BXBX NOVEL Chapter 113: Temporarily 19th Place!
Chapter 113: Temporarily 19th Place!
Chapter 113: Temporarily 19th Place!
TL: Sponsored chapter (2/3). Last sponsored chapter will come out on the next release on Sunday.
In the highest reaches of Xu Disheng’s sea of consciousness, the cyan jade flute was suppressing all of the white lotus petals and converting them into Soul Force, which then poured into the black Soul Force flute below.
The black Soul Force flute was becoming even brighter and more resplendent as it started to undergo a transformation. The originally seemingly illusory body of the flute was somehow becoming more and more real. The entire flute eventually made a full-bodied transition from illusion to reality, transforming into a long black and gold flute, which floated quietly beneath the cyan jade flute.
Xu Disheng suddenly heard a loud rumbling sound surge from within him. He instantly sensed that his soul had ascended to a higher level, like he had entered a higher state of being. His five senses felt more clear and lucid than ever, and even the range of his Soul Force and profound qi senses had expanded by several times.
The fifth scripture of Soul Song, the Extinguishing Soul Mantra, slowly unraveled itself, emitting a faint glow. With the clear improvement in his Soul Force, he could now cultivate the Extinguishing Soul Mantra.
As Zuo Yanran looked at Xu Disheng’s kneeling figure, her brows furrowed.
He had been in that position for a long time now. Could it be that the defenses of his mind-protecting Magic Treasure were already spent, and he had already been turned into an idiot?
The girl couldn’t help feeling some regret in her heart. Just now, she had been so caught up with breaking through the defenses of his so-called ‘Magic Treasure’ that she ended up exerting the full force of her Soul-Devouring White Lotus Spell.
If she really ended up crippling Xu Disheng, it wouldn’t be that big of a deal, but she would definitely incur the ill will of He Junyu and the Celestial Tide Spirit Master, which simply wasn’t worth it.
Zuo Yanran shook the White Lotus Array Flag, throwing Xu Disheng out of it. Her brows creased as she looked down at Xu Disheng, who had landed on the roof of a stone room.
His aura didn’t have that big of a change, and his eyes were closed. He wasn’t giving off a single reaction. It was as if his mind had been erased and he had really been turned into an idiot.
“Senior Martial Sister, are you perhaps disappointed that you didn’t manage to erase my mind?” Xu Disheng said coldly. The youth’s eyes suddenly opened, a brilliant gleam shining in his profoundly serene black pupils.
Zuo Yanran was shocked. She gripped her White Lotus Array Flag tighter, unexpectedly at a loss.
Her White Lotus Array Flag had never failed her before. It even came with a mind-attacking technique, which was extremely rare even in the entirety of the Mingxin Mountain Range.
As one of the several dozen geniuses at the very top, she had once gone out with several other martial brothers and sisters to suppress a Dao Foundation stage monster. The geniuses weren’t able to completely kill it, and in the end, they had to rely on her to take it into her White Lotus Array Flag. Only by erasing its mind could they finally put that Dao Foundation stage monster to its death.
Xu Disheng was only a trifling early Sea of Qi stage disciple. So how was he able to block the full might of the Soul-Devouring White Lotus Petals?
She had quite broad experiences when it came to different kinds of people, but she couldn’t believe her eyes when she saw Xu Disheng standing there without a single sign of injury on him.
Xu Disheng didn’t waste his time speaking nonsense to her any further. He reached both hands into the void and clenched them, causing a brilliant golden longbow to appear in his grasp.
A Destruction Arrow, clad with the deadly aura of destruction, materialized into being. He released the bowstring, letting it fly. It streaked across the sky, leaving behind a brilliant golden beam-like trail in its wake!
Even though Zuo Yanran was momentarily distracted, she was still a top-ranking genius in the Mingxin Mountain Range. She immediately responded, manifesting a silver fishnet in front of her to block it.
The golden beam of light approached with a shrill, ear-piercing shriek, colliding savagely with the fishnet!
