Seeing this, Su Yao formed hand seals again, and the petals that had already transformed into blades suddenly shone brightly before exploding. This explosion generated a powerful impact, and that force swept towards Liu Pengtao.
The massive rock began to crack under the impact, and it looked like it was about to give way.
Liu Pengtao remained calm and composed. He quickly took a few steps back and slammed his hands on the ground.
Suddenly, several thick stone pillars emerged from the ground behind him. The pillars twisted like serpents, blocking his path and dissipating most of the impact.
Taking advantage of this brief moment, Liu Pengtao formed hand seals again, and the ground beneath his feet began to tremble violently.
As the tremors grew stronger, a huge crack suddenly appeared in the ground, and a giant rock serpent slowly emerged from the ground. This rock serpent radiated an earthy yellow light, and its rock scales were lifelike, each exuding a powerful and profound spiritual energy.
Liu Pengtao still wore that smiling expression on his face. He lightly leaped onto the top of the giant rock serpent's head.
Upon seeing this, the giant rock serpent charged forward, its massive body slithering across the ground at incredible speed, kicking up a cloud of dust.
Upon seeing this, Su Yao's heart tightened, but she quickly calmed down. As she moved her hands, a large amount of spiritual energy began to gather in the surrounding air, gradually forming vortexes that surrounded her.
Then, she formed a series of hand seals with her hands and softly chanted:
"Spirit Vortex Shield!"
The vortexes of spiritual energy quickly merged together, forming a huge shield in front of her. Runes flashed on the shield, radiating powerful spiritual energy fluctuations.
Without pausing, the giant rock serpent charged straight at the Spirit Vortex Shield. The two collided, producing a deafening roar.
The immense impact sent dust billowing high into the air, almost completely engulfing the area.
At the moment of impact, Liu Pengtao's smiling expression vanished, and the hand seals in his hands changed.
Suddenly, the rock scales on the giant rock serpent fell off one by one. These scales quickly reassembled in the air, turning into countless sharp rock spikes that shot towards Su Yao.
Su Yao hadn't expected Liu Pengtao to have this trick up his sleeve, and in a moment of panic, she quickly increased the spiritual power output of the Spirit Vortex Shield.
The rock spikes struck the shield, blocking most of them, but some broke through the shield's defenses and shot towards Su Yao's body.
Seeing this, Su Yao hurriedly tried to dodge, but there were too many rock spikes, and she was still scratched on her arm and shoulder by several of them.
Seeing an opportunity, Liu Pengtao stomped his foot heavily. The giant rock serpent opened its blood-red maw and lunged at Su Yao.
Su Yao's spiritual energy was already greatly depleted, and it was too late to dodge. She could only forcefully gather her spiritual energy again to form a small spiritual energy shield in front of her, hoping to withstand the attack.
The giant rock serpent bit down on the spiritual energy shield, its powerful bite shattering it instantly. Su Yao was thrown backward by the force, crashing heavily to the ground. She tried to stand, but the impact had clearly injured her severely, and her spiritual energy was in disarray, rendering her unable to fight for the time being.
Seeing this, the referee loudly announced: "Liu Yu and Liu Pengtao have won this match!"
"I never expected that Lord Liu would have such a promising descendant hidden away. At such a young age, he has already reached the eighth level of the Spirit Vortex Realm. Tsk tsk, his future is truly limitless." On the high platform, Dean Wan Xuan looked at Lord Liu and said with a smile.
"You're too kind, Dean. My son's cultivation is nowhere near that of your daughter, the pride of heaven." The Lord of Liu Domain responded modestly, but a hint of pride shone in his eyes.
Dean Wan Xuan waved his hand gently and said with a smile, "Lord Liu is too modest."
With this competition over, everyone's attention turned to the other ongoing competition areas.
On the battlefield between Fang Yu and Qin Luo, the situation became increasingly tense.
Fang Yu watched as his martial arts technique, which he had been preparing for a long time, was once again easily blocked by this man. Even with his usually steadfast mind, he couldn't help but feel a ripple of emotion.
His hands trembled slightly, whether from excessive consumption of spiritual energy or from inner resentment, it was hard to tell.
At this moment, his forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat, which slid down his face and dripped onto the uneven ground beneath his feet, which had been dented by the impact of spiritual energy.
After taking a deep breath, Fang Yu tried to calm himself down. He knew that if he let his emotions control him at this moment, he would surely lose the competition.
"Qin Luo, right?" Fang Yu's voice was slightly hoarse. "If you can withstand this move, then what's wrong with me admitting defeat!"
His words revealed a do-or-die determination. Fang Yu looked at the unfathomable young man not far away, knowing in his heart that this was his last chance. If he could not defeat his enemy with this move, he would only be able to exhaust his spiritual energy and die in obscurity.
Qin Luo raised an eyebrow slightly; he could sense the weight in Fang Yu's words. He hadn't even finished warming up, so why was Fang Yu suddenly going all out? This was somewhat unexpected.
It should be noted that although the attacks launched by Fang Yu earlier did not pose a substantial threat to him, the experience of defending against them made Qin Luo's recently surged spiritual energy even more proficient.
Qin Luo originally planned to gradually try more combat techniques in the upcoming battles in order to improve his control over this spiritual energy.
Unexpectedly, Fang Yu made a desperate gamble so quickly, adopting a posture of fighting to the death, which forced Qin Luo to abandon his plan to hone his spiritual energy.
While Qin Luo was lost in thought, Fang Yu, not far away, had already begun to gather the spiritual power within his body.
The air around him instantly turned cold, and icy blue spiritual energy gathered around his body like a surging tide.
His feet slowly lifted off the ground, hovering in the air, while his hands quickly formed hand seals in front of him.
As his hand seals changed, the surrounding icy blue spiritual energy began to swirl wildly, the howling of the spiritual energy echoing in the air, sending chills down one's spine.
Suddenly, Fang Yu looked at Qin Luo in the distance and shouted, "Ice Crack Thousand Blades!"
With his roar, the swirling, icy-blue spiritual energy storm swept fiercely towards Qin Luo. Within the storm, countless enormous ice blades appeared and disappeared.
As the spiritual energy storm advanced, the ice blades began to spin rapidly, like deadly drills, creating a howling wind and a chilling hissing sound wherever they passed.
Qin Luo gazed at the terrifying extreme cold storm with a calm expression, one hand behind his back.
He gently raised his other hand and softly murmured, "Flame Rhythm Shield."
P.S. Please forgive the slightly faster pace in these chapters, as this selection process is just a transitional chapter. The main focus is still on the subsequent Tianmen disciple assessment and the introduction of the new female lead.
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