I conquered the cultivation world with scrambled eggs with tomatoes.

Generally speaking, spellcasters have a long wind-up, and if they want to cast some high-damage spells, it can take half a day to get going.

The spiritual energy consumed is enormous.

A single spell consumes a lot of spiritual energy, and the next spell will continue to consume spiritual energy.

If we compare spiritual energy to mana, it's equivalent to a spell consuming most of the mana bar.

To cast another spell with higher damage, you not only need a cast time, but you also need to wait until your mana reaches the minimum mana cost required for that spell.

What shocked these candidates so much was that Jiang He instantly cast two spells.

The first and second moves of "Treading the Moon and Shooting Star".

This means that Jiang He hardly needs to wait for the mana bar to recover, and even the pre-cast animation is very short. They have only seen such a spell-casting technique used by the top students in the class.

The instructors also told them that the instantaneous high-burst spells of magic cultivators are very difficult, and they will only learn them when they go to university.

The series of incantations required to initiate a spell can only be executed instantly when one is extremely proficient in them.

But Jiang He had only watched Liu Yang's moves once, how could she possibly have mastered them!

"Could she be wearing a magical artifact, with spells inscribed on it beforehand?"

"Impossible. There will be checks before the martial arts test, and magical artifacts can be detected by advanced instruments."

"That's really strange. Is a useless spiritual root really that strong? If he didn't bring any magic artifacts, could he have brought a staff?"

"That's even more impossible. Staffs are usually quite large. Let's see how the competition goes first."

I was actually thinking of choosing arena number 88, but unfortunately my hand speed wasn't fast enough. If those two moves had been executed instantly, I might not have been able to win.

Sounds from outside the ring cannot penetrate the protective shield.

The two moves, Moon Stepping Meteor and Meteor, are executed instantly.

Liu Yang was so surprised by the unexpected move that he didn't even have time to react.

The fierce flames, like the sharp thorns from before, suddenly pierced towards Liu Yang.

"what--"

The pain was intense, and the flames penetrated Liu Yang's skin. He looked at Jiang He unexpectedly.

At this moment, Liu Yang's entire body was engulfed in flames, and he had to roll on the ground to extinguish the fire.

"Bitch, you have to die!"

Liu Yang's curses were unbearable to hear.

Jiang He moved the hand that was covering her stomach to her ear:

"Noisy."

Jiang He had no intention of letting Liu Yang off the hook, since she had offended the Liu family after all.

Wen Dao provoked first, so Jiang He killed him.

For this reason, the Liu family actually sent five Golden Core cultivators to assassinate her. If it weren't for the many talismans she carried and her awakened skills, she would probably have died on the sky track.

The Liu family never intended to let her go. Regardless of whether she killed any members of the Liu family during the martial arts test, as long as Liu Yang's faction remained with the Liu family, the Liu family would continue to send people to hunt her down.

The Liu family doesn't want to let her go.

Jiang He didn't mind offending them completely in one go.

Since Liu Yang will become the next head of the family, then he's no longer needed.

after all.

A person without spiritual roots cannot become the head of a family.

The moment the Liu family became enemies with Jiang He, Jiang He thoroughly investigated the Liu family's information.

She is very familiar with the succession pattern of the Liu family head.

Liu Yang had just extinguished the flames when he looked up and met Jiang He's gaze.

Jiang He's eyes lost all their smile; her expressionless eyes were like black holes.

What Jiang He needs to do now is—

Take advantage of his illness and kill him.

Villains die from talking too much.

The same applies to upright people.

Before Liu Yang could get up, Jiang He leaped up, her fists ablaze with flames.

The Liu family is skilled in fire elemental magic, so Jiang He will use that to end things.

Jiang He's figure appeared in front of Liu Yang in the blink of an eye.

She coldly raised her hand, then lowered it.

The fire elemental energy surrounding his fist made Jiang He's punch incredibly powerful.

This punch landed squarely on Liu Yang's dantian.

"you dare!"

When the first punch landed, Liu Yang still wanted to fight back, but when the second and third punches landed, the anger in Liu Yang's eyes quickly subsided.

The pain in his body was reflected in his nerves, and he felt cold sweat pouring down his face, as if his body was slowly losing its strength.

Liu Yang collapsed to the ground, unable to move.

It was only at this point that he realized what was happening.

His eyes widened in terror. Feeling the pain in his abdomen, Liu Yang disregarded everything else and quickly begged for mercy:

"Please stop hitting me, I shouldn't have done it."

It's all my fault, please.

As the spiritual energy within his body gradually dissipated, Liu Yang sensed that his spiritual veins were breaking down.

He was even more panicked, his legs trembling.

Out of sheer terror, a pool of yellow liquid began to trickle down beneath her legs.

Liu Yang stared in horror at Jiang He, who had struck his dantian with tremendous force, and hurriedly shouted,

I surrender!

I'm done! I concede!

I'm not competing anymore!

Jiang He landed his final punch.

"what--"

The pain was so intense that Liu Yang, who was lying on the ground, fainted.

Jiang He withdrew her hand.

Liu Yang conceded defeat, and the match ended naturally.

It's a pity that his spiritual root wasn't completely destroyed.

But that's about it.

Liu Yang's dantian is damaged. Unless a method is found to repair it, his spiritual meridians will be unable to hold spiritual energy whenever he cultivates, just like a broken wooden basin.

Water is flowing on one side and leaking on the other.

His spiritual veins were damaged, making his cultivation extremely slow; he was essentially rendered useless.

For Liu Yang, going from being the next head of the Liu family who held power to becoming a cripple was worse than death.

Liu Yang killed her multiple times, and Jiang He naturally had to pay for it.

After the match ended, Jiang He stepped down from the stage, attracting the attention of many examinees outside the arena.

"This move is absolutely ruthless. Liu Yang's spiritual veins have been damaged, so he can no longer succeed to the throne."

"Luckily, I didn't run into candidate number 4888. She was too ruthless, a real viper."

"Don't be hypocritical. If it were me, I would have fought back too. It was clearly the Liu family who started it."

……

In the second round of the title defense match, Jiang He once again defended the stage. She scored one point in the first round, and doubled it in the second round, accumulating two points in the second half.

After this round ended, Jiang He took advantage of the limited time other cultivators had to choose their arena spots and quickly ran to the rest area to replenish his food and energy.

"Is this all the cultivators from Beihuai are capable of? All you do when you enter the arena is lie down and beg for mercy. You didn't even last a minute, hahaha."

"Qi Shiji, don't you know? The people of Beihuai are all about this strong. We didn't encounter them in the martial arts competition, but the cultivators we met in the team competition were incredibly weak."

Li Qiang struggled to his feet and looked at the two people who were mocking him; his frail body looked as if he might collapse at any moment.

"Boss, how are you?"

"Boss, maybe you shouldn't go later. Why are the people from Shanyang City so ruthless? Ouch."

“It’s the same every year. Last year’s team competition was no exception. They just targeted people from our city and Nanying City. And it’s happening again this year.”

"Sigh, they just think we're easy to bully. The candidates from other cities are all focused on us in the arena. As long as we're on the stage, someone will definitely choose to attack us, and they'll do it to the death."

"Shh, stop talking, they're looking over here."

"I knew it, even the boss was so badly injured."

The person next to Li Qiang looked at him with eyes full of resentment.

"People from Shanyang City are attacking our Beihuai City test takers indiscriminately. Many test takers have taken off their school uniforms, for fear of being recognized as Beihuai students."