If I upgrade, I can win prizes

Chapter 481 The First Round Begins

"Here, this is a hairpin that can be used as a hairpin. It can record all the images within a hundred feet around you."

"This is a Pure Land Talisman. A little bit of spiritual energy can activate it and form a pure land around you that is invulnerable to all kinds of attacks. However, using it means you have given up. We will take you out."

"The other one is the Soul Protection Jade, which is paired with the Pure Land Talisman. If you fail to react in time and are seriously injured, as long as your soul is involved, it will automatically activate to protect your soul and activate the Pure Land Talisman."

"Don't worry. My Brahma sect is best at bringing back the dead to life. As long as your soul is not extinguished, it will be very easy to rebuild your body. But you may need to rebuild your strength."

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Finally, after taking my wife to visit several tourist spots in Jinfofan City and checking out all the major vegetarian restaurants, the once-in-a-century event of the Tianjiao Competition finally began.

I feel that my wife could also participate in this kind of competition to relax, but unfortunately my wife has no sect or school, so she cannot participate. Even if she is a casual cultivator, she has to borrow the qualifications of other sects, or get an invitation from a large sect. The place is precious.

As one of the contestants, Lu Ang received a set of novice suits from the elders of Brahma Temple.

I heard from several geniuses from small families nearby that the configuration this time is much higher than the previous ones. Previously, Haoran Academy and Donghuang Palace only gave a jade pendant. I think it was because the number of casualties last time was too exaggerated, so the Brahma Sect had to learn from the lesson and invest some money.

After taking these things and sensing them a little, I found that they were all fifth-level magic weapons without exception, full of spirituality, especially the Pure Land Talisman. I could faintly hear the Sanskrit chanting, which made people calm their minds.

As a newly registered sect with little fame, although the Xianlian Sect is a sixth-level sect, the quality of the geniuses around Lu Ang is obviously not high. A rough perception shows that most of them are at the peak of foundation building or the early stage of golden elixir. They are typical cannon fodder and little Karami, just to make up the numbers.

Lu Ang always asked questions. He looked at a young swordsman at the peak of the foundation building stage next to him and said, "Hey, you guys are only at the peak of the foundation building stage. I see there are several Yuanying over there. It's obvious that you can't win a place. What are you doing participating in this Tianjiao Conference?"

"Didn't your elders tell you?" Lu Ang used the [False Form] magical power, and the realm he revealed was only the Golden Core. The young sword cultivator replied coldly: "Isn't it for those resources? How can our small sects have such magical secret realms? Normally, we have to break a pill into two halves before eating. Let alone the bottle of Vajra Glazed Pill, we can earn enough money for the journey by picking some spiritual flowers and herbs in those secret realms. If we pick a few more, we will make money!"

"Yeah, aren't those big sects fighting for fame? Let their own geniuses become famous and have some luck added to them. Without us to set off, how can they show how powerful they are?" Another sturdy man with a big knife on his back also interrupted: "No matter what, as long as they let some of it slip through their fingers, we won't lose anything!"

"Yes, although it is a little dangerous, as long as you survive, there are still some benefits." Others also became interested in talking: "So many people died in the Brahma Sect last time, but who of those who survived didn't reap all the benefits? The one from the Mosha Sect was just a foundation-building stage before, but he was lucky enough to awaken his innate wisdom. After returning, he was promoted to the Nascent Soul stage in just 30 years and became the sect leader directly!"

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In the midst of everyone's hopeful chat, the Long-browed Bodhisattva of the Brahma Temple revealed his Dharma body and appeared in mid-air, attracting the attention of all the geniuses who were concentrated on the chest of the Golden Buddha, and of course, the attention of other spectators who were located in various parts of the Golden Buddha.

He was an old man who looked quite old. His khaki cassock felt a bit heavy, his long white eyebrows reached down to his waist, and his beard was all white. He looked very kind, and judging by his facial features, he was indeed the kind of representative of the event organizer that people could trust.

His voice was also old and gentle: "The Tianjiao Competition is a blessing for our human race. The Tianjiao from all sects have gathered. I hope that all Tianjiao can hone their wills and gain Buddha's affinity in this competition, and make contributions to our human race's great cause of resisting the demon race in the future..."

Finally, he waved his hand, and a hundred-foot-wide light gate appeared in the sky beside him. "Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. The first round of this competition is one of the eight hells that I specially requested from the Samsara Temple, including the Hungry Ghost Hell."

