Chapter 420: Great Divine Ability, mastered! Collapse and clearance!

【Name: Hong Guang】

【Realm: Minor Divine Ability Realm, Perfection】

【Dao Field: Taiyin, Sixth Stage】

【Age: 8854】

【Divine Ability (Minor): Nine Rotations of Blood Vine (Perfection)】

【Divine Ability (Minor): Heart Field Method (Seventh Stage)】

【Divine Ability (Minor): Boundary Origin Mountain (Ninth Stage)】

【Divine Ability (Minor): Five-Poison Grass Man (Ninth Stage)】

……

"So many divine abilities, and all of them are classic spells of the Self-Nature Sect?" Since a battle was inevitable, Zhao Xing quickly analyzed Hong Guang's combat power.

"Nine Rotations of Blood Vine originates from the Great Divine Ability 'Origin Vine Immortal'; it is a divine ability capable of changing the variety of vines."

"No wonder he has so many Cloud-Touching Vines."

The reason 'Origin Vine Immortal' is called a classic spell is that it can change the attributes of a plant within the same species.

This method is one of the major categories of 【Mutation Methods】.

For example, within the vine family, Cloud-Touching Vines belong to the 'Void Species', while 'Water Cloud Vines' belong to the aquatic species.

However, the spell 'Origin Vine Immortal' can make a common aquatic Water Cloud Vine transform into a Void Species!

This is the Mutation Method of the Self-Nature Sect!

【Mutation Methods】 can be said to be indispensable spells for the tactical combinations of Self-Nature Sect Si Nong.

Of course, this type of spell is extremely difficult to cultivate; without a few thousand years of research, one can't achieve anything of note.

The Nine Rotations of Blood Vine that Hong Guang learned is only a minor divine ability.

When performing 'attribute changes', it brings significant side effects to the plant troops.

The state of the Cloud-Touching Vines also appeared somewhat strange in Zhao Xing's eyes.

【Blood Cloud-Touching Vine (Abnormal)】

【Realm: Minor Divine Ability Realm, Perfection】

【Innate Divine Ability: Void Solidification (Eighth Stage)】

【Innate Divine Ability: Life Blood Thorn (Seventh Stage)】

【Remaining Lifespan: Ten years and four months】

"Sure enough, all of his Cloud-Touching Vines only exhibit one innate divine ability, which is 'Void Solidification'."

Normally, a Cloud-Touching Vine at this realm should have two innate abilities.

One is Void Solidification, and the other is Void Strangling.

One for binding, one for attacking; only a Cloud-Touching Vine possessing both spatial divine ability talents can be called a hegemon among 'King-level' troops.

Lacking the 'Void Strangling' talent, its attack power is very weak.

Zhao Xing estimated that Hong Guang had applied the Mutation Method to the 'Blood Cloud Vines', which is why one plant exhibited two divine abilities, both of which became weakened—this was the side effect caused by the spell.

"Neither fish nor fowl, and with a lifespan of only ten-plus years; this is the price."

"However, he still has the 【Five-Poison Grass Man】, 【Heart Field Method】, and 【Boundary Origin Mountain】."

"Among them, the Heart Field Method and Boundary Origin Mountain are classic Self-Nature Sect spells. On the other hand, I've never heard of the 'Five-Poison Grass Man'; it should be a rather inferior divine ability," Zhao Xing mused.

The Heart Field Method is a defensive divine ability of the heart-will type cultivated by the Self-Nature Sect, belonging to the major category 【Heart Seed Method】.

Boundary Origin Mountain, although it contains the word 'mountain', is not a mountain spell at all.

It is a divine ability combat method based on the 'Origin World Projection'.

The Self-Nature Sect's 'Origin Projection' combined with a Dao Field can produce endless variations.

This belongs to another major category—【World Method】.

Hong Guang's Dao Field level is very high; Zhao Xing is only at the Taiyin Fourth Stage, while he is at the Taiyin Sixth Stage.

When Hong Guang began to act, he first used his Cloud-Touching Vine troops to cast 'Void Solidification'.

Four Cloud-Touching Vines cast 'Void Solidification', while the other four actively extended, with ten thousand branches turning into blood-colored spikes, stabbing toward Zhao Xing.

He himself cast 'Boundary Origin Mountain', merging it with his Taiyin Sixth Stage Dao Field; the void suddenly rippled like a river, surging over mightily.

The projection and the Dao Field merged, resembling a 【Dao Mountain】 pressing down on the Heavy Water River, actually causing the Heavy Water River's water to be forcefully collapsed, forming a clear fault line with the surrounding river water.

