Today, Xiahou Weihuan also naturally came.
Having already helped Sima Xingyu stabilise his injuries, he didn’t want to miss this top-notch duel.
Although he considers that his Pure Yang Scroll combined with the Primordial Yang Sword Secret is not less significant than the Lasting Spring Cultivation method, Xiahou Weihuan respects Lan Haitian’s strength. If Wenren Xuewei can hold him to a draw, she is obviously at the peak of the Foundation Establishment Realm.
Maybe they even possess Rank-3 methods.
As per usual, Chen Mobai arrived elegantly at nine in the morning.
Upon seeing that not a soul stood above the ten ring platforms on the island in the lake, he was mildly surprised, but soon figured out the reason.
“Did everyone eat breakfast?”
Chen Mobai first arrived at the platform of Dance Tool Dao Academy, handing out the breakfast he had bought to Zhuang Jialan, intending her to distribute it to the rest of their academy peers. Jumang Dao Academy’s food was excellent, although it was light, it still had an exquisite elegance to it.
Under the guidance of Qing Nu, he practically ate all over Wood God Island, and naturally didn’t forget to bring food back for his own academy members.
Although cultivators’ desires diminish as their cultivation realm increases, Chen Mobai still retains this habit.“Do you need me to wait for you?”
The voice of Wenren Xuewei came. She stood on the platform of Jumang Dao Academy, with a faint smile on her face.
“No need, I already ate on my way here.”
Chen Mobai shook his head, then waved goodbye to Zhuang Jialan and the others, joining Wenren Xuewei as they descended towards the surface of the lake.
Nor stirring up a single ripple, the two stood in a pentagonal ring platform.
“Your Rank-3 Thunder Method is very terrifying, so I borrowed a Rank-3 Defensive Magic Artifact.”
While Wenren Xuewei was speaking, she raised her own jade-like right hand. A wooden ring sat on her slender middle finger.
The ring was golden all over, yet it brimmed with ripples as if beneath the blue sky, one sees the sparkling sea.
“This ring is called ‘Sea Passage’. It is made from the wood of a big tree. It has both water and wood attributes.”
Wenren Xuewei had briefly introduced it, and Chen Mobai, with the accumulated knowledge about treasure appraisal over these years, assessed it to be a lower-grade Rank-3 defensive artifact.
Although they, who are top cultivators at Foundation Establishment, can handle a Rank-3 Magic Artifact, if its grade is higher, then trying to use it would feel like a weak youth waving a large hammer, extremely difficult.
Therefore, Foundation Establishment cultivators typically select lower-grade Rank-3 items as they are easier to handle and drain significantly less spiritual power.
Wenren Xuewei is indeed confident, but in the face of a Rank-3 Thunder Method, she doesn’t want to resist directly with her own power and physical body.
“This sword is called ‘Gliding Sparrow.’ It’s also made from a type of Spirit Wood, with both fire and wood attributes.”
Given the honest way his opponent was behaving, Chen Mobai returned the favor by displaying the same respect. This was the first time he willingly extracted the Flying Sparrow Hairpin from his topknot ponytail in public, pinched it with his thumb and forefinger, presented it and called out the name of this exquisite flying sword for the first time in public.
“Although this Gliding Sparrow is just a Rank-2 flying sword, it is the ideal match for you.”
Wenren Xuewei seemed to also have knowledge in treasure appraisal, her eyes brightening at the sight. She had already read through the real and false ins and outs of the Flying Sparrow Hairpin’s level and quality.
However, when Chen Mobai had used this flying sword against Lu Qiulong before, perhaps it was recorded and then identified by others.
Compared to Wenren Xuewei, who had no choice but to use a Rank-3 Magic Artifact in defense against the Rank-3 Thunder Method, Chen Mobai’s flying sword was a higher-grade second-rank weapon, perfectly matched to his cultivation level, and able to maximize its power potential to the fullest.
With a hiss!
Without exchanging any more words with Wenren Xuewei, Chen Mobai directly raised the Flying Sparrow Hairpin in his hand and drew a Green Sun Fire Sword Light at her.
This sword light had easily defeated the incredibly powerful Lu Qiulong just yesterday. Although Wenren Xuewei had achieved Lasting Spring Cultivation, she had no plans to resist it directly.
She reached out her hand and lightly clenched toward the lake within inches of it. Several strands of water twisted like a spiral, gathering in her palm into a long whip, which she swung against the Green Sun Fire Sword Light.
With a “bang”, water splashed and the high temperature turned Wenren Xuewei’s water whip into a mist of water vapor, enshrouding half of the lake in a hazy water mist.
