Chapter 768

The Hao-surnamed cultivator stared at Unlike Ning Zhuo, his eyes deep.

Unlike Ning Zhuo's huge progress time and time again, until now collecting the fifth Profound Weapon Armor and obtaining the qualification to participate in the third stage, the whole process was witnessed by him with his own eyes.

He suddenly had a feeling: "Unlike Ning Zhuo came prepared!"

"He has great confidence in his learning ability. Everything is in his plan."

"Is this a first-class genius? So confident in himself! Even against the Ban family and Ban Ji, he is full of confidence. He firmly believes that even if he sharpens his spear at the last minute and starts learning, he can suppress and intercept Ban Ji with this?"

"Is this an unparalleled self-confidence, or another form of arrogance?"

Unlike Ning Zhuo sat cross-legged on the ground, examining himself, and at the same time reviewing the battle just now.

He reflected: "Is this having no moves is better than having moves? Truly powerful!"

This made Unlike Ning Zhuo think of a saying among Confucian cultivators: "Follow one's heart's desire, without overstepping the rules!"

High-level Confucian cultivators can act according to their heart's desire without overstepping social rules and laws.

"Isn't the so-called having no moves is better than having moves 'following one's heart's desire, without overstepping the rules' in martial arts?"

"Seemingly every strike has no moves and follows the heart's desire, but in reality, it starts from the actual battle situation, and whether it is body force or weapon use, it fits the principles of martial arts."

Unlike Ning Zhuo put away his sigh and thought of another important thing: "My learning in martial arts has reached its limit!"

Even if he didn't use the means of hanging his head from the beam and pricking his thigh with an awl, he had reached the limit and could not improve further.

At present, Unlike Ning Zhuo's martial arts realm stayed at the Martial Craftsman level, a long distance from the Master level.

One of the signs of the Master level is having no moves is better than having moves, a standard Unlike Ning Zhuo was still far from reaching.

"The demonic cultivators I absorbed didn't have anyone who reached the Master level of martial arts. So, the foundation is not enough."

"Even if there were, I couldn't reach the Master level just by relying on others' memories and experiences!"

The reason here is very simple.

To reach having no moves is better than having moves, one needs precise and subtle basic skills, combos, and abundant and flexible tactical thinking.

Even if someone else is a Master of martial arts, Unlike Ning Zhuo absorbed his experience and memories, but Unlike Ning Zhuo couldn't immediately satisfy the above two needs.

Others' bodies are different from Unlike Ning Zhuo's; height, arm span, flexibility, etc., all have differences. The weapons others use cannot be completely consistent with the ones Unlike Ning Zhuo uses.

These differences mean that even if Unlike Ning Zhuo masters moves, combos, etc., he cannot completely replicate them; he can be precise, but he cannot be subtle.

Others' temperaments are also different from Unlike Ning Zhuo's. This leads to different choices in many cases. In tactical strategy, they will also be different.

If Unlike Ning Zhuo wants to possess "abundant and flexible tactical thinking," he has to practice hard himself and fight constantly.

"The Master-level martial arts cannot be easily replicated. It has very strong personal characteristics, so it must rely on my own hard work."

"Unless, I can obtain the infusion of the realm."

If Unlike Ning Zhuo's martial arts realm were directly raised to reach the Master level, or the Grandmaster level or Sect Master level above it, wanting to have "having no moves is better than having moves" would be very easy.

Looking back now, Unlike Ning Zhuo felt more and more that the opportunity of the Five Elements God Lord obtained in the Ten Thousand Medicine Sect was truly of huge value.

"However, even if I can't reach the Master level, refining this long spear is equivalent to having the help of a spear technique Master."

"The preciousness of the Nine-Layer Profound Weapon Armor lies here."

"Of course, it is just armor plates after all, an external object, just following the martial arts reaction after stress, not comparable to the cultivator himself reaching the Master level."

Unlike Ning Zhuo thought of Ban Ji again: "According to the intelligence, he has only practiced close-combat weapons for a few years. It is highly probable that he cannot reach the Master level."

"Unless there is an opportunity, or a specific aptitude."

"In this way, my confidence in dealing with him has greatly increased. As long as I stop him from obtaining the nine Profound Weapon Armors, it counts as success!"

"Encountering the bronze shield is indeed a surprise. Everything is currently within the calculation."

Unlike Ning Zhuo's behavior of learning while practicing was certainly not a whim, but a meticulous plan established before setting off.

The live combat opportunities at the beginning were actually very precious, and once missed, they wouldn't come again.

Unlike Ning Zhuo seized every live combat opportunity, willing to spend more time and energy to significantly improve his live combat ability.

Later, when he encountered the bronze shield and bronze long spear, he immediately realized the huge results of his learning.

"If I hadn't mastered the way of reality and illusion, and couldn't perceive 'force,' even with the shield for protection, I would have had my bones shattered by the long spear."

"Now I have mastered five Profound Weapon Armors, and the time is even faster than planned. Promoting to the third stage is no longer a problem."