Although he said he would give Zhao Xing a chance to hand over the 'special plant', Hong Guang had directly used his full strength.

After all, how could Zhao Xing not have some ability if he could subdue a special plant?

Now was exactly when Zhao Xing was at his weakest, so naturally, he had to beat a dog that had fallen into the water.

"Crack, crack, crack~"

Zhao Xing's figure was pressed down somewhat; the Heavy Water River had originally only reached his knees, but now it reached his thighs.

"Hiss, hiss, hiss, hiss~" The branches of the Cloud-Touching Vines stabbed toward Zhao Xing like countless poisonous snakes, wanting to gnaw at this giant that was Zhao Xing.

"Completely suppressed!" Hong Guang stared coldly at Zhao Xing.

The Cloud-Touching Vine's void divine ability was absolutely top-tier among minor divine abilities; Zhao Xing's movement speed had become extremely slow, making it impossible to dodge his moves!

It was also by relying on these eight powerful Cloud-Touching Vines that he had survived in this crisis-ridden small world until now.

"Chi, chi, chi, chi, chi~"

The spikes struck continuously, but it was all thunder and no rain.

The Nine-Fold Treasure Light circulating on Zhao Xing's body provided layer-upon-layer protection; the spikes couldn't penetrate the last three layers of treasure light to strike his physical body.

Life Blood Thorn?

It couldn't pierce even a bit.

Let alone plunder Zhao Xing's life force.

It hadn't even broken the defense!

"Hmm? What's going on with this person? Could he be a Martial Si Nong?" Hong Guang frowned.

After all his maneuvers, the actual effect was not very good.

Zhao Xing's aura was indeed somewhat withered, but that was caused by subduing the special plant; compared to before he attacked, the drop in aura was negligible.

"Five-Poison Grass Man! Go!"

Hong Guang wanted to end the battle quickly, so many grass man clones flew out from his body.

The Origin Assembly forbade participants from using their own troops and also forbade carrying materials to make grass men; these Five-Poison Grass Men of his were made on the spot after entering.

"That's actually a bit troublesome." Zhao Xing ignored Hong Guang's grass men entirely.

The Life Blood Thorns couldn't pierce the Nine-Fold Treasure Light, and the poison of the Five-Poison Grass Men couldn't invade either.

After meeting Wu Tian, his Treasure Mountain divine ability had become perfect; having been pressed under the Five-Finger Mountain for five hundred years, this Nine-Fold Treasure Light was born from Wu Tian's own tempering.

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it impervious to all methods; want to break it? That would require at least a Great Divine Ability spell.

The troublesome part was the 'Void Solidification', the suppression of the Boundary Origin Mountain, and the pressure of the Heavy Water River itself.

These three things caused Zhao Xing's current movement rate to be greatly reduced, to the point where he couldn't even jump out of the Heavy Water River.

"Under the suppression of his Boundary Origin Mountain, my own Origin Projection cannot be opened, and I cannot release the Giant Yang Grass Man or the mushroom troops," Zhao Xing mused.

Compared to the geniuses of the Chixing Empire, Zhao Xing's Dao Field was weak, and the Self-Nature Sect's cultivation method, 'Origin Sea Boundary', was far less profound than what the geniuses of the Chixing Empire cultivated.

Zhao Xing had always known this was his weak point, but during those ninety-seven years of training, he had made trade-offs, choosing to cultivate the Giant Yang, Five-Finger Mountain, and Essence-Extracting divine abilities.

"Let's try the influence of will divine abilities first." Zhao Xing suddenly raised his head, and a blood-colored blade appeared in his huge pupils.

"Chi, chi, chi~" The blood-colored blade flashed and disappeared, instantly appearing in Hong Tian's mind.

"Kill, kill, kill!"

Another point is that rescuing hostages is also a test.

Combat-type Si Nong cannot only know how to kill; they must also have the mindset of saving people.

The Self-Nature Sect has a strange temper and often uses life for experiments, which easily makes them perverted.

Adding such tests in the selection is a reminder to everyone from the root not to lose themselves because of killing.

Specifically pointing out that the hostages are 'Chixing Empire citizens'; if they don't even want to save their own citizens, what else can be expected.

What's the use of the Origin World cultivating an evil strong person?

Regardless of whether this can serve as a reminder, this is an attitude; call it political correctness or grandstanding, the rules are just like this.

"The performance in the third round is also related to the final apprenticeship link." Zhao Xing mused. "Some geniuses have high scores, but they saved too few hostages, and even deducted some points because of 'hostages', and as a result, some Si Nong strong people refused to take some geniuses as disciples."

