The second fight of the second round was between Kong Jai and the ninth place finisher of the Heavenly Gate Thunder Tower. The ninth place finisher was a woman, at the early stage of the Realm of Creation. The difference between her strength and Kong Jai’s was so great that if Kong Jai had not shown mercy, she would probably not have escaped with her life.
Ning Cheng was naturally aware of Kong Zai’s strength, not to mention that Kong Zai was a Taiji Harmonious Realm Daoist Monarch, even the strength of his battle with Strange Zu was not comparable to that of ordinary Realm Creation Realm.
Originally, Ning Cheng thought that the three most powerful people in this fight should be him, Kong Zai and that Strange Zeus, but since Strange Zeus had been beaten away by him and Kong Zai, there should be no suspense about the first and second place.
However, after five fights, Ning Cheng realised how wrong his thoughts were. He, Ning Cheng, was not the only one who was strong under the heavens. The strongest people in this duel were also not just Kong Zai and Strange Zu whom he had met. In the third and fifth matches, Ning Cheng once again met two terrifying figures.
Shao Jing Qian, a participant from the Sanyuan Realm, was at the peak of Realm Creation strength. This person was ranked third in the Heavenly Gate Thunder Tower, yet he easily defeated his opponent, Wan Tai, the eighth ranked peak Realm of Creation powerhouse from the Shouyi Realm in the Heavenly Gate Thunder Tower.
Xian Mao, in the introduction, was a casual cultivator. Only this person was even more terrifying, and Ning Cheng suspected that he was a little stronger than Strange Zu.
In the Heavenly Gate Thunder Tower Sin Mao was only ranked sixth, yet he had killed the fifth ranked Wu Leng in seconds. This was the only one of the five bouts in which there was a fall.
In comparison, You Yunchen, who was ranked fifth in the Heavenly Gate Thunder Tower in the Uninjured Realm, spent a great deal of effort to defeat his opponent, which was considered the most insignificant bout.
Shao Jingqian was just as well, in Ning Cheng’s view, this person was at most a Feng Xuan-type character, strong but not yet able to pose a threat to him.
It was that Xian Mao that Ning Cheng was very wary of. This person had an extremely white complexion and looked very showy. His magic weapon did not match his appearance, but was an octagonal Qiankun hammer. The hammer he used to blast his opponent was one that easily cracked open his opponent’s rule domain and then hammered him straight to death.
Since Ning Cheng had made his debut, he had seen more than one strong person who was able to lift his hand to destroy the rules of heaven and earth. Most of these powerful individuals were so strong in their own Dao that they could override the Heaven and Earth rules of the space they were in. This Sin Mao, on the other hand, Ning Cheng only felt that his power was too powerful. He tore apart the Heaven and Earth rules around him, relying entirely on his own power.
In his heart, Ning Cheng also secretly sighed, the vast universe, he did not know how many powerful people were hidden. It was just that the universe was too big and he did not know about it before. This time, Shao Jingqian and Xian Mao and that Strange Zu had come to the tournament, how many other strong people like these two had not come?
“Brother Ning, this person seems a little familiar to me. It’s likely that he participated in the First Creation War, it’s just that I can’t ever remember who he is.” Kong Zai looked at Xian Mao and said somewhat cautiously in Ning Cheng’s ear.
Ning Cheng nodded, “I can also see that the technique he uses tends to be a powerful qi power. I was thinking, could he be cultivating a strength technique?”
Kong Zai said without hesitation, “It must be a power technique, otherwise it would be impossible to blast through the Heaven and Earth Dao Rhythm Rules with a single hammer. If I’m not wrong in my estimation, his Octagonal Qiankun Hammer wouldn’t even be able to be held by an ordinary person.”
Ning Cheng frowned slightly, he had come across some of the power feats. His Rule Breaking Finger actually had shades of the Strength Technique. It was just that he had not cultivated power techniques, and the Breaking Rule Finger tended to be more towards his level of understanding and perception of the rules of heaven and earth.
