Dream Journey from Shaolin

Chapter 185 The Strength of the Top Eighth-Rank Taoists
After listening to Chen Jinyun's narration, Jiang Ming was thoughtful,
No wonder, no wonder when the second brother Zhu Shiqing broke through to the sixth rank, he immediately alarmed all the elders, including the sect leader, except for the great elder who was closed to death, to protect him personally.
Moreover, after the breakthrough, Master Mu Xuanji was called back immediately, and was rewarded by the sect.
It seems that in this main world, although the status of the Taoist sect is high, the real most powerful force is the imperial court!
Just like that, while Jiang Ming and Chen Jinyun were chatting, the spirit bamboo boat had already flown over the Tianzhu Peak Square,
Chen Jinyun made the spirit bamboo boat land on the exclusive location of Xiaozhufeng in the big square, and then waved his hand to make the spirit bamboo boat smaller and put it away in the storage ring.
They came relatively late, at this time in the big square, Qifeng's disciples had basically arrived, densely packed Taoists bowed their heads and gathered together, many of them were arguing fiercely,

After the senior sister Chen Jinyun put away the spirit bamboo boat, she told Jiang Ming a few words to let him communicate more with the disciples of the same age, and then went to gossip with the senior sister Yuanmei from Beizhufeng.

Jiang Ming did not strike up a conversation with the disciples of the two peaks on the left and right. He is not a person who likes to actively communicate with strangers. Instead, he stood quietly and eavesdropped on the conversation of the disciples of the two peaks.
Basically, the content of today's conversation is all about who will be the first candidate in the eighth-rank competition. Should it be Chongxue from East Bamboo Peak or Chong Heng from West Bamboo Peak?
"I think Senior Sister Chongxue must be number one in the eighth rank today. Senior sister Chongxue's defensive spells and binding spells are the strongest in the eighth rank. Even some junior uncles of the seventh rank feel ashamed." Why not!"

At this time, on Jiang Ming's left, an eighth-rank female disciple from Beizhu Peak said solemnly,
On Jiang Ming's right, an eighth-rank male disciple from Nanzhu Peak retorted immediately after hearing it:

"What's the use of light defense? In my opinion, Senior Brother Chong Heng from West Bamboo Peak is stronger. His attack spells are so fierce that even Senior Brother Chong Xiao from Tianzhu Peak was defeated by him!"

"Senior Sister Chongxue is amazing!"

"Brother Chong Heng is amazing!"

As a result, the eighth-rank disciples on both sides began to fall into a heated argument.
As for the ninth-rank disciples of the two peaks, although they couldn't see who had a better chance of winning, they obviously supported their masters and uncles and joined the debate.
As for the disciples of the Qipin Yuanzi generation, they shook their heads with a smile. This kind of debate often happened during this period. At first they still cared about it, but later they found out that everyone was addicted to their mouths, so they stopped caring.

Through the conversation between the disciples on both sides, and some gossip I heard from the elder sister Chen Jinyun,
He knew that among the disciples of the seven peaks of the Xuanmu Sect, the ones with stronger fighting abilities generally came from the four peaks of Tianzhu Peak, Dizhu Peak, East Bamboo Peak, and West Everest.
As for the disciples of the South Bamboo Peak and the North Bamboo Peak, most of them are developing in refining weapons and medicines. They are not very good at fighting, so few of them can reach the top three.

As for Xiaozhufeng, well, it can be ignored,
Except for the big sister, the second senior brother and the third senior sister are not Taoists, and they are not qualified to participate in the competition. The senior sister is also obsessed with alchemy and rarely participates in the competition.
Therefore, the top three of each level in each big competition are basically from the four peaks of Tianzhu Peak, Dizhu Peak, East Bamboo Peak and West Bamboo Peak, and accidents rarely happen.
However, Dizhu Peak is all seventh-rank, and only participates in the seventh-rank competition.

So in this competition, the top three in the Ninth Rank Competition are the No.1 disciple of Tianzhu Peak, the No.2 disciple of East Bamboo Peak, and the No.3 disciple of West Bamboo Peak.
In the eighth-rank competition, currently No.3 has been determined to be a disciple of Tianzhu Peak named Chong Xiao. Today's main task is to decide who is the number one and who is the second,
About a quarter of an hour later, Tianzhu Peak's big brother Yuan Zhuo, as the referee of the eighth-rank final, boarded the big ring in the center of the square,

Then, Chongxue and Chongheng, who were about 27 or [-] years old and wore the same blue Taoist robes of Xuanmuzong, appeared on the stage.
After the two saluted to the head of the high platform and the elders of each peak, they also saluted to Yuan Zhuo who was the referee, and then they began to quickly pinch the court decision with the sound of the start of the match.
Both of them are standard Taoist fighting methods. Facing enemies of similar strength, they both set themselves a defensive enchantment at first, and then started to use magic attacks.

You must know that Taoists, like Confucianists, are physically stronger than ordinary people, but they are far from rough-skinned and thick-skinned warriors. Once hit by Taoism, they will be seriously injured instantly.
However, Taoist majors in primordial spirit, once they reach the high level, the physical body is actually not that important, even if the physical body is lost, the problem is not too big,
The two of you come and go, pinching spells with your hands, and various wood spells are flying. It seems that their strength is really not too weak, and they are not only the spells they cast, but also some pre-reserved spells from time to time. With the combination of self-made spells and talismans,

The whole feeling for Jiang Ming, the Taoist of the eighth rank, is like a moving magic fortress,

It's no wonder that warriors of the same realm are basically one-on-one. If you didn't get close, you would have been blasted to pieces.

Unless there is a sneak attack, then you have to take advantage of the eighth-rank Taoist to make a sneak attack before opening the defensive barrier, so that it is possible to make a second move to the Taoist,
If it is more concrete, Jiang Ming thinks that Chongxue and Chongheng in the arena, if placed in the world of Naruto, should at least have the strength of an elite Jnin, or even close to the shadow level.
Because Jiang Ming felt that, in general, very few people can resist the ninjutsu, so the continuous cannon spell attack like a fortress,
Moreover, these attacks are not only offensive, but also entanglement and restraint.
The key to Jiang Ming's difficulty is that they still have a layer of defensive barrier that looks very rough, and it is not easy to break that layer of barrier in an instant.

At this time, Jiang Ming had no choice but to be thankful that when he was about to escape from Xuanmuzong, the two eighth-rank disciples he hijacked were not combat-oriented, and they were restrained by him before they even had time to open the defensive barrier. Living,
And fortunately, he was stopped by Mu Xuanji before he started the battle with Yuan Meng and Yuan Xin, two Taoists with seventh-rank fighting strength, who were guarding the gate.
Otherwise, given that he had just come out of the Naruto World and hadn't practiced the eight-door Dunjia technique, let alone resisting their magical weapons, even breaking their spell defense barriers would probably be difficult.

At that time, his comprehensive strength was at most elite Jonin, and he was still a little short of Kage-level. He could only fight Chong Xue and Chong Hengneng in the arena now, and the outcome was hard to say.
Just when Jiang Ming thought about deserting,

In the arena, Chong Xue and Chong Heng, who can be said to be evenly matched, finally gradually decided the winner after more than a quarter of an hour of spell bombardment.

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(End of this chapter)