Chapter 772: Words as Blades

The cultivators of the Profound Armor Cave were discussing.

"Sure enough, the winner of this match belongs to Tie Zheng."

"The Blade Beast is too strong! When he eliminated Lu Zeng and Ao Pan, it already signaled the outcome of this trial."

The cultivator surnamed Hao chuckled: "That may not be the case."

The cultivators immediately cast suspicious glances.

The cultivator surnamed Hao did not answer, but stared at Ning Zhuo in the field, and his appreciation for this young man in his heart became more and more intense.

By the cliff of the sea of clouds.

Crack.

With a crisp sound, the teacup in Ban Jie's hand showed cracks.

"What? Ban Ji was actually eliminated!" Ban Jie just received this intelligence, and her heart was shocked.

"Profound Armor Cave—"

"According to the results of the divination, this inheritance has a very significant effect on him."

"How could he be eliminated?"

"The most critical thing is, it wasn't Ning Zhuo who eliminated him, it was that Tie Zheng!"

"No, it's good that it wasn't eliminated by Ning Zhuo. He is Ban Ji's human tribulation—"

"In this way, the winner this time is Tie Zheng."

"It's just that I don't know if he can win the top spot in the end."

Ban Jie furrowed her brows, her eyes unfocused. At this moment, her heart was in chaos.

Profound Armor Cave.

The final battle of this trial has already begun!

Ning Zhuo and the other four surrounded Tie Zheng and launched an offensive.

Various weapons collided with each other, setting off waves of air and making continuous explosions.

After fighting for a while, the intensity of the battle dropped sharply.

After fighting for so long, the cultivators in the field were already exhausted and physically and mentally exhausted.

Tie Zheng fought one against two first, and then killed Ban Ji's group, and now facing Ning Zhuo and others, he was also trapped in a state of exhaustion.

He held a bronze kitchen knife in one hand, panting. He was covered in sweat and blood, soaking his messy hair in front of his forehead, and his breath was low.

Ning Zhuo and others all cast wary glances at the bronze kitchen knife.

Fighting until now, this bronze weapon had repeatedly shown powerful power.

Tie Zheng narrowed his eyes, his vision already showing double images, knowing that he had fought many battles and fought repeatedly, reaching the limit of his body and mind.

"Cannot fight for a long time!"

He lowered his head and scanned, and finally shifted his gaze from the beast ball at his waist to the kitchen knife in his hand.

The next moment, he slashed suddenly.

Simple and unadorned, it was just a black shadow, but it brought out a fierce and strong force capable of cutting mountains and breaking mountains!

Ning Zhuo and the other four dodged one after another.

Fighting until now, Tie Zheng's physical energy was exhausted, and the speed of his slashing knife was less than 30% of before. Ning Zhuo and the other four had also reached their limits, and their dodging speed was quite slow.

Clang, clang, two sounds, the kitchen knife fell, the trajectory was straight, and two more Profound Armored Shells were cut off.

The kitchen knife's remaining power did not diminish, rushing directly to Ning Zhuo's chest.

Tie Zheng regarded Ning Zhuo as the number one target, prioritizing the elimination of the most threatening competitor.

Ning Zhuo's shield had long been lost, and even if he had it, it would be difficult to block the sharpness of the kitchen knife.

He was not panicked, grabbed the air with his right hand, and a brand-new Profound Armored Shell flew out, flew into his hand, and turned into a bronze long whip!

Swish.

The long whip drove Ning Zhuo's wrist and arm to turn and shake, and the whip body was like a weak willow supporting the wind, flexible to the extreme, gently brushing the kitchen knife.

Using softness to bear hardness, using curves to transform straightness!

The artistic conception of the kitchen knife was resolved in this way, the offensive plummeted, and it was easily blocked by Ning Zhuo's remaining bronze weapons.

"You also broke through and obtained the seventh Profound Armored Shell?!" Tie Zheng stared.

The other three cultivators felt horrified.

Ning Zhuo was too good at hiding; after fighting for so long, he actually hid such a big card!

At this moment, even the cultivators of the Profound Armor Cave felt surprised.

"What's going on? Where did he get the seventh Profound Armored Shell?"

"I clearly saw that after he collected the sixth one, he rested on the spot and waited until the third stage opened!"

"Cheating! Ning Zhuo cheated!!"

"No, perhaps like Tie Zheng, this is a field Profound Armored Shell he brought with him."

The cultivator surnamed Hao said lightly: "No, this is indeed the Profound Armored Shell in my cave. Ning Zhuo did not cheat; it was I who acted to disguise and cover up his actions."

The cultivator surnamed Hao was the leader of this trial, and now he took the initiative to admit it, which immediately attracted many inquisitive glances.

The cultivator surnamed Hao had a draft, and now his expression did not change, and he said slowly: "I already felt something was wrong in the second stage."

"I had a premonition that Ning Zhuo and Ban Ji would have a contest, so I acted on impulse and disguised Ning Zhuo's subsequent performance."

"Sure enough, in the third stage, the Ban family cheated publicly, disregarding our reputation, and infiltrated so many people, just to support their Ban Ji."

Everyone then realized.