There are also those who are disliked because they saved too many, but that is a minority after all.

Zhao Xing pondered: "The scale must be grasped well; don't appear too stupid. If you delay things because of saving people, that is putting the cart before the horse. Getting praise from everyone doesn't mean anything; this is an assessment after all."

Thinking from another perspective, Zhao Xing also doesn't hope that the disciple he takes is evil, and of course, he doesn't want them to be a blind do-gooder.

"It seems I need to find more plant troops to subdue." Zhao Xing began to activate his Spiritual Sense to expand the scanning range.

Since it's called Ten Thousand Demon Star Land, the types of demon clans must be many, and it's not just about killing demons, but also saving people.

Single means cannot face such a complex environment.

Must prepare as sufficiently as possible.

The Self-Nature Sect must have the ability to face all complex situations!

"Collect plant troops!"

Hum~

Zhao Xing immediately turned into a rainbow light, cutting through the night sky, and quickly collected them on the Initial Star Land.

"The number of plants on the Initial Star Land is unknown, and the level will not exceed the Yin-Yang Dao Domain Realm. That is to say, the collection on the Initial Star Land determines the subsequent results."

"Of course, I can return to the Initial Star Land infinitely; it doesn't necessarily mean that once three years are up, I have to start killing demons."

"Sharpening the knife doesn't delay the woodcutter; I must prepare for subduing troops first."

At this time, the star mirror didn't show the points leaderboard, because it wouldn't be until three years later that hostages and demon clans would be dropped, and only then would it be opened.

The Initial Star Land is also very dangerous; after all, there are Dao Domain Realm plants here, so Zhao Xing didn't dare to fly too fast.

"This level of the Initial Star Land can pull the distance between geniuses."

"I have to fly carefully, and if it were those heaven-defying geniuses, like Du Yun, they could walk sideways on the entire Initial Star Land."

"The third round is a comprehensive test; to stand out is much harder than the second round."

"There are so many derivative species here; I've flown 100 million miles, and I can't name eighty percent of them; I don't recognize them at all."

Derivative species don't know what they will cross-breed into, so naturally, they won't appear in books.

"Shua~"

Zhao Xing stopped.

"Searching randomly definitely won't work; the efficiency is too low."

"Origin Projection, Three Realms Void!"

"Hum~"

Zhao Xing drank low, and the projection of the Origin Space unfolded.

But no shadow appeared on the ground, and the surroundings seemed to have no change.

In fact, the Origin Projection had delved deep into the multi-layered void.

"Three Realms Void is a type of World Method of the Self-Nature Sect."

"I have already practiced it to the perfection of divine ability."

"The projection takes root in the void and unfolds more covertly, and can even float up from the deep void and deep Earth Pulse to counter-wrap the enemy's Origin Projection."

The void is multi-layered; after learning the Three Realms Void, the projection can even unfold in the 'void turbulence'.

In the past, Zhao Xing falling into void turbulence would have been impossible to unfold, for example, when he was in the Boundary Boat, even if his true body was there, he couldn't unfold his Origin Projection and summon plant troops to save his life.

Now it's different; this method of the Self-Nature Sect has strong adaptability to harsh environments, and even in a high-chaos environment like the Wu Yue Luo Mausoleum, it can be opened.

"Hum~"

"Chi, chi~"

"Ji, ji~"

"Gu~~"

Countless sounds poured into Zhao Xing's mind.

That is the life rhythm of plants!

"Any life is itself a manifestation of the Life Great Dao; listen to the rhythm of the Life Dao to judge the category of life."

"During these hundred years, I finally mastered a wisp of 'Life Great Dao trace'—【Life Rhythm】."

Through the Life Rhythm, Zhao Xing quickly distinguished the major categories of plant life.

The first one he found was the mushroom family of plants.

"The life rhythm of the mushroom species is different from other types; I am too familiar with it; those mushrooms weren't poked in vain."

Zhao Xing quickly flew to an area full of mushrooms.

"Little ones, your Mushroom King is back, hahahaha."

Although the many mushroom species before his eyes were strange, Zhao Xing felt very close to them.

"All Third Realm mushroom species."

Initial Star Land, geniuses are all Third Realm, so the Origin World naturally wouldn't prepare First or Second Realm plants.

"Have self-consciousness, but it's very chaotic, as if deliberately processed." Zhao Xing sensed it and began to pick them hard.

"Hum~"

Zhao Xing restrained his aura and began to wrap the soil with the Three Realms Void, and these Third Realm mushrooms didn't trigger any 'instinctive resistance'.

"Three Realms Void is really easy to use."

