On the stage, eight prodigies arrived one after another.

After the chaotic battles of the first two rounds, this group of prodigies understood that Yan Xiangbei was definitely the most troublesome presence. Among the top three prodigies, there were no weaklings!

He could probably take on all seven of them at once and sweep them away.

"What are you looking at? Why don't you all come at me together?"

Noticing the gazes of the other seven, Yan Xiangbei spoke indifferently on the stage.

Since Chen Chong and Mo Qianyi could take on seven alone, he could do it too.

However, Yan Xiangbei felt a bit speechless because, despite preparing so many magical treasures for Lin Jing, Lin Jing surprisingly looked down on him and hadn't even broken through!

Among the seven, the only one he initially paid attention to was "the potentially Foundation Establishment-breaking Lin Jing."

"Everyone, go!!!"

As the competition began, Lu Tong from the Divine Movement Sect shouted. As one of the top ten prodigies, he didn't mind joining forces with others to attack Yan Xiangbei. After speaking, he stepped into the air and disappeared from the stage, vanishing into the sky with divine speed.

"Damn it, he told us to go, but he ran away himself!" a prodigy cursed, watching the disappearing Lu Tong.

Divine Movement Sect disciples were astonishingly fast and skilled in escape techniques.

"Who ran away? Don't talk nonsense."

"Our Divine Movement Sect doesn't rely solely on escape techniques."

"Sky-Stepping Foot!"

A voice came from the sky, and then the sky darkened. A giant foot, as if forged from black water, descended from the sky towards Yan Xiangbei. The terrifying black aura surrounding the giant foot caused cracks to appear on the stage beneath Yan Xiangbei.

"What kind of magic is this?" A spectator exclaimed, staring at the giant foot.

"I know, it's a battle between the Innate Palm Artifact Body and the Acquired Foot Qi Body!" A young cultivator explained, immediately silenced by an elder covering his mouth, signaling him not to speak recklessly.

These top ten prodigies weren't to be commented on so lightly!

"Overconfident." The giant foot brought immense pressure, but Yan Xiangbei, enveloped in the brilliance of his battle armor, was unfazed. Watching the descending giant foot, he snorted coldly and casually summoned a flying sword. The flying sword was an ordinary low-grade magical treasure—something no prodigy present would lack.

Even though low-grade magical treasures were theoretically advanced items typically handled only by Golden Core cultivators, the prodigies present couldn't be judged by normal standards. Yet, Yan Xiangbei was even more formidable. With his Divine Body, the ordinary low-grade flying sword erupted with mid-grade magical treasure power, its strength and speed doubled. With a streak of light, it pierced through the foot, shattering the descending giant into clouds.

"Can't carry it at all, just can't." Lu Tong felt frustrated seeing the others merely watching.

Though he couldn't restrain Yan Xiangbei, at least he had caught his attention!

"Come on."

At the next moment, Yan Xiangbei's figure split into four. Though he couldn't casually wield multiple magical treasures like the Linglong Body, he had cultivated special secret techniques to manipulate more treasures simultaneously.

"Weapon-Wielding Clone."

Each of the four bodies wielded one or two low-grade magical treasures, each unleashing the power of a mid-grade magical treasure. Radiant beams shot skyward, with swords among them bursting into blue flames, their power and speed further enhanced, causing Lu Tong's expression to change dramatically.

"Weapon Burning Technique!"

Burning and sacrificing magical treasures with alien flames to enhance their power, but afterward... they would be destroyed.

Poof.

The flying sword flashed and disappeared. A figure in the clouds groaned and fell from the sky. Despite the incredible speed of Divine Movement Sect disciples, facing Yan Xiangbei's method, they were injured in an instant by the flying sword.

The situation for the remaining prodigies was equally unfavorable. Despite putting their full effort into dealing with Yan Xiangbei's treasures, they quickly succumbed.

"Indeed, he's strong as well." Spectators were utterly amazed, only to later realize with surprise it seemed someone had been overlooked!

Lin Jing from the Beast Taming Sect was still standing on the stage!

The treasure attacking Lin Jing was a delicate fairy jade carving, exquisitely crafted to captivate the mind, a treasure specialized in spirit and psyche attacks. Yet, after launching the other six, the beauty of the jade carving couldn't overwhelm Lin Jing!

Instead, as a squirrel appeared on Lin Jing's shoulder, a giant wooden box materialized, sealing the jade statue inside, which was then seized by the hovering Lin Jing.

"What?" The connection between him and his treasure was cut off bizarrely, and Yan Xiangbei turned his gaze to Lin Jing.

"Unbelievable, this Qingzhou Hehuan Sect's treasure has no effect on you. Even Golden Core Female Cultivators can't be completely unaffected. How... did you do it?"

Not only was Yan Xiangbei taken aback, but the spectators were too. It was astounding enough Yan Xiangbei couldn't suppress everyone like the previous two, but the one resisting wasn't even a fellow top ten prodigy, but Lin Jing at the Qi Cultivation Stage.

"Look, Master Lin Jing's Buddhist nature must be profound, not swayed by the Hehuan Sect's treasure," a Buddhist disciple in the audience sighed in admiration. Remarkable indeed.

However, in the next second, they were choked by the real answer.

"It's simple: thermal expansion and contraction." Lin Jing extended his finger, emitting a chill, patiently explaining as the other party didn't mention wanting the artifact back.

