Chapter 170 Showdown

Zhou Wen kept calling Li Xuan, but no one answered. However, several small buds gradually grew bigger and had already taken shape as flower buds.

Zhou Wen did not hesitate and summoned Di Ting to pick all the small buds. He called Li Xuan again, and this time the call went through.

"Old Zhou, what's going on in the middle of the night?" Li Xuan's sleepy voice came from the phone.

"I called you more than ten times, why didn't you answer?" Zhou Wen asked.

"Impossible?" Li Xuan said as he checked his phone. Sure enough, there were more than a dozen missed calls. He was immediately startled. "That's weird. My phone is right next to my pillow. How could I not have heard it?"

People who practice spiritual cultivation have very sharp senses. Even if they are sleeping very soundly, they will inevitably be woken up by the loud ringing of their cell phone.

"Maybe you're too tired recently. Go back to sleep. I want to sleep too." Zhou Wen is now certain that Li Xuan, like Wang Lu, was in a state of suspended animation just now.

Regardless of what Li Xuan thought, after Zhou Wen hung up the phone, he went to look at the mysterious phone and saw that Di Ting had already swallowed all the little clitoris and was still licking his lips with satisfaction.

For several days in a row, Zhou Wen didn't play games much. He stared at the dead tree every day. As long as it changed color and grew flower buds, Zhou Wen would let Di Ting pick the flower buds and eat them.

As a result, there were no more strange deaths in the school. At most, there was a legend that someone suddenly fainted and woke up soon after.

It was not until the eighth day that the dead tree returned to its original black color and there were no other changes. Zhou Wen then breathed a sigh of relief.

But on second thought, Zhou Wen felt a little regretful. Until now, he still didn't know what changes would happen to those flowers if they were truly mature.

"Now this tree exists in a mobile game. No one can see it anymore, let alone touch it. I'm afraid I won't have the chance to see the flowers in full bloom." Zhou Wen felt a little regretful, thinking, "If only this tree could be taken out again, I'd plant it outside anyone's house if they offended me in the future. Those people wouldn't know how powerful the dead tree is, and if they touched it, one would die, and if they touched two, they'd die too. How cool would that be?"

Zhou Wen just thought so. The Dead Tree had already entered the game and it was impossible to take it out.

"Coach, are you free now?" Feng Qiuyan, who hadn't been seen for many days, suddenly came to Zhou Wen's dormitory.

Zhou Wen felt a headache when he saw him, but he couldn't chase him away, so he replied, "I have to play games all day today, so I don't have much time."

Feng Qiuyan didn't care and continued, "Coach, I've made some progress in the meditation you taught me. I hope you can test my recent practice results."

Zhou Wen was confused. He couldn't remember when he had taught Feng Qiuyan the way to calm his mind, and this guy actually mastered it.

"How to test it?" Zhou Wen couldn't say that he didn't teach anything.

"I only know how to use a knife. Coach, please have a knife-sword competition with me to see if there is any room for improvement. This will be my third lesson." Feng Qiuyan said, and transferred another 20,000 yuan in tuition fees to Zhou Wen.

Zhou Wen originally wanted to say that he didn't have time to compete with him, but when he saw that there was 20,000 yuan to be collected, he swallowed the words that were on the tip of his tongue.

You can get 2,000 yuan for one competition, there is really no reason to refuse.

He and Feng Qiuyan came to the academy's special martial arts hall. Feng Qiuyan took a rubber knife for practice and said to Zhou Wen, "Coach, what weapon do you like to use?"

"I won't use weapons." Zhou Wen has never really practiced weapon-based fighting techniques. Although he would use swords and knives, he would only use them with brute force. There is no technical content involved, so it is better not to use them.

"Coach, please take the knife." Feng Qiuyan was not polite at all and swung the knife to chop.

Feng Qiuyan's sword strike was as heavy as a mountain and so fast that people could see it clearly, but they just couldn't dodge it.

What was even more terrifying was that the knife carried a sharp aura like a blade. It instantly crossed a distance of several meters and slashed in front of Zhou Wen.

Feng Qiuyan's sword was fast, and Zhou Wen was not slow either. He moved sideways suddenly to avoid Feng Qiuyan's sword energy. At the same time, he used the Longmen Flying Technique to dodge Feng Qiuyan's sharp sword skills and sword energy as much as possible.

Feng Qiuyan's sword strikes were faster than the last. Zhou Wen used the Dragon Gate Flying Technique to its full potential, but he felt it was becoming increasingly strenuous, as if he was on a small boat in the midst of raging waves, which could sink at any moment.

Zhou Wen tried his best, but he could only barely avoid being hit by Feng Qiuyan. If it was just a competition of skills, Zhou Wen would not even have a chance to fight back.

"Wait a minute." Zhou Wen suddenly shouted, stopping Feng Qiuyan from continuing her attack.

"Coach, what's the matter?" Feng Qiuyan stopped the knife and asked.

"You have slashed a total of twenty-three times from just now until now. Even if each slash only consumed 1 point of your energy, your energy should have been used up. How can you still use the sword energy?" Zhou Wen stared at Feng Qiuyan and asked.

Moreover, Feng Qiuyan's sword energy is so strong that it is absolutely impossible to consume only a little bit of it.

Feng Qiuyan said, "This is because I've upgraded my Qi skill, Jinghong Blade Qi, to the tenth stage. After reaching the tenth stage, Jinghong Blade Qi consumes significantly less Qi. Plus, my fate and Qi techniques have enhanced my swordsmanship, further reducing consumption and speeding up Qi recovery. Normally, I can perform twenty-seven consecutive slashes before my Qi is completely depleted."

"Will all vitality skills have such an effect after being upgraded to the tenth level?" Zhou Wen asked in surprise.

"However, no matter which kind of Qi skill it is, there will be a qualitative leap when it is upgraded to the tenth level. It's just that the effect may be slightly different. Coach, don't you know?" Feng Qiuyan looked at Zhou Wen in confusion. He thought Zhou Wen must know this.

"I have never practiced Jinghong Sword Qi, so I don't know the effect of Jinghong Sword Qi after the tenth stage. I'm just asking casually." Zhou Wen thought of his Ashes Palm. Although it was only a mortal-level vitality skill, it was extremely powerful and had good lethality against legendary creatures. Hercules Fist, which was also a mortal-level skill, had long been no longer suitable.

"The Star-Slashing Blade and the Star-Absorbing Palm have no ranks, so I'm afraid they can't be upgraded. The Ash Palm is already at the tenth level, but it's a mortal-level Qi skill after all, and its power can't keep up with current needs. I wonder if there's any possibility of upgrading it." Zhou Wen simply used the Ash Palm to fight Feng Qiuyan.

But he soon discovered that Feng Qiuyan's skills were much more mature than his, and Zhou Wen soon fell into a disadvantage. He could only use the Longmen Flying Technique to dodge and could hardly find an opportunity to counterattack.

Feng Qiuyan's swordsmanship became faster and steadier, and even without the assistance of sword energy, it still possessed extremely strong lethality.

(End of this chapter)