My equipment is designed for cultivation; I started by slaughtering my way through a small world.

Golden spiritual light gathered wildly around Wang Jian, causing his robes to flutter and rustle even without wind.

He rested his right hand on the hilt of the sword, but hesitated to strike.

Every ounce of power was suppressed to the extreme, held back without being released, and an unsettling atmosphere permeated the air.

Wang Jian is waiting.

When Gu Qingjian's offensive reached its peak.

Wherever Gu Qingjian's sword strikes, the earth cracks and mountains collapse, molten lava erupts and explodes from the ground, and countless magma mixed with karmic fire grows ever stronger.

When Gu Qing first unleashed his [Karmic Fire Rock-Slaying Sword], it was just a wisp of dark red thread. But when the sword strike reached within tens of meters of Wang Jian, that dark red thread had transformed into a black sword beam of extreme heat.

"Slay the Heavens—"

Wang Jian suddenly drew his sword.

A golden sword light, like the first ray of light to appear between heaven and earth, suddenly burst forth from Wang Jian's hand, carrying a sharpness that could cut through anything, and slashed towards Gu Qing's black sword light.

boom!

The golden and black sword beams collided with a deafening roar.

A shockwave, visible to the naked eye, suddenly exploded between heaven and earth, tearing the arena floor apart and causing it to rip and roll back, disappearing in the collision of the two sword beams.

The two sword beams transformed into two hemispherical sword energies, one gold and one black, clashing against each other.

The two forces tore each other apart at the center of the collision, and golden and black cracks spread along the space, as if even space itself was about to be torn apart.

Rumbling--

The intensity of the Thunder Space is comparable to that of a second-grade dimension.

The profound and mysterious techniques they used both exceeded this limit.

but.

The stalemate lasted only a moment before Gu Qing's black sword energy collapsed, transforming into a sky full of fiery meteors that exploded in mid-air.

next moment.

Amidst the hundred-meter-high plume of smoke and dust kicked up by the raging fire, a golden sword beam pierced through the thick smoke and locked onto Gu Qing.

"pity!!"

"Still can't do it?"

As the golden sword light approached, Gu Qing sighed softly.

His mental power had detected the golden sword light, but unfortunately, his spiritual energy had been completely drained by the previous sword strike.

Despite both being at the peak of the Qi Refining Realm and possessing 1000 points of spiritual energy each, the power of profound techniques in actual combat is closely related to their level of mastery.

The higher the level of mystery, the stronger the attack that can be generated from a single point of spiritual power.

In terms of profound and mysterious matters, Wang Jian far surpasses himself.

"laugh!!"

As the golden sword light swept past, Gu Qing felt his virtual body completely lose control, and his entire body rapidly disintegrated into illusory runes.

"We lost!"

The thought had barely crossed Gu Qing's mind when his consciousness suddenly went black.

next moment.

His consciousness had already appeared in the spectator stands of the Bloodline Tournament.

Looking towards the arena,

The elven female host reappeared on the stage and greeted everyone with a smile:

"This was a very exciting match. Both contestants displayed extremely powerful and profound talents, which was very impressive."

Congratulations to Wang Jian on advancing!

"Everyone, take a break. Next, we will begin the fifth elimination round."

"..."

After a while.

Wang Jian also came to the spectator seats and appeared not far from Gu Qing. "Gu Qing, your move just now was not bad. The fusion of earth attribute profound mystery and hellfire has some prototype of dual attribute profound mystery fusion."

"If you hadn't met me, you would have had a chance to break into the top fifty in this bloodline competition."

"hehe!"

Gu Qing chuckled softly upon hearing this.

"Class monitor, you don't need to comfort me."

"My goal in this bloodline competition is to break into the top 100 and obtain the Innate Spiritual Embryo Immortal Dao Technique."

"I'll catch up with you soon."

"You'd better watch out next time we compete; I'm sure I'll beat you then."

"oh?!"

"Hahaha……"

Seeing that Gu Qing showed no signs of frustration and was even earnestly making grand pronouncements in front of him, Wang Jian couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"I'll be waiting for you at the Immortal Academy. We'll meet at the Ascension Competition then."

"come on!"

"The Ascension Competition requires a cultivation level of three rank, so we must not slack off."

"The Ascension Tournament rewards a special resource that serves as the foundation for human immortals to roam freely in the void."

"You absolutely cannot fall behind at this grand event."

"Otherwise, you will never be able to become one of the strongest immortal cultivators."

"Alright, see you at the Ascension Competition."

Upon hearing this, Gu Qing solemnly made a promise.

For Wang Jian to give such a solemn instruction, it must be some kind of extraordinary and precious immortal technique.

After a brief exchange with Gu Qing, veteran squad leader Wang Jian left the spectator stands to prepare for the top 25 qualifying round.

It was afternoon.

The competition in the virtual dimension of the Spirit Realm has come to an end.

The top 25 in the Bloodline Competition will compete in a points-based tournament over the next three days, but this has little to do with Gu Qing anymore.

After leaving the virtual dimension of the Spirit Realm, Gu Qing returned to the real world.

Push open the bedroom door.

Gu Qing looked towards the living room, where his younger brother Gu Cheng and his parents were watching the replay of the match broadcast by the official Immortal Kingdom.

"elder brother!!"

"Aren't you going to practice today?"

Upon seeing Gu Qing emerge, his younger brother Gu Cheng beamed with joy.

In the past, even when Gu Qing returned home, he would spend most of his time cultivating in his bedroom, except for meals.

"Aqing."

"Thanks a lot."

"Making it into the top 100 in this bloodline competition must have been exhausting, right?"

Mother Wu Ming couldn't help but worry.

"fine."

"The match wasn't very tough."

Gu Qing smiled and comforted him, saying that competing within the Immortal Kingdom was tough, but at least he didn't have to worry about dying.

The mercenary trial is the key; a moment of carelessness could lead to death.

"Dad, Mom, the Bloodline Competition will end in three days. I just received a notification from the Immortal Wood Group that I will participate in the third mercenary trial after the Bloodline Competition ends."

"I wonder what grade of world we're going to be this time, and what its time flow ratio is compared to our own?"

"Take good care of yourselves while I'm not in this plane of existence."

Hearing Gu Qing's words, her mother, Wu Ming, couldn't help but complain under her breath:

"Is time really that tight?"

"Why can't you just get some rest...?"

"If you don't understand, don't talk nonsense. Avoid discussing matters concerning immortals..."

Father Gu Ciyuan frowned and scolded.

Although the laws of the Immortal Kingdom are strict, he worried that if certain words were to get out, it would be detrimental to Gu Qing, who was in the Immortal Wood Group.

"Dad, Mom, it's okay."

"I'm tough. A mere mercenary trial can't do anything to me."

"Gu Cheng, come here."

Gu Qing waved to her younger brother.

"elder brother--"

"hehe."

Gu Qing patted Gu Cheng's radish-like head and said with a smile, "I have left you detailed explanation notes for all the knowledge from elementary school to high school, as well as a hundred complete sets of exercise books."

"You'd better study hard, kid. If you don't get into one of the top ten universities in the Immortal Kingdom, I'll come back and deal with you."

"ah!!"

"One hundred sets?"

Gu Cheng, who was already in elementary school, had her pupils dilate instantly and couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

Upon seeing this, a smile appeared on Gu Qing's face.

dong dong dong...

Just then, there was a knock on the Gu family's door.

"Huh!"

"Who's knocking?"

"Could they be officials from the Immortal Kingdom, here to deliver cultivation materials?"