Taming Beasts and Cultivating Immortality from Two Realms

Chapter 183 The Difficulty of Contending for Supremacy
"Crack!"

The torrential rain fell, and countless raindrops pierced through the bodies of the scarred man and the Fiery Tiger.

The next second, to the astonishment of the golden egg, the figures of the burly man and the Rift Tiger suddenly turned into bubbles and disappeared into the rain.

Clearly, even with the Golden Egg's talent for distinguishing truth from illusion, its resistance to illusions is still not high.

Only Chen Beiwu, with his strong divine sense, noticed something was wrong immediately and decisively activated the Dragon Arrow technique, summoning clouds and rain to break the illusion.

Otherwise, the golden egg wouldn't be able to react at all.

But it doesn't matter, the golden egg on the competition stage was just bait that Chen Beiwu deliberately left for his opponents.

Chen Beiwu drew back the bowstring, his eyes narrowed, and the arrow formed from his magical power was aimed at the lower part of the golden egg's body.

'Tiger of the Tiger - Soul Split!'

This arrow can entangle the divine consciousness, unleashing a strike imbued with the power of a tiger's wrath.

"Roar!"

The moment the arrow solidified, a phantom image of a tiger appeared on the bow, emitting a roar that shook the heavens and earth, causing the airflow within a hundred feet to collapse into a vacuum.

The man and beast hidden in the shadows also revealed themselves at that moment, and under the intimidation of Yin Hu, they were unable to mobilize their magical power for a moment.

The bluish-white arrow pierced the void like a falling star, first piercing a silver fox with its fur standing on end, then strung together the projection of the black-clad female cultivator, pinning them all to the ground.

Watching the distant light slowly dissipate, Chen Beiwu put down the Fiend Bow.

According to the competition rules announced by Jiang Zhenjun, most of the cultivator phantoms in the second round are from the geniuses of the Thirteen Immortal Sects and are quite powerful.

At the same time, Pei Qingying's illusionary techniques, combined with those of the Tongcan Beast, could easily deceive the Golden Egg's divine sense and five senses, proving that the opponent was a beast-taming prodigy capable of fighting against a second-realm lesser demon.

To be honest, perhaps because they were both cultivators skilled in illusion, the second stage of the Contest Realm was much easier than Chen Beiwu had expected.

He didn't feel any pressure.

'Perhaps I'm too strong, or perhaps it was a fortuitous encounter that led me to meet a relatively weak cultivator's projection,' Chen Beiwu thought to himself.

That's right, even among the projections of geniuses from the Thirteen Immortal Sects, there are differences in strength.

……

Azure Cloud Immortal Sect, Contending Realm Monitoring Room.

Pei Heng's eyelids twitched.

The Golden Core cultivators present also looked at Pei Heng with strange expressions.

The cultivator projection manifested in this contest was truly ingenious.

Pei Qingying was born into the Pei family of Jihu. She cultivated to the Golden Core Realm three hundred years ago and belongs to the same lineage as Pei Heng. Now she is a late-stage Golden Core cultivator.

If we consider bloodline and seniority, Pei Qingying can be considered Pei Heng's elder sister. The two have a close relationship and often fight, but the latter loses more often than he wins.

As a result, in a battle between cultivators of the same realm, Pei Qingying's projection couldn't even withstand a single arrow from Chen Beiwu, which undoubtedly made the Golden Core cultivators present realize something.

If Pei Heng were to encounter Chen Beiwu, he would most likely suffer a crushing defeat.

But this is normal.

With his Qi Refining Transcendence Realm cultivation, Chen Beiwu had mastered the Twelve Earthly Branches Revolving Evil Arrow True Technique of the Earth Arrow Sect to such an extent that his combat power was no different from that of a Foundation Establishment cultivator. It was not surprising that he could kill a Qi Refining Transcendence projection with a single arrow.

What surprised the Golden Core cultivators present was Chen Beiwu's talent for spiritual sense.

In the contest, Chen Beiwu's displayed spiritual sense was comparable to that of a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Otherwise, they would never have been able to escape Pei Qingying's dreamlike world, let alone accurately locate the projection.

In conclusion, this clash between cultivators proves from another angle that Chen Beiwu's talent and ability far surpass Pei Qingying's, and he is likely to achieve the Golden Core stage in the future, making him a promising talent worth nurturing.

