Chapter 195

Chapter 195: Losing to You, I Am Convinced
Yu Zhao summoned the Mirror of Fleeting Lives.

This was her first time using a Magical Artifact on the Dueling Platform.

Yao Wu Jiwas not angry at all. Instead, she smiled happily: “Then I will not be polite. Chi Yu, let us go together!”

Her body leaped into the air, and a giant Scarlet Spider appeared in the sky.

Whoosh.

A clear, shining web fell from above, large enough to cover the entire Dueling Platform.

Yao Wu Jitook out a Red Silk Ribbon and tossed it up, then sent a streak of spiritual light into it.

The Red Silk Ribbon twisted like a swimming snake and shot straight toward Yu Zhao.

Yu Zhao flipped the Mirror of Fleeting Lives in her hand and turned the Water Mirror side toward Yao Wuji.

A white light flashed over the surface of the Water Mirror, and then the mirror began to shake violently.

In just a moment, a Red Silk Ribbon shot out from the mirror’s surface.

Right after that, another huge, crystal-clear web appeared.

“Yu Zhao duplicated Yao Wuji’s attack!”

“Look, the two Red Silk Ribbons that look exactly the same are tangled up with each other. You cannot even tell which one was summoned by who!”

“The spider web’s attack is broken too!”

“…”

Everyone had only known that Yu Zhao’s Illusion Art was amazing. They did not know that she could also completely duplicate her opponent’s attacks.

Like this, Yao Wuji’s opponent seemed to be Yu Zhao, but in truth, it was herself.

How were you supposed to fight that?

On the high platform, in the viewing area, the elders were also discussing the Mirror of Fleeting Lives.

“Yu Zhao’s Magical Artifact matches very well with the Cultivation Technique she practices. It lets her bring out all of her strength.”

“Her mirror has two sides, one white and one black. The white side can duplicate other people’s attacks. I wonder what the black side does.”

“Sect Master Ji Yuan is right here. He should know.”

Their gazes slid right past Master Qing Yan and locked straight onto Sect Master Ji Yuan.

Sect Master Ji Yuan was still watching Yu Zhao’s match with great interest. When he heard this, an uneasy look flashed through his eyes.

He did know that, some time ago, Yu Zhao had gone out to train in order to gather materials for her Life-bound Dharma Artifact. But what that Life-bound Dharma Artifact looked like and what it could do, he had no idea at all, and he had never even asked.

He muttered vaguely: “You will know in a while.”

Valley Master Flying Leaf chuckled and said: “Ji Yuan, what is there that you cannot say? Why are you trying to act mysterious?”

Sect Master Bai Lian agreed: “That is right, hurry up and tell us.”

The Dean of Tai Bai Academy also urged him.

At first, Sect Master Ji Yuan felt a bit embarrassed, but then he slowly understood what they were doing.

He glared and said: “Let me tell you all this. Yu Zhao is a disciple of our Five Elements Dao Sect. Do not even think about trying to steal her, or do not blame me if I turn hostile.”

Everyone present had cultivated for hundreds of years and was very crafty. Of course they would not admit anything. They only said that Sect Master Ji Yuan was overthinking things.

But the more they acted like this, the more uneasy Sect Master Ji Yuan felt.

He could finally see it clearly. This group of people, soft on the strong and hard on the weak, had teamed up to tease him. Their goal was obvious.

He could not help shooting a glare at Master Qing Yan, who sat beside him with a calm and distant look.

Such a good disciple had been driven out by him. Now she had become a tasty prize in the eyes of others. He, as the Sect Master, had to worry every single day, afraid that someone might steal her away.

[Just keep this up. When you finally clear your head one day, you will not even have a place to cry.]

On the stage.

Yao Wu Jipressed her lips together hard.

Her and Chi Yu’s attacks had both been easily neutralized by Yu Zhao.

Yu Zhao was indeed stronger than she had expected.

She had no choice but to use her final trump card.

She slapped her right hand on the Spirit Pet Pouch at her waist.

A huge buzzing sound rang out.

A black cloud appeared in the air.