If Sin Mao was merely practising a branch of the Power Technique, that would be fine. If this person was practising a complete power technique, he might be another Xing Xi.
Daoist Monarch Wang Shan landed on the stage, and his gaze also vaguely swept from Kong Zai and Xian Mao for a moment. He had long known of Ning Cheng’s great strength. Kong Zai and Xian Mao’s strength was completely out of his expectation, each of these two, would not be weaker than Ning Cheng.
Daoist Monarch Wang Shan quickly withdrew his gaze and said aloud, ”Fellow Daoists, the second round of the competition is over. The top five entrants are Ning Cheng of the Tai Su Realm and the casual cultivator Kong Zai. Kong Jai’s original name for the competition was Extreme Book, but he has now changed it. Shao Jing Qian from the San Yuan Realm, You Yun Chen from the Uninjured Realm and Xian Mao, a casual cultivator. Now for the third round of the duel, five people will draw lots ……”
After saying this, Daoist Monarch Wang Shan raised his hand and threw out five forbidden wrapped crystal balls, Ning Cheng raised his hand and grabbed one of them, his luck was good, he was playing against You Yun Chen. Of the five, You Yun Chen’s strength should be the worst. Kong Zai was facing Shao Jing Qian, who seemed to be the strongest in Ning Cheng’s opinion, Xian Mao’s turn was empty.
In the first match of the third round, Ning Cheng faced You Yun Chen, whose magic treasure was an ink dou. When Ning Cheng saw this magic treasure, he recalled Kong Zai’s Book of the Human King and that mysterious long pen.
“You Yun Chen of the Uninjured Realm has met Fellow Daoist Ning, please be merciful to Fellow Daoist Ning.” After sacrificing the Ink Dou, You Yun Chen did not attack immediately, but bowed and cupped his fist to Ning Cheng.
As long as one had come to the Xuanhuang Outer Heaven earlier, there was no one who did not know the strength of Ning Cheng and the Sage Dao Sect Patriarch. You Yun Chen naturally knew that too, even though he felt that he should not be a match for Ning Cheng. However, when he arrived at this place, he was really unwilling not to have a match in his heart. If he defeated Ning Cheng, then he would directly enter the top three.
Ning Cheng nodded his head, offered up the Creation Divine Spear and said, “Make your move.”
“Good spear ……” After Ning Cheng sacrificed the Divine Spear of Creation, the eyes of Xian Mao, who was watching the battle on the stage, lit up and immediately praised.
“Why did Fellow Daoist Xian say that this was a good spear? What Daoist Ning used was clearly just a top grade divine weapon.” Shao Jingqian, who was standing beside Mao, suddenly asked with a smile.
Xian Mao swept a cold glance at Shaojing Qian, “What are you? Qualified to talk to me? It’s just a small dao to cultivate.”
Shao Jingqian’s face was cold, it was because he saw that Xian Mao was too strong that he wanted to make friends, but he didn’t expect there to be such a person.
The cultivation world was about not taking the initiative to offend people if there were no interests to entangle. This Sin Mao was too arrogant, he had only asked a question, and he had been insulted like this.
While the two were conversing, Ning Cheng and You Yun Chen were already fighting together. You Yun Chen’s ink dou kept cutting out a line of ink, each ink line cutting the space right through, unconnected to the surroundings. On the contrary, Ning Cheng’s gun lines blocked these sliced open spaces without haste, and in the end, they actually formed a piece of gun space.
Dao rhythms rolled around on the tournament stage, and on the surface it looked much more exciting than the top ten into the top five fights.
Only You Yun Chen himself knew in his heart that not only was he no match for Ning Cheng, he was still too far behind. It was true that he still had a killer move that he had not taken out, but looking at Ning Cheng’s appearance, it was estimated that he had not even taken out a third of his strength. If he continued to fight, it would be self-defeating.
