Chapter 270: Don't Be Careless

Ma Zhen's combat experience is also quite rich; seeing his own move break the spirit shield at the same time, although he still couldn't break the Fengling Shield, he then activated the hidden power in this whip!

The barbs on a long whip suddenly straightened, fiercely stabbing toward the corner of the Fengling Shield!

Crack!

Yan Buji's pupils constricted, feeling surprised as the magic power sustaining the Fengling Shield inside him was cut off, and the Fengling Shield before him shattered with a bang!

"What a tricky move." Yan Buji laughed.

Although the Fengling Shield's defense is indeed strong, it is not completely unbreakable.

After the Fengling Shield was broken several times, Yan Buji no longer cared whether it would break or not.

Immediately after, seeing the hook on the whip attack, Yan Buji's body surged with killing qi, and the Murderous Qi Armor instantly formed to block the whip's barbs!

Ma Zhen stared for a moment, then reversed his hand to retract the whip and strike toward Yan Buji's neck.

Dealing with this strange weapon, one must not underestimate it.

Fortunately, the Murderous Qi Armor's defense is still high enough, not forcing the opponent to draw out my Accumulation Armor.

"After fighting this long, it's time to let senior brother see junior brother's techniques."

Yan Buji grabbed the whip with one hand, and a surge of metallic magic power stirred within him!

His left hand's Magic Power Golden Wheel instantly condensed and shot rapidly toward Ma Zhen!

Feeling the incoming sharp qi, Ma Zhen's expression changed: "Is this Golden Wheel Technique?!"

The Magic Power Golden Wheel is nothing rare; anyone who knows a bit of metal-attribute cultivation knows it, since Golden Wheel Technique, as one of the basic techniques, is widespread.

But such a condensed Magic Power Golden Wheel, with its attached sharp metallic qi, could not be produced by ordinary Golden Wheel Technique!

Whoosh!

Sizzle!

"Not good!"

The Magic Power Golden Wheel flew to Ma Zhen's face, and suddenly he saw Ma Zhen react extremely quickly, opening a spirit shield to block!

But the Magic Power Golden Wheel suddenly spun at high speed, completely shattering his protective spirit shield!

At that moment, Ma Zhen retracted the long whip, which in his hand shrank considerably into a long spear, and he fiercely clashed it against the Magic Power Golden Wheel!

Boom!

A violent explosion sound rang out; the Magic Power Golden Wheel flew back to Yan Buji's side, continuously spinning, sharp qi permeating, and the surrounding cultivators were shocked beyond belief.

Then Ma Zhen retreated in disarray several steps, his clothing all torn, and he gained many more wounds.

"Wow! Is that Golden Wheel Technique?"

"No way, it must be a modified Golden Wheel Technique—how could it be so strong?"

"With such a condensed Magic Power Golden Wheel, it's impossible without decades of practice. Yet it can actually contend with Ma Zhen's Second-Tier Accumulation Device and gain the upper hand?!"

Yes, although Ma Zhen looks disheveled, he ultimately holds a Second-Tier Accumulation Device, which can freely transform between whip and long spear forms, usable at any range.

Ma Zhen took a deep breath, realizing he had still underestimated his opponent, and blurted: "Junior brother, you're incredibly strong!"

"Senior brother is no slouch either—being at Lianqi Peak, he can use a Second-Tier Accumulation Device with such skill." Yan Buji laughed.

Speaking of which, for a Lianqi Phase cultivator to skillfully use a First-Tier Accumulation Device is already quite good; this still requires being in the late Lianqi phase to disregard magic power consumption.

Using an Accumulation Device itself consumes vast amounts of magic power; perhaps this is also because the device is crafted separately from components to assembly, and in this process using it requires infusing magic power into every part of the device to operate freely.

Second-Tier Accumulation Devices are strong, strong in their materials, granting cultivators considerable additional combat power, yet they still impose a heavy burden on magic power.

Although Ma Zhen is at Lianqi Peak, he had never heard of such a person in the sect before, and still doesn't know where his Second-Tier Accumulation Device came from.

However, the Qing Shan Sect doesn't care about these things; if you have the ability to wield it, then use it.

But if you lose on the stage, you'll lose face.

Ma Zhen steadied himself, looking at Yan Buji: "Since junior brother is this strong, senior brother won't hold back either!"

Only see Ma Zhen again transform his hand-held Accumulation Device into a whip; a single whip swing fills the air with whip shadows!

Immediately after, Ma Zhen pulled out several talismans from his bosom and threw them into midair, attaching them to the whip!

Huh?

He saw the barbs on the whip extend again, as if entering a thorn thicket, with many talismans entangled by the barbs and thrust toward Yan Buji!

Yan Buji was instantly shocked, immediately understanding the opponent's method.

"Come!"

Bang bang bang!

Boom—!

The talismans flying all over the sky turned into powerful spells, pouring down on Yan Buji's location like a violent storm.

Yan Buji hurriedly activated the Lightning Flash Arcane Technique and Wind-Regulating Secret Technique, instantly boosting his speed by several levels!

Whoosh whoosh!

Ma Zhen's expression changed, saying: "What incredible speed—what about this move?!"

"And this kind of method?!"

Yan Buji saw the earth-sealing formation flags on the ground suddenly appear, realizing something was wrong.

Sure enough, Yan Buji's feet seemed to sink into a mire, his movement restrained by the formation's power!

Immediately after, the talismans on the whip elongated their barbs and stabbed down at close range!

Boom!

"You can't possibly dodge this... where are you?!"

Ma Zhen was thinking that, seeing no trace of Yan Buji at the explosion site, he instantly felt something was amiss.

"Senior brother, don't be careless!"

Yan Buji appeared at some point beside Ma Zhen's left hand, suddenly spewing a fire dragon from his mouth; the surrounding air instantly became scorching hot, and a wave of heat swept the entire arena!

But the ground fire doesn't kill people with high temperature, so the fire dragon is just a decoy.

Ma Zhen instantly reacted, having just dodged the fire dragon's assault, but a swarm of wooden snakes appeared at his feet and coiled around his legs; then Yan Buji hurled the Magic Power Golden Wheel, cleanly piercing Ma Zhen's protective spirit shield and sending him out of the arena!

"The victor, Accumulation Device Peak Huang Hao!!"

"Oh oh oh oh oh!!!"

"Exciting!"

"How did that Huang Hao just appear?"

"It seemed to have employed some kind of rapid secret technique, right? I didn't see clearly; perhaps Ma Zhen was careless and thought he had succeeded."

Ma Zhen scowled; although uninjured, he knew the opponent had shown mercy, and said nothing more, bowing, "Junior brother, you're impressive; I lost."

"I accept your graciousness." Yan Buji smiled as he stepped down from the arena, while the surrounding disciples stared wide‑eyed, unable to believe it.

Such a formidable duel technique, even without a life‑or‑death contest on the arena, reveals many subtleties.

As for the reason, everyone was still quite interested in the secret method by which Yan Buji managed to evade the restriction and suddenly appear beside Ma Zhen.

But that wasn't a particularly powerful secret technique; it was merely Yan Buji's use of the Qi Compression Secret Technique.

Although the Qi Compression Secret Technique creates a vacuum that isn't real, the brief stagnation it causes, if one forcibly triggers a magical breakthrough, will cause one's speed to surge several times over the instant the technique ends—this is why Yan Buji appeared beside his opponent.

So in a duel, isn't it simply a matter of whose technique is more refined and practiced?

Yan Buji felt no hint of complacency in his victory; it was all part of his calculation.