Chapter 176: Isn't this just pure nonsense?!

Chapter 176: Isn't this just pure nonsense?!

Normally, the cultivation world wouldn't have such a combat method.

Let's not talk about anything else.

That's a Nascent Soul, equivalent to another self. After all the hardships to break through to the Nascent Soul stage, did you think it's meant for this kind of play? Yes, everyone knows you are a Twelfth Stage Nascent Soul, a Supreme Primordial Soul, and it's indeed quite tough.

But no matter how tough it is, you shouldn't play with it like this.

Isn't this just pure nonsense?!

Chen Qiu stood on the stage, looking down at the crowd below. Seeing no one speaking up, he used his spiritual energy to remove the bloodstains from his Nascent Soul before rising and hovering in mid-air, repeatedly teleporting to restore his spiritual energy.

In fact, for Nascent Soul cultivators, platform battles aren't ideal.

Even though this platform is relatively large, it's still quite restrictive for Nascent Soul cultivators. Nascent Soul cultivators have various combat methods, and being confined to a small secret realm would make them feel somewhat constrained.

Perhaps his previous iron-blooded methods had taken effect.

For a while, no one else stepped onto the platform.

After all, there were one hundred platforms here, and they only had around one hundred and thirty people. As long as their strength wasn't at the bottom, they could definitely rank within the top one hundred and receive the corresponding rewards. There was no need to bother with Chen Qiu.

Anyway, they didn't care about being first.

No matter who came first, it wouldn't be them.

Even the freaks from Zhongzhou weren't in a hurry, so why should he be?

At that moment—

Many people turned their gazes towards the area below Platform One, where a little monk named Kong Ming, draped in a cassock, stood. He was an absolute Heaven's Pride who had suddenly emerged. With a Tenth Stage Primordial Soul, he had entered the Nascent Soul stage, and he was the only one among the crowd at the initial stage of the Nascent Soul.

He had the lowest cultivation, but no one dared to underestimate him.

For such an absolute freak of a Heaven's Pride, cross-level combat was a normal occurrence. Take Chen Qiu, for example, who was only at the Fifth Level of the Nascent Soul stage, yet not a single person below the platform dared to go up against him.

The man on the platform, whose peak Nascent Soul cultivation had been crushed to death just now, served as a tragic example before everyone.

It was just a pity for Kong Ming.

If it weren't for Chen Qiu, Kong Ming, who had entered the Nascent Soul stage with a Tenth Stage Primordial Soul, would have undoubtedly left a heavy mark in the history of the Xuantian Continent. But now...

For a moment, the crowd's gazed at the little monk Kong Ming with a mix of three parts regret and seven parts schadenfreude.

You can fight across levels with your Tenth Stage Primordial Soul, but he has a Twelfth Stage Primordial Soul, higher than yours in both rank and cultivation. One at the First Level and the other at the Fifth Level, how big is this gap?

It was a bit helpless for them to be crushed, but seeing a Heaven's Pride who should have dominated an era being crushed as well, their hearts suddenly felt more balanced.

Thus, the atmosphere froze for a moment, while the other platforms were filled with intense battles, with cultivators coming and going. Only Platform One seemed to be ignored by everyone, with no one paying attention to it.

Half an hour passed in the blink of an eye.

The third round only lasted for three hours. The longer one occupied Platform One, the higher they would rank on the Nascent Soul Power Ranking, meaning that even if Chen Qiu voluntarily stepped down from the platform after another hour, he would still be the top-ranked, and no one could take his place.

At this moment—

"Amitabha."

The little monk in a cassock stood below, his palms pressed together, speaking in a calm and steady voice. Then, his body transformed into a ray of Buddha light and appeared directly on Platform One, opposite Chen Qiu: "Patron, please make your move."

Chen Qiu, standing in his original position, looked at Kong Ming, who had a First Level Nascent Soul cultivation. Kong Ming had always been the one to challenge others with cross-level combat, but this was the first time he had encountered someone challenging him with cross-level combat.

Tenth Stage Primordial Soul, Kong Ming.

Good.

To deal with such an opponent, one must first test them with some means.

Almost immediately, Chen Qiu self-destructed an Entry, and the entire air seemed to freeze. Suddenly, a terrifying aura burst forth from the air, and a thunderous lightning bolt tore through the black clouds, slamming into the platform!

A full-power strike from the Fifth Level of the Divine Transformation Stage!

The moment this attack appeared, it instantly drew the attention of those on the other platforms. The terrifying power and aura made everyone's hearts tremble slightly, and in their eyes, Kong Ming seemed like a dead man.

