Lu Yang Takes the Field

"Next match: Li Haoran of the Ask Dao Sect versus Long Xiang of the Five Elements Sect."

"Li Haoran has Fire Spirit Root?" Qiu Jinan suddenly asked.

"Yes, what's wrong?"

"This is interesting. Our sect's Long Xiang has Spirit Root, so this time it's fire against water."

On the martial arts training ground, Li Haoran and Long Xiang clasped their hands in greeting.

Please advise.

"I dare not accept such praise."

The two fell silent and stopped speaking.

At the start of the match, Long Xiang took the lead, like a dragon leaping into the sea, giving people a sense of raging waves. He held two ice blades, which released layers of cold air, causing the temperature of the entire martial arts square to drop.

"Flying Dragon Strike!"

Long Xiang shouted, only to be met with Li Haoran's fist.

Lu Yang frowned. Li Haoran was not a body cultivator, so why was he fighting bare-handed without using any weapons? Even Man Gu knew to fight with weapons.

Long Xiang, unaware of Li Haoran's background, didn't see anything wrong and cleaved Li Haoran in two with his knife.

Multiple rings of fire rose from Li Haoran's body. He pointed at Long Xiang and said "Go," and the rings of fire enveloped Long Xiang.

"The water rises, the waves surge!"

As Long Xiang unleashed his power, a phantom image of ocean waves materialized behind him, and those below the stage could faintly hear the sound of the waves.

The illusory image of the waves diluted the ring of fire. Seeing this, Li Haoran strode forward, striking Long Xiang with layer upon layer of red fist imprints.

Lava was surging beneath Li Haoran's feet, the result of him immersing himself in it for a year.

The magma collided with the waves. Although it was clearly a phantom of the waves, the collision with the magma created a mist that rose up, making it difficult to discern figures. Only the sound of Li Haoran and Long Xiang colliding could be heard.

Li Haoran's boxing skills were astonishing, completely different from his usual impression. Long Xiang was not good at close combat and struggled to cope, being hit several times.

Fortunately, Li Haoran's attack power was insufficient, and the blows did not cause much injury.

Long Xiang raised his hand, gathering the thick fog on the field into a water column, which he then smashed towards Li Haoran.

Li Haoran was unable to dodge and was hit by the water jet, getting completely soaked.

Li Haoran clashed with Long Xiang again, but this time Long Xiang gained the upper hand. For some reason, Li Haoran's movements became sluggish.

Li Haoran frowned, realizing the problem.

Long Xiang laughed heartily, "Brother Li, you're very clever, realizing my trap so quickly, but it's too late. You've been drenched by the water jets, and I can control the weight of the water. You're fighting with a load now, so your movements naturally can't be as easy as they were at the beginning. You've lost!"

To everyone's surprise, Li Haoran smiled slightly, "Really? I don't think so."

Long Xiang tried to raise his hand to attack, but found he couldn't move.

"What are you doing?!" Long Xiang's eyes widened; he had no idea what was happening.

Flames erupted from Li Haoran's body, evaporating the moisture. He slowly walked up to Long Xiang and said, "I've refined your clothes."

Long Xiang then realized that the punches Li Haoran had thrown were not intended to attack, but rather to refine his clothes into an iron barrel. He, Long Xiang, was the prey inside that barrel, with no way to escape.

Your Ask Dao Sect's fighting methods are all so strange!

Is this a fighting method that a human could come up with?!

Li Haoran further explained, "I heard Senior Brother Lu Yang say that you can use a storage ring to take away an enemy's clothes during battle. At that time, I was thinking, if you can take away an enemy's clothes, why can't you refine them? Now it seems that my idea was correct."

Qiu Jinan looked at Lu Yang in astonishment, wondering how he came up with such a shameless fighting method.

"Oh right, this is the Ask Dao Sect, that explains it."

With three wins out of three, the Foundation Establishment group's victory is a foregone conclusion.

However, this competition is an exchange event, so even though the outcome is already decided, the next two matches will still have to continue.

