The End of the Immortal Path

Chapter 169 Do they have a grudge against me? Why are they ganging up on me like this?

Jiang Man was quite surprised to see Zhuo Ling and the other two.

Although their exact strength cannot be discerned, it can be determined from the aura emanating from them.

These three are the strongest people he has encountered so far.

“Zhuo Ling is ranked in the top 20 of the hospital. The man next to her is Chen He, who is ranked in the top 30, and the woman is Zhao Yue, who is also ranked in the top 30,” Su Qinya said softly.

They were all in the top 30, or even the top 20.

Even Jiang Man felt the pressure from such a formidable opponent.

If these three people attack me, can I hold out for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn by using the Heavenly Heart Seal?

If they attack Gao Rong and his group, it will be even more troublesome.

"Jiang Man?" Zhuo Ling asked, looking at the person in front of her.

Jiang Man nodded: "It's me."

"I want to spar with you one-on-one," Zhuo Ling said, looking at Jiang Man. After a pause, she continued, "If you can beat me, then your team wins this match, how about it?"

Jiang Man looked at the two people next to the other person.

They nodded slightly.

There were no objections.

They're not in a hurry about the rankings.

Their subsequent rankings will naturally be higher.

Now they all want to see just how good this prodigy from the Seventh Hospital really is.

Let Zhuo Ling give it a try; there's nothing wrong with that.

“Okay.” Jiang Man nodded without hesitation.

These people are indeed quite difficult to fight.

In a siege, one may be exhausted.

It would be even more troublesome if they didn't surround and attack.

Jiang Man then took two steps forward.

The same goes for Zhuo Ling.

She was not satisfied with her cousin's arrangement.

Therefore, she needs an opportunity to express herself.

But she wouldn't be foolish enough to become their enemy.

"I apologize for the inconvenience," Jiang Man said softly.

"It's alright. Everyone says you're a prodigy, and prodigies have their pride. Just attack with all your might," Zhuo Ling said.

This was also said to herself.

She has her own pride.

I don't want to give up now.

Defeating Jiang Man would be the first step.

In the instant her thoughts raced, she caught a glimpse of an incoming palm strike out of the corner of her eye.

Without hesitation, he struck out with the same palm.

boom!
The force of the impact sent both of them staggering backward.

Immediately afterwards, a ray of light fell upon Zhuo Ling.

Purple Glow Divine Light? Zhuo Ling gripped her sword, and instantly the sword light became transparent, blocking the attack of the purple glow before it arrived.

Boom!

The moment the light shone, Jiang Man's attack arrived in an instant.

The powerful impact forced the spirit sword to bend, but it did not break through the defense.

Then countless sword lights emanated from the sword.

It drew a line in the surrounding space and rushed towards Jiang Man.

Jiang Man could only retreat, occasionally reaching out to deflect the attacks.

If you try to withstand all those sword beams head-on, it will consume a lot of spiritual energy.

At this moment, he was already communicating with the True Martial Arts.

Enter the True Martial Arts as soon as possible, otherwise it will be very difficult to win, at least within the time it takes for an incense stick to burn.

Zhuo Ling then launched her attack.

Holding a long sword, she activated her magic, and eight figures appeared around her.

They then launched an attack.

She did this to interrupt Jiang Man's gathering of True Martial Law, while simultaneously allowing herself to gather True Martial Law as quickly as possible.

The swordsmanship was elegant and fierce. Jiang Man dodged to the side, took three steps back, and then turned around to dodge again.

But at that moment, a long sword had already arrived in front of him.

There is no way to avoid it.

He extended two fingers and struck the blade, changing the direction of the longsword to dodge the attack.

Jiang Man's movements were slow, but he mobilized his entire spirit and body to barely dodge.

Zhuo Ling's attack speed was very fast; her afterimage flashed by quickly, and the sound of her sword rang out.

Even with all his strength, Jiang Man could only dodge vital points; his arms and back were still injured.

After dodging for a while, the opponent's attacks became increasingly fierce, and finally, in a gap, the opponent's sword intent suddenly surged.

All the phantoms overlapped with Zhuo Ling.

"ended."

She thrust out with her sword.

Like a celestial being descending from heaven.

Jiang Man looked at the unavoidable sword strike without much emotion.

He then raised his hand, and golden light spread from his body.

The sun rises.

The glow of the sunset fell on the tip of the sword.

He then struck out with a palm.

Golden light spread to the palm, and at the same time, the palm technique merged with the rosy light.

boom!
The sword tip arrived, but was forced to stop an inch in front of the palm.

