My path to immortality began with my posting to guard Dawancun.

Chapter 61 Devastated
"Humph! A coward who hides his head and shows his tail!"

"I am Shen Rongguang of the Shen family of Tiannan. I advise you to be sensible and get off the stage yourself to avoid making a fool of yourself!"

Shen Rongguang swaggered up to Shen Changchuan, his gaze filled with arrogance as he looked at Shen Changchuan, and said arrogantly.

His words carried a condescending tone.

He wasn't just making random, thoughtless sarcastic remarks.

But because,

He is more than 90% confident of winning this battle.

This is not an exaggeration.
but facts.

In the world of immortal cultivation,

Cultivators in the city are generally more powerful than those in the countryside.

Cultivators from large families are also stronger than most independent cultivators from the outside world.

This is determined by their respective environmental conditions.

For example, cultivators from prominent families.
Even those from the side branches possess resources such as cultivation experience that are difficult for outside rogue cultivators to match, giving them a higher starting point and advantages.

Putting aside everything else, just considering the magical techniques they possess...
Cultivators from prominent families can obtain appropriate spell cultivation configurations by consulting with elders and predecessors. Furthermore, when cultivating spells, they can receive cultivation guidance from their families and access the commentaries on the cultivation experience of their predecessors in the scripture library.

This allows cultivators from large families to focus on one thing and spend enough time and energy to cultivate to a relatively deep level.

In comparison,

What about the independent cultivators from outside the sect?

Unless one is an extremely rare individual with extraordinary luck, such as someone who discovers a cave dwelling of a predecessor and ascends to a high level of inheritance, or receives guidance from a great figure or investment from a powerful force due to their exceptional talent.

Otherwise, they would spend most of their lives like cattle and horses, running around day and night to earn cultivation resources.

Many people don't even have enough time and resources to cultivate and improve their cultivation level, so how could they be willing to spend more spirit stones to buy corresponding powerful spells and techniques?
For those people, being able to master three or five powerful combat spells already puts them at a high level!
However, because they lack guidance from predecessors to learn the key techniques in their magical practice, they are prone to going astray, causing their magical cultivation to stall at a certain bottleneck and making no further progress.
Unless one possesses exceptional comprehension, it would be extremely difficult to cultivate magic to a profound level.

This is an unchangeable reality.

Over the years, Shen Rongguang followed his elder brother Chongshan all over the country and gained some experience and understanding of the specifics.

Especially since they had arrived in Wujiaji two or three months ago and stayed there for some time, they had a better understanding of the low- to mid-level cultivators in this desolate place.

This is a road even more impoverished and backward than the countryside near Tiannan City.

What kind of masters could emerge from a place like this?
Therefore, Shen Rongguang naturally had a psychological advantage over the local cultivators.

What gives him an even greater psychological advantage is...
The manager of the Wanghu Chamber of Commerce had already informed him.
Because of the other side's scheme, the other side's top henchmen were unable to arrive in time.

Meanwhile, most of the peak Qi Refining Stage 6 experts near Wujiaji were also bribed and given a heads-up.

The people they can hire are all second- or third-rate.

Under all these circumstances,

How can we prevent Shen Rongguang from becoming arrogant?
In his opinion,

This arena battle hasn't even started yet, and I've already won!
Mere second- or third-rate local goods,

How could he possibly lose?

With such arrogance,
That's perfectly normal.

"Shen Rongguang? Never heard of him."

Shen Changchuan remained unmoved and showed no reaction to Shen Rongguang's words.

I felt a slight sense of relief.

Although the internal struggles within the family were intense,
But one ancestral rule has always been upheld and has never changed.

That means that outstanding members of the family will receive more resources.

Within the family,

A small competition is held every year, and a large competition is held every three years.

The amount of resources a family invests in nurturing its children is determined by their performance in these small and large competitions.

The reason why that man who committed suicide after being stabbed seven times in the back met such an end was most likely because he performed well in the triennial family competition and achieved a good ranking.

However, this matter involved too many things, and Shen Changchuan did not dare to investigate it further at the time.

However, because of that incident, he made a point of learning about the family's small and large competition system.

Therefore, they have heard about the more powerful members of the Shen family.

at least,

The name Shen Rongguang is not among the names of his powerful Shen family members.

but,

When Shen Changchuan's gaze swept past Shen Rongguang and landed on one of the Shen clan members supporting him from below the arena, his eyes narrowed slightly.

"That's Shen Cunrui? What's that kid doing there?"

Although somewhat surprised,

But Shen Changchuan concealed it well, and no one noticed. Meanwhile,
Faced with Shen Changchuan's "ignorance"
Shen Rongguang felt insulted.
A mere country bumpkin doesn't even take the Shen family seriously?!

He laughed in his extreme anger:

"very good!"

