How many times does a normal person have to die in the world of cultivation?

Li Xiaoxiao remained motionless, and the two people in the room also ended their conversation and went to meditate on both sides.

He sat there for three days until someone knocked on the door: "Junior sister, we have arrived at Dengge Island."

Xu Wan and Jiang Ran opened their eyes at the same time, and Xu Wan responded, "I know, Senior Brother Feng, I'll be right there."

The two of them used the cleansing technique on themselves, and Jiang Ran exclaimed.

"What's wrong?" Xu Wan asked, flicking her navy blue sleeves.

"It's nothing, there's just a bug stuck in my belt." Jiang Ran said as he took Li Xiaoxiao out of the gauze, then wrapped her in his spiritual power and walked out of the room.

Feng Bai saw Jiang Ran pinching a bug but didn't think much of it: "Let's go, everyone is waiting."

"Okay." Jiang Ran said and threw Li Xiaoxiao into the sea.

The main reason was that Li Xiaoxiao was unable to react. It was time to get off the boat, and the protective shield was wide open, so she was easily thrown onto the sea.

Li Xiaoxiao's weight was almost zero now, so he floated on the sea. Just as he was about to find someone else, he sensed a bloody mouth approaching him from below.

Li Xiaoxiao opened her wings and flew up without hesitation, but the fish didn't want to let her go and jumped out of the water to swallow her.

Li Xiaoxiao's body was soaked in water and his movements slowed down for a moment before he was swallowed. The student fell back into the water with a splash and swam towards the deeper part.

Li Xiaoxiao felt his eyes go dark and cursed inwardly.

Her clone cannot die, and if it dies it cannot be resurrected.

Because the clone is not bound to the system, the three systems are still on the original body.

Not long after, a dark red color appeared on the water surface, which was quickly washed away by the current. A dead fish floated up, and a black and white worm emerged from its body. It was Li Xiaoxiao!

The body of the Juexian worm is extremely hard and can easily penetrate hundreds of pieces of high-quality iron. A mere low-level fish beast cannot do anything to it.

Flying low over the sea and successfully landing, Li Xiaoxiao saw at a glance that Jiang Ran, who threw her into the sea, quietly landed under her skirt again.

She swayed with every step Jiang Ran took.

Soon they all arrived at Wangdeng Pavilion, which was actually an arena.

However, this arena is extremely tall and huge, about a thousand meters high, and can accommodate a thousand people.

Everyone was flying on their swords. Li Xiaoxiao followed Jiang Ran's skirt and climbed up to the Wangdeng Pavilion with everyone.

At this time, hundreds of people had gathered around Wangdeng Pavilion, all of them young disciples from various sects.

In the past, those who came were all foundation-building cultivators, but now each sect brings one or two sixth-level Qi Condensation cultivators.

Obviously everyone knew the news and had made adequate preparations, after all, there were not many places available.

From time to time, whispers could be heard from the crowd, discussing who would be the champion of this competition.

The arrival of the Xuanyun Sect caused a sensation. After all, they had won for three consecutive years. Among them, Huyan Wan received the highest support, and he was recognized as the strongest among the foundation-building generation.

There are hundreds of sects participating in the competition every year, but the five major sects usually stand out. There is no way around it because the resources for cultivating immortals here are really too scarce!

There are only five sects that can ensure that all participants are at the foundation-building stage, and their teams often have one or two people at the foundation-building stage leading the team, which is already amazing.

The reason why I come here every year is to gain some experience. What if I get lucky?

Li Xiaoxiao hid under Jiang Ran's skirt, quietly observing everything around her.

There was a three-meter-high column in the center of the stage, and on it stood an old man. He was short but vigorous. He was wearing a white robe, had white hair, and his eyes were deep and sharp, as if he could see through everything. His face was covered with wrinkles, which added a bit of majesty. He just coughed lightly, and no one present dared to speak.

His voice was not loud but it was as clear as if it was in my ear. "In the past, we always drew lots to compete one-on-one, which was time-consuming and laborious. So I decided that this match would be a melee, also known as a defensive battle."

"Defense war?"

"This……"

The old man raised his hand, and everyone swallowed their words again.

"The rules are that everyone sends six cultivators to protect one of the Qi Condensation disciples." As he said this, he waved his sleeve and a jade token emitting green light floated in the air.

"Give the jade token to the disciple who needs protection. This jade can resist a crash. If the jade breaks, it means the protection has failed, and you can return home immediately.

"In order to prevent everyone from killing each other, we have added a new rule this year. If a 'guard' is injured, even if it is only a minor injury, he will be directly cleared from the battlefield."

When this rule came out, some people were satisfied and some were dissatisfied, but no one questioned it.

The old man was very satisfied with everyone's reaction and raised his voice, "Finally! The ten Qi Condensation disciples who remain on the stage will be eligible to enter the Divine Residence. The competition will officially begin in a quarter of an hour. Come and get your jade tokens first."