"Like an invisible shovel, quietly shoveled into the soil, pulling them out by the roots."

"By the time the plant life reacted, it was already too late."

"Rise!"

Shua~

A vast piece of land, along with the mushrooms on it, was taken away just like that.

"Boom~ bang, bang!"

After being collected into the Origin Space, consciousness began to invade, still triggering resistance.

However, under the erosion of the Heart-Will Bell and the Killing Thought Blade, these mushroom species were quickly handled.

"1,549 mushrooms, 23 exploded, 8 destroyed; this success rate is okay."

The efficiency is also high; counting the travel time, it only took five days in total.

"Keep picking!"

Since they are mostly derivative species, Zhao Xing didn't want to look at their attributes one by one.

In any case, they are all going to be samples.

Only the mushrooms he trained himself are good mushrooms.

"The sample size is large enough; with my Essence-Extracting divine ability poking around, I can always get a few Great Divine Ability Realm ones."

"But this time I have to fight a protracted war, I can't just play self-detonation, I still have to save people, so I have to be more diversified."

Zhao Xing immediately flew away to find the next suitable location.

However, he hadn't flown for half a day when a consciousness suddenly reached Zhao Xing's ears.

"Get out quickly, you've entered my territory! Otherwise, you'll be eliminated immediately!"

Zhao Xing turned his head and found that not far away was a Minor Divine Ability Realm unknown great tree making a sound.

"What are you looking at, get out, don't delay my sleep!"

Zhao Xing smiled and left immediately.

Not long after, a flower petal that looked like a man-eating flower opened, and a beautiful woman's phantom appeared inside.

"Passing boy, come and play, I guarantee you'll enjoy the ultimate happiness of the world, ah~~"

Zhao Xing turned a deaf ear and continued to fly toward his destination.

"Hey, have you heard? The Lord of the Hutaia Star System messed around with his sister, and now half of the prince heirs are born from messing around."

"Yuck~ what about the other half?"

"The other half is even more outrageous, it is said that..."

Zhao Xing snorted coldly and continued to walk forward.

"Fire! Fire! I'm on fire!"

A great tree with burning leaves swayed around, branches slapping itself, but the fire grew bigger and bigger.

"Boy, save me, I'm willing to help you pass the third round!"

"Don't go, I'm a Dao Domain Realm cultivator, and I know the loopholes to pass!"

……

"Have you heard that song that goes dang, dang, dang, dang?"

"Which one?"

"It's the dang, dang, dang..."

……

As soon as Zhao Xing entered the forest area, the silent night sky seemed to become lively.

The plant life set up by the Origin World on the Initial Star Land would implant consciousness into some trashy trees.

They were deliberately made into derivative species, and there would also be means to make it impossible for contestants to distinguish their levels.

Some pretend to be pitiful, some are foul-mouthed, some are abstract...

There is no other purpose, just to delay the contestants' efforts.

How could Zhao Xing fall for such a trick?

Possessing the panel, whether it is a powerful plant or not, he knows at a glance.

This is the benefit of cheating!

"The Si Nong who set up those tests for the Self-Nature Sect racked their brains to interfere with the contestants, and if I can stay longer in the future, I'm afraid I'll have to take on such tasks too."

"Truly tormenting..."

Zhao Xing's ears were buzzing with noise, and listening for a long time really made him somewhat annoyed.

Because some carry illusion attacks; although they can't hurt him, they are too disturbing to his state of mind.

"Fellow Daoist..."

Suddenly another voice shouted.

This time Zhao Xing stopped.

"Three Yang Green Wood?" Zhao Xing looked ahead.

There was a great tree there emitting alternating green and golden colors.

"Not bad, fellow Daoist has good eyes." The great tree made an old voice.

"Great Divine Ability Realm tree, very good." A trace of killing intent flashed in Zhao Xing's eyes. "It can be used as material for the Giant Yang clone."

"Lend me some materials!"

"Big, big, big!!"

Zhao Xing immediately grew larger, reaching the 'Three Extremes' body size.

Then he cast the Treasure Light divine ability, grabbed with a big hand, and cast the Five-Finger Mountain divine ability at the Three Yang Green Wood.

Three Yang Green Wood: "Fellow Daoist, wait, I didn't say I wouldn't lend... bang!"

However, before it could continue, a Five-Finger Mountain pressed down.

"Boom~" The green-golden great tree formed a barrier to resist, but was still shaken off a large amount of golden-green leaves and branches.

"Bang, bang, bang!" The collision frequency accelerated.

Treasure light flashed, like fireworks in the night.

