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Chapter 0512: Dog Slaughterer
Gongxi Kui felt slightly startled. He did not think that someone would immediately challenge him right after he killed Lupe such a brutal manner. However, when he saw Ning Cheng, he immediately felt furious in his heart. It looks like he has been too gentle with his ways recently. For even a Celestial Novice ant to dare come forward to challenge him.
"Is that person a Celestial Novice Cultivator?" Lan Ya and Shi Yulan both shot a surprised glance at this newly appeared person. Usually, over 90% of the Celestial Novice Cultivators did not have Celestial Wheels. However, Celestial Shatterer and Celestial Gatherer Cultivators without any Celestial Wheels were quite a rare sight.
Moreover, Celestial Wheels represented the strength of a cultivator; without Celestial Wheels, even a Celestial Gatherer Cultivator was not someone strong.
A Celestial Novice Cultivator, did this person want to court death?
"Since you want to die that badly, come right up then." Gongxi Kui spoke with a cruel smile. He decided to use the indefatigable person, who recently took the stage, to test his knife and once again set up his prestige.
"Dog Slaughterer…." Ning Cheng casually spoke as he stretched out his hand. The Treasured Thunder Spear appeared with faint Thunder Lights flashing around Ning Cheng's hand.
Ning Cheng turned out to be a cultivator with a Thunder-attributed Spirit Root, which really surprised Gongxi Kui. In general, such kind of cultivators led a life sheltered like treasured feathers and rarely came to places like the arena. However, Ning Cheng's introduction as 'Dog Slaughterer' made him angry. He no longer wanted to waste any words; overflowing with murderous intent, the ball suspended over his head exploded.
"Roar….." Yellow sands immediately covered the sky, quickly transforming the 19th Battle Stage into a roaring desert.
The billowing yellow sands were like the stormy sea, curling up as waves of yellow sand walls. The yellow sands soon submerged the battle ring, and no one could peer into the fight between the two cultivators. One could only feel waves of killing intent that steadily seeped out from the inside.
Sure enough, it definitely displayed a formidable domain control. These yellow sands were a unique treasure. Moreover, every sand particle was something that Gongxi Kui had painstakingly refined, which he then integrated with his domain.
The domain of others was mostly just invisible spacial control; however, Gongxi Kui had already materialised his Domain. However, he could not transform the intangible Domain into something tangible all by himself; and instead, had to rely on his weapon to achieve that effect.
However, in the eyes of an ordinary cultivator, it was still a terrifying ability as only cultivators with remarkable skills and talents could transform their domains into something tangible. Gongxi Kui, however, managed to achieve the same effect in a roundabout way.
Nevertheless, in Ning Cheng's view, it was just laughable. Ning Cheng had the Starry Skies Sea of Consciousness. His Spiritual Consciousness not only was much more formidable compared to an ordinary cultivator, but even its quality was also on a completely different level. He firmly believed that external objects could not help in completely transforming one's domain into something tangible. Turning tangible implied actual spacial coagulations, along with a manifestation of formidable spiritual powers.
However, Ning Cheng had just advanced to the Domain Realm when his domain quickly reached full completion, forcing him not only to face the Domain Realm Thunder Tribulation but also the Nirvana Thunder Tribulation and the Sea of Consciousness Thunder Tribulation back to back. As such, Ning Cheng's control over his domain was not as good as Gongxi Kui's control.
After Gongxi Kui's yellow-sands covered the sky, he immediately felt something hindering and even binding it. This kind of impediment was not the same as the resistance he encountered from Lupe's skeletons but came from an invisible obstacle that had no touch or feel. There was just no way to proceed.
Gongxi Kui had not entered the 19th Battle Stage for a day or two. He instantly realised what might have happened. It was a result of an even more powerful domain, which had bound his yellow sand's physical domain manifestation.
A layer of cold sweat seeped down his body, while the old teachings of Gongxi Clan appeared in his mind. The Gongxi Clan's yellow sand domain, which belonged to a particular class of physical Domains, only had a few opponents that could go against it. However, once this domain encountered a more powerful intangible Domain, the first thing to do was to get out of the battlefield as quickly as possible and immediately retreat.
Gongxi Kui had made a debut many years ago; not to mention opponents at the same level, he had even killed many with Celestial Gatherer Cultivations. However, he had never encountered a cultivator who could lock down his physical Domain with a formless Domain, until today. Moreover, the strength showcased by the opponent's intangible Domain was not something he had even heard of in his entire life, something capable of utterly restricting his yellow sands. With such a formidable formless Domain, was this person really a Celestial Novice Cultivator?
