Defeating Kong Ning

"Who put so many cursed insects here!"

"Where is the glass lamp?"

"Oops!"

From the main hall of Kunlun came Cai Ma's panicked and frantic voice. Zhang Xuezhou looked at the cursed insects that had covered him as he moved through the passage, and with a sweep of the golden light protecting him, the cursed insects fell off layer by layer.

The entrance to the main hall was practically a hornet's nest, with countless cursed insects flying around, but what was even more worrying was that the glass lamp on the bronze chair was gone.

How do we pursue this?

Zhang Xuezhou spent too much time with the Buddha Son Shigong, and he couldn't attend to every detail.

What gave Zhang Xuezhou the biggest headache was that the rules of this century-long agreement were simply outrageous; how could he and Cai Ma possibly defend against a whole bunch of people?

Although Zhang Xuezhou was happy to take advantage of the home-field advantage swap, he was currently in a very difficult position, unable to attend to both sides.

"I chased Hongye away. The one who left the cursed insect should be Hongyi. I feel like I've heard Hongyi's voice before..."

"Ao Sheng is willing to admit defeat!"

The mirror-like light swept across the sky, followed closely by an announcement.

"It's the Wondrous Dharma Palace! Ao Sheng actually ran into my territory! Who defeated Ao Sheng there?"

After continuously eliminating participants, only a handful of contestants remained.

Zhang Xuezhou kept manipulating the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches chart to reserve positions. Whenever he used the shuttle device, people in other areas had to wait.

But deciding which direction to pursue was a headache; how could he possibly know how these people would return to Kunlun Ruins after taking the Glazed Lamp?

"Now Rulai remains, along with the masked flying demons from the Xieluosi River Holy Land and the Zoroastrians. Rulai defeat Ao Sheng. There are no traces of burned cursed insects here, so the Zoroastrians haven't come here. What's left are those flying in the sky!"

Zhang Xuezhou quickly made calculations and called out to Cai Ma twice.

He couldn't take care of Cai Ma, Cai Ma obviously couldn't come to join him.

Zhang Xuezhou had no choice but to choose the Weaver Girl's Workshop, the closest location to Kunlun Ruins, for his observations.

If he can see a flying figure in the air, it means he has found the right one.

If he couldn't see it, Zhang Xuezhou could only quickly run to the other end of the shuttle array to leave the Weaver Girl's Workshop.

A flash of light, and his body vanished, reappearing in the familiar Weaving Workshop.

After failing to clear the air with a sweeping motion, Zhang Xuezhou quickly Yufeng.

In the blink of an eye, his body had already slid several feet away.

After another journey, Zhang Xuezhou appeared at the Brocade Palace.

The Brocade Palace is a place of lush flowers, with all kinds of flowers growing in the entire secret area.

If Kunlun Ruins was a place the emperor frequently visited, then the Brocade Palace was a place where the emperor and empress could relax and unwind.

"There!"

The Brocade Palace is inhabited by several flower fairies of low intelligence. These flower fairies are ignorant of human affairs and only know how to adorn themselves with flowers and spew fragrances all day long, thus making the Brocade Palace a place where thousands of flowers bloom and smell sweet.

As Zhang Xuezhou's gaze swept across the area, he saw cultivators in the distance who clearly did not fit the characteristics of flower demons.

He traversed the wind and waves, approaching them with remarkable agility.

Explain yourself!

"My Lord, we do not know what you mean by Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches!"

"You've lived here for so long, you couldn't possibly not know this. Haven't you ever left this place in your entire lives?"

"We've always been here!"

"Lie!"

As they drew closer, the voices of the masked contestants from the Xieluosi River Holy Land conversing with the flower fairy reached their ears clearly.

The other party was indeed interrogating him and asking for directions. Seeing the hard objects in the other party's sleeves, Zhang Xuezhou reached out and touched them, and the Fish Intestine Sword was immediately grasped in his palm.

"Who?"

Compared to the reaction speed of the Buddha Son Shigong, the masked flying demon from the Xieluosi River Holy Land was indeed inferior.

