The road is vague

Chapter 81: Flying Needle Attack
Today is the fifth day of the final examination, the qualifying round for the top 8 out of 16.

Li Mo came to the main hall of the training hall and looked at today's assessment list.

He first found his opponent, who turned out to be Guo Hongjuan, the female cultivator whom Lu Tianyou had let down because of his unfaithfulness during the Enlightenment Hall period.

At that time, Li Mo thought she looked like a colorful snake, but later it turned out that Li Mo was wrong.

After Lu Tianyou let Guo Hongjuan down, she got together with a second-year senior. Now, that senior has naturally graduated and started working, and no one knows where he has gone.

"She actually made it to the top 16. It seems like Guo Hongjuan has improved a lot since following that senior brother."

Li Mo thought as a matter of course.

After all, this was the final exam for the third grade, where the top 16 would advance to the next 8. Especially after witnessing Yang Zhiman's sudden rise last year, Li Mo believed that the exam list still had some value.

Anyone who can make it into the top sixteen should possess considerable strength, and their cultivation should be at least at the seventh level of Qi training.

So he looked at the other battle lists.

When he saw Ye Yimeng fighting against Jiang Sheng, he was shocked at first. When he saw Ye Fuhu fighting against Yang Zhiman, he showed some anticipation. However, when he saw many unfamiliar names, he frowned.

This made Li Mo feel a little self-doubt.

"This class of disciples has changed so drastically?"

After walking to Shenshu Square, Li Mo found Wang Feng. Ye Xuan was also there, chatting and laughing quietly with Zhu Yidan.

"Wang Feng."

"Good morning, Li Mo, sit here."

Li Mo smiled and sat next to Wang Feng.

"I want to ask you something. There are many disciples on the assessment list this time who I don't know. Do you know them?"

“There are a few I don’t know either.”

Wang Feng was speechless.

"You said I lost during the second-year end-of-year exam, but this time it's the final exam. And the next day I ran into that Jiang Sheng. This guy must have reached the tenth level of Qi training. I really can't beat him."

Wang Feng's words immediately drew laughter from Ye Xuan and Zhu Yidan next to him.

"I thought, if I lose, I lose. It's just bad luck. But look, those guys whose cultivation is not as good as mine actually made it into the top 16. I was almost pissed off!"

Wang Feng was really complaining bitterly.

He pointed at several people on the list with an indignant look.

"That Wu Xin is only at the sixth level of Qi training and hasn't broken through the bottleneck of the seventh level. A few days ago, when Tao Ran and I were drinking, he told me that his goal this time was to make it to the top 32!"

Li Mo was shocked when he heard this.

With Wu Xin's cultivation level of the sixth level of Qi training, it was indeed a bit of a stretch for him to make it into the top sixteen.

After all, according to the calculations based on the final examinations of previous years, among the more than 200 disciples in this class, at least 30 should have broken through to the seventh level of Qi training or above.

Then the two of them whispered for a while.

Li Mo discovered from Wang Feng's complaints that many outstanding disciples in this class had encountered difficulties in advance and were eliminated first.

What happened to Chen Yu two days ago is not an isolated case.

Li Mo, on the other hand, hasn't met any decent strong man these days. His luck is simply ridiculously good.

"Who is your opponent today?"

"Guo Hongjuan."

After thinking for a while, Wang Feng suddenly said "Oh" in a long voice.

"That Hong Guo, she has a companion who is an inner disciple working in the Talisman Making Hall. I remember now."

"How strong is she?"

"It's not bad. She has a lot of good stuff on her. They must have been temporarily borrowed from her partner. But her cultivation level seems to be only the sixth level of Qi training."

When Li Mo heard this, the corner of his eye twitched.

Even he sensed something was amiss.

Next.

As the assessment officially began, disciples entered the arena for the first and second grade groups, as well as the third grade group, at the same time.

In the third grade group's arena, the two opponents are Shi Yongjie and Zhang Chenxi.

Both of them have reached the seventh level of Qi training, and can be said to be evenly matched.

After the battle between the two sides lasted for half an incense stick of time, Shi Yongjie barely defeated Zhang Chenxi and entered the quarterfinals.

If the fight between Shi Yongjie and Zhang Chenxi was considered average, then the fight between the next two Qi training level six disciples was really disappointing.

Li Mo didn't know either of these two people.

However, there is obviously a huge gap between the sixth level of Qi training and the seventh level of Qi training. After the two sides fought for a quarter of an incense stick of time, one of them won and entered the top eight.