Power surged.

Then there was a loud bang!
The force exploded, and both of them were knocked back.

However, Jiang Man possessed the True Martial Arts, and was already faster on the ground.

He landed a kick, unleashing the Collapse Flow Technique.

Before Zhuo Ling even landed, she was attacked by earth spikes.

She turned around in mid-air to dodge.

The moment he landed, he sensed the Shadowless Palm attack coming from all around him.

It can only go backwards.

"Can't retreat."

At this moment, Zhao Yue, who was watching the battle, subconsciously spoke up.

But it's too late.

But she soon realized why she couldn't retreat, because Jiang Man had already appeared in the place she had to pass through to retreat.

It seemed they were just waiting for her to back down.

At this moment, Jiang Man placed his right hand behind his left shoulder, resembling the gesture of wielding a sword, but he did not have a sword in his hand.

At the same time, the spirit sword that was originally stuck in the ground behind was blown away by the Collapse Flow Technique.

Just as Jiang Man turned his right hand backward, it flew into his palm.

The sword was grasped.

Then, with a single sword strike, it swept away in a hurricane.

Jiang Man used the blade of the sword, not the hilt.

Once this sword strikes, the outcome will be decided.

However.
Just as the sword was about to strike the shocked Zhuo Ling's face, there was a cracking sound.
The spirit sword emitted a clear, mournful cry.

Then there was a "bang".

It broke on the spot.

The broken sword slashed past, but failed to hit Zhuo Ling at all.

The latter also successfully dodged the attack.

Everything stopped there.

Zhuo Ling instinctively wanted to retaliate again, but hesitated for a moment.

He sighed heavily, lowered his head in resentment, and said, "I have lost."

Jiang Manze stared blankly at the broken sword in his hand.

'My more than ten thousand spiritual resources.'

He knew that the spirit sword was not disabled, but he did not know that it was disabled in this way.

Does this sword not even deserve to be wielded with full force by someone at the peak of Foundation Establishment?

This battle resulted in heavy losses.

As he was still reminiscing, a spirit sword landed in front of him: "Consider it your spoils of war for winning against me."

Jiang looked at Zhuo Ling with surprise and thought to himself that she was a really good person.

He looked at the new spirit sword, which was a level better than the previous one, costing at least 20,000 spirit resources.

Make a lot of money.

At this moment, Zhuo Ling touched her neck, somewhat shocked by the opponent's sword strike.

How could he perfectly use the Collapse Flow Technique to deliver the spirit sword, and then perfectly grasp and wield it?

This person's combat talent far surpasses hers.

At this moment, Jiang Man gripped his sword and said with a smile, "You flatter me."

Zhuo Ling also gave a greeting: "Thank you."

She was actually very curious as to why Jiang Man was able to use the True Martial Arts so quickly.

She was just a little short; otherwise, she would have won.

But a defeat is a defeat.

They then admitted defeat and left.

Jiang Man couldn't help but sigh, "There are still more good people than bad."

Afterwards, they returned to the original spot beside the cauldron.

Waiting for the next game to begin.

He sat cross-legged to rest. This time he had actually expended a lot of energy, and it was uncertain whether he could survive if he encountered a team of equal strength later.

Su Qinya looked at Jiang Man curiously and asked, "What does Senior Brother think of Zhuo Ling?"

“A good person,” Jiang Man answered truthfully.

"What does he look like?" Su Qinya asked.

“She should be beautiful,” Jiang Man replied truthfully.

I didn't pay much attention.

Gao Rong was also curious: "Now that Young Master Jiang has a Daoist partner, will he still take a concubine?"

If he were to take a concubine, he would have to inform his family.

Find a way to get the person to the other party's location.

Of course, I wouldn't dare to do anything reckless.

After all, Xiao Gao is involved; if things go wrong, it could backfire and ruin everything.

"No," Jiang Man replied truthfully.

If Little Fatty asks, he won't be able to explain it clearly.

But some people had ulterior motives, and some even insisted that he marry into their family.

Therefore, some things cannot be left ambiguous.

It's easy to get yourself into trouble.

Su Qinya breathed a sigh of relief. Although she had failed, no one had succeeded.

However, she was very curious about who Jiang Man's Daoist partner was.

“A fairy,” Jiang Man said truthfully.

He naturally wouldn't say anything more.

For example, she is old; for example, she has a cold temper; for example, she has a penchant for killing.

