Spell Technique Reward

Hearing this, Lin Wan'er stopped teasing Li Yun. She went to sit off to the side and began regulating her breath. Her injuries were not light; she needed to recover to a reasonably good state.

The others were likewise regulating their breaths. After determining the top five, they still had to decide the rankings of the remaining five.

Time passed, and soon an hour had gone by. Dugu Fang appeared on the arena once more and said calmly, "The top three, come onto the stage."

Lu Yi, Jiang Fan, and Lin Wan'er rose to their feet and drifted onto the Martial Arts Stage.

Dugu Fang took out three Jade Tokens and floated them in the air. He said calmly, "One of the three will receive a bye. The other two will compete to determine second place, after which the winner will compete with the one who received the bye for first place."

The three exchanged glances. Lin Wan'er grinned and said, "Junior Brother Lu Yi, will you go first again?"

Lu Yi smiled. "I don't mind, of course."

He reached out, took a Jade Token, and turned it over to look: 1.

Lu Yi raised a brow, secretly rather pleased. Another match meant another reward.

Not bad, not bad.

Seeing Lu Yi take a Jade Token, Jiang Fan and Lin Wan'er also reached out.

After taking her token and glancing at it, Lin Wan'er's expression fell. Jiang Fan, beside her, chuckled and turned over his own Jade Token. "I have the bye."

Lu Yi gave Jiang Fan a strange look. Could this guy be a child of fate?

His luck was so good—he had received a bye twice.

Sure enough, anyone with Fan in their name was extraordinary.

Dugu Fang smiled. "In that case, Jiang Fan, leave the stage. Lu Yi and Lin Wan'er, prepare yourselves."

Jiang Fan nodded and stepped off the stage.

Dugu Fang also rose into the air, leaving only Lu Yi and Lin Wan'er on the stage.

Lin Wan'er looked at Lu Yi and smiled. "Junior Brother Lu Yi, you'll have to go easy on your senior sister later, all right?"

Lu Yi smiled. "Senior Sister's strength is astonishing. I may not necessarily be your match."

Lin Wan'er widened her eyes and looked at him speechlessly. "Does your conscience not hurt when you tell such barefaced lies?"

Lu Yi felt that his body was quite healthy, and his conscience did not hurt either. He said solemnly, "Senior Sister misunderstands me. I never tell lies."

As he spoke, Lu Yi silently said to himself, I want to defeat Senior Sister Lin Wan'er.

Mission:

Defeat Lin Wan'er (Progress: 0/1)

Reward: Foundation Establishment realm spell technique "Forget Dust Technique"

Accept: Yes/No

Lu Yi froze for a moment, inwardly shocked.

A spell technique? He had not expected such a reward.

Lu Yi had originally thought that rewards for sparring-type missions would all be cultivation resources or the like. He had not expected spell techniques to be included as well.

He just did not know what type of spell technique this Forget Dust Technique was. Since he had not completed the mission, Lu Yi could not learn its details.

There was another question in Lu Yi's mind. If he completed this mission, what would he be rewarded with if he continued defeating Lin Wan'er afterward?

Surely it would not give him another copy of the Forget Dust Technique? Or would it be a different spell technique?

If it really were a different spell technique, that would be fantastic. If he farmed Senior Sister Lin Wan'er a few more times, he could get hold of quite a few spell techniques.

Lu Yi was somewhat expectant. Once he completed this mission, he would try it out a little.

Just then, Dugu Fang's voice rang out. "Begin."

Lu Yi and Lin Wan'er exchanged a look. Spiritual Qi circulated around them as they drew their longswords, and both vanished from where they stood.

Lin Wan'er's strength was formidable, but she was still inferior even to Bai Yulong. Naturally, she was even less of a match for Lu Yi.

As before, Lu Yi held back somewhat and used a little less strength in battle.

They fought for several hundred exchanges. Lin Wan'er's Spiritual Qi was nearly exhausted, her forehead covered in sweat as she panted heavily.

