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“Senior Brother Luo Cheng’s Soaring Fire Dragon is actually so skillful. He is truly worthy of being the chief disciple of the Forging Hall, an expert at the sixth layer of the Divine Sea realm.”
“Not bad, he did that so effortlessly. What’s even more difficult is that he did not waste any magic power. Impressive.”
“However, it shouldn’t be too difficult for Senior Zheng to withstand it!”
The spectating inner sect disciples couldn’t help but speak out as they watched Luo Cheng make his move.
This move, Soaring Fire Dragon, was simple and easy to master. Furthermore, its power was pretty decent as well. Therefore, many disciples in the sect had learned this move before.
However, they admitted that they were indeed far inferior compared to Luo Cheng.
Although Zheng Yun had kept himself from the spotlight for so many years, his former fame was still resounding.
The laymen watched the show, while those with the know-how paid attention to the techniques.
These disciples only felt that Luo Cheng’s moves were well-rounded and experienced and that he was able to exert power in all his moves.
But they failed to see the critical detail in the spear!
“This spear is quite interesting. It seems that Senior Brother Luo truly has some skill. He can be considered a great rival.
“Unfortunately, that’s not enough. He’s simply not my match.”
Lu Qingtian stood tall and stared at the ring.
He had already begun to cultivate his divinity and could naturally tell that Luo Cheng had fused a strand of it into this attack.
The reason why the seventh layer of the Divine Sea was called the realm’s upper tier and the reason why it was so valued by the sect was because cultivators of this realm had already begun to cultivate their divinity, and only those who succeeded in cultivating their divinity could advance to the Golden Bridge realm.
After all, only the Golden Bridge-realm cultivators could truly be considered the supporting pillars of a large sect.
Since ancient times, this step into divinity cultivation had stumped countless experts.
Within the Skyfire Sect, there were over three hundred Divine Sea cultivators, but most of them were only at the first or second layer of that realm.
With just both hands, one could count the number of Divine Sea upper-tier experts in the sect that have cultivated their divinity.
Even this number was the accumulation over hundreds of years. Thus, it was obvious just how difficult it was to cultivate the divinity.
Although the difference in magic power between the sixth and seventh layers of the Divine Sea was only a mere severalfold, a cultivator at the seventh layer of the Divine Sea could easily defeat a cultivator at the sixth layer. This was because of their cultivation of divinity.
With a complete divinity and sufficient qi, one’s magic power would contain primordial spirit!
If one’s magic power lacked divinity, their techniques would be dull and lifeless despite their variations.
However, if one were to infuse their divinity into their magic power, it would be as if their soul was being infused into it. Their magic power would contain primordial spirit, and cultivation techniques and combat moves would appear to have a life of their own.
A magic technique or magic spell that was triggered by the same amount of magic power might not have much difference in strength, but its newfound flexibility could have an incredible difference.
“Die!” Though Zheng Yun’s heart sank, his face showed neither joy nor sadness, only resolve!
Luo Cheng’s words had destroyed his explosive aura, causing the aura around his body to drop by 30%.
In a battle between experts, a slight difference could be crucial.
That’s not even mentioning that his original cultivation base was already a layer lower than his opponent’s. The possibility of him winning would be as likely as someone trying to ascend to heaven.
However, he had no time to think about this now.
The incomparably tyrannical fire dragon created a sky full of wind and fire as it attacked, and it had already arrived before Zheng Yun.
Zheng Yun moved. His long robe rippled from the powerful explosive force.
He took a step forward and leaped into the air.
Powerful flames instantly enveloped the longsword in his hand. The dazzling radiance actually gave people the illusion that he had borrowed the light of the sun.
He was still in the air when he raised his sword and slashed down, ruthlessly chopping at the neck of the flaming dragon.
In the blink of an eye, the fire dragon swayed to the side, making it look like it had come alive.
It had instantly dodged Zheng Yun’s slash, causing his planned attack to miss.
Ang~
Waves of air shot into the sky. The flames that seemed to have substance emitted a dragon-like roar amidst the explosive astral winds.
It charged towards Zheng Yun again.
At the same time, Luo Cheng also moved. Flames rose from his body as he executed his movement technique, pouncing towards Zheng Yun from another direction.
He stabbed out with his 18-foot-long spear.
The spear thrust out.
In an instant, a terrifying wave of air that was several thousand feet high was unleashed. A scorching white pillar of smoke soared into the sky, and surging waves of air tumbled about and ranged out. It fiercely collided with the surrounding array formation before finally coming to stop.
The immense power caused the array formation around the ring to vibrate ceaselessly.
One could not help but feel that the spirit array forcefield was about to be destroyed.
At this moment, the fire dragon and the spear attacked Zheng Yun from the left and the right, who seemed to be trapped in the joint attack of the two.
The fire dragon twisted and turned, baring its fangs and brandishing its claws as its aura soared to the sky!
The spear was incomparably sharp in its attack, as if it could pierce through the heavens!
With just two moves, he had already forced Zheng Yun, who was at the fifth layer of the Divine Sea realm, into a desperate situation.
On the spectator stands, when Elder Lu saw Luo Cheng’s attack, he first revealed a look of shock, before turning it into a smile.
Unexpectedly, Luo Cheng had already started to cultivate his divinity.
If he had been hiding it all this time, he probably wanted to surprise Lu Qingtian with it to make a comeback.
However, Zheng Yun’s challenge had left Luo Cheng with no choice but to reveal it.
As a Golden Bridge-realm elder, Elder Lu immediately understood why Luo Cheng would make such a choice.
After all, although Zheng Yun’s cultivation level was one layer lower than Luo Cheng’s, his magic spells and divine ability were not weak at all. If the two of them fought, it would definitely not end in a moment.
If the battle dragged on for too long, then Luo Cheng would have to consume a lot of his magic power. In fact, he might even be injured.
In that case, he might as well kill Zheng Yun while he was on a roll.
This way, he could preserve enough strength to compete with Lu Qingtian.
After thinking this through, Elder Lu turned around and said to Elder Luo with a smile, “Congratulations, Elder Luo. Luo Cheng has actually started to comprehend divinity cultivation. Seems like you have a successor.”
Naturally, Elder Luo understood the real meaning of the words. Elder Lu might have appeared to be congratulating him, but in reality, he was saying that since Luo Cheng had already used his trump card, the final match would naturally be without suspense.
After all, Lu Qingtian was already a divinity cultivator. In terms of divinity cultivation, he was definitely better than Luo Cheng.
“Hmph!” Elder Luo snorted coldly when he heard that. “This narrow-minded fool is going to die for sure! He actually dares to challenge my Luo Family’s genius in public. He’s simply an ant trying to shake a big tree. He’s overestimating his ability.”
On the spectator stand, Elder Luo’s eyes were cold as the killing intent in his heart boiled.
If not for the sect rules, Elder Luo would have personally killed Zheng Yun long ago.
Because of this young man, Luo Cheng had completely lost the possibility of becoming the champion of the tournament. He couldn’t help but feel extremely resentful.