Martial God: Grinding from Mortal Flesh to Immortality

Splurt!!

The Flaming Flying Sword sliced through Song Zhifei's flesh, the vague, bloody mess revealing the stark white bones beneath.

Intense pain surged through Song Zhifei, but he gritted his teeth and endured the injuries inflicted by the Flaming Flying Sword, abruptly appearing before Chen Jia.

Then...

He threw a punch.

Bang!!

Chen Jia hastily released the power of the Outer Dao Nascent Soul, attempting to block, but ultimately, he couldn't withstand the strength of Song Zhifei, who had already stepped into the fifth stage.

Crack!

A crisp sound echoed as the Outer Dao Nascent Soul's power exploded, Chen Jia's body heavily struck by the punch.

The flesh of a cultivator is inherently less resilient than that of a martial artist; with the impact of this punch, Chen Jia's entire face twisted, his body like a cannonball, piercing through the battle platform formed by the Heaven-Reaching Vine, floating into the Cosmic Void.

In an instant, the entire Cosmic Void fell silent.

After a short silence, cheers erupted from the Life Factions.

"We won! Hahaha, we won!!"

"Who said the Martial Immortal Technique is weak? Step forward!!"

"Exactly, this was created by Brother Lu Sheng, how could it be weak!!"

The students of the Life Factions excitedly spoke, looking at Song Zhifei with a newfound respect in their eyes.

At this moment, within the battle platform, Song Zhifei's breath became extremely weak, even though he had broken through to the fifth stage, enduring the damage from dozens of Flaming Flying Swords, the vitality within him struggled to heal the injuries.

Song Zhifei turned his head difficultly, looking at Lu Sheng, a smile tugging at the corner of his mouth.

"Brother Lu Sheng, it was you who gave me my current strength, who gave me the hope for revenge..."

"Martial Immortal Villa, even if I risk certain death, I will support you... with all my might!"

As his words fell, Song Zhifei, severely injured and hanging by a thread, finally couldn't hold on, his entire body heavily collapsing backward.

Lu Sheng, expression calm, waved his hand, an infusion of vitality entered Song Zhifei's body, supporting him and bringing him to his back.

"Brother Kong, please take care of Song Zhifei for me!"

Lu Sheng entrusted Song Zhifei to Kong Linghui.

Kong Linghui nodded, taking Song Zhifei back to the Life Factions.

Seeing this, Lu Sheng looked in the direction of the Daoran Sect.

"The first match, Star River University victorious."

"Who will go for the next match?"

Lu Sheng's voice slowly rose.

Behind him, the martial artists practicing the Martial Immortal Technique clenched their fists, shouting loudly.

"I'll go!"

The victory in the first duel directly ignited their morale.

Meanwhile, in the Daoran Sect's camp, the strong figures of the Daoran Sect looked grim.

"Hmph! Chen Jia is such a waste!"

"Possessing Outer Dao Nascent Soul, yet couldn't defeat even Song Zhifei and allowed him to break through to the fifth stage!"

The fact that the Martial Immortal Technique could be cultivated only up to the fourth stage already posed a threat to the Daoran Sect. Now that Song Zhifei broke through to the fifth stage, proving the Martial Immortal Technique could be cultivated even to the fifth stage, this was certainly not good news for the Daoran Sect.

"Breaking through during battle is nothing but a fluke."

"I don't believe that every martial artist practicing the Martial Immortal Technique could break through during battle!"

Master Xuanqing spoke indifferently.

Upon hearing this, the crowd felt relieved, indeed... Breaking through during battle was merely luck, it couldn't be that everyone practicing the Martial Immortal Technique could break through during battle!

"Continue!"

Master Xuanqing spoke expressionlessly.

The duels continued.

Indeed, just as Master Xuanqing said, breaking through during battle was merely a fluke. In the subsequent four matches, although the martial artists practicing the Martial Immortal Technique could suppress the cultivators of the Daoran Sect, they ultimately were overpowered by the cultivators using the Outer Dao Nascent Soul.

Without the ability to break through during battle, they all lost.

Those martial artists who lost looked at Lu Sheng with incomparable shame.

In their eyes... this undoubtedly tarnished Lu Sheng's reputation.

With the completion of five duels, currently, only Song Zhifei managed to secure one victory through breaking through during battle, and all the remaining four matches were lost.

The somber atmosphere shifted from the Daoran Sect's camp to the Star River University.

Even Gumo couldn't help but frown.

"We've already lost four matches. Out of ten duels, if we lose six, this duel will be won by the Daoran Sect, making it even harder for the Martial Immortal Technique to spread."

"The Martial Immortal Technique... is still too immature. The cultivators chosen by the Daoran Sect for the duel are all geniuses of the same level, with the assistance of Outer Dao Power..."

"It's difficult... this duel is difficult!"

Gumo sighed softly, feeling somewhat helpless.

In the Daoran Sect's camp, the faces of the strong figures of the Daoran Sect showed smiles.

"Indeed, aside from the luck in the first match, these martial artists, though powerful, are still too weak compared to our talented cultivators from the Daoran Sect."

"Just two more victories, and the Daoran Sect will win this duel."

"Until now, we've sent only three cultivators!"

The strong figures of the Daoran Sect said with smiles.

Although there were ten matches in the duel, if a participant won a match and still had battle strength, they could continue to compete.

That is why the Daoran Sect achieved four victories with only three cultivators.

Strictly speaking... it was actually two.