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Martial God Space
(Wu Shen Kong Jian)
( 武神空间 )
by
Fu Xiao Chen
( 傅啸尘 )
Synopsis
Ye Xiwen was previously only an ordinary university student on Earth, but unexpectedly
crossed through into the world known as the Zhen Wu Jie world!
In this world, formidable warriors are able of turning over mountains and collapsing the
ocean, destroying the sky and extinguishing the earth!
He originally had ordinary aptitude, because of that he received the mysterious special
space!
Any martial art can be deduced within the mysterious space, other people practice for
decades, he only needs a year!
So long as he has enough spirit stones, any talents he faces are all floating clouds!
Chapter 1: Mysterious Space
Yi Yuan School, situated on top of the Qingfeng Mountain, was stretched across a vast
region. It was a beautiful midsummer evening; the sun was slowly setting in the western
sky, drawing long shadows of the objects.
On the edge of a small lake sat a seventeen to eighteen-year-old teenager. He was clad in
black clothes. He grabbed a stone from the lakeside and threw it toward the lake. The stone
immediately hit the surface of the lake and made several splashes which appeared like
blooming flowers.
Ye Xiwen was somewhat at a loss, he never thought that he would actually cross through to
this new world. Originally, he was on 21st Century Earth and used to be just an ordinary
university student. After spending a month in this world, he finally accepted the fact that it
was not a prank; he had really traversed to a new world and this was a sheer reality.
Being in this world for over a month already, he was slowly able to accept the fact that here
was not the planet Earth, even though the local customs here made it look like ancient
China.
This place was called Zhen Wu Jie.
Zhen Wu Jie = True Martial World
In this world, martial arts had spawned a splendid civilization. Formidable warriors
performed cultivation to reach the peak of martial arts in order to do great things like
moving the mountains, draining the seas or slicing through the mountains. They could even
prolong their lifespan indefinitely.
Ye Xiwen's current identity was that of the third son of an elder of Yi Yuan School, though
an adopted son. His foster father Ye Kongming brought him home 18 years ago. This was
not regarded as a secret in the school.
Yi Yuan School was one of Great Yue State's most powerful sects, as regarded by the
experts.
However, the school located on top of the Qingfeng Mountain was only one of Yi Yuan
School's branches. These branches were spread throughout Great Yue State and there
simply were too many of them. Their main task was to nurture talented disciples to be
delivered to Yi Yuan School's Main Sect.
Ye Xiwen's cultivation was only at the third stage of Houtian
realm. At his age, this cultivation could only be considered ordinary.
In Zhen Wu Jie, the warriors stepping into the field of martial arts began their journey at
Houtian first stage, continuously climbing until Houtian ninth stage. As for the realm above
Houtian, it was called Xiantian realm. Ye Xiwen didn't know how many stages were there in
Xiantian realm. After all, Yi Yuan School's sovereign was also an expert of Xiantian realm.
Yi Yuan School altogether was divided into the outer sect, the inner sect and finally the
three levels of core disciples. After the core disciple level, one would be able to leave for Yi
Yuan School's Main Sect to participate in an entrance examination. It was to test whether a
core disciple really deserved to study in the Main Sect.
The level of Yi Yuan School's disciples wasn't really divided according to their age rather it
was divided according to their strength. It was decided based on where they stood on the
scale of nine stages of Houtian realm. After having a breakthrough to the third stage of
Houtian realm, one could ascend from the outer sect to the inner sect. After cultivating to
the fifth stage, one could become a core disciple. And if one wanted to participate in the
entrance examination of the Main Sect, the minimum requirement was to reach Houtian
seventh stage.
The requirement was quite high indeed and to make things worse, Ye Xiwen's
predecessor's aptitude was quite mediocre.
He turned 18 this year but his cultivation just recently reached the later part of third stage.
Although this kind of achievement was not regarded as poor, it could only be considered
ordinary.
Ye Xiwen could only be considered as an ordinary disciple in Yi Yuan School when
compared with other inner disciples.
Although inner disciples received lesser honor when compared with the core disciples, at
least they didn't hold a low status like the outer disciples. Plus his father was an elder in Yi
Yuan School, so he was usually regarded as not bad by his peers.
But he did not receive too much attention. Ye Xiwen's predecessor's aptitude was way too
ordinary. The late phase of Houtian third stage could only be considered as average,
especially when compared with his two elder siblings. Even more so, his eldest brother Ye
Feng was only twenty-one years old and was already at the peak of Houtian eighth stage.
He was considered super-talented in the school. And Ye Xiwen's elder sister Ye Ruxue was
only a year older than him and had already reached Houtian seventh stage.
In such a case, he certainly did not attract too much attention!
"Shasha!"
There came a rustling sound from the trees behind him. A seventeen or eighteen-year-old
fat man in silk clothing jumped out from the bushes. Ye Xiwen's face exposed a faint smile
when he saw that fat man. This man was named Wang Lie, who was actually Ye Xiwen's
childhood buddy. Wang Lie came from a rich household that was located below the
Qingfeng Mountain in a large town, and had a very close relationship with Yi Yuan School.
Ever since Wang Lie was young, he had been coming up the mountain for training. The two
childhood friends shared an excellent relationship.
Naturally, the two's talents were about the same, Ye Xiwen was at the late phase of Houtian
third stage. Wang Lie was stronger than Ye Xiwen as he at the peak of Houtian third stage.
This was also a reason why the two had been very close.
'Late phase' of a stage means approaching the peak of that stage. 'Peak' is the end of the
stage. After reaching the peak of a stage, one would need to have a breakthrough to step
into the next stage.
"You did not go back to rest? It's already evening time, what
did you come here to do?" Ye Xiwen asked with a smile.
"You can say I was worried about you." Wang Lie said and smiled back. "You have been
acting strange lately, endlessly talking about mysterious stuff."
"Relax, there's nothing wrong with me." Ye Xiwen said.
Nothing other than adapting to the new world after crossing over from the Earth!
"You are at the critical time of breaking through to the fourth stage, and still not training
behind closed doors?" Ye Xiwen said. Houtian third stage was considered ordinary within
the inner sect disciples but the disciples at Houtian fourth stage were considered elites of
the inner sect. Even if it was only a difference of one stage, the status was as different as
heaven and earth.
"Hey, I came to find you just for this matter. I plan to start closed-door training. It should go
on for some time. But I came to check on you because I was a little worried." Wang Lie
looked somewhat anxious and said to Ye Xiwen. He grew up with Ye Xiwen since childhood.
Although the two were always
boisterous and frivolous, he was actually very concerned about his brother. Of course, he
would never know that his brother had already been substituted.
"Just relax and focus on your training. There's nothing wrong with me, I am fine." Ye Xiwen
laughed, "It's getting late now so you should go back. I'll be sitting here for a while then go
back."
"En, do not be late and take care. Also watch out for demon beasts, do not bump into one
accidentally." Wang Lie urged.
Yi Yuan School was situated on the Qingfeng Mountain. Some very fierce demon beasts
lurked in this mountain forest. These ominous demon beasts possessed monstrous powers.
Compared with ordinary animals, these demon beasts were much stronger and only
trained warriors had the ability to be their worthy opponents.
"En, I know." Ye Xiwen nodded.
Although it was said that here in the nearby regions of Yi Yuan School, there were no
demon beasts. It would be quite troublesome if, by defying all common sense, a formidable
demon beast attacked out of nowhere. Ye Xiwen would have no
time to complain or cry about the unfairness of the situation if he accidentally bumped into
a ferocious demon beast.
There were too many demon beasts on this mountain. Hence, he also had no alternative but
to protect himself. The reason why Yi Yuan School was situated on such a mountain was to
intimidate the mountain's demon beasts and deter them from descending the mountain to
disturb the townspeople. Although, it was impossible to block all demon beasts, always one
or two escaped through the net. But the bottom of the mountain also had a dojo to practice
martial arts and build up one's strength and it was always bustling with a lot of warriors.
So there was nothing to worry about.
Because of such a special relationship, Yi Yuan School's disciples always received respect
from the outsiders. Within the range of 50 miles, they received respect wherever they
went.
Wang Lie finished speaking then turned around to depart.
Although his build was plump, he was a martial artist after all.
Moving gracefully, he rapidly disappeared into the thickets.
Ye Xiwen continued to sit there for a moment. He was on the verge of leaving when he
suddenly caught a glimpse of the lake.
He saw a burst of multi-colored light rays flashing crazily,
covering the lake for a split second before immediately restoring the lake's tranquility.
Ye Xiwen was slightly confused. What was that multi-colored light? Could it be that some
rate treasure was hidden inside the lake? Thinking this, he stood up in a somewhat excited
manner.
If there really was a rare treasure hidden in the lake, then he would truly flourish in the
future.
After making up his mind, he abruptly dived headlong into the water, submerging
unceasingly. Regardless of his previous life or this life, Ye Xiwen's swimming ability was
very good.
Ye Xiwen continued to dive in gradually and slowly approached the centre of the lake. This
was actually a very ordinary lake with no presence of the demon beasts in the water. Not to
mention even if demon beasts lived in such a location, Yi Yuan School's experts would have
already eradicated them, therefore he was not worried about coming across any dangerous
demon beasts.
Ye Xiwen opened his eyes to look and found a small ball of multi-colored light lying calmly
at the centre of the lake. Yes, Ye Xiwen felt as if it was lying there.
He did not feel any danger and only thought that it was very gentle. He suddenly dived
toward it and slowly swam to its side.
He extended his hand and grabbed the ball of multi-colored light. It suddenly issued rays of
fierce bright light and instantly leaped inside Ye Xiwen's body.
Ye Xiwen was alarmed and looked around, only to find out that the ball of multi-colored
light had already vanished.
He promptly surfaced and swam to the shore, meanwhile repeatedly gasping for air.
Furthermore, he was still in a panicked state. Inspecting his whole body he discovered that
there was no change in his body, which eased him down.
He used Zhen Qi to evaporate droplets of water from his body.
He was about to go back when he suddenly discovered that a piece of dusky special space
had appeared inside his mind.
This was a very strange situation because only with the help of the special vision granted
by Xiantian realm, one could look inside one's body and see each and every inch of one's
own blood vessels. But it seemed like Ye Xiwen was able to feel this very mysterious space
within his mind.
Ye Xiwen found out that as long as he held his breath, he could feel the presence of this
space. He was getting convinced that it was all too strange. He did not dare to stay near the
lake and dashed all the way back to his small courtyard, even without having a chance to
greet his parents.
Qingfeng Mountain was incomparably vast and the area that Yi Yuan School covered was
also unusually wide. Not much else but a lot of houses could be seen in the campus area. In
addition, Ye Kongming was also an elder in Yi Yuan School, holding a high position of
power. Ye Xiwen, after growing into adulthood, left his parents' home and started living
separately in the small courtyard that was quite close to his parents' home.
Ye Xiwen, still in a panicked state, went back to his courtyard.
At this time, the sky was already pitch-black.
Ye Xiwen held his breath, completely concentrating his attention. Immediately, that special
space appeared in his mind yet again. He did not relax his mind as he would usually rather
he continued to hold his breath.
Suddenly, he saw complete black before his eyes before
abruptly appearing inside of chaos. Ye Xiwen was completely shocked by this but he
reacted quickly. He realized that this place was not located somewhere else but in his own
mind. In this period of time, he had seen it many times, so he recognized it quickly.
It should be unlikely that his entire body came in, possibly a portion of his soul had come
in. Right now, he did not know about the use of this space.
But soon, Ye Xiwen discovered a problem. He was stuck in this place and could not get out.
There was simply no exit. No matter where he walked to, he was always in the midst of
chaos.
Even the surrounding landscape was also exactly the same.
Chapter 2: Houtian Fourth Stage!
Time flew by, minute by minute, second by second. Ye Xiwen also abandoned the notion of
going out of this space and got a bit discouraged. If he was not able to get out then he would
be trapped here forever!
Ye Xiwen never thought of stuff like dominating this world by becoming a peerless expert
and so on like the main character of some twisted YY novel. His first thought was to protect
himself and then get rid of all the shame. He certainly did not want to be trapped here for a
lifetime.
After the passage of a long time, Ye Xiwen was really very much bored. Without anything
better to do, he began to practice his internal power. This world's martial power was
divided into two parts: martial art techniques and internal power. He was now only at the
late phase of Houtian third stage. And in accordance with the school's rules, those with
their cultivation below the fourth stage weren't permitted to practice martial art
techniques. The reason was very simple -
the practice of martial art technique took the internal power as basis. In fact, there would
be no achievements without internal power. That was why the third stage of Houtian realm
was called the stage of laying the foundation.
He discovered that apart from being trapped in here, the flow of time and everything else in
this special space was exactly the same as outside.
In any case, his only option was to maintain this status quo by sticking to a fundamental
principle with shifting course of events. Without wasting his time in vain, he started
cultivating his internal power to enhance his overall strength.
He was now cultivating a set of power exercises called "Bright Jade Power Technique"
which was divided into ten layers altogether. Within the school, only a few were capable of
practicing it all the way to the Xiantian level of internal power.
However, thanks to the status of elder Ye Kongming, Ye Xiwen got a chance to practice this
set of power exercises.
This set of power exercises was unusually gentle, perhaps the gentles.
He suddenly discovered that the insights of "Bright Jade Power Technique" were
continuously surging in his mind. If his previous perception speed used to be like the speed
of a small stream, then the present speed of his perception of insights was absolutely
comparable to the speeds of Yangtze and Yellow
Rivers, each surging continuously.
Endless amount of insights filled Ye Xiwen's mind and it seemed as if he was drunk and
stupefied from handling the Zhen Qi over and over again while practicing the "Bright Jade
Power Technique".
An unknown amount of time passed away when suddenly.......
"Bang!"
Ye Xiwen suddenly woke up and opened his eyes. Quite surprisingly, he noticed that he was
already in his room instead of that chaotic space. The sky outside was already welcoming
the first glimmer of sunlight.
Ye Xiwen was a bit startled and let out a cold sweat. Could it be that it was all just a dream?
But the insights he got inside the chaotic space were extremely distinct. That space
definitely did not look like a fake.
Suddenly, Ye Xiwen discovered that his skinny body was soaked in sweat and covered in
some black impurities. These are the so-called impurities that stay hidden within the body.
With each breakthrough through the nine stages of Houtian realm, some impurities are
discharged from the body until it's been cleanly eliminated. After emptying these
impurities out of the body, it's possible to govern the connection of both arteries and
meridians from Houtian realm to Xiantian realm.
This was a phenomenon called breakthrough from one stage to another. How could this be?
Ye Xiwen was astonished. He assessed himself and came to a conclusion that it should have
taken about less than half-a-year to break through to Houtian fourth stage. Could it be that
his innate talent was also recalibrated over there?
But in just the period of a night that he spent in the chaos, he surprisingly got to the fourth
stage.
No wonder! According to this body's predecessor's memories, even if he used to practice
the "Bright Jade Power Technique" all the time, it was always difficult for him to have a bit
of insight.
But during the time Ye Xiwen spent practicing inside that mysterious space, great amounts
of insights and information rushed forth into his mind. Inside the mysterious space, the
rate of deduction of those insights was more than a hundred times
faster.
If this was the case then with the assistance of this special space, the method of learning
any martial technique would no longer be a secret in Ye Xiwen's eyes. By practicing inside
this special space, he could quickly grasp the essence of any martial technique!
Ye Xiwen blasted his fist outwards, immediately sending shockwaves through the air. A
power was wandering in his body. In fact, this power was no longer dispersed throughout
the body like in the past rather it was twisted into a strong concentrated vigor which was
far more powerful than ever before, to the extent that there was simply no scope for
comparison.
Among the nine stages of Houtian realm, the first stage warriors could fire a punch having
50 Jin of weight, which increased to 100 Jin for second stage warriors, 200 Jin for third
stage warriors and 500 Jin for fourth stage warrior.
1 Jin = 0.5 Kg
Houtian fourth stage was like the first watershed in one's
journey through the Houtian realm. After reaching Houtian fourth stage, an expert achieved
the strength of 500 Jin which was also considered equivalent to the strength of a fierce
tiger with overwhelming power.
Yi Yuan School did not limit its disciples by telling what kind of technique they must
practice. This was because there were so many techniques stored in the library of Yi Yuan
School that each disciple could find a power technique that suited them.
Even obtaining power techniques from outside was not prohibited. Instead, it was
considered as a lucky chance for a disciple to learn something new.
More importantly, after his mortal body passed through that multicolored brilliance and
transformed, his meridians expanded several folds. If his meridians used to be like a small
creek in the past, now they were like the channels of Yangtze and Yellow rivers, with waves
of Zhen Qi endlessly rushing within.
Like this, Ye Xiwen's single day of cultivation was equivalent to others' several days of
cultivation. The might of power techniques and the amount of Zhen Qi sent out in a split
second also had a direct relationship. Ye Xiwen's meridians were now
much wider than an average person; therefore the same moves in Ye Xiwen's hands would
be much more powerful when compared with others.
Ye Xiwen's strength directly reached 570 Jin after the breakthrough.
Ye Xiwen suddenly rejoiced. After all, with the assistance of this special space he could
easily rise above others to become an outstanding disciple.
Thinking of this, Ye Xiwen no longer tarried and immediately placed a piece of quartzite
and sat down cross-legged. As he concentrated on holding his breath, that mysterious space
appeared once again in his mind. But this time, no matter how much he tried, he could not
enter that space.
Ye Xiwen was somewhat baffled, how could this be? He was able to enter a moment ago but
what happened all of a sudden?
Why could he not enter anymore?
Then suddenly, he noticed that Zhen Qi was completely consumed within his body. He was
startled because his Zhen Qi was full before he had entered the special space, then how
could
it abruptly disappear like this?
"I get it now!" Ye Xiwen suddenly said. He immediately thought that was it possible that in
order to practice power techniques inside this space, he would have to consume his own
Zhen Qi, or some other form of energy. This was the only way to explain why he could not
enter that space now, and also how he suddenly came out of that space just now. It was
precisely related to the depletion of Zhen Qi.
In the courtyard, Ye Xiwen took out all his belongings which only included ten low-grade
spirit stones. That was all of his belongings. These crystals were known as spirit stones in
this world and each of them contained a considerable amount of
Lingqi. These spirit stones were divided into four ranks namely low-grade spirit stones,
mid-grade spirit stones, high-grade spirit stones and top-grade spirit stones.
Spiritual Qi
Warriors could absorb the Lingqi from spirit stones and use it for cultivation. It could also
replenish one's Zhen Qi for a short time.
If this space really needed to consume energy in order to help him deduce power
techniques faster, then using spirit stones as fuel was also possible.
Ye Xiwen began absorbing Lingqi from the spirit stones, successfully transforming it into
his own Zhen Qi. He held his breath afterwards and that special space appeared once again.
He continued to hold his breath and just as he had anticipated, he entered that space in one
fell swoop.
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Chapter 3: Library Pavilion
However, the difference was that Ye Xiwen's whole spirit had slipped into that space last
time which made him unable to feel his real body's condition at all. But now he was able to
simultaneously sense his original body that was on the outside.
It was like having two souls existing simultaneously.
Ye Xiwen did not waste any time and immediately began to use soul sensing to control the
special space to help him in practicing "Bright Jade Power". Immediately, a myriad of
information swarmed his mind while his cultivation was breaking through repeatedly in
the real world.
He felt overjoyed as it seemed like his guess was not wrong.
He stopped practicing and came out from inside that mysterious space. He put aside the
practicing of "Bright Jade Power" as there was now an important thing that needed to be
done - this was choosing a martial art technique. Without the knowledge of a martial art
technique, a warrior simply couldn't regard himself as a true warrior.
Especially when fighting with enemies, not learning martial
arts simply wouldn't do. The people who only had internal power and didn't practice
martial arts could only end up being oppressed by other people.
The sky was already bright. Ye Xiwen tidied up and went to his parents' courtyard to have
breakfast. This was a custom that was followed by the members of Ye family. Even if the
three children of Ye family had already grown into adults and moved out. It was expected
of them to have three meals a day at home, together with their parents.
When Ye Xiwen arrived home, his parents and elder siblings were already present there,
waiting for him.
"You did not come last night to have dinner with us, where have you been?" Ye Kongming
asked. He had the appearance of a solemn and dignified middle-aged man.
"This child went to practice!" Naturally, Ye Xiwen wouldn't dare to expose the matter about
the mysterious space, "I want to share good news with you, father!"
Ye Xiwen refers to himself as 'this child'
A strange look flashed through Ye Kongming's eyes as he asked: "Good news?"
"Yes, yes, tell us quickly, little brother. What is it?" Ye Xiwen's elder sister, Ye Ruxue, asked
hastily. She was born with a baby-face although already over twenty years old, she looked
like a fifteen or sixteen-year-old and seemed younger than Ye Xiwen.
The elder brother, Ye Feng, also got curious to hear what his little brother was going to tell
and turned to look toward Ye Xiwen. Ye Feng's facial features strikingly resembled that of
Ye Kongming, to the extent that he appeared like a younger version of Ye Kongming.
Clothed in magnificent white garments, Ye Feng looked incomparably natural and
unrestrained.
The three siblings weren't far apart as far as their ages were concerned. Growing up
together since childhood, their affection for each other had always been superb.
Although Ye Xiwen's mother, Xia Chunxue, was already over forty years of age and had
spent many years in bringing up children, she knew martial arts. Thanks to that, it
appeared like she was only in her early twenties. Right now, she was merely looking at her
family with a smile. Even if Ye Xiwen was only an adopted son, he wasn't any different from
the other children in
her heart.
"I want to learn martial arts!" Ye Xiwen said with a smile.
"You want to learn martial arts? Did you break through to the fourth stage?" Ye Kongming
gawked at Ye Xiwen and immediately responded. He again swept a glance toward Ye Xiwen
and immediately figured it out. "Not bad!"
Ye Kongming did not think too much about it, after all, Ye Xiwen had been at the late phase
of Houtian third stage for a long time, so a breakthrough to the fourth stage was actually
inevitable. There was nothing strange about it.
However, his father did not know that he had broken through from the late phase of third
stage to the fourth stage overnight.
Xia Chunxue also smiled and nodded with satisfaction.
Although he merely stepped into Houtian fourth stage, every bit of Ye Xiwen's progress
made her very happy.
In fact, the entire family was extremely happy for him and wasn't suspicious at all because
the progressing speeds of both
Ye Feng and Ye Ruxue were faster than that of Ye Xiwen.
Ye Xiwen's breakthrough would be considered very normal at his age.
"I will have another meal with everyone, right now I want to go to the library pavilion to
choose a martial art." Ye Xiwen said with a smile. According to Yi Yuan School's rules, one
could enter the library pavilion to choose a martial art book but only after breaking
through to Houtian fourth stage. Not to forget that one could only choose a primary level
martial art. The selection of martial arts was free but only for the first time.
Afterward, in the case that one still wanted to learn a new martial art technique then one
must exchange school credits to obtain a book from the library pavilion. All sects had such
type of school credits exchange system which could be used to obtain a variety of Heavenly
material treasures from the sect.
"Well, go ahead then, but you must choose a suitable martial art as now you are still at the
stage of laying foundations.
Hence, you must not choose too many martial art techniques at once as you will be using
these them for a very long period of time." Ye Kongming stated.
It usually took more than a decade's time for an average
person to learn a martial art technique from the beginning level to the Dacheng level. Even
a genius would need a year or two for perfecting a primary level martial art technique.
Ye Kongming's suggestion warned Ye Xiwen against biting off more than he could chew
because practicing a technique to the Dacheng level couldn't be underestimated. If one was
not practicing a technique to its peak level by learning unceasingly, then it could only be
treated as the example of biting off more than one can chew.
Ye Xiwen nodded and said: "This child knows!"
Ye Xiwen knew that Ye Kongming's wise words were for his own good. Not to mention, he
also knew about not being greedy when it came to martial art practice.
"This child has one more thing to say." Ye Xiwen said.
"Go ahead!" Ye Kongming's face glowed with a smile as he was very glad in his heart.
"This child wants to venture into the posterior parts of the
Qingfeng Mountain not only to consolidate my current state as soon as possible, but also to
hone the new martial art technique that I am going to learn soon!" Ye Xiwen said as he
wanted to cultivate his internal power at a quiet place. However, as far martial art practice
was concerned, he would still need to gain practical fighting experience in order to
progress rapidly.
Moreover, he would prefer not being seen by anyone while using that mysterious space for
his martial arts practice.
"You can!" Ye Kongming nodded. Even though he was somewhat worried about Ye Xiwen's
safety, he had to give permission to Ye Xiwen since both Ye Feng and Ye Ruxue had gone to
the Qingfeng Mountain after reaching the fourth stage of Houtian realm. In fact, their age
used to less than Ye Xiwen's at that point of time.
After the family was done having breakfast, the sky was already completely bright outside.
Ye Xiwen left to visit Yi Yuan School's library pavilion.
The library pavilion was one of Yi Yuan School's most important places because the secret
books stored in there were a part of its heritage. Yi Yuan School was able to survive for
hundreds of years on the Qingfeng Mountain by relying on
these secret books in order to ensure its unending inheritance.
It was still quite early when Ye Xiwen arrived at the library pavilion, and as usual, the
doorway of the library pavilion only had one elderly blue-clothed man lying down in a
rocking chair.
He was leisurely reading an old book that had started to turn yellow due to age.
Ye Xiwen's predecessor often used to come to the library pavilion, after all, not only did it
have secret books, but also had its first floor completely stacked with books on the
geographical records of various countries. There were books on mythical legends and
secret information about various happenings, and so on. In other words, there were all
kinds of books in this library most of which contained unrelated content in relation to
martial art practice. Ye Xiwen's predecessor used to come here quite often to borrow books
on irrelevant content. After so many years of frequenting to library, Ye Xiwen's predecessor
left behind a massive amount of knowledge for him to inherit.
As a result of that, Ye Xiwen knew a lot about this world - to the extent that many experts of
the older generation perhaps didn't know as much as he did.
When Ye Xiwen had crossed over to this world, he also frequently visited the library
pavilion in order to fully understand this world's state of affairs.
Therefore, this place was actually not unfamiliar to him!
Chapter 4: Choosing A Power Technique
The second floor and above was pertaining to the martial study. The library pavilion was
divided into five floors: there were some light reading books on the first floor, primary
level power techniques on the second floor, intermediate level power techniques on the
third floor, and advanced level power techniques on the fourth floor. However, the fifth
floor showcased the collection of a few Xiantian level power techniques which belonged to
Yi Yuan School.
For all those years, Ye Xiwen did not know the name of that person but everyone called him
Old Mo. Although Ye Xiwen did not know that old man's status, he could tell that that Old
Mo was most likely a senior from Yi Yuan School. Therefore, Ye Xiwen was always
respectful to Old Mo whenever they met.
"What brings you here, Young Ye? Do you want a book to read? Do you want a book on
classic history or geography?" Old Mo put down the book that he held in his hand, and said
with a kind smile on his face. His impression of Ye Xiwen had always been good, after all he
was a modest and polite youngster who also liked to read. More importantly, very few
people were willing to calm their mind by reading books nowadays. The younger
generation seemed to have become very fickle and impatient these days.
"Old Mo, I am here today to borrow a book on martial arts." Ye Xiwen said.
"Martial arts?" Old Mo's eyes flashed with an indescribable radiance, "You have already
reached the fourth stage?"
"Not bad. Not bad at all, ha ha ha!" Old Mo gave a hearty laugh without restraint. It really
seemed as if Ye Xiwen was his own nephew.
"Since you are going to choose a power technique, beware of not getting too greedy
because slow and steady progress is vital for your own good!" Old Mo said, although he
would say that to every disciple who used to come here to choose secret books, he was
unusually serious with Ye Xiwen.
Most young people always want to learn this and that from the outset and end up being
unable to pay attention to what they really need at that time. Some people think very highly
of themselves and believe that they possess absolute natural gifts, but the final result of
their training only brings out a poor imitation of the real thing. Attempting to learn
something beyond one's ability and failing as a result of that is only going
to bring superficial knowledge to a person. In that case, that person would never be able to
become as good as those few people who have already commanded specific martial art
techniques.
"Thank you for your reminder, Old Mo. I will certainly keep that in mind!" Ye Xiwen felt
that Old Mo's words were too profound and bowed deeply in gratitude.
Training by reading a book was not like reaching the heaven in a single leap. While reading
books earlier, Ye Xiwen would pursue to finish reading a book thoroughly before jumping
onto the next book. In this case, it was surely possible to read a lot of books within a certain
period of time but his learning would be much more transparent and effective than those
people, who tend to follow many books at the same time - all thanks to the mysterious
space.
"Well, this old man won't talk anymore, go in and take a look."
Old Mo waved his hand, then lay down on the rocking chair and began reading the book
again.
Ye Xiwen entered the library pavilion and was already thinking that this Old Mo was always
so unpredictable. Of course, one could simply imagine his status in Yi Yuan School
while considering the fact that he was the only guard of the library pavilion. How could
they possibly send some poor old man to guard such an important place? However, since
Ye Xiwen had always been so eager to find out more and more about this world's
circumstances that he would just rush into the library pavilion each time in a hurry. As a
result of that, he never really got a chance to observe Old Mo. No matter how one would
look at him, he still looked like an ordinary old man.
However, how could this ordinary old man possibly be sent over to guard the library
pavilion with no one to assist him? This simply indicated that Old Mo and his abilities must
have earned a very high level of trust in Yi Yuan School. Concluding from all that, it could be
said that there was only one possibility to justify Old Mo's mysterious identity - He most
likely possessed unfathomable strength, and enough to make it impossible for others to see
through his cultivation.
Moreover, it could be expected that he held a high status in the sect. It just wasn't known
why he would willingly guard over the library pavilion with such a high status. Even though
the library pavilion was considered a very important place in Yi Yuan School, in the end it
didn't hold any significant influence.
Ye Xiwen did not think too much about it. In any case, Old Mo was not an enemy. He was
more of a well-wisher who was very fond of Ye Xiwen.
Yi Yuan School's library pavilion had a huge collection of books that were stacked
categorically in two categories, namely foundation level martial arts and Xiantian level
martial arts.
Xiantian level martial arts were usually hard to obtain, and foundation martial arts were
not necessarily needed too much.
In any case, fist techniques, palm techniques, leg techniques and several other types of
techniques were merely learned for laying the foundations. In the future, the probability of
using foundation level techniques was very low while confronting tough enemies as the
body would not survive so much exertion.
In other words, learning foundation level martial arts was nothing more than getting a
hang of the basics of sword techniques, fist techniques and so on.
Therefore, Ye Xiwen began to check out foundation level martial arts, and the most
impressive among them was undoubtedly the one named 'Rushing Thunder Hand'. He had
seen his elder brother, Ye Feng, practicing Rushing Thunder Hand before, and it had left a
profound impression on him.
Rushing Thunder Hand's attack speed was extraordinarily fast; its attack power was also
quite great. Even though it was a foundation level technique, its attack power wouldn't be
considered weak once it was practiced to the Dacheng level.
After practicing 'Rushing Thunder Hand' to the peak level, every punch would trigger nine
thunderous sounds which would produce nine echoes between two shots.
Ye Xiwen did not stay on the first floor, rather directly went up to the second floor. There
was a visible thin membrane on the staircase between the first and the second floor. Ye
Xiwen passed through that membrane and only felt a slight resistance that tried to obstruct
him from going up, but he still went up very smoothly.
Ye Xiwen knew that this membrane was not strong enough to prevent the disciples who
would insist on rushing up, though he came up with no difficult himself. He knew that this
membrane was a clever installation as those having the cultivation level of Houtian fourth
stage or higher would be unimpeded. Those without the strength of Houtian fourth stage
could not go up.
Ye Xiwen was very interested in Rushing Thunder Hand.
Hence, he quickly found it and confirmed that its greatest characteristic was its
unbreakable speed.
Ye Xiwen opened the book and started memorizing the contents. The secret books were not
allowed to be taken out of here, but one could copy it. Ye Xiwen did not bring over a pen
and paper, so his only option was to store it up in his head.
Anyways, it was allowed to take away copied material so most people simply chose to go
back after that.
Ye Xiwen memorized the entire secret book in less than half an hour. After that, he put it
back and went downstairs. He didn't stop anywhere and directly went out of the library
pavilion.
Old Mo was still leisurely reading that ancient book when he saw Ye Xiwen coming out. He
smiled and said: "Selected?"
Ye Xiwen nodded and said: "En, I chose 'Rushing Thunder Hand'."
"Rushing Thunder Hand? That secret book is pretty good."
Old Mo said, "Its might is also pretty good, but it is a palm technique. You have to find an
opportunity to choose a secret book on weapon arts, or you will end up losing while
fighting with tough opponents!"
"En!" Ye Xiwen nodded.
"If you want to specialize in palm techniques or fist techniques, then at least practice
'Rushing Thunder Hand' to six echoes or higher. Focusing on several martial art techniques
is detrimental, so might as well just specialize in one. The so-
called concept of biting off more than you can chew, I think you already know."
"Thank you so much for always pointing me in the right direction, Old Mo!" Ye Xiwen said.
"Please excuse me!"
"Go!" Old Mo looked at Ye Xiwen once, then immediately began to read the old book that
looked somewhat yellowish due to age. As he lay on the rocking chair, a relaxed look
appeared on his face like always.
Ye Xiwen knew that Old Mo had always been this way, so he did not mind and turned
around to go back to his own courtyard.
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Chapter 5: Rushing Thunder Nine Echoes
Ye Xiwen took out all his possessions in the courtyard. A total of ten low-grade spirit stones
made up all of his possessions at the moment. After absorbing the Lingqi from the spirit
stones, he transformed it into his own Zhen Qi. After that, he held his breath to concentrate
and appeared in that special space once again. Ye Xiwen continued to hold his breath until
he realized that he really went inside that space in one fell swoop.
Ye Xiwen did not waste time and straightaway used the soul sensing method to
telepathically control the special space into helping him deduce the essence of Rushing
Thunder Hand.
Suddenly, a myriad of information swarmed into his mind!
Ye Xiwen immediately felt a rush of joy in his heart as it seemed like his guess was not
incorrect. Not only the internal power could be practiced here, even the martial arts
practice was no exception.
Deconstructing the Rushing Thunder Hand's essence over and over again and that too
absent-mindedly was similar to the moving clouds and flowing water, coming and going as
one desired.
Ye Xiwen began to train in various moves of Rushing Thunder Hand technique such as: Pass
like Thunder and move like the Wind, Lightning and Thunder, Ghostly Thunder Axe and the
Leveling Storm Four Strokes. Although there were only a few moves of this technique, it
was actually easy to learn them at first but difficult to master later on. Not to mention it
was extremely difficult to practice this technique to the peak level.
"Bang!"
Ye Xiwen shot his palm again and again and continued to practice his new technique.
Ye Xiwen was practicing the Rushing Thunder Hand non-stop and suddenly found the
related insights welling up in his mind.
If his speed of gaining insights previously was at the speed of a small brook, then in
contrast to that it was gushing ceaselessly right now like the Yangtze River or the Yellow
River.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
It was hard to determine for how long he continued to thrust his palms forward
unceasingly with each of his shots producing thunderous noise. It was apparent that he had
successfully practiced the Rushing Thunder Hand to a certain extent.
"Pass like Thunder and move like the Wind!" Ye Xiwen shouted loudly and it seemed as if
his right hand was enveloped in lightning. His palm produced a muffled sound as it was
pounded on a hard quartzite rock. In the blink of an eye, more than half of this rock directly
turned into powder.
Ye Xiwen had an incredible look in his eyes as he looked at his own hands and said: "I never
thought that I would actually be able to issue two echoes and that too only after
comprehending a small part of Rushing Thunder Hand's essence. If I continue to deduce
like this, there's a possibility that I might be able to issue nine echoes in a month's time."
One must know that this set of moves inherent to Rushing Thunder Hand was quite easy to
learn but difficult to master.
However in such a short interval of time, he was actually able have a series of
breakthroughs and was finally able to release two echoes; all this thanks to the special
space.
Rushing Thunder Hand was indeed difficult to master and it would generally take more
than a year for an experienced expert to produce two echoes. It would take a lifetime of
practice for a lot of people to go as far as issuing out the ninth echo.
Some kind of crackling and rattling sounds came from Ye Xiwen's body as a small amount
of black impurities oozed out along with his sweat. After discharging these impurities, his
body had now become even more pure.
Ye Xiwen discovered that after reaching the second echo of Rushing Thunder Hand, his own
strength had increased by a few notches.
He was delighted and immediately threw a punch which caused the air to explode with a
crackling sound.
His strength had actually risen from the initial mark of 570
Jin to 630 Jin; a total increment of 60 Jin. He didn't expect that the gap between each of the
Rushing Thunder Hand's echoes would be this much.
The fourth stage of Houtian realm was considered the first watershed. After reaching the
Houtian fourth stage, one's strength reached 500 Jin which was also equivalent to the
overwhelming strength of a ferocious tiger.
However after reaching Houtian fifth stage, one's strength rapidly rose all the way up to
1000 Jin, which was equivalent to the strength of two tigers.
He never expected that his strength would rise this much after reaching the second echo of
Rushing Thunder Hand.
Most people's cultivation would not have such a big effect because they have
breakthroughs from one layer to another over a stretched period of time. However, Ye
Xiwen's case was different since he had an overnight breakthrough. Thus, the increase in
his strength was particularly evident.
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"Bang Boom!"
The sky was slightly bright as the sun was slowly rising. Ye
Xiwen was in his small courtyard and continuously training while completely ignoring any
signs of weariness. In fact, he had been ceaselessly practicing all night.
Ye Xiwen's palm technique had become perfectly smooth like the unhindered flow of a
river. His palm cultivation method was quite natural and unimpeded, just like the passing
clouds and flowing water; this was all thanks to the special space.
Ye Xiwen was meticulously practicing the Rushing Thunder Hand; the sounds of
thunderclap were resounding throughout the courtyard. Yet another Rushing Thunder
Hand was issued downwards as his whole body was drenched with sweat. There was
steam rising from his body and seemed to be forming mist all around him.
Each time Ye Xiwen issued the Rushing Thunder Hand, Zhen Qi ran throughout his body.
His qi and blood were now even more vigorous than earlier, thereby enhancing his strength
several folds.
At first, the effect was extremely obvious and almost each display of Rushing Thunder Hand
would increase his strength by 1 Jin. The effect got weaker and weaker afterward as now it
took ten displays for an increment of 1 Jin of strength.
Three days later, Ye Xiwen's strength had already increased by 200 Jin, reaching 870 Jin!
"Lightning and Thunder!" Ye Xiwen roared and his palm produced a loud sound of
thunderstorm which echoed four times. In other words, he had managed to attain two
more echoes in just three days.
That immensely loud sound of thunderstorm sounded no differently inside the special
space.
First!
Second!
Third!
Fourth echo!
Ye Xiwen easily issued the fourth echo. The initial barrier that
used to hinder his progress as if did not exist anymore.
Under normal circumstances, it should be extremely difficult to gain even a little bit of
insights while practicing Rushing Thunder Hand. However, Ye Xiwen experienced the
sudden emergence of a great amount of insights and information in his mind while
practicing inside the special space. In fact, even the deduction speed was a hundred times
faster than normal.
However the only disadvantage was the fast rate of consumption of spirit stones. Practicing
the Rushing Thunder Hand to the fourth echo used up ten spirit stones which had been
collected by Ye Xiwen with great difficulty over a long period of time.
Without a doubt, the final outcome was exceptionally good, so he would never give up.
Now he was in dire need of spirit stones as his stock of spirit stones was completely used
up. Although Ye Kongming should have a lot of spirit stones, after all they were considered
Zhen Wu Jie's hard currency. Not only could these spirit stones be used for cultivation, they
could also be treated as currency.
However there was nothing he could do since Ye Kongming had already explained once
that it was impossible to use up so many spirit stones in a short period of time.
Ye Xiwen had no choice but to stop practicing. All of his spirit stones had turned into a pile
of white powder while helping him in comprehending the essence of Rushing Thunder
Hand.
Ye Xiwen soon made a decision to go to the backside of the Qingfeng Mountain and hone his
skills. Yi Yuan School was situated on the Qingfeng Mountain, which was home to some
very fierce demon beasts. All of these demon beasts were vicious and possessed magical
powers.
And most importantly, if he wanted to deduce the essence of all sorts of martial art
techniques, then he would also need to hunt down demon beasts to get crystal stones in
exchange. That special space inside his mind greatly consumed the crystal stones.
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Chapter 6: The Strength Of Two Tigers
"Pass like Thunder and move like the Wind!"
A distinct chilly shout exploded and suddenly echoed throughout the mountain grove.
A silhouette could be seen shuttling back and forth, while making its way through the
forest. Each time that figure stuck his palm out; it produced an illustrious sound along with
bursts of thunderous roars.
"Bang!" With a dull thumping sound, the wood shavings were sent swirling in the air as
spiderweb-like cracks appeared at the spots which were slapped by the palms.
Also with a loud 'kuaca' sound, that tree collapsed accordingly after getting struck.
The four moves of the Rushing Thunder Hand had already been practiced quite
exceptionally and proficiently by Ye Xiwen.
Five days passed in a flash while he was busy practicing without any obstruction. His
strength had already reached 995 Jin and
was almost close to obtaining the strength of two tigers. Under normal circumstances, only
the warriors of Houtian fifth stage could attain the strength of 2 tigers, but Ye Xiwen's
strength was already approaching that number. In fact, he was able to feel that the next
breakthrough was not far.
His strength was already drawing near to the strength of two tigers, plus his Rushing
Thunder Hand had also reached six echoes!
He attained substantial progress during the last five days, enough to sweep away any
expert of Houtian fourth stage.
However this was still not enough, far from enough!
Ye Xiwen was issuing the moves of Rushing Thunder Hand over and over. The fourth stage
and fifth stage of this martial art technique were kind of like watersheds, in fact the
strength of 1000 Jin was also a huge watershed when talking about strength analysis
because a warrior with the strength of two tigers could actually defeat several warriors
with their strength at 999 Jin.
When a person's strength suddenly increased to 500 Jin, they wouldn't be the same
anymore. Their overall strength would no longer stay scattered across the limbs and bones,
rather would
condense into one group of energy which would then continue to grow and multiply
endlessly. The total might of a person would increase several times, enough to turn the
heaven and earth upside down.
And after a person's strength increased to 1000 Jin, then the strength contained in the
echoes would be a lot stronger than before.
Ye Xiwen issued the Rushing Thunder Hand once again and produced seven muffled
rumbling noises in one go.
"Bang!"
One more time, Ye Xiwen's palm caused an air explosion while he was soaked in sweat
from head to toe, as if fished out from the river just now. He could feel his muscles going
numb all over his body; his muscles were twitching unceasingly which was a direct result
of overstraining them.
Ye Xiwen clenched his teeth and got rid of the beads of sweat that were dripping into his
eyes. His whole body was sore with pain and numbness spreading all over, but he knew
that giving up was not an option. Although his school was only a branch of
the Main Sect of Yi Yuan School, it still had a collection of various types of ancient books.
Several of them contained information regarding how to have a successful breakthrough.
The key to having a breakthrough lied in the so-called continuous process of progressing
continually by exhausting one's body to the utmost, and by practicing non-stop without
taking rest in between. When done properly as described, one would witness the birth of a
new power within oneself, further forming an endless loop of energy circulation.
"Ss..." Ye Xiwen drew back the corners of his mouth; he didn't stop even for an instant and
issued the Rushing Thunder Hand once again.
A silhouette unceasingly shuttled back and forth in the jungle; each of his gestures and
movements were meticulous.
After an uncertain amount of time, Ye Xiwen's figure halted abruptly. He shot his palm and
issued a burst of thunder-like Zhen Qi which made a loud fulmination.
"Rumble!"
"Rumble!"
...
"Bang!"
Ye Xiwen's palm unexpectedly issued a total of seven echoes of thunderous sounds.
His muscles began to throb and bones started to collide, making crackling and rattling
sounds. His old strength was at its limit and a new strength appeared to be taking birth
involuntarily. His strength had made a breakthrough once again, reaching the strength of
two tigers. This was really an explosion type of progress which pushed his cultivation all
the way to the peak of Houtian fourth stage.
Although it was merely the peak of the fourth stage, Ye Xiwen still managed to achieve the
seventh echo of Rushing Thunder Hand by relying on the strength of two tigers.
Even a warrior of Houtian fifth stage was no longer his match.
Suddenly, there came a subtle 'rustling' sound from the front side of jungle. There appeared
a huge hog that was more than 2
meters tall and its whole body was covered in monstrously long thorns. It was making loud
snorting sounds and had actually ground its way through the jungle to come out.
Ye Xiwen's mind immediately shivered when he realized that it was a Houtian fifth stage
demon beast called Arrow Hog. Its greatest weapon were the long thorns densely covering
its upper and lower body, not to mention it was able to eject these thorns when faced with
danger. He needed to be careful in order to not get shot by those thorns.
The Arrow Hog's coarse pelt and thick flesh were very difficult to deal with. Also, its long
tusks could directly kill a tiger.
It was stubbornly observing Ye Xiwen as it fiercely stamped its foot on the ground and
immediately tightened its muscles. In a flash, dozens of arrow-like long thorns were shot by
the Arrow Hog. They as if blotted out the sky and went all the way towards Ye Xiwen.
Ye Xiwen was somewhat gloomy what was the deal with this beast. There was a possibility
that since he had been engrossed
so earnestly in shadowboxing, he probably didn't pay attention and ended up intruding
into this Arrow Hog's territory. His reaction was not at all slow as he immediately stepped
backward with a burst of Zhen Qi beneath his feet. As lithe as a swallow, it seemed as if he
was skimming in the air. He somehow managed to evade most of the thorns and also swept
the remaining ones into another direction.
When the Arrow Hog saw that its attack did not work, it immediately dashed over at a
flying speed. This was completely unexpected considering its heavy and sturdy appearance.
It was extremely fast and its long tusks were arched upwards; it seemed all set to directly
bore its tusks through Ye Xiwen's head.
Ye Xiwen's left foot tilted to the right as he twisted his body to change direction in midair,
barely avoiding the danger of getting impaled by the Arrow Hog's tusks.
As soon as Ye Xiwen landed on the ground, the Arrow Hog dashed towards him like a small
rolling mountain, without giving him even a tiny bit of chance to breathe.
Ye Xiwen coldly snorted but did not fall back. There was a burst of Zhen Qi beneath his feet
that immediately propelled
him forward like an arrow. He shot his palm which appeared to be wrapped in curling
thunderclouds. The rumbling noise of the thunderclaps was deafening. In the blink of an
eye, his palm passed right through the densely covered thorns of the Arrow Hog before
maliciously pounding on its body. The strength of two tigers ruptured in its entirety along
with the explosion of the clouds surrounding his palm.
"Bang!"
That Arrow Hog had its flesh bruised and lacerated; several of its ribs were broken as well.
It gave out miserable shrieks again and again as its small mountain-like body recoiled away
from Ye Xiwen.
In general, Zhen Qi couldn't do much to damage the tough pelt and thick flesh of an Arrow
Hog beast. Not to mention that this was a demon beast of Houtian fifth stage and Ye Xiwen
was only at the peak of Houtian fourth stage.
However Ye Xiwen's strength had already reached the strength of two tigers, so his overall
strength was not at all lesser than that of the Arrow Hog. Not to forget the advantage of the
Rushing Thunder Hand that had also reached the extent of seven echoes.
Just a single palm attack had left this Arrow Hog in a miserable state; its blood-curdling
screeches were resounding everywhere.
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Chapter 7: Earth's Core Fruit
Ye Xiwen had never thought that his own palm would actually be able to strike through the
coarse skin and thick flesh of this Arrow Hog beast, sending its flesh and blood flying all
over. The seventh echo of Rushing Thunder Hand was really fierce. It could be said the
fourth echo from before and the seventh echo of now were simply not in the same league.
"Ang!"
The Arrow Hog beast bellowed loudly but surprisingly didn't rush over, instead turned
around and ran away. Although the IQ of demon beasts was almost similar to that of a
common wild animal, but if it was compared with humankind, there was a huge difference
between them just like the heaven and the earth. However, while going through a life or
death situation, they were instead more resolute than humans.
He never expected that this beast would actually choose to flee. It was said the lower the
level of a demon beast, the lower the IQ it would have. Therefore, this kind of strange
behavior was quite beyond his expectations.
The Arrow Hog beasts although used to look very clumsy in appearance, they actually
possessed a keen skill that many people had never thought of. It was a skill of sensitivity. It
didn't take even a moment and its figure disappeared in the forest.
But how could Ye Xiwen let the other party run away so easily? Instantly, he raised the
internal power of his body and Zhen Qi suddenly exploded under his feet. He made the
maximum use of his skills and his figure flickered through the ocean of clouds just like a
phantom. Just in a moment of effort, he caught up with it.
Actually he followed the beast all the way out of the woods and finally arrived on top of a
piece of open space. On one side of this open space, there was a precipice. It was a
horizontal block of huge stone that surprisingly had a three inches tall plant. This plant was
actually there to protect a red fruit by surrounding the fruit with its six green leaves. In
addition, it was constantly emitting a faint fruity fragrance.
A fifty-year-old Earth's Core Fruit grew up by collecting spiritual qi from the soil. Ye Xiwen
recalled seeing a record on this type of herbal medicine before; it was also an essential
component in compounded drugs which were used to increase one's cultivation. Generally
speaking, an excellent medicine
made out of a fifty-year-old Earth's Core fruit could increase five years worth of cultivation
and internal power. It could be said to be extremely precious.
immortality pills
He suddenly understood why this Arrow Hog beast had such a big hostility toward him
from the beginning. Because it must have assumed that he showed up here to fight over
this Earth's Core Fruit.
The importance of precious Heavenly material treasure was something not only known to
the human beings but also to the demon beasts. Although demon beast didn't have high
wisdom, they still knew that once the Earth's Core Fruit completely ripened, it would
tumble down. This Arrow Hog beast had already waited for a very long time for that to
happen.
Ye Xiwen used the Phantom Cloud Trace and quickly followed the Arrow Hog beast.
Afterward, he suddenly turned his body in midair and pressed down his palm.
"Bang!"
At this instant, he displayed Rushing Thunder Hand to its acme. Each of his palm attacks
was thunderous. Even a Houtian fourth stage warrior would be seriously injured if faced
with his palm attack. Fortunately, this Arrow Hog's skin was coarse and its flesh was quite
thick. Also it was much powerful than an ordinary warrior of Houtian fourth stage,
otherwise, it would have already been slapped to death by Ye Xiwen.
Such being the case, it still suffered Ye Xiwen's palm attack to the extent where its spine
actually got smashed to pieces.
"Roar!" The Arrow Hog beast screamed pitifully; its huge body crashed to the ground
heavily and started twitching endlessly.
Ye Xiwen didn't have the intention to let this opportunity pass by. He immediately shot his
palm which landed on its skull. In a flash, the skull cracked open and the beast's brains
spattered in all directions.
The Arrow Hog beast screamed one last time before dying.
Seeing this, Ye Xiwen felt somewhat incredulous. A Houtian fifth stage demon beast actually
endured just three palms to be beaten to death; this was absolutely hard to believe in the
past.
Ordinary demon beasts, on the same level as other warriors, used to be extremely
powerful. But as for this Arrow Hog Beast,
it could not even bear three hits from his palm. This thought made Ye Xiwen very much
confident for the School Inner Weighing (School Inner Competition) which was about to
start a month later.
He didn't hesitate a bit, immediately cut open the huge body of that beast and dug out the
demon core from inside. This kind of demon core, which was a source of life for a demon
beast, was considered a very valuable treasure by martial artists. Although it was only a
demon core of Houtian fifth stage, its value would be at least twenty low-grade spirit
stones.
Just because the demon cores of these demon beasts used to be so valuable, more and more
people emerged every year to hunt and kill these demon beasts, though most of the experts
ended up being buried in their beastly mouths.
However Ye Xiwen did not have the thoughts of selling off this demon core. If he handed it
over to his school, it could be changed into school credits. These school credits perhaps
were not worth a coin outside, but their usefulness inside the school was certainly great.
And that was only because these school credits had the ability to be exchanged for
outstanding power techniques, herbal medicines to raise internal power, as well as for
getting personal guidance from some elders. For Ye Xiwen, naturally these were much
more important than money.
In this world where strength was the supreme law, only formidable strength was
considered fundamental, everything else was just like floating clouds!
Of course, other body parts of this Arrow Hog beast could also be sold for a sum of money,
but Ye Xiwen could not carry along its corpse all the way back, hence could only give up!
After putting the demon core into his bag, he started climbing up the cliff straightaway.
Along with the progress of his internal power, his physical abilities had also progressed by
leaps and bounds. Now he could jump around with agility, advancing or retreating freely
like apes.
Ye Xiwen quickly climbed up the stone cliff and arrived right in front of that Earth's Core
Fruit. Some kind of herbal fragrance was quivering in the wind as it assailed his nostrils.
He immediately reached out with his hand to grab the Earth's Core Fruit. Although a fifty-
year-old Earth's Core Fruit's herbal efficacy was not considered the best, but the way he
was presently, having it was still a better option than being without it. It had the ability to
increase five years of power. In fact, he might be able to push through the peak of Houtian
fourth stage
in one fell swoop.
A sudden burst of sound transmitted from above, along with a burst of fishy wind that
assaulted his nostrils.
Ye Xiwen subconsciously stamped his feet on the ground and dodge to the side to avoid this
evil wind.
When he took a closer look, actually saw a huge multi-colored python with its bloody
mouth wide open like a sacrificial bowl.
A fishy smell was leaking out of his mouth and spreading everywhere. Damn it, this huge
python was as wide as almost half-a-person's width and 5-6 meters long; it also seemed to
have some kind of magical abilities as well.
On the one side, there was this so-called legendary herbal fruit while on the other side,
there was a strange beast guarding it. Ye Xiwen initially thought that the Arrow Hog beast
was not dead and had appeared again, therefore he was somewhat relaxed.
But fortunately, he hadn't completely loosened his guard.
Otherwise, half of his body would have already been bitten off by that huge python.
This snake certainly had some magical abilities because the Earth's Core fruit only grew in
a region with rich Lingqi. After a long period of moistening in Lingqi, this huge python
evidently had also changed from an ordinary beast into a demon beast.
Judging by its appearance, it had actually reached the early phase of Houtian fifth stage.
Since Ye Xiwen was unable to sense Lingqi around here, it was obvious that this Earth's
Core fruit had thoroughly absorbed Lingqi from this area, leaving the surrounding region
completely devoid of it.
"Hiss!" The multicolored python noticed that Ye Xiwen was not planning to strike first, so it
immediately turned its head toward Ye Xiwen and opened it mouth to bite him.
A burst of fishy smell greeted the nostrils of Ye Xiwen as he immediately jumped
backwards while relying on Phantom Cloud Trace to avoid all of the biting attempts of that
huge multicolored python. Then he suddenly turned around and shot his palm outward.
Pass Like Thunder and Move Like The Wind!
Ye Xiwen's palm was extremely quick as it maliciously got printed on the body of the
python.
"Bang!"
Surprisingly, it produced a metal clanging sound as that python's multi-colored scales were
harder than a common piece of iron sheet.
But how could Ye Xiwen's strength be so terrifying?! His palm barely touched the python
and sent it flying several meters away.
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Chapter 8: Houtian Fifth Stage
At this instant, the tail of that huge multicolored python was horizontally flung over, which
produced an illustrious wind.
Consequently, it was thrown directly in front of Ye Xiwen. Its tail was as hard as metal.
Though it was ruthlessly thrashed, its strength shouldn't be lesser than the strength of two
tigers.
Although for a snake type demon beast, strength wasn't considered its forte, but this
multicolored python was surprisingly thrown off by its tail even though it was already at
the Houtian fifth stage and had the absolute strength of more than 1000 Jin. Even its bones
were badly smashed by this sturdy whipping.
"Bang!" Both palms of Ye Xiwen forged ahead and ferociously crashed into it, producing a
metal clanging sound which echoed everywhere once again.
He then immediately shouted out loud and firmly grabbed its tail that had already been
badly smashed a moment ago.
Immediately, the blue veins stuck out on his arm. And then in an instant, he transported the
strength of his whole body and flung that python again in midair.
"Swish!" The python weighed more than 100 Jin but was suddenly lifted up and flung in
midair quite ruthlessly, making it exude whistling sounds.
"Bang!" With a loud sound, it was knocked directly against a cliff.
This time when the python was forcefully whipped, its body directly sank into the cliff.
Soon the wisps of blood seeped out of its thick and long body. Obviously, the intensity of
this whipping was quite big. It struggled to escape but how could Ye Xiwen just let it slip
away like this? He moved into action right away.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
Quite soon, the python was delivered to its death.
Even though the python was wiped out, Ye Xiwen still could not think of resting even for a
while. Immediately after digging the demon core out of this python's body, he promptly dug
out the Earth's Core Fruit as well.
Afterward, he quickly departed from this place as he thought that this place was now
reeking of blood which might attract the attention of other demon beasts that lived on the
mountain.
And if that happened, it would surely bring an inevitable trouble to him. Although it was
said that this place was the outside region of the mountain range and probably did not have
many formidable demon beasts, it could still become a troublesome matter. In case defying
all common sense, a formidable demon beast rushed out of nowhere then he would not get
time to complain or cry about the unfairness of the situation.
There were plenty of demon beasts on this mountain, so he also had no choice but to
protect himself. The reason why Yi Yuan School was situated on top of this kind of
mountain was to intimidate the demon beasts and prevent them from descending the
mountain to harass people.
Ye Xiwen soon returned to Yi Yuan School. Though he had left several days ago, almost
nothing had changed here.
Afterward, he went straight to Yi Yuan School's Gongde Palace.
Actually, Yi Yuan school was specifically responsible for exchanging valuable items for
school credits which were contributed by the inner disciples.
Ye Xiwen walked in and arrived directly in front of the school credit exchange steward.
These stewards were really some very powerful characters in the school. They were not
like the elders, but still commanded some real respect and influence in the school. Although
the strength they possessed couldn't be regarded as too significant, ordinary disciples still
could not afford to offend them.
This young steward was called Wang Shi who used to be one of the disciples of Yi Yuan
School earlier. His behavior was relatively unkind and he liked to suck up to powerful and
influential people. This was the reason why common disciples did not like him. At this time,
Wang Shi somewhat superciliously said: "Do you also want to exchange credits?"
"No." Ye Xiwen shook his head as he took out the demon cores of that Arrow Hog beast and
the multicolored python. "I wish to exchange these two demon cores for crystal stones."
Wang Shi received the two demon cores very indifferently, and said: "A Houtian fifth stage
demon core can be exchanged
for twenty low-grade spirit-stones, so these two can be exchanged for altogether forty low-
grade spirit-stones."
"En." Ye Xiwen expressed his agreement even though there was a huge relative difference
between the two demon cores when it came to quality. In case they were sold privately, it
might earn one or two more spirit stones. However it was relatively convenient to directly
go to Gongde Palace to exchange them than choosing the private selling option.
After receiving the spirit stones, Ye Xiwen turned around and left. Having forty low-grade
spirit stones and the Earth's Core Fruit, now he could definitely practice Rushing Thunder
Hand to the degree of ninth echo. At that moment, this martial art technique would be
considered complete and at its best.
After departing from Gongde Palace, he directly returned to his small courtyard. Time was
getting more and more pressing, he must enhance his strength as quickly as possible.
He sat down cross-legged on the bed, then took out Earth's Core Fruit and swallowed it. As
soon as the Earth's Core Fruit was swallowed, in an instant it turned into a warm current
and started flowing within his body.
The flowing warmth actually arose from his Dantian; his whole body's Zhen Qi suddenly
started revolving really frantically. Ye Xiwen's face simultaneously began to turn red.
With the crazy revolution of Zhen Qi within his body, the originally stable state also started
to loosen up continuously.
Ye Xiwen induced the circulation of Zhen Qi within his body by exerting his full strength
and refined these newfound energies. In every refinement, Zhen Qi got strengthened.
Furthermore, more and more energy began to quench his body under his guidance.
The energies ripped apart and reconstructed the cells in his entire body. In this
reconstruction and then ripping apart process, his face revealed a trace of pain along with
enjoyment intertwined together. When countless cells were torn apart, it seemed to him as
if the entire world was crumbling. Even his body had also started to produce a crackling
sound just like the loud sounds of intermittent firecrackers. This was due to the experience
his mortal body was going through during this transformation process.
He then immediately got out of his bed and went into the small courtyard. There he gave
out a loud shout and started
practicing the repertoire of Rushing Thunder Hand. In his mind, there was an image of a
person training the essence of Rushing Thunder Hand quite rapidly. Spiritual Qi of those
exchanged forty spirit-stones flowed in abundance and surged within his whole body quite
crazily.
"Bang!" That small courtyard of Ye Xiwen brimmed with the sound of intermittent
rumbling thunders; even his body was also producing a crackling and rattling sound. The
strength inside his body also went on increasing with a flying speed.
The strength of two tigers!
The two and a half times the strength of a tiger!
The strength of three tigers!
The strength of four tigers!
The strength of five tigers!
"Bang!" All of a sudden, he broke through the peak of Houtian
fourth stage with an explosion of powerful currents of energy!
Houtian fifth stage!
However, this promotion hadn't ended yet, instead was still rocketing rapidly. Right before
reaching the middle of Houtian fifth stage, his Zhen Qi stared clambering up at an
astonishing speed before reaching straight to the mid level of Houtian fifth stage. The
feeling of this rapid breakthrough was making Ye Xiwen wallow. Just when the late phase
of Houtian fifth stage was going to be attacked, he suddenly felt that inexhaustible flux of
energy surprisingly vanishing all of a sudden.
The power of five tigers!
With a tremendous fulminating sound, he noticed that huge amount of energy had
transformed into his body strength. His former strength of three tigers appeared like
history now. He had once again leveled up to reach the power of five tigers. So now his
strength was be comparable to the experts of Houtian sixth stage.
"Bang!" An immense thunderstorm sound resounded. Ye Xiwen once again blasted Rushing
Thunder Hand outwards,
thereby producing the seventh echo in one vigorous effort.
Inside the mysterious space, a silhouette could be seen unceasingly drilling the essence of
Rushing Thunder Hand.
"Bang!" The eighth echo of thunderstorm was finally produced; this symbolized that Ye
Xiwen had eventually deduced the major part of the essence of Rushing Thunder Hand.
The formidable power of the eighth echo of Rushing Thunder Hand instantaneously got
promoted by a level. Now it could actually be placed on par with some mid-level power
techniques.
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Chapter 9: Seizing Treasure
The thin body of Ye Xiwen was completely soaked in sweat and was also covered in some
black impurities, those impurities which used to stay concealed within the body.
"Great, finally I made a breakthrough to the fifth stage. On top of that, now I also have the
strength of five tigers along with the eighth echo of Rushing Thunder Hand. So when the
time comes, I can easily blow away even the experts of the sixth stage. My breakthrough is
simply advancing by leaps and bounds!" Ye Xiwen said happily.
Altogether there were nine stages in Houtian realm; each stage enormously differed from
the other. Initially those who had the strength of two tigers could only enter Houtian fifth
stage, but Houtian sixth stage actually needed the strength of five tigers, which meant more
than 2500 Jin!
Considering the current fighting strength of Ye Xiwen, now he could be considered as the
high rank disciple within Inner Sect as he had the strength to blast away even the experts of
the sixth stage now. However in order to get promoted to the status of a core disciple, this
was still insufficient.
Only if he could reach Houtian sixth stage, then in due course he had the considerable hope
to become a core disciple.
After making a smooth breakthrough to the strength of five tigers, Ye Xiwen conveniently
pounded his fist in midair which sent shockwaves everywhere. If his current strength was
to be compared with his previous form, then naturally there was noticeably a huge
difference between them just like the difference between the heaven and earth.
Although his strength increased terrifically, the price he had to pay was also significantly
huge. Earth's Core Fruit had already been completely digested by him, in addition to that
those forty spirit-stones had also nearly been exhausted in the process of deducing Rushing
Thunder Hand's last echo. This was much larger consumption compared with the total
consumption that happened during the comprehension of eighth echo earlier.
Obviously after achieving the eighth echo of Rushing Thunder Hand, its overall might could
not be mentioned in one breath.
Now it had already reached the might of a mid-level power technique and that too in one
fell swoop.
If he wanted to enhance his strength by leaps and bounds and that too in a short period of
time, then whether it was learning martial arts or advancing the stages, it was all inevitably
linked to the spirit stones and Heavenly material treasures such as the Earth's Core Fruit.
After all, they were really scarce and difficult to obtain. At present, the most reliable and
safest means was to hunt and kill demon beasts and then exchange their demon cores for
crystal stones. This could also enhance one's fighting experience in one fell swoop.
After making this decision, Ye Xiwen hurriedly left Yi Yuan School and advanced towards
the depths of the Qingfeng Mountain.
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Time flew by with passing days. Ye Xiwen had already spent three days, entering deeper
into the Qingfeng Mountain. Now, he had already made his way through Houtian fifth stage,
not to mention even the demon beasts of Houtian sixth stage were roaming about there.
Yesterday, Ye Xiwen bumped into a demon beast of Houtian sixth stage peak and was about
to lose his life inside that demon beast's mouth.
At that time his life was truly hanging by a thread. All along, Ye Xiwen deeply felt that it was
highly inconvenient without a weapon. A confrontation with a person was not that
troublesome, however while confronting these demon beasts, he truly suffered injuries
everywhere. After all, his hands could not be compared with the claws and teeth of these
demon beasts.
This day, Ye Xiwen crossed through a piece of canyon where he found a red ginseng above a
cliff. He had already seen this kind of ginseng in various martial records. Actually, it
belonged to a species of ordinary ginsengs which usually had the capability of enhancing a
person's internal power efficacy, but this red ginseng was several times beneficial than
ordinary ginsengs.
Upon seeing the appearance of this red ginseng, it could be deduced that it was at least
more than one-hundred-years old; it was a fully matured spirit fruit. If this ginseng fell into
his hands, then at least he could make a breakthrough directly to Houtian sixth stage. And
in due course, he could steadily be promoted to the ranks of core disciples. At that time, no
one would dare to underestimate him.
Hence without a bit of hesitation, Ye Xiwen promptly climbed
up the cliff. His movement was very flexible. Just like a quick and smart ape, very swiftly he
crawled to the position where the ginseng was.
Immediately after that, he extended his hand towards the red ginseng to grab it.
"Bang!" As he was about to grab it, a handful of soil were clutched in his hand instead of
that ginseng. He raised his head to look ahead and noticed that the ginseng had surprisingly
moved one-hundred meters away from its original place.
"This red ginseng actually has a hazy sub-consciousness!" Ye Xiwen was really extremely
astonished at this sight. In this world, myriads of things had mysterious powers, in fact
even a piece of stone after passing through a trillion years of time period could actually
attain consciousness. A heavenly treasure like this red ginseng furthermore gathered the
essence of heaven and earth. A millennium-year-old Ginseng King could attain hazy
consciousness as well, hence an ordinary person would be unable to catch it. With the
supernatural power to connect to the earth, it could travel a few hundred kilometers in a
day if needed. While in the case of a Ginseng King, it could be a ten-thousand-year old
treasure, which could even take form of a human being or become a mountain spirit.
This red ginseng was really worthy of being called a mutated ginseng. It only had one-
hundred years of maturity but had surprisingly achieved a hazy sub-consciousness.
However, it seemed like it could not change its form until it achieved the maturity of a
millennium. Now that Ye Xiwen had already caught sight of it, he would naturally not let it
slip by.
At this instant, Ye Xiwen's whole body turned vigorous and his Zhen Qi suddenly surged.
Immediately after that, he abruptly flew up in the air and threw himself at that red ginseng
just like a big eagle preying on its target.
"Bang!" He advanced towards the cliff and grabbed it finally.
The red ginseng didn't get enough time to flee and ultimately fell into his hands and got
dragged out of the cliff, leaving the protection of earth. However, after getting uprooted
from the earth, it completely lost its supernatural power.
Soon a pleasant smile peeped out on Ye Xiwen's face. After taking it, he climbed down the
cliff. However when he wanted to find a secluded place to swallow it, right at this instant,
suddenly a loud voice burst out from behind him.
"Hand over that red ginseng!"
Ye Xiwen turned around and saw that there were three young men gazing at him
indifferently.
Among these three young people, two were approximately twenty years old. One was clad
in black clothes while the other was clad in purple. The youth in the middle was a
seventeen or eighteen-year-old guy who was wrapped in a white robe. He was about the
same age as Ye Xiwen, however had a very arrogant look stuck on his face. The one who
shouted loudly just now was actually the black clothed youth.
"You are a disciple of Yi Yuan School!" The black-clothed youth sounded very arrogant
when he said that.
"Are you the people of Zhang family?" Ye Xiwen's eyes drew towards their shoulders where
their family emblem was hanging, so he immediately turned somewhat vigilant. The
Qingfeng Mountain was stretched across several hundred miles.
It was also a branch of Great Yue State's mountain ranges. It had altogether two super
powers dwelling on it, one was Yi Yuan School and other was this Zhang family.
This Yi Yuan School was a branch of Yi Yuan School's Main Sect, while right behind it was
Zhang family which belonged to another big shot of Great Yue State, namely Tianfeng Hall.
Their immense power and influence was absolutely not inferior to Yi Yuan School's.
However, since both parties belonged to the two different forces, therefore the bilateral
relations had always been quite tensed.
Out in public, they had scruples about the other party's background influence, but on the
surface they also maintained a friendly relationship with each other. However they secretly
hated each other. In the depths of the Qingfeng Mountain, the disciples from both sides
used to learn through experience and the matters of mutual killings were not something
new.
"This is our Zhang family's young master, hand over that red ginseng!" That black-clothed
youth clamored.
"I found this first!" Ye Xiwen vigilantly said while secretly pondering in his heart that did he
really have to come across such a situation where people choose to murder their opponent
so as to seize treasures?!
"Young master, did you hear what he said just now?" The black-clothed youth said.
"Why are you still talking rubbish with him? He is just a trash
of Yi Yuan School. Just kill him and that red ginseng will become ours." The purple-clothed
youth said somewhat impatiently, while his face revealed a hint of fierceness.
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Chapter 10: Easily Accomplished
The moment Ye Xiwen listened to his words, he was suddenly taken aback. This meant they
wanted to kill him in order to seize the treasure!
And just as he expected, the voice barely fell and a whistling sound burst out right away.
The purple-clothed youth stomped his foot and in a flash, hurtled towards Ye Xiwen.
Simultaneously both his hands turned into a pair of eagle claws.
It was actually a primary level power technique, Eagle Claw Power. This youth could even
grasp or pierce through the quartzite quite easily relying on the strength of Late Houtian
fifth stage coupled with 'Eagle Claw Power'. His might was really enormous. Since he very
much relied on Eagle Claw Power, he was actually well-known among the Zhang family's
inner disciples.
The youth's body appeared like a huge eagle while his hands had already changed into
eagle claws with which he as if firmly grabbed the air, causing an air explosion
accompanied with shockwaves. At this moment, his face revealed a sardonic smile as he
could almost visualize the scene where Ye Xiwen was seriously injured by his claws.
Just like a huge eagle arriving to kill its prey in an instant, his Zhen Qi condensed and took
the shape of an eagle.
However, Ye Xiwen also reacted at once. Immediately, a burst of a crackling and rattling
sounds of thunderstorm reverberated, followed by a hand which stretched out and directly
ripped off the layer of protective Zhen Qi from the body of that youth. Afterwards, Ye Xiwen
grabbed his neck.
Indeed there was a massive difference between the strength of both sides. Just in an
instant, Ye Xiwen broke the defense of the opposite party very intelligently.
The purple-clothed youth was single-handedly held by the nape of his neck by Ye Xiwen.
The big hand of Ye Xiwen firmly held his neck just like an iron hoop, rendering him
completely immobile. Because of this, he was unable to even breathe properly. If he
continued being in this state, then would be certainly strangled to death by Ye Xiwen.
For Ye Xiwen, this was the first time dealing with a human being. However, with the power
of five tigers coordinated with the eighth echo of Rushing Thunder Hand, that youth was
completely outdone by him. This was due to the huge disparity between their strengths.
At this moment, an unbelievable reaction accompanied with astonishment appeared on the
faces of other two youths, one was the young master of the Zhang family and other was the
black-clothed youth. For them, this was simply similar to miracle.
"Stop, release him at once!" The black-clothed youth shouted loudly.
"Fine, I am returning him to you!" Under the long robe of Ye Xiwen, his muscles tensed up
and the next moment, the purple-clothed youth was directly thrown out.
"Bang!" Suddenly, the purple-clothed youth was sent flying towards the black-clothed
youth. Upon seeing this, the black-clothed youth promptly raised his hands to grab him in
midair.
However, the sounds of 'Kara' 'Kara' immediately resounded everywhere as soon as both
his hands crashed into something that was thrown with immense force. The bones in his
hands suddenly got shattered to pieces.
Now the strength of Ye Xiwen's whole body had already surpassed the strength of five
tigers and had basically reached
2500 Jin. That black-clothed youth was only at Houtian fifth stage and possessed the
strength of three tigers, so how could he withstand this blow. All of a sudden, his arm was
terribly smashed off and bent in a weird manner.
"Kara!" An ear piercing sound of broken bones suddenly burst out as the back of the
purple-clothed youth powerfully smashed against the arms of the black-clothed youth.
Because of this powerful hit, the backbone of the purple-clothed youth immediately got
fractured. The broken bones perforated his internal organs and as a result, he immediately
started spouting blood from his mouth. He immediately collapsed and it was hard to tell
whether he was just unconscious or dead.
The description seemed quite long, but the fact was that this whole scene took place in a
matter of few breaths.
The young master of Zhang family immediately turned furious. Just in an instant, both of his
subordinates were defeated, one of them actually lost his consciousness while the other got
his hands completely smashed to pieces; he was wailing incessantly. For the young master,
this whole incident was literary like getting a firm slap on his face.
"You really acted recklessly!" The young master shouted
indignantly, immediately his whole body's Zhen Qi started proliferating. Compared to him,
the other two youths were not the least bit stronger. He was already at Houtian sixth stage
and his strength was utterly astonishing. Furthermore, he had all the qualifications to
become a core disciple. "I must break your hands and feet and discard your cultivation. Not
only this, I will even peel your skin off!"
The young master's fist suddenly rumbled with a fierce boxing strength. This explosion
caused the air to seethe with excitement. His Zhen Qi ran through the vast sky while his fist
strength turned into his own strength. Just like a dragon made up of qi, he advanced
towards Ye Xiwen to blast him away.
"Pass Like Thunder and Move Like The Wind!" Ye Xiwen also set about and shouted loudly.
In a split second, Rushing Thunder Hand was shot accompanied with a rumbling sound of
thunder and routed the ferocious attack of the young master's Qi dragon in one fell swoop.
"Bang!" With a metal clanging sound, both hands of the young master were suddenly
snapped off, making him immediately spout out a mouthful of blood. Because of this solid
hit, his body flew upside down. His eyes were brimming with an inconceivable look. "How
is it possible, the eighth echo, you have actually practiced to the eighth echo!"
The young master just couldn't accept that Ye Xiwen had already practiced Rushing
Thunder Hand to this level.
Producing the eighth echo, it was something not even several core disciples could achieve.
Besides, Rushing Thunder Hand was not a profound secret book; even the Zhang family
also had it in their collection. However, he had never seen a single disciple of this age who
had been able to bring forth the eighth echo so conveniently.
Even more dreadful was the fact that Ye Xiwen unexpectedly had the strength of five tigers.
It was not some kind of scattered inborn strength, rather was a type of twisted strength.
This was the root cause why the moment he got struck, his hands were snapped off.
"You should know by now that it's futile!" Ye Xiwen sneered as he said, then stepped
forward to pursue him. At this instant, Rushing Thunder Hand was used at its best and that
young master was slapped mercilessly, which sent him flying in the air.
"Bang!" The chest of the young master suddenly exploded, and even his sternum was
shattered into pieces with flesh and blood splattering everywhere. Ye Xiwen had already
blown out his heart, making him depart from this world almost immediately.
Just in a blink of an eye, the table was completely turned. A moment ago, the three people
had encircled Ye Xiwen to kill him but now the current situation was like this: one of them
died on the spot, the second was in an unconscious state while the third one was severely
injured.
"It's impossible, you...you actually killed the young master!"
The black-clothed youth wailed in grief.
Ye Xiwen's face was still expressionless, as he slowly moved towards him.
"This was our mistake, please let us off; we were subjected to the direct command of the
young master. We will surely not speak out a single word!" Eventually the facial expression
of the black-clothed youth revealed a fearful expression. However behind that fearful
expression, deep within his heart, a trace of hatred had already taken birth. Ye Xiwen
interestingly noticed it quite easily.
"Do you even believe your own words? True, we don't have enmity, but you still ganged up
on me to snatch away the red ginseng; not to mention you even tried to kill me rather
letting
me off." That black-clothed youth's persuasion was totally dismissed by Ye Xiwen. How
could Ye Xiwen be convinced so easily? The trace of hatred which was revealed on the
black-clothed youth's face made Ye Xiwen fully understand that there was surely a
possibility of retaliation later on.
Seeing that Ye Xiwen was determined to kill them, the youth became frantic: "You won't die
an easy death! Just you wait...
our Zhang family's experts are in the proximity. If we don't return, they would do anything
and everything to dig out the truth, and then they will surely avenge us!"
"You reap what you sow; these are the consequences of your own actions!"
Ye Xiwen completely ignored everything, simply struck his palm which sent his Zhen Qi
galloping ahead violently.
"Bang!"
The youth billowed pitifully and died a moment later.
After having killed the black-clothed youth, Ye Xiwen also
killed the purple-clothed youth who was in stupor. Thus in this way, he handled the matter
efficiently for the first time in his life by successfully silencing all the witnesses. However
now, he didn't have enough time to plan his next course of action as according to the very
last words uttered by the black-clothed youth there were several Zhang family's experts
roaming about in the vicinity, so he must depart as quickly as possible.
Shortly after he left, a group of five men rushed to the scene.
When their eyes fell on the three dead bodies lying on the ground, the whole group started
raging with fury.
"The young master's corpse is still warm, that explains the murderer has not yet gone far.
Pursue him; we must pursue him to the ends of the earth if we have to. Rip off his skin and
muscles and eliminate the hate blazing in my heart!" The leader of that group exclaimed
aloud while gnashing his teeth in anger.
On his face was a long scar which was most likely the leftover from an old blade wound.
"Yes!" Other four men responded.
Chapter 11: Stimulating battle
In the forest located in the depths of the Qingfeng Mountain, a human figure leapt up.
Three days had already passed since the young master of the Zhang family was killed.
Moreover, it had already been three days since Ye Xiwen fled straight into the forest.
Shortly after leaving that cliff, he discovered that there was someone chasing him. The
story didn't end there; they almost caught up with him several times.
At this moment, Ye Xiwen was suddenly struck with some dark thoughts as it looked like
this time; he had probably ended up killing someone very important. Otherwise, it was
impossible for anyone to go so far as to pursue him non-stop for three days and three
nights. Moreover, it also seemed that more and more people of Zhang family were getting
to know about this incident and joining the pursuit.
However he did not regret his actions one bit as he thought that he as a real man had done
the right thing back then. After all that young master of Zhang family had already crossed
his limit and gone too far!
Suddenly the sound of intermittent footsteps sounded from behind. Ye Xiwen heard that
and hastily sprang up and flew into the dense branches to completely cover his stature.
Soon afterward, two people arrived at the spot where Ye Xiwen was standing just a
moment ago. One of them was a tall man while the other was shorter in height. But both
were dressed in Zhang family's warrior apparel.
"How can the footprints that led us until here suddenly vanish?" That tall and slim-looking
warrior said.
"No matter what, we have to pursue, the head of the family is already in an extremely
furious state, so we must grab the culprit at all costs. Besides, if and only if we capture him,
our success would be right around the corner." The short and stout warrior said.
"Die!" That short expert barely said that and suddenly laid out his palm, while his body
dashed towards the place right above like an arrow,.
They had already discovered Ye Xiwen a moment ago, but still
continued saying those words to catch him off guard.
Because of the sudden turn of events, the color of Ye Xiwen's face immediately darkened.
He was really too careless and why wouldn't he be, after all his experience was still very
little. The footprints that led them here had suddenly disappeared beyond this spot; this
had already been noticed by them.
They basically lulled him before launching a surprise attack, all of a sudden. Hadn't Ye
Xiwen maintained the vigilance, he could have certainly suffered severe injuries.
He stretched out his hand, and immediately a crackling sound of thunderstorm exploded
along with the eighth echo!
This time he displayed his maximum strength because now he did not dare to show any
carelessness; he didn't wait at all and immediately shot his palm.
"Kara!" Only a cracking sound was heard and the tall warrior's arm was smashed into
pieces by the direct impact. How could a warrior, who was merely at the peak of Houtian
fifth stage, possibly resist the strength of five tigers contained in Ye Xiwen's palm attack?
Not to mention the incredible might of Rushing
Thunder Hand's eighth echo.
The warrior issued a heart-wrenching screech, then immediately fell to the ground.
Afterwards, Ye Xiwen stepped on a sturdy branch and like an arrow, his figure suddenly
dashed towards that tall guy.
"Bang!" Ye Xiwen finally managed to overtake him and fiercely pounded the Rushing
Thunder Hand on his body.
That warrior yelled pitifully as his whole body was left badly mutilated.
He had been killed just by one move!
"Brat, you are courting your death!" That short and stout martial warrior saw that his
partner was actually slapped to death. This immediately triggered his anger as he
indignantly fired his fist at Ye Xiwen. His qi went forward like a sharp arrow, rapidly
advancing towards Ye Xiwen.
"Bang!" With just a flick of his finger, Ye Xiwen completely shattered the vigorous fist of
that warrior. Immediately after that, taking unfair advantage of the moment, Ye Xiwen
quickly stepped forward and shot out his palm, accompanied with a rumbling sound of the
thunderstorm.
While being panic-stricken, that short warrior hastily raised his hand to block the attack.
However, his arm was straightaway broken as he screamed out loud miserably. Just then,
his body surprisingly rolled onto the ground and he quickly turned around to flee.
As the matter stood, how could he still not understand that it was absolutely impossible for
him to deal with Ye Xiwen?
Besides, how could Ye Xiwen let his opponent run away like this? He stretched out his hand
again and with a loud bang, a loud sound of thunderstorm reverberated everywhere.
Ye Xiwen's movement was very quick such as lightning. Again in a split second, he pounded
his fist on the back of that short warrior.
"Puff!" That warrior spouted a mouthful of blood, mixed with
traces of visceral fluids from his internal organs. His five internal organs and six intestines
had been ruptured by Ye Xiwen's fist.
"Bang!" That dumpy warrior's plump body took two steps forward and then crashed onto
the ground.
Seeing this, Ye Xiwen finally took a sigh of relief. He couldn't afford to be this negligent next
time.
"Brat, you are very courageous, how dare you kill the people of my Zhang family!" At this
time, a person's shadow abruptly appeared on the branches. Ye Xiwen looked up and saw
handsome youth in black clothes; he appeared to be 20 years old.
"You can try to kill me if you want to; I'll just have to counterattack, that's all!" Ye Xiwen
spoke.
"Hmm, a sophistry is not going to work. Even though you are the one my Zhang family
wants to obliterate, you still have the option of obediently getting captured without putting
up a fight." That black-clothed youth said in an overbearing manner.
"You are quite overbearing, aren't you?" Ye Xiwen sneered as he said.
"Overbearing, you say? If I am really so overbearing, how do you plan to deal with me?"
That black-clothed youth laughed furiously, simultaneously releasing a formidable
imposing aura which swept down countless branches. Surprisingly, he was at Houtian late
sixth stage.
That youth's palm flipped up and took the shape of a blade, followed by his Zhen Qi which
sprayed out and condensed into the shape of a long blade. Meanwhile, the Blade qi warped
and weft around the blade.
Upon seeing this, Ye Xiwen was greatly startled. He knew that condensing Zhen Qi into a
weapon was something only Xiantian experts, who possessed the might of Xiantian realm,
could achieve. They could congeal qi into the Gang. Gang weapons were even more difficult
to deal with when compared to the ordinary weapons. Their ferociousness could even be
compared to that of divine weapons.
stars of the Big Dipper constellation that constitute the tail of the dipper
The Blade qi moved head-on towards Ye Xiwen, and he certainly did not dare to receive it
directly. Although there was no blade in that person's hand, this Blade qi was actually
authentic.
Ye Xiwen shouted loudly and simultaneously pounded his palm, causing a group of
thunder-shaped Zhen Qi to rush forth to welcome the incoming Blade qi.
"Bang!"
"Bang!" Ye Xiwen's Zhen Qi although counter balanced majority of the Blade Qi, however
the remnants of the Blade Qi still fiercely bumped into his head. Thankfully, he received
only a few minor injuries from this hit.
"Haha, you should have obediently surrendered without a fight. Although you killed my
younger brother, your kill was quite beautiful, really splendid haha. Speaking of which, I
have decided to keep your entire corpse intact!" That black-clothed youth burst into a loud
laughter.
Ye Xiwen wiped off blood from the corners of his mouth, then sneered: "You bullshit a lot,
you want me to be captured by you
without putting up a fight; it's simply impossible!"
"Then be prepared to die!" A hint of madness suddenly peeped out from the ferocious
expression of that youth.
Instantaneously, his Zhen Qi blade waved in his hands and the next moment, Blade Qi
rushed out towards Ye Xiwen.
Like a hot knife cutting through butter, his blade directly split its way through the air and
swiftly advanced towards Ye Xiwen to chop him down.
"Bang!" In no time, his Zhen Qi suddenly rumbled against Ye Xiwen's body. This forceful hit
injured him so severely, even his bones could now be seen clearly. Of course, the pain
caused by it made him muffle a groan.
However right then, a crazy look flashed through Ye Xiwen's eyes as he finally decided to go
all out. Originally, his strength was a lot inferior to the strength of that black-clothed youth.
The explosive strength of that youth was at least equivalent to the strength of seven tigers.
So, there was a gap of two tigers'
strength between them. If such long-ranged attacks continued to come his way, Ye Xiwen
would only suffer a loss. He had no choice but to take unfair advantage of his body and face
those attacks head on while simultaneously displaying the explosive
power of Rushing Thunder Hand's eighth echo.
Rushing Thunder Hand's eighth echo had already approached the stage of perfection, and
now his palm could shoot out an endless amount of formidable power. This was his only
chance now.
Ye Xiwen firmly endured the pain in his body without flinching back even an inch, instead
he stepped ahead. His Zhen Qi suddenly exploded as he stamped heavily on the ground,
making his body dash forward like an arrow.
The youth had not expected that Ye Xiwen would actually hurtle over, right after resisting
his strike and getting badly hit by it. However, by the time he responded, Ye Xiwen had
already arrived in front of him. Although he was in a somewhat surprised state, he still
managed to pull out his blade quickly to block Ye Xiwen.
His Blade Qi warped and weft again!
Chapter 12: Cold Moon Beheader
How could Ye Xiwen give the opposite party a chance to counterattack? Instantaneously,
his palm stretched out and grabbed the wrist of that black-clothed youth, stopping his Zhen
Qi blade almost immediately in its path.
However that youth's strength was still way bigger than Ye Xiwen's, hence he only
stagnated for a split second before once again proceeding with the attack that was aimed to
chop Ye Xiwen down.
But this short instant was more than enough for Ye Xiwen, as he had already made
complete preparations for his next course of action, which was - Rushing Thunder Hand,
eighth echo.
"Pass Like Thunder and Move Like The Wind!" Ye Xiwen shouted loudly, simultaneously his
right hand was covered in a thunder-shaped Zhen Qi and only a moment later, he pounded
his hand on the chest of that youth.
"Bang!" After getting shot by his palm directly, that youth flew upside down as his body
soared high in the sky like a kite with broken string, before finally falling to the ground
quite
severely. His ribs got shattered into several pieces, as he was left in a miserable state
without being able to breathe properly.
He stared at Ye Xiwen with his eyes wide open, and said in a somewhat surprised tone:
"You...you actually dared to overcast me!"
He had never thought that Ye Xiwen was actually such a madman that in order to land a
successful attack on the enemy, he would deliberately withstand the enemy's attack first.
Indeed, this could be rated as height of craziness.
"He He!" Ye Xiwen stopped his own bleeding; his complexion was somewhat pale. That
intense hit that he took a moment ago caused his bone to actually peep out of the deep
wound. The blood was incessantly oozing out of the wound. However right now, he had
enough time to spare to focus on stopping his own bleeding.
He did not waste any time and immediately advanced towards that youth, who was on the
ground completely powerless.
"You...you cannot kill me!" At this moment, the youth finally got somewhat frightened and
said. "I am a young master from
the Zhang family; if you kill me, you will definitely suffer huge troubles in the future!"
"Once the battle began a while ago, it was decided that either you will die or I will!" Ye
Xiwen understood that he couldn't release this guy otherwise the future troubles would
definitely go out of hand. The recent experience had taught him that he could not have the
so-called womanly compassion toward his enemies, this world was driven by the law of the
jungle: the strong always prey on the weak.
Ye Xiwen gradually moved towards that youth.
"You...die!" That youth's face exposed a ferocious expression as he abruptly wielded his
blade. A crescent moon shaped Blade Qi burst out and rapidly advanced towards Ye Xiwen.
Upon seeing that, Ye Xiwen stamped his feet and swiftly dodged to one side, thereby
evading this dangerous attack on time. He had been keeping his guard up at all times, so
how could he not guard against this one?
Rushing Thunder Hand, eighth echo!
A rumbling sound reverberated in the woods, making the face of that frightened youth
grow even more intense.
"Bang!"
After a bloodcurdling screech, that youth finally passed away with deep feelings of
unwillingness and regret in his heart.
When Ye Xiwen saw that the youth was dead, he immediately felt relieved. Afterward, he
sat down on the ground and started gasping for air, gulp by gulp.
However he didn't take rest for too long; he stood up and began plundering those three
people's corpses. Killing people and then seizing treasures from their corpses, these two
often went hand-in-hand.
Altogether he found twenty low-grade spirit stones from Houtian fifth stage expert's body,
apart from 120 silver notes.
Then he started searching the body of that black-clothed youth and soon came across a
pleasant surprise. This black-clothed youth's body surprisingly had a storage ring.
Moreover, its size was not small; actually it was more than nearly one-hundred cubic
meters in size.
One must know that the storage ring and other similar spatial type goods were considered
as most expensive treasures in this world. Even if it was only ten cubic meters in size, it
would still cost one hundred spirit stones at the very least. And the one he plundered was
one hundred cubic meters in size, then that meant it would certainly cost more than one
thousand low-grade spirit stones. In Yi Yuan School, only the elders of Xiantian realm had
enough financial resources to buy one. Ye Xiwen had only seen his foster father wearing
one on his finger.
He had not expected that this black-clothed youth would actually have a storage ring with
the storage space of one hundred cubic meters. He indeed deserved to be called the young
master of Zhang family.
Having obtained the storage ring, Ye Xiwen explored it thoroughly and was enthralled
seeing its appearance. As expected, in comparison with this black-clothed youth, those two
Houtian fifth stage experts seemed quite insignificant.
Inside the storage ring, there were more than five hundred low-grade spirit stones. This
scene instantly stole away all his worries as there shouldn't be a lack of spirit stones for
some time. Apart from spirit stones, there were also twelve thousand
silver taels stored within it. Obviously, that was the most pleasant surprise for Ye Xiwen.
More surprising was the fact that the storage ring also had a secret martial art book and it
was exactly the same technique which was used by that black-clothed youth a while ago;
the same technique in which he condensed his own Zhen Qi to form a weapon. Even when
this black-clothed youth was at Houtian sixth stage, his strength could rival that of an
expert of Xiantian realm. This explained that this power technique was certainly very
extraordinary.
This power technique was called "Cold Moon Beheader" and it was surprisingly a Xiantian
level power technique. Cold Moon Beheader altogether had three layers: the first layer was
called
'New Moon Beheader', the second layer was called 'Missing Moon Beheader', and the third
layer was called 'Full Moon Beheader'. After having mastered the New Moon Beheader, its
might could be compared to that of mid-level power techniques.
Similarly, the might obtained from the Missing Moon Beheader was equivalent to that of
high-level power techniques. In case of the Full Moon Beheader, it could display the might
of Xiantian level power techniques once mastered.
Its might could be considered boundless!
Originally, Ye Xiwen had also considered learning a weapon-type martial art in the future
so as to complement his battle
deficiency. Now that he had obtained this "Cold Moon Beheader", it would fully solve his
problem. This technique could be used to release a long blade, condensed out of one's own
Zhen Qi. In fact, there was a unique set of sturdy weapons which could be congealed out of
Zhen Qi in order to display the true might of 'Cold Moon Beheader'.
Ye Xiwen hurriedly collected all the items into the storage ring then quickly left the scene.
Out of all the groups which were chasing him, almost each one of them was very difficult to
get rid of. It could be estimated that before long, a group would certainly come over hearing
the sound of any activity. And as per the current condition of Ye Xiwen, he really had no
way to deal with the following groups. Hence, he must find a place to heal up as soon as
possible.
Shortly after he left, a small group of five men reached there, led by a middle-aged man who
had a long scar on his face.
However, when he saw the corpses of three of his own men lying on the ground, his
complexion immediately turned pale; especially after seeing the corpse of the young
master. This made his eyelids jump up while his scarred face exposed an intense
malevolent expression.
"Pursue, make sure that you catch the murderer and hand him over to me; I will kill him
with my own hands! He has killed two
young masters of our Zhang family; if we fail to catch him then might as well just die!" The
scar-faced man fiercely said. The imposing aura rushed completely out of his whole body.
He was actually at the peak of Houtian seventh stage. "Inform our people, and tell them that
I want them all to pursue the murderer. Be sure to kill this murderer, tear him into pieces.
Catch any suspicious people you find and kill them. You may kill the innocent rather than
letting off the guilty, understood?!"
"Yes!" Several warriors saluted one after another.
A shrilling and piercing sound resounded in the whole forest; it was actually the signal of
Zhang family to assemble.
Ye Xiwen had already moved away from there a long time ago, yet he heard this piercing
sound and was suddenly taken aback.
This was Zhang family's signal, and it seemed like they truly wanted him annihilated at all
costs. So, he must think of a way to get rid of these pursuers, or else he, as the murdered of
the two young masters of the Zhang family, would definitely be chased down to the ends of
the earth.
After giving it a thought, Ye Xiwen's silhouette submerged into the woods.
Chapter 13: Disaster Of Dongyin
One day later, Ye Xiwen was sitting cross-legged on the branch of a gigantic tree and
suddenly heaved a sigh of relief.
The wounds on his body had almost recovered because the healing effect of 'Bright Jade
Power' was really amazing. If such injury had happened on the Earth, it might have taken
several months to heal up completely. But here, it took just one day and his physical
condition had already returned to its original state.
The martial powers were indeed miraculous.
He had been hiding here and there so far, because more and more people of Zhang family
had been joining the quest to hunt him down. Moreover, the disciples of Zhang family used
to train their bodies in this region. Although they did not know the appearance of Ye Xiwen
because each and every person who had come across him had already been wiped out by
him, this still did not prevent them from pursuing him. So, those who looked suspicious at
first glance were immediately being captured and killed by the members of Zhang family.
Actually they had already slaughtered 3000 suspects so far without letting off even a single
one!
Having chased for a day, they still did not have the slightest
degree of thought to stop this hunt. Since two young masters of the Zhang family had been
slaughtered by Ye Xiwen, so Zhang family couldn't possibly be more furious than this.
Moreover, more and more experts continued to join the quest as the time went by. In this
way, each of the teams got strengthened quite a lots by the admission of several formidable
figures.
Now, Ye Xiwen must think of a way to get rid of them, or to break their backbone in some
manner.
"Roar!" Suddenly, an uninterrupted sound of a beast's roar rang out. It sounded as if an ape
or a monkey was howling, but this roar appeared to have been magnified several folds.
Figuring out the number of those violent apes just by listening to their reverberating roars
wasn't possible for anyone, since the dissonance was resounding throughout the sky.
Ye Xiwen immediately stood up and leapt onto another gigantic tree. Then, he started
jumping from tree to tree and rapidly advanced towards the source of that roaring sound.
From a far distance, he saw a group of more than one hundred gigantic apes. They were
coated with silvery-white hair all over
their bodies and were roughly more than two meters tall with fierce fangs protruding out
of their mouths. All these features made them appear extremely ferocious.
A troop of Iron-back Silver Apes!
Ape-class demon beasts were not rare in the Qingfeng Mountain, since they had several
communities. However, these ape-class demon beasts were the most famous amongst them
all.
Every single one of these violent apes was excessively powerful while the fully grown Iron-
back Silver Apes could actually possess the strength of more than four tigers. In other
words, they were as strong as Houtian fifth stage warriors. They could easily rip apart
tigers and leopards with their claws. Because of fairly sturdy and robust steel-like body
that they possessed, even swords or spears found it difficult to pierce through it.
Within this gigantic troop of silvery-white apes, a golden ape loftily stood above the
treetop. It was nearly three meters tall and was much taller compared to other giant silver
apes.
It was the king of the Iron-back Silver Apes; its imposing manner was extremely frightful.
According to the ranking system of human beings, it had definitely surpassed the strength
level of Houtian eighth stage. Indeed, it was
extraordinarily strong.
It was certainly not a small group, considering the fact that there were a total of 100 silver
apes in this group.
When Ye Xiwen's eyes fell on this group, he was instantly struck by an idea, and that was to
direct the warriors of Zhang family towards this group of silver apes. The Iron-back Silver
Apes were a kind of living creatures which were unusually sensitive about their domain. So,
in case any living being attempted to approach their domain, it was immediately regarded
as a provocation by them and as a consequence, the intruders were instantly eliminated.
At this time, Ye Xiwen decided to fish in troubled waters to escape the crisis he was in
currently.
to fish in troubled waters; to take advantage of a crisis for personal gain
Having made up his mind, he turned around and walked towards the people of Zhang
family.
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On the other side, inside the forest, a group of Zhang family's warriors was still carefully
searching for his traces everywhere, continuously trying to find out anything. Now, even
the high level warriors had been dispatched to capture and kill Ye Xiwen by all means.
Suddenly, a shadow leapt up on top of a tree. 'Bang', a rumbling sound of thunderstorm
burst out, accompanied with a big hand which was shot down from above.
"Bang!" One of the warriors was ruthlessly killed on the spot.
"This fellow is the murderer who killed several people of our Zhang family, capture him!"
Immediately, a warrior shouted loudly as he had already recognized Ye Xiwen.
However, right after killing one person, Ye Xiwen turned around and ran away, making the
warriors of Zhang family to immediately chase after him.
After several jumps, he finally submerged into the woods.
However the experts of Zhang family were still behind him; there were dozens of powerful
people among the pursuers.
"Pursue him, today we must catch up with him!"
"Kill him, slice him into pieces, he has dare to kill so many of our people, we cannot let him
escape!"
"Avenge the young masters!"
"Brat, you will have to die!" Suddenly at this moment, an exploding roar burst out. It was
that middle-aged man from before who had a scar on his face; he had also joined the
pursuit to hunt down Ye Xiwen.
Ye Xiwen could sense the breaths (auras) of many formidable people who were pursuing
him; he could also sense their killing intentions. However, this brought a sneer on his face
as he thought that the more people would come, the more opportunity he would get to fish
in troubled waters.
The pursuers were getting closer while at the same time, the territory of the Iron-back
Silver Ape was also approaching. At
this instant, Ye Xiwen grabbed a big stone from the ground and threw it towards a Silver
Ape headlong.
Then immediately after this, he dived downwards and fled into the grove. He crawled on
the ground and quickly concealed himself.
"Bang!" That big stone directly pounded on that Silver Ape's head and it fainted right away.
Ye Xiwen's strength was simply incredible! It was quite remarkable and had already
reached 1000 Jin. Furthermore, the bones of these silver apes were as strong as iron. If this
stone had hit an ordinary demon beast, then the ferocious smash could have already split
open its head.
"Roar!"
"Roar!"
"Roar!"
This action suddenly triggered the wrath of the silver apes and they started blazing with
fury. Someone had actually dared to invade their territory and attack their community. One
after
another, they raised their faces and bellowed while indignantly drumming their chests with
both hands. Vicious qi seemed to be overflowing the sky.
This troop of Iron-back Silver Apes, led by the Ape King, rushed in Ye Xiwen's direction at
an incredible speed. The speed of these muscular big fellows was extremely quick on the
trees.
They were swinging from one branch to another and covering dozens of meters in each
leap.
Finally at this time, the pursuing troops of Zhang family also arrived here. They were
crazily shouting and causing ruckus with ample murderous spirit.
Both sides were caught somewhat unprepared. In the forest, their line of sight was badly
obstructed, not to mention that both sides were sprinting extremely fast towards each
other, as if two mighty currents had fiercely hit each other.
A Houtian fourth stage warrior of Zhang family hurtled ahead and directly bumped into one
of the silver apes. Consequently, he was forcefully thrown downwards and got knocked
down on the ground, and died only a moment later.
These Silver Apes ran at an incredibly high speed, just like a typhoon of flesh tanks. Indeed
they were supernaturally brave and invincible.
"F*ck! How can this place have so many Iron-back Silver Apes?" That middle-aged man
gloomily cursed out loud as he used his blade to chop down one of the silver apes into two
halves. The group of the silver apes was not an affable community on the Qingfeng
Mountain. Zhang family was although insolent, but still did not dare to negligently provoke
such group. Based on their training and experience, they would only choose a left-alone
demon beast but would never dare to poke the whole community.
Not to mention, these silver apes belonged to an extremely powerful community.
The two formidable currents ruthlessly bumped into each other. In an instant, lots of
warriors of Zhang Family were wiped out by these silver apes and suffered a crushing
defeat.
However, plenty of silver apes were also slaughtered and beheaded by these warriors
simultaneously.
"Roar!" Suddenly, the golden-haired King of the silver apes bellowed loudly which sent
shockwaves throughout the sky.
Afterward, he jumped down from the top of the tree.
"Bang!" This direct pressure released by the impact not only exploded a warrior, but also
shook the earth as it started trembling.
"Bang!" A warrior's blade struck down but to his surprise, it was caught bare handedly by
the Silver Ape king and in a fraction of a second, that fine steel-blade was folded directly
into a sheet of iron. Right after that, the warrior was fiercely punched to death by the Silver
Ape king.
This fierce punch surprisingly turned out to be a Fist technique. Ye Xiwen was greatly
stunned at the sight, this demon beast was actually able to use some kind of fist technique,
it must be the so-called Monkey Fist!
Chapter 14: Houtian Sixth Stage
However it was also normal, several of humankind's martial arts themselves imitated these
wild demon beasts. Some of them were Tiger Fist, Monkey Fist, Snake Fist, Mantis Fist as so
on. Just by looking at their names, one could clearly understand.
This Iron-back Silver Ape King was really ferocious!
Both sides were already flying into rage. Also before, they might have been unable to deal
with these silver apes because their brute strength was unequalled. However now, the
warriors of Zhang family also had respectively practiced various kinds of martial arts, so
they also loathed giving up.
The scar-faced middle-aged man was already dealing with the Silver Ape King. However
now, his monstrous killing intent had been completely pushed down by the Ape King. He
was just a Houtian seventh stage warrior while the Ape King was already at Houtian eighth
stage, hence it didn't seem like they were going to give up.
Ye Xiwen knew that in a matter of time, these warriors would
retreat after suffering a terrible defeat. Therefore, he quietly circle past the battlefield and
hurried towards the den of these Silver Apes.
Currently the whole group of silver apes had come out in full strength to deal with the
intruders. So at this auspicious time, their den was complete empty. These silver apes had
accumulated a lot of stuff after having killed several human warriors for all those years.
Ordinary demon beasts were not at all interested in the things dropped by the humans, but
ape-type demon beasts were different. Their wisdom was much higher than any ordinary
demon beast, so they liked to gather stuff.
Ye Xiwen had read about it in various records.
Soon after, Ye Xiwen found their den. Actually the den was in the midst of a precipice.
However, since time was running out, perhaps they would be back before long. So it was
impossible for Ye Xiwen to plunder all sections of the den one by one.
Therefore now he could only choose the largest cavern.
Naturally, he would go for the cavern of the Silver Ape King as it ranked the highest among
all of the Iron-back Silver Apes.
But as soon as he entered the Silver Ape King's cavern, the fragrance of wine immediately
greeted his nostrils, which was
well-known for making humans intoxicated.
Monkey Wine!
Ye Xiwen's mind suddenly emitted this name. He had already gone through some records
and had found out that some species of monkeys used to gather fruits and so on. Once these
fruits got fully fermented, they used them for making wine. It was the so-called Monkey
Wine!
Ye Xiwen's eyes swept around and suddenly a huge pond inside the cavern came into his
sight. That pond was filled was jasper-colored wine. The fragrance of wine once again
strongly assaulted his nostrils. Just sucking in a puff of wine fragrance gave the feeling of
pores opening up because its fragrance contained within itself the concentrated Ling qi
(Spiritual qi).
This was absolutely not an ordinary Monkey Wine perhaps it wasn't made with the
ordinary fermented fruits. Maybe this contained several spirit fruits as well as some
'Heavenly material treasures' and so on.
Without a shred of hesitation, Ye Xiwen completely stored the monkey wine in its entirety
into his storage ring.
Afterwards, he again glanced around the entire cavern.
Although the cavern was very dark, since Ye Xiwen's eyes were equipped with martial
power, thus it appeared as bright as it would during daytime. In the corner, a large number
of low-grade spirit stones was piled up and was constantly emitting spiritual qi, making the
cavern appear just like a heavenly dwelling place.
At a glance, it seemed that there were at least several thousand low-grade spirit stones. Ye
Xiwen quickly plundered them and collected them inside his storage ring.
Remaining were some weapons, armors and so on. A lot of them were already broken,
while many of them looked quite rusted and rotten as if had already passed through
several years, so they were completely worthless.
Since these things could not be carried off by him at any cost, therefore he only chose a long
blade. A thick layer of dust was attached to this blade's surface, besides it was also
unknown how old it really was. However, it did not look rotten like the other weapons. It
had a breathtakingly cold tip while its whole body was made of pure gold and was
incomparably sharp.
The reason he picked up this blade was very simple, it was because he had obtained a blade
technique 'Cold Moon Beheader' just a while ago. Now he happened to bump into this long
blade and that too at a perfect timing.
Having tied up this long blade to his waist, he immediately turned around to depart as he
didn't dare to stay here for a long time.
After cleaning up the entire cavern of the Silver Ape King, he swept a punch in excitement
as he cherished the fact of getting rich overnight. Originally, even the matter of obtaining
ten low-grade spirit stones was quite worrisome for him, however now he had gotten his
hands on several thousands of them in a short.
At this moment, his face was brimming with an ecstatic expression. This was truly amazing!
From inside his storage ring, Ye Xiwen took out a bottle gourd and filled it with Monkey
Wine. Originally, it was used for holding water, but he used it for holding Monkey Wine this
time.
After that, he drank a mouthful of wine and as soon as he
swallowed it, he immediately felt a surge of warm current from his lower abdomen. He was
surprised to find out that his strength had suddenly increased. Although his strength
increased only by about half a Jin, the Monkey Wine undoubtedly had a strange effect.
Probably it contained an unknown amount of Heavenly material treasures. No wonder why
the bodies of these silver apes were so strong and robust that not even a sword or spear
could pierce through them.
Ye Xiwen looked for the place where the battle was still going on between Zhang family's
warriors and Iron-back Silver Apes.
The place of the fight was not too distant. He could even see that the battle had already
entered the stage of climax. The murderous aura was soaring up terrifically, making other
demon beasts stay away from this region for the time being.
He then climbed a big tree and scooped out a hole for himself, in order to start closed-door
training.
At this moment, a massive amount of spirit stones started burning and producing large
quantities of Ling qi that rapidly surged inside Ye Xiwen's body. He simply closed his eyes
and again entered the mysterious space while continuously drinking the Monkey Wine.
Consequently, his strength suddenly started surging up unceasingly.
Large quantities of Ling qi formed a river of qi surging inside his body. However, in a flash,
it was completely absorbed by him.
Inside that mysterious space, not only his cultivation speed grew faster, even his cultivation
made a lot of breakthroughs in succession!
Houtian initial fifth stage!
Houtian mid fifth stage!
Houtian late fifth stage!
Houtian peak fifth stage!
Along with the continuous promotion through the stages, Ye Xiwen's strength also kept on
increasing simultaneously!
The strength of six tigers!
The strength of seven tigers!
The strength of eight tigers!
The strength of nine tigers!
The strength of ten tigers!
The rate of promotion of Ye Xiwen's strength could make anyone feel completely
dumbfounded. Besides, the potency of the Monkey Wine was also completely refined by
him.
An unknown amount of time had passed so far.
"Bang!" Ye Xiwen broke through to Houtian initial sixth stage!
His strength also broke through to the strength of fifteen tigers!
Even his ''Rushing Thunder Hand" had finally achieved the ninth echo. Interestingly, after
reaching the ninth echo, its
might also increased a level again. Finally, its might had reached its climax.
Ye Xiwen also started practicing "New Moon Beheader" inside that mysterious space. It was
the first layer of "Cold Moon Beheader". He waved his blade and noticed that currently he
was only able to produce six blade shadows. If he succeeded in producing nine blade
shadows, then "New Moon Beheader"
would be considered finished to its culmination.
In this process, altogether five hundred low-grade spirit stones were cleanly combusted by
him; they simply turned into a pile of fine white powder. Even the Monkey Wine, which was
in that bottle gourd, was also completely cleaned up.
Ye Xiwen finally opened his eyes. His whole body was covered in impurities but compared
with the previous times, it was undoubtedly much less.
This indicated that the impurities were gradually getting lesser and lesser in his body. At
this moment, he used his Zhen Qi to shake off all the impurities from his body.
Then afterward, he brandished his long blade and Blade Qi
rushed out as it hit a huge tree, making it crash down instantaneously!
He then breathed out and thought that the young master of Zhang family from before,
although had used this move, but it was far inferior to his own tyrannical display. Now,
even if he was forced to fight with an expert of Houtian seventh stage in a direct hand to
hand combat, he would be completely fearless!
Chapter 15: School Inner Weighting
By this time, the battle's outcome had already been out. The remaining five warriors of
Zhang family ran away in the woods, trying best to save their lives.
Seeing them running away, Ye Xiwen's silhouette immediately followed them.
"Damn, how can it be like this? These bastards!" With great difficulty, the people of Zhang
family, who had participated in this battle, finally fled away to escape the death chase of the
Iron-back Silver Apes. The scar-faced middle-aged man had bloodstains all over his body
and it was the result of the fight he had with the Silver Ape King. If not for the decisive
withdrawal, perhaps the whole group would have been completely wiped out.
"After going back, make the head of the household summon all experts to eliminate the
whole lot of these wild beasts in one fell swoop, or else it's difficult to eliminate the hate my
heart has for them!" A warrior said while gnashing his teeth.
"Also that murderer has killed two of our young masters, it is
really too hateful! Moreover, this matter also has a hitch, how do we kill these silver apes?"
Another warrior said hesitatingly.
In the beginning, they had a dozen people, but now only five or six managed to escape.
"Kill him, we must kill him, tear him to shreds!" The scar-faced man said while gritting his
teeth in extreme anger.
"I'm afraid you won't have the opportunity to do that!"
Suddenly, a clear and sonorous voice passed on.
The people of Zhang family immediately raised their heads to look towards the origin of the
voice and were suddenly thunderstruck as they saw a seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy
indifferently looking at them.
It was actually Ye Xiwen!
"It's you...you are the one who killed our young masters!" This group of surviving five
people also had the person who was in the previous group, hence he recognized Ye Xiwen
right away.
"Our Zhang family will not let you slip away!"
"That won't happen since you people won't get the chance to return!" Ye Xiwen sneered as
he said.
"Brat, you are courting death!" The scar-faced man shouted loudly, simultaneously drawing
out his long blade and waved it towards Ye Xiwen. The blade's light flickered, followed by a
terrifying Blade Qi which rushed out towards Ye Xiwe.
Although that man was in a severely injured state, he was a warrior of Houtian seventh
stage after all. Even if he was seriously injured, still an ordinary Houtian sixth stage warrior
would absolutely find it difficult to escape from this blade attack.
Unfortunately, Ye Xiwen was not an ordinary Houtian sixth stage expert. Even if that scar-
faced man had been at his best condition, Ye Xiwen could still be able to fight efficiently and
fearlessly with him. Not to mention that at present, he was in a seriously injured condition.
"Clang!"
Ye Xiwen instantaneously pulled out his long blade which dazzled brightly, obstructing
everyone's eyesight in the process.
Ye Xiwen's blade hacked out "New Moon Beheader" and a sharp Blade Qi instantly burst
out, splitting its way through the air.
"Bang!"
The Blade Qi of that middle-aged man was immediately routed by Ye Xiwen's Blade Qi as it
went all the way at a lightning speed. Actually the essence of Rushing Thunder Hand had
already been combined with this New Moon Beheader technique. Because of that, the man
simply didn't get enough time to escape.
He only had a short moment to look towards Ye Xiwen fearfully as he yelled: "How is this
possible, New..."
The blade light flashed and the next moment, the middle-aged man was cleft into two
halves right from the middle.
His blood sprayed out!
Naturally, this middle-aged man had recognized this move but was too late to speak out its
full name.
"Impossible! How can His Excellency die like this!"
"Didn't His Excellency have the strength of Houtian seventh stage? There was hardly any
difference between him and core disciples, so how he can he be killed by a blade attack!"
"It's a dreadful blade technique!"
Seeing how the middle-aged man was beheaded (killed) by a blade, the barely remaining
morale of Zhang family's warriors had completely shattered almost instantly. Just recently,
they had gone through an utter defeat and now, the fiercest man of their group was killed
by Ye Xiwen's blade. These remaining four men were merely Houtian fourth and fifth stage
warriors, hence they couldn't possibly entertain the idea of fighting with Ye Xiwen.
They suddenly started shouting and dispersing in all directions to flee. However, Ye Xiwen
would absolutely not let them escape. Zhang family was regarded as one of the two great
powers residing on the Qingfeng Mountain. Since these people had witnessed all actions of
Ye Xiwen, so in case they were left alive, perhaps this would truly give birth to a huge and
unceasing inconvenience in future, so much so that Ye Xiwen
might end up facing Zhang family's thunderous wrath.
"Clang!" Ye Xiwen quickly brandished his long blade.
In a split second, the lightning fast Blade Qi rushed forward. It divided into six blades and
severed the head of one of the warriors from his body!
Ye Xiwen did not stay idle even for a second as the long blade in his hand was again
brandished. The speed of his attack was strangely fast and incomparable. Accompanied
with a faint trace of a thunderstorm sound, his blade rushed towards another warrior and
chopped him down.
Once the two warriors were chopped down by him, the remaining two also failed to escape
and were ultimately killed.
The power of a mid-level martial technique was boundless.
Although Rushing Thunder Hand had reached its peak and was now no less than some mid-
level martial technique, but as for the murder efficiency was concerned, Ye Xiwen had no
choice but to admit that New Moon Beheader was a bit better.
After killing the last warrior, Ye Xiwen at last breathed a sigh of relief. Now he didn't have
to face another death chase.
Hereafter, even if Zhang family tried to continue investigating and might possibly end up
selecting talented people to deal with this case, they wouldn't be able to find out the real
culprit!
He had gotten rid of Zhang family's entanglement for the time being, but he still did not
have any intention to return. He must continue to temper himself for at least half a month
here because half a month later, this year's School Inner Weighting (School inner
competition) was going to start.
Only the disciples of outer sect and inner sect had the right to participate in this
competition. Furthermore, this completion was also divided into two parts, one for outer
sect disciples and the other for inner sect disciples. On the basis of the result of this
competition, the top ten outer sect disciples could be promoted to inner sect disciples while
only the top five inner sect disciples could be promoted to the core disciples.
The outer sect disciples of Yi Yuan School were several thousands in number while the
inner sect disciples were merely a little more than one thousand. As for core disciples,
there were around one hundred core disciples in total.
If inner disciples were said to be Yi Yuan School's elites, in that way the core disciples were
its seeds and it was the responsibility of Yi Yuan School to develop and strengthen these
seeds. Furthermore, the majority of key figures of Yi Yuan School stemmed from core
disciples. It could be said in an exaggerated way that even if all the disciples of outer sect as
well as inner sect somehow died, so long as there were core disciples in the school,
everything would be said all right and the school could still develop rapidly.
However in case half of the core disciples were to die, in that case Yi Yuan School's vitality
would be greatly injured.
Thus, from this explanation, the position of core disciples was clearly visible in Yi Yuan
School. Among the three siblings of Ye family, Ye Feng and Ye Ruxue had already achieved
the status of core disciples. Only Ye Xiwen was still an inner sect disciple and was going
through a struggling phase.
The rank of core disciple was not something everyone could attain. Although there were
some experts who got promoted to this rank once in a while, majority of people still didn't
get this opportunity. And it was all because the continuously rising experts were
continuously seizing the position of core disciples.
Sometimes it was not necessary to pay attention to one's strength instead one must be
fastidious about one's luck. Until
reaching the age of twenty-five years, if someone still didn't get promoted to a core disciple,
then in that case he either chose to become Yi Yuan School's steward, or descended the
mountain to seek the exit.
However once someone got promoted to the rank of a core disciple, then he received a
totally changed treatment than the treatment he had been receiving so far. Interestingly,
there were hardly more than one hundred core disciples in the school, and they were the
ones who had been consumed almost fifty percent of the resources of Yi Yuan school.
Chapter 16: Returns To The School
If Ye Xiwen had the resources of core disciples, his practicing rate would have been
naturally much faster. Although it was impossible to make a huge bundle of money
presently, the allowance provided to a core disciple was a stable source of income and in
due course, it would not be considered a poor income.
Not to mention, Ye Xiwen wanted to stand out among the core disciples. As of now, he
urgently needed all kinds of resources and couldn't let his wealth slip by, bit by bit. The
natural talent of each and every core disciple was outstanding with each having their own
fortuitous encounter. If Ye Xiwen did not speed up his practice speed, then it was hard to
tell when he would be able to overtake them.
Besides, he would not be willing to wait for them to leave one by one, until they all were
surpassed by him!
In short, no matter what, this time's School Inner Weighting was extremely important to
him. He must make an all-out effort and adjust to his optimum mode so as to enter the rank
of core disciples in one fell swoop.
As for the thing about core disciples not participating in the School Inner Weighting, it was
because after three months, there would be an additional Core Disciples Competition. Only
top twenty core disciples would be selected from that competition to proceed towards the
Main branch of Yi Yuan School, to obtain maximum cultivation.
Regarding this time's School Inner Weighing, Ye Xiwen was determined to do his utmost!
With each passing day, time flew by and slowly approached the time of the competition.
At this moment, inside a small jungle, a person's shadow and a Raging Flame Fox were
having a distant confrontation. It was surprising to find that at the moment, the fiery
colored fur of the Raging Flame fox was covered with several blade scars all over its body.
Blood was continuously streaming down its body and its originally attractive fur was in a
complete mess.
Currently, a somewhat dispirited appearance could be seen on its face. Surprisingly, this fox
appeared nothing like the so-called tyrant fox of the Qingfeng Mountain that was supposed
to possess the strength of Houtian peak seventh stage.
"New Moon Beheader!" That person shouted loudly, followed by a long blade which flashed
in his hand. Immediately after that, a Blade Qi was shot out directly into the sky as well as
the nine blade shadows which completely sealed up the whole body of the fox from all
sides, giving it no room to move.
Now, the fox simply didn't have the space to maneuver, hence could only helplessly look at
the blade falling at it from above.
Only a moment later, it was chopped down.
Afterwards, Ye Xiwen put away his blade and dug out the demon core from its body. It was
a crystal of Houtian peak seventh stage which could be easily exchanged for two hundred
low-grade spirit stones, or perhaps more.
"I never expected that at the last moment, I would actually be able to have a breakthrough
to the state of nine blades!" Ye Xiwen really hadn't expected that he would actually
comprehend this technique at the final moment, reaching the display of nine blades at once.
If "New Moon Beheader" was practiced to its culmination, then its might would sharply
rise.
Now, whenever his blade would flicker, the shadows of nine blades, as if closely associated
with each other, would completely surround a person's body, leaving him no way out but to
face the blade attack coming from above.
This was also the reason why that nimble and swift Raging Flame Fox was killed so easily
by his long blade.
Although it was only at Houtian peak seventh stage, it was known as the Qingfeng
Mountain's tyrant. Naturally there was a reason behind it and that was, its speed was
extremely fast.
Normally the ordinary Houtian peak eighth stage warriors couldn't keep up with its speed.
Only the great experts of Houtian ninth stage had the ability to steadily overtake it.
An ordinary Houtian seventh stage's demon core could be sold for approximately one
hundred low-grade spirit stones, but the Raging Flame Fox's demon core could be sold for
two hundred.
And the reason behind it was quite simple: it was not only an extremely rare demon beast,
but also couldn't be captured so easily. Hence the exchange value of its demon core was
placed on par with the value of Houtian eighth stage demon cores.
In case this fox had escaped just now, then it would have been obviously impossible for Ye
Xiwen to seize its demon core.
However in a face-to-face battle, Ye Xiwen displayed "New Moon Beheader" and closed off
all exits for that deft fox; it could only meet a pitiful death in the end.
The pinnacle of "New Moon Beheader" was absolutely
dreadful as it could completely surround the target from all sides.
Relying on the perfected "New Moon Beheader", Ye Xiwen now had enough confidence to
defeat any Houtian seventh stage expert in a tweak.
In this period of less than half a month, he was mainly practicing "New Moon Beheader"
technique. Since he had the mysterious space inside his mind, hence by taking maximum
advantage of it, he pushed his way through the peak of Houtian sixth stage with ease.
However, unfortunately he missed the Houtian seventh stage just by one step.
He was very much clear about one point all along and that was the concept of biting off
more than one could chew. Therefore, regardless of whether it was "Rushing Thunder
Hand" or "New Moon Beheader", only after practicing them to their peak levels would he
begin practicing other techniques.
The might of the culminated "New Moon Beheader" was already so formidable that it
greatly aroused the curiosity of Ye Xiwen, indirectly making him look forward to the power
of
"Missing Moon Beheader" technique. It went without saying that "Missing Moon Beheader"
was a level higher than "New
Moon Beheader". It was actually a high-level power technique and if practiced to its peak,
its might would be beyond one's imagination.
In this less than half a month's time period, Ye Xiwen had been unceasingly fighting and
killing demon beasts so as to plunder their demon cores. However, along with the growth
of his cultivation, his consumption had also increased several folds, not to mention his low-
grade spirit stones also kept on reducing terrifically. Now, he was left with approximately
two thousand low-grade spirit stones only. So, by the time he would reach the peak stage of
"Missing Moon Beheader", the number of spirit stones left in his stock would be quite low.
Although it was said that an ordinary inner disciple couldn't obtain two thousand low-
grade spirit stones throughout his life, the mysterious space Ye Xiwen had inside his mind
was like a super-machine, continuously swallowing his spirit stones. At this moment, Ye
Xiwen suddenly felt that regardless of the number of spirit stones he had, it would still be
insufficient for him.
However the benefit they had rendered to him was also obvious. If he was to be compared
with his own previous self from that time when he first came in contact with "Rushing
Thunder Nine Echoes", not even one month had passed since then, but his strength had
increased dramatically Back then, he was only able to produce the first echo of "Rushing
Thunder Hand" but could still be considered quite good.
He unceasingly used spirit stones all along to promote his level!
Hadn't he gotten his hands on the unexpected wealth of Zhang family's young master as
well as the Iron-back Silver Ape King's cavern, he would have been definitely unable to
continue supporting himself. These were simply the burning spirit stones!
However now, the time he was waiting for had almost arrived. Just in two days, School
Inner Weighting was about to begin. This competition used to take place once in every
three years. So, now he must hurry back before it would start.
Since Ye Xiwen was in the depths of the Qingfeng Mountain, unceasingly practicing. In case
he set out early in the morning to return to Yi Yuan School, then it would already be
afternoon by the time he would reach there.
Looking at the uneven buildings nearby, Ye Xiwen was deeply moved. He had been away
for a month and had been constantly practicing from Houtian fourth stage to Houtian peak
sixth stage!
If this news reached his father and mother's ears, they would certainly be startled!
However now, Ye Xiwen was hurriedly going back because he had to quickly find a place to
process some of his demon beast materials, demon cores and other items which were
stored inside his storage ring.
Although there was a special place to purchase these items in Yi Yuan School which was
called Gongde Palace, there were many things which were not worthwhile to be exchanged
there.
Though the exchange value of an initial stage's demon core and a peak stage's demon core
was the same in Gongde Palace, if sold privately to other disciples, then the price would be
completely different.
Interestingly, there was no shortage of such places in Yi Yuan School. It also had a kind of
huge plaza specialized to have private transactions with school disciples, and the school
sect didn't prohibit it.
In fact, the entire school had no less than six thousand people, making it look like a small
town bustling with noise and excitement. This kind of commercial gathering point could
sooner or later take form, or it might as well get centralized to a point. First, it was
convenient for disciple transactions.
Secondly, it was convenient for school to supervise. Thirdly, the safety factor it involved
was also much higher.
Ye Xiwen immediately rushed to the transaction plaza as he thought that the time of
afternoon was perfect to accomplish his goal, because he expected to see a large number of
people surging in like a tide.
Chapter 17: Conflict
"These materials, including the blasting bear claw and the fur of raging flame fox amounts
to a total of 200 low-grade spirit stones." Said that skinny old man, who was also the owner
of the small store.
The old man had started his shop here around 50 years ago, but no one knew when exactly
he started purchasing these demon beast materials. Ye Xiwen had earlier asked Ye
Kongming about this old man's identity but even he didn't know anything about him. His
father said that this old man had always been around, and none of the disciples dared to
cause trouble around him. The old man was known for always selling goods at fair prices to
the disciples without any deceit.
"Do you have any objection to the price?"
"No." Ye Xiwen shook his head, indicating that the price was reasonable. Even when sold at
other places, the price might not necessarily be this high. Of course, they had to pay demon
cores in exchange. These demon cores contained the true essence of a demon beast's body.
He could sell the demon cores he had for at least 800 spirit stones while he already had
1000 low-grade spirit stones in his stock. That way, he would have about 2000 low-
grade spirit stones in his possession.
"These are the body parts of demon beasts; you must be having a lot of demon cores in
your possession as well." The skinny old man looked at Ye Xiwen and said, "If you have any,
you can sell them to me. My offer price will not let you suffer a loss."
Ye Xiwen also thought that it would save him a lot of trouble, so he took out all the demon
cores from the spatial ring and placed them on the table. The skinny old man looked a bit
surprised because Ye Xiwen took out so many demon cores. It would be impossible even
for a core disciple to take out so many demon cores at once.
"For these demon cores, I fix a price of 850 low-grade spirit stones. Is that okay with you?"
The old man looked at Ye Xiwen and asked.
"Very well, thank you!" Ye Xiwen nodded in satisfaction as it was even more than he
anticipated.
After receiving the spirit stones, Ye Xiwen went out of the store and while he was
somewhat away from the shop, he
suddenly heard the voices of people quarrelling.
"Nonsense, I didn't check out your 'celestial steps'!" Said a voice somewhat anxiously.
"Humph, if you didn't see then how do you know that this secret book is called 'celestial
steps'. If everyone is like you who goes through the book but doesn't buy it,how would I
run my business?" A rough voice came from the crowd: "You have to buy this secret book,
there's no other option. If you don't buy the book in spite of already having a look at it, then
you will have to pay 500 low-grade spirit stones as compensation."
The crowd was in an uproar. 500 low-grade spirit stones was a huge amount, which was
impossible for many disciples to obtain in a lifetime. Ye Xiwen made his way through the
crowd and saw a quarrel between two young men, one was fat and the other seemed
strong. The fat youth was surprisingly his childhood friend, Wang Lie. And the other strong
youth was a tall guy, roughly 20 years old, who looked rough and crude. He was looking at
Wang Lie with a proud face, full of satisfaction.
There was a look of triumph on his face.
"It's actually Ma Yan! This disciple really has a bad luck. I don't know how a fraud like Ma
Yan got a hold of such a rare
secret book but I heard that he asked an elder to make the appraisal (identification). That
secret book turned out to be a Xiantian level power technique. Although it is an incomplete
technique, still he pretends to sell the book and uses it as a bait to trap innocent people.
Once someone gets interested and takes a look at the book, he forces them to pay up just
for looking at it.
There are many who went bankrupt after having lost everything to this fraud."
"Yes, he is too shameless but it can't be helped because his elder brother Ma Ying is said to
be the most promising candidate who will one day become the patriarch of his clan and will
also emerge as a core disciple. With just a strike, Ma Ying can defeat those disciples who
want to go against his fraud brother, so they have no other option but to endure. Ma Yan
has already cultivated to the peak of Houtian fifth stage and is said to be counted as one of
the top twenty inner sect disciples."
"On the surface of your secret book, it's written 'Celestial Step'. I am not a blind person so I
certainly saw that, however, I didn't read the contents!" Wang Lie said anxiously. His family
was rich. His household was located below the Qing Feng mountain and his family had
many hopes from him so he always had more money in hands compared to Ye Xiwen. After
he broke into the fourth stage, he had come to buy a power technique. For a warrior, the
importance of a technique was understandable but 500 low-grade spirit stones was a
tremendous amount which he couldn't afford without going broke. That was why he
wanted to leave and the result was Ma Yan trying to put false accusation on him.
"If I say you saw it, you saw it!" Ma Yan sneered. In fact, he could tell just by looking that
Wang Lie belonged to a rich family. It was actually an act of extortion.
"Enough talk, give me the money or I'll destroy your cultivation!" Said Ma Yan in a cold
voice.
The people standing around started shivering because he had destroyed the cultivation of a
disciple in the past. This is the law of the jungle. Ma Yan's elder brother had good relations
with the strongest disciple of the inner sect so even if a disciple had his cultivation
destroyed, higher ups still wouldn't punish Ma Yan.
"I don't have that much money!!" Wang Lie shouted.
"Fool, you are good at taking back but I'd like to see what is tougher, your foolish mouth or
my fist!" Ma Yan grinned. His fist blasted and twisted up the air making a crackling sound.
Ma Yan was domineering and he was not weak either. After all,
being one of the top twenty inner sect disciples was not a joke.
Wang Lie clenched his teeth, releasing his power to the limit, and assumed a stance of going
all out.
"Shua!"
"Bang!"
Suddenly a shrill piercing sound came from the crowd. A small stone like a flash of lightning
flew across the air and fiercely hit Ma Yan's fist.
"Ah!" Ma Yan suddenly squealed like a pig!
Chapter 18: Blood Yuan Domain
"Who dared to attack me?" Ma Yan screamed out loud.
Ye Xiwen's figure was not hidden in the crowd. Wang Lie quickly spotted him and said:
"Brat, you are finally back! Where did you go for a month?"
"I went to the back side of the mountain to cultivate and practice martial arts." Ye Xiwen
said.
"Hey, why can't I sense your cultivation?" Wang Lie said as he looked curiously at Ye Xiwen
because both of them had been similar considering their natural talents. In fact, he had
always been stronger than Ye Xiwen since childhood but this time when he saw his good
friend, he couldn't see through his cultivation.
Indeed, he couldn't see through Ye Xiwen's cultivation but Ye Xiwen could easily see
through his cultivation. Thankfully, Wang Lie's closed-door training was a success as he
had broken through to the fourth stage. He became an inner sect disciple in one fell swoop.
"Wait, what's going on, why was he blackmailing you just now?" Ye Xiwen stared coldly at
Ma Yan and said.
"I stepped into the fourth stage and wanted to buy a secret book here, but who knew that I
would be blackmailed by him to buy this incomplete book for 500 low-grade spirit stones?"
Wang Lie's chubby face was filled with anger as he said, "I didn't buy it, so he falsely
accused me of reading this book."
If it was a Xiantian (innate) power technique, forget about 500
low-grade spirit stones, even an amount of 50,000 low-grade spirit stones would be
inexpensive but it was obvious that the technique must not be incomplete or it would never
fetch a price of 500 low-grade spirit stones.
Such a situation was very common because not everyone could obtain a secret book.
However, most of these secret books were usually incomplete and not that valuable. This
was the reason why it was unacceptable that someone was willing to sell a complete
Xiantian power technique for just 500 low-grade spirit stones.
"Die, how dare you sneak attack me, you bastard!" Ma Yan looked ferocious, his hands still
aching as his eyes flashed with
killing intent.
With a step, he leaped high and blasted his fist toward Ye Xiwen.
"Bang!" How could Ye Xiwen not prevent this surprise attack?
He immediately spread out his palm and caught Ma Yan's fist.
"Rumble!" Ye Xiwen grabbed Ma Yan's fist and with a rumbling sound, he twisted it.
"Kara!"
"Ah!" Ma Yan screamed pitifully as Ye Xiwen directly folded his wrist. Since Ye Xiwen's
strength was now above the combined strength of 19 tigers, there was no way Ma Yan's
wrist could possibly withstand the strength in Ye Xiwen's grip when he himself had the
strength of just 4 tigers. The difference was just too big.
"Take this!" Ye Xiwen shouted and lifted his foot to kick him.
"Bang!" Ma Yan suffered this kick so suddenly and fiercely that his body flew up
magnificently like a broken kite, flying high up in the sky before fiercely falling to the
ground.
Suddenly, white foam started to ooze out of his mouth and he fell unconscious.
People started staring at Ye Xiwen as if they were looking at an incredible being. Ma Yan
was supposed to be one of the top 20 disciples from the inner sect, but now no one knew if
Ma Yan was dead or alive after getting kicked so ruthlessly by Ye Xiwen.
Who on the earth was this person?
Because Ye Xiwen always had a low profile as his strength was never this strong, therefore
no one on the scene really knew who he was.
Everyone around was wondering from where did such a ruthless man emerge who sent Ma
Yan into a comatose like state. This was a man who was supposed to be at the peak of
Houtian fifth stage. Only a monster could defeat such a man this easily!
Of course, since Ma Yan was a notorious fraud, so most people secretly applauded.
Ye Xiwen found a book on Ma Yan's body with "Celestial Step"
written on its cover. He didn't check it out since he was surrounded by a large crowd. He
did not use his space ring either or it might invoke jealousy among the spectators.
"Come on, let's go." Ye Xiwen turned to Wang Lie and said.
They soon left the market, Wang Lie couldn't wait and asked:
"How did you become so powerful?Gee, your kick actually sent that Ma Yan flying!"
"Hey, I have always been this powerful, you know." Ye Xiwen said then laughed. He
certainly would not talk about the mysterious space.
"Bah, I was just kidding."
The two friends kept on walking while fooling around on the way. Later, they returned to
their respective homes.
Ye Xiwen hadn't visited his home for a while. At the same time, Ye Kongming also came
back home from outside and saw Ye Xiwen. On his father's face appeared a faint smile as he
said:
"Welcome back!"
Regarding why Ye Xiwen had not come back home for a while, he didn't say anything
because martial artists were such kind of people. He could go traveling for months or even
for several years or even more than a decade and it still wouldn't be surprising.
And Ye Xiwen had already told them before he left.
"Good, you look stronger now." Ye Kongming nodded approvingly. He always devoted a lot
of his attention to this adopted son.
"You look thinner and weak, are you not eating properly?" Ye Xiwen's mother said. Parental
concerns for their children can be very different for a mother and a father.
"You have come back at a perfect timing. You can participate in the School Inner Weighing
which is going to start in two days." Ye Kongming said, "On this grand event, our school is
offering a very generous award and top 100 rankers can earn a lot of rewards."
"Yes, father." Ye Xiwen nodded. Of course, he had come back to participate in this School
Inner Weighing and definitely not in the way his father had hoped because instead of top
100
ranks, he was planning to at least get into the top five.
"Why did the ancestor call you?" Ye Xiwen's mother Xia Chunxue asked Ye Kongming.
"Zhang family wants to conduct this year's core disciples'
exam together with our school." Ye Kongming said, "Zhang family has proposed to conduct
this year's big competition of core disciples in the Blood Yuan Territory."
"What, Blood Yuan Territory?!" Xia Chunxue was surprised.
Ye Xiwen also gawked, he certainly knew what Blood Yuan Territory was. In this world, in
addition to Zhen Wu Jie, there also existed some 'large and small-dimensional spaces'.
These spaces naturally existed in this world, some were big in size, far more than
thousands of miles in size, and some were small with just a few miles only.
After many years of breeding, these small dimensions would give birth to life with their
own life forms and animal species.
A Blood Yuan Territory was such a small microcosm with all kinds of unusual animals,
innumerable types of spirit grass. The entrance to this 'small dimension' was in Qingfeng
mountain, and the key to open this entrance rested in the hands of Yi Yuan school's elder
and Zhang family's patriarch. A legend stated that Zhang family's ancestor and Yi Yuan
School's founder together found this entrance several years ago and they benefited a lot
from it. In the end, one of them created a school and the other created the foundation of
powerful Zhang family.
A Blood Yuan Territory would open every once in a while, but it couldn't remain open and
the reason for that was in consideration to the fact that it was very small hence its self-
healing capacity would be weak. So it needed to be closed for a certain period of time to be
opened up later on. This was the so-called concept of 'sustainable development'.
Chapter 19: Competition Starts
In the Blood Yuan Territory lived a variety of unusual beasts, birds, countless treasures but
the risk factor was high as well.
Even Xiantian level experts had lost their lives there.
Every time the dimension opened, Yi Yuan School's elders and the experts of Zhang family
together ventured into this place.
However, disciples had never been dispatched in the past because the time interval
between its closing and reopening was too long, about an entire decade! Also, the strength
of the disciples had been relatively poor so their safety couldn't be guaranteed.
"Blood Yuan Territory!" Ye Kongming frowned and said, "It will open up this year exactly at
the same time when 'Blood Yuan Fruit' matures. Zhang family has proposed to organize
this year's core disciples' competition together and the top three rankers will each receive
'Blood Yuan Fruit' as a reward."
'Blood Yuan Fruit' was a spiritual fruit and was also the specialty of Blood Yuan Territory.
The tree it grew on was located deep in the territory and this spirit fruit was the reason
why this dimension was named Blood Yuan Territory.
After consuming this spiritual fruit, one could reach the next stage of their cultivation; not
even Xiantian level experts were an exception to this. Of course, this spiritual fruit was very
scarce and it only matured once in a hundred years, which meant that they could obtain
this fruit only once after opening the Blood Yuan Territory for ten times. Moreover, the
quantity of this spiritual fruit was also scarce because there were only six of them.
"The winning side will receive four of the remaining six Blood Yuan Fruits, while the losing
side will receive just two." Ye Ming said. In the past, they had such a competition and the
winning party got more rewards, while the losing party got less.
"I have heard that in recent years, Zhang family has produced three very powerful
geniuses. They are very young but have already acquired the strength of Houtian ninth
stage." Xia Chunxue suddenly mentioned this.
"You are right, Zhang family clearly wants to monopolize the top three ranks." Ye Kongming
sneered, "But things won't go as they want. Our Feng'er is undergoing closed-door training
and when he comes out, he will have already reached Houtian ninth stage. Then he can
compete for the Blood Yuan Fruit. It is hard to say who will win in the end."
Ye Xiwen knew that this time Zhang family had evil intentions, but apparently, Yi Yuan
school's elders also had their own plans, so he was not very worried.
"I am not worried about Blood Yuan Fruit but that Blood Yuan Territory is too dangerous.
What if you come across a terrifying demon beast over there?" Said Xia Chunxue with a few
points of concern on her face, "Don't let Ye Feng and Ye Ruxue participate this time. Feng'er
has already acquired the peak of Houtian eighth stage. He is only one step away from
breaking through to the ninth stage.Then he would be able to join the 'Main Sect' of Yi Yuan
School. Is that not good enough?"
"Feng'er is an outstanding leader of Yi Yuan School's core disciples, so he will have to
participate. And as long as they join forces and carefully fight with the demon beasts,
nothing will happen!" Ye Kongming said with confidence, "Young Ye child, you should
quickly go back and take rest, your physical state should be adjusted to its utmost condition
in order to give your best in the inner disciples' competition."
"Yes, father!" Ye Xiwen said.
Ye Xiwen returned to his small courtyard but he did not take
rest as suggested by his father. He took out that book he picked up from Ma Yan's body.
This was the secret book that Ma Yan used to blackmail many people. Ye Xiwen looked at
its title
'Celestial step' and realized that it was a Xiantian level power technique. However, it was
incomplete with only half of the content still intact. Of course, he couldn't practice it to the
peak level, but its power was also no less than a common high-level power technique. As
for Ye Xiwen, it was like a prolonged drought to meet the sweet dew. He lacked a good
agility type martial technique. Although both 'Rushing thunder hand' and
'Cold moon beheader' contained agility skill but these were undoubtedly inferior to
'celestial step' as agility was its specialty.
Ye Xiwen initially thought that after the competition was over, he would go over to the
library to get an agility type technique but now he didn't need to bother about that.
'Celestial step' was indeed an incomplete technique but for the current Ye Xiwen, it was
perfectly adequate. If he ever got a chance in the future, he would completely perfect this
technique.
According to the above description, 'Celestial step' was excellent for small ranged
manoeuvres. When organizing manoeuvres in a small scope, it came in extremely handy. Ye
Xiwen put down the idea of first practicing 'Missing moon beheader' because his 'New
moon beheader' was more than sufficient to participate in the School Inner Weighing. It
was
rare for the disciples to perfectly master even a primary level power technique; an
intermediate level power technique was simply out of question.
Now first, practicing the 'Celestial step' was important.
Ye Xiwen closed his eyes, entered the mysterious space and started practicing as described
in the secret book of 'Celestial step'. It began to burn up a lot of spirit stones and the newly
formed spiritual Qi seeped into his body, causing his understanding of the technique to
enhance dramatically.
Ye Xiwen continued to practice manoeuvring skills inside the mysterious space. His moving
shadow initially looked slow and rusty, but it quickly became proficient and skilled. Time
passed, two days went by in a flash.
In his small courtyard, with his hands behind his back, he took a step forward but instead
he trotted several steps instantly. His figure appeared in the corner far away from the spot
where he started.
A smile appeared on his face. In just two days, he managed to reach the third level (Xiao
Cheng level) of 'Celestial step'. The
technique was divided into 'the first glimpse into the channel',
'entering the inner chamber', 'Xiao Cheng' and 'Da Cheng'.
Although there were only four levels, there was a huge difference between each of the
levels and it should have taken a long time to reach the third level, not to mention this was
an advanced martial technique. But for Ye Xiwen, it was not the same as he had the
mysterious space to help him increase the pace of practice, where practicing for one day
was equivalent to a hundred days worth of practice for others or even more. Of course, the
price that had to be paid to achieve that was crazy consumption of spirit stones. In just two
days, in order to master the third level of 'Celestial step', 1500 low-grade spirit stones had
already been consumed out of the stock of 2000 low-grade spirit Stones he originally had.
The remaining five hundred were simply not enough to reach the final level of
'Celestial step' which would require at least 1000 low-grade spirit stones. However, there
was no time to practice the final level of 'Celestial step' because School Inner Weighing had
finally begun.
The sunlight broke through the clouds to dazzle the ground.
The Qingfeng mountain welcomed a new day. There was a beaming picture spread
everyone on the mountain.
On Qingfeng mountain, Yi Yuan school had more than ten thousand people waiting for the
competition to begin where only a thousand people would actually participate in the
competition because not everyone was eligible to participate.
Some people lacked the strength so participating could be fatal.
Only those interested in seizing a certain rank or to test their own level would participate.
This competition was not mandatory, so only interested disciples were participating.
Among them, about 800 outer sect disciples registered in the competition as opposed to
only 400 inner sect disciples.
However, these numbers were more than what used to be in the past because this time's
competition was particularly fierce and the reason was quite simple. In the past, only the
top 50 rankers received the reward whereas this time, top 100 rankers would receive the
rewards. This was done just to attract more inner and outer sect disciples to participate.
Chapter 20: A Brief Appearance
Ye Xiwen and Wang Lie both rushed to the competition venue. Wang Lie said with
excitement: "Man, I think you will definitely get a good rank."
Wang Lie did not participate this time. To get into top hundred ranks, one should at least be
at the fourth stage. Since he had had a breakthrough quite recently, he knew very well that
he didn't have a chance this time. Moreover, he had never been too ambitious.
"Umm!" Ye Xiwen nodded.
"But you must be careful. I heard the news that Ma Ying is planning to deal with you!" Wang
Lie said seriously, "Ma Ying has put the word out encouraging others to cripple you as a
revenge for his younger brother!"
"Cripple me? Humph, let's see if he has the skill!" Ye Xiwen said with a sneer.
The venue was packed with crowd. Ye Xiwen arrived on the
scene first and took out the Serial No. 127 for himself. There were two numbers of same
serial number, the first opponent would be the one who drew out the same serial
number.Once the time arrived, key figures within the Yi Yuan school arrived
successively. They were using the technique 'flying high false
step' to fly above the high platform.
can also be called 'Volley virtual step'
In the eyes of all the disciples flashed a look of envy, although
'flying high false step' was not an actual flight, but it was not something they could easily
attain.
Everyone held their breaths to this performance.They were Yi Yuan school seniors and the
true backbone that supported the school, Yuan clan people and Zhang clan were already
the most powerful parallel forces of the Qingfeng mountain and nearby region, and if their
performance was good, they could receive a reward from some elder, that would lead to a
meteoric rise, this had happened in the past!
Among those elders, Ye Xiwen saw his father Ye Kongming's figure, among the group of
elders, it did not seem conspicuous.
The venue occupied a very wide land area, two hundred platforms were placed for the
contest.
Wang Lie and Ye Xiwen both went to the No. 127 arena.
"You are No.127 ring's other contestant" Ye Xiwen just saw a big and tall disciple who
walked over to him laughing and said,
"You really have a bad luck, unexpectedly have bumped into Shi Feng brother, just admit
defeat!"
"Shi Feng brother has acquired the peak of fifth stage, even if to get into the top 50 ranks,
he is definitely capable!" that tall disciple continued. "You, if you do not hurry up and admit
defeat now, when the time comes, it will be difficult to give up before losing some of your
body parts!"
Wang Lie's complexion also changed: "I did not expect it would actually be Shi Feng!"
"Ah man, it's too bad, that your first opponent turned out to be that Shi Feng, his methods
are very malicious and ruthless, three years ago in the competition, there were several
disciples who admitted defeat, their bones were broken, causing 6
months worth of injuries!"
"Quite a bully!" Ye Xiwen said.
"Bully, ha haha, for a long time no one has called me a bully!"
Suddenly a burst of laughter spread in the arena, "You don't have a good luck I suppose, as
someone has asked me to break your legs!"
Ye Xiwen looked up, there he saw a tall tower-like young man, with a fiendishly grinning
face looking at Ye Xiwen.
It was Shi Feng.
"Boy, do you dare to come up now!" Shi Feng grinned, "So long as you kowtow a 100 times,
I'll let you off!"
"That depends on you!" Ye Xiwen sneered, and jumped on.
"Now that you have received benefits from others to break my legs, I'll make you bear the
consequences for your sins!"
"Young boy, you really dare to come up, a move, with just one hit I will beat you!" Shi Feng
laughed loudly.
"127th arena fight, begin!" the referee saw both of them standing and ready, then opened
his mouth and spoke, as for the two previous dialogues, he turned a deaf ear, as if he did
not hear anything.
As referee's voice just fell, Shi Feng shot out like a shell from the catapult, although tall, but
his speed was incredibly fast, he rushed towards Ye Xiwen.
Although this person was insolent, but his strength was the real deal, although his agility
was not on a high level, but the explosive force was great, in a blink of an eye he had rushed
to the front of Ye Xiwen.
Shi Feng grinned fiendishly and opened his big hand to directly twist Ye Xiwen's head.
"Elders Ye, is that your son fighting on the 127th platform!"
said the elder sitting close to Ye Kongming.
"It is my son!" Ye Kongming smiled and nodded.
"I recall, more than a decade ago elder Ye was embracing him when he returned, I just saw
him once, but in a blink of an eye, more than a decade has passed, he is already this big
now!" The elder said with emotion.
"His opponent can be a tough one!" The elder while staring at the ring, said, "Inborn natural
power, he is more formidable than an average person!"
"It doesn't matter, this will allow him to gain experience!" Ye Kongming smiled, as if he
didn't care, but the eyes were tightly locked in the ring, somewhat worried.
"Bang!" Ye Xiwen stuck his palm out, it hit fiercely right on Shi Feng's big hand, the two
sides directly caused a collision making a sound of huge air explosion.
Ye Xiwen stood there calm and motionless. Shi Feng had an inborn natural power. Although
he had just acquired the peak of fifth stage, but the strength in his hand was absolutely over
the sixth stage, comparable to the masters of sixth stage, but he still could not move Ye
Xiwen even the slightest.
"Impossible!" Shi Feng's one pair of cow-like eyes was full of
surprise looking at Ye Xiwen, unbelievably, even if it was a sixth stage master, his strength
was not one bit inferior, but unexpectedly Ye Xiwen didn't budge.
"Boom!"
Accompanied with a burst of thunderstorm sound, Ye Xiwen's palm shot out a group of
torpedo shaped Qi, with a lightning speed, enormous and mighty, a palm pressed against
Shi Feng's chest.
"Bang!" Shi Feng's tower-like body was flown up when shot by Ye Xiwen's palm, his blood
sprayed all over, bones in his body were broken in half, and he fell directly off the stage.
"What, how is this possible!"
The audience was in uproar, all the people paying attention to this battle could not believe
their eyes, they had been very optimistic about this Shi Feng, but he couldn't even stop Ye
Xiwen's one move, was actually sent flying out of the arena, no one knew whether he was
alive or dead.
"Cheating, he must be cheating!" Several disciples who were close to Shi Feng suddenly
found it difficult to accept started yelling and said, "He has definitely plotted against Shi
Feng brother!"
Made a brief appearance and sent Shi Feng flying, how was this possible.
"Shut up!" the referee said in a cold voice, who was right or wrong, he saw very clearly, did
not need those juniors to teach him what to do.
"This competition, Ye Xiwen wins, now he will enter the second round!"
"Idiots!" Ye Xiwen glanced at those disciples.
Shi Feng however was just a small pawn, presumably, Ma Ying was the one behind, but
there was no rush. Ma Ying was popular, to win the championship, sooner or later, they
would meet for sure.
"Good, good, unexpectedly, I was totally wrong!" The elder
sitting close to Ye Kongming said with a smile.
Chapter 21: In One Move
"Seems like, he is practicing well!" Ye Kongming seemed serious in speech and manner, but
smile spilled on his face from time to time because he was in a good mood, he had thought,
with Ye Xiwen's current cultivation, if he could just pass through the first round, it would
be very good. He had never expected that he could so easily break through the first round,
so naturally the second round would unlikely pose any problem, he might even break into
the third round, or into the top hundred!Naturally, he was in a good mood.
After the first round was over, Ye Xiwen did not have to wait too long for the second round.
His second opponent was a boy of same age as him, he was wearing a Chinese robe, and his
face was filled with pride.
"Wang Shaoqi!" Ye Xiwen said.
The boy looked lightly at Ye Xiwen and said: "You might as well surrender as early as
possible, so as to avoid the time of suffering!"
At this time the disciples were talking amongst themselves,
someone recognized this boy's origins.
"It's actually Wang Shaoqi, he practices tiger cannon fist, which is a high level martial arts,
very powerful, last time he was just an inner sect disciple, but relying on the power of tiger
cannon fist, he beat a lot of senior-level disciples and made them flee ignominiously, he
almost squeezed into the top 100, and then he was received by an elder as his own
personal apprentice.
He is said to have already acquired the peak of fifth stage, and those who have acquired
sixth stage also may not be his opponent!"
"Really, no wonder he is so proud, but this Ye Xiwen is also far from simple, ah, just now
that Shi Feng couldn't block his one move, with one hit he fell unconscious, alive or dead we
don't know, it seems like it may end up in a fierce competition between two evenly
matched opponents!"
Wang Shaoqi seemed to have heard the commentary going on in the crowd of disciples, he
immediately sneered and said: "You think just because you defeated Shi Feng you can be
my match?
I'm not a barbarian like Shi Feng, he has brute force but doesn't know how to use it and is
also an idiot!"
"Cut the crap!" Ye Xiwen said indifferently.
"See if I don't show you some power" Wang Shaoqi Shouted loudly, behind him appeared a
huge amount of energy, the mighty and fierce spiritual Qi scattered in all directions
instantly. It seemed as if a fierce tiger was descending from the mountain.
This was the 'tiger cannon fist' practiced to the most profound realm, and the surrounding
air had condensed into a head of tiger.
"Bang!" Wang Shaoqi took a step, his figure suddenly disappeared, and the very next
moment it appeared right in front of Ye Xiwen, then his fist exploded into a punch, "Roaring
Tiger in the mountain forest!"
The moment seemed as if a fierce tiger was roaring in a mountain forest, Wang Shaoqi had
turned into a tiger, enveloped in evil power.
An Elder watching from the elder seats looked at Wang Shaoqi with a smiling face.He was
the teacher of Wang Shaoqi, Hu Changlao, just then a nearby elder laughed and said: "Last
time, Wang Shaoqi almost broke into the top 100, setting a record,
this 'tiger cannon fist' compared to three years ago, must have advanced by leaps and
bounds, this time he can at least break into the top twenty!"
"Ah, Wang shaoqi's age is too small, duration and degree of cultivation is also very
different, this will let him experience and gain insights from the superior disciples of this
province, he still does not know the immensity of the universe!" said elder Hu Changlao
quite seriously, but his face couldn't conceal the happy expression and contentment.
"However, this person is not an opponent for Qi'er!"
Suddenly, one of the disciples exclaimed.
They actually saw that with just a step, Yi Xiwen's whole figure suddenly disappeared in
front of Wang Shaoqi, it was precisely the Celestial steps.
Wang Shaoqi's whole body passed through the location where Ye Xiwen was earlier, only
then he realized that something was wrong.
"Not good!" Wang Shaoqi finally recovered his self-confidence, and felt the problem.
"Too late!" Ye Xiwen appeared behind Wang Shaoqi, and slapped on Wang Shaoqi's body.
"Bang!" Wang Shaoqi didn't even get a chance to react, he was directly slapped out of the
ring by Ye Xiwen, but he(Ye Xiwen) did not seriously injure him.
Wang Shaoqi was sent out flying with just one hit, he still could not believe that he did not
block even one move from Ye Xiwen. A moment later, Wang Shaoqi smiled bitterly while
cupping one hand over the other across the chest he said to Ye Xiwen: "Ye brother, many
thanks for showing mercy, in the past I was really ignorant and narrow-minded, it
unexpectedly is very ridiculous! "
Wang Shaoqi turned and left, his figure seemed a bit lonely.
"What, how is this possible, how could that Ye Xiwen be so powerful, even Wang Shaoqi
was not his match, he unexpectedly flew out of the ring in one move, it's really incredible!"
The outcome of this fight caused a lot of disturbance, a lot of people had not expected that
Ye Xiwen could actually defeat Wang Shaoqi so easily, without even fighting as they had
imagined.
Wang Shaoqi was considered a genius among the inner sect disciples, three years ago he
had entered the inner sect for the first time, then he had almost broken into the top 100,
this time his goal was to break into first 20 ranks, or even 10, then he would become a
popular candidate to be counted in the top future core disciples.
He had encountered many adventures, and was also received as a disciple by an elder, but
such a formidable genius, had actually lost to Ye Xiwen, moreover was defeated in one
move, it was simply hard to imagine.
That Hu Changlao was suppressed with shame very much like a pig's liver, although a
moment ago what he said was very modest, but everyone could see that he was satisfied
(with his disciple), but his voice just fell, Wang Shaoqi was defeated by Ye Xiwen in just one
move, this was equivalent to being severely thrown a slap in the face.
"Congratulations, congratulations, Elder Ye, this son of yours
really has stolen all the limelight, he broke through the second round in such a relaxed
manner, ha ha, I am afraid the top ten ranks are not a problem anymore!"
"Yes, yes, all three children from Elder Ye's house are outstanding!"
From the elder seats on one side spread a burst of congratulatory voice, leaving elder Hu
with an ugly face.
Ye Kongming simply could not speak, that his son was different, he was actually very
humble.
In his heart, he was very satisfied with Ye Xiwen's performance, he unexpectedly had
disappeared and a month later, but his progress was actually so great that even that famous
genius Wang Shaoqi from three years ago was defeated in one move. But unexpectedly in
his heart, he also had some expectations, as to which path his youngest son would take.
"Humphl!" Hu Changlao's face looked ugly, he coldly uttered a sigh, "he was just
opportunistic, he relied on a good agility technique, he will fail eventually, even getting into
top 30
rankings is impossible for him!"
Elder seats were suddenly bustling up with noise.
"This Ye Xiwen is amazing, ah, in the past, unexpectedly no one actually knew about him, no
one thought seeing his outer appearance that he possessed this much strength, and also we
do not know at what time he will be forced out!"
"Yes, you saw, he was also carrying a long blade behind him, but there is no evidence that
blade was used, gee, extraordinary!"
Also many elders and a friend of Hu Changlao, said.
"The third son from elder Ye's house, who does not know, that his power was mediocre, but
it suddenly progressed by leaps and bounds, he certainly has swallowed some kind of
material treasure, which promotes the progressing speed of the cultivation, but this realm
is very unstable, if encountered a real master, he will collapse at the first blow."
"Spiritual cultivation slowly grows along the way, but this is an acquired realm, to rely on a
material treasure to qualify, in
the future his achievements will stop!"
The elders were talking about in succession, however high above the platform had its own
enchantment, and the people underneath were not aware as to what the elders were
talking about.
Chapter 22: Then I Will Show You Enough
Ye Xiwen was naturally not aware of the fact that he had become the talk of the elders, but
he did not have time to care about that.
Since his fight had ended early in the morning, he had a lot of time to see the competition of
other people.
After the first round of the competition was over, there were only a hundred individuals
left for the second round.
Compared to the first round, the second round had many high-level contestants. Even the
worst of them had also acquired the peak of fourth stage.
Ye Xiwen also saw an extremely powerful master. He would shoot a huge burst of spiritual
power to easily beat his opponents. All these people were the masters of sixth stage, and
were already considered as elites in the inner sect.
Ye Xiwen’s third round opponent was much powerful than Wang Shaoqi, even Shi Feng was
not his match. However, his
cultivation was just at the peak of fifth stage and was easily slapped down by Ye Xiwen’s
palm.
He easily got past the third round, which made him to receive a lot of attention from Yi
Yuan School’s key figures. Most of the elders began to focus specifically on him, much like
paying attention to those geniuses.
Getting past the third round, he had easily entered the top 50
ranks, and after the completion of fourth round, he would already be in the top 30.
Elder Hu’s complexion was getting increasingly ugly. He had claimed that Ye Xiwen could
never enter into the top 50 ranks.
However, he easily got past the third round and was now in the top 50. If Ye Xiwen were to
pass the fourth round, then he would lose his face, this would be like a slap on his face.
In chapter 21, author has written ‘Ye Xiwen would not be able to get into the top 30 ranks’,
but in this chapter, it was changed to ‘top 50 ranks’ by the author
And it was not at all difficult for him to get past the third round, all he did was use one
move to win the matches, no one
could compel him to use a second move. No one could even compel him to use his martial
arts, all he did was lightly clap his palm and the opponent would fly out.
Ye Xiwen had been using just one move to defeat his opponents while easily winning all the
fights. This led to a sudden rise in his reputation among the disciples.
Many people started to pay attention to his fights.
“The strength of this Ye Xiwen is simply unfathomable, and unexpectedly no one could
actually force him to use his real moves. As to which martial arts technique he practices, no
one knows!”
“Look, he has a broadsword on his back. It’s certainly a knife!”
“No, someone saw, his martial art is a palm technique and it has a hint of thunderclap, it is
definitely Rushing thunder hand!”
“Even his martial arts cannot be forced out, it’s really
amazing!”
“But the next time he can’t be so relaxed because his next opponent is going to be Tang
Nian. He is already a master of the sixth stage and he has easily hacked through all the
challenges.
It is really going to be a tough competition!”
Ye Xiwen also heard these arguments but he did not mind them at all.
“I didn’t expect that you could come this far. However, you’d better pray not to bump into
me!” When Ye Xiwen was meditating, a shadow came over, it was actually a strong youth in
his twenties carrying a pair of huge copper hammer on his back, “Otherwise, I will let you
taste the same pain my brother had to suffer!”
“Are you Ma Ying?” Ye Xiwen responded immediately, this person should be that Ma Ying
no doubt about it. “Your younger brother has done all sorts of evil things, and so many
people were forced by him to lose everything they had. This is retribution!”
“I do not care what my brother has done, but today I will
definitely avenge my brother, you’d better surrender soon, or I will tear off your limbs!”
said Ma Ying with an evil grin on his face.
Ye Xiwen stayed calm and looked coldly at him.
“What’s wrong? Are you afraid? If you are scared then escape quickly, ha ha ha ha!” Ma Ying
said while laughing.
Many disciples were discussing about in the crowd.
“I wouldn’t have thought that there was actually hatred between Ma Ying and Ye Xiwen,
Gee, this is probably going to be a lot of fun!”
“Tsk, I heard that Ye Xiwen severely injured Ma Yan in front of everyone who was
bedridden for a long time. This is the main reason and including Ma Ying’s vengeful
character, this matter couldn’t be ignored!”
“This Ma Ying is easily one of the top five figures, so Ye Xiwen won’t just have his four limbs
broken right!”
“Ye Xiwen is not someone to be trifled with so easily, so far none of the opponents could
force him to use a second move!”
“Hey, let me measure your strength, let’s see if you can win against Tang Nian!” Ma Ying
grinned fiendishly and suddenly dashed like a killer. Suddenly a sledgehammer flew out
from his back, with his big hands grabbing it, and he shoved it mercilessly towards Ye
Xiwen producing a howling wind like sound.
Ma Ying was an arrogant man, but his strength was not a joke.
His cultivation was definitely at the peak of sixth stage, second to none among the inner
sect disciples. His terrible power had firmly locked on Ye Xiwen and the sledgehammer
then smashed down immediately.
This was to test Ye Xiwen’s strength, but it was simply looking for an excuse to cripple him.
Ye Xiwen took a few steps, and his figure, just like that of a celestial being, freely and easily
escaped this hammer attack.
But who would have thought that Ma Ying was also using the celestial step to catch up with
him, however Ma Ying’s celestial step was filled with explosive power and strength.
It was quite different!
Ma Ying’s eyes flashed with killing intent, grinning again and again. He trotted to keep up
with Ye Xiwen, with a heavy sledgehammer in his hands as if it was nothing, then he
slammed it down fiercely.
“Boom!” The sledgehammer smashed with immense power creating a big hole in the
ground, but Ye Xiwen had easily dodged this attack.
“How could you actually…?” Ma Ying looked astonishingly at him, he certainly figured it out
that Ye Xiwen was using celestial step, which caused his hatred to grow even more. Ye
Xiwen certainly took it from his brother’s body, but he was not worried as he had been
practicing celestial step for more than a year, so how could this guy be better than him.
However, just now, Ye Xiwen had easily dodged his hammer attack, and was unexpectedly
at the third level (Xiao Cheng) of celestial step!
He was still at the second level (Entering the inner chamber)
of celestial steps and there was still a long way to go to reach the Xiao Cheng!
“Idiot!” Ye Xiwen sneered.
“Die!” Ma Ying was suddenly furious, he completely erupted with anger, his spiritual qi
quickly rose to the top, much more violent compared to the Wang Shaoqi. However, Wang
Shaoqi was able to compete with masters of the early sixth stage in the competition three
years ago, but Ma Ying was ranked among the top five masters in this session of inner sect
disciples. He had easily won all his battles and was almost without a rival.
“This time I will turn you into a corpse!” Ma Ying’s spiritual qi had locked onto Ye Xiwen. A
monstrous and overwhelming qi spread all over the place, and two sledgehammers roared
and smashed as if two hills had pounded in general.
Ye Xiwen could feel dozens of tyrannical gazes sweeping over him, out of which there were
a lot with evil intentions. There were even the Xiantian level masters among them, just
their gazes were enough to give him chills.
He knew that Ye Kongming was an elder at the Yi Yuan
School, so he would naturally have friends as well as enemies.
He did not know how many of these enemies were hidden in the shadows, waiting for his
father to become a laughingstock.
Since they want to see, I will show them enough!
Any schemes and tricks, in the face of true strength, are like the floating clouds!
The true strength that he had been hiding all this time completely erupted, and shot up
high into the sky. He directly acquired the peak of sixth stage.
“What? Ye Xiwen has already acquired the peak of sixth stage!”
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Chapter 23: Best Shot
Numerous people who were paying attention to this fight had a feeling of countless
eyeglasses breaking from falling down on the ground and now they could see the truth very
clearly. Ma Ying was powerful enough to be placed in the top five figures of the inner sect
disciples. Since the competition had started, he had constantly used his extremely
tyrannical strength to rush rampaging through his fights all the way to the present.
However, no one had expected that Ye Xiwen had actually hidden his true strength and it
was unexpectedly sufficient enough to be compared favourably with inner sect's top five
disciples.
Ye Xiwen finally shot his Rushing thunder hand fiercely causing a thunderstorm-like
rumbling sound which echoed above the venue.
"Three!"
"Four!"
"Five!"
"Six!"
Ye Xiwen directly shot a total six echoes. This attack was extremely fast, enough to leave
afterimages.
"Ha ha, you dare to use your hands against my sledgehammer!
You really are seeking death! Look how I smash your hands into smithereens!" Ma Ying
laughed hideously. He used his two hammers like mountains and directly pressed down
with overwhelming power to block all the space around Ye Xiwen.
"Boom!"
With a loud sound of explosion, Ye Xiwen's hands directly slammed into the pair of
sledgehammers, causing a huge shock wave.
Suddenly all of the people watching this battle were stunned, as they had imagined that
both his hands would break apart and disappear completely from the scene. On the
contrary, his pair of hands, like a formidable force, had directly destroyed the
sledgehammers.
Ye Xiwen's one hit had blown those sledgehammers into smithereens.
Iron back silver monkeys possessed stronger body than ordinary as if reinforced with a
steel frame. It was difficult for the swords and spears to pierce their bodies all thanks to
that special liquor that they had regularly consumed. And this month he had also consumed
a huge amount of the same liquor which he had stolen from their cave, and that resulted in
reinforcing his mortal body to a great extent.
His power had already reached the strength of 19 Tigers, while Ma Ying had only the
strength of 9 Tigers. Ma Ying wanted to overwhelm him using his power but he didn't know
that his strength was 10 levels short of Ye Xiwen whose strength was far beyond his own.
"Pass like thunder and move like the wind!" Ye Xiwen, after destroying the pair of
sledgehammers, slammed his palm right into Ma Ying's robust body.
"Bang!" Ma Ying simply had no time to resist and with a bang,
he flew out into the sky.
"Stop!" Suddenly a loud burst of sound rang in the sky.
Ye Xiwen paid no attention to it and suddenly the air exploded beneath his feet. Using the
celestial step, he instantly pursued behind his flying body with both his hands like a pair of
shadows that filled the entire sky with a barrage of attacks and severely slapped Ma Ying's
still-flying body multiple times.
"Lightning and Thunder!"
"Ghostly Thunder Axe!"
"Levelling Storm Four Strokes!"
"Boom!" Ma Ying's tall figure fell fiercely on the ground.All the bones in his body had been
broken and his body looked in a very bad state. The most important thing was the sea of qi
surrounding his body that was directly shattered in the barrage of attacks. This sea of qi
was the essence of a warrior's cultivation, and was also the true storage place for the
spiritual power. He had exposed this sea of qi, although he didn't die but
his cultivation had completely been destroyed and in the future, it would be impossible for
him to continue practicing.
Ye Xiwen knew that this villain would retaliate endlessly until he got his revenge, but in
presence of such a large crowd of people, it was impossible to kill him. So, once he exposed
his sea of qi, Ye Xiwen used this opportunity to completely cut off any future troubles.
"Ye Xiwen, how dare you, you did not hear me when I told you to stop?" At this time a
figure dropping from the sky on the site.
He actually saw a Yi Yuan School's elder clad in black clothes and was glaring angrily at
him.
Ye Xiwen knew that this black clad elder was called Wang Jian. He was the lord of Yi Yuan
School's penalty palace and hence was in charge of punishing disciples, which was reason
why ordinary disciples were very afraid of him. And most importantly, Wang Jian and Ye
Kongming had never been on good terms and this had led to a huge accumulation of
resentment.
"Under the watchful eyes of the public, you have injured a disciple of the same school. If
only our Yi Yuan School's ancestor had not set that law which allows bringing in people
like you to grow up in the school. It's definitely a disaster for our Yi Yuan School!" Wang
Jian said while buckling up the big hat on his head.
"Injuring the disciple of the same school?With a big hat like that, you can't even see, but do
you think all the people here are blind? It was Ma Ying who attacked me first and wanted to
kill me as well. I was just defending myself!" Ye Xiwen said bluntly.
Wang Jian and Ye Kongming had been hostile towards each other for a long time, not to
mention now that he had got a chance, he was simply looking for trouble.
"You really have a sharp mouth kid!" Wang Jian stared coldly at Ye Xiwen and said, "You say
it was for self-defence but you have unexpectedly damaged his cultivation! Moreover, Ma
Ying is considered a genius in our Yi Yuan School and by damaging his cultivation, you have
committed a serious crime!"
"Then doesn't that mean one can't fight back in self-defence when he is being bullied, just
what kind of law is this!" Ye Xiwen retorted then said, "Besides if he is really a genius then
why couldn't he stop even one of my moves. He is nothing but a loser, and even if the school
uses more resources in his development, it will be nothing but a waste of resources!"
"I was only defending myself and let the people do the justice because you can't hide
anything from them!" Ye Xiwen said.
"Well I am the lord of the penalty palace and I have full authority over giving punishments.
You have injured a disciple from the same school and the evidence is solid so don't even
think about denying your crime!" Wang Jian suddenly used a tyrannical power of Xiantian
level which caused his spiritual qi to explode and spread out like a big hand trying to grab
Ye Xiwen. Then the qi turned into a claw trying to grab him by his shoulders. If he had been
seized firmly by that claw then his shoulder would have dislocated then and there.
Quite vicious!
Ye Xiwen suddenly took a step and trotted very fast using his celestial step to retreat, but
Wang Jian also caught up with him and tried to grab him with his claw. However, it almost
missed him resulting into a terrible air explosion.
"Aaaaah!" Ye Xiwen gave a loud shout. He was forced into a dead end and Wang Jian used
his tyrannical qi to firmly lock him down.
"Clang!" Ye Xiwen suddenly withdrew a long blade from his back causing a loud metal
clanging sound and instantly used the first move of 'Cold moon beheader' technique called
'new moon beheader'.
Nine blade shadows suddenly appeared in the sky and fiercely rushed towards Wang Jian.
These shadows were extremely fast and even contained some power from the rushing
thunder hand.
Nine blade shadows contained a very monstrous power and spread all over the sky,
unexpectedly blocking all the space around Wang Jian with unimaginable power.
No one had expected that his blade attack would actually be so powerful. This was his real
strength. Since all this time he had been defeating his opponents with one move, he did not
need to use his real strength but when he was cornered, he had to resort to his most
powerful attack.
Swift and fierce knife-like wind was blowing in the venue causing a stinging sensation
which was quite painful for the crowd.
"How is this possible!" Wang Jian's eyes flashed with horror as he had not expected Ye
Xiwen to actually use this kind of powerful blade attack in such a desperate situation.
Wang Jian suddenly took several steps and his figure turned into a lightning flash and
withdrew from the scope of this blade shadow attack which had instantaneously covered a
large area.
He barely escaped from this blow.
As he was going to attack again, suddenly a loud shout exploded in the sky: "Old fool, stop
hurting my son!"
A big hand covered all of the sky and descended towards Wang Jian forming a few metres
large palm made of qi.
Wang Jian's hands also stretched out to go up to welcome the incoming attack.
"Boom!" A terrible explosion spread in the range of tens of meters causing even the air to
explode.
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Chapter 24: Enters Into The Top Three
Wang Jian was pushed back several steps and each step made a few inches deep footprint
in the ground. This was all just to stop the enormous force present in Ye Kongming’s
previous attack. His face looked a little flushed and it seemed like this time he had suffered
a small defeat.
A person’s shadow fell into the crowd having an extraordinary aura around it. It was Ye
Kongming.
All of the disciples present there were watching intently because this was going to be a
fight between two prominent school elders who were also Xiantian level masters and this
fight was definitely not something one could witness any time.
“Ye Kongming, are you going to cover for your son?” Wang Jian shouted.
“Wang Jian, you think I don’t know? Your plan is to use your official power for revenge. My
son was only defending himself but you dare to distort the facts and accuse my son falsely!”
Ye Kongming said in a cold voice.
“I am the lord of penalty palace and for committing such an act, your son should be
punished in accordance with the law. He should be abolished from practicing martial arts
and should also be expelled from the school!” Wang Jian said in a stern voice.
“Well, since when did Yi Yuan school start punishing for self-defence? My son only did this
in self-defence and that too under the watchful eyes of so many people who can testify for
my son’s innocence so don’t you dare teach me what’s right or wrong. Don’t make me
report this to the ancestor because then you will definitely lose your position as the lord of
penalty palace!” Ye Kongming said without the slightest amount of doubt in his voice.
Various thoughts started flowing into Wang Jian’s mind.
Including the people present there, he himself knew very well whether Ye Xiwen was
innocent or guilty. In fact, it was all because of the feud between him and Ye Kongming and
he wanted to vent his hatred on his son’s body. He had planned to capture and hurt Ye
Xiwen using a surprise attack but unexpectedly Ye Xiwen was actually able to dodge it quite
easily.
If the ancestor got to know about this incident, he would naturally be very fond of such a
young talent, although Ye Xiwen had used his powers brutally but it was after all in self-
defence.
“Well, today you are defending your son but sooner or later you will regret it!” Wang Jian
soon turned to leave without even looking once towards Ma Ying as if he didn’t care
whether he lived or died.
“That Ye Xiwen is so fierce. I would never have imagined that there was such a monster
hiding among the disciples and no one knew about his existence until now. Not even a
Xiantian master’s fierce attacks could hurt him at all!”
“Gee, that blade is simply invincible, I am afraid even the masters of the seventh stage can’t
escape its range!”
“What sort of evildoer is he, even his Rushing thunder hand technique is extremely
profound and that blade is absolutely terrible!”
“Ye child, I had not expected that in such a short period of time, you would obtain such a
powerful fighting strength, and that blade technique must be an intermediate level skill
right!”
Ye Kongming asked.
“Yes, this child practices the 《Cold moon beheader》
technique” Since it was already exposed, there was nothing to
hide anyway, of course, he would not take the initiative to say that it was actually not an
intermediate level blade technique but a Xiantian level technique and that it also had two
more moves.
Cold moon beheader has three moves named ‘new moon beheader’, ‘missing moon
beheader’ and ‘full moon beheader’
“Good, good!” Seeing his son’s sudden burst of fighting strength, he was feeling very happy
because now he could proudly proclaim that all his kids were geniuses.
“Haha, being your father even I had underestimated your strength in the past but to think
that you had this kind of powerful fighting strength, now you can easily compete for the
first rank!” Ye Kongming said while laughing. “Well done!”
Ye Kongming didn’t stay with his son and returned back to his seat among the elders.
Thanks to the series of tragedies, a lot of time had passed and the fourth round of the
competition had already begun. A twenty years old youth was standing on the stage and
was also the opponent that Ye Xiwen was supposed to fight in the fourth round. His name
was Tang Nian.
Ye Xiwen jumped into the arena then cupped his hands across his chest and said: “Ye
Xiwen! I made Brother Tang to wait for a long time!”
Tang Nian had a somewhat complex expression on his face. Ye Xiwen had used just a move
to defeat Ma Ying and he had also seen his battle with Wang Jian. He knew very well that he
would never be an opponent for Ye Xiwen as originally, with his strength at the peak of
sixth stage, he could have broken into the top ten and the next time, he might have entered
the ranks of the core disciples, however he had not expected to actually encounter Ye
Xiwen and thanks to this, now it was impossible for him to enter into the fifth round.
Struggling for a while, Tang cupped his hands across his chest and said: “Brother Ye, I do
not consider myself as your opponent so I admit defeat!”
Tang Nian’s admitting defeat was although an accident in the eyes of disciples, but it was
also expected because Tang Nian was strong enough to be counted among the top ten
ranks. However, Ye Xiwen had completely and easily crushed Ma Ying and hence
established his own status thoroughly.
Ma Ying was one of the top five inner sect disciples, but while
fighting Ye Xiwen, he still couldn’t stop a single move. So it was quite obvious that Ye Xiwen
had naturally replaced Ma Ying and positioned himself into the hearts of countless disciples
as the new member of the ‘five great disciples’.
So Tang Nian’s admitting defeat was an anticipated accident.
After Tang Nian admitted his defeat, Ye Xiwen’s next opponent who had also reached the
peak of sixth stage was unwilling to give up, but was slapped out of the arena in one move.
Including the back to back victories in these two rounds, Ye Xiwen had easily broken into
the top six ranks. In addition to him, four of the original inner sect’s top five masters had
impressively also entered the top six ranks. In addition to these five people, one person was
also nominated into the top six ranks. He was an intimidating man of strong build and his
cultivation was already at the peak of sixth stage.
Ye Xiwen had finally met a true master as his next opponent, who was ranked third in the
top five masters, named Zhang Xiang. After defeating him, he could enter the top three.
“Please advise me!” Ye Xiwen said.
“Brother Ye is quite strong, even that Ma Ying was easily defeated by you!” Zhang Xiang
said. “But Ma Ying was the weakest of us five disciples, so it won’t be easy for you to beat
me!”
Ye Xiwen also knew that Zhang Xiang had been a part of the top five inner sect disciples for
a long time.
Zhang Xiang released all his power without any restraint and surprisingly he was at the
middle of seventh stage, no wonder he said that Ma Ying was the weakest among them.
Many of the disciples were amazed, because an inner sect disciple had actually reached the
seventh stage, and even after reaching the seventh stage, why had he not become a core
disciple?
“Stonefall fist!” Zhang Xiang shouted loudly, his eyes suddenly gave a sharp look and his
figure exploded forward with a pair of fists above wrapped in a layer of pale yellow and
intimidating Qi. He had obtained this boxing technique called
‘truncated fist’ during an adventure years ago. This boxing
technique had been labelled as one of the most powerful techniques in the school.
Zhang Xiang in an instant appeared in front of Ye Xiwen and his fists like two hills smashed
down on him.
“Rushing thunder hand!” Ye Xiwen shouted softly as his hands wrapped in a layer of
thunder like Qi which moved up to welcome the incoming attack.
Ye Xiwen hands struck out six echoes.
“Bang!”
“Bang!”
“Bang!”
Both sides exchanged blows while their shadows interlocked.
Ye Xiwen had reached the peak of his strength but Zhang Xiang was actually in a situation
as if his strength was breaking ten thousand laws. Finally, their fists pounded fiercely.
“Boom!” Ye Xiwen’s Rushing thunder hand once again made a loud explosion-like sound
and the power suddenly increased dramatically. His palms directly collided with Zhang
Xiang’s double-fist which cracked instantly upon impact, and then his palm directly printed
on his chest.
“Bang!” Zhang Xiang was slapped by a palm and he flew directly out of the arena while
upside down.
“This fight’s victor is, Ye Xiwen!”
Ye Xiwen smoothly entered into the top three.
Chapter 25: Three Moves To Knock You Down
"That Ye Xiwen is just too strong, to think he was actually able to enter into the top three
ranks!"
"I heard he is the youngest son of Elder Ye Kongming, no wonder he is so strong, not even
one of the Ye siblings is weak!"
The news of Ye Xiwen advancing into the top three had suddenly shocked so many people
that the news of other disciples entering into the top ten had paled in comparison to the
extent that almost no one even knew their names.
Of course, it was not like no one knew about the importance of this news, for example
Wang Lie. He surrounded Ye Xiwen excitedly and said: "Ha haha, ah man, you are f****ng
awesome, if I come across something unexpected in the future, and if someone dares to
bully me, then you help me beat him!"
Ye Xiwen didn't know whether to laugh or cry. What was he, Wang Lie's bodyguard? Or a
goon?
However, Ye Xiwen felt warm in his heart because no matter
what he said, Wang Lie considered himself as his brother!
"Walking sideways, he is nothing but an upstart who pretends as if he is really a niubi
character when he does not even know the immensity of the universe!" Suddenly a
sarcastic voice spread from one side.
Everyone looked in the direction from where the voice had originated and saw a young
man about 20 years old, clad in a Chinese robe. He looked handsome, but there was a look
of disdain on his face.
Someone recognized this young man as Zhao Yanxue. He was one of the 'five great
disciples', ranking second, and hence was also one of the top three inner sect disciples.
"What did you say?" Ye Xiwen said immediately in a cold voice.
"I said you are just like a frog at the bottom of a well who does not know the immensity of
heaven and earth, where do you think Yi Yuan School stands in this big universe, and you
just know how to associate with a trash!" Zhao Yanxue said and it was clear that he was
calling Wang Lie a trash.
When Ye Xiwen was getting a lot of public attention, Zhao Yanxue was simply dying of
jealousy. This time he had wanted to enjoy all the attention of the people, but rather it was
stolen by some unknown guy named Ye Xiwen. Who was this guy, why was everyone
paying attention to him?While he had also entered into the top three and had imagined to
be the focus of everyone's attention, contrary to what he had expected, everyone was
paying attention to the sudden emergence of Ye Xiwen.
I am a genius, not him!
Zhao Yanxue was screaming loudly in his heart.
"Zhao Yanxue, if you are a man then come up on the stage and play with me!" Ye Xiwen said
as he turned and jumped into the arena.
All the eyes were fixated on Zhao Yanxue, who was ranked second in the top three
disciples. This was the right time to find out exactly who was the stronger one between the
two of them.
Although Zhao Yanxue knew that Ye Xiwen was definitely not someone to be trifled with,
but the words had already been said and it was impossible to take them back. Moreover, he
had also felt that Ye Xiwen was just like a dark horse, so how could he possibly resist
against an experienced veteran like himself.
"Humph, I'll teach you a lesson, so that you learn about the immensity of heaven and
earth!" Zhao Xue sneered and also jumped in the arena.
"Dongfang Bai is here!"
Dongfang Bai can be translated as Oriental White Suddenly there was a commotion and a
white figure emerged from the crowd, holding a double-edged sword in one hand and was
clad in white clothes, filled with heroic aura. This double-edged sword although looked
ordinary from its sheath and scabbard but when unsheathed, it looked very sharp.
Everyone present there knew that he was the first of the 'five great disciples' named
Dongfang Bai. There were rumours of him practicing fencing from his childhood, and with a
sword in one hand while ranking first among the inner sect disciples, he
had challenged a core disciple three years ago. Although he had not won, but he had not
lost either which showed his extraordinary strength. Being the first of the five great
disciples was certainly not for show.
Dongfang Bai just calmly looked at the two and stayed quiet.
The top three disciples had gathered here and one could easily guess that this was going to
be a fierce competition between the two evenly matched opponents.
Soon the group of elders made the decision to advance the competition for the title of a
champion.
"Now no one's going to save you!" Zhao Yanxue said and sneered repeatedly.
"Three moves, if I can't knock you down in three moves then I will turn around and walk
away!" Ye Xiwen said while showing three fingers.
Zhao Yanxue's complexion turned pale immediately after being humiliated out in the open
by Ye Xiwen.
"Right, exactly, knock him down, what's so great about these five great disciples anyway!"
Wang Lie shouted from below.
"You are courting death!" Zhao Xue said "Today I'll break all the bones in your body, and
allow you to learn about the immensity of heaven and earth!"
Zhao Yanxue was burning with anger, his whole body was seething with anger and the Qi
had covered all over and around his body causing a noise from the friction from the fine
threads of air inside the ring. It seemed like the news of him reaching the late seventh stage
was definitely not bogus. As soon as he used his fists to punch, immediately it felt as if the
temperature had dropped by several degrees in the entire arena. This was his famous
'trembling ice fist' technique, which when used could directly freeze a person.
Endless cold wind instantly wrapped around Ye Xiwen as if trying to freeze him along with
his life.
But after seeing this, Ye Xiwen shouted loudly, and with just a step his stature exploded out
of the snow and rushed towards Zhao Yanxue, then he used his move 'pass like thunder and
move like the wind' against 'trembling ice fist' and easily split it open and scattered its
power thoroughly.
"The immensity of heaven and earth, do you still want to teach me about it!" Ye Xiwen
sneered while his palm slapped.
"Bang!" An average and not so powerful palm slapped directly on his face.
"Poof!" Zhao Yanxue spurted out a lot of blood, and almost all of his teeth were extracted
out by Ye Xiwen.
"You ..." Zhao Yanxue looked unbelievably at him, but Ye Xiwen didn't plan to stop
whatsoever, he immediately used his foot and kicked fiercely.
"Bang!" Zhao Yanxue flew out in the air from the kick, and in the moment of his fall, Ye
Xiwen instantly used his palm covered with thunder-shaped Qi and slapped him with a
destructive force, having a fearful wave of unmatched power which bombarded fiercely
into his body.
"Boom!" Zhao Yanxue fiercely fell out of the arena, all of the
ribs in his chest were broken then he collapsed and fell unconscious.
Many of the disciples who were watching this felt a chill down their spines and swallowed
their saliva, because yet another of the five great disciples was seriously wounded, and Ye
Xiwen had already defeated three out of five.
Except the head of the five great disciples Dongfang Bai and one other female disciple
Ziyan, none of the other three were his match.
Now that Zhao Yanxue was seriously injured and unconscious, the only ones left to snatch
the title of champion were Ye Xiwen and Dongfang Bai.
"This Ye Xiwen is unexpectedly so powerful that even Zhao Yanxue, a master of the late
seventh stage, was so easily defeated by him!"
"It's a pity that he is so ruthless and acts rashly, so we can't know for sure whether he will
be a blessing or a curse once he grows up in the future!"
"Such a powerful disciple to actually come from our Yi Yuan School, of course it's a blessing
for the school. The more talented our disciples are, the more formidable our school will
be!"
There was a discussion going on about Ye Xiwen among the elders sitting in the elders
seating area.
"I won't take advantage of you, so I'll wait for you to take good rest!" Dongfang Bai said
indifferently, as Ye Xiwen had demonstrated his strength in front of everyone and was
eager for action, so he kind of wanted to urge him to fight on impulse.
"No, it will be nothing but a waste of time!" Ye Xiwen said, even though Zhao Yanxue had
already reached the seventh stage but he still couldn't be a match for him and was easily
defeated. He simply didn't need to use too much strength to beat him, and within few
breaths his strength had already been restored to its peak condition.
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Chapter 26: The Winning
“Well, quite straightforward!” Dongfang Bai nodded then flew up and skimmed over the
ring just like a bird skimming over its prey.
All the eyes were fixed on the two individuals as this was going to be the toughest battle in
this year’s School inner weighting. This event was going to be the main centre of attraction
for everyone because the one who would win this battle would also win the championship
and become the champion among the inner sect disciples. Although after this battle, the
next competition was going to be among the outer sect disciples, their overall strength was
quite low compared to inner sect disciples. Every year, very few people would come to
watch their fights, even those elders who had been watching the competition from elders
seating area earlier would also leave including the lords of various palaces, leaving only a
few elders as in charge of the competition.
“Then l will accept your request!” Dongfang Bai’s sword danced like a flower then he
pointed his sword at Ye Xiwen and said: “Take out your blade!”
Dongfang Bai was well known for his swordsmanship among
the disciples and his cultivation itself was quite amazing. He had already reached the peak
of the seventh stage and he could break through to the eighth stage anytime.
This time’s five great disciples could be considered as the strongest generation to emerge
from inner sect disciples. Yi Yuan School allowed the masters of the fifth stage to qualify as
the core disciples. Those who had acquired the seventh stage were not considered weak
among the core disciples, those who were at the eighth stage were considered strong, and
finally those who had already attained the ninth stage were considered extremely strong
among the core disciples.
Ye Xiwen had finally pulled out a long blade surrounded by onlookers and disciples who
were staring at him with their big wide eyes, as this was the second time Ye Xiwen had
pulled out his blade in front of them. The first time, it was against the lord of the penalty
palace, a Xiantian level master Wang Jian. Now perhaps they could finally take a glimpse at
his true strength, because earlier all of his opponents had been defeated by his palm
technique.
“Watch out!” Dongfang Bai shouted gently, in his hand holding a sharp sword which danced
and produced a sharp light which instantly struck towards Ye Xiwen. The speed of this
strike was so fast that the sky instantly filled with light
produced from the sword, however the true killer attack was hidden somewhere inside
that sword light which had spread all over the sky.
Ye Xiwen’s blade chopped out the new moon beheader. His blade had chopped down
straight towards the incoming attack as he had already seen through Dongfang Bai’s killer
move, so he had used his own killer move to counter it.
“Boom!” Ye Xiwen’s blade struck at Dongfang Bai’s sword with great strength, producing a
sound of air-explosion in the arena.
Both of their attacks were extremely fast. Dongfang Bai’s swordplay method itself
emphasized on quick and skilful attacks, and Ye Xiwen’s 《Cold moon beheader》 was also
a top-class speed technique, otherwise how could he strike nine blade shadows at once. In
addition to that, he had also integrated a part of the Rushing thunder hand skill into the
blade, bringing his blade attack to a near perfection.
Both of their weapons collided as the crowd beneath was carefully tracking all their
actions.
Zhang Xiang, one of the ‘five great disciples’ was also watching this fight with an ugly
expression on his face. Earlier he had also fought against Ye Xiwen and had lost tragically to
his palm technique. He had originally thought that Ye Xiwen’s palm technique was his most
powerful technique, but he would never have imagined that this palm technique was
nothing compared to his astonishing blade technique. This was his true strength.
Dongfang Bai was already at the peak of seventh stage, and his strength was enormous,
almost about to break through the strength of twenty Tigers. Although he had practiced in
the school of speed, even the masters of the ninth stage would easily be cut down by his
sword, which was quite shocking.
Although Ye Xiwen had only acquired the peak of sixth stage, his strength was not one bit
inferior to him. Ye Xiwen long blade was striking without stagnation, his blade strikes were
as fast as the lightning and ice-cold like the moon. Basically, he was not giving Dongfang Bai
any opportunity to take rest. This move 《New moon beheader》 he had already practiced
to the state of perfection, where his moves resembled the nature itself, without the
slightest flaws.
hú nrá ntiā nchéng means ‘to resemble nature itself’ or ‘of the highest quality’
Dongfang Bai was finding it difficult to anticipate Ye Xiwen’s moves and it was quite
evident that Ye Xiwen’s skill with the blade was quite high. Although Dongfang Bai’s
cultivation was higher, but his understanding of the swordplay was far lesser compared to
Ye Xiwen.
He was just a teenager; how could his understanding of the swordplay be this good?!
Dongfang Bai would never know the secret about Ye Xiwen’s mysterious space!
However right now he did not have unnecessary time to think about the reason, because Ye
Xiwen’s long blade had already struck.
Dongfang Bai had no other choice but to use his sword and stab, which split open Ye
Xiwen’s incoming blade attack, however the authority to take initiative in the battle had
already been transferred from his hands to Ye Xiwen.
Ye Xiwen had easily gained the upper hand, the long blade
flashed like lightning in his hand and three blade shadows suddenly appeared in the sky,
and chopped down towards Dongfang Bai.
Dongfang Bai could only resist passively and in his heart, he was being choked to death.
Even if it was master at the peak of sixth stage using three swords simultaneously to attack
him, it would not pose any threat to him. Even if it was a master at the peak of seventh
stage, Dongfang Bai could easily defeat him, but Ye Xiwen was simply an abnormality. His
speed was no less than his own speed, and while using the ‘celestial step’ skill, his speed
was even faster. Even his strength was somewhat larger than his own strength. Ye Xiwen
was basically a monster, as he had consumed monkey wine which had increased his
strength drastically, was definitely not lower than Dongfang Bai’s strength. Even his Zhen
Qi had become thick and profound and transformed into a mysterious group of light and
was definitely powerful compared to Dongfang Bai’s Zhen Qi.
None of the aspects of Ye Xiwen were inferior to Dongfang Bai, in fact some of his aspects
were even better. Dongfang Bai was clearly losing to his dominating fighting style.
Everyone was shocked, they all knew that Ye Xiwen was very powerful, but they had
absolutely not expected that his real strength would actually be so incredible.
Who was Dongfang Bai? He was the first of the ‘five great disciples’ and no one among the
inner sect disciples was stronger than him. Long time ago, he had fought against a core
disciple and still couldn’t be defeated, however now he was clearly losing to Ye Xiwen,
which was simply a miracle to them.
The elders were somewhat surprised while looking at the two exchanging blows in the
arena. Their strength levels were simply not enough to surprise the Xiantian level elders,
but Ye Xiwen was simply too amazing.
Everyone was quite favourable towards the genius of the inner sect disciples, and with his
talent, he could easily become a core disciple. Also, it would be easy for him to rise inside
the core sect by taking over the positions left by senior core disciples.
One could imagine that there were great expectations of him.
However, no one had expected that he might actually lose to Ye Xiwen’s dominating
fighting style, although he had not yet lost to Ye Xiwen, but it was quite clear from the
battle itself that Ye Xiwen’s monstrous Zhen Qi would definitely defeat him sooner or later.
This dark horse was actually too dark!
Meanwhile, Ye Kongming was looking at his son’s outstanding performance. He looked
happy and was grinning from ear to ear, and was also not being critical about Ye Xiwen’s
performance.
Dongfang Bai certainly knew that in this fight, he would surely be defeated sooner or later.
His only choice left was to wait for Ye Xiwen’s Zhen Qi to get used up? But it was evident
from Ye Xiwen’s ruddy complexion that he still had a lot of fight left in him.
Dongfang Bai had no other choice but to risk it all in one final attack!
Dongfang Bai howled loudly, his sword danced producing a silver sword light which
obscured the sky like a mighty galaxy.
This move was powerful enough to decide the outcome of this battle.
Ye Xiwen also gave a loud shout, his blade chopped out and suddenly nine blade shadows
appeared in the sky, although faint but unexpectedly a new moon was split open while fully
demonstrating the profoundness of this attack.
“Boom!” A terrible blast wave of Qi swept off across the ring and the huge ring directly
collapsed down.
The smoke and dust finally dispersed and everyone could see that Dongfang Bai’s clothes
had been damaged, he looked somewhat distressed, and Ye Xiwen’s long blade was placed
horizontally on his shoulder.
The outcome of this battle was clear!
Champion. . .
Ye Xiwen!
Chapter 27: Houtian Seventh Stage
School Inner Weighing which took place only once in every three years had finally come to
an end and Ye Xiwen, the unexpected dark horse of this competition had unexpectedly won
the championship and had also become the centre of attraction!
Nobody had imagined that an unknown guy like Ye Xiwen would actually win this
competition, and from now onwards this name would firmly settle itself into their minds.
After the competition was over, the Ye family had gathered at home to have dinner
together.
Ye Feng had been busy with his closed door training so he didn’t attend, but Ye Ruxue was
present at the dinner.
The whole family was beaming with happiness because Ye Xiwen had unexpectedly won
the championship, although years ago both Ye Feng and Ye Ruxue had also become
champions and had been promoted to the rank of core disciples, but since these two were
already considered geniuses so it was not surprising.
However, Ye Xiwen’s performance had always been very
mediocre, but this time his power erupted suddenly and he also won the championship.
This had thoroughly surprised his family.
“Wen’er, earlier you were just at the Houtian fourth stage weren’t you? But in just one
month, you actually reached the peak of sixth stage, and your blade technique also seems
like an intermediate level technique, and it has already been practiced to an extent that it
has actually allowed you to clearly surpass a lot of core disciples!” Ye Kongming asked.
“About this, even I do not know for sure but it seems like I got sudden enlightenment which
caused my cultivation to progress quickly!” Ye Xiwen had already prepared an answer in
case Ye Kongming was to ask about it.
“Enlightenment!” Ye Kongming frowned, but he didn’t doubt Ye Xiwen as he had watched
him grow up and he knew very well that Ye Xiwen was not the kind of person who would
lie.
However, this matter about enlightenment was unimaginable, and since it was without
precedent so there was no way to explain it either.
“Atta boy!” Ye Ruxue patted on his shoulder, “Gee, that arrogant kid Dongfang Bai actually
fell face down in front of you!”
Ye Xiwen felt somewhat helpless because just now she seemed even more immature than
Dongfang Bai.
“Although you won the championship, you cannot be too full of yourself because there are
still many talented core disciples, and not to mention this world is very big and there are
many geniuses out there, so remember not to become too complacent!” Ye Kongming
warned him as he didn’t want him to become arrogant.
“Yes!” Ye Xiwen said.
“Three months later, the ‘Core Disciples Competition’ will be held jointly with Zhang family
and you three siblings must support each other in the Blood Yuan Territory!” Ye Kongming
said.
“Rest assured, father!” Ye Ruxue somewhat carelessly said:
“We will certainly help big brother in winning the first place!”
“It’s not your brother I am worried about, but your carelessness!” He interrupted her and
said.
“Just like your brother is undergoing closed door training, tomorrow you will also start the
closed door training for the next three months!” Ye Kongming said.
“I know!” Ye Ruxue said while pouting.
After dinner, Ye Xiwen did not stay but directly went back to his small yard and started
cultivating.
The Championship prize was quite rich with a reward of 2000
low-grade spirit stones, and later each month he would get three hundred as monthly
salary. Then compared to other disciples, his development would progress by leaps and
bounds.
Apart from these 2000 low-grade spirit stones, the most important rewards were actually
those three golden pills. These pills were one of the well-known medicines in Yi Yuan
School which when consumed could significantly enhance the current cultivation level.
However,these pills were only rewarded to talented core disciples and this time, among the
five disciples who got promoted to core disciples, only Ye Xiwen had received
these golden pills.
Ye Xiwen’s plan was to first enhance his strength. Although his strength was quite
dominating when compared to inner disciples, he also understood that there were many
talented and strong masters among the core disciples and some or the other time he would
have no choice but to face them. So, his first priority was to enhance his own strength. As
long as he was strong enough, he would be able to deal with any challenge.
Ye Xiwen took out a very small porcelain bottle from which he poured out yellow coloured
medicine into his mouth then swallowed it down and simultaneously entered the
mysterious space.
Three golden pills soon turned into heat and started flowing inside his body.
The heat rose from his Dantian and immediately the Zhen Qi started to madly revolve
within his body and his face suddenly turned red.
In this chaos of Zhen Qi inside his body the original stable state began to loosen up.
Various insights about the 《Bright Jade Power》 had started to swarm his mind in
succession, which lead to further deepen his understanding of the wudao (martial way).
“Boom!” He did not know how long it took but his original firm state had finally been
overthrown by a big torrent of energy.
Houtian Seventh Stage had been achieved.
With the help of three golden pills, he had finally broken through to the Houtian seventh
stage directly from the peak of Houtian sixth stage. Once again he had broken through his
old state, and his strength had also increased drastically.
He previously possessed the strength of 20 Tigers which had directly increased to the
terrific strength of 30 Tigers after the breakthrough, which was much more than what he
had expected.
This was all because of that monkey wine which had granted him this hurricane-like
strength.
He looked outside and saw that it was still early morning then once again he started
cultivating.
……
Time passed rapidly and in a blink of an eye, a month had already gone.
A figure could be seen in the forest located on the backside of the Qingfeng Mountain.
“Missing moon beheader!” With a soft shout, a figure shuttled inside the forest, the blade Qi
struck horizontally and all the surrounding trees could be seen successively falling on the
ground.
“This missing moon beheader technique has reached the final boundary of practice!” Ye
Xiwen’s Zhen Qi was automatically drying up the sweat on his body.
All this time, he had totally submerged his mind and soul to practice 《Cold moon
beheader》 and had finally reached the
‘Xiaocheng’ level. Although he had not reached the ‘Dacheng’
level, but even so his fighting strength had greatly increased.
Xiaocheng= third level
Dacheng= fourth level, final level, culmination
And even the attack range of 《New moon beheader》 was also not the same. Although
《Missing moon beheader》 was an individual attack, but when the blade was chopped
down it would produce many blade shadows, each one similar to the other but the total
power would be terrifying. If practiced to the Dacheng level, it would produce nine
overlapping blades causing the full power to increase tenfold.
And now Ye Xiwen had practiced to a level where he had only achieved a maximum of five
overlapping blades at once, but the power could fully enlarge up to three times.
In more than a month’s time, Ye Xiwen’s cultivation had reached the peak of Houtian
seventh stage with his strength increasing to the strength of 50 Tigers. Each of his blade
strike had a heavy crushing force containing huge power, and in addition to that he had
completely practiced the 《Celestial Step》
to the Dacheng level. He had also practiced ‘Missing moon beheader’ to the Xiaocheng level
so now he was confident enough to easily defeat any master of the Houtian eighth stage.
Even if it was a master of the Houtian ninth stage, he could easily compete against him.
It’s not that he did not want to continue his cultivation, but he had completely consumed a
total of four thousand low-grade spirit stones while practicing 《Celestial Step》 and
《Missing moon beheader》
He was once again penniless with not a spirit stone left!
With the help of the mysterious space, his martial arts cultivation could progress very fast
but the required spirit stone consumption was simply too enormous.
Now he had to find a way to earn spirit stones.
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Chapter 28: Down The Hill
Ye Xiwen returned back to the Yi Yuan School from the back side of the Qingfeng Mountain
and went straight to the Gongde Palace. Here things like demon beast cores, herbs, etc.
could be exchanged for school credits and vice versa, meanwhile it was also possible to
accept missions at Gongde Palace.
Some of these missions were issued by outsiders, some by the school disciples, and some
missions were issued even by the elders who would give strange and unusual rewards. But
his main objective was getting low-grade spirit stones as reward. He wanted to earn spirit
stones as fast as could so in addition to hunting demon beasts, he had planned to take up
missions as well.
With varying degrees of difficulty, rewards would also be entirely different.
These missions were divided into A, B, C and D rank missions each corresponding to the
elders, the core disciples, the inner disciples and the outer door disciples respectively.
Higher ranked missions would involve greater difficulty and at the same time, the reward
would also be huge.
Now being a core disciple, Ye Xiwen could take up rank B
missions and above.
There was a large crowd of disciples for rank C and D
missions, but there were few disciples on the rank B side, just a small number of core
disciples and not to mention most of the core disciples were out on missions.
Ye Xiwen glanced at the published mission board and compared rank B missions with the
rank C and D missions. He noticed that these missions were frequently getting replaced, but
replacement for rank B missions was not at all quick.
“Look for Heavenly Cold Grass in the depths of Qingfeng Mountain… Rewards, three
hundred low-grade spirit stones!”
“Look for a Blood Wolf King’s crystal nucleus … Rewards, five hundred low-grade spirit
stones!”
Ye Xiwen glanced through the missions of varying difficulty and saw that the rewards were
ranging from one hundred to one thousand low-grade spirit stones. For inner disciples, this
was already an astronomical figure, and even for core disciples,
it was not a small figure. After all, their monthly salary was only three hundred low-grade
spirit stones.
However, the difficulty of these missions was quite high, for example a blood wolf king was
a terrifying demon beast which was considered at the peak of Houtian eighth stage. Even
most of the core disciples could absolutely not complete this mission let alone inner
disciples.
Ye Xiwen’s eyes skimming through the missions stopped on a relatively new mission which
had been added that very day.
“Escort Qingfeng trading firm in transporting a batch of medicine ingredients to the
Tianyuan city …Rewards, three thousand low-grade spirit stones! Requirements, Houtian
seventh stage or above!”
Ye Xiwen eyes suddenly lit up after seeing the reward of three thousand low-grade spirit
stones for this mission. If he could receive these three thousand low-grade spirit stones as
reward, then undoubtedly these could solve his urgent needs. Then
《Missing moon beheader》 could be practiced to the Dacheng level and even his
cultivation could further increase.
But for an ordinary escort duty, the reward of three thousand low-grade spirit stones was
quite exaggerated, as it would take almost a year even for a core disciple to save so many
low-grade spirit stones.
Even this mission’s requirements were quite high as Houtian seventh stage disciples or
above were considered top masters among the core disciples.
Yi Yuan School was located atop the Qingfeng Mountain, and Qingfeng trading firm was
situated in Qingfeng town which was located at the base of Qingfeng Mountain. Qingfeng
trading firm was the largest trading firm in town and usually did business of medicinal
ingredients.
Tianyuan city was the nearest city from the Qingfeng Mountain, only about half a day away.
If left early in the morning, one could reach there by evening.
There were many escort missions among rank C or D
missions, however the reward of three thousand low-grade spirit stones was absolutely
rare.
Anyway, right now he was in a dire need of spirit stones so
how could he ignore this mission.
He took up the mission and a steward informed him that he would have to visit Qingfeng
trading firm the very next morning.
After taking up the mission, he did not stay long in the Gongde Palace. He went back
straight to his small courtyard to continue the closed-door training.
Inside the Special space, Ye Xiwen’s figure could be seen showing endless manoeuvres. It
was so quick that in just few steps it would appear very far away. Celestial step was a high-
level power technique and just now, its might had been completely demonstrated by Ye
Xiwen proving that he had already practiced it to the Dacheng level.
But Ye Xiwen had a feeling that this was far from reaching the limit, as if he had reached a
bottleneck and this was definitely not the end.
Ye Xiwen knew that this 《Celestial step》 was actually a Xiantian level power technique,
but since it was incomplete, so he could only practice as a high level power technique.
Under
normal circumstances, he might have practiced it to a profound realm if he could somehow
get the missing parts of 《Celestial step》.
However, after practicing in the Special space, he discovered something else. After he
achieved the Dacheng level and continued to practice, he unexpectedly found out that he
could still continue to practice. Moreover, some of the original missing information related
to 《Celestial step》 was also coming into his mind, which also included some mysterious
profound contents.
Ye Xiwen felt completely stunned to find out that this special space could not only just
accelerate the speed of martial arts practice but it could also help him deduce the original
missing parts of a technique?
If this was the case, then it was quite excellent. Now he could obtain a Xiantian level
technique for free, and including 《Cold moon beheader》 and 《Bright Jade Power , he
would be carrying three Xiantian level techniques. If he could practice all three of these
techniques to Dacheng level then the end result would be terrible.
Many Xiantian experts hadn’t been able to practice three
Xiantian level techniques.
At that time, he would attain an even higher level of strength!
However, it was obvious that deducing the rest of the power technique would require a lot
of spirit stones, and these were the things that he needed the most right now.
He had a lot of hope from this mission.
Soon the sky brightened up, Ye Xiwen went out of the school and descended from the
mountain along the mountain road. He came down the first mountain so easily that he got
confused and after a short period of confusion, he finally had a firm grasp of his enhanced
strength and thanks to that, this time he had both the ability and opportunity to go down
the mountain and have a look.
Qingfeng town was located down the Qingfeng Mountain, although claimed to be a town
but the population was over 10,000. Many warriors would come down and go up the
mountain, as Yi Yuan School was located at the top. Many warriors from foreign lands
would also visit because there were a lot of demon beasts in the Qingfeng Mountain and
these
warriors would enter the forest to hunt them.
Gradually a very prosperous town had formed there.
Ye Xiwen had descended the mountain several times before and he knew where Qingfeng
trading firm was located and since it was a big place, it was quite easy to find it too.
An attendant was standing at the trading firm’s entrance and as soon as he saw Ye Xiwen,
he came forward and asked: “Are you the outstanding disciple from Yi Yuan School who
will take up our trading firm’s escort mission?”
Yi Yuan School had quite a lofty reputation in this neighbourhood.
“Yes!” Ye Xiwen nodded.
“Then please come with me!” The attendant said.
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Chapter 29: Conflict In The Trading Firm
Ye Xiwen followed the attendant into the Qingfeng trading firm, but suddenly he heard a
shout and stopped: "Brother Wen!"
Ye Xiwen turned to look and actually saw Wang Lie striding joyfully to catch up, he laughed
and said: "I did not expect that it was you man!"
"Greetings, fourth son!" The attendant walked up to Wang Lie and said with respect.
"Fourth son? Is this trading firm owned by your family?" Ye Xiwen got surprised for a
moment. He knew that Wang Lie's family was quite influential in this region, but who
would have thought that his family actually owned the Qingfeng trading firm.
"Yes, but what are you doing here?" Wang Lie looked somewhat puzzled and asked him.
"I picked up an escort mission, so I came over!" Ye Xiwen
replied.
"You have received this mission!" Wang Lie looked a bit serious, "Well, it does not matter,
now I would like to greet you on behalf of this firm!"
After Wang Lie dismissed the attendant, Ye Xiwen spoke once again and said: "What is
going on? Your family is actually willing to pay a reward of three thousand low-grade spirit
stones for an escort mission!"
"Actually this reward is not being paid out by our family!"
Wang Lie said, after all the reward of three thousand low-grade spirit stones was definitely
not a small number for any party, not to mention, he was just one man receiving this
reward.
"Our family's trading firm is actually regarded as a subordinate of Tianyuan city lord!"
Wang Lie slowly explained,
"For a long time our family has been collecting medicinal ingredients and some other stuff
for the City lord palace!"
"This time, we have to escort a batch of medicinal ingredients to City lord palace, and your
rewards are also being given out by City lord palace and not by my family!" Wang Lie said.
"Which medicinal ingredients are so important, that City lord palace has attached so much
importance to them?" Ye Xiwen asked. Although Tianyuan City was only a small city located
at the border region of Great Yue state and could not be compared with the big cities
located in the interior region of Great Yue state, it also had a population of more than two
hundred thousand. Including some affiliated towns, the total population count would cross
five hundred thousand people. The fate of these five hundred thousand people was held in
the hands of City lord palace and in addition to that, being close to the Qingfeng Mountain,
the medicinal ingredients and other stuff available on the mountain were quite easily
accessible to the City lord palace, considering its huge influence.
"I don't know, even my father avoids talking about this matter, so how could I possibly
know!" Wang Lie said with a forced smile.
Ye Xiwen understood very well that Wang family was not as harmonious as his own family,
because Wang Lie's father had established quite a big business. Wang Lie had three
ambitious elder brothers and he was the youngest, born of a maidservant.
When Wang Lie was born, his three elder brothers had already reached adulthood and had
taken over the family business, and even his nephews and nieces were almost the same age
as his. In fact, he didn't have a high status of a prince in his family which
is why he would always spend his time cultivating on the Qingfeng Mountain rather than
staying at home with his family.
"I was looking for your help, but couldn't find you this whole month!" Wang Lie said.
"I had gone to the back side of the mountain to cultivate!" Ye Xiwen replied without hiding
anything.
"You have become quite a cultivation maniac!" Wang Lie said, although he had been unable
to see through Ye Xiwen's cultivation since the last meeting, but obviously after a month,
his cultivation now had become even more inscrutable.
Ye Xiwen smiled but did not speak anything. Wang Lie was quite talented, otherwise his
cultivation would not have been faster than Ye Xiwen's.But he was quite lazy by nature and
would easily get tired of cultivating, otherwise, by now he would already have reached the
Houtian fifth stage.
Both of them while chatting and laughing went inside a hall on the second floor of the
Qingfeng trading firm. Inside the hall, they saw ten or so warriors from the Sanwucheng
regiment
standing firmly on each side, these were the experts invited by the Qingfeng trading firm.
"Yo, isn't this Wang Lie?" Suddenly a youth dressed up in Chinese clothes came out from
among those ten or more warriors and walked up to them.
Wang Lie's complexion got somewhat unsightly, he whispered to Ye Xiwen and explained
that this was his brother's eldest son, called Wang Ding, and they were never on good
terms with each other.
"Gee, I have got fine warriors on my side, but what have you got on your end, a kid who has
not even weaned yet?" Wang Ding gave out an unbridled laugh.
"Ha hahaha!" At Wang Ding's sarcastic words those warriors gave out a loud laughter.
"You fools, he is the champion of this year's School Inner Weighing at Yi Yuan School!"
Wang Lie said with a red complexion on his face.
"Ha haha, I have heard of the competition at the Yi Yuan School, isn't the champion of this
competition a kid who has not even grown a beard, has not even seen the sight of blood
yet? I can beat five kids like him at once! "A thirty year old warrior laughed and said.
Rest of the warriors also had an appearance of approval, although Yi Yuan School's
reputation was quite illustrious, but for these warriors who had seen lots of blood and their
lives hanging from the edge of a knife on the battlefield, these Yi Yuan disciples were
nothing more than flowers in the greenhouse.
Most of those warriors were at least at the Houtian sixth stage, some were even at the early
Houtian eighth stage. All of these warriors looked very imposing, because they had seen
blood on the battlefield and had even killed people.
Suddenly, Ye Xiwen moved and very next instant his figure flashed like an immortal himself
and appeared in front of that insolent warrior, then his palm slapped.
"Bang!" That insolent warrior was fiercely slapped, and a mouthful of teeth had been
broken and extracted out by this attack, his body flew off like a kite and severely hit the
wall
above. This direct hit from his body had caused a dense spider web-like fine lines on the
wall then his body rolled down. No one knew whether he was still alive or dead.
"You court death, do you really think you can casually insult Yi Yuan School like this?" Ye
Xiwen said blankly.
Quiet!
There was a pin drop silence in the hall.
Somehow a warrior of peak Houtian Sixth stage had actually been smacked down to death
by Ye Xiwen.
All of the warriors were stunned, then suddenly several warriors got furious.
"He even dared to hurt fourth brother!"
"Cripple him!"
"Break all the bones in his body!"
Several warriors had gotten furious and had rushed towards Ye Xiwen, most of them were
already at the peak of Houtian sixth stage, and some were at the Houtian seventh stage, the
scene looked threatening.
Ye Xiwen stood there fearless, then rushed using the celestial step and launched Rushing
thunder hand instantly.
"Bang!" A warrior was slapped by his palm and screamed then went flying out of the
window.
"Bang!" Another warrior was kicked by Ye Xiwen and severely hit the pillar.
.......
None of these warriors were his match, they had completely lost to Ye Xiwen's monstrous
strength and had fell face down on the ground.
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Chapter 30: Qingfeng Stronghold
"Wang Lie, how dare you wound a warrior invited by our family!" Wang Ding suddenly got
furious.
"Wang Ding, I am your uncle, I guess your father has not taught you about respecting the
elders!" Seeing Ye Xiwen's godly strength, Wang Lie's heart had calmed down, so he
answered back without any hesitation and said. "You are defending this loser! Didn't you
hear what he just said? He was clearly insulting the Yi Yuan School. If this endangers our
Wang family, are you prepared to take responsibility for that?"
Wang Ding got very furious after being scolded by Wang Lie, he was mad at those worthless
warriors, for him each and every one of them were weaklings who had lost to a kid like Ye
Xiwen.
"Wang Lie, you wait for me!" Wang Ding's complexion was unsightly, saying those words in
a ruthless manner, he left bitterly.
"So cool, that small bastard will never look down on me!"
Wang Lie said while laughing.
The gazes falling on Ye Xiwen had clearly changed, now they did not dare to underestimate
him like before.
"When do we set out?" Ye Xiwen asked Wang Lie.
"We will set out in afternoon and enter the city at night!"
Wang Lie replied.
Enter the city at night? To hide from whom?
Ye Xiwen knew that Wang Lie probably did not know much, otherwise considering the
strong friendship between those two, there was no reason to hide.
After a while, Wang Lie got busy with other things and Ye Xiwen found a place to sit down
and closed his eyes. In the morning came a dozen more warriors who were also at the
Houtian sixth stage or above, and looked quite strong.
"I thank everybody for taking up this mission!" At noon, the door opened and entered a
slightly hunchbacked old man, "I am the housekeeper Wangde Ying, the one responsible for
leading
this mission!"
"So this is the senior once called Quick knife Wang, I have always looked forward to
meeting you!" A Warrior approached cupping one hand over the other across his chest and
said.
"Originally twenty years ago, he was renowned as the Quick knife Wangde Ying of the
Qingfeng Mountain region, who would have thought he has actually become a servant of
Wang family!"
"Thank you for your cooperation everybody, please get ready, we will leave soon!" Wangde
Ying said in a deep voice.
After everyone had arrived and ready to go, Wang family troops hit the road under the
protection of a talent like Ye Xiwen to transport the medicinal ingredients, but allowing Ye
Xiwen to be the escort was quite strange. Even the Wang family princes had not
accompanied them, just an old housekeeper and some guards from the Wang family. Wang
Lie had also not accompanied them.
Ye Xiwen couldn't relax because he felt that this escort mission was quite strange. Escorting
a medicinal ingredient for
a reward of three thousand low-grade spirit stones clearly explained that it was definitely a
very important mission.
Higher difficulty missions would be directly proportional to the reward associated,
however, for this mission Wang family had only sent an old housekeeper which was
somewhat strange.
At this time many of those warriors also felt that something was strange, these people had
lived dangerous lives and were quite experienced, they could clearly sense this strangeness
and were keeping their mouths shut.
The team slowly moved forward, and after about an hour had passed, they suddenly felt
some disturbance ahead.
"Chen Long and Chen Hu, the two great leaders of the Qingfeng Stronghold have actually
come to us, this is unexpected, but this is a cargo of ordinary herbal medicine and is
definitely not worth both leaders to personally come for!"
Wangde Ying's voice spread out from the front.
Qingfeng stronghold!
There was a commotion among the warriors, because Qingfeng Stronghold's reputation
was considered very
Illustrious in this neighbourhood. In the nearby regions of the Qingfeng Mountain, the
people were quite sturdy and valiant much like mountain bandits and Qingfeng stronghold
was one of the largest groups. Chen Long and Chen Hu were the two notorious leaders of
this stronghold, and were said to be extremely powerful and the cultivation of both of these
brothers was also at the peak of Houtian eighth stage. Once the two joined forces, even a
master of the Houtian ninth stage wouldn't stand a chance against them.
As far as these warriors were concerned, these two Qingfeng stronghold leaders were like a
great deterrent.
"It really is just common herbal medicine, Wangde Ying, you used to be quite skilled in the
past, on top of that you are a senior, do not fool us, bullying us two brothers using your
knowledge and experience?" In front of the team stood a troop of hundred persons
blocking the road, led by two persons of sturdy frame with rough appearance. These two
persons-Chen Long and Chen Hu were actually the leaders of the Qingfeng Stronghold.
"Certainly not, but our Qingfeng trading firm and your Qingfeng Stronghold have always
minded our own business, now why are you trying to make things difficult for both of us?"
Wangde Ying said calmly in a deep voice.
"We do not want to make things difficult for you, as long as you hand over those herbal
medicines to us, our brothers would let you all go unhurt!" Cheng Long said.
"Humph, it seems that, you two leaders have turned on our Qingfeng trading firm, although
our firm is always kind with others, but it does not mean we are weak so do not think so
highly of yourselves!" Wangde Ying continued.
"Cut the crap, do you think we have not thought about it before? People die for money just
like birds die in pursuit of food, I will bet on this chance afterwards do you think we
brothers would still be in this area?" Chen Hu said while laughing.
"Do not talk nonsense, since you are willing to teach them, then do not blame our brothers
for being brutal, you all are most welcome to die!"
Immediately a group of bandits from Qingfeng Stronghold shouted and rushed over, and
the two leaders led those bandits while laughing loudly to kill everyone.
"Everybody, kill!" Wangde Ying roared, he suddenly took a step and skimmed on the air, a
long blade was drawnand the cold tip of the blade illuminated and a burst of twisting
sword-shaped Qi rushed towards Chen Long and Chen Hu then chopped down.
Qingfeng Stronghold two leaders took out their weapons, the wolf-tooth clubs and used
them to defend against the incoming blade attack.
"Boom!" Long blade and wolf-tooth clubs fiercely clashed against each other and the
ferocious Qi spread out from this collision causing terrible winds to blow everywhere.
"Ha haha, I did not expect the so called Quick knife Wangde Ying to be so weak!" Chen Long
laughed loudly while tying down Wangde Ying.
"Ha haha, this Quick knife is just another weakling! Old man, you are no good at all!" Chen
Hu's also laughed and said.
Chen Hu's big and sturdy wolf-tooth club swept away, breaking the bones of the firm
guards who were in the range of this attack.
"What to do, these two are too strong, if nobody stopped Chen Hu then we all will get
massacred by him!" A warrior said with a pale face.
Rest of the warriors were scared, they definitely didn't expect that they would actually
encounter two leaders of the Qingfeng Stronghold, this escort mission was definitely not
simple.
Suddenly a voice rushed out towards Chen Hu.
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Chapter 31: Five Blades To Behead Chen Hu
"Bang!"
Chen Hu laughed and smashed his club on a Qingfeng firm's guard and killed him.
At this time, Wangde Ying had been caught by Chen Long, although Wangde Ying's strength
was tyrannical, but Chen Long was also at the peak of eighth stage, and was more ferocious
than Wangde Ying. The famous Quick knife Wangde Ying could not get rid of the clutch of
Chen Long and could only helplessly watch Chen Hu slaughtering everyone.
"Chen Hu, come to die!" Ye Xiwen gave a loud shout, slashing a long blade which was
shining like a bright moon and attacked him.
Ye Xiwen had been entrusted by Qingfeng trading firm to protect everybody taking part in
this escort mission, not to mention the matter also involved Wang Lie's family, so Ye Xiwen
would naturally lend a helping hand.
"Boom!" The long blade and the Wolf-tooth club severely clashed against each other
causing a loud sound of explosion.
"How is this possible!" Chen Hu's eyes flashed with astonishment, "Houtian seventh stage!"
"Blade of a master of Houtian seventh stage can actually have such power!" Chen Hu's eyes
widened with astonishment, "but no matter how much talented you are, you will die at my
hands!"
Chen Hu grinned then said: "I would love to kill a genius like you!"
Chen Hu's Wolf-tooth club danced in front of Ye Xiwen, and it seemed that it would crack
his brain in a moment.
"Cold moon beheader!" Ye Xiwen's blade also chopped out causing a burst of whirlwind
everywhere.
"Boom!" Both of their Zhen Qi severely clashed together causing a shock wave and the sand
and pebbles flew out in all directions.
"Deng DengDeng!" Ye Xiwen had to withdraw a few steps, because his strength was lesser
than Chen Hu, however if only his cultivation was at the Houtian eighth stage then he
would easily have defeated Chen Hu by now.
'Deng' signifies stepping sound
"Good boy!" Chen Hu withdrew two steps and killing intention grew deeper in his eyes,
although his facial features were rough, but he was not stupid like other bandits otherwise
he would not be the leader of Qingfeng Stronghold.
Wolf-tooth club attacked so fast and fiercely and smashed the air into two halves and it
seemed that if it had smashed into a man then it would have absolutely turned him into a
meat patty.
Chen Hu took few steps then his whole huge body instantly flew into the air and severely
smashed down from the mid-air.
Shrill piercing sound echoed around Ye Xiwen and the fierce wind caused by the huge club
was stinging and quite painful for
everyone. Ye Xiwen shouted and his long blade danced, although his strength was
comparatively lesser, but both looked equally strong while fighting.
"Missing moon beheader!" Ye Xiwen shouted and his long blade danced violently.
"Boom!" Chen Hu was repelled by Ye Xiwen's long blade and retreated several steps then
he chopped down the second blade from 'Missing moon beheader'.
Chen Hu's arm got numb from Ye Xiwen's unexpected second blade attack.
"Bang!"
Third blade.
Chen Hu didn't get enough time to respond and the third blade had already chopped down
causing his thick thighs to tremble.
"Bang!"
Fourth blade.
"Kara!"
Chen Hu's leg was broken and he started trembling, he couldn't hold himself and fell down
on the ground.
"What, what is this blade?" Chen Hu got frightened and said.
Ye Xiwen's blade technique was quite terrifying, because successive blades would overlap
causing the overall strength to increase by several times forming a chain of quick and
speedy blade attacks and displaying the superimposed power thoroughly.
"Missing moon beheader!" Ye Xiwen shouted and chopped down the fifth blade, and it
seemed as if the essence of the previous blades had concentrated in this final blade attack
giving it a terrifying power.
"Puchi!" Ye Xiwen had cut Chen Hu into two halves.
All the eyes were stunned while looking at this scene, they were shocked to find out that
the one who was split in half was actually that infamous leader Chen Hu. Compared to Ye
Xiwen, a Yi Yuan School disciple, Chen Hu had been infamous for many years because being
a leader of Qingfeng Stronghold; his reputation was quite illustrious in this neighbourhood.
However, he had actually died at the hands of Ye Xiwen and this result had shocked
everyone.
The mess caused by Ye Xiwen looked ferocious, many of the warriors gasped, swallowed a
mouthful of saliva.
"Crap, he is so ferocious!"
A warrior voiced the feelings of almost everyone.
Chen Hu, who had been infamous for so many years, but just how old was this Ye Xiwen, ah,
not even twenty years old, but still had beheaded an infamous master of the peak eighth
stage.
He definitely would have a promising future ahead ah!
"Little brother!" Chen Long shouted, "Qingfeng trading firm, we brothers will kill all of
you!"
Chen Long roared furiously at Wangde Ying, and threw his club at him mercilessly.
"You all are courting death!Do you think you can make a comeback now?" After witnessing
the beheading of Chen Hu by Ye Xiwen, he was overjoyed.Hhe moved quickly like a frantic
whirlwind and his sharp blade attacked very fast which was almost comparable to Ye
Xiwen's new moon beheader, forming a blade wind storm.
Wangde Ying's strength was similar to the strength of Chen Long but he was shocked at his
younger brother's death and had become more violent, but Wangde Ying's tactics and
experience worked well against Chen Long's mindless attacks.
After that, it took less than ten strokes for Wangde Ying's blade to behead Chen Long.
With the two leaders beheaded, the rest of the bandits of
Qingfeng Stronghold suddenly quit en masse.
But Wangde Ying had gotten quite furious from this, he suddenly shouted: "Kill all of these
bastards!"
Now that these bandits were without a leader, the warriors hired by the Qingfeng trading
firm were more than enough to handle these bandits, only after a little bit of effort, they
had all been wiped out.
After a while, all of the bandits had been beheaded by the warriors. By now, everyone had
realized that completing this escort mission would not be an easy job.
"Many thanks son, for protecting our firm in danger!" Wangde Ying approached Ye Xiwen
and said. His eyes were full of surprise because he had not expected this young man could
actually behead Chen Hu!
Although he himself was quite powerful, but he also knew that fighting both of those Chen
brothers would have proved dangerous for him, however, he really did not expect this
young man to be so useful in such a critical situation.
"I have been entrusted by Wang family to protect everyone involved in this escort mission.
Moreover, I am a childhood friend of Wang Lie, so helping out is obvious!" Ye Xiwen said.
"So, you are a friend of our 'fourth young master'!" Wangde Ying had not expected for Wang
Lie to be acquainted with such a powerful master, it seems calling someone from Yi Yuan
School was a right decision. "Anyway, this time you have helped our firm a lot, so wait until
we arrive at Tianyuan City, there you receive a warm welcome!"
Ye Xiwen nodded, he had not shifted responsibility onto others, he worked so hard just for
the sake of getting spirit stones.
Chapter 32: Tianyuan City
Sun had set and the team had finally arrived at Tianyuan City at night.
Being a city of two hundred thousand people, the walls were very tall, a full ten meters in
height, and after arriving at night they saw many pedestrians on the streets.
After their encounter with the Qingfeng Stronghold bandits, the team was being very
careful in the route to Tianyuan City but did not encounter any danger and had successfully
arrived at Tianyuan City.
After the group arrived outside the city gate, Wangde Ying cupped one hand into the other
across the chest and said: "This time you all have worked hard, we will pay everyone
properly as promised, injured and killed people will get additional compensation!"
"Senior you are so polite, this is something we do for living!"
Suddenly many warriors said to Wangde Ying, in any case,
arriving safely at Tianyuan City could be considered as completing the mission successfully.
Although they had not expected being attacked by Qingfeng Stronghold bandits, but after
that they didn't encounter anymore bandits because seeing such a big parade, bandits
didn't dare to approach them.
They started lining up to enter the Tianyuan City gate.
"Wait a minute, what are those things you are carrying, I want to check!" This time, a thirty
year old officer came over with few soldiers.
"Head officer, we are the escort team from Qingfeng trading firm!" Wangde Ying said.
"I don't care who you people are, I will inspect all the goods before you take them inside the
city, to confirm that there are no illegal items inside!" The officer said rudely.
"Please don't joke around head officer, these things have been sent by Qingfeng trading
firm so they possibly are contraband goods!" Wangde Ying smiled and said.
"I have already decided, brothers, search for me!" The officer commanded.
"Head officer, I do not know whose slanderous talks you are listening to. However, these
herbs belong to the City Lord palace, are you sure you still want to inspect?" Sensing the
threatening attitude of head officer, Wangde Ying also stopped showing any signs of
weakness.
"City Lord Palace my ass! It's the Laozi Government which protects the city, not the City
Lord Palace, so go away otherwise don't blame me for being impolite!" The officer
threatened.
Wangde Ying's complexion suddenly become gloomy as this officer unexpectedly belonged
to the City Guard Government.
City Guard Government and City Lord Palace were the two major systems active in the city.
Some cities in Yue State were under the control of both the City Guard Government and City
Lord Palace and some were individually ruled by each.
Generally speaking, City Lord Palace and City Guard Government were not on good terms.
Struggle for power was a common thing, although in theory the city belonged to the City
lord but City Guard Government was also working behind the scenes. So who actually was
the in charge of the entire city
depended on their individual strengths.
This situation was quite common in remote cities like Tianyuan City.
"Phew!" Head officer suddenly heard a sharp piercing sound and arrived a sharp arrow
flying and instantly shot through his head.
"Bang!" The officer's head exploded, red and white brains scattered everywhere.
"Idiot, a petty officer like you dares to look down upon City Lord Palace!" A cold voice came
over, "People from Qingfeng trading firm, sorry, I'm late!"
Everyone looked surprised, from a distance a group of people were walking slowly towards
them, this group was being led by a 20 years old youth who was clad in a Chinese gown,
holding a bow in his hands.
"Not at all, but I didn't expect the third son to personally come to receive us!" Wangde Ying
bowed and said.
"This is the third son of City Lord, Xu Zhen!" The warriors said who knew about him.
"He is the genius son of City Lord, although he is just twenty five years old and is already at
the peak of Houtian eighth stage!"
"Peak of Houtian eight stage, my God!"
"The killing of the head officer had already caused the City Lord Palace and City Guard
government to become incompatible like fire and water!"
Many warriors were amazed, even at the Yi Yuan School those who were able to achieve
such results at this age were considered genius.
Ye Xiwen also glanced at the third son who looked like a firm character, as he had instantly
killed that officer mercilessly without thinking twice.
"My father was busy, so I came over, this escort mission of herbal medicine must have been
hard for you all!" Xu Zhen said while smiling.
"This time we encountered Qingfeng Stronghold bandits, if not for Ye Xiwen, a disciple from
Yi Yuan School, we would have been in danger for sure!" Wangde Ying said, "Ye Xiwen is
the champion from this year's competition at Yi Yuan School!"
"So he is the outstanding disciple from Yi Yuan School, no wonder no wonder!" After
hearing in detail about the bandit incident from Wangde Ying, Xu Zhen could not help but
feel amazed at Ye Xiwen's outstanding performance.
Yi Yuan School had a illustrious reputation in this neighborhood, and being able to become
a champion among the inner disciples was not easy feat , there was no doubt that he was a
true genius.
"We will now advance into the city!" Xu Zhen said.
Ye Xiwen walked into the city and the escorted herbs were sent to City Lord Palace.
Everyone was settled in an inn and after having dinner, Ye Xiwen got the reward as agreed
before. Three thousand low-grade spirit stones, a special reward of one thousand low-
grade spirit stones from Qingfeng trading firm as well as two thousand low-grade spirit
stones as bonus from City Lord Palace because he had beheaded Chen Hu, who was an
infamous bandit, so naturally there was a huge bounty on him.
All of a sudden, he had earned a total of six thousand low-grade spirit stones. This amount
was quite huge for other core disciples, but for him it was just a temporary relief.
With these six thousand low-grade spirit stones, the 'Missing moon beheader' could be
practiced to 'Xiaocheng' level then he would be able to chop out a series of seven blades
and the attack power would also increase twice. Then he would be able to fight confidently
even against a master of Houtian ninth stage.
For others, these spirit stones were only to assist the cultivation and nothing more, but for
Ye Xiwen, as long as there were enough spirit stones, his cultivation would continue to
increase rapidly and breaking into the next stage would not be a problem.
"Bold, who unexpectedly dares to rush into the City Lord
Palace!"
Ye Xiwen was going to start cultivating but suddenly he heard a loud shout which suddenly
burst over the whole city and spread far and wide in all directions.
Ye Xiwen suddenly reacted, because this definitely was the roar of a Xiantian master. As the
inn was situated close to the Lord palace so he could listen to it very clearly. In Tianyuan
City there were only two Xiantian masters, one was the City Lord and other was an
individual from city guard.
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Chapter 33: Xiantian Pellet
Although there were more than twenty Xiantian experts in Yi Yuan School, it took many
years for the school to accumulate so many experts. In addition to that, Yi Yuan School was
also backed by the great Yue state, which was one of the four major schools. It also
possessed numerous resources and wealth which were far greater than other power when
compared.
Generally speaking, it was not easy for dozens of warriors at the peak of Houtian ninth
stage to step into the Xiantian realm, however, if Yi Yuan School held such a huge influence
then the success rate would greatly enhance.
A Xiantian expert was good enough to become the city guard of a small city. Obviously, the
status of a Xiantian expert was quite high and extraordinary in the eyes of people.
So, the one who had shouted this time was definitely the City lord.
“Ha ha, I had not expected that you still haven’t refined a Xiantian pellet, I will come again
next time!” A frivolous laughter soon shook the entire city.
So it was actually the Xiantian pellet!
Everyone knew that it was very difficult to become a Xiantian expert. One needed to first
open up the bridge between heaven and earth, then second step was to break open the two
meridians and allow the Zhen Qi to grow endlessly, then only one would be able to enter
the Xiantian realm.
Only few experts could successfully enter the Xiantian realm, but there were some
medicines to help in forcefully opening up the two meridians and Xiantian pellet was one of
the most famous ones.
Naturally it was evident that a lot of Houtian realm warriors were going to have a bloody
war competing over the Xiantian pellets.
The City lord was refining Xiantian pellets, and this news had spread throughout the city
overnight.
For a long time, City lord Palace possessed the secret formula for refining Xiantian pellet,
and had been secretly collecting the
required medicinal ingredients. Now that the required ingredients had finally been
collected, City lord had successfully refined Xiantian pellets.
Once this message was spread out, it would definitely attract many spies, especially a lot of
Houtian ninth stage masters, who would definitely not miss this opportunity to get a
Xiantian pellet.
Once a warrior entered into the Xiantian realm, his power would increase drastically, and
most importantly, his life force would also greatly enhance causing the life expectancy to
increase to 200 years.
Many warriors of the Houtian ninth stage were anxious because their lives were slowly
approaching towards exhaustion, and if they did not find a way to reach the Xiantian realm,
they would eventually die of old age.
Whether it was to survive or to achieve great strength, these warriors would absolutely not
let go of this chance to get a Xiantian pellet. So, there was going to be a bloody battle
amongst them competing over this pellet.
Even Ye Xiwen was interested in this Xiantian pellet.
Originally after finishing this escort mission, he had planned to return to the Yi Yuan
School, but now he had decided to stay and take a look at the situation.
To Ye Xiwen, enhancing the strength was his top priority.
Because at his current strength, it would be difficult for him to handle a master of the
Houtian ninth stage, or even a Xiantian master.
Right now, he was at the peak of Houtian seventh stage, one more step and he could break
through to the Houtian eighth stage. After that, he would be able to fight against the
masters of the Houtian ninth stage and even give them a tough battle.
For others, how could this breakthrough be so simple, but he had the ‘Special space’ and as
long as there were enough spirit stones, breaking through to the Houtian eighth stage was
simply not a problem for him.
Ye Xiwen soon entered into the ‘special space’ and started meditating. He started to
practice the 《Bright Jade Power》, he did not know for how long the spirit stones
continue to burn producing the ling qi which was continuously entering into the
‘special space’.
Ye Xiwen started to get new insights about the 《Bright Jade Power》, which like a
powerful torrent entered into his mind and caused a strong impact on the barrier of his
current cultivation state.
As the time passed, his strength also went on increasing constantly.
“Boom!” He did not know how long it took for that torrent of information to completely
break the barrier of his cultivation state.
His body produced crackling sound, all his bones were colliding with each other, his body
was covered with filth and he successfully reached the Houtian eighth stage. Fewer
impurities oozed out of his body, compared to the last time, when he had broken through to
the Houtian fourth stage.
Although he had cultivated for a night, he was still full of energy because he had broken
through to the Houtian eighth stage and now his strength had directly reached the strength
of seventy Tigers. His strength had experienced a rapid development and now he was
capable of beheading even the
warriors of Houtian ninth stage. Now he was powerful enough to participate in the coming
Xiantian pellet competition.
Overnight, the message spread among the numerous warriors in the city.
“I never thought, City lord was actually secretly refining a Xiantian pellet!”
“Gee, wait until the City lord uses this Xiantian pellet, then there will be no room left for the
City guard to dominate this city!”
“However, this Xiantian pellet will attract many powerful experts, and even with the power
of City lord, I’m afraid they will be unstoppable!”
In the morning, all the warriors were discussing about this matter at the inn.
“Gee, have you not seen, last night, several famous experts of peak Houtian ninth stage
rushed into the city!”
“Absolutely, this morning, I saw that Great Qingcheng city lord personally came to request a
Xiantian pellet for his only son!”
In a flash, a few days had already passed and the news had gradually spread far and wide
like a huge fire, many famous masters had arrived, and this matter had even attracted the
Great Qingcheng city lord, a Xiantian expert.
Qingfeng Mountain was located in the southwest region, far away from the central regions
of Yue State, where a Xiantian expert would naturally attract the attention of everyone.
Great Qingcheng was the nearest city from Tianyuan city, its size and population were
almost similar to that of Tianyuan City, and Qingcheng city lord was also a master of the
Xiantian realm.
Great Qingcheng city lord had come for the sake of his only son, who had been a master of
the peak Houtian ninth stage for a long time.
However, even if these famous masters had dared to arrive
into the Tianyuan City, the City lord had still remained silent.
Every night many experts would try to sneak into the City lord palace, although, most of
them were quite miserable as City Lord Palace guards were very strict and would openly
shoot arrows at them, killing many in the process.
One night, 23 experts, who were trying to cause trouble, were killed at the City lord Palace.
Ye Xiwen was not too much concerned about this matter because he was concentrating on
consolidating his newly obtained stage.
In the room, Ye Xiwen took a long breath and opened his eyes.
He had fully consolidated the newly obtained realm, and had also successfully pushed to
middle of Houtian eighth stage. Now he could easily face the masters of peak Houtian ninth
stage.
However, he had already consumed fifteen hundred low-grade spirit stones, leaving only
four thousand five hundred in his stock.
Chapter 34: Auction
Although forty-five hundred low-grade spirit stones still remained in his stock, but for Ye
Xiwen, they were still not enough. The consumption rate of spirit stones was simply too
high and it had further increased with the increasing pace of cultivation.
Ye Xiwen got up early in the morning, but he didn’t continue to shut himself in the room,
rather his plan was to visit the city’s largest auction house, Tianyin auction house.
He wanted to visit the Tianyin auction house because City lord had finally made an official
statement that he had successfully refined four Xiantian pellets, two for his personal use
and the rest two would be auctioned in the city’s largest auction house, the Tianyin auction
house. The auction was going to start in three days.
The Tianyin auction house had already become the target of public discussions. If this was a
general auction house then it would not have lasted long in front of so many powerful
warriors of the ninth stage, but Tianyin auction house was quite influential. It had branches
in many cities and it’s headquarter was located in the capital city of big Yue state. It had a
great
influence in the big Yue state region so how could these warriors cause trouble for it.
Ye Xiwen was planning to go and have a look, because this month at the Tianyin auction
house, someone might have something good to auction which might benefit him.
Tianyin auction house was very famous in Tianyuan town, so it was quite easy for Ye Xiwen
to locate it.
When he saw the Tianyin auction house for the first time, he suddenly felt overwhelmed.
No wonder it was called the largest auction house of the state.
Weekdays were already very busy at Tianyin auction house, and this time it was even more
crowded due to the inflow of a large number of warriors. Fortunately, the inside of the
auction house was very spacious; otherwise it would have been impossible for so many of
those warriors to go inside and participate in the auction.
As Ye Xiwen was about to go in, he was stopped by a guard saying it was required to pay
the fee of five low-grade spirit stones before entering the auction house. Ye Xiwen suddenly
got furious, but when he saw other people honestly paying the entrance fee, he didn’t say
anything but paid the fee and entered the auction house.
Ye Xiwen quickly took a seat. Tianyin auction house held ten or so auctions every day, and
each auction continued for an hour, so one could enter any time and bid.
He sat in the common seating area, and on the second floor there was a VIP reserved box
where only honoured guests could sit.
“Bang!” The wooden mallet hit on the table causing the sound to spread throughout the
auction area. An old man in white robe appeared with few documents in one hand and
holding a mallet in another.
Ye Xiwen looked at the man and was stunned, because this white-robed old man was
actually a master of the Houtian ninth stage. Tianyin auction house was quite formidable,
and had actually sent an expert of the ninth stage to manage the auction.
However, in the past few days, City lord’s announcement about the Xiantian pellet’s auction
had attracted a lot of strong
warriors to come to participate in the auction. If a master was not sent over to oversee
these guys, then they would definitely destroy this city along with themselves.
“Thank you all for attending today’s first auction in spite of your busy schedules, I believe
that, like always, the auction organized by our auction house will not let you down!” The
white-robe old man said very slowly.
“I believe everyone knows the rules, so I won’t repeat them, now we will immediately start
the auction, the first item of this auction is a long double-edged sword made of high quality
alloy, it is also a high grade weapon!” The old man in white robes said.
At this time, a maid approached holding a silver tray and put it on the table. The white-
robed old man took off the red cloth from the silver tray, and all could see the fine
workmanship of this light red long double-edged sword lying quietly on the tray.
Ye Xiwen had no use for this kind of sword, because what he had practiced was a blade
technique which required a blade.
Also, he felt that his own blade was far superior to this light red long sword.
However, he had not noticed that there were a lot of people looking enviously at the man
who had won the bidding and bought this double-edged long sword for two hundred low-
grade spirit stones.
Ye Xiwen certainly knew that this was just an appetizer and the real deal was yet to reveal
itself. The Tianyin auction house continued the auction and brought awesome weapons or
treasures one after the other, but none of these could win his heart and were practically
useless to him, that is why he did not participate in the bidding for these items.
Gradually the people sitting in the VIP box began to bid one after the other in succession,
and the price they were offering was very large as compared to those sitting in the common
area.
Those honoured guests undoubtedly had a very distinguished and domineering aura
compared to those common warriors sitting underneath in the common seating area.
After about half an hour, suddenly the old man’s words, explaining about the next auction
item, piqued Ye Xiwen’s interest.
“Next we will auction a secret book!” The white-robed old man said with a smile. “It is a
type power technique which is
used to train the body and according to our appraisers, it is possibly a Xiantian level power
technique, but unfortunately it is incomplete, however, it is also no less than an
intermediate level power technique!”
Then he opened up the red cloth and everyone saw a somewhat tattered secret book. The
inscription over it said
《Tyrant body technique》
“The minimum price for this 《Tyrant body technique》 has been set to two hundred low-
grade spirit stones!” The old man in white robes said.
If it was a complete Xiantian level power technique then the price of two hundred lower-
grade spirit stones was literally negligible compared to its actual worth and anyone would
have eagerly paid for it. However, it was an incomplete technique and could only be
considered an intermediate power technique, which was a serious flaw and no one wanted
to pay two hundred low-grade spirit stones for a mere intermediate power technique.
While this secret book was a waste of money (spirit stones) for others, for Ye Xiwen, this
was a god sent gift. He had tried before and had successfully deduced the original missing
parts
of ‘Celestial step’ secret book. So as long as there were enough spirit stones in his
possession, he would be able to completely deduce a Xiantian level power technique even if
it was damaged or incomplete.
Right now, he just lacked a physical-training type power
technique.
physical training=training the body; he has ‘Celestial step’ for agility, ‘Cold moon beheader’
is a blade technique and ‘bright jade power’ for cultivation
“Three hundred and fifty low-grade spirit stones!” Ye Xiwen took the lead and shouted.
“Four hundred!” As Ye Xiwen’s voice faded, a loud voice came from the VIP box.
“Four hundred and ten!” Ye Xiwen added ten more and said.
“Five hundred!” That honoured guest in the VIP box added a larger number.
Five hundred low-grade spirit stones were enough to buy even some advanced power
techniques; this honoured guest had a lot of money but no better place to spend?
“Five hundred and fifty!” Ye Xiwen clenched his teeth and said.
“Six hundred!” The other party increased the bid yet again.
Only Ye Xiwen and the honoured guest were left on the scene bidding for that secret book,
and as far as those warriors were concerned, the cost of six hundred low-grade spirit
stones to buy a damaged power technique was totally incomprehensible!
Regarding those honoured guests sitting in the VIP box, they would highly unlikely buy a
mere intermediate level power technique, so in the end, only Ye Xiwen and that other
honoured guest were bidding for the secret book.
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Chapter 35: Ambush
"Six hundred and fifty!" Ye Xiwen said and increased the bid yet again, although this
amount was already quite high for a damaged power technique. Even a complete advanced
power technique would cost not more than one thousand low-grade spirit stones.
"Seven hundred!" The other side was definitely not short on money and increased the bid.
At this time, many people were already very excited as if watching a theatrical play.
"Eight hundred!" Ye Xiwen clenched his teeth and said, because this was the most he could
pay for this secret book. And if the other party increased the bid then he would have no
other choice but to give up, as going any far would be uneconomical for him.
"Bastard, who is this person daring to compete with me!"
Inside the box, seeing that Ye Xiwen had unexpectedly continued to compete for the secret
book, a young man got suddenly furious and threw down the teacup from his hand. He
often liked to set the initial price on auction items and enjoyed others competing over
them. However, this time, Ye Xiwen had not just dared to compete with him but had also
stolen the limelight by setting the initial bidding price for this item.
"I want to know who this guy really is, and then I will personally chop him into pieces!" The
young man said.
Even though this item was an incomplete power technique but he did not care, he had
decided to buy it on a whim, but someone had dared to openly challenge him and this had
made him very angry.
"Young master, we cannot continue to bid because before coming here, your father had
informed us that our goal is the Xiantian pellet which is going to be auctioned in few days.
So, compared to this damaged Xiantian power technique, a Xiantian pellet is much more
important for you. As long as you can become a Xiantian master, our main objective will be
achieved.
However, if we spend too much on other auction items then I'm afraid we might get short
on money for the Xiantian pellet!" The old man accompanying this young man admonished
him.
"Let it be, the young master does not need to lower himself to his level, we have already
seen his face, he has actually dared to
challenge our young master, we will make him die a dog's death and in the end that item
will fall into your hands, ha haha!" The several guards who were assigned to protect this
young man said.
The young man didn't continue the bidding and Ye Xiwen finally bought the secret book for
eight hundred low-grade spirit stones.
Ye Xiwen lightly patted the secret book, but after he had obtained this secret book, he
discovered that the young man in the VIP box was unexpectedly the son of Great Qingcheng
City lord, Zhao Qiyan. Great Qingcheng City lord had especially come to help Zhao Qiyan in
obtaining the Xiantian pellet.
However even if he knew that the other party was not someone he could easily trifle wit
but he still did not flinch. Yi Xiwen was not a soft person who would passively endure if
someone was to bully him, and if the other party wanted to fight then he would definitely
give them a hard time.
After the auction was over, he left the auction house, but only after a moment he sensed
that someone was following him.
Suddenly Ye Xiwen felt tight in his heart, after arriving at the Tianyuan City, he certainly
hadn't offended anyone. Then the only possibility could be that son of Great Qingcheng City
lord, Zhao Qiyan.
Ye Xiwen stayed calm and collected and simply entered an alley.
Several figures revealed and were exactly that Zhao Qiyan's bodyguards.
"Experts?" Ye Xiwen was firmly staring at the Great Qingcheng experts, then in a blink of an
eye, suddenly his figure disappeared which also shocked those bodyguards.
The four experts from Great Qingcheng city, who were previously concealing their
presence, finally revealed themselves.
"Not good, don't let that kid get away, catch him!"
Immediately an expert of big stature advanced violently and chased after Ye Xiwen.
Although originally they were quite far enough from Ye Xiwen when he had vanished, but
considering their speeds, this distance was really not too long. Only after a while, they
appeared inside that alley where Ye Xiwen had disappeared to.
"How can he vanish like that, damn, don't tell me he had realized that we were tracking
him!" A bodyguard said with frustration.
"No, he didn't. We four had deliberately hidden our presence, also he was hundred meters
away from us, so he couldn't possibly sense us!" Another bodyguard said.
"Not good, damn it, this kid was deliberately not hiding his presence, because he wanted us
to let our guard down and reveal ourselves out in open!" A tall and strong bodyguard
suddenly reacted and said.
The complexion of other three experts had slightly changed.
These experts were all veterans, they were not fools and reacted quickly, although they
didn't know if Ye Xiwen had intentionally concealed his presence or not, but there was still
a possibility.
"Now, it's too late!" Ye Xiwen said in an icy cold voice, he was standing on a brick wall in the
alley, "I never thought that the son of the Great Qingcheng City lord would actually do such
a thing, and if the news about it spreads out then won't he turn into a laughing stock?"
Ye Xiwen frowned as he sensed that all of these four bodyguards were actually the masters
of the Houtian ninth stage.
"Who do you think you are? You have dared to challenge our young master so be prepared
for the worse kid!" A guard sneered and said.
"Stop talking nonsense and kill this kid, do not let the young master wait for too long!"
Another guard said impatiently.
"Trying to kill me, with just four of you?" Ye Xiwen took few steps, and then his figure
swept down the brick wall like a storm and rushed towards the four guards.
He pulled out his long blade and chopped down, and then appeared a violent Daoqi (blade
qi) which instantly turned into
nine blade shadows and spread into the sky. A bodyguard got surrounded by these blade
shadows.
"How is this possible!" A horrified look flashed in the eyes of that bodyguard, he was very
scared in his heart because this blade attack was very frightening, and this kid had actually
practiced his blade technique to the 'Dacheng' level?
Although these bodyguards had already reached the Houtian ninth stage, but not even one
of them had practiced a technique to the 'Dacheng' level.
These masters were already at the ninth stage but their strengths were still lacking when
compared to Ye Xiwen's monstrous strength. Although Ye Xiwen had only reached the
eighth stage, but thanks to him practicing multiple Xiantian power techniques and
consuming monkey liquor, he was already capable of contending against masters of the
peak ninth stage. Unfortunately, these guards could never be his opponents because they
had not even practiced the advanced power techniques.
"Puchi!" The bodyguard had no time to response and was directly cut in half by Ye Xiwen's
blade attack. From the eyes of a bystander, it looked as if he simply stood there and allowed
Ye
Xiwen to kill him, however, the fact was that he was totally surrounded by Ye Xiwen's blade
attack and had no way left to escape, he could only watch himself getting beheaded.
"Third brother!" The remaining three guards shouted with grief.
"Let's kill him together!" In a blink of an eye, a warrior of the ninth stage had been killed, so
it was obvious that those guards felt immense horror in their hearts, but their intention to
kill had also grown thicker. If this young enemy was already so powerful, then how much
terrifying he might become in the future.
Immediately the three bodyguards stood in a formation creating a triangular envelop and
pounced towards Ye Xiwen.
Ten or more steps away, each of these three bodyguards had drawn out a long blade and
chopped out their blades towards Ye Xiwen.
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Chapter 36: Strength Of 90 Tigers
“Dang!”
“Dang!”
“Dang!”
The long blade danced in Ye Xiwen’s hands and the Zhen Qi instantly flashed taking the
shape of a blade and chopped down against the incoming three long blades of those three
guards.
These three men alone were not a match for Ye Xiwen, but this trio had obviously practiced
a joint attack method, and when they joined their forces together then the attack power
would also increase greatly.
“Kill him!” The three guards shouted and their blades chopped off together towards Ye
Xiwen.
“I’m afraid you have no chance!” Ye Xiwen said indifferently.
Suddenly his long blade chopped out a bright light.
“Missing moon beheader, the first blade!”
Ye Xiwen’s long blade chopped down cutting through the blade of a bodyguard.
“Bang!”
The second blade!
Power contained in this second blade was more compared to the first blade.
“Bang!”
The third blade contained such a terrible power that it cut both the bodyguard and his
blade into two halves.
“Fourth brother!” The remaining two guards shouted in grief
and indignation.
“Second brother, quickly go, and tell young master to take revenge for us!” The boss of
those bodyguards said indignantly.
The two bodyguards looked at Ye Xiwen with bitterness in their eyes, and the boss wanted
that the second brother should escape and get some help to take revenge on Ye Xiwen for
mercilessly killing the guards.
The second brother did not hesitate and he instantly jumped upon the roof to escape.
“You want to run away!” Ye Xiwen sneered. The irony was that these four guards had come
to kill him but two of them had been killed instead and he had already made up his mind
not to show them any mercy. However, losing four masters of ninth stage would be a huge
loss even for the Great Qingcheng City lord.
Ye Xiwen chopped down his blade which flashed and dazzled in the sky and in no time, his
blade attack directly rushed towards the second bodyguard who was trying to escape.
“Puchi!” Since the second bodyguard was already in the air, there was no room for him to
dodge this blade attack. He was directly cut into two halves and fell down.
“Second brother!” The Boss was in distraught and looked at Ye Xiwen with hatred and
killing intent, “Little beast, you killed my brother, I will not let you live!”
“Since the time you came to kill me, I decided to punish you all, because even if I don’t have
any enmity with you, but you still chased me without any cause, for this sin heavens may
forgive you but I won’t!” Ye Xiwen sneered and rushed towards the bodyguard boss.
Bodyguard boss had not thought that it would become like this, and there was a crazy look
in his eyes, and he madly made an attack on Ye Xiwen.
The two figures fiercely clashed against each other.
“Puchi!” After a few rounds, Ye Xiwen’s backhand blade beheaded the bodyguard boss.
Ye Xiwen seized more than two thousand low-grade spirit stones from the body of the four
bodyguards. These stones were enough to make up for the loss that he had to face during
the bidding competition with Zhao Qiyan, and now his stock of low-grade spirit stones also
went up to six thousand.
Ye Xiwen went back to the inn, and immediately began to cultivate to be fully prepared for
the major auction which was going to begin in three days.
Ye Xiwen immediately began to cultivate 《Tyrant body technique》according to the
description given in the secret book.
The technique focused on training the mortal flesh and body which would eventually turn
the body’s constitution to that of an evil god’s. It was believed that this technique had been
practiced since ancient times and was also considered as one of the most tough-to-practice
techniques. However, since the secret book was damaged, so only the first layer could be
practiced. Although there was only one layer intact, but when the power was taken into
consideration then it was not at all inferior to other intermediate level power techniques.
