Why do villains die from talking too much?
Because they're annoying!
Lin Zhaokai's face turned red with anger again at Wen Xiangjie's words.
He regarded Wen Xiangjie as a mortal enemy, a demon in his heart, and all he thought about day and night was killing Wen Xiangjie.
However, Wen Xiangjie always maintained an attitude of not putting him in her eyes at all.
It was as if, to her, he was just an ordinary opponent in a sect competition.
No different from the opponents in the previous rounds.
No, there might be a slight difference.
She was exceptionally impatient with him.
How could this be?!
Lin Zhaokai came opposite Wen Xiangjie, his eyes filled with madness.
As soon as the match began, Lin Zhaokai quickly clasped his hands in front of his chest, forming a complex "Water Condensation Seal."
With the help of his "personal old man," Lin Zhaokai successfully transformed his five-element mixed spiritual root into a single water spiritual root.
Countless tiny water droplets in the air instantly condensed together, emitting dense "crackle" sounds.
A huge water sword with incredibly sharp edges materialized out of thin air in front of Lin Zhaokai.
"Go!"
The water sword, carrying immense momentum, charged directly towards Wen Xiangjie's face.
"Phoenix Feather, go!" Wen Xiangjie showed no intention of acting herself, but lazily instructed the Little Phoenix standing on her shoulder.
Raising a pet for a thousand days, using a pet for an hour.
After eating, drinking, and playing by her side for so long, it was time for her to be of some use.
The Little Phoenix, Phoenix Feather, originally thought this match would also end with the opponent directly surrendering, but she didn't expect that Cultivators on the opposite side would actually attack them!
The Little Phoenix, who had been boredly preening her feathers, immediately perked up.
She let out a clear, ringing cry, opened her mouth, and spat out a Phoenix Spiritual Fire.
A miniature version of a phoenix bathing in fire soared directly towards the water sword.
The water sword, which looked incredibly powerful, turned directly into water vapor upon encountering the phoenix bathing in fire, not even stirring a ripple of collision.
After breaking through the water sword, the phoenix bathing in fire continued to charge towards Lin Zhaokai.
Although the water sword was merely a probing strike from Lin Zhaokai, he didn't expect it to be so fragile.
Without Wen Xiangjie needing to act, a single breath of Phoenix Spiritual Fire from the Little Phoenix directly evaporated the water sword.
Now, it was his turn to face the formidable Phoenix Spiritual Fire.
Lin Zhaokai quickly changed his hand gestures.
"Profound Water, heed my command, gather qi into frost! Condense!"
A huge, crystal-clear shield made of condensed water appeared, its surface smooth as a mirror, reflecting the blazing fire from the approaching phoenix bathing in fire.
Facing this shield, the phoenix bathing in fire disdainfully charged straight through it.
The shield was slightly better than the previous water sword, briefly delaying the phoenix bathing in fire's attack for a few seconds.
But that was all.
Soon, the shield, like the water sword before it, had a large hole drilled through its center by the phoenix bathing in fire, and then continued towards Lin Zhaokai himself.
Lin Zhaokai didn't expect that the water shield couldn't even extinguish a single flame from the phoenix bathing in fire.
Relying on his own spiritual power, he couldn't withstand the Phoenix Spiritual Fire casually exhaled by this Little Phoenix!
There was no other way, Lin Zhaokai could only mobilize the Chaos Seed within his body. With the power of the Chaos Seed, Lin Zhaokai quickly formed hand seals again.
"Profound Nether draws qi, water spirit takes form! Thousand Threads—Bind!"
Countless hair-thin, water-blue lines with faint green glows appeared around Lin Zhaokai. These lines intertwined, forming chains that wrapped around the phoenix bathing in fire's neck, wings, feet, and abdomen.
The flames on the phoenix bathing in fire and the spiritual power attached to the chains furiously collided, canceling each other out.
Lin Zhaokai's face also grew paler and paler.
Just as the chains were worn down to their last thread by the phoenix bathing in fire, the phoenix bathing in fire finally let out a disdainful cry and dissipated between heaven and earth.
Having finally dealt with the phoenix bathing in fire, Lin Zhaokai's spiritual power was already greatly depleted. He was drenched in sweat, as if he had just been pulled out of water.
In just one round of confrontation, the strengths and weaknesses were immediately clear.
"Who was saying that Lin Zhaokai might win against Wen Zhenjun? Their strengths are not on the same level, okay?"
"It's hilarious, Wen Zhenjun doesn't even need to act herself. The Little Phoenix on her shoulder spits out a Phoenix Spiritual Fire, and Lin Zhaokai has to fight for his life to resist it."
"I've been looking forward to this for so long, thinking it would be a very exciting battle, but this is all it is?"
"Ah, boring, boring. Before, I thought Lin Zhaokai was so capable because he could cross realms to kill a Cultivators in the early Leaving Aperture Stage. But thinking about it, Wen Zhenjun is not an ordinary early Leaving Aperture Stage. The Cultivators Lin Zhaokai had to get seriously injured to kill, Wen Zhenjun's Little Phoenix could probably just spray to death."
"It's a pity, in the end, no Cultivators could force Wen Zhenjun to lift a finger. I originally wanted to admire Wen Zhenjun's heroic fighting posture."
"Lin Zhaokai, I thought you were so capable. If you can't do it, surrender quickly, don't make a fool of yourself up there."
No matter what, Lin Zhaokai was a Cultivators in the Later stage of the Nascent Soul Realm. Even though most of his spiritual power was now depleted, his divine sense was still sufficient for him to hear the ridicule and mockery of the surrounding Cultivators.
How could Lin Zhaokai, with his extremely strong self-esteem, endure such humiliation, especially when the person used to suppress him was Wen Xiangjie, whom he hated the most!
"I want to break through to the early Leaving Aperture Stage, break through now!!!"
"Are you sure? With your current physical condition, forcibly breaking through to the early Leaving Aperture Stage, I'm afraid..."
"I know what you want. As long as I can kill Wen Xiangjie, I'm willing to pay any price!"
"Since you've made up your mind, I won't stop you. You can now use your divine sense to detonate the Chaos Seed."
Lin Zhaokai followed the voice's instructions, extending his divine sense into his dantian and directly detonating the glowing green seed.
The Chaos Seed exploded, shooting out green light that fiercely impacted every meridian, dantian, and divine sense within Lin Zhaokai's body.
"Ah!!!" The feeling of meridians, dantian, and divine sense being forcibly opened was truly unbearable, and Lin Zhaokai let out a painful scream.
But at the same time, his cultivation was indeed rapidly increasing.
In just an instant, he broke through the complete Nascent Soul Stage and began to charge towards the Leaving Aperture Stage.
As Lin Zhaokai screamed, tribulation clouds gathered in the sky.
"This is... the tribulation clouds of the Leaving Aperture Stage?"
"Lin Zhaokai actually broke through???"
"Breaking through from the Later stage of the Nascent Soul Realm to the Leaving Aperture Stage in an instant, Lin Zhaokai is indeed not normal. He has a great secret!"
"How did he do it? I've been stuck in the Later stage of the Nascent Soul Realm for hundreds of years!"
"I thought this battle would end quickly, but I didn't expect there would be a twist!"