The Long Journey to Immortality

Chapter 101 Bloodline Manifests Its Power

Only the three sect leaders on the viewing platform knew about the theft of the Heavenly Bottle by the Hermit of the Wandering Cold.

No one else, not even the other Golden Core cultivators on the viewing platform, knew what had happened.

Like other disciples, they only saw the three Golden Core sect leaders suddenly tense up, fly into the air, and cast defensive spells, but then withdraw their spiritual power after a moment and act as if nothing had happened.

Among the Golden Core cultivators, there were inevitably some who had close personal relationships with the three sect leaders. Out of curiosity, they took the initiative to ask.

However, all three sect leaders remained tight-lipped and did not reveal a single piece of information.

About fifteen minutes later, Daoist Yunmin suddenly left without saying goodbye, temporarily departing from the competition venue of the Five Elements Mountain Academy. He did not reappear before everyone until an hour later.

Any cultivator who notices these things, if they have any sense, will surely realize that something big is happening.

It was the kind of major event that would require the three sect leaders to make a big fuss.

Once back at the second ring, Han Lu focused all her attention on observing potential opponents.

Therefore, she only noticed the defensive spells covering the entire Five Elements Mountain Academy and did not notice any other unusual events.

The second round of the lottery was also conducted behind closed doors by the university before being announced.

With the idea of ​​"chance" hanging over their heads, even cultivators assigned to stronger opponents had no complaints.

The atmosphere in the arena was harmonious, with everyone focused on the battle, trying their best to unleash their full potential on the stage and defeat their opponents to advance further.

In the round of 32, Han Lu was scheduled for the last match, and her opponent was a cultivator from the East Mountain Academy.

This schedule gave Han Lu a lot more time to stand off the ring and observe her other opponents.

Although cultivators at the second level of Qi Refining have shallow magical power, those who advance to the top 64 all possess one or two signature skills.

After watching more than a dozen matches, Han Lu slightly curbed her arrogance, but her confidence in winning the championship remained unchanged, and even increased.

In Han Lu's view, there are indeed a few potential rivals who are quite capable, but from her perspective, they do not pose the slightest threat to her.

As the loser of the fifteenth match was electrocuted to a charcoal color by the lightning unleashed by the spirit sword, it was finally Han Lu's turn to reappear.

After verifying their identities, Han Lu and another female cultivator from Dongshan Academy stood on opposite sides of the arena, waiting for the match to begin.

This time, Han Lu's opponent was named Fan Nianshuang, an inner disciple of the Dongshan Academy. Han Lu had seen her a few times during evening classes, but she only recognized her face and did not know her name, let alone have any verbal communication or contact with her.

Fan Nianshuang had an ordinary appearance. If she changed into a coarse cloth dress, no one would doubt that she was a village girl.

It's unclear whether Fan Nianshuang was among the new disciples who resented Han Lu back then. When she stepped onto the stage, she simply cupped her hands in greeting without saying hello to "Senior Sister Han."

This left Han Lu, who was hoping to hear people call her "Senior Sister Han" a few more times, slightly disappointed.

Seeing that the two did not intend to exchange a few words before the match began, the referee, wanting to finish the last match of the morning as soon as possible, stopped waiting, started the countdown, and announced the start of the match.

Fan Nianshuang went all out from the start, as if she wanted to use a quick attack tactic to defeat Han Lu in three moves.

She opened the spirit beast pouch at her waist, and in the blink of an eye, three beams of light flew out of the pouch and landed on the arena.

"Using pets in battle?" Han Lu realized that this was the first time she had encountered such an opponent in this competition.

Low-level spirit beasts and demon beasts generally have average combat abilities, far inferior to the legendary true spirits in those strange tales and illustrations, and thus offer limited improvement to a cultivator's combat power.

The lower-ranking disciples of the Zhengyi Sect basically have no opportunity to leave the sect, so they naturally have nowhere to find magical and powerful monsters or spirit beasts as pets.

The three demonic beasts under Fan Nianshuang's command were just ordinary, commonplace creatures.

A four-armed demon monkey, with a strength of around the first level of Qi Refining, was short and thin, with each of its four arms measuring one and a half meters in length, and did not appear to be a powerful fighter.

