Chapter 230: Own Goal

Because the top 100 battles were all held in Houtuping, and there were only ten arenas in Houtuping, they were divided into five batches for the battles.

In this way, everyone had the opportunity to concentrate on watching other cultivators fight. After all, in the previous elimination rounds, everyone was divided into five areas for the battles. Many people only paid attention to the opponents from the same arena, but had no idea about the opponents from other arenas. Taking this opportunity, they could observe them carefully.

According to the draw, Xiao Mian's battle was ranked in the last round.

Seeing that Xiao Chuqing was among the cultivators in the first round, Xiao Mian was stunned and hurried to the Xu Tu Gengzi arena where Xiao Chuqing was fighting.

When he got there, he found that Huangfu Ling and Fu Qingqiong were already there. Obviously, they did not fight for a while.

Originally, Xiao Mian was a little embarrassed to see Fu Qingqiong, but seeing that the other party was concentrating on watching Xiao Chuqing who was waiting on the arena, Xiao Mian breathed a sigh of relief and felt disappointed for no reason.

But soon, Xiao Chuqing's battle began.

Xiao Chuqing's opponent was a casual cultivator at the top of the foundation-building stage, named Helan Hu, who was burly, big-armed and thick-waisted, and looked unusually rough. On the other hand, although Xiao Chuqing had grown up a lot in recent years, she was still just a young girl, with a graceful figure and beautiful face. The two of them competing on the same stage were simply a real-life version of Beauty and the Beast.

Many people in the audience saw Xiao Chuqing's frail body and her low cultivation level at the beginning of the foundation-building stage, and kindly advised the little girl to admit defeat. Even Xiao Mian was not optimistic about Xiao Chuqing's fight, but the little girl was in a rebellious period, and the more people persuaded her, the more she refused to come down. Helan Hu stood there awkwardly, neither advancing nor retreating.

In the end, Xiao Chuqing took out the ice crystal bracelet and took the lead in launching an offensive.

Xiao Mian shook his head, but he was not too worried. After all, this was inside the Five Elements Gate, and the entire sword fight was held by the Five Elements Gate. Helan Hu was a casual cultivator with no foundation. It was expected that he would not dare to seriously injure Xiao Chuqing even if he had the guts.

Besides, with Xiao Mian here, how could he give Xiao Chuqing a chance to hurt her?

Although the sword fight had a clear rule that the audience in the audience could not interfere with the fight on the stage at will, this rule was originally specified by the Five Elements Sect. The key lies in the so-called "at will". If Xiao Chuqing's situation was really dangerous, Xiao Mian would naturally attack.

Afterwards, Leng Ningyu came out to explain, and it was over.

Compared with sect disciples, independent cultivators are always in a weak position. This is an indisputable fact in the entire cultivation world.

After the fight began, Xiao Mian discovered that the seemingly big and strong Helan Hu was actually a cultivator with water attribute spiritual roots. Facing Xiao Chuqing's ice crystal bracelet that shone with cold light, Helan Hu, who had water attribute spiritual roots, had a unique immunity. After all, the ice attribute was derived from the water attribute. The so-called ice is made by water and is colder than water. When cultivators with ice and water spiritual roots fight, they often cannot occupy too much advantage.

Therefore, Helan Hu dealt with Xiao Chuqing's pair of ice crystal bracelets very easily. He almost didn't use any magic tools, and used secret techniques to dissolve Xiao Chuqing's offensive.

Seeing this, Xiao Chuqing was naturally even more indignant.

Although everyone had persuaded her to admit defeat out of kindness, in the little girl's opinion, everyone clearly thought that she was not as good as the big fool on the opposite side.

Although this was indeed the case, Xiao Chuqing, who was spoiled by the people of the Bibotan lineage, was not willing to swallow this bad breath. She took the initiative to attack, but she didn't expect to defeat Helan Hu, who was at the top of the foundation-building stage, but just wanted to make the other party flustered.

Unexpectedly, Helan Hu broke Xiao Chuqing's offensive so easily, how could the little girl not be furious.

Glancing at Xiao Mian's concerned eyes from the audience, Xiao Chuqing, who was already angry, felt a burst of inexplicable anger for no reason, and immediately reached out and took out a handful of talismans. Under the stunned gaze of Helan Hu on the opposite side, Xiao Chuqing threw out all the talismans.

This was a big deal. Xiao Chuqing was young after all, and had no experience in fighting. She was even more angry and didn't care about the severity. She had 20 or 30 talismans in her hand. The moment she activated these talismans, the true energy in Xiao Chuqing's body was instantly exhausted.

Therefore, at the same time when those 20 or 30 colorful streamers of spiritual energy flew out from Xiao Chuqing's hand, Xiao Chuqing's petite body gradually became limp. The little girl didn't even have the energy to stand still, which showed how much resentment and determination she contained in the talisman attack just now.

