In the surrounding stands,
More than 100,000 cultivators were all filled with surprise.
Chang Li's six ninth-tier Fire Spirit Cauldron, coupled with the thousands of Flame Giant Sparrow, were incredibly imposing.
Apart from a few disciples of immortal sects, almost no cultivator dared to say that they could survive being surrounded by thousands of Flame Giant Sparrow!
They originally thought that these six ninth-tier Fire Spirit Cauldron and thousands of Flame Giant Sparrow would definitely be the most exciting scene they would see today!
However,
After activating his numerous enhancement techniques, Lin Xuankong unexpectedly gained a massive body resembling that of Early-stage Immortal.
Moreover, as soon as he made his move, Lin Xuankong immediately used a celestial artifact with intense celestial energy fluctuations.
How could they not be astonished by this scene!
only,
Before the more than 100,000 cultivators watching could even begin to discuss it, Lin Xuankong had already activated his Perfected Yin Talisman Lightning Art!
The next instant,
From the tip of that Early-stage Immortal Sword shot out a thousand enormous bolts of lightning, each as thick as a building.
These massive, thick lightning bolts, brimming with terrifying power, illuminated the entire Crane Immortal Sect's Martial Arts Field!
Immediately afterwards, each bolt of lightning crossed the distance between Lin Xuankong and the Second Prince Chang Li, striking the heads of the thousand Flame Giant Sparrow that were swooping down!
If Lin Xuankong had not activated those buff-enhancing techniques, had not used the Shadow Concealing Primordial Art or the Heavenly Demon Bone technique, and had not used the Early-stage Immortal Sword, then his Perfected Yin Talisman Lightning Art would naturally not have been able to fight against a thousand Flame Giant Sparrow at the same time!
After all, the strength of each Flame Giant Sparrow is comparable to that of a cultivator at the Layer Nine Perfection!
However, the number of enhancement-type cultivation techniques that Lin Xuankong has mastered is almost unimaginable for ordinary cultivators. Now, he is unleashing his full power, almost approaching the power of First-grade Earth Immortal!
Back then, under the power of the Eight Great Demon Lords of the Six Demon Sect who Half-step Earth Immortal, the cultivators of the Great Xia Dynasty who were at the Layer Nine Perfection were completely unable to resist. And the power of a Half-step Earth Immortal is more than ten or a hundred times weaker than that of First-grade Earth Immortal!
In an instant,
When those thousand extremely bright and terrifyingly powerful bolts of lightning struck the heads of those Flame Giant Sparrow...
The overwhelming power instantly shattered the bodies of each Flame Giant Sparrow!
"Boom boom boom boom"
The explosion was deafening!
That's equivalent to a thousand Flame Giant Sparrow being blown apart, or a thousand cultivators at the Layer Nine Perfection simultaneously self-destructing!
This terrifying power, accompanied by countless flames and dazzling lightning, instantly spread in all directions.
The first to be hit were the six ninth-order Fire Spirit Cauldron floating in mid-air!
Under the devastating force, the six ninth-tier Fire Spirit Cauldron immediately shattered into countless fragments. Even though these Fire Spirit Cauldron were painstakingly crafted by the earth immortals of the Fire Spirit Immortal Sect, they were ultimately not immortal artifacts. How could they withstand the self-destruction of a thousand cultivators at the Layer Nine Perfection?
Next to suffer was the Second Prince Chang Li, whose face showed a look of astonishment. He had barely reacted when a huge and fierce power enveloped him, and countless flames and lightning completely covered him!
The Second Prince Chang Li could never have imagined that Lin Xuankong would destroy all of his thousand-headed Flame Giant Sparrow with just one strike. In normal cultivator combat, even the strongest Layer Nine Perfection cultivator would have to put in a lot of effort to kill a ninth-tier Flame Giant Sparrow!
In his astonishment, he barely had time to react. Fortunately, the low-level Demon King -level Earthwalker Dragon, which he had completely controlled, reacted quickly and enlarged its body to block him from above.
The explosive force continued to spread at an alarming rate.
