Ye Liuyun's words made a lot of sense. Even Yun Xiao, the Second Elder of the Yunxia Sect in charge of the Alchemy Pavilion, was taken aback by her words.
"Eh? This Little Girl's words make sense. Why didn't I think of that? The Fighting Arena prohibits the use of external force to increase strength, but an Alchemist's Medicinal Pill is something they rely on their own skills to create, so why can't it be used?" Elder Yun Xiao muttered while stroking his chin.
The other Elders also fell into deep thought. Borrowing external force to increase combat power was indeed prohibited in various competition settings. But the problem was that for Cultivators who were not Alchemists, taking a Medicinal Pill could be considered borrowing external force, but for a Cultivator who was an Alchemist, it seemed to be a part of their own ability.
After all, Alchemists devoted most of their energy to Alchemy, which led to weak personal combat power. Not allowing them to use Medicinal Pills was indeed unreasonable.
But in reality, Ye Liuyun's words had led them into a trap.
Because Alchemists were different from those other secondary professions. Where did the difference lie?
First, when an Artifact Refiner uses their own treasures, it requires their own strength to support it. If their strength is too weak, no matter how strong the treasure they refined is, it is useless.
Formation Masters, Talisman masters, and other secondary professions basically all require strength to support them. If the strength is insufficient, then it won't work.
But Alchemists are different. A high Realm only makes Alchemy easier and the success rate higher, but the Realm is not a hard requirement for an Alchemist.
However, generally speaking, it is logical for Alchemists to use Medicinal Pills in combat.
It was just that in the past, it was a blanket ban, and even the Alchemists themselves felt that banning Medicinal Pills was correct, but today, Ye Liuyun's words had exposed the issue.
Chen Dong was also a bit speechless. He didn't know what kind of Medicinal Pill Ye Liuyun had eaten, but since Yun Cheng had said there was no problem, then it must be fine.
The battle between the two continued.
Chen Dong made the first move. This could be considered their first real display. Chen Dong used the Yunxia Sect's introductory Cultivation Technique, the Yunxia Sword Technique, to strike at Ye Liuyun.
Once the Yunxia Sword Technique was unleashed, the sword shimmered with flowing light, making Ye Liuyun's eyes feel somewhat uncomfortable.
This was the mystery of the Yunxia Sword Technique: using the glow to irritate the enemy's vision.
"Good chance." Seeing that Ye Liuyun couldn't open her eyes, Chen Dong immediately thrust his sword toward Ye Liuyun. As long as he hit Ye Liuyun, he would win.
But Chen Dong's thinking was still too simple, because just when everyone thought Chen Dong was about to hit Ye Liuyun, something unexpected happened.
Because Chen Dong's sword felt like it had pierced into a steel plate, blocked easily by Ye Liuyun's body.
"This? What's going on? So hard?" Chen Dong was stunned. He had intended to wound Ye Liuyun and then stop, but the moment his sword landed on Ye Liuyun, it simply couldn't pierce in.
The Disciples watching from the sidelines were all stunned. You have to know that Ye Liuyun didn't use any defense at all, so how could it not pierce through?
Lin Aoxue had been startled just now; she thought Ye Liuyun was about to have her abdomen pierced by Chen Dong.
"Eh? This must be the effect of the Medicinal Pill that Little Girl just took. Could she have taken some kind of defense-enhancing Medicinal Pill?" Some Cultivators with sharp eyes guessed that it was the effect of the Medicinal Pill Ye Liuyun had just taken.
They guessed correctly. The Medicinal Pill Ye Liuyun had taken was the Diamond Pill she had developed. After taking this pill, one could increase their physical strength several times within a certain period, reaching the strength of steel.
"Senior Brother, you were careless." Ye Liuyun looked at the sword stabbing into her abdomen, smiled sinisterly, reached out and grabbed the opponent's sword, and snapped it with force. Chen Dong's sword was easily broken into two pieces.
