Chapter 327 The First Person Under the Nascent Soul
“I’ve met Professor Zhou.”
As soon as Zhou Ling entered the hall, several of Jin Sheng's disciples stood up and bowed respectfully to Zhou Ling.
"You're welcome, please sit down."
Zhou Ling sat down under the palace dean and said with a smile.
"Tomorrow our opponent is none other than that guy from the Jiutian Sword Academy of Yuhe Fairy City, Zhao Quan!"
Watching Zhou Ling take his seat, Dean Gong spoke to him.
Weng Lanyue also gave him a cup of spiritual tea.
After today's battle, she realized that her master was not only good at refining weapons, but was also so powerful in combat.
Such a majestic appearance in the competition arena made her a little tempted. Would she like to learn some swordsmanship from her master in the future?
“We really met each other!”
Hearing this, Zhou Ling also had a look of surprise on his face.
Today, half of the Taoist temples were eliminated in the first round.
Anyone who can compete in the second round today must be very strong.
If he hadn't used the five spiritual flames and had the talent to absorb the spiritual flames from the Fire Pill Domain, he wouldn't have been able to defeat He Jing so easily.
Although He Jing was at the pinnacle of the Golden Core and had strong strength in the Dan Realm, he was almost completely suppressed by the Spiritual Flame, so he did not exert the power of the Dan Realm at all.
"Although the overall strength of the five disciples in Yuhe Immortal City is stronger than ours, three are in the late stage of foundation building and two are in the mid stage."
"But in today's battle, they obviously spent a lot of money, so in tomorrow's battle, we have a chance!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the palace director clicked on the photo jade.
A scene of competition emerged.
As for the two parties in the competition, one is the Jiutian Sword Academy of Yuhe Immortal City.
The opponent is Xuanyuan Taoist Academy in the fourth-grade Xuanyu Immortal City.
The disciples of the Jiutian Sword Academy in Yuhe Immortal City also formed a sword formation to fight against the enemy.
However, to Zhou Ling's surprise, the disciples of Xuanyu Immortal City used runes to fight against the enemy.
They are all long-range attack runes, such as flying sword runes, fire and thunder runes, etc.
These runes are all at the pinnacle of the second level, and their power is astonishing.
Even if Xuanyu Immortal City was defeated in the end.
But Yuhe Fairy City also suffered a tragic defeat.
"What they formed is a five-phase rotating sword formation, which can be attacked and defended."
"Among the five people, two late-stage foundation-building monks are the main swordsmen, and they take turns to attack with their swords. Even if the golden elixir monks encounter them, they will not be able to break through easily!"
Dean Gong pointed to the opponent's sword formation and analyzed it with everyone.
"Shi Yi, who has cultivated in the late stage of foundation building, has the best fire attribute spiritual root, and masters the Thousand Flame Sword Intent."
"Lin Feng, who has cultivated in the late stage of foundation building, has the wind shadow sword body, and masters the wind shadow sword intention."
"He Feiyu, who has cultivated in the late stage of foundation building, has the best spiritual root of thunder attribute, and masters the heavy thunder sword intention."
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"The five-phase sword formation can condense the five-phase sword domain, and its power is infinitely close to that of the golden elixir monk's elixir domain."
"Generally, the only way to crack it is to fight head-on and destroy the five phases."
"If our Fire Dragon Sword Formation and the Five-Phase Sword Formation go head-to-head, we won't be able to gain any advantage!"
Dean Gong continued to analyze the opponent's situation with everyone.
Hearing Dean Gong's words, everyone else's eyes suddenly turned to Zhou Ling.
In the first battle, Zhou Ling analyzed that his opponent's formation was almost completely in place.
Only then can we win like this.
So everyone naturally wants to know what Zhou Ling thinks?
Otherwise, Dean Palace wouldn't be able to see the obvious flaw, and they would just stare.