"You may not have heard of this Hungry Ghost Prison. It is a very dangerous secret place outside the heavens. It is full of evil ghosts of different species who choose to devour people. The most powerful evil ghosts have even reached the Return to Void Realm. They are extremely terrifying."

"The purpose of this trial is very simple. Everyone can stay in this Hungry Ghost Prison for a total of eighteen days to save the evil ghosts. You can also kill them. There is a record of the hairpin. The one thousand strongest geniuses who kill the most hungry ghosts can enter the next round."

"I know that this secret realm is indeed terrifying. The evil spirits in the Return to Void Realm are not something that everyone can resist. Therefore, we have already designated a trial area of ​​10,000 miles in radius and set up a formation to ensure that there are no evil spirits in the Return to Void Realm in the formation. Even in the Transformation Realm, there are only six of them."

"Don't worry. Our Brahma Sect has obtained this secret realm of the Eight Hells for more than 80,000 years. We are very familiar with it and will not miss it. In addition, there are some unique spiritual materials in this Hungry Ghost Hell. There is also a chance to get some soul beads after killing hungry ghosts. They are excellent auxiliary spiritual objects for honing the soul and practicing the secret arts of the soul. You can take them for yourself."

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After he finished talking, everyone understood what he meant. It was obvious that Fanmen was taking the safe route this time, and the first round of competition was the simplest PVE monster book competition.

As long as everyone has the nerve to fight and doesn't take risks, and with the few life-saving magic weapons, it is almost impossible for anyone to die. By then, most of the geniuses from small sects who are just making up the numbers will be eliminated, and in the next round, we can try some slightly more dangerous activities.

With a wave of the hand of the Long-browed Bodhisattva, a lotus seat phantom appeared under the feet of all the geniuses and led everyone into the light gate.

Behind the light gate was a blood-red altar, and next to the altar was burning magma. Disciples from the Great Vajra Temple cleared a path in the magma, guiding everyone to the altar, and then disappeared one by one on this huge altar located in the center of the magma lake.

The speed was very fast. Soon, it was Lu Ang's turn. After a familiar feeling of dizziness, he found himself in a dark land.

It was bare everywhere, without any plants. The sky was blood red, with no sun, moon or stars, only large patches of blood red clouds.

There was no one else around, so it seemed like a random teleportation. I didn't know what technology the altar used. As for the legendary hungry ghost, Lu Ang immediately found it after walking up a hill about ten meters high.

Not far away, on the black land, there were seven or eight strange creatures wandering around. They were covered in gray skin and looked like humans, but their hands and feet were extremely thick, and their heads, especially their mouths, were exaggeratedly large.

These creatures were extremely sensitive. Almost at the same time when Lu Ang discovered them, they turned their heads and looked towards Lu Ang.

Then, they immediately landed on the ground, and rushed over as fast as horses, like tigers and leopards chasing antelopes, and a strong sense of malice also came over. Lu Ang still had a hairpin on his head, so of course he couldn't use the space phase, but he didn't feel how strong these hungry ghosts were, so he didn't plan to show his true strength, and took out the Houyi bow from the ring.

The lightning turned into arrows and eight arrows were fired at once.

Each arrow hit the heads of these hungry ghosts very accurately, and the power of thunder exploded, blowing their entire bodies into pieces.

This hungry ghost is a bit weak. It seems that he is only in the middle stage of foundation building. His body is still tough and he was not shattered into powder by the golden elixir-level thunder. It is already amazing.

Even though the golden light passed by, the so-called soul beads were not found among the broken pieces of meat on the ground. They were all dry and had a strong fishy smell, which made people feel sick.

He sensed the concentration of spiritual energy in this secret realm again. It was not high, about the lower level of the fourth grade, which was acceptable. However, in such a ghost place, Lu Ang would not take the risk of absorbing external spiritual energy to recover. He took out a medium-grade spirit stone.

Since the monsters were so easy to beat, Lu Ang didn't hesitate. He used the golden light slightly and began to search for hungry ghosts around to accumulate some points.

After fighting monsters for several hours, Lu Ang basically summed up some of the characteristics of these hungry ghosts: they all look similar, and the lowest realm is the early stage of foundation building, but after the golden elixir, their bodies will become larger, and lines of various colors will appear on their bodies. They can release simple spells and are extremely aggressive towards humans.

However, the senses of these guys are also very limited. As long as you completely activate the breath-concealing technique, or adjust your [fake form] to make the spiritual energy fluctuations on your body disappear, then even if they are within dozens of meters, these hungry ghosts will not be able to detect you.

