Chapter 173: Various Heaven

"Got rich, got rich..."

Several days later, the first batch of Dragon-Ascension Pills was auctioned. Xu Zhi immediately found Lin Jing, but found that Lin Jing was in seclusion.

"Really diligent. Also, colliding with Yan Xiangbei in the second round is indeed difficult to handle!" Xu Zhi said with melancholy, not knowing if Lin Jing could win.

He felt that unless Lin Jing reached Foundation Establishment before the second round, otherwise... he might not be the opponent!

No wonder Lin Jing let him seize the time to sell pills!

Once the Long Gong crowd collectively lost, the price of these pills would have to drop.

And at this time, inside the inn room.

Lin Jing was indeed actively preparing for battle.

He and the Pine-Leaf Rat, the first thing to do was to check the mosquito-powered mecha, lest there be mechanical failure at that time.

The opponent had a top-grade magic treasure, and the might was terrifying. Lin Jing did not want to fight hard.

If he and the Ice Soul Gu merged, they would definitely have the strength to fight, but the load on himself would inevitably be extremely high, and he did not want to have the risk of injury.

As for the Pine-Leaf Rat, even if it had the Demon King's true body, but before the Green Emperor Longevity Art reached great completion, it was estimated that it was not the opponent of a top-grade magic treasure.

In summary, it was that Lin Jing did not want himself, the Ice Soul Gu, or the Pine-Leaf Rat to bear too much load and suffer too serious injuries, affecting subsequent battles.

So... he could only let the mosquito-powered mecha come. Even if this mecha was smashed in battle, Lin Jing would not feel heartache. Anyway, it could be built again.

Most of the materials were the Pine-Leaf Rat's synthesized items, which were also like those pills. There was no need to worry about expensive maintenance materials.

Seven days passed in a flash.

During these seven days, the audience was quite satisfied. According to the lists of the eight arenas, the cultivators argued endlessly, discussed viewpoints, expanded their horizons, and also purchased rare pills that flowed out from some contestants, which could be considered not having made the trip in vain...

At the scene of the Battle of the Heaven's Pride, on the incomparably huge arena, Tian Huaihua read out the list of the first group of arena melees...

"Spirit Dao Sect Chen Zhong, Purple Heaven Sword Sect Xiao Chen, Heavenly Net Gate

As the eight names were read out by Tian Huihua, seven of them had incredibly ugly expressions; these seven hadn't slept well since the moment the list came out a few days ago.

"You guys should thank me. It's thanks to my Spirit Luck Body sharing some luck with you that you didn't run into this Chen Zhong," Gao Sheng said with a chuckle from the side of the contestants from the Hidden Dragon Academy and the Long Gong.

This Chen Zhong is the current number one prodigy; running into him is just plain bad luck.

"I heard that a spell origin spirit can only be born after comprehending a spell to the extreme. This Chen Zhong is only at the Foundation Establishment stage, yet he has actually managed to do something that even many Nascent Soul and Soul Transformation experts cannot..."

Yuan Jing of the Heavenly Sword Sect had originally thought his own comprehension of the sword path was astonishing and that his mastery of sword intent was already peerless, but this Chen Zhong was clearly even more heaven-defying.

"He has the Innate Dao Body, which ranks nineteenth on the Divine Body List. It provides a massive bonus to spell cultivation, and it's said that the Spirit Dao Sect also has a rare Enlightened Fish..." Zi Ling'er sighed.

If this person were placed in the Immortal Palace era, he would have a very high probability of ascending.

In the first group's melee, Chen Zhong is the current number one prodigy, and Xiao Chen is the current number eight; there are two prodigies from the top ten.

Although this Xiao Chen is not an Innate Divine Body, he possesses an Innate Sword Body and has also cultivated an Acquired Lightning Spirit Body; having two constitutions in one person is also quite extraordinary.

At the start of the melee, the other seven people collectively looked at Chen Zhong, who was wearing black and white yin-yang robes. Without even needing to discuss it, they all attacked simultaneously with a unified goal!

"Gravity Spell."

Chen Zhong only slightly closed his eyes.

A terrifying gravity then used Chen Zhong as its center, repelling and suppressing all enemies in the vicinity!

Spell, Gravity Spell.

In an instant, the space blurred as if the sky were collapsing. All magic treasures and spells were instantly annihilated. The seven people who had launched the attack were now all sprawled on the arena, pressed tightly against the ground, their entire bodies emitting the sound of bones shattering, with fresh blood flowing from the corners of their mouths.

"Spirit Dao Sect, Chen Zhong wins." Tian Huihua glanced at Chen Zhong, who had opened his Dao eyes, and announced.

Chen Zhong calmly flew back to his seat.

This scene made the prodigies in the other groups feel suffocated.

You have to know, Chen Zhong's spell origin spirit hadn't even been unleashed yet!

