The rag picking sister turned out to be a weapon refiner

"Boom boom—" accompanied by the sound of silver sparks and the falling of thunder balls, Tan Luo on the high platform finally spoke: "Xingtong, enough is enough!"

Tan Luo's voice brought everyone in the stands back to their senses. Hu Xingtong also nodded at this moment. The power and hidden design of this formation were indeed beyond Ming Zhiyan's ability to break.

"Disciple, you are no match for this formation." Dan Yangzi on the high platform also spoke shortly afterwards, making the group of people on the stands instantly understand the power of this formation and began to discuss it in whispers.

The simultaneous words of the two leaders were tantamount to directly determining the outcome of the match. However, the two who had agreed to set up two formations had no intention of giving up. Hu Xingtong first collected the Fire Tree and Silver Flower, then looked at Ming Zhiyan and asked, "Brother Ming, you still have one more formation, are you willing to release it?"

Ming Zhiyan lowered his head, pursed his lips, and thought for a moment before saying, "I'm not very skilled in martial arts, so I probably don't have any formation that can stump you, but I still want to see the other formation you mentioned."

Hearing this, Hu Xingtong smiled, took a step back, and said loudly: "Well, take a look at this."

After saying that, Hu Xingtong formed seals with his hands again, and two white runes emerged from his palms. With the runes as a guide, a round plate condensed in front of Hu Xingtong, and then wisps of white gas filled the air above the round plate. The white gas gathered at his feet and spread out into white mist. In an instant, the mist covered the entire arena, and the entire arena seemed to be covered with snow and was instantly frozen.

Snowflakes were falling all over the sky, and icicles were rising from the ice surface under his feet, and finally stopped in mid-air under Hu Xingtong's control.

Hu Xingtong held up an ice cone and introduced it to Ming Zhiyan, "I named this formation the Cold Mountain Cone Shadow Formation. Because I have a fire spirit root, I can only activate it with the help of some cold spirit objects and formation plates. If my senior sister were to use this formation, its power would be more than ten times greater."

Ming Zhiyan listened and looked around at the array setup. Finally, his gaze stopped on the array plate in Hu Xingtong's hand. He said carefully, "Could you let me take a look at the array plate? Hmm... If it doesn't work, I can buy it."

Hearing this, Hu Xingtong found it amusing and casually handed over the cold jade stone plate engraved with the array pattern. "There's no aura left on it. When I was drawing it, I was worried that the material wouldn't be able to support the power of the array, so I only injected a little spiritual energy into it. So it should be useless now."

After taking the formation plate, Ming Zhiyan realized that what Hu Xingtong said was true. The formation plate was indeed useless. While feeling a little regretful, he also had a deeper understanding of Hu Xingtong's strength. So he took a step back, bowed, and then said sincerely: "I lose, and I lose with all my heart."

As soon as he finished speaking, the whole audience cheered. The formation duel just now was enough to make everyone present look forward to whether Hu Xingtong could be so shocking in the next challenge.

When everyone had gathered in the venue, Dan Yangzi announced the results of this competition: "After many days of competition, this year's champion is Hu Xingtong of Fanyun Sect, followed by Ming Zhiyan of Fuzhen Sect and Tan Yuruo of Fanyun Sect. Challenges can be made in three days. There is no limit on who can be challenged. The time limit is ten days. After ten days, the champion position will be decided among these three. You can decide who you want to challenge in three days. Submit the name of the person you want to challenge here, and the challenge will be made in three days."

"Of course, the three champions must remember that if they lose two matches during a challenge, they will lose their place as champion. Of course, they cannot refuse a challenge, let alone ask for a fight with bad intentions. All competitions must take place in a reasonable and orderly manner, and proceed in order according to the ranking of the sects."

"Alright, after today, go back and recuperate. We'll see you in three days."

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"Hu——" After leaving the place where the boss spoke, Hu Xingtong hurried back to his room, took out the spirit gathering array plate and called Chen Wu.

"Xiao Wuzi, help me find a place with the most abundant spiritual energy. I need to break through and I can't hold it back any longer!" Hu Xingtong was so anxious that he jumped up and down, and spiritual energy kept leaking out of his body.

[How long have you been suppressing this? The spiritual energy is leaking out.] Chen Wu said as he searched for a place with abundant spiritual energy near Fu Zhenmen.

Soon, the location was transmitted into Hu Xingtong's sea of ​​consciousness.

"I couldn't bear it when I comprehended the sword intent. Fortunately, there was a competition later that gave me a break." Hu Xingtong answered while hurrying on the road, and sent a message to Tan Luo. After all, he had to break through in someone else's territory at the moment. If he damaged the other party's things, his parents would need to come forward to compensate.

When she arrived at the location Chen Wu mentioned, she did not hesitate at all. She placed the spirit gathering array plate under her buttocks and sat down on a flat ground. After instructing Chen Wu to pay attention to the time, she entered the state.

Two days later, Hu Xingtong slowly woke up and suddenly opened her eyes from meditation. The spiritual energy surrounding her body quickly poured into her body as if swept by a strong wind. Accompanied by bursts of subtle but clear roars, her cultivation finally broke through to the peak of the Golden Core realm. She was only one step away from condensing the Nascent Soul.

"Huh—finally, a breakthrough!" Hu Xingtong let out a long breath, her face filled with unconcealable joy. She stood up, dusted herself off, and felt the surge of spiritual energy within her. She felt a pang of regret. If she hadn't been worried about getting hurt here during the tribulation, she would have already reached the Nascent Soul stage by now.

Chen Wu's voice echoed in her mind at the right moment: "Only two days have passed. You still have time to prepare. The final list has already been released."

"Luckily, fortunately, I'm still in time." Hu Xingtong sighed in relief, then looked down at the formation plate in his hand, a flash of inspiration in his eyes, "This thing is quite useful. If I make one based on this and carry it with me at all times, I should be able to restore my spiritual energy at any time during the competition."

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but think of Tan Luo, and hurriedly took out the communication jade slip to check. She saw that there was a reply from Tan Luo on it, which basically asked her to practice with peace of mind and he would bear all the consequences. He also reminded her to remember to visit him after the breakthrough as there was something important to discuss.

"It seems that Master has something important to tell me." Hu Xingtong muttered to himself and decided to go back to his room to tidy up before going to find Tan Luo.

After returning to the room, Hu Xingtong tidied up simply, changed into clean and neat clothes, made sure that he looked energetic, and then set out for Tanluo's residence.

Arriving at Tan Luo's residence, Hu Xingtong knocked gently on the door, and after receiving a response, he pushed it open and walked in. He saw Tan Luo sitting at the desk, flipping through a jade slip in his hand, his brows revealing a calm and wise look.

"Master, I'm here." Hu Xingtong saluted.

Tan Luo looked up, a hint of approval flashing in his eyes: "Not bad, it seems that you have made great progress in this period of time. I called you here to discuss the upcoming competition with you."

"Here's the list of challenges for the next few days. Take a look." Tan Luo handed over the jade slip and added, "This segment occurs every year to ensure the winner of the competition can convince the public. Therefore, you will be under considerable pressure during these ten days."

Hu Xingtong took the jade slip and took a look at it. She was confused. It was not because there were too many people challenging her, but because there were two people on the list who shouldn't be there.

"No, Master, what's the situation with Senior Sister Ye and Senior Brother?" Hu Xingtong pointed at the two names on the list, looked at Tan Luo, and asked.