Chapter 461: Raising the Stakes
Facing such an attack, his mind went blank.
The world around him turned still and all his attention fell on the looming spear.
When the spear was almost piercing his stomach, Wei Ge moved.
His body swayed to the side and his spear tip lightly hit the shaft of Bai Rongrong’s spear.
A moment later, an incredible force travelled from the point of impact to Bai Rongrong’s right arm.
Soon after, her arm felt numb and her spear deviated.
At this point, cold sweat appeared on Wei Ge’s forehead and his body turned sluggish from exhaustion.
’I survived it.’ He thought with a little excitement in his heart.
"You..., what did you do?" Bai Rongrong asked through gritted teeth.
Ten moments after the impact, her right arm was still numb and she could barely hold her spear.
This was the first time such a thing had happened to her and she couldn’t help but look at Wei Ge warily.
"Fellow Daoist Bai, thank you for the duel. It’s my loss." Wei Ge said and directly returned the challenge fee.
At first, he was reluctant to admit defeat without going the distance.
However, the last move drained all his energy and he didn’t dare to take outrageous risks in front of a highly skilled cultivator like Bai Rongrong.
More importantly, Wei Ge didn’t want to waste time.
In the moment of danger, he received an epiphany and he wanted to meditate as soon as possible.
If he could fully absorb the epiphany, Wei Ge felt his spear technique and combat awareness would improve by leaps and bounds.
After that, maybe he would have a better chance of winning against the Iron Beauty.
"Fellow Daoist Bai, let’s fight again when there is an opportunity." Wei Ge urged.
Seeing the trace of impatience on Wei Ge’s face, Bai Rongrong sneered and quickly left the stage.
Instantaneously, Wei Ge sat cross-legged and began to meditate.
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On the sixth stage was Lin Huang.
After advancing to the reincarnation realm, her phoenix bloodline awakened a lot and her hair turned a fiery red.
Although her flames were still a distance from the legendary fire phoenix, her current strength wasn’t what ordinary cultivators could handle.
Since the event began, many cultivators had gone to her martial stage to challenge her.
However, all were defeated without a second move.
Most importantly, she had yet to reveal her phoenix form or use half her strength.
At this time, a female cultivator walked onto the stage.
"Is fellow Daoist Lin willing to accept my challenge?" The female spoke with a teasing smile on her lips.
However, she didn’t wait for Lin Huang’s answer.
As soon as she finished speaking, she threw a storage ring and Lin Huang subconsciously caught it.
"Since the challenge fee has been paid, I have no reason to refuse." Lin Huang said and unhurriedly transferred the reincarnation stones to her storage ring.
"Fellow Daoist Lin, I want to increase the bet. Are you willing?" The female asked and Lin Huang raised her eyebrow in question.
"Please tell me." She said.
"If I win, fellow Daoist Lin will give me a drop of fire phoenix blood essence." The woman spoke and Lin Huang startled.
First, she had yet to reveal her phoenix fire.
The fire she used in the previous challenges was special but she intentionally suppressed the phoenix elements.
This was because she didn’t want others to know she had phoenix fire.
After all, phoenix fire was a relatively special primordial flame.
If others discovered that she had it, she would definitely fall into danger.
Unfortunately, her secret could not be kept and she was directly exposed.
With narrowed eyes, Lin Huang looked at the female cultivator.
"Does fellow Daoist Lin want to know why I know?" The female cultivator chuckled and Lin Huang clenched her hands.
"I also have the phoenix bloodline but my blood is too thin and I can only awaken the firebird." The woman said with a resentful look in her eyes.
The Firebird was one of the many descendants of the fire phoenix.
Its fire was extraordinarily hot but compared to the legendary phoenix, it was noticeably inferior.
As soon as the woman saw Lin Huang, she felt a connection with her.
It was not until Lin Huang showed her fire that the woman discovered the truth.
After the discovery, she immediately made a plan to obtain a drop of fire phoenix blood essence.
However, fire phoenix blood essence wasn’t a common thing.
After cultivating for almost one thousand years, Lin Huang had only awakened two drops of fire phoenix blood essence.
