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    Chapter 376

    "Senior Brother Yizhi?"

    What's going on?

    Are they talking about me?

    The nickname Yizhi left Su Hao completely bewildered.

    Just yesterday, everyone had been glaring at him.

    Yet after only one day...

    Their attitude had changed so drastically.

    Still, he nodded politely in response to everyone before turning his attention to the competition between the Foundation Establishment Realm disciples.


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    The battles between Foundation Establishment cultivators could finally be called true combat.

    Compared to the Qi Induction Realm matches...

    They were far more dazzling.


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    A blue-robed female cultivator formed a hand seal.

    "Hundred Birth Arrows!"

    Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

    A single twenty-centimeter arrow floated into the air.

    The next instant...

    It split into hundreds of phantom arrows.

    They densely filled the sky before all aiming toward a male cultivator with his hair tied back.

    With a graceful flick of her fingers—

    "Go!"

    Hundreds of blue streaks shot forward simultaneously.


    ---

    The male cultivator remained calm.

    He knew that although the Hundred Birth Arrows appeared numerous...

    Only one arrow was the true killing strike.

    He quickly formed a hand seal.

    "Eightfold Qi Formation!"

    The next moment...

    His figure blurred before splitting into eight identical illusions.

    Even the divine sense of ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators would struggle to identify the real body.


    ---

    The overwhelming rain of arrows swept across the battlefield.

    Seven illusions shattered instantly.

    The remaining arrows struck the real body...

    But every one of them was blocked by the defensive shield surrounding him.


    ---

    By then...

    His own attack was already complete.

    "Continuous Sunbeam Flying Sword!"

    A sword phantom materialized before him.

    It grew brighter and brighter.

    When its radiance reached its peak...

    A razor-thin beam of light burst forward.

    Immediately afterward...

    A second beam followed.

    Then a third.

    The attacks flowed continuously, forming an uninterrupted stream of light.


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    The female cultivator calmly recalled her arrows while rapidly forming hand seals.

    "Arc Light Flow Wind Barrier!"

    A massive semicircular barrier instantly appeared before her.

    The continuous sword beams slammed into it one after another.

    Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!

    A series of crisp metallic sounds echoed throughout the arena.


    ---

    ...


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    The visual spectacle of these techniques left the Qi Induction disciples filled with admiration.

    This...

    Was what they imagined cultivator battles should look like.

    Compared to this...

    Their exchanges of Wind Bullets and Flying Swords felt painfully plain.

    Unfortunately...

    They simply lacked the variety of spells and magical artifacts needed to fight so stylishly.

    Being "cool" was still a distant dream.


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    As soon as they thought about the word cool...

    One figure immediately appeared in everyone's mind.

    The short-haired youth—

    Su Hao.

    Floating lightly like a feather...

    Casually extending a single finger...

    Then blasting every opponent away with one Wind Bullet.

    Thinking about it...

    That also seemed incredibly cool.


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    Before long...

    The tied-hair male cultivator gradually fell into a disadvantage.

    Unable to recover the situation...

    He simply admitted defeat and stepped off the stage.

    His loss wasn't due to weaker cultivation.

    It was because...

    His magical artifacts were fewer than his opponent's.


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    Su Hao rubbed his chin thoughtfully.

    "Having more magical artifacts really does provide a huge advantage."

    "The preliminary design for my Absolute Defense Formation is nearly complete."

    "Once this tournament ends..."

    "I'll finish perfecting it."

    "Then it'll be time to begin researching artifact refinement."


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    The Foundation Establishment competition greatly broadened the horizons of both Su Hao and the Qi Induction disciples.

    Again and again, they found themselves thinking—

    So techniques can actually be used like this!


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    There were countless different spells.

    Even more varieties of magical artifacts.

    Combined with each cultivator's creativity...

    They produced all kinds of bizarre and unexpected effects.

    For example—

    One cultivator used a flying artifact to lift himself into the air, effortlessly avoiding every attack.

    Another attached a defensive shield to his flying artifact, allowing it to intercept his opponent's magical weapon mid-flight.

    Someone else possessed an artifact capable of creating numerous illusions that completely obscured the battlefield, allowing sneak attacks from unexpected angles.


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    Midway through the competition...

    Even Feng Ling couldn't resist stepping onto the stage.

    To everyone's surprise...

    The seemingly ordinary master actually won one match.

    She first used her Long Ribbon Flying Belt artifact to create visual deception.

    While her opponent's attention was diverted...

    She secretly completed the incantation for a spell.

    Then...

    A concealed Flying Shuttle struck decisively.

    Her opponent immediately admitted defeat.


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    Before long...

    The Foundation Establishment competition concluded.

