Formation? Zhao Chenghuang's eyelids twitched. Seeing the water and fire intertwined formation take shape, the knowledgeable him rushed towards the edge of the water and fire without thinking.
He couldn't be trapped in the formation.
Zhao Chenghuang put away the little clay figure and transformed into a blur, rushing to the edge of the water and fire formation in less than a breath, and then crashed into an invisible wall of air.
Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!
He tightened his back muscles, his arms like transmission rods, pushing his fists, pounding the air wall quickly and rapidly.
Under his violent destruction that could crack steel, the air wall rippled like waves of water, quickly and rapidly.
Zhao Chenghuang's face changed slightly. He changed his fist to a claw, his black and sharp nails pressed against the air wall, and he slashed fiercely.
The ripples on the air wall accelerated again, but there were no signs of collapse or rupture.
Zhao Chenghuang's heart sank. His sharp claws were comparable to some armor-piercing props, but they were helpless against the barrier.
"Heh heh~"
Suddenly, a hoarse laugh came from behind.
Zhao Chenghuang quickly took out the little clay figure and held it in his palm, turning around slowly to be on guard. He saw a figure made of flames, with blurred features, holding a narrow-bladed long knife.
On the other side, a figure made of illusory water flow was slowly manifesting.
What, what kind of prop is this, that can simultaneously exhibit the abilities of both fire and water? Where is Yuanshi Tianzun himself...? Zhao Chenghuang, in a ghost form, coldly scrutinized the two elemental figures.
The audience seats "whooshed". The official The Way of the Extraordinary practitioners present were unsettled.
Props with the characteristics of two major professions are very rare. They basically don't exist in exclusive spirit realms, and only appear in multi-person spirit realms, but they are extremely rare, even rarer than fire masters with intelligence.
Items with scholar professions are expensive and rarely have powerful functions.
Yuanshi Tianzun's prop, which can evolve formations, is obviously a top-quality item.
At the same time, they remembered that Yuanshi Tianzun had used the passive ability of a water ghost when he defeated Qing Songzi yesterday, which meant that formation was not the only function of this prop.
The water ghost and the fire master suddenly breathed rapidly.
A prop with the dual professions of water ghost and fire master is completely their nemesis.
Fire counters water, water counters fire. Whether it's a water ghost or a fire master, being trapped in such a formation would lead to a miserable defeat.
But if they used this prop, they could maximize its power, because the five orderly professions of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth have a unique advantage.
Home field advantage!
For example, it is difficult for any peak profession to defeat a water ghost of the same level in a river.
Therefore, if a water ghost or fire master possesses the Yin-Yang Magic Robe, the water formation and fire formation would be their home field. After deploying the formation, their combat power would soar.
Zhao Chenghuang searched for a moment and didn't find Yuanshi Tianzun's trace. He stared at the fire figure for a moment and suddenly felt that the other party somewhat resembled Yuanshi Tianzun, and blurted out:
"Are you Yuanshi Tianzun?"
After being ghostified, his voice was sticky and cold. The fire figure made a strange laugh:
"You have some insight. Don't waste your effort. Once the formation is deployed, no one can get out within ten minutes. Zhao Chenghuang, are you ready to be stepped on by me?"
He really is Yuanshi Tianzun, who can actually transform into elements... Zhao Chenghuang revealed a look of astonishment. Immediately, he had a thought: Ten minutes?!
"Idiot!"
The figure condensed from illusory water flow issued a sharp scolding:
"Although your body has turned into flames, your brain can't turn into a fire master. How could you reveal the key information like that? I'm going to be pissed off by you!"
The fire figure was stunned, and then reacted, cursing:
The clamor in the audience seats suddenly quieted down a bit. The The Way of the Extraordinary practitioners of various professions quietly turned their eyes to the fire masters around them.
The fire masters' mouths twitched or veins popped out on their foreheads, as if they were ready to go down and gang up on Yuanshi Tianzun at any time.
After the fire figure finished scolding, its body suddenly disintegrated. The flames behind Zhao Chenghuang "bang" burst open, condensing into a human form.
Fire Travel!
In the flame formation, Zhang Yuanqing can appear anywhere at any time. The fire figure waved his arms, and the narrow-bladed long knife slashed towards the enemy's neck.
"Bang!"
Zhao Chenghuang didn't move. The little clay figure in his palm propped up a gray light curtain. The narrow-bladed long knife slashed on it, as if slashing on a sandbag, slashing out sand-like light debris.
