Chapter 35: Discussion at Tianwutai and Battle at Tianque Fort
The next day, the first round of the Tianwutai discussion officially began.

There are seven sects and seven teams. One team will have a bye in each round. The team that has a bye in the first round is the Yanyue Sect, the first place in the previous session.

The remaining six teams were divided into the upper and lower zones. The upper zone was composed of the first place winners from the Blood Forbidden Land plus the second and third place winners from the previous Tianwutai Forum. If there were any duplicates, they would be replaced in order. The lower zone was the remaining teams. This division method was to avoid premature collisions between strong teams.

Huangfeng Valley, as the Blood Forbidden Land, won the first place and was assigned to the first place in the upper area. The second and third places in the previous session were Lingshou Mountain and Giant Sword Gate.

Peak No. 1: Yellow Maple Valley facing Tianque Fort;
Peak No. 2: Lingshou Mountain opposite Huadaowu;
Peak No. 3: Giant Sword Gate versus Qingxu Gate;

The Jindan cultivators were all very straightforward. After Lei Wanhe finished explaining the rules of the competition, he said, "Be careful!" and ran off to have tea with the Jindan cultivators leading the other six sects. It seemed like they were discussing Taoism when these Jindan cultivators gathered together to drink tea and chat.

As for the discussion among the foundation-building disciples, it actually consists of one team entering from one side and beating the other team until they are teleported out!

After Lei Wanhe left, Sun Zecheng and Nie Ying looked at each other.
"Let's go in!" Nie Ying's face was full of confidence and fighting spirit, and it was another kind of charm!
"and many more!"

Nie Ying looked at Sun Zecheng in confusion.

"How are you going to fight?" Sun Zecheng asked.

"How do we fight? You defend against my attacks, isn't that an agreement?" Nie Ying asked curiously.

If Han Erlangzi participated in such a competition, he would probably first think about how to hide himself, set traps, and see everything clearly before taking action, right? Sun Zecheng thought.

However, Nie Ying's fighting experience is obviously all in the fair and upright fighting style of internal competitions. She lacks experience in dirty battles. The opponent Tianque Fort seems to be a weak team, so let her do it!

"Okay, I will defend against your attack, but I'm afraid that I'm not strong enough and may not be able to take care of it sometimes. Take this and activate the stacking shield when you go in!" Sun Zecheng took out ten Rock Talismans and Ice Cover Talismans and handed them to Nie Ying.

"Activate it as soon as you enter? Don't wait until you encounter the enemy before using it? Why don't you use the Green Thunder Umbrella to save some talismans?" Nie Ying wanted to save some money for Sun Zecheng.

How to save money on the battlefield? No! You have to help Nie Ying develop the good habit of stacking shields before every battle! Otherwise, if you encounter a transparent thread like Han Erlangzi, you won't know how you died!

"Holding an umbrella consumes mana. Do you want to win? If you want to win, take the talisman. Be obedient and activate it when you go in. At least activate one stone shield!" Sun Zecheng knew Nie Ying's weakness very well, and with just a question of whether she wanted to win or not, she took the talisman obediently.

"Come on, let's go in!"

The people from the Yellow Maple Valley entered from the north entrance, and the people from the Tianque Fort entered from the south entrance. When both parties stepped into the entrance, the hourglass started, and the passage to the arena formation opened!
Sun Zecheng and Nie Ying walked into the arena, and the passage behind them closed.

The mountains in the competition were all processed by the seven sects. There was a continent running straight through from the north to the south, and on both sides were either densely covered with trees or rugged rocks. Given Sun Zecheng's habit as a robber, he would not actually take the main road, but Nie Ying took this main road and went straight to the other side. Fortunately, she had already stacked up her shields, and activated a Rock Peak Talisman when she came in. She had a gray-yellow light shield on her body, so she was not afraid of a surprise attack.

Sun Zecheng controlled the Cloud-Stepping Boots without activating them, and just moved forward at the speed of an ordinary cultivator.
After walking a quarter of the way, he could already sense the other person, also walking on the road, heading towards him.

Come on! Stupid sheep butting heads, noobs pecking at each other.

When you come to the center of the arena, there is a flat circular square.

"Nie Ying of the Yellow Maple Valley."