"Fellow Daoist, stop! I'll lend it!" A voice of exasperation came from within the Three Yang Green Wood.

What's wrong with this person? He said he would lend it, so why did he still make a move?

However, Zhao Xing had already activated his Great Divine Ability, so he didn't care about that much.

Saying it was a loan was actually him wanting everything.

The tree heart, leaves, branches, and roots of the Three Yang Green Wood were all good substitutes for the Giant Yang clone.

He was worried about not having materials to start the clone, and this one delivered itself to his door.

"Killing Thought Blade!"

Blades appeared in Zhao Xing's eyes, invading the Three Yang Green Wood's body to grind away the opponent's consciousness.

"Bang, bang, bang, bang!"

Zhao Xing collided again and again, while casting the Killing Thought Blade to influence the Three Yang Green Wood's consciousness.

"Damn your ancestors for ten thousand generations! You crooked melon, inferior species, you will surely suffer heaven's condemnation..." The Three Yang Green Wood roared.

"The mouth is quite foul; I don't know which Si Nong implanted this consciousness." Zhao Xing thought.

A Great Divine Ability Realm Three Yang Green Wood possesses a very strong sense of resistance; subduing such a thing is usually very difficult.

Its attack power is average, but its defense is not bad; compared to subduing, Zhao Xing wanted to take materials more.

"Damn—"

With the last curse falling, the Three Yang Green Wood was finally taken down by Zhao Xing.

"Crack!"

Zhao Xing nimbly pushed down the Three Yang Green Wood, dug out its tree heart, and packed it up with the leaves, branches, and roots.

"Small tricks, daring to show off in front of an expert."

Zhao Xing packed up the materials and immediately began to look for the next suitable target.

……

Half a month later, beside a cold pool under a huge waterfall.

"Rise!"

Zhao Xing reached out and pulled a black vine that looked like a python out of the cold pool.

"Hey!"

With great force, golden and green light intertwined on his body, and the vine was forcefully pulled out.

"Very good, this

The other two nebulae were both gray and hazy; one of them was filled with neat and orderly chains, sealed tightly.

The other was also entangled by profound chaos chains, but each chain had a number.

The numbers were jumping, surprisingly a countdown: forty-five days, six hours, and thirty-two quarters.

Zhao Xing raised his perspective and soon saw three nebulae again, forming three characters in the Chixing Empire's script: Origin World.

In the middle of that bright nebula, there was another line of small characters: Gu Luohe.

He could even vaguely see a human face.

"This is truly heaven-defying..." Zhao Xing felt his scalp tingle after seeing it.

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For a normal plant life, its life origin partition is more than billions.

But on one plant, there were only three!

All of them were integrated into three pieces by a big shot named 'Gu Luohe' from the Origin World.

Being able to survive under such circumstances is a miracle!

The powerful part is that the person even sculpted the life partitions.

The bright nebula served as the 'life partition', and the gray nebula served as the 'divine ability partition'.

One was locked, and one was showing a countdown.

It even left the names of the Origin World and the creator of the derivative species from a microscopic perspective.

Arbitrarily adjusting the plant life's talents, lifespan... and from the surface, one couldn't see any problems.

The Origin World inadvertently displayed its power.

"Truly a miraculous skill." Zhao Xing couldn't help but sigh.

To achieve such a degree, without a doubt, it must be an Emperor-level Si Nong, or perhaps a 'Demigod' who has mastered divine patterns.

"A novice might not necessarily see the power of others; if I hadn't learned the Essence-Extracting divine ability, I'm afraid I wouldn't know what was going on with this silver sapling, and would only think it was broken."

Clearly, the silver sapling could not be used as a combat troop; it could only be used to avoid the 'collapse'.

"The Great Dao is simple; there were only three origin partitions, yet it was so difficult for me to subdue." Zhao Xing tried to comprehend it.

Essence-Extracting divine ability, activate!

Tiny needles poked into the sapling.

Entering the microscopic view, those needles were like golden giant rods.

However, before they reached the three origin partitions, they automatically extinguished and disintegrated, and were subsequently repelled.

"Can't poke through." Zhao Xing quickly gave up.

"Also, how could an assessment item thrown out by such a big shot be poked through by me."

Even if another Reincarnation Realm cultivator were here, perhaps they could easily destroy the silver sapling from a macroscopic perspective, but the life origin partition could absolutely not be altered.

"Forget it, I'd better count on the mushroom army."

Zhao Xing was still very strenuous when casting Great Divine Abilities now, easily putting himself in a state of exhaustion; after all, he had only just touched the level of the Great Divine Ability Realm.