Regardless of whether the other party was a Celestial Novice Cultivator, Gongxi Kui had decided to follow the ancestral teachings of retreating before throwing in the towel.
Bringing out the small bow once again, he did not just use it to shoot a single invisible yellow sand arrow but pulled the bowstring three times in succession while quickly retreating.
There was an old adage 'once you've shot the arrow, there's no turning back'; however, this phrase had no place in a fight between starry skies' cultivators. If Gongxi Kui had not immediately retreated and forcibly confronted Ning Cheng after firing those three arrows, Ning Cheng would have had to face a lot more pressure compared to this moment.
Now that Gongxi Kui shot those three arrows and quickly retreated, the potential of his traceless bolts had also significantly weakened, which was equivalent to forcibly slowing down the bolt's speed. Gongxi Kui had regarded Ning Cheng the same as Lupe, and if Lupe had replaced Ning Cheng, even under retreat, the three shots would have definitely posed a deadly threat to him. However, Ning Cheng, who already had the upper hand in this kind of domain confrontation, could already see every move made by Gongxi Kui.
Gongxi Kui had just retreated when Ning Cheng's Treasured Thunder Spear shot out from his hand.
The moment that the Treasured Thunder Spear shot out, an awesome feeling emerged in Ning Cheng's mind. It was something that he had never experienced when using the Nirvana Spear. Although he could still use the Nirvana Spear as an intermediary for his Spear Intent, and use it to display that traceless killing intent, Ning Cheng could not use it to understand the essence connecting it to the Spear Intent.
At this moment, Ning Cheng completely forgot everything around him; whether it was the yellow sands or the traceless yellow sand arrows, everything turned insignificant. His whole mind had submerged itself into that single spear. This spear could cut through all domains, could break through all obstacles.
The yellow sand domain manifested by the ball automatically split apart, even the traceless yellow sand arrows had also disappeared. On the battle ring, no, within Ning Cheng's consciousness, the entire world had condensed into this spear. Any obstacle that dared to appear in front of this spear would turn to ashes.
Gongxi Kui could only look on helplessly as this spear locked onto him; his body had also turned stagnant, making him realise that he could not escape. At this moment, Gongxi Kui's heart only contained regret, regret about the fact that he should not have retreated. Ancestral teachings were not necessarily correct all the time, or rather, the inherited instructions wanted to convey that meeting such an opponent only resulted in a dead end but passed the lessons down in a more tactful wording.
Gongxi Kui could only watch as this spear cut through all obstacles before piercing his glabella. What he felt turned out completely different from what Ning Cheng currently experienced; however, both of them saw the same thing. Before dying, Gongxi Kui only saw a spear with thunder light surrounding it, preventing him from escaping.
The scene over the battle ring froze; all the spectators could only look dumbfounded at the battle ring that seemed frozen in time.
At this time, the yellow sand over the battle ring had stopped flowing, Gongxi Kui remained frozen in place, and even Ning Cheng did not show the slightest movement. At the same time, even the spear looked frozen in time.
The only thing that seemed to have any semblance to any sort of movement was that the distance between the Treasured Thunder Spear's tip and Gongxi Kui's glabella seemed to shrink bizarrely. Yes, the distance between the two objects seemed in motion. In other words, the distance between the two objects experienced an eccentric contraction.
"Poof…." The fine-eyed sound of the spear entering the glabella emerged. Although extremely faint, it still stood out through the faint Thunder Lights and the yellow sands that covered the sky. A blood-red stream of liquid then silently gushed out and looked like a blood flower blooming within the yellow sands that covered the sky.
"Bang…." After the blood flower bloomed, the frozen scene over the battle ring instantly accelerated. The yellow sand once again started flowing, covering the entire battle ring; however, Gongxi Kui's body had already slumped to the ground without even a sound. Everything that happened felt like an illusion, and yet it did not seem like an illusion.
Ning Cheng stood still with his eyes closed; this single spear had allowed him to experience too many things. These were all something vague and indistinct before; however, Ning Cheng clearly felt and understood each and everything currently. Evidently, the previous instances that he used the Nirvana Spear, which remained devoid of any Spiritual Nature, had created a few misconceptions. The Nirvana Spear, although an unfathomable weapon, it could not provide him with much use with his present strength and cultivation.
Since Ning Cheng stood on the battle ring in silence, the audience below the battle ring also remained silent.
