### Chapter 402: Easy Win!
Master Linghua has always viewed Master Youyue as her biggest competitor.
Whether it’s beauty or strength, she even wants to compete for apprentices in the future!
Upon hearing this, Master Youyue glanced coldly at her: “Isn’t this none of your business?”
“What…!”
Even someone in their decades, the exquisite and beautiful Linghua could still be driven mad by Youyue.
Just like how that proud and arrogant young miss used to act back then.
“I’m the guest you invited from the Xuantian Sect. Can’t you treat me with more respect?”
Youyue didn’t even bother to hear her out, turning her face away and completely ignoring Linghua’s existence.
Linghua gnashed her teeth, her white feathered wings behind her trembling slightly, obviously suppressing her inner rage.
At that moment, sudden exclamations erupted from the water barrier, interrupting the silent showdown between the two.
Youyue stared intently at the water barrier, softly sighing: “This kid always surprises you.”
Right now, in the violent battle on the second floor of the secret realm, Huang Hong had a water-script word floating above his head, which was an radiant “sword” character!
This character contained infinite power, signifying him as a high-level talisman master who controlled his personal runic script and could make it tangible.
Huang himself was also a sword expert, hence he chose “sword” as his personal runic script.
In a sense, this “sword” character runic was also his personal spirit sword.
With a thought, in an instant, the “sword” character transformed into hundreds of blades, charging towards Yun Zhonghe and his team!
Although this “sword” character was only a third-rank cultivation, Huang wrapped the sword qi formed after he condensed his qi into sword form onto the “sword” character, making each blade wrap in thick sword qi, greatly enhancing their power. This made them look quite formidable.
What a brilliant idea: combining talismans with sword techniques!
However, facing such a fierce attack, Yun Zhonghe just smiled calmly, not moving much as he casually swung his sword, dissipating the sword qi.
Observing this, Huang’s expression froze.
He knew that Yun Zhonghe could wield the technique of refining qi into sword form with divine skill during his Foundation Establishment stage, but he never imagined that he could so effortlessly dissipate his own sword qi right in front of him. He felt a bit out of place.
But this was actually quite interesting, he wasn’t just anyone after all!
Hence, Huang pumped more spiritual energy into his attack, quickly surrounding Yun Zhonghe, while his teammates joined in!
…
Outside.
Representatives from various parts around the Five Continents watched the intense combat scene in the water barrier, feeling puzzled.
The fight between Yun Zhonghe’s team and Huang Hong’s team was extremely tough.
However, upon closer inspection, Yun Zhonghe’s team looked composed, whereas Huang’s team started sweating and showing signs of exhaustion.
“What’s going on?” someone couldn’t help but whisper.
“Do they really not stand a chance against the other team?”
“Yeah, their opponents are new disciples recruited by the Xuantian Sect! How come Huang Hong, being a veteran of the sect, is struggling?”
Huang Hong had been famous for some time, so many representatives recognized him.
Yet, no one expected these four newcomers to be so powerful. Who were they?
“Brother Yun, go go go!”
“Come on!”
In the spectator area, Song Ziwei and others were shouting encouragement, anxiously watching Yun Zhonghe’s fight.
And then…
“Dad, come on!!!”
A young, resolute voice rang out in the crowd.
This was Su Xinghe’s shout, her little fists waving earnestly, cheering Yun Zhonghe on.
Crowd: ???
Wait, Yun Zhonghe already has kids?
Of course, this was just a side note.
Right now, the combat in the water barrier persisted, and you could see Huang Hong’s team shaking all over, exhausted and drained of energy.
On the main peak platform, Youyue chuckled.
“Huang Hong is still too inexperienced, he doesn’t even know he’s fighting phantoms.”
That’s right!
Yun Zhonghe wasn’t about to waste extra spiritual energy in this stalemate. So, he created vivid phantoms of four people to continue engaging Huang’s team, while he himself, along with Mu Jixue and two other teammates, leisurely dug up some radishes nearby.
They all had concealment talismans on, plus Mu Jixue’s Ice Concealment Technique, perfectly hiding their presence and appearance, leaving Huang’s team oblivious to their clandestine radish digging.
Yun Zhonghe was just having fun with Huang.
“Heh~this yellow-haired brat is pretty capable, able to create such realistic phantasms, at least mid-level magic!”
Inside the viewing area, Linghua gazed with a spark in her eyes, full of curiosity and amazement.
She clearly hadn’t expected Yun Zhonghe, a seemingly ordinary Golden Core cultivator, to possess such profound magic.
Youyue could guess half of it.
Yun Zhonghe mastered plenty of low-level magic spells and excelled in layering them. Through clever combination and application, he could create phantasms as powerful as mid-level magic spells to confuse enemies.
It sounded simple, but implementing it was challenging.
After all, who would bother mastering so many miscellaneous spells? Even those specializing in spells usually focused on a few key ones; too many would just clutter things up.
Plus, even if one managed to learn many spells, it would be hard for them to have Yun Zhonghe’s talent in combining them.
Youyue had spied on him for days and knew his talent was extraordinary.
Of course, such phantasms may not work against true prodigies whose keen senses could easily see through illusions. But against Huang Hong, this worked splendidly, especially since Huang deliberately kept his distance, opting for ranged combat, making it harder to detect the phantasms.
Yun Zhonghe only needed to sustain this illusion briefly before Huang wore himself out.
As predicted, in the secret realm, Yun Zhonghe and his team quickly dug the radishes and collected a bounty, standing leisurely aside while watching Huang’s team continue flailing at empty air.
Mu Jixue and the others just shook their heads.
“What a fool, still playing…”