    The victor was a disciple named Feng Changge.

    His mastery of deception had secured him first place.


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    After watching the entire competition...

    Su Hao arrived at a new understanding of cultivator combat.

    Its core could be summarized in one word.

    Deception.


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    The spells themselves weren't especially powerful.

    Nor were the magical artifacts.

    No Foundation Establishment cultivator possessed overwhelmingly superior techniques.

    Instead...

    They combined ordinary spells and ordinary artifacts in ingenious ways.

    Ultimately...

    Combat tested one's ability to deceive the opponent.


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    This was entirely different from martial arts in the mortal world.

    Mortal combat emphasized—

    Strength.

    Speed.

    Technique.

    Close-range exchanges determined victory.

    Cultivator battles, however, followed an entirely different philosophy.

    It was more like—

    "You think you've seen through my feint..."

    "But I wanted you to think that."

    "You believe my attack has reached the fifth layer..."

    "When in reality..."

    "It's already beyond the heavens."


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    Su Hao sincerely praised,

    "What a wonderful battle."

    "It seems these Foundation Establishment disciples didn't spend all their time cultivating after leaving the sect."

    "They've clearly devoted considerable effort to actual combat."


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    Then he quietly asked himself—

    Do I really need such elaborate combat techniques?

    Almost immediately...

    He shook his head.

    "No."

    "I don't."


    ---

    Instead of spending all that effort deceiving people...

    Wouldn't it be much faster to simply build a bomb and throw it over?

    Wouldn't my time be better spent learning more knowledge?

    Fighting and killing...

    Really isn't my specialty.


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    After the Foundation Establishment competition ended...

    The Feng lineage disciples naturally gathered together.

    The atmosphere became lively, almost like celebrating the New Year.

    By evening...

    They even lit a bonfire.

    Everyone sat around chatting happily.

    Each cultivator's face carried a relaxed smile that could only appear in a place where they felt completely safe.


    ---

    This surprised Su Hao.

    So cultivators weren't always locked away in secluded cultivation.

    They also gathered together.

    Talked.

    Laughed.

    Shared stories.

    It made their lives feel much more human.


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    Su Hao rarely attended gatherings.

    Since this was the first gathering of the fifty-sixth generation after joining the sect...

    He decided to stay for a while.

    However...

    After only ten minutes...

    He noticed countless strange looks directed toward him.

    Some were curious.

    Some admiring.

    Some fearful.

    Others friendly.


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    Ten minutes later...

    Su Hao casually stood up.

    "I'll be back in a moment."

    Using the excuse of going to the bathroom...

    He quietly slipped away.


    ---

    Walking alone across the vast grasslands...

    He smiled helplessly.

    "I thought..."

    "I might recover that carefree feeling of simply chatting without worrying about anything."

    "I expected too much."

    "They're still just a group of children."

    "...Children who happen to cultivate immortality."


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    After wandering around for a while...

    Su Hao returned to his residence on Luanshi Peak.

    "I'd better continue researching the Absolute Defense Formation."


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    In reality...

    If one counted only the years during which Su Hao had remained awake and conscious...

    He had lived for just over two hundred years.

    Strictly speaking...

    He was merely a young man in his early two hundreds.

    Yet somehow...

    To him...

    It felt as though countless ages had already passed.


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    The memories from every previous life remained crystal clear.

    Even now...

    Everything recorded inside Marble Space was as vivid as if it had happened yesterday.

    But...

    The suffering.

    The pain.

    The irreversible farewells.

    Those experiences had all carved permanent marks into his heart.


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    Time never moved backward.

    All he could do...

    Was continue walking forward.


    ---

    ...


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    The night quietly passed.

    After sunset...

    The stars filled the heavens.

    Then...

    The first rays of dawn pierced through the mountain peaks.

    No matter how reluctant the night seemed...

    The stars gradually faded away.


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    Filled with anticipation...

    The cultivators of Cloud Zhong Valley once again gathered at Shouzhao Slope.

    Today...

    Was the competition of the Golden Core Realm cultivators.


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    Battles between Golden Core cultivators were extraordinarily rare.

    For low-level cultivators...

    Witnessing such a battle outside the sect usually meant only one thing—

    Getting caught in the aftermath...

    And dying without even understanding what had happened.


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    Su Hao also arrived at Shouzhao Slope early.

    He found a good seat.

    Closed his eyes.

    And quietly waited.


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    Although he had already encountered many Golden Core cultivators...

    And had even killed one...

    He had never truly witnessed a battle between Golden Core cultivators.

    His curiosity was immense.


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    "The Golden Core Realm..."

    "It really does seem incredibly powerful."
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