184: Chapter 184 Green Snake and Sima Dezhi's Staff
"Shall we compete?"
Xu Qing stood up.
"Naturally."
The owner of the wisdom staff tightened his grip on it.
The wisdom staff was a Spiritual Artifact passed down through generations of his Sima Family.
It had already secured eleventh place on the spirit artifact ranking list for several consecutive terms.
"Good, since neither side has any objections and the difference in your Dao Cultivation is within a hundred years..."
"...then let the ranking battle proceed."
Referee nodded.
Sima De gripped the wisdom staff tightly, his figure flashing as he landed on the arena stage, pointing the wisdom staff at Xu Qing.
Xu Qing also gripped his heaven-accepting gourd and jumped onto the stage.
"In this duel, no external items may be used other than the participating Spiritual Artifacts."
"Now, let the battle begin."
As soon as Referee's voice fell, the battle commenced.
Sima De swung the wisdom staff, the air emitting a crackling explosion.
Xu Qing felt as if his entire body was being locked down.
His mind began to grow muddled and groggy.
It was as if he were turning into an idiot; his thinking became sluggish, and his thoughts drifted into a daze.
This wisdom staff, true to its name, could actually lower a person's intelligence.
It was a mental attack.
Xu Qing was countered once again.
One must know that in every battle, Xu Qing relied on his wisdom—which crushed all life in the world—to achieve victory.
With his intelligence lowered, his combat power was directly reduced!
Xu Qing turned into an afterimage, dodging the swinging wisdom staff.
Sima De looked shocked; the opponent could still dodge after being hit by his mental strike!
Just how did he do it!
"Hmph, with my wisdom, even with lowered intelligence, I am still exceptionally brilliant."
Xu Qing's narcissistic check-in for the day was complete.
Of course, there was another possibility.
And that was that his IQ was already at the minimum standard, so lowering it further made no difference.
But Xu Qing clearly couldn't be like that.
"Hmph, so this move is useless against you. However, the wisdom staff has more than just one ability."
"That was merely an appetizer before the main show."
Sima De slapped the wisdom staff and performed hand Seals with both hands.
An astonishing Spiritual Pressure began to condense around the wisdom staff.
Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth—the Five Elements spiritual power swirled toward the wisdom staff.
The entire wisdom staff began to glow with five-colored light, looking incredibly magnificent.
"Five Elements Clone!"
"Condense!"
Sima De whispered the incantation.
Five-colored light shot out from the wisdom staff, splitting into five.
The split lights twisted for a moment, transforming into five figures identical to Sima De.
"As expected of the Spiritual Artifact ranked eleventh in the previous spirit artifact ranking list!"
Xu Qing also steadied his spirit and took the fight seriously.
He would absolutely not yield the eleventh rank of the heaven-accepting gourd to anyone.
Just thinking about future fights...
...when he pulled out the heaven-accepting gourd and heard the opponent's gasps of surprise, he knew he couldn't give up this eleventh rank!
Isn't the meaning of life—no, the meaning of a snake's life—just to show off!
"Just right, I'll let you try the results of my one year of secluded cultivation."
Xu Qing touched the tiancheng cloth covering his eyes.
The tiancheng cloth glowed with a silver light, appearing extraordinarily strange.
At this moment, it added a thick layer of mystery to Xu Qing.
It was special effects; he was using special effects!
"Green Snake, Condense!"
He quickly performed the Green Snake Hand Seal from the Green Snake Heart Method.
A phantom image of a green snake condensed behind him, coiled up and looking down from above, flicking its tongue.
"Hmph, a mere trick!"
"Five Elements, go!"
Sima De performed hand Seals, and the five different Five Elements Clones charged toward Xu Qing, surrounding him.
The Wood Clone reached out, its arms transforming into Constrict-ing wooden strips that covered the ground.
Xu Qing used his Escape Light to dodge.
The Fire Clone quickly performed Seals, its belly bulging as it spat out a sea of fire head-on.
Xu Qing waved his sleeve, and the phantom green snake shielded his body, blocking the flames.
