Close-Quarters Crushing!

After refining the Thousand Sword Puppet used by Ji Ning, Zhou Hao led the puppet toward the sealing formation.

Ji Ning stood there watching.

He was filled with curiosity about this strange man.

Especially after making eye contact with that stranger earlier, the feeling that all his secrets were laid bare made him realize that this Immortal of Changsheng was definitely a terrifying being.

At this time--

"Senior Brother Ji Ning!" A cheer rang out.

Ji Ning looked over.

The Little Green Mu Zishuo, rushed over excitedly, shouting, "Senior Brother Ji Ning, you're so powerful! You defeated so many Myriad Phenomena True Person! Even that seemingly formidable Beishan Xuantang was defeated by you! I just heard from the other senior brothers and sisters that Senior Sister Yu Wei, who defeated you, is a reincarnated immortal. She has cultivated for ten years longer than us and entered the sect much earlier. If you cultivated for another ten years, she definitely wouldn't be your match..."

Ji Ning glanced at Yu Wei standing next to him and was speechless.

"Junior brother, I am indeed no match for Senior Sister Yu Wei now, and I accept my defeat wholeheartedly." Ji Ning gave Mu Zishuo an awkward wink.

"Uh, Senior Sister Yu Wei..." Mu Zishuo only then noticed that ' Fire Rainbow Fairy ' Yu Wei was standing prettily next to Ji Ning.

In his excitement, he hadn't noticed.

Pfft~~~

Lin Xia'er, who had come with Mu Zishuo, couldn't help but laugh.

This fourteen-year-old boy is so funny!

They dare to speak without thinking, especially when the person in question is present.

"Junior Brother Zishuo, who are these two?" Ji Ning asked, looking at the two girls who had come with Mu Zishuo.

The pretty girl had seen him and Junior Brother Zishuo cheering for her while inside the sealing formation, while the other aloof girl's temperament was quite similar to that of Senior Sister Yu Wei beside her.

It possessed the same serene and aloof quality, as if it exuded an ethereal aura from its very core.

Most importantly, these two girls had been standing next to that immortal Changsheng, and they were brought along by the slovenly senior brother, so they were clearly related to that immortal Changsheng.

"These are Senior Sisters Lin Xia'er and Yun Yuchan from the Jade Dragon Sect of the East Sea. They are both Changsheng sisters of True Immortal Changsheng. Senior Brother Lada said that we should just address each other as senior brother and sister," Mu Zishuo introduced to Ji Ning.

"Junior Brother Ji Ning, I am Lin Xia'er, and this is my Senior Sister Yun Yuchan. I have been cultivating for almost thirty years. Is it alright if I call you Junior Brother?" Lin Xia'er said with a smile.

"Senior Sister Xia'er, Senior Sister Yu Chan." Ji Ning nodded with a smile.

He's young, and these past few days he's been calling everyone "senior brother" or "senior sister"—he's gotten used to it.

Yun Yuchan nodded slightly, but her gaze was fixed on Yu Wei: "Fire Rainbow Fairy, I am Yun Yuchan, my Daoist name Jade Cicada."

Upon hearing Yun Yuchan's voice, Yu Wei turned her head to look.

"Jade Cicada Fairy." Yu Wei smiled.

For some reason, upon seeing Yun Yuchan, a strange sense of familiarity welled up within her.

It was as if we had encountered someone of our own kind.

"Fire Rainbow Fairy, my senior sister is also a reincarnated immortal," Lin Xia'er said from the side.

Was she also a reincarnated immortal?

No wonder.

Looking at Yun Yuchan again, Yu Wei felt a sense of kinship and mutual appreciation.

A smile appeared on Yun Yuchan's lips.

As reincarnated immortals, they possessed memories of their past lives and progressed rapidly, which their fellow disciples greatly envied.

But who can truly understand the bitterness and loneliness in one's heart?

Even among those who are close to each other, there will always be an invisible boundary.

Whether it's flattery or deliberate befriending, to most people, reincarnated immortals seem like another species, an anomaly...

The five people arrived at a corner of the Dao Debate Hall.