"Unless absolutely necessary, I cannot cast it. Otherwise, I won't be able to face the next wave of attacks."

"Hurry up and prepare."

Zhao Xing began to frantically poke mushrooms.

……

Time passed, and the explosions in the Black Forest were incessant.

Zhao Xing, on the other hand, focused on throwing finished mushrooms outside to repel those challengers.

At this time, the Black Forest was like a castle, with people outside attacking the city.

Zhao Xing inside was defending the city.

From the forty-fifth day of the countdown, Zhao Xing's mushroom troops were being consumed rapidly.

However, as time passed, the number of attackers was also constantly decreasing.

……

Three days until the end.

Zhao Xing opened his Dao Field and activated his Spiritual Sense to observe the surroundings.

"No one is coming anymore."

"The Essence-Extracting divine ability is truly easy to use; it wasn't in vain that I poked for hundreds of years."

Zhao Xing breathed a sigh of relief.

Counting the cultivation time in the Origin Sea Ancient Kingdom and coming to the Chixing Empire.

In the cultivation training, the most time-consuming part was poking mushrooms with the Essence-Extracting divine needle, even longer than the time spent killing turtles.

The effect was also quite good; the current Black Forest was only one-tenth of its original size.

But the mushroom species spread over this last one-tenth of the area were enough to block wave after wave of challengers.

Making people shrink back at the sight.

……

"The last day."

Zhao Xing still maintained a high level of tension.

Since twelve days ago, all the 'special plants' had been completely found.

That is to say, there were no more wild 'tickets'.

To get to the third round, one could only rob!

The last half hour.

Zhao Xing saw that there was still no one around him, and immediately smiled.

"It seems no one dares to challenge me anymore."

"It's a pity, I haven't used the Great Divine Ability Realm mushroom yet."

Zhao Xing looked at a Great Divine Ability Realm mushroom beside him.

"The competition troops can't be taken away, and it's impossible to put them in the next round, so let's see what its effect really is; rise!"

"Boom~"

Zhao Xing's true body and clones, as well as many mushrooms, all rose into the air, flying out of the Black Forest.

In the last half hour, Zhao Xing flew toward a certain area.

He wanted to find a Great Divine Ability Realm cultivator to practice with!

Tens of thousands of mushrooms, roots and soil included, all flew out of the Black Forest.

After the battle with Hong Tian, Zhao Xing had also learned his lesson.

To avoid not even being able to open his Origin Projection, he directly used spiritual power to carry these mushrooms.

Placing them directly in the outside world meant there was no suppression.

Of course, this was also very strenuous.

"It's the Mushroom King, what is he doing?"

"No one is challenging him anymore, why is he moving?"

"The last chance!"

"Mushroom King, take a move from me, 'Peng Feiyun'!"

A voice resounded through the heavens and earth, and someone blocked Zhao Xing's path.

"Mushroom King!" Peng Feiyun stared at Zhao Xing, his fighting intent high. "Even at the last moment, knowing I cannot win, I, 'Peng Feiyun', will still make a move against the strong."

"Even if I'm eliminated, being able to fight a genius like you is worth the trip."

Zhao Xing laughed dumbly; he had run into someone trying to 'brush reputation' off him.

This kid was probably aware that the competition would be broadcast live throughout, so he was deliberately performing.

All to leave a good impression for joining other forces later.

"Fine, then come on." Zhao Xing also helped fulfill his wish; regardless of whether he was pretending, it wouldn't delay time anyway.

"Here I come!!"

"Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang!"

Peng Feiyun and his troops launched a total of twelve attacks, roaring toward Zhao Xing.

However, these spell attacks, upon reaching the outermost spherical layer of 'mushrooms', were directly bounced away.

The spiritual energy mist dissipated, and Zhao Xing didn't lose a single mushroom.

Only the golden patterns on the surface of the outermost mushrooms faded.

"What the hell is this, a mushroom?" Peng Feiyun was somewhat stunned.

His and his troops' attacks were all bounced away, not even breaking the outer defense, let alone hurting Zhao Xing himself.

"How can it be so hard, what's the trick?"

"Mushroom King, can you tell me?" Peng Feiyun asked humbly.

"I named it the Diamond Mushroom." Zhao Xing said casually. "Its surface structure is already as hard as the golden body of a Qi Sect martial artist."

"As for the trick..."

"Try it yourself."

Zhao Xing naturally couldn't preach and solve his doubts, so he directly chose a sturdy Diamond Mushroom and threw it at Peng Feiyun.

"Boom~" The mushroom stalk was very small, but the whole body was sturdy, rolling over.

