Ji Ning and Xia Mangzi Shan both walked towards the outside of the grand hall.

  At this moment, the master of the Tianmeng Temple was inside the temple, nine pure Yang true immortals and nearly a thousand heavenly immortals were all looking at these two young people. The top three names had already been fixed with two, namely Mu Chuan True Person and Hei Shi True Person. Now only one person is left to choose...

  "Which of them will win?" Lü Dongbin said in a low voice.

  Xia Huang and others all fell silent.

  After a moment, Chi Jing Zhen Jun slowly said: "The two have similar strength and are both extremely skilled in close combat. This battle will kill until the end, and the outcome is likely to be one side's divine power being exhausted and admitting defeat."

  "Hmm." Lü Dongbin also nodded slightly.

  "Zi Shan has grasped something even bigger." Xia Huang said.

  ……

  Yu Wei silently watched Ji Ning, she was very clear that Ji Ning wanted to take this opportunity to enter the Daozu door and soar to the sky, she expected Ji Ning to succeed, but also hoped that Ji Ning could be safe.

  "Be careful, Ji Ning." Yu Wei watched with trepidation.

  ……

  "Just one more step and we'll be in the top three." Jiulian sat behind Dongyan Laozu, she too was silently hoping at this moment, "Jining, I hope you can succeed."

  Although they have broken up, in her heart, Ji Ning will always be that extraordinary genius, she doesn't want to see Ji Ning become disheartened and fail.

  ……

  "Master." Xiao Qing raised her head and looked at the scene of the huge water curtain in the sky.

  "Ning Er..." Bai Shuizhe was even more uneasy.

  "Senior brother, you must win!" shouted Muzi Shuo loudly.

  ******

  Clouds and fog rise, sealed within the grand formation.

  Ji Ning and Xia Manguzi stood facing each other from a distance, both appearing calm. But behind this calmness was a surging conviction - they must win! Both of them yearned to enter the top three, and to do so, they had to defeat their current opponent.

  One was a young man in purple clothes and the other was a youth in animal skin.

  Their temperament is also completely different. The young man in purple has a natural domineering aura and the noble air naturally cultivated by the royal family.

  Ji Ning was different due to his experiences in both his past and current lives, making him seem like the most ordinary native youth. However, because of the influence from his peaceful world in his past life, he also wasn't arrogant or condescending.

  "We meet again." Xia Mang's voice was sonorous, "Last time you lost to me, this time you will lose again."

  "I have been cultivating for only over thirty years." Ji Ning said calmly, "It has been more than ten years since I truly became a Violet Palace cultivator. In just over ten years, I reached such a realm. And in the endless battles of the Bright Moon Lake's waterscape painting last year, it was enough to make up for the previous decade of bitter cultivation. It has been half a year since our last battle... Half a year's time, my strength has long surpassed your imagination."

  Xia Mang's pupils constricted slightly.

  Indeed.

  Ji Ning's brief years of cultivation indeed made one's heart palpitate.

  "You've made progress in the past six months, and so have I." Xia Mang's innate arrogance caused him to let out a scornful laugh, "Go ahead and use whatever tricks you have, otherwise don't lose without being resentful."

  "Come on." Ji Ning calmly looked at Xia Mangzi Mountain.

  This calmness is actually backed by an even crazier will to fight!

  Xia Mangzi Shan's body swayed immediately. The twenty-zhang-tall giant also grew three heads and six arms.

  Ji Ning was no exception, transforming into an eighteen-zhang giant, also with three heads and six arms!

  On the 'Law of Heaven and Earth', Ji Ning's comprehension is indeed less than that of Xiahou Zixuan, who has been cultivating for hundreds of years. However, in the early stages of cultivation, the increase in strength from the 'Law of Heaven and Earth' is actually far inferior to other divine abilities. For example, the 'Ten Thousand Poisonous Stings' divine ability is better than the 'Law of Heaven and Earth' in the early stages.

