From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

"If you say so, then it is."

Zhang Zhiwei didn't refute it, and arrogantly admitted it.

The words fell.

The two figures collided.

Bang!

Neither side used any special abilities; they simply relied on their basic life skills to fight with their fists and feet.

Zhang Zhiwei recited the Golden Light Mantra. Even without activating the golden light, his vital energy circulated naturally, and his life force was terrifyingly strong.

What about the river?

Since his innate supernatural abilities were conferred as divine powers, he awakened them through cultivation and the reversal of the eight directions. His essence, energy, and spirit gradually surpassed those of ordinary people, and his punches and kicks possessed immense power.

In just three seconds, the two had already exchanged dozens of blows, with explosions constantly ringing out in the air. Centered on the two, the ground within a radius of several meters cracked open, as if it had been plowed.

"Jiang Liu held back when he fought us!"

The five members of the Jiyun Society, along with some rogue cultivators who had not yet left, were all dumbfounded as they watched the two people in the arena create such a huge commotion with just the aftershocks of their fists and feet.

After realizing what was happening, Feng Ping blinked, tugged at Master Chu's sleeve, and asked somewhat uncertainly, "Master, five years from now, will I really be able to compete with Zhang Zhiwei?"

Master Chu's face twitched.

Just now, when Zhang Zhiwei slapped Feng Ping, he only thought the other party was powerful, but he never expected the other party to be so powerful.

With his current skill level, if he doesn't go all out, he might still lose!

Longhu Mountain truly lives up to its reputation as the ancestral home of the Zhengyi sect!

but!

Among the rogue cultivators, an unparalleled genius has emerged!

"Heroes emerge in times of chaos? The ancients were right!"

Leaving aside the lamentations of the various sect leaders—

Boom!

After the seventieth round, Jiang Liu and Zhang Zhiwei both retreated, widening the distance between them to nearly twenty meters.

Looking at the redness and swelling on his fist, Zhang Zhiwei couldn't help but say, "Your body hasn't fully developed yet, but your strength is no less than mine. Impressive."

"Brother Zhiwei is even more amazing. He's about the same age as me, but he already has the physique of an adult and is incredibly strong." Jiang Liu shook his swollen hand, offering the same compliment, but in his heart he had already gained an understanding of the basic skills of this "chosen one".

No less than him!

He truly deserves to be called "the one" personally selected by Mi Er; he is indeed extraordinary.

He possesses innate supernatural abilities: being granted divine status, a mutated destiny as a child of immortality, and an understanding of the principles of alchemy and cultivation. Furthermore, based on reversing the eight directions to establish the eight extremes of the inner landscape and stabilize the universe, he is able to be on par with them.

"hey-hey."

Zhang Zhiwei suddenly smiled.

Immediately, centered on the soles of Jiang Liu's feet, tiny blue arcs of electricity burst forth, forming a lightning sphere that enveloped him.

"Thunder Magic!"

Many people from various sects exclaimed in surprise.

"When did this esteemed disciple of the Celestial Master's Mansion set this up?"

"Thunder magic can be used like this?"

"That's a bit suspicious."

"..."

This made them realize that although Zhang Zhiwei was arrogant, he was not a simple-minded and pedantic person, and that he had used Yang Wu Lei in such an insidious way.

"Should we admit defeat?"

Zhang Zhiwei asked with a grin, "It's not easy to hide the thunder seeds from your eyes and form this thunder prison."

But as soon as he finished speaking, transparent membrane tubes composed of a special force field emerged from beneath his feet, distorting the air into a spiral shape and enveloping Zhang Zhiwei.

“I will return those words to you in full.”

Jiang Liu also flashed a bright white smile and said with a grin, "It's not easy to set up a force field that reverses the eight directions outside the arena without your attention!"

Fortunately, before fighting you, I sparred with Master Zhou from Wudang and learned a bit about Tai Chi. Otherwise, I really wouldn't know how to control this detached force field.

Zhou Sheng was taken aback.

so?

Or did he end up helping Jiang Liu himself?

"Clap!"

Zhang Zhiwei clapped his hands and praised, "You're really cunning, no wonder you're Ghost Hand King's disciple."

"You make it sound like you're not a sneaky guy at all."

Jiang Liu remained silent, placing his hands on his chest as if to close them, and reminded him, "My force field combines Tai Chi energy. Although Tai Chi energy is definitely not as good as that of the Taoist priests of Wudang, it combines the pulling force of reversing eight directions and wraps around you in a spiral shape. Once activated, you might suffer from muscle and bone twisting."

Zhang Zhiwei didn't care and explained, "Although my lightning magic is just a cage-like structure, it's layered and stacked. Once activated, it will turn you into charred remains."

"Hey."

Jiang Liu smiled, clasped his hands together, and the force field covering Zhang Zhiwei suddenly erupted.