Next it was Li Mo and Guo Hongjuan's turn to perform.

As Li Mo stepped into the barrier, the noise outside stopped abruptly.

He looked at the female cultivator opposite him who was wearing a crane cloak and a white snow silk skirt, with extremely aggressive eyes and eyebrows. As a good friend of Lu Tianyou, he felt quite guilty towards this woman.

Guo Hongjuan was also looking at Li Mo and snorted.

"It's Lu Tianyou's good fortune to have a cousin like you. Look at what he's become now. I was so blind that I actually believed his sweet words."

Li Mo looked a little embarrassed.

"Fairy Guo, please forgive me. Tianyou, he really did let you down."

"Call me Hongguo from now on."

Guo Hongjuan saluted.

"Brother Li, you are a man who understands things. I respect you for both your cultivation and your character."

Li Mo nodded.

As the competition began, Guo Hongjuan let out a delicate cry and summoned a flying sword.

Li Mo continued to summon the mutant demon wolf king to rush forward.

After a brief contact between the two sides, the Demon Wolf King gained an absolute advantage, forcing Guo Hongjuan to retreat step by step. She had to offer a large number of talismans to try to force back the mutated Demon Wolf King. These talismans were obviously given by her partner in the Talisman Making Hall, but they only caused some slight obstacles to the mutated Demon Wolf King and slightly delayed the time of defeat.

Li Mo is very familiar with this combat mode.

As Guo Hongjuan's magic power continued to operate, Li Mo easily saw through her cultivation level. It turned out that she was only at the sixth level of Qi training.

After about thirty breaths, Guo Hongjuan reached her limit.

Seeing the mutant demon wolf king leap up and knock away her silver shield magic weapon with one claw, Guo Hongjuan was about to be defeated. Suddenly, she let out a delicate cry, and when Li Mo was most relaxed, she shot out a flying needle magic weapon, which was aimed directly at Li Mo!

The flying needle is incredibly fast.

This type of magic weapon cannot be defended with magic aura, otherwise it will be easily penetrated.

Li Mo in the distance was slightly stunned.

Even he didn't expect that the other party would be so cunning.

The soft words the other party said before were probably just to make him relax his guard. All the means displayed by the other party were just for this flying needle attack.

Fortunately, Li Mo's previous experience in the Eighteen Mountains had shaped his cautious fighting style. Although he possessed overwhelming strength and appeared to be standing there casually, he did not relax after entering the arena. Instead, he opened his spiritual eyes and carefully observed and learned from his opponent's strengths.

Ding.

There was a crisp sound from the blue steel shield.

After the flying needle magic weapon was blocked, Li Mo gently grabbed it and clamped it between the slender index finger and middle finger of his right hand. He observed the texture of the flying needle, the spiritual power veins, and the rune characteristics with a little curiosity through his spiritual eyes.

No matter how Guo Hongjuan summoned it, it was of no use. The flying needle was always imprisoned by the spiritual power between Li Mo's fingers.

Seeing this, Guo Hongjuan's eyes were filled with despair.

Immediately afterwards, the mutant demon wolf king swung out with a claw, and Guo Hongjuan disappeared in a white light, appearing outside the ring with a pale face.

"Li Mosheng!"

Li Mo nodded to the referee and left the ring with ease.

"Red fruit."

Guo Hongjuan turned her head and saw that it was Li Mo. There was still some fear in her eyes, as if she had not yet recovered from the battle. Fortunately, her partner came over and comforted her.

"I'll give you the flying needles."

After hearing this, Guo Hongjuan finally reacted and looked apologetic.

"I'm sorry, Senior Brother Li Mo."

"That's not necessary. Your strategy was very successful, but unfortunately your cultivation level is a little lacking."

This silver-gray flying needle, which was less than two inches long, was lifted up by Li Mo's spiritual power and flew lightly into Guo Hongjuan's hand.

Guo Hongjuan took the flying needle and looked delighted.

Li Mo nodded and said goodbye, but he was secretly alert in his heart, reminding himself to be careful of sneak attacks from this kind of flying needle magic weapon in the future. Then, amid the constant calls from the nearby disciples, he came to Wang Feng again.

Wang Feng raised his eyebrows and came closer.

"This little girl is really... Ouch!"

"Don't say bad words!"

After twisting Wang Feng's arm, Ye Xuan looked at Li Mo in disbelief.

"Junior Brother Li, what is your level of cultivation? It was truly dangerous just now. If it were me, I wouldn't have been able to react at all. That flying needle magic weapon was so fast. You were able to react in such a short time. You are truly amazing!"

