Chapter 449: Preliminaries of the Six Competitions (Three)

Lou Mu Yan walked to the strength competition area and waited for a while before it was her turn.

“The Strength Competition will be divided into three rounds in total. Only students who have won all of them can advance to the semi-finals, and those who have lost one round will be eliminated directly.

“During the battle, killing is not allowed, but other methods aren’t restricted.” The referee explained the rules.

Lou Mu Yan leapt up onto the battle stage. Her opponent was a Middle-Phase Sword Venerable from the Vast Mountain Sect.

“Junior Sister, just reveal your trump card directly, otherwise, with your cultivation base, you will only lead to a loss.” Seeing that she was only at Peak-Phase Sword Sovereign cultivation base, the other party said disdainfully.

Lou Mu Yan’s eyes curved with her smile, and she replied: “Then Senior Brother, receive it well.”

After speaking, before the other party could even react, she took out three Grade 4 Wind-Fire Talismans and smashed them out.

Grade 4 Wind-Fire Talismans were middle-level talismans and had a stacking effect.

The three talismans she tossed out were something even Advanced-Phase Sword Venerables would be injured by, so the opponent was blasted off the battle stage before he could even make a move and vomited a mouthful of blood then fainted.

“…”

Be it the pupils watching them or the referees and sect superiors in their seats, they were all dumbfounded.

“You can fight in the Strength Competition like this?” The Headmaster of the Sword Sect coughed gently.

In Strength Competitions, it wasn’t that they hadn’t seen any pupils using talismans before, but didn’t they only carefully take out talismans towards the end of the battle when it was hard to determine the winner and loser?

This Lou Mu Yan truly was eccentric. As soon as she stepped up she tossed out three Grade 4 Talismans and blasted the other party off the stage. They didn’t even know what to say.

Huo Ling Long chuckled, obviously satisfied with Lou Mu Yan’s approach, “Why can’t we battle like this? Lao’niang’s pupil is so poor she’s only got talismans left, can’t she?”

That girl probably didn’t want to reveal her strength during the preliminaries right? Although this kind of direct way of fighting by blasting with talismans was a little prodigal, but it was refreshing.

“…” All the Headmasters present, including Headmaster Feng, couldn’t resist twitching their lips.

What did it mean that she was so poor that she only had talismans left? This demoness was simply too arrogant!

The two referees were also taken aback and stared in a daze.

Lou Mu Yan asked with a smile: “I won this round right?”

The two instantly snapped back, and one of them announced: “Eight Extremes Sect Lou Mu Yan wins the first round and continues to the second round.”

Who knew why, but it just so happened that Lou Mu Yan’s second opponent was also a pupil of the Vast Mountain Sect.

“Junior Sister, allow me to experience your talismans.” As soon as the pupil of the Vast Mountain Sect came on stage, he immediately activated his Elemental Energy and condensed a layer of dark golden skin.

“Sure!” Lou Mu Yan nodded with all smiles.

The opponent was an Advanced-Phase Sword Sovereign, and the strength of his body was comparable to that of a Tier 8 Demonic Beast. The stacked power of the three Wind-Fire Talismans wouldn’t be able to defeat him.

Hearing her say such words, the pupil of the Vast Mountain Sect paid more attention and activated an Elemental Energy shield, then tossed a Saint Treasure shield out in front to block.

Lou Mu Yan chuckled, and with five more talismans in her hand, all of different colours, she shook them: “Senior Brother, be ready!”

The pupil of the Vast Mountain Sect snorted coldly and launched a powerful air-shattering attack at Lou Mu Yan first.

Lou Mu Yan didn’t dodge either and tossed out all five talismans.

Instantly, a roaring wind tornado swept out to dissolve the fist wind, then four giant dragons condensed of different colours of Elemental Energy sprang out from four directions.

With layers stacking upon layers, finally, the pupil of the Vast Mountain Sect was heavily bombarded.

Even though the pupil of the Vast Mountain Sect’s body was very strong, but before a Middle-Level Grade 4 talisman that was stacked five times, he still couldn’t resist being blasted off the stage.

Although he was an Advanced-Phase Sword Venerable, but his situation was no better than the previous pupil after being blasted out and was also injured.

