Fire Cloud Island was quite special, located over two thousand miles directly east of Myriad City. It was perpetually surrounded by scorching fire clouds, posing some threat to Qi Refining stage cultivators, but once their cultivation reached the Foundation Establishment stage, entering this place was not dangerous.
This was because there were several hot volcanoes on Fire Cloud Island, making it a typical Yang煞 land. The overall shape of the island resembled a crescent moon, high in the north and low in the south.
At its northernmost point, there was a solitary peak that pierced the clouds, unaffected by the earth's veins. Instead, it gathered the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. The spiritual vein was minimal, covering only a little over a mile, but it was still of middle-grade quality.
After repeatedly weighing his options, Zhang Ling chose this Fire Cloud Island. One of the most important reasons was that there were no other cultivators on this island. Although there were several geothermal flame mountains that attracted some fire-attribute flying demon beasts, their numbers were not large.
This place also did not produce spiritual herbs, nor did it have spiritual mines. Naturally, it would not attract any cultivators to come.
If it weren't for a spiritual vein, it would probably be a deserted island.
After choosing the island, the young man had Zhang Ling stand aside. At this moment, there were still cultivators on three arenas who had not determined their victory or defeat.
Zhang Ling glanced at them a few times, then, like the others, sat cross-legged on the ground, quickly recovering his depleted spiritual power.
In the previous battle, although the consumption was not great, there was still a ring match to come.
Before long, all the cultivators had fought in the arena, leaving thirteen victors. The losers had long been dismissed by the Core Formation youth.
Only to hear this person say loudly to everyone: "Now that you have all chosen your favorite islands, the Island Seizing Competition will enter the second round."
"You have a quarter of an hour to rest. Those who feel that their mana is seriously depleted should speed up their recovery. Once the time is up, the second round will begin. Let me first explain the rules. In the second round, the cultivators who compete for the same island will have a free-for-all. The last person still standing in the arena will gain the right to own the island."
"Of course, you can also abstain."
As the young man spoke, he cast a spell again. The original ten arenas moved, and a layer of spiritual light flickered on them.
Then the ground trembled slightly a few times. Seven of the arenas flashed and flew into the air. At the same time, the area of the arenas also expanded to about five or six times their original size, becoming seven large arenas.
Zhang Ling and the other cultivators looked at the seven large arenas in astonishment, but no one made a sound. They all silently sat down to recover their previous consumption.
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In the blink of an eye, the time arrived. At the suggestion of the young cultivator, the cultivators flew onto the arena one after another.
Zhang Ling stomped his foot and cast the Wind Control Technique and the Levitation Technique, and arrived at the third arena.
This was the arena belonging to Fire Cloud Island.
As soon as Zhang Ling stood firm, he saw three cultivators, two men and one woman, also appearing in one place in the arena.
A sweep of his divine sense revealed the strength of the three. The middle-aged man and woman standing together were both in the late stage of Foundation Establishment.
The other was an old Taoist in a green robe. This person's complexion was sallow, and he looked old, but he was holding a whisk in his hand, on which a layer of white and bright spiritual light flowed. This old man's whole body was full of spiritual power, and his cultivation was also at the peak of Foundation Establishment.
"Little friend, is it possible to join forces to deal with those two first? Their strength is not weak and they seem to be a couple. What do you think, little friend?"
While the few people were looking at each other, an old voice sounded in Zhang Ling's ear. Zhang Ling calmly glanced at the green-robed old Taoist who was more than twenty feet away from him. He happened to meet the old Taoist's eyes.
Zhang Ling nodded slightly, and with a flash of spiritual light in his hand, two rays of light flew out. Among them, the yellow light flickered, transforming into several illusory shadows of brass rings. They made a buzzing sound in front of him.
Another gray-white spiritual light flew quickly. This was a magic weapon like a white bone beast claw, with several black and bright bone claws on it, emitting a chilling light.
The beast claw magic weapon was also a top-grade magic weapon. It was one of the first top-grade magic weapons Zhang Ling obtained. It was originally one of his spare magic weapons. However, in order to use the Illusory Sword Technique, he often used the flying sword magic weapon.
But not long ago, when fighting Elder Chen, the flying sword was damaged. During these times, he had been looking for spiritual objects to assist in Core Formation, and Zhang Ling had not repurchased a magic weapon.
One reason was because his current strength was already among the top of the Foundation Establishment stage, and the second was that he still had several top-grade magic weapons, so he was not short of magic weapons.
Now that he was using the spare magic weapon, his strength would not be affected. As Zhang Ling took out the magic weapon, the other three also used their own methods.
Those who can stand on an arena are enemies. Only by defeating the opponent can they gain the right to own the island.
The green-robed old Taoist waved the whisk in his hand, like a white long whip, attacking the middle-aged man and woman.
This man and woman, back to back, were not easy to deal with. Their whole bodies were surging with spiritual power. They each put their hands together and began to chant.
In a blink of an eye, the man and woman raised their four arms, and four gray light clusters floated out.
Looking closely, there was a steel needle magic weapon about an inch long and the thickness of a finger in each of the four gray lights.
The steel needles turned a few times and turned into four black short spears. Some special spiritual patterns appeared on them. When these spiritual patterns lit up, they turned into two red fire short spears and two blue short spears.
The four short spears flew up and down, and dozens of flame spear shadows and icy long spears condensed around the two of them.
Under their command, these attacks were divided into two attacks, attacking the old Taoist and Zhang Ling at the same time.
Zhang Ling narrowed his eyes. These two used attacks with considerable power as soon as they came up, and it seemed they planned to make a quick decision.
He didn't panic at all. First, he slapped a spiritual talisman on his body, forming a layer of yellow spiritual power shield. Then, with a thought, the copper rings transformed in front of him met the many ice spears with a whoosh.
Then, with a clanging sound, five copper rings shook and shattered more than a dozen ice spears. Zhang Ling pointed at the copper ring body, and the copper ring became larger into a thick ring, and also joined the attack.
At the same time, the green-robed old Taoist also used his means. This person first used the whisk to sweep away the flame spear shadows that attacked him, and then a black iron ruler flew out from his hand.
I saw that the iron ruler was engraved with dense golden runes, which all lit up in an instant. As the iron ruler shook, more than a dozen golden runes flew out quickly. These runes overlapped in the air and turned into golden spiritual talismans.
These spiritual talismans were scattered around the old Taoist, and the many flame spear shadows that attacked him were all blocked at once.
But this was not the full effect of those golden spiritual talismans. As these spiritual talismans flew, some golden runes also appeared on the attacking flame spear shadows.
Then a magical scene appeared. The flame spears that originally attacked the old Taoist turned upside down and attacked the young men and women instead.
