Chapter 1312 - 1312: Tenderness for Beauties, Sect Leader Jiang

Brother Cheng and the Three-Eyed Tiger infiltrated Jade River with a simple goal: eliminate all the disciples ranked ahead of them.

This way, the disciples of the Celestial Pill Department would automatically rank first.

Weren't you all mocking the Celestial Pill Department?

Weren't you all boasting arrogantly?

Then let's give all your sects a big surprise gift.

Seeing Venerable Luo Yun charging at him without a word, Brother Cheng was quite taken aback.

"Is the lady always this forward?"

He didn't even know that he was being treated as a dummy.

In the combat power system of the Refining Heart Dao, there is no variety of Rule Origin and no attacks like Mental Realm, Divine Soul, or Sword Heart.

The battles here are basically close combat plus long-range exchanges.

Whoever has higher combat power has stronger defense, and greater attack power.

Luo Yun started with a set of fierce long-range combo attacks, grand and impressive.

Jiang Cheng didn't even have time to strike before he was subjected to a covering bombardment.

Well, he was just curious to see how much damage he could endure with his current combat power.

The barrage of attacks, like dense cannonfire, completely engulfed him, but he only felt a slight pain, not even leaving a scratch.

The damage wasn't significant, you could say it was in the single digits.

This is just the way it is in the Refining Heart Dao.

If it were outside, standing there taking damage without dodging or counterattacking, a regular Supreme could probably make him bleed.

But in the Refining Heart Dao, Jiang Cheng is nearly an elevated king.

Facing others with a combat power of at most four to five thousand, even calling it a crushing isn't enough.

Venerable Luo Yun believed that this round of attacks would destroy the 'dummy conjured by the trial scenario,' causing it to vanish like before.

Then she could continue towards being the first to reach the top.

However, as the aftermath of her attack faded away, she saw Jiang Cheng completely unharmed, not even his hairstyle was messed up.

How could this be?

Venerable Luo Yun began to doubt her own existence.

The Jade River competition indeed gets harder the higher you go.

Early on, one encounters 'dummies' with combat power in the hundreds to a thousand. As you progress, you face foes with two or three thousand combat power.

Nearing the end, enemies with a combat power of four thousand might even appear.

But this was still seven to eight miles away from the finish line, and her own combat power was 4855!

With her combat power, a full-force attack should severely injure a four-thousand combat power final boss, right?

At the very least, it should cause some minor injury!

How is being completely unharmed possible?

Could this 'dummy' have broken through to five thousand, even six thousand combat power?

How could there be such a strong 'dummy'?

She still didn't realize that the 'dummy' hadn't blocked at all.

"Your strength isn't quite enough, young lady!"

Brother Cheng's casual comment nearly made Luo Yun Daoist Venerable freeze.

This 'dummy' can talk?

Such a thing, she had never heard of before.

The 'dummies' in Jade River are merely illusions conjured by the rules of the world, they shouldn't possess intelligence.

But being an extraordinary genius, her mental resilience was beyond the ordinary.

She quickly regained her composure.

This 'dummy' must be the final boss within Jade River, that's why it's a bit unique?

Talking is no special feat, it can be understood.

'Dummies' lack intelligence; their fighting style is rigid, straightforward.

Even if this one is special, its intelligence shouldn't be very high.

If I'm clever, victory may not be impossible!

Brother Cheng was still there teasing away.

"If you're having trouble, young lady, I can give you a chance to voluntarily exit..."

The next moment, Venerable Luo Yun suddenly struck him close up.

This was followed by a series of rapid, storm-like attacks.

Brother Cheng still did not defend.

Because it wasn't necessary.

He simply stood with his arms crossed, watching her furiously attack him, delivering a series of single-digit damage strikes.

Admittedly, Venerable Luo Yun truly is a genius.

Her talent isn't just in alchemy.

When she fights, she does so methodically, far exceeding ordinary alchemists who aren't good at combat.

After about ten seconds of hitting, Brother Cheng suddenly moved like lightning, grabbing her delicate wrist.

"Have you finished your attack output, young lady?"

Just as Venerable Luo Yun was about to struggle, her other wrist was also caught.

This plunged her heart into despair.

Looking at Jiang Cheng, still unscathed, she finally felt a sense of hopelessness.

How is this possible?

How could this be?

Her close-combat strikes had covered every inch of the 'dummy's body, fatal or not.

Yet, the opponent was unharmed, not even dodging or blocking.

The disparity was like an infant fighting an adult.

Could this 'dummy' have a combat power of ten thousand? Twenty thousand? Thirty thousand?

To what extent does it reach? She didn't dare to imagine.

This was just a competition among disciples, why was there such a powerful presence?

It shouldn't be!

When she saw her once-firm, intelligent eyes now filled with confusion and doubt, Brother Cheng showed rare compassion.

Could it be that he dealt such a heavy blow to her confidence?

Considering that she was just participating normally in the competition, without any animosity towards him.

"Forget it, I'm always so compassionate..."

Not knowing what those female cultivators and immortals he had brutally disposed of before would feel hearing these words.

He gave up the idea of harming her, casually tossing her out of the Jade River's range.

Essentially forcing her elimination.

When Venerable Luo Yun's figure flew backward out of Jade River, landing back in the field, the entire crowd was in an uproar.

No one could see the battle within Jade River from outside.

Every encounter would be transported into a special trial space due to mysterious worldly rules.

This also prevents others from intervening, avoiding sect disciples from teaming up.

So, no one knew what Venerable Luo Yun had just gone through.

People only knew that the most favored peerless genius, the leading contender, was suddenly eliminated.

"No!"

"Impossible!"

The Sect Leader and Pill Hall Elder of the Nine Revolutions Pill Sect were clasping their heads in disbelief.

It was a situation beyond their wildest dreams.

Luo Yun's alchemy talent defied description; it's not just rare in a billion years.

It's more like rare in ten billion years.

She managed to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with ancient alchemy figures like Liuyuan and Jin Pi in just a billion years.

Despite being the 'youngest' contestant in the Jade River competition.

Her presence makes it feel almost like bullying.

No one could pose a threat to her, not even close, was the consensus.

And now, she was suddenly eliminated...

"This isn't right!"

Even the Celestial Pill Department and other sect elders couldn't understand.