The radiance from the arrow faded and it shattered into countless fragments, releasing a myriad of golden motes of light that filled the sky.
Zuo Yanran scoffed and said, “You really think that bow and arrow of yours will be able to break through the defenses of this top-grade Magic Treasure of mine?”
The silver fishnet in front of her was still continuously rippling as it floated there in the air. After receiving the full brunt of the attack from the Glorious Sun Bow, its silver glow had faded by a bit, but it completely restored back to normal in a few breaths of time.
Xu Disheng didn’t speak. A black droplet of water appeared in the palm of his hand, and he lightly pointed his finger at Zuo Yanran. Then, the black droplet of water disappeared from his palm.
Zuo Yanran’s cute little face turned grave, and she began to continuously weave hand seals, urging forth the full might of the silver fishnet. It began to radiate a silver halo, which enveloped her entire body within.
The small black droplet of water, clad in the aura of annihilation, suddenly appeared above her head and fell down.
The Summon Rain form with the hint of the aura of Pure Oblivion Water was one of Xu Disheng’s most reliable moves at the moment. Its ability to annihilate things in its path had yet to meet a worthy opponent so far.
The silver fishnet continuously rippled and fluctuated as a sharp ‘zizi’ sound resounded out. The black droplet of water originated from that floating river in the sky, after all. Its might caused the silver glow of the fishnet to weaken a good amount before dissipating.
Zuo Yanran’s face was pale. “What kind of cultivation method is that? How is that attack’s power comparable to a top-grade offensive-type Magic Treasure?”
This black droplet of water was far too different from the Summon Rain form that everyone was familiar with, to the point that she didn’t even recognize it as the Azure Ocean cultivation method.
Xu Disheng’s brows furrowed slightly. This was his first time encountering a defensive top-grade Magic Treasure.
The strongest of his attack powers were the Summon Rain form with the aura of Pure Oblivion Water, and the absorbing and suppressing power of the Yin Yang Diagram.
But now that he was up against this silver fishnet, which was top-grade defensive Magic Treasure, it was a bit beyond his caliber. The foundations of these geniuses were far too deep. Unless it was genius who had started their cultivation journey at the same starting line, it would be tough to fight against them and win.
Or unless… he used the Passing Soul Mantra or the Swallowing Soul Mantra, which directly attacked the soul. Even a top-grade defensive Magic Treasure wouldn’t be able to block these moves. Only a specialized mind-protecting Magic Treasure might be able to block it.
However, Xu Disheng wasn’t sure if the Divine Core stage Spirit Masters back in the Green Lotus Domain or the lofty Mountain Masters had the ability to see the events happening in the Mirage Sea Realm.
If he rashly made use of Soul Song and ended up receiving the pointed interrogation of the sect as a result, it really wouldn’t be a desirable outcome.
Seeing Xu Disheng not saying anything, Zuo Yanran hesitated a bit. At the moment, she didn’t know how he managed to survive the attack from the Soul-Devouring White Lotus Petals. She had several other methods of attack, although the White Lotus Array Flag was indeed her strongest.
After a while, she waved her red muslin sleeve, putting away the array flag. “Junior Martial Brother Xu, I won’t trouble you anymore for today. There’ll always be another time.”
With that, she stepped on the air, causing a phantom image of the White Lotus Array Flag to appear, seemingly about to fly away.
Xu Disheng narrowed his eyes, watching the fluttering silhouette of the girl in the red dress as she flew away. A black gleam was revolving in the pupils of his eyes, which was none other than the Swallowing Soul Mantra, already primed and ready to be unleashed.
As the girl disappeared off into the distance, the black gleam in Xu Disheng’s eyes faded away. In the end, he decided not to use it.
After all, the Mirage Sea Realm must have some Divine Core stage Spirit Master closely monitoring it. If the secret of the Soul Song cultivation method was exposed, he wouldn’t be able to control the course of events that would surely follow.
The mirage demons in the various passages had been nearly wiped clean by now. The few mirage demons that remained were the Dao Foundation stage ones at the very central plaza.
