You dare to cultivate without money?!-Chapter 266 - 230: Beyond Sound

Ever since witnessing Yun Jing’s power in the first two rounds of the Foundation Establishment exam and understanding the difference in strength and resources between herself and her opponent, Bai Zhenzhen quickly realized something.

"If I only focus on increasing my strength step-by-step, even if I give it everything, ultimately reaching a level similar to my opponent, the win rate would still just be fifty-fifty."

"So, to obtain the Foundation Establishment certificate, simply increasing my strength blindly is not enough."

"And I’m not entirely without an advantage... My advantage is that in the first two rounds, I was weak enough, so weak that I wouldn’t even be seen as a threat by my opponent."

From the moment the groups were determined, she considered Yun Jing her greatest opponent, continuously observing him, understanding him, and collecting information.

"I understand his Magic Remains, his Cultivation Technique, and his dual Dantian technique... But he knows little about me."

This information gap due to her weakness was Bai Zhenzhen’s advantage.

"To make use of this advantage in information gap, I must grow stronger in a targeted way."

"My goal is not to surpass my opponent but to defeat him in the arena."

"These are actually two different directions."

It’s like surpassing a Songyang High School student in strength requires rigorous day and night practice.

But to defeat a Songyang High School student, perhaps all you need is a muddy truck, or maybe put a pirated manual inside their desk.

It was when she understood this that Bai Zhenzhen began to gradually adjust her cultivation direction.

For example, the choice of new Cultivation Techniques, the exploration direction of her True Spirit Root regarding techniques, changes in combat style... all began to focus on arena combat, with Yun Jing as the ultimate goal.

Bai Zhenzhen aimed to specialize herself into a state most suitable for defeating Yun Jing in the arena.

Even if it meant sacrificing improvements in other areas, she would do this solely to obtain the Foundation Establishment certificate.

And at this moment, as the third match on the arena began, upon hearing Bai Zhenzhen’s words, Yun Jing once again activated the dual Dantian within himself, turning waves of mana into a sea of fire, bombarding towards Bai Zhenzhen.

Watching Bai Zhenzhen dashing left and right, evading back and forth under his bombardment, Yun Jing sneered inwardly, "Talk about defeating me with one sword, first try getting close to me."

But Yun Jing soon realized something was wrong because Bai Zhenzhen in front of him wasn’t even attempting to get close. Instead, she was slashing through the sea of fire one sword after another, as if she and the sea of fire were the real enemies.

"What’s this woman trying to do?"

"No matter what she’s trying to do, it must be stopped."

"I absolutely can’t fall here, the Yun family is waiting for me to revitalize it."

"If the family company collapses in the future, the only thing I can rely on is myself and this Foundation Establishment certificate."

Feeling a foreboding sense, Yun Jing let out a low growl, pushing the mana within him to the extreme, the dual Dantian roaring like a giant dragon, spewing out lava-like mana, turning into fiery dragons hurling towards Bai Zhenzhen.

These fiery dragons would explode upon slight contact; besides dodging, directly resisting would certainly cause injury.

But Bai Zhenzhen’s face remained calm, she didn’t dodge or evade the roaring fiery dragons, but instead used the Infinite Sword Technique handling of her longsword to counter.

In a huge boom, Bai Zhenzhen, who cleaved a fiery dragon with her sword, was covered in scorch marks but continued to meet the next fiery dragon.

One sword... another sword... and another... The electric glow on Bai Zhenzhen’s longsword grew increasingly bright, and the speed of her moves gradually increased.

This was precisely the result of the 10th-level Infinite Sword Technique under the extrapolation of True Spirit Root, allowing the sword moves to speed up continuously while infused with thunderous mana, each move faster than the last, reaching the limit by the 15th move, breaking the sound barrier.

In the blink of an eye, she had executed the 14th move of her Infinite Sword Technique.

At this moment, Bai Zhenzhen’s aura suddenly changed, her eyes emitted a sharp gaze, now locked onto Yun Jing on the other side of the sea of fire.

Then Bai Zhenzhen launched her newly cultivated Martial Arts of the past three months—the Thunder Walking Nine Heavens.

This technique not only accelerated movement with thunderous mana, but its greatest feature was leaving residual thunderous mana on the ground, forming an electric field within a certain area that continually accelerated the cultivator’s movement.

One could say that the longer this technique was used in a fixed area for prolonged combat, the stronger the electric field created, the greater the acceleration effect on the cultivator.

Upon Bai Zhenzhen’s extrapolation using True Spirit Root, the time this technique could leave residual thunderous mana to form an electric field greatly increased.

This was the technique she specifically chose, cultivated, and extrapolated for arena combat, further enhancing her speed advantage in the arena.

And today’s rules of winning two out of three rounds suited her even more than she had anticipated.

In the second arena match just now, she focused solely on delaying, making no move to win, solely to leave enough thunderous mana on the arena, allowing the Thunder Walking Nine Heavens effect to reach its peak in the third match.

At this moment, streaks of electric light exploded across the arena floor, transforming into an invisible electric field that enveloped the arena.

Bai Zhenzhen felt the electric field attract her entire body’s thunderous mana, like layers of springs tightening behind her, ready to launch her like an electromagnetic cannon at her command.

