307: 【Bagua Furnace】Fire refines pale pagoda! (ask for monthly ticket)

"Although, I really do look down on this guy. Everyone said he was a non-combatant, yet he still insisted on challenging him. Doesn't he feel ashamed?"

"What's there to be ashamed of? The bet just now clearly stated that he only needed to challenge one of Jiang Yuan's Card Spirits. Isn't he one of Jiang Yuan's Card Spirits?"

"That's true in theory, but Card Spirits are also divided into types, just like you saying you want to challenge an Amplification Card Master on the arena."

"Indeed, theoretically there's no problem, but it really doesn't make sense."

"Who cares so much? Maximize profits!"

"With such a powerful bet, a mech card manufacturing method and card comparable to the Five-Colored Floating Pagoda Heavy Armor, I wouldn't care about my face either."

"Stop implicitly calling the people from our Dasha Academy shameless! Why don't you go then?"

"Classic 'I'm better, I'll go'."

"Good!"

Shi Zhuan's eyebrows curved with unconcealed joy. After donning the Pale Floating Pagoda, he pointed his Guandao directly at Old Lord.

"Hmm, good luck to you."

Nezha took two steps back, reaching the edge of the Martial Arts Arena, and looked at Shi Zhuan with pity.

Old Lord's combat power isn't very strong?

Well, it's true that he's not very strong, at least not like those gods who are in charge of combat.

But when Old Lord really fights, he can hang and beat all of them who are in charge of combat.

Especially Old Lord's fighting style.

Just thinking about it made Nezha and Zhao Gongming feel a bit nauseous.

That feeling of having power but not being able to use it was truly too unbearable.

However, Shi Ji didn't have this feeling because she had never directly fought Old Lord.

But having a direct confrontation with Old Lord, that's quite a bragging right, isn't it?

Thinking of this, Nezha couldn't help but puff out his chest, looking at Shi Zhuan with a hint of pride.

"You will also become one of those who have been beaten by Old Lord. In the future, you'll have something to brag about."

Nezha chuckled inwardly as the battle in the arena began.

However, the battle between the two had a rather bizarre scene within it.

Most of Old Lord's skills were defensive, so at this moment, he stood quietly in place, waiting for the opponent to attack.

And Shi Zhuan?

After suffering two losses to Zhao Gongming and Zhan Youqing, when facing such an unfamiliar opponent, he was cautious and would not actively switch to attack mode to initiate an offense.

Thus, the situation became a stalemate.

Old Lord and Shi Zhuan faced each other, staring wide-eyed, neither intending to initiate an attack.

"Is this some new type of tactic?"

"Why aren't they both moving?"

"Could that old man also be a defensive type Card Spirit?"

"Haha, if that old man is also a defensive type, then their battle will be interesting."

"But this guy's Pale Floating Pagoda can be converted into attack mode, why doesn't he convert it and attack that old man?"

"Probably hasn't reacted yet? Now it depends on who reacts first, otherwise, they'll just stay in this stalemate."

After a moment of stalemate on the field, Shi Zhuan suddenly slapped his head.

"Damn it, I was an idiot!"

"Didn't that old man say he was a non-combatant?"

"A non-combatant obviously has no attack capabilities, and I'm here foolishly waiting for the other side to attack in defensive mode?"

"So stupid!"

After complaining about himself, Shi Zhuan laughed and then strode towards Old Lord.

However, at this moment, he was not in a hurry to use [Treading Star Steps].

After all, this was a trump card skill, and if the opponent was very fast, he would still need this skill to chase them down.

He couldn't possibly be unable to defeat himself, and also be unable to catch up to him.

A draw would not meet his expectations!

He was truly coveting that silver-white beast-shaped armor!

"Why so slow."

Old Lord looked at Shi Zhuan rushing over, a hint of impatience in his eyes.

It was his first time seeing such a slow opponent.

However, the opponent finally initiated the attack.

Old Lord just stood there quietly, watching the other party approach him, then the Guandao swung in a wide arc and slashed towards him.

Shi Zhuan's attack this time had switched to attack mode, and its power was extremely terrifying.

But in Old Lord's eyes, an attack of this power seemed...

Old Lord flicked his whisk, then raised one hand, seemingly intending to use his palm to receive Shi Zhuan's attack.

Upon seeing this, Shi Zhuan felt a sigh of relief while also secretly mocking.

