Chapter 139: Chapter 44: Please Ascend the Magic Battle Platform

The first Thunder Technique Yinjiao practiced was the Ren Water Thunder Technique, and it was his most mastered among the ten such techniques.

Seeing his relaxed and dashing appearance, the female disciples below grew even more charmed. They crowded around the Magic Battle Platform, leaving Yinjiao unsure how to even get down. The referee, a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, had to disperse the group of female disciples to clear a path for him.

“Master, I won, too.”

Yinjiao walked calmly up to Yang Jing.

Ren Xingzhou was so shocked he didn’t know what to say. The Thunder Technique was not as simple as other Daoist Techniques.

The Five Thunders are Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth. Within a person, they relate to the heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys. The Five Qi Interactions give rise to the Five Thunders. Above, they correspond to the five stars; in the middle, to the five viscera of man; and below, to the five sacred mountains. Through the endless Five Qi Exchange, all things are generated and transformed. A person who can master the Qi of the Five Elements will have limitless potential.

To wield a Thunder Technique, the first requirement is a thorough understanding of the Five Elements Principle. Only then can one cause Yin and Yang to clash. Flowing with the current creates thunder; going against it creates lightning. The union of Yin and Yang is thunder; its speed is lightning. When the Yin Yang Qi churns and clashes within and without, it erupts as a bolt of lightning. When Qi is gathered and spirit is focused, one can command life and death, and thus strike down anything.”

For example, Ren Water True Thunder requires clashing Ren Water Magical Power with Kui Water Magical Power. If the Ren Water is dominant, it generates Ren Water True Thunder. If the Kui Water is dominant, it generates Kui Water True Thunder.

If one wasn’t proficient in both Ren Water and Kui Water techniques, trying to learn a Water Element Thunder Technique would be like trying to catch a fish by climbing a tree.

Even if one mastered both types of magic, they would still be a long way from generating thunder through the clash of Yin and Yang. Not to mention, the clash of these two Magical Powers placed extreme demands on the body. One careless mistake, and the unleashed lightning would injure the user before it could ever harm an enemy.

Most Cultivators of the Five Elements True Spirit Sect were experts in Five Elements Techniques. Even so, you might only find one person capable of barely using a Thunder Technique every two or three generations of disciples.

This was precisely why the disciple with the Thunder-Fire Spirit Root had been immediately accepted by a master after revealing his Talent.

With the aid of his Spirit Root, he could use Fire Element True Thunder almost instinctively, and its power far surpassed that of others.

In Ren Xingzhou’s view, since Yinjiao had mastered the Ren Water Thunder Technique, the Kui Water Thunder Technique was just around the corner. His status as an Inner Sect Disciple was practically set in stone.

Yang Jing was about to say something when he suddenly commanded his Flying Sword. An inky-black Sword Gang covered the Cyan Green Sword Body as it slashed out. This was the same sword he had taken from a Tribulation Cultivator that day. After earning a huge amount of Spirit Stones with the Insect Extermination Bell, he could finally use it openly.

Before Ren Xingzhou could react, he heard a clap of thunder that shook his very soul, his mind going completely blank.

A crimson bolt of lightning, like a flood dragon or a python, carrying what seemed to be the might of heaven and earth, struck down toward Yinjiao.

Ren Xingzhou, merely grazed by the aftershock, felt his internal organs begin to tremble, and blood trickled from his mouth.

“SHIING!”

The sharp, black Sword Light transformed into a long rainbow, slashing into the crimson lightning and tearing the fiercely agitated bolt apart.

“Oh?”

A soft sound of surprise came from behind the lightning.

After the Flying Sword tore through the Thunder Technique, propelled by Magical Power, its light flared even brighter as it slashed straight toward the Cultivator who had cast the technique.

Another clap of thunder exploded against the Sword Gang.

The Sword Gang and Fire Thunder clashed violently. Lightning and fire crisscrossed as the Sword Light moved like electricity. Separated by several dozen yards, the two exchanged dozens of blows in quick succession. The Cultivator wielding the Thunder Technique grew more and more alarmed as they fought.