"Not enough yet..."

Bai Zhenzhen knew she only had one opportunity with this sword, so she must make it perfect.

Then she unleashed another martial art that she had never displayed in front of Yun Jing—the Thunder God Thunderbolt Technique.

With Gang Qi condensed from mana enveloping her body, she could increase her speed while resisting physical pressure in a high-speed state.

The effect of this cultivation technique’s simulation allowed Bai Zhenzhen to unleash all of her thunder mana in one breath, striking a sword beyond her own limits.

Whether it was the Infinite Sword Technique, the Thunder Walking Nine Heavens, or the Thunder God Thunderbolt Technique, during the selection of cultivation techniques and subsequent simulations, Bai Zhenzhen had one goal, to gain an advantage and enhance her chances of winning when fighting Yun Jing in the arena.

With the full activation of the Thunder God Thunderbolt Technique, Bai Zhenzhen felt the thunder mana surge wildly from every part of her body without leaving even a trace.

However, under the operation of the mental method of the Cold Soul Ice Heart Technique, in this situation where there was no room for retreat, Bai Zhenzhen felt her blood, strength, and Gang Qi all becoming more and more lively with the aid of the mental method.

Boom!

The next moment, with the acceleration of electric fields layer by layer, Bai Zhenzhen stepped forward, charging headlong into a sky full of flames, and struck her sword towards Yun Jing.

The fifteenth sword of the Infinite Sword Technique was like riding a rocket, emitting a thunderous explosion as it collided with the air.

The operation of the Thunder God Thunderbolt Technique further allowed Bai Zhenzhen to infuse all her mana into this sword.

"Go! Take all my mana and Gang Qi!"

In her heart, she roared wildly, even injecting the protective Gang Qi into this sword, just to make it faster, ever faster.

Due to the lack of Gang Qi protection, Bai Zhenzhen’s body quickly became bloody and torn under the high-speed pressure, bursting with cracks.

Amidst the booming explosions, Bai Zhenzhen had already overtaken the sound, surpassing the fiery waves pressed and crushed, reaching right in front of Yun Jing.

Her long sword had been accelerating since the first bout today, and at the third bout, the speed of this sword finally reached its limit, surpassing sound!

With the full operation of the mental method and under the extreme focus of her spirit, even though this sword had surpassed sound, Bai Zhenzhen felt as if the entire world slowed down in her eyes.

She watched her long sword inch by inch stab towards the shoulder of Yun Jing, whose eyes were filled with confusion, completely unable to react.

"As expected, according to my previous calculations, once accelerated to this level, it should surpass the observation limit of Yun Jing’s eye magic remains..."

Bai Zhenzhen, well-versed in the parameters of Yun Jing’s eye magic remains, knew that the surest way to break through this magic remains was to accelerate to a level his eyes couldn’t identify.

"Today’s three matches were all to accelerate this sword to this level..."

"No..." Bai Zhenzhen’s mind suddenly conjured up the hardships and deadly battles over the past year, enduring immense pressure time and again.

She even recalled more, the troubles of hiding her Spirit Root from an early age, the diligent study to ascend the Immortal Path...

"For this sword, I’ve been accumulating for over a decade, accelerating for over a decade, chasing you all for over a decade."

"Now... this sword has finally caught up to you."

Bang!

Accompanied by the collision of the long sword with Yun Jing, Yun Jing’s skin, muscles, and bones burst open layer by layer, with his upper torso blown open by a large hole, then blasted away with a boom.

After exhausting everything in this sword, Bai Zhenzhen’s body, having surpassed its limits, also became bloody, her muscles feeling as though they were being torn apart and disassembled.

Feeling the enveloping Divine Power, Bai Zhenzhen abruptly opened her eyes and asked, "Did... did I win?"

Huang Zichou looked at Bai Zhenzhen in front of him, nodded, and said, "You won. Among today’s four Foundation Establishment certificates, one is yours."

Upon hearing this, Bai Zhenzhen smiled slightly, thinking, "Yu Zi, I’ve managed this side, now it’s up to you."

The next moment, Bai Zhenzhen completely fainted away.

In the stands, after watching the replay of the three bouts in the arena, "Crying and Laughing" remarked, "Interesting."

"This Bai Zhenzhen’s raw strength isn’t as strong as Yun Jing’s, but her battle talent and combat potential are clearly superior."

"And now with a Foundation Establishment certificate..."

"Crying and Laughing" suddenly sensed a worthwhile investment in Bai Zhenzhen and imagined many universities were already negotiating what enrollment conditions to offer her.

"Oh? Also from Songyang City?"

"Crying and Laughing" glanced at the candidate’s profile, smiled slightly, and said, "From the same school as Zhang Yu? Then I might as well hire her together."

"By the time they go to college, I should be about ready to return as well, right?"

This time, even the "Smiling" beside him didn’t deny the proposal but said, "This Bai Zhenzhen might be super poor, but since she could earn a Foundation Establishment certificate on her first try, she’s indeed a talent, and could help you in college..."

"But remember to give her proper new employee training, set clear rules, so she doesn’t carry over poor people’s habits..."

At this moment, on the other side, Zhang Yu and Ye Lingxiao had already begun the final match, diverting the audience’s attention immediately.

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