No hope for eternal life

Chapter 428: Fighting Cui Li Again

Immediately afterwards, Mu Changsheng used the sixth-grade top-level Guiyuan Talisman, which was a defensive talisman that could block most of the divine power pressure, and the pressure on the black-clothed clone was suddenly reduced.

After a moment, there were only eight early-stage tribulation-crossing cultivators still standing on the field, including Mu Changsheng's black-clothed clone and Yang Wuque.

Xiao Niansheng withdrew his divine power and asked the remaining eight people to compete in groups.

Coincidentally, Mu Changsheng’s first opponent was actually Yang Wuque.

"The competition begins."

Following Xiao Niansheng's order, the competition between the other three groups of cultivators immediately began in full swing. Only the group of Mu Changsheng and Yang Wuque was slow to take action.

In fact, Mu Changsheng and Yang Wuque were communicating through voice communication about who would admit defeat. This was not an illusion competition. Using a secret technique or a talisman was considered a consumption, especially the talisman. To refine each sixth-grade talisman, it would cost at least hundreds of top-grade spirit stones, and at most thousands of top-grade spirit stones. There was really no need to fight.

"I admit defeat." Mu Changsheng took the initiative to say this. This was the result of a discussion between him and Yang Wuque. For Mu Changsheng, losing a match was nothing. He was 99% sure of winning the spot for the initial stage of the Crossing Tribulation. But for Yang Wuque, losing one more match meant a greater risk of losing the spot for the Crossing Tribulation. After all, Yang Wuque had just recovered his cultivation a few days ago and had just broken through to the initial stage of the Crossing Tribulation. His foundation was too shallow.

Xiao Niansheng nodded slightly. She naturally recognized Mu Changsheng and Yang Wuque. She let Mu Changsheng and Yang Wuque meet in the first round of competition just to see if Mu Changsheng would give Yang Wuque a hand at this time, because the situation of the competition was still unclear. Even if Mu Changsheng had a great chance, he could not say that he could definitely take the top three. Defeating Yang Wuque would undoubtedly give him a better chance of entering the top three. This was a small test.

Mu Changsheng chose to admit defeat without any hesitation, which was exactly what Xiao Niansheng wanted to see.

The first round of competition ended quickly, and Mu Changsheng’s second opponent was also an acquaintance, Cui Li, an inner disciple from the Tianling Sect.

This was not the first time that Mu Changsheng had competed with Cui Li. In the previous You Clan martial arts competition, Mu Changsheng and Cui Li had competed with each other once since they were both in the late stage of the Spirit Transformation Realm. Therefore, Mu Changsheng was quite familiar with Cui Li's methods.

After Xiao Niansheng announced the start of the competition, Cui Li did not recognize Mu Changsheng. He was the first to clasp his fists and salute, saying: "I am Cui Li, a disciple of Tianling Sect. Please teach me."

"I don't deserve your advice. I am a casual cultivator named Chen Fei." Mu Changsheng replied with a fist salute. He and Yang Wuque both asked Taoist Master Nan to help them disguise themselves using formations, which could not be detected by anyone other than a cultivator of the Ninth Realm. He also didn't want to reveal his identity casually. It was enough for Sect Master Xiao to know it.

Afterwards, the competition officially began. Cui Li did not look down on Mu Changsheng for his voluntary surrender in the first round. He directly summoned out his two natal flying swords and attacked Mu Changsheng together.

Upon seeing this, Mu Changsheng directly responded with a top-grade sixth-grade sword-sealing talisman. The sword-sealing talisman was derived from the sword-sealing talisman and was specifically designed to counter flying swords.

The two sword-sealing talismans turned into two balls of black silk, tightly wrapping around Cui Li's two natal flying swords, causing the flying swords to greatly reduce their speed and sharpness.

"Sword-Sealing Talisman!" Cui Li's expression changed. As a sword cultivator, he was quite familiar with the methods of restraining sword cultivators, so he recognized it as the Sword-Sealing Talisman at a glance.

Seeing this, Cui Li immediately recalled his two natal flying swords, intending to remove the sealing power of the sword-sealing talisman first, and then deal with Mu Changsheng.

However, Cui Li tried several methods but failed to eradicate the power of the sword-sealing talisman. It was not until then that he realized that the sword-sealing talisman used by Mu Changsheng was of extremely high grade.

