Under one person: I, Zhang Zhiwei, the arrogant Zhang.

This fusion technique is extremely powerful, and avoiding it is the safest option. However, this is a duel in the arena, and the flames of Danpeng and Tengshe engulf the entire arena. Zhang Huaiyi has no room to dodge and can only take the hit head-on.

The red and blue flames of the Danpeng and Tengshe intertwined and merged in the sky, creating a scene reminiscent of a dragon and phoenix symbolizing good fortune.

The intense heat scorched the entire venue, but strangely, while the skin felt burning, the bones felt cold.

Many older viewers were swallowing hard, because they realized that if they were to replace Zhang Huaiyi on stage, they wouldn't have much confidence in blocking this terrifying move.

Have the younger generation of young men already reached this level of skill?
For a time, many people couldn't help but feel that the new generation was replacing the old.

In contrast to the silence of the older generation, the younger generation was engaged in heated discussions.

"This...this...the big monkey actually has such abilities?" Zhou Meng was stunned. He knew his brother was strong, but he didn't know he was this strong!

“Big Monkey, the reason you are so strong is all thanks to the Heavenly Connection of Qimen!” Hongyin said, “Ordinary sorcerers simply cannot combine auspiciousness and inauspiciousness, mutual generation and restraint, palace positions and so on to bless themselves.”

"Whether you can occupy one of them depends on whether the opponent is skilled in Qimen Dunjia. If they understand it and take your auspicious position in advance, or if they don't leave your palace, then it's equivalent to rendering your entire palace's magic useless."

"If this palace happens to be your specialty, then the battle that follows will undoubtedly be very difficult."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Lu nodded and said, "This Zhang Huaiyi must understand Qimen Dunjia. The reason he doesn't try to take a position is because his senior brother can manipulate the compass, which he can't. If we were to fight him, we would probably be restricted in every way."

Zhou Meng said, "If it were us... based on that one trick he just revealed, we probably wouldn't last more than a few rounds."

Lu Ci looked at the flames in the sky with a solemn expression: "Zhou the Big Monkey and Zhang the Big Ears, those two guys, one pretended to be lazy and the other pretended to be weak, making me think they hadn't made much progress over the years. I didn't expect it to be all a damn illusion."

"Indeed, not to mention Brother Huaiyi, Zhou Sheng is also so formidable. You really can't judge a book by its cover!" Lu Jin exclaimed.

Lu Ci glanced at Lu Jin: "Speaking of which, only the two of us are truly upright!"

"Yes, the others are all very shady!"

……

On the field, Zhou Sheng's combined attack spells came with overwhelming force. Zhang Huaiyi's vision was filled with shattering flames, and he could no longer see Zhou Sheng's figure.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

He unleashed three palm strikes in succession.

The rushing lightning tore through the red and blue flames, forming three large holes in a triangular shape.

Through these three large holes, he sensed some of Zhou Sheng's whereabouts.

Then, he began to unleash the Five Thunders of Yang without reservation. Scorching lightning surged around him and quickly spread outwards.

In an instant, the entire arena was engulfed in a blinding white light.

Immediately afterwards, lightning and fire collided, and a series of explosions rang out. The light and flames boiled violently, and the audience below could hardly see anything and knew nothing about what was happening on stage.

"It was so intense, who won?" someone murmured to themselves.

But no one could answer him. This competition was beyond the scope of the younger generation. Even if they, the older generation, went up, no matter who was replaced, they would not have a good outcome.

They instinctively looked at Zhang Zhiwei, the Celestial Master, and the Wudang Sect Leader.

The opponents were geniuses from the Celestial Master's Mansion and Wudang. If something had really happened, they should have intervened. They shouldn't have remained so calm, acting as if nothing had happened.

Could it be that the competition on the stage is still ongoing? Did that earth-shattering blow just now result in no clear winner?

On the stage, explosions continued, and the interplay of lightning and fire lasted for three or four seconds before dimming.

Zhang Huaiyi remained standing in the same spot, but Zhou Sheng was nowhere to be seen on the stage.

Everyone was in an uproar.

"Where is Young Taoist Master Zhou Sheng? The fight just now was so intense, could it be that..." Someone wanted to say that he might have been completely destroyed, but then thought that it wouldn't be appropriate to say that in front of the Wudang crowd, so they didn't say it.

"They must be hiding or invisible, which isn't difficult for a warlock," someone said.

"However, since it is a competition in the arena, Young Taoist Master Zhou Sheng should still be in the arena."

……

Reality isn't a game; there's no such thing as damage immunity. Even spells you cast yourself, without special protection or skillful control, will still backfire on the caster due to their indiscriminate, violent power!
The arena was a limited space, and Zhou Sheng's spell naturally enveloped himself within its attack range. However, since this was his own spell, he had naturally taken precautions.

