Chapter 207: Crushing the First Puppet Master in the Inner Courtyard

"This kid actually mastered Senior Qin's Five Elements Xuanyang Sword. How did he do it?"

Seeing the Five Elements Xuanyang Sword being put into the storage bag by Zhou Ling like a moving cloud of fire, Dean Zhong exclaimed slightly.

Although he was already used to the surprises brought by Zhou Ling, his face was still full of shock.

"The Five Elements Xuanyang Sword has been in the sword forest for more than two hundred years, and no inner court disciple has ever been able to collect it."

"But this kid has only been in the inner courtyard for a long time before he was taken away!"

Daoist Zhang also opened his mouth wide, with the same look of disbelief in his eyes.

You must know that this Five Elements Xuanyang Sword is a third-level sword.

It contains a wisp of the power of rules that Qin Haoran used when he saved the Golden Core Thunder Tribulation.

This is something that many monks in the Taoist Academy understand.

Every year, many disciples try to collect this Five Elements Xuanyang Sword.

But even the sword body, and even the second-level swordsmanship disciples, have never succeeded.

But now it was quietly taken into the pocket by Zhou Ling.

How could they not be surprised by this!

Several other judges were also in a daze, looking at Zhou Ling in shock.

"Not only did he collect the Five Elements Xuanyang Sword, but he also displayed the sword intent contained in it so vividly. Could it be that he has already controlled the power of the rules of Senior Qin?"

Professor Lin's handsome face also showed a hint of disbelief.

I sighed in my heart, why didn't I accept Zhou Ling as my disciple in the first place?

"This kid didn't expect that just one level of foundation building could suppress the Five Elements Xuanyang Sword. He is truly a peerless swordsmanship genius!"

"I hope that after Senior Qin, Zhou Ling will be another swordsman genius in our Xuanyuan Taoist Academy!"

"I'm really looking forward to it now, to see how far he can go in this competition?"

Dean Zhong said with a hearty smile.

In every battle, this kid Zhou Ling can bring him different surprises.

However, none of the next thirty-two strong opponents will be easy to deal with.

These are the elites among the elites in the inner court.

Moreover, they have been immersed in Taoist temples for many years, have strong magic power and pure cultivation.

It is not that easy for Zhou Ling to defeat them.

"Hey, I thought it would be very difficult for him to enter the top sixteen! But it's hard to say now!"

Zhang Taoist shook his head helplessly.

He couldn't help but doubt his own vision now.

Normally, even if Zhou Ling is a Heavenly Grade Foundation Builder.

But after all, he was at the first level of Foundation Establishment, and the people he encountered were basically disciples in the middle stage of Foundation Establishment.

Regardless of cultivation or combat experience, there is no advantage.

But looking at these two games, Zhou Ling seemed to win easily.

This battle was settled with two swords, allowing Lu Li, who was already able to draw second-level high-grade runes, to admit defeat.

It’s really unimaginable.

Dean Zhong calls him a peerless swordsman genius, which is really not an exaggeration.

And just when the judges were shocked by his performance, Zhou Ling also came to the rest area.

"Boss, you are so awesome!"

Sun Dajie's eyes widened with an exaggerated expression on his face.

Even the disciples in other rest areas around him looked at him with expressions of disbelief.

"well enough!"

Zhou Ling was also a little surprised. Did he perform so well?

In the battle just now, it was roughly 70% of the combat strength.

It seems that this should be caused by the power of the Five Elements Xuanyang Sword.

Zhou Ling was thinking in his mind.

Not far away, several disciples were looking at Zhou Ling and discussing among themselves.

"I didn't expect that he could actually collect the Five Elements Xuanyang Sword. He is indeed a peerless genius. Only such a person is worthy of Senior Qin's Five Elements Xuanyang Sword!"

A young man with a strong back and a strong waist said with emotion.

A few months ago, he tried to collect the Five Elements Xuanyang Sword, but he couldn't suppress the Fire Cloud Sword Intent at all.

Looking at Zhou Ling now, his eyes flashed, full of fighting spirit.

"Senior Brother Cang, how confident are you if you fight him?"

A young man with fair skin, narrowed eyes, and extremely energetic asked next to him.

The burly man looked at Zhou Ling, shook his head, and said in a deep voice, "It's hard to say. If he masters the power of the rules of the Five Elements Xuanyang Sword, it won't be that easy for me to defeat him."

Hearing this, the man next to him looked surprised and said, "Senior Brother Cang, who doesn't know that you have reached the second level of swordsmanship? Now, there are no more than one opponent in the inner courtyard who can be your opponent."

"This kid has just entered the inner courtyard. Is he so strong?"

Senior Brother Cang said calmly, "How old is this boy now? With his talent and cultivation, it will be a matter of time before he surpasses me!"

Hearing that the senior brother of the Sword Forging Department was treating Zhou Ling with such caution, the other disciples couldn't help but look cautious when they looked at Zhou Ling.