This fight was a lot quicker compared to the last bout, and contained a one-of-kind poetic and artistic flavour to it; however, at this moment, none of the audience could sober up from the shock produced from the previously frozen scene.
After a few breaths, Ning Cheng finally opened his eyes, and a ring floated out from Gongxi Kui's corpse before falling into his open palm. Gongxi Kui's weapon had an intrinsic connection to his Life Essence; now that Ning Cheng killed him, the ball also burst into a pile of yellow sand.
After Ning Cheng turned Gongxi Kui's body into powder with a fireball, he waved his hand once again. The yellow sand that had scattered everywhere gathered into a heap before neatly piling up on one side of the battle ring.
The spectating cultivators finally woke up from the trance created by the Spear Intent; seeing the turbulent yellow sand piled up neatly on one side, they immediately erupted in thunderous applause. They all felt that they did not come here in vain; although the fight was short-lived, it was positively fantastic and blood rising.
Ning Cheng held out his cupped fists, while still standing over the battle ring, and spoke out in a resonant voice, "Many thanks to the friends for coming to the 19th Battle Ring to spectate. This Dog Slaughterer wants to lay claim to the 19th Battle Ring and would like to challenge Kirk now. I'm sure that this will be Kirk's last fight, and this 19th Battle Ring will no longer have a person named Kirk after today."
The audience once again burst into more thunderous cheering. Everyone misunderstood Ning Cheng's words, making them think that he wanted to wrest away the 19th Battle Ring and become the sole champion. In any case, such an event was not a small matter.
In this arena, only three battle rings had an individual champion taking complete control of the battle ring. Were they going to witness the addition of the 19th Battle Ring to those three?
When Ning Cheng killed Gongxi Kui, he immediately decided to spend the rest of the month in this place. He felt delighted by the growth he experienced in just a single fight, which made him sure that continuously engaging in such battles provided him with a lot more benefits compared to going into seclusion for a few months or even half a year. Comprehending such a powerful Domain-piercing Spear Intent, Ning Cheng felt that he would not necessarily feel too much pressure if he were to face Ni Feng again right now.
"So powerful…." Lan Ya stared at Ning Cheng for a long while after recovering from the shock. She had never seen such a powerful Celestial Novice Cultivator; was this person really a Celestial Novice Cultivator?
Shi Yulan also sobered up from the shock. Although it was the first time for her to experience the battle intents of others, it definitely proved helpful for her cultivation. She felt that it would prove extremely beneficial for her if she could come here often to watch this person's fights.
"Senior Apprentice Sister Lan Ya, this person helped you kill Gongxi Kui, you no longer have to worry about taking care of Gongxi Kui. Moreover, this starry skies' wanderer is too strong, I have never seen such a powerful Celestial Novice Cultivator." Shi Yulan spoke while staring at Ning Cheng still standing on the stage; even her tone had a slight quiver to it. She could not help but think that if one day she also had such a strong intent, it would not be impossible to kill that Shang Mou Celestial River King.
"Kirk, come out, don't turtle up inside your shell. Kirk….." The audience under the battle ring forcibly began to call out Kirk. When Gongxi Kui killed Lupe, the spectators felt it not worthwhile to come here. However, after Dog Slaughterer killed Gongxi Kui, it truly made them feel glad that they decided to go to the 19th Battle Ring to spectate. Now that Dog Slaughterer challenged Kirk, how could the spectators miss such a potentially exciting fight?
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Chapter 0513: Breaking down the Spear Intent
Kirk looked older than Gongxi Kui did, with his long hair tied into a swirling bun and slightly darker skin. Because of this, he appeared free and unrestrained to others.
The moment that Ning Cheng killed Gongxi Kui with that spear, Kirk also had a clear view of it. Initially, he also had the same thought as Gongxi Kui; that is, Ning Cheng would die without a doubt. However, the result completely surprised him, with Gongxi Kui dead; at the same time, he died in a short time.
Although Kirk shared a similar strength compared to Gongxi Kui, he definitely did not want to fight Ning Cheng now. Even if he had to fight, he must wait until he investigated this person thoroughly before fighting.
However, now that Ning Cheng challenged him in front of so many people, if he did not come to receive the open challenge, it would be equivalent to forfeiting his role as one of the champions. At the same time, he would also have to tuck his tail between his legs and leave the Revolving Jade City.
Not to mention that this kind of extreme humiliation was not something that he could accept, even the income that he earned from the 19th Battle Ring was not something that he wanted to leave. A cultivator wilfully forfeiting a steady income, what would he use to buy cultivation resources then? Cultivating in the starry skies require adequate financial resources. Without sufficient financial resources, there was no need to talk about cultivation.
