Cultivation starts from devouring the Dao fruits

Clang!

Accompanied by a terrifyingly loud noise, the barrier of the bronze spirit shield was cleaved apart by Zhao Yu's sword, striking heavily upon the shield amidst sparks, leaving behind only a white mark.

Bai Liyu immediately felt a significant drain on his mana. His face drastically changed, and he gritted his teeth and slapped his spirit beast bag.

A demon tiger known as the second-order superior Crimson Flame Tiger, with a body length of three zhang and a coat reminiscent of flames, leapt out looking ferocious and vicious.

The Crimson Flame Tiger opened its mouth and sprayed a stream of red fire towards Zhao Yu.

The Mysterious Turtle Shield, transformed into a defensive barrier, blocked the flames of the Crimson Flame Tiger and the attacks of the silver Flying Daggers, but Zhao Yu's mana poured out like a breached river.

Zhao Yu thought to himself, "The mana cultivated from the Mountain Sutra is robust, the Earth Escape Technique has an extremely strong life-saving capability, and the Earth Vein Gathering Spirit Technique can nurture spirit plants. However, my capabilities in magical combat are somewhat lacking!

At least before reaching the Golden Core stage, and before my lifebound magic treasure, the Mountain Seal, is solidified, my combat strength is not strong."

Bai Liyu was exceptionally shocked, thinking, "What cultivation technique has Zhao Yu practiced to have such profound mana? His Earth Escape Skill is even more exquisitely mysterious, were it not for my Qingxuan Shield, I would have been dead by now!"

Bai Liyu, a delicately nurtured disciple of the Shiyang Loose Cultivator, was quite skilled in magical combat, possessed many spiritual artifacts, and together with the battle power of the Crimson Flame Tiger, comparable to a Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment stage cultivator, he kept Zhao Yu firmly suppressed.

"Still can't save any effort!"

Zhao Yu sighed lightly and took out the yellow sword-shaped talisman treasure from Zhen Hongchang, channeling his mana into it.

The yellow sword-shaped talisman treasure immediately burst forth with dazzling light, and a horrific aura of treasure-grade emerged from it.

"Talisman Treasure! Stop, Zhao Yu, I concede!! I concede!!"

Upon seeing the yellow sword-shaped talisman treasure, Bai Liyu's face drastically changed, a flicker of fear flashed in his eyes, and he screamed in terror, deploying an escape technique trying to fly out of the arena.

"Go!"

Zhao Yu commanded softly, pointing at Bai Liyu.

The yellow sword-shaped talisman treasure transformed into a yellow spirit sword, radiating exceedingly brilliant spiritual light, instantly flying out towards Bai Liyu.

Bai Liyu frantically propelled his mana, placing his top-grade spiritual instrument, the Qingxuan Shield, in front of him.

The yellow spirit sword effortlessly shattered the Qingxuan Shield's mana barrier and then cleaved through the shield, striking Bai Liyu's body and then snapping back, spinning around the neck of the Crimson Flame Tiger before returning to Zhao Yu's hand.

Bai Liyu's expression turned to one of despair, his body instantly split in two, falling from mid-air.

The head of the Crimson Flame Tiger rolled off with a thud, turning into a headless corpse.

"Talisman Treasure! He actually possesses such a treasure in his hand!"

"That talisman treasure can still be used several times! Which means it requires the lives of several people to fill!"

"..."

Seeing this scene, the expressions of the numerous Foundation Establishment Cultivators below all turned extremely unsightly.

Talisman Treasures are extremely precious; even the esteemed Baifeng from among the Five Great Loose Cultivators does not have one. Only the Golden Core ancestors from the Five Great Golden Core Sects of the Northern Desolation have the ability to refine such treasures.

Many of those Foundation Establishment Cultivators believed that their magical combat abilities were not inferior to Zhao Yu's, yet they could not withstand a single strike from a Talisman Treasure.

