Cultivation Kill

Two days passed quickly.

Shen Zige slowly rose from the seabed and floated upwards.

Several other cultivators also passed by the island and even dived down several dozen meters before being scared away by the newly arrived elephant shark.

As soon as she surfaced, she saw a raft floating in front of her with three participants standing on it. Shen Zige quickly sank down and used her divine sense to investigate.

"Young Master Cheng, you said you'd give us some tickets near the end, is that true?" the two participants in charge of rowing asked.

Both of them were at the eighth level of the Spirit Condensation Realm, and the one called Young Master Cheng was at the peak of the Spirit Condensation Realm, the same level as Shen Zige.

"No problem, when have I, Cheng Dazhuang, ever gone back on my word? I guarantee you two will both be in the top 100. You just need to follow me."

Shen Zige deduced from Cheng Dazhuang's hesitation that he was lying; he certainly wouldn't give his two subordinates a ticket to the competition.

A divine sense swept over Cheng Dazhuang and found a storage bag on his right waist, the opening of which was tied with a black rope.

The competition tickets that Cheng Dazhuang obtained should be in the storage bag. I wonder how many there are?

"Young Master Cheng, won't someone try to rob us if we show ourselves so openly?" his subordinate asked.

"I'm not afraid of them coming to rob me, I'm afraid they won't come!" Cheng Dazhuang said. "Most of the tickets I have were given to me by these people. They are much richer than those who are hiding. If I want to teleport away, I have to clear out all the tickets I have."

As soon as Cheng Dazhuang finished speaking, a sword aura disguised as water swept across the raft—

The shockwave exploded on the water's surface, sending several water columns soaring several feet high. The raft disintegrated in mid-air, splashing water everywhere.

"Damn it, there's another sword aura!"

Cheng Dazhuang sensed something was wrong. Another sword aura was attacking amidst the chaos, mixed in with the splashing water, making it extremely difficult to spot. Fortunately, his divine sense was strong, so he slid to the right to avoid the sword.

To Cheng Dazhuang's surprise, the sword energy actually turned in mid-air and directly severed the storage bag at his waist.

The black rope was cut, and the storage bag was pulled into the water by divine sense and sank downwards.

While still in the air, Cheng Dazhuang hurriedly used an attack spell to strike underwater.

Unfortunately, most spells lost all their power when submerged in water less than a meter deep, with only water-based spells like Ice Arrow retaining some effect.

Cheng Dazhuang and his two companions fell into the water and then dived down, but they did not find the attackers. Instead, they saw a huge creature swimming towards them from a distance on the seabed.

The three were so frightened that they quickly surfaced and swam towards the island in a freestyle swimming style.

"Young Master Cheng, what do we do now?" the subordinate said. "We've run out of tickets. Should we abstain and teleport away?"

"It's alright. I've memorized your scent, you attacker. Don't let me run into you again!"

Cheng Dazhuang's face was a little sore from the slap; he had previously said he was afraid others wouldn't come to steal it.

“We’ll try to grab tickets from others. If we encounter participants with more tickets, we’ll still have a chance,” Cheng Dazhuang said. “We’ll have a chance before midnight tonight.”

"Young Master Cheng, we're still fighting without tickets. What if we really die?"

"Idiot, it's better to fight without tickets!" Cheng Dazhuang cursed. "That way, you can teleport at any time, which is more flexible. If the opponent has tickets, they have to throw away all their tickets before they can teleport, which will definitely put them under psychological pressure."

“That makes sense. Those who have nothing to lose are not afraid of those who have something to lose.” The subordinate nodded.

Cheng Dazhuang thought to himself, "Luckily, I have a backup plan. I buried two hundred tickets on a secret island. If I still don't have enough tickets to get into the top two hundred by midnight, I'll run over, dig them up, and hide until the end."

at this time.

Shen Zige killed all the approaching sea monsters with a single sword strike from the seabed.

He opened Cheng Dazhuang's storage bag.

"There's so much stuff, and a huge stack of competition tickets. Let's count them."

Five hundred and twenty tickets!

Shen Zige didn't expect to encounter such a big fish; now she could easily advance directly into the top 100.

As his tense heart relaxed, he thought of the Light and Shadow Clone Technique. He had been practicing it underwater for the past two days, but the results were not good, and he had not mastered this clone technique.

"wrong--"

Shen Zige noticed that the edges of the competition tickets in her hand were starting to melt in the water, so she quickly put them back into her storage bag.