She retreated to the edge of the stage, glared at Lu Yi, who looked as if nothing had happened, and said helplessly, "I'm not fighting anymore! I concede!"

Lu Yi smiled. "Senior Sister, you let me win."

Neither the elders nor the disciples found Lin Wan'er's surrender surprising.

After all, the strength Lu Yi had displayed earlier was not something Lin Wan'er could compare to.

After Lin Wan'er conceded, Dugu Fang appeared on the stage again and declared, "Lu Yi wins!"

He turned to look at Lu Yi and smiled faintly. "Rest for a while, then we will begin the match for first place."

Lu Yi nodded. "Yes, Grand Elder."

After stepping off the stage, no one disturbed Lu Yi. The upcoming match for first place was the final battle and extremely important, so Lu Yi needed to prepare himself well.

Jiang Fan leaned against a corner of the stage, his hands clasped behind his head. As he watched Lu Yi put on a show of sitting cross-legged to recover, his eyes brimmed with fighting spirit.

Bai Yulong fluttered his folding fan, glanced at Jiang Fan, and smiled faintly. "Jiang Fan, you still have a trump card you haven't revealed, don't you?"

Jiang Fan paused, glanced at Bai Yulong, and chuckled. "Why do you say that?"

"Junior Brother Lu Yi has displayed such tremendous strength, yet you show no intention of backing down. That means you believe that even a Junior Brother Lu Yi like this is not invincible." Bai Yulong narrowed his eyes and said with a light laugh.

"Bai Yulong, Bai Yulong, you really are quite clever." Jiang Fan smiled.

Seeing Jiang Fan admit it, Bai Yulong grew even more curious. "We have been fellow disciples for several years now. What trump card do you have that makes you think you can defeat that monster?"

As Bai Yulong spoke, he glanced at Lu Yi. He considered his own talent fairly good, yet Lu Yi, at the Qi Refining Seventh Layer, had been able to defeat him. It still left him feeling somewhat defeated.

Junior Brother Lu Yi was simply not human.

Jiang Fan narrowed his eyes and smiled faintly without answering.

Seeing that Jiang Fan had no intention of replying, Bai Yulong curled his lip and asked no further questions.

In any case, Jiang Fan would definitely reveal it in the end.

Based on Bai Yulong's understanding of Jiang Fan, their original strengths had been evenly matched. Jiang Fan might have been slightly stronger than him, but only slightly. Such strength was no match for Lu Yi.

When the time came, Jiang Fan would certainly bring out the trump card he had been hiding.

The final battle was about to begin. Everyone on the Martial Arts Stage waited in silence, filled with anticipation.

Time passed, and before long, Lu Yi slowly opened his eyes.

Seeing this, Dugu Fang, who had been standing on the stage all this time, asked, "Lu Yi, have you recovered?"

Lu Yi smiled. "I have."

"Very good. In that case... Lu Yi, Jiang Fan, come onto the stage."

Once Dugu Fang finished speaking, Lu Yi and Jiang Fan exchanged a look and both smiled. They rose into the air at the same time and arrived at opposite sides of the stage.

Dugu Fang said slowly, "The match for first place in the grand competition begins now."

With that, Dugu Fang rose into the air, leaving Lu Yi and Jiang Fan alone.

The two looked at each other. Jiang Fan drew the long blade in his hand and chuckled. "Junior Brother Lu Yi, I never expected my final opponent to be you."

Lu Yi smiled as well. "My luck is rather good."

Jiang Fan neither confirmed nor denied it. "Luck alone cannot get you here... Enough talk. Let us begin."

Lu Yi cupped his hands and smiled. "Senior Brother Jiang Fan, please."

Jiang Fan's expression sharpened, fierce light flashing in his eyes. Blade Qi circulated around him as the Sharp Metal Blade Technique began to operate.

With a ringing clang, a Blade Qi more than ten meters long slashed out, cleaving straight toward Lu Yi.

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