How could a cultivator at the initial stage of the Nascent Soul withstand a full-power strike from the Fifth Level of the Divine Transformation Stage?!

Kong Ming's face instantly paled, his palms pressed together, and his body stood firm like a pine tree as he rapidly moved his lips, chanting Buddhist sutras. He couldn't avoid it, but all he could do now was block this strike!

As spiritual energy surged out, a layer of golden light with engraved Buddhist scriptures appeared on Kong Ming's body, and the cassock he wore began to flutter without wind, the Buddhist scriptures on it emitting dazzling light.

The dazzling golden light emanated from Kong Ming's body, making him seem like a living Buddha.

However—

It wasn't enough.

This method couldn't block a full-power strike from the Fifth Level of the Divine Transformation Stage. Immediately after, Kong Ming's Buddhist prayer beads with one hundred and eight beads suddenly disintegrated, and the Buddhist scriptures engraved on each bead also flashed with golden light, swirling around his body.

At this moment, Kong Ming couldn't make any other moves, as the full-power strike from the Fifth Level of the Divine Transformation Stage had already reached above his head.

"Boom!!!

The deafening explosion enveloped the entire platform. The originally indestructible platform had now become pitted and dented. Although each pit and dent wasn't too big, about the size of a fist, it had still been damaged.

It should be known that before this, Chen Qiu's full-power strike using the Lightning Summoning Technique hadn't caused any damage to the platform.

In fact, logically speaking.

This attack couldn't be considered a full-power strike from the Fifth Level of the Divine Transformation Stage. After all, there were many methods for the Divine Transformation Stage, such as the most famous "Domain." Once a Divine Transformation Domain is opened, there wouldn't be so much carefree laughter.

A self-destructing Entry that crosses a major cultivation boundary is a full-power strike, but it's only the power and intensity of a higher-level spiritual energy, along with the full activation of a spell, directed at the enemy.

Calling it a full-power strike isn't wrong.

After all, if a cultivator at the Fifth Level of the Divine Transformation Stage, without using a domain or other special Divine Transformation methods, could only rely on their own vast spiritual energy and current power, then this would indeed be their strongest attack.

However, in actual combat, it wouldn't be considered as such.

But even so!

A full-power strike from the Fifth Level of the Divine Transformation Stage isn't something a cultivator at the initial stage of the Nascent Soul could withstand. At this moment, Kong Ming's body was covered in wounds and bloodstains, and the golden Buddha light emanating from his cassock had already dimmed, looking no different from an ordinary cassock.

Moreover, around him, seventy or eighty dim and shattered Buddhist beads had fallen.

Heavy panting escaped from Kong Ming's throat.

Kong Ming, staggering in his original position, raised his head to look at Chen Qiu across from him, his eyes filled with anger. He was familiar with self-destructing Entries, but he hadn't expected Chen Qiu to have this Entry.

If it were any other place, it would have been over. The Self-Destruct Entry requires sacrificing a term as a cost. How many terms do you have to use for self-destruction?

But!

This place happens to be the Ultimate Victory Arena, and he has nowhere to hide! There's a rule in the arena:

"If the challenger fails to defeat the defender within the time of a cup of tea, they will automatically concede and be ejected from the arena."

There's also a corresponding rule:

"During the first cup of tea of the challenge, the arena's barrier will activate, preventing anyone from leaving the arena during this time. With the limited space, he has nowhere to hide and can only take the hit head-on!"

It was a full-power strike from a Fifth Level Divine Transformation! Kong Ming looked down at the shattered Buddhist beads on the ground, his eyes filled with pain. The 108-bead rosary was a Buddhist treasure, an invaluable tool for subduing demons and eliminating evil. Even without unleashing its full power, casually throwing a single bead and detonating it would unleash a full-power strike of a Peak Nascent Soul.

But now!

To block a full-power strike from a Fifth Level Divine Transformation, he shattered 70 to 80 of the 108 beads, and even his precious Buddhist treasure, the kasaya, dimmed significantly.

However, it was no big deal.

Kong Ming took a deep breath, and the relic above his dantian began to spin rapidly, releasing a vast amount of Buddha light that quickly repaired his injuries and shone upon him.

The Buddhist treasure kasaya and rosary also gradually regained their radiant glow.

Even the shattered Buddhist beads that had fallen to the ground began to slowly gather, as if they were about to rejoin each other.

"It's the Self-Destruct Entry."

A Peak Nascent Soul cultivator among the spectators spoke up: "It's a rare term that allows you to unleash a full-power strike equivalent to crossing a major realm by consuming any term as a cost."

