No hope for eternal life

Chapter 391: Battle against Ruan Xiong

Among Mu Changsheng's many methods, the only one that could surpass Lin Yu's full-strength attack in terms of attack power was the Shadow God Talisman.

Mu Changsheng had participated in dozens of competitions and had never used the Shadow Talisman because he wanted to keep his trump card. But now he had to use it.

After the Shadow God Talisman was activated, a layer of gray spiritual shield immediately appeared around Mu Changsheng.

The Shadow Talisman is not simply an attacking talisman. In terms of effect, it can also be regarded as a defensive talisman.

The sword shadows in the sky slashed on the Shadow God Talisman's spiritual shield, but failed to cause any ripples. The sword shadows sank into the spiritual shield and were swallowed by it.

After a moment, the spiritual shield shone brightly and spit out the sword shadow that had been swallowed.

But these sword shadows no longer continued to attack Mu Changsheng, but turned around and attacked Lin Yu.

This is the attack method of the Shadow Talisman. It absorbs the opponent's attack, uses the opponent's strength, and attacks the opponent in return, giving the opponent a taste of their own medicine.

Moreover, after these sword shadows were swallowed by the Shadow God Talisman's spiritual shield, they merged with the power of the Shadow God Talisman, and their power was even greater than before!

"It's actually a seventh-grade talisman!" Lin Yu's heart was shocked. Although she couldn't recognize that Mu Changsheng was using the Shadow God Talisman, she could still judge the grade of the Shadow God Talisman, because the move she just made would definitely not be able to block any talisman below the seventh grade.

Just as Mu Changsheng did not expect Lin Yu to be able to use the Seventh Secret Technique of the Nine Profound Realms, Lin Yu did not expect Mu Changsheng to be able to refine a seventh-grade talisman with his initial level of cultivation.

At this moment, Lin Yu was facing her strongest attack and she was a little overwhelmed. She could only burn her blood and essence with all her strength, recall her natal flying sword, and use the Seven Sword Secrets again to attack against the opponent, because she knew that she could not defend herself.

As a result, the sword shadows of both sides collided violently in the air. Mu Changsheng's sword shadow, because of the power of the Shadow Talisman, was even stronger than the sword shadow created by Lin Yu burning his essence and blood.

So, after the sword shadows of both sides fought against each other, only 20% of Mu Changsheng's sword shadows remained, and these 20% of sword shadows continued to attack Lin Yu.

Lin Yu had used the Seven Sword Secrets twice in a row, which consumed a lot of energy. He was no longer able to use the Seven Sword Secrets to fight against the attacking sword shadows and could only choose to defend.

Lin Yu used the Six Sword Secrets to control the sword. His innate flying sword kept moving and vibrating around his body, blocking one sword shadow after another. His defense was flawless.

Seeing this, Mu Changsheng knew that this attack could not defeat Lin Yu, so he immediately stepped forward and activated another talisman in his hand.

This talisman is a top-grade sixth-grade Yellow Spring Talisman, a talisman for trapping enemies. Once it is cast, a massive amount of spring water submerges Lin Yu and her natal flying sword. The field formed by the Yellow Spring Talisman can greatly reduce the movement speed of Lin Yu and her flying sword. Although it does not directly trap the opponent, it can be regarded as severely restricting Lin Yu.

Mu Changsheng knew that Lin Yu could quickly recover his consumed spiritual power. If he wanted to defeat Lin Yu, the most important thing was to cut off the connection between Lin Yu and the heaven and earth. If he could not obtain spiritual power from the heaven and earth, it would be useless no matter how fast his recovery speed was.

In order to cut off the connection between Lin Yu and the world, Mu Changsheng still needed to rely on the power of the formation, so he used the Huangquan Talisman to restrict Lin Yu, so as to prevent Lin Yu from breaking the formation easily.

Therefore, while Mu Changsheng activated the Yellow Spring Talisman, he also activated the sixth-grade top-level God-Slaying Formation, trapping Lin Yu inside.

Afterwards, Mu Changsheng began to quickly set up the formation outside the God-Slaying Formation. He still wanted to use the power of the serial killing formation to defeat Lin Yu in one fell swoop.

In the God-Slaying Formation, Lin Yu held the green sword in her hand. She should have hurried to break the formation to avoid being surrounded and killed by Mu Changsheng's layers of formations, but she hesitated to break the formation.

After a long while, Lin Yu finally said with difficulty: "I admit defeat."

The reason why Lin Yu chose to admit defeat was that she saw no hope of winning at all. Even though she still had one move of the Space-Time Sword Kill that was useless, Mu Changsheng's Shadow God Talisman was still covering Mu Changsheng's body. No matter how strong Lin Yu's attack was, it would only be bounced back by the Shadow God Talisman.

