Forced to become a pure and innocent female pharmacist in order to cultivate immortality.

Chapter 650 There's a Hidden Trap (5000 words + 3100 monthly votes bonus chapter)

As soon as Ye Liuyun drew the card indicating a bye, the spirit of the Void God Temple immediately announced the result.

"Ye Liuyun of Liuyun Sect has been eliminated and will advance to the next round. The remaining cultivators will now be matched."

The person most upset about this news was Shi Youlan.

"Damn, look at how fast she got the tokens, her master must have given her special treatment. Sigh! It's like she's been raised by a stepmother." Shi Youlan complained.

In other words, Ye Liuyun has entered the next round of the twelve-player game, and there is no room for error in this twelve-player game.

"Senior Spirit, I'm so bored. Could you please project Lin Aoxue's match schedule from next door for me to watch?" Ye Liuyun said.

After that sound, the artifact spirit actually projected the match footage of Lin Aoxue.

Before Ye Liuyun's eyes appeared a phantom image, showing Lin Aoxue and another opponent.

In this round, Lin Aoxue directly encountered the Holy Son of the Snow and Wind Holy Land, Han Fengxue.

"Miss Lin, I've long admired your name. It's great to finally meet you today. I am Han Fengxue from the Holy Land of Wind and Snow." Han Fengxue politely cupped his hands to Lin Aoxue.

Lin Aoxue returned the greeting slightly.

"You're too kind, Holy Son of Wind and Snow. If there are no further questions, let's begin," Lin Aoxue said in a deep voice.

But Han Fengxue had a suggestion.

“Miss Lin, at our level, there’s no need to waste time. I suggest we use all our strength in one move. Win or lose, it’ll be clear at a glance,” Han Fengxue suggested.

Han Fengxue wasn't particularly confident in herself. Having witnessed Lin Aoxue's full power in her celestial descent to the mortal realm, she didn't think she could win in that state. She almost felt she couldn't win, so why waste time? She might as well settle the score with one move.

Lin Aoxue had no objection to the fact that her opponent intended to decide the outcome in one move.

“Okay, that suits me just fine.” Lin Aoxue nodded.

After they finished speaking, the two began to prepare at the same time, adjusting themselves to their limits. Since it was a one-move-to-determine-victory situation, they would definitely use all the means at their disposal.

Seeing that Lin Aoxue wanted to settle the score with Fengxue Shengzi in one move, Ye Liuyun thought for a moment and then spoke to her again.

"Senior Spirit, could you please project the footage from the other eleven locations?"

As soon as he finished speaking, more than a dozen projected images lit up around Ye Liuyun, some showing people already taking action, while others were still in the preparation stage.

The contestants from the Supreme Response Sect all encountered extremely powerful beings this time. Yan Yu encountered the Holy Son of the Azure Sky, Chen Yao encountered the Holy Son of the Five Elements, Li Muyun encountered Long Aoyun, Su Wangchen encountered the Holy Maiden of the Azure Waves, Shui Lianyi, and Li Jianxin encountered Nie Yun.

Then Shi Youlan met the Saintess of Ten Thousand Flowers, Jiang Wanling met the Saint Son of Heavenly Sun, Yue Qi met the Saintess of Northern Spirit, the Saintess of Yin and Yang met another powerful expert at the fifth level of the Primordial Spirit Realm from the Nine Heavens Holy Land, the Xiao family also met a powerful expert from the Nine Heavens Holy Land, and the Chu family met the number two figure from the Gu Spirit Holy Land.

All twelve opponents were presented to Ye Liuyun.

Among these groups, Yan Yu and his group deserve special attention, as their chances of winning may not be very high, since they are facing the strongest contemporary experts from a holy land.

“Saint Son of the Azure Sky, there is a significant difference in our cultivation levels. Let’s decide the outcome with one move.” After some thought, Yan Yu made a similar choice to Han Fengxue.

Several matches were decided in a single move, and only a few teams of similar strength were going to have a showdown.

The battle between Lin Aoxue and Han Fengxue was already prepared. Lin Aoxue had fully activated her Celestial Descendant form, and a terrifying aura emanated from her body. That eerie pressure exerted a great sense of oppression on Han Fengxue.

However, the cold wind and snow may affect people, and such people are incapable of fearing the might of heaven; in their eyes, there is only themselves.