Chen Mobai and Wenren Snow Veil’s figures flickered simultaneously in an instant.
Sounds of water dragons humming sounded in the lake, the lake’s water seemed to have sprung to life, transforming into partially transparent water dragons that emerged from the mist. With the wild and vast power of waves, they attacked the figure in the mist, who was shrouded in reddish-black color, just like breakers crashing against the shore.
In the surging sound, a bright arc of sword light swiftly slashed around the reddish-black figure. The moment it came into contact with the sword light, the three water dragons that had just rushed in were evaporated into a cloud of mist.
Yet the water dragons seemed endless. Under the control of Wenren Snow Veil’s hands, they rose one after another like puppets on strings, continuously plummeting down on Chen Mobai.
Zizzling!
A faint sound of electric current echoed in the ears of the spectators, followed by a thunderclap out of the blue. A thick, green thunder pillar shot into the sky, resembling a huge thunder sword. With a wave of Chen Mobai’s right hand, it completely evaporated about twenty or thirty water dragons that Wenren Snow Veil had accumulated.
The lightning, like a pillar of a sword, annihilated the group of water dragons, then slanted and fell like a collapsing tower, slashing towards the hazy girl standing in the mist of the lake.
However, a clear wave of water lit up on her golden ring at the tip of her fingers, giving off a shimmering bluish light as if the sea was glistening under the morning sun.
The Yi Wood Divine Thunder fell on the wave, and the ocean swallowed it up without a trace in an instant.
At this moment, a greenish-gold point of light lit up at the very center of the mist, and then like a bullet being shot out, crossed the entire circle of the arena in a blink of an eye. Just as Wenren Snow Veil had just controlled the Rank-3 magic artifact and the internal spiritual power operation had slightly lagged, it pierced into the right shoulder of the girl in the green dress.
As this sword penetrated, Wenren Snow Veil’s body, as if hit by a huge impact, abruptly plunged into the bottom of the lake, causing a spray of water.
Without the enhancement of the Lasting Spring Cultivation’s spiritual power, the mist covering the stage could no longer be maintained, revealing the figure of Chen Mobai who has just flicked his flying sword with his right hand at the center.
However, after landing this penetrating strike, his expression did not show the joy of victory.
There seemed to be confusion and puzzlement in his eyes.
“What’s going on?”
“Did he defeat his opponent so quickly again?”
“No, that’s not right. If he had won, Battle Law Victory would not hide his emotions.”
“So he hasn’t won yet? But that sword obviously pierced Wenren Snow Veil, could it be that there was some protective charm blocking that sword?”
While the spectators were discussing heatedly, Lou Fengcheng’s Guidance Book was already in motion, simulating the mysterious exchange between Chen Mobai and Wenren Snow Veil with his left eye on Chen Mobai, and his right eye on Wenren Snow Veil.
Out of everyone present, only Ding Chundzhi seemed surprised and enlightened.
“So this is the Lasting Spring Cultivation!”
Next to him, the heir of The Divine Machine Mansion, who had changed into Astral Observation Academy uniform, muttered to herself. She too saw a trace of what’s happening.
“What happened?”
At this point, Chen Mobai spoke up. He looked at Wenren Snow Veil, who was sent to the bottom of the lake by his sword stroke, and beckoned with his right hand.
The ‘Gliding Sparrow’ hairpin, refined by him to respond to his will, lit up with a greenish-gold light, slowly bringing a intact Wenren Snow Veil out of the water surface.
The ‘Gliding Sparrow’ hairpin indeed stabbed into Wenren Snow Veil’s right shoulder. Her green dress on the shoulder was burned by the Green-sun Fire carried by the sword light, exposing a section of her white, round, and smooth shoulder.
But there was no blood.
The ‘Gliding Sparrow’ hairpin is visibly still stuck in Wenren Snow Veil’s shoulder!
“My Lasting Spring Cultivation is only at the first level, so I can only maintain a state in which my body remains unchanged and unharmed.”
While Wenren Snow Veil was speaking, she reached out to pull out the ‘Gliding Sparrow’ hairpin stuck in her right shoulder, and at this point, everyone finally saw the bloody glow from the wound after the hairpin was pulled.
However, it immediately seemed as if time was reversing, the wound disappeared, and the area where the sword mark had appeared, the skin returned to its sleek and delicate state.
If it wasn’t for witnessing it with their own eyes, no one would believe that she was stabbed by Chen Mobai’s sword earlier.
“If my sword just now was stuck in your head, could you recover as well?”
At this moment, Chen Mobai asked with curiosity.
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