Su Qinya and Gao Rong were both taken aback.

I didn't know how to respond for a moment.

This inevitably raises doubts about whether the other party truly has a Daoist partner.

Before they could even speak, a new round of skirmishes began.

They re-entered the formation and appeared on the mountain battlefield.

This time, three half-human, half-demon creatures appeared.

One was a woman with vines on her body, another was a man with flames on his body, and the third was a woman with scales on her body. "Demons?" Jiang Man was quite surprised. "So this is what demons look like. I thought they were like ordinary monsters."

"Humans?" The man covered in flames looked coldly at Jiang Man and the others and said, "You're unlucky to have met us. The weak human race simply doesn't understand the power of the demon race."

As soon as he finished speaking, he took action.

Jiang Man dared not hesitate and went all out.

In the instant of their exchange, his Shadowless Palm shattered the man's flames, then pierced through the attack, disintegrated the defense, and instantly pulverized the opponent.

Jiang Man's subsequent combo attacks were all blocked.

He stared in astonishment at the man with the scattered flames before him, and remained silent for a moment.

No one could have imagined that the powerful demon race would be killed with a single blow.

Isn't this the completion of Foundation Establishment?

How can it be so fragile?
Jiang Man finally took a few steps back and said, "The rest is up to you."

Jiang Man looked at Gao Rong and the others.

They can fight like that; they can give it a try.

I need to recover myself.

Gao Rong and Su Qinya nodded immediately.

Afterwards, the two fought against the demons. Su Qinya was much more relaxed, while Gao Rong had an extremely difficult time.

After a short while, Su Qinya killed the scaly female demon.

In the final moments, Gao Rong risked injury to kill the vine-covered banshee.

Gao Rong stood there, completely stunned.

That was a demon at the peak of Foundation Establishment, and he just killed it like that?
Killing enemies of a higher level?
After entering the competition among the first, second, and third hospitals, he felt that he was one of the lowest-ranking members.

There's basically no chance to fight back; if you do, you'll just get beaten up.

Especially in random encounters, he suffers a crushing defeat once he makes a move.

But unexpectedly, when facing demons, it turned out...
That's beyond my level.

"Isn't this a bit unreasonable?" Gao Rong asked.

Jiang Man also found it strange; it did seem somewhat illogical.

As they wondered what was happening, the demon's corpse suddenly changed, as if it were burning continuously.

Finally, it transformed into three spirit beast eggs.

This scene surprised the three of them.

"One for each of them?" Jiang Man looked at the other two.

Logically speaking, this should be considered a major reward.

Then they each took one.

Finally, it was teleported out.

They returned to the side of the cauldron.

Jiang Man looked at the spirit beast egg and felt something was off.

Especially their weakness.

It's likely they deliberately used this as a pretext to enter the Misty Cloud Sect.

Of course, he had no intention of keeping a spirit pet.

Especially knowing what will hatch from it makes raising a humanoid spirit pet feel strange.

This is so boring.

It's not as good as Old Huang's.

Wait until I get back to the sect, see what their attitude is, and then sell it.

This is another source of income.

Then another skirmish ensued.

All twelve matches ended in a draw.

And many people's anger was ignited.

The thirteenth match.

Jiang Man encountered another monster.

Three female demons.

Jiang Man didn't even make a move.

However, each person still gets one egg.

It seems that as long as there are twelve draws, there is a chance of encountering a monster.

Is this a hidden reward from the sect?

Gao Rong and Su Qinya then came to their senses.

Then a new game begins.

The other person's expression was not good when they saw Jiang Man.

They should have a general understanding of the situation.

This time, someone on the other side activated the hidden spirit.

The immense power was like a storm.

Jiang Man was shocked; this terrifying power had already exceeded the range of the Heavenly Heart Seal.

As expected, none of the Foundation Establishment cultivators are easy to mess with.

There are no winners if you provoke the hidden spirits.

While he was still pondering how to resolve the situation, Gao Rong took a step forward, and the power within him surged wildly.

He also chose to use the Hidden Spirit.

Hidden Spirit is the greatest trump card for Foundation Establishment cultivators, and each student can only use it once in nine years of Foundation Establishment training.

That was the spirit that had been hidden for many years, defeating an invincible enemy in the First, Second, and Third Academies.

boom!
The two hidden spiritual forces collided, and the powerful aftershocks forced everyone back.

But Gao Rong was still a step behind.

His spirit tablets were not old enough, and their quality was also somewhat poor.

His power was quickly crushed.