A rock turtle, still young and with a cultivation level of only a novice, but enormous in size, measuring a full two zhang in length.

One of the three demonic beasts was a white-feathered eagle with sharp claws. It was the strongest of the three, probably at the peak of the first level of Qi Refining. It was quite handsome with its white feathers covering its body.

The appearance of three demonic beasts together was quite imposing.

"They have land, sea, and air forces," Han Lu thought to herself, "but I'm oversimplifying things if I think I can win with just these three lousy guys."

Han Lu patted the storage bag, and two beams of light flew out from it.

It was rare for her to summon both Thunder Bamboo Swords at the same time, which was a sign of respect for her fellow student, Sister Fan, who also belonged to the East Mountain Academy.

The golden sword danced in the air, searching for an opportunity to strike.

The bamboo sword appeared in Han Lu's hand to help her quickly convert the spiritual power in her body to cast spells.

Muttering to herself, Han Lu planned to use the same trick she had used in the first round to deal with Fan Nianshuang.

Having summoned the three-headed demonic beast, Fan Nianshuang's actions were not yet finished.

While directing the white-feathered eagle to engage Han Lu's golden sword, she also cast spells.

Three breaths later, sweat poured down Fan Nianshuang's forehead. Then, three thick, light blue beams of light flew out from her body and landed on the three demonic beasts.

The three demonic beasts originally had clear eyes, but after spiritual energy was integrated into their bodies and magic was applied, their eyes turned fierce.

The white-feathered hawk, which had lost many feathers in the trembling battle with the golden sword, was now in high spirits. It flapped its wings and summoned whirlwinds to fight against the golden sword.

The rock turtle that had been slowly lying down on the ground seemed to have put on running shoes, and its speed increased considerably. It rolled and crawled to Fan Nianshuang's side, acting as a bodyguard.

Among them, the wildest of the four-armed demon monkeys went completely mad, its originally slender arms becoming much thicker, as if it had gained five times the strength.

As if it had boundless energy to release, it restlessly thumped its long-haired chest with its four long arms, howled, and strode toward Han Lu.

Seeing this, Han Lu secretly cheered for Fan Nianshuang, who was already exhausted and sitting on the ground, having just stuffed a Qi-restoring pill into her mouth.

The agile white-feathered eagle was responsible for harassment and entanglement, the four-armed demon monkey with excellent external skills and great strength was responsible for attack, and the rock turtle was responsible for defense, protecting Fan Nianshuang who was temporarily unable to fight.

Compared to Zhan Yujun, who was also at the second level of Qi Refining, she was much better at using these demonic beasts and summoned creatures.

Fortunately, Han Lu possessed strong mental strength, abundant spiritual energy, and rich combat experience; otherwise, she really wouldn't have been able to find a suitable solution to the problem under these circumstances.

Seeing this, Han Lu had a sudden inspiration. She slightly tilted her hands, which were holding the wooden sword, and changed the target of her spell from Fan Nian Shuang to the four-armed demon monkey that was attacking her.

Once the spell was completed, a breath later, four vines as thick as an ordinary person's thigh wrapped around the four arms of the four-armed demon monkey, temporarily imprisoning it.

Jin Kemu, if the four-armed demon monkey were to wield four low-grade spirit swords, it might be able to cut all these vines off.

But now, the four-armed demon monkey, empty-handed, struggled desperately, using all its strength, but still could not break free from its restraints.

Having temporarily trapped the four-armed demon monkey, Han Lu turned her attention to the white-feathered hawk.

It wasn't that Han Lu abandoned the strategy of "capture the leader first" and didn't deal with Fan Nianshuang, who was temporarily unable to resist. Rather, she had the idea of ​​challenging herself and increasing the difficulty of the competition.

The Thunder Bamboo Twin Swords are top-tier magical artifacts, naturally far superior to the White Feather Claw Eagle, which is only at the first level of Qi Refining.

Although the White Feather Claw Eagle's claws became much stronger after being enhanced by the spell, and its feathers became like armor, it was still no match for the Golden Sword.

Han Lu focused on controlling her sword, and the golden sword easily tore through the White Feather Claw Eagle's defenses, leaving several bloody marks on its wings and breaking several toes on its claws, making it look extremely pitiful.