《Tyrant body technique》, as the name suggested, was so overbearing and powerful that
after practicing it, Ye Xiwen would not be able to practice any other body training
techniques and he also won’t need to. The reason why this
technique was put out for auction by Tianyin auction house was that it only had the first
layer intact, and regardless of being the great 《Tyrant body technique》, how much one
could expect from only the first layer. Since it only had one layer intact, it was pretty good
for an average warrior who could practice it as an intermediate power technique. Also for
the giant auction houses like Tianyin auction house, this incomplete technique was a bit
useless as they possessed many other body training techniques.
But for Ye Xiwen, it was the most suitable power technique.
Even if it had only the first layer intact, but it was actually comparable to intermediate level
techniques. For others
《Tyrant body technique》 was nothing more than a damaged technique which was
comparable to only the mere intermediate level techniques, but Ye Xiwen was capable of
deducing the missing original parts of this technique in the ‘special space’. As long as he
possessed enough spirit stones, practicing this technique to its peak level would not be a
problem for him.
With the continuous combustion of spirit stones, Ye Xiwen entered the ‘special space’ and
started to practice 《Tyrant body technique》 and suddenly all of its secrets started to flow
into his mind. He felt as if his body was being torn apart and restructuring, tearing and
recombining, his flesh was being torn off and the cells were restructuring themselves
according to a mysterious structure.
His face turned blue with pain and cold sweat was dripping off his forehead because
practicing 《Tyrant body technique》 was way more painful than he had imagined. It was
as if he was being torn alive, and then he felt that he was being restructured. For normal
experts, this pain could have been so unbearable that they would have definitely fainted by
now.
Although it was extremely painful, but he did not stop because he could clearly feel his
strength was improving rapidly. This feeling was even more vigorous compared to the time
when he had consumed the monkey wine.
To him, this tearing pain was unbearable and made him to see the illusion of him being
dropped into both the heavenly ice and fire.
Time passed slowly, one second, one minute passed, but he only found himself suffering
from pain and also feeling fully delighted at the same time due to the sudden power surge
inside his body.
“Boom!” As if a barrier was broken, Ye Xiwen heard a crackling sound and his strength had
developed tremendously.
He already had a strength of seventy Tigers, which unexpectedly increased by twenty. Even
the strength of the masters of the Houtian ninth stage was far lower compared to Ye
Xiwen’s current strength of 90 Tigers. And he had only practiced the first layer of 《Tyrant
body technique》
Ye Xiwen reckoned that if the first layer of 《Tyrant body technique》 was practiced to the
‘Xiaocheng’ realm, then he would definitely break through to the power of the dragons, and
then he would also be able to fight against Xiantian masters.
Dragon race was the world’s most formidable ethnic group, however, the purebred Dragon
clans had already disappeared in ancient times, leaving only some inferior dragon species
where Wyverns were one of rare ones. Once the strength of a warrior broke through the
strength of 90 Tigers, then his strength was compared with the strength of the Wyverns.
Masters of the peak Houtian ninth stage possessed the strength of 99 Tigers, however, Ye
Xiwen reckoned that once he would reach the ‘Xiaocheng’ realm of the first layer of the
《Tyrant body technique》, then he would directly break through to the power of a dragon.
As expected, 《Tyrant body technique》 was really a kickass technique. Ye Xiwen felt that
buying it was not a wrong decision, although he had ended up annoying Zhao Qiyan, but he
had no regrets.
—–
Chapter 37: Competition In The Auction
House
As the days passed, more and more warriors continued to arrive at the Tianyuan city. In
addition to the Great Qingcheng City lord, two other big shots also arrived in the last two
days.
They were the lords of Bloody Hand School and Black Magic Valley. Both of them were the
great experts of Xiantian realm and held quite an illustrious reputation in the neighbouring
schools.
They had come for the sake of the outstanding disciples from their respective schools, and
were going to request the City Lord Palace for a Xiantian pellet. However, when they came
to know that the Xiantian pellets were going to be auctioned, they decided to compete for
the pellets at the Tianyin auction house.
Early in the morning, Ye Xiwen went to the Tianyin auction house where the major auction
of Xiantian pellets was going to take place. Compared to a few days ago, the auction house
was completely packed with people this time.
An overwhelming number of warriors had gathered outside the auction house and this
situation was quite troublesome for the guards. However, a scene like this was not
uncommon
whenever a major item was auctioned at the Tianyuan auction house. Those who caused
trouble were directly thrown out of the Tianyin auction house and were also banned from
attending the auction.
However, this situation was not a problem for Ye Xiwen. He directly used the 《Celestial
Step》 and shuttled inside the auction house. He paid the required amount of spirit stones
and received his seating pass.
Ye Xiwen just walked into the commoner’s passage and caught a sudden glimpse of a large
group of honoured guests walking through the VIP passage. This group was being led by a
middle-aged man, clad in blood red Chinese robe, and he also carried a bloody aura around
him. The smell of blood had spread everywhere inside the auction hall, and his hands were
big and scarlet coloured.
Behind him followed a young man wearing bloodstained clothes. He had a pale complexion
as if recovering from some serious illness and there was a cold and gloomy look in his eyes.
His hands were also scarlet coloured like the middle-aged man.
“Everyone quickly hide, these are the people from Bloody Hand School. And its lord An
Yuan has personally brought his
brigade!”
“Gee, this auction of the Xiantian pellets has attracted many big shots. That guy who is
following An Yuan is actually his favourite disciple An Yunpeng. An Yuan has personally
come to buy a Xiantian pellet for him!”
“Yes, he’s right, look at his scarlet hands. This blood hand technique requires the person to
train his hands to bear and control a considerable amount of heat. And I have also heard
that this martial art requires the blood of the living. No one knows how many talented
people have been massacred by him!”
“Hush, Hush, do you want to die? Don’t you know those are all depraved warriors!”
The people in the crowd were talking in whispers.
“Just now, I saw that the lord of the Black Magic Valley has also arrived!”
“Exactly! This time, all these influential experts are going to compete for Xiantian pellets!”
Ye Xiwen did not have to wait for too long and quickly found his seat. He closed his eyes
waiting for the auction to start.
After about half an hour, the auction finally started.
“We welcome all of you all to participate in this auction!” The auctioneer this time was the
same white-robed old man from the last time, “We all know why everybody has come to
attend today’s auction. So, without wasting any time on useless talks, let us start today’s
auction!”
Compared to the last time, the quality of the auction items was very high this time.
“This double-edged sword, named Bi Xue, is made of a thousand years old cold iron. Our
auction house has brought for you this outstanding work of a great master, and its starting
price is two thousand low-grade spirit stones!” In front of the old man, a blue coloured
double-edged sword was lying quietly on top of a platinum tray. The sword blade was cold
as ice causing the surrounding air to condense. It was evident that this ice-cold sword was
a magic weapon.
Bi Xue means Blue jade snow
Compared to the previous auction items, the quality had significantly improved this time,
however, Ye Xiwen was not interested in swords. What he had practiced was a blade
technique for which he used a long blade. And there was a great difference between a blade
and a sword, so no matter how good this sword actually was; it was of no use to him.
Even if he was not interested, but there were a lot of people who were very much
interested, and this time, the warriors who had come to attend this auction were quite rich.
“Two thousand three hundred!”
“Two thousand five hundred!”
“Three thousand!”
....
The auction lasted for two minutes and Bi Xue sword was
finally sold at the price of four thousand five hundred low-grade spirit stones.
Ye Xiwen was speechless at the huge amount that the experts were willing to pay for this
sword.
One after the other, the Tianyin auction house continued to auction some nice weapons and
treasure items. But none of these auction items could attract Ye Xiwen’s attention, and so
he did not compete for them. Of course, the most important reason was that these items
were very expensive and he could not afford them. He was waiting for something which
could interest him and was also affordable.
Gradually the honoured guests seated in the VIP box also began to compete. Compared to
the people sitting in the common area, these guests, undoubtedly, possessed an
extraordinary aura and the prices they were offering were also off the charts.
But then an auction item suddenly attracted Ye Xiwen’s attention.
“Next we want to auction an inner armour, this armour stems
from the hands of a great expert. It is woven out of golden cicada silk, and swords or spears
find it hard to pierce it. Also with this inner armour, I guarantee the personal safety to
anyone who wears it!” The white robed old man said with a smile.
Then he uncovered the red cloth and everyone saw a snow-white inner armor quietly lying
on top of the tray.
“The bidding for this armour will start at four thousand!” The white-robed old man said.
The thing was that these defence type items were comparatively more expensive than the
offense type weapons.
Generally, weapons were not so expensive, but since this inner armour guaranteed the
safety of life, so it was comparatively more expensive.
“Five thousand five hundred!” Ye Xiwen shouted and took the lead. He was very much
interested in this body armour, although he knew that he probably won’t be able to get his
hands on it, after all, he possessed limited financial resources but he still wanted to give it a
try.
“Eight thousand!” As soon as Ye Xiwen’s voice faded, an arrogant young voice shouted
immediately. Arrogance was clearly visible in the voice that had increased the bidding price
instantly by two thousand five hundred.
Ye Xiwen frowned, but what could he do, as this kind of insane auctioning was quite normal
at the Tianyin auction house. He looked towards the auction stage where the white-robed
old man was smiling.
Ye Xiwen finally recognized this voice which actually belonged to the arrogant son of Great
Qingcheng City lord, Zhao Qiyan.
“Nine thousand!” Another honoured guest seated in the VIP
box shouted and increased the bid. Looking at the position of his seat, he clearly belonged
to the Black Magic Valley.
“Ten thousand!” Zhao Qiyan spoke again in a triumphant tone.
“Twelve thousand!” The young master of the Black Magic Valley said who also had an
arrogant appearance.
“Fifteen thousand!” Zhao Qiyan spoke again as if he did not care about money at all. At last,
the young master of the Black Magic Valley had to concede and Zhao Qiyan bought the
inner armour.
Chapter 38: Climax
"Next we want to auction the two Xiantian pellets for which everybody has come here. I
assume, everyone present here knows the importance and use of a Xiantian pellet. When
someone swallows a Xiantian pellet, then his chances of successfully breaking through to
the Xiantian realm will be increased by 50%. The starting price for one Xiantian pellet will
be twenty thousand low-grade spirit stones!" The white-robed old man said.
At last, the auction of Xiantian pellet began.
"Forty thousand!" Zhao Qiyan was the first to bid once again.
He wanted to quell everyone in one swoop.
"Forty-five thousand!" At this time a voice broke in and suddenly blew everyone's
enthusiasm.
"Fifty thousand!!"
"Fifty-three thousand!"
......
Suddenly the honoured guests seated in the VIP box started to bid one after the other.
Xiantian pellet was the main goal of these Xiantian level masters, so how could they miss
this opportunity.
At this time, besides the honoured guests seated in the VIP
box, other people, sitting in the common area, were basically reduced to mere spectators.
Such a high price, they were not even qualified to get involved.
"Seventy thousand!" Zhao Qiyan again said in a triumphant voice.
By this time, many people had already stopped bidding seeing the high price set by Zhao
Qiyan. Only the major powers were still competing.
"Eighty-five thousand!" Representing the Bloody Hand School, this time, An Yunpeng finally
spoke. He was the first person other than Zhao Qiyan who had directly increased the bid by
ten thousand in one statement.
"One hundred and fifty thousand! Our City Guard Government is willing to pay one
hundred and fifty thousand low-grade spirit stones, so I hope you will give us face!" This
time, a middle-aged man's voice spread out. He was actually the head of City Guard
Government. Because the City Lord Palace and City Guard Government were never on good
terms with each other, no one had expected that City Guard Government would actually
come to participate in the auction of Xiantian pellets. But they were willing to pay a huge
amount of one hundred and fifty thousand low-grade spirit stones which was not a small
sum.
All the forces were silent for a moment and did not continue to increase the bid. They did
not fear the City Guard Government but the Great Yue Royal Government which backed the
City Guard Government in the Tianyuan City. These forces were rampant in the nearby
regions of the Qingfeng Mountain and the government officials could not do anything to
stop them. But they knew very well that it was because Qingfeng Mountain and nearby
regions were located at the border regions of the Great Yue State, and were far away from
the central regions. Since no one was here to keep an eye on them, they could run amuck
without caring about anyone or anything. But City Guard Government was here on behalf of
the Great Yue Royal Government. Even killing the Tianyuan City Lord was not a big deal to
them but if they killed the City Guard then they will have to face the thundering fury of the
Great Yue
Royal Government. It was widely known that Great Yue Royal Government used to hide its
shortcomings by indiscriminately massacring all of the people who poised threat to them
or disrespected them. Moreover, the government had formed a conquering army
specifically to deal with these rogue schools, excluding the Yi Yuan School and a few other
huge forces which did not fear the Great Yue Royal Government. So it was quite obvious
why no one wanted to disrespect the City Guard Government.
City Guard Government awed the audience by buying the first Xiantian pellet for 150,000
low-grade spirit stones.
After the first Xiantian pellet was sold, the second one attracted more competition from
countless people.
But how could anyone compete against the financial resources of Great Qingcheng City
lord, Black Magic Valley and the most violent Bloody Hand School. The other bidders got
eliminated almost immediately when the bidding amount crossed one hundred thousand
low-grade spirit stones.
"One hundred and thirty thousand!" This time, the young master of the Black Magic Valley
spoke and increased the bid, "I hope you will give us face and in the future, we will also give
you face!"
"You idiot, do you think your face is made of gold, eh?" The young master of Great
Qingcheng City said with disdain as for Tianyuan City Guard government, he had some fear,
but he didn't fear the Black Magic Valley at all.
"One hundred and fifty thousand!" Zhao Qiyan said in a victorious manner.
"Zhao Qiyan, so you plan to compete with me!" The young master of the Black Magic Valley
said. WenQingxing was a handsome young man, but this time, his handsome face was
covered with haze and was radiating a dense gloomy feeling.
"So what!" Zhao Qiyan did not care.
"One hundred and sixty thousand!" A sudden a voice spread out from the reserved box of
Bloody Hand School. The little master An Yunpeng gave out an evil smile while supporting
his chin on his bloody hands and said, "I'm sorry you two, but I am also interested in a
Xiantian pellet!"
Seeing the price for the second Xiantian pellet had surpassed the first one, Ye Xiwen felt
that something was strange. The young masters of these three forces were continuously
increasing the bidding price, but the elders were very tolerant and said nothing, as if they
did not even exist.
But Ye Xiwen could clearly sense that these three forces had terrible aura surrounding
them, which was definitely not similar to his father's aura. Although Ye Kongming was also
a Xiantian master, but Ye Xiwen had never felt such an unfathomable aura from his father.
"One hundred and eighty thousand!" Wen Qingxing said in deep voice.
"Two hundred thousand!" Zhao Qiyan immediately said as if he simply did not care about
money, but it really was true to say that when the money was taken into consideration then
Great Qingcheng City Lord was the richest among the bidders. His clan received 80% of the
city taxes, and owned more than one third of the businesses in the Qingcheng city.
And it was impossible for anyone to compete against the Qingcheng City Lord when money
was involved.
Sure enough, as Ye Xiwen had expected, Wen Qingxing and An Yunpeng had abandoned the
competition. Zhao Qiyan had finally won and received a small red bag containing the last
Xiantian pellet.
This Xiantian pellet auction finally came to a close. But Ye Xiwen knew that the real play
had only just begun and this competition had not yet ended. There were only a few people
left at the auction house, the City Guard Government had hastily evacuated while being
escorted by a large number of soldiers.
And after buying the second Xiantian pellet, Great Qingcheng City lord also left quietly.
Ye Xiwen also quietly got up and went out of the auction house, and not far from the
auction house, he saw the Great Qingcheng City people hastily walking away to leave the
city as soon as possible.
However, Bloody hand door and Black Magic Valley Lords, with their own teams, were also
following from behind.
Ye Xiwen now understood very well, that the earlier auction
was just a prelude, and the real climax was going to begin only now.
Obviously, everyone was aware of this truth but no one wanted to be a part of a deadly
battle.
Tianyuan City Guard Government was heavily protected and security naturally was not a
problem for them but for the Great Qingcheng City Lord and his people, things were going
to take a bad turn.
Chapter 39: Sneak attack
Ye Xiwen started following them closely at a moderate pace while hiding his presence at
the same time. Since he had already practiced 'Celestial Step' to a very profound level,
keeping up with these people was not at all difficult for him.
Ye Xiwen, while following those people, arrived at a remote mountain which was located
far away from Tianyuan city.
Great Qingcheng City Lord and Zhao Qiyan were escaping along with a big crowd of
experts. This group consisted of a total of approximately 50 people. They were running
very fast and trying their best to escape this perilous situation.
Not far behind, Qingcheng city group was being pursued by the experts from Black Magic
Valley, led by their Lord Wen Bin.
He looked like an ordinary middle-aged man but his face was full of malicious look.
"Be careful, someone is following us!" Great Qingcheng City Lord seemed to have sensed
the Black Magic Valley group.
"Ha haha, it is indeed the Great Qingcheng City Lord!" Black Magic Valley's Lord Wen Bin
laughed and said. His voice was hoarse but when he gave out a loud laugh, it seemed to
have an extremely penetrating force which was effective enough to break the soul of an
ordinary person.
After discovering his targets so close, Black Magic Valley Lord did not wait for too long. He
immediately led his group to kill and plunder.
"So it's you, old Wen Bin!" Great Qingcheng City Lord, Zhao Yan, narrowed his eyes and said
while a strong Qi spread in the sky.
"Hello, City Lord Zhao. I must say that you are an extraordinary personality of this
generation, and it is quite admirable that you have single-handedly established such a
strong foothold in the Great Qingcheng city. That's why I don't want to bully you. Just
surrender the Xiantian pellet and I will leave immediately. Also in the future, our Black
Magic Valley will always give you face!" Wen Bin smiled and said in a hoarse voice.
"You want to declare war on our Qingcheng City, because that would mean declaring war
on Great Yue Royal Government
which is also working secretly in our city. Are you not afraid of the Great Yue Royal
Government's conquering army?" Zhao Yan said lightly.
"Don't you try to fool me! You say I am declaring war on Great Yue Royal Government? I am
not a foolishly daring person.
How can I possibly imagine going against Great Yue Royal Government? Besides, you think
I don't know that you and Qingcheng City Guard Government are mutually exclusive. In
fact, they are looking forward to your early demise, and you think they will come to help
you, huh?" Wen Bin sneered repeatedly and exposed Zhao Yan's situation.
"Withdraw! You all have to protect my son at any cost and help him escape!" Zhao Yan
suddenly shouted and ordered his subordinates. He knew very well that right now, his only
weak point was his son Zhao Qiyan's presence in this dangerous situation. He himself was a
Xiantian master and could handle any kind of situation even if he was alone. However, if
Zhao Qiyan was present in the vicinity, then he wouldn't be able to fight freely and would
worry about his son's safety all the time.
"You want to run? Dream on!" Wen Bin sneered repeatedly and roared, "Kill them!"
With Wen Bin's loud and heart shaking roar, the experts of the Black Magic Valley
immediately rushed towards the large crowd of Qingcheng City experts.
It was like the two mighty currents had crashed into each other mercilessly.
Followed by Zhao Yan and Wen Bin, the two crowds of powerful experts clashed and
started fighting maliciously.
Everyone was filled with rage and killing intent and an unbearable aura had spread all over
place. All those experts were very vicious and ferocious!
Wen Bin and Zhao Yan, these two Xiantian level great experts also severely clashed against
each other causing a shock wave which shook the entire area.
Zhao Yan made a long spear and a majestic Qi spread out throughout his body. He looked
like a peerless warrior, who rushed through the crowd of enemies and even swept away
many Black Magic Valley disciples. None of those disciples could block his attacks.
Wen Bin took out a long sword and attacked the necks of his
enemies killing them one by one in single stroke. He was like a poisonous snake which had
left its hole and was advancing in the direction of Zhao Yan to bite his neck.
"Boom!" Zhao Yan's long spear fiercely clashed with the sword of Wen Bin. Suddenly, their
terrible Qi burst out from their bodies. The blue colored Zhen Qi and blood-red Zhen Qi
fiercely clashed causing an air-explosion and a powerful shock wave spread wide and far.
Both of them were Xiantian level masters. Once they began to fight, their terrible Zhen Qi of
the Xiantian realm brandished recklessly producing many air explosions in the
surrounding atmosphere.
Zhao Yan was obviously stronger than the Wen Bin and he went on attacking like a mad
dragon.
"Dang!"
"Dang!"
"Dang!"
Metal clashing sounds spread everywhere but in this kind of life and death struggle, none of
them dared to be careless.
However, the Black Magic Valley Lord Wen Bin Ming was less strong compared to Zhao
Yan. And it seemed that he would lose very soon at the hands of Zhao Yan.
"Haven't the friends from the Bloody Hand School come out yet? We have already joined
forces to kill these Great Qingcheng City experts. Regarding Xiantian pellet, we will slowly
negotiate later!" Black Magic Valley Lord Wen Bin suddenly said.
"Ha haha, well, let's join forces to defeat Zhao Yan!" Bloody Hand School Lord An Yuan
suddenly appeared and said while laughing loudly.
At this time, Zhao Yan's complexion began to change. He could easily deal with Wen Bin but
if An Yuan joined forces with Wen Bin then he would definitely be in trouble.
An Yuan immediately joined hands with Wen Bin to fight against Zhao Yan. Being attacked
by the two Xiantian masters at
once was very dangerous for Zhao Yan, as he was only one man against the two.
Ye Xiwen did not continue to look at this scene, and instead, he decided to pursue Zhao
Qiyan. He immediately rushed towards the direction in which Zhao Qiyan had escaped with
his guards.
After crossing the deep ravine, one would reach a dense mountain forest where Zhao Qiyan
had escaped with his guards.
"Young master, don't go any further, it's dangerous!"
Suddenly, an experienced guard alarmed Zhao Qiyan. There was a silence spread in this
mountain forest and this situation was very abnormal.
"Quick, we will make a detour. As long as we can safely return to the Qingcheng city, I will
personally lead a troop of experts to kill these bastards of the Black Magic Valley!" Zhao
Qiyan said in a cold voice.
"Qingcheng City's young master, surrender the Xiantian pellet and I'll let you go!" A slightly
cold laughter came from the hillside. Zhao Qiyan looked and saw that the owner of this
voice
was unexpectedly the young master of Bloody Hand School, An Yunpeng.
"An Yunpeng! You Bloody Hand School people are quite ambitious. You actually dared to
threaten me, the young master of Great Qingcheng CIty!" Zhao Qiyan shouted with anger.
"Zhao Qiyan, you really think too highly of yourself. Do you think your father will come to
save you now? He is now unable to defend himself, take out the Xiantian pellet, otherwise,
don't blame me for being brutal!" An Yunpeng sneered.
"Guards listen up, kill all of these Bloody Hand School bastards!" Arrogant Zhao Qiyan
suddenly got extremely mad at An Yunpeng and ordered his guards to attack.
Under the orders of both young masters, experts from both sides started fighting to kill
each other. Although compared to the subordinates of Zhao Yan and Wen Bin, the
subordinates of An Yuan were way more brutal and ferocious, despite being fewer in
numbers.
A terrifying collision occurred causing the blood to spill out from the bodies of several
people then fell on the ground.
Zhao Qiyan pulled out his spear and rushed forward to kill An Yunpeng.
The forces of both sides were elite among the elites. All of them were the masters of the
peak Houtian ninth stage and none of them were more than 30 years old. This indicated
that they could easily reach the Xiantian level in near future.
An Yunpeng's pair of bloody hands struck and instantly, a bloody Qi filled the entire
battlefield. The blood of those experts who had died in the battle allowed his 'Bloody Hand
technique'
to become even more powerful. This technique was obviously so powerful that it had
totally thwarted the plan of Zhao Qiyan to attack in numbers.
Almost instantaneously, Zhao Qiyan had been pushed down by An Yunpeng.
Although, Zhao Qiyan's guards had numerical advantage, they had also been slaughtered by
the disciples of Bloody Hands School.
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Chapter 40: Benefits Of Being The Third
Party At A Dispute
“Bang!” An Yunpeng did not wait for Zhao Qiyan to recover.
He immediately hit Zhao Qiyan’s chest using his palm which went right through his chest
creating a big hole. The blood was directly sucked out of his body and his lifeless body fell
on the ground. It looked as if the life had directly been sucked out of his body along with
the blood.
Bloody hand technique was quite vicious.
An Yunpeng took out the storage ring from Zhao Qiyan’s finger. His face was filled with
ecstasy after he confirmed that the Xiantian pellet was inside the ring. For people like him,
the biggest desire had always been to enter into the Xiantian realm.
However, if he tried to break through to the Xiantian realm without using a Xiantian pellet
and failed, then the penalty would be quite painful. Because once someone failed to break
into the Xiantian realm, then that would lead to a total loss of cultivation and they might die
as the worst-case scenario.
Using a pellet was quite beneficial, because even if the person failed to break through to the
Xiantian realm and didn’t die of the rebound then he would not lose anything!
There were a lot of benefits of becoming a Xiantian master.
“Now!” Ye Xiwen jumped and while using the ‘Celestial Step’, he swiftly and suddenly
rushed towards An Yunpeng.
“Young master, watch out!” The disciples of the Bloody Hand School suddenly saw Ye
Xiwen and exclaimed.
“Too late!” Ye Xiwen shouted. A long blade flashed brightly in his hand and obscured the
eyes of An Yunpeng.
“Puchi!” An Yunpeng was still enjoying this long-awaited ecstatic moment of his life and he
simply didn’t get a chance to dodge Ye Xiwen’s blade attack, which was as fast as the
lightning. An Yunpeng couldn’t react and was directly cut in half.
“Young master!”
“You actually killed our young master, die you bastard!”
Although these disciples of the Bloody Hand School had killed the guards of Zhao Qiyan, but
this was all thanks to the taboo technique they had practiced. The most powerful disciple
among them was only a warrior of the Houtian eight stage. So how could they possibly be
Ye Xiwen’s opponents?
Ye Xiwen’s long blade beheaded all of them.
The praying mantis had caught the cicada!
After killing all the disciples of the Bloody Hand School, Ye Xiwen did not dare to stay for
long. There was a risk that the three Xiantian masters might leave the other side of the
battlefield and come here.
He needed to escape before they arrived.
Ye Xiwen seized the two storage rings which belong to the two young masters. He did not
stay there for too long and immediately left. Ten minutes later, the Great Qingcheng City
Lord arrived and saw the dead body of his only son. He saw that blood had been sucked out
of his son’s body and suddenly, he started to roar in grief.
“Bloody Hand School! You dared to kill my son, today, I vow to obliterate each and every
one of you!”
After taking a detour, Ye Xiwen finally came back to the Tianyuan City. By this time, only
half of the warriors had still remained in the City and rest of them had already left. They
had come for the Xiantian pellets, but now, both the pellets had already been bought so
there was no reason for them to stay in the city.
Ye Xiwen quietly went inside the inn. After entering his room, he took a look inside the two
storage rings and immediately felt a burst of ecstasy.
These two young masters were quite rich. They indeed were the successors of two major
powers. There were hundreds of thousands of low-grade spirit stones inside those two
storage rings. For Ye Xiwen, this amount was definitely an astronomical figure. Even for the
core disciples, having ten thousand low-grade spirit stones was already enough to call them
rich.
Possessing an amount of one hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones was already a
dream, even for the richest core disciples, however, for heirs like Zhao Qiyan and An
Yunpeng, possessing such an amount was understandable.
His stock of low-grade spirit stones had soared overnight. One could say that for a long
period of time, he won’t need to find spirit stones for cultivating inside the ‘Special Space’.
In addition to these spirit stones, there were also some martial arts techniques present
inside the rings, but Ye Xiwen felt that these techniques were not suitable for him.
In addition to that, there were a lot of medicinal pills and other stuffs present inside the
rings. All of a sudden, he had become quite rich. Of course, that white armor was also
present inside the storage ring which Zhao Qiyan had bought at the auction house earlier.
Unfortunately, he did not get a chance to wear it and it had finally fallen into the hands of
Ye Xiwen.
Of course, the most important harvest was the Xiantian pellet.
Reaching the Xiantian realm was the biggest threshold for an expert. Many warriors would
get stuck at the Houtian ninth stage and would never be able to break past this threshold.
But now, with the help of Xiantian pellet, Ye Xiwen was confident that he could easily enter
the Xiantian realm. Although now was not the time for him to enter into the Xiantian realm.
After he had finished checking the inventory, he did not return to Yi Yuan School. He
directly began closed-door
training. Although other masters needed to find a proper remote place to start the closed-
door training, but he possessed the ‘Special Space’ so he didn’t need to care about finding a
place for closed-door training.
The core disciples’ competition was only a month away.
Initially, this competition was going to start after three months.
However, this time, the Zhang family was also participating in the core disciples’
competition, which was going to take place in the Blood Yuan Territory. Since Blood Yuan
Territory was going to open after a month, so the core disciples’ competition had also been
preponed by two months.
Ye Xiwen wanted to outshine others in this core disciples’
competition. So, right now, he just wanted to concentrate on cultivating and practicing the
newly obtained power techniques.
With the amount of 100,000 low-grade spirit stones in his possession, now he could
practice freely without worrying about the consumption of spirit stones. He entered the
‘Special Space’ and the combustion of spirit stones began, the generated Lingqi quickly
entered inside his body.
His cultivation started to increase rapidly and various insights
about the power techniques started to enter his mind very rapidly. The amount of
information was so large that it would be impossible even for a genius to comprehend all of
it.
In a blink of an eye, a month had passed.
Ye Xiwen was moving swiftly inside the ‘Special Space’. His figure was like that of an
immortal himself. His movements were so fast that sometimes, it seemed as if he had
disappeared.
Ye Xiwen stopped with a look of surprise on his face.
“My hunches were right. This 《Celestial Step》 really has subsequent moves!”
This month, his cultivation was nothing like it was a month ago. With rapid advances, his
cultivation had directly reached the peak of Houtian eighth stage. There was only a thin
layer after which, he could break through to the Houtian ninth stage.
Similarly, his 《Missing moon beheader》 had also improved greatly. Now, he could
continuously strike seven blades and the total power of his blade attack had also increased
by five times.
His 《Tyrant body technique》 had reached the ’Xiaocheng’
realm and his strength had directly reached the strength of ninety-nine Tigers. This was the
peak of strength that a master of the Houtian realm could achieve.
——–
Chapter 41: The Besieged Disciple
The most important thing was that this ‘Special Space’ had a unique ability of deducing the
missing original parts of the power techniques. When he had first obtained 《Celestial
Step》, it contained only the first layer. Since then, he had been practicing 《Celestial
Step》 and had become very skilled in it.
During this month, he had deduced the second layer of
《Celestial Step》, however, he had just barely scratched the surface of this second layer.
He had just taken a short peek at the next realm and the amount of information it contained
was so vast that he could not even proceed a single step. However, just from scratching the
surface, his understanding of the
‘Celestial step’ had improved by leaps and bounds. Now, his current speed had increased by
two times. While using Celestial Step, whenever he moved, he would split into two identical
figures, although only for a moment. It would then disappear.
But if he successfully practiced the information that he learnt from peeking into the next
realm, then this figure could be maintained for a longer duration.
After a month of insane practice, now, Ye Xiwen could easily beat any master of the Houtian
ninth stage.
The Zhen Qi inside his body had become far more vigorous than the masters of the Houtian
ninth stage. Whenever his long blade chopped down, it would produce blade shadows
which together would look like a large blade screen and each of these blade shadows could
easily chop down the air into fragments, while emitting a burst of crackling explosive
sounds.
After getting stronger, he intended to return to Yi Yuan School to participate in the core
disciple competition. This time’s core disciple competition was very important, because by
participating in it, there was a possibility that he might become one of the direct disciples
of Yi Yuan School’s ancestor.
Ye Xiwen left the inn and heard from some people that the city was still in uproar thanks to
the major auction of Xiantian pellets which took place almost a month ago. After practicing
the Xiantian pellets, the City Lord Palace had produced two Xiantian level experts and
including the City Lord himself, now there were three Xiantian experts belonging to City
Lord Palace.
This might have become a major disadvantage for the City Guard Government but
fortunately, they had also bought a Xiantian pellet and had trained a Xiantian expert of their
own.
Like this, the balance of power was still intact.
But Ye Xiwen knew that if there were no external interventions, then one day, the Tianyuan
City will eventually
fall into the hands of the City Lord. But, the good news was that Ye Xiwen and Tianyuan City
Lord Palace had no enmity, on the contrary, he had helped a lot during the escort mission.
So, he was on good terms with the City Lord Palace.
Ye Xiwen soon left the Tianyuan city and headed in the direction of Yi Yuan School.
Since his strength had improved several times, now, his speed had also increased
dramatically. He was so fast that it seemed as if he was literally flying towards the Yi Yuan
School.
Ye Xiwen was dashing through a mountain forest when he suddenly heard the sound of
intense fighting.
Ye Xiwen rushed all the way inside the forest and saw that a fierce Zhen Qi was fluctuating
violently, while creating a loud bustling sound.
He saw more than a dozen sturdy looking warriors, clad in uniforms, who were being led
by a noble-looking youth dressed up in splendid Chinese clothes, and all of them were
together attacking a black-clothed woman.
Ye Xiwen took a good look at this black-clothed woman and was totally dumbstruck. She
was a beautiful girl who had the appearance of a 17 years-old. She had a pair of black
curved eyebrows which complemented her beautiful face and snow white skin which
seemed to be made up of jade, a pair of beautiful bright eyes like the ocean itself which
could drown anyone into its depths. She was divinely beautiful like a celestial beauty that
had descended into the mortal world, a truly unattainable masterpiece! Ye Xiwen had never
seen a beauty like her before, even though he possessed the memories from two different
worlds.
These ten or so sturdy warriors were all at the peak of Houtian ninth stage, but they didn’t
seem like the other warriors he had seen before in the Tianyuan city. They were all wearing
uniforms and gave the impression of outstanding professionals.
The young lord and the black-clothed woman were constantly fighting and whenever they
clashed against each other their fierce Zhen Qi would collide and spread in all directions.
Unexpectedly, they were both the masters of Xiantian realm.
Ye Xiwen immediately concealed his presence and hid behind a tree.
The young lord was using all his strength and his attacks were causing air explosions one
after the other.
However, the techniques used by the black-clothed woman were giving a familiar feeling to
Ye Xiwen.
“Luo Tian, you really are a brave guy. You not only poisoned my food, but you also
conspired against me. Are you not afraid of getting punished by our Yi Yuan School?” The
black-clothed woman said in a sharp voice.
Yi Yuan School!
Ye Xiwen was suddenly shocked. So, this black-clothed woman was actually a disciple of Yi
Yuan School, but he had never seen her before. Not to mention, it was nearly impossible for
the disciples to break through to the Xiantian realm at the Yi Yuan School. The only
possibility could be that she was a Yi Yuan School’s disciple of the ‘Main Sect’.
“Ha ha ha!” The young lord Luo Tian laughed and said, “You are under my poison, so it is
absolutely impossible to escape from my hands. With you out of the picture, my elder sister
will be able to receive ancestor’s full attention. Then our Luo clan
will have a meteoric rise.”
“You’re delusional!” The black-clothed woman clenched her teeth and her long sword
chopped down. The sword light produced from the long sword instantly enveloped the
horizon, which caused a massive air-explosion reducing everything in the vicinity into dust.
Several warriors, who were in the range of this attack, were killed in an instant. Even if a
Xiantian master was poisoned, his strength would still be far more than the masters at the
peak of Houtian ninth stage.
“Hua Menghan, stop resisting!” Luo Tian laughed loudly and rushed forward with a long
blade in his hand from which the Daoqi (blade qi) was spreading wantonly.
“Boom!”
“Boom!”
“Boom!”
These two Xiantian masters continued to fight a terrible battle.
“Young lord, before you kill this girl, allow us brothers to have some fun with her, ha ha, an
arrogant woman from Yi Yuan School, none of us have ever enjoyed such a superb little
beauty!” A warrior, Yin Xiao, said with an obscene look on his face.
“Ha ha ha, when my Luo clan has a meteoric rise, then you all will get any woman you
desire!” Luo Tian said with a loud laugh.
“Die!” Hua Menghan clenched her teeth. If only she was not poisoned, then these people
were nothing more than ants in front of her strength.
Hua Menghan’s long sword struck and a terrible Swordqi shined brightly and rushed
towards that obscene warrior like a lightning and instantaneously split him into two
halves.
That obscene warrior did not even have a chance to scream and was directly split into two
halves.
Luo Tian, without caring about the warrior, just laughed and said: “Fight if you want to, but,
the poison spreads even faster whenever you use your Zhen Qi”
Hua Menghan’s pure white skin had begun to glow with a faint blue color and she didn’t
look in good condition.
She bit her lips and shouted: “Even if I die, I will not let your conspiracy to succeed!”
Her voice spread out in all directions and her long sword made a strike, the Swordqi spread
out with terrifying force and rushed towards the young lord. She had squeezed all of her
remaining power in this final attack.
Luo Tian also had no other choice but to go all out and he chopped his long blade to
welcome this sword attack.
“Boom!”
“Boom!”
“Boom!”
This collision had set even the air on fire.
“Phew!” A shrill piercing sound suddenly came out of nowhere, as if coming from the void
itself. A sword flashed and directly stabbed into the chest of Luo Tian.
“Ah!” Luo Tian screamed and collapsed on the ground. His face had suddenly turned pale
and blood was gushing out of the stab wound nonstop.
At this time, on the other side, Hua Menghan’s situation was also getting worse. Her snow-
white skin had completely turned blue which was quite scary to look at.
———————
Chapter 42: Treatment
“Kill her!” Luo Tian said in a weak voice. Hua Menghan’s long sword had pierced through
his heart, severing several arteries; he had no strength left to shout. If he did not get the
treatment sooner, then he would surely die.
Luo Tian suddenly heard a burst of sharp piercing sound.
Nine large blade shadows appeared and obscured the entire sky with white dazzling light.
“Bang!”
“Bang!”
“Bang!”
...
Almost instantaneously, most of those warriors of the peak Houtian ninth stage had been
slaughtered.
Luo Tian had not expected such a massive attack from Hua Menghan. He immediately
realized that there was someone else behind this attack.
“Who dares to make a sneak attack on my subordinates?” Luo Tian said angrily.
“It’s me!” Ye Xiwen strode out from behind a tree carrying a long blade in his hand.
“Boy, who are you? Don’t you know how powerful our Luo family is? You are courting
death!” Luo Tian said in a grim voice.
“It’s you people who are courting death, not me! You have attacked a disciple from my Yi
Yuan School, and it seems that you are really tired of living.” Ye Xiwen said in a cold voice.
When Hua Menghan came to know that he was actually a disciple of Yi Yuan School, she
heaved a sigh of relief.
“You are going to die! A petty expert like you, who has not
even reached the Xiantian realm, dares to meddle with our Luo family? Just you wait and
see how I massacre your entire family!” Luo Tian clamored, “However, it’s not too late yet.
Kill Hua Menghan for me and I’ll let you off!”
Suddenly, Ye Xiwen’s eyes flashed with killing intent because Luo Tian had actually dared
to threaten his family. In this world, he cared the most about his family and he would do
anything for their safety. When he had come to this world, his family had given him warmth
and the reason to persevere. His family had also encouraged him to break through the
shackles of weakness and explore this big, bad world with courage.
“You think you can threaten my family?” Ye Xiwen shouted.
His blade flashed and dazzled the sky with brilliant white light, and his long blade instantly
chopped down.
“You dare …” Before Luo Tian could finish the sentence his head had already been severed
from his body.
He would never have thought that, one day, he would actually die at the hands of a kid who
was not even a master of the Xiantian realm.
After witnessing the brutal death of their young lord, immediately, all of the remaining
warriors had started to escape one after another while shouting loudly.
“Do not let them escape!” Hua Menghan reminded Ye Xiwen.
There was no need to remind him because he had already planned to eradicate all of them.
He did not want any future troubles so cutting the root itself was his best option.
Although all the remaining warriors were at the peak of Houtian ninth stage, but
unfortunately, they had met a killing god like Ye Xiwen. Except for the Xiantian masters, he
could easily defeat anyone.
After seeing that Ye Xiwen had successfully beheaded all of the warriors, Hua Menghan
heaved a sigh of relief and fainted.
Ye Xiwen hastily searched for a storage ring on Luo Tian’s body. He found a storage ring but
he didn’t examine it now, because at present, Hua Menghan’s safety was his top priority.
He ran up to her and looked at her condition. She had been
thoroughly poisoned and her condition looked very serious, but Ye Xiwen could not just sit
idly and do nothing. After all, they both belonged to the same school and on top of that, she
was a girl. He held her in his arms and rushed through the forest.
After a while, he found a cave and stopped there. Although, bringing her back to the Yi Yuan
School was the best way to save her but looking at her condition, he knew very well that
she didn’t have much time left and needed immediate treatment.
There was a dim light inside the cave. Ye Xiwen made her to sit on the ground and he
affixed his palms on her back and began to send his own Zhen Qi into her body.
His Zhen Qi probed inside her body and he came to know that her body was already a mess.
This poison was endlessly suppressing her Zhen Qi, which was the reason why she had
fallen unconscious. However, this poison was quite amazing because it was capable of
suppressing the Zhen Qi of a Xiantian level master.
Ye Xiwen’s Zhen Qi was probing her body and finally encountered the poison. But, with a
buzzing sound, his Zhen Qi was directly melted by the poison.
Ye Xiwen was totally shocked. Just what kind of poison was this? It could even corrode the
Zhen Qi. It was a good thing that Hua Menghan was a Xiantian master, otherwise, it was
practically impossible for Houtian realm warriors to persist against this poison for such a
long time.
However, right now, he didn’t have time to think about all that. He just continued to supply
his Zhen QI to help her in suppressing the poison in her body. The 《Bright Jade Power》
also had a strong inhibitory effect on the poison.
However, he was only a master of the Houtian realm. His Houtian realm Zhen Qi was
quickly getting exhausted and the recovery rate was far behind the rate of consumption.
Not long after, his Zhen Qi had finally depleted. And now, he could only rely on the
medicinal pills which he had seized from the storage rings of An Yunpeng and Zhao Qiyan.
Since both of them were the successors to famous schools, the quality of the medicinal pills
in their storage rings would definitely be high.
Ye Xiwen also did not want to consume too many. He just took a handful and stuffed into
his mouth and quickly converted them into Zhen Qi. After that, he continued to supply his
Zhen Qi into Hua Menghan’s body.
Time passed minute by minute, and in a blink of an eye, three days had already passed. Ye
Xiwen had not relaxed even for a moment for the last three days and had constantly
supplied Zhen Qi into her body to heal her and also suppress the poison.
By this time, he had already consumed most of the medicinal pills present inside the
storage rings. He was a little anxious because the treatment he had performed using his
Zhen Qi was only temporary and it was possible for the poison to relapse at any moment.
In the last three days, Ye Xiwen had benefited a lot. All this time, he had continued to
deplete his Zhen Qi and had consumed an insane number of medicinal pills to restore it. By
repeating this process of depleting and restoring the Zhen Qi countless times, his meridians
had actually grown three times thicker than before. However, it was all possible thanks to
his insanely strong body. If an ordinary expert had followed this treatment process, then
his body would have exploded from inside.
Thicker meridians implied increased power!
Moreover, at this time, Ye Xiwen was directing his own Zhen Qi into Hua Menghan’s body
which now contained both Xiantian Zhen Qi and Houtian Zhen Qi to fight side-by-side
against the poison. Also, thanks to this treatment process, his understanding of the Xiantian
Zhen Qi was also increasing rapidly. After a long period of continuous healing, his
understanding of the Xiantian Zhen Qi had increased by leaps and bounds. He had also
started to condense his own Houtian Zhen Qi into Xiantian Zhen Qi. However, a lot of
Houtian Zhen Qi was required to form just one strand of Xiantian Zhen Qi. It was simply a
qualitative change in the Zhen Qi.
This was only a temporary treatment because the poison would definitely relapse sooner
or later. To save her from this poison, his only option was to bring her back to the Yi Yuan
School and ask his father to save her.
At this time, Hua Menghan suddenly gained her consciousness and woke up slowly.
“You’re awake!” Ye Xiwen said in a pleasant tone. Now that she was awake, things had
become easier for him.
“Where are we?” Hua Menghan was so weak that she collapsed into his arms and asked in a
weak voice.
“This is a Cave. I brought you here to treat the poison.” She fell into his bosom, a sweet
fragrance entered his nose, however, at this moment, Ye Xiwen was not in a mood to have
foolish thoughts.
Chapter 43: Changing Muscles Shrinking
Bones Technique
In the past few days, Ye Xiwen had been constantly healing Hua Menghan and now he was
mentally very tired. Zhen Qi could relieve the fatigue, but he had lost a considerable
amount of Zhen Qi in her treatment.
“Thank you!” Hua Menghan said in a weak voice. Hua Menghan felt that her clothes had not
moved and her body also contained a foreign Zhen Qi which belonged to Ye Xiwen. She
soon realized that he must have performed the healing using his own Zhen Qi to suppress
the poison inside her body. So, he was definitely not a bad person.
“Check Luo Tian’s storage ring, there should be an antidote inside it.” Hua Menghan said
intermittently.
“Which one?” Ye Xiwen poured a bunch of bottles from Luo Tian’s storage ring. These
bottles contained a variety of medicinal pills and their quality was far better compared to
the pills he had found in the storage rings of An Yunpeng and Zhao Qiyan.
Hua Menghan finally found the antidote. From her words, Ye Xiwen came to know that this
poison was called QixingHaitang.
It was a colorless, odorless and a highly toxic poison. If a warrior of the Houtian realm got
poisoned by QixingHaitang then he would die immediately. Even Xiantian experts would
find it difficult to handle such a highly toxic poison which directly attacked the Zhen Qi. If
Ye Xiwen had not come to her rescue and suppressed the poison using his own Zhen Qi,
then she would definitely have died.
After taking the antidote, she began the detoxification of poison present in her body. Slowly
and gradually, she drove out the poison from her body. Now, her complexion had changed
for the better, and her face had slowly gained vitality and looked livelier increasing her
beauty even more.
Ye Xiwen realized that Hua Menghan was safe now. After so many days of constantly
worrying about her safety, now he could finally take a breath of relief. He felt relaxed and
fell into deep sleep.
After a long rest, Ye Xiwen finally woke up only to find that Hua Menghan had already left
leaving behind a note for him.
The note said that she was extremely grateful to him for saving her, but today, she had
something important to care of, so she had to leave first. Later, if he ever needed her help
with
something, he could keep her jade pendant and look for her in the ‘Main Sect’.
Ye Xiwen picked up the jade pendant. This ornament was icy cold to touch and a phoenix
was carved on it. It was a result of fine workmanship and gave out a very vivid feeling.
While he was admiring the vividness of this jade pendant, suddenly, he felt that a cold lump
had made its way straight into his forehead, and filled his mind with pure brightness.
This was definitely a rare treasure! When a person would wear this jade pendant and
cultivate then the cultivation would surely be more effective because the wearer would
achieve twice the result with half the effort. Also, he would not be afraid of getting the
backlash caused by cultivation.
This treasure was far more precious than the inner armour because while cultivating,
experts feared the most that they might face a rebound. But, if the person was wearing the
jade pendant while cultivating, then he didn’t need to fear the backlash.
This rare treasure was certainly very precious. Of course, Ye Xiwen also knew that it was a
kind of repayment from Hua Menghan in exchange for saving her life.
Hua Menghan had left, but since she was also a disciple of Yi Yuan School, then sooner or
later, there would come a day when they meet again, certainly!
For this term’s core disciples’ competition, Ye Xiwen would also have travelled to Yi Yuan
School to participate.
Sooner or later, they were bound to say goodbye to each other!
Ye Xiwen finally looked inside the storage ring of Luo Tian.
He was indeed worthy of being a Xiantian master, because, compared to Houtian realm
masters like Zhao Qiyan and An Yunpeng, he was filthy rich! Inside Luo Tian’s storage ring,
there were no low-grade spirit stones but some other kind of stones. After thoroughly
exploring the ring, he was totally speechless, because, these were not low-grade spirit
stones, but spirit stones. One spirit stone could be exchanged for one thousand low-grade
spirit stones. Since the ring contained five hundred spirit stones, when converted to low-
grade spirit stones, the total amount would be a full five hundred thousand low-grade spirit
stones. This figure was absolutely astronomical even for the masters of Xiantian realm.
These spirit stones would become very useful to him when he would become a Xiantian
master, although, spirit stones could be converted into low-grade spirit stones, but there
was a catch!
Converting spirit stones into low-grade spirit stones was very easy, but, converting the
low-grade spirit stones into spirit stones was difficult.
However, Ye Xiwen was not stupid enough to do such a thing.
It could be said that he had made a huge fortune this time. In addition to these spirit stones,
he also got his hands on many high quality medicinal pills which were capable of restoring
the Zhen Qi by a great amount.
But the most important of them all was a secret book called
《Changing muscles Shrinking bones technique.The biggest use of this power technique
was to change a person’s appearance.
When one reached the profound realm of this technique then even the size of the bones
could be changed to adjust the height.
In other words, one could easy change his own appearance into another person.
Of course, this change consumed a lot of Zhen Qi, however,
once he would break into the Xiantian realm then he would have a huge amount of Zhen Qi.
Then, the consumption of Zhen Qi for using this disguise power technique would not be a
problem for him.
If an expert had not reached the Xiantian realm, then as long one would swallow the
medicinal pills on regular intervals, the disguise could be maintained for a large interval of
time by using up the Zhen Qi produced from medicinal pills. Of course, it was rare for
Houtian realm masters to possess so many medicinal pills and even if they did, they would
never waste it on a disguise technique, because these medicinal pills could save their lives
in critical situations. However, for Ye Xiwen, these medicinal pills were dispensable.
Although he had exhausted all the pills present inside the storage rings of Zhao Qiyan and
An Yunpeng, but, Luo Tian’s storage ring contained a lot of high quality medicinal pills.
However, right now, Ye Xiwen had no time to spare on practicing 《Changing muscles
Shrinking bones technique》
because the core disciples competition was going to begin in just two days.
After more than two hours, Ye Xiwen had finally returned back to Yi Yuan School.
Compared to three months ago, the school seemed a lot livelier thanks to the core disciples’
competition. Many years ago, all the core disciples had gone to meet the dragon head, and
now, they had finally returned to the school to take part in the competition.
Normally, the inner sect disciples were considered the high-level disciples, but at this time,
all of the core disciples had come back and considering their strengths, they could be
considered the elites and far more superior to inner sect disciples.
When Ye Xiwen entered the school campus, suddenly there were many disciples who
recognized him and paid their respects by saluting to him. Ye Xiwen was no longer an
unknown weak inner sect disciple. Now, he had gained a new identity of a core disciple! Ye
Xiwen had also become the dark horse of Yi Yuan School’s inner sect competition who had
triumphantly won the championship by defeating Dongfang Bai.
Ye Xiwen was not a haughty person. Whenever the other disciples would salute to him, he
would politely nod to them.
He was walking through the campus of Yi Yuan School and was about to go home, but
suddenly, he heard an insolent loud laughter.
“Dongfang Bai, I’ve heard your name! They say you are the notorious genius of Yi Yuan
School, but now it seems that it was just an exaggeration!” A frivolous young voice said in a
loud voice, “It seems that the level of this term’s core disciples is quite low in Yi Yuan
School!”
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Chapter 44: A Move To Fly
Dongfang Bai?
Ye Xiwen quickly pulled up next to a disciple and asked:
"What's going on? What's up with all this commotion?"
"Brother Ye! You came back, this is awesome!" A disciple, with his age significantly bigger
than Ye Xiwen,said with respect. But there was nothing strange about this, because, in this
world, only strong people commanded respect regardless of the age.
"It is those guys from Zhang family. Today, they sent an elder to discuss with our school
about the upcoming core disciples'
competition. The elder had come with a Zhang disciple, called Zhang Yunfei, who is also the
champion of this year's Zhang
family's great competition. He challenged our school's 'Great
five inner disciples' and has already defeated the three brothers
of the 'Great five disciples' and he is so despicable that he plotted against Brother Dongfang
Bai and beat him as well!"
'Great five disciples' consist of four guys and one girl)
Ye Xiwen frowned as he knew that this was a deliberate provocation from Zhang family.
Zhang family was not the same as Yi Yuan School, because, Yi Yuan School was tolerant to
diversity, but Zhang followed the clan system. Their great family competition was very
similar to Yi Yuan School's Inner Weighing, and it also happened every three years. After
the championships, the champions from both competitions would compete with each other
putting their respective school's reputation on the line.
But Zhang family was trying to provoke Yi Yuan School before the joint core disciples'
competition had even begun. This was like a slap on their faces!
This was a contest between the younger generations of core disciples. A man with Zhang
Yunfei's abilities didn't stand a chance against the core disciples and would eventually die a
dog's death, but they could not get rid of him right now, because once he was killed, it
would appear as the weakness of Yi Yuan School. He was using this opportunity to mock Yi
Yuan School and this plot was set up by the Zhang family.
Certainly, the premise was to use Zhang Yunfei to defeat the geniuses of Yi Yuan School. If
he was not stopped right now, Yi Yuan School's reputation would completely become a
joke.
Countless thoughts instantly flashed through his mind.
Suddenly his attention shifted towards the plaza where the crowd was spread out, and in
the centre of the field, he saw Dongfang Bai holding a long double-edged sword in one hand
and blood was constantly flowing down from his other hand.
His complexion was also pale and somewhat unsightly.
While on the other side, there was a young man with contented expression on his face and
was flying over the plaza.
He also had a sharp sword in one hand, and was actually a master of the intermediate
Houtian eighth stage.
No wonder Zhang family had so much confidence in him. He was so young and was still able
to reach the intermediate Houtian eighth stage and he also possessed the 'Flying escape
barrier'.
"Despicable, you actually used a hidden poisonous needle to injure Brother Dongfang Bai.
How could you do such a thing?"
"Shameless! Are all Zhang people like this man?"
"Ha haha, during a life and death battle, does a man need permission before using his
hidden weapons?" Zhang Yunfei
had a look of disdain, "He very easily let his guard down. I really don't know how he has
survived up until now!"
"Despicable!"
"Shameless!"
Zhang Yunfei's actions and words immediately outraged several Yi Yuan School disciples.
"Doesn't your Yi Yuan School have a stronger person? I have heard that a champion has
popped up in this year's competition, how come I did not see him? Do not be afraid and
come out, ah ha haha!" Zhang Yunfei gave out an arrogant laughter.
"Phew!" A terrifying Daoqi exploded causing even the sky to tremble and it seemed as if the
air had been cut to shreds. In an instant, this seemingly beautiful but deadly Daoqi rushed
towards Zhang Yunfei with terrifying speed.
Zhang Yunfei sensed the incredible Daoqi coming towards him and he immediately dodged
using all of his might. Although he got successful in evading the blade attack but he was
already
breathing heavily. He didn't wait to catch his breath and suddenly gave out a thunderous
shout: "Who dares to attack me!"
"It's me." Ye Xiwen said and walked out towards Zhang Yunfei. The crowd immediately
bifurcated to make a path for him.
"It's Brother Ye Xiwen!"
"Yes! It's Brother Ye! He came back on the right time. Let's see how he crushes this Zhang
Yunfei's arrogance!"
"How dare you attack me?" Zhang Yunfei said furiously. The Daoqi present in Ye Xiwen's
blade attack was simply so terrible that if he had not been careful, then he would have been
chopped down into two halves by now.
"Does a man need permission before using his hidden attack?"
Ye Xiwen sneered with disdain.
Suddenly, all of the disciples of Yi Yuan School burst out in a loud laughter which echoed
throughout the school campus. It
was very clear that Ye Xiwen had thrown Zhang Yunfei's original words back at his face.
Now that his own words had been dumped on his face in public, he had become extremely
furious.
His face flushed with anger and he shouted: "Who are you!"
"Ye Xiwen!" Ye Xiwen said.
"You are Ye Xiwen?" Zhang Yunfei's complexion looked unsightly while he was looking at
him. He opened his mouth to scold him but he didn't know what to say, because he had
already fallen for his own trap. So how could he accuse Ye Xiwen?
Since he had used a hidden weapon to injure Dongfang Bai a moment ago, he had no other
choice but to not say anything and endure this painful embarrassment!
"I see, so you are this year's champion of School Inner Weighing who unexpectedly
displayed incredible power and shocked everyone. You and I, let us exchange pointers!"
Zhang
Yunfei said.
"Well, so long as you successfully receive one move from me, I will turn around and walk
away." Ye Xiwen used the celestial step, and his figure flew like a swallow in Zhang Yunfei's
direction. He took out his long blade and instantly chopped out a flying rainbow which
rushed towards Zhang Yunfei with only one motive, to behead!
Ye Xiwen's blade techniques were quite average when they were practiced by others.
However, when he used these blade techniques, then the results would always be mind-
blowing for others. The reason behind this was very simple. It could be said that his blade
skills had already reached a profound level after constantly practicing for a long time. After
all, the foundation of one blade skill was also the foundation for other blade skills.
And these skills would make the blade techniques even more profound and powerful. For
example, if someone wanted to build tall buildings, then it was necessary to lay down a
strong foundation for each of them.
Martial arts secret books were like blueprints for the foundation of tall buildings. Even if
the blueprints were followed properly but the foundation was weak then no matter how
many tall buildings were made on this weak foundation, all of them were bound to collapse
someday.
Therefore, regardless of where he was or what he was doing, Ye Xiwen would never forget
to practice the foundation of skills.
This blade skill was a manifestation of the hard work he had been doing by daily practicing
the foundation of his skills.
A brilliant Daoqi split the air and appeared in front of Zhang Yunfei instantaneously.
Zhang Yunfei quickly brandished his long Jianqi (sword qi).
"Boom!" A loud explosion occurred when Daoqi and Jianqi collided in the air producing a
terrible explosive sound.
However, Ye Xiwen's Daoqi did not disperse, instead, with an irresistible force it directly
shattered Zhang Yunfei'sJianqi and proceeded towards his long sword.
"Bang!" Ye Xiwen's Daoqi hit the long sword with incredible pressure. The great strength
present in this attack directly hit Zhang Yunfei and blood spilled from all over his body. His
body, like a broken kite, flew high, and fell heavily on the ground
upside down.
Silence!
Silence!
All of the disciples were looking forward to this fight but none of them would have
imagined that an arrogant and domineering Zhang Yunfei would not be able to stop even a
single move from Ye Xiwen.
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Chapter 45: Condensed Xiantian Zhen Qi
"You dared to behave arrogantly in front of me and my Yi Yuan School. I know that Zhang
family disciples are all mediocre, so I thought I should teach you a small lesson using my
blade. You don't have the qualifications to be arrogant, and the next time you tried to be
boastful in front of me then without showing any mercy, I will directly cripple you!" Ye
Xiwen coldly turned away and left.
He had already killed two Zhang younger masters. And Zhang followed a family system so it
was obvious that those two young masters held a higher position in the Zhang family
compared to Zhang Yunfei. So how could Ye Xiwen tolerate his arrogance?
"You ..."
Zhang Yunfei saw the icy-cold in Ye Xiwen's eyes and he immediately got furious from
shame and embarrassment while his blood continuously flowed from the corners of his
mouth.
"I want revenge, I want revenge, I will tear you to shreds, and one day, I will surely take
revenge for today!" Zhang Yunfei was shouting in his heart, but he did not dare to speak out
loud
because Ye Xiwen's eyes looked too cold. And if he dared to take any action or even speak a
word then Ye Xiwen won't think twice before beheading him.
"Ye Xiwen is getting more and more terrible!"
"Yes! His single blade attack actually sent Zhang Yunfei flying, that's really terrible!"
"He was not this terribly powerful in the competition two months ago!"
"Two months ago, that Ye Xiwen became radically famous, which was totally unexpected
for everyone!"
Dongfang Bai himself only blood, eyes looking at the complex Ye Xiwen. Others might not
know, but he knew very well. If Zhang Yunfei had not used a hidden weapon, he might not
have lost to Zhang Yunfei because they were both equally matched in strength. However,
Zhang Yunfei had even used his sword and still could not stop one blade attack from Ye
Xiwen and was also sent flying. It was obvious that Ye Xiwen had gone easy on him causing
only shallow cut wounds, otherwise, he would definitely have shredded Zhang Yunfei into
pieces by now.
In the competition two months ago, he had given Ye Xiwen a good fight. After the
competition, his progress was not at all slow, because, from the peak of Houtian seventh
stage, he had already reached the intermediate level of Houtian eighth stage.
However, even if his cultivation speed was fast, his strength was nowhere near Ye Xiwen's
current terrifying strength.
How did the gap between them become this wide?
Ye Xiwen did not pay attention to the whooping of these disciples, because, he was not in a
mood for these discussions.
Now, his only goal was to climb the peak of martial arts.
Ye Xiwen went home and saw his only sister Ye Ruxue who had finished her closed-door
training in just two months' time and had already reached the peak of Houtian eighth stage.
This rate of progress was simply incredible as she was a year older than Ye Xiwen.
Although, geniuses like Dongfang Bai and Zhang Yunfei had also reached the intermediate
eighth stage but their ages had already crossed twenty, and in contrast to them, she was
only a teenager.
During this time, their father Ye Kongming had forced her to
start closed-door training, and the result was quite incredible.
Her cultivation speed was faster than what Ye Xiwen had expected.
"Well done! You actually defeated that Zhang Yunfei in a single blade attack!" Ye Ruxue said
with a bright smile.
"That guy was too annoying." Ye Xiwen said with a smile.
"You're absolutely right, that guy is way too arrogant. He dared to clamour inside our Yi
Yuan School and disrespected us, so it was necessary to get rid of a nuisance like him." Ye
Ruxue nodded.
In fact, a lot of core disciples were concerned about Zhang Yunfei, but they couldn't get rid
of him, because that would have started rumours. However, Ye Xiwen had already stopped
him so they didn't need care of this matter anymore. Of course, if Ye Xiwen had failed in
stopping him then they would have personally come to teach Zhang Yunfei a lesson, at any
rate, stopping Zhang Yunfei from running amuck was necessary.
However, Ye Xiwen had defeated Zhang Yunfei in a single strike, and this caused a lot of the
core disciples to feel ashamed because Zhang Yunfei had become arrogant thanks to their
weakness and ignorance.
"But don't you get too excited, because that Zhang Yunfei guy is nothing compared to his
elder brother. He has a brother who is very powerful and is ranked among the top five
Zhang core disciples. He has already been a master of Houtian ninth stage for the last two
years. This time you have wounded his younger brother so he will not easily let you off." Ye
Ruxue said.
"Houtian ninth stage?" Ye Xiwen said.
"I know you're stronger now, but Zhang Yunfei's brother cannot be taken lightly. When he
comes for you, no matter how much he tries to provoke you into fighting him, do not fight
him. Our big brother will come back tomorrow, so let him handle this Zhang Yunfei's
brother." In Ye Ruxue's eyes, no matter how powerful he had become, he was still her little
brother who had just entered the core disciples ranks of Yi Yuan School.However, Zhang
Yunfei's brother was one of the top players among the Zhang core disciples.
Ye Xiwen felt warm in his heart after seeing that Ye Ruxue
was worried for him. He smiled and said: "Rest assured, I have a sense of proportion,
although he is fierce, but I am also not made up of cotton."
When Ye Ruxue saw her littler bother's confident demeanour, she couldn't believe her eyes.
A few months ago, she had noticed that she could not understand her little brother's way of
thinking. Earlier, her brother, although liked to practice very hard, used to have a very
simple thought process, but now, she felt as if she could not see through him at all.
But Ye Ruxue realized that this must have happened because her little brother had finally
grown up!
Ye Xiwen did not know about the change in her perception about him, but for him, these
few people were the only ones he loved the most in this world.
Before long, Ye Xiwen parents came back and after having dinner, Ye Xiwen as usual went
back to his small courtyard to cultivate. He knew very well that he was not a genius and
hard work was the only way to compensate for the lack of talent.
Not a moment to relax!
While treating Hua Menghan, he had learned a good deal about the Xiantian Zhen Qi. He
had also gained some insights about how to condense Houtian Zhen Qi into Xiantian Zhen
Qi.
These two types of Zhen Qi were not at all similar, because, a significant qualitative change
occurred whenever Houtian Zhen Qi was condensed into Xiantian Zhen Qi. Also, compared
to the Houtian Zhen Qi, the Xiantian Zhen Qi was way too fierce.
Usually, if someone wanted to refine Xiantian Zhen QI then the most important first step
was to open up the world bridge.
The body's internal circulation would become more vigorous and the refining efficiency
would also enhance multiple times.
Ye Xiwen, a Houtian realm expert, was trying to condense Xiantian Zhen Qi inside his body,
if other people got to know about this, it would shock the entire world, because, no master
of the Houtian realm had ever tried to condense Xiantian Zhen Qi.
However, Ye Xiwen's other half of memories belonged to Earth's knowledge boom era. So,
he could never be shackled by the old norms.
If he could successfully condense his Houtian Zhen Qi to Xiantian Zhen Qi, then, he would
experience an explosive increase in his strength. Also, he would be capable of handling
even two Xiantian masters at the same time.
Ye Xiwen concentrated his mind and began to condense his own Zhen Qi into the very first
strands of Xiantian Zhen Qi.
Chapter 46: Zhang Yuntian's challenge
Without following any special method and just relying on natural instincts, he had finally
opened the world bridge.
Countless Lingqi entered his body and his Houtian Zhen Qi started to condense faster
compared to earlier when the world bridge was not open.
Ye Xiwen started to condense Houtian Zhen Qi into Xiantian Zhen Qi, but, how this refining
process could be so simple, after all, Ye Xiwen was not in the Xiantian realm right now. He
was only a Houtian realm expert so refining Xiantian Zhen Qi was undoubtedly much more
difficult for him.
However, even if it was very difficult, Ye Xiwen did not give up.
Countless spirit stones started burning and the Lingqi produced started to infuse with his
body. He entered the
'Special Space' and started to constantly direct the Zhen Qi towards building up the sea of
Qi. The Zhen Qi, which was spread throughout his body, needed to be concentrated at the
centre of the sea of Qi, and then only it could be condensed into Xiantian Zhen Qi. However,
now that he had started to concentrate the Zhen Qi at the centre of the sea of Qi, it felt as if
his sea of Qi would explode anytime. He had to go all out to compress his Zhen Qi inside the
sea of Qi, however, it was very painful.
Strand by strand, his Zhen Qi began to condense more and more inside the sea of Qi.
Ye Xiwen's complexion suddenly paled with pain which was clearly visible on his face and
his body was also covered in cold sweat. This was an extremely painful process! Ye Xiwen
was a patient person with a strong willpower and that's why he could constantly endure
the tremendous pain. Otherwise, his whole spirit would have collapsed by now.
Ye Xiwen did not give up because he had already prepared himself, knowing pretty well,
that this would be a difficult procedure, very difficult. In simple words, many people would
have given up in the beginning itself!
Ye Xiwen didn't know for how long he continued to add his Zhen Qi to the sea of Qi and
condensed it unceasingly. He continued this insane procedure nonstop for a long time.
After constantly condensing the Zhen in the sea of Qi, finally,
his Zhen Qi started to mutate and a trace of majestic Zhen Qi appeared in his Dantian. It
was entirely different from Houtian Zhen Qi, and contained terrifying power.
Ye Xiwen opened his eyes and smiled with a look of satisfaction on his face. Finally, he had
successfully condensed the very first strands of Xiantian Zhen Qi. This was the hardest first
step which he had successfully completed. Now, he just needed to continue amassing
Xiantian Zhen Qi by condensing his Houtian Zhen Qi one step at a time.
He looked outside the window and noticed that it was already dawn.
Ye Xiwen dined with his family and when he was returning to his small courtyard to start
his cultivation, suddenly, he heard a loud noise coming from outside.
"Ye Xiwen, come out! I, Zhang Yuntian, have come to challenge you!" A loud voice
thundered from the outside.
Ye Xiwen instantly knew that trouble had finally found him.
Zhang family would not let him off so easily, after all, he had defeated their champion in
just one move, and this had caused
them to lose face. So, their only option was to eradicate the root cause.
Ye Xiwen went out, and was very surprised to find Zhang Yunfei outside his courtyard. He
was perniciously looking at him. However, his face was somewhat pale because of
yesterday's injuries that had not healed completely. Right in front of Zhang Yunfei stood a
young man! He seemed to be in his twenties, had large muscular body and looked quite
handsome.
He was the elder brother of Zhang Yunfei, named Zhang Yuntian.
However, from behind, a lot of Yi Yuan School disciples had also come. When they had come
to know that Zhang Yuntian, a famous expert from Zhang family had actually come to
challenge Ye Xiwen, the famous champion of their Yi Yuan School, then it had suddenly
aroused the curiosity of many disciples and they had immediately rushed towards Ye
Xiwen's small courtyard.
Ye Xiwen came out of his courtyard with a hint of ridicule on his face and said: "What's
wrong, looking for your father?"
"Ha haha!" Suddenly the crowd of the Yi Yuan School disciples gave out a loud laughter. The
news about the yesterday's fight had already spread like a forest fire inside the Yi Yuan
School, so, they certainly knew what Ye Xiwen actually meant.
However, Zhang Yunfei's face flushed with anger and his Zhen Qi had started to leak out
from his body. He looked more perniciously at Ye Xiwen, as if trying to rip him apart using
just his sight.
"Less rubbish, today I will teach you a lesson!" Zhang Yuntian said impatiently, "I will break
your legs and let you know what fierceness actually is."
Then, suddenly, Zhang Yuntian moved and his figure leaped.
His sword struck and a fierce Jianqi exploded in the air with huge explosive power.
The strength of late Houtian ninth stage completely broke out.
Everyone around was stunned because his sword was extremely fast, as fast as a meteor, in
simple words, it had already approached the acme.
Being ranked among the top five Zhang core disciples was not just for show.
With this move, almost in a moment, Zhang Yuntian had immediately arrived in front of Ye
Xiwen.
Almost in a flash, no one could see it clearly, but Ye Xiwen had drawn out a long blade from
the sheath on his back and a bright blade light flashed brilliantly and obscured the sky. This
gorgeous blade light formed a curtain made up of many blades in the mid-air. The curtain
of blades, in an instant, arrived in front of Zhang Yuntian.
"Dang!" A loud metal clanging sound spread and Zhang Yuntian immediately sensed that a
threatening massive strength was being transmitted from his sword. He could not
withstand the power present in Ye Xiwen's blade curtain attack, and immediately, he had
been pushed back by eight steps before stopping. Ye Xiwen's strength of ninety-nine Tigers
was definitely not a joke.
"Ha hahaha!" Seeing that Ye Xiwen had easily blocked Zhang Yuntian's attack with just one
swing of his blade, Yi Yuan
School disciples suddenly laughed out even more loudly than before.
At this time, Zhang Yuntian's face also revealed a troubled expression.
Zhang Yuntian gave out a loud roar, and it seemed that he was preparing to attack again.
The tip of his sword danced and many Jianhua (Sword Flower) appeared in the sky and
went towards Ye Xiwen to strike together at once.
Ye Xiwen sneered and his long blade chopped out. With the speed of lightning, his long
blade chopped down while cutting through the air and directly destroyed all those Jianhua.
"Boom!" A loud explosion occurred accompanied by a burst of metal clashing sound. Layer
after layer of terrible Zhen Qi had instantly blasted off in the surrounding area.
Ye Xiwen's long blade was fast like a meteor which instantly arrived in front of Zhang
Yuntian and chopped out.
Zhang Yuntian was suddenly taken aback. He lifted his sword to resist, however, Ye Xiwen's
long blade had already fiercely crashed into his sword and cracks had started to appear on
its surface. Ye Xiwen's sharp bladeqi was also stinging on his cheeks.
Ye Xiwen did not stop here and again chopped down his long blade. The current strength
present in his blade had almost increased by more than half of what it used to be.
Two blades!
Three blades!
Four blades!
As Ye Xiwen's strength had increased several times, when his fourth blade chopped down,
the total power present in the attack had also increased several times.
"Bang!" Zhang Yuntian's long double-edged sword snapped
and Ye Xiwen's long blade had already come in front of him in a flash. However, Ye Xiwen
used the flat surface of his blade and advanced towards Zhang Yuntian to slap on his face.
"Bang!" The flat surface of Ye Xiwen's blade maliciously slapped on the face of Zhang
Yuntian and his body immediately flew off. His teeth had been smashed and he immediately
spit out a mouthful of blood.
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Chapter 47: Repercussions
Famous Zhang Yuntian had been sent flying by Ye Xiwen's blade.This result was simply
very shocking, especially for those Zhang junior disciples who had also come to see this
fight. They simply couldn't accept that Zhang Yuntian, who was like a deity in their eyes,
had been unable to block even a single blade attack from Ye Xiwen.
"Brother!" Zhang Yunfei was the first to react and ran up to his brother who was lying on
the ground.
Ye Xiwen looked coldly at Zhang Yunfei and said: "He is not dead, so quickly take him away
from here. Our Yi Yuan School is not a place where you Zhang people can just walk in and
boast about yourself. The next time you try to be provocative, it won't be settled this
easily."
"Go back!"
"Hurry up and get out of here, do you want to die Zhang bastards?"
"Get lost! Otherwise, we can be very rude!"
Yi Yuan School's disciples were booing nonstop. Yi Yuan School and Zhang family had not
been hostile towards each other for a period of mere one or two years. It was a long-lived
enmity and disciples of both the schools were used to hating each other, however, both
parties had similar strengths and therefore the end result was always a draw. This rivalry
had continued for a long time and would continue in the future as well. However, Zhang
Yunfei and his elder brother, Zhang Yuntian, had dared to provoke Yi Yuan School and both
of them had suffered a bitter defeat at the hands of Ye Xiwen, who was this year's champion
of Yi Yuan School. So, this would obviously cause the Zhang family to lose face.
Everyone could see that if it was not for Ye Xiwen being merciful, Zhang Yuntian would
have been torn to shreds by now.
The news about the fight between Ye Xiwen and Zhang Yuntian and the subsequent defeat
of Zhang Yuntian had soon spread throughout the Yi Yuan School. Initially, many people did
not trust the news, because, Ye Xiwen was only an inner sect disciple who had won this
year's championship. Although he had shown outstanding strength and had run amuck in
the competition, but he was still a rookie core disciple.
There was a possibility that he might have defeated Zhang Yunfei, because he was also the
champion of this year's competition at Zhang family and could be said on the same level as
Ye Xiwen. But, who was Zhang Yuntian? Even among the Zhang core disciples, he was
considered among the top five.
How could Ye Xiwen defeat such a powerful genius? This was a mystery for anyone who
had not seen this fight with their own eyes.
But this fight had many witnesses and they quickly spread the news. And when this news
had been confirmed by many credible sources, everyone had to admit that Ye Xiwen had
truly and flawlessly defeated Zhang Yuntian.
Ye Xiwen had finally gained a true fame in Yi Yuan School.
Although, he had won the competition then became a champion, but, after getting
promoted to the ranks of core disciples, his reputation as a champion didn't hold much
importance in the core sect. For inner sect and outer sect disciples, a champion's existence
was truly glorious, however, in the core sect, being a champion was not a big deal. After all,
the core sect consisted of the crowd from previous years' geniuses, which also included a
lot of previous champions.
However, Ye Xiwen's flawless victory over Zhang Yuntian
caused his reputation to rise exponentially. Now, his reputation inside the Yi Yuan School
was on par with that of the famous geniuses from core sect.
In the depths of Yi Yuan School, ancestor's palace hall was located. There, Ye Kongming was
sitting on the ground and was somewhat frowning. In the seat above, there was a middle-
aged man clad in purple robe, who seemed like an ordinary middle-aged man.
However, all the people from Yi Yuan School would know that this middle-aged man was
actually the Yi Yuan School's ancestor called Lin Zhantian. Hiding in the shadows, he held
the ultimate power of Yi Yuan School's ancestor.
"Ye Kongming, I didn't expect that Ye Xiwen will become so outstanding. The last time I saw
him two years ago, he was just an average disciple, but, who would have thought that in
such a short interval of time, he would change so much!" Lin Zhantian said with a sigh. "His
current strength is sufficient enough to put him among the top ten core disciples."
"This is not surprising. After all, he is that person's child!" Ye Kongming said with an
indifferent look on his face, as if it was something he had always expected.
When Ye Kongming mentioned that person, Lin Zhantian didn't say anything, he paused for
a bit then continued: "I finally broke through, and soon, I will head back to 'Main Sect ', but
here at Qingfeng Mountain side, I recommend you to become the next ancestor!"
"You already know that I'm not interested!" Ye Kongming said.
"I know that you are not interested, however, this is the place where we all grew up, and I
won't be at ease, if I were to hand it over to someone else!" Lin Zhantian said.
"Can I refuse?" Ye Kongming said in an indifferent manner.
"You can't!" Lin Zhantian said.
Like this, the two men continued to talk.
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"Ah, you brat, I had not expected that you would even defeat that Zhang Yuntian, ha ha,
now he won't be able to show his face in public." Ye Ruxue laughed and said.
"Fortunately!" Ye Xiwen said
"I'm back!" The door opened and Ye Feng entered while laughing heartily, "Little brother, I
heard about your fight with Zhang Yuntian, ha ha, you actually beat the shit out of him and
he couldn't even retaliate."
A tall and sturdy looking Ye Feng strode in! He was full of vigor and was clad in extravagant
clothes. Just now, he had returned from the back side of Qingfeng Mountain where he was
cultivating.
"This really helped me in venting my anger." Ye Feng laughed.
"What's wrong, do you have some old grudge with Zhang Yuntian?" Ye Xiwen asked.
Ye Feng smiled coldly and said: "Yes, we had fought in the Qingfeng Mountain forest once.
At that time, I had just been
promoted to the ranks of core disciples. When I found a very precious medicinal herb, that
bastard sneak attacked me and I almost died under his hidden weapon attack! "
At that time, his terrible Zhen Qi started to leak out involuntarily. Right now, he was
already at the peak of Houtian ninth stage and was only one step away from breaking
through to the Xiantian realm.
Ye Feng had stayed at the peak of Houtian eighth stage for several years, but, for the sake of
core disciples' competition this time and then to enter the 'Main Sect', the accumulated
cultivation of all those years released at once. That's why he was able to reach the peak of
Houtian ninth stage in such a short amount of time. This kind of practice was to consolidate
the cultivation state and to lay a very deep foundation in order to prepare for breaking
through to the Xiantian realm.
Thanks to this special cultivation style, Ye Feng had become much stronger than the other
masters of peak Houtian ninth stage.
"I was planning to teach that bastard a lesson in the upcoming core disciples competition,
but, little brother, you have already avenged me and it really saves me a lot of trouble!" Ye
Feng did
not need to pay attention to Zhang Yuntian because, now, his strength was far above Zhang
Yuntian.
"Gee, big brother, you haven't seen how third brother taught him a good lesson!" Ye Ruxue
said while smiling.
"Speaking of little brother, you ought to practice and quickly catch up with the younger,
and quickly reach the Houtian ninth stage, because then only you will be able to enter the
'head school'." Ye Feng said and scowled.
"I know!" Ye Ruxue was a happy go lucky type person and she knew how to handle her
strict brother.
However, her mind was never fully focused on practicing.
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Chapter 48: Core Disciples' Competition
Begins
Yi Yuan School's 'Main Sect' allowed entry to the masters of Houtian seventh stage or
above.However, in accordance with the standards of Yi Yuan School, only Houtian ninth
stage disciples could enter the outer sect and only Xiantian level disciples could enter the
inner sect. As for the disciples with the cultivation below Houtian ninth stage, they were
treated as part-time disciples. They were basically like the slave disciples and their status
was very low in the Yi Yuan School. Although the position of outer sect disciples was also
relatively low within the Yi Yuan School, however, they just needed to do a series of chores
and for that, they could receive some resources for cultivation. They would also get an
opportunity to attend lectures about cultivation and techniques.
In Qingfeng Mountain's Yi Yuan School, most disciples would choose to work under the Yi
Yuan School after they had broken through the Houtian ninth stage. Well, no one was
stupid enough to leave their own domain where they had lived and cultivated for all this
time.
"Come with me, I'll introduce you to the several fellow top disciples." Ye Feng said.
Ye Feng wanted Ye Xiwen to make contacts with the top players among the core disciples,
because, at his current strength and fame, Ye Xiwen could be ranked among the top core
disciples.
This term's core disciples only had three top disciples who were widely renowned in the Yi
Yuan School. They were Zhang Yang, Qian Wanru and Wu Hao.
The strongest among them was Zhang Yang, with his strength similar to Ye Feng, who was
also a master of peak Houtian ninth stage. He was a tall and study looking young man.
Qian Wanru was a beautiful woman with a colourful flower-like appearance. However, her
cultivation was only at the late Houtian ninth stage.
Wu Hao was a tall slim young man. His cultivation was the same as Qian Wanru, the late
Houtian ninth stage.
Including Ye Feng, there were only four top core disciples in Yi Yuan School. Other core
disciples were not strong enough to be considered among the top. However, the Zhang
family
already had five famous disciples and in addition to that, this year, two more disciples had
also reached the late Houtian ninth stage and had entered the ranks of top disciples.
For the core disciples' competition, Zhang family had an overwhelming numerical
advantage. And thanks to this, Zhang family was planning to snatch all the Blood Yuan
fruits for themselves by overwhelming the Yi Yuan School.
However, Yi Yuan School, including Ye Xiwen, had only five, which was far from enough.
The good thing about being a top core disciple was that one could enjoy many resources
provided by the School.
Now, Ye Xiwen had also joined this small group of geniuses, and all of them carried the
hopes of Yi Yuan School. Yi Yuan School was planning to rely on this small group to beat the
Zhang family geniuses in the upcoming competition at the Blood Yuan Territory.
Day after day, time passed by. In this duration, Ye Xiwen also got used to his new status of
one of the top core disciples and finally, the day of the beginning of Core disciples'
competition
had arrived.
On this day, the core disciples had been called to the top of the square. This was a broad
plaza and compared to its huge size, a group of mere hundred core disciples looked too
small and insignificant.
Ye Xiwen and others did not have to wait for too long, and soon, two elders appeared in
front of them. One of these elders was fat and the other was thin.
When the core disciples saw the two of them, they immediately knew who they were. Ye
Xiwen also knew that they were the well-known fat and thin elders of Yi Yuan School.
Because the fat and thin attributes of these two elders were too obvious, and in addition to
that, these two had always accompanied each other from the time they had become the
elders of this school. In fact, over time, many people had even forgotten their real names,
and would directly call them fat and thin elders.
"This time's squad for the core disciples' competition is again a line-up of losers!" The fat
elder said in a straightforward manner.
"I won't talk about the rest of the crap. Let's come to the point." The fat elder's face looked
serious and he said in a cold voice, "The place where the competition is going to take place
is called Blood Yuan Territory. I think you already know where it is located! Countless
people from our Yi Yuan School have died there. I just hope that many of you will come
back alive, so, I ask again, whoever wants to quit, quit now! "
After hearing the words of fat elder, more than forty core disciples opted-out. However, no
one made fun of them, after all this was going to be a trip to the hell. Inside the Blood Yuan
Territory, although, the benefits were many, and if one could survive there then he would
definitely reap a lot of benefits.
But, the reality was much crueler than they had expected because many experts had died
inside the Blood Yuan Territory earlier, including some Xiantian masters as well.
The core disciples who opted out were mostly the masters of Houtian eighth stage and
their strength was obviously poor compared to other masters of Houtian ninth stage. There
could never expect to get good grades, and there was also a chance of getting killed. So,
their only option was to give up now when they still had a chance.
In this session, the newly promoted core disciples were only Ye Xiwen and Dongfang Bai.
Ye Xiwen noticed that Dongfang
Bai seemed to be looking forward to this competition and was also full of energy. From the
looks of it, it was obvious that the injury he had received from Zhang Yunfei's hidden
poison needle had already healed.
"Each of you participants will receive a Yaopai which will record points for you through the
competition. Killing a demon beast of eighth stage will reward 10 points, a ninth stage
demon beast will reward 50 points, and a Xiantian level demon beast will reward 1000
points. Also, we have also kept 15 tokens in the Blood Yuan Territory which can be of three
different colors; red, yellow and green, each corresponding to a score of 100, 500
and 1000!" At this time, the thin elder further explained, "Also, whatever treasures you find
there will be converted into points and only the top three disciples, ranked according to
their total points, will receive the Blood Yuan fruit as a reward!"
'Yaopai' is basically the plate which will record points The news immediately shocked the
core disciples. Blood Yuan fruit would be given as reward? They did not know that this was
the result of an agreement between the two forces, however, Ye Xiwen knew about this in
advance and was relatively calm.
But, this was the Blood Yuan fruit! Even the Xiantian realm
masters would consider it a top-class treasure and could have a breakthrough if consumed.
Everyone started to pity the disciples who had already opted out!
"But, if you were defeated, or killed, then the score will correspond to a total of that
person's accumulated points and will be instantly transferred to the one who defeated you,
so you must be very careful! I hope that some of you will come back alive." The fat elder
said with a sigh because even he didn't know how many would die in the Blood Yuan
Territory, but if they survived through this, then they would undoubtedly become an
outstanding expert.
Ye Xiwen was speechless! The rule actually encouraged killing each other. There were a lot
of scoring methods, like, one could kill the demon beasts, or, one could collect treasure
items to score points, however, none of these were quicker than killing someone and
obtaining his accumulated points. No matter how much points a person had earned, it
could all be transferred to his killer in an instant.
The world of core disciples was really a cruel one, filled with brutality and killing.
Compared to core sect disciples, the lives of the inner sect and outer sect disciples were
much easier, although, they couldn't obtain many resources to practice, but they were
relatively well protected.
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Chapter 49: Agility Skill Test
The core disciples looked calm and collected, especially those several top disciples. It was
obvious that they had already prepared themselves for the coming competition.
This time, the core disciples' competition at Blood Yuan Territory would not be simple. It
was a small territory filled with demon beasts and they also needed to be wary of the Zhang
disciples, and especially their top core disciples, because handling them would not be easy
even for the top core disciples of Yi Yuan School.
However, if this competition was not difficult or life threatening then why would they give
three Blood Yuan fruits as the reward.
Blood Yuan fruit was something even the experts of Xiantian realm dreamt of!
Then, the two elders led Yi Yuan School's core disciples and headed towards the backside of
Qingfeng Mountain. Since everyone had practiced agility type martial arts, all of them were
very fast, and only after about half an hour had passed,
they entered the depths of Qingfeng Mountain. The two elders unleashed a terrible aura
that surrounded the squad of core disciples and because of that, the demon beasts did not
dare to approach them.
This allowed them to smoothly travel to precipitous mountain peak. They were surprised
to find that this mountain peak was so high, that it seemed as if it was reaching the ends of
the sky, and there was also an abnormal steep mountainside which was completely
submerged in the sea of clouds.
At the foot of that mountain, there were small steps which could accommodate more than
one person at the same time.
The steps were circling around like a mountain road, going all the way to the summit.
In a while, the people of Zhang family also came, led by two Zhang elders. One was tall and
other was short with their faces looked cold and skinny. This contrast they made with the
fat and slim elders of Yi Yuan School was quite hilarious. However, none of these elders was
someone one could laugh at.
Behind the two elders, there was a group of dozens of Zhang's elite disciples, led by seven
young people. Just from looking at them, one could say that they were all very arrogant and
possessed a very imposing aura.
From the whispers of the Yi Yuan School' disciples, Ye Xiwen finally got to know that these
seven young men were actually this term's top players of Zhang core disciples. The
strongest of them were Zhang Jingxin, Zhang Wu and Zhang Yuelian. All of them were at the
peak of Houtian ninth stage and were only a step away from entering the Xiantian realm.
While the remaining four top disciples were Zhang Yuntian, Zhang Wenxiao, Zhang Ziqiu
and Zhang Guoqi who were at the late Houtian ninth stage. Their imposing aura had
completely overwhelmed the Yi Yuan School's core disciples. Yi Yuan School's top players,
who had become quite famous this year, were only three. Ye Feng had joined later and Ye
Xiwen had suddenly popped out recently. However, even after adding both Ye Feng and Ye
Xiwen, numerically, Yi Yuan School was still at a disadvantage.
Yi Yuan School's core disciples looked at the top disciples of Zhang family and Zhang core
disciples also looked at Yi Yuan School's top disciples. Everyone was aware of the fact that
the result of this competition would completely depend on these top 12 players.
Ye Xiwen soon felt a stare from two pairs of pernicious eyes, looking at him with pure
killing intent. He immediately
retraced the stares with his own stare and saw Zhang Yunfei and Zhang Yuntian.
"Now that they've also arrived, let's get started!" The fat elder said.
It seemed that the four elders of Xiantian had a previous agreement. They quickly jumped
up and suddenly, their figures rushed towards the mountain road and disappeared in front
of everyone
In a flash, the four Xiantian level elders had disappeared.
Several top disciples from both schools didn't wait even for a moment and jumped out
immediately, following after the elders.
With their figures like the lightning flash, they had instantly skimmed on the mountain
road.
Seeing that these talented disciples had already skimmed out without wasting any time,
quickly, other core disciples also followed up, but unfortunately, they were already far
behind in this race which had ironically just begun.
The race had quickly turned into a stampede of disciples due to sudden disappearance of
elders and top disciples. In this crowd, the four elders of Xiantian level were the fastest, and
almost like a lightning, they had disappeared on the mountain road. Next were the Ye Feng
and other top disciples of Yi Yuan School and Zhang family which together made the first
group.
Right behind the first group was the group which mainly consisted of 30 Houtian ninth
stage disciples, although they were not the top players, but, they had certainly reached the
Houtian ninth stage so their speeds were slightly lower than the top disciples.
Next was the group of Houtian eighth stage disciples, but, there was a whole one stage gap
between them the group of Houtian ninth stage so their speeds were much lower in
comparison.
When everyone had already left, Ye Xiwen finally started and leapt towards the mountain
road.
Ye Xiwen's figure was as fast as the lightning. He immediately unleashed the "Celestial
Step", and within two or three breaths, his feet had already embarked on the road.
Ye Xiwen's appearance looked elegant and unrestrained, as if
he was taking a stroll. His figure flicked on above the mountain road and with each flash, it
would emerge ten meters ahead, which clearly displayed his astonishing speed.
"Celestial Step" was a superior agility type technique and its applications were totally
incomparable. It was much more elegant and unconventional compared to other agility
type techniques.
It seemed as if a celestial being was strolling at an astonishing speed.
Within a few minutes, Ye Xiwen had already caught up with the last bunch of disciples in
the race, who were far ahead of him initially.
The bunch consisted of Houtian eighth stage disciples from Zhang family.
Most of these disciples did not know agility type martial arts.
Even if some of them did know, their agility type martial arts were nothing compared to the
Xiantian level 'Celestial Step'.
Also, Ye Xiwen had practiced it to a 'Dacheng' level in 'Special Space'.
Almost in a flash, relying on the incredible speed of "Celestial Step", Ye Xiwen overtook
those disciples. They could not even react because all they saw was a shadow that flew over
them for an instant, then disappeared!
Now, Ye Xiwen also understood that all of this was to test the agility skill of each and every
individual. Generally, if understanding of the agility skill was profound, then one could
achieve greater speeds and then, this race would become a child's play.
"Holy crap! Who is this person?" The Zhang disciples could only see Ye Xiwen's back from
very far and did not recognize who he was. In a flash, Ye Xiwen had disappeared in front of
them.
Seeing that Ye Xiwen had so effortlessly overtaken them in the race, those Zhang disciples
felt depressed. Because, no matter how much they tried, they still couldn't catch up with Ye
Xiwen and this had caused even the glorious masters of Houtian eighth stage to get
depressed. They held high status in Zhang family as the eighth stage core disciples, but
right now, almost all of these Zhang super experts were depressed.
But they were not the only ones who were depressed. When Ye Xiwen started using the full
extent of 'Celestial Step' and adding his own monstrous strength, he got insanely faster! His
figure simply turned into a blur and he rushed up the mountain path leaving many of the Yi
Yuan School and Zhang family disciples behind.
They could only give dumbfounded looks to the blurred figure of Ye Xiwen, who, in a flash,
had disappeared from their eyes.
Except for secretly getting envious and angry, they could not do anything and their only
option was to keep on running.
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Chapter 50: It's Actually Him?
Ye Xiwen's speed was extremely fast and his manoeuvers looked so elegant, it seemed as if
a celestial being was taking a stroll through the mountains. He had already overtaken the
third and fourth groups of Houtian eighth stage disciples.
His speed was getting faster and faster, and in a moment, the second group came into his
field of view. This group consisted of Houtian ninth stage disciples.
Those disciples in the second group, who were running with all their might, trying to catch
up with the first group, suddenly heard a burst of rapid footsteps from behind. When they
turned to look, they were surprised to find that Ye Xiwen was catching up with them at an
astonishing speed.
But, before they could get some time to comprehend what was happening, Ye Xiwen's
figure quickly shuttled across them at an insane speed. The crowd had a stunned look on
their faces as they saw Ye Xiwen's blurred figure slowly disappear right in front of their
eyes.
There was no doubt that these people were elite among the
elites and their agility skill techniques were also practiced to a higher level. Most of them
had practiced their agility techniques up to the 'Xiaocheng' realm. However, in the face of
the mind-boggling speed displayed by Ye Xiwen, it seemed as if they had not moved at all.
They simply couldn't react and before they could, Ye Xiwen had already overtaken the
second group and had completely disappeared from their sights. After that, Ye Xiwen began
to chase after the first group, unhurried, while displaying a rhythmic elegant motion.
Although it was too obvious that this was a test of agility skills, but there were no scores
involved in this test. So basically, there was no need to be impatient!
At this time, Ye Xiwen had run up to the middle of the mountainside which was wrapped
entirely by a dense fog and clouds. The visibility was so less that even the eyesight of a
skilled martial arts practitioner like Ye Xiwen was limited only to a distance of ten meters.
And, once someone got careless, they would definitely fall down, meeting a cruel death.
Also, even if it was a master of the Houtian ninth stage, the chances of his survival would be
zero.
Most people would choose to slow down in such a life-threatening situation, but Ye Xiwen
was not afraid of it.
Although, 'Celestial Step' was an agility technique and it also increased the speed of the
practitioner dramatically! But, it was best suited for small-scale manoeuvers like this. Also,
Ye Xiwen had practiced "Celestial Step" to the 'Dacheng' realm. So, how could he possibly
fall down?
After a few jumps, he reached the corner of the mountain and from there, he directly
jumped and drilled through the dense fog-shrouded mountainside area.
At this time, the first group was already faintly visible from the back, and the one running
on the very back of this group was surprisingly Zhang Yuntian, who had challenged Ye
Xiwen and lost pathetically.
Then the next were Yi Yuan School's Qian Wanru, Wu Hao and Zhang family's Zhang
Wenxiao, Zhang Ziqiu and Zhang Guoqi, all in a sequence. They were all keeping their paces
without slowing down or going faster. However, Zhang Yuntian had fallen behind them and
his movements were also not smooth. It was obvious that this was the impact of the
injuries he had got in his fight with Ye Xiwen.
Zhang Yuntian heard footsteps from behind and felt a little strange. He turned his head to
look but what he saw made him completely shocked: "It's actually you, Ye Xiwen!"
Earlier he had been paying attention to Ye Xiwen, but, just after the start of race, he had
discovered that Ye Xiwen had been left far behind and had simply disappeared. He didn't
care.Although he had personal hatred for Ye Xiwen, but right now, he just wanted to
concentrate on the race. Being one of the top core disciples from Zhang family, he had a
status to maintain. Also, Ye Xiwen was now one of the top disciples from Yi Yuan School
and he didn't want to cause problems right from the beginning of the exam.
But he would never have thought that Ye Xiwen would actually catch up with the first
group.
'How could he be so fast?' When Ye Xiwen came closer, Zhang Yuntian took a closer look at
his elegant manoeuvers and his heart was suddenly taken aback. He always thought that
the most impressive skill that Ye Xiwen possessed was his blade skill. From his perspective,
Ye Xiwen's blade skill was accurate, decisive, extremely gorgeous, and it could be said that
Ye Xiwen was the best blade user in the younger generation of both the schools.
But, he had not expected that Ye Xiwen's agility skill would also be so terrifying. He knew
that his own agility was an intermediate level technique which he had practiced to the
'Dacheng' level. And Ye Xiwen was not even a Houtian ninth stage master so how could he
possess such an astonishing speed.
By now, he had realized that his own speed was nowhere close to Ye Xiwen's speed, and
not just that, Ye Xiwen's agility skill was also superior to his own agility skill. However, he
knew very well that no matter how superior an agility skill actually was, it was still
necessary for the practitioner to practice it to a very profound level in order to attain this
level of astonishing speed.
While his mind was in a confused state, Ye Xiwen had already caught up with him. In a
flash, he had already reached the front part of the first group.
By this time, they all had been close to the top of the hill and Ye Xiwen was finally able to
see the figure of those several top disciples and running in the first place was unexpectedly
his elder brother, Ye Feng.
Ye Feng was leading the race, and it seemed as if he was flying up the mountain using his
extraordinary agility skills, followed
by the two disciples of Zhang family, Zhang Jingxin and Zhang Wu. Right behind them was
another disciple from Yi Yuan School, Zhang Yang, and finally at the last place was a disciple
of Zhang family, Zhang Yuelian.
Ye Feng suddenly rushed half a step and became the first person to reach the summit.
Four elders were standing at the summit, waiting for the arrival of disciples and from their
faces, it could be seen that they themselves were very curious to find out about the winner
of this race.
Seeing that the first one to arrive was Ye Feng, both fat and thin elders had a smile on their
faces. Apparently, they were quite satisfied with this outcome. However, the faces of the
two Zhang elders had a slightly sunken look.
Only a single step behind Ye Feng, the second person to arrive was Zhang Jingxin who had
only missed Ye Fang by half a body distance. Similarly, Zhang Wu also reached the summit
falling behind Zhang Jingxin by half a body distance and Zhang Yang got the fourth place.
And with this, Yi Yuan School's fame had also reached the summit. From the first group of
top disciples, only Zhang Yuelian did not come in. He was about to reach the summit with
few other disciples behind him, but suddenly, a figure like a lightning, instantly overtook
Zhang Yuelian and reached the summit.
"It's you!"
"Third Brother, you are awesome!"
......
This person was actually Ye Xiwen, and this had caused a lot of people to call out in alarm!
It was not because they had not noted him. It was because they had paid attention to him
from the very beginning. After he had defeated Zhang Yuntian, they had all got wary of his
existence and had also labelled him as a strong enemy. When the race had started, Ye
Xiwen had fallen behind and was literally the last person in the race. If he had started
running at the same time as others, then his rank would definitely not be fifth.
The complexion of the Zhang disciples was somewhat
unsightly. They all knew that if Ye Xiwen had not dawdled in the beginning of the race, then
going by his astonishing speed and agility skill, he would definitely have scored a first or
second rank in this race and then first two ranks might have gone to the Yi Yuan School.
However, no one continued to think this race matter for too long, since their main motive
was not a race but the competition at Blood Yuan Territory. Immediately, everyone began
to meditating to restore the Zhen Qi that had been consumed while running all the way up
to the summit.
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Chapter 51: Blood Yuan Territory
All the disciples had exhausted their Zhen Qi while dashing all the way up to the summit in
one go.However, Ye Xiwen face didn't seem fatigued at all since the Zhen Qi present in his
body was way more vigorous than the masters of the peak Houtian seventh stage, and the
reason for that was the widening of the meridians in his body.
Although, a large amount of his Zhen Qi had been consumed, but this consumption was still
far from the point where he would feel exhausted.
After Ye Xiwen's arrival, awhile later, other disciples had also arrived one by one.
All the disciples had arrived and were resting in order to recover the exhausted Zhen Qi.
When everyone was ready, the elders announced that they were going to open the Blood
Yuan Territory.
Four elders together summoned a sophisticated sealing method. This was something
everyone was waiting for. With a
"bang", the side of the cliff started to move just like a gate,
which slowly opened and a dazzling light came from behind the gate. No one could clearly
see anything behind the gate.
But, Ye Xiwen knew that there was a small world behind this cliff, and this little world was
connected to the main world through a constantly changing chaotic space.
"Good, Blood Yuan Territory has been opened! Everyone, quickly go in, but you must
remember that you have only a month's time, and within this one month's period, you must
go to the Fengye Mountain, which is located in the central regions of Blood Yuan Territory,
and then you must come back as well.
If you got lost and couldn't come out in the allotted one month's time, then in that case, the
next opening time is ten years later.
I hope everyone will keep this in mind!" The fat elder explained.
More than two hundred young experts immediately jumped off and flew into the gate.
Ye Xiwen's movements were definitely not slow and he shuttled into the gate. He crossed
through the distorted chaotic space and finally appeared inside the Blood Yuan Territory
and suddenly, he felt a divine Lingqi blowing on his face. This place was rich in divine
Lingqi compared to the outside world. If he were to practice here, then he could actually
have twice the
improvement with half the effort.
"No wonder this was the most central part of the rumours.
Those formidable sects establish the core sections of their sect stations in these
microcosms." Ye Xiwen said with a sigh. He had seen in some miscellanies that these
formidable sects placed the core section of their sects in these small worlds, and not only
were these small worlds rich in various resources, which also acted as the last means to
resist against the enemy. Those sects possessed supernatural powers and they would
install matrix methods in these small worlds. These matrix methods were controlled by the
ancestor of the sect and in the moment of an emergency, the ancestor would start the
matrix method instantly in order to avoid the enemy.
He glanced around inside the Blood Yuan Territory and actually saw a small world covered
with greenery in all directions. It was a beautiful new world that was small but filled with
plenty of Lingqi.
Since no one else was around, Ye Xiwen realized that when they had entered the gate, each
of them must have been transmitted to a different place inside the Blood Yuan Territory.
Ye Xiwen gawked for a moment, but he did not stop and
headed towards the central region of Blood Yuan Territory.
The curtain of night gradually descended and a bright moon light enveloped the earth
resembling a white blanket. It was illuminating the whole piece of land with white and
serene light.
Inside the dark and gloomy forest, occasionally, several streaks of moonlight projected
through the dense foliage on the ground which was fully covered of fallen leaves, forming
luminous spots on the ground and like this, only a few rays of moonlight were entering this
dark and gloomy forest.
Deep inside the forest, sometimes, faint roars of unknown beasts would spread, sending the
chills down the spine of anyone.
Ye Xiwen had been sauntering inside the Blood Yuan Territory for almost a day and sun
had finally set, but even with all of his efforts, he had not encountered a single valuable
target in this dark and gloomy forest. Although, it was a small world compared to the 'Zhen
Wu Jie' world, but the size of this world was absolutely not small.
A breeze gently caressed against his face and suddenly a rustling sound spread over from
all directions.
Ye Xiwen stopped and not far from him, there was a nearly two meters tall, more than three
meters long and dark purple coloured leopard quietly standing on the top of the tree
branch.
Its soft and smooth fur was reflecting the moonlight with a touch of dark and light colours.
Its limbs looked strong and full of explosive strength. Its sharp claws could easily tear off its
prey and it had a strong jaw from which it was exuding low and deep roars from time to
time. The sight of this demon beast in this moonlit dark night and gloomy forest could
easily scare any human.
The cold and sharp eyes were staring nonstop at Ye Xiwen. He had read many books on
demon beasts and after thinking a bit, he finally recognized that this demon beast was
called
'YouyingBao'. It was not just a speed type demon beast, but it also moved quietly like a
shadow and its dark purple colour worked as a camouflage in the night. On top of that, it
also possessed an enormous strength. All these traits made this
' Quiet Shadow Leopard' a very tough opponent.
'YouyingBao' means 'Quiet Shadow Leopard'
Considering its cultivation level, it was definitely a high-level demon beast. The adults of its
race could reach the peak of Houtian ninth stage, and some could even evolve into Xiantian
realm demon beasts. These beasts lived in the depths of 'Fengye Mountain'. Ye Xiwen
couldn't understand the reason why he encountered one at the edge of the mountain
forest!
Like a quiet and well-behaved kitten, Quiet Shadow Leopard gracefully jumped from the
tree and stepped on the ground covered with leaves. The scariest thing was its silent
movements.
Although Quiet Shadow Leopard was on a higher cultivation level compared to Ye Xiwen,
and the strength of a demon beast was greater than a human on the same cultivation level.
However, Ye Xiwen was also an anomaly and his strength couldn't be weighed against his
cultivation level.
Quiet Yingbao walked slowly in a big circle around Ye Xiwen and it seemed as if it was
trying to understand him. When it was behind him, suddenly the Quiet Shadow Leopard
roared and rushed towards Ye Xiwen. It opened its huge mouth displaying countless sharp
steel-like teeth shining in the moonlight and a stench blew on his face.
Quiet Shadow Leopard's movements were fast and its figure looked like a shadow, but Ye
Xiwen was well prepared. He had been paying attention to the movements of this beast and
he easily dodged the attack of Quiet Shadow Leopard. He instantly drew out his long blade
and reflexively chopped out with an incredible force towards the face of that Quiet Shadow
Leopard.
If his blade had struck its face then even if the other party was a tough demon beast, its
brain would have immediately burst out of its body.
However Quiet Shadow Leopard was clever and when it saw that the long blade coming
straight at its face, it immediately jumped several meters back. It was actually very fast and
after dodging the blade attack, it looked warily at Ye Xiwen.
"Boom!" with a loud noise, the long blade had punched a one foot long crack in the ground
and had also caused a microcosm in the surrounding area for a moment.
That 'Quiet Shadow Leopard' was looking warily at Ye Xiwen.
He had not expected him to be so monstrously strong. This extent of physical strength was
simply too terrifying, although Quiet Shadow Leopard was at the peak of Houtian ninth
stage, but it excelled at speed over strength, therefore it feared Ye
Xiwen's terrifying strength.
However, even if it feared Ye Xiwen's monstrous strength, it was not willing to leave,
constantly producing a deep whooshing sound. Ye Xiwen noticed that Quiet Shadow
Leopard actually knew who was stronger between the two of them, but it had still not left.
It was said that demon beasts were comparatively more intelligent than ordinary beasts.
And when they would face a stronger opponent, they would try to avoid fighting and prefer
to escape. Evidently, this was not necessarily the case this time.
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Chapter 52: If You Commit Suicide Then I Will
Leave Your Corpse Intact
Suddenly, the Quiet Shadow Leopard's shrill roar broke out, and with a faster pace than
earlier, it pounced and arrived in front of Ye Xiwen in a blink of an eye. Its speed was so fast
that it literally seemed as if a dark purple lightning had struck.
Ye Xiwen could even see its ghastly scarlet teeth in the moonlight, aiming to bite his neck
off.
Ye Xiwen didn't get enough time to think, and the long blade danced in his hands releasing
a terrifying Daoqi that instantly swept towards the Quiet Shadow Leopard who jumped
away to avoid the attack, but the Daoqi had already cut off a large wound on its body.
After getting injured, it seemed as if Quiet Shadow Leopard had become blood thirsty. It
once again ferociously leapt rising its sharp claws and it literally went flying towards Ye
Xiwen. If it had grabbed Ye Xiwen in its clutches, then even the body of an expert as strong
as him would get pierced right away.
Ye Xiwen crouched down to avoid its deadly attack and his
backhand blade attacked fiercely towards the Quiet Shadow Leopard's soft lower abdomen.
Ye Xiwen only felt a slight lag and his long blade's tip inserted into the abdomen of Quiet
Shadow Leopard and came directly out of its back with a lot of blood gushing out of its
body.
"Roar!" Quiet Shadow Leopard gave out a shrill cry.
Without the slightest hesitation, Ye Xiwen gave a backhand twist to his blade and the Zhen
Qi attached to his long blade instantly exploded. In an instant, the Quiet Shadow Leopard's
internal organs had been destroyed and looked similar to a pile of mud.
Quiet Shadow Leopard roared twice and after struggling for a while, it finally died. Ye
Xiwen kicked its dead body to the side while taking his blade out of his body.
This Blood Yuan Territory was not similar to the outside world. Even the same demon
beasts here were more powerful and fiercer compared to their counterparts in the outside
world.
Quiet Shadow Leopards were a rare sight in the outside world, however, they were present
in abundance here in Blood Yuan Territory. The formation of such a small world, according
to an old legend, occurred from the broken fragments of space left behind after the fight
between ancient experts. The ability of these ancient people was not something Ye Xiwen
could comprehend.
In addition to this small world, there were also some secondary planes, with unusual
conditions. There were some with extremely cold environment, others filled with volcanic
rocks, and each had different kinds of strange life forms existing inside. Legends about
them were mentioned in the miscellany but the information it contained was very
ambiguous.
In a blink of an eye, three days had passed, and Ye Xiwen had covered a long distance in the
direction of central region of Fengye Mountain.
Fengye Mountain, in the entire Blood Yuan Territory, was very prominent because it was
the highest mountain in the Blood Yuan Territory covered with crimson coloured maple
trees. Their peak was so high that theybillowed into the clouds.
Fengye Mountain was the goal of Ye Xiwen, because it was the place where Blood Yuan fruit
could be found.
As long as he followed into the direction of Fengye Mountain, he would not get lost.
However, during these three days, it could be said that he did not a have single moment of
peace.
Demon beasts were present everywhere in the Blood Yuan Territory and the weakest
among them had already reached the Houtian fifth stage. There were no weak demon
beasts present inside the Blood Yuan Territory and whether it was day or night, he had to
be careful of the surprise attacks from these demon beasts, which was quite bothersome
for him.
But Ye Xiwen slowly adapted to this rhythm, after all, he had roamed a lot in the backside of
Qingfeng Mountain forest which was also filled with demon beasts.
During these three days, Ye Xiwen had beheaded more than a dozen Houtian ninth stage
demon beasts and had also found some very precious herbs. It could be said that he had
already made a lot of money on this trip.
The points of Ye Xiwen's Yaopai had quickly reached 1000
points, but Ye Xiwen felt that this was not enough, in fact, it was far from enough! What he
desired was the Blood Yuan fruit because it was a treasure that even Xiantian realm
masters would drool over. If he succeeded in obtaining one, then it would be very beneficial
towards his future practice.
"Ha haha, it took me three days to find you and I finally find you! Ye Xiwen, if you commit
suicide then I'll leave your dead body intact!" Suddenly, a rampant laughter came from the
horizon.
A figure grazed over the tree tops, and in a while, it had come in front of Ye Xiwen.
It was actually Zhang Yuntian. There was a murderous look on his face when he was
looking at Ye Xiwen, as if wishing to kill him right now. He was one of the top disciples
among the Zhang core disciples, and when he received such a disgrace, it was far worse
than getting killed. Although, Ye Xiwen had showed him mercy, but in his view, he had
actually been humiliated. It was the greatest shame in his life, and the only way to wash this
shame off his body was to kill Ye Xiwen.
"It's you!" Ye Xiwen said while pulling out the long blade from the scabbard tied to his back.
"Ye Xiwen, a few days ago, you humiliated me in front of everyone, my hatred towards you
is absolutely irreconcilable.
Today is the day of your death, however, if you commit suicide then I'll leave your dead
body intact." Zhang Yuntian laughed and said.
"I see, it seems you have gone deranged. That day, in front of a large crowd, I had showed
you mercy, but, do you think now you can have such luck?" Ye Xiwen said while sneering
again and again. "Today, I'll slaughter you without showing any mercy."
Zhang Yuntian's complexion suddenly turned red just like a monkey's ass. Ye Xiwen words
had deeply hurt his pride.
"Do you think I have come alone today? Since you refuse to commit suicide, then I will kill
you first then feed you to the demon beasts." Zhang Yuntian gritted his teeth and said.
Not far from Zhang Yuntian, five or six figures suddenly emerged and soon arrived in front
of Ye Xiwen.
Ye Xiwen quickly recognized them. In addition to Zhang Yuntian's brother Zhang Yunfei,
second ranked top disciple, Zhang Wu, had also come along with Zhang Ziqiu, who was also
one of the top core disciples. In total, seven core disciples, including three top figures, had
just now appeared in front of Ye Xiwen.
Other four were also the masters of Houtian ninth stage, although not at the top level like
the other three, but they were still extremely powerful.
In order to kill Ye Xiwen, Zhang Yuntian had gathered a lot of strong masters.
"Ye Xiwen, you will die today. First, I will cripple you and feed you to the demon beasts.
Then I will watch while you are bitten to death!" Zhang Yunfei said with a cruel look on his
face. After getting defeated by Ye Xiwen, the two brothers had been unable to lift their
heads in front of other members of the Zhang family.
His heart was filled with extreme hate towards Ye Xiwen and he just wanted to tear him to
shreds and torture him in the most vicious ways possible before killing him. All of this just
to eliminate the hate inside of his heart and to wash off the shame Ye Xiwen had imposed
on him.
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Chapter 53: Killed Instead
"Ye Xiwen, you will die today. First, I will cripple you and feed you to the demon beasts.
Then I will watch while you are bitten to death!" Zhang Yunfei said with a cruel look on his
face.
The other Zhang disciples also had a cruel look on their faces.
There always was an enmity between Yi Yuan School and Zhang family, although, they
maintained a calm and tranquil look on their faces in front of Yi Yuan School's people but
that was on the surface only.
Ye Xiwen was undoubtedly the newly emerging genius of Yi Yuan School and suppressing a
talent before it had fully grown was the most effective way to eliminate a future threat.
Therefore, they had readily accepted Zhang Yuntian's idea to gang up on Ye Xiwen.
"You will?" Ye Xiwen sneered and said, "Gee, if so many experts died at once then it would
severely weaken the Zhang family."
"Everyone, kill this insolent fool, but first, I want him crippled!" Zhang Yuntian roared with
a fierce expression on his
face.
Several Houtian ninth stage disciples of Zhang family rushed together towards Ye Xiwen
with all kinds of martial arts blooming in their hands. Although they were young, but they
still were the masters of Houtian ninth stage so how could their attacks be so simple.
Various colourful bursts of Zhen Qi exploded together in the air and a terrifying shock wave
rushed towards Ye Xiwen.
"Clang!" Ye Xiwen instantly unsheathed his long blade which was blooming with dazzling
light. The long blade directly cut straight through the air towards the arriving shock wave.
"Boom!" Accompanied with a loud air explosion, Ye Xiwen's long blade completely cut off
all their attacks. Ye Xiwen' blade instantly drew nine blade shadows which spread in the
sky like a curtain of blades and enveloped a Zhang disciple.
"Bold, you are courting death!" Zhang Wu suddenly got furious and gave out a loud shout
and suddenly shot a spear with a high degree of proficiency. The spear was covered in a
terrifying Spearqi and it flew straight towards Ye Xiwen at an
astonishing speed. If it had hit Ye Xiwen, then it would have directly pierced right through
him taking his life right away.
Even after being attacked by a menacing Zhang Wu, Ye Xiwen's berserk mode did not stop,
in fact, it actually got worse.
With a rumbling thundering sound, his long blade slashed straight towards a Zhang disciple
of Houtian ninth stage and instantly bisected him.
This was the terrifying 'new moon beheader' and its trademark trait was that it would
instantly cover all the escape routes and leave nowhere for the target to run. The only
option left would be to face Ye Xiwen's terrifying long blade head on.
Ye Xiwen pulled back his long blade splashing the blood drops on it and instantly attacked
towards Zhang Wu's spear.
At this time, Zhang Wu's spear had already arrived in front of Ye Xiwen and was about to
pierce his body.
"Dang!" A loud metal clashing sound spread all over and Ye Xiwen's long blade easily
deflected Zhang Wu's spear.
"Ah!" Ye Xiwen had beheaded a Zhang disciple and this had made Zhang Wu very furious.
He shouted in a voice filled with anger, "Today, even if the great king of immortals was to
descend to this place, he would not be able to save you. I will give you a miserable death!"
"You want to kill me? Today, I will decide whether you people are going to live or die!" Ye
Xiwen screamed and the long blade in his hands shone brightly like a star. An endless
amount of Zhen Qi burst forth causing a terrifying air explosion.
"Missing moon beheader!" Ye Xiwen roared and his long blade instantly chopped out
towards Zhang Wu like a falling meteor.
"Boom!" Zhang Wu shot a terrifying Spearqi towards Ye Xiwen.
"Again!" Ye Xiwen's second blade chopped out almost instantly without any stagnation
between the two strikes.
"Boom!" With a loud explosion sound, the long bade struck on Zhang Wu's spear and he felt
that his hands had gone numb. Ye Xiwen's strength was so terrifying that his blade strike
could even explode a mountain. If Zhang Wu was not at the peak of
Houtian ninth stage, with his strength already approaching the strength of 99 Tigers, then
this blade strike was strong enough to send him flying.
Zhang Wu eyes were filled with an inconceivable look because this scene was simply
unimaginable. How could Ye Xiwen, who had not even reached the Houtian ninth stage,
actually block his offensive spear attacks and what kind of terrifying strength did he
possess in order to repel the attacks from a master of peak Houtian ninth stage.
"Third blade!"
The third blade was even more terrifyingly powerful, but at this time, other Zhang disciples
finally reacted and rushed over towards Ye Xiwen, all at once.
Ye Xiwen's blade instantly changed direction and chopped off towards Zhang Yunfei. Zhang
Yunfei was considered the fastest among the Houtian eighth stage disciples and wanted to
torture Ye Xiwen to death. When he saw that Ye Xiwen was busy fighting with Zhang Wu,
he had suddenly thought of this as an opportunity and had rushed up for a sneak attack.
"Idiot, do you think I couldn't kill you last time?" Ye Xiwen shouted and his long knife
completely turned directly towards Zhang Yunfei and chopped off.
This strike was lighting fast and immediately chopped down.
"Don't!" Zhang Yuntian's eyes turned red and he exhaled loudly, however, there was no
way to save Zhang Yunfei because his fate had already been sealed.
"Puchi!" Zhang Yunfei was frightened when he saw Ye Xiwen's long blade advancing
towards him, but, he didn't get any time to react and was instantly split into two halves.
"No, little brother, Ye Xiwen, I am going to kill you!" Zhang Yuntian had suddenly gone
demented and rushed towards Ye Xiwen.
But how could he be Ye Xiwen's match. Ye Xiwen's long blade, like a brilliant meteor, flew
across the sky, while splitting the air and directly chopped down Zhang Yuntian into two
halves.
Those Zhang disciples could not believe their eyes. How was
this possible? In such a short period of time, three of their own had been killed by Ye
Xiwen, including Zhang Yuntian, who was one of the top core disciples and was quite
famous among the Zhang disciples. But he was still chopped down so easily by Ye Xiwen.
It was like a calamity to them who had come to kill but had been killed instead!
"Everyone, kill him, we absolutely cannot let him grow up!"
Zhang Ziqiu roared.
How old was Ye Xiwen? Not even twenty years old and he was already so terrifying. If he
was left to fully grow up, then how terrible he would turn out to be. Just thinking about had
sent chills down their spines.
Ye Xiwen was dressed in dark green clothes and his black hair was flying wildly. He was
carrying a long blade in his hand from which crimson blood was dripping constantly. He
had an ice-cold expression on his face which was very frightening, as if the demon god from
ancient times had come back to life to wreak havoc on everything.
However, before Zhang Ziqiu could finish what he was saying, Ye Xiwen's Daoqi had
chopped down and before he could even have a chance to react, this Daoqi had already
chopped him down into two halves.
"You have actually killed so many people from our Zhang family, you will die, because our
Zhang family will not let you off." A Houtian ninth stage disciple clamoured.
"Idiot, no matter how many of you Zhang people I kill here, your Zhang family will have no
way to trace it back to me.
Moreover, as long as I kill all of you, no one will know that I did it. It's a great idea, isn't it? I
dare you, try to run away. Let's see if you can outrun me." Ye Xiwen said and unleashed
'Celestial Step'. As if a celestial being had gone out on a stroll, elegant and effortlessly, he
had instantly rushed to the front of that disciple of the Houtian ninth stage and chopped
him into many pieces.
Ye Xiwen was extremely fast and his long blade seemed like the thunder itself. Within
seconds, he had completely beheaded rest of the Zhang disciples. Zhang Wu turned around
to escape and had taken only a few steps, however, was immediately overtaken by Ye
Xiwen. The terrifying long blade slashed right at him and he met his end quite fast.
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Chapter 54: A Mysterious Expert Appears
After all the Zhang disciples had been killed, Ye Xiwen seized their things. He gained a total
of thirty thousand low-grade spirit stones. Although they were not as rich as him, but in the
end, they still held the position of core disciples and this amount was enough to call them
rich. Also, Ye Xiwen was already rich enough to be compared to a Xiantian realm master.
Most importantly, the score on Ye Xiwen's 'Yaopai' had gone up to five thousand points.
Although, all this time, these people were looking for Ye Xiwen, but they had not forgotten
to accumulate points on the way and that was the reason why their total score was so high.
When Ye Xiwen killed them, their combined score got transferred to his 'Yaopai' and all of a
sudden, his accumulated points reached five thousand points.
When the points in his 'Yaopai' increased, he was reaffirmed that these rules were truly to
encourage mutual fighting.
After seizing their things, he didn't stay there for too long. He quickly fled into the forest
and disappeared.
--
In the forest, a group of seven or eight individuals were rapidly jumping from one tree to
another. All of them were the masters of Houtian ninth stage, including this year's strongest
top core disciple of Zhang family, named Zhang Jingxin, and the strongest female top
disciple, Zhang Yuelian.
The most surprising thing about this group was that it was not being led by Zhang Jingxin
or Zhang Yuelian either, but some other guy, a handsome youth who seemed to be in his
twenties.
"Brother Liu!" Zhang Jingxin said, "These Yi Yuan School disciples are very troublesome, so
we should just go and kill them all right now."
That youth surnamed Liu frowned then said: "Those Yi Yuan School disciples are dispersed
throughout the forest, finding and killing them one by one will take a lot of time. Moreover,
those Yi Yuan disciples don't pose much of a threat to my plans."
"It's obvious, Brother Liu's ability is invincible, but that Yi Yuan School's Ye Feng is said to
have entered half a step into the Xiantian realm and he can be considered as an extremely
tough
opponent. Also, his brother Ye Xiwen had easily defeated our core disciples and all those
who have seen him fighting say that his strength is unfathomable." Zhang Jingxin said.
"Don't worry, although he has entered half a step into the Xiantian realm, but he is still
nothing compared to me. When the time comes, killing him won't be so difficult." The youth
surnamed Liu impatiently said, "And, it doesn't matter, our main focus should be on
reaching the Fengye Mountain where Blood Yuan fruit trees are located. When the time
comes, we will obliterate anyone who comes in our way."
"In order to obtain a Blood Yuan fruit, you people and those core disciples from Yi Yuan
School have come to Blood Yuan Territory to participate in this core disciples' competition.
I am determined to win this competition and receive a Blood Yuan fruit, and when the time
comes, I will be able to break into the
' Zhen dao' realm. At that time, you people will also reap a lot of benefits." The youth
surnamed Liu said in a relaxed tone.
'Zhen dao' means 'the true way'
"Indeed, indeed, serving under Brother Liu is our greatest pleasure!" Zhang Jingxin hastily
said.
"But, you should not be too hasty. Wait for me to enter into the 'Zhen dao' realm, then
promoting all of you into the Xiantian realm will be a child's play." The youth surnamed Liu
said, "There's no need to hurry because there's still some time left for the Blood Yuan fruit
to fully mature. Whether Yi Yuan School disciples, or those demon beasts, they won't start
fighting for the fruit before it fully ripens. Once the time comes, we will attack and kill all of
them whether it's those Yi Yuan disciples or the demon beasts of Blood Yuan Territory.
Blood Yuan fruit won't go anywhere so we don't need to worry about it for now. I know
that Yi Yuan core disciples are hiding themselves and planning something. So, let's go and
enhance your strengths first and when the final battle starts, then you all can prove your
usefulness."
"Yes!" Zhang's disciples agreed in succession and looked very excited, after all, they would
be able to enhance their strengths so why wouldn't they be happy.
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There were innumerable giant trees present inside the Blood Yuan forest, covering the
entire range of sight with absolutely no end.
One could hear the sound of Apes eating and shaking the branches on these giant trees.
Several Silver-haired Violent Apes were issuing deafening roars. They had encircled a
human figure and were constantly attacking him.
These violent apes had enormous palms, resembling a big
' putuan' and could seriously injure a master of the Houtian seventh or eighth stage. Each of
these violent apes was already at the peak of Houtian ninth stage and adding their violent
nature, they were very terrifying.
'putuan' is a cushion or mat, much like futons used in Japan However, there was a reckless
young man standing in the middle of this group of violent apes and was constantly bearing
their attacks on his body.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
The big palms of these violent apes were ruthlessly hitting on this young man's body, and
he was uttering a stressed sound as if trying to bear the intense pain.
This young man was none other than Ye Xiwen. Since the killing of Zhang Yuntian and other
Zhang disciples, twenty days had already passed. In these twenty days, he had spent his
maximum time practicing his body and flesh by fighting with the demon beasts unarmed.
In the beginning, even though his body was surprisingly strong, but such a direct
confrontation with the violent apes had almost killed him. The punches of those violent
apes had seriously wounded him.
Although, Ye Xiwen could have used his true power by using his blade to easily kill all these
apes, but right now, he needed to exceed the limit of his body's strength. So, he was trying
to exercise his own body and flesh to an extreme state, and bearing the attacks from these
violent apes directly on his body was the best way to strengthen his body.
Fortunately, Ye Xiwen possessed a lot of medicinal pills. He had killed many core disciples,
and also that young lord named Luo Tian, who was also a Xiantian realm master. Ye Xiwen
had seized a variety of high quality medicinal pills and whenever he got wounded by
fighting unarmed with the violent apes, he would wildly use medicinal pills to heal his
injuries. He had continuously used those pills to heal himself and had trained nonstop for
the last two weeks.
With every injury that got cured, his body would become even stronger and the "Tyrants
Body Technique" would also progress a step. This technique was not only able to increase
the strength, the toughness of the body and flesh could be rapidly improved, and now, he
could easily kill a violent ape using just his hands.
Right now, those violent apes were constantly hitting Ye Xiwen's body with their big palms,
but their attacks couldn't even move him an inch.
"Ha!" Ye Xiwen gave out a loud shout and his palm slapped towards a violent ape and with
an explosion, it collided fiercely against its big palm.
"Rumble!" Nine echoes of Rushing thunder hand smacked that
had already come to the point of perfection. Being his first martial arts technique, he had
already mastered it to a state of perfection.
"Bang!"
"Kara!"
With a loud sound of fracture bone, Ye Xiwen had unexpectedly fractured the arm of a
violent ape in one move.
"Roar!" Violent ape bellowed, but, Ye Xiwen didn't stop and again slapped on the chest of
violent ape and this attack was fast that there was no way for the violent ape to dodge it.
His palm, wrapped in a snow-white Zhen Qi, smashed into the chest of a violent ape with an
incredible force and went right through its body.
A violent ape had been killed, and right at that moment, other violent apes severely slapped
their big hands on Ye Xiwen's body.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
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Chapter 55: Houtian Ninth Stage
The attacks of these Violent Apes left shallow blue bruises on Ye Xiwen's body, but within a
few breaths time, all of these bruises completely disappeared.
Ye Xiwen's body had become very formidable!
Ye Xiwen turned around 180 degrees and gave a solid punch to a violent ape, killing it
instantly.
One!
Two!
Three!
Four!
"Bang!" Ye Xiwen curled his fingers into a fist and punched out
violently which caused many air explosions.
"Bang!" A loud noise of explosions spread out and an endless amount of Zhen Qi burst out
everywhere in the surrounding.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Clang!" With the sound of unsheathing a blade, a foot long Daoqi emerged from Ye Xiwen's
palm!
Pick!
Stab!
Chop!
Cut!
......
A move after move, Ye Xiwen continued to use the blade skills using his palms instead of his
long blade. Each of his moves would kill a violent ape instantly, although, these violent apes
were at the Houtian ninth stage, but they still weren't his match.
Ye Xiwen estimated that their combat strengths should be in between Houtian and Xiantian
realms. They were the so-called
'half-step into Xiantian realm' type demon beasts.
Now, Ye Xiwen could have a breakthrough anytime and once he had a breakthrough, then
he would be able to easily compete with a Xiantian realm master.
The strength of his mortal body had already reached the strength of 99 Tigers that was the
peak level for a Houtian realm expert. And if he continued to temper his body with all kinds
of external forces, then his strength would finally reach the strength of a dragon.
This unceasing massacre by Ye Xiwen had finally angered the violent ape king. It was a
huge violent ape with its whole body covered with fiery red hair. There was a grim look on
its face and a pair of bloody red eyes was staring maliciously at Ye Xiwen. The violent ape
king punched out its gigantic fist and each fist produced layer upon layer of fire waves
rushing towards Ye Xiwen.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
Ye Xiwen gather the Qi into both his palms and directly shot up in the air causing a huge air
explosion accompanied with a sharp loud sound.
"Roar!" Violent ape king fiercely punched into Ye Xiwen's chest and he spat out a mouthful
of blood, however, right at that moment, he also gave a lightning-fast direct kick on its belly.
"Dang!" It felt as if Ye Xiwen had directly kicked on a steel plate. The violent ape king only
felt a momentary numbness in its body from the terrifying strength present in his kick, and
retreated a few steps.
This was not the first time he had fought with violent ape king. During the first fight, he had
nearly died at the hands of violent ape king because it was a demon beast that had entered
half a step into the Xiantian realm.
These types of demon beasts were terrifyingly strong and could be compared to a semi-
transformed Xiantian master.
Ye Xiwen truly felt how overpowering a Xiantian master's strength could be. Although he
had beheaded Luo Tian before, but he had already been wounded by Hua Menghan and was
extremely weak, otherwise, on that day, he would have died instead.
All this time, Ye Xiwen had just been playing around with this giant ape, training his body
externally at the same time. If he was just an ordinary master of peak Houtian ninth stage
then he would definitely have died at the hands of these violent apes.
However, the "Tyrants Body Technique" had showed its terrible power during this training.
Although, his body looked slim, but it actually contained an explosive power condensed
inside it.
Although, right now, Ye Xiwen was a lot weaker than violent ape king, but as long he didn't
receive a direct frontal attack from it, he could continue to heal his minor injuries by eating
the medicinal pills and like this he could keep on playing around with the violent ape king.
Initially, his punches and kicks almost had no effect on the violent ape king, and even if he
tried his best, he couldn't shake its huge body. But now, he had become stronger and could
easily push it several steps back.
In such a short interval of ten days, the progress in his body's strength was simply
unbelievable. The continuous process of getting beaten up and healing, again and again, to
rapidly increase the body strength had actually worked. And finally, he had reached the
critical point of Houtian eight stage and was only a step away from Houtian ninth stage.
Once he entered the Houtian ninth stage, he would be able to climb a step above his current
strength of 99 Tigers, and would finally acquire the strength of a dragon.
Ye Xiwen suddenly took out his long blade from the scabbard on his back, which released a
bright light and a Daoqi, shaped like a long blade, chopped out towards the violent ape king.
Violent ape king suddenly punched out fire waves towards Ye Xiwen, but these fire waves
were instantly chopped down by the Daoqi which then rushed forward and directly
collided into its huge fist. Ye Xiwen's blade attack was so fierce that it had actually cut out
deep wounds on its body. Even the bones were visible and the blood was constantly
flowing out of these wounds.
"Roar!" The violent ape king suddenly cried out in pain and its eyes looked even more
brutal. Numerous flames flared out from the gaping wounds on its body and the scene
resembled a volcanic eruption. The violent ape king had directly turned into a violent
flaming ape.
Flames burst out from the punch of violent ape king and rushed towards Ye Xiwen. But, he
calmly looked into the blood-red eyes of violent ape king, because, he sensed that its
movements had started to look very slow.
"Boom!" Suddenly, something exploded inside Ye Xiwen's body and he, who had not been
able to have a breakthrough for
a long time, finally had breakthrough.
"Tyrants Body Technique" suddenly started to revolve wildly inside his body.
The strength of ninety-nine Tigers started to gather at one point inside his body and
started to transform into an immense strength. His strength was no longer decentralized
and had started to unite together.
"Boom!" At this moment, "Tyrant Body Technique" finally broke through to the first layer of
the 'Xiaocheng' realm, and he finally acquired the strength of a dragon.
Ye Xiwen heard a faint voice of a Dragon within his body.
He fiercely opened his eyes, an imposing aura spread out and he threw a kick towards the
violent ape king.
"Bang!" Ye Xiwen, once again kicked the violent ape king, however this time, the terrifying
strength of a dragon present in his kick directly blasted away the violent ape king and it
tumbled down to one side.
However, he did not continue to chase after it to give the killing blow. Because, he sensed
that the Zhen Qi inside his body had begun to stir up and was constantly revolving around.
Ye Xiwen knew that he was about to have a breakthrough.
Ye Xiwen constantly condensed the Zhen Qi inside his body.
His body had already acquired a touch of Xiantian Zhen Qi, and at this moment, this early
experience had played a guiding role in transforming countless amount of Houtian Zhen Qi
into the Xiantian Zhen Qi.
He didn't know how much time had already passed. It seemed like many years had passed,
but also like only a few seconds had passed. After he had condensed the Zhen Qi, he felt that
10% of the Houtian Zhen Qi inside his body had fully transformed into Xiantian Zhen Qi.
"Boom!"
Ye Xiwen finally broke through to the Houtian ninth stage.
After breaking through to the Houtian ninth stage, Ye Xiwen suddenly laughed out and once
again looked towards the violent ape king with a glorious look in his eyes. His blade shined
brightly and ' Daoguang' rushed towards the mighty violent ape king and chopped it into
two halves.
'Daoguang' means 'Bladelight'
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Chapter 56: Towards The Fengye Mountain
Ye Xiwen was unbearably delighted in his heart, and why wouldn't he be - he finally
acquired the strength of a dragon, and one tenth of his Zhen Qi had already converted into
Xiantian Zhen Qi. He was confident that now, he could easily compete with a Xiantian
master.
Ye Xiwen had found Luo Tian's notes in his storage ring and learned from it that Xiantian
realm was also divided in nine stages and these stages depended on the amount of Zhen Qi
already transformed into Xiantian Zhen Qi. If 10% of Zhen Qi had transformed into Xiantian
Zhen Qi then the expert would break into the Xiantian first stage. If 20% of Zhen Qi had
transformed into Xiantian Zhen Qi then the expert would reach the peak of Xiantian first
stage. If 30% of Zhen Qi had transformed into Xiantian Zhen Qi then the expert would break
into the Xiantian second stage.
In other words, now that he possessed the strength of a dragon, and had also successfully
transformed 10% of his Zhen Qi into the Xiantian Zhen Qi, he could open up the world
bridge of Xiantian realm and then, he would be able to compete with a Xiantian first stage
master, though he would still lack the endurance of a Xiantian master. However, his
strength would definitely increase by leaps and bounds.
But this happiness was short-lived, because even if he could compete with a Xiantian
master, but he had not yet entered the Xiantian realm and there was still a long way to go.
Almost the whole month had passed with only ten days left.
Within this time, he needed to continue to increase his score, although he had already
gained a lot of points by killing those Zhang disciples, but he still felt that his score was not
enough to win a Blood Yuan fruit.
Now that his fighting power was comparable to that of a Xiantian master, it had become too
simple for him to earn points, because now, even the demon beasts of peak Houtian ninth
stage were simply not his match.
Days passed, Ye Xiwen beheaded many demon beasts on the way to Fengye Mountain and
his score also increased rapidly.
Five days later, his total accumulated points had gone over 10,000 points, and during this
period, he had also found a yellow token.
He didn't have an experience of this kind of competition and he didn't know if the score of
10,000 points was good enough or not. So, he had followed the rule of the more the better
and had continued to collect as much points as he could.
However, the time to exit the Blood Yuan Territory had almost arrived and Ye Xiwen
rushed towards the central region of Fengye Mountain. There, Blood Yuan fruit was about
to mature, and at that time, Blood Yuan Territory would open and the four elders would
come inside to reward the fruits to the top scorers.
There was no need to worry about someone picking up the Blood Yuan fruits in advance,
because, if it was picked by someone before it had fully matured, then it would lose all its
miraculous properties and become a useless fruit. Everyone, including Xiantian demon
beasts, knew about this fact and wouldn't touch it before it fully matured.
Those Xiantian level demon beasts possessed wisdom. In fact, it could be said that after
entering the Xiantian realm, demon beasts gained intelligence and wisdom. As these
Xiantian level demon beasts grew stronger, their wisdom also increased with their
strengths. These wise demon beasts were called 'True demon beasts' and the Houtian
realm demon beasts were nothing compared to them.
Even formidable demon beasts could change their appearance into that of a human, and
they belonged to the race named
Yaozu.
'Yaozu' means 'Demon race'
--
Near the Forest of Fengye Mountain, a group of dozens of Yi Yuan School disciples had
gathered. The group was being led by both Ye Feng and Zhang Yang in the direction of
central region of Fengye Mountain. According to the time informed by the elders, Blood
Yuan fruit was about to mature, and then they would also be able to get out of the Blood
Yuan Territory. In a blink of an eye, a month had already passed and it was enough to
gather all the Yi Yuan disciples together, and at the same time, also hunt for the points.
The sole purpose of this rule was to encourage the two sides to kill each other. After
entering this dimension, all the disciples had been scattered throughout the territory and
similar to Zhang family, Yi Yuan School disciples had also searched for each other and
gathered together, because staying alone and away from the main group could be life
threatening.
In the beginning, both sides had a lot of casualties. Both sides had killed a lot of strayed
disciples from the other side until Zhang family and Yi Yuan School disciples had gathered
their own disciples and formed their respective groups.
In addition to that, Xiantian demon beasts had almost disappeared from Blood Yuan
Territory. Every ten years, both schools would send a large number of Xiantian masters
into the Blood Yuan Territory and they had exterminated almost all of the Xiantian demon
beasts because these beasts required decades to reach the Xiantian realm. So, it could be
said that the Blood Yuan Territory didn't have any Xiantian demon beasts left, and even if
there were any, they were only a few in numbers. And this was the reason why Yi Yuan
School had finally agreed to the idea of Zhang family to send their core disciples together
inside the Blood Yuan Territory. If there were Xiantian demon beasts running amuck inside
the territory, then they certainly wouldn't send their core disciples to their deaths.
Also, Ye Feng had already entered half a step into the Xiantian realm and his presence had
helped in reducing the casualties to a minimum.
However, a lot of core disciples had died and the death count
was at least over fifteen disciples. All of they were the core disciples of Yi Yuan School and
losing even one could be considered a great loss for the School, but losing fifteen of them
was definitely a severe loss for the Yi Yuan School.
Of course, Zhang family had also lost a lot of their core disciples.
"This competition is now coming to an end." Ye Feng said,
"We will immediately go to Fengye Mountain and wait for two elders to arrive."
Although, they might encounter the Zhang crowd on the way to Fengye Mountain, but they
had no choice. The fight between the two sides was inevitable.
Moreover, they needed to hurry and reach there before those Zhang disciples could, so as
to stop them from getting their hands on the Blood Yuan fruit.
Everyone's face had lighted up because they were finally getting out of here. In this month,
their strengths had greatly improved. There was more than a dozen who were initially at
the peak of Houtian eighth stage and had broken through to the
Houtian ninth stage. For many disciples, the purpose of coming here had already been
achieved and they had also greatly honed their skills.
"But we need to be careful of those sneaky Zhang bastards." Ye Feng continued, "This
month, I have always felt that something's wrong. Except for the first few days of
skirmishes, it suddenly got so peaceful, this is not their style."
"You are right, but there are so many people in our group and all of their plots will be
totally useless against us." Zhang Yang said with a smile. Although, the fat elder had
commented that this year's group of core disciples was a line-up of losers, but that was not
the case.
Zhang Yang was confident that there were enough people in their squad to take care of
those Zhang disciples and as far as those top disciples were concerned, if he and Ye Feng
joined forces then they could easily take care of them.
So, Zhang Yang was not worried at all.
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Chapter 57: Zhang6e!
There were a lot of giant blood-red trees on top of the Fengye Mountain and a bunch of
nine mouth-watering red fruits could be seen hanging from one of those trees exuding a
very seductive aroma which was gradually spreading out in the surrounding area.
These were the precious Blood Yuan fruits found in Blood Yuan Territory.
Under those Blood Yuan fruit trees, there was a huge pile of corpses of demon beasts,
ranging from the Houtian ninth stage demon beasts to even half a step Xiantian demon
beasts.
Next to these corpses, two groups were confronting each other.
The group of Yi Yuan School disciples was being led by Ye Feng and Zhang Yang, while the
Zhang's group was being led by the mysterious youth surnamed Liu.
"You people are really mean! You actually plan to have sole
possession of all Blood Yuan fruits?" Zhang Yang said coldly while staring at the Zhang
disciples.
"Give up the idea because when our elders will arrive, you guys are really going to get it!"
"Let's beat these bastards to death!"
All the Yi Yuan School disciples were furious and started shouting.
Ye Feng narrowed his eyes but did not speak anything. He had led all the Yi Yuan School
disciples all the way up to here, and after arriving here, they had encountered a group
assault from a flock of demon beasts. They had faced a lot of difficulty in beheading all
those demon beasts, and right after this, these Zhang disciples had appeared to take away
all of the Blood Yuan fruits.
This matter had gone totally out of hand.
"If you are not willing to give up, then die!" Zhang Jingxin narrowed his eyes and said in a
cold voice.
"You will kill all of us? Then we will find you and send a punitive expedition to punish all of
you." A Yi Yuan School disciple got furious and said.
"Ha ha ha, punitive expedition to find us? For what reason?
You Yi Yuan School disciples were all killed and eaten by the demon beasts so why do we
have to be responsible for your deaths?" Zhang Guoqi laughed loudly and looked at the Yi
Yuan School disciples as if looking at dead people.
The complexion of the Yi Yuan School disciples suddenly paled. Was it possible that these
Zhang disciples had planned to kill them all and pretend that they had been massacred by
the demon beasts?
What if their Yi Yuan School could not produce strong evidence to prove what actually
happened?
"Since these disciples of Yi Yuan School are so stubborn, massacre them all!" The cloaked-
youth surnamed Liu said.
Zhang disciples did not hesitate to release bursts of murderous
aura. Ye Feng also jumped into the fight, but in just one month, the strength of these Zhang
disciples had improved a lot.
Ye Feng was relieved to see that three of the Zhang's seven top disciples were not present.
He could only see four of them and being half-a-step into the Xiantian realm, he could easily
handle four experts of peak Houtian ninth stage. However, he certainly did not know that
the other three had already been beheaded by Ye Xiwen.
However, Ye Feng was getting a bad intuition about that mysterious cloaked-youth. He was
having a dangerous feeling and this intuition of his had saved him many times in the past.
The youth surnamed Liu suddenly rushed out and Ye Feng actually saw that each of his
steps was creating a huge crack on the ground.
A terrifying imposing aura unleashed from the body of that mysterious youth and locked
firmly on Ye Feng.
"Xiantian, he is actually a Xiantian master!" Ye Feng was startled because being half a step
into the Xiantian realm, he very well understood how much terrifying a Xiantian master
could be.
For martial artists, the Xiantian realm was like the first step.
Houtian realm was like laying the foundation and becoming a Xiantian master was like
completing the first transformation.
A terrifying imposing aura had spread throughout the area and was completely
suppressing the morale of the crowd like a mountain itself and a normal human being
would definitely faint under such pressure. This was the coercion of a Xiantian master, and
those disciples could bear it only because they were considered elite among the elites and
possessed firm minds. For ordinary disciples, only a look from a Xiantian master was
enough to severely injure or kill them.
"Everybody run, wait for the arrival of our two elders, then we will settle things with
them!" Ye Feng shouted. He drew a long sword from his back and stood in front of everyone
to give them a chance to escape.
"Ha ha ha ha, do you think they can come in?" The youth surnamed Liu suddenly laughed
and said and looked at Ye Feng and other Yi Yuan disciples, as if watching a group of ants,
"This space has already been sealed from inside. Someone will come to your rescue? Stop
dreaming, ha ha ha ha! "
"What!" Yi Yuan School disciples felt a shock in their hearts.
The space had been sealed? It actually meant that Blood Yuan Territory had been locked
and no one would be able leave or come inside. They had been trapped inside to die.
"They go too far, everyone, let's fight with them!" A Yi Yuan School disciple roared.
"Yes, let's fight! We won't die like scapegoats!"
"Overconfident!Kill them all, don't leave even a single person alive!" The cloaked-youth
surnamed Liu said in a cold voice, however, his eyes were constantly staring above at the
matured Blood Yuan fruits.
His eyes were revealing a greedy look.
That youth surnamed Liu suddenly drew out his long blade and instantly chopped out a
terrifying coercion accompanied with a dazzling Daoguang which rushed towards Ye Feng.
The surrounding aura instantly condensed into a row of Daoqi which clustered together
into a roaring dragon and instantly flew towards Ye Feng.
Ye Feng struck his sword and the Jianqi erupted out of its tip containing even more power
than that of the peak Houtian ninth stage.
"Boom!"
A fierce collision occurred between the Daoqi and Jianqi in the air and caused a terrifying
blast which sent out a layer after layer of strong air waves in all directions. The power of
Daoqi released by the youth surnamed Liu didn't diminish and severely hit Ye Feng's body.
"Poof!" Ye Feng spat a mouthful of blood and his body was sent flying upside down.
"Overconfident!" The youth surnamed Liu said with disdain.
"Brother!" Ye Ruxue rushed out from the crowd and ran up to the side of her brother, Ye
Feng.
"Do it, kill all of them and leave no one alive!" Zhang Jingxin cruelly said.
Zhang disciples screamed loudly and rushed towards the Yi Yuan School disciples.
Suddenly, a loud piercing sound came out of nowhere and spread throughout the sky
together with a huge Daoqi which chopped out instantly towards the group of Zhang
disciples.
"Zhang family's bastards, die!" A loud voice thundered in the sky.
Several Zhang disciples tried to escape but couldn't and instantly got chopped down into
pieces.
"Who is it?" That youth surnamed Liu was the first to shout.
"It's me!" A figure could be seen from far, getting closer. The eyes of everyone were filled
with horror, because it was actually Ye Xiwen.
"It's actually you? How is this possible? You should not be ..."
Zhang Jingxin said with an unbelievable look on his face.
"It's quite unexpected, right?" Ye Xiwen sneered and said,
"Unfortunately, it didn't happen the way you had wished for because I have already
chopped down those several other Zhang losers you sent after me."
"How dare you!" Zhang Jingxin said in a shocked tone because they were not just one of the
ordinary core disciples. They were one of the top seven disciples of Zhang family, and out of
those seven top Zhang disciples, Ye Xiwen had already slaughtered three.
Zhang Jingxin immediately became furious.
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Chapter 58: Suppressing A Xiantian
Like the disciples of Yi Yuan School, the disciples of Zhang family, after practicing to a
certain extent, would also enter the Tianfeng Hall. Zhang family was itself considered a
high-level family in the Tianfeng hall and every year, a lot of Zhang disciples would enter
the Tianfeng Hall.
Like any place, Tianfeng Hall also had a very intense competition among the sects. Large
and small forces would always be competing each other. Zhang Jingxin was this year's
ringleader for Zhang family and in the future, this group would also be led by him. Ye Xiwen
had killed three important disciples from his future team, and by doing so, he had enraged
Zhang Jingxin.
With the sudden appearance of Ye Xiwen, the morale of Yi Yuan School disciples had
boosted up.
"F**k these bastards!"
"Kill!"
The morale of Yi Yuan School disciples had immediately mobilized.
"You are courting death!" The youth surnamed Liu said in a cold voice, "Attack!"
The Zhang disciples immediately rushed towards the Yi Yuan School disciples.
"Boom!" The two sides severely clashed against each other like the two mighty currents in
an ocean.
The eyes of the disciples from both sides had become bloody-red with killing intent.
"Boy, you are courting death!" Zhang Jingxin roared and rushed towards Ye Xiwen.
That youth surnamed Liu looked towards the Blood Yuan fruits on the hilltop and flew up
to snatch them.
But, how could Ye Xiwen allow him to succeed. He instantly
pursued after Liu, skimming up the hill, however right at this moment, Zhang Jingxin's
sword rushed over and stabbed towards Ye Xiwen.
"Get the f**k out of my way!" Ye Xiwen shouted. The
'Daoguang' horizontally chopped down a mighty Daoqi which swept away towards Zhang
Jingxin.
"Bang!" Zhang Jingxin'sJianqi was simply not powerful enough to even put a scratch on Ye
Xiwen's body. And just like Ye Feng was helpless in front of the youth surnamed Liu, he was
also in a similar situation and was definitely not a match for Ye Xiwen, who had already
condensed one tenth of his Zhen Qi into the Xiantian Zhen Qi.
The difference between the Xiantian and Houtian Zhen Qi was more qualitative than
quantitative. This meant that even a small amount of Xiantian Zhen Qi was strong enough
to beat a huge amount of Houtian Zhen Qi.
In addition to that, Ye Xiwen's strength was much better compared to Zhang Jingxin's
strength. So, when the long blade of Ye Xiwen chopped down, it directly deflected the
sword of Zhang Jingxin and sent him flying like a broken kite spitting a mouthful of blood
Ye Xiwen didn't even stop to look at Zhang Jingxin and continued to pursue after that youth
surnamed Liu.
"How dare you stop me?" The youth surnamed Liu furiously said.
Shabu!
The youth surnamed Liu turned back in a flash and chopped out his blade twice towards Ye
Xiwen.
Ye Xiwen instinctively used his long blade causing the Zhen Qi to burst out and a Daoqi
horizontally chopped out towards the youth surnamed Liu.
"Boom!" The two similarly tyrannical Daoqi met in mid-air and collided which caused a
terrifying blast.
"How is this possible?" The youth surnamed Liu people saw the Daoqi released by Ye
Xiwen's long blade and suddenly said in a surprised tone, "Impossible! How can you
possess Xiantian
Zhen Qi?"
As a master of the Xiantian, he could easily sense the Xiantian Zhen Qi. But, he could clearly
feel that Ye Xiwen was definitely not a Xiantian expert, but how could he possess such a
huge amount of condensed Xiantian Zhen Qi, when he was still a Houtian realm expert.
"Impossible?" Ye Xiwen sneered. With just an exchange of blows, he had already found out
the ins and outs of this youth surnamed Liu. Undoubtedly, he was a Xiantian master, but he
was still way weaker compared to Luo Tian. And most importantly, just from looking at his
Zhen Qi, Ye Xiwen had realized that Liu had just entered the Xiantian realm and had not
even transformed 10% of his Zhen Qi into the Xiantian Zhen Qi.
This was the biggest advantage for Ye Xiwen.
"You should worry about yourself first. You injured my brother, ordered an attack on the
disciples of my Yi Yuan School. For doing all this, I will take everything back from you with
interest!" Ye Xiwen screamed and attacked again.
Seeing that ridiculously powerful Liu had been completely pushed down by Ye Xiwen,
suddenly, the morale of Yi Yuan School disciples reached its pinnacle. They didn't fear
Zhang disciples, but they were scared of that powerful youth surnamed Liu, because, even
Ye Feng, the most powerful core disciple of Yi Yuan School, was not a match for this enemy
and had been easily defeated. This had made them feel insecure about their future, but
now, although they did not know how Ye Xiwen would resist a Xiantian master, but he had
already blocked an attack from Liu which was good news for them at that time.
The Yi Yuan School disciples understood that this was a battle of life and death and there
was no possibility of mutual compromise. They immediately rushed into the battlefield and
clashed against the Zhang disciples.
The youth surnamed Liu suddenly flew off the ground to dodge an attack from Ye Xiwen.
But, Ye Xiwen's blade skill had already reached the ultimate level and the speed of his blade
attack was so fast that it had instantly arrived in front of Liu.
Liu was very depressed! He was a dignified Xiantian master but he had been pressed down
by a master of the Houtian realm.
Yes! He had been completely suppressed by Ye Xiwen.
Because, Ye Xiwen actually had the power of a dragon which was not beneath the strength
of Liu, and Ye Xiwen had already transformed 10% of his Zhen Qi into Xiantian Zhen Qi,
that was also more compared to the extent of transformation achieved by that youth
surnamed Liu.
Liu was considered a genius in the Tianfeng hall, but today, he was getting suppressed by a
master of the Houtian realm. How could he accept this? He suddenly yelled out: "The
flaming blade!"
Suddenly, the Zhen Qi attached to his long blade instantly started to burn up, and from afar,
it looked like a flaming blade.
The flaming blade danced in the hands of the youth surnamed Liu. The burning air
produced sizzling noise and a terrifying heat wave rushed towards Ye Xiwen. The amount
of heat present in this flaming blade's heat wave attack was astonishing.
This astonishing heat wave instantly swept towards Ye Xiwen.
Ye Xiwen sneered again and again. He instantly chopped down his Daoqi in the sky, directly
towards the incoming heat
wave.
The terrifying Daoqi suddenly broke out, and the incredible pressure present in his Daoqi
instantly suppressed that astonishing heat wave.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
The two terrifying Xiantian Zhen Qi fiercely collided and caused an intense explosion.
During their confrontation, the youth surnamed Liu had been completely pressed down by
Ye Xiwen.
Ye Xiwen's blade chopped out non-stop, and instantly released nine blade shadows which
covered the sky in a curtain of countless blades which completely enveloped the youth
surnamed Liu.
"How could I, an invincible Xiantian master, be defeated by you?" The youth surnamed Liu
suddenly said in a frightened tone. He could not accept that he had actually been
completely suppressed by Ye Xiwen.
"Boom!" The youth surnamed Liu had no way left to escape, and could only wait for Ye
Xiwen's blade to arrive.
The terrifying strength of 'Missing moon beheader' exploded and had enlarged to a
frightening extent. The youth surnamed Liu was like a prey in the lion's den, waiting to get
mutilated.
In spite of that, Ye Xiwen once again chopped out a brilliant
' Daomang' towards the youth surnamed Liu.
'Daomang' means 'Blade's tip'
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Chapter 59: Beheading A Xiantian
Ye Xiwen’s blade had become even more terrifying when he had used the Xiantian Zhen Qi
along with his blade skills. Liu had just entered the Xiantian realm, but Ye Xiwen was not
even a Xiantian expert, then how could he use Xiantian Zhen Qi so easily. Liu was shocked,
because, compared to him, Ye Xiwen was more skilled at using the Xiantian Zhen Qi.
But Ye Xiwen also knew that he was not a Xiantian expert like Liu, and his ability to recover
the consumed Xiantian Zhen Qi was very slow compared to that of Liu. Even if he had
converted 10% of his Zhen Qi into the Xiantian Zhen Qi, but once exhausted, it would take a
lot of time to recover. So, he didn’t have the luxury of having a protracted fight with Liu.
But obviously, Liu knew that this was the only weakness of Ye Xiwen, so he made up his
mind to drag on this fight and keep on running until Ye Xiwen had fully exhausted his
Xiantian Zhen Qi. Regarding those Zhang disciples, he simply didn’t care whether they lived
or died. To him, they were nothing more than sacrificing pawns, and as long as he could
attain a Blood Yuan fruit, he wouldn’t feel a thing even if they were to die.
Ye Xiwen’s long blade released a tyrannical Daoqi and his
Xiantian Zhen Qi filled the air. He was not planning to drag this battle for too long and
wanted to finish it as soon as possible.
Ye Xiwen’s long blade was tyrannically powerful. Just from a look, it could be seen that Ye
Xiwen’s understanding of the blade skills was far superior to that of Liu, although, both of
them had practiced their blade skills to the same level. Ye Xiwen’s Daoqi was similar to a
storm and Liu’s Daoqi was like a flickering candle in the wind, which could extinguish any
moment.
“How can you be so strong?” The youth surnamed Liu said and he finally couldn’t maintain
the usual cold expression on his face and his complexion had turned pale. The existence of a
Houtian expert, who could actually have an upper hand while fighting a Xiantian master,
was something incomprehensible to him. He had never heard of such an incredible expert
before.
Ye Xiwen didn’t care why the other party was surprised, because he knew very well that he
didn’t have the luxury to waste anymore time. He needed to quickly finish this battle!
“Die!” Ye Xiwen chopped out an enlarged and extremely tyrannical ‘New moon beheader’
once again and nine blade shadows fully enveloped the youth surnamed Liu.
“How is this possible? I am Liu Zhi and I am considered as a genius! Like hell I would die in
such a damned place. One day, I would enter into the ‘Zhen dao’ realm and become
invincible!”
The youth surnamed Liu roared and his flaming blade chopped out.
“Boom!” The blade shadows clumped around Liu Zhi, and his movements were severely
constricted by the long blade of Ye Xiwen. Right then, Ye Xiwen’s eyes flashed because he
realized that this was the opportunity he was looking for.
Ye Xiwen had been waiting for an opening like this and it had finally appeared. He was
getting the upper hand and his plan was to take advantage of Liu’s constricted movements.
His blade chopped out and several blade shadows obscured the sky where each of these
blade shadows was false, but also real at the same time. He had practiced ‘New moon
beheader’ to the ‘Dacheng’
realm and that had turned this attack into an extremely devastating one.
This seemingly aimless and scattered blade attack had put Liu Zhi in a very difficult
situation.
“Dang!”
“Dang!”
“Dang!”
A loud metal clashing sound spread everywhere, accompanied by an air-explosion. The
area surrounding the two of them had become a forbidden death zone and none of the
other disciples had dared to go closer.
But they did not mind those two, because they themselves were busy in fighting with each
other, although, their fighting level was way below compared to the big fight of Liu Zhi and
Ye Xiwen, but they still were the core disciples of Houtian eighth or ninth stage, and were
fighting desperately in a life and death battle, where anyone could kill or get killed!
Ye Xiwen’s “Tyrant body technique” had also reached the first layer of the ‘Xiaocheng’
realm, not only had his strength successfully surpassed the strength of 99 Tigers, his body
had also become insanely tough causing even his gestures to possess a terrifying strength.
By practicing “Tyrant body technique”, one could attain the overbearing strength of a
tyrant, and even a single physical attack from the practitioner would be devastating for the
enemy. By practicing it, one could become overbearingly invincible. His blade skill was
already at the level of a sword overlord and he also possessed “Tyrant Body Technique”.
Having blade skills of sword overlord and body strength of a tyrant complemented each
other.
Ye Xiwen’s body was tougher compared to that of Liu Zhi.
Even his blade skill had reached an ultimate level and was better than Liu Zhi’s blade skill.
This had put Liu Zhi into an extremely difficult situation.
Everyone was watching this fight and was somewhat astonished. Ye Xiwen was so insanely
strong, that he had completely suppressed a Xiantian realm master, Liu Zhi, to such a
pathetic state.
Liu Zhi was extremely depressed! He never thought that a day like this would come in his
life, where he would be pressed down by a Houtian realm expert.
“Missing moon beheader, the first blade!” Ye Xiwen finally played his trump and his Daoqi
directly rushed towards Liu Zhi.
“Boom!” Liu Zhi’s terrifying Xiantian Zhen Qi merged with his blade, which turned into a
boundless Daoqi and swept across the blade.
“The second blade!” With a lightning speed, Ye Xiwen chopped out the second blade. He
constantly poured out his Xiantian Zhen Qi into his blade to form a terrible Daoqi and it
swept towards Liu Zhi.
“Boom!” Liu Zhi hand began to crack under the power of Missing moon beheader because
the power present in Ye Xiwen’s attack had increased to a terrifying level.
“Third blade!” Ye Xiwen did not stop and chopped out yet another blade, as if to capture the
heaven and earth.
“Bang!” Liu Zhi’s blade instantly shattered under the terrifying force present in Ye Xiwen’s
attack.
“How is this possible, this can’t be happening to me!” Liu Zhi yelled in a frightened voice
and it seemed as if he had completely lost his mind out of fear.
jīng huā ng shī cuò is an idiom which means ‘to lose one’s head out of fear’
After seeing that Ye Xiwen had chopped out the fourth blade, Liu Zhi suddenly shouted:
“No, you cannot kill me, I am…”
However, he did not get enough time to finish what he was trying to say because Ye Xiwen’s
long blade had already chopped out the fourth blade, and in a flash, Ye Xiwen’s terrifying
Daoqi instantly split him in half and his blood splattered everywhere.
When Ye Xiwen suddenly chopped his blade, his body’s Xiantian Zhen Qi had been
completely depleted in this attack.
Since his inner state had not broken through to the Xiantian realm, so he didn’t possess
endless Xiantian Zhen Qi like Liu Zhi. The power of ‘Missing moon beheader’ was significant
and blades were stacked together and were chopped out one after another, causing the
total power to reach a terrifying level, but the degree of consumption of Zhen Qi would also
rise proportionally. Initially, when Ye Xiwen was using his blade attacks on Liu Zhi then his
Xiantian Zhen Qi consumption was not that much, but when he chopped out the fourth
blade of
‘Missing moon beheader’, then all the Xiantian Zhen Qi present in his body had been
depleted. He could not even chop out the fifth blade, and in the worst-case scenario, if Liu
Zhi had
survived the fourth blade attack, then he would have left with no other choice but to chop
out the fifth blade. And this fifth blade attack would have contained only the Houtian Zhen
Qi, reducing the attack power significantly.
“You … you actually killed him!” Zhang Jingxin said in a terrified voice. He was shocked and
looked unbelievably at Ye Xiwen, because he had not expected that Ye Xiwen would dare to
kill Liu Zhi, “Do you know who he is?”
“I don’t care who he is!” Ye Xiwen sneered and said, “He intended to obstruct this
competition, so he got what he deserved.”
Chapter 60: The Curtain Drops
"I don't care who he is!" Ye Xiwen sneered, "He intended to obstruct this competition, so he
got what he deserved."
"You, you, you, you will die, you have dared to actually kill him!" Zhang Jingxin said again
and again.
"There is nothing to say, because he had it coming." This time, Ye Feng substantially
restrained his injuries and said. "That idiot actually dared to enter the Blood Yuan Territory
and assumed he would be invincible here?"
Although Qingfeng Mountain's Yi Yuan School was only a branch of Yi Yuan Sect, but
underestimating it would be a mistake. Many years ago, Yi Yuan School had been
established on Qingfeng Mountain, and in these several years, it had sent many disciples to
study in the Main Sect. Now, most of these disciples held very high positions, and this
showed that Qingfeng Mountain's Yi Yuan School had a lot of strong backings, and Zhang
family's situation was also similar, otherwise, how could a top-class treasure like Blood
Yuan fruit, which could leave any Xiantian master drooling, be monopolized together by Yi
Yuan School and Zhang family?
"Kill them, kill all of them!" Ye Feng shouted loudly, which boosted the morale of Yi Yuan
disciples. And now that Liu Zhi had been killed by Ye Xiwen, they were no longer worried.
However, Zhang disciples had suddenly lost their morale.
"How dare you! Our Zhang family will not let you off!" Zhang Jingxin roared.
"Won't let us off? Idiot, it was you Zhang people who conspired to seize all of the Blood
Yuan fruits and also brought this Xiantian master inside the Blood Yuan Territory, you have
brought this upon yourselves!" Ye Feng sneered and said. This time, Zhang family had
crossed the line and by bringing in a Xiantian master, they had also cheated in the
competition.
Their plan was to massacre the Yi Yuan School disciples and blame it on the demon beasts.
Also, they had attacked Yi Yuan disciples after the competition had officially ended.
The explanation for their actions? There was no need for that, because both sides had been
hostile towards each other for a long time and were sworn enemies. And the actions of
Zhang family had totally agitated the hatred inside the hearts of Yi Yuan School disciples.
Not to mention, Yi Yuan School disciples had a reason to attack so they didn't need to
explain their actions!
"Right, kill these bastards!"
"Kill them, leave no one alive!"
The disciples of Yi Yuan School roared in succession. They had almost walked into the jaws
of death, and knew that if Ye Xiwen had not taken care of Liu Zhi, then they most likely
would have died at the hands of Zhang disciples.
"Kill these bastards and take revenge for our fellow brothers!"
"Before, many of our Yi Yuan disciples have died at the hands of these bastards, so it's time
for payback!"
"Zhang disciples, disperse!" Zhang Yuelian quickly shouted.
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
......
Zhang disciples had all been exterminated!
No one thought that it would actually turn out like this!
"I did not expect it to become like this." Zhang Yang said with some emotion in his voice.
"Don't worry, this is a competition and casualties are inevitable. Moreover, this time, they
dared to cheat and actually brought a Xiantian disciple inside." Ye Feng said.
"But when Zhang family gets the information about this, they will probably not let us off."
Zhang Yang said.
"Are you afraid of Zhang family? Don't underestimate our Yi
Yuan School." Ye Feng said while smiling.
"However, from now on, I am afraid that the title of most powerful top disciple from the
younger generation is no longer yours and has been taken away by your younger brother."
Zhang Yang said with a genuine smile on his face and looked at Ye Feng. Ye Feng had been a
renowned genius from a younger age, and even if he had been stuck at the peak of Houtian
eighth stage for several years, no one could shake his position as the top genius, and once
he had a breakthrough, he had already entered half-a-step into the Xiantian realm.
Becoming a full-fledged Xiantian master was only a matter of time.
"Of course, that's my brother!" Ye Feng laughed and said as if he did not care, "Soon, we will
together enter into the Main sect, and countless elites from the entire Great Yue State come
to study there. We are going to meet many genius evildoers over there ha haha, that is our
stage!"
"I have a feeling that when your brother enters into the Main Sect, he is going to turn the
sky and the earth upside down!"
Zhang Yang said, "He is such an evildoer! I heard that he was not this fierce during the inner
disciples' competition, although he was quite powerful and had also won the championship,
but I never thought that he would actually defeat a Xiantian master!"
"Ha haha, well, he is my younger brother after all." Ye Feng laughed and seemed very
happy.
Ye Xiwen did not laugh like Ye Feng and was thinking about something else. For him, this
fight with Liu Zhi was too meaningful, and was not an easy one like his fight with Luo Tian.
When Ye Xiwen had killed Luo Tian before, he had already been severely injured by Hua
Menghan, so it had become quite easy to behead him.
However, the fight this time was different, and it could be counted as Ye Xiwen's first true
battle with a Xiantian master.
Even if Liu Zhi had only just entered into the Xiantian realm, but he was still a terrifying
existence for Houtian realm masters.
The Xiantian and Houtian realms were very different in nature, and the way of fighting was
also different for the experts of these realms. Ye Xiwen had gained some insights from his
battle with a Xiantian master and he wanted to start practicing as soon as possible and
completely digest the enlightenment he had attained. He believed that after complete
digestion, he would be able to condense a total of 20% Xiantian Zhen Qi. And then, he
would be capable of completely beating any master of
the Xiantian first stage.
By that time, Ye Xiwen would be considered to have set foot on path of the true martial way
of spiritual practice, and even after entering the Main Sect, he would have a high status and
wouldn't become someone else's vassal.
As for how to exit the Blood Yuan Territory, Ye Xiwen was not in a hurry. Since, Liu Zhi had
just entered the Xiantian realm strength, it was impossible at his meagre strength to seal
this dimension for too long. He must have used some external means that won't last longer.
Anyways, soon the two elders of Yi Yuan School would find out about this abnormal
situation, and would immediately open the Blood Yuan Territory forcefully.
Therefore, Ye Xiwen was not in a hurry, but Yi Yuan School disciples didn't waste any time
and immediately rushed to pick off all the Blood Yuan fruits from the Blood Yuan trees.
After all, the most important thing, which had caused all this bloodshed, was the Blood
Yuan fruit and they were prepared to face even the great Zhang family for the sake of these
fruits!
Sometime later, in the distant sky, the space began to fluctuate like ripples on the water
surface, accompanied with a loud rumbling sound, and in the sky, a huge door opened up
and
four figures jumped in.
The first two elders to enter the Blood Yuan Territory were the short and tall elders of the
Zhang family. Even from far, Ye Xiwen could clearly see the prideful smile on their faces,
but after seeing the scene inside the Blood Yuan Territory, their complexion immediately
turned gloomy.
Chapter 61: Confrontation
The first two elders to enter the Blood Yuan Territory were the short and tall elders of the
Zhang family. Even from far away, Ye Xiwen could clearly see the prideful smile on their
faces, but after seeing the scene inside the Blood Yuan Territory, their complexion
immediately turned gloomy.
"How did this happen to the disciples of my Zhang family!"
The tall elder said while skimming down from the sky.
At this time, his gaze fell on the Yi Yuan School disciples, standing on the ground and he
quickly understood who might have caused all this. He suddenly got furious and shouted:
"You little bastards, you massacred the people of my Zhang family!"
The aura of the tall elder instantly scattered out and spread into the sky. This terrifying
imposing aura was firmly locked onto the Yi Yuan School disciples.
"Well, well, well, the disciples of your Yi Yuan School are simply insane!" The short elder
roared in an angry voice.
"I will kill all of you and bury you all along with my people!"
The tall elder shouted.
"Bastards, you two old animals, you won't dare to lay your hands on my Yi Yuan School
disciples!" Another loud voice thundered. Both fat and thin elders released their terrifying
auras and a murderous look appeared on their faces.
"You two old bastards are trying to cover for your Yi Yuan School disciples?" The tall elder
furiously said.
"They massacred the disciples of our Zhang family, so I will kill them all and take revenge."
The tall elder said bitterly.
"Take a hike!" The thin elder shouted, "Zhang Quan, Zhang Ping, you two bastards, don't
you dare hurt my Yi Yuan School disciples!"
The tall elder Zhang Quan shouted: "I don't care, I want them dead!"
"Get lost!" The fat elder shouted loudly and immediately rushed over to where Ye Xiwen
and Ye Feng were standing and
asked, "What on earth happened here?"
The fat elder did not expect that things would become this troublesome, although
casualties were inevitable in a fierce competition like this, but Zhang disciples had been
completely wiped out, which had totally shocked him. The strength of this year's core
disciples of Zhang family and Yi Yuan School was about the same. So, the complete
destruction of one party at the hands of other was almost impossible.
"These Zhang bastards actually ..."
The disciples of Yi Yuan School quickly talked at once and explained what happened in
detail. As the fat elder was listening, his face suddenly became livid. The other three elders
also heard, and suddenly, their complexions also became strange.
"So, your Zhang family is the reason behind all of this. You deliberately let a Xiantian
master come in, what were you trying to do?" The thin elder snapped. "They actually dared
to send a Xiantian master inside the Blood Yuan Territory, and also tried to ambush Yi Yuan
School disciples, in order to seize all of the Blood Yuan fruits. Their crime is really
unforgivable!"
The thin elder also had a lingering fear, because both elders Zhang Quan and Zhang Ping
had become even more furious and it would be difficult to stop them from hurting the
disciples if they used their full strengths.
"You will regret it." Zhang Quan gritted his teeth and said,
"You will pay the price."
"What regret? This time, you should regret it because this matter is not over yet, and when
the time comes, we will come for you and settle the score!" The fat elder sneered.
Suddenly, both elders Zhang Quan and Zhang Ping were aggrieved after learning about the
heavy losses Zhang family had faced this time!
"This is your side of the story, because if we really had sneaked in a Xiantian master then all
of you should be dead by now." Zhang Ping quibbled, "Let me see!"
Zhang Ping instantly spread out his hand that was surrounded by the rapidly building
Lingqi which finally condensed into a giant hand, and instantly shot down towards Ye
Xiwen.
Zhang Ping eyes flashed fiercely and were filled with killing intent, staring at Ye Xiwen.
"How dare you?" Both fat and thin elders yelled at once.
The giant hand had instantly come in front of Ye Xiwen.
Ye Xiwen instantly took out the long blade from the scabbard on his back. His long blade
shined brightly and a white Bladelight spread into the sky, then it took the form of a blade
and chopped out towards Zhang Ping.
"Boom!" A terrifying Bladelight and the great hand made up of Lingqi severely collided in
the air which filled the entire sky with starlight.
Zhang Ping suddenly screamed while holding his hand. A big deep wound had been cut
open on his hand, and his blood had started to pour out, that looked like a spring of blood.
He had let his guard down for only an instant, but he had still been injured by Ye Xiwen's
Daoqi. Immediately, with a sinister look on his face, his eyes stared firmly at Ye Xiwen.
However, he
could clearly feel that Ye Xiwen was just a master of the Houtian realm, but how did his
attack actually injure a great master of Xiantian realm? His Bladeqi clearly contained
Xiantian Zhen Qi, but how could a Houtian realm master possess Xiantian Zhen Qi. And, his
Xiantian Zhen Qi was also powerful enough to injure a senior Xiantian master.
But Ye Xiwen clearly was only a warrior of the Houtian realm.
Seeing that Ye Xiwen had taken advantage of Zhang Ping's carelessness and had actually
inured him, the thin elder suddenly laughed and said: "Zhang Ping, you old fool. You
actually got injured by a junior from our Yi Yuan School. You are so pathetic!"
Zhang Ping bitterly looked at Ye Xiwen, but he knew not to attack again because both fat
and thin elders had become cautious. He would probably have to face their thunder attacks
if he tried to attack again, although all the four elders had similar strengths, but Ye Xiwen
was an anomaly because Zhang Ping had been unable to figure out the true depth of his
strength. The presence of Ye Xiwen had shifted the balance of strength towards the Yi Yuan
School's side.
After this farce, the four elders didn't doubt anymore and
accepted that Ye Xiwen had killed a Xiantian master, but were also quite shocked, because
it was truly unbelievable. How could a Xiantian master die at the hands of Ye Xiwen, who
was only a master of the Houtian realm? But, Ye Xiwen had just showed his incredible
prowess by catching off guard and injuring Zhang Ping. Not to mention, Zhang Ping was a
superior Xiantian master compared to Liu Zhi.
At this time, Zhang Quan grinded his teeth and said: "Now, we know that Ye Xiwen has
killed Liu Zhi, so we do not want anything else, as long as you hand over Ye Xiwen to us, we
will not pursue this matter anymore."
"Get lost!" The fat elder sneered and said, "This time, your people were the first to violate
the regulations, and you want to punish a disciple of my Yi Yuan School? Don't be so
delusional!
Just wait till we inform your ancestor about all this!"
"This time you have to hand over Ye Xiwen to us, otherwise our Zhang family won't let you
off, because Liu Zhi was the disciple of our Tianfeng Palace hall's great elder!" Zhang Quan
said.
"Didn't you hear what I just said? They had dared to conspire for Blood Yuan fruit, hmph,
they really were courting death."
The fat elder said.
At this time, the space inside the Blood Yuan Territory once again started to fluctuate.
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 Chapter 62: Rewards
With a violent fluctuation in the space, a person walked out of the door from the sky.
Everyone looked at this person and saw that it was none other than the ancestor of Yi Yuan
School, Lin Zhantian.
Lin Zhantian step by step came down from the sky and walked to the front of Zhang Ping
and Zhang Quan then said: “Go back and tell the master of your family that this matter has
not ended yet. Later, I will personally give him a visit and sort this out.”
Lin Zhantian had easily sorted out this mess. He had clearly proclaimed that this matter
was not over yet and taking Ye Xiwen away was obviously impossible for the Zhang elders.
The faces of Zhang Ping and Zhang Quan flushed with anger, but they didn’t say anything
because they were scared to anger Lin Zhantian. The cultivation level of Lin Zhantian was
unfathomable, and no one could ascertain as to how much extent he had cultivated.
After the unexpected emergence of Lin Zhantian, all of the Yi Yuan School’s disciples felt
relieved. They felt completely safe
in their hearts because even if the two Zhang elders were to suddenly get mad and attack,
nothing bad would happen to them in presence of Lin Zhantian.
Everyone had extraordinary confidence in Lin Zhantian, and even Ye Xiwen was no
exception. After Lin Zhantian had arrived, Ye Xiwen had finally relaxed his tightened body a
bit.
The reputation of Lin Zhantian as the most powerful master of Qingfeng Mountain’s Yi
Yuan School had never wavered for many years. Several years ago, he had arrived here
from the Main Sect, and at that time, the Lord of Zhang family had challenged him to a duel
and had lost miserably. Although, their duel had been kept secret from public but people of
Yi Yuan School knew about it, after all, it was such an honourable feat.
Only the outer sect disciples did not know.
Since all the disciples present here were core disciples, naturally they knew about it.
Lin Zhantian was known as the strongest ancestor to ever come in the history of Yi Yuan
School. In the end, no one knew how strong he actually was. Many years ago, he had arrived
on the Qingfeng Mountain and miserably defeated the master of Zhang family. But, this had
happened several years ago, and it was hard to make a guess about how much his
cultivation would have progressed in these many years.
Although, Ye Xiwen couldn’t guess the depth of Lin Zhantian’s true cultivation, but just now,
when he saw him easily walking high up in the sky, Ye Xiwen realized that perhaps, Lin’s
strength had already reached a terrifying level.
língkō ng means ‘to be high up in the sky'
Even the experts of Xiantian level couldn’t easily achieve such a feat of walking high in the
sky, and that too in such a relaxed manner.
Actual flight was something that only the masters above the Xiantian level could achieve!
Lin Zhantian didn’t say anything else to Zhang Ping and Zhang Quan and simply arrived to
Ye Xiwen’s side with a bit of a smile on his face and said: “Good, this time you have
performed wonderfully and didn’t lose your father’s face.”
Then, Lin Zhantian, with the crowd of disciples and two elders, went straight back to the Yi
Yuan School and all of them returned to the main hall of Yi Yuan School’s ancestor. Lin
Zhantian looked at the disciples of Yi Yuan School and said: “I learned about the things that
happened there in Blood Yuan Territory, but your scores are still valid and now, the
winners will be selected based on these scores. The top three can each win a Blood Yuan
fruit and a Xiantian Pellet as the rewards. The rest can also have the rewards prepared for
you!”
Ye Xiwen was dumbstruck. He knew that the first three were going to receive a Blood Yuan
fruit each. But, regarding Xiantian Pellet, Lin Zhantian had just added it as the reward for
the top scorers, and was definitely a compensation for the incidents that took place in
Blood Yuan Territory, but he already had a Xiantian Pellet, so getting another was not too
meaningful to him!
Lin Zhantian had come up with three Xiantian Pellets so easily, but Ye Xiwen did not feel
strange about this matter, after all, he was the ancestor of Qingfeng Mountain’ Yi Yuan
School and he also had the backing of ‘Main Sect’. There were a lot of masters of Xiantian
level or more studying at the ‘Main Sect’, so giving out three Xiantian Pellets at once was
not something impossible.
Soon, the scores had been calculated. Ye Xiwen had scored the highest score of nineteen
thousand points. Ye Feng got the second best score of six thousand five hundred points, and
Zhang Yang got the third best score of five thousand three hundred points.
Ye Ruxue was ranked twelfth, which was quite a surprising for Ye Xiwen. Even if she had
participated in this competition with a lot of Houtian ninth stage masters, she had still
managed to get a good enough rank.
However, according to Ye Xiwen’s observation, it was only a matter of time before she
would actually break through to the Houtian ninth stage.
They were going to enter the ‘Main sect’ after three months.
These three months were enough for Ye Ruxue to break into the Houtian ninth stage, and
even improve a lot. She was only twenty years old, and a year older than Ye Xiwen but had
already practiced to this extent, and this proved that her talent was not inferior to Ye Feng.
Ye Xiwen’s cultivation pace was very fast because he was relying on ‘Special Space’.
Without it, his talent was not at all comparable to his two older siblings.
Ye Xiwen had already made up his mind that he would give
the extra Xiantian Pellet that he had to Ye Ruxue, because he did not need two Xiantian
Pellets. With the help of Xiantian Pellet, and her natural talent, the future progress of her
cultivation would be incredibly fast.
As the top scorer, Ye Xiwen was the first to receive the rewards. A Blood Yuan fruit, a
Xiantian Pellet, fifty thousand low-grade spirit stones, and an opportunity to learn a
Xiantian power technique, as well as a large number of medicinal pills!
The rewards he had got were far more than what he had expected.
Now, Ye Xiwen did not need to worry about shortage of spirit stones in the near future and
could easily practice for long intervals inside the ‘Special Space’.
The most important thing was that the Blood Yuan fruit was something even the Xiantian
masters were envious of. Only nine fruits matured in a period of 100 years and even
Xiantian masters had to spend half of their lives waiting. The value of a Blood Yuan fruit
was immense in the eyes of Xiantian masters, because as long as they were in the Xiantian
realm, eating a Blood Yuan fruit would be able to immediately enhance their cultivation,
regardless of which stage they were on.
Although, a Blood Yuan fruit was not of any use to the masters above the Xiantian realm,
however, it was very beneficial to become the ‘Zhen dao’ master of Xiantian realm. But,
then why had it not been taken away from the hands of Qingfeng Mountain’s Yi Yuan School
and Zhang family in all these years?
Although, Xiantian Pellets weren’t rare inside the Yi Yuan School, but there was no doubt
that it was very precious. A Xiantian Pellet didn’t have any side effects and would not affect
the future cultivation of the expert. This was the reason why this pellet was so well-known,
but unfortunately, it was only useful to promote an expert at the peak of Houtian ninth
stage to the Xiantian realm.
Chapter 63: Coiling Dragon Palm
But even so, it could be said that Xiantian Pellet was a very precious treasure!
But Ye Xiwen already had a Xiantian Pellet, and now, he was in a possession of two, which
was redundant for him!
Ye Xiwen and the other two winners had got free access to the secret books library and
could learn a Xiantian level power technique, which was a very precious opportunity for
them.
Needless to say, Xiantian level power techniques were very precious, and if he could learn a
Xiantian power technique, then, his fighting prowess could greatly improve.
After the three winners had received their rewards, Lin Zhantian said: "The three of you
come with me. We will go to the secret books library to choose Xiantian Power techniques
for all of you!"
Ye Xiwen and the other two followed Lin Zhantian and arrived at the secret books library.
The three followed him inside, all the way to the top floor of the library where, compared to
the huge number of books on the lower floors, only
20 books were present. However, Ye Xiwen knew very well that these few books were far
more precious compared to the books on the lower floors.
"The three of you are our Yi Yuan School's most outstanding disciples of this year." Lin
Zhantian said, "You are the three top disciples of Qingfeng Mountain's Yi Yuan School, but,
Qingfeng Mountain is located in the remote regions of Great Yue State, and you must know
that countless geniuses gather to study at the Main Sect, where you are going to study in
three months!"
All three were quietly listening to Lin Zhantian's explanation, and did not refute. Indeed,
Main Sect was a place where even masters of the Houtian ninth stage could only become
outer disciples, and those with their cultivation level lower than the Houtian ninth stage
could only be regarded as Zayi disciples.
Zayi means handyman; part-time worker
The criterion to enter the Main Sect was very lenient. Main Sect allowed entry to the
masters of Houtian seventh stage or above, but no one would enter before they had already
reached the Houtian ninth stage because they were not stupid. Although the status of outer
sect disciples was not high, but it was still better than that of the Zayi disciples, and most
importantly, the
resources available at the sub-schools were nowhere near the vast resources available at
the Main Sect. It was easier for the outer sect disciples of Main Sect to advance to the
Xiantian realm, and this is the reason why, every year, the sub-schools would send their
talented core disciples to practice in the Main Sect.
For many years, the Main Sect had become a base for the talented disciples, sent by these
sub-schools, to study and cultivate.
Qingfeng Mountain's Yi Yuan School was just one of the many Yi Yuan sub-schools located
at different places. A few months later, several geniuses from the Great Yue State would
gather at one place and practice together. Ye Xiwen couldn't help but feel excited about
this.
"According to the news I received, a lot of sub-schools are sending Xiantian masters to
enter into the Main Sect." Lin Zhantian said, "This time, they have trained some peerless
geniuses, and Main Sect is going to get flooded with many geniuses. That is the reason why
I had agreed to Zhang family's proposal to have the core disciples' competition in the Blood
Yuan Territory so that, you all can have some life and death battle experiences and benefit
from it."
Xiantian master!
All three of them were shocked to hear that. Ye Feng and Zhang Yang were at the peak of
Houtian ninth, and Ye Feng had also entered half-a-step into the Xiantian realm, so, they
naturally knew more than anyone that how much difficult it actually was to break into the
Xiantian realm. And even after entering half-a-step into the Xiantian realm, Ye Feng would
still need to prepare because there would be a lot of stronger people studying in the Main
Sect.
Although, after entering the Main Sect, they would be able to quickly advance to the
Xiantian realm, but thanks to the Main Sect before or after entering the Xiantian nature or a
great difference.
Although Ye Xiwen was not at peak of Houtian ninth stage, but his fighting power could be
compared with a Xiantian master, and after fighting and defeating one, he had finally
understood what sort of power and presence a Xiantian master held in the world of martial
arts.
No wonder, Lin Zhantian had given them such generous rewards!
"Right now, you three have the chance to enter the Xiantian realm in a short span of time,
and therefore, I decided to give Xiantian Pellets to all of you. In the next few months, when
you must have to try your best and completely break through to the Xiantian realm, and at
that time, these Xiantian Pellets would help you to safely enter into the Xiantian realm!" Lin
Zhantian said without hiding anything.
Competition was present everywhere! There was a competition between Zhang family and
Yi Yuan School, but it was just a competition between two sub-schools.
Qingfeng Mountain's Yi Yuan School was one of the patrons of Main Sect and so, it also had
a lot of rival schools and they also used to send disciples to study in Main Sect. The disciples
of these rival schools would always have violent fights after entering the Main Sect.
"Each of you can also choose a Xiantian level power technique!" Lin Zhantian said and it
was clear that his plan all along was to help them in rapidly enhancing their strengths in a
short time.
"Yes!"
Three of them nodded together, and they also knew that after entering the Main Sect,
things won't be so peaceful over there.
"Good, I have told you everything, now quickly go and choose a Xiantian power technique!"
Lin Zhantian said. The contest between several sub-schools actually included the contest
among the top geniuses representing their sub-schools, and the overall strength of the
current year's batch.
Ye Xiwen and other two didn't wait and began to choose a Xiantian powerful technique.
Some of these techniques were powerful and some were weak, but all of them were top
class Xiantian power techniques, and ranking them was very difficult.
"Thunder and lightning chain spear!"
"Floating cotton blade!"
...
Ye Xiwen looked at the Xiantian secret books one after another, but he couldn't find a
suitable one for him.
Suddenly, Ye Xiwen caught a glimpse of a bit older secret book, quietly lying in the corner.
"Coiling Dragon palm" These three large characters, printed on its cover, came into the
sight of Ye Xiwen.
Ye Xiwen then walked over to the corner and picked up that old secret book. He slowly
opened its first page but suddenly, a loud shout from Lin Zhantian entered his ears: "Don't
open the book!"
But Ye Xiwen had already opened it.
"Boom!" Ye Xiwen suddenly heard a loud roar of a gigantic dragon and a scary thought
instantly break into his mind.
Suddenly, a huge figure of a person appeared inside Ye Xiwen's mind. This figure was fuzzy
and didn't seem real, but suddenly, the figure shot out its palm, and a gigantic blue dragon
ascended into the sky. It looked up towards the sky and roared loudly, while its powerful
claws fiercely grabbed the blue dome of heaven, which seemed to crack under its
tremendous
strength.
Ye Xiwen simply felt that his entire mind would get ripped apart by this gigantic blue
dragon, and his psyche would collapse.
Each time the giant palm shot, it seemed to contain the divine providence itself, and
brandished a gigantic dragon. By this time, a flock of gigantic dragons were soaring in the
sky. Ye Xiwen felt as if his mind would collapse anytime.
Then, suddenly, within his mind, a burst of intermittent colourful lights appeared inside the
mysterious space and completely absorbed all those scary thoughts.
Ye Xiwen slowly opened his eyes while panting heavily and covered in cold sweat.
"Are you all right?" Lin Zhantian immediately arrived in front of Ye Xiwen and asked in a
worried tone.
"It's nothing, I am all right." Ye Xiwen said with a burst of lingering fear.
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Chapter 64: Rapid Advancement In
Cultivation
Ye Xiwen was sweating heavily after that scary thought had attacked his consciousness and
had almost destroyed his mind.
This was quite a terrifying experience for him.
“Are you alright, little brother?” Ye Feng asked in a worried voice because he did not know
what exactly had happened to Ye Xiwen. He just saw Lin Zhantian shouting and suddenly
rushing towards Ye Xiwen, who was drenched in sweat and looked terrified at that
moment.
“It’s nothing, I am alright!” Ye Xiwen said in a calm voice, however, that vivid thought had
firmly imprinted itself into his mind and it had become impossible for him to forget it.
“Blame me.” Lin Zhantian said, “I didn’t warn you in time but you cannot read this secret
book of Coiling Dragon Palm!”
“Why?” Ye Xiwen asked.
“A long time ago, our forefathers had brought back this Coiling Dragon Palm power
technique from the ruins of a suspected Ancient Martial Arts Era!” Lin Zhantian slowly
explained.
“Ancient Martial Arts Era!” All the three disciples exclaimed at once. In ancient times, there
existed an extremely glorious martial arts civilization, and now, only a few bits and pieces
of that era had remained. The once glorious era of martial arts had now just turned into a
legend.
“Yes, this power technique comes from the Ancient Martial Arts Era, but after obtaining it
from the ruins, no one could learn it because this type of martial arts technique is inherited
and learned through thoughts, and no one could withstand the immensity of that thought!”
Lin Zhantian explained, “It contains a mighty writing and the method to learn this
technique is hidden as a thought between the lines. Long ago, a lot of our ancestors had
tried to inherit this martial arts technique, but in the end, the thought present inside this
secret book had destroyed their souls and killed them. After a long time, no one paid
attention to it anymore and it finally fell into my hands. I brought it here, but due to a
temporary oversight, I was distracted and forgot to warn you kids about it.
Fortunately, all three of you are all right!”
Ye Xiwen had a burst of lingering fear, because just now, his soul might have been torn
apart by that terrifying thought and his mind would have completely collapsed. If this
thought had not been sucked inside the mysterious space, then he would definitely have
faced a mental breakdown and death by now.
The thought was too frightening, and no one knew who had created or passed down this
incredible martial arts technique.
But, it contained just hand written text, then how could it contain such a terrifying thought,
hidden among the text and even the passage of innumerable years couldn’t erase it. From
this, one could easily infer the incredible prowess of the creator of this book.
“You can’t learn this martial arts technique! You absolutely cannot, so give it up.” Lin
Zhantian said.
Ye Xiwen nodded and didn’t argue with Lin Zhantian, but he also knew that the terrifying
thought had been absorbed into the mysterious space. Later, if he wanted to take a look at
it, he could do it any time so he didn’t need to argue over something that he had already
acquired.
Ye Xiwen kept the secret book of 《Coiling Dragon Palm》 on the shelf, and chose another
power technique called
《Restraining breath technique》. A lot of power techniques, more or less, mentioned
about how to hide one’s breath.
However, this power technique specialized in the field, not to mention, it was also a
Xiantian level technique.
‘Hiding breath’ means to hide one’s cultivation level Others were surprised because they
couldn’t understand why Ye Xiwen had not chosen an attack type Xiantian power
technique, but rather, he chose such a technique that would be useless for fighting.
However, they did not know that Ye Xiwen had already learned many fighting based
Xiantian level power techniques, and if he was to choose one more, it would be equivalent
to biting off more than he could chew.
After each of the three winners had chosen a power technique, the core disciples
competition had finally come to an end, and whole Yi Yuan School had become noisy,
talking about the recent incidents. The news of Zhang family sending a Xiantian master
inside the Blood Yuan Territory, to massacre the Yi Yuan School disciples and seize all the
Blood Yuan fruits, had spread throughout the school, but no one would have thought that
this Xiantian master had been killed instead, along with all of the other Zhang core
disciples.
Overnight, the news spread in the Yi Yuan School like a forest fire, and the headline clearly
referred to Ye Xiwen’s exploits and how he had single-handedly beheaded a Xiantian
disciple. Now, everyone knew that Ye Xiwen had beheaded a Xiantian disciple of Zhang
family.
In a short period of time, Ye Xiwen’s reputation had incredibly surpassed that of those
established top disciples of previous years and many disciples had started to recognize him
as the strongest top core disciple.
However, when there was uproar in the outside world, and everyone was talking about the
exploits of Ye Xiwen, but he seemed to have vanished and no one could find him.
After choosing a Xiantian power technique, Ye Xiwen didn’t waste time and shut himself up
to start the closed-door practice.
He was going to the Main Sect after three months, so while he still had time, each second of
it was valuable for practicing, because he needed to be strong enough to sustain himself
among the geniuses who were also going to enrol with Ye Xiwen.
After entering the Main Sect, the competition was going to be even more intense.
In a blink of an eye, a month’s time had already passed.
In the backside of Qingfeng Mountain, the intermittent loud roars of a Dragon could be
heard echoing in the sky. Ye Xiwen had a calm expression on his face and suddenly, his
palm shot out, and a figure, with its hands clasped together, leaped inside the mountain
forest using ‘Dragon Tiger steps’.
“Boom!” With a loud sound, a large tree instantly collapsed by a forceful slap of Ye Xiwen’s
palm using ‘Coiling Dragon Palm’.
Ye Xiwen stopped his movements, and calculated the time and found out that he had been
practicing over a month. In just a month, his strength had progressed by leaps and bounds!
His cultivation had reached all the way to the peak of Houtian ninth stage and was only one
step away from entering into the Xiantian realm. He had also condensed 20% of his Zhen Qi
into Xiantian Zhen Qi, and his strength had directly reached the strength of 3 Dragons
which was even comparable to the strength of a Xiantian second stage master. Now, Ye
Xiwen had become powerful enough to easily defeat a Xiantian expert like Liu Zhi, in few
moves only.
Also, during this month, Ye Xiwen had gained the most progress in his martial arts
techniques, and for that, he had to burn a large number of spirit stones to advance his
martial art skills, faster in a short span of time.
The first was ‘Missing moon beheader’. After a month of crazy practicing, he had finally
succeeded to reach the ‘Dacheng’
realm and now, he could strike nine consecutive blades one after the other which was big
feat even for a Xiantian master.
And chopping nine consecutive blades was the dead end for
‘Missing moon beheader’, but, with the strike of each additional blade, the total might of the
attack would also increase significantly and after nine consecutive blade strikes, one could
imagine the terrifying might present in the ninth blade.
After a month of continuously burning the spirit stones, his
‘Celestial step’ technique had also reached the next level.
Initially, this technique was incomplete and could only be regarded as an advanced
technique. At that time, Ye Xiwen had practiced it to the ‘Dacheng’ realm, but later, inside
the ‘Special Space’, he completely deduced the missing ‘Xiantian realm’
parts of ‘Celestial step’. Although, he had merely mastered the first glimpse of Xiantian
realm parts, but now, his speed had increased by more than 50% of what it used to be. It
could be said that his speed had increased to a terrifying level.
While practicing ‘Tyrant body technique’, he had finally reached the peak of ‘Xiaocheng’
realm, and was only one step away from entering into the ‘Dacheng’ realm, and once he did,
his physical strength would grow rapidly.
Lastly, he had completely practiced ‘Restraining breath technique’ to its highest possible
level.
Chapter 65: Departure
After completely mastering the 'Restraining breath technique', now, even if he stood next to
a master of the peak Houtian ninth stage, his breath would not be discovered. And so long
as he was careful enough, he had full confidence to pull a fast one on a Xiantian master.
Ye Xiwen also discovered that the utility of 'Restraining breath technique' was far more
than just restraining the breath.
It could even change the breath of the practitioner completely into another person's breath,
which was very rare.
He had spent a lot of time on practicing 'Coiling Dragon Palm'
and had also burnt a large number of spirit stones so that he could continue to stay inside
the 'Special Space' present in his mind. That scary thought had been absorbed by the
'Special Space' and now, he could practice 'Coiling Dragon Palm' as and when he wished to
do so, because inside that mysterious space, he did not need to be worried about that scary
thought going berserk inside his mind.
So long as he had time and enough spirit stones, Ye Xiwen could observe and emulate this
'Coiling Dragon Palm technique', but it was too subtle and his cultivation level was
too low to be able to fully comprehend it. After a month of continuous burning of spirit
stones, he had begun to comprehend only a section of that thought and had learnt the first
move of 'Coiling Dragon Palm', named 'Hidden Dragon rising from the Abyss'.
The power present in the move, 'Hidden Dragon rising from the Abyss', was tremendous
but it came at a major cost, because once used, it would consume 10% of the Xiantian Zhen
Qi instantly.
This month, the strength of Ye Xiwen had progressed extremely fast, enough to surpass the
rate of consumption of spirit stones. In just a month, to practice inside the 'Special Space',
he had consumed more than 50,0000 spirit stones, which was more than half of his total
stock of spirit stones.
Although, he had not yet entered the Xiantian realm, but now, he was confident enough to
beat any master of the Xiantian first stage and he could even compete with the masters of
Xiantian second stage and could easily exchange blows with them.
After continuously practicing for a month, Ye Xiwen did not continue to stay in the backside
of Qingfeng Mountain and returned to the Yi Yuan School.
"What! You are going to walk alone to the Main Sect?" At the Ye family's residence, the
members of Ye family were sitting on a dinner table and suddenly, Xia Chunxue exclaimed.
With a puzzled expression on his face, Ye Kongming looked at Ye Xiwen, because he
couldn't understand why Ye Xiwen had planned to walk all the way to the Main Sect.
"Do you know how long it takes to walk from Qingfeng Mountain to Main Sect?" Xia
Chunxue asked, "At least more than two months if you walk at a moderate pace."
"I know, but my cultivation has reached a bottleneck and I think that walking all the way to
the Main Sect would turn out to be a good training for me." Ye Xiwen said.
Generally, Main Sect would always send giant demon birds to serve as mounts for the
disciples.
These flying mounts were not uncommon in the Main Sect, especially for those Xiantian
masters, who were unable to fly and these demon birds acted as their mounts to fly in the
sky.
There were a variety of mounts available, such as; to fly in the sky, to run on the ground
and to swim in the water.
These flying demon birds also served as a communication link between the Qingfeng
Mountain and the Main Sect.
Therefore, although they were going to enter the Main Sect in just three months, but Ye
Feng and other core disciples were not anxious and were quietly waiting for the people
from Main Sect to come and pick them up.
Ye Kongming looked at Ye Xiwen then turned his face towards Xia Chunxue and said: "If he
wants to go alone, then let him go.
He will gain a lot of experience from this journey and he will also get a chance to learn
about the local customs which will be quite beneficial for his future practice."
"But going by the road can be dangerous!" Xia Chunxue said in a worried voice.
"Kids need to have their own adventures because you can't expect a circus tiger to hunt in a
wild forest. Wen'er is not a kid anymore and we can't protect him for a lifetime." Ye
Kongming said.
"Well, but you have to be very careful on the way." Xia Chunxue said.
"En, I will!" Ye Xiwen nodded, and then he took out a porcelain vase from his bosom and
said, "This is a Xiantian Pellet. When the time comes, please give it to sister for me."
At that time, both Ye Feng and Ye Ruxue were doing closed-door practice in order to have a
breakthrough before heading for the Main Sect.
"Isn't this Xiantian Pellet yours? How can you give it your sister!" Xia Chunxue immediately
said. "What will you use?"
"Rest assured, I have two Xiantian Pellets." Ye Xiwen said, and he knew that it was very
difficult for them to believe him so he took out the other Xiantian Pellet in front of them.
"Then, it's all right." Xia Chunxue had to agree.
Both Xia Chunxue and Ye Kongming were considerate enough
to not ask about the source of this second Xiantian Pellet.
At that time, they were both glad for Ye Ruxue, because now, with the help of a Xiantian
Pellet, she would be able to safely enter the Xiantian realm.
They were very happy, because all their children loved as well as supported each other.
The three siblings would support each other after entering the Main Sect; just knowing this
much was enough for Ye Kongming and Xia Chunxue and they couldn't ask for anything
more.
They just wanted their children to lead happy and peaceful lives!
When Xia Chunxue accepted the Xiantian Pellet for Ye Ruxue, a genuine smile appeared on
Ye Xiwen's face. After coming to this world, he had lost all his previous relationships. His
loved ones had been left behind in the previous world and now, everything related to his
original world existed only in his memories. So, the existence of Ye family worked as a
mental support for him and he was genuinely happy to be of some help
to them.
After coming to this world, Ye Xiwen had totally freaked out when he noticed that he
possessed memories of two persons. In order to get rid of this confused mental state, he
had decided to create a new identity for him in this new life and world. And, he cared a lot
for his family members and could do anything for their sake.
Ye Xiwen's decision to walk alone all the way to the Main Sect had caused a huge buzz in
the Yi Yuan School because he was not an ordinary disciple, but was a rare talent of Yi Yuan
School because he had become the strongest top core disciple after killing a Xiantian
master.
He had become the ace of Qingfeng Mountain's Yi Yuan School and if he would walk alone
to the Main Sect then everyone feared, that he might face an accident on the way.
Moreover, Yi Yuan School had many enemies, including Zhang family, and they could pose a
threat to his life.
However, the principle of this world was 'Might is Right'!
While executives did not quite agree to his decision, but Ye
Xiwen didn't care about their stand and had already decided that, next morning, after
packing his things, he would leave Qingfeng Mountain and walk towards the Main Sect.
Chapter 66: Blue Flaming flower
The sun was setting in the western sky and one could hear a burst of hoofs. The sunlight
had drawn a long shadow of the person riding on a horse.
On a horse, a teenager clad in black clothes was rapidly riding on the main road.
While riding the horse on the main road, a small town appeared in Ye Xiwen's field of
vision. Since leaving the Qingfeng Mountain, he had already travelled for two days on the
main road. In the Qingfeng town, he had bought a fast horse for five hundred low-grade
spirit stones. This was no ordinary horse because it carried the blood of a demon beast in
its body.
There was a large distance between Qingfeng Mountain and Yi Yuan School's Main Sect and
took about two months to cover this distance by road and an ordinary horse would die
before covering even one tenth of this distance!
For Ye Xiwen, a common horse was just not enough!
He was a strong expert with Xiantian level skills in his body.
He could go without eating and sleeping for days, but that was
not the case for common horses, however, this horse contained the blood of a demon beast
in its body, increasing its endurance and making it two times faster at the same time, so
now, Ye Xiwen did not need to spend all his time on the road and could stop and practice as
well whenever he wanted to do so.
Ye Xiwen entered this small town and asked around to find out that this town was called
Caojiaji and Cao family had the biggest influence in this town, to such an extent that the
entire town relied on the businesses owned by Cao family.
Ye Xiwen also discovered that there were many warriors of varying strengths going in and
out of the town. The weakest among them were at the Houtian sixth stage and powerful
warriors had already entered half-a-step into the Xiantian realm and some were even the
masters of Xiantian realm.
He found an inn to settle down and found a place for the horse as well. He wanted to have
dinner so he took a seat in the dining hall of the inn, and a waiter came forward to give him
a warm welcome.
"Sir, what can I do for you?"
"First, give me a bowl of herbal tea and a variety of side dishes along with it." Ye Xiwen
placed the order. To hasten his journey, he didn't have time to eat and won't always get
proper time and place to relax and have dinner.
"Right away!" The waiter replied.
"Waiter, wait for a second, I have something to ask you. Is something going on in the
Caojiaji town? I see a lot of warriors wandering around here." Ye Xiwen asked.
"Sir, have you not enlisted yet?" The waiter said in a surprised voice, "Well, in the radius of
thirty Li, our Caojiaji town is located on an underground magma pool, and recently,
someone found the Blue Flaming flower in a dormant volcano. The news about it spread
wide and far and attracted many warriors. Two days ago, the lord of our Cao family has also
started to recruit brave warriors to send an expedition!"
Blue Flaming flower? Ye Xiwen gawked and never thought to hear about such a rare
treasure in a small town like this. He had read in many records that it grew only in the
extremely high temperature environment of magma.
Of course, there were many benefits one could get by consuming this flower. It could
transform the mortal body into a fire spirit and then, one could practice fire attribute
power techniques, which was quite rare.
"But why recruit warriors for that?" Ye Xiwen asked this question because who wouldn't
want to hog such a rare treasure.
"Good question sir, because a monster lives inside the magma pool to guard the treasure!"
When the waiter said 'monster', he could not help but shiver a bit, "And that ferocious
monster has already killed several scout warriors."
"So, there is such a thing!" Ye Xiwen frowned but a demon beast guarding a rare treasure
was a very normal thing, but this was obviously not a general demon beast, otherwise, it
would not have made such uproar.
"What do you know about that monster?" Ye Xiwen asked.
"All I know is that Cao family is now recruiting warriors who can slay this monster and if
you are interested, you may enlist your name as well." The waiter said. "It would be nice if
you
killed that monster, because magma pool is not far away from the town, and the monster
would frequently visit here, and has also killed people from the Cao family!"
Originally, Ye Xiwen just wanted to take a rest in this small town but now he had become
very interested in that Blue Flaming flower and decided to wait and see what would
happen in the end.
After about a minute had passed and the inn slowly began to get crowded and almost all
the rooms had been booked in no time. Ye Xiwen also booked a room, then slowly sat down
on a seat and began to eat and drink together. In the last two days, he didn't get a chance to
have a relaxed dinner like this.
Then, suddenly, Ye Xiwen noticed a tower-like large man entering inside the inn. He
glanced around and saw that all the seats were occupied, and right then, he saw Ye Xiwen
sitting by the window. He strode to the front of Ye Xiwen and said in a low muffled voice:
"Boy, step aside and quickly get lost then grandfather will spare your life."
"Get lost!" Ye Xiwen did not turn his head, but shouted loudly.
Only the strong commanded respect in this world which followed the principle of 'might is
right'. Ye Xiwen looked weak
compared to that burly man that had resulted into this situation.
"What did you say you little bastard!" The brawny man suddenly stared at Ye Xiwen with
his big eyes, and his big hand instantly shot towards Ye Xiwen.
"Bang!" Ye Xiwen slammed his palm on the table, and suddenly, a chopstick flew up from
the table. Ye Xiwen struck the chopstick with his palm using the "Coiling Dragon palm"
power technique.
"Phew!" The chopstick exuded a sharp piercing sound and flew with a lightning speed
towards the big hand of that brawny guy.
"Ah!" The brawny guy screamed in a loud voice when the chopstick pierced right through
his palm with a terrifying force and sent his body flying, that severely hit on the wall and
his hand got firmly nailed on the wall by that chopstick.
The brawny guy was endlessly wailing while his hand was nailed on the wall, but from Ye
Xiwen's demeanour, it seemed as if nothing had happened at all. He took out a new set of
chopsticks from the box and started eating once again.
Ye Xiwen knew that there must be numerous people staring at him. These were the
rebellious warriors and desperados.
However, they hadn't entered the Xiantian realm, so Ye Xiwen simply did not care about
them. But this could be troublesome for him because, the rumours about the Blue Flaming
flower and the enlisting of warriors for subduing the monster, had attracted a lot of strong
masters to arrive at this small town and Ye Xiwen did not want to have a high profile.
Now that Ye Xiwen had effortlessly defeated that noisy burly guy in front of everyone, he
could feel several gazes looking maliciously at him.
"Ha haha, this young brother has got some fine skills!"
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Chapter 67: Monster
"Ha haha, this young brother has got some fine skills!" The sound of footsteps came from
the upstairs and Ye Xiwen saw a youth wearing embroidered clothes coming down the
stairs while laughing heartily. "I did not expect to actually be able to see such a skilled
master here, it's so unexpected."
The youth wearing embroidered clothes did not even look at that wailing brawny who was
still conscious and had luckily not died.
Ye Xiwen had a surprised look in his eyes. This youth had actually concealed his breath, but
after practicing "Restraining breath technique", Ye Xiwen had become particularly sensitive
and immediately found out that this youth was actually a great master of the Xiantian
realm.
He walked up to the front of Ye Xiwen and introduced himself: "Hello, my name is Dai
Xiaohua, nice to meet you, what's your name brother?"
Dai Xiaohua means 'Wearing small flowers'
"Dai Xiaohua?" Ye Xiwen twitched his eyebrows. A big man like him was actually called
wearing small flowers!Well, he seemed like an ignorant person to Ye Xiwen, but he
apparently did not feel anything about introducing himself as 'Wearing small flowers', or
maybe he had gotten used to it.
"My name is Ye Xiwen." Ye Xiwen said and he already knew that this youth was not
malicious. After learning the
"Restraining breath technique", Ye Xiwen's understanding of other person's breath had
progressed by leaps and bounds. It not only could restrain and change the breath, but could
also tell whether a person was hostile or not, based on his breath.
One could easily disguise the facial expressions but breath was the only thing that one
could never disguise.
"Ha ha, after looking for so long, I finally found a decent master!" Dai Xiaohua smiled and
said, "Unlike these motley crew!"
Dai Xiaohua was obviously talking about the warriors sitting in the inn, but surprisingly,
although these warriors had angry looks on their faces but they suppressed their anger and
did not say anything.
This made Ye Xiwen somewhat curious about Dai Xiaohua.
There was a huge difference of martial arts heritage between these warriors and Ye Xiwen.
They were simply a group of outlaws and their daily jobs involved struggles between life
and death. This had turned them into hot tempered and irritable people. But, they still
didn't say any word on Dai Xiaohua's sarcastic comment.
Not of all these warriors were in the Houtian realm, and there were some very strong
masters among them, including some who had surpassed the Houtian realm.
As if Dai Xiaohua had seen through Ye Xiwen's curiosity, he laughed and said: "It's nothing!
These people do not acknowledge logic but strength. Since they cannot defeat me, they can
only endure."
This straightforward reply from Dai Xiaohua left a good and deep impression on Ye Xiwen
and this frank youth was far better than those other warriors.
"Brother Ye, are you going to enlist yourself as the brave warrior of Cao family?" Dai
Xiaohua asked.
"En." Ye Xiwen nodded.
"Ha ha, let's join together then." Dai Xiaohua laughed and said.
"Well, let's go then!" Ye Xiwen laughed and was somewhat curious about the background of
this youth, because he was so young and was already a Xiantian master, so one could
imagine the strength of a master who had taught such a genius.
"Come on, we go now!" Dai Xiaohua said.
"So late?" Ye Xiwen asked.
"It's not late, because every night, the monster comes to visit this small town. Cao family is
anxious and wants to recruit strong masters to protect the town from this danger!" Dai
Xiaohua said.
They did not sit there for too long and immediately headed towards Cao family's Manor.
Since the entire town was run by Cao family, so the Cao family's Manor was located at the
centre of Caojiaji town.
Dai Xiaohua had come to a few days ago, and was familiar with the Caojiaji town.
Although, the colour of the sky was gradually getting dark, but Cao family's Manor had a
brightly lit appearance with countless torches lighting up the night sky.
At this time, the door to Cao family's Manor was still open and several gatekeepers were
guarding the gate. When they saw the two of them coming together, a guard immediately
approached and shouted: "Who are you?"
"We heard that your Cao family is recruiting warriors, we have especially come to enlist
ourselves!" Dai Xiaohua approached and said.
Then, after a few minutes, two Cao family's executives came out to welcome them and said:
"This time, many people from our Cao family have been killed by the monster, and I hope
that you can help us catch the monster. We Cao family will be highly obliged!"
These two men were the high-level executives from Cao family. To prevent any more
casualties by the recurring attacks of the monster, they had recruited many warriors and
had dispersed them in all directions inside the town to protect the people.
"According to my daily observations, the monster comes into the town almost every day, so
tonight we should be able to see a good show!" Dai Xiaohua said while lying down on a
bench in the garden and holding a weed in the mouth, smiling in front of Ye Xiwen.
Ye Xiwen sat cross-legged on a nearby bench and started practicing.
He was practicing in the 'Special Space' and could exit from that space anytime, so he was
not worried.
As time passed, night grew darker and surrounding sounds also disappeared gradually.
People were holding their breath, waiting for the arrival of the monster.
Dai Xiaohua did not stay there for long and soon left to search for the whereabouts of that
monster.
Night grew deeper, and slowly, the whole sky was obscured by the clouds, and became
pitch black, but Cao family's Mansion still remained as bright as the day.
Then suddenly, Ye Xiwen opened his eyes and saw a giant hideous head in front of him. Fire
sparks would come out from its breath along with a blow of heat wave.
"Clang!" Almost instantaneously, Ye Xiwen took out his long blade, from the scabbard on
his back, and chopped out a dazzling Bladelight towards the huge head.
"Dang!" The Bladelight chopped on the giant head and unexpectedly produced a metal
clashing sound.
The sharp Bladelight drew a white mark on that giant head, but the monster was frightened
from this sudden attack from Ye Xiwen, and suddenly jumped back. Ye Xiwen finally got a
look at this giant head.
He actually saw a ten feet high beast with its four claws dug into the ground, covered with
numerous red and black coloured
dense scales and suffused with a breath-taking coldness with a slight tint of fiery
brightness.
A terrifying aura firmly locked on Ye Xiwen but he didn't wait and instantly chopped out a
huge crescent Bladeqi towards that monster.
At this time, the warriors present in the nearby locations finally discovered the monster,
and started to shout loudly to warn every one.
"Monster, monster!"
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Chapter 68: Fire Lin Beast
"Monster, monster is here!" Someone shouted crazily and suddenly the whole Caojiaji town
shook with numerous warriors rushing out with torches in their hands.
But this monster was ridiculously strong. Although Ye Xiwen's blade attack was hasty, but
it was still powerful enough to bisect a master of peak Houtian ninth stage, however it still
couldn't break the defence of the monster and could only put a scratch on its scales. Ye
Xiwen's sudden attack had scared it and it had jumped back and ran away, because the
warriors from Cao family had also started to arrive at the scene.
Many warriors started to pursue after that monster, but it was too fast and fled in a blink of
an eye. However, during its escape, several warriors had been caught off guard and were
torn apart by that monster.
No one was able to stop this monster.
"Hugh!" Suddenly, a loud shout spread over and Dai Xiaohua's figure flew down from a
nearby roof.
"Hundred stages god fist!" Dai Xiaohua blasted a punch with a terrifying strength which
instantly vibrated the air and rushed after the monster.
"Boom!"
The massive strength present in Dai Xiaohua's attack directly crashed into the monster's
body, "bang!" The scales on the body of the monster immediately shattered.
Dai Xiaohua's attack undoubtedly showed a completely different strength thanks to the
condensed Zhen Qi of a Xiantian second stage master.
The monster was in a severe pain inflicted by this attack and wanted to stop and wreak
havoc on the perpetrators, but it knew that Dai Xiaohua was not someone it could easily
take on.
It immediately picked up speed and taking advantage of the dark night sky, it immediately
fled away. It looked as if a red and black flame was passing gently but also swiftly across
the sky.
Dai Xiaohua chased after it, but after a while, it had started to
slowly pull away and leave him behind. He was tyrannically powerful compared to this
monster, especially his fist technique was incredibly powerful, but that was not the case
with his agility skill. Although, he had practiced a very powerful agility technique but it had
showed its inferiority at this critical time.
The so-called law of biting off more than one could chew! Dai Xiaohua had practiced a very
powerful Xiantian level fist technique to a profound realm, and he had spent most of his
time on practicing 'hundred stages god fist' and by spending less time on practicing his
agility technique, his agility skill had become inferior.
Also, the speed of this monster was at a terrifying level and most people could only see red
and black shadows flying at an insane speed.
Dai Xiaohua bitterly stopped. Unfortunately, at that time, he was far away from the
monster, otherwise he had the confidence of stopping it.
At this time, all of a sudden, accompanied with a gust of wind and a sharp whistling sound,
a blurred figure instantly crossed Dai Xiaohua and chased after the monster.
Dai Xiaohua immediately recognized that this figure undoubtedly belonged to Ye Xiwen,
whose stature was smoothly and elegantly traversing while constantly flashing towards
that monster.
Dai Xiaohua could not help but be secretly surprised at Ye Xiwen's amazing agility skill.
Biting off more than one could chew was only a truth for other people, but this logic didn't
apply on Ye Xiwen, because, even geniuses needed several years to completely master a
martial art but what about Ye Xiwen?
For Ye Xiwen, so long as there were enough spirit stones, he would be able to fully master
any martial arts in a very short amount of time. This was the reason why both his blade and
agility skills were exceptionally strong.
After only a few minutes of pursuit, Ye Xiwen had already left Caojiaji town behind and
while chasing after the monster, he had finally entered the mountain forest.
"Don't run away like a coward, stay behind and fight with me!" Ye Xiwen shouted and his
blade chopped out a bright
Bladelight which shone like a faint moonlight and instantly illuminated the entire forest,
while rushing towards the monster.
"Roar!"
The monster was anxious and with a loud roar, its stature transversely shifted sideways
with an incredible speed and dodged Ye Xiwen's Daoqi.
The monster turned around and stared fiercely at Ye Xiwen.
Its two lantern-sized eyes flashed ominously and were firmly locked on Ye Xiwen then it
lifted its face up towards the sky and roared loudly. An ominous aura started to overflow
from its body and openly disseminate everywhere. Ye Xiwen noticed that it was actually a
Xiantian level demon beast and he didn't know about its species.
The monster opened its big mouth, blowing a foul smell on Ye Xiwen's face, followed by a
surge of blue flames coming out of its mouth that instantly burned through the air and
soared towards Ye Xiwen to sear him.
"Whoosh!" Ye Xiwen suddenly jumped up high in the sky,
directly over the monster and easily dodged those blue flames.
"Roar!" The monster raised its head and opened up its big mouth to bite.
"You are courting death!" Ye Xiwen's long blade instantly chopped out a dazzling
Bladelight, that looked as if the stars were falling from the sky, and it severely cut into the
body of that monster.
Missing moon beheader!
The strength of three Dragons completely unleashed and Ye Xiwen's total strength
surpassed the terrifying force of ten thousand Jin and instantly concentrated on a single
point of attack.
"Bang!"
With a sound of metal clashing, Ye Xiwen's blade attack, containing massive strength of 3
Dragons, directly clashed into the monster's body and sent it rolling down on the ground,
but it immediately stood up the very next instant.
Ye Xiwen was flabbergasted because the defensive strength of its scales was unbelievably
terrifying. Demon beasts generally held the advantage of possessing tough bodies
compared to humans, but this extent of toughness was definitely rare.
Ye Xiwen's most powerful blade attack, endowed with the strength of three Dragons, had
actually just chipped a few pieces of the scales on its body. It could be said that this monster
had the strongest defence among all the demon beasts that Ye Xiwen had seen so far in his
lifetime.
It was such a terrifying demon beast that even attacks from a master of the Xiantian first
stage couldn't break its defence.
This was the reason why Cao family could only leave this monster running amok. Ye Xiwen
had also tried out its strength and confirmed that it had already reached the peak of
Xiantian first stage, and even a master of peak Xiantian first stage was not its match and
would only die if tried to fight with it head on.
The strength of this monster was comparable to that of a master of Xiantian second stage.
So, even an anomaly like Ye Xiwen, whose strength was equivalent to that of a master of
Xiantian second stage could only fight with it on equal terms. However, it was impossible
for him to defeat it at his current strength.
After taking an attack from Ye Xiwen's blade, the monster suffered small injuries and was
in pain. It had realized that dealing with Ye Xiwen would not be easy. The explosive
strength in its limbs burst out and it suddenly leaped up and dashed into the mountain
forest at an insane speed.
It had actually become even faster than before.
Ye Xiwen couldn't reach its insane speed, and could only give up!
Ye Xiwen walked back along the same route. At this time, Caojiaji town was already brightly
lit, because the sudden attack of monster had alerted everyone and people could be seen
walking around inside the small town.
Many people had gathered at the entrance of Cao family's Manor and a lot more had rushed
there to see Ye Xiwen and had already encircled him.
"Brother Ye, what happened, did you catch up to that
monster?" Dai Xiaohua asked.
"No, it got away." Ye Xiwen did not want to reveal too many details of his fight with the
monster.
"It's a pity because that was actually a Fire Lin beast. I did not expect to actually see a Fire
Lin beast here." Dai Xiaohua said.
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Chapter 69: Strange
"It's a pity because that was definitely the Fire Lin beast. I actually did not expect to see a
Fire Lin beast here." Dai Xiaohua said.
'Lin' means 'Unicorn'
"Fire Lin beast, that monster was a Fire Lin beast? No wonder my attacks didn't work on it."
"Its scales are way too hard and I think even those famous precious armours are nothing in
comparison. If only I could get those scales to make armour out of them then I won't have
to fear for my safety anymore."
Those warriors were excited and still discussing about how Fire Lin beast had been unable
to wreak havoc like earlier and had been easily driven out this time.
But, right now, Ye Xiwen was recalling the information he had about Fire Lin beast in his
mind. Fire Lin beast was a very famous and unique type of demon beast that would take
birth in
a magma pool and could only survive in extremely hot place during its birth. There were
rumours that Fire Lin beast contained the blood of ancient Fire Qilin beast in its body, but
this was only a rumour and no one knew whether this was true or false, after all, like
Dragons, unicorns were also only a legend.
Just like Wyverns (Feilong) were an inferior species of ancient Dragons (Yaron), Fire Lin
beast was rumoured to be an inferior species of ancient Fire Qilin species and contained
their blood.
Adults of Fire Lin beast species were able to surpass the Xiantian realm, so it could be
deduced from its cultivation level, that the said monster of Caojiaji town, that was
outrageously powerful and had been wreaking havoc for all this time, was actually not an
adult Fire Lin beast, and perhaps had taken birth not long ago!
Directly born with its cultivation level in the Xiantian realm?
Ye Xiwen had mixed feelings after hearing this and sighed, because with respect to these
unique demon beasts, the human race was really weak. Except for the wisdom, there was
nothing else which could support the fact that humans were stronger than these unique
beasts, but even so, humans still occupied the major areas of 'Zhen Wu Jie' world and were
also its true leaders.
"Today, I would like to thank all of you for your efforts.
Because of your presence here, we were able to scare away that Fire Lin beast, and this
incident did not end up in a tragedy." At this time, a handsome middle-aged man came out
from the Cao family's Mansion and said while cupping one hand into the other across the
chest.
"Lord is so polite!"
"There is no need to stand on ceremonies, it's our job!"
This man was actually the lord of Cao family, named Cao Jinbiao.
"Anyway, today, our Cao family escaped unharmed and the credit for that goes to all of you,
so, I will personally make sure to generously reward each and every one of you." Cao
Jinbiao said.
"Tomorrow, our Cao family will start an operation to eliminate that Fire Lin beast and I
wish for all of you to join us in this operation." Cao Jinbiao said.
"No problem!"
"Of course, we will participate in this operation!"
Many warriors laughed and immediately accepted the proposal of Cao Jinbiao to go and
eliminate the Fire Lin beast.
The beast had been driven away so easily and this had increased their confidence, after all,
even though a few people had died, but the Fire Lin beast had to actually flee for its life.
Furthermore, a mere Houtian realm expert like Ye Xiwen had been able to chase after it and
driven it away.
However, Ye Xiwen was not so optimistic, because just now, he actually sensed that the
cultivation level of Cao Jinbiao was already in the Xiantian realm. Although, he had
camouflaged his breath quite well, but he had accidentally leaked a very small amount of
his breath and that had been instantly sensed by Ye Xiwen.
Think of breath like an 'aura' which is directly proportional to one's cultivation level
After practicing the "Restraining breath technique", Ye Xiwen had become very sensitive to
the aura of other people and by virtue of a person's aura, he had been able to sense their
cultivation level and strength. And Cao Jinbiao turned out to be a Xiantian master but he
seemed injured, because his aura was very unstable when Ye Xiwen had sensed it.
But even a wounded Xiantian master like Cao Jinbiao would not be unable to retaliate if a
Fire Lin beast was wreaking havoc and killing members of his family, moreover this Fire
Lin beast had particularly attacked the members of Cao family in the past, so there was
definitely an inside story behind this.
"Two heroes, I thank you for driving away that Fire Lin beast this time." Cao Jinbiao said.
He had certainly seen how Dai Xiaohua and Ye Xiwen had scared away the Fire Lin beast,
and one of them was only a master of Houtian realm and was simply not strong enough to
defeat a Fire Lin beast.
"Lord is so polite!" Dai Xiaohua waved his hands and said as if he did not care.
"You're welcome!" Ye Xiwen said.
Cao Jinbiao saw that the two of them had started to talk to each other. He did not stay there
for too long and after talking for a while with other warriors, he finally left.
"Hey, I can't believe that it really was the Fire Lin beast!" Dai Xiaohua chuckled and said
after he saw Cao Jinbiao leaving.
"And there's also that Blue Flaming flower, Gee, I am afraid it's going to get very lively
around here!" Dai Xiaohua excitedly said. "Didn't I say that Blue Flaming flower really
exists? And the appearance of Fire Lin beast has confirmed my anticipation.
I once read a record in a book and it said that Fire Lin beast was actually associated with
the treasure, Blue Flaming flower.
Shortly after the birth of a Fire Lin beast's cub, a Blue Flaming flower would mature on the
place of its birth and so long as the Fire Lin Beast cub swallowed this flower, it would be
able to have step by step growth from infancy to adulthood!"
Growing period! Ye Xiwen frowned. An infant Fire Lin beast had been so difficult to deal
with, not to mention, it was still in the growth period and no one could guess about the
extent of its growth once it reached adulthood. Ye Xiwen felt in his heart that fortunately, it
was not in the adulthood right now, otherwise, the only option left for them would be
either to escape or face massacre at the hands of this unique demon beast that contained
the blood of ancient Fire Qilin beast, making it too formidable to deal with.
"Hey, I'm going to get ready, because it's going to be a lot of fun tomorrow." Dai Xiaohua
cupped his hand into the other across his chest and said, "Brother Ye, I have things to do so
I will go ahead first."
Looking at the departing figure of Dai Xiaohua, Ye Xiwen did not stay in the Cao family
Manor for too long and returned back to the inn to start practicing.
Ye Xiwen always felt that there was something strange here, that things were not as simple
as he had previously thought, and it turned that he was right. Even an infant Fire Lin beast
was already at the peak of Xiantian first stage and was powerful enough to make everyone
run for their lives, and could even kill some Xiantian second stage masters as well.
After the growth period of Fire Lin beast would complete, it would be difficult to describe
how formidable it would become in its adulthood.
It could be said that this whole matter had become quite scary!
However, no matter what, to enhance one's strength, dealing
with all the troubles was the way of the king!
Night passed in a blink of an eye and Ye Xiwen had fully concentrated on practicing, but this
night had become a sleepless night for many experts and the reason behind this was the
identity of that monster, being revealed as the formidable Fire Lin beast.
The existence of Fire Lin beast and Blue Flaming flower was enough to attract the attention
of many experts.
After practicing all night, Ye Xiwen finally stopped and went downstairs only to find it
crowded with many new warriors, and compared to the warriors he had seen yesterday,
this crowd consisted of a lot of stronger experts of Xiantian realm. All of them were covered
with dust, and it seemed that they had apparently rushed to the Caojiaji town after hearing
about the Fire Lin beast and Blue Flaming flower!
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Chapter 70: Rising Winds
The entire inn was filled with a tense atmosphere.
"Did you hear that? I heard that even Tianhui City's City Guard Government has dispatched
an expert and I also heard that a few decades ago, that expert was famous by the name of
Chen Tieshou in the nearby areas."
"How was he dispatched, didn't the rumours say that Chen Tieshou is already dead?"
"Several years ago, Chen Tieshou was a famous Xiantian master in this area but later,
rumours spread out that he died. I did not expect that he would actually conceal himself
and work for City Guard Government."
"Furthermore, last night, someone saw that Shaoyang Sect's young master, Wu Shaoyang,
has also entered the town and has obviously also come for the Fire Lin beast."
"Gee, with the arrival of so many Xiantian masters, I am afraid it's going to be a lot of fun!"
"Yesterday I did not know, but a big personality was present among us. Everyone knows of
the Dai family, right? Gee, yesterday, the most powerful expert of the current generation of
Dai family, Dai Xiaohua, displayed a superb performance of
'Hundred stages God fist' to a profound level and scared away that Fire Lin beast."
"Yes, I also heard that a young man went out alone to kill the Fire Lin beast and came back
unharmed, gee, he must also be a famous master!"
A discussion was open inside the inn and Ye Xiwen was quietly having breakfast in a
corner. No one knew that Ye Xiwen was the young man in their discussions, who had alone
chased after the Fire Lin beast and had come back alive. But, Ye Xiwen had accidentally
heard and was surprised to find out that Dai Xiaohua was actually a person of the famous
Dai family.
Dai family had a well-known influence in the nearby regions and was backed by one of the
four great Sects of Great Yue State, Liu Yuncheng. It had a rather special influence among
the four great Sects, and not just because it contained a wide range of martial arts, but also
because the ancestors of Liu Yuncheng Lord's family had founded the Great Yue Empire
alongside the
first emperor. Also, because of the relationship between the teachings of their forefathers,
among the four great Sects, Liu Yuncheng was most intimate with the imperial family.
Basically, it could be said that they were deeply interrelated with the royal family.
Dai family was a branch of Liu Yuncheng and its huge influence had spread throughout the
Great Yue State like the other three respected families, backed by Liu Yuncheng. Also, an
ancestor of Dai family was also one of the four efficient subordinates of Liu Yuncheng and
had served under the king during the foundation of the Empire.
Yesterday, Ye Xiwen could have guessed about Dai Xiaohua's background, but his attention
was riveted on the Fire Lin beast.
And, Dai Xiaohua had also made very good impression on him, and had proved himself
worthy of a close friendship, so he didn't think too much about this matter.
But even so, it was nothing, and was he not also the strongest disciple in the younger
generation of Qingfeng Mountain's Yi Yuan School.
This time, no matter what, he must fight and strive on and during the chaos caused by so
many powerful masters, he might
have a chance to score a victory.
After a while, a warrior of the Cao family entered the inn and walked straight to the front of
Ye Xiwen and said: "Master Ye, our Cao family's Lord has especially sent me to invite you
for today's operation of elimination of monster, are you ready?"
"En!" Ye Xiwen nodded.
"Then please come with me."
Ye Xiwen followed the warrior of Cao family out of the inn, and at this time, a buzzing
sound of an intense discussion broke out in the inn.
"Ah, he was that young man, named Ye Xiwen, who chased alone after the Fire Lin beast
last night!"
"I never imagined him to be so skinny!"
"Stupid, a warrior must not be judged by his appearance. If strength was decided by the
physique of a master, then all of the
masters would have iron tower-like physiques!"
"Yes, yesterday I saw an idiot provoking Ye Xiwen, but instead he got nailed to the wall
with a chopstick."
"Where does this Ye Xiwen come from?"
"Don't you know?" At this time, a traveling merchant opened his mouth and said, "This Ye
Xiwen is this year's peerless genius from Yi Yuan School."
"A genius from Yi Yuan School? That's not right, although Yi Yuan School is somewhat far
from here, but I know of Ye Feng, Zhang Yang et al. Why have I never heard of Ye Xiwen
before?"
A knowledgeable man asked.
"You don't know about it?"The traveling merchant said with a smug look on his face, "That
Ye Xiwen is a rising genius of Yi Yuan School. He won the inner disciples competition and
easily became a champion of Yi Yuan School's inner sect. After winning the championship,
he again stole the spotlight in the core disciple's competition by beheading a Xiantian
master.
Right now, he is recognized as Yi Yuan School's strongest top disciple in the younger
generation."
Ye Xiwen did not know that the whole inn had started to talk about his achievements. He
followed the Cao family's warrior and soon arrived at the Manor of Cao family.
At this time, the Manor was already crowded with experts and all of them were exuding a
dangerous aura.
However soon, two people caught his attention and at a corner, an old man was standing
under the tree shade, with a cold look on his face, and right then, Ye Xiwen also noticed his
pitch-black iron-like hands.
Ye Xiwen immediately knew that this guy should be Chen Tieshou. Although he seemed to
be standing still and alone, but no one was daring to approach him because he seemed
more like a beast than a martial artist.
On the other side, there was an entirely different scene. A youth clad in red robe, holding a
sword in his hand was standing with a smile on his face while surrounded by a multitude of
warriors, trying to get close to him, after all, although the influence of Shaoyang Sect was
not comparable to Yi Yuan School, Dai family and other great Sects, but it was still
not a small power because three Xiantian masters had assumed personal command over
the Shaoyang Sect and it had definitely a powerful influence in this neighborhood, that
couldn't be ignored.
Ye Xiwen also found that the strength level of these warriors was obviously more than the
warriors of Qingfeng Mountain area and was really closer to the warriors found in the
central regions of Great Yue State.
"Brother Ye!" At this time, the voice of Dai Xiaohua entered Ye Xiwen's ears. He turned to
look and actually saw Dai Xiaohua running towards him, "I never thought that Brother Ye
was actually a brilliant student of Yi Yuan School. You tried to conceal this from me and I
feel bitter about it! "
"When did you become so bashful? You and I became good friends without worrying about
our background identity and status." Ye Xiwen said with a smile.
"Ha haha, exactly, exactly, you said well, looked pleasing to the eyes of each other, then you
and I became good friends, without worrying about our background identity and status."
Dai Xiaohua laughed and said.
"Gentlemen ..."
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Chapter 71: To Hit With Hands Or Fists
"Gentlemen..." At this time, the Lord of Cao family, Cao Jinbiao, came out and cupped one
hand in the other across his chest and said, "Today, you all have accepted our invitation and
it is great honour for our small town."
"Lord Cao, don't mention it, because today we have come for the matter related to the Fire
Lin beast!" A warrior said.
Everyone nodded, though this was an operation initiated by the Cao family, but if there
were no Fire Lin beast and Blue Flaming flower in the picture then who would have come
at Cao family's invitation?
"Good, this monster extermination operation will now officially begin. Everyone please
follow us!" Cao Jinbiao did not speak much and immediately began the operation.
Led by the members of Cao family, the large team of mighty warriors headed towards the
place where the underground magma pool was located.
Ye Xiwen and Dai Xiaohua were also present in the crowd and they soon went out of the
town. All these warriors were fast and within half an hour, they arrived under a hillside.
This hillside was not high, only about 56 meters, but there was a big hole on its top and one
could see a very dark bottomless place from above. The magma pool was present beneath
it.
Ye Xiwen quickly followed the crowd into the cave.
After entering the cave, they suddenly felt a heat wave blowing and could even hear the
sound of lava rolling and boiling inside cave, accompanied with the bubbling sound.
Ye Xiwen reckoned that maybe this magma pool had not formed by an active volcano, but it
was hard to say, after all, this could only be calculated based on thousands of years of
volcanic action.
But now, it seemed to have been formed from a volcano and that must have happened a
very long time ago!
When the team went deeper into the cave, the temperature of the ground started to
increase gradually and some of the warriors had to wrap their feet with Zhen Qi, otherwise
the heat
would have burnt their feet.
It was getting darker inside the cave, but everyone here was an expert and could clearly see
in just a little bit of light, moreover as they were approaching the magma pool, the cave had
gradually started to illuminate with red light.
The team continued to walk in the direction from where the red light was coming and only
after awhile they saw a huge magma pool, filled with rolling and bubbling red hot magma.
Everyone clearly saw that right at the centre of the magma pool, there was a single Blue
Flaming Lotus, and seemed to be camouflaged with its colour similar to the colour of the
surrounding magma.
People could not help but be secretly amazed. They never expected to actually see a flower
growing in the magma, and it could survive under such a high temperature, that was
definitely not ordinary. They saw the entirely crimson coloured Blue Flaming Lotus and
they also clearly saw that it contained lotus seeds as well.
"Haha, it's actually the Blue Flaming Lotus!" A warrior
laughed and said.
After seeing the flower, the warrior picked up a huge rock and suddenly threw it into the
magma pool.
"Splash!" The rock fell into the magma, and that warrior immediately jumped and stepped
on that huge rock and without waiting even for an instant, he suddenly leaped again
towards the Blue Flaming Lotus to plunder it.
Everyone saw that once that warrior tried to grasp the Blue Flaming Lotus in his hand, he
started screaming over and over while his hands had instantly burnt to a terrifying extent.
His body fiddled and as there nothing to support his falling body, he fell directly into the
magma and screamed pitifully before completely melting.
"He really was courting death!" Many of the warriors who had fortunately not rushed like
him, said with a look of disdain on their faces.
Ye Xiwen frowned at this troublesome situation. The Blue Flaming Lotus was completed
surrounded by red hot magma and there were no places to step over to approach it and
looking
at the scary level of temperature of the magma, even a foot, properly wrapped in re-
enforced Zhen Qi, would instantly melt and disappear once stepped into the magma, which
was absolutely terrifying.
"Let me try!" At this time, the young master of Shaoyang Sect, Wu Shaoyang, shouted loudly
and instantly threw a red double-edged sword which flew out skimming over the magma
pool and Wu Shaoyang immediately flew up, and as lithe as the swallow, he descended over
his sword and rushed towards the Blue Flaming Lotus to snatch it.
"Shua!" The treasured sword passed swiftly over the Blue Flaming Lotus and instantly cut
down the entire flower while flying vigorously through the air, but at this time, when he
stretched out his hands to firmly hold the Blue Flaming Lotus, it started to emit buzzing
sound after coming in contact with his hands. The ultra-high temperature had started to
melt his Zhen Qi, though fortunately, he was already a master of the Xiantian realm and his
Xiantian Zhen Qi was far more powerful than the Houtian Zhen Qi. If a Houtian realm
warrior had held this Lotus in his hand, then it would have instantly corroded his Zhen Qi
and burnt his hand.
Wu Shaoyang soon flew skimming over the magma pool to the other side.At this time, he
heard a shrill piercing sound and saw
a huge rock flying towards him at a lightning speed.
"Bang!" Wu Shaoyang struggled to twist his body in the midair and dodged the rock which
then heavily crashed into the side of the cliff and dug a big hole into it.
"Chen Tieshou, you! Old bastard, how dare you sneak an attack on me!" Wu Shaoyang
turned around to look and noticed that it was Chen Tieshou who had played this dirty trick
on him...
Chen Tieshou sneered: "You better put down the Blue Flaming Lotus. It is not the kind of
thing that your Shaoyang Sect should meddle with."
Wu Shaoyang's complexion got unsightly and he stared fiercely at the Chen Tieshou and
said: "If I say no, then?"
"Then your father will lose a son, so I advise you to be little sensible. Years ago, I made a
living by travelling around the country when you were just born!" Chen Tieshou bluntly
said.
"Old fool, you want to take advantage of your own seniority.
So what if you have practiced for decades, just you wait and see how I cut you today!" Wu
Shaoyang had become enraged by Chen Tieshou's words.
"You can try!" Chen Tieshou sneered and rushed towards Wu Shaoyang.
"Old stuff, just drop dead already!" Wu Shaoyang struck his sword and a terrifying Jianqi
instantly rushed out towards Chen Tieshou (Iron Hand).
"Boom!" Chen Tieshou used his hands to directly block and scatter the incoming Jianqi, but
at this time, his figure stagnated and it seemed as if he would fall into the magma. He
immediately shot his palm releasing a terrifying Qijin (powerful qi) towards the magma.
With the help of the opposite reaction force of this attack, his body suddenly bounced back
to go up, and like an eagle, he instantly rushed towards Wu Shaoyang.
"Even if they had come for Blue Flaming Lotus, this hitting
with hands or fists began too quickly. Moreover, even the
shadow of the Fire Lin beast is nowhere to be seen!" Dai Xiaohua said with disdain.
'to hit with hands or fists' means 'to fight over something'
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Chapter 72: Cao Family's Trap
Fire Lin beast? Ye Xiwen shook his head because none of these warriors had really come to
help Cao family in exterminating this beast!
Almost all had come for the Blue Flaming Lotus, and knowing the benefits of this rare
treasure, even a devil would be willing to come as well!
As a result of battling with Chen Tieshou, Wu Shaoyang had no other choice left but to
obediently put down the Blue Flaming Lotus.
"Snatch the Blue Flaming Lotus!"
"Kill!"
Seeing the fight of Wu Shaoyang and Chen Tieshou, other warriors suddenly broke out all
of a sudden, because they had faced a sudden outbreak of greed in their hearts for the Blue
Flaming Lotus.
Fighting, killing, all of a sudden, a lot of warriors had already died!
Undoubtedly, the greed had manifested itself inside the hearts of these warriors!
The aisle to the magma pool was too narrow and because of that, a lot of warriors had
directly fallen into the magma pool and perished instantly.
Both Ye Xiwen and Dai Xiaohua were not in a rush like those other warriors, because to
them, these people were nothing more than a motley crew and were definitely not a cause
of concern, even though some Xiantian masters were also present among these warriors.
But, for these two, their only possible opponents could be Chen Tieshou and Wu Shaoyang,
the two Xiantian masters, who were battling each other at the moment.
Of course, there was also Cao Jinbiao, the Lord of Caojiaji town, and Ye Xiwen had not
forgotten that Cao Jinbiao was also a powerful Xiantian master, although injured at the
moment.
Then suddenly, Ye Xiwen discovered that Cao Jinbiao, who
should have been with his team in the middle, had disappeared and this discovery had
suddenly made him tensed and surprised at the same time.
"Cao Jinbiao has disappeared!" Ye Xiwen immediately informed Dai Xiaohua.
"What? Don't tell me he got killed by some warrior!" Dai Xiaohua said.
"No, he disappeared only a moment ago, and I also can't see the members of Cao family." Ye
Xiwen said.
After listening to what Ye Xiwen had just said, Dai Xiaohua also reacted immediately,
because it was really true that the members of Cao family, who were present here only a
moment ago, had suddenly disappeared.
"This is a problem!" Dai Xiaohua frowned and said, because the Cao family had used this
chaotic situation to their advantage.
Confusion, Chaos!
The Crowd of warriors had already rushed to the other side of the magma pool leaving only
Dai Xiaohua and Ye Xiwen behind.
Ye Xiwen saw a man rushing to grab the Blue Flaming Lotus, but that man was shot by
many concealed weapons, turning his body look like that of a hedgehog.
However, before long, everyone started fighting with each other while striving to be first
and fearing to be last.
When Ye Xiwen was trying to think about his next course of action, suddenly, the whole
magma boiled up and a huge shadow jumped out from the magma and swooped down
towards the group of warriors, who were fighting with each other until now, and several
warriors didn't have enough time to dodge and were instantly killed.
Fire Lin beast!
Everyone was stunned after the sudden appearance of Fire Lin beast.
"Hundred stages god fist!" Dai Xiaohua shouted and flew towards the beast.
His fierce punch shot out the terrifying Quanjin.
'Quanjin' is the power present in his fist
"Boom!" The Quanjin fiercely collided with the body of Fire Lin beast, but its grandiose
stature moved only a bit.
Ye Xiwen also didn't wait and immediately flew across the entire magma pool, then took
out his blade and severely chopped out towards the Fire Lin beast.
Fire Lin beast screamed and several of its scales immediately shattered.
Fire Lin beast did not stop, but it immediately pounced towards the Blue Flaming flower.
"You beast!" Wu Shaoyang shouted loudly and his sword danced out, releasing a long thick
Swordqi which instantly
plugged into the front of the Fire Lin beast.
Chen Tieshou also didn't wait and his fist rumbled, producing an air crackling sound and
the profound skill of Chen Tieshou directly struck the body of Fire Lin beast, and it
bellowed and rolled to the side.
But the Fire Lin beast did not give up. It immediately stood up and rolled to the side of Blue
Flaming Lotus and bit off a major part of the Lotus and swallowed it.
"You filthy beast!" At this time, the people were angry, seeing that the Fire Lin beast had
actually eaten half of the Blue Flaming Lotus.
The Fire Lin beast lifted its face upward and gave out a loud roar and rushed towards a
group of Houtian level warriors and almost in an instant, these Houtian level warriors had
been totally obliterated.
"Kill, ha haha, kill them for me!" At this time, everyone heard a loud battle cry coming from
a distant place, but this voice was familiar to Ye Xiwen. Yes! It was the voice of Cao Jinbiao,
Lord of Caojiaji town.
Everyone saw Cao Jinbiao, and two other experts walking with him towards the magma
pool from far away. These two experts were actually Xiantian level masters, one was a
middle-aged man who looked smaller than Cao Jinbiao and another was a skinny old man.
Ye Xiwen immediately recognized these two experts, as someone from the Cao family had
mentioned about them earlier to Ye Xiwen. These two were the major pillars that
supported the Cao family on their shoulders. The middle-aged man was the younger
brother Cao Jinbiao, called Cao Jinshui, while the old man was an elder of Caojiaji town,
called Cao Xing - No one had expected to find so many Xiantian masters in a small town like
Caojiaji.
"Lord Cao, what is the meaning of this?" Chen Tieshou asked.
"Ha haha, of course, this is to kill you all. Today, you all must die!" A warrior of Cao family
laughed and said.
"You dare to set me up, are you not afraid of our punitive army?" Chen Tieshou said in a
cold voice.
"Do you think you can escape? You are only the first wave of Xiantian masters that we have
attracted so far, and then later, more will come and after beheading all of the Xiantian
masters of the nearby areas, our Cao family will gain the biggest influence in this locality!"
A warrior of the Cao family said, "And who will know that we were behind this? All they
will know that, you all died at the hands of the Fire Lin beast!"
"So, this Fire Lin beast ..." Dai Xiaohua's complexion immediately paled.
"Yes, so you finally realized. In order to subdue this beast, we had to put a lot of efforts!"
The warrior laughed and said.
Ye Xiwen suddenly understood. This explained why Cao Jinbiao's breath was unstable. So,
he had actually been injured while taming this Fire Lin beast.
In other words, Cao family really wanted to attract great masters of Shaoyang Sect and
Tianhui town, while Ye Xiwen as well as Dai Xiaohua were also their targets!
"You talk too much!" Cao Jinshui shouted and said, "Kill them all, and once we are done
with them, our Cao family would gain
the top influence in this area!"
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
Cao family's men gave out a battle cry. While the complexion of those who had been invited
by the Cao family had considerable paled, but now, this had become a matter of life and
death for them, and they immediately clashed with the members of the Cao family and a
bloody war started in the cave.
Ye Xiwen suddenly moved quickly and in an instant, he was next to the Blue Flaming Lotus.
He bent down and caught the root of the Blue Flaming Lotus, although the major part of the
Lotus had been eaten by the Fire Lin beast, but even just the root was very beneficial.
But before Ye Xiwen could even think, a huge shadow leaped towards him and mercilessly
hit Ye Xiwen, and sent him flying.
"Splash!" Ye Xiwen fell into the magma pool.
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Chapter 73: Breaking Through To The
Xiantian Realm
"Brother Ye!" Dai Xiaohua said anxiously, "You, filthy beast!"
Dai Xiaohua had become extremely furious when he saw Ye Xiwen being pushed into the
magma pool, without any chance to dodge an attack from the Fire Lin beast. He furiously
shot out
'Hundred stages god fist' at the beast and it suddenly screamed.
His Quanjin broke through the layers of scales and blasted into its body under the scales.
Dai Xiaohua's Xiantian level strength had reached its peak, caused by his anger for the beast
and the tyrannical power of his fist technique had truly manifested itself.
However, at this time, Dai Xiaohua was unable to chase and kill the Fire Lin beast, because
Cao Jinbiao and his family had started an onslaught on them and Lord Cao Jinbiao was a
terrifying Xiantian master, so Dai Xiaohua had to pay attention to them as well.
Three Xiantian masters of the Cao family were already well prepared to obstruct Dai
Xiaohua, Chen Tieshou and Wu
Shaoyang.
But Dai Xiaohua was not afraid of these three Xiantian masters of the Cao family, but at
present, the most terrifying was the fact that Fire Lin beast had already swallowed a major
part of the Blue Flaming Lotus and had now entered into transformation period. If this
situation dragged on a little longer and the beast was not killed before the completion of its
transformation, then no one would survive!
The complexion of Dai Xiaohua, Chen Tieshou and Wu Shaoyang had suddenly paled
because they never thought that Cao family would actually prepare such a vicious trap.
"When I go out, I will let my father take care of you Cao family bastards." Wu Shaoyang
gritted his teeth and said in a cold voice.
"Well, that is if you get a chance to go out." Wu Shaoyang's opponent Cao Jinshui sneered
and said.
At the same time, the aura of Fire Lin beast had started to increase rapidly and with a loud
bang, it suddenly broke through the peak of Xiantian first stage and entered the
Xiantian second stage.Hhowever, its aura continued to rise and didn't stop.
"Run, we will make a run for it and as long as there is one of us who manages to escape
from this massacre, Cao family will be exterminated!" Chen Tieshou finally shouted these
words to collaborate with the two Xiantian masters, Dai Xiaohua and Wu Shaoyang. As for
those other warriors, they were like ants in his eyes and he simply did not care about them.
"Run, where will you run to?" Cao Jinbiao laughed and said.
The strength of the Fire Lin beast had already increased dramatically. Its loud roars were
echoing in the cave and its eyes had become blood-red, full of blood and violence, and its
gigantic body suddenly leaped towards Chen Tieshou.
After entering into the Xiantian second stage, the strength of the Fire Lin beast had
increased to a terrifying level and with just a swoop, it had knocked down Chen Tieshou on
the ground.
"Die, you filthy beast!" Chen Tieshou shouted loudly and his pitch-black palm instantly shot
out, containing a terrifying strength, which caused a loud air explosion.
"Bang!" The Fire Lin beast directly lifted up its claw and fiercely stepped upon his hand.
"Kara!" With a sound of breaking bones, the bones inside Chen Tieshou's hand immediately
shattered after the Fire Lin beast had directly stepped on his hand.
Chen Tieshou screamed in a pitiful voice because its foot was extremely heavy. The beast
again stepped on his breastbone and smashed it.
"Ah!" Chen Tieshou screamed but right then, a raging fire suddenly discharged out from the
body of Fire Lin beast and instantly corroded the Xiantian Zhen Qi that was wrapped
around his body, and then burnt him to cinders.
"Ha haha, today, no one's going anywhere!" Cao Xing and the Fire Lin beast rushed towards
Wu Shaoyang and Dai Xiaohua respectively.
Suddenly, the whole magma pool began to boil up and an incredibly terrifying aura flushed
out of the magma pool and an
innumerable influx of frenzied Lingqi formed a huge bubble in the magma.
The complexion of all the Xiantian masters present there immediately turned pale. They
were all familiar with this scene because this was a breakthrough into the Xiantian realm.
The complexion of the people from Cao family especially became pale, because they
couldn't comprehend that how could someone break through to the Xiantian realm inside
the magma.
Dai Xiaohua was delighted, and he seemed to have understood what was happening.
"Hurry up, kill them all!" Cao Jinbiao immediately shouted.
"Boom!" Before they could start the massacre, a loud explosion sound came from the
magma, and a large amount of magma spattered in all directions. Except the Fire Lin beast,
everyone else quickly used all their might to jump back and escape from the flying magma.
They absolutely could not afford to touch it otherwise, they would be roasted alive.
A figure covered in red-hot magma jumped out from the
magma and the first one to react was the Fire Lin beast, which immediately pounced
towards that figure with its blood-red eyes, full of hatred, looking at that figure.
But, the Fire Lin beast actually saw an incomparably radiant red-hot long blade flashing.
The long blade instantly pierced though the air and maliciously chopped into its body.
"Bang!" The whole cave echoed with a loud sound of metal-clash, and in the very next
instant, the Fire Lin beast screamed and its gigantic body directly flew far away by this
blade attack.
There was huge crack on the red scales covering its body and the blood was gushing out of
the wound. This was the first time someone had cut open its scales to this extent.
People were giving dumbfounded looks to that person's figure standing in the mid-air.
They couldn't believe their eyes that in an instant, the tables had turned in their favour and
the beast on which the Cao family was putting its bet had actually been injured and sent
flying by a single blade attack.
It was hard for people to accept this favourable turn of events in such a short time.
At this time, the shadow descended from the sky and landed on one side of the magma pool.
"Brother Ye, you're all right!" Dai Xiaohua said with a look of surprise on his face.
Wu Shaoyang was also surprised and looked at Ye Xiwen, although he and Ye Xiwen were
unfamiliar, but this time, the unexpected appearance of Ye Xiwen was more like
reinforcement to their side.
Ye Xiwen nodded towards the two men, with a blade in his hand and stared coldly towards
the people of Cao family. For Ye Xiwen, only he himself knew about the life and death
experience that he had just gone through, and his survival could be said as a narrow escape.
Falling into magma pool implied certain death. The Houtian Zhen Qi simply couldn't stop
the invasion of magma, and even Xiantian Zhen Qi would burn up quickly, so there was no
way to continue to resist it. So, when he had fallen into the magma, he decided to swallow
the root of Blue Flaming Lotus at this critical moment and along with it, he also took out the
Xiantian Pellet and began to forcefully impact on his inner state in order to enter into the
Xiantian realm. Only after the impact to his
innate state, an endless amount of Xiantian Zhen Qi generated inside his body and he was
able to escape.
Ye Xiwen had no other ways to escape from the magma and without a breakthrough, he
would have burned inside the magma, but fortunately, heavens would not fail a man.
Although he had only swallowed the root of Blue Flaming Lotus but his body had still
gained the fire spirit characteristics.
His anti-fire resistance had greatly enhanced and this was the reason why the magma had
not caused any injuries to his body and he had been able to stay in the magma for so long,
without getting burnt.
Moreover, he also regarded this as a blessing in disguise, because from now on, flames
would not be able to burn him due to greatly increased resistance to fire. Also, he would be
able to practice a fire attribute power technique and would gain twice the result with half
the effort. This was the motive that had attracted all the warriors to come here.
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Chapter 74: All Killed
This was the most important characteristic of Blue Flaming Lotus that had attracted all the
warriors to rush there.
Because of the strong fire resistant properties of the Blue Flaming Lotus, Ye Xiwen had
been able to break through to the Xiantian realm while he was still inside the magma pool!
Inside the magma, Ye Xiwen simply did not have any time to think and his only chance of
survival relied on having a breakthrough as soon as possible. After taking the Xiantian
Pellet, Ye Xiwen had been able to have a quick and successful breakthrough compared to
the other masters, and this could be described as a narrow escape. When he had fallen into
the magma pool, if his Xiantian Zhen Qi had been completely consumed even a moment
before he actually swallowed the Blue Flaming Lotus, then he would have instantly burned
in the magma before gaining the fire-resistant ability from the Lotus.
However, after experiencing a narrow escape from death, it was not so that he didn't get
any benefits from this. In his body, 50% of the Houtian Zhen Qi had transformed into
Xiantian Zhen Qi, and this transformation was comparable to the degree of transformation,
attained by ordinary experts of the Xiantian
third stage, of course, his current transformation was still not comparable to the elite
masters of Xiantian third stage who had already transformed 60% of their Zhen Qi into
Xiantian Zhen Qi.
After entering the Xiantian realm, Ye Xiwen's strength had also reached all the way up to
the strength of 11 Dragons.
Also, speaking of the martial arts techniques, although he knew a lot of Xiantian level
martial arts techniques, but had only mastered to an extent of advanced power technique,
and had only scratched the surface of the real extent related to the Xiantian power
techniques. It could be said that he had obtained a superficial knowledge, as the insights,
about these Xiantian power techniques. Although 50% of his Zhen Qi had already
transformed into Xiantian Zhen Qi, but there was still a small gap between him and other
Xiantian masters, who had also transformed 50% of their Zhen Qi into Xiantian Zhen Qi.
However, dealing with the Fire Lin beast, which had just entered the Xiantian second stage,
was a child's play for Ye Xiwen. And now that Ye Xiwen had entered the Xiantian realm,
once he would start practicing his Xiantian level power techniques, then he would be able
to fight on equal terms with the ordinary masters of the Xiantian third stage. However,
right now, he was still just a master of the Xiantian first stage, who
had still not grasped his martial arts technique to the extent of Xiantian level.
"You, you actually did not die!" Cao Jinshui said with an astonished look in his eyes.