Only after suffering the attack did Zhao Chenghuang "belatedly" turn around and slap the fire figure with a claw.
But what he slapped was just a ball of expanding fire. The fire figure used Fire Travel to escape again.
"Bang bang bang..."
The fire figure wandered around Zhao Chenghuang, slashing at the light curtain one after another, cutting out dense sand-like light debris.
Whenever Zhao Chenghuang counterattacked, he used Fire Travel to move his position, ambushing from behind or the side.
In the flame home field, the fire figure was in his element.
Zhao Chenghuang, holding the clay figure, moved abnormally slowly, his shoulders as if carrying a mountain.
This was the price of the prop. The defensive props of the earth monster profession are generally "heavy".
Seeing that the protective light curtain was becoming more and more unstable, and the little clay figure in his palm was also shaking, Zhao Chenghuang knew that the defense of this prop was not enough to withstand the sharpness of the battle knife, so he decisively put away the little clay figure.
"Courting death?" The fire figure laughed wildly, slashing with his knife.
Zhao Chenghuang staggered his feet, avoiding the blade, and his black claws covered the fire figure's head.
Bang!
He forcibly crushed the fire figure's head.
The headless fire figure swung his knife horizontally, cutting a bone-deep wound in Zhao Chenghuang's waist and abdomen.
The two sides separated at a touch.
"Foolish, I am immune to physical attacks." The fire figure laughed wildly.
Zhao Chenghuang's face was gloomy. He took a deep breath of hot air, and the wound in his waist and abdomen squirmed rapidly, healing.
After being ghostified, his vitality and self-healing power were greatly increased. As long as his head was not removed, even if his heart was destroyed, he could linger for a long time, enough to wait for the nourishment of the life essence.
Thump!
The fire figure stomped heavily forward, and the arm holding the narrow-bladed long knife stabbed out fiercely. Zhao Chenghuang moved nimbly, dodged sideways, and his black and sharp claws reached out, tightly gripping the blade.
The fire figure retracted his arm to pull the knife, but Zhao Chenghuang held on tightly. His hand immediately gushed out bright red blood, and his sharp claws scratched white marks on the blade.
Seize the knife?
The fire figure snorted coldly, and was about to exert force when he suddenly felt a strange force on the blade, assisting Zhao Chenghuang in seizing the knife.
Moving his gaze to the tip of the knife, he saw that assisting Zhao Chenghuang in seizing the knife was a white-skinned spirit servant with black lips.
Spirit servants have the ability to control objects.
Zhang Yuanqing, whose body was transformed into an element, was not afraid of spirit servant attacks, but he also lost the means to deal with spirit servants.
The narrow-bladed long knife was gradually slipping out of his hand, and the fire figure's feet were gradually sliding towards Zhao Chenghuang. The water clone, who was helping Undead No. 1 deal with the yin corpse, sneered:
"Waste, I told you a long time ago to give me this knife. Look at you, you didn't kill the person, and the knife was taken away."
The fire figure said angrily: "Shut up, do I need you to teach me how to do things?"
After saying that, he spat a mouthful of flames on the blade, roasting it into a red-hot iron. "Chichi~"
Zhao Chenghuang's hands rose with green smoke, and a burnt smell filled the air. His face twitched, and he was in unbearable pain.
"Don't let go!" The fire figure opened his mouth and spat out another scorching flame, this time burning towards Zhao Chenghuang.
In an instant, Zhao Chenghuang's hair, eyebrows, and clothes all burst into flames, and his blue-black skin was covered with scorch marks.
The flames continued to burn, and his skin gradually carbonized, emitting a red luster. Finally, with a roar, Zhao Chenghuang withdrew his claws and quickly retreated, exiting the flame-scorched area.
Seizing the opportunity, the fire figure followed closely, slashing horizontally and vertically with the narrow-bladed long knife, cutting out wounds that exposed the bone on Zhao Chenghuang's body. The blue-black skin glowed with a metallic luster, but under the blade, it was as fragile as paper.
If Zhang Yuanqing didn't understand swordsmanship, he would have already killed Zhao Chenghuang under the blade. In the audience seats, the people from the Taiyi Sect stood up abruptly and shouted towards the elder seats: "Foul, he fouled!"
"Is that a saint-quality prop?"
"Using a prop of this quality is cheating. You can only passively take a beating, and there's no way to fight back."