  But when the heavenly phenomenon reached its later stage, especially when it moved backwards, that was truly terrifying.

  How about now?

  When Ji Ning executed the second turn of the Star Plucking Hand, the divine power of the Heaven and Earth did not increase his hand strength in the slightest.

  "Take this!" Xia Mangzi shouted crazily.

  Three black iron rods simultaneously streaked across the sky. With an unmatched aura, they directly chopped towards Ji Ning.

  Stick is a heavy weapon.

  Only those with truly great strength can bring out the advantages of a staff. Compared to swords, staves are inferior in terms of agility. Compared to long spears... Long spears are also long-range weapons and have sharp spearheads! In terms of penetration, staves are slightly inferior to long spears.

  But clubs have a huge advantage.

  It's just that you can indulge in 'smashing'! In the three realms, especially some powerful gods with great strength, use long rods extremely often! One rod's might can pierce through the sky. Smashing... can even shatter the earth!

  Two people with the same power, boundary and divine ability.

  Using a staff is naturally more powerful and overbearing than using a sword. This is the special part of the category of weapons. Choose the best weapon that suits you. Obviously, Xia Mangzi Shan is most suitable for using a staff.

  "Boom~~~~"

  A stick of incense is lit, and heaven and earth change color.

  Ji Ning held six immortal swords, although using the immortal sword's brutal and hard collision was not quite suitable, Ji Ning relied on his divine ability to try it out, directly colliding head-on to resist!

  Three sticks of flood!

  Six Paths Radiant Sword Light!

  They collided directly, and for a moment, the surroundings shook with great force. In a hard confrontation, the two were unexpectedly evenly matched!

  "It's almost the same." Ji Ning was shocked, "Last time I was at a absolute disadvantage, but I broke through continuously. But Xia Mangzi also broke through this time, and it seems that there is no hope of winning in a head-on collision. Moreover, my 'Star Plucking Hand' divine ability consumes spiritual power extremely quickly, and I can't sustain a prolonged battle!"

  Ji Ning was very clear about his own weaknesses.

  I am very strong in "Jian Dao", but on ordinary paths, I have only grasped two.

  Like Xia Mangzi's "Thunderbolt Avenue" on the Purple Mountain, his sword path is slightly weaker than his own, but he has mastered a total of four ordinary paths! Moreover, in the past six months, as he continued to merge, his staff technique became even more powerful.

  His own divine power is stronger and makes up for his weakness.

  It's extremely powerful, but it also consumes spiritual energy at a faster rate... If we keep fighting like this, I'm afraid I'll run out of spiritual energy first.

  "I am a sword immortal, why must I clash with him head-on." Ji Ning's swordsmanship changed.

  Yu Ruo's six sword lights were still direct and straightforward, but in an instant, they changed. Ji Ning's sword light was like a continuous flow of water, constantly striking at Xia Mangzi Mountain. Xia Mangzi Mountain remained his usual self, his staff techniques opening and closing, sometimes fiercely chopping, sometimes whipping, and sometimes violently stabbing forward.

  Ji Ning's swordsmanship was like water, continuous and unbroken. Xia Mangzi Shan's staff techniques were all in vain, but Ji Ning also didn't leave a single wound on Xia Mangzi Shan's body.

  "Not a single chance, it seems I have no choice but to use that immature sword technique." Ji Ning thought to himself.

  Wow!

  Ji Ning's swordsmanship changed again.

  Only to see Ji Ning's six immortal swords... Some immortal swords are fierce and fiery, also containing the sharpness of swordsmanship! Some immortal swords are entwining like water, influencing each other repeatedly! Some immortal swords are fleeting and unpredictable. Quick and swift!

  Different styles of swordsmanship, however, were simultaneously executed by Ji Ning, which placed a great burden on his mental energy.

  This fighting style was an idea that Jining had after seeing 'Lazy True Man's Real Combat Treasured Wave Secret Technique', the Treasured Wave Secret Technique, which is four hands defending and two hands attacking. Later it formed a kind of superimposed cycle... Although Jining didn't understand it, Lazy True Man's fighting style also moved him.