That's it?

That's it?

I thought you were more capable!

That's it?

If you really catch my powerful attack in this attack mode with just your palm, I'll immediately...

However, before Shi Zhuan could even think about what he would eat, his pupils suddenly constricted.

"Bang!"

"How is that possible!"

Shi Zhuan exclaimed, and couldn't help but wonder if he hadn't used the right amount of force.

He clearly aimed at the old man, so how could his broadsword have landed on the ground?

"This?"

"Missed?"

"How is that possible? It's clear that this old man used some skill to deflect the attack."

"I think I just saw a flash on this old man's hand, I don't know what it was."

The audience watching this battle were also somewhat surprised, not understanding why Shi Zhuan's attack missed.

But Shi Zhuan on the field refused to believe it. He gripped his blade, spun sharply, and the Guandao slashed horizontally towards Old Lord.

Old Lord still extended a hand. This time, Shi Zhuan watched closely, his eyes never leaving Old Lord's outstretched hand.

He saw clearly that a black and white, somewhat familiar pattern suddenly appeared on the old man's outstretched hand.

This pattern was still rotating, and when his broadsword slashed across it, as soon as it touched the pattern, it was as if a force appeared, twisting the direction of his power.

What kind of strange power?

Shi Zhuan watched his Guandao pass over Old Lord's forehead, and Old Lord's eyes didn't even waver, which made him feel a sense of dread.

The magnitude of his power hadn't changed at all, but the direction of the power had.

But in that instant, Shi Zhuan finally remembered why the pattern on Old Lord's hand had looked familiar just now.

When he fought Zhan Youqing just now, there was also such a pattern in the middle of Zhan Youqing's mech belt!

Could it be that Zhan Youqing's mech's strong defense was also due to this pattern?

Shi Zhuan was puzzled, but at this moment, Old Lord was already preparing to attack.

[Non-Action] had been triggered.

Coupled with the effects of [Taiji] and [Taiqing Immortal Light], Shi Zhuan could only deal half damage to him.

And with the power-deflecting effect of [Taiji]'s ability, Shi Zhuan's attacks would basically be very difficult to cause him any damage.

With a sweep of his whisk, the Yin-Yang Qi of [Taiji] directly struck Shi Zhuan's chest, forcing him back a few steps.

It was fortunate that Shi Zhuan had already switched to defensive mode the moment he saw Old Lord raise his hand, otherwise, the Yin-Yang Qi attack might have directly eliminated him without any defense.

He pressed the Taiji Diagram in his hand onto the ground, and a huge Taiji Diagram began to spin on the ground.

As the Taiji Diagram rotated, the eyes of the two Yin-Yang fish gradually became four, and the entire scene seemed to be divided into four areas by black and white.

And as the Taiji Diagram's rotation speed increased, the four eyes gradually became eight.

Then the Taiji Diagram suddenly exploded, and the Taiji Bagua Array was formed!

In that instant, Shi Zhuan didn't move himself, nor did he see the old man opposite move, but he suddenly felt that the distance between them had become very, very far.

Looking at Old Lord's expressionless face, Shi Zhuan couldn't help but feel a little terrified.

This kind of ability truly exceeded his comprehension.

"I need to find a way to break this situation!"

Shi Zhuan gritted his teeth and once again charged towards Old Lord with his blade raised.

But with just one spin of the Bagua Diagram under his feet, he lost sight of Old Lord.

Shi Zhuan looked left and right, then suddenly turned his head, preventing Old Lord from suddenly appearing and launching a sneak attack on him.

And this scene of his looked rather strange in the eyes of others.

"That old man is just two steps in front of him, what's he looking around for?"

"Why isn't he attacking? Is he blinded by some special card skill?"

"Looking at him, it doesn't seem like he's blinded, more like he can't see that old man."

"Amazing, he's right in front but can't be seen. If it were invisibility, we shouldn't be able to see him either."

"It should be the effect caused by that pattern under their feet, right?"

Old Principal looked at this scene, speaking with some uncertainty.

The rapid rotation of the Taiji Diagram just now almost made him dizzy; he always felt that pattern was very magical.

Through continuous acceleration of rotation, it could actually produce so many different patterns.

And finally, within the rotating pattern, one could still discern its appearance when not rotating.

What a strange pattern.

Old Principal shook his head and continued to look up at the arena.

