Chapter 182: Seeing No Hope

“I was wrong; the number one Prodigy is indeed worthy of the title. Just now, I was actually fantasizing about whether Lin Jing could defeat him. Thinking about it now, how could that be possible? One is the Prodigy of the Spirit Dao Sect, the greatest Sect in the Ancient Kingdom, while the other is the Saint Child of the Beast Control Sect from a third-rate Sect…”

“Being able to Cultivate such a Pet Beast is already an explosion of Luck for the Beast Taming Sect, but in the end, there is a huge gap compared to the foundation of the Spirit Dao Sect!”

Chen Chong summoned his Spell Spirit, instantly fixing the Pine Leaf Squirrel in place, making it unable to move and forcing it to resist with great difficulty.

Under such gravity, all the arms grown by the Pine Leaf Squirrel fell off and shattered; only its main body held on, relying on its powerful Physique.

However, for human Cultivators, such gravity was absolutely lethal.

Chen Chong looked at Lin Jing, and the audience looked at Lin Jing as well.

They saw that Lin Jing was still sitting cross-legged on the Pine Leaf Squirrel’s shoulder, seemingly unaffected!

Around him, snowflake-like objects floated from time to time, swirling about his body. It was quite magnificent, making Lin Jing look incredibly mysterious.

“Hmm?”

Seeing that Lin Jing was actually unaffected by the Gravity Spell enhanced by the Spell Spirit, Chen Chong was stunned for a moment and frowned.

Even the Gravity field that affected this terrifying Squirrel was ineffective against Lin Jing himself?

“It’s appeared again, that strange ice-attribute power! What on earth is this?” Among the Dragon Palace crowd, Wang Xiao muttered.

“Wait, this power can actually ignore Chen Chong’s Gravity Spell?” Yan Xiangbei was shocked. Back then, Lin Jing had used a burst of ice-attribute power to ignore a Magic Treasure of the Hehuan Sect, and he hadn’t taken it seriously, but now it seemed…

…it was indeed a bit strange.

“Even if you have Cultivated this Spell to its Peak, Fellow Daoist Chen, you are not controlling true gravity, but rather simulating gravity with True Yuan. Since it is only True Yuan and not the great power of heaven and earth, as long as one finds a way, it can be restricted.” Lin Jing sat on the Pine Leaf Squirrel’s shoulder and spoke as usual.

The frost power within his body emanated incessantly, freezing the True Yuan that formed the Gravity field descending around him.

“Pine Leaf Squirrel!”

At Lin Jing’s command, the Pine Leaf Squirrel, which had been caught off guard by the massive gravity and failed to adapt, took a moment…

Although it was difficult, it began to move again, extending its arms to slowly reach for Chen Chong.

The scene suddenly fell silent, but with a snort from Chen Chong, the Gravity field contracted. The massive arms the Pine Leaf Squirrel had raised slowly fell back down, and “crackling” fissures appeared on them.

However, what surprised Chen Chong next was that in just an instant, the injuries on the Pine Leaf Squirrel’s Demon King True Body recovered. Its vast vitality granted it the ability to heal wounds in seconds. The Pine Leaf Squirrel raised its arms again and reached for Chen Chong.

“The Demon King True Body consumes a huge amount of energy. How long can you two hold out?”

Chen Chong placed the planet-shaped Spell Spirit in the sky. The Pine Leaf Squirrel’s arms shattered once more; this single spirit alone suppressed the Pine Leaf Squirrel. Chen Chong himself looked at the unharmed Lin Jing, his brow still furrowed.

“Indeed.”

“I underestimated the Spell Spirit.”

“I thought my Pine Leaf Squirrel could hold out for a bit, but now it seems its cultivation is still too low.”

“Perhaps there would be a glimmer of hope if it reached the Foundation Establishment Great Perfection.”

Lin Jing shook his head. Under the terrifying gravity, the Pine Leaf Squirrel’s strength was being consumed rapidly. It would likely lose its Demon King True Body soon, and then it would be even harder to resist the Gravity Spell enhanced by the Spell Spirit.

“So, you should have other trump cards, right? Bring them out.” Chen Chong looked at the snowflakes around Lin Jing and said indifferently.

