Chapter 410: Duel

Inside the cultivation room.

Cosmic energy gathered around Li Yi, forming an energy halo around him, setting him off like a Buddha or Bodhisattva sitting on a lotus throne. As cosmic energy was continuously absorbed by his body, his body evolved and transformed during this period. Not only did his Qi and blood become vigorous again, but even the silver Divine bloodline became increasingly rich.

Of course, the cost during this period was not small; he alone ate twenty Soul Realm-level extraordinary creatures.

If it weren't for the sufficient prey in his storage magic artifact, Li Yi would likely be hungry now. If calculated according to this food consumption rate, he would be short of food in at most three months.

But the effort had its rewards.

In ten full days, Li Yi's cultivation took another step forward; the twelfth meridian was successfully lit up.

And after lighting up this meridian, he felt the limit of his body again. If he wanted to take another step forward, it would take more time and energy than before. One could imagine how difficult it would be to open 365 major and minor meridians.

"Fortunately, evolution and Divine Martial Arts can be dual-cultivated. Although it is hard, the progress is obvious. It's just that the resources consumed for every step taken are astonishing. Before this batch of food is consumed, I must find a better substitute." At this moment, Li Yi suddenly opened his eyes. His silver pupils were glowing, and his whole body was filled with a faint luster, as if flowing light was flickering.

The drawback of dual-cultivation is that Li Yi must absorb cosmic energy to stimulate body evolution and eat to replenish Qi and blood to nurture the Divine bloodline; both are indispensable.

"Continue to recuperate for a while, and then prepare for the next cross-dimensional leap. If there is no way to cross dimensions, I will go to the Savage World again, find that merchant Meng Kuohai, be thick-skinned, and seek his funding. Now that the immortal cultivators of the Profound Immortal Continent have all run over, this situation is becoming increasingly dire; I cannot think of taking it slowly."

Li Yi thought to himself.

Just as he was recuperating, suddenly, a cry of an exotic beast came from outside the cultivation room, followed by a gust of wild wind, which startled him into waking up again.

"Shanyi?"

Li Yi frowned, and then his soul suddenly gave a warning.

Boom!

The next moment.

A loud noise suddenly erupted from beside the cultivation room, splashing up a cloud of dust and shaking the room until it was on the verge of collapse.

"What happened?"

Li Yi immediately stopped recuperating and rushed out of the cultivation room.

He saw Shanyi flapping its wings, its mood very irritable. On the ground nearby, a large pit had appeared, and in the pit lay an evolver from the Golden Academy. At this moment, that evolver was already severely injured, and blood had stained his entire body red.

"Did Shanyi attack other students?" Li Yi subconsciously had this thought.

But very quickly.

He denied this speculation.

Shanyi did not make a move.

Because the traces extended all the way from afar to here.

In the mid-air there, stood a woman. The woman wore a colorful dress, stepped on a flying sword, and was ethereal, an immortal cultivator from the Profound Immortal Continent. At this moment, she looked toward this side, her eyes revealing a bit of disdain, but she acted politely, bowed gracefully, and said: "I concede the point; I won this duel."

Li Yi looked at the woman.

He understood.

It turned out that the students of the Golden Academy were still dueling with the immortal cultivators of the Profound Immortal Continent.

Only this time, the Spirit Power Realm and Golden Core stage cultivators did not enter the field, but the Soul Realm students and Foundation Establishment stage cultivators were competing.

"Zhou Yu, I said, you can't beat the opponent's Foundation Establishment stage cultivator, why waste time? Previously, Xia Xiaozhong, Di Zhuan, and Zhu Yue all lost. As an instructor, how much stronger can you be?" A student watching the battle nearby couldn't help but shake his head and sigh, both regretful and helpless.

It is like the principle that twenty kindergarten children joining forces cannot beat one college student.

Li Yi was stunned for a moment, then immediately rushed into the deep pit and brought the instructor Zhou Yu out from inside.

At this moment, he discovered that a hideous, blurred opening had been blown into Zhou Yu's chest, blood flowing continuously. His own face was pale, and his breath was withered. If it weren't for the liquid metal combat suit on his body covering this wound and stabilizing his life force, Zhou Yu might have died.

"Instructor, are you okay?" Li Yi asked.

"Is, is that Li Yi? Cough, cough, it's fine, just suffered some injuries. Just send me to the medical department for treatment. There are several life-repair pods there, which can heal me very quickly." Zhou Yu struggled to stand up.

However, at this moment, that Foundation Establishment stage female cultivator flying on a sword had already flown over. She stretched out her fair palm and said: "Duel failed, your metal combat suit belongs to me."

Zhou Yu's eyes flickered, then he sighed, helplessly having to release the authorization. The liquid metal combat suit immediately peeled off his body and turned into a metal box.

That Foundation Establishment stage female cultivator grabbed it from the air and carried this metal box away directly.

And without the maintenance of the liquid metal combat suit, Zhou Yu's injuries immediately worsened, and blood sprayed out.

"If you are not convinced, you can come to find me for a duel next time. Remember, I am a Foundation Establishment cultivator of the Flying Immortal Sect, Lin Caiyi. But looking at you like this, I estimate it will be difficult to have another chance." This Foundation Establishment female cultivator said very arrogantly.

Li Yi saw this scene and also understood what had happened before. He immediately took out a life-repair pod from his storage magic artifact: "Instructor, I fear it will be difficult for you to hold on to the medical department with this injury. Use my life-repair pod."

"You also have a life-repair pod?" Zhou Yu was very surprised.

This is a high-tech product of the Sixth World. Even the Golden Academy has only obtained a dozen or so so far.

