165: C165 Encountering Floral Exploration

C165 Encountering Floral Exploration

After a full day of intense competition, the top eight core disciples of the Duobao Sect were all determined. Among them, three were from Great Sect Master's bloodline, two were from the second sect master's clan, and the other three sects each had their own rankings.

This ratio was similar to last year's. It was just that Yin Nian from the Second Sect Master's faction had been replaced by this year's Nie Zhen.

With regards to Duan Rong's signing this year, the other three Sect Leaders, other than Great Sect Master, lamented deeply in their hearts. This year, they were destined to let Duan Rong take the limelight.

There were actually four people from the Duan Rong faction who had made it into the top ten this year, and they were even more valiant than Great Sect Master's faction. Of course, this had a lot to do with the contract.

Currently, the overall result of a core disciple battling branch, no matter which branch, was inferior to the second faction's faction. The biggest suspense now was the rank of the top eight disciples.

In this world, when martial dao was the foundation of a kingdom, the overall result was just a small branch. The most important thing for a cultivator was still their own martial dao result.

After a day's rest, the fifth round of the assessment would officially begin.

After a few rounds of battles, everyone was clear about the rules of the assessment. The rules of the duel were very simple for the remaining eight disciples. It was the same as before, so Great Sect Master didn't elaborate any further.

According to the rules, Fifth Sect Master was the first to step out and draw the lots for the contestants.

"Number 3 Lu Dong, fight …" The first one Fifth Sect Master pulled out was the third ranked disciple of the year, the chief disciple of Third Sect Master, Lu Dong.

When Fifth Sect Master opened the next piece of paper, he revealed a weird smile on his face and announced in front of the crowd: "Fight against No. 94, Nie Zhen!"

Nie Zhen's name was unexpectedly drawn in the first round! His opponent was still the same person from last year, the Chief Disciple of Third Sect Master, Lu Dong.

Nie Zhen's gaze swept over to Lu Dong. The other person just happened to be looking at him. Their gazes met in the air, but they did not speak.

The drawing of lots continued. Second Sect Leader First Senior Sister had drawn Fourth Sect Master's first disciple, Jiang Yan. The two of them were evenly matched, but Soong Dong'er was still better than Jiang Yan. It shouldn't be difficult for Soong Dong'er to advance.

After the drawing of lots was over, all of the participating disciples stood up on the stage, preparing for the duel.

"I never would have thought that the expert who took first place in Treasure Snatching Competition was actually you, Junior Brother Nie. No wonder those people back then weren't your match." Lu Dong smiled as he looked at Nie Zhen.

"Due to fate, I was not allowed to meet you with my true appearance. I am truly sorry." Nie Zhen cupped his hands and bowed towards Lu Dong.

"Oh." Treasure Snatching Competition has always been a rule to conceal your identity, so you didn't do anything wrong. Only, I had thought that it would take me at least a few years to exchange pointers with you, but who would have thought that in just a few short months, you would already be standing on the same stage as me. " Previously, on the Treasure Snatching Competition, although Nie Zhen had displayed a pretty good talent, on the surface, his cultivation was only Ninth Level of the Earth Stage after all. Lu Dong still wanted to give him a few more years of cultivation before he could catch up.

"However, Junior Brother Nie, although in my heart, I quite admire you, I must say that your journey on the dark horse will likely end here. I will not show mercy later." Lu Dong said to Nie Zhen with a smile.

"This little brother has this intention. I hope that Senior Brother Lu will not show mercy. Only a carefree duel will be interesting." Nie Zhen was not afraid.

"Good!" "Awesome!" Lu Dong laughed out loud and summoned a Judge's Brush the size of a baby's arm. Do not underestimate this Judge's Brush, it was a Eighth Level of the Earth Stage grade spiritual weapon.

"This weapon is a little unorthodox …" Nie Zhen stared at the Judge's Brush in Lu Dong's hands. This kind of weapon was not common, and the requirements to use it were rather harsh.

"Senior Brother Lu, please!" Wu Tie spread out his hands, signaling Lu Dong to bring the horse over.

"Hmm? Don't you use weapons? " Lu Dong looked at Nie Zhen as he questioned him. He now knew that Nie Zhen possessed a Sixth Level of the Earth Stage level spirit artifact, the Single Sun Sword.

"I will naturally use it when the time comes." Nie Zhen replied with a faint smile. Previously, when he fought with Xia Mao, Nie Zhen had used the One Yang Sword to train his sword skill. He didn't really need to rely on a Spirit Treasure to win.

And unless he took back his God Killing Sword, Nie Zhen really wouldn't care about these ordinary weapons.

In his previous life, Nie Zhen used to use God Killing Sword, and it was like a person using good things. To demote him in one go was naturally unacceptable in his heart, just like how you get used to eating extravagantly and suddenly giving you coarse food, it would be hard for you to swallow.

However, only the members of the family knew about Nie Zhen's own affairs. No one else would be able to understand it, such as Lu Dong, who was on the opposite side of the arena.

From Lu Dong's point of view, this was obviously Nie Zhen underestimating him. You, Nie Zhen, had even used the One Yang Sword when facing Xia Mao, who is ranked seventh. How come when it was his turn to fight him, you didn't even use your sword?

"Humph... humph..." Very good, I will force you to pull out the Immortal Sword! " Lu Dong bellowed, his Judge's Brush shook, and rushed to attack Nie Zhen.