At the same time, Mu Changsheng seized the opportunity and successively cast two sixth-grade top-level golden scissors talismans. This talisman was also specially used to deal with the sword cultivator's natal flying sword.

The two golden scissors transformed from the golden scissors talisman have already attacked Cui Li. If Cui Li does not use his natal flying sword to resist, he will not be able to block the two golden scissors. If Cui Li uses his natal flying sword to deal with it, his natal flying sword will definitely be cut by the golden scissors. Then it will depend on whether Cui Li's natal flying sword is hard enough. This is an open conspiracy!

After a brief hesitation, Cui Li still chose to use his natal flying sword to deal with it, because he knew that without using his natal flying sword, his own strength would be greatly reduced and he would definitely not be able to withstand the golden scissors whose power was comparable to that of a peak tribulation warrior.

In order to protect his natal flying swords, Cui Li also used a secret technique to bless the two natal flying swords.

"Crack! Crack!" Two sharp sounds of metal colliding were heard, and the collision between the golden scissors and the natal flying sword finally began.

Cui Li's natal flying sword had been cultivated by himself for many years and was definitely far superior to those of the same level, but unfortunately he was facing a top-level sixth-grade golden scissors talisman, which was not something a cultivator in the early stages of tribulation could easily contend with.

After the collision between the golden scissors and the natal flying sword, a gap appeared on both of the natal flying swords, which was proof that the natal flying swords were damaged.

Cui Li's mouth suddenly started bleeding and he suffered internal injuries. His natal flying sword was connected to the sword cultivator's life, so if his natal flying sword was injured, he would also be injured.

On the other side, Mu Changsheng felt a little regretful when he saw this. He should have known that using a golden scissors talisman would be enough. This way, Cui Li's injuries would be less severe. After all, it was not a fantasy competition where he could do whatever he wanted.

Afterwards, Mu Changsheng sent out another golden scissors talisman, but this time he did not attack Cui Li, but hit the empty space. He did this just to prove to Cui Li that he still had a lot of golden scissors talismans.

Mu Changsheng sent a message to Cui Li: "Fellow Daoist Cui, I have many similar talismans. There is no need to fight anymore, right?"

Cui Li admired Mu Changsheng's honesty very much, and replied in a voice transmission: "Daoyou Chen is frank. If you go to the Tianling Realm in the future, you can come to Tianling Sect to find me at any time."

After the message was sent, Cui Li chose to admit defeat very decisively. The gap in strength was too obvious, and continuing the fight would only result in more injuries.

After the second round of competition, Mu Changsheng competed in the remaining five matches. The opponents in these five matches were not as strong as Cui Li, so he naturally won all of them easily.

In the end, the three places for the cleansing in the early stage of the tribulation fell on Mu Changsheng, Yang Wuque and Cui Li respectively. However, because Mu Changsheng and Yang Wuque had disguised themselves and concealed their identities, it seemed to outsiders that Cui Li was the only disciple of the sect who got the place for the cleansing in the early stage of the tribulation.

Then came the competition for the middle stage of tribulation. Mu Changsheng saw Mu Xun participating. Mu Xun did not hide his identity. Also, Lin Yu, Ruan Xiong, and Mo Xingkui, who were in the team with Mu Xun, did not hide their identities.

Seeing this, Mu Changsheng couldn't help but worry about them, so he secretly sent a message to Mu Xun: "The Tianshuang Realm has monsters, so it's not as safe as the Tianling Realm. It's better for you guys to disguise yourself. If you don't have a good disguise method, you can go to Lingshan Sect to ask the formation spirit for help."

Mu Xun was very familiar with Mu Changsheng's voice, so he recognized it immediately and sent a voice message to Mu Changsheng: "No need to change your appearance. Senior Brother Liang Kuan has been following us in the dark. He agreed with us to let us wander around the Tianshuang Realm so openly, just to lure the demon tribe to take action and then encircle and suppress them."

Mu Changsheng felt relieved after hearing this. With Liang Kuan following them, as long as they didn't encounter the two big demons, Emperor Changsheng and Black Demon, who attacked them personally, they could resist for a while. This period of time was enough for the sect to provide support.

The competition for the middle stage of tribulation ended quickly, and Mu Xun successfully obtained one of the cleansing spots.