But Zhou Yu quickly remembered that Li Yi had also been to the Sixth World once; he should have obtained the life-repair pod at that time.

"Many thanks." Zhou Yu immediately stopped asking questions and lay inside.

As the life-repair pod operated, Zhou Yu's injuries stabilized, there was no danger to his life, and at the same time, the wounds were recovering visibly to the naked eye.

"Wait, how do you have a storage spirit artifact?" At this moment, Lin Caiyi, who was flying on a sword, had her eyes flicker, staring at the bracelet on Li Yi's wrist and asking very surprisedly.

"This is my business, it has nothing to do with you." Li Yi glanced at her and said.

His storage magic artifact was snatched from Xu Wendao, and Xu Wendao had obtained the storage magic artifact from a world of the Age of Dharma Decline.

That world seemed to have a high degree of similarity with this Profound Immortal Continent to some extent, only one had entered the Age of Dharma Decline, and one was at its peak.

Lin Caiyi said: "Your strength is not much, but your temper is quite big. You Earthlings only have this much ability. In these ten days, you have lost more than a dozen duels, big and small, and haven't won even once. Hey, you, don't blame this fairy for not giving you a chance. Take that storage spirit artifact as a prize, and this fairy will reluctantly duel with you, so that you, a bumpkin with no knowledge, can see the wonderful methods of the immortal family."

Her words were full of superiority. As a cultivator, she simply looked down on these evolvers.

But fortunately, this Golden Academy indeed had some good things. These days, they had gained quite a lot through dueling.

"Want my storage magic artifact?" Li Yi shook the bracelet on his wrist and then said: "Okay, what are you using as a prize?"

"If you win, you can pick whatever you want." Lin Caiyi said disdainfully.

Li Yi said: "What if I want you?"

Lin Caiyi was furious upon hearing this: "A toad wanting to eat swan meat, actually coveting this fairy's beauty. If it weren't for the regulations of Senior Chongxu, I would slaughter you just for this sentence."

"Is that so? Then why not change to another way of playing? If I lose, my life is yours; if you lose, your life belongs to me, how about that?" Li Yi said unceremoniously.

Gambling with life?

Lin Caiyi was stunned for a moment.

"Li Yi, don't be impulsive. Their Foundation Establishment stage immortal cultivators are not simple. Don't throw your life away because of temporary anger." Suddenly, instructor Zhou Yu hurriedly reached out and grabbed Li Yi, trying to stop his reckless behavior.

Although the previous duels were tragic, the competition was still considered restrained.

But even so, the evolvers were defeated one after another.

If it were a life-or-death struggle, then with the opponent using all their means, the advantage would be too great. I estimate that in the end, it would be inevitable to be defeated instantly like Luo Tianyou.

This was not bolstering others' morale and destroying one's own prestige, but the experience gained from real duels these days.

"Others have bullied us to our heads; if we retreat again, we will really become shrinking turtles. My martial artist temper cannot tolerate this." Li Yi said. Once his martial artist temper came up, he never thought about retreating.

At this moment, Lin Caiyi smiled: "Want to die? Okay, I will fulfill you. But words are not proof. If you want to duel with me, come to the duel stage. There are people there to witness. If you are afraid, this fairy can let bygones be bygones, just don't stare at me like this in the future, honestly lower your head. Natives must have the appearance of natives."

After speaking, she snorted heavily, turned around, and flew away on her sword.

Involving life and death, Lin Caiyi did not dare to be careless, because Daoist Chongxu had repeatedly ordered that dueling was allowed, but absolutely no lives could be taken, otherwise, there would be severe punishment.

She could not make the decision for Li Yi's life-gambling behavior; both sides needed to witness it. Otherwise, if she accidentally killed someone and caused trouble, she, a Foundation Establishment cultivator, could not bear it.

"Li Yi, don't go. This woman is provoking you, and then wants to find a fair opportunity to kill you." Zhou Yu's wounds were repaired, but having lost too much blood, his face was still pale. At this moment, he grabbed Li Yi and would not let go, unwilling to let him take risks.

Li Yi frowned and said: "Are Foundation Establishment cultivators that scary? Instructor, at least have some confidence in me."

"Li Yi, it's not that he doesn't have confidence in you, but that everyone has no confidence when facing Foundation Establishment stage immortal cultivators." At this time, Di Zhuan heard the movement and walked out of a nearby cultivation room. The sun totem on his forehead was dim, and his whole body was charred black, as if he had been struck by lightning.

"I fought a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator once and was defeated by a bolt of lightning from the opponent, even losing the incomplete mystic object in my hand. This was without using weapons. If weapons were used, the opponent would have a greater advantage, with attack spirit artifacts and defensive spirit artifacts. The attacks of the Soul Realm cannot even break their defense."

Speaking of this, Di Zhuan looked lonely.

"We must admit the power of the immortal cultivation method; this is not a shameful thing. As for you gambling your life with a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator, that is no different from sending yourself to death. You have also seen that the opponent flies on a sword, and the speed is so fast that we can't even see their shadow."

"He is right. In terms of spells, we are not as good as the opponent; in terms of weapons, we are also not as good as the opponent. Up to now, the Soul Realm students have not found a way to win against the opponent's Foundation Establishment stage cultivators." Zhou Yu said: "My and Di Zhuan's defeat is the best proof."

"How do you know if you don't try some things?" Li Yi said: "We have already lost so many matches, I don't care about adding one more. Where is the duel stage? I will go find them."

He was not reckless, but also had trump cards, plus he had opened twelve major meridians, so it was not impossible to have a go.

If it really doesn't work, at worst, release the ghost and cause a supernatural event. ===== CHAPTER 411 =====