The remaining disciples had practically all started moving towards the plaza at the very center of Lightning Cloud Stone Island.
On the way, battles started to erupt between the geniuses. Several people had been eliminated, making it so Xu Disheng was currently sitting at 19th place.
Back at the Green Lotus Domain, on the huge screen of light…
“1st place, Yu Yangyao. 4,300,000 points.”
“2nd place, Jian Liangbi. 4,090,000 points.”
“3rd place, Bai Zhaoyun. 3,700,000 points.”
… …
“19th place, Xu Disheng. 470,000 points.”
“Li Dan, where’s Senior Martial Brother Xu? Did he already go into that… Mirage Sea Secret Realm or something?” Yuan Qi asked after entering Morning Dew Peak’s circle of light and seeing Li Dan at the very back of all of the disciples. He had been alone, sitting cross-legged on a mat, his eyes closed in a state of cultivation.
Hearing Yuan Qi’s pressing tone, Li Dan opened his eyes and looked at him, then pointed at the list of names on the huge screen floating in the sky before submerging himself into cultivating once more.
“Senior Martial Brother Xu is 19th place?! Am I seeing this correctly?!” Yuan Qi exclaimed in an overly loud tone, his expression full of surprise and admiration as he shook Li Dan’s shoulder as hard as he could. He couldn’t help rubbing salt in Li Dan’s wound over their previous frictions.
After making it back from Jade Water Lake, Yuan Qi hadn’t so much as stepped out of his courtyard all this time.
With the spirit stones from Xu Disheng in hand, he bought a beautiful mortal concubine and wasted his life away in hedonistic fashion, banishing cultivation and sect missions to the back of his mind.
Today, he happened to finally leave his courtyard for once, and heard all of the disciples of Morning Dew Peak talking about Xu Disheng. He even heard that he had defeated Jie Zizhuo, who had been 32nd place.
Hardly able to separate himself from his concubine, he hurried over to the Green Lotus Domain, wanting to express his loyalty to Xu Disheng.
But now, he was suddenly made aware of the fact that Xu Disheng had reached the lofty heights of 19th place in the third round of the tournament!
There were over 2,000 names on the light screen, but most of them were dimmed out, signifying that they had been eliminated from the tournament.
There were some names that had disappeared altogether without a trace, which meant that they were already dead.
There were only 27 names remaining, all of them ranking at the top.
With over 400,000 points in hand, Xu Disheng was ranked at 19th place for the time being!
Now, no one dared to say any longer that Xu Disheng had relied on luck and his Magic Treasures to defeat Jie Zizhuo. Similarly, there wasn’t anyone out there anymore who dared to say that Xu Disheng wasn’t a Sea of Qi stage genius!
After he calmed himself down a bit, Yuan Qi found that there were a lot of things different about Li Dan compared to before. He couldn’t help asking, “Where’s your little hussy, Lu Siwan?”
Li Dan’s eyes shot open and he cast a piercing sideways glance at Yuan Qi. A powerful aura suddenly erupted from him, suppressing Yuan Qi to the point that he could hardly lift his head!
Yuan Qi’s expression changed wildly. Back at Jade Water Lake, Li Dan was still just a cannon fodder of a disciple that he could suppress easily.
But now, Li Dan had already surpassed him. Yuan Qi could tell that from his profound qi cultivation that he was almost at the peak Sea of Qi stage!
“I misspoke, Senior Martial Brother Li,” Yuan Qi said, forcing an awkward hint of a smile to his face.
He had already guessed that there had been some kind of dispute between Li Dan and Lu Siwan, so he very tactfully refrained from bringing it up further.
Li Dan retracted his aura and snorted coldly, then stood up and left Morning Dew Peak’s circle of light.
Yuan Qi silently clenched his teeth, feeling an intense hatred towards Li Dan rise up in him as he grumbled to himself. “Just wait until Senior Martial Brother Xu comes out. I’ll definitely make you beg and kneel for forgiveness in front of me, you bastard!”
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