Chapter 550: Exploiting Loopholes

On the third battle platform, Wang Teng looked at his opponent with a gloomy face and cursed in a low voice: "Damn it!"

His opponent was Ying Wuqiu from Dongxuan City.

Both were at the peak of the Qi Refining Realm and both were six-element spiritual root talents, and their understanding of each other's spells was about the same.

Although the two fought fiercely for a long time, they still couldn't decide the winner.

And Ying Wuqiu opposite him had a similarly ugly face, muttering in his heart:

"It's over, am I going to lose a match in the first round?"

"No, I can't lose. If I lose in the first round, how can I stand in front of that girl Yan Ruyan in the future?"

Thinking of this, Ying Wuqiu's heart hardened, and he looked at Wang Teng opposite him and whispered:

"Brother, sorry."

As he spoke, Ying Wuqiu instantly took out thirty yellow-brown talismans from his storage ring and stuck them on his body.

Then he gave up his own defense and attacked Wang Teng with ruthless moves.

The talisman Ying Wuqiu stuck on his body was a first-order supreme talisman · Earth Source Shield, which could release a shield comparable to the ordinary peak Qi Refining Realm level.

In the rules of the Qi Refining Realm competition set by Ye Qingxuan, there was no prohibition on participants using external forces such as elixirs, magic treasures, and talismans.

As long as the power of external forces such as elixirs, magic treasures, and talismans used during the competition did not exceed the limit of the Qi Refining Realm, it complied with the rules of this Qi Refining Realm competition.

Although this was somewhat unfair to those participants from commoner backgrounds.

But where is there true fairness in the cultivation world? In the future, when the new generation of the Star Fall Continent leaves this cradle with a peaceful cultivation atmosphere and heads to other great provinces for training.

When competing with cultivators from other great provinces, or even fighting for life and death with the Green Demon Clan, can they also ask the other party not to use things they don't have?

What's more, for the top strong experts in the Qi Refining Realm.

As long as these external forces do not exceed the limit of the Qi Refining Realm, it is nothing more than increasing the difficulty, and it will not suppress them to the point of having no chance of winning.

Therefore, when Ye Qingxuan set the rules for this Qi Refining Realm competition, he had already left a considerable chance of winning for those geniuses from commoner backgrounds.

And the premise of this is that the participants from commoner backgrounds themselves possess excellent aptitude and can sweep away opponents in the Qi Refining Realm in the Qi Refining Realm competition.

Otherwise... "Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"

On the third battle platform, Wang Teng saw that his attacks were all blocked by Ying Wuqiu's talisman, and his face suddenly sank.

Although Wang Teng could not be considered a strong expert in the Qi Refining Realm, every blow he struck was blocked by the first-order supreme talisman · Earth Source Shield, and at the same time, it instantly shattered a talisman barrier of the Earth Source Shield.

However, he couldn't stand the fact that Ying Wuqiu, who was shameless, had a large number of "Earth Source Shields" stuck on his body.

"Shameless!"

In anger, Wang Teng directly cursed and erupted with all his combat power, carrying anger to attack Ying Wuqiu.

With his family background, if he wanted first-order supreme talismans, he naturally wouldn't lack them.

It was just that Wang Teng was full of confidence, thinking before the competition that he didn't need to rely on these external forces, and could sweep away all opponents with his own strength, and ascend to the champion position of the new generation of the Star Fall Continent.

And Wang Teng had always believed that a strong expert should be like him, with the aura that a strong expert should have.

Until he met Ying Wuqiu now.

Wang Teng questioned his previous thoughts for the first time.

Opposite, after hearing Wang Teng's curse, Ying Wuqiu was also slightly embarrassed; however, the offensive in his hand did not stop at all.

Compared to losing the match in the first round and being mocked by that girl Yan Ruyan, winning by unfair means is winning by unfair means!

"Besides, I didn't violate the rules of the competition, hehe!"

After muttering this in his heart, facing Wang Teng, who was erupting with full combat power, the offensive in Ying Wuqiu's hand became even sharper.

The two were originally on par, but now Ying Wuqiu had the help of thirty first-order supreme talismans · Earth Source Shield, basically he could ignore Wang Teng's first thirty attacks.

So Ying Wuqiu himself could give up his own defense and unscrupulously launch a continuous offensive against Wang Teng.

As the tide turned, Wang Teng began to fall into a disadvantage bit by bit.

After a stalemate of half a cup of tea, Wang Teng finally lost to Ying Wuqiu with unwillingness.

In the crowd of the audience outside the square, Wang Teng's father saw this scene, and suddenly felt sad and angry, and let out an unbelievable shout: "No, Teng'er!"