Therefore, Lin Aoxue's oppressive aura had a certain impact on her.

Han Fengxue is no ordinary person; she is the bloodline inheritor of the Heavenly Emperor of Wind and Snow. Although her bloodline is not as concentrated as Li Muyun's, it is not much different. After activating the bloodline within her, her combat power also skyrockets.

However, she is still slightly inferior to Lin Aoxue.

"Heavenly Punishment Sword." Lin Aoxue raised the sword in her hand, unleashing her strongest attack in this state.

"Freeze the world." The cold wind and snow erupted with an extremely cold power. Under the impact of this power, the palace began to freeze. The terrifying cold air spread towards Lin Aoxue, seemingly trying to freeze Lin Aoxue and the palace together.

However, Lin Aoxue's eyes flashed with golden light as she looked at the spreading chill, and then she slashed her sword down at the chill.

The sword struck the icy wind and snow, unleashing a blinding light, and Han Fengxue felt immense pressure for a moment.

"What a terrifying attack! My attack was enough to reach the seventh level of the Nascent Soul realm, but her attack was so much stronger than mine? Is this the power of someone with the Feathered Immortal Body? What a pity, I only have 80% of the Emperor's Blood. If I could reach 90% like Li Muyun, I might have a chance of winning." Han Fengxue watched his icy aura crumble under this sword strike and knew that he was no match for her.

However, she had not yet admitted defeat. With a roar, she unleashed all her power, and the cold light instantly engulfed the hall.

The people on the Holy Lord's Palace side also knew that their battle was about to be decided.

However, they could all see that Han Fengxue could not win. Even the Holy Lord of Wind and Snow couldn't help but shake his head. Sure enough, after the cold light disappeared, Han Fengxue and Lin Aoxue gradually revealed themselves. Lin Aoxue still had that god-like aura, floating in the air, while Han Fengxue had blood seeping from the corner of his mouth, clutching his chest and kneeling on the ground. The result was obvious.

However, Han Fengxue was not completely defeated by Lin Aoxue's sword; he only suffered considerable damage.

"That's terrifying! You've won. You're probably the undisputed winner of this individual competition," Han Fengxue said helplessly.

Lin Aoxue gradually withdrew her power. After being pulled back from the brink, a feeling of weakness arose spontaneously. However, the divine power of the Void God Palace immediately fell on them, rapidly restoring them to their condition.

In other words, Lin Aoxue has advanced to the top thirteen, while Han Fengxue still needs to compete for the top fourteen to twenty-five.

After recovering, the two went their separate ways.

Looking at the other matches, although Yan Yu performed very well, she was far inferior to the Celestial Saint. Even with her full power and her special strength, she still couldn't withstand the Celestial Saint's lightning magic and was ultimately defeated.

Chen Yao also lost to the Five Elements Saint Son, but the two of them will definitely surpass these two in the future. It's just not possible yet, since they are only at the first level of the Primordial Spirit Realm, which is too far from the fifth level.

However, their achievements have already greatly satisfied the Taishang Ganying Sect.

However, there were also a few dark horses. The first match was between Li Jianxin and Nie Yun. Li Jianxin actually overpowered Nie Yun with his cultivation at the first level of the Nascent Soul stage and ultimately defeated this holy son of the Nie family. This was because Li Jianxin followed the pure sword path, which was somewhat similar to body cultivation and had his own separate cultivation level.

Although her cultivation level was only at the first level of the Nascent Soul realm, Li Jianxin's swordsmanship was already comparable to that of a fifth-level Nascent Soul expert. This guy was a super dark horse.

"This? Damn it, Yun Xin is not only clear about her sword heart, her sword intent has actually reached a high level? This is too terrifying!" Li Jianxin's combat power stunned all the Holy Lords.

Even the people of the Taishang Ganying Sect did not expect that Li Jianxin could reach such a level.

"How did Senior Sister Xuanxin suddenly become so powerful? Why has she never shown her strength within the sect before?" Many cultivators in the Supreme Response Sect who knew Li Jianxin couldn't help but wonder.

Indeed, after Li Jianxin joined the Supreme Response Sect, he became quite reclusive and low-key, rarely leaving Tianjian Peak and spending most of his time with his sword.