Helan Hu on the opposite side was shocked. As a casual cultivator, a casual cultivator known for his diligence and thrift, when had he seen talismans used like this?

For casual cultivators, good steel must be used on the blade!

However, Helan Hu naturally had no intention of being frugal at this time, because even he did not dare to cross the line easily with the overwhelming talisman attack.

Taking out his only high-level defensive magic weapon, Helan Hu flew backwards while holding the crystal shield in front of him to resist the attack of the talisman.

Wave after wave of impact forced the burly Helan Hu to retreat again and again.

As a top-level cultivator in the foundation-building period, Helan Hu was not without a way to forcibly withstand the push of the shock wave, but in that case, he would not only be hit by the shock wave, but his crystal shield would also be directly hit by the talisman.

For Helan Hu, it would be fine if he suffered some minor injuries, but it would be painful if the crystal shield was damaged.

It's just that the talisman attacks are intertwined, and the spiritual energy storm formed is rampant. Helan Hu, who is heartbroken by the crystal shield, is retreating step by step and is almost retreating to the edge of the ring. Of course, for a foundation-building cultivator who can fly into the air with Qi, he can completely resolve the embarrassment by flying into the air, but Helan Hu has only a mid-level magic weapon flying sword in addition to the high-level defensive magic weapon crystal shield. If he flies rashly with Qi, he is really afraid that he will become Xiao Chuqing's target.

It's not like being down to earth in the air. Using a mid-level magic weapon flying sword to fight against the top-level attack magic weapon ice crystal bracelet, the end is completely predictable.

Just when Helan Hu was depressed and in a dilemma, the oppressive feeling from the crystal shield suddenly disappeared. Looking closely, the spiritual energy storm generated by the talismans has disappeared. Obviously, the effect of the talismans has passed and the wind is calm.

While Helan Hu was relieved, he always felt that something was wrong.

Seeing it more clearly, Helan Hu was shocked - the opponent who almost defeated him - Xiao Chuqing, disappeared!

The entire arena was empty, with only Helan Hu.

At this time, Xiao Chuqing was being held in the arms of Xiao Mian, who was in tears and laughter.

It turned out that after sending out those twenty or thirty talismans, Xiao Chuqing immediately became listless because of the exhaustion of the true energy in her body. Unfortunately, those talismans did not recognize people. Xiao Chuqing, who was short of true energy, threw the talismans not far away. The spiritual energy storm formed had not yet attacked Helan Hu, but it first lifted the instigator Xiao Chuqing away. Fortunately, Xiao Mian had been paying attention to Xiao Chuqing's situation. When he saw something wrong, he immediately rescued her.

Of course, with Xiao Chuqing's body that had successfully built a foundation, she would not be injured even if she fell to the ground, but in that case, the little girl would lose face.

Even though she was caught by Xiao Mian now, Xiao Chuqing, who stood up, was flushed.

Except for Helan Hu who was still standing stupidly on the stage, the spectators around laughed kindly.

Even Huangfu Ling and Fu Qingqiong smiled helplessly at each other.

The Jindan strongman who acted as the referee did not expect that the first fight would end in such an incredible way. As his duty, he announced the result with a wry smile.

After Helan Hu came to his senses, he thought Xiao Chuqing had deliberately let him go. He came to Xiao Chuqing after he got off the stage, bowed and thanked her, which made Xiao Chuqing, who had finally calmed down, blush again and stared at Helan Hu fiercely.

"This little girl is your junior sister?" Just when everyone wanted to laugh but did not dare to laugh, a light voice sounded in everyone's ears. Xiao Mian was stunned and turned around to see that it was indeed the scholar who was smiling at Xiao Chuqing. But before Xiao Mian could greet him, Xiao Chuqing, who was already full of anger, shouted at the scholar: "What are you laughing at? Believe it or not, I will beat you up!"

Xiao Mian's face changed drastically, and even the scholar was quite amused.

"You little girl! You followed your master, but you didn't learn the good things, but learned these dirty words?"

With the scholar's generation, it was natural for him to call Xiao Chuqing a little girl.

But to Xiao Chuqing, it was disrespectful.

In a hurry, Xiao Chuqing wanted to teach the poor scholar in front of her a lesson with the ice crystal bracelet - it was not that she had never seen the scholar appear on the high platform that day, but she didn't expect that the scholar, who was a Yuanying ancestor, would talk to her.

At this time, Xiao Mian had already reacted and naturally would not let Xiao Chuqing offend the scholar.

But before Xiao Mian could make any move, the scholar had already taken the pair of ice crystal bracelets away with his backhand. Under Xiao Chuqing's shocked gaze, the ice crystal bracelets that she loved so much gradually melted in the scholar's hands.

This scene made everyone at the scene speechless.

Are you kidding?

The ice crystal bracelet is a top-level attack magic weapon, and it was melted by someone's bare hands!