"Thanks to you, I'm not dead." Ye Xiwen, with a calm smile on his face, said, "And I'm afraid
that today, your Cao family will be exterminated."
"You...! You little bastard, how dare you threaten me!" Cao Jinshui roared loudly, "Today, I'll
kill you!"
Cao Jinshui roared and rushed towards Ye Xiwen and shot both his palms in succession,
releasing a terrifying Zhen Qi, which endlessly stirred the air in the surrounding.
"Overconfident!" Ye Xiwen sneered and instantly shot
'Rushing thunder hand', although 'Rushing thunder hand' was just a lower level power
technique, but in the hands of Ye Xiwen, it had reached a profound level, and even if he
used to mainly practice "Cold moon beheader" but he had not put down the "Rushing
thunder hand" because it was simple, quite handy, powerful, and with the conversion of
half of his Zhen Qi into
Xiantian Zhen Qi. And accompanied with the strength of 11
Dragons, how could a Xiantian expert like Cao Jinshui, who had transformed only 10% of
this Zhen Qi into the Xiantian Zhen Qi, be his opponent.
"Boom!" Ye Xiwen's palm rumbled and released an intermittent thunderous explosion
sound which echoed throughout the cave.
"Bang!" With a heart shaking breaking sound, all the bones in Cao Jinshui's arm had been
instantly broken under the terrifying strength of 11 Dragons, present in Ye Xiwen's attack,
that had instantly turned the bones present in Cao Jinshui's arm into powder.
"Ah!" Cao Jinshui screamed while his body had been sent flying upside down by the
terrifying force present in Ye Xiwen's attack that had also injured his internal organs.
"How ... how is this possible!" Everyone was stunned after watching this scene, because no
one thought that a Xiantian master like Cao Jinshui would be unable to stop even a single
attack palm attack from Ye Xiwen.
But, Ye Xiwen had just now entered the Xiantian realm then how had his strength increased
so much.
However, it was obvious that Ye Xiwen did not intend to show mercy on him. His long blade
instantly chopped out a crescent-shaped Bladeqi towards Cao Jinshui and split him in half
in the mid-air.
"Jinshui!"
Cao Jinbiao indignantly roared, "I'll kill you!"
Seeing his younger brother getting killed right in front of his eyes, it seemed as if Cao
Jinbiao had become totally insane and frantic and suddenly rushed towards Ye Xiwen.
However, at this time, the Fire Lin beast also rushed towards Ye Xiwen and spit out high-
temperature flames from its mouth at him.
From the other side, Cao Xing also rushed towards Ye Xiwen.
They must kill Ye Xiwen because if they did not kill him then the news about their
conspiracy would leak out and numerous angry forces would come to destroy Cao family.
Ye Xiwen sneered and took out his long blade and in just a step, his figure suddenly
disappeared. Now that he had become a Xiantian master, not only just half of his Zhen Qi
had transformed into the Xiantian Zhen Qi, but his strength and speed had also progressed
by leaps and bounds. Breaking through to the Xiantian realm could be considered as the
first big transformation for a martial artist, and it caused a tremendous change in the
physical body as well.
'Shua!' Ye Xiwen instantly appeared in front of the Fire Lin beast then stretched out his left
hand and directly squeezed the hot flames spit out by the Fire Lin beast, and his right fist
instantly punched out, with the Xiantian Zhen Qi attached to the top of the fist, and
instantly condensed into a terrifying Quanjin and fiercely smashed into its head.
Although the speed of Fire Lin beast was very fast from the start, and after consuming the
Blue Flaming lotus, its speed had increased even further, but it still could not avoid Ye
Xiwen's fist.
"Bang!" The scales on the face of the Fire Lin beast had immediately shattered by Ye
Xiwen's punch.
"Boom!" The gigantic body of the Fire Lin beast flew up again
and severely hit at the top of a rock generating a tremendous impulse which directly
crushed its bones. It rolled on to one side while wailing incessantly.
Right then, while Ye Xiwen's attention was diverted towards the beast, Cao Jinbiao thought
of this as an opportunity and his figure suddenly appeared behind Ye Xiwen with a trace of
madness in his eyes!
Cao Jinbiao was carrying a spear which instantly shot out like a shadow of a dragon,
suffused with a terrifying undulation, and instantly advanced towards Ye Xiwen.
'Smack!' It seemed as if Ye Xiwen had eyes on his back as well.
He instantly turned around and grabbed the spear with one hand.
"Bang!" After catching the spear so effortlessly, Ye Xiwen took a step and instantly
appeared in front of Cao Jinbiao and slapped a palm on his chest.
"Bang!" Cao Jinbiao solidly suffered a direct hit on his chest from Ye Xiwen's palm, but he
didn't possess the incredible defense of the Fire Lin beast and the strength of 11 Dragons
directly blasted into his chest and instantly turned his internal organs into minced meat!
He died a violent death in a flash!
It took a long time to explain all of this, but in fact, but it had all happened very fast, and by
that time, the last remaining Xiantian master of the Cao family, Cao Xing, had become
terrified of Ye Xiwen after he had seen the two other Xiantian masters of his family, getting
killed so easily at the hands of a Ye Xiwen, who had just entered the Xiantian realm. This
was something incomprehensible to him.
However, it was too late to escape now. Ye Xiwen instantly threw the spear with such an
incredible strength that it immediately reached Cao Xing, and pierced his body and the
immense force present in Ye Xiwen's throw directly carried Cao Xing, along with the spear,
into the magma where he instantly burned to charcoal.
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Chapter 75: Yi Yuan Main Sect
In a very short period of time, the Fire Lin beast had been crippled and the three Xiantian
masters of the Cao family had all been killed single-handedly by Ye Xiwen.
The sudden turn of events had left all the warriors dumbstruck.However, those warriors
realized that their lives had already been saved by Ye Xiwen and shouted in succession out
of happiness.
"Kill these Cao family bastards, they actually conspired to kill us!"
"Kill, kill them all!"
"I will completely eradicate Cao family!"
After facing such a life and death situation, now, many warriors had survived because of
the unexpected appearance of Ye Xiwen and this had boosted their morale. They were in
high spirits and without wasting any time, they roared and rushed towards the warriors of
the Cao family, who were still
mourning the deaths of their strongest experts.
Ye Xiwen did not say anything and arrived at the side of Fire Lin beast and lifted his blade
in a stance. The Fire Lin beast had been crippled by a punch from Ye Xiwen and couldn't
even move. Ye Xiwen finally stabbed his blade into its body and put it out of its miseries.
Ye Xiwen received the corpse of Fire Lin beast in his storage ring, as it had the blood of Fire
Qilin in its body and its whole body could be considered as a treasure, even though it had
not fully matured before dying.
However, if it had completely transformed into a fully-grown Fire Lin beast then Ye Xiwen
would have been unable to deal with it. When it had swallowed the Blue Flaming Lotus, it
had then entered the growth period of rapid transformation and if given enough time, it
could have even reached the Xiantian sixth stage in just one year.
Fire Lin beast had just entered the growth period and after fully maturing, it would have
become an absolutely terrifying demon beast in this locality and would have brought
disaster on everyone, but fortunately, before it could fully mature, it had been killed by Ye
Xiwen.
"Brother Ye, I didn't expect you to be all right!" Dai Xiaohua came up and said. About those
Houtian realm warriors of the Cao family, he simply didn't care because this incident had
come to a closure along with deaths of the three Xiantian masters of the Cao family and Fire
Lin beast and killing these warriors of the Houtian realm would only be a waste of time.
Although Cao family was on the verge of complete extinction, but those warriors were quite
furious for being conspired against by the Cao family because they could have lost their
lives pointlessly.
Both sides had started to fight, but soon, Wu Shaoyang also joined the battle, and once a
Xiantian master like him joined the fray, immediately, this fight had turned into a one-sided
massacre, and soon, Cao family warriors had been completely massacred.
"Brother Ye, thanks for saving our lives today and if I ever got an opportunity in the future,
I would certainly return the favour." Wu Shaoyang said, "I am going back and reveal this
news to the public, good-bye."
Ye Xiwen nodded.
After a while, everyone had left, leaving only Ye Xiwen and Dai Xiaohua behind in the cave,
because those warriors had faced such a life-threatening experience in this cave and were
reluctant to stay here.
"Brother Ye, it is needless to say that I will return the favour and if you ever need help with
something, come find me in the Yun Cheng city!" Dai Xiaohua said while laughing.
Ye Xiwen nodded and though Dai Xiaohua had not said something pleasant to hear, but
after spending time with him, Ye Xiwen had finally come to understand his character. Ye
Xiwen knew that the words he just said seemed fancy, but they still were a lot more
meaningful.
Dai Xiaohua was still young and was an outstanding genius who had already entered the
Xiantian realm, so how could he possibly not enter the city of Yun Cheng, which was a
necessity for all the disciples of Dai family Sect.
"I think we will soon also be able to meet again!" Dai Xiaohua laughed, "Looking at Brother
Ye's talent, you would certainly be
going to the Yi Yuan Main Sect and I am sure that very soon, you will become an
outstanding disciple of the Yi Yuan Main Sect and when the time comes, we should be able
to meet again in the meeting of the warriors of four great Sects."
"Meeting of the warriors of four great Sects?" Ye Xiwen asked.
"Brother Ye, you don't know that the four great Sects of our Yue State jointly holds the
meeting of outstanding warriors including some well-known figures coming from all over
Great Yue State!" Dai Xiaohua said. "Sometimes, the masters of the royal family also join in,
in short, the competition is going to be very fierce, but I think the strength of Brother Ye is
more than enough and standing out won't be an issue for you."
Ye Xiwen did not ask anything more because right now, he had not even entered the Main
Sect, so there were a lot of things that he still did not know about, but once he entered the
Main Sect then these things won't remain hidden from his eyes, and he would eventually
come to know about them.
"Then I'll say good-bye. I must rush toward Yun Cheng city, you know, this time I secretly
ran out on my own and did not go along with my team." Dai Xiaohua said.
The four big Sects of the Great Yue State were located at the four corners of the State, each
in the east, west, north and south direction which worked as the four gateways and
supported the State. Yi Yuan Main Sect was located in the west direction, and Qingfeng
Mountain's Yi Yuan School was located further in the southwest, although separated by a
large distance, but one could travel this distance in one day by riding a flight-type demon
beast, but Yun Cheng city was located in the northern part of Great Yue State and even by
riding on a flight-type demon beast, it would take half a month time, therefore this time, Dai
Xiaohua was in a lot of tension compared to Ye Xiwen.
"En, I'm sure we'll meet again someday!" Ye Xiwen nodded.
After bidding farewell to Dai Xiaohua, Ye Xiwen began to travel alone.
..................
Two months' time passed in a blink of an eye. The large entrance to the Yi Yuan Main Sect
was located in the western part of Yue State and when Ye Xiwen arrived there, he saw that
it was completely bustling with people, who had arrived from more than one hundred sub-
schools. These people were the geniuses from all over the Yue State as well as many
visitors
who had come along with them. And like Ye Xiwen, they had come to enter the Yi Yuan
Main Sect.
"So, this is the Yi Yuan Main Sect where the genius disciples from various Yi Yuan Sub-
schools come to study." Ye Xiwen looked from afar and saw dozens of miles away, an
endless mountain range of ten huge mountains that looked like the mountains of
Immortals, and resembled a sacred mountainous region. Each and every one of those
mountain peaks were so high, as if they were piercing the sky itself, covered with clouds
and mist curling around the mountains. Countless waterfalls were traversing horizontally
down those mountains and it appeared as if the galaxies were falling from the seventh
heaven.
Among these endless mountains, a palace could be seen, rising steeply from the level
ground, and well blended with the surrounding environment, which seemed to resemble
the nature itself.
The most spectacular thing was that in the depth of the mountain range, several palaces
could be seen in a row, visibly floating above the tall peaks and the whole scenery looked
like a city in the mountains.
Ye Xiwen was amazed at the scene which had unfolded in front of him. It clearly resembled
a paradise and compared with the landscape and environment present in the Yi Yuan Main
Sect, Qingfeng Mountain's environment was nothing. And that was the reason why many
experts would rather come to these Great Sects. Coming to the Main Sect was similar to
living in a paradise on the earth, which was going to be a unique experience for Ye Xiwen
who had come from a different world.
Even from dozens of miles away, Ye Xiwen could clearly feel the intermittent waves of
strong and rich Lingqi present in the wind which was very important for cultivating. With
each blow of air on his face and with each breath he took, he would feel a hundred vessels
opening inside his body giving a comfortable feeling to him. Ye Xiwen didn't know that how
many spiritual veins had been buried in these mountains by the Main Sect to make the air
so rich in Lingqi.
If practiced here, then he would certainly gain twice the result with half the effort!
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Chapter 76: Senior Disciple Shi Yi
No wonder that Main Sect had chosen such a place as its base because even with low
qualifications and talent, it was possible to enter the Xiantian realm with little practice.
Moreover, the disciples of Yi Yuan sub-schools, although one could not say that all were
peerless geniuses, but their qualifications were still not so bad. And once the disciples of
the Houtian ninth stage would enter the Main Sect, they would be able to break through to
the Xiantian realm within few years.
If practiced in the environment of sub-schools, then they would be able to step into the
Xiantian realm by the time they reach the age of 30 years old!
Resources and environment of the sub-schools and Main Sect varied greatly.
Although the difference was only a few years to enter the Xiantian realm, but practicing for
entering the Xiantian realm inside the Main Sect and practicing for the same without
entering the Main Sect were not the same things. The difference was only of a few years but
the gap between them was already
very big, because without competition and proper environment for cultivation, there was a
high possibility for this gap to widen.
Those who had already entered the Xiantian realm before entering the Main Sect were the
so-called seed disciples, who would immediately receive various resources from the Yi
Yuan Main Sect to ensure that they should be able to have a rapid increase in their
cultivation in a short time.
This was also the biggest attraction for all the geniuses and many schools would send their
genius disciples to practice in the Main Sect. Since these disciples were already considered
geniuses from their respective schools and once they would practice in the favourable
environment of the Main Sect then they would definitely get stronger, that is why, the
disciples passing out of the Main Sect or other four big Sects of the Great Yue State were
never weak.
Ye Xiwen had some mixed feelings about this because he had just arrived at the Main Sect
and he didn't know about the strength level of other geniuses, who had also come this year,
and he also didn't know how much they had already practiced and how much they would
progress after practicing in the favorable environment of Main Sect. He knew that things
were going to be tough from this point onwards and he needed to
work hard to surpass others.
After thinking about it, Ye Xiwen felt a kind of passionate feeling building inside his heart,
because now, these formidable opponents would become a driving force for his cultivation.
However, right now, the first thing to do was to find the people of the Qingfeng Mountain's
Yi Yuan School.
Suddenly, from the sky, a giant demon bird descended and standing on its top was a decent
looking man. He smiled towards Ye Xiwen and said: "Younger brother, you should be this
year's new disciple from a sub-school, right?"
"I am!" Ye Xiwen nodded.
"Brother is very talented, so young and you are already a master of the Xiantian realm, and
presumably also a seed disciple." The man laughed and said, "My name is Shi Yi, and I am
an inner disciple."
"Greeting Brother Shi Yi, I am Ye Xiwen." Ye Xiwen said and he could easily see through the
depth of Shi Yi's breath and
knew that he was completely harmless but his cultivation had already reached a very high
level because unlike other Xiantian experts, who also contained a part of unconverted
Houtian Zhen Qi in their bodies, his breath was already complete and rich, as if he had
already become one with the nature.
Ye Xiwen concluded that Shi Yi was definitely a master of Xiantian fifth stage and he could
be among the top inner disciples.
Of course, there was no comparison between the strength of core disciples of the Main Sect
and the core disciples of the Qingfeng Mountain, because the core disciples from the Main
Sect could go to the sub-schools and become their head, or sovereign.
This was the difference.
"Brother Ye, do you want to go inside?" Shi Yi said, "If you want, you may come up and I'll
give you a ride."
"It is greatly appreciated brother, I am a disciple of the Qingfeng Mountain's Yi Yuan School
and I don't know where they are because I did not come along with them." Ye Xiwen
said.
"I know where people from different sub-schools live, come on, I'll take you there." Shi Yi
said.
"Thank you!"
Ye Xiwen jumped upon the back of the demon bird and although he had not ridden demon
birds, but he knew about how to do it. He immediately concentrated an influx of Zhen Qi at
the soles of his feet and firmly adsorbed on the demon bird's back.
"Go!" Shi Yi shouted and the demon bird quickly moved waving its huge wings, flying into
the clouds, suddenly Ye Xiwen felt like the wind was blowing and stinging on his skin like
blades made of air, but fortunately, Ye Xiwen had covered his whole body with Xiantian
Zhen Qi, and therefore did not feel pain.
This demon bird was so fast that in a moment, they had already reached the inner parts of
the Yi Yuan Main Sect and he could not help but feel amazed at the beauty of this place and
sighed with emotion.
After careful examination, he saw tens of mountain peaks that were so high that the several
palaces, atop these peaks, looked like starry sky from below.
After Shi Yi's explanation, Ye Xiwen found out that these ten enormous peaks represented
ten branch-veins of the Yi Yuan School and legend said that in the past, the founder of the Yi
Yuan School had handed over these 10 branch veins to 10 of his best disciples.
The first ten mountain peaks were now governed by people of the Yi Yuan School, holding
the reins of the Main Sect.
Meanwhile, their strength was also unpredictable and all of them were Zhen Dao experts,
possessing strengths even more terrifying than the masters of the Xiantian realm, and to
what extent, even Shi Yi didn't know.
Ye Xiwen knew that Zhen Dao masters were considered the authentic disciples of the Yi
Yuan Main Sect and they also possessed terrifying strength, capable enough to kill any
experts of the Xiantian realm easily. Even in such a big influential Sect like the Yi Yuan Main
Sect, there were only around a hundred
Zhen Dao experts.
Besides first ten leaders and those other Zhen Dao disciples, in the Yi Yuan School, the
disciples were divided into inner sect disciples, core disciples and outer sect disciples. With
the vast resources offered by the Yi Yuan Main Sect to the inner sect disciples, they would
be able to break into the Xiantian realm in just few years so the number of inner sect
disciples was always more compared to that of outer sect disciples. In fact, number of inner
sect disciples would be the largest of about 50,000, followed by core sect disciples and least
number of outer sect disciples.
Ye Xiwen had gained a direct insight into the true strength of Yi Yuan Main Sect. Because
having thousands of Xiantian warriors was really incredible for a Sect.
Shi Yi told Ye Xiwen that the new disciples from the sub-schools would go through the
examination, and there, it will be decided which 'peak' they would go to.
And during the examination, if one was to give an outstanding performance, then there was
a chance to get selected to study under the elder, which was a great honour for the disciple
and his status would also increase.
In a very short span of time, the demon bird flew closer to the settlements of the disciples.
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Chapter 77: Bullying
"This is the courtyard for disciple of Qingfeng Mountain's Yi Yuan School, I will leave you
here." The wings of the Demon bird closed down and it descended on a mountain peak.
This mountain peak was located in the more remote area, but several buildings were
present on it.
The disciples of other sub-schools were also concentrated on several other mountain
peaks, although somewhat far away in the remote areas because Main Sect valued strength,
and it was obvious that disciples from the sub-school would be weaker compared to
disciples of the Main Sect.
"Thank you!"
Ye Xiwen climbed up the stairs and quickly arrived at the hillside where the courtyard for
disciples of Qingfeng Mountain's Yi Yuan School was located.
Ye Xiwen had not reached the top yet, when he heard a loud voice.
"How can you do this, this is our Qingfeng Mountain Yi Yuan School's courtyard, you cannot
just barge in and occupy our place!"
Ye Xiwen heard the voice of the only female top core disciple of Qingfeng Mountain's Yi
Yuan School, Qian Wanru.
"Hey, why not, we have more people and you have so few, a total of only twenty. So what if
we want to occupy your courtyard? You have come from a small countryside school and
you don't need this much space, but this time, our Shaoyang Yi Yuan School has sent 50
people, so you separate out two-thirds of this courtyard and give it to us! "
"This is not right, because this is the place where all of our forefathers from Qingfeng
Mountain Yi Yuan School once lived and practiced, why must we give this to you?"
"I tell you what, let's decide with our strengths!" An arrogant voice resounded in the
courtyard.
Ye Xiwen rapidly climbed up the steps and after reaching the top, he soon saw a group of
approximately thirty young people, surrounding the disciples of the Qingfeng Mountain Yi
Yuan
School in the courtyard.
Shaoyang Yi Yuan School!
Ye Xiwen frowned at the name of this school.
This name, for Ye Xiwen, was definitely not strange because Shaoyang Yi Yuan School and
Qingfeng Mountain Yi Yuan School had been hostile towards each other for god knows how
many years. This enmity between these two sub-schools started in the ancient era and no
one knew the reason behind it.
However, after so many years of holding grudges and hatred towards each other, there was
nothing that could be done to stop this clash between the two sub-schools.
Two groups were confronting each other where one belonged to the Qingfeng Mountain,
about 20 in number and all over the middle Houtian ninth stage and were being led by
Zhang Yang, Qian Wanru and Wu Hao.
Among them, Zhang Yang had already entered the Xiantian realm and had transformed
10% of his Zhen Qi into Xiantian Zhen Qi, while Qian Wanru and Wu Hao had both reached
the peak of Houtian ninth stage.
The group on the other side belonged to the Shaoyang Yi Yuan School, headed by a young
guy who currently had a sneer on his face. He was also a Xiantian first stage master, but
with his 20%
Zhen Qi already transformed into Xiantian Zhen Qi, he was a lot stronger than Zhang Yang.
Qingfeng Mountain Yi Yuan School this year's core disciples really had relatively mediocre
strength.
"Huo Cheng, do not go too far with the bullying!" At this time, Wu Hao spoke.
"Bullying? You call that bullying, ha ha, a moment ago, that guy called Ye Feng, who was
supposed to be the most powerful disciple from your school, easily collapsed in front of me!
He is lucky that I almost stopped myself from wasting his cultivation!" Huo Cheng said with
a complacent smile on his face.
In the back of the crowd, Ye Feng's complexion suddenly changed. So, that was the reason
why Ye Xiwen had not seen him in the crowd because he had already been wounded.
Ye Xiwen's complexion suddenly changed. In this entire world, he loved his family the most
and someone had dared to touch a member of his family and by doing so he had also
invited the wrath of the emperor.
"F**k off!" Ye Xiwen shouted.
Ye Xiwen's shout had immediately caused commotion among the disciples of the Shaoyang
Yi Yuan School when they saw a seventeen-year-old boy was ferociously looking at them.
"Ye Xiwen!" When Zhang Yang saw Ye Xiwen, a sudden happiness bloomed on his face.
"It's Brother Ye!"
"Brother Ye!"
All the disciples of the Qingfeng Mountain Yi Yuan School had an expression of surprise on
their faces when they suddenly saw Ye Xiwen, and now they felt relaxed because now they
knew that they had survived this crisis, because in the present situation, even Zhang Yang
and Ye Feng, the two Xiantian
masters had been unable to do anything but in their hearts, they had already accepted Ye
Xiwen as their leader.
After all, months ago, Ye Xiwen had easily beheaded a Xiantian master, although at that
time, Liu Zhi's strength had not been that much, and his transformation of Xiantian Zhen Qi
was inferior compared to the current Zhen Qi transformation of Zhang Yang and Ye Feng,
but Ye Xiwen was also only a Houtian realm warrior back then and had still been able to
behead a Xiantian master like Liu Zhi.
Moreover, Ye Xiwen had also received Xiantian Dan and Blood Yuan fruit like Ye Feng and
Zhang Yang, so it was easy to guess that he would definitely have entered into the Xiantian
realm and his previous tyrannical strength would have become even more tyrannical.
Indeed, as they had thought, in the last two months, Ye Xiwen's strength had progressed by
leaps and bounds and he had become tyrannically power, even though he was still at the
Xiantian first stage.
He had fully consolidated his inner state within the Xiantian realm at the first stage, and
half of his Zhen Qi had completely transformed into Xiantian Zhen Qi. He had experienced
breakthroughs in all his Xiantian level martial arts techniques where he had reached the
peak of first layer of "Tyrant body technique", which made his slim body to contain a total
strength of 19 Dragons. And now that he had reached the peak of transformation of 50%
Zhen Qi into the Xiantian Zhen Qi, he could even contend with the Xiantian third stage
experts and the most important thing was that the now, ordinary warriors of the Xiantian
third stage wouldn't be able to injure him.
He had finally reached the peak of the Xiantian part of
"Celestial Step", and in just two months, his speed had nearly doubled compared to the
speed he had while fighting the Fire Lin beast.
"Changing muscles shrinking bones technique" had been practiced to the 'Xiaocheng' realm
and even while standing beside a Xiantian master, Ye Xiwen could not be discovered and
would even be able to change his appearance.
He had achieved the best benefits in the "Cold moon beheader" and had actually practiced
the "Full moon beheader"
to the 'Dacheng realm'.
Only the progress was not much for "Coiling Dragon palm", which was such a difficult
martial art to practice that Ye Xiwen
could only grasp a little more knowledge about its first move
"Hidden Dragon rising from the abyss"
Now only the masters of the Xiantian third stage who had transformed 60% of their Zhen
Qi into Xiantian Zhen Qi could pose a threat to him.
But with such advancements in his strength, the price naturally was very large. After
entering the Xiantian realm, the low-grade spirit stones consumption had increased
dramatically and almost all of the spirit stones he possessed had already been burnt in the
last two months, and now, low-grade spirit stone were simply not good enough for
practicing Xiantian techniques, so he could only use spirit stones which were quite
expensive.
In other words, Ye Xiwen had once again become poor!
Chapter 78: Like A Dead Dog
However, Ye Xiwen was quite used to his special way of cultivation and he needed to
arrange for surplus spirit stones to continue practicing in the ‘Special Space’.
After entering the Xiantian realm, the crazy consumption rate of spirit stones had led to a
rapid increase in his strength and speed, to a terrifying extent.
People of Shaoyang Yi Yuan School were also giving somewhat strange looks to Ye Xiwen,
because they did not know why disciples of Qingfeng Mountain Yi Yuan School looked so
overjoyed after the sudden appearance of this young man.
“Who are you?” Huo Cheng asked.
“Qingfeng Mountain Yi Yuan School’s Ye Xiwen.” Ye Xiwen indifferently said, “Who
wounded my brother?”
“It was him, that Huo Cheng!”
“Yes, it was him!”
Many of the disciples of Qingfeng Mountain Yi Yuan School immediately said while pointing
towards Huo Cheng.
“So what if it was me!” Huo Cheng looked at Ye Xiwen with disdain and said, “Are you that
Ye Feng’s younger brother?”
“That Ye Feng is a guy with an undeserved reputation and mediocre strength, that’s all he
is.” Huo Cheng said indifferently.
“You are just an ignorant dog who has actually dared to venture into our territory.” Ye
Xiwen looked maliciously at Huo Cheng and said.
At this time, the conflict between the two sub-schools had also attracted many onlookers
consisting mainly of disciples living on the neighbouring mountain peaks. Both Qingfeng
Mountain and Shaoyang Yi Yuan Schools were one of a dozen or more sub-schools and the
disciples from these sub-schools had settled on dozens of mountain peaks.
Although more than a dozen mountain peaks were occupied by the disciples of these sub-
schools, but for the entire Yi Yuan School, this was still a small and insignificant area and
nothing more.
The key figures of Yi Yuan School, the elders, the high-ranked disciples and others, all of
them had their own separate mountain peak as personal domain.
It was difficult to imagine how big Yi Yuan School actually was!
“You actually dared to abuse me!” Huo Cheng shouted with an angry look on his face.
“Abused? That was just the beginning because now I will beat the crap out of you!” Ye
Xiwen sneered and in just a step, using Celestial Step, he arrived in front of Huo Cheng in a
flash.
“Did you think you can just come here and run wildly and no one will punish you?” Ye
Xiwen mercilessly shot his big hand towards the face of Huo Cheng.
Until a moment ago, Huo Cheng had been feeling triumphed when he suddenly saw Ye
Xiwen’s hand coming towards him.
He wanted to dodge but simply couldn’t because Ye Xiwen’s speed was incredibly fast,
almost like a whirlwind, and in an instant, Ye Xiwen’s hand had approached Huo Cheng’s
face.
“Bang!” Ye Xiwen’s big hand slapped maliciously on the face of Huo Cheng. He suddenly
screamed and spat out a mouthful of blood and along with that, some of his teeth flew out.
All the people present there had their jaws dropped. They knew about Huo Cheng’s
strength because being able to convert 20% of Zhen Qi into Xiantian Zhen Qi was rare for
masters at such a young age.
However, this Ye Xiwen was simply too terrifying. His palm was so fast that Huo Cheng had
been unable to dodge it and had suffered a severe slap on the face.
Moreover, from the look on Ye Xiwen’s face, it seemed as if he hadn’t put any effort at all.
Shaoyang Yi Yuan School’s disciples broke out in cold sweat, and Qingfeng Mountain Yi
Yuan School’s disciples were cheering for Ye Xiwen because his strength really had become
even more unfathomable and tyrannical.
“You …” Huo Cheng looked at Ye Xiwen with a look of disbelief.
“What you!” Ye Xiwen again slapped him on the other side of his face and suddenly, a few
more teeth went flying out.
There was a huge difference between their strengths.
Although Huo Cheng could be considered as an outstanding genius in the crowd of this
year’s disciples, who had already transformed 20% of his Zhen Qi into Xiantian Zhen Qi. If
he had faced someone else then he would not be so miserable, but to his bad luck, he had
dared to provoke Ye Xiwen.
“I’ll kill you!” Huo Cheng was extremely furious in his heart and mind. Right from infancy to
adulthood, he had always been called a cultivation genius and had already gained fame at a
young age by getting attention from everyone, but just now, he had received such
humiliation.
Both of his eyes had reddened and one could see hatred for Ye Xiwen in his eyes who had
humiliated him in front of such a large crowd, consisting of disciples from many sub-
schools.
When he had come to bully the disciples of Qingfeng Mountain Yi Yuan School, Huo Cheng
never thought that he himself would be bullied instead.
Huo Cheng drew out his sword blade and it brandished a dazzling Swordlight that instantly
rushed towards Ye Xiwen with lightning speed.
Although Huo Cheng did not have the strength to hit back in front of tyrannical Ye Xiwen
and had been slapped twice that had made him face such a disgrace in front of everyone.
But, he was strong and was indeed a genius of Shaoyang Yi Yuan School and at this time, the
strength of a master of peak Xiantian first stage completely unleashed in this sword attack.
Ye Xiwen sneered and used Rushing thunder hand to instantly grasp Huo Cheng’s sword
blade.
“Dang!” A loud metal clashing sound resounded everywhere and Ye Xiwen actually firmly
grabbed Huo Cheng’s sword blade in his hand.
“Bang dang!”
“Bang dang!”
“Bang dang!”
Ye Xiwen kneaded that sword blade as if it was made up of clay, and its size decreased
section by section.
After entering the Xiantian realm and practicing “Tyrant body technique” to such a
profound level, not only his strength had increased dramatically, but the toughness of his
body had also increased to such an extent that now, it had become difficult for weapons like
spears and swords to hurt him.
Ye Xiwen kneaded the sword blade along with the Swordqi and directly snapped it.
“How is this possible!” Huo Cheng simply couldn’t believe his eyes when his sword blade
snapped in the grip of Ye Xiwen’s hand.
Ye Xiwen sneered and without giving any chance to Huo Cheng, he rushed like an Azure
Dragon rising out of the abyss and instantly trod on his chest!
“Bang!” Huo Cheng couldn’t respond and his body was sent flying like a broken kite, upside
down, directly towards the several disciples of Shaoyang Yi Yuan School with such a
forceful impact that made them to fly out and most of them fainted immediately.
“Get the hell out of here!” With a cold look in his eyes, Ye Xiwen said, “You absolutely
cannot barge into this place because it belongs to our Qingfeng Mountain Yi Yuan School,
keep that in mind!”
All the disciples of Shaoyang Yi Yuan School were giving angry looks to Ye Xiwen, but did
not dare to say anything, after all, a powerful Xiantian master like Huo Cheng had been
beaten so easily and they were not even in the Xiantian realm. So, how could they dare to
say anything to a tyrannical Xiantian master like Ye Xiwen?
Although they were at the peak of Houtian ninth stage and Xiantian realm was only one
step across, but the difference was like heaven and earth between the Houtian realm and
Xiantian realm.
At this time, the disciples of other Yi Yuan Schools started talking about Ye Xiwen among
themselves.
“Who is he? Why haven’t I seen him before?”
“Quite fierce, that Huo Cheng was definitely not weak, but he still couldn’t hit back like a
dead dog!”
Chapter 79: Father Becomes The Ancestor
"I never thought that there was actually such a fierce man in Qingfeng Mountain sub-
school!"
"Right, Qingfeng Mountain sub-school is located in the remote areas of Great Yue State and
rarely produces any powerful masters but I never expected to see such an incredible
master, originating from there."
"Gee, it seems like things are going to be interesting because their genius has been defeated
so easily and Shaoyang sub-school won't easily forget about this."
"Yes ah, I heard that the Shaoyang sub-school also has a very strong genius and his strength
is close to the strengths of several seed disciples, what is that guy called again?"
"He is called Wen Shiyang."
"Yes, that's it, Wen Shiyang, except those few seeds disciples, he can be considered a very
powerful master."
"Gee, I did not expect Qingfeng Mountain sub-school to have such a fierce character like
him. He definitely didn't use his full strength against Huo Cheng and I am sure that when
the time comes, we will get to see his true strength."
Seeing that people of Shaoyang sub-school had started to leave, Ye Xiwen did not stay there
for too long and ran towards the inner courtyard. After entering the inner courtyard, he
asked: "What the hell is going on, how did these bastards dare to bully our people."
Zhang Yang looked at Ye Xiwen with a baffled look in his eyes.
Ye Xiwen had become even more powerful than the last time, and earlier, Zhang Yang had
been able to see through his cultivation level but now, he absolutely couldn't see it at all.
Although originally, Ye Xiwen always had a superior fighting strength and had also
beheaded a Xiantian master, but at that time, he was still in the Houtian realm and his
cultivation was visible to others, but now that he had transformed half of his Zhen Qi into
the Xiantian Zhen Qi, his inner state had easily surpassed Zhang Yang, who had only
transformed 10% of his Zhen Qi into Xiantian Zhen Qi. Although Ye Xiwen was still in the
Xiantian first stage but his fighting strength was comparable to a master of Xiantian third
stage.
All of this had occurred in a few months' time and if he had not personally seen it, he
probably would not have believed it.
Few months ago, he had heard from Ye Feng about his young brother that he was just a
master of Houtian third stage and was not even qualified to become a core disciple, but in
these few months, he completely changed.
But anyway, Ye Xiwen was also a disciple of Qingfeng Mountain sub-school and the
stronger he would be, the better for the reputation of their school.
"This is not the first time, we have been dealing with those guys from Shaoyang sub-school
for days and each time, they come looking for a fight with new and ridiculous excuses. This
time, they wanted to occupy our place, that's really outrageous!"
Zhang Yang said in an angry tone. "This was obviously a case of Shaoyang sub-school's
subterfuge because this mountain peak was so big that it could accommodate even 500
disciples at once, so all they were trying to do was nothing more than finding a pretext to
come and bully us."
"Before, I was not present here and your elder brother had an argument with them and
they injured him." Zhang Yang explained.
"Them? There was someone else?" Ye Xiwen asked.
"Yes, if it was only that Huo Cheng, then your brother with 20% transformed Xiantian Zhen
Qi was enough to handle him.
Although, Huo Cheng's 20% Xiantian Zhen Qi transformation was superior to your brother
but he would still have been able to protect himself. The main reason behind his injuries
was the strongest disciple of Shaoyang sub-school, called Wen Shiyang, who is already a
master of Xiantian second stage. He was the one who seriously wounded your brother. I
came back and saw that Huo Cheng was about to destroy your brother's cultivation and
rescued your brother. By that time, Wen Shiyang had already left." Zhang Yang explained
the matter to Ye Xiwen.
"What!" Ye Xiwen did not know that they were going to destroy Ye Feng's cultivation
otherwise he would not have showed mercy to Huo Cheng by only injuring him with a kick.
He would never have allowed him to get away so easily.
However, it was really amazing that Ye Feng had not only entered into Xiantian realm, but
he could transform 20% of his Zhen Qi into the Xiantian Zhen Qi, in such a short time of
three months.
Excellent natural talent, but their school had issued a Xiantian Pellet to them very late,
unlike other sub-schools where they gave Xiantian Pellets to train some geniuses, years
before sending them to the Main Sect.
When Qingfeng Mountain sub-school had inquired, they found out that many disciples had
already entered the Xiantian realm in other sub-schools, and even without the resources,
Ye Feng had achieved the same feat by taking the same time for breaking through to the
Xiantian realm. So, considering the natural talent of Ye Feng, his breaking through to the
Xiantian second stage was not surprising for Ye Xiwen.
But anyway, under the tilt of the Main Sect and its abundant resources, the advantages of
the using resources for cultivation in the last few years could be regarded as nothing.
When Ye Xiwen heard that Ye Feng had been wounded and had almost lost his cultivation,
he suddenly became furious. In order to bully the disciples of Qingfeng Mountain sub-
school, they were willing to go as far as destroying someone's cultivation? This time,
Shaoyang sub-school had really crossed the line.
"Who is the elder sent for escorting our school's group to Main
Sect? Where is he right now?" Ye Xiwen asked, because in general, these sub-school
disciples would not go alone to the Main Sect and the elders would accompany them inside
the school. One reason was to protect them from any accident the way to Main Sect, and
secondly, also to protect them from getting bullied in the Main Sect. This was the world
which followed the rule of 'Might is Right' and strength was the only parameter that
measured everything.
And the other reason was that these sub-schools would exploit their connections with their
disciples in the future. Although now, they studied in the Main Sect but human relations
could be useful to a great extent and when these disciples would become high-level experts
or key figures in the Main Sect, they would then become the biggest backers for these sub-
schools.
"This time, ancestor Lin has come with us!" Zhang Yang said.
"Ancestor Lin!" Ye Xiwen asked in surprise. How could the ancestor personally escort them
because it was never expected of an ancestor to personally escort the disciples to the Main
Sect as it was the job of an elder.
"I see, you left early so you do not know. Ancestor Lin Zhantian has already retired and the
new ancestor of Qingfeng
Mountain Yi Yuan School is your father." Zhang Yang said.
"What!" Ye Xiwen was startled. So, he only left for few months and such a big change took
place in the school where his father actually became the ancestor of Qingfeng Mountain Yi
Yuan School!
Although Ye Kongming was originally an elder, but the status of an elder or an ancestor
could never be same. The status of the ancestors of sub-schools was comparable to that of
the 'true disciples' of the Main Sect and his father had directly been promoted from the
position of an elder to that of an ancestor.
"One month ago, ancestor Lin resigned and has come to the Main Sect for debriefing!"
Zhang Yang explained.
"Where is the ancestor Lin right now?" Ye Xiwen asked.
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Chapter 80: Dropping In, To Fight
In the normal course of events, he ought to be here to protect them!
But now at such a critical time, they actually could not find him!
If Lin Zhantian was here at that time, then all of this would never have happened and Ye
Feng wouldn't have been seriously injured by them.
"About this, we do not know where the ancestor Lin is right now. When ancestor had just
arrived, he was summoned and not just him, elders of other sub-schools were summoned
as well." Zhang Yang said.Although at this time, the position of their sub-school's ancestor
had been taken over by Ye Kongming, but since his childhood, Zhang Yang had been using
the term 'ancestor' to refer Lin Zhantian, and therefore, suddenly changing his habit of
calling him 'ancestor' was somewhat difficult for him. Also, no one would go to tangle over
such a trivial matter. "It seems like something happened and that's why they were called on
a short notice."
While talking to Zhang Yang, Ye Xiwen entered the room and glimpsed at Ye Feng who was
lying on the bed. His complexion looked pale and his breath was also intermittent and Ye
Ruxue was on his side, taking care of him at the moment.
Ye Xiwen had not seen Ye Ruxue for last three months, and right now, he noticed that her
breath was still firmly fixed on the peak Houtian ninth stage and there seemed to be a thin
line and once she broke through this line then she would be able to break through to the
Xiantian realm, and with the help of Ye Xiwen's Xiantian Pellet that he had left for her, this
was only a matter of time. According to Ye Xiwen's judgment, Ye Ruxue's strength had
already stayed at the peak of Houtian ninth stage for some time and had fully consolidated,
and there was a high possibility that she might experience a breakthrough this month and
enter into the Xiantian realm.
"Brother, sister!" Ye Xiwen strode inside.
"Little brother, you are back!" Ye Feng noticed Ye Xiwen coming inside and smiled, but he
had suffered serious injuries and suddenly, his face twitched.
"Brother, you must avenge our elder brother ah, that Wen Shiyang and Huo Cheng went
simply too far!" Ye Ruxue
indignantly said.
Ye Xiwen also remembered that in his memories, when he was small and would often get
bullied for being weak, both Ye Feng and Ye Ruxue would always come to his rescue, and
therefore, the bond among three siblings had always been extremely strong.
Although there was no blood relation between Ye Xiwen and the other two, but the three of
them were more intimate than blood-related brothers and sisters.
"Junior sister Ye, since you were inside the room, you missed the fight where Brother Ye
directly humiliated Huo Cheng in front of everyone and tidied him up like a dead dog." At
this time, Wu Hao answered for Ye Xiwen.
"Really?" Ye Ruxue said with a surprised look on her face, but she was also worried for her
younger brother. Now, Ye Xiwen had been recognized by everyone as Qingfeng Mountain
sub-school's strongest disciple and Ye Feng was the second. If they could come to beat Ye
Feng then Ye Xiwen would naturally be their next target.
But according to Wu Hao's statement, Huo Cheng had been defeated effortlessly by Ye
Xiwen and while Wu Hao was explaining things in detail, Ye Feng saw an indifferent look on
Ye Xiwen's face that made him resemble a person, tired of war.
It was not that he doubted Ye Xiwen's strength, but thought that it was too inconceivable
that Ye Xiwen had so easily tidied up that Huo Cheng.
"If what Brother Wu said is right then little brother, you have already vented my anger." Ye
Feng grinned and said.
"Vent, it's still too early." Ye Xiwen coldly said, "How can you possibly consider this matter
as finished."
Ye Xiwen words were filled with killing intent.
Originally, Ye Xiwen had counted on the elder who had come with the group to the Main
Sect, but it seemed that he couldn't count on that at the moment, but when he heard that
the elder of the Shaoyang sub-schools had also gone for the summons, he immediately had
an idea that rather than asking someone else for help, he might as well just ask himself.
Today, things might have gone worse if he had not arrived at a critical moment and when
Ye Xiwen watched Ye Feng lying on the bed, finding it difficult to move, he was even more
infuriated. How could he possibly let them off?
People of Shaoyang sub-school were waiting for a chance when their elder was not present
otherwise if he was present, then their plan to bully Qingfeng Mountain sub-school would
most likely have failed. Because their elder, sent to the Main Sect along with these elite
disciples, was also an incredible master and could easily deal with the Xiantian level
disciples as well.
And today, when all the elders had been summoned, the people of Shaoyang sub-school
immediately came to bully the people of Qingfeng Mountain. They had obviously not come
for taking over the courtyard, and it was purely an excuse to provoke the disciples of
Qingfeng Mountain sub-school and nothing more.
Ye Xiwen pulled out a bottle of medicinal pellets from a storage ring. There were many
bottles of medicinal pills inside the storage ring that he had got from the Xiantian master,
Luo Tian, and these medicinal pills were good for injuries. Although Ye Xiwen had
consumed most of the medicinal pills but there were still some that he had saved for
emergencies.
After a dose of medicinal pills, Ye Feng's face immediately changed for better and he
seemed to get better. A warrior's body itself was very strong, not to mention, these
medicinal pills belonged to a Xiantian master, Luo Tian.
Ye Xiwen estimated that Ye Feng would be able to recover in two or three days and should
be able to perform at full strength in the entrance examination r.
When Ye Xiwen saw that the condition of Ye Feng had considerably improved after
consuming the pills, he gave out a sigh of relief and said: "Brother, you just wait and see
how I take revenge for you and vent your anger. Today, these Shaoyang bastards dared to
come and bully us and if I do not teach them a lesson then won't that ruin our Qingfeng
Mountain sub-school's reputation? And everyone would think of us as people from a weak
sub-school."
Ye Xiwen words were deep and meant that only strong people commanded respect in this
world and weak were regarded as fools. Competition was present everywhere and it was
especially very fierce among the sub-schools.
Only a powerful person could command respect and if
Qingfeng Mountain sub-school didn't respond to the provocation of Shaoyang sub-school
then it would definitely be regarded as a weak sub-school. So, if someone tried to punch, it
was necessary to punch back even harder to prove one's strength in this world.
Teaching Shaoyang sub-school a lesson now was the in the best interests of Qingfeng
Mountain sub-school. But, this was just a secondary reason and injuries of Ye Feng were
the main reason why Ye Xiwen was so fixated on punishing those bullies of Shaoyang sub-
school.
Ye Xiwen ascertained the location of Shaoyang sub-school's courtyard and immediately
went out followed by many disciples of Qingfeng Mountain sub-school.
Shaoyang sub-school's courtyard was located not far from the Qingfeng Mountain sub-
school's courtyard, and only after awhile, Ye Xiwen was standing in front of Shaoyang sub-
school.
Ye Xiwen stepped forward and shouted: "Wen Shiyang, get your ass over here!"
Ye Xiwen's voice spread out along with a terrifying Zhen Qi
throughout the courtyard, causing many nearby Shaoyang disciples to rush over to take a
look at what was happening.
"Who are you? How dare you to be so provocative and unruly in front of our Shaoyang sub-
school residence." A young disciple came out and said.
"Get lost!" Ye Xiwen indifferently said.
"You bastard, I will kill you!" The young disciple suddenly rushed furiously towards Ye
Xiwen and his Quanjin twisted and blasted out of his fists and went towards Ye Xiwen.
Ye Xiwen's big hand stretched out, and it seemed as if the Lingqi had condensed around his
hand to form an iron wall. Ye Xiwen fiercely struck his hand into that disciple's body.
"Bang!" The disciple directly flew out while spouting blood from his mouth and fainted
instantly.
This loud sound immediately attracted the attention of many disciples in the courtyard of
Shaoyang sub-school and only after a moment, dozens of disciples had arrived and
completely
surrounded Ye Xiwen.
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Chapter 81: Wen Shiyang Comes Out
Only after a moment, dozens of disciples from Shaoyang sub-school had arrived and
completely surrounded Ye Xiwen.
"Who are you?How dare you come to our Shaoyang sub-school and act so unruly!"
Many of the disciples from Shaoyang sub-school were angry, but among them were present
some of those disciples who were part of Huo Cheng's group and hand gone to bully the
disciples of the Qingfeng Mountain. They immediately recognized Ye Xiwen and were
suddenly frightened because they could vividly remember that scene where Ye Xiwen had
bedeviled a Xiantian master like Huo Cheng who was also one of the top genius disciples
from their sub-school.
"Go tell Wen Shiyang to come out right now!" Ye Xiwen shouted. These disciples from
Shaoyang sub-school had tried to take advantage of absence of the elders to thoroughly
discredit Qingfeng Mountain sub-school and destroy its reputation, so all Ye Xiwen was
trying to do was return the favor by doing the exact same thing, in the exact same pattern,
to Shaoyang sub-school and intended to thoroughly defeat and crush their strongest
disciple in front of everyone.
Huo Cheng's reputation was not big enough, so defeating him didn't solve the purpose of
'tit for tat', so Ye Xiwen had personally come to play with Shaoyang sub-school's strongest
disciple.
"Who are you, how dare you call Brother Wen's name in such a disrespectful manner!" At
this time, a young disciple, who appeared to be in his twenties, came out of the courtyard
and looked firmly at Ye Xiwen.
"A mere man from Qingfeng Mountain sub-school, daring to act wildly in front of our
Shaoyang sub-school, you are really courting death." The young man sneered and within
few steps, he had already arrived in front of Ye Xiwen with an extremely fast speed, and at
this moment, the imposing aura of a Xiantian master instantly released from his body and
spread out.
Ye Xiwen immediately knew who this man actually was. He was named Xu Liang and was
one of the top three Xiantian disciples of the Shaoyang sub-school. Since Ye Xiwen had
already met Huo Cheng and defeated him and when this man came out, he referred Wen
Shiyang as Brother Wen, so he was not Wen Shiyang as well and could only be the third
Xiantian master of the Shaoyang sub-school, Xu Liang.
Xu Liang's strength was very high, almost not under Huo Cheng's strength, which proved
the fact that this year's batch of top disciples from Shaoyang sub-school was indeed very
powerful and no wonder they had dared to bully a rival sub-school.
However, after transforming 50% of his Zhen Qi into Xiantian Zhen Qi, the strength of Ye
Xiwen was now comparable to that of ordinary Xiantian third stage masters, also, his own
cultivation was at the peak of Xiantian first stage, so how could Xu Liang be his match?
Ye Xiwen raised his hand to block the incoming attack and with a 'Bang', a loud sound of
air-explosion resounded everywhere. Xu Liang's offensive attack had been staggered right
in front of Ye Xiwen, as if Xu Liang had collided into a huge iron wall, setting off a terrifying
blast that swept across.
During the fight between Xiantian masters, almost each of their punches could easily burst
into air-explosions, causing the air to vibrate and shake violently, just like how the ripples
dance violently on the surface of a lake, fluctuating and distorting its original calmness.
Xu Liang's eyes widened with a flash of surprise clearly visible in his eyes. He obviously did
not expect Ye Xiwen to able to easily block his blow, though his attack just now seemed
hasty, but he knew in his heart, that before coming out of the courtyard gate, he had
already started to prepare a sudden surprise attack on Ye Xiwen, but he never thought that
his planned out offensive attack would be useless against Ye Xiwen, who was just standing
there with his one hand on his front side, like an impenetrable iron wall!
"My turn!" Ye Xiwen sneered and threw out a lightning fast kick towards Xu Liang,
accompanied by a burst of crackling air explosions. Ye Xiwen's kick was so fast that it was
blowing the sound of a whistle in the air, as it was going straight for Xu Liang.
Xu Liang was well prepared and immediately leaped up to avoid Ye Xiwen's kick, but
without any stagnation, Ye Xiwen did not even give him any time to gasp for a breath, and
immediately slapped out his palm.
Rushing thunder hand, pass like thunder and move like the wind!
For a time, Ye Xiwen's attack looked similar to the ninth
heaven's thunder.
"Bang!" Xu Liang lifted his hand to block, but immediately, a sudden burst of cracking
sound resounded in the surrounding.
The bones inside Xu Liang's arms had been broken under the direct impact of Ye Xiwen's
palm attack, which possessed the strength of 19 Dragons which was quite terrifying
because Xu Liang had only reached the strength of 2 Dragons and could never rival Ye
Xiwen's tyrannical strength. Ye Xiwen had not even put any effort and had just shot his
palm but even this was more than enough to instantly crush both arms of Xu Liang.
The sound of breaking bones had suddenly scared the crowd of Shaoyang disciples.
"Ah!" Xu Liang screamed again and again. Although a few of them had already seen the one-
sided beating of Huo Cheng at the hands of Ye Xiwen, and knew that he was very powerful,
but they did not expect that Xu Liang would be so drastically injured by a single attack from
Ye Xiwen.
Xu Liang could not even stop a single move from Ye Xiwen!
It was too fast to notice, but Ye Xiwen's palm attack also had
an essence of 'Missing moon beheader' present in it. He had already practiced 'Missing
moon beheader' to the 'Dacheng'
realm and it had come in handy. Instead of using his long blade, he had used his fingertips
to perform the skill of 'Missing moon beheader'. He had also integrated the essence of this
skill inside his body which had now become almost incomparably tough like the reinforced
Iron itself. Even without using his blade, though losing a bit of its true power and range of
attack, this attack was still tyrannically powerful and effective.
Having the skill of 'Missing moon beheader' and along with the essence of his Rushing
thunder hand, his palm attack had become faster, stronger and terrifyingly heavy.
"Bang!" Ye Xiwen's palm rumbled and shot into the chest of Xu Liang breaking his
breastbone immediately.
Ye Xiwen had tried his best to control the power in this palm attack otherwise, if left
unconstrained, this attack would have instantly killed Xu Liang.
But even after restraining his strength, Ye Xiwen's attack contained such a terrifying force
that it had directly sent Xu Liang flying into the crowd of Shaoyang disciples and the impact
made him unconscious immediately.
Silence!
There was a pin-drop silence on the scene. When the spectating disciples of many sub-
schools saw the instant defeat of Xu Liang at the hands of Ye Xiwen, all of them immediately
gasped.
Immediately afterwards, a buzzing sound of discussions instantly filled the surrounding
area.
"How is this possible, Xu Liang was so easily defeated at the hands of this man?"
"That palm attack was definitely an astonishing ability!"
"This man is so powerful, I'm afraid he can easily compete with Wen Shiyang!"
"And like always, these Xiantian masters will become stepping stones for someone else like
that Huo Cheng and Xu Liang, although both of them are quite famous and would have
become
even more famous in the future, but now, they have become a stepping stone for this man! "
"It has always been this way. These geniuses contend with each other and only the
invincible ones walk the bloody path to success. I'll wait to become powerful enough to be
able to walk on the same path!"
"After this battle, regardless of the outcome, the name of this person will spread
throughout the Main Sect and I'm afraid that before long, a lot of people will come to
challenge him!"
After defeating Xu Liang, Ye Xiwen stepped forward and shouted: "Wen Shiyang, come out,
if you're truly a man!"
"Who are you, state you name!" This time, a purple-robed young man, with a dignified look
on his face, came out of the courtyard.
"You're Wen Shiyang?" Ye Xiwen glanced at him and said.
"Who are you?" WenShiyang looked at Ye Xiwen and said.
"Qingfeng Mountain sub-school's Ye Xiwen!" Ye Xiwen indifferently said, "Are you the one
who wounded my brother?"
"So, you are Ye Feng's little brother. You dared to come here and actually caused ruckus
and trouble for everyone. You are quite courageous, aren't you? But you should have
thought before offending the school regulations." Wen Shiyang said.
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Chapter 82: Creative Concept
"So, you are Ye Feng's little brother. You dared to come here and actually caused ruckus
and trouble for everyone. You are quite courageous, aren't you? But you should have
thought before offending the school regulations." Wen Shiyang said.
"School regulations?" Ye Xiwen laughed loudly. If people really cared about school
regulations, then Ye Feng would not have been injured and all of this would not have
happened as well. And those so-called school regulations were just an excuse to protect the
weak. Strong never cared about these old regulations.
Earlier when Wen Shiyang had bullied Ye Xiwen's fellow disciples then he did not think of
school regulations, but now that the same thing had been done to his people, he suddenly
remembered about it? It was quite hilarious.
"Cut the crap, today I have come for just one thing, to return the favor by doing the same
thing you did to my brother." Ye Xiwen sneered.
"You are courting death!" Wen Shiyang said and glared at Ye
Xiwen. He was the unrivalled genius of Shaoyang sub-school and no one dared to talk to
him like this. So, the words of Ye Xiwen had made him extremely furious.
WenShiyang rushed forward, almost like a blurred figure, while breaking through the
sound barrier causing a terrifying piercing sound which spread throughout the sky.
Immediately after that, many spectating disciples directly fell on the ground with their
eardrums bleeding from this terrifying sound.
"Clang!" A long blade appeared in the hands of Wen Shiyang that he taken out from the
storage ring and in a flash, his blade instantly chopped out towards Ye Xiwen.
WenShiyang was very powerful compared to Huo Cheng or Xu Liang and was already at the
Xiantian second stage with 30%
transformed Xiantian Zhen Qi. Although his transformed Xiantian Zhen Qi was only 10%
more than the other two, but his strength was already twice their strength.
Ye Xiwen didn't demur and immediately unsheathed the long blade from his back with a
'Clang' sound, and shot a terrifying Bladeqi towards the sky, and it seemed as if the moon
was slowly rising. Instantly, the pressure dropped down in the surrounding area, clearly
displaying that Ye Xiwen had already
obtained a thorough understanding of his blade technique, and everyone was shocked
when the true meaning of Ye Xiwen's blade skill suddenly evolved in front of them.
Although Wen Shiyang had also practiced a high-grade blade technique, but it was obvious
that currently, his blade skill was nowhere near the profound blade skill of Ye Xiwen. In a
short time, Wen Shiyang would be able to reach the 'Dacheng' realm of his blade skill and
only then, he might evolve out the
'creative concept' of his blade skill.
The difference between their mastery of blade skills alone was too big.
"What is this creative concept, I actually saw a moon pressed down by the blade attack!"
One of the disciples was stunned and said.
Ye Xiwen's blade technique could already bring forth the creative concept after it had been
practiced to the Xiantian realm, and although the power of the move 'Full moon beheader'
was comparable to that of an advanced power technique, but "Cold moon beheader" was
actually a Xiantian level blade technique, and even if the power contained in each of its
move were different, but all of them contained an
inherent creative concept.
Only those power techniques which contained a creative concept could be called Xiantian
power techniques and if one could not bring forth the creative concept of a technique, then
the Xiantian level techniques were no different from the advanced techniques.
But if one could successfully understand and evolve out the creative concept of a technique
then the power of his technique would increase by leaps and bounds, and the technique
would be able to display its ideal form.
All those outstanding disciples from different sub-schools, who were watching from the
crowd, knew very well about the importance of the creative concept of a technique. They
knew that even if someone was to practice a Xiantian level technique to the Dacheng realm,
they still might not be able to comprehend the creative concept hidden inside it and would
only be able to harness its strength up to the advanced stage.
Being able to realize the creative concept at such a young age was extremely rare.
"This is really a creative concept ah, I have only seen elders displaying the creative concept
their techniques. My God, how can it appear in the body of an ordinary person?"
"Creative concept, it actually is a creative concept. Just by the virtue of this creative
concept, I'm sure that Ye Xiwen will easily enter into the current top ten great disciples!"
Countless people were shocked, including Wen Shiyang who was the closest witness of Ye
Xiwen's terrifying display of the creative concept of his blade skill. When this creative
concept was brandished, a terrifying pressure had appeared in the surrounding area, as if
the sky had fallen down to the ground, and it seemed like the bright moon had appeared
but it actually didn't exist. But, Wen Shiyang could vividly feel as if he was taking a walk on
a moonlit road, and the bright moonlight was coming down from the heaven and had
spilled on the ground, revealing even the slightest detail present in the scenery, leaving
nowhere for the secrets to hide under this pure white moonlight, which also contained a
penetrating feeling.
This kind of oppressive feeling had already made Wen Shiyang anxious about this fight and
his mind was also in a confused state.
How is this possible!
How is this possible!
WenShiyang could not believe his eyes, because even practicing one move to the 'Dacheng'
realm was very tough and one could say that they had grasped the essence of the
technique, but to be able to comprehend and display a creative concept was equivalent to
completely commanding the power of that move to its utmost extent.
Because all of these Xiantian level techniques or above were once realized and created by
the experts and these techniques were the so-called 'Imitations of Nature' itself, hence,
there would definitely be a creative concept hidden inside them. In fact, these creative
concepts had initially urged those experts to comprehend the moves based on these
creative concepts and append them to form the power techniques.
And only after truly comprehending the move to its acme, Ye Xiwen's blade skill had
evolved to such a terrifying extent and had displayed this clear and beautiful, but
overwhelming, scenery to the spectators.
And Ye Xiwen's display of the creative concept was extremely clear indicating that he had
thoroughly mastered the move.
It was simply unbelievable.
There was a look of disbelief in the eyes of Wen Shiyang. To think that Ye Xiwen had not
just reached the Dacheng realm of his blade skill, but he had also comprehended its
creative concept? But he didn't have time to be shocked because if Ye Xiwen had actually
evolved this level of creative concept, then he was definitely in a dangerous situation.
He would never know that Ye Xiwen had the 'Special Space'.
For others, to be able to comprehend the creative concepts, they had to be very talented,
but in Ye Xiwen's case, so long as there were enough spirit stones in his possession, he
would be able to completely understand and practice any technique.
Ye Xiwen perhaps was not the most talented, nor the strongest, but he was hard-working
and so long as he had enough spirit stones, his practice speed would reach a terrifying
level. Because for others, to practice and comprehend was like going into a huge tract of a
library and read a variety of books to have an understanding and gain insights. For that,
they needed to have high talent, in order to find out the exact direction they
needed to search in to find the answers, and they were lucky, they might just find the right
book.
But this was not the case with Ye Xiwen, because he seemed to have an intelligent books
resolution system that could select the correct book for him and so long as he swiped the
card to pay the money, he could obtain just the book he needed, which would automatically
be delivered to him, and he wouldn't have to go into the vast sea of books to search.
Even for those geniuses, the chances of comprehending the creative concept were not high,
let alone those ordinary disciples.
Ye Xiwen chopped down his long blade and the live picture drawn by the creative concept
directly descended over Wen Shiyang'sBladeqi and instantly crushed it down under its
terrifying pressure, which seemed as if the whole world was collapsing inch by inch.
Their Bladeqi collided in the mid-air and the friction caused a loud and sharp whistling
sound which then set off a wave of sound waves.
"Boom!"
Finally, Ye Xiwen's Bladeqi instantly crushed the Bladeqi of Wen Shiyang, and fiercely
blasted into his body.
"Bang!" WenShiyang's blade couldn't block this incredible attack from Ye Xiwen and his
body was sent flying horizontally, while he spat out a mouthful of blood.
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Chapter 83: Fame Spreads
Everyone was silent!
One move, just a single move!
In a flash, the spectating disciples had witnessed how the reputation of Wen Shiyang was
zapped and completely overwhelmed by a single flash of Ye Xiwen's Xiantian Bladeqi.
There was a huge difference between Xiantian and Houtian Zhen Qi, and 30% transformed
Xiantian Zhen Qi, in fact, had incredible density and toughness, but he was still nowhere
near to be Ye Xiwen's match.
Ye Xiwen had used his creative concept combined with his Bladeqi to display such an
incredible prowess and everyone was aware of the fact that, at that time, if Ye Xiwen had
not restrained his true strength then Wen Shiyang would definitely have been split in half.
Although school regulations were relatively wide, but were not wide enough to allow
killing someone in front of a large crowd, at least, Ye Xiwen was not powerful enough to
override school regulations.
But, today, if even he had died at the hands of Ye Xiwen, although it would have caused
trouble, but Shaoyang sub-school's people could only swallow the bitter pill. All their
Xiantian masters had been defeated and their own strengths were not good enough.
Moreover, nobody would come forward to show their sympathy to them because everyone
knew that people of the Shaoyang sub-school were the real perpetrators this time and this
result was inevitable for them.
Finished, really finished!
All the outstanding disciples of Shaoyang sub-school had been defeated and if they didn't
recover in time before the beginning of school assessment, then Shaoyang sub-school
wouldn't be able to participate in the assessment because without its top three Xiantian
masters, it would have no chance to win.
This entry assessment of the Main Sect was not just an ordinary assessment, because it was
directly related to the future developments of the various sub-schools. In the Main Sect, the
resources and facilities were allocated to these sub-schools based on the performance of
their outstanding disciples respectively.
In the eyes of the Main Sect, although it allowed entry to weak disciples as well, but it only
was a place for elite disciples from various sub-schools, so of course, it would provide more
rewards and resources to more powerful disciples, and these elite disciples would also get
more resources in the coming year.
This was the reason why the various sub-schools would not hesitate to spend their
resources on these geniuses before sending them to the Main Sect.
But now, all three Xiantian masters of Shaoyang sub-school had been devastated
effortlessly and that too in front of everyone. It was totally inconceivable that this year's
Shaoyang sub-school was definitely the worst of the crowd and this would directly affect
the allocation of resources in the coming year for it.
Earlier when Shaoyang sub-school disciples had gone to bully the disciples of Qingfeng
Mountain sub-school, they would never have expected that things would come to this and
that too by the interference of just one man.
The fight between these two men had directly determined the status of the two sub-schools
and the results of this fight was that; the reputation of Qingfeng Mountain sub-school had
skyrocketed and become like a tough iron sheet, after completely destroying the reputation
of Shaoyang sub-school.
"After this, he would thoroughly become famous!" A disciple standing in the crowd
murmured.
--
As if a big rock had been dropped in a calm lake, in a flash, Ye Xiwen's fame had spread off
like the intermittent waves.
The news that Ye Xiwen had effortlessly defeated Shaoyang sub-school's strongest disciple,
Wen Shiyang, had spread among more than one hundred sub-schools.
Originally among thousands of disciples, Wen Shiyang was not one of the strongest and was
only a minor celebrity. Even if Ye Xiwen had defeated Wen Shiyang, this was not that big of
a deal for other elite disciples, but everyone present during the fight had seen how Ye
Xiwen had used the creative concept of his blade technique to a profound level. This had
made him to suddenly become a target, and focus of attention of many people.
In the Qingfeng Mountain sub-school's courtyard, Ye Feng was standing. He was a Xiantian
master so his resilience was very tough, plus he had consumed a lot of high-grade
medicinal pills provided by Ye Xiwen so his condition had become a lot better and he could
walk around easily. At this rate, he would be completely healed before the beginning of
assessment.
Nearby, Ye Xiwen and Ye Ruxue, his two siblings stood quietly, and Zhang Yang, Wu Hao
and Qian Wanru were also present, making this a gathering of Qingfeng Mountain younger
generation's top disciples.
"The news about Brother Ye's fight with Wen Shiyang has spread everywhere. After
knowing that Brother Ye has used creative concept of his blade technique, I'm afraid a lot of
people won't be able to sleep now. Now they won't dare to underestimate Qingfeng
Mountain sub-school." Qian Wanru said in a very excited tone. Qingfeng Mountain was
located in the remote areas of Great Yue State and Qingfeng Mountain sub-school was
always discriminated against by the schools from bigger districts.
"Yes, I'm afraid there are people who cannot sleep, and it seems that some are deliberately
adding fuel to the fire." Ye Feng said with a sigh. This news had spread so fast, so wide, that
it was clearly not the result of self-propagation and natural
dissemination, and it was certain that people were adding fuel to the flames.
"I think people just want to stir the muddy water." Zhang Yang frowned and said, "Someone
wants us to become the target of public criticism and they may join hands to destroy us."
"There's a possibility that you may be right. It is true that in the past, our sub-school had
become friends with many sub-schools, but had also made a lot of enemies, and in a short
time, we will come to know the inside and outside of this matter." Ye Feng said.
"It doesn't matter if they are deliberately spreading the news, or adding fuel to the flames.
If we want to stand out during the coming assessment, we must be prepared to face all of
this." Ye Xiwen said, "It's quite simple, we will knock down anyone who tries to come in our
way."
Ye Xiwen's discourse revealed self-confidence. He knew that any plots or conspiracies were
nothing in face of a formidable strength and could only accomplish elimination and nothing
else.
"Ha haha, right, what little brother said is absolutely right, we will overthrow any plots
thrown at us, no matter which method they resort to." Ye Feng laughed and said.
"If someone wants to see what we are made up of, we will let them see enough. Our
Qingfeng Mountain sub-school is not worse than any other school." Ye Xiwen said with a
cold smile on his face.
"Yes, that's right!" Ye Feng nodded then turned to Ye Ruxue and said, "Now I am alright and
can take care of myself so you don't have to look after me anymore. Go, use these few days
left before the assessment, to finish your closed-door training and try your best to break
through to the Xiantian realm. At the time of assessment, we would be happy to have one
more helper. "
Ye Ruxue looked at Ye Feng then nodded and said: "Okay!"
She also knew that if she did not break into the Xiantian realm then she won't be of any
help to them. She still had the Xiantian Pellet, gifted to her by Ye Xiwen, and breaking into
the Xiantian realm was now much easier for her than others. Without a Xiantian Pellet,
even in the environment of Main Sect, breaking through to the Xiantian realm would still
take a lot of time and
effort.
Both Wu Hao and Qian Wanru were somewhat enviously looking at Ye Ruxue, but
unfortunately, they did not have a Xiantian Pellet and it would take them some time before
they finally enter the Xiantian realm.
Then, abruptly, a disciple of the Qingfeng Mountain sub-school hastily ran inside the
courtyard and said: "It's bad! A person has come outside to challenge Brother Ye."
"As expected, they really came." Ye Feng said.
"So fast!" Zhang Yang frowned and said.
"I'll go and take a look." Ye Xiwen said.
Ye Xiwen went out of the courtyard and was surprised to find a white-robed youth coldly
looking at him. This tall and sturdy young man's eyes had a faint Zhen Qi which burst out
and splashed in all directions.
He was exuding an ice-cold chill aura which appeared to be coming out from the glaciers.
When Ye Xiwen glanced at him, the youth seemed as if his whole body was frozen just like a
man made up of ice.
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Chapter 84: The Three Major Sub-Schools
The disciples from many sub-schools had gathered around to watch this fight and disciples
from other mountain peaks had also arrived because Ye Xiwen's fame had attracted them
here and these disciples were very interested to take a look at the strongest disciple of
Qingfeng Mountain sub-school, who had recently got the limelight.
Ye Xiwen looked at the challenger and said: "Are you going to challenge me?"
"Certainly!" The man said.
"Who are you?" Ye Xiwen asked.
"Bingdao sub-school's Chu Xun!" The man replied.
Bing dao means Iceland
Bingdao, so he was actually the disciple of Bingdao sub-school, no wonder!
On the east coastline of the Great Yue State, near the sea, there were some sub-schools, but
Bingdao was one of the most famous ones because the disciples there practiced Ice
attribute power techniques. Ages ago, the forefathers had set up this system, as there was a
world of ice and snow in 300 miles radius of the seacoast and was the best environment for
practicing Ice attribute techniques. The disciples who passed out from the Bingdao sub-
school were always very powerful.
Sub-schools could be divided into strong or weak categories and Qingfeng Mountain sub-
school was one of the relatively weak, but on the contrary, Bingdao sub-school had always
been known as one of the three major sub-schools.
In the crowd of sub-schools, Bingdao sub-school's strength was ranked among the best.
"Chu Xun, he is Bingdao's Chu Xun, no wonder his strength seems so formidable!" A disciple
exclaimed.
"So he is, no wonder, no wonder, excluding those three invincible masters, Chu Xun can be
considered as one of the strongest!"
"You are Chu Xun?" Ye Xiwen said. After staying here for more than a day, it was not that Ye
Xiwen did not know anything and he had certainly been informed about the outstanding
disciples of various strong sub-schools.
This term's batch of sub-school disciples was the strongest batch known for centuries, as if
strong masters had literally rained on the Main Sect. And the top three players among them
were definitely the most outstanding disciples of the three sub-schools.
In the past, the disciples of these three major sub-schools were the strongest and therefore,
they had obtained the most resources compared to other sub-schools and cultivated
stronger disciples for the next term. With the repetition of this cycle, over time, these three
sub-schools had gradually become the most formidable sub-schools with their strengths
and resources far above other sub-schools.
It could be said that like always, all the disciples of this session of the three major sub-
schools were already in the Xiantian realm and not only that, not a single Houtian realm
disciples would be attending the assessment from these sub-schools.
When Ye Xiwen heard this news, he could not help but held his breath in astonishment. All
of them were Xiantian masters, what kind of ridiculous situation was this?
It was said that these major sub-schools would put great and costly efforts to cultivate
strong Xiantian disciples. And if the three major sub-schools would send more and more
Xiantian disciples then the other sub-schools had to spend as well on their outstanding
disciples,
Although they never expected to be better than the other three major sub-schools, but at
least, their own disciples wouldn't be easily bullied by the disciples of the three sub-
schools.
But, because the Qingfeng Mountain Yi Yuan School was situated far away in the remote
regions of Great Yue State, they obtained the news very late.
No one knew how strong the three invincible masters actually were, because no one had
forced them to use the full strength.
But, the hierarchy of the disciples was well known to everyone, in which, experts like Chu
Xun held higher position compared to Wen Shiyang and others.
In fact, Chu Xun was a lot stronger than Wen Shiyang.
"I hear that you claim to be the strongest sub-school disciple so I have personally come to
teach you a lesson, so that you know the immensity of heaven and earth." Chu Xun coldly
said.
Certainly, it was not Ye Xiwen who had claimed to be the strongest disciple, but someone
with ulterior motives and they naturally didn't have good intentions for Qingfeng Mountain
sub-school and its disciples.
"Whether I am the strongest disciple or not is none of your business and you actually came
to lecture me for this, don't you have anything better to do?" Ye Xiwen sneered and said.
Anyway, this Chu Xun was really too arrogant. Just because he heard Ye Xiwen's name as
the strongest disciple, he actually came to teach him a lesson? Does he really think that Ye
Xiwen would just stand there and take his punches!
"You are courting death!" Chu Xun had become furious. Who was he? He was a top disciple
of Bingdao sub-school, one of three major sub-schools but Ye Xiwen had dared to talk
disrespectfully with him. "Today I will cripple you and turn you
into a pile of bones!"
"Depends on you!" Ye Xiwen repeatedly sneered.
Chu Xun's figure suddenly flashed and his Zhen Qi suddenly released out of his body. The
ambient temperature of the surroundings steeply plunged, as if sucked into the world of ice
and snow.
Huge and ice-cold Zhen Qi aura had instantly turned the entire surrounding pure white and
the ferocious power of Chu Xun, which was far above Wen Shiyang, had properly displayed
itself in front of everyone with his 40% transformed Xiantian Zhen Qi surging majestically
high into the sky.
After breaking through to the Xiantian first stage, ordinary masters possessed 10%
transformed Xiantian Zhen Qi and only after transforming 20% of their Xiantian Zhen Qi,
they could reach the peak of Xiantian first stage.
Similarly, after reaching the Xiantian second stage, those with 30% transformed Xiantian
Zhen Qi were considered ordinary third stage masters and only after transforming 40%
Xiantian Zhen Qi, they could reach the peak of Xiantian second stage.
Chu Xun was at the peak of Xiantian second stage and compared to an average expert, he
was extremely powerful!
Chu Xun shot his palm with a snow-white Zhen Qi wrapped on his arms, resembling a pure
white crystal which was unusually beautiful, but incredibly dangerous. His palm viciously
shot and directly froze the surrounding air while producing a crackling sound.
When Ye Xiwen saw Chu Xun's palm approaching towards him, in an instant, Ye Xiwen
moved his hands and shot him palms, covered in a terrifying Zhen Qi, which directly moved
forward towards the incoming attack.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
Their fight immediately approached the acme, and in an
instant, a dozen blows had been exchanged between the tow.
Chu Xun was amazed as he never thought that Ye Xiwen would be able to block his moves
so easily.
As one of the top disciples in Bingdao sub-school, although he was not the strongest, but he
was still ranked among the top five, but even so, he actually couldn't press down Ye Xiwen
even after exchanging so many blows.
He originally thought of Ye Xiwen as a boy who was boasting around after a little success,
claiming to be the strongest disciple, but he never imagined that this boastful boy would
actually be so strong.
After coming to the Main Sect, many disciples bragged about themselves, but in Chu Xun's
view, they were nothing but clowns. Even his big brother had never said that he was the
strongest disciple then how could this man act recklessly and claim himself as the strongest
disciple.
He was in a bad mood and had come to vent his anger on Ye Xiwen but he never thought
that fighting Ye Xiwen would be like kicking an Iron Wall.
"Could it be that you are only at this level?" Ye Xiwen sneered and said.
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Chapter 85: The Difference Of Ten
"Could it be that you are only at this level?" Ye Xiwen sneered and said.
Ye Xiwen shot his palms with a 'shabu' thunder-like rumbling sound and this set of palm
method in his hands could be considered superb.
"Bang!" Ye Xiwen's palm shot and Chu Xun raised his hand to block. Suddenly with a loud
noise, a great force transmitted into the arms of Chu Xun which numbed from the shock.
Chu Xun's ice-cold Zhen Qi instantly covered all over his arms suddenly covering with a
burst of coldness and expelled the numbing feeling form his arms.
He was extremely shocked in his heart. How could this man's strength reach such dreadful
proportions?
Whether it was Huo Cheng or Wen Shiyang, the strengths of both of them were far worse
than the strength of Ye Xiwen, so they never had a chance against Ye Xiwen, also when they
couldn't even force him to use his full force.
In Ye Xiwen's fight with those two, he had easily defeated them in not more than a single
strike that had directly broken all the bones in their bodies causing them to lose
consciousness immediately. The fight had finished so fast that the spectators did not get
enough time to feel the real terrifying strength of Ye Xiwen.
Anyway, no matter how much force he had used, they would have fainted instantly.
But Chu Xun was different, and even if Ye Xiwen's combat strength was equivalent to the
ordinary masters of Xiantian third stage, but Chu Xun's strength was also close to the
Xiantian third stage, though a bit less, and that was the reason why he had not directly
fainted in one move from Ye Xiwen.
But also because of this, everyone had got a chance to witness Ye Xiwen's terrifying
strength of 19 Dragons that had totally overwhelmed Chu Xun's strength of 9 Dragons. Chu
Xun was facing a master who possessed the strength more than twice his own strength.
Transformed 10% Xiantian Zhen Qi granted the strength of one Dragon, 20% transformed
Xiantian Zhen Qi granted the strength of 2 Dragons, but after transforming 30% Xiantian
Zhen Qi, one could reach the strength of 5 Dragons.
After transforming 40% Xiantian Zhen Qi and reaching the peak of Xiantian second stage,
Chu Xun's strength had reached the peak strength of 9 Dragons. Once he would break
through to the Xiantian third stage after transforming 50% Xiantian Zhen Qi, his strength
would further reach the strength of 10 Dragons, which was still lower than Ye Xiwen's
current strength. After transforming 60% Xiantian Zhen Qi and reaching the peak of
Xiantian third stage, one could gain the strength ranging from the strength of 20 Dragons to
49 Dragons.
Since Ye Xiwen was already at the peak of 50% transformed Xiantian Zhen Qi and had
reached the strength of 19 Dragons, which was more than twice Chu Xun's current
strength, each of his blows contained a terrifying strength and was instantly numbing the
arms of Chu Xun.
Although, like always, Ye Xiwen had not beaten Chu Xun in one shot, but he had already put
Chu Xun in a tough situation where he was secretly crying incessantly in his heart. He was
constantly shouting in his heart that what kind of monster was Ye Xiwen? Just from taking
a look at him, no one could make a
guess that a master of Xiantian first stage could actually possess such a monstrous strength.
Chu Xun noticed that Ye Xiwen was only using his palm technique, but with brute force
contained in each shot, to actually force him into spending all his Zhen Qi just for defence.
Such monstrous strength, even if it was inferior to the three invincible masters, but it was
still equivalent to one of the top under players. How could such a figure appear in a small
sub-school like Qingfeng Mountain sub-school, located in the remote area of Great Yue
State?
But Chu Xun didn't get enough time to think about all that because of the relentless attacks
of Ye Xiwen. It was clear that Ye Xiwen had thoroughly grabbed the upper hand in this
battle.
Pass like thunder and move like the wind!
Lightning and thunder!
Ghostly thunder Axe!
Levelling storm four strokes!
These four moves of Rushing thunder hand technique had been used by Ye Xiwen, as if they
had been used by the God himself, with each of these moves containing tremendous
strength, coming one after the other, almost with no pause, with perfection, producing
thunder-like rumbling sound in between the moves, as if they contained the power of
heavenly thunder.
Chu Xun had been totally suppressed by Ye Xiwen's nonstop strikes and was totally
depressed. How could he not know about Rushing thunder hand? This was a lower-level
power technique taught in almost all sub-schools and throughout the Great Yue State, there
were countless people who knew this technique, but no one had ever displayed this kind of
might while using this technique. It was as if Ye Xiwen had fully assimilated the true
essence of this technique and had displayed its ideal form in front of everyone.
Even those elders could not be compared to Ye Xiwen when it came to mastery over power
techniques.
But, for Chu Xun, the most depressing thing was that Ye
Xiwen had used a lower-level power technique and displayed such a terrifying might that
he had actually been completely pressed down and could only fight a defensive battle. After
this, he would not be able to lift his head out of shame.
When Chu Xun was a child, he had practiced a lower-level power technique for some time,
but soon, when his cultivation level had progressed, he had soon abandoned it for
practicing an intermediate power technique and now that he had already practiced
advanced power techniques and Xiantian power techniques, he would never even think of
using a lower-level power technique in battles. But right now, he was being defeated by a
lower-level power technique?
He never thought that lower-level techniques could actually gain such terrifying might,
especially when wielded by Ye Xiwen.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
The metal clashing sound spread each time Ye Xiwen and Chu Xun collided and exchanged
moves.
A terrifying battle between the two powerful Xiantian masters was sending blast waves
everywhere in the surroundings.
"This is so incredible. I did not think that Ye Xiwen would actually be able to fight off Chu
Xun without losing for such a long time!"
"Lose? It is obvious that Chu Xun has been completely pushed down by Ye Xiwen and his
defeat is inevitable!" A disciple laughed loudly and said.
"Moreover, Ye Xiwen has not used his strongest technique yet.
That day, I saw the true strength of his blade technique when Wen Shiyang had lost in a
single blade attack but right now, Ye Xiwen has not drawn his blade otherwise Chu Xun
would not be able to withstand for so long. Wait until Ye Xiwen draws his blade, because
then, Chu Xun would not be able to play defensive like this!"
"I never thought that this Ye Xiwen would actually be so powerful and it seems that except
for those three invincible
experts, Ye Xiwen is definitely one of the top star ranked disciples!"
Chu Xun's hands had gradually numbed with no way to relieve this numbness even after
using his Zhen Qi. He was still unable to accept this turn of events in his heart. How could
this be, Ye Xiwen had not even drawn his blade and was already so powerful?
Was Ye Xiwen going to defeat him without even using his blade? How is this possible!
There was a difference of strength of 10 Dragons between the strengths of Chu Xun and Ye
Xiwen. Although Chu Xun was using a superior power technique than Rushing thunder
hand, but by the virtue of the degree of mastery over Rushing thunder hand and the
terrifying strength of 19 Dragons, Ye Xiwen had completely overpowered him.
But, Chu Xun was still unwilling to accept this result where he might get defeated by a
Xiantian first stage master like Ye Xiwen.
Finally, Chu Xun's hands had completely numbed and he
couldn't block the relentless attacks of Ye Xiwen and was sent flying out while screaming.
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Chapter 86: You All Can Come Together
Everyone was shocked watching this scene, because no one was able to see the depth of Ye
Xiwen’s true strength. The stronger his enemy was, the stronger he would become
accordingly. Earlier, his battle with Huo Cheng and now with Chu Xun, each time, his
strength would grow which was very shocking for everyone. It was as if his strength was
truly unfathomable!
Ye Xiwen looked coldly at Chu Xun. Although this guy was conceited and very arrogant, but
there was a valid reason behind his arrogance as he was at the peak of Xiantian second
stage and his strength was indeed sufficient enough to be ranked among the top row of the
disciples.
Ye Xiwen almost could not waste his cultivation because just when he had shot his palm
towards Chu Xun, his intention had been detected by Chu Xun who then blocked Ye Xiwen’s
palm and slightly deflected it.
“Ye Xiwen, accept our challenge!” Ye Xiwen was still thinking about this matter when
suddenly he heard three loud voices challenging him.
Ye Xiwen looked up and actually saw that three similar wretched-looking fat people had
jumped out of the crowd.
“Shameless! The three of you are taking advantage of him who has just finished fighting a
battle!”
“These three are the infamous Zongshi three brothers from Qingcheng sub-school!”
“So, they are the Zongshi three brothers, ah, no wonder they are too outrageous!”
After coming to the Main Sect, it didn’t take long for the Zongshi three brothers to gain
quite a reputation, and of course, this reputation was not a good one.
These three brothers were really shameless!
Ye Xiwen also knew about the Zongshi three brothers and could only sigh.
“So, do you dare to accept our challenge?” The eldest of the three Zongshi brothers
challenged Ye Xiwen in a provocative manner.
In spite of facing criticism from the crowd, three Zongshi brothers were not willing to give
up. Now that Ye Xiwen had already defeated Chu Xun, they were aiming at defeating the
exhausted Ye Xiwen and gain instant fame, as to how shameless this act was, they didn’t
care, on the contrary they were very complacent from this.
They only considered it as their praise.
“Yes, if you don’t want to accept our challenge then simply throw in the towel and we will
walk away.” The second Zong brother said in a provocative tone.
“Well, brother I think he is got no guts.” The youngest Zong brother pretended to be cool
and said.
“Shameless!” Behind Ye Xiwen, Ye Ruxue frowned and said.
She was very mad at them as this act was no different from taking advantage of someone
else. Initially, they did not dare to stand up on their own against Ye Xiwen and now that he
was
exhausted after a battle, they were trying to provoke him by implying that he was a coward.
In her view, it was really shameless.
Other disciples of Qingfeng Mountain sub-school were also glaring and giving angry looks
to the three brothers because this was simply too outrageous!
While other disciples of different sub-schools were also looking at the three brothers with a
look of disdain in their eyes and were cursing them for this shameless act.
All eyes were fixated on Ye Xiwen, waiting how he would answer. The stern looking Ye
Xiwen suddenly chuckled and said: “You can certainly challenge me and I am always ready
to take on people like you any day. ”
Author has used ‘ā mā o ā gǒ u’ which means ‘any Tom, Dick or Harry
“What, you dare look down on us three brothers?” The second brother said in an angry
voice.
“If you want to challenge me, you will have to bet 100 spirit stones and if lost, no money
returns!” Ye Xiwen indifferently said.
When the three Zongshi brothers heard this, they froze for a moment because they never
expected that Ye Xiwen would actually put forward such a condition. One must know that
100
spirit stones was a big amount for an ordinary Xiantian master.
But Zong boss nodded and said: “All right!”
In his view, as long as they beat Ye Xiwen, they would not lose anything. He didn’t want to
delay the fight even for one minute, because Ye Xiwen might recover from his exhaustion
which would naturally be very unfavourable to them.
The three Zongshi brothers immediately agreed to the terms of battle. These three brothers
really were so shameless, but this time, they had probably miscalculated by thinking that
they could easily bully Ye Xiwen.
“All three of you can come together.” Ye Xiwen said.
“What did you just say?” The Zong boss said but since they did not have any sense of shame,
they would of course take this chance to work together and defeat Ye Xiwen.
“Boom!” The three Zongshi brothers, with their huge statures and inconsistent speeds
instantly, rushed towards Ye Xiwen.
The overall strength of the three Zongshi brothers was quite high and they actually were
the masters of Xiantian second stage and their boss had transformed 40% Xiantian Zhen Qi
and was already at the peak of Xiantian second stage, although he was not as strong as Chu
Xun, but the difference between them was not very wide.
All three of them together smacked their fists with their combined strength actually
somewhat stronger than that of Chu Xun.
Many spectating disciples, without uttering a single word, were anxiously watching the
fight.
“Bang!”
“Bang!”
“Bang!”
Ye Xiwen’s arm instantly blurred and blocked their joint attack.
Soon, they felt as if they had collided with an iron wall. They had originally expected that Ye
Xiwen had already exhausted his Zhen Qi, because if they had teamed up to fight against
Chu Xun, they would definitely have exhausted themselves.
But from the appearance of Ye Xiwen, neither his complexion was red due to fatigue, nor
did he look exhausted even after fighting a fierce battle with Chu Xun. This had made them
to secretly complain in their hearts at their decision to fight Ye Xiwen.
But Ye Xiwen did not give them any chance of respite.
“Bang!” Ye Xiwen used his one hand to catch a punch from the youngest brother followed
by using another hand, he instantly
punched him.
“Kara!” With a crisp sound of breaking bones, the youngest Zong brother’s hand was
instantly broken by Ye Xiwen’s punch.
Ye Xiwen then lifted one foot and shot a lightning fast kick covered with a terrifying Zhen Qi
and shoved directly into the belly of the youngest brother. He screamed again and again
and his stout body was instantly sent flying out and severely fell on the ground and he
fainted.
“Third brother!” The second Zong brother roared and rushed towards Ye Xiwen, but then
he also walked on his brother’s footsteps.
Ye Xiwen severely blasted his palm on his chest using the move ‘Leveling storm four
strokes’ which fractured his ribs and he spout a mouthful of blood and fell upside down on
the ground.
When their boss saw that the two brothers had been blasted away by Ye Xiwen, he quickly
shouted: “I will …”
But he couldn’t finish the sentence, as in a flash, Ye Xiwen’s overwhelming punch blasted.
“Boom!” Ye Xiwen’s punch blasted away the Zong boss and his body severely hit on the side
of a tree and he fell unconscious.
Chapter 87: Ye Xiwen, Come Out
Bingdao sub-school's courtyard was located among the courtyards of the three major sub-
cases.
With an ice-cold look on his face, Chu Xun was standing outside, occasionally looking
towards the room inside the courtyard.
Beside him stood a blue-robed youth with a dignified appearance and smile on his face. He
looked at Chu Xun and said: "I heard that you were defeated by a country bumpkin."
Chu Xun shot a cold glance at that him. This blue-robe youth was called Gong Yao and like
Chu Xun, he was also one of top disciples of Bingdao sub-school, even stronger compared to
him.
"Gee, this news has spread everywhere and has turned us into a laughing stock and now
people are laughing at our Bingdao sub-school. Our reputation has been thoroughly
discredited. Do you want to sell us?" Gong Yao laughed and said.
"This is not something you should joke about." Chu Xun said
in a cold voice, "I will do something about it myself."
"You can't do it yourself." Gong Yao smiled and said, "Because recently, I've heard that in
the last three days, thirty people challenged him and no one could defeat him."
After Ye Xiwen had defeated Chu Xun and the three Zongshi brothers, soon, a lot of
disciples had been attracted to come and challenge Ye Xiwen hoping to beat him and
earning fame in the process.
"For now, do not look for any trouble with Ye Xiwen." At this time, the door opened and
came out a man with an appearance of more than twenty years old and an ice-cold facial
expression, even more than Chu Xun's usual cold look. He was wearing dark blue clothes,
tall stature, and possessed an overbearing aura.
"Why?" Chu Xun asked without trying to be disrespectful in front of that man, because he
was strongest of this year's disciples from Bingdao sub-school, ShangguanXuanyi, with an
unfathomable cultivation and was ranked among the top three players from all the sub-
schools.
"Assessment examination will be held in two days, so do not
complicate the situation." ShangguanXuanyi said in an indifferent voice, "Everyone's
watching our actions, moreover, you may not be his match. Later, we will take our time and
deal with him."
"Make a full preparation and perform outstandingly in the assessment, understood!"
"Yes!"
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In just three days of harvest, Ye Xiwen's inventory now had three thousand spirit stones.
All of a sudden, gaining this many spirit stones was simply unimaginable even for the
masters of Xiantian fourth or fifth stage.
Because Ye Xiwen had defeated Chu Xun and Zongshi three brothers, he had become part of
many rumours and his fame had become comparable to that of the well-known figures.
Chu Xun was undoubtedly one of strongest top disciples of Bingdao major sub-school and
although the three Zongshi
brothers were very shameless, but a lot of people could not help but admit that they were
very powerful, especially when the three of them fought together, their total strength
would be more than that of common top disciples.
Among the disciples of these sub-schools, there were some so-called seed disciples. These
seed disciples were the strongest in every respect and existed in each social stratum of
disciples.
There were seed disciples present among the outer disciples, inner disciples and core
disciples as well.
Seed disciples were the most formidable group of people and the sub-schools would
cultivate these seed disciples. Chu Xun and Zongshi three brothers were also the seed
disciples.
Ye Xiwen had previously defeated Wen Shiyang but he was only a quasi-seed disciple, so
defeating him was nothing compared to defeating Chun Xun and Zongshi brothers.
There were countless famous disciples who wanted to challenge Ye Xiwen, but how could
Ye Xiwen just accept so many challenges, so Ye Xiwen had set some rules. If they wanted to
challenge him, they must hand over 100 spirit stones otherwise they won't get a chance to
fight him. Also, each day, he would accept challenges from not more than ten people.
This would directly eliminate those who just wanted to be famous but had no strength or
money to challenge, so in just three days, Ye Xiwen's total stock of spirit stones had
suddenly gone up to more than three thousand spirit stones.
One could say that Ye Xiwen had suddenly become rich because even for a seed disciple like
Chu Xun and other seeds disciples, 100 sprit stones were close to their net worth.
Not to mention, for the ordinary disciples, especially those who had just entered the
Xiantian realm, having 10 spirit stones was not bad.
Among the challengers during this period, there were some seeds disciples as well, some of
whom were even more powerful than Chu Xun and it was very tough for Ye Xiwen to defeat
them.
But Ye Xiwen had a great harvest because these seeds disciples were very powerful, with
each having his own trump skill and it was very difficult to deal with each of them, which
was again a major harvest for Ye Xiwen's battle experience.
And after fighting with these strong people, Ye Xiwen's various martial arts had been
greatly tempered and he had become even more skilled at using them in fights.
Now, everyone was aware of the fact that in the Qingfeng Mountain sub-school, there was
such an outstanding figure.
Ye Xiwen naturally had gained a rank among the top seed disciples and almost everyone
among the sub-school disciples had recognized his terrifying monstrous strength, even if
they hated it, they had to admit it!
Ye Xiwen had been able to feel a huge power surging in his body and he felt as if he was
standing on the threshold of a breakthrough which could happen at any time and then he
would finally break through to next stage and become a Xiantian second stage master.
Once he entered the Xiantian second stage, his strength would immediately have a rapid
progress and by that time, he would be able to contend with the elite masters, who were at
the peak of Xiantian third stage and possessed 60% transformed Xiantian Zhen Qi.
Now Ye Xiwen had enough spirit stones to support him through his breakthrough without
any problem. So long as there were enough spirit stones, having a breakthrough would
never be difficult for him.
After entering the Main Sect, the competition pressure had become greater.
"Boom!" A majestic aura suddenly burst out in the courtyard of the Qingfeng Mountain sub-
school and quickly spread in the surrounding area.
It was a breakthrough into the Xiantian realm!
There was look of surprise on Ye Xiwen's face, because this time, the only person in the
Qingfeng Mountain sub-school who could have a breakthrough into the Xiantian realm was
his sister, Ye Ruxue. While Ye Xiwen was playing around outside with the challengers, Ye
Ruxue had decided not to come out until her closed-door training would finish and she
would break into the Xiantian realm.
Ye Xiwen was about to rush inside the courtyard and congratulate Ye Ruxue when
suddenly, a hoarse roar resounded
throughout the sky: "Ye Xiwen, come out!"
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Chapter 88: Shaoyang Elder
Ye Xiwen was about to rush inside the courtyard and congratulate Ye Ruxue when
suddenly, a hoarse roar resounded throughout the sky: "Ye Xiwen, come out!"
The roar was instantly followed by a terrifying coercive aura which pressed down toward
the courtyard.
This pressure was so terrifying and sudden that it took Ye Xiwen by surprise and
overwhelmed him.
"Who!" Ye Xiwen shouted along with his Xiantian Zhen Qi rolling out to confront that
coercive aura. The collision between both of their Zhen Qi directly produced a wind storm.
But it was obvious that Ye Xiwen's Xiantian Zhen Qi was not a match for the incredible Zhen
Qi released by the other party which came down all the way and completely crushed Ye
Xiwen's Zhen Qi.
Xiantian Zhen Yuan!
An astonished look flashed in Ye Xiwen's eyes because this visitor was definitely not one of
the disciples who had come to challenge him, as only the masters of Xiantian sixth stage or
above could possess Xiantian Zhen Yuan.
When a Xiantian master would reach the peak of the Xiantian fifth stage, he would have
transformed 100% of his Houtian Zhen Qi into Xiantian Zhen Qi, at that time, if he would
want to break into the Xiantian sixth stage, then it would occur only after a metamorphosis
when the Xiantian Zhen Qi would start transforming into Xiantian Zhen Yuan, which was
considered the second metamorphosis of life.
Once the transformation was successful, the life expectancy from the original two hundred
years would also increase to more than five hundred years.
Xiantian sixth stage masters were a lot more powerful compared to the masters of Xiantian
fifth stage, and only one in a dozen was able to have a qualitative change in their Zhen Qi,
which was necessary to step into the Xiantian sixth stage.
Yi Yuan School Main Sect also classified this as a standard of division, where masters of
Xiantian sixth stage or above could
become core disciples and those below sixth stage could only become inner disciples.
Although the difference was of only a single stage, but there was a difference of heaven and
earth between the treatments of masters on these stages.
Most of the elders were masters of Xiantian sixth stage who were originally the core
disciples with many of them, reaching the deadline age of nearly 500 years, trying to break
through to the 'Zhen dao' realm. Since these core disciples had been unable to reach 'Zhen
dao' realm, so they had decided to become elders for the sub-schools.
But even so, all these elders were scary existences and were far stronger than ordinary
disciples.
"Who are you?" Ye Xiwen came out of the courtyard and was surprised to find an old man,
clad in black clothes, glaring angrily at him.
Right at that time, Zhang Yang, Ye Feng and Ye Ruxue, who had just broken through to the
Xiantian realm, had all come out as well.
"Are you Ye Xiwen?" The old man asked in a cold voice with an angry look on his face.
"I am!" Ye Xiwen said.
"You little beast, you dared to injure the seed disciples of our Shaoyang sub-school!" The
black clothed old man said in a cold voice.
"Who are you calling little beast?" Ye Xiwen asked.
"Damn you, you little bastard..." That Black clothed old man blurted out with his face
flushed red with anger.
"Ha haha!" The disciples of the Qingfeng Mountain sub-school gave out an unbridled
laughter. They had quickly understood that this black clothed old man was an elder of
Shaoyang sub-school.
Even if he was an elder but he belonged to the side of their sworn enemy, which was not
going to change at this point of
time as the enmity between the two sides had extended for so many years.
The elder was certainly furious because Ye Xiwen had severely injured Huo Cheng and
there was no way for them to participate in the assessment. That was the reason why he
had come to punish Ye Xiwen.
"You little beast, I will kill you." The black clothed old man angrily tossed his sleeves and
suddenly the air around him completely distorted. A big hand instantly congealed in the air
made up of the Xiantian Zhen Yuan and for a master of Xiantian sixth stage, this method of
directly using the Xiantian Zhen Yuan was very useful.
"Clang!" Ye Xiwen took out the long blade from the scabbard on his back and released a
bright Bladelight which instantly filled the sky. At the moment, the appearance of Ye Xiwen
was shining like a god of war, with a solemn look on his face and his black hair swinging
violently in the wind.
The Swordlight completely transformed into a sharp blade made up of condensed Xiantian
Zhen Qi which immediately rushed towards that big hand and chopped down.
"ZiziZizi!"
The tip of the blade chopped down on the big hand, issuing a loud ZiziZizi sound, followed
by evolving the live picture of the creative concept of 'Missing moon beheader'.
As the creative concept of 'Missing moon beheader' evolved out, it temporarily blocked the
big hand by continuously regrouping the Xiantian Zhen Qi and chopping down again and
again on the big hand.
"Creative concept, how is this possible, he has actually evolved out a creative concept!" The
black clothed old man looked unbelievably at Ye Xiwen because he could not believe that
Ye Xiwen had already evolved out a creative concept, which was difficult to obtain, even for
the inner disciples of the Main Sect.
But even so, if he was not such an evildoer then how could he have easily beaten the
geniuses of his sub-school.
Having thought of this, his eyes flashed with a killing intent.
Such an evildoer genius, it was necessary to strangle him before he became hostile towards
his sub-school, and if allowed to
grow up, it would certainly not be a good thing for Shaoyang sub-school.
Even if this time, he might put his Shaoyang sub-school in the danger of getting punished,
he must strangle the danger in the cradle.
In the sky, a descending moon intensely collided with the big hand which caused terrifying
air explosions sending layer by layer ripples of air-waves in all directions.
The pressure was increasing on Ye Xiwen's body while his blade had fiercely collided with
the big hand but even after displaying the full essence of the creative concept of his blade
technique, he had still been unable to block the incoming attack. Ye Xiwen had been forced
down by the virtue of superior strength of the old man.
Ye Xiwen was soon pressed down and his bones started to make crackling sound. His
skeleton was facing an intense friction, although his body was insanely tough, just as strong
as the steel, but when put under such a kind of terrifying coercion, it seemed as if his body
would explode any time.
"Old man, what are you doing!" Ye Xiwen gritted his teeth and shouted in a voice filled with
anger. This old guy was definitely not holding back and it seemed as if he was going to kill
Ye Xiwen right there right then.
That black clothed simply ignored Ye Xiwen and his big hand pressed down while fully
destroying the live picture of creative concept.
"Old man, in the future, I will certainly return the favour for today." Ye Xiwen gritted his
teeth and said with a lot of sweat crazily dripping down his face.
Ten years, in just ten years, he would be able to easily crush this old guy, but right now, his
strength was not enough!
This was the first time that Ye Xiwen had thoroughly felt so helpless, craving for strength.
He just needed enough strength so that a day like this would never come again where he
would feel so helpless.
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Chapter 89: Mighty Lin Zhantian
"Old man, in the future, I will certainly return the favour for today!" Ye Xiwen gritted his
teeth and said with a lot of sweat crazily dipping down his face.
"You do not have a future!" The old man shouted with a hideous look on his face.
"Stop!" A loud shout came, followed by a big hand that came straight down from the sky
and caught that old man's big hand and directly exploded it.
"What were you trying to do?" A thundering voice resounded in the sky and a figure came
down flying. This was none other than Qingfeng Mountain sub-school's former ancestor,
Lin Zhantian.
The black clothed old man looked coldly at Lin Zhantian.
"This little beast has severely injured the seed disciples of our Shaoyang sub-school and
there's no way for our school to participate in the assessment, this hatred is totally
irreconcilable." That old man said and gritted his teeth.
"Bullshit!" Ye Xiwen gasped for breath then said, "It was them who first came to bully the
disciples of our sub-school and were forcefully trying to occupy our courtyard. They even
injured my brother and were going to cripple him. They went too far and I was just
returning the favour, but I was merciful and did not waste their martial arts. "
"Little bastard, you ..." The black clothed old man cursed but it was not that he did not know
the ins and outs of whole matter. He was just trying to take advantage of the fact that Lin
Zhantian had not come back yet and this was the best opportunity to take revenge on Ye
Xiwen, and settle things once and for all. But things didn't go as he had planned after the
intervention of Lin Zhantian.
"Get out of here!" Lin Zhantian thundered loudly and waved his big sleeves. Almost
instantly, a terrifying force arrived in front of the black clothed old man.
"Poof!" The black clothed old man spurted out a mouthful of blood and his skinny body was
sent flying upside down. Only one hit had seriously injured him and he was stunned,
staring at the Lin Zhantian because he never thought that Lin Zhantian
could actually be so strong.
"Zhen dao ..." Black clothed old man muttered while glaring at Lin Zhantian with his fierce
eyes, he said: "Lin Zhantian, you'll regret it."
"Get lost! No one dares to touch my disciples." Lin Zhantian said in a strong voice. He had
clearly demonstrated the strength of the Zhen dao. The disciples of the Zhen dao realm
were called
'true disciples'. Compared to them, the core disciples could only be considered mid-level
personnel, but true disciples were considered at the top.
In a major sect like Yi Yuan School Main Sect, only few hundred true disciples were present
but the added count of core disciples and inner disciples together was almost one hundred
thousand. The gap between the positions of these two parties could be seen just from the
numbers.
The black clothed old man looked bitterly at Lin Zhantian, no doubt, if they were not in the
premises of the Main Sect, he would have been directly beheaded by Lin Zhantian.
The competition among the sub-schools was allowed as long
as there were no direct fights between the factions. From the perspective of the Main Sect,
as long as the whole martial arts community was flourishing inside the school, competition
was permitted.
The black clothed old man looked towards the disciples of Qingfeng Mountain sub-school
and bitterly left.
"Let's go inside." Lin Zhantian said.
After the return of Lin Zhantian, it seemed as if the Qingfeng Mountain sub-school had
suddenly gained back its backbone and the disciples followed him inside happy
expressions on their faces.
After hearing about all the events that had occurred during his absence, Lin Zhantian
smiled and looked at Ye Xiwen then said: "Good, well done, you are the power and prestige
of our Qingfeng Mountain sub-school."
Lin Zhantian was also surprised in his heart because this was quite unexpected, although
he had always been very optimistic about Ye Xiwen, but did not expect that he would
actually be able to become so strong that not even the seed disciples would
be his match. Those seed disciples were considered elite among the elites and were
generally very powerful, but had been surprisingly defeated by Ye Xiwen. Lin Zhantian was
overjoyed with this turn of events.
"In my absence, all of you have done very well." Lin Zhantian said.
"Thanks ancestor for your praise!" Everyone said in unison.
"Now, I will tell you about the reason behind the sudden departure of all the elders,
although, this is a major affair, but I think it is necessary for all of you to know about it." Lin
Zhantian said.
The looks of all the disciples suddenly became serious because they knew that a matter
which was major for Lin Zhantian could never be trivial.
"This thing is slightly strange. For the triennial assessment examination, all the sub-schools
send their respective elite disciples, but this time, actually disciples of more than thirty sub-
schools were attacked, out of which, disciples from six sub-schools were completely
annihilated and not even their
skeletons could be found." Lin Zhantian said with a solemn look on his face.
Everyone present there held their breaths, though these sub-schools were just Yi Yuan
School's sub-schools and relative to the Main Sect, their strength was not much, but
compared to other sects, it was still very large. But these were the elite disciples of various
sub-schools, not to mention, they were also being accompanied by a few elders, and these
elders were super experts of Xiantian fifth stage or more. How could they dare to touch
such a team?
But to be able to completely annihilate such a team of experts, this was not possible for
ordinary forces!
"In the past, there have been cases when disciples were attacked, but they were all isolated
phenomenon or vendetta, but this time, it is not unusual that out of a total of over one
hundred sub-schools, more than thirty sub-schools have been attacked." Lin Zhantian said,
"This thing has caused the Sect to have a high degree of attention to this matter because
there may be large hostile forces after our disciples. The sect has sent many experts to
investigate about this matter."
"The reason of sharing this thing with you is because, soon,
you will enter the Main Sect, after that, you need to be very careful." Lin Zhantian said.
Participating in the assessment was especially important for sub-schools because it would
get easier for their disciples to be directly promoted to become the inner disciples or core
disciples in the Main Sect.
Naturally, those who performed outstandingly in the assessment would get more popular
and would be able to get more resources for their respective sub-schools. This was the
reason why the elder of Shaoyang sub-school was so frantic.
"Yes!" Everyone said in unison.
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Chapter 90: Assessment begins
Lin Zhantian, undoubtedly, had cast a shadow of an unknown enemy in the hearts of the
disciples of Qingfeng Mountain sub-school, but they were not too worried about it. After all,
they were too keen to enter the Main Sect.
Everyone's thoughts were fully focused on the assessment examination which was going to
take place a few days later, although it was not supposed to be difficult and basically
everyone could pass, but this assessment was directly related to their future treatments
and positions in the Sect. Those who performed outstandingly could earn a lot of rewards.
Ye Xiwen was only a little worried in his heart about the future, after all, there were some
powerful hostile forces lurking out there, so all of them needed to be careful in future.
But he didn't think about this matter for too long because it was a thing in the future, and
right now, the most important matter was to perform well in the assessment!
Time passed day by day and three days had quickly passed. It was time to finally
participate in the assessment examination.
That morning, all the Qingfeng Mountain's disciples got up early and assembled in the
courtyard entrance. Lin Zhantian looked at the crowd and said: "Today we're going to the
Full moon peak."
Full moon peak was one of the ten main peaks of Yi Yuan School and was home to the
leaders of the vein disciples who were the direct descendants of Yi Yuan School's
inheritance and held the direct command over the doctrines of the School. For ages, these
leaders would generally come from the Full moon peak.
Everyone was excited because they all wanted to be able to join the Full moon peak as the
disciples of Full moon peak were considered as the most noble and honourable.
But whether they would be able to enter the Full moon peak depended on their
performance during the assessment examination.
"This assessment will be conducted on the Full moon peak."
Lin Zhantian said, "The ancient masters of the Yi Yuan School came forth in large numbers
to create many small worlds. This
time, we are going to a small world located on the Full moon peak, called Huanmo territory.
This small world was created when an ancestor from previous generations of Yi Yuan
School used his extraordinary magical powers to open the many spaces from the devil
world and captured a lot of Huanmo and again used his magical powers to open up this
small world."
Huanmo was a low-level devil, and was good at using magic to confuse the people, but even
if it was at the lowest level among the devils, but also very tough. Ye Xiwen had read about
them in some records, but in those records, devil world was treated just as a kind of myth
and looked like an ancient mythology. But here, he came to know that devils were real!
"Although it's only a small world, but it is hundred times larger than our Qingfeng
Mountain sub-school's Blood Yuan Territory." Lin Zhantian said, "Here, the danger is also
higher, but this small world's most important characteristic is its transformation between
real and imaginary world. Even if someone dies inside this world, he wouldn't actually die
and will be sent out immediately, but the things you all will see inside are deemed to be
true. Other than this feature of no one dying inside this world, the rest is similar to other
small worlds"
The disciples of Qingfeng Mountain sub-school were in uproar, because if that was the case
then they really did not
need to worry. They could just go all out, but at the same time, the competition would
become more intense because everyone would have no scruples as they knew that they
wouldn't die no matter what.
"This is a protective measure to protect the newly arrived disciples." Lin Zhantian said,
"But you shouldn't think that you will not die. Those Huanmo are not humans and they are
very good at mind control magic. Some people got their minds controlled by Huanmo and
those creatures attached themselves onto the body of these people and they have since
become their puppets."
All the disciples trembled in fear because if that was the case then it was really too scary.
People could become zombies after being controlled by those Huanmo, and after that, even
if they survived, it would be worse than death.
"In the past, such a thing has happened when some of the disciples were being controlled
and no one knew about it and it had nearly caused a calamity. I am telling all of this to
remind you to always pay attention to your surroundings and be careful at all times." Lin
Zhantian said.
"The assessment requirements are very simple. So long as
each of you kills one Huanmo, you can pass!" Lin Zhantian said,
"This assessment will be observed by many high-level personnel of the Sect, so if you give a
splendid performance then you may get directly chosen by them in their veins, therefore,
do your best and perform well."
"We promise!" The disciples said in unison.
Although even the weakest Huanmo was at the Houtian ninth stage but these disciples
were all at the Houtian ninth stage or above and could easily handle a low-level devil like
Huanmo.
Huanmo were more formidable in the spiritual influence and mind control, especially those
with weak minds were most vulnerable, but these were the elite disciples with strong
minds, otherwise how could they have gained a high-level cultivation at such a young age.
So as long as they were careful, it would not be too difficult to deal with Huanmo!
So, all the disciples were confident because anyway they won't die and could display their
full strengths.
Unless they had an extreme bad luck, there won't be any other problems!
Lin Zhantian called the several demon birds and everyone jumped up. In total, there were
twenty or so individuals participating from the Qingfeng Mountain sub-school.
"You won't die during this assessment, but I hope that you will still be very cautious. This
assessment is not too difficult, but the emphasis doesn't lie on just passing the examination,
but in getting better results. If you fail abruptly then it is equivalent to missing a golden
opportunity, understood?" Lin Zhantian did not forget to teach them even from over the
demon bird.
"Yes!" The disciples nodded and said.
"Even after entering the Main Sect, you will still always be the vein disciples of my Qingfeng
Mountain sub-school. The seal of Qingfeng Mountain has been long branded on your
persona so I hope you will have heartfelt solidarity and you will also show your support in
the future!" Lin Zhantian.
From among these disciples, those who would become famous
would also become a huge support for the Qingfeng Mountain sub-school, in the future!
"Yes!" The disciples said in unison.
While everyone was excited and gossiping about the assessment, the demon birds had
already flown over several mountains to enter into the outer boundaries of Yi Yuan School.
The inside of the Yi Yuan School was very lively and bustling with people and there was
actually a city located in the hillside of the mountain peaks, showing the liveliness of Yi
Yuan School's Main Sect.
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Chapter 91: The Gathering Of Geniuses
Within the premises of Yi Yuan School Main Sect, one could see demon birds flying
everywhere, carrying the disciples. The crowd of Qingfeng Mountain sub-school responded
with curiosity in their eyes, looking excitingly at this scene.
But soon, the demon birds flew towards the foot of the Full moon mountain peak. Only the
elders and true disciples were allowed to fly over the Full moon peak and others could only
go up from the foot of the mountain.
Lin Zhantian did not go with them, but directly jumped off from his demon bird and
vanished in front of everyone.
Everyone went towards the plaza of Full moon peak where disciples from over a hundred
sub-schools were arriving one after another.
Over a hundred sub-schools, even if each sub-school had only a few dozens of people, but
after adding them up, the total number would go up to thousands of people. The good thing
was that the plaza was very wide, and at the moment, it was filled with many shadows.
These were the masters of the
Houtian ninth stage, who were once the core disciples of their respective sub-schools.
This gathering was truly magnificent and spectacular, far more than the gathering of
competitions held at various sub-schools.
And, of course, compared to the geniuses present in the gathering for the competitions, the
quality of talent here was undoubtedly much higher.
Each of these sub-schools had elite disciples and all of them had dignified appearance,
especially the Xiantian level disciples.
All of them were upright and very conceited. After all, they had already entered the
Xiantian realm before joining the Main Sect.
To be able to become a Xiantian master was an incredible achievement for the sub-school
disciples and they were considered elite among the elites.
Ye Ruxue was the latest addition to the group of Xiantian masters of the Qingfeng Mountain
sub-schools. Including her, now there were a total of four Xiantian masters, which was an
unforeseen achievement in the history of Qingfeng Mountain sub-school. Although there
were a lot of strong opponents with many strong sub-schools, but some sub-schools were
quite
miserable with only a single Xiantian master.
With over a hundred sub-schools arrived for the assessment, the strength of each sub-
schools was not the same. The strength of some was almost comparable to the three major
sub-schools!
"It's truly spectacular!" Wu Hao sighed with emotion and said.
Now these disciples had truly realized that their own road to practice, in the Main Sect, was
finally going to begin and that there were several stronger people in the world.
This scenery was going to encourage their unceasing progress!
At this time, Ye Xiwen saw the people of three major sub-schools standing in front.
Standing on the left were the people of Bingdao sub-school, led by a man with an
extraordinary temperament. Ye Xiwen did not know but this guy was the well-known,
ShangguanXuanyi, one of the strongest three disciples of this year, with an unfathomable
strength.
Next to the group of Bingdao sub-school, was also a large group of people with each one of
their disciples in the Xiantian
realm. The group belonged to one of the three major sub-schools, Shen Huoshan sub-
school. It was located in the southern part of the State, next to a volcano, and its disciples
practiced fire attribute power techniques, making them a stark contrast with the disciples
of Bingdao sub-school.
'Shen Huoshan sub-school' can also be called 'Divine Volcano sub-school'
These two sub-schools had always been consistent rivals thanks to their ranks as one of the
major sub-schools and also due to the opposing nature of their power techniques. In short,
these two sub-schools were inherently hostile towards each other and held mutual hatred.
In front of the group of Divine volcano sub-school, there was a man, standing proudly with
an appearance of approximately twenty-five-year-old. He was an abnormally burly man
and Ye Xiwen found out that this man was named Yan Chiling. Similar to ShangguanXuanyi,
he also had an unfathomable strength.
On the other side of the group of Divine Volcano sub-school, the group of third major sub-
school was standing. This group belonged to the Yunu sub-school. As the name suggested,
all the disciples in this major sub-school were females. The group
consisted of many beautiful young female students and all of them looked very attractive
and they had also grabbed the attraction of most of the male disciples.
'Yunu sub-school' can also be called 'Jade Lady sub-school'
Their leader looked roughly 18 or 19 years-old, was dressed in yellow clothes flapping in
the wind, had long hair and a delicate jade-like skin. Two strands of hair were gently
flowing by the wind over her cheeks which were complementing her seductive appearance
even more.
This was the genius female disciple of Jade Lady sub-school and was named
ZhangsunYuyin. It was said that few years ago, she had easily stepped into the Xiantian
realm and no one knew what her cultivation level was now.
ZhangsunYuyin, Yan Chiling and ShangguanXuanyi were said to be the three strongest
disciples of this year and each of them had unfathomable strength.
Although, other disciples would have to wait as they did not know which vein they might
join but that was not the case for the disciples of Jade Lady sub-school, because it was
already
fixed for them. Jade Lady Sub-school was a subsidiary of Yi Yuan School's Jade Lady
Mountain peak, so all the disciples were going to join the Jade Lady Mountain peak in the
future.
And the reason was that, Jade Lady Mountain peak only accepted female disciples, while
Jade Lady sub-school had been established by a previous senior of Jade Lady Mountain
peak, so it was only obvious for the disciples of the Jade Lady sub-school to join Jade Lady
Mountain peak.
So relatively speaking, they didn't need to participate in this assessment.
In addition to these three sub-schools, there were some other first class sub-schools having
more than ten disciples, who had already entered the Xiantian realm. And then, there were
middle level sub-schools like Qingfeng Mountain sub-school.
Lastly, there were sub-schools with only one or two sub-Xiantian masters.
In this world, where strength was the supreme law and truth, only strong could command
respect.
"ZhangsunYuyin is just like an angel. She is the not only
beautiful but is also this year's strongest disciple of Jade Lady sub-school. I heard that it has
already been decided that she is going be the leader of the disciples at Jade Lady Mountain
peak and will also become the senior of the mountain peak someday!"
"No wonder, it's really extraordinary how Jade Lady sub-school accepts only female
disciples and turns them into such strong masters!"
"ShangguanXuanyi, Yan Chiling and ZhangsunYuyin are this year's strongest among all of
us and no one even knows what their true strengths are!"
"I have heard from some people that the three of them are already at the peak of Xiantian
third stage, or may even have reached the Xiantian fourth stage!"
When the disciples standing in the surrounding heard this, they could help but hold their
breaths. Peak of Xiantian third stage or Xiantian fourth stage? To them, masters of such
strengths were simply god-like existences.
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Chapter 92: See You Later Hua Menghan
Perhaps this level of strength was not too conspicuous in the Main Sect, but for many sub-
schools, it was already very scary.
All these disciples were undoubtedly very talented and after entering the Main Sect, they
would start to cultivate vigorously.
In the future, they would most likely enter the Zhen dao realm and become true disciples.
Peak of Xiantian third stage? Ye Xiwen turned again to look at the three strongest disciples
and noticed that they were probably only a step away from reaching the Xiantian fourth
stage and right now, he was not a match for any of them.
But Ye Xiwen was not worried about these three geniuses because he was confident that he
would eventually be able to catch up with them.
"Junior sister apprentice, take a look, these are this year's disciples!" Ye Xiwen's eyes were
closed when suddenly a loud voice reached his ears.
Accompanied with the sound of flapping wings, two demon birds flew down from the sky.
On top of a large eagle, stood a man with an appearance of about twenty-years-old, clad in
traditional Chinese clothes, dancing in the wind and there was a smile on his face.
The other bird was snow-white crane carrying a black-clothed beautiful woman who had a
pair of black curved eyebrows and pure-white skin. Looking at her, it seemed as if a
celestial beauty had just descended into the mortal world.
Everyone's eyes were attracted to both of them, even Ye Xiwen was no exception, but his
eyes were not on the man but on the woman atop the crane.
Hua Menghan!
Ye Xiwen was determined that this was definitely the girl he had rescued in the cave.
Compared to the slightly awkward girl he had seen last time, this time when he saw Hua
Menghan, she was really like a fairy having an unparalleled grace and elegance. Her
appearance was truly pleasing to the eyes.
Hua Menghan seemed to have noticed Ye Xiwen's gaze and
turned to look at him.
After seeing Ye Xiwen, Hua Menghan was somewhat surprised as she did not expect to
meet him so soon. Moreover, his current strength had really surprised her because when
the last time she had met him, he was only a Houtian realm master, although while rescuing
her, he had beheaded Luo Tian, but at that time, she had seriously injured Luo Tian. But
now, Ye Xiwen had not just broken through to the Xiantian realm and was already at the
peak of Xiantian first stage.
Hua Menghan slowly descended from her crane, and step by step, walked towards Ye
Xiwen while simply ignoring the Chinese-robed youth, who was constantly trying to talk to
her.
"You came." Hua Menghan said.
"En!" Ye Xiwen nodded.
"I still haven't thanked you for the last time." Hua Menghan said as she was in a hurry last
time and had left without thanking him personally which could be considered a very rude
behaviour.
"It doesn't matter, that was as easy as lifting a hand." Ye Xiwen shook his head and said as
he had benefited a lot from that incident and couldn't ask for more.
"Junior sister apprentice." At this time, the Chinese-robed youth also came over, "Who are
you?"
The Chinese-robed youth frowned and shouted in a low tone.
He had instinctively felt some threat from Ye Xiwen.
Seeing the youth questioning Ye Xiwen, Hua Menghan wrinkled her black eyebrow. But
right then, Ye Xiwen said:
"Qingfeng Mountain sub-school, Ye Xiwen!"
Ye Xiwen could see arrogance and a look of disdain in the eyes of that Chinese-robed youth.
The Main Sect disciples always looked down on the disciples from sub-schools as there was
a huge difference between their strengths.
But that Chinese-robed youth forced a smile on his face and said: "Hello junior disciple, I'm
Hu Yanghang, a core disciple."
When Ye Xiwen heard that Hu Yanghang was a core disciple,
adding to his arrogant tone, the meaning was clear that he was obviously pursuing Hua
Menghan and was one of her suitors.
And this was a method of warning him to stay away.
Just like Hua Menghan, Ye Xiwen also neglected Hu Yanghang. He took out a phoenix
shaped jade pendant then put it before Hua Menghan and said: "I give this Jade rare
treasure back to you."
There was a shocked look in Hu Yanghang's eyes and his gaze was continuously swinging
between Hua Menghan and Ye Xiwen. How could he not know that this jade pendant was
very precious to Hua Menghan and she would never allow others to even take a look at it?
And now, it actually appeared in the hands of Ye Xiwen. Exactly what had happened
between the two of them that Hua Menghan had actually given her precious jade pendant
to someone else?
Thinking of all sorts of possibilities, suddenly, Hu Yanghang looked at Ye Xiwen with a
killing look flashing in his eyes.
"Since you already have it, just keep it." Hua Menghan lightly said, "In comparison to what
you did for me, this jade pendant is simply not enough."
When many disciples standing around in the crowd of heard Hua Menghan, they could
secretly make a guess that Ye Xiwen must have handled some major matter that had
actually led to his friendship with this fairy.
Ye Xiwen did not want to explain anything to anyone as this secret belonged to the two of
them and he wanted to keep this thing a secret between just the two of them!
"Assessment is about to start, I won't take your time anymore."
After saying a few words to Ye Xiwen, she didn't stay there for too long and flew into the
sky on her crane and soon disappeared from the eyes of everyone.
When Hu Yanghang saw Hua Menghan leaving, he was also not in a mood to stay there. He
first gave gloomy glances to Ye Xiwen then mounted his eagle and left.
After the two of them left, many disciples of various sub-schools started to give curious
looks to Ye Xiwen because they didn't know how he had come to know a disciple from Full
moon peak.
Even ShangguanXuanyi, Yan Chiling and ZhangsunYuyin had turned back and were looking
curiously at Ye Xiwen.
Although they did not have to be specific, but anyone could make a guess that those two
were definitely the disciples of Full moon peak because except the true disciples and elder-
class people, as well as some characters with special permissions, only the disciples of this
peak were allowed to fly over the Full moon peak.
The people of Qingfeng Mountain sub-school were especially very curious. They couldn't
understand how Hua Menghan was on such friendly terms with Ye Xiwen and it seemed
that she owed him a great debt as well, otherwise, why would she be willing to give her
personal jade pendant to him.
Although they did not know the specific effects of that jade pendant, but with just one look,
anyone could see that the jade pendant was really extraordinary.
Faced with so many curious gazes, Ye Xiwen directly closed his eyes.
Ye Xiwen had killed Luo Tian and people of his clan so he didn't want to get in trouble by
getting a new formidable enemy.
Ye Xiwen also did not want to develop a habit of 'stirring up trouble wherever he goes'!
The crowd did not continue to look at Ye Xiwen because assessment examination had
finally started.
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Chapter 93: Huanmo's Surprise Attack
The assessment examination had finally begun and this was going to be a turning point in
their lives.
Ye Xiwen also did not have many thoughts about Hua Menghan, because at the moment,
one could say that he was still very far away from her.
A purple-clothed old man flew from a distant place and arrived in front of the disciples. He
was an elder of Full moon peak and without any idle talk, he just looked at the crowd then
said: "This entry assessment examination, begins!"
The purple-clothed elder conveniently waved his hand and suddenly, the space began to
violently fluctuate. A mysterious streak of light appeared out of nowhere and it seemed that
the whole space had been ripped open and a gate formed which slowly opened with a loud
rumble.
Suddenly a large amount of Lingqi, mixed with disgusting gas, spewed out from the gate.
Fortunately, the Houtian realm disciples had not yet opened up the world bridge and so
they couldn't feel the sudden discharge of Lingqi from the gate.
However, those Xiantian realm disciples suddenly felt the presence of this disgusting gas
and frowned with a clear displeasure on their faces. However, it was not surprising for
everyone because they had already been informed by their elders that there were large
number of Huanmo devils present in the Huanmo territory, so of course, there would be a
large amount of magic present in the atmosphere.
In fact, so far, it was found that only devil race could biologically adapt to moqi. Even the
most violent and powerful demon beasts couldn't withstand the direct instill of moqi.
'moqi' can mean 'devil qi' or 'magical qi'
However, Ye Xiwen's eyes had brightened when he discovered that the 'Special Space' in
his mind was able to absorb the moqi.
He already knew that he could absorb the Lingqi present in the atmosphere in the
mysterious space, but had never done it before because the absorption effectiveness of
Lingqi from the atmosphere was too slow. Even in the Lingqi enriched environment of Yi
Yuan School, the absorption rate of Lingqi
was very less compared to that of the Lingqi present in the Spirit stones, after all, formation
of these spirit stones would take innumerable years of absorption of Lingqi, so it was
natural that it would be easy to extract Lingqi from spirit stones.
Ye Xiwen thought, since he could absorb the moqi in the
'Special Space', then he might also be able to absorb Yaoqi or other energy forms of qi as
well!
'Yaoqi' means 'evil qi'
But Ye Xiwen didn't have enough time to think of this matter as the sub-school teams had
started entering the Huanmo territory one by one according to their ranks.
The team of Qingfeng Mountain sub-school also walked towards the entrance of Huanmo
territory. The purple-clothed elder waved his hand and a huge bubble formed and they
were wrapped inside it and the team quickly disappeared from the eyes of the crowd.
No one knew after how long, the team of Qingfeng mountain sub-school finally appeared in
the Huanmo territory and
everywhere, they could see a devastated scenary. The ground was withered and from time
to time, magical fire was coming out of the fissures in the ground and the air containing the
mixture of Lingqi and moqi was blowing on their faces. The environment here was quite
harsh, and originally, this territory belonged to the devil race which was once destroyed
and they had already left, not to mention those Huanmo devils were the remaining part of
the lost devil civilization.
It was similar to situation where a modern man would leave the city to live in the forest for
decades.
"Is this Huanmo territory? It is even more desolate than expected." One of the disciples
sighed and said.
"Yes." Zhang Yang nodded, "It seems like the random transportation like the last time and
without a map, we do not even know our location."
"There's no need to hurry. Once we find a Huanmo city, we will naturally get a map from
there." Ye Feng said as in the Huanmo territory, Huanmo race should be considered the
indigenous and it was not surprising if they had a map.
Moreover, Huanmo belonged to the devil race but they certainly were intelligent creatures,
therefore they also had small towns
in the Huanmo territory, but these towns were simply just a prototype and couldn't be
regarded as real towns.
Suddenly the air distorted and the surrounding scenery instantly changed and in a flash,
numerous tall buildings and a bustling metropolis took shape in front of Ye Xiwen.
Ye Xiwen suddenly felt nostalgic about this scenery. For a long time, he had not seen such
scenery which used to be so common for him. That very common scenery containing the
reinforced concrete buildings of the city, but at this moment, seemed so friendly. This scene
was buried deep inside his heart but he did not know when it would disappear.
Ye Xiwen suddenly sneered and punched forward containing the terrifying might of a
tornado which swept clean the scene instantly.
At this time, the nostalgic scene disappeared and returned back into the scene of Huanmo
territory. As he had expected, this was really the illusion magic, although he was well
prepared before coming as Lin Zhantian had reminded everyone to be attentive in the
Huanmo territory. Huanmo excelled at using illusion magic to confuse people, and once
someone fell into the trap, he will be quickly defeated or even eaten.
Sure enough, when Ye Xiwen opened his eyes, he saw hundreds of Huanmo heading
towards them. Their bodies were very small, only two feet tall, four arms and the size of
their head was almost more than their whole body, two huge red eyes were flickering with
ominous rays of light and their big bloody mouths were open and were rushing towards
the team of Qingfeng Mountain sub-school. A Huanmo had already rushed to the front of Ye
Xiwen.
Ye Xiwen sneered and shot his palm producing a thunderstorm rumbling sound, pass like
thunder and move like the wind, and his palm directly shot into the big mouth of the
Huanmo.
"Boom!" The Houtian ninth stage Huanmo immediately exploded in a single blow.
Almost in a flash, half of the body of that Huanmo turned into moqi. The bodies of these
Huanmo devils were mostly made up of energy, coupled with the unusually large brain
which they specially used to send out illusion magic with ease.
In an instant, the moqi that passed through the body of Ye
Xiwen was absorbed by the mysterious space and deepened his comprehension of various
martial arts.
In fact, Ye Xiwen's martial arts practice never stopped in the
'Special Space', but when he fully immersed himself in practicing then the efficiency also
increased.
And after absorbing the moqi from the dead Huanmo, he realized that the comprehension
speed in the mysterious space was a little faster compared to when he absorbed the Lingqi
from spirit stones.
But at this time, he didn't have much time to think. He instantly drew his long blade and
chopped out a brilliant Bladeqi in the shape of several meters long Bladeqi which instantly
arrived in front of several Huanmo and they were split in half.
At this time, Ye Feng, Zhang Yang and Ye Ruxue, the other three Xiantian masters, also
shattered their illusions and rushed towards the attacking Huanmo. After a while, the other
disciples of Qingfeng Mountain sub-school also shattered their respective illusions and
joined the fight.
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Chapter 94: Masters Intercept
Ye Xiwen heaved a sigh of relief. He knew that Huanmo itself was not a strong creature but
the problem was their raid. They would first release an illusion magic and people would
unknowingly fall into the illusion. Although most of the experts had firm minds and
wouldn't take long to break out of the illusion, but even if they took a couple of seconds to
break out, these two seconds would often decide their fate. For ordinary people, two
seconds held no value, but that was not the case for a warrior facing Huanmo raid.
Sure enough, Ye Xiwen had not expected but the disciples of Qingfeng Mountain disciples
would so easily escape from Huanmo's illusion. Even if the numbers of Huanmo were five
times more than their own, under the leadership of Ye Xiwen and the others, killing those
Huanmo had become child's play for the team. Everyone easily killed one or more Huanmo
and completed the assessment without any fundamental difficulty.
But, even after quickly slaughtering these Huanmo, they were not relaxed, because
clearance was not their main goal. Clearing the assessment was easy, unless someone had a
severe bad luck.
Passing with extraordinary scores was their actual goal.
Anyway, this test had a full month's time and everyone had plenty of time to hone their
skills, but also kill more Huanmo for better performance.
Everyone knew that their actions inside the Huanmo territory were being observed by
high-level school personnel, so they just needed to give a good performance to catch their
attention.
"Now that we are inside the Huanmo territory, we may encounter danger at any time, and
those Huanmo may appear anywhere so we have to be careful at all time." Ye Feng said.
"Yes!" The disciples said in unison. Before coming here, the goal for these disciples was to
pass the assessment and then only they would think about getting good results, but since
Ye Xiwen was with them, their morale had increased. In their hearts, Ye Xiwen had
completely replaced Ye Feng, although Ye Xiwen was younger in age, but to them, he was
just like their spiritual leader.
Ye Xiwen's strength was still not comparable to that of Shangguan Xuanyi, but his strength
was still among the group of disciples with their strengths right below the three strongest
disciples. And being led by such a strong master was very assuring for them as anyway they
won't die in the Huanmo territory.
However, Ye Feng was keeping silent and was not talking much after coming to the
Huanmo territory because he was little anxious as Huanmo were not their only opponents.
Even excluding the three major sub-schools, there still were a lot of strong sub-schools
with many Xiantian masters. These Xiantian masters from various sub-schools had come
from all over the Great Yue State to enter the Yi Yuan School and possessed different kinds
of martial arts and unknown killing techniques and skills. So far, they had not yet
encountered another team, but sooner or later, they might encounter a very formidable
opponent. Although they won't die in the Huanmo territory but they would still be thrown
outside after dying.
Days passed, and shortly, the Qingfeng Mountain crowd had spent more than three days in
the Huanmo territory. In three days, they faced Huanmo raid several times, but the crowd
had already become experienced in fighting off the Huanmo and had at least beheaded fifty-
six Huanmo, and with that, they had extraordinarily completed the assessment.
Wu Hao and Qian Wanru were on the verge of having a breakthrough and it seemed that
they might have it in the
Huanmo territory. It was a good thing for them that they were going to enter the Xiantian
realm before joining the Main Sect.
On this day, they approached a mountain and were thinking about exploring it when
suddenly seven figures jumped out and intercepted them. They were, in every respect,
releasing an extremely terrifying aura and were definitely very powerful Xiantian masters.
The complexion of the disciples of Qingfeng Mountain sub-school suddenly changed. Seven
powerful Xiantian masters had actually come out of nowhere and intercepted them. One
must know that even a moderate rank sub-school had less than seven Xiantian masters and
Qingfeng Mountain sub-school had only four.
And each of these seven Xiantian masters had a strong Xiantian aura and the weakest of
them was at least the master of Xiantian second stage which had totally startled them.
"Who are you people, why are you blocking our way?" Ye Xiwen came forward and asked.
He had noticed three of these seven masters in the plaza. He was paying attention to the
strong masters in the plaza and had made a mental note of the top players from various
sub-schools. He knew that these people
were one of the strongest Xiantian masters of this year.
But he had not seen the other four masters and it was possible that they didn't belong to
any sub-schools and were definitely newcomers, after all, Yi Yuan School was one of the
four great sects and held a huge influence in the Great Yue Stat, so during the triennial
examination, the aspiring disciples were not only from the respective sub-schools but from
all parts of the state.
Various powerful clans from all over the Great Yue State would also send their elite
disciples to join the Main Sect and bring glory to their clans.
Although the number of disciples who had entered the Huanmo territory to participate in
the assessment exam was very large, but Huanmo territory was very huge, much larger
compared to Blood Yuan territory and therefore, they had not encountered other disciples
for these many days, but as the days would pass, the number of encounters would continue
to grow more and more.
These people were not very old and seemed around the age of twenty, but all of them had a
dignified appearance and presumably were top masters in the younger generation of their
clans.
"You are Ye Xiwen?" The Chinese-robed young man who was standing in the middle and
seemed like the leader of these seven masters asked. All the sub-school disciples had heard
about the recent exploits of Ye Xiwen because the rumors had made him quite famous
among the disciples as the undefeated sub-school disciple.
The disciples from other schools or clans, who didn't belong to any sub-schools were
generally very talented, after all, they were not stupid. If they tried to enter the Main Sect
with poor strength, then they would only become handyman disciples.
That is the reason why only strong masters of Xiantian realm would come to join the Yi
Yuan School's Main Sect.
Ye Xiwen's heart sank when he heard that they had actually come for him. He looked
towards the Chinese-robed man and replied: "It's me, what do you want?"
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Chapter 95: Your Family Members Are Bugs
"It's me, what do you want?"
Ye Xiwen looked at the seven people and almost all of them looked dignified and seemed
like the elite disciples from their respective clans or schools, but this time, they had actually
come to join the Main Sect.
"Your journey ends here." The Chinese-robed young man coldly said, "You should know
that you must never offend people you can't resist."
Among these seven people, not even one of them had a lower cultivation than Ye Xiwen. All
of them had a terrifying presence, not to mention, they had come together for him so it was
going to get rough.
The four of them standing on the sides were amazingly at the peak of Xiantian second stage
with 40% transformed Xiantian Zhen Qi. The three in the middle were at the Xiantian third
stage with 50% transformed Xiantian Zhen Qi.
Chinese-robed young man standing in the middle had an amazing aura and was staring
coldly at Ye Xiwen as if he was looking at a bug.
On his left was a diminutive young youth with a sinister look on his face and his expression
resembled that of a poisonous snake.
On his right was an extremely seductive woman dressed in purple Chinese dress exposing
her nice figure, but there was a cold expression on her face.
Ye Xiwen noticed that this trio would prove to be very tough opponents for him and it
would be very difficult to deal with any of them. He needed to be very careful while fighting
them.
He could easily take on each of these seven masters in a one on one battle and Huanmo
territory was best for battles like this, but right now, the situation was a little perilous for
him because all seven of them had come together for his life and he didn't even know how
he had offended them or exactly whom he had offended. In the end, he might not have
enough energy left to fight all of them.
"How can there be so many strong Xiantian masters." Ye Feng's heart sunk down, because
he was only at the peak of Xiantian first stage and except Ye Xiwen, no one else in the team
was more powerful than him. Because of this, he could clearly feel the terrifying aura of
these seven masters and knew that they very strong.
"It's scary." Ye Ruxue muttered.
"Ye Xiwen, you will die today without even getting a chance to fight back. That senior said
to teach you a lesson to make you understand your own status, so that you know whom you
should get close to, and with whom you should not." The diminutive youth licked his lips
and a killing intent flashed in his eyes.
Hu Yanghang, in Ye Xiwen's mind, that name immediately cropped up. That diminutive
youth had already given him enough hints that it was easy to guess the enemy's identity.
This Hu Yanghang was too insidious and ruthless! Just to make him understand to not get
close to Hua Menghan, he had planned all this to teach him a lesson in Huanmo territory.
Ye Xiwen heart was filled with anger and hatred for that arrogant bastard who thought he
was superior to others and couldn't mind his own damn business.
"Let me teach him a lesson." A blue-robed youth came forward and said.
"We are not your enemies but you still must intercept us, this is really going too far." Qian
Wanru said with indignation.
"You all leave right now." Ye Xiwen suddenly said.
"How can we just go and leave you alone." Ye Ruxue said in a worried tone.
"These people are the top players and even if you stay, you won't be of much help." Ye
Xiwen said like a true leader because he knew that sometimes, quantity could not make up
for strength.
Except Ye Xiwen, the strongest among them was Ye Feng who was only at the peak of
Xiantian first stage and most of other disciples were still the masters of the Houtian realm.
If they
stayed, it would be totally meaningless to fight a hopeless battle, so they might as well leave
in advance.
"Hey, you are quite knowledgeable." The diminutive young people sneered and since their
main goal was just Ye Xiwen, they didn't care about other weaklings.
Everyone thought the same, because that was the truth.
Under the siege of so many strong Xiantian masters, their presence would only prove to be
an obstacle for Ye Xiwen.
Qingfeng Mountain people quickly made their decisions and so did Ye Xiwen and most
importantly, in the Huanmo territory, even if someone died inside, they would immediately
be thrown outside, so it was not that Ye Xiwen was really in a life-threatening danger.
After thinking a lot and making their decisions, soon, the Qingfeng Mountain crowd left
leaving only Ye Xiwen and the seven masters on the scene. Ye Xiwen was relieved, because
now, he could display his full strength and go all out without caring about anything.
"Good, those bugs are gone, hey, it seems that you are quite
famous among the disciples of your sub-school." The blue-robed youth sneered and said.
Bugs!
A killing intent flashed in Ye Xiwen's eyes!
The blue-robed youth took a step and like a tornado, he rushed towards Ye Xiwen, with his
fist forming a huge storm and a terrifying twisting Quanjin suddenly arrived in front of Ye
Xiwen.
Ye Xiwen sneered and shot his palm, Rushing thunder hand, Pass like thunder and move
like the wind, and with a rumbling sound of thunder, his palm wrapped in lightning-like
Zhen Qi instantly greeted the coming fist.
"Boom!" The collision produced a loud sound accompanied with layer by layer of
shockwaves rushing in all directions, as if, the mighty waves were running on the surface of
the sea. These waves became a huge twisting storm and swept off the scene.
The fights between Xiantian and Houtian realm masters
would always be on entirely different levels because Xiantian masters could directly
stimulate the Lingqi fluctuations in the atmosphere, making these fights highly destructive.
Ye Xiwen's terrifying palm attack had easily blocked off and wiped out the storm created by
the Blue-robed youth's attack.
There was a surprised look on his face as he did not expect his attack to be effortlessly
blocked off by Ye Xiwen.
"Bugs ..."
Ye Xiwen sneered: "Your family members are bugs!"
Ye Xiwen instantly rushed towards him, as if a celestial being was talking a stroll, and with
a group of thundercloud like Zhen Qi covering his right hand, he shoved it towards the body
of that blue-robed youth.
He didn't even have a chance to react.
The three powerful masters suddenly shouted: "Stop!"
"You dare!"
"Stop!"
Ye Xiwen didn't care about these people and instantly shot his palm.
"Boom!" The thunder-like Zhen Qi blasted into the chest that Blue-robed youth and
instantly blasted him away. He was sent flying into the sky but suddenly his stature turned
into a streamer and directly disappeared.
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Chapter 96: Arduous Battle
"Boom!" The thunder-like Zhen Qi blasted into the chest that Blue-robed youth and
instantly blasted him away. He was sent flying into the sky but suddenly his stature turned
into a streamer and he immediately disappeared.
Although he died in Huanmo territory, but reality was different.He disappeared into a
streamer and was thrown back into the outside world.
"How dare you!" The remaining six people were looking at Ye Xiwen with a look of disbelief
on their faces. They just couldn't digest the fact that Ye Xiwen had actually killed their
comrade in a blink of an eye.
They just never thought that things would turn out like this.
They were overconfident and looking at their strengths, this assessment was going to be
very easy for them. When they were given the task to ambush Ye Xiwen and teach him a
lesson, they had considered this task a child's play, after all, he was just one guy and his
strength was also below their own. They had imagined that he would be crushed to death
in a single blow from that blue-robed youth but what just happened?
Ye Xiwen sneered and said: "One bug crushed and now it's your turn. Will you all come
together, or one by one?"
Ye Xiwen took a deep breath, relaxed his whole body, concentrated, he must fight because
he had no chance of retreat. His only option was to go all out, not to mention that he
wouldn't die here, so this was a good opportunity to fight so many powerful masters and
gain experience.
Since this was an examination and these rivals could be called his enemies so he could only
continue to conquer his enemies one by one and then only, he would be able to become
invincible!
Ye Xiwen even had a crazy idea to use the extraordinary strengths of these six men and
force his inner state to its limits then he might be able to have a breakthrough, because, it
was said that a breakthrough could be initiated during a life and death situation by forcing
oneself to the extreme.
"You are courting death!"
"Arrogant!"
These masters were suddenly outraged as whether they belonged to sub-schools, or other
outer forces coming from all over the state, but there was no doubt that all of them were
top talents from their respective forces and had never been insulted like this, not to
mention, they had come to crush him, but now, one of them had been crushed instead and
he had dared to insult them as well. Ye Xiwen's provocation had hurt their pride and
dignity and this unexpected humiliation had caused their anger to suddenly erupt.
"Kill him!"
All six of them shouted and rushed towards Ye Xiwen. Being the outstanding disciples in
their forces, each of them possessed one or more secret Xiantian power techniques,
practiced to the profound level.
At this time, various types of martial arts blasted towards Ye Xiwen. He finally pulled out a
long blade from the scabbard on his back and waved it violently which instantly shot a
dazzling Bladelight towards the incoming rumbling attacks.
"Boom!" A heart shaking loud sound burst out sending shockwaves in all directions causing
the smoke and dust to spread in
surrounding area.
Ye Xiwen's body was fully wrapped in Xiantian Zhen Qi body and he leaped up towards the
sky, and instead of retreating back, he used 'Celestial step' and in a flash, his figure rushed
horizontally all the way towards the six masters with his long blade scattering a bright
Bladelight.
"Ah!" A master didn't get a chance to evade the blade attack and was split in half and
disappeared in the very next instant.
This was indeed a terrifying battle where the fight had begun only an instant ago and a
master had already been beheaded.
The remaining five didn't have a shred of mercy and severely attacked Ye Xiwen. Even if he
was using Celestial steps, he had been hit several times and many wounds appeared on his
body.
"Ye Xiwen, you are strong, I admit that you are very strong but unfortunately you are facing
so many of us and you no chance of winning. Just surrender because anyway no one really
dies in this Huanmo territory." The Chinese-robed young man said. He was a prideful
person but he had to admit that Ye Xiwen was ridiculously strong because even if they
were
ganging up on one individual but they were still having a hard time coping with him. There
was clearly a look of disdain on their faces because two of their own had been effortlessly
defeated by the guy they had initially looked down upon, but he was still giving them a hard
time in this brutal fight, so they had to admit that Ye Xiwen was truly formidable.
Ye Xiwen sneered but didn't answer. He was bathed in blood but the wounds couldn't make
him to withdraw but only made him to have a clear understanding, that although no one
would die in the Huanmo territory, but they would still get mentally and physically injured.
In the world of martial arts, there was no retreat, giving up was never an option and the
most important practice was to persevere or else all previous efforts would come to
naught.
Ye Xiwen was not planning to give up just because he had sustained injuries. This time, he
strengthened his determination with the thought that 'this was an illusion so he must
persevere to break out of it'.
"Phew!" A subtle piercing sound echoed and out of the blue, it seemed as if a dagger had
arrived to the front of Ye Xiwen, but it was actually that diminutive youth. He was
extremely fast and had practiced a strange agility technique because his movements were
similar to that of snakes, which could easily
scare people.
But suddenly, the Chinese-robed youth appeared in front of Ye Xiwen and blasted his punch
releasing a golden Quanjin. It seemed as if a golden light had illuminated the entire world,
but the atmosphere had been distorted by the burst of this golden Quanjin.
A cold light flashed in Ye Xiwen's eyes and the spirit stones started to burn producing an
unimaginable amount of Lingqi which was directly injected into the 'Special Space'. A large
influx of martial arts experience entered into his mind and it would be no exaggeration to
say that he was trying his best to surpass his own limits.
When fighting against five strong Xiantian masters, most people would have already lost
confidence by now, and talking about most people, there was simply no chance for them to
grab the victory in a situation like this, but Ye Xiwen refused to give up on the slightest
hope of victory.
These series of attacks were extremely dangerous. No need to say that Chinese-robed
youth was the most terrifying opponent.
The charming woman had a hand mirror and she was using it to constantly send out waves
of intermittent divine streaks of
light, and wherever the light would shine, the space would immediately distort. The might
of her attack was abnormally terrifying.
This was the biggest crisis Ye Xiwen had ever come across!
A crazed look flashed in Ye Xiwen's eyes. The long blade incessantly danced in his hand and
instantly nine blade shadows appeared in the sky.
"Boom!"
The Quanjin of that Chinese-robed youth bombed fiercely on Ye Xiwen's body. He spat a
mouthful of blood and his black hair flew upwards but his body was like an Iron wall that
didn't budge at all, instead, he continued to swing his long blade, with all his focus centred
on the diminutive youth.
"Boom!" Ye Xiwen's long blade chopped out towards the flying dagger-like diminutive
youth, releasing the nine blade shadows which blocked off all of his escape routes.
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Chapter 97: Breakthrough, Xiantian Second
Stage
Regardless of where that diminutive youth was trying to flee, he was still unable to escape
from the blade curtain of Ye Xiwen.
Ye Xiwen had reached a high degree of proficiency in using the move'New moon beheader'
and the curtain of nine blades had instantly block all the movements of that diminutive
youth.
He had been completely surrounded by this curtain of blades and had been unable to utilize
his agility skill.
"Puchi!" The diminutive youth just stood there as if he had already given up and let Ye
Xiwen to behead him. It was not that he didn't want to do anything, but he couldn't.
Regardless of where he wanted to escape, Ye Xiwen's blade would easily catch up to him.
At last, he was directly beheaded by Ye Xiwen and disappeared.
The remaining four masters were furious because in a short time, Ye Xiwen had
unexpectedly beheaded three of their comrades, especially the diminutive youth, as he was
one of the
three strongest masters in their group and had been slaughtered so easily.
"You are courting death!" The charming woman shouted loudly and violently shook the
hand mirror in her hand. The divine rays of light rumbled and went directly towards Ye
Xiwen.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
Intermittent terrifying explosions occurred when Ye Xiwen tried to block the divine light
with his palm but as the divine light fell on his palm, it started to directly disintegrate his
iron-like palm which was immediately covered in blood.
In his body, the mad revolution of Zhen Qi was going on.
Breakthrough, he just needed to have a breakthrough because that was the only way out of
this situation. If he didn't have a breakthrough, then facing the deadly attacks of these
masters
would only lead to his end.
Although he had beheaded the diminutive youth, but at the same time, he had also suffered
the golden fist attack from the Chinese-robed youth and the injury he had sustained was
getting more and more serious.
Ye Xiwen didn't run away and was betting everything on the breakthrough. He needed to
have it during the battle because he had no other choice left and if he couldn't succeed in
having a breakthrough soon then it would most likely be a dead end for him.
Ye Xiwen roared loudly while the Zhen Qi was rushing madly inside his body, layer upon
layer, like waves of the sea. His black hair was dispersed and flying in the wind and his
whole body was covered in severe wounds and blood. If looked from afar, he seemed like a
reincarnation of a mad god of killing from ancient times, who had returned to wreak havoc
on this world.
Ye Xiwen's eyes were somewhat vacant as he was unceasingly processing innumerable
information in his mind while the Zhen Qi was madly revolving inside his body.
He seemed like a puppet resisting the attacks of those four masters with only a small
section of consciousness left to operate the body while his main consciousness was
completely immersed in the martial god space, desperately trying to break through his
inner state.
Also, he was able to do it because he was accustomed to this, but before, he would keep his
main spirit on the outside and now, he was focusing his main spirit into the martial god
space.
"Bang!"Ye Xiwen was blasted away and sent flying again. The muscles on his chest darted
off in all directions along with a lot of blood.
"Ha haha, he is still refusing to die!" The Chinese-robed youth laughed and said.
The remaining three masters were finally relieved, after all, it was too hard to deal with a
formidable master like Ye Xiwen.
Seven masters had ganged up on him but he had still been able to kill three of them in a
short time. It clearly showed that none of them were his opponents in a one on one battle.
Fortunately, they had pushed him to a dead end and could finally behead him.
Suddenly they discovered that the present Ye Xiwen had somewhat changed, and right
then, a majestic aura shot up into the sky. The bright look had instantly restored in his eyes
but his aura continued to rise and quickly rose to a pinnacle state.
However, his aura didn't actually stop to rise but, bit by bit, it continued to rise further
towards a breakthrough.
"Stop him, hurry up and stop him, do not let him have a breakthrough!" The charming
woman suddenly shouted in a sharp voice. She was also a Xiantian master. How could she
not know what was happening? She immediately understood that Ye Xiwen was on the
verge of a breakthrough and could have it any time.
He was already so hard to deal with and if allowed to have a breakthrough, then won't they
all lose their lives at his hands?
However, it was already too late as his aura had finally broken through the barrier and he
had finally reached the Xiantian second stage with a 60% transformed Xiantian Zhen Qi in
his body.
After breaking through to the Xiantian second stage, now, he
could easily contend with masters at the rank of Shangguan Xuanyi, let alone these four
masters.
Ye Xiwen looked calm and collected then coldly looked at the four masters. The Chinese-
robed youth immediately rushed towards him aiming a golden tornado-like Quanjin right
at him.
Ye Xiwen sneered and shot "Coiling dragon Palm". Suddenly a roaring gigantic Dragon rose
from the abyss and soared high in the sky. This was the scene of "Coiling dragon Palm" and
this was also the first time he had used this ancient technique in an actual combat.
A long big Dragon congealed from the palm of Ye Xiwen and roared loudly. It flew straight
towards that golden tornado, opened its big powerful claws and directly grasped it. The
golden tornado had been immediately neutralized by that Dragon and it went straight
towards the Chinese-robed youth and maliciously collided with his body.
"Puff!" The Chinese-robed youth spout a mouthful of blood and his body flew upside down,
halfway, he changed into streamer and vanished.
At this time, the charming woman's divine light had approached in front of Ye Xiwen and
was about to attack his body, but suddenly, his long blade flashed and instantly chopped
out a terrifying Bladeqi.
The divine light collided head on with the Bladeqi and was directly annihilated, but after
that, the Bladeqi didn't stop and directly rushed towards the charming woman.
She never thought that Ye Xiwen would actually be so incredibly strong that he would
completely annihilate her divine light attack but she didn't have any time to dodge and was
directly split in half.
The remaining two masters couldn't believe their eyes and were looking incredibly at Ye
Xiwen. They couldn't understand that the tables had been turned and the situation had
suddenly become dangerous for them. A while ago, they had an upper hand, however in a
short time, the situation had reversed and Ye Xiwen had got on the winning side after
killing the Chinese-robed youth and the charming woman.
They just couldn't accept such a reversal of situation.
However, the three strongest masters had been killed by Ye Xiwen, so it was obvious that
they did not have the means to escape his wrath. They tried to run away but were chased
down and quickly beheaded by Ye Xiwen.
Soon, the seven masters reappeared in the Full moon peak with unsightly complexions.
They never thought that even if so many masters would encircle together to kill one
person, they would be killed instead. Earlier, they had also thought that it was such a pity
that they wouldn't be able to actually kill Ye Xiwen in the Huanmo territory, a place where
no one died, but right now, they were actually very happy that luckily, it was not the reality
otherwise they would be dead right now. They had clearly seen the ruthless nature of Ye
Xiwen and knew very well that even if it was the reality, Ye Xiwen definitely would not
have shown any mercy instead he would have killed them even more ruthlessly.
Chapter 98: Proceeds To Join
After almost one month later in the Huanmo territory.
"Ha!" With a loud shout, Ye Xiwen's figure danced together with his long blade and directly
split a Huanmo into two halves.
The demon beasts of Xiantian first stage were simply not a match for him and his blade
would easily split them in half.
After beheading the Huanmo devils, half of their bodies would turn into moqi, and he would
absorb this moqi into the mysterious space. Thanks to this, his understanding of various
martial arts techniques had increased considerably.
One month ago, even killing a Huanmo of peak Xiantian third stage was very difficult for
him, but now, it had become a child's play for him. Five days ago, he had fought with a
Huanmo of Xiantian fourth stage and his fighting strength was so fierce that it had to
escape with severe injuries.
Although the battle efficiency of Huanmo was somewhat low, but it was sufficient enough
to let him assess his own strength.
Now, his strength was easily equivalent to that of masters of peak Xiantian third stage with
60% transformed Xiantian Zhen Qi and he could even contend with masters of Xiantian
fourth stage with 70% transformed Xiantian Zhen Qi.
During this month, Ye Xiwen was not in a hurry to meet up with the crowd of Qingfeng
mountain sub-school and had fully concentrated on testing his new strength and honing his
skills, and for that, these Huanmo devils had become his test subjects.
In just a month's practice, his various martial arts had made considerable progress. The
technique to show the most progress was "Restraining breath technique" and he had
practiced it to the Dacheng realm. At present, he could change his own appearance and
breath at will without getting recognized.
The Xiantian realm parts of "Celestial step" had also been practiced to the Xiaocheng realm.
Now, his speed had increased considerably and his movements had become even more
elegant than before.
The last move 'Full moon beheader' of the technique "Cold moon beheader" had also been
practiced to the Xiaocheng realm.
The "Coiling Dragon Palm" first move, 'Hidden Dragon rises from the Abyss' had been
practiced to the 'Xiaocheng' realm and its might had increased by several times. Ye Xiwen
could contend with the masters of Xiantian fourth stage by relying on the terrifying might
of 'Hidden Dragon rises from the Abyss', but using this move once consumed about 10% of
his Zhen Qi, and though he possessed 60% transformed Xiantian Zhen Qi, but using this
move multiple times could put a lot of pressure on his body.
All these days, Ye Xiwen had spent most of his time and energy in deducing the second
layer contents of "Tyrant body technique", and his hard work had paid off, because after
spending a total of 1000 spirit stones, he had finally deduced the second layer and gained
the first glimpse of the next layer and his strength had doubled once again. Now, his
previous strength of 19 Dragons had directly increased to the strength of 39
Dragons, which was the combined result of 'Tyrant body technique' and reaching the peak
of 60% transformed Xiantian Zhen Qi.
Fortunately, only 1000 spirit stones had been burned to deduce the second later of "Tyrant
body technique" and he now had 2000 spirit stones left in his stock which was still enough
to call him wealthy.
The main reason behind this was the moqi released by dead Huanmo. Ye Xiwen would
absorb this moqi and this had satisfied the enormous need of energy needed to practice in
'Special Space' and this was how he didn't have to use many spirit stones.
This was also the reason why he was not in a hurry to meet up with the people of Qingfeng
mountain sub-school but was wandering alone in the Huanmo boundary, fighting and
killing Huanmo. He didn't want to expose to others that he could absorb moqi, as this
matter was directly related to the 'Special Space'.
'Special Space' could be compared to a giant bulldozer. An expert needed to walk on a
rough road with many obstacles to reach his goal and the job of this space was to flatten the
road and make it easier for the expert to walk on it. So what if it looked like a dishonest
method if one could become stronger by using it.
Ye Xiwen calculated the time and found out that it was almost time to exit the Huanmo
territory. The one month time of assessment examination was going to end, and during this
month, he couldn't calculate how many Huanmo he had killed.
However, he didn't care about that because his biggest harvest this time was breaking
through to the Xiantian second stage
making it a worthwhile trip.
Now, it was time to go and join the group of Qingfeng Mountain sub-school. All these days,
he was being very careful and stayed away from trouble.
After all, he had enemies in Huanmo territory. Forget about Bingdao sub-school, even that
Hu Yanghang had sent seven powerful masters after him, although they had been
completely slaughtered by him. Right now, it was obvious that after sending so many
formidable masters, Hu Yanghang must be hoping that Ye Xiwen would be easily taken care
of, but once he would receive the news that they had been defeated and thrown out of the
Huanmo territory, he would definitely become very furious, after all, Ye Xiwen had
singlehandedly crushed a team of seven top players.
If he again encountered those seven masters, he wouldn't need to struggle against them for
so long. He would easily kill them all without breaking a sweat.
Even after exiting, if they tried to come looking for trouble, he would certainly finish them
off without thinking twice.
Ye Xiwen finally decided to go into the direction of Qingfeng mountain group he had just
located.
Although Huanmo boundary was very big, but it was still small compared to the Zhen Wu
Jie world, and passing around messages was not difficult especially for martial artists.
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In a remote valley, the groups of Qingfeng mountain sub-school and Jade Lady sub-school
were unexpectedly present together and this combined group was being led by both Ye
Feng and Zhangsun Yuyin.
But, there was a group of people standing on their opposite side and confronting them. It
was none other than the group of Bingdao sub-school, led by Shangguan Xuanyi.
Beside him stood two youths, one dressed in purple robe and had an imposing appearance,
and another was clad in a yellow robe and had strangely prominent eyebrow bones.
Unexpectedly, the strength of these two was almost
comparable to that of Shangguan Xuanyi.
One could also see that the group of Divine Volcano sub-school and the disciples of many
other sub-schools watching from afar.
"Junior sister apprentice Zhangsun Yuyin, surrender the magical sound flute." Shangguan
Xuanyi came forward and said in an overbearing tone.
"I and Brother Ye had to go through a lot of trouble to obtain this magical sound flute and
you want me to surrender it?"
Zhangsun Yuyin said in a cold voice.
"Let's stop this nonsense and snatch it directly from them."
That youth with prominent eyebrow bones said.
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Chapter 99: Desperate Struggle
There was an ice-cold expression on the face of that yellow-robed youth with prominent
eyebrow bones.
"Since Sister Zhangsun is not willing to give up on that treasure then do not blame me for
being stingy, begin!"
Shangguan Xuanyi said in a determined voice.
The people of Bingdao sub-school as well as some other influential people behind him
suddenly rushed towards the groups of Jade lady sub-school and Qingfeng Mountain sub-
school.
Among these disciples, there were many experts of Xiantian realm and although the
disciples of the Qingfeng Mountain sub-school and Jade Lady sub-school tried to resist, but
the opposite party had many people and they possessed high-strength.
Bingdao sub-school was a major sub-school like Jade Lady sub-school but it possessed
greater strength in comparison, not to mention, the disciples of Qingfeng Mountain sub-
school were a lot weaker in comparison to the disciples of these major sub-schools, with
only 5 Xiantian masters including Qian Wanru and Wu Hao who had just broken through to
the Xiantian realm.
Both sides clashed and a fierce battle started. Only after a moment, many disciples from
Qingfeng Mountain sub-school and Jade Lady sub-school had been beheaded and turned
into streamer and disappeared.
Zhangsun Yuyin and Ye Feng rushed forward to battle with Shangguan Xuanyi, the purple-
robed youth and that eccentric looking yellow-robed youth.
If Ye Xiwen was here, he would be shocked to find out that in such a short time when he
was away from the group of Qingfeng Mountain, Ye Feng had reached the peak of Xiantian
third stage and was not a bit inferior to Shangguan Xuanyi and other top ranked masters.
Moreover, all of them were strong masters so it was hard to guess what would be the end
result of this large scale battle.
Although Ye Feng and Zhangsun Yuyin were collaborating but the three strong masters of
the opposite party were tough and it was too hard for just the two of them to take them.
Soon, the three masters had started to push Ye Feng and Zhangsun Yuyin in a
disadvantageous situation. At this time, an anxious look appeared on the faces of the two
and the reason was that they had come to realize that their combined fighting strength was
inferior to that of the three masters and they would most likely be completely pressed
down. They feared that soon, they would be defeated.
Shangguan Xuanyi also wanted to defeat Ye Feng and Zhangsun Yuyin in the shortest
possible time, and also save power, because he knew that Yan Chiling was nearby and
waiting while covetously eying them, and would most likely also enter the fray once they
were exhausted.
They did not want Yan Chiling to take advantage of this conflict and the best solution to this
problem was to beat Ye Feng and Zhangsun Yuyin as soon as possible in order to be well
prepared when Yan Chiling would plan to make his move.
The trio had high aspirations for the magical sound flute.
The battle among these five masters was a spectacular one as all of them were skilled and
possessed powerful techniques.
Their battle was so fierce that it was sending shock waves throughout the battlefield, and
even ground was shaking, which
seemed as if their fight was inducing earthquakes.
Other disciples were also fighting fiercely but their battle strength was not at all
comparable to that of the five masters, in fact, even the shock waves produced from the
intense battle of these five masters was life threatening for many disciples, particularly the
disciples of Houtian realm.
"Damn, these disciples of Bingdao sub-school are really shameless!"Qian Wanru clenched
her teeth and said in an angry voice. She was actually fighting a Xiantian disciple and being
a new Xiantian master, she was having a hard time dealing with him, "They actually joined
forces with outsiders to bully us!"
When Qian Wanru said outsiders, she actually meant the disciples who had come from
influential clans and didn't belong to any of the sub-schools. They had come to join Yi Yuan
School's Main Sect directly from outside.
With respect to the disciples of Main Sect, the various sub-schools were regarded as branch
schools and they would nurture strong disciples to finally send them to join the Main Sect,
and so compared to the disciples coming from the outer influential forces, the disciples of
various sub-schools were treated as seeds, waiting to finally sprout in the Main Sect.
But in general, over the years, during assessment examination, the disciples from the outer
influential clans would form their own camp, different from the disciples of various sub-
schools.
Moreover, although various sub-schools were rivals, but compared with these outsiders,
they were comparatively more intimate.
That was the reason why Qian Wanru had said that Bingdao sub-school had joined forces
with outsiders.
However, at this time, regrets and complaints were useless.
These disciples did not think that they would get a chance to be a part of an adventure, but
in the end it turned into this, and after the news leaked out, it attracted countless people.
"Kill them all, these bastards have gone too far!" Wu Hao roared and after seeing that there
were so many people on the opposite party, perhaps the disciples of these two sub-schools
would have given up in the real world but it was a good thing
that they were in the Huanmo territory and did not fear death.
Therefore, they would go all out and fight to death but won't give up so easily.
"Right, let's kill these bastards who even joined forces with outsiders for their motives!"
The other disciples of Qingfeng Mountain sub-school roared in unison.
The female disciples of Jade Lady sub-school also roared at this time. Although they were
charming and incomparably beautiful, but were still considered the outstanding disciples of
their sub-school and even after arriving in the Main Sect, the disciples of other sub-schools
had not dared to disrespect them.
Suddenly, the morale of the disciples of Qingfeng Mountain sub-school and Jade Lady sub-
school had increased because they had finally realized that the worst case scenario in this
situation was death and even if they died, they would be thrown outside the Huanmo
territory and resurrect there. Anyway, they had already cleared the assessment
examination and their main motive was to enter into a good vein and for that, they needed
to display their strengths and potential to the high-level personnel of Main Sect. So, even if
a disciple displayed his talents in the beginning, but due to sudden strike of bad luck, he
encountered an extremely powerful Huanmo and died, but there was still a chance for him
to get selected by some high-
level personnel.
It could be said that one month's time allotted for the assessment examination was almost
over and the exam could also be considered finished, so even if they died now, it won't
make much difference.
"Since you want to die, then I'll give you what you want." The eccentric yellow-robed youth
said in a ferocious manner.
Obviously, if he decided to massacre the disciples of both Qingfeng Mountain sub-school
and Jade Lady sub-school, then who could stop him?
The eccentric yellow-robed youth punched out towards Ye Feng. He was collaborating with
the purple-robed youth to besiege Ye Feng. When facing the attacks from two strong
masters, he immediately fell into a disadvantageous position.
Zhangsun Yuyin glanced towards the desperately fighting figure of Ye Feng then clenched
her teeth and said: "If you want the magical sound flute then you will have to step from our
corpses to take it!"
The yellow-robed youth laughed and said: "Then die!"
His terrifying Zhen Qi suddenly exploded and sent shock waves rippling through the air,
which was quite terrifying.
Ye Feng resisted against him, but he left an opening, and yellow-robed eccentric youth
seized this opportunity to throw a lightning fast kick towards him.
Then, suddenly, a terrifying Bladeqi descended from the sky and rushed towards the
purple-robed youth.
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Chapter 100: Beheaded In One Blade Strike
Then, suddenly, a terrifying Bladeqi descended from the sky and rushed towards the
purple-robed youth.
That purple-robed youth panicked and hastily dodged and barely saved him body from
getting chopped. He got furious and shouted: "Who was that!"
One could see a distant cyan figure appearing in the horizon carrying a long blade in his
hand.
"Little brother!" Seeing that cyan figure, Ye Feng was overjoyed and immediately shouted.
Ye Xiwen slowly approached the battlefield.
With a long blade in his hand, Ye Xiwen lightly said: "It's too early to celebrate your
victory."
All the people looked towards him.
"Just now, that Bladeqi was released from so far? It seems that during this month, this Ye
Xiwen's strength has progressed by leaps and bounds." Standing at a distant place, Yan
Chiling thought while looking at Ye Xiwen. Although he was standing far from the
battlefield but he immediately discovered that it was Ye Xiwen.
Yan Chiling had just now witnessed the incredible might of Ye Xiwen's blade attack, and he
couldn't help but be somewhat startled in his heart. He certainly was aware of Ye Xiwen's
existence but didn't know much about him. Although he had gathered information about
the top disciples of strong sub-schools, after all, they might become his possible rivals, but
why would he bother knowing about the top disciples of so many weak sub-schools.
Earlier, Ye Xiwen had made a huge commotion which had caught Yan Chiling's attention
only for a short time because he didn't consider Ye Xiwen as someone worth knowing
about.
Back then, Ye Xiwen's strength was almost comparable to that of ordinary Xiantian third
stage masters. With this level of strength, it was impossible for him to be ranked among the
top players who were generally at the peak of Xiantian third stage or above. Only by having
this much strength, top players like Yan Chiling would pay attention to masters of other
sub-schools.
Right now, he had no other choice but to pay attention to Ye Xiwen but still not to the point
of fear. However, he had discovered that Ye Xiwen had recently made a breakthrough and
his strength was no longer under the strength of peak Xiantian third stage.
Originally, Ye Feng's sudden rise to the peak Xiantian third stage had surprised him but he
never thought that his younger brother, Ye Xiwen, would also have a breakthrough in such
a short period of one month. He had started to doubt the reputation of Qingfeng Mountain
sub-school as one of the weakest sub-schools, because this time, it had actually presented
two top masters to the Main Sect and this number was unexpectedly more than the three
major sub-schools.
He feared that the fame of Qingfeng Mountain sub-school was going to rise dramatically in
the Main Sect!
"Who are you, how dare you sneak an attack on me!" The purple-robed youth shouted in an
angry voice.
"Qingfeng Mountain sub-school, Ye Xiwen." Ye Xiwen indifferently said.
"You are courting death!" The purple-robed youth got even more furious and why would he
not? He had been nearly chopped down to a violent death. He suddenly dashed towards Ye
Xiwen and used his right leg to send a lightning fast kick, accompanied with a twisting wind
storm, directly at him.
In a flash, Ye Xiwen waved his blade and chopped out a sharp and terrifying Bladeqi.
"Bang!"
Two terrifying attacks severely collided against each other and sent violent shock waves in
the air producing a sharp piercing sound.
In an instant, their attacks had completely neutralized each other.
The purple-robed youth never thought that Ye Xiwen would actually be so strong.
"It is not good, how is he so strong?" The purple-robed youth
pondered that now, with the unexpected appearance of Ye Xiwen, both sides had got three
pairs of strong masters and this was a bad sign for their plan. Now that there were three
pairs of masters, they won't be able to finish this fight in a short time as they planned, and
Yan Chiling, who was currently watching from the distant place, would definitely take
advantage of this.
The face of purple-robed youth sank and he shouted loudly:
"Birth of the fierce winds!"
This was the secret kick-based Xiantian level power technique handed down in his family
for generations. Relying on the might of this technique, his forefathers had brought fame to
his family, which had gained a high reputation and influence in his hometown.
"Bang!"
He shoved his powerful kick into Ye Xiwen's body and was thrown back several steps from
the explosion. Just as he was about to attack again, he was surprised to see that his attack
had done no damage to Ye Xiwen, who just stood there like an iron wall.
Ye Xiwen sneered and said: "You are only at this level?"
The purple-robed youth's complexion suddenly changed and he muttered: "How is this
possible?"
He clearly knew the explosive strength present in his kick and that was the reason why he
had been thrown back several steps but he was totally bewildered to find out that even
after facing his kick's explosive strength at a point blank range, Ye Xiwen simply didn't
move at all!
How could he be so strong!
Ye Xiwen sneered, because just now, he had tried to test the strength of the purple-robed
youth and had finally determined that it was nothing.
The purple-robed youth wanted to have an advantage of striking the first blow and without
wasting time, his leg moved and swept strong winds towards Ye Xiwen.
Full moon beheader!
Ye Xiwen chopped out his blade. The might of his blade was truly exquisite and peerless
and it released a terrifying Bladeqi which swept towards the strong winds. Although he had
not yet practiced 'Full moon beheader' to the 'Dacheng realm' and had also not fully
evolved its creative concept, but it still possessed the true might of a Xiantian level move.
However, none of his blade moves were stronger than the move, Hidden Dragon rises from
the Abyss, but using it even once consumed a significant amount of Zhen Qi and he didn't
want to use it unless it was necessary.
"Bang!"
The terrifying Bladeqi fiercely collided with the strong winds in the sky and wreaked havoc
on the scene, and it seemed as if a tsunami had just swept past this area.
Everyone was giving dumbfounded looks at this scene when suddenly, in an instant, the
terrifying Bladeqi completely scattered the fierce winds and went straight towards the
purple-robed youth and chopped down.
The purple-robed youth turned into streamer and disappeared from the Huanmo territory.
"Just one move!" Yan Chiling, spectating from a distant place, saw this with his own eyes
and was totally bewildered. He never thought that a strong master like the purple-robed
youth would actually be beheaded in just one strike from Ye Xiwen's blade.
Ye Xiwen had fully displayed the true might of his blade which could easily be considered
very frightening, because just a single attack from his blade had actually killed a top ranked
Xiantian master.
Yan Chiling asked himself that his own strength and the strength of that purple-robed
youth was about the same and if he had been killed by Ye Xiwen in just one blade strike
then what would happen if he was to fight with Ye Xiwen!
Everyone was shocked, because they thought that this battle was between two equally
matched masters and would be a fierce one, but they never expected it to be so one-sided.
They actually did not know that in the last one month, Ye Xiwen had been constantly
fighting with Huanmo devils of Xiantian fourth stage, and had even severely wounded a
Huanmo of Xiantian fourth stage. Even if Huanmo were small and weak creatures but a
Xiantian fourth stage Huanmo was
still powerful enough to give a tough time to the top players.
Even if his strength was not yet comparable to the masters of Xiantian fourth stage but it
could be said that his strength had far surpassed the strength of masters of peak Xiantian
third stage making him one of the top players.
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Chapter 101: The Two Beheaded
If they knew about the current strength of Ye Xiwen then they wouldn't be so surprised.
Right now, he was strong enough to easily take down a master of peak Xiantian third stage
and could also contend with masters of Xiantian fourth stage.
By killing the purple-robed youth in a single blade strike, he had instantly turned the wave
of war. His sudden appearance had pushed the opposite party to a disadvantageous
position.
Ye Xiwen's mighty blade had instantly killed a top ranked Xiantian master and this had
completely frightened those onlookers who were waiting to take advantage from this battle
after the two sides would mutually wound and kill each other.
Even the leader of the opposite side, Shangguan Xuanyi, who was on the winning side a
while ago, and had planned to finish this battle as soon as possible, had suddenly
encountered an unforeseen obstacle to his plan.
But, their anxiousness was justified because Ye Xiwen's strength was really unfathomable.
He had killed a master of peak Xiantian third stage as if it was nothing. Even Yan Chiling
was looking at him with a scared look in his eyes, let alone other people.
They could still think of facing top ranked masters like Shangguan Xuanyi, Yan Chiling and
others, but facing Ye Xiwen? They feared that they would be killed in just one blade strike,
without even getting a chance to fight back, which was really frightening!
It was not that no one feared death even if they knew that they would resurrect outside.
The scene of getting chopped down by Ye Xiwen's blade was just too scary.
"Damn, Brother Ye is insanely strong!" Zhang Yang looked at Ye Xiwen's blade and said, at
the same time, Wu Hao and Qian Wanru also nodded with a look of gratitude and respect in
their eyes.
They could feel that Ye Xiwen's strength had increased abnormally in this one month's time
and this was not the first time because every once in a while, his strength would rise
dramatically.
But, standing on one side, Ye Ruxue seemed calm, as in her mind, she already thought of her
brother as a metamorphosis, so like always, she was calm as if this was something normal
for
her younger brother.
Ye Xiwen sneered and walked towards that eccentric yellow-robed youth. The yellow-
robed youth immediately tensed up because he had also witnessed the insane and mighty
blade attack of Ye Xiwen.
"Brother!" Ye Feng said in a pleasantly surprised voice. This time, he was in a very
desperate situation in his fight with the yellow-robed youth, but he never thought that his
younger brother would unexpectedly arrive in the nick of time and fully turn the flow of
battle.
Ye Xiwen nodded towards Ye Feng, but suddenly, that yellow-robed youth dashed towards
Ye Xiwen, with a lightning fast speed and shot his palm.
This attack was very amazing as the air in the surrounding had started to rupture under the
sudden emergence of trembling Zhen Qi which quickly went towards Ye Xiwen.
The palm shadows had filled the sky and it was obvious that this attack was meant to catch
Ye Xiwen off guard, which was really cruel and ruthless.
Ye Xiwen sneered but how could he not be prepared? He immediately shot his palm and
unleashed Rushing thunder hand, discharging a rumbling thunder, and with a bang, a loud
thunderclap resounded throughout the sky.
"Bang!" Two palm attacks collided fiercely and the yellow-robed youth immediately
staggered and almost fell down from the shock, but at this time, Shangguan Xuanyi
instantly shot his ice-cold palm at Ye Xiwen, which froze the surrounding air. He clearly
knew that among all the top masters present there, Ye Xiwen was biggest threat to his plan,
and as long as he could kill Ye Xiwen, he would still have an opportunity to restore the
situation, otherwise, ultimately, he along with his plan would be completely obliterated at
the hands of Ye Xiwen.
Shangguan Xuanyi knew that he could not kill Ye Xiwen alone, so his only option was to
team up with the yellow-robed youth and attack together.
Ye Xiwen immediately sensed Shangguan Xuanyi's palm attack and shot his palm once
again, containing the terrifying might of 'pass like thunder move like the wind' which
released a thunder-like Zhen Qi and fiercely collided with the ice-cold Zhen Qi.
"Bang!"
Two groups of Zhen Qi collided and blasted shock waves in all directions.
Shangguan Xuanyi was thrown back several steps and secretly complained about the
incredible strength of Ye Xiwen in his heart. But at this time, the yellow-robed youth rushed
once again towards Ye Xiwen, although he was collaborating with Shangguan Xuanyi but
this was only a temporary cooperation as he had ulterior motives. However, right now, he
could not attend to his motives because his top priority was to kill Ye Xiwen, otherwise, all
of them would be killed instead.
Ye Feng also wanted to go and help, but when he saw that Ye Xiwen was easily handling
both of their attacks, as if he was just playing with them, then he decided not to interfere.
When the duo had teamed up to attack, they had soon gotten used to timing their attacks
and were displaying a perfect team play expecting to push Ye Xiwen in a disadvantageous
situation, but in a while, Ye Xiwen easily adapted to their combined assault. After playing
around with them for a while, the next time they shot their attacks at him, he suddenly
released a
terrifying Bladeqi and displayed the creative concept of Full moon beheader.
"Bang!" The creative concept turned into the picture of a bright moon descending from the
clouds and directly collided with their combined attack and crushed it, then it finally
descended towards the two masters. They couldn't resist against the terrifying might of
this attack and turned into streamers and vanished from the Huanmo territory.
Without these two top masters out of the picture, the people of their team knew that it was
over for them and immediately began to disperse.
Although Bingdao sub-school was a major sub-school with a lot of Xiantian masters but so
was Jade Lady sub-school and under the leadership of top masters like Ye Feng, Zhangsun
Yuyin and Ye Xiwen, they would be quickly killed by the opposite party!
And the crowd of spectating disciples waiting for an opportunity also started to leave in
abundance and did not dare to stay for a long time. They knew very well that if the disciples
of opposite party lost their temper and started to attack, then in the presence of these three
top masters, especially Ye Xiwen,
they would only meet an unexpected calamity.
"Third Brother, this time we were saved thanks to you." Ye Feng said and walked towards
Ye Xiwen with a smile on his face and somewhat sighing with emotion. If Ye Xiwen had not
descended from the sky like an angel to save them, then they would really have met an
awful end.
"It's nothing, but brother. . ." Ye Xiwen looked at Ye Feng and was surprised to find out that
his brother had actually reached the peak of Xiantian third stage. But, last time, he was only
at the peak of Xiantian first stage, which meant that in a period of one month, his
cultivation had unexpectedly jumped two stages, this situation was too weird!
This was truly bizarre!
Ye Xiwen's mind couldn't grasp it at all.
"Brother, could it be that you, a Blood Yuan fruit. . ." An idea suddenly cropped up in Ye
Xiwen's mind, because, only while having a breakthrough in the Xiantian second stage and
consuming a Blood Yuan fruit, one could have a dramatic increase in cultivation and
strength in a short time.
However, this was not right, as his elder brother was definitely not an unwise person.
Everyone knew that after entering into the Xiantian realm, the later one would consume
this precious Blood Yuan fruit, the better would be the effects.
The best time to consume it was during having a breakthrough in Xiantian second stage or
while breaking through from Xiantian eighth stage to Xiantian ninth stage.
That's how it was!
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Chapter 102: Assessment Ends
Even during the time when Ye Xiwen was in Qingfeng Mountain sub-school, he knew how
precious a Blood Yuan fruit actually was for Xiantian masters. If it was not extremely
valuable, then why would it attract the attention of so many people, although it was only
valuable for the masters of Xiantian realm, but there were a million Xiantian masters in the
Main Sect, and most of them were stuck at bottlenecks, so one could imagine the
preciousness of Blood Yuan fruit in their eyes.
From the moment he had obtained a Blood Yuan fruit, Ye Xiwen had decided that he would
wait until the day he would have his breakthrough from the Xiantian eighth stage to
Xiantian ninth stage, because at that time, having a breakthrough would be very difficult
and it would take a lot of effort. He would need treasures like Blood Yuan fruit to help him
during the breakthrough.
Many people could never reach the Xiantian seventh or eighth stage even after practicing
throughout their lives. They would stay on Xiantian fifth stage for a lifetime because it was
considered a big threshold. Those who could cross this threshold would become
intermediate level personnel in Yi Yuan School's Main Sect and the most incompetent ones
would be send to become elders at the sub-schools, but those who
could get past this threshold could only spend their lifetime as lower level staff.
Even if Ye Feng had used the Blood Yuan fruit during his breakthrough from Xiantian fifth
stage to sixth stage then it was worth it, but he used it at only the first stage which was such
a pity.
Later, Ye Xiwen heard from various disciples of Qingfeng Mountain sub-school and finally
came to know the ins and outs of everything that had happened during his absence. After
Ye Feng and the group of Qingfeng Mountain sub-school had separated from him, they met
the group of Jade Lady sub-school and helped them in repelling a Huanmo raid. Afterwards,
the two groups cooperated to attain their goal of searching and killing as many Huanmo
devils as they could. While fighting and killing Huanmo, they encountered a very
formidable Huanmo of Xiantian fifth stage which seemed to have high intelligence. At that
moment, it was next to a coffin.
After the two groups discussed for a bit, they decided to fight and kill the Huanmo which
was still mourning next to the coffin. After killing it, as expected, they obtained a magical
sound flute, which was actually a spiritual tool, although it was only a low level spiritual
tool, but after reaching the Xiantian stages above Xiantian fifth stage, the Xiantian Zhen Qi
would
transform into Xiantian Zhen Yuan, and then it would be possible to drive a spiritual tool to
display its infinite power, not to mention, using a magical sound flute, one could display the
rare spiritual sonic attack, making this flute even more precious. This was the reason when
the news about the flute had leaked out, it had attracted Shangguan Xuanyi and others.
Ye Xiwen looked at the dark-coloured flute hanging on the waist of Zhangsun Yuyin and
sighed then shook his head. How could he not understand that his brother liked Zhangsun
Yuyin and was even willing to let go of a precious spiritual tool for that. Even though a
spiritual tool could be used only after surpassing the Xiantian fifth stage but one should
know that even among the core disciples of the Main Sect, only less than 10% of them had
spiritual tools.
This magical sound flute was unimaginably precious but Ye Feng didn't feel the slightest
heartache from losing it. Ye Xiwen thought that this matter of Ye Feng consuming the Blood
Yuan fruit so early was definitely related to Zhangsun Yuyin.
Ye Feng was at the peak of Xiantian first stage and even if he had a breakthrough, he could
only reach the Xiantian second stage, but Zhangsun Yuyin was already at the peak of
Xiantian third stage. So, this might be the reason why Ye Feng had decided to consume the
Blood Yuan fruit, because now, like
Zhangsun Yuyin, he was also at the peak of Xiantian third stage, and thanks to the benefits
of Blood Yuan fruit, it wouldn't be long before he would again have a breakthrough to the
Xiantian fourth stage and then, he could proudly be alongside Zhangsun Yuyin.
Regarding this matter, the disciples of Qingfeng Mountain sub-school were also well aware
of, so they were not commenting about why the magical sound flute was with Zhangsun
Yuyin.
Ye Xiwen sighed and also didn't say anything. He certainly didn't have any opinion because
marriage, giving birth and so on, even if the warriors tried their best to avoid these, they
couldn't, as this was a type of instinct that continued the life.
Although it was said that the goal of a master should be to continue practicing and get rid of
the worldly desires, gain immortality, but it was all just a legend.
In this world, there were many heroes and no one knew who would die, who would
become invincible!
However, that was something in the future, and who knew what would happen afterwards.
Moreover, no one knew about Zhangsun Yuyin's feelings.
But it was easy to ascertain the feelings of Zhangsun Yuyin as Ye Feng's attitude towards
her was very obvious and was clearly indicating that he liked her but there she was
showing no signs of dislike and it seemed like it was possible that they would get together
very soon. Ye Xiwen was also trying to learn some of the tricks used by his big brother,
after all, in his past life, he had seen various cultures and prosperous civilizations, and
there were a variety of special tricks used by the guys to impress girls, and he had learnt
some of them back then, after all, they could become useful anytime.
In Ye Xiwen's mind, a myriad of thoughts was constantly welling up, but he did not display
any expression on his face and glanced at the crowd of Qingfeng mountain sub-school. This
time, they had faced serious losses with ten dead, but the remaining people had become
stronger compared to the last time he had seen them. Many of them were on the border of
having a breakthrough and then they would enter into the Xiantian realm. The strongest
expert besides Ye Feng was Zhang Yang who had already transformed 30% Xiantian Zhen
Qi and had achieved the Xiantian seocnd stage, and had also consolidated his state with a
very steady breath. Once he would transform 40% Xiantian Zhen Qi, he would be able to
reach the peak of Xiantian second stage.
Wu Hao and Qian Wanru had actually reached the Xiantian
first stage, by transforming 10% Xiantian Zhen Qi. Ye Ruxue had also shown a great
progress as she had steadily transformed 20%
Xiantian Zhen Qi and had reached the peak of Xiantian first stage.
During this month, everyone had shown great progress. Ye Xiwen nodded as he knew that
only by colliding with talented and strong evildoers, one could have rapid and unceasing
advancement in strength. If they were still at the Qingfeng Mountain sub-school, they
wouldn't have shown this kind of fast progress, because only in the presence of strong
peers, one wouldn't slack off and would always strive to get stronger.
Anyway, the assessment had finally ended and it was time for the allocation of disciples in
various peaks!
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Chapter 103: Enters Into The Tongtian peak
Inside the palace hall of Tongtian peak, two figures could be seen walking side by side.
They were Yan Chiling and Ye Xiwen.
"Brother Ye's blade technique is really amazing. I am afraid, very few among the disciples
would be able to display this kind of superb blade skill." Yan Chiling said.
"There are a lot of talented individuals among the disciples and many of them know blade
techniques." Ye Xiwen lightly replied.
"Brother Ye is being modest. When it comes to strength, there are many strong masters
among the disciples, and maybe more powerful than us, but when your blade skills come
into picture, I have not seen anyone displaying the creative concept of a blade technique,
like you did back then. Even among the inner disciples of the Main Sect, very few can
achieve such a feat." Yan Chiling said with a smile. It was not that Yan Chiling was intending
to curry favour from Ye Xiwen, but three days ago, that display of the creative concept of Ye
Xiwen's blade technique was truly unforgettable and had thoroughly imprinted on the
minds of everyone who witnessed it, including Yan Chiling.
Three days had passed after the completion of the assessment examination. Everyone had
entered one peak or the other, but they never thought that they would get a chance to
witness a strange scene where a group of old men was chasing Ye Xiwen to grab him and
monopolize him for their respective peaks. Ye Xiwen also thought that Yi Yuan School was
so big, and almost every year, many talented individuals would emerge from here.
Every three years, it held an assessment examination and had continued to do so for god
knows how many years, in which, numerous geniuses had emerged, but a strange scene
like this, where a group of old people were rushing to grab a disciple had never happened
before. Just what kind of multi-talented evildoer was he?
In this world, there were no devices or tests to check who was more talented than the
other. It was all decided by the display of strength and even if there was such a thing to test
one's talent, Ye Xiwen never considered himself as the most outstanding one, so why would
these old men chase after him.
Of course, high-level attention was inevitable, as to which high-level personnel's attention
he had attracted, he did not know. The next day, he got the news that he had been assigned
to the Tongtian peak, which was considered as one of the top ten prominent peaks of Yi
Yuan School's Main Sect, and it was
definitely not one of the bottom ones among the ten.
And among those who had entered the Tongtian peak, he knew only a few, and Yan Chiling
was one of them.
Ye Feng, Zhang Yang and Wu Hao had entered the Full moon peak. ZhangsunYuyin, Ye
Ruxue and Qian Wanru had entered the Jade Lady peak.
Basically, they had been allocated to different peaks, of course, Full moon peak was the best
among them, but it was never guaranteed that as long as one possessed great strength, he
would be assigned to the best peak. The allocation was done keeping in mind the balanced
development of all the top ten peaks. If they only wanted to strengthen the Full moon peak
then why would they even need to have the other nine peaks?
Although there was still a gap between the strengths of the peaks, but that was the reason
why this type of allocation system was followed to maintain the overall balance of power.
After getting assigned to the Tongtian peak, Ye Xiwen saw many unfamiliar faces but
among them, Yan Chiling was a relatively familiar person and had quickly got acquainted
with
him. As far as the disciples from other sub-schools were concerned, they would gradually
get to know each other and come together. In addition to the two of them, there were more
than two hundred disciples assigned to the Tongtian peak.
As Yan Chiling was one of the top masters, soon, all the new disciples had gathered to his
side. Before entering the Main Sect, the new disciples were not allowed to form factions,
but that was not the case after entering the Main Sect. Now, they could form factions
because if they didn't, then they would most likely be bullied by the senior disciples.
Unlike the sub-schools, in the Main Sect, new disciples of would generally form factions as
when they were in their respective sub-schools, they didn't need to form factions because
they would have to enter the Main Sect someday, but after entering the Main Sect, things
would change. The disciples would form factions, and years later, when these disciples
would become true disciples, they would still have these factions. In the Yi Yuan School,
there were many well-known factions, led by hundreds of true disciples, and excluding
some true disciples who preferred to stay alone, almost all the true disciples had their own
factions with a powerful figure as the faction leader.
The current triennial assessment examination was a good
opportunity to pull the cronies into the faction, as for the factions formed by the true
disciples, they would only accept core disciples as the members and unless there was an
extremely talented individual among the new disciples who had managed to impress them,
it was highly unlikely for the new disciples to enter those high-level factions.
Generally, these factions created by the new disciples were headed by star disciples like Ye
Xiwen and Yan Chiling, but Ye Xiwen was not interested in forming a faction. Those true
disciples would form factions and managed them themselves, but he was not at all
interested in leading or managing other new disciples, so forming a faction was out of
question.
Other new disciples of the Tongtian peak had sensed that Ye Xiwen was not interested in
making a faction so they had flocked around Yan Chiling. In addition to Yan Chiling and
more than two hundred disciples, among the new disciples, there was yet another group
composed of foreign disciples, led by the yellow-robed disciple who had been beheaded by
Ye Xiwen in the Huanmo territory. During these days, Ye Xiwen found out that his name
was Huang Yilin, an outstanding disciple from Huang Yue Sect. It was considered a big clan,
although it was not comparable to Yi Yuan School, but was still a tyrannical force.
As they said, it was easy to survive in a group!
"Now the two of us have entered the Tongtian peak, later we may enter the same sect, so I
would like Brother Ye to advise me." Yan Chiling said, although Ye Xiwen was younger than
him, but in this world, strong people would command respect, and Ye Xiwen's strength was
above him.
"That is, if in the future, we enter the same sect, then I would also expect mutual support."
Ye Xiwen said with a smile because he didn't want to openly show his indifference as it
would only invite new enemies.
"Right now, Brother Yan has become the leader of a lot of new disciples, which is quite
amazing, when the time comes, I would expect a lot of help from you." Ye Xiwen said with
some ridicule for Yan Chiling, as he had a favourable impression for the guy, although he
was somewhat sophisticated and shrewd, but in general, he was a fairly open and candid
guy.
Yan Chiling wryly smiled and said: "It looks okay for now, but in few days, the faction of
those senior disciples would come into action then things will start to get difficult for us.
Brother Ye, to be honest with you, yesterday two factions of true disciples came looking for
me. I just hope I can join them. "
"True disciples?" Ye Xiwen said in a startled manner.
"Well!" Yan Chiling nodded and a wry smile appeared on his face. These high-level factions
didn't care about average new disciples, but Yan Chiling was definitely not an average
individual, even if he was not as good as Ye Xiwen but he was powerful enough to impress
the high-level factions.
Ye Xiwen was silent for a moment. If the factions of those true disciples were trying to
recruit new disciples, then it wouldn't be good to refuse them!
"If I am not wrong, they will soon come to ask you, do you want to join their faction as
well?"
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Chapter 104: Senior Disciples Are Big Bullies
"If I am not wrong, they will soon come to ask you, do you want to join their faction as
well?" Yan Chiling asked.
When Ye Xiwen was not interested in forming or joining an ordinary faction, then why
would he want to join the faction of a true disciple? However, he won't be able to refuse if
they come to invite him, because if he did, it would only represent the beginning of a big
trouble.
If the faction belonged to an open-minded true disciple then it was okay to refuse them, but
if it belonged to some arrogant true disciple then after getting rejected, he was bound to
retaliate!
Seeing the silent appearance of Ye Xiwen, Yan Chiling couldn't help but smiled bitterly.
Becoming the faction leader was definitely not good. Although he would have the support
of many new disciples but their faction would still not be very durable. Sooner or later,
other factions would send their people to snatch new disciples for their factions and if they
didn't agree, they would face the collaborated suppression from the major factions.
These newcomers were considered outstanding disciples of their respective sub-schools,
however, after entering the Main Sect, their strength could only be considered mediocre.
Among the two hundred new disciples, only twenty or so were truly worthy of being called
strong and were the masters of Xiantian realm, and the remaining more than one hundred
and eighty were just outer disciples, who were still in the Houtian realm and their status
was only a little better than the status of the handyman disciples.
In the past, some outstanding new disciples had tried to form their own factions and had
contended against the factions of the senior disciples, but soon, their newly formed faction
had been disbanded under the collaborated suppression of the senior factions.
Ye Xiwen sighed as deep in his heart he didn't want to join factions, because once joined, he
would be urged to have human contacts and that would completely ruin his concentration,
which would ultimately decrease the pace of his cultivation growth. There was a lot of
competition in the Main Sect and he didn't want to waste time on all this.
He silently returned to his freshmen small courtyard. All the new disciples had received
these courtyards where they could
live and practice. If it was a top core disciple of the Main Sect, he would have an
independent palace on the mountain, and true disciples had their own personal mountain
peaks.
People of different strengths received different treatment based on their status and
positions.
Ye Xiwen entered his courtyard, although inner disciples could only have small
independent courtyards, but these courtyards were quite exquisite, with pavilions, rock
garden with running water, just like a botanical garden. In the entire courtyard, small
sections of spiritual arteries were buried underground which would induce large amount
of divine Lingqi in entire courtyard, and looking from afar, one could see 'Xian qi' in
abundance, making the courtyard look like the dwelling place of immortals.
A variety of 'Zhen methods' to attract the divine Lingqi, defensive Zhen methods, Zhen
method to concentrate Shenjing
Qi and so on were carved on the ground, but the core method to activate these Zhen
methods was known only to the owner of the courtyard.
Shenjing: divine calm
"No wonder everyone wants to enter into the Main Sect. This practice environment is a
hundred times better compared with that of the sub-schools!" Ye Xiwen sighed and said.
The talented disciples coming from these sub-schools would get various resources and
after practicing in this kind of favourable practice environment of Main Sect, they would be
able to rapidly grow stronger compared to when they were in the sub-schools, because
here, they would have rapid advancements and quicker breakthroughs .
Even the outer disciples had been provided with one room per person and these rooms
also had various Zhen methods prepared inside, although the rooms were small, but fully
equipped.
This time he went to the Gongde Palace hall of Tongtian peak to receive his rewards, and
for displaying outstanding performance in the assessment examination, he got a total of
5000 spirit stones from the Tongtian peak, which allowed his total stock of spirit stones to
reach a total of 7000 spirit stones.
Gongde: merits and achievements
All the policies of the sect were generally inclined in favor of the talented disciples and it
was made sure that the talented disciples would receive the best resources and in greater
amounts.
In addition to the spirit stones, he also got a variety of medicinal pills, some for healing,
some for supplementing Zhen Qi, etc, but Ye Xiwen was very much happy to receive a 'Xuan
Jindan'. Its efficacy and effects were similar to that of the Blood Yuan fruit, however, it was
still not comparable to a Blood Yuan fruit because it only gave short term effects and
though it could help during the breakthrough but its utility was limited for only the masters
of Xiantian fifth stage or below. In addition to Ye Xiwen, only Yan Chiling got a Xuan Jindan
for his outstanding performance, but Ye Xiwen believed that the Sect's inclination towards
giving top resources to only the outstanding disciples would only work towards increasing
the gap between geniuses and ordinary people.
In addition to these, there were some clothes, completely made of ice cicada silk, warm in
winter and cool in summer.
Moreover, the defence offered by these clothes was very strong, and could give good
protection from weapons. These clothes were similar to the cicada silk armour of Ye Xiwen,
but here in the Yi Yuan School, they were present in abundance.
Besides these, there were all sorts of equipment which clearly demonstrated the excessive
wealth of Yi Yuan School.
One could say that joining the Main Sect did not represent the end, but an entirely new
beginning.
Ye Xiwen was about to start closed-door training when suddenly, from outside his
courtyard, he heard the sound of rapid footsteps and then a voice reached his ears:
"Brother Ye, Brother Ye!"
"Come in!" Ye Xiwen released the defensive Zhen method, as he was the owner of the
courtyard and only he had the authority to unlock the defensive method, otherwise no one
would be able to enter. Even the intruders would have to attack with a Zhen method to
barge in.
Right then, a disciple, who appeared to be in his twenties, ran into the room and looked at
Ye Xiwen with an anxious look on his face.
"What happened?" Ye Xiwen asked.
This disciple was one of the disciples of Qingfeng Mountain sub-school, and was the only
disciple from Qingfeng Mountain sub-school, other than Ye Xiwen, who had also been
assigned to the Tongtian peak.
"Those senior disciples go too far! They have joined up to suppress us." The disciple said,
"For the last few days, those senior factions have been sending people to pull people from
among us, but our fellow brothers and sisters have decided to join the faction led by
Brother Yan, so they began to force us, and said that we need to surrender our monthly
salary as compensation to them, and if not paid, then they would start to bully us every
day."
Ye Xiwen frowned, so these senior disciples had truly gone too far, but it was still
understandable, as the new disciples were often the source of new members for these
factions and they had to wait three years for the assessment examination to recruit
members, but now that these new disciples wanted to create a separate faction, then of
course, they would collaborate together to suppress the new faction.
Even if the new disciples didn't disband their new faction and decided to surrender their
monthly salary as compensation, then their practice speed would inevitably be adversely
affected.
This was really a ruthless tactic!
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Chapter 105: Either Disband Or Die
For those senior disciples, this was none other than trying to get more members for their
faction, by hook or by crook. But as far as these new disciples were concerned, this was a
matter of life and death.
These new disciples were considered the outstanding top disciples in their respective sub-
schools, and after coming to the Main Sect and training in this new favourable environment,
it was only a matter of time when they would be able to catch up with those senior disciples
in terms of cultivation level and strength.
So, no one was willing to join someone else's faction and become the bottom members, just
to be ordered around by them.
When Yan Chiling, a top disciple among them, wanted to draw them in and form a faction,
they would naturally be willing to do so.
"Now they have blocked the gate, forcefully asking us to surrender the monthly
compensation, which is simply going too
far." The disciple said and clenched his teeth.
Basically, the senior disciples were forcing them to either disband their new faction, or they
would be crushed forcefully.
No matter which option they chose, it was not going to produce a good result.
In the hearts of these new disciples, Yan Chiling had already taken place as the leader of
their faction, and naturally, Ye Xiwen was already the core of their confidence, although Ye
Xiwen had not publicly pulled anyone into the faction, but everyone knew about his
incredible strength and also knew that he would definitely back them up if something
happened.
Ye Xiwen said: "I will go and take a look."
He was also related to this matter, after all, he was also one of the disciples who had been
charged with paying a monthly compensation and how could he just sit back and let them
take his hard-earned monthly salary, which was also the source of his quick progress.
Sooner or later, he would have to get involved so why shouldn't he get involved now itself!
"If Brother Ye is going to come in action then there certainly won't be any problem." The
disciple said in an overjoyed tone, but he originally knew that Ye Xiwen would definitely
lend a helping hand to them, after all, before, he had always shown a righteous nature and
that disciple was well aware of that. Also, he knew that Ye Xiwen was not interested in
forming or joining a faction, so if he got to know that senior disciples were trying to
forcefully recruit members then he would naturally react.
Ye Xiwen followed the disciple out of his own small courtyard.
Only the new disciples, who had arrived this year, lived in the freshmen courtyard, and
although the inner disciples controlled the courtyard but the outer disciples also lived in
the same courtyard. There was no separation between the housing of inner and outer
disciples, and the new disciples had no choice, because only after becoming core disciples,
they would be able to choose a place to live. Until then, all of them would have to live
together in the same courtyard.
After coming out of the courtyard, he saw the crowd of many new disciples concentrated at
the intersection, and they were being led by Yan Chiling.
At this time, Yan Chiling had an unsightly complexion,
because ten senior disciples were blocking the intersection.
There were indifferent looks on the faces of these senior disciples while they were looking
at the new disciples, and their leader was a black-robed youth who looked approximately
twenty-five-year-old. He stepped forward and said: "I won't waste any time on nonsense, I
give you two options, first, each of you hand over your monthly salary as compensation,
second, disband your faction!"
The words of this senior disciple aroused the anger of the new disciples, after all, this was
no different than cornering all of them.
"We know that you are doing this just to corner all of us!" A new disciple said angrily.
"We can let you off and it's very simple, as long as you dissolve this shitty faction of yours
and join our Fudi faction then we will take you in and you can also save your monthly
salary." The black-robed youth sneered and said, "I'm quite looking forward to take a look
at the compensation. I heard that a lot of geniuses have entered into the Main Sect this year,
so all of them must have got rich rewards, ah, I can't wait to see."
Fudi: to prostrate
The faces of many new disciples immediately suffused with anger. They were the elite core
disciples of their respective sub-schools but right now, they were being bullied.
On the way, Ye Xiwen heard from the disciple that the faction who had come to bully them
was named Fudi faction and had been started by a core disciple. There were more than one
hundred members in this faction and all of them were Xiantian masters, however, this
faction was considered as moderately strong compared to the factions started by the core
disciples.
"I advise you to disband your faction as soon as possible. I have seen many cocky new
disciples in the past, trying to form their own faction, they too were unyielding in the
beginning, but in the end, they also had to submit. The new outer disciples are more
sensible than you lot, as they have already disbanded their faction and joined our faction."
The black-robed youth indifferently said.
"You are going too far with the bullying." Yan Chiling said in a calm and collected manner.
"So what if we are going too far?" The black-robed youth
sneered again and again then said, "It seems that you people only understand the language
of fists."
"I heard that you are a top disciple among this year's new disciples and that's why they
have decided to make you the leader. I'd like to see what you got!" The black-robed youth
sneered, then suddenly, a claw congealed around his palm and in a flash, with a loud boom,
it rushed to grab the skull of Yan Chiling.
"Shameless!" Yan Chiling shouted loudly. His aura completely broke out and then an
endless amount of flaming red Zhen Qi wrapped around his arm, like fire in general, and he
instantly blasted a punch towards the incoming claw.
"Boom!" Both claw and fist fiercely collided and an endless amount of Zhen Qi spread in the
surrounding, sending out terrifying whirlwind in all directions.
Both of them took a step back, because unexpectedly, they had almost equal strengths.
The black-robed youth's complexion suddenly changed. He did not think that Yan Chiling's
strength would actually be this
fierce, although he had heard that a lot of genius disciples had arrived at the Main Sect this
year, but he did not care. After all, he had joined the Main Sect nine years ago and was ten
years ahead of Yan Chiling. However, he had miscalculated because at their age, ten years
were not enough to decide pretty much anything, but still, he had practiced for more than a
decade longer than Yan Chiling and still couldn't suppress him? This had brought a hint of
jealousy in his eyes which quickly turned into a killing intent, caused by the envy. How
could this guy have so much talent? Yan Chiling had not even started to practice inside the
Main Sect and could still contend with him.
In order to achieve his present strength, black-robed youth had spent a whole decade as
the outer disciple, and now, he had finally reached the peak of Xiantian third stage, while
not at the top, but he could at least play the role of a bully to forcefully recruit members.
But what just happened!
With a look of envy in his eyes, the black-robed disciple once again stormed towards Yan
Chiling. Yan Chiling also sneered and rushed forward to face his attack.
As the two sides were fiercely fighting, violent explosion
sounds continued to spread. Their punches were casing air explosions and as their fight
grew more intense, the new disciples had to go back several steps and they did not even
dare to stay near this menacing battle.
Both of them loathed each other so one could see the seriousness of their fight. Although
the strength of Yan Chiling was essentially stronger, but the black-robed youth had more
battle experience, thus he could kill Yan Chiling if caught off guard, but Yan Chiling was also
getting familiar with the attack patterns of the black-robed youth, so defeating him was
only a matter of time.
But, at this time, the other nine senior disciples noticed the problem that the black-robed
disciple was facing. Their eyesight was far developed compared to these new disciples as it
was something that one would gain with time and experience.
Chapter 106: Set Up Their Own Faction
But, at this time, the other nine senior disciples noticed the problem that the black-robed
disciple was facing. Their eyesight was far developed compared to these new disciples as it
was something that one would gain with time and experience.
At this time, these senior disciples immediately rushed forward in order to assist the black-
robed youth, when all of sudden, a terrifying Bladeqi instantly descended from the sky and
chopped down in front of them. This terrifying Bladeqi instantly split out a huge rift in the
ground, extending several meters.
"Could it be that you senior disciples can only bully others based on your numerical
advantage?" Ye Xiwen said in a cold voice while pointing his long blade towards them.
Among those nine disciples, there were many at the peak of Xiantian third stage and
weren't one bit weaker than the black-robed youth, but at this time, all of them were
covered in cold sweat. If they had been a little faster a moment ago, that blade attack would
have really beheaded all of them, and just thinking about it, they had been completely
stunned.
Even they had to admit, if they had not been attentive, they would definitely have been split
in half. Just from the fierceness and might present in that blade attack, they had realized
that this blade-wielding boy would absolutely not show them any mercy the next time.
Although they had heard that a lot of talented disciples had joined the Main Sect this year,
but they didn't expect to see so many formidable Xiantian masters. During the former
years, if a new disciple who had entered into the Xiantian realm, then he was considered an
extremely outstanding disciple, however this year, there were just way too many new
disciples who had already entered into the Xiantian realm.
In the past, they could easily bully those new disciples and would force them to join their
faction, but among this year's new disciples, there were some very thorny existences like
Yan Chiling and this boy wielding a long blade.
They never thought that these new disciples would prove to be so hard to deal with. When
they had been sent by the Fudi faction to completely suppress these new disciples, they
never expected such an outcome, however, right now, they were entirely sure that if they
dared to take even a step further, that blade wielding boy wouldn't hesitate to behead them
right there
right then, and if they tried to tell about this matter to the high level members of their
faction, then they would definitely die in vain. The sudden appearance of Ye Xiwen had
completely cornered them.
They had come to bully the weak, and their plan had failed and if they go to tell the elders
about this incident then they would only end up as a laughingstock.
The new disciples were looking at Ye Xiwen with a look of worship in their eyes, of course,
they admired Yan Chiling for fighting against a senior disciple on equal terms, but they
simply worshipped Ye Xiwen, as he had used just one blade attack, and nine senior
disciples had completely paused and were scared to take a single step forward or
backward.
They had repressed the feelings of hatred after being oppressed by these top disciples for
all these days but these feelings had finally been vented out thanks to Ye Xiwen.
With the unexpected appearance of Ye Xiwen, after a while, the black-robed youth was
unable to cope up with the suppressive attacks of Yan Chiling, and continued to dodge one
attack after the other, but after a while, Yan Chiling found an opening and managed to hit a
punch on his body. The black-
robed youth was sent flying after receiving that punch from Yan Chiling and heavily fell on
the ground then fell unconscious.
"Take him and get lost, next time, I won't show any mercy!"
Yan Chiling gasped and said.
The senior disciples did not stay. It would be ridiculous if they stayed there, especially
when Ye Xiwen was eyeing them like a Killing God. They would never dare to stay there for
a long time.
"Brother Ye, this time we were saved thanks to your help."
Yan Chiling looked at those departing senior disciples and couldn't help but said with a
smile on his face.
"It was nothing." Ye Xiwen said, "Brother Yan, I think that we should form a faction."
Ye Xiwen still didn't want to be part of a faction but he preferred to be a part of one than
being chased down by others.
After all, it was somewhat troublesome, and he wouldn't be able to run away for too long.
And even if he was careful and tried to avoid joining any faction but these people knew
where he lived so rather than joining a faction, it was better for him to form one!
"Brother Ye, you mean?" Yan Chiling said in a delighted tone, although originally, their
faction was just in the prototype stage and he could be considered a strong leader who
could run a faction, but if Ye Xiwen was willing to join them then things would be entirely
different, because Ye Xiwen's addition to their faction had suddenly increased their
strength by many times and had greatly improved the appeal as well.
"I am just enrolling, I won't manage the matters inside the faction." Ye Xiwen said that as he
didn't want to divert his concentration from practicing to anything else, and even if he had
made this decision, but he still wanted to enjoy his unrestrained complete freedom.
"No problem!" Yan Chiling excitedly said. With the addition of Ye Xiwen to the faction, the
appeal would immediately increase, and the most important thing was that Ye Xiwen did
not want to get involved in the management, so the power would be in his hands, so this
was a double benefit for him.
"Everybody, please pay attention to what I am going to say. I
once again announce that I, together with Brother Ye, am planning to jointly form a faction
and any of the new disciples can join us!" Yan Chiling said in a loud voice. Earlier, the
faction was just in name but after this announcement and with the addition of Ye Xiwen to
the faction, it was finally going to officially form.
Some of the new disciples hesitated, because before they were sticking close to Yan Chiling
as they knew that survival was very difficult in the Main Sect and only by sticking together,
one could stay away from unforeseen danger. As Yan Chiling was a top disciple who had
leader like characteristics so they had decided to stick with him until things would settle
down, then they would walk away anytime, but after they would join the faction, they
would be unable to walk away as it would be equivalent to betraying the faction and it was
absolutely not allowed. In any faction, members were not allowed to leave, unless and until
they were strong enough to do so.
"I will join!"A new disciple raised his hand and said, "I have had enough of these senior
disciples bullying us. I don't want to be bullied anymore and getting together is the only
way out!"
"Right, I will also join!"
"I will join as well! If those senior disciples can create factions then we would form our
own!"
"You are right, if they can do it then so can we, after all, we were once the outstanding
disciples of our sub-schools and there's nothing we can't achieve!" A disciple said.
The other new disciples were also stimulated by this sudden series of approvals and a large
number of new disciples came forward to form the faction. In the past, one more faction
had been formed by the new disciples, which later became one of the super factions, and its
might stretched across the ten prominent peaks. The leader of this faction was a true
disciple and was also one of the strongest individuals in the Yi Yuan School.
"Good, since everybody is willing to join the faction then our faction has now been officially
established, but we must give it a name! Does anyone know a good name for the faction?"
Yan Chiling asked.
Many disciples rushed to say several names, but these names couldn't satisfy the crowd.
Finally, a disciple suggested the name Qian Yu faction, and it
got the consent of most of the disciples and hence was made the official name of the faction.
Many of the disciples were somewhat excited, because from now on, they would be known
as the members of the Qian Yu faction, and no one could guess how big their faction would
grow in the future.
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Chapter 107: Towards The Deepest Parts Of
Sect
After the creation of Qian Yu faction, Ye Xiwen did not participate in the faction matters and
left all management works to Yan Chiling, who was obviously handling these matters with
ease, as managing was a familiar task for him, as he had gained experience as the strongest
disciple of the Divine Volcano sub-school.
Ye Xiwen returned to his own small courtyard, and about this aspect, he and Yan Chiling
had a tacit understanding, whether these factions would thrive or fail relied on the
managing qualities of its leader, and so long as the leader was formidable and had
outstanding leading qualities then even with two or three members, the faction could
become very formidable, but if the leader was not strong enough, then the faction was
bound to disband.
At this time, Yan Chiling and Ye Xiwen were the only formidable members of Qian Yu
faction but they were strong enough to hoist the flag of their faction in front of everyone.
Ye Xiwen realized that perhaps, things won't stay so calm in the future, but since he had
already decided to join a faction
then he would need to become a lot stronger to back it up.
Ye Xiwen had no alternatives, and he didn't have any escape routes as well, as he was
already aware of the arrogant attitude of those other factions who would never allow the
growth of a faction created by new disciples, and would use any good opportunity to crush
them along with their faction!
So, whether it was to protect oneself or to safeguard the future, he must strive now and
prepare himself. Moreover, in his heart, a feeling of comparison had also come into being
that if some people had already done it before then there was no reason why he won't
achieve it.
At present, Ye Xiwen's strength had increased considerably compared to his strength one
month ago when he had just entered into the Xiantian second stage. As he had transformed
60% Xiantian Zhen Qi, his fighting strength was comparable to or even more than that of
the peak Xiantian third stage master, and now, it was time for him to have a breakthrough.
After having a breakthrough and reaching the Xiantian third stage, he would be able to
easily beat a master of Xiantian fourth stage.
After making up his mind, Ye Xiwen left his small courtyard and immediately went into the
direction of Gongde Palace hall.
Tongtian peak's Gongde Palace hall looked more luxurious and elaborate and was also the
role model for the Gongde Palace halls of other sub-schools.
Therefore, Ye Xiwen did not actually find it strange after entering the Gongde Palace hall.
After entering the hall, first, he turned in 1000 spirit stones and converted them into 1000
points. Now his total stock of spirit stones had decreased to a total of 6000 spirit stones,
but he was not sad, because he knew that there were a lot of things that spirit stones
couldn't buy, and it was necessary to exchange them for school points, but this fact could be
considered as a part of the hidden benefits offered at the Main Sect.
Ye Xiwen immediately redeemed the 1000 points for a red-crowned crane that would
become his flying mount for traveling. This red-crowned crane was one of the demon birds
used by people as mounts and were raised in the Yi Yuan School's Main Sect. Because of
their gentle nature, good control and relationship with the rider, they had become the
preferred means of transport for many disciples, and thanks to the blood of demon beasts
running through their veins, these cranes could fly for thousands of miles without taking
rest.
However, these demon birds were naturally not cheap, and besides Ye Xiwen, only filthy
rich inner disciples could afford a red-crowned crane, and this number was not more than
200 to 300 people out of several thousand inner disciples.
Ye Xiwen had chosen a tall crane standing up to more than two meters tall and it was an
extremely good means for flying through the air.
After Ye Xiwen activated the control method for the red-crowned crane and used the
password, it blinked once, and jumped high in the sky, and after coming to a stop, it opened
its huge wings, and flew at a lightning speed towards the depths of the Yi Yuan School.
Using the control method, he could directly use his thoughts to communicate with the
crane and that's how he was manipulating the speed and direction of the flight!
Yi Yuan School was stacked with many mountain ranges and spreading across each other
and even if he was so high from the ground, he could still hear the roars of countless demon
beasts present on those mountains. As he was flying towards the deeper parts of the Yi
Yuan School, these roars were growing
even louder. It was said that Yi Yuan School had captured and raised many demon beasts in
this mountain forest spread in several square kilometres of area, compared to which, the
mountain forest of Qingfeng Mountain was nothing. In the Main Sect, these demon beasts,
devils and other unusual creatures were housed together to be used by the disciples for
practicing.
The red-crowned crane's flying speed was extremely fast, and he could feel its lightning fast
speed, because only after flying for about half an hour, they had crossed the entire
mountain range. This had made him very certain that buying a crane was certainly not a
bad idea, and by paying 1000 points, he had saved a lot of time that he would have wasted
by walking for several days to cover the same distance.
The crane descended on a flat land, and after Ye Xiwen jumped off from its back, it again
flapped its wings and flew high into the sky, waiting for the next summon from him.
Ye Xiwen was surprised to hear the continuous roars of demon beasts one after the other in
the entire mountain forest, and these roars were hoarse, sharp, low and deep, which could
cause goose bumps to anyone who heard them. Occasionally, he would also see some
disciples atop their demon birds flying in the sky.
Ye Xiwen knew that time was running out and he must break through as soon as possible in
order to face the challenges later.
Ye Xiwen didn't hesitate anymore, and with a burst of Zhen Qi under his feet, his body
dashed towards the forest like a shell, and directly entered the forest.
Soon, he had gently and swiftly passed innumerable big trees, and had entered the depths
of the forest.
Chapter 108: Practice In The Forest
Ye Xiwen was standing on a tree branch. He had entered fairly deep into the mountain
forest, and as he went deeper, the strength of the demon beasts had continued to increase
as well.
Although, only Houtian level demon beasts were present on the outer areas of the forest,
but the weakest among them was only at the Houtian seventh or eighth stage, and
compared to the average level of demon beasts present in the Qingfeng Mountain, this was
a lot intense.
"Phew!" A shrill piercing cry came out of nowhere and a cold brightness flashed behind Ye
Xiwen. He almost instinctively dodged and somersaulted to another tree, and at this time,
he finally got a chance to look at what it was.
It was a Praying mantis, about two meters tall, covered with dark-green outer shell, and its
two giant blade-like forelegs were dancing, issuing a fabric tear like sound in the
surroundings.
It had two thick and huge fangs pointing out of its mouth which was densely covered with
fine teeth and could easily snap a steel bar with a single bite. It had two huge wings
flapping on its back blowing the wind high up in the sky.
Seeing that Ye Xiwen had avoided its attack, the giant Praying mantis gave out a loud
scream, flapped its huge wings, and its huge figure instantly rushed with a lightning speed
towards him. The pair of steel blade like forelegs brandished instantly and like two giant
scissors, they approached to cut him.
Unexpectedly, this attack was very much similar to martial arts technique.
Praying mantis fist!
This Praying mantis clearly possessed wisdom and high intellect, because it was easily
displaying the Praying mantis fist, and one could see that its attacks and gestures looked
similar to the Praying mantis fist technique practiced by humans.
The Praying mantis had opened up the world bridge that had helped in circulating the Zhen
Qi through the meridians present in its body. It had already entered into the Xiantian realm
and its fighting prowess was comparable to the warriors of peak Xiantian second stage.
Its blade-like forelegs released a sharp Bladeqi and instantly chopped out towards Ye
Xiwen.
"You filthy beast!" Ye Xiwen shouted then took out his long blade and instantly chopped out
a terrifying Bladeqi towards the incoming Bladeqi released from the forelegs of Praying
mantis.
"Boom!" The two shares of Bladeqi severely clashed and caused a huge explosion, but then,
the terrifying Bladeqi released from Ye Xiwen's long blade dispersed the Praying mantis's
Bladeqi and rushed forward.
The eyes of Praying mantis revealed an astonished look. It was a demon beast that had got
wisdom after breaking through from Houtian realm to the Xiantian realm, which was
definitely not easy for a demon beast, so it could feel that Ye Xiwen would not be so easy to
deal with.
The Praying mantis immediately realized that although this human looked small but it was
definitely not an opponent it could take lightly. It didn't hesitate and immediately flapped
its wings and flew into the air to dodge the terrifying Bladeqi.
"Want to escape?" Ye Xiwen sneered and suddenly jumped up towards the Praying mantis
like a shell ejected from the cannon.
Ye Xiwen's form was like an arrow, and immediately appeared in front of the Praying
mantis in the air. His terrifying Zhen Qi completely burst out and after adjusting his stature
in the midair, he took a stance and struck his long blade towards the mantis.
A terrifying Daomang split the air and instantly chopped out.
"Puchi!" The tough dark-green outer shell covering the body of Praying mantis instantly
shattered and its whole body was split in half.
"Boom!" The two halves of the huge body of Praying mantis fell on the ground and Ye
Xiwen also landed on the ground with ease. He stored the entire body of the Praying mantis
in his space ring, as even the corpses of Xiantian level demon beasts were considered as
precious treasures. Its outer shell could be processed into armor and its two blade-like
forelimbs could be used to make high-quality long blades. Of course, he didn't have the skill
to make these weapons, but there were others who were quite skilled in making weapons
from the bodies of demon beasts, and he could sell the corpse of Praying mantis to them in
exchange of some spirit stones.
Although he won't get many spirit stones in exchange for
Praying mantis's corpse, but as they say that many little drops make an ocean.
Ye Xiwen did not stay and was about to leave when suddenly, he heard the sound of
flapping wings coming from the sky. A flock of carrion vultures had been attracted to the
smell of blood coming from the blood stains of Praying mantis left on the ground.
Most of these carrion vultures were at the Houtian ninth stage, nearly two meters tall and
wing span of over five meters and were hiding the sky and covering the earth.
The leader of the flock was significantly taller than the others and looked formidable and
its whole body was covered in golden yellow feather. It was none other than the golden
carrion vulture king.
Although, this was a small flock of carrion vultures and was definitely not the strongest
ones present in the forest, but this area of the forest was their territory.
When these carrion vultures couldn't find the body of Praying mantis, they suddenly
rushed towards Ye Xiwen. Many of the
carrion vultures flocked together on him and their sharp claws fiercely approached to tear
him apart.
If he was an average person, then he would have instantly been torn to shreds.
"These beasts!" Ye Xiwen shouted and instantly chopped out his long blade. Nine blade
shadows appeared and rushed towards the flock of carrion vultures and several carrion
vultures were instantly split in half by this terrifying large scale blade attack.
Ye Xiwen continued to attack relentlessly while his long blade kept on dancing in his hand
and releasing blade shadows horizontally and vertically towards the flock. Ye Xiwen's blade
attacks were so incredible that none of the carrion vultures could bear even a single attack.
Even their leader, a Xiantian realm carrion vulture, was not a match of Ye Xiwen. He would
effortlessly wave his blade and several carrion vultures would fall down, chopped in pieces.
These carrion vultures had surrounded Ye Xiwen like huge black clouds and were crying
out strange terrifying sounds which could send chills down the spines of anyone who
would hear them.
Ye Xiwen's figure flashed and moved gracefully while his blade waved and released a bright
Bladelight which completely wrapped him in a sphere of light without leaving any gap.
There was no way left for the carrion vultures to approach him and those who tried to get
close to him were instantly chopped down in pieces and fell on the ground.
Ye Xiwen's long blade was constantly dancing in his hand releasing a terrifying Bladelight
everywhere. Those carrion vultures didn't get any chance to dodge and met their tragic
deaths while screaming pitifully.
After a while, hundreds of mighty carrion vultures had been slaughtered and turned into a
pile of chopped up corpses, leaving only the golden carrion vulture king. When he saw how
Ye Xiwen had killed his own people, the golden carrion vulture king got extremely furious
and flew towards Ye Xiwen with an incredibly fast speed with its golden body resembling a
golden arrow rushing towards him.
Ye Xiwen's blade chopped out a dazzling Bladelight.
"Clang!" The Bladelight fiercely crashed into the body of
golden carrion vulture king producing a metal clashing sound, however, his body was
abnormally sturdy as if it was made of iron and wasn't chopped down in pieces like the
other carrion vultures.
However, after taking Ye Xiwen's blade attack head on, the golden carrion vulture felt dizzy
and his body was blasted away and fiercely crashed into a tree. Ye Xiwen's eyes flashed and
his stature instantly soared towards the golden carrion vulture king and he immediately
chopped down his blade.
"Puchi!" Although the body of golden carrion vulture king was extremely tough, but this
time, Ye Xiwen directly used his blade to sever the head of the golden carrion vulture king
from his body.
Ye Xiwen relaxed but there were just too many corpses of these carrion vultures so he
decided to take only the demon cores.
"This level of practice is not enough to have a breakthrough, I must work harder." Ye Xiwen
said and went deeper into the forest.
Chapter 109: Snow Ape
In an instant, three days had already passed and within these three days, Ye Xiwen had
went deeper into the mountain forest and had also encountered numerous demon beasts.
He didn't know the names of many of these demon beasts and some of them had attacked
together in groups. He also encountered many demon beasts with their fighting strength
comparable to that of the masters of peak Xiantian third stage.
During these three days, Ye Xiwen didn't get a tiny bit of relaxation time, and the more he
wanted to have a breakthrough, the more he would force himself into tempering his body
and inner state in the most extreme situations.
But he was not in a hurry because he had not yet received any message from the Yan
Chiling. He and Yan Chiling had already decided that if something happened then Yan
Chiling would immediately tell him using the subpoena Talisman, and Ye Xiwen would
immediately fly on his red-crowned crane and rush back at maximum speed.
Therefore, Ye Xiwen was not anxious at that time and was practicing in the forest without
worrying about the safety of his comrades.
But, he had to deal with his own worries. During these three days, he hadn't dared to take
rest, because if he had decided to rest and had lost attention even for an instant, then
perhaps, he would really lose his life the very next instant. This forest was the most
dangerous environment he had experienced so far.
Even the dangerous environment of Huanmo territory was nothing compared to this, let
alone the forest on the backside of Qingfeng Mountain. There were a lot of terrifyingly
strong demon beasts present in this forest and even the slightest carelessness could cause
death.
Several times, Ye Xiwen had encountered danger in this forest, although he had continued
to go deeper into the forest for three days, but as a result of constantly encountering demon
beasts as well as his careful advancement through the forest, he had not actually advanced
too deep and was still in the outermost region.
However, even if he was still in the outer region of the forest, it was still packed with a large
number of Xiantian realm demon beasts. Wandering in this region for the last three days,
he had not seen a single Houtian realm demon beast, and the reason for that was it was
impossible for Houtian ream demon beasts to survive in this region of the forest.
Ye Xiwen was sure that once he would go deeper into the forest, he would definitely
encounter Xiantian fifth stage demon beasts or above, and he suspected that even the Zhen
dao realm demon beasts were present in the deeper parts of the forest.
Zhen dao realm disciples would come to practice in this forest all year round, so it could be
guessed that there definitely were a lot of Zhen Dao realm demon beasts lurking in the
deeper parts of this forest.
However, this was only his speculation and he did not have the evidence to back it up.
Within these three days, Ye Xiwen had faced many life and death situations and had still
continued to practice in order to have a breakthrough and this kind of practice had shown
great benefits. Now, he had arrived at the peak of transformation of 60% Xiantian Zhen Qi.
He felt as if there was a big reservoir of water in his body, filled to the brink, and with every
movement of his body, he would have a feeling as if the water would pour out from the
reservoir.
He was very familiar with this kind of feeling as this was a sign that he was very close to
having a breakthrough.
Ye Xiwen was jumping from one branch to the other when
suddenly, hails started to fall down from the sky without any prior indication or warning.
Ye Xiwen immediately propped up his Zhen Qi, as he had become very used to during these
three days. It was said that a formidable demon beast could induce a change in the weather,
not to mention there were so many formidable demon beasts lurking in this forest.
Fortunately, the good thing was that this sudden weather change was on a limited scale and
was definitely caused by a demon beast of limited ability, so it would be easy for him to
leave this affected area and avoid confronting the demon beast behind it.
The size of the hail grew bigger and bigger and the nearby trees directly bent after getting
hit by these hails, but didn't collapse down, after all, these trees had been nourished after
getting subjected to divine Lingqi day and night, and although it could not be said that these
trees were similar to other Lingqi rich treasures, but they were still strong enough to bear
this hail storm.
However, it didn't go as he had planned, because he couldn't escape from the scope of this
hail storm and ran right into the
demon beast that was the reason behind this sudden weather change.
It was actually a Snow ape. It was a giant demon beast with a huge body, three meters tall,
its whole body was covered with snow-white hair, and there was an aggressive look on its
face.
Ye Xiwen immediately realized that this hail storm was caused because this Snow ape was
having a breakthrough, and had just broken through to the Xiantian fourth stage, and since
his breath was still unstable, he had lost control over its powers and had caused this
unusual change in the weather of the surrounding area.
"Roar!" Snow ape hammered its huge fists on its chest and roared wildly, again agitating
the surrounding weather by suddenly causing a blizzard, spreading the wind and snow in
all directions.
Each of its punches would cause air explosions producing a rumbling down and would also
induce a snowstorm in the surroundings. It seemed as if this Snow ape had practiced a fist
technique and this was actually the fist technique of the Snow apes. Although the
movement was very simple, but it was extremely powerful and heavy.
Snow ape's eyes were firmly locked onto Ye Xiwen and there was an ominous look in its
eyes. After all he had dared to enter into its territory, but Ye Xiwen noticed that it had an
eager expression on its face along with a hint of excitement mixed with it.
Ye Xiwen was surprised for a moment. Although, he had seen many wise Xiantian demon
beasts that possessed high intellect, but, he had never seen a demon beast like Snow ape
who was showing such an anthropomorphic expression on its face. Even he could make out
that this Snow ape was excited at the moment, and it was said that the stronger a demon
beast was, the greater its intellect would be, not to mention, the ape class demon beasts
were considered closest to the humanity.
Ye Xiwen now clearly understood that this Snow ape had just now broken through to the
Xiantian fourth stage and was looking to have a match with him.
Ye Xiwen was still thinking how to deal with this Snow ape when suddenly, its fist punched
out a terrible blast of snow and ice, made up of its Zhen Qi, which instantly rumbled
towards Ye Xiwen.
Ye Xiwen did not dare to take Snow ape's attack too lightly, as after having a breakthrough
it had become a demon beast of Xiantian fourth stage. He immediately pulled out his long
blade and chopped out.
"Boom!" Ye Xiwen launched his blade attack towards the snowstorm rushing towards him
and the collision instantly set off a terrifying blast which blasted away Ye Xiwen into the air
and his body was instantly frozen stiff.
Ye Xiwen quickly released this stiffness by circulating the Zhen Qi throughout his body, but
at this time, it could be seen from its facial expression that the Snow ape was getting more
and more excited. It rushed forward, trotting on the ground while making huge footprints
and then pounced on Ye Xiwen.
The movements of Snow ape were extremely quick and it looked like a white lightning
when it instantly threw itself in front of Ye Xiwen. At this instant, in Ye Xiwen's eyes, it
appeared as if a huge snow-covered mountain had suddenly appeared right in front of him,
but he didn't get enough time to react as its furry huge fist immediately punched out with a
burst of cold air.
The Snow ape continued to throw its ice-cold punches
relentlessly one after the other at Ye Xiwen, without giving him any chance to recuperate.
The terrifying coercive aura of Snow ape was firmly locked on him and combined with its
ice-cold presence, it was very hard for him to breathe. Ye Xiwen shouted and shot out his
palm, Hidden Dragon rises from the Abyss.
"Roar!" Soon, a gigantic Dragon instantly congealed out of his palm and leapt high into the
sky then it descended towards the Snow ape.
"Boom!" The gigantic Dragon malicious collided with the arm of Snow ape that it had lifted
up to block.
"Kara!" Snow ape's arm directly broke under the tremendous might of 'Coiling Dragon
Palm'.
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Chapter 110: Breakthrough In Battle
"Kara!" Snow ape's arm directly broke under the tremendous might of 'Coiling Dragon
Palm'.
A startled look flashed on the face of the Snow ape. It never expected that a single strike
from Ye Xiwen could actually fracture its arm.
Ye Xiwen slightly gasped for breath, as this move had just now consumed 10% of his
Xiantian Zhen Qi. Although the might of this move was very large, but even so, it couldn't
kill the Snow ape and could only fracture its arm. This Snow ape was really formidable!
However, Ye Xiwen's blood had begun to boil up and seethe with excitement. At present,
his current strength was enough to easily defeat the masters of peak Xiantian third stage
and he could even contend with the masters of early Xiantian fourth stage.
However, this time his opponent was a Snow ape that had just broken into the Xiantian
fourth stage and had yet to consolidate its strength. Two opponents of rivalling strengths
had met in
battle, so it was bound to be exciting for both of them.
The perfect opponents!
Snow ape had come to realize that Ye Xiwen's strength was ridiculously large, and it
couldn't fight recklessly with him.
With another 'Kara' sound, the broken bone in its arm returned back to its original
position, and suddenly, it pulled out a giant stick out of nowhere and jumped towards Ye
Xiwen and smashed the stick which released numerous shadows and one could see that it
contained the essence of the stick technique which was stronger compared to the Snow ape
fist technique. It was obvious that this Snow ape had practiced the stick technique to a very
profound level.
Ye Xiwen did not hesitate and took out his long blade and chopped out.
"Boom!" A bright Daomang released from the blade and clashed fiercely with the stick
Jinmeng, and with a bang, a loud thunder-like sound spread in the surrounding area.
Jinmeng: fierce strength
Both sides had to step back because their equally powerful attacks couldn't do anything to
the other side.
Ye Xiwen dashed forward and his figure instantly shot out like a shell and collided with the
Snow ape.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
An intermittent bursts of huge collision sounds spread while both of them were trying all
they could to press down the other one.
Snow ape finally realized that this time, his selection of opponent was wrong, and didn't
seem like a good deal. One could say that it had chosen a wrong opponent this time,
because initially it had thought that he would prove to be a very good opponent to test its
newly obtained strength of Xiantian fourth stage. But now, it had become difficult for the
Snow ape to deal with a formidable opponent like Ye Xiwen.
However, an ominous aura completely broke out from deep inside the blood vessels of its
beastly body, and at this moment, its initially unstable state, after continuously fighting
with Ye Xiwen, had begun to show signs of consolidation. The snow ape lifted its face
upward and began to roar loudly and ferociously.
Ye Xiwen couldn't take this lightly because if Snow ape continued to consolidate its state
then its strength would increase dramatically.
He had earned a great deal of benefit by fighting with this Snow ape, because after his
unceasing collisions with it, the initial sturdy barrier on his inner state had slowly begun to
loosen up, and his strength had started to rise.
The strength of both sides was rising continuously and the collisions between them had
still continued. Both sides were enduring patiently hoping to completely crush the opposite
party in the next attack.
Ye Xiwen was not very anxious as he knew that the Snow ape was going to reach its limit
very soon, and once the consolidation of its state would complete, the rise in its strength
would come to a stop, but his case was different as he could still have a breakthrough. After
having the breakthrough, his strength would increase by leaps and bounds and then he
would be able to kill it.
At that time, let alone a demon beast of early Xiantian fourth stage, even the demon beasts
of peak Xiantian fourth stage would be easily defeated by him.
Snow ape had never felt so aggrieved. It was already at the Xiantian fourth stage but it had
still been unable to overwhelm a mere human of Xiantian second stage. It was very proud
of its unparalleled tough body but it still couldn't fully prevail over Ye Xiwen, in fact, it had
a faint feeling of getting suppressed instead.
It didn't know that Ye Xiwen had practiced "Tyrants body technique" and this was the
reason why he possessed such a tough body. This was an unparalleled ancient technique
used by the ancient tyrant gods to train their bodies.
Although Ye Xiwen had practiced it to the second layer but the toughness of his body had
already increased to a very high level.
Snow ape was at a far higher cultivation level compared to Ye Xiwen, but it had still been
unable to completely suppress him, and it had also sensed that he had slowly started to
become stronger. Moreover, his breath was rising constantly and had started to become
more and more thick, which clearly indicated that Ye Xiwen was about to have a
breakthrough.
"Can't let this human have a breakthrough!" A thought echoed in its mind, though it
couldn't speak, but its wisdom had increased to a considerable extent after reaching the
Xiantian fourth stage and it could clearly feel how dangerous it would be if Ye Xiwen was
allowed to have a breakthrough.
Snow ape no longer hesitated and waved its huge stick, covered in ice-cold aura, which
immediately froze the air and it seemed as if the surrounding area had turned into a world
of snow and ice.
The huge stick had yet to arrive near Ye Xiwen but that kind of enormous breath and cold
atmosphere fiercely pounded with an irresistible force, as if a huge iceberg had smashed
down in front of him.
This coercive aura put intense pressure on Ye Xiwen's body and his bones started to
produce crackling sounds as the result
of his bones rubbing against each other.
Ye Xiwen sneered and the Zhen Qi began to madly surge inside his body. The long blade
danced in his hand and chopped out a dazzling Daomang.
The two imposing attacks met mid-air, staggered, and fiercely collided with each other,
causing the Zhen Qi and Yaoqi to mutually evaporate in the air, and erupted the smoke and
fireworks everywhere.
Ye Xiwen's Daomang, bit by bit, collapsed under the pressure of Snow ape's iceberg-like
stick, and it pressed down on his body.
An enormous imposing aura suddenly broke out like a hurricane from his body, and his
original inner state at the peak of Xiantian second stage with 60% transformed Xiantian
Zhen Qi, under the intense pressure of this imposing aura, transformed an additional 20%
Xiantian Zhen Qi inside his body, reaching 80% Xiantian Zhen Qi, which was now
comparable to the transformation of a master at the peak of Xiantian fourth stage.
Rising straight from 60% transformed Xiantian Zhen Qi to 80% Xiantian Zhen Qi, Ye
Xiwen's aura immediately changed and the Daomang that had initially collapsed started to
reappear and became even powerful than before, and it suddenly crashed into the iceberg
and shattered it into ice fragments which were sent fluttering about in the air.
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Chapter 111: Jing Yannan
A panic-stricken facial expression appeared on the face of the Snow ape and it was looking
at Ye Xiwen with a look of horror in its eyes. After having a breakthrough, his fighting
strength had suddenly increased to such an extent that now it could be compared with the
strength of masters at the peak of Xiantian fourth stage. How could this human become so
formidable after having a break through?
This also symbolized that the battle efficiency of Ye Xiwen had also made a new
breakthrough!
However, the Snow ape was unwilling to give up. This beast was very clever and it wanted
to take advantage of Ye Xiwen's unstable inner state that had yet to consolidate. It was
looking for an opportunity to catch him off guard and kill him.
A cunning and deceitful look flashed in the blood-red eyes of the Snow ape, but Ye Xiwen
didn't make it wait for too long and took out his long blade which blossomed out brilliant
glorious Bladeqi, shadowing the sky.
Ye Xiwen's blade technique had become even more fearsome
and even the Snow ape had to go all out with rapt attention in the face of this blade attack.
The Snow ape roared and the snow and ice start swirling in the air and gathered in front of
it to form an ice wall, in order to resist Ye Xiwen's blade attack.
But this ice wall's defence didn't live up to Snow ape's expectation, and in an instant, it was
cut down into two parts as if cutting a slip of paper and collapsed down under the
formidable power of Ye Xiwen's Daomang.
"Puchi!" The dazzling Daomang cut into the body of Snow ape and chopped its Iron-like
tough body into two halves causing its blood to splatter and its flesh to fly in all directions.
It died an instant death with an inconceivable look in its eyes.
It had just reached the Xiantian fourth stage and had yet to run amuck to enjoy the newly
gained strength but it did a blunder by choosing a wrong opponent and the result was that
it was split in half in a single blade attack!
Ye Xiwen relaxed and thought that this Snow ape was really very formidable and if he had
not reached the peak of Xiantian
second stage then it would be very difficult to deal with it.
But after this, a look of joy flashed in his eyes. After all, he had finally reached the peak of
Xiantian second stage. Not just that, he was quite surprised to find out that in just one
breakthrough, 80% of the Houtian Zhen Qi inside his body had transformed into the
Xiantian Zhen Qi, and now, he could easily contend with a master at the peak of Xiantian
fourth stage. The next step would be the so-called complete transformation of 100%
Houtian Zhen Qi into Xiantian Zhen Qi.
Then, suddenly, a ray of light dropped from the sky and Ye Xiwen lifted his hand to receive
it. It was a message from Yan Chiling that was received by the summoning Talisman. Ye
Xiwen used his Zhen Qi to probe inside the talisman and a bunch of information instantly
poured into his mind.
It was a message from Yan Chiling!
Ye Xiwen didn't waste any time and immediately whistled, the very next instant, the red-
crowned quickly flew down from the sky. For the last three days, it had been hovering in
the air, ready and waiting to answer the summon call from Ye Xiwen.
Riding the red-crowned crane at maximum speed, within half an hour, Ye Xiwen returned
to the Main Sect.
Ye Xiwen frowned because just as he had expected, those people from other factions
wouldn't give up that easily and had finally come after their Qian Yu faction, though not all
factions were hostile against them.
There were a lot of factions with varying strengths. Some factions were very strong,
especially those created by the true disciples, but they only accepted core disciples as
members of their factions or extraordinarily talented inner or outer disciples. The
moderately powerful factions accepted new disciples and inner disciples as members, and
those factions at the bottom of hierarchy accepted outer disciples and even some
handyman disciples in their factions.
So fortunately, the Qian Yu faction created by the new disciples hadn't made all of the
factions as its enemy, but even so, it had to face three of four hostile factions belonging to
the Tongtian peak, as they originally were the competitors.
However, this time, they had joined forces to suppress Qian Yu faction.
Whenever a faction would rise in power, it would generally
face resistance from other factions.
After Ye Xiwen hurried back to the Tongtian peak, he didn't see the large number of
disciples at the gate, as mentioned in the message sent by Yan Chiling on his summoning
talisman.
He was not much worried about the safety of the new disciples, after all, inside the
premises of the Main sect, those senior disciples wouldn't dare to be too presumptuous,
though they might try to bully and oppress the new disciples, but no one would dare to go
as far as to kill someone, because once a life was taken, it would probably alarm the high-
level personnel.
In general, the high-level senior disciples didn't bully the new disciples, and as long as the
new disciples didn't cause too much trouble, they wouldn't directly intervene. In their eyes,
this was part of the discipline that must be followed in the Sect and they weren't generally
interested in mediocre disciples. They were only interested in talented outstanding
disciples because the existence of one outstanding disciple was far more important to them
compared to a thousand mediocre disciples.
Therefore, Ye Xiwen wasn't expecting to see a very bad situation and wanted to hurry back
in order to stop the
situation from escalating. These rival factions needed to know that Qian Yu faction wasn't
made up of weak people and they could fight back if needed.
Ye Xiwen reached the Tongtian peak and was surprised to find Yan Chiling talking to a
handsome youth clad in elegant Chinese robe.
"Brother Yan, what's this all about?" Ye Xiwen asked Yan Chiling in a surprised tone
because he had frantically sent the message to Ye Xiwen some time ago, but now, the things
looked pretty normal to him.
Seeing that Ye Xiwen had come back, Yan Chiling's face lighted up and that handsome youth
looked at Ye Xiwen with a surprised and curious look in his eyes.
Yan Chiling smiled and said: "Brother Ye, this time, we were lucky that Brother Jing came to
help us out."
After listening to the explanation of Yan Chiling, Ye Xiwen finally came to understand that a
large number of senior disciples had arrived at the gate and Yan Chiling had panicked and
had frantically messaged Ye Xiwen, but this handsome
youth named Jing Yannan came to mediate between them and the opposite party agreed to
a temporarily truce.
"I want to thank Brother Jing for his help this time." Ye Xiwen cupped one hand over the
other across his chest and said in a respectful manner.
"No harm, I came at the request of someone to help you." Jing Yannan smiled and said.
Ye Xiwen was confused as he couldn't make a guess. Who would actually send help for him?
Noticing the confused look on Ye Xiwen's face, Yan Chiling smiled and said: "You don't need
to guess because I will gladly tell you who it was. It was actually Sister Hua who sent us
help this time!"
Chapter 112: Battle After A Month
"I want to thank Senior Jing for his help this time." Ye Xiwen cupped one hand into the
other across his chest and said in a respectful manner.
"No harm, I came at the request of someone to help you." Jing Yannan smiled and said.
Ye Xiwen was confused as he couldn't make a guess. Who would actually send him help?
Noticing the confused look on Ye Xiwen's face, Yan Chiling smiled and said: "You don't need
to guess because I will gladly tell you who it was. It was actually Sister Hua who sent us
help this time!"
Hua Menghan!
This name immediately popped up in his mind. He never thought that it would actually be
Hua Menghan to send him help!
The very next moment, the beautiful figure of Hua Menghan seemed to have appeared in
the imagination of Ye Xiwen!
"The news about this matter has spread outside?" Ye Xiwen didn't allow his imagination to
go astray thinking about the beautiful Hua Menghan and directly asked.
"Certainly, considering the involvement of your Qian Yu faction in recent incidents, the new
disciples of your faction are out in the limelight, and now among the Yi Yuan School's ten
peaks, who doesn't know that a group of audacious newcomers have shown up in the
Tongtian peak?" Jing Yannan said with a faint smile on his face and his voice seemed to
have a touch of ridicule.
Yan Chiling's complexion immediately changed as gaining limelight so early was not a good
thing for him as the leader of Qian Yu faction.
"You are not the first generation of disciples to do such a thing, in the past, one generation
of new disciples had tried the same thing and finally entered the 'Zhen dao' realm and
gained huge popularity, but gaining so much power and popularity corrupted them, and
ultimately, things turned out to be very
miserable." Jing Yannan said and curiously looked at Ye Xiwen as if trying to know what
kind of person he really was by reading his reaction.
"A mighty king defeats the invaders!" Ye Xiwen said in an indifferent manner.
"Ha ha, mighty king defeats the invaders, well said!" Jing Yannan exclaimed and said, "This
year's disciples are really different from the past but your determination and strength is
still not enough. Although I helped you this time and forced them to retreat, but they won't
stay down for too long and will come after you once again, and at that time, you will have to
be capable enough to help yourselves."
"Senior Jing helped in getting rid of them even once is more than enough for us and we are
very grateful." Yan Chiling said in a polite tone.
Ye Xiwen now had a clear understanding of the mindset of these senior factions, especially
those factions that were forcing the new disciples to become their members and were
sparing no effort to suppress the Qian Yu faction. This was more like a warning to other
new disciples indicating that if they tried to from their own factions then the development
of their factions
would be seriously affected.
The new batch of disciples was an important source of members for these senior factions
and they would go to any extent to suppress the new factions just to crush any future
rivalry and loss of members.
Jing Yannan did not stay, and soon went back. Yan Chiling somewhat smiled wryly because
he never imagined that setting up a new faction would be so difficult and the interference
of senior disciples had made his life difficult as the leader of Qian Yu faction. As far as those
covetously eyeing senior disciples were concerned, if only he had few more years to
cultivate, at least 10 more years, then his strength would have rapid progress, at that time,
forming a faction would not be so difficult, in fact, it would come as a natural thing.
However, he was not willing to give up, because Qian Yu faction was formed just recently,
so why must they dissolve it?
"Brother Ye, this time, Senior Jing came to our rescue but the other side has put forward a
condition. One month later, the deputy-main of Fudi faction, Mo Han, will come back, and as
long as we can beat him, then in the future, no one will embarrass our Qian Yu faction.
However, if we can't beat Mo
Han, then Qian Yu faction must be dissolved." Yan Chiling said in a somewhat aggrieved
tone.
"What's the background of this Mo Han?" Ye Xiwen asked because from what he knew so
far, Fudi faction had been started by a core disciple, so it was obvious that the deputy-main
would not be an average disciple.
"This Mo Han joined the Main Sect two batches before us, which means six years ago, and at
that time, he became an extremely dazzling talent among the new disciples and in just a
short time of six years, he reached the peak of Xiantian fifth stage and became a seed
disciple among the inner disciples. It is said that he is very strong, and recognizing his
talent. The Fudi faction made an exception to appoint him as deputy-main. He is the only
inner disciple among the several deputy-mains of the Fudi faction, and all other deputy-
mains are core disciples." Yan Chiling explained.
Talented people always got preferential treatment which reflected in all aspects, and Mo
Han's case was the best example of that.
"I am not willing to give up!" Yan Chiling said in an irritated manner. If only he had few
more years, then he was confident
that his own strength wouldn't be far too less compared to that of Mo Han, however, he
didn't have that much time as what could he accomplish in just one month.
"You leave this thing to me! One month later, I will battle with Mo Han." Ye Xiwen said.
"You ..." Yan Chiling looked somewhat unbelievably at Ye Xiwen. It was not that he
suspected the might of Ye Xiwen, and having such an incredible strength at a young age was
unusual indeed and proved that Ye Xiwen was truly a genius, but he still couldn't believe
that Ye Xiwen could be victorious against Mo Han.
"Rest assured, trust me and let me handle this matter." Ye Xiwen said and thought to
himself that this thing wouldn't have been so easy to handle but with the interference of
Hua Menghan and Jing Yannan, who came forward to moderate between the two sides, it
could be said that it had saved Ye Xiwen a lot of trouble, because now, as long as he could
beat this so-called genius Mo Han, Qian Yu faction would get recognition from the other
factions and people would stop to come looking for trouble, and in that case, he would have
enough time for enhancing his own strength.
If the battle between him and Mo Han took place right now, then it was obvious that he
wouldn't stand a chance against Mo Han, but the battle was going to take place a month
later, and at time, the situation would be completely different. Right now, Ye Xiwen was at
the peak of Xiantian second stage and his fighting strength was comparable to that of the
masters at the peak of Xiantian fourth stage, although it could be said that he had shown
the fastest progress among all the new disciples, but his current strength was still not
enough to confront Mo Han.
However, if he used the Xuan Jindan, then his strength would increase by leaps and bounds
in a short time, and he would directly reach the peak of Xiantian third stage, and at that
time, he would be able to easily contend with a master at the peak of Xiantian fifth stage. So,
the showdown with Mo Han would not be a problem at all.
But it was going to take time because Xuan Jindan was a strong drug and gave
extraordinary effects but it took a lot of time to fully consume it. Fortunately, he had got
one month's time to prepare for the battle.
"A month later, let me take care of that Mo Han." Ye Xiwen said.
Yan Chiling was somewhat puzzled at such display of confidence by Ye Xiwen, because even
with the help of Xuan Jindan, in his view, Ye Xiwen's strength would not increase to such an
extent that he would be able to compete with Mo Han.
He did not know that Ye Xiwen had just made a huge breakthrough, but Ye Xiwen did not
explain and went straight back to his own courtyard and began the closed door practice.
 Chapter 113: I Bet 5000 On Ye Xiwen's
Victory!
One month passed in an instant, and in this month, Qian Yu faction became the centre of
attention of many high-level and low-level disciples of Tongtian peak, and not just that,
some of the high-level personnel also paid attention to this matter.
Ye Xiwen's name didn't just become famous among the new disciples, but all of a sudden, a
lot of people had come to know of his name. From the rumours, they had also become
aware of the fact that new disciples had formed a new faction named Qian Yu faction and a
showdown was going to take place for its sake. The name, Qian Yu, had appeared for the
first time in the hearts of many people.
However, many people were not optimistic about the development of this new faction,
because they knew that Ye Xiwen was going to battle with Mo Han, and no one could
imagine the victory of Ye Xiwen, after all, Ye Xiwen was just a new disciple, but Mo Han was
considered a famous inner disciple and had also entered among the rankings of seed
disciples, although from the last, but there were several thousand inner disciples in the
Main Sect, and among them, there were only 100 or so seed disciples, so one could see how
powerful Mo Han actually was.
For the inner disciples, this was their most essential goal, because as long as they could
become one of the few seed disciples, then they could get a lot of school resources. In any of
the great Sects, talented disciples would always be favoured and were given more
resources and better care compared to ordinary disciples, and no one thought that this was
improper because everyone was like that.
Among several thousand inner disciples, being able to attain the rank among the 100 seed
disciples, one could imagine the intensity of competition. Even if Mo Han had barely
squeezed into the ranks of seed disciples from the bottom, but this was enough to accept
the fact that he was extraordinarily strong.
And many people were betting on the victory of Mo Han, because looking at his talent, it
was only a matter of time when he would actually occupy a higher rank among the seed
disciples.
But who was Ye Xiwen? He was merely a new disciple who joined the Main Sect this year.
Although he was considered an extraordinary talent among the new disciples, but his
cultivation time was very short. If this battle took place few years later, then no one would
be able to make a guess about the
victor, but right now, no one was betting on Ye Xiwen's victory.
Once Ye Xiwen was defeated, then the newly formed Qian Yu faction would completely fall
apart and would be disbanded according to the terms of the battle.
The day of the battle finally arrived, and on this day, the Life and Death Arena of the
Tongtian peak drew a huge crowd and many disciples came to surround the arena.
According to the rules of Yi Yuan School, life and death battles were only allowed in the Life
and Death Arena, and even if a disciple was to die during the battle, it wouldn't violate the
regulation of the school. This arena was built for the disciples who wanted to solve their
personal hatred through battles, and as long as both sides were willing to participate, they
would themselves control their own life and death, generally speaking, unless there was a
bitter hatred and grudge between the two parties, they were not allowed to battle in the
Life and Death Arena.
Yi Yuan School didn't want to evade the fact that in the world of martial artists, hatred and
misgivings were inevitable and it was better for them to sort it out in a fair battle in the Life
and Death Arena, rather than using unfair means to stab each other's back.
Every day, disciples would resolve their grudges and grievances in the Life and Death
Arena, but today's battle was one of the most popular ones and had attracted a large crowd.
They had come to see the battle between the most famous new disciple, who was
representing the new disciples and their newly formed faction, and a famous inner disciple,
who had recently joined the ranks of seed disciples and was representing the senior
disciples and their factions. For a long time, this kind of situation had not appeared and
everyone was curious and excited.
"Come, come, come, the battle's going to start soon, bet on Ye Xiwen's win, if lost then
compensation is ten, bet on Mo Han's win, if lost then compensation is 0.5!" A disciple had
opened up a gambling house on the side and was shouting loudly. Many disciples started to
bet and looking at the odds of the battle, most of them bet on Mo Han's victory, as no one
wanted to take a risk and bet on Ye Xiwen's victory, even though the compensation of 10
was very high, because it was no different than betting on a miracle.
"This is so hateful.How dare you look down on our little brother!" A female voice came out
from the crowd. Standing in the crowd, there was a pretty woman and appeared to be 20
years old, on her side, stood a handsome youth who appeared to be 23 or 24 years old.
They were actually Ye Ruxue and Ye Feng, the two elder siblings of Ye Xiwen. Today, not
just the people of Tongtian peak had gathered around the Life and Death Arena, because
this battle had attracted the attention of a lot of people, even from the other nine peaks.
Many disciples from the other nine peaks had rushed over early in the morning to watch
this battle.
Ye Ruxue and Ye Feng would naturally come to watch their little brother's fight, in addition
to them, the disciples of Qingfeng Mountain sub-school had also come to cheer for Ye
Xiwen, because no matter what, he was considered the top disciple of their sub-school and
had saved them many times.
And not just the disciples of Qingfeng Mountain sub-school, the new disciples of other sub-
schools had also come to watch this battle, because in this battle, Ye Xiwen was not just
representing the Qian Yu faction but all of the new disciples and he was also a symbol of
resistance against the tyranny of senior disciples. All the eyes were fixated on the arena,
curiously anticipating the outcome of the battle.
Seeing the anger seething on Ye Ruxue's face, Ye Feng smiled wryly, because this was quite
normal. Nobody was betting on Ye Xiwen's victory and the reason was quite obvious to
everyone, of course, except Ye Ruxue, because somehow, she always had a lot of confidence
on her little brother.
Standing beside the two siblings were Yan Chiling and ZhangsunYuyin, and others who
were on good terms with Ye Xiwen and had come to watch his battle.
"These senior disciples are really bunch of snobs." Yan Chiling whispered angrily.
Yan Chiling walked up to the front row of the audience and placed his bet: "I bet three
hundred spirit stones on Ye Xiwen's victory!"
