Shortly after Zhou Yang and the others set their bets, the finals of the "Treasure Hunting Conference" began.
After twenty ninth-level qi-training monks recharged their batteries for two hours, they were full of energy when they came on stage again, showing the strongest combat power in this realm.
Among them, Chen Yunsheng from the Chen family, Yan Shuanghua from the Yan family, and Li Hong, the casual cultivator whom Zhou Yang valued, were obviously stronger than the others and easily defeated their opponents and entered the top ten.
On the other hand, the other monks who also entered the top ten all succeeded in advancing through a hard battle, and some of them even suffered some minor injuries.
After the top ten appeared, they did not give those monks who had lost the prize any rest time, and immediately entered a new draw.
It's a coincidence that in the fifth year of the 10th, Li Hong, the casual cultivator that Zhou Yang valued, happened to be chosen by Nie Hansha from the Nie family.
As a highly regarded young genius of the Nie family of the Zifu family, Nie Hansha naturally has all the high-quality magic weapons in his hands, and there is no shortage of various second-level talismans on his body. Even now, he has not suffered any injuries.
But Li Hong, the casual cultivator whom Zhou Yang valued, had even more powerful methods.
This person only has two second-level high-grade magic weapons, which are a silver scimitar and a light golden bell. The scimitar is mainly used for offense and the small bell is used for defense. Since his appearance, no one has been able to force him to use the third weapon.
Magic weapon.
Of course, his two magic weapons are also high-quality, but they are not worthy of Zhou Yang's attention. What Zhou Yang really values is his grasp of fighting opportunities and his proficiency in metal and earth spells.
The competition continues until now, and everyone else has more or less relied on the help of spiritual talismans to reach this point, but this Li Hong has not even used a single spiritual talisman, and has only relied on magic weapons and his own spells to get here.
Nie Hansha was born in a large Zifu family, so his eyesight was naturally good. Li Hong's previous relaxed attitude in defeating his opponent made him feel great pressure.
Therefore, as soon as the two of them came on stage, he did not use the flying sword weapon to harass and test him like he had done with other opponents before. Instead, he directly used a gourd weapon that could release yellow sand to trap the enemy, releasing yellow sand all over the sky.
It covered half of the competition arena.
The yellow sand enveloped half of the competition ground, and Li Hong was naturally enveloped in it. Although the yellow sand did not cause any harm to him, it blurred his vision and greatly interfered with his consciousness, making him
It was impossible to see clearly the situation of Nie Hansha outside.
As the owner of the magical weapon, Nie Hansha could clearly see Li Hong in the yellow sand area through the yellow sand.
So after seeing the yellow sand trapping Li Hong, he was filled with joy and quickly took out several second-level high-grade spiritual talismans to inspire and hit Li Hong.
After seeing Li Hong's strength, he knew very clearly that it was impossible to defeat Li Hong with his own strength alone, and he could only rely on the current method of throwing money to win a quick victory.
Although even if he wins this way, he will easily be criticized for not being able to win with force, but compared to the first-place reward of the Foundation Establishment Pill, how can Nie Hansha care about this small criticism.
After all, the Zhou family's martial arts rules did not say that the use of spiritual talismans in combat was prohibited.
However, something happened that horrified him.
When he activated the magic talisman and fired it, Li Hong, who was invisible in the yellow sand and could not reveal his consciousness to see his movements, seemed to have the ability to predict the future. The moment after his magic spells were activated,
He left the place with a fierce burst of speed, and in addition to the "Golden Light Body Protection Technique" originally released on his body, he released a second-level high-grade earth defense spell "Rock Shield".
In a moment, the five spiritual talismans activated by Nie Hansha failed except for the two magic talismans with area-of-effect damage that hit Li Hong and broke the rock shield outside.
Then, before he could carry out the second wave of attacks, a silver scimitar instantly cut through the yellow sand and struck towards his position.
There was a clear sound of "dang", and the silver scimitar was blocked by a yellow shield used by Nie Hansha to protect himself. It made a sound of gold and iron clashing and returned to the yellow sand area, but Nie Hansha did not dare to go back to the original place.
He stood there for a while, then quickly changed direction and stopped again.
"I still don't believe it, so die!"
With a stern look in his eyes, Nie Hansha reached out and patted the storage bag again, but took out another magic talisman.
"Second-grade high-grade Thunder Talisman, Fellow Daoist Nie is really willing to spend money!"
Zhou Yang's eyes were focused, but he could see the origin of the magic talisman in Nie Hansha's hand at a glance, and then he looked at Nie Qiufeng and said something with a hint of displeasure.
"Ahem, cough, cough, although the thunder talisman is more powerful than the same-level spiritual talisman, it is indeed a second-level spiritual talisman, and it does not violate the rules of the game!"
Nie Qiufeng coughed unnaturally and explained with a dry smile.
Things like thunder talismans have always been the most sought-after treasures. The second-level high-grade thunder talisman is not a treasure that can be obtained by casual cultivators during the Qi training period. Only a Zifu family like the Nie family can obtain such a treasure and hand it over to the family.