For these reasons, Kirk had no choice but to come forward and accept the challenge.
"Friend, I am Kirk. Judging by this friend's demeanour, it seems that you came specifically to the 19th Battle Ring to challenge me. If there is any personal grievance, please speak frankly. I, Kirk, will take full responsibility." Although Kirk spoke in an awe-inspiring tone, only a few people could make out the guilty conscience behind those words.
Under normal circumstances, he would not speak any nonsense the moment he took the stage for a challenge. However, today when he entered the scene, he immediately started talking in a long-winded manner, even talking about personal grievances. However, the arena would never voice any complaints regarding such a matter; no matter what reason you had for taking the stage, it did not violate any of the arena's regulations. As such, no one wanted to hear Kirk's story.
"This person feels scared." Lan Ya whispered to Shi Yulan; at the same time, she suddenly felt grateful towards this Dog Slaughterer on the stage.
"Just a load of crap." Ning Cheng raised the Treasured Thunder Spear before it shot out as a Thunder Line.
Ning Cheng felt that the most important thing that he lacked was sufficient combat experience. He vaguely realised that as long as he could fight a couple more battles, he could then create a complete spear technique. Something no weaker than the Maximal Flame Spiritual Technique.
Since Ning Cheng had already started, Kirk also did not dare to talk nonsense. Bringing out a pair of thin knives with a white edge, a couple of white Icy Lights immediately erupted.
Kirk's pair of Ice Blades were only low-grade Dao Artefacts; however, they were Apex Ranked goods within low-grade Dao Artefacts. Moreover, crafted from Void Abyss Ice, one could easily use it as long as one had a water-attributed or an ice-attributed Spirit Root as their main Spirit Root. As long as such a person wielded this pair of Ice Blades in their hands, one could improve his or her overall strength by a full level.
The moment that Kirk brought out his Ice Blades, the surrounding temperature immediately started falling rapidly. Not to mention the battle ring, even the audience could feel the chill. Some of the cultivators with lower cultivation quickly conjured up their shields to protect themselves from the icy aura.
Ning Cheng did not feel surprised by such a display; instead, he increasingly felt that entering the arena was the right choice. In this kind of place, one could encounter a variety of opponents; as such, this place definitely could help him in sharpening himself. Moreover, which cultivator, who dared to stand on this stage, did not have formidable skills of their own? Just take Gongxi Kui's yellow sand ball, or even Kirk's Frost Ice Blade Lights.
The icy aura was not the end, just the beginning. Once Kirk thoroughly stimulated the pair of Ice Blades in his hands, the surroundings turned colder and colder. In just a few breaths, the place no longer contained just a cold aura; instead, it had transformed into a sea of ice.
Even the surrounding air seemed frozen as it made creaking-like noises. Inside this seemingly inexhaustible Profound Ice Sea, Ning Cheng looked frozen entirely.
Kirk's two Profound Ice Knife Lights ignored even the air that had almost solidified into Profound Ice and acted like two white shadows that wanted to split apart Ning Cheng.
Ning Cheng quickly awakened when facing the incoming danger in the form of those fear-inducing Ice Blade Knife Lights as he suddenly recalled the Treasured Thunder Spear and immediately shot out with it.
"Bang-Bang-Bang-Bang…." This time when the Treasured Thunder Spear stabbed out, it no longer remained a spear surrounded by faint thunder flashes; instead, the thunder flashes rolled up and merged into a clump of smaller thunderbolts at the tip. These thunderbolts cut through the surrounding space that had transformed into Ice Frost, opening up a path for the Spear Shadow to slam into the two incoming Ice Blade Lights
Bursts of cracking sounds emerged, giving others the impression that Ning Cheng's long spear seemed to be tearing through a frozen river's surface, causing the surrounding ice to crack apart.
Just when the formidable counter-attack from the Celestial Essence erupted, the pair of Ice Blade Lights slid past the Treasured Thunder Spear. As such, instead of stopping, it directly shot past the Ice Frost Space and exploded onto Ning Cheng's chest. Ning Cheng immediately felt as if a bomb had exploded over his chest, and the thunder flashes from the Treasured Thunder Spear instantly weakened, allowing the surrounding Ice Frost to turn even colder.