Not long after Li Jianxin emerged as a dark horse, another dark horse appeared: Su Wangchen, who defeated the Canglan Saintess Shui Lianyi.

The main reason was that Shui Lianyi was completely suppressed by Su Wangchen's Nine Yin Divine Body, and Su Wangchen's combat power suddenly soared.

Ye Liuyun knew that there was an old ghost inside Su Wangchen, and it must have been this old ghost that helped Su Wangchen at a crucial moment.

As for Ye Liuyun's clone, Shi Youlan, unfortunately, she was defeated this time. She encountered a troublesome opponent, and after a brief struggle, she realized that her poison was no match for the other party, so she chose to admit defeat on the spot.

She had already done her best. The power of this Flower Saintess had a natural restraining effect on her poison skills. She possessed the power of a hundred flowers and could absorb toxins, since most toxins came from flowers and plants.

"Damn it! What bad luck!" Shi Youlan was quite unhappy after admitting defeat. If it were any other opponent, she shouldn't have lost so helplessly.

Jiang Wanling also couldn't continue this time. The Heavenly Sun Saint Son she encountered cultivated the Great Dao of Fire far more powerful than her. She couldn't defeat him, but she didn't lose too badly. It could be said that the Heavenly Sun Saint Son won a Pyrrhic victory. Jiang Wanling almost possessed the combat power of a Saint Son or Saint Daughter.

Half an hour later, this round of the competition ended. The thirteen finalists were: Li Muyun, Lin Aoxue, Li Jianxin, Su Wangchen, Five Elements Saint, Azure Sky Saint, Myriad Flowers Saint, Heavenly Sun Saint, Yue Qi, Yin Yang Saint, Xiao Saint, and Chu Saint, plus Ye Liuyun.

"The top thirteen ranking match will begin soon. This round is a little special because there are thirteen people, so we will first randomly select two people for matching, and then conduct the twelve-person matching. Please draw lots." The spirit of the Void God Temple spoke again.

Thirteen more jade pendants appeared before everyone. This time, Lin Qingyou was at a loss because the back of the jade pendants had numbers on them, and she didn't know how the Void God Palace would match them, so she couldn't let Ye Liuyun choose one.

"Little guy, you can only try your luck this time. I can't help you," Lin Qingyou said helplessly.

Ye Liuyun didn't care about this round, so he just picked up a piece at random, glanced at it, and saw that it was labeled number one.

All the remaining participants have also drawn lots.

The spirit of the Void God Palace spoke only after everyone had finished drawing their items.

"Please draw number one and number thirteen to have a separate match."

Upon hearing this, Ye Liuyun wanted to roll his eyes.

"Damn, can I really be this unlucky?" Ye Liuyun looked at the number in his hand, speechless.

It can only be said that they used a back door before, and now they have to pay the price.

As the draw ended, a figure appeared out of thin air on the field where Ye Liuyun was. When Ye Liuyun saw the person, he couldn't help but smile.

Because the person who came was Su Wangchen, it can only be said that the two of them were destined to meet again.

"Haha, Su girl, it's you! Oh dear, it seems our luck is still pretty good." Ye Liuyun said with a sly laugh.

When Su Wangchen saw Ye Liuyun, his face was filled with gloom and helplessness.

Those watching from the sidelines all wore amused expressions when they saw Su Wangchen about to fight Ye Liuyun again, because judging from the previous match, Su Wangchen and Ye Liuyun clearly didn't go all out in their duel.

“Interesting. I didn’t expect the two of them to face off again. I knew there was something fishy about that last match. It was obviously arranged by Fellow Daoist Lin to trick us. Fellow Daoist Lin, do you have anything else to say this time?” The Five Elements Saint Master looked at Lin Tianya with a sarcastic tone.

However, Lin Tianya could guarantee that she had absolutely not made any arrangements, but she also didn't understand why Su Wangchen didn't use the strength from the previous match to fight Ye Liuyun.

Just when everyone thought there was going to be a good show, something unbelievable happened. Su Wangchen didn't even intend to fight Ye Liuyun. Instead, he raised his hand and began to announce.

"I concede defeat in this round."

Upon hearing this, the Five Elements Saint Lord and the others were dumbfounded.

"What? Just accept the numbers directly? What? This is a rigged scheme, a rigged scheme." The Five Elements Saint Master couldn't help but complain.