At the same time, above the suspension platform above the high sky.

Jiang Wen's mouth twitched slightly, subconsciously flipping through the information of the one hundred participating players in the final, and paused for a moment after flipping to Ying Wuqiu's page: "From Dongxuan City?"

Jiang Wen looked at Ying Wuqiu below for a while, then shook his head slightly, and secretly thought: "Forget it, didn't violate the rules of the competition, and I have no reason to teach this little guy a lesson afterwards."

"However, I must suggest to the City Lord that in all future grand competitions, besides restricting the grade of external aids such as elixirs, magic treasures, and talismans, we must also restrict the quantity of these external aids."

But what Jiang Wen did not know was that Ye Qingxuan, atop Mount Wanling, was already considering the very issue he had suggested.

Ye Qingxuan, who had been monitoring the progress of the Qi Refining realm grand competition finals from atop Mount Wanling, naturally noticed the battle between Ying Wuqiu and Wang Teng.

Ye Qingxuan had to admit that he had still underestimated the thick-skinned nature of certain cultivators.

After all, this was not a life-or-death struggle in a no-man's-land, but a grand competition involving the entire Star Fall Continent under the gaze of the masses.

"Although his skin is a bit thick, this may not necessarily be a disadvantage."

Atop Mount Wanling, Ye Qingxuan stood with his hands behind his back and smiled slightly.

Although he was prepared to further improve the system for future grand competitions to close the loopholes in behavior like Ying Wuqiu's.

He did not deny the nature of Ying Wuqiu's behavior.

Because in this match between Wang Teng and Ying Wuqiu, the final winner was Ying Wuqiu.

Achieving the final victory already represented everything.

Being flexible and utilizing loopholes in the rules to increase one's own win rate to a certain extent was, in itself, a form of wit and courage.

Ye Qingxuan believed that many among the contestants had discovered this loophole.

But those truly able to cast aside their pride, let go of worldly constraints, and exploit loopholes in a grand competition under the gaze of the masses were few and far between.

Therefore, for this Qi Refining realm grand competition, Ye Qingxuan had no intention of letting Jiang Wen step in to temporarily patch the loophole. He also wanted to see how far a contestant like Ying Wuqiu could go if he relied on a large amount of external aids at the Qi Refining level.

And whether there would emerge among this generation of Star Fall Continent's new generation a heaven-defying talent capable of sweeping away all obstacles at the same realm.

And how many contestants had such thoughts of exploiting loopholes and had prepared a large amount of elixirs, talismans, and other external aids? Although Ye Qingxuan had been following the progress of this Qi Refining realm final, he had not pried into any information about the contestants.

If everything were already in full view and the ending seen in advance.

Then wouldn't this Qi Refining realm grand competition final lose its meaning to watch and appear quite dull? With a wave of his hand, Ye Qingxuan suspended a table in front of him and took out quite a few melons, fruits, and tea.

Sitting cross-legged in the air, Ye Qingxuan ate the fruit while watching the competition.

It must be said, the slightly immature battles of these new-generation Qi Refining realm cultivators were actually quite interesting to watch occasionally.

In the plaza of Dongxuan City.

As Jiang Wen watched, Ying Wuqiu, who had just finished his battle, suddenly felt a chill.

However, this chill came suddenly and went quickly.

So, although Ying Wuqiu felt some doubt in his heart, he could only shrug his shoulders and stop worrying about that inexplicable chill.

At this moment, Ying Wuqiu's mind was more occupied by the large quantity of First Order Supreme elixirs and talismans he had specially prepared in his storage ring.

Clearly, his use of thirty First Order Supreme Earth Source Shield talismans in the match against Wang Teng was not a whim, but a premeditated plan.

At first, Ying Wuqiu had been somewhat apprehensive and felt a bit awkward when facing the onlookers.

But after he won and heard some cheers from the audience, his awkwardness gradually transformed into composure.

Of course, the negative energy such as the verbal abuse from the audience was selectively filtered out by Ying Wuqiu.

And when he won using thirty talismans without Dongxuan City stepping in to stop him or change the rules, Ying Wuqiu's initial apprehension about winning with a large number of talismans began to turn into excitement.

"If I can win directly using the power of talismans, why should I labor and exert myself in high-intensity combat?"

Hmm, this thought was very much in line with the lazy nature of Ying Wuqiu, even if it sounded slightly shameless.

But the thick-skinned Ying Wuqiu had clearly already automatically filtered out the word 'shameless'.

