A life of clearness

Chapter 82 Counterattack
Jiu Jue, who walked out of the forbidden state of being trapped, had reached the peak of his power.

However, "After the seventh strike, do you still have enough spiritual power?"

Rong Qing stood in the air, and she was at a distance from Jiu Jue that she estimated was absolutely safe. This forced Jiu Jue to look up at her.

Spiritual power...is not enough!
The Nine Absolute Swords were meant to kill the enemy without hesitation, and there was no such thing as sparing spiritual power. After the seventh strike of the Nine Absolute Swords, the last bit of spiritual power in Dantian had been exhausted, and the eighth strike was already powerless.

Jiu Jue's reaction was not slow. As he stepped forward, he raised his hand and exploded a defensive talisman. It had enough spiritual energy stored in it, allowing her to use it with the least spiritual energy. This talisman was precious, but it would only be of the greatest value if it was used at the most appropriate time.

The defensive talisman exploded, turning into a huge light shield that enveloped Jiu Jue. The light shield looked very thin, but she took out a pill from her storage bag and swallowed it on the spot without worry.

"You seem to have made a mistake." Rong Qing was not flustered at all, but smiled slowly with the corners of her mouth raised. "Breaking the restriction does not mean that you have destroyed the restriction."

The three "trapped" restrictions appeared again, but this time, they locked in the defensive light curtain together. It was as if a giant mouth had swallowed it in one gulp. Under Rong Qing's guidance, he flew out of the arena with the Nine Absolutes inside.

This similar scene made Lu Yao outside the ring smile bitterly.

He looked at Jiu Jue who was thrown out and said helplessly: "Hurry up and recover your spiritual power. It will probably be your turn soon." There are not many cultivators with the three spiritual roots of gold, wood and earth who have enough fighting power to fight with the female cultivator. There are definitely no more than five of them. If they really want to use the wheel tactics, only a few of them will go up to the ring again and again.

Jiu Jue looked at the little bit of golden light that was dissipating in front of her. Just as she was about to stand up, she almost fell to the ground. She declined Lu Yao's kindness with a pale face and sat in meditation on the spot. The pill she had just taken was prepared for wartime, so it took effect very quickly. It fell into the dantian and turned into extremely pure spiritual energy. In just a moment, it rushed through the meridians under the operation of the technique and became her own spiritual power.

At this moment, a young male cultivator of medium build came beside Jiu Jue and threw a storage bag from his hand into Jiu Jue's arms.

"Her restrictions are very strong. As for close combat, I will try it next."

"You?" Jiu Jue didn't believe it. She had a casual relationship with this male cultivator, but she also knew that his strength was not much different from hers. Jiu Jue's close combat skills were known from his swordsmanship. Once the opponent was really close, he would be suppressed just from the momentum. Under the momentum of the swords that were stronger than the previous ones, the enemy would not only find it difficult to maintain his spiritual power, but also be shocked to the point that he could not fight again. Even she had such a hard time dealing with the heart ban, and this male cultivator actually dared to brazenly say that he wanted to test Rong Qing's close combat.

Didn’t he see that Rong Qing had already wisely occupied an absolute high position on the stage?

The male cultivator glanced at the storage bag in Jiu Jue's arms, "Although her restrictions are strong, she is still a golden elixir after all. Even if we can't resist it, there are always other ways to stop it. Can we let her win until the end without even consuming her spiritual power?"

He snorted lightly, flew over Jiu Jue and landed on the stage.

Rong Qing did not miss the conversation between Jiu Jue and the male cultivator off the stage. She thought, are they coming together to beat her?

At this moment, the arena, which was originally in a high position, slowly floated up a little, appearing to stand out.

What is this? Rong Qing's eyes flashed, and she looked at the inspector standing at the highest point in the air. However, the other party did not turn his head, as if he did not care about her gaze at all.

For ordinary cultivators, the rising of the arena might satisfy their vanity. But for Rong Qing, it was a bit disadvantageous. The 10,000 arenas were already suspended at different heights. The one under Rong Qing's feet was not at the highest point, but it was also at a higher position. If she went up further, the space she could go higher would be limited.

Rong Qing had some guesses about the inspector's actions, but they still needed to be verified.

She looked at the male cultivator who jumped onto the stage, and three "trapped" bans appeared at the same time.

The restriction can be broken, but it cannot be destroyed. Because Rong Qing's mind is immortal, this mental restriction can be re-condensed after it dissipates, unless she is forced to the point where she can't spare the mind to control and maintain the mental restriction. For example, if Rong Qing is successfully forced into a close combat by Jiu Jue, she will focus more on dealing with the tide of swords, because even if the "trapped" restriction is broken and quickly re-condensed, the time difference in between is enough for Jiu Jue to hit Rong Qing with a sword at a very close distance.

It won't be like now, Rong Qing is standing firmly in the air and can use all his mind to use the heart ban.

When the male cultivator faced the "trapped" ban, he did not show any panic on his face. Instead, he looked proud as expected.

"If you use the same trick for the third time, it won't be new anymore." He sneered in his heart.

Regardless of the heavy restrictions, a faint golden light suddenly burst out from the left wrist of the male cultivator. Rong Qing could see clearly that at first it was just a small branch coming out from the cuff of his left hand, and then vines rushed out one after another, growing to the thickness of an arm in the wind.

The palm-sized leaves growing on the vines were extremely solid, with a strange metallic luster, and sharp serrations on the edges. Seven vines surrounded the male cultivator, protecting him tightly. Not only that, they also took the initiative to confront the tentacles of the trapped forbidden word that were madly entangled.

But this time, the tentacles were shaved into golden flakes as soon as they touched the vine branches and leaves...