When Mu Changsheng showed his seventh-grade talisman, Lin Yu already knew that his chances of winning were slim. His only hope was that Mu Changsheng would underestimate the enemy. However, judging from Mu Changsheng's performance, he did not underestimate the enemy at all, and Lin Yu saw no hope of winning at all.

Upon hearing this, Mu Changsheng stopped what he was doing and removed the formation. As soon as he finished doing this, he was pulled out of the illusion by the sect protection spirit. The same happened to Lin Yu.

Mu Changsheng's battle attracted much attention. The winner would be the first person in the sect to transcend the early stage of tribulation in the contemporary era. Moreover, Lin Yu's identity was really special, so Mu Changsheng's victory was very unexpected.

Afterwards, a fellow disciple comforted Lin Yu and said, "It's not shameful to be defeated by a seventh-grade divine talisman."

Some of his fellow disciples even praised Mu Changsheng, saying, "It is rare and unheard of that he can refine a seventh-grade divine talisman with the cultivation base of the initial stage of the tribulation."

Lin Yu himself was not very depressed. Instead, he sent a message to Mu Changsheng: "Senior Brother Ruan's strength should not be underestimated. When he competed with me before, he probably kept a lot of tricks. You must not be careless."

"Thank you for the reminder, Senior Sister." Mu Changsheng replied in voice transmission.

Mu Changsheng defeated Lin Yu, so his next opponent was naturally Ruan Xiong, and Ruan Xiong had been waiting for a long time.

The two were quickly pulled into the illusion, and a war was about to break out.

Outside the illusion, many people were watching the competition between Mu Changsheng and Ruan Xiong.

As a cultivator in the Divine Sea Realm, Xiao Jingshan didn't have many opponents he could challenge, and now the competition had already ended. Seeing that the competition between Mu Changsheng and Ruan Xiong was about to begin, he found Huang Fan and asked, "Brother Huang, are you interested in a bet with me?"

"What are you betting on?" Huang Fan asked casually.

"Let's bet on who will win the competition between Junior Brother Mu Changsheng and Junior Brother Ruan Xiong?" Xiao Jingshan said with a smile.

Huang Fan asked with some interest: "Who does Junior Brother Xiao want to win?"

"I bet on Junior Brother Ruan to win." Xiao Jingshan replied.

"Junior Brother Ruan has a higher level of cultivation, so his chances of winning are indeed quite high. However, I am very optimistic about Junior Brother Mu." Huang Fan murmured. He also knew that Mu Changsheng was a lifeless person, and after going through the calamity of no life, his cultivation in the early stage of the calamity was not much worse than Ruan Xiong's in the middle stage of the calamity. So in terms of cultivation alone, the two were almost on the same starting line.

"Then this bet just happened to be successful." Xiao Jingshan said with a smile.

Huang Fan also laughed: "Junior Brother Xiao didn't bet with anyone else, but only with me. Could it be that he has taken a fancy to something in my hand?"

Xiao Jingshan clasped his fists and said, "Brother, you have a keen eye. I heard that you just got a 10,000-year-old Ganoderma lucidum. I am quite envious, but I don't have enough spirit stones to buy it. How about this? I will offer 500,000 top-grade spirit stones plus a Dingguang bead. If I lose the bet, the 500,000 top-grade spirit stones and the Dingguang bead will go to you. If you win the bet, the 500,000 top-grade spirit stones will still go to you. It will be like you sold the 10,000-year-old Ganoderma lucidum to me at a low price."

"Okay." Huang Fan nodded and agreed: "Brother Xiao, since you have said so much, how can I refuse?"

Huang Fan had always been optimistic about Mu Changsheng, and at this time he agreed to Xiao Jingshan's bet request without hesitation.

Huang Fan then said with a sigh, "I remember that Junior Brother Ruan has only been a disciple for a few decades, and he is not much older than Junior Brother Mu. This battle between the two of them will determine who will be the leader among the young disciples."

"That's right." Xiao Jingshan said in agreement.

While Xiao Jingshan and the other person were chatting, the competition between Mu Changsheng and Ruan Xiong had already begun.

Ruan Xiong, holding a long sword, attacked Mu Changsheng directly. His speed was extremely fast, even faster than Lin Yu's flying sword.

Mu Changsheng looked solemn upon seeing this. He had watched Ruan Xiong compete many times, but no matter how many times he watched, Ruan Xiong's fighting style remained unchanged. It was extremely simple and crude, relying entirely on two points - speed and strength.