Chapter Nineteen, Breakthrough
In the empty hall, the starry sky was flowing above the dome, and nine circles on the black ground were flickering. Qingshi and the old man Hu Bai were standing next to one of the apertures. Qingshi was confidently preparing to break through.
The old man had already asked clearly about the rules for breaking through the level, and Qingshi also knew some of the details inside the level very clearly. The rules are simple. This first level mainly tests talent, including one's own training conditions and potential, adaptability, etc.
The rule is that you only need to defeat the puppet guarding the level. There is no time limit, but you can only use the weapons provided in the level. You are not allowed to use your own weapons, armor, and magic weapons.
Qingshi smiled and said: "Old Bai, can you tell me the reward for passing this level?"
"Well," the old man nodded and said, "Based on your current cultivation level, if you pass the first level, you will receive three prizes: choose any one of the yellow-level middle-level exercises, martial arts, and techniques; the same level and the same level. Choose one of the weapons and armors; choose one of the spiritual weapons, elixirs, etc. of the same level and quality, for a total of three pieces. If you perform well, you may also get a chance to draw a lottery, and the lottery prizes will be randomly generated. The good thing is that you can draw a higher-level prize, which is a whole level higher, not a higher level."
"How do you behave well?" Qingshi was excited for a while, "Is it you, the old man, who has the final say?"
"That's a good idea," the old man rolled his eyes at Qingshi, "Okay, go in when you're ready."
Qingshi took a deep breath and stepped into the circle of light.
The scene in front of him changed, and Qingshi found that he was in a circular hall with a diameter of 100 feet. In the empty hall, there was only an aperture in the center where he was. There was a weapons rack in the aperture, with swords and other ten kinds of weapons inserted. Nothing.
While he was doubting, he saw that the surrounding ground began to change. Several earthen walls protruded in one place, a wooden pillar appeared in another place, a shallow pool formed in a sunken ground, and flame pillars suddenly spewed out from another area like a fountain. , there is also a large patch of dense or sparse knife bush growing on the ground.
Then five armored warriors of different heights, fat and thin appeared around the aperture, each holding a sword and other weapons. The armor on the warriors were each in five colors of red, yellow, orange, blue and green, which naturally represented the characteristics of the five elements.
The five warriors gathered around the circle of light and stared at Qingshi without moving.
Qingshi took out his sword and weighed it on the weapon rack, then suddenly rushed out of the circle of light and rushed towards the gap between the blue and orange warriors.
As soon as they came out of the aperture, five warriors immediately waved their weapons and surrounded them. The two blue and orange warriors raised their swords to chop. Qingshi waved his sword to separate, lowered his head and got out of the gap, and the five warriors chased after him.
Qingshi and the blue and orange warriors each performed a move. They felt that their cultivation level was similar to his own. Their true energy contained water and metallic properties respectively, but they had no attribute martial arts like themselves.
Martial skills are not only divided into levels, but some martial arts are specially developed for people with the attribute Qi. Generally speaking, martial arts with attribute requirements are less, and they may not necessarily be better than the same level of martial arts. But if a person with the attribute Qi If you practice martial arts with corresponding attributes, the power displayed by the martial arts will be very powerful.
Qingshi saw that the closest one was the blue armor warrior, that is, the water attribute warrior. He immediately ran towards those earth walls. Naturally, he wanted to use the earth attribute to restrain the water attribute. As for himself, he had all five elements of attributes, so of course he was not afraid of anything. Attributes are restrained.
Qingshi ran into the area of the earth wall and turned to face the water warrior. The earth attribute energy in his body was circulating, and he was ready to use the earth attribute power to quickly defeat the water warrior. Unexpectedly, the water warrior was not fooled, and stopped right in the area of the earth wall. Outside, staring at Qingshi but not coming in.
Then the golden warrior arrived, and without stopping, he rushed in and struck a blow in the head. Qingshi quickly held it, feeling that the golden warrior's power had greatly increased. He understood in his heart that this was the increase of the native metal principle on him, and at the same time he understood the earth wall formation. It is very simple. It only has the function of the five elements mutually reinforcing each other. It cannot independently attack, defend, confuse, etc. like a magic circle.
The blue stone circulated the fire attribute energy and poured it into the sword to fight with the golden warrior. After a few moves, he had the upper hand. At this time, the fire and wood warriors arrived outside one after another. The fire warrior rushed in with a sword and attacked the blue stone violently. The wooden warrior had the upper hand. But like the water warrior, he stood on the outside and refused to come in.
The blue stone is one against two, and even though it is restrained by the true energy of water and fire, it still feels difficult. At this moment, the local warrior had arrived, holding a machete high and slashing at the bluestone.
Qingshi knew that this was the home ground of the earth warrior, so he did not dare to take a hard hit. The wind attribute energy in his body was circulating, and he stepped on the flowing cloud step to avoid the blow, and then fled outside the earth wall formation.
In terms of speed, Qingshi was superior to these five warriors. Qingshi ran in front and the five warriors chased behind.