Having shared a common experience, the two reincarnated immortals felt compassion for each other. With the help of the two lively and outgoing teenagers, Mu Zishuo and Lin Xia'er, they quickly became close friends.

This scene happened to be witnessed by a woman dressed in a simple, casual light blue Daoist robe.

The woman had long black hair and a beautiful face, but compared to Yu Wei and Yun Yuchan, she was slightly inferior to Lin Xia'er.

However, this woman possessed an extraordinary temperament, like a celestial lotus, which attracted the attention of the male disciples of the Black-White Academy around her.

"Isn't Senior Sister Yu Wei always aloof and unapproachable? Why is she standing next to Junior Brother Ji Ning the whole time? And those two women..."

The woman was hesitating whether to go over and say a few more words to Ji Ning when she heard a familiar voice beside her.

"Senior Sister Nine Lotus, why are you standing here alone?" A tall girl in a silver robe walked over. "Huo Sheng and Senior Brother Liuyun are over there. Let's go and watch the battle with Huo Sheng. Senior Brother Lata's cultivation level is too high. With Huo Sheng Brother Huosheng explaining, we can learn more."

Nine Lotus looked towards Huo Sheng Brother Huosheng, where several fellow disciples were already standing.

It wasn't just Senior Brother Huo Sheng; the top disciples of the third generation all had fellow disciples gathered around them.

They were all worried that their cultivation level was not high enough to understand the exchange of knowledge between the slovenly senior brother and the Changsheng, and they wanted to hear the explanations from the top senior brothers.

"Alright, let's go over there too." Nine Lotus and the tall girl walked towards Senior Brother Huo Sheng.

This tall girl is named Luo Qing. She came to Anchan City with Nine Lotus to study at the Black-White Academy, and they are the closest of friends.

Where Huo Sheng was, a young man in black fine clothes was overjoyed to see that Luo Qing had indeed invited Junior Sister Nine Lotus over, and immediately stood up to greet him.

"Junior Sister Nine Lotus, please sit here." The young man in black robes offered his seat, right next to Huo Sheng.

Nine Lotus gave him a slight, indifferent nod and sat down.

"Senior Brother Huo Sheng," Nine Lotus greeted the red-robed, bald man beside her.

"Junior Sister Nine Lotus," Huo Sheng responded softly, his gaze never leaving the sealing formation.

At this moment, Zhou Hao had also entered the sealing formation and leaped onto the stone pillar where the Daoists were standing.

"Senior Brother Huo Sheng, Senior Brother Sloppy will definitely win this Daoist duel, right?" Nine Lotus also looked at Slovenly True Person, who was sitting cross-legged on the stone pillar with a solemn expression.

This was the first time she had ever seen her slovenly senior brother so serious. The intense fighting spirit in his eyes made her feel a pang of fear, as if she were suffocating, even from such a distance.

This fighting spirit wasn't even directed at me; if I were on another stone pillar, even my Dao heart would probably be shaken.

"Of course Senior Brother Sloppy will win," the young man in black robes, who had been watching Nine Lotus's every move, chimed in. "Junior Sister Nine Lotus, you didn't see it. Last time Senior Brother Sloppy fought in the Dao debate, I was fortunate enough to witness it from the sidelines. His overwhelming power and the way he crushed his opponent with absolute strength are still fresh in my memory. Even Uncle Huo was completely convinced by Senior Brother Sloppy. Among the same level of Myriad Phenomena True Person, I don't believe there's anyone stronger than Senior Brother Sloppy..."

"Chen Jin, don't underestimate the people of the world." Huo Sheng shook his head. "For San Pang to be so wary, this Changsheng is no ordinary person."

As one of the disciples with the longest cultivation time and the most outstanding among the three generations of disciples, in terms of Dao heart and understanding of the Dao, many Primordial Spirit Daoist are actually inferior to him.

In terms of pure strength, even some Primordial Spirit Daoist would be defeated in front of him!

Before the rise of the Slovenly True Person, among the three generations of disciples of the Black-White Academy, only the two reincarnated immortals with longer cultivation years could be compared to him.

