Taming Beasts and Cultivating Immortality from Two Realms

Chapter 184 The Pride of Taiqing
Sensing the sudden break in the connection of the Covenant, Jin Lansi's eyes turned bloodshot, revealing an extremely crazed look.

Although it knew that this battle was just a test, seeing Shen Qiong, whom it had spent every day with, die tragically before its eyes, the string of reason in its heart instantly snapped.

Even in her rage, Jin Lansi managed to retain some semblance of rationality.

That golden fish-dragon was extremely domineering, and even if it activated its Golden Water Escape Technique, it wouldn't be confident of killing it.

Jin Lansi chose to seize the opportunity and retaliate in kind, taking away the weakest enemy cultivator before his defeat and demise.

"Moo!"

Jin Lan exhaled through his nostrils, using the Golden Water Escape Technique. The Xuanming Golden Needle in his mouth immediately trembled violently and disappeared, then moved into Chen Beiwu's body, causing his lungs and kidneys to explode.

"Shhhhhh!"

Chen Beiwu's face showed panic, and countless spiderweb-like golden lines burst from his skin. He spat out a golden-blue blood mist mixed with fragments of internal organs.

"Moo!" (We won!)
Upon seeing this, Jin Lansi's lips curled up slightly.

Although they lost this battle, it was at least a lose-lose situation.

With the Xuanming Golden Needle piercing the internal organs and flesh, and the Golden Fiend Water Poison breaking the spell, corroding the body, and stealing the soul, the opponent is doomed to die.

The only thing that Jinlan Si regretted was that it couldn't see its opponent's miserable state before its death.

Thinking of this, Jin Lansi swayed and knelt down. He felt his eyelids getting heavier and heavier, and the world in front of him gradually darkened, leaving only a blurry white light.

"Moo-!!!"

The next instant, the face of the cultivator that flashed in the white light made Jin Lansi's eyes widen, and she let out a shrill roar.

It forced itself to stand up, its trembling claws reaching out towards Shen Qiong's mangled body not far away.

why?
It was clearly aimed at the enemy when it used the Golden Water Escape Technique, but the cultivator who was finally pierced by the Xuanming Golden Needle was its own contracted cultivator.

At the same time, Shen Qiong lowered his head, looking at the thousands of golden threads blooming in his lungs and kidneys, then looked up at the incredulous Jin Lansi, a bitter smile on his face.

It wasn't until the battle ended that he realized everything he had seen and heard was an illusion.

Instead of defeating Chen Beiwu to reach the fourth level, he stood there dumbfounded, taking the fatal blow he and his companion beast unleashed together.

His cousin Shen Zhaoxue was right. With his talent, breaking through two levels of the Contending Realm was already his limit.

The phantom of the cultivator that appeared in the third stage of the Contending Realm was not something he could contend with.

"Chen Beiwu, I'll remember you!" Shen Qiong murmured.

He could lose, but he couldn't lose so pathetically, being manipulated by a mere cultivator's projection, unable to see through the illusion from beginning to end.

After saying that, Shen Qiong's vision went black, and his consciousness left the arena.

At the same time, a dozen or so talented candidates who had broken through two levels and reached the third level of the competition were also feeling their scalps tingle.

That's right, not only in the Bixiao Immortal Sect's examination hall, but also in other examination halls, there were projections of Chen Beiwu and the golden egg that the prodigies encountered in the third level.

Their fate was exactly the same as Shen Qiong's; they only discovered at the very end that the opponent they had been fighting against was not a cultivator's projection, but their own contracted beast.

"Damn it, what kind of illusion is this? Even the Moonfire Spirit Eyes can't see through it!" The man and the beast both fell to the ground, powerless against the absolute illusion.

"Chen Beiwu, a treacherous villain who only dares to ambush others by hiding in illusions, don't let me run into you again!" The boy was seriously injured and his magic power was exhausted. He knelt on the ground, with the remains of the Tongcan Beast beside him.

"What a joke! A monster of this level has appeared in the third level of the Arena!" The slender female cultivator, who had lost an arm, stared intently at the invincible Chen Beiwu and the domineering fish dragon in the distance.

Illusion, body, magic, speed, and technique are all impeccable.

Even if she worked with the Beast Master to break the strange illusion, she couldn't find any way to win.

