Christina speculated, "The greatest advantage of Qian Wangsun’s Divine Bow Path is insight, it’s intuition. But such a thing, no matter if you practice it a thousand or ten thousand times, cannot compare to a single dangerous real battle. The more dangerous it is, the greater the pressure, the better the cultivation effect of the Divine Bow Path will be."
"This is a death-seeking cultivation path," Zhou Bai wiped sweat from his forehead, "but hasn’t he already been sparring with Lu Wanzhen every day?"
"It’s different," Christina said. "The usual sparring is training, but a combat assessment is a formal competition that relates to rankings and points. Only during such times would Lu Wanzhen possibly give her full effort, to an extent that she wouldn’t normally be serious.
The strongest aspects of the Divine Bow Path are direct perception, insight, and observation, which require countless battles to train.
Now, he just wants to use the pressure from Lu Wanzhen to force out his own potential again. As for winning or losing? He probably hasn’t thought about it at all, maybe he feels that no one can win anyway, so he might as well treat this challenge as an opportunity to cultivate and become stronger."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Bai looked thoughtfully at Qian Wangsun, scrutinizing his serious demeanor at the moment, and remembered his usually playful and smiling face, thinking to himself, "But I still feel like he’s probably doing this to flirt with the girl."
"How is that possible?" Christina retorted. "Who would go this far just to flirt?"
"You wouldn’t understand," Zhou Bai said with a look of profound mystery.
At the same time, the two combatants in the arena had begun fighting.
As cultivators of the same Divine Bow Path, both moved at high speeds almost as soon as the battle commenced, firing energy arrows at each other while dodging their opponent’s arrows.
However, Qian Wangsun was noticeably slower than his opponent, with energy arrows grazing him from time to time, drawing blood.
Looking at the scene in the arena, Zhou Bai thought to himself, "Has Qian Wangsun’s Primordial Spirit strength recovered back from black? His energy arrows were already so fine that they were hard to notice, and now even the color is gone, making them even harder to detect."
But Lu Wanzhen seemed to anticipate Qian Wangsun’s attacks, dodging just as he made his move. Evidently, having reached the second realm of the Divine Bow Path, her sensing and insight abilities had far exceeded Qian Wangsun’s.
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Watching Qian Wangsun being pushed back step by step, cornered by relentless energy arrows, Lu Wanzhen suddenly let out a grunt and looked at Qian Wangsun in surprise.
Just now, she had actually been hit by his energy arrow.
’Not an attack, but he calculated where I would dodge and hid the energy arrow there in advance?’
Unfortunately, the gap in their realms was too great. Even though Lu Wanzhen was hit by Qian Wangsun, she was unharmed.
And Qian Wangsun, under Lu Wanzhen’s assault, was getting increasingly worse, eventually unable to attack and desperately dodging.
Under such intense pressure, Zhou Bai noticed that Qian Wangsun’s rate of successful dodges was increasing. "Is he improving?"
Christina remarked, "He really has managed to squeeze out a bit more of his potential, but that’s as far as it goes."
Then they saw Lu Wanzhen shout softly, and the cornered Qian Wangsun’s eyes lit up as energy arrows rained down like a torrential waterfall.
It was the most unreasonable form of overpowering someone, but the cornered Qian Wangsun had no means to counter, only to be hit by numerous energy arrows before a cloud of blood burst out, and he fell to the ground.
Ying Hui was the first to rush up, sweeping his Primordial Spirit power over the other’s body, he exhaled lightly, "Nothing serious. Lu Wanzhen held back in the end. These are just superficial wounds. They look scarier than they are."
Having said that, he pried open Qian Wangsun’s mouth and stuffed a medicinal pill into it.
Zhou Bai also came over and, after confirming Qian Wangsun was alright, said to him, "You went too far, didn’t you?"
Qian Wangsun smiled but said nothing.