An ice-attribute Spell that could block his Gravity Spell was definitely not that simple.

“No way.” Meanwhile, among the Dragon Palace crowd, seeing this situation, Gao Sheng couldn’t help but say, “Could it be that Lin Jing is really going to use *that*?”

Wang Xiao and the others looked at him, not understanding what “that” referred to.

“I didn’t want to use it, but you are too strong. It seems I have no choice.” Lin Jing sighed.

The dialogue between the two left the audience confused and somewhat incredulous. Could it be that Lin Jing still had another trump card?

7

The Elders and Disciples of the Spirit Dao Sect who had arrived at the scene were full of confidence. This Lin Jing was indeed good, but a Spell Spirit was not something that could be easily defeated. However, in the next instant, they suddenly felt a chill.

“There’s no other way. I am determined to take first place.” Lin Jing stood up from the Pine Leaf Squirrel’s shoulder. In that instant, the temperature of the entire Heavenly Pride Battle scene seemed to plummet. Although it wasn’t enough to harm the audience, it truly made people feel as if winter had arrived.

Lin Jing slowly separated from the Pine Leaf Squirrel. At this moment, he received the power of the Ice Soul Gu, and his own True Qi merged with the power of the Ice Soul Gu!

His black hair and black eyes instantly turned white and blue.

The snow-white hair and azure ice-blue eyes stunned the audience. What was most shocking was that within Lin Jing’s body…

…a terrifying power of extreme cold suddenly erupted, instantly freezing the entire Gravity field covering the stage!!!

Above the sky, the cold air condensed into an even more massive phantom that towered into the clouds. It was a giant spider. Its countless spider legs landed on the edge of the stage, and its body covered the sky above. This spider phantom, composed entirely of cold air, directly froze the Gravity field and caused Chen Chong’s Soul to shrink, his expression one of disbelief.

“I think as long as the Gravity field of the entire stage is frozen, the winner should be decided, right?”

Lin Jing’s white hair danced in the cold wind as he spoke slowly.

The moment he finished speaking, it was already done.

The Pine Leaf Squirrel immediately regained its ability to move.

“You—”

Chen Chong looked at Lin Jing opposite him in horror, with an expression of utter disbelief.

“Gu Fusion… you have a Gu parasite in your body. This level of power—it’s the ice-attribute Ice Soul Gu from the Ten Unique Gu!” Chen Chong could not understand how such a thing could exist within Lin Jing’s body.

Following Chen Chong’s exclamation, the Cultivators in the audience also stood up in shock, looking at the stage which had completely turned into a world of ice and snow.

“A Gu Master?”

“A Demonic Cultivator? Wait, Dual cultivation of Buddha and Demon?”

With the Gravity field frozen, a hundred arms appeared behind the Pine Leaf Squirrel once again, smashing down toward Chen Chong.

After two years of coordination, Lin Jing had become increasingly adept at using the power of the Ice Soul Gu. Just as Chen Chong wanted to manifest the Gravity field again, the cold air on the stage instantly froze this Prodigy into an ice sculpture.

In the next moment, just as the palms and fists of the Hundred-Form Demon Buddha Statue were about to descend, the aura of the Spirit Dao Sect’s Elder surged, and he instantly rushed out from the audience.

“Stop.” Tian Huihua glanced indifferently at the Spirit Dao Sect’s Elder. The old man instantly froze. Then, although Chen Chong shattered the ice at his fastest speed, he still inevitably watched helplessly as the sky full of Buddha palms fell upon him!

Rumble!!!

The Spirit Dao Sect Elder’s pupils shrank, and the audience collectively lost their voices. What had they just heard?

Gu? Ten Unique Gu, Ice Soul Gu?

Some people were no strangers to the Ten Unique Gu. Each Strange Gu possessed the Bloodline of a Gu Emperor; as long as they matured, they could rival a Soul Transformation Stage Cultivator.

Most terrifyingly, a Gu could fuse with a Gu Master, erupting with unbelievable power. It didn’t even require the Gu Master to be particularly strong; as long as the Gu Master was also at the Soul Transformation Realm, the Fusion of the two could unleash Void Profound power.