The Earth Clone slapped the ground with both hands.
Rock spikes burst from the earth, stabbing toward Xu Qing.
Xu Qing moved his body nimbly, shifting and flipping in mid-air.
The Water Clone looked at Xu Qing, and its hand Seals stopped.
Its body instantly turned into a pool of flowing water, surging toward Xu Qing.
"Green Fire, appear!"
Xu Qing used fire to counter water, spitting out a mouthful of Green Fire that crashed into the incoming stream.
Explosive sounds rang out as water vapor violently burst forth.
"Clang!"
Sima De struck the ground with his wisdom staff, and a crisp sound echoed out.
Instantly.
Xu Qing was forced down from mid-air.
In a split second, it was as if his entire body had become hundreds of times heavier, pinning him firmly to the arena stage.
"Gravity!"
Xu Qing was greatly shocked.
"Five Elements..."
Sima De followed up with hand Seals without hesitation, the wisdom staff's light shining brightly.
"Not good!"
Xu Qing hurriedly circulated his Demonic Power, wanting to dodge.
But he was clearly not as fast as the well-prepared Sima De and was a step too late.
"Sealing Technique!"
The Five Elements Clones now hovered in five directions, surrounding Xu Qing and forming Seals together.
Countless vines rose from the ground, Constrict-ing Xu Qing layer by layer and growing continuously, instantly submerging his body.
Even though Xu Qing activated his heaven and earth spiritual seed, he couldn't gain control over these plants.
Next, countless earth spikes stabbed into the vines from all directions.
Water seeped into the gaps from all sides and froze into ice.
Clatter! Metal chains wrapped around the outermost layer, ring after ring.
Flames transformed into a "Seal" character and pressed down.
The arena fell into silence.
The Seal was formed.
The spectators below felt a bit underwhelmed; was it over just like that?
The corners of Sima De's mouth curled up slightly, but in the next moment, his expression changed immediately.
Thump, thump, thump—
A series of muffled thuds came from within the Five Elements Seal.
The sounds grew louder, and the layers of the Seal began to vibrate.
Sima De continuously performed hand Seals, and the Five Elements Clones simultaneously circulated their mana to reinforce the Seal.
But they still couldn't stop the increasing vibrations.
"Boom!"
The Seal was burst open, the chains shattered, and the "Seal" character formed of fire dissipated into flowing embers.
The five Five Elements Clones all took a step back simultaneously.
At this time.
A pitch-black tower broke through the Seal, emitting waves of Yin Qi.
The black tower broke free from the Seal and expanded with the wind, instantly transforming into a sky-obscuring black tower.
The black tower, billowing with Yin Qi, suddenly pressed down toward Sima De.
"Not good!"
"Five Elements Dharma Shield, Condense!"
Sima De didn't dare to be careless now, hurriedly holding the wisdom staff horizontally in front of him.
One must know that once the Five Elements Seal was formed, it was impossible for a Golden Core to break it.
This Green Snake was too strange!
A five-colored barrier covered his body.
The billowing Yin Qi pressed down and was split in two by the wisdom staff; Sima De breathed a sigh of relief.
He activated his dharma eye and looked at the Green Snake.
The Green Snake was currently holding the gourd in one hand and forming a Seal with the other.
His mouth lightly uttered a word.
"Explode!"
Sima De realized something was wrong.
That green snake phantom had actually mixed into the Yin Qi and unknowingly moved close to him.
As Xu Qing's command fell.
It exploded violently.
"Boom, boom, boom!!!"
The arena stage vibrated incessantly.
Sima De, gripping the wisdom staff, was blown away directly, and the Five Elements Dharma Shield shattered instantly.
"There is no longer any impact on the main body."
Xu Qing was quite satisfied with the result of the phantom's Self-Destruct.
It was truly the result of a year of painstaking research.
"Cough, cough, cough!"
Not far away, Sima De stood up in a sorry state, leaning on the wisdom staff.
He took a deep breath, suppressing the turbulent mana within his body.
"Again."