"Bang." Ning Cheng slammed into the battle ring's restriction while feeling secretly surprised at the vigour of Kirk's Celestial Essence. A bloodstained open wound appeared over Ning Cheng's chest, which quickly froze up in the cold. The horrible cold quickly started infiltrating Ning Cheng's body through the now-frozen injury over his chest. Not waiting for this Ice Frost to ravage his meridians, the Mysterious Yellow Origin Aura mixed with a slight trace of fire rapidly melted the Ice Frost.
Ning Cheng knew that he lacked in the Celestial Essence department, and this disadvantage caused the loss in the previous exchange. However, unlike the spectators, who could only feel the Ice Frost, he could actually feel the Killing Power and the Killing Intent within the Ice Frost.
Because he wanted to feel the Killing Intent within the Ice Frost a few moments ago, he deliberately did not counter-attack, which was what had pushed him back flying. Simply put, he had underestimated his opponent. In the face of a Celestial Shatterer Cultivator, he unexpectedly held a low opinion of the enemy. The only reason why he could kill Gongxi Kui in the previous round was not due to his strength that rushed Gongxi Kui; it was due to his domain that helped him crush Gongxi Kui's Domain.
Kirk had also gone flying back just like Ning Cheng; however, he felt that his opponent, who managed to kill Gongxi Kui, did not seem as dominant as he thought. Under the influence of the Cold Poisons within his knife lights, even if this person could prevent the complete destruction of his meridians, it would still result in greatly diminishing the opponent's combat power.
Kirk once again stimulated his twin Ice Blades; however, this time, the Knife Lights not only transformed the surroundings into an ice mist, it also instigated billowing Ice Waves. As if the sky itself collapsed, it immediately rushed towards Ning Cheng. Even the surroundings suffered complete suppression; or rather, it was a suppression innate to Ice Frost.
The Treasured Thunder Spear in Ning Cheng's hand shook; in addition to the thunder flashes, a layer of purple flames erupted over the spear.
A horrifying heat suddenly erupted from the Treasured Thunder Spear in Ning Cheng's hand. The horrendous temperature was like a volcanic eruption. The abrupt appearance of the seemingly endless Ice Waves not only did not weaken it, it even slowly strengthened it.
The spectating cultivators felt that they had suddenly emerged from the depths of infinite chill only to drop into the centre of a blazing volcano. Or rather, it felt as if one side contained an endless ice pit, while the other was a horrifying volcano.
This no longer felt like spectating; instead, it felt more like torment brought forth by the combination of fire and ice.
The ice covering Ning Cheng quickly turned into vapour as he calmly stared at Kirk. At this moment, he finally broke down the first Spear Technique from his elusive Spear Intent.
The moment that the spear covered with Celestial River Flames blasted out, all ice in the surroundings started to melt, transforming into a spear that one could only feel in their thoughts.
His powerful domain also spread out through the Treasured Thunder Spear; at this moment, Kirk not only felt his twin Ice Blades turn sluggish, but even his body was also starting to stagnate.
What a formidable Domain? How powerful does one's Spiritual Consciousness need to be to form such a powerful domain? Kirk finally understood how Gongxi Kui died. As it turned more difficult to extricate him from this kind of Domain, he only understood at this moment that he was not a match against Ning Cheng.
"KKKa…." As the frost blocking the Treasured Thunder Spear wholly dissipated, the Treasured Thunder Spear brought along thick flames that struck Kirk's Ice Blades. The Ice Blades immediately scattered; although Kirk's Spiritual Consciousness had forcibly bound itself to the Ice Blades, his Spiritual Consciousness could not even compare to Ning Cheng.
"Puff…." With a spurt of blood, Kirk once again flew back.
Without waiting for Kirk to beg for mercy, Ning Cheng's Treasured Thunder Spear shot out once again. This time, the scorching flames around the Treasured Thunder Spear had disappeared, and only the Thunder flashes flashed around it.
The spectators around the battle ring felt stunned at the fast-changing battle scene in front of them. As everyone stared at the frost and fire filled area over the battle ring, they realised that it was not just a battle of domains but also a struggle of attribute transformations.
"It's extreme….." This time it was not Lan Ya, but Shi Yulan who spoke up. She found that even with a Celestial Gatherer Cultivation, once she went to challenge any of them on the battle ring, she might not manage to beat either of them.
Lan Ya took in a deep breath, "I feel a familiar aura from those flames, but I can’t figure out where I had seen them."