Those outstanding descendants among them defend themselves.
When Zhou Yang traveled from Yuquan Lake Oasis to Baisha River Oasis for the first time, Zhou Minghan, the old patriarch of the Zhou family, gave him such a thunder charm for self-defense, and successfully helped him kill an escaped Qi Lian Jiu with one blow.
Layer of bandits.
Nie Qiufeng gave such a treasure to Nie Hansha to use in the "Treasure Hunting Conference", but it was really a bit of a bully.
But as he said, although doing so was a bit bullying, it was not illegal, so Zhou Yang didn't say anything more.
After all, although he was optimistic about Li Hong, a mere unrelated Qi-training monk was not worth offending a Zifu monk for him.
However, what happened next was beyond everyone's expectations.
There was a flash of lightning, and after the thunder talisman in Nie Hansha's hand was activated, he used the lightning speed to hit Li Hong in one stroke.
However, after this bolt of lightning struck him through Li Hong's defensive golden bell and body-protecting golden light, it did not immediately make him lose his resistance as Nie Hansha thought.
The Qi-training monks whose sight was obscured by the yellow sand could not see clearly what happened, but the Zifu monks such as Nie Hansha and Zhou Yang could clearly see that when the thunder and lightning struck Li Hong's body, a sudden explosion appeared on his body.
A layer of light earthy yellow aura appeared.
It was this layer of fleeting earth-yellow spiritual light that eliminated most of the power of thunder and lightning. The remaining power not only made Li Hong's body tremble, but even the clothes on his body were not burned.
"This is impossible!"
Nie Hansha could hardly believe what he saw, and couldn't help but exclaimed in surprise.
The power of thunder spells has always been the highest among spells of the same level. The power of second-level high-grade thunder spells cannot be blocked by ordinary ninth-level qi-training monks.
The thunder talisman in his hand was originally used as a trump card to compete for the first place. He had been forced to use it just now, which made him extremely regretful. However, after using the trump card that he relied on most, he did not achieve any results at all. This made him feel extremely sad.
How could he accept this fact for a while?
However, as soon as he shouted, a sharp stone thorn suddenly emerged from under his feet on the competition ground, instantly pushing him upwards.
The second-level high-grade earth spell "Earth Stab".
Nie Hansha was protected by a defensive shield, and the stone thorns could not hurt him.
But before he could hit the ground after being knocked into the air, a silver scimitar flew over instantly, cutting through the shield on his body that had consumed most of his power, and almost disembowelled him.
The reason why it was said to be a close call was that at the last moment, Zhou Guangqing, the foundation-building monk of the Zhou family who was responsible for the rescue, promptly mobilized the power of the competition arena formation to form a shield to cover him.
But in this way, he also lost the game.
“What a wonderful experience!”
"This Li Hong dares to compete. He must not be over sixty years old. At such an age, he has not only raised his cultivation level to the ninth level of Qi training, but also practiced a physical training method to the limit of Qi training period. He has a higher level of physical fitness than ordinary people.
It’s really surprising how strong the physical body of a monk in the basic period is!"
"What's even more surprising is that he is also so good at using spells. It takes no more than three breaths to use a second-level high-grade spell. Either he has devoted more than ten years of hard work on this spell, or he is very skilled in spell practice.
His understanding is astonishing, no matter what it is, it is shocking for his age!"
The one who exclaimed was not Zhou Yang, who had previously been optimistic about Li Hong, but Yan Nantian from the Yan family.
In the eyes of these Zifu period monks, there is nothing secret about Li Hong's methods.
When the layer of light yellow aura emerged from Li Hong's body earlier, several Zifu period monks could tell at a glance that it was a defensive spell that came with a certain body-refining technique that had reached a certain level.
And from the fact that Li Hong only trembled slightly and returned to normal after being hit by a thunder spell, it can be seen that his current physical strength is definitely much stronger than that of ordinary foundation-building monks.
"Would Fellow Daoist Zhou have discovered that this person's body is abnormal a long time ago, right?"
Chen Ping'an looked at Zhou Yang in surprise, but he helped Yan Nantian ask the unfinished questions.
"There are indeed some discoveries, but I didn't expect that this person could actually practice a low-level body-training technique to great success at this age!"
Zhou Yang nodded slightly and admitted with a smile.
Hearing what he said, Nie Qiufeng, who was depressed because of the failure of his descendants, couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly: "My magic power has reached the ninth level of Qi training, and my body training skills have also reached a great level. In addition, my skillful spells and
By listening to the sound and positioning to judge the fighter's ability, it seems that the first place in this treasure hunting competition is really going to be taken away by an unknown casual cultivator!"
When Chen Ping'an and Yan Nantian heard what he said, their eyes flickered, but they rarely uttered any words to refute.
Although they were confident in their younger generation, the strength shown by Li Hong really made them feel unsure, and they no longer dared to speak out loud, otherwise they would be slapped in the face and their face would not look good.