noffsinger Chapter 403 Hunting Battle 5
Chapter 403 Hunting Battle 5
Cheng Jiu was watching something extraordinary when an invisible dart shot straight towards his neck. The small, blue-glowing dart was extremely poisonous.
The people watching outside were in an uproar.
"Despicable, utterly despicable!"
"How could there be such a person? To launch a sneak attack and use such tactics!"
"Damn it, Senior Sister Cheng Jiu, be careful."
"Senior Brother Mingting just fell for this poisonous woman's trick!"
"Tch, she's just not as skilled! What right does she have to insult Senior Sister Ye!"
"That's right! That's right! Losing is just because we're not as skilled!"
Off-stage comments were mixed, with criticism being the majority.
Most of the supporters were Mu Qiang, who felt that the successful sneak attack was a testament to Ye Shijie's skill, and that those who were attacked were simply less skilled.
Especially when they see people jumping up and down in anger, they inexplicably feel a sense of relief.
As for those who criticize, it's really hard to stand in such a gathering of geniuses; they're not being fair or aboveboard at all.
It can be said that this disciple attracted countless haters from the moment he first appeared.
Those who support Cheng Jiu naturally disapprove of someone like Senior Sister Ye who targets their "true master".
How could someone like this even be allowed to participate in the competition?
Not to mention the Guiyuan Sect disciples who naturally support Cheng Jiu.
Even the disciples of the Wuji Sect had mixed feelings about this senior sister. They loved her for her ability to launch sneak attacks, but they were also annoyed because some of their supportive senior brothers and sisters were defeated by her using the same methods during sect competitions.
However, the situation is completely different now. This is a sect competition, and they are not dealing with the senior brothers and sisters they support.
The more gritting their teeth they were during the sect competition, the more comfortable they felt now.
Especially seeing how other sects were furious about this, a different kind of emotion spread through the hearts of these disciples!
Ah, they can't let other sects know about their thoughts, or they'll get beaten up.
I'm sure!
Those within the secret realm couldn't sense their strange and unusual thoughts.
Although Cheng Jiu was focused on Senior Sister Yao Yao's competition, he was still aware of the surrounding movements. The moment Ye Xiao made his move, Cheng Jiu noticed it.
She wouldn't make an accident like this, where she accidentally capsizes in a ditch.
Cheng Jiu turned his head to dodge the sudden attack, and his eyes met a pair of dark, deep eyes.
Calm and still, like an old well, unfathomable, yet it raised Cheng Jiu's vigilance to its highest level.
Years of combat experience have taught Cheng Jiu that this kind of opponent is the most difficult to deal with!
Just as Cheng Jiu had predicted, the figure in the tree vanished in a flash, making it difficult to detect the opponent's presence. Cheng Jiu's eyes warily scanned his surroundings.
A dagger appeared silently from Cheng Jiu's side. Cheng Jiu narrowly dodged it, cold sweat dripping from his forehead. It was so fast!
Unlike the disciples of the Cloud Soaring Sect, speed seemed to be the least significant advantage of the other party. What terrified Cheng Jiu the most was that she suspected the other party might have comprehended the spatial ability!
As one of the most difficult laws to comprehend, it holds prestige in any world. Very few people in the entire Xuantian Continent have comprehended the Law of Space, and Qingyang Immortal Lord is one of them, along with a lion that has comprehended the Law of Space.
In this place where geniuses from the five major sects gather, it is impossible for someone at the Nascent Soul stage to comprehend the laws of space.
Moreover, the other party's presence was so strong that if it weren't for Senior Brother Huo Yan by Cheng Jiu's side, it would be really difficult for anyone to detect the other party's aura.
A natural-born assassin!
He also comprehended the laws of space!
Tricky! Tricky!
Beneath the wide sleeves of Cheng Jiu's ancestral robe, a green bead landed in Cheng Jiu's palm.
Attacks versus drugs—it's a battle of wits and will see who prevails!
A green, poisonous fog spread out, and a girl in a brown robe, concealed by the fog, broke through the air and arrived.
Unlike before when he simply dodged, Cheng Jiu shifted his feet and slightly turned his body to the side, but this was a fatal blow.
The Heavenly Wood Sword made a sudden move, its blade clashing violently with the blue-glowing dagger. Sparks flew everywhere, but how could the dagger possibly be a match for the tempered Heavenly Wood Sword?
Night Owl's eyes darkened, and he subconsciously tried to retract his dagger, but Cheng Jiu had already closed in.
The moment Ye Xiao got close to Cheng Jiu, he slammed his other hand down on Cheng Jiu with a powerful, piercing sound.
If this strike lands squarely, it could disfigure someone.
This senior sister's physical cultivation level is definitely not low; in fact, it is in no way inferior to those physical cultivators who cultivate internal energy.