Thinking of this, You Yun Chen’s ink dou ink lines suddenly gathered and formed a large ink domain. He was going to withdraw from the battle circle and admit defeat.
The moment his ink domain was formed, You Yun Chen felt the ubiquitous gun lines disappear. Even if he did not form the ink domain, he could still retreat from it with ease.
You Yun Chen’s face was red, he knew that if Ning Cheng wanted to kill him, he was afraid that he would not be able to tangle with his opponent for such a long time and would probably have lost long ago. It was Ning Cheng who knew that he was going to retreat and took the initiative to stop his attack.
“Thank you, Fellow Daoist Ning, for being merciful, this battle is mine to lose.” After You Yun Chen finished speaking, he hurriedly withdrew from the tournament stage.
At this moment, he was somewhat admiring Lin Qi, taking the initiative to admit defeat was a little more dignified than fighting a battle now.
“The first match of the third round is won by Ning Cheng, the second fight will be between Kong Zai and Shao Jing Qian.”
As Daoist Monarch Wang Shan announced the start of the second match of the duel, Kong Zai and Shao Jing Qian were already standing in the middle of the stage.
Shao Jingqian had just been insulted by Xian Mao and his face was still a little ugly. At this moment, he also did not have a good face when facing Kong Zai.
“Are you thinking of defeating me and then going to teach that Xian Mao a lesson?” Kong Zai looked at Shaojing Qian and said with a smile, he was listening to the conversation between Shaojing Qian and Xian Mao just now.
“You are right, if you concede defeat, it will be less of my strength.” Shaojing Qian had regained his composure when he heard Kong Zai’s words.
For many years, those who spoke to him had been respectful, and here he suddenly found a man who had not put him in his sights to be a little off-balance. He should have remembered that he had been treated with deference, and that was in the Sanyuan Realm. This was the Xuanhuang Outer Heaven, where the supreme powerhouses of this side of the universe were gathered. Since everyone was a supreme power, why should he be out of balance when he was insulted by others?
Shao Jingqian took a breath, his mind completely adjusted, and even his state of mind had a subtle rise. ShaoIchieng sighed, not rejoicing at this, but a little lost at his inability to be absolutely spoilt.
“Not bad, you’ve adjusted your mind quickly, you’ve figured it out so quickly and seem to no longer be counting on what just happened, no wonder you’ve achieved this. But what I have to tell you is that you and that Xian Mao are wrong in your thinking.” Kong Jie said unhurriedly.
Shao Jingqian looked at Kong Jie in confusion, he knew Kong Jie was strong, but did not understand what Kong Jie meant.
Kong Zai said indifferently, “In fact, that Xian Mao did not despise you, but rather valued you. He said that you were something, but rather to move your mind. Although you have put aside the anger you felt just now, at the bottom of your heart you still desire to finish off Xian Mao and avenge that bite of anger you just had.”
“Are you saying that the reason why Xian Mao said that just now was to disturb my state of mind, to make me eager to finish him off and then be taken advantage of by him?” After Shaojing Qian asked this question, he knew that Kong Zai was right, Xian Mao was definitely thinking this way.
Kong Zai nodded, “Actually, Xian Mao reckoned that he had made you his strongest opponent, so he tore a rift in your mind when you asked. And you, on the surface, no longer count on this matter, this trace is still there.”
“That was my fault, Sin succeeded.” Shaoei Qian replied flatly.
Kong Jie shook his head, “He was wrong, in fact his strongest opponent was not you.”
“You said you would end up facing off against Sin Mao?” After Shaojing Qian asked these words, his body was surrounded by killing power and a huge mirror appeared above his head.
The long brush in Kong Jie’s hand probed, cutting out waves of dao rhyme fluctuations, but his mouth said, “It’s not me either …… You can see my one brush stroke of Spring and Autumn first ……”