"If I let you walk off the stage standing up, I, Shen Rongguang, will change my name backwards!"

Shen Changchuan focused his mind, but his expression remained calm. He simply said:
"There's no point in talking any more, just get started."

"Humph! Courting death!"

With a cold snort, Shen Rongguang, consumed by anger, no longer hesitated, his hands moving swiftly like butterflies.
The magical light flickered in his hand, instantly condensing into a three-foot-long, sharp sword that hovered in mid-air in front of him, gleaming with a chilling light.

At this moment, less than a breath had passed from the time he made the hand seals to the time he used the Sword Gathering Technique to condense the magic sword!

Shen Rongguang's face revealed an arrogant expression.

This is the advantage that comes with having someone to teach and guide them, especially since they are from a large family!
For other ordinary cultivators, even those who have mastered the Sword Gathering Technique, it would take at least two or three breaths to go from reciting the incantation to condensing a sword of magical power.
The time difference can be enough to determine the outcome of a battle!

"A country bumpkin like him dares to be so arrogant!"

"You probably haven't even finished reciting your incantation yet! Where do you get the nerve to fight me?!"

Shen Rongguang felt a chill in his heart.
The immediate decision was to instantly kill that ungrateful bastard with one strike.

This will teach him a profound lesson.

however,
The moment he looked up,
Several three-foot-long wind blades had already torn through the air and appeared high in the sky in front of him.

With lightning speed, it slashed down at his head!
"What?!!!"

The sudden turn of events caused Shen Rongguang's expression to change drastically in shock.

How could it be so fast?!
But given the crisis, Shen Rongguang had no time to think further.
He could only instinctively raise his fingers to form a hand seal, controlling the magic sword to step forward and defend.

In an instant, the magic sword that had been hovering in front of him flew up like a dragon, whistling as it slashed at the wind blade that was coming towards him!
Boom boom boom! ! !
The sword light and the wind blade clashed violently, producing a deafening roar.

Almost at the same time,

A powerful burst of magical energy erupted, and visible air currents swept outwards, causing the entire arena to tremble noticeably!
Shen Rongguang's sword-gathering technique conjured a magical sword that cleaved through two wind blades in succession.

But at this time,
After successfully obliterating two wind blades, the light emanating from the longsword formed by his magical power had completely dimmed.
If you look closely, you can see that the once crystal-clear blade is now covered with countless tiny cracks!
Having successfully broken through two wind blades in a direct confrontation, the Gathering Sword Technique had clearly reached its limit!

as predicted,

The third wind blade struck down in quick succession.
The light and shadow of the longsword instantly dissipated!

They were utterly crushed!

Several wind blades followed closely behind.

With no further obstruction, it struck Shen Rongguang, who had not yet had time to react.

Bang bang bang!
Several more muffled thuds erupted in succession, as magical power exploded and swept across, creating a whirlwind that engulfed an area of ​​several dozen feet.

Shen Rongguang's figure receded step by step.

He actually stumbled back seven or eight steps!

However, this matter

His body was covered by a dim, pale white light curtain filled with countless tiny cracks.

The source of the magical light barrier was a breastplate that he wore around his neck!

That was a magical artifact.
A defensive magical artifact!

The moment the wind blades struck him, the power of the Heart-Protecting Mirror was activated, blocking the terrifying wind blades.

This prevented Shen Rongguang from suffering a severe blow.

However, even so,

His situation was by no means much better!

Having withstood three wind blade techniques in a short period, the powerful force erupted in succession, almost shattering the magical circuits within the protective mirror and severely damaging its spiritual essence.

If we want to use it again, we will have to spend a lot of money to repair it after the war!

just,

How could Shen Changchuan possibly give him any more time to catch his breath?

Just as Shen Rongguang's figure was repelled and the protective mirror artifact was severely damaged,
Bake, bake, bake!!!
Still shaken, Shen Rongguang had not yet recovered from this sudden turn of events.
Five consecutive crimson fireballs, each the size of a basketball, carrying intense heat and creating waves of heat that swept across most of the arena, slammed down on him once more!
The attack came too quickly and too fiercely; Shen Rongguang didn't even have time to catch his breath!
This time, he had no way to deal with it!

Boom! ! !
With a deafening roar, the fiery storm generated by the collision of the fireball spells almost instantly engulfed his figure!

In the blink of an eye,

A figure, completely charred black, then fell off the stage like a rag doll.

It's a long story,
But in reality, from the moment Shen Rongguang made his threats and took action, to the moment Shen Changchuan defeated him,

Less than five breaths had passed.

The surroundings were originally quite noisy,

The crowd was still discussing who would win the arena battle, or betting on how many moves so-and-so could last.
It was as if the pause button had been pressed.
Suddenly, there was a deathly silence!
(End of this chapter)