Chapter 166 True Self
In the next few battles, Wu Yi used sophisticated means to gain the upper hand, and then gradually expanded his advantage. Finally, the quantitative change turned into qualitative change, and he defeated the phantom. After fully recovering, he entered the next level.
Level 10, level 20, level 30, level 40, Wu Yi passed through the levels one by one. Although the injuries became more serious as time went on, and it took longer to recover, Wu Yi knew that the phantom could learn his moves and even his strategies against the enemy, so he had not used the blood burning technique so far, and was relatively restrained.
The blood burning technique seemed to be a double-edged sword, especially at this time. Once Wu Yi used the blood burning technique, it was hard to guarantee that the phantom would not learn it. By then, its strength would increase tenfold or even dozens of times. Wouldn't Wu Yi be asking for trouble?
As the battle continued, the phantom's combat experience was greatly improved. It was no longer the same as the initial reckless rush, only knowing how to act recklessly. It became more and more difficult for Wu Yi to gain the upper hand by relying on his mind.
There was even a sign that the phantom was better than the master, and the balance of victory and defeat gradually tilted towards the phantom.
The 50th phantom is also at the 50th step. After a long battle, although Wu Yi has blood light to recover quickly, the blood light can only recover the damage to the body, but it has little effect on the loss of mental strength.
At this time, Wu Yi is extremely tired. He plans to stop temporarily after passing this step to recover his mental strength. Otherwise, fighting listlessly is to seek defeat.
One side is weak and the other side is full of energy. The battle is destined to be extremely unfavorable to Wu Yi from the beginning.
The phantom took the lead in attacking the even-numbered steps and took the initiative. Wu Yi was not stable yet, and the phantom raised his hand and a stone tablet phantom fell down.
This is the law and Taoism that Wu Yi comprehended by himself. It takes the path of breaking all laws with one force. It depends on the thickness of spiritual consciousness. If the opponent's spiritual consciousness is not as strong as Wu Yi's, he will be overwhelmed. The phantom of the stone tablet acts on both the soul and the flesh. Being suppressed by the phantom of the stone tablet, in addition to the collapse of the flesh, even the soul will be broken.
Wu Yi used this move in the thirteenth battle, and the effect was very good at that time. The thirteenth phantom became the second phantom to be defeated by Wu Yi head-on, but the disadvantage was that the subsequent phantoms all learned this move, and they were not inferior to Wu Yi at all.
Seeing the phantom of the stone tablet falling, Wu Yi did not dodge. After all, it was a Taoist technique that he had comprehended, and he was aware of the flaws in it. The best way to break this method was to isolate the opponent's spiritual consciousness. Otherwise, once locked by the spiritual consciousness, the stone tablet would directly act on the mind, and there would be nowhere to escape, and it would miss the opportunity to respond.
Wu Yi's spiritual consciousness unfolded and transformed into a heavy hammer. The spiritual consciousness clashed, and the depth of the spiritual consciousness was all tested.
However, Wu Yi understood that he was just a sudden move, and he was not as prepared as the phantom for a long time, so when the spiritual consciousness clashed, he left quickly and did not dare to stay any longer.
In the back, the phantom of the stone tablet shattered the hammer and fell heavily. Not long after Wu Yi left, the phantom quickly entangled him like a maggot on the tarsal bone, firmly occupying the first hand.
Wu Yi did not panic, but kept fighting, intending to take the opportunity to find the flaws of the phantom as before, and take the initiative, attacking and defending in different positions.
One hour, two hours, ...
Half a day passed, Wu Yi frowned, and a trace of restlessness appeared on his face. Wu Yi, who always kept his emotions to himself, could not even keep his face calm, which showed how strong his restlessness was.
At this point in the battle, Wu Yi was already exhausted, and he made many mistakes. He was beaten so hard that he could not even fight back. He was even almost knocked to the border by the phantom once. Going beyond the border would mean death. Wu Yi was so frightened that he broke out in cold sweat, and his eyes, which were originally a little drowsy, suddenly became bright.
Although Wu Yi became much more sober because of the threat of death, the fatigue of his mind could not be recovered in a short time. After a while, Wu Yi's upper and lower eyelids began to fight again.
It was also at this time that Wu Yi gradually couldn't suppress his restlessness, and his eyes were bloodshot.
"Ah——" Wu Yi felt that the oncoming attack was a fatal threat to him, and he forgot that he could not use the Burning Blood Technique, otherwise it would be very troublesome if the Phantom learned the Burning Blood Technique.
But Wu Yi, who was confused, forgot all this. When the Burning Blood Technique was activated, the red light on Wu Yi's body became brighter, and his momentum suddenly rose.
Although it was only activated to five times, there was still a big gap from the top ten times, but the Burning Blood Technique was Wu Yi's trump card. It can be said that most of Wu Yi's strength is inseparable from the Burning Blood Technique.
The problem is not how many times Wu Yi activated it, but that it opened Pandora's box. Next, the Phantom will definitely activate the Burning Blood Technique to five times. In order to win, Wu Yi must also stack it up little by little, and finally it will definitely be stacked to the point where it cannot be stacked. At that time, it will be the time when Wu Yi has eaten up his old capital.
