Although Wu Ye fell to the ground uncontrollably, he still held the bamboo stick tightly in his hand. With the last bit of consciousness, he used all his remaining strength to smash hard at a whirlpool that was rapidly expanding in his field of vision.
After the shadow of the bamboo stick in front disappeared, Li Yan's figure was revealed. Seeing Wu Ye like this, Li Yan was stunned. He attacked for the second time, but Wu Ye still had the strength to fight.
He can also use his perseverance to attack a "quicksand" in his field of vision so that he can stand on solid ground. This is a subconscious habit developed through long-term battles.
Li Yan certainly knew what his previous attack meant. Although he had reduced the intensity of his attack in order to hide, the opponent still withstood the first wave of attacks. Li Yan had no choice but to launch a second attack.
"Wu Ye is mentally resolute. His experience and mentality in fighting are far beyond the reach of Wang Ning and the others."
Li Yan immediately made this judgment in his mind, so he launched a third attack again.
Wu Ye, who was trying hard to maintain his body shape and was being hit by the stick, could no longer hold on. The sharp pain in his head once again made him groan.
Wu Ye could no longer smash with the bamboo stick in his hand. His whole body was trembling, but he still held the stick tightly in his hand. The joints of his hands turned snow-white and made a creaking sound.
Then, he stepped into the "Quicksand" trap on the ground, and soon, most of his black figure sank into the ground.
At this moment, Li Yan waved his sleeves again, and all the "Quicksand Techniques" disappeared again.
On the ground in the middle of the courtyard, Wu Ye's figure, who was leaning on a cane with his head down, became clear again. He slowly raised his head, his face looked a little pale, and his body was still shaking.
Wu Ye's consciousness was still a little fuzzy. He forced his eyes open and whispered to Li Yan while shaking.
"I... I lost! How did you put the poison on me?"
His appearance also caught the eyes of the surrounding cultivators. Wang Ning, who had already recovered, had a more confused look in his eyes and muttered something.
"It's still the same psychedelic poison mist, but Wuye clearly knew that the other party had this trick, so why did he fall for it so easily? How can this be explained..."
Seeing Wu Ye, who was as confused as Wang Ning, admit defeat, there was an uproar around him, and the confusion in their hearts became even stronger. Wu Ye tried hard to keep himself clear-headed, and he stared at Li Yan.
Li Yan shook his head slightly at him without answering, with a slight smile on his face.
"Fellow Daoist Wuye, just take some pills and meditate for a while and you will recover!"
Seeing that Li Yan did not answer his question, Wu Ye did not show any disappointment on his face. He had seen too many things, and this question was just a subconscious statement in his blurred consciousness.
Li Yan was right not to say it. If it were him, he would not tell others his cards either.
Wu Ye said no more and lifted the bamboo stick that was leaning on the ground. With a "swish", he pulled the bamboo stick more than a foot long out of the ground.
It was obvious how much effort he had to put in to keep his body from falling despite the stabbing pain in his head. After a few heavy breaths, Wu Ye staggered to the side.
Hearing the uproar around him, Li Yan then turned his attention to Qiao Baiye and Bro. He had just used the "Spiritual Thorn" and still defeated Wu Ye with the cover of the "Quicksand Technique".
This move of his was influenced by the devil cultivator Teng Wuji. Although Li Yan had a strong spiritual sense in the past, he seldom used it to attack. Although he had also practiced condensing his spiritual sense into needles in the past, he did not really place it in an important position.
To be honest, "Spiritual Stab" is very simple. It is the most direct consciousness damage that a cultivator at a higher level can use against a cultivator at a lower level.
The cultivator can condense his spiritual consciousness into a needle and stab it into the opponent's sea of consciousness.
But to actually use it, it is quite strict. The spiritual consciousness of one party must be at least three to four levels higher than that of the other party in order to succeed. And as everyone knows, spiritual consciousness is the most difficult to cultivate.
Therefore, basically, cultivators of the same level, even those in the later stages, cannot suppress cultivators of the lower levels. If they try to do so by force, it will basically result in both sides suffering losses.
In the past, among people of the same level, Li Yan had few rivals for his methods of poisoning and physical cultivation, so he did not take spiritual attacks seriously. However, Teng Wuji's spiritual attack last time made him realize the importance of spiritual attacks.
He then took up the practice of condensing his spiritual consciousness into a needle again. Whenever he had free time, he would practice the method of condensing his spiritual consciousness into a needle non-stop. Now he has made some progress in condensing his spiritual consciousness into a needle.
Spiritual attacks often occur when there is a huge gap in the cultivation levels of both parties. One has to be at least one major realm higher than the opponent before he dares to use it, such as Foundation Establishment versus Qi Condensation.
These are all common sense and the consensus of many immortal cultivators. Therefore, after Li Yan launched a spiritual attack on Wu Ye, no cultivator here would think in this direction for a while.
When Li Yan performed the technique, he not only used the "Quicksand Technique" to hide, but also controlled the power of his spiritual consciousness to the point where the opponent's consciousness was only blurred, and he could start and end it immediately.
Coupled with the symptoms of Wang Ning's previous phantom poison, everyone here, even Wu Ye himself, believed that they were poisoned again, and Li Yan's method of poisoning had made them very wary.
However, because Li Yan was not very proficient in using the "Spiritual Stab" in order to control the strength of his spiritual consciousness and the fluctuation of space, Wu Ye was defeated only after he received three "Spiritual Stabs" from him. This also made him look at Wu Ye with a new eye. Of course, Li Yan did all this to prevent the Jindan cultivators from noticing. He and Wu Ye were fighting in close combat, and their spiritual consciousness was always wandering around them.
