Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
The Skyfire Sect’s tournament that happened once every 50 years began in full swing.
Dozens of arenas had been erected on the central square of the sect.
Apart from his daily tasks and cultivation, Jiang Chen also took advantage of his break to visit the arena for the tournament. He would watch the tournament discreetly and treated it as a way of killing time.
With his Fiery Eyes, he didn’t need to get too close to see the entire arena.
On one of the rings, two eighth-stage Dao Initiation disciples were fighting.
One of them was a disciple of the Forging Hall, while the other was a disciple of the Alchemy Hall. The two of them were considered pretty good amongst the Skyfire Sect’s disciples.
It represented the standard of most ordinary disciples!
One of them held a longsword with three layers of restrictions in his hands. The other held an iron pestle used for concocting medicine. They continuously exchanged blows.
Spiritual energy shot out, and the aftershocks from the collisions of flames exploded in all directions. However, it was blocked by the protection array outside the ring.
Cheers came from below the ring.
“Senior Brother Wang’s technique, Inferno Prairie Fire, is really at peak strength! With a swing of his sword, he can cause wildfire to fill the sky.”
“Senior Brother Tian isn’t bad either. The iron pestle in his hand is dancing in an airtight manner. It’s clumsy but big, and there is even a faint flame surging on it. It’s clear that he is preparing to use some ultimate move!”
On the spectator stand surrounding the ring, many deacons and elders nodded their heads slightly, while the disciples below the stage continued cheering.
Only Jiang Chen, who wasn’t too far away, shook his head slightly.
With his current cultivation at the eighth layer of the Divine Sea realm and the ability of the Fiery Eyes, the moves and techniques of these two people seemed incomparably clumsy and filled with flaws. They were not much better than a child’s sword dance.
Both of them were using yellow-grade cultivation techniques, and they had not reached mastery yet. Compared to the profound-grade mastered cultivation techniques he possessed, it would not be an exaggeration to call them trash.
Jiang Chen lost interest after a short while.
He turned to look at the other two inner court disciples whose cultivation had reached the Divine Sea realm. One of them was Xu Xin from the Alchemy Hall.
At this time, Xu Xin’s cultivation was already at the third layer of the Divine Sea realm. For this tournament, she had even diligently cultivated for a period of time.
Xu Xin’s talent was not bad to begin with, but she had spent most of her time and effort on pill refining. Although her cultivation progress was not slow, she was still just gradually pulling away from the first tier.
However, although Xu Xin had a bit of fame, her combat experience seemed to be very poor. She was quickly beaten back by her opponent, a third-layer Divine Sea disciple. Seeing that she couldn’t last much longer, she had no choice but to admit defeat.
“This silly girl, she had clearly been dealt good cards but still got beaten to a pulp!” Jiang Chen saw through Xu Xin with a single glance. Not only did this woman’s vital spirit fire surpass her opponent’s, but the quality of her cultivation technique was also much better. Even the equipment she wore were magic tools.
It could be said that other than their cultivation realms being the same, Xu Xin was stronger from head to toe.
But the current situation was that Xu Xin was almost completely beaten up.
“Did you see that? This is an undisguised example! The most important thing for us cultivators is our own cultivation and combat techniques!”
“All of them are like this. They are clearly stronger than the other party, yet they still wind up losing. A waste of talent and equipment,” said Elder Zhu as he laughed.
On the spectator stand, this elder from the Forging Hall rubbed his beard and provocatively glanced at Elder Hao who was sitting not far away.
On the stage, the disciple fighting with Xu Xin was Elder Zhu’s disciple.
The two elders had always been at odds with each other. Later, one of them had entered the Alchemy Hall, while the other had entered the Forging Hall.
Even today, they still didn’t like each other and would mock the other whenever they had the chance.
Who would have thought that their disciples would bump into each other today?
“Hmph! My disciple is just going up to broaden her horizons. What has fighting skills got to do with us alchemists?” Elder Hao snorted and retorted.
It was a fact that the disciples of the Alchemy Hall were bad at fighting. He had no way to refute it.
Elder Zhu chuckled and did not continue speaking. Otherwise, wouldn’t Elder Hao, who had a lot of pride, fight him to the death in public?
Elder Hao was just being stubborn. The nervousness on his face right now was obvious, so how could he say that he didn’t care?
“She clearly has the same cultivation level as me, but why can’t I beat her? How did this happen?”
Xu Xin carefully dealt with the opponent’s attack and ate a few Qi Recovery Pills in between her attacks.
Medicinal pills were also a part of a cultivator’s strength. As long as they were not prohibited ones, the participants were allowed to take them during the sect tournament battles. However, each person could only bring 10 medicinal pills at most.
Now, the medicinal pill Xu Xin consumed was already the eighth one she had brought with her.
In other words, she was at the end of her rope.
“Hmph, am I going to fail this time?”
The two fought for a while longer. The magic power that Xu Xin had just recovered was almost exhausted again.
At this time, Xu Xin’s mind recalled the time when she was refining pills. She had also continuously failed.
It was just like when she was refining pills. Although it did not seem difficult, in reality, she was constantly meeting with a wall.
“The trick to alchemy is that you must remember to have doubts. Any method is just a reference, so make sure you have comprehended it wholeheartedly first. Only by walking your own path can you walk further.”
At this moment, she had recalled the words of the mysterious alchemist grandmaster.
Suddenly, an idea flashed through her mind!
“I get it now. There’s actually no difference between fighting and refining pills. Although combat moves and cultivation techniques are important, you can’t completely adhere to them. Otherwise, your opponent doesn’t even need to think twice to know which move you’re going to use and how you’re going to use it!”
Xu Xin had had an epiphany.
At this moment, she no longer paid attention to her opponent. She only had eyes for the techniques that she had learned.
At this moment, when her opponent attacked, she subconsciously used Inferno Prairie Fire.
The move this time was far beyond the opponent’s expectations. Furthermore, it was almost flawless, making it very difficult for that disciple to deal with.
After this move, Xu Xin did not continue to use the next expected move — Flurry Wild Fire. Instead, she struck out with the Raging Fire Palm. The large hand formed by flames instantly stunned the opponent.
Taking advantage of this short moment, Xu Xin actually attacked again and again, continuously exceeding the opponent’s expectations, completely disrupting the opponent’s rhythm.
In an instant, her opponent was put in a disadvantageous position. In the end, Xu Xin fiercely struck her opponent with a soaring flame, obtaining victory.