198: Chapter 198: Same realm, but different strengths

The referee flew above the arena, briefly cleaned it up, and then announced in a loud voice:

"The next match will be between Zuo Wentian from Four Seas City and Zhang Lang from East Sea City!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Zuo Wentian, dressed in white, gently fanned himself with his left hand, and elegantly flew into the arena in what he considered to be the coolest possible pose.

Although his expression was one that just begged for a beating, his Cultivation was genuinely at the Golden Core Middle Stage.

Moreover, he was an extremely rare Dual Cultivation of both Magic Treasure and Body Cultivator, and even more so, a one-in-a-million Pure Yang Body.

Looking at Zhang Lang, his appearance was somewhat similar to Zhang Fei, but his Cultivation was only at the Golden Core Early Stage.

The expression on his face was somewhat sinister and eerie, a look that could probably scare children into crying.

It seemed the Four Seas Commerce League had put some thought into arranging the matches, deliberately staggering the seeded players to prevent these Prodigies from meeting too early.

With the referee's command, the battle began. Zhang Lang roared:

"Blood Shield!"

Instantly, a bloody mist emanated from his body, and in the blink of an eye, it formed a three-meter diameter shield around him.

"Hmm?"

Wang Bin, who was watching the battle, couldn't help but feel puzzled. It was also a Blood Shield, so why was the difference so great?

However, he quickly regained his composure. The same Cultivation Technique, Cultivated by different people, would naturally have different power, not to mention Zhang Lang was only at the Golden Core Early Stage.

Seeing this, Zuo Wentian gently waved the fan in his hand. In an instant, dozens of fist-sized fireballs appeared out of thin air in the sky, smashing towards Zhang Lang like meteors.

Zhang Lang quickly lowered his head, muttering incantations. Immediately after, more than a dozen blood-Qi-condensed sea fish shot out from his body, swimming towards Zuo Wentian at an extremely fast speed.

The fireballs heavily struck Zhang Lang's Blood Shield, immediately stirring up a thick bloody mist. A section of the shield instantly dissipated but quickly reformed.

However, Zhang Lang's face turned very ugly because the blood fish he sent out, as soon as they hit Zuo Wentian's flame shield, instantly melted like ice and snow meeting the scorching sun, leaving only a patch of bloody mist.

"Haha! Sorry, Brother Zhang, my Pure Yang Body just happens to counter you, so just surrender!"

Zuo Wentian said with a triumphant laugh.

Zhang Lang didn't respond. A dark red blood soul banner Magic Treasure suddenly appeared in his hand.

He violently waved the blood soul banner, and an octopus-shaped demon soul roared out from the banner. Immediately after, dozens more demon souls carrying Foundation Establishment aura flew out one after another, though these demon souls looked somewhat ethereal.

With Zhang Lang's command of "Go!", dozens of demon souls pounced towards Zuo Wentian like hungry wolves.

Seeing this, Zuo Wentian immediately activated his armor and Divine Sense defensive Magic Treasure, while simultaneously casting several large white fireballs, smashing them fiercely towards those demon souls.

As soon as the two made contact, it was like a red-hot iron ball dropping into water, with only a sizzling sound.

Those Foundation Establishment demon souls instantly turned into a wisp of green smoke and dissipated into the air.

And that octopus demon soul, which emitted a Golden Core aura, only lasted for one or two breaths before turning into black smoke and disappearing.

Before it died, it let out a tragic but silent howl. Even though Wang Bin was far away, he could feel the strong Divine Sense fluctuation.

He even clearly saw that where the octopus demon soul died, some pure Divine Sense power, or perhaps Soul power, emanated.

Wang Bin couldn't help but wonder: Could it be that the pure Divine Sense power stored in the Chu Family's Mind Stabilizing Pearl came from this? Directly burning demon souls with a big fire?

It seemed feasible, but it was too wasteful!

The more Wang Bin thought about it, the more tempted he became. He had always been troubled by how slow his Divine Sense Cultivation was by slowly Cultivating.

After watching this battle, he secretly decided that he would try it when he returned, burning demon souls with fire, and he must find a way to speed up his Cultivation.

Zuo Wentian was quite wary at first. After all, the blood soul banner had suddenly summoned so many helpers, and he had originally expected a tough fight.

But unexpectedly, after a few large fireballs, all those demon souls were gone.

Seeing this, Zhang Lang spat out a mouthful of fresh blood with a "wow" sound, looking in disbelief at the blood soul banner in his hand, which now had cracks.

This was his Lifebound Treasure! The main Soul in that blood soul banner could originally single-handedly defeat a Golden Core Yao Beast without a problem, but now, the demon souls he had painstakingly captured were just gone!

Zuo Wentian's Pure Yang Body was truly too strong in countering him. He used his Lifebound Treasure, which had always made it easy to deal with Golden Core Stage Cultivators in the past, but this time...

"Blood Wave Surging!"