Who knew what movement technique Lu Dong used, in a moment he was in front of Nie Zhen, the Judge's Brush stabbed towards Nie Zhen, the Judge's Brush's entire body was filled with spirit energy, at the same time, from the tip of the pen, dozens of spirit energy shot out, like a bullet shooting towards Nie Zhen.1

The field was instantly covered by the Spirit Qi shot by Lu Dong's Judge's Brush. It could even be said that it was as if it was a hail of bullets, and Lu Dong also held onto his Judge's Brush, thrusting continuously towards Nie Zhen.

At the same time, Nie Zhen had to face Lu Dong's close-ranged attacks and his long-range spiritual energy attacks. For a moment, Lu Dong had the upper hand.

"Ha!" Nie Zhen let out a low growl, and his whole body burst forth with momentum. The Shura's Murderous Aura was fully activated by him, and a crimson-black aura surrounded Nie Zhen's body.

Boom!

Nie Zhen urged his Shura's Murderous Aura and a majestic aura spread out rapidly in all directions like countless gales, dispersing all the Spiritual Qi that Lu Dong shot out.

Nie Zhen's logic was very simple. Since it was very troublesome to face both a spiritual energy attack and a close combat attack at the same time, he would make them one type of attack.

"He dispersed my attack just by relying on his aura?" Lu Dong was shocked in his heart. He was a Sky Realm Fourth Level expert, two whole levels higher than Nie Zhen, not to mention he was at Middle Rank of the Heaven Realm and Nie Zhen was only at the first level of Sky Realm. It was really strange for him to not lose to him in imposing manner.

"Good Boy!" "Looks like I have underestimated you. Let's spar again!" Nie Zhen's attack also raised Lu Dong's competitive spirit. He increased his own spirit energy to the limit, and with the Judge's Brush in his hands, he pierced towards Nie Zhen.

Nie Zhen could feel that the Middle Rank of the Heaven Realm Ranker's energy had already locked onto him, and at the same time, Lu Dong and the Middle Rank of the Heaven Realm Ranker's immense power pounced towards him.

"You want to use your cultivation to suppress me?! I want beauty! " Nie Zhen sneered, although his own cultivation was two levels lower than Lu Dong, but Nie Zhen trained in Asura Divine Spell, so how could Shura's Murderous Aura kneel down in front of a mere two levels of cultivation!

"Receive my attack!"

Lu Dong didn't have the time to think about the reason as he saw his imposing manner unable to suppress Nie Zhen. Instead, he relied on his powerful strength to attack.

According to Lu Dong's understanding of Nie Zhen's fighting style, Nie Zhen's fighting style was like a strong momentum, taking the initiative to attack first and then continuously attacking until the opponent crashes. Therefore, Lu Dong had to grasp the initiative first step.

In the arena, he saw Lu Dong's figure constantly swaying, the Judge's Brush in his hands consecutively thrusted out ten times, targeting Nie Zhen's vitals.

Movement techniques, spiritual energy, moves, and accurate insight, all combined in perfect unison. The Chief Disciple's combat strength was indeed outstanding! It was fundamentally different from other disciples.

"Killing Force Sword!"

Nie Zhen's arm condensed Killing Force Sword, and rushed towards Lu Dong, but he did not specially go to meet the Judge's Brush, but instead stabbed towards Lu Dong's head.

What Lu Dong did not expect was that Nie Zhen was an expert in attack and his understanding of the [God Killing Sword Arts]. Wanting to force him to choose defense due to the situation was too naive.

"This is bad!" Lu Dong thought to himself, this is bad, the Killing Force Sword is directly sent into the sky, with a distance of more than three meters between them, and its power forced me to use all my strength to defend, the attack that I mastered with much difficulty, was easily taken back by Nie Zhen.

Watching the battle from outside the arena was not so clear as to how amazing Nie Zhen's fighting strength was. Previously, when Lu Dong was observing, although he felt that Nie Zhen's fighting strength was very strong, he didn't have such a clear understanding of it.

After the battle with Nie Zhen, Lu Dong felt that Nie Zhen's fighting strength was extremely astonishing. Although his cultivation was lower than his, his attacking power was even higher than his. He was simply a weirdo in the cultivation world.

The most important thing was, from the aura Nie Zhen released, Lu Dong could feel a faintly discernible murderous intent. This killing intent contained an extremely pure killing intent that made Lu Dong feel a sense of fear throughout the fight.

Nie Zhen did not release his God Killing Domain, but Nie Zhen's Shura's Murderous Aura could still affect his opponent's mental state.

Lu Dong's attack was broken by Nie Zhen's Killing Force Sword. Just as he was in a daze, Nie Zhen took advantage of the opening and stuck his body towards Lu Dong. The Killing Force Sword condensed into the length of an Immortal sword and hacked towards Lu Dong.

"I'm not afraid of you!" Lu Dong placed the Judge's Brush above his head, blocking Nie Zhen's Killing Force Sword.

"Bam!"

The Killing Force Sword collided with the Judge's Brush and emitted a loud muffled sound.

Lu Dong's combat experience was extremely rich. With the Judge's Brush in his left hand blocking the Killing Force Sword, he clenched his right fist on his waist and smashed it towards Nie Zhen.

Unexpectedly, Nie Zhen also did the same move. He used Killing Force Sword in one hand and smacked towards Lu Dong's abdomen with his other hand.

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