Then the enemy launched a massive attack.

boom!
The moment the attack arrived, Jiang Man unleashed his Heavenly Heart Seal.

Boom!

Jiang Man led Gao Rong backward.

It successfully neutralized the opponent's remaining hidden spirit attack.

Then the opponent conceded defeat and left the formation.

Jiang Man felt it was a bit of a pity.

The fusion of forces could not continue.

It seems that my merging of powers has been seen through.

Su Qinya was extremely shocked.

Gao Rong actually used the Hidden Spirit directly.

Does she need it?
If it's not used at this point, then...
He's become a marginal figure.

Because Jiang Man doesn't have a hidden spirit, and he's only at the seventh level, having a hidden spirit is useless to him.

So it was her turn to make a choice.

It seems that the other teams have already figured out their team's situation.

In the next match, the opponent used Hidden Spirit as soon as they came out.

Su Qinya had already made her choice and directly unleashed her Hidden Spirit.

Then the other party admitted defeat and left.

Then the problem is coming.

What if we encounter Zang Ling again in the next round?

Gao Rong looked at Jiang Man.

"Just admit defeat," Jiang Man shrugged.

He really didn't expect to be targeted like this.

There was nothing that could be done about the hidden spirit surpassing the Heavenly Heart Seal.

Then Jiang Man led them to six consecutive defeats.

Finally, there were no more hidden spirits.

Another draw has occurred.

In addition, they encountered a demon once more.

Then Jiang Man touched the demon-revealing mirror.

Three demons were found to remain.

They all died in an instant?
three days later.

September 15th.

The process ends randomly.

Jiang Man touched the demon-revealing mirror and found that there were no demons left.

In other words, the one he had was not discovered.

Jiang Man had many injuries at this time.

These past few days, we've been under heavy attack.

I don't know what's wrong with these people, they keep attacking me.

It's like we have a grudge against each other.

Especially those who randomly encounter the same person, they become even more ruthless.

Overall, there were wins and losses, with draws being the most frequent outcome.

Unfortunately, the integration only reached 40%.

Logically speaking, someone like him should be invincible, but he's fighting a team, and the randomness is too fast; even a peerless genius can't withstand it.

"The competition is over, and the rankings will be released by tomorrow at the latest. It is said that individuals who make it into the top fifty and teams that make it into the top fifteen will qualify for advancement to the secret realm," Su Qinya said.

Actually, she was quite pleased, because there was a good chance that their team could make it into the top fifteen.

If she gets in, it means she won't need to compete for the top 50 in next year's annual competition to enter the advancement realm.

Thus, they compete for promotion.

Gao Rong never imagined that he would have the opportunity to qualify for advancement to the secret realm.

Jiang Man felt that it wouldn't be difficult for him to get into the top fifty.

I didn't care.

If it weren't for the hidden spirit, he would basically be undefeated.

However, this time the harvest was quite good.

Three spirit beast eggs upgraded the quality of an ordinary spirit sword.

It is worth more than 20,000.

So they flew back on their swords.

-

The next day.

Yu Wanyi was eating in her cell at the Law Enforcement Hall, feeling very comfortable.

Occasionally, I can go out for some fresh air and sunshine.

Two days ago, Xia Jin came to ask her to leave, but she refused.

What are you going out to do?
Jiang Mandu participated in the assessments of the First, Second, and Third Affiliated Hospitals.

We have to wait until the annual performance review is over.

She had just woken up and finished breakfast when Ren Qian came looking for her.

Upon seeing the person who arrived, Yu Wanyi asked curiously, "Senior brother, are you looking for me?"

“Yes,” Ren Qian nodded.

"What's wrong?" Yu Wanyi asked.

"Junior sister has gone out," Ren Qian said helplessly.

Yu Wanyi shook her head: "I admit that I was involved in the fact that the people I invested in colluded with the evil god."

Ren Qian was silent for a moment before saying, "This won't work."

"Why?" Yu Wanyi asked, somewhat incredulous.

Even if she's innocent and has connections to an evil god, she can stay here a little longer as long as she doesn't leave.

Why did they suddenly stop letting her stay?

Ren Qian looked at Yu Wanyi, hesitant to speak, but finally asked, "Have you offended anyone?"

"No," Yu Wanyi shook her head.

At most, Jiang Man will offend some people.

However, she was curious about the connection between offending people and going out.

Ren Qian was silent for a moment, then said, "There is a group of people who have used all sorts of connections to try and get you out of here."

(End of this chapter)