With this in mind, several Golden Core cultivators from the Immortal Sects, who had previously shown little interest, suddenly added Chen Beiwu to their recruitment list and began to multitask, continuing to observe the outstanding candidates within the Competition Realm.

……

"Huff...ha!" Shen Qiong knelt on the ground, panting heavily.

The assessment for the Contender Realm was more difficult than he had expected, after all, the cultivator phantoms who could be admitted to the Contender Realm were all top-notch geniuses!
Even with his best efforts and the use of all sorts of methods, he could only barely pass two tests.

"Moo!"

The golden rhinoceros beside it looked even worse. In order to help Shen Qiong block the fatal blow and avoid being eliminated, its golden scales were all broken, and its bloody internal organs were almost exposed.

Hang in there a little longer!

Shen Qiong struggled to his feet and looked ahead.

Come here.

Regardless, he wanted to see the scenery of the third level of the Contest Realm.

"Buzz!"

As the illusory image of the prodigy before him materialized, Shen Qiong's eyelids twitched slightly, revealing an expression of disbelief.

"How can it be!"

Shen Qiong subconsciously looked at the blood-stained jade tablet in the void.

[Challenger]: Shen Qiong
[Cultivation Level]: Qi Refining Beyond Limit
[Opponent in the Contender Realm]: Chen Beiwu, a candidate from the Immortal Alliance at level 24523 (at the Qi Refining Transcendence Realm).
"Level 24523?" Shen Qiong reacted quickly.

He was not wrong.

The candidates who were previously in the same examination hall have now become the barriers to his path to the Upper Three Immortal Sect.

"After entering the Contest Realm, you will randomly challenge all the illusory figures of Immortal Alliance cultivators collected from ancient times to the present in the Contest Realm!" Shen Qiong suddenly recalled the rules announced by True Monarch Jiang Chuan.

"Very good!" Shen Qiong's eyes gleamed.

He had already lost the will to pass the third level, but the phantom of Chen Beiwu in front of him rekindled the desire in Shen Qiong's heart.

According to her cousin Shen Zhaoxue, the illusory figures of cultivators at the third level of the Contending Realm were mostly Qi Refining prodigies from the Upper Three Immortal Sects.

Although these prodigies did not have time to cultivate Qi and comprehend the Dao to establish their foundation, they had already reached the pinnacle on the path of Qi cultivation beyond the limit. They were able to unleash terrifying combat power close to that of a mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator, easily defeating early-Foundation Establishment cultivators. They were far beyond what I could contend with.

But it's a different story when the opponent is Chen Beiwu.

Out of curiosity about Chen Beiwu's strength, Shen Qiong had specifically investigated the former's background during this period.

It wasn't that Shen Qiong looked down on people; in his eyes, even if a Qi Refining cultivator from a humble background was incredibly strong, he wouldn't be strong enough to break through the limits and make him despair.

Even though he knew that the arena wouldn't randomly designate a Qi Refining Transcendence cultivator as the third gatekeeper.

"Good brother, lend me your head to help me gain admission to the Jade Purity Immortal Sect!"

Shen Qiong clasped his hands together with the 'Midnight Golden Water Seal' and activated the second-tier top-grade spiritual weapon on his body, the [Mysterious Darkness Golden Needle], without hesitation.

This needle is incomparably sharp. When combined with the dual attributes of metal and water, it can generate the Golden Fiend Water Poison, which has three special effects: breaking magic, corroding the body, and stealing the soul. The power it unleashes is comparable to a strike from a mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator.

"Moo!"

Jinlan Si opened her mouth and took the wildly trembling Xuanming Golden Needle into her mouth.

It possesses the second-tier supreme talent spirit technique [Golden Water Escape], which can use the horn of a rhinoceros to lock onto the five elements' metal and water nodes (lung and kidney areas) within the enemy's body and construct a short-distance teleportation channel.

Ignoring the cultivator's magical power and the defense of spiritual artifacts, the magic treasures, talismans, and pills held in the mouth are moved to the enemy's internal organs and explode.

Using this hidden attack, Jin Lansi and Shen Qiong, at the cost of exchanging injuries for injuries, successfully killed the second level's cultivator phantom.

It believes this time will be no exception!
"boom!"

However, in the next instant, the golden fish-dragon that soared into the sky used only a single dragon tail swing to shatter the defensive magical artifact with overwhelming force and smash Shen Qiong's head.

"Clap!"

The blood and flesh of the cultivator dripping onto his face startled Jin Lansi awake.

(End of this chapter)