Asking about longevity

Inside the Sword Discourse arena, the trees were dense.

Shi Tiangang was chasing, and Mo Hua was fleeing.

Mo Hua fled in haste, his back view panicked, like a little deer on the verge of death, running around.

Shi Tiangang, on the other hand, wore a cold smile, his expression stern, his Vajra body tall and mighty, his steps swift as the wind, like a fierce tiger hunting its prey.

Countless spectators outside the arena watched this scene, feeling refreshed and happy.

"Hateful Mo Hua, your day has come."

"Good and evil will eventually be rewarded; if not, it's because the time hasn't arrived yet."

They could all see that as long as Shi Tiangang caught up with Mo Hua, a simple pinch would be enough to crush him to death.

And what they eagerly awaited was such a scene.

In the mountain forest.

Shi Tiangang was indeed closing in on Mo Hua step by step. He was a body cultivator tempered through thousands of trials, and his movement technique was obviously faster than Mo Hua's.

However, Shi Tiangang was not careless.

He knew that Mo Hua was definitely not as simple as he looked, and it was even less likely that he would simply surrender to death.

Moreover, Mo Hua was the top talent in array formations.

Even though he relied on "spells" during the Sword Discourse Assembly, he would inevitably have some array formation methods prepared.

Sure enough, after walking for a short while, the ground rose with rocks and the soil collapsed, forming a trap that trapped Shi Tiangang.

Grade Two Intermediate Array: Quicksand Mountain Lock Array.

Shi Tiangang didn't take it seriously.

He swung his arm horizontally, shattering the chains of mountain rocks, and the blood energy under his feet vibrated, scattering the quicksand. With a leap, he broke free from the array trap.

The Sword Discourse Assembly had restrictions on array formations. Even Mo Hua couldn't unleash too much of his array formation strength.

A Grade Two Intermediate Array couldn't trap Shi Tiangang for long.

But being delayed by the array formation for this bit of time, Mo Hua ran a little further away.

Shi Tiangang continued to chase, his strides like shooting stars, and with a few flashes, he approached Mo Hua again.

Mo Hua was greatly alarmed and pushed his movement technique to the extreme.

Flowing Water Step.

This was a water-based escape technique that, although rare, was not particularly profound.

It was very much in line with Mo Hua's path of low-grade five elements and mastery of all techniques.

Moreover, Mo Hua used this movement technique very skillfully.

But Shi Tiangang saw it in his eyes and sneered in his heart.

How could a mere basic five-element movement technique compare to the Golden Movement Step of his Vajra Sect?

Shi Tiangang continued to chase with large strides. Along the way, there were some small tricks such as array formations, roadblocks, and talismans to hinder him, but they couldn't stop him at all.

And Mo Hua quickly reached his "wit's end."

The number of array formations and talismans were used up, and low-grade spells were useless.

He had exhausted all his means.

Mo Hua had no choice but to run for his life. But his only remaining movement technique was also inferior to Shi Tiangang's.

His thin back view revealed a sense of despair.

The audience outside the arena applauded and cheered, praising the spectacle.

And soon, the scene they had been waiting for happened.

Shi Tiangang approached Mo Hua, his eyes sharp, his body like a tiger and wolf, his large hands filled with Vajra power, like a Buddha reincarnated, capturing villains, and grabbing towards Mo Hua.

Everyone was a little nervous.

But in the next instant, a flash of water light at his fingertips, Shi Tiangang's palm grabbed empty air.

Shi Tiangang took a closer look and saw Mo Hua fall flat on the ground, dodging his Vajra Hand, and rolling into the nearby bushes, using the dense shrubs to cover his tracks.

Shi Tiangang didn't hesitate and immediately blasted a punch.

The fist wind plowed the earth, shattering rocks and turning vegetation into powder.

But behind the bushes, it was empty, with no trace of Mo Hua.

Shi Tiangang frowned.

He swept his divine sense and suddenly looked behind him, seeing Mo Hua, like a little deer, jumping out of the forest not far away, running away in panic.

Shi Tiangang immediately chased again, and when he got close, he blasted another punch, filled with golden light.

