boom!

boom!

The axe blade effortlessly cleaved through four layers of protective shields, and after four crisp cracking sounds, it finally approached Lü Fan's face.

The school teacher, who had been watching from the sidelines, was already prepared. At this moment, he shot out like lightning, activating his second-stage defensive artifact, and stood in front of Lü Fan to save him.

Under the terrifying onslaught of the Mountain-Splitting Axe, even the schoolmaster of the Open Source Realm was forced back seven steps.

Song Siqi landed steadily, the axe blade formed from spiritual energy slowly dissipating. She used the axe handle to slam the ground, creating a deep crater, and impatiently urged:

"Alright, let's move on to the next match."

Lu Li glanced at the exquisite pear in his hand, ate it in a few bites, put away the core, and then, with a slight push of his feet, he leaped onto the battle platform, his body as light as a deer.

"Don't you need to rest for a bit? To recover your spiritual energy or something?"

"There's no need for that. I have an appointment with the elder tonight. You can go ahead."

"Really not going to?"

"That's enough to deal with you. I don't have time to waste on you. But I have one thing to make clear: if you lose this time, you have to give up your position. I don't know why the master arranged you in the middle, but since you are incompetent, you shouldn't occupy the middle position."

"Uh, you mean this? Well, I'm really sorry, but even if you lose, I can still give you my spot."

"you!"

Song Siqi gripped the axe handle tightly with both hands, and the three layers of spirit-gathering rings behind him rotated again, compressing the spiritual power to the extreme, and finally condensing it into the axe blade.

She leaped into the air, repeating her old trick, and in the blink of an eye, she was in front of Lu Li's face. The schoolteacher beside her was ready to save Lu Li just as he had saved Lü Fan before.

Such a powerful supernatural ability must have been guided by an elder. With this move, Song Siqi can have a foothold even in the inner sect where masters gather.

When used in the outer gates, this move is virtually unstoppable by anyone except the top students of each academy.

She initially placed Lu Li in the first position because she heard that Lu Li's background was with the Mo family. Now it seems that this has caused a dispute between the two families, which is really inappropriate.

Thinking this, the lady stepped forward, wanting to block Lu Li's way. However, to her utter surprise, Lu Li was faster than her!

In an instant, the ligaments and suspensory ligaments completed their power accumulation, and at the moment of their explosion, Lu Li's body shot out like an arrow, instantly rushing to Song Siqi's side.

The massive axe blade cast a shadow on her face. By then, the man wanted to save her, but it was too late.

Unexpectedly, Lu Li neither dodged nor avoided, but twisted his body, and the ligaments in his waist, shoulders, elbows and wrists were stretched to the limit like a fully drawn bowstring, and then exploded at the same time, and finally his body turned around and pushed out a palm to the side and upward.

"Holy crap, she's going to take the weapon head-on with her body! Has she gone mad?"

"Oh no! My teaching qualification stamp!"

The female disciples present dared not continue watching and covered their eyes. The teacher was even more terrified. If a scion of a noble family were seriously injured by her, her teaching qualification seal would melt away like cheese.

boom!

The palm and the axe blade finally collided, and everyone heard a muffled sound. The axe shattered instantly. Lu Li stood still and did not move, while Song Siqi was sent flying backward.

Chapter 97 Yama's Roll Call [2k6]

Song Siqi was sent flying backwards, falling off the field and spitting out a mouthful of blood.

The entire room fell silent!

"What was that just now? She took it head-on with her face and still won? How did she do that?"

"Do you think it's possible that she didn't sell those Nine Dragon Pills at all, but instead ate them herself?"

"Can you maintain this physique by just consuming the Nine Dragon Pills?"

Looking at Lu Li's small body, he didn't seem like a body cultivator at all. Song Siqi struggled to get up from the ground outside the battle platform. She pointed at Lu Li on the platform, her body trembling violently.

"You actually have a second-stage mechanical artifact on you!"

In fact, Lu Li not only had two-stage mechanical artifacts, but a total of four. Apart from the one he had never met and which could not be used in combat, the remaining three two-stage mechanical artifacts all played a role in the collision just now.

With the dual defenses of Ice Skin and Azure Skin, she could effortlessly withstand attacks. When her ligament suspension advanced to the second stage, her explosive power even surpassed that of her master.

Song Siqi pouted, tears welling up in her eyes.

"Wow, how come you have a second-level puppet? My master didn't even give me a second-level puppet."

She believed that the reason she lost was not because she was less skilled, but because the puppets her family and master had given her were not good enough, and she lost to her opponent in the skill of turning the puppets.

She possessed a total of seven first-stage puppets, including Lingyuan, and had mastered killing moves using five of them as the core. She thought that winning the top spot was a sure thing, but who would have thought that this silly deer's puppet configuration was even better than hers.