It turns out that the competition tickets would dissolve when exposed to water. This rule was not explicitly stated by the Da Yuan Sect; it was an unspoken rule. It is estimated that they wanted their disciples to fight as much as possible in Japan, otherwise, if the tickets were thrown away, no one would benefit!

Shen Zige had no choice but to leave the seabed and float to the surface.

I wonder if the remaining half of the tickets count?

He felt it would be safer to get some more tickets.

Upon reaching the island, Shen Zige noticed Cheng Dazhuang and his two companions standing in front of him, but he didn't pay them any mind.

Upon hearing the noise, Cheng Dazhuang and the other two turned around and immediately noticed that Shen Zige's clothes were wet with seawater and that she had just come ashore.

"It's you!"

Cheng Dazhuang angrily pointed at Shen Zige.

"What's wrong with me?" Shen Zige asked with an innocent expression.

You just stole my ticket!

As Cheng Dazhuang spoke, he walked towards Shen Zige.

"Did you see it with your own eyes?" Shen Zige said. "Don't talk nonsense without evidence."

"We don't need evidence on this island, just hand over everything you have!" Cheng Dazhuang said. "All of you, beat him until he's passed out, beat him until he teleports away!"

The three of them unleashed their spells simultaneously, flying towards Shen Zige.

Since the three of them did not possess any magical abilities controlled by divine sense, Shen Zige easily saw through their spell routes, evaded them effortlessly, and then charged towards them.

The guiding sword light swept low across the sky like a wild goose, rushing towards Cheng Dazhuang.

Cheng Dazhuang hurriedly stopped his attack spells and switched to a golden light shield for defense, angrily shouting, "Still denying it was you!"

Shen Zige skillfully countered the enemy's golden shield defense using her splitting thoughts.

Just as the sword light was about to collide with the golden shield, it broke apart into two shorter sword lights that bypassed the shield and slashed directly at Cheng Dazhuang's body.

This rapid change of tactics caught Cheng Dazhuang off guard. He didn't even have time to react before being struck directly, his protective spiritual power was shattered, and in desperation, he immediately used a secret technique.

Cheng Dazhuang's skin tightened, revealing a rock-like texture.

"Ding Ding!"

The sword light was deflected by Cheng Dazhuang's rocky body, carving a trench in the ground.

"No wonder this guy is so confident, daring to wander around outside with just his men. It turns out he has a powerful secret technique!" Shen Zige used the fireball technique and then used his divine sense to control it, transforming it into a wall of fire to surround Cheng Dazhuang.

Shen Zige also possessed secret techniques. He knew that such temporary enhancements wouldn't last long, so he waited for the opponent's techniques to disappear before launching his attack.

Cheng Dazhuang was not afraid of the wall of fire at all and charged straight out. The flames licked his skin but did not cause any harm.

Seeing this, Shen Zige knew that it would be difficult for him to break through Cheng Dazhuang's defenses even if he used other spells, so he conserved his magic power and stopped casting spells.

After using the secret technique, Cheng Dazhuang seemed to possess a special sensory method for locking onto enemies. No matter how Shen Zige hid, he could always find her location, even with his eyes closed.

This technique is not perfect; the eyes are still a weakness. Faced with Shen Zige's sword thrust, Cheng Dazhuang closed his eyes to defend.

Shen Zige dodged and weaved like a bullfighter, toying with Cheng Dazhuang...

The two subordinates could only watch from a distance, not daring to intervene.

About three minutes later.

Cheng Dazhuang's breathing weakened, his expression changed drastically, and he hurriedly fled backward.

Having waited so long, Shen Zige wasn't going to give Cheng Dazhuang a chance to escape. She charged forward and kicked Cheng Dazhuang to the ground!

Cheng Dazhuang rolled on the ground, his rocky skin disappeared, and his breath dissipated, just like an ordinary person.

"Why aren't you teleporting away yet?"

Shen Zige placed the sword against Cheng Dazhuang's neck.

"I give up, please don't kill me, I don't have any competition tickets on me," Cheng Dazhuang said weakly.

Saying you concede is not the same as forfeiting, so you weren't teleported away.

"You two come here," Shen Zige called out to Cheng Dazhuang's men.

He took out a thick rope he had bought from the trading market from the storage ring and threw it in front of Cheng Dazhuang's two subordinates.

“Tie him up and take him with you,” Shen Zige said.