Ning Zhuo told her that he had understood the first picture and was currently studying the second one.

Lin Shanshan was very surprised and asked Ning Zhuo to demonstrate his magic on the spot.

After Ning Zhuo did as he was told, Lin Shanshan was shocked and said bluntly, "Mr. Ning Zhuo, I thought you were lucky to be able to comprehend a picture in the remaining few days. I didn't expect you to be so insightful. I underestimated you."

It is better to be humble and sincere.

He knew that his comprehension was not so outstanding, and the biggest contributor was Lingyin Liu.

Speaking of Lingyin Willow, with its help, Sun Lingtong also quickly comprehended the three pictures, and it took him one hour less than Ning Zhuo.

Sun Lingtong's understanding is extraordinary.

Ning Zhuo had felt this a long time ago.

Sun Lingtong's self-created swordsmanship is extremely sharp. It can be said that his talent is quite outstanding.

On the third day, when Lin Shanshan asked, Ning Zhuo told her that he had understood the painting "Listening to the Waves in the Mountain at Night".

On the fourth day, Lin Shanshan asked again, and Ning Zhuo looked troubled. He said that he was stuck on the third picture of peeping at the sky from under a tree, and it felt very difficult.

After being amazed, Lin Shanshan comforted Ning Zhuo, saying that this picture contained the most powerful spells, and the difficulty of comprehending it would be more than doubled. She asked Ning Zhuo to try to keep a calm mind and not be impatient. With just the two spells he had now, he had enough advantages to deal with Chang Yan.

Ning Zhuo shook his head: "Not enough!"

"Please forgive me, Miss Lin. I have already decided to publicize that I will not use the Slippery Talisman in the battle with Chang Yan."

Lin Shanshan was puzzled and asked if this action was just tying one's own hands and feet. Ning Zhuo then explained: "Although I have the talisman to protect me, I have always been vigilant and often remind myself not to rely too much on it."

"Because once you become dependent on others, your ambition will be weakened, which will greatly hinder the improvement of your own strength."

"Don't worry, Miss Lin. I'm not a pedantic person."

"During this small competition, we should try our best to train ourselves, instead of relying on external things to show off. What's the point of showing off to these monks?"

After hearing this, Lin Shanshan looked at Ning Zhuo with new eyes again: "Mr. Ning Zhuo has such a temperament, he will definitely achieve great things in the future. At the age of sixteen..."

Lin Shanshan sighed. She had seen many young men of this age, showing off and arrogant, but none as humble and steady as Ning Zhuo. "Mr. Ning Zhuo, I am looking forward to your fight with Chang Yan."

Ning Zhuo smiled: "The success or failure of the moment is not important. But if I lose to Chang Yan in the future, please don't blame me for failing to live up to your cultivation of me, Miss Lin."

"What on earth can you say about cultivation? Sir, what you said really embarrasses me." Lin Shanshan looked ashamed.

In her opinion, the main reason why Ning Zhuo was able to make such great progress was that he was smart enough, insightful and worked hard enough.

In Ning Zhuo's opinion, a sparring partner like Lin Shanshan is really rare. Lin Shanshan is a Yuanying descendant, and has been cultivated since childhood. She has solid basic skills and no shortcomings.

Ning Zhuo really learned a lot from sparring with her.

A few days later.

Ning Zhuo and Chang Yan appeared on the martial arts field.

Chang Yan was dressed in yellow and stood six feet tall. He had transformed to a high degree, with only his amber pupils still being the vertical pupils of a snake.

Man is the spirit of all things.

Demon cultivators usually transform into human form. Once the transformation is successful, their spirituality will increase greatly, which will greatly help them comprehend skills, spells, etc.

Therefore, judging from the degree of transformation, we can also infer some of the strength of the demon cultivator.

The snake pupils reflected Ning Zhuo's figure. Chang Yan said, "Master Ning Zhuo, I heard that you spread the news that you will never use the talisman to protect yourself in this battle. Is that true?"

Ning Zhuo nodded and shook his head: "In a critical moment, he will naturally use the talisman to protect my life. However, relying on the golden elixir talisman to compete with Taoist Chang Yan is a bit unfair. It is also not conducive to honing my fighting skills and determination to make progress."

"So, in this battle and the following ones, as long as I use the Slippery Talisman to protect myself, I will be considered to have voluntarily admitted defeat."

As soon as these words were spoken, the spectators were shocked.

Someone exclaimed: "I didn't expect that although Ning Zhuo came from a prominent family, he has such a spirit!"

Some people also sneered: "The talisman is also a part of one's own strength. To discard it is like tying one's own hands. It is so pedantic!"

Lin Shanshan was still mixed in the crowd. When she heard someone mocking Ning Zhuo, she sneered and thought to herself, "How can you understand Master Ning Zhuo?"

Chang Yan got Ning Zhuo's response and snorted coldly: "Since you have made such a decision, don't regret it if you lose later."

Ning Zhuo smiled and extended his hand, "Please."

The battle begins.

Chang Yan stomped his feet and dived directly into the ground.

His true form is an earth snake, and the technique of earth escape has long been his survival instinct, which he is as familiar with as breathing.

Generally speaking, when a cultivator is dealing with the art of earth escape, he would naturally give priority to rising into the air.

In this case, if Chang Yan wanted to use earth escape to launch a close-range attack, he would definitely miss.

But Ning Zhuo did not do so. Instead, he recited something silently, made hand gestures, and finally half-knelt down, slamming his palms on the ground.

Wood Element - roots and vines entwine.

