Chapter 2139: Chapter 1008: Myriad Arts (Part 2) "With just these two things, they definitely won’t get far." What they said was indeed correct; they won’t get far. The Water Prison Technique combined with the Chongxu Sword Skill is truly formidable. This combination fully utilizes Mo Hua’s spell control and Linghu Xiao, the Sword Dao genius’ power of killing, making it look extremely powerful. But this is the Qianxue Debate. Their opponents are the prodigies from various Sects. Behind these prodigies are their respective Great Sects with deep foundations, abundant talents, and rich taoist repositories accumulated over thousands of years. Targeting hundreds of teams from one Sect is too cumbersome, with too many variations; it’s too troublesome. But if you’re only targeting one team, or even just one person, there’s bound to be a way. Thus, in the next sword discussion, Mo Hua was sanctioned again. And this time his opponent was none other than the Qian Taoist Sect, one of the Four Great Sects. However, they were not the top prodigies of the Qian Taoist Sect, just a standard slightly above second-rate level. The promotion rate in the Xuan Character Sword Discussion, for ordinary Sects, is about one in ten. The Taixu Gate is slightly higher. The Four Great Sects have even higher rates. Apart from the top-tier prodigies, the Xuan Character Bureau also has many first-rate and second-rate teams from the Four Great Sects. But even a second-rate team from the Four Great Sects is much stronger than an ordinary team. And now, this Qian Taoist Sect team faced Mo Hua. All of them wore red and blue interwoven "Water Fire Taoist Robes". This is a second-grade rare spiritual artifact from the Great Sect’s storehouse, capable of immunizing against most fire damage and reducing water series control. Additionally, each of the five members of the Qian Taoist Sect carried a top-grade "Fire Melt Dao Armor Talisman". Water and fire counterbalance, integrating and neutralizing each other, further reducing the control time of the Water Prison Technique. This is the depth of a Great Sect’s foundations. Water Fire Taoist Robe, and Fire Melt Dao Armor Talisman. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢 These two types of rare spiritual artifacts and Runes overlay each other. Whether Mo Hua uses the Fireball Technique or the Water Prison Technique, he cannot have any decisive impact in the sword discussion. The Qian Taoist Sect’s approach was clear and straightforward. Among the five from the Taixu Gate, the strongest and most feared was naturally Linghu Xiao. They can’t allow Linghu Xiao the freedom to release the True Sword Art at will. Otherwise, except for the true top-tier prodigies, ordinary teams, even those from the Four Great Sects, can’t withstand his Sword Qi’s offensive. Therefore, everyone and every strategy first considers Linghu Xiao. Sufficient pressure must be applied to Linghu Xiao. The rest of the methods, like spiritual artifacts and Runes, were all used to target Mo Hua, to neutralize his spells. Once water and fire spells are neutralized, Mo Hua was rendered completely useless. The Qian Taoist Sect essentially has a five-on-four advantage. The Qian Taoist Sect differs from the average Twelve Sects; the disciples are all elites. Even a second-rate disciple has no poor spiritual roots, high cultivation, and strong comprehensive abilities. Their five-on-four, even Linghu Xiao, may not withstand. That’s their strategy. In truth, the disciples of the Qian Taoist Sect really wanted to "eliminate" Mo Hua once. There has long been bad blood between Mo Hua and the Qian Taoist Sect. The entire Qian Taoist Sect holds no good feelings toward Mo Hua. Especially in the previous Formation Competition, Mo Hua, with Foundation Building Middle Stage cultivation, overwhelmed the seniors of the Qian Taoist Sect and took the top spot in formations, blatantly embarrassing the Qian Taoist Sect. All disciples of the Qian Taoist Sect were left humiliated. If they could act on their own impulses, they would rush in regardless of anything and have the group eliminate Mo Hua first. But this is a sword discussion, not a private brawl. Winning is the most important thing. This concerns the Sect’s interests, personal honor, and future Tao cultivation prospects. They mustn’t act on impulse just to kill Mo Hua out of spite, ignoring the situation. Linghu Xiao is the key to the sword discussion. They must distinguish between the major and minor objectives. As long as they first find a way to take down Linghu Xiao, relying on Mo Hua alone, a main spell control spiritual cultivator, cannot turn the situation. There’s still a chance for them to slay Mo Hua with chaotic swords. The Qian Taoist Sect’s vengeance can still be achieved. Once the sword discussion began, everything progressed as the Qian Taoist Sect’s disciples expected. Mo Hua’s Fireball Technique was useless. The Water Prison Technique could only have limited use. His Divine Sense was strong, locking on accurately, and the Water Prison Technique could still trap the Qian Taoist Sect’s disciples. However, the control effects were largely neutralized by the precious "Water Fire Taoist Robe". Furthermore, with the "Melt Fire Tao Armor Talisman", once the Water Prison Technique hit, the Melt Fire Talisman power vaporized it, and the remaining time was negligible. The "control" aspect of the Water Prison Technique ended up being just a slight "interrupt". With spells rendered ineffective, Mo Hua stood on the sidelines, truly like a "waste". The disciples of the Qian Taoist Sect smirked inwardly, then completely ignored Mo Hua, intensifying their assault, encircling the four around Linghu Xiao. Linghu Xiao was besieged, his Swordsmanship hampered at every turn, unable to perform freely. The situation for the Taixu Gate naturally worsened. In this fashion, the spectators who initially kept silent began to comment again: "I said, relying solely on the Fireball Technique and Water Prison Technique won’t get far. See how they’re targeted again and ate humble pie?" "This Taixu Gate lineup has significant problems." "Don’t blame the Taixu Gate; the Qian Taoist Sect is just too strong." "Indeed, the Qian Taoist Sect truly lives up to the name of one of the Four Great Sects; even a second-rate team can render the Taixu Gate’s prodigies powerless." Rumors spread outside the arena. Inside the debate arena, the situation persisted for a while longer. Linghu Xiao remained heavily restricted, while Ouyang Xuan and the others struggled to find an opening, with the situation worsening progressively. Mo Hua sighed faintly.