"Senior Apprentice Sister Lan, it might be due to you psychologically standing on the side of Dog Slaughterer; after all, he helped you with your revenge. It is only natural that you would feel some connection with this person. However, the fact is, we do not know this person at all. The starry skies' aura on this person indicates that he definitely is a perennial starry skies' wanderer. Those starry skies' wanderers rarely have friends, and women are just an outlet for them." Shi Yulan tried to explain from the side.
Lan Ya nodded, "It most likely is as you say. Junior Apprentice Sister Yulan, you seem very familiar with the starry skies' wanderers. What do you think would happen to women if they chose to become starry skies' wanderers?"
"Maybe the women wandering the starry skies for a long time might also have a personality like the other male cultivators, right?" Shi Yulan replied with some uncertainty.
"Then would they also treat male cultivators as an outlet?"
"Senior Apprentice Sister Lan, what do you want to know?"
"Did you forget what I said to you before? That I intend to become a starry skies' wanderer. If Junior Sister Apprentice Yulan has no place to go, you can accompany me to wander around the starry skies." Lan Ya replied with a smile.
Shi Yulan did not smile, she replied cautiously, "I don’t know about others; however, even if I became a starry skies' wanderer, I won't treat male cultivators as an outlet. Just the thought itself makes me feel disgusted. I hope to find someone I like him in the future, and the two of us will always be together……"
"Bang….." The sound of something exploding over the battle ring immediately interrupted Lan Ya and Shi Yulan's conversation.
The two of them then saw the frost and ice mist completely dissipate from over the battle ring, while Kirk had brought out a massive round shield while retreating to block a single spear from Dog Slaughterer.
However, the flashing Thunder flashes had not let up and stabbed into Kirk's glabella. Kirk opened his mouth and seemed to want to say something, but it felt as if a force had bound him keeping him from speaking out.
"Puff" The Treasured Thunder Spear pierced through Kirk's glabella, and in the same manner as Gongxi Kui, Kirk also fell down dead. This time, the spectators in the audience reacted quickly, breaking out in roaring cheers, mixed with a lot of excitement.
Ning Cheng stood still, as his mind still reminisced about the one spear from a moment ago, the one with the Celestial Flame Aura wrapped around it. That one spear had allowed him to break through all of Kirk's Ice Frost and even kill Kirk in one fell swoop.
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Chapter 0514: Nothingness Flame Patterned Spear
Without the support from the Starry Skies' Sea of Consciousness, Ning Cheng felt sure that he could not compete against Kirk; the Starry Skies' Sea of Consciousness was just too powerful.
Moreover, without the Fire Origin, he could not have quickly melted the Ice Frost that had seeped into his body and had the potential to destroy his meridians. Without melting the Ice Frost that could soon ruin his body's Meridians, it would have become increasingly disadvantageous for him in the fight.
During the last attack that contained the Celestial River Flame's Fire Attribute, he managed to combine his Celestial River Flame with his Spear Intent, creating an entirely new attack. When stimulating the spear, it brought along endless flame patterns, these flame patterns were similar to the Axe Line Killing Intent that he had first comprehended, that turned every obstacle in its path into nothingness, allowing the Spear Intent to push forward unhindered.
The strength of his domain and the strength of his Celestial River Flame determined the power of this attack. From now on, Ning Cheng decided to name this attack as 'Nothingness Flame Patterned Spear'
Ning Cheng gave out a sigh; at this moment, he wanted to try challenging Ni Feng. With his current ability, even if he could not match up to Celestial Gathering Cultivators, the difference should not be too far. Once he goes back and upgrades his Twin Wings of the Heavenly Clouds, he could then use it to escape at any time if he could not beat his opponent.
"Ladies and gentlemen, starting from today, I will take up the title of 'champion' of the 19th Battle Ring, and all the cultivators within the Celestial Scryer Realm can come to challenge me. I will not entertain any fellows at the Celestial Bridge Realm and above. The name 'Dog Slaughterer' might feel somewhat disrespectful to the opponents; therefore, since I am a starry skies' wanderer, I will change my name to 'Wanderer'." Ning Cheng stood over the stage and spoke with cupped fists. Since he already dealt with Kirk and Gongxi Kui, he naturally must change his name.
Over at the 19th Battle Ring, the third champion only felt anxiousness wash over him, he could not help but wonder if Ning Cheng would continue with challenging him. However, he then heard Ning Cheng's next words, "When I am here, I am the champion. When I am not here, there would still be a champion here."
Although he spoke with a domineering and overwhelming tone, the only remaining champion did not feel anything wrong with the words. Instead, after hearing Ning Cheng's words, he actually felt relieved. As long as Ning Cheng did not challenge him, it remained acceptable, and everything else was secondary.
