My Master Knows It All

Cao Zhen had no idea how many battles he had gone through, and this was the first time he encountered such a requirement.

Not to fight back?

Hit freely?

This so-called hitting freely was somewhat troubling.

The main issue was the lack of a reference point.

If he hit lightly, he wouldn't pass; if he hit heavily?

What if he accidentally killed him?

Or maybe passing the seventh checkpoint was enough?

Cao Zhen thought about it and felt there was no need to continue any further. With only six Immortal Bridges, reaching the eighth checkpoint was already quite high and respectable.

Continuing further would be a bit too extreme.

More people would notice him then, which would be troublesome.

As for the reward, even though he was indeed interested in the cultivation techniques of the Skyeye Clan, there were other ways to access those techniques; reaching the tenth checkpoint wasn't necessary.

Thinking this, he simply stopped attacking and watched the opponent, making no moves.

Opposite him, the elder Xu Ying looked at the motionless disciple with a clearly bewildered expression. He had seen disciples conserving strength for later checkpoints while attacking him.

But a disciple who did not move at all was something he had never encountered before.

After waiting a while longer, seeing the opponent still not striking, he finally couldn't help but ask, "Why aren't you attacking?"

Cao Zhen casually came up with a reason, "I'm not used to attacking those who are unarmed. You're not fighting back, so it's no different from attacking an unarmed person. Therefore, I won't attack you."

The opponent was stunned again, and subsequently, fell silent.

Cao Zhen was content to remain idle, waiting to leave once the time was up.

Half an incense stick's time wasn't long, and before long, the time was up, and the opposite Xu Ying finally arrived. As he raised his hand and waved, a bridge leading to the distance appeared beneath his feet.

Cao Zhen looked at the direction of this bridge and was completely dumbfounded.

"But wasn't it said that only by defeating you within half an incense stick's time can we proceed to the next checkpoint? I didn't make a move, let alone defeat you, so how can I enter the next checkpoint?"

He had already reached the eighth checkpoint, and after seeing a bridge appear at the end of every checkpoint multiple times, he could recognize at a glance the bridge leading to the next checkpoint.

"You qualify to enter the next checkpoint." Xu Ying only gave this one response, and the bridge appeared beneath Cao Zhen's feet, followed by a violent fluctuation.

Cao Zhen's body uncontrollably entered the next checkpoint.

Outside the Sky-reaching Gate, people gathered there watched the ninth candle being lit by the Immortal Bridge Period's bridge, and a chorus of exclamations erupted.

"He's reached the ninth checkpoint!"

"He only has six Immortal Bridges!"

"How did he do it? That's the ninth checkpoint, only a few of our disciples in the Indistinct Sect have reached the ninth checkpoint in generations!"

"The key is, he hasn't reached the Peak Immortal Bridge Period!"

"This is too terrifying."

"No way, I need to quickly report this news to our palace's experts."

Suddenly, cultivators observing other Sky-reaching Gates also turned their heads to look at the Immortal Bridge Period's bridge.

The fact that a disciple with only six Immortal Bridges had reached the ninth checkpoint was utterly shocking.

Immortal Lord Wu Xin was also stunned. Initially, she assumed her little junior brother would roughly reach the fifth checkpoint, yet he unexpectedly progressed all the way to the ninth.

However, this should be his limit.

She hadn't challenged the Sky-reaching Gate at the Immortal Bridge Period, Core Formation Stage, or even Golden Core Stage, but she had challenged the Earth Immortal Realm's Sky-reaching Gate.

Moreover, she directly reached the ninth checkpoint in one attempt.

But even at the ninth checkpoint, she was defeated; even after repeatedly challenging it, she kept failing every time.

It wasn't until she broke through into the Immortality Regainment Realm that she passed the ninth checkpoint.

But passing the ninth checkpoint of the Earth Immortal Realm was far more difficult than passing the ninth checkpoint of the Immortality Regainment Realm.

The lower one's cultivation realm, the greater the challenge of passing the ninth checkpoint.

This is because, in the ninth checkpoint, who you face isn't someone else but yourself.

Facing an opponent whose mana is one and a half times yours and whose physique is one and a half times yours.

Of course, their divine skills or spells aren't yours, but still, they are immensely powerful.

Additionally, the challenge isn't that, upon your first entry, you face an opponent one and a half times stronger than you. When you fail, and return even stronger to challenge again, you still face a cultivator one and a half times your current state, and even their spells or divine skills will have upgraded.

How can you defeat an opponent who is always one and a half times stronger than you?

At a time when cultivation realms are high, perhaps by understanding the Dao, bridging gaps in spells or treasures bit by bit, you can eventually win.

Just like her, during the Earth Immortal Realm, since the cultivation base was still relatively low, the Dao comprehensible was limited, preventing her from passing; but passing the ninth checkpoint after entering the Immortality Regainment Realm.

But Cao Zhen is currently only at the Immortal Bridge Period, and no matter what, it's impossible for him to pass the ninth checkpoint.

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