Ascending to Immortality by Slaying Spirits

Chapter 221 - One Punch Kill
The Duel Platform was specially set up by the Xuantian Sect for its disciples to fight.

The Xuantian Sect has tens of thousands of direct disciples, not to mention the branch sects.

With so many people, it's only a matter of time before some sordid things happen between them.

Therefore, sects definitely need a place for people to settle their grudges, and the dueling platform was built for this purpose.

Because Lin Le and Ming Xiaozi arrived so abruptly, their arrival did not attract much attention.

It wasn't until the elder in charge announced that this was a duel between the true disciples of Tianqing and Tianxing that people realized the truth.

By the time the news spread and more people wanted to watch, the competition had already come to an end.

The moment arrived, and under the watchful eyes of the law enforcement elders, Lin Le and Ming Xiaozi swore that they would not take each other's lives or destroy each other's foundations on the dueling platform.

At this moment, some sharp-eyed people noticed that an elder at the Nascent Soul stage had actually been dispatched, and they couldn't help but discuss it among themselves.

"Hey, who are those two? They actually had Elder Zhanhai as the referee," an inner disciple asked his companion.

“I know the older one. He’s a true disciple of Mingxiao from Tianxing Peak, at the third stage of the Nascent Soul realm,” his companion said. “But I’ve heard he doesn’t have a very good reputation and likes to suppress others.”

After a moment's thought, he added, "That one who looks like he hasn't grown up yet should be the recently famous Spirit Pearl disciple. Among so many disciples, apart from Tian Tong Peak, only he has such a distinctive appearance."

"Then why did these two suddenly start fighting?" an inner disciple asked.

His companion shrugged: "Who knows? But it's probably that the disciple from Tianxing Peak who's causing trouble. After all, that disciple from Lingzhu is now so wealthy that it's enough to make people envious."

"Before, he stayed at home, so naturally no one dared to come to his door. That Tianqing Sect Leader is very sharp with his sword. I heard he even killed his own fellow disciples before. But now that he's out, hey, naturally people are coming to his door like locusts."

Even if half of the wealth of a meridian is lost, it is still a tremendous fortune. It is normal for some people to be envious of Lin Le.

This is only possible because it's within the Xuan Tian Sect; otherwise, even a Nascent Soul Dao Lord would have to take on the role of a Tribulation Cultivator.

"So who do you think will win and who will lose?" the inner disciple asked.

Looking at the two preparing, his companion pondered for a moment and said, "It should be... the true teachings of the Spirit Pearl."

He spoke the second half of his sentence slowly, because the outcome had already been decided in the time it took him to finish speaking.

As soon as the elder in charge of the referee gave the order, Lin Le took the lead and instantly appeared in front of Ming Xiaozi, then threw a punch.

Mingxiaozi's pupils contracted. He hadn't expected Lin Le to be so fast, so fast that he hadn't even had time to react.

The fist, falling into his eyes, seemed like a ferocious dragon roaring.

boom!
The clouds burst open, leaving a black line, followed by a loud thud.

Mingxiaozi was already stuck to the defensive formation. The people around him were all seasoned fighters, and it was obvious at a glance that Mingxiaozi's bones and muscles were completely shattered.

For a Nascent Soul cultivator, this kind of injury, while not considered a damage to their foundation, still takes a considerable amount of time to repair.

With that one move, everyone knew that the outcome was already decided.

Lin Le stood still, turned to look at the elder beside him, and the elder glanced at him and said, "The Spirit Pearl True Disciple wins!"

Lin Le flicked his sleeves, as if sweeping away something dirty, then turned and left without glancing at Ming Xiaozi once.

This silent mockery caused Mingxiaozi's blood to rush to his head, and he vomited a mouthful of blood and fainted.

Watching Lin Le fly away on a cloud, the inner disciple nudged his companion with his elbow: "How did you guess that?"

He asked his companion how he guessed that Lin Le would win.

"Because he dared to fight a veteran disciple like Mingxiaozi, he must have some confidence." His companion gazed at the distant auspicious cloud in the sky, his voice full of shock. "But I didn't expect him to be so monstrous, actually defeating Mingxiaozi with a single punch!" The news of the battle quickly spread throughout the peaks, which made some people with ulterior motives feel a chill. Mingxiaozi was only considered average among the disciples, but to defeat him with a single punch was something that no average disciple could do; he was at least a top disciple.