He had only used his own magic power to cast a simple Gravity Spell, yet Xiao Chen, who was also in the top ten and possessed dual constitutions, had no power to resist—could he not even stand up?

"This is the Innate Dao Body. As a member of the younger generation of the Sword Domain's Sword Sect, I am absolutely no match for this Xiao Chen, yet he couldn't even last a single move in front of Chen Zhong..." Yuan Jing was speechless.

"Little Yuan, don't feel pressured. Anyway, your Heavenly Sword Sect has the Lingyue Sword Immortal ranked first on the Earth List; you don't need to rely on yourself to fight for face. Besides, you're still young, just over twenty years old, the youngest among us."

Gao Sheng patted his shoulder, leaving Yuan Jing helpless. Indeed, the Heavenly Sword Sect is the number one Sword Sect of the Ancient Kingdom, and the current strongest prodigy of the sect is not him, but the Lingyue Sword Immortal Feng Ning. After the previous number one on the Earth List passed the age of sixty, the Lingyue Sword Immortal was automatically promoted to first.

In the following second round of the melee, the most watched figure was Mo Qianyi of the Divine Mechanism Manor.

A female mechanical engineer, her attire was quite plain, and her appearance was also ordinary. She wore a yellow cloth garment, looking like a mortal commoner, forming a sharp contrast with those female cultivators who were dressed gorgeously and adorned exquisitely.

In this group, besides her, there was also a figure ranked tenth among the prodigies.

However, the top three are worthy of being the top three. On the arena, Mo Qianyi only used one Immortal-Shooting Chariot, and without even using her famous mechanical grand formation, she swept through the crowd.

Through her Exquisite Body connecting to the internal soul cores of the mechanical creations, the Immortal-Shooting Chariot fired forty-nine crossbow bolts, each one comparable to the power of a magic treasure, containing various attributes of metal, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, lightning, yin, yang, and poison.

These crossbow bolts were controlled by Mo Qianyi as she pleased. After the barrage of arrows defeated the defenses of all opponents, whether they were damaged or normal arrows, they all returned to the Immortal-Shooting Chariot.

She patted the Immortal-Shooting Chariot, her figure flashed and vanished, returning to her seat.

The descendants of the Ice Fire Island were also killed by the barrage of arrows during this period along with the King-Blooded Flood Dragon, becoming the first sacrifice of the Long Gong.

"What a pity." Seeing this, Lin Jing sighed. In front of true prodigies, these dragon-blooded pet beasts, even if they reached the King-Blood level, were clearly not enough.

Fortunately, he had let the Long Gong members show their pet beasts early. Now that the Ascension Dragon Pills had all been sold, if anyone wanted a refund, Lin Jing certainly wouldn't agree.

"The Innate Exquisite Body is also heaven-defying. This is at least equivalent to controlling dozens of magic treasures at the same time. That Weapon-Holding Body is about quality, while this Exquisite Body is about quantity, and because of the assistance of mechanical creations, her consumption isn't very high..." Xu Zhi looked at Lin Jing and said, "Are you ready? The next Yan Xiangbei..."

"Hmm." Facing everyone's gaze, Lin Jing nodded. Soon, Tian Huihua also began to read the list for the third group...

"Refining Immortal Valley's Yan Xiangbei, God-Walking Sect's Lu Tong, Beast-Taming Sect's Lin Jing..."

Once the list was out, the scene instantly erupted in discussion.

"Chen Zhong and Mo Qianyi faced the eighth and tenth prodigies, and both ended in a crushing victory; the gap is huge."

"Yan Xiangbei is also in the top three prodigies. I wonder if he will also have an overwhelming victory against the ninth-ranked Lu Tong..."

"Wait, there's also a Lin Jing from the Long Gong!"

"Him? I thought he would break through to the Foundation Establishment stage during these seven days, but he's still at Qi Condensation... Could it be that he is pursuing the thirteenth layer of Qi Condensation?" The audience was puzzled.

Pursuing the extreme realm of Qi Condensation, in the eyes of many cultivators, is certainly an ambitious goal, but the risk is too great. If it were them, let alone the twelfth layer, once they reached the tenth layer, they would definitely quit while they were ahead.

You must know, cultivators have a golden age for cultivation, just like a mortal has the highest learning efficiency at a certain age stage; cultivators are the same!

If one doesn't take advantage of being young to improve their realm as quickly as possible, gain longevity, and extend their golden cultivation age, then after this stage passes, subsequent cultivation will be even more difficult. The reason some elderly cultivators remain at a certain realm for hundreds or thousands of years, besides talent factors, is also related to having passed their golden cultivation age. Their physical functions decline, and even with pills and secret techniques, it is very difficult to continue improving their realm. If they could regain their youth, even if their talent were slightly worse, most cultivators would never be stuck at a bottleneck for hundreds of years so dramatically!