But Mo Hua seemed to have noticed it in advance, his figure flashed ahead, as if he had foreseen it, dodging his punch, and then burrowing into the bushes again.

Shi Tiangang stepped down, and Vajra strength spread from the soles of his feet, cracking a crack in the ground, winding to the bushes.

Then the entire patch of bushes was blown away by the force.

Rocks filled the sky, and mud and sand mixed with wood chips fell one after another.

But still no sign of Mo Hua.

A wisp of aura came from behind, Shi Tiangang turned around and looked back, and saw a sneaky figure running away in the distance again.

It was Mo Hua.

Shi Tiangang gritted his teeth and chased after him again. Seeing that he was about to catch up, Mo Hua drilled behind a large rock.

Shi Tiangang punched again, smashing the boulder to pieces, but behind the boulder, there was no sign of Mo Hua again.

There wasn't even a trace of aura.

Then after a while, Mo Hua jumped out from somewhere again, glanced at Shi Tiangang, and ran away.

Even Shi Tiangang, who was known for his composure, was now angered and annoyed by Mo Hua.

His eyes were like Vajra, and between breaths, there was a roar of a tiger. He mobilized his spiritual energy from his qi sea, pushing the Vajra Indestructible Power to the extreme, and fully operating it to the Foot Three Yang Meridians.

Then he stepped down forcefully, the ground cracked, golden light flashed, and Shi Tiangang rushed straight towards Mo Hua like a cannonball.

Mo Hua's steps were light, and he circled behind a big tree.

In the next instant, the entire tree was smashed into powder by a majestic golden body.

But behind the tree, there was still no shadow of Mo Hua.

Shi Tiangang turned his head and looked around, and found that Mo Hua had appeared behind him at some point, walking with Flowing Water Steps, and fleeing into the distance.

Shi Tiangang finally realized something was wrong, and his heart was shocked:

"This kid is elusive and his whereabouts are strange… What kind of strange movement technique is he using?"

Shi Tiangang was lost in the situation.

But the bystanders were clear.

Outside the Sword Discourse Arena, on the Painting Shadow of the Square Heaven, almost all the cultivators watching the battle could see clearly.

What Mo Hua used was not a profound movement technique at all.

His movement technique has always been the most basic Flowing Water Step.

It's just that, on the basis of the Flowing Water Step, he added an Invisibility Art!

Shi Tiangang chased, Mo Hua fled. Whenever he couldn't escape, Mo Hua slipped into the bushes, hid behind boulders, or hid behind trees.

Using the mountain rocks and trees to block the line of sight, without anyone knowing, he cast the Invisibility Art, concealing his figure. Under Shi Tiangang's nose, he slowly circled around and went behind him.

Then he removed the invisibility, revealed his figure, and continued to lure Shi Tiangang to run into the distance.

Speaking of which, it's not considered profound.

It's just the basic Flowing Water Step, plus the secretly cast Invisibility Art.

These spectators outside the arena could see it clearly at a glance.

But Shi Tiangang, being in the midst of the situation, was like being blinded by a leaf, turning around like a headless fly, unable to see through Mo Hua's routine.

The audience was anxious for him.

"Invisibility Art!"

"Such a simple trick, why can't Shi Tiangang understand it?"

"Being led around in circles by the Invisibility Art, such a big guy is really like a golden fool…"

Most cultivators were both anxious and angry.

Angry at Mo Hua's cunning, and anxious at Shi Tiangang's incompetence.

However, some Dharma elders watching the battle frowned.

Especially some sect elders who had learned Invisibility Art themselves, used Invisibility Art, and carefully studied Invisibility Art, after a little thought, their expressions became a little solemn.

They knew that things were not that simple at all.

It wasn't that Shi Tiangang couldn't think of it, but that Mo Hua's Invisibility Art was used too unconventionally.

Normally, when a cultivator activates the Invisibility Art, whether it is "entering invisibility" or "exiting invisibility," it requires a casting time and a "gradual invisibility" process.

But Mo Hua was different.

His speed of casting invisibility was too fast, and the process of gradual invisibility could almost be ignored. Almost in the blink of an eye, he completely disappeared.

In addition, every time he goes invisible, he uses wood and stone to obscure the line of sight.

