Ascending to Immortality by Slaying Spirits

Chapter 226 The Perfection of Alchemy and Array
Looking at the longsword in Lin Le's hand, the elders couldn't help but grind their teeth, knowing that Lin Le's natal magic weapon must have characteristics such as breaking magic and breaking spirit.

Otherwise, its penetrating power would never be so strong.

Seeing Lin Le raise his sword again, the elders opened their mouths, then closed them helplessly.

After all, they made these rules themselves, and they can't just go back on their word halfway through; otherwise, they'd lose all face.

Under everyone's gaze, Lin Le raised his sword and swung it down again.

boom!
The array before them shattered instantly.

As the saying goes, laymen watch the spectacle, while experts see the intricacies. Most people thought Lin Le had once again resorted to brute force to break the formation.

But the elders could see clearly that Lin Le's sword strike was not random, but rather it had actually struck a node in the formation.

Coupled with the immense power of his natal magic weapon, he was able to destroy a magic array with a single sword strike.

Seeing this, the elders who set up the formation felt much better, as it meant that Lin Le was not a barbarian who knew nothing about formations.

As long as they weren't barbarians, that was the only way the elders could console themselves.

Seeing Lin Le so easily and brute-forcefully break the magic array, many people began to have their own ideas.

They were also hoping to get as many points as possible by participating in the formation competition.

They originally had no intention of brute force to break the formation; they didn't believe the sect would leave such an obvious gap for them to exploit.

Therefore, there must be some kind of trap in the formation!
But after seeing Lin Le quickly reach the top, their thoughts wavered, and they felt that it might really be an oversight by the sect.

When the first imitator picked up his longsword and slashed at the formation in front of him, the entire mountain formation erupted.

The multicolored array unleashed its power, blasting the model worker away amidst his astonished and terrified gaze.

As the imitator watched the shooting star disappear into the sky, everyone fell silent.

This is not what I expected!

They looked at Lin Le on the mountaintop, only to see him swing his sword again, shattering the formation in front of them.

They used back channels, didn't they?

The vast majority of people have this thought.

However, a few people and elders could see clearly that Lin Le's sword strike had indeed hit the vital point of the formation.

With a single sword strike and a series of attacks, Lin Le deciphered all the formations within ten breaths and stood atop the mountain peak.

Among all the arts and crafts, he was most proficient in formations because of his mastery of the Star Chart.

His sword strike pierced through ninety layers of formations. It seemed like a brute-force breakthrough, but in reality, he had already scanned the weaknesses of these formations at a glance, which is why he was able to pierce through all ninety layers with a single strike.

This was only because he held back; otherwise, he could have broken through a hundred layers with a single sword strike.

Despite Lin Le's ascent to the top, some people still refused to believe in the supernatural and attempted to break the formation by force.

The array surged, blasting the provocateurs away one by one.

Finally, someone couldn't hold back any longer and pointed at Lin Le on the mountaintop, saying, "I'm not convinced, he cheated!"

Looking at that person again, it turned out to be Jian Zhuzi, who had once provoked Lin Le.

Lin Le looked at Jian Zhuzi with an indifferent expression, then a mocking smile appeared on his lips.

He threw out the Yin-Yang Sword.

The Yin-Yang sword flew into the sky and split into countless forms in an instant, forming a great array that fiercely pressed down on Jian Zhuzi.

Jian Zhuzi didn't expect Lin Le to make a sudden move.

Seeing the Star Array pressing down, Jian Zhuzi also formed a hand seal and launched a magical attack.

The ancient wooden dragon roared up from the earth and crashed into the Star Array. Judging from its power, an ordinary Nascent Soul Stage 3 cultivator would not be able to withstand it.

But it's just a normal Nascent Soul Stage 3 transformation.

When the wooden dragon crashed into the Star Array, it was like being put into a meat grinder, and was shredded to pieces amidst the starlight.

Boom!
A dull thud sounded, and Jian Zhuzi was trapped in the Star Array.

The crowd fell silent again; Lin Le's move perfectly explained whether he had used connections or not.