If she lost one drop, she may not be able to recultivate it without another one thousand years.
Most importantly, her strength would dramatically decrease if she lost half a drop, let alone a full drop.
However, Lin Huang was a little curious about the bet.
If she was required to bet such a precious drop of fire phoenix blood essence, wouldn’t the other person risk something of equal value?
Thinking this way, Lin Huang stared at the female cultivator and spoke.
"If I bet a drop of blood essence, what is the fellow Daoist prepared to risk?" She asked.
Hearing this, the female cultivator smiled.
Her name was Che Xuelo and she was a cultivator from the Ten Thousand Beasts World.
The Ten Thousand Beasts world was a top-grade world and the world mountain in the Reincarnation World had more than fifty thousand cultivators.
With such an identity, it was a loss of status for Che Xuelo to challenge Lin Huang so early in the competition.
However, Che Xuelo wanted to settle matters to avoid long nights and endless dreams.
After all, she wasn’t the only cultivator with a phoenix heritage.
If others discovered Lin Huang, Che Xuelo may not have an opportunity to take advantage.
"I will risk this." Che Xuelo said and removed a necklace from around her neck.
The necklace had a wooden pendant, the size of the little finger.
"Does fellow Daoist Lin recognise my pendant?" Che Xuelo asked with a mischievous smile on her lips.
However, Lin Huang didn’t answer.
Rather, all her attention was on the wooden pendant and she had the urgent desire to grab it.
"Could it be..." She muttered and swallowed in disbelief.
"It seems that fellow Daoist Lin has recognised my pendant." Che Xuelo said, chuckled, and returned the necklace to its previous place.
Seeing that the pendant could no longer be seen, Lin Huang frowned in displeasure and suppressed the urge to attack the opponent.
"For a phoenix, the divine parasol tree is extremely precious. Although my piece is a little small, I believe it is worth a drop of fire phoenix blood essence."
Hearing this, Lin Huang didn’t argue.
From ancient records, there used to be many phoenixes and divine parasol trees in the Cangxing world.
However, the four divine beasts disappeared a long time ago and precious treasures like the divine parasol tree became extinct.
When she awakened the phoenix bloodline, the Beast Kingdom tried to find a divine parasol tree or branch for Lin Huang.
Unfortunately, all efforts were in vain and not even a small piece was found.
At this time, Lin Huang had no resistance to the small piece in Che Xuelo’s hands.
Even though she had to risk a drop of her blood essence, Lin Huang felt it was worth it.
After all, the divine parasol tree was like a cheat to a phoenix.
If she got it and wore it around her neck, her cultivation speed would increase and her mental state would be continuously strengthened.
No matter what, Lin Huang felt she needed to get the small piece of the divine parasol tree.
"Fellow Daoist Che is right; I am very interested in your piece of the divine parasol tree. I will agree to your bet." Lin Huang said.
When the spectators heard this, they couldn’t help but be excited.
"Che Xuelo is from a top-grade world and her means are endless. Is this Lin Huang stupid?"
"Maybe she doesn’t know?" Someone said doubtfully.
"How can she not know? Didn’t fellow Daoist Che introduce herself before the duel?"
"Come to think of it, fellow Daoist Che didn’t seem to have properly introduced herself."
"It’s not against the rules. Fellow Daoist Lin can only blame her own stupidity and bad luck."
"It’s not a given that fellow Daoist Lin will lose."
"I also think so." Another said.
After all, Lin Huang’s performance could be deemed dazzling since she stepped onto the martial arena.
However, more people were pessimistic and didn’t think Lin Huang had a high chance of winning.
"None of the previous opponents can compare to fellow Daoist Che. Fellow Daoist Lin is doomed to lose."
"Fellow Daoist Che dared to risk something as precious as a piece of the divine parasol tree. She must be confident of winning."
"Unfortunately, fellow Daoist Lin fell into a trap and is about to lose a drop of her fire phoenix blood essence."
"What’s unfortunate? Does her blood have anything to do with you?" A female cultivator sneered and glared at her Taoist companion.
