No hope for eternal life

At the referee's command, Xu Lingxi took the lead, holding four black pills between his five slender fingers, and then threw them directly at Mu Changsheng.

This is Xu Lingxi's method of fighting. The pills she refines are not for cultivators to take, but are specifically used for explosive pills in combat.

The explosive pills were just as their name suggested. As soon as the five explosive pills left Xu Lingxi's fingers, they exploded one after another, transforming into five ferocious fire wolves that rushed towards Mu Changsheng.

"Interesting." Mu Changsheng said in his heart. He felt that the other party's explosive pill and his own talisman had the same effect.

However, the power of that explosive pill is much stronger than his second-grade golden arrow talisman.

In response to this, Mu Changsheng first used ten golden arrow talismans to weaken the power of the explosive pill. Then, Mu Changsheng withstood the attack of the explosive pill and attacked Xu Lingxi at close range.

Although the power of the Golden Arrow Talisman is not as strong as that of the Explosive Pill, it can weaken its power. By the time the weakened Explosive Pill attacks Mu Changsheng's body again, it will no longer pose a threat to Mu Changsheng.

Seeing this, Xu Lingxi frowned slightly. Mu Changsheng not only had a strong body, but also had talismans, which had a considerable restraining effect on her.

Immediately, Xu Lingxi no longer hid and directly used his trump card.

Four scarlet explosive pills appeared between Xu Lingxi's fingers and smashed towards Mu Changsheng again.

This time, after the four explosive pills exploded, they turned into four violent fire pythons, which were much more powerful than the fire wolves just now.

Seeing this, Mu Changsheng once again used ten golden arrow talismans to stab the five fire pythons respectively.

However, this time the golden arrow talisman had no consumption effect at all when facing the fire python. It was swallowed up almost instantly, which shows the huge gap between the two.

Seeing this, Mu Changsheng understood: "This must be her special explosive pill."

Mu Changsheng had learned about this explosive pill from previous intelligence, and this was also Xu Lingxi's strongest weapon.

Although the "Explosive Qi Pill" only has one more word "qi" in it than the "Explosive Qi Pill", the "qi" here refers to the Dan Qi of a cultivator in the Golden Core Realm!

Relying on his own superb cultivation, Xu Lingxi can condense a small amount of Jindan-level Dan Qi in his body. Over time, the Dan Qi accumulates into a large amount, and then he can use the Dan Qi to refine a powerful Explosive Qi Pill. With the blessing of Dan Qi, the power of the Explosive Qi Pill can be imagined. It is probably comparable to the attack power of a Jindan cultivator.

More importantly, Xu Lingxi used four explosive pills right from the start, which showed that he was very wealthy.

Therefore, Mu Changsheng finally chose to use a spirit-summoning talisman to try out the power of the explosive pill first.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!" The four fire pythons transformed from the four explosive pills roared and attacked Mu Changsheng one after another, and Mu Changsheng responded with his fists.

Then, four consecutive beeps were heard: "Boom, boom, boom!"

Four fire pythons exploded successively on Mu Changsheng's fists, finally repelling Mu Changsheng's forward steps.

After the smoke from the explosion dissipated, one could see that Mu Changsheng's fists were torn to pieces, revealing his white bones. This showed how powerful the explosive pill was.

However, Xu Lingxi, who was opposite Mu Changsheng, frowned again. She was very dissatisfied with the result of the battle. Four Explosive Qi Pills only caused such minor injuries to Mu Changsheng. How many Explosive Qi Pills did she need to defeat Mu Changsheng? Her Explosive Qi Pills were refined with Dan Qi, so the number would not be many.

On the other side, Mu Changsheng attacked Xu Lingxi again. He understood from the beginning that the outcome of this battle depended on the number of explosive pills in Xu Lingxi's hand.

That explosive pill was just like Mu Changsheng's third-grade Fire Talisman. As long as there were enough of them, they could kill the opponent even if they were piled up together. There was almost no rival in the foundation-building realm.

All Mu Changsheng could do was to bet that Xu Lingxi's explosive pill was not enough to defeat him.

Just as Mu Changsheng approached Xu Lingxi at high speed, Xu Lingxi did not attack again, but directly shouted: "I give up."

"Mu Changsheng wins." The referee announced immediately.

Mu Changsheng stopped immediately after hearing this. It seemed that Xu Lingxi had a limited number of Explosive Energy Pills, so he chose to admit defeat to avoid wasting the Explosive Energy Pills.

Although Mu Changsheng didn't know how Xu Lingxi's explosive pill was refined, judging from its power, its refining cost must not be low. It was a very wise move to admit defeat.

Afterwards, Mu Changsheng went off the stage to heal his wounds and watched the competition between Song Zhi and Zhang Yuxu which had not yet ended.

Although Song Zhi also comprehended the artistic conception, he seemed to be inferior to Zhang Yuxu in cultivation. He was also a cultivator of magic who was not good at close combat, so his defeat seemed natural.

Afterwards, Mu Changsheng and Song Zhi met at the healing station. After a slight hesitation, Mu Changsheng asked, "Miss Song, I have a question. I wonder if I should ask it or not?"

Song Zhi smiled and said, "Mr. Mu, please feel free to ask."

So, Mu Changsheng asked a question that had been in his mind for a long time: "Miss Song has already mastered the art of magic, but she lacks close combat skills. Why didn't she find a way to make up for it?"

"Mr. Mu, you don't know." Song Zhi smiled and replied: "I practice the secret technique passed down from my family. This secret technique will only be truly effective after reaching the Golden Core Realm, so there is no need to practice other methods. In addition, I came to participate in the martial arts test just to see the world, and I didn't intend to win any good ranking."

"So that's how it is. It's me, Meng Lang." Mu Changsheng bowed and apologized. Since it involved the other person's secret practice, Mu Changsheng naturally couldn't ask any more questions.

Mu Changsheng was still guessing that Song Zhi probably came from a wealthy family, so she didn't care about the ranking in the competition. This could be seen from the fact that she managed to survive the attack by the monsters.

Facing Mu Changsheng's apology, Song Zhi smiled and said, "Mr. Mu, you are too polite. You asked this question out of consideration for me. I can't thank you enough."

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Three hours later, Mu Changsheng recovered from his injuries and continued the competition.

Up to now, Mu Changsheng has already completed twenty of the twenty-four competitions. Among the remaining four opponents, in addition to Mu Xun, Zhang Yuxu and Lu Chengyun, there is another person named Jiang Han, who is also a strong man who is sure to be in the top ten. Therefore, the remaining four opponents should not be underestimated.

"The next round of competition: Arena No. 1: Mu Changsheng vs. Lu Chengyun, Arena No. 2: Zhang Yuxu vs. Xu Lingxi..."

"Huh, here it comes." Mu Changsheng breathed a sigh of relief. As long as he defeated Lu Chengyun, he would almost certainly be in the top three.

On the stage, the referee checked Mu Changsheng's talisman as usual and announced: "The competition begins."

As soon as the referee finished speaking, Lu Chengyun, who was opposite Mu Changsheng, took the lead and used his signature skill: "Acala Bell."