Zhang Lang's face was so gloomy it seemed water could drip from it. He spat out another mouthful of fresh blood, condensing a wave-like bloody river in front of him,

Wave after wave, it surged towards Zuo Wentian like a raging tide.

Feeling the powerful pressure brought by the bloody river, Zuo Wentian opened his mouth and spat out a stream of white flames, which merged into a large fireball in front of him.

He then cast the Pure Yang Great Fireball Spell, and a giant fireball, three meters in diameter, collided with the Blood Wave Surging like a cannonball.

The seemingly powerful bloody river was instantly evaporated completely.

The large fireball continued unabated, directly striking Zhang Lang.

Zhang Lang's Blood Shield, like paper, was instantly evaporated.

The shield formed by his armor Magic Treasure also shattered with a "crack" after only a second.

Just at this critical moment, the referee quickly put up an energy shield, barely saving Zhang Lang's life.

Even so, Zhang Lang was in a terrible state. All his clothes, hair, and eyebrows were burned off, and he directly fainted.

"Four Seas City's Zuo Wentian wins!" the referee loudly announced the result.

Zuo Wentian looked triumphant and cupped his hands to the surroundings, saying:

"I really didn't mean to, I didn't expect him to be so weak!"

Zhang Fei of East Sea City looked at Zuo Wentian's triumphant expression, and his face became very solemn.

But at the same time, he was secretly ecstatic, not expecting this Pure Yang Body to be so effective in countering the Blood Sea Scripture he Cultivated.

Moreover, this Pure Yang Body was so powerful; if he could absorb his essence blood, the chance of Breakthrough to Nascent Soul would greatly increase.

However, Zuo Wentian's identity was too sensitive. The Zuo Family's strength was far greater than his Zhang Family's, so this matter had to be planned carefully.

The next few battles were without suspense.

Chu Qingluan, as a Qingluan Body, had also comprehended elemental will and even formed a High Grade Golden Core.

Her fire control Spell was astonishingly powerful. Large flame Spells could almost be cast instantly, and she easily won without even using a Magic Treasure.

Liu Yiyi's performance was even more exaggerated. Her opponent was a female Golden Core cultivator from the Li Family of Four Seas City.

At the beginning of the battle, she cast an illusion Spell, directly controlling her opponent, who actually surrendered voluntarily.

Li Sh兵 of the Li Family of Four Seas City was indeed worthy of being called "Immortal Master One Sword."

His opponent was also a Golden Core Middle Stage Cultivator, but he was almost split in half by his sword.

Fortunately, the Nascent Soul referee intervened in time to save his opponent's life.

Li Sh兵 could condense Sword Qi into threads. His Sword Qi was not only concealed but also incredibly sharp and astonishingly fast.

If the referee's Cultivation hadn't been more than one major Realm higher than his, he probably wouldn't have been able to save his opponent.

Wang Fengtian of South Sea City was even more direct, using only one Instant Step and one punch to end the battle, making it impossible for anyone to gauge his true strength.

That Instant Step, he didn't know if it was a skill inherent in his Magic Treasure boots or a secret Spell he Cultivated.

Combined with his identity as a Body Cultivator, it was simply seamless.

As expected, those Cultivators who had formed High Grade Golden Core all won easily.

However, two dark horses also appeared during this time.

One was Shen Suan, a Golden Core Early Stage Cultivator from North Sea City. He had actually created his own Formation called the Flowing Light Formation.

Within the Formation, he could change his position at will, and his opponent simply couldn't hit him.

After a stalemate of one incense stick's time, he set up another third-tier attack Formation.

His opponent wasn't foolish and quickly moved away from the Formation. In the end, the referee ruled the two a draw.

The other was Li Chaoqun from the Li Family of Four Seas City. He was purely fast, and he also had a Magic Treasure similar to the Gravity Technique.

The Secret Realm space was large enough that his opponent could never hit him. As soon as they got close, he would run away, and when his opponent retreated, he would chase and attack again.

Although this fighting style was not very honorable, he won two consecutive matches like this.

Finally, a mysterious Prodigy named Zuo Qiqi emerged from the Zuo Family.

She always wore a veil. Although she was only a Golden Core Early Stage female Cultivator, she possessed four Golden Core spirit pets, coupled with a luxurious set of Magic Treasure, and won without suspense.

Wang Bin and Chu Tianwen occasionally exchanged a few words at first, but later they both fell silent.

Especially Chu Tianwen, he was greatly disheartened.

He had always been self-important, but now he found that he simply couldn't defeat these people. For a time, it was truly difficult for him to accept this cruel reality.

Most of the Golden Core cultivators watching the battle felt as if a basin of cold water had been poured over them, deeply realizing that at the same Realm, the difference in strength was so vast.

Wang Bin, however, was not too discouraged. He had long known his own limitations, knowing that he was just a "weakling."

However, he had great confidence in the Kings Sword he had created.

After he returned and used the Snow Fox demon soul to create the Eye of Illusion Breaking Magic Treasure, with the two combined, he felt he could at least get into the top ten in this competition!