Chapter 70 The feeling of slapping bricks is really great!

  Zhuge Zhan's face turned stern as he replied in a loud and clear voice, "Mr. Ren, your words are quite off the mark! When I arrived, I had already declared that I was just passing by this place and would take a look around, without any intention of participating in the competition. If I were to join in at this point, wouldn't it be giving others an excuse to say that Chinese people are indeed insincere?"

  When she heard his words, Zuo Xiaoyao, who was paying attention to the situation on the field and the situation of Luo Hongtian and others, couldn't help but flash a smile in her eyes. Having watched for a while, she naturally understood the situation on the field and knew what Zhuge Jinyu had in mind when he made that gesture earlier. After all, he had also seen the strength gap between the two sides on the field.

  More than thirty blonde-haired, blue-eyed people holding 'crutches', five werewolves who can transform into wolves, and more than fifty black-robed people, totaling nearly a hundred opponents. Among them, not to mention the five powerful werewolves who can use their bodies as weapons, three of the blonde-haired, blue-eyed people have faster and stronger magic released through their 'crutches'. Seven of the black-robed people can release sword energy that is almost solidified, capable of penetrating the external spiritual shields of foundation-building cultivators.

  While the Xiu Zhen side, apart from the seven people led by Zhuge Zhenyu, had more than 40 people, among whom six were at the foundation-building stage, around 20 were at the liquefaction stage, and the rest were at the gas-absorbing stage. Although there was a significant difference in numbers, fortunately, the overall strength gap between the two sides was limited. However, even those holding 'Guai' needed some preparation time to release their spells, and the Xiu Zhen practitioners could not break through the black-robed men and wolf-like men blocking their way, making it impossible for them to harm them, allowing them to successfully cast spells that would pose a threat to the Xiu Zhen practitioners.

  The gap in strength between the two sides is limited. Among them, Zhuge Jingyu's foundation-building middle-term cultivation and seven cultivators with at least mid-fusion stage cultivation or above. This force can obviously play a nearly decisive role in the situation on the field, of course, provided that the other side has not received reinforcements yet. However, due to geographical location reasons, it is most stable for the cultivator's side to strive for a quick battle and quick decision.

  While dodging the flames that were continuously attacking him, Ren Kang loudly said "You are clearly quibbling! In such a major event, why bother with trivialities? This Ding's emergence is related to my entire cultivation world. Can you just stand by and do nothing?"

  "Ren Dao, you're being too harsh, aren't you?! When Zhuge and the others arrived, your expression was so gloomy that it was as if you were about to drive them away. This forced him to take a stand and declare his neutrality beforehand. Now that we've discovered these barbarians' tactics are no worse than ours, you still want to force them into action with words. If they do take action, afterwards, we can't hold them accountable for their previous promises, can we?!"

  He exchanged greetings with Zhuge Zhenyu, who had just arrived, and was a cultivator of the same level as him in the foundation-building stage. The middle-aged man with a black beard replied first, though he knew that Ren Kang's cultivation was higher than his, the sarcasm in his words was not disguised at all.

  Feeling the pressure mounting, the situation becoming increasingly unfavorable to him, and hearing someone speak up for Zhuge Zhan, Ren Kang's face suddenly revealed a hint of anger. "I think you're all in cahoots, trying to conspire..."

  Without waiting for him to finish, Hong Tian suddenly spoke out and said "Let's go with what He Hong brother said. After this is over, we definitely won't mention what Zhuge Dao friend said earlier. As long as the tripod is seized by our side, no matter how it's handled in the end, the income will be divided equally among everyone. What does Yuan Dao friend think?"

  "Just as Master Rong said!"

  The middle-aged man with the highest cultivation base on the field, who had reached the perfect state of foundation building, responded in a low voice. At this moment, he was facing three wolfmen alone, his face gloomy. But when he nodded in agreement, Ren Kang, who had some reservations about both of them, could only give up despite having an unwilling heart.

  Hearing the protests of the other party, Zhuge Ziyu finally showed some hesitation and nodded reluctantly, saying "Since it's like this, we can only obey orders with respect. Everyone follow me, pay attention to safety, and do our best to protect our Chinese people's great tripod!"

  The crowd standing behind him, except for Zuo Xiao Yao, the others had already been eager to try, and now they were waiting for his order, and as soon as he gave the signal, they immediately joined the battle with their own magic weapons.

  "Zhuge's plan is truly ingenious!"

  This is called typical of getting a good deal and still selling it, while throwing this sentence next to Zhuge Zhenyu, he took out a palm-sized shield and a three-inch long brick, and then Xue Xiao followed suit and joined the battle. Since there were several people like Luo Hongtian around, she had to give up using the Bi Huo Huan and Han Shui Ci that she had taken pictures of on Jiu Tai Mountain last time, and decided to use these two top-grade artifacts purchased after completing the task.

  No matter who the big tripod ultimately falls to, for Zuo Xiaoyao, doing a good job of this last 'task' and paying off all debts is the most important thing. She doesn't have much interest in the big black tripod, even though from Zhuge Jinyu's careful examination of the tripod, his undisguised expression of surprise and admiration suggests that this tripod may indeed be the legendary Yu Long Ding.

  Zuo Xiaoyao thought this way, not because she already possessed the three treasures of Zi Zun, but because the aura emitted by Hei Ding was too strong. Especially the extremely intense killing intent emanating from the large cauldron seemed to be telling a fact: that this large cauldron was an ominous instrument.