Qingshi no longer entered these earth walls and wooden pile positions, but only ran in the open space. When he encountered the Five Elements position, he bypassed it and continued running, observing as he ran.
After a while, Qingshi saw some clues. First of all, these warriors didn't know how to take shortcuts to intercept him, and would only follow their own running route to chase him. Then Qingshi saw the speed difference between these warriors. The fire warrior was the fastest, and the water warrior was the fastest. Wood comes next, metal is slightly inferior, and earth is the slowest.
After running a few laps, Qingshi had an idea.
Qingshi continued to run, and every time he encountered a Five Elements Formation, he would circle it half a circle, trying to extend the distance around the circular space as much as possible. After running a few times along the fixed route, he saw that the earth warrior was slow. Slowly pulled at the end.
Qingshi deliberately slowed down his pace. When the Fire Warrior got closer, Qingshi turned around and started fighting with him. After fighting for a few moves, the two warriors Mizuki and Mizuki arrived. Qingshi didn't wait for them to make a move, but turned around and ran away.
This time Qingshi no longer held back, he stepped on the Flowing Cloud Steps under his feet, and activated the wind attribute Qi in his body, quickly throwing the three warriors of fire, water, and wood far away.
Then, Qingshi's speed became faster and faster, and after a few breaths, he caught up with the earth warrior who fell at the back. The wood attribute energy in his body was flowing into the long sword, and he stabbed the earth warrior in the back of the head with a leap. The stupid big man didn't know it until this moment. Turn around and fight with your sword.
But not too far ahead, it was obvious that the Golden Warrior had a shorter distance when running backward than chasing forward, but he ran forward persistently without looking back.
Qingshi was so happy that he used the long sword in his hand with all his strength, forcing the warriors to retreat. He chose a good time. At this time, their position was close to the wooden pile formation. Qingshi stepped up his attacks. After a few breaths, he had already hardened the warriors. He was forced into the wooden pile formation.
Sure enough, this native warrior was superior because of his strength, but he was huge and slow in movement. Once he entered the wooden pile array, he immediately became more clumsy.
Qingshi saw the opportunity, put his long sword on the machete and pulled it to the side. The warrior's body tilted, Qingshi rose into the air and kicked towards the warrior's face. The warrior hurriedly tried to retract his open left arm to resist, but was blocked by a kick. A wooden stake blocked it and could not be retrieved.
With a bang, Qingshi kicked the native warrior hard in the face. The stupid big man had been beaten, but he didn't fall down. He just kicked and stared back again and again. He wanted to use this to stabilize his body, but unexpectedly the left rear His shoulder hit a wooden stake and his body staggered.
At this moment, Qingshi's long sword arrived, and the sword passed through his chest. Suddenly, the warrior's body froze, and then turned into a pile of sand and scattered down. At this time, the fire warrior had just arrived seven or eight feet behind him.
After dealing with the earth warriors, Qingshi followed the same pattern. After running in several circles with the four warriors, he caught up with the golden warrior from behind and forced him into the flame fountain. It's solved.
The situation in dealing with the Fire Samurai was slightly different, but it caused him to distance himself from the two Samurai Mizuki and the two Samurai Mizuki behind him, and then turned back to fight. The natural choice for the battle was at the edge of the pool. By the time the two Samurai Mizuki and Samurai Mizuki arrived, the Fire Samurai had already turned into a ball. The flames submerged in the pool.
Qingshi jumped out of the pool, but stopped running away. He turned over and started fighting with the two warriors Mizuki and Mizuki with his sword.
This Five Elements Warrior is set based on Qingshi’s cultivation level, which is also at the level of the third level of Qi Gathering Realm. However, due to the attribute of true energy, the actual combat power is higher than that of ordinary third level martial arts practitioners of Qi Gathering Realm. However, they The single attribute Qi can't compare with the five elements Qi of Qingshi, not to mention the blessing of Qingshi with high attribute Qi.
Therefore, it is very easy for Qingshi to challenge any samurai alone, and this is indeed the case. The first three were easily solved.
But now it's a bit difficult for Qingshi to fight one against two. Theoretically speaking, there should be no problem for Qingshi to fight one against two. However, Qingshi has little actual combat experience and poor martial arts skills, so he only has an extremely powerful zhenqi. But he couldn't perform very well.
However, the two warriors Mizuki and Mizuki have a mutually beneficial relationship but not a mutually antagonistic relationship, so their combat power is much greater than one plus one equals two.
If Qingshi wants to use the fire attribute to restrain the Wood Warrior, he will be restrained by the Water Warrior. When he wants to use the earth attribute to deal with the Water Warrior, he will be restrained by the Wood Warrior. In this way, he will not be able to take advantage of hundreds of moves. It's cheap, but it consumes the energy and makes some strength unsustainable.
Seeing that it was difficult to win, Qingshi thought of using the positions again, but found that with the defeat of the three warriors of earth, metal and fire, the three corresponding attribute positions also disappeared. Now there are only two positions of water and wood in the field, and these two positions not only restrain If it cannot defeat the other party, it will greatly benefit the other party, so it must not be used for oneself.
