Counterattack System appeared when I'm already At The Mahayana Realm

Chapter 627: Chapter 626: We Just Have a Good Relationship with Spiritual Treasure

“Next, we’re moving on to the Qi Cultivation Stage competition.”

Jiang Li calls a young cultivator to the stage.

The young cultivator, holding a long spear, gets onto the stage with a face full of excitement upon hearing Jiang Li call out his name.

Win, he must win no matter what.

His long spear is trembling slightly, aware of the weight of this competition.

Having the opportunity to show oneself in front of the Human Emperor, this is a blessing one might not even receive in several lifetimes.

Maybe the old ancestor of the Yin Yang Heaven Seal would even consider cultivating him.

“This is a young cultivator from Dao Sect, nothing special about him; just that he has a particular bond with his weapon,” casually remarks Jiang Li.

The Qian Wasteland Lord also calls out a Qi Cultivation Stage cultivator and confidently introduces, “Currently your young cultivator is at the ninth level of the Qi Cultivation Stage. We, on the other hand, are sending out someone of the tenth level.”

“Oh, the tenth level?” Jiang Li takes interest. Ever since he fell into the tenth Qi Cultivation stage after his Foundation Establishment Stage spiritual root awakening, his cultivation was compressed.

“To achieve Foundation Establishment is exceedingly difficult for typical cultivators, every component of the foundation, the Foundation Establishment Pills is necessary, so some cultivators have researched further potentials in the Qi Cultivation Stage and become the tenth level. We often call such cultivators ‘pseudo Foundation Establishment’.”

“While the sacrifice is the inability to reach the Foundation Establishment Stage throughout their entire lives, to reach the tenth level of Qi Cultivation is certainly a step above typical Qi Cultivation Stage. They ought to be content.”

Jiang Li frowns, he discovers that the cultivator from the Wastelands possesses extraordinary talent, possessing dual spiritual roots. Why can’t he break through the Foundation Establishment Stage?

Did the Qian Wasteland Lord forcibly promote a promising cultivator to the tenth level in order to win the competition?

Upon the start of the competition, the Wasteland cultivator goes on the offensive, immediately producing three Spiritual Treasures.

The cultivation technique he practiced, called “One Heart Three Uses”, allowed him to flexibly control three types of Spiritual Treasures. It was precisely for this reason that the Wasteland Lord fed this promising cultivator to the tenth level.

To be able to control three Spiritual Treasures at the tenth Qi Cultivation level, even an initial stage cultivator at Foundation Establishment Stage would have to avoid confrontation.

The Qi Cultivation Stage is simply the initial stage of spiritual cultivation, no matter how formidable he is, he is not capable of defeating someone wielding three Spiritual Treasures.

“Control three Spiritual Treasures?” Jiang Li raises an eyebrow.

The Qian Wasteland Lord chuckles, “Brother Jiang, the competition rules do not state that one can only use one Spiritual Treasure, are you thinking about making additional rules?”

“Certainly not.”

“That’s alright then.”

The young cultivator on the side of Jiuzhou shows no signs of panic when faced with three Spiritual Treasures. Holding a long spear in one hand, ten Spiritual Treasures appear behind him as he charges into battle.

Various Spiritual Treasures such as axes, halberds, hooks, forks, clubs, and poles were unleashed all at once, scaring the cultivators on the Wasteland side.

How could anyone possibly wield ten Spiritual Treasures; is this thing even human?

The Wasteland Qi Cultivation cultivator is slightly flustered at first but soon regain his composure. He is all too aware of how difficult it is to control many Spiritual Treasures. The cognitive abilities of a Qi Cultivation Stage practitioner are limited. Even if they grew a third head or six arms, they would at most be able to control three Spiritual Treasures.

To control ten Spiritual Treasures would seem terrifying, but in reality, it’s only blustering…pfft—

None of the ten Spiritual Treasures care about what the other party is thinking. They cooperate with each other and ruthlessly attack, knocking away the three Spiritual Treasures the opponent was controlling.

The Wasteland Qi Cultivation cultivator is struck dumb. Even with personal experience, he couldn’t believe it.

Ten Spiritual Treasures were controlled more flexibly than the three he held himself.

Impossible!

But reality lands a harsh blow on his face. The ten Spiritual Treasures had attained a spiritual intelligence. They didn’t require control to be able to battle.