However, since the Slovenly True Person returned from his adventures seventy years ago and rose to prominence, not only him, but also the reincarnated immortals of the Myriad Phenomena True Person Realm, were all convinced of his Slovenly True Person.

That's because the Slovenly True Person was indeed quite extraordinary.

The fact that Senior Brother Huo Sheng and his ilk could defeat Primordial Spirit Daoist while still being Myriad Phenomena True Person would make them the number one disciples of the Black-White Academy in any other era.

But a prodigy like the Slovenly True Person... that's someone who only appears once every few years.

Even the immortals within the academy privately say that the Slovenly True Person is the disciple with the greatest potential to become a celestial immortal in this generation.

For such an unparalleled genius to take this so seriously, that Changsheng must be no ordinary person.

"Rise!"

Dao Debate Hall, the white-haired old puppet responsible for maintenance let out a loud shout.

Boom!

Immediately, ripples like clear water appeared.

A massive, dome-like enclosure completely sealed off the entire venue.

The Primordial Spirit Daoist and senior disciples of the Black-White Academy were outside the seal, while Zhou Hao and the Slovenly True Person were inside the seal.

"It's about to begin."

At this moment, everyone, from the four immortals hidden in the corner to the Primordial Spirit Daoist sitting in the outer stands of the sealed-off area, as well as the disciples of the academy, all turned their gazes to the two stone pillars facing each other.

Zhou Hao and the Slovenly True Person sat cross-legged atop stone pillars, facing each other from a distance of about a hundred feet.

The two puppets below were also a hundred feet away.

One figure was surrounded by twenty-eight round iron balls that flew around it, while the other had a dense array of sword sheaths on its back, each containing a thousand flying swords.

"This is your first time visiting the Dao Debate Hall of the Black-White Academy. I don't want to take advantage of you. You can try controlling the Thousand Sword Puppet first," the Slovenly True Person said.

"Okay." Zhou Hao nodded.

It must be admitted that this was indeed his first time controlling a puppet.

There is a slight difference between controlling a puppet and directly controlling a magical weapon. In the latter case, the divine soul and will are attached to the control center within the puppet, and then the puppet's magical weapon is controlled to perform moves through the control center.

In this way, even if the two sides have different realms, since they are using the Origin Power stored in their respective puppets, the difference in strength caused by Origin Power is eliminated, and they only compete in terms of their Dao realm and the skills of applying the Dao they have comprehended.

Of course, since it requires the use of divine will to control, the side with stronger divine will will inevitably have some advantage.

But this is already the safest and fairest way to discuss and exchange ideas.

By attaching his divine soul and will to the control center within the puppet, Zhou Hao suddenly felt as if he had become the Thousand Sword Puppet and was personally standing in the sparring arena.

"In the future, sects can also set up a Dao Debate Hall like this." Zhou Hao secretly praised the ingenuity of the puppet and the Dao Debate Hall, and then a thought occurred to him.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh~~~

All the flying swords behind the Thousand Sword Puppet flew out, bursting into dazzling blue light in the air.

Then I just listened.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh~~~~

A massive sword light, formed from thousands of flying swords, appeared before everyone's eyes.

Swish! Swish! Swish!... Disappearing and then reappearing repeatedly.

Each time the sword light flashed, the intervals were extremely short, and the spatial ripples caused by its movement through the void were very slight, even less intense than the fluctuations caused by the sword light's edge cutting through space.

"That is..."

The four immortals in the corner narrowed their eyes.

"It's the Heaven and Earth Great Dao!" The long-bearded old man with a tall crown carefully examined the flashing sword light and nodded. "And its cultivation level is quite high; it's probably close to the Great Dao Domain Realm."

After careful observation, the Immortal Dian Cai also spoke up, "To allow the sword light formed from a thousand flying swords to not leak out a single trace of power, and to traverse the void with almost no ripples, Zhou Hao not only possesses a very strong divine soul, far surpassing that of Primordial Spirit Daoist, but this sword light also seems to be a profound sword technique containing the Great Heaven and Earth Great Dao."