"Nascent Soul Stage." Rong Qing made her judgment as soon as she made contact. What she meant was, of course, not that this male cultivator had reached the Nascent Soul Stage. Rather, it was...

"This is the first time I have seen a spiritual plant that has reached the Nascent Soul stage in my six hundred years of cultivation."

"Don't say any more. I have lived for nine hundred years and have read all the records of the creation of the universe, but I have never seen any news about spiritual plants."

"What kind of spiritual plant is this? Does it have a name?" asked the monk who was already eager to research.

"No matter what kind of spiritual plant it is, it will consume countless resources. It is beyond the reach of you and me." He said in a sour tone.

"Who raised him? The news is hidden so well." Some cultivators have sensed something strange and are trying to find out the power behind this male cultivator.

This question, of course, hits the nail on the head.

Fenghuang'er ignored the noise in the stands and looked at Rong Qing from afar. No one dared to fight her on this stage, so she just kept looking at Rong Qing silently.

After all, there is only Rong Qing now, and the situation is becoming more and more interesting.

Fenghuang'er didn't know exactly how it had developed to this point, but now she had sensitively discovered the clues.

Is this... a counterattack by the forces of Cangliuzhou?
Because the monks from other continents never lose when they compete for quotas. Even if the northern forces offer quotas for secret realms in exchange, the benefits that the Kaitian quotas bring to the monks are no less than those of the number one secret realm in the north. Although many forces in Cangliuzhou need quotas for secret realms from other continents, it is for the sake of making their own monks stronger, and it does not mean that they can just let it go if they lose the Kaitian quotas. The rules agreed upon at that time were not easily broken, but when facing Rong Qing, many local forces in Cangliuzhou, who had been frustrated for a long time, could not help but want to avenge their previous shame.

I hope that my place won’t always be taken away by outsiders. This wish is very humble…

As for why Rong Qing was chosen, it was simply because she was unknown and was only a Jindan.

After a rough look at the foreign cultivators who came this time, Fenghuang'er found nearly fifty of them. This number has doubled compared to the last time the world was opened. And as usual, most of them are either in the middle or late stage of the Nascent Soul, or like her, they have reached the stage of half-step into the Godhood, and cannot be easily shaken.

Rong Qing, who is at the Jindan stage, is a soft persimmon that comes to her doorstep. Many of the spiritual tools and array plates in stock can be brought to the arena for display. Even though the male cultivator is also at the Jindan stage, the external forces he relies on are all Yuanying-level treasures. Even with Rong Qing's powerful mind, there are still places she cannot take care of. When her spiritual power begins to be consumed, or when someone approaches her, it is only a matter of time before the formation is reversed...

This spiritual plant is an example. A spiritual plant that has been cultivated to the Nascent Soul level is rare and special, especially in that it obeys the master's will and resists the mental prohibitions, thus not consuming the male cultivator's spiritual power.

Sure enough, while the vines were vigorously fighting against the heart ban, the male cultivator was not idle either. He flew upwards against the power of the trapped ban, determined to shorten the distance between him and Rong Qing.

What he said to Jiu Jue before entering the ring, that he wanted to test Rong Qing's close combat, was not false. In a place where no one could see, a human-shaped mark on the palm of his clenched left hand became hot.

If Rong Qing saw it, she would definitely recognize that this was the complete Palm Boy. Without any modification, this extremely powerful auxiliary spiritual weapon fully exerted the full effectiveness of this level.

Palm-sized black talismans flew out like snowflakes and fell towards Rong Qing. It was as if the heaven and earth were reversed, the male cultivator's place was the heaven, and Rong Qing's place was the earth!
The pieces of talismans were like fallen leaves returning to their roots, all of which were attracted to Rong Qing. With Rong Qing's attainments in forbidden techniques, she could tell at a glance that this was not a talisman, but a formation!

"Did he throw out a formation plate?" Although he was asking, Rong Qing had actually confirmed it.

The array used in some battles is not necessarily limited to the shape of a compass. This array looks strange, but it is indeed an array, not a talisman.

This was another external force that the male cultivator relied on. He had not yet entered the distance suitable for his own combat power, but his attack could arrive first.

Rong Qing frowned and casually threw down eight array plates. The action was casual, but the array plates she chose were not. She injected spiritual power into them, instantly unlocking the array on the array plates.

The eight array plates did not separate, but were connected to each other, like a blooming flower. The light of the law shone through it, and instantly turned into eight golden vines, and in the center of the flower a golden and black vine stretched out, shooting towards the flying talisman array below.

"Autumn Blossom Formation." Fenghuang'er had good eyesight and recognized the formation used by Rong Qing. This formation had many variations and could be disassembled and combined in various ways. Rong Qing used this formation because it was more powerful and in line with her wood spiritual root, and because she liked its many variations and combinations. The formation that Rong Qing used to trap Zhong Qiu and Yan Shuang in Wuwang Mountain was a variation of the Autumn Blossom Formation.

"It's just that the magic array used by this male cultivator is very strange. I have never seen it before." Fenghuang'er's beautiful eyes watched the two magic arrays confronting each other, and she was already extremely excited.

The paths of the black snowflake-like talismans moving in the sky were regular. Under the operation of the formation, the turbulent spiritual energy in the arena was stagnant. It was not that the spiritual energy around Rong Qing was stagnant, but that the spiritual energy within the range of the black talismans gradually dissipated and became empty, becoming... a unique "domain". It was called a domain, but it was more like a prison!
At this moment, it did not reject the vines released by the Qiuhua Formation, but instead allowed them to rush into it as if inviting someone into a jar.

(End of this chapter)