The white-feathered hawk let out a mournful cry, seeking its master's help.

However, having exhausted all her spiritual power, Fan Nian Shuang was now completely powerless to use magic to help the demon beasts under her command.

Seeing that the other party had no ability to resist, Han Lu stopped wasting time.

He made a hand seal, and the golden sword shone brightly.

Three bolts of lightning shot out from the tip of the golden sword.

Two of the three lightning bolts accurately struck the white-feathered hawk, which was flying rapidly through the air and trying to dodge.

The white feathers of the hawk were turned caramel-colored by the electric shock, and its originally strong and powerful wings were temporarily paralyzed by the electric shock, losing their ability to flap.

The white-feathered hawk plummeted from the sky and crashed heavily to the ground, losing its ability to fight.

Two of the three helpers were taken care of by Han Lu in the blink of an eye. Fan Nianshuang's expression changed, and she barely managed to fight back. She subconsciously moved closer to the rock turtle's location.

Although Fan Nianshuang recovered some spiritual power with the help of pills, she still doesn't have much combat power. She can only rely on the defensive capabilities of the Rock Turtle to maneuver and seek an opportunity to turn the tide.

The cultivators who advanced to the top 32 still had some desire to win and would not easily admit defeat or surrender.

Han Lu recalled the golden sword, and stood there wielding both swords with great heroic spirit, creating a stark contrast with Fan Nianshuang, who was leaning against the turtle's back.

He casually summoned an ice wall and used the same trick as before, flooding Jinshan with water to temporarily silence the four-armed demon monkey that was still howling there.

After dealing with the monkeys, Han Lu turned her attention to the rock turtle "carrying a tortoise shell shield".

Several ideas raced through her mind, and in just a few breaths, she devised a way to deal with this defensively adept monster.

Han Lu casually retrieved both spirit swords, and with the long fingernail of her left thumb, she casually scratched a mark on her right index finger.

The wound wasn't deep; only two or three drops of blood fell, which Han Lu enveloped with her spiritual power and gathered together.

The few drops of blood, enveloped in light blue spiritual energy, looked unremarkable, but Han Lu used them as a weapon, employing her weapon control techniques to attack the rock turtle.

This is a little trick that Han Lu learned from Xiaoyaozi's memories, a trick to use the bloodline in one's body as a low-level cultivator.

Fan Nianshuang had no idea what Han Lu was doing.

Seeing the attack coming, she instinctively commanded the rock turtle to stand in front of her, acting as a shield of turtle meat.

The blood sphere exploded half a meter in front of the rock turtle, turning into a cloud of blood mist that gently landed on the rock turtle's body.

Hiding behind the rock turtle, Fan Nianshuang smelled the blood in the air and subconsciously frowned.

The rock turtle, upon smelling the scent of high-level true spirit in the blood, panicked.

Although the Rock Turtle is a demonic beast, it has not shaken off the habits of an ordinary sea turtle.

The simplest way for turtles to express fear is by retracting into their shells.

The rock turtle that had just bravely stood in front of Fan Nianshuang instantly became a coward, hiding its head in its shell.

Fan Nianshuang was somewhat bewildered as the "tortoise shell shield" that had been blocking her way suddenly collapsed.

With a sudden thought, Fan Nianshuang wanted to soothe the rock turtle and encourage it to continue fighting.

But the rock turtle completely ignored it, going its own way and remaining hidden in its shell, showing no desire to fight whatsoever.

Seeing this, many of the cultivators watching the match below the stage laughed.

Although they didn't know what kind of blood-related secret technique Han Lu was using, the scene did indeed make them want to laugh.

Unwilling to let her reputation within the sect continue to suffer, Han Lu decided to show her grace and advised, "Junior Sister Fan, I've already dealt with your beast pets. Why don't you just surrender and let's avoid further fighting and hurting our relationship?"

Fan Nianshuang didn't have the strength to move the rocky sea turtle.

Having lost her right-hand woman and just regained some of her spiritual power, Fan Nian Shuang did not answer Han Lu's question, but instead chose to make a final struggle.

Seeing this, Han Lu sighed inwardly and could only continue fighting.