It could be said that at the Peak of the Gu God Sect, one of the three major demonic Sects, all Ten Unique Gu were in the hands of the Gu God Sect. These Ten Unique Gu alone were equivalent to providing the Gu God Sect with ten terrifying Cultivators with at least Void Profound combat power.

And such a Strange Gu, the audience could hardly imagine, was actually in the hands of a Qi Training Cultivator.

Furthermore, this Qi Training Cultivator could perfectly control it!

If it was this kind of thing…

After the sky full of giant palms, Chen Chong was seen floating in mid-air, wrapped in a Repulsion sphere formed by his Spell Spirit. He had not sustained fatal injuries, but his gaze was full of desolation.

“I lost. Although I don’t know why Fellow Daoist Lin possesses an Ice Gu, since you dare to display it here, its origin should be legitimate.” He extended his arm; at some point, a blue-purple ice mark had appeared on it.

He extended his arm; at some point, a blue-purple ice mark had appeared on it.

Under the storm-like attack just now, even the protection of the Spell Spirit had a slight gap. Chen Chong didn’t know if it was during that gap or when he was frozen by the extreme cold power just now, but regardless of when it was…

…he had already been poisoned.

At this moment, Chen Chong could already feel the Gu Poison invading his entire body. He feared it wouldn’t be long before the poison took effect and he collapsed.

Perhaps there was a way to resolve the poison of a Strange Gu within the Spirit Dao Sect, but he currently didn’t have one. Continuing to urge his magic power would only make things increasingly disadvantageous for him.

“I accept your concession.”

–

“I, Lin, have broken through to the Qi Training Extreme Realm and can contract two Pet Beasts during the Qi Training Stage. This Ice Soul Gu is my second Pet Beast. It was obtained when I thwarted a plot of the Gu God Sect, and I am now suppressing and commanding it with a contract, which has been permitted by the Demon Subduing Division.”

“Therefore, Elder of the Spirit Dao Sect, there is no need for alarm.”

Lin Jing looked at the Spirit Dao Sect Elder who had just rushed out, worried about Chen Chong.

The Spirit Dao Sect Elder took a deep breath, his gaze complex. After a slight bow, he returned to his seat.

At this moment, the Cultivators present all looked at Lin Jing with incredulous eyes. What kind of joke was this—

This person, this Saint Child of the Beast Control Sect, had actually contracted one of the Ten Unique Gu of the Gu God Sect?!!!

“You knew all along.” The Dragon Palace crowd looked at Gao Sheng.

During the previous month, had Lin Jing been using the Ice Soul Gu to freeze them and relieve their pain?

In this instant, the Dragon Palace crowd felt as if they had taken a walk through the gates of hell.

“Ha—ha—” Gao Sheng also took a deep breath. It was actually his first time seeing the power of the Ice Soul Gu as well. This power was indeed beyond his imagination, worthy of being one of the foundations of the Gu God Sect.

Flinging out spider silk, Lin Jing detoxified Chen Chong and then looked at the other Prodigies, especially the second-ranked Prodigy, Mo Qianyi, and said slowly, “Is there anyone else who wants to challenge me?”

Mo Qianyi remained silent. This…

Just how many trump cards does this guy have?

“You can’t win. Don’t go looking for trouble.” The Prodigy of the Ten Thousand Poison Sect twitched his lips, remembering his teacher’s words.

“Your Innate Poison Physique can ignore ten thousand poisons, but only the Gu Poison of the Gu God Sect’s Ten Unique Gu must never be experienced firsthand, even after your Poison Physique reaches Perfection! That is the ultimate poison researched by the Gu God Sect. Who knows how many Innate Poison Physiques and Ice Spirit Bodies have been frozen to death by it!”

“His trump card is actually the Gu techniques of a Demonic Cultivator—how can there be such a monster in the Ancient Kingdom? A Saint Child of the Beast Control Sect? If the Gu God Sect hidden in the Cloud Sea Mountain Range found out, he wouldn’t be the Saint Child of the Beast Control Sect anymore; he’d probably be snatched away to be the Saint of the Gu God Sect.” The Prodigy of the Ten Thousand Poison Sect saw no hope of defeating Lin Jing in this state, and most of the other Prodigies felt the same… It turned out the deductions of the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion were true.