522: Chapter 185_1 522: Chapter 185_1 Cultivators have many criteria for judging a genius.
Some believe that those with exceptional talent and extremely fast cultivation speeds are geniuses.
Others think that those whose cultivation speed may be slow, yet possess an unyielding Dao heart, are geniuses.
Still, others believe that only those with both insight and an indomitable Dao heart, solid as a rock, can truly be considered geniuses.
However, everyone agrees on one thing: those who can break through during battle are definitely geniuses!
Qiao Jingyao, feeling her spear unable to advance an inch, was filled with endless defiance in her chest.
She didn’t care if her opponent was some reincarnation of a great power; she only knew that the opponent only had a cultivation base of Core Formation with seven Golden Cores.
She herself was at the fifth level of a Golden Core, one whose every Golden Core was a phenomenon!
Yet, she couldn’t even break through her opponent’s defenses.
How would others view their Celestial Plum Sect in the future?
When the time came to recruit new disciples, would anyone choose their sect?
People would say, “That sect’s Golden Core can’t even break through the defenses of a seventh-layer Core Formation!
Why join such a sect?”
Now, with the Minor Era of Inversion of Heaven and Earth imminent, if true chaos broke out in the world, and others saw how weak the Celestial Plum Sect was, they might indeed attract attacks from other powers.
We absolutely cannot suffer such a defeat.
She wanted the whole world to see the perseverance of the Celestial Plum Sect, to let them know that the Celestial Plum Sect also had outstanding disciples!
She, Qiao Jingyao, absolutely could not allow others to look down on the Celestial Plum Sect!
In Qiao Jingyao’s chest, boundless defiance transformed into a heaven-reaching battle intent.
Behind her, the illusory Golden Core, under the surge of battle intent as vast as the ocean, gradually solidified, becoming a Golden Core.
The Golden Core shone brilliantly, revealing within the perfect sphere two colossal boulders stacked together, and a verdant sapling forcing its way between the cracks, stubbornly reaching up.
Her entire aura soared accordingly.
In the distance, atop Gao Shan, consecutive exclamations broke out.
“Golden Core sixth layer!”
“Her sixth Golden Core is also a phenomenal one.”
“To think she made a breakthrough in the midst of battle!”
“Such natural talent is indeed high!”
“Now that she has broken through, is it possible for her to defeat Peak Master Cao?”
As Qiao Jingyao’s sixth Golden Core took shape, the sapling rose and grew, and in an instant, the entire arena seemed to be filled with the sensation of all things growing. Newest update provided by novelFirｅ.net
On the formation-enhanced arena stage, grasses broke through the hard stone slabs, wildly sprouting; in a flash, the entire stage turned verdant green.
It seemed as if plants were sprouting from everywhere on the stage.
Beneath Cao Zhen’s feet, atop each of Qiao Jingyao’s Golden Cores, and even on her spear in hand.
On her silver spear, newly grown plants enveloped it, forming into sharp, piercing spikes, as if they could penetrate through all things in the world, viciously thrusting toward Cao Zhen.
A sound like that of a breaking stone pillar or collapsing mountain echoed, and Cao Zhen’s Dragon and Tiger Golden Body shattered abruptly.
Almost at the same moment, atop his head, his Heretical Golden Core emitted black and white lights.
Record of Deities and Demons!
The black and white glow appeared; the black was like a prison, the white like two Milky Ways, shielding Cao Zhen in the middle.
The spear, entering into the whirling black and white lights, seemed to be caught in mire.
As the lights spun, the sharpness of the spear was gradually consumed.
Cao Zhen seized the moment of deadlock between Qiao Jingyao and the Record of Deities and Demons.
Above his head, on the Heretical Golden Core, strands of Purple Thunder appeared.
Five-thunder Righteous Method!
Terrifying and frightening thunder descended from heaven.
Qiao Jingyao had already been injured when she passed through the Explosive Sun Flames and it was only by her willpower that she managed to launch a strike.
Although she had made a breakthrough during battle, the breakthrough could not heal her injuries.
She looked at the descending Purple Thunder, wanting to dodge, but her injuries made her movements slower.
The next moment, the Purple Thunder crashed down heavily, striking her with force.
In an instant, purple light erupted violently.
Under the terrifying strike, Qiao Jingyao’s body was directly blasted away, flying over ten yards before crashing heavily to the ground.
On her body, strands of purple lightning arced continuously, dazzling and leaping like purple electric snakes.
Even though she had advanced to Golden Core sixth layer during the fight, was she still destined to lose to Cao Zhen?
She refused to accept defeat just like that.
Struggling, Qiao Jingyao moved her hands, trying to push herself up, but with each pulse of lightning on her body, uncontrollable tremors shook her.
Her injuries were far too severe; even controlling her own body became a challenge, let alone standing up to fight.
Though neither Cao Zhen nor Qiao Jingyao were cultivators with ten phenomenal Golden Cores, the Grand Preceptor announced that Cao Zhen was of the Core Formation stage, this battle captured the attention of countless onlookers.
Similarly, everyone also took notice of Qiao Jingyao.
Observing her uncontrollably trembling body that continued to defy defeat and struggle to stand up, many were deeply moved.
“Such a persistent disciple; it’s a pity…”
“Indeed, it truly is a pity.
Her cultivation base is higher than Peak Master Cao’s, yet her Divine Skills are too weak.”
“If she were fighting someone else, it might not have been obvious that her Divine Skills were weak.
But in comparison to Peak Master Cao’s Divine Skills, the gap is too large.”