"Chen Beiwu, a dark-hearted fellow." The pretty girl looked down at the beast claw piercing her chest, her tone calm, as if she didn't care about her defeat.

Unlike the real golden egg, the golden egg projection of the Contender Realm prefers to use the innate spiritual technique [Which is Real, Which is Illusion] to toy with its opponents and achieve victory at the lowest cost. Thus, without Chen Beiwu's knowledge, the golden egg projection of the Contender Realm had already helped him establish his reputation and left an unforgettable infamy in the hearts of a dozen or so Immortal Alliance prodigies.

……

The examination hall of the Azure Cloud Immortal Sect.

Watching the exciting battle scenes related to Chen Beiwu's projection within the territory of the Contending Peak, all the Golden Core cultivators present were somewhat moved.

The Contending Realm is a sixth-order Void Refining Dao Artifact crafted by Lingbao Daozun of the Shangqing Immortal Sect to hone the talents of the Immortal Alliance.

Chen Beiwu's ability to become the third gatekeeper of the Contender Realm indicates that he possesses the qualifications to pass all three gates and enter the Upper Three Immortal Sects in the Contender Realm assessment.

Such a talented cultivator is enough for major immortal sects to spend a great deal of money to recruit.

'What a pity,' Pei Heng sighed inwardly.

Things are different now. He had high hopes for Chen Beiwu, but it was no use.

The Jade Floss Immortal Sect ranks high among the thirteen immortal sects. Its internal cultivation techniques are passed down in an orderly manner, and it produces many geniuses. It is not a big deal if it occasionally recruits a few less talented cultivators.

Unlike other immortal sects that lack cultivation geniuses, this sect has been secretly offering high prices to recruit students in order to improve its ranking. It is no exaggeration to call this behavior vicious competition.

Thinking of this, Pei Heng glanced at Zhao Wuchen.

Because of the large number of people with connections, chaotic management at the top, and harsh treatment, the Bixiao Immortal Sect has been recruiting fewer and fewer candidates each year, resulting in a decline in its ranking and prestige in recent years, and it has been overtaken by the Yuxu Immortal Sect.

This year, the Zhao family of Bixiao rose to power, reformed and innovated, and wanted to spend a fortune to buy a horse's bones, so as to lead the Bixiao Immortal Sect to rise to prominence.

That's why Zhao Wuchen resorted to such lavish recruitment practices, disrupting the market; he simply couldn't compete.

Ai Jing narrowed her eyes slightly, her divine sense focusing more intently on Chen Beiwu on the screen.

The peerless hidden dragon that Master spoke of, capable of upholding the reputation of the Dongxuan Immortal Sect, is no ordinary person; his potential is comparable to that of the Dongtian prodigies.

If Chen Beiwu is truly a hidden dragon, no matter the cost, he will accept this genius for the sect.

……

The realm of fierce competition.

The chains of the lapis lazuli arena swayed, and words appeared on the jade tablet in the void.

[Challenger]: Chen Beiwu

[Cultivation Level]: Qi Refining Beyond Limit
[Opponent in the Contender Realm]: Qi Wei, a candidate from the Immortal Alliance at level 23933 (at the Qi Refining Transcendence Realm).

Chen Beiwu narrowed his eyes, gripped the Fiend Bow tightly, and a solemn expression appeared on his face.

In his divine sense, the illusory figure of a cultivator that was quietly gathering in the distance was not a human, but a vicious dragon that would devour anyone it could find.

"Roar!"

As the yin and yang energies permeated the air, a crocodile-dragon, two zhang long with a short jade horn on its head, slowly appeared.

[Species]: Taiqing Treasure Crocodile
[Attribute]: Water

[Bloodline]: Top-grade Tier 3
[Cultivation Level]: Forty-nine years
Beside the Taiqing Treasure Crocodile, a handsome young man with a slender figure, dressed in a Yin-Yang Taoist robe, stood still, seemingly lost in thought, exuding an otherworldly aura.

'Interesting, Chen Beiwu's opponent in the third round is actually him!' Zhao Wuchen became interested.

Although Qi Wei, a disciple of the Taiqing Immortal Sect, has not yet forged a flawless Dao Foundation, he is now a renowned Nascent Soul True Monarch in the Immortal Alliance.

If he encounters him, Chen Beiwu is very likely to fall at the third level.

(End of this chapter)