As the saying goes, warmth induces lust, while freezing clears the scholar's mind.

Moreover, the power of the Ice Soul Gu is so cold.

"What nonsense." Yan Xiangbei didn't believe that ice magic could resist an enchantment item comparable to a mid-grade artifact.

All four of his bodies turned towards Lin Jing, snorted coldly, and took out two more artifacts, a tiger seal, and a bell.

One infused with the Demon Emperor's Blood to suppress demon beast bloodlines, the other had sounds that could affect space, limiting spatial magic.

"Looks like you've prepared quite a few counter artifacts for me." Lin Jing, seeing this, took it seriously. Honestly, he didn't like being taken seriously.

"Yes indeed." All four of Yan Xiangbei waved their hands, and ax, spear, knife, and cauldron, the four artifacts burned up. To deal with the bizarre Lin Jing, they even sacrificed four artifacts, with the rest on standby, elevating Lin Jing's conditions to an unimaginable level.

Although the audience didn't know how Lin Jing ignored the enchantments of the Joyful Union Sect, seeing Yan Xiangbei sacrificing four artifacts, and comparing this to Lu Tong before, they didn't believe Lin Jing and that early-stage Foundation Establishment squirrel could withstand it.

"Hell, burning money indeed."

Even the Dog Households' Gao Sheng was shocked by the guy's level of extravagance!

Damn, it's amazing if you can refine artifacts yourself.

"Lin Jing, take him down, I disdain wastrels more than anything!" Gao Sheng shouted, attracting the attention of the Dragon Palace crowd. Under these circumstances, Lin Jing... can he still do it?

The next second.

Lin Jing provided the answer.

Boom!!!

A gigantic mechanical contraption, resembling an avatar and several dozen meters tall, was summoned behind Lin Jing, hitting the ground heavily and stirring up countless dust!

This mechanical contraption was entirely dark red, resembling a humanoid robot, merging modern technological aesthetics, unique in style, making everyone stunned upon its appearance.

What is this?

It's not an illusory Nascent Soul avatar... nor does it seem like a puppet, as no puppet is this large.

Subsequently, the cultivators realized it wasn't a puppet. The chest of the gigantic mechanical contraption unexpectedly opened a door. Facing his opponent, Lin Jing retreated into the cockpit, and as the door closed, everyone was further astonished.

"He went in!"

This mosquito-powered mecha used the golden-wood dual system material synthesized from the second-grade Spirit Plant, the Spiny Squirrel's Pine Leaf, on the exterior, possessing a reflection effect, reflecting half of the received damage back to the enemy. Inside, it utilized the Blood Demon Vine as skeleton and meridians, connecting the entire mechanical contraption and providing power!

The moment Lin Jing entered the cockpit, the built-in mosquito reactor had already started. Blood circulated, and arrays like the blood energy array engraved on the machine body instantly radiated brilliance, enhancing the machine body with the blood energy power of the Blood Mosquito army.

The Blood Mosquitoes dissipated and were reborn, manifesting externally as a crimson aura throughout the entire mecha. Waving its arm, it let the ax, spear, knife, and cauldron's four burning artifacts smash upon itself. With several "puff" sounds, the artifacts were destroyed, leaving only a few negligible scratches on the gigantic mechanical contraption's arm. But at the same moment, the terrifying rebound force directly transformed into a violent wave, striking back at the pupils-dilated Yan Xiangbei!

Boom!

Three avatars dissipated immediately, only the original body, wearing treasure armor and equipped with a defensive artifact, stood still, the damage on his equipment looking worse than the mecha.

The audience collectively gasped in shock.

What happened?

"This is..." With artifact defending himself, Yan Xiangbei was not affected. However, this mecha indeed exceeded his expectations, leaving him bewildered.

He had never heard before that Lin Jing had such a trump card!

"This is a special mechanical contraption: a mecha! You have artifacts to counter demon beasts, artifacts to counter space, but do you have artifacts to counter mecha?!" From inside the giant mecha came Lin Jing's voice.

"You're talking nonsense!" Yan Xiangbei took out an artifact meant to counter the soul core of mechanized constructs.

Regular mechanical contraptions would incorporate a soul core, a legacy of mechanical technique unchanged for millennia. But after he took out the artifact prepared for Mo Qianyi, he found it had no effect on Lin Jing's mechanical contraption!

"Which means your artifact isn't strong enough. My mecha is the king of mechanical constructs, impossible to counter." Lin Jing finished speaking, and not only did Yan Xiangbei's expression turn dark, but on the spectators' platform, Mo Qianyi of the Divine Strategy Manor was also deep in thought: was this thing a mechanical contraption?

Fortunately, Lin Jing had used an ancient divine rune to obscure internal structures. Otherwise, this mecha inside resembled a demonic lair, indeed not like a mechanical contraption.

"Isn't that right!"

This massive mecha withstood four burning artifacts without a scratch, its defense stronger than a Golden Core stage Body Cultivator. Assuming it's indeed a mechanical contraption, the audience watching Lin Jing so effortlessly blend and "operate" it found it hard to comprehend.

"Who said he switched from the Dao path to the Buddhist path?"

"What's with this Mechanical King 'Mecha'! It seems stronger than Buddhist techniques! Even fiercer than Ink Fairy's shooting chariot! Don't tell me he's actually a mechanical master!"

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