My Master Knows It All

”However, I will not hold back. Now, draw your sword and prepare to face my attack.”

”A word of caution: I am completely different from the guardians of the previous five levels. If you face me with the same mentality as before, you will surely lose.”

”Now, the battle begins.”

After the elder spoke, a long staff appeared in his hand, and a dense aura surged around him.

Faintly, the air behind him began to tremble, with energies gathering around him, forming a ring of intense light.

The next moment, the elder pointed the long staff forward, and flames burst forth from it like a fire dragon charging at Cao Zhen.

Behind the elder, the ring rose up, with flashes of lightning converging faintly within it.

Cao Zhen, watching the approaching flames, swung his sharp sword in front of him, instantly dispersing the flames entirely.

In previous battles against others outside, he had held back his strength.

Previously, he could contend with a Golden Immortal. Now, he was only battling cultivators at the Immortal Bridge Period. With his understanding and his newly cultivated Reincarnation Technique, if it took revolving twice or even three times to dispel the opponent’s divine skills, it would be too wasteful.

Now, with one swing of his sword, he reincarnated the opponent’s flames, followed by another swing to dispel the opponent’s descending lightning through reincarnation.

Then, in the next moment, the opponent suddenly stopped, pointed forward, and immediately, a bridge appeared in front of Cao Zhen.

”Alright, now you can proceed to the next level.”

Cao Zhen, listening to the elder, was completely bewildered and said blankly, ”Wait, I haven’t defeated you yet, and I’m allowed to proceed to the next level? Didn’t you say you wouldn’t hold back?”

He had not planned to pass so quickly; he always controlled the speed of passing the trials, worried that passing too quickly would arouse suspicion.

But now, he was ready to delay a bit further, and the elder, probably the second Sect Hierarch of the Indistinct Sect, allowed him to proceed to the next level so promptly, surely this speed would draw attention.

”Hold back? Oh, the holding back you mentioned means not going all out, right? But I haven’t held back. You can effortlessly break through my attacks, which is proof enough that you have the strength to challenge the next level. If that’s the case, why should I waste your time?”

Cao Zhen was left speechless for a moment: ”Actually, we could still...”

While thinking of ways to delay a bit longer, the bridge before him suddenly extended towards him, and before he could react, it moved on its own, taking him directly into the seventh level.

”The seventh level, the seventh level!”

”He actually went directly to the seventh level!”

”Such fast speed; it feels like he passed the sixth level even faster than the previous levels.”

”Indeed, it seemed he passed the sixth level in an instant!”

”This... he seems to have only six Immortal Bridges!”

”With six Immortal Bridges, he’s reached the seventh level. If he’s at the Peak Immortal Bridge Period, how strong will he be? Doesn’t this mean he has the potential to challenge the tenth level?”

”And he’s a disciple of the Reincarnation Palace!”

”After the Reincarnation Palace reached the Earth Immortal Realm, it’s been formidable enough, but it used to be weak earlier. But now, this disciple of the Reincarnation Palace is already so terrifying at the Immortal Bridge Period. Does this mean the disciples of the Reincarnation Palace will rise early on, leaving no room for other palace disciples?”

”This is the seventh level. It seems no disciple has ever reached the seventh level with just six Immortal Bridges, right?”

”Never. During the Core Formation Stage, no one has dared to enter the sixth level with just six inner cores, and at the Golden Core Stage, no disciples of six inner cores have reached the seventh level. At any cultivation realm, this is unprecedented.”

Fu Wei, hearing the voices from afar, was utterly shocked. With just six Immortal Bridges, how could he have passed the sixth level? Having just passed the sixth level himself, he knew how terrifying it was.

The opponent started out by releasing divine skills continuously, one after another, and while he could block the first and second divine skills, the third and fourth were impossible to fend off.

To defeat the opponent, one needed a power stronger than theirs.

That Cao Zhen, with just six Immortal Bridges, how could he possess power stronger than the opponent’s? How did he pass the sixth level?

Cao Zhen, without further ado, reached the seventh level, which was similar to the sixth level, with an elder appearing, but at the elder’s side was a Strange Beast, a Tiger Monster!

Cao Zhen dared not easily break through the opponent’s attacks as before this time.

This time he began to maneuver around the opponent.

Outside the Sky-reaching Gate, people couldn’t see the battle scenes, and could only stare at the candle beside them. As time passed, the eighth candle remained unlit.

”He hasn’t passed the seventh level yet.”

”He passed the previous six levels very quickly, but it’s suddenly slowed down this time; he probably can’t break through.”

”Indeed, but with just six Immortal Bridges, passing the sixth level is already terrifying enough.”

”When he reaches the Peak of the Immortal Bridge Realm, he should be able to pass the seventh level, even the eighth might not be a problem.”

”No, look, the eighth level’s candle, he’s finally reached the eighth level!”

”This... he passed the seventh level, with just six Immortal Bridges.”

”He’s not going to pass the eighth level too, is he?”

”How could that’s possible. Look how long it took him to pass the seventh level. I think reaching the seventh level was already his limit.

Even if he clears the stage, it’s likely he’s suffered severe injuries. There’s no way he can pass the eighth level. However, it’s certain that once he reaches the Peak Immortal Bridge Period, he will definitely be able to pass the eighth level.”

”Isn’t that stating the obvious?”

Within the Sky-reaching Gate, once Cao Zhen felt it was about time, he finally struck, defeating the elder and the Tiger Monster beside him, immediately entering the eighth level.

”The eighth level, that fellow, having passed this level wouldn’t be too surprising, and might not cause a stir.

In doing so, it’s also completing the task the senior sister assigned, vindicating this line under Master. The eighth level doesn’t even need to be broken, passing seven levels should nearly suffice.”

Cao Zhen murmured to himself, as the elder’s figure appeared in front of him. However, the elder did not attack directly but looked at him and said, ”Attack me. I won’t retaliate; defeat me within the time of half an incense stick, and you can enter the next level.”