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Chapter 215 Battle of the Prodigies

"Under such circumstances, Daoist cultivators are subject to many restrictions..."

Wu Ming shook his head.

Compared to martial artists, Daoist cultivators are actually more flexible in their methods. If they can conceal their physical bodies and eliminate their weaknesses, they can fight even a martial artist who is a level stronger and may even have a chance to win. The restrictions on the battlefield and boundaries are obviously more advantageous to martial artists, forcing Daoist cultivators to confront them head-on rather than using their methods to dodge and hide and ambush people in the dark.

Although this restriction was quite disadvantageous to him, Wu Ming put it out of his mind after a brief observation.

With his current strength, he doesn't care about these things at all. In fact, what he wants is a direct confrontation. The rules of this battle of geniuses are very straightforward. Although there are demons in the mountains, the highest number of points you can get by hunting them is only ten. However, defeating another genius can get you at least one hundred points, and you can also take away all the blood energy points they have accumulated.

Obviously,

Whether or not you hunt monsters isn't that important; the key is competing for rankings and clashing with others.

Wu Ming averted his gaze and turned his attention to the dense bushes around him. With a calm expression, he gripped his spear and took a step into the jungle, quickly disappearing from sight.

……

In a dense jungle.

laugh!
Wu Ming thrust out with his spear.

The spear fell, accompanied by rolling thunder, piercing through a jet-black snake demon in one strike and pinning it to the ground.

This snake demon possessed surging demonic power and was a demon king at the fifth level of transformation. However, it was powerless to resist Wu Ming. After Wu Ming pierced its vital point with a spear, it struggled a few times before its demonic energy gradually dissipated.

soon.

The snake demon king died on the spot.

Just as the snake demon king was about to die, a wisp of crimson blood energy, visible to the naked eye, flew out from its body and was drawn in and absorbed by a slender bracelet on Wu Ming's wrist.

This delicate bracelet was originally pure white, but now it has gradually turned a light red.

"It only went up a little?"

Looking at the bracelet on his wrist, which had absorbed all the blood energy from the snake demon king's body, Wu Ming shook his head slightly.

He had been exploring the Wangyue Mountain Range for several hours, during which he had dealt with quite a few demons, but most of them were fourth-stage demons. Killing fourth-stage demons did not yield any blood points, and killing fifth-stage demon kings mostly only yielded one point.

He has only accumulated six points of blood energy by killing monsters.

Six points of blood energy were not enough to turn the bracelet on his wrist light red. The reason it turned light red was because he had defeated a prodigy from another country during this period, directly gaining one hundred points of blood energy. Currently, he has a total of one hundred and six points of blood energy.

Wu Ming doesn't know his current ranking, but it's probably not very high.

However, this is only the beginning, and he is not in a hurry. This battle of geniuses will last for three days and two nights. Even though the Wangyue Mountain Range is extremely vast, as time goes by, the blood energy points will gradually accumulate. When that time comes, he can easily defeat a few people and greatly increase his blood energy points.

In the end, the battle of the prodigies will be about who can protect their life points in the later stages.

Wu Ming glanced at the snake demon king's corpse on the ground, but didn't pay much attention to it, and was even too lazy to skin it and extract its gall... The Five Transformations Demon King was indeed a treasure trove, and quite valuable, but for him now, it was better than nothing. Besides, there was a Nine Refinement Dao Saint presiding over this battle of geniuses, so Wu Ming was even less likely to risk exposing the Demon Subduing Diagram to collect a demon king's corpse.

He clearly understood the relative importance of the mere corpse of a demon king versus the Demon-Subduing Diagram.

Moreover, he is now almost certain that the Black Emperor Demon Subduing Diagram is an immortal-level treasure. Even at his current level, Wu Ming can hardly fathom even one ten-thousandth of the Demon Subduing Diagram's mysteries. Although the pressure from the Radiant Sun Dao Saint is as vast and distant as heaven and earth, it still cannot compare to the Demon Subduing Diagram's unfathomable mystery.

Swish.

Wu Ming took another step and quickly left.

Just after Wu Ming left, less than half a cup of tea's time later, a figure quietly appeared.

The figure was dressed in a black robe, holding a long sword, and wearing a light red bracelet on his wrist. The color of the bracelet was slightly darker than Wu Ming's, indicating that he had accumulated at least two hundred points.

"Hmm, marksmanship, and lightning magic... no, this should be a spirit treasure-level lightning weapon."

The figure in black robes looked at the snake demon king's corpse on the ground with a thoughtful expression. Then, a glint flashed in his eyes, and his gaze swept around before finally settling on the direction Wu Ming had left in. He then silently stepped forward and followed him.

……

Nestled in the hills.

Wu Ming appeared here. He glanced almost imperceptibly behind him, but ignored it and instead looked ahead at a pile of rubble not far away.

The rubble was scattered and piled up haphazardly, appearing perfectly normal.

laugh!
A glint flashed in Wu Ming's eyes as he stepped closer to the pile of rubble. Suddenly, he drew his spear, its blade flashing like lightning, carrying a dense array of arcs of thunder, and pierced straight into the scattered rubble.

With a whoosh, before Wu Ming's spear even touched the rubble, it shattered instantly, revealing a crimson scorpion. Though small, less than three feet tall, its demonic aura was incredibly powerful, making it a demon king at the peak of the fifth transformation!