The leader of Tianzhen Peak, like the leader of Tiandan Peak, has eyes that are somewhat green.

A single thought can create an array, and it's a sixth-grade sword array!

What incredible luck Xu Lingzi had to receive such a monstrous disciple!

After suppressing Jian Zhuzi, Lin Le sheathed his Yin-Yang Twin Swords and glanced indifferently at the crowd, saying:

"Is it safe to take?"

The voice was soft, yet it resonated throughout the entire mountain. Faced with this question, everyone remained silent.

The formation that directly suppressed Jian Zhuzi, who was at the Nascent Soul stage, was undoubtedly of the sixth rank.

Some people bowed their heads in submission, completely convinced.

Three days later, without exception, Lin Le won first place in the formation.

Finally, there's weapon crafting.

Just like with the talisman-making, Lin Le fell in the third round.

In the end, Lin Le scored a total of 210 points, ranking first among all the true disciples, and opening up a 60-point gap with the second-place Fei Xiaozi.

This caused many people to look at Yunxiaozi, the sect leader, with strange expressions, frequently glancing at him from the clouds.

Judging from his performance, Lingzhuzi was undoubtedly the most outstanding.

It's not necessarily a good thing when a disciple emerges within the sect who is even more outstanding than Daozi.

It's unclear how Yunxiaozi will resolve this.

If we really have to change the path...

Some people's minds immediately became active; this might be an opportunity.

The final event of the inner sect competition was a contest of magical arts.

The first place gets 200 points, the second place gets 170 points, and the third place gets 150 points.

If Feixiaozi wants to win first place, he must defeat Lin Le in a magical duel.

Moreover, Lin Le will miss out on the top three.

Does Lin Le have a chance to win first place?

Many eyes darted back and forth between Lin Le and Fei Xiaozi.

Feixiaozi has already reached the seventh stage of the Nascent Soul realm and has already had examples of defeating opponents at the first stage of the Out-of-Body realm.

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, he should be the winner of this battle.

However, Lin Le's performance in the formation competition was no less impressive than that of an ordinary Nascent Soul Ninth Transformation cultivator.

This is already among the top tier of true disciples, and it's not impossible for them to win a top-three finish.

The first round, preliminary selection

There are 1,024 arenas on the fighting platform, and only the arena champion can advance to the next round.

The disciples of each peak automatically became the arena masters and defended their positions.

The time to defend the title is one day.

As the incense sticks were lit, fierce battles immediately broke out in some of the empty arenas.

The incense burned slowly, and the competition on the arena grew increasingly fierce.

However, this has little to do with the true disciples. Even the weakest true disciple has the combat power of the first stage of the Nascent Soul realm, and it is not difficult for them to rank among the top thousand in the inner sect.

Therefore, ordinary inner disciples would never seek out and challenge them.

But Lin Le encountered an unexpected situation.

"Tianmu Peak, Senjizi, please enlighten me."

Lin Le opened his eyes and looked at Sen Jizi.

After recalling the information Qingfengzi had given him, Lin Le knew his identity.

True disciple of Tianmu Peak, eldest disciple of Mu Xuanzi, sixth stage of Nascent Soul.

Looking at the young man before him, Lin Le held the Yin-Yang Longsword and beckoned to him: "Come here."

Sen Jizi narrowed his eyes, but acted decisively. With a stomp of his foot, thousands of vines burst forth from the ground, piercing towards Lin Le.

Lin Le swept his sword, and the sword energy fell like a thousand fine raindrops, cutting through the vines. Moreover, the momentum continued, heading straight for Sen Jizi.

Sen Jizi formed a hand seal with his left hand, and a patch of green light blocked the sword energy in front of him.

He gripped a wooden spear in his right hand and thrust it forward.

In the blink of an eye, the wooden spear extended to Lin Le's front, its sharp tip pointing directly at Lin Le's brow.

Ding!
Like a needle against a wheat awn, Lin Le's sword held the wooden spear firmly in place.

(End of this chapter)