No hope for eternal life

Chapter 298 Devastated

The advantages and disadvantages of the two are very obvious. The advantage of the predecessors' ways is that they have long been complete, and it will be smoother to practice, but the problem is that the predecessors' ways were created by others after all. No matter how profound the later comers are, they are just imitations. They can only get eight or nine points at most from the essence.

Although it is difficult to open up a new path by oneself, the path finally opened up is often the one that best suits the cultivator himself.

In addition, whether the power of the new path opened up can surpass the previous path is also a very important issue. For example, Yu Daoling and the Great Emperor Changsheng both opened up the way of nine realms of body refining, but it is generally recognized by the cultivators in the nine realms that the way of body refining of the Great Emperor Changsheng is far stronger than that of Yu Daoling.

Therefore, the two choices have always been a matter of personal opinion, and there is no absolute distinction between the two.

However, Mu Changsheng originally chose to stick to the path of body refining, and the Five Thunders Body Refining could only be cultivated to the eighth level of body refining at most. By then, the way forward would be cut off, and he would have to open up a new path himself.

Therefore, on the issue of following the ways of predecessors and opening up new paths, Mu Changsheng had already made his choice.

Of course, the four words "opening up a new path" are still a bit far-fetched for Mu Changsheng and Ruan Xiong. Currently, they can only rely on the various secret techniques created by their predecessors. However, the secret techniques of swordsmanship are far less rich than those of knives. Therefore, in this battle of swords and knives, Ruan Xiong has certain innate disadvantages.

At the same time, the competition on the field has been fully launched. Both sides are using swords and knives to fight in the air, engaging in a fierce contest. This is also a kind of test and competition.

The result was not ideal. In terms of strength comparison, Ruan Xiong was slightly at a disadvantage. It seemed that he suffered from the secret technique. There was no ninth-grade sword secret technique in the sect.

Fortunately, Ruan Xiong has one more clone than She Hua, so overall, Ruan Xiong has a slight advantage.

But the good times did not last long. She Huan was the first to show her trump card. Both her original body and her clone held swords in both hands.

Immediately afterwards, Shehuan's two swords ignited golden divine power and red flame divine power respectively. The divine powers of the two swords intertwined with each other and merged into a powerful golden divine power.

"Transform into the Golden and Fire Twin Dragons, go." She Huan wielded both swords together, and the original body and the clone each shot out a giant golden dragon with astonishing power, and attacked Ruan Xiong together.

"Another natural spirit that has integrated magic." There was an uproar among the human race.

Even Xia Rong gritted his teeth and said: "The demon race really spent a lot of money for this competition."

A natural spiritual body is a treasure no matter where it is placed. Su Huirou had been hiding before and outsiders didn’t know about it. Otherwise, the human race’s high-level officials would most likely not let Su Huirou participate in this kind of life-and-death competition.

"The power of gold and fire are both ways of attack. This is not good." Mu Changsheng also said worriedly.

When She Huan revealed her methods, Ruan Xiong seemed to be frightened, but he quickly calmed down and responded to the attack that was imminent.

Ruan Xiong asked his two clones to block one of the golden dragons, while he himself fought the remaining golden dragon alone.

Generally speaking, the strength of the original body is more or less stronger than that of the clone, so there is nothing wrong with Ruan Xiong's arrangement, but his action is equivalent to telling She Huan clearly which one is his original body.

As expected, after She Huan confirmed Ruan Xiong's true identity, a calculating light immediately flashed in her eyes.

As for Ruan Xiong, he was hailed as the most powerful spiritual cultivator in the two sects and it was not in vain. He was shining with golden light, his blade was invincible, and he actually split two golden dragons in half.

Immediately afterwards, Ruan Xiong himself and his clone attacked She Hua together. It seemed that he no longer wanted to test her from a distance and wanted to determine the winner and life and death.

"Just in time." She Huan's eyes turned fierce and she was secretly happy. When Ruan Xiong was about to approach her, she revealed her second trump card.

