The Humility

"What kind of Golden Core pill is this? It's all nonsense, but the conclusion hasn't changed!" Lu Yang said angrily.

"What do you mean by rambling on? I'm analyzing the situation for you." The Immortal Fairy wanted to vindicate her Golden Core.

She was, after all, the founder of the Invincible Pill, and she couldn't tolerate Lu Yang slandering it.

Just as Lu Yang and the Immortal Fairy were having a heated discussion about whether the Invincible Pill was actually useful, Zhou Fangge seized the opportunity to make his move.

"Kill!"

Zhou Fangge took out four Squad Commander from his pocket and threw them into the air. The four Squad Commander were positioned in the four directions of east, south, west, and north, surrounding Lu Yang!

Lu Yang felt a sudden darkness above him. He looked up and saw a small mountain appearing overhead, falling at an alarming speed.

"Mountain Moving Divine Ability!" Lan Ting recognized the Law Technique Divine Ability Zhou Fangge was using. Even Golden Core cultivator would find it extremely difficult to unleash this Divine Ability. Zhou Fangge had used the four Squad Commander to unleash Divine Ability beyond his own cultivation level.

Zhou Fangge was not careless at all and used one of his three trump cards right away, which was enough to suppress a Golden Core cultivator to the point of being unable to move.

Faced with the ever-approaching hill, Lu Yang used his High Antiquity supernatural Divine Ability to deal with it.

"Devouring the heavens and earth!"

Lu Yang opened his mouth and swallowed the small mountain whole, even letting out a burp.

"It's the Devouring Heaven and Earth technique of the Taotie clan!" Bai Ming exclaimed in disbelief. This was the foundation of the Taotie clan's existence, and he never expected that Lu Yang would learn it.

Compared to the Divine Ability to move mountains, the difficulty of learning the ability to devour the heavens and earth is several levels higher.

Bai Ming heard that even a pure-blooded Taotie could not master this bloodline Divine Ability at the Golden Core stage.

"I knew Lu Yang possessed more than one High Antiquity divine Divine Ability!"

Yan Tianzhi narrowed his eyes slightly. As expected of a cultivator capable of challenging those of higher levels, he had even mastered the Heaven-Devouring and Earth-Eating Divine Ability.

He can also devour the heavens and the earth, but it's a trick, unlike Lu Yang who learned it through his own abilities.

Zhou Fangge hadn't expected that his carefully prepared trump card would be so easily cracked.

"As expected of a disciple of a celestial sect, but I was prepared!"

Zhou Fangge clasped his hands together, and a blinding white light burst forth from between his palms, accompanied by a piercing sound that forced the audience to cover their ears.

A ball of intensely hot lightning gathered in Zhou Fangge's heart, its light reflecting on her face, casting shadows that made her look sinister.

"This is Palm Lightning." The Immortal Fairy recognized the Law Technique.

"This is Law Technique developed by Ying Tianxian. He used it when I challenged him, even though I was much stronger than him. However, he used it to catch me off guard. He gathered it in the palm of his foot when he kicked me. Later, this move spread and underwent some changes, eventually turning into the palm of his hand."

"... Perhaps it's for aesthetic reasons."

As Lu Yang was speaking, the lightning bolt from his palm struck down with a deafening roar, hitting Lu Yang squarely.

Boom--

The palm lightning erupted with terrifying energy, filling the air with smoke and dust, and the aftershocks swept across the entire arena, even affecting Yan Shizi and the others who were engaged in battle.

Zhou Fangge was panting heavily. The Palm Thunder was Law Technique he had inherited from the Tribulation Transcendence Transcending stage. His Spiritual Qi was ten times that of someone at the same level, and he had exhausted all his spiritual power in order to cast the Palm Thunder.

"If you take this hit, even if you're only at the early stage of the Golden Core, or even at Golden Core mid-stage, you'll either die or be seriously injured!" Zhou Fangge sneered. This was the price of underestimating him.

"Oh, really? That explains why it doesn't hurt or itch." Lu Yang's voice came from the smoke and dust, sending chills down Zhou Fangge's spine.

Just as Zhou Fangge got into position to meet Lu Yang's attack, Lu Yang appeared from behind, smiling and patting Zhou Fangge on the shoulder.