As the old man's voice fell, everyone began to discuss who would participate in this defense battle.

Luoshu Sect only brought one Qi Condensation disciple, Jiang Ran. I didn't expect that there would be so many rules this year.

Seeing everyone's worried eyes, Jiang Ran comforted them softly: "Brothers and sisters, I believe in you."

"This is the only way. We should adopt a conservative strategy, surround our junior sister, and try our best to run to the periphery." Feng Bai said as he closed the paper fan.

"But it's easy for people from the outside to push us out of Wangdeng Pavilion." Xu Wan was worried.

"There must be many people who think the same as us, but if we stay in the middle, we will be the first to be attacked by the surrounding groups."

"Do you want to find an alliance?" Xu Wan asked.

Feng Bai shook his head decisively: "The four factions in the same area as us don't have good relations. It will be more fatal if we are attacked from both sides. Follow my orders. Jiang Ran, go get the jade token first."

"Yes!"

Jiang Ran waited until everyone else had received theirs before he stepped forward to receive the last jade token and tied it around his waist.

A quarter of an hour passed quickly, and as the old man raised his hand, the game officially began!

The field suddenly became chaotic, with all kinds of spells and magical weapons appearing one after another. Jiang Ran was surrounded by five people and ran quickly to the edge.

Suddenly, a sword energy attacked them. Xu Wan quickly turned around and raised a bronze shield to block the attack.

For a short period of time, screams were heard continuously. Jiang Ran saw that many people had been eliminated, and he became even more nervous.

She gripped the hilt of her sword tightly, praying that they could hold out to the end.

The Luoshu Sect fought and retreated, and soon reached the edge of Wangdeng Pavilion. At this time, several more attacks came, and Feng Bai and others fought desperately.

"Be careful!" Jiang Ran exclaimed, and saw several streams of air rushing towards Xu Wan.

Xu Wan calmly used her shield to block again, but this time the shield did not completely block the attack, and an invisible force still rushed towards Jiang Ran.

Everyone agreed to attack the five sects first, and the constant attacks made Feng Bai unable to take care of himself, but he still took the risk of being injured and found the time to swing his folding fan towards this side.

Strong winds surged out of the folding fans, and the two gusts of wind collided, completely dissipating the force while sweeping towards each other.

With a scream, the other side lost a guard.

Feng Bai was also hit on the shoulder and was eliminated.

There was no time to check Feng Bai's wound. A golden light flashed and Feng Bai was teleported to the viewing platform.

Feng Bai is the strongest among them, but no one expected that he would be the first to be eliminated.

Jiang Ran bit her lip. She really wanted to rush out and kill everyone to avenge Feng Bai, but she couldn't. Even though she was extremely anxious, she had no idea what to do.

At this time, the situation on the field became more and more intense, and the fighting between the various sects became more and more fierce.

Jiang Ran looked around, and suddenly her face changed drastically. She shouted, "Senior Sister! People from Qingtao Sect are coming here, and their target is us!"

Xu Wan's face turned ugly when she heard this, and she gritted her teeth and said, "Let's go!"

"Go? Let's see where you are going! Red Flame Cage!" As soon as the words fell, a hot current surrounded the few people, and they could not move at all.

Li Xiaoxiao felt uncomfortable due to the heat and was about to escape.

The four people around Jiang Ran made hand gestures and shouted at the same time: "Green Water Art!"

I saw a flood gushing out from above the flames like a dam opening, and the fire was extinguished in an instant.

But before Jiang Ran could be happy, a vine with thorns all over its surface quietly approached her feet.

It's a poisonous vine! If you get stung, the consequences will be disastrous!

Startled, he instinctively jumped up, but the vines seemed to have life and kept chasing him.

Seeing this, Xu Wan held the long sword and swung it vigorously, trying to cut off the vines. However, the vines were too tough, and the sword light passed through them, and they only shook slightly, and then grew rapidly again.

Seeing that Jiang Ran was about to be attacked, the senior brother next to him hurriedly shot a fireball at the vines.

Vines are afraid of fire and will be destroyed if touched by it.

"You're lucky you managed to dodge this." After saying this, the Qingtao Sect didn't even want to fight anymore and ran away in a hurry.

It was obvious that their strategy was to feign an attack and actually launch a surprise attack on the Qi Condensation disciples.

"Hmph! You can come and go as you please?" Xu Wan said as she took out a flute made of white jade from her storage bag and put it to her lips.

Upon seeing this, several people from Luoshu Sect quickly covered their ears.

Xu Wan blew with her thin lips, and a melodious flute sound reached everyone's ears. As the flute sound suddenly became higher in pitch, the eardrums of several Qi Condensation disciples who were relatively close to them were pierced, and their jade plates cracked with a bang. They had already been transported to the stands.

Li Xiaoxiao was also disturbed by the sound of the flute. His head became dizzy and he fell between the rocks with a plop.