In the end, I could only fight with the Fire Dragon Sword Formation!
"The power of this five-phase sword formation is indeed impressive, but the five phases are balanced. The gap between the cultivation levels of the monks who form the sword formation should not be too large."
"After today's battle, the consumption of two of the foundation-building disciples was obvious."
"So when we face them tomorrow, we will focus on the swordsmanship of these two disciples."
"As long as one of them is defeated, this five-phase sword formation will be defeated by itself!"
After Zhou Ling pondered for a while, he put forward his own opinion.
Of course, with Dean Gong's eyesight, there would be no problem with the sword formation.
But she analyzed it from the perspective of overall combat strength.
And Zhou Ling can naturally analyze from multiple angles with the help of his two talents [Intermediate Observation] and [Intermediate Analysis].
We were even able to find the weaknesses of two of the mid-stage foundation-building monks.
After hearing this, everyone's eyes lit up. Looking at the photos, they felt that what Zhou Ling said made sense.
From the picture in the photo jade, although the five people are arranged in a five-phase sword formation, they cooperate with each other very well.
But most of the opponent's rune attacks were directed at the swordsmanship of the three late-stage foundation-building monks.
Therefore, the Five Phase Sword Formation has been in a stable state throughout the entire process.
Only when the swords of the other two mid-stage foundation-building monks encountered fierce attacks did some obvious fluctuations occur.
"Zhou Ling, your vision is really amazing!"
"Please analyze it and see if there is any good way to deal with it!"
Dean Gong also greatly agreed with Zhou Ling's analysis.
"There is no trick. We can only use the sword formation to confront him head-on, but mainly attack the opponent's weak sword form!"
Zhou Ling said aloud.
The opponent's strength is not weak either.
And through [intermediate analysis], he can only understand some of his opponent's weaknesses, take advantage of them, and plan ahead.
But in the final analysis, the final battle situation mainly depends on strength.
"However, we can organize a surprise attack based on the two people's weaknesses!"
"The two of them are relatively weak in cultivation. They spent a lot of money today and will not be able to fully recover even if they go into battle tomorrow."
"We consume less today, which is already a big advantage!"
"Using Jin Sheng's Burning Sword Intent will have a great advantage!"
After thinking about it, Zhou Ling made another suggestion.
Generally speaking, there is a big gap in strength between the middle stage of foundation building and the late stage of foundation building.
However, for sword cultivators, there is a certain degree of compensation for their understanding of sword intent.
Just like Jin Sheng is currently in the middle stage of foundation building, but with the help of his sword body, his combat power is no less than that of the late stage of foundation building.
The sword formation needs to be even in all aspects. A slight mistake can basically determine the outcome.
This is especially true for this five-phase sword formation.
In Zhou Ling's view, Jin Sheng's Burning Sword Intent is the key to breaking through the opponent's sword form.
His Melting Pot Sword Intention was derived from Jin Sheng's Burning Sword Intention, so he has a deep understanding of its advantages.
After hearing Zhou Ling's words, the five disciples were thoughtful and soon began to discuss.
"This time your opponent is also Gao Qi, a peak Jindan sword cultivator. The Seven Star Sword he has mastered has reached the third realm and the fourth step. It is said that he is only one step away from the fourth realm!"
"It is said that there is no opponent under the Yuanying, and there are some monks in the early stage of the Yuanying, but they can't do anything to him!"
At this time, Dean Gong pointed to another battle situation in the photo jade and said to Zhou Ling.
Zhou Ling saw that in the picture projected by the Shadow Jade, a dazzling Galaxy Sword Domain and an Ice Soul Pill Domain were intertwined and bombarded.
In the end, the Galaxy Sword Domain penetrated the ice of the ice domain and completely defeated the opponent.
"If we are not sure, we will gather the five-phase sword formation of the sun and moon!"
Seeing Zhou Ling frowning, Dean Gong said.