She...she actually lost to that good-for-nothing roe deer! That roe deer spends all day eating pears, sleeping, or reselling Nine Dragon Pills. What makes him so special?

We are all people of Hongjun. Is the Song family inferior to the Mo family? That's not necessarily true. It's just that the head of the Mo family took a liking to her. But she's just an illegitimate daughter.

Why her?

Because of this failure, her entry into the inner sect will be delayed by at least six months.

The more Miss Song thought about it, the angrier and more indignant she became. In her exasperation, she finally couldn't hold back her tears, which fell down her cheeks.

"Wow, you just wait. When I get back, I'm going to ask my dad to get me a few more second-tier puppets."

At this moment, she finally understood the feeling of powerlessness when everyone was at the same level, but the other party's weapon configuration was superior to hers, and she was ruthlessly crushed.

Seeing this, Lu Li couldn't help but rub his forehead. It was just as the sage had said: only women and petty men are difficult to deal with.

Why does this girl cry at the slightest touch? She clearly didn't use much force just now.

If you can't handle losing, don't play. What kind of person cries and begs for forgiveness when they lose?

Lu Li had previously won three matches, received a bye in one match, and contributed 23 points.

Feng Xiaoman won four games and contributed twelve points.

Song Siqi won five matches, including one where he defeated the behemoth Lü Fan, gaining ten palace points. Combined with the points he accumulated from his overseas missions, he had a total of twenty-eight contribution points.

Lu Li defeated the two, taking 30% of their winnings and gaining 12 contribution points, bringing his total contribution points to 35.

Unfortunately, both of them were newly initiated disciples and had not yet accumulated any contribution points. Their contribution points mainly came from this competition, so Lu Li did not get many.

If I want to advance to the inner sect, I still need to continue participating in the grand competition.

Next comes the competition among the class leaders of each school. Since they have managed to become class leaders by overcoming all obstacles, they must have accumulated a considerable number of contribution points.

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, if he wins one or two more matches, he will be able to accumulate enough contribution points to enter the inner sect and gain the right to exchange for Xuanbing Lotus Root.

The competition between the top students will take place the following afternoon.

……

The following morning, a light drizzle was falling, but the morning exercise continued as usual.

As usual, Lu Li activated the Azure Netherworld Skin Lock, locking up the chick that was said to have the bloodline of an ancient wild beast.

However, today the disciples were left behind. After a short while, a huge projection, three zhang tall, appeared in mid-air.

She was a middle-aged female cultivator, dressed in a black Taoist robe. Her face was sinister, with prominent cheekbones, thick lips, and deep wrinkles. Her brows revealed a fierceness unique to men, and her words and actions exuded ruthlessness and authority.

Upon seeing this person, the new junior sister was puzzled, but the senior sister who had entered the sect earlier was so frightened by the sight of that face that she trembled, her legs went weak, and she immediately knelt down on the ground.

"Greetings, Sect Master!"

The remaining junior female students, sensing the somber atmosphere, followed suit.

Upon hearing the title "Sect Master," Lu Li's pupils constricted sharply. The person above her was most likely Ying Wange, the stock market immortal from the White Moon Palace, whom she was looking for!

Some of the junior female students were still unaware of the situation and asked the senior female students next to them in low voices, but the senior female students just lowered their heads and remained silent, as if they were afraid of being frightened.

"Silence. My main body is at the academy, but I can still see and hear what's going on at your girls' school."

After he finished speaking, a vermilion sphere rose slowly, three feet in diameter, like a giant beast's eye, from which divine sense emanated, sweeping over each of the disciples.

Although Ying Wange was not physically present, but was observing the situation at the Yushui Girls' School Square indirectly through a puppet, Lu Li still felt an unprecedented pressure from those crimson beast eyes.

Even a powerful figure like the Venerable One of the Tongxian Sect is far inferior to this person.

No wonder Elder Duan said that when she was in the sect, as long as Ying Wange was not in seclusion, even if she used the power of the uranium pill, she would have absolutely no chance of escaping by controlling her own body.

At this moment, Ying Wange raised his hand to signal, and the projected image turned to a middle-aged man hanging in mid-air. The man's facial features had been completely cut off, exposing his bare bones, making him look quite gruesome.

Lu Li thought this person looked a bit like Xuan Ya Yi, whom he had seen that day. Why was this guy hanging up again?

Just as Lu Li was puzzled, the steward standing next to Xuan Ya said coldly:

"Xuan Yayi, formerly an inner disciple of Qingyang Hall, infiltrated our sect to steal our intelligence and attempted to assassinate a sect leader, but failed. His crimes are heinous and, according to sect rules, he shall be punished with the Heavenly Thunder Punishment. This shall be carried out immediately."

Having said that, the steward pressed down hard on the lever, and instantly, a purple current spread along the chains to Xuan Ya Yi's body.

