My Master Knows It All

266: Chapter 140 Challenge Number One_5 266: Chapter 140 Challenge Number One_5 In the air, countless lightning snakes darted chaotically, and a terrifying might that made one’s spirit tremble descended from the thunder above.

This was a true thunderbolt that fell from the sky.

Although it was only one, its terror reached the apex.

Wu Que sensed the frightening might pressing down from above his head and even a hint of panic surfaced on his face.

The black lotus petals he had just shot out swiftly flew back, converging above his head, leaving only a single petal shooting towards Ling Xi.

The next moment, the purple thunder of the Five-thunder Righteous Method converged with the blue thunder that was drawn from beyond the sky, and viciously struck the black lotus.

In an instant, a roar that filled the heavens thundered.

The crowd standing on the surrounding mountain peaks all felt a tremor beneath their feet at that moment.

And on the platform where Ling Xi and Wu Que were, a violent explosion of endless dust arose.

The dust soared into the sky, completely covering the platform and obscuring the view within.

This platform was protected by a formation; the stone materials of the platform were made of hard cloud ridge stones, which normally wouldn’t kick up any dust even in intense combat.

Yet now, there was such a surge of dust, which could only mean one thing: the platform had been cracked!

When the dust settled, everyone saw Ling Xi lying unconscious on the ground, her normally pale skin now pitch black, with a pool of crimson blood beneath her.

This was the consequence of being struck by a single petal of the Black Lotus.

Had it been two petals, it’s likely the judges would have needed to intervene.

On the other side, Wu Que stood atop the platform.

On his sinister face, his eyes did not look at Ling Xi but instead stared off in the direction of Little Zen Peak.

Over his head, the black lotus slowly rotated.

It was clearly visible that at the bottom of the lotus, there was a significant crack, and some of the petals were visibly shorter than before.

And next to him on the ground, the platform had been blasted open with a big hole.

The surroundings were eerily quiet.

It wasn’t until the judge loudly proclaimed Wu Que the victor and Cao Zhen flew down to carry away Ling Xi that people came back to their senses.

“Is, is this the result of Ling Xi’s attack?”

“Too terrifying, isn’t it?

The platform with an array should withstand a battle of Perfect Completion Golden Cores, but it was directly blasted into a deep pit by Ling Xi!”

“No, the platform can withstand a battle of Perfect Completion Golden Cores also because of the formation.

Moreover, although the formation was activated, it still needs someone to maintain the mana for it to bear the combat of Perfect Completion Golden Cores.

The platform they fought on wasn’t maintained by anyone.

After all, a battle between a Golden Core and a Core Formation cultivator wouldn’t have been expected to be so intense.

Without someone maintaining the array, the platform should be able to withstand the force of about a first layer Golden Core.”

“So, the might of Ling Xi’s strike even reached the level of a first layer Golden Core, and it was a very powerful strike even among those.”

“I even feel it could be more terrifying.”

“Ling Xi, she only has one core, but she possesses the strength to fight a Golden Core.

This…”

“I think, calling her the number one under Golden Cores is an understatement.”

“Now she can fight against a Golden Core.

What will happen when she consolidates the second core, the third core?

Couldn’t she contend with Golden Cores?”

“It probably won’t happen…

after all, Wu Que still won.”

“But Wu Que was also injured.

That Black Lotus flew out of his Golden Core, so he relies on that Black Lotus-converged Golden Core.

Now that the Black Lotus is damaged, he must have suffered internal injuries, and the injury is likely worse than what we can see.”

“To cause a Golden Core to be internally injured or even heavily damaged, do you think she won’t be able to contend with Golden Cores when she consolidates three cores?

Even if not, what about four cores, five cores?

When she consolidates nine cores, how terrifying will she be then and wouldn’t she be able to defeat Golden Cores?”

“She probably won’t be able to consolidate nine cores, after all, she is an Ancient Immortal Body!”

“The Ancient Immortal Body is indeed terrifying.

If this era were still the Ancient Era, they would be the ones capable of cultivation, the true favored children of Heaven!”

This battle brought an immense shock to everyone; no one had expected that someone with just one inner core could fight to such extent against a Golden Core master.

Even after the battle ended, even as the next fight began, people were still discussing Ling Xi and that battle.

Until…

“It’s all gone!

I’m ruined!

All my Spirit Stones are gone!” a disciple suddenly cried out.

“I spent thirty thousand two of Spirit Stones betting that Four Treasures Peak would place between sixty-one and sixty-five, and not a single fight was won by them!”

The recent battle had been so thrilling, so shocking, that everyone had completely forgotten about their earlier bets.

Now, hearing someone else mention it, they each began to react.

“Four Treasures Peak, all of their disciples have fought.”

“Four Treasures Peak had a total of five disciples, and each one lost their challenge, meaning they can’t challenge again.”

“In this spell battle contest, they didn’t get a single Peak Bamboo.”

“In the earlier Six Arts contest, they didn’t take a single Peak Bamboo either!”

“This Hundred Peaks Tournament is being held before the Minor Era of Inversion of Heaven and Earth, and there’s no Peak Master contest; it’s only the disciples below Golden Core competing.

After all, when the Minor Era of Inversion of Heaven and Earth arrives, all the experts won’t dare to act rashly; they’re all suppressing their power inside, afraid of falling asleep prematurely.