Daoist Competition

It is important to know that a cultivator with one more Divine Skill has an increased battle power, which can have a wonderful use to reverse Qiankun at critical moments. Therefore, their battle power cannot be estimated with common logic.

Zhou Qingyun has been enlightened for three hundred years, but she is extraordinarily gifted and has been taught the secret techniques of the Zhou Clan. Apart from the "Divine Might Star Thunder Pearl" she meticulously cultivated, she also borrowed three Divine Skills to support herself, among which is the "Yun Han One Breath Sky."

She had originally planned to exercise this skill only upon reaching the Extreme Sky, but because she sensed that the threat Zhang Yan posed to the Zhou Clan was far greater than that of the Demon Sect, she used it without hesitation.

However, this is ultimately a borrowed Divine Skill, and once it is used, the talisman breaks on its own, and it cannot be used again soon.

At this moment, she took up the spell, raising her jade palm, and released dozens of sharp spikes, each over a foot long, emitting a colorful light as thin as silk threads around her body. She then pointed downward, and they flew out.

This item is called "Star God Gold Needle," a sharp weapon used by the Yuxiao Sect to contend with other sects under heaven.

The needle is divided into seven types, and currently what she has released is the "White Magnetic Gold Needle," which can attract and absorb upon nearing the Flying Sword, usually only used when confronting Shaoqing cultivators. But now, she used it without hesitation against Zhang Yan.

Zhang Yan suddenly felt the starlight ahead brighten intensely, dazzling and bright. The Flying Sword moved instantly with his thought, raising a startling rainbow that suddenly charged forward, seemingly wanting to entwine and kill at one spot.

However, upon reaching close, his gaze slightly flickered, and as his mind rose, the sword ball trembled abruptly, dispersing into sixteen strands of sword light, surprisingly not touching the Flying Needle, but avoiding it, splitting from the middle and flying from both wings.

Though those gold needles also flew swiftly and were numerous, they were still a notch inferior compared to the Flying Sword. They reacted just a beat slower, being far behind and failing to intercept.

Zhou Qingyun’s expression slightly changed. She waved her sleeve, and countless white clouds floated up before her, forming cloud walls to shelter her behind.

The sword light had just passed through the clouds, and Zhang Yan felt a sluggish sensation in his heart, far less smooth and harmonious as usual. He immediately knew there was something strange within the clouds that hindered his Flying Sword’s passage. He smiled slightly and did not force it, recalling it with the summoning of Heart and Spirit.

Earlier when spectating on the peak, Zhou Qingyun saw Zhang Yan display his tricks three times in total. The first time was using the Flying Sword to cut through the enemy, and the other two times he suppressed opponents with his robust mana.

So, the strategy she set before fighting was to first use Divine Skills to trap Zhang Yan, then to jointly restrain the Flying Sword with gold needles and Dharma Cloud, and finally to continuously attack using refined Daoist Skills and Dharma Treasures, not giving him any chance to gather momentum for a counterattack, thus firmly gaining the upper hand.

Now successfully restraining the Flying Sword, she felt assured, believing her odds of winning had greatly increased. She raised her sleeve and pointed, continuing to drive those flying spikes to attack, while silently operating the mental method. Seven dazzling star pearls flew out from the Gang Cloud, arranged in a line, connected head to tail, dashing forward to strike.

Zhang Yan shouted, his mana turned, and with a thunderous roar atop, dozens of Purple Thunder burst forth, shining brilliantly and striking down, not only blowing apart the approaching star pearls but also launching more than ten rays of Thunder Radiance directly at Zhou Qingyun.

The woman waved her water sleeves, causing the Gang Cloud atop to tremble, dragging a bright and transparent Floating Ribbon to rise, swirling as if dancing, spreading waves of crystal-clear thin mist, brilliantly expanding. The Thunder Radiance crackling repeatedly could not breach through.

She feared Zhang Yan’s robust mana and knew the offensive could not be relaxed even slightly and had to maintain the initiative. Otherwise, his gathered force strike would be unbearable, so she nipped a finger, driving a Phoenix Tail Hairpin dotted with silvery stars downward.

Zhang Yan was dispersing those White Magnetic Gold Needles with the Gang Wind when he suddenly felt something flash past. He reacted extremely quickly, flicked his finger without looking, releasing a drop of Xuanming Heavy Water, which collided with the hairpin, after a muffled explosion, both objects retreated backward.

Zhou Qingyun’s actions did not pause a bit. She flipped her slender hand, taking out a copper mirror and abruptly stood, shining it below.

This is the "Five Yang Calming Mirror," just like the previous Phoenix Tail Hairpin, also a Mystical Artifact. As she shook her jade hand, star-like Mirror Light fell, bearing an immense momentum. As it descended, a golden Shell Leaf rose into the air, floating and spinning, blocking the starlight outside, not letting a single bit through.

During this exchange just now, though only a few breaths passed, cultivation techniques, Dharma Treasures, Divine Skills were all pitted against each other, where if any side’s foundation was slightly lacking and without countermeasures, it would immediately lead to a defeat and death scenario.

If not Great Xuanmen Sect disciples, they might have been already frightened just by watching a few glances.

Zhang Yan secretly nodded, with even evaluation, Zhou Qingyun indeed deserves to be a disciple of a Great Xuanmen Sect, not only possessing impressive Divine Passage Skills but also having more than two Mystical Artifacts guarding her, extremely difficult to break.

Even Nascent Soul Second Realm cultivators would find it extremely challenging to capture this woman. No wonder Zhou Huang dared to send her here to duel without worry.

If only using ordinary Dharma techniques, wanting to overturn the situation indeed requires quite some effort. But in this swordfight, how could he prepare just one method? If one thinks these few moves can restrain him, that is a serious mistake!

Zhang Yan laughed to himself, urging his mana, letting out a long whistle, reaching from atop the Gang Cloud, a massive dragon-catching hand emerged, brushing aside all incoming gold needles. Then upon opening his hand, Clear Qi floated out from the palm, and seventy-two red flags like flaming blazes flew out. Beast patterns encircled the moon on the flag, transmitting bursts of roars as if Fierce Beasts were hidden within.

These are the "Ten Thousand Beasts Sleeping Moon Banner" bestowed by True Master Tao, each capable of hiding over three thousand demon soldiers. As soon as they appeared, they shot in all directions like rainbow beams. Then a thunderous roar was heard, six gates and six prohibitions emerged at the edges, filled with rolling Demon Cloud, Evil Qi soaring to the sky, flags like the sea, spears like forests, only the clamor of battles could be heard, as if millions of armored troops were hiding.

In but a moment, Zhang Yan has already deployed the "Six Reversal Earth Coffin Formation" in One Qi!

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