The fourth opponent is Tao Yaoye. Her Ascension Immortal Body is even rarer than that of a single Spirit Root, and her power is terrifying. In a one-on-one fight, she is even stronger than Li Haoran.

But to everyone's surprise, Tao Yaoye actually lost.

The one who defeated Tao Yaoye was a young man in white robes, with Foundation Establishment Middle Stage level, and one year older than Tao Yaoye.

Tao Yaoye is currently in the early stage of Foundation Establishment. Her Law Power is slightly inferior to that of the white-robed youth, and her combat experience is also not as good.

"Next," the white-robed youth said coldly. He didn't step down, choosing to continue fighting.

Seeing the white-robed youth's domineering attitude, Qiu Jin'an's fifth disciple, knowing his usual style, said nothing and voluntarily withdrew from the competition.

Tao Yaoye was somewhat unwilling. She had always been number one since she was a child and had never lost. Her opponent's Law Technique was so advanced that she lost before she could even make use of her advantage of Ascension Immortal Body.

Someone patted Tao Yaoye on the shoulder from behind.

Tao Yaoye saw that person, tears welled up in her eyes. "Senior brother, I lost."

The man wiped away Tao Yaoye's tears and comforted her, "Your cultivation is insufficient, you lack experience, and you are a year younger than the other party. Moreover, my senior sister told me that the Ascension Immortal Body doesn't have much of an advantage in the early stages."

"Since you call me senior brother, then I must defeat him."

Seeing that he had finally won a match, Qiu Jin'an smiled and introduced, "This is my little apprentice, Bai Ming, who is also my most outstanding disciple. He has mastered three of the five Law Technique spells, and he is even close to mastering true fire in fire-attribute Law Technique. In the sect's grand competition, he swept aside the Foundation Establishment Realm and won the championship."

Cultivating the Five Elements Law Technique is extremely difficult, Law Technique. If one is not careful, one's cultivation will be ruined. Bai Ming is proficient in three elemental Law Technique during the Foundation Establishment Realm, which is extremely rare.

Bai Ming's appearance gave Qiu Jin'an confidence. "I'm not saying this to be mean, it doesn't matter who we send."

Although he lost three games, Bai Ming's crushing victories made Qiu Jinan grin from ear to ear.

"I wonder who your clan will send to participate in the next competition?"

"I."

The Immortal Fairy spoke on behalf of Lu Yang.

On the martial arts training ground, a figure slowly walked over, his steps steady and unhurried—it was Lu Yang.

However, this Lu Yang had a bald head and a kind face, which was quite different from the impression Lu Yang usually gave people.

Bai Ming broke his indifferent expression, looking completely incredulous, as if he had seen a ghost.

Lu Yang certainly recognized him; the acting Sect Master of the Ask Dao Sect Seeking Sect was sitting in the stands. So who was this person standing in front of him?!

"A clone!" Qiu Jin'an, with his keen eyesight, immediately recognized Lu Yang's origins standing in the martial arts arena.

But that's even more impossible; Lu Yang is only at the Foundation Establishment Realm, how could he possibly have a clone?

In his understanding, no Cultivation Method or Law Technique could achieve this!

"To be precise, it's an avatar of the Bodhi tree," the Immortal Fairy added.

Lu Yang used the <Tree Planting Technique> to plant himself, and two people grew out of the Bodhi Tree: one was his real self, and the other was a bald clone.

"An avatar of the Seventy-Two Great Divine Ability?!" Qiu Jin'an exclaimed in shock. Apart from Yun Zhi, how could any other Foundation Establishment Realm possibly learn such Law Technique?

"No, no, it's a wood-attribute clone!" Qiu Jin'an was shocked. He had never seen such Law Technique before. This was a new Law Technique created!

Who is it?!

Is it Yun Zhi, or perhaps...?

Qiu Jinan shifted his gaze to Lu Yang, his eyes twitching slightly. He had previously heard from the Ask Dao Sect that Lu Yang had challenged someone of a higher level, and he had assumed that Lu Yang had used some kind of trickery.

If this Law Technique was indeed created by this person, then the claim of challenging opponents of higher levels might not be unfounded!

(Bonus chapter for the home cooking master)