The strongest hungry ghost discovered so far is in the Nascent Soul stage. The lines on its body have become connected into one, and there is an inexplicable khaki halo surrounding it, which makes people dizzy, as if it is an attack on the soul.

But it didn't seem difficult to deal with. He took out the purple lightning hammer and turned into thunder. He might be able to kill it with one hammer. But in order not to expose his strength, Lu Ang still endured it and quietly avoided its territory.

Lu Ang did not kill monsters at a high intensity. When he saw evil ghosts in the Foundation Establishment stage, he would kill them in large numbers. When he saw evil ghosts in the Golden Core stage, he would fight with them only if they were small, had few patterns, and were alone, and then kill them.

As for stronger ones, even if they are in the middle stage of Jindan, Lu Ang would not choose to attack them. Instead, he would use the breath-concealing technique to avoid them, trying his best to be consistent with his identity in the early stage of Jindan.

During this period, Lu Ang also met some other geniuses who were killing monsters. Some of them killed monsters alone, while more of them formed teams.

To be honest, they are indeed the geniuses of the sect, with rich practical experience. When they cooperate with each other, even if there are several people at the peak of the foundation building stage, they can kill the golden elixir hungry ghosts together without any damage. They are indeed capable.

Lu Ang did not open the space phase, so they naturally saw it. Some Jindan teams also sent invitations, but without exception, they were all rejected by Lu Ang.

He didn't want to waste time here, nor did he care about the number of monsters he killed. He had his goals.

After gaining a basic understanding of this secret realm, Lu Ang came to an area where there was no one around, and finally activated his own secret longevity technique "Tracking Technique".

The same level of divination consumes very little life, but after spending more than two years, Lu Ang knew the locations of those geniuses who had a way of seeking death.

This first round of trials lasted for eighteen days, so there was plenty of time and no speed was shown. While killing monsters, Lu Ang approached one of the targets.

That was the one closest to him, the young patriarch of the Zhurong clan. His realm was also the early Nascent Soul stage, and he was teamed up with two Nascent Soul stage geniuses. The three of them were working together to fight a giant evil ghost in the middle Nascent Soul stage.

I saw the young chief Zhurong wielding a giant axe burning with flames. Every chopped axe was surrounded by the roars of tigers and leopards. Countless flames turned into special effects such as tiger heads and lion heads, and chopped fiercely on the Nascent Soul hungry ghost.

One of the other two was a sword cultivator, with a set of eighteen flying swords forming a mysterious sword formation, constantly emitting sword energy like rain and waterfalls. The other one pressed his hands on the ground, watching without launching any attacks, but the hands and feet of the Nascent Soul hungry ghost were often tightly wrapped by the rocks growing out of the black soil, and it needed to struggle for several seconds to break free.

Although the Nascent Soul hungry ghost had a strong physique and could emit extremely poisonous purple smoke from time to time, with the tacit cooperation of the three people, the wounds on his body became more and more, and his roars became weaker and weaker. It looked like he would be killed soon.

Lu Ang watched for a while and confirmed the strength of the Zhurong young patriarch, but did not take action immediately. Instead, he turned around and walked in another direction.

After two days of leisurely traveling while killing monsters, Lu Ang finally found the genius of the Lihuo Sect.

He did not choose to form a team. He just controlled an orange-red spirit bead that was obviously not an ordinary object. He stepped on a magic circle of a flaming bear and sent out powerful fireballs of different sizes, attacking a Nascent Soul hungry ghost.

Those fireballs were indeed powerful and had a strong knockback effect. In the explosions, the Nascent Soul evil ghost covered in spikes could not even attack him. He also dodged the sudden charges flexibly by turning his body into flames and emerging from a fireball, fully demonstrating the kite ability of a wizard.

It can be predicted that within ten minutes at most, this Nascent Soul hungry ghost will die in his hands.

Lu Ang roughly estimated his strength. His attack power was not worse than that of the late Nascent Soul stage. His defense was not very high, but his body movements were agile, especially the secret method of shuttling through the flames, which was a bit difficult to handle.

Although he was alone, Lu Ang did not choose to take action. Just like before, he observed for a while and then avoided him.

There is no other way. In this environment, especially with the Liuyingchai monitoring us, it is really difficult to kill someone silently. Even if I kill him, it will be easy to suspect me, which will affect my chances of winning the championship.

Once again, he killed monsters in a low-key manner and traveled secretly. After another three days, Lu Ang finally found the most important target this time: the genius of the Five Thunder Sect, Xie Bian.

(End of this chapter)