The Second Volume: Misty Canyon Chapter 31: Challenge (Part 2)

  Wang Guanlan was originally not very old, fifteen years old, his figure had not yet grown up, and he looked a bit slender. The big knife in his hand was extremely rough, so when he held the big knife, it didn't have any heroic or domineering feel to it at all, but instead was full of an extremely discordant and uncoordinated feeling.

  With one foot, he kicked Nan Tianwang to the ground, and with his hand holding a horse-slaying knife in front of him, "I wonder if there's another friend who wants to offer some advice?!"

  A moment of silence in the valley, after a while, someone stood up again, but this time it was not one person, but five people.

  "The Fourteenth Young Master is not only proficient in array techniques, but his martial arts skills are also astonishing, I..."

  "Alas, don't talk to me about martial arts, I'm just a formation master, and martial arts is only slightly involved. It can't compare to you guys who have cultivated your qi to the seventh layer! Wang Guanlan waved his hand abruptly, "So, if you want to compete with me in martial arts, forget it. I don't want to lose face in front of so many people!"

  "Hahahahaha!"

  A burst of laughter erupted in the valley, but it also made the person who had just spoken turn bright red with embarrassment. He had said that to try and get Wang Guanlan to engage in a martial arts battle with him, but before he could even finish speaking, Wang Guanlan saw through his plan, causing the crowd to burst out laughing again. Enraged, he stopped talking and swung the iron rod in his hand at Wang Guanlan.

  Another legal soldier, it seems that the world is not short of legal soldiers, but people's knowledge is scarce!! Seeing the opponent wielding a purple-gold long rod, Wang Guanlan couldn't help but laugh, in fact, not only him, with his movement, the other four people who stood up with him also attacked him.

  These four people all had magic weapons in their hands without exception, although they were low-grade magic troops, but they were all worth a lot of money.

  "It's the Tie brothers from Beiling Village! I didn't expect all of them to come, and they're working together!" Someone in the valley had already recognized their identities.

  Bei Ling Zhuang is also a powerful family in the martial arts world. The most famous among the younger generation are these five brothers, with the eldest being Tie Liu Yun, who was just talking to Wang Guan Lan. He had an extraordinary encounter at a young age and his martial arts skills have already reached the 7th layer of Lian Qi, equivalent to the master of Bei Ling Zhuang. Not only is he recognized as the heir of Bei Ling Zhuang, but he has also squeezed into the Potential Successor List, ranking higher than Nan Tian Wei. The purple fire yin soul stick in his hand was also obtained through an extraordinary encounter when he was young, and it is a top-grade magic weapon. Apart from this top-grade magic weapon, he also inherited a set of hunting dragon stick techniques, which can be performed with the purple fire yin soul stick to release powerful purple flames. This is also what allowed him to break into the Potential Successor List.

  However, it is clear that they have chosen the wrong opponent this time.

  Since he was in the formation, Wang Guanlan naturally did not fear being surrounded. With just a flick of his wrist, the black flag in his hand suddenly caused the mist around the stone pillar to churn and surge upwards. This time, even Tie Liuyun's top-grade magic weapon, the Purple Fire Yin Soul Mace, was unable to break through this thick fog.

  So, these five brothers didn't even get close before they were enveloped by the fog and mysteriously disappeared just like those who had challenged them at first.

  "How arrogant! On top of the stone pillar, Wang Guanlan began to shake his head and sigh, his eyes coldly gazing at the crowd, "Is there anyone else who wants to come up and teach me?!"

  Another silence fell among the crowd, Nan Tianwei and Tie Liu Yun were both strong contenders on the Hidden Potential Ranking List. Such young and powerful individuals had not even exerted a bit of their strength in front of Wang Guanlan before mysteriously losing. Especially Tie Liu Yun, who along with several brothers that fought alongside him, all vanished into thin air. What was going on here?

  More people hesitated, and those who were confident enough to take on the challenge decreased by half.

  "This five-line formation is indeed formidable, and from now on, the number of people who dare to challenge him will probably decrease!" The crowd whispered among themselves. Today, those who could enter the valley to watch the ceremony were all influential figures, not a single one was simple-minded. Although they didn't understand martial arts tactics, their vision was absolutely not shallow. Wang Guanlan easily dealt with several groups of challengers, and it can be said that he borrowed these people's hands to establish his prestige, also showing off a certain amount of strength. In this situation, those who were not strong enough would absolutely not come forward to humiliate themselves, and those who were strong enough would also be extremely cautious. Originally, people didn't take Wang Guanlan seriously, but now they couldn't help but look at this 15-year-old young man in a new light. Everyone wanted to use others' hands to test Wang Guanlan's strength, so the situation became stuck like that.

  This awkward silence lasted for nearly half an hour before someone finally stood up.

  "Huang Huagu Zhao Wei, please instruct me, young master!!"

  Huanghuagou Zhao Wei! ?

  When the young man with a horse face reported his family, it caused another commotion among the crowd. This Zhao Wei was not an ordinary young martial artist. He ranked forty-seventh on the Hidden Immortal Reserve List and was said to have successfully condensed his Frost Qi a month ago, becoming a True Frost Qi cultivator. His true strength might have already entered the top twenty of the Hidden Immortal Reserve List.

  Wang Guanlan had also heard of his name and put away his playful smile. He made a fist at Zhao Wei, "Brother Zhao, please!!"

  "Whoa!!!" Just then, Zhao Wei let out a low shout, and a powerful aura burst forth, a cyan-colored air current suddenly appearing around his body, quickly wrapping it up, with wind underfoot, he actually flew up.

  The scene caused another stir among the crowd.