"Qin Xu from Tianque Fort." "Fang Suqiu from Tianque Fort."

The opponent didn't even stack shields, he just held the magic weapon in his hand and attacked, why did he report it, Sun Zecheng thought.

However, while they were talking, the opponents saw that Huang Fenggu and the other man had already stacked their shields and were also using their magic weapons.

"Sun Zecheng from Huangfeng Valley." Seeing that Nie Ying had no intention of launching a sneak attack, Sun Zecheng also gave his name.

Fang Suqiu of Tianque Fort took the lead. Several large ice cones flew towards him, and two flying knives took Sun Zecheng and Nie Ying respectively.

Sun Zecheng summoned the Green Thunder Umbrella, but controlled only half of his magic power, just like an ordinary early stage of foundation building. A dark green light shield blocked Nie Ying and Sun Zecheng. When the flying knife and ice cone were about to hit the umbrella, a series of crackling lightning suddenly erupted, not only knocking the knife away and breaking the ice cone, but nearly half of the ice fragments, accompanied by small lightning, flew back towards Fang Suqiu. Fang Suqiu summoned a brocade handkerchief to block the lightning.

Qin Xu of Tianque Fort sacrificed a giant yellow seal, which should be a replica of the magic weapon used by the Jindan cultivator in the Blood Forbidden Land to break the ban. It looked to be quite powerful.

Here, Nie Ying had completed the preparations and released a blazing firebird, which crushed past with unstoppable force.

A giant yellow seal came down from great height, growing larger as it flew, and finally became as big as a boulder on a cliff, looking quite imposing.

The burning turkey hit the seal head-on at the midpoint of the small square with a loud "bang"! After shaking, it took a half step back and continued to move forward. The seal bounced up and quickly shrank back to its original shape. Qin Xu pinched the spell, pointed his finger, injected magic power, and the seal slapped down from a high place again, growing larger as it flew, and slapped the firebird again and bounced up. At this time, the firebird had already walked two steps forward.

Seeing that Qin Xu's seal was unable to resist the firebird, Fang Suqiu swung out a large ice cone to hit the firebird head-on. At the same time, she controlled two flying knives to attack Sun Zecheng and Nie Ying again. In fact, it did not have much effect and was more of a harassment.

Ice can overcome fire, but the firebird was not overcome by it. Instead, it burned the ice cone into a large piece of white mist. However, after burning the large piece of ice cone, the firebird's body also shrank a little.

Qin Xu exerted all his strength, and the yellow giant seal slapped down again from a high position. The speed slowed down a bit, but it also grew bigger, and at the same time, it was accompanied by the sound of wind and thunder! The momentum was amazing! This slap finally pushed the firebird back two steps and returned to the midpoint.

Sun Zecheng took out a stack of talismans and was about to throw them out.

"No, just defend."

Judging from Nie Ying's voice, there is still some strength left.

"We can win. Save the talisman for the next game." Nie Ying added, and then she made a spell and injected magic power, and the firebird returned to its previous size.

Well, it's a good thing to win without any effort. Besides, the stone shield has been stacked, and Sun Zecheng probably can't capsize. Let her practice! Sun Zecheng put away the talisman.

After Qin Xu's yellow giant seal repelled the firebird in one fell swoop, it actually took advantage of the momentum to bounce higher, and when it fell again, the sound was even louder! It seemed that after gaining the upper hand, the power of this seal would also be strengthened?
Although Nie Ying's firebird had recovered its size, it was also pushed back a step. Fang Suqiu put away the flying knife and used all her strength to drive a blue kettle, launching a piece of ice cone, which grew larger and longer as it flew, and finally turned into a large piece of ice cone that was denser, longer, and thicker than the last time.

Sun Zecheng activated the Qinglei Umbrella and blocked the ice cone first. After a burst of crackling sounds, part of it bounced back. Fang Suqiu hurriedly took out her brocade handkerchief to block the rebound.

Over there, Nie Ying's Firebird and Qin Xu's Yellow Seal were fighting vigorously, with constant "bang" and "bang" sounds. Nie Ying had the upper hand and was advancing gradually, but not very fast.

Seeing how bad they were, Sun Zecheng didn't bother to waste time with them. He pushed the Qinglei Umbrella forward and moved forward as well.

(End of this chapter)