Chapter 1012: Shi Tian Gang

In the Sword Discussion arena, the forest was dense with trees.Shi Tiangang was in pursuit, while Mo Hua was fleeing.Mo Hua was escaping in a hurry, his back alarmed, as if his life was hanging by a thread, like a frightened deer running everywhere.Meanwhile, Shi Tiangang’s face held a cold smile, his expression majestic. His Vajra body was tall and mighty, his steps like the wind, like a fierce tiger currently hunting its prey.Outside the arena, countless spectators watched this scene, their hearts filled with vast joy."Detestable Mo Hua, you have this day too.""Good and evil are finally rewarded; it’s not that there's no reward, but the time has not yet arrived."They could all see that as long as Shi Tiangang got close to Mo Hua, with a gentle pinch, he could pinch Mo Hua to death.And they were craning their necks in anticipation of just such a scene.Inside the mountain forest.Shi Tiangang was indeed forcing his way closer to Mo Hua step by step. He was a body cultivator who had undergone a thousand tempering sessions and a hundred refinements, and his movement technique was clearly faster than Mo Hua's.But Shi Tiangang was not careless.He knew that Mo Hua was absolutely not as simple as he appeared, and it was even less likely that he would just sit and wait for death.Moreover, Mo Hua was the chief of the Array Path.Even in the Sword Discussion Assembly, he relied on his "magic" to survive, but he would definitely leave some array methods as a backup.Sure enough, after not long, the mountain stones on the ground bulged up, and the mud and soil sank, forming a trap that trapped Shi Tiangang.A second-grade middle-tier array: Quicksand Mountain Lock Array.Shi Tiangang didn't take it seriously.He put his arm horizontally, and with a boom, shattered the mountain stone chains. With the blood energy shaking beneath his feet, he dispersed the quicksand, and with a vertical leap, he escaped from the array trap.In the Sword Discussion Assembly, there were array restrictions, so even if it was Mo Hua, he couldn't display much array strength.A second-grade middle-tier array couldn't trap Shi Tiangang for long either.But using the array to delay for this bit of time, Mo Hua again ran a bit further.Shi Tiangang continued to pursue, his large steps like meteors. After several flashes, he again forced himself closer to Mo Hua.Mo Hua was greatly shocked and urged his movement technique to the extreme.He was using a water-system movement technique, his steps pure, his speed not weak. When he was escaping, there were water flows entwined around him.The origin of this movement technique could be seen at a glance by Shi Tiangang and many Dao Law elders outside the arena.Flowing Water Steps.This was a door to a water-system escape method, although rare, it was not very high-grade.It was very consistent with Mo Hua's path of low-tier five elements and mastery of all methods.Moreover, Mo Hua used this movement technique very purely.But Shi Tiangang saw it in his eyes and laughed coldly in his heart.How could a mere basic five-elements movement technique compare to his Vajra Gate's Gold Row Steps?Shi Tiangang continued to chase with big strides. Along the way, there were some arrays, roadblocks, talismans, and other small tricks obstructing him, but they fundamentally couldn't obstruct him.And Mo Hua very quickly became "exhausted of tricks."The arrays and talismans were used up, and low-tier magic was useless.All his means were exhausted.Mo Hua had no choice but to risk his life and run. But his only remaining movement technique was also not comparable to Shi Tiangang's.His thin back carried a sense of despair.The audience outside the arena applauded and cheered, slapping the table and shouting good.And soon, the scene they anticipated occurred.Shi Tiangang forced his way closer to Mo Hua, his gaze sharp, his body like a tiger and wolf. His large hand was filled with Vajra power, like a reborn Buddha capturing a petty being, and he grabbed towards Mo Hua.Everyone was a little tense.But in the next instant, a flash of water light appeared at his fingertip, and Shi Tiangang's palm missed.Shi Tiangang fixed his eyes and saw that Mo Hua had fallen flat on the ground, dodging his Vajra hand. Following the momentum, he rolled and flipped into the nearby grass bush, using the dense shrubs to cover his tracks.Shi Tiangang didn't hesitate and immediately sent a fist booming forward.The fist wind plowed through the ground, shattering mountain stones and turning grass and wood into powder.But behind the shrub, it was empty, with no trace of Mo Hua.Shi Tiangang furrowed his eyebrows.His divine sense swept out, and suddenly he looked behind him. Then he saw not far away, Mo