Chapter 542

"Begin!"

The Kong family Golden Core waved his hand and shouted loudly.

In theory, He Pingsheng and Zhu Dong in the valley could start fighting.

However, neither of them launched an attack first.

Zhu Dong didn't move!

He Pingsheng didn't move either!

"Fellow Daoist He!" Zhu Dong looked very young, appearing to be less than twenty years old, and he said somewhat shyly: "How about... you attack first!"

"I don't know how to start!"

He Pingsheng looked at him and said: "Very well... but you must be careful!"

"This punch of mine is a bit powerful!"

"I don't want to hurt you!"

Zhu Dong took a deep breath and said: "It's fine... go ahead, my Zhu family has a decent defensive divine ability; I can likely block it with eighty percent certainty!"

"Good!"

He Pingsheng nodded.

Since you said so, I won't be polite.

"Open!" He Pingsheng gave a soft shout and slammed his right fist forward.

A fist about a foot in size condensed.

As the fist phantom condensed, it flew rapidly toward Zhu Dong.

On the viewing platform, the corners of Mu Ruolin's mouth couldn't help but twitch: Good heavens, this move again?

Boom...

Zhu Dong, on the opposite side, did not dodge.

A burst of fire energy erupted from his body, condensing into a fire-red defensive energy armor on his skin.

This energy armor was quite unique.

It did not form all at once.

Instead, it condensed layer by layer.

"This... it's the Zhu family's unique skill!"

"Zhu Ming Divine Ten-Layer Armor!"

Many people had seen this divine ability of the Zhu family.

If one practiced this 【Zhu Ming Divine Ten-Layer Armor】 to the extreme, one could condense ten layers of defensive energy armor in a single breath.

These ten layers of defensive armor were interconnected, with a defensive power comparable to the strongest defensive weapon of the same tier.

Under normal circumstances, cultivators of the same rank could not break it.

After unleashing the 【Zhu Ming Divine Ten-Layer Armor】 divine ability, the expression on Zhu Dong's face was one of relief.

Regardless, he would first withstand the opponent's attack and then plan a counterattack.

However!

He had underestimated He Pingsheng's attack power.

After the foot-sized fist slammed into Zhu Dong, the energy armor on his body cracked layer by layer.

Bang, bang, bang...

Very quickly, the ten layers of energy armor collapsed in an instant.

And the power remaining in the large fist had only been reduced by seventy percent.

The remaining thirty percent of the power slammed into Zhu Dong.

Zhu Dong's body was sent flying like a cannonball.

However, he was indeed more formidable; although his body was sent flying, he forcibly stabilized himself in the latter half of his flight and then pointed a finger.

A flash of fire shot out, transforming into a foot-sized fire phoenix phantom, flying toward He Pingsheng.

As this fire phoenix flew, it carried the sound of a phoenix's cry.

This attack was somewhat similar to He Pingsheng's Fire Crow Art.

Only the attack power was not as good as the Fire Crow Art.

Boom...

He Pingsheng stood where he was without moving, and threw another punch at the incoming fire phoenix.

The fist phantom slammed into the fire phoenix, and the two merged, turning into an energy storm that blew in all directions.

He Pingsheng then threw another punch.

One punch!

Two punches!

Three punches!

Four punches!

Zhu Dong used every trick he had to finally block these four punches from He Pingsheng.

But when He Pingsheng's fifth punch came, he was no longer able to dodge or defend.

"I surrender..."

The youth panted heavily, his cheeks flushed red, and his forehead was covered in dense beads of sweat.

Under He Pingsheng's dense barrage of punches, he had no choice but to surrender.

In contrast, He Pingsheng looked relaxed and at ease.

Boom...

The final punch did not land on Zhu Dong but instead transformed into spiritual power, feeding back into He Pingsheng's body.

"Fellow Daoist's divine ability... er... is... vast!" Zhu Dong said with a bitter expression: "I am no match!"

Back and forth, it was just one punch!