  A deadly and powerful artifact, if it falls into the hands of someone whose strength is not strong enough to suppress its aura, may be counterattacked by the object, or cause the holder to go crazy during cultivation. In mild cases, all their cultivation will be lost, in severe cases, their soul will fly away. There are countless examples of this in the Cultivation Realm. Although there are still many cultivators who, when encountering such a treasure, would risk everything to quickly increase their strength, just like many cultivators present here who are eager to make the Great Cauldron their own.

  Of course, there are also many who, like Zhuge Zhenyu, have the main goal of gaining experience and getting some benefits. After all, it can be foreseen that once the Great Cauldron returns to the Xiuzhen world, no matter where it is placed or who takes it in, the owner will inevitably pay a huge price, and among these prices, there must be many things that can move the heart of a Jiedi-stage Xiuzhen cultivator.

  A shield-like defensive artifact blocked the opponent's sword energy and magic one by one, ignoring the envious and jealous glances of some cultivators around her. Zuo Xiaoyao controlled a brick-shaped artifact with her spiritual power, taking advantage of the opponent's distraction during battle to occasionally slap a brick on their head, making it difficult for those with weaker strength to defend themselves. Those who failed to dodge in time let out a pained cry, although it was not fatal, it left the opponent in agony and half-unconscious.

  Repeatedly successful. The performance was quite satisfactory, making Zuo Xiao Yao involuntarily curl up the corners of her mouth, and secretly sigh in admiration - the feeling of 'laying bricks' really wasn't bad!

  Unfortunately, the good times didn't last long. Noticing her strength, a black-robed man with relatively strong powers retreated his original opponent and rushed over to reinforce, while at the same time, an even more powerful magic spell attacked her. For a moment, it made Zuo Xiaoyao somewhat unable to cope, originally only planning to take advantage of the situation to practice her skills, but the situation was stronger than people, forcing her to bring out some real skills. After releasing a fire net to cover the black-robed man, forcing him to counterattack with his sword, and then a earth spike technique followed immediately after.

  As the black-robed man retreated in a flurry, a brick one foot long and wide came crashing down on his head. The black-robed man, who had no time to dodge, went dark in both eyes and was instantly forced to "withdraw" from the battlefield. Meanwhile, some people around him who were pierced by the earth auger also cried out in pain one after another.

  While simultaneously controlling two high-grade spirit-consuming artifacts, she can still release intermediate-level spells in succession, and they are instantaneous. This is something that even a cultivator at the early stage of foundation building cannot do, even though her current cultivation level revealed on the surface is still at the middle stage of fusion. Other cultivators who noticed this scene have also detected that Zuo Xiaoyao must be hiding her true cultivation level.

  This includes Zhuge Jinyu, who was extremely shocked in his heart. After all, he knew better than anyone else that Zuo Xiaoyao's real age was less than thirty years old, and yet she had such strength, which was also too unbelievable to accept. Unfortunately, the opponent who stopped him was also very strong, and didn't give him much time to be surprised.

  At this time, Zuo Xiao Yao didn't have the luxury to consider revealing her true strength. She wanted to take advantage of her momentum and break through the blockade set by the wolfmen and black-robed men. With her powerful magic wand, she could cast powerful spells that would knock out a few of those so-called "magicians" who were trying to get close to the large cauldron but were being blocked by their opponents' spells. This would give the cultivators some time to complete their task and escape quickly. However, she was soon blocked by two wolfmen.

  Originally just one, but seeing that Lü Tiantian was not far away and fighting a black-robed man, Rong Hongtian was suddenly attacked by a werewolf and became somewhat flustered, clearly at a disadvantage and on the verge of defeat, likely to be injured. After that, Zuo Xiaoyao's subconscious reaction was to throw the brick-shaped magic tool 'Fen' she had originally intended to use against the werewolf in front of her towards herself.

  In the midst of danger, he suddenly received external aid. Lu Hongtian naturally noticed it in the first moment, and after a flash of surprise in his eyes, he thanked Zuo Xiaoyao, but the response he got was Zuo Xiaoyao busy nodding to indicate briefly, without even having time to pay attention to him.

  The giant wolf claws shook the protective shield summoned by Zuo Xiaoyao with each swing, but fortunately, her spiritual power had not weakened and was still able to hold firm. The enlarged "brick" she slapped down, now three meters long and wide, was blocked by a layer of golden light surrounding the massive werewolf's body. The Earth Spike Technique could only serve to tickle the thick-skinned opponent.

  As she struggled to continue casting bricks, the golden glow surrounding one of the werewolves gradually weakened, rendering him unable to launch further attacks. However, it did not cause any harm to the werewolf. Meanwhile, the other werewolf continued to attack her with its body or claws while also spewing fire blades from its mouth. Despite exhausting a large amount of spiritual energy to continuously cast spells, she was unable to achieve significant results. Feeling that this stalemate was unsustainable since neither side could harm each other, but not wanting to reveal her true identity as "Xiao Yao", she temporarily had no solution.

  Fortunately, with Zuo Xiao Yao taking down a strong opponent and holding off two wolfmen at the same time, the situation on the field immediately improved significantly. As the protective lines guarding those magicians were torn open in two places, the cultivators quickly gained complete control of the battlefield. The giant cauldron was also lifted out of the large pit by over ten cultivators working together.

  Seeing the trend has gone, those blond-haired blue-eyed people and black-robed people also stopped their movements. Although this war was intense enough, due to these forces having signed a ceasefire agreement nearly a hundred years ago, large-scale wars of over a hundred people have been strictly prohibited. So even if everyone seemed to be holding back before, no one had actually gone for the kill. Many were injured, but not a single person truly died on the spot. In this way, it didn't count as violating the agreement, and this was also the tacit understanding of all those present. Zuo Xiaoyao, who had been to Jiutai Mountain, naturally knew about that agreement.

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