This is also to guard against the opponent's means of attack at all times, so even if someone finds that his spiritual sense is probing Wuye, they will only think that this is a normal detection behavior.
What's more, after Wu Ye was attacked, his blurred consciousness was quite similar to what Wang Ning had imagined before. Li Yan felt that he should be able to hide it from those Jindan cultivators.
In the cave on the top of the mountain in the distance, as expected, those Jindan were just praising the exquisiteness of Li Yan's poisoning method. At the same time, many people were also very respectful to Wei Chongran.
Although they knew that Li Yan's methods had no effect on them, they could also see how powerful Wei Chongran was. At least they did not see the way his disciple poisoned them.
Wei Chongran smiled on the surface, but he felt something was wrong in his heart. After all, he was much superior to those around him, and he keenly felt that Wu Ye seemed to have a problem with his sea of consciousness.
"It shouldn't be a spiritual attack. Li Yan only has the 'Immortal Dark Phoenix' to help his physical body become strong, but that doesn't help his spiritual consciousness much. Cultivating spiritual consciousness is the most difficult method for immortal cultivators."
The thought flashed through Wei Chongran's mind, and he felt that it was impossible. However, doubts still lingered in his mind, but his face did not show any surprise.
When Bro saw Li Yan looking at them, he immediately jumped back and shouted.
"Brother Li, Brother Li, you deserve to be the captain. I don't have any opinion about you at all!"
Just kidding, if it was someone else, Bro would still feel dissatisfied, but for Li Yan, firstly, he once saved his life. Although he gave him the silver paper, Bro still felt that his life was more valuable in comparison.
Moreover, he had been practicing in seclusion since he returned, and had never heard any secrets about the silver paper again, so he did not inquire about other matters related to the silver paper.
Another point is that although he had some thoughts before and felt that he might not lose to Li Yan, but after the two battles just now, he has understood in his heart that Li Yan is still the cultivator who made him feel unfathomable before.
He also knew that Li Yan could resist the Pure Land Sect's physical cultivation, but Li Yan had not shown that side of him until now. This showed that Li Yan had hidden many tricks.
He certainly didn't want to make trouble for himself.
Li Yan nodded slightly to Bro, and fixed his eyes on Qiao Baiye. Qiao Baiye glanced at Bro with disdain. Wasn't this kid quite arrogant at the beginning? How come he suddenly acted like a bear
But then, after hesitating for a moment, he clasped his fists towards Li Yan and said, "There's no need for me to compete in this match. I'm probably no match for Fellow Daoist Li!"
He had fought with Wu Ye before, and he admitted that he was slightly inferior to Wu Ye. Moreover, Wang Ning might have a higher cultivation level than him. Both of them were defeated, so his chances of winning were very slim.
When he came up, he originally thought that there would be a fight between multiple people on both sides, and he could try to fight one person at a time, but now it seems that it is not necessary.
Seeing that the last two remaining people had admitted defeat without even fighting, there was a commotion among the newly recruited monks, and they all looked at the fake pill monks who had retreated automatically.
Some of the fake elixir cultivators lowered their heads in deep thought, some had flickering eyes, and finally, after seeing Wang Ning and Wu Ye, whose auras were still a little weak, they weighed the matter over and over in their minds, and finally no one came out.
They are not fools. Today, several spiritual senses have been hovering in the sky without any concealment, and they don't seem to be covering up at all. They have been fighting for such a long time, but none of those seniors have appeared. It is known that the Jindan seniors are very confident in Li Yan in front of them.
Li Yan smiled, and finally set his gaze on Gong Yuantai and others whose expressions kept changing. These people were originally there to help him stabilize his position as captain, but to put it bluntly, they were actually fighting for the face of the Wuliang Sect.
Each of them was a person who had just survived the battlefield. Li Yan still had some respect for them and did not want to expose Gong Yuantai's actions just now. It would be best to just let the matter go. This would also be an explanation to his master.
But to Li Yan's surprise, after Gong Yuantai's expression changed several times, his hands were still behind his back, and his expression slowly returned to calm.
Seeing Li Yan's gaze sweeping over, Gong Yuantai seemed to be calm and collected.
"Junior Brother Li, you and I are now brothers. During the sect competition, you were still in the Qi Condensation Stage, but I heard that you were already famous.
I was preparing to enter the secret realm to harvest fruits, so I was not able to see my junior brother’s style on the spot. I am very sorry. I wonder if I can let my junior brother see one or two of his other methods today. "
As he said these words, Gong Yuantai was already walking towards the center of the venue step by step.
In fact, he also had his own ideas. He thought that Li Yan must have obtained a lot of cultivation resources from Xiaozhu Peak, which was why he was lucky enough to succeed in the foundation-building stage and cultivate to his current level.
After a series of accidents that happened later, Gong Yuantai felt that he might have been wrong. It seemed that Uncle Wei was not a nepotist. With Li Yan's current ability, he should be able to become the captain of the Qing 16th Team.
However, the monks of the Qing Sixteenth Team who have survived hundreds of battles have a clearer and more thorough understanding of the importance of the captain's position. In terms of cultivation, they would rather find a monk who has been on the battlefield before to be the captain.
This way, the chances of their Qing Sixteenth Team surviving the next time they go to the battlefield will be much greater, so after communicating with the others, Gong Yuantai decided to give it a try. It would be best if the position of captain fell into his hands, so that they would feel more at ease.