The arena of the Crane Immortal Sect is designed according to the maximum power of the techniques of Layer Nine Perfection cultivator. The countless profound runes covering the ground are enough to withstand countless attacks from Layer Nine Perfection cultivator!
However, even the strongest formations have their limits!
What was bombarding the ground and sky at that moment was not an attack from Layer Nine Perfection cultivator, but the direct self-destruction of a thousand Layer Nine Perfection cultivators!
In an instant,
The magic array in Arena 128 collapsed, turning into ripples!
The power continued to spread to the surrounding arenas. The magic arrays of arenas number 125, 126, 127, 129, and so on—more than a dozen arenas in total—shattered instantly in this terrifying explosion!
In these dozen or so arenas, the dozen or so pairs of cultivators who were fighting immediately met with terrible misfortune!
In their shock, they only had time to activate their True Qi to protect their bodies before they were directly swept up by the terrifying power that was spreading out!
These cultivators at the Layer Nine Perfection, who were originally majestic and awe-inspiring during the battle, were now swept away in all directions by the terrifying explosive power, like small wooden boats being ravaged and crushed in a storm at sea!
Fearful screams rang out from the mouths of these cultivators!
Fortunately, Crane Fairy Qu Qiao'er, who was watching the battle, was the first to react. After a fluctuation of her immortal energy, dozens of immortal energy strands transformed into the shape of cranes and instantly traversed thousands of feet to land beside the dozens of cultivators, protecting them and rescuing them from the devastation of the violent power!
"Boom boom boom boom boom boom"
The sound of the violent energy impact lasted for more than ten breaths.
The shockwave from the explosion forced countless cultivators in the stands thousands of feet away to activate their True Qi to protect their bodies, thus avoiding being blown away by the shockwave. Some cultivators with strength at only the sixth or seventh level couldn't even protect themselves with their True Qi qi. Their True Qi shields were shattered by the shockwave, and their entire bodies were sent flying hundreds of feet away, each one crying out in pain!
Lin Xuankong's attack,
The consequences it caused completely disrupted the entire Martial Arts Field of the Crane Immortal Sect!
Even in the hundreds of arenas further away, the cultivators who were fighting stopped attacking each other and looked at Lin Xuankong's location with astonishment!
When the power of this outburst subsided,
After Lin Xuankong coldly sheathed his sword,
The entire Martial Arts Field became even more chaotic!
"Holy crap! This can't be real! How can a ninth-level cultivator's body be so enormous? This size of body... I'm afraid only Early Earth Immortal could achieve! Is this Mu Shiba already Early Earth Immortal?"
"He's definitely not Early Earth Immortal. Can't you sense the fluctuations caused by Mu Shiba's attack? Those are clearly fluctuations of True Qi. This Mu Shiba is definitely a ninth-level cultivator, a cultivator in the Mortal Transformation Realm, not Early Earth Immortal!"
"That's the scariest part!"
If this Mu Shiba was a Early Earth Immortal, it would be normal for him to kill a thousand Flame Giant Sparrow with a single strike!
But how could a Layer Nine Perfection cultivator possibly do that!
Doesn't this mean that Mu Shiba, with his current Layer Nine Perfection cultivation realm, is enough to suppress or kill a thousand Layer Nine Perfection cultivators?
"Damn! Just who is this Mu Shiba?!"
Since he was able to participate in the competition, he must have passed the preliminary round. But I've never heard of such a terrifyingly powerful person in the preliminary round!
"They probably just prefer to keep a low profile. Besides, why would they go all out in a small competition like the preliminary rounds?"
"Alas, the worst part is that this Mu Shiba is using Early Stage Immortal Artifact!"
That's Early Stage Immortal Artifact, something even some small immortal sects might not possess!
"I just thought Chang Li from the Xianluo Dynasty was sure to win, but it turns out... there's always someone stronger, and there's always someone better!"
"That's Chang Li from the Xianluo Dynasty! Even with his full strength, he was defeated by this Mu Shiba in one strike. I reckon Mu Shiba is definitely going to win!"
"It's more than just a victory. With that terrifying offensive power and that Early Stage Immortal Artifact, Mu Shiba is absolutely capable of winning every round from now on!"