"Nine Evils Sword Formation, rise!" She Huan shouted loudly, and a sword formation was activated instantly, covering both her own body and Ruan Xiong's body in the sword formation.

Although Ruan Xiong was trapped in the sword formation, he was not panicked. Instead, he looked at the surrounding sword formations and became more and more surprised: "This sword formation is very unusual."

This is not an ordinary formation. The nine flying swords distributed in the formation are real spiritual weapons, not condensed divine power.

In other words, She Huan also practiced both the art of formation and weapon refining, which allowed her to create such a sword formation.

"Don't look anymore." She Hua, who was also in the sword formation, said coldly: "This formation is your grave."

She Huan herself dared to appear in this sword formation, which shows how confident she is.

"Don't be too confident." Ruan Xiong shook his head slightly and said, "Your natural spirit body surprised me, because I didn't expect that the demon race would be willing to send a genius of your level to die."

"Seeking death?" She Huan narrowed her eyes slightly. She didn't expect that at this point, Ruan Xiong's confidence was even greater than hers.

"Not to mention you today, even if your demon emperor's own son comes, he will die!" Ruan Xiong said domineeringly.

Immediately afterwards, Ruan Xiong jumped high, and with a powerful sword, he chopped down straight at She Hua herself.

She Huan felt palpitations for no reason. She had a strong bad premonition and immediately mobilized the nine flying swords in the sword formation. The nine swords combined into one and attacked Ruan Xiong.

At the same time, She Huan and the formation also worked together to bless the Nine Swords and increase the power of the attack.

She Huan once used this trick to kill a genuine cultivator in the Tribulation Realm, and this is also the source of her confidence.

You should know that the cultivators in the Tribulation Crossing Realm have survived the thunder tribulation, and their strength has undergone a drastic change compared to the cultivators in the Spirit Transformation Realm. It is much more difficult for a Spirit Transformation cultivator to kill a Tribulation Crossing cultivator than for a Nascent Soul cultivator to kill a Spirit Transformation cultivator.

However, She Huan saw a scene that made her despair. The Nine Swords that she was so proud of combined into one were like paper in front of Ruan Xiong's sword. They collapsed in an instant, and the Nine Swords scattered all over the ground, dim and dull.

There was no time to be shocked, Ruan Xiong's long sword had already arrived, and She Hua had to block it first before doing anything else.

"Double kill with gold and fire." She Huan screamed and crossed her swords. The powerful divine power given to her by her natural spiritual body surged out madly, just to block Ruan Xiong's sword.

"Bang." The long sword chopped fiercely at the intersection of the two swords. She Huan only felt an unstoppable force coming from the arms holding the swords. She couldn't block this sword!

The long knife chopped down at high speed, cutting through She Huan's body from top to bottom, and She Huan was split into two.

Although her body had been split into two, She Huan's strong vitality prevented her from dying on the spot. She still retained part of her soul and consciousness.

"Who are you?" She Huan used her last bit of strength to ask this question. She felt that her death was too miserable, even unclear.

She Huan felt unfathomable from Ruan Xiong. That unfathomable depth was not simply a difference in strength, but a subtle feeling that only an opponent could perceive. She had only felt that unfathomable depth from Yu Daoling before, but this was too ridiculous. How could a mere Jindan cultivator be compared with Yu Daoling?

Therefore, She Huan asked the question in her heart: "Who are you?"

Facing She Huan's question, Ruan Xiong replied calmly: "I am the one who killed you."

"Boom!" She Huan's body exploded and turned into a ball of blood mist. It was the effect of the sword energy that Ruan Xiong had injected into She Huan's body.

At the same time, She Huan's clone outside the formation also lost consciousness instantly and fell to the ground, and was taken away as a trophy by one of Ruan Xiong's clones.

"In the last match, the human race won." Referee Ao Jia announced the result immediately: "In the twelve matches, both sides won six and lost six, which is a draw."