Chapter 376: Ning Zhuo vs. Chang Yan

The next day, Lin Shanshan asked again.

Ning Zhuo told her that he had understood the first diagram and was currently studying the second.

Lin Shanshan was very surprised and asked Ning Zhuo to demonstrate on the spot.

After Ning Zhuo did so, Lin Shanshan's heart was shaken, and she said directly, "Young Master Ning Zhuo, I originally thought that you could comprehend one diagram in the remaining few days, which would be lucky. I didn't expect your aptitude to be so amazing; I have eyes but didn't recognize a genius, and underestimated you too much."

Ning Zhuo was humble and sincere.

He knew that his aptitude was not so outstanding; the biggest contributor was the Spirit Hidden Willow.

Speaking of the Spirit Hidden Willow, with its help, Sun Lingtong also quickly understood three diagrams, taking an hour less than Ning Zhuo.

Sun Lingtong's aptitude was extraordinary.

Ning Zhuo had felt this a long time ago.

The blade techniques created by Sun Lingtong himself were all very sharp. It could be said that his talent was quite outstanding.

By the third day, Lin Shanshan asked, and Ning Zhuo told her that he had understood the Mountain Night Listening to Waves Diagram.

On the fourth day, Lin Shanshan asked again, and Ning Zhuo showed difficulty, saying that he was stuck on the third Tree Bottom Peeking at Heaven Diagram, feeling that the difficulty was very high.

Lin Shanshan was amazed and comforted Ning Zhuo, saying that this diagram contained the strongest spells, so the difficulty of comprehension naturally doubled. Let Ning Zhuo try to keep a normal heart and not be impatient. With the current two spells, he already had enough advantages to deal with Chang Yan.

Ning Zhuo shook his head, "Not enough!"

"Please don't blame me, Miss Lin, I have already decided to announce to the outside world that I will not use the Oil-Smooth Talisman in the battle with Chang Yan."

Lin Shanshan didn't understand and said that this move was like binding one's own hands and feet?

Ning Zhuo explained, "Although I have a spiritual talisman for protection, I have always been vigilant in my heart, constantly warning myself not to rely too much on this thing."

"Because once you rely on it, it will weaken your enterprising spirit and hinder the improvement of your own strength."

"Don't worry, Miss Lin, I am not a pedantic person."

"This experience on the Small Contention Peak should be to exercise yourself as much as possible, rather than relying on external things to show off. What is the point of showing off to these cultivators?"

Lin Shanshan heard these words and looked at Ning Zhuo with admiration again, "Young Master Ning Zhuo's temperament will surely achieve something in the future. Sixteen years old..."

Lin Shanshan sighed; she had seen many teenagers of this age, showing off and arrogant, where were they as humble and steady as Ning Zhuo?

"Young Master Ning Zhuo, I look forward to your battle with Chang Yan even more."

Ning Zhuo smiled, "Success or failure for a moment is irrelevant. It's just that if I lose to Chang Yan in the future, please don't blame me for failing your cultivation of me, Miss Lin."

"How can you talk about cultivation? Your words really make me ashamed, Young Master." Lin Shanshan showed a look of shame.

In her view, the reason Ning Zhuo could achieve such huge progress was mainly because he was smart enough, had aptitude, and worked hard enough.

And in Ning Zhuo's view, such a sparring partner as Lin Shanshan was truly rare. Lin Shanshan was the offspring of a Nascent Soul, cultivated since childhood, and her basic skills were quite solid, without any shortcomings.

Ning Zhuo really learned a lot from sparring with her.

A few days later.

Ning Zhuo and Chang Yan appeared on the sparring arena.

Chang Yan was in yellow clothes, six feet tall. His degree of transformation was very high, and only his amber pupils were still snake-like vertical pupils.

Humans are the spirits of all things.

Demon cultivators generally transform into human forms. Once the transformation is successful, their spirituality will increase greatly, which is a great benefit for comprehending cultivation techniques, spells, etc.

Therefore, from the degree of transformation, one can also infer some strength of the demon cultivator.

The snake pupils reflected Ning Zhuo's figure, and Chang Yan opened his mouth, "Young Master Ning Zhuo, I heard that you released news that you will not use the protective spiritual talisman in this battle, is it true?"

Ning Zhuo nodded and shook his head, "In a critical moment, I will naturally use the spiritual talisman to protect my life. However, relying on the Golden Core spiritual talisman to spar with you, Brother Chang Yan, is somewhat winning by unfair means. It is also not conducive to tempering my fighting skills and the determination to forge ahead."

"Therefore, in this battle and the subsequent battles, as long as I use the Oil-Smooth Talisman to protect myself, it will be considered that I have taken the initiative to admit defeat."

As soon as these words came out, the onlookers were in an uproar.

Someone praised, "I didn't expect Ning Zhuo, although he comes from a big family, to have such spirit!"

Others sneered, "Spiritual talismans are also part of one's own strength. Abandoning them specially is like binding one's own hands and feet, simply pedantic!"

Lin Shanshan was still mixed in the crowd, hearing someone mock Ning Zhuo, and secretly thought, "How can you people understand Young Master Ning Zhuo?"

Chang Yan got Ning Zhuo's response and snorted coldly, "Since you have made such a decision, don't regret it when you lose later."

Ning Zhuo smiled and gestured, "Please."

The battle began.

Chang Yan stomped his foot and drilled directly into the ground.

His true form was an earth snake, and the method of earth escape had long been an instinct for survival, as familiar as breathing.

Generally speaking, when cultivators deal with earth escape techniques, they naturally prioritize rising into mid-air.

In this way, if Chang Yan wants to use earth escape to sneak attack, he will inevitably miss.

But Ning Zhuo didn't do this, but muttered in his mouth, matched with hand gestures, and finally squatted down and slapped his palms fiercely on the ground.

