Chapter 2110

Taoyao left in high spirits to go learn new techniques and divine abilities.

He Pingsheng, on the other hand, calmed his mind and flipped through these hundreds of classics on formations.

He wanted to find some spider-silk traces of formations that transform blood into souls.

Time slowly flowed by!

In the blink of an eye, several months passed.

With a disappointed look, He Pingsheng threw all the jade slips onto the ground with a clatter.

None!

There were a few grand formations related to blood, but they were all formations involving blood traces, possession, and the like.

Unwilling to accept this, he took out his War Spoils again, sorted through them one by one, and pulled out all the classics on formations.

This time there were less than a hundred.

He Pingsheng looked for a long while, yet still did not discover a single formation related to transforming blood into souls.

Sigh...

Could it be that the Divine Realm fundamentally doesn't have this kind of formation?

After pausing for a moment, He Pingsheng's Divine Sense shifted, and he immediately appeared in the Hongmeng Space of the Hongmeng Supreme Dao Bell.

There was only one person in this space: Gu Baiping!

Seeing He Pingsheng enter, Gu Baiping's face didn't show much fluctuation; she said blandly, "You borrowed one-tenth of my divine power, yet only unleashed that little bit of attack power!"

"Truly trash!"

He Pingsheng sneered: "Isn't that nonsense from you?"

"That's your divine power, not mine?"

"If I could truly utilize that divine power, it would naturally be more than just that little attack power!"

Using someone else's attack power, one naturally cannot bring out the full effect.

"What do you want with me?" Gu Baiping asked.

He Pingsheng said: "Big Sister Gu..."

"Hmm?" Gu Baiping's powdered face instantly filled with anger: "He Pingsheng... you damn thing, who are you calling Big Sister Gu?"

"Am I that old?"

He Pingsheng also found it strange: she hadn't lost her composure over all those years, but one call of 'Big Sister Gu' broke her defense?

"Uh..." He touched his forehead, carefully guarding against a possible sneak attack from Gu Baiping while walking to a short distance from her, and asked: "I want to borrow something from you!"

Gu Baiping asked: "Change the address and then speak to me!"

"Fine!" He Pingsheng coughed lightly twice and said: "Fairy Gu, I want to borrow an item from you!"

The anger on Gu Baiping's face gradually dissipated: "What do you want?"

He Pingsheng said: "Do you have any classics on formations on you? Let me take a look!"

Gu Baiping said: "I do, wait a moment!"

Before long, she took out two jade slips: "What benefit can you give me?"

He Pingsheng sneered: "Look at what my cultivation is right now."

Gu Baiping said: "Divine Lord Realm, Second Layer!"

He Pingsheng asked again: "How long do you think until I reach Divine Venerate?"

Before Gu Baiping could speak, He Pingsheng continued: "When I reach Divine Venerate, I'll ride on top of you and beat you, believe it or not?"

"Hand it over quick!"

His voice grew higher and higher.

Gu Baiping was startled and hurriedly handed the two jade slips to He Pingsheng.

He Pingsheng didn't leave either; he started reading right there in the Hongmeng Space.

Actually, it was just a glance.

The result was likewise no pleasant surprise.

"Not needed!" He handed the jade slips back to Gu Baiping.

Gu Baiping looked curious: "What are you looking for?"

He Pingsheng said: "The Divine Realm has a kind of formation that transforms blood into souls — extracting the essence blood of gods, then condensing it into soul power similar to a nascent soul!"

"Have you ever heard of such a formation?"

Gu Baiping shook her head and said: "No!"

"Forget it!" He Pingsheng waved his hand and left directly.

Exiting the Hongmeng Space, He Pingsheng went to ask Li Yueren.

Unfortunately, the answers obtained were all consistent.

Li Yueren had also never heard of any formation that transforms blood into souls.

Then let it be.

Wait!

Soon, ten years passed.

The Taoshan Grand Competition finally arrived.

On the highest peak of Taoshan, there is a broad platform, thousands of zhang in both width and length.

On this platform, twenty-four Fifth-Grade formations were also arranged.

Everyone had to enter the formations to compete.

The rules of the competition are also very simple, adopting a rotation system.

Everyone has to compete against all the disciples of the families.

This time, forty-eight families are participating in the Taoshan Grand Competition, so each person has to fight forty-seven matches.

Winning earns one point!

Losing earns no points!

Thus, winning against everyone yields forty-seven points.

After everyone has finished competing, rankings will be determined by points.

In case of tied points, the outcome of the matches between the tied families will decide.

The top nine will obtain this【Shakyamuni Divine Fruit】.

Each family receives one.

The Shakyamuni Divine Fruit yields thirty-six each time, eighteen of which go to the Lord's Manor of Spring City.

The remaining eighteen are taken by the nine strongest families on Taoshan.

This so-called strongest refers to combat power at the God King Realm, unrelated to this competition.

The last nine fruits will be allocated based on the results of this competition.

"According to the rules, each person must fight at least one match per day!"

"Thus, the competition will end in about forty-seven days!"

"Of course, if both sides have energy, they can fight two or even more matches a day—no one regulates this, as long as you complete all your matches!"

"The total time limit is two months!"

A massive dark-red flying vessel glided slowly through the void.

Extremely slow speed!

This flying vessel is of sixth grade, engraved with many formations.

The defensive formations alone number over ten, and the attacking formations exceed thirty.

Three people stand at the front of the massive flying vessel: Li Yue Ren, Tao Yao Yao, and He Pingsheng.

At this moment, Li Yue Ren is introducing the rules of this grand competition to He Pingsheng.

"For fairness, once everyone enters the competition, no one may use divine artifacts, divine talismans, divine pills, or any external force!"

"Of course, summoning divine beasts is also forbidden!"

"Divine abilities, divine power, and Divine Sense attacks are permitted!"

"This point must be clear!"

He Pingsheng has participated in such competitions many times, so he understands the general rules.

It is similar to other competitions.

"This time……who are the most favoured?" He Pingsheng asked: "That is, the top nine!"

This must be understood; one cannot fight recklessly.

The strongest deliberately lose to them, while the weaker ones are simply crushed.

Then securing ninth place would be easy, right?

Actually, it doesn't have to be ninth.

Eighth and seventh are also acceptable.

If one crushes the first and second place right away, only to end up with eighth or ninth later, that would be too fake, wouldn't it?

"I have it here!" Tao Yao Yao took out a jade slip and handed it to He Pingsheng, saying: "Husband……this contains the universally recognised top nine strongest individuals!"

"The strongest is the first, Shang Yong!"

"Second is Lan Miao Tong, whom I rank second."

"And so on..."

He Pingsheng extended his Divine Sense into it.

The information inside instantly appeared.

Not only textual introductions, but also portraits of each person.

The first, Shang Yong, possesses a blood-attribute divine nature, and cultivates blood-attribute divine abilities and Dao methods.

"Hey……" He Pingsheng's spirit trembled, saying: "Among the Three Thousand Great Dao of the Divine Realm, is there also a Great Dao of Blood?"