Yan Chiling gritted his teeth, but Ye Xiwen was going to fight for the dignity of the new
disciples and their faction, so right now, all he could do was show his support.
"I bet four hundred!" Another loud voice followed the voice of Yan Chiling and it belonged
to Ye Feng, "I bet on Ye Xiwen's victory!"
"I bet one hundred!" Ye Ruxue clenched her teeth and said.
"I bet thirty!"
"I bet ten!"
Seeing this, several top disciples also betted on Ye Xiwen's victory and many new disciples
also joined them and betted in favour of Ye Xiwen.
The disciple responsible in the gambling house gave somewhat dumbfounded looks to the
people who were betting in favour of Ye Xiwen. He just couldn't understand what made
these new disciples to suddenly go crazy and they started betting on Ye Xiwen's victory
which was simply impossible.
Did not they know that they would lose everything? Although the compensation of 10
looked very attractive if won, but there was no chance of winning for Ye Xiwen, so how
could they even dare to bet when they knew that they could lose 10 times the bet they were
placing?
These country bumpkins!
The disciple secretly laughed, but there a look of enthusiasm
on his face as he warmly received the spirit stones from the new disciples, and with eleven
registrations in favour of Ye Xiwen, he also started to look forward to seeing the faces of
these country bumpkins once they would lose their bets. Although with one look, it seemed
that these people were stupid to be betting on a miracle but even if they had betted in
favour of Mo Han, they wouldn't have won back much with only the compensation of 0.5, so
even if they were fools, it was better to try their luck for once rather than playing it safe.
"Who else wants to bet? Hurry up, the duel is about to start!"
The disciple shouted.
"I bet 5000 on Ye Xiwen's victory!"
A slim cyan figure appeared at the entrance.
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Chapter 114: Victory And Defeat Undecided
"I bet 5000 on Ye Xiwen's victory!"
A slim cyan figure appeared at the entrance.
Ye Feng and others turned to look and an expression of joy suddenly appeared on their
faces.
"Little brother!"
"Little brother!"
"Brother Ye!"
"Brother Ye!"
Many new disciples exclaimed with bright looks on their faces.
"Is that Ye Xiwen? He's too audacious!"
"Indeed. Although Mo Han is not the strongest inner disciple, but Ye Xiwen is just a new
disciple!"
"You are right, and these newcomers need to see this battle and learn that it will take them
several years before they start treating us as equals!"
Some of the sour senior disciples were discussing and looking down on the new disciples.
In any place, there were talented people and mediocre people, and the talented people
would speak with their strengths, while the mediocre speak on the basis of their seniority,
because they just couldn't get used to seeing these new talented people coming to the Main
Sect.
These words were totally disregarded by the people, and Ye Xiwen did not care either.
Although seniority was indeed important, but in this world, the strength was the supreme
authority, and as long as there was enough strength, what was the use of seniority? Who
would care!
"I bet 5000 on my victory." Ye Xiwen walked to the front of the gambling disciple and said.
After a moment, the disciple very calmly accepted 5000 spirit stones, though this number
was a big and scary figure, because even if it was a master at Xiantian fifth stage, he would
have nothing left after betting such a big figure.
Only some of the top seed disciples could probably dare to bet such a huge amount of spirit
stones like Ye Xiwen, because once lost, they might lose everything.
However, if won, then they could easily make ten times of the betted amount, then their
acquired wealth would be comparable to that of many of the core disciples.
After the registration, Ye Xiwen directly turned around, and there was no sign of
anxiousness on his face as if he had already won the battle. After that, the gambling house
closed down and stopped registering any more bets.
Although the amount of 50,000 spirit stones was an astronomical figure for inner disciples
and even for some core disciples, but when it came to true disciples, this amount was
nothing for them.
"Little brother, you seem to be very confident today." Ye Feng asked.
"Relax." Ye Xiwen smiled and said.
"Today, I am going to finish this battle in a moment!"
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The surrounding of the Life and Death Arena was packed with disciples and it could be
described as a sea of people, and not just inner disciples, even a lot of core disciples had
come as well to watch this battle.
Minute by minute, second by second, time was slowly approaching the initially set time for
the battle.
Many of the disciples surrounding the Life and Death Arena began to shout and cheer for
the contenders, especially the members of Fudi faction, who were cheering for their
faction's deputy-main, Mo Han.
"Deputy-main, kill that arrogant bastard!"
"Let those newcomers know our fierceness!"
The disciples of the Fudi faction were laughing while the new disciples of the Qian Yu
faction were glaring at those senior disciples and were extremely angry.
On a distant grandstand, opposite the ring, two figures were standing on top of it and were
looking indifferently towards the Life and Death Arena. If Ye Xiwen was present there, he
would be surprised to discover that one of the figures was actually the guy who had come
to help him last month, Jing Yannan.
And at his side, stood a black-robed youth, who had a pale face but looked very handsome,
and right now, he was staring towards the arena.
"Brother Jing, I don't think that Ye Xiwen will dare to come.
The battle's going to start any time but I can't even see even a trace of him anywhere!" The
black-robed handsome said.
"Impossible!" Jing Yannan shook his head and said, "Although
I have only met him once, but in the end, you need to acknowledge the fact that Sister Hua
has a favourable impression of him, and I noticed that his frame of mind is extremely tough
and he possesses a very strong willpower. He will die standing rather than kneeling in front
of someone. So, it's absolutely impossible to think that he is some timid guy who would run
away from a fight."
"Oh, it's rare for an inner disciple to obtain such high appraisal from Brother Jing." The
black-robed handsome youth said in a surprised manner. He just thought that Jing Yannan
had come to mediate because Hua Menghan had asked him to do so, but he never expected
that Jing Yannan would have such a high evaluation of Ye Xiwen.
Jing Yannan lightly smiled and said: "Well that's because he is a genius among this year's
new disciples."
"Genius, ha ha! How many geniuses do you think come and die every year in the Yi Yuan
School? What's the use of being a genius if he doesn't get a chance to grow?" The black-
robed youth shook his head and said with a smile on his face. Almost all the disciples who
came to join the Main Sect from various sub-schools were all considered geniuses in their
respective sub-schools. Back then, they were called the top disciples and were also the
well-known disciples, but after joining the Main Sect
and getting grouped with several geniuses coming from across the State, their original fame
and title of the genius seemed quite ridiculous.
Talented, geniuses, these titles were useless if they didn't get a chance to grow and display
their real talent and potential.
People only remembered the glory of those who were still alive; no one would remember
how many bones of the dead geniuses were used in paving the road to fame and glory.
"Mo Han was also the strongest new disciple back then when he had joined the Main Sect.
That is the reason why I allowed him to become my faction's deputy-main." The black-
robed handsome youth said while resting his body against a stone pillar.
This black-robed handsome youth was actually the founder of Fudi faction, Qin Muze.
"It's going to be quite interesting, one is this year's strongest genius, and the other one is
the strongest genius from two batches ago." Jing Yannan smiled and said.
"What's so interesting about it? If this battle took place a few
years later then it will be difficult to guess who wins, but right now, the outcome of this
battle has already been decided." Qin Muze indifferently said.
"Hard to say, hard to say, do you know that a few talented new disciples have been
awarded the Xuan Jindan this year?" Jing Yannan said and the corners of his mouth slightly
curled up.
"Xuan Jindan..." Qin Muze suddenly gawked for a moment.
He obviously knew about Xuan Jindan and its mysterious and profound effects. In fact, it
was so precious that even in the Main Sect, only elite disciples could obtain such a precious
item.
But, to him, it was useless, because, a Xuan Jindan could only be used by the masters at
Xiantian fifth stage or below and he had crossed the Xiantian fifth stage a long time ago.
"They are willing to give it to the new disciple? But this is the Xuan Jindan!" Qin Muze said
in a serious manner, "Even if they have given a Xuan Jindan to Ye Xiwen but it will still not
change the outcome of this battle!"
Qin Muze had no words to say anymore. A lot of big personalities came to watch this battle
and knew about the terms of this battle. He had made a big decision to allow this battle and
a lot of things depended on it. This was a big turning
point as everyone knew that gratitude and grudges were part of life and things had already
become worse for senior and new disciples. But, if Ye Xiwen was defeated in the battle then
they would be able to suppress the new factions without any interference and new
disciples would have to bitterly accept it without any resistance.
He knew that this year's batch was filled with several genius disciples and he would be able
to obtain them as his faction's members. This battle was a great opportunity and he could
reap a lot of benefits for his faction and this was the fundamental reason why he accepted
the mediation of Jing Yannan.
At this time, during their conversation, Fudi faction's deputy-main, this battle's other
contender, Mo Han finally appeared.
Chapter 115: Xiantian Xiao Successfully
Achieved
Mo Han was a tall warrior with grandiose stature, clad in brilliant clothing, stout, and a
there was grim look on his face.
"Where's Ye Xiwen? Why has he not appeared yet?" Mo Han asked in a cold voice.
"Maybe he is scared to come up in the arena!" The members of the Fudi faction said with
ridicule.
"Hahahaha!"
The members of Fudi faction burst out in a loud laughter.
"Why don't I find this joke funny?" A calm and clear voice suddenly came from the crowd
and interrupted the laughter of the members of Fudi faction.
Ye Xiwen slowly walked out of the crowd and looked
indifferently at Mo Han.
"You finally came, good, you did not let me down!" Mo Han said in a callous tone. Although
he didn't care, but if he paid attention, he would have sensed that Ye Xiwen's body was
exuding somewhat restless aura which was very intense.
With Ye Xiwen in the arena, it seemed as if the atmosphere was instantly lit up and the
enthusiasm of everyone, present on the scene, also heated up.
"Deputy-main, teach that arrogant brat about the profoundness of this world!"
"Deputy-main, come on!"
The members of the Fudi faction clamoured loudly and started cheering for Mo Han.
Mo Han didn't speak anything, and without giving any time to Ye Xiwen to gain a foothold,
his body instantly launched like an arrow towards Ye Xiwen.
Ye Xiwen was well prepared and didn't want to be outdone by him. He took a step and his
figure disappeared and went skimming towards Mo Han and his palm rumbled.
In the arena, the two shadows of these contenders passed over gently and swiftly like
lightning, like two meteors in general, and in a flash, they crashed into each other and
produced a loud collision along with a huge explosion, and right at that time, the two share
of vigorous Xiantian Zhen Qi suddenly erupted, and under the fury of their fierce strengths,
cracks instantly appeared even on the hard floor of the arena.
"Bang, bang!"
A low and deep sound spread in the arena and their shadows immediately retreated
back.In this round of battle, no one could understand who won because it was like a clash
between two equally powerful challengers and no one actually won in this round of battle.
In the eyes of both the contenders, there was a colour of surprise, especially Mo Han. He
was totally stunned because he did not expect that Ye Xiwen would be able to directly take
on his attack and even after the fierce collision between them, Ye
Xiwen looked absolutely normal, as if it was not at all strenuous for him, in fact, he actually
quite easily received Mo Han's blow.
Ye Xiwen was also surprised because he did not think that Mo Han would be so strong,
obviously stronger than what he anticipated.
Mo Han pulled out a pitch-black long spear from his storage ring. The spear point was
flashing and was surrounded with a cold and threatening aura, and like a viper came out of
the hole, it instantly dashed towards Ye Xiwen and immediately came in front of him, and
just when it arrived right in front of him, it released several spear shadows at him.
Ye Xiwen also instantly pulled out the long blade from the scabbard on his back, and the
long blade started to dance in his hand, producing several blade shadows dancing in the
arena, which then moved forward to welcome the incoming attack.
"Clang!"
The crisp sound of metal clashing resounded along with sparks from the collision between
the two that spread throughout the arena. Ye Xiwen's long blade fiercely collided
with the spear of Mo Han, and their enormous strengths could be felt by everyone present
on the scene. The visible ripples of shock waves were continuously pouring out of the
arena, and in a flash, the two figures exchanged several blows which happened so fast that
it was difficult for many spectators to track with their eyes.
After exchanging many blows, they drew back several steps.
"Your strength is pretty good, but you are still too tender and amateur." Mo Han said and
the spear in his hands shook slightly, as if a viper was preparing to bite at any time. "The
water in the Main Sect is very deep, it's not a place where a newcomer can just come and
act unreasonably."
"What utter nonsense, even if this place has deep water, I will still keep trying and temper
myself to go deeper." Ye Xiwen indifferently said.
"If that's the case, then you can't blame me!" Mo Han shouted loudly and his strength of
peak Xiantian fifth stage completely broke out, and an aggressive aura came out of his body,
and completely wrapped the entire the arena.
Ye Xiwen was also not going to be outdone, and the very next instant, an equally powerful
and even slightly more intense aura completely erupted from his body and spread
throughout the arena.
In this month, it was impossible for Ye Xiwen to have not done anything. After taking a dose
of Xuan Jindan, in a short time, Ye Xiwen's cultivation reached the peak of Xiantian third
stage, and he also transformed 100% of Houtian Zhen Qi present in his body into Xiantian
Zhen Qi which in turn greatly increased his battle efficiency.
During this month, at last, he finally consolidated "Celestial step" and fully grasped it to the
Dacheng realm. And finally, he also practiced 'Full moon beheader' to the Dacheng realm.
Now, he finally succeeded in reaching the Dacheng realm of all the moves of "Cold moon
beheader".
Ye Xiwen's secret technique, the hardest to practice, his last trump card technique "Coiling
Dragon palm" and its first move
'Hidden Dragon rises from the Abyss' was also practiced to the Dacheng realm.
In other words, now, among all the martial arts techniques that Ye Xiwen had practiced so
far, only "Tyrant body
technique" was practiced to the second layer and that too only to the Xiaocheng realm.
Except this, he had already practiced all other techniques to the Dacheng realm.
After reaching the Xiaocheng realm of the second layer of
"Tyrant body technique", at present, Ye Xiwen's strength directly broke through the
strength of 99 Dragons, attainable only by the masters at the peak of Xiantian fifth stage,
and reached the strength of 100 Dragons. This was the strength attainable only by the
masters who successfully achieved the Xiantian Xiao state.
However, by virtue of the mysterious effects of "Tyrant body technique", Ye Xiwen was able
to achieve the Xiantian Xiao state and obtained the strength of 100 Dragons.
Xiantian Xiao state was the state right above the peak Xiantian fifth stage. When a warrior
converted 100% of the Houtian Zhen Qi present in his body into Xiantian Zhen Qi, he
reached the peak of Xiantian fifth stage, but, some people could go even further. After
reaching the peak of Xiantian fifth stage and transforming 100% Xiantian Zhen Qi, the
warrior would feel the Xiantian Zhen Qi flowing in all parts of his body and even a swing of
arm would display the strength of 99 Dragons, and after going a step further and achieving
the strength of 100
Dragons, although there was a difference of only 1 Dragon's
strength, but the overall display of strength would greatly change.
Those at the Xiantian Xiao state were a lot stronger than those at the peak of Xiantian fifth
stage, so Ye Xiwen's fighting strength was now stronger than ever, in its top condition, and
now, he was fully able to easily compete with a master at the Xiantian Xiao realm. And Mo
Han was only at the peak of Xiantian fifth stage.
In the arena, both long blade and spear were releasing bright rays of light in abundance,
and suddenly, the next instant, the two experts dashed towards each other, and under the
gazes of several spectators, it seemed as if a violent storm swept out of nowhere, and in a
blink of an eye, the two figures violently clashed.
"Boom!"
Two dazzling figures severely collided with each other causing a surge of terrifying air-
explosion from the tips of their weapons and maliciously initiated a loud blast, which
bloomed like a lotus flower in the arena, and the very next instant, the blast that had
bloomed like a lotus instantly exploded and sent shock waves in all directions.
"Peng!" A figure retreated several steps in the Life and Death Arena, leaving deep footprints
on the arena, and left wide cracks on the solid floor of arena.
The blast dispersed and everyone saw that the explosion pushed back a figure and it
continuously drew back several steps away, and to everyone's surprise, it turned out to be
Mo Han.
Everyone called out in alarm. This was simply impossible, because under the blast of this
violent collision, the one who was pushed back was actually Mo Han, instead of Ye Xiwen.
Above the stand, Qin Muze's eyes were stubbornly staring at Ye Xiwen, with a panic-
stricken look on his face and muttered:
"How is this possible, just how is this possible?"
At his side, Jing Yannan was also incomparably astonished.
Although a moment ago, he talked in favour of Ye Xiwen's strength and potential, but he
definitely did not expect that Ye Xiwen would actually be able to largely prevail over Mo
Han, which left him totally dumbstruck.
In the crowd surrounding the arena, the disciples of Fudi faction and Qian Yu factions had
unbelievable expressions on their faces. But for disciples of Qian Yu faction, it was more
like an unquenchable pleasant surprise. Although they did not know how Ye Xiwen
suddenly became so strong, but there was no doubt that he was the hope of their faction
and would successfully protect the Qian Yu faction.
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Chapter 116: Ye Xiwen Wins
There was an awkward expression on Mo Han's face as he firmly stood on the periphery of
the arena, unable to hide the consternation on his face. His present state was the result of
the collision between him and Ye Xiwen, and it turned out to have such an outcome,
because just now, he finally came to understand the tyrannical strength of his opponent
and was going through the state of reality shock.
"Brother Ye is really a monster!" Zhang Yang said with an amazed look in his eyes.
Ye Feng was also incredibly looking at his younger brother.
His brother unbelievably displayed such an amazing progress and completely left him
behind. Originally, during this month, he was anxious and came over to talk to Ye Xiwen
many times regarding this battle.
He was extremely worried and concerned about Ye Xiwen, after all, this situation of facing
suppression from the senior disciples was not a new thing, this had happened many times
in the past as well, and every time new disciples joined the Main Sect, there were always
some proud and ambitious new disciples who would try to form their own banner, but each
time, their
efforts would be completely crushed by the senior factions.
Although, it was said that a lot of genius new disciples joined the Main Sect, but it didn't
make much difference because they were still weak compared to the senior disciples.
But for the new disciples, this was a battle for their dignity. Ye Xiwen was fighting not just
for saving the existence of Qian Yu faction, but also to safeguard the dignity of the new
disciples, and once he won, new disciples would be able to save their dignity, and those
senior disciples would also have to accept that they must not look down on the new
disciples.
Like Ye Xiwen got a Xuan Jindan from the Tongtian peak for performing well in the
assessment exam, Ye Feng had also been rewarded with a Xuan Jindan, and for past one
month, he tried his best to meet Ye Xiwen and to give his own Xuan Jindan to Ye Xiwen, but
couldn't meet him.
Ye Xiwen was engaged in closed-door training and had strictly said that no one would
disturb him for this one month's time.
Ye Feng knew that Ye Xiwen also had a Xuan Jindan, and if coupled with his own, he would
have two Xuan Jindan, then there was still hope that in a short time, he might be able to
break into the Xiantian fifth stage.
Although Xuan Jindan was very precious, but in his mind, how could it be more important
than his precious little brother?
But he did not expect that in such a short time, Ye Xiwen's battle strength would increase to
such a terrifying extent.
Although, originally, in his mind, Ye Xiwen had always been a strong existence, but he never
knew the exact extent of his talent.
Only now did he finally come to understand that by using just one Xuan Jindan, Ye Xiwen
was able to surpass a master at the peak of Xiantian fifth stage.
He had been unable to meet Ye Xiwen, and like everyone else, he was also totally
bewildered. Ye Feng knew that this feat was absolutely not achievable for other disciples,
after all, in order to break through to the peak of Xiantian third stage and also to master
various martial arts techniques, a Xuan Jindan was not enough, and Ye Xiwen had to
consume at least 2000 spirit stones, and without the help of Xuan Jindan, he would have to
spend 4000 spirit stones, and even after that, there was no guarantee to attain such a feat.
Even after endless consumption of spirit stones, he had to push himself to the absolute
limit to gain his current terrifying strength.
Mo Han gradually approached Ye Xiwen and his aura continued to increase dramatically,
clutching the spear in his hands and pointing its tip at Ye Xiwen, he was staring firmly at Ye
Xiwen. Suddenly, in the arena, in the range of ten steps around Mo Han's body, a burst of
strong Xiantian Zhen Qi rushed out from his body and flooded the arena.
Mo Han heavily trod on the floor of the arena, with the spear on the front, and it seemed as
if his physique was taking shape of a spear, and on the spear-tip, Xiantian Zhen Qi rapidly
began to condense. Combined with his incredible aura flooding out from his body, and his
spear stacked with the Xiantian Zhen Qi, it seemed like his body had almost fused together
with his spear.
A unified man-spear literally went piercing through the air, producing a chi-chi sound, and
rushed towards Ye Xiwen.
This was not just the incredible might of peak Xiantian fifth stage!
This was actually the man-spear unification. After getting cornered by Ye Xiwen, Mo Han
felt pressurized and due to that,
he was able to reach a realm that only few people were able to reach, although only for a
little while, but there was no doubt that it not only increased his combat strength, it was
also going to become a great advantage for his practice.
The man-spear unification!
Once again, looking at this scene, the members of Fudi faction suddenly became excited and
started cheering for their deputy-main, and the new disciples of Qian Yu faction were in
inexplicable horror. Becoming one with the spear was a realm only a handful people could
achieve, and after achieving this state, the strength attained was not a joke.
There were those who practiced martial arts for a lifetime but still couldn't achieve the
realm of man-spear unification. For an expert to reach this realm, he would need to
comprehend numerous levels of understanding about the weapon's martial arts technique,
and inherent talent was also a must.
Facing a terrifying opponent like Ye Xiwen, Mo Han was unable to cope up with him and
was forced into a corner, and under such a pressurized state, he finally achieved the realm
of unity with his spear, which shocked everyone who was watching this battle, especially
the members of the Fudi faction.
"Good, good!" Qin Muze looked at Mo Han, suddenly laughed loudly and said, "I value
worthy people!"
Man-spear unification, among so many disciples in the Yi Yuan School, not many could
reach this state. Even if it was only for a brief moment, he would attain great strength. He
never thought that a member of his own faction would be able to attain such a rare realm.
Qin Muze was extremely happy and suddenly laughed.
Now, even if Mo Han lost in the battle and his faction lost face, he wouldn't care because
thanks to this battle, he could gain such a formidable deputy-main for his faction, so in the
end, this was not that big of a loss.
"Do not get too happy." Jing Yannan said to Qin Muze.
Facing the fierce attack of Mo Han, Ye Xiwen did not directly clashed with him this time,
because the strength of Man-spear unification was enormous, and even if it was just for a
moment, direct confrontation was unwise, so with a burst of Zhen Qi under his feet, his
figure instantly and strangely disappeared from the spot he was standing.
Mo Han's man spear unification attack was aimed at Ye Xiwen, but with a sudden loss of
target, his complexion immediately changed, because the serious flaw of this man-spear
unification attack was that it was necessary to clearly pinpoint the target, but right that
instant, he just saw a faint trace of cyan coloured figure and was instantly alarmed.
An idea flashed like lightning in Mo Han's mind, and he suddenly turned 180 degrees along
with his spear, and violently thrust his spear towards the blind-spot behind him.
"Pierce!"
A crisp sound resounded and sparks scattered everywhere under the horrifying display of
strength, and their two shares of fierce Xiantian Zhen Qi started to continuously spread out.
Mo Han had immediately turned back and thrust his spear at the long blade chopped out at
his back, and at this time, the long blade contained a tyrannical strength, and it turned out
to be so massive that the spear actually bent a little under its terrifying weight.
Ye Xiwen's figure finally appeared behind the long blade and there was a faint smile on his
face, because, this man-spear
unification attack was indeed very powerful, but in the end, the final victory depended on
who successfully displayed his full strength. The sudden disappearance of Ye Xiwen failed
Mo Han's initial attack, and right now, he was almost caught off guard by Ye Xiwen!
Mo Han was incomparably scared because even after achieving the man-spear unification,
he was still getting pressed down by Ye Xiwen and couldn't fully take hold of the battle as
he originally intended to.
Without any hesitation, Ye Xiwen immediately chopped out his long blade fiercely against
Mo Han, which produced an extremely oppressive piercing sound, and encompassing the
heavy and terrifying strength within itself, the long blade danced in his hand and heavily
clashed with the spear of Mo Han and immediately deflected it to one side and Mo Han was
forcefully pushed away by the terrifying strength present in Ye Xiwen's blade strike, and
right this instant, Mo Han felt pressurized and couldn't maintain his man-spear unification
state and came out of it.
After coming out of man-spear unification realm, the outcome of this battle immediately
became apparent to everyone!
Mo Han was blasted all the way back and Ye Xiwen took advantage of this and mercilessly
swung the backside of his long blade at him.
"Bang!" Mo Han was severely thrown back and directly went flying out of the arena several
meters away!
Everyone was silent!
Ye Xiwen won!
Chapter 117: Comparable To Seed Disciples
A silence spread on the scene, and many people had complicated feelings in their hearts.
They had never expected this outcome, but they just witnessed the display of Ye Xiwen's
incredible strength, which simply left them flabbergasted.
A moment ago, Mo Han successfully achieved the man-spear unification and reignited their
hopes of his comeback, but within a flash, he was so easily beaten by Ye Xiwen that it was
simply unacceptable. Even if his strength increased by leaps and bounds after entering the
realm of man-spear unification, he still couldn't change anything and thoroughly lost the
battle.
Qian Yu faction was made up of only new disciples, and the past few months were the most
difficult times for them, but now, at least no one would bully them anymore, which was the
result of the terms of battle and many powerful influences were witness to them.
The new disciples of Qian Yu faction as well as other new disciples were happily shouting
in abundance. To them, this was simply a miracle, they won, they actually won.
"He actually won the battle against Mo Han, you know, Mo Han's name was once on the list
of the seed disciples, and even if now he is not in the ranking list of seed disciples, but he
can still be considered a quasi-seed level disciple."
"But didn't you just see that during the battle, Mo Han entered the realm of man-spear
unification, but he was still blasted away by Ye Xiwen's blade. These new disciples are
really too tyrannical and this Ye Xiwen is almost comparable to those seed disciples."
"How can this new disciple be such an evildoer? He had just joined the Main Sect and his
strength is already comparable to that of those seed disciples. You know, almost all of the
seed disciples are evildoers and are masters of the Xiantian Xiao realm!"
On a high platform at a distant place from the arena, Qin Muze turned around, and did not
continue to look towards the arena, and lightly said: "Well, this time I misjudged."
However, right now, there was smile hanging on his face. He witnessed the amazing
potential of Ye Xiwen and he saw it with his own eyes. Who was Ye Xiwen? Just a new
disciple who joined the Main Sect few months ago and he easily defeated a
master of peak Xiantian fifth stage, and looking at his incredible potential, it was not hard
to guess that he would undoubtedly become a true disciple in the future, and if Fudi faction
would have continued to irritate Ye Xiwen and his faction then he might have settled scores
with their faction in the future so it was definitely a very wise choice to allow this battle.
Now, he was aware that he must not offend Ye Xiwen at any cost.
Not to mention, due to this battle, his faction's deputy-main unexpectedly obtained a
formidable new strength of man-spear unification realm, which was definitely a major
harvest for this faction. Now, his faction's strength would increase considerably and
looking at this, one could say that he didn't particular lose much, rather gained a lot.
Ye Xiwen came out of the arena, and immediately, the happy looking new disciples of Qian
Yu faction surrounded him and started to exclaim loudly and chaotically. It was the time of
celebration for them and Ye Xiwen immediately became the centre of their attention.
"Brother Ye, this time we really want to thank you." Yan Chiling said in a pleasantly
surprised tone. He just never thought that Ye Xiwen would really be able to win. Now, it
was getting difficult for him to digest this fact that Ye Xiwen won and his Qian Yu was safe
now and so was his position as its
leader.
Before Ye Xiwen could say something, Ye Ruxue said in a somewhat proud manner: "That
was naturally expected, whose little brother you think he is!"
Ye Xiwen didn't know whether to laugh or cry after hearing his sister's remark. Was she
trying to praise him, or boasting about herself!
Unlike these people, Ye Ruxue was the only one who was least worried about Ye Xiwen and
had extraordinary confidence in him.
"Let's go everyone and collect the spirit stones we just won!"
At this time, the disciples of Qian Yu faction shouted together.
While shouting and celebrating the victory of Ye Xiwen, everyone suddenly remembered
that this time, they didn't just win their dignity and independence, but also a lot of spirit
stones. An intense anger was suppressed inside them after continuously getting bullied by
the senior disciples, but in a flash, it all disappeared thanks to Ye Xiwen, and in addition to
that, they also earned back a lot of spirit stones.
A compensation of 10 was placed on Ye Xiwen, and now that he won, everyone who betted
in his favour won ten times the amount of betted spirit stones. For these new disciples, this
was not a small fortune. In fact, it was a large sum of money, and could be said that they
became rich overnight, which made these disciples even happier. Of course, some disciples
earned more compared to other, like Ye Feng and Ye Ruxue, who betted a lot of spirit
stones in favour of Ye Xiwen and got ten times in return. Suddenly, they became very rich,
one of the wealthiest inner disciples.
Of course, among these people, the one who earned the most was Ye Xiwen. He had betted
5000 spirit stones in his favour, and now, all of a sudden, it increased tenfold, reaching
50,000
spirit stones. This amount was so huge that it could be said that for many disciples, this was
equivalent to their lifetime accumulated wealth.
Even for Ye Xiwen, this wealth was enough to help him practice to the Xiantian fifth stage
or above and he would still not have to worry about spirit stones.
No wonder, even those true disciples opened gambling houses to amass money, because
this money-making speed was simply
terrifying. Although Ye Xiwen earned a lot this time, but the one who made the most profit
was actually the gambling disciple, because he kept all the spirit stones betted in favour of
Mo Han and a lot of people had betted huge amounts of spirit stones in his favour.
Although the gambling house must pay ten times compensation to Ye Xiwen and others
who betted in his favour but only a few people had betted in favour of Ye Xiwen, so even
after paying ten times the spirit stones to them, the gambling house still earned a lot of
spirit stones.
If it was a core disciple, then with so much spirit stones, he would become filthy rich
overnight, but behind these gambling houses were actually the true disciples, and although
the earned amount was huge, but it was still nothing compared to the riches of a true
disciple.
All the new disciples were happy and in a carefree mood.
Since joining the Main Sect, they never got a chance to enjoy like this and were also
frequently bullied, especially those who were already in the Xiantian realm in their
respective sub-schools and were considered elite among the elites. But right after joining
the Main Sect, they had to face suppression and were also bullied and felt suffocated in this
new environment.
Now, at last, they again felt proud and elated and as long as Ye Xiwen was their leader, who
would dare to underestimate this session's newcomers.
Now many people were guessing that Ye Xiwen's strength was comparable to that of the
seed disciples, the top 100 inner disciples among several thousand inner disciples. By
getting counted in the top 100 inner disciples, one could imagine how tyrannical these
seeds disciples actually were.
These 100 seed disciples were super strong, and even if they were still the inner disciples
of the Main Sect, their strength was tyrannical and had even defeated some of the core
disciples, displaying their enormous strength.
If a strong expert like Ye Xiwen assumed command over the Qian Yu faction then its base
would be rock solid, and at least, no one would come and bully them anymore. It was true
that Qian Yu faction was nothing more than one of the many factions in the Main Sect, and it
was still nothing. It was a faction created by the new disciples and led by a new disciple, but
this battle was like a warning for many other factions that if they tried to suppress Qian Yu
faction then they would have to pass through an iron wall named Ye Xiwen, who held the
potential to become a true disciple in the future.
However, after seeing Ye Xiwen's tyrannical strength, those senior disciples finally realized
that he was not a chicken, but a lion, although still young, but already had fangs and claws,
and if they were not careful then it could scratch and hurt them.
Ye Xiwen already knew about the matter of seed disciples, and even it was true that his
strength was now comparable to that of those seed disciples, but they were extremely
strong and many had even beaten some of the core disciples. They simply stood at the
pinnacle of inner disciples and Ye Xiwen was still a new disciple.
"Ye Xiwen!" When everyone was celebrating his victory, Mo Han's voice came from behind.
"Although I lost to you this time, but after three months, in the seed disciple's tournament, I
will defeat you and take revenge for today!"
Chapter 118: Bai Mojiao
"Although I lost to you this time, but after three months, in the seed disciple tournament, I
will defeat you and take revenge for today!" Mo Han looked at Ye Xiwen and said.
There were only 100 seed inner disciples in the Yi Yuan School, but it was not fixed. Almost
every year, there would be a seed disciple tournament and thousands of disciples would
participate in this tournament to compete for the title of seed disciple, and not just because
the title of a seed's disciple was pleasant to hear, but their treatment and welfare was far
better than many of the core disciples.
Mo Han's words clearly implied that Ye Xiwen had enough strength, that after three
months, he would definitely be able to participate in the seed disciple tournament, but after
reaching the realm of man-spear unification, he was now confident that after three months,
his own strength would increase once again by leaps and bounds and he would certainly
enter into the realm of Xiantian Xiao, and at that time, he would be stronger than Ye Xiwen.
Ye Xiwen had also heard about the seed disciple tournament because for inner disciples, to
be able to become a seed disciple
was a great achievement, and deep down in their hearts, all of them wanted to become seed
disciples. Every year, during the seed disciple tournament, new participants would come to
try their luck and achieve this glory of shining above the others.
Ye Xiwen never thought that he would be able to participate in the Seed disciple
tournament in such a short period of time.
Earlier, in his plans, he anticipated that he might be able to participate in Seed disciple
tournament in coming five years, but he never expected to have such a high-speed progress
in strength.
No wonder so many people came to practice in the Main Sect, where the advancement in
cultivation was way faster compared to the sub-schools, to the point of inconceivable rate
of progress.
After saying those words, Mo Han did not wait for Ye Xiwen's answer and under the
supporting arms of the disciples of Fudi faction, he immediately left.
"Seed disciple tournament?" Many disciples of Qian Yu faction slightly gawked and were
totally surprised after hearing the words of Mo Han. It was by no means that they didn't
know how big a tournament it actually was, but it was still a long way
from them. Even for geniuses like Ye Feng and others, at least five-six years were needed to
become strong enough to have any chance in the Seed disciple tournament, as to them,
even the span of 30 or 40 years was nothing in comparison to the lifespan of 200 years
granted by the Xiantian realm.
"Little brother, you must participate in this Seed disciple tournament. It would be awesome
if you enter into the ranks of top 100 inner disciples, especially for the reputation of us new
disciples!" Ye Ruxue patted the shoulder of Ye Xiwen and said.
At the same time, nearby, a somewhat depressed senior disciple was thinking that
defeating Mo Han was not enough, now he was planning to participate in the Seed disciple
tournament, in the last hundred years, a new disciple had never been so audacious!
Ye Xiwen listened, smiled, but did not say anything, because at his current state, he would
be able to participate in the Seed disciple tournament, but he would have to struggle a bit
while fighting the seed disciples, and even after that, he would not be able to come in the
top ranks, only hanging in the end, although for the new disciples, it was still glorious
enough, but for Ye Xiwen, it was only better than nothing.
Everyone went to the establishment of the gambling disciple, who had just now made a
great fortune thanks to the unexpected victory of Ye Xiwen, and with a refreshing look on
his face, he paid 10 times the betted spirit stones to those who had betted in favour of Ye
Xiwen.
After betting 5000 sprit stones and winning 50,000 spirit stones back, all of a sudden, Ye
Xiwen became filthy rich overnight, and many senior disciples were looking enviously at
him. Ye Xiwen didn't mind them and quickly put all the 50,000
spirit stones into his storage ring.
After receiving so many spirit stones, for a long time, Ye Xiwen would not have to worry
about the consumption of the spirit stones.
From the time he crossed through to this world, Ye Xiwen himself had to admit that his
earning rate was very fast, but his spending speed of spirit stones was even faster, almost
fast to the point of exaggeration from the point of view of an ordinary disciple, and even if it
was a core disciple, they would also find this consumption rate nothing less than
exaggeration. But, the requirements of the 'Special Space' were just too great to satiate Ye
Xiwen.
Even if Ye Xiwen must go all out on the road to desperately earn the spirit stones, he would
still be able to practice faster than others after gaining the spirit stones, however for other
disciples, if they constantly move back and forth on the road to earning spirit stones, then
they would certainly see a significant decline in their practice speed. In addition to that,
their absorption rate of spirit stones was also very slow.
Only Ye Xiwen could desperately earn spirit stones while maintaining a very fast practice
speed, moreover for Ye Xiwen, the more the spirit stones, the faster his practice speed
would be, so one could say that he was an exception who could display such a kind of
unique way of rapid practice speed and strength growth.
When Ye Xiwen, the representative of Qian Yu faction, formed by the new disciples,
defeated Mo Han, many enemy factions, who were originally against the Qian Yu faction,
publicly declared that they wouldn't cause anymore troubles for Qian Yu faction, and after
that, Qian Yu faction went on a path to rapid expansion, because in addition to the disciples
of Tongtian peak, all of a sudden, it's reach extended towards the other 9 top peaks as well.
The new disciples of this year's 7 high-ranked sub-schools joined the Qian Yu faction.
Moreover, more than 30% of State's major influences also joined the Qian Yu faction.
In a short time, the member count of Qian Yu faction exceeded the mark of 1000, and soon
reached the mark of more than 2000 disciples.
Suddenly, Qian Yu faction gained a prestige among the other faction and this attracted the
attention of a lot of disciples.
The new disciples felt a natural sense of intimacy towards the Qian Yu faction compared to
other factions, although they all knew that as far as development was concerned, the Qian
Yu faction was just an emerging faction and was naturally not comparable to the senior
factions, and the potential for their own development would also be restricted if they
joined the Qian Yu faction. If they could join the other factions then they might have a
better chance of growth, but these new disciples had been cultivated as geniuses in their
respective sub-schools and other outside influential clans and wanted to build their career
themselves through hard work.
In addition to that, Qian Yu faction had Ye Xiwen, whose strength was comparable to those
seed disciples, so it naturally attracted many people to come. Also, this year's top new
disciples like Yan Chiling, Ye Feng and Zhangsun Yuyin had also joined the Qian Yu faction
and their reputations also worked towards attracting the attention of a lot of new disciples.
However, so far, only new disciples had joined the Qian Yu faction, while the senior
disciples were still waiting and watching from the sidelines.
When the disciples of Qian Yu faction were excited at the sudden fame, development and
expansion of Qian Yu faction, suddenly, a rumour quickly spread throughout the Yi Yuan
School.
After remaining dormant for 100 years, the followers of Bai
Mojiao finally appeared once again on a large scale in many
parts of the Great Yue State. The news suddenly caused sudden uproar in the Yi Yuan
School.
Bai Mojiao means 'Devil worship'
When Ye Xiwen heard this news, he got a feeling of storm clouds approaching.
The matter about the Bai Mojiao rapidly started to spread in the Yi Yuan School and stirred
the new disciples. The senior disciples, who had spent almost 100 years in the Main Sect,
began to explain things about the Bai Mojiao to the new disciples. Hundred years ago, Bai
Mojiao was a big organization
of devil worshippers that had proliferated throughout the Zhen
Wu Jie.
Zhen Wu Jie is the name of this world
In Zhen Wu Jie, the prestigious clans and Sects didn't strictly discriminate between ' Xiedao'
and ' Modao', for example Xueling Sect, one of the four large Sects of the Great Yue State,
was considered as Sect of ' Xiemowaidao', but was still ranked among one of the four large
Sects.
Xiedao: Evil way
Xiemowaidao: Devil followers
Modao: Devil way (practiced by Devil worshippers)
Chapter 119: Young Marquis
Xueling Sect, one of the four large Sects, was considered as the largest Sect where Xiedao
was practiced by the disciples, and there were rumours that long time ago, in Zhen Wu Jie,
'Modao'
didn't exist and humans practiced only ' Xiedao'.
Modao= Devil way
Xiedao= Evil way
According to legend, long time ago, the Devil world had invaded Zhen Wu Jie, and had
caused havoc in this world. It was a great disaster, and although the devil world's attack
was repulsed, but throughout the long duration of this major cataclysm, the Devil world
had succeeded in sowing the seeds of
'Modao' in Zhen Wu Jie, giving birth to the existence of devil warriors.
When the Devil world had invaded Zhen Wu Jie, many human warriors had fallen prey to
the magic of devil race and had been confused which degenerated their morality, causing
them to become depraved warriors and also started practicing the 'Modao' and devil race's
power techniques, which were also
practiced by the Modaoists nowadays.
In Zhen Wu Jie, the disciples who practiced Xiedao were not considered depraved by the
people, but the disciples who practiced Modao were not accepted by the society and
Modaoists were not welcomed by most people. In fact, among all the Sects who taught
Modao to their disciples, Bai Mojiao was the most notorious one.
Bai Mojiao, as the name suggested, was an organization whose sole motive was to spread
the religion of worshipping the devil and advocating the Devil world's rule in Zhen Wu Jie.
It was said that the Lord of Bai Mojiao was actually dedicated to the sovereign King of Devil
world, and there were also many legends about great Devil Lords, Devil Gods etc.
Bai Mojiao's main objective was to use any means to open the doors of this world for the
devil race to come in from the Devil world, so it was no wonder that everyone was
panicking by the sudden return of Bai Mojiao.
Hundreds of years ago, Bai Mojiao had staged a rebellion in the Great Yue State, and many
large forces had collaborated to suppress this rebellion.
No one expected that just hundred years later, Bai Mojiao would revive once again and
started causing trouble.
Regarding Bai Mojiao, many disciples did not have favourable impression, after all, no one
wanted to fight with the devil race.
Then, several rumours and news spread throughout the Yi Yuan School, and overnight,
various matters related to Bai Mojiao were dug out and came in front of everyone.
Including the case where many sub-school disciples had been attacked and disappeared on
the way to the Main Sect and now the news spread that it was also Bai Mojiao's doing.
And with the unexpected resurfacing of a notorious organization like Bai Mojiao, Yi Yuan
School and other major powers would collaborate together to completely crush Bai Mojiao.
All sorts of Bai Mojiao related missions could be seen hanging in the Gongde palace.
Rewards were also very high.
For beheading a Houtian level Bai Mojiao follower, one could get a reward of 1 spirit stone,
and for beheading Xiantian level Bai Mojiao followers, one could receive 10 to 100 spirit
stones as reward.
However, for beheading a Xiantian fifth stage follower or above, the reward was quite high,
in the range of 100 to 1000
spirit stones.
It could be said that with the sudden re-emergence of Bai Mojiao, it was as if Yi Yuan School
was literally bleeding money to subjugate them before the situation got worse.
For so many spirit stones as reward, Ye Xiwen was also very excited, because compared
with his own ways of accumulation of spirit stones using various means, which were quite
slow, it was rather convenient for him to behead the Bai Mojiao followers and gain a lot of
spirit stones as rewards, and not just that, his cultivation would also strive and increase in
his fights with them. And the spirit stones received as rewards would eventually also
accelerate his cultivation growth, so it could be described as achieving several results in
one fell swoop.
After making the decision, Ye Xiwen didn't hesitate any longer and immediately went to the
Gongde Palace of the Main Sect. No matter how many times he came to the Gongde palace,
he would still feel amazed looking at its grandiose compared to the Gongde Palace of
Qingfeng Mountain sub-school which looked insignificant in comparison.
Because of Bai Mojiao's matter, Yi Yuan School's Main Sect had given out many missions,
and they were currently being displayed in the Gongde Palace. Many disciples were
frequently coming to pick up Bai Mojiao related missions.
Ye Xiwen took a close look at these missions. There were missions about probing the
hideouts of Bai Mojiao in the Great Yue State, beheading the followers of Bai Mojiao who
had already appeared and started to rebel in certain regions. Each of these missions had
different difficulty levels and people were naturally choosing missions according to their
own capabilities.
Yi Yuan School was unusually attaching great importance to this matter of comeback of Bai
Mojiao, because reportedly, hundreds of true disciples had already taken nearly half of the
high difficulty missions and went to different regions of the Great Yue State to behead those
devil worshippers.
Ye Xiwen swept his eyes through the missions and chose a suitable one in which a master
was required to trample the stronghold of Bai Mojiao followers. He must start immediately
because one person was allowed to take only one mission, and this time, due to the special
matter of Bai Mojiao, there was no time limit on the missions and one could accept
missions until the last Bai Mojiao related mission was successfully completed.
He needed to act fast and now itself otherwise anymore delay would incur serious losses
for him as he might lose the chance to earn as many spirit stones as he could during this Bai
Mojiao uproar.
He left the Gongde Palace and arrived halfway up the mountainside.
"Are you the one named Ye Xiwen?" At this time, a somewhat contemptuous voice
resounded from behind.
Ye Xiwen turned to look, not far away from him, seven or eight disciples were standing in a
group, led by a dignified and imposing looking youth, on his face, there was a sort of
arrogance and disdain. However, Ye Xiwen was quite surprised to find that the disciples
behind that arrogant youth were actually those seven masters whom he had run into
during the
assessment examination.
The so-called inevitable clash between the enemies, and even if originally there was
nothing between the two sides, but now, it could be said that this enmity had become quite
strong.
"I am." Ye Xiwen indifferently said.
Ye Xiwen glanced at them, and after reaching the Dacheng realm of 'Restraining breath
technique', without putting any effort, he completely understood the breaths of these
people. He instantly saw through their strengths, and according to his estimation, the youth
who seemed to be leading this group had entered one step into the Xiantian Xiao realm.
And, even the strength of those seven masters, who had intercepted him during the
assessment examination, had shown great progress, and all of them had reached the peak
of Xiantian third stage.
These sharp-eyed disciples, with their blade-like sharp gazes, were looking at Ye Xiwen,
and it seemed as if their gazes would cut open a hole in his body. It was said some experts
could use their gazes to kill people and it was not a myth. There were a lot
of masters whose gazes could congeal a piercing attack that could instantly kill a person.
"Ye Xiwen, standing in front of you is the Young Marquis, how dare you not kneel down to
greet him." Among the seven people, the diminutive youth coldly said to Ye Xiwen with a
flash of hatred in his eyes.
"What a joke, this is Yi Yuan School, and you actually want to use power to fetter me?
Whatever he is, he cannot make me kneel down in front of anyone." Ye Xiwen sneered and
said.
Ye Xiwen reckoned that there were a lot of children in the imperial family of Great Yue
State, but most of them were not the direct descendants, and everyone was aware of the
fact that there were many secret power techniques inherited only by the direct
descendants, and this was the reason why these direct descendants must enter the imperial
schools to prevent these secret power techniques to go into the hands of the outsiders.
So, only the children of branch clans would join other Sects.
So, this title of Young Marquis was mostly self-proclaimed and nothing else!
Moreover, Yi Yuan School was also a big power on equal footing with the imperial clan of
Great Yue State, so exploiting the secular powers to constrain a disciple of the Yi Yuan
School was even more of a joke.
"I heard that there is a particularly arrogant man among this year's new disciples claiming
to be comparable to the seed disciples but I did not think that you are even arrogant than
the rumours." The Young Marquis said.
"Well, why don't you mind your own business, I don't care whether you are the Young
Marquis or whatever, trying to use your power and prestige in the Yi Yuan School is really a
joke."
Ye Xiwen sneered and said in a disrespecting tone as if he simply didn't care about the
Young Marquis.
"You are courting death!" The Young Marquis suddenly became furious and with an
extremely cold look in his eyes, he rushed towards Ye Xiwen.
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Chapter 120: Pseudo Spiritual Tool
The Young Marquis's fist arrived directly in front of Ye Xiwen, and with just a look, one
could say that it was an overbearing fist technique. As his punch blasted, the Zhen Qi
surged out of his body and flooded the surrounding area.
With a burst of Zhen Qi under his feet, Ye Xiwen instantly launched the celestial step and
while displaying the might of celestial step technique, practiced to the Dacheng realm, in a
flash, he took several mysterious steps with his clothes floating all over in the wind, and he
very smoothly and gracefully avoided the fist of Young Marquis.
Immediately, Ye Xiwen shot his palm which instantly caused an explosion like the thunder
and lightning, and the thunder-like Zhen Qi wrapped on the palms of Ye Xiwen instantly
blasted vigorously.
With a loud shout, he instantly shot Rushing thunder hand, and it seemed like a group of
thunder and lightning had directly impacted.
"How is this possible!" There were expressions of disbelief on
the faces of the seven masters, "How can his strength increase to such an extent!"
When the seven masters saw this palm technique, suddenly, cold sweat started dripping
down from their foreheads. If by chance, right now, they were fighting Ye Xiwen, then right
this very instant, facing his tyrannical palm attack, they would have instantly been
exploded to bits.
Although they knew that Ye Xiwen had defeated Mo Han in the battle, however earlier,
during the assessment examination, Ye Xiwen had broken through right in front of them,
and in their opinion, he was a strong expert, but it was impossible for them to digest the
rumours about him having achieved the Xiantian Xiao realm. However, just now, they
witnessed his strength of Xiantian Xiao realm which completely blew their minds and
threw their hearts into chaos.
And Young Marquis had never expected that Ye Xiwen's strength would actually be so
formidable. He had always listened to the seven masters and according to them, Ye Xiwen
had a false reputation but his strength was fiercer than those seven masters, but now, he
finally realized how ridiculously wrong they all were to underestimate Ye Xiwen.
The tyrannical strength of Ye Xiwen was far beyond the imagination of the Young Marquis
and he was certain that this kind of strength was impossible for inner disciples to attain
and only seed disciples could display such strength.
However, at that time, he couldn't achieve anything by complaining, so he quickly folded
his arms around his chest and instantly congealed an iron wall-like moon-shaped
protection barrier and prepared himself to receive the palm attack of Ye Xiwen arriving at
his chest.
For others, it was like an impregnable iron defence.
"Want to defend?" Ye Xiwen sneered and sped up the Rushing thunder hand by several
times, and in an instant, it fiercely and accurately blasted into the chest of the Young
Marquis.
Ye Xiwen's 'Rushing thunder hand' attack instantly pierced right through the Young
Marquis's iron defence, and shot into his chest.
"Bang!" Accompanied with a sudden and violent thunderclap sound, the body of Young
Marquis was instantly blasted away, soared high in the sky, and severely fell on the ground.
The Young Marquis's body severely hit the ground, his blood sprayed out, and he looked at
Ye Xiwen, with an ominous colour flashing in his eyes, then suddenly, from his body, a cold
light flickered, and almost in a flash, a black light suddenly arrived in front of Ye Xiwen.
Ye Xiwen was taken aback for an instant, and he immediately understood that this cold
brightness was no trivial matter. He quickly raised his hand to block, and at the same time,
he also chopped out a Bladelight.
"Bang!" The Bladelight maliciously collided with that cold black light and Ye Xiwen
suddenly felt an enormous force emitting out from that cold light, which almost made him
to lose grip on his long blade.
That cold bright light fell on the ground, and when Ye Xiwen took a look at it, he saw that it
was actually a double-edged flying sword, exuding a touch of spiritual pressure, and to be
specific, it was actually a double-edged spiritual tool, but right now, this double-edged
flying sword was full of cracks. A moment ago, this double-edged flying sword severely
clashed with Ye Xiwen's long blade and with a loud rumbling sound, several cracks
appeared on it.
Ye Xiwen looked at his long blade, which was unexpectedly the same as before, glowing
with a sharp and penetrating coldness, without a single crack on its surface, and was
secretly amazed. In the cave of Iron back silver apes, he had found this long blade from a
pile of a lot of decayed and rusted weapons, because back then, he had taken a fancy to this
long blade, but did not know the origins of this weapon. He never thought that it would
actually be so terrible that it would shatter a spiritual tool in one blow.
These weapons were generally divided into ordinary weapons, magical weapons and
spiritual tools, while the spiritual tools were divided into low-grade spiritual tools, high-
grade spiritual tools and top grade spiritual tools.
Generally, the Houtian level warriors used the so-called ordinary weapons. These weapons
were made up of iron, and could easily be scrapped, requiring constant tinkering.
Considering the ranking of weapons, right above ordinary weapons were the so-called
magical weapons, generally used by the warriors at the peak of Houtian ninth stage and
above, as well as, by the warriors at the Xiantian fifth stage and below. A lot of rare
materials were required to create magical weapons like hundred years old cold iron and so
on, and compared with
ordinary weapons, magical weapons were a lot stronger and more rugged.
Incomparably sharp, could cut even high standard magical weapons, Ye Xiwen always
thought this his long blade was only a high quality magical weapon, because none of the
ordinary weapons had ever been able to put even a scratch on it, and with just a single
strike, his long blade had scrapped several magical weapons before, but just now, his long
blade actually scrapped a spiritual tool. There was no spiritual aura present in the long
blade like it generally was present in spiritual tools, implying that his long blade was not a
spiritual tool, so Ye Xiwen assumed that it was a magical weapon.
However, in the collision just now, it immediately chopped down and scrapped a double-
edged flying sword spiritual tool.
He could not say much about its sharpness, but he witnessed the extraordinary firmness of
the long blade with his own eyes.
That double-edged flying sword cracked by its own power of counter-shaking, showing the
extraordinary toughness of Ye Xiwen's long blade!
However, a thought suddenly turned up in his mind. This Young Marquis had definitely not
reached the Xiantian sixth
stage, and still hadn't transformed Xiantian Zhen Qi into Xiantian Zhen Yuan, then how it
was possible for him to manipulate the spiritual tool.
Spiritual tools could only be operated and manipulated by Xiantian sixth stage masters and
above. If someone wanted to manipulate a spiritual tool, then, first of all, it was necessary
to have Zhen Yuan and only Xiantian sixth stage warriors and above could transform
Xiantian Zhen Qi into Zhen Yuan, and using this Zhen Yuan, they could operate spiritual
tools.
In other words, this double-edged flying sword should not be a true spiritual tool, but the
so-called pseudo-spiritual tool. A pseudo-spiritual tool was a weapon ranked just above the
magical weapons and just below true spiritual tools, and possessed a part of the spiritual
characteristics. The power a pseudo-spiritual tool possessed was obviously far less than
the true spiritual tools, but the advantage was that it was very easy to manipulate and even
warriors who had not yet reached the Xiantian sixth stage could use them.
But even so, the pseudo-spiritual tools were absolutely valuable, and only hundred or two
hundred disciples from among tens of thousands of disciples probably had pseudo-spiritual
tools. Only those top disciples kept pseudo-spiritual tools that were rich enough to buy
them.
Suddenly, the Young Marquis spurted out a mouthful of blood. Even if this spiritual tool
was just a pseudo-spiritual tool, but there was still a trace of Yuan Shen attached to it.
When Ye Xiwen scrapped the double-edged flying sword, he also thoroughly annihilated
the spiritual link of Yuan Shen between the weapon and Young Marquis, and in addition to
that, he had just received a palm attack from Ye Xiwen, so it was more like an injury over an
injury, so he simply fainted altogether.
"Young Marquis!" The seven masters suddenly called out in alarm. They never thought that
Young Marquis's pseudo-spiritual tool would not be able to hurt Ye Xiwen, and Ye Xiwen's
long blade would actually chop down and shatter a precious pseudo-spiritual tool in just
one strike.
Ye Xiwen stepped forward and while coldly staring at those seven people, he said in a calm
and cold voice: "Say, last time, who directed you to deal with me."
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Chapter 121: Bai Mojiao Stronghold
Ye Xiwen stepped forward and while coldly staring at those seven people, he said in a calm
and cold voice: "Say, last time, who directed you to deal with me."
During the assessment exam itself, Ye Xiwen had naturally speculated who was the
mastermind behind all this, but there was no opportunity to confirm his speculation, so this
time, he must take advantage of this favourable situation to ask them and confirm his
guess.
"No one's directing us, what are you talking about?" The Chinese-robed man standing in the
middle said obstinately in an argumentative manner.
"It's Hu Yanghang right?" Ye Xiwen indifferently said and discovered subtle changes in the
complexions of these seven masters, along with somewhat consternation and
astonishment, albeit fleeting.
But it was enough for Ye Xiwen to confirm his speculation!
"Well you can choose not to answer, although I can't kill you here, but I can still crush all
the bones in your bodies." Ye Xiwen sneered and said, because for these seven people, he
did not have a favourable impression, and he was not in a mood to show them mercy, after
all, these seven masters ganged up and tried to intercept him twice, and if it was an average
person facing them, then he would have long been crippled by them. There was no fair play
in seven people ganging up on one guy.
As soon as the seven masters heard him, their complexions suddenly paled, because they
could sense his resolute killing rage. Counting this time, they had already seen Ye Xiwen's
fierceness twice, and they were aware of the fact that if they were not on the Tongtian peak,
but somewhere outside the Yi Yuan School, then they absolutely couldn't escape from the
clutches of a killing god like Ye Xiwen.
They never thought that they would be forced to repeatedly intercept him when they were
already aware of his ruthlessness.
They knew that Ye Xiwen was definitely not a merciful guy, and on top of that, they had
dared to intercept him twice, and because of this, they felt that Ye Xiwen might actually do
what he just said.
"Yes, yes, it was Brother Hu!" This time, a disciple could not bear the intense pressure and
killing intent released by Ye Xiwen and finally confessed out loud.
Immediately, the complexions of other disciples darkened, because they revealed the name
of Hu Yanghang, an influential core disciple, and from now onwards, things were going to
be tough for them in the Yi Yuan School!
Although Hu Yanghang might not care whether Ye Xiwen knew that he was the real
mastermind planning things behind-the-scenes, but he was an eccentric man, and it was
hard to predict his mood.
By the time they would start following Hu Yanghang, forget the benefits they would get by
being at his side, perhaps he might torment them to death.
Although they still hadn't followed Hu Yanghang for too long, but they were well aware of
his cold disposition.
However, at this time, Ye Xiwen had no desire to haggle over with them, so he just picked
up the pseudo-spiritual tool from ground and turned around to leave. Although the body of
this
pseudo-spiritual tool was densely covered in cracks, but without a doubt, even if it couldn't
be fixed, it was still a pseudo-spiritual tool and could fetch him a price of at least 10,000
spirit stones.
There were unsightly complexions on the faces of these seven masters as Ye Xiwen's figure
was moving farther away from them, but none of them actually dared to pursue him, after
all even Young Marquis lost to him so what could they possibly do.
After walking for a while, under the foot of a mountain, Ye Xiwen whistled and a huge red-
crowned crane immediately flew down from the sky. It was a well trained crane, and after
years of training, it would fully understand the instructions of Ye Xiwen through their
interlinked minds.
After he got on the crane, it flapped its wings and immediately flew out, drawing traces of
lines in the sky.
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The wind was cold, fierce howling could be heard, and although Sun was high in the sky,
but chilled wind was intermittently blowing. It was an extremely strange atmosphere and
could make anyone to break into cold sweat.
There was a desolate scene everywhere, the sandstorm was blowing, confusing the human
eyes, and crows were cawing above the withered vines entangled on the trees.
Ye Xiwen was walking on the trail as mentioned in the mission, and there was supposed to
be a village not far away from there, but he couldn't see any vitality in the surrounding
areas, just dead air was present everywhere.
According to information present in the mission he received from Yi Yuan School, the Bai
Mojiao stronghold was located not far away from that village, somewhere in this area
where Ye Xiwen was currently taking a stroll.
Although, the followers of Bai Mojiao were actually human beings, but their acting style and
conduct had slowly drifted closer towards the devil race. These followers practiced the
power techniques based on Modao, introduced in this world by the devil race long ago, and
their ultimate goal was to break through the void and ascend to the devil world. The
followers of Bai Mojiao were still humans in flesh and bones but couldn't be regarded as
humans anymore rather should be regarded as devils.
The area of their establishment, basically a radius of 500
kilometres, was generally desolate and uninhabited by humans, and finding them was also
very simple because they would travel large distances in search of humans and very few
followers of Bai Mojiao hid their trails. Also, the followers of Bai Mojiao practiced
cultivation methods that required human essence as practice materials which in turn
helped in increasing their cultivation by leaps and bounds, and after refining the human
essence from the body, they would generally leave the remains which acted as a trail to find
them.
Ye Xiwen continued to walk inside, and in his heart, he was secretly wary and vigilant
because he could see the mummified remains of people lying on the roadside, and the black
and red dried blood was present everywhere on the ground. Some scavenger birds could
also be seen gnawing these corpses.
Ye Xiwen could not help but held his breath. These followers of Bai Mojiao were simply too
cruel and disgusting. He himself had also killed people before but it was all because he had
been provoked and had no other choice but to kill or get killed. He never killed innocent
people and these corpses belonged to innocent villagers who didn't even have the strength
to fight back, which was simply cruel. He was very annoyed to see how mutilated these
corpses looked.
Just from looking at the miserable state of these corpses, Ye Xiwen couldn't help but gasp at
such a horrifying scene.
When the carrion birds saw Ye Xiwen, a living human being, there was a sudden pitter-
patter and they flew all over. These carrion birds had already absorbed a lot of Yin qi from
the corpses, and soon, the demon core inside their bodies would have a transformation into
devil Dan.
Yin is the negative principle of Yin and Yang
However even after transforming into a devil beast, they would still not be a match of Ye
Xiwen. He started to mercilessly wave the long blade in his hand, and after seeing the
miserable state of the corpses and carrion birds scavenging over them, in his mind, he was
getting sick of this scenery. The Daoguang released from his blade towards the carrion
birds, they screamed pitifully but couldn't escape and all of them were split in half.
Ye Xiwen observed the corpses and noticed as if someone used a claw power technique to
grasp the bodies directly from the head and then sucked out the soul, vitality, blood and qi
from the living human bodies which was extremely cruel and inhuman to do to someone.
Ye Xiwen rushed through the area while beheading the scavengers like jackals, carrion
birds, even the devil beasts that he encountered on the way weren't able to escape from the
fury of his long blade.
"Jie Jie, a human has come to die." Suddenly, Ye Xiwen heard a sharp and hoarse voice along
with shriek laughter that came from behind him, and at that instant, a huge bloody claw
also approached towards him from behind.
Seeing that the huge bloody claw was coming to grasp him, Ye Xiwen immediately took a
step and jumped into the sky, and the very next instant, he disappeared and directly
appeared about ten meters away, while at that place where he was standing just now,
instantly, a skinny and bloody claw severely struck and created a big hole.
Ye Xiwen looked and saw that the attacker had actually a strange appearance like a
shadow, with his body completely covered up in black cloak, but from the cloak, two huge
bloody devil claws were stretched out, and looked cold and gloomy, densely covered with
blood capillaries and looked extremely terrifying.
"Boy, I didn't think that you would dodge my attack." That strange shadow laughed and
said.
"It seems that people of this village were slaughtered by you."
Ye Xiwen looked coldly at that strange shadow and said.
"Precisely, I turned those stupid mortals into practice materials by extracting their vitality.
Of course, it's a lifetime blessing for them!" That strange shadow replied in a loud voice.
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Chapter 122: Core Disciple
"Precisely, I turned those stupid mortals into practice materials by extracting their vitality.
Of course, it's a lifetime blessing for them!" That strange shadow replied in a loud voice
"Jie Jie, I didn't expect to find a practitioner of Wudao here, ha ha, and it seems that you
possess a very strong vitality, and even the nourishment I got by extracting the vitalities of
a thousand mortals is nothing comparable to the nourishment I will receive by extracting
your vitality." That strange shadow said while at this time, many sounds of strange laughter
came from all around.
"Ha haha, after absorbing his blood and essence, this old man can go one step further."
"Hurry up and kill him, I want to eat his heart and liver."
Ye Xiwen saw several shadows clad in black cloaks coming out from all directions and each
of them was releasing strong killing intent. It was evident that they were waiting in the
shadows to surround and ambush him.
A deep sense of disgust flashed in the eyes of Ye Xiwen. He didn't feel so much disgust even
for those true killers who enjoyed killing, but for these old devils, he instantly developed
disgust because these old devils didn't treat people as humans, but as livestock, on whom
they fed on whenever they wanted to.
They were a bunch of twisted and depraved monsters that had already lost their morality
long ago.
"Sneaky freaks." Ye Xiwen sneered again and again and suddenly jumped forward, and
right then, the earth cracked from the tremendous blasting strength in his foot and shot his
whole stature instantly flying out like a shell, while at the same time, he chopped out a huge
Bladeqi.
"Bang!" An old devil was instantly chopped in half.
"Bastard, you dared to kill one of us, kill him, hurry up and kill him!" The devils of Bai
Mojiao started to roar again and again, and their devilish aura completely released and
spread in the surrounding area, and a foul and disgusting smell also spread everywhere.
Ye Xiwen sensed that allthese devils were actually the existences at the peak of Xiantian
fifth stage, in addition to that,
they practiced a unique Modao based power technique which made them so powerful that
even the true masters of Xiantian Xiao realm would find it very difficult to deal with them,
and might die if encountered so many of devils at once.
Ye Xiwen took a deep breath then a bright and dazzling Daoguang instantly enveloped him
inside a sphere of white light. The area of effect for this attack was quite wide and instantly
blew away the cloaks of those devils who couldn't escape the range of this attack, revealing
the true physical features of these followers of Bai Mojiao. Charred faces such as carbon,
many places on their bodies were covered with numerous long and dense scales, and their
appearances really did resemble that of a devil. It was obvious that their practice must have
gone wrong at some point of time. As a result, they ended up having such bizarre
appearances, covered in scales.
The Modao based power techniques had been handed down by the devil race itself in the
past and once practiced, it caused the genes in the human body to transform, and slowly,
humans transformed into devils. This process was very painful and cruel, but those who
practiced correctly could maintain their human appearances and were called devil men.
But just from looking at these old devils, it was obvious that they were failed products
produced from the wrong way of practicing Modao based power techniques. As a result of
this failure, it was impossible for them to break through the barrier of Xiantian
fifth stage for their whole lives.
Modao based power techniques were cruel, however, the might granted by them was
tremendous, advancement was also very rapid, of course, there was a very serious side
effect of transforming into half-devil freak, but so long as one was careful while practicing,
one could avoid such a fate. The other side effect that these half-devil freaks had to live
with was that they needed to kill humans and absorb their essence in order to maintain
their own existence, because if they didn't kill, the moqi inside their bodies would explode
and kill them.
Only those who obtained the heritage of elite and pure Modao based power techniques had
a chance of successfully practicing the correct way.
These cruel bloodthirsty old devils wanted to kill Ye Xiwen and extract the vitality and
blood out of his body. Their blood-red eyes were filled with greed while looking at Ye
Xiwen from top to bottom.
"Boom!" The claw of an old devil advanced towards Ye Xiwen and grasped, causing a loud
air explosion, while the bloody qi instantly accumulated and advanced towards Ye Xiwen to
grab him.
"Dang!" Ye Xiwen maliciously chopped out his long blade which directly clashed with the
bloody claw of that old devil, but this clash issued a metal clashing sound in the
surroundings. This old devil had refined his hands and had already transformed them into
spiritual weapons, which clearly displayed the distortion in their psyches. They clearly
disregarded their own flesh and blood.
Ye Xiwen retreated few steps and the long blade began to dance in his hand producing a
curtain of blade shadows everywhere which then isolated those old devils away from him.
If there was only one old devil then Ye Xiwen wouldn't care but there were so many of
these old devils and Ye Xiwen was having a hard time dealing with all of them at once.
Although these old devils were only at the peak of Xiantian fifth stage, but relying on the
might of Modao based power techniques, they could easily compete with a master who had
already entered the realm of Xiantian Xiao, which was the main reason why they were
daring to be so incomparably rampant in front of Ye Xiwen.
"Hidden Dragon rises from the Abyss!" An old devil crashed into the curtain of blade
shadows and was chopped down in two halves, but another one actually seized this
opportunity to
sneak an attack on Ye Xiwen, but he didn't waste even an instant and acted decisively by
instantly using the first move of
"Coiling Dragon Palm" against that old devil.
Ye Xiwen suddenly felt a steady stream of Zhen Qi being taken away from his body, which
was far more in amount than other moves, but at that very instant, his hand instantly
turned into a Dragon claw, a cyan Dragon claw shone brightly in this gloomy environment,
suffused with a brilliant light, it directly descended towards that old devil and caught him
in its grasp.
Without getting any chance to react, that old devil was caught in the Dragon claw made up
of condensed Zhen Qi.
Ye Xiwen used his thought to manipulate the Dragon claw and tightly clenched, and with a
'bang', the old devil turned into minced meat. Ye Xiwen had already practiced the move
'Hidden Dragon rises from the Abyss' to the Dacheng realm and it had not just led to a
sudden increase in its power, now he could transform a Dragon whenever he wanted to
and he could also control the movements and shape of the Dragon at will.
Ye Xiwen beheaded two old devils which reduced a lot of pressure on him, but at the same
time, he ended up using a total of 10% of his Xiantian Zhen Qi in the last move, in addition
to that, he had also used his blade attacks to behead the scavengers earlier, so now, he
could at most display this move for up to
eight times before completely exhausting the Zhen Qi inside his body, but there were more
than eight old devils present there.
Ye Xiwen didn't want to face such a situation and wanted to get out of the trap of these old
devils, so without any hesitation, he decided to call his red crowned crane and whistled.
Immediately, in the sky, a long howling cry came from far away along with wing flapping
sound.
But, immediately after that, yet another loud cry of a bird spread everywhere, and a huge
shadow descended from the sky.
It was a giant eagle demon bird and was larger than Ye Xiwen's red crowned crane, had two
huge eagle claws that looked cold and extremely aggressive. One must know that ordinary
Xiantian warriors couldn't block these unstoppable claws.
Above this demon bird stood a young man with an appearance of a twenty-year-old guy,
had an outstanding demeanour, clad in warrior-like brilliant clothing, carrying a double-
edged sword, and his stern imposing aura was simply sky rocketing.
"You evildoer, you really act recklessly. You actually dared to take a mission that you
cannot handle alone!" The young man shouted loudly and the surrounding air actually
began to surge up right after his loud shout spread.
"One more human, this means more blood and food, ha haha, and this one also seems to be
a disciple with profound cultivation." An old devil laughed and said.
However, before his voice could fall, he was suddenly pierced by a terrifying Swordqi and
died on the spot.
"Acts recklessly." The young man coldly said.
Ye Xiwen saw the symbol on the sleeves of the young man, and immediately relaxed,
because he was a disciple of Yi Yuan School.
"Everyone run, this is a master of Xiantian sixth stage or maybe above!" These old devils
were not stupid and immediately scattered in all directions to escape.
The young man waved his sword and instantly released Swordqi which suddenly flew in all
directions, and without getting enough time to escape, all 11 fleeing old devils were pierced
by the Swordqi and died instantly.
Just a moment ago, these old devils were trying to be quite arrogant in front of Ye Xiwen,
but the scene reversed instantly, and they were all killed in a flash.
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 Chapter 123: Prince Mo Yan
These old devils, who were trying to be rampant a moment ago, were not a match for this
young man and it was obvious that this young man's cultivation had already surpassed the
peak of Xiantian fifth stage and having a higher level of cultivation implied that he was
definitely a core disciple.
Using just the speech to cause the shock waves in the air just like mighty waves in the
ocean was a method that could only be used by the masters of Xiantian sixth stage and
above.
Ye Xiwen could also create mighty shock waves in the air using the blasts from his fists, but
even he couldn't achieve such a feat to do that just by using his voice. To send shock waves
in the air from just the speech required a terrifying aura possessed by masters of Xiantian
sixth stage and above only.
This was actually a result of manifestation of an expert's internal strength already reaching
a terrifying level.
"Myself Ye Xiwen, I thank senior for saving me." Ye Xiwen approached the young man and
said while cupping one hand into other across his chest, although he could have saved
himself without the help, but he was still obliged to this young man for saving him and
showed his gratitude.
"You are Ye Xiwen?" The young man looked at Ye Xiwen and it seemed that he already
knew about Ye Xiwen and said with a smile, "Well-deserved reputation, it's a miracle that
you were able to navigate through this desolate area all the way to the stronghold of
followers of Bai Mojiao, frankly speaking, you have accomplished a task that even the
masters of Xiantian Xiao realm cannot do alone."
"Senior brother is flattering." Ye Xiwen was not surprised to see that the young man
already knew about him, because in a short time, he had gained a sudden fame in the Yi
Yuan School, especially after defeating Mo Han. Although he was just an inner disciple, but
he still had gained reputation among the core disciples.
Core disciples would always pay attention to the exceptionally strong and talented people
like Ye Xiwen, because these people were generally seed disciples or those comparable to
seed disciples, and almost all of them were at the peak of Xiantian fifth stage or in the
Xiantian Xiao realm, and no one knew when they would cross this threshold and would
come on equal footing with the core disciples. So, the core disciples didn't treat these
people as some ordinary inner disciples.
"It just so happens that we are in a need of more people to increase our strength, Brother
Ye, this is a busy time but would you like to lend your strength to us?" The young man
began to explain things to Ye Xiwen.
Ye Xiwen came to know from this young man's mouth that his name was ZhugeXingli and
he was a core disciple of Yi Yuan School. He had received a mission from the Main Sect to go
and exterminate the followers of Bai Mojiao. A few core disciples had gathered together to
ambush a powerful character among the followers of Bai Mojiao called Prince Mo Yan.
Prince Mo Yan was an illustrious and well-known character among the followers of Bai
Mojiao and the rumours were that he was originally a prince of a small country, but later he
was introduced into Bai Mojiao which led to the demise of a small but prosperous country.
Still, he didn't care and continued to follow the principles of Bai Mojiao. He went on to later
become a core disciple of Bai Mojiao. Now, he was regarded as a very important personality
in Bai Mojiao.
This time, during the sudden upheaval caused by Bai Mojiao, Prince Mo Yan was playing
quite an important role and it was necessary to deal with him as soon as possible.
So, ZhugeXingli and others assembled to jointly ambush Prince Mo Yan.ZhugeXingli wanted
Ye Xiwen to also participate along with them and lend them his strength because he didn't
know when they might need an extra hand since dealing with Prince Mo Yan could be
tricky and he wanted to increase the chances of success for this mission.
ZhugeXingli got this idea in a spur of the moment, because Ye Xiwen had already gained the
recognition of him and other core disciples, and they wouldn't mind letting him into their
team.
Also, Prince Mo Yan was supposed to pass from here and ZhugeXingli was responsible for
the look out and also to warn any nearby disciples. He couldn't use any signal to warn them
because it would alert the enemy, so he was surveilling this area on his eagle when he
found Ye Xiwen dealing with several old devils and decided to help.
Prince Mo Yan was a big fat fish and there was a big reward of 50,000 spirit stones on his
head. Having a rank of core disciple in Bai Mojiao was definitely rare, and in addition to
that, he was the master mind behind the rebellion of Bai Mojiao in these regions. If they
succeeded in ambushing and capturing him then this would surely be a big catch and
beneficial for everyone involved in the mission.
Ye Xiwen decided to accept the offer of ZhugeXingli because he also loathed the methods
and practices of followers of Bai Mojiao. These people were disgusting and despicable and
he would gladly participate in their extermination.
After determining this next course of action, Ye Xiwen began reciting "Sending people to
afterlife" for the salvation of these souls who were brutally killed by the followers of Bai
Mojiao in the worst ways possible. Although he was aware that these people might have
their souls completely sucked out and swallowed, but their grievances and resentment still
remained present in the air, and if not prayed now, over the time, this place would
gradually turn a gloomy accumulation of Yin qi which would corrupt the atmosphere. The
accumulated Yin qi would in turn attract ghosts from all over to flock into this area and
turn this place unfit for people to live in.
A long time ago, during the formation of Great Yue State, there were several times when
large mutinies occurred and several thousand soldiers fought on the battlefields and died
horrifying deaths. At that time of turmoil of wars, no one had time to pray for the souls of
dead soldiers who were constantly driven to unjustified deaths. Wars continued to flourish
in the process of building of the Great Yue State, and several battlefields were gradually
infested with ghost soldiers who couldn't leave the mortal world and were bound to these
battlefields. Sunlight didn't reach these battlefields, only a chill
was spread throughout, and if ordinary people tried to go close then froth would start
spurting out of their mouths and Yin qi would invade their bodies, leading to their deaths.
Even warriors, exuberating with vitality, were afraid to go deep into these areas infested
with ghosts.
Although situation here wouldn't turn that bad compared to those battlefields but since Ye
Xiwen was already here, he was unable to leave this alone, and had a moral obligation to do
whatever he could for the dead.
After finishing the recitation of "Send people to afterlife", the resentment and grievances
filling the air finally disappeared.
Yin qi was still present and hadn't completely vanished but this amount was less than
critical. The most troublesome thing was the lingering resentment that completely
vanished after Ye Xiwen's prayer. As far as Yin qi was concerned, under the exposure of the
Sun, it would soon disappear.
Ye Xiwen, along with ZhugeXingli, rode the eagle and soon arrived at the gathering place of
many core disciples.
Behind a hill, there was a gathering of roughly 20 disciples of Yi Yuan School. This group
was being led by three core disciples. ZhugeXingli gave their introduction one by one to Ye
Xiwen. The first one looked more like a short and stout merchant with a sort of smile on his
fat face and was quite famous among core disciples, called Xiao Jin, and it was said that he
came from a merchant aristocratic clan. Although he was considered very strong, but his
merchant skills were even stronger which ultimately made him quite famous among the
core disciples.
Next to Xiao Jin stood a beautiful woman clad in black clothes, who appeared to be 20 years
old and was also a famous core disciple, called Xue Yuan.
Next to Xue Yuan stood a young man clad in blue clothes and there was a sword in his hand,
and was a core disciple called Zheng Yizhao. However, he wasn't famous like others and
was just nobody among the core disciples.
These four core disciples had undertaken the mission to ambush Prince Mo Yan and were
leading the group. As for the rest of the 20 disciples, they were inner disciples recruited by
these four core disciples to assist in this mission, but none of them were ordinary disciples.
Each of them possessed deep breath, dignified appearance, and weakest among them was
at the peak Xiantian fifth stage. There were some who had already reached the Xiantian
Xiao realm and were considered leading figures among the inner disciples, but in this
mission, they
could only play the supporting role.
However, there wasn't even slightest of dissatisfaction present on their faces, because they
clearly knew what kind of character Prince Mo Yan actually was. In the future, he would
most likely become one of the giant figures of Bai Mojiao and also among the Modao
practitioners.
When they came to know that Ye Xiwen was the newest addition to this group, they were
quite surprised. Although he had accumulated great fame during these past days, but not
many recognized him from his appearance.
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Chapter 124: Trap
These people were called the elites of Yi Yuan School. Being Xiantian realm warriors, they
were all very fast and as soon they heard about the mission of ambushing Prince Mo Yan,
they immediately came into action, which was the reason why all of them came prepared to
do their best for the mission. They were aware of the fact that Prince Mo Yan was not
someone they could take lightly and knew that there was a great degree of risk involved in
this mission.
Everyone sat down in repose and closed their eyes. Ye Xiwen was no exception. He also
found a small tree and sat down under it cross-legged and started the unceasing deduction
of martial arts in the 'Special Space' inside his mind, making every effort to seek more
progress before the plan of ambushing Prince Mo Yan was put into action.
As for others, it was simply impossible to have a progress in such a short time. However, Ye
Xiwen's case was different because he showed constant progress all the time, and almost
every day, one could see a progress in his strength and cultivation.
At present, Ye Xiwen was at the peak of Xiantian third stage
and was waiting for just one opportunity to be able to go further and break into the
Xiantian fourth stage. His body was completely filled with Xiantian Zhen Qi and was in
extreme condition, and one could say that he was only a step away from that one
opportunity to be able to transform his Zhen Qi into Zhen Yuan. The so-called Zhen Yuan
was more advanced and purer form of energy compared to Zhen Qi, and although it was
considered tough, but it was possible to transform the Zhen Qi inside the body into Zhen
Yuan.
Compared to Zhen Qi, the might of Zhen Yuan was enormous and simple inconceivable, and
after successfully transforming Zhen Yuan, the cultivation and strength would break into a
new level by incredible proportions, far from what a master of Xiantian fifth stage could
imagine.
If Ye Xiwen could break into Xiantian fourth stage by transforming the Zhen Qi in his body
into Zhen Yuan, then his fighting strength would become comparable to that of Xiantian
sixth stage masters, and at that time, he would be able to compete with core disciples.
After the curtain of night fell, the disciples restrained their breaths and hid themselves in
the forest in order to prepare the ambush for Prince Mo Yan. If they weren't careful then
there was a chance of being discovered by the enemy, and among
them, the Ye Xiwen was the one who most thoroughly hid himself, because he had already
practiced 'Restraining breath technique' to the Dacheng level and could easily hide his
presence.
The moonlight was spread everywhere and the distant roars of demon beasts could be
heard.
Then, suddenly and abruptly, almost all of disciples of Yi Yuan School opened their eyes,
and to their surprise, they turned around and saw a group of several hundred densely
packed followers of Bai Mojiao.
There were grim looks on their faces and were looking at them with their cut-throat gazes,
which was quite frightening.
"It's not good, be careful everyone!" Zhuge Xingli's loud shout alerted everyone.
But at this time, those followers of Bai Mojiao finally began to take action. At the back of
their group, a row of followers sat down in a circle on the ground, and one by one, strange
pentagram patterns appeared on the ground, and the Lingqi instantly began to rage up
wildly in the air.
Under the manipulation of the followers, the raging Lingqi rose up into the sky and
suddenly formed an overwhelming arrow rain which completely blotted the sky.
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"
A shrill piercing sound came, and along with it, an endless number of arrows instantly
rained down from the sky towards the disciples of Yi Yuan School.
The complexions of the disciples suddenly paled when they looked towards the sky and
saw the rain of numerous arrows.
Even the slightest carelessness could lead them to get shot by countless arrows and then
their appearance would be similar to a hedgehog. These weren't ordinary arrows because
an ordinary arrow couldn't harm the masters of Xiantian realm. However, the arrows made
up of Lingqi were very deadly and could cause an instant death of a Xiantian master if shot.
"Damn it, how can there be so many Bai Mojiao devil bastards." Xiao Jin cursed out loud and
waved his hand.
Suddenly, a huge hand congealed in the sky and went towards the incoming arrow rain and
with a grasping movement. It
caught thousands of Lingqi arrows, which caused a loud explosion.
"Damn it!" With a 'Clang' sound, Ye Xiwen took out his long blade and instantly formed a
blade curtain mid-air to protect his body. At this time, the might of 'Missing moon
beheader'
completely manifested itself.
Dealing with many warriors of lower cultivation levels, using a blade technique against
them was a very good strategy and a blade could be used as a killing device when fighting
in group warfare against many opponents. But even so, it would not last in long term battle.
However other disciples were not at ease like Ye Xiwen. The disciples at the peak of
Xiantian fifth stage had to come together in groups and each group had to resist a section of
the arrow rain. So, for the time being, they did not have any safety issues.
They lacked the superior might of Ye Xiwen's 'Missing moon beheader', a sure shot killing
technique especially made up to be used in group warfare, but they could still protect
themselves by joining forces. However, all of this was nothing compared to the profound
skills of Zhuge Xingli and the other three core disciples, who formed shields to protect
themselves, while they
also had the room to move around in this arrow rain.
"You are courting death!" Zhuge Xingli sneered, and it seemed as if his figure turned into a
lightning and flew high into the sky, while the sword danced in his hand, and in a flash, a
long dragon made up of dazzling light congealed out of nowhere and swooped towards
those followers of Bai Mojiao.
The followers of Bai Mojiao were only at the Xiantian fourth or fifth stage and couldn't
block this incredible attack and were sliced in half through their waists. A burst of bloody
mist spread in the air along with their painful screams.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Xue Yuan immediately came into action and
stretched out her plain white hands. A huge palm congealed in the air and pressed down
towards the circular arrangement of the followers who were manipulating the arrow rain.
"Boom!" The huge palm directly pressed down on them.
These followers screamed pitifully and were pressed into meat patties without getting any
chance to fight back.
"Come out already, could it be that you want us to kill all of your minions." At this time,
Zheng Yizhao coldly said.
"Ha ha ha, the disciples of Yi Yuan School really have various tricks up their sleeves, no
wonder you actually dare to ambush this prince, truly courageous I must say!" Suddenly a
loud, sinister laughter came from far away. As everyone looked towards the source of
laughter, they saw a person's shadow riding an unusual beast, flying towards them from a
distant place.
All of the disciples of Yi Yuan School took a closer look at this shadow and actually saw a
very cold and gloomy looking young man dressed in black long robes. He slowly jumped
down from the head of an unusual beast.
"Prince Mo Yan." Zhuge Xingli stared at the young man and said while keeping a close eye
on him.
The disciples of Yi Yuan School were tensed for a moment.
Even Ye Xiwen increased his vigilance. After all, this enemy wasn't someone even the core
disciples could easily take on, so they all needed to be careful and attentive at all times.
"Zhuge Xingli, I've heard your name before. You are one of the top players among the core
disciples of Yi Yuan School and a very dependable guy, but with all your unparalleled
intellectual abilities, you still fell into the trap of this prince." Prince Mo Yan sneered and
said.
The complexions on the faces of many disciples of Yi Yuan School immediately became
unsightly. Their mission was to ambush Prince Mo Yan, but now it looked like they
themselves fell into the trap set up by him.
"Today is the day of your death Prince Mo Yan. You have come at the very right time
because you have walked right into a trap and it's a dead end for you. Brother Luo, a true
disciple, is not far from here and when he arrives here, you will die." Xiao Jin said.
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Chapter 125: Xiantian Fourth Stage!
At the mention of the name of a true disciple Luo Yifan, the morale of many disciples
suddenly picked up momentum.
Fortunately, a true disciple was nearby, and as long as they could pin down these devils,
these devils would have no way to escape death once Luo Yifan would arrive.
Although Prince Mo Yan was strong, but he was just at the level of core disciples. Of course,
he couldn't compete with a true disciple like Luo Yifan, and even if it was the weakest of the
true disciples, their Xiantian states were still incomparably powerful and way beyond the
reach of core disciples.
"Hmph!" Prince Mo Yan coldly sneered and said, "Perhaps you shouldn't wait. Do you really
think that this prince wouldn't be prepared after understanding your plot? Right now, that
true disciple should be wrapped up in a fight with my master, and even if he escapes, you
expect him to be able to rescue you, ha haha, what a joke!"
The Prince Mo Yan said and a half-dead person's figure could be seen in his grasp. The
complexions of ZhugeXingli and others suddenly turned unsightly, because this half-dead
person was their informant, who had informed them that Prince Mo Yan
was going to pass from here but they didn't expect him to be caught, and due to that, their
plan had long been seen through by the enemy.
"Damn it, this guy was secretly plotting with outsiders against me." Prince Mo Yan said, a
murderous look appeared on his face. His claw caught that half-dead person's body,
followed by a burst of his screams, then at a speed not visible by naked eyes, that person's
body was completely sucked dry.
"This time you must die!" Prince Mo Yan swept his cold gaze towards the disciples of Yi
Yuan School and said.
In the distant sky, everyone saw ten figures flying towards them, along with constant
pitter-patter. In the faint moonlight, Ye Xiwen saw that they were humanoid monsters,
about two meters tall, and whole body was densely covered in black scales, had fierce eyes
and ominous looking long fangs, two horns on head and one pair of bat wings on the back
that were continuously flapping and flashing.
"Great devils!" Many disciples instantly recognized this creature. One must know that there
were various species of devils in the Devil world, and among them, just the number of
intelligent species were in millions, of which the largest and
most widely circulated in the legends of Zhen Wu Jie was undoubtedly the 'Great devil'.
There were a lot of great devils in the devil race, and in the previous devil invasion on Zhen
Wu Jie, great devils were sent in large numbers and were the main force and also the
cannon fodder. Although these great devils played the role of cannon fodder in the devil
army, but they were extremely strong and were already at peak of Houtian realm at the
time of birth. After reaching adulthood, their cultivation could grow up to Xiantian sixth
stage or even more, which made it very tough to deal with them.
Ye Xiwen and other disciples had not really seen a great devil before, but it didn't mean that
they did not know about them. In Great Yue State, the number of followers of Bai Mojiao
was not many, especially when compared to Sects like Yi Yuan School and several other
major Sects, so each time they would rebel, a lot of great devils were mixed in to increase
the strength of their forces.
"Damn, these filthy beasts!" ZhugeXingli's complexion became unsightly after the sudden
appearance of these great devils, because their arrival indicated that Prince Mo Yan was
planning to butcher them in one fell swoop.
"These foolish humans, dare to stop our great devil race's army, it seems they really do not
know wish to live anymore, jie
jie, I just came over from the Devil world and happen to catch so much fresh blood!" A great
devil stretched out its scarlet tongue and licked its black lips and strangely laughed.
The thoughts of these great devils and those followers of Bai Mojiao was exactly the same,
and they only regarded humans as fresh blood. It could be said that the followers of Bai
Mojiao had inherited this depraved behavior from the actual devils.
"How audacious, you think that this is your Devil world? You are in Zhen Wu Jie, but still
dare to be so arrogant." Zheng Yizhao sneered and looked towards the ten great devils with
an intense disgust and killing intent present in his eyes.
"Do not listen to their nonsense, begin!" Prince Mo Yan shouted loudly and ordered his
troops of Bai Mojiao followers and great devils to attack, while at the same time, a sharp
trident appeared in his hand. Like a flash of black lightning, he instantly rushed towards
ZhugeXingli.
The ten great devils shrieked, each of them took out a spear and flew towards the other
three core disciples.
The war broke out instantly!
Zhuge Xingli and Prince Mo Yan fiercely clashed and their strengths was on par with each
other. If Zhuge Xingli was not confident of his own strength, then he would not have dared
to lead this mission to ambush Prince Mo Yan.
Other than Zhuge Xingli who was currently busy fighting with Prince Mo Yan, each of the
other three core disciples instantly took on three great devils. Although these devils were
known as cannon fodder, in addition to their great population in Devil world, their strength
was the same as the other experts at the same cultivation level.
However, when fighting three vs nine, the number played a major role and due to that, the
three core disciples were being pressed down by the combined strength of great devils and
were struggling to resist.
The remaining one great devil leading thousands of followers of Bai Mojiao rushed towards
the twenty or so inner disciples.
Suddenly the complexions of these inner disciples became pale. There were several
hundred of these Bai Mojiao followers, and among them, there were dozens at the peak of
Xiantian fifth
stage, and majority of them were at the Xiantian fourth stage, but if all these followers
attacked at once then they would have no chance of survival. Even if all of them were
considered elites and one of the players of Yi Yuan were School, but they were still helpless
in front of an army of Bai Mojiao followers, not to mention, there was a core disciple level of
great devil leading this army.
They simply couldn't resist!
"Jie Jie, you foolish human beings, you just stay there and obediently give me your fresh
blood." The great devil laughed strangely and instantly threw his long spear towards a
disciple at the peak of Xiantian fifth stage.
"Puchi!" That long spear stabbed right into that disciple without giving him a chance to
react. He was stabbed right through his heart and died on the spot, and his body was nailed
to the ground by the spear. Moreover, the blood that flowing out was polluted and black in
colour.
Immediately the morale of the inner disciples dropped down.
If they were facing only those Bai Mojiao followers, then they wouldn't be so afraid.
Although these followers were large in numbers and depraved but were still humans, and
as long as
they could form a joint self-protection method, they would still hold their ground for some
time against these followers, but they just didn't know how to deal with a great devil that
was at the Xiantian sixth stage.
"Jie Jie, that's right, you all give me your fresh blood obediently!" The great devil strangely
laughed and said.
"Did the devils also give you fresh blood in the Devil world you filthy beast!" Suddenly the
sound of a loud explosion came from the group of inner disciples and a terrifying Bladelight
instantly chopped out and plunged toward the great devil.
The great devil quickly lifted his hand to block.
"Dang!" A metal clashing sound spread and the Bladelight chopped through the black scales
on the arm of the great devil and actually split them.
The defensive strength of these scales was almost no less than that of high-grade inner
armour.
Everyone gave dumbfounded looks to Ye Xiwen while he was
slowly walking out of the group with a long blade in his hand, and saying: "If you have
really lost the courage to deal with this filthy beast, then you might as well just take a
sword and commit suicide."
Many disciples felt a sudden surge of shame. They were called elite among the elites and
were the so-called genius inner disciples. They were supposed to hold an invincible heart
and pursue the peak of martial arts, ascend to the peak to get a broad view of the world.
"Yes, that's right, killing these beasts is no big deal!"
"Kill these filthy beasts!"
The morale of the inner disciples suddenly rose back again.
Upon seeing this, the great devil immediately roared and suddenly stretched his hand as if
to grasp something. The spear instantly returned to its hand, the cold tip of the spear
flashed and immediately flew towards Ye Xiwen.
"Bang!" Ye Xiwen's long blade severely clashed with the spear
and a terrifying explosion sound spread everywhere and sent shock waves in all directions.
The enormous strength of great devil forced Ye Xiwen five or six steps back, while that
great devil stood there motionless.
The strength of great devil itself was much larger than humans, not to mention it was at the
Xiantian sixth stage, so its strength was ridiculously enormous. The strength of more than
100 Dragons was absolutely embedded in its body.Suddenly, all this strength completely
broke out.
Ye Xiwen was shaken by this enormous strength but he tightened his chest and tried not to
spit blood, but the look in his eyes was firmer than before, while he was coldly staring at
the great devil.
The great devil loudly roared and it seemed that he was outraged by Ye Xiwen's
stubbornness.
It immediately waved the long spear and rushed towards Ye Xiwen. It was so fast that the
black scales were causing friction with the air and spreading red sparks, and an intense
flaming devil shot straight to stab Ye Xiwen. This marksmanship had been immersed deep
in the bone marrow of these great devils and they were considered to have attained the
peak of
marksmanship skills.
Ye Xiwen didn't care, just clenched his teeth and rushed up towards the great devil, and at
the same time, the 'Tyrant body technique' was fully operational.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
The two sides rushed towards each other at a breakneck speed and severely clashed into
each other. Every time, Ye Xiwen was thrown back few steps but he would still attack again,
and each time, there was a constant decrease in the number of steps he was thrown back
by the enormous strength of great devil. The Zhen Qi was crazily surging inside his body
and his black hair was flying wildly. Although he was being constantly repulsed, but the
imposing aura of his body was actually very intense and no different from a tyrant from
ancient times who seemed to have come back to life.
At this time, the 'Tyrant body technique' truly manifested itself in the body of Ye Xiwen,
making both his body and imposing aura invincible like a fearless tyrant. The Zhen Qi was
crazily surging in his, and each time he was repulsed, the imposing aura would also have a
crazy ascension.
The great devil sensed this sudden change in Ye Xiwen and was secretly scared. He was
completely unable to imagine how Ye Xiwen could actually be so terrifying. It didn't know
what power technique he had practiced to actually make him so scary, although it was a
cruel bloodthirsty devil, but not stupid.
When it sensed that Ye Xiwen was close to having a breakthrough, it decided that it would
absolutely not let him to break.
"Go die!" The great devil shouted and instantly stuck the spear towards Ye Xiwen which
also caused the storms in the air. It was obvious that great devil's aim was to immediately
kill Ye Xiwen without any delay.
"Bang!" Ye Xiwen raised his hand and the long blade fiercely clashed with the spear, setting
off a terrifying blast wave in the surrounding area.
Ye Xiwen just felt an enormous force entering his body, his bones made a crackling sound,
and it seemed that his body would explode under this intense pressure.
The Zhen Qi was crazily revolving inside his body.
"Breakthrough!"
"Breakthrough!"
"Breakthrough!"
Ye Xiwen was constantly shouting in his heart, while under the pressure of the enormous
strength, the Zhen Qi took a spherical shape inside his body.
"Boom!" Under the enormous suppressive strength, Ye Xiwen's 'Tyrant body technique'
finally broke through the Dacheng of second layer!
The strength of Dragons started to increase from his current strength of 100 Dragons!
Strength of 101 Dragons!
Strength of 102 Dragons!
Ye Xiwen's inner state was finally driven by the enormous strength of great devil and broke
into the Xiantian fourth stage, while at the same time, he felt that the Zhen Qi in his body
was being transformed into a steady stream of a new and formidable energy.
Chapter 126: Situation Reversed
Within Ye Xiwen's body, a steady stream of Xiantian Zhen Qi was transforming into a liquid
energy and he could feel the great might flowing in his body.
Ye Xiwen's imposing aura was still unceasingly soaring and his power had not yet climbed
to the top!
"How is this possible?" The great devil was giving dumbfounded looks to Ye Xiwen. How
could someone do so much progress at once after the breakthrough? How was it even
possible that therise in his strength had not stopped even yet?
It had seen the breakthrough from the peak of Xiantian fifth stage into the Xiantian sixth
stage, but had never seen so much increase in strength at once. Ye Xiwen's imposing aura
was gradually rising and was currently at the strength of 120
Dragons, but this rise in strength didn't stop.
How could there be such a terrifying person, such a terrifying power technique, just what
kind of power technique did he practice to display such a bizarre increase in strength?
During the breakthrough, the Xiantian Zhen Qi in Ye Xiwen's body had not completely
converted into Zhen Yuan. In fact, just one third of it was converted, but he had already
gained the strength of 120 Dragons. Ye Xiwen estimated that by the time the complete
conversion would be over, he would have gained the strength of 150 Dragons. Although
this was far less than the strength limit of 199 Dragons granted by the Xiantian sixth stage,
but it was definitely far more than this great devil that seemed to have recently entered
into the Xiantian sixth stage.
"How is this possible!" The great devil roared and once more launched an attack at Ye
Xiwen, its spear tilted at a strange angle in the air and pierced towards Ye Xiwen like a
lightning.
Ye Xiwen sneered and instantly chopped out his long blade and a Bladelight containing the
just transformed Zhen Yuan, which was far more tyrannical than Bladelight containing
Zhen Qi, instantly routed the spear mid-air and Ye Xiwen's long blade severely chopped
down on the spear.
"Dang!"
A horrifying explosive sound echoed when the weapons severely clashed into each other,
and the reverberations went
back and impacted on the bodies of Ye Xiwen and great devil, but this time, the situation
completely reversed. Ye Xiwen just stood there motionless holding his long blade, while the
great devil was thrown back and his hand was completely shaken along with a deep wound
on its palm.
The spear also fell on the ground!
Great devil stared at Ye Xiwen with its big eyes filled with astonishment, but Ye Xiwen
didn't wait and again chopped out his long blade which release a dazzling Bladelight
instantly towards great devil.
When great devil saw this attack, this time, it didn't try to block and immediately and
crazily retreated several steps back in order to avoid Ye Xiwen's terrifying blade attack
which seemed to possess an incredible might.
Ye Xiwen rushed forward and again chopped his long blade, releasing a dazzling Bladelight,
which flashed then instantly reached the great devil, and without getting any chance to
dodge this time, it screamed pitifully while its arm was severed by Ye Xiwen.
This was the first time that on the cruel and bloodthirsty face of this great devil, the look of
horror and panic finally appeared.
It realized that it might die and that too at the hands of a human. It just couldn't accept that
how could there be such a frightening human!
Seeing that Ye Xiwen completely overwhelmed a great devil, suddenly the morale of those
inner disciples, who were losing their ground while fighting against the followers of Bai
Mojiao, increased dramatically. They felt that they could still be saved, they still had a hope,
and this hope was Ye Xiwen.
Ye Xiwen did not know that he had already become a saviour in the eyes of others, because
right now in his eyes, the only remaining goal was to first kill this great devil. Ye Xiwen's
imposing aura firmly locked on great devil's body, while he was looking coldly at it, because
he was aware of the cruel nature of these great devils and felt not one shred of sympathy
for them.
The great devil clearly understood that it was not a match of Ye Xiwen, and if it tried to
fight him, he would surely be killed.
The imposing aura of Ye Xiwen completely overshadowed its own imposing aura, and it
sensed that the strength of Ye Xiwen was currently at the strength of 130 Dragons which
was absolutely frightening.
The great devil didn't even have a chance to pick up the tattered spear from the ground,
and suddenly flew away, skimming into the crowd of followers of Bai Mojiao.
Ye Xiwen sneered and said, "Want to escape!"
Without the slightest hesitation, Ye Xiwen immediately chased down after it, he flew high
into the sky and mercilessly crashed into the crowd of followers Bai Mojiao.
Ye Xiwen did not restrain his breath and severely crashed into the followers of Bai Mojiao.
His enormous might scattered in all directions, which instantly formed a storm. Several
followers of Bai Mojiao didn't get enough time to dodge and were sent flying, suddenly
ejected a mouthful of blood and simply lost consciousness.
These followers were only at the Xiantian fourth or fifth stage and it was obviously
impossible for them to fight an expert like Ye Xiwen, whose fighting strength was now
comparable to that of an expert at Xiantian sixth stage.
In the Xiantian realm, there was a difference of heaven and earth between Xiantian fifth
stage and Xiantian sixth stage. Not
only the masters of Xiantian fifth stage lacked strength, they also lacked the incredible
might granted by the transformed Xiantian Zhen Yuan, so it was simply impossible for
Xiantian fifth stage warriors to compete with warriors of Xiantian sixth stage.
Although Ye Xiwen had not yet reached the Xiantian sixth stage, but he was able to
transform the Xiantian Zhen Qi inside his body into Xiantian Zhen Yuan, which was now
comparable to the masters of Xiantian sixth stage, and these followers of Bai Mojiao were
simply not his opponent.
"Puchi!"
Ye Xiwen's long blade directly split in half the body of a follower of Bai Mojiao. While his
blade was still flashing with Bladelight, he again releasedBladelight towards the escaping
great devil.
The great devil was very cunning, it ran towards the place where there were many
followers, in an attempt to use the followers of Bai Mojiao to block the blade attacks of Ye
Xiwen aimed at him from the back. In its view, these followers of Bai Mojiao were no
different than the humans it despised and didn't care whether they lived or died.
But Ye Xiwen repeatedly dodged and made his way through the crowd of using the amazing
manoeuver skills of "Celestial Step" that he had already practiced to the Dacheng level.
Using the agility skill, he quickly crossed through the crowd of followers of Bai Mojiao,
following the trail of great devil. He enveloped himself in a curtain of Bladelight. Whenever
the followers of Bai Mojiao would try to approach this curtain of Bladelight, they would
either be killed or disabled. This was because Ye Xiwen was in a hurry to kill the great devil,
otherwise he would not be running past these followers, rather he would have killed all of
them.
Blade strike!
Killed!
Another blade strike!
Continued to kill!
Within few breaths time, more than 30 followers of Bai Mojiao were either killed or
disabled at the hands of Ye Xiwen.
Suddenly those followers of Bai Mojiao started to spread out to make way for Ye Xiwen.
They did not dare anymore to get close to him. Although their devil worship was not false,
but they were selfish and ruthless and didn't want to sacrifice themselves in order to save
the great devil.
"These lowly humans are really unreliable!" When great devil saw the followers of Bai
Mojiao making way for Ye Xiwen instead of stopping him, he couldn't help but cursed them
out loud.
Ye Xiwen wasn't one bit distracted by these followers of Bai Mojiao and he quickly caught
up with the great devil.
Ye Xiwen's face was deadpan, and this time, with almost each breath, he could obviously
feel his strength getting more formidable, and jumped to catch up with the great devil. He
shouted and released ten meters long Daomang from his blade, and this Daomang, which
seemed to have been released by the god of death itself, continued to harvest life. Several
Bai Mojiao followers who were in its path were instantly crushed and turned into minced
meat, while it went all the way straight towards the great devil and crashed into its body
with a boom.
"Puchi!" The Daomang penetrated through the scales and entered its body and cut out a
huge hole.
"Boom!" Everyone heard a loud bang when the Zhen Qi inside the great devil's body
exploded and its muscular body instantly burst into a ball of minced meat and disappeared
in the air.
Everyone froze for a moment as no one expected this outcome where Ye Xiwen would
actually be able to behead a great devil, because this was simply a miracle, especially for
ZhugeXingli and other core disciples. They were just hoping for the inner disciples to last a
little longer but did not expect that their team would to be able to have such an astonishing
comeback thanks to Ye Xiwen.
After beheading the great devil, Ye Xiwen's imposing aura finally reached its peak and his
strength also rose all the way up to the strength of 150 Dragons. He reached the peak of the
currently attainable strength.
Ye Xiwen felt an unprecedented strength in his body, and even during breathing, he could
change the surrounding air to resonate together, and even without using the Zhen Qi or
Zhen Yuan, now his casual shout could send shock waves in the surrounding air.
This was the feat only attainable by the masters of Xiantian sixth stage and above which
clearly showed that Ye Xiwen's might was far more than the masters of the Xiantian Xiao
realm.
"Ye Xiwen, be careful!" Suddenly ZhugeXingli's loud shout came from a distant place.
A glow of terrifying dim light shot from afar came straight towards Ye Xiwen.
Even after having the breakthrough, Ye Xiwen still felt a chill down his spine and his body
instinctively reacted. He took a single celestial step and his body went several meters away,
evading the incoming attack.
"Boom!" The place where he was standing an instant ago, the dim glowing light blasted a
big hole.
Ye Xiwen's body was covered in cold sweat and thought that if he had received the attack a
moment ago, then even his current physical strength wouldn't have been able to prevent
him from receiving some serious injuries.
Ye Xiwen immediately got his composure back and looked towards the source of the attack.
It was actually Prince Mo Yan behind that attack, and at this time, there was an unwilling
look on his face because Ye Xiwen managed to dodge his attack.
"Do not even think about trying to shoot again." ZhugeXingli was suddenly overjoyed after
witnessing the breakthrough of Ye Xiwen, because he understood that the key to break this
deadlock was none other than Ye Xiwen, and immediately attacked Prince Mo Yan, as he
absolutely couldn't allow him to attack Ye Xiwen once again.
At this time, Ye Xiwen no longer hesitated and attacked the followers of Bai Mojiao,
although he was currently not a match of Prince Mo Yan, but dealing with these Bai Mojiao
followers was not a big deal for him.
"Shua!"
"Shua!"
"Shua!"
Ye Xiwen's Daoguang flashed and rushed right into the crowd of Bai Mojiao followers
killing and injuring many of them, and suddenly, the pressure greatly reduced on the inner
disciples of Yi Yuan School, and due to the lessened pressure, the inner disciples felt
relaxed.
However, the core disciples who were fighting with other great devils couldn't hold their
ground anymore and it seemed that they would lose anytime. There was a cruel smile on
the face of Prince Mo Yan, because in his view, as long as his plan was successful, the deaths
of these ordinary Bai Mojiao followers wasn't worth much.
Then suddenly, a long howl came from the horizon.
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Chapter 127: Did You Kill Luo Tian?
Suddenly, a long howl came from the horizon.
The long howl continued to echo from far off, but gradually it seemed that whatever was
howling was moving closer and closer to them. As the howl grew louder, the entire air
began to vibrate producing layer after layer of mighty shockwaves.
The complexions on everyone's face suddenly paled, because this person's skill was
extremely terrifying. He was actually so far from them and could still cause such a level of
change in the atmosphere. The display of such a might was impossible for a master of
Xiantian realm.
True master!
The complexion on Prince Mo Yan's face suddenly paled, because he also heard this loud
howl and immediately recognized that this was not his master from Bai Mojiao. He quickly
made the decision, jumped upon the unusual beast and shouted: "Retreat!"
Prince Mo Yan's loud shout spread throughout, and immediately after that, whether it was
those great devils or Bai Mojiao followers, without wasting any time, they threw down their
opponents and turned back to escape.
"Should we chase after them?" Xiao Jin asked.
"Well, we don't chase, a tottering foe should not be chased recklessly, and they escaped just
because they fear Brother Luo Yifan not us." ZhugeXingli said while looking at the
retreating back profile of Prince Mo Yan.
Xiao Jin clearly understood as he knew what kind of dreadful existence this Brother Luo
Yifan actually was.
Ye Xiwen looked at the rapidly escaping figures of Prince Mo Yan and his minions and
sighed. This Prince Mo Yan was quite a fierce and ambitious character, who showed his
decisive nature while killing enemies, and when it came to retreating in the face of danger,
he again didn't waste any time and immediately escaped.
Quick decision making abilities along with ruthless nature made him quite a troublesome
foe!
However, Ye Xiwen couldn't think about this for long, because when he was thinking, a
person's figure suddenly appeared on a tree branch not far away from him. It was actually a
youth clad in blue robe and appeared 28 or 29 years old, and a formidable imposing aura
was unceasingly coming out of his body.
"Brother Luo!"
"Senior Yifan!"
"Brother Luo!"
ZhugeXingli and the three core disciples took the lead and immediately approached him to
greet, but those inner disciples somewhat hesitated as they didn't recognize this youth. Not
only they were separated by a layer, accessible only to the core disciples, those true
disciples were quite elusive and it was hard to even barely catch of a glimpse of them.
Unless someone was quite intimate with a true disciple, ordinary people didn't have any
means to approach them.
"This time we were lucky that Brother Luo was nearby and
came to our rescue, otherwise, we would really be in a big trouble." ZhugeXingli said in a
respectful manner.
"Yes, this is all thanks to Brother Luo that we were able to scare away that Prince Mo Yan
and his army." Xiao Jin also said with a smile on his face. The situation would have taken a
very dangerous turn and if the fight had dragged on, the inner disciples would have faced
serious problems because their combat strength was far worse compared to the core
disciples.
Even if Ye Xiwen had a breakthrough, it was just a temporary relief and was not enough to
reverse the flow of battle.
When Luo Yifan looked at the bodies of Bai Mojiao on the ground, a trace of disgust
appeared in his eyes.
"These Bai Mojiao devils were well prepared and they even sent a master to stop me, which
is why I arrived so late." Luo Yifan indifferently said.
At this time, several shadows appeared in the sky, riding various kinds of demon birds and
descended from the sky. Each of them looked powerful and had strong imposing aura and
were core disciple level masters.
"Brother Luo, we have beheaded the remaining devils of Bai Mojiao. This time we caught a
big fish, an elder of Bai Mojiao's Yue State branch." A core disciple said in an excited tone.
Ye Xiwen and other inner disciples exclaimed when they heard this. One of the elders of Bai
Mojiao suffered loss at the hand of Luo Yifan? One must know that in the Yue State's branch
of Bai Mojiao, the elders possessed strength comparable to that of the true disciples.
True disciples were known as great spiritual masters who had already gained deep
understanding of the laws of heaven and earth but still preferred to follow simplicity and
didn't indulge themselves in worldly matters!
Let alone these inner disciples, even the core disciples looked up to the true disciples.
An elder of such a stature died at the hands of Luo Yifan and that too in such a short time. It
was obvious that the strength of Luo Yifan was so enormous that it was simply
incomprehensible for ordinary disciples like them.
Ye Xiwen initially thought that if these devils of Bai Mojiao
dared to behave so arrogantly and surrounded them and weren't absolutely scared of Luo
Yifan's sudden arrival, then they certainly would have sent a suitably high ranked master to
deal with Luo Yifan, but it seemed that they did not expect that this master would be so
quickly beheaded by Luo Yifan!
"Those evildoers really acted recklessly this time. They actually dared to set up a trap to kill
the disciples of my Yi Yuan School." Luo Yifan said with a disdainful look on his face.
ZhugeXingli started introducing Luo Yifan to the inner disciples. These disciples also had
somewhat exciting looks on their faces, after all, they were standing in front of a true
disciple.
Luo Yifan showed little interest in the beginning, but when introduced to Ye Xiwen, his
piercing gaze swept towards Ye Xiwen, and a surge of terrifying imposing aura came out of
his body and firmly locked on Ye Xiwen.
The scene abruptly changed in the field, everyone was stunned, they just couldn't
understand why Luo Yifan, one of the true disciples, would suddenly attack Ye Xiwen, and
the ones who were surprised the most were ZhugeXingli and other core disciples. Although
Ye Xiwen just had a breakthrough and
his strength was now comparable to that of core disciples but it was not going to help him
in front of an existence like Luo Yifan.
Ye Xiwen felt that a horrifying imposing aura was crushing his body, while at the same
time, the Zhen Yuan was madly rushing and revolving inside his body in order to resist the
intense pressure of Luo Yifan's imposing aura.
If he had not already transformed Zhen Qi into Zhen Yuan inside his body, then it was
possible that this imposing aura would have made him to kneel down on the ground. It was
as if he was facing a beast from ancient times, trying to bite him with its intensely strong
jaws.
Ye Xiwen's body was being crushed with such an enormous strength that his bones started
to make crackling sounds.
"Brother Luo, what's this all about?" Xue Yuan hurriedly asked because she couldn't
understand why Luo Yifan would suddenly attack Ye Xiwen.
Ye Xiwen's whole body was covered in cold sweat, so much sweat that it completely soaked
his clothes and his complexion
turned pale. This was the first time he felt the horrifying strength of a true master and even
if his fighting strength was now comparable to that of the core disciples, but there a
difference of heaven and earth between the core disciples and true disciples.
"Brother Luo, what's the meaning of this?" Ye Xiwen's body was trembling and he clenched
his teeth and asked while trying to resist the overwhelming imposing aura.
"Say, did you kill Luo Tian?" Luo Yifan said and his voice came like the roar of a fierce Lion,
and caused a violent storm which directly impacted on Ye Xiwen's mind, and directly
snatched the control of his mind, and now, he wouldn't be able to lie or hold secrets even if
he wanted to, and when asked, he must answer the truth out loud.
"I don't know about this Luo Tian guy." At this most critical moment, the 'Special Space' in
his mind suddenly sent intermittent rays of light which completely shielded his mind and
soul, and right at this very instant, Ye Xiwen regained control over his mind and quickly
answered.
Ye Xiwen was startled in his heart. This thing never came in his mind that Luo was the
surname of both Luo Tian and Luo
Yifan, and there was a possibility that they were actually members of the same clan!
But at this time, Ye Xiwen wasn't in a position to ask anything to clear his doubts!
He must pretend that he did not know Luo Tian!
He absolutely couldn't tell the truth!
Ye Xiwen knew that if he admitted that he was the one who killed Luo Tian, then this Luo
Yifan wouldn't hesitate one bit and would definitely kill him right there in front of
everyone.
The status of a true disciple was equivalent to that of the elders.
Having the backing of such an incredible master, no wonder Luo Tian was audacious
enough to actually dare to intercept Hua Menghan.
Luo Yifan's eyes were flashing with killing intent while keeping a close eye on Ye Xiwen and
seemed to be considering whether he was speaking truth or not.
He was suspicious because he got some clues that Ye Xiwen was possibly related to Luo
Tian's death. That day, Luo Tian acted recklessly by planning to intercept Hua Menghan and
died in vain. Hua Menghan was the first disciple of the Lord of 'Full moon peak' and her
status was equivalent to the status of a true disciple, so he couldn't get his hands on her,
but Ye Xiwen's case was different. He was just one of the several thousand inner disciples,
and even if he was killed by a true disciple like Luo Yifan, it would be considered as
punishment and nothing else.
Therefore, he used a sound wave based martial arts tactic to directly attack Ye Xiwen's
mind and soul. Even if a true disciple was hit by this attack, it would affect them, let alone a
petty inner disciple. By controlling his mind and soul, he would naturally utter the truth
without hiding anything.
Of course, there were problems related to this method, because once used on someone, it
would severely affect the mind and recovery might require a long time. Sometimes when
the damage done to the mind was too severe then there was no way to fully recover.
But he didn't care about all that as long as he got to know the truth about Luo Tian's death.
He looked at Ye Xiwen with a hint of uncertainty in his eyes, because he started having
doubts. Maybe this kid was saying the truth and wasn't related to Luo Tian's death. After
all, Luo Yifan was very confident on his martial arts tactic and believed that no one could
escape from its clutches.
After a long time, Luo Yifan restrained his imposing aura locked on Ye Xiwen and coldly
looked at him then said: "You'd better not be related to Luo Tian's death otherwise you will
die a pathetic death."
Luo Yifan openly threatened Ye Xiwen in front of everyone as if he didn't care what other
people think about this matter, then took a step and his figure shot into the sky leaving a
trail of rainbow light then disappeared in the sky. The group of core disciples who came
with him awhile ago also followed after him and disappeared in the sky.
"Are you okay?" Xue Yuan asked with a hint of concern in her voice, though she wasn't
familiar with Ye Xiwen, but they fought alongside in a life and death battle, so a sense of
friendship had developed between them.
"It's nothing, I am alright." A bleak smile appeared on his face while the intention to kill was
boiling in his mind. Yes, this
intention to kill was directed towards Luo Yifan, but Ye Xiwen had already accumulated a
profound experience in using
'Restraining breath technique', and even if the killing intention was boiling violently in his
heart, he properly hid it inside and nothing was revealed on the outside.
If it was revealed, he would have no other choice but to die.
An inner disciple daring to direct his intention to kill towards a true disciple was simply
ridiculous, but Ye Xiwen didn't mind because even true disciples were human beings,
sooner or later, he would also achieve the true realm.
This Luo Yifan was an absolutely ruthless man, and as long as he found even a little
evidence, he would rather kill than mistakenly let off a possible killer of Luo Tian.
Moreover, Ye Xiwen figured out by now that Luo Yifan was just suspicious and had no
evidence. Since the majority of responsibility of Luo Tian's death fell on the shoulders of
Hua Menghan, so Luo Yifan wouldn't continue to go into details, but this still didn't mean
that this thing was over.
The best way out of this mess was to kill Luo Yifan and end this once and for all!
In Ye Xiwen's heart, the intention to kill slowly began to
spread.
Chapter 128: Ye Feng Calls For Help
Days passed, and in a blink of an eye, two months already passed from the incident of
Prince Mo Yan. Ye Xiwen didn't join Zhuge Xingli and others and went his own way.
During these two months, Ye Xiwen was roaming throughout the Great Yue State, wiping
out large numbers of the followers of Bai Mojiao, because the followers of Bai Mojiao had
sprouted everywhere and were attacking at various locations throughout the Great Yue
State, leading to a sudden rise in requests of crushing these followers. After 100 years,
misfortune again struck the Great Yue State.
Not just Yi Yuan School, other major Sects also sent forces to crush the rebellion of Bai
Mojiao. The Royal Clan of Great Yue State also could not help but mobilize the Royal guards,
a terrifying army. Though the foot soldiers were only warriors of peak Houtian ninth stage
but corporals were masters of Xiantian realm, and this army was called the terrifying
slaughter machine of the Royal Clan of Great Yue State.
In addition to the Royal guards, Great Yue State's large military was also fully mobilized,
and along with them, County soldiers, many local armies and military troops were
stationed
overnight, and were ordered to slaughter any Bai Mojiao followers if found lurking in the
nearby areas.
Although the battle efficiency of Ye Xiwen was now comparable to the core disciples of
Xiantian sixth stage, but this time due to the unexpected resurfacing of Bai Mojiao after 100
years, many formidable devils invaded from the Devil world during the rebellion, and Ye
Xiwen repeatedly faced life and death situations during the missions while fighting them, in
the wake of which his strength showed a vast progress.
After training for three months, Ye Xiwen was simply like a reborn self of his previous self.
His inner state fully consolidated at the peak of Xiantian fourth stage and his strength
increased all the way to the strength of 200 Dragons. His fighting efficiency was now
between the Xiantian sixth stage and Xiantian seventh stage.
During these three months, the power technique that Ye Xiwen comprehended the most
was "Tyrant body technique".
He had already comprehended its second layer to the Dacheng realm, and now, he also
comprehended the third layer and actually burnt 10,000 spirit stones in the mysterious
space in the process, and results could be seen from the outline of his new sturdy and slim
profile.
In addition to that, Ye Xiwen also spent most of the time in understanding and practicing
the "Coiling Dragon Palm" inside the mysterious space. In the mysterious space, he was
repeatedly practicing the 'profound thought' of this technique over and over. Although he
didn't have the enough inner strength, but he could still comprehend the moves of "Coiling
Dragon Palm" as it totally depended on his natural talent.
Regarding this martial arts technique from ancient times, perhaps, even if many talented
people tried to comprehend it, they would be unable to achieve anything, but Ye Xiwen had
'mysterious space', and so long as there were enough spirit stones, he would be able to
unravel all the secrets of "Coiling Dragon Palm", as all of its secrets would be displayed in
front of him making it very easy for him to grasp this technique.
Without this mysterious space, Ye Xiwen wouldn't have been able to comprehend even a
bit of this ancient power technique and instead there was a high possibility that he would
have his soul and mind destroyed by the scary thought present inherently in this technique.
While he was practicing "Coiling Dragon Palm", Ye Xiwen spent a total of 15000 spirit
stones and finally mastered the second move, 'Divine Dragon flings its tail', to the point of
having the first glimpse into its secrets. Unlike 'Hidden Dragon
rises from the Abyss', the second move was more suited for its use in group warfare, where
even one move could produce a massive explosion, as if a divine dragon flung its tail. Using
this move, enemies within a large range could be attacked in one fell swoop.
In a mountain village, corpses were lying everywhere throughout the village, and looking at
these corpses, one could see that the vitality had been drained out of their bodies leaving
only mummified corpses on the roadside.
A fight was going on in the central region of the village.
A group of Bai Mojiao followers were gathered around a cyan figure and trying to attack
him.
"Shua!"
A long blade flashed and released a terrifying Bladeqi that instantly and severely chopped
out towards the group of Bai Mojiao followers.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
Several Bai Mojiao followers couldn't evade the attack and were split in half.
Ye Xiwen's figure was just like an immortal, fast and elegant, shuttling back and forth
among these followers of Bai Mojiao, and wherever his figure appeared, the followers of Bai
Mojiao would be directly chopped into two halves.
Ye Xiwen didn't have a favourable impression of these Bai Mojiao followers and it was
obvious just from seeing how maliciously and unceasingly he was chopping them down
into pieces.
"Puchi!"
"Puchi!"
"Puchi!"
Wherever the Bladelight went, flesh and blood splattered everywhere.
These devils finally learned the same fear that the dead villagers would have felt while
getting massacred by them, but Ye Xiwen did not give them much time to reflect on it, a
terrifying Bladelight released out of his long blade and immediately chopped them into
pieces.
In a short interval of time, Ye Xiwen effortlessly beheaded each and every one of these Bai
Mojiao followers.
Ye Xiwen couldn't relax and felt as if there was no end to these devils. They just kept on
coming even after he continued to kill them endlessly. Resurfacing after a silent
preparation for 100
years, no wonder they managed to accumulate so much strength of alarming proportions,
not to mention there were a large number of Bai Mojiao followers beyond the boundaries
of Great Yue State.
Bai Mojiao was a large influence and its forces had managed to proliferate throughout the
Zhen Wu Jie, and if their overall
influence was estimated, then it was much more powerful than Yi Yuan School.
Great Yue State's Bai Mojiao was just one branch of the organization.
Ye Xiwen finished reciting "Send souls to the afterlife" for the dead villagers, then called his
red-crowned crane and returned to Yi Yuan School. During these days, he managed to
complete many missions.
The rewards for these Bai Mojiao related missions were truly rich, and in just a few
months, Ye Xiwen actually gained more than 3000 spirit stones by completing these
missions. Although considering his current level, it was not too much, but it was not too
less as well.
Suddenly, a mysterious light flashed in the sky and flew directly into the summoning
Talisman held in his hands. This summoning Talisman, into which the mysterious light just
entered, was clearly a high-grade Talisman and far superior to an ordinary summoning
Talisman he previously had.
Ye Xiwen knew that this summoning Talisman was very
expensive, but he still bought one for 300 spirit stones and discovered that its effects were
very good, far better than the previous summoning Talisman. It could send messages from
far distances and these messages were faster and extremely accurate.
Ye Xiwen sent Zhen Yuan into the summoning Talisman and a message suddenly appeared
in front of him.
"Little Brother, the disciples of our Qian Yu faction are stranded and currently trapped in
Thousand Islands City, hurry up and come at once!"
Ye Xiwen saw that the name inscribed on the message, it was
'Ye Feng'.
Immediately after receiving the distress message from the Qian Yu faction, in his mind
appeared the required information about Thousand Islands City. After entering the
Xiantian realm, his body went through a metamorphosis; the brain was no exception,
making him intelligent and increased the retaining capacity of the brain, far more than
ordinary people. Now he could read things and would never forget them.
Thousand Island City was located on the southwest large waterfront of the Great Yue State.
There were many estuaries in this place since it was located near the sea, and due to the
inconsistency in the estuary formations and river flow, many small islands had formed and
Thousand Islands City was located on top of these islands, which were also the origin of the
city.
It was very far from the Yi Yuan School and he needed to rush there as soon as possible. Ye
Xiwen didn't waste any time and called his red-crowned crane, jumped on its back and
quickly flew in the direction of Thousand Islands City.
There was a boundless blue sea on the eastern waterfront of the Great Yue State, and no
one knew in the end how far it spread. There were many formidable Sects present in the
depths of the East China Sea, and not just that, there were also many powerful demon
beasts that lurked in the depths of the sea, and there were also a lot of demon beasts with
great wisdom who had bounded the strength of the weak demon beasts to form a demon
kingdom. On the mainland, mankind was dominant, and of course would not allow the
existence of demon kingdom, but the depths of the East China Sea were the lair of demon
beasts and even the true realm experts wouldn't dare to go too deep into their lair.
In short, the depths of East China Sea were a very dangerous
place and a forbidden place for humans, and no matter which Sect someone belonged to, no
one was allowed to go into the depths of East China Sea.
However, contrary to what anyone would expect, inside the radius of 3000 Li from the
coastline, there existed a large faction of human existence, and generally, the demon beasts
didn't dare to get too close to their settlement.
The red-crowned crane's speed was extremely fast, but there was a large distance to cover
to reach the southwest side of the Great Yue State, and the time it would take to reach there
was estimated as a full day's flight. Ye Xiwen was anxious and impatient, because he
remembered that he saw a mission which stated that Thousand Islands City seemed to
have been captured by many followers of Bai Mojiao, i.e., Ye Feng and others most likely
had to face a large number of Bai Mojiao followers and were in imminent danger.
After flying for most of the time of the day, the sky was completely camouflaged by the
curtain of night, and in the distance, a city could be seen partially visible in the looming fog.
Since the Thousand Islands City was located close to the sea, for more than half a year, it
was generally obscured in dense
fog.
Originally, millions of people lived in Thousand Islands City, but at this time, there was no
trace of them rather under the curtain of night, terrifying intermittent roars of demon
beasts could be heard from all around.
Ye Xiwen jumped down from the back of his red-crowned crane which was still flying in the
air.
He just landed on the island and was immediately surrounded by numerous water frog
beasts, who rushed over towards him while croaking. Water frog beast was a relatively
low-level aquatic demon beast, but the biggest threat was their sheer numbers when they
attacked. There were a lot of water frog beasts and even if they weren't strong individually,
but when several hundred thousand beasts attacked at once, they could pose a serious
threat for even the most formidable experts.
Most experts would choose to flee in this situation!
But, Ye Xiwen did not want to waste this crucial time on these water frog beasts!
His whole stature rushed forward and a sudden burst of an incredibly cold and scary Qijin
released out of his body.
Qijin = Qi energy
"Boom!"
Those water frog beasts were suddenly shaken and turned into powder by the shock of
terrifying Qijin.
In no time, Ye Xiwen freed himself from the entanglement of these water frog beasts,
although they were in large numbers, but fortunately, right now, not all of them had
appeared so dealing with the current number of water frog beasts wouldn't be much of a
problem for him.
Ye Xiwen released a large quantity of Zhen Yuan out of his body in all directions which
spread around him and whenever the water frog beasts tried to approach him, they would
immediately collapse and turn into powder.
Ye Xiwen jumped to a rooftop and rushed towards the central part of Thousand Islands
City, because he could sense that a
huge Zhen method was operating crazily in the central part of the city.
Ye Xiwen estimated that if the disciples of Qian Yu faction were still alive, they were most
probably inside that huge Zhen method.
Immediately, without any hesitation, he rushed towards the central part of Thousand
Islands City.
However, the overall structure of this 'Thousand Islands City'
actually comprised of several small islands and all of these small islands were separated by
various waterways. Since Ye Xiwen couldn't fly, so he could only rush skimming on the
roofs and surface of water.
Chapter 129: Thousand Islands City
Sacrificed
Ye Xiwen soon arrived at the central part of Thousand Islands City where he saw a huge
Zhen method unceasingly operating.
There he found a large concentration of moqi in the air which was actually congealing this
huge Zhen method.
"Brother!" Ye Xiwen shouted and blew out Zhen Yuan which sent shock waves in the air,
which then immediately turned into sound waves and spread out.
Although it was inferior to Luo Yifan's skill, but here, within a radius of ten to twenty miles,
anyone could clearly hear his shout.
After transforming the Zhen Qi inside his body into Zhen Yuan, Ye Xiwen had become so
formidable that even his shout turned into a great roar and proliferated through the
atmosphere like a sonic wave weapon.
"Ga!" A sharp burst of screams of night owls spread everywhere, followed by a flock of
night owls dropping from the dark sky while screaming pitifully. They had been killed by
the
sonic waves released from Ye Xiwen's shout.
"Little Brother, we are here!" Ye Feng's voice finally reached him. This time, he didn't come
to kill demon beasts or followers of Bai Mojiao, but to find Ye Feng and the others, and he
must hurry up and find them as quickly as possible.
Furthermore, looking at the strengths of Ye Feng and the others, it could be said that
although they weren't very formidable, but also couldn't be killed so easily. Ye Xiwen was
just hoping that a true master had not assumed personal command of the Bai Mojiao
stronghold in Thousand Islands City.
After hearing the voice of Ye Feng, Ye Xiwen was suddenly overjoyed and shouted
immediately: "Brother, wait a minute, I am coming!"
Ye Xiwen's stature shuttled in the direction from where Ye Feng's voice originated, and was
about to tear Zhen method with his bare hands, but suddenly, a large number of Huanmo
appeared to block his way along with Bai Mojiao followers and some great devils also
mixed in with them.
All those Huanmo were in the Xiantian realm. Bai Mojiao followers were also at the
Xiantian fourth stage or Xiantian fifth stage, and not just that, even many of those great
devils were adults, i.e., they were at Xiantian sixth stage. There were some great devil
captains, mixed in the crowd, to command the other great devils and strength of these
captains was very high.
"Jie Jie, it was really a good decision to trap the disciples of Yi Yuan School here. Now we
can expect that the disciples of Yi Yuan School will keep on coming to save their comrades
and then we will kill them all." A great devil licked his lips with its scarlet tongue and said
with a cruel smile on his face.
When Ye Xiwen heard this, he finally understood why Ye Feng was able to send a distress
message through his summoning Talisman. So, it was plan of these cunning devils all along
to lure other disciples of Yi Yuan School and kill them.
However, how could there be so many devil race and Bai Mojiao followers at one place? It
seemed like this should be a very important stronghold of Bai Mojiao.
At this time, countless thoughts flew into his mind. It was obvious that at present, he was
standing in front of a huge trap which was set to attract disciples of Yi Yuan School.
However, even so, there was no other way to save Ye Feng and the others. He had no other
choice but to fall into the trap himself and look for Ye Feng and the others and then
formulate a plan to get out of this trap.
"You devil bastards!" Ye Xiwen shouted then took a step and his figure turned into a
streamer and vanished, and the very next instant, his figure appeared high in the sky, right
above the Zhen method. While he was in the air, he chopped out his long blade and
instantly released a 10 metres long Daomang that immediately rushed towards Zhen
method.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
The Huanmo devils who tried to block this huge and terrifying Daoguang were instantly
chopped into pieces.
"Boom!" A 10 metres long terrifying Daoguang smashed into the huge Zhen method. The
Zhen method shook violently but didn't collapse.
From the deepest part of the Zhen method, came a burst of strange laughter, apparently Ye
Xiwen's blade attack alarmed a formidable devil who was currently far away.
In the deepest parts of the Zhen method stood a huge spectre, so huge that even the houses
at his side appeared somewhat tiny in comparison. His eyes were like a pair of huge
lanterns in general, and right now, he seemed to be keeping a close eye on a huge spiralling
vortex which was right in front of him. From this vortex, waves of cold and sinister moqi
was unceasingly coming out, and every once in a while, a Huanmo or a great devil would
come out as well.
"Honourable Devil commander, a Xiantian sixth stage disciple of Yi Yuan School has
arrived!" At this time, a great devil walked next to the huge spectre and informed him about
Ye Xiwen's arrival.
"Just one? Well better than nothing!" The huge spectre said and his voice came out like the
sound of a mighty bell in general.
"Our aim should be to kill as many of these humans as we can.
The more humans die the better for our plans, and our plan has just begun, but make sure
that those kids trapped in Zhen method do not die. We will continue to use them to attract
more and more experts!" The huge spectre laughed and said.
A lot of Huanmo and great devils had surrounded Ye Xiwen, as well as those followers of
Bai Mojiao, and their dense and gloomy aura completely enveloped him.
Ye Xiwen shouted loudly then shot his palm, and immediately, a coiling dragon roared
violently and soared high in the sky. This coiling dragon was made up of Zhen Yuan and a
part of its long body was coiled around Ye Xiwen to protect him.
This coiling dragon held the power of authentic Dragon qi which instantly went berserk
and some of the weak Huanmo and many night owls were instantly annihilated by the
Dragon qi.
Moqi was the darkest form of Yin energy in the world whereas Dragon qi was its nemesis,
because Dragons were said to be the rulers of heaven and earth and were noble beings that
possessed mighty Yang energy in the form of Dragon qi.
Yin = negative energy ; Yang = positive energy The small and weak devils were swept by
Dragon qi and immediately decimated. When the formidable great devils bumped into
Dragon qi, their bodies suddenly caught fire and started to burn violently causing
unbearable burning pain.
Ye Xiwen was protecting himself by surrounding his body with the Dragon qi of the coiling
dragon, because right now, this coiling dragon was just like a big disaster in the eyes of
those devils.
In the past, if Ye Xiwen had resorted to 'Hidden Dragon rises from the Abyss' then using it
once would have consumed 10% of his Xiantian Zhen Qi, but now that the Xiantian Zhen Qi
energy within his body had been transformed into Xiantian Zhen Yuan, the consumption
rate was almost negligible. Now that the Zhen Yuan consumption rate was negligible, he
could finally use
'Hidden Dragon rises from the Abyss' for longer periods of time.
Earlier, this move was his secret one shot kill method but now he could use it as much as he
wanted to, which could be considered his largest harvest during his last session of training.
However, the Zhen Yuan consumption rate for 'Divine Dragon flings its tail' was still large
and using it even once consumed
half of the Zhen Yuan from his body and couldn't be used frequently. Just like earlier when
he couldn't use 'Hidden Dragon rises from the Abyss' due to high Zhen Qi consumption
rate.
Using the Dragon qi armour, Ye Xiwen managed to safeguard himself in the sea of devils.
The devils couldn't get close to Ye Xiwen because the Dragon qi that was surrounding him.
Some of the devils tried to approach him and caught fire and started screaming incessantly.
Ye Xiwen immediately brandished his long blade and displayed his profound blade skills by
beheading all the devils who had been injured by Dragon qi. They simply couldn't escape
his blade and were split in half.
The coiling dragon, which was coiled around Ye Xiwen's body at this moment, seemed to be
made up of pure Lingqi and whenever it used its claws to grab devils, their bodies would
instantly explode.
Earlier, Ye Xiwen wasn't aware of this that Dragon qi was actually the nemesis of devils. He
just noticed that when devils at Xiantian fifth stage and less came close to him, their bodies
instantly caught fire and they started to scream, giving an easy opportunity to Ye Xiwen to
behead them.
Xiantian sixth and seventh stage devils were not a match of Ye Xiwen, who was relying on
Dragon qi to protect his body.
Whenever formidable devils and great devils tried to approach him, they were first injured
by the Dragon qi then chopped down by Ye Xiwen's long blade. Even great devil captains,
who were at the Xiantian eight stage, couldn't get close to his body.
But Ye Xiwen also knew that he wouldn't be able to endure like this for too long. The
consumption rate of Zhen Yuan was just too great in order to kill these devils and even if
the Zhen Yuan within his body was extremely vigorous and profound, far more vigorous
than an ordinary master of Xiantian sixth stage, but he was still unable to withstand such a
high consumption rate. There were just too many of these devils, perhaps handling these
numbers was not a big deal for a true master, but for Ye Xiwen, this was too much. He
didn't know where these devils were coming out from because they just kept on coming,
there was simply no end to them which was quite astonishing.
Ye Xiwen secretly guessed in his heart that this was probably not just a stronghold of Bai
Mojiao and was something else entirely. Perhaps they opened up a portal to the Devil world
and were continuously sending devils from the other side, otherwise how could there be an
endless number of devils.
Generally speaking, if so many devils were being sent from the
Devil world, then it must have been discovered by now.
Ye Xiwen became more anxious as he understood that he couldn't delay anymore and
waste his energy on these endless numbers of devils. He shot his palm and immediately, a
dragon roared and flew out of his palm, then its two formidable claws pierced into the Zhen
method and tore a hole in it.
'Whoosh!' Seeing the gap in the Zhen method, Ye Xiwen dived in like a drill and wormed his
way inside the Zhen method.
When the devils saw him forcing his way into the Zhen method, they also rushed after him
to squeeze in only to give up in the end when the Zhen method replenished itself and was
completed once again.
Ye Xiwen searched inside the Zhen method for a moment and finally found the members of
Qian Yu faction, and at this time, they were surrounded by many devils whose attacks were
being constantly repelled by the Magical sound flute of Zhangsun Yuyin.
Ye Xiwen took a look and saw Ye Feng, Ye Ruxue, Zhang Yang, Zhangsun Yuyin, Yan Chiling
and other familiar people, almost all of his friends were here, but he noticed that all of them
were the masters of Xiantian realm. Could it be that this was some
sort of group activity of the top members who were also collectively considered the
backbone of Qian Yu faction?
If these people were annihilated, then Qian Yu faction could basically be considered as
finished!
"Brother, why have you come here!" Ye Xiwen approached and asked.
"It's entirely my fault. I did not consider the safety of everyone and thought this would be a
small matter!" Ye Feng sighed and said.
"How can this be just your fault? All of us made the plan together to come here, but we
never thought that these insidious devils could be so cunning!" Yan Chiling immediately
said in a loud voice.
Then Ye Xiwen heard the whole matter from Ye Ruxue and finally came to know about the
sequence of events. Several days ago, a disciple of Qian Yu faction heard the news that his
hometown, Thousand Islands City, suffered an invasion from Bai Mojiao, so he decided to
go back and inspect.
Later Yan Chiling came to know about this matter from him and wanted everyone to
participate in this plan and turned this into the first group activity of Qian Yu faction since
its establishment, but taking into account the current turmoil and danger outside, he
decided to bring only Xiantian level masters with him.
According to the information they had received, it just looked like a simple matter of attack
by the followers of Bai Mojiao, so they did not mind, but they didn't know about the actual
danger until they arrived here and discovered that Thousand Islands City was empty and
everyone in the entire city had been massacred. Over a million people had been turned into
blood sacrifices by the devils. While they were trying to escape, they got trapped in this
Zhen method.
"What did you say? Everyone in the city has been sacrificed!"
Ye Xiwen held his breath and asked in surprised tone.
Chapter 130: Reinforcement From Yi Yuan
School
"What did you say? Everyone in the city has been sacrificed!"
Ye Xiwen held his breath and asked in surprised tone.
Ye Xiwen could not hold his surprise. After all, the population of over a million people lived
in a big city like Thousand Islands City.
Since more than a million people had been massacred to be used as blood sacrifice by the
devils, a terrifying thing was soon going to be born at this place. Just looking at the
resentment of a million lives that had been slaughtered as blood sacrifices, it could be
imagined how horrifying this situation could turn into.
The dignified looking Ye Feng nodded and said: "Although I do not know what these devils
are actually trying to do, but it can only be something extraordinary and ominous!"
ZhangsunYuyin, Yan Chiling and the others also nodded at Ye Feng's point. Although their
current strength was nothing in comparison to the formidable masters present in the Main
Sect, but they were originally considered as the elites in their
respective sub-schools and other outer major forces, so their experience was not bad,
though they did not know what the devil race was trying to do here in Thousand Islands
City, but it was certainly not a good thing.
"It's entirely my fault, I should have thought with a clear mind before sending you a
distress message." Ye Feng said in a somewhat self-blaming tone, "Even your arrival is
unable to change anything rather yet another person fell into enemy's trap. It's my fault to
not think this though properly."
"Brother, it's not your fault." Ye Xiwen shook his head and said, "It's the plan of those devils
all along to use you all as hostage and attract Yi Yuan School's disciples."
Ye Xiwen told them everything he previously heard from the devils, and after hearing that,
the complexions of many disciples suddenly paled, because if that really was the case, then
these devils were certainly too vicious and could not be taken lightly.
They were too cunning and deceitful!
"Then what should we do now?" A disciple said in a worried
voice.
"This is our only chance!" Ye Xiwen immediately said in a loud voice and attracted
everyone's attention, "These devil bastards are definitely planning something big as it takes
a lot of time to set up such an elaborate trap. They even have the audacity to dare and
ambush the disciples of Yi Yuan School and I think they are relying on the strength of some
high-level monster because I saw moqi soaring in the sky and there should be a formidable
great devil who has assumed personal command of this set up. We have been lucky so far
but who knows what happens later, therefore we still have a chance of survival and that is
to escape from here when a formidable expert comes from our school, then we can take
advantage of the chaos and run away."
Ye Xiwen said this confidently because he knew this trap would be the main reason why Yi
Yuan School would send a formidable expert, because this devil set up was creating too
much disturbance and was very loud and there were a lot of formidable experts in Yi Yuan
School. A major power like Yi Yuan School wouldn't sit idly when such a loud devil set up
was working out in open in Zhen Wu Jie.
However, at this time, this plan was going to work only if these devils do not change their
mind to keep the hostages alive,
because if devil race decided to grind them to death, then it would be an easy job for them.
The situation looked dangerous because a lot of devils were trying to encircling their group,
as if planning a large-scale attack.
"Hidden Dragon rises from the Abyss!" Ye Xiwen shouted and a coiling dragon roared
violently and suddenly came out of his palm and soared into the sky. Its roars resounded
everywhere then the huge body of this dragon coiled around Ye Xiwen's body to give him
protection.
Ye Xiwen's long blade dance released Bladelight which rushed towards the surrounding
devils and simply chopped them down like vegetables.
They just couldn't get close to him, and occasionally, a few who somehow managed to get
close to him were caught by the claws of the coiling dragon and exploded. This coiling
dragon had a soul and didn't need specific commands from Ye Xiwen and attacked the
nearby devils on its own.
"Brother Ye is insanely strong!" The crowd of disciples from Qian Yu faction was baffled by
Ye Xiwen's insane display of strength, it was like he was the invincible god of death for
these devils. They suddenly came to understand how Ye Xiwen had
been able to breach inside the Zhen method even when he was surrounded by numerous
devils.
Now they knew that devil race trapped them in here in order to attract the disciples of Yi
Yuan School, so it was obvious that they would set layers after layers of trap in case core
disciples were to come to save their comrades, but Ye Xiwen, who was not even a core
disciple, was able to break through all those traps and that too totally unscathed.
Ye Xiwen's performance was little too vigorous and the most important question was just
what kind of power technique did he practice that whenever the devils tried to approach
him, they either ended up getting wounded or die. They could almost feel life coming out
from this coiling dragon that was coiled around Ye Xiwen's body and they mistakenly
thought that this coiling dragon wasn't made up of energy, but was an actual dragon, the
one to rule the heaven and earth.
"What kind of power technique is this?" This question cropped up in the hearts of many
disciples, because this power technique was simply too flamboyant and completely insane!
Their own power techniques could be considered as absolutely authentic, but they could
never be compared with such a
terrifying power technique which was easily eradicating these devils that didn't seem to
have any means to fight back.
Just where he found such an incredible power technique which seemed like the true
nemesis of these devils, making them completely hopeless in the face of this coiling dragon,
as they didn't know how to fight an opponent they couldn't even approach.
ZhangsunYuyin occasionally played the spiritual tool called
'Magical sound Flute' which made these disciples to exclaim and then there was Ye Xiwen's
insane power technique "Coiling Dragon palm" which was constantly shocking them. They
were even more shocked when they suddenly noticed that Ye Xiwen's attacks were
releasing Zhen Yuan. So, Ye Xiwen actually transformed Zhen Yuan but that was simply
inconceivable because it meant that he was now a Xiantian sixth stage expert.
There were strange complexions on the faces of these disciples because they suddenly
realized that Ye Xiwen's cultivation growth had simply approached a terrifying speed.
When they first met Ye Xiwen, although he was somewhat famous, but his strength was not
comparable to Zhangsun Yuyin, Yan Chiling and other strongest disciples, but during the
past six months, he actually managed to surpass them by such an extent, and not just
surpass, he actually managed to transform Zhen Yuan.
This cultivation growth speed made them to feel kind of helpless.
Among Ye Feng, Yan Chiling, ZhangsunYuyin and other members of Qian Yu faction, the
strongest among them had just reached Xiantian forth stage. Although they had confidence
that in a few years, they would be able to reach the peak of Xiantian fifth stage, but after a
few years, just what kind of cultivation level would Ye Xiwen be having, just thinking about
this made them to gasp.
Ye Feng was looking at Ye Xiwen with a complicated look in his eyes, thinking in his heart
that he must protect his little brother at all times, but the situation reversed and now he
was being rescued by his little brother. His little brother disappeared without a trace few
months ago and had now been replaced by an extremely formidable and brave figure.
Though Ye Feng still thought of Ye Xiwen as a little brother who needed protection, but Ye
Xiwen was capable enough to act independently and could take care of himself. He was not
afraid
of Zhen Yuan drying up from over consumption, because in the event of such a situation, he
could draw back to rest, swallow a medicinal pill and replenish the consumed Zhen Yuan in
his body.
For others, the area inside the Zhen method was full of moqi, and they were suffering to
breathe, but for Ye Xiwen, it was no different from the outside world, because the
mysterious space in his mind could convert the moqi into energy which he could then use
to enhance his cultivation.
This kind of place where he continuously needed to fight was the best place to enhance his
cultivation.
In a blink of an eye, one day, two days and finally three days passed. Ye Xiwen and other
members of Qian Yu faction stayed inside the Zhen method for a total of three days, and
during these three days, they got sufficient time to determine a lot of things.
Although during these three days, they moved towards the depths of Zhen method to avoid
devil encounters, but they could still feel that somebody was frequently attacking the dome
shaped Zhen method from outside which caused the Zhen method to vibrate violently, but
apparently without success,
and soon the vibrations would disappear. Obviously, not everyone possessed the insane
strength like Ye Xiwen, who was able to force his way into the Zhen method.
In the beginning when these attacks first started to impact on the Zhen method then
everyone was excited, but now, they slowly got used to them.
On that day, suddenly the moqi inside the entire Zhen method began to become violent and
flow frantically in all directions.
Everyone was surprised for a moment because they didn't expect what was happening in
front of their eyes, because before, even some Xiantian ninth stage masters had forced their
way into the enemy territory but even their strongest attacks had been unable to create so
dramatic fluctuations inside the Zhen method.
These fluctuations proved that the Zhen method was crazily operating and replenishing
itself in order to resist the attacks from outside.
"Rumble!"
The entire Zhen method violently shook like never before.
A look of joy appeared on the faces of everyone. Now it was certain that a strong figure
finally appeared to save them, increasing their chances of going out, which was naturally
good news for them.
Ye Xiwen suddenly felt that the entire Zhen method spread throughout the central part of
Thousand Islands City instantly cracked, and was immediately secretly speechless with
admiration, too horrifying, and this expert's strength was probably even more than that
true master, Luo Yifan. It could be said that the strength of this expert was much larger
than the strengths of ordinary true disciples.
However, the delighted expressions on the faces of everyone suddenly turned serious. After
all, they were still not out of the woods and this was their only chance to get out of this
mess, but devil race was waiting outside, and could give a vicious blow to them any time.
"Listen everyone, we must pay attention and be careful of the sneak attacks of these devil
bastards!" Yan Chiling shouted and everyone nodded as they themselves knew that this
was probably the most critical moment.
"Rumble!" There was yet another terrifying explosion, all of a sudden, a large gap opened
up on the Zhen method revealing the grey sky through the gap while the whole method
began to vacillate.
The sunlight projected inside through the gap, everyone looked up towards the gap and
actually saw an expert clad in golden robes and there was double-edged golden sword in
his hand, clearly visible handsome facial features, and even the colour of his hair and eyes
was actually golden, giving him the appearance of a golden god of war.
An invincible breath was surging around him revealing his horrifying aura.
At this moment, in the eyes of everyone, with the sunlight coming from behind him, he
appeared like a celestial being, and it seemed as if he was the only one to exist between the
heaven and earth.
"Bold devils, you really have great courage, quickly hand over the disciples of my Yi Yuan
School and I will leave your whole corpse intact!" The golden man spoke which resounded
throughout Thousand Islands City like a horrifying thunder clap. Some weak Houtian realm
weak devils and Bai Mojiao
disciples were instantly killed by these horrifying sonic waves.
One could see that his cultivation level was far more than that of Luo Yifan, almost a
hundred times stronger.
"You really talk big, could it be that humans these days are usually so arrogant?" A mighty
voice came from the deepest part of the Zhen method, "It just so happens that my devil race
lacks a formidable human soul!"
At this time between the speeches, a huge spectre came out from the deepest parts of the
Zhen method and flew up into the air. The devil aura of this huge spectre was so dark and
overwhelming that a large portion of the bright sunny sky was instantly obscured by
massive dark clouds. The strength of this huge spectre was equally matched with the
strength of the golden man.
This huge spectre's eyes flashed an ominous red light and he seemed just like an ancient
devil god who had come back to life.
He conveniently grasped his claws and the space began to fluctuate violently under the
influence of his sharp claws which was an exceptionally terrifying sight to behold.
The two peerless gods of war were on a verge of a deadly battle.
Chapter 131: Qi Feifan
The strength of these two peerless masters was not something Ye Feng and the other
Xiantian realm experts could hold a candle to.
"The essence and blood soul of a peerless master are a hundred times more useful than
thousands of these mediocre people!" A sinister grin appeared on the face of the huge
spectre, which appeared incomparably cruel. The Moqi dispersed out of his body in which
the souls of dead people could be clearly seen.
It was a gigantic devil, at least five meters tall. Its whole body was covered with black
scales. He had four limbs like humans with deadly, sharp claws and a long tail dancing on
his back like the tail of a tiger on hunt.
Everyone suddenly recognized that it was actually a giant devil, one of the various species
found in Devil world. Some of the features of a giant devil were its exceptionally huge build
and it also possessed great strength and were considered a part of the main force of devil
army. It was said that compared to the great devils, the cannon fodder of devil race, the
adults of giant devils could grow up to 4 meters and possessed strength no less than the
masters of true realm.
And this huge spectre was definitely more than five meters tall and seemed like the leader
of other giant devils and possessed tremendous strength compared to other giant devils.
"Ominous large blood Zhen method, you filthy devil, you actually blood sacrificed the entire
city!" The golden man said in a cold voice, "It seems that you are doing something
extraordinary and you didn't do it quietly, in secret. You did it at such a grand scale just to
attract the disciples of my Yi Yuan School."
"Jie Jie!" The giant devil leader strangely laughed and said,
"You guessed it right, and I never thought that my plan will attract such a peerless expert
like you, but it just so happens that your arrival has saved me a lot of trouble."
The golden man was looking straight in the eyes of the huge spectre, but there was no fear
in his eyes, he was simply like a golden god of war, who came back to life. Both his eyes
were looking around observing the situation and discovered that innumerable devils had
been deployed on the periphery of the large Zhen method.
However, he was not afraid. On the contrary, there was a trace of excitement on his face.
Then, suddenly the golden man laughed loudly and said: "You filthy beast, this Qi Feifan has
killed too many devils before, but I have yet to kill a giant devil. It just so happens that I am
going to offer you as a sacrifice to my sword"
"What, he is Qi Feifan!" Yan Chiling said aloud in a surprised tone.
Everyone was immediately shocked when they came to know that the golden figure in the
sky was actually Qi Feifan.
Feifan means 'Out of the ordinary'
The latent information about the great achievements of this Qi Feifan suddenly emerged in
the mind of Ye Xiwen. Qi Feifan was truly worthy of being called 'out of the ordinary'. He
was truly a legendary expert, and even in the sea of geniuses present in Yi Yuan School, he
was considered a legend, simply a myth!
Since childhood, he started practicing the Sect's martial arts,
and his cultivation almost rose dramatically at a rocketing speed. In a short time, he broke
from the Xiantian realm into the true realm, defeated numerous enemies, and now, no one
knew what his current cultivation level actually was. It was said that he was at the eighth
stage of truth realm and some people said that he was actually at the ninth stage of truth
realm. There were many rumours that Qi Feifan had already entered half a step into the
'legendary realm'.
'Legendary realm' was the realm just above the truth realm and the superiors of various
peaks in the Yi Yuan School were in the legendary realm. Qi Feifan's cultivation level was
suspected to be very close and almost approaching the legendary realm. In future, he would
surely enter the legendary realm and compete for the position of the leader disciple, the
most popular position given to one of the four strongest disciples of Yi Yuan School.
And although both Qi Feifan and Luo Yifan were the masters of the truth realm, but Qi
Feifan's strength was on a whole another level in comparison to the strength of Luo Yifan,
who was at most at the first stage or second stage of truth realm.
Both were in the truth realm but the gap between them was like heaven and earth. It was
said that the strength gap among the masters of different stages was much bigger in the
truth realm than it was in the Xiantian realm.
This expert was definitely a myth, a legendary character.
The giant devil leader obviously couldn't look down on him, because both sides could be
described as evenly matched, and once they would start to fight, it was going to be a
stunning battle.
Ye Xiwen didn't hesitate for any longer and said to the disciples of Qian Yu faction: "Once
they start to fight, I am afraid even the heaven and earth would be shattered, we must seize
this opportunity to escape."
All the disciples nodded because they were also thinking the same thing.
That giant devil leader made the first move, his big hand grasping toward the void and
suddenly grabbed a giant trident from the void then struck towards Qi Feifan, and in a
flash, it directly punctured the space, and in the next second, it appeared in front of Qi
Feifan.
The long sword in Qi Feifan's hand struck out a golden sun-like Swordqi which moved
forward towards the incoming attack.
"Boom!" The moqi and Swordqi fiercely collided into each other and the space seemed to
vibrate like a piece of paper, rapidly shaking up and down, and the fluctuations produced
spread a commotion among the entire devil army.
In the sky, their battle had just started. Both of them were peerless masters and stood at
the peak of truth realm. Each and every one of their moves looked exceptionally simple, but
inside these simple moves, the principles of the truth realm were properly assimilated.
Under the attacks of the two peerless masters, the surrounding air was constantly
exploding, and as the fight between the two became quicker, their overall destructive
power gradually spread throughout the entire Thousand Islands City, and at this rate, it
seemed that the whole city would ultimately be destroyed in the burning time of half an
incense stick.
When such a high-level battle between the two peerless masters started to heat up in the
sky, the disciples of the Yi Yuan School took this opportunity to have a glimpse at this battle
because they might never get an opportunity to witness such a battle in this lifetime. All the
disciples were totally
mesmerized by the battle. Although they were just watching the two fight, but for the
masters at the level of Qi Feifan, each and every one of their moves contained the essence
of martial arts, and they were directly looking at the flawless display of martial arts and
devil arts, giving them an impulse to enhance their own cultivation as soon as possible to
be able to display the same level of martial arts.
Ye Xiwen also looked very ecstatic and thrilled, but compared to others, his ecstasy was
completely different. He began to crazily burn the spirit stones in his storage ring and
injected the produced Lingqi into the mysterious space. The mysterious space began to
capture the scene that Ye Xiwen was watching at the moment, which seemed as if the silk
was being spun into a cocoon essence and pouring into his mind.
Ye Xiwen also had a fascinated look on his face while just from watching the elaborate fight
of those two masters, making him have a feeling of having a breakthrough from the sudden
epiphany.
The sound of numerous shouts abruptly resounded from the periphery of the Zhen method
and a large troop of devils rushed towards Ye Xiwen.
They were probably thinking that now that their great leader would most probably kill and
consume Qi Feifan, then these Yi Yuan School disciples no longer had any value as hostages,
and they must strike Ye Xiwen, who was the most dangerous entity among these disciples.
"Begin, everyone rush outside!" Ye Xiwen shouted and led the way. Almost all the attacking
devils were aiming for Ye Xiwen, but none of them were going close to him because of the
coiling dragon coiled around his body. All the four limbs and one tail of the coiling dragon
was brandished and fended off the devils coming towards the group. With Ye Xiwen on the
front, those weak and small devils were instantly obliterated and coupled with the might of
his long blade, Ye Feng and other disciples followed Ye Xiwen through the narrow opening
made towards the Zhen method's periphery.
"Kill!" Ye Xiwen shouted loudly. His palm blasted, and another coiling dragon flew out of his
palm towards the Zhen method, waving its strong four limbs, and tore a gap in the Zhen
method with its sharp claws. The disciples of the Qian Yu faction first dived out of this gap,
and in the end, Ye Xiwen also jumped out, and as soon as he came out, the Zhen method
immediately restored, and the devils on the inside didn't get a chance to come out after Ye
Xiwen, and were left inside the Zhen method shrieking angrily.
However, there weren't many devils outside the Zhen method, because a majority of the
devils stationed outside the Zhen method had been annihilated by the fallout of the battle
between the two peerless masters.
Just when they came out of the Zhen method, suddenly, a wave of terrifying fallout rolled
towards them. This was actually nothing for Ye Xiwen, because his body had become
extremely formidable by practicing an extremely powerful power technique "Tyrant body
technique", turning his body like that of a tyrant, so this fallout couldn't hurt him.
Had it not been Ye Xiwen and some other master of the Xiantian realm then facing this
terrifying fallout would be dangerous.
Fortunately, at this critical time, ZhangsunYuyin took out the magical flute and the power of
this pseudo-spiritual tool displayed itself and blocked the terrifying fallout.
After the crowd ran for almost a distance of 100 Li, they finally stopped after wearing
themselves out by running at the fastest pace achievable, but at the moment, all of them
had rejoicing faces at the moment. They probably thought that this time, they would not be
able to escape, but they not just
escaped, they did it with zero casualties. Although there was a major role of Qi Feifan to
play in their successful escape, but it became possible only under the leadership of Ye
Xiwen who was leading and defending them from the devils all the time. If Ye Xiwen was
not there, they probably would have been dead a few days ago, not to mention, without Ye
Xiwen, they wouldn't have been able to face the huge attack of devils near the periphery of
Zhen method a while ago, and coming out of the Zhen method would have been impossible
as well.
Therefore, all of them were looking at Ye Xiwen with their eyes filled with gratitude,
especially the disciples of Qingfeng Mountain sub-school felt even more gratitude towards
him, because it could be said that Ye Xiwen had repeatedly saved them at multiple
occasions, and without him, they probably would have died some time ago before this
incident.
After this incident, although these people suffered mental stress, but after spending the last
few days under the leadership of Ye Xiwen, they gave him a tacit recognition as the elder of
Qian Yu faction.
Although Ye Xiwen was originally an elder of Qian Yu faction, but there were a lot of people
who were not actually convinced because Ye Xiwen was almost regardless of the daily
matters of Qian Yu faction, so how could such a person receive the position
of an elder. But now it looked completely different because Ye Xiwen would often appear at
the most critical time to save the members of the faction, which was the most important
thing than handling the daily matters of Qian Yu faction!
After surviving today, the disciples of Qian Yu faction fully and finally recognized Ye Xiwen
as their leader.
"Hurry up and go everyone, otherwise it would be bothersome if those devils came after
us." Ye Xiwen said.
"Little brother, won't you come with us?" Ye Ruxue asked in a worried tone.
"You all go first. I must take care of a small matter before I leave this place." Ye Xiwen said.
Everyone thought that Ye Xiwen was the strongest among them and so effortlessly brought
them out of the lair of devils, so long as he didn't bump into that giant devil leader, handling
other devils should not be tough for him. After all, everyone had one of two secrets, so
when Ye Xiwen said that he had a matter to handle, no one tried to ask him about the
details.
After the group left, Ye Xiwen used "Restraining breath technique" and suddenly began
twining the layer after layer of moqi around his body, then put on the black cloak of a Bai
Mojiao follower he caught earlier. Looking from afar, he simply looked like a follower of Bai
Mojiao.
Without wasting any time, Ye Xiwen immediately turned around and retraced the same
route he came from.
Chapter 132: Tianyuan Mirror
After Ye Xiwen practiced “Restraining breath technique” to the Dacheng realm, he could
simulate a variety of breaths, and could even imitate the body to some extent, but of course
just imitate, not the genuine imitation. However, at this time of chaos, he would be able to
deceive those devils quite easily.
At this time, chaos was spread everywhere due to the terrifying force of collisions between
the two peerless masters, and the destruction caused by their battle was absolutely
shattering the heaven and earth.
Ye Xiwen traced back the same route to go back and saw that the entire devil Zhen method
had begun to operate, and an endless amount of blood qi also began to permeate and fill the
air. This blood qi was produced as a result of the slaughter of humans, who were blood
sacrificed in the Thousand Islands City by the devil race.
Once smelled, this environment filled with blood qi induced a disgusting taste along with
nausea.
Ye Xiwen thought in his heart that he absolutely couldn’t let
them succeed otherwise it would lead to the occurrence of a big disaster.
Ye Xiwen mixed in with a devil troop and went straight inside the devil Zhen method along
with them because now he was disguised as a follower with moqi covering his body, so he
was not rejected by the devil Zhen method and easily went inside.
After wearing the cloak of a Bai Mojiao follower, Ye Xiwen looked just like the other
followers of Bai Mojiao without any visible difference, and none of those devils could see
through his disguise.
Ye Xiwen went all the way towards the deeper parts of the devil Zhen method, and after
reaching there, he found a way leading to an underground cave. He was about to go inside
when four great devils blocked his path.
“Lowly human, you crossed the line. This is not the place where you humans can set foot on
so casually.” A great devil said.
Ye Xiwen thought that inside the devil army, it seemed the status of the followers of Bai
Mojiao was quite low, and they
were at least close to the bottom ranks, possibly belonging to the pawn class.
However, Ye Xiwen was not in a mood to slow down and immediately took out his long
blade. A dazzling Bladelight was released and rushed towards that great devil that was not
prepared for this sudden attack and was instantly beheaded.
The remaining three great devils also couldn’t react because they didn’t expect a lowly Bai
Mojiao follower to suddenly attack them. Ye Xiwen instantly released three blade shadows
of
‘Missing moon beheader’ and the three great devils were chopped into pieces. It was good
for Ye Xiwen that they weren’t paying attention and he was able to behead them so easily,
otherwise, his only option would have been to resort to ‘Coiling Dragon Palm’ and it would
have caused bigger commotion near the entrance to the underground cave.
Ye Xiwen no longer disguised as a follower of Bai Mojiao, but used the restraining breath
technique once again to disguise as a great devil. Although he took the form of a great devil,
but he had to assimilate huge amount of moqi, enough that he should be able to fool those
of the devil race.
Ye Xiwen went all the way down the tunnel, and was
surprised to find more and more great devils in the underground cave. While rounds after
rounds of complementary blast waves of the fight between the giant devil leader and Qi
Feifan was still undergoing above the ground, pretending as a great devil, Ye Xiwen
smoothly went through the tunnel without any difficulty.
Ye Xiwen went all the way down, and after some time, he saw a giant pool of blood, and a
steady stream of endless amount of blood was flowing into this pool. Ye Xiwen didn’t know
where this flow of blood was coming from and being injected into the blood pool. The
endless amount of blood was boiling inside the pool and he could clearly feel the blood qi
coming out of it. Ye Xiwen could also hear the grieving and resentment filled screams of
people coming from the blood.
Even the warriors who practiced Xiedao would reject these resentments and grievances
present in the atmosphere around the giant blood pool, but at the same time, the devil race
did not care, rather they tried to increase the amount of such grievances in order to
increase the power of blood sacrifice.
Xiedao= ‘Evil way’ is a form of martial arts that was developed and practiced in ‘Zhen Wu
Jie’ alongside the more famous
‘Wudao’. Wudao = Martial way
‘I will eradicate these beasts!’ Although, after spending so much time in this world, it could
be said that Ye Xiwen had become used to life and death, but when he saw this scene, he
couldn’t control his anger which instantly soared to the heavens. He finally understood why
people of Zhen Wu Jie held extreme hatred for the devil race. So, it was actually not a war
between two warrior groups who practiced different types of martial arts, this was actually
a war between two races, where it had come to the situation of you die, I live!
If these devils were not killed off entirely then they would most likely enslave human race,
or turn them into blood food.
There was no other option left especially when Devil race had always been planning to
invade Zhen Wu Jie.
These two races couldn’t coexist, because it was a matter of
life and death!
你死我活 = you die, I live, two parties cannot coexist; 生死存亡 =
matter of life and death
And at this time, it seemed that it was the most critical time for the devil Zhen method,
because not only the blood in the giant pool was boiling, intermittent waves of blood were
also being set off waves inside the giant pool. Anyone who would
look at this scene would get a chill down their spine.
Then, suddenly, violent fluctuations appeared in the blood pool, and when the devils in
surroundings saw this scene, they immediately and hastily withdrew away from the giant
pool and didn’t dare to approach.
“Jie Jie, this lord is finally back!” Such arrogant words, but it was actually accompanied with
the voice of an innocent child, and at the same time, a scarlet coloured mirror tumbled out
from the rolling waves of blood along with a small child-like devil, dark little body, two long
horns on his head, a pair of wings flapping on his back, and a tail was constantly dancing
behind him. Looking from afar, he looked exceptionally lovable.
The devil refers to himself as ‘daye’ which is an arrogant way of referring to oneself
That scarlet mirror started to emit intermittent rays of light upwards and the entire cave
was illuminated, which at the moment looked like a stretch of bloody world to Ye Xiwen.
The devils in the surrounding were in awe and kneeled down to the ground as if trying to
worship this little devil. To these
devils, it seemed as if this little devil was a god-like figure.
Ye Xiwen’s eyes suddenly flashed and he decided in his heart that he absolutely couldn’t let
this dangerous devil out of the cave. At present, he just seemed to have born in this world
and this was his weakest time. If allowed to grow up, he would surely bring disaster to this
world.
Ye Xiwen took a step and his physique turned into a streamer, and instantly flew towards
the centre of the blood pool, a coiling dragon instantly coiled around his body, and the
enormous vitality present in the dragon qi of the coiling dragon came in contact of the
resentment lingering in the air and was instantly evaporated.
He immediately chopped out his long blade releasing a bright light that instantly chopped
out towards the little devil.
“Puchi!” That little devil was instantly chopped into two halves.
However immediately, the two sections of his corpse lifted up in the air, joined and the
little devil was reborn again. He then suddenly shouted while pointing towards Ye Xiwen:
“You lowly
great devil, how dare you raise your hands against a deity, are you trying to rebel!”
Then suddenly the scarlet mirror on his side shone and released rays of light and Ye
Xiwen’s body was instantly exposed to this light. The coiling dragon, coiled around Ye
Xiwen’s body, suddenly and fiercely shook up, roared loudly, and the dragon qi and blood
qi began to melt each together.
“How is this possible?” Seeing the current appearance of Ye Xiwen, the little devil suddenly
gawked and was totally stunned, then he suddenly responded in a loud voice: “You are not
a devil!”
Suddenly a wave of blood shot towards Ye Xiwen, but he jumped above the blood wave and
instantly sprang towards the little devil.
“Capture him!” That little devil shouted in a crisp voice, and listening to his command,
suddenly, an endless number of devils lunged toward Ye Xiwen.
Ye Xiwen disregarded the interference from other devils and directly rushed and arrived in
front of the little devil, and in a
flash, his palm turned into Cheng Long like claw and advanced towards the little devil and
grabbed his head firmly. Now the little devil couldn’t escape, but the scarlet mirror in his
hand suddenly released terrifying blood-red rays of light towards Ye Xiwen.
Cheng Long = become the dragon = Jackie Chan’s stage name.
Ye Xiwen’s other hand also turned into Cheng Long like claw, and a coiling dragon instantly
shot out and blasted into the blood-red rays of right and scattered them, while at the same
time, he caught the scarlet mirror in his other hand. However, this scarlet mirror was
constantly exuding bloody-red rays of light that continued to penetrate into the dragon qi
and the coiling dragon gradually melted and disappeared. Right after that, the sinister rays
of light started to corrode the body of Ye Xiwen, and his body was instantly covered in
blood.
Immediately, a terrible pain surged straight inside Ye Xiwen’s mind, but right at that time,
the mysterious space inside his mind suddenly emitted bursts of divine rays of colourful
light along Ye Xiwen’s arms towards that scarlet mirror.
“Boom!” And the divine rays of colourful light actually suppressed the scarlet mirror.
A cool breath spread inside his body and suddenly gave him a comfortable feeling.
“You lowly human, release this lord right this instant, otherwise!” The little devil shouted.
“Shut up or I’ll strangle you to death!” Ye Xiwen shouted in a cold voice, but he couldn’t
crush him otherwise he would just take rebirth from the giant blood pool. If this was not
the case, then Ye Xiwen would already have slapped this arrogant little devil to death.
Guided through his arm, Ye Xiwen’s blood flowed over the scarlet mirror under the
leadership of the divine rays of colourful light, and integrated into the scarlet mirror. Ye
Xiwen suddenly got a vague feeling of being one with this scarlet mirror.
“No, impossible, how can this happen, how can Tianyuan mirror recognize you as its
master?” The little devil’s complexion suddenly paled and he said in a trembling voice.
Those devils had almost arrived in front of Ye Xiwen to attack him, when at this time,
suddenly, a loud explosion occurred and the roof of the cave disrupted and a huge figure
severely fell from above and hit the ground making a huge crack. Ye Xiwen looked and saw
that it was actually that giant devil leader.
At this time, there were several bloody wounds on his body, the scales were ripped out of
his chest area, one could see a large gaping hole in his body from where large amount of
blood was continuously pouring out, and the inner flesh was also visible.
And from the huge hole in the cave roof, one could see Qi Feifan’s figure floating in the sky,
his whole body was exuding golden light, from afar, he simply looked like a golden god of
war, as if watching ants on the ground from his star arched throne high above in the sky.
Any moqi that tried to approach him would be completely swallowed by his golden Zhen
Yuan, which clearly displayed his extremely terrifying prowess.
The difference between the strength of these peerless masters was now clearly evident.
“Devil bastards, prepare to die.” Qi Feifan said in a cold voice.
Qi Feifan’s sword dazzled like a sun releasing a terrifying Swordqi which instantly came
crashing down into the underground cave, and when the blood qi and resentment present
inside the underground cave came in contact with this dazzling Swordqi, it instantly
evaporated and disappeared without a trace.
The giant devil leader instantly lifted his trident up to receive the impact of the terrifying
Swordqi.
“Boom!” A horrifying collision occurred and the tremendous powers of the two peerless
masters instantly scattered in the entire cavern. Weak devils were annihilated instantly,
whereas the formidable devils were seriously injured and were blasted away in all
directions inside the cave.
When this terrifying blast wave swept towards the body of Ye Xiwen, the scarlet mirror in
his hand sensed it, and it immediately released rays of red light towards the incoming blast
wave and protected Ye Xiwen.
Ye Xiwen no longer hesitated and quickly rushed skimming all
the way through the tunnel leading outside of the cave.
Fortunately, the two formidable peerless masters were concentrating on the showdown
and didn’t notice him running away. He smoothly escaped from the cave through the
underground tunnel, and this time, almost all the devils were dead inside the tunnel. Ye
Xiwen came out of the tunnel and smoothly escaped at full speed. He stopped and relaxed
only after running over a hundred miles away.
Chapter 133: Returns To Yi Yuan School
After running for over 100 Li, Ye Xiwen could no longer feel the complementary blast
waves of the fight between the two peerless masters. He finally relaxed and could not help
but mutter: "These masters of the truth realm are really terrifying."
"Lowly human, do you think that they are just ordinary masters of the truth realm? That
blockhead giant leader is already at the peak of ninth stage of the truth realm, whereas that
human has already entered half-a-step into the legendary realm. How else can they cause
such large-scale destruction?"
The little demon held in Ye Xiwen's hand suddenly said in a mocking manner.
Ye Xiwen remembered that he was still clutching that little devil in his hand.
Ye Xiwen looked towards the little devil and asked in a leisurely tone: "What is your breed
devil?"
Ye Xiwen was grabbing him firmly in his hand but he was not worried that it would resist,
because a moment ago, he had noticed that it was very difficult to kill this little devil, but at
the same time, it almost had no strength. It was possible that its strength originated from
that scary scarlet mirror.
Ye Xiwen still couldn't completely control the scarlet mirror, but he could feel that this
scarlet mirror seemed to be directly connected with his mind.
Ye Xiwen couldn't figure out why this happened. This plot of suddenly getting recognized
as master by dropping the blood was pure nonsense because only a spiritual tool at 'Divine
tool'
level or above would identify its master. Also, for the so-called getting recognized as the
master of an original tool, it was necessary for an expert to condense his own Zhen Yuan
into the tool and continue doing so for days and nights while sacrificing his own training,
and even after that, he would only be able to attain a preliminary level connection with the
tool.
Ye Xiwen carefully thought back for a moment and realized that this must have happened
when mysterious space protected him when he came under a major attack by the scarlet
mirror.
It was certainly related to the mysterious space in his mind.
Although he was still somewhat confused, but it was certain that as long as he controlled
the scarlet mirror, this little devil would simply have no strength to fight back.
"Devil? Don't you confuse this lord with the likes of those inferior creatures." The little
devil said with a clear disdain on its face.
"Then what the hell are you?" Ye Xiwen asked because if it was not a devil then what in the
hell was it.
In the mind of Ye Xiwen flashed the various documents and records from the time when
Devil world invaded Zhen Wu Jie.
In those documents, there was a proper description about various species of devils, but he
looked at this little devil, he truly couldn't figure out its kind.
"This lord is a tool spirit, you don't know about tool spirits?"
The little devil said then looked towards Ye Xiwen.
"Tool spirit!" Ye Xiwen was shocked when he heard this little devil referring to itself as a
tool spirit. He certainly knew what a tool spirit was, the so-called spirit of a spiritual tool. It
was said the tool spirits live in the spiritual tools and possess spiritual powers as well
intelligence, but the intelligence level of these tool spirits was quite low and could only be
compared to the intelligence of a dog, and some of them became good friends
with the experts who owned the spiritual tool.
However, there were cases when the spiritual tools would give rise to tool spirits who
developed wisdom after some chance coincidences, and sometime, they could have the
intelligence comparable to the IQ level of a 4 or 5 years old human kid and this level of
intelligence was considered very good. But, this little devil's IQ level was higher than an
average person which was definitely extremely rare.
"Although it's an unfathomable mystery but if the Tianyuan mirror had not suddenly and
unexpectedly recognized you as its master then do you think that a lowly human would still
be alive and talking right now." The little devil looked at Ye Xiwen with a look of contempt
on its face.
It was evident that the little devil simply looked down on humanity.
"You are currently in my grasp and I know a thousand ways to torment you." Ye Xiwen
sneered and thought that apparently, this little devil tool spirit still didn't understand the
situation it was in right now.
Now he was the master of Tianyuan mirror and it was merely the tool spirit of the mirror,
so if it wanted to pick a fight with him, then he naturally had a lot of ways to deal with this
little devil tool spirit.
The little devil didn't know about the cruel torture methods Ye Xiwen was talking about, its
small body suddenly shivered and a trace of fear appeared on its face.
"What do you think Tianyuan mirror really is? That's our mighty Devil king's instrument!
Do you know what a Devil king is? He is the ruler of ten thousand worlds!" The little devil
said in a loud voice.
"Don't forget that you're still in my hands!" Ye Xiwen sneered loudly and it was clear from
the expression on his face that he simply didn't care about Devil King and other stuff
related to Devil world.
"You lowly human ......" The little devil suddenly got furious at Ye Xiwen's attitude and
started struggling in his hand.
"Shut up, try and annoy me one more time and I will exterminate you!" Ye Xiwen got sick of
hearing it saying lowly
human over and over. The existence of a tool spirit largely depended on its master, and
when the link between the minds of the master and the tool spirit is strong then the master
could bring out the true abilities and formidable power present in the original spiritual
tool. While cooperating with the tool spirit, the power of the original spiritual tool would
also increase a lot, but if the tool spirit showed disloyalty towards its master, then it was
better to erase it in order to obtain complete control over the original spiritual tool.
If ordinary people managed to get their hands on an original spiritual tool then they would
generally get rid of the tool spirit, and when the tool sprit was gone, they trained their own
mind to establish a new connection with the original spirit tool.
After hearing Ye Xiwen's threatening words, the little devil suddenly shut up, while it
secretly cursed in its heart. He couldn't understand what exactly was this unfathomable
mystery that it suddenly had to recognize this lowly human as its master.
However, Ye Xiwen didn't care what this little devil was thinking, he immediately whistled
and called his red-crowned crane. As soon as the red-crowned crane heard the whistle, it
immediately flew down flapping its huge wings. Ye Xiwen didn't stay there for any longer,
just leapt on the crane's back and went
straight in the direction of Yi Yuan School.
This time, it could be said that his harvest was not small, especially whenTianyuan mirror
was considered. Although he still did not know the specific details about the function of this
mirror, but he had plenty of time to slowly figure it out.
But right now, it was time to go back and participate in the seed disciple competition,
although at present, Bai Mojiao rebellion was still going on everywhere, but for Yi Yuan
School and other major powers, it was not a big matter. To a major sect like Yi Yuan School,
it was just another Bai Mojiao rebellion that it had suppressed once before, in fact, to the
present, several of the large Sects had not yet contributed towards suppressing the
rebellion.
Right now, Yi Yuan School only mobilized only a part of its true strength and nothing much.
Only a hundred true disciples were participating in suppressing this rebellion on behalf of
Yi Yuan School, and this number was only a small part of the total number of true disciples
present in Yi Yuan School.
Yi Yun School used to deal with these kinds of things in an orderly proceeding which was
the result of the heritage and strength gathered in a millennium large Sect.
Ye Xiwen already made up his mind that he would give his best in the seed disciple
competition, because after becoming a seed disciple, his status would naturally be different
than now, even comparable to some of the core disciples.
"What, you are going to Sect to participate in some seed disciple competition!"
"Now, you are the owner of the great Tianyuan mirror, how can you waste your time on
such a silly thing!"
"Conquer the world, as long as you do as I say, you can become the next mighty devil king,
then the whole world will shiver from your devil powers!"
It seemed as if this little devil had come to accept its fate and Ye Xiwen as its owner, so it
began to try and convince Ye Xiwen and make him practice the power techniques of
Modao!
Modao = Devil arts
"Shut up!"
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Quarrelling all the way, Ye Xiwen rode his crane at the fastest possible speed, and after a
flight of a whole day and night, he finally came back to Yi Yuan School. The huge expanse of
mountain ranges of Yi Yuan School gradually spread in front of his eyes, and floating peaks
were also present among these sierras. Within the Yi Yuan School, true disciples lived on
these floating mountain peaks, and not just that, only true disciples could have their own
floating peaks.
Even if the heritage and wealth of Yi Yuan School was very rich and extraordinary, but
building hundreds of such floating peaks was very difficult. These floating peaks were not
only equipped with various Zhen methods, most importantly, each of these floating peaks
were occupied by true disciples, and if there was an invasion, these floating peaks could be
converted into terrifying war fortresses.
But these were just rumours. Ye Xiwen had never seen these floating peaks turning into
war fortresses with his eyes.
In the present chaotic times, although in the eyes of Yi Yuan School, the rebellion of Bai
Mojiao was not a big matter, but who knew how many of those Bai Mojiao followers and
devils were hidden in the shadows to make their move. Therefore, as a precautionary
measure, all of these floating peaks had been placed on the perimeter, while other
mountain peaks were located in the deeper places, surrounded and protect by these
floating peaks.
Ye Xiwen smoothly made his way back to the Tongtian peak and just after entering the
premises of Tongtian peak, he found Ye Feng and other disciples of the Qian Yu faction,
who seemed to have been waiting for him all this time.
"Little brother, are you alright?" When Ye Feng saw that Ye Xiwen was uninjured,
immediately, a smile appeared on his face.
Other people also seemed very happy. After all, this time, they were saved by Ye Xiwen.
Although they came back first, but were very worried about his safety.
Now when they saw that Ye Xiwen was safe and unharmed, they also felt relieved.
"Brother Ye, did Brother Qi slay that giant devil?" At this time, Zhang Yang asked in a
curious tone.
Everyone was concerned about the outcome of Qi Feifan's battle in addition to Ye Xiwen's
safety.
"I don't know, but when I was leaving, Brother Qi clearly had the upper hand in the battle.
That great devil leader should not be his match." Ye Xiwen said, "When we get a chance,
let's go to the 'big bright peak' of Brother Qi and thank him for coming to our rescue!"
The floating peak where Qi Feifan lived was well-known and illustrious one among the
floating peaks of other true disciples and was known as the big bright peak. It got its name
from the simple fact that it stayed brilliantly illuminated day and night, just like the
legendary paradise.
Although for Qi Feifan, rescuing them might be a small matter, but they still wanted to go
and express their gratitude to him for saving them.Moreover, most of them were excited to
meet him in person.
"Well, you are right, we left ahead of time without thanking
him. We must go and express our gratitude." Ye Feng said.
"Little brother, the seed disciple competition is starting tomorrow, so if you're going to
participate, we must go now!" Ye Ruxue asked because at this time, perhaps it was only her
who was so excited about Ye Xiwen participating in the seed disciple competition, hoping
for him to show off and steal the limelight.
Chapter 134: Competition Begins
Ye Xiwen quickly caught up with the registration at the last moment. He spent the night in
his own small courtyard and continued to sort the information he had gathered in the
mysterious space by spectating the fight between the two masters.
Just from looking their battle, one could say that these two masters were truly at the peak
of truth realm.
At present, Ye Xiwen was at the peak of Xiantian fourth stage and he didn't know when he
would reach the truth realm, but no matter what, it was going to be a very significant goal
for him someday.
Before the Seed disciple competition, Ye Xiwen was trying to enhance his own combat
efficiency as far as possible. He was crazily burning the spirit stones and along with this
crazy combustion speed of spirit stones, he continued the crazy analysis of various
information and insights obtained from the battle of the two peerless masters.
Night time passed, but during the night, he ended up burning
a total of 5000 spirit stones, and now, Ye Xiwen's breath seemed more stable and powerful
than ordinary masters at peak of Xiantian sixth stage, while his Zhen Yuan became ten
times deeper and profoundly vigorous than before, and last but not the least, his body
became so formidable that even divine weapons would find it difficult to injure his body.
Stronger than ever and having an unprecedently great strength, Ye Xiwen was now
confident enough that now he would be able to very easily defeat the masters at the peak of
Xiantian sixth stage, and even if he was to fight against the master of Xiantian seventh
stage, he would be able to contend, beat or even kill them.
No one could become so formidable overnight, it was possible only for Ye Xiwen, because
he had mysterious space to help him.
However, this time, he had little devil, Ye Mo, to support him as well.
Ye Mo was the name given to little devil by Ye Xiwen. Even if this little devil was so
arrogant and haughty but it still didn't have a name, in fact, it never was given a name by its
former master, that is, the mighty devil king, because devil king used to actually treat little
devil like a slave, and never thought to give it a name.
So Ye Xiwen gave a name to the little devil, and although Ye Mo did not say anything after
hearing its new name, but Ye Xiwen knew from the look in its eyes that it liked its new
name, and even if this tool spirit had a foul mouth, but it didn't have a bad natural
disposition. Ye Xiwen also dropped the idea of eliminating little devil and to re-condense a
tool spirit.
Ye Mo started to help Ye Xiwen after it received a new name from him and it was
apparently more active than before. It even stopped clamouring all day about lowly
humans and so on.
Ye Mo was small, cute and extremely lovable, but it was truly a very experienced monster
from ancient times. It knew about various Modao based power techniques, but according to
Ye Mo, they were all at the level of mighty devil king, the ruler of ten thousand worlds.
According to Ye Mo, Ye Xiwen should rigidly adhere to practicing martial arts for the time
being, and it even had a variety of martial arts on its tongue tips and wrote down the ones
that would come in handy.
Although it was only a tool spirit but still brought forth many brand-new concepts about
martial arts in front of Ye Xiwen, letting his horizons to widen, and in just one night, he
managed to learn a lot which in turn widened his horizons.
This made Ye Xiwen to totally abandon the last bit of the idea to eliminate Ye Mo. The idea
simply disappeared from his mind without a trace.
Autumn was near, in Yi Yuan School, since there were many Zhen methods continuously
operating, so the changing seasons couldn't affect Yi Yuan School, giving a spring-like
feeling all year round.
Ye Xiwen walked from his room into the courtyard and looked toward the distant 'Full
moon peak' from where the intermittent sounds of ringing bell could be heard. This time's
Seed disciple competition was being held at the 'Full moon peak'.
Generally speaking, the peak from where the last champion appeared was made the venue
for next time's Seed disciple competition, and for over ten years, the venue for Seed disciple
completion hadn't changed. This obviously displayed the strength of 'Full moon peak', the
strongest of the top ten peaks in Yi Yuan School.
The Tongtian peak once became the venue and held Seed disciple competition but it
happened almost thirty years ago.
In other words, for many years, Tongtian peak had not managed to produce a champion in
the Seed disciple competition. A disciple from Tongtian peak managed to step into the top
ten rankings but that was also several years ago.
Moreover, when that disciple was promoted to the ranks of core disciples, no one after him
entered the top ten rankings.
However, the heritage of Tongtian peak still couldn't be underestimated, because every
time, it would give several disciples who managed to enter the top hundred seed disciple
rankings.
With the bell, many inner and outer disciples rushed to the
'Full moon peak'. Although for them, there was no possibility to participate in the Seed
disciple competition, but still, this was going to be a competition among the top players
from among them, and there weren't going to be a lot of opportunities to see this kind of
fierce competition among geniuses. One could say that it was a rare opportunity and they
planned to watch the competition all the way.
In this case, the disciples of Qian Yu faction, along with Ye Xiwen, also went to the 'Full
moon peak' and Ye Feng and other familiar disciples joined as well. Although this had
nothing to do with them, but Ye Xiwen was participating in the Seed disciple competition so
they naturally came to cheer for him.
The so-called Qian Yu faction was still new and many new disciples joined recently. When
outsiders spoke of Qian Yu faction then the first thought that would come to their minds
was obviously Ye Xiwen, the new disciple who recently rose to fame, especially because it
was widely known that Ye Xiwen's strength was comparable to that of the seed disciples.
So, it was obvious that new members of Qian Yu faction, who hadn't met Ye Xiwen in
person, were curious to witness his formidable strength in today's Seed disciple
competition.
"I heard that this time in the Seed disciple competition, because of the massive comeback of
Bai Mojiao, Sect has prepared very rich rewards. There are many powerful pseudo-spiritual
tools, there are some medicinal pills as well! Gee, last year's rewards are nothing compared
to the rewards this year."
"That's natural, this year is a special, I hear that taking advantage of resurfacing of Bai
Mojiao, the four large Sects as well as the royal family are going to hold a giant joint
conference to discuss how to suppress the rebellion of Bai Mojiao, and at the conference, a
major competition between the strongest disciples of respective Sects would also take
place, having separate competition for inner disciples, core disciples and also true disciples.
This time's Seed disciple competition is aimed at selecting the strongest seed disciples then
these 100
seed disciples will be taken away to participate."
"No wonder Sect is being so generous, and this time, the sect is not only going to discuss the
matter about suppression of Bai Mojiao, but it must also display its formidable strength to
the other large sects, so that no one underestimates us, but unfortunately unlike Seed
disciples' competition, the core disciple competition takes place only once in two years and
it won't be taking place this year, otherwise we would definitely have seen wonderful
fights."
"Perhaps this time, there won't be much change in the name list. After all, the seed disciples
obtain a large amount of resources from the Sect."
"It's also hard to say because this time, there is a very strong newcomer participating in the
competition, his name is Ye Xiwen and I heard that his strength is quite formidable."
"I have also heard his name, I heard that he probably defeated Mo Han, but Mo Han at that
time was only at the peak of Xiantian fifth stage, so maybe we are overestimating the
strength of Ye Xiwen and he may not be able to compete with genuine seed disciples."
"'I heard that Mo Han has already entered into the realm of Xiantian Xiao ten days ago, and
by the virtue of terrifying might of man spear unification, he defeated a seed disciple,
although now his rank is only 96!"
"This time's Seed disciple competition is going to be interesting!"
Many of the disciples began talking among themselves. Ye Xiwen was standing in the crowd
and was listening to their discussions but there wasn't the slightest fluctuation on his
expression.
"Ye Xiwen, those trivial disciples participating in this Seed disciple competition are simply
not your match." In Ye Xiwen's mind came the voice of Ye Mo and it seemed that its voice
was full of disdain for these disciples as if they were not even worth looking at.
Right now, Ye Mo was hidden inside the Tianyuan mirror present on Ye Xiwen's body. Since
Ye Mo had always been the tool spirit of Tianyuan mirror so hiding inside was really too
simple.
Along with a crowd of many people, Ye Xiwen and other disciples of Qian Yu faction
entered the 'Full moon peak'
competition arena. Although Ye Xiwen was quite famous, but if total number of outer
disciples and inner disciples was to be added then the grand total was more than one
hundred thousand people. So how could they possibly recognize Ye Xiwen in this
overwhelming sea of disciples?
Ye Xiwen and the others entered the square and found seats in the spectators seating area.
They saw the many arenas stood erect above the square, where the battles for Seed disciple
competition were going to take place.
The top of a cliff edge portrayed many names. It was too dense and there were several
people's names there.When looking from afar, one could see that these were the names of
the top ten figures of the Seed disciple competition over the years.
However, these names belonged to only those who got into the top ten ranks. Only after
entering the top ranks, one would be eligible to have his name portrayed on the cliff edge
and would always be remembered by people.
Seeing that only ten people would get their names engraved for eternity among so many
disciples involved in the event, the disciples of Qian Yu faction were all fascinated, and this
was an unusual excitement, especially because a disciple of Qian Yu
faction was going to participate in such a major event of Yi Yuan School for the first time, so
they had no other alternative but to be excited.
In a distant place, above a high stand, the elders and many true disciples were sitting, but
mist was covering the surrounding area and no one could actually see these people.
These people came to take a look whether there were good seed disciples among the inner
disciples, and once they took a liking to some seed disciples, they would try to win over
some members.
After almost everyone was in attendance, above the high-stand, a tall elder stood up and
flew in the air, glanced at all the disciples, then said: "The annual inner sect's Seed disciple
competition will start now. The sect is organizing this competition in the hope that
everyone can do their utmost and display their strongest state, and for that, the sect has
prepared very rich rewards, so long as you give an outstanding performance, you will
surely get rewards from the sect. If you are lucky enough, you will also get an opportunity
to join the clans of true elders, now soar like a dragon! "
The elder's words were short but very straightforward and the
disciples who heard this had a burst of emotions in their hearts.
As long as they could give outstanding performance, they could get a lot of practice
resources from the Sect which could directly increase their standing in Yi Yuan School, a
millennium major Sect. This was one type of most fair but also most brutal rule of survival.
As long as they had enough strength, the Sect would give them special fondness and status,
would also spend a lot of resources to cultivate them, and as long as they had enough talent,
they could succeed, but it was also an extremely brutal rule. The people who possessed
strength could succeed, but those with no strength could only continue to get surmounted
by the strong ones. The natural law of survival of the fittest truly and vividly manifested
itself here in this competition.
"First battle of No. 130 arena, Ye Xiwen, Fang Su!"
Finally, the guarding core disciple in the arena read Ye Xiwen's name.
Chapter 135: Two Rounds
"First battle of No.130 arena, Ye Xiwen, Fang Su!"
Finally, the guarding core disciple in the arena read Ye Xiwen's name.
When Ye Xiwen heard his name call, he went up at once, and many of the disciples who did
not recognize Ye Xiwen had their eyes fixated on him. Although, the strength of Ye Xiwen
was only comparable to that of the seed disciples, but he was still considered as one of the
few strongest individuals among hundreds of thousands of inner and outer disciples. He
was counted among 200 to 300 top-notch disciples in the total population of inner disciples
and outer disciples.
In addition to Ye Xiwen, his opponent, Fang Su, was also considered one of the few top-
notch disciples.
"I never thought that the first battle will be between Ye Xiwen and Fang Su. That Ye Xiwen
recently rose to fame but Fang Su is also a very famous super-master of Xiantian Xiao
realm."
"Yes, I did not expect that the first battle of Seed disciple competition will be between two
seed level masters."
"Right, I think that these experts will certainly stagger."
"Stagger? If they stagger then it will be boring! Depending on the strength, do you know
how many people who participate in the Seed disciple competition each year, because it is
full of uncertainty? If they have good luck then can rush into the top hundred ranks, such as
that Mo Han, otherwise why would the disciples who possess the insufficient strength of
peak Xiantian fifth stage participate in the competition when they know they would just
end up humiliating themselves in front of everyone and would be regarded as laughing
stocks by everyone?"
Above the high stand, in the elders seating area, many of the elders were looking at Ye
Xiwen, and among the many true disciples sitting there, Lin Zhantian was also present and
looking at Ye Xiwen.
There were pleased looks in the eyes of these experts looking at Ye Xiwen. They didn't
expect that a new disciple like him, who joined the Main Sect only few months ago, without
taking too long, would be able to challenge seed disciples.
Ye Xiwen also felt a lot of gazes aimed at him and felt his heart secretly beating like a drum.
He was anxious that these experts might find out about the existence of Tianyuan mirror
and Ye Mo because the Tianyuan mirror was still present on his body.
It was said that Yi Yuan School did not have biased views regarding the principles of Modao
and Xiedao. In fact, there were some disciples in Yi Yuan School who practiced Modao
based power techniques and Xiedao based power techniques, but they were all accepted by
the Main Sect. Also, there were many people who possessed Modao and Xiedao based
spiritual tools, but Yi Yuan School didn't mind them, because according to the viewpoint of
Yi Yuan School, these spiritual tools or power techniques were not good or evil, only the
people who practiced them were good or evil. As long as the practitioner didn't use these
practices for evil deeds, Main Sect allowed the use of Modao and Xiedao!
However, it was still difficult to predict their attitude and reaction towards the existences
of Tianyuan mirror and Ye Mo.
Although Ye Xiwen heard from Ye Mo that Tianyuan mirror was actually a very Niubi
original tool, but he still couldn't control the mirror and was anxious that it might give rise
to a difficult situation.
Niubi = Awesome, flamboyant, extraordinary, kickass etc.
"Ye Mo, are you sure there won't be any problem?" Ye Xiwen immediately asked Ye Mo
because those elders were all experts of the truth realm, and if they really made up their
mind to get rid of him, then it could be said that he didn't have the strength to fight back.
"Rest assured, these ants simply have no way to discover my presence." Ye Mo said in a
voice filled with pride.
Ye Mo still held a deep contempt for humans, although each time it exposed such signs of
despising human, he was corrected and scolded by Ye Xiwen, but this notion was
profoundly engraved deep into its bones, and was difficult to change, but its attitude
towards Ye Xiwen fortunately became better, but Ye Mo still wanted Ye Xiwen to follow the
power techniques of Modao and always tried to convince Ye Xiwen that he must become
the next peerless Devil King and so on.
However, Ye Xiwen had already started to ignore these words, and as far as the matter of
becoming the next mighty Devil King was concerned, he simply had no interest!
Ye Xiwen was on the stage and on the opposite stood a youth man clad in moonlight long
robe, and while haughtily looking
at Ye Xiwen, he said: "I heard you're that arrogant and rampant Ye Xiwen? Probably
because you seemed to have defeated Mo Han, but at that time, Mo Han was only at the
peak of Xiantian fifth stage and defeating him means nothing. You are not my match so it's
better for you to admit defeat as soon as possible."
He confidently tried to persuade Ye Xiwen to admit defeat but did not expect to see a faint
smile appearing on the face of Ye Xiwen. Fang Su suddenly became somewhat angry with
an embarrassing look on his face, he angrily said: "What are you smiling at?"
"With your presumptuous attitude, do you actually think you can easily defeat Mo Han?
Your strength is not more than his strength and if you run into him this time then he will
surely beat you within ten strokes." Ye Xiwen said because he clearly knew about the
extremely formidable and fierce strength of
'man spear unification' and even if Fang Su was at the same strength level as Mo Han, it
would difficult for him to resist Mo Han's might of man spear unification realm.
Since Mo Han was now a master of Xiantian Xiao realm and so long as he didn't have a bad
luck in competition, he should be able to go very far!
Even if they were once enemies but Ye Xiwen didn't want to see someone belittling the
abilities of Mo Han.
"But this time, you are not going to get a chance to meet him."
Ye Xiwen indifferently said.
"Bastard!" Fang Su suddenly became furious and the self-confident look on his face
immediately turned red due to shame and embarrassment caused by the insulting words of
Ye Xiwen.
Fang Su's palm grasped toward the air and directly grasped an aquamarine long double-
edged sword. This long sword was a kind of supreme quality cold jade long sword, and
even from afar, one could feel its chilly aura, and collision between cold air and steam was
emitting sizzling sounds. In an instant, like an aquamarine colored lightning, he took one
step forward and in the next step, he was right in front of Ye Xiwen.
Although Fang Su was an arrogant and haughty guy, who talked big, but he was really very
formidable. The strength of a master of the Xiantian Xiao ream was not joke, and his
strength was the real deal, no wonder he was confident enough to participate in the Seed
disciple competition and was also expecting to step into the top hundred seed disciple
rankings.
'Shua!' Ye Xiwen's reaction was very fast, he instantly took out his long blade and instantly
shot. His whole stature rushed forward like lightning and with a loud "Boom!" the two
instantly collided, sending mighty shock waves in the air carrying many chunks of frozen
water vapor. These frozen chunks were instantly blasted in all directions, and many
disciples present in the crowd, surrounding the arena, suddenly had to use Zhen Qi around
their bodies as shields to protect their own lives. A disciple of Houtian realm was hit by the
frozen chunks and sustained several fractures.
After having interrupted the offensive of his opponent, Ye Xiwen did not stop even for an
instant, and the Zhen Yuan continuously started to burst within his body, while his long
blade chopped out a terrifying Bladelight, which then directly swept in the direction of
Fang Su like a whirlwind, and swept the clouds of mist and ice chunks on its way towards
Fang Su.
Fang Su used his cold jade double-edged long sword to block Ye Xiwen's fierce blade attack,
but he was just a master of Xiantian Xiao realm, so how could he possibly a block an attack
which contained some parts of Zhen Yuan mixed with Zhen Qi.
"Bang!" As soon as Ye Xiwen's blade attack came in contact with Fang Su's long sword, he
was instantly sent flying far out of the arena, and suddenly spurted out blood in the mid-
flight.
Ye Xiwen had mixed his Xiantian Zhen Qi with a trace of Zhen Yuan, and due to that, Fang
Su was simply unable to fight back.
In fact, during the fight, Ye Xiwen was trying to conceal his true strength, because he did
not want others to find out that he had already completely transformed Zhen Yuan, because
there could be a genuinely formidable master hidden among the high ranked seed disciples,
and it would be better not to expose his true strength too early in the competition.
However, there was a good thing that he didn't have to hide his enormous strength of 200
Dragons, which simply sent Fang Su flying far away out of the arena, while spouting blood
and his body fell heavily on the ground upside down.
"Ye Xiwen actually won, and that too so easily, but how is this possible, it's unbelievable
how Fang Su couldn't even block a single blade attack!"
"How is this possible, Ye Xiwen turned out to be so insanely strong, but that cold jade long
sword was a pseudo-spiritual tool, why was it unable to block Ye Xiwen's blade attack!"
"It seems that we have underestimated the strength of Ye Xiwen, we only thought that since
Ye Xiwen has defeated Mo Han, a master at the peak of Xiantian fifth stage, then he must be
weak, in fact, no one expected that he would actually be so formidable. Now that you think
about it, that Mo Han guy had comprehended the man spear unification while fighting Ye
Xiwen, but he was still defeated. I must say, Ye Xiwen's strength is simply unfathomable!"
"It seems that his strength is far more than just comparable to the strength of seed
disciples, because even among the seed disciples, perhaps only the ones ranked above
average would be able to compete with him."
At this time, all of the disciples of Qian Yu faction were cheering for Ye Xiwen, without a
single exception, and it was expected because he was representing their Qian Yu faction, a
new faction formed by new disciples, and this was his first battle. When he won the battle
against a senior disciple so easily then this made them very happy.
Ye Xiwen came down from the arena and the disciples of Qian Yu faction immediately
surrounded him and started congratulating him, although it was merely the first round of
competition, but he just now defeated a super-master of Xiantian Xiao realm in such a
relaxed way. Just from watching
the first fight, one could imagine that Ye Xiwen was going to go too far in the competition.
But, those senior disciples were constantly staring at Ye Xiwen and there was clear
disbelief in their eyes. This new disciple was really a freak, he joined the Main Sect less than
six months ago, and now he could participate in the Seed disciple competition, and not just
that, he so easily defeated a super-master of Xiantian Xiao realm as if it was child's play for
him.
Although they had heard that this year's new disciples were very fierce but just what this
ridiculous formidable strength actually was and how could he obtain it so fast. They joined
Main Sect more than a decade ago and still didn't dare to sign up in Seed disciple
competition!
Ye Xiwen's facial expression was calm like the surface of a still water, and no matter what
those people were thinking, he quietly waited for the arrival of the next battle!
But Ye Xiwen didn't have to wait for too long, and soon, the first battle in the other arena
also ended.
After a small time given for recuperation, it was time to start
the second battle. It could be said that in this case, it was quite unfair for those who were
slower in finishing their battles in comparison to those who finished earlier. In this case, it
was Lien Chan and if his strength was strong enough, then he would have finished his own
fight earlier than Ye Xiwen. So, if he couldn't defeat his opponent earlier than Ye Xiwen
then it could be considered fair because if everyone was given long enough time for
relaxation then it was not fair to the strength of the stronger contestant.
Soon, Ye Xiwen's turn arrived in the second round of the competition. This time, his
opponent looked like a 25 or 26
years old guy. When he saw that his opponent actually turned out to be Ye Xiwen, suddenly
a forced smile appeared on his face. Although he hadn't seen Ye Xiwen's first fight, but he
already heard from other people about his extraordinary performance. He soon realized
that he would not be able to contend with Ye Xiwen.
A super master of the Xiantian Xiao realm couldn't block one attack from Ye Xiwen's blade
and was sent flying out of the arena, let alone a mere disciple at the peak of Xiantian fifth
stage.
The thoughts continually wrestled in his mind then he cupped one hand into the other
across his chest and said: "Brother Ye, I
accept my incompetence in front of your strength, I admit defeat."
"Ye Xiwen, wins!"
Chapter 136: Fight Between Powerful
Contenders
Ye Xiwen's opponent in the second round admitted defeat giving him an easy victory
without the need of even lifting a finger.
"Ye Xiwen, I did not think that you would be able to enter into the third round, but you will
soon die, enjoy the final moments of your life while you still can." Ye Xiwen just came down
from the arena and suddenly heard someone sneering and referring to his name from one
side. He turned his head to take a look and actually found that it was the so-called Young
Marquis from before whom he had severely injured few months ago.
Ye Xiwen carefully observed the Young Marquis and noticed that all the injuries inflicted by
him few months ago were not only healed but he had become even more formidable than
before. Back then, he had entered half-a-step into the Xiantian Xiao realm, but now he had
actually reached the peak of Xiantian sixth stage.
This Young Marquis's situation was not just as simple as having his cultivation grow to the
next level, but he actually crossed the threshold, and this led to his strength undergoing
tremendous change.
However, the last time Ye Xiwen saw Young Marquis, he didn't see the slightest signs of him
breaking through the threshold of Xiantian fifth stage to reach the Xiantian sixth stage.
According to Ye Xiwen's initial estimate, Young Marquis would at least need several years
in order to break from the threshold of Xiantian fifth stage, perhaps at least ten years.
Although ten years seemed very long, but one must know that the lifespan of a Xiantian
master was around two hundred years, so a period of ten years was not a long time in
comparison.
Because the ridge between Xiantian fifth stage and Xiantian sixth stage was considered one
of the largest and it was said that more than half of the Xiantian warriors couldn't cross this
ridge throughout their lives.
If the most talented disciples somehow managed to get favour from the Sect and attain a lot
of practice resources, then it was possible to break through this threshold and reach the
Xiantian sixth stage, otherwise even the period of ten years was not too long.
However, now it seemed like that during these few months, Young Marquis did not just
manage to completely recover from his serious injuries, but he unexpectedly advanced to
the peak of Xiantian sixth stage.
This speed was simply unimaginable and even when compared with Ye Xiwen, his growth
couldn't be considered slow.
The eyes of Young Marquis were brimming with a strong killing intention while he was
glaring at Ye Xiwen. Ye Xiwen noticed the poisonous look in his eyes along with a clear
hateful expression on his face and thought that none of the people he had previously
defeated turned into this sort of vicious character. The impact of losing to Ye Xiwen had
taken its toll on the psyche of Young Marquis!
After joining Yi Yuan School, it was obvious that he no longer was the arrogant young
master of his clan, but later, on virtue of his impressive strength and talent, he realized that
he could still maintain his previous status and could make those weaker than him to listen
to him and serve him. It was only a pity that he mistook Ye Xiwen for a weakling and tried
to threaten him but did not think that soon after coming to the Main Sect, Ye Xiwen would
actually be so insanely strong, that even those senior disciples, along with their profound
experiences and
dignity, would be trampled under his feet.
Ye Xiwen could feel his murderous aura and also made a guess about what he must be
planning. Young Marquis was planning to kill him in the arena. Although according to the
rules of Yi Yuan School, killing a fellow sect disciple invoked severe punishment, but if only
wounded, then it was almost equivalent to not getting punished at all, because Yi Yuan
School was such a big sect that almost all kinds of injuries could be easily and completely
cured. In fact, even severed body parts could be reconnected if the victim was sent to early
treatment.
So, within Yi Yuan School, disciples used to fight all the time but very few people would
actually kill their opponents. Last time, Ye Xiwen also just severely injured Young Marquis
but did not kill him because of this consideration.
Only two places were exception to this rule, one was the 'Life and Death Arena' while the
other one was a public event like this. There were absolutely no rules to put limits on the
strengths of the contenders, after all, almost all the contenders were either seed disciples
or comparable to seed disciples so it was natural that their battles would be very fierce.
Just a small distraction might lead to failure, or even serious injuries. If the strength of
opponent was far less, then only one could think of going easy, otherwise who would dare
to hold back in front of
an equally matched opponent!
"If you are holding such an idea then I will make you regret it." Ye Xiwen looked coldly at
the Young Marquis.
"Hahahaha!" Young Marquis suddenly started to laugh loudly and wildly, and after a good
while, his laugh suddenly transformed into a sinister smile, "You have made the biggest
mistake of your life by offending someone you must never offend, and look what happened,
he gave me strength and today in the arena, I will kill you!"
"Are you talking about Luo Yifan?" Ye Xiwen asked.
"Humph!" That Young Marquis snorted loudly and did not answer, but Ye Xiwen obtained
the answer he was looking for.
So, it really was Luo Yifan, incorrigibly wicked. At that time, he was in front of witnesses
and since he didn't have evidence against Ye Xiwen so Luo Yifan couldn't directly kill him,
but after going back, he must have felt that it was a mistake not to kill Ye Xiwen while he
had the chance, but he couldn't just come and directly kill Ye Xiwen, or he might fall in
trouble.
Young Marquis did not stay for too long, and walked away, and looking at the back profile
of departing Young Marquis, Ye Xiwen sneered in his heart, not because of his provocative
words. The words of Young Marquis simply had no effect on Ye Xiwen because if his
fighting strength had not broken through from the Xiantian six heavy, then this time, he
really had no chance against Ye Xiwen!
"Ye Xiwen, Zhang Chi!"
Soon, Ye Xiwen's name was called for the third round, and this time, his opponent was
already a seed disciple, but Ye Xiwen was not surprised, after all, he was already in the
third round, and from this round onwards, even if his opponent was not a seed disciple but
it would still be a disciple comparable to the seed disciples.
For reaching the third round of Seed disciple competition, luck was required, but high
strength was also an important constraint.
As far as Ye Xiwen was concerned, it simply didn't matter who his opponents were to this
point. After breaking through the first three rounds, he would finally enter the top 100
ranking of seed disciples.
However, Zhang Chi was not just an ordinary seed disciple, his rank was 19th in the
ranking list of seed disciples, and possessed an abnormally formidable imposing aura,
indicating that he must have entered half-step into the Xiantian sixth stage, and that too not
a long time ago, perhaps in the past few months.
Zhang Chi looked at Ye Xiwen and said: "Brother Ye, you are very strong, but this time you
will surely lose, I must rush into the top twenty rankings."
Zhang Chi's face revealed a firm expression. As far as Ye Xiwen's strength was concerned, it
was now needless to say that no one dared to underestimate him, and many people were
wondering that perhaps Ye Xiwen had already stepped into the Xiantian Xiao realm.
However, Zhang Chi wanted to step into the top twenty rankings, because this time, the top
twenty contenders could obtain a type of medicinal pill called Hehe Dan. After using a Hehe
Dan, one could increase their success rate of breaking through from the threshold of
Xiantian fifth stage and step into the Xiantian sixth stage by more than 30%.
Hehe Dan was a very rare type of medicinal pill because only experts of Truth realm could
refine it, but it increased only a small percentage of success rate of having a breakthrough
from Xiantian fifth to Xiantian sixth stage. Therefore, the masters of Truth realm rarely
refined Hehe Dan, which was the reason why in the past, only the top three seed disciples
received Hehe Dan as rewards, and after consuming Hehe Dan, these three winners would
reach the Xiantian sixth stage and become core disciples.
But this time, the situation was unique due to the matter concerning Bai Mojiao, and Sect
was going to give enormous rich rewards to the winners. If he could obtain a Hehe Dan, he
would at least be able to save himself from several months of self-torturous cultivation.
Also, when he would participate in the competition among the five major influences, then
his increased strength would help him in fetching a good ranking, and at that time, the
rewards would be more than now.
He would also get favour from the Sect, thus helping in his growth in the long run.
However, this time's Seed disciple competition was going to be the first major step.
"Such being the case, let us both give our best shots." Ye Xiwen could see the desire to win
in his opponent's eyes but he would certainly not give up.
"Brother Ye, get ready!" Zhang Chi shouted then suddenly, a formidable imposing aura
came out of his body and he took out a long blade. He was also a blade master like Ye
Xiwen, and above his long blade, a white tiger was facing upward and roaring loudly, but its
form seemed a bit out of shape. Someone must have carved the creative concept of a fierce
white tiger into the blade, indicating that this long blade was definitely a pseudo-spiritual
tool.
"Brother Ye, be careful!" Zhang Chi immediately cautioned Ye Xiwen, although he was eager
to win but he was definitely not a sinister villain. Zhang Chi clearly knew the unparalleled
and tyrannical strength of his white tiger long blade and didn't want to deceive a talented
junior like Ye Xiwen.
Ye Xiwen did not speak, but a solemn look appeared on his face, as he had already taken
strict precautions. He quickly transformed the Zhen Yuan within his body into Zhen Qi to
give rise to a terrifying imposing aura.
Zhen Yuan itself was more advanced and purer form of energy
than Zhen Qi, and even a little amount of Zhen Yuan could be turned into a large amount of
Zhen Qi. Ye Xiwen immediately changed Zhen Yuan into Zhen Qi inside his body, sending
layers after layers of shock waves in the surroundings, while his imposing aura suddenly
rose quickly and wasn't one bit weaker than Zhang Chi.
"Ha!" Zhang Chi shouted loudly and chopped out his long blade, and in a flash, an endless
amount of Zhen Qi congealed into Bladelight and rushed towards Ye Xiwen, producing faint
howling sounds, and on the midway, the Bladelight directly transformed into a white tiger,
however at the same time, accompanied by a loud sound of thunder, the hidden Dragon
rose from the Abyss!
Ye Xiwen's palm instantly transformed into a dragon claw, and while using celestial step, he
instantly rushed in front of the white tiger, his dragon claw rose high and instantly formed
a towering giant dragon claw, then immediately descended directly on top of the white
tiger and suppressed it.
"Boom!"
Ye Xiwen's dragon claw grabbed the white tiger and pressed it down on the ground,
directly leaving a huge dragon paw print
on the arena floor, while the white tiger immediately vanished after being heavily crushed
by the huge dragon claw.
At that moment, the condensed soul of the white tiger was grasped by Ye Xiwen and was
instantly destroyed and vanished, accompanied with a sound of "karakara", just like the
shattering sound of ice crystals.
However, just then, once again, a terrifying Bladeqi was instantly chopped out, which then
turned into a white tiger and rushed towards Ye Xiwen.
Ye Xiwen also abruptly shot his palm, and immediately, a coiling dragon congealed out of
his palm, roared loudly and rushed towards the white tiger.
Immediately, the scene turned into a fierce struggle between two evenly matched
opponents. On the arena, a white tiger was fighting with a coiling dragon, but Ye Xiwen was
not anxious that others would see the origin of his move, after all, Yi Yuan School was
originally a place to study various kinds of martial arts techniques, and even if they saw, it
would account to nothing. Furthermore, he had heard from Lin Zhantian that from the time
"Coiling dragon palm" had been taken out of an ancient ruin, no one was able to learn it.
In other words, for so many years, Ye Xiwen should be the first master to successfully
comprehend "Coiling Dragon Palm".
Most likely, no one would be able to recognize the move when they themselves hadn't seen
anyone using it.
Moreover, a large Sect like Yi Yuan School must have its own several secrets. Yi Yuan School
also did not request its disciples to give an honest account of their adventures.
If that was the case then who would dare to show their full strength, and if disciples tried to
hide their true strengths, then it would severely affect the overall strength of the Sect.
Anyways, in a moment, the outcome of the fierce battle between two evenly matched
opponents was going to be decided.
Chapter 137: New Record
At the moment, a coiling dragon was fighting with a white tiger in the arena, and in a flash,
a powerful attack of coiling dragon annihilated the white tiger. Unlike the coiling dragon,
white tiger didn't possess its own consciousness, however even if it did possess
consciousness, what could it possibly do to defend itself from the vicious and formidable
claws of coiling dragon or occasional fierce tail swings. The might of the coiling dragon was
enormous and white tiger simply wasn't its match.
Above the high stand, many of the elders were paying attention to Ye Xiwen's palm
technique with curious looks in their eyes.
It was obvious that this palm method was an extremely high grade power technique,
though they could not determine its rank, but they were still able to figure out its
fundamentals and concluded that it was very formidable power technique.
"This battle's outcome is already decided."
"It has been such a pity. Originally, it was quite possible for him to break into the top
twenty rankings. Unfortunately, he
ran into this Ye Xiwen." An elder sighed and said.
"Luck is a part of the strength, because bad luck partially reflects the manifestation of
lacking strength and incompetence." A nearby elder curled his lips and said.
These elders and true disciples were looking at the contenders with unusual toxic looks in
their eyes. They were the masters of truth realm and could easily predict the outcome of
the battle between two mere inner disciples without even needing to see the battle all the
way to the very end.
Above the high stand, a pair of vicious eyes was looking at Ye Xiwen. It was none other than
Luo Yifan, and right now, several thoughts were constantly raging up inside his heart.
In his heart, the idea to kill Ye Xiwen didn't diminish the slightest, but he never thought that
Ye Xiwen would actually be able to attend the seed disciple competition.
The reason why he did not kill Ye Xiwen before because of the presence of a large crowd at
the scene, and one more reason was that he was extremely confident on his own skill. He
was sure that once Ye Xiwen received his sonic wave attack, he would
most probably die later, and even if he didn't die, at least he would have to face great
consequences from the aftereffects, and after that, he won't have any advancement in
strength.
But he never expected that Ye Xiwen actually did not die and there didn't seem any signs of
aftereffects either, which suddenly made him feel deceived. This meant that Ye Xiwen
wasn't under the impact of his technique and was lying to him.
Thinking of this, the anger in his heart was even more difficult to contain, and a killing
intention immediately appeared in his eyes, almost anxious to kill Ye Xiwen right there.
In his heart, he realized that Ye Xiwen was certainly related to Luo Tian's death, and the
killing intention became even more intense, he pledged to kill Ye Xiwen at any cost.
Ye Xiwen naturally did not know about the commotion going on inside Luo Yifan's heart. It
would be a lie to say that Ye Xiwen's spirit won't be deterred once he knew about Luo
Yifan's intentions, but he also knew that Luo Yifan was not someone who would give up so
easily!
The sense of crisis was present in his heart, but right now, there was no time to think about
all that. For now, he needed to concentrate on his current opponent, Zhang Chi.
Must finish this fight!
The situation suddenly changed!
At that moment, Ye Xiwen churned out a wave of vigorous Zhen Qi, raised his long blade
and chopped out a long thick Bladelight, which instantly rushed towards Zhang Chi.
Zhang Chi's white tigers were successively chopped down and instantly vanished by Ye
Xiwen's Bladelight. Zhang Chi's face revealed a desperate expression because he did not
expect that Ye Xiwen's real strength would turn out to be so formidable.
"Shua!"
Bladelight flew across the arena and since the distance wasn't too long, it instantly arrived
in front of Zhang Chi and was about to chop into his body, when abruptly, that Bladelight
seemed to have been manipulated and vanished without a trace.
At this moment, Zhang Chi's whole body was covered with cold sweat, but he suddenly
discovered that the Bladelight didn't even touch his body, and right then, Ye Xiwen's loud
voice came from across the arena: "Senior Zhang, you let me win!"
When Zhang Chi heard this, his face immediately turned red and he felt embarrassed. He
was simply owned by a junior and made a fool of himself in front of everyone. However, Ye
Xiwen was merciful and didn't injure him even the slightest, so he quickly cupped one hand
into other across the chest and said:
"Thank you Brother Ye for showing mercy, this fellow brother is deeply grateful!"
Not to mention the top twenty ranks, it was fortunate that Ye Xiwen was merciful
otherwise if he had received that Bladelight attack then he would have faced severe
injuries. Today, he could only say that his own luck was bad that he had to face an insanely
strong master like Ye Xiwen!
Ye Xiwen jumped down the arena and Ye Mo's voice suddenly resounded in his mind: "Why
did you stop, why didn't you kill him, anyway, no one would get prosecuted for killing an
opponent in the arena."
"I'm not a devil and I don't kill people for fun!" Ye Xiwen lightly said.
Ye Xiwen very much appreciated the attitude of Zhang Chi and he was only brutal to his
enemies.
"Human nature is really hard to understand!" Ye Mo said.
"That's why your devil race will never understand human race!" Ye Xiwen said while
walking. There was always this kind of difference in opinions between him and Ye Mo, he
clearly knew that sometimes, Ye Mo's showed a somewhat childish behavior, but its views
on some issues were terrifying, and in its eyes, let alone human beings, even those devils
were nothing more than lowly ants. For Ye Mo, the war between human race and devil race
was just like watching two ant nests fighting for food.
Although Ye Mo was not so indifferent to Ye Xiwen, but Ye Xiwen also knew that it was just
because they were related to each other as Tianyuan mirror's owner and tool spirit.
Perhaps it had seen so much slaughter over a course of a long
time that cruelty had properly immersed deep into its bones, but of course, recently, Ye
Xiwen had come to believe that Ye Mo's previous owner was probably a very extraordinary
figure, and was really the ruler of ten thousand worlds, and he must have also looked down
on people, just like Ye Mo.
Ye Xiwen didn't know how to remove this kind of deep-rooted indifference in its bones, but
as long as he didn't have the same viewpoint, he didn't care about Ye Mo's indifference.
After winning the third round, Ye Xiwen successfully stepped into the top 100 and
justifiably became a seed disciple.
This immediately aroused the crowd and also the disciples of Qian Yu faction. Earlier Ye
Xiwen was only famous as a disciple whose strength is comparable to the strength of seed
disciples, but now that he stepped into the top 100 rankings of seed disciples, he officially
established his strength in front of the whole crowd and now he was no longer just
comparable to seed disciples, but actually became a seed disciple.
This year, Ye Xiwen joined the Main Sect, and in the first year only, he was able to reach all
the way into the top 100 ranks of the seed disciple competition. By becoming a seed
disciple, now he was above hundreds of thousands of inner and outer disciples
of the Main Sect. The senior disciples couldn't even remember when was the previous time
something like this happened in the Main Sect. Some of the senior disciples remembered
that a few decades ago, a new disciple was able to achieve such a feat in the Main Sect, and
that person was none other than Qi Feifan.
However, now, in the Yi Yuan School, Qi Feifan was at the height of power, and being able to
enter the top 100 seed disciple rankings was one of the many records he made in the Main
Sect, and this record was not too splendid as well.
Moreover, that was a long time, decades ago, so long that not more than half of the inner or
outer disciples from that time still remembered this record in the corners of their minds,
and half of them simply did not remember at all. After all, it had been decades since they
joined the Main Sect.
A period of decades was not a short time for warriors of Xiantian realm, and as far as
Houtian realm warriors were concerned, it was a very long time.
At least now in the eyes of all the disciples, Ye Xiwen created a record, a brand-new record
and this record would be accompanied and remembered by many disciples of his batch,
just like for decades, many disciples from Qi Feifan's batch still
remembered his records.
Although Qi Feifan, who was generally considered as a myth by many, had stepped into the
top 50 seed disciple rankings, and if Ye Xiwen was able to break this record, then he would
make a brand-new record in the history of Yi Yuan School!
There was anticipation present in the eyes of the crowd because Ye Xiwen had directly
overshadowed those senior disciples, and Ye Xiwen did not break anyone's anticipation
and easily defeated a formidable seed disciple in the fourth round and smoothly stepped
into the top 50 seed disciple rankings.
With this achievement, he tied with the Qi Feifan's record.
Suddenly all the disciples were boiling with happiness and excitement. Ye Xiwen's
performance was too bright, he was simply winning all the fights with ease and in a highly
competent way, as if he wasn't even using his full strength at all, and now that he tied the
record of Qi Feifan, it simply pumped everyone with curiosity and anticipation. Would he
actually break the record of Qi Feifan?
Would he also turn into a myth, a legend?
Now everyone started to speculate about Ye Xiwen's rank in the seed disciple competition
and how far he would go. Some said he would step into the top twenty, top ten, or even the
first.
Some relatively bold disciple guessed that Ye Xiwen would obtain the first rank and
become the champion.
Among those disciples who were happy for Ye Xiwen, it was obvious that most of them
belonged to Qian Yu faction. Ye Xiwen was representing them and their faction and he was
also their honour, the more outstanding his performance was, the more face Qian Yu
faction would get in front of everyone.
The disciples of Qian Yu faction were only the newcomers, and besides the new disciples,
almost none of the senior disciples had expressed interest in joining their faction, but now,
the situation was not the same, in addition to the new disciples, there were many senior
disciples who suddenly showed great interest in joining the Qian Yu faction. There were a
lot of people who saw the outstanding performance of Ye Xiwen, and only after that, they
showed their interest.
Ye Xiwen's performance was simply unbelievably outstanding and just like Qi Feifan, there
was a great possibility that he would also turn into an outstanding true disciple, i.e., if they
joined the Qian Yu faction now, then in the future, they would automatically become a part
of the faction of a true disciple once Ye Xiwen becomes a true disciple.
In a place like Yi Yuan School, when disciples joined factions, they not only received
protection, more importantly, they could obtain enormous benefits, especially when they
belonged to a true disciple's faction. After becoming a true disciple, compounded drugs,
spirit stones and so on didn't remain too important for them, but for Xiantian realm
disciples, these were considered great assets.
This was also the reason why many senior disciples wanted to join the faction created by a
true disciple, but for joining the factions led by true disciples, there were strict admission
rules and only elite core disciples could obtain a membership in these factions, inner and
outer disciples simply had no chance, not to forget, only few could manage to become core
disciples.
So even if they were very much envious, but there was no other way.
However now, the appearance of Qian Yu faction gave them an additional choice. So long as
Ye Xiwen's outstanding growth continued and his progress didn't depreciate in the future,
then
there was a huge probability that he would become a true disciple!
This was a gamble and could return huge profits in the future!
Chapter 138: Once Again Defeats Mo Han
This was a gamble, a gamble on the assumption that Ye Xiwen would continue to progress
in the future and would finally reach the truth realm, then they would be able to reap great
benefits, so there were many senior disciples who acted out of their own accord and
suddenly showed interest in joining the Qian Yu faction, and there were many more, who
were waiting and watching from the sidelines.
Regarding this, Ye Feng, Yan Chiling and other high level members of Qian Yu faction
naturally knew that it was naturally due to the successive victories of Ye Xiwen and his
incredible strength, openly displayed in front of everyone. The sudden popularity of Qian
Yu faction was all because of Ye Xiwen's popularity which was acting as a magnetic force to
attract new members, and due to that, the total number of members in the faction suddenly
increased a lot. Originally, the senior disciples had not shown interest in joining the Qian Yu
faction, but now, they had come to join in abundance, and among them, there were many
masters of Xiantian fifth stage.
They were counted among the elite inner disciples and originally didn't spare a glance to
the Qian Yu faction, but now, they had also started to show interest.
This was all due to Ye Xiwen's enormous influence, because in
this world, everyone worshipped the strong and only strong people commanded respect.
Formidable individuals could bring great influence, more than anyone could imagine.
In the eyes of the crowd, there was anticipation as they were curiously waiting to know
who Ye Xiwen's opponent would be in the fifth round, and after a while, his next opponent
turned out to be Mo Han.
With a long spear standing erect next to him, there was a cold and gloomy look in Mo Han's
eyes while his imposing aura was much more formidable than it was last time.
During the time of Ye Xiwen's first battle in the seed disciple competition, almost no one
was optimistic about his victory.
Everyone thought that he was being overconfident, but right now, no one thought that Ye
Xiwen was being overconfident, in fact this time, they were quite themselves that he would
certainly win. Although a lot of people's views were lopsided, thinking that Ye Xiwen would
win, after all, even if the strength of Mo Han was quite high, but he was only at the peak of
Xiantian fifth stage, although he had comprehended man-spear unification realm, but Ye
Xiwen defeated him once before, and right now, Ye Xiwen now should obviously be more
powerful than before, so the outcome seemed to be obvious to everyone.
"I did not expect to meet you in the fifth round." Ye Xiwen said.
"I've been waiting for this for a long time." Mo Han said in a cold but determined voice, and
at this time, his eyes were focused on Ye Xiwen, without caring about the cheering for Ye
Xiwen still going on in the surroundings. These cheers were not causing any effect on him,
because there was only thing that was continuously revolving in his mind, defeat him,
defeat him!
This was the only thought remaining in his heart, defeat Ye Xiwen!
"You have become more powerful than before, but I still want to defeat you." Mo Han said
and in his voice, there was not a single trace of weakness, although he could see that Ye
Xiwen had become more formidable, but he himself was not the same as before, and
compared to three months ago, he had also become more powerful, so much powerful that
he was able to rush all the way to the fifth round.
"Let's begin!" Ye Xiwen directly said.
Mo Han shouted loudly, Zhen Qi instantly burst up under his
feet, and his physique shot forward like an arrow and rushed towards Ye Xiwen, while the
spear in his hands suddenly shot.
Compared to the last time, he was a lot faster this time and the ice-cold chill in the air made
the surrounding temperature to reduce quickly, and to such an extent that it could easily
freeze up people.
When Ye Xiwen saw the Spearqi wrapped on the spear as it arrived in front him, his eyes
flashed with a colour of surprise in them. Ye Xiwen did not expect that Mo Han would be
able to so quickly wrap Spearqi on the spear, he truly lived up to his reputation as a genius
and his strength seemed a lot higher than before. One could say that if he had not met Ye
Xiwen, then it was possible that he might have stepped into the top twenty rankings.
Ye Xiwen grasped towards the void and a long blade made up of Zhen Qi suddenly
condensed in his hand and fiercely chopped out.
"Boom!" A loud sound of spear intersecting the blade spread everywhere, causing an
intense air friction, and instantly, a burst of thunderclap-like sound echoed in the arena.
"Why do you not use your blade, do you look down on me?"
Mo Han asked in a cold voice.
Mo Han was just like a mad martial artist who could allow himself to fail, could allow
himself to die, but definitely could not allow anyone to look down on him.
"You are mistaken, I don't need a blade to use my blade skills because my blade technique
is actually a method that requires congealing Zhen Qi into a blade, so there's not much
difference whether I use a blade or not." Ye Xiwen lightly said.
"Cold moon beheader" itself required Bladeqi as the main attacking method, and unless Ye
Xiwen was facing an evenly matched opponent, using a blade didn't make much difference.
If the strength of Ye Xiwen's opponent was less, then using a blade did not make a
difference but if his opponent was much stronger, then also using a blade couldn't change
the outcome.
"If that's the case, then I was impolite." Mo Han did not think that there really were some
masters who could simply use hands to display weapon based power techniques.
As his voice fell, he instantly shot his spear, the spear point glittered with a cold and
threatening light, and just like a snake
had come out of the hole, the spear shadow went toward Ye Xiwen and instantly arrived in
front of him.
Ye Xiwen also instantly released Zhen Qi from his body and congealed a long blade, then
released several dancing blade shadows, which moved towards the spear shadow.
"Clang!"
The loud sound of metals clashing spread in the arena along with sparks from the collision
between the two. Ye Xiwen's long blade covered with Zhen Qi and the spear of Mo Han
heavily clashed and produced rippled of shock waves that spread out of the arena, and
soon, the two figures severely collided into each other.
Ye Xiwen stood motionless but Mo Han hastily went back few steps and looked at Ye Xiwen
with a startled look in his eyes.
Mo Han did not hesitate and once again activated the man-spear unification, and although
he just exchanged two moves with Ye Xiwen, he was compelled to use the strength of man-
spear unification realm, and right now, during his second fight with Ye Xiwen, he
discovered that in these three months, he
himself had become much more tyrannical, but Ye Xiwen's tyranny was even more
unreasonable. One could say that last time, they were almost evenly matched, but this time,
he had no option but to use the strength of man-spear unification to resist against the
formidable strength of Ye Xiwen.
Mo Han heavily trod on the ground and his physique started to merge with his spear and
started taking form of a spear shadow, and above the spear point, Xiantian Zhen Qi rapidly
condensed, and by means of his own aura, his body seemed to have stacked with the spear,
and totally enveloped in Zhen Qi, his body almost fused together with the spear. He entered
the man-spear unification realm and pierced through the air producing Chi Chi sound, it
seemed as if the air was being stabbed and cracking under the tremendous strength of Mo
Han's spear attack.
Facing the man-spear unification of Mo Han, a dignified expression appeared on Ye Xiwen's
face. He now understood how Mo Han was able to rush all the way to this round, because
by using the strength of man-spear unification, Mo Han's combat strength surpassed the
strength of masters at the peak of Xiantian fifth stage, and was comparable to masters of
Xiantian sixth stage.
However, unlike last time, Ye Xiwen would not dodge this
time. His stature blasted forward and went straight towards Mo Han's man-spear
unification form.
On the arena, a Spearlight was advancing towards a Bladelight, and only after an instant,
under the gazes of numerous spectators, a storm swept out, and in a blink of an eye, the
two opponents finally arrived in front of each other.
"Boom!"
Two figures severely clashed into each other and a surge of terrifying blast from the tip of
the two weapons fiercely spread and swept off like a tsunami, sending shock waves in all
directions.
In the wake of this terrifying blast, a figure was sent flying out of the arena upside down.
The rioting air and shock waves calmed down after a moment, and the situation on the
arena became apparent to everyone when they saw Ye Xiwen standing on the stage,
crossing his hands behind the back. Now, the outcome of this battle was no longer hidden
from the spectators!
Suddenly, countless onlookers in the surroundings cheered, and at this time, there was no
longer any distinction, whether it was new disciples or the senior disciples, all of them
were cheering and shouting, and not just for a new disciple like Ye Xiwen, they were
cheering for a formidable genius who just now created a brand-new record, right in front of
their eyes!
Wasn't this situation simply against the heaven's will?
Many of the senior disciples who originally disliked Ye Xiwen had to admit that Ye Xiwen
was just too formidable. He defeated Mo Han who was not just strong, after entering the
man-spear unification realm, his strength increased to the point of being comparable to the
masters of Xiantian sixth stage. Now, it was obvious to everyone that if he had not faced Ye
Xiwen in this round then he might have entered the top ten seed disciple rankings with
ease.
However unfortunately, he encountered Ye Xiwen and it was just like fate. Whether it was
Zhang Chi or Mo Han, both of them were strong and could have achieved higher ranks in
this competition, but Ye Xiwen was just too strong, and to this point in the competition, no
one was able to become a hurdle in his advancement.
"Ye Xiwen wins!"
Ye Xiwen smoothly crossed the fifth round and had already broken the old record of Qi
Feifan and created a brand-new record in the recent history of Yi Yuan School. At least one
should be able to count him as the first person to create this record in the past hundred
years of Yi Yuan School.
While, at this time, everyone was boiling with excitement and ebullition, Ye Xiwen heard a
cold voice directed at him: "Ye Xiwen, your luck ends here, enjoy your final moments while
you can."
Ye Xiwen looked and saw that it was that young marquis, and right now, was looking at Ye
Xiwen with his eyes filled with hatred. There was a colour of envy flashing in his eyes, why,
he himself managed to rush into the sixth round then why was no one concerned about
him, why were everyone's eyes fixated on Ye Xiwen, why couldn't he get the attention of
everyone!
Why him!
Ye Xiwen looked coldly at the young marquis, because he just knew that his next opponent
would be none other than this
arrogant and despotic young marquis.
He did not know whether it was a coincidence or someone's trick, but in a short time, at
this place, he once again bumped into the young marquis.
After resting for a moment, Ye Xiwen heard his name being called for the next round.
"The next battle, Ye Xiwen, Zhubing Xun!"
Zhubing Xun was the name of the young marquis!
"Come on Ye Xiwen, defeat that Zhubing Xun!"
"Come on, make history, create a legend!"
Almost all the disciples were cheering in support of Ye Xiwen and really wanted him to win.
If Zhubing Xun won then it won't be worth looking at, because almost every year in the
past, the same thing had happened over and over in the seed disciple competition.
Everyone was craving for a miracle, a heart
pumping legend to take birth in front of their eyes, a miracle that they would never forget.
And if Ye Xiwen actually won then that would be entirely different, because it would create
a historical record, a record that had never been created ever in the history of Yi Yuan
School, it would be like witnessing the birth of a miracle, a legend, and after winning this
round, his next opponent would be an elite seed disciple and also one of the strongest
experts. If Ye Xiwen won against such an opponent in the next round then he would be able
to create history, create myth in Yi Yuan School.
Everyone was supporting Ye Xiwen and wanted him to win, rather than a stereotyped
warrior like Zhubing Xun.
Due to this, Zhubing Xun's complexion suddenly changed and became unsightly. He was
extremely furious and was looking at Ye Xiwen with killing intent overflowing from his
eyes.
Chapter 139: Martial Arts Abolished
"Ye Xiwen, today is the day you die!" A cruel smile appeared on Zhubing Xun's face, he
hated Ye Xiwen and finally got the opportunity to take revenge.
Zhubing Xun's terrifying and extraordinary aura instantly released on the arena and Zhen
Yuan overflowed everywhere, revealing the fact that he was already at the peak of Xiantian
sixth stage.
Finally, at this time, the complexions on the faces of all of the disciples and elders suddenly
changed. Perhaps the strength of a master at the peak of Xiantian sixth stage couldn't be
regarded as anything, but this was the semi-final round of seed disciple competition, and
displaying such strength on the arena was definitely a huge variable.
"What, how is this possible!" An elder said in an astonished manner while his widened eyes
were staring towards the arena.
It was obvious the impact of Zhubing Xun's strength was significant on not just disciples
but elders as well.
Above the high stand, a cruel look flashed in Luo Yifan's eyes,
while he was looking at Ye Xiwen!
"I never thought that this Zhubing Xun would actually have such strength, well, if this is the
case, then I am afraid that this time, Ye Xiwen is in a very dangerous situation."
"I heard that there is a feud going on between Zhubing Xun and Ye Xiwen, perhaps this
time, Ye Xiwen is going to suffer a cruel fate at the hands of Zhubing Xun, because it doesn't
seem like he will go easy on Ye Xiwen."
"If I was him then I will not set foot on the arena, because if I set foot on the arena, then
looking at Zhubing Xun's attitude, it would be no different than fighting in the Life and
Death Arena."
"That's why you can never reach the same height as Ye Xiwen, if he concedes in this fight,
then from now on, his heart of martial arts will completely break, and after that, it will be
difficult for him to advance even an inch forward, and especially for a genius, it will be no
different than living death, so he might as well die now."
"I did not think that you have the courage to come up, but
now that you have come up, you won't get an opportunity to go down." Zhubing Xun
sneered again and again, for him, it didn't matter whether Ye Xiwen came up or not, he was
willing to accept both. If Ye Xiwen would come up, then he would seize the opportunity to
kill him, and if perhaps Ye Xiwen didn't come up, then it would show that he was afraid,
that he was actually a timid man who was afraid of getting into trouble, and it would
permanently leave a stain on his reputation. Then Ye Xiwen won't be able to live bravely
and fearlessly, and by that time, it won't even be necessary to kill Ye Xiwen.
"Your rubbish talks are really annoying." Ye Xiwen indifferently said.
"If you are so eager to commit suicide, I'll gladly help you out."
A sinister look appeared on Zhubing Xun's face as he said.
Zhubing Xun grasped towards the void and suddenly grabbed a red coloured double-edged
sword, very exquisite, but at this time, instantly, the whole arena as if turned into a volcano
and heat waves started to blow in all directions.
This was actually a spiritual tool, not a fake spiritual tool like pseudo-spiritual tool or
something, but a real and authentic spiritual tool, driven by Zhen Yuan. When Zhubing Xun
took
out this real spiritual tool, suddenly, it seemed as if the whole atmosphere started to boil. It
was obvious that a pseudo-spiritual tool couldn't be a match for this spiritual tool.
Spiritual tool, coupled with the inherent strength of peak Xiantian sixth stage, who could be
Zhubing Xun's opponent in the seed disciple competition. Suddenly, all of the disciples in
the crowd, who were cheering for Ye Xiwen a while ago, were immediately surrounded by
despair and started worrying for Ye Xiwen. Looking at the current situation, it seemed
absolutely impossible for Ye Xiwen to win against Zhubing Xun.
Even among the core disciples, not everyone could have spiritual tools. Only a small part of
core disciples possessed spiritual tools, and even if it was only a low-grade spiritual tool, its
might was completely a huge mess and hard to deal with.
"Ye Xiwen, today you will die, I must give you an ugly death."
Zhubing Xun said in a cold voice.
"If you think you will be able to beat me relying on this then you are too na?ve." Ye Xiwen
said in a calm voice.
"This is the final struggle!" Zhubing Xun shouted, his red
sword danced, and in an instant, red flame roared and surrounded the red sword, and it
seemed as if the entire air was burning, issuing Zizi burning sound, and it instantly went
towards Ye Xiwen. The roaring flamed condensed into a flaming red dragon, and it seemed
its claws were tearing the world itself, while it nipped towards Ye Xiwen, as if it was going
to swallow Ye Xiwen.
Ye Xiwen sneered, looked coldly at Zhubing Xun, and in a flash, terrifying peerless waves of
Zhen Yuan wantonly rippled out of his body.
Ye Xiwen's hand extended with ease, Zhen Yuan condensed on it and it directly turned into
a claw, and immediately rushed towards Zhubing Xun's flaming red dragon. The next
instant, Ye Xiwen's big claw directly grabbed the flaming red dragon and fiercely crushed it.
"What is this, it is impossible!" On the high stand, Luo Yifan suddenly stood up from his seat
and looked incredibly at Ye Xiwen. He just couldn't believe his eyes when he actually saw
Ye Xiwen using Zhen Yuan. How could Ye Xiwen refine Zhen Yuan? He had gathered
information about Ye Xiwen and knew that he had not yet entered the Xiantian sixth stage,
so how could he refine Zhen Yuan. Also, if he was really not at Xiantian sixth stage then it
was even more bizarre that he had been able
to refine Zhen Yuan. At this point, everyone realized this simple fact, if Ye Xiwen could use
Zhen Yuan then there was no difference left between him and a master of Xiantian sixth
stage.
It was really an unwise step not to kill Ye Xiwen while he had the chance. The killing
intention suddenly increased inside Luo Yifan's heart as he was witnessing the scene of Ye
Xiwen using Zhen Yuan with a mad look in his eyes.
"How is this possible!" At this time, Lin Zhentian also suddenly jumped up from his seat and
looked at Ye Xiwen with disbelief, then said, "How is this possible, he obviously stepped
into the Xiantian realm not long ago, then how can he refine Zhen Yuan so quickly! "
Many elders and true disciples sitting on the high stand had bewildered looks on their
faces. Originally, when they found out that Zhubing Xun was at the peak of Xiantian sixth
stage then that had made them quite surprised, but after all Zhubing Xun had been a master
at the peak of Xiantian fifth stage for some time, so if he managed to break into the Xiantian
sixth stage, then although it was surprising, but it was not bewildering.
However, when they saw Ye Xiwen using Zhen Yuan and his strength also seemed
comparable to the masters of Xiantian sixth stage and this immediately made them unable
to sit still.
One must know, there was a heaven and earth difference
between Xiantian sixth stage and Xiantian fifth stage, and Ye Xiwen managed to refine Zhen
Yuan without even reaching the Xiantian sixth stage, but he definitely possessed the
combat strength of Xiantian sixth stage realm.
There were shocked looks on the faces of many people because perhaps this scene had
totally disturbed their logic. One must know that Ye Xiwen already possessed the strength
equivalent to the master of the Xiantian sixth stage without even stepping into the Xiantian
sixth stage, such a peerless genius, he clearly surpassed the previous peerless genius, Qi
Feifan. Although Qi Feifan was very powerful, but even he had been unable to show such an
extent of progress and strength in his era.
Also, Ye Xiwen had yet to break through to the Xiantian sixth stage, in that case, since he
had not stepped into the Xiantian sextet and still managed to see through the mysteries of
Zhen Yuan and refined as well, such a person was absolutely a rare talent!
"How is this even possible!"
"Ye Xiwen has been able to refine Zhen Yuan, and that too at such a profound level, it is
really terrifying."
"This is just great, now we can see a fierce competition between the two evenly matched
sides."
All of disciples were shocked, but then suddenly detonated the scene with their loud
cheers.
All of a sudden, several pairs of eyes were firmly fixated on the two men, and were
probably waiting for the fierce battle to start. Although it was a seed disciple competition,
but this fight was clearly going to be at the level of fights between two core disciples. This
fight would be no different than the fights between front row seed disciples who were on
the verge of becoming core disciples.
These disciples who were almost on the verge of becoming core disciples had just entered
the Xiantian sixth stage.
Although they had not completely transformed Xiantian Zhen Qi into Zhen Yuan because of
the difficulty of conversion, and it took a long time. For some people, it took a few days, for
some, it took several months, and sometimes, it could also need a full year to attain
complete conversion.
Sometime, even longer than that.
Moreover, the strength of these people was obviously inferior to the two contenders
present on the arena because Ye Xiwen had already completely transformed Zhen Yuan and
Zhubing Xing was at the peak of Xiantian sixth stage.
At this time, above the arena, Ye Xiwen's whole body was covered with Zhen Yuan and
fluttering his clothes, and suddenly, from his body, a formidable and peerless aura
scattered in all directions, just like layer upon layer waves were rushing in the ocean.
"Zhubing Xun, you think you can elevate your skills by relying on someone else, and you
will still be my opponent? Trash will forever be trash, and today, I'll educate you and allow
you to see the huge gap between us, so that you never bear the thought of challenging me
ever again." Ye Xiwen said in a cold voice.
"Ye Xiwen, just because you managed to refine Zhen Yuan, don't be so confident, because
even if you step into the Xiantian sixth stage, you will still not be my opponent. Today, I will
crush you once and forever." Zhubing Xun roared, his eyes were filled with jealousy. Why,
just why, in order to gain strength, he had to pay a huge price, but this Ye Xiwen, why did he
possess such insane strength even though he recently joined the Main Sect.
"Ye Xiwen, die!" Zhubing Xun roared, and along with his red sword, he turned into a
streamer and instantly rushed towards Ye Xiwen. His entire body was flaming with
rampaging fire, and from top to bottom, his body looked like the flames itself.
Ye Xiwen took out his long blade, but he wasn't holding the blade in his hand because while
using the might of Lingqi, he didn't need to hold the blade in his hand. A radiant Bladelight
chopped out in the air at a stunning speed.
Two flashes of light severely clashed in the middle of the arena, causing an endless blast
which instantly boiled the atmosphere inside the arena, surging out around the perimeter
of the set protection enchantment, and at this time, it also began to fracture. Since this
protection enchantment was designed only to sustain the battles of seed disciple level, but
the current battle had reached the fighting level of core disciples.
"Boom!" The whole enchantment suddenly disrupted and the blast wave swept toward
countless disciples who had to instantly use Zhen Qi to resist. All of the disciples exclaimed
at the extremely terrifying might of this attack.
"Poof!" Zhubing Xun spouted blood and his whole body flew upside down. After all, he had
recently reached the peak of
Xiantian sixth stage and hadn't used the genuine method to achieve that, so compared with
a genuine master of peak of Xiantian sixth stage, his own strength was quite lacking, not to
mention, even if he was a genuine master of peak Xiantian sixth stage, he would still not be
a match of Ye Xiwen.
Ye Xiwen used celestial step and his figure instantly overtook Zhubing Xun's inverted flying
figure, then put out his hand to firmly grasp Zhubing Xun's neck, just like an iron hoop,
binding around his nape.
"Ye Xiwen, I will kill you, this enmity is absolutely irreconcilable!" Zhubing Xun yelled, but
at this instant, Ye Xiwen's hand clutched even more tightly, and Zhubing Xun was unable to
breathe or talk.
"Overreaching yourself, just depending on your own strength, you tried to kill me not just
once, but again and again, this is your retribution!" Ye Xiwen said in a loud voice,
accumulated Zhen Yuan in his other hand, and in a flash, it went towards the Dantian of
Zhubing Xun and instantly blasted.
"Bang!" Zhubing Xun's Dantian was immediately destroyed, and with this, Ye Xiwen
abolished his martial arts.
Chapter 140: Mutual Confrontation!
"I never thought that Zhubing Xun would actually lose."
"It's almost like a miracle, who would have thought that Zhubing Xun would actually be
defeated even after being at the peak of Xiantian sixth stage and he also possessed a
spiritual tool."
"Indeed! Although Zhubing Xun has already entered the realm of peak Xiantian sixth stage,
but that Ye Xiwen cannot be taken lightly since he has already refined Zhen Yuan."
"Yes, before the battle actually started, no one thought that he actually possessed such
incredible strength."
"It's a pity, if these two hadn't bumped into each other in the semi-final round then they
could undoubtedly obtain the places of champion and runner up in the final round."
"But didn't you just listen to what Ye Xiwen said a moment ago, that Zhubing Xun is actually
working for someone, and that person must have used some means to enhance his
strength."
"So, that's how it is! No wonder. Actually, I know that Zhubing Xun, very arrogant but his
strength was ordinary, but all of a sudden, he became so formidable, which makes me want
to think, just whose is behind him."
"You don't know? I heard that Zhubing Xun has joined the Fanshen palace, the faction of
Brother Luo, a true disciple. Five years ago, Brother Luo entered into the ranks of true
disciples, and Zhubing Xun has only recently joined his faction!"
"So, then, the one behind Zhubing Xun is actually Brother Luo......"
"Hush, Hush, Brother Luo is on the high stand, if he heard then you will surely die, don't
you want to live?" A disciple cautiously said.
"Even if Brother Luo is a true disciple, he cannot do such a thing because it will simply
break the rules of Sect. If every true disciple try to casually enhance the strength of the
members of their faction to win the championship, then these true disciples would end up
controlling the outcomes of these battles.
Furthermore, the competition would lose its meaning and there would be no point for us to
come and watch."
Generally speaking, so long as stepped into the Xiantian sixth stage, disciples would
generally choose to become core disciples, because, compared to the core disciples, the
treatment of inner disciples was very different and this was also in order to keep the
strength of strong inner disciples in check and encourage them to strive and become core
disciples. By staying in the ranks of inner disciples, he seized the opportunities of other
inner disciples.
But, disciples were not forced to choose between inner or core ranks, the decision to
choose was solely up to them, so if Zhubing Xun wanted to participate in the seed disciple
competition, despite being a master at the peak of Xiantian sixth stage, it could not be
regarded as breaking the rules. In fact, in the past, many disciples of Xiantian sixth stage
had appeared in the seed disciple competition.
If he had achieved his current strength relying on his own practice then no one would say
anything, but a moment ago, Ye Xiwen mentioned that his strength was not due to his own
practice but he had cheated and undergone forced enhancement of his strength, and was
sent to participate, which was tantamount to committing a huge taboo and clearly violated
the
rules.
Since the treatment obtained by the disciples of inner rank and core rank was different, the
resources given to the inner disciples were always inferior in comparison to the resources
given to the core disciples by the sect. If core disciples also participated in this competition
and strived for championship, then there would be no hope left for the inner disciples,
therefore this matter was something that really incurred public wrath.
These discussions were going on in whispers only, but as more and more people entered
the discussion, gradually, these whispers turned into noise.
Above the high stand, Luo Yifan's complexion was somewhat unsightly, and loudly snorted,
of course, the discussions of these inner and outer disciples were naturally not causing any
impact on him, because for a true disciple like him, he didn't need to give explanation to
them. The reason of his vexation was that he miscalculated once again and allowed Ye
Xiwen to escape, which made him very angry, extremely angry.
This made him feel like his self-esteem had been provoked!
Ye Xiwen must die at all costs!
In the heart of Luo Yifan, the intention to kill was boiling.
Ye Xiwen not only defeated Zhubing Xun, who had been trying to be insufferably arrogant a
moment ago, but completely abolished his martial arts, and without even thinking twice, in
front of such a large crowd, he reached out his hand and directly crippled Zhubing Xun.
None of the elders came to stop him, because right after standing on this arena, even life
and death remained only in the hands of the contenders and no one was allowed interfere
or question their actions.
Ye Xiwen had frightened a large number of inner disciples and outer disciples. He was
unexpectedly so fierce, although when Ye Xiwen was winning all the initial rounds in a
relaxed manner, everyone guessed that he must be saving his real strength, his true
strength, and should be very formidable, but they never thought that his true strength
would actually be so tyrannical. He was easily and readily using Zhen Yuan and his strength
also turned out to be many times more compared to that arrogant Zhubing Xun.
Ye Xiwen was just a new disciple, so how could he be so formidable. The common sense
simply did not conform to his
existence. For those senior disciples, it was like that kind of impulse to punch the wall. They
had spent so many years in the Main Sect, while Ye Xiwen had not even spent one year in
the Main Sect. These disciples had been practicing for so many years in the Main Sect, but
the difference in their strengths and Ye Xiwen's strength was just like the difference
between heaven and earth.
In their hearts, Ye Xiwen had suddenly turned into an enigmatic figure.
Compared to the other disciples, who were totally stunned after witnessing Ye Xiwen's true
strength, the disciples of Qian Yu faction were celebrating. After all, the stronger Ye Xiwen
was, the more secured they would be and no one would try to bully them. No one knew
how and when, but Ye Xiwen's image already surpassed Ye Feng, Yan Chiling, and several
other high-level members of Qian Yu faction. Although they were still the senior executives
of Qian Yu faction while Ye Xiwen almost never took part in any of its affairs, but one must
not forget that this was a world where strength was the supreme law, and only an
exceptionally strong person could obtain the respect of everyone.
Ye Feng and other high-level executives were indeed also competent, and looking at their
strengths and talents, they
could become outstanding existences among the new disciples and even within a decade,
there was a large possibility that they would break through to the level of core disciples. In
the future, they would most likely become formidable masters.
However, they still weren't a match for the current Ye Xiwen, who defeated all his enemies
one by one in front of them, which was quite shocking for them to accept. Earlier, Ye Xiwen
had saved them and overcame one difficulty after another, and now, he defeated these
masters as if he was chopping vegetables. By now, in their hearts, an invincible image of Ye
Xiwen had already established itself, along with the faith that there wasn't an enemy that
Ye Xiwen couldn't defeat!
This was faith in his invincibility, and every faction needed at least one person of this type,
in order to lead the faction on the path of better development, but the situation in Qian Yu
faction was rather special, because Ye Xiwen didn't take interest in the affairs of faction.
Regardless of what those people were discussing among themselves, Ye Xiwen slowly
arrived in front of Zhubing Xun and said in a cold voice: "Zhubing Xun, I told you before, if
you think you can rely on external means to enhance your strength then you will regret it,
fortunately this is not life and death arena, otherwise you would be a pile of rotten meat by
now."
Ye Xiwen didn't have a favourable impression of Zhubing Xun and Luo Yifan. Birds of a
feather flock together; both of them were the same type of arrogant people who wanted to
kill others when they thought that their own dignity had been damaged.
Although, Zhubing Xun's martial arts was spent, but he still didn't faint, and at this time,
there was an abnormal pernicious look in his eyes. If his eyes had magical powers, then
with just a look, he could have stabbed Ye Xiwen's body and perforated it with countless
holes. He hated Ye Xiwen and his pride was his life, but Ye Xiwen had already defeated him
twice, and now, he simply wanted to commit suicide.
If he could sell him soul to the devil to kill Ye Xiwen, he would not hesitate to sell himself to
the devil!
However, right now, there was no strength left in his body, his Dantian was shattered to
pieces by Ye Xiwen, and he didn't have any control over the Zhen Yuan in his body. The
Zhen Yuan was running wildly in his meridians like a wild horse, totally out of control,
while destroying his meridians and rushing through all his acupuncture points, and so on.
But still, he was not aware of the simple fact that if he hadn't
provoked Ye Xiwen again and again, then he would not have encountered such a thing, and
in his heart, the only thing that remained was pure hatred for Ye Xiwen, if only Ye Xiwen
was not there, then he would not be in such a pain!
Ye Xiwen looked at Zhubing Xun lying on the ground, but didn't kill him at the scene,
considering that they were already in front of a large crowd, and it was inappropriate,
although Zhubing Xun threatened to kill him again and again, and many other disciples had
also heard it, so even if the executives of Yi Yuan School would inquire, he would openly
answer.
"Ye Xiwen, this is just a battle on arena, but you are too ruthless, by crippling my
subordinate, you dared to offend a true disciple!" At this time, a faint voice came from the
high stand, and it belonged to Luo Yifan.
Ye Xiwen sneered and finally could not bear, and various schemes flashed in his mind
instantly. The opposite party was a true disciple, and he had stepped into the truth realm
only this decade, but definitely deserved to be respected like other warriors of truth realm!
Ye Xiwen was determined to have a hands-on argument with him, but he must have a fool-
proof plan, because at this point,
even one misstep might cause a big trouble.
With a cold smile on his face, Ye Xiwen said: "Brother Luo's words are totally biased,
looking at this Zhubing Xun's strength, it is obvious to everyone that he was cheating. God
knows who that dog is that helped him in cheating and actually gave him cheat to enhance
his strength and snatched ranks from fellow inner disciples. My strength is small and weak
and I couldn't dare to have the slightest relaxation, so I did it by mistake."
Ye Xiwen said those words in order to set up a trap for Luo Yifan, and used the resentments
of other inner disciples to safeguard his own point while also directed them towards Luo
Yifan. Now anyone could figure it out that the one who gave cheat to Zhubing Xun in order
to enhance his strength was most probably Luo Yifan.