The Invisibility Art is really used without a trace.

It was only natural that Shi Tiangang didn't see through it for a while.

If it weren't for the Painting Shadow of the Square Heaven, which clearly illuminated Mo Hua's every move, even some of the Dharma elders present might not have been able to see through Mo Hua's strange little trick in a hurry.

"This child's use of spells is really… superb…"

"Yes, he is intelligent, has high comprehension, and is a natural talent for Dharma."

"Fortunately, his spiritual roots are poor and his spiritual power is shallow, otherwise… if he really learned one or two superior Dharma techniques, coupled with his outrageous divine sense and this kind of comprehension of spell usage, it would be really a bit scary…"

"Yes…"

A group of Dharma elders communicated with each other in secret, secretly marveling.

There was also a Dharma elder who said:

"But Shi Tiangang, how should I say… he should have noticed something was wrong, right…"

"Even if the Invisibility Art is used in a tricky way, it is still an Invisibility Art after all. This kid Mo Hua, running around invisibly, will always leave some traces."

"It's excusable not to notice it at the beginning."

"After playing hide-and-seek for so long, if you still can't figure it out, it's really a bit unreasonable…"

Or is it said… that the body cultivators of the Vajra Sect have well-developed limbs but simple minds?

Of course, this sentence can only be thought in the heart. If you really say it, you will offend people.

The body cultivators of the Vajra Sect are all a bunch of burly men with fists bigger than sand pots. They can't afford to provoke them.

And in the Sword Discourse arena.

Shi Tiangang's brain still hasn't turned around.

Because there is one thing that most of the Dharma elders watching the battle on the Painting Shadow of the Square Heaven have not been able to notice in a short time.

That is, Mo Hua's Invisibility Art is not a simple Invisibility Art.

But the Minor Five Elements Stealth Technique.

The Minor Five Elements Stealth Technique blends into the five elements and hides in the world.

This was the unique skill of the Five Invisibility Sect, one of the former Hundred Schools of Qianxue.

However, the Five Invisibility Sect has long since declined. Hundreds of years ago, the entire sect moved out of the Qianxue State boundary, their whereabouts are unknown, and it is even possible that their Dao lineage has been destroyed.

The only direct descendant, Hidden Second Master, fell into Mo Hua's hands due to his misdeeds.

Mo Hua shattered his teeth and finally obtained this stealth technique.

And Mo Hua was blessed by nature. His Minor Five Elements Stealth Technique might be several times more exquisite than that of the core disciples of the Five Hidden Sects.

With his strong spiritual sense, Minor Five Elements spirit roots, and mastery of Five Elements formations, he could borrow the power of the Five Elements of Heaven and Earth to conceal his aura. In addition, his rich experience in 'courting death' and repeated escapes from dangerous situations had tempered his stealth skills.

Shi Tiangang had no chance of discovering him.

Even a Core Formation cultivator wouldn't be able to see through Mo Hua's stealth technique.

If Mo Hua really wanted to escape, he could simply become invisible, and Shi Tiangang would never find him.

The reason he occasionally revealed himself was to keep Shi Tiangang preoccupied and make him chase after him.

This would allow Xiao Xiao and the others to kill the other disciples of the Vajra Sect more easily.

The two of them continued their chase in the mountains.

After several more rounds, Shi Tiangang still hadn't seen through Mo Hua's stealth, and he wasn't even aware that Mo Hua was using a stealth technique.

But he did sense that something was wrong.

Mo Hua's movements were very strange, appearing and disappearing unpredictably, sometimes in front, sometimes behind, sometimes to the left, sometimes to the right.

And once his aura disappeared, it didn't seem like a movement technique at all, but more like a 'trick'.

And he was the one being 'tricked'.

Shi Tiangang was extremely annoyed.

He simply stopped chasing Mo Hua and instead adopted a 'scorched earth' strategy, turning the golden light around him into armor, and his blood energy vibrated like golden silk, destroying all the rocks, trees, and forests along the way, trying to force Mo Hua out.

But doing so had the opposite effect.

The collapse of the mountains and forests, and the mixing of the Five Elements of earth and wood, provided an even better aura for Mo Hua's Minor Five Elements Stealth Technique to conceal himself.

