Even those who were just watching on the edge of the mountain felt a chill down their spines, and their hearts trembled and were suppressed, as if the knife was about to chop them on the head.

Everyone felt as if they were facing the knife alone, as if there was nowhere to hide and they were about to be cut in half by the knife.

This feeling is indescribable. Even though I know the knife is not aimed at me, I still can't help but step back even though I am not determined.

Li Xiu did not retreat, but stood there watching the knife coming towards him.

When the knife was about to hit his head, the two hands clasped together again to clamp Jing Li's knife, as if it was a replica of the last battle.

In Li Xiu's palm, the magic light turned into a strange suction cup, firmly sucking Jing Li's knife. What surprised Li Xiu was that this time, the suction power in the bottle could not absorb any light energy from Jing Li's knife.

"The same trick doesn't work on me." Jing Li still had his eyes closed, his expression neither happy nor sad, and he continued to slash down with his long sword, as if ignoring all obstructing forces.

But the next second, Jing Li's face changed. His sword was still firmly held between Li Xiu's hands. No matter how hard he tried, the sword did not move at all.

Li Xiu looked at Jing Li. There were more and more lava patterns on his magic armor, and his hands holding the long sword seemed to have turned into red-hot iron blocks.

With the help of the Hand of God and the suction in the bottle, both hands generated a pushing and pulling force. The terrifying magic light vibrated at a high speed between Li Xiu's hands, causing the long sword to vibrate at a high speed as well, and actually shook Jing Li's hand holding the sword away.

Jing Li's knife actually fell into Li Xiu's hands.

"This..." Li Qingyi and others were stunned. Jing Li used all his strength to attack with the knife, but Li Xiu caught it with his bare hands and took the knife away. This was simply unimaginable.

Jing Li opened his eyes and looked at Li Xiu in disbelief. He had clearly condensed his light energy to the extreme, making it impossible for Li Xiu to absorb his light energy, but he still could not resist the power of Li Xiu's hands.

Li Xiu held the tip of the knife with one hand, handed the trembling knife back to Jing Li, and said slowly: "What are you afraid of? You don't need to restrain yourself, show your strength, let me see how strong your real strength is."

Jing Li stared at Li Xiu in a daze, and his eyes, which had originally become cold and ruthless, gradually became fiery again.

"As you ask...as you wish..." Jing Li grasped the hilt of the knife and took the knife from Li Xiu's hand. The light on the knife bloomed again, making Jing Li's whole body radiant, not as restrained as before.

"That's right, young people should be unrestrained and have no desires, no emotions, and no feelings. That's what old men with half their bodies buried in the ground should do. Young people should burn themselves and shine the brightest at their best age." Li Xiu looked at Jing Li and said slowly.

"It's bad. Jing Li's heartless and ruthless state of mind has been broken. The opportunity that the old general manager sacrificed himself to get for Jing Li is gone... I'm afraid the inheritance of the heartless lineage has been cut off..." said the immortal old man with a change of color.

"That may not be the case. Haven't you noticed? Jing Li's will has not weakened, but has become stronger." Mo Wuya stared at Jing Li and said.

“Even if you become stronger, can your state of mind still be able to practice the “Jueli Sutra”?” said the immortal old man.

"I don't know..." Mo Wuya didn't know where Jing Li would go in this situation.

Buzz!

The long sword in Jing Li's hand, which had not changed in the super spiritual state, finally changed. Under the baptism of powerful light energy, the long sword gradually became hideous and terrifying.

The long sword that was originally in the style of a Tang sword actually became wider and wider, and changed from a Tang sword to a ghost-head sword style that was as ferocious as the fangs of a ghost.

The dark purple light on the knife was like smoke and fog, as if countless vengeful spirits were entangled in it, roaring and howling. Even Jing Li's entire body seemed to be carrying countless grudges. The horrifying fluctuations of the light energy moved even the old immortal and Mo Wuya.

"What's going on? Isn't he already 100% super spiritual? How come the light energy has increased again, and the symbiotic contract has mutated again, what's going on..." The old immortal looked surprised.