In fact, Ning Cheng had deliberately used those words to comfort the third champion; meaning that as long as you did not bother this god, this god would not kill you.
For Ning Cheng, even though he could become the sole champion of the 19th Battle Ring, he could not stay here at all times. Once he left, the arena would arrange for the rest to come to take the stage for challenges. They definitely would not stop just because of his absence. It would only leave the battle ring unused.
Of course, if he had an exclusive contract with the arena, then even if the champion were not there, the battle ring would remain empty. However, not every winner had the qualifications to sign a contract with the arena. Only those extremely popular champions had the eligibility to sign such a deal with them.
How can one become extremely popular? Natural invincibility and eternal victories were the answer. However, in the arena, there could never be an eternal victor; as long as you dared to stay in the field, someone would always appear to take you down a notch. Therefore, any cultivator after experiencing the ways of the arena held the same thought of renouncing their champion's identity. Apart from a very few conceited cultivators, someone would always appear to dominate the winner.
After Ning Cheng finished speaking, he quickly walked down from the battle ring and left the arena.
Lan Ya still wanted to meet Ning Cheng; however, Ning Cheng did not give her the opportunity. Lan Ya also knew that she and Shi Yulan could not stay outside for a long time; as such, they too hurried back to the Bright Gist Resting Pen.
As soon as Lan Ya rushed into the Resting Pen, she quickly arrived outside of Ning Cheng's room. Seeing the sign outside the living quarters that read 'In seclusion', Lan Ya then left with Shi Yulan.
When Ning Cheng had returned, he immediately put up an 'In seclusion' sign outside his room. He did not want to meet Lan Ya right now, as he had many things that needed attention. He wanted to upgrade his Twin Wings of the Heavenly Clouds, while also checking up on his present funds.
From Gongxi Kui's ring, Ning Cheng obtained 2 billion Green Coins, as well as a large number of materials, medicinal pills and other healing items along with a large number of starry skies' crystals for cultivation. On top of that, it also contained a Celestial River Class Void Battleship without any combat capabilities. According to Ruan Mingshu's words, it was only a knockoff.
From Kirk's ring, apart from 1 billion Green Coins, it also contained a pile of starry skies' crystals, many crafting materials and a few weapons along with a Celestial Grade Battleship.
Cultivating within the starry skies, one generally looked for a place with sufficient starry skies' Essence Qi to go into seclusion. Either that or they used starry skies' crystals. These starry skies' crystals had similarities to the Spirit Stones found in the True Cultivation World; however, the Essence Qi contained inside it was a lot more formidable as compared to the Spirit Qi inside the Spirit Stones. At the same time, it also had four grades – low, middle, high and best quality.
However, for low-level cultivators, the best resource for cultivating within the starry skies' was not the starry skies' crystals, but the natural pill formed from the starry skies' Essence Qi; that is, the Perpetual Moon Pill. However, the Perpetual Mood Pill only formed under extremely harsh conditions; as such, it had a price that far exceeded that of the starry skies' crystals. At the same time, the higher one's cultivation was, the worse was the effect of the Perpetual Moon Pill. There were other higher-grade natural resources within the starry skies; however, Ning Cheng had never encountered such items.
Ning Cheng figured that although he had close to 10 billion Green Coins on him, this amount of money would not last long if he wanted to purchase cultivation resources that could have some effect over him. Despite that, Ning Cheng still felt that the haul he obtained was relatively good.
Ruan Mingshu had just walked into the double-room when she saw a few faint multi-coloured flashes of lights coming from Ning Cheng's room. Seeing that, she could not help but frown, when she saw those thunder flashes around Ning Cheng's room previously, she had thought that Ning Cheng had a Thunder Spirit Root. However, looking at the faint multi-coloured light, did Ning Cheng obtain another treasure?
Ning Cheng also felt helpless in this regard. Ruan Mingshu had arranged the restrictions over their room. Although he could easily remove Ruan Mingshu's restrictions and replace it with his own restrictions, it would be too obvious. He currently lived in Ruan Mingshu's room, if he also removed the other person's restrictions and replaced it with his own restrictions, would it not be akin to announcing that he did not have any belief or trust over that person.
Therefore, he could only arrange a separate Isolation Restriction within Ruan Mingshu's restrictions. This Isolating Restriction could isolate his aura; however, it could not prevent some of the light from escaping.
When Ruan Mingshu returned, Ning Cheng also felt it. Since he had just finished upgrading his Twin Wings of the Heavenly Clouds, he immediately decided to put it away for now.