Wood element—Root Vine Entanglement.

Chang Yan shuttled rapidly underground, and was about to rush to the soles of Ning Zhuo's feet.

At this time, a large number of tree roots and vines grew wildly underground, guarding the land under Ning Zhuo's feet like a golden soup.

Roots and vines drilled through the mud and entangled toward Chang Yan rapidly.

Chang Yan hurriedly dodged.

His escape speed was extremely fast, successfully dodging, and secretly channeled Earth element spells.

Earthquake!

The ground on the sparring arena shook violently, and the invisible shock force issued from the source of the earthquake, surging, impacting Ning Zhuo and the tree roots and vines under his feet.

Ning Zhuo took a deep breath and cast the second spell he had already brewed.

Wood element spell—Pine Waves Emerald Waves.

This was a spell Ning Zhuo understood from the Mountain Night Listening to Waves Diagram.

In an instant, 50% of his magic power surged out.

One part of Fire element magic power generates two parts of Earth element magic power. Two parts of Earth element magic power generate four parts of Metal element magic power. Four parts of Metal element magic power generate eight parts of Water element magic power. Eight parts of Water element magic power naturally generate sixteen parts of Wood element magic power!

Ning Zhuo's Five Elements magic power was evenly distributed, and one part of Fire element magic power was equal to sixteen parts of Wood element magic power. One part of Earth element magic power could be converted into eight parts of Wood element magic power. One part of Metal element magic power became four parts of Wood element magic power. One part of Water element magic power was converted into two parts of Wood element magic power.

Together with the previous Wood element magic power, there were thirty-one parts!

The entire magic power expanded more than six times after the Five Elements generation!

Therefore, the Pine Waves Emerald Waves technique cast formed waves of vast, long emerald green waves, pushing horizontally in all directions.

The emerald waves and the invisible force of the earthquake collided with each other, turning the ground of the entire sparring arena upside down.

The earth shook, cracks were everywhere, large pieces of soil pits sank, and some were squeezed and protruded.

Both sides fought against each other with spells.

Ning Zhuo was only at the early stage of Foundation Establishment, but relying on the excellence of the three sect's superior techniques and the transformation of the Five Elements generation, he fought to a draw with Chang Yan, a cultivator at the late stage of Foundation Establishment.

But this was not over!

Ning Zhuo shouted, and his palms clapped together in front of his chest.

Wood element—Tree World Descends!

Vines drilled through the mud, drilled out of the ground, rose rapidly, and grew into giant trees.

Thick forests, countless branches and leaves formed an airtight tree cage.

In this huge tree world, Chang Yan was like a bug, trapped in it.

Chang Yan was shocked, feeling the boundless Wood element magic power infiltrating him at all times.

"He actually knows this move!"

Chang Yan didn't dare to use any Earth element spells anymore; in this tree world, it was purely adding nutrients to the other party.

He had to channel various magic tools, using the sharpness of the magic tools to cut off the vines and chop down the trees.

However, no matter how many he chopped down, there were as many trees growing out in an instant.

If it weren't for the limited scope of the sparring arena, Ning Zhuo could have expanded the entire tree world.

Chang Yan was a demon cultivator, and there was no big force of demon cultivators in this South Bean Country. Chang Yan was just a loose cultivator.

Since he was a loose cultivator, his magic tools were mediocre, all of them were crooked melons and cracked dates.

These magic tools had very little effect, and they didn't even get close to Ning Zhuo.

Chang Yan's strength was Earth element spells, but he was beaten out by Ning Zhuo's three rounds of spells, snatching the first opportunity, and the entire battlefield was arranged properly, and Chang Yan had no ability to turn over.

"Hateful!"

"If I had snatched the first opportunity to cast Earth element spells and attacked him, I wouldn't be so ugly now!"

After Chang Yan supported for a while, he had no choice but to admit defeat.

"Accepted." Ning Zhuo jumped down from the tree top, bowed to Chang Yan, and was polite.

Chang Yan's mouth twitched, shook his head, calmed his mood, congratulated Ning Zhuo coldly, and was the first to exit the sparring arena.

"Won!" Lin Shanshan clenched her fists, very excited.

She had long known that Ning Zhuo had mastered these three Wood element spells. But witnessing this victory with her own eyes, she still felt a little unbelievable.

The first two spells were fine, the key was the third Tree World Descends, which was very difficult to cultivate, but was taken down by Ning Zhuo in one fell swoop.

"Such aptitude!" Lin Shanshan sighed with emotion, "This is already on par with the eldest senior brother's comprehension of sword techniques."

The onlookers were also sighing.

"I didn't expect Ning Zhuo to master the Tree World Descends technique."

"I have seen many Wood element cultivators, and this is the first time I have seen someone cast this technique."

"Tree World Descends is indeed powerful, but Ning Zhuo's magic power reserve is also quite thick, and it has lasted for so long without any signs of decay."

"If you ask me, his tactical choice was very correct. It was precisely because he snatched the first opportunity that Chang Yan was unable to turn over. Chang Yan was restrained by Wood element spells and lost the first opportunity, so he lost so simply."

The cultivators analyzed the battle situation, and there were indeed many insights.

Regarding this battle, the public thought it would be a long-lasting battle. I didn't expect it to end so quickly under Ning Zhuo's strong Wood element spells.

"Ning Zhuo won Chang Yan's cave dwelling, but it is far from over. His combat power can definitely impact the top ten cave dwellings."

Just as the cultivators were guessing Ning Zhuo's next challenge target, Ning Zhuo had already left the sparring arena and walked side by side with Lin Shanshan on the tree-lined path.

"Miss Lin, I would like to ask you for a favor." In the exchange, Ning Zhuo suddenly said, "This might make you feel embarrassed."