Lu Wanzhen also walked up to Qian Wangsun and looking at him, she said, "You didn’t waste this opportunity." Then she walked away with a cold face.
Qian Wangsun smiled happily upon seeing this, as though the scars on his body no longer pained him at all.
Ying Hui turned to Zuo Dao, "Whom do you wish to challenge?"
Zuo Dao looked at Zhou Bai and said softly, "Meng Hao."
Zhou Bai, who seemed to have anticipated this, was about to step forward when he paused, "Meng Hao?"
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"Meng Hao, ranked 19th, is also the highest-ranked among the Zeroth Boundary," Zhou Bai’s eyes sparkled with understanding of Zuo Dao’s plan.
"This kid, he must have thought that I would definitely challenge Meng Hao, so he secured the 19th rank for himself first, then waited for my challenge? This way he can advance or retreat, not only holding the top position within the Zeroth Boundary but also being able to fight me?"
On the other side, Meng Hao also seemed surprised that Zuo Dao had chosen to challenge him and walked to the center of the arena with a slight smile, "Then come, let’s have a few exchanges, junior."
Zuo Dao’s choice was unexpected for Zhou Bai, but upon reflection, it made sense.
Yet, the subsequent fight somewhat surprised Zhou Bai.
He watched Zuo Dao stretch out his hand, summoning hundreds of magical swords behind him, then with a stern focus between his eyebrows, more than ten command flags burst forth from his Sea of Consciousness, planting themselves into the ground.
Command flags were one of the three types of magical artifacts that could be cultivated from the zeroth-tier talisman diagrams, capable of gathering spiritual subtleties and bestowing various strengths upon their wielder.
As the command flags were placed, spiritual subtleties surged, and Zuo Dao’s strength, speed, explosive force, and defensive power were all significantly enhanced.
Meanwhile, Meng Hao chuckled lightly, his body darting forward, bringing with it a trail of afterimages as he charged toward Zuo Dao.
Christina analyzed, "I remember this Meng Hao is a follower of Gong Tu, seeking the way through martial arts. It seems like he wants to engage in close combat, this is the Phantom Body Technique."
Indeed, Meng Hao’s body produced various afterimages, encircling Zuo Dao in an all-directional assault.
However, Zuo Dao, who cultivated talisman diagrams, was now wielding two magical swords under the amplification of more than ten command flags, and exchanged blows with Meng Hao, neither yielding.
Even the magical swords flying around no longer attacked blindly as before, but rather, they moved like swordsmen skilled in swordsmanship, each executing different sword techniques in their assaults.
The scene appeared as if more than a dozen swordsmen, along with Zuo Dao, were besieging Meng Hao, and they gradually gained the upper hand.
Christina commented with appreciation, "It seems Zuo Dao has completely changed his combat style over the past two months, no longer relying solely on bombarding with magical artifacts as before. Each magical sword is fully utilized, and he has especially cultivated martial skills.
The momentum may not seem as grand as before, but the lethality and destructive power have increased compared to the past."
Then they saw Meng Hao beginning to falter under the onslaught of the magical swords. His Primordial Spirit force exploded, repelling the swords, and a fierce gleam flashed across his face, but suddenly, he took several steps back and raised his hands, saying, "I concede, I concede."
Zuo Dao stared at him saying, "You have not been defeated, why concede?"
Meng Hao shrugged, smiling as he said, "My martial skills aren’t quite suited to fighting you. I’d rather concede now and challenge someone else later."
Although Zuo Dao was not content with his opponent’s concession, yielding was permitted in practical assessments.
Thus, Ying Hui declared him victorious, making him the 19th place, while Meng Hao became 20th, Jiang Ran 21st, Zhou Bai 22nd, and Qian Wangsun remained at 23rd.
Effectively, Meng Hao, Jiang Ran, and Zhou Bai each moved back one position.
Ying Hui then looked to Zhou Bai, asking, "Zhou Bai, whom do you wish to challenge?"