"Elders, say something."
The Night Watchers of the Taiyi Sect were anxious. They never expected that Yuanshi Tianzun would have such a magical prop, forcing Zhao Chenghuang into a dangerous situation.
This was different from what they had imagined. In their understanding, Yuanshi Tianzun should be in a dangerous situation at this time, and Zhao Chenghuang should be crushing the enemy.
On the side of the Five Elements Alliance, everyone was excited, but they suppressed their cheers and looked towards the elder seats.
In their opinion, this prop was indeed a bit heaven-defying. The Armored Swordsman said loudly: "Quiet! Don't affect the competition." These words were equivalent to endorsing Yuanshi Tianzun, and the prop was not a foul.
The Yin-Yang Magic Robe was obtained in a spirit realm in the Transcendent stage. It is indeed not a saint realm prop.
"Haha, Zhao Chenghuang, your death is coming. Kneel down and call me grandpa, and grandpa will spare your life."
The fire figure was "high as can be", waving the narrow-bladed long knife and chasing fiercely, occasionally manipulating flames to cause explosions, giving the enemy double the pressure.
Seeing Yuanshi Tianzun fighting so unrestrainedly, the fire masters watching the battle nodded slightly, feeling quite认可 and forgiving his earlier insulting words.
Zhao Chenghuang took another knife, but at this time, he had retreated to the boundary line between water and fire. Seeing the fire figure slashing again, he jumped over the flame boundary.
In an instant, illusory water flowed over, pushing against his chest. Although it was illusory water, it had a real touch and coolness, smoothing the burns on his body and bringing a refreshing comfort.
The fire figure stopped at the boundary line and did not kill him. Seeing this, Zhao Chenghuang curled the corner of his mouth and said:
"I was wondering all along why the elders didn't call a stop, and why such a strong prop wasn't a foul. Now I understand, it really is a Transcendent quality prop.
"Your prop has a fatal weakness, that is, water and fire cannot be mixed. The two clones each manage an area, clearly demarcated."
He fought with the flame clone for a long time, and even when he seized the knife, the water clone did not step in to stop it, which showed that there were restrictions, and the water clone could not touch the flame area.
The fire figure said angrily: "So what!"
Zhao Chenghuang said:
"Attacks are not possible! The attack power of water ghosts and fire masters in the Transcendent stage is limited, and neither of them can do anything to me. The real threat to me is the knife in your hand.
"So, your formation can only trap me, and originally it can't hurt me. This is why the elders didn't call a stop."
The fire figure was silent.
"Are you looking down on me?" The water clone appeared silently behind Zhao Chenghuang, punching towards the back of his head.
Zhao Chenghuang's knees sank, his body lowered by a dozen centimeters, avoiding the fist that was attacking the back of his head, and at the same time, he spun around and waved his claws, sweeping the water clone in half.
"Whoosh~"
The water clone disintegrated into illusory water flow, enveloping Zhao Chenghuang from all directions. Water is formless, but deadly.
On the other side, the level 4 yin corpse, who was being beaten, slowly opened his mouth, his voice hoarse;
"Night Watchers have strong vitality. Even if I don't breathe, I can still last for a long, long time, until your formation ends."
The fire figure said angrily:
"Switch positions!"
It lifted its foot and stomped down heavily.
The water and fire formation rotated like a millstone, and the water and fire switched positions.
Zhao Chenghuang, who was originally in the water formation, as well as the two yin corpses, appeared in an area surrounded by flames.
The fire figure, carrying the knife, chased after Zhao Chenghuang and the yin corpses.
The latter didn't fight him at all, and ran with the yin corpses into the water formation, saying indifferently: "This is meaningless!
"I won't fight you anymore. There is only one knife. If the fire clone controls the knife, I will avoid the fire. If the water clone controls the knife, I will avoid the water. The only thing that can threaten me is always one side.
"This is your flaw."
As he spoke, Zhao Chenghuang exited the ghostified state, panting heavily. His stamina could no longer maintain this state, but it didn't matter. He had already seen through Yuanshi Tianzun's tactics.
In the following time, Zhao Chenghuang used this rule, repeatedly jumping back and forth in the water and fire formation, blocking without attacking, avoiding without fighting.
Until the ten minutes ended, the illusory fire and scorching fire returned to the Yin-Yang Magic Robe in the air.