"This?" Chen Dong retreated a few steps with an incredulous look on his face.
Snapping his sword with bare hands, and resisting his sword with physical defense alone—this was too fake. Was this still the Lingxi Realm?
"You? You?" Chen Dong looked at his broken sword, then at Ye Liuyun in front of him, and for a moment, he didn't know what to say.
"Senior Brother, don't space out. It's my turn." Ye Liuyun reminded him, then, with heavy steps, punched toward Chen Dong.
Chen Dong was still spacing out. Seeing Ye Liuyun's punch coming, he immediately moved to block, but this punch shattered his defense on the spot and landed on him.
This punch was incredibly heavy, like an iron fist. Chen Dong couldn't block it at all and was sent flying. But at the critical moment, Ye Liuyun held back her strength; this punch at most just pushed him away.
The Diamond Pill also had a flaw: after taking it, speed and agility would be significantly reduced. This thing was mainly good for defense, and its offensive capability was not good.
"What a heavy punch. Is this the effect of the Medicinal Pill she just ate? What kind of Medicinal Pill can increase her physical strength to this extent?" Chen Dong began to doubt his life.
After landing, he retreated more than ten steps before stabilizing his body.
Chen Dong was just about to make another move, but at this moment, Yun Cheng stepped onto the stage.
"The match is over. Ye Liuyu wins." Yun Cheng announced the result of the match.
But Chen Dong was not convinced by this result.
"This? What? Deacon, I lost?" Chen Dong was stunned.
Many introductory Disciples didn't see how Chen Dong had lost. Only some old Disciples realized that if Ye Liuyun hadn't held back her strength during that punch just now, this guy's bones would probably have been shattered.
"Correct, you have already lost. Didn't you notice that punch just now?" Yun Cheng reminded him.
Hearing Yun Cheng's reminder, Chen Dong remembered that the punch just now clearly had great power; it had shattered his spiritual energy defense and sent him flying more than ten meters, so why was he completely fine?
That could only mean one thing: after the opponent's fist landed on him, there was only pushing force, not lethal damage.
In a Cultivator's battle, unless strength and experience are similar, the slightest mistake will inevitably lead to one side's defeat.
Chen Dong was no idiot; after calming down and thinking about it, he understood.
"Alright, Junior Sister Ye, thank you for going easy on me. I lost." Chen Dong took a deep breath and then conceded to Ye Liuyun.
After all, since Yun Cheng had stepped down to announce he had lost, it meant that the punch had indeed been merciful.
"You are too kind." Ye Liuyun smiled slightly, then walked with heavy steps, preparing to leave the stage.
But perhaps because her body was too heavy, when she was stepping off the stage, she crushed the edge of the step with one foot, lost her balance, and fell down the steps.
"What the heck? No way?" Ye Liuyun cursed inwardly and fell over.
But fortunately, Lin Aoxue reacted quickly. She appeared in front of Ye Liuyun immediately, wanting to support her, but she underestimated Ye Liuyun's weight at this moment.
The moment she touched Ye Liuyun, she felt like a heavy metal statue was falling toward her.
"Damn? So heavy." Lin Aoxue didn't have time to use her strength.
The next moment, she was directly pinned underneath Ye Liuyun's heavy body.
This scene was quite comical; this was truly making a fool of themselves in public.
"Damn it! Get up quickly, it's so embarrassing, so heavy." Lin Aoxue was pinned tightly by Ye Liuyun.
Everyone present was dumbfounded; two great beauties had just fallen to the ground in public like that.
"I can't get up. The effect of my Diamond Pill hasn't worn off yet," Ye Liuyun said very awkwardly.
"Damn it, you only know how to refine some messy things. Get up." Lin Aoxue took a deep breath, channeled her energy, and used her strength to push Ye Liuyun up.
On the stage, Chen Dong didn't look at anything else, but just by looking at the crushed steps, he knew how great Ye Liuyun's strength was at that moment.