Zhang Zhiwei also activated Lei Qiu.

boom!

Where Zhang Zhiwei stood, the force field membrane twisted and rotated, squeezing his body, but golden light rose around him, like light and flame, and in an instant he broke through the force field, bursting out a shockwave that made the younger generation outside the arena gasp and look solemn.

Looking at Zhang Zhiwei again, he was already covered in a layer of golden light, with the light flames rising nearly thirty meters. With the blessing of the golden light, his life cultivation was already comparable to more than half of the righteous sect leaders and elders present.

And what about the other side of the river?

Everyone looked on in astonishment!

A thin, white, transparent film covered his body. When Lei Fa touched the film, it was as if he was being attracted to it, flowing around him and finally converging in his hand to form a compressed, blue-white spherical ball of lightning.

Has the thunder magic of Longhu Mountain been broken?

Or has it been taken over by Jiang Liu?

"Master Zhang, you..."

Zuo Ruotong spoke.

"Hey."

Zhang Jingqing waved her hand casually and said nonchalantly, "The Celestial Master's Mansion is not fundamentally about thunder magic. Zhengyi is a talisman sect. It doesn't matter if thunder magic is broken or learned by others. After all, the prerequisite for learning thunder magic is to cultivate the Golden Light Mantra. And the Golden Light Mantra, if not done openly and honestly, will progress very slowly, or even not at all."

Upon hearing this, Zuo Ruotong seemed to ponder: Doesn't Longhu Mountain rely on the Golden Light Mantra and Thunder Magic to reach the heavens?

Talismans?

Although this is also a method, Zuo Ruotong does not believe that the Celestial Master's Mansion relies on talismans to communicate with the heavens. Otherwise, how could the Celestial Master's Mansion's famous methods in the world of supernatural beings be the Golden Light Spell and Thunder Magic?

Perhaps this is just a pretense of magnanimity.

"Jiang Liu, how did you do that?"

Zhang Zhiwei, bathed in golden light, saw Jiang Liu wielding his thunder magic and, out of curiosity, directly asked him about it.

"Electromagnetism and electromagnetism are inseparable."

Jiang Liu explained, half-truthfully,

“When I traveled with my teacher, I would go to the local school and outside the window to study with the children of wealthy families.”

Seeing my eagerness to learn, the school teachers allowed me to browse the library on my own while I stayed in town. Among the books I read was about the principle of magnetism generating electricity.

To put it bluntly, my method of turning things upside down is also a kind of magnetism. You can compare it to the effect of a magnet, which I call human magnetism.

And your lightning magic, having encountered my magnetic field, naturally attracted me.

Similarly, electricity can also generate magnetism. If you bombard metal with lightning, the metal should become magnetic afterwards.

Zhang Zhiwei stroked his chin and said with interest, "To be honest, since I learned the Thunder Magic, I actually used it to bombard pig iron. For a period of time, that piece of iron did have the same properties as a magnet, able to attract other metals. At the time, I just thought it was fun and didn't think there was any truth to it."

"but--"

Zhang Zhiwei suddenly changed the subject, looking directly at Jiang Liu, "These are all minor paths. In the end, it all comes down to life and death. As long as my cultivation of life and death far surpasses yours, you won't be able to stop me."

"Yes."

Jiang Liu admitted it, but then countered with a question, "But has your cultivation of life force surpassed mine?"

"Hehe, this is the effect of our Celestial Master's Mansion's Golden Light Mantra."

Zhang Zhiwei stood with his hands on his hips, looking smug.

Using the golden light state can greatly enhance one's life cultivation!

Even disregarding the effects of the Golden Light Mantra on life cultivation, Jiang Liu understood that the golden light state alone was equivalent to giving Zhang Zhiwei a buff that enhanced all his attributes!

But what about turning it upside down in all eight directions?

Although Jiang Liu used it for internal cultivation to improve his life force, externally, this layer of magnetic membrane could not improve his life force as much as the Golden Light Mantra; it only happened to be able to restrain lightning magic.

In other words, when facing attacks of other attributes, as long as they are not physical objects, Jiang Liu is currently unable to directly use his human magnetism to control things like flames and frost formed from Qi.

then.

Without saying a word, Jiang Liu put away the magnetic membrane and cupped his hands, saying, "I admit defeat."

"Ah?"

Zhang Zhiwei looked completely bewildered.

Before he could speak, Ghost Hand King roared, "What are you doing admitting defeat? Don't embarrass Ghost Hand King!"

"How dare you!"

Jiang Liu rolled his eyes. "This thing that seems upright but is actually extremely insidious is not easy to deal with. I need to save some strength for when I need it."

Zhang Zhiwei withdrew the golden light, but didn't let it dissipate. He twitched his lips and said speechlessly, "Me, insidious?"