In her early years, she competed with Dean Zhao for the position of dean of the Jiutian Sword Academy in Yuhe Fairy City, but was defeated because of her low cultivation level.
That’s why we arrived at Qingyun Immortal City Jiutian Sword Academy.
Originally, when both sides were competing, failure was normal.
But Dean Gong couldn't stand Dean Zhao's expression of being a villain. There are also some grievances between each other.
Therefore, now she must find a way to defeat the opponent. As for Dean Zhao, after entering the four realms of swordsmanship, she is confident that she has the strength to defeat the opponent.
Now it depends on Zhou Ling's situation.
After all, she could see from the morning battle that Zhou Ling was able to defeat the opponent more with the help of Lingyan's fearless He Jingdan domain.
But tomorrow's opponent, Gao Qi, is a star attribute sword cultivator, and Zhou Ling's spiritual flames have no obvious advantage over him.
"Dean, I will take this back and analyze it first, and then make a decision tomorrow!"
In the photo jade, the battle between the two sides was fierce, and Zhou Ling thought of doing some research first.
If that doesn't work, then use [Illusion Deduction and Simulation] to understand the opponent's situation first.
"Well, you don't need to feel any pressure. They will also spend a lot of money in today's battle. As long as we set up the sun, moon and five elements sword formation, we will be invincible!"
The dean of the palace said so.
She knows Zhou Ling's swordsmanship best.
If the two of them form a sword formation and the Five Elements Sword Domain cooperates with her Heaven and Earth Sword Domain, it can greatly enhance the power of her Heaven and Earth Sword.
Not to mention anything else, at least the duration of the sword domain can be doubled.
Zhou Ling nodded, naturally he would not feel any pressure.
Now I have the jade-returning golden elixir in my hand.
Moreover, with his swordsmanship skills, he is not the one who really feeds him, so even if he loses, it will not have any impact.
But since the other party is Dean Gong's opponent, it is natural to defeat him with all his strength.
After discussing with the Palace Dean and the others for a while, they left the hall and returned to the room.
Afterwards, Zhou Ling carefully observed his opponent's situation through the photo jade.
I learned that the opponent was specifically a three-level and four-step sword cultivator, and could also use the power of the stars in the sky.
As long as his sword domain is isolated from absorbing the power of the stars, his combat power will plummet.
Otherwise, his sword domain can continuously draw on the power of the stars, and its own consumption will be very small.
Even the Nascent Soul cultivator cannot consume him.
And conventional means simply cannot stop his sword domain from absorbing the power of the stars.
After passing several [Intermediate Analysis], Zhou Ling came up with a plan to form a five-element sword array with five-element spiritual flames to block the power of the stars.
In this way, without the support of the power of stars, the opponent's cultivation level will plummet.
It's much easier to deal with it.
But what is the actual actual effect?
It still depends on the situation.
Zhou Ling also decided to use the Five Elements Sword Formation in conjunction with the Five Elements Spirit Flame to fight against the enemy.
After all, he has two talents: [Sixth Transformation] and [Meticulousness]. Even if he uses the Five Elements Sword Domain, the consumption is still within control.
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The next day, the competition continued.
The main courtyard of Jiutian Sword Academy is even more lively.
After yesterday's competition, thirty-two Taoist temples have been eliminated.
The competition for the remaining thirty-two Taoist temples will become increasingly fierce.
There are more and more things to watch.
Among the disciples, there are many talented disciples.
In the first round, someone even defeated five of the opponent's disciples one-on-five.
This is Shi Xiuyu, the peerless genius who represents the Nine Heavens Sword Domain of Qingyun Immortal City.
He became the object of most attention among his disciples.
There is also a thunder body disciple Wan Ya, whose combat power is also extremely terrifying. He can also fight against five people by himself.
The person who received the most attention among the teachers was Zhou Ling, the chief foundation builder of Qingyun Immortal City's Nine Heavens Sword Academy.