The Twin Wings of the Heavenly Clouds now had three distinct pairs of shimmering lights over it, which meant that the speed of his Twin Wings of the Heavenly Clouds had once again increased by a considerable margin. If he could find the Wishful Treasure Light Cotton and the Sky Treasure Silk, his Twin Wings of the Heavenly Clouds could then contain five distinct pairs of shimmering lights.
Ning Cheng knew that once the pairs of shimmering lights over the Twin Wings of the Heavenly Clouds reached six, the Twin Wings of the Heavenly Clouds would then undergo a qualitative change. Unfortunately, Ning Cheng did not know how to obtain six pairs of shimmering lights over his Twin Wings of the Heavenly Clouds. He only had the necessary knowledge to upgrade his Twin Wings of the Heavenly Clouds to five pairs of shimmering lights.
The entrance’s restriction quivered slightly. Ning Cheng quickly opened the restriction and spoke with a smile over his face, "So it was Junior Apprentice Sister Mingshu."
Previously, Lan Ya and Shi Yulan had also come to find Ning Cheng; however, Lan Ya and Shi Yulan both immediately returned after seeing the 'in seclusion' sign outside over his door. However, even though Ruan Mingshu looked more reasonable than Lan Yan and Shi Yulan, she still took the initiative to disturb Ning Cheng's 'cultivation'.
"I saw a flash of light, so I reckon that you were only refining a weapon. Therefore, I took the initiative to come in. I hope that I did not disturb Senior Apprentice Brother Ning too much." Ruan Mingshu slightly leaned over and spoke with a gentle voice.
Ning Cheng waved his hand and spoke, "Nah, how could it be of any disturbance. I managed to procure a good weapon and just finished refining it. Well, Junior Apprentice Sister Mingshu, do you want to come in and have a seat?"
Ruan Mingshu seemed to have her own worries; she hesitated for a short while before speaking up, "Senior Apprentice Brother Ning, can you accompany me for a walk?"
"Naturally." Ning Cheng spoke without any hesitation. No matter what Ruan Mingshu meant, he did not want to refuse her requests right now. He had borrowed Ruan Mingshu's Array Disc, and it remained outside of the city.
Ruan Mingshu had a tall stature and looked very elegant; however, these did not count, it was her unique style and beautiful face that made her stand out as a noble.
In contrast, Ning Cheng, who walked beside her, looked a little too unremarkable.
When the two of them walked into a rest stop, they immediately attracted a lot of attention.
"Alas, a fresh flower stuck in shit." A beautiful young girl sitting in the corner of the rest stop shook her head and spoke with some disdain.
Another woman sitting next to her with a scarf, looking dignified and virtuous, spoke with a slight smile, "Sisi, you might be wrong this time. Do not look at that male cultivator as just having a Celestial Novice Cultivation; his temperament is on the same level, if not higher, compared to the female cultivator beside him. It is just that he is deliberately converging his own aura and spirit, which makes him appear unremarkable. If I'm not mistaken, then he has a perfectly forged body."
"That can't be? I heard that people with such forged body are absolutely perfect, doesn't he know?" The young girl exclaimed in surprise and spoke with starry-eyed infatuation.
"Don't worry too much; the Revolving Jade City is currently filled with crouching tigers and hidden dragons. Do not look down on anyone." Another woman spoke with unflinching words, "Today in the Celestial Forest Arena, a starry skies' wanderer with a Celestial Novice Cultivation easy killed two of the reigning champions of the 19th Battle Ring. Before that incident, who would have believed such a thing?"
"Elder Sister Qinyu, I know." The young girl stretched out her tongue.
At this time, two more people walked into the Rest Stop. The one with a head full of wild hair, who had just burst into the Rest Stop through the door, spoke with a laugh, "Server, two pots of 'None to depend on', the blue pots."
"Junior Apprentice Sister Mingshu, does this place have the real 'None to depend on'?" Ning Cheng quickly asked after he heard those words.
Ruan Mingshu showed a faint smile, "There is no real 'None to depend on' in the entire Man Lun Starry Skies. This blue pot of 'None to depend on' is just a high-grade imitation."
Ning Cheng shook his head silently, why did this starry sky only contain knockoff and imitation goods?
"A mouse lusting for barley….." The young girl who spoke out with a disdainful tone when Ning Cheng and the other girl walked in once again spoke up in an out of place manner. However, this time, her voice was slightly louder, and Ning Cheng heard it clearly.