The crowd began to murmur amongst themselves, most of them staring intently at Lin Xuankong, their faces filled with astonishment.
Only a few disciples of the immortal sects looked at Lin Xuankong with a hint of apprehension in their eyes.
These talented disciples from various immortal sects each possessed their own powerful abilities. In their eyes, even Chang Li, who had some connection with the Fire Spirit Immortal Sect, would definitely not be their match!
However, after witnessing Lin Xuankong's abilities, even these talented disciples from various immortal sects had to admit in their hearts that Lin Xuankong was definitely the opponent they needed to take seriously most in this Crane Immortal Sect's Disciple Recruitment Competition Ceremony!
" Adoptive Father is awesome! Hahaha, now these guys know who the real powerhouse is. What a load of crap, Second Prince Chang Li, he'll be beaten to a pulp!"
From where the Lin Family Seven Tigers were located, Li Xiaohu watched this scene and couldn't help but burst into laughter.
Hu Shuo, Han Lu, Yang Shan, Li Er, and the Li Family Brothers couldn't help but burst into laughter. Just now, Chang Li, the Second Prince of the Xianluo Dynasty, used the Fire Spirit Cauldron to summon thousands of Fire Spirit Giants. As a result, most of the cultivators in the stands praised Chang Li. The Lin Family Seven Tigers had already been unable to contain themselves after hearing this, and now that they saw Lin Xuankong defeat the enemy with one strike, they were naturally overjoyed!
The Third Princess, Xiao Ying'er, also smiled, but after carefully glancing at the location of arena number 128, a hint of concern appeared in her eyes, and she couldn't help but speak:
" Chang Li possesses a special talent. Although your Adoptive Father's attack just now shattered his Fire Spirit Cauldron and Thousand-Headed Flame Giant Sparrow, his Early-stage Demon King level Earthwalker Dragon protected him at the critical moment. This battle is not over yet!"
Upon hearing this, Li Xiaohu and the others carefully looked towards the location of the explosion center at arena number 128.
The No. 128 arena was in complete disarray. Even though the thousand Flame Giant Sparrow exploded in mid-air, the terrifying explosive power not only destroyed the magic array of the No. 128 arena, but also blasted a crater hundreds of feet in diameter and tens of feet deep into the ground!
At the bottom of the deep pit, coiled up a terrain dragon that was hundreds of feet long and tens of feet thick. Although the brown body of the Earthwalker Dragon was covered with marks left by flames and lightning, it had not been able to break through the defense of the Early-stage Demon King level Earthwalker Dragon!
A powerful aura of demonic creature and a surge of strong immortal energy emanated from the body of that landform dragon!
Immediately afterwards,
The head of the Early-stage Demon King level Earthwalker Dragon suddenly lifted up towards Lin Xuankong.
Its enormous, dark maw, as deep as an abyss, opened wide, letting out a fierce howl at Lin Xuankong!
The next moment, its body writhed, and the Second Prince Chang Li, who was protected beneath its body, slowly floated up!
Although the protection from the terrain dragon at the initial level of Demon King was timely, the explosion came too suddenly, and a considerable amount of flames and lightning struck the Second Prince Chang Li!
The fierce flames and violent lightning turned his once snow-white robes into tattered rags, covered in filth and blackening. The hairpin that held his long hair in place was also completely destroyed in the explosion, and his face was covered in charred soot. This made the usually elegant Chang Li look extremely disheveled, as if he had been trampled by a hundred grasshoppers!
Of course, none of these things were what angered the Second Prince Chang Li the most.
What angered him most, what contorted his facial muscles and made him want to tear Lin Xuankong apart alive, was...
He, the third-place winner in the preliminary examination and a cultivator of the Fire Spirit Immortal Sect, was actually defeated by Mu Shiba in a single blow, even though he activated six ninth-order Fire Spirit Cauldron and was under the watchful eyes of more than 100,000 cultivators!
As the Second Prince Chang Li took flight, the low-level Demon King Earthwalker Dragon below him suddenly took a deep breath, and its body began to expand rapidly!