Zhu Yidan also echoed.

"Yeah, I didn't even see the flying needle."

Li Mo shook his head and chuckled.

"This is actually thanks to Wang Feng's reminder. I knew in advance that she had a lot of magical weapons on her, so I always have to be careful."

At this time.

The competition between Ye Yimeng and Jiang Sheng officially began.

Not only Li Mo, all the spectators were attracted by the battle and looked towards the arena.

Jiang Sheng’s magic weapon is still a small tripod with three legs and two ears, but compared to the small tripod he used during the second-year year-end assessment, this small tripod is obviously more refined and has stronger spiritual power.

This was most likely made by him personally.

At this moment, Jiang Sheng suddenly summoned eleven fire crows in one breath, and the power of each fire crow seemed to have increased a little, and they kept circling above his head.

Ye Yimeng's performance was average, relying on flying sword and mirror magic tools to fight against it.

After the two sides fought for half an incense stick of time, Ye Yimeng suddenly stopped.

"Brother Jiang, please show some mercy. I admit defeat!"

Jiang Sheng was stunned when he heard this.

He frowned.

"Fairy Ye, I know your strength is far greater than this. Even if I lose today, it's because I'm not good enough in martial arts. I won't blame you. Feel free to attack with confidence."

Ye Yimeng smiled gently under the mask.

"Of course I know what kind of person Senior Brother Jiang is, but this incident happened for a reason, and it wasn't because of Senior Brother Jiang. I really don't want to fight anymore. Goodbye."

Say it.

Ye Yimeng actually tore off the talisman on her own initiative, and her body turned into a ray of light and disappeared.

"Jiang Shengsheng!"

Following the referee's decision, many spectators were shocked.

Anyone could see that Ye Yimeng did not use her full strength in this fight. She did not even release the spiritual bird.

The crowd below the stage was talking a lot, and the several Jindan cultivators on the stage couldn't help but whisper to each other.

However, in the eyes of these Jindan stage cultivators, since Ye Qing, the protagonist, did not say anything, they naturally would not say much. They were just a little surprised and did not understand why the Ye family had to give way to the Jiang family.

The following battle between Ye Fuhu and Yang Zhiman was equally matched and exciting.

The two sides fought for a full incense stick of time.

During this period, both sides not only used all their magical instruments, spells and talismans, but in the end it turned out to be a contest between the Biao King and the bee swarm, a collision of secret techniques.

Ye Fuhu roared and rode on King Biao. The spiritual power of the man and the tiger formed a cycle, and their momentum increased dramatically.

Yang Zhiman also had an amazing method. He actually let a specially trained queen bee sting him to get a strong stimulation, which suddenly increased his strength.

It is still difficult for both sides to defeat each other!

As the magic power of both parties was almost exhausted, the spirit stones in their hands were no longer enough to replenish the lost magic power. Ye Fuhu took out a mysterious pill and asked King Biao to swallow it to quickly restore his magic power.

Yang Zhiman took out a piece of honeycomb and started chewing it.

The two sides continued to fight.

In the end, Ye Fuhu's mana recovery speed was obviously faster, and he defeated Yang Zhiman.

"It's so exciting."

Even Li Mo couldn't help but be immersed in it. After the battle between the two sides ended, he applauded and cheered loudly with the people around him, showing admiration.

From the perspective of skills and methods, the performances of these two people can be described as exceptionally outstanding.

Wang Feng sighed.

"As expected of the Ye family, this is their heritage."

Ye Xuan, who was standing next to him, couldn't help but roll her eyes at him when she heard that.

"Of course. The Ye family's heritage is not comparable to those of smaller families. The pill Ye Fuhu just took is a spiritual pill that can quickly restore the mana of a Qi training cultivator. It's enough to turn the tide at a critical moment. Moreover, he even developed a unique secret technique that allowed spirit beasts to swallow the pill, avoiding backlash. It's truly remarkable."

Li Mo was shocked when he heard this. Yang Zhiman's defeat was not unfair.

However, Ye Fuhu probably couldn't have too many such precious pills on him, and maybe this was even his only one. After all, although the Ye family was wealthy and powerful, they also had quite a few disciples.

This also confirms from another perspective that Ye Yimeng is letting the game go.

After all, no matter from which angle you look at it, Ye Yimeng's status in the Ye family is not comparable to Ye Fuhu's.

The Ye family's behavior was indeed a bit strange.

(End of this chapter)