The cultivator surnamed Hao had the highest authority in the field and could control the Profound Armor Cave's grand array more deeply.

He faked and disguised in front of the cultivators, hiding it from everyone, including Ban Jie, who had been waiting for the first-hand news nearby.

In fact, after Ning Zhuo refined the sixth bronze fan, he only rested for a while before rushing to the next battle.

After a fierce battle, he successfully won the bronze whip.

Later, when he arrived at the karst cave, Ning Zhuo had been hiding this trump card and did not expose it easily.

The cultivator surnamed Hao revealed the truth, and the cultivators couldn't help but exclaim.

"This Ning Zhuo is too good at hiding!"

"He is really good at enduring; such a trump card was actually held until the end before being taken out to use."

"He didn't dare to take it out, right? You know, in the first half of the chaotic battle, Ao Pan was always in the field. If he saw such a good long whip, he would definitely fight for it with all his might."

"Ning Zhuo's luck is also too good! Not only did he collect the seventh Profound Armored Shell, but in terms of martial arts artistic conception, he actually restrained the kitchen knife obtained by Tie Zheng."

Tie Zheng approached, and the kitchen knife in his hand slashed at Ning Zhuo with the momentum of ten thousand jun.

Ning Zhuo took a step back, stretched his arm forward slightly, giving the long whip in his hand reaction time.

The bronze long whip drove Ning Zhuo's arm and wrist to rise and fall like waves, even driving the infusion of magic power, and the long whip danced along the trend.

Without hard connection, the whip tip gently tapped and led along the outside of the kitchen knife!

Swish—hum!

In the fierce friction, gold stars splashed, and the sound made people's teeth ache.

The fierce kitchen knife was cleverly deflected by the flexible arc of the long whip, slashing heavily on the side cave wall, and for a time, broken stones burst like rain.

"Again!" Tie Zheng gritted his teeth, his heart sinking to the bottom of the valley.

This was not the first time.

His several attacks had returned without success under the long whip, and all kinds of efforts had turned into bubbles.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—

Tie Zheng breathed heavily, panting like a bellows, air poured into his body, as if tearing his lungs, and every breath brought him a burning sensation.

What made him even more anxious was that his vision was full of double images, his spirit was exhausted, and the hypnotic feeling brought by it became more and more intense.

Although the kitchen knife was strong, it required fierce consumption to activate the martial arts artistic conception within it.

This consumption was not just physical energy, but more of spirit.

Although Tie Zheng was a martial cultivator, he practiced the lower dantian. Among essence, energy, and spirit, although spirit was not the shortest board, it was far from the foundation of essence.

Tie Zheng knew that he couldn't hold on for long, so he risked using the kitchen knife to break the situation, not expecting Ning Zhuo to take out a weapon of the same level.

If it were the sixth one, which could only rely on magic power to urge sharpness, it would not be enough to block the artistic conception of the kitchen knife.

Tie Zheng had already smelled the breath of defeat.

The current battle situation was clear at a glance.

Ning Zhuo and the other three cultivators joined forces to resist this Golden Core.

"If I want to break the situation, I need to persuade these three, reveal the truth of strength and weakness, join forces, and attack Ning—" This thought flashed in Tie Zheng's sea of consciousness, like a meteor, and disappeared directly.

He opened his mouth, finally sighed in his heart, and derived a feeling of helplessness and irritability.

If it were a cultivator like Ao Pan, he might be able to act, but Tie Zheng's temperament was isolated, and he had been practicing alone in the mountains and wilderness for many years, letting him do this kind of maneuvering—

He was not unable to see the path to victory, but he had no interest in trying.

"This kid Ning Zhuo—I'm afraid that he was injured and lost his shield before, all of which he did deliberately!" Fighting to this moment, Tie Zheng also glimpsed a corner of the truth.

Clang, clang, clang—

Various weapons collided in mid-air, five figures kept flying, you come and I go, you advance and I retreat.

Finally, the exhaustion reached the limit, causing Tie Zheng's retreating footsteps to slow down.

"Opportunity!" Ning Zhuo's eyes shone with essence, his feet stepped on the mysterious steps, his figure was driven by the bronze long whip, and the martial arts artistic conception also penetrated his whole body, making him sway like bamboo shadows in the wind.

Ning Zhuo easily dodged Tie Zheng's several weapons, and his wrist shook and vibrated suddenly.

The long whip danced in mid-air, instantly taut like a string, and after a soft force of collapse and bounce condensed to the extreme, it erupted, hitting the blade, directly penetrating the hilt!

Tie Zheng's web between his thumb and index finger cracked, and blood shot out. The kitchen knife in his hand was shaken off and flew out, smashing into the distance with a "clatter"!

The other three cultivators were overjoyed and hurriedly pounced, one of whom had a strange look in his eyes, changed his path halfway, and pounced on the kitchen knife.

Ning Zhuo ignored it and took the opportunity to launch a wild attack on Tie Zheng. But the other two cultivators saw this and were seriously affected, and for a time they were at a loss.

Tie Zheng practiced martial arts, his temperament was unyielding, and naturally he was unwilling to be defeated like this, so he finally reached out and patted the beast-headed copper ball at his waist.