This was all because he encountered the bronze shield.

"Next, the sixth Profound Weapon Armor will be stronger, and the combat power will have a qualitative improvement!"

"I need to go all out, and at the same time ensure my physical state, and not be too seriously injured. Otherwise, when the number of people reaches the standard and the third stage opens, I will have to face the complex situation of multi-party melee."

Unlike Ning Zhuo didn't rush to stand up, but manipulated his spiritual sense and poured in magic power, letting the five Profound Weapon Armors float around him, constantly practicing moves.

"I created the three-style saber-sword combo before; can I let more Profound Weapon Armors participate?"

Unlike Ning Zhuo had a clear grasp of the situation, no longer in a hurry, and started practicing again.

He practiced for a while, his head aching terribly.

The combo of two weapons was already very difficult. Now wanting to engage the third and fourth, it was not practical at all.

So, Unlike Ning Zhuo started calling out secretly: "Boss, help me!"

"Coming, brother!" Sun Lingtong had been preparing.

On the surface, Unlike Ning Zhuo was breaking through the levels alone, but in reality, the two were working together.

Brothers working together, their strength can cut metal!

At the same time.

Ao Pan's arm muscles bulged, waving the bronze sword, trying to cut off the continuous offensive of the enemy soldiers.

The sixth Profound Weapon Armor he faced was a battering ram, very huge, specifically used to attack city gates. But now it was only dealing with Ao Pan alone.

Ao Pan's sword momentum was fierce, but the battering ram was truly barbaric.

Every hard clash, the bronze sword made a painful groan. And the huge counter-shock force made Ao Pan's arm bones want to break.

Ao Pan retreated repeatedly, the hard-as-iron stone ground under his feet had long been cracked into countless spider webs, and a large amount of gravel splashed.

Ao Pan's left hand grabbed the bronze long spear floating beside him fiercely.

The long spear moved forward, the tip of the spear broke through the air, drawing the trajectory of whip technique.

First spear block, then sword came, finally managing to block the battering ram.

"Now!" Ao Pan slapped his waist fiercely and pulled out the bronze long whip.

With the long whip in hand, Ao Pan's entire temperament underwent a subtle change.

Pa.

The whip shadow appeared, and then disappeared suddenly!

When it appeared again, the long whip had already entangled the hammer head, and the tip of the whip was like a living thing, stabbing fiercely into the hammer body.

Countless spider-web-like cracks instantly covered the hammer head, and the battering ram stopped abruptly!

Ao Pan pounced, opened his arms, hugged the battering ram into his arms, and refined it with all his might.

And the bronze long whip broke inch by inch and could no longer be used.

"What a pity!"

"This long whip is the first bronze ware I encountered. This is luck, and also a regret."

At the critical moment, Ao Pan still trusted the long whip more. This was the weapon he was most skilled with.

Now that the long whip was gone, the bronze wares around Ao Pan were no longer so handy.

Ao Pan packed up the broken whip strips and continued on his way.

The battle between Tie Zheng and the Profound Weapon Armor had entered the most intense moment.

The bronze saber in Tie Zheng's hand danced wildly like a wheel, cutting off three streaks of frost arrows in a row.

Ice chips splashed, the cold air spread along the blade, instantly covering the bronze saber with a layer of solid ice.

Tie Zheng decisively let go of the saber, and summoned a bronze long stick.

He used the long stick to deflect a fire arrow, but the arrow exploded suddenly, forming a surging wave of fire.

The wave of fire burned scorched marks on his exposed skin.

Tie Zheng retreated violently.

And his opponent—a bronze bow floated in the distance, the bowstring opening and closing automatically like a living thing, azure ice arrows and crimson fire arrows alternating accurately, weaving a net of death arrows.

Tie Zheng waved the long stick, guarding steadily.

Ao Pan was a Golden Core-level body cultivator, his main practice determined that he focused on body refining. Tie Zheng, however, was a Golden Core-level martial cultivator, and had at least Master-level attainments in all kinds of weapons.

Tie Zheng was already over three hundred and seventy years old, and in such a long cultivation time, he was also an orthodox martial cultivator, so reaching the Master level was not difficult.

It was precisely because he had such attainments that Tie Zheng's eyes flashed with cold light at this moment, and he knew very well in his heart: "Here, most of my means cannot be used."

"If I break through the arrow net, I will at least have moderate injuries."

"This won't do!"

Tie Zheng collected intelligence and knew that there were many situations in previous sessions where strong people were unrestrained in the second stage, fighting with all their might, leading to suddenly falling into a melee after being teleported to the third stage, and the final results were very unsatisfactory.

"My physical foundation is not as good as Ao Pan's, so I need to maintain the state of my body."

"Since that's the case, then it's decided."

"Attack, Gleaming Light!"

Twelve beast-head copper bell balls hung from his waist, and at this moment one of them trembled violently, instantly detached, and shot into mid-air.

The ball made a shrill whistle in the air and cracked suddenly.