After dealing with Bai Liyu, Zhao Yu reached out and took Bai Liyu's storage bag and the supreme-grade spiritual artifact, then swallowed several pills to recover his mana. Holding two mid-grade spirit stones, he sat cross-legged and circulated the Mountain Sutra to restore his own mana.

The Foundation Establishment Cultivators hesitated briefly before choosing other Foundation Establishment Cultivators in the Spirit Arena to engage in combat.

The defenders of the arenas were not to be trifled with; they showed no mercy to the challengers, and the battle was extremely fierce—four Foundation Establishment Cultivators were killed in just one day.

The death of four Foundation Establishment Cultivators in a single day frightened the remaining ones, and none continued to challenge the next day.

However, as time went on, eventually, some Foundation Establishment Cultivators could not restrain themselves and continued to challenge those on the Spirit Arena, resuming the fierce battles.

After all, the Moon Spirit Foundation Establishment Fruit is a heavenly material and earthly treasure rare even throughout the Northern Desolation; the six great Golden Core forces, including New Shiyang City and the Five Great Golden Core Sects, could not produce even one such fruit.

A tall middle-aged cultivator, dressed in a Taoist robe and looking handsome and scholarly, called out, "Fellow Zhao, I am Lingdong, a Loose Cultivator! I wish to have a wagered fight with you! If you can defeat me without using a Talisman Treasure, then I will give you the entire Lingdong Villa. Even if you lose, I will still give you the villa, how about it?"

Zhao Yu spoke calmly, "Lingdong Loose Cultivator! One of the Five Great Loose Cultivators of the Northern Desolation, a Foundation Establishment Great Perfection Cultivator! If I don't use a Talisman Treasure, I simply cannot defeat you! However, I am determined to obtain the Moon Spirit Golden Core Pill, and I will slay anyone who steps into the arena!

By the way, I possess more than one Talisman Treasure! If you want to use your lives to exhaust the number of times I can use my Talisman Treasure, be my guest!"

Lingdong Loose Cultivator's expression changed drastically; he stared hard at Zhao Yu, his teeth clenched. Ultimately, he sighed dejectedly, not daring to trade his life for Zhao Yu's Talisman Treasure uses.

The other Foundation Establishment Cultivators also looked helpless and turned their gaze towards the other Spirit Arenas.

When only one day remained until the end, only ten Foundation Establishment Cultivators from the Five Great Sects remained on the ten great Spirit Arenas.

Among them, Su Bingyun, Zhao Yu, and Nangong Shiyao, although only at the later stages of Foundation Establishment, each held a Talisman Treasure. The other seven Foundation Establishment Cultivators also owned Talisman Treasures and killed mercilessly, deterring the rest of the restless Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

Ordinary Foundation Establishment Loose Cultivators in the Northern Desolation simply couldn't obtain treasures like Talisman Treasures; Zhen Hongchang had also obtained his Talisman Treasure by a fluke.

When the number on the jade tablet in front of the Spirit Arena reset to zero, the Protective Barrier set up around the Moon Spirit Foundation Establishment Fruit Tree at the back of the arena opened, allowing the people to pick the Moon Spirit Foundation Establishment Fruits.

This time, Zhao Yu honestly picked the Moon Spirit Foundation Establishment Fruits without uprooting the tree with its fruits. This was because the Moon Spirit Foundation Establishment Fruit Tree was enforced with restrictions, and if triggered, his fate would be very unfortunate.

After the ten people picked the Moon Spirit Foundation Establishment Fruits, a flash of light transported them to the next level.

The surrounding Foundation Establishment Cultivators from the Northern Desolation could only sigh helplessly and leave the area to seek opportunities in the Heavenly Tower.

Zhao Yu's vision blurred, and he found himself in another space.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Zhao Yu pondered to himself, "The concentration of spiritual energy here is much denser than in the previous space! The heavenly materials and earthly treasures in this space are definitely much more abundant than in the previous one! The Heavenly Tower can encapsulate a piece of heaven and earth and can teleport cultivators across realms. It is truly celestial craftsmanship!"