Ye Liuyun couldn't help but roll her eyes when she saw Su Wangchen admit defeat.

"Hey? Repaying a debt of gratitude at this time? Why bother? Let's play some more. I still can't forget your butt." Ye Liuyun chuckled.

Upon hearing this, Su Wangchen really wanted to strangle Ye Liuyun, but unfortunately, there was nothing she could do. She could never repay Ye Liuyun's kindness in her lifetime.

As the saying goes, kindness is kindness, and resentment is resentment; the two should not be confused.

Under normal circumstances, Su Wangchen cannot defeat Ye Liuyun unless she uses her previously unused power, but she does not want to use any cheat codes to deal with Ye Liuyun.

"Hmph! There will definitely be opportunities in the future." Su Wangchen said unhappily, and then left.

Ye Liuyun was speechless.

"Hey! This guy used to be such a goofy boy, how come he's become so arrogant after turning into a girl? Sigh! His personality has really changed a lot." Ye Liuyun said as she watched Su Wangchen leave.

And so Ye Liuyun advanced to the top twelve.

"Alright, since Su Wangchen has conceded defeat, Ye Liuyun will advance to the top twelve. Next, we will proceed with the matching of the top twelve." The spirit of the Void God Palace was speechless at Su Wangchen's concesion.

Upon hearing that the matchmaking for the top twelve had begun, Ye Liuyun immediately clasped his hands together and began to pray in his heart.

"Amitabha Buddha, Infinite Heavenly Venerable... I beg all the gods and Buddhas to protect me and prevent me from running into acquaintances. Please." Ye Liuyun muttered as he prayed to the gods and Buddhas.

The matching process for the twelve players was completed quickly.

"Matching complete. All participants, please enter the golden gate," the spirit of the Void God Temple reminded them.

Upon hearing this, everyone went to their respective competition venues.

When Ye Liuyun entered the arena and saw his opponent approaching, he immediately breathed a heavy sigh of relief.

"Oh dear, that scared me to death! Luckily, I didn't run into my grandma and wife," Ye Liuyun muttered to himself.

However, the person she encountered was someone she knew, as it was her senior sister, the Gu Spirit Saintess Yue Qi.

"Haha, I never expected to run into the Holy Maiden of Gu Spirit. It's a pleasure to meet you." Ye Liuyun cupped his hands in greeting to Yue Qi.

However, Yueqi was far from happy, because she had encountered her most troublesome opponent. After all, flames are the nemesis of poisons, and strange fires are even more so. Not to mention that Ye Liuyun had an inexhaustible array of methods.

She would rather fight Li Muyun than Ye Liuyun, because fighting Ye Liuyun would feel like being made a fool of.

"Oh dear! What bad luck! I never expected to run into Miss Ye." Yueqi sighed heavily.

However, Yueqi was still her senior sister. Although the other party did not know her identity, Yueqi treated the clone quite well, and Ye Liuyun did not want Yueqi to lose too badly.

"Ahem, this is Saintess Yueqi," Ye Liuyun called out.

But soon, Yueqi became confused.

"How do you know my name?" Yueqi asked suspiciously.

Everyone calls her the Holy Maiden of Gu Spirit, and she has never revealed her Daoist name to outsiders. How does she know this in front of her? She narrowed her eyes involuntarily.

"Eh? Cough cough, I also overheard your Gu Spirit Saint Lord calling you that by accident." Ye Liuyun cursed himself for letting something slip.

Upon hearing this, Yueqi thought about it for a moment and realized that it was indeed possible, so she didn't dwell on it too much.

"Alright, Miss Ye, what were you trying to say?" Yueqi asked again.

Seeing that the other party was no longer conflicted, Ye Liuyun said what he hadn't said before.

"Oh, is that so? We're both alchemists, so let's not fight. How about we have an alchemy contest?" Ye Liuyun suggested with a smile.

Yueqi was taken aback. She didn't refuse immediately because she wasn't very confident of winning in a fight, but she was very confident in her alchemy skills, since she was a low-grade Yellow-level alchemist, definitely the highest-ranking alchemist among the contestants present.

"Is that alright?" Yueqi asked in return.

Ye Liuyun chuckled, then looked up and asked the artifact spirit.

"Senior Spirit, can we not have a fight?"