Mo Hua hid nearby, silently watching Shi Tiangang wreaking havoc in the mountains.

After he was done, Mo Hua would appropriately show his face, say a few words, and provoke him to anger again.

Shi Tiangang's strength surged around him, each punch and kick covered with a layer of dark golden blood energy, filled with murderous intent, and possessing unparalleled power.

Just touching Mo Hua, even with the force of the fist, would be enough to crush Mo Hua to 'death'.

But the hateful thing was that he couldn't hit Mo Hua at all.

He didn't even know where Mo Hua was.

This powerful Vajra Sect senior brother now had the frustrating feeling of carrying a cannon to kill a mosquito.

He was clearly very strong, but he just couldn't do anything to Mo Hua.

They continued to circle around for a while.

Shi Tiangang, consumed by anger, suddenly realized something was wrong.

He had wasted too much time on Mo Hua, and his fellow disciples on Linghu Xiao's side must be under great pressure, and the situation must be critical.

Thinking of this, Shi Tiangang couldn't care less about his hatred for Mo Hua, turned around and left.

Mo Hua wanted to keep him, and threw a few spells, but the effect was weak, so he didn't bother to attack again.

Shi Tiangang left the mountains and came to the place where the two sides were fighting, and as he expected, one Vajra Sect disciple had already been killed.

Now, Linghu Xiao and the other four were suppressing the three Vajra Sect disciples.

The situation was precarious.

Shi Tiangang roared and rushed up to join the battle.

As soon as he started fighting, he noticed something unusual.

Except for Linghu Xiao, the others from the Taixu Sect were all using spirit weapons of the 'metal-restraining' and 'armor-breaking' types.

The spirit weapons shone with a deep luster, which was the spiritual light contained in the special formations.

Shi Tiangang knew at a glance whose handiwork these formations were.

Mo Hua.

The leader of the Taixu Sect's formation path.

Sword duels and spell battles were all about mutual calculation.

While he was calculating Mo Hua, Mo Hua was also calculating him.

These metal-restraining and armor-breaking spirit weapons were specially prepared by Mo Hua.

The key was whether he could kill Mo Hua of the Taixu Sect first, or whether Linghu Xiao could kill his fellow disciples first.

Now it seemed that he had fallen for Mo Hua's trick.

Shi Tiangang gritted his teeth.

This little senior brother of the Taixu Sect was far more insidious and unpredictable than he had thought.

And he had more trump cards.

Just then, Mo Hua also rushed over, and the situation was indeed as he had expected. The Vajra Sect was one person short, and now it was five against four for the Taixu Sect.

This gave them a great advantage.

Mo Hua began to use Five Elements spells to provide support.

The Vajra Sect were all body cultivators who had cultivated the 'Indestructible Vajra Body', and Mo Hua's spells would have little effect if used alone.

But this was a team battle.

His spells could create opportunities, amplify flaws, harass enemies, and create space for Linghu Xiao and the others to output damage.

A little bit of space was enough.

Soon, the Vajra Sect disciples were 'sent' away one by one by Linghu Xiao's sword energy.

In the end, only Shi Tiangang was left.

On the Taixu Sect side, Cheng Mo and Situ Jian had exhausted too much energy and spiritual power in restraining the Vajra Sect disciples earlier, and were blasted off the stage by Shi Tiangang with one punch each, after seizing the opportunity.

On the field, only Mo Hua, Linghu Xiao, Ouyang Xuan, and the Vajra Sect's senior brother, Shi Tiangang, were left.

Three against one.

Mo Hua originally thought it was a sure win.

But he never expected that what followed would be a real 'hard fight'.

This 'Shi Tiangang' was the hardest to deal with.

Mo Hua truly saw what it meant to be indestructible, invulnerable to weapons, and immune to water and fire.

Shi Tiangang activated his Vajra Body to the extreme, and in a head-on confrontation, he managed to suppress Linghu Xiao, Ouyang Xuan, and Mo Hua, fighting three people alone.

His cultivation was close to the peak of Foundation Establishment, his blood energy was extremely abundant, and his natural aptitude was extraordinary.

