Advancement

Jiang Ping'an stood in the middle, making him the easiest target for a combined assault. Therefore, he did not attack the other Menial Disciples. He first cast the Golden Fiend Body Protection Shield to block a wave of attacks, then swiftly retreated, escaping the encirclement.

The first to attack him was a female menial cultivator, positioned on his outermost flank.

The other two Menial Disciples attacked each other.

The female menial cultivator did not immediately give chase. With a pat of her insect pouch, a swarm of Golden-Ring Venom Bees, each as large as a big toe and striped in Black Gold, flew out at once. They formed a golden-black cloud of bees and chased after Jiang Ping'an, their enormous buzzing making scalps tingle and sending chills down spines.

It turned out that the female menial cultivator was a disciple of Azure Gu Peak.

Before the competition, all the Menial Disciples had concealed their strength by not wearing the insignia of their respective peaks. Jiang Ping'an had not worn his either.

When Jiang Ping'an spotted the swarm of venom bees rushing toward him, several countermeasures immediately came to mind. However, in order to lull all the Menial Disciples into complacency, he chose to swiftly take out and activate a Gale Spirit Talisman.

A fierce gale swept toward the Golden-Ring Venom Bee swarm, immediately blowing it backward. A small number even had their wings snapped off and fell to the ground.

Jiang Ping'an did not seize the chance to counterattack the female menial cultivator. He continued fleeing at high speed. In the blink of an eye, before the Golden-Ring Venom Bee swarm could regroup, he had crossed the ridge and vanished from sight.

The female menial cultivator pursued him, only to suddenly find the scene before her utterly changed. She had