Shi Du had deliberately acted hostile toward Ling Tian and provoked him with words because he had taken a fancy to his Quasi-Immortal Artifact, the Bronze Coffin. Being toyed with by a zombie had left Ling Tian furious. He also remembered what Wu De had said: "Most zombies are cruel and bloodthirsty by nature." So he felt no guilt about killing this one.
Turning to look at his own Bronze Coffin, Ling Tian saw it glowing faintly as it absorbed the corpse qi from Shi Du's Bronze Coffin. The corpse qi it had lost earlier was quickly replenished, and the coffin's grade seemed to have risen a little as well.
After recalling the Bronze Coffin and the two Slaying Corpse Arrows, Ling Tian checked the new number that had appeared on his jade token and headed to the next arena. A cultivator could fight five matches a day, and he wanted to finish his fifty matches as soon as possible.
In both of his first two matches, he had nearly capsized in the gutter. That had made him put aside his contempt and better understand that anyone who had lasted this long had their own secret techniques. He could not afford to underestimate them.
Ling Tian was much more cautious in the matches that followed. His third opponent was an expert from the Beast Taming Clan. The man had reached Great Perfection in the Integrated Body Stage. After fusing with his partner, a savage beast who had also reached Great Perfection in the Integrated Body Stage, his cultivation had advanced to the threshold of the Mahayana Stage. And because his savage beast was a striped tiger, his speed, strength, and spiritual energy had all undergone a qualitative leap.
Even so, Ling Tian felt little pressure facing him. After a bit