Mo Wuya pondered and said, "I'm afraid there is only one possibility. Jing Li took the wrong path before. The old general manager had been deliberately suppressing and erasing Jing Li's desire, hoping to make him walk the path of forgetting emotions and sex. As a result, he succeeded. Jing Li did realize the state of mind of forgetting emotions, but the old general manager never thought that Jing Li's own realm had already transcended the state of mind of forgetting emotions. The state of mind of forgetting emotions that he sacrificed himself to bring to Jing Li has become a shackle for Jing Li."

"What is this? Sacrificing oneself to imprison one's own disciple? Is this a blessing or a misfortune for the Wangqing lineage?" The old man said with a wry smile.

"If the old general manager is still alive, I'm afraid he can't answer your question. We are not qualified to judge whether it is fortunate or unfortunate, but Li Xiu is probably in a miserable situation. The knife he used to injure himself just now was more of a suicide than a murder. It was his only chance to defeat Jing Li, and he did seize that opportunity. But he was too young, too arrogant, and too confident. He actually returned the knife to Jing Li and inadvertently awakened Jing Li, allowing Jing Li to find his true self and completely release the power that had been suppressed for a long time. Today, Jing Li is probably truly invincible. Even if you and I were in the super-spiritual state back then, we probably wouldn't be his opponents."

"Haha, I'm afraid that kid Li Xiu is regretting his decision now, but it's too late. He used his life to exchange for Jing Li Chaoling's invincibility. I wonder if this is a loss or a profit?" The old man laughed.

"It's hard to say. Such a magic armor master is rare in a thousand years. If he is killed like this, it will be a huge loss for my Changshengtian... Should we take action to stop this war from continuing..." Mo Wuya hesitated.

"It's too late." The old man shook his head.

On the battlefield, the light energy fluctuations on Jing Li's body were like a volcanic eruption. Even Li Qingyi and others standing on the edge of the mountain were shocked by the light energy fluctuations.

"Such terrifying light energy... Is this really the light energy fluctuation in a super spiritual state?" Li Qingyi and others looked at Jing Li in surprise and doubt.

Jing Li stared at Li Xiu intently and said fiercely: "As a reward to you, I will use this knife to send you off. In order to commemorate you, this knife is called a farewell."

As he spoke, Jing Li raised the Ghost Light Blade with both hands and suddenly slashed it diagonally, like an executioner beheading someone.

The knife was very fast, but it felt heavy. It was very fast, but it was visible clearly, as if anyone could dodge it.

But even though he could see it clearly, he felt as if his body was bound and he couldn't move at all. It was like a prisoner bound by shackles, or like he was haunted by evil spirits and couldn't move. He could only watch the knife fall.

Those who truly understood this knife knew that it was not because the body was restrained, but because the knife was too fast.

It was so fast that the body had no way to keep up with the brain's reaction, so even though I could see it, I felt as if my body was restrained and unable to dodge.

"Li Xiu...it's over..." Li Qingyi wanted to close her eyes, unable to bear to see the scene of Li Xiu being beheaded. However, Jing Li's knife was so fast that she didn't even have time to close her eyes. She could only watch. It seemed as if time had stopped, everything was frozen, and only Jing Li's knife was falling.

Li Xiu also stood there motionless, watching the ghost-head knife with a terrifying blade light about to chop his neck diagonally.

Suddenly, everyone saw Li Xiu's body moving. At such a high speed that it seemed as if time had stopped, Li Xiu's body moved rapidly.

It's like a super sports car is driving at full speed, leaving all the other vehicles behind, as if those vehicles are not moving and seem to have stopped. But at this time, another car passes by at a speed faster than the super sports car, overtaking the super sports car, making the super sports car seem to have stopped.

What’s even more terrifying is that what surpassed the supercar was actually a large truck.

The furnace guardian on Li Xiu's body has completely turned into a bright red state, and the strong light can burn all the magic armor that was originally like pig iron.

No matter how heavy Jing Li's sword is, it is just a sword after all. Compared with Li Xiu's body wearing magic costume, it is like a petite sports car.

Li Xiu's speed actually exceeded that of the knife, just like a heavy truck exceeding a supercar, giving people an unparalleled visual impact.