Some initiatives were aborted halfway through.

This was exactly what Lin Le wanted—to make an example of someone to deter others, so that those disgusting things wouldn't keep coming to his door.
As for the consequences of revealing his strength, Lin Le didn't care, since the strength he revealed was less than one-tenth of his normal strength.

Thinking that this was all his strength, Lin Le was happy to take more killings and merits.

After returning to his cave dwelling and handing over some resources to Ling Muzhu, Lin Le began to process his share.

The first items were the essence blood of the Savage Dragon and the essence blood of the Azure Fire Phoenix, both of which came from the Out-of-Body Demon Lord.

Lin Le swallowed the essence blood of the savage dragon and used his Dragon Painting Eyes Divine Power to refine it.

The remaining will of the Savage Dragon within the essence of the Savage Dragon was activated, attempting to impact Lin Le's sea of ​​consciousness.

Within the sea of ​​consciousness, the savage dragon stood upright, attempting to bite the Primordial World-Burning True Man who sat cross-legged in the center.

The real man simply stretched out one hand and slapped it, and the dragon's will instantly collapsed.

The dragon's essence and blood dissipated, merging into Lin Le's flesh and magic in a strange manner.

After refining, Lin Le placed his hand on the ground and applied slight pressure. A circular crack appeared on the ground, and the crack was very regular.

"Not bad, not bad at all, worthy of being a representative of the demon race, the path of strength." Lin Le nodded slightly.

The finishing touch adds another characteristic: vibration.

Next came the essence and blood of the Azure Fire Phoenix.

Lin Le swallowed it, and it felt like drinking a mouthful of water infused with chili peppers; it was quite spicy.

Its essence and blood will were activated, attempting to impact Lin Le's sea of ​​consciousness, but just like before, it was directly extinguished by a single palm strike from the Primordial World-Burning True Man.

The essence and blood of the Azure Fire Phoenix dissipated, and like the essence and blood of the Savage Dragon, merged into Lin Le's body.

Lin Le opened his palm, and wind and fire gathered in his hand, forming a strange bluish-red color.

After all, it wasn't the entire Azure Fire Luan Bird, but only a portion of its essence and blood; it was only barely able to obtain its beast fire, the Wind Spirit Fire.

He clasped his hands together, strained his muscles, and blood-red dragon patterns appeared on his arms. The dragon patterns seemed to be alive, constantly swirling and rotating on his arms.

"My strength has improved by ten percent." Lin Le released his grip, and the dragon pattern disappeared beneath his skin.

Next comes the upgrade of the spirit weapon.

First, the Qiankun Ring was upgraded to a perfect mid-grade spiritual weapon by consuming nearly 20,000 merits. Then, it was upgraded to a perfect high-grade spiritual weapon by consuming nearly 60,000 merits. Finally, it was upgraded to a top-grade spiritual weapon with twenty-eight major restrictions by consuming another 20,000 merits.

The merit of the underground path still has 100,000 remaining.

Then came the Yin-Yang Twin Swords, which, after consuming a large amount of spiritual materials containing the essence of the sun and moon, were successfully upgraded to perfect top-grade spiritual weapons.

Finally, the Karmic Fire Crimson Lotus Spear, after devouring all the confiscated spiritual weapons, successfully reached the level of a perfect spiritual weapon.

As for the Hun Tian Ling and the Embroidered Ball, there's no need to upgrade them. The former, with Lin Le's physical body reaching the Throwing Elephant Realm, has already become a perfect top-grade spiritual weapon, and is vaguely transforming into a treasure weapon.

After consuming so many Golden Cores and Nascent Souls, the latter became a top-grade spiritual artifact with thirty-five major restrictions, only one step away from perfection.

As for the last resource, Lin Le took out the only treasure cauldron left from the Nine Treasures Sect—the Rejuvenation and Fire Gathering Cauldron—and began to refine some small items for bedroom pleasure.

(End of this chapter)