"Shut up, you did it by mistake? You did it in front of so many elders and true disciples and
you actually dare to make such irresponsible remarks, you have clearly tried to take
revenge for your personal enmity with him!" It was such an obvious provocation, but Luo
Yifan was certainly unable to bear it and although he did not care what these inner and
outer disciples thought about him, but when he saw a red fruit kept in the trap designed by
Ye Xiwen, he just had to jump, and after he realized his mistake, it made him even more
aggrieved.
"Brother Luo's remarks are one-sided, as they say, the so-called fist has no eyes, no one can
anticipate what will happen in a battle, not to mention, according to the rules of this
competition, no one investigates the reasons behind someone's life and death. Did Brother
Luo perhaps forget about this?" Ye Xiwen shouted loudly and the fierce sound waves
released from his mouth actually went straight towards Luo Yifan.
The disciples immediately had dumbfounded looks on their faces and were totally stunned.
They never thought that Ye Xiwen would actually dare to shout at a true disciple like Luo
Yifan, this level of boldness was simply great and stunning!
Chapter 141: Champion
As far as others were concerned, Ye Xiwen’s approach could be described as too audacious
and reckless, to actually shout and talk back with a true disciple, this was truly bizarre.
There was difference of heaven and earth between an inner disciple and a true disciple, and
even if Luo Yifan was to kill Ye Xiwen in rage, right on the spot, perhaps, the sect would not
be able to do much against him.
However, Luo Yifan was already dead set on killing him and the killing intention could be
seen flashing in his eyes, and it seemed as if it could burst out any time. Both sides nearly
had no consideration for face anymore. Although they were trying to mask their mutual
hatred on the surface, but it just didn’t make sense because they seemed to be afraid of
themselves, that sooner or later, the conflict would erupt between the two, while at this
time, Luo Yifan was planning in his heart about how to get rid of Ye Xiwen.
And at this moment, Ye Xiwen’s mind was also flowing with hundreds of tricks to kill Luo
Yifan, because the only way out for the two sides was, you die, I live!
However, for the other disciples, they did not know the various matters, the real reason
behind this situation was unknown to them. They just felt that Luo Yifan was very strange,
why would he suddenly give cheat to his man to enhance his strength, and Ye Xiwen was
even stranger that he publicly shouted and talked back with a true disciple, didn’t he want
to live anymore?
Of course, Ye Xiwen naturally had his own plans, because he knew that Lin Zhentian was
also on the high stand, and if Luo Yifan tried to attack him then Lin Zhentian would
definitely rush to help him. Although Luo Yifan was strong, but so was Lin Zhentian and his
strength couldn’t be underestimated!
Therefore, already aware of this fact, Ye Xiwen seemingly made this risky move, but was
actually a safe and well calculated move.
Ye Xiwen used cleverly weaved words to shut Luo Yifan’s mouth with truth, making him
turn into a rude and unreasonable figure in the eyes of everyone!
“Bold, so you even dare to talk back with me!” Luo Yifan’s voice thundered from the high
stand, and at the same instant,
his terrifying and peerless aura came down from the high stand and firmly locked on Ye
Xiwen. He felt as if the great might surged from the heaven and crashed on his body.
This was the peerless might of a true disciple, it was said that a true disciple gave up
affectation to some extent and strived to comprehend the true principles of the world, so
they were called true, and to some extent, their coercion was not their personal strength,
but it was drawn from the power of the world itself. For ordinary people, it was simply
impossible to comprehend the power of the world, so how could they resist.
“Boom!” Ye Xiwen just felt a thrill of horrifying peerless coercion crushing his body, and to
fight back, he immediately actuated Zhen Yuan throughout his body, however right then,
Tianyuan mirror suddenly had a movement and released a faint bloody-red light, which
wrapped his body and he felt that the horrifying peerless coercion disappeared without a
trace.
Ye Xiwen restrained his mind, and with a faint smile on his face, he said: “Brother Luo is
highly mistaken. I was not talking back with you rather I was just thinking that perhaps you
have forgotten the sect rules, so I specifically reminded you about them.”
“What……” Luo Yifan’s doubt-filled voice came from the high stand. He had never thought
that his peerless coercion wouldn’t be able to suppress Ye Xiwen. An embarrassing look
immediately appeared on his face. Just how Ye Xiwen could so quickly and completely
disregard his coercion? This boy really knew some secret ways, which made him even more
determined in his heart to kill Ye Xiwen.
“Enough, it’s correct that we do not investigate the life and death over the arena, so this
matter ends here!” At this time, a Taishang elder suddenly said from above the high stand.
The status of a Taishang elder was loftier and nobler than other ordinary elders, and even
true disciples like Luo Yifan were obedient in front of Taishang elder, and perhaps, only
peerless true disciples of the level of Qi Feifan could dare to go against a Taishang elder.
Ye Xiwen knew that Taishang elder was trying to smooth things over, and as a result of his
interference, Luo Yifan suddenly stopped and didn’t continue, which clearly displayed the
gap between their strengths, because even Luo Yifan couldn’t disobey the words of
Taishang elder, and there was nothing he could do about it.
So long as the strength was enough, it was possible that the situation would have
completely turned around!
“In this round, Ye Xiwen wins!”
This was a clear victory of Ye Xiwen in this dispute, but in the process, he ended up publicly
offending a true disciple, so other people were worried about him!
“Little brother, you talked back with a true disciple, I am afraid later, he would probably
resort to any means to deal with you.” Ye Feng arrived next to Ye Xiwen and said in a
concerned manner.
“Brother, rest assured, I will be alright, he cannot reach me so it doesn’t matter even if I had
an argument with him. If he wanted to kill me directly, then he would never use a
roundabout way of enhancing the strength of Zhubing Xun to kill me on the arena.”Ye
Xiwen explained.
“So, that’s how it is!” Ye Feng hastily said in a worried voice.
Although he was also a proud and arrogant man, but he was not a fool to not know what
kind of existences these true disciples actually were. In total, there were hundreds of
thousands of
inner disciples, outer disciples and core disciples in Yi Yuan School, and for all of these
disciples, their ultimate goal was to strive and become a true disciple.
“Relax brother, I’m not some weakling, if he wants to fight, I will surely fight back.” Ye
Xiwen said to comfort his restless brother.
Ye Xiwen’s words immediately relieved Ye Feng. Although he was still somewhat worried,
but he knew that his little brother suddenly changed over a year ago, from an ordinary guy
with ordinary thought process into a farsighted formidable expert, who calculated a lot of
things before taking steps and rarely fought a battle where he was not sure of victory. He
could make a guess that if Ye Xiwen was so confident then he certainly had some plans.
“No matter what, you have to be careful, even if Luo Yifan doesn’t attack himself, he still
commands a lot of experts of Fanshen palace, and if they attacked then it would be very
dangerous.” Ye Feng said.
“Don’t worry brother, I have a sense of proportion!” Ye Xiwen said in a calm manner
because he didn’t want to add too much pressure on his elder brother.
“Final round, Ye Xiwen, Nangong Wang!”
Finally, it was turn for Ye Xiwen’s last battle which was also going to decide the champion
of this year’s seed disciple competition, and in this battle, his opponent was Nangong
Wang!
Nangong Wang was clad in a magnificent robe and his demeanour looked excellent, just
like a handsome dandy young master of an influential clan. It was said that he belonged to
an aristocratic clan of Great Yue State, named Nangong Clan, and among all the inner
disciples, he was considered the strongest and obviously at the top, in fact, even some core
disciples were not his opponents.
“Young Ye, congratulations for having such a great advancement in your cultivation, this
elder brother knows that he is not your match, but still hopes to exchange pointers with
Young Ye.” Nangong Wang cupped his one hand into the other across his chest and said in a
submissive manner. Although he confessed that he possessed inferior strength, but still
maintained his elegant bearing, making it very difficult for others to have any sort of ill-
feeling for him.
Ye Xiwen nodded and said with a smile on his face: “Such being the case, please begin
Brother Nangong Wang.”
For such a person, it was really hard to have even the slightest feeling of disgust.
Ye Xiwen was also not an aggressive person, he was only aggressive for his enemies. He
was the type who served wine for his friends, but also used shotgun if the wolves came. He
was definitely not the type who would extend the right cheek if someone slapped him on
the left cheek, because this was just not his style.
Nangong Wang’s imposing aura suddenly and completely released out and it was even
slightly better than that of Zhubing Xun, and Ye Xiwen understood that no wonder Nangong
Wang was willing to fight him. He possessed a lot of inherent strength, even warriors of
Xiantian sixth stage were not his opponents, and it seemed that he was only a step away,
because quantitative changes caused a qualitative change as well, and he only needed to
take this step, then perhaps he would immediately reach the peak of Xiantian sixth stage,
and soon, he would also reach the Xiantian seventh stage. He was definitely a very
extraordinary figure, no wonder he was able to occupy the status of strongest seed disciple,
and considering such a person, even Zhubing Xun might not be his opponent. After all,
someone else had used
cheat to enhance Zhubing Xun’ strength, and the foundation of Nangong Wang looked quite
deep and seemed like the real deal.
“Young Ye, be careful!” Nangong Wang didn’t forget to remind Ye Xiwen, and right after
that, a brown color double-edged sword instantly rushed towards him. In a flash, the entire
arena was surrounded by dust, as if a sandstorm had suddenly appeared from the desert
and hit the arena.
The brown-coloured sword was drawing support from a concealed sandstorm, and
instantly split the air, while the whole atmosphere was covered with brown-coloured
marks and rushed piercing towards Ye Xiwen.
Ye Xiwen was well prepared and had already summoned the vigorous Zhen Yuan to create
a barrier to stop the sandstorm away from him, and just then, he focused Zhen Yuan in his
both eyes. Suddenly, his eyesight greatly increased, enough to see right through the
sandstorm.
Ye Xiwen did not dodge, but directly grasped his palm, which turned into a dragon claw and
rapidly grasped toward the brown sword to grab it. He must defeat Nangong Wang by
taking the easiest way possible and Ye Xiwen’s best option was to force him to give up.
“Boom!” Nangong Wang’s sword severely struck towards the dragon claw of Ye Xiwen and
a violent collision occurred, causing a loud air explosion and the pseudo-spiritual brown
sword was directly caught by the dragon claw, and couldn’t move anymore. Since Ye Xiwen
had practiced Tyrant body technique, it has turned his body tough to such an extent that it
shocked everyone, and coupled with his hand covered with Zhen Yuan, even pseudo-
spiritual brown sword could inflict the slightest damage on his hand.
“Hoot!” Nangong Wang shouted loudly, and suddenly, the entire brown sword started to
make a buzzing sound, and the sandstorm instantly gathered around it, condensed into
double-edged sand sword and struck towards Ye Xiwen.
“San!” Ye Xiwen gave out a loud shout, and it seemed as if layers after layers of Zhen Yuan
was being released from his body, like waves rushing in ocean, and in an instant, these
waves of Zhen Yuan spread out and completely disintegrated the double-edged sand sword
coming towards Ye Xiwen.
Ye Xiwen also increased the output of Zhen Yuan in his hand and directly suppressed the
rioting brown sword, and with this, he also crushed the only trace of Nangong Wang’s hope
in this battle.
Suddenly the whole brown sword instantly quieted down and no longer resisted.
It was peacefully lying down in Ye Xiwen’s hand.
“Brother Nangong, let me win!” Ye Xiwen said while the brown sword was still in his hand.
“Thank you Young Ye for showing mercy!” Nangong Wang said but there was a hint of
bitterness hidden in his voice, cursing his own fate for this defeat.
“In this round, Ye Xiwen wins!”
“This year’s seed disciple competition’s champion is …… Ye Xiwen!”
Chapter 142: Mosha Territory
Beyond everyone's expectations, Ye Xiwen actually became the chief seed disciple, and the
news quickly spread throughout Yi Yuan School. Ye Xiwen broke all records, it could be said
that before, Ye Xiwen's record was at the same level as that of Qi Feifan, but now, a new
disciple like Ye Xiwen had become chief seed disciple, this news suddenly engulfed the
entire Yi Yuan School.
One must know that in the past, a new disciple was able to break into the ranks of seed
disciples and later, he was able to become a true disciple, although he fell from glory
midway, but before he fell, he used to a temporary magnificent existence.
Moreover, Ye Xiwen had broken all previous records and made new records.
The status of chief seed disciple was equivalent to being the strongest of all the inner
disciples, and along with this title, his reputation had been completely established in Yi
Yuan School.
In addition to this, no one knew who actually spread the rumor, but the rumor about
contradiction between Ye Xiwen
and Luo Yifan suddenly spread like forest fire in the entire Yi Yuan School. According to the
rumor, reportedly, Luo Yifan suspected that someone related to him had been killed by Ye
Xiwen, but Ye Xiwen did not admit his crime, so Luo Yifan was planning to kill Ye Xiwen
because he didn't want to mistakenly let the real culprit escape.
In a short while, the whole Main Sect was in uproar and Ye Xiwen's fame had completely
erupted throughout the sect, and not just that, his performance had also left deep
impression on true disciples and elders.
And during this time, Qian Yu faction also showed a huge development, however, there
were still many people who were considering the contradiction between Ye Xiwen and Luo
Yifan as a bad omen for Qian Yu faction's future. Although Ye Xiwen was very formidable
and would most likely enter into the ranks of top level true disciples, but that was a thing in
the future, and the reality was that at present, he was going to face the potential retaliation
from Luo Yifan, which made a lot of people to suspect the future prospects of Qian Yu
faction, however there were still a lot of people who were willing to give it a try and join
Qian Yu faction, because there was huge possibility that they might enjoy the future
magnificence and benefit a lot from Ye Xiwen's future glory.
Regarding the matters of Qian Yu faction, Ye Xiwen was still not willing to manage
anything, so Ye Feng and Yan Chiling were made responsible for managing Qian Yu faction.
As the chief seed disciple of this year's seed disciple competition, Ye Xiwen received the
rewards from the hands of a sect elder. He received a total of over 50,000 spirit stones, and
it could be said that this year, Yi Yuan School was really willing to bleed money to cultivate
these seed disciples, because in the previous seed disciple competition, the seed disciples
didn't even receive one tenth of the current amount. And Sect was willing to be so generous
in order help the disciples to resist against the followers of Bai Mojiao.
Of course, there were a lot of people who had greedy and envious looks in their eyes when
they saw Hehe Dan being rewarded to the top three seed disciples. As chief seed disciple,
Ye Xiwen received three Hehe Dan, the second ranked seed disciple, Nangong Wang,
received two Hehe Dan, and the third ranked seed disciple received only one.
Since Hehe Dan's main function was to slightly increase the chances of successfully
breaking through from the Xiantian fifth stage, however it didn't guarantee a successful
breakthrough, so sect would reward several Hehe Dan to the winners.
After all of the seed disciples received their respective rewards from the sect, Ye Xiwen and
other seed disciples tidied up and went towards a small dimension, located in the depths of
Yi Yuan School. This small world was called Mosha territory, and inside it, there were
countless devils in captivity, and also had a long history of countless years. This Mosha
territory was just like the Huanmo territory, and in both these territories, Yi Yuan School
had kept a large number of devils as captives, however, the type of devils found in Mosha
territory was completely different from Huanmo territory.
It was said that a long time ago, a great devil development was carried out in Devil world,
but it invoked a great disaster, and a huge crack opened up in the space, which disrupted
the space into many fragments, and this Mosha territory was only one of the fragments.
Later, the founder of Yi Yuan School used his magical powers to pull over this Mosha
territory from the chaos.
Inside the Mosha territory, devils gradually took birth and also developed their own
heritage. They were very tough to deal with, and there were several devils who had already
stepped into the truth realm. Generally speaking, Mosha territory was opened up only for
true disciples, however this time, it was being opened for the seed disciples, so that they
could practice and hone their skills in order to prepare themselves for the
conference among the four large sects and the imperial clan, which was only a month away.
In addition to these inner seed disciples, some of the seed disciples among the core
disciples were also going to enter Mosha territory, and even some true disciples had also
been allowed to enter, in order to train themselves for the upcoming conference.
All of this was for the conference which was going to take place near East China Sea after a
month.
Standing outside the Mosha territory, there was a huge stone gate and a blockade
enchantment to separate Yi Yuan School and Mosha territory, and outside the enchantment
stood ten Yi Yuan School's elders, and although there were few ordinary looking elders
present in front of a lot of disciples, but no one dared to underestimate these people,
because these elders were all super experts, and even if there were a lot of truth level
devils inside the Mosha territory, Yi Yuan School had only dispatched few elders to guard
the gate.
These inner seed disciples had arrived at the entrance of Mosha territory under the
leadership of these elders, otherwise they couldn't possibly find this place. After everyone
seemed
prepared, one of the ten elders suddenly said: "You may want to think properly before you
advance, in the Mosha territory, there are a lot of dangers, if you are inattentive then will
surely die. All of you are outstanding inner disciples and can surely step into the ranks of
core disciples in the future, and some of you even have the opportunity to become true
disciples. So if you died here then it would all be in vain. If you want to quit, now is your
chance!"
After his speech was complete, the elder glanced at these disciples, and when he saw that
no one was going to quit, he didn't say anything and immediately used spirit technique
towards the huge enchantment, which then opened with a loud bang and waves of moqi
immediately blew out from inside the Mosha territory, along with a vast breath that also
bubbled out from inside and gave a cold and gloomy feeling to everyone standing outside.
Everyone was determined and no one withdrew. All of the one hundred seed disciples
entered the Mosha territory.
Looking at the departing figures of these disciples, one of the ten gatekeeper elders sighed
and said: "One hundred elites entered, I really do not know how many will come out alive
after a month from now."
"So long as at least one useful disciple comes out, our work will not go in vain this time."
Another elder said, "At present, Bai Mojiao's movements are getting bigger and bigger,
simply menacing, and in that case, we simply do not have time to allow these disciples to
mature slowly, as long as one of them becomes a true disciple, the sacrifices of others are
worth it! "
This was the law of the jungle which only favored the strong.
From the total two billion people selected by Yi Yuan School, in the eyes of an average
person, these few disciples were truly the cream bunch and rare geniuses, however for a
major sect like Yi Yuan School, they were actually like leeks, when one wave was cut,
another wave would grow again, and this could go for an endless span of time.
Becoming a true disciple was very difficult, but once achieved, even the worth of ten
thousand inner disciples was nothing in comparison!
So among these hundred people, as long as one person managed to reap benefits from this
training and became a true disciple, then even if other people perished, this was still worth
it.
The reality was very cruel and everyone knew that among
these seed disciples, there might be only one person who would stand out and everybody
else would be nothing but stepping stones, but they all felt that they would be the one to
succeed, and no one thought that they could end up being the stepping stones.
Soon, Ye Xiwen entered the Mosha territory, but he did not choose to go together with
others, but went his own way.
This Mosha territory was similar to the Huanmo territory, there was desolate scene spread
almost everywhere, and looked similar to a bleak picture, hellfire raging in all directions,
the sky was gray in color while there was no day, no night, and no seasons as well.
This was truly the Devil's environment, and as far as humans were concerned, even the
warriors would feel very uncomfortable here, let alone ordinary people, and there was
simply no way to survive in such an environment.
So the devils born in Devil world were especially formidable in order to survive in such a
harsh environment, but they also yearned for a good environment like the fine and
soothing human habitat, just like the environment in Zhen Wu Jie, so for innumerable
years, they would always think of ways to invade,
and this was the root cause of innumerable years of war between Devil world and Zhen Wu
Jie.
Devil race did not put human race on the same level and thought that human race did not
deserve to enjoy such a good environment.
This was their main objective for so many years which slowly turned into conflict then gave
birth to a deep hatred, and finally, they became sworn enemies.
Ye Mo was sitting on Ye Xiwen's shoulder, it was small and had a little weight. Ye Mo took a
deep breath and absorbed the moqi present in Mosha territory and immediately felt
refreshed.
Although it was not a devil, but should also be regarded as a devil spirit, and he didn't
differentiate between Lingqi and moqi and could absorb both, however still preferred to
absorb moqi.
"Ye Xiwen, I think that Luo Yifan will not let you off so easily, he will soon plan something
against you." Ye Mo said.
"Well, I know." Ye Xiwen nodded, "It is because of this that
even if I know that Mosha territory is a dangerous place, but I still didn't go together with
other disciples, because who knows how many of them turn out to be the spies of Luo
Yifan."
Ye Xiwen said because he doubted that there were Luo Yifan's spies among the seed
disciples who entered the Mosha territory and some of them might disclose information
about him to Luo Yifan. It was very dangerous to stay with them, so he decided to move on
his own, because that way, he would be relatively safer.
Although, Ye Xiwen was also scheming how to kill Luo Yifan, but he was clearly aware of
the fact that his own strength was still too lacking compared to the formidable strength of
Luo Yifan. They simply weren't in the same realm so before he would actually become
capable enough to kill Luo Yifan, he must be careful till then, because if he wasn't careful
enough, then the one to die would actually be him.
Before he gained enough strength, he must take all his steps carefully, without being
negligent!
"Now you can practice without any worries, because it just so happens that this place is
dangerous for others, but for you, it is a very good place to practice." Ye Mo said.
"How can you say that?" Ye Xiwen asked.
"For others, those devils are very dangerous, but that is just for others, for you, those devils
are simply nothing." Ye Mo said,
"Tianyuan mirror is the spiritual tool of the great Devil King itself, and for those devil, it is a
natural adversary, so as long as you have Tianyuan mirror, you're the next sovereign king
of the devil race!"
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 Chapter 143: Asura
"For others, those devils are very dangerous, but that is just for others. For you, those
devils are simply nothing." Ye Mo said, "Tianyuan mirror is the spiritual tool of the great
Devil King itself, and for those devils, it is a natural adversary. So as long as you have
Tianyuan mirror, you're the next sovereign king of the devil race!"
Ye Xiwen suddenly remembered, at that time near the blood pool, he saw how those devils
were prostrating themselves simply like slaves in front of Ye Mo.
He had also started to somewhat believe that the previous master of Ye Mo, about whom it
always talked, was really the great Devil King and these devils were actually his slaves.
"But these devils have been isolated for so long in this small dimension, they will not
recognize the Tianyuan mirror." Ye Xiwen said because the devils in Mosha territory were
different from the devils of Devil world because they had been held captive in Mosha
territory for a long time, secluded, without any contact with the outside world.
"It doesn't matter if they do not recognize, Tianyuan mirror still has a restraining effect on
them." Ye Mo said.
"You are the master of Tianyuan mirror, the next sovereign king of devil race, they are your
slaves." Ye Mo said.
Regarding the slave thing just mentioned by Ye Mo, Ye Xiwen did not care because the
important thing was strength. Even if what Ye Mo said was true and its former master was
the great Devil King, he must have been able to become sovereign of devils not just by
relying on Tianyuan mirror, rather by using his own formidable strength.
If he was not strong and wanted to receive the devil race as his slaves, then won't he simply
be courting death!
However, there was one thing that Ye Xiwen could say for certain, that the Tianyuan mirror
should have great restraining effect on the devils.
Ye Xiwen did not stop and dashed all the way toward the depths of Mosha territory.
Above a piece of land in the depths of Mosha territory, Ye Xiwen was surrounded by more
than a dozen devils of Asura race, and the strength of each of these Asura devil was above
Xiantian sixth stage, which was quite terrifying.
Asura race was an influential clan of devil race, quite extraordinary, and was considered
more formidable and fiercer compared to the demon race.
These Asura devils were strangely smiling and advancing towards Ye Xiwen.
"These are Asura devils and belong to the Asura clan of devil race, but still belong to the
bottom class of slaves, the real aristocracy class of Great Asura clan takes birth as truth-
level masters." Ye Mo explained and introduced Asura clan to Ye Xiwen while still sitting on
his shoulder.
Ye Xiwen secretly sighed while listening to the explanation of Ye Mo. Asura devils took
birth as truth-level masters? The might of this clan really went against the heaven's will.
"In the Devil world, there are eight great royal clans and Asura clan is also one of them, a
truly formidable clan. The founder of
Asura clan had a huge body and was simply invincible and a universally matchless Asura
devil, who had also become the sovereign of Devil world. Therefore, these Asura devils are
so powerful and fierce." Ye Mo informed about the secrets of the devil race to Ye Xiwen.
Ye Xiwen continued to listen to the commentary of Ye Mo, while he kept on shooting his
palms and sweeping terrifying strong astral winds to constantly resist the attack of these
Asura devils.
An Asura rushed over, condensed his both hands into fists, and in a flash, his fist shot
toward Ye Xiwen with a boom. It was an extremely clever fist technique and was called
Asura fist. It was said that relying on the peerless might of Asura fist. The founder of Asura
clan was considered invincible in the Devil world, but at this time, the Asura fist technique
of these Asura devils wasn't concise and didn't contain the true essence of original Asura
fist, created by the founder of Asura clan, and although their Asura fist technique had no
essence, but it could still be regarded as a superior fist technique and its prowess was
enormous.
It was said the bodies of devils of Asura race were simply unparalleled and among all the
devil clans in Devil world. They possessed the most tyrannical bodies, second to none,
peerless
and invincible. They believed that their bodies were the most invincible among all the
devils of devil race, and between heaven and earth, no one should be able to take on their
double fists.
Ye Xiwen didn't have the slightest fear and immediately stepped forward, spread out his
palms, and used Coiling Dragon palm, Hidden Dragon rises from the Abyss, his both hands
transformed into dragon claws, then instantly rushed forward.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
The fist and palm collided and produced 'Bang' 'Bang' metal collision sound.
"Roar!"
The Asura devil screamed pitifully, both of its arms softened
and drooped, were directly broken off by Ye Xiwen in one shot.
Although it was correct that Asura devils possessed unparalleled bodies and were really
very fierce, but Ye Xiwen had also practiced Tyrant body technique and the might granted
by this technique was unparalleled as well.
Ye Mo had inadvertently said that this power technique was quite fierce and its might was
terrifying, and must have been used by mighty tyrants in the ancient ages of Zhen Wu Jie.
The body of an Asura devil was truly tyrannical but it should not be a match for Ye Xiwen,
who had practiced Tyrant body technique. These Asura devils were simply not the
opponents of Ye Xiwen unless a great Asura devil was to appear.
However, many years had passed and no such Asura appeared.
Ye Xiwen wanted to ask several questions but it didn't seem like Ye Mo was in a mood to
answer so he didn't continue to ask.
Ye Xiwen shot his palm and a dragon claw loomed in front of him.
"Bang!" An Asura devil screams pitifully and was shot dead by Ye Xiwen's tyrannical palm,
however right then, Tianyuan
mirror instantly released intermittent bloody-red waves of light and the Jingqi of that
Asura devil's body was instantly absorbed by this bloody-red light. It gradually
transformed into the most refined form of Jingqi, and without carrying any devil attributes,
it emerged inside Ye Xiwen's body and was directly absorbed by him.
Jingqi = essence or vitality
Ye Xiwen only felt that his skill suddenly deepened one point, and a delighted expression
immediately appeared on his face and said: "I did not think that this Tianyuan mirror
would really be this effective. There won't be any after-effects of this, right?"
"Of course not. This is the tool of great Devil King. Do you think that it is similar to the
Modao based power techniques used by those inferior devils that it will have after-effects?"
Ye Mo said in a somewhat annoyed manner.
Ye Xiwen nodded because he also felt that it didn't seem like anything was wrong with the
influx of refined Jingqi emerging inside his body, instead, it was purer and more polished
than his own Jingqi essence.
Ye Xiwen was suddenly overjoyed and directly rushed into the group of Asura devil to kill
them all.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
The Quanjin of those Asura devils fiercely boomed into the body of Ye Xiwen, but he
instantly mustered endless Zhen Yuan around his body, which completely roused his
clothes. These Quanjin were instantly blocked off by the cover of Zhen Yuan around his
body and did not cause even a tiny bit of injury to his body.
Quanjin = Fist strength
Ye Xiwen didn't even take out his long blade. To completely annihilate them, he directly
displayed the great might of Coiling Dragon palm, but he didn't jump in the group of Asura
devils.
Rather, he unceasingly shot his palms from far, and each of his palm would explode the air.
In a flash, the surrounding area in a
radius of 1 Li was completely ravaged by the fierce palm winds created by Ye Xiwen's palm
attacks.
Slowly, Ye Xiwen did not just stick to his palm method, he also used Chinese boxing, blade
skills, in short, he started using all kinds of martial arts technique, as if they were on his
fingertips, and he used them instantly so long as using one seemed appropriate.
"Boom!"
Ye Xiwen finally used Rushing thunder hand, lighting and thunder, and gave the final blow,
which completely annihilated all of the Asura devils in the group, and all of their Jingqi
were instantly transformed by Tianyuan mirror and absorbed by Ye Xiwen.
Ye Xiwen thought that if he continued this way, then he was not far from having a
breakthrough into the Xiantian fifth stage, and at that time, his fighting strength would also
have a significant breakthrough and would become directly comparable to the fighting
strength of the masters of Xiantian seventh stage.
Then, he would be able to break into the Xiantian sixth stage at the fastest speed. Although
it was said that breaking through from Xiantian fifth stage into the Xiantian sixth stage was
considered one of the biggest barriers for masters of Xiantian realm, and most of the
warriors couldn't cross this threshold because the biggest hurdle they faced was
transformation of Xiantian Zhen Qi to Zhen Yuan, however, Ye Xiwen had already finished
this step in advance, so he could easily break into the realm of Xiantian sixth stage, and
perhaps, this would be the simplest breakthrough for him.
By that time, his fighting strength would increase so much that he would be able to contend
with the masters of Xiantian seventh stage, and at that time, it could be said for certain that
Ye Xiwen would have sufficient strength to protect himself, as long as Luo Yifan didn't
personally come into action, Ye Xiwen would have enough strength to protect himself, and
even think about anti-kill.
"Haha, Ye Xiwen, go on like this and you'll soon be able to have a breakthrough, it's not too
far from you and shouldn't take too long." Ye Mo laughed and said, "But if you are aiming
for a quicker breakthrough, killing these Xiantian sixth stage Asura devils is not enough.
You should find the formidable ones, Xiantian seventh stage, eighth stage and even Xiantian
ninth stage devils, then behead them, capture their Jingqi, and you will see your cultivation
growing by leaps and bounds!"
"This is really not a problem?" Ye Xiwen asked.
"Rest assured because the Tianyuan mirror can completely suppress them." Ye Mo said. "As
long as you are getting help from Tianyuan mirror, those devils are nothing in front of you.
Follow my advice and you will be able to save countless years of penance to reach the truth
realm. As long as you are willing to go the Devil world, soon, you'll be able to break into a
previously unimaginable realm, and you will also become the next sovereign king of Devil
world!"
"I should go to the Devil world and become a devil king?" Ye Xiwen shook his head and said,
"Maybe in the future I will have a trip to the Devil world, but definitely not now, and
absolutely not to become some devil."
Regarding the proposal of Ye Mo about him becoming the sovereign king of Devil world, Ye
Xiwen didn't have the slightest interest, but regarding the other proposal of killing Xiantian
seventh, eighth and ninth stage devils, Ye Xiwen was very much interested.
There was a difference of heaven and earth between Xiantian sixth stage devils and
formidable devils of Xiantian seventh
stage, eighth stage and ninth stage. In fact, in the Xiantian realm, there was huge strength
difference between each of the stages.
If he could kill higher level devils then his speed of practice would naturally rise
skyrocketing.
"Come on, we should look for some higher level devils." Ye Xiwen said.
"No problem. Listen to me.Tianyuan mirror can feel the presence of all of the devils, it can
even perceive their strength levels, so you don't need to worry about finding them." Ye Mo
said in a confidence tone.
While chatting like this with Ye Mo, Ye Xiwen rushed towards the depths of Mosha
territory.
Chapter 144: The Legendary Hell
Mosha territory was a dangerous place, with countless dangers, but as far as Ye Xiwen was
concerned, it actually did not matter because by virtue of the power of Tianyuan mirror, as
long as Ye Xiwen didn't encounter truth level devils, all other devils would have to face the
restraining effect of Tianyuan mirror and it would be easy for Ye Xiwen to behead them.
Along with a large number of Xiantian seventh stage devils, a lot of formidable devils of
Xiantian eighth stage devils were also killed by Ye Xiwen. With the help of Tianyuan mirror,
he absorbed their Jingqi and finally reached the peak saturation point of Xiantian fourth
stage. Now, he was almost going to break through to the Xiantian fifth stage.
"Bang!" Ye Xiwen's fist rumbled and with a bang, an Asura devil at the Xiantian seventh
stage was blasted to smithereens.
However just before his death, there was an incredible look in his eyes, and it seemed as if
he couldn't accept that he was going to die like this. After all, he was an Asura of the
Xiantian seventh stage and was still going to be killed by a human like Ye Xiwen who was
merely at the peak of Xiantian fourth stage, it was simply a great insult and shameful.
Suddenly, a terrifying Quanjin dropped down from the sky and blasted towards Ye Xiwen.
This fist attack was quite overbearing and strange, as if it was an attack from a flying
immortal in the sky and instantly approached Ye Xiwen, without giving any warning.
Ye Xiwen was simply too late to dodge and suffered this fist attack.
"Pu!" Ye Xiwen spouted blood and looked up but saw nothing but void, and then suddenly,
the figure of an Asura gradually took shapemidair. It was a young Asura devil and like other
Asura devils, he looked quite ugly, but unlike others that Ye Xiwen had seen and beheaded
so far, this one possessed nobleqi, and just from a glance, Ye Xiwen understood that this
young Asura devil belonged to the noble class of Asura clan.
Ye Xiwen felt a bit uncomfortable when he sensed the breath of this young Asura devil,
because until now, he never felt such a formidable breath from an Asura, and even the
Asura devil of Xiantian eighth stage, with whom Ye Xiwen had to struggle a bit, few days
ago, was not a match for this young Asura.
This young Asura devil's cultivation was not very high, but his strength was certainly very
high. Even if he had not yet entered the Xiantian ninth stage, he wasn't far away from
attaining it.
"Fallen, the Asura have really fallen!" Ye Mo appeared on the top of Ye Xiwen's shoulder
and said, "Although Asura race and Great Asura race are quite similar, but the two sides
never allowed interracial marriages since the ancient times. Asura are considered as
ordinary civilians but the Great Asura are actually counted among the nobility in the Devil
world. The rules of Asura clan strictly prohibit interracial marriages between members of
Asura clan and Great Asura clan, and there has been no example of such for thousands of
years, but who would have thought that one would actually appear here."
"You mean he is a hybrid?" Ye Xiwen said.
"Yes, the Asura blood seems to run quite strongly in his body, he should be second
generation of hybrid Asura race." Ye Mo said, "It is quite impossible for most Asura devils
to possess nobleqi and that's why, they have been slaves of Great Asura clan for
generations after generations. Also, a Great Asura devil child is already in the truth realm
from birth. However, that is not the case with the hybrids of the two races, so it's good
news for you that this young Asura is not a genuine Great Asura, otherwise, you would've
died miserably."
"Human, I have been paying attention to you for a long time!"
That young Asura said, he couldn't sense the presence of Ye Mo, because if Ye Mo desired
then only Ye Xiwen could see it while others couldn't.
The young Asura devil grasped his hand and grabbed a stick from the void. This stick's
whole body was black in color and was actually the legendary Asura stick. Generally,Asura
devils used their own bodies as weapons, but there were also others who did not like to use
their own bodies as weapons and preferred to use Asura stick, which was a giant mighty
weapon, and once brandished, it could cause the heavens to fall and ground to rend.
"You, insolent human! You dared to strike the people of this young lord's territory. Today
you will have to wash away your sins with your own blood!" The young Asura devil said in
a loud voice. "I see that you are a strong master, so if you commit suicide then I'll leave your
entire corpse intact and won't feed it to those lowly demon beasts!"
"You think you are capable enough to force me to commit suicide?" A smile appeared on Ye
Xiwen's face, "You are just a hybrid."
In his previous life, interracial breeding was very popular on Earth, but that was not the
case here, because in Zhen Wu Jie, the act of interracial breeding and giving birth to hybrids
often meant tragedy. The general thought process in this world didn't accept it, because
according to the people of this world, pure blood meant more strength and purity.
"Human, you are courting death. I will extract your spirit and bake it in fire till you are
frightened out of your wits!" The young Asura devil finally could not maintain his calm
because Ye Xiwen had poked his sore spot. Right after hearing the words of Ye Xiwen,
immediately, a fierce and grim look appeared on his face and he shouted crazily.
He would never be able to forget the pain of being a hybrid and because this stain will
forever stay on his existence.
Although, thanks to being a hybrid, he received more strength compared to other Asura
devils, but at the same time, his strength was far worse than the genuine Great Asura clan.
In fact, his current strength was even less than the new born babies of Great Asura clan,
and this inferiority complex had deeply rooted itself in his heart, causing him to possess
very low self-esteem.
The young Asura obviously hated Ye Xiwen from the depth of
his heart, otherwise he would never have said such words, because torturing the opposite
party was several folds worse and brutal compared to killing them. He would not talk about
torturing Ye Xiwen if he didn't bear a bitter hatred for him.
"You humans are really nasty and hateful. You treat our Asura clan as test subjects in this
small dimension. Do you think that our Asura clan doesn't know how to fight back? My
father has already taken command of the Asura clan and under his leadership, we will
completely annihilate you abominable human beings. We have also united the other devil
clans, and together, we will defeat you humans and make this small world dominate your
world!" The young Asura sneered again and again, "But first, I'll kill you and gain merit.
After that, I will command a side army in the future!"
Although the founder of Yi Yuan School had captured Mosha territory but he had not
destroyed the devils still living in this small world. He had rather decided to use these
devils as test subjects to give battle experience to his disciples. However, since then, the
devil race of this small world had constantly tried to counter-attack on Zhen Wu Jie, while
using Yi Yuan School as a springboard to dominate the whole world.
"Even though you are nothing but a waste, your courage is quite impressive." Ye Xiwen
said, "But you must know that you
have been held captives in this small world by the founder of our Yi Yuan School, in order
to give experience to the disciples of Yi Yuan School. You are no different than a pig, ready
to be slaughtered anytime, but you still want to counterattack? You are really courting
death!"
"It's you who is courting death!" The young Asura devil suddenly got furious, because Ye
Xiwen's attitude suddenly and thoroughly angered him. The black giant stick danced in his
hand, while the entire space began to fluctuate producing a wild and loud shrieking sound.
This Asura stick was also called mourning staff, and according to the rumors, under the
nine layers of netherland, there was Fengdu hell, and after a human died, his soul entered
the hell to face the trial for his sins, while the messengers of legendary hell used mourning
staff to punish them. It was said that the so-called Asura stick was actually an imitation of
mourning staff itself, though the source of this rumour was quite remote in the past.
When Ye Mo had described about Asura race to Ye Xiwen, it had also mentioned about this
horrifying legend to him.
The legend of hell was same in all worlds, maybe some hearsays were slightly different, but
roughly the same. In Ye Xiwen's previous life on the Earth, he had also heard about the
legendary hell on earth, and even in Zhen Wu Jie, there was
also a legend of hell.
However, the legends would always be legends. No one knew whether the legendary hell
actually existed or not. After all, even the formidable emperor ranked figures could not
reverse death to come back and confirm the existence of the legendary hell.
According to what Ye Mo informed Ye Xiwen, throughout the entire heaven and earth, the
God was responsible for governing the world of the living and Yama, King of hell, was in
charge of governing the world of the dead. However, this was just a hearsay that seemed to
have spread countless years ago, and even after so many years had already passed, it still
seemed to spread.
Even the previous master of Ye Mo was never able to confirm the existence of the
legendary hell. He had rummaged through numerous books and shuttled back and forth
through many worlds, but still couldn't discover the existence of hell, as if it existed only in
legends.
When Ye Xiwen heard about this, he almost felt intimidated from this previous master of Ye
Mo, the legendary Devil King was definitely a madman. He actually wanted to lead an
expedition from Devil world to the legendary hell, in order to include hell under the control
of Devil world.
This Devil King was absolutely a lunatic. He was confident of his own strength to the point
of thinking that he was invincible and had actually led an expedition to ten thousand
worlds, because rather than being the sovereign king of Devil world, he wanted to become
the ruler of ten thousand worlds, in order to become the most distinguished in under the
sun.
Regarding the Asura stick of Asura clan, it was said that many years ago, the founder of
Asura clan once fought with a supreme master in hell, and the battle was disastrous, and
after the battle was over, the founder of Asura clan used the other party's mourning staff as
a basis to create an Asura stick and made it more suitable for Asura clan.
This Asura stick was the only kind of weapon used by Asura clan who were famous for
using their invincible bodies as weapons. According to Ye Mo, when the Asura devil king
fought with that supreme master, he suffered a loss just because he was using his own
Great Asura body as weapon, so he decided to imitate the mourning staff and created an
Asura stick.
Although it was only an imitation, but these things happened
so long ago that no one could guess their origin, and except Ye Mo, an old monster type
extraordinary character, no one knew about this secret.
To the present, even the devils of Asura race thought that Asura stick was actually an
invention of their own ancestors and had been passed down to them generation after
generation.
Under the influence of Asura stick, suddenly, the world changed its colour, and also
produced a shrieking and wild howling sound, which seemed very sad and shrill, enough to
scare a timid person to death.
Asura stick was struck horizontally and instantly rushed in front of Ye Xiwen and it seemed
as if it would pound on his head and burst his brains, moreover the most frightening thing
was that Ye Xiwen actually felt as if his own body was being suppressed, and it was like his
soul was being sucked out of his.
The mourning staff was used by the messengers of hell themselves and its functions were
to call the soul of deceased and manage these souls in hell. Even the great Asura devil king
was unable to escape from the frightening effects of mourning staff, while Asura stick was
an imitation of mourning staff itself, so it naturally had the properties of mourning staff.
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Chapter 145: Successive Breakthroughs
At that moment, Ye Xiwen had a feeling that his soul was being sucked out of his body
which completely left him in a trace like state, but in a flash, Asura stick suddenly arrived in
front of him, and if it was plugged directly into his head then his brains would definitely
burst out.
The strength of a master at the peak Xiantian eighth stage completely released out and
created ripples in the space.
Suddenly, the intermittent waves of fluctuating blood-red light instantly released out of the
Tianyuan mirror inside the body of Ye Xiwen. The might of the scarlet fluctuating light
waves was just like that of an emperor, which immediately made that young Asura devil to
have an impulse to prostrate on the ground. This feeling was deeply etched in its bones. It
was a feeling to prostrate in front of the ruler of ten thousand worlds, making him realize
that he was actually a slave, looking at its master, and this feeling caused an unusual
discomfort in his heart.
The young Asura devil actually hesitated for a moment. He was of noble descent of Asura
clan, one of eight royal clans of Devil world, then how could he have such a humiliating
feeling
of being a slave. This feeling had also permeated deep in his bone marrow, he was confused
as to what was happening to him.
Taking advantage of this time, Ye Xiwen recovered and instantly pulled out a long blade
then fiercely chopped out towards the young Asura.
"Boom!" A terrifying blast wave instantly spread and engulfed the surrounding area, while
at this time, Ye Xiwen continually retreated a few steps. A cruel expression appeared on the
face of that Asura as he took advantage of this opportunity to attack Ye Xiwen.
"Stop, you lowly hybrid Asura, don't tell me you actually think of attacking the great Devil
King and ruler of ten thousand worlds?" And this time, Ye Mo suddenly appeared and
shouted loudly, which immediately shook the spirit of that Asura devil, and forced him to
kneel down on the ground, because he felt that he was not eligible to stand in front of such
a great figure.
Taking advantage of the pause of that Asura devil, Ye Xiwen regrouped the Zhen Yuan to
prepare for his next attack, and once again chopped out a terrifying Bladelight towards the
Asura devil.
The Bladelight severely struck into the huge body of the Asura devil, and since his body was
also pressed down by the blood-red light, so he did not have the means to display his full
strength.
This made him confused and abnormally aggrieved, because looking at his own strength, he
knew that he possessed strength close to the masters of Xiantian ninth stage, but now, he
could only display the strength of below Xiantian seventh stage, and this was all because of
this damn human.
This was actually a spiritual shackle, a very horrifying spiritual coercion. He had heard
about some of the mythical figures in the legends of his clan, and this coercion could be
achieved by anyone regardless of the race, which was quite bizarre because it required for
the person to achieve a certain level, and he was just unable to think that a human was able
to reach this level and was also using spiritual shakle on him.
So now, the young Asura knew perfectly well that this human was very frightening and
relying just on his own strength, he did not stand a chance against him.
The young Asura devil tried his best to resist, but in a flash, the terrifying peerless might
ruptured in his body!
"Pu!" The young Asura suddenly spouted a mouthful of blood and then suddenly rushed all
the way back to escape from the attacks of Ye Xiwen.
"Hidden Dragon rises from the Abyss!"
Immediately, Ye Xiwen shot his palm and a Coiling Dragon instantly congealed, roared
loudly and the whole atmosphere slightly changed under the imposing noble aura of this
dragon, while its long body disappeared into a streamer and instantly rushed towards the
young Asura devil.
"Smack!" The young Asura firmly kept his one foot on the ground and stood firmly while his
Asura stick was instantly knocked down.
"Boom!" The entire space vibrated and intense energy shock waves instantly spread in the
surrounding area.
The huge body of Asura devil instantly flew upside down and
he spouted mouthful of blood. He was cursing this human in his heart and was very much
aggrieved, after all, he was obviously much stronger than this human but was still
completely suppressed by him to death, this feeling really made him quite depressed.
He was at the peak of Xiantian eighth stage and was only a small step away from entering
into the Xiantian ninth stage, and after that, he could become a major Asura existence, but
he was still unable to defeat a mere human.
He just couldn't accept this!
The young Asura devil was very unwilling, but Ye Xiwen's offensives continued to rumble
in his body and he almost could not resist this time, because his body was suppressed by a
terrifying coercion and he could hardly resist. It seemed like today, he encountered his
natural predator!
It was just like meeting his life's owner.
At last, he could no longer resist and was directly split in half by Ye Xiwen's long blade, and
the Jingqi continuously transferred from his whole body into the body of Ye Xiwen, and
at this point, Ye Xiwen felt that his own inner state barrier had finally begun to loosen up.
Ye Xiwen sat on the ground and began to prepare for a breakthrough. This was going to be
a very important breakthrough for him.
The Jingqi of a master at the peak of Xiantian eighth stage was very huge and was also
enough to support Ye Xiwen in having a complete breakthrough.
At this time, above Ye Xiwen's head, the Tianyuan mirror started spinning around and the
blood-red light released from its surface formed a red curtain of light around Ye Xiwen's
body in order to protect him while he was having the breakthrough.
Ye Xiwen felt that the Zhen Yuan began to roll and boil up within his body, and the
enormous strength of these forces, boiling up inside his body, caused his hair to fly
upwards, while his own vitality surged up along with his inner strength.
Only in a moment, his breath instantly had a breakthrough, and under the driving force of
Zhen Yuan, the inner realm of Ye Xiwen's cultivation finally collapsed, and he finally
stepped
from Xiantian fourth stage straight into the Xiantian fifth stage.
However, there was not the slightest sign of exhaustion of Jingqi in Ye Xiwen's body. The
Jingqi of a master at the peak of Xiantian eighth stage was very large in amount and truly
vigorous, and it not only helped him in having a breakthrough from Xiantian fourth stage to
fifth stage, it also continued to push him towards the peak of the Xiantian fifth stage.
Under the nourishment of this massive Jingqi, soon, Ye Xiwen successfully and smoothly
reached the peak of Xiantian fifth stage.
But, after breaking through to the peak of Xiantian fifth stage, Ye Xiwen did not stop and
immediately took out a Hehe Dan and swallowed it down.
The essence of Hehe Dan surged out from the drug and started flowing into his limbs and
bones, allowing his inner realm, which seemed to have consolidated a moment ago, to have
signs of yet another breakthrough.
As far as the biggest obstacle between Xiantian fifth stage and Xiantian sixth stage was
concerned, it was actually the
conversion phase of Zhen Qi into Zhen Yuan, but Ye Xiwen had already cleared this phase
by completely transforming Zhen Yuan in his body, so for him, this stage was simply not an
obstacle anymore.
By relying on the promotive effects of Hehe Dan, Ye Xiwen once again had a breakthrough
and directly stepped into the Xiantian sixth stage.
"Boom!" An incredible imposing aura erupted from his body and he opened his eyes all of a
sudden!
Chapter 146: Xiantian Seventh Peak
Ye Xiwen's imposing aura rose dramatically and his cultivation level soared at terrifying
speed and rushed all the way to the Xiantian sixth stage, but Ye Xiwen did not stop and
immediately took out a bright red fruit from his storage ring. It was the Blood Yuan fruit.
"This is a pretty good thing, but it is best to wait and use it when you break through from
the Xiantian eighth stage to the Xiantian ninth stage. It will save you a considerably large
amount of painstaking effort at that time." Ye Mo said, "It's a pity that you are taking it
now."
"I know that its effects would certainly be biggest if I take it at the time of breaking from
Xiantian eight stage, but I can't wait for that time, because Luo Yifan's lackeys are certainly
looking for my whereabouts, and although this Mosha territory is quite big, but they will
find me sooner or later." Ye Xiwen said,"
Before they find me, I must enhance my strength to such a state that I can protect myself."
At present, when Ye Xiwen's cultivation broke through to enter the Xiantian fifth stage, and
later to the Xiantian sixth stage, his fighting strength also skyrocketed to a great extent.
Initially, he was able to easily defeat the masters of Xiantian sixth stage and could contend
with ordinary masters of Xiantian seventh stage, but now, after successive breakthroughs,
his fighting strength had definitely become comparable to a master of Xiantian ninth stage.
However, this was not enough, because this time, in addition to inner seed disciples, even
the seeds among the core disciples had come to Mosha territory. Almost all of these seed
core disciples were already in the Xiantian Great realm, and even the weakest among them
was at the peak of Xiantian ninth stage.
Although, all these seed core disciples might not be hostile to Ye Xiwen, but as long as there
was even one or two, for Ye Xiwen, that would be fatal.
At his current cultivation, he could at most compete with the ordinary master of Xiantian
ninth stage, but he still wasn't a match for the masters at the peak of Xiantian ninth stage
and Xiantian Great realm, and while facing them, it would only be a dead end for him.
Ye Xiwen must enhance his cultivation level once again and step into the next stage. After
consuming Blood Yuan fruit, his fighting strength would increase once again to a new level,
enough to sweep away even the core disciples of Xiantian Great realm.
At that time, if Luo Yifan personally didn't come into action, then no one else would be Ye
Xiwen's opponent, and then, he would only need to avoid just one person, Luo Yifan,
because as far as other people were concerned, he certainly didn't care, and it would
naturally be simple to escape from just one man!
"Indeed!" Ye Mo nodded and was very much satisfied in his heart from the decisive attitude
of Ye Xiwen. A lot of people would have stayed confused and stuck, unable to choose
between long-term interests and immediate interests, as this was really a difficult choice
and could have blinded them, making them unable to make the right decision. However, a
calm mind would tell them that if they were dead then there would be no future left to fulfil
the long-term interests. The truth was so simple, but not many people could have reached
such a decision so quickly, like Ye Xiwen.
"Hmmm, this time, I must make that Luo Yifan understand the pain of losing his dear ones."
Ye Xiwen smiled in a strange manner. This time, during the seed disciple competition, inner
disciples failed to pose a threat to Ye Xiwen, and now, Ye Xiwen was the chief inner seed
disciple himself, and Luo Yifan obviously knew about this so he should have chosen core
disciples to do the job, and not just ordinary core disciples, the ones who came to Mosha
territory were elites among the elites.
Almost all of them were in the Xiantian Great realm. Some core
disciples were at Xiantian ninth peak, but their strength was also almost comparable to that
of the core disciples of Xiantian Great realm.
The masters of this level could set foot in the truth realm at any time, and the ambitious
ones would want to create their own factions, which would ultimately go down in the
history, or even compete for the leading position in the sect. Unless they had already joined
someone else's faction a long time ago, or else at this level, very few would go to join
someone else's faction, because at this level of strength, even on their own, they could
easily create a strong enough faction in Yi Yuan School, then why would they become
lackeys of someone else.
Therefore, Luo Yifan should have worked hard and put a lot of effort and energy in
cultivating these seed level core disciples, as they were not the same as those inner
disciples. If the case of inner disciples was considered, on the ranking list of inner seed
disciples, almost every year a large number of inner disciples would step into the Xiantian
sixth stage, thereby departing from this list. However when the ranking list of core
disciples was taken into consideration, it would take several years for someone to leave
that list because for many people, it could be said that promotion from the Xiantian fifth
stage to Xiantian sixth stage was comparatively simple, especially when compared to the
promotion from Xiantian Great realm to the truth realm. This was just because the
breakthrough to the
truth realm was not a simple matter, which was obvious from the fact that there were more
than one hundred seed core disciples, and not even one had been able to enter into the
truth realm in the past 3 or 4 years, and since no one was going up and it was natural that
nobody had left this list, so it was also normal if this list did not change for several years. In
fact, it had happened once earlier when the list didn't change for over a decade because no
one had been able to break into the truth realm, and this was the reason why the list
generally changed only when these seed core disciples got older and eventually had to
leave the sect. After reaching the age of one hundred and fifty years, their blood began to
weaken, their strengths also declined, and some people were often kicked outside the seed
core disciples' rankings list, while others would take the initiative to leave on their own
accord. They would go and become elders or ancestors of the sub-schools. However, their
decision was understandable because after reaching the age of more than one hundred and
fifty years, it was very difficult to have a breakthrough and enter into the truth, and some of
them also realized that they didn't have the talent to achieve the truth realm, so staying in
the sect was pointless.
So, if Ye Xiwen killed several core disciple subordinates of Luo Yifan then that would
completely cut off Luo Yifan's influence, which was enough to make him feel the pain of
love.
Ye Xiwen immediately started eating the Blood Yuan fruit,
and after taking full dose of bright red Blood Yuan fruit, the essence of the fruit quickly
turned into a heat flow and started circulating throughout his body. His inner realm, that
had already consolidated a moment ago at the Xiantian sixth stage, began to loosen up
again, and compared to Hehe Dan, the efficacy of Blood Yuan fruit was much more
overbearing and it instantly filled his entire body with intense heat, his complexion started
to turn red, and if someone looked at him from afar, he would simply look like a blood-red
person.
Without the slightest hesitation, Ye Xiwen quickly mobilized Zhen Yuan in his body and
began to hastily digest and assimilate the essence of Blood Yuan fruit within his body. The
efficacy of the fruit started melting and assimilating in his body, while Ye Xiwen also
started practicing "Tyrant body technique" as he was crazily absorbing this efficacy in his
body.
An intermittent burst of crackling sounds transmitted from his body, just like the
firecrackers show on a new year, as his body continued to absorb the drug, it also started to
transform simultaneously.
The spirit stones also began to frantically burn inside his storage ring, while inside the
mysterious space in his mind, the Dacheng realm of second layer of "Tyrants body
technique" had already started to revolve frantically, and the third layer finally
began to take shape and revealed its complete appearance to Ye Xiwen.
A total of 1000 spirit stones were burned at a crazily fast speed, only Ye Xiwen was capable
of crazily burning so many spirit stones at such a fast speed.
And when such a large number of spirit stones were burned, Ye Xiwen was able to
completely estimate the third layer of
"Tyrant body technique", and by taking advantage of sprit stones and strength of Blood
Yuan fruit, he also managed to have a breakthrough to the third layer of "Tyrant body
technique".
Ye Xiwen's imposing aura continued to break through from Xiantian sixth stage to
intermediate Xiantian sixth stage, then from intermediate Xiantian sixth stage to late
Xiantian sixth state, Xiantian sixth peak, Xiantian seventh stage, intermediate Xiantian
seventh stage, late Xiantian seventh stage, and finally to Xiantian seventh peak!
Ye Xiwen's cultivation madly rushed all the way to the peak of Xiantian seventh stage then
finally stopped.
He was also able to gain the highest level of knowledge about the third layer of "Tyrant
body technique", just like he had achieved the highest knowledge of "Divine Dragon flings
its Tail", which also increased his might far more than before.
Ye Xiwen had Tianyuan mirror to cover up all the fluctuations of his breath, otherwise such
big movements accompanied with his breakthroughs would have attracted many devils.
But now that he had Tianyuan mirror, he simply was not afraid because Tianyuan mirror
was the nemesis of those devils and even when facing truth level devils, as long as it was
not a peerless devil like that great devil leader who had fought with Qi Feifan, using the
restraining effect of Tianyuan mirror on the devils, even if it was a truth level devil, Ye
Xiwen was confident to take them on.
As far as other devils below truth level were considered, he simply didn't consider them as
his opponents.
After reaching the peak of Xiantian seventh peak, his fighting strength simply skyrocketed,
and now, even masters of Xiantian Great realm were not his match anymore.
"Let's go!" Ye Xiwen got up and said. He stayed in this place for a whole day and night, but
this time, the breakthrough didn't take too long thanks to Blood Yuan fruit and Hehe Dan.
Ye Xiwen used celestial step and rushed towards the depths of Mosha territory, and it
seemed as if he was taking a stroll in a relaxed manner. However, his form flickered, and in
the short time, he simply vanished in the line of sight.
Far away, an army of over a thousand great devils, under the leadership of a formidable
great devil, was advancing towards a team of several disciples of Yi Yuan School. Their loud
battle cries could be heard from far away and sand was billowing from their advancement,
while their loud roars were heart-shaking.
"Great devil army!" Above a mountain peak, Ye Xiwen used his torch like vision and saw
that this army was actually composed of great devils and each of them were at least at
Xiantian fifth stage and above which was extremely frightening.
Perhaps, except the Royal Blood Guards of Great Yue State's royal clan, no other army could
last in front of this great devil army!
This is the first time that Ye Xiwen had seen a regular army of devils, because the cases
were entirely different in Mosha territory and Huanmo territory. Earlier, in the Huanmo
territory, the Huanmo devils had been caught and locked up inside by the founder of Yi
Yuan School, so they never really
had their own heritage, so they couldn't be compared with the devils of Mosha territory.
This regular army was simply a nightmare for the idle warriors who weren't experienced in
army battles!
The existence of this army explained that there was a possibility of a kingdom of devil race
in the depths of Mosha territory, perhaps also more than one, so earlier, what that young
Asura said about this place being his territory was true, then there should be a kingdom of
Asura clan.
This great devil army was different from that flagitious great devil that Ye Xiwen had
beheaded earlier, although they seemed equally flagitious and brutal, but a lot more
disciplined and experienced, and it was obvious that this great devil army had been drilled
for a long time and possessed huge battle experience.
Ye Xiwen looked again and saw a slender figure that seemed exceptionally familiar among
the besieged disciples of Yi Yuan School, it was Hua Menghan!
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Chapter 147: Rescue
Indeed, it was really Hua Menghan. Ye Xiwen narrowed his eyes because he did not expect
to see Hua Menghan, and he quickly realized that Hua Menghan actually turned out to be a
seed level core disciple. No wonder she had so much face and was able to mediate between
Qian Yu faction and senior factions by sending Jing Yannan.
These days, one thing after another came up and Ye Xiwen didn't have time to express his
gratitude to her, but now, he unexpectedly met her here, in Mosha territory.
Besides Hua Menghan, Ye Xiwen also saw a few familiar people whom he had already met
before and they were none other than Hu Yanghang and Jing Yannan. It was not a surprise
that they were also seed level core disciples, and in addition to the two of them, there was a
beautiful girl, who appeared to be of same age as Hua Menghan, in a bright long skirt, her
posture was swaying as the sword was dancing in her hand, and each time her sword
moved, a great devil was beheaded.
There was also a grandiose man among them, his broadsword was dancing and giving rise
to fierce winds, and these devils simply had no way to come close to his body.
At this time, although they had been besieged by the great devil army, but the situation was
not too dangerous. After all, all these five masters were considered elites among the elites,
and each one of them possessed outstanding strength, far more than the core disciples at
the same rank, not to mention, even if these great devils were flagitious and incomparably
brutal, and possessed high cultivation levels, but they were still considered as cannon
fodder level existence in the devil race and very few of them had practiced power
techniques, and many of which were crude techniques, so it was certain that they were not
the opponents of Hua Menghan and other seed level core disciples.
There was a difference of heaven and earth between the two sides when martial arts
practice was taken into consideration.
This was the difference between the elites and the masses.
However, if the two sides were to fight a prolonged battle then the strength of Hua
Menghan and the others would soon be consumed, because in this situation, the bigger
army implied greater might even if the great devils were not elites, because the size of army
could be increased but the fighting strength of these elites couldn't be enhanced.
However, after the great devil commander joined the battle, Hua Menghan and other core
disciples soon fell under the wind.
He was obviously stronger than the master of Xiantian Great
realm and should have entered half a step into the truth realm.
Just by having the strength equivalent to a master of half-step truth level, this great devil
commander was dominating on these five core seed disciples who were apparently all in
the Xiantian Great realm. It was obvious that their combined strength was also inferior to
the strength of great devil commander, causing them to suddenly fall under the wind.
When Ye Xiwen saw the great devil commander, suddenly, his blood started to boil up. This
great devil commander was a half-step truth level existence, and looking at Ye Xiwen's
current strength, great devil commander was truly his opponent, because right now,
although Ye Xiwen was at the peak of Xiantian seventh stage, but his fighting strength was
equivalent to a master of half-step truth realm, which was far more than the strength of
Xiantian great realm masters. In short, this great devil commander was the best opponent
for him.
"This great devil commander should prove the best opponent at my current strength." Ye
Xiwen narrowed his eyes and said,
"Wait here and control the Tianyuan mirror, do not let it release its restraining powers, I
want to test my true strength."
If Tianyuan mirror released its suppression, then perhaps, the great devil commander
would quickly die at the hands of Ye Xiwen. And right now, this wasn't Ye Xiwen's main
goal!
"No problem." Ye Mo said.
Although he would often help Ye Xiwen in suppressing those devils so Ye Xiwen could
easily behead them, but that was only a means to help in his fast growth.
"Everybody, withstand for a little longer, I have sent a distress signal, and soon, someone
should come to our rescue!" Jing Yannan exclaimed to raise the morale of other five
disciples, but they were fighting silently, because they were elites and understood to keep
their minds calm and focused.
Especially Hua Menghan and the grandiose man with broadsword were collaborating to
fight the great devil commander, but they were feeling enormous pressure and horrifying
strength of a half-step true master, and it could be said that to a certain extent, he already
possessed some of the strength of a truth level master.
Even if two people were together fighting with him, they weren't the slightest relaxed. It
was obvious that great devil commander was more familiar with the art of war, and at this
time, this was also making them feel distressed and powerless in front of him.
Then, suddenly, a long and loud howling sound came from far away, and it gradually came
closer and closer. Moreover, it was so fast that in a blink of an eye, it arrived at the scene,
and one could guess the insane speed of the approaching person just from hearing the
howling sound, which was simply like the lightning that arrived in the vicinity in a flash.
Suddenly, a flash instantly crashed into the great devil army, and even this drilled and
experienced great devil army was simply not the match of this Bladelight which simply
pierced through them, collapsing one after another, and the weak great devils that came in
the range of this attack instantly died or got severely wounded.
"Who is that?" Great devil commander suddenly roared then immediately stopped fighting
with Hua Menghan and the grandiose man, because in his heart, these humans did not pose
a threat to him, and under his army's encirclement, these damn lowly humans would
eventually have to die.
The Bladelight crossed through the great devil army and immediately and fiercely rushed
toward the great devil commander.
"Boom!" A huge explosion occurred and a mushroom cloud appeared on the spot. This was
now the battle between two half-step true masters. Although they only possessed a part of
the total strength of a true master, but masters of Xiantian Great realm weren't capable of
producing such an atomic bomb like explosion, and it was simply impossible for masters of
Xiantian ninth peak.
The flash of light dissipated and revealed the silhouette of a figure. When Hua Menghan
saw this figure, a surprised look immediately appeared on her face, because that person
was none other than Ye Xiwen.
She never thought that in such a short amount of time, Ye Xiwen would actually become so
formidable. She remembered that the first time she saw him, he was just at the Houtian
realm, and at that time, she felt grateful to him for saving her life, but she thought that it
would end at this, after all, he was only a Houtian realm warrior, and even if he managed to
step into the Xiantian realm in the future, it was still most unlikely that they would ever
intersect each other's path in this lifetime.
However, all of this changed in less than one year, when Ye Xiwen's strength had a rapid
development, and when she saw him again, he was already a master of the Xiantian realm
and was also considered the leader of younger generation of his sub-
school, and later, he also became the leader of new disciples.
The second time she heard about him was when Qian Yu faction was in trouble, and at that
time, she used her influence to buy some time for Qian Yu faction, but she did not hold any
hope for them to win. She just wanted to do something to help Ye Xiwen, but not on a grand
scale, otherwise it could lead to him becoming an eye-sore in the eyes of a lot of people.
But, she did not expect that he would actually win the battle against Mo Han and lead to the
smooth establishment of Qian Yu faction, but she again received news about Ye Xiwen
becoming the chief inner seed disciple. Moreover, this time, it was a recognition that could
not be questioned or argued upon by anyone.
Although now, he was merely the chief inner seed disciple, but in a major sect like Yi Yuan
School, becoming a chief was like a seat of honour, because even if he was only the chief of
inner disciples, but this status could only be obtained by one in a million disciples and
required both talent and formidable strength.
This should be the third time she saw Ye Xiwen, but now, he was no longer that skinny
teenager whom she met the first time, and had actually grown up into a fine youth. The
youth who once saved her life had just now rushed straight into the
great devil army, and not just that, he went straight for the great devil commander, an
existence that she and other masters couldn't take on together.
This rapid transformation was simply unbelievable.
The one who was more baffled than Hua Menghan was actually Hu Yanghang. He certainly
remembered Ye Xiwen, but in his memory, Ye Xiwen was simply nothing and could only be
regarded as a little guy, a nasty bug, and for him, so long as he wanted, crushing a petty bug
like Ye Xiwen was very convenient, but now, he couldn't believe his eyes when he saw that
a bug like Ye Xiwen had actually grown so formidable.
Immediately, a strong killing intent boiled up in his heart!
An astonished look appeared on the face of Jing Yannan when he looked at the formidable
figure of Ye Xiwen. In such a short time, the young boy, who, at that time, had especially
come forward to greet him, actually turned into such a fierce master?
He was now sure that he was not wrong about Ye Xiwen's future growth!
Dark-green clothes, that long blade and a proud demeanour!
In the end, just what kind of experience did he go through that caused his cultivation to
increase to such outrageous proportions.
Everyone was astonished at the sudden arrival of Ye Xiwen, but he didn't care and directly
engaged in fighting with the great devil commander.
"Damn you, you lowly human, you dare to treat out great devil race as hunting objects, you
are courting death!" The great devil commander shouted in an angry voice and his words
seemed like they were thundering again and again, while an endless amount of moqi
emerged out of the giant spear in his hands and instantly filled the entire surrounding
space, "Devil sweeps the universe!"
The endless amount of moqi transformed into countless spears made up of Spearqi, and
seemed like hiding the sky and covering the earth, and swept straight towards Ye Xiwen.
The long blade flashed in the hand of Ye Xiwen and a bright Bladelight was instantly
chopped out, displaying the creative concept of Ye Xiwen's blade skill, and it seemed as if a
diagram
of a round bright moon was descending and suppressing towards the great devil
commander.
Suddenly, along with a dazzling glare, Bladeqi severely collided with the several spears, and
energy waves spread in all directions like mighty ocean waves and completely swept away
some of the great devil soldiers. In the frenzy of raging energy waves, these great devils
simply turned into flying ashes.
At that moment, standing in front of Ye Xiwen, the great devil commander felt a strange
feeling from Ye Xiwen's body, which suddenly increased his palpitations, although this
feeling was very mild, but it made him feel very unpleasant, as if he was standing in front of
sovereign king.
However, at this time, he had no time to think about why was he getting such a feeling and
suddenly shouted: "Damn human, go to hell!"
"Devil splits the vast sky!"
The giant spear danced in his hands and a terrifying Spearqi spread in the sky, and it
seemed as if it was completely splitting the atmosphere, and this sight was quite
overwhelming.
NT: IMPORTANT EXPLANATION about Ye Xiwen's strength before you read future
chapters.
Ye Xiwen is an anomaly who is only at the peak of Xiantian seventh peak in this chapter, but
he possesses energy equivalent to the masters of half-step truth realm because he started
amassing energy in advance from the time when he saved Hua Menghan and got insights
about transforming higher level forms of energy even though his body (inner realm) was at
lower level, all thanks to the 'Mysterious space'.
But you must be thinking, he is at a lower realm so how can he fight with masters two or
sometimes three levels above him?
That's because only his body (inner realm) is at lower level, the energy content (energy
quality and energy quantity) in his body is equivalent to the masters of higher levels. But
that should explode his body right?
Don't forget he has practiced Tyrant body technique, which turned his body into that of an
ancient Tyrant. So, his body is so strong and tough that it can contain higher level energy
and in larger amounts. Basically, thanks to Tyrant body technique, even if his body is at
Xiantian seventh peak, but its strength and toughness = bodies of the masters of half-step
truth realm.
This is the reason why in the last chapter, Ye Xiwen also practiced the 'Tyrant body
technique' to third layer to increase the toughness of his body in order to sustain and
contain half-step truth level energy. He is OP because of 'mysterious space'
and 'Tyrant body technique'.
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Chapter 148: Great Devil Commander
Beheaded
"Devil splits the vast sky!"
The giant spear danced in his hands and a terrifying Spearqi spread in the sky and it
seemed as if it was completely splitting the atmosphere and blotting the sky, this sight was
quite overwhelming.
This Spearqi was incomparably terrifying and produced a sharp piercing sound, as if all
other sounds had completely vanished from the atmosphere, leaving only the dreadful
sound of spears rushing through the sky.
"Full moon beheader!" Ye Xiwen shouted, and suddenly, his appearance looked like the
lightning itself, and using just his arm, he instantly chopped out Bladeqi which instantly
turned into a diagram of a full moon and pressed down from above just like the Mount Tai.
The layer upon layer of terrifying Spearqi rushed penetrating through the space and
instantly stabbed into the diagram of full moon. The full moon suddenly exuded endless
amount of
moonlight and immediately flushed into the Spearqi, which was completely obliterated by
the enormous might of bright moonlight.
This was no moonlight! It was actually Ye Xiwen's frightening Bladeqi. He had managed to
move one step further and integrated the creative concept with his Bladeqi, and as far as
his opponents were concerned, this attack was simply like a road roller like existence.
Compared with Ye Xiwen's former pure creative concept, the might of this attack was
simple unimaginable and it was hard to determine how much stronger it had actually
become.
After completely obliterating the Spearqi, Ye Xiwen did not stop and took out his long blade
and instantly chopped out a terrifying Bladeqi. The Bladeqi instantly rushed towards the
great devil commander and it seemed as if it was tearing the sky of Mosha territory and
would split him into two halves any moment.
"Lowly human!" The great devil commander shouted, and his voice resounded like a loud
explosion, and giant spear in the hands instantly sketched the outline of devilish sun in the
void which then released dark and horrifying rays of light towards
the Bladeqi of Ye Xiwen.
"Boom!" Layer upon layer of shock waves swept across in all directions when the spear
attack clashed maliciously against the blade attack of Ye Xiwen.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
Both of them felt a wave of horrifyingly massive strength from the clash of their attacks and
withdrew several steps back, leaving deep footprints on the ground.
On the side of Ye Xiwen, when a group of great devils saw that Ye Xiwen had been repulsed,
they thought to take advantage of this opportunity and immediately advanced towards him
while shrieking strangely, as if to rip him to shreds.
Ye Xiwen waved the long blade and a huge Bladelight swept
out which rushed towards several great devils and instantly chopped them into two halves,
while some of them instantly turned into minced meat.
"Abominable human!" When great devil commander saw that several of his devil men were
instantly killed by Ye Xiwen, he suddenly roared out of anger and frustration. This was a
deadly duel, not just between two masters, but between two sides, because the outcome of
this duel affected the situation of both sides. After all, the survival of the team of Yi Yuan
School's seed core disciples or the great devil army depended on this duel.
One was the commander of great devil army and his cultivation level was at the half-step
truth level, which was almost equivalent to that of true masters.
The other one was a fortuitous master, looking for adventure but his fighting strength was
also comparable to that of the masters of half-step truth realm.
The collision between the two sides was destined to cause the heaven to fall and earth to
shatter!
The giant spear violently danced in the hands of great devil
commander and produced sad and shrill howling sound, like the frightening shrieks and
pitiful screams of devils. These pitiful screams belonged to the dead and were quite
terrifying, filled with the lingering resentments of dead, and these resentments were
attached at the tip of the spear, and as a result of this, the might of the spear didn't
decrease. On the contrary, because of these screams and curses of the dead, the overall
might of the spear increased by multiple folds and made it very formidable.
The existence of Spearqi produced round after round of roaring sounds, and it seemed as if
the whole world had suddenly changed, the sound of intermittent crying and pitiful
screaming had spread everywhere. It was like the whole world was falling into the hell,
which was truly terrifying.
At this moment, his spear technique seemed to have reached a high degree of proficiency,
close to perfection, indicating that great devil commander had practiced an authentic
Modao based power technique.
Modao = Devil arts, Wudao = Martial arts | Mo = Devil Ye Xiwen wasn't the slightest scared
of this and maliciously chopped out an unstoppable Bladelight.
In this battle, it could be said that Ye Xiwen was completely unleashing his true strength
and enjoying the battle to his heart's content.
Each and every collision was setting off boundless shock waves in the air along with
intermittent screams and cries. It was the great devil commander's spear attack of
resentful souls but was completely annihilated by Ye Xiwen and vanished from this world
along with the suffering souls that soon disappeared as well.
Each time the two sides clashed, the great devils present in the vicinity would be swept off
their feet, but Ye Xiwen simply did not care, because even if more of these devils were
dying, it was none of his concern, and even the great devil commander's eyes were blood
red and didn't seem to hold back and was fighting with all his might without caring about
the lives of his subordinates.
Those great devils quickly withdrew far away from these two because the aftermath of
their battle was really too terrifying.
Once again, the blade and the spear fiercely clashed.
"Boom!"
Zhen Yuan was crazily raging within Ye Xiwen's body. Tyrant body technique was also
rapidly revolving inside his body and wrapping up a layer of golden light on his skin. When
looked from afar, Ye Xiwen looked just like a golden god of war while the Zhen Yuan had
formed a shield and blocking off all the impacts from outside.
There was a faint figure of coiling dragon totally entrenched on Ye Xiwen's body and was
emitting intense dragon qi, and even with his relentless attacks, the great devil commander
was finding it very difficult to break through the protective barrier of coiling dragon on Ye
Xiwen.
Ye Xiwen had already practiced 'Hidden Dragon rises from the Abyss' move of "Coiling
dragon palm" to the acme level and reached its perfection. Moreover, the coiling dragon
wrapped on his body was the true nemesis of devils.
At a distant place, although great devils had temporarily spread around a little, but Hua
Menghan and other disciples had joined forces and were sticking together to protect
themselves and were watching the fierce battle going on between Ye Xiwen and the great
devil commander which seemed to have reached a
very intense stage. There were astonished looks in their eyes and all of them were
constantly exclaiming while witnessing this insane battle.
Hu Yanghang was the only one among them who had a disdained look on his face and was
perniciously looking at Ye Xiwen. He was jealous of Ye Xiwen, extremely jealous, to such an
extent that it was making him unable to stay calm.
In a place where no one else was looking, he pinched a secret technique under his sleeves
and secretly sent a message from his summoning talisman, which then instantly departed
towards the heaven.
"Hmph, Ye Xiwen, I will see how you die."
"Damn human, today, today is the day of your death!" The great devil commander said in a
cold voice, and his voice was so cold and grim, it seemed as if it was emerging out of an
icehouse.
Originally, the great devil commander always kept aloof but he held an unusual hatred for
humankind. Perhaps lower level devils were not aware of this but he was well aware of the
fact
that the situation of the devils living in Mosha territory was no different than that of a
bunch of pigs, raised by formidable humans to be slaughtered in order to hone the skills of
disciples of their sect.
This was extremely painful for him, in fact, the thing which was even greater than this pain
was actually the great shame that the proud devil race had to bear in Mosha territory. If his
devil race managed to become strong and their strength exceeded a certain extent, then
they would be beheaded by the formidable humans who occasionally came inside Mosha
territory from time to time for inspection. He was scared that such a fate would ultimately
befall him because he was a strong great devil himself. For the devil race of Mosha
territory, those who managed to become formidable would eventually be killed by Sect
elders and those who were not strong would be beheaded by the disciples of those
formidable humans, and this was going to be their fate for generations.
No, he would absolutely not allow such a fate to befall him. He would not become a
stepping stone for these human disciples.
He was an invincible devil. He must transcend this cage then kill all humans and turn Zhen
Wu Jie into a breeding field for devil race. All these humans were damn, damn, damn!
A terrifying moqi flooded out of the entire body of great devil
commander, there was deadqi also infused with his moqi and faint ghostly shadows could
clearly be seen condensed with the moqi. (NT: moqi = Devilqi; deadqi = qi made up of the
resentments of the dead)
The complexion on the face of great devil commander suddenly paled because he
condensed a huge amount of his energy in this attack.
One could hear the sad and shrill screams coming from the ghostly shadows condensed
around the giant spear, and the endless amount of deadqi was sizzling and making noise, it
seemed as if it was corroding the air itself, and then, it instantly flew straight towards Ye
Xiwen.
Ye Xiwen suddenly felt that a terrifying spear machine was firmly locking on his body
followed by a surge of horrifying pressure which instantly released from the spear and
pressured down on him.
Ye Xiwen started to madly revolve Tyrant body technique inside his body because he knew
that this was definitely the last resort of this great devil commander and as long as he was
able to block this move, there would be no way out for the great devil commander.
Ye Xiwen was not a recalcitrant, he instantly used celestial step and his figure shot forward,
while his figure left afterimages and he instantly vanished, but at this time, he suddenly
discovered that the spear was closely following him.
Ye Xiwen did not have the chance to dodge so he immediately clenched his teeth and
shouted loudly: "Hidden Dragon rises from the Abyss!"
In an instant, endless amount of dragon qi completely surrounded his body and his entire
body suddenly disappeared inside the inexhaustible amount of dragon qi. A gigantic
dragon, which was several meters long, immediately took shape and stretched out its claws
and directly grasped toward that terrifying spear made up of deadqi.
"Boom!" A terrible explosion occurred and that terrifying spear was firmly grabbed in the
claws of the incarnation of gigantic dragon, while a mutually intense ablation started
between dragon qi and deadqi, which issued a buzzing sound and this was an exceptionally
fearful sight to witness.
The spear filled with deadqi struggled in the grasp of that
incarnation of the gigantic dragon, released by Ye Xiwen's coiling dragon palm technique
and was directly broken into pieces in midair.
Broken inch by inch!
"Poof!" The great devil commander screamed pitifully, spouted a mouthful of blood, while
his burly stature swayed and slowly fell down on the ground.
"Devil, die!" Suddenly, a loud shout came from the sky, and while shaking the entire sky, a
terrifying Bladeqi instantly descended from the sky and the great devil commander was
instantly split into two halves.
At that time, his ability to resist had completely disappeared.
After issuing that move, which was obviously his last resort, he had completely exhausted
his strength and was directly cleft in two by Ye Xiwen.
When great devil commander was killed by Ye Xiwen, the great devil army immediately
aligned themselves in a formation and started to retreat while showing excellent discipline,
their retreat was definitely not like the act of escaping mob.
Ye Xiwen, Hua Menghan and other disciples did not want to pursue them, after all, the great
devil army was not defeated, only their commander was killed.
However, Ye Xiwen didn't get time to relax because a loud shout suddenly arrived from far
away: "Where is Ye Xiwen?"
Chapter 149: Luo Clan's Dogs
"Where is Ye Xiwen?" A loud shout came from far away and gradually came nearer, and
only in a while, three youths who had 25 or 26-year-old appearances arrived on the
battlefield.
One of them was a female with a radiant face like the moon itself.
Another man had a medium build, looked ordinary, but appeared to have a tolerant and
steady bearing. The last one looked handsome and was wearing a magnificent robe.
The cultivation levels of all three of them were extremely high and could not be
underestimated. All of them had almost approached close to entering half a step into the
truth realm, whereas the beautiful moon-faced woman was already a master of half-step
truth realm.Although her cultivation level was not as good as that of Ye Xiwen, but not far
off either.
After seeing this trio, Hua Menghan's complexion suddenly changed, and a look of
unhappiness flashed on her face, especially after seeing the beautiful woman who was
standing in the middle of the trio.
"Who is Ye Xiwen?" The beautiful woman asked in a cold voice.
"Luo senior sister apprentice, he is Ye Xiwen!" From the crowd, Hu Yanghang suddenly
stepped up and said while pointing towards Ye Xiwen.
This immediately aroused discontented feelings in the hearts of Jing Yannan, Hua Menghan
and other core seed disciples. It was Ye Xiwen who saved all of them a moment ago, but at
this time, Hu Yanghang didn't think twice before betraying him.
They could tell that Hu Yanghang was a typical faker and not at all authentic, but when
their gazes were directed towards Ye Xiwen, they knew in their hearts that this guy was
really authentic.
Now, they could not help but stay away from Hu Yanghang. In their hearts, they secretly
decided that it was not worth to maintain a close and long-standing friendship with a guy
like Hu Yanghang, because they couldn't trust him anymore, since he turned out to be a guy
who might betray them as well.
Hu Yanghang did have the slightest idea about a sudden change in how the other perceived
him, because right now, the only thing remaining in his heart was envy and hatred for Ye
Xiwen. Initially, Ye Xiwen's existence was nothing more than a bug in his eyes, but now, he
himself turned into a bug like figure in front of Ye Xiwen, who actually became so fierce and
formidable that he was simply not a match of Ye Xiwen at all.
This stark contrast made him feel exceptionally uncomfortable!
"You are Ye Xiwen?" Luo senior sister apprentice looked coldly at Ye Xiwen and lightly said.
"I am. Who are you?" Ye Xiwen looked at that Luo senior sister apprentice and said, while
he could clearly see the ill intent in her eyes.
Ye Xiwen also looked coldly at Luo senior sister apprentice.
"Ye Xiwen, you have eyes but cannot see Mt. Tai......" Hu Yanghang said in a complacent and
triumphant manner.
"Shut up, who do you think you are, daring to teach me!" Ye Xiwen shouted in an angry
voice and released sonic waves, which swept out towards Hu Yanghang like mighty ocean
waves.
The colour of Hu Yanghang's face suddenly changed to purple, similar to the colour of a
pig's liver, and he immediately held his breath.
"You are courting death!" Hu Yanghang was short of breath and suddenly shouted but he
simply forgot the performance of Ye Xiwen from a while back, that had completely left him
in a stunned state. His fist blasted and a terrifying Quanjin rushed towards Ye Xiwen and
rumbled maliciously.
Quanjin = Fist strength
But at this time, Ye Xiwen also moved, his figure suddenly swayed, and at the same time, he
also caught the Quanjin in his hand and directly crushed it.
In an instant, Ye Xiwen already arrived in front of Hu Yanghang, and using big profound
hand, he instantly routed the Zhen Yuan present inside the body of Hu Yanghang then
grabbed his neck. Ye Xiwen's palm looked just like an iron hoop when it firmly clutched Hu
Yanghang's neck and he seemed just like a chicken, clutched in the claws of an eagle.
Everyone present there suddenly reacted, but then, they
realized that Hu Yanghang was already in the grasp of Ye Xiwen. It happened so fast, it was
simply like a miracle. No one could even see when it happened, because Hu Yanghang could
not even use a single move to resist and was immediately grabbed by Ye Xiwen.
Hu Yanghang's neck was in the firm grasp of Ye Xiwen while his whole body was being
locked down by Ye Xiwen's formidable Zhen Yuan, and due to that, he basically did not
have any strength left to even move. His face suddenly flushed with shame. He couldn't
breathe properly, he was mad and he just could not accept in his heart that how could Ye
Xiwen, an insect like figure, become so formidable in so less time that he had actually been
grabbed in Ye Xiwen's clutches simply like a trash.
He hated this, he was anxious to kill Ye Xiwen earlier. If only he had gotten rid of Ye Xiwen
earlier then he would not be in such a situation.
"I have not gone to look for you but you actually dared to come out on your own, you are
just a trash who dares to plot against me again and again. Today, you will pay the price." Ye
Xiwen sneered and said.
"Stop!" Suddenly, Ye Xiwen heard a loud shout of that beautiful woman Surnamed Luo,
directed at him, while she instantly shot an enormous breath, which locked on Ye Xiwen,
and the fluctuations in her martial arts instantly turned intense.
Ye Xiwen immediately pulled over Hu Yanghang's to stand in front of him to block the
attack.
"Boom!" A terrifying power maliciously rumbled into the body of Hu Yanghang. He
screamed pitifully and his body was covered with blood, his bones were broken, but at this
instant, Ye Xiwen quickly and secretly shot his palm at the top of his pubic region.
Hu Yanghang's martial arts were directly wasted and he immediately fainted and fell on the
ground.
"How dare you!" That charming woman shouted in an angry voice and viciously stared at
Ye Xiwen, while keeping a close eye on him.
"You also saw, it was not me who did this." Ye Xiwen readily said in an indifferent tone and
threw fainted Hu Yanghang aside.
"You ......" The charming woman glared angrily at him and said.
"Luo Fangyi, you sent your brother to kill me, if you have the ability then try and do it
yourself." At this time, Hua Menghan said.
"Shut up you slut, do you think I can't kill you? If it was not for giving face to master, you
would have already died long ago!"
Luo Fangyi suddenly shouted.
"Luo Fangyi, I am the closing disciple of head. This position is comparable to that of true
disciples. You're a just a trivial sect disciple. Do you think you can actually dare to defy your
superiors?" Hua Menghan suddenly scowled and said in a serious tone.
"What did you say!" Luo Fangyi glared at Hua Menghan with an apparent anger flashing in
her round eyes.
Ye Xiwen finally understood that this woman was the elder sister of Luo Tian, the guy who
was trying to kill Hua Menghan
that day by poisoning her.
"Master is considering, Luo Tian's death is insufficient. It's a pity that he has not vented his
anger on your Luo clan, you are lucky." Hua Menghan said without the slightest yielding in
her tone.
"Venting anger on my Luo clan just for you? My grand-uncle is a celestial elder of Yi Yuan
School, my uncle is also an elder, and my brother is a true disciple who will also take over
the position of head of our clan in the future. Do you still think you can mess with our Luo
clan?" Luo Fangyi shouted in an angry voice.
From Luo Fangyi's roaring voice, a general outline of a formidable clan was sketched out
and Ye Xiwen finally came to understand that perhaps, the influence of Luo clan was quite
strong in Yi Yuan School. Luo Yifan himself was a true disciple, in the future, he might also
have the opportunity to compete for the position of Sect head, and his uncle was an elder
and should obviously be in the truth realm, and more importantly, he had a so-called grand
uncle, who was actually a Taishang elder, which was said to be the biggest authority in Yi
Yuan School, of course, only after the authority of head and the chiefs of the nine peaks of Yi
Yuan School, in total ten individuals. But the authority of a Taishang elder was very large
and he could also question the decisions made by Sect head as well as chiefs of various
peaks.
In fact, some heads and chiefs were usually the apprentices of Taishang elders. It could be
imagined that Luo clan was another huge influence in Yi Yuan School and even the Sect
head could not put his hands on them if there was not enough reason for it.
All of these people were illustrious figures in Yi Yuan School and held a major influence.
With Luo Clan's prominent influence, it was no wonder that Luo Tian was at the Xiantian
third stage back then and had actually tried to kill Hua Menghan by poisoning her. It could
be guessed that he had nothing to fear because even if he failed, Luo clan would shelter him
and so long as the Taishang elder of Luo clan would come forward, the Sect head would
have no alternative but to show due respect to him, regardless of how he actually felt.
But even after considering all that, he never calculated that he would end up meeting Ye
Xiwen and would get beheaded before even getting a chance to properly brag about his
own family background.
After knowing this, Ye Xiwen felt an increasingly tremendous pressure. So, he was not
against just one person, Luo Yifan, but it was actually an entire clan having several truth
level masters as its members.
However, since it had already begun then there was nothing to say anymore.
"Today, I'm going to block him and keep here, soon my elder brother will come, and he has
said that he would personally kill him." Luo Fangyi sneered and said.
Luo Fangyi did not pay attention to Hua Menghan because her cultivation level was inferior
compared to her own cultivation level.
"Ye Xiwen, hurry up and escape, at your current strength you are not an opponent of Luo
Yifan, you have absolutely no chance of winning against him!" Ye Mo's voice suddenly
resounded in his mind.
Ye Xiwen also knew that if Luo Yifan was on the way, then perhaps, he would catch up soon,
and in that case, he certainly could not stay here any longer. Even though he had achieved
the strength comparable to the masters of half-step truth realm, but this strength would be
insufficient in front of a true master like Luo Yifan. At his current strength, if he bumped
into Luo Yifan then the consequences could be disastrous, and it was simply a no-brainer
that Luo Yifan would kill him on the spot.
Ye Xiwen quickly analysed the actions of the members of Luo clan which also gave him a
general insight about Luo clan. Luo Tian was only a master of Xiantian third stage but he
still tried to kill a closing disciple of the head of Yi Yuan School, Luo Fangyi attacked Hu
Yanghang and he ended up getting crippled but she did not care at all, and Luo Yifan
blatantly interfered during seed disciple competition. Congregating all these facts, one
could see the arrogant and overbearing demeanour of Luo clan and also its extraordinary
influence in Yi Yuan School, so conclusion could be drawn from this that Luo Yifan would
definitely kill him without worrying about anything.
"Brother Ye, where do you think you are going." Ye Xiwen was about to leave when
suddenly, the figure of the mediocre looking man moved and appeared in front of Ye Xiwen,
blocking his way.
"Who are you?" Ye Xiwen asked.
"Xie Yi!" The man lightly said.
"Get out of the way." Ye Xiwen said.
"Since Brother Luo is coming, you will have to wait for some
time." Xie Yi said in a cold voice.
Although he said in a very polite tone, but his words were actually filled with contempt.
"So, you are a lackey of Luo." Ye Xiwen narrowed his eyes and said with a killing intention
flashing in his eyes. "Luo Yifan has raised quite a few good dogs."
"Shut up, how dare you casually say Brother Luo's name like that!" The handsome man
said, "If you had not thoroughly angered Brother Luo then we would have killed you by
now."
"Who are you?" Ye Xiwen asked.
"Mu Yi!" The handsome man replied, "Since Brother Luo is aiming for your life himself, we
will let you live until Brother Luo arrives here."
"Well, well, well, I wonder if Luo Yifan would regret it when he gets to know that three of
his core disciples died at once." A cold smile appeared on the face of Ye Xiwen.
Ye Xiwen suddenly moved, his physique flashed, and in an instant, a burst of terrifying
imposing aura spread throughout the sky.
Chapter 150: Reparations
After saying that, Ye Xiwen suddenly moved, his physique flashed, and in an instant, a burst
of terrifying imposing aura spread throughout the sky.
If he wanted to get away then the only way left for him was to behead all three of them, as
soon as possible.
The speed of Ye Xiwen was so fast that none of the people present at the scene could see
him clearly. He instantly used celestial steps and it could be seen that his movements were
already at the acme level, and perhaps, only Luo Fangyi might just be able to slightly track
his movements.
"Ye Xiwen, since you are so eager to die, then we have no choice but to kill you in place of
Brother Luo!" Mu Yi shouted loudly, and immediately moved in order to stop Ye Xiwen and
rushed straight towards him, while his terrifying strength of Xiantian Great, which was
nearly approaching the strength of half a step truth realm, instantly spread out and a huge
qi field enveloped Ye Xiwen inside it.
"Boom!" Ye Xiwen shot his palm and the huge qi field instantly
exploded, and within the endless frenzy of Zhen Yuan after the explosion, Mu Yi could not
react, and in a flash, Ye Xiwen had already arrived in front of him.
Coiling Dragon palm!
Hidden Dragon rises from the Abyss!
There was a panic-stricken look in the eyes of Mu Yi, and at this time, Ye Xiwen's palm
turned into the dragon claws and maliciously slammed on his chest.
"Boom!" Mu Yi, a master of the Xiantian Great realm was directly sent flying, all the bones
in his body completely shattered, he spurted out a mouthful of blood mixed with some
visceral matter released from his crushing internal organs. With just one palm attack from
Ye Xiwen, this extremely arrogant guy was instantly sent flying, then immediately, Ye
Xiwen's body shuttled forward like an arrow towards Mu Yi and shoved a fierce kick on his
body in mid-air, and his body directly plummeted on the ground.
"Boom!" Ye Xiwen's kick was not one bit less fierce compared to his palm attack. Half of Mu
Yi's body was directly split open
by Ye Xiwen's kick, his internal organs were crushed and his Zhen Yuan was completely
disrupted, it was now simply impossible for him to live in such a state.
"Impossible!" Xie Yi shouted in disbelief because the strength of Mu Yi and his own strength
were almost at the same level, but he just could not believe his eyes when he saw that not
just Mu Yi was unable to block Ye Xiwen, he was also so effortlessly killed by Ye Xiwen.
Ye Xiwen's strength was simply unimaginable and super tyrannical! How could this Ye
Xiwen be so tyrannical?
"How dare you kill a disciple of the same sect? You're done for, because now, not only you
but your entire family must die!" Xie Yi yelled.
A cold look flashed in the eyes of Ye Xiwen. It was the most unacceptable thing for him
when someone threatened his family, because if his family was even touched by anyone
then it would simply invoke the wrath of the dragon emperor itself inside him. In this
entire world, Ye Xiwen only held unbreakable bond with his family and could do anything
for them, and if someone threatened him using his family then, they would certainly be
courting death!
"Boom!" The tyrannical imposing aura of Ye Xiwen scattered in all directions. It seemed as
if his whole persona was just like a tornado, while intermittent horrifying blast waves were
rolling out of his body.
In a flash, Ye Xiwen's stature suddenly ejected straight towards Xie Yi, just like an artillery
shell.
Xie Yi simply could not react and saw a huge palm coming closer and closer towards his
face and instantly went toward his cheek.
"Bold!" Luo Fangyi shouted and pointed her finger towards Ye Xiwen, and it seemed as if
the finger point attack would break the world itself, and accompanied with air explosions
while producing a Zizi sound in the air, it instantly arrived near Ye Xiwen.
"Get lost!" Ye Xiwen shouted loudly, and suddenly, layer upon layer of sound waves
proliferated through the atmosphere and blocked the finger point attack of Luo Fangyi.
Luo Fangyi immediately had to withdraw several steps because, she was a master of the
half-step truth realm, and this realm consisted of strong as well as weak masters, and Ye
Xiwen was clearly the strongest in the half-step truth realm, while Luo Fangyi could only be
regarded at the bottom of the half-step truth realm.
Luo Fangyi did not have a way to stop Ye Xiwen while his palm continued to get closer and
closer to Xie Yi.
"Smack!" A loud sound of slap resounded, and Xie Yi's body was instantly sent flying while
spinning and a mouthful of his teeth were also broken by the fierce slap from Ye Xiwen.
"Bang!" Ye Xiwen directly trampled the Dantian of Xie Yi and crushed it. After his Dantian
was destroyed, his body could no longer withstand the gravity and started falling towards
the ground in an upside down state.
Ye Xiwen's long blade chopped out a terrifying Bladeqi, which directly caught up with the
flying body of Xie Yi.
Bladelight is just a representation of Bladeqi. Both are same!
"Puchi!" Xie Yi was cleft in two halves in the midair by Ye Xiwen's Bladeqi.
Jing Yannan looked at Ye Xiwen and could not help but held his breath for a moment. He did
not expect Ye Xiwen to be so ruthless that he would mercilessly kill people in rage, but still
in a decisive manner and without any hesitation.
When most people came to know about the true background of a clan like Luo clan, then
they would certainly hesitate and even try to sort out enmity and differences, even after
knowing that there was no room left to sort out anything, and a few would dare to directly
kill.
Cultivating seed level core disciples was not an easy task, and it could even be said that
these people had been especially trained by Luo clan to be used in the future, when they
managed to break into the truth realm. They were one of the valuable assets of Luo clan
and now that they had been beheaded, the rage of Luo clan could be imagined. Now, there
was no turning back for the two sides.
Only death was the ultimate solution!
"You dare ......" Luo Fangyi looked unbelievably at Ye Xiwen.
Luo clan's overbearing influence was well known to everyone and most people did not dare
to go against Luo clan. Even a hint of the name of Luo was enough to make them scared.
She was shocked not because of Ye Xiwen's ruthlessness, but because she was compared to
him, she had been much more cruel, she had committed a lot of cruel acts and that was the
reason why she was able to reach her current level, which was a proof of her ruthlessness,
but it was all what she had done to others, no one ever did this to her until now.
"Who do you think you are? Since you dared to intercept me, be prepared to die!" Ye Xiwen
said in an extremely angry voice, which was quite scary to hear. They not just threatened
him, but his family as well, so now, he was fully convinced that he would absolutely not
allow the people of Luo clan to hurt his family, at any cost.
This was definitely not a joke!
Luo Fangyi could clearly feel the murderous aura coming out of Ye Xiwen's body, and it was
no secret that he was really intending to kill her.
From the earlier fight, Luo Fangyi knew that she was definitely not the opponent of Ye
Xiwen, which extremely frightened her in her heart. How could Ye Xiwen be so formidable,
his strength was simply unimaginable, and was clearly above her own strength? After
arriving here, she did not try to kill Ye Xiwen, just because of her brother's request to trap
Ye Xiwen in this place and stop him from escaping, so that when her brother would come,
he would personally kill Ye Xiwen, so none of them had planned to kill Ye Xiwen from the
outset.
At this moment, she suddenly shivered, because she realized that if she had tried to kill him
earlier, then she would have been the first one to die.
Thinking of this, suddenly, a chill ran down her spine, and she instantly turned around to
escape from Ye Xiwen.
"You want to escape? Humph!"
She turned around to escape but a surge of Zhen Yuan hit her from behind and exploded,
making her to instantly fall on the ground, followed by a figure dropping from the sky
towards her.
Ye Xiwen directly stepped on her body, and the terrifying strength applied an intense
pressure on her chest, and she immediately spouted a mouthful of blood.
"Today, none of you are going to escape." Ye Xiwen said in a cold voice.
Ye Xiwen originally did not want to slaughter them, that's why he just abolished the martial
arts of Hu Yanghang and did not kill him, but later, these three thoroughly enraged him by
bringing his family into this matter, and now, no matter what, he decided to exterminate all
three of them, because if, even one of them managed to escape then trouble would follow,
but as long as no evidence was found by the Luo clan, then they could only plan secret
attacks on him like today and would not be able to publicly prosecute him without the solid
evidence. He needed to be careful, because if the evidence was found by the Luo clan, then
they had many ways to deal with him, in fact, they could even use their influence in the sect
to deal with him, and by that time, if he did not possess enough strength to take on Luo
clan, then that would really be a dead end for him.
Ye Xiwen's Zhen Yuan was like the firmest shackle and had firmly locked down Luo Fangyi
on the ground, she could not even move.
"Junior sister apprentice Hua, junior sister apprentice Hua, save me!" At this time, Luo
Fangyi looked at Hua Menghan, as if she was looking at the peerless savior, and tried to
seize the last ray of hope to save her life.
Seeing that Hua Menghan turned away, suddenly, a feeling of despair arose in her heart,
and she quickly shouted: "Junior sister apprentice Hua, we are disciples of the same master,
if you do no help me and master got to know about this, then he would certainly remove
you from status of closing disciple!"
"I did not see anything." A look of disgust flashed in the eyes of Hua Menghan, and seeing
the current state of Luo Fangyi under the feet of Ye Xiwen, she actually felt some pleasant
sensations in her heart. From the day she had entered the Main Sect, Luo Fangyi had been
constantly causing troubles for her, because Luo Fangyi thought that after the arrival of
Hua Menghan, the head would not receive her as closing disciple, so Luo Fangyi was always
looking for trouble, and some time ago, she sent her brother to poison Hua Menghan. If she
had not met Ye Xiwen back then, death would have been small, because before dying, she
would have faced severe atrocities and insult.
Considering this, the anger in the heart of Hua Menghan was not smaller than that of Ye
Xiwen.
Hearing the words of Hua Menghan, Luo Fangyi was demented and immediately shouted:
"You damn bi**h, you see somebody in trouble and still refuse to help, I will......"
Before she could finish the sentence, Ye Xiwen directly killed her, and at this time, not a
shred of mercy was present in his heart, after all, if not handled in a cleanly manner, then
perhaps, it could invite greater trouble in the future.
"We must hurry and report to the sect, senior sister apprentice Luo and her team fought
vigorously with the devils but lost the battle after they exhausted their strengths and were
ultimately killed by the devils. The devils also ate their corpses on the spot." At this time,
Jing Yannan suddenly said.
Ye Xiwen suddenly realized that Jing Yannan words implied that, they were going to stand
on the same front, as Ye Xiwen and won't expose him.
After all, they personally witnessed his rage and decisive killing, and were also afraid that
Ye Xiwen would suddenly launch an attack on them as he had a deeper friendship with Hua
Menghan. In addition to Hu Yanghang, they also found the members of Luo clan very
arrogant and annoying as they had tried to assassinate Hua Menghan, so they were secretly
satisfied from the deaths of Luo Fangyi and her team. Judging from all this, it was obvious
that they would certainly not risk their lives for the sake of the deaths of their enemies.
"Indeed, such a pity."
"Those devils are too cruel and flagitious."
Everyone suddenly showed their acknowledgement and supported the statement made by
Jing Yannan, showing that they were also on Ye Xiwen's side. Hua Menghan also nodded to
show her consent, waved her palm, and a flame-like Zhen Yuan flew towards the four
corpses and began to burn them, and in a while, the corpses completely burnt up without a
trace left.
"Fellow senior brothers and sisters, I will not forget about the help I received today, and
certainly return the favor someday. If there is anything you need in the future, do not shirk
to tell me about it."
Chapter 151: Target, Truth Level Devil
Commander!
Half a month's time passed quietly. During this period of half a month, the entire Mosha
territory was in turmoil because the daughter of Luo clan, Luo Fangyi, had gone missing
and this news caused a stir in Mosha territory. After Luo Yifan, Luo Fangyi was the
outstanding talented master, who was most likely going to be the next truth level master of
the Luo clan, but now, she had completely disappeared and not even her corpse could be
found anywhere.
This caused Luo clan to get suddenly furious, especially Luo Yifan, because he was in the
Mosha territory when she disappeared and this was the reason behind his violent anger.
He was frantically searching for the whereabouts of Ye Xiwen, because he had a hunch that
this was the doing of Ye Xiwen.
Although the news widely spread that Luo Fangyi was killed by the devils, he did not
believe it!
She must have been killed by that Ye Xiwen!
Because Luo Fangyi had informed him that she was going to intercept Ye Xiwen along with
her two partners, but after that, he did not receive any messages from her or her partners.
And this thing had made Luo Yifan extremely furious and he was searching Ye Xiwen in all
directions, in order to cut him into ten thousand pieces, but this search was not on a grand
scale, because it could be said that he was still not completely suspecting Ye Xiwen!
Did that mean that at the time when they intercepted Ye Xiwen, they were killed by him
instead?
What to say?
First, since Ye Xiwen was actually the chief of inner seed disciples, and he also broke
several old records of Yi Yuan School after so many years, and not just that, many people
treated him as the next Qi Feifan of Yi Yuan School, and his extraordinary talent had also
attracted the attention of a lot of old officials of sect. However, if he was secretly taken care
of by Luo clan, and as long as no one else got to know about this, those old guys would
obviously get very furious at the death of a peerless genius like Ye Xiwen, but they won't
step up to do something about it, after all, who would try to fight for the sake of a deceased
man.
But if disclosed publicly, then perhaps, the anger of those old guys might lead to downfall of
Luo clan. Although Luo clan was considered as a big influence, but not big enough to
hoodwink the public in a grand way, after all, even the mighty Luo clan had a lot of enemies.
This was an unsaid custom followed in Yi Yuan School, and if people wanted to kill
someone, they must do it secretly otherwise, it would create a great disturbance and utter
confusion in Yi Yuan School.
Second, not to mention, if three seed level core disciples were really killed by Ye Xiwen,
then it would cause a huge uproar, but there was no evidence. Moreover, Ye Xiwen was the
chief of inner seed disciples and many old fogies favored him a lot. If he had really killed
one of the top core disciples of Yi Yuan School, then his strength was definitely comparable
to the strength of masters of half-step truth realm and this news would cause a sensation
throughout Yi Yuan School, even many formidable masters, who were still in closed door
training in the depths of space and time, would be alerted to come out, after all, Ye Xiwen
was just a kid who joined the Main Sect not even a year ago, so how could he become so
formidable so fast.
Perhaps, when the time was right, the respectable seniors would come out from the depths
of space and time, where these
old fogies had been cultivating in seclusion, and they would take Ye Xiwen with them to the
depths of space and time, and there, they would train him and also give him rich sect
resources to help him grow faster. Compared to such a genius, Luo Fangyi's death simply
did not mean anything to these old fogies, let alone it was Luo Fangyi, who intercepted Ye
Xiwen, so she got what she deserved.
Ye Xiwen was a kind of evildoer that appeared once in a very long time in the world of
martial arts, and such an evildoer was given the opportunity to obtain training and a large
number of resources, then in the future, no one would be able to imagine his strength
which would simply be against the heaven's will.
So in this case, it was not easy to kill Ye Xiwen without disturbing others. In this short time
of less than a month, several groups of core seed disciples and inner seed disciples, who
were searching for Ye Xiwen, also disappeared without a trace just like Luo Fangyi.
Luo Yifan knew very well that it must be the doing of Ye Xiwen, but it was useless to
suspect without the evidence, but loss of dearly ones had caused Luo clan to feel bad for
quite a while, though these seed disciples were not in the truth realm, but it had not been
easy to cultivate them. Training worth of decades was needed to achieve the strength
equivalent to the
level of seed core disciples, and a lot of resources were also spent for their fast growth. If
they were just ordinary masters of Xiantian ninth stage, then it was not a big deal to defeat
them, but they were the elites, who had learned most superior martial arts power
techniques and had also consumed finest and rare material treasures, so their martial arts
was far better than their peers. It could be said that Luo clan, had made a huge investment
in them and all of them held the highest possibility to qualify for the truth realm in the
future, but it was all gone, all of them disappeared, i.e., in this session of seed disciple
competition, Luo clan faced quite a heavy loss.
Luo Yifan was not furious without a reason.
Luo Yifan searched the outlying areas of Mosha territory but could not find Ye Xiwen, as if
Ye Xiwen was also dead, but he actually knew that Ye Xiwen was not dead, he was
absolutely not dead. Luo Yifan's intuition was telling him that Ye Xiwen was still alive.
But he did not dare to go too deep inside the Mosha territory, because in the depths of
Mosha territory, there was a huge country of devils, and among them, devil monarchs were
very formidable and there were many truth level devils. It was said that only truth level
formidable individuals, who were almost close to the level of Qi Feifan, dared to venture
into the depths
of Mosha territory, others did not dare to go too far and only roamed in the periphery.
Luo Yifan had no idea that he would end up searching for Ye Xiwen for so long in the
outskirts of Mosha territory, but Ye Xiwen was actually in the depths of Mosha territory, a
place which was considered extremely dangerous, being the den of a large of formidable
devils.
But as far as Ye Xiwen was considered, that was not the case, because he was the master of
Tianyuan mirror, and unless he encountered a truth level devil, other devils were not his
opponents and were simply cut like vegetables by Ye Xiwen, whenever they encountered
him.
Since the day Ye Xiwen killed Luo Fangyi, he had been honing his skills in the depths of
Mosha territory, partly to escape from the search of Luo Yifan. He knew that this was the
place where Luo Yifan would definitely be afraid to come, and only extraordinary and
rampant masters like Qi Feifan would dare to come here, or someone who held a major
secret like Ye Xiwen.
On the other hand, it was also because those devils in the periphery of Mosha territory
were not enough for him, as the essence absorbed by beheading those devils was no longer
enough for Ye Xiwen, and basically was not helping at all in enhancing his cultivation level.
Even if he was absorbing the essence present in the bodies of the devils of half-step truth
level, the effect was not very big.
Now the time to exit the Mosha territory was soon going to arrive, and since Luo Yifan was
unable to find him during this time, he would definitely wait for Ye Xiwen outside, in order
to intercept him!
Ye Xiwen clearly knew about this, so he was temporarily risking his life to ensure his future
safety.
"Now your cultivation is at the peak of Xiantian seventh stage and your fighting strength is
comparable to the masters of half-step truth realm, but even if you once again have a
breakthrough to the Xiantian eight stage your fighting strength will still be comparable to
the top masters of half-step truth realm." Ye Mo said, "After all, you have not properly
broken through to the truth realm and you cannot imagine the huge gap between the truth
realm and half-step truth realm. Only if you manage to reach the Xiantian ninth stage, at
that time, your fighting strength will finally be comparable to that of a true master, and
then, you will have enough strength to protect
yourself."
"I know." Ye Xiwen said, "At present, it is possible only if I absorb a large number of top
grade spirit stones, otherwise relying on my own accumulation of Lingqi, it will take too
long to cross this ridge, probably eight or ten years, or even more."
"It is said that you won't gain anything until you venture into the tiger's den. I just need to
directly behead a truth level devil and absorb his essence, and then in a short time, I will
definitely make a breakthrough to the Xiantian ninth stage." Ye Xiwen narrowed his eyes
and an inexplicable light flashed in his eyes.
It was simply unthinkable for Ye Xiwen to take on a human truth level master, although he
himself was among the top masters of half-step truth realm and it could be said that none
of the masters of half-step truth level were his opponents, but if he encountered a truth
level master, then he won't stand a chance.
This was why he had been hiding from Luo Yifan, and now that the exit time was going to
arrive soon, it was obvious that Luo Yifan must be extremely mad that Ye Xiwen killed
several of his core level seed disciples, and this time, he might not spare Ye Xiwen in front
of the large crowd like he did last time, and might actually kill him on the spot.
And if, Ye Xiwen did not go out, then it would undoubtedly anger Luo clan and they would
vent their anger on Qian Yu faction or Ye family.
So, the only option left for Ye Xiwen was to risk his life and enhance his strength as soon as
possible.
At his current strength, Ye Xiwen did not stand a chance against a human master of truth
realm, but as far as truth level devils were concerned, Ye Xiwen believed that as long as
there was the suppression of Tianyuan mirror, there was some possibility that he might
stand a chance against a truth level devil.
Ye Xiwen had been observing from above a mountain peak for a long time, and after
sometime, he saw a grandiose caravan at a far distance, coming out of a devil city and
consisted of many devil guards, and in the center, there was a truth level devil.
Earlier, Ye Xiwen had impersonated as a devil and entered the city to inquire, and had
found out about this truth level devil called Jufeng feudal lord. He recently entered the
truth realm and the demon emperor of devil country bestowed upon him, the title of the
feudal lord of Jufeng city and the neighboring areas.
These days, almost every day, he would come out of the city with his caravan to patrol his
own territory, and each time, he would be accompanied by a large retinue, with many devil
subordinates and slaves.
Ye Xiwen looked coldly at the Jufeng feudal lord, because the only guy he needed to worry
about was this Jufeng feudal lord, he could easily handle the rest of the devils in the caravan
by using the suppression of Tianyuan mirror, because under the suppression, they would
not be able to use even half their strengths. Although there were a lot of devils, but even
their combined strength was not enough to stop him. His main target was the Jufeng feudal
lord, because he would be the most difficult one to deal with.
Because Jufeng feudal lord had recently stepped into the truth realm, his breath was still
somewhat unstable, and his aura was openly overflowing, and looking from afar, his moqi
could be seen soaring in the sky, which was quite a frightening sight.
Ye Xiwen did not have another choice. Those old devils, who had stepped into the truth
realm a long time ago, had very terrifying existences therefore, Jufeng city's feudal lord was
the easiest target at Ye Xiwen's current strength.
But at the same time, he was aware of the fact that he was getting this opportunity for only
one time, because if he failed this time, Jufeng feudal lord would certainly be vigilant in his
future patrols, and the next time, it won't be easy to kill him.
Jufeng feudal lord would most probably come out of the city, accompanied by a lot of devil
guards, and in addition to his own incredible truth level strength, even by relying on the
suppression of Tianyuan mirror, Ye Xiwen would have no chance of succeeding.
"Let's go!" Ye Xiwen shouted, and while leaving deep footprints on the ground, his body
shot forward, as if an arrow just left the bow and rushed straight toward the caravan of
Jufeng feudal lord.
Chapter 152: Bitter Struggle
The loud shout of Ye Xiwen immediately attracted the attention of many devil guards and
caused commotion and disturbance among them. They pulled out their weapons and
looked coldly at Ye Xiwen, judging from his battle cry, it was certain that he was not a
friend and must be stopped.
Suddenly, they smelled Ye Xiwen’s breath and realized that he smelled like a human being,
and their complexions immediately changed, human, it was actually a human!
In Mosha territory, the enmity between the human race and devil race was even greater
and deadlier. They hated each other and were sworn enemies, and if a human appeared in
their territory, then he would certainly be killed. Human warriors used them as objects to
gain experience and this had developed a burning anger in the hearts of these devils.
“Subject him to death!” A Xiantian ninth stage devil master took out his long blade and shot
a myriad of Bladelight, and it seemed as if they were cutting through a section of the world
itself.
Ye Xiwen immediately waved his long blade, and it seemed as if a galaxy itself started to fall
from the ninth heaven, like a swaying slice of magnificence, and instantly crushed the
myriad of Bladelight, and after that, it rushed towards that master.
“Dang!” A loud metal clashing sound spread, and Ye Xiwen’s Bladelight clashed with the
long blade of that master, instantly shattered it into pieces and crumbled down on the
ground.
Ye Xiwen’s Bladelight went unobstructed like the lightning itself, and it was too late for that
devil master to dodge and was cleft in two while screaming pitifully.
The other devil masters simply did not care even if, one of their own was beheaded by Ye
Xiwen, but there was not even the slightest change in their attitude. It could be said that
these devils had crawled out of the sea of blood, had lived a long life through bloody battles
and were extremely cold-blooded. In addition to that, they were all extremely cruel
existences, and at this moment, they only cared about their one and only target, Ye Xiwen.
“Clang!”
“Clang!”
“Clang!”
Dozens of the devil warriors suddenly released their attacks and numerous Bladelights
filled the entire sky, while each Bladelight was so terrifying that it was sending shock
waves in the air. Innumerable blade shadows directly shook the entire sky and filled the
entire atmosphere with moqi.
These devil masters had abnormal understanding among them and were exceptionally tacit
in coordinating their attacks, like a moment ago, they almost simultaneously released their
blade attacks, and this combined attack was just like the composition of a Zhen formation,
with Ye Xiwen in the center, and all of his escape routes were completely closed off.
There was a deadpan look on the face of Ye Xiwen, as he was using celestial step, his pace
did not stagnate even the slightest as he directly dashed wildly towards the Jufeng feudal
lord, and his blade issued a bright Bladelight in the sky that directly rumbled against those
devil masters and sent them flying in all directions.
“Dang!”
“Dang!”
“Dang!”
The terrifying strength of Ye Xiwen severely hit those devil masters, who did not stand a
chance in front of him, and his Bladelight almost instantly wiped out several devil masters,
and the weaker ones were instantly chopped down into pieces. Ye Xiwen did not stop and
continued to release formidable Bladelights, ruthlessly, and one after another.
“Poof!”
Ye Xiwen’s Bladelight pierced the chest of a devil master that minced his internal organs
and killed him in an instant.
Ye Xiwen waved his long blade and released a terrifying Bladeqi, which went flying and
advanced unhindered towards the devils.
“Bang!”
The body of a devil master was sliced at his waist and two sections of his body flew upside
down.
Ye Xiwen continued to rush straight through the group of devil guards, as if he was taking a
stroll.
Others devil guards saw their companions getting chopped down and dying, but they were
not even a bit afraid, and rushed towards Ye Xiwen. These were experienced devil guards,
and all of them had gone through very rigorous training and were only loyal to Jufeng
feudal lord. The cunningness and cruelty of these devils was completely on a different level.
“Bang!”
But it was obvious, when these devil experts rushed towards Ye Xiwen, they were chopped
down by his blade, their bodies instantly burst, their heads cracked open, rest were split in
halves.
Ye Xiwen seemed to be leisurely and easily making his way
towards Jufeng feudal lord while killing all of the devil guards, who were trying to get in his
way. He advanced quickly, while sending those devils flying and splattering blood all the
way!
Jufeng feudal lord was different and much stronger than these devil guards, but each of
them had followed him for a long time, and helped him in his conquest to become a direct
descendant and gain his current status. They were extremely loyal to the Jufeng feudal lord,
and one could say that the masters of the same level of Yi Yuan School were not necessarily
the opponents of these devil guards. These devil guards were just like killing machines that
had crawled out from a battle scene, ruthless, and were not afraid to die.
But they were being chopped down like vegetables by Ye Xiwen, without getting a chance
to even react, and it seemed like he was just taking a stroll.
“Damn human, you actually dare to appear in front of us, you are really courting death!” A
devil master of half-step truth realm said in a loud voice, and rushed towards Ye Xiwen. He
was the captain of the devil guards.
From a distant place, Jufeng feudal lord was looking coldly at the rushing figure of Ye
Xiwen. He was looking down on Ye
Xiwen, who was not even the master of truth realm, and he was simply not paying attention
to Ye Xiwen, as if he was looking in the direction of Ye Xiwen, but did not bother to pay
attention to an ant like existence.
The half-step truth level devil captain threw an extremely formidable Quanjin, which
twisted up, forming a tornado, then swept towards Ye Xiwen swallowing everything on the
way.
Ye Xiwen’s long blade chopped out a dazzling move, but very gently, and in a flash, a
hundred feet long Bladelight instantly congealed and rushed maliciously. The half-step
truth level devil captain did not expect Ye Xiwen to be so formidable, after all, Ye Xiwen was
also at the same level as him, and devils were supposed to be inherently superior warriors
compared to the humans at the same level, then how could Ye Xiwen, a human master at
half-step truth realm, be more formidable than him?
He immediately threw his fist in order to release Quanjin but did not get a chance to react,
and before he could realize what happened, his arm was suddenly cut off by Ye Xiwen on
the spot.
Ye Xiwen clearly had the upper hand, and his long blade instantly chopped out a second
time and used ‘missing moon beheader’ at the devil captain, without pausing even for an
instant.
“Puchi!” The half-step truth level devil captain was directly split into two halves by Ye
Xiwen.
“Human, you are quite courageous to actually dare and attack the caravan of this Jufeng
feudal lord.” At this time, Jufeng feudal lord finally moved, “Human, today, you must die, I
will use your human blood to wash away the shame that human beings have imposed on
devil race.”
“Cut the crap, Jufeng feudal lord, today, it’s you who is going to die.” Ye Xiwen was not in a
mood to talk nonsense with Jufeng feudal lord, during these days that he had spent in
investigating about him, he had also discovered that this Jufeng feudal lord and other devil
feudal lords were all incomparably cruel and brutal.
The devils around Jufeng feudal lord immediately made way for him, and did not dare to
approach him. The strength levels of these two masters simply could not be compared, and
perhaps, if it was someone else challenging Jufeng feudal lord, then it would be a dead end
for them.
“Human, die!” Jufeng lord bellowed and blasted his fist, layers after layers of moqi swept
out, and from the void, black
blossoming lotuses suddenly congealed and dropped from the sky. Each of these black
lotuses contained terrifying strength, and with just a single touch, masters of Xiantian ninth
stage, would directly get killed without leaving any room to escape.
But at this time, the Tianyuan mirror, hidden in Ye Xiwen’s body, finally assumed an awe-
inspiring stance and released a horrifying emperor like coercion, which instantly and firmly
suppressed the strength of Jufeng feudal lord, making him to have an aggrieved feeling in
his heart, while horrifying waves of coercion were pressuring him.
However, the black lotuses started to fall towards Ye Xiwen at terrifying speeds.
Ye Xiwen suddenly chopped out his long blade, and a fearful majestic diagram of moon
congealed in the sky and went towards the falling black lotuses, and swept them away.
“Boom!”
“Boom!”
“Boom!”
“Boom!”
Ye Xiwen’s blade attack swept away most of the black lotuses and they started to explode
one by one.
“Die you ant like human!” An inexplicable coercion was tightly holding him down, causing
him to have a feeling of surrendering, and this feeling had penetrated deep into his heart,
which soon made him to get depressed and extremely mad, and he suddenly attacked once
again.
“Boom!”
“Boom!”
“Boom!”
The black lotuses strangely disappeared, and suddenly reappeared behind Ye Xiwen and
exploded.
“Poof!” Ye Xiwen spouted blood from his mouth and his full body armor instantly
disintegrated, while blood started dripping from his back, covering the entire back portion
of his body in blood.
It was indeed true that truth level masters were incomparably terrifying. Although most of
his strength was being suppressed by Tianyuan mirror, he still had enough strength to
fatally wound Ye Xiwen. If Jufeng feudal lord was using his full strength, then the earlier
attack was sufficient enough to violently kill Ye Xiwen.
However, there wasn’t the slightest fear on the face of Ye Xiwen, on the contrary, at
present, the look on his face made him look like a battle maniac, who was enjoying the
battle very much. His opponent was a disciplined commander and a formidable opponent,
but he still must beat this opponent at any cost.
“Damn human, I will crush you!” Lord Jufeng roared fiercely, and blasted his fist maliciously
towards Ye Xiwen.
“Boom!”
The movement of the fist caused a fierce wind, which took the form of a very scary black
tornado, and it seemed as if it was cutting off, and twisting the space itself and swallowed
everything on its way.
As the fist-blast arrived, it seemed as if the time itself stagnated, and in this moment, only
the glory of this fist attack was visible to all!
An invisible pressure instantly attacked the heart of Ye Xiwen.
“Ye Xiwen, watch out!” Ye Mo shouted.
This truth level devil lord’s strength was terrifying, and far beyond his imagination.
The brilliant Quanjin seemed to enlarge infinitely, as if it was going to expand right across
the sky, and fiercely exploded.
Most people could not see, even Ye Xiwen could faintly see the trajectory of this terrifying
and incredibly fast Quanjin, and instantly chopped out his long blade, releasing gorgeous
rays of light, that ultimately transformed into a supreme blade, and
shot up in the sky towards that terrifying Quanjin. At this time, from the look on Ye Xiwen’s
face, it seemed as if he was drowning in water, and tightly clenching his teeth, to fight
against the horrifying pressure.
“Boom!”
Quanjin and Bladelight suddenly collided with each other, and this collision was so dazzling
that it was hard to open one’s eyes, so formidable that it almost crushed the space, and
seemed to spread chaos, just like the scene of grand explosion during the Big Bang, and
layer after layer of huge shock waves spread in all directions.
The brilliant Quanjin of the Jufeng feudal lord was incomparably powerful, and he had to
use Zhen Yuan behind his back to support himself in front of such a powerful attack, while
the Quanjin quickly engulfed his Bladelight, and this time, the gap between the strengths of
the two masters clearly reflected itself, and was incisive and vivid.
“Boom!” The incomparably horrifying Quanjin instantly blasted into the body of Ye Xiwen,
and he spat a mouthful of blood. The horrifying Quanjin thundered on the body of Ye
Xiwen, while at the same time, the impact caused the Tyrant
body technique to suddenly enhance to the acme level, and just like the fierce collision of
two weapons, in that instant, a deafening loud sound resounded.
The Quanjin finally dispersed, and the entire chest of Ye Xiwen was covered in blood due to
it. If his body wasn’t abnormally strong, then like ordinary people, he would have been
turned into minced meat by the terrifying blast of that Quanjin.
Chapter 153: Comparable To Truth Realm
Ye Xiwen's body was almost beaten to disintegration, because the attack of this truth level
master was too terrifying, but it was only this once, as the Jufeng feudal lord was once again
completely suppressed by the Tianyuan mirror and as long as the mirror's coercion was
acting on him, he won't be able to issue such a terrifying attack again.
But Jufeng lord did not give Ye Xiwen much time to rest, and again threw a fierce Quanjin
that went across the sky towards Ye Xiwen, and rumbled maliciously.
Ye Xiwen's immortal like stature swept out in the air, his blade's intention shot up towards
the sky, and transformed into a very lifelike and vivid coiling dragon made up of blade
intention, and it seemed that it would destroy everything that would come in its way. The
huge coiling dragon made up of blade intention soared high into the sky, and it seemed as if
it would destroy the heaven itself.
The long blade danced in his hands and released Zhen Yuan, which then suddenly soared
several folds into the sky, and firmly advanced towards the Jufeng feudal lord.
The Quanjin of Jufeng feudal lord congealed out of void and transformed into an invincible
war devil, and rushed towards Ye Xiwen. Ye Xiwen immediately transformed the blade
intention into multiple vivid diagrams, each of these diagrams were capable of suppressing
the entire world and crushing everything. The invincible war devil was directly crushed
and obliterated by the vivid diagram of Ye Xiwen's blade intention.
But in the meantime, without the slightest stagnation, Ye Xiwen immediately extended his
hand, which then changed into a dragon claw, displaying the might of 'Coiling dragon palm'.
Hidden Dragon rises from the Abyss!
And, the coiling dragon immediately advanced towards Jufeng feudal lord to grab him.
"Boom!" Ye Xiwen's dragon claw directly bombarded on the body of Jufeng feudal lord, who
could not react, and still did not know that this attack actually shattered most of his ribs,
and at this time, the Quanjin of Jufeng feudal lord rumbled on the body of Ye Xiwen, and
directly shattered quite a few of his breastbones.
Both of them immediately spat out a mouthful of blood and their bodies flew upside down,
and were also shocked by fierceness of each other's attacks, while the intention to kill
suddenly intensified in their eyes. Ye Xiwen must kill him to gain the strength equivalent to
the masters of the truth realm, and Jufeng feudal lord couldn't allow this insolent lowly
human to escape.
This was an old hatred, an impassable animosity!
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
Both of them were trying their utmost in the battle, each move would cause fierce air
explosions and collapse the atmosphere, none of them were holding back even a bit, and
were constantly using cut-throat attacks on each other.
Tianyuan mirror had produced a square shaped curtain made up of scarlet light and it was
hanging above his head, and the spirit stones began to burn inside the storage ring of Ye
Xiwen, constantly emitting huge amount of Lingqi to consolidate
Tianyuan mirror.
"Damn human!" Jufeng feudal lord roared, he never thought that he would actually be
seriously wounded by a lowly human, a human who had not even stepped into the truth
realm. He was so seriously wounded that blood was constantly spilling out from the
corners of his mouth, and he still was not aware that some of the broken ribs had pierced
his internal organs, resulting in constant blood loss.
The degree of Ye Xiwen's aggressiveness had gone far beyond the imagination of Jufeng
feudal lord, because he never thought that Ye Xiwen would actually be able to injure him.
He was merely a human who had not even stepped into the truth realm, and who would
have thought that a lowly ant-like human would actually injure him to such an extent. After
entering the truth realm, this was the first time he had to face the bitter feeling of
sustaining injuries.
Ye Xiwen did not expect that this truth level devil would actually be so terrifying, and it
would be so hard to deal with him. This battle had gone far beyond his imagination, but at
this moment, there was an even more excited expression on his face, because he knew full
well that if he could beat such a strong opponent, then he himself would become much
stronger than ever before.
With an ice-cold expression on his face, Ye Xiwen shouted:
"Die!"
Ye Xiwen started to release blade intentions one after another, and a group of blade
intentions blotted out the entire sky and pressed down. This was a competition between
creative concepts, and this was also a competition to see which one of them would be able
to resist and, which one would go down.
Jufeng feudal lord bellowed, the moqi in his body quickly condensed into an ancient war
devil, and right now, it was in a defensive posture. His injuries were more severe compared
to that of Ye Xiwen, and under the constant great suppression of Ye Mo's Tianyuan mirror,
he almost could not control himself because of the thought that had suddenly sprouted in
his heart, and was forcing him to prostrate in front of Ye Xiwen.
This was a terrifying thought, making him want to snarl in desperation, he absolutely could
not kneel down in front of a lowly human.
"Boom!"
A terrifying blade intention was fiercely chopped out towards the war devil of Jufeng feudal
lord. The blade intentionally transformed into a moon-like cold and sharp Bladeqi, and
instantly split that war devil into two halves, and after that, it collided into the body of
Jufeng feudal lord.
"Poof!" Jufeng feudal lord was blasted away and his body directly crashed on the ground,
and he spurted out a mouthful of blood.
Ye Xiwen shot his palm congealing a long shadow of a coiling dragon. It thundered and
released sound waves, which transformed into four sonic arrows and shot forward.
Divine Dragon flings its tail!
"Bang!" The dragon's tail swept towards Jufeng feudal lord, and he was immediately sent
flying. The coiling dragon's large tail had swept, moreover it was an all-out sweep, so the
consequences could naturally be imagined. The barrier of energy protecting the body of
Jufeng feudal lord instantly exploded under the terrifying strength of coiling dragon's
attack, and there simply was no way left for the Jufeng feudal lord to protect himself.
"Kara!" There was no suspense, Jufeng feudal lord was swept away, all of the bones in his
body completely shattered and turned into powder, while one could still hear the dragon
howl, this end was incomparably terrifying.
"Damn it!" Jufeng feudal lord roared loudly, he just could not accept that such a fate would
befall him, that he would be defeated like this by Ye Xiwen.
"Bang!" Ye Xiwen used his foot to heavily stamp on the sternum of Jufeng feudal lord, and
after directly smashing it, his foot immediately penetrated into the ground.
The heart of Jufeng feudal lord was instantly crushed, and without the heart, he struggled a
bit then finally died.
Tianyuan mirror emitted scarlet light, which completely enveloped the Jufeng feudal lord,
and his Jingqi was instantly absorbed by Tianyuan mirror, then after refining it and
removing the impurities, the refined essence was instilled into the body of Ye Xiwen.
Right after this, the imposing aura of Ye Xiwen started to increase gradually!
"Attack him, kill that damn human and take revenge for the feudal lord!" After witnessing
the death of the Jufeng feudal lord, some of the devils who were part of the caravan of the
Jufeng feudal lord immediately left the formation and ran away. Not much time had passed
since the Jufeng feudal lord had assumed the post of the feudal lord of Jufeng city so how
could they possibly have any sense of belonging for him.
However there were some of the original followers of the Jufeng feudal lord who had
fought alongside him during the Jufeng Civil war and were very loyal to him.
At this time, all of them rushed towards Ye Xiwen.
Ye Xiwen coldly snorted and a long dragon soared into the sky and coiled around Ye Xiwen.
The devils who had just now approached near him were directly torn to pieces by the long
dragon and could not approach him. The overwhelming Dragon qi of this long dragon was
itself the nemesis of these devils and coupled with the strength of Ye Xiwen, these devils
simply didn't stand a chance.
In addition to this, at this time, the Tianyuan mirror had
assumed an awe-inspiring stance above the head of Ye Xiwen, and with its support, he was
already able to deal with a truth level master like Jufeng feudal lord who had only been
suppressed to a certain extent under the influence of Tianyuan mirror, but the strength
levels of these devils was below the truth realm, most of them were the devils of Xiantian
eight stage or ninth stage and it was easy to completely suppress them.
These devils could not withstand the horrifying coercion of the Tianyuan mirror that
appeared all of a sudden and they immediately knelt down on the ground, trembling, and a
thought appeared in their hearts making them feel as if they were present in front of their
master, and Ye Xiwen appeared as a god-like presence to them.
The long dragon killed all them while none of them dared to resist, and eventually, the life
essences of these devils were also absorbed by Ye Xiwen's body, although the effect was
small, but it was still better than nothing.
Ye Xiwen's imposing aura finally started to increase successively!
"Boom!"
Ye Xiwen finally had a breakthrough and stepped into the Xiantian eight stage, his imposing
aura increased by a section but did not transform completely, though at this moment, he
had become stronger than a master of half-step truth realm, and his strength became even
more unfathomable.
Ye Xiwen's body was crazily absorbing the life essence of Jufeng feudal lord, which was
completely different from the life essence of a master at the half-step truth realm.
It was said that stepping into the truth realm was actually the second major
transformation, after the first major transformation during the breakthrough from Houtian
realm to Xiantian realm, and it also brought forth bigger changes compared to the
breakthrough from the Houtian realm. After stepping into the Xiantian realm, the lifespan
increased from 100 years to 200 years, and again after breaking from Xiantian realm to
truth realm, the lifespan increased from 200 years to 500 years, which was more than
double. The life essence also had a complete change after stepping into the truth realm,
compared to how it was in the Xiantian realm.
For stepping into the Xiantian realm from the Houtian realm, pure exercise of mortal body
was required, and one needed to open up the world bridge. However, after stepping into
the
truth realm, one started understanding some of the laws of the world and also use them, for
example the flight itself violates the laws of the world, because according to the world's
law, flight is impossible without the wings, but after comprehending some of the rules, one
could override these limitations, and not just flight, there were many examples like
breathing underwater, walking in the fire, things that were not possible for a human being
to achieve with his own ability, but a truth level master could do all these impossible things.
This was the beginning of the transformation of the body from an embryo into the
legendary immortal god.
Although, this Jufeng feudal lord was a devil, but in this regard, things were exactly the
same for both devils and humans irrespective of their races. The life essence of Xiantian
level devils and truth level devils were very different, and the moment Ye Xiwen absorbed
the refined life, essence of Jufeng feudal lord, his cultivation instantly began to rise
gradually.
Meanwhile, Ye Xiwen also found out that when he came into contact with the life essence of
a truth level master, he also came into contact with the laws of this world, and the space in
his mind also began to change. Originally, it was only for martial arts, and could
comprehend unceasingly, and the results of those comprehensions appeared in front of Ye
Xiwen, making
it easy for him to understand.
In other words, originally, the space worked in a way that a school student could
understand the language used to explain the contents in a University, which in itself was a
miracle, an incredible myth. If not relying on this mysterious space, Ye Xiwen would not
have been able to achieve his current strength in almost a year's time, and considering the
progress he had shown during this one year, others would have achieved the same
progress in several decades or even a century.
Now that Ye Xiwen had finally come in contact with the laws of the world, the mysterious
space actually began to analyze all sorts of mysteries of world laws and revealing them in
front of him, who was initially unable to understand even the basic laws, but now, he
discovered that as long as he continued to inject Lingqi into the mysterious space, his
understanding of the laws of the world would continue to improve.
This was the reason why Ye Xiwen was confident that, even when he was at the Xiantian
ninth stage, he should be able to contend with a master at the first stage of truth realm,
because these first stage true masters had only comprehended some of the basic world
laws.
But at present, Ye Xiwen could draw support from the mysterious space, making him able
to grasp these laws faster.
Xiantian eighth intermediate!
Xiantian eighth late!
Xiantian eighth peak!
"Boom!" The imposing aura of Ye Xiwen suddenly reached a terrifying level, and even the
clouds in the sky started twisting into a group along with his breakthrough.
Xiantian ninth stage!
The fighting strength of Ye Xiwen rose dramatically, and became comparable to the
masters of truth realm, then stopped!
Ye Xiwen opened his eyes that flashed with vitality, and along with that, an explosion
occurred in the atmosphere!
Chapter 154: Trial Ends Cha
pter 154 - Trial ends
Although it was very difficult to control one's own state and restrain one's breath, just after
having the breakthrough. For example, that Jufeng feudal lord, who had recently broken
through and entered into the truth realm, but could not hide his breath. But Ye Xiwen was
different, he had already reached a terrifyingly high level of 'Restraining breath technique',
and now, even if a master of truth realm was in front of him, they would find it difficult to
discover Ye Xiwen's presence.
He instantly restrained his breath, at this time, there was no presence of devils within a
radius of a hundred miles, and Ye Xiwen had already killed Jufeng feudal lord, so how could
they dare to stay there. Therefore, while Ye Xiwen was having a breakthrough, they quickly
escaped.
At this time, Ye Xiwen felt several godly sweeps, which swept over the entire area and all
belonged to the truth level masters, though there were merely ten of them in the nearby
areas, who had used their godly sweep, it seemed like at the time when Ye Xiwen was
having a breakthrough, the color of world had deteriorated and this had attracted the
attention of many truth
level masters in the neighborhood.
"It is not safe to stay here for a long time. You should better leave this place a bit faster." Ye
Mo said, "There may be some truth level powerful devils heading this way!"
"En!" Ye Xiwen nodded and said, "Now it's about time for the trial to end, we must go out."
Ye Xiwen said, and a rainbow suddenly appeared underfoot and his entire figure vanished
in the emptiness, dashing forward like a human god.
-- It seemed like a month's time had passed in an instant, and it was time to open the door
connecting Yi Yuan School to Mosha territory, although the loss of personnel was not small,
but this loss would soon be supplemented from the outside, a team of hundred people was
simply not a problem, as long as there were a few people who could progress by leaps and
bounds, and get stronger than everyone.
This was the fundamental notion in Yi Yuan School that a strong individual was worth a
thousand mediocre. Yi Yuan School was one of great forces of the Great Yue State, but what
was the actual reason behind its influence? It was not due to the hundreds of thousands of
disciples, not due to the hundreds of true disciples, but was actually due to the hundred or
so legendary level masters who held the most influence, and held status right after the
leaders of ten peaks, the head, and the Taishang elder.
This was the foundation of Yi Yuan School and truly guaranteed its safety, so it trained
disciples with the consistent standards of picking out the elites, more talented, more
cultured elites, who could get enormous benefits for the sect.
Although cruel, but it was a fundamental conduct in Yi Yuan School.
Not only Yi Yuan School, other major sects were also like this!
This was a convention, and was true at any place.
The seed disciples were no doubt the most outstanding ones!
"I heard that there is an extraordinary character among this year's inner disciples." A core
seed disciple said, and looked
towards a distant place where inner seed disciples were present.
The team of core seed disciples seemed to have shrunk by almost one-third, and in
comparison to them, the number of inner seed disciple was not much less. This was
because they knew that their own strength was limited, so they did not go too deep inside
the Mosha territory, basically they just roamed in the peripheral areas, and therefore, the
casualties were minimized.
This was the so-called trying to drink while pecking, and because of this, Yi Yuan School put
these disciples in this place, they just wanted these core disciples to go through the worst
to gain experience and enhance their strengths. Only the truth level disciples had the ability
to survive in this place.
The sect knew that the disciples would not go too deep, and if they didn't, then they would
not be able to have a major change in their destiny. If its disciples did not persevere then
the whole generation would be just a group of idiots and even if they were to die, there
would be nothing to pity!
Such type of people who were not prepared to take risks, could not see the future clearly
and were doomed to lack future prospects.
"A character like Qi Feifan, are you perhaps talking about that Ye Xiwen?" A nearby disciple
replied.
Several disciples on the surrounding gave a clear understanding look, as if they knew that it
could only be Ye Xiwen.
"I heard that even Luo Fangyi, Xie Yi et al. also died at his hands!" A disciple exclaimed.
"Really? No wonder, some time ago, the people of Luo clan were wildly looking for him in
the entire Mosha territory."
Another disciple joined the discussion and said.
"Is that so, no wonder, otherwise why do you think that Luo clan would be so angry all of a
sudden? They had put every effort in training Luo Fangyi and she was going to be the next
person to enter the truth realm after Luo Yifan and could become a great truth level master.
It could be said that the current generation of Luo clan was going to be headed by these two
in the near future, I never thought that she would actually die here." The disciples
explained.
"Earlier, I heard that Ye Xiwen was also involved in the death of Luo Tian, so he was
running away from Luo clan but no one thought that he would actually kill the members of
Luo clan instead!" A disciple said in such a way, as if he had actually witnessed this with his
own eyes. "Luo clan wants to conceal the news but they cannot stop others from knowing,
almost everyone knows about this matter."
"This is fun, but I'm afraid that Ye Xiwen is not fully aware of Luo clan's influence,
otherwise, he would not have done things to send Luo clan into rage."
"I think he is well aware of that, because I heard that the team that Luo clan sent later to
find Ye Xiwen, has also disappeared without a trace. I doubt that they have fallen in the
hands of Ye Xiwen. It can be said that, Luo clan has faced a huge loss and although it cannot
be said that they have been beaten, but they have been hurt pretty bad, that's for sure."
"But since there is no evidence, this time, Luo clan must be having a feeling that their teeth
have been knocked out."
Another disciple said.
"Hmph, do you think that Luo clan is at disadvantage? Yes, they don't have evidence, but if
there was evidence then, Ye
Xiwen's family would have been eradicated by now, that's the code of conduct of Luo clan.
It's enough for them to kill someone just based on suspicions, because according to their
rules, killing a wrong person is fine, but not letting go a culprit!"
"Well, let us not discuss about this anymore. You do not know about the overbearing
attitude of Luo clan, and now that Ye Xiwen has beheaded so many of their members in
such a short time, no matter what happens, it is going to become a big issue sooner or later,
so when the time comes, do not get yourselves involved in this."
After Hua Menghan heard these words, a somewhat worried look appeared on her face, but
at this time, Jing Yannan smiled and said: "It should not be a problem, Brother Ye is very
strong and when the time comes, he will be regarded as a peerless talent, and the Sect
would come to take him under their care and personally train him, even the rampant Luo
clan would not be able to touch him."
Everyone nodded, although some of them had not met him face to face, but they still held
good impression about him. Ye Xiwen was critically decisive, and made the right decisions
at the key moment, he was not attracted head over heels towards women, and there was no
shred of arrogance in him around friends and only seemed to show his arrogance to his
enemies.
Being friends with such a guy should be a good choice!
Then suddenly, in the distant horizon, a streamer flashed and a figure descended down
from the sky, it was Luo Yifan, but at this time, his complexion was ashen and completely
pale. When the disciples in the surrounding area saw him like this, all of them suddenly
went silent, because they did not want to incur the wrath of a mad god, who seemed to be
in such a state that he could kill indiscriminately, if annoyed.
One month, he was looking for a whole month, but still no signs of Ye Xiwen, which was
simply unimaginable for him. He had never encountered such a cunning enemy, like a
mosquito that bite, then flew away, and then bite again, so annoying but also painful.
Moreover, he sent several waves of core seed disciples but they also completely suffered
defeat, and what made him even more depressed was the disappearance of several waves
of core seed disciples, not to mention, he himself went almost everywhere to search for Ye
Xiwen, but could not find him, he was simply depressed to death.
He did not know that he was finding ways to intercept Ye
Xiwen, and Ye Xiwen was also asking around to locate his position in order to intercept
him.
He never thought that Ye Xiwen would actually be so bold that he would dare to kill his
henchmen.
In short, he was depressed to death, and had never encountered such a situation, though it
was all coming to an end, because in addition to the core disciples, even the true disciples
needed special approval to enter and wander inside Mosha territory and also required
some special circumstances or reasons to go inside. This was the only opportunity to catch
Ye Xiwen as he must come out now, because if he didn't then that would be equivalent to
violation of the sect rules.
Once he would come out, Luo Yifan planned to behead him once and forever, and as far as
evidence was concerned, who needed that stuff!
At this time, Luo Yifan's brain was completely overwhelmed with anger, and was no longer
thinking rationally.
Luo Yifan arrived in front of Hua Menghan, and said in a cold voice: "Hua Menghan, I'm
asking you one last time, do you
admit or not that my sister was killed by Ye Xiwen."
Luo Yifan's terrifying imposing aura came out, and tightly locked on Hua Menghan. She
withstood such a horrifyingly heavy pressure that her tender body slightly trembling, but
did not collapse, because she possessed some treasures that could resist against this
terrifying imposing aura, and she soon returned to a normal state.
"Luo Fangyi was killed and eaten by devils." Hua Menghan said in a calm and tranquil voice.
Although Luo Yifan's imposing aura was quite terrifying, it was still just an imposing aura.
He could dare to openly search for Ye Xiwen, in order to kill him, but he definitely would
never dare to hurt her, otherwise even a true disciple like him, would not be able to escape
death.
"Hmph, if devils killed her then why did not they kill you!"
Luo Yifan did not believe her words. Luo Fangyi was stronger than Hua Menghan, and was
strong enough to deal with those devils and could easily kill several of them, but why did
she die and Hua Menghan survived? Such a lie could only deceive a child.
"I don't know about that, why doesn't Brother Luo go and ask
those devils." Hua Menghan said in a calm tone.
"You ...... Hua Menghan, don't you think that our Luo clan cannot get you, I know that your
backing is not small, but you better not mess with us!" Luo Yifan gritted his teeth, and said.
He could not use brute force on her because when she had joined the Main Sect, he had
been warned by his granduncle that he must never provoke Hua Menghan. That idiot Luo
Tian didn't know about this, and had dared to attack Hua Menghan on his sister's
command, but fortunately, he did not succeed, otherwise, it would have endangered the
safety of entire Luo clan.
Chapter 155: Versus Luo Yifan
Luo clan was very much aggrieved because of this matter.
How could Luo Tian be such a fool that he dared to lay hands on Hua Menghan, but
fortunately, he did not succeed. Although afterwards, Luo clan had to pay a lot just to
subside this matter, but it was still better option than the destruction of the entire clan.
However, Luo Tian had died, and Luo clan wanted revenge badly, and though they could
not lay hands on Hua Menghan, they could crush that damned Ye Xiwen!
"You think you can protect Ye Xiwen? I'm going to kill him in front of you and let everyone
know about the fate of those who dare to anger our Luo clan!" Luo Yifan looked at Hua
Menghan, and said in a ferocious manner.
"I don't need others to protect me!" Suddenly, a burst of leisurely voice came from a
distance, and gradually started to come nearer, and soon, a figure appeared in front of
everyone, it was none other than Ye Xiwen, who was missing for almost a month.
Seeing Ye Xiwen, Jing Yannan, and other disciples who were familiar with Ye Xiwen,
exposed faint smiles on their faces, and they also saw that his cultivation had once again
become very profound and immeasurably deep, totally unpredictable, and now, they could
not even see through his cultivation level.
"Good, very good." Seeing Ye Xiwen, an intense killing intention appeared in the heart of
Luo Yifan, and a cruel smile appeared on his face. Now that Ye Xiwen had appeared on his
own accord, he made things easier for Luo Yifan.
Luo Yifan did not even ask Ye Xiwen whether he was the one who killed the members of
Luo clan, because at this time, the intention to kill was storming endlessly in his chest, and
he needed to kill Ye Xiwen to alleviate this killing intention from his heart.
In the world of martial arts, in order to lead a pious life and concentrate on achieving the
higher realms, he must discard anger, joy and all other forms of emotions, because it was
said that the existence of emotions could easily dominate one's sanity, but after meeting Ye
Xiwen, he had become quite impulsive, as if Ye Xiwen was his ultimate nemesis.
Luo Yifan immediately calculated and knew that there was a
strange relationship of hatred between him and Ye Xiwen, they were the true adversaries
of each other, and he must kill his nemesis, Ye Xiwen. If he did not kill Ye Xiwen, then later,
he would not be able to lead a pious life, and the road to practice would also become very
difficult.
"Don't you think there's something wrong with Ye Xiwen's brain? He knows that Brother
Luo wants to kill him but he still dares to appear right in front of him."
"What can he do, now the trial has ended and if he does not appear then that would be
contrary to the rules of the sect, and by that time, Brother Luo can justifiably use force to
deal with him."
"Yes, but I can see that Ye Xiwen looks very confident, perhaps there is a degree of certainty
in his action."
"I think he is trying to buy time until the elders and true disciples appear, at that time, it
will be impossible for Brother Luo to kill him."
"Ye Xiwen, you should have waited to emerge later until the elders arrive, but now, no one
can save you from dying." Luo
Yifan looked at Ye Xiwen, and said. He was looking at Ye Xiwen as if he was looking at a
dead man.
"It's too early to say that now." Ye Xiwen smiled coldly, then turned his face towards Hua
Menghan, and slightly bowed to show his gratitude to her for not betraying him a moment
ago.
"Ye Xiwen, you asked for it, this time I will so thoroughly kill you, that for eternity, you
won't be able to ever reincarnate."
Luo Yifan said and glared at Xiwen with his eyes filled with hatred.
"If that's the case then why don't you try?" Ye Xiwen indifferently said, and with a 'Clang',
he took out the long blade from the scabbard on his back. The Zhen Yuan was glowing
above it which suddenly turned into Bladelight, and rushed towards Luo Yifan. Ye Xiwen
had already reached the acme level of his blade technique, and now, the power of the "New
moon beheader" had gone far beyond his initial power. Perhaps now, his skill of "Cold
moon beheader" technique had already surpassed the skill of the creator itself. He had
already reached the acme level of "New moon beheader", which should allow chopping out
nine blade shadows, but at present, Ye Xiwen no longer rigidly adhered to the "New moon
beheader" and could readily chop out hundreds of thousands of Bladelights. Luo Yifan was
completely surrounded by the endless barrage of Ye
Xiwen's blade attack, and even if he casted an agility technique, he could not escape.
"Hmph, such an insignificant technique can only be used by an insect. I'll let you witness the
might of a genuinely strong master." Luo Yifan sneered, and with a flick of his hand, a
sword appeared in his hand and he instantly struck his sword towards the blade shadows,
spread throughout the sky.
"Kuai!" It could be said that this sword was simply unmatched, and in an instant, the speed
of this sword attack had gone far beyond the speed of lightning.
Kuai = Quick, high-speed
At this moment, it seemed as if the atmosphere had been stabbed and immediately
punctured, however the reaction of atmosphere was too slow. His sword had already cut
through the atmosphere, but it exploded a moment later, which obviously showed the
insane speed of this attack.
"Boom!" This sword attack was extremely terrifying, and along with an unparalleled
terrifying breath, it instantly punctured the blade shadows that were spread everywhere.
Luo
Yifan was a true master, and his experience related to his martial skills had already risen to
a very profound level, to the very extreme, and with only a single glance, he immediately
saw through the weakness of Ye Xiwen's shadow blades, and under this sword attack, the
Bladelight started to explode everywhere in the sky, and both attacks mutually obliterated
each other.
Endless explosions instantly sent shock waves in all directions. This was a collision
between two horrifying forces which caused even the space to distort.
However, how could Ye Xiwen's strength be so simple, in a flash, he chopped out his long
blade and instantly used new moon beheader, and right after that, he chopped out a second
time and maliciously unleashed missing moon beheader, which was much more terrifying
compared to the first blade attack, faster and much more precise.
Almost at that moment, Luo Yifan felt a wave of murderous aura coming straight for him,
and an amazing Bladeqi swept towards him from the air. A trace of surprise appeared on
his face, as he did not expect that Ye Xiwen would actually be able attack back so quickly,
and not just that, this blade technique clearly displayed a very level of understanding and
comprehension, and also the conversion between various blade skills without the slightest
stagnation between successive blade
moves.
"How is this possible?" Luo Yifan was somewhat baffled, as he initially thought that this
ant-like Ye Xiwen, who was merely a Xiantian level warrior, would be split in half by his
sword attack.
Luo Yifan instantly struck his sword several times, and each of these strikes was inducing
mad fluctuations of Lingqi in the atmosphere and in a flash, the most brilliant Sword light
was issued towards Ye Xiwen.
The space was immediately distorted, and Ye Xiwen's figure was completely enveloped by
the endless Sword light.
"So fearful, Brother Luo is powerful indeed, this move is really too terrifying!"
"It's just like the wrath of a god! With just one sword strike like this, even an entire
mountain would be flattened."
"He is really worthy of being a true disciple, at once assumes an awe-inspiring pose, and
unleashes such a horrifying move."
The disciples present in the surroundings suddenly exclaimed, the strength of this sword
attack was terrifying and indeed worthy of being used by a true disciple!
Xiantian realm and truth realm were separated only by a layer, but according to the
rumors, Ye Xiwen had massacred several masters of Xiantian ninth stage, Xiantian Great
realm and even half-step truth level, but everyone thought that Ye Xiwen would absolutely
not be able to stop this horrifying move, used by a genuine true disciple.
Even the masters of truth level would find it difficult to deal with such an incomparably
violent and horrifying attack, after all, swordsmen had always been well-known for their
strong attacks, let alone, Ye Xiwen was merely a Xiantian level expert.
It seemed as if the whole world was coercing on Ye Xiwen, this was the so-called power and
influence of the truth realm that could mobilize the world Lingqi just like Zhen Qi, truth
level masters could easily manipulate the world Lingqi, to crush Xiantian level masters.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
Numerous huge air-explosions occurred, setting off endless sandstorm that blew away
everything, and even swept away stones with it.
The Swordqi spread quickly like the lightning, and formed dense clouds in the sky, like a
giant net, and closed off all the escape routes for Ye Xiwen.
Ye Xiwen had to admit that Luo Yifan was genuinely powerful.
In that endless sea of Swordqi, Ye Xiwen's slim figure seemed like a small boat, swaying
with the wind, and it seemed as if he would be submerged completely any second, and get
killed.
"Well, you can do only this much?" Ye Xiwen stopped concealing his imposing aura and
completely released it. A surge of terrifying aura went straight into the sky, and there were
some of the world laws mixed in, clearly indicating that his terrifying imposing aura was
comparable to the masters of truth realm.
"What, how can Ye Xiwen possess such a terrifying imposing aura, it is actually comparable
to the truth realm, and is definitely not inferior to that of Brother Luo!"
"How did the news never spread that he has already stepped into the truth realm, if our
sect has such a genius then we should have already been informed about this right?"
"How is this possible? This is simply a miracle, a myth, he has recently joined the Main Sect
but he managed to become the chief of inner disciples which was simply a miracle, and now
he is comparable to the true disciples, this is simply a legend, a myth!"
"If the news spread out then it will certainly cause a sensation and even the Sect head will
be alerted, there are certainly no limits to his future achievements."
All of the disciples present there were very surprised, not to mention, Hua Menghan and
the others, who had already met Ye
Xiwen once inside the Mosha territory, were even more surprised, as if they had just now
witnessed a miracle, especially Hua Menghan. More than a year ago, when she had seen Ye
Xiwen, he was only a Houtian level warrior, but in just one year, he grew so terrifyingly
powerful, she just could not believe it!
She is also a warrior, and naturally knew that it was very tough to surmount Xiantian
realm, even a genius could not do it so easily, but Ye Xiwen did it in almost a year's time.
It was said that truth realm was a lifetime worth of goal for many disciples, but Ye Xiwen
achieved it so easily!
The more baffling was the fact that earlier, when Ye Xiwen killed Luo Fangyi, Hua Menghan
and her friends had seen that Ye Xiwen's strength was actually comparable to the masters
of half-step truth realm!
Suddenly, many people were giving dumbfounded looks to Ye Xiwen.
Ye Xiwen shouted, and chopped out his long blade, and once again, it seemed as if the blade
shadows completely filled the entire world, Lingqi started to surge crazily, and easily
suppressed the Swordlight coming towards Ye Xiwen.
Ye Xiwen's Bladelight directly crushed the Swordlight attack of Luo Yifan. One could see
that in the face of Bladelight, the
Swordqi seemed simply helpless.
Swordqi = Swordlight
Bladeqi = Bladelight
Luo Yifan's sword cultivation was already at a profound level, and his striking power was
matchless, but Ye Xiwen was also a matchless blade master, and his insight of blade
cultivation was at an even higher level, and much more terrifying, so his blade attack was
extremely powerful compared to the sword attack of Luo Yifan.
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Chapter 156: Completely Suppressed C
hapter 156 - Completely suppressed
Tianyuan mirror was hidden in Ye Xiwen's body and ordinary attacks simply could not hurt
him, not to mention, his body had become incomparably tough after practicing 'Tyrant
body technique'.
Ye Xiwen could unscrupulously attack, and sustain attacks as well, disregarding his own
safety, but Luo Yifan could not be so unscrupulous like him. Although Luo Yifan's body was
very strong, but not so abnormally formidable like Ye Xiwen, and the uniformly powerful
attacks would be able to seriously wound him.
"Missing moon beheader!" Ye Xiwen summoned the missing moon beheader's blade
intention which congealed several blade diagrams in the sky that started to emit endless
amount of Bladelight in the air which ultimately condensed into a huge Bladelight, and all
of a sudden, it went towards Luo Yifan.
Very bright and brilliant Bladelight filled the entire atmosphere, and rushed through the air
drawing dazzling
marks in the sky.
"Boom!" Luo Yifan immediately struck his sword, which severely clashed with the
Bladelight, and suddenly, the tremendous power present in the collision gave rise to mighty
shock waves and a giant storm. Luo Yifan was blasted away and sent flying directly by the
impact of this terrifying power, he spurted out a mouthful of blood, and his body
somersaulted several times in the midair, and severely fell down on the ground.
"How is this possible?!" Luo Yifan looked incredibly at Ye Xiwen, how could he be so
formidable, even if he just stepped into the truth realm, he should not be so powerful, after
all, he himself had stepped into the truth realm almost a decade ago, how was he losing to a
man who recently stepped into the truth realm!
Monster! In the end, what kind of monster was he, how could he possibly be so formidable!
"Monster, you have certainly been possessed by a devil, I am sure about it, you must have
ventured into the depths of Mosha territory, and there, you have been possessed by the
devil emperor, who wants to subvert my Yi Yuan School!" Luo Yifan
suddenly shouted out loud.
How could he guess that Ye Xiwen actually possessed a mysterious space as a hidden
weapon, that helped him in comprehending the world laws quickly and because of that, he
was able to achieve the fighting strength of a master of truth realm so fast. Although Luo
Yifan stepped into the truth realm almost ten years ago, Ye Xiwen had a mysterious space
and so long as he kept on burning spirit stones, and supplying Lingqi to the mysterious
space unceasingly, his understanding would continue to rise exponentially. In the last few
days, Ye Xiwen had almost completely burned his total stock of spirit stones, and only a
mere thousand spirit stones remained in the stock.
Thanks to that, his understanding had increased by leaps and bounds in the past few days,
and right now, his fighting strength was even more than that of Luo Yifan.
Although at present, Ye Xiwen's fighting strength had not yet reached the peak of the first
stage of truth realm, it had already surpassed the fighting strength of Luo Yifan.
"Shua!" As an answer to Luo Yifan's loud shout, accompanied by a sharp piercing sound,
and displaying a magnificent brilliance in the sky, Ye Xiwen chopped out a terrifying
Bladelight towards him.
This time, Luo Yifan did not show his arrogance, and observed carefully without daring to
take Ye Xiwen's attack head on, and in a flash, he leapt several dozen feet back to escape the
range of this blade attack.
"Boom!" The brilliant Bladelight pounded on the ground, directly resulting in a more than
ten meters wide and five or six meters deep crater.
"In the end, what is the background of this Ye Xiwen, I initially heard that he had beheaded
Luo Fangyi which is surprising enough, and now, he is even suppressing a true disciple like
Luo Yifan as if it's a child's play for him. He truly is a monster!"
"Brother Luo's sword technique is considered as the strongest sword technique in the
younger generation, but how is a newbie like Ye Xiwen oppressing him!"
"I agree, this is just way too weird."
At this strange scene, many of the spectating disciples secretly cursed in their hearts, but
they seemed very amazed on the outside.
"He is simply a peerless genius, and his talent is so fearful, in such a short period of time,
his cultivation enhanced to such an extent, this is the kind of talent which defies the
heaven's will, in the future, perhaps, he will certainly enter the ranks of one of the four
invincible disciples."
Originally, everyone thought that if Luo Yifan attacked Ye Xiwen, then it would certainly
cause his doom, the only way out left for him would be to buy time until the elders and true
disciples arrived, otherwise escaping this disaster would be impossible for Ye Xiwen.
However, now, even if Luo Yifan was trying his best and going all out, he was still being
completely suppressed by Ye Xiwen.
"Ye Xiwen, I admit defeat and give up on this fight, I will investigate the matter about my
sister's death once again." At this time, Luo Yifan surprisingly said this, but at the same
time, a sly look flashed in his eyes.
The always overbearing and rampant Luo Yifan had actually admitted defeat in front of so
many disciples, and he was compelled to ascend into the sky after being forced into a
corner
by Ye Xiwen, and had nowhere left to escape.
"Ye Xiwen, we cannot let him escape, it is apparent from the look in his eyes that he is
planning something to kill you, if you don't stop him now, he will have a respite and
immediately come back to fight again. This man is strong but also has brains, if we let him
escape, then it will later lead to a huge hassle." At this time, Ye Mo's voice suddenly echoed
in Ye Xiwen's mind.
"Precisely, this is a very good opportunity, since he is the one who tried to intercept you
first, so it's equally fair for you to use this as a good opportunity and excuse to settle the
score with him and no one can say anything."
Ye Xiwen had a deadpan look on his face, but he directly chopped out his blade, he simply
did not waste any time as if Luo Yifan's words did not have any influence on him!
Ye Xiwen was not a dumb person, he knew very well that Luo Yifan was trying to take
advantage from this situation, so how could he possibly believe such nonsense.
Ye Xiwen was chopping his long blade one after another, and rays of Bladelight scattered
throughout the sky, as if the multicolored sunlight was dazzling the entire sky, and the
terrifying blade attack rushed towards Luo Yifan.
Luo Yifan was simply depressed to death in his heart, who would have thought that he
would be suppressed by the same ant-like individual he looked down upon.
Since his debut in the world of martial arts, Luo Yifan had been classified as a genius until
now, as far as growth rate was considered, and now, he was considered an invincible true
disciple, and he undoubtedly possessed a tyrannical strength.
He never paid attention to Ye Xiwen, and was quite indifferent about his strength, although
Ye Xiwen might have killed Luo Fangyi as well as those other masters, but even so, he
thought that a half-step truth level master like Ye Xiwen could never be his opponent.
Originally, he had always assumed that Ye Xiwen could never be his opponent and could be
readily crushed like an ant, but at this moment, this ant had compelled his arrogant head to
be bowed down in submission.
He did not know how Ye Xiwen had managed to enhance his cultivation so dramatically in
such a short time, and his heart was completely filled with hatred at his current situation.
"Ye Xiwen, are you really not going to give face to our Luo clan?" Luo Yifan shouted, while
fleeing away from Ye Xiwen.
A truth level master could flee extremely fast, his figure almost turned into a blur, and
instantly disappeared leaving afterimages. He rushed towards the distant horizon, and his
figure seemed to have left a trail of rainbow on the horizon.
"In any case, I have already offended so might as well offend all the way to the very end." Ye
Xiwen remained unmoved, and said. If there was a possibility, he would like less trouble, of
course, he was very much disgusted by Luo Yifan and other arrogant people, and he would
certainly like to crush their arrogance. He was very much willing to teach a proper lesson to
these rich shenanigans, who did not consider people as people, could betray in a blink of an
eye, and could unreasonably take lives, as if there was no value of human life in their eyes.
"No matter what you say using that glib tongue of yours, today, don't even expect to run
away from me, all this time, you were searching for me to kill me, now prepare yourself to
face consequences!" Ye Xiwen said, and a cold look appeared on his face. His speed was not
slow either, and he released several blade attacks towards escaping Luo Yifan.
The Bladelight pierced through the sky just like a meteor, across the mountains, and went
straight towards Luo Yifan as if chasing after him, while a few Bladelights branched off and
blocked all of his escape routes.
Luo Yifan suddenly roared repeatedly.
"Yao Jiuzhou Sword, execute this evil monster!"
In the hand of Luo Yifan, the sword was suddenly enveloped in endless amount of Zhen
Yuan, and it seemed like his whole body had been integrated together with his sword, this
was Man-sword unification, which instantly opened an endless void, and went towards the
Bladelight.
Luo Yifan had already exhausted all his efforts, so he resorted to using his best shot and
took direct incarnation of the sword, which seemed to have split the sky and severely
collided with the Bladelight.
"Boom!" An endless blast instantly engulfed the entire space, and the surrounding space
seemed just like the rippling surface of water, while the Lingqi also started to shake
violently in the atmosphere.
"Shabu!"
"Shabu!"
"Shabu!"
Ye Xiwen continued chopping his long blade non-stop, one after another, and each time, it
seemed as if the whole world would be chopped down into pieces.
"Ye Xiwen, today you will die!" Luo Yifan's eyes were bloodshot, and his hand holding the
sword had also turned bloody as he recklessly hacked his sword. The Bladelight released
by Ye Xiwen was hacked, and directly scattered in the form of world Lingqi throughout the
atmosphere.
From afar, Luo Yifan looked like a scarlet ancient killing god, who had come to hack down
and exterminate the heaven itself.
Luo Yifan continued to indiscriminately hack down and scatter the Bladelights released by
Ye Xiwen. Whenever he
would unleash his sword attack, it seemed as if the whole world would be hacked down
and shattered, while a long scarlet Swordqi rushed through the sky, which seemed to
directly split the world into two halves.
A cold look appeared on Ye Xiwen's face, and he instantly chopped out his long blade, a
golden light shone, and an incomparably horrifying and fluctuating Bladeqi instantly
congealed and suddenly rushed forward, as if penetrating through the world itself.
"Boom!" The two attacks fiercely collided and a huge explosion occurred, and its
significance instantly caused powerful storms of Lingqi, which swept across everything
along with it.
In the endless turmoil of Lingqi storm, a figure was blasted away and was sent flying due to
the explosion, it was Luo Yifan who could not withstand the terrifying might of this
explosion, and was directly sent flying.
However, in the next instant, Ye Xiwen had actually arrived in front of him, and then rushed
ahead of him.
How could he be such a tough opponent!
Luo Yifan never thought that Ye Xiwen would actually turn out to be such a tough
opponent. Luo Yifan's Swordqi swayed and firmly covered his body in order to protect him,
and not allowed Ye Xiwen to come close.
Both attacks collided in the sky and caused a massive explosion, the Swordqi and Bladeqi
started to run amuck, and wantonly rampaging the surrounding area. The disciples
watching from below immediately had to prop up Zhen Yuan in order to protect
themselves, so as to avoid getting accidentally injured. After all, prevention was obviously
better than cure.
Ye Xiwen sneered, but he knew that as the time was passing, Luo Yifan was also falling
under the wind gradually.
Several small and large wounds had appeared on the body of Luo Yifan, although he was
trying his best to defend, but he was still being cut and injured nonstop by Ye Xiwen.
Just when Ye Xiwen was planning to give him a fatal blow, suddenly, a burst of loud shout
echoed in the sky.
"Stop!"
A horrifying giant hand descended from the sky, grasped both the Bladelight and Swordqi
and instantly destroyed them.
Chapter 157: War Of Words
"Stop!"
A horrifying giant hand descended from the sky, grasped both the Bladelight and Swordqi,
and instantly destroyed them.
Those extremely sharp and terrifying attacks were directly grasped in that big hand, and
were extinguished without a trace.
There simply was no room for any resistance, and both attacks were immediately
obliterated after getting caught.
"What are you two trying to do?" A rainbow appeared in the distant sky, and in a flash, an
old man in black clothes came flying and stopped in front of the two men.
"Elder Jing Xuan, this Ye Xiwen has been possessed by the devil emperor in the depths of
Mosha territory and is basically a devil!" Luo Yifan hastily said.
"Ah?" Elder Jing Xuan looked at Ye Xiwen, and said in a cold voice.
Ye Xiwen looked at that Elder Jing Xuan and narrowed his eyes, while at this time, Ye Mo's
voice echoed in his mind.
"Ye Xiwen, you have to be careful of this old man, I had discovered that he was hiding in a
distance place, and did not come out, earlier, I only considered him as the elder, who
protects the disciples, but when Luo Yifan was trying to bully you a moment ago, he did not
come out, and now that you have an upper hand, he came out. I think he has some ill
intentions."
Ye Xiwen secretly nodded in his heart, and there was quite a bad look in the eyes of this
Elder Jing Xuan. He definitely had ill intentions and was planning to do something bad in
the future.
"Why don't you speak?" The Elder Jing Xuan asked in a cold voice.
"What do I need to say?" Ye Xiwen indifferently said.
"Elder Jing Xuan, he has nothing to say, he is certainly the spy of those devils." Luo Yifan
stubbornly stared at Ye Xiwen, with a pernicious look in his eyes.
"I also think that he looks very suspicious, look how I use my soul surgery technique to
search your soul and uncover all your secrets." Elder Jing Xuan said about the vicious
method of soul surgery technique, which was extremely malicious and was so deadly that it
was rarely used to interrogate prisoners, unless the prisoner was already condemned, or it
was directly used on the caught devil masters, because after the soul surgery technique was
used, the entire soul would collapse. It was said that the person would go crazy or turn into
a fool or directly die.
When Luo Yifan heard this, he grinned fiendishly, because soon, Ye Xiwen was going to die!
There was a faint thrill and pleasant sensation in his heart!
"Who do you think you are? You actually dared to even think about searching my soul!" Ye
Xiwen coldly stared at that Elder Jing Xuan, although he knew deep in his heart that this
Elder Jing Xuan should be a lot stronger than him, but he was not scared even a bit, "I am
now comparable to the truth realm masters and soon going to get promoted as an
authentic true disciple, you're just an elder and share position with me quite a bit, however,
you dare to treat me like a devil spy and even mentioned searching my soul, you are really
quite audacious."
The complexion of Elder Jing Xuan stayed unchanged, he knew that Ye Xiwen was aware of
the truth, but this time, he was already determined that he would not let him off, otherwise
a peerless genius like him would become a potential threat in the future. Ye Xiwen must
never be allowed to grow, or he might bring a disaster upon him.
"Well, you have quite a razor sharp mouth, kid." Elder Jing Xuan sneered, and said, "It does
not matter even if you have a glib tongue, it will be of no use today because this old man
will definitely search your soul."
After saying this, Elder Jing Xuan congealed a big hand, which was made up of world Lingqi,
and directly slammed towards Ye Xiwen.
"Shua!"
A dazzling Bladelight flashed and a shaking Bladeqi was instantly chopped out, Ye Xiwen
definitely was not the kind of person who would sit still, and now that he know that other
party had ill intentions and wanted to kill him, it was even more impossible for him to place
his own destiny in the hands of others.
"Boom!" This long Bladeqi was certainly dazzling, just like the stars in a starry sky, and
then, it fiercely fell towards that big gasified hand and collided.
The gasified big hand was instantly split open, and an endless amount of Lingqi dispersed
wantonly in the atmosphere.
"Old guy, I will sue you in front of the Elders Council and make you die without a burial
ground!" Ye Xiwen shouted, if he was just an inner disciple then no would bother listening
to him, but at present, he was comparable to the true disciples, though his inner state had
not yet stepped into the truth realm, but he possessed the strength of truth realm, so what
was the difference between him and other true disciples!
The Elder Jing Xuan did not plan to stop. Instead, he started to put an even greater intensity
in his attacks in order to directly kill Ye Xiwen.
"Stop!" A loud shout came from the sky and a sharp Swordqi fell directly from the sky, and
instantly eliminated the attack of Elder Jing Xuan.
Everyone looked up and saw that Lin Zhantian was flying
down leaving a trail of rainbow in the sky, and started slowly descending from the clouds
and said to Jing Xuan: "Brother Jing Xuan Brother, what made you attack a disciple?"
Ling Zhantian was slowly coming more and more near.
At this time, Jing Xuan suddenly cursed in his heart at the unexpected appearance of Lin
Zhantian, but he did not continue to attack Ye Xiwen, because now that Lin Zhantian was
here, he knew that he could definitely not make a misstep.
"Brother Lin, I suspect that he has been possessed by a devil and is actually their spy." Jing
Xuan answered.
"Do you have evidence?" Lin Zhantian said.
"Of course, in such a short time, this Ye Xiwen's cultivation has actually enhanced by a great
deal, now, he is actually comparable to the true disciples, this is really very suspicious and a
strong reason to suspect that he is a spy of devils!" At this time, Luo Yifan said in a loud
voice.
"This is such a bullshit reason, well I can say the same about
you. I can easily suspect that the dog and pig like people of Luo clan, who are actually able
to occupy high positions and are able to practice to such great extent, are certainly
possessed by the devils, maybe colluding together with them in order to subvert the rule of
Yi Yuan School." Ye Xiwen sneered, and said.
"You are courting death!" Luo Yifan shouted, and it seemed as if he would once again start
fighting with Ye Xiwen.
"It just so happens, you just now tried to kill me to settle my old accounts with Luo clan,
and I'd like to see how the Elders Council intends to say about this matter which considers
the life and death of a truth level disciple. Your Luo clan intended to intercept and kill me in
the Mosha territory, so Luo clan will have to give a proper explanation." Ye Xiwen smiled,
and said in a cold voice. He knew that reasoning was sometimes very important, but
sometimes, it was not worth mentioning.
If Ye Xiwen had been killed here, why would Luo Yifan give explanation to anyone? It was
not important! Nobody would bother about a dead man, an inner disciple, and try to mess
with Luo clan!
But now, since Ye Xiwen did not die, the situation was completely different!
Elder Council was basically the ruling place, because of the present of sect head, Tangshan
elder, and the leaders of various peaks in the sect, many high level experts would basically
enter the depths of space and time, and stay there all year round and would not easily come
out, therefore the lower level elders were made responsible for handling matters in their
absence, of course, Elder Council was only alerted when the matter involved elders or true
disciples.
Although, right now, Ye Xiwen was not a true disciple, but his fighting strength was
comparable to a truth level master and this was a sufficient reason to alert the Elders
Council.
Luo Yifan's complexion suddenly turned unsightly, if it was before that Ye Xiwen had dared
to speak in front of him, he would have crushed him with just a slap, but now was not the
same, Ye Xiwen's strength increased by leaps and bounds, to an extent that even he did not
know the upper limit of his strength.
He could not beat Ye Xiwen, neither could he talk back, all he was doing was giving a cold
look to Ye Xiwen.
"Well, well, well, you dare to frequently shout in front of me,
he is really a devil, and is definitely under the control of a devil!"
Elder Jing Xuan shouted. The disciples standing in the surroundings were also hearing their
conversation.
Immediately, several doubts appeared in their hearts, it was no wonder, after all, Ye
Xiwen's strength had increased way too fast, far more than the fastest point they could ever
imagine.
After Mosha territory trial finished, his strength actually exceeded that of all core disciples,
and even a true disciple like Luo Yifan was not his match anymore.
They had seen with their own eyes that even a true disciple like Luo Yifan had been
completely cornered by Ye Xiwen, and if Elder Jing Xuan had not interfered then perhaps,
things would have been very dangerous for Luo Yifan.
Ye Xiwen even had the audacity to actually challenge a super master like Jing Xuan, who
was actually at the third stage of truth realm.
Was he really possessed by a devil!
"Elder Jing Xuan, this matter of being controlled by the devil cannot be taken lightly and we
must avoid hasty judgment, if
according to what you said, Luo Yifan actually tried to intercept and kill the peerless genius
of our Yi Yuan School on the spot, I think he was able to do such a lunatic thing because it is
actually him who is under the control of devils." Lin Zhentian lightly said, but it was
actually in an undeniable tone.
"How can you say that? Luo Yifan has performed many merits in our Yi Yuan School, how
can he possibly be a devil spy?"
Elder Jing Xuan gritted his teeth, and said. He certainly knew that their so-called evidence
was simply irrational, but he never thought that Lin Zhentian would actually not give him
face and would so easily debunk this affair.
"Today's matter is not over yet, it won't end until your Luo clan gives me an explanation
about their actions." Ye Xiwen sneered, and said.
"If there was a mistake, it was the mistake of the situation itself." Elder Jing Xuan finally
said in a somewhat relaxed manner, he knew that once this matter went too far and
reached the ears of the Elders Council, it would mean a lot of trouble because those old
guys held major power in the sect.
"Then in accordance to what you say, I can also kill him when I get an opportunity, and
when asked for an explanation, I can
say that it's not my mistake, it's the mistake of the situation itself." Ye Xiwen said in an
unforgiving manner.
"You, do not change the subject, now you want others to give an explanation, why don't you
explain how your cultivation suddenly increased by leaps and bounds and that too so fast!"
Elder Jing Xuan clamored, and did not allow Ye Xiwen to change the subject, but he himself
managed to change the subject from Luo Yifan to Ye Xiwen, by asking about the reason
behind his bizarre cultivation growth.
"Hmph, why do I need to explain it to you? Who do you think you are? To me, you are no
different than a pig who cannot understand my practice speed." Ye Xiwen rambled, and
simply wasn't afraid of him, because he knew that Yi Yuan School was not going to pursue
this matter, even those true disciples, and elders kept many secrets from their fortuitous
encounters and adventures, so as long as they did not harm the integrity of the sect, Yi Yuan
School would not try to investigate into their secrets.
"Brother Jing Xuan, this matter is not something you and I can solve. Luo Yifan tried to
intercept Ye Xiwen and I'll report this to the Elder Council, even if Ye Xiwen also falls under
suspicion, the Elder Council will pass the final judgment, and you must know that it simply
does not fall under your
jurisdiction." Lin Zhentian said in a cold voice.
Chapter 158: Qingfeng Mountain's Origins
"Brother Jing Xuan, this matter is not something that you and I can solve. Luo Yifan tried to
intercept Ye Xiwen, and I'll report this to the Elder Council, even if Ye Xiwen also falls under
suspicion, the Elder Council will pass the final judgment, and you must know that it simply
does not fall under your jurisdiction." Lin Zhentian said in a cold voice. "It is time that
people come to know that they cannot bully the people of our Qingfeng Mountain vein."
"Let's go." Lin Zhantian said to Ye Xiwen.
Ye Xiwen did not hesitate and followed Lin Zhantian, and in a flash, both of them
disappeared into the horizon.
Luo Yifan looked at their leaving figures and his face immediately flushed with anger, he
had never hated someone so much in his entire life, he determined in his heart that Ye
Xiwen must be cut to pieces.
Standing on one side, the complexion on Elder Jin Xuan face did not look good, he was
contemplating countermeasures because if this matter was referred to the Elders Council,
then
things would no longer be so simple in the end.
Ye Xiwen was flying behind Lin Zhantian, and in a while, they soon crossed a very far
distance.
"Ye Xiwen, you really have my admiration." Lin Zhantian said.
Ye Xiwen smiled, a rare embarrassed look appeared on his face. Lin Zhantian was his elder
and seemed to have a great relationship with his father, and not just that, he had repeatedly
saved him on several occasions, so Ye Xiwen felt very relaxed in front of him.
Ye Xiwen, was not as reserved in front of him as he used to be in front of others!
Not to mention, Ling Zhantian had saved him many times!
"I do not think so." Ye Xiwen said in a polite manner, but this was obviously not true, he
knew very well that both his cultivation and strength had reached a terrifying level during
the time he spent in Mosha territory, which far exceeded his own expectations.
Although he had not yet set foot into the truth realm, but it was only a matter of time, he
believed that he would be able to achieve it very soon.
"Your father had told me earlier that you suddenly got enlightenment one day, but I did not
think that your cultivation will reach all the way to the truth realm in such a short time."
Lin Zhantian said with a smile. "There are rumors that ancients experts used to suddenly
get enlightenment and their cultivation soared instantly, previously I considered those
rumors as myths and legends, but now after seeing you, I have to come to believe, that
maybe, people like that actually existed?"
Ye Xiwen smiled but did not speak, because he knew that it was not the result of
enlightenment. It was actually the mysterious space in his mind that was actually the root
cause behind his cultivation increasing by leaps and bounds.
But when his father had asked him, he casually said that it was due to the enlightenment,
and it became the best excuse to cover up his secret, because enlightenment was actually a
very difficult to explain or understand. There were a lot of unexplainable things in this
world, and gaining enlightenment
was a way to open the door to understand these things, but it was very hard to achieve.
"You are very fortunate and you must cherish it." Lin Zhantian said, "But in spite of your
peerless talent, so long as you think that you are doing the right thing and want help from
this old guy, remember I am still alive and would certainly lend a hand, I can also provide
shelter to a junior like you if you are ever in danger."
Ye Xiwen smiled, Lin Zhantian was a talent from over one hundred years ago, and as a true
master, his life was only just starting. Comparing with the life span of an ordinary human,
he was just like a 20 years old guy.
However, Lin Zhantian was a 100 year old genius, and was actually able to reach the peak
of third stage of truth realm. It could be said that this was a very high achievement.
As far as Ye Xiwen's perception of cultivation level was concerned, now that his fighting
strength increased dramatically and reached all the way to the truth realm, the cultivation
level of other people no longer appeared blurred to him, as it used to be in the past. Truth
level masters were very enigmatic and it was difficult to ascertain their strengths, but
now, their strength or cultivation level no longer looked so unfathomable to Ye Xiwen.
Previously, Ye Xiwen always thought that the ancestor of Qingfeng Mountain sub-school,
Lin Zhantian, was a Xiantian level master and must be at the peak of Xiantian ninth stage,
but this time, he was able to completely understand that he was actually a truth level
master, in fact, he was at the peak of truth third stage and was much stronger than Elder
Jing Xuan.
So, when Elder Jing Xuan had seen Lin Zhantian coming, he tactfully decided to pull back his
hands, because he knew that he was not a match of Lin Zhantian.
"During this time, you have developed a lot." Lin Zhantian was talking about the time
period, during which, Ye Xiwen had come to the Main Sect and continued to cause uproars
throughout the sect. As the youngest son of an old friend, he was very concerned about him,
not to mention, he also wanted that Ye Xiwen must focus on practice, "As long as you show
enough potential and perform enough merits for the sect, Luo clan won't be able to touch
you."
Ye Xiwen nodded, he also knew that according to the notion of Yi Yuan School, the most
important thing was talent and
ability, as well as strength. Wasn't this so-called Luo Clan running amuck because of its
strength?
Similarly, if Ye Xiwen displayed exceptional strength and enough talent, then the sect
would have admiration for him, at that time, Luo Clan would naturally not be so reckless.
"It is my fault that I did not make things clear in the beginning. I did not expect that your
strength would increase so fast that you would actually achieve the strength of truth
realm." Lin Zhantian said, "Although our Qingfeng Mountain veins are not very strong, but
it has some influence, and, the founder of our Qingfeng Mountain vein is among the group
of Taishang elders."
Ye Xiwen was surprised for a moment, he did not expect that the founder of Qingfeng
Mountain sub-school was actually a Taishang elder, this was far beyond his expectation,
one must know that there were very few Taishang elders in Yi Yuan Schools, and not many
of the sub-school were founded by Taishang elders, except the three major sub-school.
There were only five or six sub-schools, founded by a Taishang elder, and without
exception, all of these sub-schools were considered the most formidable among all of the
sub-schools.
The Qingfeng Mountain sub-school could only be regarded as a medium level sub-school
among so many sub-schools, so Ye Xiwen never thought that a medium level sub-school
had actually been founded by a Taishang elder.
However, if Qingfeng Mountain did not have the strong backing of Yi Yuan School, then how
they could even secure Blood Yuan fruit and other material treasures, they would already
have been robbed long ago.
"Teacher ancestor, his holiness, is very satisfied from your performance." Lin Zhantian said,
"All these years, the arrogance of the people of Luo clan has really crossed the limit and
gone too far, they dragged you in such a situation, not to mention, you are not at wrong and
your actions are supported by right reasons, if people of Luo clan are not affable then our
Qingfeng Mountain vein is not soft persimmon either."
Lin Zhantian lightly said, but his tone was unquestionably overbearing, justifying the
influence of Qingfeng Mountain vein, not to mention, it was obvious from Lin Zhantian's
explanation, that Qingfeng Mountain vein would never allow others to hurt their disciple.
Yi Yuan School was like a crisscross of an organization and
had several factions, a faction was also an organization with its own set of disciples, and,
these disciples also belonged to top ten peaks, then they had relationships with their
respective sub-schools as well, and so on.
Ye Xiwen was the star of Qingfeng Mountain, even if he now belonged to the Main Sect, but
it would never change the fact that he came from Qingfeng Mountain sub-school, he was a
disciple of Main Sect, but he was also a disciple of Qingfeng Mountain sub-school, he
enjoyed the blessings of the seniors of Qingfeng Mountain, but he also must take the
responsibility to look after the later generations.
There were all kinds of complicated relations, and if one wanted to become a leader, one
would have to spend a lot of time sorting out these relationships, regulating conflicts
between these factions, and in the future, Ye Xiwen did not want to spend most of his time
sorting out these problems and relationships.
"Before, I also wanted to let you grow freely so I did not bring you with me to meet him, but
now I think, you can go ahead and make a contact in advance, I will take you to meet the
founder." Lin Zhantian said, "You must be very surprised knowing about the semblance of
our vein right?"
Lin Zhantian read the surprised look on Ye Xiwen's face, and seemed to have guessed what
he was thinking at the moment.
He somewhat sighed with emotion, in the past, he had a similar surprised reaction like Ye
Xiwen, when he had come to know about the true strength of Qingfeng Mountain vein,
there were a lot of people in Yi Yuan School, who did not know about this secret.
"Our vein is rather special, it's not the same as the other one, because we are relatively low-
key compared to them!" Lin Zhantian laughed, and said, "So people outside do not know
that we are in this vein, even the disciples of our own Qingfeng Mountain vein do not
anything about this secret vein, because only those who have reached the truth realm are
considered the members of this secret vein, but most of these truth level members are in
the depths of space and time and practicing, they don't come out much often."
"In fact, the founder of our vein was actually the closing
disciple of the patriarch of Yi Yuan School, when he got old, he
handed his legacies down to his closing disciple, this continued for generations, but we
have always been relatively low-key, slowly working in the shadows." Lin Zhantian said.
Closing disciples = last disciple of a master.
Seeing the confused look on Ye Xiwen's face, Lin Zhantian began to tell Ye Xiwen about the
origin of this vein. The founder of Qingfeng Mountain vein was actually the youngest
closing disciple of Yi Yuan School's patriarch, who was already reaching the final years of
his life. After his skill enhanced, he left Yi Yuan School and went out. Actually, at that time,
the governance of Yi Yuan School was in the hands of the other senior closing disciples of
the patriarch. The ten great disciples had firmly grasped full control over the entire Yi Yuan
School and did not want to welcome him, after all, if he would join, then it would certainly
disrupt the existing equilibrium of power, and they did not want that to happen.
Qingfeng Mountain vein's founder was not willing to start a conflict with his fellow
brothers, and also had no interest in the struggle for power, so he left the Main Sect and
went to the Qingfeng Mountain, where he established the Qingfeng Mountain vein, and
handed down all his techniques and legacies, taught by the patriarch of Yi Yuan School
himself, and it now existed as the branch of Yi Yuan School till present.
Ye Xiwen also came to understand the reason that Qingfeng Mountain vein maintained a
low-key because of the other ten main veins, because they would be scared that Qingfeng
Mountain vein would become extremely strong, and might take away their share, so this
was for the best of all.
However, Ye Xiwen finally understood that no wonder, there were so many similarities
between Qingfeng Mountain sub-school and Yi Yuan School's Main Sect, and it was also able
to monopolize a treasure like Blood Yuan fruit for so many years.
Chapter 159: Conference Of Elders
Ye Xiwen didn't know where they were heading, was just following Lin Zhantian to the
depths of Yi Yuan School, to meet the founder of Qingfeng Mountain veins.
Within a deep space of Tianfeng of Yi Yuan School, the space was very small and was only
able to accommodate a large palace, and inside the palace, there was an office where, high-
level officials of Yi Yuan School would gather to have discussions on various important
matters.
In a giant conference room, a circular round table was placed in the middle, there were
many elders seated around the round table.
At the midpoint of the round table, a white robed middle-aged man was sitting. One would
be surprised to see that this man's facial features looked very ordinary and very amiable,
but all of the elders present there knew that they must never dare to underestimate him.
Because he was the head of Yi Yuan School, Wu Potian, the supreme leader of Yi Yuan
School, who held the fate of people of
Yi Yuan School in his grasp.
Wu Potian glanced at everyone present there, among the elders, there were the merit elder,
penalty elder, and many other elders, who had come to participate in this conference, and
all of them held high positions in Yi Yuan School, were extremely strong, in fact, even the
weakest among them was a super master of Truth ninth stage, and there were a few who
were already in the legendary realm like Wu Potian.
Although they were not among the highest cultivation group of people in Yi Yuan School,
but there was no doubt that this group of people held the fate of a lot of people in Yi Yuan
School.
"As we all know, ten days later, on the 'Qianji Island' in the East China Sea, a meeting of the
warriors of several major forces is going to take place, including our Yi Yuan School." Wu
Potian glanced at the crowd, and lightly said.
"Yes, we have received their invitation, and also received the news that the imperial family
is also rushing there." A penalty elder said.
"Well, this time the imperial family thinks that other people do not know the secret, in fact,
how can we not know? They just want to use this devil invasion as an opportunity to form
an allied force, then the four sects will have join forces under the leadership of royal family
and that would complete the real reunification." The merit elder said with a disdained look
on his face.
"This is something that even the founding emperor failed to achieve and now this young
emperor actually wants to do so, what a joke!"
"Although we are not afraid of the royal family, but we really don't have an alternative. This
emperor is considered as an outstanding personality of this generation and relies on the
strength of Dragon qi, although he is less than a hundred years old, but he already
possesses unfathomable skill, and I am afraid, his strength is actually comparable to the
legendary masters! No wonder he is ambitious enough to plan and make something work
that even the late emperor couldn't achieve."
Wu Potian continued to explain. "The intentions of other three forces are still unknown, so
this time, being the team leader, you must be careful, Wang Meixing."
There was a man sitting nearby Wu Potian, and one would be surprised to find that he had
an appearance of a twenty year old
boy, looked very charming, and even had somewhat seductive demeanor, but he was a man.
At this time, there was a malignant look on his face, Wang Meixing looked charming and
pretty, but he was actually a very vicious person, it was hard to guess how many devil
masters he had personally killed, and his cultivation had already reached the legendary
realm, no wonder he was worthy of being the deputy head of Yi Yuan School.
"If they dare to stretch their dog paws randomly, I would love to dare and chop them off."
Wang Meixing said in a murderous and imposing tone, but still looked extremely charming,
though he was the owner of a manly voice.
"This time, we are getting a very good opportunity to display the formidable strength of our
Yi Yuan School." Wu Potian lightly said, "Especially among inner disciples, there is a
particularly good seed."
"Yes, Ye Xiwen, I know, but this Ye Xiwen can also stir up trouble, not much time has passed
since he joined the Main Sect but he has already offended so many people, and he has also
killed a lot of elite disciples, including many of the elite core disciples." At this time, a
middle-aged man dressed in brown robes said. "This person is not just an evildoer, but is
also a scourge, it is best to eradicate him as early as possible!"
The brown-robed man continued to speak: "I also know that in such a short time, the
cultivation of this kid has advanced by leaps and bounds, I suspect that he is actually a devil
spy who has come to subvert our Yi Yuan School."
"Tian Wushuang, what you are saying is wrong." At this time, a purple-robed old man
sitting next to the brown-robed man said, "According to what you say, from now onwards,
our Yi Yuan School cannot have peerless geniuses in the future, because as long as the
genius is an evildoer, we will consider that he has been under the control of devils and
eradicate him, then how will our Yi Yuan School develop like this?"
"Isn't our Yi Yuan School pursuing peerless talents such as Ye Xiwen? Natural, high and
absolute talent, maybe in the future, he will reach the level of the four invincible disciples."
The purple-robed old man continued, "I have not seen such an outstanding talent ever in
my life, and you want to eradicate such a disciple. Tian Wushuang, I know you are very
close to the Luo clan, but you are willing to give up on such a talent for the personal gain of
Luo clan, you do not deserve to work as an elder of our sect."
The purple-robed man bluntly said without reservation, he was the penalty elder of Yi Yuan
School and was in charge of the penalty palace, he was an upright man and never stooped
to
flattery, and nothing was hidden from his eyes, neither was he the type of person who
would ignore these matters.
"What did you say, how dare you insult me you stubborn donkey!" Tian Wushuang
suddenly got up from his seat, and said in an angry voice.
"So what if I did? Luo clan is radically a nest of snakes, it has been tyrannical and
domineering all these years, but that was not enough for them, now they want to hurt Ye
Xiwen, do not think that I don't know, it was the Luo clan that stirred up trouble first, it
deserves to be punished, it is simply like a cancer, deeply rooted in our Yi Yuan School and
must be cut off once and forever." The penalty elder said in a cold voice.
"You old thing, I am not the one who is confused, but it's actually you who is not aware of
things. He has continued to secretly massacre the disciples of our sect and you don't even
know about all this!" Tian Wushuang said with killing intent flashing in his eyes, he had
stood alongside Luo clan, and blatantly supported the banner of Luo clan in Yi Yuan School
for so many years and held deep relationship with them, how could he take it lightly, when
Luo clan was being accused in front him?
"Do you have evidence?" The penalty elder said in an superficial manner, "But, disciples of
Yi Yuan School had spotted Luo Yifan intercepting Ye Xiwen, and this is conclusive
evidence, such a guy must be punished, otherwise, where is the dignity of the laws of our Yi
Yuan School?"
"You old thing, you think that I do not know, you just want to hinder the influence of Chu
Jingcai, you know that Luo clan gives full support to him, and now you are using this matter
as an excuse to disrupt the influence of Chu Jingcai because you are a supporter of Huang
Luochen!" Tian Wushuang pointed his finger at the penalty elder, and said in an
unrestrained manner.
Other elders did not say anything, because the matter involved two of the four strongest
true disciples.
These so-called four strongest true disciples were referred to as Chu Jingcai, Huang
Luochen, Shui Yanluo and Qi Feifan.
Although, all of the true disciples were basically eligible to compete for the position of the
head, but there were so many people competing for just one position, so it was obvious that
not just anyone could become a head. Thus, only a small portion of true disciples, who
really possessed the ability, strength, and influence were able to compete for the position of
the head.
And, in this generation of disciples, there were the so-called four strongest true disciples,
all of them were extremely strong and had already entered half-step into the legendary
realm, so basically, they were only one small step away from stepping into the legendary
realm and become invincible masters. Even among the younger generation of disciples
throughout the Great Yue state, they were considered among the top, these four individuals
had always been considered as people who would most likely become the head someday,
and even if not, they could easily become the leaders of strong veins.
When these four true disciples would compete for the position of the head, many elders
and even the Taishang elders, all would place their bets, in favor of their own favorite
candidates, and of course, they won't use spirit stones to place their bets but their entire
being.
'Entire being' signifies teir personal vote.
The candidate with clear support would become the head, and build his own faction along
with these elders and Taishang elders. These elders and Taishang elders had extraordinary
influence in the sect, and once they would unequivocally support someone, it would
naturally be an enormous boost for him.
They would not easily bet, but once they did, that would mean they had really recognized
him as the head, and then they would also give full support to him, because from the
moment they bet, their destinies got linked together with the one they betted on. Once they
bet in someone's favor, in order to help him win the title of head, they actually became his
followers and would stay alongside him, even if he ended up losing. But if he won, they
would also get extraordinary benefits.
This Tian Wushuang was actually one of the supporters of Chu Jingcai, and at this time, he
was not scared to disclose it in front of everyone, and directly shouted.
Because the entire Luo clan, including Luo Yifan, was actually the supporter of Chu Jingcai,
and their motive was understandable, since none of their own members could compete for
the position of head. Although, the ability and wisdom of Luo Yifan were quite good, but his
strength was still far behind that of the four strongest true disciples, not to say, he lacked
talent as well as strength when compared to them. The strength of these four disciples was
almost comparable to that of the Taishang elders. Luo clan was aware of this, so he decided
to give full support to Chu Jingcai.
All of these four true disciples were not ordinary people, following them naturally meant
getting a lot of benefits. Luo
clan was getting a lot of advantage by supporting Chu Jingcai.
During the incident of Hua Menghan, head was extremely angry, that Luo clan had actually
dared to attack his closing disciple, wasn't this equivalent to provoking him, the head of
entire sect?
Afterward, Chu Jingcai personally went into action and finally settled this matter, although
he had to pay a huge price, but Luo clan was saved, thanks to him.
The penalty elder was a supporter of Huang Luochen, so at this time, he was accusing Luo
Yifan, just to chop off one of the supporting arms of Chu Jingcai.
Everyone was aware of what was going on between these two elders, but they were
unwilling to interfere, especially those who supported the other two disciples. They simply
planned to stay on the sidelines, and silently watch this scene.
Chapter 160: Senior Ye!
Everyone looked at Wu Potian, they did not know what he was thinking, after all he was the
head and sole ruler of Yi Yuan School, he could make decisions regarding the matters of Yi
Yuan School, and even the Taishang elder could not directly interfere with his decisions.
“Ye Xiwen won’t be eradicated, I believe everybody is aware of his talent that can be said as
absolutely rare, our Yi Yuan School needs talented people like him, not to mention, he has
not committed any mistakes. Tian Wushuang, you go tell Luo clan that from now on wards,
they are not allowed to intercept Ye Xiwen.” Wu Potian said in a calm manner, but his
words were like the final decree in the sect, and with this, the matter was finally over.
“Head, this Ye Xiwen is extremely arrogant and he even ruthlessly kills the people of his
own sect, taking his peerless talent into consideration, if we allow him to grow stronger
then he would certainly bring disaster.” Tian Wushuang said, to validate his point.
“Then according to what you said, Luo clan is the biggest evil, they openly murdered one of
my disciples, it is an influential
clan that openly does evil deeds, and I presume everyone is aware of that.” At this time, the
criminal law elder suddenly said.
“Well, the matter arrived here and everyone has shared their opinions and views.” It
seemed as if Wu Potian didn’t want to continue the discussion over this matter, and
continued to say……
—— Ye Xiwen came out from the mysterious space present in the depths of Yi Yuan School,
and was flying through the void, it seemed like he was treading on a rainbow, he did not
know that the matter related to him was being discussed in a special conference of elders.
Although he had said that he would go the Elders Council, but later, he had to go to meet
the founder of Qingfeng Mountain vein. Ye Xiwen didn’t know how Luo Yifan would put this
matter in front of everyone, though it was him, who had violated the rules of sect and
openly intercepted Ye Xiwen in front of many witnesses, but Luo Yifan had been unable to
hurt him.
So, even if he was convicted for intercepting Ye Xiwen, he would receive small punishment!
“Ye Xiwen, don’t expect that Yi Yuan School would give you justice, I tell you, don’t keep
your hopes high.” Ye Mo appeared on his shoulder, and said. “I think that Luo Yifan is an
absolutely petty guy, if you do not look for him, he will look for opportunities to deal with
you.”
“You mean strike first and gain the upper hand? ” Ye Xiwen asked, and narrowed his eyes.
People, who were familiar with him, knew very well that when Ye Xiwen narrowed his
eyes, it often meant that his heart was overflowing with killing intention.
xiā n xià shǒ u wéi qiá ng: strike first and gain the upper hand
“Yes, this world is like that, counting on others is pointless, you must strike first and gain
the upper hand. If he can look for you in order to intercept you, why cannot you?” Ye Mo
said,
“You humans do not pay attention to the fact that proper
behavior is based on reciprocity, if you don’t return the favor
now, when will you?”
lǐ shà ng wǎ ng lá i: proper behavior is based on reciprocity
“But, Luo Yifan is now at the gathering place of Luo clan, attacking him there may be a bad
idea.” Ye Xiwen said.
“He cannot stay there for a lifetime, sooner or later, we will
find his trail, and then you can cut weeds and eliminate the
roots.” Ye Mo said, and smiled, the smile really complimented
his small stature, made him look sort of sly, but cute.
zhǎ n cǎ o chú gēn: To cut weeds and eliminate the roots Ye Xiwen knew that Ye Mo was
right, at this time, he would easily succeed in intercepting and killing Luo Yifan, anyway, he
was not going to patch up with Luo clan, and neither would they let him off. He could say
for sure that right now, Luo Yifan was certainly plotting against him, somewhere.
It could be said that Luo Yifan was really a big source of trouble, and if not resolved quickly,
then perhaps it would lead to many major problems in the future.
“Besides killing Luo Yifan, the most urgent task is to practice and have a breakthrough into
the truth realm as soon as possible, so long as you can step into the truth realm, then that
Luo Yifan will certainly not be your opponent, and it won’t even
take few moves to behead him.” Ye Mo said.
“Mosha territory should be a very good place to hone my skills, unfortunately at present,
I’m just an inner disciple and I don’t have the privilege to go inside.” Ye Xiwen said.
Originally, Ye Xiwen intended to first focus on having a breakthrough and directly stepping
into the truth realm to become a true disciple, and after becoming a true disciple, he could
freely access Mosha territory, at that time, he could find those truth-level devils and behead
them. In that case, Ye Xiwen should be able to quickly enhance his cultivation in the truth
realm, and his fighting strength would become comparable with the masters of Truth
second stage, and he might even be able to behead them. In fact, he would also be able to
easily fight with a Truth third stage master like Elder Jing Xuan, and suppress him during
the fight.
At present, Ye Xiwen’s fighting strength was comparable to the strength of truth level
masters, but if he could break into the truth realm, then there would be a tremendous
enhancement in his strength.
But whether it was Lin Zhantian, or the founder of Qingfeng Mountain vein, they all felt that
for now, Ye Xiwen should not
step into the truth realm, moreover the sect was also hoping that Ye Xiwen shouldn’t step
into the truth realm for the time being. And the reason was simple, Ye Xiwen was going to
participate in the competition among five major forces of Great Yue state, and to put it
bluntly, in this gathering of major forces, a mutual show of strength was going to take place,
the true disciples of these five forces would be coming from all around to participate in the
contest, and they would ultimately determine each other’s strength.
There was also an old rule that the five forces must show mutual restraint, and try not to
create a situation that might lead to eruption of a large-scale tangled warfare, this
competition was only a way to ascertain each other’s strength, so each force would try to
bring its strongest disciples to show off its strength in front of others.
Ye Xiwen joined the Main Sect, and in a short time, his fighting strength enhanced
dramatically and reached all the way up to the truth realm, which also gave him a chance to
represent Yi Yuan School in the upcoming competition, and he was formidable enough to
easily sweep away the disciples of inner and core rank like it was nothing, so in the
competition, Yi Yuan School would gain a big face in front of other forces, thanks to him!
At that time, the sect would give large-scale incentives and rewards to him, but if Ye Xiwen
had a breakthrough and stepped into the truth realm, then he would no longer be regarded
as an inner disciple, he would become a true disciple, and would also have to fight with true
disciples in the competition, in short, he would no longer be the outstanding existence
anymore, he would only be a bottom level true disciple.
There was no doubt that it was good for him to wait for now, but for Ye Xiwen, it could have
been a rapid increase of strength in a short period, because he could easily face those truth
level devils with the help of the suppression of Tianyuan mirror, and he could also
challenge several devil masters. Mosha territory was definitely a good place to practice, but
he couldn’t go there.
And most importantly, Ye Xiwen had already consumed almost all of the spirit stones from
the stock in his storage ring, leaving only a meager amount of 1000 spirit stones, and in
addition to that, his cultivation had already increased to such an extent that he was going to
require a massive amount of spirit stones. Now, he needed top grade spirit stones to
withstand the high rate of consumption.
However, the sect distributed top-grade spirit stones only to the true disciples, and that too
once in a month. Moreover, the
missions could also reward top-grade spirit stones, but these missions were generally top
ranked, and were only meant for true disciples, because they were often very dangerous,
and non-truth level disciples would simply die on these missions.
So, these extremely dangerous missions used to have strength requirements.
Ye Xiwen was caught in a deadlock, and only after participating in this competition and
coming back from there, he would be able to step into the truth realm and break free from
this deadlock.
However, as far as Ye Xiwen was concerned, it could be said that within this period of time,
he actually had no means to rapidly increase his strength. Just like the main goal of Houtian
masters was to strengthen the body, and for Xiantian masters, it was to transform Zhen
Yuan, the main goal of truth level masters was to interact with the world Lingqi, and a truth
level master could achieve resonance with the world Lingqi, by increasing their perception
of the world.
In other words, the truth realm focused more on accumulation of understanding of the
world.
For the martial arts practitioners, the body and the
understanding of heavenly laws were two indispensable parts in their practice. The body
carried soul, and the world of martial arts practice was like a vast sea, the soul must cross
the sea, the body was like a ship, and if the ship was sturdy and tough, there would be a
higher possibility of crossing the sea.
The Houtian realm and Xiantian realm could only be regarded as initial preparations for
beginning the journey to cross the sea. There was shipbuilding and reinforcement until the
martial artist reached the truth realm, after stepping into the truth realm, the person would
learn swimming, reading nautical chart, sailing a ship, and many other necessary tasks, that
might be required during the journey.
Legendary realm was the real start of the journey.
Ye Xiwen had already completed the accumulation of Houtian and Xiantian realm,
afterwards, he had also gained some of the initial perception of the heavenly laws, but at
this stage, the mysterious space would display a greater ability, because as long as there
were enough spirit stones, he would be able to comprehend heavenly laws inside the
mysterious space, and then, his fighting strength would be far more than others, he would
become ten times or even hundred times stronger than others.
At this stage, Ye Xiwen had the advantage, and could become far more stronger compared
to others in a short time, but unfortunately, at the most critical time, he did not have spirit
stones.
For Ye Xiwen, it was like his ship ran out of fuel, and now, he could only go forward at the
speed of a sailing ship.
However, he didn’t have an option because one month later, he must go to the Qianji Island,
located in the East China Sea, and participate in the gathering of warriors.
Thinking too much was pointless, Ye Xiwen left the depths of Yi Yuan School, and went
straight towards the station of Qian Yu faction, but he never thought that at this time, the
Qian Yu courtyard had become a busy city market place, and was no longer an infrequently
visited place, as it used to be.
A crowd of many inner disciples and core disciples had gathered outside the gate of Qian
Yu faction’s station, and they were trying to squeeze inside, even the outer disciples were
simply looking at the crowd of these inner and core disciples, with envious looks in their
eyes.
Ye Xiwen took a quick look and saw two senior disciples standing as gatekeepers at the
gate of Qian Yu faction, maintaining order, while at this time, the new disciples had
dignified appearances, and there were proud looks on their faces, as they were looking at
the crowd of inner and core disciples.
What was going on?
Ye Xiwen felt somewhat strange, and descended down on a rainbow light, at this time,
many disciples saw him and stepped aside to make way for him, while praising out loud:
“Senior Ye!”
At this time, even the senior disciples, who had higher ranks, did not dare to pull rank in
front of Ye Xiwen, and respectfully called him Senior Ye.
Chapter 161: Crazy Shark Thirteen Pirates
"Senior Ye!"
The voices of greetings started coming continuously that caused Ye Xiwen to feel somewhat
confused, he asked the two disciples guarding the entrance of Qian Yu faction station, and
found out that the news about him almost beheading Luo Yifan in a battle had suddenly
spread throughout Yi Yuan School. Ye Xiwen went to meet the founder of Qingfeng
Mountain vein, and came back late, but after coming back he found out that the entire Yi
Yuan School already knew about this news.
This news had stirred the entire Yi Yuan School, this was simply a miracle, like a myth,
especially for those who didn't acknowledge Ye Xiwen earlier, and did not believe that he
participated in the inner seed disciples competition and also won the title of chief, and that
was not all, the Qian Yu faction that used to be an unknown faction and was in a constant
danger of being exterminated by senior factions at any time, was no longer the same. Ye
Xiwen almost beheaded Luo Yifan in Mosha territory, when the news spread across Yi Yuan
School, it caused an enormous sensation and everyone was discussing this matter.
Many people were shocked and weren't ready to believe, but when the inner seed disciples
and core seed disciples came back from Mosha territory, they collectively stated that they
witnessed the battle between Ye Xiwen and Luo Yifan with their own eyes, and it was
actually Luo Yifan, who was being suppressed, if an elder had not suddenly interfered, then
perhaps, Luo Yifan would have been beheaded by Ye Xiwen.
This finally convinced everyone, because one person might be wrong, but when so many
people were collectively and decisively stating the same thing, and all of them were the
elites of Yi Yuan School, so the news couldn't possibly be false, or maybe they were bored
and had come together to play a joke on everyone, and were actually just screwing around
with them?
With respect to this possibility, everyone might as well believe that, Ye Xiwen had already
defeated Luo Yifan, not to mention, they would have soon discovered, because when facing
such rumors, in the past, Luo clan had quickly resolved the situation and didn't allow the
news to spread, so it seemed as if such a thing really happened.
And it actually affirmed this matter.
Countless people were still in shock, while there were many
smart people, who already came into action and had arrived in abundance at the station of
Qian Yu faction, some were here to see Ye Xiwen and witness his true capacity, while some
were hoping to join the Qian Yu faction, in order to exploit its connections and new
influence, trying to get close to the original members of the faction, of course, some of them
were actually the spies of major factions and had come to keep a constant watch on the
current situation of Qian Yu faction, hoping to see something.
And now that Ye Xiwen was finally back, he could confirm whether this news was real or
hoax.
However, when they saw the elegant figure of Ye Xiwen walking on a divine rainbow, they
immediately knew that their guess was correct, because only true disciples could have such
magical powers, and this was the power desired by numerous disciples, the so-called flight.
After seeing this, even those who had been skeptical about this news all this time, had no
other option but to believe in it.
But, they also thought that perhaps, Ye Xiwen was already a master of the truth realm, and
it could be confirmed from just seeing him flying freely and effortlessly.
The chances of Ye Xiwen being a true disciple suddenly attracted the attention of many
disciples.
Ignoring all those who were trying to get close to him, Ye Xiwen strode straight into the
entrance of the station of Qian Yu faction, and even after finding out that the news had
spread, he was very calm as if this was normal, in fact, in this world advocated by strength,
strong people always obtained such treatment, not to mention, in their eyes, Ye Xiwen was
already a true disciple of Yi Yuan School, and there were only few hundred true disciples,
not to forget that Ye Xiwen was very young and was still able to step into the truth realm,
which meant that his future prospects were limitless.
There were a lot of people who thought that, Ye Xiwen might actually be able to reach the
level of the four invincible true disciples of Yi Yuan School, his future growth was simply
unlimited, unless it was absolutely necessary, a lot of people did not want to offend him.
Earlier, it did not matter, because Ye Xiwen was an ordinary master of the Xiantian realm,
although he was still considered strong by most people, but in the eyes of the stronger
ones, he was just an ant in the group of ants, nothing but a quite formidable ant.
But now it was not the same, after achieving the strength of the truth realm, Ye Xiwen
definitely had the qualifications to be treated as their equal.
Ye Xiwen went halfway, and saw a welcome message hanging over the main building of
Qian Yu faction.
"Little brother, you really are okay!" A figure suddenly leapt up, and fiercely patted on the
shoulders of Ye Xiwen. And, Ye Xiwen immediately cracked open his mouth to give a forced
smile.
At this time, Yan Chiling and the others looked at Ye Xiwen with baffled looks in their eyes,
even Ye Feng, although he wasn't so battled as others, because even if Ye Xiwen had
changed a lot, he was still his little brother, but this time, he didn't see him like a child,
rather as someone on an equal status, and greeted him from far away with a wide smile on
his face.
However, the one who could dare to be so slapstick with Ye Xiwen was his one and only
sister, Ye Ruxue, perhaps in her heart, regardless of how powerful he had become, she still
held his impression as her little brother.
"Now the entire Yi Yuan School is talking about you and how you fought with that Luo Yifan
and almost defeated him!" Ye Ruxue said in a very excited manner, Ye Xiwen was such a
hotshot, and she was truly proud of it.
When people confirmed that the rumor was true, after saying few words to Ye Xiwen, they
stayed for a while then started to leave, and soon, only Ye Xiwen and Ye Feng, the two
brothers remained in the room.
"You are in the limelight, but you have also become a target of public criticism, and I am
afraid that soon, Yi Yuan School will start keeping an eye on you." Ye Feng said, in a
somewhat worried voice. He was not a cheerful person like Ye Ruxue, who had a blind faith
on the strength of Ye Xiwen.
Ye Feng, was the eldest among them, he just couldn't help but worry about his younger
siblings. He certainly wanted to do things to help them and always be there for them.
"Keeping an eye is fine, what else can they do anyway." Ye Xiwen sneered, "If they intend to
use their evil plans behind the scenes, then I am not a weakling either."
"What do you plan to do about this Luo case, I don't think that they plan to let go." Ye Xiwen
was already aware of this, but even Ye Feng was able to make a correct guess, one could see
that everyone was aware of the domineering arrogance of Luo clan.
"Rest assured, I am not afraid of Luo clan." Ye Xiwen said, "I was more afraid that they will
come for you, that issue was bigger."
After all, Ye Xiwen now possessed the strength comparable to the true disciples of the first
stage of truth realm, and it could be said that now he had the power to protect himself, but
Ye Feng was very weak compared to him, and Ye Xiwen could not allow him to go against
the Luo clan.
"Rest assured, we will not have any problem, we are not weaklings, and our ancestor would
be protecting us so we don't need to worry." Ye Feng said, with a smile, he was talking
about Lin Zhantian, as long as an elder like him was around to protect them, there really
was no need to worry about anything.
After all, behind Lin Zhantian, there was a hidden huge influence of the Qingfeng Mountain
vein.
Thinking of this, Ye Xiwen was not worried anymore.
After chatting with Ye Feng for a while, Ye Xiwen also returned to his room, and began the
closed-door training. It could be said that he had learnt a lot of things in Mosha territory,
and needed time to slowly comprehend and sense them.
Although he lacked spirit stones, making his sensibility much slower, but he was still faster
than a lot of people.
A day passed in a blink of an eye, and the sensibility of Ye Xiwen precipitated by a
significant amount.
However, Ye Xiwen did not continue the close-door training, because he obtained the news
that Luo Yifan finally came out, and was no longer hiding in the residence of Luo clan. The
news was that he picked up a mission, and went to the East China Sea to destroy the nest of
Crazy Shark thirteen pirates. This group called Crazy Shark thirteen pirates was quite
infamous among the several pirate groups active in the East China Sea, because they were
very strong. The reputation of Crazy Shark thirteen Pirates was bad, and they were so
infamous because their group composed of thirteen brothers, all with different surnames,
their boss was actually a truth level master, while the other
twelve were at the Xiantian ninth peak. They were very strong and an ordinary expert
wouldn't survive in front of their combined strength, they were hard to deal with, and had
been stirring up trouble in the East China Sea, many people had long wanted to exterminate
them, but they weren't strong enough for the job. These pirates were rampaging for so
many years, and finally, someone sent a request to Yi Yuan School, for the extermination of
these pirates.
And, Luo Yifan was intending to pick up this task, he wanted to stay away from the sect and
lie low, because after his fight with Ye Xiwen, he was facing quite a lot of accusations, many
of which were from the elders, so he had to immediately come out from hiding, and he
decided to take the mission to exterminate Crazy Shark thirteen pirates.
This news was quite secretive, but still reached Ye Xiwen. If it was before, not even a bit of
this news would have fallen into the hands of Ye Xiwen, but after achieving a large scale
promotion in strength, in the eyes of many people, Ye Xiwen had become a character of
great importance, and a lot of people were happy to tell this news to him in exchange for
his goodwill, and among them, there were many enemies of Luo clan as well, who wanted
Ye Xiwen to get rid of an influential Luo clan's member like Luo Yifan.
But, Ye Xiwen did not mind, after all, the key point was to get rid of Luo Yifan, it could be
considered as getting rid of a latent danger, although Luo clan was a very big threat, but as
far as Ye Xiwen was concerned, he planned to break them bit by bit.
After getting the news, Ye Xiwen quietly tidied up to prepare for the journey, although he
wanted to kill Luo Yifan, but he also did not want to get caught, while launching a full scale
attack on him.
Luo Yifan was an arrogant man, but when he started facing the accusations from those
elders, he had to go out and lie low, but they might be keeping an eye on him.
While doing this kind of thing, he needed to be careful.
Moreover, Qianji Island was located in the East China Sea, so Ye Xiwen went to the merit
palace to take the map for it, and after that, he did not wait any longer, and flew towards
the East China Sea.
Chapter 162: Deepwater Black Serpent
Deepwater black serpent
The great East China Sea was simply endless, it was difficult to see the end, and on the high-
altitude, Ye Xiwen was treading the rainbow light and was turning the map in his hands,
while using Zhen Yuan protection cover, to not get disheveled by the strong winds.
This great East China Sea was boundless, and only a distance of about ten thousand Li came
under the known scope of Great Yue State. Although, the influence of Great Yue State was
extended in a range of a few thousand Li, Ye Xiwen obtained quite a complete nautical chart
from Yi Yuan School that had mapped about one million square kilometers of area, near the
sea coast.
It could be said that, the scope of the East China Sea known to Great Yue State was in fact
nothing, but the tip of an iceberg.
The vastness of great East China Sea could be imagined.
And, Ye Xiwen spent hundreds of sprit stones for this nautical chart, however it also
showed the position of the stronghold of Crazy Shark thirteen pirates, which was perhaps a
hard to find secret for an average person, but for a monster like Yi Yuan School, it was
easily worth nothing.
After all, for average people, masters of the truth realm were indeed like human gods,
simply unattainable, but for Yi Yuan School, they were just like the tools to deal with
trouble.
Therefore, it actually saved him a lot of effort, and he did not specifically have to look for
the whereabouts of Luo Yifan, he just directly went in the direction of the stronghold of
Crazy Shark thirteen pirates.
The salty sea breeze brushed again Ye Xiwen's face, he narrowed his eyes, then
immediately covered his whole body with Zhen Yuan, so that even at such a fast speed, the
blowing sea breeze seemed comfortable to his body.
"This East China Sea is really too big." Ye Xiwen said with emotion.
"This is nothing." Ye Mo disdainfully curled his lip, and said,
"The greatest is the sea of stars, each star is separated from other by an unimaginable
distance, far more than what you can ever imagine."
If an average resident of Zhen Wu Jie, was told about the distance between the stars, it
would be like casting pearls before a swine, but Ye Xiwen was naturally not the same and
already knew about this.
"According to the appendix on East China Sea map, there are many forces in this region, in
addition to those pirates, there are many scattered martial sects, although they cannot be
compared to Yi Yuan School and other several major forces, but all have their own
characteristics, not to mention, in the depths of the East China Sea, there are a lot of
unusually formidable sects. It is said that there are many sects among them, which are not
weaker than Yi Yuan School and many tyrannical sects are thriving on huge continent-like
islands." Ye Xiwen said. "And not just these tyrannical forces, in this sea, there are lots of
demon beasts as well."
In short, there were many who refused to accept the laws of the land.
"In this sea, elixirs, and heavenly treasures are endless, so the
might of these demon beasts and martial sects is tyrannical." Ye Xiwen said.
"It also has many submarine based spiritual pulses and their quality is much higher
compared to the quality of spiritual pulses on the land, but various demon beasts are
lurking near the seabed and it's a pity that your strength is not enough to deal with them,
otherwise, you could go there and conveniently plunder the spirit stones from those demon
beasts." Ye Mo said.
The demon beasts of Xiantian level had remarkable wisdom, but it could be said that, there
was really not much difference between truth-level demon beasts and humans. The truth
level demon beasts even used to organize armies consisting of the Xiantian level demon
beasts, carved out their own territory in the sea, they were not one bit weaker than human
experts, and belonged to a different kind of civilization.
"Immediately after killing that Luo Yifan, you can practice here for a month, your
cultivation will certainly have a huge improvement, once you have beheaded Luo Yifan,
completely eradicate all those pirates, and then, you can pillage the treasure they have
gathered after roaming in the East China Sea for so many years. They must have saved up a
lot of treasure, which should also contain many top grade spirit stones, just enough for you
to start practicing once again." Ye Mo said.
Anyway, Qianji Island was located in the East China Sea, and it would be quite convenient
to reach there. It was also better for Ye Xiwen to become much stronger, before
participating in the competition.
Moreover, the pirates of the East China Sea were like a plague, they must be eradicated
completely, if not killed, then they would continue to harm innocent people, in addition to
that, these pirates had plundered lots of spirit stones, and other practice materials, so Ye
Xiwen could use these treasures to hone his skills.
Ye Xiwen was flying extremely fast and soon left the continent far behind, and he slowly
went out of sight.
"Shua!" Suddenly, a storm appeared in the distance, and speeding Ye Xiwen entered this
storm, when he saw that the weather was turning hostile above the sea.
This storm was really too horrifying, Ye Xiwen was finding very hard to resist inside it, the
Lingqi was sweeping across so fast and wildly, that it could directly crush a warrior of
Houtian level, even Xiantian level warriors would find it hard to maintain a strong foothold
in this storm.
After Ye Xiwen strengthened the Zhen Yuan cover over his body, he directly dived into the
sea water. Compared to the raging and towering waves, and the wild winds rushing all the
way from the sea surface to the clouds, the entire seabed was very quiet and was not at all
unstable, even though there were monstrous waves on the sea surface.
However, inside the sea, there simply was no shred of light, because of the stormy clouds in
the sky and huge depth and massive amount of water over his head, the light couldn't reach
so deep inside, and even Ye Xiwen could see only a little.
He could only see clearly for a few meters, the distant places inside the silent sea seemed
strange, and could easily make people feel nervous.
Then, abruptly, a fishy smell entered his nostrils, and a giant shadow leapt towards Ye
Xiwen.
The giant shadow opened its big mouth and nipped towards Ye Xiwen. Ye Xiwen hastily
stepped back in the water, however his speed was slow compared to his speed on land,
although after achieving the strength of truth realm or later, one could
breathe in the water, walk in the fire, but these were just magical powers, though powerful,
but were nothing comparable to the abilities of the genuine denizens of the sea. They didn't
use supernatural powers, it was all basic instinct. While for land walkers, it was obvious to
lose their flexibility and speed drastically inside the water.
After feeling the presence of that huge shadow, Ye Xiwen suddenly and hastily retreated,
delimiting water waves inside the sea, and barely avoided being bitten by that big mouth.
Ye Xiwen immediately condensed Zhen Yuan in the eyes, and a burst of golden light
suddenly flashed in his eyes, increasing his eyesight considerably and this helped him in
seeing clearly, compared to earlier.
It was almost a 1000 feet long black python, its whole body was swarthy, had two huge
disc-like eyes that were releasing scarlet rays of light.
Ye Xiwen had to hold his breath, this was the so-called deepwater black serpent, and he had
read about it in the records.
According to the records, deep-water black serpents were a famous race of serpents, there
were innumerable deep-water black serpents in the world, and could only survive in the
depths of the ocean. Their race was considered very horrifying, after all, a newborn
deepwater black serpent, was already in the Xiantian realm and after reaching adulthood,
they usually became terrifying monsters of the truth level. Inside the sea, their race was
considered very tyrannical and domineering.
Some deep-water black serpents had the opportunity to swallow heavenly treasures, and
also had a chance to become water dragon. A water dragon was an extremely terrifying
existence and was capable of causing great commotion in a major sect, like Yi Yuan School.
Moreover, it seemed as if this deep-water black serpent should have been awakened by the
rolling storm above the sea, and must have woken up from a deep slumber.
"Ye Xiwen, this is your rare fortune, this deepwater black serpent's whole body is a
treasure. It must have been in the deep sea, perhaps in a very deep slumber, you could
never have obtained a chance to see it, you should thank this storm that suddenly appeared
and awakened it. Moreover, its body has just crossed the length of 1000 feet which
indicates that it has reached the adulthood not long ago, and it also means that it has
recently entered into the truth realm!" Ye Mo said in an excited manner.
The strength and adulthood of a deepwater black serpent was directly proportional to the
length of its body. After stepping into the truth realm, the length of a deepwater black
serpent could reach up to 1000 feet, after breaking into the second stage of truth realm, its
length would be able to reach 2000 feet. Each time its skill deepened, it would shed skin
and its stature increased by 1000 feet. The most powerful deepwater black serpent almost
had a body length of 10000 feet, and one wouldn't be able to see its entire body in one
glance. If, Ye Xiwen ever saw a big monster like that, perhaps, even he would have to
immediately turn away.
He was obviously not an opponent of such a monster, and would be easily killed in one tail
sweep.
However, even if this deepwater black serpent had just entered into the truth realm, it
would be very hard for an average martial artist to deal with it, generally speaking, the
content of Zhen Yuan inside the body of any living being was always proportional to the
size of the body, if the body size was greater, it could store more Zhen Yuan. Humankind,
generally reached the height of more than a meter, but this deepwater black serpent was
full 700 meters long, a total of almost 700
times bigger than an average human, and hence its body contained 700 times more Zhen
Yuan. In addition to that, being a demon beast of truth level, its body was much stronger
and formidable, than that of a human. It was simply not an ordinary
tough opponent.
"Hiss! Hiss!" The hissing sound produced by the deepwater black serpent could be heard
from afar, it opened its big mouth revealing its poisonous fangs, white in color, and
incomparably sharp, if bitten, perhaps it could instantly pierce him to death, which was
absolutely terrifying.
Demon beasts of truth level already possessed very high intelligence. Ye Xiwen could even
see the fierce look on its face.
Ye Xiwen instantly shot coiling dragon palm, hidden dragon rises from the Abyss. A
dragon's roar resounded, his palm transformed into a dragon claw, and rushed straight
towards the big mouth of that deepwater black serpent.
"Boom!" Ye Xiwen felt as if his arm hit the reinforced concrete. Accompanied by a loud roar
and setting off waves in the water, a figure was directly blasted away inside the water, it
was actually Ye Xiwen.
This deepwater black serpent did not know martial arts, just by virtue of its solid flesh, and
terrifyingly strange life force it was able to beat back the attack of Ye Xiwen. These demon
beasts were really quite unique, ordinary humans simply could not be compared with
them.
Ye Xiwen couldn't imagine this deepwater black serpent was so formidable now, if it learnt
various martial arts then it would become much more terrifying.
The deepwater mysterious serpent opened its big mouth and gave out a long and loud roar,
which turned the sea water into water swords, and went lasing toward Ye Xiwen. Each of
these water swords was sturdier than a formidable master.
They whistled and quickly arrived!
Chapter 163: Poisonous Dragon Water
Control Flag
"Divine dragon flings its tail!" Ye Xiwen resorted to the most powerful move of coiling
dragon palm. Palm shadows appeared everywhere, and completely surrounded the water
swords.
Those whistling water swords were then directly scattered and obliterated.
To deal with this huge demon beast, Ye Xiwen was prepared to use all of the tricks up his
sleeves, only then he would be able to completely crush this demon beast, this kind of
person Ye Xiwen was, actually. An average person would choose to escape in the very
beginning, as soon as they encounter a truth level demon beast like deepwater black
serpent, and that too in the sea water. If Ye Xiwen was facing this demon beast on the land,
then it wouldn't be so difficult to deal with it.
"Huala!" The deepwater black serpent's tail suddenly and fiercely whipped towards Ye
Xiwen pumping seawater with the strength of millions of Jin, and instantaneously
approached him.
"Break!" Ye Xiwen shouted and chopped out his long blade, releasing a dazzling Bladelight
of missing moon beheader,
which directly rushed cutting off water waves. Ye Xiwen swam as if flying inside the water,
and instantly appeared in front of the deepwater black serpent.
The deepwater black serpent didn't hesitate and without demur, it directly whipped its
huge tail severely towards Ye Xiwen, as if it wanted to whip him to death.
"Boom!" Ye Xiwen instantly used 'Divine dragon flings its tail'
towards the giant tail of deepwater black serpent.
The enormous power of the direct collision inside the seawater set off endless waves of
water, rippling out layer upon layer. Once again, Ye Xiwen was almost blasted to be sent
flying, but at the crucial moment, Tianyuan mirror acted as an anchorage, and saved him.
Ye Xiwen secretly cursed in his heart, because if Tianyuan mirror was not there, then he
would have been sent flying. The fighting strength of this monster under the water was
really troublesome.
"Begin!" Ye Xiwen gave out a loud shout. Tianyuan mirror flew out from within his body
and released a terrifying scarlet light, which instantly flew over towards the deepwater
black serpent's head, and in a flash, the scarlet light shone over the deepwater black
serpent.
"Zizi!" This scarlet colored light shone on the deepwater black serpent's body, and
immediately, the Zhen Yuan contained in its body began to corrode by this terrifying scarlet
light, which was shining on its flesh and penetrating directly into its flesh, making it to give
out intermittent waves of pitiful screams and roars. Its flesh and blood was getting
corroded and melting, slowly transforming into bloody- scarlet light, and returning to the
Tianyuan mirror. Due to that, the scarlet light of Tianyuan mirror was flourishing, and
becoming more and more powerful.
Ye Mo's figure suddenly appeared right above the Tianyuan mirror along with a black light
whizzing out of its body, and he used his small hands to pinch some kind of tactics
unceasingly into the mirror. Under his manipulation, the might of the Tianyuan mirror was
constantly increasing, and began devouring the deepwater black serpent's essence and
blood even faster.
"Ha ha ha, this is really so cool!" Ye Mo yelled, while dancing with joy.
But at this time, without the slightest hesitation, Ye Xiwen instantly shot his long knife and
maliciously stabbed into the deepwater black serpent's body, and right after the long blade
stabbed and went into its body, while still holding it in one
hand, Ye Xiwen used his other hand to directly punch on it, and plunged his blade straight
into the body of the deepwater black serpent.
"Roar!" The deepwater black serpent screamed pitifully with the intense pain, its whole
body began to twitch and twist crazily, while violently lashing out millions of ton of
seawater in all directions.
But Ye Mo remained radically unmoved and continued to unceasingly pinch his tactics into
the Tianyuan mirror. At this time, the true fearful might of Tianyuan mirror fully emerged,
and under the control of Ye Mo, it could be said that this might was not one bit weaker than
the might of a truth level master at the peak of Truth first stage. This kind of might was
absolutely powerful and could cause complete mess.
According to what Ye Mo said, this was because Tianyuan mirror just now woke up from its
endless sleep, so it could only display this much strength, as long as there was sufficient
accumulation of energy, Ye Xiwen could quickly restore it to its true valiance.
As Tianyuan mirror absorbed more and more essence and blood of deepwater black
serpent, the scarlet patterns on
Tianyuan mirror began to become even stranger.
Ye Xiwen, was crazily waving his long blade inside the deepwater black serpent's body and
each time, terrifying Bladelight was flashing inside its body. The barrage of Ye Xiwen's
malicious blade attacks had completely churned the internal organs of the deepwater black
serpent, although its outer skin was very hard and tough, but that was not the case for its
visceral organs. Ye Xiwen, was constantly using his fierce blade attacks on its soft and
unprotected internal organs.
The deepwater black serpent struggled for some time, but was finally motionless and it
didn't take Ye Xiwen too long to find a fist-sized Neidan inside the beast's body, and he
directly drilled it out.
Ye Xiwen, was finally relaxed, this deepwater black serpent was indeed very difficult to
deal with, however he still didn't know how many deep sea monsters like it were lurking
deep inside the sea.
After the deepwater black serpent was dead, its body and blood was soon completely
absorbed by the Tianyuan mirror, and vanished without a trace. Tianyuan mirror had
shown faint signs of recovery after absorbing the life essence of deepwater
black serpent, and perhaps it wouldn't take long for its might to become comparable to the
second stage of truth realm.
If the might of Tianyuan mirror became comparable with the master of Truth second stage,
then Ye Xiwen's own strength would undoubtedly also increase by leaps and bounds, and
he would be able to compete with masters of Truth second stage.
"This deepwater black serpent's whole body is a treasure." Ye Mo said with a smile, after
absorbing the blood and essence of this demon beast, he was in a good mood, "It just so
happens that I can refine a poisonous dragon water control flag using the poison of this
deepwater black serpent as basis, after you have practiced using it, it can be said that you
will be able to directly kill a master of Truth first stage, it will also become easy for you to
compete with a master of Truth second stage, and later when you behead more of these
deepwater black serpents or other poisonous beasts, then the might of Poisonous dragon
water control flag will greatly enhance, or after much practicing, you can form a flag array,
then its might is going to be infinite!"
"You can refine a tool?" Ye Xiwen said in a somewhat surprised tone.
"Of course, although this is not what I most excel at, but at the
same time, for me, refining a poisonous dragon water control flag is nothing but child's
play." Ye Mo said in a somewhat triumphant manner.
"But for it to succeed, I will need your help as well." Ye Mo said, "This is the Celestial
emperor tool refining tactics, go ahead, have a look."
"This is one of the world's greatest law tactics!"
Ye Mo established a connection with Ye Xiwen's mind, and sent a stream of information
flowing into his mind. Ye Xiwen began to frantically comprehend this so-called "Celestial
emperor tool refining tactics" inside the mysterious space, present in his mind.
Ye Xiwen had not been idling. He directly crushed the neidan of deepwater black serpent,
and began to absorb it. Although, this deepwater black serpent was just at the first stage of
truth realm and had recently stepped into the truth realm, but its body was huge and its
neidan's inherent energy was almost ten times more than the energy possessed by masters
at the first stage of truth realm, or perhaps it was a few times more potent.
Ye Xiwen immediately felt a thrill of horrifying energy that began to flow within his body.
He instantly lost concentration and had to focus on controlling this terrifying energy that
was surging inside his body, and while at the same time, he was also busy comprehending
'Celestial emperor tool refining tactics'.
Fortunately, Ye Xiwen was already accustomed to this pattern, because from the beginning,
he had been doing the same thing, and was already an expert at using the mysterious space.
In short, he was accustomed to dividing his spirit and concentration into two parts, to focus
on two tasks at the same time, and manage them unaffected.
The huge snake skin, bones, and even the teeth of the deepwater black serpent were
rapidly incorporated into the Tianyuan mirror.
Ye Mo also entered the Tianyuan mirror and began coordinating with Ye Xiwen, to help him
with the refining process. Although, he knew the 'Celestial emperor tool refining tactics',
but he himself was a tool spirit, and did not have the required capability, so he must
coordinate with Ye Xiwen and let him do the actual refining.
Ye Xiwen was unceasingly absorbing the massive energy
present in the neidan of the deepwater black serpent into his own body, and on the same
time, he was focusing on comprehending "Celestial emperor tool refining tactics", while
constantly refining the 'Poisonous dragon water control flag'.
Almost without wasting even a single moment, Tianyuan mirror was unceasingly rotating
above Ye Xiwen's head, and disseminating bursts of coercion to get rid of the nearby deep-
sea monsters, so that they wouldn't dare to approach Ye Xiwen.
As the time was passing second by second, it could be said that there was no sense of day
and night in the deep sea. Ye Xiwen did not know after how long he abruptly opened his
eyes, and an absolutely formidable imposing aura suddenly erupted from his body,
whipping out an endless amount of water waves.
Ye Xiwen's strength finally rose dramatically and finally reached a peak condition. Before,
Ye Xiwen's strength could only be considered comparable to the true masters of the
intermediate level of Truth first stage, but now, after absorbing the neidan of deepwater
black serpent, his cultivation increased considerably. At present, his strength was easily
comparable to the master of peak level of Truth first stage. At this time, he finally managed
to have a breakthrough from Xiantian ninth stage and achieved the Xiantian Great realm. It
could be said that at any time, he would actually cross over to the truth realm.
Even at his current strength, Ye Xiwen was strong enough to sweep away any master of
Truth first stage, however masters of Truth second stage would still be very difficult to deal
with, and he might have to retreat while facing them.
Meanwhile, the refining process of 'Poisonous Dragon water control flag' was finally
complete. On the side of Tianyuan mirror, a black colored and insignificant looking little
flag was flying and directly flew into the hand of Ye Xiwen, while its size reduced and
became comparable to palm-sized dimensions. A pleasant feeling appeared in his heart,
when he realized that he could completely control it.
This was the first divine tool refined by Ye Xiwen, and was extremely powerful. When
sufficient amount of qi was injected into this tool, the toxic gas sprayed out from it would
be enough to effortlessly kill a master of Truth first stage, and even a master of Truth
second stage would be seriously injured.
This Poisonous Dragon water control flag tool was in itself a divine tool mentioned in the
records of 'Celestial emperor tool refining tactics', which also included many other kinds of
tools that required various refining methods and variety of tricks, etc., if a word about it
spread out, it was enough to cause sensation and commotion throughout the Zhen Wu Jie.
From the very basic spirit tools, 'Celestial emperor tool refining
tactics' contained records of complete refining methods for all kinds of tools, which made it
an absolutely insane existence in this world. One must not forget that Ye Mo was indeed a
great presence in this world.
And the refining method of 'Poisonous Dragon water control flag' was the refining method
directly created by the poisonous dragon race, one of the true dragon races, and was
famous for its mercilessness and slaughtering. The might of the 'Poisonous Dragon water
control flag' would be simply unthinkable if it was refined out of a poisonous dragon's
body. Poisonous dragon race was one of the true dragon races, and with just a casual flick
of their finger, even peerless masters could be stabbed to death.
Although Ye Xiwen refined 'Poisonous Dragon water control flag' from a deepwater black
serpent, and it was only a lower level product, but its might was very big without a doubt.
Now, relying on the strength of 'Poisonous Dragon water control flag', Ye Xiwen should be
able to compete with the masters of Truth second stage, and it would certainly ensure his
success.
Ye Xiwen opened his eyes and the corners of his mouth curled up, revealing a faint smile. It
was time to find Luo Yifan, and settle accounts with him!
Chapter 164: Luo Yifan's Plot
Ye Xiwen was flying, and seemed to be riding a rainbow and rushing towards the location
on the map, which was supposedly the stronghold of Crazy Shark thirteen Pirates.
Having the nautical chart was beneficial, after flying for a day and night, Ye Xiwen finally
reached the den of the Crazy Shark thirteen Pirates.
"Those Crazy Shark thirteen Pirates should be here somewhere. I do not know whether Luo
Yifan has come or not, I should look around and see." Ye Xiwen looked from afar, and saw a
small island. There was not so big marina on the island, and there were many pirate ships
docked on it. Ye Xiwen saw many pirates shuttling back and forth, among them, there were
many pirates with their strengths at Houtian fifth stage or Houtian sixth stage, not to
mention, there were a lot Xiantian realm masters as well, and they obviously held higher
ranks than those Houtian realm pirates.
Ye Xiwen concealed his breath and hid behind the clouds, so that it would be impossible for
the pirates to discover his existence.
Ye Xiwen just descended down from the sky while riding the rainbow light, but suddenly, a
distant shrill piercing sound came out of the blue, and seven men and women dressed in
brilliant warrior clothing came flying, while producing a sharp whistling sound. A killing
intention suddenly flashed in Ye Xiwen's eyes, because among these people, he actually
noticed Luo Yifan's figure.
Among these seven individuals, besides Luo Yifan, two other truth level super masters
were standing beside him. One of them appeared roughly 30 years old, quite handsome,
and looked valiant, his imposing aura was threatening, and was dressed in a purple robe,
adding to his extravagance. At his side stood a beautiful woman, who appeared to be 20
years old. She was pretty and clad in pink brilliant clothing, and she appeared somewhat
valiant.
Besides Luo Yifan, and the two truth level masters, the other four people were quite young
and were actually the masters of Xiantian Great realm, each of them looked powerful, and
certainly didn't look like some trivial masters.
Although, they could not fly directly, but Luo Yifan and the other three truth level masters
had wrapped them in a layer of Zhen Yuan, so there was no problem at all.
From the flower pattern on their collars, Ye Xiwen was able to tell that these six people
were actually the disciples of Tianfeng Hall.
In fact, relations between Tianfeng hall and Yi Yuan School had always been very bad, to
the extent that disciples of Tianfeng Hall couldn't stand the sight of the disciples of Yi Yuan
School. If the disciples of Yi Yuan School and Tianfeng Hall were at the same place, then a
fight was bound to break out between these two groups.
Ye Xiwen finally understood the whole thing, no wonder this Luo Yifan arrived so late, even
though he set off from Yi Yuan School before him, because he initially went to gather these
disciples of Tianfeng Hall, and arrived so late along with them.
"Luo Yifan, you said that Crazy Shark thirteen Pirates are here right?" The masculine truth
level master suddenly asked.
"Yes, they should be here, these Crazy Shark thirteen Pirates have quite a reputation in the
East China Sea, they have been rampaging in these seas for almost two hundred years, the
treasure accumulated by them is simply difficult to imagine.
The treasure must be having innumerable spirit stones, let's
first kill these pirates, and then not only we can use these spirit stones to increase our sect
credits, but we can also replace these spirit stones for medicinal drugs, spiritual tools, and
so on.
Sister Shu has recently stepped into the truth realm, and this is a good opportunity to stock
up for a smooth sailing ahead." Luo Yifan said.
"Well, this will make things comfortable and easier for junior sister apprentice Shu, and
right after stepping into the truth realm, she can just take the heads of these pirates and
celebrate." The masculine truth level master looked coldly at the pirates working on the
marina.
"Brother Luo, the most important thing is to help you in massacring that Ye Xiwen." Sister
Shu smiled, and immediately said in a cold voice.
"Indeed!" A cruel smile appeared on Luo Yifan's face as he said,
"I'm sure, that kid is not a fool, but he is the type to seek revenge for the slightest grievance,
not to mention, he is cruel and ruthless, as well as conniving, he will do everything possible
to get rid of me, so I deliberately spilled the beans, let people know that I am here on a
mission to eradicate the Crazy Shark thirteen Pirates. When the time comes, he should soon
get the message, and even if he does not know on his own, I have arranged so that it is
specifically sent to him."
Luo Yifan sneered, and said in an insidious and ruthless manner: "So if he is what I think he
is and wants to dig up the roots of his own personality, then he will definitely show up, and
at that time, we will ambush him and catch him off guard on this island, that is going to be
the time of his death!"
Ye Xiwen was carefully hearing their conversation from the sidelines, hidden in an
underground passage, and thought that this Luo Yifan really was quite vicious, but also
understood him so well that based on this understanding, he even set up such a deadly
trap. Three truth level masters had come to crush him and if Ye Xiwen hadn't spotted them
before, then perhaps, he would have been in a really tough spot, after getting besieged by
these seven people.
If Ye Xiwen had not arrived early and had not overheard their conversation, then he would
surely have fallen into this deadly trap of Luo Yifan!
"According to what you have already mentioned, that Ye Xiwen is certainly not a weak guy."
The masculine truth level master said. "In the end, how strong is he?"
"He is clearly stronger than me, I guess I will be able to deal
with him if I team up with Sister Shu, not to mention, there is Brother Situ to help as well,
with your strength of second stage of truth realm, it should be quite easy to suppress Ye
Xiwen."
Luo Yifan sneered, and said, "That Ye Xiwen has recently enhanced his strength
considerably which is somewhat strange, his growth is very fast, so I think, we must get rid
of him as soon as possible, otherwise, he will become extremely terrifying.
Moreover, before killing him, we can also interrogate him properly and dig out the secret
that help him in enhancing his strength so fast. He definitely has been through several
fortuitous adventures, poor guy, doesn't even know that we are going to seize everything
from him."
Ye Xiwen, was listening to their talks and discovered, that the plan of Luo Yifan was more
than just to kill him and eradicate a possible threat. Luo Yifan always had been very curious
about how Ye Xiwen was able to enhance his cultivation by leaps and bounds and that too
so rapidly, and this was going to be a very good chance to capture him and discover about
this secret, and then seize it from him.
Ye Xiwen narrowed his eyes and thought, that it was a good thing that he happened to be
here and overheard about the conspiracy from the conversations of Luo Yifan and these
people, otherwise, they would probably have caught him off guard.
"Good, in fact, I can take care of this matter single-handedly and finish him off in one fell
swoop." Feng Situ sneered, and said, "Not only we can eradicate these Crazy Shark thirteen
Pirates and seize their stock of spirit stones to exchange for sect credits, we can also seize
the treasure amassed by them for so many years, and if what you say it true and that Ye
Xiwen really has a big secret, we will snatch it up from him."
"Brother Situ, we should begin now." A disciple of Tianfeng Hall said in an excited manner,
this was going to be a great and rewarding robbery, and was enough to stimulate them and
make them go crazy from excitement.
"En, you guys are responsible to deal with those ordinary pirates, Luo Yifan and Sister Shu
will be responsible for suppressing those weaker twelve members of Crazy Shark thirteen
Pirates. Meanwhile I will handle this so-called truth level pirate, the boss of Crazy Shark
thirteen Pirates." Feng Situ said, "These pirates really had a bad luck this time, the five
great forces of Great Yue State have planned the warrior's meet to take place in the East
China Sea, they would naturally want to clean out some of these annoying flies, so as to
avoid the possibilities of anything going wrong during the competition."
It could be said that for giants like Yi Yuan School and Tianfeng Hall, these pirates couldn't
possibly pose enough
threat, and to be frank, they could only be regarded as flies in front of their might.
"Begin!" After Feng Situ severely roared, Luo Yifan and other disciples of Tianfeng Hall
formed a line in the midair, and instantly dived towards the pirates. These pirates were
simply like preys in front of these aggressive and bloodthirsty experts, they didn't have the
capacity to resist and defend themselves, and most of them were killed in one move.
Ye Xiwen coldly looked at these people slaughtering those pirates. However, he simply
didn't care, because whether it was Luo Yifan and his friends from Tianfeng Hall or these
pirates, each and every individual present there was his enemy, so he did not care the
slightest about them.
He immediately went into hiding and concealed his breath as well, and in his heart, he
secretly began wondering about the means to bring all of these people in one big dragnet.
But, he was quite surprised, because he never expected that Luo Yifan actually had such
great relations with the disciples of Tianfeng Hall.
However, since they came to eliminate him, now, these Tianfeng Hall's disciples were also
his enemies, and he wouldn't
hesitate to eliminate them all!
All sorts of plans began to surge up in Ye Xiwen's mind, one after another!
Among these people, the most difficult to deal should undoubtedly be that Feng Situ, who
was a super master at the second stage of truth realm. When compared to Luo Yifan, he was
much stronger. If it was before, Ye Xiwen would surely have turned away and would never
think of clashing with such a master of Truth second stage, but now, the situation was no
longer the same. Ye Xiwen now possessed a deadly divine tool like 'Poisonous dragon
water control flag' and relying on its strength, he should be able to deal with a master of
Truth second stage, however, the key point should be to focus on severely injuring Feng
Situ in the very beginning, which would certainly require him to make a plan.
Since they wanted to ambush Ye Xiwen, he would gladly prepare a counter-ambush from
them, and eradicate Luo Yifan and the others in one fell swoop.
When facing the disciples of Tianfeng Hall, it was obvious that these coastal pirates were
not their opponents, and were quickly slaughtered. Soon, after killing them all, Luo Yifan
went
towards the depths of Crazy Shark Thirteen Island, because the stronghold of Crazy Shark
thirteen Pirates was located in the central region of the island.
Ye Xiwen followed him slowly towards the depth of island, but he didn't forget to maintain
a distance of one kilometer.
Although, there was a separation of one kilometer, but for Ye Xiwen and other experts of
truth level, considering their extremely fast speed, this distance was nothing, and could be
covered in an instant without any difficulty. But this was only the case for experts, as far as
ordinary people were concerned, it was still a great distance.
As they were going all the way in, the pirates who were trying to block them were simply
not their opponents, and the entire route was quickly piled up with the corpses of these
pirates.
They simply had no way to fight back, and soon, Ye Xiwen followed into the depths of the
island. However, the central region of the island was not the same as Ye Xiwen had
imagined.
It was actually a mighty palace complex and had a considerably large scale. There were a
total of thirteen palaces, and each of the members of Crazy Shark thirteen Pirates
individually lived in them.
However, Ye Xiwen immediately felt relaxed. Although, it was natural that this world of
pirates was completely different from
the world of ordinary humans, because these were not normal human beings, in fact, in the
eyes of ordinary people, it would seem like the land of deities.
However, it was far worse when compared to the palace complex of Yi Yuan School. When
compared to the flying fortresses of Yi Yuan School, this palace complex was simply
nothing, and in comparison, it wasn't like the land of deities, even a bit. The palaces seemed
splendid from outside, but from inside, they were just like the palaces of mortal kings.
And one could also see resentments and grievances hovering above the entire palace
complex, all year round.
"Bang!" Suddenly, intermittent waves of fearful imposing aura began crazily, welling up
from the palace complex.
"Who are you people? How dare you intrude into my Crazy Shark thirteen Pirates Island!"
A rumbling thunder like voice suddenly echoed throughout the sky.
"Crazy shark!" Ye Xiwen narrowed his eyes, and said.
Chapter 165: Raids The Treasure
"Crazy shark!" Ye Xiwen narrowed his eyes, and said.
Crazy Shark thirteen Pirates had thirteen individuals with thirteen different nicknames, but
the only imposing one among them was the nickname of their boss, who was called Crazy
Shark. He was the most powerful among them and was their leader as well, leading to his
name gaining quite a reputation, and with the passage of time, their group gradually
became well-known as the Crazy Shark thirteen Pirates.
However, the nickname of the Crazy Shark thirteen Pirates group's boss, Crazy Shark, was
gradually forgotten by the people in the last few hundred years. Now, no one remembered
his nickname as Crazy Shark, rather they called him the boss of Crazy Shark thirteen
Pirates.
Not long after, terrifying fluctuations of Zhen Yuan transmitted throughout the palace
complex. It seemed as if the whole world changed color in front of this horrifying Zhen
Yuan. Endless amount of Lingqi congealed into several Lingqi bombs, and instantly rushed
toward Luo Yifan and the others, and fiercely exploded one after another.
"Boom!" Lingqi bombs exploded loudly and incessantly, sweeping out an endless storm of
Lingqi in the entire area.
Ye Xiwen, was watching it all from a distant place. He certainly would not think that Luo
Yifan and the other disciples of Tianfeng Hall would be wounded by these bombs, though
these Lingqi bombs were powerful enough to blow away the ordinary masters of Xiantian
realm, and these explosions would have been quite fatal for them, but as far as truth level
masters were concerned, it could be said that the explosive power of these Lingqi bombs
was not enough.
Sure enough, the smoke and dust gradually dispersed, and Luo Yifan and the other disciples
appeared unharmed and simply unaffected by the explosions. But at this time, the figures of
thirteen pirates suddenly came out from their respective palaces, and rushed straight
towards Luo Yifan and the other disciples of Tianfeng Hall.
Ye Xiwen did not stay there for a long time. He circled around and went inside the lair of
the Crazy Shark thirteen Pirates. The thirteen pirate leaders were busy fighting with the
group of Luo Yifan, and the weak pirates that were left behind to protect the palace
complex, were certainly not the opponents of Ye Xiwen.
These remaining pirates were directly beheaded by him, which
was an effortless job for him. Afterwards, he searched their memories and instantly found
out about the whole structure of the palace complex, as well as the place, where the Crazy
Shark thirteen Pirates had hidden their treasure.
Ye Xiwen directly rushed towards that place where the treasure was kept and after going
inside, the first thing he saw was a giant furnace in a room filled with medicinal pills.
"This is actually the best quality spiritual tool ranked alchemy furnace to refine immortality
pills, gee. This kind of thing, even among the masters of legendary realm, not everyone can
have it!" Ye Mo suddenly said.
Immortality pills = medicinal pills
One of the most important factors to weigh the standard of sects was their capability to
refine immortality pills using alchemy furnace, but Ye Xiwen knew that Yi Yuan School had
an alchemy furnace that could at best refine immortality pills of high-grade, and was
actually just a high-grade spiritual tool. It was obvious that it was inferior to the best
quality spiritual tool ranked alchemy furnace that Ye Xiwen happened to find in this
treasure room.
The importance of immortality pills was known to everyone in this world of martial arts. Ye
Xiwen also knew very well about its importance, although, it could be said that Ye Xiwen's
general practice style was depended mostly on piling up a stock of spirit stones. For Ye
Xiwen, immortality pills were basically the source of providing a supplement of Zhen Yuan
and healing.
There were a variety of immortality pills for supplementing Zhen Yuan or Zhen Qi, or for
healing.
Ye Xiwen mostly concentrated on amassing spirit stones, because they were a necessary
element in his practice. He had already spent massive amounts of spirit stones to be able to
generate sufficient Lingqi and instill it into the mysterious space, only then he was able to
comprehend power techniques or enhance his cultivation.
However, this style of practice was only followed by Ye Xiwen model. Most people's
practice styles did not require a lot of spirit stones, because the efficiency was often
relatively low, although, it was still much faster compared to absorbing world Lingqi
directly from the atmosphere. As far as the practice styles of elites and geniuses were
concerned, they often tended to exchange spirit stones with immortality pills to support
them during the practice.
Ye Xiwen had not studied refining immortality pills from an
alchemy furnace, but this could not hinder him from using it, because even if he did not
know how to refine immortality pills, he still had Ye Mo to help him, at least for now, and
after slowly learning to refine immortality pills, things would be quite easier for him.
This alchemy furnace's ancient looking body was completely covered with various marks
and inscriptions. There was actually a Zhen method inscribed on its body to incite Secret
true flame, while there were lots of other Zhen methods as well.
After learning to refine immortality pills from the alchemy furnace, Ye Xiwen would be able
to sell a large number of immortality pills in exchange for spirit stones, and by that time, he
would have a steady source of spirit stones. Also, he would not have to rely on these
indirect methods of earning spirit stones, which solely depended on his luck and was quite
uncertain.
Moreover, he would also be able to give a large number of immortality pills to the disciples
of Qian Yu faction, and that would certainly help them in enhancing their cultivation by
leaps and bounds, in a short time.
"Ha ha, as long as you have this alchemy furnace in your
possession, you will never lack spirit stones. And, I also know a lot of superior refining
techniques, so by using this best quality spiritual tool ranked alchemy furnace, your
practice speed will increase as well." Ye Mo said in a happy voice.
However, because Ye Xiwen's practice style required a large bundle of energy, and for that,
he had to consume a lot of spirit stones to maintain the breakneck practice speed. This
consumption rate was perhaps even higher than what was required to revive the Tianyuan
mirror, so Ye Mo could not ask for spirit stones from Ye Xiwen.
But, now the situation was no longer the same. As long as Ye Xiwen had this alchemy
furnace that could refine as many immortality pills as he wanted, he would be able to refine
various kinds of Dan as well, in fact, things like Hehe Dan were simply not worth
mentioning, if he had sufficient raw materials and ingredients, these things could be refined
in this alchemy furnace.
In this way, his Tianyuan mirror could recover at a much quicker speed, thinking of this, Ye
Mo suddenly became excited again. Tianyuan mirror immediately flew in the air and that
alchemy furnace, along with various kinds of immortality pills spread throughout the
treasure room, was directly sucked inside the Tianyuan mirror.
There was a very large space inside the Tianyuan mirror, it could be said that it was so
large, and it was just like a self-contained world, and Ye Mo was the lord of this world,
which displayed his majestic existence.
Although, the appearance of this world had declined now, but the space available in this
world was much larger than the storage space of the storage ring of Ye Xiwen. So, Ye Xiwen
took out all of the things from his storage ring and stored them inside the large world of
Tianyuan mirror.
In addition to alchemy furnace and various immortality pills, Ye Xiwen also looted all kinds
of treasures from the treasure room. Among them, there were lots of pseudo-spiritual tools,
low-grade spiritual tools, and he continued to take spiritual tools one after another. As for
Ye Xiwen, a low-grade spiritual tool was only of little use, but this utility was not great, and
he could use so many of these tools to develop the strength of Qian Yu faction, so he
thought that it would be a good choice to give these tools to the members of his faction.
Ye Xiwen seized a variety of spirit stones, including some low-grade spirit and spirit stones,
almost a total of hundred thousand spirit stones. He also looted a total of 20,000 top grade
spirit stones. He was satisfied because he was in a serious need
of top grade spirit stones. In such a short time, the entire treasure amassed by the Crazy
Shark thirteen Pirates for so many years had now fallen in the hands of Ye Xiwen.
When Luo Yifan and the disciples of Tianfeng Hall would come inside the room to check out
the treasure, they would surely be irritated. On the outside, the fighting sounds were
getting more and more intense, and then slowly began to fade away, and gradually stopped.
Ye Xiwen knew that the fight between Luo Yifan's group and pirates should be coming to an
end very soon.
In order to ambush them, Ye Xiwen hastily went to the side, restrained his breath, and
began to quietly wait for them.