He had cultivated the Indestructible Vajra Art to the third level, 'Golden Skin and Iron Bones', in the Foundation Establishment stage.

This was unprecedented among the Vajra Sect's disciples in the past hundred years.

Sword energy that injured the body was blocked by iron bones.

Spell erosion was exempted by golden skin.

Shi Tiangang stepped on the Golden Movement Step, his fists clenched like vajras, each move and stance surging with energy, and hidden golden force. Ouyang Xuan was beaten back repeatedly.

Linghu Xiao could only use sword energy to fight hard.

Mo Hua could only throw spells from afar.

Clearly it was three against one, but Shi Tiangang managed to create the feeling of one person suppressing three people.

This battle was truly dark and chaotic, and extremely anxious.

It was the longest sword duel Mo Hua had ever fought.

Mo Hua was even forced to consider whether to disrupt his plans and use other 'trump cards'.

In the end, Linghu Xiao 'exploded' under high pressure, and after a lot of effort from the three of them, they finally killed Shi Tiangang head-on.

Shi Tiangang was a genius.

Linghu Xiao was the same.

And through Mo Hua's arrangements, Linghu Xiao was constantly honing himself in one sword duel after another.

This sword dao genius was also getting stronger and stronger, and 'sharpening' little by little.

In this sword duel, Shi Tiangang gave him great pressure.

Linghu Xiao also exploded with extremely strong combat power.

Of course, Linghu Xiao alone would not have been enough.

Ouyang Xuan seemed silent, but he used the sword techniques of the Tai'a lineage to withstand great pressure in the front, which helped a lot.

And then there was Mo Hua.

He used 'Fire Brightening Technique', 'Golden Flash Technique', 'Earth Trap Technique', 'Golden Sound Technique' ... many kinds of insidious small spells that did not cause substantial damage, but could 'blind the eyes', 'deafen the ears', 'burn the eyes', and 'trap the earth', to restrain Shi Tiangang, causing him to be angry and reveal many flaws.

Shi Tiangang's pre-war prediction was correct.

Not killing Mo Hua would indeed be plotted to death.

Even if not plotted to death, he would be disgusted to death.

In this way, the three of them worked together, fighting for an unknown number of rounds. Mo Hua exhausted his spiritual power, and Ouyang Xuan also tried his best. Only then did they manage to exhaust Shi Tiangang's 'Indestructible Vajra Body' and break his defense.

Only then did Linghu Xiao finally have the opportunity to hang on to his last breath, and with a desperate posture, activate the powerful Chongxu Dissection Sword True Technique and kill Shi Tiangang.

The Taixu Sect won.

After leaving the arena, Mo Hua breathed a long sigh of relief, and was so tired that he felt a little weak.

He never expected that this 'senior brother' of the Vajra Sect could be so powerful.

A body cultivator with top talent and integrated offense and defense was truly terrifying.

And Shi Tiangang was only at Foundation Establishment, and he was already so 'hard'. If he advanced to Core Formation in the future, or even ascended, and further improved several levels of the 'Indestructible Vajra Art', Mo Hua didn't dare to think about how strong his physical body would be.

I'm afraid that even if he stood there and let people kill him, others might not be able to kill him.

"This Shi Tiangang ... will definitely be an extraordinary person in the future ..."

Mo Hua nodded, deeply acknowledging Shi Tiangang's strength.

But this sword duel dragged on for too long. He fought hard in the arena, but the audience outside only felt tired watching.

They also saw that Shi Tiangang was indeed very strong.

At the final moment, he fought three people alone without falling behind, and even faintly showed the power of 'one against three'. Even if he lost in the end, he still amazed people.

But unfortunately, the 'hide-and-seek' process in the small forest where he was played by Mo Hua with the stealth technique was too 'stupid' from the perspective of the onlookers.

How could someone be so stupid?

He couldn't even see the stealth technique?

The body cultivators of the Vajra Sect are indeed well-developed in limbs but simple in mind ...

Everyone deepened this stereotype.

In their subconscious, their perception of Shi Tiangang changed from a calm and powerful senior brother of the Vajra Sect to a ...

Golden fool.