It was like a millstone, crushing through the void, pressing down on Peng Feiyun's head.

"You think you can beat me with just one? Mushroom King, don't look down on people!"

"Hold it for me!"

Peng Feiyun immediately went to catch that mushroom.

However, he soon discovered that he couldn't hold it at all.

So he had to cooperate with his troops to catch it together.

Using all his strength, he finally managed to hold this incredibly heavy Diamond Mushroom above his head.

"It's nothing much..." Just as Peng Feiyun was saying this, he saw the Diamond Mushroom light up with golden light.

Like a sun, it shone brightly and kept shaking, and the surrounding void became unstable.

"What, it can still explode?"

"——Bang!"

The Diamond Mushroom exploded like a star.

A destructive attack instantly eliminated Peng Feiyun.

"I said it was a Diamond Mushroom, I didn't say it wouldn't explode." Zhao Xing shook his head. "Can't even catch one, and you call yourself a genius."

With the breakthrough of the Five-Finger Mountain, the Great Dao opened a gap for Zhao Xing, and the effect was immediate.

He combined the Essence-Extracting divine ability to accommodate as much solar power as possible into the origin of some Diamond Mushrooms.

And thus, there were Diamond Explosion Mushrooms!

For him, this was both an assessment and a practice.

After seeing many Si Nong geniuses, the collisions between them could produce many insights.

However, this Peng Feiyun was too weak and didn't give him any feeling.

The last quarter of an hour.

Zhao Xing finally flew to his destination—Wind-Thunder Canyon.

Xilin opened her eyes, looking at the mushrooms covering the sky and earth.

"Mushroom King?" Xilin's expression was grave. "He came to find me at this time?"

Not far away, a divine turtle was also watching Zhao Xing from afar.

On the last day, the Man-Ya Small World was instead very quiet, because the battles that should have been fought had already been fought, and the pattern had stabilized.

The status of the 1,000 people was already unshakable.

"Fellow Daoist Xilin!"

Zhao Xing spoke, his voice like a great bell.

"Mushroom King, what are you doing?"

"You once attacked me in the Wind-Thunder Canyon, pushing me back half a step."

"Now, I have also come to seek advice from you! It is also to seek a clear state of mind!"

"An eye for an eye, you take a move from me too!"

After saying this, Zhao Xing didn't care whether Xilin agreed or not, and immediately threw ten thousand mushrooms toward Xilin's direction.

Including that Great Divine Ability Realm mushroom.

"What?"

Xilin was somewhat dumbfounded; she didn't even remember Zhao Xing at all.

She didn't expect that just before the end, someone would actually come to seek advice from her.

"Since that's the case, then come on!"

Xilin's expression turned cold, and bamboo stalks rose into the high sky from the canyon.

"Hum~"

A total of twelve verdant bamboo stalks, but their branches had all been pruned, leaving only bare stalks.

The tops had also been cut horizontally, revealing pitch-black holes.

The twelve bamboo stalks echoed each other, actually forming a verdant barrier.

"Divine Ability, Five Elements Heaven." Zhao Xing watched silently. "Using twelve Third Realm 'bamboo stalks' as 【Dharma Bamboo】."

"Mentally binding plant life, forming a Dharma array, and finally constructing a perfect Dharma array."

"It seems she follows the life Dharma array school; having a powerful heart-will Great Divine Ability is indeed very suitable for this path." Zhao Xing looked forward to it.

The life Dharma array school is a branch of the Self-Nature Sect. However, its learning difficulty is extremely high.

During the Xuanhuang World era, martial artist soldiers could form 'Qi-Blood Battle Arrays'.

Si Nong could also bind Dharma arrays through Earth Pulse Origin-Returning type Dharma arrays.

Plant life, of course, could too.

But to make plant troops achieve the degree of binding was too difficult.

Such micro-manipulation would be impossible without the support of a powerful heart-will divine ability.

And one must also research 'Life Origin' and 'Life Dharma Array' very deeply.

"Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang!"

The mushroom species crashed down, first the 'Diamond Mushrooms' that were heavy, hard, and capable of exploding.

The verdant life Dharma array barrier shook violently.

The mushroom species used self-detonation, gathering all their essence for one explosion.

Xilin's expression changed immediately.

Xiao Chen Xuan, watching from afar, also had a flash of surprise in his eyes.

"Plant life is famous for its strong origin; most Si Nong just use plant life to attack, not to explode."

"However, plant troops emphasize recycling; one-time explosive bursts belong to the 'Explosive Troop Flow'."

"Usually, the troops of the Explosive Troop Flow are relatively weak; after all, they are not easy to cultivate, but the intensity of his troop explosion is a bit high..."