Zhu Dong really didn't want to grant He Pingsheng the title of 【Vast Divine Ability】.

"I concede!" He Pingsheng also bowed, and the two walked out of the valley.

"Impressive!" The Kong family's great Golden Core said: "The Li family's He Pingsheng wins..."

The two returned to their seats one after the other.

True Person Xihu was overjoyed and said: "In this competition, as far as I know, this little fellow from the Zhu family should have been the strongest. Since you've beaten him, there shouldn't be much of a problem from here on!"

Beside him, Mu Ruolin looked puzzled: "Fellow Daoist He, do you only know this one move?"

He Pingsheng smiled: "Not at all... but this move is the most useful!"

Mu Ruolin:............

In the distance, Zhu Dong also returned to his seat.

"I'm sorry, Elder, I... I lost!" Zhu Dong looked like a child who had done something wrong, head bowed, somewhat at a loss.

"Hmph!" Zhu Ci snorted coldly and said: "Sit down... this kid is a bit strange!"

His expression was very gloomy.

Originally, they had come for first place this time.

First place was not just about having more spots to enter the Heavenly Fire ruins.

The seven great families of Mount Doumi were all subordinates of the 【Heavenly Human Immortal Sect】, and every year, the various rewards and resources issued by the Heavenly Human Immortal Sect were based on their rankings.

And Zhu Ci had received news in advance that among the resources issued by the Heavenly Human Immortal Sect this time, there was a heavenly treasure that could allow a Nascent Soul cultivator to break through a bottleneck.

This item was rare and hard to come by, and there was only one.

Among the seven families, only the first-place winner could obtain it.

Zhu Ci's father, the ancestor of the Zhu family, was currently stuck at the critical eleventh layer of the Nascent Soul Stage.

If he obtained the fruit, the Zhu family ancestor could successfully break through to the Nascent Soul Perfection.

Once he reached Perfection, there would be a great chance to advance to the Soul Transformation Realm.

If the Zhu family ancestor entered the Soul Transformation Realm, the entire Zhu family's fortune would improve significantly.

The Zhu family's position on Mount Doumi would become transcendent.

But now, this guy named He Pingsheng had blocked the Zhu family's schemes.

What to do?

No!

We cannot let this guy block our Zhu family's path.

Zhu Ci took a deep breath and said: "Zhu Dong... it doesn't matter that you lost this match to him; you are not allowed to lose any of the remaining five matches!"

"Yes!" Zhu Dong bowed.

While lecturing Zhu Dong, Zhu Ci's spiritual sense suddenly extended and flew toward He Pingsheng.

An invisible spiritual sense transformed into an attack, slamming fiercely into He Pingsheng's sea of consciousness.

Hehehe...

Kid, I've ruined your sea of consciousness; let's see how you fight the rest of the matches!

When Mu Ruolin, the alternate, goes up, let's see how many more matches your Li family can win?

In the end, our old Zhu family will definitely still be in first place.

As it turned out!

To Zhu Ci's shock, after his spiritual sense attack, He Pingsheng was completely unharmed.

He Pingsheng was still chatting and laughing.

His spiritual sense attack had vanished without a trace, like a clay ox entering the sea.

This...

What was going on?

Could it be that this kid was carrying a defensive treasure that could protect his spiritual sense?

It must be.

Just at this moment, He Pingsheng's gaze turned and locked onto Zhu Ci.

Zhu Ci panicked and quickly lowered his head, avoiding He Pingsheng's gaze.

He Pingsheng certainly knew that Zhu Ci had just attacked him with spiritual sense.

But... now was not the time for a counterattack.

Because his spiritual sense had already transformed from an invisible state to a tangible level.

Once he unleashed his spiritual sense to exterminate Zhu Ci, having such a vast spiritual sense seen by others would inevitably cause unnecessary trouble.

It was possible that the Li family's qualification to participate this time would be revoked.

It didn't matter; wait until the competition ended, then settle the score.