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"Boss! Your opponent tomorrow is Yuan Shi. He is a peerless genius in our puppet lineage and the number one puppet master in the inner courtyard."

"I also participated in the competition last year and ended up ranking sixth."

"We have been able to refine a second-level high-grade puppet."

"And the soul's cultivation level is not low. Now it can control two second-level high-grade puppets at the same time!"

After returning to the monastery, Sun Dajie introduced it to Zhou Ling.

Now that most of his wealth is on Zhou Ling, this information service must be in place.

As long as Zhou Ling can enter the top eight, he will make a lot of money this time.

With Zhou Ling's amazing performance in today's two games, Zhou Ling's odds of entering the quarterfinals are now 1 to 4.

It proves that many people are optimistic about Zhou Ling now.

However, it will be difficult to deal with this senior brother Yuanshi next!

After all, he can control two second-level high-quality puppets at the same time.

It is equivalent to facing the attacks of two late-stage foundation-building cultivators at the same time, and the puppets are fearless and fearless, and the combat power they show is even stronger.

"Second-level high-quality puppet master!" Zhou Ling said with a smile on his face.

Now he also has five second-level medium-quality five-element puppets in his hands, and he can control them at the same time to form a five-element puppet formation to attack.

Tomorrow is just the right time to try the combat power of this five-element puppet formation.

Compared with puppets, he is really not afraid.

Zhou Ling thought in his heart.

Even if he fights with puppets, he can now crush most of the inner courtyard disciples.

But considering that these five second-level medium-quality puppets are not cheap, if they are damaged in the battle, it will be a bit uneconomical!

In addition, it will consume medium-quality spirit stones, which is also a considerable expense.

Then he added more wine to Sun Dajie, and the two drank while taking out the jades of other games today to watch.

Zhou Ling was more concerned about the top-ranked disciples.

Through the sword moves and runes displayed by the jades, under [Intermediate Observation] and [Intermediate Analysis], he could roughly infer their actual combat power.

Even their shortcomings and weaknesses, which would be extremely beneficial for him to meet these opponents next time.

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The next day.

The square was crowded with people.

The competition of the top 32 attracted a large number of disciples to watch.

There were also many outer courtyard disciples.

Geniuses like Du Yu and Ye Zhilan who were in the same class as Zhou Ling also came.

Although they had already been able to build a foundation, they were unwilling to give up.

They were all waiting to compete for the Tianpin Foundation Building Pill next year and then build a foundation.

Since entering the Taoist Academy, although they were called geniuses, they were suppressed by Zhou Ling all the way.

Zhou Ling was the first in every competition, and even the Tianpin Foundation Building Pill was taken away by him.

Now Zhou Ling has entered the inner courtyard and performed even more amazingly.

Not only did he show amazing combat power in this actual combat competition, he even took the Five Elements Xuanyang Sword, a peerless sword in the sword forest.

This made them all a little emotional.

Originally, they expected to be able to get rid of Zhou Ling after building their foundation, but now it seems that the gap with Zhou Ling is getting bigger and bigger.

Even though they are all rare geniuses, they feel powerless to catch up with Zhou Ling now.

And in the eyes of everyone's expectation, the 32-strong competition in the morning also began.

"You seem to be very powerful to be able to take the Five Elements Xuanyang Sword, but when you meet my puppet, I advise you to admit defeat!"

On the competition stage where Zhou Ling was, a thin young man on the opposite side glanced at Zhou Ling and said seriously.

"I just want to see Brother Yuan's puppet!"

Zhou Ling smiled.

"Okay, then it's as you wish!"

As soon as Yuan Shi finished speaking, he directly recited the spell.

Then, there was a loud bang.

A huge black shadow fell from the sky and landed on the ground, and the entire competition platform trembled violently.

The power was extremely terrifying.

Zhou Ling swept his eyes and saw a huge blood-colored spider, whose body reached three feet.

The eight blood claws flashed cold light.

As a puppeteer, even without the help of [Intermediate Observation], Zhou Ling could see that the giant claws of the blood-colored spider had been modified.

Each giant claw was like a sharp sword, shining with amazing cold light.

This is one of the two second-level top-grade puppets of Yuanshi, the blood-colored spider.

It was refined based on the intact body of the second-level blood-colored spider.

Its body flashed with golden light, which was obviously transformed by golden silk, greatly enhancing the defense of the blood-colored spider.

This puppet technique made Zhou Ling admire it greatly!

"Brother Zhou, you are scared, but I still have it!"

As soon as the voice fell, there was another loud bang.

Another puppet fell to the ground, this time it was a black armor swordsman puppet.

It was shining with black light, and its might was no less than that of the blood-colored spider puppet.

"What do you think? It's not too late for you to admit defeat now!"

Yuan Shi said with a chuckle.

Zhou Ling looked at the two puppets and shook his head.