His performance yesterday could be said to have astonished the entire Qingyang Immortal City.
A peak-level foundation-building monk defeated the peak-level Golden Core. This was a major event that had never happened in the Qingyang Immortal Domain in the past thousand years.
News that he is the first person below the Nascent Soul cultivator in the Qingyang Immortal Domain has spread.
Although in this battle, Zhou Ling used some tricks.
But being able to control the five spiritual flames is also a display of terrifying strength.
As long as Zhou Ling is willing to consume the five spiritual flames, even the Nascent Soul cultivator must treat them seriously.
clang!
clang!
clang!
As many judges arrived at the judging panel, the melodious bells of the Taoist temple also rang.
"Golden Light Immortal City Butian Taoist Academy vs. Feiyu Immortal City Tianxia Taoist Academy, No. 3 Competition Stage"
"Jade River Immortal City Jiutian Sword Academy vs. Qingyun Immortal City Jiutian Sword Academy, Competition Stage No. 5."
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As the host's loud voice sounded, the monks from the monastery walked towards the competition platform one by one.
And Qingyun Immortal City Jiutian Sword Academy has undoubtedly become the focus of everyone's attention.
After all, Zhou Ling's performance is really exciting.
"Master Wang, do you think Zhou Ling can still win today?"
At the judges' table, looking at the No. 5 competition table, Dean Shen couldn't help but ask.
"I hope this kid wins too."
The head of the Wang family said with a smile.
Zhou Ling's performance yesterday also brought great honor to their Wang family.
Most outsiders think that Zhou Ling's current achievements are inseparable from the training of their Wang family.
Otherwise, where would Zhou Ling's first-level casual cultivator get the resources and skills?
"Zhou Ling still has great potential. If he progresses like this, he will also be the pillar of our Qingyang Immortal Domain in the future!"
Chief Lin also said pointedly.
Hearing this, the head of the Wang family looked surprised. He did not expect Lin Zhishou to speak so highly of Zhou Ling.
I felt quite helpless.
With Zhou Ling's current situation, he no longer needs to rely on the Wang family.
He himself is fully capable of supporting a Yuanying family.
Under such circumstances, it would be even more impossible for Wang Xin to return to the family.
But it’s impossible for the Wang family to use force!
After all, Zhou Ling is no longer something the Wang family can manipulate at will.
"Yesterday, Zhou Ling was lucky. With the help of Spirit Flame, He Jing's Dan Domain could not suppress him. Today, he faced Gao Qi from the Nine Heavens Sword Academy of Yuhe Immortal City. It is said that he has touched the threshold of the Four Realms Sword Intent."
"And we can use the power of the stars."
"If Zhou Ling wants to defeat him, it's impossible!"
A judge with a dignified appearance and authority spoke up.
He is Zhu Gang, the dean of Feilong Battle Academy.
"That's what I said, but who would have thought yesterday that He Jing would lose to Zhou Ling!"
Dean Shen shook his head and said.
Although Zhou Ling represented Jiutian Sword Academy this time, he was still a teacher at Xuanyuan Taoist Academy after all, so he naturally wanted to support Zhou Ling.
While everyone was discussing, Zhou Ling and others followed Dean Gong onto the competition stage.
“I didn’t expect that you guys would actually make it to the second round!”
Seeing Dean Gong and others, the burly Dean Zhao said calmly.
Next to him, stood a middle-aged man with a calm expression and a thin build.
It was Gao Qi.
He looked at Zhou Ling, a look of surprise flashed in his eyes.
When he learned that Zhou Ling defeated He Jing, he didn't believe that Zhou Ling was a foundation-building monk, and he probably hid his cultivation.
But as his spiritual consciousness swept over him, he realized that Zhou Ling was indeed at the peak of Foundation Establishment, but the magic power in his body was extremely powerful, far superior to that of ordinary Peak Establishment monks.
(End of chapter)