In front of Li Xiu, the incredibly fast ghost-head knife in Jing Li's hand seemed to have stopped.

Li Xiu's body, which was like a fire demon, passed through Jing Li's ghost-head knife from the side and stood there almost face to face with Jing Li. In the eyes of Jing Li's disbelief, he grabbed the back of the knife with one hand and pressed the other hand on Jing Li's chest, and directly blasted Jing Li with a palm, sending him flying backwards.

Bang!

Jing Li's body flew backwards dozens of meters and hit the Gate of Beasts. Blood spurted out of his mouth, and his pupils contracted extremely as he stared at Li Xiu, who was standing there with a ghost-head knife in one hand. His face was full of disbelief. His body slid down from the door and sat heavily on the ground. For a moment, he did not react and just sat there staring at Li Xiu.

Everyone had a similar expression to Jing Li, they all had their eyes wide open, staring at the devil-like figure.

Even the old immortal and Mo Wuya were stunned and speechless.

"Do you want to continue?" Li Xiu walked in front of Jing Li, handed the knife to Jing Li again and asked.

"I... lost..." Jing Li closed his eyes, feeling both painful and relieved.

This battle shocked the entire Changshengtian.

The magic armor master defeated Jing Li, who was almost at the peak of the super spiritual level. This was not just a simple victory over Jing Li, it also meant that the profession of magic armor master would be re-examined.

"Is the peak combat power of a magic armor master really inferior to that of a trial-taker?" Many people who originally believed this firmly now had a question mark in their minds.

At least at the super-spiritual stage, there are already magic armor masters who can defeat the top trial-takers.

Lei Qingfeng, Qiu Tianyu and other magic costume masters walked on the streets of Changsheng City, and it seemed that their vision was much higher than before.

I don’t know if it’s an illusion, but the trial-takers who I used to think were quite tall seem to be shorter today.

When everyone walked, they all raised their heads unconsciously, feeling very relaxed.

"What's a trial-taker? I'm a magic armor master!" A wonderful idea that had not been seen in many years began to grow in the minds of these magic armor masters.

This feeling is both strange and exciting, and it is a wonderful feeling that I have never experienced before.

The way the trial participants on the street looked at these magic costume masters seemed a little different from usual.

Sha Chu heard a knock on the door. He opened the door and found Li Xiu standing outside the door. There was actually someone standing behind Li Xiu.

When Sha Chu saw clearly who that person was, he couldn't help but be slightly startled. The person following behind Li Xiu was actually Jing Li.

"Is the meal ready?" Li Xiu asked with a smile.

"It's done." Sha Chu answered in a daze.

"Is it enough for three people?" Li Xiu asked as he walked into the yard.

"It should be... enough..." Sha Chu's expression became more complicated.

Only then did she understand why Li Xiu asked her to prepare more food before leaving. So this was the reason. Had he been planning to bring Jing Li back?

Sha Chu found it hard to imagine what Li Xiu had done to make Jing Li look so dejected, like a young wife who had been angry.

"Let's eat. I'm a little hungry after being active for so long." Li Xiu said with a smile.

Shachu closed the door and ran to the kitchen to bring up the food.

Jing Li said nothing. He sat down, picked up the bowl and started eating, shoveling the food into his mouth in big mouthfuls without even raising his head from beginning to end.

"Xiao Li, eat slowly, don't be in a hurry." Li Xiu said with a smile.

"Xiao Li!" Sha Chu had a strange look on her face. She really couldn't connect the two words, Jing Li, who was as ferocious as a ghost, and Xiao Li.

The corner of Jing Li's eye twitched, but he didn't say a word. He just paused for a moment, and then started to shovel rice into his mouth quickly, as if he didn't hear what Li Xiu said.

"Eat, eat, eat more. Eat enough so that you can be my test subject." Li Xiu was in a very happy mood seeing Jing Li eating so much but not feeling sorry for the food at all.

Although food in Changsheng City is very expensive, Li Xiu doesn't care at all.

"Tell me, what do you want me to do?" Jing Li couldn't stand Li Xiu staring at him with a smile, so he put down his bowl and chopsticks and frowned.

