Fellow Daoist! That scoundrel has written a new book again.

Chapter 142 The Tactics of the Star-Picking Tower

With such expectations in mind, He Yue, the leader of Qingyun Sect, ushered in the second day of the arena competition.

The Qingyun Sect is mostly composed of sword cultivators, and their combat strength is quite good.

The five arenas in the arena were each occupied by one of the five arenas according to the rankings from the last Immortal Cultivation Conference.

Besides the four major sects, the fifth place in the Immortal Cultivation Conference belongs to the Kaishan Tribe. According to the roster, this person is named Hei Jin. Judging from the powerful axe in his hand, he has quite a bit of charisma.

The people of this tribe are brave and skilled in battle, and possess a strong martial spirit.

Unfortunately, it is located in the east, just like the Qingyun Sect.

Besides being the host, He Yue also had another identity—the tactical commander of the Qingyun Sect's challenge competition.

"Uncle-Master, the defender of the Juque Sect is only at the seventh level of Qi Refining. They intend to use their main fighting force to attack the arena and win points."

"Can our tactics handle this?"

He Yue said calmly:

"Qingyun Sect still follows the orthodox path, with its two strongest members, one defending the title and the other attacking it."

"Only those sects that lack confidence resort to underhanded tactics to win; our Qingyun Sect has no need for such methods."

The intensity of the battle was self-evident. Black Gold of the Kaishan tribe only managed to defend the arena three times before being defeated.

Moreover, it seems they have no intention of reclaiming the ring; it's as if these three points are enough.

Or perhaps they want to strike back later.

He Yue analyzed the defenders on the arena and said:

"The Taibai Sect has defended for four rounds. If we can defeat them, our Qingyun Sect can get four points. Moreover, the defender has fought several rounds in a row, and last time he fought a tough battle against Zhu Wuyao of Zhaixing Tower. He won with great difficulty. We can take the title!"

With this command given, the strongest fighter from the Qingyun Sect stepped forward and challenged the Taibai Sect to a duel.

However, at the same time, Zhaixinglou also sent out a disciple.

He Yue looked closely and saw that this person had just reached the eighth level of Qi Refining and was named Shi Yi.

He frowned slightly. If multiple people challenged someone to a duel at the same time, the choice of who to accept the challenge depended on the defender of the ring.

Taibai Sect will obviously choose Shi Yi, who has lower combat strength.

as predicted.

He Yue felt relieved. The person defending the arena was at the Great Perfection of Qi Refining, while Shi Yi had only just reached the Eighth Level of Qi Refining.

No matter how tired he is, he shouldn't be unable to defeat Shi Yi.

Furthermore, after this victory, the score for defeating the Taibai Sect will be as high as five points. Isn't this a gift prepared for the Qingyun Sect?

With that in mind, he patiently sat down to watch the battle, waiting for Shi Yi to be defeated so that he could claim the points from defeating the Taibai Sect in the arena.

But as the fierce battle began, He Yue noticed something was wrong.

How could the defender of the Taibai Sect be so weak and feeble?

Not to mention that the protective magic artifacts were no longer of much use, even the spirit array that had always provided support for the defensive array had become easily destroyed.

wrong!

Could it be that Taibai Sect and Zhaixing Tower are deliberately giving each other points?

Ha, aren't they afraid that once they accumulate enough points, someone else will steal their credit?

Thinking this, He Yue turned his gaze to the Star-Picking Tower. He wanted to see who was in charge of the tactics.

Upon closer inspection, He Yue was dumbfounded.

If he wasn't mistaken, it seemed to be that little girl at the fifth level of Qi Refining who was giving the orders.

What nonsense!

He Yue quickly flipped through the roster, found the chapter on the Star-Picking Tower, and turned to the last person. Sure enough—

"Tang Xin, at the fifth level of Qi Refining, was able to enter the top ten of the sect competition because Xiao Qingyu was involved in the Tianluo case and was judged to have won one round. He is skilled in using the Silver Shuttle, but his strength is not to be feared. He was just lucky."