In the arena, [Taiqing Divine Thunder] descended from the sky, and then [Six Ding Divine Fire] also appeared on Shi Zhuan's body, beginning to burn.

Old Lord stood three or four steps away from Shi Zhuan, quietly watching him.

And Shi Zhuan, caught by the sudden attack, became flustered. He waved his Guandao, but it posed no threat to Old Lord, who was not far away.

[Taiqing Divine Thunder] constantly fell, [Six Ding Divine Fire] continuously burned, plus the Bagua Array's restriction on Shi Zhuan's position, it could be said that victory was only a matter of time.

But Old Lord felt that this was too slow.

Moreover, this guy just cursed him. If he didn't receive the same treatment as that monkey, that monkey would probably scold him for being biased.

"Enough."

Old Lord waved his whisk, and Shi Zhuan suddenly saw Old Lord's figure appear on his right.

Shi Zhuan was very excited. While fending off the attacks, he ran towards Old Lord.

Not attacking means not losing, but not attacking also means not winning!

This continuous burning flame on his body made Shi Zhuan very annoyed.

After all, the Pale Floating Pagoda disliked this kind of continuous skill that acted on the body the most.

When switching to attack mode, this continuous damage skill acting on the body would not disappear, and would even cause greater damage to him because he had switched to attack mode and lost his defense.

"The purple quality Pale Floating Pagoda is still not good enough. After converting to attack mode, the defensive skills on the body can no longer be used."

"Only when the Pale Floating Pagoda is upgraded to a red quality card will the defensive skills on the body transform into attack skills when the Pale Floating Pagoda converts to attack mode."

Guan Chutian looked at this scene, also sighing and shaking her head.

She knew that Shi Zhuan was already out of this game.

Although she didn't know why Shi Zhuan suddenly charged headfirst in one direction, judging from his appearance just now, this should be the method used by that old man.

She just didn't know what kind of attack was waiting for Shi Zhuan.

In the arena, Shi Zhuan maintained defensive mode while rushing towards Old Lord.

Anyway, their speeds were similar, so he would just switch to attack mode when it was time for the final attack.

Seeing himself getting closer and closer to Old Lord, Shi Zhuan seemed to even see a terrified expression on Old Lord's face.

However, all of this was just his illusion.

Even the illusion of himself that Old Lord specially created still had an expressionless face.

"Bang!"

His foot landed heavily on the ground, Shi Zhuan once again used [Treading Star Steps]!

"Clang!"

But it was only one step. When he took the second step, he felt as if he had hit an iron plate, and his entire body was somewhat twisted.

However, Shi Zhuan's reaction wasn't slow. He took a step to the left, forcibly took a third step, then instantly switched to attack mode and slashed his blade towards the "iron plate" in front of him.

But this time, he missed.

It was as if hitting an iron plate just now was merely his illusion.

There was no imagined collision, and the force driven by the Guandao also made Shi Zhuan lose his balance.

Feeling the damage caused by the burning flames on his body, Shi Zhuan quickly switched back to defensive mode.

"This... is he out of his mind?"

"Did he see this big furnace and voluntarily go inside?"

"Damn it, is he throwing the match?"

"It looks strange no matter how you look at it. It doesn't seem like something a normal person would do."

"Does that old man have the ability to control people's movements?"

Shi Zhuan in the arena couldn't see clearly, but the audience outside the arena could see very clearly.

What they saw was Shi Zhuan suddenly turning his head, then running towards the big furnace and jumping into it voluntarily, then launching his strongest attack at thin air.

Unfortunately, he hit the wrong spot.

If he had hit the weakest point of the Bagua Furnace, perhaps his full-power attack after the third step of [Treading Star Steps] might have been able to break it.

But how could Old Lord give him that chance?

[Six Ding Divine Fire] emerged from the Bagua Furnace, beginning to refine the Pale Floating Pagoda.

And Shi Zhuan, after exploring within the Bagua Furnace, also understood his predicament.

"How about we call it a draw? I can't find you, and you can't kill me. Why not just call it a draw!"

"The damage from this fire and that lightning is too small, it can't break through my Pale Floating Pagoda's defense at all!"

Shi Zhuan roared in the Bagua Furnace, trying to tell Jiang Yuan to call the match a draw.

Just as he said, he couldn't find Old Lord, but Old Lord's attacks also had no way of dealing with him.