  "A sword can be used as a long spear, but it's not as powerful as a real long spear. It can be used as a battle knife, but it's not as fierce as a real battle knife. It can be used as a staff, but it's not as heavy as a real staff... A sword has two blades and is extremely agile. Its fighting style is diverse. If I were to use my Three Heads and Six Arms technique and each of the six arms uses a different style... perhaps they would interfere with each other and reduce my strength, or maybe they would complement each other like the sloppy true person, increasing my strength greatly."

  Ji Ning had been constantly thinking about it in his mind before.

  Earlier, when he was watching the battle, he remained silent and distracted because he had practiced the "Small Five Elements Sword Record" in the Black and White Academy, which had some joint techniques of the five elements. After careful consideration, Ji Ning already had a rough idea in his mind, and now he launched it.

  "Wow wow wow~~~"

  Some sword lights are like water, some sword lights are like fire, and some are fleeting and uncertain.

  Ji Ning's entire being was as light as a feather, advancing and retreating at will. His swordsmanship also changed unpredictably, with countless sword lights flashing by. For a time, Ji Ning's different sword lights... seemed like a melody, sometimes soft and gentle, sometimes loud and sonorous, sometimes flowing continuously without end, and sometimes bursting forth magnificently.

  Water, fire, wind, space, and 'the way of the sword'.

  All of his insights were infused into the sword, and everything came naturally. Ji Ning had a wonderful feeling, as if all the sword techniques complemented each other, and everything was natural and effortless, without needing to deliberately think about what kind of sword technique to use. Everything followed this wonderful feeling.

  Don't break this feeling, go with it and show off freely!

  Beautiful.

  "Really beautiful."

  "The swordsmanship is actually so beautifully displayed!" The nearly thousand Heavenly Immortals in the Tianmang Temple's main hall were all mesmerized, watching as Ji Ning's three heads and six arms executed different sword techniques, just like a beautiful ink wash painting, with splashes of ink that had a moving beauty.

  At this moment, Ji Ning's figure was like a gust of wind, with six ethereal swords floating about him, fully displaying the essence of his swordsmanship.

  Sword, is extremely complex.

  The Jian sword alone has thirteen different styles, which is far more complicated than the likes of staffs, spears and knives. This complexity... if one is a master, it's as if having more ingredients allows for creating an unparalleled delicacy. If one is unskilled, however, such complexity only leads to being unable to do anything well.

  ……

  "Genius!" exclaimed the master of Tianmeng Temple, Lü Dongbin. "To have reached such a deep state in this crucial battle! If I'm not mistaken, he's now in a state of no thoughts and no desires, where everything is at his command... The swordsmanship he displays in this state will naturally be extraordinary. And when he remembers this extraordinary swordsmanship after the battle, both his cultivation level and swordsmanship will greatly increase."

  "It's indeed a rare genius in the way of the sword." Da Shizhi Bodhisattva couldn't help but say, "My Buddhist sect is willing to accept such geniuses."

  "He has grasped two more paths. But the height of his sword path is absolutely the first among all the sword immortals in the Xianyuan Conference." Lü Dongbin couldn't help but say, "He's indeed a natural-born sword immortal, and his innate talent in the sword path is simply unimaginable. Xia Mang... Ji Ning, if you don't take him as your disciple, I'll take him instead!"

  "Dong Hua, you're also feeling itchy in your heart?"

  "The hearts of all Buddhas are itchy, can't mine be itchy?" Lü Dongbin looked at Xia Huang.

  Xia Huang shook his head: "Before the top six of this Fairy Fate Conference, they must first be selected by the many fellow disciples under my Master's command! If no one chooses Ji Ning, let Lü Dongbin be his master instead?"

  "Nonsense! With a natural-born sword immortal like this, you wouldn't choose him?" Lü Dongbin shook his head at once.

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