No hope for eternal life

"Not good." The sturdy man in charge of defense felt something was wrong. He could naturally see that the attack power of this golden arrow talisman was obviously higher than the Mountain-Breaking Talisman that Mu Changsheng had used before. The information he got from Qin Xuan did not include this kind of golden arrow talisman. If Mu Changsheng had a large number of this talisman, the consumption alone would be enough to kill the four of them.

Just as the strong man was thinking, another seven golden arrows attacked. Mu Changsheng had no intention of giving them a chance to breathe.

Seeing this, the sturdy man used his defensive secret technique again, and erected another huge earth pillar of defense, which barely offset the seven golden arrows shot by Mu Changsheng.

At the same time, the sturdy man quickly said to his three companions: "I will defend, you quickly get close to him and disrupt him. Don't let him keep using talismans to attack. This is our only chance."

"Okay." "No problem." "Hold on."

The remaining three people also knew the interests involved, and immediately used their own methods to approach Mu Changsheng.

Seeing this, Mu Changsheng naturally understood the intentions of the other four people, so he took out the golden arrow talisman again and attacked them one by one.

"It's too late to get close to me now."

With Mu Changsheng's body still not yet fully transformed into Iron Bone, if he were to be attacked at close range by three cultivators at the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage, he would probably not be able to withstand it.

However, the fact that the four opponents did not choose to get close at the beginning was a major decision-making mistake. This was also the foresight of Mu Changsheng in adding the new trump card of the golden arrow talisman.

Mu Changsheng kept changing his position and moving away. The golden arrow talismans in his hand never stopped. Seven golden arrow talismans formed a round, and he attacked one round after another.

At this moment, the four people on the opposite side were unable to even defend against the golden arrow talisman, let alone close combat and attack.

"It's too frustrating." The strong man felt depressed and couldn't help but feel that the talisman master's methods were too uncomfortable.

In the end, after nearly ten rounds of bombardment from Mu Changsheng's golden arrow talismans, the four people, including the strong man, all ran out of mana and chose to admit defeat. If they persisted, they would all be injured and the next challenge opportunity would be useless.

"What a great talisman master, and what a great golden arrow talisman." Bai Yuxuan clapped his hands with his folding fan to applaud Mu Changsheng. He had also dealt with his four opponents.

"It was just luck." Mu Changsheng said modestly. If those four people had chosen to approach him recklessly from the beginning, it would probably be more troublesome for him to deal with them.

Moreover, during the battle just now, Mu Changsheng also paid some attention to watching Bai Xuanyu's method of dealing with his opponent. Compared with that, what he did was really nothing.

Afterwards, Mu Changsheng stood ready, clasped his fists towards Bai Xuanyu and said, "Brother Bai, please teach me next."

Bai Xuanyu dealt with his opponent earlier than Mu Changsheng, but did not take the opportunity to launch a sneak attack. Mu Changsheng temporarily recognized Bai Xuanyu's character.

"Forget it." Bai Xuanyu waved his hand and said, "This is only the third round of the martial arts test. I want to experience the feeling of being bombarded by talismans later."

"What does Brother Bai mean?" Mu Changsheng asked with some confusion.

Bai Xuanyu smiled slightly and said to the referee beside him: "I admit defeat."

The referee was stunned when he heard this, but the competition rules clearly stated that one could admit defeat, so he didn't say much and directly announced: "The winner is Mu Changsheng."

"Thank you." Mu Changsheng clasped his fists again and expressed his gratitude to Bai Yuxuan. Bai Yuxuan's initiative to admit defeat could save him some golden arrow talismans.

At the same time, Mu Changsheng also understood Bai Yuxuan's thoughts and plans. The other party wanted to preserve his strength and trump card, and then use that challenge opportunity at the end to select a weaker opponent and seize a place in the top 100.

"Why didn't I think of this?" Mu Changsheng was still a little annoyed. He thought that he could also do the same as Bai Yuxuan and admit defeat in advance and then use the challenge opportunity. That way he could save more golden arrow talismans.

Don’t be fooled by how cool Mu Changsheng looked when he used the golden arrow talisman to bombard his opponent just now. In fact, he felt painful every time he used a golden arrow talisman. The cost of a golden arrow talisman was nearly a thousand low-grade spirit stones, and the talismans thrown out were all pure spirit stones.

"It's okay, it's okay. If I really admit defeat and use my last chance to challenge, what if I pick a 'dark horse' opponent? My journey in the martial arts test will come to an end." Mu Changsheng finally comforted himself. He actually understood that Bai Yuxuan dared to make this choice because he had the confidence to win.

According to Mu Changsheng's estimation, except for a few people like Mu Xun, no one present would be a match for Bai Xuanyu. Even Mu Changsheng himself was not that confident.

After Mu Changsheng left the ring and returned to his original position, he heard Mu Xun's teasing voice: "I find that your use of talismans to bombard opponents is quite bullying. Just now, many people scolded you, saying that allowing cultivators to use talismans is simply cheating."

"It's not that exaggerated. The talisman technique only has some advantages in the Foundation Establishment Stage and Golden Core Stage." Mu Changsheng shook his head and calmly analyzed for Mu Xun: "The higher the cultivation level of the cultivator, the more methods they have, and it is naturally easier to fight against these talismans. Even in the Foundation Establishment Stage, a Foundation Establishment cultivator wearing a set of third-grade spiritual armor will not be threatening to a second-grade talisman. I can be said to have taken advantage of the competition rules."

"Moreover, this advantage of the talisman is based on the consumption of a large amount of spirit stones."

Mu Changsheng remembered that he had just used sixty-one golden arrow talismans at once, and felt heartbroken.

"That makes sense." Mu Xun nodded, and then concluded: "It is still easier to practice swordsmanship, saving effort and spiritual stones."

"Nonsense." Mu Changsheng couldn't help rolling his eyes. He almost wanted to say: If I had your sword-fighting secrets, I would also practice sword-fighting.

Mu Changsheng had to admit that he couldn't help but feel a little envious when he saw Mu Xun swinging his sword gracefully on the stage.

"After I reach the third level of body training, I will have more methods and won't have to rely solely on talismans for long-range attacks." Mu Changsheng comforted himself again.

"The competition begins."

On the stage, the referee announced the start of the fourth round of competition.

Upon hearing the voice, Mu Changsheng quickly looked towards the arena, because there was also a person in this group who needed his special attention - Qiu Du.

According to the information Mu Xun had told Mu Changsheng before, this person was also a body cultivator, and Mu Changsheng wanted to see what the other person's physical body was like.

As soon as the competition began, Qiu Du received the same treatment as Mu Xun and Bai Xuanyu. The other nine people joined together and wanted to get rid of Qiu Du in advance.

"Hey, a bunch of clowns." Qiu Du crossed his arms, looked up at the top, and ignored the alliance of the other nine people.

"You are too arrogant." The nine people on the opposite side were very angry. Qiu Du's disregard was more unbearable than verbal humiliation.