What an amazing senior sister! She can launch brilliant sneak attacks to defeat the strong with the weak, and she can deliver powerful punches to the ground, using her fists to meet force with force.
The Wuji Sect disciples, who had been watching the battlefield closely and were even terrified by the changing situation, were dumbfounded. It turned out that even if Senior Sister Night Owl hadn't used such a sneak attack, those senior brothers and sisters might not have been able to win!
Amazing!
As if they had unearthed a treasure, the disciples' eyes shone with excitement.
They originally thought it was just a piece of insignificant wood, but it turned out to be a valuable piece of golden nanmu wood. Their Wuji Sect has gained another great general.
I believe that Wuji Sect will definitely achieve a better ranking in this sect competition.
Cheng Jiu found Night Owl troublesome, but Night Owl also found Cheng Jiu troublesome.
When she heard of Cheng Jiu's reputation, she thought he was overrated and an easy target, since although he was at the Nascent Soul stage, he was quite old!
How long has it been since she broke through to the Nascent Soul Realm? Has it been a year?
Time is precious for upright young people like them, especially for disciples whose strength is growing rapidly.
This is not just the increase of years, but also the continuous accumulation of experience. A disciple who broke through to the Nascent Soul Realm in less than a year, how much does she understand and develop about the Nascent Soul Realm? Her combat skills may still have some of the naivety of a newcomer.
Unlike the person in front of her, whose skill in using the technique showed no sign that she had broken through to the Nascent Soul Realm less than a year ago. If she weren't a disciple of Immortal Lord Qingxu, she would have suspected that the other party was some old monster reincarnated.
She had never imagined that this young disciple would be so troublesome, like a bundle of thorns, seemingly soft and helpless, but in reality, anyone who reached out had already been pricked and bled profusely.
Night Owl was actually starting to regret it. As expected of the number one on the hunting list, this battle, whether she won or lost, was not worth it for her!
But once the battle begins, the outcome is irreversible!
This area has completely become their arena, and she has no choice but to bite the bullet and go for it, because she is really not good at head-on confrontation!
A muffled thud, reminiscent of a powerful punch, exploded in Cheng Jiu's ears. Cold sweat dripped down Cheng Jiu's forehead. The crystal could display the location of Night Owl in real time, but Cheng Jiu only felt that she appeared and disappeared like a ghost.
Once the opponent retreats and disappears into the spatial dimension, Cheng Jiu really has no way to deal with him.
Space-based systems cheat in this way.
For the first time, Cheng Jiu felt a sense of suffocation and frustration. Ugh! Spatial magic is just too annoying!
The onlookers outside immediately fell silent, especially the disciples who were extremely displeased with Night Owl's sneak attack.
It turns out that it wasn't that Night Owl lacked the strength, but rather that the defeated disciples simply couldn't force her to unleash her true power.
The disciples of the Wuji Sect, in particular, had somewhat subtle expressions on their faces. They had not expected that such formidable strength was hidden beneath the sneak attack!
"Um, I remember that Senior Sister Night Owl was supposed to be at the seventh level of the Illusionary God Realm?"
"Hmm, I remember that match was against Senior Sister Hong, who was known as 'Golden Cage'! What are your impressions of that match?"
As soon as the disciple finished speaking, the disciple next to him looked at him with a confused yet clear gaze!
The disciples exchanged glances, their expressions a mixture of confusion and disbelief!
They had no recollection of her at all. Clearly, Senior Sister Ye was quite hated!
How come they have no recollection of the crucial match in which she lost?
A female disciple cautiously raised her hand. From the first moment she saw Senior Sister Ye, she was inevitably and irrevocably captivated. It could be said that she was the one who understood this best among those present.
"Senior Sister Ye, she didn't participate in that competition at all!"
"Could it be that she finds it troublesome?!" Upon hearing this, a disciple next to him blurted out!
The other disciples looked at him instantly, realizing what he meant!
Are you some kind of genius?
The moisture blowing from the lakeside is damp, and the vegetation thrives under its nourishment. The poisonous fog, which seems to be baring its fangs and claws, cannot cause the slightest harm to the enemy lurking in the shadows!
It has very high poison resistance!
Cheng Jiu felt that even if this senior sister wasn't in the Wuji Sect, she would still be treated as a core disciple and worshipped by the Yunxiao Sect!
With her resistance to poison, where do those Yunxiao Sect disciples who are easily poisoned by the poison beads put their face?
Cheng Jiu keenly sensed that the space in front of her seemed to have undergone a kind of cutting that she could not understand, and a sense of crisis exploded in Cheng Jiu's mind.
Cheng Jiu was very fast. The next second, the place where she was standing seemed to undergo an incomprehensible folding. The grass and trees where she was standing were slowly cut by this force, and countless grass clippings flew everywhere!
so close!
