Chapter 138: Overcoming the Earth Dust Scripture? (1/2)
When he saw his senior brother being blasted out of the arena, Jiang Li rode the Dragon Imprisoning Lock forward to greet him, ”Senior Brother Liu Bai, how are you?”
After helping the other party up in the air, he and Senior Brother Liu Bai flew back to the 'A' stage. While letting him rest, he received the treatment of the Rejuvenation Hall's disciple.
”Sigh. I'm fine.”
Senior Brother Liu Bai had a dejected look on his face, appearing rather regretful of his loss this time.
”Hmm? Junior Brother Jiang Li? Shouldn't you be in the arena below? Why have you flown here?”
After being depressed for a long time, Senior Brother Liu Bai suddenly noticed that the person speaking to him was his junior brother, Jiang Li, who was at the Qi Refinement realm.
Jiang Li did not conceal it. After all, this was something that everyone knew. It was only because Senior Brother Liu Bai and the others were in an intense battle earlier and were too busy to pay attention to it that they did not notice it.
After he roughly explained the situation, Senior Brother Liu Bai had a stunned expression as well. After staring blankly for a long time, he became even more depressed.
”I originally thought that Junior Brother would still need a few years to catch up to us. I didn't expect you to be here so soon…”
The matter of Jiang Li being arranged to fight with the Foundation Establishment disciples seemed to have a greater impact on Senior Brother Liu Bai than losing to Shen Ruoshi.
It was as if he was a top student in high school and had lost to another straight-A student in the next class during a mid-term examination. This made him unhappy, but it was also normal.
However, when he returned home with the result, he discovered that his cousin was a guest at home. He graduated from high school at the age of eight and studied his master's degree at the age of ten. At the age of thirteen, he was already a Nobel Prize winner…
That was the feeling.
Jiang Li comforted him. Senior Brother Liu Bai was actually just like Senior Sister Liu Mulan from before, and he was not injured at all.
As long as he took a short break, he would be able to issue another challenge. In fact, he still had a chance of entering the top five.
However, for some reason, the other party's mood was constantly low.
”However, Senior Brother Liu Bai, that Earth Dust Scripture is so effective against us body cultivators, why do you still want to challenge her?” Jiang Li asked after thinking about it. He was still puzzled by this.
”Because…”
”I didn't challenge her. It was Shen Ruoshi who kept chasing after me.”
Jiang Li was speechless. Although it was understandable to challenge an opponent that she was good against, it still felt like bullying.
'I don't want to fight you, but you are not letting me go…'
On the five floating stages of the Foundation Establishment realm, the result of three of the stages had already been decided.
They were respectively the first, third, and fourth rings.
Among them, there was a senior brother from the Alchemy Hall on the fourth ring. He seemed to have grasped a blue spirit fire of heaven and earth that was extremely scorching when burning.
The person fighting with him might have a higher cultivation level and stronger Dao technique, but he could not withstand the power of the spirit fire and was eventually forced out of the arena.
On the third combat ring was a beautiful young lady with a smile on her face. She was the Heaven and Earth Hall's Shen Ruoshi that Jiang Li had seen defeat Jiang Li's senior brother and sister in succession.
After the battle with Senior Brother Liu Bai, the entire third ring was already covered in problematic dust. As long as the challenger stepped onto the ring, it was equivalent to directly stepping into a trap, and it was a very troublesome character to deal with.
On the first stage stood another disciple from the Heaven and Earth Hall.
The sect's Heaven and Earth Hall had a collection of the best geniuses in the entire Scripture Storage Valley. Unlike the other halls, the Heaven and Earth Hall itself existed to nurture experts and cultivate the future pillars of the sect.
Naturally, they produced the most outstanding disciples.
However, this senior brother's expression was gentle, and his demeanor, as well as his every move, looked like… a lower-quality version of Chu Yunxuan.
Even his combat style was extremely similar to the Eldest Senior Brother. He used things to smash people, but what he held in his hand was not a golden seal, but a small mountain peak that seemed to be an ornament.
This imitation could not be said to be similar, but nearly identical.
This person… was not normal.
For some reason, Jiang Li instinctively had this feeling when he looked at him.
Jiang Li stared at the other party who seemed to have noticed his gaze as well. He turned around and met Jiang Li's gaze.
The two of them looked into each other's eyes, and then they revealed a warm smile at the same time, nodding towards each other.
After turning their heads, they sneered in their hearts at the same time.
'Hmph! That guy really acts well!'