In terms of attack intensity, Zhao Xing's 'Explosive Troop Flow' is the most powerful at the moment of concentrated explosion.

But not all plant life has the option of self-detonation.

The Mushroom King could do it, and his evaluation in Xiao Chen Xuan's eyes immediately rose a lot!

"However, I still instinctively dislike him, and I don't know why." Xiao Chen Xuan was somewhat puzzled.

Xilin was even more depressed.

She discovered that the simple Five Elements Heaven divine ability array actually couldn't catch Zhao Xing's attack.

"If he continues to explode, the Dharma array will break in thirty breaths." Xilin judged quickly.

"Change!"

Xilin drank lightly, mentally manipulating the twelve Dharma bamboo stalks; layers of light rose from the roots of the twelve Dharma bamboo stalks and were transmitted to the tops.

Wisps of yellow smoke emerged, and the verdant barrier instantly turned golden yellow.

It was as if half a sun had fallen into the canyon, and all the Diamond Mushrooms exploded dazzlingly at this moment, but the barrier did not waver at all.

"Good, there really is something." Zhao Xing was somewhat excited, and those twelve Dharma bamboo stalks appeared in his eyes.

"Twelve bamboo holes inserted into the ground, each with a different height, and each is drawing Earth Qi."

"After reinforcing the Dharma array barrier, it immediately became impregnable." Zhao Xing mused.

The defense of the barrier was amplified infinitely!

Attacking it was equivalent to attacking the earth.

Unless it exceeded a certain peak value, it was impossible to be exhausted.

"These twelve Dharma bamboo stalks also possess a certain attack power; she must know at least twelve types of divine abilities."

Zhao Xing took a look at Xilin's information, and it was indeed as he had guessed.

"Bang, bang!"

Ten thousand mushrooms exploded, and even that Great Divine Ability Realm mushroom exploded dazzlingly in the blast.

Zhao Xing stared intently, trying hard to capture the Great Dao traces in the firelight.

"Poison? Or penetration?"

Zhao Xing was thoughtful, and his spiritual sense quickly deduced.

"One is still too few; it seems I need to practice more when I go out."

Zhao Xing wasn't genius enough to deduce success in his own body just by relying on the explosion of one Great Divine Ability Realm mushroom.

Everything requires countless attempts and method guidance.

But at least he saw some Dao rhyme, so this mushroom wasn't wasted.

"Crack, crack~"

As if two suns collided, a pit finally appeared in the barrier.

Xilin's breathing became uneven because she was poisoned!

The poison entered the barrier, and her Dao body instantly underwent a mutation, becoming extremely bloated.

In just an instant, she turned into a big fatty.

"You!"

Xilin quickly detoxified and restored her figure, but she was also somewhat annoyed by Zhao Xing's explosion.

After looking in the mirror, Xilin let out a scream because her face hadn't recovered yet.

"Mushroom King!!!"

She immediately wanted to launch an attack; the Earth Qi of the twelve Dharma bamboo stalks rushed into the sky, and a sound of musical rhythm appeared.

Erupting in sequence, the formed Great Dao rhythm felt like it was smashing into everyone's heart.

All the Si Nong in the Man-Ya world were affected.

"Damn, why provoke this woman."

"So uncomfortable, really, why be so vain..."

"The heart-will Great Divine Ability amplified by the Dharma bamboo, this woman is going to go crazy."

"……"

Zhao Xing also prepared for battle, but just at this moment—

"Boom~"

The heavens and earth changed color.

Xilin's musical rhythm was interrupted, the twelve Dharma bamboo stalks withered instantly, and the barrier also disappeared.

Seeing this, Zhao Xing immediately landed.

The countdown on the star mirror had already returned to zero.

"The collapse has begun."

Zhao Xing immediately released the silver sapling.

At this time, its innate Great Divine Ability was also unlocked; the sapling grew into a great tree, turning into an umbrella, and dots of fluorescent light fell, protecting Zhao Xing inside.

"Sou, sou, sou, sou, sou, sou, sou~"

The Si Nong in the Man-Ya Small World without special plant protection were quickly teleported out.

About two days later, only 1,000 Si Nong remained.

Lines of text appeared on the star mirror:

【1,000 contestants of Man-Ya Small World No. 2436, congratulations on passing the second round of testing.】

【The collapse scene of a small world is rare to see.】

【It will last for two years and six months.】

【Observing the process of a small world's collapse is of great benefit to cultivation; this is a clearance gift from the Origin World to you. I wish you all gains in your contemplation. ——Origin World】

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 421 =====