The moment the man’s figure appeared, Shucao immediately fired the magic power light cannon she had prepared long in advance.
The magic power cannon shot toward the man at extreme speed.
A look of astonishment suddenly appeared on the man’s face.
“What?!”
Even though he was extremely surprised that Shucao could still unleash an attack of this output, his movements showed not the slightest hesitation.
Spiritual light flashed on his fingers, and the surrounding space suddenly twisted as if vibrating for a moment.
In the next instant, he directly flashed onto a tree to the side.
“Eh? This ability… seems a bit troublesome.”
“It looks like when he was within our perception range earlier, continuously teleporting to the next position wasn’t using some movement to disguise it. He really can teleport through some method.”
The man looked at the traces left by the magic power cannon and said.
“That was close, that was close. The power of this strike is truly not small. If I had been hit, I would probably have suffered quite a heavy injury. It seems the attack with greatly reduced power that you released against my junior brothers earlier was only a feint.”
“The real goal was to lure me out, right? Although I did fall for your scheme, it’s a pity that this surprise attack just now didn’t land. And now, how many more attacks of this level can you still fire?”
Facing the man’s words, Shucao replied.
“Fellow Daoist, this Floating Gold Fruit was found by me first. If you insist on snatching it, then how many more times an attack like the one just now can be fired is something I must ask Fellow Daoist to experience personally.”
“Hahaha, what a big tone. Looking at it, you are only a loose cultivator, right? For a loose cultivator to come and seize a trial quota belonging to our three sects seems even more improper, doesn’t it?”
“The trial never said that loose cultivators are not allowed to participate.”
“Then the rules of the second round of the trial also never said that one is not allowed to snatch Floating Gold Fruits discovered by others.”
The man smiled, then continued.
“Fellow Daoist, I am Zhao Ying of the Taimiao Sect. Earlier I saw that Fellow Daoist was acting together with Zhang Huaiyu of the Tianqing Sect. I wonder if Fellow Daoist knows whether Junior Brother Wu of our sect was driven out of the secret realm by that Zhang Huaiyu?”
“Junior Brother Wu?”
Hearing this name, Shucao immediately recalled that during the previous siege against the Taimiao Sect and Lingxu Sect cultivators, the leading cultivator of the Taimiao Sect had the surname Wu.
But Shucao did not rashly say that she knew about the cultivator surnamed Wu, because she was unclear whether the other party would make an issue out of it.
Looking at Shucao’s silent appearance, Zhao Ying said.
“Forget it. Even if you know, you probably won’t answer. Junior Brother Wu is quite a pity. His strength is sufficient enough, but here…”
As he spoke, he suddenly pointed at his own head and said.
“Here is not good enough, hahahaha. I hope this failure will allow him to go back and properly settle himself. At the very least, he should use his brain more when fighting others.”
“Fellow Daoist.”
Just as Zhao Ying was still talking nonstop, Shucao opened her mouth and interrupted him.
“Are you trying to stall for time? Talking so much in front of a competitor isn’t very good, is it?”
“Aiya, at least I truly wanted to chat first. It’s not often that I meet such an interesting loose cultivator. If you get beaten away, it would be a bit of a pity. But is Fellow Daoist truly unwilling to simply yield this item to me?”
Shucao did not answer, and instead continued staring at the other party, ready at all times to respond to his next move.
“It seems there’s no room for discussion. Then receive my move!”
The moment the words fell, Zhao Ying immediately flung out several talismans.
Talismans shining with different lights continuously transformed in the air, turning into many fireballs, ice cones, or chunks of earth that all surged toward Shucao in a rush.
“So many!”
Shucao had not expected the other party to take the initiative with so many talismans.
In order to deal with the incoming attacks, she immediately fired another magic power light cannon to offset the attacks in front.
The light cannon destroyed all of the flying attacks, but at the same time, Shucao’s vision was also blocked.
Seizing this opportunity, Zhao Ying once again pinched his fingers.
The exact same fluctuation appeared in the space near his fingertips.
In the next moment, he appeared behind Shucao.
“Not bad power. It’s quite a rare good artifact.”
After hearing the voice coming from behind her, Shucao felt a chill run down her spine and immediately retreated violently to the side.
Shua shua shua.
After Shucao retreated, a series of faint sounds of something cutting through the air came from Zhao Ying’s hands.
In the next moment, three slash marks suddenly appeared on the ground where Shucao had originally been standing.
“What was that just now?!”
Shucao looked at Zhao Ying in surprise.
Just after he used some method to teleport behind her, he had used some invisible thing to launch an attack against her.
“If a sudden sensation hadn’t come, I would have been hit by his attack.”
Shucao vigilantly stared at Zhao Ying’s hands, wanting to see what artifact he was using.
But the man’s hands were empty.
If there was anything special, it was that he wore several rings on his fingers.
“Good reaction. I wonder if you’ll still have such luck next time.”
Just as Zhao Ying was about to make his next move, Shucao directly charged toward him.
“I can’t let him take the initiative!”
Several light bullets shot out from the tip of the magic wand, flying toward the other party’s surroundings in arc-shaped trajectories to cover Shucao’s advance.
“You’ve got some skill.”
Zhao Ying muttered, while at the same time waving both hands.
After successive spatial fluctuations, the flying light bullets were instantly sliced apart the moment they approached him.
In the next moment, he teleported to the side, avoiding Shucao’s charging trajectory.
“Shucao, did you see that?”
“Mm. After he waved his hands just now, the space near his fingers seemed to vibrate for a moment. It looks like those rings are his artifacts. Can he use those rings to influence space?”
“His attack method seems to be some kind of slash after the space vibrates, and at the same time he can teleport in the next moment after vibrating the space. If he could directly influence space, he shouldn’t have such a time lag.”
“Moreover, space-type skills are generally considered higher-level abilities. For a Qi Refining cultivator like this to master them would be a bit too outrageous. Therefore, I believe he is probably using some kind of medium to perform the slash and teleport.”
“Something released from the rings, huh. It seems we need to test him.”
After hearing An Qianhua’s analysis, Shucao immediately pushed off the ground, causing her figure to rapidly distance herself from Zhao Ying at extreme speed.
Seeing this, Zhao Ying laughed loudly.
“What’s wrong? Planning to run away?”
Shucao recalled the maximum distance of Zhao Ying’s teleportation that she had previously sensed.
After distancing herself beyond that range, she immediately fired several light cannons toward him.
“So you wanted to pull away and attack me from a distance. Your awareness isn’t bad!”
Seeing Shucao’s attacks coming, Zhao Ying immediately clenched his fingers hard.
The space around him suddenly began to vibrate violently.
In the next moment, the light cannons shooting straight toward him were instantly sliced apart in front of him and scattered to fly off in all directions.
“I never said that the light cannons I fire can’t continue to be controlled.”
Shucao smiled slightly.
She snapped her fingers, and the sliced beams of light, as if possessing life of their own, directly flew upward, circled in the air a few times, then turned a corner and once again flew toward Zhao Ying.
“You can even control them a second time?”
Zhao Ying once again waved both hands, wanting to slice the beams apart again to avoid them.
But then he remembered that the beams could be controlled again after being sliced, so he moved his fingers and teleported away just as the beams were about to hit him, causing all the beams to slam into the ground.
After the attack missed, Shucao once again fired several light cannons, continuing to use this method to restrain the other party.
“You can actually still unleash so many attacks of this kind. Fellow Daoist’s spiritual power reserves are truly astonishing!”
In essence, the light cannons were simply the release of pure magic power.
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