Hua again, his body like a small deer, jumping out of the forest, alarmed and flustered, running far away.Shi Tiangang immediately went to chase again. When he got close, he again sent a fist booming forward, filled with golden light.But Mo Hua seemed to have detected it early. His body shape flashed forward, as if he knew in advance, dodging his fist, and then again drilling into the shrub.Shi Tiangang took a step, and Vajra energy spread from the sole of his foot, cracking out a ground seam that spread to the shrub.And then the entire shrub was blasted away by the energy.Chaotic stones filled the sky, mud and sand mixed with wood chips, falling in a flock.But there was still no trace of Mo Hua.A wisp of breath came from behind. Shi Tiangang turned his head and saw a sneaky figure again, running far away.It was exactly Mo Hua.Shi Tiangang gritted his teeth and chased over again. When he saw that he was about to catch up, Mo Hua again drilled behind a large stone.Shi Tiangang sent a fist, again blasting the giant stone to shatter. But behind the large stone, there was again no trace of Mo Hua.Not even a single breath.Then after a moment, Mo Hua again jumped out from who knows where. He looked at Shi Tiangang, scattered his legs, and just ran.Even Shi Tiangang, who was naturally steady, was at this time made furious by Mo Hua, endlessly annoyed.His eyes were like a Vajra. Between his breaths, there was the sound of a tiger's roar. He mobilized spirit energy from his qi sea, urging the power of Vajra Indestructible to the extreme, and running it all to the three yang meridians under his feet.And then with a forceful step, the ground cracked open, golden light burst forth, and Shi Tiangang rushed straight towards Mo Hua like a cannonball.Mo Hua's footsteps were light, circling behind a large tree.In the next instant, the entire large tree was collided into powder by a majestic golden body.But behind the large tree, there was still no trace of Mo Hua.Shi Tiangang turned his head and found that Mo Hua had appeared behind him at some point, stepping on his Flowing Water Steps, and escaping far away.Shi Tiangang finally detected that something was wrong, and was shocked in his heart:"This boy is elusive, his whereabouts treacherous... What kind of treacherous movement technique is he using?"Shi Tiangang, as the person involved, was confused.But the bystanders were clear.Outside the Sword Discussion arena, above the Fangtian Huaying, almost all the watching cultivators saw it clearly.What Mo Hua used was fundamentally not some high-class movement technique.His movement technique had always been the most basic Flowing Water Steps.Only, however, he added concealment technique on the basis of Flowing Water Steps!Shi Tiangang chased, and Mo Hua escaped. Every time he couldn't escape, Mo Hua would just slip away and drill into the shrub, hide behind a giant stone, or hide behind a tree.Using the mountain stones and forest trees to cover his vision, displaying concealment technique without anyone knowing, he hid his body shape, and slowly circled a loop under Shi Tiangang's eyelids, circling behind him.Then he would withdraw the concealment, expose his body shape, and continue to lure Shi Tiangang to run far away.To say it simply, it wasn't considered high-class.It was just basic Flowing Water Steps, plus secretly using concealment technique.These audience members outside the arena could understand it at a glance.But Shi Tiangang, being in the situation, was like a leaf obstructing his vision, like a headless fly turning in a mess, and he couldn't see through Mo Hua's routine no matter what.The audience was all anxious for him."Concealment technique ah!""Such a simple trick, how could this Shi Tiangang just not understand?""Being circled around by concealment technique, that big body, truly like a golden light shining big fool…"Most cultivators were both anxious and angry.Angry at Mo Hua's slyness, anxious at Shi Tiangang's incompetence.But some Dao Law elders watching the battle furrowed their eyebrows.Especially some elders from various sects who had learned concealment technique, used concealment technique, and studied concealment technique with their hearts, after thinking a little, their expressions were all a little grave.They knew that the matter was fundamentally not so simple.It wasn't that Shi Tiangang didn't think of it, but Mo Hua's concealment technique was used too unconventionally.Normal cultivators, when urging concealment technique, whether it's "entering hidden" or "exiting hidden," all require a casting time and a "gradually hidden" process.But Mo Hua was different.His display of concealment was too fast, and the gradually hidden process was almost negligible, almost