"It's a god-level term for cross-realm combat."

"But it's not without drawbacks. First, the attack from the Self-Destruct Entry cannot be locked on with divine sense, which means if you're not close enough to the enemy or if they're too fast, the attack might be dodged. Second, this term does consume terms quite a bit."

"You can often hear about Heaven's Pride who use the Self-Destruct Entry to defeat higher-realm opponents in Heavenly Dao Mystic Realms."

The Peak Nascent Soul cultivator looked at Chen Qiu on the platform with envy: "Why don't I have such good luck? The Self-Destruct Entry doesn't come with an enchantment scroll, you can only rely on randomness."

"Chen Qiu is only at the Fifth Level Nascent Soul now, if he doesn't have some special opportunity, he'll only have three chances to choose one term each during Qi Condensation, Foundation Establishment, and Golden Core stages, and there's no three-choice option during Qi Condensation."

"Even with Qi Condensation, there are only four chances in total. How did he randomly get the Self-Destruct Entry, a god-level term for cross-realm combat in the early stages? His luck must be incredible!"

"Who's to say otherwise?"

A white-haired man standing nearby sighed: "I still remember when I broke through to Nascent Soul, my hand was shaking during the three-choice selection. Luck is something intangible, but it does exist."

The Self-Destruct Entry is well-known in the Xuantian Continent.

It's a rare term for cross-realm combat in the early stages.

Why is it considered for the early stages? In later stages, combat methods are not limited to just spiritual energy; there are various domains, auras, and other techniques that the Self-Destruct Entry cannot simulate.

Although it's quite rare.

Whenever it appears, it causes quite a stir, triggering a wave of frenzied acquisitions of various enchantment scrolls, whether they are useful or not. They collect all types of enchantment scrolls without discrimination.

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Chen Qiu looked at Kong Ming, who was preparing to counterattack, and slightly raised his eyebrows. As expected of the owner of a Tenth Stage Primordial Soul, his life-saving method seemed to have little effect.

But that was normal, given his status as an extraordinary genius.

Even if this attack landed on him, it wouldn't kill him.

However, he narrowed his eyes slightly, gazing at the golden Buddha light radiating from Kong Ming's abdomen and spreading in all directions. This Buddha light could repair artifacts and injuries at a rapid pace, almost like having a portable spring. As long as he didn't die instantly, he could quickly recover from his injuries, and even damaged artifacts could be easily restored.

What a treasure.

He wanted it.

It seemed to be located in the dantian.

The term he had detonated earlier had already consumed his last useless term obtained in the Yuanzong. Now, he had no more useless terms, and after scanning his panel, he crushed another term.

"The Heaven-Deficient Person."

This term, which had accompanied him for a long time, was now used for self-destruction. It didn't have much use in terms of combat power.

But he did feel a bit reluctant to let it go, as it had been with him for a while, and he was known to be sentimental. Its only effect might be to experience double pleasure when closing one's eyes during a Night of Love.

It was a special auxiliary term.

In certain scenarios, it could become an irreplaceable term, achieving effects that other terms couldn't.

But after glancing at his panel, he saw that all the other terms were more useful, and they were mostly in term groups, making it impossible to discard any of them. In the end, the only term he could sacrifice was this one.

He decided to unleash two ultimate moves to test the waters and gauge his opponent's level before playing around.

To avoid capsize in a narrow place.

After all, a First Level Spirit Infancy cultivator daring to challenge him on the platform must have a confident trick up their sleeve. Kong Ming's term effects were known to him, and he had prepared accordingly, but he wasn't aware of any Buddhist secret techniques.

He didn't aim to kill with this strike, but to inflict some status effects first.

However, it must be said.

Kong Ming was indeed tough. His Self-Destruct Entry had killed two Divine Transformation cultivators in Dayuan City, but it couldn't kill a First Level Spirit Infancy. How many good treasures do you have on you? That kasaya is truly resilient.

Immediately after—

Just as Kong Ming staggered to his feet, his eyes filled with anger, ready to counterattack, the familiar Divine Transformation aura once again enveloped the entire platform. Kong Ming, slightly startled, looked up at the thunderbolt descending upon him, accompanied by the aura.

His face paled slightly.

Without hesitation, the Buddhist scriptures on the kasaya forcefully released golden light, stirring up a windless breeze.

PS: There will be two more chapters later, probably by tomorrow morning. My typing speed is a bit slow, and it takes me a whole night to finish typing.

These days, my jet lag has been a bit chaotic, leading to late-night typing sessions.

But there's an upside; it feels like my mind is sharper at night, resulting in updates that are even more 'underground' than before.

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