"Boom!" With a loud noise, the entire palace complex suddenly collapsed, and the
silhouette of a person also maliciously collapsed along with it, dropping down from the sky.
The sturdy body of Crazy Shark was hit by a streamer that blasted into his body and
directly crushed his cervical vertebra.
He was unable to breathe and ultimately died.
After that, Luo Yifan and the others arrived at the scene, led by Feng Situ.
"Ha ha, we finally killed that Crazy shark, now his treasure is ours!" A disciple shouted
loudly in a happy voice.
"Search, search this Crazy Shark's memory, where has he hidden his treasure, completely
search his memories." Feng Situ immediately said, with a ruthless look on his face.
However Ye Xiwen did not wait for him to continue, suddenly, a shadow instantly turned
into a streamer and directly pierced the body of Feng Situ.
"Zizi!" The layer of protective cover, made up of Zhen Yuan, on Feng Situ's body actually
started giving out buzzing sound and began to corrode, and with just a slight pause for a
moment, the corrosion instantly spread throughout his body.
"Ah!" Feng Situ screamed out pitifully while the toxin instantly spread all over his body,
causing his complexion to suddenly turn pale from the intense pain.
Along with the feeling of dizziness, he almost directly fainted.
"There is an enemy!" Feng Situ was only able to shout few words, and finally saw that a
strange double-edged flag had pierced into his body.
As his voice faded, he actually saw that the flag embedded in his body started to suddenly
release large amounts of toxic gas, and the toxic gas instantly filled the surrounding area of
over a radius of hundreds of meters. When the disciples of Tianfeng Hall, who were at the
Xiantian Great realm, came in contact with this toxic gas, their whole bodies were corroded
and turned into a pile of bones. The toxicity of this gas was simply hard to imagine.
Even Luo Yifan and Sister Shu were instantly affected by the poison, but fortunately, their
reaction speed was much faster than those disciples of Xiantian Great realm. Moreover,
their strength was also much higher.
The toxic gas spread out very fast and filled the surrounding area, stopping them to move
freely.
"Scatter out!" Luo Yifan severely bellowed and agitated the
Zhen Yuan throughout his body, it seemed as if his clothes were filled with air and bulged
out, followed by a surge of terrifying blast of Zhen Yuan that instantly dispersed the toxic
gas.
"Who actually dares to attack us!" Luo Yifan shouted in an angry tone. They were planning
to ambush someone else here, but he never thought that they would be the ones to get
ambushed instead. This feeling was simply very depressing.
"Go to hell!" Ye Xiwen shouted in a loud voice, and chopped out his blade, thousands of
Bladelight appeared and instantly formed a dense and severe rain of dazzling blades,
directly falling towards Luo Yifan to chop him down into pieces.
"What, Ye Xiwen, it's actually you!" Luo Yifan did not expect that the one to ambush him
would actually be Ye Xiwen, how was this possible, how could Ye Xiwen possibly be hiding
here to ambush him.
"Luo Yifan, you actually conspired against me." Ye Xiwen sneered disdainfully, and said, "I
have already ripped your plot into shreds."
"Die!" Luo Yifan severely roared in, and raised his sword
towards the rain of Bladelight.
"Boom!"
Ye Mo Tianyuan mirror could also rely on a lot of immortality pills and recover its strength
by swallowing them, of course, this was also possible with spirit stones. Although Ye Xiwen
did not say, but Ye Mo was not blind, he was also silently watching that with each and every
breakthrough, Ye Xiwen's consumption of spirit stones would increase dramatically each
time, not to mention, he was able to break through to his current strength at an insane
speed and in a short time, and this should be related to the secret hidden in his body. Ye Mo
had already guessed that it was most probably this secret hidden in Ye Xiwen's body that
compelled Tianyuan mirror to somehow recognize Ye Xiwen as its owner.
However, Ye Mo was very intelligent, although he knew very clearly about this, but he also
knew that he must not ask. If he wouldn't ask then, Ye Xiwen would naturally tell him about
this it someday on his own accord.
Chapter 166: Luo Yifan Beheaded
"Boom!"
With a loud bang, Bladeqi and Swordqi fiercely collided with each other, casing a massive
explosion, while seemed like the blossoming of fireworks and the terrifying blast force
directly sent the debris of the palace complex flying in all directions.
At this time, due to this fierce collision, Luo Yifan had to immediately and hastily retreat. He
was directly shaken by the power of this collision and was pushed back in the midair,
compelling him to crazily draw back several dozen steps before stopping, while an
incredible look appeared on his face.
Just now, it could be said that the two sides had recklessly attacked at the same time, but it
was actually Ye Xiwen who had the upper hand!
Luo Yifan certainly knew that the last time he fought with Ye Xiwen, it was actually him
who had fallen under the wind, and Ye Xiwen had almost reached the point of beheading
him. He had been suppressed by Ye Xiwen in their last fight, but one must know that at that
time, Luo Yifan's strength was only
slightly weaker than Ye Xiwen. In fact, Ye Xiwen had to go through a tangled warfare with
him for a very long time to slowly exhaust his stamina to gain an upper hand.
However, at this time, he discovered that Ye Xiwen had simply become much stronger than
before, to an extent that it was quite terrifying to imagine that his cultivation could advance
so much, and that too in such a short time, not even ten days had passed since their last
fight. If the current Ye Xiwen was compared to his self, when Luo Yifan fought him few days
ago, then it seemed as if Ye Xiwen was reborn with his strength enhanced by leaps and
bounds.
"How is this possible, how can you suddenly become so much stronger!" Luo Yifan was
suddenly scared to death, but soon adjusted his mood and calmed down, and a shrew look
flashed in his eyes. He had become even more curious and interested about this secret of Ye
Xiwen, and determined in his heart that he would certainly seize this secret from Ye Xiwen
at any cost.
"It seems you are not aware of your imminent death, to think you still continue to devise
plots and that too in front of your own death!" Ye Xiwen shouted in a loud voice, when he
saw the cunning look flashing in Luo Yifan's eyes. How could he not know about the wishful
thinking of Luo Yifan?
The long blade in Ye Xiwen's hand instantly released a burst of terrifying Bladelight. A
seemingly infinite Bladelight was instantly chopped out and rushed towards Luo Yifan to
chop him into pieces.
"You are courting death!" Suddenly, that Sister Shu Han finally also stepped into the battle
and attacked. The red colored silky damask went towards Ye Xiwen at a lightning speed,
and appeared just like a red serpent, it suddenly arrived in front of him in a blink of an eye.
"Humph!" Ye Xiwen coldly snorted, but didn't stop. His long blade still kept going towards
Luo Yifan at an extremely fast speed.
But, at this time, he immediately used coiling dragon palm, his left hand turned into a
malicious dragon claw and went towards the red damask, and directly grabbed it.
"Rip it apart!" The red damask, which was actually made up of Zhen Yuan, was directly
grasped in Ye Xiwen's dragon claw, and in an instant, it was directly torn to shreds with just
one flick of his dragon claw.
However at this time, Luo Yifan noticed that this was a golden opportunity and
immediately hacked down his sword.
Suddenly, it seemed as if an ice dragon congealed out of nowhere, and went flying towards
Ye Xiwen's blade attack.
"Boom!" A terrifying collision occurred and set off layer after layer of shock waves in all
directions, however Luo Yifan's plan failed when he saw that his ice dragon was instantly
split into two halves by Ye Xiwen's Bladelight.
"Luo Yifan, you are doomed, I would like to see who saves you today." Ye Xiwen sneered,
and said in a cold voice. Today, he was planning to use his full strength and go all out in this
battle in order to eradicate this scourge.
"Die!" Suddenly, Feng Situ, whose entire body had been attacked by toxic gas, roared and
Poisonous dragon water control flag was darted off his body instantly, and along with it,
something crept out from the void. A five or six meters long and approximately two meters
wide huge totem crept came out of the void and flew straight towards Ye Xiwen. At this
time, all of a sudden, Ye Xiwen felt a divine suppression coming from this totem, and
noticed that this huge totem was exuding an ancient aura, which was actually suppressing
him.
Feng Situ had found this huge totem while wandering about in an ancient ruin. Although he
found this totem in the ruins and could not determine its specific grade, but it was very
strong, and could simply deter the world itself.
It could be seen that a master at the second stage of truth realm was truly a peerless
existence. Even if Feng Situ had been attacked and poisoned by the 'Poisonous dragon
water control flag' and that too all of a sudden, he had been able to issue such a fierce
attack.
Ye Xiwen immediately dodged by quickly flying several feet away from the range of the
huge totem falling towards him and somehow manage to escape range of this attack.
"Boom!" The entire totem severely smashed on the ground and created a giant crater.
But at this time, Luo Yifan's sword had already arrived in front of Ye Xiwen, and it seemed
just like a serpent flying towards him. Luo Yifan was looking for an opportunity and bitterly
stabbed towards Ye Xiwen, with all his might.
"Shua!" The Poisonous dragon water control flag instantly
activated, a roaring deepwater black serpent roared loudly and flew out of the flag, and
while still roaring and its mouth wide open, it flew towards Luo Yifan, carrying boundless
toxic gas along with it.
This was the deepwater black serpent that was used as a basis by Ye Xiwen in refining the
flag. The soul of that deepwater black serpent was caught and directly inserted into the
'Poisonous dragon water control flag' hence it became its tool spirit. In order to increase
the might of this divine tool, it was necessary for the tool spirit to have its own wisdom and
mystical powers.
The deepwater black serpent's huge body suddenly appeared in the air like a cluster of
massive black clouds, and was simply hiding the sky and covering the earth. Although it
was only a soul, but it had drawn support from the power of 'Poisonous dragon water
control flag', to transform into an energy entity.
Opening its sacrificial bowl-like big mouth and releasing bursts of toxic gas, it fierce bit
towards the incoming Swordlight attack and instantly corroded it, leaving nothing behind,
but after that, it did not stop and flew straight towards Luo Yifan, and arrived in front of
him.
"You filthy beast!" Luo Yifan shouted and shot a burst of Swordlight, and it seemed as if
stars were falling from the galaxy. The Swordlight severely collided with the body of
deepwater black serpent.
"Puchi!"
The body of deepwater black serpent, which was actually an entity made up of condensed
energy, instantly exploded, and along with this big explosion, endless amount of toxic gas
spread in the surroundings. Only in a flash, the protective layer of Zhen Yuan on Luo Yifan's
body was corroded and some areas of his flesh were also corroded and melted, making him
to suddenly shout pitifully due to the intense pain.
In the gas cloud, a figure suddenly leapt up, and accompanied by a loud whistling sound, a
terrifying Bladelight cut through the gas cloud, and instantly appeared in front of Luo Yifan.
"Luo Yifan, today is the last day of your life, you probably never would have thought that
your plan to ambush me would actually backfire, and now, you are going to die at my
hands."
Ye Xiwen laughed loudly, and said. Seeing that he was about to get rid of an enemy, Ye
Xiwen was really feeling great.
Luo Yifan was suddenly taken aback and felt startled in his mind, but at his side, the fearful
black figure of deepwater black serpent congealed once again, because its body was made
up of condensed energy, so the physical attacks simply had no effect on the deepwater
black serpent. It had already died and was nothing but a soul.
Once again, the deepwater black serpent opened its sacrificial bowl-like terrifying mouth
and advanced towards Luo Yifan to completely swallow his entire being.
Two terrifying attacks were advancing towards Luo Yifan, but this time, whether it was
Sister Shu Han or Feng Situ, both of them were simply too far away and weren't able to
rescue him, and before they could do something to save Luo Yifan, in just a flash, Ye Xiwen
immediately arrived in front of him.
"I don't accept this, how can this be happening to me!" Luo Yifan shouted in a depressed
manner, how did this happen to him, up until today, he was fully confident that along with
the disciple of Tianfeng Hall, he would be able to successfully ambush Ye Xiwen, then after
finding out about that secret, they would kill Ye Xiwen and that would solve all his worries.
If before, Ye Xiwen was an ant-like existence in his eyes, then later, it could be said that Ye
Xiwen had become an eyesore and a possible future threat in the eyes of Luo Yifan.
However, right
now, Ye Xiwen seemed to have become such a threatening existence that he was once again
so close to taking his life. Ye Xiwen grew so powerful when Luo Yifan was not paying
attention to him.
So he was planning to use any means to get rid of this Ye Xiwen and completely eradicate
him from the face of the earth, then only he would be able to get rid of the worries in his
heart, he knew, Ye Xiwen also felt the same way. Luo Yifan had already guessed that Ye
Xiwen was planning to eradicate him and finish the source of this hatred once and forever,
so he planned to act first and kill Ye Xiwen before he grew any stronger, but he never
thought that his own team would be counter-ambushed by Ye Xiwen.
In that instant, Luo Yifan recalled all the things that happened between him and Ye Xiwen,
however rather than cursing his own arrogance, there was a big regret in his heart that he
did not kill Ye Xiwen while he was still small and weak like an ant, he was arrogant, and
now he was unable to kill Ye Xiwen, which was also going to be the main reason behind his
disastrous death.
Ye Xiwen roared loudly, a dazzling Bladelight flashed and chopped down the Swordlight of
Luo Yifan into pieces, then rushed straight towards Luo Yifan.
"Puchi!" The blood spattered from Luo Yifan's entire body, he was sent flying high into the
sky, while there was still an incredible look on his face. It was just too hard for him to
believe that he actually died at the hands of Ye Xiwen.
After beheading Luo Yifan, Ye Xiwen instantly rushed towards that Sister Shu Han. She
panicked, and instantly congealed the red damask to block the advancing Ye Xiwen.
It seemed as if the red damask was releasing waves of water on the surface of a red ocean,
layer by layer stacking up, the total might was infinite and severely pounded towards Ye
Xiwen.
"Shua!" The Bladelight dazzled throughout the sky, the bright flash exuded from it obscured
the entire atmosphere, and that red damask was split in half and fell apart.
Missing moon beheader!
Ye Xiwen instantly chopped out the second blade.
Then the third blade, fourth blade, and fifth blade!
The combined strength of these Bladelights was much stronger that the attack of Shu Han,
and after defeating her attack, at the last moment, the terrifying might of each of these
blade attacks condensed into a single malicious blade attack and fiercely collided with her
body.
"Puchi!"
Blood spattered everywhere, her flesh and blood flew and scattered in all directions. Sister
Shu Han had been effortlessly beheaded by Ye Xiwen. He didn't show even the slightest
mercy and directly chopped her down into pieces.
Poisonous dragon water control flag flew back into Ye Xiwen's hand and began to rotate
around him, releasing a faint and creepy black light.
Ye Xiwen slowly walked toward the last survivor, Feng Situ.
"You are Ye Xiwen?" Feng Situ was staring at Ye Xiwen, as he asked.
"Yes." Ye Xiwen replied without concealing his identity.
"I never thought that it will actually be us who get ambushed and killed by you." Feng Situ
said with emotion, by this time, the toxin had fully spread throughout his body causing his
complexion to pale.
Ye Xiwen also secretly admired this peerless master, because the skill and strength of Feng
Situ were really profound. If a master at the first stage of truth realm was in his shoes, then
perhaps, he would have died by now, however Feng Situ was able to hang on for so long
and was also able to unleash the huge totem attack, which was simply unthinkable and
admiring!
"You brought this upon yourself, unjust and evil action takes you towards your own doom,
this time you intended to ambush and kill me and you never thought the same can happen
to you?" Ye Xiwen indifferently said, but did not relax, and maintained a constant vigilance.
He would never underestimate Feng Situ, once there was any movement, he would
immediately behead him.
"Ha ha ha ha, you believe in that? Justice and in this
world...... I do not believe in such a thing, this time I lost to you because our plan was
insufficiently devised and we underestimated your strength, we never thought that you
actually possess such strength, so it's not unjust if I lost to you."
Feng Situ lifted his head upward, and said.
"You talk too much." Ye Xiwen said in a somewhat cold voice, then raised his hand and
chopped out his long blade.
"Puchi!" Feng Situ's head was severed, and sent flying.
Chapter 167: Poisonous Dragon Water
Control Flag Array
After beheading Luo Yifan and the other two truth level masters, Ye Xiwen did not stay
there for a long time. He immediately plundered the wealth of these three people, and
quickly left. But, this time, the news of the death of three true disciple level figures was
enough to shake up the entire Yi Yuan School and Tianfeng Hall.
One must know that there were only a few hundred true disciples even in a large sect like
Yi Yuan School, and each of them were considered elite among the elites and were no
different than extremely priceless treasures, nurtured by their respective sects over
decades or even centuries. There were many true disciples who left behind soul jade slips
in the sect, and in case a true disciple was to die, his soul jade slip would immediately break
and alarm the sect.
Sure enough, not long after Ye Xiwen left, the entire East China Sea was in commotion.
Three truth level masters had died at the same time, Yi Yuan School and Tianfeng Hall were
extremely furious and sent many experts to perform a thorough investigation, but Ye
Xiwen had already taken precautionary measures. He had already destroyed their corpses
leaving no trace, so the experts could not find anything!
But after all, this matter happened in the nest of pirates, although all of the members of
Crazy Shark thirteen Pirates group were obviously already dead before the investigators
arrived at the scene, but Yi Yuan School and Tianfeng Hall also needed to vent their anger,
and thus, bad luck was about to befall the pirates very soon. Both Yi Yuan School and
Tianfeng Hall mobilized large battalions, comprised of formidable experts, and they began a
large scale cleanup operation in the nearby regions of the place, where the incident had
occurred.
During this cleanup operation, a lot of pirate nests were destroyed and innumerable pirates
were massacred in the process, but these experts did not dare to annoy the pirate groups
that were originally part of the alliance of Ninety-Nine Pirates Union.
The so-called Ninety-Nine Pirates Union was actually the alliance of 99 large pirate groups
that roamed fearlessly in the endless East China Sea. These pirate groups had formed a very
formidable alliance named Ninety-Nine Pirates Union and roamed bravely in the waters of
East China Sea. They had composed this alliance to strengthen the strength of pirates, they
worked towards safeguarding the interests of pirates, and Ninety-Nine Pirates Union also
acted as the chief moderator and managed the fights between pirate groups. Generally,
when forces tried to make large-scale raids in the East China Sea in order to wipe out the
pirate groups, they had to face severe
counterattack from furious and formidable Ninety-Nine Pirates Union, but this time, the
matter involved two large sects, if there was only one then there was a little scope of
negotiation, however, the matter involved two large sects of Great Yue State, and not just
that, three truth level masters had died at once, which was enough to invoke extreme fury
that could simply burn the heaven itself. Who would dare to step out and try to block such a
raging fury, it could be said that these pirates who had to face the cleanup operation had a
severe bad luck!
Other people thought that the two large sects were venting anger on these pirate groups,
but only Ye Xiwen knew that they should rather vent anger in their own hearts because it
was actually one of them who caused this incident, though it was radically trivial to
mention it now. The primary purpose of both of these large sects was deterrence, to deter
annoying existences like pirates, and use any excuse to do that, for example Ninety-Nine
Pirates Union. Although, it was only a loose alliance of 99
pirate groups, but its strength was very large, in fact, their overall strength was only
slightly weaker than the strength of the five major forces of Great Yue State. It could be said
that it was a very intrepid existence.
If it was a peacetime, and the five forces combined their strengths and attacked Ninety-
Nine Pirates Union, it would have been possible to crush them and remove their strong
influence from the East China Sea, but at present, the situation
was not normal throughout the Great Yue State, and there was chaos spread everywhere in
the state due to the sudden rising of Bai Mojiao organization, they were igniting trouble
everywhere.
At this time, the five forces needed to stay calm and stable, at least until they would
completely destroy Bai Mojiao organization. Although, the five major forces had always
considered Ninety-Nine Pirates Union as a troublesome existence, but this was not the time
to act against this intrepid force of East China Sea, because there was a risk of this matter
going out of hands.
After all, no one trifled with the members of Ninety-Nine Pirates Union, because there were
several truth level masters among their ranks, if the major forces wanted to annoy them,
then it would naturally not be a minor matter and might cause a large scale disaster.
In this case, the two large sects were using this incident as an excuse and nice opportunity,
to perform a raid in order to reduce the strength of the Ninety-Nine Pirates Union, and on
the other hand, they were also trying to deter these lawless pirates.
However, these pirates also precisely knew about this, so they were bearing patiently, and
were not sending their own forces to stop the cleanup operation, because they knew that
the two
large sects were actually not trying to destroy them, this was only a warning.
If the pirates tried to take actions and retaliate, it might incite the sensitive nerve of these
two large sect and annoy them, and at that time, there was a major risk that their
retaliation would not only send these two large sects in a fit of anger, it might even induce a
joint attack from other three large forces as well, and that would ultimately turn into a
mass-scale sweep operation against Ninety-nine Pirates Union.
This was the common will of the five forces, although their own duties were not small, but
at this time, all of them were busy in the maintenance of stability and consistent prosperity
in the Great Yue State, all the while safeguarding their statuses as the large forces, and in
turn, also maintaining a balance of power throughout the state, so at this time, who would
dare to come out and take the lead!
This cleanup operation was not only a warning for the Ninety-Nine Pirates Union, but it
was also a warning for the various forces within and outside the borders of the Great Yue
State.
The might of the alliance of the five large forces of Great Yue State was huge. It was a
warning for other forces that they must never provoke the formidable alliance of five forces
of Great Yue State!
However, Ye Xiwen simply had no participation in the coordinated actions of Yi Yuan
School and Tianfeng Hall, because he was actually taking advantage of this situation and
constantly raiding the pirates of several truth level pirate captains. He managed to seize a
lot of spirit stones and he also amassed lots of heavenly treasures, many medicinal herbs
that could act as raw materials for medicinal pills.
After plundering so many resources, Ye Xiwen sighed with emotion, he had actually started
to feel that robbery really was the world's fastest way to earn money.
Day by day, time passed gradually, and all this time, Ye Xiwen was constantly searching for
deepwater black serpents in the East China Sea, and whenever found, he would
immediately strike and kill them.
In a blink of an eye, half a month had passed, and in less than ten days, the gathering of the
five forces of Great Yue State was going to take place in the East China Sea.
Ye Xiwen was unceasingly roaming in the depths of the East China Sea, and all this time, he
had been looking for deepwater black serpent. In the last two weeks' time, Ye Xiwen killed
sixteen deepwater black serpents, most of them were huge and swarthy serpents and were
already at the first stage of truth realm, however three of them were actually huge
monsters and were at the second stage of truth realm, but were also directly beheaded by
Ye Xiwen to be refined by Poisonous dragon water control flag.
Ye Xiwen had condensed the essences and souls of seventeen deepwater black serpents
into the Poisonous dragon water control flag, and as long as refined at the same, he would
be able to practice the next Zhen method of Poisonous dragon water control flag, at that
time the might of this divine tool would simply be so incredible that even a master at the
third stage of truth realm would find it very difficult to deal with it.
Right now, Ye Xiwen was hiding underwater for quite a while, and far away from him, near
the seabed mountain range, a several feet long gigantic deepwater black serpent was lying
down horizontally in an oceanic trench.
After looking for a long time, Ye Xiwen finally selected the eighteenth deepwater black
serpent to be condensed into the Poisonous dragon water control flag, then it could be said
that its might would be enough to fight off a master of Truth third stage.
This deepwater black serpent was more than 2000 feet in length, and looking at its length,
it could be said that its length had almost reached 3000 feet. Ye Xiwen had been observing
it for a long time and discovered that, this deepwater black serpent was already at the peak
of second stage of truth realm and was almost close to shedding its skin and having a
complete transformation, then its length would increase and surpass 3000
feet, and it would finally step into the third stage of truth realm.
This deepwater black serpent was at the peak of Truth second stage, so Ye Xiwen decided
that at the time of refinement, he would keep it at the core of Poisonous dragon water
control flag array, then its overall might would be ten times more than anticipated, and
then, it would be able to give a tough competition to even a third stage master of truth
realm.
Moreover, during this two weeks' time, Ye Xiwen had swallowed the neidans of several
deepwater black serpents he killed, and as a result of that, the quantity of Zhen Yuan inside
his body had dramatically reached the peak level, his inner state had also reached the
pinnacle of Xiantian Great realm, although Ye Xiwen had yet to cross the barrier between
Xiantian and truth realms, but right now, he was strong enough to effortlessly beat a
master at the first stage of truth realm, in fact, he would also be able to beat a lot of
ordinary masters at the second stage of truth realm.
And, Ye Xiwen was also able to affirm that if he could swallow the neidan of this gigantic
deepwater black serpent, which was about to have a transformation and could step into the
third stage of truth realm any moment, then he would be able to break from the Xiantian
realm, and would step into the truth realm in one fell swoop. And, after stepping into the
truth realm, Ye Xiwen could finally be able to effortlessly defeat the masters at the first and
second stage of truth realm, in fact, he would be able to easily compete with the masters at
the third stage of truth realm, and by relying on the might of Poisonous dragon water
control flag array, he would even defeat a master of Truth third stage.
Ye Xiwen saw that this deepwater black serpent was in deep slumber and breathing several
million Jin of water, setting of intermittent waves of water, but even if it was in deep sleep,
its whole body was protected in a layer of Zhen Yuan and an average master simply could
not approach it.
Since, it had almost reached the third stage of truth realm, so the amount of Zhen Yuan
contained in its gigantic body was simply outrageous.
Ye Xiwen did not want to cause any complications, it was best to perform a sneak attack
and completely kill this gigantic monster in a single move, and then that should minimize
the
fluctuations as well. One must know that numerous sea monsters lurked near the seabed,
and Ye Xiwen was unaware of them. However, this part of seabed was close to coastline, so
there weren't many sea monsters. As one would move farther away from the coastline, one
would find innumerable terrifying sea monsters in the depths of the sea.
This part of the seabed was at least more than 10,000 meters below the sea level, and the
pressure was ridiculously large. To be able to survive in such an enormous pressure, the
demon beasts had to at least have the cultivation of truth level. The demon beasts with
their cultivation less than truth level would be directly crushed to death at this depth, it
was simply impossible for Xiantian level demon beasts to survive near the seabed.
If the fluctuations were too large and ended up attracting the attention of other demon
beasts, then that would be awful. Ye Xiwen had faced a similar situation few days ago and
didn't want the same to happen again, last time he had to give up on his kill and had
directly escaped after being attacked by several demon beasts.
Also, it was a lot more difficult to deal with sea monsters at such a depth inside the sea.
Ye Xiwen fully centralized his concentration on attacking the deepwater black serpent.
"I am aiming for a one shot kill, use the Tianyuan mirror to lock up the area around here,
we cannot allow the fluctuations to go past this region." Ye Xiwen said.
"Not a big deal." Ye Mo said with a determined look on his face, while he was stubbornly
staring at that deepwater black serpent.
At that moment, Ye Xiwen moved, his figure seemed just like a flash of streamer as he
rushed towards that deepwater black serpent, however Ye Mo acted even faster and
quickly manipulated the Tianyuan mirror, which instantly flew out and released a huge
screen of scarlet light, that immediately hung over the sleeping deepwater black serpent's
body. A certain range of area was completely enveloped and locked up by that scarlet
curtain along with the gigantic body of this sea monster.
And at this time, Ye Xiwen rushed towards that protective layer of Zhen Yuan that was
covering its body, but he did not hesitate, and in one fell swoop, he rushed past this
protective barrier of Zhen Yuan. Although this protective barrier was like an invincible
shield that could block attacks, but how could it
possibly block Ye Xiwen, in a blink of an eye, he easily pierced through it and rushed
towards the actual body of deepwater black serpent.
But right at this time, the deepwater black serpent instantly sobered up and woke up from
its deep slumber. It was alarmed when its Zhen Yuan protective shield was directly pierced
by Ye Xiwen, it suddenly lifted its head upwards and roared loudly, and showing an
unimaginable degree of flexibility, its huge body instantaneously moved. It flung its tail
towards Ye Xiwen, setting off endless waves of water, and just like a bulldozer, it swept
towards him.
Chapter 168: Steps Into The Truth Realm
Although, this deepwater black serpent was very large, but at this time, its degree of
flexibility had actually gone far beyond the imagination of many people, it could be said
that it was as fast as the lightning.
It was able to instantly arrive in front of Ye Xiwen, and suddenly, complete darkness spread
in front of his eyes. Due to the sudden and quick movement of such a huge sea monster, it
was as if several million Jin of sea water was pressing down overhead, and Ye Xiwen was
withstanding a relentless pressure.
Ye Xiwen was not startled or panicked in this situation, and looked coldly at that gigantic
deepwater black serpent. He struck his long blade at a strange angle, blasting an
inexhaustible Bladelight, which directly cleaved the seawater and cut into the body of that
deepwater black serpent.
The flesh on the body of deepwater black serpent was immediately cut open, and the loud
metal clanging sound resounded after the collision of Ye Xiwen's blade attack with the
bones of the serpent. The intense pain immediately left the deepwater black serpent rolling
on the seafloor.
But at this time, the Tianyuan mirror dangled and finally assumed an awe-inspiring pose,
then released bursts of intermittent scarlet color curtain. The scarlet colored light curtain
bumped into the body of deepwater black serpent and immediately burnt through the
protective cover of Zhen Yuan, it even burnt its flesh. "Roar!" Deepwater black snake felt
intense pain and started struggling, and while struggling, it released endless amount of
toxin in the water, which welled up straight towards Ye Xiwen.
Ye Xiwen did not have the slightest hesitation, and instantly, the rushing toxin was
completely absorbed by the seventeen surfaced Poisonous dragon water control flag, not
even a shred of toxin was able to reach Ye Xiwen's side. After absorbing the toxin, there
was a faint light flashing from the seventeen surfaced Poisonous dragon water control flag,
this Poisonous dragon water control flag was itself just at the first stage of truth realm, or
capable of killing the masters at the second stage of truth realm when used by Ye Xiwen,
how could it possibly be on par with a deepwater black serpent that was about to step into
the third stage of truth realm.
Ye Xiwen sneered loudly, and from the whole body of seventeen surfaced Poisonous dragon
water control flag, seventeen large and small souls emerged out. These were the souls of
seventeen deepwater black serpents that Ye Xiwen
killed so far. They instantly appeared when Ye Xiwen summoned them from the divine toll,
and all of them rushed towards that deepwater black serpent one after another.
"Boom!" Eighteen deepwater black serpents severely clashed, and the souls of seventeen
deepwater black serpents immediately began to maliciously attack that deepwater black
serpent, the sea was just like the boiling water, seething and boiling tremendously, it
seemed as if the huge serpents were churning the water.
When besieged by the seventeen deepwater black serpents, that gigantic deepwater black
serpent immediately went berserk and started moving crazily and fiercely to fend off and
kill those other deepwater black serpents. With just one lash of its tail, a deepwater black
serpent at the first layer of truth, later, was scattered and dispersed in the water, but
fortunately, these serpents were actually just condensed energy and could instantly re-
gather the dispersed energy to regain its form.
Although, there was some energy loss, but it was not a big deal for Ye Xiwen, because
recently, he had looted the treasures from several groups of pirates in the East China Sea,
so it could be said that at the moment, Ye Xiwen was quite wealthy and did not lack spirit
stones.
Ye Xiwen, was waiting for an opening, an opportunity.
Ye Xiwen had already activated the 'Divine calm breath'
technique. Since, he already reached the acme level of this technique, above his head, from
time to time, a faint trace of white smoke would emerge occasionally, it was a sign that this
technique's main function was to invoke good fortune. In the legends about this technique,
it was said that practitioner was able to succeed three out of five times while using this
technique, but there were anomalies as well.
Ye Xiwen was waiting for an opportunity, there was a fearless expression on his face, and
he was ready to attack anytime, without the slightest fear!
Finally, the opportunity he was waiting for quickly appeared, under the seize of seventeen
deepwater black serpents, and after being constantly irradiated by the terrifying scarlet
light of Tianyuan mirror, this deepwater black serpent's gigantic body was already covered
in countless large and small wounds, blood was oozing out from these wounds. From top to
bottom, its whole body was covered in lots of nipped and bitten wounds, at some place, one
could see the bones. Regardless of how angry it was, it did not have the means to escape,
because it was being attacked by seventeen of its own kind and they were all indestructible
souls, so it was simply impossible to deal with
them.
In a flash, Ye Xiwen shot!
Full moon beheader!
Ye Xiwen was calm and collected, only in a flash, the long blade chopped out a bright and
dazzling Bladelight, which was similar to the stars falling across the expanse of sky in
general.
The Bladelight went straight towards the deepwater black serpent, leaving trails along the
way, and huge amount of water was instantly vaporized by the terrifying Bladelight.
"Puchi!" The deepwater black serpent simply could not react and was instantly beheaded
by Ye Xiwen, its entire head was directly severed by the Bladelight.
Its gigantic body was still unceasingly twitching on the seabed, but could not save it from
its doom.
Ye Xiwen received back the Poisonous dragon water control flag, and all of a sudden, the
Lingqi also dispersed. That blow a moment ago was the strongest blade attack he could
chop out at
his current state, under normal circumstances, he could not simply release such a blade
attack. It was a stunning blade attack.
There was silence in the sea water, as if it had been silent like this since the time
immemorial.
Under the protection of Tianyuan mirror, not a shred of fluctuations or sound could go out.
Ye Xiwen soon took out the deepwater black serpent's neidan, and it was larger than the
neidans of other deepwater black serpents, it was faintly glowing and exuding a dim blue
light.
Without any hesitation, Ye Xiwen immediately sat cross-legged on the seabed and began to
build up his strength, preparing for the actual breakthrough from the Xiantian realm to the
truth realm.
When Ye Xiwen was at the Xiantian ninth stage, he was able to compete with the experts of
truth realm, which was already enough to shock everyone, but now, he was going to have
an actual breakthrough and step into the truth realm, which also mean that his strength
would have a tremendous change.
While on the other side, the deepwater black serpent's flesh and essence was also instantly
and completely absorbed by the Tianyuan mirror and the mirror began to exude dark-
scarlet colored rays of light, which appeared somewhat strange. The Tianyuan mirror was
finally on the verge of a breakthrough after all, in a short period of time, it absorbed the
flesh, blood and essence of several deepwater black serpents.
These deepwater black snakes were really powerful demon beasts, even strength of one
was unimaginable for an average man, but Tianyuan mirror absorbed the essence from
seventeen of these deepwater black serpents, so it could be said that the strength of
Tianyuan mirror had started to approach the second layer of truth realm.
Then, after the flesh, blood, and essence of this deepwater black serpent was completely
digested, refined, and absorbed by the Tianyuan mirror, its strength could be fully restored
to the second layer of truth realm, then it would become an even more useful weapon in Ye
Xiwen's arsenal.
In many cases and considering a lot of situations, Ye Xiwen had to use Tianyuan mirror to
settle many things.
However, compared with the difficulty of Ye Xiwen's
breakthrough, the recovery of Tianyuan mirror was a much simpler job.
Ye Xiwen absorbed the neidan he took out from the bodies of the deepwater black serpents,
he had killed in the last few days.
Originally, he did not dare to absorb the neidan of demon beasts, because the Zhen Yuan of
humans and demon beasts was not the same, some people called this Monster Yuan, which
was a heterogeneous kind of Zhen Yuan, it was also very violent and chaotic, in fact earlier,
Ye Xiwen had hunted many demon beasts, especially when he was still in the forest of
Qingfeng Mountain, there he hunted a lot of demon beasts, but he would always replace the
demon cores with low-grade spirit stones, because he did not dare to absorb them directly,
the direct and casual absorption could suddenly explode his body and kill him.
However, now the situation was very different from what it used to be back then, before
absorbing the energy from neidan, Ye Xiwen would first filter it using the Tianyuan mirror,
and after filtering the energy, it would become the same as the Zhen Yuan present in his
body, removing a lot of impurities and making it even better and much more pure than the
Zhen Yuan already present in his body, so Ye Xiwen could rest assure and freely absorb the
refined energy from the neidan.
In a flash, the massive amount of energy contained in the
neidan of the this gigantic deepwater black serpent began to gradually enter the body of Ye
Xiwen body, it was like the resentful soul of the deepwater black serpent, which was
condensed in its neidan, and now, it was not extinguishing and firmly attaching itself to the
neidan.
Ye Xiwen simply did not mind, he began to mobilize Zhen Yuan repression, and soon, the
digestion of deepwater black serpent slowly progressed, its soul getting smaller and
smaller.
And, Ye Xiwen was becoming more and more powerful, while his imposing aura was also
increasing gradually and becoming more and more terrifying.
During Ye Xiwen's breathing, the surrounding seawater formed waterspout along with his
respiration. His strength had already reached deeply into the exceptionally terrifying
realm.
The imposing aura of Ye Xiwen finally started to increase successively at a very high speed.
After a long time passed, Tianyuan mirror finally and completely refined the flesh, blood
and essence of the deepwater black serpent, and thanks to this, Ye Mo was able to finally
restore the mirror to the strength of second stage of truth realm, and now, its strength was
enough to suppress most of the masters at the second stage of truth realm.
At this time, Ye Mo finally came out of the Tianyuan mirror and took shape. Originally, the
image of the Ye Mo was that of a little devil, but now, he transformed and took image of a
young student, with elegant bearing, green meek clothing, had several points of bearing
actually, but could not conceal the breath of a devil, the way he appeared was somewhat
nondescript.
However, he had always been a tool spirit and tool spirits did not have a fixed image, the
image they took was always according to the master's preferences. Ye Mo's previous
master was a peerless Great devil king, so Ye Mo ended up having an image of a little devil,
as his master would have imagined him, but now his host was a human, so he also became a
human, and for Ye Mo, it was all the same, nothing was unacceptable to him.
Ye Mo looked somewhat bored while watching the imposing aura of Ye Xiwen, growing bit
by bit towards the final breakthrough from Xiantian realm to truth realm, but although he
looked lazy and bored, he was still very vigilant. The Tianyuan mirror was working nonstop
to mask all the fluctuations in the surroundings of Ye Xiwen, in order to avoid another
attack from nearby sea monsters, which might lead to a
considerable delay in the breakthrough of Ye Xiwen. And, the seventeen surfaced
Poisonous dragon water control flag was also constantly floating, all prepared to guard
against the possibility of emergence of the enemy.
At this time, Ye Xiwen wrinkled his eyebrows, the refined heterogeneous energy had been
fully digested within his body, and the Zhen Yuan had also become much more vigorous
and reached a much higher level than before, when it came to purity. He planned to direct
this incomparably pure and vigorous Zhen Yuan to open up the gate to the truth realm.
Stepping into the truth realm was said to be the second major hurdle in the life of a martial
artist, because unlike human beings, there were a lot of demon beasts or devil races who
were born directly in the Xiantian realm, and by the time they reached adulthood, they
would automatically step into the truth realm without any hindrance.
For human beings, breaking through to the truth realm was even more difficult than to the
difficulty of practicing and breaking through all the way from the Houtian realm to the peak
of Xiantian realm, put together.
In order to step into the Xiantian realm from the Houtian
realm, it was necessary to open up the world bridge. So during that transition, when the
world bridge was opened up, it allowed the body to switch from the initial closed state in
the Houtian realm, to open state in the Xiantian realm.
The experts of the truth realm were considered honorable people, which meant that from
the time they entered into the truth realm from Xiantian realm, they would give up
affectation and go back to the nature, then there would be no value of some
representations, there would only be the value of the true essence of the world. Only after
stepping into the truth realm, one could finally come in contact with the world's true
essence and laws.
It was a new beginning and a brand-new process.
Impact!
Unceasing impact!
Compared to other people who would find it very difficult to make an impact on the
boundary of the truth, Ye Xiwen had the advantage that he had already comprehended the
basic laws of the world, because the truth realm needs the master to
comprehend the world laws, and he had almost comprehended the required laws by using
the mysterious space, and now, he was relying on it and on the strength of newly acquired
vigorous Zhen Yuan, to have a breakthrough.
Did not know how much time had passed already, in the depths of the sea, there was no
sense of day or night!
"Boom!" An enormous breath burst out from the body of Ye Xiwen, it was one type of
intense imposing aura which was entirely different from his former imposing aura, and a
completely different breath was overflowing the surroundings.
Ye Xiwen opened his eyes in the water!
He had finally stepped into the truth realm!
Chapter 169: Bai Mojiao's Plot
Truth realm!
Ye Xiwen finally had a breakthrough, and stepped into the truth realm. He accomplished an
unfathomable feat, something that was simply impossible for others to even contemplate,
in this short span of a year. He stepped into the truth realm and became a true disciple!
He could feel the changes in his body, which was glowing with vitality. A kind of vigorous
and turbulent energy was flowing within his body that was entirely different from how it
used to be, when he was in Xiantian realm.
Sure enough, there was a huge difference between truth realm and Xiantian, just like the
difference between heaven and earth!
Although, he went merely a step forward, but he was fully able to feel a completely
different and much more formidable strength than before.
This was the genuine power of the truth realm!
Relying on the beforehand and deep accumulation of energy from the neidans of eighteen
deepwater black serpents, last of them being almost at the third stage of truth realm, Ye
Xiwen rushed all the way to the peak of first stage of truth realm, and was ready to cross
over this line and step into the second stage of truth realm.
Now, Ye Xiwen could easily compete with invincible masters at the third stage of truth
realm, and even if he ran into a master like that Elder Jin Xuan, he would be able to defend
himself, in fact, by drawing support from the Poisonous dragon water control flag array, it
would be quite easy for Ye Xiwen to fight him off.
Ye Xiwen got up and began the sacrifice of the last deepwater black serpent's soul for
refining the last piece of Poisonous dragon water control flag array. At present, Ye Xiwen
had already stepped into the truth realm, and tremendous change occurred in his strength
compared to his earlier strength.
Regarding the matter of refining the Poisonous dragon water control flag array, it was just
going to be an easy job for him, it was nothing more than a child's play for him, and he
seemed unusually very familiar with the refining process as well, since he had already done
it once before.
Soon, the strongest piece for refining the Poisonous dragon water control flag array was
also complete. It skimmed out and joined the seventeen surfaced Poisonous dragon water
control flag to form a resonance relation.
The flag array was finally complete, and now, the only thing left, was to constantly increase
the might of this Poisonous dragon water control flag. Since, it was needed to behead and
refine poisonous dragons to make a genuine Poisonous dragon water control flag array, so
the Poisonous dragon water control flag array refined by Ye Xiwen was only an imitation of
the real thing, and its might was certainly far less. Later, he would have to behead more
deepwater black serpents and refine their souls in order to increase the might of this divine
tool.
Ye Xiwen got up and set out towards the sea surface, he was about to head in the direction
of Qianji Island in order to meet up with the other people from Yi Yuan School before the
gathering, but suddenly, a violent fluctuation of formidable
moqi came rushing towards Ye Xiwen.
Moqi = Devilqi
"There are devils in the East China Sea!" Ye Xiwen immediately gawked, and exclaimed all
of a sudden moment,
this was totally unexpected, and from the type of moqi, Ye Xiwen could not make a mistake.
"Big fluctuation!"
Ye Xiwen was less than 10 Li away from the source of this fluctuation, this moqi was mighty
and very formidable. Ye Xiwen did not move, just advanced in that direction while quietly
lurking, because he could sense a terrifying presence from the source of that moqi that
seemed to possess an intimidating breath.
Ye Xiwen did not take much time to realize that the mighty moqi was just too enormous
and extremely powerful. It immediately attracted the attention of numerous formidable
demon beasts, lurking near the seabed.
Many truth level demon beasts swam up from the seabed, the violent surge of Zhen Yuan,
turned sea water into numerous water-swords, which were emitted at once and rushed
towards the group of devils, but simply could not get close to them. The water-swords were
directly crushed in succession.
Some of the devils in this group were horrifyingly formidable.
"Who are they, to think they are actually so fierce!" Ye Xiwen
narrowed his eyes after witnessing this scene, and did not know what to think, "Also, for
what reason will the devil race come to the East China Sea?"
Ye Xiwen felt somewhat strange, he advanced quietly and stealthily to have a look, but
suddenly, a humming sound resounded in the sea.
"Who are you people, actually dare to enter the territory of this Heishui!" It was actually
the voice of a human, which immediately left Ye Xiwen in a very panic-stricken state. When
demon beasts could speak in a human voice, with or without attaining an actual human
form, it could be said that it was definitely a terrifying existence among the demon beasts,
and its intelligence was generally no less than intelligence possessed by human beings.
And these highly intelligent demon beasts were often very formidable and scary.
"Heishui, could it be that you do not remember an old friend?"
A voice came from the group of devils and suddenly said, accompanied by a burst of
laughter.
"It's you? Come in!" The voice said, and went silent soon after finishing, and soon, a large
group of devils and sea beasts were welcomed inside a cave mansion.
Ye Xiwen slightly hesitated, but decided to have a look at what was going on, he already had
a feeling that once again, devil race was certainly up to no good, and must be planning
something big.
Ye Xiwen pulled out the Poisonous dragon water control flag, and at the same time, he took
possession of the incarnation of the flag and transformed into a deepwater black serpent,
leisurely swim in the water. Ye Xiwen had already practiced the
'Restraining breath technique' to the acme level, and after reaching the perfection of this
technique, even the demon beast in the sea would be unable to sense that there was
something wrong, that it was actually a human transformed as a demon beast.
Ye Xiwen swam all the way forward, and soon, a cave mansion appeared in front him. He
began to swim slowly towards the entrance, but suddenly, a divine perception swept over
Ye Xiwen in order to confirm that he was not a threat, and then he was received by this
divine perception.
Ye Xiwen was secretly relieved, it got really too dangerous a moment ago, but fortunately,
he had practiced the 'Restraining breath technique' to the perfection level, in addition to
that, his soul was completely enveloped inside the soul of the deepwater black serpent, so
he was not discovered.
If he was discovered here then he might get in big trouble, one must know that at this place,
there were too many of these truth level demon beasts. Ye Xiwen knew very well that if his
identity of being a human was discovered, other than making a quick escape, he would
have no other way out. Moreover, the commotion would possibly alarm the other
formidable demon beasts, and at that time, it would actually be a dead end for him.
Ye Xiwen was pretending to swim casually and carelessly, and arrived next to the demon
beast that was responsible for the guarding looked at Ye Xiwen, but did not care too much,
because while using the Poisonous dragon water control flag, Ye Xiwen had chosen to
transform into the first deepwater black serpent he killed, the same one that had recently
reached adulthood by stepping into the first stage of truth realm.
Also, right now, Ye Xiwen's consciousness had not developed fully and even after
transforming, he was just strolling around everywhere, but from the familiar smell, he
could confirm that this place was really the Heishui's mansion, there was no doubt
about it.
Ye Xiwen was slowly wandering into the depths of the Cave mansion, and at a distant place,
he took a glimpse and actually saw the group of devils speaking with a huge deepwater
black serpent. He saw that this deepwater black serpent's size was easily more than ten
thousand feet. It was lying horizontally on the ground, the brilliance and toughness of its
skins was entirely different than the general deepwater black serpents.
This deepwater black serpent's body was densely covered in numerous thick scales, and
even had four limbs, which definitely should not have been possible in case of ordinary
deepwater black serpents. Although the entire body was almost ten thousand feet long, but
with respect to its huge body, it seemed somewhat deformed and small, even its head had
grown out of its body at a tender and immature angle.
Seeing this scene, Ye Xiwen immediately held his breath and gasped for a moment. Indeed,
this was definitely the deepwater black snake king, moreover, it could be seen that there
were all sorts of signs indicating that this deepwater black serpent would soon transform
into a water dragon. Ye Xiwen could see many signs. It was clearly visible that its scales
would melt soon, the abnormal four limbs, the angled head. All of these signs clearly
declared that this deepwater black serpent king would soon evolve into a water dragon.
Water dragon was considered a creature of the legendary realm. It could be said that it was
a transition species between demon beast and real dragons, and contained dragon blood in
its blood vessels. Legends said that when true dragons took birth directly in the legendary
realm of birth and by the time they reached adulthood, their strength would have already
reached outrageous proportions. Dragons were mythical creatures and were the so-called
ominous beasts, and even one was enough to bring chaos and disaster upon Yi Yuan School.
However, although water dragon was not a real dragon and their species was obviously
inferior to the real dragon species, but just like real dragons, water dragon species had also
become part of myths and legends. It was extremely rare for someone to see a water
dragon, no one knew how many years had passed since the last time someone saw a water
dragon. Water dragons were the beasts of legendary realm, and perhaps, there were some
hiding in the depths of East China Sea!
"It's actually a deepwater black serpent king that is soon going to transform into a water
dragon, it's a big fortune Ye Xiwen, a big good luck!" Ye Mo's excited voice resounded in the
mind of Ye Xiwen.
Ye Xiwen simply did not care about what he said. How a deepwater black serpent that was
soon going to transform into a
water dragon, was a big good luck? As if Ye Xiwen could go and easily kill him.
While Ye Xiwen was living his unstated criticism time, a divine perception of that
deepwater black serpent king swept over towards Ye Xiwen, and when it swept over Ye
Xiwen, the serpent king found a deepwater black serpent, but he did not doubt anything
and took back the divine perception, thinking that Ye Xiwen was one of his own
descendants.
In fact, the areas surrounding the Heishui cave mansion was actually the territory of
deepwater black serpent king, and all of the deepwater black serpents living in this area
were his children and grandchildren. The small deepwater black serpent, which Ye Xiwen
had transformed into, appeared as a new adult, who did not have much intelligence yet and
was blindly swaying everywhere in the water.
Of course, he did not know that a human being was hidden within the soul of this young
deepwater back serpent, and not just that, this human had also killed several of his children
and grandchildren and intended to kill many more. Otherwise, he would chase Ye Xiwen to
the ends of the world in order to kill him.
Ye Xiwen actually saw that the huge body of deepwater black serpent king had condensed
out a humanoid soul that was talking to the group of devils. The ordinary deepwater black
serpents could never display such an amazing ability, it was indeed the deepwater black
serpent king that was soon going to transform into the water dragon.
Ye Xiwen's eyes once again turned towards the group of devils. He actually saw that their
leader was a young man, clad in a bright colored robed, the corners of his mouth were
curled up in a smile and there was a happy expression on his face, but at this time, Ye
Xiwen felt a terrifying and peerless aura coming out from his body, and it was unexpectedly
not weaker than that of the deepwater blade serpent king.
That said, it turned out that he was actually a fearful character and was already in the half-
step legendary realm.
After this young man, Ye Xiwen's vision also located an old acquaintance in the group of
devils, Prince Mo Yan. Ye Xiwen did not expect to see him in the team, and compared to a
few months ago, now, his strength had shown a rapid progress.
Now, he was no longer just a master of the Xiantian realm, but the master of truth realm.
Although, there was instability in the aura of Prince Mo Yan, might be because not much
time had passed since he entered into the truth realm, but it was enough
to prove that during these few months, Prince Mo Yan must have had a fortuitous
encounter, and obtained great benefits.
Behind Prince Mo Yan, there were a total of six people, wrapped in shadow-like cloaks, and
among these shadows, the strength of each was not simple. All of them were the masters of
the truth realm, including both weak and super truth level masters.
Ye Xiwen then finally discovered that he actually made a mistake, this was not just the team
of devils, but was actually a team of Bai Mojiao. But that was also similar, apparently there
were the Bai Mojiao infested areas, so one could certainly not avoid the devils.
"Lu Hongwei, tell me, why have you come this time?" The humanoid soul of deepwater
black serpent king said, although the expression was very vague, it was not a clear
expression, but one could certainly sense careless tone in it.
What!
He actually turned out to be Lu Hongwei!
Ye Xiwen suddenly gawked when he heard the name, Lu Hongwei. It was definitely an
illustrious name and during the turmoil of Bai Mojiao hundred years ago, the name had
become very infamous and legendary. At that time, he was already an extremely powerful
character, it could be said that his strength was comparable to the strength of the top four
disciples of Yi Yuan School. He was also considered the strongest in the younger generation
of devils in the Great Yue State.
Chapter 170: Arrives At Qianji Island
Lu Hongwei was considered a very illustrious and infamous character in those times, when
Bai Mojiao was most active. His strength was comparable to the four strongest true
disciples of Yi Yuan School. Ye Xiwen looked carefully and noticed that his strength was not
inferior to that of Qi Feifan, in fact, he was also a peerless master of half-step into the
legendary realm.
Among the four strongest true disciples of Yi Yuan School, excluding Qi Feifan, who had a
late rise to the ranks of strongest four, all of the other three strongest true disciples had
fought with Lu Hongwei, although none of the three could ever defeat him, but weren't
defeated either, and this clearly showed the immense strength of Lu Hongwei.
Ye Xiwen was being very careful because if any one of these two peerless masters
discovered that there was something strange or suspicious, then he would not be able to
escape, it would certainly be a dead end for him.
"Hundred years have gone, but Heishui, you are just like you used to be back then." Lu
Hongwei actually did not hurry to reply, and said in a relaxed manner.
"If you have something to say, say it directly." The deepwater black serpent king said in a
commanding voice, clearly displaying the demeanor of an experienced superior, although
he originally had the origin of a demon beast, but he was the so-called legendary
millennium flood dragon, he had lived through thousands of years, it was hard to imagine
the extent of his experience. Demon beast weren't usually as wily and cunning as human
beings, but in the case of an old monster like deepwater black serpent king, one could be
absolutely sure that he was wily and experienced.
"The five forces of Great Yue state are going to unite. They are going to have a gathering on
Qianji Island to confirm their friendly collaboration. Do you know about this?" Lu Hongwei
did not beat around the bush, and directly said.
"This matter concerns you human being, why should I know about it?" Deepwater black
serpent king indifferently said.
"Heishui, this statement of yours seems groundless." Lu Hongwei said, with a faint smile.
"Other demon beasts are ignorant and unconscious about their surroundings, all they know
is to slaughter and fighting every day, but how could Heishui be ordinary like them."
"Well, in the end what do you want from me?" Deepwater black serpent king narrowed his
sharp flashing eyes, and said.
"Heishui, as far as I know, for the last few centuries, several forces of Great Yue state have
joined up together and have suppressed the development of your territory, which includes
several channels and demon beasts that come under your control, am I correct so far?" Lu
Hongwei said.
"Yes, so what?" Deepwater black serpent king, Heishui lightly said.
"Don't you want to get rid of their control, become a side giant influence and do whatever
you want?" Lu Hongwei curled up the corners of his mouth, and said. "Say, Heishui, you do
not have the aspirations and ambitions, let those people get terrified!"
"You do not need to prod me, it's useless." These words seemed to have failed in
stimulating the wily and experienced Heishui.
Heishui vaguely knew what the other party was talking about, but he would not swallow
the bait so easily. The existence of
five big forces of the Great Yue state was like a relentless pressure that he had no choice but
to withstand, while he was like a loach, surviving in the crevice!
He was already aware of the fact that the number of legendary masters among the five
forces was calculated in tens, not to mention he was just at the half-step legendary level.
"This time, our Bai Mojiao organization is planning to subvert the rule of Great Yue state in
one fell swoop, and use it as a springboard, to bring the rule of devil world in this world."
Lu Hongwei did not mind to put out the highest secret, and openly said this to Heishui.
Perhaps, this was the most important secret that most people did not know, the true
motive of a notorious organization like Bai Mojiao was not known to everyone, but it was
quite useless to inform the people about this because anyway, it was necessary to defeat
Bai Mojiao.
"You need us?" Heishui said, but did not seem very interested in this topic, even if the devil
race came to this world, he did not care much because he was the ruler of demon beasts in
the deep sea and his influence was not that great, "I know Bai Mojiao's influence is very
huge, subverting the rule of Great Yue state is only a matter of time."
"Yes, our Bai Mojiao's influence is very huge indeed, far more powerful than what you can
imagine at this moment, but even if we are so formidable, we have quite a formidable
opponent, so we need as much support as we can draw." Lu Hongwei lightly said. "We will
unite all forces that can be united, and this time, we will give those five forces a lesson on
the Qianji Island."
"So what, even if you go to the Qianji Island and attack the five forces during their
gathering, even if you kill most of them, is it still not enough to cause heavy losses to them."
Heishui disdainfully said.
"This is a war and will probably last for a long time, and we do not intend to finish it off in
one shot, it is impossible to defeat them in so quickly, it has to be done slowly and gradually
and this is one of the steps of the main plan." Lu Hongwei said,
"What do you say, you must consider helping us, this is the one time opportunity for a sea
monster like you to come ashore, expect our Bai Mojiao, there are no human forces who
will allow you to come ashore."
Heishui seemed quite interested, after all, nobody wanted to have to live an entire life in
this dark place, especially a truth master, who were said to have gotten rid of many
features of life, and wanted to explore the entire world and learn about the various laws of
this world. Just like the truth level human
experts could breathe in the water, the truth level sea beasts could breathe ashore, this was
mutual, in fact, even Xiantian level sea beasts could a few days on the shore.
"But, I heard that this time, high level experts from various sects is coming to the gathering,
so even if I go, it will be useless!" Heishui said.
"Rest assured, they will not come. Some of our people will constrain them." Lu Hongwei
indifferently said.
At the same time, Ye Xiwen was listening on the side and was suddenly startled because he
never expected that Lu Hongwei would come here and that too for such a purpose, that he
was planning such a conspiracy.
"Well, in that case, we will join you. My children also need to go out of this place, but still,
after all of this is finished. We want at least 30 county prefecture of the Great Yue coastal
region." Heishui said.
"No problem." Lu Hongwei said.
"It seems that this trip to the Qianji Island will not be a smooth one." Ye Xiwen did not
continue to eavesdrop, and slowly swam out of the cave palace, disguised as a young
deepwater black serpent, he didn't get discovered, and slowly swam away without getting
into trouble.
After leaving the territory of Heishui, Ye Xiwen transformed back to his human form.
"These devils from Bai Mojiao have spread everywhere and are trying to win the support
from various forces and its tentacles even extend into the deep sea." Ye Xiwen said in a
somewhat worried tone, although this level of fighting was not a big threat for him, now
that he had stepped into the truth level, but it did not mean that he would not care, in fact,
he was quite concerned about it, because even in his past life, he was a human, and in this
life as well, he was a human so how could he so easily accept the rule of the devils, let alone
these devils be so brutal.
"I need to first rush to the Qianji Island and inform the sect about this." Ye Xiwen decided in
his heart.
Ye Xiwen felt particularly heavy in his heart, he could clearly sense that a great storm was
going to hit this world and bring
utmost chaos. The actions of Bai Mojiao made him have a sense of approaching danger, this
was the so-called feeling of having Goosebumps, because once Yi Yuan School collapsed,
then the consequences would simply be unimaginable.
At present, Ye Xiwen just now stepped into the truth realm and at his current strength, a
truth level master like him was indeed considered strong in the Great Yue state, not to
mention, Great Yue state was considered one of the strongest states in this big world.
But, even if Ye Xiwen went to the most powerful country, he would still have a certain
status and would not be considering as some weakling.
It could be said that only after achieving the truth realm, one could actually travel to the
various States, but the Great Yue State would always be Ye Xiwen's mother place, where his
foundation lied, not to mention, he was not alone. If he was alone, he could go wandering
around the world and do what he wanted without caring about anyone or anything, but he
was not. He still had his family and friends, and all of this was going to change a lot of
things, and could endanger his family and friends, so he could not just stand idly and watch.
He must get involved!
Devil race would bring about war, destruction and chaos!
If the very existence of devil race invoked destruction and chaos everywhere they went, if
the devil race must win all that is present in front of their eyes, then Ye Xiwen didn't have a
choice, but to prepare himself for the extermination of devil race!
This was the first time when Ye Xiwen had a strong wish to destroy an entire race!
In this entire world, to Ye Xiwen, his family was the most cherished thing, regardless of
who tried to threaten their safety he would treat them as his sworn enemy, even if the
other party was the so-called infamous and terrifying devil race. If they threatened the
safety of his family, then he wouldn't mind to eradicate their entire race, if he had to in
order to ensure the safety of his family.
Meanwhile, Ye Xiwen also had a feeling of urgency, his cultivation was far from enough,
although, it could be said that truth level experts had the qualifications to participate in the
mighty waves of war, but they were merely capable of performing as the one of the pawns,
let alone acting as chess players, in fact, Ye Xiwen was not even capable of being the
weighty chess piece.
Only the masters at the level of those four strongest true disciples could be considered as
weighty chess piece!
The intense sense of urgency was forcing Ye Xiwen to have unceasing promotion in
strength, and now, he must have a rapid growth in strength in a short time.
Although, Lu Hongwei also said that this fight might not end in a short period of time, but
this short period of time was probably ten years or less, one could not really say how much
growth a truth level master would have during this time, because for a true disciple like Ye
Xiwen, this much of time was not going to be enough to have breakthroughs and level up.
After that, Ye Xiwen quickly turned around and swam out of the sea, the intermittent waves
of sea breeze was blowing against his face, Ye Xiwen looked at the nautical map, and after
ascertaining his position and the relative position of his destination, Qianji Island, he flew
in the direction of Qianji Island, while riding a divine rainbow, and instantly disappeared
into the horizon.
Unknowingly, Ye Xiwen had penetrated very far into the East China Sea, but Qianji Island
was relatively close to the coastline, so he had to make a long flight to reach there. The
flight to the Qianji Island took more than two days' time, and Ye Xiwen finally approached
it.
Qianji Island was a very large island, it was known as the territory of 1,000 clans, so the
infrastructure on this island was actually ready-made and seemed quite extensive.
Soon, Ye Xiwen flew into the range of Qianji Island, and from afar, he saw some people at
dispute.
"Sister Hua, I have adored you for a long time, so long as you say yes, I will immediately go
back and make my father come to propose for our marriage."
Chapter 171: Rolling In The Mud
"Sister Hua, I have adored you for a long time, so long as you say yes, I will immediately go
back and make my father come to propose for our marriage." Ye Xiwen looked, and saw
that it was a young disciple, and looking at the clothes he was wearing, one could easily
make out that it was actually the dress of Liu Yuncheng disciples.
Among the four big forces, Liu Yuncheng had always been relatively close to the royal clan,
which itself possessed formidable strength, and not just that, Liu Yuncheng had always
been supported by the royal clan, so this was one of the reasons why the royal clan had
always been the most powerful among all the big forces of Great Yue State.
A bunch of other Liu Yuncheng disciples were standing behind that young disciple.
"Pardon me young city lord but I have no interest in you." Hua Menghan frowned, and said.
"Also, I want to request young city lord to not waste any thoughts regarding this matter."
The young city lord was about to continue speaking about it,
when suddenly, with a loud bang, Ye Xiwen landed on the ground, and directly ignoring
that young city lord, he arrived in front of Hua Menghan.
"Ye Xiwen?" Hua Menghan did not expect to meet Ye Xiwen at this time, he was not present
in the team of Yi Yuan School when the team left for Qianji Island, and there was also no
sign of him for the last several days.
"Where is the deputy-head? I have something important to inform him." Ye Xiwen said
directly, because for him, at this moment, this was the most important matter, of course,
Bai Mojiao joined forces with Heishui and his army of sea beasts, and was planning to
attack Qianji Island during the gathering of five forces, but according to him, this
collaboration between Bai Mojiao and Heishui could not be so simple, and must not be
taken lightly. This time, the gathering of five big forces of Great Yue state would most likely
turn into a huge collision between the two sides, so nothing was more important than this
matter, and the deputy-head must be informed about it as soon as possible.
Ye Xiwen knew that in this gathering, Yi Yuan School's team was going to be led by the
deputy-head of Yi Yuan School.
"Who are you?" When the young city lord saw that Ye Xiwen suddenly arrived, and started
talking with Hua Menghan, without paying attention to him, he suddenly felt very
uncomfortable.
"This matter is very important!" Ye Xiwen looked at Hua Menghan, and said. Hua Menghan
also seemed to feel that Ye Xiwen was not joking, she nodded and said, "Deputy-head did
not come together with us, our leader this time is Brother Qi Feifan."
"You insolent boy, cannot you hear that our young city lord is talking to you?" At this time,
standing behind that young city lord, a loud clamor suddenly resounded, it actually
belonged to a master of Xiantian Great realm, and not just him, there were several other
masters of Xiantian Great realm standing behind young city lord, and all of them were
actually his personal attendants.
And, Ye Xiwen also found an old man standing not far from him, and he was at the second
stage of truth realm.
Perhaps, the status of this young city lord in Liu Yuncheng should not be low, because he
was actually at the first stage of truth realm, and one could easily guess that his future
prospects
were boundless!
Moreover, he was called young city lord and should be one of the respected families of Liu
Yuncheng, and there was possibility that he might be the direct disciple of Liu clan, the vein
of Liu Yuncheng's city lord.
But, a member of Yi Yuan School was far more different from a member of Liu Yuncheng.
The disciples of Liu Yuncheng were relatively fixed, basically a direct descendant of the
large or small families of Liu Yuncheng, and it also had the vein of the city lord and four
influential clans, making five big influences of Liu Yuncheng. The strength of these five big
influences was very enormous.
And, this system was only followed in the royal clan and Liu Yuncheng. The ranking system
followed in these two forces was very strict, from the beginning to the end these two forces
had implemented a stern hierarchy, the suppression from the direct descendant of the
lineage, the suppression of the low-status people from the high-status people.
However, in the case of Yi Yuan School, this type of ranking system based on lineage rarely
occurred. All of the disciples were ambitious to climb upwards, all only spoke with strength
and talent, those who were powerful and highly talented, would naturally get better
training and more resources from the sect, irrespective of their lineage.
However, Liu Yuncheng was no different than royal clan, both of these forces differentiated
based on bloodline, the people of noble blood would naturally get more resources, and
compared to several other forces, the royal clan could get various resources of the country
to support their disciples, so even if it was a kind of an abnormal policy, but it had still
ensured the formidable strength of Liu Yuncheng and royal clan.
Although, the system of differentiating based on the bloodline seemed somewhat biased,
but it was undeniable that this was by no means without reason, because there has been
genetic improvement in the royal clan over the years, as well as many of the strong men of
royal clan had left more descendants. There were often many talented ones among these
children of the royal clan, and occasionally, there would be the appearance of some
peerless genius, who could maintain the prosperousness of the royal clan.
However, Ye Xiwen simply did not care about these things, he immediately shouted to clear
the way: "Get lost, do not hinder me!"
That young city lord's complexion suddenly became very unsightly, he was the young city
lord, a nobility, it could be said that he was born with a silver spoon in his mouth, his
strength was outstanding, was a master at the first stage of truth realm, even among the
younger generation, he was considered a genius, sufficient to rule the roost, how could an
existence like him be ignored and disrespected so casually?
"Boy, do you know who you're talking to?" A warrior, standing behind that young city lord,
gave a loud shout, and a big hand made up of Lingqi instantly grasped towards Ye Xiwen.
"Get lost!" Ye Xiwen shouted loudly, sending terrifying sound waves towards the incoming
big hand. These sound waves were just like the sonic arrows which directly punctured the
big hand made up of Lingqi.
"At present, I don't have free time to play with you, do not mess with me." Ye Xiwen knitted
his eyebrows, and coldly said.
He simply did not want to waste time on this spoiled son of a rich and influential clan.
"You are courting death!" The young city lord could not bear anymore, he was enduring not
because he was good natured, but he actually wanted to maintain a good image in front of
Hua
Menghan and nothing more, but after hearing the words of Ye Xiwen, he lost his self-
control.
Right now, suddenly a feeling of embarrassment appeared in the heart of the young city
lord, it was as if he was like a child who asked for a candy from an adult, and the adult said
something very rude, so the child started rolling in the mud to force the adult to fulfill his
wish, but the adult said that he had no time to accompany him playing in the mud!
This feeling of being inferior to Ye Xiwen made him have an ashamed feeling, his face
turned red like a red fruit, and this was a type of an extreme feeling of being embarrassed.
He was trying to act normal all this time because Hua Menghan was also present there, but
in the end, he could not bear anymore.
Hundred stages god fist!
A fist fiercely rumbled towards Ye Xiwen, the Quanjin went across the sky and instantly
advanced towards Ye Xiwen, the strength contained in this fist attack had already reached
an extreme level, and one could see that young city lord was not
intending to give Ye Xiwen an opportunity to react.
Quanjin = Fist strength
A cold light flashed in the eyes of Ye Xiwen, he did not expect that the other party would
actually dare to attack him all of a sudden. Moreover, he also seemed to have used his best
and most powerful attack against Ye Xiwen. One could imagine the vicious intention in the
heart of the young city lord.
This technique called 'hundred stages god fist' was exactly the same technique used by Dai
Xiaohua, but compared to the fist technique of Dai Xiaohua, this was much more exquisite
and countless times powerful, it could be seen that it had almost reached the stage of
perfection.
Although, the young city lord was quite annoying, but Ye Xiwen had to admit that he was
capable enough to practice the
'hundred stage god fist' to such an extent.
"You are courting death!" Ye Xiwen shouted, and rushed towards the opposite party, at this
time, Ye Xiwen certainly would not retreat, and he blasted an average fist towards the
young city lord. It was not a fist technique. It was just an
average mediocre punch, completely without any gaudiness and skill, just an average fist.
There was nothing to simplify, it did not contain the unsurpassed deep meaning of some
fist technique, it just simply relied on the fact that even an average fist of Ye Xiwen, without
any skill or technique, was enough to crush that young city lord.
"Boom!" Two fists fiercely collided together, and instantly, the fists pressure caused due to
the collision set off an endless blast of intermittent waves of thunderstorms, accompanied
by loud sounds, causing several air explosions that sent shock waves in all directions.
"Ta, ta, ta!" The young city lord withdrew several successive steps before stopping.
"Well, big power and prestige, good way to vent off the anger."
Ye Xiwen sneered, his figure flickered, and instantly, he rushed towards the young city lord
and blasted his fist at him, again without the slightest skill, but this time, way before the fist
could arrive, the terrifying fist pressure arrived in front of young city lord, and pressed
down on his body.
When Ye Xiwen was at the Xiantian ninth stage, he was able to fight off a master at first
stage of truth realm, and now that he had stepped into the truth realm, he was easily able to
fight off a master at the second stage of truth realm, and he could also compete with a
master at the third stage of truth realm.
One must know that the difference between each of the nine stages of truth realm was
unimaginable big. Although right now, both Ye Xiwen and young city lord were at the first
stage of truth realm, but the skill of Ye Xiwen had already reached a fearful point, and when
he shot his fist, it completely manifested the true strength of Ye Xiwen, which was far more
than the strength of a master at the first stage of truth realm.
"Boom!" A terrifying coercion severely pressed upon his body.
"Poof!" That young city lord spouted a mouthful of blood, there was a panic-stricken look in
his eyes, and he just could not believe that Ye Xiwen would actually be intrepid to such an
extent.
Ye Xiwen had already practiced 'restraining breath technique'
to a very profound level, and while using it, he could hide a large section of his breath, so in
the eyes of people, Ye Xiwen seemed like a warrior at the first stage of truth realm, they
couldn't feel his extraordinary strength, he just seemed like an expert who recently stepped
into the truth realm.
However, after Ye Xiwen completely released him imposing aura, an alarmed and terrified
look appeared on the face of young city lord, when he discovered that the true strength of
Ye Xiwen's strength was far beyond his imagination.
The fist attack of Ye Xiwen encroached towards young city lord and arrived in front of him.
The young city lord panicked and also issued several moves of 'hundred stages god fist', but
it was all in vain, when all his attacks were completely crushed by an average fist attack of
Ye Xiwen.
"Stop!" At this time, the old man, who was observing from the side, could not bear to watch
anymore and directly shot his fists towards Ye Xiwen. This technique was 'hundred stages
god fist'
and was much more powerful than the 'hundred stages god fist'
of young city lord. The terrifying might of this technique, accumulated over so many years,
was finally displayed instantaneously.
Chapter 172: Prewar Preparation
Hundred stages god fist was a very widespread fist technique, it was not just popular in
Yuncheng, but also in other sects as well, and what this old man just used was an advanced
version of this fist technique. Apparently, this old man had practiced it to a very profound
level.
Hundred stages god fist, hundred times invincibility!
Within the scope of hundred stages god fist, the might was invincible, it would take a very
brave soul to engage in a close combat with this old man!
As a master of the second stage of truth realm, the might of this old man was far more than
the might of that young city lord!
The air began to explode each time their fists collided. One could also see that the space had
begun to crack from these collisions.
However, it was still not enough!
Ye Xiwen sneered, and just like before, he once again threw an average fist against the
hundred stages god fist. The Quanjin released from the hundred stages god fist was just like
a paper stick in front of the average fist of Ye Xiwen, and was instantly broken. The massive
Zhen Yuan released from that average fist of Ye Xiwen instantly pressed down towards that
old man. It could be said that Ye Xiwen was tuned to immediate action, this statement was
most correct to describe him.
"How is this possible!" The old man looked incredibly at Ye Xiwen. After all, Ye Xiwen was
merely at the first stage of truth realm, but the quantity of Zhen Yuan he was displaying
was really abnormal and out of the comprehension of a master at the first stage of truth
realm. Perhaps, not even a giant demon beast at the first stage of truth realm would possess
such a massive and profound amount of Zhen Yuan, it should not be possible for a human to
possess such a vigorous Zhen Yuan.
The amount of Zhen Yuan housed in the body was certainly related with the size of the
body. There was a greater amount of Zhen Yuan within a massive body, so it was obvious
that battles would be advantageous for those who possessed greater amount of Zhen Yuan.
However, all along, humans never possessed profound and massive amount of Zhen Yuan
like the demon beasts, they were known to utilize the superiority of human
wisdom to gain advantage over demon beasts. Humans relied on endless variety of secret
martial arts and were able to suppress the demon beasts. This was also the reason how
human beings had managed to achieve dominance over the continent.
And, Ye Xiwen was obviously not like other humans, after having practiced the "Tyrants
body technique", the meridians within his body had been expanded to the extreme, several
times more than that of the ordinary people. One must know that Ye Xiwen was able to
completely absorb and digest the neidans of so many monstrous deepwater black serpents,
so it was obvious that the meridians within his body had already widened to the most
extreme extent.
"Humph!" Ye Xiwen sneered. His Zhen Yuan was so vigorous and profound that it was
enough to finish most of the masters at the third stage of truth realm, let alone this old man,
who was only at the second stage of truth realm.
"Boom!" Ye Xiwen's fist contained an irresistible force, after it eradicated the hundred
stages god fist and fiercely rumbled on the fist of that old man.
"Kara!" Soon, a heart penetrating sound of breaking bones resounded, and right after that,
the old man groaned with pain,
his arm was broken, twisted at a strange angle and hanging down, his skinny face was
covered with numerous beads of cold sweat.
As if, there was storm rampaging in the old man's heart, he had practiced the hundred
stage god fists to the level of perfection, which was quite profound and he was naturally
very confident on the strength and sturdiness of his arm, but he did not expect a fist, just an
average fist of Ye Xiwen, without any skill or technique, was able to crush his entire arm.
But looking at the young appearance of Ye Xiwen, he couldn't help but shiver a bit after all,
there was a heaven and earth difference between their strengths.
The old man was suddenly very depressed because he didn't know in the end, what kind of
body refining technique had Ye Xiwen practiced to achieve such a terrifying strength.
He certainly did not know that Ye Xiwen had practiced tyrant body technique, and how
overbearing and invincible strength it could grant to the practitioner. It was the technique
practiced and developed by the ancient tyrants themselves!
Ye Xiwen did not continue to pursue the fight with the old man, just looked coldly at the
young city lord. The young city
lord's face was immediately covered in cold sweat, even the body guards of his family had
terrified expressions on their faces, and they clearly knew that if old man was not the
match of Ye Xiwen, they could obviously not take on this opponent.
They finally realized that they had made the biggest mistake of provoking a formidable
person.
The opposite party was a true disciple of Yi Yuan School. His status was not one bit less
than the status of young city lord.
True disciples were considered elite geniuses, treasures in Yi Yuan School. Based on the
ranks, young city lord and Ye Xiwen should be worthy opponents to each other, but when
the actual strength was taken into consideration, even though both of them were at the first
stage of truth realm, young city lord could barely resist against Ye Xiwen a moment ago, so
it was now obvious to everyone that Ye Xiwen was far more stronger than the young city
lord.
"Let's go!" Ye Xiwen, was not in a mood to waste time dealing with these people. Along with
Hua Menghan, he directly went towards the station of Yi Yuan School's team.
Looking at their departing figures, the complexion on the face of that young city lord began
to gradually become pale, he had never been treated like this before and he had never been
defeated like this as well.
"I want him dead, I want him dead!" The young city lord roared.
-- "Ye Xiwen, why are you in such a hurry this time?"
Huameng Han asked.
"I got the news. Bai Mojiao has been colluding with the forces in the surrounding areas and
intends to perform a surprise attack on the gathering of five big forces of Great Yue state."
Ye Xiwen said. Earlier, he came to know from Hua Menghan that deputy-head of Yi Yuan
School would not come, and now he was more determined about the news he heard, so it
was truly right, Bai Mojiao was really going to make a big move this time.
Both of them were martial artists, although the coastline was from Yi Yuan School's station,
but they were very fast, and not after a while, they returned to the station of Yi Yuan
School.
"Sister Hua!"
"Sister Hua!"
"Brother Ye!"
The disciples of Yi Yuan School respectfully gave their regards to the two, especially when
they saw Ye Xiwen. There were looks of astonishment on their faces. Now, Ye Xiwen's
strength had already been recognized by everyone, this was the strength of a true disciple,
although he had not yet become a true disciple, but the core disciples could no longer dare
to address him casually, they could only call him respectfully as 'Brother Ye Xiwen'.
They went all the way and soon saw their team leader, Qi Feifan.
Qi Feifan was leaning against the window, and the sunlight was shining on his golden hair
and reflected soft bursts of golden light.
Seeing Qi Feifan once again, he did not appear like the way he was when he was fighting
that giant devil, because this time, there was a harmless and peaceful look on his face.
There was faint smile spread on his handsome face!
Ye Xiwen secretly sighed, no wonder they said that even if Qi Feifan was one of the four
strongest true disciples, but if the popularity was taken into consideration, he was actually
the best, although he joined the ranks late, so in terms of support from the elders, he was as
good as the other three, but in the hearts of ordinary disciples, his popularity was far more
than the other three.
"Sister Hua, you seem so anxious to see me, what's the matter?" Qi Feifan said.
"Brother Qi, Ye Xiwen he has something important to inform you." Hua Menghan said
respectfully.
"Ye Xiwen greets Brother Qi!" Ye Xiwen cupped his hands and said. Although, the strength
of both of them was at the truth realm, the status should also be equal, but the last time, Qi
Feifan saved him and his friends, how could Ye Xiwen forget that, "I am deeply grateful for
your help last time."
"Oh, I guess you are one of the disciples from the Thousand Islands city." Qi Feifan finally
remembered, but at the time, Ye Xiwen was just an ordinary disciple, especially in the eyes
of Qi Feifan, who was at the half-step legendary level.
However, seeing Ye Xiwen again this time, he could not look the other way, and now, Ye
Xiwen's strength had actually reached the truth realm and his breath was even above a
master at the second stage of truth realm. Looking at someone with such strength, how
could he not pay attention?
Regarding Ye Xiwen, these days, even he had heard of his miraculous growth rate and rapid
enhancement of strength and cultivation, breaking his own records, which made Ye Xiwen
the new myth of Yi Yuan School. Many disciples of the younger generation idolized Ye
Xiwen and regarded him as an example.
Moreover, there were many rumors that Ye Xiwen was arrogant and despotic, he did not
even pay attention to the elders and looked down upon them, but after meeting him in
person, Qi Feifan realized that it was not like that!
One should not completely believe the rumors!
"Brother Qi has such a good memory. I would have come early to express gratitude but got
tied down by many matters." Ye Xiwen said.
"No big deal." Qi Feifan said, as if it didn't matter, "Young Ye,
what's this matter you want to inform me about?"
"This time, I accidentally learned about the plans of Bai Mojiao ......" Ye Xiwen told him
about the things he overheard, but he would certainly not elaborate about his own
transformation into a deepwater black serpent and other things he didn't want others to
find out, so he vaguely passed on the information he obtained, without going into detail.
But Qi Feifan did not pay attention to these either, hearing the report from Ye Xiwen, Qi
Feifan frowned, and said: "Young Ye, you have discovered a very important thing, I will
inform the higher authorities about it, but no matter what, this time, we must conduct this
gathering!"
This gathering was not just a way for the five forces to show their strengths but also a
method to show their collective strength to other small and big influences of Great Yue
state, even if Bai Mojiao was going to attack them, they could not cancel the gathering.
Because, even if Bai Mojiao's raid is rendered unsuccessful or they did not do it, then there
was a chance that other forces might be ready to make trouble.
Ye Xiwen can feel a terrifying pressure coming down towards Yi Yuan School. In order to
suppress the strong alliance of the five major forces, Bai Mojiao would definitely have to do
something big, and things won't be so simple then.
"Lu Hongwei, I have never fought with him before." Qi Feifan immediately said, with a smile
on his face. The previous uprising of Bai Mojiao occurred hundred years ago, and during
that turmoil, he was not even born. Among the present strongest four true disciple, only he
had not fought with Lu Hongwei, but looking at the illustrious reputation of Lu Hongwei, he
always wanted to fight with him.
Qi Feifan already confessed that he would not lose to anyone else, even if he was late to join
the ranks of the strongest four true disciples. It was not an excuse for him.
The gathering of the five forces must continue, but they needed to prepare before. If they
didn't know about it then it was a different matter, but now as they already knew about the
attack in advance, they naturally could not ignore it. They must prepare to teach those
bastards of Bai Mojiao a profound lesson otherwise, it would be a waste of the news
brought by Ye Xiwen.
After informing Qi Feifan about this matter, there was
nothing to worry about. Ye Xiwen finished this thing and soon bid farewell to Qi Feifan. He
went to the courtyard reserved for him and began to prepare for closed-door practice. He
simply didn't care about the inner disciple competition, and only after the Bai Mojiao's
attack, he would really start caring about other things.
Chapter 173: Rise To Fame
Ye Xiwen did not want to look for trouble, but it did not mean that trouble won't look for
him or his friends.
When Ye Xiwen was indulged in closed-door practice, overnight, a news spread throughout
Qianji Island, and all the five forces paid attention to it.
"Did you hear the latest news? Eighth prince is aiming for that Ye Xiwen of Yi Yuan School.
We may be able to see a stunning battle between the two."
"What? Eighth prince, the universally invincible genius of this generation from the royal
clan! He is considered invincible even among the peer disciples of the royal clan, but why is
he aiming for Ye Xiwen, oh right, who is this Ye Xiwen anyway?"
"Till yesterday, even I didn't know who this Ye Xiwen actually is, but today, I finally found
out about his identity! The supremeness of eighth prince is widely known among the
younger generation of royal clan, his followers can be seen throughout the five forces and
various other large and small forces. He has also formed his own army by the name
imperial
guards, which claims to dominate the entire world! But, that Ye Xiwen recently rose to fame
in Yi Yuan School as an invincible genius, it is said that he has broken the records of the
legendary genius, Qi Feifan, of Yi Yuan School. Just like Qi Feifan, Ye Xiwen is also
considered a mythical figure, a myth in his sect!"
"But I heard that eighth prince was chasing down a devil and has gone inside the space
crack. Why did he challenge Ye Xiwen right on?"
"I also just heard that the eighth prince chased down the devil all the way inside the space
crack and actually discovered the remains of some treasure, he gained enormous benefit
from it, and now has come back from there, as to say why he challenged Ye Xiwen right on,
the reason is very simple, the eighth prince is very ambitious, he actually wants to conquer
the entire world, dominate all of the landscape then bring the entire Great Yue state under
the rule of the royal clan. He is also known as universally invincible, wants to defeat all the
rivals in the younger generation one by one, and after that, he will even challenge Qi Feifan
and the older invincible masters of the older generation."
"It is said that the eighth prince had once fought with Luo Yifan, but now, Luo Yifan is dead,
and rumors are that it was actually Ye Xiwen who killed Luo Yifan which aroused the
interest of eighth prince. I heard that eighth prince issued the declaration of challenge right
from the Asura battlefield, which arrived now."
"Eighth prince is universally invincible, among the disciples of same age, perhaps only Jian
Wuchen of Yuncheng should be able to compete with him."
"Yes, but it's ironic enough that Jian Wuchen belongs to a slave clan, but even so, he was
able to achieve the reputation of strongest disciple among the younger generation of
Yuncheng and it's just like a slap in the face of those who belong to the strongest clans of
Yuncheng and possess noble blood."
"This is just like the collision between the most noble blood and lowly cheap blood!"
"Don't forget, in addition to Jian Wuchen of Yuncheng, Mu Youran of Xueling sect and Yan
shaoba of Tianfeng hall are also considered the top players among the younger generation,
over the past decade. The rise of a genius in the younger generation was the most crucial
matter for Yi Yuan School among the five forces, although there is Qi Feifan and three other
peerless masters among the older generation, but none of disciples in the younger
generation were splendid enough to be added to this
list. Although, Luo Yifan was an outstanding master, but his strength was undoubtedly still
not comparable to the others.
Then suddenly, this Ye Xiwen came to limelight out of nowhere."
"Eighth prince is ambitious, he wants to wipe out all of the experts of the younger
generation and lead his imperial guards to sweep the entire world under the royal clan's
rule, I do not know how Ye Xiwen will be able to resist the moves of the eighth prince."
Suddenly, the news about the legendary eighth prince personally challenging Ye Xiwen
spread like forest fire, and in a short time, Ye Xiwen's fame spread among the various
forces.
Although originally, Ye Xiwen had defeated Luo Yifan in a one on one battle, but he also set
a remarkable record in Yi Yuan School by breaking the records of Qi Feifan. Not to mention,
too much time had passed since then, and Ye Xiwen preferred to have a relatively low-key
status, so his fame was limited only in Yi Yuan School, and almost nobody in the other sects
knew about his exploits in Yi Yuan School, but the open challenge of the eighth prince
suddenly pushed Ye Xiwen's fame all the way to the top.
Ye Xiwen's image as one of the notable figures in the younger generation began to embed in
the hearts of countless people, but even so, no one was optimistic about his victory, after
all, the eighth prince had been famous for almost a decade. When he began to become
famous, perhaps Ye Xiwen had not even started practicing martial arts!
Although, regarding martial artists, the time gap of ten years was not too much. When
compared to the time of over a hundred years, the time period of ten years didn't seem
much significant, but as far as Ye Xiwen's age was concerned, the last ten years were
sufficient to cause a fatal disparity of several years.
Moreover, eighth prince had deeply infiltrated everyone's heart, even if he and Ye Xiwen
were of same age, no one would really be optimistic about Ye Xiwen, let alone knowing that
Ye Xiwen was several years younger than him.
Although, they could be counted as peers, but the age gap was significant to cause a
disparity in their strengths.
In fact, none of the various forces were optimistic about Ye Xiwen, which also made some
people of Yi Yuan School secretly angry. Originally, Ye Xiwen was not pleasing to the eyes of
everyone, there were many people who did not like the way Ye Xiwen gained sudden fame,
but this was a matter related to the honor of Yi Yuan School, and just because of that, many
of them were standing on the side of Ye Xiwen and speaking in his favor.
Even if sects could inherit resources generations after generations, they always tend to
keep an eye constantly on the performance of the younger generation, especially in the case
of Yi Yuan School, which held the heritage of so many years and also had a lot of talented
disciples, but even so, unlike other sects where outstanding talents took birth in the
younger generation in the past decade, Yi Yuan School seemed to have only one hope, Luo
Yifan, in their younger generation who could hold a chance of contending with the eighth
prince.
Although, Luo Yifan was regarded as splendid in Yi Yuan School's younger generation, but
when compared to strongest disciples of younger generation in other sects, the discerning
eyes could easily see the disparity.
But they were not optimistic about Ye Xiwen, even if he had defeated Luo Yifan because
they assumed that perhaps, Ye Xiwen was only slightly stronger than him and was
definitely not the opponent of the eighth prince.
However, the open challenge from the eighth prince to have a duel with Ye Xiwen still made
them feel incomparably
aggrieved, because the eighth prince, Jian Wuchen, Mu Youran and other top figures in the
younger generation of the major forces were considered at the helm of the younger
generation of their respective sects, and the major sects, intentionally or unintentionally,
never allowed them to have direct confrontation. Everyone felt that these top figures would
eventually step into the legendary realm in the future and might go even farther, and
perhaps then, they might collide in the future to determine the winner, but fighting now
was somewhat early. However, the eighth prince causally announced the challenge and
brought this to light that he would beat Ye Xiwen, which clearly explained that he looked
down on Ye Xiwen, and radically speaking, the eighth prince did not consider Ye Xiwen as
his equal.
In his eyes, Ye Xiwen simply did not qualify to be his match, but Ye Xiwen was already
considered the strongest in this younger generation of Yi Yuan School, after he defeated
Luo Yifan.
Now that he disregarded Ye Xiwen and basically looked down on him, he also looked down
on the entire Yi Yuan School, so even if they were not optimistic about Ye Xiwen, but
overwhelming majorities were still in his favor.
"Eighth prince is not that great, if Ye Xiwen had practiced for
few more years, he could easily beat the eighth prince."
"Yes, if eighth prince thinks he is strong, he should fight with our Brother Qi, after all just
like he is older than Ye Xiwen, Brother Qi is older than him."
There were some people who turned to Qi Feifan.
"Brother Qi, stop their duel, it is so unfair for Brother Ye Xiwen."
"Yes, if given few more years to a talent like Brother Ye Xiwen, he should be able to
compete with this opponent!"
Ye Xiwen might not be pleasing to their eyes but this matter was directly linked with the
honor of Yi Yuan School, hence it was closely linked with them as well, and they were well
aware that its outcome would not be a good one.
But, Qi Feifan had not made an appearance, because at this time, he was discussing the
matter about Bai Mojiao with the leaders of other forces.
However, from the beginning since this matter came to light, many of the inner disciples,
core disciples, and even some true disciples could not sit still.
The deterrence of eighth prince was not just for the disciples of younger generation, it was
like a thorn in the back even for the true disciples of the older generation, it was just like
disregarding the opinion of Yi Yuan School altogether, which immediately made them
angry.
Eighth prince had always been rejecting the challenges from the younger generation of Yi
Yuan School, and once fought with Luo Yifan, and almost missed from completely crippling
him. If he had succeeded in crippling Luo Yifan, he would have completely cut off the one
and only hope of Yi Yuan School, since Luo Yifan was considered the strongest in the
younger generation. But now, Luo Yifan was dead and Ye Xiwen suddenly gained fame, so
eighth prince decided to personally beat him and announce the beginning of his
domination.
Now, on Qianji Island, only Qi Feifan was capable of stopping their duel.
However, the very first sentence that came out of Qi Feifan's
mouth was: "This generation's conquest will advance!"
Obviously, Qi Feifan did not want to prevent the duel, moreover it was apparent from his
words that he seemed optimistic about Ye Xiwen, which shocked many people.
Regarding Qi Feifan's vision and decision, no one would suspect because his very existence
itself was like a legend and mythical, if his rise to fame had been somewhat late, then
perhaps, he would belong to the generation of the eighth prince, Jian Wuchen and the
others. In that case, he would be the only genius in his generation, like the one and only sun
in the sky, filled with radiance, and all others would be overshadowed by his existence. This
was the reason why even the other three or top four true disciples of Yi Yuan School were
scared of him, not to mention the eighth prince and the other strongest disciples of younger
generation. However, in his generation, no one was able to reach his brilliance for decades,
he was recognized as the first master of his generation, no one could compete with him, so
later he was placed in the older generation and was allowed to join the ranks of top four
true disciples of Yi Yuan School.
His words suddenly shocked everyone, as if they heard something wrong when Qi Feifan
said in favor of Ye Xiwen, but eighth prince was already at the fourth stage of truth realm
and there were rumors that he recently obtained some treasures and other great benefits,
and would soon step into the fifth stage of truth realm. Rumors were that he obtained some
ancient relics
and treasure, which were enough to help him overwhelm all his peers and rivals.
Why Ye Xiwen?
What made Qi Feifan say in favor of Ye Xiwen's victory, did he actually think that Ye Xiwen
could turn out to be a rival of the eighth prince?
Chapter 174: Simply Worthless
This time, the leaders of all segments of social strata among the younger generation of the
five forces had gathered in Qianji Island. The news about the eighth prince openly
challenging Ye Xiwen for a duel quickly set off the speculations of a lot of people. Even the
only speculation of the disciples of Yi Yuan School was that, Ye Xiwen would be able to
block a few moves of the eighth prince at the best. No one really thought that he would be
able to contend with the eighth prince!
Defeat the eighth prince? The very concept of defeat simply never existed in their thoughts!
For a time, no one paid attention to the forthcoming meeting of the five forces, everyone
was discussing this matter about the duel between the eighth prince and Ye Xiwen. After
all, eighth prince was considered as the strongest existence among the younger generation
of all the forces, so no matter what he did, it always ended up becoming the object of
attention for countless people.
He rushed to his current illustrious prestige in a short time of ten years and was now at the
helm of the younger generation, he almost did not have a rival, he was ambitious and
wanted
compete for the throne of Great Yue state and become the next emperor. For that, he
needed to sweep away all the other major forces and establish a more centralized influence
of royal clan in the Great Yue state. Regarding this matter, he never tried to conceal it, and
in fact, even his slogan clearly showed that he was ambitious to win over the entire state.
He formed a party of eight and all of these eight outstanding masters were known as
imperial guards. He simply regarded himself as the next emperor of Great Yue state and his
imperial guards were just like the personal guards of the emperor.
He dared to call his subordinates as imperial guards and their motto was to conquer the
world and bring it under the royal clan's rule, no one knew the real reason behind it, but his
group had already been recognized by the Great Yue state's emperor.
Ye Xiwen did not know whether to laugh or cry when he listened to the people's discussion
outside, what was wrong with these people, when he said that he would accept the
challenge, it was as if it was already decided and no one was going to ask his opinion or
decision!
It seemed as if he did not have the right to say anything and would have to comply with the
command of the eighth prince.
Without even asking him, it seemed like his duel with the eighth prince had already been
scheduled, what was going on,
there really didn't seem any respect for his opinion!
No one seemed to really care about his opinion. Everyone was fully convinced that since
eighth prince challenged Ye Xiwen, then he would certainly have to accept the challenge,
this strange logic simply left Ye Xiwen in a situation, where he didn't know whether to
laugh or cry.
In fact, a lot of people thought that since the eighth prince had already announced his
challenge, even if Ye Xiwen was not his match, whatever might be the outcome of this duel,
being the most outstanding disciple in the younger generation of Yi Yuan School, he should
not be able to decline this challenge!
Thereupon, everyone was considering this thing as a matter of fact!
Ye Xiwen was sincerely mad at this, he was being regarded as an insignificant existence, as
if he really didn't have the fundamental right to make his own decisions and no one seemed
to care about what he was thinking. Just because the eighth prince openly challenged him,
he had no choice but to comply and engage in a duel with him?
At noon, the sunlight was shining on the earth, distorting the atmosphere, things looked
blurred from afar.
The battle declaration was handed down right in front of Ye Xiwen.
"Eighth prince has sent us to relay this battle declaration to you, three months later, he
would personally visit Yi Yuan School to have a duel with you, be prepared by that time!"
Out of the three people who came with the battle declaration, the black-robed youth looked
at Ye Xiwen, and said.
Eighth prince was not an ordinary overbearing and rampant guy, this battle declaration
was to play with the minds of the disciples of Yi Yuan School. At least, his motive was to
make sure there were no rival disciples in his generation, and new rivals were to appear, he
would destroy them before they become threats to his ultimate plan. It was a well-known
matter, but the place of their duel was actually going to be Yi Yuan School, which was just a
way to mock someone on their face!
It was a blatant way to mock someone!
Later, Ye Xiwen came to know that these three people were actually not the disciples of the
royal clan. They were actually the outstanding figures of other major forces.
The name of this black-robed youth was Jiaoxu Feng, an outstanding disciple of Tianfeng
hall. Long ago, he became renowned as a strong true disciple and was quite formidable.
This time, he was representing Tianfeng hall and was going to compete in the competition
of true disciples.
Another handsome man around the age of 25 or 26 years was standing behind him. He was
clad in an orange robe and was called Liu Hao, one of the talented disciples of Yuncheng. He
was also very formidable and was going to represent Yuncheng in the competition of true
disciples.
And, the last one was a woman, clad in white clothes, looked very pretty, and her name was
Jin Ling'er. She was actually a disciple of Yi Yuan School and was widely known among the
disciples of Yi Yuan School. There were many disciples who admired her very much, in fact
it could be said that she had innumerable admirers in Yi Yuan School, but no one expected
her to be a member of Imperial guards.
Jiaoxu Feng spoke, but from the look in his eyes, he did not
seem to be paying attention to Ye Xiwen at all, as if he was here just to issue the declaration
of duel and Ye Xiwen would certainly accept it.
"I'm not interested." Ye Xiwen suddenly smiled, and said.
"What, you ......" Jiaoxu Feng suddenly said, it seemed as if he never expected to get such a
reply from Ye Xiwen. He never thought that Ye Xiwen would actually say that he did not
have the slightest interest in it. Before coming to meet Ye Xiwen, he had imagined various
scenarios, but he never expected Ye Xiwen to directly reject the eighth prince's declaration.
He expected that either Ye Xiwen would be angry or terrified after receiving the declaration
of duel, but he definitely did not expect to get such an unexpected answer from Ye Xiwen,
and that too in an indifferent manner.
Immediately, the disciples in the surroundings gathered up to see what was going on, and
when they heard Ye Xiwen's reply, dumbfounded looks appeared on their faces, a sudden
uproar occurred in the crowd. They could clearly see that this Ye Xiwen was no less
rampant than the eighth prince.
Everyone was aware of the arrogance and domineering attitude of the eighth prince. If he
said he wanted to fight with
someone, that person would have no other choice but to obediently comply.
His arrogance could be seen in the very fact that he openly challenged Ye Xiwen even if he
knew that Ye Xiwen was not his match, without caring about Ye Xiwen's opinion. In fact, if
there was someone more powerful than Ye Xiwen in the younger generation of Yi Yuan
School, then perhaps, he would not even look at Ye Xiwen.
This was the kind of arrogance he had, which was enough to make him dominate the entire
world!
However, this seemingly casual remark of Ye Xiwen showed that he was no interested,
implying that he was much more aggressive than the eighth prince. Ye Xiwen's words
implied as if who was this eighth prince, he never heard of some eighth prince, why should
he care about this declaration of duel. There could be no better valid and powerful
comeback than this.
Ye Xiwen finished saying, and then turned around to walk away.
But, suddenly, a loud shout came from behind him: "Stop!"
Liu Hao arrived in front of Ye Xiwen and said: "And you still call yourself a man, you are
actually trying to run away, do you want to become a laughing stock in front of everyone?"
Ye Xiwen disdainfully smiled because he knew that today, if he turned around to leave then
it was not going to be him who would become the laughing stock, but the eighth prince!
People were too lazy to understand what was hidden in the words of Liu Hao!
It could be said that these were coarse words and Liu Hao seemed to be speaking for Ye
Xiwen, but in actuality, he was speaking for the eighth prince.
"Somehow, it is none of your business." Ye Xiwen squeezed out these words from the gap
between his teeth, and it sounded unusually disdaining.
"What did you say, a coward like you, who wants to run away from a fight, actually dares to
be so arrogant? I see, so you must be afraid of his Highness!" Liu Hao said.
"Yes, Ye Xiwen, you want to flee without a fight then do so, but it will hurt the reputation of
our Yi Yuan School, and after this, how you think will others see the disciples of our Yi Yuan
School!" At this time, the female disciple named Jin Ling'er suddenly said.
"Hmph! What utter nonsense." Ye Xiwen coldly smiled, and said, "You seem so concerned
about how others will see our Yi Yuan School, but don't worry, the disciples of Yi Yuan
School are proper and prideful, they don't need to go to someone else and work like their
dog. But sometimes I think, if our Yi Yuan School had such a disciple, I wonder how other
people will see our Yi Yuan School."
"You ......" The face of Jin Ling'er suddenly flushed with anger, she gritted her teeth and her
eyes looked straight at Ye Xiwen, as if she would tear him to shreds with her vision itself.
She had never hated a man so much in her life, because Ye Xiwen actually likened her with
a dog. She never felt that there was something wrong following a strong person, after all
strength was the ultimate law in this world, not to mention, the eighth prince was
considered a peerless master and she held supreme honor as his follower, but all of this
was torn to pieces by the few words of Ye Xiwen.
The looks in the eyes of several disciples standing in the surroundings suddenly changed,
because they had never thought about it in such a way, but after listening to what Ye Xiwen
said just now, it seemed correct, what Imperial guards, weren't they working like dogs for
someone else?
Still the most loyal dogs!
This also made her simultaneously feel ashamed and resentful towards Ye Xiwen, it seemed
as if they wanted to kill Ye Xiwen then and there to vent their hatred.
"Ye Xiwen, if you are scared, kneel down and kowtow then I will ask our eighth prince to let
you off!" Jin Ling'er said viciously. She wanted that Ye Xiwen must kneel down and kowtow
in order to crush his invincible heart, and only then she would be able to calm her anger
down a little.
"What an idiot!" Ye Xiwen coldly smiled, then turned around to walk away. "What eighth
prince, I have never heard of him, if he wants to fight with me, it's very simple, tell him to
come in person and challenge me, if he likes to put on airs then he should stop thinking that
these things would have any effect on
me."
The whole crowd was in uproar after hearing this, after all the words of Ye Xiwen were a
direct hit on the eighth prince's face, and saying 'what eighth prince' in front of so many
people was like a directly insult to the eighth prince.
This completely angered the three members of the Imperial guards.
"I know that he is afraid, our eighth prince is the strongest character in the younger
generation and he is just an ant-like ordinary guy in front of him. Now, he has certainly
gained a clear understanding of his own pathetic existence." Liu Hao said in a harsh tone.
"Ye Xiwen, you are really very scared aren't you?" Jiaoxu Feng looked at Ye Xiwen and said.
"Your foolish attempt to instigate me into action won't work."
Ye Xiwen indifferently said. "Do not think that I am like you people. Perhaps for you all, this
eighth prince is everything, a god like existence or something, but as far as I am concerned,
he is simply worthless."
Chapter 175: He Is Also A Ruthless Man
"Your foolish attempt to instigate me into action won't work."
Ye Xiwen indifferently said. "Do not think that I am like you people. Perhaps for you all, this
eighth prince is everything, a god like existence or something, but as far as I am concerned,
he is simply worthless."
The crowd was in uproar, this was probably the first time someone dared to say something
like this, which implied that the eighth prince could simply not be considered as someone
as if any important personage.
This showed that Ye Xiwen was not just ordinarily rampant as they thought. Although, they
were full aware of the domineering and arrogant attitude of the eighth prince, but they just
did not expect that the seemingly calm rampancy of Ye Xiwen would actually be far more
intense than that of the eighth prince.
However, in such a short time, Ye Xiwen was able to emerge as a peerless genius from Yi
Yuan School, so if his disposition was modest and polite, then that would feel quite strange
too!
But, they actually did not know that Ye Xiwen was not always rampant, he was rampant in
front of his rampant enemies!
"I knew that he will try to run away, even the gods flinch in the presence of his highness
and the devils hide away." Liu Hao said, and it seemed as if he was determined to keep
instigating Ye Xiwen.
"It really is ridiculous, even the gods flinch in his presence, does he try to regard himself as
the king of gods?" Ye Xiwen sneered. Of course, devils existed in this world so it was not
surprising to say that gods also existed in this world. Just listening to the things told by Ye
Mo, he came to know that there were god-like existences in this world and they were
capable of destroying the heaven itself, but it was quite hilarious to say that gods would
flinch in the presence of the eighth prince.
"No one can refuse the decree of his highness!" Jiaoxu Feng shouted in a cold voice, and
threw an envelope toward Ye Xiwen. In the midair, the envelope started to burn and
revealed a domineering and overbearing string of pearl-like characters.
Although it was just one word, but it seemed as if it would burn the eyes of the people, who
laid their eyes on it. Those who saw it only, thought that they must kneel down in front of
his dominating power and become his subjects, they must obey his
command. This was the aura of a king!
But unfortunately, Ye Xiwen was also an overbearing expert and was no inferior to any
tyrant king. He himself possessed the terrifying aura of a tyrant warrior, was about to get
involved, but suddenly, the characters written inside envelop quickly moved and folded up
to transform into a mountain peak, and instantly pressed towards Ye Xiwen. This mountain
peak pressing down towards Ye Xiwen actually possessed a mighty imposing aura.
Ye Xiwen immediately sensed that the law of the earth was in effect, it was as if a mountain
was dropping from the heaven and it must crush Ye Xiwen.
This was to test Ye Xiwen and prove that he was not eligible to accept the challenge and
there was actually a surging Zhen Yuan hidden inside it. It was really quite rampant and
despotic!
However, although it was merely only condensed Zhen Yuan, but was simply relentless and
it possessed strength almost comparable to the third stage of the truth realm, and instantly
smashed down.
Full moon beheader!
Ye Xiwen did not dare to be negligent, although he could compete with masters at the third
stage of truth realm, but while facing this move, he would still need to concentrate with
rapt attention.
"Boom!" The Bladelight fiercely chopped down towards that word mountain peak, the two
attacks deadlocked for a long time, but the Bladelight finally overpowered the coercion of
that word mountain and directly chopped it down into pieces, dispersing golden light
everywhere in the sky.
Ye Xiwen did not have the frivolity, rather the strength of the eighth prince was quite
spectacular, and he noticed some words written on that word mountain 'strongest of the
younger generation' and these were not empty words.
This eighth prince was very strong!
"Oh it's not good, I never imagined that the eighth prince would actually be so strong, even
the battle declaration was so outrageously strong, I guess even the masters at the third
stage of truth realm will find it difficult to deal with this kind of
strength." A Yi Yuan School's disciple said, in a somewhat worried voice. At this time,
except for a few people, most of the disciples of Yi Yuan School were still biased in favor of
one of their own, Ye Xiwen.
After all, this matter was related to Yi Yuan School's glory.
"Luckily, Ye Xiwen is not some ordinary guy, that blade attack was amazing, I heard that he
has recently turned twenty years old and has already stepped into the truth realm,
considering this level of talent, he is not inferior to the eighth prince. If he is given few
years, he should be able to contend with the eighth prince." Another disciple said.
"If Ye Xiwen's fame rises, the younger generation of our Yi Yuan School will not lose to the
other sects, however, I am afraid that the eighth prince will not give him the time to grow,
isn't this the style of the eighth prince to suppress all enemies before they grow stronger?"
"Yes, if it is that Jian Wuchen fighting with Ye Xiwen, then it may seem fair but, why is the
eighth prince so fixated on him.
The eighth prince's ambitions have no limits. He wants the entire Great Yue state to fall
under the rule of the royal clan. He doesn't even want to accommodate a force like Yi Yuan
School
and wants to suppress all his future obstacles, including those who are yet to grow up!"
Many of the disciples of Yi Yuan School were worried, though they clearly recognized the
strength of the eighth prince, but regarding his character, it was not easy to say.
"With such a mediocre strength, you actually dare to be so rampant!" Liu Hao sneered, and
immediately taunted after he saw Ye Xiwen having some difficulty while dealing with the
eighth prince's gift.
Naturally, he was very proud of himself because according to him, the members of the
Imperial guards were far superior to other truth level masters. Their leader was the
strongest in the younger generation. In fact, most people were not even qualified to become
the Imperial guards.
It was not easy to become the Imperial guards!
"Enough with your nonsense!" Ye Xiwen was quite unhappy, this eighth prince was not an
ordinary rampant guy.
Considering the way he used to open the battle declaration in front of everyone, now it did
not matter whether Ye Xiwen
wanted to fight or not, he must accept it. Ye Xiwen, was sure that the opposite party would
certainly direct it towards Yi Yuan School's reputation, regardless of whether he would
comply or not. Ye Xiwen was not just representing himself, but he was also representing
the entire Yi Yuan School in this matter.
It was time for Ye Xiwen to make the decision whether he should accept it or not, it he
didn't, then everyone would say that Ye Xiwen was afraid and backed out.
This was tantamount to force him to accept this battle declaration, which made Ye Xiwen
extremely unhappy.
"You are courting death, why his highness should dirty his hands and deal with you, when I
can personally repress you!"
Liu Hao was thoroughly mad at the attitude of Ye Xiwen. "You don't deserve to accept his
highness's battle declaration!"
When Ye Xiwen heard him, without wasting any time, he instantly took a step, and
suddenly, a burst of Zhen Yuan, like the raging wild sea waves, instantly swept toward Liu
Hao.
Ye Xiwen released a surge of Zhen Yuan which was so huge
that it was easily comparable with the masters at the third stage of truth realm, while Liu
Hao was merely a master at the second stage of truth realm.
At this time, Liu Hao and the others finally understood that although Ye Xiwen seemingly
was at the first stage of truth realm, but looking at his terrifying Zhen Yuan, which could
easily submerge them like a raging ocean, it was easy to guess that his strength was much
more than what it appeared to be.
This could not be the strength of a man. He was simply a humanoid demon beast.
The endless amount of Zhen Yuan, just like a mighty hammer, instantly and fiercely blasted
on Liu Hao's body.
"Poof!" Liu Hao screamed pitifully, and his entire body was sent flying into the sky.
The crowd of onlookers suddenly swallowed a mouthful of saliva and held their breaths.
Just now they witnessed the stunning strength of the eighth prince from just the battle
declaration envelope and it was actually able to have such strength. But now, they found
out that Ye Xiwen must not be
underestimated and his actual strength was much more than they anticipated.
As a master at the first stage of truth realm, he was able to actually release such mighty
waves of Zhen Yuan, which sent a second stage truth level master like Liu Hao, flying into
the sky!
At this time, the disciples of Yi Yuan School were having a kind of mixed feelings in their
hearts. They were happy from the performance of Ye Xiwen, it was really too aggressive
and was nothing like a master at the first stage of truth realm. He actually managed to
suppress a genius like Liu Hao, who was at the second stage of truth realm, and actually
sent him flying in one shot.
This fighting strength was simply ferocious, as if he was a humanoid demon beast. There
simply was no comparison between Ye Xiwen and Luo Yifan. Because Luo Yifan was merely
at the first stage of truth realm and Ye Xiwen's strength was comparable with the masters
at the third stage of truth realm, no wonder there were rumors that Ye Xiwen had defeated
Luo Yifan in one on one battle.
In fact, there were even rumors that Luo Yifan's death was also related to Ye Xiwen.
Rumors said that after receiving the
message, Ye Xiwen went after Luo Yifan to kill him.
Even after investigating, both Yi Yuan School and Tianfeng hall were unable to get any
evidence against Ye Xiwen, but this rumor had been spreading since then. Many people
were saying that it was actually Ye Xiwen, who killed Luo Yifan.
Contradiction between Luo Yifan and Ye Xiwen was already an open secret and everyone
knew about it. Luo Yifan tried several times to intercept Ye Xiwen, sometimes personally or
by sending people after him. The news about these things had already spread throughout
Yi Yuan School, there was no room for either party to back out from the fact that both
parties wanted to kill each other. In order to stamp out the root of future trouble, it was
very natural for Ye Xiwen to kill Luo Yifan, things like this happened all this time. Although,
no one had the direct evidence to prove that Ye Xiwen killed Luo Yifan, but they were
greatly suspicious of him, therefore reportedly, it was said that Luo clan was furious and
was planning to kill Ye Xiwen, but the top level officials of the sect disagreed, since Ye
Xiwen was just a suspect and there was no exact evidence to prove that he killed Luo Yifan.
Not to mention, along with Luo Yifan, there were two other truth level masters, and
therefore, a lot of people concluded that it was impossible for Ye Xiwen to simultaneously
deal with
three masters of the truth realm, considering that one of them was at the second stage of
truth realm.
However, after Ye Xiwen exposed his true strength just now, everybody was shaken
because his real strength was simply unfathomable, and was much more terrifying and
profound than anticipated. With this much strength, it should be easily to kill Luo Yifan and
the other truth level masters. But, some time had passed since the incident, so the strength
alone could not be solid evidence.
After all, how could ordinary mortals possibly find the traces of clues, when the evidence
and traces of clues were personally erased by Ye Mo, an ancient monster that had lived for
innumerable years!
The thing to worry was that now, when Ye Xiwen exhibited such a high talent, the eighth
prince would certainly not give up, because in order to dominate the entire Great Yue state,
the rise of a talent like Ye Xiwen would be a huge threat to his future plans and must be
eradicated as soon as possible. And, this was going to be an honest excuse to get rid of Ye
Xiwen, so he naturally would not miss it.
Chapter 176: Imperial Guards Are Mediocre
The disciples of Yi Yuan School were having mixed feelings, and were happy and worried at
the same time. There were excited looks on their faces, while they were guessing that
perhaps, Ye Xiwen might block several moves. Moreover, the majority of people guessed
that Ye Xiwen would be able to block only ten or so moves. In fact, there were a lot of
people who thought that he won't be able to block even a single move.
In that case, it was too boring because Ye Xiwen would be no different than several other
outstanding geniuses, already trampled and crushed by the eighth prince. And then, there
sincerely was no meaning to all of this anyway.
However at this time, Ye Xiwen actually showed the strength far more than they imagined,
they discovered how ruthless he actually was, moreover, not just ruthlessness, they also
saw the terrifying strength of Ye Xiwen with their own eyes.
It could be said that perhaps, even the strength possessed by the masters at the third stage
of truth realm would be far less than his strength. And after three months, no one knew to
what extent his strength might grow and this was definitely a very interesting thing, which
would definitely lead to an unusual but
interesting battle, and should not be boring at that time.
"You, you dared to injure Liu Hao, do you plan to defy the imperial guards?" Jin Ling'er
looked incredibly at Ye Xiwen, "Do you actually think that the members of Imperial guards
are a waste like Luo Yifan?"
"If not for his highness's wish to personally deal with you, any one of us Imperial guards
can easily trample him!" Jin Ling'er looked coldly at Ye Xiwen. "You have put your family in
trouble they will die without the burial ground!"
"Well, well, well, now you have done it, Imperial guards!" Ye Xiwen sneered, "You are
nothing but a bunch of eighth prince's dogs and you actually dare to threaten me!"
The Imperial guards didn't know that they just now invoked the wrath of the emperor!
The talk about Ye Xiwen's family being in danger was more than enough to invite the wrath
of the emperor!
Seeing a ruthless look flashing in Ye Xiwen's eyes, Jiaoxu Feng
quickly understood that something bad was about to happen, he was not like Jin Ling'er,
who had always admired the eighth prince, and any act of slandering the reputation of the
eighth prince was enough to enrage her. Ye Xiwen disrespected the eighth prince several
times and right in front of her, which thoroughly made her lose her mind.
But, Jiaoxu Feng did not lose his temper because he knew that Ye Xiwen was very powerful,
although Liu Hao was quite reckless, but the members of the Imperial guards were not
ordinary masters, they were overall geniuses including strength and skills, but Liu Hao was
directly sent flying by a single attack from Ye Xiwen, what kind of fighting strength did this
Ye Xiwen actually possess? This scene had shocked all the people present there because it
was simply beyond the imagination of anyone.
"Ye Xiwen, we've come instead of his highness to deliver the declaration of duel, we don't
mean any harm!" Jiaoxu Feng stepped forward, and immediately said.
"No harm? No harm you say, good one!" Ye Xiwen laughed, and said, "First you threaten my
family and now you even dare shouting in front of me!"
"Since you want me to receive this declaration of duel no
matter what, then I will, but in the meantime, I'd like to test the strength of the so-called
Imperial guards of the eighth prince and see how much formidable they actually are!" Ye
Xiwen shouted, and used the Coiling dragon palm, which he had already practiced to the
acme level. His palm turned into a dragon claw, glowing with a terrifying dragon qi and
instantly moved towards them.
Ye Xiwen's attack was extremely powerful when compared to before, he had already
practiced the first two moves of "Coiling dragon palm" to the acme level, and all of a
sudden, he demonstrated the full might of this technique. In an instant, the dragon qi
overflowed the surrounding area and it seemed as if a dragon had descended from the
heaven to rule the world.
In a blink of an eye, it arrived in front of Jiaoxu Feng.
Although, Jiaoxu Feng was not willing to fight with Ye Xiwen at this time, but when he saw
this attack coming towards him, he was left with no choice and he immediately shot his
palm, however his palm technique was extremely abstruse and both of their attack
instantly collided.
Although, he was at the second stage of truth realm, but both his skill and strength were far
inferior to those of Ye Xiwen, plus when it came to the palm techniques used by them,
Jiaoxu Feng's palm technique was nowhere close to the Coiling dragon
palm technique, and only in the moment, it seemed like Ye Xiwen's attack contained an
irresistible force that instantly crushed his attack and fiercely blasted on his body.
"Bang!" Jiaoxu Feng's whole body was blasted away and several of his bones were broken.
He spouted a mouthful of blood and almost lost consciousness after falling, and severely
hitting the ground.
Even so, the disciples of Tianfeng Hall who were standing in the surrounding didn't react or
intercept when Ye Xiwen suddenly attacked Jiaoxu Feng, a disciple of Tianfeng Hall.
Moreover, this was not a fight between Yi Yuan School and Tianfeng Hall, but Ye Xiwen and
the eighth prince's Imperial guards, in fact, even a disciple of Yi Yuan School, Jin Ling'er was
also a part of the Imperial guards. Besides that, the disciples of Tianfeng Hall did not hold
goodwill for Jiaoxu Feng, because even if he was a disciple of Tianfeng Hall, he was still a
member of Imperial guards and being a member of Imperial guard was no different than
betraying one's own sect. After all, the eighth prince's ambition was to rule the entire Great
Yue state and large martial sects like Yi Yuan School, Tianfeng Hall, etc., were going to
become obstacles in the way of his ambition.
And these members of Imperial guards, without exception, were being manipulated by the
eighth prince, they were under
his mind control and were willingly acting as his lackeys and were just like his dogs, so how
could they possibly have any favorable impression in the minds of everyone.
Ye Xiwen's black hair was swaying with the wing, his facial expression looked extremely
cold, and surrounded by the dragon congealed from the Coiling dragon palm technique, he
was just like the emperor who had come into this world, and suddenly, for a time, Jin
Ling'er was left in a somewhat absent-minded state, while she was standing gawking in
front of this invincible being. This was the kind of invincible aura she had felt only on the
body of the eighth prince, however this time, she felt the same kind of terror while standing
in front of a much younger man.
"Impossible, in this world, there can only be one king, one god, and that is going to our
eighth prince, you are nothing in front of him!" As if the feeling of belief in her heart for the
eighth prince had been provoked by Ye Xiwen, Jin Ling'er instantly started to shout like a
tigress, she roared loudly, and the long sword in her hand instantly chopped out.
"Flying beauty!" Jin Ling'er pulled out her long sword and released a bright Swordlight. She
flew in the air and was just like a flying beautiful woman, she appeared very beautiful and
graceful, but the long sword in her hands looked extremely cold
like ice.
Ye Xiwen knew that this was one of the secret techniques called 'beautiful lady sword
technique' and only the true disciples of high-level sects could practice and obtain complete
teachings about this technique.
One could see that this beautiful lady sword technique had been practiced to a superb level.
This beautiful woman was fragrant, but was deadly poisonous as well. Her ice cold sharp
sword instantly rushed towards Ye Xiwen.
Ye Xiwen didn't have the slightest fear while facing her, his palm turned into dragon claws
and grasped towards the incoming attack. In the next moment, that beautiful and ice cold
Swordlight was directly caught by Ye Xiwen, and then crushed to smithereens.
"How is this possible, how can your body be so powerful?" It was simply very hard for Jin
Ling'er to accept such an outcome, it was simply unimaginable. How could Ye Xiwen be so
powerful to actually hold her sword attack with his bare hands and then he directly
crushed it, such ability was really very scary.
But, she didn't have to wait long because Ye Xiwen immediately decided to give her the
answer by returning the favor with interest. He used celestial step and instantly arrived in
front of her, a huge coiling dragon instantly congealed out of nowhere and slapped her.
"Bang!" Jin Ling'er could not hide from it, even if she wanted to, she did not have the
slightest chance to evade this attack because Ye Xiwen had simultaneously used the
missing moon beheader along with the coiling dragon palm technique, in order to block her
retreat, and she eventually had to endure Ye Xiwen's slap in the face.
"Poof!" Jin Ling'er spouted out mouthful of blood and her frail body was instantly blown
away after receiving a slap on the face. This slap was so intense that her body was sent
flying into the sky while spinning all the way, then fiercely fell on the ground.
Ye Xiwen was not the type who would show mercy to a confused chaotic woman like Jin
Ling'er, but it could be said that he was slightly considerate about the fact that she
belonged to the same sect as him, otherwise he wouldn't possibly let her off with just a slap
on the face.
"How dare you hurt us, his highness will not let you off!" Jin Ling'er did not faint, and
looked at Ye Xiwen with a pernicious expression on her face.
"Cut the crap, if you bother me anymore, I'll kill you all." Ye Xiwen said in a cold voice, and
while saying so, his whole body was shrouded in an intention to kill. No one present there
would take his words as a joke, because everyone could feel that Ye Xiwen was not in a
good mood, and considering the current situation, he might do such a thing as he was
certainly not a softhearted person.
Jin Ling'er and the other members of Imperial guards looked at Ye Xiwen with clear hatred
in their eyes, but they didn't dare to speak anymore. They knew well that even a slight slip
of tongue could lead to instant death.
Ye Xiwen turned around and indifferently said: "Eighth prince is relying on his Imperial
guards to go on military conquest of the world, but it in itself seems quite mediocre."
"Ye Xiwen, don't be so full of yourself, we are ordinary members of the Imperial guards and
today, you have disrespected the eighth prince's own Imperial guards. Sooner or later,
there will be high-level experts on their way to find you
and you may not even live till the time his highness meets you."
Jiaoxu Feng said, in a struggling voice.
"It doesn't matter who it is, if someone wants to step on my head, they better stay away,
because even if it's a god, I'll kill him, even if it's a devil, I'll kill him!" Ye Xiwen's voice
thundered and resounded throughout the sky, his voice proliferates everywhere like an
undeniable meaning.
Even after looking at the somewhat slim stature of Ye Xiwen, people still could not help but
believe in Ye Xiwen's proclamation. They just knew in their hearts that he was not boasting
for show, that there were no lies in his words.
The disciples watching this whole thing from the beginning never actually expected that
things would evolve so quickly and take such a turn in the end. The eighth prince sent his
Imperial guards to relay the declaration of duel to Ye Xiwen, which clearly showed his
domineering and aggressive demeanor.
But, the things developed far more quickly than they imagined, and they actually
discovered how stubborn and incomparably insolent Ye Xiwen actually could become in a
situation like this. And, they knew quite well that facing such a form of injustice where his
own views were being ignored
outright by the opposite party, his approach was quite right, and in the end, he didn't
tolerate bullying and humiliation.
These three members of Imperial guards behaved arrogantly and held a superior attitude
while notifying Ye Xiwen about the declaration of duel, which really angered Ye Xiwen.
They kind of forced him into teaching them a lesson, about who was actually the superior
one.
Many people were excited at these turn of events. Ye Xiwen's actions were tantamount to
land a bitter slap on the face of eighth prince.
Now that Ye Xiwen had flung a severe slap right on the face of the Imperial guards, they
won't let go so easily, they would certainly send the high-level truth realm masters after Ye
Xiwen.
But, Ye Xiwen was also like a bottomless pit, there didn't seem to be any limits on his
strength. At least right now, no one could compel him to display his full strength, but there
was one thing for sure that the collision between the two sides would certainly be earth-
shattering.
 Chapter 177: Aftermath And Pressure
The matter about eighth prince's declaration of duel to Ye Xiwen, and subsequent
wounding of the members of Imperial guards at the hands of Ye Xiwen quickly spread
everywhere. It seemed as if a forest fire had spread all of a sudden, and almost instantly, it
became a hot topic of discussion for many people.
"That Ye Xiwen is also quite rampant and domineering, gee, you didn't hear what he
proclaimed in front of everyone. He said, it doesn't matter who it is, if someone wants to
step on my head, they better stay away because even if it's a god, I'll kill him, even if it's a
devil, I'll kill him! And right then, on the spot, everyone's complexion changed after hearing
his words!"
"Only a great man can say such words so confidently, he actually said that he would kill
even the gods or devils if they try to come in his way? Damn, what a pity I was not present
on the scene to witness it myself."
"The members of Imperial guards are very arrogant and despotic, and relying on their
direct relation with the eighth princes, they have offended many people, but this time, they
did a big mistake by offending Ye Xiwen, because he isn't the type of guy who would sit
back and take it silently. These members of
Imperial guards tried to pressure him and force their decision onto him, and this is no
different than courting death."
"In the future, I am afraid that this is going to take an unpredictable turn. Although, the
eighth prince has obtained some treasures from the devil ruins, but even if we exclude him,
the Imperial guards still has a very terrifying master, and if he plans to come into action,
then I do not know what will happen to Ye Xiwen, because he is much more formidable
compared to Ye Xiwen."
"And even more frightening is that eighth prince, no one knows how much treasures he has
obtained in the ruins, not to mention, his inheritance as a prince. It is very hard to predict
the new level of his terrifying strength, which must have gone against the heaven's will by
now."
"At this rate, perhaps in the future, he might really succeed in achieving his goal of
dominating the entire Great Yue state."
Everyone was talking about this matter, but Ye Xiwen was actually at his residence and in
his hands, there were some documents containing information about the members of
Imperial guards. While going through the documents, he suddenly found some shocking
information. He discovered that
all of the members of the Imperial guards were the followers of the eighth prince and
almost all of them were truth level masters. Some of them were at the third and fourth
stage of truth realm, and there was even a terrifying master at the fifth stage of truth realm.
However, even a master of the fifth stage of truth realm had surrendered to the eighth
prince and was actually the commander of the Imperial guards. So many large and small
truth level masters were loyal and devoted to the eighth prince.
These documents were quite secretive and were sent by someone related to Qi Feifan. On
the orders of Qi Feifan, the sender of these documents must have researched and collected
data about the eighth prince and his Imperial guards. These documents also contained few
words from Qi Feifan, addressed to Ye Xiwen, stating, crush that eighth prince!
Ye Xiwen gave a somewhat forced smile. It seemed that Qi Feifan had shown quite a
confidence in Ye Xiwen's strength, and thought that he was capable enough to crush the
eighth prince.
Qi Feifan could not take an action himself, because if he did then it would mean that Yi Yuan
School thoroughly recognized this generation's conquest and was willing to participate in
it.
The relationship among the five forces was currently very stable, although they still
despised each other, but there had
been a mutual stability among them for quite a while. Every now and then, they were also
fastidious about a lot of rules, for example, seniority was one of them.
Since, Qi Feifan could not take an action in this matter because of his seniority, so all hope
was pinned on Ye Xiwen.
However, there was no assurance that Ye Xiwen would be able to handle this matter, after
all, the masters of the Imperial guards were really too many for him, to handle on his own.
If you can, Ye Xiwen did not want to stir up any trouble, but it was obvious that even if he
wanted to, he would not be able to escape from this. The other party was not at all willing
to let him off, and even if they decide to let him off, they would do it only on the condition
when Ye Xiwen would kneel down on the ground and beg for forgiveness. And he would
rather die than to do such a thing.
Regardless of who it was, if they wanted to step on his head, they better stay away
otherwise, whether it was a god or a devil, he would kill them all!
Since, it had already come to this, now nothing could stop him
from going all out!
"Ye Xiwen, the situation doesn't look good." Ye Mo frowned, and said after reading the
information about the eighth prince and Imperial guards. There was a serious look on his
face, although in his eyes, considering the time when he used to be at his peak, these people
were nothing but a bunch of ants, but as far as Ye Xiwen's current strength was concerned,
they indeed were powerful and fearful enemies.
"I guess you are right, even if I use the Poisonous dragon water control flag, the most I can
do is beat the masters at the third stage of truth realm, but I think the next time, the two
deputy commanders of the Imperial guards will most likely make an appearance." Ye Xiwen
thought, and said. The Imperial guards had three fearful masters, one of them was the
commander of Imperial guards and the other two were the deputy commanders. Even the
members of Imperial guards based in the capital city would not be to easily defeat these
three masters, and even if one of the two deputy commanders attacked Ye Xiwen, it would
still be a huge threat to him. Although, the two deputy commanders were weaker than the
commander of Imperial guards, who was actually a master at the fifth stage of truth realm,
but they were actually at the peak of the fourth stage of truth realm and it would be very
hard for Ye Xiwen at his current strength, to defeat these two terrifying opponents.
"But the good news is that now I have some time to enhance my strength, the members of
Imperial guards won't come immediately." Ye Xiwen said, he knew that he would not be
able to escape from this battle. The members of Imperial guards regarded the eighth prince
as their god, and whether it was for their own dignity or for the dignity of the eighth prince,
how could they possibly let him off? For the glory of Imperial guards and the ambitions of
the eighth prince, they would never let him live. And, if they could not find him then, they
would most likely go after his family.
And most importantly, Ye Xiwen did not want to concede.
This was supposed to be a collision between two strong beliefs, a confrontation of martial
arts, a fight between two martial arts beliefs and he could not possibly back down. His
practice was overbearing, he was supposed to be an overbearing warrior, and when a
warrior like him was attacked then he would retaliate and completely destroy all of his
enemies. But, the practice of the eighth prince should also be overbearing, so the battle
between the two must be stunning and this was only a matter of time.
But, the good news was that he still had time to improve himself, because he had just been
informed that he could not participate in the upcoming competition and the reason was
very simple. After this incident, the other four forces strongly protested, they were never
informed about the fact that Ye
Xiwen's strength was already at the level of true disciples, though officially, he was still an
inner disciple and was enrolled to participate in the competition among the inner disciples
of the five forces. If a truth level master like Ye Xiwen was allowed to participate in a
competition for inner disciples, it would be like an outright massacre of the other inner
disciples, which was very unfair.
Although, merely more than a year had passed since Ye Xiwen joined the Main Sect, but
within this short period of time, the qualifications of the other new disciples was nowhere
close to the current qualifications of Ye Xiwen. Now, the news had already spread
everywhere that he was already in the truth realm and even the masters at the second
stage of truth realm were actually sent flying by his attacks, his strength was simply
unfathomable. If he was allowed to participate in the competition of inner disciples, which
was actually a mutual show of strength, a way to establish mutual deterrence, then the
deterrence effect brought upon by Ye Xiwen would clearly be overkill.
The four forces did not want Ye Xiwen to participate in the competition, so there was no
way left for Yi Yuan School but to agree, after all, no one expected that Ye Xiwen would be
intrepid to such an extent, he had yet to officially become a true disciple. And so, there was
no way to just ignore the true disciple test and make him a true disciple in order to make
him
participate in the competition of true disciples, because the other forces won't accept it.
Therefore in the end, it was decided that Ye Xiwen won't participate in the competition. Ye
Xiwen was also quite happy about this outcome and was happily walking around to have a
look and observe the competition of inner, core, and true disciples of the major forces.
These people were actually the highest level masters, representing the top talents of the
Great Yue state, especially among the younger generation.
However, everyone witnessed the formidable strength of Ye Xiwen, and members of
Imperial guards would certainly not go easy on him the next time they would come to
confront him, which also meant that he must quickly prepare for his next confrontation
with them.
At his current strength, Ye Xiwen was able to deal with Jiaoxu Feng and the other seemingly
ordinary members of Imperial guards and he certainly didn't face any problem, but there
were several other stronger truth level masters in the ranks of Imperial guards.
All of this once was once again compelling Ye Xiwen to think of ways to enhance his
strength.
Although, recently stepped into the truth realm, but if it was needed to have a
breakthrough once again, it should not pose any problem for him because his accumulation
was quite deeper, when he was still in the Xiantian realm. It could be said that this
accumulation was deeper to such a terrifying extent that it might even be a hundred times
deeper than required for a Xiantian level master. This was the reason why he was able to
set foot into the first stage of truth realm and immediately made another breakthrough to
reach the peak of the first stage of truth realm. And now, he could have a breakthrough to
the second stage of truth realm, all thanks to his prior accumulation in the Xiantian realm.
So as long as there was an opportunity, he could break into the second stage of truth realm,
and at that time, unless he was not attacked by the commander of Imperial guards, he
should be able to compete with the two deputy commanders and might even defeat them.
For most people, if breakthrough was rapid, then they would face a situation of unstable
inner state, because for truth level masters, the comprehension of world laws was
especially important. For a truth level master, the degree of perception of world laws
directly determined his strength.
However, a lot of time was required to actually strengthen the gained insight about world
laws, and therefore, after stepping into the truth realm, experts often stayed on one stage
for a long time to gain complete comprehension.
But, Ye Xiwen was not the same as others, he had the help of mysterious space and as long
as there were sufficient spirit stones, the mysterious space could help him to quickly
deduce the secrets of world laws and principles so that he could quickly understand and
grasp them. Others might take several years to comprehend and gain insight but, in Ye
Xiwen's case, as long as he had enough spirit stones, he could amass the same amount of
insight within the time period of few days.
And after robbing so many pirates, Ye Xiwen did not lack spirit stones.
Chapter 178: Great Immortal Battlefield
In the depths of East China Sea, in a huge battlefield, a person's figure was rapidly flying
over.
Ye Xiwen turned over the map, there was one of the ancient battlefields of East China Sea,
and in accordance with the labeling on the map, it should be somewhere around here. This
area was almost 10,000 Li away from the coastline of East China Sea, and taking such a
large distance into account, this area could be considered as the depths of East China Sea.
At this time, there were two devil wings flapping behind Ye Xiwen. He actually gave birth to
two devil wings, which could be used simply to attain improved speed and better
maneuvering at extremely high speeds. Right now, Ye Xiwen was flying so fast that he was
able to cover a distance of 10,000
Li in a flight of just three hours.
This belonged to a new school of magical powers that Ye Xiwen learnt from Ye Mo, it was
called devil wings. Just from listening to the name, one could know that it was one of the
magical powers of the devils. Moreover, it was also one of the top magical powers, and Ye
Xiwen's skill was still not enough to wield it properly. If he had enough skill, he could have
covered
the distance of 10,000 Li in an instant.
Ye Xiwen didn't learn this technique earlier because at that time, only his strength was
comparable to the masters of truth realm, but after all, he still hadn't stepped into the truth
realm, so there was no way the Zhen Yuan in his body was qualitatively and quantitatively
enough to sustain the consumption of energy, while using the devil wings.
Therefore earlier, Ye Mo did not teach it to Ye Xiwen.
Now that he had devil wings, he could return to Qianji Island anytime whenever he felt like
and that too very quickly, no matter where he was. After all, Bai Mojiao could begin the
attack anytime.
While using this type of top class magical power of the devil race, energy consumption was
very large. Even at Ye Xiwen's current strength and skill, in order to cover the distance of
10,000 Li, the devil wings actually consumed at least seventy percent of his energy, and in
order to continue using it, Ye Xiwen had to consume spirit stones to sustain such a massive
rate of energy consumption.
At this time, Ye Xiwen had covered up his face and had transformed his appearance into
that of a handsome and incomparably elegant young man, clad in white robe. Right now,
from his transformed appearance, he appeared very handsome and suave.
He was a human and there was a battlefield of a race of sea based demon beasts, less than
few thousand Li away from there.
A super big faction was located there, and it was called Great Island of the Immortals. In the
East China Sea, it was considered a very big force. Its strength was tyrannical, hardly
inferior to a major force like Yi Yuan School.
This Great Immortal battlefield was a huge battlefield, where the sea-demon beasts of Great
Island of the Immortals used to battle perennially, hence give it this name. No one knew
how many martial artists and sea-demon beast had fallen in this battlefield. And, not just
masters of Great Island of the Immortals, even many experts from several other sects
would come here to gain experience, in order to participate in most intense fights to hone
their strengths.
After arriving at the Great Immortal battlefield, Ye Xiwen immediately retracted his devil
wings, since displaying devil powers at this time was not suitable. Although in this world,
practicing devil ways of martial arts was not a taboo, but
practicing devil race's martial arts techniques was considered a taboo by most people,
because by practicing devil race's martial arts technique, a human being could become
depraved and eventually lose his humanity. However, just practicing devil ways didn't have
any effect on a human being.
In short, practicing devil race's martial arts techniques would change the physiological
characteristics of the human being, turning them into devils, whether they were willing or
not, and as long as someone embarked on this road, there was no turning back.
But, there was no such problem in case of Ye Xiwen, because Ye Mo had taught him the
most pure form of devil power techniques.
Techniques taught by Ye Mo were not the kind of half-complete devil power techniques,
which were initially introduced by devil race in the human world. During devil race's
invasion, in order to split up human beings, devil race had used some human beings as
cannon fodders and had handed down some of their devil power techniques. But, these
techniques were incomplete and devil race had deliberately introduced these techniques in
order to turn human beings into devils.
However, the techniques that Ye Mo taught him were the most pure devil power techniques
and simply didn't have any flaws. Moreover, Ye Mo had also directly learnt these
techniques from the Great Devil King himself. According to Ye Mo, his previous owner was
already at such a high realm, that he could instantly create power techniques according to
his needs and requirements by using the world laws and principles, which he could
comprehend with ease. The techniques created by him no longer rigidly adhered to a
certain race, because Great Devil King was already at such a level that he had transcended
the limits of races.
So Ye Xiwen did not need to worry, but he still did not want others to find out about his
devil powers, otherwise, it would not cause small trouble. Unless and until his own strength
was so strong, that he didn't need to care about others at all, he would not openly display
his devil powers unless absolutely necessary.
There were simply innumerable sea-demon beasts in the Great Immortal battlefield, and
most of them looked formidable. It was needless to say that Ye Xiwen couldn't take on too
many of these beasts at once, and neither did he know how many of these beasts he might
have to kill in order to hone his skills.
At a distant place, he could see several huge sized demon beasts. The strong demon beasts
were devouring the weaker ones. It was a battlefield indeed!
Ye Xiwen directly dived into the water and rushed towards the crowd of demon beasts,
who were still fighting with each other.
Ye Xiwen was a truth-level super master, he contained strong blood and vitality in his body,
which was simply hundreds or even thousand times more than that of a Xiantian realm
master.
Ye Xiwen's sudden appearance immediately attracted the attention of numerous demon
beasts, they rushed towards him, some of which were simply tyrannical and fearful demon
beasts, and so many of them were rushing towards him at once.
The first group of demon beasts to attack him was a group of silver sharks. Each of these
silver sharks was simply like reinforced steel frame, swimming towards him at a very high
speed. These silver sharks possessed great strength and a very sturdy body that they could
easily kill a Xiantian level master in one blow.
These silver sharks were actually at the Xiantian ninth stage, and even the strongest of
them were at half-step into the truth realm, and these demon beasts were present
everywhere in this battlefield.
Although this Great Immortal battlefield had quite a reputation, but it was certainly not the
most intense battlefield, nor was it the largest one.
But, it could be seen in the entire Zhen Wu Jie that, humans and demon beasts would
frequently battle with each other, these battles continued from land to the sky, extending
from sea to the land, they were fighting everywhere for their own survival and
multiplication of their respective races.
However, these silver sharks had steel sharp teeth, and if bitten, even the truth level
experts wouldn't come out unscathed.
Moreover, these silver sharks were at Xiantian realm, and they were using water-based
techniques to shoot overwhelming amount of water swords toward Ye Xiwen, who had
already come out of the sea water and was flying in the sky.
If land was the territory of humans, then sea was the territory of demon beasts, and was
simply like a forbidden for humans.
Ye Xiwen finally had some understanding of this fact. These demon beasts would attack a
human being on the very first sight.
"Missing moon beheader!" Ye Xiwen shouted, and immediately chopped out his long blade,
instantly releasing a burst of blade shadows in the sky, which immediately formed a rain of
blade shadows and rained directly on the silver sharks in the sea water.
Dozens of silver sharks were chopped to pieces and were instantly beheaded by Ye Xiwen.
However, the smell of blood attracted more and more demon beasts towards the place,
where so many of silver sharks had just been beheaded by Ye Xiwen. If Ye Xiwen was
merely a passerby, then looking at so many demon beasts rushing towards him, he would
surely have spread his devil wings and immediately escaped. Just the scene of several
demon beasts swimming towards someone was enough to send chills down the spine.
The number of demon beasts in this region was simply
unimaginable for an average human being.
Even if Ye Xiwen was flying in the air, he must be careful all the time in order to not get shot
by water swords, because if he get shot and fell in the water, then he would surely be
attacked by an unimaginable number of demon beasts.
Ye Xiwen waved his long blade and a protective layer of Bladelight completely wrapped
him, which was enough to protect him from the attack of Xiantian level demon beasts, and
with each and every blade attack, he was able to kill a troop of demon beasts.
The flesh, blood, and essence of these Xiantian level demon beasts were instantly absorbed
by Tianyuan mirror leaving nothing behind, and their neidans were absorbed by Ye Xiwen,
but at Ye Xiwen's current level, this was simply like a drop in the bucket. Ye Xiwen was now
a truth level master, so the neidans of these Xiantian level demon beasts were nothing
more than a drop in the bucket.
Killing these Xiantian level demon beasts simply couldn't be compared with killing a truth
level demon beasts. There was a difference of heaven and earth between truth level and
Xiantian level demon beasts.
But, Ye Xiwen was not worried, striking bit by bit, and with ease, he was able to kill these
demon beasts, although many of these demon beasts could terrify an average person, but it
was impossible for these demon beasts to put even a scratch on Ye Xiwen. His real
opponents would be those truth-level demon beasts. Truth level demon beasts were
considered elites among the demon beasts and possessed terrifying strength.
While killing these demon beasts, Ye Xiwen almost did not have to use his Zhen Yuan, he
slaughtered them by relying on his skills and therefore, consumed a meager amount of
Zhen Yuan. He was simply practicing his skills and techniques on these demon beasts, and
getting used to his newly acquired strength.
Soon, the true test arrived for Ye Xiwen. A group of shadows could be seen in the water
coming towards Ye Xiwen from a long distance. These shadows were walking upright and
immediately attracted the attention of Ye Xiwen. He took a closer look and saw that this
was actually a group of water apes, their whole bodies were covered with blue fur, blue
fangs were protruding out, not to mention, each and every one of them looked
exceptionally ferocious.
These water apes were considered the tyrants of the nearby
areas. The demon beast residents of these waters were usually torn apart by the water
apes. They were radically a kind of amphibious animals, considering they could survive on
land and could also survive in deep water. Basically, water apes belonged to a very special
branch of ape class demon beasts.
The most notable thing about them was the fact that compared to their relatives, who lived
on land, water apes would several times more brutal and instinctively flagitious.
The most fearful thing about these water apes was that each and every one of them was in
the truth realm, while their leader, water ape king, was at the third stage of truth realm.
This water ape family was just like a gang of neighborhood bullies. They not only relied on
their fearful strength of truth realm, but also stayed in a large group, hence acting as a
powerful deterrent in their locality.
"Children, go kill this damn human warrior, he has a very exuberant vitality and seems
quite delicious. After killing him, everybody will receive a bite from his body!" Water ape
king looked at Ye Xiwen, and there was a vicious killing intention in his eyes.
Suddenly, the water apes were excited and bellowed.
Chapter 179: Truth Second Stage
These water apes held high intelligence, especially the water ape king. His intelligence level
was almost comparable to a human being's intelligence.
These water apes surrounded Ye Xiwen in a circle and used water law based magical
powers, and coordinated their fist attacks at him.
Ye Xiwen snorted coldly, how he could possibly stay idle and watch, while these water apes
were actually planning to eat his raw flesh and blood, they really were courting death.
Ye Xiwen ruthlessly waved the long bade in his hand and without a shred of mercy in his
eyes.
"Puchi!" A water ape was directly split in half by Ye Xiwen, and its blood and essence was
quickly absorbed by Tianyuan mirror, while its neidan was immediately refined by
Tianyuan mirror. The refined energy was absorbed by Ye Xiwen.
Ye Xiwen suddenly felt a torrent of energy emerging in his
body, a relaxing feeling spread throughout his body. Only demon beasts of truth level could
actually benefit him and his cultivation, and in comparison, Xiantian level demon beasts
could only be better than nothing.
Although, these water apes were mostly at the first stage of truth realm, some of them were
at the second stage of truth realm, but none of them were the opponent of Ye Xiwen. He
was basically displaying his incomparably tyrannical strength and slaughtering them, like it
was a child's play.
When water ape king saw how Ye Xiwen was effortlessly slaughtering his subordinates, he
suddenly got angry, gave out a loud roar, and rushed towards Ye Xiwen to kill him. It was
said that water apes inherited terrifying and ancient boxing skills in their blood, and once
they were angry to the point of their blood boiling with anger, they could instantly display
those skills.
Water ape king's fist blasted and brought up an endless tsunami, rushing toward Ye Xiwen
to engulf him.
Ye Xiwen shot his palm, hidden dragon rises from the abyss, a huge amount of Zhen Yuan
was instantly released out towards the rushing tsunami, and right when Ye Xiwen was
about to be completely submerged under the water, his palm attack made
an intersection.
The enormous strength present in the collision made the sea water to seethe with
excitement and the entire sea level went hollow and sunk down, forming a huge trough, the
surrounding sea water did not have the means to approach Ye Xiwen, because it was being
completely cut off on the outside by the Zhen Yuan.
Under the water, many Xiantian level sea beasts had been stunned by this fearful collision,
and passed out on the sea floor.
Ye Xiwen withdrew several steps. This water ape king was really extremely terrifying. Ye
Xiwen was now strong enough to contend with the ordinary masters at the third stage of
truth realm, but this water ape king was clearly a strong master at the third stage of truth
realm, and was very strong.
Ye Xiwen instantly opened his devil wings, and a surge of horrifying devil aura instantly
burst out in the surroundings.
"What, you are not a human, but a devil?" The water ape king was suddenly alarmed, and a
shocked look appeared on his face, after all, there was a huge difference between a human
and a
devil. Those of devil race were instinctively cruel and aggressive. Human race simply
couldn't be compared to the devil race.
Ye Xiwen sneered and fiercely jumped forward, his figure instantly disappeared and left
afterimages, while the very next instant, he appeared in front of water ape king.
A color of surprise flashed in the eyes of water ape king, because at an alarming rate and in
just a blink of an eye, Ye Xiwen had arrived in front of him.
Although, the speed of water ape king was not slow, but when Ye Xiwen used his devil
wings, then his speed increased dramatically, at this moment, Ye Xiwen's speed was far
more superior to that of water ape king, in spite of his realm being far above that of Ye
Xiwen. When water ape king realized that Ye Xiwen's speed was superior to his, he was left
with only one thing, and that was to spread his hands and deploy a set of extremely esoteric
boxing moves in order to shield himself.
"Poisonous Dragon water control flag array!" Ye Xiwen shouted, and instantly launched
'Eighteen surfaced poisonous dragon water control flag array', which then immediately
flew in the air, forming a huge array of flags, and huge deepwater
black serpents suddenly congealed out of nowhere. These serpents were emitting toxic
breaths which rapidly filled the entire flag array with toxin.
When the water apes encountered such huge deepwater black serpents, it was just like a
group of foot soldiers bumping into a group of knights, needless to say, their fate was
sealed. Most of the water apes were sent flying by one tail sweep by the serpents, and
those, who even once came in contact with the toxin, perished immediately.
The might of 'Eighteen surfaced poisonous dragon water control array' was simply earth-
shattering, within a moment, the nearby areas up to a distance of almost 100 Li were
contaminated by the deepwater black serpent and turned toxic, and the sea beasts present
in the vicinity were immediately killed by the deadly toxin.
These water apes simply weren't the opponents of these deepwater black serpents. Before
they could even react, they had already fallen prey to the toxin, and not long after, only
water ape king was able to survive this.
Water ape king suddenly got furious because he never thought that he wouldn't be able to
deal with a petty human being.
Rather in this situation, Ye Xiwen was simply like a super big iron wall, no matter how
much he tried to kick, the iron wall simply wouldn't budge.
However, at this time, there was no way out for the water ape king, because Ye Xiwen's
'Eighteen surfaced poisonous dragon water control flag array' had firmly trapped him
inside.
Although, Ye Xiwen could only compete with the weaker master of the Truth third stage,
but with the assistance from the flag, he could easily kill the strong experts of Truth third
stage.
Poisonous Dragon water control flag array was tightening and rushing towards water ape
king from all sides. By that time, Ye Xiwen also went inside the flag array and rushed
towards the water ape king.
This flag array was made up by 18 deepwater black serpents and its overall strength could
be compared with a deepwater black serpent of Truth third stage. And right now, all of
these serpents, together, were closing on him, so there was simply no way for him to
contend.
Moreover, the water ape king also had to contend with Ye Xiwen. Soon, the water ape king
was beheaded by Ye Xiwen. He seized the neidan from water ape king's body, and digested
it.
Even after that, Ye Xiwen's preying spree didn't stop in this part of the sea, not because he
didn't want to stop, but truly couldn't stop. This was because there was a steady stream of
undersea demon beasts constantly coming after smelling blood, spilled in this part of the
sea. So, there was basically endless number of demon beasts rushing towards this area, and
he had no choice but to keep on killing them.
It was because of this, almost endless number of undersea demon beasts that this place had
ultimately turned into a super battlefield for humans and demon beasts, famous
throughout the East China Sea.
During these three days among, Ye Xiwen continued crazy killings, to the point of turning
the whole water bloody red in that area of the sea, which attracted the attention of
numerous foraging demon beasts. More demon beasts meant more crazy killing, which
resulted in the massacre of demon beasts, almost day and night, at the hands of Ye Xiwen,
most of which were at Xiantian level, however there were many at the truth level as well.
Generally speaking, after the massacre of more than a certain number of lives and
absorbing their neidans, Ye Xiwen's breath had reached a terrifying level. Although most
demon beasts
would sense the breath of their prey and decide whether to attack or not, and at this time,
Ye Xiwen's breath was strong enough to act as a danger alarm, warning others to not get
close to him, but since he had practiced 'restraining breath technique'
to the acme level, he was able to conceal his real breath, so the ignorant demon beasts still
continued to move closer towards him.
And within three days, after the crazy killings of so many demon beasts and absorbing their
neidans, the amount of Zhen Yuan, contained in his body, had already reached a majestic
level. Ye Xiwen felt that he would step into the Truth second stage at any time, and as long
as he was able to reach the Truth second stage, he would be able to contend with masters
of Truth fourth stage. And, with the assistance of flag array and Tianyuan mirror, he would
easily fight off the master at the peak of Truth fourth stage.
After the endless killings of demon beasts for all these days, their blood, flesh and essence
were absorbed by both Poisonous Dragon water control flag and Tianyuan mirror.
After three days of crazy absorption of blood and essence from the dead demon beasts, the
'Eighteen surfaced poisonous dragon water control flag' had a rapid development, 17 of
them evolved to reach the point of Truth third stage and the one, acting as the
core of flag array, evolved to the extent of reaching the Truth fourth stage, thereby
dramatically increasing the total might.
Tianyuan mirror was completely restored to the Truth fourth stage and hence had a power
surge. Although, it was only a short period of three days, but his strength really progressed
by leaps and bounds.
And now, finally, it was time for Ye Xiwen to act. Now that he had accumulated a huge
amount of majestic Zhen Yuan in his body, it had already begun to stir inside his body. Ye
Xiwen even had a kind of uncontrollable impulse, making him aware of the fact that it was
time to breakthrough, and if he did not have a breakthrough now, then the Zhen Yuan
would continue to stir up and might go out of control, and end up exploding his body.
Ye Xiwen opens his devil wings and made his way through the crowd of demon beasts,
while beheading those in his way and then flew out of the water, high into the sky. At this
time, the demon beasts, still in the sea, used water based attacks at him, but he used devil
wings to block the attacks.
The devil wings were mighty and enormous, giving full protection to Ye Xiwen, while he
was flying towards the clouds.
After diving into the cloud, he decided to camouflage his own
breath, and at the same moment, Tianyuan mirror flew and appeared on top of his head,
and completely camouflaged his breath.
Ye Xiwen began to have a breakthrough, also starting the unceasing circulation of Zhen
Yuan in his body, running over and over in his meridians, while releasing the aura bit by
bit.
Ye Xiwen's energy accumulation had already reached the profound, to the point of being
impossible even for a master of the Truth second stage. Even a master of the Truth third
stage wouldn't dream of accumulating so much amount of energy in his body, only Ye
Xiwen was capable of achieving such a feat.
The reason was that Ye Xiwen had practiced "Tyrant body technique", so his body could
accommodate such a terrifying amount of energy accumulation, but right now, even he
reached the limit, and if not had a breakthrough sooner, then his body would explode.
Did not know for how long, Ye Xiwen's aura continued to grow to the limit, then broke free
from the shackles, and suddenly burst out. iIt was mighty and enormous, to the point that
even Tianyuan mirror could no longer contain his aura inside.
Ye Xiwen opened his eyes, finally, he broke through to the Truth second stage, and now, the
strength of the two deputy commanders of Imperial guards was no longer a match for his
strength.
However, Ye Xiwen actually knew that this was not enough, far from enough. Although,
now he was far stronger than the two deputy commanders of Imperial guards, but one
must not forget that the eighth prince was said to be at the peak of Truth fourth stage, and
he was so strong that a master of the Truth fifth stage was his subordinate, so his strength
could be imagined.
Chapter 180: Devil Commander's Tomb
Although, Ye Xiwen didn't want to spare even a single glance to the eighth prince, but the
very existence of the eighth prince was inflicting pressure on him. Other might not say, but
Ye Xiwen had come to understand the mindset of this arrogant prince. According to the
hearsay, earlier, the eighth prince had been able to overcome the super master of Truth
fifth stage, but no one knew the current extent of his cultivation and strength.
Not to mention, rumors said that he got his hands on the ancient heritage of a large faction,
so considering all these points, his strength would have definitely progressed by leaps and
bounds.
And, since such a person was hostile towards Ye Xiwen, so he was in lot of pressure, but
these pressures were actually working towards transforming the strength of Ye Xiwen,
making him strong, much stronger than ever before. And if things continued like this, then
his strength would go beyond the strengths of eighth prince, then Qi Feifan and so on.
Ye Xiwen possessed a strong heart, which was the basic reason how he was able to deal
with any formidable enemy. None of the enemies were able to make him submit, on the
contrary, they only forced Ye Xiwen to become much more powerful, and every time, Ye
Xiwen diligently put all his efforts in becoming
stronger.
Ye Xiwen made a breakthrough and became stronger, but there was no way he would go
back now, he seemed all prepared to begin the slaughter once again, but suddenly, he
discovered many more warriors in the surrounding waters, moreover these were very
powerful warriors, and almost each one of them was a master at Truth third stage or above.
Ye Xiwen felt somewhat strange, what was going on here, what was the reason behind the
concentration of so many powerful warriors in this area.
One must know, although, it used to be one of the ancient battlefields, but normally, not
many warriors would come here, because several years had passed and not many people
wanted to come here daily.
Generally, in a day, one could expect to find only a handful of people in this place.
But right now, Ye Xiwen suddenly saw the emergence of dozens of experts, and almost all
of them were the terrifying masters of Truth third stage or above. It was quite unusual to
witness the arrival of so many truth level strong experts at once in this battlefield.
In the end, what could be the reason behind this!
While Ye Xiwen was still thinking about investigating this, suddenly a loud shout came
from a distant place. He was surprised to find out that the voice belonged to a purple-robed
female, who was currently fighting with a great shark in the water. Ye Xiwen noticed that
she appeared to be 20 years old, had a curved small eyebrow, beautiful snow white skin,
she looked very beautiful, and also seemed to be skilled in swordsmanship. Each of her
sword strike was beautiful, as if stars were falling from the sky in the form of dazzling
Swordlight. One could see that she possessed profound sword skills and was also a master
of Truth third stage, but right now, she was facing a giant shark, which was a demon beast
at the peak of Truth third stage. Its strength should be much stronger than that of the
purple-robed woman. Although, she possessed exquisite and outstanding sword skills but
it was obviously not enough to save her in such a perilous situation.
After struggling for a long time, she finally fell under the wind, and appeared to be in a very
dangerous situation. At this time, many warriors looked at this scene but didn't step
forward to lend a helping hand. It was not like they were sinister people,
many of them were not necessarily bad, but there was always a lot of struggle for power
going on in the sects and among the sects as well, which would generally morph their
mindsets into that of selfish people, who only cared of their own safety. Right now, they
knew that if they went to save the purple-robed girl, then they might possibly suffer the
same fate as her, so they were hesitant to come forward.
However, unlike them, Ye Xiwen did not give much thought to this, and the moment he saw
that the purple-robed girl was in danger, he directly flew towards her and simultaneously
chopped out his long blade, releasing out a splendid Bladelight towards that giant shark.
The Bladelight instantly arrived in front of it, and the next instant, the giant shark was
chopped into two halves.
"Elder brother, this girl is called Qianqian, many thanks to elder brother for saving my life.
May I get the honor of knowing elder brother's good name?" That purple-robed girl,
Qianqian said in a very polite manner.
"Ye Xiwen." Ye Xiwen replied in a similar polite manner, "It was slight effort, don't think
about it."
Ye Xiwen did not care about little things, and what he said
was the truth because it really did take him slight effort to save her life. And, from her
appearance and gesture, she appeared like a diligent person to him.
"It seems Senior Ye is alone, would you dare to come to the Devil commander's tomb?
Senior looks very skilled and brave for the job." Qianqian's awkward and polite demeanor
suddenly shone up with brilliance and splendor, and a bright look appeared in her eyes.
"Devil commander's tomb?" Ye Xiwen had some doubts, since he seemed to know nothing
about it.
"Senior Ye doesn't know?" Qianqian gave a somewhat puzzled look to Ye Xiwen, as if why
did he come here for, if he didn't know about Devil commander's tomb?
"Well, please tell me about it, girl." Ye Xiwen said.
"If Senior Ye does not mind then he can call me Qianqian."
Qianqian said, although it was difficult to guess the age of a martial artist, but on the long
road to martial arts practice, the difference of few years was nothing, the seniority only
depended on strength. Just now, she was in a perilous situation
while facing a giant shark, but the same giant shark could not even sustain a single blade
attack from Ye Xiwen and was split into two halves. This clearly proved that Ye Xiwen's
strength was much higher than her own strength, and this was the reason why she
addressed him as Senior Ye.
"Although Senior Ye doesn't know about this, but I must say that it is not a secret or
something, all of these people know about it." Qianqian said, "This place is called Great
Immortal battlefield, I presume Senior Ye knows about this, right?"
"En." Ye Xiwen nodded, he knew about this that's why he rushed here.
"This matter starts from Great immortal battlefield. The reason why Great Immortal
battlefield was opened a long time ago was that human warriors and demon beasts used to
frequently compete for the control of this area, and this led to the outbreak of war and also
caused a protracted war of several years, which at last led to the formation of this ancient
battlefield." Qianqian further explained, "But there is a hidden reason about which no one
actually knows. Originally, this place is actually a burial ground of a Devil commander. In
those days, the Great Island of the Immortals and a certain demon beast country obtained
news about this, and severely fought in order to gain complete control of the tomb,
ultimately forming
this ancient battlefield, but initially, both parties had sent a large number of experts to find
out a way to go inside, but they never found a way in, and this slowly led to the putting
down of the exploration of this tomb. But, who would have thought that the Devil
commander's tomb, that has been untouched all this time, will be opened. And this has
immediately alerted the two top factions as well, but no one knows how this news was
leaked and attracted a large number of experts."
In the past when devil army invaded Zhen Wu Jie, a stunning war erupted between the
experts of the two worlds. Many devil experts had fallen during the war and they formed
various tombs and cemeteries throughout the Zhen Wu Jie to bury those devil experts!
But, the discovery of each of these tombs would always lead to an exploration by countless
people, because these devil experts were extremely terrifying masters when they were
alive, especially a Devil commander, who was supposed to be fearful master above the
legendary realm. The tomb of such a peerless expert would contain a multitude of priceless
treasures, magical tools, magical weapons etc. This was just like a fatal attraction for so
many warriors.
Grab anything and one could obtain tremendous amount of wealth.
Ye Xiwen never expected that this ancient battlefield would turn out to be formed this way,
not to mention it was also a Devil commander's tomb.
"Ye Xiwen, this is a good opportunity for us, I never expected to hear about a Devil
commander's tomb." Ye Mo suddenly said,
"In the devil world, a Devil commander holds the rank of a feudal lord. There should be a
lot of good things in his tomb. As far as other humans are concerned, I think it's impossible
for them to completely utilize the treasures left behind by the Devil commander, but you
are different. You can practice legitimate devil arts so you can definitely use these
treasures."
Ye Xiwen thought, perhaps this was an opportunity, if he could get treasures in this Devil
commander's tomb, then his cultivation might go a step further once again. In that case,
there would be a greater certainly of his victory over the eighth prince. After all, this was
the tomb of a Devil commander, whose cultivation, at the time of his death, was probably
above legendary realm. It was simply impossible to imagine the extent of his strength and if
Ye Xiwen managed to obtain even a small portion of his treasures, then it would certainly
be a great advantage for his future practice.
"Senior Ye seems quite interested in Devil commander's
tomb." Qianqian openly said.
"En, I will go and have a look" Ye Xiwen did not hide anything, and there was no need to
hide as well.
"Such being the case, since Senior Ye is not part of a team, might as well join us." Qianqian
said.
"Have you formed a team with others?" Ye Xiwen asked.
"En." Qianqian nodded, "I'm not so strong like Senior Ye so I cannot possibly wander alone
in an ancient battlefield. This time, I have invited a few friends to come together with me.
These are people who have dared to explore the Devil commander's tomb with me."
Ye Xiwen nodded, so that was the case, but it was not surprising that she formed a team,
because not everyone could be like Ye Xiwen. He was so outrageously powerful that he did
not need a partner to wander around in this ancient battlefield.
It could be said that Ye Xiwen was a one man army.
Inviting a few friends to journey together was pretty normal.
Moreover, a Devil commander was supposed to be an unsurpassed existence, the so-called
commander of formidable devil troops. Even now if he died, no one would dare to look
down on him, not to mention, nobody knew what they might find in such a peerless
master's tomb.
There was no such thing as free lunch under the sun, if you want to obtain something, you
must pay for it!
But Ye Xiwen did not care, he believed in the saying; no pain no gain, so he must face
dangers in order to obtain something beneficial!
Chapter 181: Join The Team
There was no such thing as free lunch under the sun, if you want to obtain something, you
must pay for it. But, Ye Xiwen did not care, he believed in the saying; no pain no gain, so he
must face dangers in order to obtain something beneficial!
But this time, the difficulty was not just the dangers in Devil commander’s tomb, he also
need to be wary of so many other warriors.
This time, many warriors obtained this news, moreover all of these experts were basically
at the truth level, and some of them were even at Truth seventh stage, eighth stage and
ninth stage as well. As far as the eyes could see, there were countless warriors everywhere
in this area. Probably, all of the top warriors in the nearby areas of East China Sea had come
out to try their luck in Devil commander’s tomb.
“Since Senior Ye has not formed a team, he might as well join our team.” Qianqian said.
“Well, deference is no substitute for obedience. ” Ye Xiwen nodded. Since he knew very
little about this Devil commander’s
tomb, so it was better to stick together with others.
gō ng jìng bù rú cō ng mìng: ‘deference is no substitute for obedience’
This was also good from the point of view of mutually taking care of each other.
After Ye Xiwen agreed, Qianqian took him to an island, which was not a big island. It was
quite spacious, but there were no spiritual arteries under the island, and therefore, there
were no living things on the island, not even a shred of vegetation was present there,
otherwise, it would have been occupied by demon beasts.
Throughout the East China Sea, there were many islands with spiritual arteries, but there
were no spiritual arteries in this big island, the reason why no one bothered to even name
it.
Qianqian and her teammates were going to meet up on this island. According to what she
told, he came to know that Qianqian was a member of loose cultivators of East China Sea.
In Zhen Wu Jie, in addition to disciples belonging to major sects like Yi Yuan School, there
were many loose cultivators who were often considered as loners, they could come and go
freely. Some were very weak, but some of them possessed earth-shattering cultivation
level, basically it was hard to predict their strength, and they often consisted of good and
bad people.
However, in Zhen Wu Jie, there were several small sects, with each sect housing only few
individuals. Basically, these small sects were called loose cultivation sects, and when
compared to giant sects like Yi Yuan School, which was a home to several hundred
thousand disciples, these loose cultivation sects appeared just like shrimps in front of a
shark.
Ye Xiwen did not want to expose his identity as a disciple of Yi Yuan School, so he directly
said that he was also a loose cultivator, but he had already told his real name to Qianqian.
Qianqian didn’t suspect him, after all, although Ye Xiwen was very strong, but if he was a
disciple of a major sect, then he would have definitely arrived here with his group of
friends.
One must not forget that this place was an ancient battlefield, although it was not the most
active ancient battlefield, but it was still dangerous, so when coming here, generally, only
loose cultivators would come here alone.
Although, they had been classified as loose cultivation sects, but in the end, all of them
taught martial arts just like any other major sect.
“This place is located on the periphery of Great immortal battlefield, and is a relatively safe
place. As we go deeper, it gets very dangerous since a lot of truth level demon beasts
wander in those areas. If we go further deep inside, then we will encounter even more
terrifying demon beasts. As long as we are on the land, we are safe, but if go into the sea,
then we will encounter overwhelming demon beasts, they are extremely frightening.”
Qianqian said, with a lingering fear on her face, “Fortunately, they rare come out of the
water, and when they do, their strength gets weakened a lot, otherwise humans cannot
even think about having a foothold in the sea.”
The population of human experts was nowhere close to the population of demon beasts. It
could be said that there were ten times more truth level demon beasts than truth level
human beings, but fortunately, most of these truth level demon beasts lived in several
established demon beast countries. Not to mention, the total population of demon beasts in
this world was 100 times more compared to that of human beings, but majority of them
were still in muddleheaded mental state. Basically, they were no different than common
beasts in general, and this was maintaining the fragile balance of power.
“Many masters have gone deeper into the East China Sea, but never came back. It is said
that legendary level mythological beasts live there.” Qianqian said. “Our sect had been
flourishing very until the founder went into the depths of East China Sea, never to return,
and finally, our sect declined to what it is right now.”
Ye Xiwen listened and sighed with emotion, indeed, this kind of thing happened all the time
in Zhen Wu Jie. A sect’s prosperity would always depend on how many top players it had.
For example, in Yi Yuan School, in a sense, if the core disciples, inner disciples or outer
disciples were to die, then it certainly won’t matter much, in fact, even if a true disciple was
to die then it won’t matter, as long as the sect head and other leaders were alive, everything
else was unimportant for sect’s survival and prosperity!
Yi Yuan School was such a big sect, but the death of a legendary level expert was a major
event for them, not to mention, Qianqian’s loose cultivation sect lost a legendary level
master, which was sufficient to determine the fate of her sect.
The major difference between a major sect like Yi Yuan School and loose cultivation sect
was the dependence of the very survival of the entire sect on death of its top players. In
case of loose cultivation sect, the death of just one important character
could lead to the collapse of entire sect. And, this was the reason why major sects would
never give recognition and acknowledgment to the loose cultivation sects.
But, as far as Ye Xiwen was concerned, someday, he would eventually travel to the depths
of East China Sea. It would actually be a grand occasion, after all, even the influence of the
so-called Yi Yuan School could not stretch up to those areas, but it was something far in the
future. As for now, Ye Xiwen was merely a master of the truth realm and could only wander
back and forth in these marginal areas. He couldn’t possibly think about going into the
depths of East China Sea at his current strength.
While Ye Xiwen and Qianqian were still chatting, suddenly, the air began to boil in the sky
and several rainbows appeared to be flying towards them. It was obvious that their visitors
weren’t ordinary people.
The rainbow light is enormous and powerful, and it seemed as if the rivers streams were
converging in the sea at very high speeds. The rainbows directly rushed down and fell on
the island’s beach.
As the rainbow lights began to disperse, the shadows of four
people could be seen. The one standing at the front seemed to be their leader. He was clad
in splendid attire, had an imposing appearance, and also had a heroic bearing, which was
quite unusual.
There was a sort of self-satisfied expression on this face, but when he saw Ye Xiwen
standing behind Qianqian, his complexion immediately changed and turned unsightly. A
sharp look appeared in his eyes, while he was staring at Ye Xiwen.
Ye Xiwen could easily read the look in that guy’s eyes. He was secretly aware in his heart
that this guy was troubled by his presence, but he didn’t say anything. One could find these
pampered and favored guys everywhere, who were often ambitious, successful and were
used to govern everything around them. They also considered women as their own
property, and would naturally not allow others to intervene.
There were three people standing behind this man, one man and two women. The man also
had a heroic bearing and had an outstanding appearance, however, he could only be
considered as low-key, when compared to the man standing in front of him.
He was standing there with a faint smile on his face, and didn’t seem like an aggressive guy.
He belonged to the category of those people who were unable to look straight ahead.
Besides this man, the remaining two were women, one was clad in a yellow robe and the
other was clad in brilliant orange clothing. Both of them could be considered as reigning
beauties, but were slightly inferior to Qianqian.
“Senior Ye, let me introduce you to everyone. This is Xu Yingdao, the most outstanding true
disciple from the current generation of true disciples in the Great Island of Immortals. I am
afraid, his strength is not inferior to the strength of your mainland’s eighth prince.”
Qianqian said.
Earlier, Ye Xiwen had said that he was a loose cultivator from the mainland and didn’t
belong to the side of loose cultivators of East China Sea, hence Qianqian said so.
Ye Xiwen felt disdain in his heart, although that eighth prince had not yet made an
appearance, but judging from the war declaration, one could make out that his strength
was unimaginably vast, even many experts of Truth fifth stage were not his opponents. No
one knew the extent of the eighth prince’s current strength, but Ye Xiwen had already seen
through the cultivation of this man. He was only at the peak of Truth third stage, his
strength was far worse than that of the eighth prince. There was simply a huge gap
between the strengths of these two. In fact, his strength was not even comparable to the
strengths of the higher level Imperial guards!
However, it seemed like in the Great Island of the immortals, he was treated as a highborn!
Then from the introduction by Qianqian, Ye Xiwen came to know that the other guy was
named Chi Fei, and was also a strong truth level expert, but he didn’t belong to the famous
clans of the Great Island of the Immortals, perhaps this was the reason behind low-key
appearance.
The yellow-robed woman was named Miao Lian and the orange-robed woman was named
Fan Yun. Both of them were at the third stage of truth realm. Similarly, both Chi Fei and Xu
Yingdao were at the peak of Truth third stage, and it seemed like soon, they should be able
to become the masters of the Truth fourth stage. One could assume that they were
considered outstanding experts in their respective sects.
“Qianqian, I hope it should be very clear that the place we plan to visit this time is said to be
very dangerous. We may be unable to take care of ourselves, how do you plan to take care
of someone else as well?” At this time, Xu Yingdao suddenly said, while looking at Ye Xiwen.
The hidden meaning in his words was very clear.
Considering how he was looking at Ye Xiwen, it was obvious that he was talking about Ye
Xiwen’s cultivation, which was only at the second stage of truth realm. In other words, his
strength should be regarded as nothing when compared to their strengths.
“Moreover, we have been running this team for many years and trust each other very
much, but you go and start rashly, recruiting new people into our team. What will we do if
he harbors evil intentions?” Xu Yingdao continued to say.
Ye Xiwen was looking at the side, with a hint of indifferent smile on his face, but he did not
say anything. On the contrary, it was Chi Fei who tried to smooth things out and said: “Since
Qianqian has asked this person to join our team, then she would certainly have a valid
reason for that. We should first listen to what she has to say.”
At this time, everyone’s attention was on Qianqian as she said:
“Well, everyone, do not look be fooled by Senior Ye’s cultivation level. Although he is still at
the second stage of truth realm, but he is actually much stronger. Earlier, I was fighting
with a giant shark and fell under the wind, but when I was about to be killed by it, Senior Ye
saved me.”
Suddenly, everyone looked at Ye Xiwen, with astonished expressions on their faces.
Chapter 182: The So-Called Putting To Test
Suddenly, everyone looked at Ye Xiwen with astonished expressions on their faces.
They knew well that Qianqian's strength was enough to make her part of their elite team,
needless to say, her strength was at the third stage of truth realm, quite tyrannical, perhaps
not the strongest, but it was not weaker compared to their own.
But, when even a strong expert like Qianqian was unable to deal with an enemy, this man
actually came to her rescue and saved her life? Not just that, according to what Qianqian
said just now, that giant shark was split in half by Ye Xiwen's long blade. Perhaps this was
the reason that shocked them the most.
Considering Qianqian's diligent and honest character, they had no choice but to believe in
what she said. And they were astonished just by thinking about it, because Ye Xiwen was
merely at the second stage of truth realm, but he actually managed to display the strength
beyond the second stage of truth realm.
"No matter how strong he is, this matter is very important,
our lives are going to be at stakes, and it is very difficult to say about the ulterior motives of
this man of unknown origin, he may harbor evil intentions. I won't allow him to join our
team."
Xu Yingdao said.
"Such being the case, I will be on my way then." Ye Xiwen wanted to join Qianqian's team in
order to become familiar with some people and back each other in case of dangers, but if
this team was so unhappy by his presence, then there was no need for him to join their
team.
After all, just as Xu Yingdao said, the most important thing for a team was heartfelt
solidarity and cooperation. If he couldn't achieve this by joining this team, then it was
better for him to walk his own path.
"Senior Ye, I think Xu Yingdao said this because he doesn't know about Senior Ye's
tyrannical strength, this was not intentional!" Qianqian went forward to persuade Ye
Xiwen, but she didn't know that her action and gesture made Xu Yingdao feel even more
wrong about Ye Xiwen.
"Hmph, firstly, the ulterior motives are not the only issue here, even his strength seems
dubious and questionable. I think that giant shark must have exhausted most of its strength
while
fighting with junior sister apprentice, which gave him an opportunity to take advantage of
this and that's how he beheaded the giant shark." Xu Yingdao said, with a look of disdain in
his eyes.
Qianqian was somewhat anxious, she didn't know what to say, but she did know that the
strength of that demon beast was far above the strength of an average human expert. When
she herself was at the point of utmost exhaustion and physical exertion, her strength was
almost coming to an end, but at that time, the giant shark was radically just warming up.
And, not to forget that Ye Xiwen's blade attack was truly outstanding.
"But, since Qianqian has said so much in your favor, then I am ready to give you a chance. If
you manage to get out of the block then I'll agree to accept you in our team." Xu Yingdao
said in a cold voice, it was obvious that he didn't want Ye Xiwen to join their team.
Xu Yingdao took one step forward and his aura firmly locked on Ye Xiwen. He then waved
his hand, and suddenly, a tremendous Zhen Yuan rolled over towards Ye Xiwen. It seemed
as if, Mt. Tai itself was falling towards him.
Ye Xiwen was enveloped by Zhen Yuan approaching from all
directions and instantly trapped him in a giant cage. This showed that Xu Yingdao had
already practiced the palm method to a very profound level.
"So you think you can trap me?" Ye Xiwen sneered again and again. A moment ago, he was
all ready to go, but it seemed like some people didn't want to leave. It was obvious that Xu
Yingdao was planning to use opportunity to redress personal grievances, he wanted to
make Ye Xiwen suffer a loss, he might even try to find a chance and destroy Ye Xiwen's
cultivation. Ye Xiwen could clearly see the killing intention in his eyes.
"You think you are comparable to that eighth prince, well, I'd like to see for myself." Ye
Xiwen said, then took a step, and suddenly, an unimaginable wave of vigorous Zhen Yuan
burst out of his body. At this time, his entire accumulated energy was released at once, and
a dreadful intention to kill was instantly swept off and firmly enveloped Xu Yingdao.
Suddenly, Xu Yingdao felt a terrifying killing intention aimed at him, it almost washed away
his state of mind. It was exceptionally fearful, he had never felt such a horrifying killing
intention from a man ever before. But right now, he felt it from Ye Xiwen's body.
He actually did not know that for the last three days, Ye Xiwen had been fighting and killing
nonstop, he literally hadn't slept for last three days and three nights, so one could imagine
how many demon beasts had been killed by him during this period. One could say that this
ceaseless slaughter had given birth to rivers of blood, and one simply couldn't count the
number of demon beasts killed by Ye Xiwen in mere three days.
Not to mention, many of these demon beasts were at the third stage of truth realm, and
some were even stronger than that, but he used Poisonous Dragon water control flag to kill
the stronger demon beasts, and at that time, he was just at the first stage of truth realm.
Now, he was at the second stage of truth realm, and after the breakthrough, he gained
tyrannical strength.
Ye Xiwen had to absorb the neidans of countless truth level demon beasts in order to break
from first stage of truth realm to second stage of truth realm, so one could imagine the
enormous gap between his previous strength and current strength.
After killing so many demon beasts, Ye Xiwen's killing intention could be imagined, but he
had to do the 'restraining breath technique' to completely hide his killing intention and
true strength, because that would have scared away those demon beasts, but now, he didn't
care and directly released out his true strength and killing intention. Since Xun Yingdao
tried to trap in a cage, Ye Xiwen directly aimed his dreadful killing
intention at him. Xu Yingdao felt as if his entire existence had been pierced.
There was no need to say that the monstrous waves of Zhen Yuan, released out from Ye
Xiwen's body, instantly defeated Xun Yingdao's Zhen Yuan, and directly annihilated his
cage, then advanced forward and completely enveloped his body.
Xu Yingdao suddenly came to understand, perhaps, Qianqian was really stating the truth.
This Ye Xiwen's real strength was far beyond his imagination, which shocked not just him
but everyone present on the scene. This fact could shock anyone in this world! It was
simply unimaginable that a master at the Truth second stage would actually turn out to
possess strength more than Truth third stage. This Ye Xiwen was really a monster! Xu
Yingdao was at the third stage of truth realm and had always been referred to as a genius
by his peer, but there existed a title above 'genius' as well, it was the title of a
'monster'! A monster was someone whose achievements, skill and strength could not be
measured by the norms and established theories. In the past, he did not believe in the
existence of monsters, but now, after meeting Ye Xiwen, he had no choice but to believe
that monsters really existed in this world, and were fearful experts.
"Not good!" Xu Yingdao shouted, and took several steps back
while using an agility technique, trained to the acme level. It appeared that he only took a
step, but in reality, he withdrew more than thirty feet in a blink of an eye. He was so
overwhelmed by Ye Xiwen's strength and killing intention that he instinctively fled very far
away.
But, at this time, Xu Yingdao's entire body was covered in a protective turtle-shell, made up
of Zhen Yuan.
"It's that turtle-shell magical technique!" Qianqian recognized the technique used by Xu
Yingdao. Although the name of this technique sounded quite weird and tacky, it was
considered an extremely superior and secretive power technique by the people of Great
Island of the Immortals.
There were rumors in the sect of Great Island of the Immortals, they once surrendered a
giant turtle beast and studied its super strong shell to obtain this turtle-shell magical
technique. It had been passed down generation after generation as a secret technique, and
after constant improvements, the human race could finally learn to use it. Moreover, the
defensive power of this turtle-shell magical technique could shock everybody, there simply
was no means to eradicate this shell, and once it was displayed, it was that even masters of
Truth fourth stage would find it very difficult to destroy it.
Qianqian was aware of the strength of turtle-shell technique and knew that it was a very
powerful defense type technique, it could easily block the attacks from super experts, so at
this time, she was worried for Ye Xiwen.
"What turtle-shell magical technique!" Ye Xiwen sneered, and simply didn't give much
importance to this turtle-shell power technique.
Ye Xiwen shot his palm and the loud roar of a dragon resounded in the surroundings. His
entire arm transformed into a coiling dragon, it lifted its face upwards and gave a long and
loud roar. The coiling dragon instantly disappeared, and the next moment, it appeared in
front of Xu Yingdao.
While facing Ye Xiwen's coiling dragon palm technique, the turtle-shell magical technique
simply didn't stand a chance. It was going to collapse from the very first blow.
Ye Xiwen's coiling dragon dropped down from the clouds.
There simply was no way for an average person to resist a mighty being like this coiling
dragon. One could say that it was the most powerful Yang creature in this world.
"What kind of martial arts is this?" Xu Yingdao could feel a sense of intense dread crawling
under his skin, and his own Zhen Yuan seemed to be going out of control. He had never felt
like this in his life, this was the feeling of bowing down and worshipping in the face of such
a divine and mighty being. This whole situation suddenly sent him in panic-stricken state.
How was this possible!
He actually did not know that his turtle-shell magical technique had been created using a
giant turtle as basis and there was dragon blood present in its blood vessels, so it could be
considered as an inferior dragon species with turtle-like characteristics.
And, when the turtle-shell technique was created, it was certainly related in some way with
the original dragon techniques, which was the reason why Xu Yingdao's Zhen Yuan went
out of control while he was facing Ye Xiwen's Coiling dragon palm, which was supposedly
one of the purest dragon based techniques.
The turtle-shell's defensive power was completely crushed by Ye Xiwen's coiling dragon.
Xu Yingdao could not bear, and immediately gave out a loud shout: "Turtle trampling!"
From the collapsed shell, appeared a huge turtle leg and dropped from the sky towards Ye
Xiwen to trample him. It was made up from the combination of Zhen Yuan and Lingqi, and
although it was not a real turtle leg, but not far off as well.
The other four had shocked looks on their faces. They could clearly see that Xu Yingdao was
cornered and anxious, so he had to use such a big move in a desperate effort. In the past, he
would have never used it unless it was absolutely necessary in most urgent cases, but right
now, he had to use it just because he was actually cornered by Ye Xiwen.
Besides Qianqian, others simply couldn't believe that things would actually come to this. Xu
Yingdao was naturally considered the strongest among them, and they always found him
domineering and tyrannical.
However, Ye Xiwen just used one move to corner that domineering and tyrannical Xu
Yingdao. They always used to listen to legendary fairy tales about such experts, but today,
someone from those fairy tales appeared in front of them.
Qianqian already knew about this because that giant shark
was at the peak of Truth third stage, and demon beasts were often stronger than humans at
same cultivation level, but even so, Ye Xiwen used just one blade attack to behead that giant
shark. More importantly, Ye Xiwen killed it so effortlessly, as if it was child's play for him.
"Such level of skill and capability, such strength and fierceness, he is actually a monster!"
Chi Fei said, with a look of disbelief on his face.
Ye Xiwen looked at the turtle leg falling from the sky. It must have the weight of almost ten
million Jin and an average master wouldn't live after being trampled by it.
"What turtle leg, f**k off!" Ye Xiwen shouted, and released more terrifying and vigorous
Zhen Yuan from his whole body, this scene was simply shocking. The coiling dragon
instantly flew towards the turtle leg, and directly grasped it in its fierce claws.
Chapter 183: Breaks Through The Blockade
Ye Xiwen's entire Zhen Yuan burst out in a flash, and in that moment, it seemed like the
incarnation of a coiling dragon. Its claws instantly grabbed Xu Yingdao's turtle leg, which
couldn't sustain the incredible strength present in the claw and exploded. At this time, Ye
Xiwen seemed simply unstoppable to everyone present there.
"Oh my god, how can his Zhen Yuan be so profound and vigorous!"
"He is not a human, his strength is so terrifying!"
The people present on the scene exclaimed, it was simply unimaginable for them to see the
profoundness of Ye Xiwen's skill.
The Zhen Yuan, burst out from Ye Xiwen's body, pushed them several steps back again and
again.
Ye Xiwen rushed towards Xu Yingdao and directly tore apart the Zhen Yuan protective
cover around his body, and the very
next instant, he grabbed Xu Yingdao's neck.
"Senior Ye, please show mercy!" At this time, Qianqian could not wait any longer and finally
said.
Ye Xiwen heard her voice and loosened his grip. He never intended to use extreme
methods. He was just taking advantage of this opportunity to stop Xun Yingdao.
Ye Xiwen immediately retracted his dragon claw, which disappeared right in front of Xu
Yingdao.
Ye Xiwen activated 'restraining breath technique' which immediately restrained his
terrifying aura and crazily surging Zhen Yuan. And after that, now, to everyone, he
appeared no different than any other master at the second stage of truth realm.
However at this time, Chi Fei and others no longer dared to look down on him. His true
strength was really too tyrannical, to such an extent that even Xu Yingdao, the strongest in
their team, was not a match. In fact, even if all of them joined forces and fight him, they still
didn't have a chance to put even a scratch on him.
Xu Yingdao was totally perplexed and didn't speak a single word, when he came to his
senses, his complexion immediately turned very unsightly. All he wanted to do was to
humiliate Ye Xiwen and show off in front of everyone, but he never thought that Ye Xiwen
would actually be so difficult to deal with. He was really a dreadful monster (evildoer).
"Do you want to continue the test?" Ye Xiwen indifferently said, but it sounded like a
humiliating satire to Xu Yingdao's ears. This was equivalent to giving a direct slap on his
face.
"Dammit!" Xu Yingdao said in a very angry tone, "You think you can insult me just because
you are stronger? At the worst, we will perish together, let's fight to death!"
"Fight to death, and with someone like you?" Ye Xiwen, said with a disdained look on his
face. He immediately understood that this Xu Yingdao had some serious character defects.
He was so full of himself that he ended up underestimating Ye Xiwen.
At first, he tried to humiliate Ye Xiwen, but being a victim, Ye Xiwen retaliated, completely
overwhelmed him and also decided to show mercy, but rather than being sorry for his
actions, he reverted with even more powerful roar.
"Please you two, don't quarrel, it's time to go to Devil commander's tomb, let's give mutual
respect to each other and aim for sincere cooperation, quarrelling like this is not good for
anyone, at least give me face and forget about this childish feud." At this time, Chi Fei
stepped out to smooth things out.
"I will give face to Brother Chi Fei." Ye Xiwen lightly said.
Xu Yingdao looked at Chi Fei and other team members, and judging from their facial
expressions, he understood that every one of his team members was going to speak the
same words as Chi Fei. He immediately snorted, and turned around without saying
anything.
In fact, even if Qianqian and the other members of his team were in favor of his decision of
fighting Ye Xiwen to death, and even if they ganged up on him, it was simply impossible for
them to take him down. Ye Xiwen was an incredibly strong guy, and it was not worthwhile
to establish enmity with such a guy.
Not to mention, this time, considering the great caliber of Ye Xiwen, he could be treated as a
very strong addition to their team, so no one was against Qianqian's decision to let him join.
It was Xu Yingdao's selfish motive to show off in front of everyone which ended up this
way. Now Xu Yingdao not only resented Ye Xiwen, he also felt uncomfortable and envious,
because of the presence of Ye Xiwen in their team.
After everyone was prepared to set off, they discussed for a while and then flew towards
the depths of Great immortal battlefield.
Since all of them were truth level masters and knew excellent agility techniques, their
speed was extremely fast.
Ye Xiwen was flying at a moderate pace, behind of the entire team.
Qianqian flew over to Ye Xiwen, and said with a somewhat sorry look on her face: "I'm
sorry, Senior Ye, I did not expect this to happen, it's all because of my thoughtlessness."
"Relax, it doesn't matter." Ye Xiwen smiled, and said.
"Ye Xiwen, this time in Devil commander's grave, I am afraid that you are going to face very
troublesome situations.
Moreover, this team only has masters of truth third stage and no one knows what kind of
master will make an appearance on the way." Ye Mo said.
"I know, even I think that this task is going to be very dangerous, we may encounter
masters of half-step legendary realm. Those invincible masters of legendary realm may also
have come for the treasure, but even so, we don't have other choice." Ye Xiwen said, "Three
months, in just three months'
time, we must face the eighth prince, so if my strength is not enough, then I will most likely
be killed by him."
Ye Xiwen was sure that eighth prince didn't just plan to defeat him, he most likely wanted
to kill Ye Xiwen. Ye Xiwen had gathered information about eighth prince from many
sources, and judging from all that information, he had come to know that eighth prince was
not a friendly guy, and definitely lacked empathy. He was an ambitious man and his one
and only aim was to stay at the top, above everyone else. Although right now, Ye Xiwen was
not his opponent, but had enough potential to surpass him in the future. If the eighth prince
considered Ye Xiwen as a genuine enemy, then rather than waiting for month for the duel,
the best way would have been to strangle the enemy in the cradle.
"Three months later, whether I am willing or not, there's no way to stop the showdown
between me and eighth prince." Ye Xiwen said, because he absolutely had no choice but to
participate in the duel, it was beyond his control. The eighth prince had put him in this
pressuring situation, and he could not escape.
So by all means, he must enhance his strength in the next three months period, it was the
only way out of this situation.
"It's the Devil commander's tomb, considering the level and status of such an incredible
master, even half-step legendary and legendary level masters would drool over the
treasures left behind by him, so it's natural that I'm going to see." Ye Xiwen firmly said.
Ye Xiwen and other people soon arrived at Great immortal ancient battlefield, however, it
was no longer the same as it used to be just a few days ago, when Ye Xiwen was mindlessly
slaughtering demon beasts. Right now, the whole area had been blockaded by demon
beasts.
Innumerable demon beasts had formed a blockade and were blocking up the sea water. At
first glance, all sorts of strange and unusually demon beasts were visible in the blockade.
In addition to Ye Xiwen, Qianqian and her team, a lot of other teams were also lingering
outside the blockade line and simply could not break past.
"Lowly humans, you better quickly retreat, we have been ordered to form this blockade by
our king. You humans are not allowed to go any further!" At this time, a huge old mossback
turtle said in a loud voice.
"Shameless, they usually don't form blockade like this, but now that they have obtained the
news about Devil commander's tomb, they actually formed this blockade, how outrageous!"
"But what should we do now, these demon beasts seem powerful, needless to say, this
number is very scary ah. From this far, it is hard to guess, maybe there are 1000 or 10,000
and all of them are truth level masters. Mere the sight of so many truth level demon beasts
is scary! "
Ye Xiwen was wondering about the reason behind this. There was an underwater kingdom
of demon beasts, which was located at the boundary line of Great immortal battlefield. So
the news about Devil commander's tomb not only attracted many human masters, it also
alarmed the Demon beast kingdom!
These demon beasts from the 'Demon beast kingdom' looked really tough and intrepid,
therefore, the human forces could not go further into the East China Sea and could at most
occupy
some nearby islands. Although, there were a lot of demon beasts maintaining the blockade,
but one must know that this was not the complete strength of Demon beast kingdom.
"These filthy animals don't stand a chance against us!" While everybody was still
considering what to do, Xu Yingdao suddenly shouted. He was still pissed at Ye Xiwen, and
it seemed like he was going to vent up his anger on these demon beasts.
After that, he launched an attack towards the blockade of demon beasts. He released a
turtle shaped Zhen Yuan, which instantly rushed towards a demon beast of Truth first stage
and exploded, and the next instant, he rushed through the opening.
Ye Xiwen, and the other team members did not get a chance to stop him from being
reckless, they also immediately rushed inside.
Suddenly, Xu Yingdao's action caused a chain reaction and several other teams began to
attack the defense line of demon beasts. Many strong teams directly broke through the
blockade of demon beasts, but there were several weak teams that couldn't manage to
break through and were killed after getting trapped in the barrage of endless attacks from
demon beasts.
Ye Xiwen's team was certainly very strong. They instantly rushed past the blockade. Xu
Yingdao was being tyrannical through and through, he was naturally somewhat
emboldened.
This was a team comprising of several Truth third stage masters and their team could be
considered as a very formidable team, they directly swept inside without facing much
difficulty.
Ye Xiwen also following from behind, because many warriors were rushing in from all
sides, so he did not need to withstand all of the attacks, only a part of it, which was not a
serious problem at his current strength, however Ye Xiwen still didn't have a shred of
relaxation.
Because he tried to sense the cultivation levels of the demon beasts present in this area, but
he couldn't sense strong demon beasts. He couldn't find the trace of demon beasts at first
stage of truth realm or above. A huge Demon beast kingdom was supposed to be located
nearby, then why weren't the fifth stage demon beasts or above present in this area. The
only explanation for this could be that the higher level demon beasts had already entered
the Devil commander's tomb and a large number of strong experts must have been
deployed, that's why he couldn't sense strong demon beasts.
Although, this was the case but getting past the blockade of thousands of truth level demon
beasts was not a simple matter.
However, thanks to the well timed coordination and unusual tacit understanding between
Xu Yingdao and the other team members, helped the entire team in safely rushing in
towards the core area of Great immortal battlefield. And, Ye Xiwen used his Poisonous
Dragon water control flag array to shield himself, and basically went on rampage all the
way.
After flying for nearly an hour, only few teams manage to reach the core region of Great
immortal battlefield, but after approaching the core region, suddenly, they began to
encounter stronger demon beasts. Mostly, truth first stage and second stage demon beasts
were present on the periphery of Great immortal battlefield, but the strength of demon
beasts increased considerably once they reached the core region.
Here, even the weakest demon beast was at the third stage of truth realm, however only
handful of them were present there.
They were very less in numbers, when compared to thousands of demon beasts on the
periphery. Otherwise, even if Xu Yingdao's team was strong, they would still die miserably.
In the sky, occasionally, formidable masters of truth fifth stage or above could be seen
directly diving into the sea. The Devil commander's tomb had finally arrived, and it was
located deep inside the sea.
Chapter 184: Bones Of The Dead Everywhere
Everyone looked at each other, nodded, and dived into the sea water. They covered
themselves in the protective layer of Zhen Yuan. Ye Xiwen was the only one who used the
soul guard of deepwater black serpent because it could help him in breathing freely in the
deep waters, just like breathing on the land.
The people dived all the way, and actually at this time, one could also see that the fight was
going on between many demon beasts and human warriors. Many human warriors had
already arrived here and many of them were fighting alone, plus all of them were at truth
fifth stage or above, the reason why they were able to handle so many demon beasts
vertically and horizontally.
Although right now, Ye Xiwen was part of a team like many other teams present there, of
course, he was capable enough to be on his own and he would still be able to deal with
demon beasts, but in the end, he was unfamiliar with the location of tomb, hence could not
go his own way, otherwise, he wouldn't know where to dive.
After diving all the way, in the midway, they encountered many horrifying truth fifth stage
demon beasts. The good news
was that Ye Xiwen would generally sense and discover them from afar and everyone would
pick up speed, that's how they were able to avoid truth fifth stage demon beasts.
At this time, Xu Yingdao and the others had a faint idea emerging in their hearts that they
should never have come here.
In this place, terrifying demon beasts of truth fifth stage or above were present
everywhere. Never in their wild dreams had they ever expected to see so many terrifying
demon beasts at one place. They simply didn't stand a chance even against one of these
fearful demon beasts, and there were so many of them.
After they had a small half hour dive, they finally explored the seabed, but what they saw
was a horrible sight. The surrounding seabed area in the radius of thousands of miles was
covered in endless bones of the dead, camouflaging the entire seabed. These bones of the
dead actually belonged to all those supreme masters and demon beast races, which were
killed by the Devil commander in his lifetime. Sadly, even the souls of these masters had
been detained by the Devil commander above the bones of the dead. They had to suffer
endless torment generation after generation, and simply couldn't go into the cycle of
rebirth. They were forced by the Devil commander to go through this eternal suffering, and
one could easily feel the lurking extremely frightening breath everywhere.
After the Devil commander was dead, these bones of the dead paved his mausoleum,
guarding his corpse for millenniums, years after years for god knows how many years.
Everyone, who watched this scene, suddenly gasped and held their breaths. This was just
too horrible, and in these bones of the dead, occasionally, some of the bones would
condense into humanoid shapes or into the shapes of various demon beasts.
These demon beasts or human masters once used to be the powerhouses, who were later
beheaded by the Devil commander.
The bones of the dead had been able to maintain the magical powers, from the times when
they were alive. This was extremely frightening!
At the very first glance, Ye Xiwen was able to guess that some of these bones of the dead
belonged to the masters who must have died before the Devil invasion era, but now, even
they had been driven by Devil commander to show their graceful obligation. Hence, he
could sense wild screams everywhere.
These were the heroes who paid their lives in order to resist against the devils, so now,
they should not be treated like this, even after death, there had been compelled by Devil
commander to work for him.
Ye Xiwen thought this and felt his heart getting filled with grief and indignation. As he was
approaching, he could clearly feel wails everywhere, the grievances and resentment were
monstrous.
"Hate, hate, hate, I wish someone would obliterate devils from this world!"
"I resent, resent, resent! I died before my troops could attain victory!"
In a flash, the melancholy and resent of so many dead masters wholeheartedly influx into
Ye Xiwen's mind, however Chi Fei and other team members didn't show much concern to
this.
However, Ye Xiwen felt his heart being filled with anger, as if he was like a magnet,
attracting endless sadness from all directions, flooding directly towards Ye Xiwen.
These grievances, resentments, when accumulated in larger concentrations, could actually
distort the space, in other words, this cemetery had actually passed through years after
years, for ages, despite having the distortion in space. Since, the space distortion had been
going on for ages, it was already regarded as a half-plane, and it was not possible to directly
pass through it, they must break open the space and go through the opening to
the tomb.
Generally speaking, only the masters of legendary realm were able to break open spaces,
but obviously, this half-plane had a very unstable space, so it was easier to break it open,
but even so, a truth level master was still needed in order to break this half-plane, and
make the opening for enough time to go through it.
Ye Xiwen direct rushed down, having the intense feeling in his heart to break this space
open. He suddenly gave a loud shout and chopped out his long blade, which made a crack in
the space, and he immediately entered the space from where the cracks appeared.
Suddenly, an even more bizarre and cold aura than before swept towards him. The cold and
cloudy moqi was deliberately moving everyone, everyone's complexion changed slightly. It
was obvious that the presence of moqi in the surroundings was making them
uncomfortable.
Only Ye Xiwen was the exception, not only he did not feel uncomfortable, on the contrary,
by performing conversion using Tianyuan mirror, Ye Xiwen absorbed the moqi present in
the cold aura, spreading a very comfortable feeling throughout
his body.
Because of the heavy concentration of moqi in the surroundings, it was basically impossible
for everyone to use soul search. Even if they tried to use soul search, it would be directly
swallowed by the moqi, covered with resentments.
Ye Xiwen was the only exception, he was not afraid of his soul search being swallowed by
those resentment covered moqi.
Since his Tianyuan mirror had an inbuilt restraining function on anything related to the
devils, including moqi.
But, when Ye Xiwen used soul search, he discovered that it was impossible to completely
investigate the entire stretch of tomb.
However, Ye Xiwen and the other team members did not dare to approach the bones of the
dead, spread everywhere on the sea floor. So they could only float above.
Looking at the bones of the dead everywhere on the seafloor, the hearts of everyone had a
kind of chilling feeling. Even if numerous years had passed, these bones were still exuding a
jade-like gloss, it appeared sacred and flawless. These bones also
indicated that it didn't matter how terrifying and peerless those experts would have been
back in those days when they were alive, but they still actually died at the hands of the
Devil commander. Moreover, from the sheer quantity of bones of the dead, one could make
a guess how terrifying that Devil commander must be, when he was alive.
But even so, despite being so tyrannical, the Devil commander was now dead, he couldn't
escape death. A lifetime of fame and glory certainly couldn't save him from death, but one
could certainly say that he must have been strong to unimaginable proportions.
As everyone was overwhelmed from the scene present in front of their eyes, suddenly, a
violent fluctuation of dead qi took place beneath the piles of bones of the dead, and a skull
and nearby bones instantly condensed into a human form, with a bone sword in his hand,
and immediately chopped out a terrifying Swordqi towards Ye Xiwen.
The figure of a dragon immediately congealed out of Ye Xiwen's body and directly
skimming out towards the incoming Swordqi. It didn't take even an instant for the coiling
dragon to grab the Swordqi in its claws, and then completely crushed it.
Ye Xiwen did not hesitate and immediately chopped out his long blade, releasing an
enormous Bladeqi towards that skeleton.
"Bang!" Bladeqi rushed unobstructed and collided into the bones of the dead. The very next
instant, the sound of breaking bones was heard by everyone present on the scene. Actually,
some of the bones of that skeleton immediately cracked upon Ye Xiwen's attack, but it was
still not defeated.
Everyone was astonished at this scene, they could feel that although it was only a simple
blade attack but the power contained in it was not small, but still could not destroy that
skeleton warrior. This indicated that he was too strong and tough!
"The extent of toughness of these bones is really reaching the point exaggeration. I am
afraid before death, this skeleton warrior was absolutely an invincible master of truth
seventh or eighth stage!" Chi Fei said, with an incredible look in his eyes.
Even in a major sect like Yi Yuan School, the invincible masters of truth seventh or eighth
stage were considered among the small number of top elites, but here, there was actually a
dense crowd of such invincible masters everywhere.
"I will help you in getting to the other side." Ye Xiwen lightly said, even after death, this
skeleton warrior was being manipulated, had become someone else's watchdog, this was
such a sad thing.
Ye Xiwen chopped out his long blade once again, and in a flash, nine blade shadows
appeared out of nowhere, and rushed towards the skeleton warrior and crashed into his
body, breaking his body into multiple fragments. These bone fragments crumbled and fell
on the seafloor, while at the same time, the dark evil spirit hidden in the skeleton was also
instantly beheaded by Ye Xiwen.
Obviously, the reason behind the existence of these evil spirits was due to the
contamination of souls by the presence of endless moqi in the surroundings, giving rise to
wisdom but with only killing instinct, these were the so-called evil spirits.
Even on the remains of some of the formidable powerhouses, the born evil spirits would
recover a portion of the memory from their past lives, and hence could put forth the
magical powers from the past as well. If their team was to encounter the evil spirit on the
bones of an evildoer (monster), it would simply be a dead end for them.
"According to the map, the Devil commander's tomb is located somewhere in the central
areas of this place, covered in the bones of the dead." Chi Fei took out the map, inspected
for a while and said. "Right now, we are only at the periphery and still encountered such
terrifying dangers. If we continue to go deeper towards the central areas, we may
encounter formidable enemies and dealing with them may be beyond our own capacities.
Now that I made this clear to everyone, if you don't want to go, now is the time to quit!"
However, everyone was silent for a moment, no one wanted to quit, after all, they already
arrived after facing so many difficulties, and if they quite at this time, it would be really
aggrieving and depressing. Moreover, they were a proud and arrogant team of elites, how
could they possibly accept such an outcome?
Since, no one wanted to quit mean, they didn't continue to delay and immediately resumed
the journey to the tomb. On the way, they encountered other warrior teams and lone
warriors as well, but since everyone was in a hurry, there was no intersection.
Along the way, they once again encountered an attack from skeleton from the bones of the
dead. This attacking skeleton seemed to be made up of jade crystal, indicating that most
probably, during his lifetime, he was a powerhouse at an extremely profound level, but
now, there is no awareness left in him, he had simply become someone's slave.
But nevertheless, this dead powerhouse, although now only a skeleton, was still very
difficult to deal with.
Later, Ye Xiwen shot less and less, generally, whenever he attacked, it was always the last
shot because he already noticed the killing intention in Xu Yingdao's eyes. He was
repeatedly redirecting the attacks from the skeletons towards Ye Xiwen, but Ye Xiwen was
strong enough to resist.
But, Ye Xiwen also slowly began to reduce the number of attacks on skeletons and focused
more on being wary of Xu Yingdao.
Chapter 185: Schemes And Tricks
"Ye Xiwen, it seems this Xu Yingdao bears deep hatred for you and wants to kill you." Ye Mo
said, being a spirit himself, he was very sensitive to these things.
"He is courting death, but right now, I do not have any information regarding the exact
location of Devil commander tomb so I need to depend on whatever information they have,
but if Xu Yingdao dared to cause trouble for me, then I'll directly kill him." Ye Xiwen lightly
said in his heart, anyway he had concealed his true appearance and wasn't afraid of being
hunted down by the people of Great Island of Immortals, if they found out that he killed
their disciple. Even if they found out, Great Island of Immortals was too far away from Yi
Yuan School, and now, he was going to be the official true disciple of Yi Yuan School. Earlier,
when he killed Luo Tian, he had to be careful and didn't want others to find out that he
killed Luo Tian, but now, even if they found out that it was actually him who killed Luo
Tian, the sect wouldn't allow anyone to lay their hands on Ye Xiwen, because when
compared to a truth level master like him, Luo Tian was simply an ant-like existence. Not to
mention, everyone knew about the reason why Luo Tian was killed, because he tried to
defile and kill Hua Menghan by poisoning her, he basically deserved to die.
At present, Xu Yingdao was simply not in his eyes, because Ye Xiwen was fully focused on
his battle with the peerless and exquisite eighth prince, three months from now!
"Ye Xiwen, these are many evil spirits in the piles of bones of the dead. These evil spirits
have taken birth slowly and gradually over periods of long time, and to be honest, these evil
spirits are the source of trouble for others, but for you, they are nothing but nourishments."
Ye Mo said, "Because these evil spirits take birth from moqi, they can definitely be
completely transformed by Tianyuan mirror."
When Ye Xiwen heard this, his eyes suddenly shone brightly, because now he would be able
to have a rapid progress in strength by leaps and bounds in the shortest time, since he was
going to use all of the evil spirits present in these piles of bones as nourishments!
After thinking of this, Ye Xiwen suddenly displayed a much more positive attitude than
before. He even directly rushed to the front of the team and went all the way to open up a
path through the bones. The evil spirits that dared to block his way simply weren't his
opponents and were directly beheaded by him, then were completely transformed by
Tianyuan mirror, and absorbed by Ye Xiwen.
As Ye Xiwen continued the absorption, his cultivation was constantly rising simultaneously,
and most importantly, some of these evil spirits had regained some of the memories of
their past lives, including the martial arts memories, which were also absorbed by Ye
Xiwen. The mysterious space was constantly working inside his mind, and unceasingly
comprehending and analyzing the influx of endless information, which was being
constantly absorbed by him. Thank to this, his martial arts experience also began to rise,
greatly benefitting him in the process.
Various aspects of martial arts experience was contained in the memories absorbed by Ye
Xiwen. Among the absorbed evil spirits, many of them were at legendary realm
powerhouses and their martial arts experience was strong, although it was only a word or
two, only the lamella of fingernail, but regarding Ye Xiwen, it was actually the best
supplement, as right now, his cultivation was increasing constantly due to this. Some of the
martial arts experiences were not so comprehensive for him earlier, but now, all of gaps in
his experience were being filled up unceasingly.
Although, each of these evil spirits might hold a little bit of memory, but as Ye Xiwen
continued to kill, god knows how many thousand skeletons were beheaded by him, and all
of these small martial arts experiences, when added up, contributed a considerable overall
martial arts experience to
him.
Ye Xiwen's aura was slowly changing and becoming more and more stable, this was the
realm of sublimation.
After those skeletons didn't have evil spirits anymore, suddenly the resentment attached to
them also dispersed. These resentments were strongly concentrated on top of the evil
spirits, but now that the evil spirits were beheaded by Ye Xiwen, the resentful souls could
also finally rest in peace.
Because Ye Xiwen continued to encounter these skeletons all the way, as they were trying
to block his path, and it was simply impossible to guess how many of these skeletons were
present in the piles of bones of the dead. There was an infinite view of endless piles of
skeletons spread in all direction, and as far as the eyesight would go, there was no end to
them.
They were on move for a full three days and nights, and finally, Ye Xiwen and the team
arrived in the central region of the bones of the dead. They were encountering sierras of
bone piles, one after another, continuously, on the seabed.
Although, only three days passed, but almost all the time, the
whole team was fighting nonstop. Xu Yingdao and other team members also saw
considerable promotions in their respective strengths, especially Xu Yingdao and Chu Fei,
who were now almost on the verge of breaking through to the truth fourth stage.
Talking about enhancement in strength, naturally Ye Xiwen was the winner among them,
since he experienced the most promotion in his strength. He had only recently stepped into
the truth second stage, but this time, with the rapid progress, he was able to reach the peak
of truth second stage, and now, his strength was comparable to the masters at the peak of
truth fourth stage. This was the case when he was unarmed, but if would use Poisonous
Dragon water control flag, then he could easily compete with even more powerful masters.
Moreover, the martial arts experience obtained from the evil spirits was completely
digested by Ye Xiwen, and after thorough absorption, Ye Xiwen was able to reach a very
high level of understanding of martial arts, even in some places, the level of his
understanding could match with the legendary realm characters. A variety of martial
science and secret techniques came in real handy and Ye Xiwen also deduced the third
move of
"Coiling dragon palm". Ye Xiwen named it 'Secret rain clouds', and when he shot his palm, a
large shadow of his palm enveloped the entire area. This method was simply overwhelming
and impenetrable, to the point that it was
impossible for any attack type technique to match its level. It belonged to one of the secret
offensive and defensive type attacking techniques. And this time, Ye Xiwen was able to
comprehend it after repeatedly deducing the experiences besieged from several peerless
masters.
An offensive and defensive type attack technique could perform both offensive and
defensive functions, and using
'Secret rain clouds', Ye Xiwen was able to considerably speed up the beheadings of
skeletons, it could even be said that he was basically sweeping them away. Those evil
spirits simply had no way to resist against Ye Xiwen, and were being crushed in abundance
by him.
At the current level of Ye Xiwen's cultivation, he was only one small step away from
stepping into the truth third stage. As long as he managed to have a breakthrough once
again, his fighting strength would increase by leaps and bounds.
The speed of growth in Ye Xiwen's breath was almost visible to naked eyes, although every
time, after leaking out a little bit of breath, he would immediately cover it up, but Xu
Yingdao and the other were still aware that Ye Xiwen's progressive speed was extremely
horrifying. Originally, Ye Xiwen's strength was terrifying enough of terror, but they never
thought that his rate of progress was ever more terrifying. Each time he killed a
skeleton, his breath would become more powerful, and this way, perhaps no could stop him
from becoming exponentially stronger with each kill.
"Listen everyone, we turn left here then there's only about 100
miles to arrive at the destination." At this time, Xu Yingdao opened his mouth and said,
"This is a shortcut, an ancestor of my sect once passed through there."
"Ye Xiwen, since you are the one who leads us each time, so this time, you again go first and
explore this route for us." Xu Yingdao said.
Everyone nodded and did not feel anything odd about it, after all, Xu Yingdao was a disciple
of Great Island of Immortals, and so it should be normal if he knew any shortcuts. Since, it
was the place where the 'Demon beast kingdom' once contended with the 'Great Island of
Immortals', which ultimately formed this ancient battlefield.
Ye Xiwen went towards the shortcut pointed out by Xu Yingdao, but after having covered
some distance, Ye Xiwen abruptly stopped, turned around and looked coldly at Xu Yingdao.
"Why did you stop?" Xu Yingdao asked, while everyone also looked somewhat strangely at
Ye Xiwen.
"So you want to kill me." Ye Xiwen coldly said.
"You're talking nonsense." For an instant, a startled look flashed on Xu Yingdao's face, then
immediately restored to a calm expression, as he coldly replied.
"Senior Ye, what's this all about?" Qianqian asked.
"He wants to lure me into the ambush of a formidable skeleton." Ye Xiwen coldly stare at Xu
Yingdao, and said.
"How is this even possible?" Xu Yingdao naturally didn't acknowledge Ye Xiwen's
accusation.
"I see, since there is no problem then you go first and lead the way." Ye Xiwen indifferently
said.
Xu Yingdao's complexion immediately turned unsightly, he certainly knew about the
danger down this path.
"You are making false accusations."
"You think that I don't know? There's a terrifying skeleton monster up ahead!" Ye Xiwen
said coldly, "As soon as I approach him, I'm afraid it will be a dead end for me."
"You, how do you know about that?" Xu Yingdao asked in a startled manner, he knew that
his scheme had been seen through by Ye Xiwen, but he was more frightened because he
didn't know how his plot was discovered by Ye Xiwen. At the end of this path, there was a
peerless skeleton monster. An ancestor of his sect had once taken this path and had ended
up fighting with this peerless skeleton monster, but how did Ye Xiwen find out about this?
Ye Xiwen sneered, how could he not know about this? Others were unable to use soul
search in this place piled up with the bones of the dead, so they were basically unable to
sense what was awaiting them in the distance, but Ye Xiwen was able to use soul search
and hence could easily sense any formidable skeleton masters from afar. Although, his soul
search could not go very far, but enough to sense that there was a terrifying skeleton
monster ahead, hidden in the mountain of bones. Even the slightest fluctuations in the aura
among the bones of the
dead would alert Ye Xiwen.
For Ye Xiwen, this was not at all difficult and just because he could use soul search, he could
always sense danger from far away. So, he could quietly avoid some of the more dangerous
skeleton monster infested areas, this was how they smoothly arrived here with Ye Xiwen in
the lead.
Xu Yingdao wanted to use this trick to overcast Ye Xiwen, but it was actually discovered by
Ye Xiwen.
Xu Yingdao was a conniving guy, if there was no absolute assurance to his success, he
would never have put his plan into motion. Earlier, when he discovered that Ye Xiwen was
extremely formidable, he was waiting patiently to put his plan into action at the right time.
Also on the way, he would occasionally provoke Ye Xiwen using random methods, making
Ye Xiwen think that Xu Yingdao was only capable of using small means and nothing else.
This time, the plan to use that terrifying skeleton monster to eliminate Ye Xiwen was
supposed to be completely safe and foolproof, but who knew that it would actually be seen
through by Ye Xiwen so easily.
Therefore, the shock was completely exposed on his face, because he couldn't accept the
fact that Ye Xiwen had seen through his supposedly perfect plan.
"Ye Xiwen, this guy actually plotted to kill you, we absolutely cannot let him off." Ye Mo
said.
"I have repeatedly tolerated you but never thought that you will go so far as to plot against
me, you leave me no choice!" Ye Xiwen sneered, and his figure instantly moved.
Chapter 186: Xu Yingdao Beheaded
"I have repeatedly tolerated you but never thought that you will go so far as to plot against
me, you leave me no choice!" Ye Xiwen sneered, and his figure instantly moved.
However, Xu Yingdao's reaction time was also not slow, it could be said that he already
wanted to fight with Ye Xiwen, especially since now his plan had been exposed to Ye Xiwen.
Xu Yingdao wanted to make the first move to gain advantage and ultimately kill Ye Xiwen.
"Ye Xiwen, you are too arrogant, you think I will forget everything and let you off?" Xu
Yingdao coldly said. "No one has ever dared to humiliate me. Today is the day you die!"
A small pagoda appeared in Xu Yingdao's hand and began to spin violently, then started
getting bigger and bigger, and suddenly, a horrifying spiritual pressure instantly pressed
towards Ye Xiwen.
It was actually a top-grade spiritual tool! No wonder, he was so confident in plotting
against Ye Xiwen, so it turned out to be this.
"This spirit tool named 'Zhenyao pagoda' has been specifically refined for me by my sect's
elder. In front of it, even the so-called evildoers are helpless. They can just stay with their
hands tied and wait to be captured." Xu Yingdao laughed insolently, while the 'Zhenyao
pagoda' was getting bigger and bigger in his hands, and soon, it looked just like an iron
tower then instantly pressed down towards Ye Xiwen.
Zhenyao = to drive away the evil spirits.
Under the influence of the enormous and mighty breath released from the pagoda, the
skeletons of those demon beast powerhouses began trembling because the Zhenyao
pagoda itself was to suppress them, and the reason why they showed reaction at this time
was due to the restraining function of pagoda.
"Boom!" The whole Zhenyao pagoda directly suppressed towards Ye Xiwen, and he was
completely submerged in its terrifying spiritual pressure.
After Ye Xiwen was completely suppressed down, innumerable bones of the dead were also
crushed into the sea
floor by the spiritual pressure.
"Ha ha ha, dead, he is dead!" Xu Yingdao's face revealed a grim look. There was a carefree
feeling in his heart, the same feeling one would get after killing a powerful enemy.
As the muddy water dispersed, the Zhenyao pagoda also flew up, but everyone actually saw
Ye Xiwen standing proudly in the muddy water, as if the suppression of Zhenyao pagoda
had no effect on him whatsoever.
"You, why are you not dead?" Xu Yingdao was suddenly startled, and just couldn't believe
his eyes. The suppression attack of his Zhenyao pagoda was strong enough to easily kill
even the masters of truth fourth stage with one shot, but how could it possibly have no
effect on Ye Xiwen.
"As if someone like you can kill me." Ye Xiwen sneered. A moment ago, he immediately used
Tianyuan mirror to shield his body, otherwise, the suppression from the varying spiritual
pressure of a top-grade spiritual tool, if not kill or cripple him, could have injured him. This
was the reason why Xu Yingdao was so confident, but as long as Ye Xiwen had Tianyuan
mirror to protect him, he could easily deal with Zhenyao pagoda.
Now, it was crystal clear that Xu Yingdao was dead set on killing him!
He simply didn't conceal the killing intention boiling in his heart for Ye Xiwen.
At this time, Qianqian and the other team members were carefully observing the battle.
They never expected that the things would evolve so fast and take such a form. Although,
they held a tacit coordination with their teammate, Xu Yingdao, but after working with Ye
Xiwen in the same team for the last few days, they developed good impression of Ye Xiwen
in their hearts, after all, all these days, Ye Xiwen had been killing all the formidable skeleton
monsters which could be considered as a big help for them. It could be said that without Ye
Xiwen, they simply wouldn't have safely come this far.
This was indeed the fact because if Ye Xiwen hadn't take up the role of pathfinder for the
team, then would have bumped into skeletons much stronger than them, and considering
their strength, they would probably be wiped out by now, let alone arriving here
unharmed.
Therefore, the battle between Ye Xiwen and Xu Yingdao was giving a kind of helpless
feeling to everyone.
They did not know whose side they should take!
"You are courting death!" Xu Yingdao suddenly turned even more furious and suppressed
down Zhenyao pagoda towards Ye Xiwen.
"You should probably give up now." Ye Xiwen sneered, and instantly opened the devils
wings on his back, then suddenly arrived in front of Xu Yingdao. Xu Yingdao was suddenly
alarmed, because he did not think that Ye Xiwen would actually use such a method. The
devil wings granted him unimaginable speed, and thanks to that, he instantly escaped from
the repression of Zhenyao pagoda and arrived in front of Xu Yingdao.
Ye Xiwen shot his palm releasing a terrifying aura, and along with it, echoed the loud roar
of a dragon in the surroundings. It seemed as if the heaven suddenly caved in and instantly
suppressed towards Xu Yingdao.
Xu Yingdao stepped forward to greet this attack with his own fist and a fierce collision took
place.
"Boom!" The two attacks collided and resulted into a terrifying explosion, which instantly
evaporated endless amount of seawater, even countless bones of the dead were blown
away.
"Poof!" Xu Yingdao spurted out a mouthful of blood and his whole stature continually drew
back several steps. How could his average palm technique possibly beat coiling dragon
palm's first move, hidden dragon rises from the abyss? When Ye Xiwen used this move, its
true might manifest itself magnificently, even in the deep sea.
"Why are you guys not helping me, cannot you see this man is not human? He is a devil,
let's kill him and we will receive massive rewards from out sects!" Xu Yingdao was not
thinking rationally, at this time, he was quite afraid that he was actually not the opponent
of Ye Xiwen, so he was trying to seek help from Qianqian and the others.
However, these people weren't fools that they would unnecessarily attack Ye Xiwen. It was
not hard to imagine that if an evildoer (monster) like Ye Xiwen managed to escape, then
they could basically consider themselves as dead from today onwards. Not to mention, they
could clearly see that Ye Xiwen was not a devil, although the pair of wings appeared to be
some kind of devil arts based magical technique, but this was nothing, after all, they also
had their own secrets. Also, Xu Yingdao
himself was a practitioner of some turtle demon beast's power technique.
It did not matter, because it was not possible to prove whether Ye Xiwen was a devil or not!
"Today you are going to die, nobody can save you." Ye Xiwen said in a cold voice.
The huge amounts of Zhen Yuan instantly burst out of Ye Xiwen's body, and just like the
mighty ocean waves, it overran towards Xu Yingdao.
His whole body, just like a falling meteor, rushed towards Xu Yingdao at an incredibly fast
speed.
"If you want me dead, I'll pull you down with me." Xu Yingdao said, with a violent look in
his eyes. This man was ruthless man and was actually willing to go as far as possible to die
together with Ye Xiwen.
"I'm afraid you won't get a chance!" Ye Xiwen gave out a loud shout.
An ominous look flashed in Xu Yingdao's eyes, he took a step forward and his imposing
aura was completely released out of his body. The Zhen Yuan transformed into a turtle and
rushed towards Ye Xiwen to trample him.
Ye Xiwen didn't have the slightest fear, as he instantly blasted
'Coiling dragon palm' towards the turtle.
The coiling dragon severely collided with the turtle.
Ye Xiwen's coiling dragon instantly opened its big mouth and swallowed down the turtles.
Xu Yingdao immediately spouted blood, while he was sent flying far away by Ye Xiwen, but
right when his blood came in contact with the Zhenyao pagoda, it seemed as if the pagoda
was suddenly stimulated by the blood and it began to spin rapidly, immediately focusing its
suppression pressure on Ye Xiwen.
"Ye Xiwen! Die!" Xu Yingdao shouted, while a cruel smile appeared on his face.
"You think you can suppress me, dream on!" Ye Xiwen
thundered loudly, and immediately shot his palm, releasing boundless power and
influence, which finally blasted into the Zhenyao pagoda.
Zhenyao pagoda was spinning unceasingly and because of the suppression of spiritual
pressure, it was nearly impossible for Ye Xiwen to approach it, but at this time, his
Poisonous Dragon water control flag suddenly began to revolve around his body, sending
out deepwater black serpents one after another, who severely pounded on the Zhenyao
pagoda.
"Kara!"
"Kara!"
"Kara!"
Ye Xiwen's attacks blasted on the rugged Zhenyao pagoda and several cracks appeared on
its structure.
"Tianyuan mirror!" Ye Xiwen shouted, and Tianyuan mirror flew out from his body, shone
brightly, and released scarlet colored virtual shadow of an invincible emperor, while his
terrifying aura scattered out. It seemed as if this scarlet virtual shadow was looking at this
world, he lifted his face upward and gave out a long and loud roar and fiercely blasted his
punch, directly on the Zhenyao pagoda, which suddenly cracked upon the impact.
The owner of this scarlet virtual shadow was no ordinary person, it was actually the image
of the former master of Tianyuan mirror, of course, Ye Xiwen's current strength, could
congeal only a millionth part of the real strength of the original owner, but it already
shocked everybody present on the scene.
However, whenever Ye Xiwen used Tianyuan mirror and put forth this move, almost every
time, more than ten thousand top grade spirit stones were consumed in the process.
But, this ultra-high consumption, in exchange, granted greatly strengthened battle
efficiency. Even the Zhenyao pagoda, along with its varying spiritual pressure, actually
exploded with a loud bang.
"Poof!" But at this time, Xu Yingdao spouted a mouthful of blood, his Zhenyao pagoda was
defeated, and he directly fainted from the impact .
Ye Xiwen didn't plan to spare him, he immediately opened the devil wings, in any case, he
had already resorted to devil wings moments ago and didn't mind others to see them. He
instantly arrived in front of Xu Yingdao, and simultaneously, a big hand congealed out of
nowhere and tore apart the protective layer of Zhen Yuan from Xu Yingdao's body, and
rumbled into his body.
"Bang!" With a loud noise, the flesh and blood spattered everywhere. Xu Yingdao was
directly grasped in Ye Xiwen's claw and immediately died.
The other four team members were totally stunned, when this scene suddenly unfolded in
front of their eyes. In such a short period of time, right in front of their eyes, Xu Yingdao
was directly crushed in Ye Xiwen's claw. He simply didn't have the strength to fight back
and was ultimately killed. Ye Xiwen's strength was really enormous, almost unimaginable,
and shocking in general.
"Xu Yingdao is now dead, if his sect inquires about it, you can freely push it on me." Ye
Xiwen indifferently said, he was not afraid, anyway, his appearance was false, so the Great
Island of immortals could investigate all they want, they would never find out about his
true identity.
"Of course not, Xu Yingdao was killed and eaten by a terrifying demon beast in the sea." At
this time, Chi Fei said as he knew that Ye Xiwen was definitely not someone he could mess
with, in any case, Xu Yingdao was now dead, so why not do a favor to an evildoer (monster)
like Ye Xiwen!
"Indeed, indeed!"
Everyone said one after another in succession.
And this time, Ye Xiwen looked at them and said: "Such being the case, I will not continue to
bother you guys."
Ye Xiwen also knew that there might be some who still held some grudges against him, so it
didn't make sense to stay with them any longer.
Chapter 187: Experts Gather
Ye Xiwen left Qianqian's team, he knew that without his help, it would be extremely
difficult for them to continue, their strength was quite limited, but this time, there was not a
small improvement in their strengths, they were on the verge of breakthrough to the next
stage, so it was not like they didn't achieve anything from Ye Xiwen's addition into their
team. This could be considered as more than compensation for the time their team was led
by Ye Xiwen.
But before going, Ye Xiwen took the map from Chi Fei, and carefully observed it.
After Ye Xiwen left, Chi Fei looked back and said: "Qianqian, just where you met such a
metamorphosis, he is simply too formidable."
"I do not know his background, but considering his strength, heart and mind, in the future,
he will certainly become a legendary character, and perhaps at that time, we will also hear
about him." Qianqian muttered.
"Let's go." Qianqian turned around and said, "We can no
longer continue to go any further, guys, let's find contentment in whatever we obtained so
far."
"En!" The team members nodded in abundance because they knew that even if Xu Yingdao
was with them, it would be impossible for them to go any further.
Ye Xiwen went towards the central region of the cemetery, along the paved way of bones of
the dead, and as he was getting closer to the central region of the tomb, the moqi was
getting more abundant, while the skeleton monsters were also getting more formidable.
However, he also continued to encounter more and more powerful warriors, and almost all
of them were the experts of truth fifth stage or above. The likes of truth third stage
warriors were simply nonexistent in this area because there was no way for them to
survive here.
Finding truth second stage warriors like Ye Xiwen at such depths of cemetery was simply
out of question.
One could see a giant tomb in the distance, while the outside was actually a piece by piece
paving from the bones of the dead.
Ye Xiwen looked at this grave, which appeared as if it was right in front of him but seemed
very far away.
"Ye Xiwen, this Devil commander tomb is not located in this time and space, just like this
whole area with bones is located in a different time and space from your world. It's
impossible to get there, if you want to just casually walk to that place, the only way is to
break open the space." Ye Mo's experienced eyes had seen through the actual situation of
this tomb.
Sure enough, Ye Xiwen actually saw from afar how those powerful warriors were tearing
the space to rush in from the cracks in space.
Ye Xiwen was about to go in, but Ye Mo suddenly said: "Wait, Ye Xiwen, I feel the presence
of people of Bai Mojiao!"
Ye Xiwen was surprised for a moment, it was somewhat incredible to think why people of
Bai Mojiao would come here, but then he immediately relaxed thinking that this place was
after all the tomb of a Devil commander, so how could Bai Mojiao possibly abandon it to be
plundered by other people.
Ye Xiwen closed his eyes to sense, and at a very distant place, he sensed the auras of several
masters of Bai Mojiao. It was simply impossible to hide devil arts breath from Ye Xiwen.
However, the auras of these people of Bai Mojiao were completely submerged in the
endless amount of moqi lingering about in the cemetery, and most people simply had no
way to detect, but since Ye Xiwen had also practiced devil arts just like the people of Bai
Mojiao, so he was able to perceive them from afar.
Bai Mojiao had actually stationed a large number of troops outside to prepare an ambush,
however they were not ambushing anyone, in fact, they weren't even stopping the warriors
and demon beasts from entering, what were they trying to do?
From an average person's point of view, it was easy to guess that perhaps, they didn't want
to offend so many people at this moment, but the same logic couldn't be applied on an
organization like Bai Mojiao, because anyway, their main goal was to offend everyone, and
hand over the control of this world to devil race, so it was quite difficult to guess what was
going on in their minds.
Moreover, there were faint fluctuations in the moqi, although, it was perfectly covered
under the moqi of this tomb, but Ye Xiwen could still feel it and knew that Bai Mojiao had
covertly prepared a Zhen formation here, but didn't know the reason behind it.
Ye Xiwen paced back and forth for a moment and did not know whether to go inside or not.
Bai Mojiao was obviously plotting something and if he went inside, then he would most
likely fall into their trap.
"Ye Xiwen, you can go inside, it's all right." Ye Mo said, "This Bai Mojiao Zhen formation is
just a peripheral arrangement, because they cannot disturb too many people, so it is not
very strong. It seems like they are trying to use this formation in an attempt to induce a
direct crack into the depths of the tomb, most likely to obtain the treasures present in the
depths of this tomb."
Ye Mo wholeheartedly explained things to Ye Xiwen.
"If you were alone then you'd better turn around and leave right now, but certainly there
are a large number of experts here and many more continue to arrive as we talk. When the
time of danger comes, you can be just one fish in a school of
fishes and just act according to the circumstances" Ye Mo said,
"Bai Mojiao's acting style is usually very domineering, arrogant and despotic, but this time,
they are being so careful, so there certainly are some tyrannical masters among the enemy,
making them to behave cautiously right now."
"En." Ye Xiwen nodded, then made up his mind, and immediately flew on the rainbow. He
rushed towards the top of the mountain of bones, tore open the space and went inside.
Seeing another figure rush inside, a cold smile appeared on the face of Bai Mojiao leader,
while a killing intent flashed in his eyes, however he did not act rashly.
Ye Xiwen tore the space to enter the dimension where the tomb was actually located,
although the surrounding scenery looked exactly similar, as if he could almost see the
things present outside, but Ye Xiwen actually knew that this was not the outside, this was
an entirely different dimension.
"I never thought that this Devil commander's tomb will actually have so tight security, will
have two different spaces."
Ye Xiwen thought aloud.
He glanced around and saw endless mountains of bones everywhere, while a tyrannical
breath was lurking about. All of the people were hiding behind these bone mountains and
waiting for the tomb to open.
Ye Xiwen also had to hide behind a mountain of bones.
"What's with these magical powers, almost each one of them has an inconsistent and shifty
presence. If this was an Emperor's tomb, even approaching it should be impossible.
Regardless of where an emperor level character falls, his grave always resembles the
nature itself. The tomb of an emperor level figure is bound to be extraordinarily tyrannical.
It automatically forms a supreme pattern of geomantic omen, and within the radius of
hundreds of Li, the terrifying killing intent distorts countless laws, condensing them into
dreadful law weapons." Ye Mo said.
"This Devil commander's tomb is far inferior than the Emperor's tomb, just look at this
fluctuation, the space here is clearly about to collapse. It was born because of the
competition of Great Island of the immortals and Demon beast Kingdom for numerous
years, maybe that's why the space here is so unstable and on the verge of collapsing." Ye
Mo said, "So this time, among all of the masters who have arrived here, there certainly isn't
anyone in the legendary realm. Because the space here is
too fragile and if a master of legendary realm appears, then it won't be able to withstand
the fluctuations caused by a legendary level master. Even if only a little, but the fluctuation
caused by such a master may lead to instant collapse of this space. So considering this, you
still have a chance."
"Emperor level people can also die?" Ye Xiwen asked, because according to what Ye Mo
once said, an emperor level character was a great existence, capable of ruling an entire
world, but such a character could also die.
"Of course, since the ancient times, there has been endless number of deaths of emperor
level characters. In this universe, there's no one who cannot die." Ye Mo sighed, and said.
Ye Xiwen was silent, did not say anything, just activated the
'restraining breath technique' and deeply restrained his own breath, so as to not be
discovered for as long as possible.
At this time, finally someone unscrupulous appeared. He had an appearance of about 20
years old, clad in white clothes and was holding a spear in his hand. The heroic bearing was
thriving in his persona, while his whole body appeared like an imposing spear, making the
people not dare to watch intently.
Seeing this man appear out of nowhere, suddenly, there were fluctuations in the soul
searches of various experts. There were a lot of experts who used soul search with each
other, and at this time, the ones who were able to communicate using soul search were
obviously the tyrannical experts, basically with cultivation above truth fifth stage. In fact,
only experts with cultivation above truth fifth stage were able to use soul search, and
excluding a freak like Ye Xiwen, the experts with cultivation below truth fifth stage could
not even use soul search to sense others, forget about using it for communication.
However their communication actually couldn't escape the capture from Tianyuan mirror,
and fell into Ye Xiwen's mind.
"I did not expect that even Bai Wuhen would also appear for the treasure!"
"Yes, he is known as the white clothed sojourner. He is colder than the ice, possessed a
killing heart, blood thirsty slaughterer who kills at whim, an evil minded tyrannical master,
no one knows how many tyrannical masters have been killed by his long spear. Even as a
loose cultivator, he is really a rare genius with god-gifted wisdom!"
"I did not expect that the Devil commander's treasure would
even attract a master of truth ninth peak, now we really don't have a chance, so unlucky
ah!"
"Don't worry, the number of peerless masters who will arrive here for the treasure is far
more than just one peerless master like Bai Wuhen, just let them kill each other, while we
can be like small fishes in troubled waters and act according to circumstances."
After the appearance of this peerless master, Ye Xiwen immediately understood that it
seemed like there were many others who held the exact same idea like him, to lay low and
reap benefits as the third party in a dispute.
But, this Bai Wuhen dared to be the first guy to appear openly in front of everyone, without
concealing his strength, which clearly showed how much self-confidence he had in his own
strength.
After the sudden appearance of Bai Wuhen, soon, a second master quickly entered this
space, it was actually a young boy in water-blue robe, seemed about seventeen-year-old.
Although he appeared quite young, but his aura was very compelling.
"Even the super genius of Xing clan, Xing Lang, has also emerged. He is not one bit weaker
than Bai Wuhen, and as the leader of the younger generation of Xing clan, there's almost no
rival of his unrestrained swordsmanship."
"Good graciousness, so many peerless talents have arrived at this place, could it be that this
time, all of the most talented individuals, in the surrounding radius of almost 100,000 Li,
have gathered here?" Someone exclaimed out loud.
Shortly after that, appeared several figures of females, headed by a woman in adorned
clothing, who looked exquisite and outstanding. Her name was Qing Mingyue and she was
actually a disciple of Female palace, a considerably big influence in the East China Sea.
The next to arrive was the newly emerging invincible genius of Great Island of the
immortals, Shang Guan. He also possessed peerless imposing aura and had a heroic
bearing.
Finally, the last figure to arrive wasn't human but a two-headed giant crocodile, ten meters
in length, faint ominous eyes glowing in the dark. He was one of the top figures of the new
generation of demon beasts.
His breath was significantly better than the breath of those several other tyrannical human
warriors.
Chapter 188: Tomb Opens
Suddenly, the strongest tyrannical master made an appearance. He was much more
tyrannical than all the masters who had arrived so far, his aura was soaring to the heavens,
and he was certainly not trying to conceal it from others.
However, he didn't wait for the people to get over their panic and suddenly torn a void in
the space, and rushed towards the panic-stricken experts. One could easily see that this guy
was incomparably rampant than any other experts already present there.
Everyone looked simultaneously. It was actually a young master. He indifferently looked at
the crowd of experts, as if he was looking down on everyone.
Ye Xiwen was actually quite surprised for a moment, because from the body of this human
expert, he could actually sense the same aura as he sensed from Qi Feifan. He actually
possessed a very similar breath to Qi Feifan, an extraordinary breath which was simply
beyond the reach of any truth level expert.
Half-step legendary realm!
Suddenly, an idea emerged in Ye Xiwen's mind, that this was definitely a half-step
legendary figure, exceptionally formidable, not one bit inferior to Qi Feifan.
But soon, Ye Xiwen relaxed and stopped the rigorous thinking about this, because even in
Great Yue State, there were four half-step legendary level strongest true disciples in Yi
Yuan School, and there were many half-step legendary experts in the younger generation of
other major sects as well. So, considering that East China Sea was so vast, though it was
said to be comparatively less densely populated than Great Yue State, but how could it not
have any half-step legendary characters among the top players of younger generation.
Ye Xiwen no longer surprised to see a half-step legendary master at this place.
The experts were quite startled at the sudden emergence of this peerless master, but Shang
Guan of the Great Island of the Immortals was the only one whose complexion suddenly
paled, and his eyes instantly filled with killing intention.
"Who is this man and why does Shang Guan hold such an
intense killing intention for him?"
"Don't you know? He is a famous expert, who first rose to fame about hundred years ago."
"This man is named Mo Xue, more than hundred years ago, he was once a disciple of Great
Island of the immortals and was considered the super genius at that time, and he was
actually a highly cultured genius. A lot of people said that the Great Island of the Immortals
had trained him for the sole purpose of leading them in the future, but then no one knows
what happened, and Mo Xue actually betrayed them. Later, many experts of the Great
Island of the Immortals chased him down to eradicate him, but they all perished in his
hands. One of the perished pursuers was the elder brother of Shang Guan. They say that the
relationship between Shang Guan and his brother was very good, it could be said that from
childhood, he grew up in the care of his elder brother, but he never thought that his elder
brother would actually die in the hands of Mo Xue. Since then, Shang Guan has been
constantly tracking down Mo Xue in all directions, everywhere, just to kill him and take
revenge for his elder brother's death."
"But Shang Guan should not be the opponent of Mo Xue right, how can he possibly pursue
him?"
"Who knows, but, there are lots of misgivings between the two."
A half-step master of legendary realm was considered very tyrannical, on par with peerless
masters like Qi Feifan, who were considered incomparably super strong experts by the
peers. When one such peerless master suddenly appeared in this Devil commander's tomb,
everyone's heart sank, no expected that such a terrifying master would come here. Now,
did the other people have a chance left?
"Mo Xue, you traitor, you actually dared appear in front of me!" Shang Guan looked coldly
at Mo Xue, and said in a loud voice.
"You seemed to have grown up and look more and more like your elder brother." Mo Xue
said, and it seemed like looking down on Shang Guan, but from his facial expression, he
appeared somewhat immersed into the past.
"Damn you, you better not play hypocrite in front of me. My brother died in your hands, not
to mention, you two used to be best friends. At the time of his death, he said that I must not
chase after revenge!" Shang Guan said angrily.
"Your brother said right, if you go on like this, you will die."
Mo Xue spoke, as the corners of his mouths curled up, revealing a strange smile. And the
next instant, with a 'whiz', Mo Xue's figure, which seemed to have worn the space itself,
instantly, arrived in front of Shang Guan and he said, "It is not something you can
intervene!"
"Go to hell!" Shang Guan was the type of guy who would easily swallow the bait, he
immediately punched straight toward Mo Xue, and the released Quanjin began to crumble
the space. This was the power attack of a master of truth ninth stage, potent enough to
shock everyone.
Quanjin = Fist strength
However, Mo Xue gently dodged Shang Guan's fist attack, and in the same instant, he
directly pounded his palm on Shang Guan's chest. Immediately, Shang Guan spouted a
mouthful of blood and his body was sent flying far away.
Mo Xue was simply tyrannical and invincible. Even if Shang Guan possessed the strength of
truth ninth stage, it was very difficult for him to compete with Mo Xue.
As this breathtaking scene unfolded in front of Ye Xiwen, he finally understood that after
achieving the strength of half-step legendary realm, one could obtain a part of the valiance
of legendary masters. In fact, after breaking through from truth ninth stage to half-step
legendary realm, there was an increase in strength by almost thousands times or even
more. However, although the strength of Shang Guan was not very large in comparison, it
was not weak either, because he was not very far from stepping into half-step legendary
realm.
The gap between truth eighth stage and truth ninth stage was not very big in comparison to
the gap between truth ninth stage and half-step legendary realm.
Mo Xue fully demonstrated the strength of half-step legendary realm, but Ye Xiwen was
able to feel that he didn't have any killing intent towards Shang Guan. Otherwise, he would
probably already be dead by now.
Now, Ye Xiwen somewhat understood why even in a huge sect like Yi Yuan School, although
there were many experts at truth ninth stage but only few experts like Qi Feifan were called
pro-disciples, in fact there were only four strongest true disciples.
And looking at their potential, one of them was supposed to become the head of the sect in
the future. Although, there are many ambitious disciples in the sect, but there was no way
for
them to compete with these four pro-disciples because they had already achieved the half-
step legendary realm, and the huge gap between this realm and truth ninth stage was
simply unimaginable.
While they were almost going to clash again, suddenly, a loud noise echoed and the middle
portion of the bone mountain finally started to open, and soon, the entrance to the tomb
completely opened, revealing that there was a world of things of its own on the inside,
including vegetation, stone structures, and so on. But this tomb also had a rather grave
nature, and after a certain time, it would collapse and enter into a rapid aging period.
At this moment, there was no way to cover up the endless amount of aura from the
treasures and vigorous Lingqi trapped inside the tomb for ages, and it finally seethed out .
Everyone was suddenly excited, because they could clearly sense Devil commander's entire
life savings. It was said that Devil commander had always been going on expeditions
throughout his life, and all of his accumulated was present in this tomb, which was simply
innumerable, difficult to count.
At this moment, the space fluctuated violently, and a figure
rushed inside the tomb at a lightning speed. Ye Xiwen saw that it was none other than Mo
Xue, he was the fastest and quite decisive, so he didn't waste any time and immediately
rushed inside. The next master to rush inside was Shang Guan, who, like a mighty torrent,
directly rushed inside the tomb.
Shang Guan was closely following Mo Xue. At this time, he was stubbornly chasing Mo Xue,
he had already forgotten about Devil commander's treasure, his initial motive to come
here.
Right now, his mind was fully focused on one thing, that he must kill Mo Xue, the killer of
his elder brother, and take revenge.
Following closely behind Shang Guan was Bai Wuhen and other peerless experts, rushing
instantly inside the tomb on rainbows.
Ye Xiwen also launched his devil wings, and at an extremely fast speed, he instantly rushed
inside the tomb, his figure was just like a black shadow, and he was much faster than many
experts behind him. Although, he possessed the weakest cultivation among all, a mere
cultivation of truth second stage, but relying on the speed granted by the devil wings, his
speed was now comparable to the speed of truth ninth stage masters like Shang Guan, Bai
Wuhen etc. All of these peerless masters were the first to rush inside, and that too at
terrifying speeds.
Ye Xiwen directly charged in and once he was inside, he glanced around the tomb which
was definitely luxurious enough. It was completely inlaid by legendary glowing pearls,
which appeared exceptionally luminous, but for truth level masters like Ye Xiwen, as long
as there was even a single ray of light, it would seem little different to them from daytime.
But at this time, these magnificent gold and hade glowing pearls actually began to crack
and several glowing pearls instantaneously collapsed, crumbled into powder, and carried
away with the wind. This indicated that the tomb had actually come to the end of its life,
these immortal glowing pearls had been originally sturdy for thousands of years, but now,
they actually cracked and disintegrated.
Ye Xiwen flapped his devil wings, the speed of his flight was very fast, but still lagging
behind those peerless experts, because the sheer difference in skill between them was
really too large.
The current passage of this tomb was still paved with bones of the dead as before, but
compared to outside, these bones were exuding formidable breaths.
Almost immediately after Ye Xiwen flew in, the bones of the
dead, piled up in the passage rose back to life, and within moments, an insanely formidable
army of skeletons appeared in the passage. According to the skeleton army's sequence, the
experts to be aimed at were Ye Xiwen and the other experts flying behind him.
"Shoot the arrows!" Everyone only heard a cold voice that came from the skeleton army.
Suddenly, innumerable skeleton soldiers shot the bone arrows towards the rushing
experts, and the passage was not very big, not to mention there were so many skeleton
soldiers, who together shot innumerable bone arrows almost at once. Almost in a flash, a
massive curtain of arrows formed and quickly blocked the entire space of the passage.
The tyrannical strength of these skeleton soldiers was far beyond the imagination of
ordinary people, each and every one of them was a master of truth level, and even the
weakest among them was a master of truth fifth stage. Although, these were only bone
arrows and one arrow won't pose much threat, but when facing several thousands of these
arrows, it was simply like living through a horrifying nightmare, this airtight rain of arrows
was basically a nightmare for the experts.
"Secret rain clouds!" While the devil wings were constantly flapping behind Ye Xiwen's
back, he shot his palm out and a faint dragon roar resounded. The huge palm shadow
immediately congealed above Ye Xiwen, and positioned in front of his body in order to
protect him from the attacks, while Tianyuan mirror also activated and released scarlet
curtain to protect his body.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
The rain of arrows was easily blocked by Ye Xiwen's impenetrable palm shadow, his whole
body was shielded by the palm shadow, and the arrow rain was simply unable to approach
him.
He directly rushed through the endless rain of bone arrows, but for so many experts behind
him, unfortunately, they didn't have such good luck, although most of them were at higher
cultivation compared to Ye Xiwen, but they didn't possess ancient martial technique like
tyrant body technique, which
could literally turn his skin hard like iron, and neither did they have Tianyuan mirror to
protect their bodies.
Chapter 189: Blood-Robed Ancestor Beheaded
"Puchi!"
"Puchi!"
"Puchi!"
There were many experts who couldn't evade the bone arrows and their whole body
essence and blood was instantly absorbed by the void, while at the same time, the bodies of
skeleton soldiers started to grow flesh and blood. This whole scene was very frightening!
After the blood and essence of these experts was absorbed by the skeleton soldiers, a bright
green flow flashed in their eyes. It seemed like some of the memories of their past lives had
been restored, making them even more bloodthirsty than before.
At this time, Ye Xiwen didn't have time to attend to other people. He didn't want to fall in
the trap of these skeleton soldiers, so he directly flew deeper into the tomb. There were
several passages and each of these passages led to different
direction, much like a maze of intertwined paths. As Ye Xiwen advanced further inside, he
lost track of the peerless experts, who were flying in front of him all this time, their breaths
dispersed in different directions and vanished without a trace after some time.
Ye Xiwen was not in a hurry to go forward, but resorted to using Tianyuan mirror to sought
for moqi in the deepest places of the tomb, but at this time, a large group of powerhouses
rushed there in abundance from behind. Like Ye Xiwen, they also managed to get past the
ambush of skeleton soldiers.
But after arriving there, these experts immediately separated, and rushed into various
channels. There were many demon beasts also present among them.
All of these experts who managed to get past the ambush were tyrannical powerhouses.
Ye Xiwen also chose a passage, and sped along it.
Then, abruptly, the Lingqi began to seethe up violently throughout the tomb, and several
Zhen arrangements, spread across the entire tomb, suddenly activated. Upon sensing the
intruders, these Zhen methods activated spontaneously.
Suddenly, an enormous devil coercion pressed down, although it didn't seem like the
coercion belonged to the Devil commander himself, but the horrifying coercion indicated
that the coercion belonged to a terrifying devil expert, whose strength was way beyond the
legendary realm, probably in the realm above the legendary realm.
At this time, the endless coercion pressed down and all of the experts suddenly staggered,
and were almost crushed by it.
They could only resist this coercion by covering their bodies with Zhen Yuan, and as a
result, the strengths of these masters decreased several times, and their cultivation
suffered a decrement of almost three stages.
The tyrannical experts, all of a sudden, became much weaker while on the contrary, the
skeleton soldiers became more formidable. Now, if they were not careful and received even
a single strike from the bone swords, then nothing would save them from becoming food
and nourishment for skeleton soldiers.
For others, it was a big calamity, but it was not an issue for Ye Xiwen, because the coercion
of Devil commander didn't affect
him at all.
He had Tianyuan mirror to shield his body and it was actually the tool of Devil King himself,
so at Ye Xiwen's current skill, Devil commander's coercion didn't have any effect on him.
Ye Xiwen was speeding all the way until he stopped before a wall, when Tianyuan mirror
felt an intensely fluctuating Lingqi behind the wall, perhaps there was another world
behind it. Ye Xiwen didn't waste time and directly used coiling dragon palm to tear open
the wall.
Sure enough, it was really amazing as Ye Xiwen anticipated.
As Ye Xiwen went inside, he immediately saw magnificent scenery everywhere, consisting
of a large river of Lingqi. Ye Xiwen took a deep breath and felt as if several arteries
suddenly blossomed and opened up throughout his body. Numerous heavenly treasures
were floating in the river of Lingqi, and there were some, who were even on the verge of
attaining spiritual wisdom, which was very rare.
The amount of treasures present in this cavern was enough to make Ye Xiwen rich
overnight.
"Ye Xiwen, this is a good opportunity!" Ye Mo said in an excited manner. "At present, you
have done enough accumulation at your current level, and this river of Lingqi contains the
most suitable energy. If you absorb it, your strength will immediately have a
breakthrough."
Ye Xiwen was suddenly overjoyed, there was certainly endless amount of wealth in this
Devil commander's tomb, and that too much more than he originally expected.
Ye Xiwen was about to start collecting the treasures, when suddenly, a loud shout came
from behind him: "Not so fast boy, stop right there, this blood-robed ancestor has taken a
liking for this place and the treasures."
At this time, Ye Xiwen turned around and saw a very old man, clad in bloodstained robe.
There was an ominous and vicious expression on his face.
"I first discovered this place, but now, you actually intend to snatch it from me?" Ye Xiwen
said, as he coldly looked at that old man.
"Snatch from you? Do you think a petty junior of truth second
stage has the right qualifications to discuss conditions with a senior like me?" The blood-
robed ancestor laughed loudly, it was obvious that he was openly looking down on Ye
Xiwen.
In his heart, he was actually paying no attention to Ye Xiwen, because in his eyes, Ye Xiwen
was just a junior of truth second stage and nothing, while he himself was an old expert of
truth seventh stage. He was considered a rampant, fierce, and quite an illustrious character
throughout the East China Sea.
From his words, it was obvious that he didn't plan to show any mercy to Ye Xiwen.
"Well, then why don't you try and find out yourself whether I am eligible to talk conditions
with you." Ye Xiwen sneered, if few moments ago, the devil Zhen method had not activated,
then he would certainly turn away right now without staying a moment, but now the
situation was entirely different......
"You are courting death! This old man is speaking properly with a brat like you so you
should be honored." The blood-robed ancestor looked sharply at him with his sword-like
piercing gaze. "You have brought about your own destruction, so later don't blame the old
man for this!"
He thundered loudly, and instantly released an enormous Swordlight, congealing a huge
mountain of sword in the midair, gigantic and mighty, which immediately pressed down
towards Ye Xiwen.
A cruel light flashed in the eyes of blood-robed ancestor, in his view, Ye Xiwen certainly
could not withstand his attack. Even if right now, he was unable to fully display his full
strength, but this much strength was enough to completely obliterate Ye Xiwen,
considering he was merely a master of truth second stage and was also under the
suppression effect, so right now, his strength level should be probably in the Xiantian
realm.
"Arrogant old geezer, you are acting recklessly, you better not start asking for mercy now,
because it won't change anything.
Today is the day you die." Ye Xiwen narrowed his eyes, and said.
This blood-robed ancestor was trying to bully him, thinking that Ye Xiwen was some
weakling who wouldn't dare to fight back, but how could Ye Xiwen possibly take it lightly.
Suddenly, layer upon layer waves of profound and vigorous Zhen Yuan exploded out of Ye
Xiwen's body and simultaneously released a terrifying breath, which was much more
tyrannical than the breath of blood-robed ancestor.
"Impossible!" Blood-robed ancestor looked incredibly at Ye Xiwen, because he just couldn't
believe how he was able to display his full strength, even under the suppression. Not to
mention, this extent of strength should be unachievable for a master of truth second stage.
Ye Xiwen shot out his palm and it was instantly wrapped in Zhen Yuan, taking form of a
dragon claw and pressed down toward the sword-mountain to directly grasp it.
"Boom!" That seemingly endless sword-mountain was directly grabbed by Ye Xiwen and
exploded. The explosion caused the sword-mountain to disintegrate and dissolve into
endless Swordlight, which instantly filled the space.
Blood-robed ancestor saw this terrifying scene and almost did not faint from the shock, but
Ye Xiwen did not want to give him enough time to calm down, he directly opened his devil
wings and instantly appeared in front of the old man, while at the same time, his palm
turned into a dragon claw and directly grasped the Zhen Yuan protective cover around the
old man's body. The Zhen Yuan couldn't withstand the enormous strength present in the
dragon claw and exploded almost immediately, and the dragon claw advanced towards the
skinny body of the blood-robed ancestor.
Blood-robed ancestor did not expect that Ye Xiwen's speed would be so fast, but not just
that, he never thought that Ye Xiwen's offensive would actually be so swift and sharp, and it
was simply unimaginable that he would possess such tyrannical strength, even under the
suppression effect.
He was caught off guard by Ye Xiwen and a chunk of his flesh and bones were instantly torn
off by the dragon claw, scattering bone dust, flesh, and blood in all directions.
"Ah!" Blood-robed ancestor screamed, and quickly retreated, while chunks of flesh and
blood fell off along the way of his retreat. He immediately knew that this time, he did the
biggest mistake of his life by kicking this iron wall. It didn't take him long to realize that he
had encountered a monster, that Ye Xiwen was not actually an expert of truth second stage,
and must be concealing his real cultivation, which was probably above his own cultivation.
He couldn't possibly contend with an expert like Ye Xiwen, who was just pretending to be a
truth second stage, but in reality was a tyrannical expert.
Blood-robed ancestor's heart immediately sank, if only he was not in this damned place, if
only his strength was not limited, he would have torn this extremely arrogant junior to
shreds,
making him know the extent of his fierceness, making him witness the fate of those who
dared to offend him.
But how could Ye Xiwen let him escape. Tianyuan mirror instantly flew and the scarlet light
irradiated upon him, wrapping him completely.
Then, Ye Xiwen directly rushed towards him, his figure flashed just like the black lightning,
and in an instant, he arrived in front of blood-robed ancestor. Ye Xiwen's palm turned into
dragon claw, and directly clutched him in its grasp and crushed him.
Blood-robed ancestor only had enough time to utter a pitiful scream. A guy who used ran
amuck throughout the East China Sea, killing countless experts at whim, doing all kinds of
evil things as he wished, but today, he was killed by a youngster like Ye Xiwen, and his
essence was completely absorbed by Tianyuan mirror.
Tianyuan mirror suddenly began to transform, one must know that although Ye Xiwen was
able to behead blood-robed ancestor, but it was all thanks to the special devil enchantment.
Ye Xiwen just relied on the suppression effect of this tomb and managed to behead on
weakened blood-robed ancestor. If it was
in an ordinary situation, then at that time, Ye Xiwen would be killed instead.
However, although blood-robed ancestor was suppressed, but he was actually an expert of
truth seventh stage so his essence, blood and flesh, were obviously going to be tyrannical
and potent, when absorbed by Tianyuan mirror. But no matter how powerful an expert
actually was, Ye Mo could easily and completely absorb and digest them in one fell swoop.
As long as blood-robed ancestor's flesh and essence was completely digested by the
prestigious Tianyuan mirror, it could be fully restored to truth fifth stage, and then, its
scarlet rays, when irradiated upon, would be able to quickly kill experts of truth fifth stage
with ease.
Ye Xiwen also started to collect these treasures, this endless river of Lingqi had many
heavenly treasures, which could be added to Ye Xiwen's precious wealth collection, and
were enough to help him in directly breaking through to the truth third stage.
When Ye Xiwen would have the breakthrough to truth third stage, he would actually obtain
enough strength to contend with experts of truth fifth stage. In fact, he would be able to
achieve
the fighting strength of the so-called 'Small Truth' realm in one fell swoop.
By that time, in this tomb, as long as he wouldn't mess with Mo Xue, Shang Guan, and few
other experts of truth ninth stage and above, he could completely ran amuck, because the
remaining experts would no longer pose a threat to him.
Chapter 190: Truth Third Stage
In the big sarcophagus, Ye Xiwen had shielded the surrounding environment, and entered a
different space. The space in this tomb was very disorderly, and hence was easily torn open
by Ye Xiwen. Ye Xiwen tore a human sized hole in this space and hid inside it, of course, all
of the wealth present in that cavern had already been seized by him, and stored in
Tianyuan mirror. At this time, Tianyuan mirror was exuding bright and dazzling light, while
the breath also changing slowly and becoming more and more powerful, as it was
absorbing and digesting the flesh, blood, and essence of blood-robed ancestor.
