After her trick failed, Lan Zhi adopted a solemn expression and faced the enemy before her more seriously.
The failure of her first plan had been within her expectations. After all, Xiao Chubei, whom Qi Dian had faced in his previous match, had used the same move, and Qi Dian had already been on guard then.
Lan Zhi immediately changed tack and launched her second plan.
With another turn of the Celadon Porcelain Branch in her hand, a mass of thick vines suddenly burst from the ground beneath Qi Dian!
The shield formed by heavenly net nine-turn astral qi certainly had no gaps through which the vines beneath his feet could enter. But those vines contained tremendous power, forcibly lifting Qi Dian along with his outer Astral Qi Shield!
The Astral Qi Shield resembled a murky-colored sphere, tightly entwined and covered by vine after vine until it was completely enclosed. Then the pillar of vines swung backward, about to fling the sphere out of the arena!
Although a dog could find nowhere to bite a tortoise, and the tortoise's head had not been lured out either, this was a tournament match, after all. Tossing the entire tortoise off the platform would secure victory without any need to smash his shell!
This was the second plan Lan Zhi had prepared for Qi Dian.
Whoosh-
According to the rules, if a contestant was knocked outside the platform, their body had to touch the ground before it counted as a loss. Merely leaving the platform did not warrant defeat.
In Yue Wen's earlier battle with Li Flying Rosy Clouds, for instance, both had disappeared from the platform, but one had merely turned invisible while the other had entered a spatial rift. Neither had violated the rules.
For cultivators, accomplishing this before an opponent