My Master Knows It All

534: Chapter 187_1 534: Chapter 187_1 The A character arena, as the referee’s “begin” sounded off.

Above the arena, Li Qingkong launched his attack almost in sync with the starting signal.

From behind him, mana surged out wildly from each Golden Core, causing the air above the entire arena to shake furiously, instantly whipping up a fierce tornado.

The howling wind lifted all the dust on the upper layers of the arena, turning one side of the space into a blurred haze.

Using the cover of dust, the two Divine Weapons in Li Qingkong’s hands suddenly rose.

Suddenly, at the next moment, a blinding radiance shone forth.

Behind Cao Zhen, the light from a Golden Core burst forth dramatically, sending waves of an aura as vast as the galaxy in every direction, dispersing the rolling dust.

The next moment, that Golden Core exploded with an exceptionally dazzling brilliance.

Thunder imbued with the force of ten thousand jun shot out violently from within that Golden Core.

Not one bolt of thunder, but several: purple thunder, blue thunder, golden thunder…

Some were filled with an unyielding rightness, others were brutally savage, some were violent without equal, and others seemed to hail from beyond the Ninth Heaven, while some appeared to originate from the Nine Netherworlds.

And amidst this thunder, there were even flames that descended from the heavens!

Ten Divine Skills!

In just an instant, the ten Divine Skills converged, enveloping Li Qingkong entirely, leaving him no room to evade.

Under the onslaught of these ten Divine Skills, more and more Divine Weapons materialized behind Cao Zhen.

Originally, he obtained Divine Weapons from the Divine Soldier Tomb; he sold some, gave some to his disciples, and kept the rest for himself.

He had planned to sell this part too, but once he had money, selling these would not bring much profit; so he didn’t bother selling them anymore and kept them instead.

Li Qingkong released three Divine Weapons at once?

Want to compete with him for having more Divine Weapons?

Then let’s see who has more Divine Weapons.

In an instant, Cao Zhen conjured up six Divine Weapons and unleashed them toward Li Qingkong.

For a while in the sky, water and fire intermingled, a pair of ring-shaped Divine Weapons entwined with each other, spinning rapidly as they fell; from within a house-sized Divine Weapon, over a dozen yellow lock chains shot out from the windows, chimney, and wide-open doors, like hissing serpents darting through the air, one large and one small, a pair of male and female swords transformed into two blades of peerless sharpness…

The six Divine Weapons, combined with the Divine Skills released from within the Golden Core, sealed off all possible escape routes around Li Qingkong, leaving him nowhere to go.

From the direction of the Hundred Peaks Sect, Zi Xuan, once one of the Hidden Dragon Three Sons and now a cultivator who had broken through to the Golden Core Stage, had also arrived here to take part in the martial arts tournament—even though he had only reached the first level of the Golden Core Stage, he still came.

Only to be directly eliminated in the first round.

At the Hundred Peaks Sect, there were quite a few, like him, who had been eliminated in the first round, and even among the top ten Immortal Sects, many had been ousted just like him.

Despite their elimination, they didn’t leave immediately.

After all, the Guardian Immortal Imperial Dynasty was too vast; if they were to leave on their own, even by flying, they wouldn’t know how long it would take, and as the Minor Era of Inversion of Heaven and Earth approached, the world became more chaotic.

Even as cultivators at the Golden Core Stage, they couldn’t guarantee their absolute safety.

Thus, individuals like them, being eliminated, generally made one of two choices.

One was to take the opportunity of being outside to explore and gain experience around the Capital City, which only a few would do.

Many more, like him, preferred to stay in the Capital City to watch the martial arts tournament.

For one, they could learn and, secondly, such grand events were truly rare.

Zi Xuan, as he watched Cao Zhen deploy one Divine Weapon after another, couldn’t help but recall the first time he confronted Peak Master Cao at the Hidden Dragon Observatory and was summarily bested.

The scene playing out before him was so similar to that past moment.

In fact, Li Qingkong’s situation was even worse—back then, he was only facing attacks from five Divine Weapons, and Peak Master Cao didn’t release nearly as many Divine Skills.

Boom!

The sky was filled with the crashing sounds of Divine Weapons colliding.

Although Li Qingkong had deployed three Divine Weapons and could barely fend off Cao Zhen’s three Divine Weapons, he couldn’t block the other three.

What was even more terrifying was that, after releasing several bolts of Thunder Strike and a heavenly flame, another Golden Core behind Cao Zhen also burst into a spectacular radiance, causing the temperature in the arena to skyrocket abruptly.

Countless flames shot out from within that Golden Core.

Ten types of flames, each representing a different Flame Divine Power!

Some flames burst forth from beneath the platform as if shooting up from underground, some descended from above like heavenly flames, while others gathered into giant fireballs, akin to erupting volcanoes…

For a moment, the entire platform was engulfed in flames, creating a sea of fire, with countless bolts of thunder still raging in the sky.

Cao Zhen had originally wanted to combine the ten types of Thunderbolt Proficiency within a single Golden Core, but although he had no problem gathering the ten types, some Thunderbolt Proficiency levels were not very high, so their power was naturally lowered.

Among his disciples, not many practiced Thunderbolt Proficiency.

Although Yan Yourong was born with a Great Five Elements constitution, she focused more on her Sword Technique.

She had only cultivated one type of Thunderbolt Proficiency.