Chapter 42 - Top 100 Battle
The smoke from the Hunyuan Arena has not yet cleared, but the clamor at the Wanxiantai has reached a new level.
The nine huge white jade arenas were removed and replaced by three even more magnificent "Xuanyuan Battle Arenas" covered with complex rune light curtains.
The battle platforms formed a triangular formation, suspended in the core area of the Ten Thousand Immortals Platform, each large enough to accommodate hundreds of cultivators in fierce combat. This was the battlefield for the Top 100 Promotion Tournament—a free-for-all!
The rules are equally cruel: three battle platforms are opened at the same time, and each platform deploys more than 300 monks who have emerged from the preliminary selection.
Regardless of means, life or death, the ten people who can finally stand on their respective battle stages will be the real top 100 and qualify to enter the final qualifying battle!
The space shifted, and the scene before my eyes suddenly opened up. It was no longer a wasteland of yellow sand, but a lush, green, primeval jungle with towering ancient trees!
Moist water vapor mixed with the scent of soil and rotten leaves hits your face, and light shines through the layers of treetops, casting mottled shadows.
More than 300 monks with fierce auras and vigilant eyes disappeared into the dense jungle in an instant like water drops into the sea. Only the occasional startled birds and murderous intent in the air foreshadowed the deadly crisis beneath the calm.
The five people from Guixu Sect were thrown into a huge fern bush.
"The jungle...is more troublesome than the desert." Xie Zhao looked around, his brows furrowed as he twirled the Jinghong Talisman Pen between his fingers. The view here was obstructed, the environment complex, and sneak attacks and traps were hard to guard against.
"Trouble? Perfect." Luo Hongyi's lips curled slightly, a flicker of excitement in her eyes. She gently opened her shoulder bag and took out several jade bottles with more restrained colors, their auras almost blending in with the surroundings.
"'Wood Miasma - Parasitic', 'Rotten Heart Vine - Spores'...my soup is at home in this forest."
A trace of light green poisonous spiritual power lingered at her fingertips, like the most sophisticated navigation, guiding a few wisps of mist that were almost imperceptible to the naked eye to quietly blend into the humid air and the humus layer under her feet.
Tie Niu clenched his fists, with stellar strength flowing under his gnarled muscles. He glanced vigilantly at the huge leaves and vines swaying around him: "I'm responsible for clearing the way! Whoever dares to show his head, I'll smash him into the tree roots as fertilizer!" The horns on his head gleamed faintly in the mottled light and shadow.
Su Tang's psychic eyes were fully open, stars were flowing in the depths of her pupils, and her vision penetrated the layers of branches and leaves and energy fluctuations, like the most sophisticated radar.
"At eleven o'clock, there are three on the treetops, with a cold aura, as if they are good at concealed assassinations! At three o'clock, there are five gathered in the bushes, with mixed spiritual attributes, probably a temporary alliance! Directly ahead... be careful! There is a trap! Abnormal spiritual fluctuations!" Her voice was like the clearest battle report, transmitted instantly through the soul link.
The little white deer held the moon-eating rabbit in his arms, scanning the surroundings vigilantly, always keeping an eye out for anyone lying in ambush nearby.
The Moon Devouring Rabbit's ears perked up, picking up the slightest sound. Its devouring power seemed even more acute in this environment, able to detect hidden energy traps and the aura of hostile spirit beasts.
Chu Linyuan remained silent. He didn't drift off to the sidelines like he had during the initial rounds, but instead stood slightly ahead of the group. He held the Frost Silence Sword upside down, the end of its scabbard lightly tapping the ground.
He closed his eyes slightly, as if sensing something. In the jungle, his extremely restrained aura was like a drop of water in the sea, making it even harder to capture.
Only when he sensed an extremely hidden and powerful murderous intent directed at him would his eyelids twitch ever so slightly.
"Change of tactics." Xie Zhao made a quick decision, "Junior Sister Luo, control the poisonous area! Su Tang locks on the target! Tie Niu leads the way, Xiaolu Tutu supports! Senior Brother...hunt freely!" He glanced at Chu Linyuan, who nodded almost imperceptibly.
The battle broke out instantly!