"Where did you hide?" Zhang Huaiyi feigned surprise and looked around, seemingly searching for Zhou Sheng's vanished figure, but secretly he was gathering his Qi to prepare for the next attack.

When he used lightning magic to break the flames, he first made several holes in different parts of the flames to check Zhou Sheng's movements.

The reason for doing this is that after Zhou Sheng opened the Qimen Dunjia by stabilizing his own central palace, his innate changes connected with the changes in the external universe, achieving a state of harmony between heaven and man.

This state is similar to the normal state that Zhang Zhiwei maintains at all times. It cannot be felt with Qi; it can only be seen with the naked eye.

That's why he did this.

His actions were not in vain; he caught a glimpse of Zhou Sheng's figure.

He saw the ground beneath Zhou Sheng's feet ripple like water, and his body gradually sank down.

Using the Earth Dragon to hide underground? Since you're going to burrow underground, then I'll turn the entire arena floor upside down and see how you manage to hide then!

A ruthless smile appeared on Zhang Huaiyi's lips.

Immediately, he exerted force with both feet, and his whole body leaped high into the air like an arrow released from a bow!

While in mid-air, he rapidly extended his arms, swinging them left and right at an extreme speed, creating blurry afterimages in front of him!

At the same time, lightning burst forth from his palms, and countless thin, silvery, yet swift and precise white lightning bolts surged forth from his palms like a storm!

These lightning bolts were smaller than normal palm lightning, but their sheer number made them stand out. They merged together, almost transforming into a stream of platinum light, like the Milky Way pouring down from the heavens, indiscriminately and destructively showering every inch of the arena below!

Using the same tactics against him, Zhang Huaiyi responded to Zhou Sheng's wide-range attack with a thunderstorm that covered the entire area!
"Boom boom boom boom boom...!" Explosions rang out one after another. The sturdy arena, built with earthen carts, was riddled with holes by the thunder magic, each hole large enough to accommodate the fist of an adult man.

Faced with Zhang Huaiyi's overwhelming and densely packed bombardment of lightning, anyone hiding underground would surely have been reduced to dust by now.

He almost intervened when that devastating lightning struck.

But just as he was about to make his move, his powerful observation skills keenly detected a wisp of Zhou Sheng's Qi!
This energy... didn't actually originate from underground! It hovered... in the sky!
It was this crucial perception that allowed the red-faced old Taoist to instantly calm his mind and suppress the urge to attack.

Not only him, but also top experts like Celestial Master Zhang Jingqing and Master Zuo sensed Zhou Sheng's approximate location at almost the same time; he was in the air.

However, they could only sense Zhou Sheng's general location. Only Zhang Zhiwei, using his Divine Eye of Delusion, could truly see Zhou Sheng.

He used the power of the Seventy-Two Phases, transforming into an invisible mass of Qi, and flew into the sky, avoiding the clash of thunder and fire from before.

Zhang Huaiyi had golden light protecting him, allowing him to withstand the remaining force head-on, but he didn't, so he had to dodge.

Originally, he did intend to use the Earth Dragon to sneak underground and avoid attacks, but when he was halfway down, he noticed that Zhang Huaiyi had spotted him.

Now that his whereabouts had been exposed, the underground was no longer a safe place. In a flash, he transformed into a wisp of black energy and flew into the sky. To avoid attracting attention, he deliberately concealed the color of the black energy.

However, Zhou Sheng's seventy-two transformations were not yet perfect and could not be completely transformed. Especially when he changed moves hastily, his old problems resurfaced.

His signature slanted eyes hadn't been completely erased! They seemed to appear like two small black dots, faintly "hanging" in the sky!

If someone with excellent eyesight looks closely, they will be surprised to find a pair of small, slanted eyes floating in the air!
However, Zhou Sheng was also a smart man. He realized his weakness and, to avoid being discovered, he moved to the direct sunlight. If anyone tried to look up to find him, they would be forced to look directly into the dazzling sunlight!

With the sunlight and the light from the battle of thunder and fire obscuring the view, and Zhang Huaiyi drawing attention... none of the audience members, except for Zhang Zhiwei, noticed anything amiss.

"This guy has some ideas," Zhang Zhiwei thought to himself.

Zhang Huaiyi riddled the entire arena with bullets, but still couldn't find Zhou Sheng. Of course, he didn't believe Zhou Sheng was dead; he thought to himself:
"Although my lightning spell looked small, it was actually compressed and extremely sharp, capable of striking deep underground, yet it still failed to hit Zhou Sheng. Could it be that this guy burrowed that deep?"

"That's not right. Di Longyou isn't an earth-walking immortal. He couldn't possibly burrow that deep. Even if he could, it shouldn't be this fast!"