Zhou Fangge instinctively jumped forward to dodge, but Lu Yang's hand was like a mountain, causing Zhou Fangge to fall to one side and lose her balance.

Zhou Fangge swallowed the Qi-restoring pill and looked at Lu Yang warily. "As expected of a disciple of a celestial sect, even this can't hurt you. Then I won't hold back."

The third trump card comes at a heavy price, enough to contend with a late-stage Golden Core, but for the sake of victory, Zhou Fangge felt it was worth the gamble.

Just as Zhou Fangge was about to use his final move, he suddenly lost his balance, and the scene before his eyes changed so fast that it became blurry. It was Lu Yang who grabbed his sleeve and threw him out of the arena.

Yan Shizi and the others, who were engaged in a fierce battle, were helpless when they saw Zhou Fangge, who was full of confidence before the battle, being easily defeated by Lu Yang.

How dare he claim he can defeat Lu Yang? Lu Yang hasn't even used his full strength; didn't you see him never raise his sword?

Then they heard despairing words. "Haha, Old Meng, you're still not done? You're so slow! Count me in!"

The three members of Lanting couldn't help but close their eyes, not wanting to see this scene.

Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou are both capable of contending with Nascent Soul Early Stage; defeating a group of the Foundation Establishment Realm would be easier for them than beating children.

Upon seeing Lu Yang join the battle, Yan Shizi and the others abandoned their pre-battle assignments and scattered to escape.

Instead of fighting head-on, it's better to see who runs the fastest and who has the best luck, becoming the last one to leave and securing third place.

The audience below the stage, seeing Lu Yang and his companion laughing heartily as they chased Yan Shizi and the others like chickens, felt that the two were not good people and began to discuss it.

"Why do I feel so sorry for Prince Yan and the others?"

"Exactly! Golden Core cultivator is fighting Foundation Establishment, and he's laughing so happily, he's shameless."

"Brother Meng, I am from the Yan family of Qingzhou. We are both Aristocratic Clan!" The young master of the Yan family introduced himself and tried to build rapport. As fellow Aristocratic Clan, he had long heard of Meng Jingzhou's great reputation.

Meng Jingzhou said with a serious expression, "This is a competition. There is no distinction between high and low, noble and lowly. How can the outcome be determined by status and position? Holding back against you is an insult to the competition. Doing so will damage the face of the Yan family."

Prince Yan asked cautiously, "Brother Meng, won't you bring shame to the Meng family by participating in this kind of competition with your Golden Core cultivation level?"

"Of course not, I've already run away from home."

Then Prince Yan was kicked off the stage.

When Gu Qisheng jumped off the stage, only Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou remained on the field.

"It seems the first and second place will be decided between us." Lu Yang smiled. He hadn't had enough of the fight earlier, and now he could go all out.

Meng Jingzhou was also smiling, his Golden Core aura radiating outwards, causing the pebbles on the ground to tremble. "Speaking of which, it seems we haven't fought yet, so this is quite an opportunity."

"Then we're on the same page." Lu Yang's aura was outward, making him evenly matched with Meng Jingzhou.

On the arena, two auras far beyond those of the early Golden Core collided, making the entire arena resemble a pot of boiling water, bubbling and churning, creating an exceptionally terrifying scene.

Suddenly, Lu Yang remembered something and looked up at the judges' panel: "By the way, Lan Ting, there's something I forgot to ask."

"Ask away."

Is there a prize for first place?

Lan Ting gave a smile that seemed strange to Lu Yang: "Yes."

What is it?

"The third-place prize is a Core Formation item, which can increase the probability of Core Formation by 50% and the probability of achieving a Grade 1 Core by 10%."

"The second-place prize is a Core Formation artifact and the Governor's treasured Core Formation insights."

"As for the first place winner, in addition to receiving a Core Formation item and insights into Core Formation, the Governor also said that since the cultivators participating in the competition lack combat experience and Core Formation experience, the three of us judges will personally go down to the stage to guide the first place winner on how to fight."

Lu Yang blinked, looked at the three people from Lanting who had a strange smile on their faces, felt a chill run down his spine, and turned to jump off the stage.

"Old Meng, you can have first place!"

Meng Jingzhou grabbed Lu Yang and ran off the stage.

"I'm born with bad luck; my fate isn't suited to be number one. You should take first place!"