Cheng Jiu swallowed hard. Ye Xiao's methods of constantly hiding in space were already quite incomprehensible.
After all, even if someone in the Nascent Soul Realm comprehends the rules of space, how deeply can they control them? For someone like Night Owl, who uses space as a means of teleportation, even short-distance teleportation is incredibly incredible at the Nascent Soul Realm stage.
This method of spatial folding requires a profound understanding of the laws of space.
In layman's terms, it's an innate spatial sacred body!
However, with her Nascent Soul Realm strength, it's likely that Senior Sister Night Owl will have a hard time using this method more than a few times!
As Cheng Jiu thought this, all the plants and trees within the arena area were instantly under his control and began to grow unrestrainedly.
When Night Owl reappeared, she was not greeted by the long-lasting Heavenly Wood Sword, but by vines that resembled snakes. They had a clear purpose: to tightly wrap Night Owl up like a dumpling. The grass leaves grew rapidly and continued to entwine her, like suffocating snakes!
Cheng Jiu's expression suddenly changed, and the grass leaves that had been covering the night owl scattered with a bang.
Night Owl was clearly unharmed in the attack; on the contrary, she seemed quite relaxed. Instead of immediately disappearing into her spatial dimension, she looked at Cheng Jiu with a teasing expression.
"Keep going, junior sister! Why did you stop?"
"You have a wood spirit root!" Cheng Jiu's voice was slightly hoarse. As everyone knows, the wood spirit root is the spirit root with the fastest recovery ability. Cheng Jiu can continuously draw power from plants and trees.
Night Owl can also absorb energy, but her ability to absorb it is far inferior to that of Cheng Jiu, the Lord of Life.
But that's enough!
Cheng Jiu had never faced such a formidable opponent, one who was so specifically targeted at her. All her methods were rendered useless against this senior sister!
Poison? Senior Sister Night Owl has a wood elemental root and extremely high resistance to poison. Swordsmanship? That unpredictable spatial power—if things go wrong, it can instantly draw you into the space. Cheng Jiu is truly at a loss when it comes to her.
In terms of physical cultivation, Senior Sister Night Owl was in no way inferior; Cheng Jiu could sense that her physical cultivation was far superior to hers.
Even her prized Wood Spirit Root, which was the source of her life force, was reduced to nothing more than its powerful support abilities in the face of this senior sister.
This is a battle; what's the point if you can't defeat your opponent?
The suffocation in Cheng Jiu's heart was indescribable.
Her steps remained unchanged, calm and unpredictable, as she engaged in a battle between the real world and the spatial world with the owl hidden in the space.
As Cheng Jiu moved, an invisible wave slowly formed on the ground.
"Junior sister, are you setting up an array?" Before the array could be completed, Night Owl emerged from the space, his foot landing precisely on the array eye that Cheng Jiu had set up.
He'd been seen through! Cheng Jiu met those calm, unwavering eyes and, for the first time, felt the gap between them.
It is a gift from the most ruthless years. Perhaps Senior Sister Night Owl's mastery of formations is not that high, but the long time has allowed her to learn how to solve most formations.
She may not necessarily set up the formation, nor does she necessarily need to break it; she just needs to prevent the formation from taking shape!
Oh dear, if this junior sister weren't so difficult to deal with, she wouldn't have ended up like this.
Not only Cheng Jiu, but also those watching from outside the screen could feel Ye Xiao's fatigue after a long battle.
Especially the act of hiding in space because they couldn't find an opportunity to attack Cheng Jiu.
Even without finding an opportunity at the beginning, the Night Owl maintained a high frequency of attacks.
Now, unless Cheng Jiu reveals a weakness, Night Owl will definitely not come out, seemingly intending to just wait and see with Cheng Jiu until the end of time.
She clearly wanted to admit defeat and end the competition just like that. With ten points, Night Owl could afford to lose.
But he stubbornly refused to admit defeat!
Contradictory yet adorable!
Cheng Jiu gradually realized her thoughts, especially when she was performing a one-woman show, Cheng Jiu would also feel bored and tired!
As soon as Cheng Jiu relaxed, a sharp blade emerged mercilessly from the space.
Cheng Jiu did not dodge. The Heavenly Wood Sword slashed horizontally with great force, causing even Ye Xiao's usually calm and expressionless face to twist slightly.
It hurts!
Sensing something was wrong, the guy instinctively tried to disappear into the space.
But Cheng Jiu had been waiting for this moment for a long time, and he would not allow her to escape.
A powerful fist slammed into Cheng Jiu's shoulder, making his shoulder blade creak. It was so heavy and painful, but thankfully it wasn't a punch to the face.
The hand that was being held trembled slightly from the pain, yet it remained firmly shackled like an iron clamp.