"But if he wasn't underground..."

Thinking of this, Zhang Huaiyi's ears twitched, and he heard a very faint sound. He looked up abruptly and saw a pair of slanted eyes staring fiercely at him from above.

With lightning speed, he twisted his waist and turned around with his left hand, striking out with a palm towards Zhou Sheng, who was radiating murderous intent above him.

However, as the saying goes, "once, twice, and thrice, the enemy is exhausted while we are still strong, therefore we can defeat them."

The barrage of lightning strikes just now had consumed a significant amount of Zhang Huaiyi's Qi. He was currently in the process of exchanging Qi, and Zhou Sheng made his move at the very moment of the transition between old and new Qi.

Divine Disc Techniques, Eight Divine Powers - White Tiger.

Two powerful bursts of white energy erupted, instantly enveloping his fists. The energy rapidly condensed into a ferocious white tiger's head phantom! The tiger's mouth gaped open, its fangs formed from pure killing intent, radiating a chillingly sharp aura.

Among the constellations, the White Tiger is in charge of killing and punishment! Although this "Eight Divine Powers - White Tiger" is not as overwhelming as the "Teng Snake", its power is highly concentrated and can instantly push the caster's pure strength and explosive power to the peak!

After Zhou Sheng enhanced his power with the power of the White Tiger, he also unleashed the power of Tai Chi. He planned to use both powers simultaneously to defeat Zhang Huaiyi in one move.

There is calculation in mind but no intention.

With a deafening "BOOM!", Zhang Huaiyi was struck as if by a giant hammer! He was slammed to the ground without any resistance, creating a large crater.

The entire audience was astonished! Zhang Huaiyi's previous thunderous strikes were indeed earth-shattering, but at least the attack patterns were clearly discernible.

They were completely baffled by Zhou Sheng's actions. They had no idea how he flew into the sky or became invisible.

One can only sigh that such unpredictable abilities are truly impossible to guard against.

As the smoke and dust at the bottom of the pit dissipated, Zhang Huaiyi slowly stood up, his face extremely grim.

Zhou Sheng, enveloped in black energy, floated lightly back onto the ravaged arena. He was astonished that Zhang Huaiyi had managed to withstand his Tai Chi strike, which was imbued with the power of the White Tiger.

"Has the Golden Light Mantra of Longhu Mountain become this powerful?" Zhou Sheng asked.

"Didn't you notice that the palm strike I delivered to you had almost no power?" Zhang Huaiyi said, wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth.

"Hmm?" Zhou Sheng recalled for a moment and realized, "You dispersed the golden light covering your whole body, concentrated all the golden light in your palm, and then clashed palms with me. My palm force did not hurt you. The injuries on your body... were from the fall!"

"clever!"

Zhang Huaiyi nodded, seemingly having everything under control, but inwardly he was exclaiming how close he had come to disaster.

If he hadn't maintained his divine mask state and possessed the supernatural ability to hear the wind, allowing him to hear extremely subtle sounds and react quickly, he would have been defeated.

However, this also exposed the flaw in his use of the all-hearing ability. He only paid attention to the heartbeat and breathing, but Zhou Sheng had just become a non-living being, so he did not notice it.

"You're a monkey, aren't you? Well, your luck won't be so good from now on."

Zhang Huaiyi punched himself in the chest, and white lightning pierced through his body. With his superb control, he manipulated the violent arc of electricity, stimulating his meridians without damaging his own foundation, thereby gaining the blessing of lightning power.

This was created by him after observing his senior brother's lightning reversal technique. Although it was far inferior to the original, it still allowed him to gain a leap in speed and strength for a certain period of time.

Zhou Sheng sensed that Zhang Huaiyi's Qi was rising rapidly like a volcano about to erupt, clearly indicating that the opponent was preparing for an even more intense attack!
Zhou Sheng wouldn't just stand by and watch. His mind raced, his fingers flashing through hand seals as he uttered a low incantation:

"Kunzi·Tuheche!"

"Dui Character - Black Glazed Glass!"

He instantly combined and unleashed two completely different esoteric techniques!
Suddenly, a large, black hand gleaming with metallic luster emerged from the ground and grabbed at Zhang Huaiyi with tremendous force.

The abilities of the Earth River Chariot are self-evident. Black Glaze is a strengthening spell that can harden the caster or a designated target, forming a layer of black glaze-like armor that is harder than steel and as smooth as a mirror.

This armor is not only incredibly hard, comparable to steel, but it also effectively insulates against high temperatures and possesses extremely strong water and fire resistance, perfectly countering the unparalleled power of Yang Wu Lei and the terrifying heat generated during its bombardment! (End of Chapter)