and she still had a chance to win.

The Cold Moon Sword in Liu Tao's hand was instantly drawn, and a chilling sword aura spread out.

"Fellow Daoist Kuangzhou, the competition for the jade talisman will be decided by our own abilities!"

"very good!"

Kuangzhou let out a low roar and casually slashed with the unremarkable short sword in his hand!
hum!
A hazy, gray sword intent suddenly erupted, no longer an illusory flat boat, but a real giant ship in the sea, carrying the power to crush everything, and crashed fiercely into Liu Taozhi.

Before the sword intent even arrived, Liu Taozhi felt the space around her solidify. The absolute pressure from the huge difference in cultivation level caused the bronze block floating beneath her feet to creak under the weight.

Instead of confronting it head-on, Liu Taozhi used mysterious footwork, her figure like a leaf gliding in a giant wave. As she wielded the Cold Moon Sword, the cold sword intent transformed into layers of sword nets, gently welcoming the giant ship formed by the sword intent.

Kaka!

Although the water curtain sword net was torn apart and crushed layer by layer, each contact was like water dripping on stone, quietly dissipating some of the power contained in the sword intent, deeply understanding the essence of Qingwei sword intent: "overcoming the hard with the soft and defeating the great with the small."

Bai Lu, who was watching from a distance, brightened up and sighed inwardly. Liu Taozhi had entered the sect of Tinglan Sword Master later than her, but she had made faster progress in the cultivation of the Qingwei Sword Manual.

Liu Taozhi's figure flew backward through the shattered icy blue water curtain, but the residual force of the Mad Boat Sword Intent still injured her.

"sucker Punch!"

Kuangzhou strode forward, his eyes flashing with even more ferocity beneath his straw hat, and he swung his short sword once more!
This time, the sword energy transformed into several more condensed gray lines, like invisible blades, with tricky angles, blocking all of Liu Tao's evasive routes.

Liu Taozhi felt the pressure increase, relying on Qingwei sword intent and her extreme movement to maneuver around, while the Cold Moon Sword swung out a cold light to protect her body.

Those watching from the sidelines shook their heads inwardly, convinced that Liu Tao's defeat was inevitable.

Only the White Dew shines with hope in its eyes.

Liu Taozhi appeared to be constantly blocking and passively taking hits, but her eyes were extremely focused.

During the past ten years on Yunmiao Peak, she cultivated with Hua Gu and Luo Qingsi. She had been attacked even more intensely than this before. Her senior sister's Heart-Piercing Mirror had also shown her the essence of Zhaoming's sword practice over and over again.

Zhaoming's greatest strength lies in defeating the strong with the weak and striking the enemy with a single blow. Over the course of ten years, she has learned a thing or two.

After continuously unleashing his power, Kuangzhou's old injuries were aggravated, and his originally flawless sword energy showed extremely brief and subtle fluctuations and sluggishness.

opportunity!

Liu Taozhi unleashed all the sword energy within her body without reservation, and the Qingwei Sword Intent, with its characteristic of overcoming strength with softness, was condensed to the extreme, transforming into a beam of cold moonlight.

Silent and without any dazzling light, it struck the Mad Boat directly, taking advantage of its slight opening.

puff!
Kuang Zhou was struck as if by a heavy hammer, and he suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood. Ripples spread out from the spot on his body where Liu Taozhi had struck him, and even the sword energy within his body was scattered outward by these strange ripples, unable to gather.

Kuang Zhou staggered back several steps, nearly dropping his short sword. His bloodshot eyes stared intently at Liu Taozhi, filled with disbelief.

Those who had been watching with their arms crossed were surprised and released their arms, their eyes shifting back and forth between Kuang Zhou and Liu Taozhi.

"Am I seeing things? She repelled the Mad Boat?"

Liu Tao seized the opportunity, lightly touched the tip of her sword, and steadily lifted the jade talisman into her hand.

"You flatter me, Fellow Daoist Kuangzhou!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Liu Taozhi was teleported away by the jade talisman and disappeared from everyone's sight.

Kuang Zhou wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and couldn't help but curse. These women are all poisonous!
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(End of this chapter)