To Xiao Lingyu's surprise, on the second day after he returned to the Imperial Beast Hall, Jiang Kui did not come to find him again.
According to Hao Ren and Wang Tai, Jiang Kui had come to the Imperial Beast Hall almost every day in the past few days. He did not come today, probably because he was desperate.
At this time, Jiang Kui must have regretted listening to Xiao Lingyu's words and agreeing to the bet. Now, no one knew where he went to borrow Magic Stones.
Xiao Lingyu walked around the sect but did not find Jiang Kui. Later, he found out that Jiang Kui had left the sect station yesterday. As for where he went, no one knew.
Xiao Lingyu had to return to the Imperial Beast Hall and then gave Hao Ren and Wang Tai a middle-rank magic tool each.
Although the two of them did not have a close relationship with Xiao Lingyu, Xiao Lingyu did not want them to lose, especially in the match between Hao Ren and Miao Yan. So, he took two middle-rank magic tools from the storage weapons of the two Meng Family experts.
For an early stage Earth Demon cultivator, it was already very good to have a Middle Grade Magic Tool. Even Miao Yan's best magic tool was only a Low Grade Magic Tool, and Fang Yu only had a Middle Grade Magic Tool.
As for a high-rank magic tool, a True Demon Stage cultivator generally had a good luck to have one.
However, there were only three to five days before the match. In such a short time, it was questionable whether the two of them could complete the initial sacrificial refining of the two middle-rank magic tools. Even if they took them to the arena, they might not be able to play much of a role.
A middle-rank magic tool was not a high-rank magic tool. As long as it recognized a master, even if it could only exert 10% of its power, it was still much more powerful than a low-rank magic tool.
Three to five days passed in a blink of an eye, and another round of the match was about to begin.
What made Xiao Lingyu frown was that Jiang Kui had not returned at this time.
However, the match between Miao Yan and Hao Ren was about to begin, so Xiao Lingyu did not think too much.
Miao Yan was a mid-Earth Demon, and had ascended more than five thousand years ago, while Hao Ren was an early-Earth Demon who had ascended less than a hundred years ago. Under normal circumstances, Miao Yan should have won.
It was just that Hao Ren's performance in the previous battle was very eye-catching. There was a precedent of him defeating a middle Earth Demon. Therefore, many of the Eastern Demon Sect's disciples were not sure what the result of this battle would be.
However, before entering the arena, Hao Ren had already completed the initial refinement of a middle-grade magic weapon. Coupled with his trump card, Xiao Lingyu felt that Hao Ren should be able to win, provided that Miao Yan did not have any tricks up his sleeves or a middle-grade magic weapon that he had refined for many years.
Miao Yan was the first to make his move. He spread open his arms and ten snake-like black light ribbons shot towards Hao Ren.
Hao Ren did not show any signs of weakness. His ten fingers quickly formed a seal, and a black shield appeared in front of him.
The ten black light ribbons were quite powerful. It only took a moment for them to smash the black shield into pieces. Although their power had weakened a lot, they still bound Hao Ren's whole body.
Miao Yan should have known that there would be such an effect. As soon as the shield was smashed, he took advantage of the situation and slashed his palm towards Hao Ren's head.
Hao Ren's aura surged, and spikes of magic power flew around his body. In a few moments, the rope-like light ribbons were all smashed into pieces.
Hao Ren regained his freedom. Before he could cast any other spells, he saw a large palm composed entirely of pure magic power slamming towards his chest.
Hao Ren shouted and pushed his fists forward at the same time. His power gushed out like a flood, forming a magic fist.
After a loud boom, a shockwave of aura swept through the entire fighting arena.
Under the impact of this force, Hao Ren could not stand still and involuntarily took a few steps back before he could completely disperse the force. Miao Yan, on the other hand, did not move a single step.
A round of probing attacks was completed in two breaths. Hao Ren was obviously at a disadvantage. In this competition of spells and skills, Hao Ren was not as good as Miao Yan.
However, Xiao Lingyu's expression was still very calm. She was very satisfied with Hao Ren's performance. If it were any other early Earth Demon cultivator on the stage, they would have been defeated directly by Miao Yan's three axes.
Hao Ren did not show the slightest sign of defeat. With a gloomy expression, he just assumed a defensive posture and did not have the slightest intention of taking the initiative to attack.
Miao Yan knew that Hao Ren was not easy to deal with. He also knew that Hao Ren had a big move, and if that big move was suddenly launched, even he may not be able to block it. So after testing, he did not continue to circle around to look for an opportunity. Instead, he opened his mouth and spat out a black light.
The black light was very spiritual. After blurting out, it hovered above Miao Yan's head and finally manifested into a ruler shaped magic weapon.
When Miao Yan sensed that the ink-black ruler only had the aura of a low-grade Magic Tool, he was slightly relieved. However, he did not summon any magic treasure. He only took out a Magic Talisman and stuck it on his body.
The magic talisman was not a low-grade item. At this time, the runes on it were constantly flowing, and the momentum on Hao Ren's body began to rise again.