Looked at closely, that was no cloud at all but a mass of flying insects forming an insect cloud.

“Whoo…”

Yao Wu Jitook out a bamboo whistle and blew on it with all her strength.

The flying insects flapped their wings and dove down.

The lead insect was only the size of a fingernail. Its whole body was dark as ink, and its shell shone with an oily gloss.

Yu Zhao’s lips curled slightly. She flipped the Mirror of Fleeting Lives again.

The black side of the mirror faced the insect cloud.

A strange wave spread out without a sound and crashed into the swarm.

The buzzing paused for a brief moment.

Then a shocking scene took place.

Half the insects in that cloud suddenly turned around and started to fight their own companions.

Black insect corpses kept falling from the air, and their thin wings fluttered down like scattered scraps of paper.

Yao Wuji’s heart hurt so much her eyes almost turned red.

These insects were ones she had raised and fed with poison by her own hand. Every single one had cost her countless effort.

“I am done! I am done! I admit defeat! Yu Zhao, stop!”

Seeing more and more of her insects die, Yao Wu Jicould no longer sit still.

Yu Zhao turned her wrist and put the Mirror of Fleeting Lives back into her Storage Bracelet.

Yao Wu Jiquickly recalled the remaining insects and Chi Yu back into the Spirit Pet Pouch.

After Elder Ji Dao announced the result of the match, Yao Wu Jilooked at Yu Zhao and half complained, half joked: “You really did not hold back at all.”

Yu Zhao smiled: “Was that not exactly what you wanted?”

Yao Wu Jiburst out laughing: “That is true. Yu Zhao, losing to you, I am completely convinced.”

The two of them walked down from the Dueling Platform shoulder to shoulder, their expressions relaxed, with none of the tension from the match.

While their match had ended, Si Tu Xuan ran into some trouble.

His opponent this time was a disciple from the Heavenly Sword Sect, Chu He.

Unlike Yu Zhao, Chu He had decided from the start that he would join the Individual Competition.

His Sword Dao was overbearing and lonely, carrying the feeling of someone who was always seeking defeat because no one could beat him.

Si Tu Xuan felt a lot of pressure when facing him.

Luckily, in the end, he still managed to win the match without any real danger.

After their match ended, all the eyes in the arena turned to the only Dueling Platform where the fight was still going.

On that platform stood the Greenwood Sect Team led by You Fei, and the Five Elements Dao Sect Team led by Fang Cheng Lang.

From the very beginning, the fight between the two teams had been stuck in a deadlock. Until now, they still had not been able to decide a winner.

You Fei had once seen Fang Cheng Lang at the Greenwood Sect when he came to ask for pills, but Fang Cheng Lang had not left a deep impression on him back then. With Yu Zhao shining like a gem in front, Fang Cheng Lang’s presence had been much weaker.

Now that the two of them stood on a formal Dueling Platform, he finally understood that Fang Cheng Lang’s title of Gentleman Sword was not an empty name.

Lan Zi Yu, Su Ming, and Quan Ye made up the rest of the team. One practiced Sound Cultivation, one practiced Spell Cultivation, and one was a Body Cultivator. They could attack or defend. Their team almost had no weak spots.

Because he had spent too much Spirit Power, You Fei already felt that his strength was not enough.

He knew he could not keep fighting like this. The longer they dragged things out, the more the advantage would lean toward the other side.

He bit the tip of his tongue to force himself to stay calm. His eyes kept moving over the other side, trying to find a weakness.

At that moment, his gaze suddenly caught a figure that looked a little unfamiliar.

He blinked in disbelief, then, after making sure he was not seeing things, he suddenly remembered that the other team did indeed have a female disciple at Late Foundation Establishment.

But why had he not noticed her at all in the exchanges just now?

You Fei’s heart jumped in shock, and then he became extremely excited.

He thought that he had finally found the other side’s weak spot.

He called out to his teammates: “Listen to me. In a bit, focus our attacks on that Foundation Establishment Stage disciple.”

“Foundation Establishment Stage disciple? They have a Foundation Establishment Stage disciple?”