Sweeping his spiritual sense through the storage ring at the large quantity of First Order Supreme talismans and elixirs he had secretly prepared before the finals, Ying Wuqiu chuckled in his heart:

"Hehehe, since no one has stepped out to change the rules, then this time I might even have a chance to compete for the top ten in the finals, or even strive for the title of champion of the Star Fall Continent's new generation."

If it weren't for the existence of formations within the battle platforms that would interfere with and suppress other formations.

Ying Wuqiu would have even wanted to prepare some First Order Supreme formation disks to use formations directly against his enemies during the battle.

Just as Ying Wuqiu was dreaming, the first round of the Qi Refining realm grand competition finals had already ended.

With the many strong experts remaining in Dongxuan City stepping in and using a large variety of combined spiritual elixirs and medicines, those contestants who were injured or had exhausted their spiritual power in the great battle began to recover to their peak state at a very fast speed.

Immediately after, there was no need for Jiang Wen to step in to preside.

The hundred contestants who had already recovered, according to the reordered battle information on the chart floating in the air, stepped onto their corresponding battle platforms one after another and started a new round of battles.

As time passed, round after round of battles began.

The hundred contestants encountered many strong opponents one after another and experienced many difficult battles.

In the subsequent battles, although Ying Wuqiu defeated many opponents by relying on a large number of First Order Supreme talismans and elixirs, the consumption of various talismans and elixirs was also increasing.

Especially when facing some heaven-defying talents with seven-element spiritual roots, under their perfected primary spell attacks, the First Order Supreme talismans Ying Wuqiu activated did not have much deterrent power in front of them.

Moreover, when Ying Wuqiu faced Leng Ren of Xueyou Prefecture, who was also from a cultivation family but had talent reaching the seven-element spiritual root level, he was defeated when the opponent found an opportunity and instantly unleashed hidden cards and powerful combat strength.

Although Ying Wuqiu later managed to win by relying on a large batch of First Order Supreme talismans for defense and attack, and elixirs to replenish his own spiritual power when facing two seven-element spiritual root talents of secular origin.

But in this way, the First Order Supreme talismans and elixirs stored in his storage ring were being consumed at a very fast speed.

This rate of consumption had already exceeded Ying Wuqiu's expectations.

If this continued, the First Order Supreme talismans and elixirs he had prepared beforehand might not even last until the later stages of the battles.

"It seems that when facing some weaker contestants, I still have to fight with all my might and save some talismans and elixirs."

Thinking of the intense battles in the previous few matches, Ying Wuqiu looked at the talismans and elixirs in his storage ring, which were already reduced by about half, and instantly revealed a look of distress.

Except for Ying Wuqiu.

Among the contestants, the strong ones like Jun Moyan were basically sweeping through everything.

While maintaining a perfect record, no other contestant had yet forced out Jun Moyan's true strength.

And below Jun Moyan were those heaven-defying talents whose talent reached the seven-element spiritual vein level.

Except for people like Li Gexiao of Dongxuan City, Yue Xiling of Taiyuan Prefecture City, and Nan Yu of Taiyuan Prefecture City, who had not yet encountered talents of the same level and were easily maintaining a perfect record.

Others like Shi Huang of Shi Village, Li Taibai of Taibai Prefecture City, Xiao Yuexian of Liyan Prefecture City, Zi Dutian of Taiyuan Prefecture City, and Leng Ren of Xueyou Prefecture had all experienced at least one encounter with talents of the same level.

Among them, some experienced difficult battles and ultimately maintained a perfect record, while others were slightly inferior and ultimately lost, unable to maintain a perfect record.

Among them, Shi Huang had the worst record; when facing those talents of the same level from cultivation families, although Shi Huang had the ability to parry, he basically had no possibility of winning.

As for those with six-element spiritual root talent, their records were even more unbearable to look at.

Like Wang Teng of Taiyuan Prefecture City, ever since he lost to Ying Wuqiu, it was as if he had started to have bad luck.

The opponents he randomly matched with in the early stages were all incomparably strong.

Each time, he either lost after an intense battle or was instantly defeated by the opponent.

It was not until after the tenth round of battles that this situation improved slightly, but he still basically had more losses than wins.

This made Wang Teng, who had been proud since childhood in Taiyuan Prefecture City, become somewhat taciturn, and the arrogance that was originally visible to the naked eye on him was slowly worn away in battle after battle.

Proud as Yuan Qingcheng of Yuanqing Prefecture City, she also suffered repeated setbacks in this Qi Refining realm grand competition final, and similarly had more losses than wins.

As she experienced battle after battle, Yuan Qingcheng's pride became much more restrained.

But Yuan Qingcheng did not give in; in every battle she lost, she became more courageous with each setback, and the long spear she wielded became increasingly sharp.

(End of chapter)