He possessed a Thunder-Fire Spirit Root, so hardly any of his peers could withstand his continuous barrage of Thunder Techniques. When he sensed someone on the Magic Battle Platform using the Ren Water Thunder Technique, his competitive spirit was stirred, and he sent out a bolt to test their skill. He never expected that not only would he fail to gauge the other cultivator’s prowess, but he would also provoke this Sword Cultivator.

Although it looked like they were evenly matched, his opponent was using the Kui Water Sword Technique, which countered his Bing Fire True Thunder.

While he was distracted, insidious and densely packed wisps of Sword Qi silently penetrated his Protective Spirit Light and pierced his body.

By the time he realized it, his Magical Power was already showing signs of sluggishness, and a bone-chilling cold had set in.

The next moment, the deep, mysterious black Sword Light instantly transformed into an incomparably sharp, brilliant white.

’This is bad!’

The Flying Sword’s speed suddenly increased, tracing a white line through the air. It instantly pierced the Bing Fire True Thunder and shot straight for the cultivator’s head.

At the moment of life and death, the cultivator executed a sharp backbend, narrowly avoiding the fierce Sword Gang.

But the Sword Wind from the Sword Gang still sliced off his Hair Crown, sending his messy hair tumbling down in disarray.

A drop of blood trickled down his forehead.

Only then did Ren Xingzhou get a clear look at the newcomer. He was a tall, powerfully built cultivator wearing a crimson Treasure Robe. It was already riddled with holes from the fine Sword Qi, and his body was covered in a dense pattern of bloody specks.

Even in his wretched state, he was still tightly gripping a Copper Seal engraved with the shape of a Kui beast.

Yang Jing commanded his Flying Sword. The sharp Sword Light folded in mid-air and slashed straight toward the large man.

A thick, yellow Spiritual Light enveloped the large man, blocking the Sword Light.

The Foundation Establishment Cultivator acting as referee had intervened.

“Martial Uncle, this scoundrel brazenly attacked after seeing a genius who had comprehended a Thunder Technique appear in the Sect. This disciple suspects he is a spy from the Demon Sect.”

Yang Jing recalled his Flying Sword and spoke to the Foundation Establishment Cultivator.

The Foundation Establishment Cultivator was about to say something, but Yang Jing’s words made him choke for a moment before he could speak:

“He, like you, is an Outer Disciple. He is a student of Senior Brother Liu from the True Martial Hall. His name is Ji Chengfeng.”

He was subtly pointing out Ji Chengfeng’s background.

With the situation having developed this far, he was already beginning to regret not intervening immediately, having been too impressed by the Magical Combat between the two.

“Oh? The area around the Magic Battle Platform was filled with Sect Disciples, yet Senior Brother Ji still saw fit to launch a thunder attack without any regard for their lives. Faced with someone so unconcerned with the bonds between fellow disciples, I immediately mistook you for a Demon Sect spy and injured you, Senior Brother. I’m truly sorry.”

Yang Jing stared at Ji Chengfeng and said in a passive-aggressive tone.

Ji Chengfeng’s face flushed bright red. He was born into the Hongde Ji Family, a Golden Core Clan. After his Thunder-Fire Spirit Root was discovered, he was extremely doted on, which fostered an arrogant, domineering, and condescending personality.

After joining the Five Elements True Spirit Sect, he had no choice but to suppress his true nature in front of his master and senior brothers, pretending to be perfectly obedient.

But this prolonged suppression only made his inner hostility grow.

However, although Ji Chengfeng’s temperament was influenced by his Thunder-Fire Spirit Root, he was not an idiot. He retorted:

“Hmph, I have perfect control over my Bing Fire True Thunder. I only wanted to test this junior brother’s Thunder Technique. How could I possibly injure anyone by mistake? If he couldn’t handle it, I would have naturally dispersed the technique.”

Yang Jing glanced around. Most of the surrounding Outer Disciples had shallow Cultivation, and quite a few had their internal organs injured by the thunder attack, having been caught completely off guard.

These fellow disciples were a secondary concern. What angered him most was Ji Chengfeng’s arrogance in launching a ruthless sneak attack on Yinjiao.

Ji Chengfeng might have just been used to being domineering, his competitive spirit stirred, wanting to test Yinjiao’s mettle. ’But this is my disciple. Since when is it someone else’s place to test him?’

“Please, step onto the Magic Battle Platform. This time, if you can’t handle it, I’ll be sure to disperse my Sword Gang.”

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