The Five Transformations Scorpion King was originally lying in ambush among the rocks, its demonic aura completely concealed. It had long sensed Wu Ming's arrival and planned to launch a sneak attack when Wu Ming approached, but unexpectedly, Wu Ming made the first move.

but,

Facing Wu Ming's spear, it remained fearless, a fierce glint appearing in its demonic eyes. Its two crimson scorpion pincers rose up and clamped down on the spearhead that Wu Ming was thrusting at it.

Clang!
Sparks flew and lightning crackled.

With the help of the Heavenly Thunder Sun Spear, Wu Ming's spear technique has already reached the level of the five-blood limit. It is naturally not easy to block it. Although the five-transformation scorpion king clamped the spearhead, it could not withstand the huge force that pressed down on it. It was pushed backward by Wu Ming's spear and flew directly into a rock behind it, causing it to shatter.

Whoosh.

The Scorpion King withstood this immense force, and a look of human-like surprise appeared in its demonic eyes. However, it was, after all, a demon king at the peak of the fifth transformation. Although it was knocked back by Wu Ming's spear, it was not enough to kill it directly.

As its body flew backward, its scorpion tail instantly lashed out, transforming into a streak of crimson light that struck Wu Ming's chest.

Seeing this, Wu Ming had anticipated it. His expression remained unchanged. With a light twist of his right hand, he flicked the end of his spear to meet the scorpion's tail, which had turned into bloody light, and sent it flying.

All of this happened in an instant. If an ordinary person were standing here, they would only see a flash of light and shadow before the scorpion king in front of Wu Ming flew backward seven or eight zhang and smashed a raised rock.

"hiss."

The Scorpion King, at the peak of the fifth transformation, was naturally exceptionally intelligent. In a brief exchange, he realized he was no match for Wu Ming. His ambush had been exposed by Wu Ming, and he immediately lost the will to continue fighting Wu Ming and began to flee into the distance.

But Wu Ming naturally wouldn't let it escape. He lightly touched the ground with his toes and instantly leaped into the air, covering eight zhang in a single bound, arriving above the Scorpion King. His spear pierced through the air and pressed down, unleashing a burst of dense lightning.

The Scorpion King could not avoid the shot and could only forcefully defend himself.

boom! boom! boom! ! !
Wu Ming brandished his spear and launched a series of fierce attacks.

The Scorpion King at the peak of the fifth transformation level is roughly equivalent to the sixth level of the Hidden Dragon Tower. For Wu Ming now, even if they only fight using martial arts techniques, he is definitely superior. It is naturally impossible for him to escape from Wu Ming's hands.

Since the battle of geniuses had just begun and the blood energy points had not yet been concentrated in the hands of a few people, Wu Ming was not in a hurry to collect blood energy points. Instead, he used this peak fifth-transformation scorpion king to hone his spear technique, trying to completely master the sixteenth strike of the Thunderclap Spear Technique.

However, with his current strength, this Scorpion King at the peak of the fifth transformation stage could hardly last long. After about ten moves, the Scorpion King began to be injured. After more than a hundred moves, its body was riddled with holes and it could only exhale but not inhale.

laugh.

Wu Ming thrust his spear forward again, piercing the Scorpion King's head and delivering a fatal blow.

The scorpion king, at the peak of the fifth transformation, finally suffered this final blow, its life force completely dissipated, and its demonic energy could no longer be maintained, rapidly disintegrating. At the same time, a wisp of crimson blood energy was drawn out of its body and surged towards Wu Ming's wrist.

This surge of blood energy caused the light red bracelet on Wu Ming's wrist to turn slightly redder.

"Five points of Qi? That's really low..."

Looking at the changes in the bracelet, Wu Ming couldn't help but shake his head slightly.

The reward for defeating a Scorpion King at the peak of the Fifth Refinement stage is less than one-twentieth of the reward for defeating a prodigy from another country. However, those qualified to participate in the Prodigy Battle are at least able to pass the sixth level of the Hidden Dragon Tower, and are indeed stronger than this Scorpion King. Moreover, prodigies who have reached this level have more or less mastered some means of survival.

laugh.

Just as Wu Ming's bracelet absorbed the last wisp of blood energy, a sudden change occurred. A beam of sword light suddenly burst forth from a pile of rubble behind him, striking straight at his back with a chilling and terrifying killing intent.

"die!"

It was a man in black robes, holding a long sword, his eyes gleaming with a cold light, seizing the perfect moment to strike.

Watching Wu Ming clash with the Scorpion King, he had already determined that Wu Ming's strength was slightly weaker than his own. If it were a head-on confrontation, he might be able to win, but it would be difficult to kill Wu Ming and seize his blood points. However, a sneak attack would be a different story.

He didn't expect to kill Wu Ming in one move. As long as he could seize the opportunity to injure Wu Ming, the difficulty for Wu Ming to escape from him would be greatly increased.

This sword strike, brimming with murderous intent, was a long-planned attack.

Wu Ming remained unfazed as he faced the approaching man in black robes. His gaze swept over the figure with an air of unease, as if he had anticipated it all along, and a glint of light flashed deep within his eyes.

That was a flash of lightning.

Then, a pillar of lightning as thick as a bowl erupted and surged towards the man in black robes.

boom! ! !
Nine Talismans Divine Firmament True Thunder!

(End of this chapter)