In terms of their understanding of the Heaven and Earth Great Dao, the long-bearded elder was the strongest among the four immortals, but in terms of swordsmanship, the Immortal Dian Cai was the strongest.

Having heard the details of Zhou Hao's sword light traversing the void, even before the sparring began, the four immortals knew that this Myriad Phenomena True Person named Zhou Hao was an unparalleled prodigy on par with the Slovenly True Person.

"This old man still hasn't successfully comprehended a single Great Dao to the Great Dao Domain. Are all the youngsters these days so monstrous?" the short old man muttered to himself. "It seems that little slovenly has truly met his match."

"This is a clash between two unparalleled geniuses!" The young child glanced at the other disciples. "These ordinary disciples should really be chased away. They haven't grasped a single path; watching is pointless."

"It's good for them to see, to understand how big the gap is between themselves and true peerless geniuses," the long-bearded old man sighed.

The disciples of the Black-White Academy in the Dao Debate Hall were mostly confused, not understanding why a mere sword light could cause such a change in expression from Senior Brother Huo Sheng, Senior Sister Yu Wei, and others. Even the Primordial Spirit Daoist, including the Sect Leader Azure Sea Daoist, became even more serious.

"Senior Brother Ji Ning, did you see anything?" Mu Zishuo asked in a low voice, "The sword light of Changsheng is just faster, is there anything special about it?"

"It's not that it's fast, it's that it's traversing the void. Junior brother, look more closely. The air between each flash of the sword light doesn't tremble at all. If it were truly a sword light flying by, its sharp edge should have sliced through the air..."

Ji Ning stared intently at the sword light on the field, his heart filled with shock.

"Even if I could unleash a devastating sword strike, the Immortal Changsheng could simply flash his sword and pierce through the void, slashing right through me. How would I possibly deal with that then...?"

The pride that had grown in Ji Ning's heart after comprehending the Sword Heart, defeating several senior disciples, and even cutting down Beishan Xuantang, vanished instantly.

The previously bewildered disciples of the Black-White Academy, after being reminded by their senior brothers and sisters who understood the situation, also came to their senses.

"The sword light can traverse the void, how can we fight like this?"

"Wouldn't a flash of sword light be enough to pierce through the puppet's protective layer?"

Dao Debate Hall, exclamations and discussions could be heard from all sides.

"Stop talking! Just because you can't handle it doesn't mean that Senior Brother Sloppy can't!" Eternal Spring True Person said loudly, "Look."

On the sparring field, Zhou Hao had finished experiencing the Thousand Sword Puppet. After bringing the sword light to the puppet, he faced off against the puppet of the Slovenly True Person from afar.

Meanwhile, the twenty-eight round iron beads that flew around the Slovenly True Person's Constellation Puppet suddenly transformed into four giant Turtle-Snake beasts in groups of seven in the four directions of the puppet's east, west, south, and north, as if they were being protected by the four spirits of the Dao Sect.

"The Heaven and Earth Great Dao and Earth is powerful, but it's probably not enough to defeat me." The Slovenly True Person's eyes flashed with a strange light, and his fighting spirit had been gathered to its strongest.

"This exchange of sparring and discussion... begins!"

As soon as the white-haired old man finished speaking...

Within the vast area sealed by the grand formation, the Constellation Puppet controlled by the Slovenly True Person suddenly moved.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Guarded by four enormous Turtle-Snake beasts formed from twenty-eight round iron beads, the Constellation Puppet was actually the Thousand Sword Puppet that charged directly at Zhou Hao.

The enormous tortoise shells behind the four Turtle-Snake beasts resembled four giant shields or four enormous fists, carrying unparalleled power, as if they were about to crush Zhou Hao.

"They actually controlled the Daoist puppet to directly crush him at close range?"

"To counter a sword light capable of traversing the void, Senior Brother Sloppy's approach can suppress the opponent. Otherwise, the greater the distance between them, the greater the threat posed by that Changsheng Changsheng's sword light."

"That's right. Senior Brother Sloppy is the strongest in close combat. Look at the power of these four Turtle-Snake beasts, it's truly terrifying!"

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