"Hey, I originally thought that with the Five Elements Xuanyang Sword, Zhou Ling should be able to enter the top eight, but unfortunately he met Yuan Shi."

"Yuan Shi participated in the four major academy competitions last year. Although he did not enter the top sixteen, his strength was amazing."

"This year, he has improved a lot. I'm afraid Zhou Ling is not his opponent!"

In the judges' seat, Instructor Lin said with some regret.

"Yes! Two second-level top-grade puppets, no disciple present is sure to win."

"And these two puppets were specially refined by Yuan Shi for this competition. Not only are they powerful in attack, but their defense has reached the second-level top-grade level!"

Dean Zhong nodded and said.

"Hey, Zhou Ling is also a puppeteer!"

Dean Zhong exclaimed as he looked across the competition stage.

On the competition stage, Zhou Ling smiled, "Then I'll see the strength of the No. 1 puppeteer in the inner courtyard!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a puffing sound came from in front of him.

He summoned five puppets directly.

Puppets with five elements!

Of course, unlike the puppets of Yuanshi, he controlled these five puppets with five elements and a five-element magic array.

"What? You are also a puppeteer?"

"You plan to control five puppets at once?"

"Are you crazy?"

Looking at Zhou Ling's five swordsman puppets with different attributes, Yuan Shi couldn't help but exclaimed, his face full of shock.

He only knew that Zhou Ling was a weapon refiner and sword cultivator, and his sword cultivation had entered the second realm.

But he had never heard that Zhou Ling was also a puppeteer.

And he had to control five second-level middle-grade puppets at a time, which was completely beyond his expectations.

You know, controlling puppets requires extremely strong soul power.

He is now in the middle stage of foundation building, and he mainly practices the soul secret method of a high grade, so he can control two second-level upper-grade puppets at the same time.

But Zhou Ling actually controlled five second-level middle-grade puppets at a time.

If so, then the soul power is more than one level stronger than him.

But now he can't think so much.

He can only recite the spell and control the two puppets to rush towards Zhou Ling.

Zhou Ling also recited the spell, opened the five-element puppet formation, controlled the five puppets, condensed into a formation, and surrounded the opponent's two puppets.

The power of the "Five Elements Puppet Array" is that Zhou Ling transformed it with the Five Elements Sword Array.

The Five Elements Sword Intentions counteract and complement each other, and are endless.

The attack is mainly based on the sword energy of gold and fire attributes, the defense is based on earth and water attributes, and the wood attribute increases the recovery of the array.

It can be called the most versatile and durable array in all aspects.

Moreover, under the control of Zhou Ling's powerful consciousness, the Five Elements Puppet Array is even more flexible and changeable.

Generally, it may not be possible to control five second-level puppets in this way even in the late stage of foundation building.

Zhou Ling's main reason is his own powerful consciousness, and the other is the assistance of talent, which allows him to enhance his consciousness while consuming much less than other puppeteers.

Boom!

In an instant, a series of Qi rushed into the sky.

Fire splashed everywhere.

The Five Elements Swordsman Puppet displayed an overwhelming sword net, and the blood-colored spider waved its blood claws and bombarded continuously.

The black armor swordsman also swung his sword and slashed one after another.

Both sides went all out.

Although they are all puppets, their bodies are extremely agile, and the sword qi attacks are not much different even for sword cultivators.

Twisting and moving, the sword qi whistles!

The blood spider and the black armor swordsman support each other and keep charging to break the five elements sword formation.

But the five five elements swordsman puppets cooperated tacitly, as if they were living people, and the sword formation they formed was impeccable.

One wave of sword nets followed another, surrounding the other two puppets, giving them no chance to break through.

Seeing this puppet battle, the disciples watching the competition on the stage couldn't help but exclaimed.

No one thought that Zhou Ling, who was originally famous for his sword cultivation, would now use puppets to fight the first puppet master of the inner courtyard.

And Zhou Ling actually controlled far more puppets than Yuanshi.

Such a powerful soul power shocked everyone.

Moreover, he was controlling the Five Elements Puppet Array, which was obviously stronger than Yuanshi controlling two second-level high-quality puppets.

Even the six judges on the judges' bench were speechless by the shock of this scene.

The sword light on the competition stage was overwhelming, like a battlefield with thousands of troops.

No one expected that Zhou Ling would have such a strong puppet control ability.

Just when everyone was extremely shocked, Zhou Ling chanted the spell again.

Another second-level puppet flew out from the storage ring in his hand.

This was a second-level flying beast puppet, which flashed its wings and flew towards Yuanshi in an instant.

"This?"

"You can actually control six second-level puppets!"

Seeing the flying puppets, Yuanshi almost vomited blood in anger.

His spiritual consciousness could only control two second-level high-quality puppets, and now he had no power to control others.

The two puppets were surrounded and could not support them for a while.

Faced with the puppet's attack, he had no other means and could only admit defeat!