in the blink of an eye, his person completely disappeared.Coupled with the fact that every time he concealed himself, he would use wood and stone to cover the line of sight.This use of concealment technique had no trace at all.It was really too normal for Shi Tiangang not to see through it for a while.If it weren't for the Fangtian Huaying, which illuminated Mo Hua's every move, making it clear, even some Dao Law elders in their haste might not necessarily be able to discern this strange little trick of Mo Hua."This child's use of magic is truly... out of the divine and entering the ordinary.""Hmm, his thoughts are clever, his comprehension is also high, a born talent for Dao Law.""It's good that his spirit root is different and his spiritual power is shallow, otherwise... if he truly learned one or two superior Dao Laws, coupled with his ridiculous divine sense and his comprehension of magic use, it would truly be a bit fearful...""Yes ah..."A crowd of Dao Law elders transmitted sounds to each other, secretly sighing.There was also a Dao Law elder who said:"But this Shi Tiangang, how should I say... he should have detected that something was wrong, right...""This concealment technique, even if it's used cleverly, is still a concealment technique after all. This boy Mo Hua, hiding and running back and forth, will always leave some traces.""It's understandable that he didn't detect it at first.""Hiding and seeking for so long, and he still can't figure it out, that's just really a bit unreasonable."Or could it be that... the body cultivators of Vajra Gate are well-developed in their limbs and simple in their brains?Of course, this sentence was only thought in their hearts. If they really said it out, they would offend people.The body cultivators of Vajra Gate were all a group of tall and big rough men with fists bigger than sand pots. They might not be able to provoke them.And inside the Sword Discussion arena.Shi Tiangang's head still hadn't turned the corner.Because there was a point that even most of the Dao Law elders watching the battle on the Fangtian Huaying couldn't notice in a short time.That was, Mo Hua's concealment technique was not a simple concealment technique.But the Small Five Elements Concealment Technique.Small Five Elements Concealment, fusing into the five elements, hiding within heaven and earth.This was once one of the absolute techniques of the Qianxue Hundred Sects, the exclusive learning of the Five Hidden Sect.But the Five Hidden Sect had already declined. Hundreds of years ago, the entire sect moved out of the border of Qianxue State, their whereabouts were vague, and it was unknown where they went, and it was even possible that their Dao lineage was extinct.The only remaining disciple, Hidden Old Two, was planted in Mo Hua's hand because he committed crimes.Mo Hua knocked out his teeth to obtain this concealment technique.And Mo Hua's aptitude was uniquely thick. His Small Five Elements Concealment Technique might even be several times more exquisite than the original cultivators of the Five Hidden Sect.Strong divine sense, Small Five Elements spirit root, proficient in five elements arrays, borrowing the five elements of heaven and earth to cover his own breath, coupled with his rich experience in "playing dead," repeatedly escaping from the tiger's mouth, and the concealment skill he had honed.Shi Tiangang was fundamentally unable to discover him.Even if it were a cultivator in the early stage of Gold Core, it would be unlikely to discern Mo Hua's concealment technique.If Mo Hua really wanted to escape, he could directly hide his body, and Shi Tiangang wouldn't be able to find him at all.Why did he still occasionally show his face? He just wanted to restrain Shi Tiangang and let him come and chase him.This way of making fun of them would allow him to kill several other disciples of the Vajra Gate.The two of them were like this in the mountain forest, you chase and I escape.After several more rounds, Shi Tiangang still hadn't seen through Mo Hua's concealment. He didn't even realize that Mo Hua was using concealment technique.But he also detected that something was wrong.This Mo Hua, his whereabouts were very treacherous, appearing and disappearing like a ghost, suddenly in front, suddenly behind, suddenly left, suddenly right.Moreover, he had no breath at all.This was fundamentally not like a movement technique, but rather like a "magic trick."And he was the one being "played."Shi Tiangang was endlessly annoyed in his heart.He simply stopped chasing Mo Hua, but "solidified his wall and cleared his field." His entire body was covered in golden light, his blood energy shook like golden threads, destroying all the mountain stones and forest trees