A stream of liquid-like bronze flowed out, and in the next moment, it condensed into a vigorous bronze leopard-shaped saber beast.

It had no eyes or ears, and its entire body was composed of countless fine blades vibrating at high speed.

The bronze bow and arrows responded extremely quickly, shooting three arrows in a row instantly. Two ice arrows blocked the way, and one fire arrow shot straight at the saber beast!

Gleaming Light moved.

Its speed was so fast that the ice arrows only pierced the afterimage, and the fire arrow was thrown far behind by it.

The bronze bow and arrows shot continuously, forming waves of arrow nets.

The saber beast Gleaming Light was agile and fierce, penetrated the arrow net, and bit the bronze bow body!

"Done." Seeing this scene, Tie Zheng breathed a sigh of relief.

The cultivators of the Profound Armor Cave were in an uproar.

"What is this?"

"Isn't there a magic array prohibiting cultivators from using other means?"

"No, Tie Zheng didn't cheat. This saber beast of his is actually transformed from a Profound Weapon Armor."

Tie Zheng cleverly used the rules of the Profound Armor Cave, causing the questioning cultivators to shut their mouths one after another.

In previous sessions, there were also cultivators who used their own Profound Weapon Armors.

This was also within the scope of the rules.

The Profound Armor Cave hoped to see such a scene, where the Profound Weapon Armors circulating outside could show their value, which would help the long-term operation of the entire cave.

The Hao-surnamed cultivator thought to himself: "Tie Zheng brought a bronze ware himself and even transformed it into a living saber beast. This advantage is very huge."

"He didn't get injured in the sixth Profound Weapon Armor, and his state is also well maintained."

"It's possible that he will confirm the final victory because of this and become the first place in this Xingyun Trial."

Thinking of this, the Hao-surnamed cultivator went to see Lu Zeng's situation.

Lu Zeng was the last of the three Golden Core cultivators.

At this moment, he was also actively fighting the sixth bronze ware.

Beside him, five bronze wares attacked in turns, the offensive continuous. Lu Zeng attacked instead of defending, occupying the upper hand, and his footing was very steady.

His concerns were the same as Unlike Ning Zhuo, Tie Zheng, and others, so he also displayed his skilled mechanical manipulation technique.

But in this way, although Lu Zeng was not injured, the consumption of his spiritual sense was huge.

As for the Foundation Establishment level cultivators...

Zhang Wangxing was the first to engage with the sixth bronze ware.

In the battlefield, he was forced to jump up and down, extremely embarrassed.

The cultivators of the Profound Armor Cave pointed at him, looking like they were watching a joke. They had long expected this scene.

Zhang Wangxing had been taking shortcuts by relying on the specialty of his own flesh. But by the sixth Profound Weapon Armor, it could consume magic power and display sword light and saber energy, which was too destructive to the physical body.

Zhang Wangxing had no attainments in mechanical manipulation, and his use of weapons was also very basic, which made him fall into an absolute predicament when facing the current situation.

After Zhang Wangxing, it was Rust Disaster Craftsman and Ban Ji.

Ban Ji properly collected his severed fingers. He practiced demonic arts, but specialized in the Upper Dantian Spirit Sea, his spiritual sense was strong, but his physical body was weak.

He couldn't regrow severed fingers, and this kind of completely severed wound couldn't grow granulation like Unlike Ning Zhuo, eventually making up for the gap and connecting the fingers.

He held the bronze saber with one arm, showing a style he didn't have before. Even facing the bronze sword spitting sword light, he could parry and occasionally counterattack.

"Having a saber in hand is different!"

"This bronze saber itself is Master-level, using it for live combat, every move is a Master teaching me hand-in-hand."

"This kind of live combat makes me unable to stop."

"With more such live combat times, the time for me to be promoted to a Master-level martial artist will inevitably be greatly reduced."

In another place, Rust Disaster Craftsman was exerting his aptitude with all his might, attempting to rust the sixth Profound Weapon Armor he was facing.

The effect was very poor.

The Profound Weapon Armor had magic power protection, causing Rust Disaster Craftsman's aptitude to hit a wall repeatedly.

Unlike Ning Zhuo covered his forehead, feeling dizzy.

He and Sun Lingtong were deducing together, which was too brain-burning.

The brothers were not deducing any weapon combo anymore.

Unlike Ning Zhuo listened to Sun Lingtong's opinion: "Little Zhuo, rather than conceiving any combo of saber, sword, spear, fist, and shield, it's better to use them to form a battle formation."

"We are all familiar with battle formations!"

"And many of your weapons are already broken. In the third stage, it will be a big melee. Even if we conceive a combo technique now, when the time comes, can you really use it?"

"Even if you grab similar weapons from others, they are just similar, which will cause huge damage to the effectiveness of the combo technique."

"Instead, it's better for us to design a battle formation directly, and in the future, fill in new Profound Weapon Armors, which can also join the battle formation, making it more stable and safe for us!"

After listening to these words, Unlike Ning Zhuo nodded heavily: "Boss, you are right, I listen to you!"

(End of chapter)