With the Eight Immortals' magical treasures in hand, even a mortal like myself! Ha!

Clearly, the short cultivator had figured out a way to deal with the octagonal mirror in Gu Qing's hand, which is why he showed a confident smile.

This time, the short cultivator didn't call on any other cultivators; instead, he chose to go up on stage himself. This short cultivator's cultivation level was the same as Gu Qing's—late Foundation Establishment stage—so he must be someone with some skill.

Seeing this, Gu Qing did not become complacent despite winning two matches; on the contrary, he became even more vigilant.

"Hehehe, I know you. Although you have a Core Formation cultivator protecting you, I won't show any mercy." The short cultivator said seriously, his tone carrying a hint of ferocity.

Gu Qing was certain that this was the first time she had met this person, and she really didn't know why the other party was so hostile towards her.

Perhaps the other party was originally a domineering cultivator, and this fierce aura was innate; otherwise, the reason for this cannot be explained.

"Then I shall have the pleasure of learning from your superior skills, fellow Daoist," Gu Qing said, cupping his hands in greeting, with the octagonal mirror floating beside him.

Seeing this, the short cultivator didn't waste any words and took the lead in summoning a short sword and throwing it at Gu Qing.

Seeing something flying towards him, Gu Qing instinctively used his octagonal mirror to shine it in, and the short sword immediately fell to the ground. After seeing the style of the short sword, he frowned slightly—it was just a low-grade magic weapon.

Seeing that the low-grade magic weapon short sword was deflected, the short cultivator was not surprised. Then, three or four more short swords flew over in succession, but Gu Qing deflected them all.

Gu Qing did not let his guard down because of this. Instead, he subtly affixed a Xuanbing Talisman and a Xuandun Talisman to his body.

Both of these are intermediate-level talismans. Gu Qing failed nearly ten times before succeeding in drawing each one, making them rare ice-attribute talismans.

After applying the Mystic Ice Talisman and Mystic Shield Talisman, a chill unconsciously rose from Gu Qing's body.

Just as Gu Qinggang cast the two talismans on himself, the short cultivator moved. His figure left a blur, moving so fast that it was impossible to see clearly.

The next moment, he appeared in front of Gu Qing, and then a top-grade magic weapon short blade stabbed towards him. The instant the short blade was thrust out, the dozen or so short knives that Gu Qing had previously knocked to the ground started to react in a chain reaction, all emitting a faint spiritual light and flying towards Gu Qing.

"Hahaha, as long as I'm fast enough, you won't be able to see me!" The short monk laughed arrogantly.

But when the short blade pierced three inches into Gu Qing's body, it suddenly felt a resistance. This startled the short cultivator: "A mid-grade defensive talisman? When was it applied?"

Gu Qing's body was not only covered in a layer of ice, but also enveloped in a light blue shield. The short cultivator's short blade pierced the shield an inch before it could not advance any further, and the low-grade magic weapons that flew towards him could not even pierce the light blue shield.

"Hmm, what you said makes a lot of sense, but I can just take the picture after you stop, right?" Gu Qing said calmly, then raised the octagonal mirror and shone it on the short cultivator's magical artifacts. The short swords lost all their spiritual light instantly after being shone on them.

At the same time, fireball talismans appeared behind Gu Qing, slowly rotating around his body. As Gu Qing raised his sword finger, the fireball talismans instantly transformed into balls of fire, shooting towards the short cultivator.

Upon seeing the fireball, the short cultivator immediately transformed into a blur and dodged, not even bothering to take his top-tier magic weapon with him.

Fireballs exploded on the arena, and the short cultivator transformed into a series of afterimages as he dodged them. He avoided more than a dozen fireballs, a stark contrast to the other cultivators who were forced to retreat in disarray by the fireballs.

"Hmph, what can a mere fireball do to me?" the short cultivator said, taking out a talisman bearing the mark of a long sword. The hilt of the sword on the talisman was engraved with dense runes, and the entire sword pattern emitted a dazzling fiery red light.

"Scorching sun!" The short monk gathered his magic power into the talisman. As the magic power was continuously poured in, a scorching sphere shot out from the talisman, containing terrifying energy.

The short monk looked at the round ball with a look of fear on his face. He then put on a robe that exuded coldness and quickly hid to the side.

The scorching sphere transformed into a blinding light and slowly rose into the sky.

Upon seeing this attack, Master Mulong also showed surprise. He then turned to the person beside him and praised, "This talisman is extraordinary. Senior Li, should we intervene?"

"Hehehe, it's alright. As long as he has a breath left, I can bring him back to life," Tieguai Li replied with a smile.

Even if Gu Qing were killed, Tieguai Li could still save him, as long as it wasn't a case of him dying without a complete corpse or his body being destroyed.

Seeing that Tieguai Li said this, Mulong Zhenren said no more and continued to focus on the situation on the dueling platform.

Suddenly, the spherical sun rising into the sky exploded, unleashing terrifying power.

Upon seeing this, Gu Qing immediately held the octagonal mirror in front of him, reflecting off some of its power—this octagonal mirror could not only immobilize other people's magical artifacts, but also reflect some of their power.

At the same time, Gu Qing affixed two more defensive talismans. In one match, he actually used four defensive talismans, which was quite a large sum.

Of these four talismans, two were drawn by Gu Qing himself. Originally, each talisman only cost thirty spirit stones, but because they were defensive talismans, the price increased to fifty or sixty spirit stones each, so two talismans would cost one hundred spirit stones.

The other two were drawn by Tieguai Li. You should know that nowadays, the intermediate and low-level talismans drawn by Tieguai Li have been sold for 150 spirit stones each, so two of them would cost 300 spirit stones.

So, Gu Qing spent four hundred spirit stones in this battle, which is equivalent to the price of an ordinary top-level magic weapon.

"Boom!"

The scorching sun sphere exploded, unleashing scorching hurricanes that shook the arena, causing it to crack and turn black.

The commotion attracted the attention of all the cultivators on the surrounding arenas, who craned their necks to look in this direction. When the smoke cleared from the arena, only the ravaged surface remained.

However, Gu Qing remained unharmed, only the octagonal mirror in front of him was completely shattered—clearly, the mirror could not withstand the full force of the talisman's attack and was ultimately destroyed.

But that wasn't all. A long sword, conjured from a talisman, pierced through Gu Qing's three layers of defensive talismans, instantly wasting hundreds of spirit stones.

This battle cost Gu Qing over two thousand low-grade spirit stones, which was truly heartbreaking.

The wooden dragon master on the stage was increasingly surprised, never expecting that a few mid-level low-grade talismans could actually block the attack of the talisman treasure.

At this moment, Elder Gu clearly noticed Mu Long Zhenren's surprise and stepped forward to explain with a smile, "This is a talisman drawn by Senior Li. It is extremely rare and its defensive power should not be underestimated."

Upon hearing this, Master Mulong suddenly understood and then said with a smile, "Given the opportunity, I will definitely ask to purchase one or two talismans drawn by Senior Li."

"Hehehe, they're just some clumsy works, not worth mentioning," Tieguai Li said humbly with a smile.

Just then, there was another commotion on the dueling platform. Gu Qing, his face ashen, walked step by step toward the short cultivator, a talisman bearing an invisible needle pattern in his hand.

The short cultivator put away his icy robes and, seeing that Gu Qing was unharmed and even held a talisman, immediately realized something was wrong. Without thinking, he jumped off the dueling platform and shouted, "I concede!"