68: mutation

Li Changfeng was all smiles, exceptionally amicable.

However, this amicable smile, in the eyes of the Sect Master and the Peak Lords, was so detestable that they wanted to cleave his face with a sword.

The Yaoguang Peak Lord had already given her wager to Li Changfeng; they couldn't possibly be outdone by a woman, could they?

With a pained expression, the Sect Master reluctantly tossed the storage ring to Li Changfeng.

Inside this storage ring were cultivation resources worth tens of millions of Low-Grade Spirit Stones!

With the two of them taking the lead, the other four Peak Lords could only accept their defeat.

The Tianji Peak Lord lost the most miserably; he had previously lost two million Low-Grade Spirit Stones to Li Changfeng.

Later, he added another five million Low-Grade Spirit Stones to the wager, nearly emptying Tianji Peak entirely.

"Peak Lord Li, Junior Brother Li!"

"We are all Peak Lords of the Kaoshan Sect; there's no need to be so strict in enforcing this."

"The cultivation resources have been given to you; we have fulfilled our Heavenly Dao oath."

"Now, Peak Lord Li, can you return some to us Peak Lords?"

Li Changfeng sighed, his face filled with helplessness and bitterness.

He looked at the Tianji Peak Lord.

"Tianji Peak Lord, I also want to return some."

"But our Tianquan Peak, even its main hall is still under construction, estimated to take a few more months to complete."

"Tianquan Peak has no martial arts training ground, no scripture transmission room."

"The entire Peak, from top to bottom, consists only of me, two Disciples, and one maidservant."

"It's hard enough to earn a little bit of cultivation resources; if I return them to you, Senior Brother Tianji."

"Then my Tianquan Peak will likely completely decline, with no chance of rising again."

The Tianji Peak Lord frowned, but he couldn't speak.

This was because what Li Changfeng said was true; Tianquan Peak had been abandoned for far too long.

After countless years of erosion, the original Tianquan Hall had long been demolished.

Li Changfeng took over Tianquan Peak, and everything needed to start from scratch.

Seeing that there was no way to get any cultivation resources back from Li Changfeng, the Peak Lords wisely shut their mouths.

Ning Tianyou lost, and after the Law Enforcement Elder announced the result, Phoenix Dance and Zhao Qingzhu successively ascended the martial arts training stage.

The two women were both representatives of beauty in the Kaoshan Sect, and possessed Peak strength among the younger generation.

Their battle naturally attracted the attention of countless Disciples.

Especially Zhao Qingzhu, who was the goddess in the hearts of countless Kaoshan Sect Disciples.

Unlike Phoenix Dance, today was the first time she had made herself known to the Kaoshan Sect Disciples.

Zhao Qingzhu: "Junior Sister Phoenix Dance, I watched your battle."

"You can release strange and powerful flames; Senior Sister doesn't know if she can withstand them."

"But Senior Sister won't give up easily; now that Senior Brother Ning has been eliminated, Senior Sister wants to compete for first place!"

Phoenix Dance nodded; reaching this point, it was inevitable that Zhao Qingzhu wouldn't want to give up.

However, the difference in strength between the two was too great.

It should be known that Phoenix Dance, under the continuous enhancement of the Automatic Cultivation System every minute and second, was getting closer and closer to breaking through to Nascent Soul Peak and stepping into the God Transformation Realm in one go.

In fact, if Phoenix Dance wanted to, she could do it right now.

"Senior Sister, I completely agree with your idea."

"From beginning to end, Senior Sister, you probably never considered anyone else as an opponent."

"You only considered Senior Brother Ning as your biggest obstacle to becoming first in the Seven Peaks Martial Meet."

"But now Senior Brother Ning has been defeated, and my Junior Brother has won."

"If my Junior Brother won, then I, as his Senior Sister, cannot lose."

Zhao Qingzhu drew her sword, which was actually a Medium Grade Peak Spirit Sword!

Phoenix Dance couldn't help but sigh; Yaoguang Peak was indeed wealthy.

Such a Spirit Sword was not cheap.

"Junior Sister Phoenix Dance, aren't you going to draw your sword?"