It was not that Hao Ren did not want to use magic weapons, but he did not have any good magic weapons at all. He ascended from the cultivation world with a cultivation base of the late Dacheng stage. Although there was no shortage of magic weapons in the cultivation world, most of them were in the hands of those powerful loose demons. Very few of them fell into the hands of the Dacheng stage cultivators.
Now the situation had not reached a critical moment, and Hao Ren did not want to take out the middle-grade magic weapon that Xiao Lingyu gave him too early.
After all, the middle-grade magic weapon was a good thing, and it was best not to use it. After all, Hao Ren still had a trump card that he had not used.
However, Xiao Lingyu frowned when he saw this. He had seen that Miao Yan had already planned to use all his strength to determine the winner with one move. Taking out the low-grade magic ruler was just the beginning. Once Miao Yan began to attack, the result of this battle would be eighty percent. However, Hao Ren did not pay attention to it, thinking that the other party simply wanted to compete with him with magic weapons.
After the black ruler hovered above his head for a moment, Miao Yan pointed forward with one arm, and it whistled out, rushing towards Hao Ren while constantly shaking its body.
Every time it trembled, a similar ruler would appear around the black ruler.
After a moment, there were a total of eight rulers in front of Hao Ren, and they suddenly flew out, attacking from all directions at the same time.
While the eight rulers besieged Hao Ren at the same time, Miao Yan did not stop. He opened his mouth and spat out a black light, and a sledgehammer-shaped magic weapon emerged.
"Middle-grade magic weapon!"
The spectating cultivators exclaimed at the same time, because everyone could see that the sledgehammer was actually a middle-grade magic weapon!
"How does he have a middle-grade magic weapon?" Xiao Lingyu's heart sank. Hao Ren's cultivation base was inferior to Miao Yan's. If Miao Yan only had a low-grade magic artefact, Hao Ren would have a higher chance of winning. However, Miao Yan had an additional mid-grade magic artefact. If Hao Ren relied on his own strength, he would have no chance of winning.
Although Hao Ren also had a middle-grade magic weapon, he had not completely refined it, and could only use ten to twenty percent of its power.
When he saw that Miao Yan was constantly pouring his power into the sledgehammer, but the sledgehammer was constantly trembling, Xiao Lingyu was slightly relieved. It turned out that Miao Yan had not obtained the sledgehammer for long, and also had not completely refined it. Even using the sledgehammer to fight seemed a little difficult.
Xiao Lingyu glanced around again and saw Fang Yu, who was sitting not far away and watching the battle with a sinister smile on his face. He could guess that the middle-grade magic weapon was loaned to Miao Yan by this guy.
Xiao Lingyu's gaze shifted back to the battle arena, and he was suddenly very puzzled … The middle-grade magic weapon was very useful to Fang Yu, and he was about to face a battle that he could not lose. Why would he lend his magic weapon at such a crucial time? Even if Miao Yan immediately returned the magic weapon after the battle, how could Fang Yu refine the middle-grade magic weapon in such a short time?
"Unless he has a stronger magic weapon or fighting technique, or he is certain that Jiang Kui will not fight with him on the stage," Xiao Lingyu thought with narrowed eyes.
While Xiao Lingyu was pondering this, the black ruler, which had turned into eight, was already flying towards Miao Yan.
Hao Ren knew that his opponent had a low-grade magic weapon, and naturally, he was prepared. The wraith sign on his body suddenly exploded, and a torrent of demonic flames spewed out from his body, stopping the eight black rulers less than three feet away from his body.
Another light shout came from the billowing demonic flames, and in a flash, Hao Ren escaped the encirclement of the eight black rulers, and the demonic flames on his body all disappeared.
Hao Ren did not have the slightest change, and there was another wraith sign on his chest.
The sledgehammer was still hovering above Miao Yan's head, and it was still trembling, as if it could not be activated. Miao Yan was still trying. Although his power was greatly depleted, and although beads of sweat had already appeared on his forehead, he was still trying to make the middle-grade magic weapon work.
The sledgehammer was so difficult to activate, not because there was a problem with it, but because its quality was too high.
After all, it was only a middle-grade magic weapon. No matter how high the quality was, and even if Miao Yan's cultivation was only at the middle stage of the Earth Demon Realm, as long as Miao Yan could use it, he would not have to work so hard.
It was most likely that there was a problem with the sledgehammer itself, so it resisted Miao Yan's control.
"Could it be that Fang Yu did not remove the master's relationship with the sledgehammer, and only used some secret method to let Miao Yan use it?" Xiao Lingyu suddenly thought of a possibility, and the corners of her mouth could not help but reveal a playful smile.
Fang Yu was not a generous person, so how could he give Miao Yan a middle-grade magic weapon just because of a competition?
Miao Yan was just a dog to Fang Yu, but Miao Yan himself may not be able to understand this.
Hao Ren was also a smart person, and he quickly judged Miao Yan's state, but he was more or less a little timid. Miao Yan's confidence before the competition made him a little uncertain. Otherwise, he would have immediately launched a counterattack after rushing out, not giving Miao Yan a chance to continue preparing.
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