Blade Beast, Light Sweep!

Green Flow Copper gushed out, emitting a cold sword light, condensed in an instant, and turned into a eyeless and earless blade leopard beast.

A large number of blades made a buzzing sound, and the Blade Beast turned into a bronze lightning, pouncing directly on Ning Zhuo!

Wherever it passed, whether it was stalactites or stalagmites, they all collapsed and turned into powder.

The other three cultivators hurriedly dodged, wishing that Tie Zheng and Ning Zhuo would fight each other and both be injured.

Facing the Blade Beast, Ning Zhuo was not afraid, having expected it.

He pushed with both palms, and the various bronze weapons he controlled flew in front of him, turning into a battle array.

Clang, clang, clang—

The Blade Beast rushed into the battle array the next moment.

A series of metal explosions, weapons and the Blade Beast collided with all their might. The Blade Beast was like a meteor, full of momentum.

And the weapons cooperated with each other to form a defensive line like a wave.

Although Ning Zhuo's bronze shield was lost, it was replaced by a stronger bronze long whip.

The long whip used softness to overcome hardness, slapping and drawing, constantly weakening the Blade Beast's momentum.

The Blade Beast felt aggrieved, and many heavy attacks were guided, falling to the stone ground, wasting combat power in vain, without any results.

The vibration of the blades weakened rapidly, and even the buzzing sound of the same color appeared with various noises.

Ning Zhuo's sixth bronze fan was also the main attack weapon. The wind blades and fire waves set off forced the Blade Beast back one after another.

This scene stunned everyone.

The cultivators of the Profound Armor Cave almost widened their eyes. The destruction brought by the Blade Beast that was expected did not appear, but instead, Ning Zhuo's battle array, which he created on the spot, exerted good defensive power!

"The Blade Beast is obviously much weaker than before!"

"This kind of weapon is not good at long-term fighting, isn't it?"

"No wonder Tie Zheng hasn't used it since he eliminated Lu Zeng and Ao Pan."

The cultivators realized.

"In that case, the final winner of this Cloud-Rising Trial is still unknown!"

"Tie Zheng is a Golden Core cultivator after all—"

"From the current point of view, it is also possible for Ning Zhuo to win."

"No, they may also be both injured, and finally let the remaining three cultivators take advantage. This situation has not happened in previous sessions."

The cultivators communicated frequently.

In their eyes, the result had already been set, but they didn't expect that at the last moment, suspense would arise again, which undoubtedly increased everyone's interest in watching the battle.

The Blade Beast, Light Sweep, killed through the battle array. Although Ning Zhuo dodged, he was still injured, and blood flowed.

The Blade Beast, Light Sweep, pounced on Ning Zhuo, and Ning Zhuo's battle array intercepted again. The impact of the light sweep was weakened every time, and the buzzing sound of blade vibration dropped from tearing the eardrum to harsh, and then to hoarse—

The bright bronze luster around it also dimmed in the continuous wear and tear. Even the blades appeared with a large number of curled edges, and even gaps.

A sharp light flashed in Ning Zhuo's eyes, feeling that the time was ripe, he shouted at Tie Zheng: "Fellow Daoist Tie Zheng, our contention until now is enough. The edge of Light Sweep is already dull, if we continue to fight, this beast will be destroyed."

The Blade Beast, Light Sweep, is not a Profound Armored Shell in the Profound Armor Cave, but one brought by Tie Zheng himself.

That is to say, even if it is dilapidated and reaches the standard, it will not be teleported out by the grand array, and will eventually fall into a state of total collapse.

Tie Zheng heard the words, his eyes twitched, and he slowly put down the bronze long bow in his hand.

Fighting until now, Ning Zhuo was also in a mess, blood and sweat mixed, panting, and covered in wounds.

But Ning Zhuo was still full of fighting spirit, and the shouting just now was full of energy.

This kind of physical and spiritual foundation made Tie Zheng look sideways. It is hard to believe that a Foundation Establishment cultivator can have such a solid basic quality.

Tie Zheng had already exhausted his sea of consciousness, bleeding from seven orifices, with double images in front of his eyes, sleepy, only relying on his will to hold on.

Tie Zheng was not worried about himself; in the Cloud-Rising Trial of the Profound Armor Cave, his life could be preserved.

But he was really worried about the safety of the Blade Beast, Light Sweep.

Tie Zheng was different from others. Having suffered a lot of betrayal, he trusted his Blade Beast the most and treated them as partners he could trust in the world.

Tie Zheng dissipated his weakened spiritual sense, mobilized it with difficulty, and Light Sweep retreated a few steps, suddenly turned around, and ran back to Tie Zheng's feet, still baring its fangs at Ning Zhuo.

Tie Zheng stretched out his palm and gently stroked the Blade Beast's head, as if it really possessed life and was his beloved pet.

"Forget it, I admit defeat." Tie Zheng sighed, looking at Ning Zhuo with complex emotions.

The next moment, the grand array was activated, teleporting him and the Blade Beast out of the field.

Without the owner, the Profound Armored Shells he had refined before became ownerless and fell to the ground one after another.