This small cultivator from Dao Sect came from a rich and prominent family. He had been accompanied by Spiritual Treasures since childhood and loved them very much. Upon the Spiritual Treasures attaining spiritual intelligence, they treated this small cultivator extremely well. If it weren’t for the internal competition rules within Dao Sect that a person could only use one Spiritual Treasure, this small cultivator would have long been Dao Sect’s top performer in Qi Cultivation.

The Wasteland Qi Cultivation cultivator fights back fiercely, gripping his Spiritual Treasure and battling the small cultivator from Dao Sect. His blade plunges toward the chest of the Dao Sect’s small cultivator, only to be blocked by his opponent’s chest protecting mirror. He then stabs toward the lower abdomen, but the chest protecting mirror moves to block this attack as well.

No matter how the Wasteland Qi Cultivator strikes, the chest protecting mirror is always able to move quickly to block the attack.

Just as he was unsure of how to strike, the ten Spiritual Treasures appeared behind him, shooting him straight out of the ring.

The Qian Wasteland Lord could not believe it, nor did he understand the scenario he just witnessed, “Spiritual intelligence appears in Spiritual Treasures, could it be possible that even these low-grade Spiritual Treasures have developed it?”

Shouldn’t only immortal artifacts be capable of developing Spiritual intelligence?

“We get along quite well with our Spiritual Treasures,” Jiang Li casually explains, not saying more, he motions with his mouth, indicating that the competition should continue.

The Wastelands only sent forward two people to gather intel in advance. They spent three days collecting just the various tales about Jiang Li and another two days investigating related matters. They did not yet have time to inspect the matter concerning Spiritual Treasures.

The numerous and varied reports from Jiuzhou were difficult to separate fact from fiction, further complicated by the manipulation of the three presiding powers.

On account of this, the Wastelands spent five days on a secret investigation but obtained very little useful intelligence.

The competition was still in progress, with the Wastelands side continuing to send out tenth stage Qi Cultivation competitors. These tenth stage competitors each had unique abilities in certain areas. Some could control fire, some possessed immense strength, and others were adept in illusion techniques…

Regardless of the situation, nothing could withstand the assault of several spiritually aware Spiritual Treasures happening all at once.

In fact, with regard to the Qi Cultivation period competition, Jiuzhou was at a disadvantage. Useful for not only ordinary people but Qi Cultivation cultivators, the “Five Elements Qi Cultivation (Upper Section)” became widely practiced.

After the spread of the cultivation technique, most cultivators stuck at the ninth level of Qi Cultivation were able to progress to the Foundation Establishment Stage. Now leftover are the cultivators at the ninth level either newly promoted or those desiring to accumulate more experiences, resulting in a decline in the overall quality of the ninth level of Qi Cultivation Stage cultivators.

When everyone’s cultivation level collectively increases, there will inevitably be some problems, such as the scarcity of low-level cultivators.

Having won the Qi Cultivation group category, Jiuzhou then starts the Foundation Establishment Stage competition.

What shocks the eight Wasteland Lords is that the Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators of Jiuzhou not only use spiritually aware Spiritual Treasures to fight, but also cultivate their divine senses to attack.

There can only be one outcome when a cultivator who can cultivate divine senses fights against one who cannot – sheer suppression.

One of the Wasteland Lords jumps up, questioning loudly, “Isn’t it only once you reach the Nascent Soul Stage that you can cultivate divine senses, how can your Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators already do it!”

The Qian Wasteland Lord orders, “Kun Wasteland Lord, sit down. Are you implying that Jiuzhou is cheating?”

Kun Wasteland Lord is unwilling, but due to the Qian Wasteland Lord’s dignity, he can only sit down.

Once upon a time, Jiang Li and Jade Hidden Bai Hongtu had speculated on the clouds. Combining powers of the Five Elements, they discovered that as long as they make use of spirit plants and Spirit Grass that contained five-element properties, they could start cultivating their divine senses in advance.

Moreover, the price of Spirit Grass and spirit plants with five-element properties was cheap, affordable for any Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator.

Currently, every Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator has already begun cultivating their divine senses, improving their learning abilities. Accordingly, their level of spiritual cultivation is also increasing.

The Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators sent by the Wastelands have been carefully selected. After severe internal selection, the final eleven outstanding cultivators were chosen.

On the side of Jiuzhou, however, they simply chose eleven cultivators who were in the later phase of the Foundation Establishment Stage casually.

The thing about it is, Jiang Li thought quite simply that anyone he sent would win, there was no need to spend time meticulously selecting participants. It was an utter waste of time.

The Qian Wasteland Lord comes to the grim understanding that Jiuzhou has directly surpassed them with their cultivation progress.

How are they supposed to compete with that!