The man screamed in pain, as if he were cursing, but because he had lost his tongue, it was impossible to understand what he was saying. The disciples dared not speak either, and all they could hear were the stewards and elders around them either flattering him or loudly praising him.

"Fortunately, the sect leader is wise and saw through these guys' scheme at a glance."

"Give me electricity! Electrocute this damned beast! Turn him into Lightning Cliff One!"

Xuan Ya Yi's screams echoed across the square, and the projected image returned to Ying Wange.

“A month ago, the Qingyang Palace thieves colluded with a group of families to attack our sect’s Ironwood Mountain base, slaughtering disciples and destroying our foundation, causing heavy losses to our sect. How can such a blood feud be left unresolved!”

"Today, I hereby announce to all that, effective immediately, my sect formally declares war on Qingyang Palace, and on the Wu family of Nanyang Mountain, the Zhu family of Linchuan City, the Hou family of Yunping City, the He family of Cangwu Town...!"

Ying Wange's voice was icy, her gaze sharp as knives. Like the King of Hell calling in his men, she rattled off the names of twenty families in one breath, declaring war on them one by one.

The other party was referring to the assassination attempt on the Venerable, but they didn't mention the Tongxian Sect at all. The so-called attack on the Qingyang Palace was just a pretext to start a war, all they wanted was a legitimate reason.

Even if she hadn't assassinated the Venerable One, the war between the two sects would have eventually come, and the White Moon Palace would have found other excuses.

As Lu Li was secretly plotting this, he suddenly heard Ying Wange call his name.

"Is disciple Lu Li present?"

"hiss……"

Lu Li gasped, countless thoughts flashing through his mind.

He has never met her before, and because he needs to maintain his identity as a member of the White Moon Palace, he has not yet activated the full power of this artifact.

Currently, this artifact has altered his appearance. This face is completely identical to his disguised one, but it is much more concealed and harder to detect than simple makeup, as if it were his natural appearance.

When acquaintances see him, they still recognize him as Lu Li and remember him afterwards, but they cannot connect him with Lu Ling based on his appearance.

But Ying Wange's cultivation is extraordinary, and her strength is unfathomable. The fact that she called my name this time suggests she may have discovered something.

Xuan Ya Yi's screams still echoed in the square. At this moment, Lu Li's heart was in his throat. The teacher looked at him with a smile, but that smile made Lu Li's skin crawl even more.

"Lu Li, stop standing there! The sect leader is calling you."

Chapter 98 I'll Become a Saintess with Tonics [3k]

Lu Li felt uneasy. With his superior Grade C divine sense, he could vaguely sense that several powerful gazes were watching him, including those of cultivators at the Open Source Realm or even the Spirit Pivot Realm.

Lu Li had already exhausted his uranium pills in the battle with the Venerable One, so facing the gaze of so many powerful figures, he felt like he was being pricked by thorns.

Faced with the sect leader's summons, Lu Li had no choice but to feign composure and agree.

"The disciple is here."

"Lu Li, an outer disciple of Yushui Women's School, discovered the traces of the Qingyang Palace thieves during a mission last month and reported it to the sect immediately. She then devoted herself to cultivation and deduced and mastered the first-stage Yanqi Demon Whip Hundred Blades. Her outstanding achievements have brought glory to the sect. Therefore, she is hereby commended and awarded the title of Holy Maiden of the White Moon Palace!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Li staggered and almost lost her balance.

A saintess? Are you kidding me!

Anyone could be a saintess, but not him. How could he, a vigorous young man, be called a saintess in public?

This is absolutely absurd!

At this moment, Xuan Ya Yi's screams had not yet subsided, constantly echoing in the square. The intensity of the lightning punishments seemed to be intentionally controlled, causing the victim unbearable pain, but not enough to kill him immediately. Perhaps because he had been beheaded not long ago, his screams were sharp like a woman's voice, making Lu Li's right eyebrow twitch.

Lu Li absolutely could not refuse the title of Holy Maiden. Not only could he not refuse, but he also had to maintain the image of a Holy Maiden at all times. If he were exposed, Xuan Yayi would serve as a cautionary tale for him.

Lu Li felt like he was being tortured, being roasted on a fire in public. Xuan Ya was suffering both physical and mental torment.

At this moment, Lu Li only regretted his lack of talent and learning, unable to compose a poem to express his shame and embarrassment, as well as his hatred for Wan Ge.

"Don't feel pressured. The Holy Maiden of Glory is different from the Holy Maiden of a real sect. Only the strongest among the disciples can serve as Holy Maiden and Holy Son. The so-called Holy Maiden of Glory is just a title. You don't have to bear any responsibility. Of course, you don't have any real power either."

After hearing Duan Lao's explanation, Lu Li felt much better.

"Not a real saintess... but she seems alright."

"Of course, with your talent, my disciple, and my guidance, becoming the Holy Maiden of the White Moon Palace is just around the corner."

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