"Didn't we agree that if you lose you will join the technician team?" Li Xiu smiled and continued, "You can be considered the first member I personally recruited since the establishment of my technician team. From now on, you will be the number one technician in my technician team."

Jing Li's eyes twitched again. He stared at Li Xiu for a long while before saying, "Who do you want me to kill? Just tell me directly. Don't waste your time talking nonsense."

"A simple task like killing doesn't require you to do anything. You have more important things to do." Li Xiu said with a smile.

Jing Li had a strange look on his face. This was the first time someone approached him without asking him to kill anyone.

But come to think of it, Li Xiu really doesn't need him to kill anyone.

"What exactly do you want me to do?" Jing Li has asked this question three times, and it can be seen that he is still a little uneasy in his heart.

"Your job is very simple. I have a Ningguang technique here. You can just take it and practice it." Li Xiu said as he took out a Ningguang technique he had written by himself.

This is the "Zi Bu Yu Gui Li Luan Shen Jue" that he revised, and he needs Jing Li to help him conduct an experiment to see if his hypothesis is correct.

"I am not at the light base level yet, so I cannot practice the Condensing Light Method. Even if I am at the light base level, I already have the Condensing Light Method, so I don't need your Condensing Light Method." Jing Li frowned.

"My method of Condensing Light is a little different. You don't need to reach the Light Basic level to practice it." Li Xiu said.

"Impossible." How could Jing Li believe such nonsense from Li Xiu? He had heard the old commander talk about the principle of Ningguang method before. The old commander had even told him the "Jueli Sutra". The Jueli Sutra had already been in his mind for a long time. He only needed to be promoted to the light base level to practice it.

Based on his understanding of the Condensation Light Technique, it is impossible for humans to master the Condensation Light Technique before reaching the Light Basic Level.

“Why not give it a try? You’ll know whether it’s true or not by trying it out. If it’s false, you definitely won’t be able to practice it now. After you’re promoted to the light base level, you can practice your own light condensing method.” Li Xiu said with narrowed eyes.

Jing Li hesitated for a moment. Although he did not believe that there was a method of Condensing Light that could be practiced before reaching the Light Basic level, it was hard to say what Li Xiu was. If there really was such a thing, wouldn't he have to give up his mentor's dying wish and insist on practicing the "Jueli Sutra" after he was promoted to the Light Basic level?

"What? You can't even do such a small thing?" Li Xiu couldn't help but frown when he saw Jing Li hesitating.

He worked so hard to get Jing Li here, even causing damage to the Furnace Guardian's magic armor, not to keep an idle person for nothing.

"I understand. I will practice." Jing Li said nothing more. He picked up the book "Zi Bu Yu Gui Li Luan Shen Jue" written by Li Xiu and was about to leave.

"Stop, you will live here from now on, and I will supervise your training progress." Li Xiu said.

"I will definitely do what I promised." Jing Li's face looked a little unhappy.

"This has nothing to do with whether you can do it or not. I want to observe your practice. If you can practice it, it means that all trial-takers who have not reached the light-based level can practice it. If there are any problems in the practice, you need to report to me in time so that I can modify it. In the future, this method of condensing light will be used for practice by all trial-takers. It must be easy to understand so that everyone can practice it." Li Xiu explained.

Jing Li stared at Li Xiu in a daze, as if he was looking at a madman. He suddenly felt that Li Xiu seemed very similar to his mentor.

Although their ways of thinking and pursuits seem to be two extremes, this crazy feeling makes Jing Li feel very familiar.

What a crazy idea it is to allow all trial participants to practice the Ningguang method. I'm afraid no one in the entire Changshengtian has dared to think of this for all these years. The key point is that the person who does this is actually a magic armor master.

"So, I am your test subject?" Jing Li asked Li Xiu while holding the "Zi Bu Yu Gui Li Luan Shen Jue".

"Yes." Li Xiu said bluntly.

"Is this the Light Condensation Technique that you researched yourself? It has nothing to do with Changshengtian?"

"Yes."

"If it does work, will you make it public?"

"Yes."

"Okay... I'll practice this Ningguang method..." Jing Li said calmly.