And, Zhen Yuan was also wildly revolving within his body.
With each breath, a long stream of Lingqi entered into his body and his breath was
increasing crazily.
There was an endless amount of Lingqi present in the river of Lingqi, which was helping Ye
Xiwen in crazy enhancement of his strength.
A huge coiling dragon was rising and vanishing alternately behind Ye Xiwen, which made
him appear like the dragon god himself. One could see the dragon ghost sitting beside Ye
Xiwen and blinking.
There was an aggressive overflow of energy in the surroundings of Ye Xiwen. It seemed as
if an ancient overlord had reincarnated, sweeping away everything.
In addition to the rapid promotion in cultivation, Ye Xiwen also practiced various martial
techniques in the river of Lingqi.
He was also able to practice each of these techniques to higher levels.
Ye Xiwen took advantage of this excess amount of Lingqi to actually comprehend "tyrant
body technique" to the fourth layer. A golden yellow light enveloped his body and as a
result of it, from afar, he appeared like a golden statue, sitting in utmost silence and
enlightenment.
Ye Xiwen's breath finally increased and reached the peak level, only a slight step was
needed to complete the transformation, then he would leave the second stage of truth
realm behind, after having a breakthrough and step into truth third stage. At this time,
perhaps, he would already have broken into the third stage, but since he had practiced
"tyrant body technique", so the retaining capacity of his body surpassed ordinary masters
of truth second stage, and cells throughout his body were able to accommodate huge
amounts of Zhen Yuan,
after being quenched by Lingqi, which made his body strong to outrageous proportions.
However, at the same time, it caused difficulties for Ye Xiwen to have a breakthrough, when
compared to an average martial artist, but it also made him much more powerful than
experts at the same cultivation level. The only disadvantage was the insanely increased
difficulty to break through than the average experts, which was increasing exponentially
with each breakthrough.
Ye Xiwen felt the pores opening throughout his body, and there was continuous throughput
of Lingqi, being crazily absorbed into his body.
Ye Xiwen finally reached the limit, and rushed past in one fell swoop.
"Boom!"
Lingqi was surging and being absorbed by Ye Xiwen's body at an extremely faster rate, and
finally reached the saturation level in his body, then suddenly expanded, and Ye Xiwen
opened his eyes.
He finally went a step further, reaching the third stage of truth realm, and with his current
strength, he could easily contend with experts of truth fifth stage. In this tomb, excluding
Mo Xue, Bai Wuhen, Shang Guan, and few others, none of the remaining experts would pose
a threat to him.
And even if he was not the match of Mo Xue and the other peerless masters, if he bumped
into them, he was confident that they would not be able to kill him, and he would easily get
out.
Ye Xiwen was full of confidence!
In a while, Tianyuan mirror finally also broke through, the bloody circle instantly diffused
one after another, and an extremely tyrannical aura was released out from Tianyuan
mirror.
Ye Mo flew out of Tianyuan mirror, he looked very happy, and said while laughing: "Finally
restored, now the likes of Imperial guards are no longer your match, no need to be afraid of
them anymore. Even that eighth prince is no longer a threat.
You can easily take him on."
"But now, you shouldn't delay anymore, otherwise, the hidden treasures of Devil
commander will be seized by other experts. Those are boundless wealth and will play very
important role in your future practice." Ye Mo further explained.
"En!" Ye Xiwen nodded. He was thinking that he could not continue to practice here, one
day he would step into legendary realm and would also step into the realm after that, there
was endless practice lying in front of him, and in comparison to others, he was much more
dependent on external means of practice in order to break through, which was especially
difficult for him. But, Ye Xiwen had continued to bravely progress forward.
This was the reason why Ye Xiwen never let go of any of the items he came across, not just
because these items actually added to his wealth, but his practice itself was depended on
them. If not for those items, he would not have achieved his current level.
Because for others, their dependence upon external force would only make them to
develop a very unstable foundation, therefore many people, who practiced devil ways or
evil ways, perished when their bodies exploded as a result of practicing some external form
of force, but this was not the case for Ye
Xiwen.
Other people had to face hidden dangers of progressing by leaps and bounds, because they
first mistakenly raised their skill, resulting in the rapid progress in skill, but lack of inner
state, eventually resulting in their bodies to explode and perish.
Just like a reservoir, if it could accommodate one million liters of water, and then suddenly
out of nowhere, two million liters of water is poured in, ultimately, it would lead to the
explosion of boundary.
But this was not the same for Ye Xiwen, because if his cultivation method was taken into
consideration, there was a simultaneous expansion of the reservoir along with the
introduction of extra water, and, no matter how much water was filled in, there would be a
constant expansion of the reservoir, thereby nullifying the chance of any sort of overload or
overflow. These problems would simply never appear in front of him.
As long as there was enough spirit stones, Ye Xiwen's skill would progress faster and faster,
hence his cultivation level would also upgrade quickly, complementing the growth of each
other and progressing together. While other experts could not
do such a thing, so they needed to stop at each step in order to consolidate their inner
states after each breakthrough.
Then, Ye Xiwen made up his mind and started collecting treasures from the cavern.
One after another, caverns were discovered by Ye Xiwen, and then thoroughly looted.
These caverns were hidden behind the walls and for average people, it was simply
impossible to find them, only some obvious caverns were easy to discover.
But, the same didn't apply to Ye Xiwen, because he was the owner of Tianyuan mirror,
which was extremely sensitive to both moqi and Lingqi being released by various
treasures, therefore, could easily discover these treasure quickly.
On the way, he also encountered some people who intended to seize his wealth, but how
could he take it lightly. Unless he was facing those peerless experts, all others were simply
not his match.
Those who intended to rob Ye Xiwen's wealth were all beheaded by him.
Ye Xiwen quickly received all of the wealth from the beheaded experts. And considering the
wealth he collected on this trip to Devil commander's tomb, he guessed that although, there
was not much material wealth, he always used to have a drought of spirit stones, which
were so vital for his practice. It could be said that for a long time, he should not have to
worry about lack of spirit stones. At this time, top grade spirit stones were piled up in
Tianyuan mirror, and among which, there were a lot of best quality spirit stones as well. In
the end, this trip was certainly not in vain.
However, these were not the most important. The most important place was the tomb's
main chamber, where Devil commander died in a sitting posture.
That was the most precious thing.
But, that main chamber was located in the depths of the tomb, and one needed to penetrate
directly through the tomb to reach there. Only after entering the depths, Ye Xiwen would be
able to receive the wealth hidden in the tomb.
As he continued to go deeper and deeper, finally, all the passages merged into one main
passage. At this time, several experts could be seen in this passage.
Originally, these experts had separated after taking various different passages, but in the
end, they once again gathered in this main passage, and right now, they were attacking the
tomb door.
At this time, several magic puppets were guarding the tomb door. They belonged to a
variety of mechanical puppets, powered by spirit crystal. These puppets were very valiant,
although, they were merely at the fifth stage of truth realm, but under the suppression
effect of devil Zhen method, all of the intruders found it very difficult to deal with them.
Among them, the most powerful was the double headed crocodile demon beast. He was
also playing the leader of demon beasts, and under his leadership, the tomb door was being
attacked by the demon beasts. Of course, his attacks were the most intense ones.
Meaning, all of the other experts were just waiting, in order to let others strive, while they
benefited as the third party.
Of course, that crocodile-headed demon beast was not an idiot, and unlike most demon
beasts, he possessed high IQ and was very confident of himself. He thought that no one had
the ability to snatch things from him.
Ye Xiwen did not go forward rashly, was only observing from a distance, because rushing
now would simply be of no significance in this situation.
"This stupid demon beast is being really silly, he is actually trying to take the lead, does he
really think that we will just sit back and do nothing?"
"You are silly. Do you think that he really doesn't know about this? He is just too full of
himself, and didn't you see, some of these demon beasts were vigilantly looking towards us,
so they are really not that stupid as we thought."
"But if we do not hurry and when the time comes, all the treasures will fall into their hands,
I don't want that!"
"These demon beasts are indeed very powerful and they also despise us humans. Just you
wait, when the genuine peerless masters will come into action, then they won't stand a
chance.
Then, we will also have the opportunity to benefit as the third party in a quarrel."
From the distance, Ye Xiwen saw those particular demon
beasts fighting viciously, although, their cultivation was suppressed, but they were still a lot
more powerful than experts of the similar cultivation level, due to their tyrannical flesh and
bodies. Although, their cultivation was suppressed, but the same was not true for their
strong bodies, so at this time, they were the most tyrannical.
Precisely because of this, the two-headed crocodile dared to be so blatant from the get go.
The magic puppets were viciously attacked by these demon beasts and soon all exploded
with a loud bang, after that, the demon beasts began to attack the tomb door.
Although, no one knew what kind of material was used in the manufacture of tomb
chamber's door, it was very strong.
However, it still couldn't withstand the attacks from those demon beasts, and soon began to
break.
"Boom!" Half portion of the door was blown open, and suddenly, almost endless amount of
liquefied Lingqi instantly gushed out.
Numerous experts were all prepared, after all this liquefied
Lingqi was very precious, because it must have taken several years for Lingqi to get
liquefied!
Chapter 191: Terrifying Sword Intention
Many people swallowed their saliva at just the anticipation of so much wealth present
inside. It was hard to guess how much treasure was stored inside the tomb's main
chamber.
"You humans are not allowed to approach this place. This is the wealth of our Demon Beast
Kingdom. If anyone tried to get closer, then he will be executed on the spot!" That double
headed alligator started at the human powerhouses, and said in a bell-like ringing voice.
"Who you think you are, everyone can have a share from this massive pile of treasures, we
definitely do not agree with you.
Why should we give up on this big opportunity and let you demon beasts take everything."
A human expert clamored, but even before their voice could fall, a water sword instantly
went across the sky, directly piercing the air during its advance, and penetrated that expert.
He struggled for a while, but simply couldn't fight back and eventually died.
There was a hint of cruel expression on that double headed
crocodile's face. He was abnormal, malicious, and inhumane.
He was simply not afraid of humans and neither did he acknowledge them as equals. He
believed that land was the domain of human beings, but ocean was the domain of demon
beasts, so why should he be afraid of humans underwater.
This quick and decisive double headed crocodile immediately awed many humans, who
witnessed, what happened just now with their own eyes.
However, those human masters apparently did not appear in the mood to give up, after all,
this was the main chamber of Devil commander's tomb, and most precious treasures
should be hidden inside.
Everyone was well prepared to start any time, staring at the demon beasts, crowded near
the entrance. While at the same time, they were using soul searches to chat with each other.
"What do these muscle brained demon beasts understand about anything, they actually
think they can eat up all the treasures, and we will just wait on side and see? They are
asking for it, do not worry. Now the door has not fully opened, and
when it really opens up, we will see who gets to seize the treasures."
Ye Xiwen was in no hurry and was quietly hidden.
"Boom!"
With a loud noise, both planks of tomb door finally fell.
Immediately then, those demon beasts rapidly blocked off the entire door and began to
stare covetously at the human experts.
Then the two-headed crocodile rushed as the leader of demon beast team.
"Everyone, let's go together, these demon beasts are really acting recklessly by thinking
that they would monopolize all of the treasures, and we will just wait and see." Finally,
someone could not resist, he shouted, and rushed forward along with other experts.
"Boom!" Along with a loud explosion, a terrifying Quanjin
rumbled, and directly exploded in the middle of demon beast crowd. In an instant, many of
the demon beasts couldn't dodge in time and directly evaporated in the explosion, while at
the same time, a figure flew over from the middle of the crowd.
It was Mo Xue!
At this time, there was no doubt that Mo Xue's tyrannical strength was fully displayed in
front of everyone, and he directly rushed inside the main chamber.
Mo Xue went inside, followed by Bai Wuhen, and other peerless experts. They rushed
through the red pieces of demon beast remains, floating in the surroundings. The arrogance
of rampant and domineering demon beasts was instantly broken.
The remaining alive demon beasts were immediately outnumbered by the rushing human
experts. Although, they were very strong individuals, but there were a lot of human experts,
rushing from all directions.
And at this time, Ye Xiwen also rushed among the crowd of experts.
As they entered the tomb chamber, they discovered an incomparably spacious open hall,
and a sarcophagus was located in the farthest part of the hall, and it was wrapped in an
enchantment.
"Ye Xiwen, be careful, there's a Zhen method inside there." Ye Mo suddenly said to warn Ye
Xiwen.
Then, abruptly, an incredibly overwhelming Swordqi blotted out the heaven and earth,
unfolding a horrifying scene, which could send shivers down the spine of anyone.
No one would have thought that the depths of the tomb would actually turn out to be like
this.
It did not have huge wealth as they had imagined, but actually had a huge and seemingly
dangerous enchantment.
Double-headed crocodile, who had run ahead of everyone, was instantly cut by a section of
Swordqi, his blood splashed out, and his whole body was sent flying out.
Even Mo Xue was unable to escape from this Swordqi attack,
and in a while, he was wounded by it. Not just he, Bai Wuhen and other peerless experts
were also unable to dodge. They were quite embarrassed, although their tyrannical power
was boundless, but while facing this Swordqi attack, they simply didn't have the strength to
fight back.
The long blade danced in Ye Xiwen's hand, and at the same time, his whole body was
wrapped in a defensive layer of Bladelight, but soon, the Bladelight protective layer was
shattered and Ye Xiwen was cut several times. But the good news was that his body was
under the protection of Tianyuan mirror, which granted superb defensive powers to him.
So, he just received some superficial flesh wounds, which would not pose serious problems.
Ye Xiwen was amazed, because a sword intention suddenly jumped up several feet and
condensed into an entity.
Immediately, in the periphery, the Swordqi started producing chirping around, as if it was
surrendering in front of the sword intention.
Sword King!
No one could make a guess about the length of time spent by this sword intention, but even
after undergoing through endless
time, it had been able to have such might. This obviously made it clear to everyone that the
owner of this sword intention was definitely a terrifying existence.
There were chills in the hearts of all people. This sword intention was just too horrifying. If
it really attacked, then perhaps, none of them would survive. It could be guessed from the
fact that just now, a casual Swordqi attack pinned one-third of experts tightly on the
ground.
Above the sword intention, an unimaginable form of a person gradually emerged. There
was a long sword in his hand.
What kind of existence was this?
He was tall, grandiose and sturdy, his face was blurred, and it was almost impossible to
clearly see his facial features. He was standing there with a sheathed double-edged sword.
He had a heroic bearing, standing above the sword intention, and appeared like a peerless
swordsman.
At that moment, the endless sword intention momentarily scattered in all direction inside
the chamber, making all of the people present there to have an impulse, to submit to this
mighty king-like figure. They felt like lowly ants, standing in front of a deity.
Everyone knew that it was just soul search, not a deity, but still, if the soul search was so
terrifying, then one could imagine his shocking identity.
Pure sword intention was able to totally suppress all of the experts, making their hearts fill
up with admiration, and even Ye Xiwen was no exception, and admired the elegant
demeanor of the opposite party.
Ye Xiwen had a hard time imagining that if mere soul search could have such elegant
charisma, then the real expert would have what kind of terrifying presence.
There was complete silence in the tomb chamber, no one dared to speak, or issue even a
little bit of sound, afraid to alarm this fearful existence.
"After so many years, eventually, this tomb was actually supposed to be born again
someday, and today is the day." The blurred figure thought aloud. "Just like the fate,
inevitable."
"You all leave this place, there's nothing here that you seek!"
The soul search figure glanced at the crowd, and said.
"Senior, there is repression inside ..." Mo Xue stepped out, and said.
"No, there's nothing here." The figure shook his head and said, while his sword-like sharp
eyes looked at Mo Xue, as if seeing right through him, "Do you really think after so long, that
kind of thing will continue to exist in this world?"
Everyone's vision immediately shifted towards Mo Xue. He seemed to know the real secret
of this place, and perhaps this time, they made a mistake. There was a possibility that this
place was simply not just the Devil commander's tomb, there was something else hidden
here, a secret, but Mo Xue looked indifferent and did not give any explanation to anyone.
After saying that, the soul search figure suddenly looked at Ye Xiwen, and it seemed as if he
saw through Ye Xiwen. An astonished look appeared in his eyes, but just for a moment, and
then returned to normal.
"So it's true, anyone can die, except the peerless geniuses."
The soul search sighed with emotion and thought, while seemingly somewhat lost in old
memories.
"You all leave, should not covet these things, sooner or later, you will become unimaginable
existences." As he said these words, he waved his hand, and suddenly, a terrifying Swordqi
swept out into the tomb chamber and the space was directly torn apart, tearing out a way
straight outside to the tomb periphery.
Mo Xue was the first to set out and flew out through the space crack, followed by a crowd of
experts who did not want to stay here any longer. After all, there was a sense of
inexplicable horror hidden in the elegant demeanor of this deity-like figure.
This kind of feeling, where someone was dominating one's fate, was unbearable for them.
They felt exceptionally uncomfortable and even Ye Xiwen did not stay long, and since the
moment he was glanced at by that figure, he felt as if suddenly, all his secrets had been seen
through. This feeling was also very uncomfortable, even though the other party was not
malicious to him.
But during that flash, a moment ago, he actually was unable to feel Ye Mo's presence. It
seemed like Ye Mo disappeared,
because Ye Xiwen couldn't sense even a shred of his aura.
Ye Xiwen was eager to find out, so he also did not stay there and went out of the space
crack, following the crowd of experts.
After leaving the space crack, experts discovered that they were outside the tomb, near the
mountain of bones of the dead.
They were somewhat horrified in their hearts, after all, the technique used to create this
space crack and linkage, was simply at a terrifying level.
Then, abruptly, just when they were feeling relieved, the color of the entire sky changed in
a flash, and endless clouds in the sky instantly took the form of swords.
Ten thousand swords had suddenly changed the color of the world itself, and the endless
Swordqi began to fall towards Bai Mojiao followers, who were standing outside and looking
at the sky, but it was too late for them to escape, and all of them were instantly crucified to
the ground by the endless numbers of swords.
Everyone looked at this scene with scared looks in their eyes.
Moreover, there was a feeling of rejoice in their hearts, because
they never expected that Bai Mojiao followers were waiting outside to ambush them.
Fortunately, even if they had managed to seize treasures and come out of the tomb, they
might not have escaped from the ambush of Bai Mojiao followers. But thanks to that soul
search figure, they were able to escape tragedy.
Chapter 192: Imperial Guards' Commander In
Chief
The reason why Bai Mojiao followers were waiting outside was very simple, because this
tomb was like the lifetime savings of a ruthless expert, not to mention he was supposedly
the Devil commander, or might even be an unknown emperor level master. So, it was
obvious that there would be layers after layers of traps to stop the intruders.
If they rushed inside, then the loss was inevitable, so it was better to wait until the other
experts would rush out with the treasures. Their plan was indeed very good, but the
unexpected happened, and not even the truth ninth stage followers were able to escape
from the Swordqi attack that fell from above all of a sudden, and crucified them on the
ground.
They never thought that their plan would backfire, and they would be the victims in the
end!
Then an even more horrifying scene appeared in front of the crowd, along with countless
lasing Swordqi. It seemed as if the entire space was being pierced by infinite swords that
fell on the mountains of bones. The Bone Mountains and the entirety of tomb instantly
vaporized from the impact by this terrifying
Swordqi, and disappeared in the space turbulence. Later on, no one would be able to tell
that something existed here.
A cold feeling appeared in the hearts of everyone, because they knew that their treasure
hunt was now over, and soon, they would have to leave.
"Whew!" Ye Mo's voice suddenly echoed in Ye Xiwen's mind,
"That guy was scary!"
"Hey, where were you all this time?" Ye Xiwen asked.
"That guy, just now, I was discovered by him!" Ye Mo said. "If he wanted to, he could have
pulled me out and I would be unable to stop him."
"I do not know for what reasons but he ignored my existence."
Ye Mo said in a somewhat startled manner. Although, he had no idea who that guy was, but
he was sure about one thing, that he was scary.
That's why until now, Ye Mo didn't dare to come out.
That guy's, soul search incarnation itself was so scary that one could simply not guess what
that character's legacy actually was. It seemed like he was trying to suppress the coffin, but
in the end, what was exactly hidden in the coffin that needed such a terrifying suppression.
Ye Xiwen had a slight feeling that perhaps, in addition to Devil commander's wealth, there
was something else hidden here.
But anyway, this time, it could be said that Ye Xiwen's treasure hunt was very productive.
He obtain lots of treasures, not an amount that one expert could occupy alone, more than
enough even for truth level experts!
Ye Xiwen did not leave immediately, but sat down on the floor, and started praying for the
deceased souls!
There were a lot of seniors who deserved to rest in peace, those heroes or even the
enemies must not be forgotten to rot in resentment, because after death, everyone
deserves to be reborn. So, Ye Xiwen decided to pray for all of them!
As Ye Xiwen continued to recite the prayers, several golden apertures arose from the
ground and spread out in a circle around him. The resentment attached to the skeletons
were also
swept away by the golden apertures and reduced little by little.
The shrieks and cries from the lingering resentment calmed down little by little, as he
continued to pray for their piece.
Three days later, Ye Xiwen was sitting in the sea for three full days, reading the prayers
aloud. The souls of all of the predecessors who fought here and died finally found peace due
to Ye Xiwen's guidance, and could finally enjoy the rebirth.
Ye Xiwen did not know whether hell or heaven existed in this world, but at least he knew
this much that there existed some almighty power that guided these pitiful souls to their
next destination.
Perhaps, the rumors about the legendary hell also existed in this world, but Ye Xiwen did
not know, neither did he want to know.
After reciting prayers for three days non-stop, Ye Xiwen not only was able to set free
countless souls, even his own mind seemed to have been baptized in the process.
Originally, he vaguely felt somewhat tired. Since the day he came to this world, all he
thought about was survival. Being an
ordinary human from a different world, he had to learn to be ruthless. He had to develop
conviction to kill people without a single thought, just for the sake of continued survival of
himself and his family. He had to struggle to get stronger, but his mind was not at peace,
but after three days of baptism, now, his spirits were up.
After setting free all of the resentment and souls, he finally stood up. It was time to go back.
He had been on this trip for ten days and must go back to Qianji Island.
A rainbow appeared under his feet. He turned into a streamer and disappeared from the
seabed.
-- Qianji Island had a somewhat lively atmosphere and everyone was excited. The so-called
competition among the major forces of Great Yue State was being carried out here.
Already, half of the competition was over, and after this competition would be over,
perhaps, Qianji Island would become famous throughout the Great Yue State.
Above the arena, one of the elite core disciples, Hua Menghan, could be seen standing next
to the referee.
"Yi Yuan School's disciple, Hua Menghan, wins today's game!"
Above the high stand, a partly figure stood up and said in an announcing fashion: "Hasn't Ye
Xiwen come back? Three days have already passed, since he doesn't dare to act, I will not
force him as long as he knocks his head three times on the ground and admits defeat,
before his highness, the eighth prince."
There was a sudden commotion among the disciples, especially the disciples of Yi Yuan
School. They were staring at that man and clenching their teeth. If Ye Xiwen agreed to
knock his head three times on the ground and admit defeat, it would not just be an insult to
Ye Xiwen, but for entire Yi Yuan School.
"Feng Kong!" At this time, Hua Menghan, who was still on the stage, said aloud. "Your
demands are too unreasonable. You just decided on your own and issued a challenge
without informing anyone, how will Ye Xiwen come to know about this thing about three
days period, this is purely absurd!"
Hua Menghan's breath revealed that she had already partially entered the truth realm, and
very soon, she would completely step into it.
And that figure was actually the commander in chief of Imperial guards, Feng Kong. Since
the members of Imperial guards lost at the hands of Ye Xiwen, unexpectedly, their
commander in chief personally went into action.
Setting the limit of three days was just to leave no room for negotiation for Ye Xiwen, if he
was to cross the limit.
"Humph, I that Ye Xiwen has dared to humiliate the members of imperial guards, which is
capital crime. His highness doesn't need to act himself, because I will kill him." That figure
snorted, and said with a cold smile on his face. Although, the disciples of Yi Yuan School
were also present there, but he didn't care and openly announced the death penalty to Ye
Xiwen. He was much more overbearing than the other members of Imperials guards.
"Kill me? You think you are capable enough? You cannot achieve such a thing even in your
dreams." A mocking voice transmitted from afar and a figure dropped from the sky, right
onto the arena, and stood next to Hua Menghan.
Seeing Hua Menghan, Ye Xiwen nodded slightly to thank her for speaking in his favor.
Seeing Ye Xiwen appear suddenly out of nowhere, Hua Menghan was somewhat surprised,
but was a little worried as well. After all, everyone knew how terrifying a guy Feng Kong
actually was. No one would dare to underestimate the commander in chief of Imperial
guards. Although, he was a subordinate of the eighth prince, but was absolutely not strong
enough when compared to a powerhouse like eighth prince.
"You are Ye Xiwen?" Two sharp and piercing eyes focused upon Ye Xiwen, as if trying to see
through him in general, but simply could not see through his cultivation. It seemed like Ye
Xiwen's body was wrapped in fog, and he was able to see through his cultivation.
"Well, you seem impatient to die." Feng Kong coldly said, and glared at Ye Xiwen, as if
looking at a dead person.
At this time, Ye Xiwen assessed Feng Kong, who was clad in blue robe, his stature was
grandiose and a proud look was spread on his face, like a young hero. It was difficult to
imagine that such a peerless genius, a young hero, actually submitted to the eighth prince,
simply unbelievable.
"Imperial guards are nothing but mediocre people, a pathetic bunch of slaves and dogs." Ye
Xiwen indifferently said, "I have
heard that beating with stick is a good method to tame dogs, it seems your master had
taught you well."
"You're just an ant-like existence. Today, I will crush you like a stinking bug!" Feng Kong
coldly stared at Ye Xiwen. He appeared incomparably overbearing and one could see that
his style was almost similar to that of eighth prince.
Because the members of Imperial guards were almost all the same, out of style, just like the
eighth prince.
"If you are really so eager to die, I'll help you out." Ye Xiwen said in a cold voice, "Bring it
on!"
Killing intention was indiscriminately building up in Ye Xiwen's heart. This Feng Kong was
an outstanding disciple, who was later subdued by the eighth prince and had since been
following him, setting up formidable Imperial guards to serve the eighth prince.
However, the killing intention in Ye Xiwen's heart was surging, because even if Feng Kong
was acting up for the prestige of his Imperial guards, he wouldn't just sit back and do
nothing.
"I cannot wait to kill you because only with your blood, I will be able to wash off the
desecration of his highness!" Feng Kong shouted, and a surge of violent imposing aura
swept across the arena, "I will make sure to break each and every bone in your body!"
Suddenly, many people's gazes were focused on the two men.
They were waiting for so many days, right for this moment, and finally, the major drama
was going to begin on stage. In fact, several people weren't waiting here to watch the
general competition, but were actually eager to witness this battle.
Imperial guards were humiliated by Ye Xiwen, so considering their overbearing
personality, how could they let this go, but one never expected that the commander in chief
would personally come out to challenge Ye Xiwen.
The strongest subordinate of the eighth prince actually personally went into action, this
obviously showed that eighth prince was attaching great importance to Ye Xiwen, but it
also demonstrated their determination to get rid of Ye Xiwen.
Everyone was thinking that if Ye Xiwen managed to sustain
this hurdle and safely went back to Yi Yuan School, later, they might be able to see the
stunning battle between him and the eighth prince. They understood that eighth prince's
world conquest had already begun and Ye Xiwen would always be remembered as a
sacrificial victim, a stepping stone.
Several members of Imperial guards were publicizing everywhere, that this was going to be
an epic battle, not because Ye Xiwen was strong enough and possible eight prince's match,
but because this would open up a new chapter in the history of Great Yue State, and would
also be regarded as the first major battle, inciting the beginning of eighth prince's world
domination.
"I hope your strength is fiercer than your glib lips." Ye Xiwen sneered. "Since you want to
break my bones, I would like to see whether you have the strength to do it."
Chapter 193: Who Is Crazier Than Whom?
Ye Xiwen didn't conceal the killing intention building up in his heart, in fact, it could be said
that none of the two experts was trying to hide the killing intention. Feng Kong was always
quite overbearing and considered himself better than anyone, except the eighth prince. In
his eyes, the eighth prince has a special place, but he believed that in the future, the eighth
prince would surely transform into an absolutely formidable existence, and, even a
legendary expert like Qi Feifan would not be his match. Not to mention, even now, Qi Feifan
and other peerless experts didn't dare to touch the eighth prince, even though they wanted
to get rid of a nuisance like him.
But, in the case that a peerless expert tried to lay his hands on the eighth prince, it was
simply impossible to have no response from the royal clan. One must know that eighth
prince had several formidable supporters in the royal clan.
Without the support from these people, considering the arrogant and despotic character of
the eighth prince, he would already been killed a thousand times.
Because of the existence of support from those old guys, Qi Feifan and the experts of his
generation were unable to lay their
hands on the eighth prince, and eighth prince indeed possessed an unusual heroic
greatness among peers. There was almost no strong rival in his generation, thereby making
things easier for him, and that's why he continued to act more and more rampantly.
However, Ye Xiwen was different because he and eighth prince could be considered as
peers. In fact, he belonged to an even younger generation in comparison to eighth prince. If
Ye Xiwen really ends up beheading the eighth prince and the people of royal clan came into
action, then the elder of Yi Yuan School would also have a valid reason to fight for Ye Xiwen.
Several disciples and peers died all the time, they continue to die generation after
generation, but one must know when to criticize, after all, if Qi Feifan was to be taken into
consideration, he was an invincible expert of his generation, a legend and must have
beheaded several peers to reach his current level. It was not like there were not many
invincible experts like Qi Feifan in his generation, rather, all of them had already been
crushed by him.
All of the disciples of Yi Yuan School had their eyes on Ye Xiwen. There was anticipation in
their eyes, as they were looking at him. Now, no matter what kind of perception they held
for him, they were hoping for him to win this battle. Only his victory could make them feel
proud and elated.
A golden arena was constructed on the seabed, it was made very sturdy and even truth-
level battles should not be able to damage it. At this time, two men were releasing their
imposing auras in this golden arena.
Hua Menghan arrived early, and was observing from the spectators area.
Originally, the disciples of Yi Yuan School were quite worried for Ye Xiwen, since Feng Kong
had been famous for more than a decade, although, as eighth prince's subordinate, but the
extent of his enormous strength was well-known, even if somewhat less than eighth prince,
but it was hard to find his rival in the younger generation.
But, now when they saw that the imposing aura of Ye Xiwen was no less than that of Feng
Kong, they were suddenly surprised. Ye Xiwen was giving them pleasant surprises time and
time again, the last time was no exception and neither was this one.
Especially on the high-stand, Qi Feifan looked at the performance of Ye Xiwen and didn't
appear too surprised, it seemed as if he was already expecting this much from Ye Xiwen.
"I did not expect that Ye Xiwen's imposing aura would be no less than that of Feng Kong, it
seems like in the last few days he again had another fortuitous adventure!"
"This Ye Xiwen is a strange guy. His cultivation rose dramatically and has reached such a
high level, whereas a year ago, he was nobody. But now, a year after joining Main Sect, he is
already considered the leader of younger generation. Not to forget, he is being compared
with a legend like Qi Feifan."
Everyone was talking among themselves.
"If you have any last words, say it!" Feng Kong coldly stared at Ye Xiwen, and said.
"I should say the same to you, whether you like it or not but that eighth prince of yours is
going to regret his decision of choosing me as a stepping stone." The killing intention was
boiling in Ye Xiwen's chest. The opposite party was trying to completely crush him to fulfill
his ambition, so Ye Xiwen couldn't possibly sit back and do nothing. He must teach them a
thorough lesson!
"Then allow me to send you on your way!" Feng Kong shouted,
and instantly struck the long sword in his hand. The endless Swordlight dazzled the
surroundings, while the killing intention was surging everywhere. It seemed as if the killing
intention itself had gained substance and burst out together with the Swordlight, releasing
thousands of terrifying swords, which were cutting through the space itself, and advancing
in the direction of Ye Xiwen.
The arena itself was not large, so these many swords instantly filled the arena and directly
formed a sea of swords, with Swordqi swirling everywhere. The innumerable swords
seemed to have formed a huge sword-storm in the arena and swept towards Ye Xiwen.
Anyone facing this condensed storm of countless swords would shudder and certainly back
off.
Feng Kong went all out, his killing intention was authentic, and it didn't seem like he
planned to go easy in this fight. The Swordlight was very terrifying and sweeping all over
the arena.
Ye Xiwen was dressed in black clothes, and in that sword-storm, he appeared like a small
boat, struggling to survive even for one more second, and might drown anytime.
Ye Xiwen was just standing, with hands held behind his back and it seemed like he was not
doing anything. But at that time, a
loud roar of dragon resounded and a huge Coiling dragon soared up out of nowhere, and
began circling around Ye Xiwen to shield him in this sword-storm.
Secret rain clouds!
The sword-storm instantly made a full on attack on the coiling dragon, as if to chop it into
pieces.
Coiling dragon was circling around Ye Xiwen's body and was constantly using its four claws
to tear off the sword-storm, whenever the storm tried to approach Ye Xiwen, thereby
stopping the storm from getting near him.
Sword-storm swept everything, while the coiling dragon roared loudly and continued to
counter-attack. It seemed as if both sides were like mighty and fearful currents, severely
hitting each other.
The sword-storm was about to stop, but at this time, Feng Kong once again moved his
hands and his long sword released a terrifying Swordlight instantly, which appeared to
have instantly cut through the space itself and went across the disappearing sword-storm
and crashed into the huge body of the
coiling dragon.
But with this, it seemed like Feng Long invited the wrath of the emperor by attacking the
coiling dragon.
"Today I will kill the dragon and use your blood to wash away your sins!" Feng Kong
shouted.
Everyone was stunned because they never thought that from the beginning, the battle
between these two would be so horrifying, to the point that several true disciples swallow
their saliva. Both of them were evildoers/monsters and just too terrifying. If they were the
ones fighting in this battle, and facing such offensive power, then they would have already
been beheaded by now.
Among the true disciples, there were different competency levels depending on battle
strength and cultivation level. For example, Qi Feifan and other peerless experts were
considered the strongest in the truth realm, and then there were experts like Luo Yifan,
who recently stepped into the realm.
Although, both Ye Xiwen and Feng Kong were not the strongest among the true disciples,
but the level of this fight
was enough to disturb many people.
"You think you are capable enough to be talking about slaying dragons!" Ye Xiwen sneered,
and shot his palm out, which instantly turned into a coiling dragon and went towards the
sword-storm.
"Boom!" With a loud bang, a huge energy storm swept off and Ye Xiwen directly caught the
little Swordlight in his claws.
"You talk big but don't tell me this is the limit of your skills."
Ye Xiwen sneered, and direct squeezed to burst Feng Kong's god sword attack, "Then I'll let
you see what real swordsmanship is."
"Boom!" A terrible sword intention proliferated from Ye Xiwen's body and swept across
instantly. An extremely sharpened sword intention shot up and cut out an outlet through
the sea of swords. The Swordqi present in the surroundings was actually instantly
evaporated in the presence of Ye Xiwen's sword intention.
"Ah, how can such a sword intention exist in this world, I am afraid experts cannot even
dream about congealing such a sword intention in one lifetime!"
"But doesn't Ye Xiwen use a long blade? Now, he is using a sword and is still actually so
fierce!"
"Feng Kong is incomparably overbearing, but Ye Xiwen is also a rebellious expert. He
actually intends to use the most adept sword attack to counter Feng Kong's sword attack.
This is just like Ye Xiwen is trying to humiliate him in front of everyone."
Ye Xiwen's terrifying sword strength suddenly shocked a lot of disciples, because they
clearly heard that he was a blade master, then how could he suddenly master sword skills.
The truth was that earlier, Ye Xiwen could not use a sword, but he was versatile. People
learnt a lot the proficiency of learning was different for each. Ye Xiwen managed to learn
sword skills, and his swordsmanship was even more proficient than experts, who were
practicing sword skills for years. He broke out the terrifying sword intention, which was
the obvious proof of his mastery over the sword skill, which simply shocked the world.
In fact, they did not know that there was a mysterious space in the mind of Ye Xiwen, and
as long as there were enough spirit
stones, he could easily reach the most profound levels of any martial arts or skill, it was
simply not a problem for him, and right now, he certainly didn't lack spirit stones. That's
how he quickly began to learn sword skill and displayed it in front of everyone.
For others, they might need to specialize in one skill in a lifelong process, but for Ye Xiwen,
he could practice any martial arts, anytime, whether it was sword, blade or palm. For him,
reaching the profound level for any of these was not a tough job.
He believed that someday, he would climb to the peak of martial arts, and then no one
would be able to control his future.
The mysterious space actually gave him one kind of confidence that he could master all
kinds of martial arts.
The source of this sword intention was also very simple.
When Ye Xiwen had seen that terrifying sword intention destroying the members of Bai
Mojiao, at that very moment, he firmly imprinted it in his mind, and since then, he was
crazily burning spirit stones to comprehend it, just to resolve the secrets behind this sword
intention.
However, he later realized that the sword intention was just too profound and he didn't
have the means to completely
deconstruct it to learn its secrets. The sword intention he used against Feng Kong was far
inferior to the one used by that experts in the tomb, but he felt that this level of sword
intention was still enough to cope with Feng Kong.
"Ah!" Feng Kong gave out a long and loud cry, he was angry because he instantly
understood that Ye Xiwen used a sword on purpose, just to humiliate him in front of
everyone. Feng Kong's face turned red with shame and humiliation, this whole situation
was just like getting slapped right across the face.
If they thought they were rampant, then Ye Xiwen would become more arrogant than they
could ever be!
If they thought they were overbearing, then Ye Xiwen would become much more
overbearing than they could ever be!
If they tried to trample the dignity of others, then Ye Xiwen would thoroughly trample their
dignity!
They would be trampled by him like ants, and then, he would personally tell them that in
reality, they were nothing!
This could be called as possessing an invincible and unrivaled confidence, something that
could defeat any adversary.
Ye Xiwen instantly shot, the long sword danced in his hands, releasing sword intention in
all directions. This sword attack was not fastidious about any swordsmanship or the skill of
a swordsman, it just completely and insolently broke ten thousand laws and released
infinite energy, sweeping away terrifying sword intention everywhere, just like a mop
made up of sea of Swordqi.
Ye Xiwen was too fast and the sword intention swept away invincibly, and in just a matter
of few breaths, he approached the Swordqi that was swept in the surroundings.
Ye Xiwen's whole body was enveloped in a protective cover of Zhen Yuan, derived from the
coiling dragon, so without any worries, he entered inside the sea of Swordqi. He was like an
invincible being, because the endless amount of Swordqi simply could not hurt his body.
Chapter 194: Counter Attack
"Terrifying offensive, both are amazing!" Hua Menghan and some other core seed disciples,
standing around the golden arena, were stunned at the battle scene unfolding in the arena.
Although, they themselves were core seed disciples and were considered elites, they had
seen battles between true disciples before, but they had never seen such a terrifying
contest between two truth level experts. If the golden arena was not there to impede the
aftermath of their attacks, then they would obviously be unable to defend themselves.
But, while looking at this battle, Hua Menghan was somewhat worried for Ye Xiwen. She
was a blurred figure, clad in blue clothes, releasing invincible aura in the arena!
"Ah!" Feng Kong shouted loudly, his magnificent body instantly moved, treading on the
golden arena, and leaving deep footprints on the seabed.
The sword reappeared in his hands and he launched the most violent attack, a Swordlight
flew towards Ye Xiwen and seemed to be puncturing the world itself. The Swordlight went
straight towards Ye Xiwen, who was still surfing in the endless sea of Swordqi.
But, how could Ye Xiwen take it lightly? The coiling dragon immediately enveloped his
body, as he swept off a supreme sword intention. The released Swordqi made a buzzing
around, as it echoed its way through the endless sea, surging in all directions.
Ye Xiwen's sword intention spread everywhere and stabbed right into the Swordlight
coming towards him, and chopped it off. Feng Kong's Swordlight just couldn't get close to
him.
Ye Xiwen looked coldly at Feng Kong. At this time, Ye Xiwen appeared untamed and
domineering, spewing out terrifying sword intention everywhere, he was like the
reincarnation of an ancient King.
"Is that it? If that's all you got then today, no one can save you!" Ye Xiwen sneered.
Everyone was shocked, because no one thought that the battle between these two experts
would reach such a horrifying level.
Feng Kong was the subordinate of eighth prince, so everyone knew that he was strong, but
no one imagined Ye Xiwen to be so insanely formidable. Ye Xiwen was supposed to be a
new star
who defeated Luo Yifan, but now, within such a short time, everyone had to accept him as a
top tier expert in his generation.
In everyone's expectation, Ye Xiwen was a newbie who should have been defeated in one
shot!
But now, they got the impression that Ye Xiwen was so strong that even the commander in
chief of imperial guards could not cope with him. Just what sort of monster was he?
In fact, they had a feeling that Ye Xiwen was still not showing his true strength!
Anyway, they had to accept that Ye Xiwen was on the level of experts like Feng Kong and
the other top experts of same generation, though he might not be as good as the eighth
prince, but it was understandable, because the practice time for Ye Xiwen was ten years
shorter than that of the eighth prince, and the others.
The so-called 'bullying the juniors' didn't work in the world of martial arts because a
difference of ten years could be counted on fingertips and were simply nothing. Looking at
the
enormous potential of Ye Xiwen, in a matter of few years, he would surpass the eighth
prince.
Everyone had a feeling that in the coming ten or so years, eighth prince wouldn't be a
match of Ye Xiwen.
Feng Kong's hair was messy. There was coldness in his sword-like sharp eyes, as he was
keeping a close eye on Ye Xiwen: "You really want to die don't you? Fine, I'll help you out."
Zhen Yuan began to overflow from Feng Kong's body, forming a whirlpool and surrounded
him instantly, while his sword suddenly flashed, setting off a burst of fearful waves of
Swordqi towards Ye Xiwen.
Ye Xiwen was unbridled, as he once again swung his sword, releasing the sword intention,
which when released, produced chaos. The storm of countless swords immediately surged
in the surroundings like sea tides with Ye Xiwen at the center.
The Swordqi released by Feng Kong was indeed fearful, but was simply useless in front of
Ye Xiwen's sword intention. In other words, Ye Xiwen simply didn't even budge while
facing Feng Kong's sword attack.
Ye Xiwen was like a mountain, standing in the way of stormy winds.
"I like this, there's no doubt that Ye Xiwen's future prospects are limitless, but after this
battle, he will be legendary!"
"When the battle ends, only one of them will survive. Look at them. Have you seen two
contenders to possess such killing intention before? This is the determination to kill each
other, like immovable rock!"
The battle was getting intense, more and more tyrannical, and soon, the whole golden
arena was destroyed, and the two experts were blasted away all the way from seafloor to
the sky.
The spectators also followed after them and came out of the sea to watch the battle, now
going on in the sky.
The battle was getting so intense and horrifying that even the seawater was constantly
boiling, endless water was vaporizing.
"Die!" Feng Kong roared, and endless amount of Lingqi began to gather in the high sky,
forming a golden-edged sword, up to several hundred feet long, a huge sword, capable of
tearing off the world itself, suddenly fell down towards Ye Xiwen.
"Boom!" Ye Xiwen immediately waved his sword towards the incoming attack, and the two
attacks severely collided into each other!
"Boom!" A terrifying blast was set off instantly, producing a piercing and metal tearing
noise in the atmosphere. The spectators felt pain in their ears as a result of this noise, if
there were ordinary people present on the scene then, their eardrums would have burst by
now.
But still, some of the weaker disciples started bleeding from their ears.
"So dreadful! Did you see that, Ye Xiwen dared to use his own body to tackle Feng Kong's
terrifying and huge sword, but he doesn't seem injured at all. Just how tough is his body?"
"Ye Xiwen's body is so tough, amazing!"
"But Ye Xiwen has a weakness. His cultivation level is not as good as that of Feng Kong, who
is at truth fifth stage, whereas Ye Xiwen is at truth third stage. But that's a short-lived fad,
in few minutes, there won't be any difference."
"Well, yes, it is obvious that Feng Kong is trying to buy time, so that Ye Xiwen ends up
consuming his Zhen Yuan."
"I wonder how long you can sustain." Feng Kong narrowed his eyes, and a cruel smile
appeared on his face. At this time, he had slight idea that, if Ye Xiwen was at the same
cultivation level as him, then he would probably be defeated by now.
At the same level, perhaps even eighth prince would have to run for his life. Feng Kong
realized that if he allowed Ye Xiwen to grow stronger, then he would pose a serious threat
to eighth prince in the future. So, he must kill Ye Xiwen today at any cost, otherwise the
eighth prince would have no future.
"Until the time of your death......" A cold smile appeared on Ye Xiwen's face. This was a nice
strategy against ordinary experts, but unfortunately, Feng Kong was facing Ye Xiwen, on
whom, rules simply didn't apply in ordinary situations.
Each and every one breakthrough was extremely difficult for Ye Xiwen, compared to other
people, perhaps hundred times or even more difficult, but as a result, the depth of his roots
was hundred times more profound. So, it was not possible to exhaust him to death, the
strategy on which Feng Kong was betting. In fact, there was a possibility that Feng Kong
himself would exhaust himself to death.
Ye Xiwen didn't have the slightest fear, while the sword danced in his hand. The sword
intention was released in the sky, which simply swept away all of the Swordqi, keeping it
away from his body.
Their fight went all the way, and over three hundred rounds had already gone without any
outcome.
Everyone seeing this battle could not help but shudder at the sheer level of their battle
strength and endurance.
Ye Xiwen had not resorted to his full strength. He still hadn't used devil wings and many
other means in this battle. He was fighting just with sword skills, it was not like he couldn't
use those other means, but he didn't want to. He wanted to defeat Feng Kong by just relying
on sword skills, that's how he wanted to break the infinite arrogance of Feng Kong and the
eighth
prince. It would take time for them to realize that Ye Xiwen was much more arrogant and
despotic than they could ever be. He was way more crazier than anyone else could ever be!
"Don't tell me that this is the best you can do?" Ye Xiwen contemptuously sneered. "I see, so
if sword skill is your best trait, then you better prepare to kiss your arrogance and false-
pride goodbye."
"Don't be so full of yourself!" Feng Kong roared, and fiercely waved his sword, exhibiting a
very scary Swordlight. The Swordqi exploded out to the extreme, thereby displaying
gorgeous and invincible scenery in the sky. But, no matter how formidable it was, was still
practically useless in front of Ye Xiwen's sword intention. Ye Xiwen simply wouldn't even
pay attention to this level of sword attack!
Unconventional, heroic, totally lawless, unbridled and basically out of control, these were
the traits of Ye Xiwen, a big threat to the so-called eighth prince, and his plan of world
domination. Feng Kong knew that he couldn't allow Ye Xiwen to live!
Ye Xiwen again used an incomparably overbearing sword intention to nullify his attack.
Ye Xiwen was a terrifying opponent, because none of the attacks worked on him, and his
opponents never got any other options, but to eventually give in and die.
Feng Kong roared loudly, and spat blood on his sword. The sword burst into tremendous
waves of terrifying imposing aura, powerful enough to shake the world.
Everyone exclaimed, because this was the most horrifying move used by Feng Kong in
today's battle. Could it be that Ye Xiwen would be beheaded by this attack?
The Lingqi in the atmosphere was in crazy turmoil due to this attack, and even Ye Xiwen
felt a sense of palpitations.
For Ye Xiwen, there was no room for retreat. He immediately shot his sword intention
towards the incoming Swordlight, but it was very small in comparison.
It seemed as if everything had quieted down between the heaven and earth, and right at
this moment, the sword intention and Swordlight severely collided.
And, the very next moment, a loud explosive sound resounded everywhere.
Chapter 195: Feng Kong Beheaded
"Bang!" From amidst the cyclone, a figure directly flew out and fell into the sea.
"Ahem!" Feng Kong coughed out blood, his internal organs were injured. He was a bit
embarrassed, but the killing intention hadn't disappeared from his eyes.
Feng Kong's face appeared somewhat pale. He realized that he lost the match of energy
exhaustion to Ye Xiwen, because in the previous attack, he used up a large portion of his
energy. He put his final bet on this attack, but never expected that Ye Xiwen would actually
manage to survive.
As the blast dispersed, everyone saw Ye Xiwen's figure standing motionless like a
mountain. He appeared like an absolute existence, a tyrant-like figure, standing in the
center while the sea water was spinning around him.
"Amazing, the technique just used by Feng Kong is one of a kind. It is said that Feng Kong is
the only one in his generation who knows this secret technique. But, even a legendary
secret sword technique was unable to injure Ye Xiwen, so tyrannical! "
"Feng Kong was unable to display the full might of this technique. If it was used by the sect
elders, then you would have seen how powerful it really is. But, he still managed to display
most of its true might, so I must say that Ye Xiwen is quite amazing to be able to sustain it."
"Yes, it's absolutely rare for someone from the younger generation to display such a
horrifying technique. But, the eighth prince used to be at this level almost ten years ago, so
I still think that Ye Xiwen is not his match."
"You are making a mistake. It's the eighth prince who wants to fight him, not the other way
round."
"Eighth prince wants to use him as a stepping stone, as the first page of his world
domination campaign, but unfortunately, it seems like it won't be easy to use Ye Xiwen as a
stepping stone. I'm afraid. It will take a lot more than this."
"You're stronger than I expected." Feng Kong got up, wiped the blood off the corner of his
mouth, and looked coldly at Ye Xiwen, "But just because of this, you will have to die. I won't
allow anyone to come in eighth prince's way, and those who do
must die! "
Feng Kong shouted, and Zhen Yuan exploded out of his body.
He took one step, and at this time, his killing intention started taking form behind him. A
shadow gradually emerged out his sword and was constantly releasing terrifying imposing
aura.
With each step of Feng Kong, that shadowy figure would grow taller. Everyone looked at
this shadow and felt as if an ancient king had come back to life, and with each step that
Feng Kong took huge amounts of sea water vaporized simultaneously.
Countless sea beasts also vaporized along with the sea water.
A Sword God!
Ye Xiwen suddenly frowned, and was somewhat startled in his heart. This Sword God's
incarnation was somewhat similar to the Devil King's ghost, which resided in Tianyuan
mirror. But, he was also aware of the enormous amount of energy consumption, associated
with the use of such a kind of summoning technique. In fact, if he tried to summon the Devil
King's ghost from Tianyuan mirror even once, he would have to burn countless spirit
stones.
But, Feng Kong actually did it!
Ye Xiwen carefully observed, and saw that Feng Kong's complexion was turning pale and
his face was already covered in sweat, gradually dripping down on the ground. And, with
each step he took, the Sword God's coercion would become more powerful and getting
closer to Ye Xiwen. Soon, Ye Xiwen was overwhelmed by the fierce coercion of the Sword
God.
What a crazy guy, a thought appeared in Ye Xiwen's mind!
The Sword God would grow stronger and much fiercer with each step one would take, but
at the same time, the energy consumption would be greater as well. Of course, this
consumption would be enormous and even Ye Xiwen would not be able to withstand it, so
how could Feng Kong possibly achieve from it, without paying a huge price.
It didn't take much long for Ye Xiwen to realize that Feng Kong was not actually consuming
his Zhen Yuan (energy), but his life energy. He was basically burning out his life force!
Unlike, Ye Xiwen, Feng Kong lacked the valuable resource of top grade spirit stones,
especially, when there was a
requirement of a million. Such a huge amount was needed to be consumed in order to
summon such a giant Sword god!
Although, this Sword God was nowhere close to an existence like Devil King, but was more
than what Feng Kong could afford at this moment. So, he had no choice but to use his own
life force.
Ye Xiwen saw Feng Kong's original youthful appearance gradually shifting towards an
elderly appearance.
This so-called eighth prince was really worth it? Ye Xiwen could not understand!
Even most of disciples among the spectators did not understand. Although, they were
unaware of the amount of consumption needed to perform such an attack, but they were
not foolish enough to miss the visible change in Feng Kong's appearance. They soon
realized that Feng Kong performed this attack at the expense of his own life, preferring to
sacrifice himself just for the sake of getting rid of Ye Xiwen.
For a warrior, time was precious and so was their desire to practice and get stronger.
Xiantian masters had a lifespan of 200
years, while truth level masters had a lifespan of 500 years. But, even this much time was
not enough, and experts needed to
spend each and every second of their life to reach the ultimate success of stepping into the
legendary level and become an immortal.
Although, concept of immortality was only stated in rumors, but since lifespan increased
with each realm, so people believed that as long as they continued to practice, they would
continue to live forever.
So, even a minute was very valuable for a warrior, let alone a peerless genius like Feng
Kong must have spent so many years to reach his current level. He must have spent so
much time, practicing crazily, but now, he was going to lay waste to everything he amassed
so far.
Finally, that incarnation of the ancient Sword God waved his sword. This attack was so
tremendous that the space was torn apart, the seawater instantly vaporized, and the
terrifying Swordqi rushed surging towards Ye Xiwen.
In front of this attack, Ye Xiwen appeared like an ant, waiting for divine retribution.
Ye Xiwen's heart was beating rapidly, preparing him for the
upcoming catastrophe, but he had no other choice. He immediately rushed forward and
struck his sword, releasing an enormous sword intention towards the incoming attack.
"boom!"
"boom!"
"boom!"
Every collision between Ye Xiwen and the ancient Sword God would produce countless air
explosions, setting off waves of storm in all directions.
Everyone was staring at the scene and thinking how insanely powerful Ye Xiwen actually
was. Even while facing such a terrifying power technique, he was actually able to hold his
own, and not just that, he also managed to carry on ceaseless counterattacks.
There was a hint of blood oozing out of his mouth, but it seemed as if he was not feeling
anything, after all, his opponent was burning out his own life energy for the sake of this
attack,
so when compared to this, losing small amount of blood was practically nothing.
Ye Xiwen could feel that the attacks of this Sword God were powerful enough to effortlessly
slaughter ordinary experts.
But, as a result of practicing "Tyrant body technique", his body had become too strong, to
the extent that even the incarnation of an ancient Sword God was unable to seriously injure
him, showing how ridiculously sturdy his body had become.
Moreover, hidden inside the Tianyuan mirror, there was an unseen force that was secretly
rendering some parts of the attack useless. Otherwise, the injuries wouldn't be limited to
just blood coming out of his mouth!
It could be said that Ye Xiwen was the epitome of recklessness!
Ye Xiwen was holding his own ground all this time, in fact, now, both sides were trying to
hold on. Just the way Feng Kong wanted for Ye Xiwen to exhaust all his energy, now, Ye
Xiwen was waiting for him to exhaust himself to death. Ye Xiwen came up with an efficient
form of counterattack, a quick fix, in this
situation.
Immediately, he mobilized Zhen Yuan throughout his body and enveloped himself in a
protective layer of sword intention, so he was no longer affected by this terrifying coercion.
The Sword God's coercion was just like Tianyuan mirror's coercion, which was capable of
suppressing devils.
Ye Xiwen's motive was to envelop himself in the profound sword intention, in order to
counter the severe coercion of the Sword God.
"You must die!" Feng Kong coughed out a mouthful of blood, and half of his hair had already
turned white, while at this time, the Sword God suddenly waved his huge sword, hurling
endless Swordqi towards Ye Xiwen.
The Swordqi spread out in the sky like bright stars, combined into a single entity like a
huge tide of countless swords and set off waves of Swordqi towards Ye Xiwen.
While facing these sword waves, Ye Xiwen suddenly had a
feeling of suffocation.
Sword waves came surging with enormous amounts of concentrated energy, accompanied
by terrifying coercion. Each wave contained the supreme power of Swordqi, and even
though Ye Xiwen possessed insanely strong body, he could hear his bones produce creaking
sound.
It was obvious that Feng Kong was going to the extremes, pushing the incarnation of Sword
God to go all out. He was determined to kill Ye Xiwen, no matter what!
"This attack is so horrifying. No one can face this and survive!"
"Feng Kong is indeed a peerless genius. We can see that from the level of attack he has
performed just now. Unfortunately, his legend will die today because even if he manages to
kill Ye Xiwen, judging from the over-drain of his life force, there's no way he will survive."
Countless disciples were watching this battle and were totally amazed. Even from afar, they
could sense the terrifying might of the Sword God, but more amazing was the fact that Ye
Xiwen
was facing this head-on and was still alive.
Ye Xiwen was not scared, he was aiming for a stronger counterattack. He clenched his
teeth, waiting for the right opportunity to strike.
"Ahem!" Finally, Feng Kong coughed out blood, and with a slight tremor, the large
incarnation of Sword God suddenly stalled.
"Ah!" Ye Xiwen's sword intention suddenly began to get bigger and rushed into the sky,
straight towards the Sword God's incarnation.
"Puchi!" In that moment, the whole body of Sword God was cut in half by the endless
barrage of sword attacks.
At this time, the Sword God's incarnation went tumbling down, turned into bits and pieces,
and scattered in the atmosphere.
"Poof!" Feng Kong spat a mouthful of blood, he couldn't see what happened, but when he
gained his senses back, a sword
was already put through his chest. It was his own sword, snatched from his hands by Ye
Xiwen a moment ago, and then put through his chest instantly. He was done, for his own
sword was putting an end to his glorious life, as his blood was slowly trickling down the
sword.
His consciousness was gradually fading as he vaguely heard some words, echoing in his
ears, and a vivid scene appeared in his mind.
He was an orphan. His life was simply like a dog, that didn't have food to feed himself. Then
one day, he met his master, who helped him stand on his feet and made it possible for him
to become famous as a peerless genius. He still couldn't forget the day he met his master,
and the words he heard from him!
"Let us conquer the world and unify it under one flag, then we will make sure that the kind
of pitiful life you had to lead, the same thing will never be repeated for anyone else."
"Boom!" Feng Kong heavily fell down from the sky, and his body slowly sank into the sea.
Chapter 196: Bai Mojiao's Raid
Feng Kong's corpse slowly sank into the sea. Ye Xiwen finally relaxed, and was breathing
heavily. Although, Feng Kong was a domineering guy, who didn't hesitate to bull others, if
he wanted to, perhaps he was just following the ways of Imperial Guards, but Ye Xiwen
would never forget the last moment when he was slaughtered by him. After witnessing his
blind loyalty for the eighth prince, his perception about Feng Kong had slightly changed.
"The strongest subordinate of eighth prince and the commander in chief of Imperial
Guards, who was considered as one of the outstanding figures of younger generation,
finally died at the hands of Ye Xiwen!"
"No matter how glorious his past has been, it will all be in vain now."
Everyone shook their heads. The battle between these two men was truly far beyond their
imagination.
No one had expected that someone so terrifying was present in the shadow of the eighth
prince, but even after that, in the
end, he was killed by Ye Xiwen.
And, Ye Xiwen was even more frightening. He faced the incarnation of Sword God, but still
managed to hold his own.
Although, he was cornered in the final moments and somehow managed to have a
comeback, but his performance far exceeded their expectations!
After this battle, Ye Xiwen completely establish a dignified impression of himself in the eyes
of everyone. Now, no one would dare to underestimate him, and even if he was not as
strong as the eighth prince, looking at his infinite, one could say that in another ten years,
he would be able to compete with the eighth prince.
Feng Kong's strength was far beyond the expectations of Ye Xiwen!
And, if Feng Kong turned out to be so strong, then it was needless to say that eighth prince
would be much more formidable in all respects. Ye Xiwen's current strength might not be
enough, but if he continued to have breakthroughs, he would certainly be prepared for the
day, when the eighth prince would come looking for him!
"Ye Xiwen, watch out!" Ye Mo abruptly shouted in Ye Xiwen's mind, and warned him.
"Shua!"
Suddenly, a dreadful killing intention spread out of the blue and a dark cold light instantly
appeared in front of Ye Xiwen. It was a dagger, aiming straight for Ye Xiwen's throat.
Everyone suddenly exclaimed and held their breaths. Could it be that this was going to be
the end of Ye Xiwen?
Ye Xiwen was startled and instinctively shot a sword intention towards that dagger.
"Dang!" Accompanied with a loud noise, Ye Xiwen was thrown far away and fiercely spat
out blood.
He didn't even get time to breathe after the battle ended, because it was hard to imagine
that he would be attacked right after the end of the battle. Thanks to Ye Mo's timely
reminder, he managed to barely escape.
That dagger was highly toxic, to the extent that it could even corrode reinforced steel
frame.
At this time, at the place where Ye Xiwen was standing a moment ago, a dark figure
suddenly appeared. He was a man, dressed in a black cloak, and horrifying dark aura was
creeping out of his body like black snakes.
The lightning was embroidered on his black cloak and was exuding a sense of danger,
giving rise to a hint of terror in everyone's eyes. It was not hard to guess that this guy was a
bad news!
"Thunder, don't you claim to be known as Great Yue State's deadliest assassin? How come
you missed? And, a youngster managed to dodge your kill!" A voice, filled with mockery,
resounded in the surroundings and a figure suddenly appeared from the void. It was none
other than Lu Hongwei.
Then, suddenly, a large group of Bai Mojiao followers and several devils made an
appearance. Ye Xiwen felt somewhat tight in his heart, so, Bai Mojiao finally made a move.
The disciples of the five major forces were looking around and appeared horrified.
Apparently, they didn't know that Bai
Mojiao's raid was going to take place on Qianji Island during the competition.
Standing at a distance, Qi Feifan frowned, but he seemed all prepared. In fact, there was a
vague smile on his face.
"Thunder, isn't that Great Yue's deadliest assassin?" A disciple exclaimed after realizing the
identity of this cloaked man.
Thunder was a legendary character and quite infamous in Great Yue State. No one knew
who he was, where he came from, he just appeared hundred years ago out of nowhere, and
suddenly, he became well-known as the deadliest assassin of Great Yue. And, it was said
that he was associated with a famous assassin's guild named 'End of the World guild'.
End of the World guild consisted of a deadly bunch of fierce men, who were willing to do
almost anything as long as the reward was to their liking. They were daring enough to take
up any job, regardless of the outcome.
Regarding the unexpected appearance of Thunder, the best strategy would be to rely on the
disciples of Yuncheng city, considering the fact that they had a previous experience in
dealing with Thunder. In the past, Thunder had made an assassination attempt on the
Yuncheng city lord, thought he didn't succeed and was finally surrounded, but later, he
managed to escape. After this incident, the news spread like forest fire throughout the
Great Yue State, and he slowly came to be known as Great Yue's deadliest assassin.
Thunder was a legend. He was simply a legend of terror!
Although, no one knew where he came from, but one thing was certain that his strength
was comparable to the experts of half-step legendary realm. Because in the past, one time,
he had killed several half-step legendary level old-monsters in one fell swoop.
Ye Xiwen was feeling a little shaken, if he had not receive a timely reminder from Ye Mo,
then he would have been unable to escape from this killer attack.
Thunder glanced at Ye Xiwen while there was an inevitable look of surprise in his eyes. He
did not expect that a junior of truth third stage would actually be able to escape his attack.
Even some of the old guys of half-step legendary level wouldn't be able to escape from his
attack.
At this time, there was some commotion, and the next moment, a group of gigantic sea
beasts emerged out of the sea water and surrounded Qianji Island. The leader of this group
was none other than Deepwater black serpent king, a half-step legendary demon beast. Its
gigantic body was upright and appeared like a mountain, looking very scary.
"End of the World guild, I never thought that they would go so far as to collaborate with
those devils and go against his majesty. Don't they realize that they have been brainwashed
by these monsters?" At this time, the vigorous voice of a middle-aged man's echoed in the
battlefield. He, as clad in a magnificent robe, had a graceful bearing and was also the
leading representative of royal clan, his name was Prince Rui.
In the early years of his life, Prince Rui used to follow the Great Emperor and was once the
deputy governor of Great Yue State's military forces. Right now, he was at half-step
legendary realm.
However, for the children of royal clan, he was a legend like figure.
"Cut the crap and stop whining." Lu Hongwei said coldly,
"Today, you all are going to die here!"
"Lu Hongwei, I have heard of you." At this time, Qi Feifan approached and said, "They say
you are the strongest guy in the younger generation of Bai Mojiao. I'd like to exchange
pointers with you."
"Are you that Qi Feifan? I have heard of you as well. No wonder they call you a legend. At
your age, you already have such a profound cultivation level. I never expected that Yi Yuan
School will give birth to a disciple like you." Lu Hongwei smiled, but he seemed somewhat
cruel, a bit scary.
"It is difficult to say who will perish in the end!" At this time, yet another calm-sounding
voice resounded in the battlefield,
"Qi Feifan, let me have a go as well, I have been out of action for so long, and this might
prove to be a satisfying warm-up."
Everyone looked surprised at the sudden appearance of a handsome youth, clad in silver-
red robe, walking slowly towards others.
With the emergence of him, the disciples of Xueling sect had a sudden boost in morale,
because this handsome youth was actually the spiritual son of Xueling sect.
The so-called spiritual son or daughter of Xueling sect were the main heirs to the position
of head in Xueling said.
This position was comparable to the position of Qi Feifan and other strongest true
disciples, who were competing for the position of Yi Yuan School's head.
It was said that from generation to generation, it was almost certain for Xueling sect's
spiritual son, to become the head of the Main Sect.
"Abominable human, I will chop you into thousand pieces!"
Deepwater black serpent king suddenly became furious. He hated humans the most and
wanted to slaughter them all, only then the demon beasts would be able to occupy the land.
"Do you really think that you stand a chance? Today you have dared to participate in this
kind of thing, and tomorrow, your whole family of deepwater black serpents would go
extinct from East China Sea!" Xueling sect's spiritual son said quietly, and a strange smile
appeared on his face, but provocation was deeply embedded in his tone, "You deepwater
black serpents are nothing but practice materials, waiting for the day, your soul and blood
is refined into Immortality Dan!"
"Lu Hongwei, let me deal with this spiritual son of Xueling sect. I want to kill everyone from
Xueling sect!" Deepwater black serpent king said in an aggressive tone, and was very angry
at Xueling sect's spiritual son.
Ye Xiwen was silently watching all this and was a bit surprised. For the indifferent and
serious-type deepwater black serpent king to become so furious at few provoking words of
Xueling sect's spiritual son was quite unexpected. He was so calm and composed a moment
ago, but, just few words were enough to expose his irascible nature.
This was the legendary skill of using mockery for instigation.
"Enough talk, aren't we going to kill them all?" Thunder said impatiently.
"You insolent freak, ten years ago, you tried to break into the palace to assassinate his
majesty. Today, I will definitely arrest you and bring you to justice." Prince Rui suddenly
thundered loudly, and sprang toward Thunder, and simultaneously shot his palm, releasing
endless burst of thunders.
Prince Rui's main power was utilizing the large-scale cooperation of martial arts on the
battlefield, but Thunder was better at the art of assassination, but still, the clash between
these two martial artists was earth shattering. They were at same level and equally
experienced, so the aftermath of their battle was obviously going to be terrifying. As the
two clashed, several Xiantian level disciples and Bai Mojiao followers were blasted away.
Chapter 197: Fierce Battle With devils
The whole scene was chaotic. All of the disciples of five forces and followers of Bai Mojiao
were engaged in a large scale battle, while some disciples were dealing with demon beasts
in sea water. Qi Feifan and Lu Hongwei were battling in the mid-air and whenever they
clashed, it seemed as if the sky itself would split open.
A terrifying battle was taking place between bloodthirsty deepwater black serpent king and
the spiritual son of Xueling sect in the sea. From the intensity of this battle, it seemed like
the entire sea would vaporize from the amount of energy being released in their attacks.
Battle cries could be heard throughout Qianji Island.
Both sides were fierce and no one was willing to show any mercy to the enemies. After
harboring hatred for so many decades, now, there was no use of superfluous words.
Whether, it was the sky, the ground, or the sea, all turned into battlefields. Corpses were
falling down from the sky, and fresh blood changed the color of seawater. It was a rare sight
where so
many truth-level experts were dying in battle.
However, at this time, the five major forces of Great Yue State, who were never on good
terms with each other, had finally joined forces to deal with a common enemy.
Ye Xiwen also stepped into the battlefield and began slaughtering the followers of Bai
Mojiao. Although, he was aware of the fact, that they could not determine the final outcome
of this battle. The final outcome would entirely depend on Qi Feifan, Xueling sect's spiritual
son and Prince Rui.
Ye Xiwen continued to advance, while killing several enemies along the way. He didn't
know how many people had already died since the raid started, and several Yi Yuan
School's disciples were gathered inside the protection barrier, especially those who were
too fragile for this level of war.
"Boom!" A horrifying aura rushed from far away, and along with it, a distant figure instantly
flew over towards them. It was actually a half-step legendary devil.
His devil wings were fluttering behind his back and each and every thump of his wings
were setting off terrifying storms,
accompanied by the loud sound of thunderclaps.
The complexions of the faces of all disciples suddenly paled, because they knew that the
situation on war had now changed with the unexpected appearance of yet another half-step
legendary expert.
Moreover, devil experts were inherently fiercer than human experts!
"You petty humans, sooner or later, you are all going to be ruled by the devil race!" That
fearful devil expert said in a loud echoing voice.
"What do we do now? We do not have another half step legendary expert!"
"Don't tell me this is the end of us?"
"Human beings are just bags of fresh blood. They are the practice resources, who are born
just to be killed by us devils someday!" The peerless devil experts said in a domineering
voice.
"Correct, you are nothing but a bunch of ants!" A crazy laughter was heard by everyone, as
a rampant specter suddenly appeared. It was a young devil expert, his body was exuding
tyrannical breath, and the souls of several disciples, who were present in his vicinity, were
instantly crushed by his presence itself. "You are called Ye Xiwen right? I just saw your
battle, you are pretty good. As long as you kneel down and swear allegiance to me, I am
willing to take you up as my slave. I'll spare your life and take you with me as a war slave."
He rushed all the way towards Ye Xiwen. The human warriors who tried to stop him were
all slaughtered by him, and he used a devil power technique to quickly absorb their blood
and essence to increase his cultivation level.
"Keep me as a slave?" Ye Xiwen sneered, and sword intention instantly congealed around
his sword, it was rotating violently and producing a buzzing sound.
"You are just a human, and Zhen Wu Jie would eventually be ruled by devil race, in fact, the
whole ten thousand world's community will be ruled by us. Compared to all, you are just a
tiny existence." The young devil expert sneered, "Once these experts are killed, the rest of
humanity is nothing, but a herd of
docile sheep."
Everyone was immediately infuriated by his words, because irrespective of which force
they belonged to, in the end, they had the common identity of human beings. To be
dismissed as slaves, as fresh blood, by the devils, would obviously make them angry.
"I have been in this world for few years but haven't seen a fierce expert like you. You are
good and being a devil prince, I must say that I acknowledge you. So, as long as you are
willing to surrender to me, that eighth prince, who has challenged you, won't be your
match. I will give you supreme devil power techniques, which will make you a superior
warrior, and killing eighth prince won't be a tough task for you anymore." The young devil
experts said, and it appeared like he really looked down on the eighth prince.
"Well, you may have been here for few years, but I have been here my entire life and I have
met several excellent human experts, so you better mind your tongue." Ye Xiwen
disdainfully said.
"Humans are weak, nothing, but ants in front of us. After I kill you, I will kill other experts
from younger generation one by
one, including that eighth prince. I hear, you all are considered as the pride of human race, I
will turn you all into my slaves, and those who refuse will die." The young devil expert said.
"Devil, I will be the first to take you on!" Qi Feifan shouted, and his extraordinary aura
spread wantonly in the midair. He was in front of two half-step legendary experts, Lu
Hongwei and that devil expert, but he wasn't worried at all.
"Rubbish, a petty human like you cannot possibly stand a chance against me." The devil
expert proudly said. It seemed like he didn't want to intrude into the battle of Qi Feifan and
Lu Hongwei.
"Ah!" Qi Feifan shouted, and it seemed as if the whole universe would break down. Sound
waves surged in all directions, setting off storms everywhere, and his invincible aura
spread in the surroundings.
Everyone was shocked when they looked towards the sky and saw a golden figure, which
seemed to belong to an ancient god of war.
Even Xueling sect's spiritual son was looking at Qi Feifan with
dismay, fear, and envy in his eyes.
How many years had already passed, since he last saw Qi Feifan in action? His progress was
simply shocking, and one could see that he had arrived at a very profound level.
There was a terrified look on the face of that half-step legendary devil, when he witnessed
the transformation outbreak of Qi Feifan.
Qi Feifan's whole body was enveloped in golden light, and from afar, he looked like the
golden god of war, standing between heaven and earth, an invincible existence.
Seeing Qi Feifan's transformation immediately lifted the spirits of human experts. As long
as Qi Feifan was there to block that half-step legendary devil, they would remain safe.
"Alright, devil, now I can fight with both of you at once." Qi Feifan said in an indifferent
tone, but it was filled with a type of invincible confidence. Even while facing two half-step
legendary experts, he was not one bit worried.
"You are courting death!" The half-step legendary devil shouted, and along with Lu
Hongwei, they jointly issued an attack towards Qi Feifan. The attack immediately tore the
space, and just like stars were falling from the sky, the attack instantly went across the sky
and arrived in front of Qi Feifan.
Qi Feifan immediately waved his sword and released a beautiful golden attack, which, when
congealed in this world, seemed to be burdening the very existence of space.
"Boom!" Both attacks severely collided, and it seemed as if a star just exploded and filled
the entire world with light and magnificence.
The war in the sky had already entered into a white-hot stage.
Three half-step legendary experts were engaged in a world shattering war.
Ye Xiwen instantly released the sword intention towards that young devil expert and said:
"Hey devil, I like your idea of keeping war slaves. It seems today, I am going to receive a
devil prince as my slave."
Ye Xiwen's sword intention released a terrifying Swordlight
towards that young devil prince.
Horrifying moqi burst out of that devil prince's body, and immediately wrapped him in a
protective cover. At the same time, he released an attack towards the incoming Swordlight,
and both attacks fiercely collided.
"Boom!" This was an earth-shattering collision, which swept off endless shock waves in all
directions. The strength of this devil prince was indeed terrifying, but Ye Xiwen had a
preliminary understanding that he was actually at the peak of Small Truth realm, which
would make this stronger than Feng Kong, no wonder he was so proud of himself.
An enormous blast was swept off around both of them, and none of the spectators dared to
go close because the aftermath of these collisions could easily kill them.
Ye Xiwen went back several steps and stopped, but before stopping, he again released a
terrifying sword intention towards the devil prince. The devil prince also immediately
made a counterattack, and the two attacks collided in the sky, setting off surging waves in
the sea.
"Boom!"
Both of them severely clashed.
They used brute strength and collided into each other.
A terrible wound appeared on Ye Xiwen's body, and his blood spattered.
But devil prince's condition was much worse, because the sword intention directly ripped
through his body, tearing off a terrible wound, much bleak and worse than Ye Xiwen's
wound.
It was a terrible collision, the collision solely relying on brute strength.
"You dare to hurt me, you petty human, how dare you injure a noble devil prince!" The
devil prince was extremely furious, and shouted in agony.
"Why did I hurt you? Well, you are a devil and want to turn me into your slave, that's why I
cut you. Is that enough reason
for you?" Ye Xiwen smirked, and seemed unaffected by his wounds.
"You are courting death. No one can hurt me and escape!" The devil prince's face revealed a
cold look, he roared like a beast, and moqi quickly wrapped his body, and also covered the
deep wound caused by Ye Xiwen's sword intention.
Devils were much more resilient than human beings.
His moqi began to condense and took the form of a ghostly skull.
The skull flew into the sky, screaming and shrieking, as if accusing the injustice of this
world. There was a huge amount of resentment condensed in that skull.
Devil prince's eyes were blood-red, full of killing intention, and keeping a close eye on Ye
Xiwen. He wanted to slaughter Ye Xiwen in one fell swoop.
Chapter 198: Routed
"Sky-shattering sword!" The whole sky was torn off by the golden sword, and terrifying
power contained in this attack instantly collapsed the joint attack from the other two half-
step legendary experts.
This was a terrifying sword attack, simply a masterpiece in its own league.
"Puchi!" The sword attack opened a nasty wound in the body of that half-step legendary
devil expert, his blood spattered all over and bone fragments scattered in the vicinity.
The half-step legendary devil expert seemed in a terrible state.
A moment ago, he had resorted to the supreme devil magical powers, but still could not
stop Qi Feifan's sword attack. The power contained in that sword attack was far beyond his
imagination, as if the whole universe was still ringing due to its outbreak.
Qi Feifan's sword skill was something to be scared of! No wonder he looked so confident,
even while facing two half-step legendary experts.
That devil's wound was healing slowly, but the terror in his heart had still not disappeared.
Just how could a human be so terrifying?
The frustration was making him mad, he was depressed because he came to this world
thinking he was a predator, but in front of this human expert, he ended up being the hunt
instead.
And, in addition to that, this human expert was so incredible, that he was single-handedly
overwhelming, two half-step legendary experts. Even Lu Hongwei had a terrified look on
his face and a contemptuous look in his eyes, because even though he was considered a
genius in the younger generation of Bai Mojiao, he was basically nothing in front of Qi
Feifan.
"Now that you have come today, then don't even think about going now." Qi Feifan
chuckled loudly, "This place is quite beautiful and suitable to be turned into a cemetery for
you lot!"
Qi Feifan once again waved his sword, the golden aura around his body was making him
look like a golden god of war, and this time, the sword attack was simply invincible, and
even more terrifying than the last one.
Like a stream of falling stars, the sword attack directly fell towards Lu Hongwei, and the
devil expert.
They tried to block the attack. There was an incomparably terrified look in Lu Hongwei's
eyes, and he was kind of angry on himself for looking down on Qi Feifan. He had fought
with the strongest true disciples of Yi Yuan School in the past, except Qi Feifan, because
back then, he was only a young junior. But now, Lu Hongwei finally came to know about the
horrifying strength of Yi Yuan School's mythical disciple.
Qi Feifan was just like a myth, and he himself was at half-step legendary level, but still
managed to overwhelm two experts of same level.
At this time, Qi Feifan's extraordinary and outrageous aura swept off.
"Ah!" Their joint defense was instantly broken down by Qi Feifan's attack. Both experts
suddenly began to scream pitifully as their entire wrists had been cut down and oozing out
a fountain of blood.
All of the people gasped at this scene, since all of the three
experts were at half-step legendary realm, but the gap between Qi Feifan and the other two
was too big.
Human experts suddenly burst into cheers because Qi Feifan's extraordinary strength had
given them immense confidence.
"What a fearful human, but he must die otherwise he will pose a huge threat for my
people." An intention to kill appeared in the devil expert's eyes.
Qi Feifan looked coldly at him, his eyes were exuding golden rays of light, and it seemed as
if his whole body was made up of gold, just like the golden avatar of an ancient god of war.
"Today, all of you devils are going to die, so I would like you all to stay here!" Qi Feifan said
in a mocking tone, and a Zhen method suddenly appeared in the surroundings, and endless
Swordqi surged out and started flying in all directions. Several Bai Mojiao followers and
devils were caught off guard and died.
"This is a trap!" Lu Hongwei and the devil expert suddenly exclaimed.
They finally realized that their plan had actually leaked, but they didn't have time to find
the traitor, because right now, their main focus was on getting out of this trap.
"Hurry up and withdraw!" Lu Hongwei shouted loudly. Since, their plan had been seen
through by the enemy, so there was no meaning in continuing the raid.
Immediately, devils and followers of Bai Mojiao began to retreat. Even deepwater black
serpent king ordered his forces of demon beasts to withdraw. Thunder and deepwater
black serpent king also left their respective battles and escaped.
But at this time, Qi Feifan shot once again and released a barrage of sword shadows which
instantly rushed towards the escaping Lu Hongwei and devil expert.
On the ground, Ye Xiwen sneered, and looked at the devil prince whose aura had already
risen to the extreme. There was a knife-like sharp look in his eyes. Although, now he was in
danger, but he didn't seem to care, he was keeping a close eye on Ye Xiwen, and it seemed
like he won't leave before killing Ye Xiwen.
"Today you must die!" The devil prince shouted, and released an extremely frightening
aura in the surroundings.
"Now that the situation is reversed, won't you run away?" Ye Xiwen coldly stared at the
devil prince. Although, he said these words, but even if devil prince decided to escape, he
would chase him and kill him.
Ye Xiwen suddenly released his Zhen Yuan, which was released like the terrifying sea of
clouds and a section of it transformed into a coiling dragon. Ye Xiwen's imposing aura was
not one bit inferior to that of the devil prince.
One must know that Ye Xiwen possessed dragon qi that had a natural restraining effect on
devils.
Dragon qi gave him an overwhelming advantage over devils, but devil prince's moqi also
couldn't be taken lightly, after all, he possessed noble devil blood.
Devils and demon beasts had already retreated far away from Qianji Island, so the battle
between Ye Xiwen and devil prince immediately attracted the attention of many human
experts.
Ye Xiwen's aura was full of killing intention, so no one dared to disturb the two men, even
though some people wanted to help Ye Xiwen, but they were scared to go too close.
"Ah!" Devil prince shouted, and his whole body became completely dark, the moqi surged
out of his body and completely filled his body with horrifying strength.
Ye Xiwen's sword intention was also surging and his aura was skyrocketing, while buzzing
louder and louder. It seemed like the entire atmosphere would crack open and the whole
world would shatter down, with the very existence of this uncontrollably boiling sword
intention.
Ye Xiwen's coiling dragon was growing more and more stronger and larger in size, and
infinite strength of the dragon was totally concentrated in Ye Xiwen's body, making the
space around him to tremble. Then suddenly, he shot this concentrate energy towards the
devil prince.
The black light and the white light severely collided into each other at lightning speeds, and
the blinding flash made everyone to close their eyes.
Devil prince was betting on this final attack, even if everyone in his team had already
escaped, he didn't go, but Ye Xiwen didn't retreat either. This was not just the collision
between two attacks, it was a collision between the two races, and Ye Xiwen wanted to
prove to everyone that the very concept of devil superiority, when it came to battle
strength, was simply rubbish!
He didn't retreat, neither did he need to!
This was an incredible explosion that seemed to have shaken the entire world.
"Boom!" The scary collision of the two fearful attacks collapsed the earth, caused huge
amounts of seawater to vaporize, set off countless air explosions, and in the end, the two
attacks mutually ablated each other.
As the blast disappeared, an inverted figure was sent flying into the sky and fell heavily on
the ground. It was actually that young devil prince! The terrifying sword intention was
stuck on his chest, and firmly impaled him to the ground. Everyone saw that this sword
intention was crazily devouring his vitality.
When human experts saw that this insolent devil prince was defeated by Ye Xiwen's sword
attack, suddenly, a burst of cheers resounded throughout the battlefield.
"Ye Xiwen really won, I told you. This devil is no big deal for him!"
"Ye Xiwen is definitely not a rival of this devil prince, but look at the results, Ye Xiwen
managed to take him down, even though he is not yet at Small Truth level. And, I used to
believe the legends that devils are superior to human beings, but it seems that the legends
are entirely bullshit!"
All sorts of encouraging messages were floating among the disciples. After all, they always
believed that devils were terrible creatures and much fiercer than human beings, but
today's battles completely changed their outlook.
Right in front of their eyes, Qi Feifan defeated two half-step experts, one of whom was a
real devil.
And after that, they saw Ye Xiwen, an expert of truth third stage, defeating a devil prince
who was at Small Truth level. Ye Xiwen's battle really inspired many disciples and boosted
their
confidence, making them believe that even they could fight and win against devils.
Now, they understood that devils were not some invincible creatures, that even they could
be defeated and killed! As the smoke completely dispersed, Ye Xiwen's figure became
visible to everyone. Although, there was a serious wound across his waist and there was
blood all over his body, but there was a kind of calm and composed look on his face.
"I cannot die!" Devil prince managed to give one last shout before his eyes gradually lost
the light. He had the ambition to rule ten thousand worlds, and looked down on human
beings, but in the end, he died here and that too at the hands of a human being.
"Just because you were born as a devil doesn't mean that you are stronger than humans.
Anyone can become strong, if they have the will for it. You just belong to a group of savage
beasts that's all!" A cold smile appeared on Ye Xiwen face, as he said these words.
Chapter 199: Obstruct Promotion, Court
Death
The battle at Qianji Island ended up in the victory of the five coalition forces. Bai Mojiao's
raid was nullified in one fell swoop, as if getting rid of epidemic, and there were numerous
casualties in coalition forces of devils and demon beasts. That half-step legendary devil
expert was chased by Qi Feifan and was finally slaughtered. Lu Hongwei managed to escape
with serious injuries, Thunder and deepwater black serpent king were also wounded, but
managed to escape.
This could be said as a harsh blow to the arrogance of Bai Mojiao and devils.
In this battle, two men made legends for the entire world to wonder upon. One was the
invincible expert, who actually single-handedly overwhelmed two half-step legendary
experts.
This was none other than the mythical disciple of Yi Yuan School, well-known as Qi Feifan.
After this battle, one more legend was added to the huge list of his legends, sending
sensation throughout the Great Yue State.
The other was a newly emerging genius named Ye Xiwen. His name spread throughout the
Great Yue State, and he became an
overnight sensation. Initially, his fame was limited within the boundaries of Yi Yuan School
and few other places, but now, the legend of his achievements completely spread, reaching
the far corners of Great Yue State.
He defeated the commander in chief of Imperial Guards, Feng Kong, and a devil prince back
to back.
The details of these two stunning battles quickly spread throughout the Great Yue State
through the mouths of the disciples from the five forces. The rumor about Ye Xiwen
receiving the challenge to a duel from eighth prince, the strongest in the younger
generation of disciples, also spread.
Soon, Ye Xiwen became a well-known figure to everybody.
In a blink of an eye, ten days passed since the Bai Mojiao raid on Qianji Island.
Ye Xiwen slowly opened his eyes in a small courtyard. It took ten days for him to
completely heal the injuries that he received from those two battles.
He fought two experts back to back and none of the two were ordinary experts, especially
that devil prince. The good thing was that he received only flesh wound, which contained
mainly moqi. It was extremely difficult, and took him long time to first refine then consume
devil prince's concentrated moqi.
With the help of Tianyuan mirror, Ye Xiwen managed to extract moqi out of his wounds,
otherwise, for an ordinary expert, even if they somehow managed to survive, they would at
least have to spend a year or two to heal up.
But, Ye Xiwen also gained a lot from these two battles. He had to quickly increase the
comprehension speed of martial arts in the mysterious space, although his accumulation
was still not enough, and it should take long time for the accumulation to reach
breakthrough level for the truth fourth stage.
Although, he had rested for ten days but it was not in vain.
After all, this was the first time he seriously felt the unimaginable gap between himself and
some of the country's top experts.
Despite being on half-step legendary realm, Qi Feifan was simply invincible and heroic, not
to mention, he was much stronger than those old guys at the same level.
Initially, Ye Xiwen had become somewhat arrogant, but after witnessing this war, he finally
had a realization that he was not strong enough!
"Well, it's time to go back to Yi Yuan School." Ye Xiwen said, with a smile. Now, he could go
back and get promoted to the rank of a true disciple. Right now, he was officially an inner
disciple, and there was simply a gap of heaven and earth between an inner disciple and true
disciple.
"I wonder how Brother Qi can possess such kind of strength."
Ye Xiwen said with a sigh.
"Qi Feifan is actually at a level way beyond the half-step legendary realm." Ye Mo said, "He
must be practicing some power technique that doesn't let his breakthrough, hence he can
have a strong accumulation of power, and once he had a breakthrough, he will immediately
reach a higher stage of legendary realm. Don't tell me you actually believe that a half-step
legendary expert can beat the crap out of two half-step legendary experts at once?"
"It is obvious that Qi Feifan has obtained some extraordinary
treasure. I don't know what kind of treasure you are hiding, but I can tell this much that
eighth prince will never be a match of Qi Feifan." Ye Mo said, "So if you want to compete for
the title of Yi Yuan School's head, Qi Feifan is most likely going to be your biggest rival."
"I'm not interested." Ye Xiwen shook his head and said.
By this time, all of the disciples had returned to their respective sects, only Ye Xiwen stayed
back to heal.
Ye Xiwen opened his devil wings and flew at a lightning speed, straight in the direction of Yi
Yuan School. He was much faster and stronger than experts of truth third stage, because his
battle strength was comparable to Small Truth level experts.
Only within an hour, he arrived at Yi Yuan School, all thanks to the incredible speed granted
by his devil wings.
Next, the most urgent task for him was to go to merit palace and change his identity from
an inner to true disciple.
Ye Xiwen quickly went into the merit palace. There were
many people inside the merit palace, some were exchanging demon cores for credits, and
some were exchanging credits for spirit stones.
Ye Xiwen walked all the way and arrived in front of the merit elder, responsible for
overseeing the smooth operation of merit palace.
Everyone looked strangely at Ye Xiwen, although merit elder was responsible for the
functioning of merit palace, but there were several low-tier elders for the job, no one dared
to disturb the merit elder for such matters.
"Ye Xiwen, what are you doing?" The elder said in a somewhat rude manner, and looked at
Ye Xiwen with his sharp gaze.
Several disciples were suddenly startled, because they never thought that this young man
was actually the famous Ye Xiwen.
Although, Ye Xiwen's name was well-known, but not many people knew his appearance.
When they finally knew that this young man was Ye Xiwen, they were suddenly excited.
One must know that Ye Xiwen had now become a legendary figure, and also the idol of
younger
generation of Yi Yuan School.
Ye Xiwen was surprised for a moment, he did not think before that he would bump into
Elder Jin Xuan, a supporter of Luo clan. But, since the other party didn't seem to give him
face, he would naturally not care about giving respect to the elders. Ye Xiwen indifferently
replied: "I have come to get promotion."
"Do you qualify?" Jin Xuan looked coldly at Ye Xiwen, and said.
"Isn't that your job to find out whether I qualify or not." Ye Xiwen sneered, as he knew that
Jin Xuan was intentionally embarrassing him.
"I say, you do not qualify!" Jin Xuan coldly said.
"Presumptuous, you're just a little merit elder, and still dare to arbitrarily decide this kind
of thing?" Ye Xiwen snorted, and loudly said.
The promotion of a disciple to the rank of a true disciple was always a major event for
entire Yi Yuan School. Although, there
were hundreds of true disciples in the sect, but this number was the result of hundreds of
years of accumulation. And, the strength of each true disciple added up to the entire
prosperity of Yi Yuan School.
Once, the merit elder was requested by a disciple for the promotion, he must immediately
report to the elders' council and help him get the promotion.
Ye Xiwen was simply not afraid of him, although, elders held high authority in the sect, but
it was only on par with the status of true disciples. In fact, true disciples were much more
valuable than the elders, considering that the true disciples represented the hope of martial
arts in the sect. They would someday hold the status of a peak-head, higher position in the
sect, and even the position of sect head was available to the strongest true disciple. And
only those, who couldn't hold such prestigious positions, would one day end up as the elder
of the sect.
"Insolent brat, you dare to talk disrespectfully to an elder, do you want to be punished?" Jin
Xuan coldly stared at Ye Xiwen, and shouted. There was an undisguised killing intention in
his eyes. Although, he heard the news that Ye Xiwen had become insanely powerful but he
didn't believe it.
"Disrespecting an elder is a big sin. I'll destroy your cultivation!" Jin Xuan said, and a cruel
smile appeared on his face. He instantly shot his palm and a huge hand, congealed out of
Zhen Yuan, went towards Ye Xiwen. Although, he was confident, but he was being careful
because, he thought that, Ye Xiwen possessed strength comparable to true disciples.
"Damn you!" Ye Xiwen immediately became furious, the killing intention surged out of his
body and Zhen Yuan instantly enveloped his body, like waves of energy, rotating in circular
path around his body, with him at the center.
Suddenly, the roar of a dragon echoed in the merit palace and a coiling dragon appeared
out of nowhere, and collided with the big hand of Jin Xuan. In an instant, Jin Xuan's big
hand, made up of Zhen Yuan, was crushed by the coiling dragon.
"You're bold, but don't you know that the punishment for raising hand on an elder is
death?" Jin Xuan said in a strict manner, but there was no way he could hide the terrified
look in his eyes. How could Ye Xiwen be so powerful? Only two months ago, he was not so
powerful and he could have easily killed Ye Xiwen, if Lin Zhantian had not interfered, but
now, his attack was so easily blocked.
Chapter 200: Behind The Scenes
At this time, Jin Xuan shot the most powerful attack in the form of horrifying Zhen Yuan,
surging towards Ye Xiwen.
The whole merit palace had begun to boil.
"Don't be so full of yourself!" Ye Xiwen sneered and struck with his dragon claw, instantly
forming a whirlwind of dragon qi.
"Boom!", In just a flash, Jin Xuan's attack was pulverized and the terrifying force present in
Ye Xiwen's attack fiercely crashed into Jin Xuan and sent his body spinning, which then
severely crashed on a pillar and, came crumbling down.
Standing on the side, several disciples were stunned when they saw this scene. In just one
move, Ye Xiwen effortlessly defeated Elder Jin Xuan, as if it was nothing.
"Truth level power, ah, Brother Ye is really a truth level expert as the rumors said!"
"Yes, truth level disciples hold high status; even elders do not dare to bully them."
"But this Ye Xiwen is so arrogant; he dared to raise hands on an elder."
"What elder, this elder is audacious, hasn't he heard of Brother Ye's famous deeds? Even
the commander in chief of Imperial Guards died in his hands. He is certainly a highly
cultured super genius of martial arts, but Jin Xuan dares to obstruct Brother Ye's
promotion, he is basically courting death."
A disciple sneered, "This thing must be reported top elders council, so that from now on, no
one dares to offend Brother Ye."
"God, this Ye Xiwen's strength progresses too fast, I know because I joined Qianyu faction.
Last time I saw him, he was not this much strong!"
"A weakling like you wants to obstruct my promotion?" Ye Xiwen sneered and looked at Jin
Xuan, who was miserably groaning on the ground.
This was really the biggest mistake of his life. He shouldn't have obstructed Ye Xiwen's
promotion. Since the disciples, who got promoted to the true disciple rank, weren't
generally so strong. They usually were on Truth first or second stage and couldn't possibly
be Jin Xuan's opponents, but the same case didn't apply on Ye Xiwen.
"Ye Xiwen, stop!" At this time, a hoarse voice resounded in the merit palace. Ye Xiwen
turned around and saw an old man in purple, and right now, there was a sort of smile on
his face.
Someone had informed the penalty palace about this conflict and an elder came to mediate.
Elders from penalty palace were usually strong enough to be able to mediate conflicts
between rebellious powerhouses.
Ye Xiwen recognized the patter on this old man's clothes and found out that he was not just
any elder from penalty palace, but, he was actually the lord of penalty palace. He held one
of the strongest positions in Yi Yuan School, right under sect head and the peak-leaders.
Even high level true disciples were afraid of him, because he was never lenient when it
came to punishments.
"Greetings to Penal elder" Ye Xiwen cupped his hands and
respectfully said.
Penal elder saw the respectful look on Ye Xiwen's face and nodded with a somewhat
satisfied smile. He was informed that Ye Xiwen was arrogant, despotic and very rebellious,
but now when he met Ye Xiwen in person, he appeared very humble.
But he did not know that Ye Xiwen was simply not a humble person. Ye Xiwen followed the
simply rule of tit for tat. He was the type who would return whatever was given to him ten
folds, whether it was respect or disrespect.
Ye Xiwen's attitude towards people was completely determined by the attitude of the other
side towards him. So Ye Xiwen's enemies would often feel that Ye Xiwen was very arrogant
and despotic, while his friends would often feel that Ye Xiwen was someone they could get
along with very well.
Ye Xiwen believed that harmony between people was possible only if there was respect for
each other. If people would give him face, he would also give them face, but if anyone would
try to hurt him then he would certainly not show any mercy.
"What's going on here?" Penal elder asked strictly but there
was no ill-intent present in his voice.
Ye Xiwen immediately calmed down when he realized that the other party was not actually
his enemy. He could sense the aura of Penal elder and found out that he was half-step
legendary expert and his strength was second to only each of the peak-leaders and the sect
head.
"This Jin Xuan has some ulterior motive, I don't know for whom he is working for but he
just now tried to obstruct my advancement to the rank of a true disciple." Ye Xiwen quietly
explained.
A smile appeared on the Penal elder's face. This Ye Xiwen was really a straightforward guy
and didn't hesitate to use brute force whenever he was facing injustice. In any case, Jin
Xuan was an elder of Yi Yuan School but he tried to suppress a truth level disciple, which
was not something an elder should do. He was the culprit in this case and must be
punished.
"Well indeed, Jin Xuan is really quite audacious. But don't you worry; I will investigate this
matter thoroughly and make sure he is punished." Penal elder immediately began
implementing his powers as the lord of penalty palace, because as long as there was
violation of regulations, he was eligible to intervene.
But was also secretly speechless at the authority of Penal elder, though Jin Xuan was at
wrong in this case but to be able to arrest an elder so easily, this really showed his supreme
authority in Yi Yuan School.
And one must not forget that Jin Xuan was associated with influential Luo clan, so this also
showed that Penal elder was not at all bothered to give face to Luo clan.
"I heard about your achievements in Qianji Island, your actions have boosted the prestige
of Yi Yuan School. Since your cultivation is already at truth third stage so there won't be
any problem in giving you promotion." Penal elder said. "I will report it to the elders'
council, and soon, you will become a true disciple. A mountain peak will be exclusively
prepared for you as well."
When Jim Xuan was taken into custody by penalty palace, it set off huge commotion in Yi
Yuan School, and immediately, elders' conference was organized to discuss about this
matter.
"Ye Xiwen is too much, he actually beat up a merit elder, how dare he look down on the
sect?" Tian Wushuang roared and
seemed very angry, which was understandable because he was the lord of merit palace and
what Ye Xiwen did was simply like a great insult to him.
Wu Potian, the head of Yi Yuan School, was sitting on the main seat and addressing to the
conference. There was a solemn look on his face and no one knew what he was thinking.
"This thing went really out of hand, especially because Ye Xiwen is involved in it. We all
know about his achievements and his importance for our sect, so the matter regarding his
promotion to the rank of true disciple must be reported to elders' council and should be
done properly. It should be very clear that true disciples hold utmost importance in our
sect, I don't need to repeat myself over and over, you all already know what I am trying to
say!" Penal elder said in a strong tone.
Several elders nodded, there had been many disputes in Yi Yuan School, despite the strict
regulation by Penal code, in fact, it was all to encourage competition among each other for
the growth of all, but only few people actually involved in friendly matches and maintained
peace. It was simply impossible for everyone to maintain such friendly attitude because
people usually held ulterior motives, and forget about disciples, even some of the elders
had their own selfish reasons, and so expecting everyone to be selfless was basically
impossible. So
long as it the dispute was still within the scope of control, they could try to calm things
down.
But the bottom line was that the future prosperity of Yi Yuan School was directly
proportional to the number of true disciples. It would directly determine how this sect
would perform in the next few hundred years, so no one should look down on such rare
valuable treasures called true disciples.
Jin Xuan indeed did something that was strictly not allowed in Yi Yuan School, no wonder it
alerted the elders council and he was dragged away mercilessly by the penalty palace.
"And Jin Xuan not only attempted to embarrass Ye Xiwen, he went one step ahead and
attacked as well, which strictly violates the regulations of the sect. I even suspect that
someone is pulling his strings." Penal elder coldly said.
The other elders didn't answer because none of them believed that Jin Xuan had been
ordered by someone to attack Ye Xiwen.
Who would be so stupid to plan an attack on a war-hero like Ye Xiwen? Everyone knew that
Ye Xiwen single-handedly defeated a terrifying devil expert of Small Truth level. Even if
right now, he was truth third level, everyone had come to see him as someone comparable
to eighth prince.
Jin Xuan was merely at truth third stage, so who would send him to attack Ye Xiwen? It was
just like sending someone to their own death. So one thing was certain that Jin Xuan was
not ordered by someone to humiliate and attack Ye Xiwen.
When none of the elders said anything, Penal elder continued:
"I find Jin Xuan as guilty in this matter and he must be punished!"
Chapter 201: Fifth Pro-Disciple
"If you do not punish him, then from here on, no one will obey the regulations of Yi Yuan
School, especially when it comes to such fundamental rules." Penal elder said.
"I think Jin Xuan elders did not do it intentionally, he must have wanted to test the strength
of Ye Xiwen." At this time, Tian Wushuang didn't know what to say in order to protect Jin
Xuan except to prove Jin Xuan as a stupid person who was unaware of Ye Xiwen's strength
and dared to get involved in such a matter; the most stupid kind of guy who just wanted to
show off his strength in front of a junior.
"So you think that he is just a stupid guy who tried to test Ye Xiwen's strength? Who would
believe such an excuse!?" Penal elder said coldly, "Who doesn't know about the events that
took place on Qianji Island. It was Ye Xiwen who provided accurate information and helped
us avoid, what could have been a very serious loss to our sect. And thanks to that vital
information, we managed to wipe out the enemy forces of Bai Mojiao, and not just that, it
also created a very good opportunity for Yi Yuan School to set up its reputation as an
invincible force in front of the other major forces. In the future, no one would dare to look
down on our younger generation."
"Now, everyone has seen the true talent of Ye Xiwen but there's a chance that he may have
some hidden strengths that we still haven't seen. Various forces have already recognized
his strength, and in the future, he is likely to have a duel with the eighth prince and the
other top players of the younger generation. Our job should be to safeguard Ye Xiwen, the
only hope of leading our younger generation in this race so that Yi Yuan School doesn't lose
face in front of other sects." Penal elder said.
Although the other elders did not speak, they clearly agreed with whatever penal elder said
just now. Some of the elders wanted to object but they couldn't do it openly. But, objection
was clearly visible in their eyes!
"Such a genius, there's no limit to the amount of care and support we must provide him
with. We must not forget that after we old people are not there to protect the sect, we will
have to rely on the younger generation to ensure the safety, security of Yi Yuan School. Only
they will be able to maintain our sect's elaborate reputation and keep it going in the
future."
Penal elder said and glanced at those elders who were showing signs of objection through
their eyes.
Everyone suddenly turned their faces sideways and looked at
each other; after all, none of the elders participating in this meeting were at low rank. All of
them held high positions and were extremely old, to the extent that most of them would not
live another hundred years to look after the well-being of their sect.
And how old was Ye Xiwen? He was merely about twenty years old and his cultivation
would grant him a lifespan of about four hundred years, which was an entire generation of
life.
Today, if they really offended such a peerless genius, then in the future, looking at Ye
Xiwen's promising talent and unimaginable growth rate, perhaps, they might have to face
serious consequences. By then, in their absence, Ye Xiwen would have surpassed them all
and even their successors might also have to face Ye Xiwen's wrath.
Ye Xiwen had so much potential and talent that in the future, he would most likely become
a peak-leader, and later, he might even become the head of Yi Yuan School. Was it really
worth it to offend Ye Xiwen?
After witnessing the recent events, now, no one would dare to underestimate Ye Xiwen,
because they had come to realize that Ye Xiwen's talent was actually transcendent.
They felt somewhat strange in their hearts, trying to figure out why Penal elder was
helping Ye Xiwen. They didn't know that Penal elder was doing this to give a serious blow
to Luo clan's influence, which would ultimately also affect Chu Jingcai's influence. Also, he
wanted to tie a friendly knot between Huang Luochen and Ye Xiwen, because this would
ultimately increase the influence of Huang Luochen. So long as one had enough common
sense, one would not want to offend Ye Xiwen and certainly wouldn't try to make an enemy
out of him.
Penal elder wanted to win over Ye Xiwen's trust and support for Huang Luochen. If Ye
Xiwen agreed to join Huang Luochen's faction then that would be a great addition and
would certainly give a boost to his influence over other pro-disciples. And even if Ye Xiwen
doesn't agree to join, after growing strong in the future, he would certainly support Huang
Luochen, and would be just like 'Icing on the cake'!
Ye Xiwen demonstrated endless potential and no one could predict how strong he would
become in the future. So it was for the best to not offend such a person and an experienced
old guy like him certainly understood such a basic point!
Everyone looked at Wu Potian and waited for him to state the
final judgment!
Wu Potian, at this time, no longer looked indifferent instead he glanced at the crowd and
said: "Jin Xuan will be stripped of his elder's identity and sent to guard the mines. That's my
final decision!"
Suddenly, everyone was shocked in their hearts. Getting stripped of the identity of an elder,
for Jin Xuan, it was worse than dying. There were no small benefits for elders which were
especially necessary for later practice because as the cultivation grew, more and more
practice resources were required for further advancing to the next realm, after all, not
everyone was daring like Ye Xiwen, who roamed about everywhere and plundered many
resources whenever required.
For most people, the resources granted by sect were the main source of strength and also
the safest way.
Without the resources granted by the sect, Jin Xuan's further practice would be extremely
difficult, and considering his almost finished lifespan, it was a very serious punishment.
But since the head had already made a decision, including
Tian Wushuang, no one dared to refute.
"One more thing, Ye Xiwen is to be immediately promoted to the rank of other four pro-
disciples!" Wu Potian's next sentence suddenly startled all of the elders, because everybody
expected him to be promoted to the rank of true disciples, whether it was strength or
credit, Ye Xiwen had more than enough.
Ye Xiwen indeed deserved to be promoted to a true disciple!
But to be placed among the four strongest true disciples was simply unexpected for
everyone. It could be said that although there were hundreds of true disciples in Yi Yuan
School, but only the most distinguished and peerless geniuses were allowed to be called as
the pro-disciples, and only they were allowed to compete for the position of 'Head'. These
pro-disciples held strength, prestige and personal connections, making them much
superior to other true disciples.
Pro-disciples were considered elites even among the elites like true disciples, in the past
hundred years, there were only four who managed to achieve this rank. But today, Wu
Potian unexpectedly added Ye Xiwen to the same rank, which suggested that Ye Xiwen
would have such an elaborate and promising future that his success might be comparable
with
that of the four pro-disciples.
The last time when Wu Potian made such a judgment, Qi Feifan had an extraordinary rise in
both fame and strength. At that time, no one expected that Qi Feifan would become such a
legendary expert in the future but Wu Potian was able to make a correct judgment about
him.
This was the second time Wu Potian made such a judgment, so did it mean that Ye Xiwen
would become a possible future rival for Qi Feifan?
But while they were extremely dismayed, no one dared to question Wu Potian's decision. Yi
Yuan School's inheritance was an accumulation of so many years and they certainly focused
on cultivating geniuses. As long as they could nurture a true genius, the sect was willing to
devote a lot of resources for it, this was also one of the main reasons how Yi Yuan School
was able to stand tall for so many years.
"I hope everyone is aware of the declaration of duel to Ye Xiwen from the eighth prince?"
Wu Potian looked at the crowd and asked.
"En!" everyone nodded.
"This duel will be canceled, no matter what happens it must be canceled!" Wu Potian said,
"Ye Xiwen's practice time is still short, this duel will be scheduled to some other time, when
he is sufficiently strong to be able to deal with eighth prince and the others. Ye Xiwen is the
new backbone of the younger generation of Yi Yuan School, we cannot afford to lose him."
All of the elders nodded because they too agreed with Wu Potian's idea, after all, except Ye
Xiwen, none of the other disciples lived up to the expectations. One must know that Luo
Yifan was considered the leader of younger generation in Yi Yuan School and he was
nothing compared to the eighth prince.
The gap between them was extremely big, but Ye Xiwen rose up as a new ray of hope for Yi
Yuan School.
While dealing with an evildoer, let evildoer do the job!
Thinking about it, when Qi Feifan rose to fame, none of the other major forces was able to
put forth a strong rival for him, making them utterly depressed. In fact, a lot of people said
that perhaps, Qi Feifan took birth in the wrong era, he should have taken birth in the era of
eighth prince then Yi Yuan School wouldn't have to face such embarrassment.
In the recent years, Yi Yuan School couldn't produce a competent rival for the eighth prince,
but now, finally, Ye Xiwen came into picture, showing the ability to compete with eighth
prince and the other top players in same generation. It would generally take a lot of time
and resources to nurture a peerless genius, but now, with the unexpected rise of Ye Xiwen,
they would certainly not let him die early. Yi Yuan School had sufficient grounds to protect
Ye Xiwen.
Quite simple, Ye Xiwen was significantly younger than eighth prince, so he must be allowed
to train for ten more years, and then he would have the ability to compete with the eighth
prince.
Unconsciously, they were all very confident of Ye Xiwen, after all, despite being so young, if
he was able to kill Feng Kong, the commander in chief of Imperial guards, then in the next
ten years, people believed that he would at least catch up with eighth prince and the others.
Everyone wanted him to defeat the eighth prince!
"If the eighth prince doesn't stop then I will personally go into
action and protect Ye Xiwen." Wu Potian said in a cold voice.
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The news spread like wild forest fire that Elder Jin Xuan was deprived of his elder's identity
and sent to guard a mine, whereas Ye Xiwen was promoted to the rank of a true disciple,
which was an obvious result. But gaining the rank of a pro-disciple shocked everyone.
Of course, this time, the value of a merit elder faded away in front of Ye Xiwen, the long-
awaited priceless star of the sect.
But everyone was surprised to find out the head himself promoted Ye Xiwen to the rank of
pro-disciple.
The same thing happened once before with Qi Feifan, he took the place of fifth pro-disciple
and he later became a legend in Yi Yuan School.
And now, after Qi Feifan, Ye Xiwen took the fifth place. Last time, just when Qi Feifan had
become a pro-disciple, there was a sudden growth in his popularity, there was also a
sudden rise of his faction, in terms of both strength and size, and thanks to that, his
followers had also received great advantages.
So now it seemed like Ye Xiwen would also have a similar rise
like Qi Feifan had, and many people wanted to take advantage of this opportunity. After all,
anyone would want to wash hands in a flowing river.
"This Ye Xiwen is really too incredible, the Elder Jin Xuan was not only beaten by him but
was also deprived of his elder's identity."
"Well, of course, Ye Xiwen has become the fifth pro-disciple, whereas, Jin Xuan is merely an
ordinary elder, there's no comparison between the two."
"I tell you, this Ye Xiwen is simply a legend, a myth, and now with the rise in his status, the
disciples of Qianyu faction will have a meteoric rise in strength and status. It's no longer the
faction of newbies, because now, it belongs to a pro-disciple.
Unfortunately, I did not join early and even if I go now and join Qianyu faction, I am afraid I
won't be able to get the higher ranks."
"Yes, even the head said that he is personally going to protect Ye Xiwen. I was worried that
Ye Xiwen might be killed by the eighth prince, but now I am assured that within the
protection of our head, even if the eighth prince dares to come, he will meet his tragic end."
Everyone was discussing about Ye Xiwen.
But for Ye Xiwen, the most important thing was to receive control of his peak from the sect.
It was a tall mountain and it seemed as if the peak of this mountain was floating in the sky.
Without taking much time, Ye Xiwen named it Qianyu peak; anyway he had decided the
name long ago so he didn't spend much time while naming it.
And afterwards, Qianyu peak would become the permanent residence of Qianyu faction
and all of the disciples of Qianyu faction would go there to live. Not to mention, the size of
Qianyu peak was more than enough to accommodate thousands of people.
But as of now, there were few hundred disciples in Qianyu faction and accommodating
them should not be a big deal. Not to mention, most of the disciples still lived in their
respective ten peaks, so basically, not even hundred disciples were going to live on Qianyu
peak.
It was great news for Qianyu disciples because their leader, Ye Xiwen, not only became a
true disciple; he also became a pro-disciple with only four other at the same rank.
There was a heaven and earth's difference between an ordinary true disciple and a pro-
disciple.
Ye Xiwen took control of Qianyu peak from an elder, and the first thing he did was to give
full access to Qianyu faction. This peak was already like a war-fortress with several Zhen
methods for attack and defense, but they only activated in the most critical situations, and
under normal circumstances, there was no way to activate these mechanisms.
Ye Xiwen was not satisfied with the defense mechanisms and directly deployed the
Poisonous Dragon Water Control Flag array. Several deepwater black serpents congealed
out of nowhere and completely surrounded the Qianyu peak from all directions. It seemed
as if the peak was being invaded by these serpents and the defense mechanisms
immediately activated.
But as suspected, these defense mechanisms were not satisfactory!
However, Ye Xiwen's Poisonous Water Dragon Control Flag array was enough to serve as a
formidable defense for the
Qianyu peak.
And most importantly, there was a spiritual artery buried on Qianyu peak, although the
Lingqi present was not generally sufficient, but since the flag array would be perennially
buried in the spiritual artery, so over time, it would continue to enhance the quality of the
flag, in fact, even Ye Xiwen couldn't make a guess about the rise in energy with the passage
of time.
Of course, if necessary, Ye Xiwen could come back at any time to protect Qianyu peak.
After Ye Xiwen acquired control of Qianyu peak, it didn't take long for the news to spread
throughout the sect, and soon many people, who were already interested in Ye Xiwen's
strength and glory, discovered that right after he entered the Qianyu peak, several
deepwater black serpents came out of nowhere and surrounded the peak, they were
roaring non-stop and their killing intention was crazily soaring in all directions. And since
now the flag array was rooted into the spiritual artery of Qianyu peak, it was able to display
far more power when compared to how it used to perform in the hands of Ye Xiwen.
"What a terrifying killer Zhen method! What kind of killer Zhen method has Ye Xiwen
buried in his peak?"
"His killing method has taken over the sky itself, waiting to attack the prey!"
"What is this killer Zhen method, how come I've never seen it before?" An elder said and
looked at Ye Xiwen, who, at this time, was planting the Poisonous Dragon Water Control
Flag Array into the spiritual artery.
The gazes of many true disciples, elders and other powerhouses were glued to Ye Xiwen,
and the reason was quite simple, they just wanted to learn more about the fifth pro-disciple
of Yi Yuan School and would he be able to create legend like Qi Feifan.
Immediately after Ye Xiwen was done burying the flag array, Lingqi gushed out suddenly
from Qianyu peak and completely enveloped it in large stocks of surging Lingqi. Everyone
looked at this scene with look of terror and shock in their eyes.
"What's going on, from where did all this Lingqi suddenly emerged onto the mountain peak.
It seems like a Zhen method which forcefully extracts Lingqi out of the spiritual artery and
then seals it off."
"Yes, extravagant, and if this continues, soon, the huge concentration of Lingqi on the peak
will eventually liquefy, but this way the spiritual artery will be consumed very fast and may
get depleted within a century or so."
"What are you talking about? He has managed to extract Lingqi faster from the spiritual
artery; the sect would definitely praise him for it."
"Yes, we should not forget that now he is a pro-disciple and owns superior treatment even
when compared to true disciples."
Most of the disciples were envious but were rather more shocked, they did not know how
Ye Xiwen managed to get his hands on so many top level Zhen methods.
Including many of the true disciples, even the elders were in a state of shock, because in
such a short time, Ye Xiwen managed to implement such a potent Zhen method that it was
basically sucking Lingqi out of millenniums old spiritual artery. From where did he grasp
such a powerful Zhen method?
Such concentration of Lingqi was almost comparable to the holy lands of Yi Yuan School,
which were formed only after many years of conservation.
Although there would be a shocking consumption rate because of this, but in general, it
would do more good than harm.
Especially, a lot of forces were still holding hostility for Ye Xiwen, but now that they saw his
performance with their own eyes, they came to realize that his capabilities were already far
beyond their imagination and it was literally impossible to deal with him.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, I am Ye Xiwen, the fifth pro-disciple of Yi Yuan School. Just now, I
acquired a mountain peak of my own and named it Qianyu peak. From hereby on-wards, it
is going to be the residence and Headquarters of Qianyu faction.
Later, if I find out that someone tried to aim their evil intentions towards Qianyu peak or
my people in my absence, I will make sure to obliterate your existence from this world!"
Ye Xiwen's voice burst out from Qianyu peak and spread throughout Yi Yuan School like a
storm. Everyone was secretly speechless after they discovered the depth of Ye Xiwen's skill.
To be able to send his voice surging and trembling throughout the expanse of humongous
Yi Yuan School was not something an ordinary true disciple could achieve. Just how
unimaginably deep his skill actually was and was he really a third stage true disciple?
After listening to his overwhelming battle-cry like announcement, although many people
still could not pin-point his strength level, but at least now they understood why he was
made a pro-disciple by the head
"Qianyu faction is really lucky; having a pro-disciple in the faction means their future
prospects are simply unimaginable!"
"Not to forget, disciples of Qianyu faction are going to live in a practice environment of
Qianyu peak which is rich in Lingqi, which is concentrated enough to be on the verge of
liquefying.
Only top level elders, peak leaders and head of the sect are able to access such a kind of
practice environment but now it accessible to Qianyu faction. It's like they are going to get
the same treatment as top elders and leaders of the sect."
"In such a short time, Ye Xiwen not only became a true disciple but also managed to obtain
the title of a pro-disciple."
"But looking at his qualifications, it will still take a lot of time for him to achieve the level of
other four pro-disciples."
"Yes, but you must consider the fact that other four pro-disciples have been around for
decades and almost a century, but in comparison, Ye Xiwen is just 20 years old and still
became a pro-disciple."
"But just think, he is just 20 years old and has a lifespan of 400
years. There are so many decades left for him to break through the heavens."
"With his talent and the kind of importance he holds for the sect, unless and until he
doesn't end up dead in some conspiracy, I'm afraid his future prospects are extraordinary!"
Chapter 203: One Xiantian Dan For Each
Ye Xiwen was busy day and night, implementing many Zhen methods taught by his in-
house magic professor, Ye Mo. With all of the strategically implemented Zhen methods, the
entire Qianyu peak looked like paradise on earth, especially because of the planted
heavenly treasures, all of which had matured overnight. There was a burst of herbal
fragrance when the liquefied Lingqi helped in quick production of herbs, which generally
took hundred years or more than a millennium to fully mature. But right now, all of them
were present in Ye Xiwen's medicinal garden.
However one had to admit that the treatment of pro-disciples in Yi Yuan School was simply
unimaginably good. Even Ye Xiwen had not thought that he would actually be able to own a
medicinal garden where he could grow heavenly treasures, not to mention, he also
obtained spiritual arteries buried under his peak.
In fact, there were several herbal gardens in Yi Yuan School and pro-disciples used to get an
open-supply of herbs from there, perennially. Of course, although pro-disciples could take
any herb from the garden but there was a monthly limit, and if exceeded, they might have
to purchase those herbs with spirit stones, but still, pro-disciples always enjoyed
preference over
other disciples.
"My God, so many herbs have ripened overnight, you know, there are many of them that
need several years to fully mature and some actually need several hundred years, but all of
these matured overnight!" Many disciples were stunned to witness such a scene.
This outcome was possible because of endless supply of Lingqi to the garden which helped
with the early ripening, after all, these herbs needed to absorb huge amounts of Lingqi to
fully mature and, under normal conditions it would take several years to slowly accumulate
so much Lingqi from the atmosphere. However, now that Ye Xiwen could provide them
with endless support of Lingqi, it accelerated the ripening speed.
For a time, the entire Qianyu peak was filled with herbal fragrance and was attracting the
attention of everyone.
Originally, Qianyu peak was already a sacred ground with its own spiritual artery and
medicinal garden, but now, with Ye Xiwen's interference, it had simply become the holy
land for practicing martial arts.
By this time, everyone had come to realize that Ye Xiwen was no ordinary existence, and
knew extraordinary means that were simply unheard of, things that were never seen
before.
They did not know that more than half of these secret methods were taught to Ye Xiwen by
Ye Mo, otherwise how could he possibly know about so many magical techniques?
Although Ye Mo was just a spiritual being, he was very wise and clearly knew about many
magical techniques.
After this night, Ye Xiwen's prestige soared to a whole new level, though still not
comparable to the four pro-disciples, it was clearly above ordinary true disciples.
Many people had already seen through the potential of Ye Xiwen's plan. He had basically
turned Qianyu peak into a holy ground for practicing martial arts and if a Houtian or
Xiantian expert was to practice there then it won't be a problem for them to cross the
threshold and step into the next realm.
To be able to break from Xiantian realm to truth realm, this was a huge attraction for
almost all Xiantian experts.
To think about it, there were tens of thousands of core disciples but there were only few
hundred true disciples and that too was the result of accumulation for several decades or
centuries.
On an average, only one out of several hundred core disciples managed to step into truth
realm, but by practicing on Qianyu peak, one could experience an increase in success rate
to a considerable extent, after all, the disciples of Qianyu faction would enjoy top-notch
practice conditions which were accessible only to the top-level elders of Yi Yuan School.
Ye Xiwen suddenly became an unsurpassable legendary figure in the hearts of all.
After completion of arrangements on Qianyu peak, Ye Xiwen summoned some of the top
level officials of Qianyu faction; in fact, he called Ye Feng and the others.
"Brother, you're too much!" Ye Ruxue patted on the shoulder of Ye Xiwen and said with a
pleased look on her face, "If we practice in such an environment then it will be more
effective, and in the future, we can hope to step into the truth realm."
"Of course, the truth realm is something that must be achieved by all." Ye Xiwen said, "And
at this point, I'll help you."
For Ye Xiwen, his family and friends were a very important part of his life and, by achieving
truth realm an expert's lifespan could reach up to four-five hundred years. Within the
coming two centuries, his family members and friends would be dead if they didn't manage
to step into truth realm, so he must take measures now itself.
Moreover, both Ye Ruxue and Ye Feng were extremely talented and even without Ye
Xiwen's help, in the next of couple of decades, they would naturally become the rare stars
of Yi Yuan School and as long as they wouldn't face any accident, reaching the truth realm
shouldn't be a problem. Not to mention, if they were to receive help from Ye Xiwen then
they would be able to achieve it faster and much more efficiently.
And after becoming true disciples, they would certainly add up to Ye Xiwen's force as
excellent allies and strong faction officials.
Some people were really excited, although they had been called a genius by peers and
elders, the current situation was still very exciting for them all, after all they were still too
far from the truth realm. Excluding a legendary evildoer [monster]
like Ye Xiwen, who was simply an anomaly, according to their
estimates, it would probably take at least take two or three decades for them to step into
the truth realm or maybe longer.
But now with Ye Xiwen's help in the form of endless practice resources and excellent
practice environment of Qianyu peak, there was no doubt that their cultivation would
increase by leaps and bounds, and in a short time, they would definitely break through to
the truth realm.
They were extremely excited because even if they were considered as genius newbies of Yi
Yuan School, there was still a huge gap between them and true disciples.
"Since now I have been promoted to the rank of a pro-disciple, there will certainly be a lot
of people who want to join Qianyu faction." Ye Xiwen said in a calm manner and everyone
nodded.
What he said was true because earlier, he just held the enormous potential to step into the
truth realm, but now, he finally became a true disciple, and not just that, now he also held
the title of fifth pro-disciple, so those who were still waiting to join would certainly not
miss this opportunity.
"But what I mean to say is that, we cannot recruit too many people. Our focus should be to
recruit only elites." Ye Xiwen said and basically meant that rather than turning Qianyu into
a
bulky faction like many other factions of true disciples, they must aim to become an elite
faction by recruiting only elites,
"Those who are already a part of Qianyu faction will be called as original disciples and the
new ones, who want to join now, must fulfill the minimum requirement of being at Xiantian
seventh stage. I repeat, we only recruit people with great potential."
Everyone nodded because if before, a Xiantian seventh stage expert was willing to join
Qianyu faction, they would be overjoyed, but now the situation was different.
"I know that we have a lot of Houtian level disciples in our factions compared to other
factions." Ye Xiwen said with a smile, because the establishment of Qianyu faction was
based on the new disciples. Only one-third of these new disciples were in Xiantian realm,
the remaining two-thirds were still in Houtian realm. Later in the last one year's time, one-
third of them managed to step into Xiantian realm while remaining one-third were still at
the peak of Houtian ninth stage. It would take more than a year for the rest of them to
naturally step into the Xiantian realm.
But Ye Xiwen wanted to increase the overall strength of Qianyu faction in a short time, and
since these new disciples represented the original strength of the faction when compared
to new additions, so Ye Xiwen wanted all of them to get stronger
as fast as possible. His main motive was to help them step into the truth realm, and only by
achieving this motive, Qianyu faction would become self-sufficient.
"So I intend to set up an alchemy furnace." Ye Xiwen said, "I am going to refine hundreds of
Xiantian Dans for the members of Qianyu faction who are still in Houtian realm. I think that
all of the members of our faction must be in Xiantian realm."
Everyone was surprised for a moment. Ye Xiwen was so generous, after all, even a hundred
Xiantian Dan was not a small sum. Thinking about it, although these people were
considered as geniuses in their previous respective sub-sects, they still didn't possess
Xiantian Dans, which was such an important item for having a successful breakthrough
from Houtian to Xiantian realm, but now, Ye Xiwen was going to openly refine and
distribute Xiantian Dans among them.
Now, it was like Xiantian Dan was no different from vegetables and was being openly
distributed in public interest so everyone could have one!
Also, many people were curious to know how Ye Xiwen managed to get his hands on the
alchemical formula of Xiantian Dan and what kind of method he would apply to refine
hundreds of Xiantian Dans.
They certainly did not know that for Ye Xiwen, alchemy was not a difficult thing. He had
already learnt many superior alchemy approaches and methods under the mentorship of
Ye Mo. Ye Xiwen was going to follow these much more efficient methods to refine Xiantian
Dans in bulk, and by following Ye Mo's refining method, even the efficacy of these Dans
would be much better than usual.
"In addition, I will be refining some of the Hehe Dans as well, so the experts at Xiantian fifth
stage can have the breakthrough and practice further into the subsequent stages of
Xiantian realm." Ye Xiwen said, "Then I will refine a lot of Ling Dans for everyone to use.
Basically, from here on, the senior executives of Qianyu faction will be able to raise their
cultivation at an extremely fast rate."
Of course, Ye Xiwen was refining immortality pills at the perfection level by relying on
superior alchemy techniques taught by Ye Mo, and when consumed, they would leave no
after-effects, hence allowing them to enhance the strength in shortest possible time.
There were a lot of things that Ye Xiwen personally could not
do, after all, he was a pro-disciple and might have to deal with a lot of things, so he would
have to greatly enhance the strength of the executives of Qianyu faction.
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By constantly practicing the art of alchemy in the mysterious space, he had already reached
the pinnacle of this art, and now, he was way better at it than those other old alchemists. In
fact, when considering the teachings of Ye Mo, his skills would be earth-shattering.
There were many rumors spreading everywhere that Ye Xiwen was able to refine many
treasures whose formulae had been lost for several years. Although he knew alchemy and
he also had a top class alchemy furnace, the most important thing was the amount of raw
materials in his possession. Even if he had the entire required infrastructure to produce
something, he would still need enough raw materials.
No matter what kind of immortality pill was to be produced, a lot of herbs were required
along with a huge supply of Lingqi to carry out alchemical reactions.
Now, there was no shortage of Lingqi since there was an endless supply of it on Qianyu
peak, and to such an extent that Lingqi was getting liquefied on Qianyu peak. This
phenomenon was actually comparable to the spiritual shrine of Yi Yuan School.
And now, thanks to endless supply of concentrated Lingqi, Ye Xiwen created a lush garden
of medicinal herbs overnight. All of the fruits ripened and flowers bloomed overnight and
the overall production was lavish. Basically, there would be no lack of herbs and medicine
for Ye Xiwen.
The disciples of Qianyu faction were collecting the herbs from garden and taking them over
to the place where alchemy furnace was placed. He was just sitting before the furnace and
continuously casting alchemy techniques day and night to produce Dans.
For the first few days, he was planning to refine only Xiantian Dans. It could be considered
as the simplest prescription and he knew the secret process to refine it. Some medicinal
herbs were required for refining Xiantian Dan but Ye Xiwen wasn't bothered since now he
owned a medicinal garden where all kinds of herbs could be found and even new herbs
could be grown within a matter of minutes. This was something only Ye Xiwen could do; in
fact, only he could afford to do so.
Ye Xiwen was able to refine a few hundred Xiantian Dans in just one day's refining and one
must know that it's insane. Even the most veteran alchemists were able to refine a batch of
twenty to thirty Xiantian Dans in one day, which was the reason why Dans were generally
so expensive.
With the help of so many Xiantian Dans, refined by Ye Xiwen, many breakthroughs into
Xiantian realm cropped up one after another on Qianyu peak and spread huge torrents of
auras on the peak ......
A month's time passed in a blink of an eye and in this month, many of the disciples of
Qianyu faction leveled up considerably.
No one expected that these big movements would continue to occur for the whole month;
first the original members of Qianyu faction broke through from Houtian to Xiantian realm,
and those who were already in Xiantian realm also stepped into further stages after
multiple breakthroughs.
The senior members of Qianyu faction, who were at Xiantian fourth or fifth stage, also had
breakthroughs during this month and successfully stepped into Xiantian Xiao realm, while
some members also stepped into Xiantian sixth stage.
In this short period of time, there was a qualitative mutation in Qianyu faction and its
strength increased by leaps and bounds, as the core members suddenly leveled up.
Thanks to this sudden increase in strength by leaps and bounds, now, Qianyu faction could
be considered a middle-level faction. Although it was still not comparable with the factions
of other four pro-disciples in terms of strength but since only one month had passed after
Ye Xiwen became a pro-disciple, one could imagine the growth potential of this faction.
Soon, a big news spread throughout the sect that the fifth pro-disciple, Ye Xiwen, had set up
an alchemy furnace on Qianyu peak and was refining a large number of immortality pills,
but instead of keeping them for himself, he was distributing it among the disciples of
Qianyu faction, and as a result, their cultivation was increasing by leaps and bounds.
At this rate, perhaps, Qianyu faction would be able to catch up with ordinary true disciple
factions in a very short period of time, although there would still be a big gap between his
faction and the four other pro-factions, the speed was already amazingly quick.
When everyone got to know that Ye Xiwen was bleeding money to train members of Qianyu
faction, suddenly numerous disciples were envious and wanted to join, but it was too late
now. Earlier, when the standards to join Qianyu faction were very low, they were just
waiting and watching and now when Ye Xiwen actually became a pro-disciple, the standard
requirements suddenly became much higher and they had no chance but to give up. Qianyu
faction suddenly became the faction of elites and if someone wanted to join it, the minimum
requisite was to have one's cultivation at Xiantian seventh stage.
But seeing the recruitment criteria of Qianyu faction, suddenly a lot of factions were at ease
because it seemed like Qianyu faction was choosing the route of the elites and not
expanding rapidly. And since Ye Xiwen did not intend to expand rapidly, they could also
cooperate.
After all, if Ye Xiwen started open recruitment, without any pre-requisites, then perhaps all
of the idle disciples of Yi Yuan School would come running to join Qianyu faction.
Just because Ye Xiwen had kept high standards which included that the experts must be at
Xiantian seventh stage at least and not older than 100 years old, and they must hold some
kind of potential. During this month, Qianyu faction was recruiting members but less than
seventy to eighty people actually passed the requirement criteria, so the overall impact was
not great.
Then another mind-boggling news spread out that Ye Xiwen was not just refining
immortality pills but also refining Ling
Dans.
This suddenly alarmed many disciples, because they could ignore Xiantian Dan for once as
they basically had no use of it, but the emergence of Ling Dan suddenly alarmed many true
disciples.
Because the so-called Ling Dan was actually produced by condensing the Lingqi present in
the air, a Ling Dan was made up of pure Lingqi without any impurities, and when absorbed,
its efficiency was much more when compared to directly absorbing Lingqi from
atmosphere or spirit stones.
Lingqi could be absorbed from spirit stones but there were still many impurities in them,
but in case of Ling Dan, there were fewer impurities and contained higher quantity of
Lingqi; hence it had better quality and efficacy.
Just like there was a huge difference between low-grade spirit stones and high-grade spirit
stones, there was a considerable difference between top-grade spirit stones and Ling Dan.
One Ling Dan was comparable to several top-grade spirit stones, and, even the absorption
efficiency of spirit stones was
nowhere close to a Ling Dan.
But ordinary experts could not refine Ling Dan, only masters of truth sixth stage and above
were capable of refining Ling Dan. In fact, even masters of small truth could not refine Ling
Dan.
Only after reaching truth sixth stage, one was able to enter an entirely new level of
understanding of world laws and that's the reason why experts of truth sixth stage and
above could condense Ling Dan.
There was no need of alchemy furnace to condense Ling Dan, a true disciple could basically
use his hand to condense Ling Dan. But most people, not even the master of truth sixth
stage, could condense Ling Dan with high-efficiency and it would take more than one day in
the completion of condensation process. If it was a half-step legendary master like Qi Feifan
then he might actually condense 1000 Ling Dan in a day.
So Ling Dan was considered a hard currency in Zhen Wu Jie.
But for truth sixth stage experts, the condensed out Ling Dans were not enough even for
their own use then how could they
possibly sell it to others?
Of course, if they spent enough time then they would be able to condense many Ling Dans
but one must know that time was precious for truth level masters and it was necessary to
save every minute to be able to have the next breakthrough, so they couldn't spend much
time on condensing Ling Dan.
Although Ling Dans could be mass-produced using alchemy furnace but truth level masters
would rarely use it to condense Ling Dans because it was extremely difficult to get one's
hands on one.
So Ling Dan was always in a state of 'out of stock' in Zhen Wu Jie and basically began with
the best exchange rate that could reach more than a hundred or so, because of short supply.
And now when the news spread out from Qianyu peak about availability of large number of
Ling Dan for exchange with spirit stones, it suddenly shocked countless disciples and most
of them were the true disciples who were suffering from lack of practice resources.
While the conversion efficiency of absorption of Lingqi from
spirit stones was pretty good, it was nowhere close to that of a Ling Dan.
But usually, it was very difficult to obtain a Ling Dan so even truth sixth stage disciples
were very excited after hearing this news. Although they could refine their own Ling Dan,
the question was that should they spend their precious time on it?
Anyway, their refining speed wouldn't be as good as an alchemy furnace and as long as they
managed to breakthrough to the legendary realm, it would be worth it since their lifespans
would once again increase considerably, not to mention self-refined Ling Dans wouldn't
necessarily support their practice.
Ling Dan had become a hard currency because it had always remained a scare resource,
and due to its purity, most people still preferred it over spirit stones.
After the news spread throughout Yi Yuan School, many eyes turned towards Qianyu peak.
Also, several disciples could be seen rushing towards Qianyu peak.
"Ye Xiwen, are you really refining lots of Ling Dan?" Early in the morning, Hua Menghan
arrived in front of Ye Xiwen and asked curiously.
Last time he saw her, it was one month ago and he was quite surprised to notice the
increase in her strength in just one month's time.
He clearly saw that Hua Menghan actually stepped into truth realm in this month, although
she still had an unstable aura but there was no doubt that she has firmly entered into the
truth realm.
The birth of a true disciple was very rare and always caused huge a sensation throughout
the sect. The promotion ceremony was accompanied with grand celebration in the entire
sect, but this time, Ye Xiwen's direct promotion to a pro-disciple actually overshadowed
everyone else.
 Chapter 205: Accumulation Of Contacts
Since the shock of Ye Xiwen being promoted to the rank of a true disciple was too strong, so
many people didn't pay attention to the promotion of Hua Menghan that happened around
the same time. Although both had become the true disciples of Yi Yuan School, Hua
Menghan was considerably low-key in comparison to Ye Xiwen.
Therefore, the news of Ye Xiwen stepping into the truth realm was much more bizarre
since he was merely a new disciple few months ago whereas Hua Menghan had stayed at
the half-step truth realm for a long time, so her breakthrough didn't come as a surprise to
others.
"Ye Xiwen, are you really refining a lot of Ling Dans?"
Noticing the expectant look in her eyes, Ye Xiwen smiled and nodded: "Indeed, if you want
then I can send 1000 Ling Dans for free."
Now, both Ye Xiwen and Hua Menghan were true disciples.
Considering the fact that Ye Xiwen joined late, it should be said that Hua Menghan was his
senior but as the two of them
belonged to the same generation of disciples, they called each other without honorifics.
All of a sudden, Hua Menghan was extremely surprised as she never expected that Ye
Xiwen would just casually talk about gifting 1000 Ling Dans to her. One must know that it
was not a small number when converted into spirit stones; this would be 100,000 top-
grade spirit stones. So, how could Ye Xiwen so causally talk about gifting 1000 Ling Dans to
her?
The most important thing was that even if experts of truth sixth stage were to refine for ten
days and nights without eating and drinking, they would still not be able to refine so many
Ling Dans.
And this figure was equivalent to one month's worth of nonstop refining and that too by an
expert of truth sixth stage. In fact, the sum of 1000 Ling Dans was an astronomical figure
even for an expert of truth sixth stage.
Especially for experts like Hua Menghan who had recently stepped into the truth realm,
even more so, one thousand Ling Dans were enough for them to practice all the way to the
truth fifth stage without worrying about lack of spirit stones.
After successfully crossing the Small truth realm and reaching the truth sixth stage, there
would be a tremendous change in one's skill and battle strength. One must know that there
wasn't just one level difference between fifth and sixth stage of truth realm, so there would
certainly be a huge difference in consumption rate as well.
Although 1000 Ling Dans were enough to practice all the way to truth fifth stage, the
experts of truth sixth stage would actually be able to fully consume this amount in about
two months.
And for the experts of truth seventh stage or eighth stage, the consumption rate would rise
exponentially; then the need for refining Ling Dan would certainly be much more.
But this time, Hua Menghan was not at all interested in these 1000 Ling Dans, after all, her
backing was not small. In all her life, she had never lacked practice resources whenever she
needed them. She came to meet Ye Xiwen because she was worried about another thing.
"If you can refine so many Ling Dans then you must be using some other means of refining
right?" Hua Menghan said.
Ye Xiwen nodded and did not hide because there was nothing to hide. In fact, there were
lots of other ways in which one could refine Ling Dans.
For example, one could catch a truth sixth stage slave and make him spend all his time in
refining Ling Dans though this was simply a great waste of talent. Or, if there were special
instruments used then it was possible to refine them.
Everyone knew that since Ye Xiwen was not at truth sixth stage, it was impossible for him
to refine Ling Dans himself. The only possible way of refining so many Ling Dans was that
he must be using some instrument to do so.
"But you must have a limited supply of Ling Dans right?" Hua Menghan asked.
"En! ," Ye Xiwen nodded, of course, the production amount was limited since he was
actually relying on Tianyuan mirror to refine Ling Dans from the Lingqi present in the
atmosphere, but there were other harmful and harmless qi in the air, so the refining
process was slow.
In the most primitive means of practice, martial artists
absorbed qi directly from the air into the body, absorb Lingqi and discharge other useless
qi from the body.
And Ye Xiwen didn't need to get involved, he was just using Tianyuan mirror to remove
impurities and condense only Lingqi in the Ling Dans. Tianyuan mirror could
independently take care of the refining job but since only a portion of its strength had
recovered, it was capable of refining a limited amount of 500 Ling Dans in a day.
However, although it could refine only 500 Ling Dans, this figure was faster than a truth
seventh stage expert's refining speed.
Considering Ye Xiwen's current Lingqi consumption rate, five hundred Ling Dans were still
sufficient to meet his needs but with the constant progress in his cultivation, the
consumption rate would also grow exponentially, but with time, the restoration of
Tianyuan mirror would also be much more than now. This would make sure that the
refining speed would be faster than consumption rate, so at least for a long period of time,
Ye Xiwen would not need to worry about lack of Lingqi.
And Ye Xiwen was not going to consume so much, hence he began to think about
converting Ling Dans to spirit stones. In
fact, he was definitely not doing a wonderful thing but this was still a profitable move.
One Ling Dan could be exchanged for 100 spirit stones; in fact, almost 50 spirit stones could
be condensed into a Ling Dan when refined. So there was a difference of up to 100% profit
but the most important source of getting Ling Dans was Tianyuan mirror, which was not
accessible to other experts.
But if one needed much more pure and efficient Lingqi, one could get it directly and easily
from a Ling Dan, which was the reason why they were willing to spend on them.
Many people were aware of this fact but very few people would actually opt to do it
because refining Ling Dans was really uneconomical when the waste of practice time was
taken into consideration, not to mention, only experts of truth sixth stage and above could
refine them.
So, the better option was to earn spirit stones by completing tasks and missions from the
sect, then use these spirit stones to buy Ling Dans. In fact, most of the sources of Ling Dans
were actually the legendary realm experts or half-step legendary realm masters, since their
refining speed was much faster than truth realm masters.
"I guess you are aware of the restrictions, otherwise, you will end up snatching a core job
from the legendary masters." Hua Menghan said. "But are you are not afraid that so many
disciples have come to buy Ling Dans from you, and at the end of the day, you will not have
enough Ling Dans left for yourself?"
"Rest assured, that's totally not a problem. Although it seems like a lot of disciples have
gathered for exchanging Ling Dans, most of them are not from the upper ranks. The core
disciples only want to buy enough Ling Dans to be of help to them in critical life-
threatening situations, and in the case of true disciples, they actually have their own
reliable means to obtain Ling Dans. It indeed caused a great sensation but I am fully capable
of coping up with the situation." Ye Xiwen said.
After all, it was not difficult to condense Ling Dan, rather the time required for its refining
was the main issue, thereby making its cost very high.
Ling Dan was a very valuable practice resource for true disciples; perhaps Ye Xiwen was
the only one in the entire Yi Yuan School who could dare be so extravagant to openly sell
them. After all, Ling Dans could be used in a critical moment to momentarily restore Zhen
Yuan which would obviously be a contributing factor in saving a life.
After reaching the true sixth stage, it was a basic norm for experts to find a balance point
between refining Ling Dans and practice time. This balance was very necessary and even Qi
Feifan was not an exception to following this standard.
Generally, experts preferred saving Ling Dans but Ye Xiwen did not take this seriously.
According to Ye Xiwen, as long as he was getting enough spirit stones in exchange, he could
continue to have a rapid increase in cultivation.
Ye Xiwen dared to maintain such transcendent practice speed due to the underlying causes,
but in the eyes of others, it seemed as if he was spending such an enormous wealth in a
short time.
And the reason for that was that Ye Xiwen understood that strength was the ultimate truth
in this world. As long as he possessed enormous strength, astronomical wealth would be
waiting for him.
Strength was the most fundamental thing in this world; it could question anything and was
an answer to all.
But then Hua Menghan reminded Ye Xiwen of his original decision of selling Ling Dan.
Profit was indeed one of the very important reasons but the fundamental reason was that
he wanted Qianyu faction to accumulate enough contacts. As disciples from all over Yi Yuan
School would continue to buy Ling Dans from Qianyu faction, they would inevitably owe a
favor to him and also to the entire faction, and favors like this would be repaid by them in
the form of helping Qianyu faction in its expansion and development.
Although Ye Xiwen had been relentlessly taking lives, there was a truth he knew very well
that no one could be an enemy of everyone.
People must have friends to watch their backs in critical times.
And this exchange of Ling Dan was such a good opportunity to accumulate contacts, not to
forget the word of mouth would also benefit Qianyu faction's reputation and status.
After all, Qianyu faction might seem massive at first sight but Ye Xiwen knew that it was
just because he was promoted to the rank of a pro-disciple.
However, in reality, Qianyu faction couldn't possibly compete with the factions of true
disciples. In fact, at present, Qianyu faction's strength was equivalent to that of mid-level
factions because really powerful factions at least had more than two true disciples.
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Precisely because of this, Ye Xiwen had a sense of crisis and urgency because time waits for
no one. Not to mention, there was a large gap between the strength of Qianyu faction and
the factions of other pro-disciples or even true disciples of truth seventh, eighth and ninth
stage.
Now, Ye Xiwen felt that he had become a bit high-profile. If he was alone then others would
naturally not care anyway, but now, since he was representing Qianyu faction, most likely
several forces would try to suppress its development.
Ye Xiwen's intention was to accumulate as many connections for Qianyu faction as he
could. In case of infinite redemption, it would certainly attract the attention of some super
experts, but at that time, they wouldn't face an unfavorable situation pertaining to the
development of Qianyu faction thanks to the sheer amount of accumulated contacts.
"Thank you for reminding me." Ye Xiwen said, "From tomorrow onwards, Qianyu faction
will start selling only 30
Ling Dans per day."
This amount was less than one-tenth of Tianyuan mirror's per day refining capacity, so it
was simply not a problem.
Hua Menghan smiled at Ye Xiwen. He was really smart, and soon realized the meaning of
her words; after all, the small amount of 30 Ling Dans won't attract too much attention.
Of course, he would continue to produce a large number of Ling Dans, but Qianyu faction
would use them to redeem faction credits. This system was just like the system of
redeeming sect credits.
These rules were decided after Ye Xiwen had a consultation with Ye Feng and other high-
level officials of Qianyu faction.
But news about Ye Xiwen's decision set off a firestorm in Yi Yuan School.
30 Ling Dans were not much, especially with the huge demand in the sect, but in general,
they were selling 30 per day, which amounted to 900 per month. Going on like this, they
would be selling thousands in a year.
Suddenly, countless disciples raged up and rushed straight towards Qianyu peak.
But the requirements were very simple; each person must take a number plate and stand in
the queue. Each and every one must show their number plate at the time of buying Ling
Dans otherwise, they wouldn't be allowed to buy, irrespective of the money they might
offer.
For a time, let alone Ling Dan, even those number plates had their price pushed up because
of increased demand and lessened supply.
But since Ye Xiwen had said that this was going to be a long-term exchange, he would
gradually increase the amount of Ling Dans as well. Although right now, he was providing
only a small number, he already managed to appease the hearts of many people, otherwise,
perhaps riots would have been unavoidable in such a situation.
It was not a difficult task for Ye Xiwen, just this month Ye Xiwen refined more than 15,000
immortality pills which were sufficient to meet the requirements for more than one year.
And with time, his refining efficiency would continue to increase, and with Tianyuan
mirror's further restoration, the refining
speed would increase as well.
Although only a month's time had passed, Ye Xiwen exhibited powerful and magical means
that people had never seen before.
That's why, there were more and more people who wanted to come under his wings. Even
if his strength was not as good as the strength of other pro-disciples, it was not too inferior
to them either. And if they joined his faction now, he would certainly not ill-treat them in
the future.
Ye Xiwen finally made his move and it even attracted the attention of many true disciples.
Apart from creating their own faction, true disciples also tend to join other factions, in fact,
there were more than half who had not yet joined any faction and preferred being aloof.
But whether it was a true disciple or core disciple, both faced a very important issue of lack
of Lingqi for practice.
Certainly, Ye Xiwen had no shortage of Lingqi at this point but most true disciples did, and
because of lack of Lingqi, their practice speed was always slow. Even though some of them
were considered true geniuses, there was a huge gap between them and a pro-disciple like
Qi Feifan, and this gap could be narrowed if they had sufficient Lingqi for faster practice
speed.
Not being able to progress quickly brought upon another problem and that was shortage of
life. Although after breaking through to the truth realm, one could attain a lifespan of 500
years, difficulty in breakthrough also increased exponentially with each stage. It was simply
hard to imagine how tough it was to have a breakthrough in truth realm; in fact, it was
actually much easier to reach from Houtian realm to Truth realm.
And only with rapid progress, they could reach the truth sixth stage and that would add
extra 200 years to their lifespan. Then they would have enough time to think of ways of
breaking into the legendary realm and attain the lifespan of a millennium.
For them, the desire for a breakthrough was far more than most people could ever imagine.
Many true disciples took aim at Ye Xiwen, after all, although he was giving out dozens of
Ling Dans daily, no one was willing to believe that Ye Xiwen was capable of producing only
this much.
Ye Xiwen's refining capacity should certainly be far more than this number because they
couldn't possibly fail to notice how
members of Qianyu faction were allowed to redeem faction credits as Ling Dans.
If they had joined Qianyu faction in the past then with their truth level strength, they would
certainly have enjoyed much more benefits compared to the average disciples. They could
easily perform several tasks for the faction and exchange faction credits for Ling Dans. This
was just having a stable income.
And even if Ye Xiwen was not at truth sixth stage, he was able to refine so many Ling Dans,
so when he would step into truth sixth stage, one could simply not imagine the number of
Ling Dans he would refine in a day!
"Senior Ye, I sincerely want to join Qianyu faction. I hope you will give me shelter over
here." At this time, the first true disciple finally appeared to join Qianyu faction. It was a
middle-aged man dressed in old fashioned robe and his name was Guiyi Zhenren.
Among all of the true disciples of Yi Yuan School, he was one of the oldest. He became a true
disciple almost two hundred years ago, and it could be said that status wise, he was senior
even to Chu Jingcai and other peerless experts of his generation.
But right now, he called Ye Xiwen as 'Senior Ye'.
Of course, it was true that Ye Xiwen was now a pro-disciple, and theoretically, he was
supposed to be senior in rank to all other true disciples. Now, he was on equal footing with
only the other four pro-disciples.
Ye Xiwen thought for a moment and instantly saw through his purpose for coming to him.
Those weren't empty words because he really spoke his mind, he actually wanted to join
Qianyu faction and his main motivation for making this decision was to obtain Ling Dans.
He was already more than three hundred years old and was only at the fourth stage of truth
realm, so basically, he could be counted among the old experts, and in the coming few
decades, he would turn into an elder of the sect.
Although true disciples and elders shared some of the parts but there was a big inherent
difference between them.
But Guiyi Zhenren didn't want to just stay on the fourth stage of truth realm and then turn
into an elder. He wanted to break through to the sixth stage of truth realm and continue to
stay as a true disciple.
He could not achieve it on his own, but Ye Xiwen could. Ye Xiwen was an outstanding
existence who was appointed as the fifth pro-disciple of Yi Yuan School at such a young age.
In the future, he might actually be much more successful than the
legendary expert, Qi Feifan. So, if he chose to follow Ye Xiwen, in the future, he might be
able to have a breakthrough, reaching sixth stage of truth realm or even above that.
Basically, only a small breakthrough to the Small truth realm and then to the truth sixth
stage could raise his status among the true disciples and bring him respect and prosperity
that several other true disciple were unable to achieve. Then, he would be counted among
few senior true disciples who were able to step into truth sixth stage which was considered
extremely hard to achieve.
"Well, as long as you are sincere to join, Qianyu faction will gladly welcome you and you
will never be ill-treated in the future. And for you, breaking through to the sixth stage will
be something just around the corner." Ye Xiwen said with a loud laughter. Guiyi Zhenren
was the first true disciple who willingly came to join the faction so they would certainly not
ill-treat him, not to mention, as long as a refuge true disciple was willing to help in the
growth of Qianyu faction, there was no point in ill-treating him.
Although Ye Xiwen was not the leader of Qianyu faction in reality, he was actually its
spiritual leader. So, it could be said that if he gave his word to someone, it would become a
law for the whole faction to follow. And just now, he gave his word to
Guiyi Zhenren.
Guiyi Zhenren joined Qianyu faction, this news quickly spread throughout Yi Yuan School.
The leaders of other forces sighed, after all, Qianyu faction was expanding quite fast and
that too right in front of their eyes.
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After all, Ye Xiwen was just a titular elder, though he was actually the Lord of the Court and
most influential character in the entire faction, he did not want to get involved in the
management of too many chores.
And now that Guiyi Zhenren had come to seek refuge in Qianyu faction, he got the position
of law enforcement elder of the faction. Now, he was like the direct descendant of Qianyu
faction since he had never been a part of any faction. And, even if no other true disciple
would come to join, he would be staying in Qianyu faction for a very long time. In fact,
keeping Ye Xiwen aside, now he was the strongest member and final line of defense of
Qianyu faction.
Ye Xiwen did not make him wait long and immediately rewarded him with 100 Ling Dans.
Guiyi Zhenren was suddenly very excited because this amount was already much more
than what he was able to obtain in the past several years.
Ye Xiwen did not hesitate anymore and began a closed-door practice. Although the sect-
head himself came forward to announce that he would ensure Ye Xiwen's safety and
security and definitely wouldn't allow the eighth prince to have his way,
if their battle was to be scheduled about a decade later then even if Ye Xiwen was to die, the
sect-head wouldn't interfere. But at present, the scenario was entirely different. Not to
forget, this was not the first time that a peerless genius was being targeted as the five
forces had always been this way. Each time there was a rise of a peerless genius; the other
forces would send their own to fight each other and eradicate any potential future threat!
Who wouldn't know about the legendary lore of the rise of Qi Feifan in Yi Yuan School!
But a sect absolutely wouldn't allow its distinguished disciples to die in unfair battles. It
would be a serious threat to the sect's arsenal, but in turn, they might send Qi Feifan to
strike the eighth prince; however it's another case that the royal clan would immediately
come hopping to save their own!
Ye Xiwen had not yet begun the closed-door training when a task came out of nowhere.
After several months of preparation, the royal clan seemed all prepared to organize a large
force which would be tasked to destroy the ever-sporadic Bai Mojiao strongholds
throughout the Great Yue State.
The largest force that the Great Yue State had ever seen finally began to reveal its fang. It
was a result of hundred years
of accumulation which finally began to come out. For a major force like Yi Yuan School,
hundred years was almost like a generation's time to grow, but one could imagine that this
accumulated strength, and that too in a span of 100 years, was going to be scary.
All of the secret legions were about to reveal their true strength. They were going to rush
throughout the country and eliminate Bai Mojiao. Now, even the royal clan couldn't help
but use its full strength to wipe out the Bai Mojiao forces. However, Yi Yuan School could
not possibly rely on other forces. To destroy Bai Mojiao, the ordinary legions would just act
as cannon fodder. They would certainly play the part of warrior regiments. The royal clan
had helped in the production and development of these legions for so many years, and
finally, they were all forthcoming for a collective action.
This time, the four major sects got the invitation from the royal clan, inviting them with the
request to send the most elite experts to take part in the expedition against Bai Mojiao.
It basically meant that the four forces needed to dispatch truth level experts because in
general, sending Xiantian level experts wouldn't have much impact on the strengthening of
legions. There were already many Xiantian level experts in the royal clan but it lacked truth
level experts, particularly now
when they wanted to suppress Bai Mojiao throughout the Great Yue State.
Being a pro-disciple, Ye Xiwen also received the task to go to the Imperial city as a pro-
disciple of Yi Yuan School. And not just him even Qi Feifan also received the same task.
Out of the five pro-disciples, Chu Jingcai was busy training in the deep space of Yi Yuan
School, whereas both Huang Luochen and Shui Yanluo were out on campaign, so this time,
only Qi Feifan and Ye Xiwen were tasked to go to Imperial city.
Also taking into account that this was not the first collaboration between the two, sending
them together was justified. Although Ye Xiwen's strength was not enough, but as long as
he had the identity of the pro-disciple of Yi Yuan School, no one would dare to not listen to
him.
But Ye Xiwen didn't go together with . He had some matter to deal with in Qianyu faction so
Qi Feifan took a group of people with him and left early.
"Imperial capital, according to the rumors, it is considered the liveliest and most
prosperous area in the entire Great Yue State.
Regardless of day and night, the whole city is lightened with endless lit colored lamps,
making it seem like there's day all the time." Ye Xiwen remembered the description of the
Imperial city that he had read before in books, but he had never gone there in person.
Certainly, this was just the impression of ordinary people.
However, it was indeed true that Imperial capital was the supreme headquarter of the royal
clan, comprising of many experts like Crouching tiger, Hidden Dragon and several others
famous ones. Although no one dared to point at them, everyone knew about them. In fact,
there were rumors that some Devil experts were also hidden in the Imperial city.
The entire Imperial city could be considered as Great Yue State's most prosperous city with
the resident population of over twenty million, when not considering the floating
population.
Ye Xiwen found Ye Feng and handed over almost 15,000 Ling Dans to him. Anyway, for Ye
Xiwen, as long as he desired, he could obtain as many as he needed. He could obtain a
steady stream of Ling Dans from Tianyuan mirror, so at the moment, these Ling Dans
weren't so valuable for him. It could be said that right now, great wealth was right at his
fingertips.
"Brother, you are going to the Imperial capital. Be careful there, that place is the stronghold
of the royal clan." Ye Feng said with some concern for Ye Xiwen, "There are numerous
experts of royal clan in the Imperial capital, such as Hairy Ox, Crouching Tiger, Hidden
Dragon, let alone a lot of people have come to hate you because of eighth prince's matter.
So, you must be extremely careful!"
"Rest assured brother, I will be fine." Ye Xiwen smiled and said, "If someone tries to target
me, I won't hold back either."
Ye Xiwen flatly said this but his words were full of killing intention. If he were to kill the
eighth prince in Imperial city, the royal clan won't tolerate it. But, Ye Xiwen was certainly
not a scapegoat because he had the backing of Yi Yuan School, one of the five major forces
of Great Yue State. Even the royal clan couldn't dare to offend such an enormous beast.
Ye Xiwen did not wait long and left for Imperial capital the very next day Qi Feifan left for
the same. He opened his devil wings and flew towards the Imperial city, darting all the way.
In just a span of one day and night, he arrived at the periphery of the Imperial city wall,
retracted the devil wings and descended near the city gate. The Imperial city was just like
Yi Yuan School, there were numerous no-fly zones over the entire city.
There was a circle of protection hanging directly over the city,
but on the inside, there were no hard and fast rules.
When going through the city gate, the city looked so large that it was simply hard to
imagine its vastness. The city wall stretched thousands of Li from east to west.
Even in the previous world, Ye Xiwen had not seen such a huge city. The perimeter of the
city wall stretched up to a 1000
Li and was about 10 Li in width, there was literally no way one could see the terminus of
this city.
Ye Xiwen looked around and found the entire city filled with Xiantian masters. Xiantian
level experts were present simply everywhere, even on walls patrol soldiers were actually
Xiantian powerhouses. Moreover, not just ordinary powerhouses, their cultivations were
very deep. Looking from afar, it seemed as if bloody Xiantian qi was shooting round after
round up into the sky. If not considering that it was the Imperial capital of Great Yue State,
it would have been a terrifying sight to withhold.
Looking ahead, even pedestrians on the road possessed high cultivation levels. There were
Xiantian masters everywhere and Ye Xiwen could occasionally sense some truth level
experts from time to time. And sometimes, he could sense the surge of
terrifying aura from the depths of the palace.
This was simply a terrible and dangerous spot, exceptionally horrifying, really worthy of
being a royal stronghold.
Flying was not prohibited inside so long as one didn't go near the city wall. Only a small
number of experts were flying near the city wall, and they too probably belonged to the
royal clan.
Because if a person didn't belong to the royal clan and he tried to fly near the city wall, that
would trigger the enchantment which would shoot him down. The royal clan certainly had
a special way to face this enchantment.
As he went inside, he had a vague feeling about the pressure of this enchantment. No one
knew exactly when the Great Yue State was founded, probably some 1000 years ago, so it
could be considered that this enchantment was set up back then and had been reinforced
multiple times to last this long. In fact, it was so strong that even if a truth level expert tried
to face it head-on, he would still have a fearful feeling in his heart while facing it.
Therefore, even if there were lots of experts in the city, no one dared to fly near the city
wall.
Ye Xiwen entered the Imperial city and the first thing he needed to do was to find the place
where his fellow disciples of Yi Yuan School were residing, but it was not difficult, after all,
Yi Yuan School was one of the four major sects so the place where they had settled would
naturally be famous and widely known.
Ye Xiwen was walking on a wide avenue, although it was the sidewalk, it was wide enough
to accommodate two carriages at once.
The street was crowded with people and the eyesight of these residents was very sharp.
Although Ye Xiwen was deliberately restraining his cultivation, they were still able to
recognize that he was a truth level disciple, despite his commoner-like appearance.
"He is a truth level master. Absolutely yes, look, as he is walking, the air surrounding him is
also changing, which is a symbol of a truth level expert."
"Yes, you are right, and this is not the usual calm aura of a truth level disciple who has
recently stepped into the truth realm."
"Look at his armband; he is a disciple of Yi Yuan School. Well, Yi Yuan School is really
worthy of being one of the four major sects, one mighty expert after another!"
"Indeed, yesterday itself a team of experts arrived from Yi Yuan School. Didn't you sense
that mighty aura? It reportedly belongs to the leader of that team who is actually one of the
five pro-disciple of Yi Yuan School. He is called Qi Feifan, when he was young, he once came
to the Imperial city and picked fights with the experts all over the city, and that power and
prestige he showed back then was truly mesmerizing."
"But they say that Yi Yuan School has sent two pro-disciples.
Did you see the second one?"
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"I did not see, reportedly he did not come together with Qi Feifan, but since you mentioned
him, I tell you, there's a true story about this guy."
"What is it? Let us hear as well."
"This pro-disciple is actually the same guy who was challenged
to a duel by our eighth prince. This guy is much undisciplined
and out of control, he is only twenty years old but actually
beheaded the commander of Imperial guards. It really shocked the entire nation!"
regardless of the law and of natural morality; maverick; undisciplined and out of control
"What, Feng Kong was killed by him? Then he must really be a fierce guy. When the eighth
prince would come back from the ruins, I'm afraid he would burn with rage. The eighth
prince would certainly not let him off, after all, Feng Kong used to be his most capable
assistant."
"No way, Yi Yuan School's head has personally come forward to grant full protection to this
guy, so how will the eighth prince lay his hands on him? It is said that this guy is very young
and if this duel was to be scheduled 10 years from now, then maybe, he would be able to
compete with the eighth prince."
"This Yi Yuan School really has an abundance of talented individuals. Earlier, it was Qi
Feifan and now they have Ye Xiwen as well. The heaven really prefers that sect!"
"This is nothing; tell me which forces don't have one or two geniuses like that. Even if Ye
Xiwen can contend with the eighth prince, he can only contend, he cannot win at any cost."
"Indeed, after all, legendary characters like Qi Feifan appear only once in decades."
The pedestrians were whooping among themselves on the street, but Ye Xiwen didn't
actually care. Their talks couldn't have the slightest effect on his state of mind, since his
state of mind had already been practiced to the rock-solid state. Hence, he was usually
always calm, composed and focused on his objectives.
However, Ye Xiwen wasn't actually in a hurry to meet up with Qi Feifan and the others. It
had been a long time since he arrived in this world, and after so long, he once again got the
chance to aimlessly wander about in a fairly developed city. The streets, markets and
crowd soon reminded him of his past life, giving him a feeling that he was back on the
Earth.
But, this was not the previous world. The customs here were very different and so were the
people walking on the road.
Basically, each and every one of them possessed power in their bodies, although not all of
them were formidable. There were also some who were at the fifth or sixth stage of
Houtian realm.
Now, Ye Xiwen finally understood how the royal clan was able to produce so many fearful
legions which comprised solely of Xiantian level experts. The city and its residents
themselves were the source behind the legions, and with such a strong foundation, no
wonder these legions were so formidable.
Along the way, he saw a variety of shops that looked magnificent. These shops had this
abnormal atmosphere around them which made them seem even more grandiose, in fact
they were even more magnificent than some of the mansions for aristocrats.
And everywhere, the houses were very tall, stretching all the way up to ten floors or even
more. These houses had the general structure of wooden houses but weren't made up of
wood. A special kind of willow tree wood was used to construct them and its strength was
almost comparable to that of steel.
Ye Xiwen knew that these stores didn't deal with ordinary individuals. They only welcomed
powerful warriors or rich people who held valuable things to exchange. Not just that, these
stores only accepted Ling Dans as currency.
And right now, the number of Ling Dans in his possession could neither be considered
more nor less. In fact, even an amount of 500 Ling Dans could not be considered much in
Imperial markets.
Ye Xiwen did not delay any more. He asked a local resident about the location of Yi Yuan
School's courtyard and quickly arrived there. It was a magnificent courtyard and seemed to
be made up of gold and jade. It was currently the residence of the team which arrived from
Yi Yuan School and also the permanent place of stay for Yi Yuan School's delegates.
"Brother Ye is here!"
"Brother Ye!"
"Brother Ye!"
As Ye Xiwen arrived, the sharp-eyed disciples recognized him immediately and greeted him
respectfully.
Ye Xiwen did not stay long with them and soon found Qi Feifan.
"Brother Qi, I'm sorry for being late." Ye Xiwen cupped his hands and said.
"No big deal, you are not late for the task." Qi Feifan smiled and said, "I presume this is the
first time Young Ye has visited the Imperial capital, how about you go out on a stroll?"
"No, I would prefer getting down to business matters." Ye Xiwen shook his head. He had
seen far too many metropolitans in his past life, and even in this world, it was almost
nothing more than a little bit different in customs and thought process.
"Good, a while ago, the royal clan briefed us about the task.
Basically, the truth level experts are supposed to destroy the Bai Mojiao strongholds, which
are scattered throughout the Great Yue State." Qi Feifan frowned and said, "But this time,
the situation is quite stern, that's why the royal clan has invited strong experts to go into
action."
"The day after tomorrow we will split off, I hope you are prepared. As far as the eighth
prince's matter is concerned, I'm afraid there are some experts from royal clan who are
very dissatisfied with you." Qi Feifan said.
"If they dare to cause trouble for me, I won't hold back either and behead them all if
required. But, in this crucial time, shouldn't royal clan try to restrict the needless actions of
its members?" Ye Xiwen said indifferently.
After talking for a while, both Ye Xiwen and Qi Feifan got busy in preparing for the task,
which was scheduled to start the day after tomorrow. Ye Xiwen went down to prepare in
his private small courtyard. Just when he was about to start practicing, the voice of a
disciple caught his attention: "Brother Ye, Great Yue's ninth prince has come to visit you."
Ye Xiwen frowned, confused about what the ninth prince
wanted from him. Anyway because of the eighth prince's matter, several members of royal
clan didn't hold goodwill for him, and now, the ninth prince suddenly appeared out of
nowhere to visit him, but for what?
"Send him inside!" Ye Xiwen said and thought, since the ninth prince had come in person,
shutting him out wouldn't be fair.
In a few moments, two figures appeared outside the courtyard. One of which was a
handsome youth with dignified appearance who appeared to be twenty years old and clad
in a royal-looking bright-yellow dragon robe.
Behind him was an old man in black clothes who was slavishly following the young man.
Seeing Ye Xiwen, the man clad in dragon robe stepped forward, cupped his hands and said:
"You must be Brother Ye. I am the Ninth Imperial Prince of Great Yue State, named Yue
Lin."
Yue Lin cupped his hands to show respect to Ye Xiwen even though he came from royal
background, after all, in this world, strength was the supreme law. Being a truth level
expert, Ye
Xiwen commanded enough respect and ninth prince showed proper etiquette by greeting
him this way, especially because both of them belonged to the same generation of experts.
"Nice to meet you, ninth prince," Ye Xiwen also greeted him respectfully. Considering Ye
Xiwen's values, if the other party was being polite, then there was no need to give them a
cold shoulder.
"I am not aware of ninth prince's reason for this sudden visit."
Ye Xiwen straightforwardly jumped to the main issue.
"It seems like Brother Ye is also a straightforward person like me. I see, then I will not beat
around the bush." Yue Lin smiled and said, "Frankly speaking, I have come here hoping to
form an alliance with Brother Ye."
"To form an alliance ......" Ye Xiwen was surprised all of a sudden then looked curiously at
the ninth prince, smiled and said, "Your Highness seems to be mistaken about something.
Why would he think about forming an alliance with me?"
"Of course, there is one reason behind this, for example, what if I say it's the eighth imperial
brother." The ninth prince faintly
smiled and said.
As he mentioned the eighth prince, Ye Xiwen's pupils immediately contracted. He then
smiled and said: "The eighth prince, how exactly?"
Ye Xiwen actually began to think crazily, extracting points and facts from the news he had
been obtaining lately. There were about a dozen princes in Great Yue State and at least
four-fifths of them were already all grown up, all of them were ambitious, outstanding, and
talented and considered one of the bests in their generation, capable enough to mount the
throne as the emperor of Great Yue State. But it was not at all surprising since they had
obtained the most elite education, but the biggest problem was that there was only one
throne and only one person could mount it. And among these princes, few were
exceptionally powerful and influential.
The eldest prince, the second prince, the fourth prince and the eighth prince, these four
were by far considered the most powerful candidates for the throne. They were not just
powerful, they also had people's support and they had also accumulated support from
several peerless experts. But, the most recent eye-catching prince among them was the
eighth prince, because looking at the rate his strength was enhancing lately, he would most
likely step into the legendary realm and
might become the legendary emperor, and that too after the gap of several generations.
Although during the imperial power struggle, personal strength was not the most
important thing, but it was still a considerably important factor in deciding the victor.
And, Ye Xiwen was most concerned about this because with respect to these four strongest
princes, the ninth prince was definitely not one of the most dazzling princes left in the
competition. In fact, a lot of people didn't even know that he existed.
It could be said that he was relatively low-key, but there was a possibility that this was
because Ye Xiwen was not too concerned about the royal clan and its affairs. But, the news
about several other princes usually reached Yi Yuan School as rumors; after all, Great Yue
State was under the rule of royal clan. Although they lived in peace for thousands of years,
who could possibly predict the next emperor's character? What if a madman was to ascend
the throne and decided to go to war with them? Not to forget, it was possible for any of the
princes to ascend the throne, so Yi Yuan School used to obtain specific information about
royal clan's affairs. In fact, they had stationed a special person in charge of studying these
princes and whenever they pointed out a prince who was relatively on
unfriendly terms with Yi Yuan School, they would either get rid of him or at least make
them lose the throne.
Also, this was not just the case for Yi Yuan School. Even other major sects also followed the
same line of politics. But, even on the research files of Yi Yuan School, the name of the ninth
prince was nowhere to be seen, which proved how low-key he really was. However, today,
it seemed like something was different about him!
"Brother Ye, do you really want me to state it?" The ninth prince said with a smile, "The
news about your duel with the eighth imperial brother had already spread throughout the
Great Yue State."
Chapter 209: Alliance
“So what?” Ye Xiwen said.
“I know that your sect’s head has announced that he will protect you, but considering my
eighth imperial brother’s character, he will not give up so easily.” The ninth prince further
said, “Actually, we have a common enemy.”
“Enemy ……” The word just slipped out of his mouth, as he continued to ponder. It seemed
like in the research files of Yi Yuan School, at least the information about the ninth prince
was certainly missing.
Yi Yuan School certainly had an unpleasant impression of the eighth prince and the reason
was very simple, the eighth prince was very ambitious. He basically wanted to control all of
the four major sects on his fingertips.
“Even so, it doesn’t seem like we have anything to cooperate on, or do you think you can
stop your eighth imperial brother?”
Ye Xiwen asked.
“It should be said that it’s about mutual help and mutual cooperation. I know that you are a
pro-disciple of Yi Yuan School and sooner or later, you are going to have a thriving future,
and that is the basis of our cooperation.” The ninth prince lightly said, apparently he was a
very proud fellow and usually didn’t prefer paying much attention to ordinary people.
“You help me ascend the throne, and after I mount the throne, I will use my royal power to
help you mount the position of Yi Yuan School’s head.” The ninth prince indifferently said,
but the way he said it was quite direct and straightforward.
“I am different from my eighth imperial brother, I am not as ambitious as him and neither
do I dream of putting the complete control of Great Yue State into the hands of royal clan.”
The ninth prince said; it was not as if he was resentful against the eighth prince. It was just
difficult for him to accept the eighth prince’s ambition of dominating the four major sects.
“Even if the eighth prince is out of question, I can still choose from a lot of other princes.”
Ye Xiwen said, after all, he knew that there were about a dozen princes in the empire, not to
forget the eldest prince, the second prince and the fourth prince.
“Now, the eldest imperial brother, the second imperial brother and the fourth imperial
brother have formed an alliance with Chu Jingcai, a pro-disciple of your Yi Yuan School.”
The ninth prince said. “And, as far as the remaining imperial brothers are concerned, I
assure you that none of them is stronger than me.”
“I should be, by far, the most suitable partner for Brother Ye.”
The ninth prince confidently said, “It’s the right choice for the both of us.”
Both of them held equivalent levels of potential, Ye Xiwen had recently emerged and was
being compared to a legend like Qi Feifan, but he still had a very long way to go to become
his rival.
And, the ninth prince also had tremendous potential but he was still in his dormant period,
however, he was still an ambitious dragon.
“Ye Xiwen, this ninth prince is not an ordinary guy.” Ye Mo said, “He is not much older than
you, but his cultivation has already reached the fourth stage of truth realm, and I can see
that he holds strong talent. I’m afraid I don’t see much difference in his potential and that of
the so-called eighth prince.”
After listening to the words of Ye Mo, Ye Xiwen considered for a moment. This ninth prince
so confidently came to him and that too not without reason, although it was certainly a
complementary cooperation of the two.
But, Ye Xiwen didn’t have any interest in the sect head’s position, still he would certainly
have some powerful connections, so in the end, it was a good choice.
“Such being the case, I would respectfully do what you say, but always remember,
deference is no substitute for obedience. ”
Ye Xiwen spilled out a strange smile and said.
gō ng jìng bù rú cō ng mìng: deference is no substitute for obedience; to follow somebody’s
precepts is the sincerest form of respect
Suddenly, there was a look of pleasant surprise on the face of the ninth prince. The kind of
shocked expression he had on his face right now was actually a rare sight.
Finally, a big rock fell off the heart of the ninth prince, in fact, today he came to meet Ye
Xiwen but didn’t have any grasp over the situation, in addition to that, Ye Xiwen might have
opted to
help other princes since he was relatively low-key when compared to his other imperial
brothers. Not to forget, Ye Xiwen recently became the pro-disciple and was known as the
next Qi Feifan of Yi Yuan School, so there was no need for him to be in a hurry to make a
decision. In comparison, Ye Xiwen was a greater figure than him, considering both status
and popularity. That’s why when Ye Xiwen nodded, he could not help but feel a big stone
falling off his heart.
“So long as Brother Ye agrees, it’s all good. Today, I will go back to the castle and make a
request to father emperor, so that Brother Ye gets transferred to my legion.” The ninth
prince suddenly said in a lofty manner, “This will be my first time commanding troops in
battle and I can only finish the battle in one fell swoop in a majestic manner, then only it
will raise my position in the eyes of father emperor. You see, in this battle, we can only win,
we don’t have the luxury of losing, so Brother Ye must also win in a grand way!”
Ye Xiwen nodded, it seemed like the ninth prince didn’t intend to continue to stay dormant,
but again, if he actually planned to stay dormant for some more time, then at the time of
choosing the emperor for the throne, he would have no chance against the four strongest
princes.
Now these princes needed opportunities to show their
valiance and courage. They must succeed in a short time, just the way the eighth prince did
it. And they only had one way left to do that; they must courageously march forward,
destroying all the obstacles and enemies in their way, constantly winning and rising
towards the final goal.
Ye Xiwen nodded, since he had already made the decision to help the ninth prince, he
would certainly help to the very end.
“Where is your legion going the day after tomorrow?” Ye Xiwen asked.
“To the Heishui’s lair in the East China Sea, that Heishui is really very audacious; he dared
to join hands with the devil.
When we reach there, we have been tasked to slaughter all of the deepwater black snakes.
None of those beasts shall be left alive.” The ninth prince said with an irrepressible
excitement, which was quite understandable since he was going to be the leader of his own
legion for the first time. And if he did not succeed, then, this might end up being the last
time.
The power struggle for throne was a very nasty game, in fact, many princes did not get a
chance to show their strength, those who managed to show their potential would get only
one chance to prove themselves, otherwise they would get eliminated.
“But, Heishui’s lair is the residing place of half-step legendary level demon beast. At my
current level, I cannot deal with him.”
Ye Xiwen said since the deepwater black serpent king had left a very deep impression on
him last time.
“Rest assured, naturally the royal clan will take care of that beast.” The ninth prince said as
he really valued Ye Xiwen’s life, considering he knew that Ye Xiwen was not yet a grown up
and had limitless future.
“That’s no problem!” Ye Xiwen nodded.
 Chapter 210: Destruction Of Heishui's Lair
The royal clan moved very quickly, there wasn’t the so-called hauling or procrastination,
the entire huge state apparatus began to move, and in the face of such a thing, it seemed as
if it was advancing to subvert the rule of this country. The mobilization speed of Yue
Imperial clan went far beyond the imagination of Ye Xiwen. At this time, this was a display
of the true strength of this legendary bureaucracy which was driving hundreds of
thousands into actions at the same time.
Early in the morning, one after another, several teams finally began to reveal their fangs.
They were advancing towards the respective city gates of the Imperial city in order to
march out of it. Hundreds of thousands of experts were marching together which suddenly
shocked the whole city, however, the citizens were not at all afraid. Due to the abrupt
surfacing of Bai Mojiao, there had been turmoil for several months and everyone was
aware of that. Although Bai Mojiao had not dared to be dissolute in the Imperial capital,
they truly did some serious damage to the Great Yue State.
Ye Xiwen was flying at a very high altitude in the sky and watching how the combative
armies were marching out of the Imperial gates. He was now fully aware of the fact that
Great Yue State contained astonishing strength, which was finally
unveiled in front of his eyes.
The fearful power of several legions was finally unleashed and fully emerged. The
murderous aura swept throughout the sky and the clouds seemed to have been minced.
One simply didn’t stand a chance when facing such an army, unless he was a legendary
level expert.
Soon, Ye Xiwen’s wait for his own team was over when he saw the special regiment of
Imperial armed forces marching forward with the Great Tiger’s flag fluttering on the
forefront. The imperial soldiers were mostly the experts of Xiantian realm, and the higher
rank commanders were experts of Xiantian sixth stage or above.
The particularity of Great Yue’s royal clan was that they didn’t have too many top players
unlike other major sects, but they housed far too many experts of Xiantian realm, and the
sheer number far surpassed any of the major sects.
Yesterday, the ninth prince was clad in a royal dragon robe, but today, he was wearing a
military uniform, which was giving him a heroic aura. As usual, the old man in black clothes
was following him and sticking close behind him. The old man’s cultivation was only faintly
discernible and his skill seemed
very profound.
ruò yǐn ruò xià n: faintly discernible
A huge fleet of battleships appeared on the ground, stationed about 10 Li outside the
Imperial city wall. The imperial soldiers marched towards these battleships and boarded
them.
Dozens of warships soon took off together. These battleships were actually divine tools,
their might was simply infinite and were completely different from the warships used by
the Great Yue State during national campaigns and ordinary expeditions.
Ye Xiwen also flew down and landed on a warship which was being led by the high-spirited
ninth prince.
“Brother Ye, this is the beginning of our great cause!” The ninth prince said in a somewhat
complacent manner.
Ye Xiwen did not speak; however, a faint smile appeared on his face.
One after another, battleships turned into dazzling streamers of light and flew far towards
the horizon. In just half a day’s time, these battleships reached the East China Sea and
descended on the seawater. However, even in the sea, these battleships were scary fast and
charging around violently. There literally was nothing to stop these ships, and, the demon
beasts that mistakenly came in their path were crushed miserably and simply turned into
small bits of flesh and blood splatter.
Soon, they arrived in the waters around Heishui’s lair.
“Begin extermination and clean up each and every living thing in this and the nearby areas.
I want it completely cleaned up, don’t forget to wipe out all the demon beasts here, not
even a shrimp must be left alive. I want this place to turn into Heishui’s graveyard!” The
ninth prince roared while he was brimming with killing intention.
“As you command my lord!”
The might of thousands of imperial soldiers manifested rapidly. The demon beasts of
Heishui’s lair couldn’t possibly be a match of an organized and trained army, not to forget
the imperial army consisted of Xiantian level soldiers and several truth level commanders.
Suddenly, the whole sea turned bloody and chaotic. One could hear the pitiful roars and
screams of demon beasts, transmitting straight from the sea.
After having swept clean the demon beasts on the sea level, the imperial corps proceeded
to gradually dive into the sea. The soldiers were equipped with proper under-water
equipment to enable breathing inside the sea, so that slaughtering demon beasts in the
depths of the sea would be no problem at all.
Ye Xiwen sighed with emotion and thought that the royal clan was filthy rich and to the
extent that the other sects simply didn’t stand a chance in front of its wealth.
“Who dares to massacre my subjects!”, A loud roar rang out from the depths of seabed and
about 10,000 feet long deepwater black snake king instantly jumped out of the seabed with
its mouth open, which suddenly sucked in dozens of imperial soldiers who were swallowed
whole in one breath and were eaten raw.
At this moment, the deepwater black snake king’s great roar terribly shook everyone’s
eardrums. This one roar was
equivalent to the sound produced by a 1000 big drums.
One swing from his huge and powerful tail shook the entire sea, but Ye Xiwen clearly saw a
massive wound on his tail which once again cracked open, along with splashes of blood
spreading in the seawater, when he swung his tail.
Apparently, this was an injury that he received during the previous fight and it still hadn’t
healed.
“Heishui, how dare you collaborate with those devils, today, in the name of Imperial decree,
I must exterminate you and all these evildoers.” The ninth prince stepped forward and
shouted to clear the way, “Today, this Heishui’s Lair will be destroyed, and, it will be
completely removed from the East China Sea!”
“Kill!” The soldiers of Imperial guard armed forces roared and the murderous aura of the
deadliest of soldiers immediately upset the sea water. It was really an incomparably fearful
sight.
At this time, there was a hint of regret on the face of deepwater black snake king. He had
been thoroughly misled by Lu Hongwei so the regret was much self-explanatory in this
situation.
“Evildoer, today is the day you die!” At this time, the old man in black clothes instantly flew
up and a terrifying aura spread out in all directions. Despite having a skinny body, his
presence was just like that of a mountain. The qi exploded out of his body and spread out in
the surrounding radius of several thousand miles.
Half-step legendary master!
Ye Xiwen gawked for a moment because he never expected that the skinny old man, who
always followed around the ninth prince and never left his side, would turn out to be a half-
step legendary expert. He finally understood the hidden meaning behind the ninth prince’s
words when he said that the royal clan would deal with the beast, so the ninth prince was
secretly talking about the black-clothed old man.
By quietly roping in a half-step legendary expert into his faction, it could be seen that the
ninth prince was really aiming for the throne. He had secretly done no small preparation
for this.
“Who are you?” The deepwater black snake roared fiercely
when he saw a half-step legendary expert standing in his way. If he was not injured then
dealing with a half-step legendary expert would have been no trouble for him, but right
now, he was in a dire situation and he could sense that he was facing a terrifying expert.
“I am the one who is going to end your life.” The black-clothed old man said indifferently.
“You should know that the devil invasion is close, do you want to go against the heaven’s
will?” The deepwater black snake exclaimed.
“A lowly beast like you dares to teach me!?” The black-clothed old man disdainfully said.
The old man’s palm gradually turned blood-red and the surrounding water instantly
evaporated.
Ye Xiwen could not help but gasp, this technique was extremely frightening. This old man
was clearly much stronger than an expert of half-step legendary level.
“Die!” The old man moved up instantly and it appeared like his physique suddenly turned
into a water sword and rushed straight towards the deepwater black snake king. A gigantic
hand congealed out of nowhere and grabbed the beast into its grasp. And right then, it
appeared as if an endless scarlet hell evolved instantaneously and crashed right into the
body of the deepwater black snake king.
“Great blood handprint!”
“Soaring Dragon!” ,the deepwater black snake king roared and its giant body instantly
churned up the endless seawater, sweeping off a section of seawater which eventually took
the form of a water-dragon and rushed towards the incoming ‘great blood handprint’
attack.
The roars of a dragon were constantly reverberating across the seabed.
“Boom!”
The two sides did not stay idle and immediately started a decisive battle of life and death.
With each collision between their blows, it seemed as if the world would collapse any
second. Even the warships couldn’t stand firm in the face of those terrifying shock waves.
The entire sea was being destroyed!
“Bang!” the blood splashed into the seawater, the flesh and blood flew in all directions. A
large but fresh wound could be seen on the body of the deepwater black snake king.
The deepwater black snake king suddenly screamed pitifully, while at the same time, he
spat out a water sword from his mouth which turned into an ice-cold treasured sword and
instantly rushed straight towards the old man.
It was quite surprising to see that the old man stimulated Zhen Qi inside his body, which
burst out of his body and congealed into a bloody big hand. This scarlet big hand instantly
caught the water sword and crushed it, and right after that, the big hand rushed towards
the deepwater black snake king.
Everyone was shocked while watching this scene. They were quietly watching this battle as
everyone knew that this end result of this battle was ultimately going to decide the life and
death of the two sides. Their own fights were basically insignificant in this situation.
“Boom!”
There came a terrifying burst of sound and the old man’s big bloody hand directly pierced
through the tail of the deepwater black snake king and ripped it off the very next instant.
Ye Xiwen was quite surprised because this black-clothed old man was way too powerful
than an average half-step legendary expert. Just like in the case of Qi Feifan, other half-step
legendary experts weren’t the match for this old man as well.
If the deepwater black snake king was not seriously injured, he wouldn’t be in such a
miserable state.
The deepwater black snake king was screaming again and again and trying to get away, but
a bloody big hand was constantly in his pursuit.
“Boom!” accompanied by a terrifying sound of an explosion, that bloody big hand grabbed
the deepwater black snake king.
Since the old man already knew that the deepwater black snake king was injured, he
couldn’t possibly let go of this chance of slaughtering this formidable beast.
“I don’t want to die!” The deepwater black snake roared, but its skull was directly grasped
in the big bloody hand and instantly crushed, splashing the brain fluid and blood into the
seawater.
Chapter 211: The Eighth Prince Arrives
Two months flew by, and for the Great Yue State, the war was getting more and more
intense during the past two months. The royal clan had sent out its forces to lay siege on
the main Bai Mojiao strongholds.
The scope of war was getting bigger and bigger, Ye Xiwen was also following the conquests
of the imperial forces. They performed distinguished service and achieved illustrious
military exploits. The reputation of the initially low-key ninth prince also rose up
dramatically, now everyone knew about his exploits and achievements. The people had
come to realize that perhaps, the ninth prince was yet another suitable candidate for the
throne of Great Yue State.
However for Ye Xiwen, it seemed as if all of these achievements didn't have any relations
with him. He only spent one month with the ninth prince's legion then rushed back to Yi
Yuan School and began closed-door training.
Now, it's been a month since Ye Xiwen began the closed-door training, but it was nothing in
the eyes of most people, after all, martial cultivation was something that continued for
hundreds of years.
However, the real problem was that a few days ago, the eighth prince finally came back
from an ancient ruin and must have brought back some extremely valuable treasures from
that place.
The strongest expert of the younger generation, the supreme presence was finally back as a
legend.
But, mostly everyone in Yi Yuan School was aware of the case, they knew that the duel
between Ye Xiwen and the eighth prince would most likely happen soon. Although the sect
head had personally announced that he did not give the permit to this duel, the eighth
prince was not the type of man who would honestly obey the instructions.
Everyone was kind of unsure in their hearts.
But regardless of what everyone was thinking, the eighth prince finally arrived for Ye
Xiwen!
A figure suddenly appeared flying from the void, and at the place where he descended, the
air itself ruptured and pulled
open the vacuum. It could be seen that a mighty existence had arrived at the main gate of Yi
Yuan School.
"Ye Xiwen, come out to die!" A young man, clad in a magnificent dragon robe and carrying a
cold look on his face, suddenly roared.
He had such a dominating presence that it swept off waves of Lingqi in the air that went
rolling across the gate. The entire surrounding area was in a state of shock and chaos!
One could clearly see that the eighth prince was courageous enough to clamor like this in
front of Yi Yuan School's gate.
The eighth prince was soaring in the sky; the long-spear in his hand was producing a
buzzing noise, while there was a strange blood-red aura surrounding it. This blood-red
aura was actually filled with the essence and blood of the enemies that had been killed by
this spear. This spear was such a kind of tool which could grow stronger as it continued to
absorb the blood from the enemies.
This caused a sensation throughout Yi Yuan School. So many years had passed since the last
time someone dared to be so
arrogant to pull off such a stunt.
A huge crowd of Yi Yuan School's disciples arrived at the gate, but they were watching from
afar. They simply didn't dare approach because they could clearly sense a kind of cold and
strange murderous aura. Even the true disciples didn't dare to go too close. They only
surrounded the eighth prince while maintaining some distance.
At this time, the disciples were worried for Ye Xiwen. To be fair, they were well aware of
the fact that Ye Xiwen was very formidable. A few months ago, they had come to know
about the profoundness of his skill and cultivation when they heard his fierce roar. No
wonder he was made the fifth pro-disciple at such a young age.
But, the great strength of the eighth prince was not hidden from anyone. He dared to be so
unruly in front of the main gate, the kind of courage he had was not something an ordinary
expert could display so casually. The dreadful imposing aura swept across while he was at
the center of the formation of a huge field which was solely made up of Zhen Yuan. If
anyone went in, they would be in his absolute control.
"Eighth prince, you are really presumptuous if you think you
can be so rampant in front of my Yi Yuan School's gate!" A figure arrived floating from a
peak, it was a true disciple.
He was a genius of Yi Yuan School, although not as talented as Qi Feifan and the other
strongest true disciples, but he was also prestigious, very young, only about hundred years
old and had already stepped into the sixth stage of truth realm. He was one of the genius
peerless experts with limitless future prospects. In fact, the sect had put great efforts in
nurturing a genius like him.
"You are courting death. Do you actually think you alone can stop me?" The eighth prince
said with a disdainful smile on his face, "More than 100 years of practice, but you are
nothing but a waste."
"You are bringing about your own destruction!" That disciple's face suddenly flushed with
anger. Even though he knew that in the future, he would probably not be an opponent of
the eighth prince, but as an especially nurtured genius disciple of the sect, his pride would
not allow him to retreat.
The true disciple instantly shot and eternal light descended from the sky and swept
towards the eighth prince.
"I'll fulfill your wish of dying!" The eighth prince shot as well and instantly swept off as if a
mountain of Zhen Yuan which went whistling towards the incoming attack.
The eighth prince's attack immediately swept away as many things as possibly in the
surrounding area.
"Boom!"
As the two attacks collided severely, it seemed as if the heaven and the earth were
collapsing, setting off overwhelming air explosions everywhere.
However, in just a flash of contact, the eighth prince's attack routed that true disciple's
attack and instantly rushed towards that genius true disciple, while sweeping away all of
the things on the way along with it.
All of a sudden, he was completely cornered and had no way out.
"Poof!" the genius disciple suddenly spurted out a mouthful of blood and was sent flying
upside down. He got blasted away
horizontally and his body was almost torn to pieces.
As he fell down and fainted, the other true disciples immediately took him to the depths of
Yi Yuan School to find an elder to treat him.
Everyone held their breath when they saw how the eighth prince used just one shot to
seriously wound that true disciple.
This eighth prince truly possessed earth shattering might and even the experts at the same
cultivation level weren't his opponents.
At this time, the disciple realized that this outcome was definitely the result of the eighth
prince's recent adventure trip to an ancient ruin!
No one knew what kind of heritage and treasures he obtained there, which turned him into
such a fearful expert. Probably, he was now almost ten or maybe hundred times more
powerful than before.
"Pay attention, you ignorant disciples of Yi Yuan School!" The eighth prince said
contemptuously, "Sooner or later, I will bring you all under my royal reign."
At this time, one could see the anger burning on the faces of Yi Yuan School's disciples, after
all, the eighth prince was actually looking down on them.
However, after witnessing the scene where the blue sky was dyed red with that true
disciple's blood, no one dared to step forward.
"Arrogant fool, don't you know you are standing right now!"
Suddenly, a voice burst out of the depths of Yi Yuan School, and just then, the void was
directly torn apart and a big hand instantly grasped towards the eighth prince. This was the
power of the world law and it firmly fixed him on the ground.
"Old fool, we old guys shouldn't intervene into the matter of young people!" Abruptly, a
hoarse voice transmitted from behind the eighth prince.
And, in a flash, a big hand stretched out and severely clashed into the other big hand.
"Boom!" a loud and terrifying explosion occurred and
completely distorted the space.
Now, everyone came to know that there was tyrannical expert behind the eighth prince,
standing in his support. It should be a peerless master who backed the eighth prince, no
wonder he dared to come alone to Yi Yuan School. But, since he had a peerless master with
him, he would be more useful than a mighty force.
"Humph, our head has already said that this duel is not allowed, do you not know?" The
voice coming from the depths of Yi Yuan School asked.
"You should understand, this is the matter of young people, we must not meddle. In our
young times, didn't we go on expeditions like this? Just remember, the winner takes all."
The hoarse voice immediately replied.
"You old fox, don't you try to tamper with the concept, you know what our head means. Ye
Xiwen has not yet fully grown up, and know that if this duel is to take place 10 years from
now then we won't be having this argument right now. What if we send QI Feifan to fight
with your eighth prince, will that make you happy?" The voice coming from Yi Yuan School
said disdainfully.
The voice remained silent this time.
However, the eighth prince suddenly spoke.
"The period of ten years is too long; I make good use of my time. I will surely manage to
increase my cultivation at the same rate he does for the next ten years, so even after ten
years, he will be easily slaughtered by me, so why do you stop me now?"
The eighth prince sneered and said, "I'm invincible and no matter how powerful my enemy
is, I will kill them all!"
One could see an absolute self-confidence hidden in his strong words which were definitely
the result of going on expeditions for so many years.
"Ye Xiwen, I am ready to pull down my cultivation to match with yours. Now, I dare you to
take up my challenge!" The eighth prince shouted and the mighty sound waves instantly
swept off towards Yi Yuan School, "Can it be that you are too scared to come out, are you
afraid of death?"
Several disciples were holding their anger, although the
eighth prince willingly pulled down his cultivation level, he was still at a higher level and
must have grasped several deeper world laws and principles, giving him a big advantage
over Ye Xiwen.
"Why not, since you are really dying to die, I'll gladly buy you a ticket to hell!" An ice-cold
voice arrived from the depths of Yi Yuan School and the blue silhouette of a person rushed
flying from a peak.
At this time, a youth, clad in blue clothes, flew towards the eighth prince. He released a
dreadful imposing aura which was surging high into the sky; his eyes were as deep as the
stars as he was coldly staring at the eighth prince.
Ye Xiwen arrived way too fast and a dense-bluish aura swept out of his body. There was an
incomparably horrifying aura creeping around his body, giving him the presence of the
reincarnation of an ancient emperor.
They didn't collide but their terrifying auras severely collided and set off shock waves in all
directions.
"So you finally came to meet your death." The eighth prince
said in a cold voice.
Chapter 212: Same Level Showdown
"So you finally came to meet your death." The eighth prince said in a cold voice.
"Just because your practice time is ten years ahead of mine, don't get ahead of yourself." Ye
Xiwen contemptuously sneered,
"I'll crush you like an ant under my feet if we fight at the same level!"
"You're just trying to provoke me, but I will kill you, no one can save you now!" The eighth
prince said in a cold voice then took a step forward and took a commanding gesture while
intently watching Ye Xiwen.
The eighth prince's eyes were shining just like the ice-cold iron while a large mass of Zhen
Yuan was roaring on his body.
There was an invincible confidence on his face and it could be seen that he was not at all
conceited about his strength. The terrifying strength he was displaying right now was the
reason behind his unmatched self-confidence.
"Chop down this bastard prince into pieces, does he actually think of himself as the
emperor of Great Yue State? He is
nothing but an arrogant prince!"
"Yes, there are over a dozen princes in the empire, the whole avenue is filled with princes,
might as well consider them as dogs, don't hold back and completely chop him off!"
The disciples of Yi Yuan School suddenly started to clamor. If the eighth prince was fighting
at his full strength, then in their eyes, Ye Xiwen wouldn't have a shred of chance of winning,
but now the situation was different.
Ye Xiwen was able to kill Feng Kong, who was at a higher level. So, how could he possibly
lose in a same level battle?
"You are done for, because even on the same level, I am invincible!" The eighth prince
coldly snorted and said.
"We won't be sure about that before the battle starts." Ye Xiwen said in a cold voice. If the
eighth prince was on a higher level, it would be difficult to defeat him, but if he were to lose
in a same level battle then he might as well just commit suicide.
The killing intention was surging and causing air explosions
everywhere, producing violent explosion sounds. Both of their killing intentions were
colliding fiercely and neither of them seemed to yield.
Ye Xiwen's imposing aura completely released out, just like dreadful sea waves and swept
across the surrounding area.
The terrifying aura of truth fourth stage instantly released out, as he stared coldly at the
eighth prince. It seemed like both of them were prepared to begin the same level battle any
second.
After practicing for a month, Ye Xiwen finally broke from the peak of truth third stage to
the peak of truth fourth stage in one fell swoop, but his battle efficiency didn't fully achieve
a breakthrough to the truth sixth stage. Although he expected his battle efficiency to reach
the truth sixth stage, it still remained in the Small Truth realm.
There was a huge difference between the battle efficiencies offered by truth fifth stage and
truth sixth stage. In fact, even if Ye Xiwen was able to break into the truth fourth stage, his
battle efficiency could only touch the early traces of truth sixth stage.
However, Ye Xiwen was confident that if he could break through to the truth fifth stage, his
battle efficiency would directly step into the peak of truth sixth stage, and then, he would
also be able to contend with the experts of truth seventh stage.
This time, this major enhancement in Ye Xiwen's cultivation was mainly due to the
deepwater black snake king's neidan.
After he was beheaded by the black-clothed old man, Ye Xiwen had discussed with the
ninth prince about handing over the neidan to him. The ninth prince also very readily
agreed to Ye Xiwen's request, because he knew that this neidan would help towards crazy
enhancement in Ye Xiwen's strength. And, as he had already said that they had a common
enemy, he didn't hesitate in handing it over to Ye Xiwen.
Also, by relying on this half-step legendary realm neidan, Ye Xiwen's cultivation
skyrocketed all the way from the peak of truth third stage to the peak of truth fourth stage,
and so far, he had only consumed 1/3rd of the entire neidan.
If the eighth prince hadn't arrived all of a sudden, then he would have continued to
consume the remaining neidan, and would have reached all the way to the Small Truth
realm. By that time, he could have sufficient battle strength to deal with the eighth prince at
full strength.
Now, the eighth prince was at the peak of truth sixth stage and he had reaped big benefits
from his adventure trip to ancient ruins. However, he didn't have time to consume the
looted exploits from the ruins. As soon as he obtained the news about Feng Kong's death at
the hands of Ye Xiwen, he was very furious and rushed back. No one dared to lay their
hands on his imperial guards, but this Ye Xiwen actually slaughtered the commander of
imperial guards, how could he possibly tolerate such a thing?
"Ha ha ha ha!" The eighth prince laughed while a domineering aura was overflowing
throughout his body and his cold eyes were glaring at Ye Xiwen, as if he was looking at a
dead man. It seemed like no one else existed in his world but himself.
The eighth prince was exuding a transcendental aura as if he had been baptized in the
ancient ruins. After returning from that place, he had become much more extraordinary
than before.
"Well, since it's the same level battle, it should be fair." The voice transmitted from the
depths of Yi Yuan School and the big hand extended towards the eighth prince's body and
placed a seal on his cultivation, limiting it to the Small truth realm, thereby making his
cultivation level same as that of Ye Xiwen.
Even now, the eighth prince still held a considerable advantage, after all, Ye Xiwen could
only compete with experts of Small truth realm or below, but only when his opponents
were ordinary experts, and the eighth prince couldn't be taken lightly, considering his ten
years of extra experience and unbeatable battle record. Not to forget, he was the
undefeated genius of the younger generation, so his battle prowess was going to be
tyrannical, even with the seal on!
Whatever be the case, there was self-confidence brimming on his face even after the seal
was applied on his cultivation by the big hand. He was certain that he would kill Ye Xiwen
today, not to mention, it could be said that even after applying a seal on his power, he was
still at a higher level than Ye Xiwen when considering Ye Xiwen's actual cultivation level.
If he was still unable to kill Ye Xiwen, then he might as just commit suicide.
"Prepared to die? Here I come!" The eighth prince roared and his roar broke through the
limits of rivers and mountains. He rushed straight towards Ye Xiwen, while bringing shock
waves of air along with him. It seemed as if a massive mountain was falling towards Ye
Xiwen.
Ye Xiwen also roared at the same time and instantly released a tremendous amount of Zhen
Yuan from his body, and immediately, a long blade appeared in his hand as he furiously
chopped out a large arc of Bladelight towards the eighth prince.
"Boom!" The spear in the eighth prince's hand severely collided with Ye Xiwen's long blade
and induced a terrifying blast in the surrounding region. This blast was so intense that it
twisted the space itself and sent both of them flying back.
The battle efficiency of both sides was incomparably horrifying since, Ye Xiwen could
display the battle strength of Small truth realm, and despite being sealed to Small truth
realm, the eighth prince could still display the battle strength of higher levels, thanks to his
huge battle experience. This round could be considered as a draw, pertaining to the same
level of skills the two of them showed just now.
When the eighth prince had heard the news about Feng Kong's death, he got so angry that it
seemed as if his anger would burn the sky. He couldn't wait to consume the exploits from
his latest adventure and directly rushed to kill Ye Xiwen. If he had gotten a chance to
assimilate the treasures, he would be much more tyrannical than now.
Ye Xiwen was slightly surprised for a moment. How could the enemy be so terrifying even
after suppressing his level to the Small Truth realm? No wonder he was so confident that
he came straight to Yi Yuan School from the ruins, solely to kill Ye Xiwen.
If the eighth prince hadn't suppressed his cultivation level, then while facing him at his real
strength, perhaps, Ye Xiwen really wouldn't stand a chance!
But, Ye Xiwen did not lose confidence even though the enemy was so formidable. So what if
the enemy was tyrannical? As everyone said, if Ye Xiwen was given the option to practice
for ten years, he would be able to take on the eighth prince.
However, what they didn't know was that he actually wouldn't require ten years to surpass
the eighth prince.
"I can see that you have got some means to fight back, but you and I are sworn enemies
from the moment you opposed me, and without a doubt, you are doomed to die!" The
eighth prince slowly expressed his hatred.
Ye Xiwen was somewhat speechless. When did he actually choose to oppose this eighth
prince?
In reality, he had been forced into all of this mess. However afterwards, he certainly did
things to provoke the eighth prince!
His overbearing style could be easily inferred, in fact, it could be easily traced backed to the
same origin as that of Feng Kong and the other imperial guards.
traceable to the same stock; of a common origin
However, it was obvious that he was completely mistaken about the concepts of power and
prestige!
One could literally see stars exploding in Ye Xiwen's ice-cold eyes, as if the universe was
taking birth in the depths of his eyes.
"You talk too much nonsense!" Ye Xiwen shouted loudly and the long blade danced in his
hand. A long arc of Bladelight crawled through the sky and fell towards the eighth prince.
This blade attack was so tyrannical and terrifying, it seemed as if the sky was breaking
apart into several pieces.
The eighth prince's spear pierced through the sky and layer after layer of energy waves
swept across in all directions, while the tyrannical spear attack advanced towards Ye
Xiwen's blade attack.
The spectators could clearly hear the roaring sounds of two mighty forces, but Ye Xiwen, in
particular, appeared exceptionally overbearing and tyrannical. It seemed as if he
commanded a mighty force, in fact, even his imposing aura resembled that of an overlord of
the battlefield.
Ye Xiwen's killing intention and imposing aura were so overwhelming that they were
directly affecting the people's consciousness.
In a flash, the blade attack fiercely collided with spear attack and resulted in an astounding
explosion.
"Boom!"
A giant mushroom ascended towards the sky. The two tyrannical attacks mutually
obliterated each other and gave birth to this giant mushroom cloud which continued to get
bigger and bigger and swept across, engulfing everything on the
way.
The disciples suddenly looked frightened, was this really a duel between two experts at
Small truth realm?
Some of the disciples were caught in the aftermath of that terrifying explosion and were
seriously injured!
If they were not being protected by the barrier enchantment, set up and maintained by an
elder of Yi Yuan School, which blocked most of the complementary shock waves from the
blast, they wouldn't have survived at all.
But even so, some of the disciples got injured because several cracks appeared on the
barrier enchantment. Due to that, the elder who was charged with maintaining the barrier
enchantment had to increase its toughness in order to resist the upcoming tyrannical
collisions like this.
"Boom!"
They collided again since there wasn't the slightest pause in this duel. Both sides continued
to attack again and again. An
incomparably scary light erupted in the horizon and completely obscured the entire sky.
Chapter 213: Four Sacred Beasts
Not even a minute had passed since the duel began, but the two experts already exchanged
more than ten moves, with each being extremely terrifying and earth shattering. Their
speeds were rising slowly and gradually, and in a while, to the eyes of spectators, it seemed
as if both of them turned into colorful streamers of light and were rapidly colliding back
and forth. In fact, the Xiantian level disciples could merely see the fierce collisions between
a blue light and a yellow light.
And even for the truth level experts, it was getting difficult to clearly observe this duel since
they couldn't follow the movements of the two contenders. All they could see was a duel
between two afterimages.
"It's really horrible that these two peerless heroes of this generation had to bump into each
other, so early."
"Right, although the eighth prince is arrogant, we must admit that his strength simply goes
against the heaven's will. He is definitely not some ordinary braggart."
"Even in a low-level battle with Ye Xiwen, he is able to display
such battle efficiency. I must say that both his talent and strength defy the heaven's will.
Although we must also consider that Ye Xiwen's cultivation level is too far behind that of
the eighth prince, but he still managed to fight back on equal terms.
Not to forget, even after putting the seal on the eighth prince's cultivation, the resulting
level was 'Small Truth', and Ye Xiwen's actual cultivation is less than that, but Ye Xiwen still
didn't fall under the wind. It is too shocking, I am afraid we will have to agree that Ye Xiwen
really is a legend, the next rising Qi Feifan of Yi Yuan School."
The disciples of Yi Yuan School were discussing among themselves, and this time, they
weren't discussing the arrogance and overbearing attitude of the eighth prince. After all,
they witnessed his terrifying strength in this stunning duel, which captured all their
attention.
However, while they were discussing, the duel became more and more intense and an
astonishing collision occurred between the two.
"There's no point to this duel, all your resistance is futile since you are just a stepping stone
and destined to become a pile of bones on the road to my success and glory!" The eighth
prince expressed his overbearing self-confidence in a loud voice.
As soon his voice faded, four huge golden seals appeared out of nowhere and started
spinning around him.
At the same time, layer after layer of Zhen Yuan started surging up in the eighth prince's
body. And as his Zhen Yuan was constantly bursting out of his body, these four huge golden
seals instantly began to change shape.
And in just a blink of an eye, huge beastly shadows appeared in the battlefield.
Azure Dragon, Phoenix, White Tiger, Black Tortoise, these four god beasts instantly
appeared in front of the eighth prince.
Each of these beasts was huge, almost 100 feet tall and looked magnificent while positioned
in complete defense formation in front of him as if pushing chock full. It seemed like in their
presence, it would simply be impossible to approach the eighth prince.
The four beast spirits, which transformed from the four huge golden seals, turned their
heads towards the sky and began to roar fiercely. It seemed like their roars were shaking
the entire world, as if the four sacred beasts had really descended from the heaven into this
world.
The eighth prince jumped onto the Azure Dragon's head and looked at Ye Xiwen like an
ancient god of war. He appeared indifferent, heartless and incomparably formidable. And
while standing on that Azure Dragon's head, he seemed like the commander of the heaven's
dragon community.
The disciples of Yi Yuan School were suddenly panic-stricken.
In fact, even the true disciples had their complexions fade instantly when the eighth
prince's terrifying coercion suddenly swept off.
Suddenly, in the depths of Yi Yuan School, several tyrannical
experts started talking to each other through soul search
technique.
Truth level experts can use soul search to sense each other's presence/like a mobile to talk
to each other/for mind control and probing the minds; like Luo Yifan had tried on Ye Xiwen
to destroy his mind but Ye Xiwen was saved by 'Special space'
"Could it be that the eighth prince has obtained the heritage of the ancient 'Four Sacred
Beast' sect of the southeast region?"
"Four Sacred Beasts sect, are you talking about that mighty
ancient sect that was rumored to have run amuck in the ancient martial world, long back in
the past? The Four Sacred Beasts sect was able to accumulate over 1 million disciples and
had outclassed all other rival sects in the southeast region, but later during the Devil
invasion, it was completely destroyed. Their headquarters also disintegrated and fell into
the turbulent flow of space. So, this eighth prince managed to obtain the heritage of that
ancient Four Sacred Beasts sect?"
"It should be true because I have read about the four sacred seals in some old antiquarian
books. This is most likely the ancient martial technique of the great Four Sacred Beasts
sect.
However, it's supposedly a top-tier martial arts technique and I can see that the four beasts
that have been summoned by the eighth prince are nothing like the real deal. The eighth
prince must have used the blood of the demon beasts that contain the bloodline of the
original four sacred beasts, but even so, this technique is very ominous."
"It seems like Ye Xiwen is in big trouble. These four beasts are the guardian beasts between
the heaven and earth. They are said to be the direct embodiment of the world laws. Now,
while facing these four sacred beasts at once in this duel, he is going to fight at a great
disadvantage!"
"Don't forget, Ye Xiwen is no fool, and he is certainly not an
ordinary person. He is a fierce and formidable figure and will certainly have a way to deal
with this situation."
"Yes, Ye Xiwen is a rare genius of our Yi Yuan School. When he grows up, he will turn into
the next Qi Feifan of our sect. Not to mention, he is one of the five pro-disciples and one of
the brilliant disciples of the younger generation of Great Yue State.
Our head has personally announced support and protection to him, so you can put your
mind at ease and relax. Let's wait and see how the battle unfolds!"
"Ye Xiwen, it appears that this eighth prince truly had a great and fortuitous adventure!" Ye
Mo's voice resounded in Ye Xiwen's mind. "I never expected him to summon the four
sacred beasts."
"Is it that terrible?" Ye Xiwen asked.
"Of course, it's very powerful and the genuine four sacred beasts are the supreme gods of
heaven and earth. These beasts actually transcend the three realms and are said to be the
masters of all five elements. There are legends about them in all of the ten thousand worlds,
and especially in your human world." Ye Mo said, "There are rumors that they were
entrusted with the task of guarding the ten thousand worlds, and in each
world, they take different avatars. And, all of the world laws between the heaven and the
earth obey their command, granting them abnormally terrifying might, but fortunately, the
eighth prince has summoned only their imitations. However, since these imitations have
the features and powers of the original mythical beasts, it's going to be hard to deal with
them."
There was a sullen look on Ye Xiwen's face. He knew from the outset that the eighth prince
was a tough opponent, after all, his subordinate, Feng Kong, too was such a difficult guy to
deal with.
However, he wasn't the slightest bit discouraged. Defeating stronger enemies to prove that
his way was right, this had been his style all along. Anyway, he had already planned to
sweep away any and all obstacles in his way and thereby pave the way to his destination,
the peak of martial arts world!
But, before he could obtain the full explanation from Ye Mo, the eighth prince made his
move. The dragon beneath his feet instantly moved and rushed roaring towards Ye Xiwen.
The horrifying aura of the four sacred beast spirits suddenly burst forward and pressed
down towards Ye Xiwen. It seemed as
if the eighth prince was the emperor of this world, like an omnipotent god, and right now,
this god had directed all his might towards Ye Xiwen.
This was the might of terror which directly swept towards Ye Xiwen.
But at this time, Ye Xiwen also made his move and 'Poisonous Dragon Water Control Flag
Array' instantly soared out and the terrifying figure of 'Deepwater Black Serpent King'
suddenly appeared and coiled around Ye Xiwen. One could see dragon scales on its skin, the
abnormally protruding four limbs, and the hook-like angled head. All of this was
announcing that this deepwater black snake king was about to evolve into a water dragon.
Everyone gasped at this scene because they could clearly see that this beast was about to
evolve into the realm of dragons, so horrifying! They could easily figure out that this beast
used to be at the half-step legendary realm when it was alive, but it was then killed by Ye
Xiwen and its precious corpse fell into the hands of Ye Xiwen, who then used it to upgrade
his divine tool.
This actually transformed the image of Ye Xiwen in their hearts as that of a fearful expert.
But only Ye Xiwen knew that this deepwater black snake king had been killed by the old
man in black clothes. After being killed, its corpse fell into the hands of Ye Xiwen and was
completely absorbed by the Poisonous Dragon Water Control flag.
It was needless to say how precious the corpse of a half-step legendary realm demon beast
actually was. Needless to say, this beast was also the king of deepwater black serpents.
Hence, its corpse was an extremely precious treasure and could be used to refine powerful
tools. But, in order to win Ye Xiwen's support by giving respect and honor, the ninth prince
handed over the corpse of the deepwater black serpent king to Ye Xiwen. In fact, not just
that, he also gifted the corpses of thousands of other deepwater black serpents to Ye Xiwen.
Ye Xiwen offered the sacrifice of the corpses of these deepwater black serpents to enhance
the 18 surfaced Poisonous Dragon Water Control Flag. In addition to that, he used the half-
step legendry level corpse of the deepwater black serpent king to form a new array to the
flag.
'Whiz Whiz Whiz' sound resounded several times, and from the side of Ye Xiwen, several
deepwater black snakes flew out roaring from the 'Poisonous Dragon Water Control Flag
Array'.
Looking at the mighty forms of these serpents, it seemed as if
they were simply reborn because they had become much more formidable than before.
Ye Xiwen obtained the corpses of over a thousand deepwater black snakes and fed their
souls to these original deepwater black snakes, making them transform into such mighty
beasts, but because of the limited time, these few snakes could just evolve to the peak of
truth fifth stage, however in doing so, almost 1/5th of the total one thousand deepwater
black snakes were already consumed.
This divine tool had not yet fully formed its battle efficiency as originally envisaged by Ye
Xiwen. After a complete feeding time and fully maturing, all sides of the 18 sided
'Poisonous Dragon Water Control Flag Array' would take true shape, then at least, each side
of the flag array would be able to reach the truth ninth stage, not to forget that one side of
this flag array contained a half-step legendary realm beast's soul. So, after successfully
applying all the amendments to improve this flag array as he originally planned, the flag
array would display its true might, and then with its help, Ye Xiwen would be able to
contend with the experts of half-step legendary realm.
In other words, right now, this flag array was just a semi-finished product, but even so, Ye
Xiwen didn't have any other means to face the boundless might of the four sacred beasts,
he
could only bite the bullet and brace himself.
One by one, the deepwater black snakes rushed forward on the battlefield, and suddenly,
numerous disciples were amazed at this scene. Some of them had previously witnessed Ye
Xiwen's flag array, but most of them had not seen such a magnificent divine tool.
Chapter 214: Eighth Prince's Fatal Error
At this time, there was a look of shock on the eighth prince's face. He never thought that Ye
Xiwen would actually have such a hidden card. However, now he didn't have a way out of
this situation, he must finish what he started and behead Ye Xiwen, in order to save his
reputation.
On one side stood a large array of the four sacred beasts, namely the Azure Dragon, White
Tiger, The Phoenix and the Black Tortoise. While, on the other side stood the even bigger
array of 19 gigantic deepwater black snakes of Poisonous Dragon Water Control Flag, and
not to forget that one of them being the deepwater black snake king.
All the disciples had horrified expressions on their faces as they were anticipating an earth-
shattering collision between these two peerless geniuses.
Between the two of them, any of whom could be considered as an unimaginably tyrannical
presence.
The four sacred beasts and the gang of deepwater black snakes severely collided.
"Boom!"
Giving rise to an inexhaustible air explosion and forming a large vacuum belt. It seemed as
if the surrounding space had been shattered by this explosion.
Both sides were submerged in the terrifying fluctuations of space and energy, while at the
same time, the deepwater black snakes and the four sacred beast spirits fiercely rushed
towards each other and clashed maliciously.
The entire air was boiling as the fierce beastly roars continued to resound throughout the
region. There was chaos everywhere while the surrounding space was slowly cracking and
collapsing. It seemed just like the collapse of this entire world.
The terrible scene scared everyone to death, as they could clearly see that this decisive
battle was almost reaching its end.
"Roar!"
"Roar!"
All kinds of horrifying beastly roars were directly impacting the clouds in the sky and
shaking the atmosphere.
This was truly a fight between ominous beasts, which was actually able to shake the heaven
and the earth.
"Clang!"
Eighth prince's spear was once again wrapped in a terrifying light. The dragon beneath his
feet began to roar loudly, as he again advanced towards Ye Xiwen. The energy surrounding
the spear started getting bigger and bigger and fell towards Ye Xiwen. It seemed as if a
mountain was collapsing upon him.
The spear packed an invincible might, to the extent that it simply punctured through the
atmosphere and spread chaos everywhere. This scene was literally like the birth of the
world!
There was a calm look on Ye Xiwen's face. He didn't say anything, he was very calm.
Irrespective of the kind of attacks enemy was throwing at him, there was no way to shake
his
confidence.
Ye Xiwen shot his long blade, releasing an equally fearful attack, in the form of Bladelight,
towards the incoming attack.
Ye Xiwen's blade attacks were extremely horrifying, to the extent that each of his blade
attacks was capable of cutting open through the space.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!" the two experts collided again, but this time, they staggered away from each other.
In a flash, the flesh and blood flew in all directions.
The disciples felt their hearts tremble, who was hurt? Whose
blood was this? Yi Yuan School's disciples were naturally hoping that Ye Xiwen was okay,
that it wasn't him who got hurt.
As the light dispersed, everyone saw the eighth prince's figure, standing atop the Azure
Dragon. They were shocked to find that his whole arm was almost torn off by Ye Xiwen's
long blade, and the blood was constantly dripping down his arm.
No one expected that Ye Xiwen would actually turn out to be so formidable that he would
manage to almost chop off the eighth prince's arm.
After seeing the eighth prince's blood flying in front of their eyes, everyone was stunned.
There was pin drop silence on the battlefield.
The eighth prince almost fell off the Azure dragon's head.
Could it be that the eighth prince was not a match of Ye Xiwen in a same-level duel? No, in
fact, Ye Xiwen was only an expert of truth fourth stage and his enemy was an expert of
much higher level.
This in itself was not a fair fight, but even so, the duel should have been in favor of the
eighth prince. In the end, what was the true extent of Ye Xiwen's strength?
"You actually dared to hurt me, now no one can save you from my wrath!" The eighth
prince's body suddenly exuded a strange godly aura, and soon, the wound on his arm
gradually began to heal, was no longer bleeding like earlier.
There was a very simply reason behind why the bleeding suddenly stopped, it was because
Ye Xiwen's Daoqi was still lingering in his wound and was constantly devouring his
wounds, so this was the fundamental reason why he could not recover.
Just now, the strange godly aura instantly expelled Ye Xiwen's Daoqi and allowed the
bleeding to stop.
Ye Xiwen sneered but didn't say anything, just looked coldly at the eighth prince.
The eighth prince grinned cruelly while he was standing on the Azure dragon's head and
holding a spear in one hand. And suddenly, he rushed towards Ye Xiwen.
The spear in the eighth prince's hand began to produce a buzzing noise and instantly
evolved into a huge cage of energy, which then went towards Ye Xiwen in order to suppress
him and choke him to death.
Ye Xiwen didn't waste any time, he rushed forward and waved the long blade in his hand,
thereby releasing nine blade shadows, which then fiercely collided with the spear attack in
the sky.
"Boom!"
The two attacks glittered as they severely collided and suddenly began to exude terrifying
rays of light in the sky!
"Puchi!" the spear left a fatal wound on Ye Xiwen's waist, inducing a deadly trail of blood
across his waist. This was the first time Ye Xiwen got injured in this duel, but the eighth
prince was in a worse state. A horrible wound had opened up on his chest and the blood
was crazily oozing out of it.
"What's going on? That eighth prince actually fell under the
wind!"
"How is this possible, how can this Ye Xiwen be so formidable?"
Several disciples exclaimed while there was shock and surprise on their faces. Although
they always thought of the eighth prince as an arrogant and annoying guy, but deep in their
hearts, they could still not deny his overwhelming might.
Although they did not want to admit it, but the powerful image of the eighth prince was
deeply rooted in their hearts, so they never thought that he would actually fall under the
wind.
The scene that unfolded in front of their eyes was simply beyond their original expectation.
This was an unprecedented matter!
Not even the eighth prince himself ever imagined such an outcome!
Since his debut and the beginning of his so-called world conquest, he had never fallen
under the wind in a same-level
duel, not to mention he had never fought such a one-sided battle.
Not to forget, he was the one who instigated this duel and still ended up falling under the
wind, this was just too ridiculous and unexpected.
In fact, he was not unaware that he made a blunder of underestimating Ye Xiwen and fell
into his own trap.
He could sense intense threat from Ye Xiwen. He was aware of the fact that Ye Xiwen was
so young and still managed to kill Feng Kong, who was clearly at a higher level. It was
obvious that Ye Xiwen was capable of fighting with experts of higher level, but he just never
expected that Ye Xiwen would turn out to be so terrifying.
Despite being at a fairly higher level, he had been completely suppressed by Ye Xiwen.
Suddenly, an ominous and dense aura manifested around Ye Xiwen. He didn't wait for the
eighth prince to recover and attacked, but this time, he didn't use an ordinary blade skill.
What he used was actually a horrifying sword intention, which
instantly swept across and completely engulfed everything in the surroundings. Looking at
the overwhelming might of this sword intention, no one could guess the rank of this skill.
Immediately, the entire expanse of the sky was engulfed in the brilliance of this sword
intention, whereas the nearby mountains couldn't stand its presence and disintegrated into
bits. Everyone had a feeling in their hearts that if anyone tried to stand in its way, they
would be instantly obliterated, leaving nothing behind.
Eighth prince's complexion suddenly paled. This was the first time such a terrified
expression appeared on his face, other than the usual ice-cold expression. He cursed in his
heart and thought that this Ye Xiwen was not playing by the rules and suddenly shot the
sword intention, carrying such an out-of-the-world destructive power. Moreover, he could
sense that there was an inherent meaning of creative concept hidden inside the sword
intention, but the eighth prince couldn't understand how Ye Xiwen managed to practice it
to such a profound level that it so effortlessly smashed his spirit illusions.
This attack was extremely fearful and was virtually impossible to guard against. Ye Xiwen
so casually switched from using blade-based attacks to using a sword skill to catch his
enemy off guard. He carefully waited for the right moment to unleash the sword intention,
a strange but deadly skill he picked up from that fearful swordsman.
And right then, Ye Xiwen finally decided to go all out and fully unleashed his long trained
combat style!
Bladelight!
Sword Intention!
Palm shadow!
One after another, Ye Xiwen was unleashing various techniques and skill without any rules
and patterns, totally random. As if all of these skills were on his fingertips and invoking
them was a child's play for him. This clearly showed that he had a very high-level
understanding of the martial arts when compared to his peers.
Gradually, the eighth prince was completely pressed under the wind. Needless to say, no
matter how high a level he was at before the seal was placed on him, right now, the best he
could do was display the might of Small Truth at best. And when considering the level of
understanding of martial arts, who could possibly beat Ye Xiwen?
So long as it was at the same level, no one could contend with Ye Xiwen. Not to forget, when
Ye Xiwen was at truth third stage, he was able to compete with the experts of Small Truth
level. And now that he stepped into the truth fourth stage, he should possess enough battle
efficiency to beat any and all experts of Small Truth level.
Of course, eighth prince was just too tyrannical and that's how he managed to survive this
long in the duel, otherwise, any other expert would have been slaughtered in one shot by
Ye Xiwen.
Being able to last so long against Ye Xiwen, the eighth prince certainly proved his well-
deserved reputation. Of course, only Ye Xiwen and Ye Mo would think so.
Everyone else was simply dumbfounded to witness that Ye Xiwen was prevailing in the
duel.
But now, the battle had thoroughly fallen into the hands of Ye Xiwen, and it was time to end
this once and forever.
Choosing to fight Ye Xiwen at the Small Truth level was really
the biggest mistake committed by the so-called perfectionist, the eighth prince!
"Eighth prince, your legend ends today. Your decision to fight me at the same level was the
biggest mistake you'll ever make!"
Ye Xiwen gave out a loud shout and a burst of energy broke out of his body.
Chapter 215: Eighth Prince Defeated
Perhaps if the eighth prince was in his peak condition, he might have been able to kill Ye
Xiwen, but it just so happened that he was too conceited and made the fatal error of
challenging Ye Xiwen to a same level duel.
Everyone was anxious at this moment. They were fully aware of the extraordinary prowess
of these two experts, and the fact that both were capable of effortlessly beating any expert
of Small Truth realm, but at this time, the younger among the two was able to completely
suppress the other.
"But, I was so sure of your death!" The eighth prince said with an unwilling look on his face.
He was cursing himself for committing his biggest mistake. Rather than blaming himself for
being so conceited, he was feeling pain in his heart for facing such a miserable situation.
Conquest between peerless experts of each generation was always an extremely cruel
occurring, and everyone knew that, but in every generation, there were always few experts
who were able to reach the summit of the conquest, and later in life, they would also come
to control several major forces.
If only these two could have avoided this duel, at least in a few decades, they would have
certainly obtained influential positions in the major forces of Great Yue State. But, the duel
took place ahead of time.
Ye Xiwen's battle strength was too terrifying and he easily managed to suppress the eighth
prince.
Eighth prince's spear possessed tremendous might. Each of its strikes was capable of
shattering the space. It seemed to be releasing a tyrannical qi which was seemed as if it was
coming straight from the grasp of the king of the world.
And each blade attack of Ye Xiwen seemed to be cutting open the world itself and breaking
the entire universe.
While they were fighting and clashing with each other, it would appear like a terrible
collision between two planets, leaving the horrifying aftermath of the explosion
everywhere.
And with each collision, the enchantment barrier would almost collapse by shattering into
several pieces and dispersing.
The disciples held their breaths as these scenes of terror
continued to unfold in front of their eyes. These two men were undoubtedly the supreme
leaders of the younger generation.
Especially, the true disciples were simply frustrated to death after witnessing such a scene.
Of course, they were among the elite geniuses of Yi Yuan School, but when compared with
the two peerless geniuses fighting in front of their eyes, their own accomplishments were
nothing. They had the kind of feeling that their hair fall off to the ground while thinking
about the shame they felt for not having the capability to carry on such a fight.
After all, their strength was far worse.
This in itself was not necessarily going to determine the winner of the conquest, as long as
the vast majority of peers could be beheaded, and in that case, the battle between these two
could have been avoided. However, now the fight was close to the end.
And since the eighth prince's ambition was to dominate the world, he actually needed to
destroy all obstacles with his own hands.
"Ah!" The eighth prince looked up towards the sky and gave out a long and loud battle-cry.
And at the same time, a terrifying burst of monstrous energy rushed throughout the spear
in his hand.
Eight prince's previous heroic aura had disappeared and only a boundless killing aura
remained in its place. His tall stature appeared quite domineering, just like a huge
mountain, when he suddenly rushed towards Ye Xiwen.
However, he still couldn't injure Ye Xiwen, in fact, his attack was easily blocked.
The eighth prince was incomparably overbearing, to the extent that even though he had
been fully suppressed by Ye Xiwen in the duel, he still didn't switch to defensive-play and
kept on going all out.
An example of infinite courage!
"The duel is reaching its end so soon? I never expected that the dignified eighth prince
would be so close to facing a disastrous defeat."
"It's strange, Ye Xiwen is too strong and witnessing his performance in this duel; he is
certainly worthy of the title of Yi Yuan School's fifth pro-disciple."
"The eighth prince really had it coming. He actually wanted to use Ye Xiwen as his stepping
stone in his world quest. Even when our head declared his full support and protection of Ye
Xiwen, he still dared to pull off such a stunt. This clearly shows that he looks down on us!"
All of the disciples felt that this duel's outcome would be out any minute.
Ye Xiwen's facial expression looked even more callous while the Bladelight completely
quelled the eighth prince.
"Ah!" Eighth prince roared again and again, and suddenly shot his spear, which stabbed
towards Ye Xiwen like an endlessly falling mountain. The approaching flying spear looked
dazzling and colorful, just like a small sun.
"Look at yourself, now you are nothing but a cornered beast!"
Ye Xiwen roared and shot his palm, which then turned into a coiling dragon and flew
towards the incoming spear.
"Boom!" the resulting horrifying blast even obliterated the atoms in the atmosphere.
The eighth prince's spear collided with Ye Xiwen's dragon claw and stagnated, it simply
couldn't advance.
Both of Ye Xiwen's hands turned into coiling dragons and soared towards the sky, like two
god-beasts, suppressing and obliterating everything in the surroundings.
Eighth prince's face finally revealed a look of panic and terror.
In so many years of his life, he had never been suppressed so thoroughly by anyone. Now
that he was facing Ye Xiwen, he was just like a cornered beast. No matter how much he
tried, it was still extremely difficult for him to escape from Ye Xiwen's attacks.
Ye Xiwen's palm turned into a coiling dragon, which swept its huge tail towards the eighth
prince. He used the strongest move of coiling dragon palm, 'Divine Dragon swings its tail'.
Eighth prince was sent flying several hundred miles away,
along with the spear, and finally fell on the ground. No one knew how many bones
shattered in his body, his clothes were tattered, his hair scattered in all directions. He no
longer looked like the heroic prince he was when he arrived earlier, now he was just a
miserable looking warrior who was on the verge of losing everything he accumulated so far
in his life.
But the duel was not over yet. Before the eighth prince could take a breath of relief, a spear
came piercing across the sky and stabbed into his body.
Eighth prince was simply not prepared for this and was directly pierced by the spear.
"Boom!" the eighth prince was punched on top of a mountain peak by his own spear, and
suddenly, the entire peak was cut off in half by the inconceivable might of the spear.
The eighth prince was still struggling, roaring again and again. One-third of the mountain
had already been smashed by the enormous might of the spear, but then suddenly, the
fearful seal on the spear-tip started to glow intermittently and instantly activated, thereby
completely sealing off the prince's strength.
Ye Xiwen flew across the sky and landed next to the pale-looking eighth prince, then said:
"As pathetic as you are right now, do you still want to kill me? I told you, in a same-level
battle, I will squash you like a bug."
"I dare you to fight a fair battle with me. Since my real strength was sealed by your elder, I
couldn't show my complete strength!" The eighth prince clamored, while there was still a
murderous look in his eyes, but not so intense like earlier.
"Fair, you say? How ridiculous! You are far above my level, but you still rushed here to kill
me. Now you want a fair duel?"
Ye Xiwen said in a ridiculing manner.
The eighth prince was furious but he couldn't do anything.
Right now, his martial arts and skill had been sealed by his own spear and he couldn't even
move.
"So now you can stop going on expeditions. Maybe try next time, in your next life." Ye
Xiwen said and the long blade instantly danced in his hand.
The surrounding disciples immediately exclaimed and started celebrating. Ye Xiwen finally
defeated the eighth prince and
saved their face. And this was simply beyond anyone's expectation. However, if he killed
the eighth prince, then it would create a huge sensation throughout the Great Yue State.
After defeating the eighth prince, the one who actually intended to dominate the entire
Great Yue State, it was obvious that Ye Xiwen was going to become very famous.
"I refuse to accept this outcome!" The eighth prince suddenly shouted, and this time, there
was fear in his eyes. He was scared of Ye Xiwen since he had never bumped into a
tyrannical expert like him. Ye Xiwen was just like an indomitable person, a truly fearful and
bizarre existence and the eighth prince finally realized it!
"Stop!" a loud shout transmitted from far away, and suddenly, a big hand opened a crack in
the space and stretched towards the eighth prince.
Ye Xiwen frowned, how could he possibly forget the terrifying expert who arrived along
with the eighth prince?
Ye Xiwen immediately seized the eighth prince's body and threw across the sky. The eighth
prince's body was sent flying at
an extremely fast speed and it escaped from the reach of that big hand.
"What do you want?" Ye Xiwen said coldly and looked towards the void.
"Young man, this duel is over!" That hoarse voice said.
A skinny old man's figure suddenly appeared from the void.
"Duel, you say? You think this was really just a duel?" Ye Xiwen sneered and said.
"This time you've won, just respect the rule of so-called forgive and forget. The royal clan
will owe you one!" The old man said.
"Humph, what will I do with a royal favor? Do you think it is good enough to stand on level
with this matter?" Ye Xiwen said in a strict voice. To others, perhaps royal favor was as
heavy as a mountain, but the same didn't apply to Ye Xiwen. His origin was extraordinary!
He had come from a much-advanced world with advanced societies, where the hierarchical
system of monarchy
was already a long gone tradition.
"He rushed here to kill me, there was killing intention filled in his heart when he challenged
me to a duel, in fact, he even said that he would take my life today. And you say that this
was just a duel?" Ye Xiwen said disdainfully, "If he had won, would you show up to stop him
from killing me? If I hadn't defeated him today, he and his spear would have taken so many
innocent lives of countless geniuses. Would you persuade him to stop and convince him
otherwise? No, all you can do is try to teach me a lesson on 'forgive and forget'!"
"In the end, you just follow double standards. You treat yourself and others based on two
different sets of standards!"
"Look Ye Xiwen, the road ahead is long. Even if you possess god-given wisdom and talent,
you are still young and far from being a legend warrior. There's a long way to go and you
will face countless unknown obstacles along the way, so making a new friend is good for
you!" A hint of threat was apparent in the old man's words.
Chapter 216: Demon Island Bell Rings
"Look Ye Xiwen, the road ahead is long. Even if you possess god-given wisdom and talent,
but you are still young and far from being a legendary warrior. There's a long way to go and
you will face countless unknown obstacles along the way, so making a new friend is good
for you!" A hint of threat was apparent in the old man's words.
"Are you threatening me?" Ye Xiwen's complexion suddenly became dark and filled with
anger.
"I am just stating the fact, kid." The old man said in a casual manner.
"I don't need others to help me pave my way to success. Even if there are thorns in my way,
I will completely chop them off and make my own way." Ye Xiwen said unmoved. He was
standing in front of Yi Yuan School and wasn't afraid of the enemy.
Ye Xiwen consecrated to the unusual repugnance towards the royal clan. Earlier when the
eighth prince was challenging him to a fight to the death, this old man said that the elders
mustn't
get involved in the fight of the young ones. And now that his own disciple's life was on the
line, he interfered without thinking twice about his own statement. Two sets of standards
were pretty obvious in this situation!
"I remember how you said just now that the old guys mustn't get involved in the matters of
the younger generation. Now, you intend to go back on your words!" Ye Xiwen said in a
mocking voice. "If I was the one nailed atop a mountain, would you come out to save me
from your eighth prince? Look at the pious look on your face and the dignity you carry as
an expert, it's fake in the end. You are not even ashamed of yourself, old man."
"You!" the old man choked from the anger, bulging inside of him from Ye Xiwen's words,
but he didn't dare to attack, after all, he was standing in front of Yi Yuan School. If he
actually dared to attack Ye Xiwen, neither him nor the eighth prince would go back alive.
Not to forget, the eighth prince's entire stunt was like a provocation, as if looking down on
Yi Yuan School.
The five forces were capable of peaceful coexistence for so many years, naturally by not
making sudden moves and abiding by the rules and the eighth prince's everyday clamoring
about
dominating the world itself was no different from committing the taboo. Who would want
the eighth prince in power?
One could simply and smoothly kill the eighth prince for this reason conveniently and no
one would be able to say anything.
Not to mention, even the royal clan wouldn't say anything; in fact, many people would be
clapping and celebrating.
The competition in royal clan was more brutal than other forces. Although the five pro-
disciples were competing for the seat of Yi Yuan School's head, they wouldn't steep so low
as to killing each other for its sake, because it was just a position and didn't give the right to
continue one's own royal bloodline.
However, the same was not true for the throne.
Eighth prince's death would greatly benefit the eldest prince, the second prince, the fourth
prince, uh, and now the ninth prince was also in the race. Not to mention, other major
forces were supporting the aforementioned princes and they certainly didn't approve of
the eighth prince's ambition. So, even inside the royal clan, there were many people who
didn't approve of the eighth prince's actions; after all, they didn't want to mess with the
other major forces. Since they were fully aware of the fact that the royal clan alone wasn't
responsible for the foundation of Great Yue State, in fact, without the help of other forces, it
would have been impossible for the royal clan to
achieve such a feat.
Many people were scared that if the eighth prince really got the throne and waged war
against the other forces, the end result would be the destruction of the royal clan. The
overall strength of Yi Yuan School and the other major forces was tyrannical. They
possessed several legendary level experts, and while facing so many legendary level
experts, the imperial legions would prove pretty useless. Since the rule of strength in
numbers didn't stand a chance in front of a legendary level expert.
Because of this, the royal clan was deliberately planning to keep strong ties with Yun Cheng
sect. By doing so, it was barely maintaining a balance of power with Yi Yuan School and the
other two major forces.
Even if he wanted to dominate the world, he shouldn't have kept blabbering about it all the
time. Fear controls all and people instinctively fear the unknown!
Therefore, considering the hostile elements inside the royal clan who hated the eighth
prince, the old man didn't dare get involved.
"I am not the kind of person who easily gets scared of such empty threats. I just believe in
the fully repay of a debt!" Ye Xiwen sneered, "And it seems today, it's going to be difficult
for your eighth prince to escape from the death's claws!"
Ye Xiwen lifted his long blade and was about to stab the eighth prince, and from the far
distance, the old man's angry shout suddenly thundered.
"Ding!" The melodious sound of a bell suddenly rang out of nowhere, as if transmitting
from the sky, and instantly struck Ye Xiwen's mind. Ye Xiwen was left completely stunned
for an instant.
"Ding!"
"Ding!"
"Ding!"
One after another, the bell continued to ring.
The old man looked at Ye Xiwen and couldn't understand what stunned him, but he saw the
opportunity and immediately grabbed the eighth prince's body in his big hand and
disappeared.
"You will pay for what you did today!"
"Ye Xiwen, what's wrong?"
"Wasn't he going to kill the eighth prince?"
"Impossible, I can just feel Ye Xiwen's monstrous killing intention and anger. I don't
understand why he didn't kill him while he had the chance."
"Then what happened exactly!"
"God knows!"
"Could it be that something happened and stopped Ye Xiwen's attack?"
Moments after the eighth prince was rescued by the old man, Ye Xiwen finally recovered
and got extremely furious!
However, what on the earth was that bell sound and where did it come from?
The news quickly spread throughout the Great Yue State among the warriors community.
After a long period of 50 years, the Demon Island bell rang once again in the sky of Great
Yue State.
There were lots of legends related to the Demon Island in Great Yue State and several
neighboring countries.
The older experts were not much concerned about the Demon Island because, more or less,
everyone knew about this strange island's connection with the younger generation of
disciples.
Since the demon island only appeared once in every 50 ears, and for an average person, it
was a considerably long time.
Naturally, no one knew about the background of the demon island.
However, very soon, the legend of the Demon Island spread once again.
According to hearsay, long time ago, the Demon Island appeared in this world. There was
no record of how long ago it really appeared, but after a cycle of every 50 years, it would
appear in the East China Sea. Again, no one knew about the reason behind its appearance
and disappearance and how it happened.
Everyone knew only this much that it would appear only once in 50 years, and each time
with its appearance, a melodious bell would ring and call forth the chosen ones. Not anyone
could listen to this bell's sound, only the leaders of the younger generation could hear the
melodious sound of this bell and only these chosen few could enter into the island. Those
who couldn't hear the bell summons shouldn't even dream about going to the Demon
Island.
Therefore, many people considered the bell summon as a standard. Those who heard the
bell ringing were considered as young heroes of their respective sects.
Fifty years ago, Qi Feifan went to the demon island and reaped great benefits over there.
That's how he could become so strong.
And after a lapse of five decades, the Demon Island once again rang the bell, which gave rise
to countless rumors.
And this time, Ye Xiwen heard the call of the bell, which also became a staple of
conversation for countless people. After he received the summons from the Demon Island,
finally, even the unwilling and most stubborn people had to recognize Ye Xiwen's peerless
talent and extraordinary abilities. This was no different from attaining instant glory
overnight.
Since the demon island bell never summoned non-top geniuses.
However, Ye Xiwen was not much excited or flattered about this, like everyone expected
him to be.
In fact, this thing was too weird since Ye Xiwen didn't know about the origin of this demon
island.
After continuously searching through books and materials for a few days, Ye Xiwen finally
had a profound understanding about this demon island and why it was famed as the killing
fields of peerless geniuses.
The demon island bell summon was not just for Yi Yuan School, but for ten countries of the
southeast region. Almost over a thousand peerless geniuses from the ten countries of the
southeast region were going to participate in this expedition.
No one could count how many peerless geniuses fell during the last summons. Qi Feifan
himself was an invincible expert of his generation and incomparably tyrannical, and largely
because most of the peerless geniuses of his generation had already fallen in the demon
island.
Fifty years ago, that time was one of the most miserable times for the Great Yue State. It lost
more than 50 peerless geniuses in one fell swoop, and in the end, only Qi Feifan survived
and returned from the demon island. In the end, what happened there, no one would ever
know except Qi Feifan.
However, even if the situation was relatively good, as many as only a dozen people would
manage to come back alive.
And one must know that these weren't some ordinary disciples, but were considered the
specifically cultivated
peerless geniuses of various forces. The death of any of whom would cause severe loss to
the sect.
It was said in the southeast region that only those who would manage to come back alive
from the demon island would be standing on the top of the pyramid of power.
Therefore, although the demon island was called an elite meat grinder, it still gave
enormous opportunities to the brave young geniuses. That's why even after clearly
knowing about the narrow escape, they would still choose to go.
Several of them wanted to go because they thought; they would either die on the demon
island or come back alive to become the strongest figures among the ten countries of the
southeast region.
Moreover, these were the so-called elites among the geniuses and possessed great self-
confidence. Every one of them was confident that they would be able to come out alive
from the demon island.
Anyways, there would a huge gap between the strength and skills of those who didn't go to
the demon island and those who
came out from there.
So they were willing to take the risk and make good use of this chance!
Now it was Ye Xiwen's turn to choose whether to go or not!
"I will go, why wouldn't I go when everyone else is going? And if only one person were to
come out alive from there, that person would be me."
Chapter 217: The Sinister Demon Island
The Demon Island appeared again and immediately set off a storm in the entire southeast
region. The infamous bell once again summoned countless geniuses from all over, and they
set off on the journey.
This expedition was only focused on preparing a battlefield for the chosen geniuses hailing
from the ten countries of the Southeast region!
They were all brave and fearless, but the success was going to belong to only a few, the rest
could only be used as paving stones in the supreme glory of the winners.
Although it wasn't clear at what time they must go to the Demon Island, under normal
circumstances, the major forces would come along and send their respective chosen
geniuses together, so that they could get along on the way and take good care of each other.
And this time, three disciples were summoned from Yi Yuan School. No one was surprised
to find that one of the chosen candidates was Ye Xiwen, while the other one of the
remaining
two was actually Hua Menghan. In the last two months, Hua Menghan had firmly stepped
into the second stage of truth realm, and her cultivation was surprisingly almost
comparable to that of Ye Xiwen.
After all, Hua Menghan had spent a long time in Xiantian ninth stage, accumulating all the
time, so now when she finally had a breakthrough; she directly reached the second stage of
truth realm. Initially, Ye Xiwen was a bit surprised, but he knew that she had a strong
background. He actually felt quite relieved, since Hua Menghan joined the Main Sect of Yi
Yuan School at the age of 16 and that too when she was at Xiantian fifth stage. And, noticing
her excellent talent and shocking cultivation speed, later, she was taken in as a direct
disciple of Wu Potian, the head of Yi Yuan School. Now, in just a matter of few years, she
reached all the way up to the truth second stage.
This really put her in a league, far ahead of her peers and sibling disciples.
Hua Menghan had been considerably low-key all the time since she was focusing on the
accumulation of profound knowledge and skill, and now that her cultivation finally had a
breakthrough, it literally put her in the spotlight as a peerless genius of Yi Yuan School. Not
to forget, she was one of the three chosen by the Demon Island bell.
Hua Menghan's achievement could be regarded as extraordinary, literally far beyond the
expectations of Ye Xiwen.
However, Ye Xiwen was much more curious about the third candidate. He was a young guy
in black clothes who appeared to be about 20 years old. Named Chen Ruochen, he was a
sibling disciple of Hua Menghan and had been directly trained by Wu Potian. He was a
disciple of truth third stage and was actually not really a well-known disciple among Wu
Potian's disciples.
He could only be regarded as mediocre, with a normally silent and withdrawn personality.
He was basically a loner and didn't have many friends; in fact, even Hua Menghan didn't
know him well because of his eccentric attitude.
Even though Chen Ruochen was not very famous, Ye Xiwen didn't dare to look down on
him. After all, only peerless geniuses could hear the summoning bell of the Demon Island,
so it was impossible for mediocre geniuses to be summoned.
Perhaps, he was deliberately trying to keep a low profile.
But anyway, a total of three disciples from Yi Yuan School were going to set foot on the
Demon Island. So, they would obviously maintain a good relationship with each other, after
all, mutual cooperation was not always bad.
Because everyone needed to prepare for the long journey ahead, their departure was
delayed until ten days later, when the three finally hit the road. Although each time the
Demon Island made its appearance, it was always in the East China Sea, the location was
not the same each time. Besides the experts who heard the summoning bell, others couldn't
sense its location.
However, to actually find its exact location was not very difficult because thousands of
experts were summoned each time, making the task easier. Not to forget, even the non-
summoned experts of the same sect would help their chosen peers in finding the Demon
Island.
However, it was impossible for the non-chosen ones to enter the island.
Ye Xiwen and the other two flew all the way towards the Demon Island and saw a lot of
people on the way. They were also flying in the direction of the East China Sea, where the
Demon Island was going to appear after fifty years. Among them, there were many people
who didn't believe in this legend and wanted to confirm with their own eyes.
Along the way, the three didn't have much communication
until they reach the East China Sea coast. They started looking for a Zhen Yuan propelled
wooden boat. Ye Xiwen noticed that this boat was way faster than the speedboats of his
previous life.
The trio had an approximate location of the Demon Island, so they decided to advance in
that direction.
Although flying would be faster than riding a boat, the airspace near the Demon Island was
said to be infested with tyrannical flying-type demon beasts, so the use of a boat was
recommended. Even though the trio was somewhat dissatisfied with the speed, they didn't
want to take the lead and definitely weren't in a rush.
On the way, occasionally, small groups of 3-4 experts could be seen rushing towards the
Demon Island. Obviously, they were the leaders of the younger generation among the ten
countries of the Southeast region.
Early morning sunlight was reflecting on the sea in the form of shiny bits and pieces of
dazzling stars. The whole scene looked extremely beautiful as the trio sped on the boat for
three whole days, but there wasn't a shred of weariness on their faces.
Having reached such high levels of cultivation, there was no necessity of taking rest.
From afar, they saw a figure approaching very fast from behind and were actually
surprised to see that it was a young priest in black robes. He looked roughly 25 or 26 years
old from his appearance. His robe was fluttering as he was riding the waves and quickly
approaching them. His movements looked natural and elegant.
The trio was slightly surprised since they never expected to actually see a priest in the
world of martial arts. Ye Xiwen could somehow relate to this from the knowledge of his
past life since the priest somewhat resembled the monastic martial artists from his
previous life. However, there were some differences, like the spiritual cultivation involved
training one's mind and soul; this priest seemed to have a very powerful martial arts
heritage.
This young priest's agility skill was extremely superior. It didn't take him even a moment to
arrive beside these three.
But he didn't wait to converse with the trio and quickly went ahead. He just stopped for an
instant and nodded slightly to greet the three, which showed that he was not an arrogant
guy.
Hua Menghan frowned while looking at the back profile of the young priest and said: "This
priest looks very strong. I could not perceive his cultivation."
Chen Ruochen nodded in agreement. This priest was actually daring to go alone to the
Demon Island, which was the proof of his incredible courage.
There was a calm and dignified look on Ye Xiwen's face, because unlike the other two, he
was well aware of this priest's outstanding strength. He had already seen through the
cultivation of the young priest, who was at the sixth stage of truth realm. This should
clearly place him among the few strongest peerless geniuses on the Demon Island.
He was so young and still managed to step into the truth sixth stage, which was proof of his
natural talent. Needless to say, since the Demon Island appeared only once in 50 years, plus
it summoned only special geniuses who were generally only 50
years old or less, each having great potential genius, Ye Xiwen could determine from this
that this priest was definitely less than fifty years old. In fact, he looked less than 30 years
old, which again placed him among the rarest of peerless geniuses like the eighth prince.
Fortunately, the test on the Demon Island was not to determine one winner out of so many
contestants. It was more of a treasure hunt!
However, the slaughter was inevitable whenever a rare treasure would pop up.
Demon Island has been able to attract so many people; all kinds of adventures await these
people on the Demon Island.
There are many materials and treasures which could provide great benefits.
The main attraction of the Demon Island was it being a host of several rare treasures and
adventures.
Most people were attracted towards the endless treasures and were crazed for the
upcoming fortuitous encounters.
In a blink of an eye, two days passed. Ye Xiwen and the other two finally approached the
Demon Island. The excitement was getting more and more intense in their hearts, as they
were nearing the dyed black sky, filled with dark billowing clouds.
The strong winds were howling, numerous sea waves were billowing and shooting up into
the sky, but in this boundless sea, they could still see the blossoming of small waves.
When looking from afar, there was an endless sea stretched for miles and obscured by dark
clouds. The trio was enjoying beautiful sunlight earlier, but now they were in the deeper
region of this sea. Here, dense dark clouds were running amuck, obscuring the sky, and a
huge island could be seen looming in the stormy waves of Yaoqi, soaring throughout the
sky.
Yaoqi = Demonqi
The trio knew that the dark clouds were actually composed of Yaoqi, and within a month,
the entire Demon Island was going to be sealed off by a barricade of these dark clouds. It
would not re-open until more than a year later, which meant that they would be sealed off
on this island for a whole year until it would re-open.
For more than a year's time, the people on the Demon Island wouldn't be able to contact
the people outside and vice versa.
Under these dark clouds, there was a no-fly zone for any living
or non-living thing of alien origin.
The trio quickly sped the boat towards the island, while the dark clouds were directly
above them, but suddenly from afar, they saw few human figures coming towards them and
were shocked to find out that each of them possessed a tyrannical aura. Judging from their
auras, it was certain that they were legendary level experts. Finally, the trio saw three old
men dressed in magnificent robes, as if they were the super heavyweights of some big
faction.
However, these three old men looked extremely distressed.
Their robes were ragged and torn all over, as if they were desperately fleeing from
someone or something. There wasn't a shred of imposing aura coming from them, as the
trio expected from legendary level experts.
"Roar!" a loud roar of unknown origins pierced through the sea breeze and shook Ye
Xiwen's eardrums. It left his ears buzzing and slightly bleeding, which caused him to feel
nausea and sick.
Ye Xiwen looked in the direction of the sound's origin and saw a huge golden light flying
across the sky. Even in the dark and gloomy sky, it looked extraordinarily bright and
dazzling.
In a matter of few breaths, the golden light arrived close by and dispersed into golden
fragments of light, revealing a gigantic golden eagle. Its entire body was covered in yellow
feathers that were exuding golden light. It also had a curved black beak and a pair of
extremely large yellow claws.
Chapter 218: Great Ominous Mountain
Roar!" the huge golden eagle gave out a loud shriek and fled all the way towards the three
legendary experts. It was extremely fast and arrived in front of them in a blink of an eye,
and stretched out its huge claws.
"Back off, you filthy beast!" One of the three old men swayed from side to side to barely
avoid the deadly claws. He immediately flew above the golden eagle's head and instantly
unleashed his terrifying powers, shooting numerous water arrows towards the golden
eagle.
The great golden eagle shrieked in a loud voice, instantly lifted its golden wings upward,
and in a flash, the innumerable golden feathers on its wings started to glow with golden
light. It golden wings seemed all prepared to welcome the incoming water arrows from
above.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
The innumerable blue colored water arrows and dazzling golden feathers scattered
everywhere and covered up most of the visible sky. It seemed as if the ambience of the
world itself had changed in an instant.
The gigantic explosion seemed to churn the ocean, setting off tremors and ocean waves in
all directions. Ye Xiwen immediately dived into the sea when he saw several meters high
sea waves coming towards him, along with the aftershock of the explosion.
The terrifying might present in the aftershock pushed all three of them in random
directions into the sea, while their boat was directly shattered to bits.
Ye Xiwen took a direct hit and the huge impact almost made him lose consciousness, but he
knew that if he fainted in this damned place then there would be no saving him. This golden
eagle was extremely tyrannical and was literally chasing around legendary level experts as
if it was chasing stray dogs. In the end, it was hard to imagine its rank and the level of its
cultivation.
Ye Xiwen was cursing these old men in his heart. If they knew that they wouldn't be able to
escape from the golden eagle then why did they mess with it in the first place?
Each time the two sides clashed, it caused a blast so potent that it seemed to have been
caused as a result of collision between celestial bodies. The whole sea was boiling and
literally burning to the point of vaporizing as a result of terrifying attacks, derived from the
fluctuations in the world principles.
These fluctuations in world laws were morphing everything on the scene and Ye Xiwen felt
intense pressure which began to suffocate him on the spot.
The protective layer of Zhen Yuan on Ye Xiwen's body was instantly neutralized by the
aftermath of the battle, even though it was taking place about 1 Li away from there. The
terrifying fluctuations in the world laws were almost about to crush Ye Xiwen to death.
"Tianyuan mirror!," Ye Xiwen gave out a loud shout and Tianyuan mirror instantly flew out
from his body and irradiated rays of scarlet light, forming a protective curtain around him.
Only after this, Ye Xiwen finally relaxed and felt a little better.
At this time, he looked all around but couldn't find Chen Ruochen and Hua Menghan.
"Ah!" suddenly, Ye Xiwen heard a desperate cry and looked up, only to see that the old
experts had been firmly clutched in the claws of that golden eagle. Their bodies had been
pierced by the horrifying claws and the blood was endlessly streaming out from their
wounds. A bone-chilling sea breeze blew and the entire area was filled with the smell of
blood.
How could they possibly survive after being clutched in the fearful claws of that golden
eagle? They struggled for a while but ultimately, died.
The golden eagle roared and seemed quite self-satisfied. While still clutching the corpses of
the three old men, it immediately flapped its wings and soon disappeared into the horizon,
leaving a long trace of golden light across the sky.
When the golden eagle disappeared from there, the sea finally calmed down, although still
turbulent because of the usual rough waves, but when compared with the dreadful waves
from a while ago, it seemed quite tranquil.
After witnessing this scene, Ye Xiwen suddenly recalled reading about a mysterious bird in
the myths and legends. This magical bird was called golden-winged eagle, a legendary giant
bird which was famous for taking dragons as its food.
He only considered it a ridiculous legend initially, but after witnessing the legendary
golden-winged eagle with his own eyes, he couldn't help but hold his breath. To think a
mythical bird from ancient fables was actually living on this island.
This Demon Island was extremely dangerous, just like a wild forest from ancient times. Not
to mention, it was a host to bad weather and all kinds of unusual demon beasts.
Ye Xiwen searched for Hua Menghan and Chen Ruochen for a while, but couldn't even find a
trace of the two. He could only give up and advanced towards the Demon Island.
He was aware of the fact that Hua Menghan and Chen Ruochen were the experts of truth
realm and shouldn't have any trouble breathing under water.
He continued the search inside the sea but was surprised to not see any demon beasts
there, even though this part of the sea
was supposed to be infested with several kinds of sea beasts. Of course, he didn't dare
approach the dark clouds......
Ye Xiwen walked for a day and night in the sea and finally reached the Demon Island.
The island was completely surrounded by pitch-black clouds.
This was a huge island, tens of thousands of miles in radius, floating in the boundless sea,
while countless monstrous waves were crashing against it.
On the island, Ye Xiwen looked from afar and noticed that this was not so much of an island,
but was more of a huge continent.
The immense emerald-green forest appeared pleasant to the eye. One could hear loud
beastly roars coming from the woods from time to time.
The terminus of the endless forest was actually a towering mountain, which was shrouded
in dense fog. One could clearly see that it had a desolate atmosphere, which was continually
spreading in all directions.
Moreover, precious medicinal plants were present everywhere on the island, including
some special herbs for cultivation like several types of ginseng, white fungus, grass fire, and
so on.