The body of a low-level Demon King was already hundreds of times larger than that of a terrestrial immortal of the same level. Now, under its full power of transformation, its body became even more enormous. In the blink of an eye, this low-level Demon King -level Earthwalker Dragon's body suddenly became thousands of feet long and nearly a hundred feet thick. Its brown, slimy tentacles at its mouth transformed into hundreds of thousands of them!
If the Martial Arts Field Martial Arts Field of the Crane Immortal Sect were not so large, it would probably be impossible for it to contain this low-level Demon King- level Earthwalker Dragon!
Even so, after it transformed its body, it still occupied most of the Martial Arts Field. Of the original hundreds of training grounds, more than a hundred were directly covered by its body!
The cultivators who were fighting in the more than one hundred arenas suddenly changed their expressions and fled in all directions!
The competition was important, but nothing was more important than their lives! They knew very well that if they allowed this low-level Demon King -level Earthwalker Dragon to attack with all its might, at least dozens more of the arena's formations would be destroyed. If that happened, and the earth Crane Immortal Sect couldn't come to their rescue in time, they would probably be crushed to death by the low-level Demon King- level earth dragon!
In mid-air,
Huang Liutao, Late-stage Second-grade Earth Immortal of the Crane Immortal Sect, watched this scene with some helplessness, shaking his head and chuckling:
"The formations in these arenas will probably all need to be rearranged after Mu Shiba and Chang Li's great battle!"
Sect Master Li of the Crane Immortal Sect shook his head slightly, stroked his three long strands of beard, and smiled:
" Old Huang, these things are originally your responsibility as the Great Steward. After the two of them finish their duel, you should quickly send your disciples to set up the formation. Remember, this time when you redo the formation, you should set up the formation according to the upper limit of a battle between Early Earth Immortal!"
I told you long ago that many of the cultivators participating in this Disciple Recruitment Competition Ceremony are talented disciples from various immortal sects. The array setup definitely needs to meet the standards of Early Earth Immortal, otherwise, it absolutely cannot withstand the full power of those little guys! But you just wouldn't believe me!"
Huang Liutao, Late-stage Second-grade Earth Immortal, sighed, "This is to save the sect some Profound Truth Jade Stone. Setting up a formation that limits the combat capabilities of Early Earth Immortal requires quite a few Profound Truth Jade Stone!"
Upon hearing this, Crane Fairy Qu Qiao'er couldn't help but laugh. "Junior Brother Huang, you're being a bit stingy. Those who came to participate in the Disciple Recruitment Competition Ceremony this time came from various dynasties and immortal sects. If our Crane Immortal Sect didn't set up the competition arena properly, of course it would be ruined by these little guys!"
At this point, her gaze fell on Lin Xuankong and the Second Prince Chang Li, "Senior Brother Li, Junior Brother Huang, what do you two think? If these two go all out, who will win in the end?"
Huang Liutao, Late-stage Second-grade Earth Immortal, frowned slightly.
"This Mu Shiba is quite surprising. He must possess an extremely powerful enhancement technique, otherwise, he could never have a body comparable to Early Earth Immortal! However, normally, such techniques that can temporarily enhance strength are Demonic Cultivation Method from the Xuan Yin Demonic Sect, but this Mu Shiba doesn't have a trace of demonic energy on him, which is very strange!"
Sect Master Li of the Crane Immortal Sect looked at Lin Xuankong with curiosity.
"Such a powerful enhancement technique must consume a massive amount of True Qi, yet this Mu Shiba hasn't used a single graded Profound Truth Jade Stone yet!"
It seems that this Mu Shiba definitely has a special talent, probably the kind of rare talent that increases True Qi. This kind of talent is extremely rare, and it is no less than Chang Li's Dragon Blood Talent!
No wonder the Jialin Bodhisattva of the Lingtai Buddhist Sect was interested in him. This rare talent of increasing True Qi qi will be amplified when he reaches the Earth Immortal Realm realm, and Mu Shiba will definitely be even stronger then!