Chang Yan shuttled quickly underground and was about to reach Ning Zhuo's feet.

At this time, a large number of tree roots and vines grew rapidly underground, protecting the land under Ning Zhuo's feet as solid as a rock.

The roots and vines broke through the soil and quickly wrapped around Chang Yan.

He dodged the attack at an extremely fast speed and secretly used earth magic.

earthquake!

The ground in the martial arts arena shook violently. An invisible force of shock emanated from the source of the earthquake, powerfully impacting Ning Zhuo and the tree roots and vines under his feet.

Ning Zhuo took a deep breath and cast the second spell that he had prepared long ago.

Wood element spell - pine waves and green waves.

This is the magic spell that Ning Zhuo comprehended from the painting "Listening to the Waves in the Mountain at Night".

In an instant, 50% of the magic power surged out.

One portion of Fire Mana generates two portions of Earth Mana. Two portions of Earth Mana generate four portions of Metal Mana, and four portions of Metal Mana generate eight portions of Water Mana. Eight portions of Water Mana naturally generate sixteen portions of Wood Mana! Ning Zhuo's Five Elements Mana is evenly distributed, one portion of Fire Mana is equivalent to sixteen portions of Wood Mana. One portion of Earth Mana can be converted into eight portions of Wood Mana. One portion of Metal Mana becomes four portions of Wood Mana. One portion of Water Mana becomes two portions of Wood Mana.

Together with the previous wood element mana, there were thirty parts! After the five elements were generated, the entire mana expanded more than six times! Therefore, the pine waves and green waves that were performed formed a series of vast and long green waves that stretched out in all directions.

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The invisible forces of green waves and earthquakes collided with each other, turning the ground of the entire martial arts field upside down.

The earth shook, cracks appeared everywhere, large pieces of earth sank, and some were squeezed and bulged.

Both sides used magic to fight each other in the air.

Ning Zhuo was only in the early stage of foundation building, but relying on the excellence of the three sects' techniques and the transformation of the five elements, he managed to fight on equal terms with Chang Yan, who was in the late stage of foundation building.

But this is not over yet! Ning Zhuo shouted loudly and clapped his hands in front of his chest.

Wood Element - The tree world has arrived! Vines break through the soil, come out of the ground, and quickly grow into giant trees.

The sturdy forest and countless branches and leaves form an impenetrable tree cage.

In this huge tree world, Chang Yan was like a bug, trapped inside it.

Chang Yan was shocked, and felt that the boundless wood element magic power was eroding him all the time.

"He actually knows this trick!"

Chang Yan didn't dare to use any earth magic anymore. In this tree world, he was simply adding nutrients to the opponent.

He had no choice but to activate various magical weapons, using their sharp points to cut off the vines and chop down the trees.

However, no matter how many trees he cut down, just as many trees would grow back in an instant.

If the scope of the martial arts arena was not limited, Ning Zhuo could have expanded the entire tree world.

Chang Yan is a demon cultivator. In the Nandou Kingdom, there is no large demon cultivator force. Chang Yan is just an independent cultivator.

Since he was a casual cultivator, his magic weapons were mediocre and mostly ugly.

The effects of these magical instruments were minimal, and even Ning Zhuo couldn't do the same.

Chang Yan's strength was his earth magic, but Ning Zhuo used three rounds of magic to take the initiative. The entire battlefield was arranged properly, and Chang Yan had no chance of turning the situation around.

"hateful!"

“If I had used the earth magic beforehand and fought him off, things wouldn’t be so ugly now!”

After Chang Yan held on for a while, he had no choice but to admit defeat.

"Thank you for giving me the chance." Ning Zhuo jumped down from the treetop and bowed to Chang Yan politely.

The corners of Chang Yan's mouth twitched, he shook his head, calmed himself down, congratulated Ning Zhuo coldly, and was the first to leave the training ground.

"We won!" Lin Shanshan clenched her fists, very excited.

She already knew that Ning Zhuo had mastered the three wood magics. But after witnessing this victory with her own eyes, she still found it a little unbelievable.

The first two spells were fine, but the key was the third one, the advent of the tree world, which was very difficult to cultivate, but Ning Zhuo managed to master it in one fell swoop.

"Such understanding!" Lin Shanshan was deeply moved. "This is comparable to Senior Brother's understanding of swordsmanship."

The monks who were watching were also sighing.

"I didn't expect Ning Zhuo to master the art of descending to the tree world."

"I have seen many wood cultivators, and I have seen someone perform this technique with my own eyes, right in front of me."

"The arrival of the tree world is indeed powerful, but Ning Zhuo's mana reserves are also quite strong. It has been maintained for such a long time without any signs of decline."

"If you ask me, his tactical choice was very correct. It was because he seized the initiative that Chang Yan was unable to turn the situation around. Chang Yan was originally restrained by the wood element spell, and he also lost the initiative, so he was defeated so easily."

The monks did have quite a few insights when analyzing the battle situation.

The public thought that this battle would be a protracted war of attrition. Unexpectedly, it ended so quickly under Ning Zhuo's powerful wood magic.

"Ning Zhuo has obtained Chang Yan's cave, but it's far from over. His fighting power can definitely impact the top ten caves."

Just as the monks were guessing who Ning Zhuo would challenge next, Ning Zhuo had already left the training ground and was walking side by side with Lin Shanshan on the tree-lined path.

"Miss Lin, I would like to ask you for a favor." During the conversation, Ning Zhuo said, "This may make you feel embarrassed."

(End of this chapter)