along the way, wanting to force Mo Hua out.But doing this had the opposite effect.The mountain forest collapsed, and the five-elements earth and wood energy mixed together, providing even more qi mechanisms for Mo Hua's Small Five Elements Concealment Technique to hide his body.Mo Hua just hid to one side, silently watching Shi Tiangang make a fuss in the mountain forest.After he finished making a fuss, Mo Hua would appropriately show his head, say a few words, and anger him again.Shi Tiangang's entire body's energy surged. Every punch and every foot was covered with a layer of dark gold blood energy, full of killing intent and unparalleled power.He only needed to touch Mo Hua once, and relying on his fist wind, he could grind Mo Hua to "death."But what was hateful was that he simply couldn't hit Mo Hua.Even where Mo Hua was, he had no idea in his heart.This senior brother of Vajra Gate, whose cultivation was powerful, at this time had a sense of annoyance like carrying a big cannon to hit a mosquito.His strength was clearly very strong, but he just couldn't do anything to Mo Hua.They entangled like this for a period of time again.Shi Tiangang, whose anger was on his head, suddenly realized that something was wrong.He had wasted too much time on Mo Hua's body. Linghu Xiao's fellow disciples on that side must be under extreme pressure, and the situation must be urgent.Thinking of this, Shi Tiangang didn't care about his hatred towards Mo Hua, and turned around and left.Mo Hua wanted to keep him and threw several magic spells, but the effect was weak, and he was too lazy to do anything more.Shi Tiangang left the mountain forest and came to the place where both sides were fighting. He saw that the situation was as he expected, and Vajra Gate had already lost one disciple.Now, Linghu Xiao and the four others were pressing the three Vajra Gate disciples.The situation was critical.Shi Tiangang roared angrily and then also went up, fighting with the crowd.With this move, he detected something abnormal.The several people from Taiyuan Gate, except for Linghu Xiao, almost without exception, were using "restraining gold" and "breaking armor" type spirit tools.On the spirit tools, there were deep luster flashes. This was a special array, containing spirit light.Shi Tiangang understood at a glance whose hands these arrays came from.Mo Hua.The chief of the Array Path of Taiyuan Gate.Sword Discussion battles were originally about mutual calculations.While he was calculating Mo Hua, Mo Hua was also calculating him.These spirit tools that restrained gold and broke armor were specially prepared by Mo Hua.The key was to see whether he killed Mo Hua of Taiyuan Gate first, or whether Linghu Xiao killed his fellow disciple first.Looking at it now, he had fallen into Mo Hua's trap.Shi Tiangang gritted his teeth.Mo Hua, this little senior brother of Taiyuan Gate, was far more insidious and difficult to grasp than he had previously thought.Moreover, he had many trump cards.Just at this time, Mo Hua also caught up. The situation was as he expected, Vajra Gate had lost one person, and now it was five against four for Taiyuan Gate.With this, the advantage was very big.Mo Hua began to use five elements magic to provide support.The disciples of Vajra Gate all cultivated the "Vajra Indestructible Body" and were body cultivators. Mo Hua's magic, if used alone, would have no effect.But this was a team battle.His magic could create opportunities, amplify flaws, harass the enemy, and strive for output space for Linghu Xiao and the others.A little space was enough.Soon, the disciples of Vajra Gate were "sent" away one after another by Linghu Xiao's sword energy.Finally, only Shi Tiangang remained.On Taiyuan Gate's side, Cheng Mo and Situ Jian, because they had consumed too much qi and blood and spiritual power previously when restraining the Vajra Gate disciples, were also seen by Shi Tiangang, who accurately seized the opportunity and shattered their Discussion Dao Jade with a single punch, defeating them and forcing them to retreat from the arena.In the arena, only Mo Hua, Linghu Xiao, Ouyang Xuan, and the senior brother of Vajra Gate, Shi Tiangang, remained.Three against one.Mo Hua originally felt confident.But he never expected that the next would be the true "hard battle."This "Shi Tiangang" was the most difficult to hit.Mo Hua could truly say that he had seen what was meant by Vajra Indestructible, what was meant by not being harmed by blades and guns, and what was meant by being immune to water and fire.Shi Tiangang urged his Vajra body to the extreme. In a frontal confrontation, he single-handedly suppressed Linghu Xiao, Ouyang Xuan, and Mo Hua, fighting against three people.His cultivation was