"Or are you looking down on Senior Sister, thinking Senior Sister isn't worthy of you drawing your sword?"

Phoenix Dance shook her head: "Swords are for killing enemies."

"When sparring with Senior Sister, I will attack with fire."

Good!

Zhao Qingzhu knew Phoenix Dance was strong, but she had no concept of how strong.

She only knew that defeating Phoenix Dance would definitely not be that simple.

Shadowless Sword!

Zhao Qingzhu didn't hold back and directly attacked Phoenix Dance.

Shadowless Sword, a Profound-Grade Peak sword technique, was known for striking enemies invisibly.

When practiced to Major Achievement, it could condense Qi into a sword to sever the heads of enemies within ten li!

Clearly, Zhao Qingzhu had not reached such a Realm; she could only be considered to have Minor Achievement.

The sword in her hand became illusory, making it feel unreal.

Countless phantoms appeared before Phoenix Dance's eyes, making it impossible for Phoenix Dance to distinguish which sword shadow was real.

Zhao Qingzhu thrust her sword, but in Phoenix Dance's eyes, it was like hundreds or thousands of sword strikes attacking her.

Li Changfeng nodded slightly: "This Shadowless Sword is well-practiced."

"If it could be practiced to Major Achievement, it could indeed cause some trouble."

"However, the outcome is already decided."

As the Peak Lords were about to retort, boundless flames erupted from Phoenix Dance's body.

These boundless flames transformed into an enormous fire Phoenix, which actually swallowed all the sword shadows.

Even Zhao Qingzhu was enveloped by the flames.

However, Phoenix Dance did not harm her; she merely completely confined her within the flames.

Feeling the terrifying high temperature of the flames, Zhao Qingzhu smiled helplessly.

"Junior Sister, it seems I can only surrender."

"This move of yours is simply unsolvable."

Phoenix Dance shook her head: "My Junior Brother is fearless; he can even charge out of the sea of fire and attack me directly."

"Senior Sister, thank you for the concession!"

Zhao Qingzhu nodded; she didn't want to endure any longer.

The previous Kaoshan Sect Disciple who was burned was extremely miserable, with no good spots on his entire body.

As a woman, and a beautiful woman at that, she didn't want to be disfigured.

Zhao Qingzhu loudly declared: "I surrender!"

With Zhao Qingzhu's surrender, the Law Enforcement Elder announced the result.

"Tianquan Peak Disciple, Phoenix Dance, wins and advances to the grand finals!"

Countless Kaoshan Sect Disciples looked at each other in dismay.

They had considered various outcomes, but they had never imagined that in the end, two Disciples from Tianquan Peak would respectively claim first and second place.

The Sect Master deeply gazed at Li Changfeng, filled with emotion.

"Changfeng, you've only been at Tianquan Peak for about a month."

"Where on earth did you find two such Prodigy Disciples?"

"Their strength is probably not inferior at all, even when facing someone in the Golden Core Realm."

Li Changfeng grinned, speaking calmly.

"As their Revered Master, I don't even know how strong their true strength is."

"After all, we are the Kaoshan Sect; they have always kept the sect's teachings firmly in mind."

The Sect Master did not speak further; he didn't believe Li Changfeng was unaware of his Disciples' strengths.

However, since Li Changfeng was unwilling to say, he didn't intend to probe further.

Phoenix Dance and Lin Fan were invited onto Martial Arts Training Stage Number One; next, it would be their battle.

Everyone present was curious about which of the two Tianquan Peak Disciples was stronger.

Even Li Changfeng wanted to know the answer.

Law Enforcement Elder: "You two are both Tianquan Peak Disciples; now, between the two of you, the first and second places will be decided."

"Let the match begin!"

Lin Fan and Phoenix Dance looked at each other.

They exchanged smiles and surprisingly, spoke in unison: "I surrender!"

Hearing what the other said, Lin Fan and Phoenix Dance were about to discuss who would be first.

A sudden change occurred!

An invisible Formation was activated, encompassing the Sect Master and all the Peak Lords.

All the Kaoshan Sect Disciples present were enveloped within it!