Due to the restrictions of the rules, after each battle, the ring that had been challenged would have the right to stop fighting for two hours. That was for the disciples after the battle to meditate and recover from their injuries.
Jiang Li and Senior Brother Liu Bai meditated on the 'A' stage together.
Of course, to Jiang Li who had recovered his spiritual qi long ago, this was only an act. In his mind, he studied the possible tactics he could use with the parallel mind.
Two hours passed quickly.
Jiang Li stood up while Senior Brother Li Bai who was by his side was still immersed in regulating his breathing and was unable to free himself. It seemed that he had indeed exhausted a great deal of his strength in the battle earlier.
The Dragon Imprisoning Lock on his body emitted a crisp sound as Jiang Li slowly flew towards one of the five stages.
Thump. Thump.
When his feet landed on the platform, Jiang Li could clearly feel that the texture of the platform below his feet was obviously much tougher than the Qi Refinement realm stage.
”Senior Sister Shen, I am Jiang Li of the Demon Vanquishing Hall. Please enlighten me.”
Jiang Li cupped his hands. The person standing opposite him was the disciple of the Heaven and Earth Hall, Shen Ruoshi, who had defeated two Foundation Establishment realm cultivators in succession!
”This Jiang Li actually wants to challenge Little Ruoshi?”
In the Long Clear Hall, the group of elders who were watching the show felt very surprised.
This was especially true for the Valley Master, Daoist Wushe, and Elder He, the Head Elder of the Demon Vanquishing Hall.
The two people standing opposite them were both the youngest disciples under their wing. They were looking forward to the outcome of this battle.
However, Jiang Li's choice was very confusing to others.
It was obvious that Shen Ruoshi's Earth Dust Scripture was an ancient technique that could restrain body cultivators. It was powerful and unpredictable.
Facing such an enemy, the best way was to use long-range spell techniques to probe them and not let them be tainted by the dust. As a result, body cultivators who only knew how to engage in close combat were always restrained.
As for Jiang Li, the elders had watched him fight until now, and they were already quite familiar with his stubbornness.
There was no denying that he was a genius in body cultivation.
In terms of Dao Techniques, it was true that he could already be considered outstanding, and the strength of his spiritual qi was also impressive among the Qi Refinement realm disciples.
However, compared to Foundation Establishment Cultivators, there was clearly no comparison.
Did he have some sort of special confidence when he chose to challenge Shen Ruoshi? Or did he find some flaws in the Earth Dust Scripture from the perspective of a third party?
On the other hand, Shen Ruoshi could not understand why a Qi Refinement realm disciple came up to challenge her.
Jiang Li could only explain the reason again before the other party reluctantly accepted reality.
”Junior Brother Jiang Li is also a body cultivator?”
After getting an affirmative answer, Shen Ruoshi covered her mouth again. She looked surprised.
”If I remember correctly, your two senior brother and sister lost to me. Since you are a body cultivator, why did you choose to challenge me?”
”Could it be that… Junior Brother wants to avenge them?”
Shen Ruoshi could not understand.
”No, no. Senior Sister misunderstood.”
”Senior Sister Shen is beautiful and kind-hearted. You didn't even injure the two seniors earlier, so I won't be so ungrateful.”
Jiang Li waved his hand repeatedly and immediately praised, causing the other party's smiling eyes to narrow even more.
What he said was the truth. After the battle, Senior Sister Liu Mulan and Senior Brother Liu Bai did not have many injuries on their bodies. The other party clearly showed mercy. If they still wanted to seek revenge shamelessly, it would not make sense.
”It's just that the path of body cultivation is a straightforward path. If you choose to blindly escape after discovering your deficiencies, then the restrictions you encounter in your future cultivation will definitely increase. Therefore, I am determined to succeed in challenging Senior Sister.”
”This Junior Brother is reckless and stubborn. Senior Sister, please be gentler with me.”
As Jiang Li spoke, everyone who heard his words nodded successively. They sighed in their minds and felt that this kid would definitely become great in the future with such a character.
”Since Junior Brother has said so, please go ahead.”
The gong sounded, and the battle began.
At this instant, Jiang Li felt the atmosphere on the arena suddenly change.
A thin layer of dust that almost covered the entire ring started to jump and float as if it had a life of its own.
The dust around Jiang Li's feet was like iron sand that was attracted by a magnet, and it gathered around Jiang Li's feet.
If one was surrounded by this dust, their feet would become heavier and slower.
However, if he wanted to find a place to hide, there was no safe place to stay in the entire ring.