After fighting for a while, Qingshi felt increasingly exhausted, but the two warriors showed no signs of losing strength.
Qingshi gritted his teeth, tried his best to block the dagger of the water warrior, and then avoided the long stick of the wooden warrior, repeated his old trick and ran away.
After two laps of running, there was almost no difference in the speed of the two warriors, Mizuki. It seemed that even running for another ten days and a half would not be able to widen the distance between them.
After running for a while, Qingshi suddenly had an idea in his mind and turned around and ran into the middle circle of light.
As expected, after running into the aperture, Qingshi was not teleported away, but the two samurai Mizuki stopped attacking and stood side by side just staring at Qingshi motionless.
Qingshi breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that he was finally not fooling old man Hu Bai in vain. If he hadn't gotten the information out of him that he could escape into the aperture to rest, he wouldn't have dared to try it even if he had thought of it, otherwise he would be teleported if he entered the aperture. Wouldn't it be bad if he went out or was sentenced to give up?
Seeing that the plan was successful, Qingshi immediately sat down cross-legged and took out a third-grade Qi-recovering pill and threw it into his mouth. This was also taking advantage of a loophole in the rules. The rules did not allow the use of his own weapons, magic weapons and other attack and defense props, but they did not say that they could not be used. Pills for recovery, but bluestones such as Dali Pills and Critical Strike Pills that can increase combat power will never be used, and of course he doesn't have them now.
After about half an hour, Qingshi felt that his strength had basically recovered, and he immediately stood up, drew his sword out of the circle, and started fighting with the two warriors Mizuki. Qingshi also figured it out. Since he couldn't use tricks, he might as well try his best.
Qingshi believes that as he becomes more proficient in martial arts and accumulates practical experience, it is only a matter of time before he can defeat these two puppet warriors.
Qingshi enters the aperture to rest and recover for about an hour every time he fights. At the same time, he summarizes and analyzes the previous battle process. After repeating this cycle, he gradually feels that his combat power output has increased a lot, and he gradually feels more relaxed when dealing with the two samurai Mizuki. .
After stepping out of the aperture for the sixth time to fight again, Qingshi finally discovered the opportunity to defeat his opponent for the first time in less than half an hour.
At this time, Qingshi's understanding of combat continued to improve, and he became more and more proficient in the use of body, sword, and martial arts. He also had great experience in the operation, application, conversion, and output of his own true energy, and his combat power was comprehensively improved.
Therefore, Qingshi was no longer eager to defeat the opponent, but used the two puppet warriors as tools to hone himself. This time Qingshi fought with the two samurai for two hours before entering the aperture, and entering the aperture was not mainly to restore his strength. He needed to calm down and sort out his thoughts on the battle.
More than an hour later, Qingshi stepped out of the circle of light again with his sword, but instead of fighting immediately, he led the two samurai Mizuki and Mizuki into the wooden pile array before turning over to fight.
Sure enough, after entering the wooden pile array, the strength of the wooden warrior increased greatly, and Qingshi felt a little bit more difficult. After fighting for a while, Qingshi began to try to use the benefits of the wooden array himself, and slowly touched some five-element attribute characteristics that use external things. I couldn't help but be overjoyed to improve my own skills, and my interest became even higher.
After more than half an hour, Qingshi felt that the pressure had decreased, and led the two warriors into the water formation.
Sure enough, this water formation had a beneficial effect on both the water warriors and the two warriors, especially the water warrior. Qingshi felt that the pressure was a little higher, and he immediately concentrated on the battle.
After fighting in the water formation for about an hour, the long sword in Qingshi's hand gradually became more and more freely wielded. He could stab, pick, separate, and block the offensive and defensive sword moves as he wished. The strength of the sword, the speed, etc. .
Qingshi knew in his heart that his understanding of swords had reached a higher level, and the low-level Huang-level martial arts Liuhe Sword Technique he had practiced had achieved a breakthrough and entered the realm of perfection.
At this point, the two warriors of water and wood could no longer bring any pressure, and Qingshi no longer wanted to fight. After a few moves, a sword stabbed the wood warrior in the throat, causing it to turn into a pile of sawdust and dissipate. After a few more moves, the water warrior was also struck by a sword. Pierce the heart, turn into clear water, merge into the pool and disappear together.
Qingshi put away his sword and took a long breath, then heard a female voice in the air: "The assessment is over, congratulations on passing the test. You can exit to find Hu Bai to receive the reward."
Qingshi clasped his fist in the air and said thank you, then walked into the circle of light. He wanted to insert the long sword in his hand back into the weapon rack, but found that the rack was missing. While he was hesitating, the female voice sounded again: "This sword is for you."
This sword is a low-grade yellow-grade spiritual weapon. It is not expensive, but it is much better than the pile of low-grade long swords in the bluestone storage container.
Qingshi was about to say thank you when the scene in front of him changed and he was back to the nine-aperture hall.
