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However, after just a short while, he had made his preparations and awaited the moment when those ten thousand puppets would emerge once more from the sea bed. The sea beneath his feet was calm, showing no sign of puppet activity.

Chen Qiu looked up doubtfully at the guardian elder who stood midair.

For some reason, after the Fifth Level had begun, the guardian elder didn't disappear as he had in the previous levels but stood suspended in midair. Only after seeing Chen Qiu's perplexed look did he speak, neither sad nor happy.

"The puppets are gone, you've destroyed them."

"I will take the place of the puppets for this level. I will suppress my cultivation to the sixth tier of Foundation Establishment, equal to yours. If you can survive for half an hour, you will be considered to have passed."

With that said,

the elder's cultivation began to fall, stabilizing at the sixth tier of Foundation Establishment.

"Are you ready? Because I'm about to..."

Before the elder could finish!

"Kill!!!"

Chen Qiu, his face flushed red, pointed at the elder and launched his attack.

Thunder Summoning Technique!

Nine Poison Nether Soul Technique!

Dual Casting!

Ten Layers of Spellcasting!

Focus Power!

Spiritual Energy Intimidating!

The methods he had used just moments before came into play once again.

"Hmm?"

The elder's feet trembled slightly, Golden Light flashed, and he reappeared dozens of feet away, easily dodging the barrage of attacks. But his eyebrows slightly raised in mild surprise when he saw the Thunder Dragons weaving a strange arc in the sky, homing in on him again. "Divine Sense targeting at Foundation Establishment?"

There was no panic, however.

The Golden Light beneath his feet kept flashing as he teleported dozens of times. Only after that did the attacks dissipate without further support in midair.

"Not bad for tricks, but that's as far as it goes."

The elder, with hands clasped behind his back, turned around and looked towards the dissipating Thunder Dragons in the sky and chuckled, "This does seem somewhat unfair to you. After all, the 'Golden Light Escape' is not a spell meant for Foundation Establishment Cultivators. Winning this way seems a bit dishonorable."

"This must be your strongest attack method, right?"

"But there is no helping it."

"Since you've destroyed all my puppets, I have no choice but to face you myself."

"Remember, kid, there is no such thing as absolute fairness in this world. Even if I suppress my cultivation to the sixth tier of Foundation Establishment, you still won't stand a chance at defeating me."

"Try passing the level next time."

"And as a Magic Practitioner, mastering 'Golden Light Escape' is only logical. It's your fault for not knowing it."

But then... the guardian elder looked down at the sea below and didn't see Chen Qiu; an uncomfortable premonition arose, and he quickly moved dozens of feet away with a flash of Golden Light.

And there—

Chen Qiu was sitting on the shoulder of a resentful spirit of a Golden Core first-tier Cultivator, smiling at him amiably, showing a gentle grin, "It's okay, I understand, being a Magic Practitioner, it's perfectly normal to have a movement technique like 'Golden Light Escape'."

"But as a Magic Practitioner, isn't it reasonable to summon some resentful spirits as well?"

"What do you think?"

"..."

The guardian elder stood expressionless, silent, his eyelids jumping slightly. After a while, his voice hoarse, "I forgot to tell you, normally for the Fifth Level, that one ten thousand puppet combination at the final juncture would Unify, greatly increasing its cultivation."

"Thus, based on your cultivation of the sixth tier of Foundation Establishment, the strongest opponent you'd face at the final moment would be a puppet with the power of the second tier of Golden Core."

"Since the puppets have been destroyed by you."

"I'll reluctantly take their place."

As his words fell,

the cultivation of the guardian elder began to rise rapidly, stopping at the second tier of Golden Core. The dense and magnificent Spiritual Energy around his body emitted a terrifying presence, as he stepped closer to Chen Qiu, stopping three zhang (approximately 10 meters) away, also beginning to smile.

"Since it's reasonable for you to summon resentful spirits as a Magic Practitioner..."

The next instant—

The entire sea surface suddenly surged up with countless terrifying water dragons composed of seawater, roaring ferociously in the sky behind the guardian elder, circling continuously. With just this one strike, it was enough to completely destroy the Golden Core first-tier resentful spirit beneath Chen Qiu.

Leaving not even scraps behind.

"So, if I, as a Magic Practitioner, play a little trick and conjure some sea dragons, that's not over the top, right?"

"Shall we now try again?"

The guardian elder looked at Chen Qiu with a half-smile.

"No problem."

Chen Qiu's smile grew even gentler, and with a grand gesture, two cloud-wrapped panels reappeared in midair, including the "Self-Destruction Term" and "Heaven's Gap individual."

"If you can manage sea dragons, then it's certainly reasonable for me, as a Magic Practitioner, to explode a few entries, right?"

"Shall we try again now?"

...

"..."

The guardian elder looked at the "Self-Destruction Term" and "Heaven's Gap individual" above Chen Qiu's head and fell silent, not speaking. These two entries combined could unleash the full power of a Golden Core sixth tier with just one strike.

His current cultivation was only at the second tier of the Golden Core, and he naturally couldn't withstand it. Discover hidden content at empire

But then—

the elder smiled again: "Sorry, young friend, I forgot to mention, normally in the Fifth Level, that puppet at the end with Unification also has a Frenzy Period where its power significantly surges again."

"According to your Foundation Establishment sixth tier cultivation, that amounts to around the fourth tier of Golden Core."

"You see..."

"How do we resolve this."

With his words falling,

the guardian elder's cultivation surged to the fourth tier of the Golden Core, his terrifying presence emanating unabashedly from his body. Then he boasted with a stroke of his beard.

"Now I'm stable. With Golden Core fourth tier power and my Protective Body Technique, I can completely withstand your Golden Core sixth tier self-destruction strike. I might get injured, but wouldn't capturing you still be a piece of cake?"

"Young friend, it seems you're still lacking a little."

"What a pity."