The Yin-Yang Magic Robe fell, and Zhang Yuanqing's body manifested, reaching out to catch the robe. The two yin corpses each stopped and returned to their master's side.
Seeing this, the Night Watchers of the Taiyi Sect were relieved.
It was too dangerous. Zhao Chenghuang almost lost to Yuanshi Tianzun. Fortunately, he keenly saw through the flaws of that prop and resolved this crisis.
"Whew, that was a close call. Yuanshi Tianzun has no moves now."
"Zhao Chenghuang is seriously injured. It's not easy for Yuanshi Tianzun to force him to this point."
"This is called extreme despair turning into fortune."
Sun Miaomiao, the Maoshan Taoist, and others did not speak, but they also breathed a sigh of relief.
The saints such as King Gui of Jundu and Yin Ji showed satisfied expressions. As the backbone of the Taiyi Sect, they did not want Zhao Chenghuang to lose to Yuanshi Tianzun.
As for the practitioners of the Five Elements Alliance, except for those who bet on Zhao Chenghuang to win, most people could not hide their disappointment.
It could be said that Yuanshi Tianzun's response was very outstanding, using the armor to enhance the yin corpses to resist Zhao Chenghuang's greatest reliance, and then using that robe to deploy the formation, counterattacking "the ghostified Zhao Chenghuang.
He was attacking the strong with the weak, and he was able to firmly suppress his opponent.
If it were someone else, they would have already lost and admitted defeat in the face of such a powerful Zhao Chenghuang. "It's a pity, this Zhao Chenghuang is very smart and not easy to deal with," Annie lamented. "No, you have to change your thinking," Mr. Bill smiled:
"Yuanshi Tianzun successfully resolved Zhao Chenghuang's terrible state. Look, Zhao Chenghuang is seriously injured. That state puts a great burden on him, while Yuanshi Tianzun is calm and relaxed, and basically has no consumption."
Annie was stunned, and carefully examined the slightly panting Zhao Chenghuang, her beautiful eyes lighting up: "That's true."
Mr. Bill said solemnly:
"Zhao Chenghuang knows his condition best, so next, he will use a killing move and will no longer entangle with Yuanshi Tianzun."
Inside the arena.
It's a pity, I couldn't kill him in ten minutes... Zhang Yuanqing shook open the Yin-Yang Magic Robe and draped it over his body, his face full of regret.
In the state of water and fire clones, he was neither afraid of physical attacks nor afraid of spirit body sneak attacks, almost completely countering Zhao Chenghuang, directly causing his mysterious spirit servant to be smashed in his hands.
It could be said to be the best time to defeat the enemy.
But as Zhao Chenghuang said, the Yin-Yang Magic Robe has its limits and flaws. Insufficient output is the biggest flaw, especially when the number of props is limited to three. Relying solely on water and fire abilities, it was difficult to defeat Li Xianzong back then, and he had to rely on prop assistance.
Not to mention the ghostified Zhao Chenghuang.
Being able to see through the flaws of the Yin-Yang Magic Robe in such a short period of time, this Zhao Chenghuang is a bit skilled.
"This is your trump card," Zhao Chenghuang took a light breath, his breath completely disordered, like an ordinary person after strenuous exercise.
His stamina had declined by at least 40%.
Ghostification was too burdensome on the body, and the knife wounds and burns suffered in the formation, repairing the wounds was also overdrawing cell vitality. In just ten minutes, he was already very tired.
"Yes!"
Zhang Yuanqing nodded, without denying it.
"Then it's time for me to use my trump card," Zhao Chenghuang gasped slightly, and said coldly:
"You should know that I have a spirit servant that I rarely use, but you definitely don't know why I don't use it."
"Why?" Zhang Yuanqing asked.
Zhao Chenghuang's eyes suddenly sharpened: "You'll know soon."
As soon as he finished speaking, he reached into his inventory and grabbed a bronze box that was 1 meter long, wide, and high. The surface of the box was carved with scenes of two armies facing off, swords and spears clashing, which was very tragic.
An unspeakable aura of solemnity rushed towards him.
Seeing this box, the Armored Swordsman sitting in Zhang Lao's seat was stunned and said: "Soldier Puppet Storage Box?"
The elders of the Five Elements Alliance were stunned when they heard this.
Not far away, Elder Zhao smiled and said: "It's just a fake."
The Armored Swordsman gave him a deep look: "Even if it's a fake, if it has the characteristics of a puppet master, then it's a foul!"
