Longevity begins with slaying demons and eliminating demons

Chapter 58

At this moment, Gu Xu was standing on the other side of the ring, quietly observing everything around him.

He also saw his opponent's code name - "Linghu" from the side wall of the ring.

"Looking at this code name, there might be a very cunning guy on the other side," Gu Xu secretly said in his heart, "I must not be careless."

In "The Realm of Taoism", the face and figure of the opponent are shrouded in fog, just like a mosaic, it is difficult to see the appearance, and even the gender is difficult to distinguish.

Because the members of the "Shenji Camp" are both princes and nobles, as well as common people.

The three saints who created the "realm of Taoism" agreed that such things as identity might make young monks constrained and scruples in the process of competition.

Only by putting aside their identity and treating their opponents as monsters, can every young person let go of himself and show his true strength.

Of course, if someone wants to self-destruct, the saints are out of their hands.

Afterwards, Gu Xu walked to the steps next to the ring and began to choose weapons for himself.

His eyes only glanced at the yellow rune paper, and then quickly moved away.

In today's competition, he did not intend to use the talisman technique.

Although he really wanted to win, he was also greedy for the reward from the headquarters of the Exorcism Division.

But he understands that the most fundamental meaning of "The Realm of Taoism" is to help him improve his actual combat skills and increase his probability of surviving encounters with ghosts in the future.

It is a rare opportunity to learn from the monks of the same realm.

He can't put the cart before the horse.

So, he bent down and picked up dozens of hiltless flying knives shaped like willow leaves and thin as paper from the ground.

Because these blades were too sharp, he deliberately wrapped his hands with True Essence to avoid being scratched by them.

His actions naturally fell into the eyes of Guan Jin on the opposite side.

"Who is using a flying knife in this Shenji Camp? Why can't I remember?" Shangguan Jin frowned slightly, thinking to himself.

As one of the fifth-grade exorcists, she had accompanied Master Si Shou to assess most of the reserve members of the "Shenji Camp" - but in her impression, there were no second-level monks who used flying knives.

This made Shangguan Jin feel a little unhappy.

In combat, she likes the feeling of being in control.

She likes to get to know every potential opponent and collect their information; she likes to study every tiny habit of the opponent in the battle process, and finds flaws; she likes to calculate the opponent's movement trajectory and predict what their next move will be. move...

Almost every monk who has fought against Guan Jin has complained invariably: "I feel like I've become a marionette in this woman's hands. She can always predict every move I make."

But now, Shangguan Jin has an unpredictable variable in front of him.

She doesn't like variables.

Fortunately, her opponent only has a second-level cultivation base, and her combat experience and skills should be far inferior to hers.

Even if the other party can really pull out some unexpected skills, she feels that she should be able to deal with it easily.

Thinking of this, she walked into the ring with a smile on her face, without choosing any weapons.

"This opponent... seems to be very confident!" Gu Xu commented in his heart, and followed him into the ring.

Drums sounded in the endless darkness.

The atmosphere of "The Realm of Taoism" suddenly became bloody.

Gu Xu and Shangguan Jin together bowed their hands to each other, announcing the official start of the competition.

But at the moment when the two stood up straight again, Gu Xu suddenly felt a strong chill coming from behind.

This is a dangerous warning from his consciousness!

Since cultivating "Solar Eclipse", Gu Xu's spiritual power has become unprecedentedly powerful, which can not only be used to attack, but also sense the hostility nearby.

He dodged sideways without thinking.

At this moment, Shangguan Jin's figure appeared like a ghost in Gu Xu's place just now.

In her hand, she held a blue-colored dagger that was condensed from true essence.

The smoke is lingering, and the edge is pressing.

Gu Xu knew that if his reaction was just a little slower, he would be stabbed in the heart from the back by the dagger, declaring the test a failure.

"The person opposite really doesn't talk about martial arts, and he will attack as soon as he comes up," Gu Xu secretly complained in his heart, "No wonder the code name is Vixen."

Shangguan Jin was also quite surprised by Gu Xu's reaction just now.

The movement method she used just now is called "Meteor Walks the Moon"——

It was created by Sishou Luochuan, the exorcist, and it was recognized as one of the most mysterious and unpredictable movements in the Daqi Dynasty.

There is a poem: "Meteor penetrates the wood, and the moon is retrograde."

With this movement, she can come and go invisible within a certain range, like a meteor passing through the trees, and the moon passing through the clouds, making it difficult to estimate where she will appear in the next second.

But she didn't expect that the other party actually predicted her own fatal blow and avoided it in time.

A mere second-level cultivator can actually crack "Meteor Walks the Moon"?
No one will believe it if you say it!
"Maybe this is just a coincidence." Shangguan Jin secretly guessed.

But she didn't underestimate the enemy because of this, instead she felt a little more vigilant, and apparently regarded the young monk codenamed "Suzaku" as a worthy opponent.

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Gu Xu also shot.

As soon as he thought about it, the blades as thin as cicada wings flew to Shangguan Jin in unison under the package of Zhen Yuan.

It's like fallen leaves rolling in the rustling autumn wind, and like raindrops falling from the sky.

The scene seemed rather poetic.

But Shangguan Jin could see the extreme danger in it.

On the one hand, those paper-like flying knives without handles are too sharp - as long as you touch them lightly, they will cut through the skin, cut flesh and blood, and the blood will flow like a spring in an instant.

On the other hand, Shangguan Jin was deeply shocked by his opponent's majestic spiritual power and meticulous control of his true essence.

Space control is indeed the basic operation of practitioners.

But most monks can only control a small mass object - such as stealing coins from other people's pockets with their minds, or controlling marbles to hit sparrows on a tree.

The cultivator on the opposite side can control dozens of blades to dance in the air at the same time, not only turning, but also changing the flight speed, which is inconceivable to Shangguan Jin.

"This person's spiritual power should be close to the level of the fourth realm!" She narrowed her eyes and commented silently in her mind, "Our Shenji Camp is really hiding dragons and crouching tigers!"

But she was not afraid.

Although there are many flying blades, there are rules to follow after all.

As long as there are rules and regulations, there is the possibility of cracking.

In the following period of time, Shangguan Jin has been using "Meteor Walks the Moon" to walk calmly among the rain of knives in the sky.

Those handleless flying knives always rubbed close to her skin, but they couldn't cause any substantial damage to her.

In Shangguan Jin's field of vision, these flying blades turned into thousands of numbers - these numbers describe the quality, length, width, thickness, flight speed, and so on.

With these numbers, she can instantly calculate the follow-up flight trajectory of the blade, so as to use her movement to avoid it in advance.

This is the supernatural power she obtained when she broke through the third realm - "Heaven's Calculation".

Although using the magical powers of the third realm to deal with the monks of the second realm is somewhat unethical...

But this "realm of Taoism" only requires her to proclaim her true essence, and does not restrict her from using supernatural powers.She used "natural calculations" to predict the opponent's attack, which was not a violation.

Shangguan Jin has always been a person who will do anything to achieve his goals.

She never paid attention to morality, and she never cared about the opinions of others.

She is good at exploiting loopholes in the rules, and doesn't mind using tactics such as "sneak attack" that are considered despicable and shameless, nor does she dislike using nice words to please the superior.

Perhaps it is because of this that she, who was born at a very low level, can rise step by step and become a big celebrity by the side of the exorcist Secretary.

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Notes:

(1) "Meteor penetrates sparse wood, and the moon is retrograde." - Tang Jiadao "Sushan Temple"

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