approaching the peak of Foundation Building, his blood energy was extremely abundant, and he was born with excellent root bones.His Vajra Indestructible Merit had been cultivated to the third layer, "Gold Skin Iron Bone," in the Foundation Building realm.This was absolutely unprecedented among the disciples of Vajra Gate in the past hundred years.Sword energy injured his body, but he had iron bones to obstruct it.Magic spells eroded him, but he had gold skin to exempt him.Shi Tiangang stepped on Gold Row Steps, his fists clenched like Vajra. With every move and every stance, his blood energy surged, and golden energy was hidden. Ouyang Xuan was forced back step by step.Linghu Xiao could only fight hard with his sword energy.Mo Hua could only cast magic spells from afar.It was clearly three against one, yet Shi Tiangang suppressed them, creating a feeling of one person against three.This battle was truly fought until the sky was dark and the earth was black, and it was abnormally difficult.It was the longest Sword Discussion Mo Hua had participated in so far.Mo Hua was even forced to consider whether or not to disrupt his plan and use other "trump cards."Finally, thanks to Linghu Xiao "bursting his seed" under high pressure, and the three of them working together, they finally killed Shi Tiangang head-on.Shi Tiangang was a genius.Linghu Xiao was also a genius.And through Mo Hua's arrangements, Linghu Xiao was also constantly tempering himself in one Sword Discussion after another.This sword dao genius was also gradually becoming stronger, gradually "sharpening his edge."This Sword Discussion gave him extremely great pressure.Linghu Xiao similarly erupted with extremely strong combat power.Of course, relying solely on Linghu Xiao was not enough.Ouyang Xuan seemed quiet, but he also withstood extremely great pressure in the frontal confrontation with his Tai'e Sword Method, providing a lot of help.And there was also Mo Hua.He used "Fire Bright Technique," "Gold Flash Technique," "Earth Trap Technique," "Gold Ring Technique," and other numerous small, insidious magic spells that didn't cause substantial harm but could "flash eyes," "shock ears," "burn eyes," and "trap ground," restraining Shi Tiangang, making his heart full of anger and exposing many flaws.Shi Tiangang's speculation before the battle was correct.Not killing Mo Hua would indeed lead to being trapped.Even if he wasn't trapped, he would be disgusted to death.Thus, the three of them joined forces and fought for an unknown number of rounds. Mo Hua consumed all his spiritual power, and Ouyang Xuan also did his best. Only then did they manage to consume Shi Tiangang's "Vajra Indestructible Body" and break his defense.Linghu Xiao finally had an opportunity. Holding on by a thread, with a desperate posture, he urged the powerful Chongxu Solution Sword True Secret to chop off Shi Tiangang.Taiyuan Gate won.After retreating from the arena, Mo Hua let out a long sigh of relief, feeling somewhat exhausted and on the verge of collapse.He never expected that this "senior brother" of Vajra Gate could be so powerful.A top-notch talent, a body cultivator with both attack and defense, truly fearful.And Shi Tiangang was only in the Foundation Building stage, yet he was already this "tough." If he were to advance to Gold Core or even Featherization in the future, and his "Vajra Indestructible Merit" advanced several more layers, how strong his flesh body would be, Mo Hua didn't even dare to think too much.He was afraid that even if he stood still and let others kill him, they might not necessarily be able to kill him."This Shi Tiangang... will definitely be an extraordinary figure in the future..."Mo Hua nodded, deeply approving of Shi Tiangang's strength.But this Sword Discussion dragged on for too long. He fought hard in the arena, but the audience outside the arena only felt tired watching.They also saw that Shi Tiangang was indeed very strong.In the final moment, he fought against three, not falling behind, even faintly having the momentum of "one against three." Even if he lost in the end, it made people sigh.But it was a pity that the process of "hide and seek" in the small woods earlier, where Mo Hua used concealment technique to play with him, looked really too "stupid" from the perspective of a bystander.How could someone be this stupid?He couldn't even see the concealment technique?The body cultivators of Vajra Gate were indeed well-developed in their limbs and simple in their brains...Everyone deepened this stereotypical impression.In their subconscious, their view and feeling of Shi Tiangang also changed from a steady and powerful senior brother of Vajra Gate to a...Golden light shining big fool.(This chapter is complete)