Luo Hongyi flicked her fingertips! No longer a fine mist, but several light green spiritual lights shot into the surrounding ancient trees, vines, and moist soil like seeds!
With the five people from Guixu Sect as their center, the jungle within a radius of several dozen feet seemed to "come alive"! The edges of the giant fern leaves secreted a colorless and odorless paralyzing mucus;
The thick vines, like lurking giant pythons, silently coiled around the ankles of the monks who stepped into the range; the light green miasma in the air had a slight hallucinogenic effect; the most deadly thing was the spore dust that was difficult to distinguish with the naked eye. Once inhaled, it would quickly parasitize and germinate in the lungs, causing suffocating pain!
This area instantly became Luo Hongyi's deadly garden!
Su Tang's clairvoyant eyes are like the most precise guidance system.
"The vines in the left front are moving! At three o'clock, someone's breaking into the poisonous spore area! The assassin in the treetops is about to shoot!"
Her guidance was like a beacon, instantly pointing the way for Xie Zhao's talismans and Luo Hongyi's poison techniques!
Tie Niu was like a human bulldozer! He roared, his fists covered with the light of star power, and smashed hard into the giant trees and vines blocking his way!
Ancient trees, as thick as a man's embrace, snapped with a thud! Entangling poisonous vines were torn apart by brute force! He forcibly carved a path through the impenetrable jungle! Any cultivator who tried to approach was greeted by a roaring, murderous fist or a torn-up tree trunk!
The Moon-Eating Rabbit leaped through the tunnel opened by the Iron Ox! Its ruby eyes locked onto any hidden weapons, talismans, or small spirit beasts attempting to attack from unpredictable angles! Its dark mouth opened, unleashing a terrifying suction force!
Poisoned darts, burning talismans, even a palm-sized poison dart frog, were devoured without resistance! The "crunch" of its chewing was terrifying. White Deer followed closely behind, its soul power forming a resilient barrier, resisting both the spiritual attacks and the slight spatial backlash from the Moon Devouring Rabbit's excessive consumption.
Xie Zhao's Jinghong Fubi turned into an afterimage! No longer controlling a large area, but like the most precise sniper!
"Mute·Single" A golden light instantly penetrated the back of the assassin who had just drawn the bowstring in the tree canopy. The assassin was horrified to find that he could not issue any warning!
"Slow down. Vine entanglement!" A golden light appeared under the feet of the monk who was trying to bypass the poisonous fog area. Tough poisonous vines instantly sprouted from the ground and tightly wrapped around his legs!
"Chaos·Mental Interference!" An extremely obscure golden light with dark golden evil patterns shot into the brow of a monk who was directing an alliance in the distance. The man's eyes instantly became distracted, and he released an attack spell at his own people!
Every time he put pen to paper, it was like dropping an invisible bomb on the chaotic battlefield, precisely creating chaos and dispelling threats!
Chu Linyuan's figure appeared and disappeared in the dense forest, like the god of death moving through the shadows.
His target is no longer the "seed players", but all the powerful beings that pose a direct threat to the Guixu Sect team!
A Jindan-level poison cultivator, hidden in the mire of the swamp, was quietly controlling countless poisonous insects to surround him. Chu Linyuan's figure appeared behind him like a ghost, and the Frost Silence sword sheath silently touched the back of his neck. The icy murderous aura instantly froze his poison pill and soul!
A Nascent Soul early stage cultivator, who moved at high speed with the help of the shadow of a giant tree, wielded a mountain axe as big as a door panel and chopped at Tie Niu's back with violent force!
Chu Linyuan's aura suddenly erupted beside him! The physical cultivator's consciousness was frozen as if pierced by an invisible ice cone! The next moment, the scabbard had precisely touched the joint of his axe-wielding wrist! Crack! With a teeth-grinding sound of bone cracking, the mountain-splitting axe flew out of his hand and embedded itself deeply into the giant tree nearby! The physical cultivator screamed, clutching his deformed wrist and flying backwards!
Every time Chu Linyuan made a move, a powerful threat would instantly collapse.
There was no flashy collision, only icy efficiency. The red tassel at his waist, amidst the rapidly moving afterimage, was like a dancing scarlet mark of death.
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