Chapter 75: War of the Engines (Part 2)

  Each sect's martial arts platform is a place for their own disciples to hone their skills. Due to the cultivators' extremely strong destructive power, even high-ranking practitioners in the initial stages of Qi Refining can unleash destruction that far surpasses what ordinary objects can withstand.

  So, after each school's performance stage is successfully built, various powerful seals will be laid down to prevent substantial damage from occurring on the performance stage.

  The disciples of the Bi Xia sect are numerous, but most of them are just practicing Qi, and there are only a few dozen foundation-building disciples, with the rest being some Golden Elixir stage elders.

  Most of the disciples in the Qi-gathering period are sent out to find resources, so it's usually very quiet here, and almost no one comes.

  They think that having a sparring match is not as practical as practicing and improving their skills.

  However, the martial stage was exceptionally lively today. It's unknown who spread the news that Hua Jing and Zhang Cheng were going to have a duel, but nearly half of the disciples from Bi Xia sect gathered here, packing the entire martial stage to the point where it was impossible to squeeze through the crowd.

  In a corner of the innermost part of the martial arts arena, Zhang Yang looked at Hua Cheng and Zhang Cheng standing face to face in the field, and a smile involuntarily appeared on his face, because this scene was directed by him.

  Now he really wishes that one of the two in the arena would die, so that no matter which one dies, the other will not be better off, and thus there will be no one to compete with him.

  Thinking of this, he couldn't help but take another look at Ouyang Qianyun, and when he saw her almost perfect face, he became excited again.

  At this moment, all of Ouyang Qianyun's attention was focused on Zhang Cheng in the field, worrying about Zhang Cheng's safety, so she didn't feel Zhang Yang's gaze.

  Inside the martial arts arena, Hua Ying and Zhang Cheng faced each other, their auras locked onto each other as they scrutinized one another, seemingly searching for an opening to land a fatal blow.

  So they didn't rush into action.

  At this moment, Zhang Cheng's heart was slightly tense, after all, this was his first time fighting against a cultivator. Moreover, the attacking method he had researched was based on secular martial arts, and he hadn't personally tested it before, so he still had some worries.

  In this way, the two people held on for about five minutes, and finally Hua Jing could not bear it anymore, then launched an attack on Cheng.

  Hua Cheng used a sword technique, and as soon as the long sword was unsheathed, it instantly burst forth with a pale golden light. From this, Zhang Cheng could see that Hua Cheng's innate attribute was gold.

  Gold represents sharpness. With the blessing of the Golden Attribute True Yuan, this sword, even if it were an ordinary iron sword, would become razor-sharp and unmatched, cutting through iron like mud.

  However, he was not afraid because he had a true yuan of fire attribute. As the saying goes, fire can overcome gold. As long as he used his fire-attribute skills, he was completely unafraid of his attacks.

  However, here can't use earth attribute true yuan, because earth gives birth to gold. If used, it will not only fail to achieve the desired effect but also help increase the power of the gold attribute.

  As for the previous mention of "earthly wood", it is actually not truly mutually generating, but rather earth generates metal, and water generates wood.

  However, through the continuous development of predecessors, they found that not only water can give birth to wood, but also earth. After all, wood grows in the soil, and the ability of earth to give birth to wood is much weaker than that of water.

  So wood and earth are not just in a destructive relationship but also in a generative one. Therefore, this pair is the most special among all attributes.

  Thought of a countermeasure, Zhang Cheng faced Huajing's attack calmly and quickly used his mind to control three things at once. On the one hand, he operated the "Xuanyuan Scripture" to absorb spiritual energy and produce attributeless true yuan. On the other hand, he used the "Fentian Jue" to transform the attributeless true yuan into fire-attribute true yuan. Another part was replaced with fire-attribute true yuan, paying attention to the "Hengdi Fist" that had been improved by him again and again.

  However, the "Earth-Shattering Fist" at this moment has been altered by Zhang Cheng to the point where it is completely unrecognizable, and even its creator would not be able to recognize it.

  Zhang Cheng's earth-shattering fist was unleashed, and instantly a layer of red light appeared on his fist. Although fire could overcome metal, he didn't dare to take Huajing's attack head-on. After all, he had no idea how powerful this sword was, and if his physical body couldn't withstand it, the joke would be on him.

  He deliberately avoided Hua Jing's sword blade and struck it on the body of the sword.

  After Zhang Cheng's improvement, the Dongyuequan can be both hard and soft. When it is hard, it is like a fierce tiger going down the mountain, unstoppable. When it is soft, it is like a gentle stream, continuous and unbroken.

  At this moment, Zhang Chengyou's fierce side was added with the blessing of the fire attribute true yuan, and it was like adding wings to a tiger. One punch directly hit Huaying's long sword.

  "Clang——"

  Hua's long sword in his hand, after this strike, immediately let out a mournful cry. At the same time, Hua also felt a huge power transmitted from the sword body, and this power was so great that it almost made him unable to hold on, and he nearly threw the long sword in his hand away.

  Although Zhang Cheng's move was blocked by him, at this moment his tiger mouth was shaken numb by Zhang Cheng's blow, and it took a while to recover.

  At this point, Hua Rong had no choice but to face Zhang Cheng.

  Because he previously thought that his own cultivation was a whole stage higher than Zhang Cheng's, and he felt that Zhang Cheng's rapid improvement in cultivation was entirely due to relying on elixirs, after all, the Dan Dao Sect was a sect known for its alchemy.

  So he thinks that beating him with his own strength is not a big suspense at all.

  As for why he didn't rush to deal with Zhang Cheng at the beginning, it wasn't that he couldn't find any weaknesses in Zhang Cheng. In his eyes, every inch of Zhang Cheng's body was a weakness.

  And he never made a move, simply because he had not yet decided whether or not to take advantage of the opportunity to kill him.

  After all, Zhang Cheng had the backing of the Dan Tao Sect, while he only had the Bi Xia Sect, and the gap between them was a bit too big, so he was quite apprehensive.

  But if he didn't take the opportunity to kill Zhang Cheng, then he himself would be suppressed by Zhang Cheng in the future, and might even be counter-killed by him. This was not what he wanted to see happen, so for a time he fell into a dilemma.

  But now he just realized that his previous idea was so ridiculous, just based on Zhang Cheng's last move, whether he could defeat Zhang Cheng or not was a problem, let alone kill him.

  So, he hurriedly gathered his mind, temporarily throwing out other distracting thoughts, and then went all out to attack Zhang Cheng. After all, only by defeating Zhang Cheng first did he have the qualification to decide whether to kill or not.