But now it is still a while before the old capital is used up. At least after activating the Burning Blood Technique, Wu Yi's strength surged, and he punched the aggressive phantom away. If the phantom had not unloaded part of the huge force in the middle, he would probably be directly knocked out of the boundary.
The opportunity for Wu Yi to take the initiative to attack, which he had been looking for for half a day, also came.
The phantom tried his best, but under the crushing force of Wu Yi, after several rounds, Wu Yi used a hook punch to break the phantom's defense, and the phantom's middle door was wide open. Wu Yi kicked it out in the air.
The phantom left the boundary with a look of horror on his face. He knew his fate and struggled hard, but after a few breaths, his body dissipated bit by bit.
The extremely tired Wu Yi did not realize or pay too much attention to this aspect. The phantom was not like a creation, but like a living person, another Wu Yi, and he also had his fears.
The ladder to heaven was becoming more and more mysterious.
Wu Yi defeated the 50th phantom, and his tense mind suddenly relaxed, but he felt dizzy and dark, and his steps were unstable. After turning around a few times, he fell backwards and fell asleep.
At this time, Lin Qitian, who had been competing with Wu Yi before, was almost at the same speed as Wu Yi.
But compared to the extremely sleepy Wu Yi, although Lin Qitian was a little tired, he had not lost the ability to move forward and continued to move forward slowly.
At this stage, Lin Qitian also spent a long time in almost every battle. He had to use his backhand sparingly and be wary of being learned by the phantom. It can be said that he was calculating every step.
Of course, unlike Wu Yi, who was born in a side courtyard, Lin Qitian was a direct descendant of the Lin family, one of the twelve great families. He had many means, so for the time being, he was not worried about the problem of not having enough means and fighting the phantom to a draw like Wu Yi.
After knocking over the phantom under his hand, Lin Qitian looked at the steps that reappeared in front of him, muttering to himself, his eyes flashing with a fierce fighting spirit: "If you kill a hundred true selves, you can become a true disciple, if you kill two hundred, you can worship the great cultivator (Jindan three-level cultivator), if you kill three hundred, you can worship the Yuanying upper cultivator, if you kill four hundred, you can worship the Dongtian Shangzhen, and if you kill five hundred, you will have the qualifications to realize the Tao of Taichu (become an immortal)."
Hua Jianling is the only person who has passed the four hundred steps in the past two hundred years. After that, Dongtian Shangzhen recruited him as a disciple. As a result, Hua Jianling jumped from an ordinary Jindan disciple to a second-generation disciple. In terms of seniority, many Yuanying great cultivators are not as good as him.
However, Hua Jianling's aptitude is obvious to all, as he was able to pass the 400 steps before entering the upper sect.
The ladder is actually the fairest way of competition, which is different from the three-year competition for the true teachings. The latter is too easy to be affected, and the phenomenon of the golden bell being destroyed and the earthen pot thundering is easy to occur.
When Wu Yi was sleeping, Lin Qitian gradually distanced himself from Wu Yi, but now they can't see each other at all, and the influence of other competitors on themselves has been reduced to the minimum.
The difficulty in front of them is the so-called "true self", that is, those phantoms. Of course, in addition to the name of the true self, there are also names such as ego and externalism.
Wu Yi slept for three days and three nights. When he woke up, he felt refreshed. The previous dizziness disappeared, and the world became much clearer.
Before a cultivator understands the origin and becomes an immortal, he will still retain some of the habits of ordinary people to a greater or lesser extent. The most basic ones are eating and sleeping. It is just that these habits are difficult to show up under the suppression of spiritual energy. Once the external pressure exceeds the ability of spiritual energy to suppress, it is not surprising to go back to sleeping and eating.
Wu Yi stood in place and did not move forward immediately. He exhaled the turbid air in his body and was ready. Wu Yi had to face the phantom who would master the blood burning technique next. It was really a tricky existence.
There are more than 400 steps. How can I get through it? Wu Yi felt heavy in his heart. Wu Yi did not know the rules yet. He thought that he needed to pass all 500 steps to become a true disciple.
Although he was depressed, Wu Yi still took the step forward. He walked the road himself, even if the road ahead was narrow and cramped, or even a cliff or a dead end, he had to go and see it.
After all, this was his choice, and he had to finish the road he chose on his knees.
Hua Jianling and other real people pushed him to break through the ladder to heaven. This path seemed not to be chosen by Wu Yi himself, but if Wu Yi disagreed, he could still push it.
Although the ladder to heaven was extremely dangerous, Wu Yi was secretly happy after learning the news. The ladder to heaven was of great importance. If he could make a name for himself and enter the eyes of the master of the sect, that would be certain. Then he would return home in glory and defeat the national master of the Great Xuan Kingdom. So this path was actually chosen by Wu Yi himself.
In the following battle, Wu Yi would not push up the blood burning technique if he could not pass it. If he could not pass it, he would push it up a little bit to keep a slight advantage and defeat the phantom.
Relying on this strategy, Wu Yi encountered the 100th "true self". At this time, Wu Yi's blood burning technique had been pushed to ten times. Even if Wu Yi went up, he could only use one or two moves, which were used as a killer.
On the even-numbered steps, the phantom attacked first. The phantom directly pushed the blood burning technique to ten times and attacked Wu Yi with a huge force.