CHAPTER 88: CHAPTER 17: UPHOLDING JUSTICE ON HEAVEN’S BEHALF

Lin Jing showed everyone the correct way to use the Mechanical Bamboo Spear: buying just one is the beginning, buying dozens or even hundreds is the end goal!

"I said, go catch a mountain of monkeys, give each Monkey Monster two machine guns, and they’ll definitely be ferocious!" Gao Sheng stuck to his original thought.

"Why are these examiners like this!" Some examinees were getting anxious, as the examination meant to display their mastery of spiritual techniques had been forcibly turned into a contest of resources!

Each examiner held a Mechanical Bamboo Spear, and Lin Jing himself had five or six; the only winning examinee also used a Mechanical Bamboo Spear. Without one, are you unqualified for the exam?!

"What are you doing?!" Suddenly, an elder of an examinee saw their genius offspring start layering armor, with a precious cloak inside, a beast armor outside, and even wanting to add a battle armor and a shield.

"Uncle, the examiners’ firepower is too fierce! If I am not prepared, I fear I won’t last a round!" The examinee looked troubled.

"They can use it, but you can’t!" The elder snapped: "They are examiners, you are an examinee. The academy scores based on your spiritual technique mastery, not your wealth. You didn’t refine those artifacts, and your method is crude. Doing so will only lose you points. Be honest and use the methods taught by the sect!"

"Didn’t Gao Sheng also use a heap of magical treasures?!"

"His maternal grandfather is a Divinity Transformation Venerable. What do we count as?"

This genius had cultivated for years, yet upon leaving the sect, immediately saw the treacherousness of the Cultivation Realm and began to doubt life.

At this point, regular examinees didn’t even know which examiner to choose. Though one Sword Cultivator didn’t use a bamboo gun, the reputation of a Foundation Establishment Sword Cultivator was far scarier than a Mechanical Bamboo Spear.

The only loss was for Xu Zhizhi, who wasn’t truly weak; many examinees saw Xu Zhizhi lose to Gao Sheng’s overwhelming firepower and more powerful and numerous magical treasures.

"Is there no one else?"

"I’ll have a try."

Suddenly, two people spoke up at once.

A woman stepped out from the crowd, wearing a light and flowing yellow skirt adorned with intricate talisman patterns, glimmering with a faint spiritual light.

She heard another voice and looked toward a tall young man in the crowd, Wang Family’s divine physique, Wang Xiao.

It was the two of them who spoke at the same time.

"You go ahead." Wang Xiao looked at Divine Talisman Sect’s Divine Maiden Chen Lingxi, allowing her to challenge first.

"Thank you." Chen Lingxi gave a slight smile and then looked at Lin Jing.

"Esteemed examiner, I would like to challenge you as well."

Her hair flowed like a waterfall with a faint golden sheen, in a mystique that exuded a transcendental aura.

"Please." Lin Jing gladly accepted the challenge.

"Before the challenge, I would like to confirm, aren’t you a Beast Taming Cultivator? Do you still intend to conduct the assessment using such one-time consumable resources?" She pointed out the spiritual bean bomb.

"Young lady, mechanical beasts are also beasts, and those one-time resources are part of the mechanical beast as well, made by me. Using them against enemies should be no problem, right?" Lin Jing smiled as he looked at her.

"In that case, I won’t hold back. Since my mortal phase, I’ve been drawing and crafting talismans, most of the practice talismans have been stored in a storage bag, numbering over one hundred thousand; using them for this exam should be justifiable." She smiled again.

"Divine Talisman Sect, Chen Lingxi, please enlighten me."

Upon the Divine Maiden of the Divine Talisman Sect’s words, the scene erupted, with many expressing shock.

One hundred thousand talismans?!

What a joke!

"Hahaha, now it’s interesting." A cultivator laughed, almost forgetting that the Divine Talisman Sect’s Divine Maiden was still present!

When it comes to stockpiling one-time consumables, Talisman Masters lead the Cultivation Realm.

Almost every Talisman Master ventures out carrying numerous talismans as a precaution.

Unlike other cultivators who need to purchase talismans at high prices, talisman cultivators can create their own.

Perhaps Lin Jing’s spiritual bean bombs were very inexpensive, but the on-site cultivators were confident that supported by the Divine Talisman Sect, and being an innate Talisman Body, Chen Lingxi’s cost to produce a talisman was certainly very low.

The upcoming magical duel... might evolve into a uniquely massive consumption battle!

"Divine Maiden Chen is formidable, serving justice on behalf of the heavens!"

"Ordinary cultivators use talismans with True Qi activation, but Talisman Bodies use them with ease, wielding them as effortlessly as their arms, and their casting speed may not lose to those mechanical creations!"

Some examinees were excited, hoping she could turn their tactics against them and show those "heavily armed" examiners a thing or two.

Make those examiners understand that examinees are not easy to bully either.

"Oh dear, Brother Lin is about to meet his match." Gao Sheng watched with a leisurely expression.

Lin Jing indeed paused for a moment, but he still respectfully said, "Esteemed examinee, please."

Cao Zhiwei also had a playful look, feeling that Lin Jing seemed in trouble, and following his declaration for the test to begin, an exaggerated scene unfolded.

One... two... three... hundreds of densely packed talismans hovered behind Chen Lingxi in the sky.

How could ordinary examinees have seen such a sight before, keeping just a few talismans on hand to use together, at most, but in the hands of Chen Lingxi, a Talisman Body, she controlled over a thousand talismans at once, instantly making everyone realize the terrifying extent of a Talisman Body.

"And this isn’t even a physique ranked in the Divine Body roster’s top hundred, how strong must those be?!" Many examinees couldn’t even imagine it.

"If there are enough talismans accumulated, maybe they could go toe-to-toe with a Divine Body?"

Even Yuan Jing and Zi Ling’Er, who had reached Foundation Establishment, exhibited solemn expressions at this scene.

The divine physique Wang Xiao took a deep breath, seriously watching Chen Lingxi, sensing a bit of difficulty.

"This woman is not simple; this examiner is finished."

He mused, even he, when thinking of Chen Lingxi’s storage bag holding a hundred thousand talismans, felt a headache.

"Thunder Strike Talisman!" Chen Lingxi’s lips curved slightly; though this seemed wasteful, in Hidden Dragon City, she intended to trail blaze so her name would be widely spread.

This examiner Lin Jing was extraordinary, thus his fame was quite significant... and she needed to be even more extraordinary to surpass him!

Lightning streamed and flowed across numerous talisman papers, instantly casting an endless barrage of thunder and lightning down upon Lin Jing and his group, draping them in golden light, a sea of lightning pouring down, covering the entire sky, and the whole dueling ground.

In terms of "firepower," it seemed even fiercer than the Mechanical Bamboo Spear.

Lin Jing had just asserted the principle that firepower reigns, only to find the opponent’s firepower is even more formidable.

"Truly never underestimate others." Lin Jing chose not to meet force with force, knowing it would be difficult to defeat this woman with just the Mechanical Bamboo Turtle, he summoned a pine squirrel holding a piece of wood.

The next moment, the pine squirrel, using the wood in its paw, caused it to grow and expand, rapidly constructing a massive wooden fortification, enclosing Lin Jing and the Mechanical Bamboo Turtle inside, protecting them from the descending thunderbolts, leaving no mark, and soon openings appeared on the fortress, with gun muzzles protruding from them.