158: World Grand Tournament! Clash of Cultivation and Magic

The Cultivation Alliance is a newly established Alliance under the Earth Human Alliance.

It is specifically designed to manage human Cultivators.

This includes Eastern profound cultivators, as well as various types of supernatural ability users.

It is not just limited to magic practitioners.

Top floor of the Nirvana Tower.

The ice crystal detector scanned Ignis's flame demon tattoo.

The mechanical voice announced coldly: 'Flame Tower Academy representative, spiritual power purity SSS grade, recommended to participate in the Artifact Refining group, combat group...'

Shelley's Absolute Zero caused the instrument to spark, and she said irritably: 'The Arctic Realm requests to change the schedule.'

Morning Dew's Holy Light triggered an alarm in the testing room, and the bronze veins on her six wings were judged as 'unknown contamination source.'

Lu Chen's tianwen sword suddenly unsheathed itself and carved a purification array from the book of the dead on the wall.

The Spirit Stone communicators of the judging panel collectively went black.

Still need to test and evaluate?

This is strength, brothers!

'Enough.' A Cultivation Alliance Elder arrived through the Void Realm, and seventy-two Jade Slips flew out from his sleeves. 'Since you all bear Karma from beyond the heavens, why not resolve it at the Peak tournament.'

On the scroll unfolded by the Jade Slip, the purpose of this World Tournament was written: — [The Heavenly Dao catastrophe is coming, only by passing on the torch can we break the deadlock]!

Concise and to the point.

It was also a direct expression of their intent.

Late at night in the Kunlun Scripture Pavilion, Lu Chen stroked the ancient bronze scroll.

He was still searching for information from ancient times.

Even if it was just a few words, as long as it was helpful, he wanted to know.

Thereby obtaining the information within!

Morning Dew accompanied Lu Chen, her six wings shimmering with starlight under the moonlight refracting through the window.

Lu Chen asked about today's situation.

Morning Dew answered honestly: 'The detector shows that the energy of the eye of guixu is reviving in the ley lines of major academies, which should affect this competition between the world's major academies. The Old Dean has already sent people to keep an eye on it.'

As Morning Dew spoke, she opened the holy codex; the missing chapters of the 'Apocalypse' had begun to recover after this battle across the Universe.

She took out the future Peak tournament schedule.

She also began to ponder the future battle information.

At this moment, Ignis kicked the door open, her flame demon greatsword carrying her entry token, and complained unhappily, 'I drew the first match! My opponent is that group of hypocrites from the Vatican X Knights... You tell me, should I peel their skin off!'

Shelley, who was following her, was still holding a book about the Arctic Secret Realm. After what happened in the Arctic, she felt like a stranger to the place she came from.

She also began to look through various ancient books.

Shelley said expressionlessly: 'I've frozen quite a few Talismanic Incantation paper cranes recently that were trying to eavesdrop on our academy... I don't even know where they came from.'

Ning Xiwei emerged from behind a row of bookshelves, her fingertips tracing the Void Realm, and the opened book of the dead projected a scene: This was a clip recently discovered by the academy's surveillance.

In the eyes of some of the top seeds from the major academies, a bronze luster from the eye of guixu was flickering.

This was one of the reasons Lu Chen was worried about this competition.

heavenly dao contamination had likely already affected some of the students.

The Baji Bagua stage of the Kunlun Academy martial arts arena floated above the sea of clouds, and light patterns from the 'Luo Shu' flowed across the green jade arena surface.

Ignis carried the flame demon greatsword and stepped onto the Xun palace position, her lava tattoo glowing with reddish-gold light in the morning mist. Opposite her were the Vatican X Knights, their silver-white mechs refracting the maxims of the 'Bible'.

'Flame Tower Academy, Ignis Molten!' As soon as the referee Elder's sound-transmitting Jade Slip announced the name, the spectator stands erupted with noise.

The alchemists from the European branch raised their astrolabes, projecting her combat data into a constellation map; the undead priests from the Egyptian branch controlled a swarm of Scarabs, simulating the probability of victory or defeat on a sand table.

The Knight's mech unfolded twelve light wings, and the Spear of Longinus, personally bestowed by the Pope, condensed in his palm!

'Flame demon descendant? Hmph! Just a demon! — In the name of the Holy Father...'

Before the prayer was finished! Ignis made the first move, turning into a red rainbow and charging forward.

The moment the greatsword struck the light shield, the lava tattoo bloomed on her skin.

Wherever the greatsword passed, three thousand fire crows condensed in the Void Realm.

Ignis carried the fire crows and launched a fierce attack on her opponent.

It was simply giving the opponent no way out!

'Holy Light Barrier, expand!' The cross on the Knight's chest burst with characters from the 'Bible,' but they suddenly carbonized upon touching the fire crows.

Ignis spun and severed three light wings, lava seeping into the joints of the mech!

'God said let there be light? I'll add some heat for you!'

Ignis was provocative and dashing, speaking with disdain.

Located in the Arctic Realm spectator area, Shelley was translating the combat footage into an energy fluctuation graph.

Morning Dew was nearby, using Holy Light to heal the spirit birds injured by the sound waves, as well as some Disciples from the Arctic Realm who had been injured in previous matches.

Lu Chen also stood there, watching the match in the arena.

He was not worried about Ignis.

He was more afraid that she wouldn't hold back and would kill them on the spot.

Although treaties had been signed, the essence was to select talent.

Therefore, stopping at a suitable point was the basic requirement.

Of course, if she slipped up, there was nothing that could be done.

At this moment, Morning Dew walked over and gently tugged on Lu Chen's sleeve, 'Brother Chen, look at the pupils of those Knights...'

Lu Chen looked intently and saw that deep within the azure eyes beneath the Knights' mech visors, bronze starlight was faintly swirling.

Ning Xiwei had been standing by Lu Chen's side, observing everything calmly. Her bone ring was slightly hot at this moment, and the book of the dead floating beside her seemed to be affected by something, actually flipping to a blank page on its own!

This made Ning Xiwei alert, and her gaze fell on a certain place.

She whispered: 'Look at the Egyptian branch!'

Lu Chen followed her gaze and saw the Sphinx Puppet controlled by the descendants of the Pharaohs, with the same eerie bronze light flickering in its eye sockets.

On the arena, Ignis's greatsword was suddenly locked by the mech.

A phantom of a six-winged angel appeared behind the Knight, and the Spear of Longinus burst with annihilating black light, 'Heretic, — Judgment!'

'Judgment your grandpa!' Ignis roared, her flame demon tattoo detaching from her body and turning into a ball of flame.

This lava flame condensed into a three-headed hellhound in the Void Realm. The moment it bit the angel's throat, the mech's core suddenly overclocked and overloaded.

The analyzer in Shelley's hand showed that the Knight's spiritual power purity was being contaminated at a rate of 7% per second.

— Not good!

Lu Chen directly transmitted his voice to the Old Dean on the rostrum.

The Old Dean received the message and looked at the Elders on his left and right at the same time.

The meaning was very clear.

The Cultivation Alliance Elders in the VIP seats formed seals simultaneously, and a bronze barrier rose on the Bagua stage.

Ignis took the opportunity to leap into mid-air, her greatsword guiding the Li Fire position!

'I'll melt this tin coffin!'