  In the martial arts world, people are known for their qinggong skills, able to jump dozens or even hundreds of feet. As long as one's physical strength and internal energy cultivation have reached a certain level, anyone can achieve this. However, what happened just now was different - without relying on physical strength, a stream of green air alone lifted the person's body up, something that most people had never seen before.

  However, several strong practitioners of the Refining Qi layer on the stage also changed their expressions.

  "He actually found a suitable evil spirit for him and cultivated it into a powerful aura. It seems that Zhao Wei's future is indeed boundless!!"

  Refining the aura into a halo is almost every warrior's dream, to be strict, all warriors who have reached the seventh layer of refining their energy can cultivate this technique, but most warriors are not destined for the aura.

  Because you want to cultivate the aura, first of all, you must have a strong physical body. The burden on the body is extremely large when condensing the aura, and only a strong physical body can withstand the terrifying pressure during the condensation process. Secondly, you need to find a suitable aura cultivation method for yourself. You should know that the aura cultivation method is independent of the martial arts method, and each aura cultivation method is unique and precious. It's extremely difficult for ordinary warriors to get one. The most critical thing is that this aura method must be compatible with your original cultivation method; otherwise, blindly cultivating it will not only fail to cultivate the aura but also render your entire cultivation useless. You should know that a warrior who has cultivated up to the seventh layer of Qi already has their internal energy fixed and can't simply change it. Apart from having a strong physical body, a suitable aura cultivation method for your technique, and cultivating up to the seventh layer of Qi, you also need to find a suitable earthly aura that matches the aura method. This earthly aura requires three harmonies: attribute harmony, quality harmony, and quantity harmony. None of these can be missing.

  It is precisely because of this that there are not a few martial artists who have cultivated their Qi to the seventh layer or higher, but truly successful cultivators of the Lianhua are extremely rare. However, once they succeed in cultivating the Lianhua, martial artists who have cultivated their Qi to the seventh layer can skip levels and challenge those who have cultivated their Qi to the ninth layer. Their strength and status far surpass that of their peers, and their chances of reaching the pinnacle of the ninth layer, the realm of a Grandmaster, also greatly increase.

  So, every martial artist who possesses the aura is envied and resented by others, because after refining the aura, the greatest benefit is being able to fly freely using the power of the aura, which is something that no lightness skill can achieve.

  Zhao Wei was a powerful warrior who had cultivated his aura to its peak.

  Zhao Wei, who was stepping on the air, did not rush to attack like the previous few groups of people. Instead, he flew to a high place and confronted Wang Guanlan, who was standing on the stone pillar.

  "Having refined the Qi, it's indeed different from ordinary people!" Looking at Zhao Wei in front of him, Wang Guanlan also flashed a hint of envy in his eyes, but soon, he suppressed the envy in his heart. After all, he had only cultivated three layers of Qi, and envy wouldn't bring him anything.

  "Since Brother Zhao doesn't want to make the first move, then I'll just have to offend him!" Admiration aside, Wang Guanlan wasn't too fond of this guy who had become quite arrogant after mastering the Lianqi technique, so she didn't bother being polite either. She shook the array flag in her hand and directly activated the formation.

  The fog was still white, but this time the white mist that rose was different from before. It had a hint of spirituality and transformed into countless thin strands that wrapped around Zhao Wei.

  "A trivial skill!" Seeing the white silk wrapping around him, Zhao Wei didn't panic, but instead sneered coldly. When the white mist wrapped around his body, he suddenly shook off the surrounding green aura, dispersing the mist. "If this is all you've got, young master, then I, Zhao, have been offended!" As he spoke, the dispersed green aura transformed into several streams of light that shot straight at Wang Guanlan.

  Attack and defense as one!!

  In addition to flying invincibility, the Gale Force also has an enviable function of attacking and defending as one.

  Its power as a flowing light is no less than that of an ordinary divine artifact, and because of the evil energy contained within, it is even more powerful than an ordinary divine artifact.

  Facing such an attack, Wang Guanlan still raised his hand and fired several fireballs to meet him.

  Pffft!!!

  The fireball and the flowing light collided, almost simultaneously extinguished. However, at the same time, Zhao Wei's body suddenly moved, and in the blink of an eye, he rushed to Wang Guanlan's face, his five fingers curled up, with a green aura covering his fingertips, transforming into sharp thorns, directly scratching towards Wang Guanlan's face.

  Wang Guanlan's spiritual knife cut horizontally.

  It's true!!!

  Zhao Wei's five fingers struck the blade of the Ling Knife, and a fierce aura flashed across the knife. The swirling energy at the tip of the knife suddenly shattered, and his body seemed to have received a heavy blow, flying backward.

  "Spiritual Soldier!!!" Zhao Wei obviously didn't expect that the horse-slaying knife in Wang Guanlan's hand was a rare spiritual soldier. His aura was fierce, but after all, it had not been refined for long and was still unstable, and it was fundamentally unable to contend with the evil energy contained within the spiritual soldier. Not only was the tip of his aura shattered, but the evil energy on the spiritual soldier also invaded his body, and he immediately suffered a great loss.

  "Brother Zhao, I've wronged you!!" Wang Guanlan didn't intend to chat with him casually. After Zhao Fei's body was knocked flying, a knife chopped out of thin air, and a visible blade of air slashed across the sky, striking Zhao Wei's aura directly above it. In an instant, his aura shattered, and Zhao Wei let out a stifled groan in mid-air before falling towards the ground.

  Among the crowd, a figure flew out and caught Zhao Wei's falling body. He gave Wang Guanlan a fierce look, but instead of challenging him, he walked into the crowd.