Only after Zhang Xuezhou approached within three zhang (approximately 10 meters) did the other party suddenly turn around.

This prompted Zhang Xuezhou to charge forward with the Fish Intestine Sword, his short sword swiftly plunging down.

"Clang! Clang! Clang!"

The ear-piercing sounds of repeated impacts rang out, and Zhang Xuezhou felt a sharp pain surge through his body.

As a non-martial arts cultivator, he was indeed somewhat inferior in close combat. Before the Fish Intestine Sword could even pierce his opponent, he had already been struck by several swords.

But Zhang Xuezhou was never a normal cultivator.

After enduring the opponent's rapid counterattack, his Fish Intestine Sword finally reached the opponent's body.

As the sword thrust forward, Zhang Xuezhou saw flashes of red, yellow, and green light on his opponent's body, and the Fish Intestine Sword in his hand almost slipped from his grasp.

"Kong Ning!"

Zhang Xuezhou opened his eyes and finally realized the identity of the masked cultivator from the Xieluosi River Holy Land.

Kong Ning was the first speed-type cultivator Zhang Xuezhou encountered, who once forced Jin Chang to run around, but his overall strength was inferior to Emperor Jing's, which led Zhang Xuezhou to judge him as inferior to the Buddha Son Shigong.

For Zhang Xuezhou, Kong Ning will be a tough opponent, but Kong Ning will no longer feel as invincible as before.

He sheathed his Fish Gut Sword and threw a punch with his backhand.

Kong Ning's demonic Divine Ability, the Three-Colored Light, can knock away treasures and weapons, but it cannot knock away his physical strength.

In exchange for taking a hit, Zhang Xuezhou landed a punch on Kong Ning.

Speed-type cultivators rarely possess powerful physical bodies, whether it's Emperor Jing, Kong Ning, or the Buddha Son Shigong; the immense power brought by his physical body technique erupts instantly.

"Damn it, you Immortal Court are truly despicable!"

Kong Ning was sent flying by a punch, and three-colored light and Yao Qi instantly filled his entire body.

"Hand over the glass lamp and admit defeat!"

Zhang Xuezhou strode forward in pursuit, throwing punches repeatedly as he shouted.

The two short swords stabbed him several times, but he was powerless to pull them back.

"If I hadn't lost Swallows Fly Together, I would have stabbed eight holes in your body!"

Kong Ning cursed angrily.

After being relentlessly attacked by Zhang Xuezhou, her body was in a state of Qi and Blood and disarray. What was more troublesome was that, being caught in this attack, she found it extremely difficult to adjust her physical strength and escape quickly.

It was as if the opponent knew where she needed to increase her Yao Qi energy and control her power; each strike caused her body to collapse and become chaotic.

Unless she can withstand the blows and fight back with her physical strength, she will be unable to mount an effective counterattack.

Strength was not Kong Ning's forte; when striking her opponents, she focused more on the sharpness of Swallows Fly Together's short sword.

Without his once-favored divine weapon, the short sword, Kong Ning's weaknesses were Infinite, making him extremely passive when encountering speed-type cultivators skilled in defense and wielding divine weapons.

After taking three punches in quick succession, Kong Ning's head swayed, his mask and clothes shattered, and his demonic body quickly emerged, revealing a two-zhang-tall black bird.

Compared to her human form, her demonic body is more suited to hand-to-hand combat.

After she transformed into her demonic form, her opponent, who was eight feet tall, was not even as tall as her thigh, making it extremely difficult for him to launch an effective attack.

Kong Ning Zhongzheng planning the battle after revealing his demonic form when he saw his opponent sway as well. His aged body broke free from the Immortal Court's robes and transformed directly into a human body three zhang tall.

The change from Kong Ning looking down to quickly looking up was almost instantaneous.

"Hey!"

A fist the size of a human head fell, continuing its strike towards the acupoints where the demon's body could exert its power. A hint of despair flashed in Kong Ning's eyes.

She flapped her wings, then swooped down frantically.