Elder Zhao smiled without saying a word.
At this time, Zhao Chenghuang took a deep breath and spat out a stream of Taiyin power.
This stream of Taiyin power floated flutteringly to the back of his head, condensing into a phantom wearing a tattered robe. The phantom was like a god in a story, floating in the air, opening its arms.
"Wei!"
The bronze box opened.
The phantom behind Zhao Chenghuang's eyes dropped slightly, staring at the bronze box, its ten fingers gushing out slender, illusory black lines.
The black lines rushed into the box like a waterfall. After a moment, a humanoid object jumped out of the bronze box.
This was a bronze puppet, its facial features similar to terracotta warriors, with raised eyebrows and glaring eyes. Its body and limbs were cast from bronze, covered with verdigris. The joints had been rusted for a long time, and it stood steadily, swaying, its joints making teeth-grinding sounds.
The Night Watchers present could see that a phantom black line connected to the back of the bronze puppet's head, and the end of the black line was the spirit servant behind Zhao Chenghuang.
One after another, figures jumped out of the bronze box, ten, twenty, thirty... a total of thirty bronze puppets.
They had the same faces, carrying the same standard-issue long knives, standing swaying, making teeth-grinding sounds.
The spirit servant wearing a tattered robe shook its arms slightly. "Crack~"
All the bronze puppets tilted their heads, staring at Zhang Yuanqing in unison. Although they had no expression, they exuded a sinister and terrifying aura.
Zhao Chenghuang said coldly:
"The reason why I don't use this spirit servant is because its function is too single. It can only manipulate inanimate puppets. It must find the right props to exert its strongest power in a crisis."
In the elder seats, Elder Gou turned his head and glared at Elder Zhao, saying: "Shameless! What's the difference between this and using the characteristics of a puppet master?"
Using a spirit servant to manipulate thirty puppets is equivalent to thirty people besieging Yuanshi Tianzun. How can he win?
Elder Zhao smiled:
"If he used the abilities of a puppet master, then one puppet would be enough to kill Yuanshi Tianzun. You can't say that my great-grandson is cheating just because his spirit servant can manipulate puppets."
Puppet Master is a level 7 skill of the scout, and the skill name is "Puppet Master", which has the ability to manipulate soldier puppets.
A puppet master is equivalent to an army.
The Soldier Puppet Storage Box is a prop of an elder of the White Tiger Army. Only a puppet master can use this prop, otherwise the soldier puppets inside are equivalent to inanimate objects.
That's why the Armored Swordsman said that if he used the characteristics of a puppet master, it would be cheating.
But Zhao Chenghuang was not cheating. The ability of a spirit servant to manipulate puppets is different from the ability of a puppet master. It's just that the expression of controlling puppets is the same.
In the eyes of the elders, the spirit servant's manipulation technique was rough and crude. But for practitioners in the Transcendent stage, there was no way to fight this.
Zhao Chenghuang had this move?
Looking at the dense, thirty bronze puppets, the audience present was dumbfounded.
Was this still a ring match? This was bullying.
Mr. Bill's face changed slightly: "God, it's over..."
In the White Tiger Guard's seat, Shichirou, diagonally behind Fu Qingyang, said angrily: "-Five years of funding is gone."
You Fenglaiyi and others were silent.
"Zhao Chenghuang's spirit servant is this..." The Maoshan Taoist sitting next to Sun Miaomiao laughed, gleefully saying:
"Sun Miaomiao, why didn't you tell me earlier? If you had told me earlier, I would have increased my bet."
As a defeated opponent of Yuanshi Tianzun, he was happy to see Zhao Chenghuang crushing his "enemy".
Sun Miaomiao glanced at him: "I didn't know either. This thing was probably built overnight by the Zhao Elder entrusting the scholar family. Zhao Chenghuang has never used it before."
"Tsk tsk, having a master-level grandfather is happiness," said the Maoshan Taoist.
At this time, Elder Zhao, with a smiling face, heard Elder Sun on his left say in a heartbroken tone:
"It's over, it's all over..."
Elder Zhao turned his head to look, slightly surprised, and frowned: "Aren't you very unappreciative of this Yuanshi Tianzun?"
Elder Sun said angrily: "I'm talking about your great-grandson's trump card being over." As soon as these words came out, Elder Hongying and others also turned their heads to look.
"Old Sun, what do you mean?"
ps: I'll update the typos first and then correct them later.