Good luck?

This description seems familiar.

He flipped to the first person in the list, and sure enough, Zhu Wuyao's name had a similar description.

He Yue pondered the matter, but could not find a solution.

According to the description in the list, this is not wrong.

Zhu Wuyao has managed to escape unscathed every time, but she hasn't won a single game. Instead, she always picks on tough opponents and gives away points to everyone.

The layout of the Star-Picking Tower is truly perplexing.

Looking up at the arena, Zhu Wuyao had already engaged in combat with the Qi Refining Grand Perfection cultivator from the Juque Sect, whose name seemed to be Qu De.

They were also assigned by Tang Xin.

With a sigh, He Yue shifted his gaze elsewhere, searching for a fighting arena that the Qingyun Sect could seize.

The Juque School.

Wu Guihong looked at the arena he had defended and felt quite pleased with himself.

Although Xu Yicheng was fortunate enough to advance to the seventh level of Qi Refining because of that spiritual rain, it wouldn't be worthwhile to use him as a sacrificial pawn in the attack on the arena, but he still has other uses.

For example, when the competition among various sects is at its most intense, the Juque Sect does not participate or defend its position.

They used their main fighting force to attack the arena, leaving Xu Yicheng, who was at the seventh level of Qi Refining, on the stage to attract fire, and letting him choose those with lower cultivation levels to hold on with all their might.

Now, while everyone else is injured, the main fighting force of the Juque Sect is basically intact and can enter the arena to defend their position and score points.

What if I don't get invited?

He watched two rounds, and this person didn't win either time; moreover, his swordsmanship was truly inaccurate.

They were really lucky; they're completely unharmed so far.

The battle on the arena was exceptionally intense. Wu Guihong rubbed his thumb ring, pondering the situation.

The Juque Sect scored quite well, and they conquered arenas everywhere, especially those where they had a winning streak, earning more than one point for each victory.

After successfully winning the challenge, the Juque Sect will deliberately lose the next match.

Although deliberately losing might give other sects a point, it's only a small one. The benefits of continuing to defend the title are not as great as the benefits of winning titles everywhere after losing.

Perhaps it's too early to start defending our title now?

Wu Guihong hesitated slightly, calculating the greatest benefit in his mind while carefully observing the battle situation.

Zhu Wuyao was seen fighting a protracted battle on the arena, as if he wanted to test all of Qu De's abilities.

He seemed to be deep in thought. Could it be that he was being used as a striker, so he didn't care about winning or losing?

As he continued reading, Wu Guihong slightly curled the corners of his mouth.

This Zhu Wuyao is far too arrogant. He didn't even draw his sword and caught the Trapped Stone Seal with his bare hands. Little did he know that a thousand-mile dike can be breached by an ant hole, and a small pebble can cause a huge wave when it falls into the water.

While the Qi Refining stage's Trapped Calamity Scripture cannot achieve such a level, it can certainly withstand the combined power of ten individuals.

As expected, Zhu Wuyao could only manage to land one strike before wisely leaving the arena.

The next challenger was from a minor sect whose name I don't know, and they were only at the seventh level of Qi Refining.

Hmm... Including the match when we took the title, we've won three consecutive matches on this stage. Next, we'll be targeted by someone with formidable strength.

Ah!

Zhaixinglou is truly arrogant, actually using an eighth-level Qi Refining cultivator to challenge Qu De, a Qi Refining Perfection cultivator from our Juque Sect.

They're probably just here to give away points!

This person seems to be named Hua Yingting, and is a pill cultivator with a wood elemental root.

Qu De's eyes lit up on the stage.

It's a bit of a loss to only get three points, but if we win another game and then deliberately lose to those unknown small sects, then we'll have made a profit.

Thinking this, he immediately challenged Hua Yingting to a duel.

Offstage, Zhu Wuyao was holding his wrist, being reprimanded by Senior Sister Gu. His lowered eyelashes concealed the murderous intent in his eyes.

"Senior sister, my injury is in my left wrist, but it won't prevent me from wielding my sword."