“Senior Brother let me win.” Lou Mu Yan said with a nonchalant smile when she saw the other party clutching his chest and glaring at her in ragged clothes.

That person almost spit out a mouthful of blood. The moment she came up, she smashed out five stacked Grade 4 talismans. How shameless.

“Huo Ling Long, isn’t the method used by this pupil from your Sect a bit inappropriate?” The Vast Mountain Sect’s Headmaster’s expression darkened and darkened even more when he watched his two pupils being blasted out of the battle stage.

Huo Ling Long raised an eyebrow, her glamorous face revealing an enchanting smile, “You damned old thing, are you blind? The pupil of my Sect took out the talismans and attacked them in an upright and direct manner, and she also cautioned your pupil beforehand. It’s they who’re too weak but it’s our fault?”

“You— You’re twisting words to force logic.” The Vast Mountain Sect’s Headmaster said angrily.

“If they’ve got the balls, then they can also just smash talismans the moment they get on stage.” Huo Ling Long glanced at him with contempt, “Don’t say it in such a high-sounding manner. If you lose, you lose. If you aren’t reconciled, then you can come fight with lao’niang.”

“…” The Headmasters of the other schools didn’t know whether to cry or laugh.

Although Lou Mu Yan’s method of smashing talismans made people feel it was taking advantage of loopholes, but the competition did indeed stipulate that any method could be used, so the Vast Mountain Sect didn’t lose wrongfully.

“You think I don’t dare?” The Headmaster of the Vast Mountain Sect was enraged by Huo Ling Long. He stood up and rolled up his sleeves to fight.

Huo Ling Long snorted coldly, the pressure on her body fully released, then she took out a whip covered with dark red scales and was about to whip it towards him.

“Enough, stop causing trouble.” Seeing that the two of them were really about to fight, the Sect Leader of the Heavenly Secret Palace immediately smiled and came out to be the mediator, “Don’t be so impulsive, it’s not a good influence for you two to fight here.”

The Headmaster of the Vast Mountain Sect knew immediately that he wouldn’t be able to win this vicious demoness when Huo Ling Long unleashed her Advanced-Phase Sword Saint pressure. Seeing that someone came to stop them, he took the opportunity to step back.

“Humph, good men don’t fight women.” He restrained his aura and sat back in his original position.

Huo Ling Long’s whip slanted to the side and the jade railing in the distance was smashed into rubble, then looked at him and threatened: “You be careful these days. If you bother lao’niang, lao’niang promises not to whip you to death.”

Won’t whip you to death, but it’ll definitely make you unable to get out of bed for half a year.

The face of the Headmaster of the Vast Mountain Sect was even darker, but he knew that this demoness definitely could do what she said.

His senior brother accidentally provoked Huo Ling Long a few years ago and was beaten by her to the point he laid in bed for three months before recovering from the injury.

“Ling Long, your temper is still so fiery!” The Sect Leader of the Heavenly Secret Palace had a smile like a spring breeze on his handsome face and there was more patience in his tone.

Huo Ling Long glanced at him and said coldly: “You sure can act innocent.”

The Sect Leader of the Heavenly Secret Palace revealed some helplessness on his face, but the smile in his eyes couldn’t be concealed, “Your pupil is starting the third round.”

Huo Ling Long moved her gaze to Lou Mu Yan, and her hand that gripped the whip tightened, her heart suffocating in discomfort.

They hadn’t met for a decade. So it seemed she still hated him so much.

In the third round, Lou Mu Yan met a Middle-Phase Sword Venerable from the Heavenly Secret Palace.

Although he immediately sacrificed some defensive Magic Tools as soon as he entered the battle arena, but he was still blasted off the battle stage by Lou Mu Yan’s four talismans with stacked power.

The news that she advanced to the semi-finals by smashing talismans spread among the pupils of the various sects and everyone all thought that because of her low cultivation base, she didn’t dare face her opponents head-on, so she used such a method.

But at the same time, they also sighed that Lou Mu Yan was too prodigal!

The cost price of materials for one Grade 4 talisman was at tens of thousands of Spiritual Stones. In fact, she wasn’t smashing talismans but Spiritual Stones…