In my opinion, this Mu Shiba possesses a Early Stage Immortal Artifact and such a powerful enhancement technique. As long as his True Qi is sufficient, he might actually be able to defeat Chang Li's Early-stage Demon King level Earthwalker Dragon. Wait, what is Chang Li doing?
The Crane Immortal Sect's Sect Master Li, who had initially been quite curious about and optimistic about Lin Xuankong, suddenly changed his expression and his gaze fell on the Second Prince, Chang Li.
Not only him, but also Huang Liutao, Late-stage Second-grade Earth Immortal, Qu Qiao'er, the Crane Fairy Qu Qiao'er, and the other Earth Immortals who were watching the battle from mid-air, all looked at the Second Prince Chang Li. Each of these Earth Immortals showed a hint of surprise on their faces.
at this time,
The Second Prince Chang Li, floating in mid-air, stared at Lin Xuankong with an extremely gloomy look in his eyes. In his right hand, he had once again summoned a treasure. This treasure was exactly the same as those ninth-order Fire Spirit Cauldron, but it had many mysterious runes on it and was constantly emitting powerful immortal energy fluctuations. This was clearly Early Stage Immortal Artifact!
The low-level Demon King- level Earthwalker Dragon activated its hundreds of thousands of tentacles, transforming them into long whiskers thousands of feet long, which it aimed at Lin Xuankong, who had already floated up!
However, this was not the reason that surprised the many earth immortals.
To the astonishment of Sect Master Li the Crane Immortal Sect and other Earth Immortals like Qu Qiao'er, the Second Prince Chang Li suddenly waved his hand and opened a wide, fluctuating Teleportation Gate!
Then,
Three early-stage Demon King -level terrain dragons, each several thousand feet long and hundreds of feet thick, wriggled out from the wide, fluctuating Teleportation Gate!
The Second Prince Chang Li was not controlling a low-level Demon King- level terrain dragon.
He actually controlled four low-level Demon King- level Earthwalker Dragon.
After being defeated by Lin Xuankong's attack, in order to save face, vent his anger, and prove himself in front of more than 100,000 cultivators and the Third Princess Xiao Ying'er, he actually used his true trump card, summoning all the Early-stage Demon King level Earthwalker Dragon under his control from his Heavenly Demon Bone Secret Realm!
Four genuine, low-level Demon King -level terrain dragons,
That's equivalent to four terrifyingly powerful Early Earth Immortal, and they're capable of suppressing other Earth Immortals of the same level!
With the addition of the Early Stage Immortal Artifact Fire Spirit Cauldron activated by Chang Li, it's as if Chang Li possesses combat power comparable to, or even suppressing, five Early Earth Immortal -Early Earth Immortal!
The Second Prince Chang Li's trump card is surprisingly powerful!
Even the Sect Master Li of the Crane Immortal Sect, Crane Fairy Qu Qiao'er, and others never expected this. How could they not be surprised!
Looking at this scene,
Sect Master Li Crane Immortal Sect, who had originally had great confidence in Lin Xuankong, couldn't help but frown. He turned to look at Crane Fairy Qu Qiao'er and said in a deep voice, "Junior Sister Qu, you must be alert and keep a close eye on the battle. If Mu Shiba falls into a disadvantageous position, runs out of True Qi, and is in danger of death, immediately step in to save him!"
With four Early-stage Demon King level Earthwalker Dragon and a Early Stage Immortal Artifact, the Fire Spirit Cauldron, even a Early Earth Immortal would likely be severely injured if they faced Chang Li!
Upon seeing Chang Li cards, even Sect Master Li of the Crane Immortal Sect became somewhat worried! Crane Fairy Qu Qiao'er's expression also turned solemn. She immediately activated a large amount of true essence within her body, and a huge phantom of a spirit crane instantly appeared behind her. At this moment, Crane Fairy Qu Qiao'er was ready to intervene and rescue Lin Xuankong at any time!
These earth immortals were all so solemn.
The countless cultivators in the stands stared wide-eyed, all displaying expressions of disbelief.
"Holy crap! There are actually four low-level Demon King- level Earthwalker Dragon! This lineup is absolutely terrifying! If Chang Li goes all out, with this lineup, he could probably wipe out a small immortal sect!"