No wonder the DemonIisland was so famous and attracted everyone's attention, after all,
heavenly treasures and rare herbs were spread everywhere on this island.
Ye Xiwen looking for a place to rest, sat down cross-legged and began to meditate to
recover the lost Zhen Yuan. In order to resist the aftermath of those attacks, he had almost
depleted the reserves of Zhen Yuan in his body.
At this time, Ye Xiwen wasn't interested in collecting herbs and heavenly treasures because
restoring strength was more important to protect himself on this island, more than
anything else, and although many of these treasures were important raw materials for
medicines, these were only so important for average experts. Considering Ye Xiwen's
cultivation level, these things didn't have any significance.
Daytime passed quickly, and the island welcomed nightfall.
"Roar!"
"Roar!"
"Roar!"
Numerous roars of unknown origin started to come from the center of the island, where the
towering giant mountain was located.
The noise from intermittent roars suddenly pulled him out of the meditation state.
The fearful sound of roars induced a chilling sensation in Ye Xiwen's heart. From the time
he stepped on the island and came all the way to this place to rest, he saw several demon
beasts on the way and was already accustomed to a variety of roars, which simply couldn't
affect his concentration, but these horrifying roars that began to arise from that far off giant
mountain, after the nightfall, actually sent chills down his spine.
The roars coming from that giant mountain were similar to the shrieks of a ghost, and
definitely didn't seem to belong to a living creature.
During the day, the mountain appeared to be shrouded in fog, but during the night, an
endless amount of surging Deadqi would cover up the entire mountain area and also surge
up into the sky, forming dense dark clouds.
The usual roaring sounds of various demon beasts would vanish during the nightfall, and
for the rest of the night, only the fearful shrieks would continue to transmit throughout the
island. The rest of the Demon Island was always strangely quiet during the night, except the
huge mountain which was the only source of those terrible roars.
"It's very strange." At this time, Ye Xiwen was standing on a tall tree's branch and looking
towards the huge mountain. The silver-colored starlight was sprinkled on his body, making
him appear very cold and fierce.
"Well, that's quite a strong Deadqi and resentment!" Ye Mo said. "Cannot say how many
people must have died to have caused such a dense accumulation of Deadqi."
"It's hard to guess the level of this powerhouse, fair to say, it will be very difficult to kill
him, but the point is that what in the world happened to have caused such a terrible
scene?" Ye Mo
muttered.
Ye Xiwen looked at the giant mountain, surrounded by an encirclement of Deadqi, and
frowned. This was an extremely terrible scene because the Deadqi was condensed to such
an extent that it was visible even to the naked eye.
The dreadful roars lasted until dawn. When the stars gradually faded away, the roars also
died down. After a while, the Deadqi also dissipated in thin air, as if nothing happened.
As the roars from the giant mountain disappeared, roars from all sorts of demon beasts
began to resound throughout the island, just like the time when Ye Xiwen stepped on this
island a day ago.
However, these beastly roars sounded pleasing to the ears when compared with the
dreadful shrieks from last night.
After a night's rest, Ye Xiwen fully recovered. He was now sure of one thing that this Demon
Island was several times more dangerous than he had imagined. Not only did he need to be
careful of the other peerless geniuses, but this mysterious island itself was a terrible threat.
So, now was the best time to familiarize himself with the new place and find other people.
Since, Ye Xiwen believed that he was not the only one who stepped on this island.
Meanwhile, he also needed to find the whereabouts of Hua Menghan and Chen Ruochen. Ye
Xiwen believed in their strengths and knew that surviving shouldn't be a difficult task for
them, so he just needed to scout the island and snoop around for any news about the two.
Although almost one thousand people would be setting foot on the demon island, very few
would be of an average level. The remaining majority of the candidates would turn out to
be extraordinary experts, each possessing high cultivation levels.
Chapter 219: God's Descendants
The giant mountain was actually only a part of the vast sierra which crossed from the east
to the west side of the Demon Island. It was hard to see the terminus of the sierra. Although
the Demon Island was just an island in this boundless sea, its size was simply beyond the
imagination of an ordinary person.
Ye Xiwen was flying through the woods, and suddenly from afar, there came intermittent
sounds of ‘bang’ ‘bang’ ‘bang’, one after another, and caused terrifying tremors in the
ground.
He finally found the source of this noise in the form of large mammoths which came
running from far away, trampling and crushing everything in their path, including some of
the great towering trees that might have lived for over a millennia.
These mammoths actually looked like giant elephants, and almost each of them was about
30 feet tall, and their whole body was covered in brown hair. The two tusks were long,
sharp at the tip and curved upwards, which made them appear very ominous and dreadful.
Almost each and every one of them was at either truth fifth stage or in Small truth realm.
Although Ye Xiwen had faced several monstrous beasts in the forest, they all had retreated
three day’s march to give way in the face of Ye Xiwen’s superior strength; but right now,
these ominous looking mammoths were actually pursuing him.
tuì bì sā n shè: to retreat three day’s march; to give way in the face of superior strength; a
strategic withdrawal
“Ha!” Accompanied by a loud shout, a sword intention fell down from the sky.
“Puchi!” a mammoth was directly cut down; the blood gushed out from the large gaping
wound as it fell down on the ground.
Ye Xiwen’s sharp eyes instantly saw a hint of dark golden color, concealed in the dark red
blood. There was a faint trace of golden color in the blood as if a golden thread was mixed
in the crimson blood.
“What? Golden blood?” Ye Mo suddenly exclaimed in an astonished manner, “How is this
possible? This is the characteristic of a god! So these mammoths are actually God’s
descendants!”
“God’s descendants? What do you mean by that? You mean these mammoths turned out to
be an immortal’s descendants?”
Ye Xiwen said in an equally astonished voice.
God, the most formidable being among the most powerful creatures in the scope of the
heaven and earth, and the most famous of whom was naturally the Devil God, who was
well-known for his endless destructive prowess. The Devil God gradually fell from his
throne and position, but there were some people who possessed immortality and
continued to live for generations. They were incredibly formidable beings and became
well-known in the ten thousand worlds, where some called them immortal sages and some
called them gods.
In fact, there was a way to ascertain a God’s existence. A formidable immortal being
contained golden blood in his veins, and their offspring also held golden blood in their
body, but with the passage time, generation after generation, the golden blood continued to
grow thinner. Even so, the God’s descendants possessed a natural talent and their practice
speed was incomparably fast.
In their last conversation, Ye Mo was talking on this topic but Ye Xiwen didn’t pay much
attention. After all, he had never heard about God’s descendants and neither did he believe
in the existence of a creature called God.
Ye Xiwen was from Earth, and unlike most people there who worshipped different gods, he
wasn’t indulged in god worship, because he thought that god was a very formidable being
and
was simply beyond the comprehension of mere humans.
In other words, the ancestors of mammoths actually turned out to be as strong as the
immortals?
Although he couldn’t make a guess as to how many generations had already passed in the
bloodline, he was still shocked that the so-called immortals actually existed in this world!
However, right now, Ye Xiwen didn’t have time to ponder about this matter, because just
then, he saw the fast approaching figure of a man far in the horizon.
Ye Xiwen took a closer look and saw a man, roughly thirty years old in appearance and
dressed in a brilliant warrior’s clothing. He was a grandiose looking man with somewhat
rough facial features and a burly body.
“Hello brother!” The young man’s voice transmitted from afar and fell into Ye Xiwen’s ears,
after travelling for miles as a sonic boom. The profoundness of his skill was simply
unimaginable.
“Hey, brother., Ye Xiwen cupped his hands across his chest and said.
“It’s rare to see someone coming to this island so early.” This man had a matured
appearance and appeared very forthright. A jolly man like him would certainly not treat Ye
Xiwen as an enemy.
Although the Demon Island was called a genius meat grinder, not everyone was
bloodthirsty. It was not a competition where only one person would get out alive. Since on
such a dangerous island, one simply couldn’t afford to offend everyone.
Demon Island was going to stay open for a month, so the participants had a window of one
month’s time to reach the island. After one month, the island would close down and would
open only after a year.
“Great Wu State, Wu Shaoqun!” The man said with a smile.
“Great Yue State, Ye Xiwen!” replied Ye Xiwen.
“You do not mind that I am a person from Great Wu State?”
Wu Shaoqun somewhat accidentally said. Although he meant it as a joke, but the fact was
that Great Yue State and Great Wu State had a long border line, and one simply couldn’t
imagine the number of conflicts they have had for ages. When the state of Great Yue was
formed and was relatively young, then Great Wu State had mobilized almost one million
warriors to attack it.
In the war, Great Yue State’s founding emperor was seriously injured and ultimately died.
Since then, both sides forged a deadly hatred for each other. In fact, Great Wu State was
actually the most hated enemy of Great Yue State.
“Of course,” Ye Xiwen said with a smile, after all, he didn’t have a sense of belonging to this
country itself. All he cared about was his family and friends.
“Ha ha, good, even I don’t care about such bullshit matters about hatred and all. It really
tires me to death!” Wu Shaoqun laughed and said.
“You are a member of Great Wu State’s royal clan, and if you don’t care about all that then
why should I?” Ye Xiwen also laughed and said. He could make out that this Wu Shaoqun
was a relatively sincere and jolly person. It was actually rare to find a generous expert like
him in this world.
Wu Shaoqun’s surname was ‘Wu’ and was derived from Great Wu State’s royal clan, which
also indicated that he was actually a royal prince.
Although Great Wu State and Great Yue State were mortal enemies, Ye Xiwen’s knowledge
on the topic was quite limited.
The time of his stay in this world was fairly short, and since the day he crossed over to this
world, he had spent most of his time practicing martial arts.
“Ha ha, well said. No matter what nonsense is going on between our countries, it has
nothing to do with us, martial artists.” Wu Shaoqun said with a smile.
No one knew for how many years, there had been a rare quiet border between the two
states and it was already gradually evolving from hate between countries into a turf war.
“Ye Xiwen, why are you not together with the people of Great Yue State?” Wu Shaoqun
asked.
“Actually, I arrived here with two fellow disciples of Yi Yuan
School, but two days ago, we bumped into a golden eagle which was chasing down several
legendary level experts. Their battle caused the destruction of our boat, and I was also
separated from them.” Ye Xiwen said.
“Did you run into those idiots from the Heavenly Rock faction?” Wu Shaoqun asked.
“Do you know who they are?” Ye Xiwen asked.
“En!” Wu Shaoqun nodded and said, “They were part of a rising big influence in our Great
Wu State. When they learnt about the legend of the Demon Island, they sent a lot of
formidable experts to capture the entire island. In the end, the golden-winged eagle killed
numerous of their disciples and only a few old guys were able to escape from the island.
But according to what you said, it seems they were chased down by the golden-winged
eagle and ultimately perished at its claws.”
“Those idiots were too arrogant. Did they really take the Demon Island’s legend as a hoax?
They once had a fearful influence, and were confident enough to plan a raid on the Demon
Island, but in the end, they all died. And now, the weakened faction will soon break up into
several small forces.”
Wu Shaoqun said with a look of disdain in his eyes. Obviously,
he didn’t have a favorable impression of them.
“Since you still haven’t found your people, why don’t you come and stay with us for the
time being?” Wu Shaoqun invited him.
“Then excuse me.” Ye Xiwen was anyway looking for a gathering place for experts. There
could be no better place than this to spread the news about Hua Menghan and Chen
Ruochen.
And perhaps, there, he might get some information about their whereabouts.
Both Ye Xiwen and Wu Shaoqun travelled for about 100 Li and finally reached a big
mountain valley, where some warriors were gathered. All of them were truth level experts,
and not just that, most of them were the experts of the truth fifth stage or above.
However, there were several among them who wouldn’t stand a chance against Ye Xiwen’s
real strength.
Seeing Wu Shaoqun flying across the sky alongside a youngster in black clothes, suddenly
attracted the attention of several people.
A young man and a young woman walked over to welcome them.
“This is Liu Yueru, a disciple of Evil Moon valley.” Wu Shaoqun introduced her to Ye Xiwen.
She was a very beautiful woman and dressed in a long yellow skirt. She had a peerless
appearance and looked just like a celestial fairy, with beautiful eyes and smooth snow-
white skin.
“That is Xiao Zhen, the strongest disciple of East China Sea’s Magic sect.” Wu Shaoqun said
while pointing at a tall and handsome young man who looked roughly 20 years old.
“Brother Wu, this man is?” Xiao Zhen asked.
“His name is Ye Xiwen, a disciple from Great Yue State’s Yi Yuan School. He got separated
from his group, so until he finds them, he will be staying here with us for some time.” Wu
Shaoqun replied.
“Welcome!” Xiao Zhen said, but judging from his demeanor and the way he said it, it was
quite apparent that he was looking
down on Ye Xiwen.
After all, on the outside, Ye Xiwen appeared to have recently stepped into the truth fourth
stage.
Such a cultivation level was actually considered a big feat among the ten countries of
Southeast region, but now on the demon island, it was considered nothing in the presence
of the strongest geniuses of the younger generation. Only those of the truth fifth stage or
above could command respect on this island.
Whether it was Wu Shaoqun, Xiao Zhen, or Liu Yueru, all of them were experts with their
cultivation above truth fifth stage and possessed terrifying auras. There was no way their
aura was inferior to that of the eighth prince.
As far as Xiao Zhen’s rude attitude was concerned, Ye Xiwen was not angry or anything,
after all, strength was the fundamental law of this world.
While facing these God’s favored ones, Ye Xiwen really didn’t have the qualification to be
arrogant, but he was not discouraged. Their practice time was much more than his, and as
long as there was enough time to practice, he would certainly
be able to catch up to them, and eventually surpass them!
Chapter 220: Broken Relations
These people were lucky and could be called elites among the peerless geniuses in their
respective forces; otherwise, there was no way to be summoned by demon island bell.
Everyone had settled here and was waiting for more people to come, but it was only just
the beginning. In the coming ten days'
time, more and more people would continue to arrive on the demon island. Then, it would
truly be the most intense time; after all, besides competing with each other, these experts
would have to deal with this mysterious island's environment.
However, at least the majority of them were not here to battle with others, but just to find
various precious heavenly treasures, so there was no need to make enemies here and there.
Of course, at some point, they might have to compete over rare treasure, and then if
necessary, they wouldn't hesitate to kill.
Ten days passed quickly, and during this period, more and more people arrived in this
valley, and the number of gathered experts soon reached more than two hundred. Ye Xiwen
did not stay here for a long time, every time he stayed for some time then set out in search
of Hua Menghan and Chen Ruochen. And,
he did not want to stay here for a long time, because to be honest he didn't want to join
their alliance.
Yes, three days ago when Ye Xiwen returned from the search, he heard that an alliance had
been formed during his absence.
And it was made under the leadership of three super experts, namely Xiao Zhen, Liu Yueru
and Wu Shaoqun. The three super experts initiated the idea of forming an alliance and
received many people's support; after all, if they could have the backing of an alliance then
treasure hunt would be fairly easy and safe.
Of course, there were some ambitious people who didn't join the alliance.
Three days later when he arrived here, things had slightly changed and looked more
formal, even the population had decreased in the valley. Initially, there were 200 experts
gathered here, but now merely 60-70 people stayed back; probably as part of the alliance.
Ye Xiwen occasionally used to come here but only stayed for a while then used to leave in a
hurry, so he didn't recognize several faces.
He didn't even know when they built a small city in the valley.
However, considering the magical powers and capabilities of these truth level experts,
building a small city from scratch shouldn't be too difficult.
Today, when Ye Xiwen arrived, he saw that a group of warriors had arrived on the Demon
Island. The group consisted of ten men and was led by a tall skinny man, who was clad in
leather clothing and had disheveled hair while there was an unchanging sinister and
ruthless expression on his face.
In front of him, a huge formidable looking tiger was crouching on the ground and its roars
were echoing throughout the valley.
It seemed like they were waiting for the city gate to open, and there were a few guard
disciples stationed near the gate, which seemed a bit strange.
After some time, the city gate finally opened. When the skinny man saw the gate opening,
he lifted his chin up, puffed out his chest, and walked forward. Other members of the group
immediately followed after him and none of them dared to overtake him. However,
suddenly, all of them were surprised to see that from the other side, a black figure took the
lead and
went ahead, meanwhile also overtaking the skinny man in the process.
A ruthless look appeared in that skinny man's eyes. He immediately used his mind
connection with the tiger and ordered it to attack. A fierce and deafening roar resounded
everywhere, and it suddenly transformed into a yellow and black lighting and leapt
towards Ye Xiwen from behind, while keeping its big mouth opened as if to bite him to
death.
The tiger's terrifying power was overflowing at this moment, and whether it was the guard
disciples or the followers of the skinny man, all were trembling with fear. They were not
strong enough in the face of such a beast, especially since they were mostly the experts of
the truth first stage, truth second stage or truth third stage at most.
This tiger was at least a demon beast of the Small truth realm, so how could they not feel
terror and threat from it?
For experts of this age, stepping into the truth realm itself was a great feat. Reaching Small
truth realm was not something all could achieve at such a young age, except few
exceptionally talented disciples like Xiao Zhen and handful of other experts.
Ye Xiwen was suddenly furious at how quick they were to start this inexplicable dispute,
but he reacted very fast. He immediately took his long blade and chopped out a terrifying
Bladelight towards the approaching tiger. This Bladelight was lightning fast, and in a blink
of an eye, it rushed out and collided with the demon tiger.
"Puchi!"
The huge stature of that demon tiger was directly cut into two halves by the Bladelight and
its blood sprayed out all over the ground. All of the disciples were perplexed because they
thought that this would be the end of Ye Xiwen, they had never expected that he would turn
out to be so powerful.
The tiger was a demon beast of Small truth realm, but its master was much more terrifying.
He was an extremely strong expert of more than Small truth realm.
"How is this possible? It was a Small truth realm demon tiger and considered a frightening
creature in the outer world, but was actually slaughtered in one blade attack. Who is this
man and how is he so formidable?"
"Do you want to die?" The tall skinny powerhouse was furious, and was about to attack, but
suddenly, the figure of a handsome young man came flying from the valley and landed on
the scene. It was none other than Xiao Zhen, but at this time, there was a cold look on his
face.
"Ye Xiwen, are you trying to provoke Battling Heavens brotherhood?" Xiao Zhen glared at
Ye Xiwen and shouted.
"I am not trying to provoke anyone and neither do I intend to stir up trouble. If I am not
welcome here then I will leave this instant." Ye Xiwen looked calm and there was an ever
tranquil expression on his face, but there was anger surging in his heart.
This Xiao Zhen didn't even bother to know what happened here and directly put the blame
on him. Ye Xiwen's flaming heart was restless with anger but he decided not to continue the
conflict with Xiao Zhen, since there was a large difference between their levels.
"First, you kill my pet then you try to run away. Well, it's too late for that." The sinister
looking skinny man said with a ruthless look in his eyes.
"Do not mess with me, or I'll slaughter you just like I slaughtered your pet." Ye Xiwen
narrowed his eyes and fiercely
said.
"Ye Xiwen, how dare you behave so arrogantly!" Xiao Zhen once again shouted out loud.
"Are you blind or what? Cannot you see who really is trying to provoke whom?" Ye Xiwen
said in an anger-filled voice.
Although he was aware of Xiao Zhen's tyrannical strength, he didn't care. Even if he
couldn't beat Xiao Zhen, he could just open his devil wings and get out of here. He was
being passive for now because he didn't want to break his relation with Wu Shaoqun,
therefore even though he was furious right now, he was holding himself so as to not
completely ruin his relations with Battling Heavens brotherhood.
Immediately, Xiao Zhen felt that his dignity had been challenged while his sword-like fierce
eyes were constantly staring at Ye Xiwen.
"Brother Xiao, I arrived here with people of my tribe at your invitation and this guy killed
my most important partner.
Today, if I do not kill him then it will be difficult to bear the hatred in my heart." The skinny
tribal youth's insidious eyes were stubbornly staring at Ye Xiwen.
"You seem quite eager to die. I'll gladly buy you a ride to hell."
Ye Xiwen said in a calm voice, but his cold gaze was as if piercing the skinny man.
"You're really arrogant. Is this how you want to challenge our Battling Heavens
brotherhood?" Xiao Zhen said and looked coldly at Ye Xiwen. If not considering the
relationship between this boy and Wu Shaoqun then he would have already beheaded this
rampant boy.
"Obviously, this is a matter between him and me, what does this have to do with Battling
Heaven brotherhood? It is imperative that you keep on proclaiming the name of Battling
Heavens brotherhood, because, in your eyes, it is just a tool to be used for your
convenience." Ye Xiwen's accurate words directly hit the mark.
Ye Xiwen wasn't afraid of him, and at the worst he would leave this place, after all, his
cultivation level was far worse than that of Xiao Zhen, so fighting him was not an option.
But that was only for now because later, the situation might be different, therefore, he was
not afraid of Xiao Zhen. And as far that skinny youth was concerned, Ye Xiwen was simply
not paying attention to him.
The skinny man was certainly an extremely formidable powerhouse and was at the peak of
the Small truth realm, but it was not enough to impress Ye Xiwen. After all, the skinny
man's current battle strength was only comparable to Ye Xiwen's battle strength when he
used to be on the truth third layer, and now, Ye Xiwen had already broken through to the
truth fourth stage.
After listening to the words of Ye Xiwen, there was a sudden commotion among the
members of Battling Heavens brotherhood. Everyone saw what happened there and they
were certainly smart enough to figure out who was at fault here. It was the skinny man who
first tried to kill Ye Xiwen, and when Ye Xiwen acted in self-defense, he was actually
accused of provoking their brotherhood.
Xiao Zhen made an appearance and interfered, but if he had acted alone, nobody would say
anything, however, he kept on proclaiming in the name of brotherhood, which was not a
right thing to do. Why was he pulling them into this matter for no reason?
Indeed, they were now the members of Battling Heavens brotherhood, but they joined it
just because they were looking for a backing which would provide protection. They didn't
join
the brotherhood to act as someone's lackeys and be treated as cannon fodder.
One must know, even the most ordinary members of Battling Heavens brotherhood were
actually considered super geniuses at their respective native places, plus they were also the
center of attraction in their sects. None of them was foolish enough to willingly act as a
cannon fodder for someone else's sake.
Xiao Zhen also noticed the commotion among the members of Battling Heavens
brotherhood, and his complexion suddenly turned unsightly.
He immediately looked towards Ye Xiwen but actually saw that his fierce eyes were full of
hostility and killing intention.
No one knew what Ye Xiwen was thinking and why he had not yet taken any action.
Ye Xiwen did not stay, just turned around and left, but he was actually secretly prepared to
immediately fight back if someone tried to attack him.
But after this matter, he knew one thing that his relation with Battling Heavens
brotherhood had completely broken off, even
though there was no good relationship between them to begin with.
Xiao Zhen didn't know what to do until Ye Xiwen's figure vanished from there. He didn't do
anything to stop Ye Xiwen and let him ago, but the killing intention in his eyes was still
unabated.
Chapter 221: Gilded Tyrant Form
After breaking off his relations with Battling Heavens brotherhood, Ye Xiwen would need to
figure out a new way of finding the whereabouts of Hua Menghan and Chen Ruochen, but
he did not regret it. He couldn't stand the other party's rampant attitude and the way they
were trying to put blame on him again and again. If Xiao Zhen was not there, he would
probably have slaughtered the skinny man right on the spot.
Ye Xiwen walked toward the depths of the Demon Island and arrived at a seemingly
restricted area. This whole area was lush green with towering big ancient-looking trees,
completely obscuring the sky.
"This Demon Island is too weird." Ye Mo's voice resounded in Ye Xiwen's mind, "I have
spent so many years following the great Devil King on expeditions, but I have never seen
such a strange place."
The quantity of Lingqi was adequate for the island and by far more ample than the outside
world, but it was a place where demon beasts ran amuck. Even at Ye Xiwen's level, he
always needed to be cautious, and from time to time, extremely frightening demon beasts
would cross from the land or sky.
If Ye Xiwen's 'restraining breath technique' was not operating all the time, he simply
wouldn't be able to roam around the island without being noticed.
Ye Xiwen's gaze fell upon a wreckage located in a far off place and he quickly flew over to
there. The entire place had been nearly obscured by the towering ancient trees, but he was
still able to see a huge white marble-paved plaza at the bottom.
A stone structure, placed right between two trees, attracted Ye Xiwen's attention. It was a
huge stone, about 10 meters high. It seemed like the stone structure was cut off and only
one-third of the original structure remained. He noticed that there were vague ancient seal
characters inscribed on it. He went forward and stretched his hand to wipe off the dirt from
the ancient seal characters.
Suddenly, at this moment, the ancient seal characters began to glow and the surrounding
scenery suddenly transformed. Ye Xiwen suddenly felt his soul hanging in the sky,
positioned right above a huge palace.
"Boom! Boom!"
Numerous electric snakes could be seen creeping in the black clouds and a terrifying
thunder struck the palace. The palace couldn't withstand the enormous destructive power
contained in the thunder strike and crumbled down.
"I am here, now come out!" Suddenly, a majestic voice resounded in all directions, "Buzz!"
The low and dull muffled sound of a bell resounded and instantly sent out numerous sonic
waves everywhere while several electric snakes could be seen lurking in the dark cloud,
and seemed all prepared to bring down chaos in this world.
"Get lost!" Accompanied by a loud shout, a few hundred feet wide pillar of golden light went
straight into the sky and dispersed the dark thundering clouds.
As the voice fell, a middle-aged man flew out of the wreckage of the palace and coldly
looked towards the sky. He had a dignified bearing and was clad in a golden-colored
emperor's robe.
In the sky, the scattered clouds suddenly agglutinated again and revealed a huge glowing
eye in the center.
"If you dare to go against the heaven's will, you cannot do that without a fight!" A muffled
voice echoed everywhere.
And a huge lightning maliciously struck down.
The scene had a crazy transformation in an instant.
Right before Ye Xiwen's eyes, the golden-robed middle-aged man suddenly jumped and a
blast of flames spread beneath his feet as if produced by the terrifying explosion of
countless stars.
"This world is unkind to a myriad of things and treats weak as worthless. If I were to
become the god of this world, I will certainly spread the notion of fair and justice and create
eternal peace!"
"Ye Xiwen!," Ye Mo's loud shout echoed in Ye Xiwen's mind and forcibly pulled him out of
the illusion.
Ye Xiwen could not help but hold his breath. Just now, he was completely trapped inside
the illusion and if Ye Mo hadn't stopped him then he probably would have sunk deeper into
the
illusion, until his soul vanished without a trace.
This place was indeed too weird, and at this time, Ye Xiwen was suddenly able to
understand what was inscribed on the stone. It was written in esoteric seal characters of
some ancient sect.
But it was just a guess on his part since there was no proof available. He was still very
perplexed after witnessing such a shocking scene inside that illusion.
"Judging from the surging Yaoqi in the sky, it may be because of a mighty Demon king's
death. What I am trying to say is that this place is the tomb of a Demon King." Ye Mo said in
a serious tone, "Ye Xiwen, maybe, this time, we have come to a wrong place. If this place is
really the tomb of a Demon King then it is absolutely one of the most deadly places between
heaven and earth!"
Yaoqi = Demon qi
Ye Xiwen frowned and said: "Fortunately, in the past, many people are said to have died in
the conquest of the younger generation, but in comparison, not too many people died on
the
demon island."
"Maybe, but this place is a natural hunting ground. In the last few days, you have killed so
many demon beasts and several among them contained golden thread in their blood,
although only a little, but enough to explain that they are immortal's descendants. And
guess what, I have a way to extract the god's divinity from their blood, then you will be able
to assimilate it into your body. That should help in upgrading your tyrant body technique
and help you achieve the formidable golden body of gods. A supreme body and an
incomparably tough flesh. It would grant you enough strength to tear even the gods to
shreds!" Ye Mo couldn't hold the excitement surging inside his heart. How could he not
when the god's power was right in front of their eyes. All they needed was to step forward
and take it in their grasp.
For any God clan, awakening the blood of God was very precious for the children, and once
it happened, they were immediately included in the elite training and were also called god's
descendants. Not to mention, they were also targeted by enemies quite often.
One must know that god clans were all immortals and were rumored to have obtained
immortality from the first gods.
Perhaps the second or the third generation of God's descendants
was still alive and was considered the closest existence to a God and didn't die easily. These
old people were extremely tyrannical, capable of bringing chaos to the entire world. So, no
one dared to annoy these God clan members, not just because they were immortals and
extremely tyrannical, but also because they knew ancient martial arts and secret magical
techniques.
This was common in all of the ten thousand worlds!
Just seeing God's descendants was difficult enough, let alone killing them could easily cause
a huge uproar and stir controversies!
Although the divinity contained in the blood of God's descendants was quite thin and weak,
the quantity was extremely large. Perhaps, a year's time should be enough to collect
enough divinities to completely practice gilded tyrant form!
Ye Xiwen had an old monster like Ye Mo on his side to help him. If it was an ordinary expert
then it would be impossible for them to achieve such a thing, but if this year, he continued
to absorb the divinity of these demon beasts, then gradually, his future practice would
benefit a lot from this.
Perhaps, this was the reason why the practice speed was usually faster on the Demon
Island, and this was also one of the important reasons why experts desired to come to this
island......
"Puchi!" a demon beast's scaly body was directly chopped into pieces by Ye Xiwen's long
blade and its blood gushed out. As he expected, a golden thread was present in the crimson
blood.
Under the guidance of Ye Mo, he began to absorb the divinity of that demon beast.
Ye Xiwen began to mobilize the tyrant body technique within his body, which formed a
bronze sheen on his body, making it look stronger and tougher than before. Ye Xiwen
looked slim, but it was only because of his natural build. No one should make a fatal
mistake of underestimating his strength.
After fully absorbing the divinity, Ye Xiwen noticed a change occurring in his tyrant body
technique. A slight trace of golden color had begun to surface on his bronze skin.
All of the gathered silky golden threads completely covered his body, and then only, Ye
Xiwen finally learned that the gilded
tyrant form was a success. It seemed that an overbearing and tyrannical might exploded
inside his body, making his already enormous might even more terrifying.
After the assimilation of divinity was complete, the golden color of his skin gradually faded
and turned back to bronze.
Ye Xiwen sighed and said: "This will not do, the divinity of a Small truth level demon beast
can only slightly enhance my gilded tyrant form, and the overall progress is not even one
out of ten thousand."
Ye Xiwen killed for one whole day and night and he slaughtered only god's descendants,
but in the end, the overall progress in gilded tyrant form was accountable to only five out of
ten thousand parts. At this rate, he would have to kill tens of thousands of god's
descendants of Small truth realm in order to finish the practice of gilded tyrant form.
Perhaps the time period of one year was not enough to finish the gilded tyrant form!
And this was the only chance to finish the practice of gilded tyrant form, after all, he was on
the infamous Demon Island and
it was filled with opportunities in the form of god's descendants.
If he was unable to complete this technique on the Demon Island, he might not find god's
descendants elsewhere and gilded tyrant form would end up being an unfinished
technique.
"I say we find those mythical demon beasts of beyond the legendary realm, for example, the
golden-winged eagle that we saw earlier." Ye Mo said with a smile.
"Do you want me to die?" Ye Xiwen frowned and said.
"Well, you do not need to go for those formidable beasts when you can always aim for their
eggs or cubs. For now, let's start by targeting the young ones."
Chapter 222: World Law Fragment
"Roar!" a demon beast's roar resounded throughout the forest, and the color of the sky
suddenly faded when the huge figure of a flame bird flew across the sky. The places it flew
over instantly caught fire, and it seemed as if space itself was melting in its presence. Its
dreadful roars were shaking the mountains.
Ye Xiwen was hiding amidst a thick patch of grass and felt relieved when he looked towards
the furious flame bird, which was, at this moment, flying away towards the horizon.
In his arms, he was holding a big round egg, almost half his size.
This flame bird was a descendant of phoenix, an ancient god-beast; moreover, it was quite
closely related as well. After reaching adulthood, a flame bird easily surmounted the
legendary level.
Ye Xiwen was greatly relieved and looked at the glowing red egg held gently in his bosom.
This was a big harvest.
In order to obtain this egg, it could be said that he had a narrow escape. Flame birds were
very cautious while taking care of their own eggs. Of course, because of the very tight
security, most people simply couldn't get close, but since Ye Xiwen relied on the magical
properties of 'restraining breath technique,' he was able to approach the egg and then
quietly carry it away.
Ye Xiwen found a cave then gently put down the egg. In the dark cave, the egg was exuding
a fiery light.
Ye Xiwen did not hesitate to activate 'tyrant body technique'
and began to absorb the egg's essence. It could be seen that the flame bird's chick had not
yet taken shape inside the egg. From the appearance, it just looked like a vague collection of
the essence.
"Bi!" Ye Xiwen heard a crisp sound, and a blazing red soul of the flame bird's chick, which
flew out of the broken egg and was directly absorbed by him.
Ye Xiwen's bronze colored skin climbed up several levels while there appeared a faint trace
of golden color on his skin. After all, the flame bird was the descendant of an ancient beast
and was not very far apart in bloodline. Although he didn't absorb the
essence of an adult bird, the inherent divinity contained in that egg was far beyond what he
hoped to obtain by killing those other demon beasts, earlier.
According to his estimate, if he later killed an adult flame bird then the divinity obtained
from its body should be enough to complete the practice of 'gilded tyrant form' in one fell
swoop.
However, it was an impossible task at his current level, since an adult flame bird was a
beast of an entirely different realm, and even legendary level experts didn't stand a chance
in front of it.
In addition to divinity, there was no small energy contained in the egg, and once all of it
was absorbed by him, his inner state slowly began to break.
He had spent a long time on the truth fourth stage, and even after practicing day and night,
there was almost no sign of a breakthrough, but after absorbing the divinity present in the
egg's essence, his stubbornly immobile cultivation finally started to break.
The next morning, Ye Xiwen finally opened his eyes and there
was an excited look on his face.
After a night's time had passed, he had finally completely refined the flame bird's egg. His
body no longer appeared the same as earlier, and occasionally, traces of golden threads
could be seen floating in his eyes. It seemed as if the absorbed golden threads were
concentrated in his eyes and whenever he activated 'tyrant body technique', his bright
golden eyes flashed in the cave. Moreover, as he would continue to absorb divinity more
and more, his entire body would be covered with a toughened golden layer, and by the time
he would thoroughly carry out the 'gilded tyrant form' then his body would become
incomparably tough and fearful.
To be precise, the practice of "tyrant body technique" didn't start in Xiantian realm, but in
the early stages of Houtian realm.
So, usually, even though the body would become very tough at the end of practice, the end
result was generally completely different from the real thing.
'Tyrant body technique' was an ancient martial art and had been created by an ancient
tyrant king. It was a fearful technique and the rumors said that its practitioner could
actually slay gods and devils. Although tyrant body technique was an intrepid technique,
the 'gilded tyrant form' was its enhanced version, thereby making it even more dreadful.
Others certainly didn't dare to randomly make changes to the martial arts left behind by
predecessors, especially when "tyrant body technique" was such a high-level martial art,
but this was not the case for Ye Xiwen. Right after crossing the first layer of
"tyrant body technique", he began to figure out his own comprehension of the technique.
Although he didn't know much about the original thing, he believed that with the help of
'mysterious space', he should be able to comprehend this technique. Even though it might
not become like the original, it would certainly not be inferior either.
Since the beginning of second layer of "tyrant body technique", Ye Xiwen began to have his
own understanding and developed it in his own way. As a result, its comprehension
reached unprecedented proportions, probably even more than that of the supreme master
who invented it, after all, unlike him, Ye Xiwen had 'mysterious space' which helped him
uncover and patch the loopholes.
So, in the end, Ye Xiwen dared to join the rank of Gods, and in doing so, he ended up
developing his own technique, which he named 'gilded tyrant form'.
'Gilded tyrant form' was a tyrannical technique, and when compared to tyrant body
technique on the same level, it was
much more terrifying, after all, the divine power of Gods was used in it. Hence, its might
was naturally going to be on an entirely different level.
Ye Xiwen was confident about his practice thanks to his stock of countless Ling Dans and
spirit stones.
Compared to the beginning of the practice schedule for gilded tyrant form, Ye Xiwen was
more pleased to have finally taken the most important step towards reaching the pinnacle
of truth fifth stage, because his accumulation was really too vigorous, much more vigorous
than anyone else.
When he was at truth third stage, his battle strength had reached the peak level of Small
truth realm, and after the breakthrough to truth fourth stage, he had once again reached a
satisfactory amount of accumulation, almost reaching the point where there should be a
shift from quantitative to qualitative change, but there was still the need for a final push.
And now with the help of flame bird's egg, the high-level life energy absorbed from it
helped Ye Xiwen in finally attaining a qualitative change in his energy and he crossed the
threshold, ultimately stepping into Small truth realm. Now, his battle strength was enough
to beat the experts of truth sixth stage.
This meant that Ye Xiwen finally entered the ranks of the strongest experts on the Demon
Island. Not to forget that this time, almost one thousand peerless geniuses had set foot on
this island.
And among them, of course, the experts of truth first stage, second stage, third stage, fourth
stage and fifth stage were in majority. However, the experts of Small truth realm were a
rare presence, not to mention there were only 20-30 experts of truth sixth stage and above.
Ye Xiwen had tasted the sweetness, and if he was able to complete the gilded tyrant
form,his body would be toughened to what extent, no one could predict.
However, since he relied on the egg's energy to have a breakthrough, in the future, it would
be difficult to reach the next breakthrough.
Later, he would have to continue accumulating in order to reach the next breakthrough!
On this island, besides a terrifying creature like the flame bird, there were several other
tyrannical creatures, not to
mention they had cubs or eggs. Basically, they were going to help Ye Xiwen in perfecting
gilded tyrant form until he would transform into a fearful golden God.
One could imagine the kind of fate those pups were going to suffer.
But before Ye Xiwen could think more on this, suddenly, a loud ringing sound of bells began
to transmit from a distant place, and along with that, a multi-colored light scattered in the
sky and enveloped the entire island, in the form of a terrifying enchantment barrier.
"Ding!"
"Dong!"
"Ding!"
The intermittent ringing sound of a melodious bell began to resound unceasingly
throughout the demon island, and even the demon beasts were excited all of a sudden.
"Roar!"
"Roar!"
"Roar!"
All of the demon beasts throughout the island were excited.
They turned their faces towards the sky and began to give out long and loud roars as if
trying to respond to the bell's call.
"The island is closing up!" Ye Mo said.
"En!" Ye Xiwen nodded, this also meant that they were about to enter the most brutal phase
of fighting and competition on the island.
During the year, no one would have any means to contact the outside world. They would
have to rely only on themselves, at the same time, everyone would also slowly reveal their
true nature and get involved in unscrupulous battles.
Sooner or later, the conquest for treasures would start, then things would start to get
bloodier and more brutal!
Everyone on the island was still immersed in the colorful rays of light when the ringing
bells sealed the island.
And, a rumor immediately swept across the island.
Apparently, some people found world law fragment within a sierra.
Suddenly, this caused a sensation throughout the Demon Island. Perhaps experts of
Xiantian realm might not know the significance of a law fragment, but that was not true for
truth level experts, especially not for the super-genius experts, summoned on this island.
Regardless of what level of pious life a person had led, they must come in contact with
world laws to progress further.
World laws and principles were more like the essence of everything between the heaven
and the earth. In order to practice further, one must grasp the essence of world laws.
This was also the only way to step into the legendary realm.
There was no other way because the so-called truth realm was
only a platform where one needed to prepare themselves for understanding the world
laws.
Legendary realm experts were actually the tyrannical experts who were able to
comprehend world laws to a certain extent.
Although the truth level experts also comprehended world laws, they did so only to a very
small extent. And it was only sufficient to help them rank up within the truth realm, but not
enough to step into the legendary realm.
The so-called half-step legendary experts could vaguely touch the world laws, but weren't
able to fully touch them, that's why they were still in a vague muddle-like realm and were
unable to step into the legendary realm.
Just by relying on one's own insight, even peerless geniuses would find it extremely
difficult and time consuming to comprehend world laws, which was the reason why there
were several hundred true disciples in Yi Yuan School but only a handful of legendary
experts.
To be continued
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Chapter 223: Next Encounter With Battling
Heavens Brotherhood
Truth level experts only comprehended the basic world laws in order to prepare
themselves for understanding complex laws in the future.
However, only after stepping into the legendary realm, experts began to have preliminary
contact with advanced world laws.
But there was no easy way to comprehend these laws; in fact, most people simply didn't
know what to do in order to comprehend world laws. Among nearly ten thousand people,
only one person could comprehend a law on their own, and even on the Demon Island, a
gathering place for super geniuses, not more than ten people had the ability to comprehend
these laws on their own. Not to mention, this island was a gathering place for the supreme
geniuses from the ten countries of the Southeast region. And these so-called super geniuses
had been selected from millions of geniuses, and even after that, only a few were capable of
self-comprehension. This proved the extreme difficulty of comprehending world laws in
the truth level, but there was a way for them to make contact with advanced world laws.
And it was to obtain the world law fragments. A law fragment was such a rare and precious
item that even legendary experts didn't have a way to obtain one, which showed the extent
of its preciousness.
Corresponding to its degree of importance and the extent of its rarity, it was obvious that
experts throughout the island burst with joy and excitement.
The first law fragment was captured by Zhan Ying, the leader of the Demon Island's
strongest alliance called Eagle union.
According to rumors, he possessed earth shattering power and killed all those who tried to
block his way. The first law fragment not only attracted lots of human experts but also
many demon beasts, among which, some had intelligence and knew about the importance
of a law fragment while others were clueless and were just following the wise ones.
Just one piece of law fragment led to the tragic death of more than twenty peerless
geniuses. One could imagine the intensity of battle that took place.
The first law fragment appeared, followed by the second one, the third and the fourth one
until the eighth law fragment
appeared. This suddenly fired up the mood of many people; after all, these were law
fragments. In the past, even if they were considered the topmost geniuses in their
respective forces, but a law fragment was still out of their reach. And with the help of these
fragments, promotion to the legendary realm would become an easy task.
And most importantly, by the time, the first four law fragments had already made an
appearance, they all knew that not many fragments would come out after them, and the
next one might be the last piece.
There were several experienced experts who knew the reason why these law fragments
appeared, in fact, it was related to the sealed island. They speculated that this might be
related to the separation of this island's space from outside. When the island's space was
separated, several world laws were also cut apart and were left behind in the form of
fragments.
It was quite common for fissures to appear in space, and since one of them was a top-level
genius, naturally they weren't ignorant like other people. They knew that all sorts of space
cracks appeared in this world and many law fragments appeared in the surroundings of
these space cracks. And over there, many people kept waiting for the fragments to appear
but they mostly belonged to a big influence. Not to mention, these forces were
tyrannical and weren't like Yi Yuan School that dominated only a small part of a state,
instead they dominated an entire continent.
Moreover, the space around those cracks had many threats; after all, there was no way to
find out what kind of unknown world was present on the other side of the broken space. It
might end up being a terrifying world like the devil world.
All in all, even for them, the law fragments were too precious to lose.
Not to mention, the space surrounding the island was slowly consolidating, hence the law
fragments were getting fewer and fewer. On the first day, two law fragments appeared at
once, but now, they were appearing less and less often.
Everyone was excited.
While there was still anticipation in the eyes of everyone, the ninth piece of world law
finally appeared. And, even Ye Xiwen was looking forward to obtain this one.
Because by observing Tianyuan mirror, Ye Xiwen found out that the island's space had
completely consolidated and had stabled down, which also meant that it might be the last
piece of law fragment.
"Do not have too high hopes, since you are not like them." Ye Mo smiled and said, "You are
the next great Devil King, so how can you possibly be like them? You must take the
unprecedented path and must make your own path. Of course, this is a shortcut but if you
take it then your future achievement will be limited."
Ye Mo had not given up on the plans of making Ye Xiwen the next Great Devil King, but Ye
Xiwen ignored what he said just now because he was already accustomed to such talks.
Almost every day, Ye Mo had been talking about it again and again, but from Ye Xiwen's
indifferent attitude, it was apparent that he was not at all interested.
"There are a lot of people who will integrate the law fragment into their body, and on
successful completion, the body will start resonating with the law." Ye Mo said, "But
integrating the law this way is actually a gamble of life and death. If the development
potential of integrated law is stronger, then their future development potential will be
stronger as well. However, if the development potential of integrated law is poor, then
their future development potential will be nothing."
"But if the comprehended law is compatible with them, then later in the future, they can
enjoy boundless prospects." Ye Mo explained.
"But still, I can refer to it, right?" Ye Xiwen asked.
"No matter what, regardless of whether I am going to use it or not, I have already decided
to seize this ninth law fragment for myself." Ye Xiwen clenched his fist and said.
Ye Xiwen and Ye Mo immediately rushed in the direction where the ninth piece had
supposedly made an appearance.
After a while, they arrived at a very large open space and saw the ninth law fragment
floating in the sky.
"Die!"
"Kill them all, this law fragment is mine!"
Numerous battle cries could be heard reverberating in the
mountains, and in the forest, the corpses of over a hundred experts could be seen lying on
the ground. Various martial arts were rumbling in the field and magical tools could be seen
dancing in the air. The whole scene simply resembled an Asura
battlefield.
Asura
"This is more intense than we imagined." Ye Mo said.
Ye Xiwen looked from afar and saw that Battling Heavens brotherhood was at war with
another alliance, and at this time, two formidable leaders namely Xiao Zhen and Liu Yueru
were going all out and were rapidly pressing the other alliance.
Ye Xiwen felt somewhat strange when he didn't see Wu Shaoqun.
Now, the demon island was bustling with dozens of alliances, large and small. The strongest
among them was Eagle Union, with its weakest member being an expert of truth sixth
stage.
Soon, the alliance, which was fighting with Battling Heavens
brotherhood, realized that they weren't a match for the opposite party and quickly
withdrew.
Ye Xiwen was carefully observing the situation on the battlefield, but suddenly, a huge axe
was thrown over towards him at a lightning speed and instantly arrived in front of him.
Ye Xiwen hastily retreated few steps, and suddenly, a huge double-edged axe severely
struck the ground and got embedded in it. With a loud 'Bang', the surrounding land in the
radius of few hundred meters trembled with shock.
Ye Xiwen was suddenly furious since he had just avoided being chopped in half.
This sneak attack was too outrageous.
Ye Xiwen looked up and saw that it was none other than that skinny tribal youth whose pet
tiger had been slaughtered by him.
Ye Xiwen stared coldly at the skinny youth, who was also keeping a close eye on him. Then,
Ye Xiwen slowly walked
towards the double-edged axe, grabbed its handle and sent a burst of Zhen Yuan into the
tool in order to gain the control over it, then gave a cold glance to that skinny youth.
Ye Xiwen immediately twisted his waist backwards and hurled the long axe.
"Shua!"
"Shua!"
"Shua!"
The huge axe went spinning and chopping the air like a fearful tornado, towards the skinny
youth. This tornado was lightning fast since Ye Xiwen had quickly used some of the raw
might of the gilded tyrant form, while throwing the axe.
"Puchi!" his blood, like a streaming fountain, splashed all over the ground, when the huge
axe chopped him into two halves and stubbornly nailed itself to the ground. There was a
look of shock and disbelief while he kept on staring at Ye Xiwen. He never imagined that Ye
Xiwen would turn out to be so strong.
"Ye Xiwen, it's actually you, so you are really going to oppose us?" Xiao Zhen's frightening
roar echoed throughout the battlefield. Right before his eyes, Ye Xiwen directly killed the
skinny youth and this was no different from throwing a severe slap on his face.
"Isn't he?" Liu Yueru muttered when she clearly recognized Ye Xiwen. Wu Shaoqun invited
this boy to stay with them, but he left soon afterwards, and later she heard that some
trouble occurred and he broke off his relation with Battle Heavens brotherhood and never
appeared again.
But this time, even the members of Battling Heavens brotherhood appeared confused when
they saw Ye Xiwen, after all, in front of their eyes, he killed their comrade. No matter how
one looked at this, it was apparent that he was not a friend.
"It's quite simple. You see, he wanted to kill me so I killed him. It's that simple!" Ye Xiwen
said indifferently but there was a brutal look in his eyes. Then, he slowly walked towards
the central committee of Battling Heavens brotherhood, as if dozens of other members
simply didn't exist at all. He approached the leaders of the brotherhood and bravely stood
right in front of them.
Chapter 224: Completely Suppressed
"It's quite simple. You see, he wanted to kill me so I killed him. It's that simple!" Ye Xiwen
said indifferently but there was a brutal look in his eyes. Then, he slowly walked towards
the central committee of Battling Heavens brotherhood, as if dozens of other members
simply didn't exist at all. He approached the leaders of the brotherhood and bravely stood
right in front of them.
"Do you really want to fight with us and treat us like your enemy?" Xiao Zhen asked coldly.
"Your enemy? It seems like you are repeatedly trying to start a fight with me." Ye Xiwen
said with disdain.
He wasn't some weakling who would lie down and take punches.
Ye Xiwen looked at the law fragment which was floating above the center of the field. It was
exuding a faint pattern of light.
Ye Xiwen indifferently said: "I will take this law fragment and consider it as an apology
from your side."
"How dare you!" Xiao Zhen was suddenly furious. They were the first to obtain news about
the ninth fragment's appearance, and then they had to fight and win an arduous battle to
obtain it. And now, this Ye Xiwen actually wanted to take it away from him?
"Ye Xiwen, first you kill our comrade, and now you are trying to snatch away this hard-
earned law fragment. Have you gone out of your mind?" this time, it was Liu Yueru who
spoke, after all, Ye Xiwen was somehow related to Wu Shaoqun so she tried her best to not
sound very rude.
"This is a law fragment, you and I are well aware of its value.
As long as you hand it over to me, I am willing to write off the resentment between us." Ye
Xiwen indifferently said.
"As if we will listen to you!" Xiao Zhen was extremely furious and his figure instantly
turned into a streamer of light as he rushed towards Ye Xiwen.
The long sword in his hand released a terrifying Swordlight,
which instantly arrived in front of Ye Xiwen.
Gilded tyrant form!
Ye Xiwen instantly activated gilded tyrant form, and his entire body turned bronze in color.
In the sunlight, it seemed as if he was a reincarnation of an ancient god. Ye Xiwen raised his
hand which transformed into a claw and directly crushed that Swordlight to smithereens,
while at the same time, his other palm turned into a dragon. The huge dragon opened its
mouth and flew towards Xiao Zhen.
Xiao Zhen barely managed to evade this attack and that huge dragon nipped on the piece of
ground, where he was standing an instant ago, and blasted a big hole in it.
"Well, I never thought that I was actually mistaken about your strength." Xiao Zhen was
short of breath and said with an anxious smile, "Not just me, everyone is mistaken about
your strength, including Wu Shaoqun. I didn't expect that your actual strength would be so
profound."
Xiao Zhen never thought that Ye Xiwen would actually be so powerful that even a truth
sixth stage expert like him would feel
overwhelmed.
However, since he never realized it before, there was a feeling of being fooled in his heart!
"But your luck will stop here because making an enemy out of Battling Heavens
brotherhood is your biggest mistake!" Xiao Zhen roared and rushed towards Ye Xiwen,
while simultaneously releasing a terrifying Swordlight towards him.
By this time, the gilded tyrant form had been mobilized to the extreme, and Ye Xiwen
looked like an ancient overlord reborn.
His overwhelming imposing aura instantly ran towards Xiao Zhen.
Swordlight and domineering imposing aura maliciously hit together.
"Boom!" accompanied with a loud noise and layer after layer of shock waves, an
incomparably bright light swept away in all directions.
"Boom!" a big hole instantly appeared on the ground where
the explosion took place.
Ye Xiwen's bronze skin was glowing in the sun, and there was a trace of golden color in it,
making him appear like a divine being, a golden god of war.
Everyone froze when they witnessed this scene, especially the people of Battling Heavens
brotherhood. Some of them knew Ye Xiwen but never expected that he would be able to
defeat their boss.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
Both sides mercilessly and relentlessly shot at each other. Ye Xiwen's palm transformed
into a dragon and without giving an opportunity to Xiao Zhen to react, it completely
suppressed him.
Xiao Zhen was depressed because he never thought that he would be suppressed like this
by Ye Xiwen. This was like the most ridiculous joke in the entire world.
He never thought that Ye Xiwen, a guy whom he underestimated and simply never paid
attention to, would thoroughly suppress him like this.
The two men went all the way into the woods, and were as fast as lightning, fighting along
the way and destroying everything in their path. Their violent and immense energy was
destroying the surrounding forest bit by bit!
Complexions of the members of Battling Heavens brotherhood suddenly paled. Such a
battle was extremely terrifying, although they were also known as gifted disciples,they
could never dare to become opponents of those two. These two men were insanely
powerful, to the extent that the ordinary experts of truth sixth stage weren't their match. In
other words, these two could be considered as super experts even on the truth sixth stage.
And Ye Xiwen could be called the king of the experts of truth sixth stage.
Xiao Zhen's incredible fearful long sword was capable of destroying the hardest of
defenses, but Ye Xiwen was even more fearful. He actually stopped this long sword with his
bare hands, which actually left Xiao Zhen in an unbearable panic-stricken state. What kind
of dreadful body was this?
Unexpectedly, his Swordlight was unable to put even a scratch on Ye Xiwen's body.
Ye Xiwen's invincible body was just like an absolute impenetrable defense.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
Ye Xiwen's palm attack gave rise to a wind blade which fiercely clashed with Xiao Zhen's
long sword and the horrifying force made him tremble, making him lose his footing.
"Bang!" Xiao Zhen was sent flying several miles away, hitting several ancient towering trees
on the way.
This scene made so many people look unbelievingly at Ye Xiwen, as if they were looking at
a monster. They were well aware of the fact that Xiao Zhen was a very powerful man and
undoubtedly deserved to be their leader, but just because they knew this, they couldn't
ignore Ye Xiwen's tyrannical strength, which was able to suppress their leader to such an
extent.
Ye Xiwen instantly flew forward, chasing after Xiao Zhen's flying body, and a large dragon
claw suddenly collided with Xiao Zhen's long sword. The sword exploded and split into
fearful rays of light that immediately swept off and spread in all directions.
Xiao Zhen was also hit by the fearful blast and spat out a mouthful of blood.
But at this time, Liu Yueru finally made a move and instantly waved her long blue sword,
throwing a blue Swordqi towards Ye Xiwen.
Ye Xiwen took a casual side-step and effortlessly evaded that
Swordqi.
Ye Xiwen stood there firm like a mountain, and slowly turned his face towards Liu Yueru.
Her complexion suddenly paled as she never wanted to attack him, she was just trying to
save Xiao Zhen. She, then, clenched her fists and lightly said: "Ye Xiwen, since you want this
law fragment, we won't take it. I hope it's possible to write off the grudge between us with
this."
Hearing Liu Yueru's words, Xiao Zhen was depressed to the point of vomiting blood, but he
also knew that she was right. Ye Xiwen was extremely terrifying and no one in the entire
Battling Heaven brotherhood could possibly dream of taking him on.
Only he knew the feeling of terror and dread he had to go through just now while facing Ye
Xiwen. It was like facing a violent storm head on, which made him choke several times. He
was doing his best to survive as his battle with Ye Xiwen was no different from a desperate
battle for survival.
Just for the sake of survival, he would have to give up on the law fragment. He had been the
leader of the younger generation for several years, but in front of Ye Xiwen, he collapsed at
the first blow.
Ye Xiwen seemed entirely different from before and this aggrieved his heart even more.
However, Xiao Zhen knew that her words were right. If Ye Xiwen lost his cool, he would
really end up obliterating their entire existence. Not to forget, on the Demon Island, there
were no elders to save their asses from Ye Xiwen.
The strong commandeered the world while the weak became their game, it was that
simple.
Ye Xiwen didn't care about what they were really thinking.
Although Xiao Zhen was powerful, but according to Ye Xiwen, he still wasn't an opponent of
the eighth prince.
Ye Xiwen had a profound impression of the eighth prince's strength. Ye Xiwen was
impatient about enhancing his strength.
His strength was at the peak of truth sixth stage and if he was to fight the eighth prince at
his current strength, then he would be at great disadvantage. But if Ye Xiwen continued to
enhance his cultivation on the Demon Island as planned, it would be hard to guess his level
until his next meeting with the eighth prince.
After hearing Liu Yueru's words, Ye Xiwen lightly said: "As long as you do not cause any
trouble for me, I will naturally let you go."
Liu Yueru understood what Ye Xiwen meant. The fear of Ye Xiwen was deeply embedded in
her heart, not to mention it had intensely impacted on her mind as well. Ye Xiwen's
reservoirs were too deep and profound. Earlier, when he arrived with Wu Shaoqun, he was
still at truth fourth stage and his aura was quite ordinary, but now, all of a sudden, she
came to know that it was all fake; was it seriously possible for a fourth stage expert to
dominate a sixth stage expert?
But what she did not know that earlier, Ye Xiwen really wasn't her opponent.
Chapter 225: Law Crushed
"Where is Wu Shaoqun? Why is he not with you people?" Ye Xiwen asked in a dull voice.
At the mention of this, Liu Yueru's complexion slightly changed as she said: "There was a
clash of opinion between him and us, so he left."
Just from the look on her face, Ye Xiwen guessed that something was off, but he did not
interrogate further.
At this time, the crowd suddenly exclaimed that the law fragment had started to distort as if
trying to escape from there and return to the place where it really belonged.
The crowd continued to shout, and looked extremely anxious, but at this time, Ye Xiwen
finally jumped up and flew straight towards the law fragment, stretched out his hand and
grabbed it.
"Stabs!" the anomalous fragment abruptly cut a terrible wound on Ye Xiwen's palm.
When the spectators saw Ye Xiwen directly reaching out to grab the law fragment,
suddenly, the feeling of exultation spread in their hearts. After all, they were going to see
how Ye Xiwen would be torn to pieces by the fragment.
One must know that this was no ordinary glass fragment or something, but a real space
fragment. It didn't originate from a material existence but directly separated from the
physical existence of space. Just like a person's reflection in a mirror that looked intact
when the mirror was intact. But, as soon as the mirror was broken, the entire person's
figure was also fragmented and changed back to the reality.
No one would dare to directly grasp a law fragment. This was the reason why Battling
Heavens brotherhood had made a lot of preparations. They had brought several magical
tools to catch this law fragment.
How could someone directly hold a law fragment? Ah, it was as if this person was courting
death, but irrespective of what they assumed, Ye Xiwen was not torn to pieces. Only his
palm was slightly injured and bleeding, although he quite awkwardly dropped from the sky
to the ground, he was still standing and looked alright. This suddenly caused commotion in
the
surrounding crowd.
"My God, how is he able to hold a law fragment in his hand?
He looks like an ancient mythical god reborn."
"He is too fearful! How can he possess such a tyrannical body?
No wonder he was able to suppress our chief from the outset.
Having this kind of flesh is really insane!"
"What we are witnessing is a miracle, isn't it?"
Nobody could achieve such a feat, at least they had not seen anyone do it before, but Ye
Xiwen did it right in front of their eyes and suddenly shocked the members of Battling
Heavens brotherhood. In fact, at this time, even the words weren't coming out of their
mouths, including from the mouth of the latest stepping stone, Xiao Zhen, who appeared
quite depressed and was looking at Ye Xiwen with a baffled look in his eyes.
Ye Xiwen's bright red blood sprayed out from his palm, and actually contained a trace of
golden thread. It was the result of divinity refined and assimilated by Ye Xiwen in his body.
At this time, Ye Xiwen was incomparably amazed since this law fragment was too
horrifying. Even though he was well prepared, with a protective cover of Zhen Yuan on his
body, and he had also activated tyrant body technique, his palm was still instantly cut open.
Xiao Zhen's Swordlight was unable to put even a scratch on his hand, but this blade law
fragment was incredibly terrifying.
Moreover, without feeling a shred of resistance, it instantly cut through his defenses and
inflicted a cut wound on his palm.
Like in his previous life, when Ye Xiwen used to easily cut through a piece of plastic foam
with his finger, without feeling any resistance.
Perhaps the fearfulness of 'tyrant body technique' was beyond the comprehension of this
world, but even so, its defense was easily cut open by the law fragment, cutting all the way
to the bones. If Ye Xiwen had not immediately activated 'gilded tyrant form' and used the
power of divinity, his palm might have been chopped off by now.
However, if 'tyrant body technique' was practiced to its peak level then it was possible for
the practitioner to use bare hands for tearing off space, but right now, Ye Xiwen's skill was
not
that high. Let alone tearing the space with bare hands, his palm was almost cut off by a law
fragment. Fortunately, Ye Xiwen managed to escape from this tragedy and the credit would
entirely go to the divinity.
The law fragment was struggling in vain and trying to escape.
From the instant it was separated from the space, it was a separate entity with its own
consciousness. If it could run away and find a place to hide, then after tens of thousands of
years, perhaps, it would take the shape of an incomparably fearful expert with in-depth
knowledge about the world law lingering inside it.
"Bang!" the law fragment suddenly broke free from Ye Xiwen's grasp, and his blood
spattered as it took off instantly and fled towards the horizon.
"Look, the law fragment is escaping. I wonder what Ye Xiwen will do next."
"Even the law fragment doesn't like him!"
"Exactly!"
Several members of Battling Heavens brotherhood laughed and ridiculed him. As for them,
it was the only thing they could do to retaliate against Ye Xiwen.
However, Xiao Zhen and Liu Yueru were stubbornly staring at Ye Xiwen, eagerly waiting to
see what he would do next.
Ye Xiwen was not in a mood to come to terms with that law fragment. As soon as it escaped,
he also immediately flew towards it and his hand instantly transformed into a huge coiling
dragon. The coiling dragon was enveloped in a golden-colored light, because of the divinity
mixed with Zhen Yuan, and made it seem as if the dragon god himself had descended in this
world.
Ye Xiwen's dragon claw was like a raging sea, scratching and tearing the world. A plume of
divinity spread in the sky, and at that moment, it directly caught the law fragment. The
divine element and law fragment had a fierce friction with each other in the hand of Ye
Xiwen, and terrifying intermittent explosions took place as if resembling the birth of the
universe.
Using the divinity to firmly bind a law fragment was something only Ye Xiwen could
achieve. It was simply unimaginable for other people to accomplish this.
Everyone was shocked because they never thought that Ye Xiwen would actually be valiant
enough to once again catch and directly hold the fleeing law fragment in his hand.
"His body, is it really a human body? It's like he has transplanted the body of a devil in his
own body."
"He is incredibly strong. I wonder who can be his match in the future."
"With such strength, he can definitely be called a supreme level expert in the younger
generation."
"No one will dare to grasp a law fragment in their hand, but he actually did, which is simply
unimaginable."
Ye Xiwen grasped the law fragment in his hand and crushed it. In a flash, the law fragment
crumpled and left everyone in a stunned state. Everyone was dumbfounded when they
witnessed the law fragment being crushed to a powdered state in Ye Xiwen's palm.
A law in itself was not visible to human eyes, but as a fragment, it was very hard and sharp.
Even a simple touch of law fragment could be fatal.
But Ye Xiwen extraordinarily dared to grasp it. Moreover, he conveniently crushed it, as if it
was nothing.
Immediately, countless people exclaimed because this was simply a crime in their eyes.
This was not just a casual heavenly treasure, but a precious law fragment. After all, it was a
treasure which could help them in stepping into the legendary realm.
Witnessing this kind of treasure, for them, was an extremely rare case that occoured only
once in a hundred years, and even if they could not obtain it, why waste it like this? Right in
front of their eyes, Ye Xiwen ruined a rare and extremely precious treasure.
Chapter 226: Overnight Fame
If you want to step into the legendary realm, you must spend decades finding answers to
the questions posed by the secrets of world laws, and you must successfully manage to
answer all of the featured questions, over the years, in order to pass the test.
However, just now, the same priceless list of questions had been torn to pieces by Ye
Xiwen. Wasting such a valuable treasure, in the eyes of everyone, was a serious crime.
But in Ye Xiwen's opinion, crushing this law fragment was no big deal, especially because
he had 'mysterious space' in his mind and it could help him in restructuring the broken
information, then he could completely absorb and comprehend it.
Ye Xiwen chose to crush the law fragment because keeping it intact was too dangerous.
While he was holding it in his hand, it continued to cut and injure his palm, and if he was
not careful, then it might cut through his whole body. He also knew that Battling Heavens
brotherhood would surely spread the news about this incident and it might attract
tyrannical experts to track him down. So, he decided to destroy the law fragment in front of
everyone.
On the Demon Island, a lot of tyrannical experts had formed alliances, for example, the
Eagle Union consisted of several experts of truth seventh stage, a few experts of truth
eighth stage and some terrifying existences of above truth eighth stage as well. And, even
the weakest members were at truth sixth stage.
However, was this really the extent of the current younger generation?
Ye Xiwen did not believe in that, after all, he had seen that Taoist priest earlier, but was
unable see through the priest's cultivation level. He was using a high-level agility skill and
must have had a very high cultivation level. Ye Xiwen believed that there were a lot of
hidden experts like him on this island, and just to be on the safe side, he didn't want to
attract their attention.
Not to forget, the eighth prince had not yet made an appearance. There was a possibility
that he was hiding somewhere on the island and practicing, probably, waiting for an
opportunity to kill Ye Xiwen.
Ye Xiwen didn't want to waste time on these things. He would prefer exploring this
mysterious Demon Island.
He had spent a month's time on this island but only explored the peripheral zones. He still
didn't know what was present in the depths of the Demon Island.
While holding the crumpled debris of law fragment in his hand, Ye Xiwen flew away from
there and soon disappeared in the horizon. Although the members of Battling Heavens
brotherhood were filled with hate and grinding their teeth, no one dared to pursue Ye
Xiwen.
After all, when a tyrannical expert like Liu Yueru chose not to battle with Ye Xiwen, how
could they then possibly think about going after him?
The impression of Ye Xiwen's incredible strength was deeply seared in their hearts.
The news about the ninth law fragment instantly attracted the attention of many people.
Excluding the two law fragments that fell into the hands of demon beasts, a total of six law
fragments were seized by human experts. And now, they were
shocked to find out from the members of Battling Heavens brotherhood that the ninth law
fragment was actually seized by a boy named Ye Xiwen.
But Ye Xiwen's name became famous overnight. Counting out Wu Shaoqun, there were two
peerless experts of truth sixth stage in Battling Heavens brotherhood, making it one of the
strongest alliances on the Demon Island.
This was just like stealing food out of a tiger's mouth. The news about Xiao Zhen's pathetic
defeat at the hands of Ye Xiwen really shocked the entire Demon Island. Not to mention, in
the presence of so many members of Battling Heavens brotherhood, the two leaders of the
alliance willingly handed over the law fragment to Ye Xiwen. Just what kind of strength
could make it possible? Eventually, the rumors put Ye Xiwen among the numerous
powerhouses of the Demon Island.
However, the news about Ye Xiwen crushing the law fragment made everyone jump up
from shock. If he didn't want it then why did he have to waste it like this?
They were cursing Ye Xiwen for such a foolish act, but they couldn't overlook the fact that
he was formidable enough to hold a law fragment in his hand and casually crush it. This
was
solid proof that he was indeed incredibly strong. No mortal could do such a thing and
survive!
In their eyes, Ye Xiwen suddenly became a very mystical and horrifying existence, and at
the same time, there were several experts who put down the thought of looking for Ye
Xiwen.
Once a law fragment was broken, it turned completely useless, as if tearing an exam
question paper to shreds. And who would go looking for a tyrannical powerhouse who was
capable of crushing a law fragment?
In the end, things turned out just the way Ye Xiwen wanted.
Anyway, in order to use a law fragment, one would need to be at least at the half-step
legendary level, and on this island, there were no experts of such level, and even if there
were, no one dared to entertain such a terrifying idea.
Just the way elderly fishermen did not dare to entertain the idea of monstrous tides,
waiting to ambush them in the sea.
Somewhere on the demon island, the eighth prince, clad in royal clothes, was sitting in a
cave and practicing an outstanding technique. The shadowy figures of an Azure
dragon, a phoenix, a white tiger and a black tortoise were unceasingly glittering around the
eighth prince while his aura was getting more and more formidable with each breath.
After hearing the rumor about Ye Xiwen, suddenly, a cold smile appeared on his face.
"I will let him enjoy for some time."
His voice echoed throughout the cave.
Just because others could not comprehend from a crushed law fragment did not mean that
Ye Xiwen couldn't comprehend from it either. He had the help of mysterious space, which
could help him in reconstructing and comprehending shattered or lost information. The
only thing needed for that was Lingqi, and now with the help of upgraded Tianyuan mirror,
the daily production rate of Ling Dans had increased from 500 to 700.
For ordinary martial techniques, this was enough, but not for comprehending a world law!
The fundamental principles of this world were actually the
final analysis of a particular phenomenon. For example, the sun always sets in the west was
one law, water always flows from higher gravitational potential to lower gravitational
potential was another law, but none of the above mentioned laws explained the real
reasons behind the phenomena.
However, in the legendary realm, experts tried to understand world laws to a deeper level,
by tackling the questions such as why water flowed downhill instead of going uphill. And
for other experts, it might be very difficult to figure out the real reason behind these laws,
but the same was not true for Ye Xiwen.
This time, being a person from the earth was his biggest advantage in this world. Although
there were a lot of powerhouses in this world, very few of them were inquisitive and, took
their own strength for granted, never questioning why they possessed such strength.
All they needed to do was follow their predecessors in order to enhance their strength.
There was a constant ongoing race with time in which they needed to cultivate and
enhance their cultivation level, and at the same time, they needed to comprehend various
martial techniques. They just needed to reach a certain level and comprehend martial
techniques, even at the cost of not really knowing the reason behind them. It was
not like they didn't want to know; instead they did not need to know because time was a
very tight factor during their practice.
Xiantian level experts only had a lifespan of two hundred years, and it was even less for
Houtian level experts. There was no time for the experts to thoroughly understand each
and every theory they were practicing. They were just following the path followed by their
predecessors. In short, they were first focusing on cultivation and increasing their lifespan
and would consider understanding things on a deeper level, later on.
It was just like the exam-oriented education system from Ye Xiwen's previous life. The
college entrance examination was a node and there was a total of twelve years from the
beginning of elementary school education till the college entrance examination. As soon as
you enroll in the school, the countdown of 12 years to college entrance examination begins.
The teachers will begin to fill various types of concepts in your head, and it doesn't matter
whether you understand them or not, you must deal with several intermediate
examinations until you ultimately face the college entrance examination.
But in this world, the node was life itself. A martial artist's life was long when compared to
an ordinary person, but in order to achieve longer lifespan, they must cultivate and keep
practicing and they were always short of time, so most of the time, it was necessary to give
up on something to gain something necessary.
And after stepping into the legendary realm, they finally started to catch up by cramming
up ferociously. They must begin to study very thoroughly, even about the easiest of laws
and must find answers to the simplest of questions such as why does the sun set in the
west?
This was a huge shift in practice style and not everyone could withstand this abrupt
transformation. This was the problem of so-called fixed thinking, so only a small number of
people could get used to this reversed notion, then continue to practice on the long road
leading to a pious life.
However, there was a shortcut to all this; and it was none other than the law fragment. A
law fragment was like an encyclopedia, although some people never understood why the
sun sets in the west, they could still manage to find out from the encyclopedia that the
reason was actually the earth's rotation.
A long time ago, someone did a lot of research and concluded that earth's rotation was the
reason why the sun sets in the west. Now, anyone could just read the conclusion in a book
and understand the reason behind this law, so there was no need for self-comprehension
anymore.
Moreover, this was a question of ideas and could be reversed
very easily.
But for Ye Xiwen, this kind of thing was normal, although he did not possess formidable
strength in his past life, he had an inquisitive attitude. He was a curious guy in the past life
and knew the importance of getting to the bottom of something in order to understand it
better.
Therefore, Ye Xiwen had an advantage over others, and because of this, even though he
seized a law fragment, it would still not hinder him from being inquisitive.
The crushed law fragment was absorbed into the mysterious space then Ye Xiwen began to
burn a lot of Ling Dans which then transformed into Lingqi, which was injected into the
mysterious space, little by little. This began to reorganize the sudden influx of information
bit by bit.
Chapter 227: Shuffles
Ye Xiwen spent almost one month in an unceasing absorption of the law fragment in its
powdered state.
During this month, the entire Demon Island was in a state of turmoil. It was a chaotic time
of conquests just because of the appearance of law fragments.
90% of truth level disciples were deeply attracted towards law fragments and the reason
was the sudden appearance of the nine law fragments. Excluding the ninth one which was
directly crushed by Ye Xiwen under the watchful eyes of several disciples, two law
fragments had fallen into the grasp of formidable demon beasts.
The remaining six were all up for grabs and resulted in several battles. As Ye Xiwen had
previously guessed, several fierce experts were really hiding on this island. And during the
contest for law fragments, there appeared a large number of horrifying experts of more
than truth sixth stage. Except the Eagle Union, the other five alliances, that had managed to
obtain a law fragment each, were completely under siege from several other hidden
destructive forces and undercover terrifying experts.
This led to the destruction of many alliances, and in the end,
these law fragments ended up in the grasp of the strongest.
The Eagle Union was actually very stable. A group of people went looking for trouble but
the result was their own thorough annihilation instead. Henceforth, everyone agreed that
Eagle Union was the strongest alliance on the entire island and no one should provoke
them.
Some people tried searching for Ye Xiwen but were unable to find him because they
couldn't find his trail, as if he was a ghost or something. Moreover, since he had crushed
that law fragment, they could only bitterly give up.
After Ye Xiwen departed from there, there was severe infighting among the members of
Battling Heavens brotherhood and as a result of that, the alliance completely dissolved.
Afterwards, Xiao Zhen and Liu Yueru had a dramatic dispute, and Liu Yueru departed. In
the end, Xiao Zhen led the remaining people to seek refuge in Wan True alliance.
This was the first reshuffle on the Demon Island and cropped up some of the original
hidden forces, but Ye Xiwen knew that this would not be the last reshuffle because there
were several horrifying experts still waiting and watching from the shadows.
They were not much attracted to the law fragments, after all, a
year's time was left till the reopening of the island and early exposure wasn't a good thing.
Only those who get the last laugh are considered the winners.
It was conceivable that there would be a terrible upheaval before the reopening of the
demon island.
Ye Xiwen did not want to be a part of this reshuffle. He was more interested in exploring
the island's depths.
But, Ye Xiwen did not go directly to the island's depths since he was looking for Wu
Shaoqun.
During the reshuffle, Ye Xiwen finally heard news about Wu Shaoqun and decided to go and
meet him. He was also worried about Hua Menghan and Chen Ruochen because he got no
news about them. He was hoping that Wu Shaoqun would help him in getting information
about their whereabouts.
There was a stretch of several log cabins in a square and Wu Shaoqun was living in one of
those cabins. Occasionally, terrifying beastly roars came from far off. After arriving there,
Ye Xiwen had a feeling of coming to paradise with a peaceful and serene atmosphere.
Ye Xiwen didn't approach, just deactivated the 'restraining breath technique'.
Wu Shaoqun sensed Ye Xiwen standing outside and immediately came out of his cabin.
With a look of pleasant surprise on his face, he laughed and said: "Ye Xiwen, what brings
you here?"
"Of course, I have come to meet you. Why did you leave Battling Heavens brotherhood?" Ye
Xiwen asked.
"I left because of that sly Xiao Zhen. He was secretly planning something behind the scenes
and was about to start a war for power and his person profit. If not for giving face to Liu
Yueru, I would have surely butchered him." Wu Shaoqun answered and this really
surprised Ye Xiwen. This was the first time he witnessed Wu Shaoqun's crazy side which
was I quite a contrast to his usual jolly attitude. "But I knew that Battling Heavens
brotherhood won't last long under his leadership."
"Ye Xiwen, you have become very famous these days. The whole island knows your name.
Damn bro, you are really ruthless, actually crushed a law fragment!" Wu Shaoqun smiled
and said.
"It's such an honor to have a friend who has come from so far to visit us." Suddenly, a voice
sounded from a nearby log cabin and a young Daoist priest came out from there. Ye Xiwen
noticed that he was the same Daoist priest he saw earlier.
"Daoist priest, the pleasure is all mine." Ye Xiwen cupped his hands and said.
"Ye Xiwen, meet Qing Xu." Wu Shaoqun introduced them.
"You can call me Qing Xu and I'll just call you Ye Xiwen."
Daoist priest was surprisingly not attaching any importance to superficial formalities.
For Ye Xiwen, it was still very difficult to see through Qing Xu's cultivation. Even though his
own cultivation level had increased since the last meeting, he was again unable to sense
Qing Xu's cultivation level.
"How come you two are together?" Ye Xiwen asked.
"We do not want to join any alliance, so we all decided to live in the same place and watch
each other's back." Wu Shaoqun smiled and said.
Wait, so there were more than just these two living here. Ye Xiwen was now curious, since
it looked like a small group of people who didn't want to be a part of any alliance. But, Ye
Xiwen did know that this was no ordinary group.
Wu Shaoqun was at the peak of truth sixth stage and even after the recent shuffling, he
could be counted among the top experts on the island. But, Qing Xu was on a whole other
level and would be counted among the handful of terrifying existences.
"Well, why don't you join us here? I think your strength is sufficient enough to be one of
us." Wu Shaoqun indirectly tried to check what Ye Xiwen was thinking. After all, although
their group had not become famous, its battle efficiency was on par with the strongest
active alliances on the Demon Island.
"No, I can bring a lot of trouble for you guys and I don't want to see anyone hurt because of
me." Ye Xiwen shook his head and refused. What he said was true but more important was
the fact
that he needed to hunt as many god's descendants as he could in order to perfect 'gilded
tyrant form'. And, he certainly couldn't tell them about this.
"Oh come on, we can deal with any trouble, and just because there is trouble out there, we
must work together to tackle it."
Wu Shaoqun laughed and said.
But, Qing Xu immediately figured that Ye Xiwen did not want to join their group and said:
"Shaoqun, you don't have to force him. We are not an alliance, think of us as a group of
people who have come together to mutually aid each other. Ye Xiwen, as long as you want;
we will always welcome you in our group."
"Indeed, if there is anything you need help with, just ask." Wu Shaoqun said, although he
had only met Ye Xiwen a few times, he had a good impression of him, probably because Ye
Xiwen's temperament was very much to his liking. These two really hit it off from the very
first meeting.
Precisely because of this, Ye Xiwen hoped that Wu Shaoqun would definitely help him out.
And just now, he felt that his decision of meeting Wu Shaoqun was right. Although these
experts were not part of any alliance, they should stll have a broad network of contacts,
spread across several alliances.
"Actually, I want your help with something." Ye Xiwen didn't beat around the bush and
directly said.
"Feel free and ask." Wu Shaoqun said.
"As I told you before, I was separated from the two fellow disciples of my sect earlier when
we encountered Golden-Winged Eagle. I hope you can help me in getting information about
them." Ye Xiwen said.
Qing Xu also remembered seeing two people with Ye Xiwen in the sea.
"It's a small thing, no problem!" Wu Shaoqun beat his chest once and said in a confident
tone.
"Also, I want you to help me in obtaining any news about Great Yue State's eighth prince."
Ye Xiwen said.
"The eighth prince of your country, you mean Yue Yi?" Wu Shaoqun immediately said the
eighth prince's name; after all,
his own country had an old enmity with Great Yue State, so the royal clans of their country
would obviously collect important information about each other. Wu Shaoqun's knowledge
about Great Yue State's political situation was far more than that of Ye Xiwen.
"En!" Ye Xiwen said with a smile, "He and I hold a personal grudge against each other."
In fact, Ye Xiwen was most worried because Yue Yi had remained silent all this time. If he
was on this island then considering the hate he held for Ye Xiwen, once he got news about
Ye Xiwen seizing a law fragment, he would definitely step out to kill him. Not to mention, if
Ye Xiwen was able to obtain a law fragment, then it would be much easier for Yue Yi to get
his hands on one.
Now, Yue Yi had sufficient time to consume the treasures he obtained from the ancient
ruins. It was tough to guess the extent of his strength when he would appear in front of Ye
Xiwen the next time. Hence, Ye Xiwen was eager to perfect
'gilded tyrant form' before that.
Wu Shaoqun was somewhat amazed, immediately raised his thumb and said: "Terrific, this
is even easier. I know about the
existence of Great Yue State's Imperial guards and Yue Yi, the peerless genius who leads it.
It seems you are going to teach this guy a good lesson. Not bad!"
Wu Shaoqun actually said it in a way which made it seem like he was taking pleasure in
another's misfortunes.
Chapter 228: Wan True Union
Ye Xiwen certainly knew that the rumors about the eighth prince's exploits were not only
prevalent in Great Yue State, but overseas as well.
"No problem, if there is any news, I'll let you know." Wu Shaoqun nodded.
After saying goodbye to Wu Shaoqun, Ye Xiwen went towards the depths of the Demon
Island. With the help of Wu Shaoqun, he also felt relieved.
Ye Xiwen was shuttling through the mountain forest, but abruptly stopped and said: "Come
out!"
At this time, the figure of a man came out of the woods and stood in front of him.
He appeared like a twenty-year-old youth, tall, slender physique and had a handsome face.
"Who are you?" Ye Xiwen asked. "Why are you following me?"
"My name is Jiang Hua." The young man looked at Ye Xiwen and said, "I am the deputy chief
of Wan True Union."
Wan true Union was the alliance where Xiao Zhen took refuge.
"Is this related to Xiao Zhen?" Ye Xiwen asked.
"It is not, I have come to invite you to join Wan True Union.
So long as you join our union, we will gladly write off the enmity between you and Xiao
Zhen. He absolutely won't dare cause any trouble for you. Moreover, we will help in
preserving the law fragment that you seized." Jiang Hua explained.
"The law fragment has already been crushed by me." Ye Xiwen said.
"You don't need to lie, although we do not know what means you are going to use, but we
have every reason to believe that you definitely have a way to take advantage of this
crumpled law fragment." Jiang Hua said.
"Why are looking for me, fair to say, there's a deep grudge between me and Xiao Zhen. So,
why are you trying to rope me in?" Ye Xiwen said and looked somewhat puzzled.
"We mean no harm since our chief is ingenious and possesses outstanding ability and
grand vision. So this trivial contradiction is practically nothing in front of his grandeur!"
Jiang Hua said and there was a somewhat fanatical expression on his face. At this time, from
the fanatic look of Jiang Hua, Ye Xiwen was actually reminded of Feng Kong, the chief
commander of Imperial guard.
Feng Kong also held a fanatic-like devotion for the eighth prince.
Such people are the hardest to deal with, because they don't listen to reason, and are
generally a group of lunatics. They are just like the crazy fans from Ye Xiwen's previous life.
If someone doesn't believe in their lord then that someone is an enemy to them.
Ye Xiwen appreciated the loyalty of people, including those who were blindly devoted, but
he absolutely could not stand
lunatics who couldn't differentiate right from wrong and were just blindly devoted to their
lord, irrespective of whether their lord was a good or bad person.
But Ye Xiwen didn't know how to deal with these fanatical believers, because in their
hearts, the faith in their master was like their belief in God as if their faith was absolute
justice.
"You are this younger generation's top genius and that Xiao Zhen is nothing in comparison.
As long as you are willing to give your loyalty to our chief, you will certainly obtain more
than just a law fragment from him." Jiang Hua said with pride.
Ye Xiwen laughed, after all, this law fragment had been seized by him and belonged to him,
but according to Jiang Hua's logic, his chief would gift it to Ye Xiwen. What kind of
ridiculous logic was this?
"Well excuse me, I'm not interested." Ye Xiwen refused.
"You cannot reject!" Jiang Hua's complexion suddenly darkened as he coldly stared at Ye
Xiwen, as if he committed a sin just now and wouldn't be forgiven for this crime!
"I have no interest in joining any alliance." Ye Xiwen replied.
Earlier, Wu Shaoqun invited him to join their small group but he said no, not to mention
this was some random alliance and his enemy, Xiao Zhen, was also in this alliance.
"Once our union decides to recruit someone, they cannot refuse!" Jiang Hua's face revealed
indifference as he coldly uttered these words.
Jiang Hua looked coldly at Ye Xiwen. Ye Xiwen also coldly stared at him, and as they
continued this staring game, there was a sudden burst of aura from Jiang Hua's side and the
dreadful aura instantly enveloped Ye Xiwen.
Jiang Hua knew that Ye Xiwen was an extremely powerful expert; otherwise, his chief
wouldn't send him, the deputy chief of their alliance, to personally come and invite Ye
Xiwen. Even among the top geniuses of the ten countries of Southeast region, Ye Xiwen was
considered the most outstanding.
Such a peerless genius was usually very hard to deal with, but he knew what he must do. He
must thoroughly defeat Ye Xiwen in order to crush his pride and self-confidence, thereby
taming him in the process.
"Such threats don't work on me." Ye Xiwen grinned and a cold light flashed in his eyes,
"And what is this Wan True alliance? I have never even heard of it."
"If you want to die so badly, I'll help you out!" Jiang Hua said in an angry tone and looked at
Ye Xiwen with his ice-cold eyes, while his killing intention was overflowing.
"Destruction of the Gods tactics!" Jiang Hua's temperament instantly changed and a
dreadful killing intention surged out of his body, making him appear like the incarnation of
an ancient evil god.
Jiang Hua's internal qi generation engine was operating at its peak, while the terrible rays
of light spread everywhere. The entire mountain forest began to quiver under the
dominating pressure of the terrifying power of truth seventh peak.
Ye Xiwen shouted and instantly activated 'tyrant body technique'. His whole body was
immediately covered in bronze flesh and the faint golden light was glowing in the sunlight,
making him look like the incarnation of an ancient overlord.
"Boom!" Jiang Hua's fingertips flashed and shot a huge divine
beam at Ye Xiwen.
Ye Xiwen instantly shot his palm and a coiling dragon, overflowing with terrifying dragon
qi, appeared out of nowhere and roared loudly.
Ye Xiwen was secretly vigilant in his heart. This guy was at the peak of truth seventh stage
and could be considered one of the strongest in the younger generation of all ten countries
of Southeast region. No wonder he was so confident.
However, even such a person had been tamed by someone. Ye Xiwen was quite curious to
find out, who actually was the chief of Wan True Union. But, he must first think of a way to
escape from this psycho.
The coiling dragon roared and flew towards the incoming divine beam.
"Bang!" the coiling dragon severely clashed with the divine beam and ripped it apart,
rendering it useless.
Then it opened its large jaws and rushed towards Jiang Hua to
swallow him whole.
Jiang Hua snorted and said: "Evil dragon!"
His fingertips flashed again and released ten divine beams towards the coiling dragon.
These tyrannical beams of divine light attacked it and tore it to shreds.
At this time, Ye Xiwen suddenly appeared in front of Jiang Hua, coldly smiled and said:
"Now die!"
Ye Xiwen shot his palm which immediately transformed into a giant dragon claw and
maliciously rumbled on Jiang Hua's chest.
"Boom!" a loud explosion occurred and set off strong winds in all directions and directly
bulldozed numerous trees in the forest.
The destructive power of these two experts was extremely frightening.
Jiang Hua looked solemn as he said: "You are a very good fighter; you actually compelled
me to use my best shot. But, rest assured, I will definitely kill you."
However, in his heart, Jiang Hua was shocked and never expected Ye Xiwen to be so
formidable. One must know that he had already used his best shot and was unable to hurt
Ye Xiwen.
And at the same time, he could see the strange look in Ye Xiwen eyes, as if conveying "You
want to kill me?"
Ye Xiwen grinned and his eyes looked even colder than before.
His body resembled those of the ancient tyrants, incomparably tyrannical. Jiang Hua was
secretly horrified in his heart because he knew well that if he were not a higher level expert
then he would probably be dead by now.
"You are very strong but this actually increases the fun.
Killing a formidable enemy will prove my strength!" Jiang Hua said softly and step by step
walked in the air.
Ye Xiwen immediately took out Tianyuan mirror which made a scarlet protective screen
around him.
Jiang Hua suddenly blasted a punch which shook the
surrounding space.
"Boom!" the Quanjin rumbled fiercely on the protective screen, but it only trembled a bit
and didn't collapse.
Quanjin = Fist power
Ye Xiwen did not wait and immediately shot his palm, which transformed into a dragon
claw and then rumbled maliciously on Jiang Hua's body.
"Boom!"
A terrible explosion occurred in the sky.
"Bang!" Jiang Hua was sent flying hundreds of meters away.
Blood was dripping from the corners of his mouth since his internal organs had been
damaged. How could he possibly know that Ye Xiwen used the power of gilded tyrant form?
Although Jiang Hua's cultivation was at a higher level, he was still injured by the aftermath
of this explosion.
Although Ye Xiwen had used Tianyuan mirror's protective screen, he was still sent flying by
the explosion.
An incredible look appeared in Jiang Hua's eyes. He just couldn't believe what he witnessed
just now. How could Ye Xiwen's body be so terrifying? He initially planned to rely on his
higher level to effortlessly kill Ye Xiwen, but what the hell happened just now? In a
protracted battle, Ye Xiwen should have ended up consuming his energy and should have
been at a disadvantage, but he still couldn't overlook Ye Xiwen's tyrannical flesh. He
couldn't understand how Ye Xiwen managed to attain such a body.
It was basically impossible to find a same-level rival for Ye Xiwen.
But then the killing intention again flashed in his eyes. He knew that he must strangle this
threat ahead of time.
Otherwise, in the future, Ye Xiwen might become a formidable enemy.
Chapter 229: Struggles Hard To Escape
Jiang Hua had entered full slaughter mode and shouted: "Die!"
Ye Xiwen now had no way out. He knew that he must not fight with Jiang Hua, but he could
find no escape route. He rejected the invitation of Wan True Union, and considering Jiang
Hua's blind devotion to his master and alliance, perhaps, this act was a blasphemy
according to his beliefs.
If Ye Xiwen withdrew now then he could be hunted to death.
His only option was to continue this desperate battle, and at least try to seriously injure his
opponent, only then it would be possible to escape.
At this time, Jiang Hua seized the opportunity and shot decisively. He joined his hands and
released a huge divine beam as if resembling an endless mountain, which immediately
advanced towards Ye Xiwen as if to swallow him whole.
The very presence of this mountain of divine beam was enough to shake the entire world.
The terrifying power of truth seventh peak had fully manifested at this time.
It was certainly beyond the imagination of an ordinary person!
It could be said that it was hard to find a same-level opponent for Jiang Hua, somehow, Ye
Xiwen managed to compete with him while having two levels less in comparison.
Ye Xiwen was relying on the supreme might of gilded tyrant form, granting him
unsurpassed attack and defense power.
The divine light held in Jiang Hua's hands transformed into a strange beast. It roared
upwards and rushed towards Ye Xiwen while ejecting flames all the way from its body.
Jiang Hua was going all out without any mercy, and Ye Xiwen didn't have the luxury of
being lenient, instead he had to go all out.
Ye Xiwen shouted, his whole body turned bronze and began to emit unequalled gloss and
luster. He looked just like an ancient overlord reborn.
"Boom!" a terrible collision occurred and the seemingly inexhaustible divine beam was
directly torn apart by Ye Xiwen.
The huge mountain of light tumbled down layer by layer, taking away as many things as
possible with it.
The enormous power of the explosion swept off and Jiang Hua was shaken by the great
might displayed by Ye Xiwen just now, but Ye Xiwen himself was pushed back all the way,
though it didn't cause him any injuries. Ye Xiwen didn't stop even for an instant and
immediately shot his palm, releasing a golden dragon. This dragon was exuding a terrifying
mysterious energy and there were traces of golden threads in its body.
Ye Xiwen went all out and attacked.
Jiang Hua stopped and shot his palm, causing countless air explosions. To a naked eye, one
could see the endless combustion and explosions in the air, sweeping all the way and finally
colliding with the golden dragon.
"Boom!" the enormous explosion destroyed everything in the surrounding areas.
The two experts once again battled together without rest.
Basically, Ye Xiwen had been pushed under the wind, but his invincible tyrant body was
able to resist all attacks, not to mention when Ye Xiwen used his tyrant powers then no one
could block those attacks. Even Jiang Hua was being careful and not indulging in a hand-to-
hand combat with Ye Xiwen, otherwise, even though Ye Xiwen could not kill him, he could
certainly severely injure him.
"Boom!"
A majestic power exploded and Ye Xiwen was once again sent flying.
"Today, you will die without a doubt!" There was an extremely cold look in Jiang Hua's
eyes, but he was secretly terrified in the heart when he witnessed Ye Xiwen's fearful
vitality.
Other experts of same-level simply couldn't stop his attacks, but this Ye Xiwen was simply a
genius. Even if he was at truth fifth stage, it was literally impossible to suppress him.
And Ye Xiwen not only dared to attack him, but all his attacks were meant to kill. Not to
mention, although Ye Xiwen was wounded, he was constantly fighting back. He was not the
type
of guy who would flee at the first sign of defeat. If such a person was allowed to grow, then
it would be disastrous for him and his lord. Ye Xiwen must never be allowed to step into the
truth sixth stage.
Thinking of this, Jiang Hua's killing intention increased and he once again attacked Ye
Xiwen.
An ordinary expert of truth fifth stage would have been killed by now, but Ye Xiwen's
tyrant body was no joke.
"Boom!" the explosion ripped the ground once again, creating a large crater.
Jiang Hua was constantly trying to kill Ye Xiwen and Ye Xiwen was furiously struggling to
resist. His hands would transform into dragon claws and tear apart the huge mountain of
divine light. But each time, it was getting more difficult for Ye Xiwen to resist Jiang Hua's
attacks.
However, Ye Xiwen's facial expression did not change and still appeared callous, ice-cold
and domineering. As expected from a practitioner of supreme tyrant body.
"Ye Xiwen, it cannot go on like this!" Ye Mo said in a serious tone. "Although it is hard for
him to kill you, but if it goes on like this, you will end up consuming all your energy."
Since Ye Xiwen was relying on the might of his tyrant body, it was impossible for Jiang Hua
to kill him in one shot, but if he continued to attack like this, then Ye Xiwen would end up
consuming all his energy and wouldn't be able to defend anymore, while the enemy would
still have sufficient energy to kill him.
"I just need to inflict severe damage on him at least once, but I don't know how to do it." Ye
Xiwen wiped the blood from the corners of his mouth and said, "He's too powerful, I don't
know how to do it. But, if I don't injure him even once, he will definitely chase me down to
the ends of the earth. The only way to make him quit is to cause heavy losses to this guy."
Ye Xiwen felt helpless. If there was a way, then, not even the Gods could have stopped him
from using it!
Jiang Hua's divine beam transformed into a large sierra of light and directly pressed down
towards Ye Xiwen. It seemed as if the sky itself was caving down, like the end of the world.
Ye Xiwen stood up, stimulated gilded tyrant form to its peak, summoned the coiling dragon
and flew upwards to greet the incoming attack.
"Boom!" Ye Xiwen and his coiling dragon routed the great sierra of divine light, but as a
result of the collision, he spat out blood and was sent flying down and crashed into the
ground, resulting into a large crater.
Jiang Hua immediately chased down and shot his palm, which turned into a mountain and
pressed down upon fallen Ye Xiwen as if to crush him once and forever.
Ye Xiwen was injured and the blood had begun to seep out of his whole body, and was
causing immense pain.
"Aaaah!" Ye Xiwen looked up towards the sky and gave out a long and loud cry. His whole
body was instantly covered with Zhen Yuan, dispersing his black hair. A domineering
radiance immediately exuded from his body.
"Boom!" as the great mountain of divine light descended upon Ye Xiwen, he felt a surge of
horror in his heart.
"Peng!" Ye Xiwen was sent flying far away.
Jiang Hua laughed and said: "Ye Xiwen, you can be considered a top genius of our younger
generation, but just so you know, not all geniuses manage to fully mature to show the
extent of their true potential. And you have also reached a dead-end, now die!"
Jiang Hua laughed loudly, saw an opening in Ye Xiwen's defenses and rushed towards him.
"Go die!" Ye Xiwen suddenly opened his eyes. A golden light flashed in his eyes along with
the traces of golden threads floating in his eyes. A long golden sword instantly appeared in
his hand and released dreadful godly aura which swept across in all directions. The
surrounding vegetation bowed, as if it were in the presence of God. No living being had the
guts to lift their head before the absolute might of the Gods. It was said that the Gods were
the noblest existences in all of the ten thousand worlds and no other life form could be
placed on par with them.
As soon as the godly aura swept off everywhere, a terrifying sword intention was shot up
into the sky. It seemed as if it minced the air and clouds and was about to cut the world
itself, bringing about the birth of chaos.
"What is this?!" Jiang Hua was startled. He never expected that Ye Xiwen was actually
hiding such a killer move and was enduring all this time to reveal an opening and lure him
into attacking. And he actually fell into Ye Xiwen's trap.
"Boom!" there was an earth-shattering noise and everything was annihilated in the area,
even the surrounding space was disrupted from the explosion. The sword intention was
actually composed of divinity and directly pierced into Jiang Hua's right hand when he tried
to block it.
"Ah!" Jiang Hua screamed as his arm was destroyed by the golden sword intention and
literally turned into atoms. He quickly retreated almost a kilometer but only after losing
most of his arm. There was a look of terror in his eyes because this was beyond the scope of
his imagination. The sword intention actually cut through the protective layer of Zhen Yuan
as if cutting through plastic foam.
This Golden sword intention was too terrible.
He did not know that more than a month's worth of collected divinity was present in that
single attack. So many gods'
descendants had been slaughtered by Ye Xiwen for their divinity and he spent it all at once.
Although Jiang Hua was powerful, how could he possibly be compared with the noblest
creatures between heaven and earth? Ye Xiwen had collected only a little bit of divinity but
this amount was enough for one effective sneak attack.
Ye Xiwen spouted a mouthful of blood, but this time, there was no trace of golden divinity
in the blood. It had been completely consumed in the last attack.
Ye Xiwen could no longer suppress his injuries and spat blood from his mouth. Then, he
clenched his teeth and instantly opened the black devil wings and flew towards the depths
of the Demon Island like a black lightning. He knew that although he had caused a serious
injury to Jiang Hua and compelled him to retreat, but this was not enough to make him give
up, instead it backfired and made him even angrier. Ye Xiwen was quite satisfied to see that
using golden divinity in one go could make it so powerful and disastrous.
Now, Ye Xiwen couldn't afford to hide his devil wings and only focused on escaping from
there as a matter of first priority.
Jiang Hua noticed that Ye Xiwen turned around to flee and immediately understood that
this sneak attack was possibly his trump card and could only be used once; otherwise,
there was no need to escape.
In other words, he was played, not to mention his arm was also blown up. And since he was
not a devil, he couldn't possibly have the strong ability of regeneration. In other words, he
lost his right arm forever and this made his heart burn with anger and hatred.
"You cannot run away from me! Today, you shall die!" Jiang Hua roared and his voice like a
sonic boom swept in all directions.
Chapter 230: Griffin Valley
This battle was very difficult and Ye Xiwen did not know for how long it would continue. It
had continued all day and all night. Even the devil wings behind Ye Xiwen had begun to
slowly fade away. In fact, his body was covered in wounds and some of the bones were
broken despite having a supreme tyrant body.
But on the other side, Jiang Hua was also not in a good condition. His complexion looked
pale because of excessive bleeding and he had suffered severe trauma, not to mention his
arm was also destroyed by Ye Xiwen. However, since he was on a higher level, his situation
was comparatively better than Ye Xiwen.
"F**k this psycho!" Ye Xiwen secretly cursed him while being chased all the way for one
whole day and night and not knowing where to run. There was a possibility of bumping
into tyrannical demon beasts, but the good thing was that he was particularly sensitive to
the aura and hence was able to avoid those terrifying demon beasts; otherwise, surviving
this long would have been impossible.
Jiang Hua was definitely insane and Ye Xiwen was
continuously flapping the devil wings, doing his best to escape from this madman.
"Ye Xiwen, you cannot run away, I will kill you!" Jiang Hua gritted his teeth. Although he
was furious because he lost his arm and was hell bent on taking revenge in order to settle
the anger in his heart, he also knew that he could not afford to let Ye Xiwen live. If he didn't
kill Ye Xiwen today, he would certainly turn into a major threat in the future.
"Only by dying can you wash away your sins!"
Only Ye Xiwen's death could cleanse the anger and hatred from his heart.
"Shut up, you lunatic! First, you tell me to join your alliance as your fellow brother, and now
you are trying to kill me?" Ye Xiwen was extremely frustrated and shouted, "If you don't
leave me alone, I will definitely destroy you and your shitty Wan True Union!"
Ye Xiwen knew that after hearing this, Jiang Hua would certainly not let him off, but he was
in a rage and couldn't help but threatened him. After all, he had never been hunted down
so badly before and that too for a shitty reason like this.
"I swear, I will come back for your Wan True Union and make you all regret the decision of
messing with me. You and your master should not have f***ed with me!" Ye Xiwen could
not control his rage and shouted in an angry voice.
Jiang Hua was disinclined to speak, he just shot his palm which turned into an endless
sierra of light and advanced towards Ye Xiwen.
The devil wings flapped incredibly fast and Ye Xiwen's body suddenly sped up like a black
lightning and vanished in the direction of a nearby mountain range.
"Boom!" the sierra of light crashed on the ground and a huge crater appeared there.
Jiang Hua was breathing heavily and it was obvious that he must have used up a lot of
energy in this attack. After a non-stop pursuit of day and night, for him, it must have been
difficult to use this attack.
However, his hatred for Ye Xiwen was driving him to go this far. This resentment was
supporting him all the way and motivated him to pursue Ye Xiwen for so long.
The two sides were now involved in a competition of willpower and no one was willing to
give up. They were already extremely tired, although Jiang Hua's level was much higher
than Ye Xiwen, Ye Xiwen possessed supreme tyrant body, not to mention, he was an
extremely skilled fighter and a peerless genius.
Ye Xiwen had almost used up the reserves of Zhen Yuan in his body during the chase and
was constantly replenishing the consumed energy by swallowing Ling Dans and converting
them into Zhen Yuan, otherwise, how could he possibly keep the devil wings activated for
one whole day?
But Jiang Hua's situation was no better. A single attack had left him breathless and he
longer looked calm like earlier.
Each time he attacked, his complexion would turn pale for a minute and that was why he
was unable to attack continuously.
He was attacking only once in a while.
This also allowed Ye Xiwen to catch breath and the interval between two attacks became
the best time for resting.
A distant valley appeared in front of Ye Xiwen and countless beastly roars were originating
from there in a chorus. It seemed like there was a group of demon beasts in the valley.
Suddenly, Ye Xiwen felt intermittent waves of terrible coercion spreading out of there. Most
probably, a legendary level demon beast was present in the valley.
Ye Xiwen clenched his teeth and exclaimed in his heart: "Must risk it all!"
The devil wings instantly flapped at a lightning speed and Ye Xiwen rushed into the valley
like black lightning.
At this time, Ye Xiwen finally got a good view of this valley. It was a very large valley, and
spread over a stretch of several hundred miles, countless huge demon beasts were flying in
flocks above the valley.
Each of these demon beasts was almost four meters tall, had
an eagle's head, lion's body, and four ominous claws that were exuding dark coldness.
Griffin!
This mythical creature was rumored to be a very fierce beast and appeared in several
myths throughout the Zhen Wu Jie. In the ancient ages, they were used as a mount to fly in
the sky but then slowly disappeared and were later labeled as extinct creatures. He never
expected to actually see a large flock of griffins.
Moreover, Ye Xiwen was more surprised to find out that almost every beast on this demon
island possessed divinity, though some contained more and some less, but so far, he didn't
see a single exception.
In other words, a griffin's body was most likely to contain divinity and this meant that
griffins were also among the so-called God's descendants. Without exception, all of the
demon beast species he encountered so far on this island possessed divinity in their bodies.
Ye Xiwen was sometimes terrified to think that so many
species of God's descendants were living on this island, and some of them were considered
extinct or only appeared in myths. In the end, what kind of secret was hidden on the Demon
Island?
Considering the presence of God's descendants on this island, it seemed like Ye Mo was
right about this island being an immortal's tomb.
Could it be that innumerable immortals were buried on this island?
Moreover, these griffins were very frightening, each being at truth seventh stage or truth
eighth stage. Ye Xiwen could also sense the aura of some griffins of half-step legendary
realm coming from the deeper parts of the valley, as well as some legendary level griffin
elders.
Before Ye Xiwen could relax, Jiang Hua's voice sounded from behind and he arrived in the
valley but was immediately speechless when he saw the flock of griffins. He knew that if
griffins heard his voice, he would surely be killed.
Ye Xiwen sneered since it didn't seem like this bastard would
give up on chasing him, so Jiang Hua better not blame Ye Xiwen for what he was going to do
next.
Ye Xiwen stretched out his hand and curled his fingers as if to grasp something, condensed
an air ball and threw it towards the flock of griffins in the sky.
Ye Xiwen then immediately rushed into a gap in a nearby cliff and vanished from the scene.
Jiang Hua saw what Ye Xiwen did and froze for a moment, he then suddenly understood
what Ye Xiwen was trying to do and cursed in his heart. This Ye Xiwen was such a sly guy,
to think that he would actually use such a dirty trick.
Before he could think of countermeasures, he saw a flock of hundreds of enraged griffins
flying towards him. These griffins were enormous and looked just like dive bombers as
they dived towards Jiang Hua.
Because they only saw Jiang Hua on the scene, they assumed he was the culprit and the sole
intruder in their area. They were oblivious about the real instigator, Ye Xiwen, and focused
their rage on Jiang Hua. Not to mention, Ye Xiwen had used
'restraining breath technique' to hide his presence, including his aura and smell of blood, so
the griffins couldn't sense him at all.
Ye Xiwen had practiced 'restraining breath technique' to its peak level and it once again
played a big role.
"Ye Xiwen, you bastard!" Jiang Hua cursed loudly and immediately turned back to escape
with hundreds of griffins chasing from behind.
Dealing with one griffin could be disastrous, and he was being chased by so many. He
couldn't possibly dare to stay in the valley after becoming the sole target of these blood-
thirsty beasts.
If he was caught, he would surely be torn to pieces.
Jiang Hua was chased all the way and eventually disappeared into the horizon.
Ye Xiwen was relieved, he finally got rid of that psycho.
Suddenly, the sense of pain crawled all over his whole body and attacked his brain. He was
gasping and his face contorted, showing immense pain and agony.
During the long pursuit, Ye Xiwen lost track of the number of times he was attacked. He
was alive right now thanks to his incredibly formidable tyrant body. An ordinary person
would have died in the beginning itself.
But even with such a tyrant body, he didn't how many bones were broken in his body or
layers of skin that were peeled off.
He was in a horrible condition right now.
However, the good news was that he finally got rid of that lunatic. As far as the injuries
were concerned, he could slowly recuperate and nurse himself back to health.
Although recuperating right under the noses of these demon beasts was a very dangerous
thing to do, right now, he was seriously injured and had no strength to fly. There was also a
possibility that the enemy might be lurking outside and waiting for him to come out of the
valley. So, he had no choice but to stay there.
Chapter 231: Power-Up
Zhen Yuan was continuously circulating in Ye Xiwen's body and healing the injuries. He
took out a lot of healing drugs and medicinal pills from the storage space in Tianyuan
mirror and used them all to increase the healing pace. Finally, the bleeding stopped and his
wounds no longer looked serious. Now, he appeared much better when compared to his
earlier blood-drenched image.
Ye Xiwen felt relieved but knew that this was just the beginning. Perhaps, his body
sustained his worst injuries ever and that too after practicing gilded tyrant form; which
again proved the extent of his injuries.
While thinking of this, unbearable hatred welled up in Ye Xiwen's heart as he gritted his
teeth. For him, this was simply an unexpected misfortune that he somehow ended up
provoking a megalomaniac.
However, Ye Xiwen was not a nice guy and would certainly not forget this incident!
He was literally pushed to his limits and couldn't control the
rage building up in his heart. He was normally a good-hearted person, but once provoked,
he would neither forgive nor forget!
If someone dared to f**k with him, he would make sure to obliterate the very existence of
his enemy from the face of the earth without the slightest grievance. After all, forgiveness
and mercy never worked in this brutal world where strength and pride ruled all.
"I pledge to teach the whole Wan True Union a lesson. I will teach them thoroughly that
they should never have f**ed with me!" Ye Xiwen said and clenched his teeth, and right
then, the broken bones sent waves of intense pain into his brain and his face contorted.
He began to breathe heavily!
"Rather than wasting time on such ruthless words, why not focus on recuperating first?" Ye
Mo shook his head and said.
Jiang Hua's relentless attacks had done some serious damage to his body and it was going
to take a long time to reach full recovery.
Ye Xiwen estimated that it would take at least three months to fully recuperate, but he
couldn't afford to waste three months, after all, only a year's time was available to explore
this vast island.
"Now, if you slowly recuperate then it will take too long and may actually affect your
vitality. You have to find a way to supplement your vitality as soon as possible." Ye Mo said,
"These griffins are God's descendants, though certainly not as terrifying as a phoenix, we
should certainly not overlook their sheer population. There are at least 4000-5000 griffins
in this valley, which means there are enough eggs to help you in restoring your lost vitality
and energy."
"En!" Ye Xiwen nodded. Even he had come up with the same plan as it was undoubtedly the
best way to get out of this mess.
Ye Xiwen had completely used up the reserves of divinity in his body in the battle.
Days passed and in a blink of an eye, a month elapsed.
Ye Xiwen was crawling forward while 'restraining breath technique' was working at its
best to cover his presence
completely. There was a large rock in front of him and there was a griffin's nest right on top
of it. Ten palm-sized griffin eggs were lying down in the nest and a griffin was guarding
them.
After a while, it spread its wings and flew away in search of food.
Ye Xiwen finally climbed up, casually picked up one egg then quietly left that place and left
towards the crevice which was acting as his hiding place in this valley.
Although there were thousands of griffin's eggs in the valley, he took only one egg from a
nest. So even if a griffin noticed that one of its eggs was missing, it assumed that it must
have rolled out of the nest and did not bother much. Of course, griffins were wise creatures
but not comparable to humans.
They would never expect someone to sneak into their nest and steal just one egg.
Certainly, Ye Xiwen did not dare to sneak into the nests of formidable griffins, for example,
he would not even think about going close to the nest of a half-step legendary level griffin.
Ye Xiwen's skill was too low so even after relying on 'restraining breath technique', it was
impossible for him to hide his presence from higher level griffins at all times. If an ordinary
truth level griffin was not vigilant then he was sure to succeed, but half-step legendary level
griffins could easily see through his
concealment.
Due to the lack of level, Ye Xiwen's concealment was not perfect because a part of his
breath was not concealed, and if he wanted to steal the eggs, he must hide his presence
completely, especially in front of a half-step legendary level griffin.
Not to mention, there were some legendary level griffins in the depths of the valley and he
never thought of approaching them. Ye Xiwen didn't stand a chance against a legendary
level existence, whether it was a human, a devil or a demon beast.
The legendary realm really deserved its title because those in this realm could definitely be
called legendary characters, irrespective of the species they belonged to. Just by stepping
into this realm, the lifespan increased up to a 1000 years.
And if the understanding of world laws was taken into consideration then it was on a whole
other level, and, there were realms above it as well.
Ye Xiwen still remembered how those legendary experts were killed by Golden-Winged
Eagle, not to mention the entire group of formidable experts sent on an expedition to this
island by Heavenly Rock faction was massacred. According to what Wu Shaoqun said, the
influence of this faction in Great Yue State
was apparently comparable to that of Yi Yuan School in Great Yue State.
It could be said that the combined strength of all of the griffins in this valley was more
tyrannical than Yi Yuan School's total strength.
This place could only be compared to the sacred space located in the depths of Yi Yuan
School. Ye Xiwen didn't even dare to be presumptuous and was quietly going through this
area, although his speed was slow, prevention was better than cure and safety always won.
He didn't want to disturb those terrifying half-step legendary or legendary level demon
beasts.
Ye Xiwen returned to his hiding place. He had slightly rearranged the structure of this
crevice during the period of one month he spent here, and it no longer looked like a crevice
but a large dark cave.
One could see broken egg shells in the corners of the cave, thought well hidden. Ye Xiwen
had been absorbing the essence from all these griffin eggs for the whole of month.
Ye Xiwen carefully put down the griffin egg and began to
absorb its essence. The egg cracked and a very pure essence flew out of it. This essence was
bound to contain large amounts of condensed energy; after all, unlike deepwater black
snakes that took birth in Xiantian realm, griffins took birth in truth realm.
In other words, this essence was equivalent to the vitality of a truth level expert. Not to
forget, Ye Xiwen absorbed the essence from so many griffin eggs.
Ye Xiwen's current level was not high so these griffin eggs were quite nourishing for him.
Not to mention, the divinity contained in a griffin egg was much stronger when compared
to general demon beasts.
This essence was gradually absorbed by Ye Xiwen.
Ye Xiwen's skin instantly turned golden as he activated 'tyrant body technique'. The
numerous golden threads all crawled over his body. And this time, his whole body was
covered with golden threads of divinity.
In other words, after resting for a month, he not only
managed to completely restore his original strength but also he surpassed his previous
strength. Now, he wouldn't need to fight with Xiao Zhen for so long. At his current strength,
Ye Xiwen could just slap him to death!
Ye Xiwen knew for sure that Xiao Zhen was the reason why Wan True Union was looking
for him. Since Wan True Union came looking for trouble right after Xiao Zhen joined it.
Chapter 232: The Yellow River
The unreasonable overbearing arrogance of Wan True Union became quite apparent when
they came looking for trouble for no reason, after all, from Jiang Hua's tone, Ye Xiwen could
make out that they were not giving much importance to the crushed law fragment, in fact
they used it as a topic for negotiation for roping him into their alliance.
Since they did not come for the law fragment or at least they did not come mainly for it,
their sudden interest in Ye Xiwen was very strange. The only way to explain this was Xiao
Zhen's presence in Wan True Union. He must have said something or might have provoked
them against Ye Xiwen, so they came after him.
However, now it did not matter anymore because Ye Xiwen already credited this account
on Wan True Union's head. Now, they had no choice but to suffer because he would neither
forgive, nor forget.
Although Ye Xiwen had a recent power up and could easily beat the experts of truth sixth
stage, he would still have a tough time dealing with the experts of truth seventh stage. So, it
seemed necessary for him to wait until stepping into the truth
sixth stage.
Moreover, he was quite wary of Wan True Union's chief. He could not help but fear the
tyrannical strength of this chief who actually tamed a psycho like Jiang Hua, a super genius
of truth seventh stage.
Right now, he couldn't launch an attack on the Wan True Union, at least not until he had
sufficient strength.
After fully recovering and simultaneously gaining a power up, Ye Xiwen decided to leave
the griffin valley. Basically, it could be said that in this valley, he was constantly surrounded
by danger, not to mention he had to be cautious at all times in order to not get found out by
half-step legendary or legendary level griffins. He was tired of this non-stop 'hide and seek'
game.
After carefully exiting the griffin valley, Ye Xiwen felt relieved but when he observed the
surroundings, he didn't know where he was. On the day he was being chased down, he was
mostly focusing on dealing with the enemy and didn't pay attention to where he was going.
Now he was basically lost, but at least knew that he was
probably already out of the outermost regions of the Demon Island because the demon
beasts here were significantly stronger than those in the outermost regions, for example,
the griffins.
But anyway, Ye Xiwen had been planning to explore the depths of the island, and as long as
he would continue to march towards the huge mountain of Dead qi, located at the centre of
the demon island, he would eventually reach his destination.
Night gradually deepened and endless stars appeared in the sky. It seemed like a gigantic
Zhen formation in the sky, projected directly onto the demon island.
As he continued advancing towards the depth of the demon island, he discovered
something strange. In the night, the starlight projected onto the demon island was being
absorbed by all types of demon beasts, making their bodies glow with faint silver light. Yes,
they were absorbing the energy of the stars.
"They are absorbing the quintessence of the stars!"
An idea suddenly cropped up in his mind as he remembered reading about this in the
ancient legends. The ancient myths
mentioned about the so-called evil spirits, could be plants, beasts or human beings, who
were capable of absorbing the quintessence from the heavenly bodies, including the sun
and moon.
So in this case, it was the quintessence of the stars?
Ye Xiwen tried before but could not absorb the so-called quintessence of the sun and the
moon. Later, he found out that it was nothing but a crappy concept since that little touch of
energy was only enough to survive and nothing more, a concept filled with utter nonsense.
But now he discovered that this legend was not nonsense, but a mistake on his part since
he used ordinary irradiation laws for absorbing the quintessence of the heavenly bodies.
So, there was actually a need of special methods, or perhaps a special type of gene in the
body, in order to absorb and harness the quintessence of heavenly bodies.
Without these necessary things, one could not harness the energy of heavenly bodies.
Otherwise, it would basically turn into an alternate source of energy, enough to sustain life
at the most.
"It really is a vast method, just look at the power of these stars, infinite!" Ye Mo pointed
towards the sky and said, "This mysterious huge Zhen array is restraining the rich energy
of a total of 1800 most luminous stars, and then this massive energy is being projected on
the island. No wonder this island's demon beasts are so tyrannical. After showering in the
illumination of these stars for so long, even the most ignorant and weakest demon beasts
will eventually power up to become extraordinary!"
"Moreover, look at the ominous Dead qi erupting from that huge mountain and forming a
dense cloud in the sky. The dense cloud spreads throughout the island and envelops the
entire island in the night, thereby blocking all the stars, and not just that, these clouds also
block the outward diffusion of energy by forming a large diaphragm of Dead qi. Although
the clouds of Dead qi are not as thick on the rest of the island as above that huge mountain,
there is no doubt, these clouds block most of the starlight. And this is a good thing because
considering the massive energy present in the starlight originating from so many stars, if it
fully illuminated the entire island then the demon beasts on this island will be on a whole
other level. And then you and those other experts won't be able to survive on this island."
Ye Mo said, "Plus we saw the ruins of an ancient civilization, on top of that, all of the demon
beasts on this island are God's descendants. Now I can affirm that this island is an
encampment of a terrifying influence, possibly at the level of ten thousand world's
community. Moreover, it's most probably
a demon race encampment and all the demon beasts here are the descendants of that
demon race. Obviously, several members of that demon race must have been immortals,
perhaps belonging to a big organization."
Ye Mo speculated and his whole body actually shivered. A legendary immortal organization
was only heard of in fables.
One must know that immortals were frightening existences and worked like a deterrent
community.
If so, then everything could be explained. This large Zhen array with its mysterious power
of trapping starlight was actually planted by a mighty demon race. It also explained the
origins of the ominous Dead qi on the mountain.
So this was the reason why the demon beasts of this island were more powerful!
This was indeed a reasonable explanation!
However, Ye Xiwen had a cold feeling about this organization, after all, such an
organization was far more formidable than the combined influence of the ten countries of
the southeast region; in fact, even the might of the whole Zhen Wu Jie was nothing in
comparison!
However, such a formidable influence actually became dilapidated like this and finally
became a practice field for the young geniuses of the southeast region!
What was going on!?
Yes, Ye Xiwen always found this island very strange and shrouded in mysteries, but now he
felt somewhat dismal about it.
Perhaps, millions of years had passed since its original glory, which gradually submerged in
the sandstorm of time and would continue to do so, retelling the tales of its lost civilization
which couldn't escape destruction despite being so formidable!
Ye Xiwen lightly asked: "Ye Mo, you tell me what in the world is this so-called immortality
is?"
"Even great masters like me or magnificent forces such as this immortal demon race
ultimately find it difficult to escape death." Ye Mo said in a low voice, "Maybe the so-called
immortality exists, but peerless geniuses still ascend the road to heaven singing and
dancing along the way ......"
"Well, anyway, these things are still far away from me." Ye Xiwen shook his head and
decided to throw away these distractions. In fact, he could hear about these things just
because Ye Mo was at his side, otherwise, he wouldn't even bother knowing about them!
The more he knew about these things, the more he became aware of his tiny existence!
Then, abruptly, Ye Xiwen discovered something underfoot.
He immediately looked down and saw a yellow-green river which was exuding yellowish
light and it was actually corroding the Zhen Yuan around his feet.
Ye Xiwen was immediately startled and quickly retreated all the way back and went out of
the scope of this yellow river and asked in a surprised voice: "What is this yellow water?"
"This yellow water is actually dead people flowing down the so-called river of dead." Ye Mo
explained.
"River of the dead? How many people must have died to give rise to this river of dead!" Ye
Xiwen looked at the yellow river flowing all the way into the distance.
Ye Xiwen observed that the source of this yellow river was none other than that ominous
mountain. And in the night, it looked even more strange and ominous.
"It is really a big fortune that we get to see it! Countless people must have suffered unjust
deaths, giving rise to such rich Dead qi." Ye Mo said, "And their souls and resentment have
coagulated into this yellow river."
"The fables about hell talk about a river that has been flowing from the beginning of time
and will flow till the end of time. It flows across time and space and is well-known among
mortals as River Styx." Ye Mo said, "It is also called river of the dead or the yellow river.
Although the titles are different, the river contains the essence of the dead and they must
spend a long time flowing in River Styx before entering the hell. But we are actually able to
see a part of the river here, such good luck!"
"Roar!"
"Roar!"
"Roar!"
Terrible cries of terror were sounding from the river and echoing everywhere.
In his past life, Ye Xiwen had also heard of this legend but never took it seriously until now
when he finally saw the River Styx with his own eyes.
Chapter 233: The Six Samsara
However, Ye Xiwen soon discovered the real horror behind that scene and heard
intermittent battle cries arising straight from the yellow river. An unknown form of energy
coagulated and took form of countless soldiers in a large battle arrangement as they were
shouting 'kill' again and again and their expedition was marching towards hell.
These were the resentments of the dead that had condensed at this time. But they were the
dead members of which force?
It looked like an expedition marching on the ninth heaven!
Boundless killing intention was rolling down the yellow river and dense Dead qi was
proliferating in the air and appeared like ominous clouds, concealing the presence awe-
inspiring evil spirits.
"Ha!" Suddenly, there came a loud battle cry and Ye Xiwen saw an array of soldiers, who
had congealed from Dead qi and resentment and flowing down the yellow river stream,
being directly slaughtered. But he didn't care about those soldiers because his attention
was caught by a khaki-colored figure who
was shuttling back and forth in the river and his long sword was sweeping endless
Swordlight in all directions, killing several soldiers with each strike.
He appeared like a twenty-year-old young guy clad in a khaki-colored robe, with a slightly
pale face but carrying an extremely cold expression, and the sword in his hand was actually
releasing terrifying Swordlight, capable of slaughtering those soldiers. In fact, the soldiers
were unable to encircle him no matter how much they tried.
Ye Xiwen clearly saw that after dying, the soldiers transformed back into their original
Dead qi form, and afterwards, this Dead qi was actually absorbed by the tip of his sword,
making the Swordlight seem even brighter and more formidable than before.
Ye Xiwen was shocked by this. This guy was actually absorbing the Dead qi as a means of
cultivation, and although those soldiers were not conscious, they still held killing instinct,
almost every one of them was no less than an expert of truth fifth stage, and some were at
sixth or even seventh stage. In their lifetime, they must have been much more tyrannical,
but at present, they were merely shadows of their real selves, just a collection of
resentments arising from the yellow river of the dead. Perhaps, they used to be on
legendary realm when they
were alive? Maybe even above that.
Thinking of this, Ye Xiwen had a kind of a scalp tingling sensation. This world really had so
many fearful forces with countless peerless experts. The real strength of even one of these
dead experts was simply hard to imagine.
And this man was shuttling back and forth in the battalions of these soldiers and killing
endlessly. In a blink of an eye, he killed several soldiers of truth fifth stage and their Dead qi
was absorbed by him, thereby increasing the intensity of his Swordlight once again.
Even the soldiers of truth sixth stage didn't seem worthy to be his opponent, which clearly
showed that he was at the peak of truth sixth stage. Moreover, he was not like ordinary
experts of truth sixth stage.
The strength of the peerless geniuses on the Demon Island could not be measured on the
same scale as other ordinary geniuses, because even on the same level they possessed
varying powers, some having tyrannical strength while some having ordinary strength on
the same level. This guy was similar to Ye Xiwen, a genius among geniuses. He was
certainly a peak level existence of truth sixth stage.
Then, abruptly, the man in khaki robe saw Ye Xiwen and a sharp look flashed in his eyes. He
immediately shot a dazzling Swordlight which rushed towards Ye Xiwen and completely
enveloped him.
Ye Xiwen raised his hand and instantly crushed the Swordlight then looked coldly at him
and said: "Why would you suddenly attack for no reason?"
With yellow water dripping from his feet, he slowly walked towards Ye Xiwen.
"You are very strong, but this is not the place for you!" The man said.
"That is none of your business!" Ye Xiwen was very unhappy, after all, he was attacked a
moment ago for no reason, so how could he just let this go?
Although he was wary of this man, but was certainly not afraid of him.
"Boom!" the man didn't reply and immediately swept an incredibly potent Swordlight. It
suddenly surrounded Ye Xiwen from all sides, leaving no scope for escape. Ye Xiwen was
unable to breathe properly while facing the huge oppression from this attack.
This man was intrepid and very tyrannical but Ye Xiwen wasn't scared the least.
"Humph!" Ye Xiwen's whole body seemed like it transformed into a bronze statue when he
activated 'tyrant body technique'.
He now looked just like a reincarnation of an ancient overlord.
A long blade instantly appeared in his hand and chopped out a hundred feet long
Bladelight. As the Bladelight advanced forward, it vaporized everything in its path and even
the space began to fluctuate in its presence. This was the result of Ye Xiwen's perception
and understanding of the world laws.
There was an incredibly fierce look on Ye Xiwen's face, making him appear very cold and
ominous.
"Boom!" suddenly, Bladelight and Swordlight collided and the severe explosion resulted in
an endless sea of light sweeping across in all directions.
As the two attacks mutually annihilated each other, Ye Xiwen directly rushed forward and
his long blade suddenly released endless Bladeqi which transformed into a white dragon
and roared towards that man as if to swallow him whole.
'Shua!'
The man also released a rolling Swordqi across the sky and it collided fiercely with the
dragon and led to a malicious collision.
An incredible look appeared in the man's eyes because he never expected that Ye Xiwen
would be so formidable. He had always been confident about his own strength and thought
that he had no rival on the same level, but he never expected to find a tough guy like Ye
Xiwen.
This was a showdown between two peak level experts of truth sixth stage. Perhaps in the
entire Zhen Wu Jie, there wasn't a single expert stronger than these two, there might be
equally powerful experts but definitely not stronger ones.
Immediately, a competitive look flashed in his eyes as he sized up Ye Xiwen. This was the
first time he found a challenging opponent on the same level.
"Boom!" the ground collapsed, the tide of destruction swept everything away and the
surrounding trees were instantly bulldozed.
Both of them were like peerless killing Gods, maliciously attacking each other.
There was an equally competitive look in Ye Xiwen's eyes because even he was excited to
find a worthy opponent. It was generally not easy to bump into a well-matched opponent.
Each and every one of their attacks was mutually cancelling each other. This made them
even more excited and motivated towards defeating the opponent with the next shot.
Ye Xiwen could feel that this man didn't bear any killing intention in his heart. It seemed
like he was just trying to defend his territory and treating Ye Xiwen as an intruder.
So, Ye Xiwen's killing intention also vanished, but his fighting intention did not reduce.
A majestic aura burst out of Ye Xiwen's body and he continued
to attack again and again. His blade was thundering and releasing the finest concepts of
world laws with each blade attack.
Even Ye Xiwen could feel that his blade was screaming with excitement. This was the first
time he felt such a thing from this long blade, as if the blade's soul had come back to life to
bring ruin to this world.
The souls of several heroes were concentrated on the tip of that man's sword. Suddenly, Ye
Xiwen saw a giant wheel congealing near the tip of the sword.
Human way!
Beast way!
Heaven way!
Asura way!
Ghost way!
Hell's way!
These six samsara were constantly turning on the wheel!
According to legends, all living beings had to go through 6
different reincarnations. These six reincarnations, also called the six samsara, could be
divided into three good ways and three evil ways. The three good ways were called Heaven,
Human and Asura; the other three evil ways were Beast, Ghost and Hell.
However, although Asura was a good way, when compared to Heaven, it was relatively
more inclined towards the evil way, so sometimes it was also considered an evil way. In
that case, there were two good ways and four evil ways.
Only in hell could one see these six reincarnations together.
And this man had been constantly absorbing the essence and resentment of these so-called
dead creatures from River Styx, plus he was actually able to kill them. Something like this
was possible only when he had practiced some kind of technique, possibly related to hell.
"This is my sect's unique skill, six samsara, you have been warned." The man warned Ye
Xiwen.
Six samsara was just like a grinding disc as it dropped from the clouds. An ear piercing
sound resounded through the sky and its rotation speed was so fast that it was giving rise
to storms everywhere, as if the whole world was going to perish any moment.
Ye Xiwen also did not show any weakness. The long blade danced in his hands and
summoned a huge diagram of a full moon in the sky!
The massive full moon diagram swept across the sky and pressed down towards the six
samsara attack.
It seemed as if the ninth heaven itself had descended in this world.
"Boom!" a horrifying explosion occurred with the collision of the two tyrannical attacks,
destroying everything within the radius of several miles.
The dust and smoke dispersed, revealing a scene where Ye Xiwen's long blade was put
across the man's neck. So, Ye Xiwen's full moon diagram had annihilated the six samsara.
"I lost!" The man seemed somewhat frustrated as he said this but he looked somewhat
relaxed as well.
Although he did not have any card to use against Ye Xiwen, even Ye Xiwen was in the same
situation. Yes, they did not carry on a life and death battle, but their attacks were earth
shattering from the beginning and were meant to kill the opponent. But in the end, he
realized that he was not Ye Xiwen's opponent.
"Initially, I thought that since we both are on the same level, I will have enough strength to
defeat you, but it looks like my practice is not enough." The man said in a somewhat self-
ridiculing manner, but there wasn't a shred of discouragement in his tone.
Chapter 234: Truth Sixth Stage
"Initially, I thought that since we both are on the same level, I will have enough strength to
defeat you, but it looks like my practice is not enough." The man said in a somewhat self-
ridiculing manner, but there wasn't a shred of discouragement in his tone.
The God's favored ones like him, he must have experienced many tribulations and
sufferings. How could one or two failures discourage such a person? Unless he was some
pampered prince, but judging from his appearance, he didn't seem like one. He didn't seem
like the arrogant type rather, he seemed like someone who would never betray a friend.
"I must say, you are truly super strong for someone on truth sixth stage." Ye Xiwen smiled
and praised him.
This was not nonsense after all Ye Xiwen had always been super strong when compared to
other experts on the same level so it was really hard to find a rival on the same level. It
could be said that the future prospects of such a person was basically immeasurable.
"Why didn't you kill me? I was the one who started this." The man asked.
"Because you do not have the intention to kill, and I am not the type of guy who involves
himself in needless indiscriminate slaughter." Ye Xiwen said. He always respected other
fighters and didn't believe in killing for fun. Of course, if someone intended to kill him, he
wouldn't hesitate to kill either.
"Well, that's good." The man smiled. "I am Mu Ling, Yellow river sect's disciple."
Ye Xiwen gawked for a moment because he had never heard of this sect, although there was
nothing strange about it, after all, there were innumerable sects in this world and he was
not an encyclopedia.
"Ye Xiwen, I am a disciple from Yi Yuan School." Ye Xiwen said and realized that Mu Ling
must have been practicing in the depths of the demon island for a long time otherwise he
should have definitely heard recent rumors about him.
Ye Xiwen and Mu Ling chatted for a while and got to know each other. Ye Xiwen discovered
that he had practiced a special
martial technique and was able to use the yellow water for cultivation. Particularly, a
yellow spring was simply a godsend gift for such practitioners. Since the seniors from his
sect had also been summoned before, he knew that the yellow river appeared every night
in the depths of this island.
Mu Ling had been practicing here for some time and didn't want Ye Xiwen to discover his
secret, so he used the scare tactic on Ye Xiwen.
When Mu Ling heard that Ye Xiwen planned to go further deep into the forest, he frowned
and said: "I urge you to not go too close to that ominous mountain. The people of Yellow
river sect are most sensitive to Dead qi and that mountain is probably hiding a terrible
secret, something that you shouldn't involve yourself with."
"I thank you for the heads up, I will stay cautious." Ye Xiwen said.
At this time, the currents in yellow river got stronger all of a sudden and even the new
influx of soldiers, appearing in the river, were getting stronger than before with extremely
high-level soldiers. Some demon beasts and human soldiers appeared to be of half-step
legendary realm, arranged in neat ranks and
marching towards an unknown destination.
According to what Mu Ling said, the souls and resentments in River Styx from 6 pm onward
till midnight weren't usually too strong, but for the rest of the night, incomparably fearful
monsters would appear in large numbers.
Two giant teams of soldiers were fighting in the yellow river and their strength was also
getting more and more intrepid. All night, Ye Xiwen continued to look at this mighty
expedition of the dead.
This scene was simply like the legendary fable of demon soldiers.
Horrifying monsters continued to appear for the rest of the night. Just from one look, one
would feel their soul being sucked into an infinite ice pit, feeling a kind of an inexplicable
chill throughout the body, as if simply crawling out from hell.
Ye Xiwen watched until sunrise when the yellow river gradually disappeared without a
trace.
Fortunately however, as Mu Ling said, these armies of dead soldiers would not attack
unless attacked by the living. It was like they were immersed in their own lives, in a mighty
campaign which seemed like an undecided battle from when they were alive, and did not
care about Ye Xiwen who watched their battle whole night from the sidelines.
Ye Xiwen did not stay there for long. This type of practice style was suitable for Mu Ling,
not for him.
Ye Xiwen decided to indulge in absorbing divinities and strengthen 'gilded tyrant form'. He
was waiting for his golden body to reach the peak level because then even at his current
level he would be able to kill that psycho Jiang Hua in one hit.
It would immediately pick him from the weak spot and place him on the strong spot,
making him strong enough for the job......
As this island had been divided up by the major forces among themselves, and gradually, all
of the treasures were seized, after a tangled warfare, the leaders of various forces also
determined that it was time to explore the depths of the Demon Island.
They did not come here to fight but to explore this island for its treasures.
In less than a month, various strong alliances had already explored up to the spot where Ye
Xiwen and Mu Ling met.
And at this time, a big rumor broke out which made everyone boil up with excitement. A
complete immortal palace was found in a sierra.
Finding a fully intact immortal palace was really a huge achievement. This immediately
stirred all of the experts.
In fact just like Ye Xiwen, others also speculated that this island was possibly the residence
of a tyrannical influence. In fact, Ye Xiwen had discovered the ruins of a large palace earlier
and guessed correctly.
This also indicated the remains of a big adventure, immortal soldiers, ancient martial arts, a
variety of immortality pills, all kinds of adventures, all kinds of treasures were likely to
occur among these ruins. Moreover, according to their observations, the ancient civilization
that resided here was very powerful and terrifying and left behind a magnanimous palace.
Not to
mention, it was an unguarded Immortal palace and several sects must have attacked it in
order to obtain the treasures hidden inside but couldn't succeed. For so many years, so
many sects and so many experts tried to capture this Immortal palace for its treasures but
no one was successful in achieving that. In the end, several factions and sects faced
destruction, such as Heavenly Rock faction.
There were countless formidable forces scattered in this vast sea, but this Demon Island
was probably far beyond their imagination.
One simply couldn't comprehend the scope of the treasures left behind by an ancient
immortal civilization and neither was it easy to make a guess about the vastness of the
treasure trove hidden in this Immortal palace.
After obtaining the news, suddenly, numerous experts flew towards the Immortal palace......
Inside a cave, Ye Xiwen had planted 'Breath Isolation' matrix method and was indulged in
closed-door training. He had been like this for full five days.
Ye Xiwen's golden body was glowing and the dark-golden light was illuminating the entire
cave.
More and more golden threads were crawling on his bronze flesh, indicating that he had
accumulated a large amount of divinity.
During the whole of this month, he had killed countless demon beasts, and finally, the
upper half of his body was completely covered with divinity. Gilded tyrant form was half-
complete and his cultivation had also reached the point of breakthrough.
His body reached the limit of withstanding the accumulated Zhen Yuan and he needed to
step into next stage as soon as possible.
It was always tough for him to have a breakthrough, but at the same time, after the
breakthrough, his inner state would be much stronger than other experts of the same level.
'Mysterious space' was crazily devouring Ling Dans and absorbing Lingqi from them, and
under his control, information regarding various martial arts and world laws was being
projected in his mind, making all the necessary preparations for stepping into the seventh
stage.
It was just like the last-minute cramming up for an exam. He was quickly grasping the
knowledge and information required for stepping into the next level, and was able to do so
thanks to the presence of mysterious space in his mind.
Zhen Yuan was crazily surging in his body and there was a fast increase in aura. It was
always very difficult to control the sudden eruption of aura during a breakthrough.
Therefore, experts generally chose a calm and steady place for having a breakthrough
because of the turbulence it created in the surroundings and attracted the attention of
people. No one would want to face an enemy during the breakthrough.
However, Ye Xiwen had no other choice since he was on the Demon Island and couldn't
possibly expect to find a completely safe place. So, he planted a 'Breath Isolation' matrix
method outside the cave with a protective curtain released by Tianyuan mirror on the
inside. The motive was to not attract the attention of tyrannical demon beasts.
Ye Xiwen's breath continued to rise bit by bit and quickly reached the peak of truth fifth
stage, followed by reaching the stage barrier.
Ye Xiwen let go of his control on Zhen Yuan and fully mobilized it within his body.
"Boom!" Ye Xiwen's breath suddenly rose and directly reached truth sixth stage in one fell
swoop. There was no ordinary gap between fifth and sixth stage and he finally crossed this
gap.
Before this breakthrough, he was able to beat a peak level expert of the sixth stage. So, now
his battle strength would certainly have an enormous growth.
Ye Xiwen opened his eyes and a smile appeared on his face.
Now, he could easily beat the experts of truth seventh stage which placed him among the
few top experts on this island.
Ye Xiwen stood up, withdrew the matrix method and Tianyuan mirror, instantly turned
into a streamer of light and vanished into the horizon. Yes, he was going towards the
rumored Immortal palace.
Chapter 235: Gathering Outside The
Immortal Palace
This was an Immortal palace, magnificent, simply beyond the imagination of mortals. It was
perfectly conceivable that the status of this palace's master would also be beyond anyone's
comprehension.
But at this time, this palace was actually home to ghostly figures shutting back and forth
and patrolling the palace.
From time to time, frightening howls could be heard coming from the palace.
Ye Xiwen as if treading a rainbow arrived near the palace and frowned. One must know
that this was not the only palace on the Demon Island. Although all the other palaces were
in the form of ruins, from the wreckage, one could still find some clues.
However, this was the first time he saw a perfectly preserved palace on this island,
indicating that it was definitely an extraordinary place; after all, it managed to survive
through endless time.
Ye Xiwen was not the first expert to come here. Many experts had already arrived here,
almost 200-300 experts were gathered outside the Immortal palace and it seemed like they
did not belong to any of the existing alliances.
"I am still not sure whether we will find stunning treasures inside this palace."
"Treasures, humph, I think there is something ominous lurking inside. You see, this terrain
has nine large dragon signs wrapped up in one package. It seems this has contained the
Yinqi in the palace for millions of years. Deducing from my geomancy concepts, I can clearly
say that this so-called Immortal palace is actually the finest dragon tomb. Do you actually
think that mere Yinqi can give birth to such vicious ghost soldiers? Perhaps, the king of
ghosts is buried in this tomb!" A disciple put forward his theory based on geomancy.
"Then, we may actually find some super precious stuff in there."
"God knows, this Demon Island is too weird. The civilization that lived here seemed to have
faced annihilation in the past;
God knows what happened to them."
"Anyway, seeking treasures and wealth is always risky. There is no such thing as a safe
adventure and rewards are always attainable at the end of a risky adventure." A disciple
said with disdain.
Ye Xiwen looked at those ghost soldiers and noticed that almost all of them were experts of
truth third and fourth stage.
Although they did not have the mass, they must have used some kind of unique cultivation
method for souls. This was the reason why they possessed such terrifying strength.
In a while, the major alliances finally started to come one by one.
The first to come was the famous Eagle Union. Several mighty experts were flying across
the sky, led by a man of strong build like a young dragon, with a resolute face and an
aquiline nose like an eagle. He was the chief of Eagle Union named Warhawk.
Warhawk was aggressive and competitive, just like a peerless barbarian god, blazing with
anger and fierceness in his eyes. No one dared to look straight into his eyes.
Ye Xiwen glanced towards Warhawk, the man who firmly held his status as the chief of
Eagle Union even after the great reshuffle a few months ago. His strength was simply
unimaginable.
So the rumor about him being an expert of truth eighth stage was not false, and even if he
recently stepped into the eighth stage, he was still a fearful expert. Moreover, he would
most likely step into ninth stage before leaving this island. This was the limit of truth realm
that true disciples needed to reach before stepping into half-step legendary realm. Not to
mention, even in a major force like Yi Yuan School, there used to be only four pro-disciples
of half-step legendary realm and they were basically not considered true disciples.
It was really hard to imagine that Warhawk was not even 50
years old but still possessed such a tyrannical strength.
"Isn't that Eagle Union's chief, Warhawk? He is so young but still has profound strength!"
"Yes, during the reshuffle, several tyrannical chiefs were kicked out from their own
alliances. Only the Eagle Union was
an exception."
"Perhaps, Warhawk's strength can be counted among the topmost hidden powerhouses of
this island. He really deserves the title of Eagle Union's chief."
Then, there was another commotion and a group of young women arrived there. Under the
bright moonlight, they looked just like a group of fairies flying in the sky.
They were led by a beautiful woman, roughly 17-18 years old, clad in a white long skirt. She
basically looked like an ice-woman with curved black eyebrows and her big eyes were
twinkling and keeping an eye on everyone on the scene. She gave off the feel of an aloof
woman who wouldn't allow a man near her.
She was Ji Moon, the chief of Goddess Union.
"Goddess Union has arrived, gee, all of them are reigning beauties and probably the
strongest and most beautiful women throughout the southeast region are centralized in
this alliance." A disciple said with an amazed expression on his face.
Even these so-called peerless geniuses had no alternative but to gaze upon the beauties of
Goddess Union from afar.
"Especially Goddess Union's chief, Ji Moon. She is so beautiful, enough to cause the downfall
of an entire nation. If I can get intimate with her, this life will not be in vain."
"Stop dreaming man, although we are the so-called outstanding geniuses of our respective
sects, how can we be on par with Ji Moon? She belongs to a very influential clan from
Central Plains, not to mention she is very talented and has already stepped into truth
seventh stage. She is basically unattainable even for men like us."
The Goddess Union basically included only female experts.
When compared to male experts, female experts generally had vulnerable Xiantian states
such as physical strength and what not.
Irrespective of levels, female experts were not dominant in quantity or quality. For
example, among the pro-four disciples of Yi Yuan School, there was only one female
disciple, Shui Yanluo, and she was not the strongest either.
But there were always some exceptions who managed to break this general trend.
These women were undoubtedly one of the best.
No one would dare to look down on them!
"Purple Union has also arrived!" At this time, a group of people dressed in purple robes
were seen flying in the sky and rushing towards the Immortal palace.
A young guy with dignified appearance was leading them. He was as if walking in the sky
and with each step he took, he crossed several hundred meters, showing a fearful agility
skill level. He was named Wang Purple, the chief of Purple Union.
Outsiders might not know but he was a star disciple of his sect and would one day become
the emperor of his kingdom. So, his ambitious nature and courage could be imagined.
"Three of the four great alliances have already arrived here, leaving only the Wan True
Union. I don't know whether their chief will make an appearance or not. It is said that he is
a
mysterious guy and possesses extraordinary strength, but no one has actually seen him."
"It doesn't matter whether he comes or not. His two deputy chiefs are more than enough
for the job."
The great reshuffle had given rise to four major alliances on the Demon Island namely
Eagle Union, Goddess Union, Purple Union and the Wan True Union. The strength of each of
these four great alliances was far more than other alliances. Hence, they were known as the
four super alliances.
Eagle Alliance was an established alliance and had existed from the start. It even survived
through the reshuffle, but the most mystical alliance among the super alliances was the
Wan True Union. No one had seen its chief and only by relying on its two deputy chiefs, it
was ranked among the super alliances.
As the experts were discussing among themselves, suddenly, there was a mighty burst of
imposing aura and the Wan True Union finally made an appearance. A line of dozens of
mighty experts quickly rushed to the scene.
But, the one leading them was none other than that psycho,
Jiang Hua. Ye Xiwen noticed that after resting for two months, Jiang Hua seemed to have
fully recovered except the empty sleeve hanging in the place of his hand that was blown up
by Ye Xiwen.
After the four super alliances had arrived here in full, everyone was excited, because now
they could finally start the real raid on the Immortal palace. At this time, those ghost
soldiers patrolling the palace were the biggest problem.
Although Ye Xiwen was keeping a close eye on Jiang Hua, he was not in a rush and knew
that now was not the right time to take revenge.
Not just Jiang Hua but the entire Wan True Union would feel his wrath one day!
Ye Xiwen was still furious about what happened, about their unreasonable behavior and
would certainly teach them a very simple concept; when you try to be overbearing to
someone, you must first check who you are dealing with.
"Ye Xiwen, this palace is very ominous and is certainly not an ordinary palace, perhaps it
really is an Immortal palace as the
rumors say!" Ye Mo said, "The waves of energy leaking from the palace seem different,
nothing like the ominous aura attached with ordinary Dead qi. There is definitely
something extraordinary hidden inside."
However, at this time, other warriors could not bear the waiting and immediately wanted
to go inside to seize the treasures which would surely shock the world.
But soon, they got over the temptation of treasures and began to worry about the dangers
that might arise inside the Immortal palace. Though in their view, even if there was danger
inside, they were not afraid to take the risks since there were so many of them.
Perhaps, this courage was the so-called effect of 'unity is strength'!
However, the crowd did not rush inside for a very simple reason, because it was still night.
They all knew that Yinqi and resentment grew stronger during the night and these ghost
soldiers might actually display 120% of their daytime strength!
In the end, they decided to wait till dawn!
Chapter 236: Ghost Soldiers Cavalry
At sunrise, the ghost soldiers would begin to lose strength and would be considerably
weakened.
Night time passed quickly while everyone was quietly waiting for sunrise. The experts
knew that they could go all out as soon as the sun rose in the eastern sky.
As expected, the ghost soldiers were really weakened a lot.
"Attack!"
At this time, no one knew who shouted but hundreds of experts instantly rushed towards
the Immortal palace like a mighty force advancing to pillage a nation.
As soon as the ghost soldiers saw the human experts rushing towards the palace, the
billowing Yinqi soared to the sky and formed endless clouds, sealing it.
Grand explosions occurred one after another, again and again.
The mighty force galloped, the ground trembled vigorously, and immediately in the next
quarter, battalions of ghost soldiers began to emerge one after another with their imposing
aura soaring to the sky.
These ghost soldiers were clad in ancient iron armors and grasping iron lances in their
hands. All of them were riding various types of dead demon beasts and rushing straight
towards the group of experts.
"How can these ghost soldiers be so formidable? Damn, there are so many of them!" Several
experts exclaimed.
However, in just a moment, a cavalry of several thousand ghost soldiers had already
appeared, each having considerably high level and terrifying aura. Moreover, more and
more ghost soldiers kept on appearing as if there was no end to this.
"There are too many of them, also, why are these ghost soldiers so formidable? How do we
deal with them?" Their complexions suddenly changed.
"Why are so many of these ghost soldiers in this immortal palace, don't tell me, the King of
Ghosts is also among them?"
An expert shouted.
At this time, the complexions of other experts suddenly changed. They knew well what kind
of existence the King of Ghosts actually was.
The so-called ghosts in this world were not the same as the ghosts in Ye Xiwen's past life.
The ghosts in this world were more evil and smart, congealed from lingering resentments
and Yinqi and were capable of having cultivation.
But the Ghost King was the scariest being among them all. It was a dreadful existence and
also the commander of the ghost troops. If the Ghost King was really commanding this
ghost cavalry, the experts were really in danger, in fact, there was a possibly of facing
complete annihilation.
"We have come all the way to this immortal palace. Should we really withdraw at the first
sign of danger? Do you all think withdrawing now is useful?" At this time, someone from
the crowd shouted.
Greed suddenly took over the major part of their hearts, giving rise to a desire to win this
battle. Indeed, withdrawing now was simply a waste of time, effort, and such a rare
opportunity.
At this time, Ye Xiwen thought that they made a blunder by waiting till dawn thinking that
the ghost soldiers would be weakened during the day. Indeed, they were weakened but the
sudden emergence of thousands of ghost soldiers cavalry was really beyond their
calculations.
The Yinqi was soaring in the sky and dense ink-like black clouds were spread in it, blocking
the sunlight thoroughly and invoking terror in the hearts of the people present there. Ye
Xiwen felt as if he was standing on the set of a horror movie.
The ghost cavalry comprising of thousands of ghost soldiers was rushing towards the
experts. The soldiers were shouting and looked glorious in their shining black armors.
There was a flood of killing intentions in the sky and it seemed as if the whole world was
shaking in the presence of this mighty cavalry.
This scene was very shocking. Thousands of ghost soldiers were galloping and radiating
large mass of dark Yinqi towards the sky. It seemed as if a mighty tide of iron and steel was
coming towards the experts destroying and crushing anything in its way.
The cold wind howled, the towering old trees were uprooted and disintegrated into bits
while the leaves as if performed a chaotic dance in the air and scattered in all directions.
This was a mighty force that swept everything in its way. In fact, even the heavy boulders
that came in the way of this cavalry couldn't withstand the impact and simply turned into
dust.
Nothing could stop this cavalry as they were advancing with the spears to the front, fully
prepared to destroy all visible matter in their path.
But even such a terrifying scene was unable to suppress the excitement and greed towards
immortal treasures and the experts also rushed forward.
However, they wouldn't dare to underestimate the enemy.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
Several experts on the forefront were instantly blasted away with the first impact of the
ghost cavalry and died on the spot.
Several experts were injured and were spewing out blood from their mouths while several
others were torn to shreds and instantly lost their lives.
The ghost soldiers were roaring again and again. The ghost soldiers condensed Dead qi in
their hands, then seized several experts and directly crushed them to death.
It seemed as if a terrible force swept past like a surging black tide.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
After some time, the cavalry finally slowed down and the experts also got a chance to
display their best attacks.
A cavalry's biggest advantage is its running speed, and once slowed down, it is almost
similar to being trampled on by the opposite side.
These experts were not ordinary people but a group of peerless geniuses. Each and every
one of them possessed secret martial arts. Once they began the slaughter, the scenario
suddenly changed on the battlefield.
Several ghost soldiers were immediately killed by the experts and directly turned into mist,
changing back into resentments.
"Let's go, brothers!" Warhawk shouted loudly, and leading the members of Eagle Union, he
flew towards the palace. The ghost soldiers who tried to come in their way were instantly
slaughtered, and within seconds, hundreds of ghost soldiers had
been annihilated.
The experts of Goddess Union also started to catch up, not to mention their battle efficiency
was truly intrepid and simply unimaginable. The ghost soldiers didn't stand a chance in
front of these beauties.
The ghost cavalry was caught off guard and the human experts took this opportunity to run
past them in the direction of the Immortal Palace.
"Bang!"
But at this time, endless thundering sounds transmitted throughout the surroundings and
the experts saw thousands of ghost soldiers rushing out from the Immortal palace
"My turn!" Wang Purple waved his hand and there suddenly appeared a large imperial
ghost-like figure behind him. It instantly threw an imperial jade seal that maliciously fell
towards the ghost cavalry.
"Boom!" with a loud noise, the imperial jade seal fell down like
a heavy mountain and caused a massive explosion.
This led to the annihilation of hundreds of ghost soldiers.
The ghost soldiers simply did not stand a chance in front of such a potent attack.
Ye Xiwen recognized the technique that Wang Purple used just now. It was called 'Martial
Emperor' and the practitioners used this method to release mighty Dragon qi. Not to
mention, Dragon qi was basically positive energy, hence the natural nemesis of ghost
soldiers. Just like Ye Xiwen's 'Coiling Dragon palm'.
Jiang Hua also shot his palm and released a huge divine beam of light which fell down upon
the ghost cavalry and killed many.
His tyrannical strength had not decreased even after losing a hand. On the contrary, there
was a slight improvement in his strength.
And at this time, Ji Moon also attacked by shooting waves of
divine beams towards the ghost cavalry and killing many in one fell swoop.
Under the leadership of these four leaders, the human expert party swept all the way
inside.
The experts didn't have time to waste on exclaiming in bewilderment and quickly rushed
towards the palace door.
After storming all the way to the Immortal palace, the experts saw that the palace door was
tightly closed. Earlier, the ghost cavalry had directly passed through this door, but humans
could not go inside like this.
"Let's go!" At this time, a long spear appeared in Warhawk's hands.
An eagle's cry resounded everywhere and a golden eagle came out of the spear fluttering its
golden wings and flew straight towards the palace door at an incredible speed.
"Boom!"
The golden eagle directly crashed on the palace door and cracks began to surface on the
seemingly indestructible door. Its supernatural power was simply comparable to the
demon beasts.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
Loud explosions reverberated everywhere and the main door of Immortal palace quickly
collapsed. Everyone was dumbfounded and gaped at Warhawk in astonishment. His attack
was incredible and could easily kill the experts of truth seventh stage. Having such power
and cultivation was difficult to imagine.
"Boom!" with a loud rumble, the main door of Immortal palace directly collapsed into
pieces.
However, no one got a chance to celebrate because all of a
sudden, a mighty current of innumerable ghost soldiers swept towards them from the
inside.
Warhawk didn't show the slightest hint of fear and his long spear instantly released
countless golden eagles towards the ghost soldiers. The attack was very effective and
annihilated large numbers of ghost soldiers.
"This Warhawk is really incredible, damn, no wonder he has maintained his status as the
chief of Eagle Union. No one here can beat this guy!"
"He is far more than an ordinary expert. Just at look at how he is single-handedly sweeping
through the enemy lines. Such a person is simply a born evildoer/monster."
"Kill, yes, all we need is to kill some ghost soldiers and make a way through the cavalry
then we can obtain immortal treasures!"
The hidden treasures of Immortal Palace once again induced greed in everyone's heart
giving rise to infinite power and courage in their hearts and they suddenly rushed inside
the palace.
Ye Xiwen also swept all the way inside while his whole body was wrapped around by a
coiling dragon and those ghost soldiers simply couldn't get close to him. But since he was
flying behind the other human experts, no one noticed that there was one more peerless
killer God among them who was actually a natural nemesis of these ghost soldiers.
Chapter 237: Hairy Zombies
Ye Xiwen swept all the way inside following the group of other experts while
simultaneously killing the ghost soldiers that were coming from behind. Although other
experts were enticed by the immortal treasures, Ye Xiwen was not like them and was
maintaining his calm!
In his opinion, one can be excited while doing something, but too much of anything is not
good. One must never be irrational and always act with reason.
"Kill!" Battle cries echoed everywhere inside the palace and ghost soldiers rushed forward
to stop the intruders.
"These ghost soldiers are strange, but there are still some differences between them and
the ones we saw in the yellow river." Ye Xiwen calmly analyzed without losing his head like
the other experts.
The ghost soldiers kept on coming like endless tides. No matter how many of them were
killed by the experts, there was no end to them. This was normal since these soldiers did
not have mass and were formed out of Yinqi and killing intentions.
Yinqi was abundant inside the Immortal Palace and it was endlessly producing ghost
soldiers.
Human experts rushed towards the depths of the Immortal Palace and slaughtered
countless ghost soldiers along the way.
Ye Xiwen was not far behind them and suddenly saw a large pool of blood on the floor.
According to his estimate, at least several dozen experts had been seriously injured by the
ghost soldiers.
While advancing towards the palace depths, it took half a day's worth of effort to finally get
rid of those ghost soldiers.
The experts' team had serious losses, with each super alliance losing several members, not
to mention a lot of the dead experts belonged to unknown sects.
They finally arrived in the inner chambers of the palace. The palace looked enormous from
the outside but was even more enormous and very spacious on the inside. Some kind of
space matrix method was used to increase the size of the palace from the inside by
expanding the space itself.
Ye Xiwen was not in a hurry and was slowly advancing while
keeping a nominal distance from the team of experts. He was like a grown up looking at
some kids as they were rushing in excitement to get candies.
Then, abruptly, there came intermittent waves of terrible screams, resembling shrill cries
of a fighter. It caught Ye Xiwen's attention all of a sudden and he was surprised to see
several hairy zombies running amuck everywhere.
These zombies had thin physiques and were holding lances and long spears in their hands.
They were clad in iron armors and their whole bodies were covered with long black hair.
They looked grim and horrifying with their glowing fangs and were continuously releasing
ominous Yinqi from their bodies.
Whenever soldiers died in this immortal palace, they would rise again as zombie soldiers
and would forever stay in the control of this palace all the while unable to reincarnate.
Ye Xiwen held his breath when he saw this scene. These hairy zombies were incapable of
thinking, had no self-control or reasoning ability, and only lived as walking dead in the
endless desire for blood. They didn't age, didn't extinguish, couldn't die, and were basically
abandoned by the 3 realms. Not to mention, they weren't allowed into the 6 reincarnations
cycle, making them destitute, helpless and homeless for eternity. Their bodies were stiff
and they instinctively blamed the entire world. Living
as dead in endless solitude, they loathed all living creatures and only longed for blood.
The zombies had practiced 'Copper skin iron bone' cultivation method and the long hair on
their bodies was acting like an incredibly tough protective layer. The toughness of their
hair armor was higher than that of a copper-steel frame. Not to mention, all of them had
high cultivation levels. When all these attributes were taken into consideration, no wonder
even the strongest attacks from the human experts didn't injure the zombies.
These zombies were not just a collection of Yinqi like the ghost soldiers. Instead, they were
originally mere corpses that soaked Yinqi for countless years to grow the impenetrable hair
armor.
In addition to that, they moved on killing instincts and felt endless hatred towards the
living. But the good news was that they were all lower level zombies and didn't possess
wisdom or consciousness, otherwise, they could easily massacre the entire team of experts
in one fell swoop.
Even so, the human expert party faced severe losses.
More than a dozen experts were directly stabbed by the lances and nailed to the ground.
Although there were many cut wounds on the bodies of the zombies, they simply did not
feel pain or fear, making them very terrifying.
Ye Xiwen was carefully observing the zombies and noticed that although their armors and
helms were damaged, there was no damage to the hair armor.
Ye Xiwen shot his palm, a huge dragon flew towards a zombie and tore it into two halves,
then, crushed its core. It happened so quickly that the zombie didn't even get a chance to
struggle.
When other experts saw how Ye Xiwen killed a zombie, they finally got to know how to deal
with the them. It was unusually hard to kill them, but now they knew that they were
heading in the wrong direction altogether. They just needed to crush the zombie core to kill
a zombie. Zombie core was similar to demon core.
Thanks to Ye Xiwen, the experts now knew how to deal with this situation after all, they
had never dealt with zombies
before.
"Ye Xiwen, something is off here." Ye Mo said, "The concentration of Yinqi is really strong.
Look at this, so many zombies have gathered here, now just imagine the amount of Yinqi
required for producing so many zombies."
In general, it was very difficult to produce zombies and the production method simply went
against the heaven's will. A zombie was not allowed in any of the realms, including heaven,
so one could imagine the tragedy they must face in their eternal lifespan.
However, the zombies could not just breed out of Yinqi. And in the presence of sunlight,
this process was simply impossible.
Only in a tomb with its own spiritual pulse for gathering Yinqi, the mass production of
zombies was possible.
Emperors often chose such a feature in their tombs to protect their tombs from raiders.
Ancient legends said that emperors of ancient times would dig
their own tombs in advance. They would choose a valuable land with good geomantic
design, having an endless amount of Lingqi being supplied from the dragon veins. These
were necessary conditions to breed ferocious zombies in a period of hundreds of years. Jin
officers knew the means to avoid the traps and mechanisms inside the tombs, but even they
could not escape from the zombies. The zombies never discriminated when it came to
killing and were extremely brutal. Once the tomb was dug open, they would come out to
cause havoc. And in the troubled times, when the authorities did not act in time, the area of
several hundred miles around the tomb would become desolate in the zombie apocalypse.
Therefore, ordinary people despised the very work-line of Jin officers, who usually died
without an heir!
The ordinary tombs on Earth were nothing like the Yin tombs of this world. Perhaps, even
the original tomb of the First Emperor did not have such a frightening presence when it
was unearthed.
Very harsh conditions were required to give birth to the zombies, but the presence of so
many zombies here was a result from the availability of bodies of dead soldiers. Not to
mention, a massive amount of Yinqi was present here that could easily breed countless
zombies.
"This palace is not really a peerless dragon tomb as we thought." Ye Mo said in a somewhat
doubtful manner because the palace interiors did not look like a tomb. "A great master has
most likely died here, and after his death, a tomb spontaneously formed at his resting
place."
"The death of a great master will immediately promulgate a law that will automatically give
rise to a tomb at the place where he fell." Ye Mo said.
The blood from the bodies of wounded zombies and killed experts mixed thoroughly to
form a river of blood.
Ye Xiwen was walking in this river of dark red blood, constantly killing zombies and
fiercely fighting with many of them at once.
Suddenly, the commander of the hairy zombies appeared. His strength was quite
tyrannical, though far worse than his real strength when he used to be alive, but after
becoming a zombie, he now possessed tyrannical flesh and it was very difficult to deal with
him.
Warhawk immediately stepped forward to deal with him.
His mighty roar echoed as he rushed towards the zombie commander.
"Roar!" a formidable zombie roared and leaped towards Ye Xiwen.
It suddenly brandished its lance and a dreadful cold and poisonous Dead qi, in the form of a
gorgeous beam of light, flew towards Ye Xiwen.
This zombie was very strong and was actually at the peak of truth sixth stage.
Ye Xiwen bellowed and stretched out his hand, releasing rays of golden light as if flooding
towards that zombie. At this time, Ye Xiwen looked just like the reincarnation of an ancient
Sun God.
Ye Xiwen caught the poisonous Dead qi in his hand and crushed it. Then he jumped
forward, arrived in front of the zombie in a flash and directly kicked on its stiff chest.
"Boom!" its sternum was directly shattered by this kick and its whole body was sent flying,
crashing into a pillar and falling heavily to the ground.
"Roar!" however, it obviously was not willing to give up. It again discharged poisonous
Dead qi towards Ye Xiwen.
But this poisonous Dead qi couldn't possibly break through the protective layer of Zhen
Yuan on Ye Xiwen's body. Right now, his battle strength was at the peak of truth seventh
stage so the zombie simply didn't stand a chance.
"Ye Xiwen, kill it!" Ye Mo said. These zombies were nothing but corpses filled with hatred
for all living beings. They were banned from stepping into 6 samsara cycle and were
basically tired of living on like this. Ye Xiwen was doing the right thing by killing them and
freeing their souls in the process.
Ye Xiwen lifted his foot and stamped on the zombie's head. Its head instantly exploded
along with the disintegration of its core.
Ye Xiwen did not stop and proceeded to slay other zombies.
Chapter 238: Contest For A Dao Book
The situation got intense and far beyond the imagination of the experts. They never
expected to find so many ghost soldiers and terrifying hairy zombies inside the immortal
palace.
“Damn it, this is simply a peerless tomb. Where is that son of a bi**h who said this palace
has a peerless treasure trove?” An expert could not control his anger and cursed out loud.
Now they were at their limits and basically frustrated, after all, they were considered
peerless geniuses and still faced so much difficulty in dealing with the dead, not to mention
several experts were not even able to enter the immortal palace.
A total of more than one thousand experts broke into the palace but only after experiencing
so many causalities, they came to realize why the Demon Island was called genius meat
grinder.
However, although these zombies were very powerful, they were not as violent as these
experts. Although there were hundreds of casualties in the human expert team, the
zombies and ghost soldiers had more casualties.
As they continued to go all the way inside, more and more ghost soldiers and zombies
appeared in large numbers because of the entanglement of resentment and Lingqi, raising
corpses of the soldiers back from the dead.
Ye Xiwen and the others finally arrived in a hall, only to see corpses lying everywhere on
the floor. These corpses had not yet transformed into zombies but it could be seen that they
were rotting for a long time. Several corpses had already decayed to the point of leaving
behind piles of bones.
Many bones were actually corroded as if swept by the aftermath of a large attack, crushing
several bones to dust.
The experts encountered several skeleton monsters on the way but nothing could stop
them from advancing.
Working together as a team, they continued to rush all the way inside.
Ye Xiwen had a kind of a bad feeling in his heart because the soldiers who died in this
palace either turned into ghost
soldiers, skeletons or zombies. If the ruler of this immortal palace was preserved in this
tomb and his corpse turned out to be fully intact, then what if he suddenly rose back from
the dead? Then they would be in huge trouble!
But they were already here so they did not have an alternative but to advance further.
Fortunately however, before his doubts evolved any further, they finally arrived in an open
hall, and in the center of this spacious hall, a dignified looking man was sitting cross-legged
and calmly looking into the distance as if disdainfully looking down on all the living beings.
Everyone suddenly stopped and did not dare to approach.
Being cautious was essential since there were really too many strange things on this island
and they had gotten used to being wary all the time.
After a long time of observation, Warhawk suddenly said: “He is already dead!”
At this time, everyone relaxed and they felt that although this man looked kind of
invincible, had no aura or presence. He was
not even releasing ice-cold breath like the zombies.
Everyone was finally relieved at this moment.
A cold wind blew out of nowhere and the whole body of this man suddenly turned into a
pile of sand and flew together with the wind.
He died in a seated posture!
zuò huà : to die in a seated posture [Buddhism]
Everyone was astonished and could not believe their eyes.
This was something only legendary beings with good fortune could achieve. It was said that
as long as the corpses of mighty experts were left behind, there was a possibility that they
might rise from the dead; therefore, using the seated posture method was a way out.
And so there was a myth about the powerhouses that they would always be considered a
legend in life and in death. Even if
they died, they would not decay or disappear like ordinary people. It was said that since
they possess formidable strength, even the experts of truth realm could directly evolve into
zombies if their corpses were left intact. Although the possibility was very less and would
be close to zero if placed under the sun, after all, these were just myths and recognition
from the world principles was also necessary. But, once they turned into zombies, the
whole world would face a big disaster.
The seniors would refuse to acknowledge their families and some sects suffered heavy
losses because of this, finally leading to their complete decline. Moreover, letting the corpse
of a senior turn into a zombie was undoubtedly equivalent to causing great disrespect!
Therefore, some people chose to die in a sitting posture but this occurred only in the myths
and only legendary level characters could perform it. Now that the experts saw this with
their eyes, they could not help but feel excited.
Because when someone died in a sitting posture, the world principles comprehended by
him would be blown off in a massive explosion. If at that time, someone stood by their side
and came in contact with these principles, they would obtain enormous benefits.
Of course, this man should have died countless years ago so
what they saw was only a wisp of what could have been his real corpse. But this scene was
still enough to shock them.
After the man’s figure faded in the wind, everyone saw a book made of unknown metal
lying on the ground. It had only a few thin pages but it was exuding fluctuating Dao
patterns. They immediately understood that this book definitely contained an earth-
shattering martial power technique, and it was not just recorded, it was still emitting waves
of Dao patterns. From this itself, one could imagine the level of martial technique recorded
in this book.
But everyone was standing calm, no one dared to go forward, fearing that they would end
up in a dispute and someone else might benefit as the third party.
“This Dao book is mine!” Suddenly, Warhawk stepped forward grasping his eagle spear and
instantly rushed towards the Dao book to seize it.
“Give up the idea!”
“How dare you!”
“Dream on!”
Suddenly, several experts shouted and various martial attacks were aimed at Warhawk
from behind.
“Bi!” the loud cry of a giant golden eagle resounded in the hall.
It extended its wings to block the incoming attacks and protect Warhawk and then flew
towards the Dao book to clutch it in its claws.
But at this time, the experts who attacked Warhawk were unable to control themselves and
rushed forward. If they did not act now, the book would fall into the hands of Warhawk.
“Bold, how dare you claim this book as if it belongs to you?
This book belongs to me!” At this time, Wang Purple instantly shot his jade seal towards
Warhawk to suppress him.
“Boom!” Warhawk instantly drew back to dodge and the jade seal fiercely crashed into the
floor and opened a huge hole.
“Bastard, you really want to become Wan True Union’s enemy?” At this time, Jiang Hua also
jumped into the skirmish
and congealed a big hand that instantly went forward to grasp the book.
“Whoosh!” yhe sound of an arrow echoed when Ji Moon shot an arrow and it instantly
punctured into that big hand and made it explode.
Now everyone was involved in this so-called contest for the Dao book without even
knowing its contents or what kind of secret technique was described in it. Was it really a
Dao book or something else?
Perhaps there were not many of such type of Dao books in Zhen Wu Jie. Dao books were
generally used to record marvelous techniques; otherwise, just recording the technique
would not cause such fluctuating patterns. In fact, a legendary book like this had never
been seen before even by the higher ups of their sects.
They would certainly not let go of such an item.
“Clang!”
“Zheng!”
“Bang!”
Various terrifying explosive sounds echoed throughout the hall.
No need to mention, Warhawk and the other super experts were the fastest and strongest.
Ye Xiwen was watching from a distance and was not in a hurry. He did not want to get
involved and was silently observing them like a poisonous snake in the dark, ready to
attack anytime and anywhere.
This was the first time the leaders of the four alliances fought and were going all out at this
moment. Earlier, they used to have a tacit understanding and did not get involved in
meaningless fights, but now, the situation was entirely different.
The leaders of the strongest alliances were bound to participate in this kind of a contest to
see who was the strongest
and it finally occurred.
Hundreds of experts had initially jumped into the skirmish but this only reached a
deadlock. In the end, other than the four super experts, everyone else backed down and no
longer dared to come in their way.
Taking advantage of the confusion, an expert of truth third stage rushed forward and
extended his hand to grab the Dao book, but suddenly, a huge enchantment barrier
appeared around the book and sent him flying. His blood spattered and he fell unconscious.
“Go away, this Dao book is mine!” Warhawk was in a rage and roared again, blue veins
appeared on his muscular hands as he threw his eagle spear towards the Dao book.
“Whoosh!” there came a loud and shrill piercing sound as the eagle spear flew towards the
Dao book.
“Bang!” the spear fiercely stuck on the book’s enchantment barrier.
“Boom!” a huge explosion took place when the enchantment was abruptly punctured by the
eagle spear. Then, it fell down and nailed to the top of a high tower.
This stirred up everyone because they knew that right when the enchantment was broken,
the contest would finally arrive to its final stage.
Warhawk suddenly transformed into a golden eagle, flew up and dived towards the Dao
book.
“Shua!” everyone watched as he directly grabbed the book in his hands, but at this time, a
slender hand caught one page of the book.
Chapter 239: Showdown With Jiang Hua
"Brother Warhawk, I have heard you come from a famous and prestigious clan. I am sure
you don't lack such Dao books, might as well give it to me." The sweet voice of Ji Moon
sounded in Warhawk's ears.
"Get lost!" Warhawk shouted, his golden Zhen Yuan burst out of his body and rushed
towards her. He did not show even a shred of tender affection towards this lovely girl,
rather there was decisive killing intention hidden in this attack.
"This book must be handed over to our Wan True Union." A big hand clutched down
towards the book.
"I will see who dares to stop me!" Wang Purple shot a divine beam towards the others.
All attacks hit simultaneously on the Dao book.
"Boom!" the terrifying explosion tore the book open and four pages fluttered out in the air.
There were only four pages in this Dao book.
At this time, Jiang Hua and others no longer entangled themselves in battle and rushed
towards the four pages, each aiming for one page of the Dao book.
Once they were done seizing the Dao book's pages, they saw the recorded secret technique
and could not help but get excited all of a sudden.
Although Jiang Hua was a step slower than the other three super experts, that fact did not
prevent him from seizing a page, however, before he could see the secret technique
recorded in it, there came a loud dragon roar and a huge shadow dived towards him.
"Bold, who dares to mess with Wan True Union!" Jiang Hua suddenly got furious and
turned around to slap his palm towards that huge shadow.
It was actually a coiling dragon. His palm collided with the huge coiling dragon and
instantly destroyed it. At this time, he finally looked at the page in his other hand only to
find out that it was no longer there. The Dao book's page had already been snatched by a
blue figure, yes, by Ye Xiwen.
Jiang Hua's pupils suddenly contracted and he shouted crazily: "It's you!"
"I have been here all along, but it seems deputy-chief Jiang did not notice me." Ye Xiwen
indifferently said.
At this time, the other three super experts stopped fighting because they knew that
continuing to fight did not make sense.
Each person won a page of the Dao book, so it was a win-win situation for all.
If you are too greedy and want to monopolize all the benefits, you end up ruining
everything.
As for the others, they simply did not stand a chance against these super experts and could
only accept this outcome bitterly.
Actually, right now, everyone was curiously looking at Ye Xiwen. This guy was really
courageous, he actually dared to challenge Jiang Hua and the Wan True Union.
"I am surprised to see that you actually dare to appear in front of me." Jiang Hua's eyes
instantly revealed signs of extreme hatred. The usual indifferent expression on his face was
now replaced by a vicious crazed expression.
The culprit who destroyed his hand was standing right in front of his eyes, so how could he
possibly stay calm?
"Why should I not dare to appear in front of you?" Ye Xiwen looked coldly at Jiang Hua and
said, "Have you forgotten what I said back then? I shall teach you and your Wan True Union
a valuable lesson about why you shouldn't have f***ed with me."
The anger could be seen burning intensely in Ye Xiwen's eyes as he stared at Jiang Hua.
Both sides were equally burning with hatred. Some experts remembered hearing rumors
about Jiang Hua chasing down an expert and losing an arm in the fight. Could this guy be
the one who blasted Jiang Hua's arm?
Such a vicious enmity was far more than ordinary!
"Quickly hand over the page! Do you actually think that someone like you can have it?" A
member of Wan True Union stepped forward and said.
"It seems that deputy-chief Jiang needs a man like you to do his bidding, and do you really
think that it's just a matter of one page of a Dao book?" Ye Xiwen grinned and said.
"Shut up and hand over the page, otherwise, killing you won't be a tough task!" Another
member of Wan True Union said.
"No need to waste your breath on a dead man. He has dared to provoke our alliance, so he
is already a done for." A master of the truth sixth stage said in an authoritative manner.
Although he was just an ordinary member of Wan True Union, he used to be the leader of
an alliance before the reshuffling and held enough influence.
He immediately rushed forward and his hand transformed into a big hand and stretched
out to arrest Ye Xiwen.
Ye Xiwen just flicked his finger.
"Puff!"
In an instant, everyone saw that disciple screaming pitifully and his entire arm was torn off,
leaving behind a pool of blood on the floor. He was squealing loudly like a pig.
Ye Xiwen took one step and instantly disappeared in front of everyone. He instantly dashed
into the crowd of Wan True Union and had already recognized the faces of those who were
mocking and insulting him a while ago.
"Puff!"
"Puff!"
"Puff!"
Almost in a flash, several disciples of Wan True Union were attacked by Ye Xiwen and were
chopped into pieces.
They never saw him coming and were suddenly overawed. It took some time to realize that
they messed with the wrong guy.
However, it was too late because now they had no choice but to stand there like pigs and
obediently wait to be butchered by this peerlessly ruthless man!
Moreover, this scene acted as a deterrent for several other experts who were planning on
stealing the page from Ye Xiwen later on. After witnessing this carnage, they would never
dare to even dream about messing with him.
One must know that Wan True Union mostly consisted of experts of truth fifth stage and
sixth stage, but in the face of this death reaper, they certainly did not stand a chance. In fact,
there was no room for anyone fight back.
Warhawk and the other super experts were also earnestly watching the whole scene and
suddenly frowned. They never knew that a formidable expert like Ye Xiwen was present
among them. In their eyes, Ye Xiwen became a reckless guy who was decisive, brave and
formidable. These few moments were enough to make them consider him as an equal.
In this world, strength was not only the ultimate law, but also the ultimate justice. In this
world, only the strong were revered.
Jiang Hua was stunned for a moment, and within this one moment, Ye Xiwen had already
butchered several of his subordinates. His face turned blue with anger as he shouted:
"You are courting death! You don't understand what you have done. From now on, you
won't have a place to hide on the entire Demon Island!"
As his voice fell, his big hands stretched out and shot a huge mountain of divine light aimed
at Ye Xiwen. Compared to two months ago, he was now much more tyrannical and his
practice speed was far beyond the imagination of ordinary experts.
However, how could he ever compare to Ye Xiwen? Ye Xiwen shot his palm and released a
coiling dragon that roared and flew directly towards the mountain of divine light and tore it
to pieces.
Ye Xiwen jumped towards Jiang Hua, while at the same time, his skin turned golden in color
making him appear just like an ancient Overlord reborn.
His power completely burst out and paled the complexions of all the experts present on the
scene. How could this guy have such extraordinary strength! His strength was not one bit
inferior to that of Warhawk and the other super experts.
Even Jiang Hua was surprised to no limit, after all, in just two months, Ye Xiwen actually
managed to grow so powerful. His own practice speed simply could not rival with Ye
Xiwen's.
Last time, it had been so difficult for Jiang Hua to deal with Ye Xiwen and he also lost an
arm when there was a difference of two levels between the two. But now, Ye Xiwen was
clearly much stronger than before, although he himself progressed a lot in the last two
months and was on the verge of breaking through to the truth eighth stage.
If he managed to step into the eighth stage then he wouldn't be afraid of anyone on this
island. Then, he would have sufficient power to run amuck like those super experts.
But before he could have a breakthrough, he once again clashed with Ye Xiwen; moreover,
Ye Xiwen was now much more tyrannical than two months ago.
Thinking of this, an intense killing intention flashed in his bloodshot eyes.
Jiang Hua shouted and congealed a sierra of divine light, so big that there literally was no
escape route for Ye Xiwen. This was a battle of life and death and both of them were aware
of that.
Under Jiang Hua's command, the huge sierra of divine light descended towards Ye Xiwen.
This was the same attack he used last time, but this time, it was more powerful and
frightening.
Ye Xiwen also displayed the progress he made in the last two months and sent his coiling
dragon towards the descending sierra.
The coiling dragon seemingly devoured the sierra of divine light almost instantly and this
caused a massive explosion in the hall.
Last time, Jiang Hua had an overwhelming superiority in the battle, but this time, the tables
had turned in Ye Xiwen's favor and Jiang Hua was completely suppressed.
"Boom!" the killing intention spread in all directions and Ye Xiwen went all out, displaying
various martial art techniques one after another without restraint.
Jiang Hua also felt the crisis and went all out, displaying various martial techniques. He
lifted his hand and a mountain of divine light transformed into a sword and instantly swept
towards Ye Xiwen.
Ye Xiwen did not dodge, just stood there like a mountain.
Jiang Hua had clearly been completely suppressed by him, but he did not relax even a bit.
He did not want to give any chance to Jiang Hua and decided to end this as fast as possible.
Ye Xiwen's gilded tyrant form was working at its best. He just stretched out his palm and
effortlessly caught the sword of divine light.
Chapter 240: Heavenly Phoenix Regeneration
Technique
"Boom!"
The sword of divine light was directly crushed by Ye Xiwen.
He just stood there as if nothing happened. Then, he suddenly rushed forward.
Both sides attacked maliciously and engaged in a fearsome battle.
"Not good!" Jiang Hua noticed that Ye Xiwen's tyrant body had also leveled up in the last
two months and now he did not a stand a chance against it.
Ye Xiwen arrived in front of Jiang Hua and thrust his palm.
"Bang!" his palm pounded on Jiang Hua's chest and shattered his sternum. He screamed
pitifully and spat a mouthful of blood, while simultaneously retreating several dozen
meters to escape from Ye Xiwen's next attack.
Jiang Hua was literally shocked to death. He never thought that there would be such a huge
disparity between their strengths. Last time, he was the one who completely suppressed Ye
Xiwen, and this time, the exact opposite was happening.
He was depressed and felt like vomiting blood.
But at this time, Ye Xiwen's attacks became more and more intense. His hands transformed
into a dragon sword and stabbed towards Jiang Hua.
Ye Xiwen's command over the skills he had practiced was so profound that it left everyone
stunned.
"Poof!" Jiang Hua couldn't dodge and failed to block Ye Xiwen's sword attack, as a result of
which, his other arm was also chopped off by Ye Xiwen.
After practicing gilded tyrant form up to 50%, Ye Xiwen's flesh had become so formidable
that his punches and kicks were enough to explode his opponents.
Jiang Hua was enduring severe pain but he still somehow congealed a massive sierra of
divine light and shot towards Ye Xiwen.
"Ha!"
Ye Xiwen used his hands to tear this sierra to shreds and immediately rushed towards Jiang
Hua.
Ye Xiwen was not sticking to his moves or usual fighting style.
He began to understand his own path and felt the blood boiling in his body. He heard the
roars of a vicious dragon as if it was coming from his own body.
Ye Xiwen sneered: "Today, you die!"
Ye Xiwen's hands moved slightly and two coiling dragons suddenly soared up, entangled
together, and dived towards Jiang Hua.
"Boom!" the two dragons bulldozed Jiang Hua as he severely fell to the ground and the
entire palace trembled, stone fragments were sent flying in all directions. A huge crater
appeared in the floor and Jiang Hua could not endure anymore when all the bones in his
body shattered into pieces and punctured his flesh internally.
Everyone was stunned watching this scene. Ye Xiwen was ridiculously powerful! They
originally felt that he was very strong but probably not as strong as the super experts, but
after witnessing this battle, they were forced to change their opinions.
Within moments, he crushed a tyrannical expert like Jiang Hua.
Jiang Hua screamed as blood oozed out of the numerous tiny holes in his body. Suddenly,
his whole body was enveloped in some kind of scarlet light. He apparently used a secret
technique to escape.
At this time, Ye Xiwen stretched out his hand and directly grasped the ball of scarlet light.
"Poof!" Jiang Hua was directly caught by Ye Xiwen and crushed to death.
Everyone froze and their faces revealed dumbfounded expressions. Jiang Hua, a deputy-
chief of Wan True Union, was crushed to death by Ye Xiwen. This was a huge loss for Wan
True Union, because they not only lost face by losing their deputy-chief and several elite
experts, but they also lost an opportunity to obtain the Dao book's page.
A high-level expert was effortlessly killed by Ye Xiwen.
Now they knew that Jiang Hua was never a match of Ye Xiwen.
This was going to stir up the entire Wan True Union and it would make things difficult for
Ye Xiwen, after all, Jiang Hua was one of the two deputy-chiefs, not to mention their
mysterious leader was still around. When Jiang Hua was strong enough to stand side by
side with the other super experts, then one could imagine the strength of this mysterious
leader.
So it could be said that although Wan True Union faced a big loss, it was not big enough to
cripple them. However, this incident was enough to prove the ruthlessness of Ye Xiwen.
Now, no one would dare to mess with him.
At this time, Ye Xiwen appeared extremely horrifying to everyone and his imposing aura
was also monstrous.
Ye Xiwen was not in a rush, he just crossed hands behind his back and stood there like a
mountain. His very presence was overbearing and unparalleled.
This Dao book was the most precious item in the Immortal Palace, but now that it was
divided among four tyrannical experts, no one wished to stay here and dispersed to search
the others parts of this enormous palace.
Warhawk and Wang Purple soon left. Only Ji Moon arrived in front of Ye Xiwen, smiled
gracefully and said: "Considering what we saw today, I am afraid the news about Brother
Ye's invincible strength will soon spread throughout the demon island."
"Fairy maiden is flattering me." Ye Xiwen politely said. He was such a person, kind for kind,
ruthless for ruthless. It is easy to be disrespectful to others but takes a big heart to respect
them.
A person who doesn't know compassion can only respond with arrogance to the politeness
shown to them.
"I have come to know that there are some misgivings between our deputy-chief Liu Yueru
and Brother Ye. I hope Brother Ye can spare her and not punish her too severely." Ji Moon
said.
Ye Xiwen suddenly understood why she had suddenly come to him. He did not know that
Liu Yueru actually joined Goddess Union, but he did not care. Nothing big happened
between him and her, his direct enmity was with Xiao Zhen, not her.
"She and I have no enmity, just some misunderstanding, nothing more." Ye Xiwen said.
"That's good! If you have free time later, our Goddess Union will gladly welcome you."
Ji Moon said respectfully, and elegantly flew away.
Ye Xiwen did not follow the experts to the other parts of the Immortal Palace. He sat cross-
legged on the spot and began to examine the page.
There were ancient scriptures written all over the page. Since he only got one page, some of
the information was divided but
he figured that the Dao book definitely belonged to a peerless ancient influence. Stunning
Daoist skills were recorded in the book; and on the page seized by Ye Xiwen, the skill
recorded was called 'Phoenix Regeneration Technique'. It was a technique born out of
phoenix comprehension and granted the magical ability of repairing any injury to the
practitioner. For example, he could heal all the injuries he got two months ago within a few
breaths with the help of this technique, in fact, he could also re-grow cut off body parts.
Of course, this was going to be possible only after perfecting it, but he had the 'mysterious
space' so it shouldn't be a problem. It would just require consumption of many Ling Dans.
Ye Xiwen suddenly held his breath. How was it possible for such a Daoist skill to exist? If he
had this skill two months ago then he would not have the need to escape from Jiang Hua.
It could be described as the supreme divine technique of life insurance.
This divine technique was most appropriate for 'Gilded tyrant form'. Once Ye Xiwen would
perfect both of these techniques, a trivial attack wouldn't work on him, and even if he was
tragically injured in a tyrannical battle, he would use Phoenix
Regeneration Technique to regenerate any or all injuries.
It could be estimated that the other three secret techniques were also rare masterpieces of
Taoism. Now that they obtained great benefits, they would certainly become his rivals.
However, Ye Xiwen did not want to think much about other people's possessions. For now,
the most important task was to master the Phoenix Regeneration Technique. Once
perfected, even if he desired death, it would be difficult to die.
Ye Mo saw this secret technique and could not help but jump with excitement: "This secret
technique probably comes from the ancient race of Mystical Phoenix, passed down from
generation to generation, but the Phoenix race vanished from the Ten Thousand Worlds
Community countless years ago. I must say, this technique could be a supreme secret of the
ancient Phoenix clan, and only the direct blood descendants would have been allowed to
practice it. How can it be here?"
Ye Xiwen frowned, this influence was far more terrifying and powerful than he initially
imagined. It was hard to digest the fact that they actually possessed the secret technique of
the ancient phoenix race that was said to have disappeared countless millenniums ago.
He came to know from Ye Mo that Dragon, Phoenix and the so-called other ancient beings
had disappeared countless eras ago. It seemed like there occurred a terrible war in the Ten
Thousand Worlds community and led to their disappearance.
One must note that all this happened long before the beginning of the era of Ye Mo's
previous owner, the Great Devil King.
There were dragon legends everywhere, but no one alive had actually seen one.
This influence was ancient and huge, perhaps far beyond the imagination of Ye Mo as well.
Not only could they get an access to the Ancient Phoenix technique, but might have also
obtained secret techniques of other races which simply went against the heaven's will.
He continued to read and found some explanations about Phoenix Regeneration, recorded
in order to help increase the understanding of the practitioners!
After studying the Phoenix Regeneration Technique all day,
he had to admit that its effects simply defied the heaven's will.
When used in coordination with the gilded tyrant form, his battle efficiency and resilience
would have no limits, rising dramatically all the way to an entirely new and profound level.
But the secret techniques, now in the possession of the other three individuals, were not
going to be ordinary either!
Chapter 241: War With Wan True Union
Immortal Palace became the source of a sensation that spread throughout the Demon
Island. Four ancient Daoist skills had been divided among four tyrannical experts.
However, the last one wasn't seized by Jiang Hua but a rather little-known expert, the same
guy who became famous a few months ago when he crushed a law fragment.
Ye Xiwen had become famous when the law fragment incident occurred, but for the next
few months, he remained low-key and everyone was busy in reshuffling and completely
forgot about him!
Moreover, later, the rumors spread that deputy-chief of Wan True Union chased down and
killed Ye Xiwen.
However, no one thought that he would actually appear once again and that too with such a
blast. The emergence of Ye Xiwen occurred side by side with the annihilation of Jiang Hua
and several other elites of Wan True Union.
Ye Xiwen stunned everyone on the Demon Island and soared all the way up, gaining a spot
among the handful of super
experts.
So many experts saw how the elite members of Wan True Union were butchered by Ye
Xiwen. Now, there remained only one deputy-chief in their alliance.
The loss of a deputy-chief was a matter of far more concern when compared to the loss of
several elites. To put it bluntly, it could be said that the elites had grouped together on the
Demon Island in various alliances only to seek greater benefits in a relatively safer way.
The loss of a few elites shouldn't matter much to them because it was not like they shared
some kind of bond.
However, the loss of deputy-chief was a bigger issue because it put a big question mark on
the reputation of the alliance and affected everyone associated with it.
Everyone was waiting to see what kind of response would come from Wan True Union.
And Wan True Union did not really let them down. They spread the news that within the
remaining time on the Demon Island, they would continue to look for Ye Xiwen and kill him
once they found him. The informants would be rewarded with ten Ling Dans, and if
someone managed to kill Ye Xiwen then they would be awarded the vacant position of
deputy-chief of Wan True Union.
This was like the calm before a storm! One could see that this war was going to last for a
long time.
Many people guessed that this would continue until the arrival of the Demon Island's
opening time!
When Wan True Union issued the 'search and destroy'
command, a lot of experts began to help them in the search.
At this time, Ye Xiwen was in a cave and practicing Phoenix Regeneration Technique. He
was unceasingly circulating Zhen Yuan throughout his body and following the process as
recorded in that page.
Lingqi was being constantly injected in his brain and helping him in slowly grasping all the
secrets of 'Phoenix Regeneration Technique' inside the 'mysterious space'. He was not at all
bothered about what all things happened on the island during his absence. He was just one
man and it was not all difficult for
him to hide from the pursuers on such a vast island, not to mention his 'restraining breath
technique' was active all the time, so experts of fifth or even sixth stage weren't able to
sense his presence.
So no matter how much they searched, Ye Xiwen was not afraid, after all, the Demon Island
was too big and, so long as he ran a little farther towards the depths, it would be impossible
to find him.
Right now, he was very confident.
Days passed and a month later, Ye Xiwen finally completely grasped the 'Phoenix
Regeneration Technique', moreover, he was also getting stronger and stronger all the
while. Now, he was much stronger than he used to be before he started the practice.
Now, even if he was split in half, he would be able to regenerate and reorganize the cut off
parts of his body. This was the mind blowing fact about this technique because it was
actually impossible even for the demon race to regenerate after being cut into two halves.
However, such a magical ability was inherent to the Phoenix race.
After perfecting this divine technique, his close-combat efficiency progressed by leaps and
bounds. He could now compete with the experts of truth eighth stage and experts of truth
seventh stage could not even dream of putting even a single scratch on him.
Ye Xiwen was now confident about dealing with much higher level opponents with ease.
And it was not like he didn't know what was happening on the island while he was busy
practicing this technique. Wu Shaoqun was constantly collecting news and transmitting
important information to Ye Xiwen.
They had started a full-fledged search and destroy operation against him but he simply did
not care. In fact, this in itself was an indication of the damage done to their own practical
significance and was no different than strangulation of their beliefs at the hands of Ye
Xiwen, but the significance of beliefs was one matter and the possession of strength was
another matter.
At present, Wan True Union or its second deputy chief did not scare Ye Xiwen. He was only
concerned about their mysterious leader. Ye Xiwen was guessing that he was certainly a
powerhouse of truth eighth stage or probably ninth stage, otherwise, it would have been
impossible to tame a psycho like Jiang Hua.
And experts like that possess unmatched arrogance and are never satisfied. They don't stop
until they have completely subdued any or all possible rivals around them. Else, they get rid
of the obstacles permanently.
As long as he didn't bump into this mysterious chief, he was not afraid of the rest of the
alliance.
Now, with the help of 'Phoenix Regeneration Technique', even the experts of truth eighth
stage wouldn't be able to kill him, so what was there to be afraid of? So what if they were
going to continue the search and destroy operation for the rest of the year? Phoenix
regeneration not only helped in fast regeneration of injuries but also increased the
production speed of Zhen Yuan within the body. Hence, unless he was fighting with an
expert of half-step legendary realm or legendary realm, it would be impossible to exhaust
him to death!
And now that the enemy had made its move, he would not just sit passively and wait for the
enemy to find him.
He got the information that Wan True Union had sent its strongest members to find him.
And considering that no one had seen their leader, perhaps only the second deputy-chief
was guarding their encampment. One must know that the two deputy-chiefs of Wan True
Union were strong enough to place this alliance in the ranks of the four strongest alliances.
Although the deaths of Jiang Hua and the elite members was not enough to cause severe
losses to Wan True Union, these deaths could not be ignored either, after all, Jiang Hua's
strength used to be only slightly inferior to other super experts.
And since their chief had almost never been seen before, it could be said that the other
deputy chief was very powerful.
Perhaps his strength was comparable to Warhawk and the others. Ye Xiwen did not know
and neither did he want to waste time thinking about all that. According to the information
he got from Wu Shaoqun, the main forces of Wan True Union were not present in their
encampment. Only the deputy chief was present to guard it along with the average
members, indicating that now was the best time to attack their encampment.
And most importantly, there were a variety of reasons that urged him to plan a trip to the
encampment of Wan True Union.
There was an irrevocable hatred between him and Wan True Union, reaching the point of
kill or be killed. Ye Xiwen still hadn't forgotten the pledge he made to himself.
Such being the case, he had nothing to say and neither did he plan to wait!
"They are looking for me, so I think I should give them a chance and see if they can kill me."
Ye Xiwen smirked and said in a strange manner.
Wan True Union was one of the four major alliances so it shouldn't be a problem to find its
headquarters.
Soon, Ye Xiwen arrived near its encampment.
Wan True Union's encampment was located in a true oasis, a
big place and, all of the demon beasts in the surrounding area had already been beheaded
by its members.
At this time, a large number of experts had gone out to find the whereabouts of Ye Xiwen,
but security here was still fairly tight.
Ye Xiwen took out his long blade and walked towards the encampment. This was going to
be the battlefield of a man versus an entire alliance, and perhaps only Ye Xiwen could do
such a thing so calmly and fearlessly. Forget the entire force of an alliance, he wouldn't
even think twice before clashing with that mysterious leader.
Experts of truth fifth and sixth stage were stationed at a fairly small gate. Ye Xiwen did not
hide his presence and allowed them to spread the warning about an intruder. They
immediately pulled out their weapons and coldly looked at him.
Ye Xiwen's image was already carved into their minds since the day the 'search and
destroy' command was issued by their alliance. And as soon as they saw him coming, they
immediately set out to cut him into pieces.
Chapter 242: Tramples The Wan True Union
Spearqi, Swordqi, Bladeqi, a variety of martial arts swept towards Ye Xiwen. They noticed
that Ye Xiwen did not budge in the face of the so many attacks and they themselves rushed
forward to kill him.
Ye Xiwen waved his long blade and shot a fluctuating Bladeqi so massive that it instantly
crushed all the incoming attacks in one fell swoop.
"Puff!"
"Puff!"
"Puff!"
Blood spattered everywhere and all of the guards were instantly chopped into pieces.
They were never a match of Ye Xiwen and simply overestimated themselves thinking they
could take him on.
Although they were called geniuses and attacked in numbers, they still did not stand a
chance against him.
The noise suddenly alarmed many experts resting inside the encampment. Wan True Union
was really worthy of being one of the four major alliances. Even if the main force was sent
out on a mission to find Ye Xiwen, a lot of experts had stayed back.
And many of them were at the peak of truth sixth stage at such a young age, which was a
clear declaration of their exceptional talent.
"Ye Xiwen, you are really something. You even dare to barge into our encampment? It
seems you have become suicidal!" An expert of truth sixth stage came out and said. There
was a disdainful expression on his face.
"Puchi!" Ye Xiwen flicked his finger and shot a laser-like concentrated energy that instantly
pierced into that expert's body and tore him apart from the inside.
At this time, several experts simultaneously attacked him.
"Die!" An expert waved his spear and released an enormous Spearqi that rushed towards
Ye Xiwen, and it seemed as if it was going to puncture the world itself.
Ye Xiwen instantly shot an endless stream of Bladelight from his long blade. This mass of
brilliant energy looked like a section cut off from the Milky Way descended in this world. It
instantly routed the Spearqi attack.
"Boom!" a loud explosion occurred and the Bladelight swept towards that expert, and his
body was split in half.
He did not even get a chance to react and was instantly killed.
"Clang!"
"Clang!"
"Clang!"
Various types of martial arts and weapon attacks were swept towards him. It seemed as if
Ye Xiwen was standing in front of a
huge wave of martial attacks, coming layer after layer.
Although these members of Wan True Union were not good in coordinating their attacks,
their inherent talent and power was more than enough to compensate for the lack of
teamwork.
Ye Xiwen's facial expression was callous, but just by looking at him, one could see that he
did not consider them as equals, rather he was chopping them like vegetables. The peerless
geniuses of the ten countries of Southeast Region had become time pass, nothing more than
a warm-up for Ye Xiwen. He used celestial step and marched forward without stopping, and
suddenly shot a tyrannical Bladelight towards the team of experts.
"Shua!"
"Shua!"
"Shua!"
The Bladelight rendered all of the incoming attacks useless; Ye Xiwen then took advantage
of the opportunity to attack the
experts.
"Puff!"
"Puff!"
"Puff!"
Some experts were blasted away in the sky, while some where cut in half. The ones who
managed to dodge the attack were personally chopped into pieces by Ye Xiwen.
Wan True Union had placed several scouts in the nearby areas to keep a lookout for spies
from other major alliances. It was needless to say that these scouts were extremely
powerful, much stronger than the experts guarding the encampment.
However, even those scouts had been completely wiped out by Ye Xiwen before he arrived
here. They did not even get a chance to react or alert their comrades.
Everyone present on the scene felt chills down their spines.
When Ye Xiwen disappeared for almost a month, no one knew where he went. A lot of
people said that he was afraid of Wan True Union and ran away like a scaredy-cat.
Whereas, a lot of people thought that Ye Xiwen was certainly tyrannical but how could he
possibly fight against an entire alliance?
When they could not find him, they began to clamor that Ye Xiwen was a timid guy, a
coward who was afraid to come out and face them. This was a tactic to provoke Ye Xiwen
and compel him to come out, but a month passed and he didn't appear.
But now that he finally appeared, he made an appearance like a terrifying storm. Ye Xiwen
came alone and single-handedly killed so many members of Wan True Union and this was
just the beginning. This was like a big slap to those who called him a coward.
One man versus an alliance, no one would dare to do such a thing!
Although most experts were not present in the encampment, the remaining experts were
still enough to make Wan True Union a tyrannical force.
The deputy-chief was a tyrannical expert and he had personally taken command of Wan
True Union in the absence of their leader.
But even his presence was not enough to deter Ye Xiwen. Ye Xiwen was extremely arrogant
and no one really knew the extent of his strength.
Ye Xiwen kicked the main gate and shattered it into pieces, then strode all the way towards
the central station when he suddenly sensed a powerful expert coming towards him.
"Ye Xiwen, I admire you for your courage. But this is a dead end for you!" A loud voice like a
sonic boom resounded and an expert of truth seventh stage, who was standing far away
from Ye Xiwen, suddenly shot towards him like a bullet while bringing an endless amount
of Lingqi along with him. He congealed a huge hand made up of Lingqi and pounded it on
Ye Xiwen.
Ye Xiwen just casually waved his long blade and shot an inexhaustible Bladelight that
instantly obscured the entire area and crashed into that huge hand of Lingqi.
"Poof!" Ye Xiwen's Bladelight effortlessly annihilated that huge hand of Lingqi and
advanced towards the expert.
This expert of truth seventh stage was supposed to be the secret weapon of Wan True
Union and was only slightly weaker than the two deputy-chiefs. Other elite members of the
alliance who went out to find Ye Xiwen were relieved that an expert like him was there to
guard their encampment.
His confidence was understandable but he never thought that Ye Xiwen would actually be
so tyrannical. His huge hand of Lingqi was instantly routed by Ye Xiwen's Bladelight and it
advanced toward him. It seemed as if the Big Bang itself had escaped from the river of time
and congealed in front of him.
"Puchi!" he was instantly chopped into two halves.
"Ye Xiwen, you really want to die so badly, huh?" There came a loud shout and echoed in
the surroundings, "I'll make sure to fulfill your wish!"
A blazing red figure suddenly appeared out of nowhere and stared at Ye Xiwen. Ye Xiwen
saw that this expert was quite young, had fiery red hair, was tall and had a strong build.
Ye Xiwen immediately figured that this guy was none other than the deputy-chief of Wan
True Union named Xia Wuchang.
He was the second strongest member of this alliance after the mysterious leader.
There was a cold look on his face but he did not say anything else and immediately fired a
punch, releasing a blossoming burning flower of flames towards Ye Xiwen.
Ye Xiwen sneered and used 'Azure Dragon rises from the Abyss' move of 'Coiling Dragon
Palm' to summon a black coiling dragon that immediately coiled around him. At this time,
Ye Xiwen looked like a god of war with his tamed black dragon and as soon as the flaming
flower approached him, the black coiling dragon directly tore it apart with its claws.
"Boom!" this resulted into such a vast explosion that it wreaked havoc in all directions,
reaching all the way into the sky and the whole encampment began to burn violently.
Xia Wuchang's complexion suddenly changed because he never imagined that Ye Xiwen
would be so strong. Now, he got serious all of a sudden as he clearly understood that he
could no
longer afford to underestimate Ye Xiwen.
The flames reached all the way to the nearby pond and instantly vaporized it, forming a
thick layer of mist and smoke screen, making it difficult for the spectators to see clearly.
Xia Wuchang was about to attack once more but heard an extremely sharp piercing sound
and suddenly saw a horrifying Bladeqi coming towards him at an incredible speed.
He quickly retreated several dozen feet and somehow managed to dodge it, but he
immediately saw that Ye Xiwen, grasping a long blade, had already arrived in front of him.
At this time, he naturally did not dare to block Ye Xiwen's blade and repeatedly blasted
waves of fire springing towards Ye Xiwen.
Ye Xiwen instantly waved his long blade and released innumerable blade shadows. He
displayed missing moon beheader, a Xiantian level martial technique, but he had already
taken it to a whole another level, surpassing even the creator of this technique.
Although the name was still the same and the displayed picture was also the same, Ye
Xiwen had already revised it numerous times, transforming countless times to find the best
suitable compatibility with the endless amount of Lingqi present in the air, since he could
now manipulate Lingqi after stepping into truth realm. And with the integration of Lingqi
into the basic concept of this technique, its overall might reached a whole other level. Now,
even truth level experts would find it difficult to block it.
"Puff!"
"Puff!"
"Puff!"
Ye Xiwen's Bladeqi cut through the waves of fire and extinguished the flames thoroughly.
The blade shadows were dancing around Ye Xiwen and formed a protective layer so that
the blazing fire was no longer able to approach his body.
"I will send you on the journey to hell, but before that, I will cut off your head and keep it as
a trophy." Xia Wuchang said with a deadpan look on his face. Now that he was aware of Ye
Xiwen's strength, he became much more determined to kill him.
Jiang Hua's death indeed made him angry, but he did not mind it too much, after all, Jiang
Hua was powerful but there was still some gap between his strength and the strength of
experts at the pinnacle of truth seventh stage.
He used to think that Ye Xiwen's strength was enough to deal with the average experts of
truth seventh stage, but today he discovered the tragic error in his own assumption. Ye
Xiwen was far stronger than he imagined.
Xia Wuchang knew that he must go all out and gathered all his power to congeal a giant fire
dragon and it suddenly sprang towards Ye Xiwen.
Chapter 243: Source Of Yellow River
"Ye Xiwen, you are dead, you are so dead!" Xia Wuchang sneered again and again as his fire
dragon's burning flames instantly enveloped Ye Xiwen.
"Xiu!"
"Xiu!"
"Xiu!"
Suddenly, endless divinities emerged from Ye Xiwen's body and completely wrapped him
up. His body turned golden yellow, making him appear just like a golden God of war. There
was no way that a fire dragon could burn his gilded tyrant body.
Moreover, by using phoenix regeneration, a damage of this level, if it occurred, could be
restored in an instant.
Of course, the phoenix regeneration was not universal and consumed lots of Zhen Yuan, or
even consumed life essence to
regenerate severe injuries. But, Xia Wuchang's attack was not potent enough to force Ye
Xiwen to use phoenix regeneration.
The moment divinities burst out of Ye Xiwen's body, it seemed as if a God had descended
on Earth. The fire dragon was unable to burn his body but was directly annihilated instead.
Ye Xiwen sneered and used the celestial step to suddenly appear in front of Xia Wuchang.
"Boom!" Ye Xiwen was so fast that Xia Wuchang did not get enough time to dodge.
Ye Xiwen rotated once and pounded a kick on his chest.
"Bang!" Xia Wuchang felt as if a mountain landed on his chest.
He was sent flying and the blood sprayed out of his body and seemingly stained the blue
sky. His body fell upside down to the ground and rolled few times before stopping.
"Ye Xiwen, you have thoroughly enraged me. I will burn you to ashes!" Xia Wuchang
suddenly got angry.
In his hands appeared a whip of fire and he swept it towards Ye Xiwen. The blazing whip
burned all things in its path, and even the air seemed to be burning in its flames. This attack
was so fearsome that everything in the surroundings turned to ashes.
Ye Xiwen's stature shot forward like an arrow, his hands transformed into dragon claws,
flashing endlessly with divine glory and directly grabbed the whip.
"Boom!"
Both of them severely collided in midair, and suddenly, the air exploded under the
pressure, setting off shock waves in all directions.
The terrible shock wave crushed everything in its path. Even the towering ancient trees in
the surrounding area were completely disintegrated.
"Today, no one can save you from my wrath!" Xia Wuchang coldly stared at Ye Xiwen.
"You are free to try, that is if you think you have the skill." Ye Xiwen smirked and shot an
inexhaustible Bladeqi that cut through the hot waves of fire.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
Both experts were going all out, and with each collision, Ye Xiwen's imposing aura would
increase bit by bit. This was an invincible imposing aura when considering the general
trend where most experts would find their imposing aura and battle efficiency decreasing
in a protracted fight. They not only faced a decrease in physical strength but also the
weakening of their mental state.
The so-called overbearing characters were not used to losing in a fight and always enjoyed
being on the winning side, but this general trend crashed down whenever Ye Xiwen came
into the picture. Because irrespective of whether he was losing or winning, Ye Xiwen's
battle efficiency would always continue to rise dramatically.
Ye Xiwen bravely rushed forward without showing any hesitation or restriction of any
kind!
"Bang!" Xia Wuchang was once again sent flying for several dozen meters before finally
dropping to the ground. Although his whole body was covered in flames, he was still not a
match of Ye Xiwen. His bones were shattered and his chest had caved in. The broken ribs
directly punctured his heart and he spat out blood.
This was a battle of life and death and Xia Wuchang ended up on the losing side. He had an
impressive start but was soon tragically suppressed by Ye Xiwen.
This battle would act like a spark to ignite a rumor about the rise of a truly intrepid expert
on the Demon Island. Xia Wuchang was a prestigious expert but was literally crushed like
an ant.
Ye Xiwen gradually stepped towards Xia Wuchang, arrived near his body, then lifted his
foot and stamped on his chest.
"Bang!" Xia Wuchang's chest region along with his heart and other internal organs were
thoroughly crushed and turned into minced meat.
The experts, who were observing this battle from afar, were stunned. Xia Wuchang was
dead and the whole Wan True Union was trampled, all this mess caused by just one man.
Even the mysterious leader of Wan True Union would never have thought that this could
happen to his alliance.
The whole of Demon Island was going to fall into chaos.
After killing Xia Wuchang, Ye Xiwen did not stay and turned around to leave, leaving the
encampment in fire and ashes.
The Next day, the whole island was in an uproar when they heard the rumors about how Ye
Xiwen single-handedly routed the Wan True Union and their encampment was now in
ruins.
Many people did not pay much attention to Ye Xiwen earlier, but now they had to admit
that he was extremely astonishing.
Single-handedly crushing an entire alliance was no joke; in fact, no one else on the Demon
Island had achieved such a feat.
There were several 'lone experts' who were usually at a disadvantage while dealing with
the experts affiliated to some alliance, but an alliance facing heavy losses at the hands of a
lone expert was simply unheard of.
The loss of two deputy chiefs was certainly a great loss for an alliance, especially when only
one man was responsible for killing both.
Many experts wanted to join the Wan True Union before, but now they chose to give up the
idea, after all, they wanted to join this alliance for stability, not for getting massacred by an
infamous tyrannical expert.
From the past incidents, it was clear to everyone that Ye Xiwen was not done yet and would
surely come back again.
And now that the two deputy chiefs were out of the picture, Wan True Union was drowned
in chaos and the return of the mysterious leader would make it fall into deeper turmoil.
This incident also acted as a warning for other alliances. Now all of the experts knew that
they must not provoke Ye Xiwen at any cost, otherwise, they might end up risking not only
their
own lives but the fate of their alliance as well.
Ye Xiwen proved a simple point to everyone on the Demon Island, that their so-called
alliances and tyrannical leaders could not save them from his wrath if they messed with
him, after all, even a major alliance was stripped naked by him.
The Wan True Union faced heavy losses but it was still not completely out of business. It
still had a lot of experts who could act as its backbone.
After wreaking havoc as he had initially planned, Ye Xiwen went towards the depths of the
Demon Island.
"I cannot come with you because today I am going to look at the source of this yellow river.
Why don't you join me?" Mu Ling said. In the last two months, his cultivation level rose up
to the peak of truth seventh stage. It seemed like he continued to cultivate in the yellow
river by unceasingly killing the ghost soldiers for the entire two months' period. The non-
stop digestion and absorption helped in an extremely quick progression of his cultivation.
This time, when he saw Ye Xiwen, he thought of him as a
trusted companion.
Ye Xiwen also thought that since he did not have any other major objective right now, he
might as well accompany Mu Ling. Besides, he was also very curious about the source of
this yellow river.
The two men went along the trail of the river all the way towards the huge ominous
mountain. Although there was no trace of ghost soldiers or the yellow river right now, Mu
Ling was very sensitive to the aura of the dead and would not go astray.
At nightfall, they finally reached the source of the yellow river.
Ye Xiwen's gaze fell upon an open space with numerous mounds of earth neatly arranged
on the ground, Ye Xiwen easily recognized that this piece of land was home to at least
hundreds of thousands of graves, and none of these graves were marked with gravestones,
it was as if buried in a hurry.
Suddenly, a cold feeling arose in his heart. It was too strange for such a vast cemetery to
exist on this island.
And right after he entered the range of the cemetery, he felt his body stagnating right away.
It seemed as if his strength was being completely suppressed. Even though he could move,
but right then, he was nothing more than an average human being.
Ye Xiwen immediately turned towards Mu Ling and found him in a similar state.
Chapter 244: Tomb Slave
Ye Xiwen, I think this place is really strange." Mu Ling frowned and said. Encountering a
mass grave in a place like this was unusual. It was easy to guess that something horrible
must have happened to these people since this entire graveyard was filled with resentment
and Yinqi.
Yinqi = Negative energy
There were hundreds of thousands of graves without tombstones and indicated the
existence of an ancient battlefield.
In fact, this scale was way too large for an ordinary battlefield.
And considering the fact that it was located on the Demon Island which was suspected to
be the residence of a tyrannical influence from ancient times; Ye Xiwen was disinclined to
believe that this was an ordinary cemetery, not to mention, the trace of yellow river also
vanished here, indicating that this cemetery was actually located at the terminus of the
yellow river and was possibly its source.....
Ye Xiwen suddenly felt a chill running down his spine.
"I think this is an ancient battlefield." Ye Xiwen said.
"I guess you are right." Mu Ling said, "Otherwise, how can so many people die and leave
behind so much resentment?"
The two men did not know when the clouds were quietly torn open and the starlight from
countless stars shone brightly on the graves as if covering the entire cemetery with a pure
white cloth.
Ye Xiwen took two steps forward and felt like he should not stay here for too long and
quickly turned back to leave.
Ye Xiwen just stepped near a grave, and suddenly, there erupted an imposing aura from the
grave and pounced upon him in the form of a hollow shadow.
Ye Xiwen was firmly nailed to the ground by a ghastly aura and he actually saw a tall figure
clad in armor. The ghostly figure looked strong and was giving off the aura of a worthy
opponent that possessed a brave heart.
Ye Xiwen felt his own spirit being locked down and this made him unable to think properly,
but at this time, the golden
divinity instantly burst out of his body and freed his mind and soul.
Ye Xiwen quickly got up and jumped to the side.
But at this time, both Ye Xiwen and Mu Ling saw a kind of strange yellow liquid emerging
from the ground. They could sense the aura associated with it and realized that it was
flowing out of hell!
Their eyes caught a strange scene where, in the dim light of the starry night, the yellow
liquid slowly began to overflow from the graves and the endless streams joined together to
create the yellow river that galloped towards the horizon, making its way through the
initial trace of yellow river.
The yellow river also packed the lingering resentments and Yinqi along with it as it flowed
away from the cemetery and these resentments slowly took the forms of ghost soldiers.
The ghost soldiers roared and marched in the river as if living their lives once again.
Ye Xiwen could not help but feel somewhat uncomfortable in the face of the terrifying auras
of Yinqi and Deadqi that shot up
to the sky.
The Yinqi and Deadqi were extremely terrible; moreover, they intertwined in the sky and
began a tangled warfare. This swept a dreadful aura in all directions as if to subjugate
anyone in its path.
Perhaps, it could sweep away the entire Zhen Wu Jie if this island's space was not sealed!
Suddenly, Ye Xiwen sensed something and turned his head to see a trembling old man
coming out from the woods.
Both Ye Xiwen and Mu Ling were immediately startled, after all, they had already lost their
battle efficiencies in this cemetery and the sudden emergence of this uncanny old man
could be a sign of danger.
Even in his past life, Ye Xiwen would not call such a shady old man harmless, not to
mention, in this world, one simply could not judge a person by their appearance.
"Well, well, well, 50 years, 50 years have passed!" The old man
sighed loudly and slowly arrived in front of the two men. He walked through the yellow
river but was strangely not at all affected.
This old man was giving them goose bumps, after all, he just crossed the yellow river like it
was nothing. He did not even wrap his feet with Zhen Yuan like Mu Ling, for preventing the
corrosion.
This old man was giving off an immeasurably deep aura and simply disregarded Deadqi
and the yellow water while walking towards Ye Xiwen and Mu Ling. In fact, even the ghost
soldiers directly made way and did not dare to approach him.
"Who are you?" Ye Xiwen asked.
"You ask my name ...... it's been too long, already forgotten.
You can call me tomb slave." The old man said slowly.
Tomb Slave!
"Another fifty years have passed I presume, just hope that this time, someone can do it."
The tomb slave said with a sigh,
"Heaven can be unfair sometimes!"
Ye Xiwen was confused, but he felt that this was somehow related to the bell that rang only
once in fifty years.
The old man looked at Ye Xiwen and said: "You, I want to ask you. Can you do a task for
me?"
"Please tell." Ye Xiwen said respectfully but felt somewhat weird. This old man's cultivation
was simply unfathomable but he wanted him to do something for him? Was there really a
task that he could not accomplish?
"Due to some special reasons, I cannot leave this place and want you two to do a task for
me. Naturally, you two will receive great rewards." The tomb slave said in a monotonous
manner.
"May I know what this task is all about?" Ye Xiwen asked.
"See that holy mountain over there? There is a sacred immortal palace named Peak Palace
above that mountain and there is a seal affixed at its peak. If you can bring over that seal
to me, you will receive my legacy." The old man said.
"Legacy ......" Ye Xiwen did not know what the old man meant by that, but this tomb slave's
heritage was bound to be incredible.
"It is good that you know Phoenix regeneration technique."
After a moment of silence, the old man said again and shocked Ye Xiwen all of a sudden.
The old man actually saw through Ye Xiwen and his secrets.
The cultivation level of this old man was simply beyond the imagination of this mortal
world.
However, Ye Xiwen somewhat hesitated to take up this mission because according to what
the tomb slave said, this immortal palace was apparently located atop that ominous
mountain from where he had heard terrifying shrieks when he first stepped on this island.
What if this so-called seal was placed to imprison those terrifying creatures?
If those things were allowed to go out of this island, then it would be a huge disaster for
Zhen Wu Jie.
The old man looked at Ye Xiwen and understood what he was thinking, but he did not get
mad, rather commendably, he smiled at him and said: "Rest assured kid. It is true that I
want to fulfill my tens of thousands of years old wish of getting that seal but you do not
need to worry because that seal is not placed to bind them. I am not cruel enough to
endanger the fate of the entire world for the sake of selfish desires. Indeed, it's true that the
heaven has played tricks with me, but everything occurs for some reason."
The old man said and Ye Xiwen sensed that there was endless sadness in his voice!
"Such being the case, I'm willing to do this task." Ye Xiwen said, "But the point is that I may
not be able to deal with those creatures."
Mu Ling nodded as he was also aware of the risk involved in this mission since the
creatures on that ominous mountain were really too fearful, not to mention, even the
experts of legendary realm might not be able to deal with them.
"Since I chose you two, I will naturally not send you to your deaths."
"Soon, there comes a short span of time that appears once in a millennium when all of the
souls on that holy mountain will be in their most weakened state; then you will have the
opportunity to get that seal. Remember, you will have only one hour's time to retrieve that
seal. If you are unable to get out of there in time then....." The tomb slave did not say further
but Ye Xiwen knew what he meant.
"It's something dangerous so it is up to you whether you want to go or not." The tomb slave
said.
Ye Xiwen's brain began to think crazily. He had a powerful technique like Phoenix
regeneration and if he succeeded then he would receive some formidable reward from the
old man. And it should not be inferior to Phoenix regeneration, so the temptation was
naturally immense.
But the danger involved was also immense, needless to say, the old man did not hide the
risk involved in this mission, but there was still a chance of success, after all, it was an
opportunity that appeared only once in a millennium!
Ye Xiwen did not feel any malice from this old man.
At this time, Mu Ling asked: "Why doesn't the senior go himself to retrieve the seal? It
should be an easy task for you!"
"No, I cannot go." The old man shook his head and said, "I have made a pledge to defend
this cemetery for eternity. As long as I am alive, I cannot leave this place, and perhaps not
even after death."
Ye Xiwen was shocked when he heard this. What could force an expert of such profound
level to stay here as a grave keeper?
"It's something that you can do, but whether you want to do it or not is something you have
to decide." The old man said,
"Otherwise, I don't mind waiting for another fifty years."
Ye Xiwen immediately made a speculation: "A bell rings once in every fifty years on the
Demon Island to summon young geniuses. Are these two matters somehow related?"
And if this old man had continued to choose people each time the island opened for a new
group of young geniuses, generation after generations, then how many people had already
set foot on this island. Certainly, many of them must have accepted this task, but that seal
had still not been retrieved by anyone. This
explained that all those who tried to retrieve it were dead.
 Chapter 245: Weak Mentality
After making this inference, Ye Xiwen could not help but feel horror in his heart. Super
geniuses like Qi Feifan must have been summoned to the Demon Island, and countless
peerless geniuses might have accepted this mission but no one was successful.
Moreover, just the mention of Peak Palace's name was enough to shock him. Last time he
went to an immortal palace, he got a mighty technique like Phoenix regeneration that
simply defied the heavens. Each time he went to such places, he felt as if he was venturing
into a prehistoric era, making him feel like he was in a mythical age.
He was getting similar vibes when he set foot on this island, and now, he was discovering
weird places all over the island.
When he was on Earth, although he was not a big man of mythology, he was still quite
familiar with this stuff.
However, before, those were all just myths and he did not need to find sense in any of them,
but now the situation was different. Ye Xiwen knew that there were many formidable
forces in this world. The heavenly sector, the devil world, the hell, the dragon clan, and
recently he found out about the existence of the phoenix clan, and so on.
Ye Xiwen was quite surprised to hear familiar legends in this world as they used to be in his
past life. The similarities were enough to sometimes scare him and now he found several
clues regarding those myths on this island.
"I do not force you to do this task for me. Before leaving the island, you can come here to
find me." The old man said and slowly walked towards the depths of the cemetery.
Ye Xiwen looked at this elderly figure while it slowly disappeared.
------
The rumor about how Ye Xiwen slaughtered the two deputy chiefs of Wan True Union set
off a storm on the entire island and shook everyone.
Wan True Union's mysterious leader finally made an
appearance and the members of the alliance began to clamor.
"Ye Xiwen is simply nothing. As long as our chief goes into action, he can kill him instantly
by raising just one hand."
To verify whether the rumor about the demise of the two deputy chiefs was true, an
alliance dared to provoke the mysterious leader by attacking the Wan True Union's
members in his absence. This alliance made the biggest mistake of thinking that there was
actually no mysterious leader of Wan True Union.
However, as a result of that, the mysterious leader personally went to the encampment of
that alliance and killed each and every member. This worked to deter the entire Dmon
Island and remind everyone about the true status of Wan True Union.
Eagle Union's chief Warhawk once commented that Wan Cheng Yao was an expert of truth
eighth stage, moreover the most outstanding among the experts of the same level.
And, he was strong enough to kill any disciple on the Demon Island if he desired.
In this case, both Ye Xiwen and merciless Wan Cheng Yao became the subject of gossip
throughout the Demon Island.
Many people were talking about the collision between these two and how fearful that duel
would be.
Wan Cheng Yao's sudden appearance was not contrary to everyone's expectations. In fact,
now they were waiting for Ye Xiwen's death whch would end this entire ruckus.
However, how to kill Ye Xiwen? Even an idiot would know that finding Ye Xiwen on such a
vast island was extremely difficult.
When everyone thought that Wan Cheng Yao would soon give up, he finally made his move.
"On this island, all the forces related to Ye Xiwen shall be destroyed!" Wan Cheng Yao's
indifferent announcement spread throughout the Demon Island.
That day, he led his forces to the encampment of Great Yue State's Tianfeng Union. There
were more than two dozen disciples in the encampment. Not all of them belonged to the
Tianfeng Hall; some belonged to relatively unknown sects of
Great Yue State who had also joined Tianfeng Union. But in the end, Tianfeng Union was not
very strong.
The powerhouses of various alliances also arrived there to see what would happen to the
Tianfeng Union.
"My God, Wan True Union is really going to attack the Tianfeng Union."
"Even if a lot of powerhouses have been killed by Ye Xiwen, the Wan True Union is still very
formidable."
"Is this the end of Tianfeng Union?"
Many experts were observing from afar and saw a man clad in a black robe, standing high
in the air and coldly looking at Tianfeng Union's encampment.
"This Wan True Union really plans to destroy an entire alliance? What do they think of us
weak alliances? Do they think we are like the meat on a chopping board?" A disciple said.
There was anger in his voice along with dissatisfaction. They were supposed to be peerless
geniuses of the younger generation
and now they were going to be killed for no reason whatsoever.
"Rumors are that this is Wan Cheng Yao's decision and he is at truth eighth stage. Although
his cultivation is not extraordinary in the outside world where there are tens of thousands
of experts at his level, but now on the Demon Island, who can be his match?"
"The Tianfeng Union and Ye Xiwen are not at all related. Wan Cheng Yao is planning to
destroy them just because they come from the same state as Ye Xiwen. Soon, he will come
for us because we are also the experts from the southeast region like Ye Xiwen." An expert
said in a frustrated tone, "His men are human beings and we are not? Why is he treating us
like livestock?"
Now they truly felt that strength was the ultimate justice in this world. Just because Wan
Cheng Yao was a tyrannical expert, he could do anything on a whim and others would have
no choice but to suffer. In the end, he could do things that they could not do.
"Is he not scared that Tianfeng Hall will take revenge for this?" Someone asked.
"Things that happen on the Demon Island cannot involve the outside world. This rule has
been handed down since ancient times, otherwise, why would Ye Xiwen dare to recklessly
kill experts from various sects? And we should not forget that Wan Cheng Yao is actually a
very ruthless man."
"Moreover, the strength of Wan Cheng Yao's sect is far above that of the Tianfeng Hall."
"Today, Tianfeng Hall is going to face heavy losses. Do you think Ye Xiwen will appear?"
"Certainly not, his strength is comparable to truth seventh stage. How can he be a match of
Wan Cheng Yao who is presently at the peak of truth eighth peak? Moreover, Wan Cheng
Yao is using this method to compel him to appear."
"Today, I'm going to destroy Tianfeng Union of Great Yue State. If Ye Xiwen does not appear
then as the days pass, more and more people, related to him, shall die!" Wan Cheng Yao
said in an overbearing manner and his imposing aura spread out in all directions. The
members of Tianfeng Union did not pretend not to see and immediately rushed out in
abundance.
"Let's fight with them, they are going too far!"
"Kill!"
The bloody carnage began, though it should be called a one-sided slaughter. The disciples
of Tianfeng Union did not get a chance to either resist or escape and were thoroughly
crushed by the Wan True Union. Only a few powerful members of Tianfeng Union along
with their leader were able to escape with serious injuries.
The Tianfeng Union simply did not get a chance to fight back and its members were directly
massacred.
This time, Wan True Union finally managed to restore their prestige that was initially
trampled by Ye Xiwen. Although someone else's blood had to flow for this, the Wan True
Union still got admiration for their might and ruthlessness.
This was truly a sinister method of slaughtering people who were not at all personally
related to Ye Xiwen.
----
"They are using a vicious method." Ye Xiwen sighed with emotion and said.
Ye Xiwen received the news, and already after three days, he had been in the depths of the
Demon Island and was practicing gilded tyrant form. His upper body was fully covered with
a golden protective layer and once he would perfect the gilded tyrant form, his new battle
efficiency would be enough to deal with an expert of truth eighth stage, even without
himself stepping into the truth seventh stage.
"It seems you cannot reason with this mysterious leader. He is actually pushing everyone
against you." Ye Mo's voice appeared in his mind.
"Wan Cheng Yao is very formidable." Ye Xiwen said because he truly was not a match of
that guy.
Wan Cheng Yao's threat was understandable after all Ye Xiwen destroyed his alliance's
encampment, killed his men and also killed his two deputy chiefs! His hate for Ye Xiwen
was inevitable.
This way of thinking was abnormal and certainly not how a weak person would think. A
weak person would try to find a reason behind Ye Xiwen's actions, but Wan Cheng Yao did
not want to waste time on that. Ye Xiwen was already his target and nothing would stop
him from destroying him!
In Ye Xiwen's past life, some people would steadily make concessions while facing enemy
provocations because they thought that just because the other side was being aggressive,
there was no need for them to behave similarly. However, they never thought that just
because they stepped back, their actions worked towards encouraging the aggressor to
continue using this method on others as well.
Just because Ye Xiwen had come from that kind of environment, he understood how to deal
with this man.
Perhaps not all people would agree with Ye Xiwen's way of doing things.
"Because Wan Cheng Yao is too strong, in the end, I am the one at fault for not being able to
protect others." Ye Xiwen said since it was a fact that all those people died because of him.
"You must not go out or you will simply be falling into his trap. You are not his match!" Ye
Mo said, "This is exactly what
he wants, he wants you to act rashly."
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Chapter 246: Approaching War
"You must not go out or you will simply be falling into his trap. You are not his match!" Ye
Mo said, "This is exactly what he wants, he wants you to act rashly."
Wan Cheng Yao was much stronger than Jiang Hua and Xia Wuchang. And, he was much
smarter as well. Ye Xiwen planned to stay low and appear only when he was strong enough
to deal with the enemy.
But now, Wan Cheng Yao's tactic was to force Ye Xiwen to come out, and if he did, he would
fall under the wind. Ye Xiwen was most disgusted by people like Wan Cheng Yao who used
their own potential to oppress and manipulate others and could go to any extent to achieve
their goals.
When Wan Cheng Yao noticed that Ye Xiwen was not coming out no matter how much he
waited, he used this seemingly innocuous method to bully and kill unrelated people and
turn everyone against Ye Xiwen.
Wan Cheng Yao had long sacrificed his moral values and no longer valued human life. That
was the reason why he could
come up with such a vicious method.
"I know!" Ye Xiwen nodded and said, "And I'm more afraid that if he alone can do so much
damage, what if someone else joined him in his plans, then the whole situation will become
even worse."
"For example, the eighth prince!"
Ye Xiwen's fears soon became reality. Only a month later, the eighth finally made his first
appearance on the Demon Island.
Moreover, using his identity as the eighth prince of Great Yue State, he was leading an
alliance of young geniuses of the royal clan and from Yuncheng city. The Imperial Union
announced a joint hunt with the Wan True Union to capture Ye Xiwen.
Moreover, Ye Xiwen heard a rumor that Hua Menghan and Chen Ruochen had fallen into
the hands of the eighth prince.
Ye Xiwen did not care much about the destruction of Tianfeng Union, but he cared about
Hua Menghan and Chen Ruochen because they were his comrades, not to mention, he was
repeatedly helped by Hua Menghan. He must save them at any cost.
Ye Xiwen still remained missing for another month. Wan True Union and Imperial Union
finally made their move and openly declared that their next target would be Xueling Sect. If
Ye Xiwen did not appear then they would start the raid three days later.
The people who were familiar with the internal affairs of Great Yue State immediately
understood that the eighth prince was using Wan True Union to eradicate the younger
generation of Xueling Sect. Then, he would be one step closer to his plan of dominating the
Great Yue State. Everyone knew that Yi Yuan School had not produced peerless geniuses
after Qi Feifan, in fact; only three were summoned this time. And among them, only Ye
Xiwen could be considered a threat to the eighth prince's plans.
The younger generation of Tianfeng Hall had already been destroyed, leaving only a few
who escaped with serious injuries.
Yuncheng city was always a supporter of the royal clan. Now one major force was out of the
picture and this meant that the power balance of Great Yue State was now in the hands of
remaining four major forces.
The remaining two sects standing in the way of the eighth
prince were Yi Yuan School and Xueling Sect. He just needed to destroy the younger
generation of these two sects to fulfill his goals.
But even if people knew about this, there was no way to stop Wan True Union and Imperial
Union; after all, their leaders were tyrannical experts of truth eighth stage.
Facing one expert of truth eighth stage was asking too much, and now there were two of
them looking to kill Ye Xiwen!
The rumors were that after three days, they would not only crush Xueling Union but also
perform the public execution of Hua Menghan and Chen Ruochen. If this really happened
and Ye Xiwen did not show up then one could imagine the kind of reputation he would have
in the future.
Moreover, this might leave a permanent scar on Ye Xiwen's mind and hinder his further
development. Even if he did not die, the lack of development potential would turn him into
an average expert without courage and ambition. Afterward, he would be called a
dedicated invincible expert that was wounded forever.
The cold moonlight was spread over a mountain peak.
"A few months gone, I would have never thought that the eighth prince would reach the
peak of truth eighth stage, indeed fearful." Ye Xiwen was standing on the mountain peak
and looking into the distance.
He once defeated the eighth prince but in a same level fight.
If the battle did not take place in front of Yi Yuan School then the eighth prince would have
never agreed to have a seal placed on his level.
The eighth prince was indeed a formidable opponent and it could be said that his strength
was almost comparable to that of Wan Cheng Yao.
Ye Xiwen did not have a shred of fear, only a bit of excitement before the war.
"Is this eighth prince very strong?" Mu Ling's voice sounded from the side. Ye Xiwen was
going to face two major alliances and told Mu Ling who immediately put down the practice
to
help his friend.
"Very strong!" Ye Xiwen nodded.
Mu Ling was surprised as he looked at Ye Xiwen. Although he did not know Ye Xiwen for a
long time,t knew that he never talked irresponsibly. If Ye Xiwen said that the eighth prince
was very strong then he had to be very strong.
"If given the chance, I want to fight him." Mu Ling's face flashed with excitement.
"You won't get a chance because this time, I am going to kill him!" Ye Xiwen said and a trace
of firm and resolute look appeared on his face. Last time, Ye Xiwen was unable to kill him
but he wouldn't be so lucky this time!
"It is really a pity." Mu Ling was aware of his own strength and knew that he would not lose
to anyone on the same level but both Wan Cheng Yao and eighth prince were one level
above him. He really regretted that he was not at the truth eighth stage because he wanted
to fight with those two tyrannical experts.
"But can you really beat them?" Mu Ling asked. He knew that Ye Xiwen was strong but he
could not ignore the capability of those two.
Moreover, if Ye Xiwen was at truth eighth stage then the whole thing would have been a lot
easier. But he was still at the peak of truth sixth stage and there was a difference of two
levels between him and his enemies.
"I do not have another choice." Ye Xiwen said and spread out his hand. His whole body was
instantly covered with a golden protective layer, making him look like a golden God of war.
In this moment, even the moon and the stars lost their color in front of his shining golden
body, as if he was the incarnation of the sun itself.
He had perfected the gilded tyrant form!
This whole month, Ye Xiwen naturally did not do anything else but continued to kill demon
beasts and absorbed their divinities to strengthen the gilded tyrant form.
The most important thing he did to complete the gilded tyant form was to take a big risk of
stealing the egg of supreme
tyrannosaurus. He was chased for five days and nights by this monster of legendary realm
and was almost killed several times.
He was also split in half and dismembered a few times, but fortunately, he had Phoenix
regeneration, otherwise, he would have died back then.
But the risk was worth it since after digesting the divinity contained in the egg, he finally
perfected the gilded tyrant form.
After perfecting the gilded tyrant form, his battle efficiency was only slightly less than that
of an expert of truth eighth stage.
At least now he would not need to retreat, though he could only expect a desperate fight!
"Your task is to pin down the experts of the two alliances.
Leave Wan Cheng Yao and that eighth prince to me." Ye Xiwen said.
"As long as those two men do not interfere, even the experts of Xueling Union can take care
of the other experts. I will prefer to lend you a hand." Mu Ling said and was willing to
remain at his friend's side no matter where the path would take them.
"No!" Ye Xiwen shook his head, "Now on the Demon Island, perhaps only I can kill them
both. If I cannot do it then no one can."
Ye Xiwen was so confident because he could feel the sudden power surge within his body
after perfecting the gilded tyrant form!
He did not suspect Mu Ling's ability. If he was an expert of truth eighth stage then he would
not be inferior to them.
"Now we must prepare for the upcoming war." Ye Xiwen said.
He wanted to cultivate Zhen Yuan for the next three days to restore his strength. The
supreme tyrannosaurus was too fearful and injured him so badly and so many times that
his vitality was hurt in the process. Even with Phoenix regeneration, it would take time to
regenerate his lost vitality.
Although his battle efficiency would not suffer with the loss of vitality,his endurance would
suffer considerably.
Thankfully, three days were enough to cultivate vitality with the help of phoenix
regeneration.
The three days passed quickly and the raid finally began on the Xueling Union.
Chapter 247: Battle With The Two Tyrants
In the early morning, the Imperial Union and the Wan True Union arrived at the
encampment of Xueling Union to begin the punitive expedition. In addition, almost a
thousand other disciples also came to observe the battle.
The eighth prince was standing in midair. Clad in a royal robe, he looked like an absolute
tyrant who seemed all prepared to dominate the entire world. Right now, he was looking
indifferently towards the members of Xueling Union. In his opinion, these people were
actually rebels and he must either tame them or eradicate them.
Wan Cheng Yao was standing at his side and looked even more vicious as if he was not
looking at humans but ants.
"Ye Xiwen, come out to die." The eighth prince coldly said and glanced towards the crowd
of experts that had come to observe, as if to recognize Ye Xiwen's face.
At this time, Wan Cheng Yao said: "Let's begin. If he doesn't want to come out, we will
compel him to come out!"
"Attack!"
The eighth prince issued the command and disciples of the two alliances rushed towards
the disciples of Xueling Union to exterminate them.
The disciples of Imperial Union mostly consisted of imperial guards who were trained to
eradicate any and all obstacles from the path of the eighth prince.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
Suddenly, there came noise of intermittent fearful explosions and those disciples who
crashed in the encampment found themselves trapped inside a scarlet colored Zhen array.
They were now firmly surrounded from all sides.
Some disciples screamed pitifully and their bodies disintegrated on the spot. The spilled
blood was directly absorbed by the array and it took the shape of an evil blood God.
It curled up the corners of its mouth to reveal an evil grin and a blood-red spear appeared
in its hand. The evil blood God threw the spear that branched out into numerous spears
and instantly nailed several disciples to the ground.
"Not good, we fell into their trap!" A disciple shouted in panic.
At this time, the eighth prince's complexion slightly changed as he said: "Damn, this is
Xueling Union's trap."
"Mu Youran!" the eighth prince clenched his teeth.
"Did you think that the Xueling Union will just sit back and do nothing?" A strange voice
sounded from the direction of Xueling Union's encampment and a blood-red figure flew out
of there.
"I will terminate your followers. Your dream of world domination can go to hell." The
young man in a blood-red robe with somewhat pale complexion said in a cold voice as he
viciously stared at the enemy.
It was Mu Youran, the super geniuses from the younger generation of Xueling Sect.
"You are courting death; you must blame Ye Xiwen for this.
You are suffering because he did not show up!" The eighth prince gritted his teeth and
shouted.
"You think you can deceive me?" Mu Youran said disdainfully,
"This low-level trick doesn't fool me. Give up on your whole brainwash plan and don't even
bother acting friendly."
"No need to talk nonsense with him, I will break this array right away." Wan Cheng Yao
could not see his men getting killed in front of his eyes.
"I am already here. Are you blind or something, can you not see me?" A cold voice
resounded throughout the sky and a huge Bladelight suddenly swept towards Wan Cheng
Yao.
Wan Cheng Yao sneered and his hands spread out to form a layer of divine light that
instantly annihilated the Bladelight.
"Ye Xiwen, you finally came to meet your death?" The eighth
prince said and a crazed look appeared in his eyes.
"I give him to you." Wan Cheng Yao looked at the eighth prince and said, then advanced
toward the Xueling array.
"Boom!" Ye Xiwen shot his palm. A giant golden dragon flew towards Wan Cheng Yao and
blocked his path.
"Did I say you can go?" Ye Xiwen indifferently said.
At this time, Mu Ling vanished from the side of Ye Xiwen and appeared in front of Yuncheng
city's top genius named Jian Wuchen.
"You showed up today and made the biggest mistake of your life. I'll never let you run away
again!" The eighth prince ferociously said.
"You are quite the tactician aren't you?" Ye Xiwen smirked and said, "You used me as a
reason to eradicate your competitors. That's really a good plan."
"So long as I can kill you, I don't mind going to any limits."
The eighth prince's face revealed an evil smile.
"Kill me? You really do like to joke around, don't you? Did you forget how I nailed you to
the ground like a dead dog? If that old guy hadn't come to save your sorry ass, I would have
tortured you to death. Well, I'd like to see who is going to save you today." Ye Xiwen smiled
but each and every word that came out of his mouth hit the bull's-eye.
"Your elder sealed my power; otherwise, I would have defeated you easily. But today, I will
use my full power to kill you." The eighth prince's heart was instantly filled with monstrous
rage and ferocity. He was confident because today he could display his full power and after
obtaining the heritage of Four Sacred Beasts Sect, his power and skill had progressed by
leaps and bounds!
He completely forgot the fact that in the last duel, Ye Xiwen used was at the peak of truth
fourth stage and even after his own level was sealed, he was still at Small Truth level.
"I wanted the eighth prince to deal with you, but since you are so eager to die, I will kill you
first." Wan Cheng Yao coldly glared at the man who slaughtered his two deputy chiefs.
An invincible imposing aura burst out of his body as if he was the true supreme existence in
this world.
The eighth prince's imposing aura also broke out. He was truly worthy of his reputation.
And from the wretched expression on his face, one could see that he would resort to all
means as long as they served his purpose. Not to mention, he planned to team up with Wan
Cheng Yao to slaughter Ye Xiwen.
"If you think you can stop us and allow Xueling guys to kill our men, you're too na?ve. I can
easily kill you with a flick of my hand." Wan Cheng Yao sneered.
"Then why don't you try?" Ye Xiwen was not in a hurry because this was the time for the
enemy to be anxious. With the passing of time, their men were getting slaughtered inside
the Xueling array.
The spectators were shocked because they clearly saw that Ye Xiwen had little to no chance
of winning. Battling two experts of truth eighth peak simultaneously was simply insane.
"Is he insane? How does he plan to fight those two?"
"I think he is trying to stall for time so that the large array of Xueling Union can sweep clean
the disciples of the two major alliances."
Everyone was aware of the fearfulness of those two tyrants and one would need boundless
courage and willpower to face both of them simultaneously.
"I don't think so." At this time, Warhawk crossed his hands behind the back and solemnly
said, "I sense heavy murderous aura from Ye Xiwen. He actually plans to kill them."
The surrounding disciples were left stunned when they heard this. According to them,
fighting even one was insane, but according to Warhawk, Ye Xiwen was all set to kill both?
Was such a thing really possible?
These two tyrants were existences of truth eighth peak. The news about Ye Xiwen's battle
with those two was enough to attract the island's celebrities like Warhawk, Ji moon and
Wang Purple to come here to watch the battle.
Wan Cheng Yao waved his blade and a dazzling long Bladelight went across the sky
towards Ye Xiwen.
Ye Xiwen did not reveal any expression on his face; he just instantly covered his whole
body with a layer of Zhen Yuan and golden divinity.
Then, the long blade danced in his hand and shot a fluctuating Bladelight to welcome the
incoming attack.
"Zizi!"
"Zizi!"
"Boom!"
Two Bladelights collided and mutually devoured each other, setting off endless blast waves
in all directions. The surrounding forest was directly wiped out by the aftermath of this
blast.
A grim smile appeared on the eighth prince's face as he took out his spear and shot
terrifying spear shadows towards Ye
Xiwen.
"Shua!" Ye Xiwen waved his long blade horizontally and blocked this peerless spear attack.
"The battle has started!" Some people exclaimed.
Ye Xiwen was showing no signs of falling under the wind, even if he was facing attacks from
the two tyrant experts. This made people feel as if their heads would explode with
bafflement. What the hell was going on?
However, there were many people who thought that Ye Xiwen should not fall under the
wind from the beginning, after all, if that happened, there would be no point in coming to
observe this battle.
Although people thought that Ye Xiwen was audacious, no one thought of him as an idiot.
Right when the eighth prince's spear attack was blocked by Ye Xiwen, Wan Cheng Yao
instantly released a much larger Bladelight than before.
As Ye Xiwen expected, these two tyrants seemed to be in a hurry and wanted to finish this
fight as quickly as possible.
After all, if their elite men were exterminated inside the Xueling array, what would happen
to their aggressive dominance? The two tyrants would end up being loners on this island.
"Boom!" after a terrifying collision, both sides continually withdrew several steps. Ye
Xiwen's gilded tyrant body was vibrating right now. Its defense was truly tyrannical, but Ye
Xiwen's level was not enough to simultaneously deal with two experts from two levels
above.
In fact, the two tyrants were shocked to no limit, especially the eighth prince. His eyes were
full of disbelief because he never expected that Ye Xiwen would display such a progress. He
got the heritage of Four Sacred Beasts and managed to reach the peak of truth eighth stage
so quickly, but what kind of heritage did Ye Xiwen obtain to progress so fast and that too at
such a young age? It was obvious that Ye Xiwen really defeated him when it came to
cultivation progress speed.
"Die!"
Thinking of this, an endless killing intention spread in the eighth prince's blood-shot eyes.
Chapter 248: Fight With Fate
Mu Ling was facing Jian Wuchang. Jian Wuchang had a dignified appearance, although he
was clad in simple attire and his face had an indifferent expression, no one would dare to
underestimate him.
He had an absolute heroic aura!
"Get out of the way." Jian Wuchen was a man of few words and did not have any favorable
impression of the eighth prince, but being a disciple of Yuncheng city, he had no other
choice.
He received the order from an elder of his sect to follow the eighth prince's commands.
Ye Xiwen also glanced at his opponents and did not give the slightest indication of losing
this battle. If he was defeated then who would save the disciples of Xueling Union? After all,
they were using up their entire strength in maintaining such a massive array.
"Impossible!" Mu Ling said and shot a glance at Ye Xiwen. But
he was relieved to see that Ye Xiwen had not fallen under the wind.
Jian Wuchen did not want to fight, but since Mu Ling was not ready to step aside, he had no
choice but to engage in battle.
He instantly waved his sword and released a rippling Swordqi that went across the sky,
churning the clouds all the way, and descended upon Mu Ling.
Jian Wuchen did not hesitate from using one of his best attacks on Mu Ling.
Meanwhile, Mu Ling also did not hold back and displayed his best sword skill. Since his
practice was based on consumption of Deadqi, his sword attack was bound to be gloomy
and ghastly.
The whole sky seemed to tremble when these two sword attacks collided and set off storms
in all directions.
The spectators trembled when the strong auras of these two sword geniuses spread
everywhere. Though their battle was not as outstanding as the battle between Ye Xiwen
and the two tyrants, there was not much difference either; after all, they were just one
stage below. There were only a few experts of
truth seventh stage on the Demon Island so no one would dare to look down on them.
"Boom!" the two massive streams of Swordqi severely collided and set off waves of a
hellish aura all over the surroundings.
Jian Wuchen was a rare sword genius that appeared once in a century, but Mu Ling was
also an unusual expert and his powers were derived directly from hell.
Suddenly, there appeared two diagrams in the sky, each representing the practiced sword
intention of the two sword geniuses.
It could be seen that both sword intentions were at the acme level and as soon as they
collided, they began to devour each other and resulted in a fearful competition between
their respective ideal conditions.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
The intensity of this battle was obviously inferior to the battle going on between Ye Xiwen
and the two tyrants.
Jian Wuchen's main motive was to save his fellow disciples of Yuncheng city who were
trapped inside the Xueling array, but Mu Ling promised Ye Xiwen that he would absolutely
not allow anyone to pass.
"Aaaaaa!"
"Aaaaaa!"
"Aaaaaa!"
Inside the Xueling array, the evil blood god's spears were nailing the experts on the ground
one by one.
Mu Youran was smiling and seemed very happy. He felt proud and elated while the
disciples of the Imperial Union and the
Wan True Union were crying pitifully.
Almost everyone thought that this was going to be the end of Xueling Sect's younger
generation, after all, why would Ye Xiwen show up and risk his life for the sake of some
strangers?
And even if he did, the eighth prince would not put a hold on his plan of getting rid of
Xueling Sect's younger generation.
There was an evil smile on Mu Youran's face, because after this battle, who would dare to
underestimate the Xueling Union?
"Boom!"
The eighth prince shot a glorious Spearqi which seemed to pierce through the sky and was
firmly locked on Ye Xiwen.
"Clang!" Wan Cheng Yao's blade instantly released a dazzling Bladelight that went howling
towards Ye Xiwen.
Two scary attacks were rushing towards Ye Xiwen and everyone thought that he could
certainly not withstand them.
In fact, withstanding even one would be a miracle, let alone
two.
The earth-shattering attacks bulldozed numerous trees and set off air explosions
everywhere.
"Boom!" Ye Xiwen's long blade congealed a huge dragon that immediately rushed out.
A terrible blast swept off after the collision, but Ye Xiwen did not move one bit. The
aftermath and complementary waves of this world-shattering collision did not affect him at
all. His incomparably tyrannical golden body was simply not budged by anything and he
continued to stand right where he was, with peerless self-confidence.
"Get out of the way!" Compared to the eighth prince, Wan Cheng Yao was much more
concerned about his men and did not want them to die.
There was a surge of dreadful energy that completely erupted from his body all of a sudden
and rushed towards Ye Xiwen like a sea of moving mountains of light.
The Bladeqi was rushing towards Ye Xiwen like surging waves of the sea, and at this time,
the eighth prince also shot a deadly spear attack that released a dragon. It seemed as if a
dragon was lurking in the waves, sometimes soaring up, sometimes diving in the waves.
This scene was exceptionally awe-inspiring.
Ye Xiwen's eyes revealed intense killing intention, aimed at both of these tyrants.
If Wan Cheng Yao's Bladeqi was like waves of the sea, then Ye Xiwen's Bladeqi was sharp
enough to cleave those waves. Ye Xiwen was able to sweep away any attack aimed at him,
regardless of how vast and massive those attacks might be.
At this time, the tyrannical might of 'gilded tyrant form' fully manifested and golden Zhen
Yuan started to boil within Ye Xiwen's body. He appeared like a golden God of war,
standing motionless in the raging waves of Bladeqi like an iron mountain.
No matter how mighty those waves might be, they were unable to move him even a step
back.
Ye Xiwen knew that this was not yet the toughest phase of the battle. But his gilded tyrant
form had also not been fully released either.
"He is really fighting with two tyrannical experts and is not pressed under the wind!"
"Indeed, how is he able to block their joint attacks? This Ye Xiwen is too weird."
"Even if he dies today, he will still become a legend."
"It's still early to make such speculations." Warhawk said while observing the battle from
sidelines, "This is just the beginning, and it's hard to say which side will come out as
victorious."
Ji Moon and Wang Purple nodded. Their visions were naturally not like ordinary people.
"The Great Yue State has given a lot of elites to this world.
The eighth prince, Ye Xiwen and Mu Youran are all peerless elites." Warhawk said because
it was not hidden from him that almost one hundred experts were summoned from Great
Yue State. Yi Yuan School was famous for the shortage of elites in their younger generation,
but Ye Xiwen alone was more than enough to compensate.
The battle suddenly entered into the most intense phase.
Ye Xiwen's long blade released a sword intention that was faintly glowing with fluctuating
world laws. Ye Xiwen was slowly revealing his cards.
Now, each and every one of his blade attacks transformed into ruthless sword intention
and also contained the ideal condition practiced by him to the acme level.
"Clang!"
"Boom!"
An enormous sword intention rushed across the sky and advanced towards the two
tyrants.
The eighth prince and Wan Cheng Yao also resorted to their strongest attacks. Wan Cheng
Yao's blade released endless waves of Bladeqi that seemed to be burdening the entire
world.
The eighth prince's spear also released an endless barrage of
Spearqi.
"Boom!"
The blast swept out in all directions. Even the atoms cracked open in this terrible collision
that formed a blossoming mushroom cloud rising into the sky.
Ye Xiwen's hair was flying crazily in the wind. He did not stop even for a second and
immediately waved his long blade, releasing a fearful Bladelight that went across the sky
and collided with the enemy's joint attack.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
The aftermath of the explosion crushed everything in the surroundings, sweeping away
mountain peaks and the forest.
Even the universe seemed to be collapsing in its wake.
The two sides once again indulged in a superheated battle.
Everyone's eyes were dazzled by this scene. They never expected to see such an intense
battle; in fact, even the experts of truth eighth stage would call the level of this battle
extremely tyrannical.
This was a rare opportunity to witness such a battle, and if it was lost, they might not get
another one.
The battle was finally arriving at its toughest phase.
"Shua!" Ye Xiwen's long blade clashed with the eighth prince's spear and the terrifying
rippling energy waves swept towards a mountain peak and smashed it to pieces.
But, at this time, the suppression world law attached at the tip of the spear swept forward
and pierced into Ye Xiwen's body.
"Puchi!" his golden blood splashed out and he quickly went several steps back to avoid the
next section of this attack.
"He is finally injured! Is this it? Is this the end of his fight with the fate?" A disciple shouted
excitedly.
The eight prince roared and his tall body pressed down towards Ye Xiwen like a boundless
mountain.
This was the right moment to end this battle. He saw an opening in Ye Xiwen's defenses
and decided that he must make the final strike immediately to finish him off once and
forever.
"You will die. No one is going to save you today!" The eighth prince sneered and swept his
spear, setting off a terrible storm that transformed into a mass of light and rushed towards
Ye Xiwen.
Chapter 249: The Eighth Prince Nailed To The
Ground
"You will die. No one is going to save you today!" The eighth prince sneered and swept his
spear, setting off a terrible storm that transformed into a mass of light and rushed towards
Ye Xiwen.
If gilded tyrant form's defense was not truly tyrannical, Ye Xiwen would have already been
defeated a long time ago.
The spear thrust forward like a dragon, directly towards Ye Xiwen.
"Puchi!" the eighth prince's spear accurately pieced through the belly of Ye Xiwen. Ye
Xiwen spat a mouthful of blood and blood also oozed out of the wound on his belly.
This battle had already resulted in the destruction of the surrounding forest.
Ye Xiwen immediately grabbed the spear with his hands and
the gilded tyrant form activated to its extreme. Ye Xiwen's might was so greatly
strengthened that the eighth prince never expected that he would not be able to pull out
the spear from his body.
While still clutching the spear with his hands, a spiraling golden energy surged out of his
body and transformed into a huge dragon. It soared into the sky and instantly crashed into
the eighth prince's body.
"Bang!" the eighth prince was instantly sent flying. This attack was so terrifying that some
of the bones in his body were broken and he suddenly spouted a mouthful of blood.
This was the so-called method of getting mutually wounded where both of them were
injured almost at the same time.
But, there appeared a look of terror in the eyes of the eighth prince when he saw Ye
Xiwen's injuries healing at an unimaginable speed. In a flash, Ye Xiwen's body was restored
to its original state and there were no traces of wounds anywhere on his body.
Not just the eighth prince, everyone present on the scene was
dumbfounded. They saw that Ye Xiwen's battle efficiency was also restored to its peak
level.
The gilded tyrant form was not the only thing to give him confidence that he could kill
those two simultaneously. The main source of his confidence was the phoenix regeneration
technique. Ye Xiwen's combat effectiveness was not inferior to them, and so long as he
continued to recover unceasingly, he would be able to kill both of them sooner or later.
This was the only method capable of beheading both of them at the same time. If Ye Xiwen
did not succeed this time, then it would be even more difficult the next time.
Ye Xiwen did not want to fall short, and his present tactic was trading wound for wound.
The fast regeneration ability of the phoenix regeneration technique gave him such
confidence.
This was another way to exhaust them to death, although it would possibly hurt Ye Xiwen's
vitality and shorten his lifespan, but right now, he had no choice. He must get rid of the
eighth prince and Wan Cheng Yao otherwise it would be disastrous if Hua Menghan and
Chen Ruochen fell into their hands. Earlier, he had heard a false rumor of them falling into
the hands of the enemy, but it might become a tragic reality.
This needed to be done today. Ye Xiwen did not have the luxury of trying the next time. Not
to mention, he was aware of Wan Cheng Yao's mentality. He was even worse than the
eighth prince since no moral barriers could stop him from sinning if he felt offended. He
would continue to wreak havoc throughout the island and must be exterminated today.
Saving the world from these two psychos was worth losing some of his lifespan!
If he was at truth seventh stage then killing these tyrants would have been a lot easier.
Ye Xiwen showed no hesitation and rushed straight towards Wan Cheng Yao.
"Boom!" Ye Xiwen's long blade went towards Wan Cheng Yao's body.
The Bladelight released from the long blade invoked suppression law of the world and
moved forward as if to crush the universe. Ye Xiwen had added divinity to the Bladeqi and
that was the reason why the whole world shook in the presence of this divine attack.
"Shatter!" Wan Cheng Yao's blade released a large stream of Bladelight towards the
incoming attack.
"Shua!"
The horrifying collision turned numerous trees into ashes and Wan Cheng Yao's felt his
hands go numb all of a sudden. He cursed in his heart and did not know what kind of
strange power was being used by Ye Xiwen, but his attacks contained extreme might, the
force of hundreds of millions of Jin, as if released to chop down the stars in the sky.
Missing moon beheader!
Ye Xiwen's first blade attack had not even stagnated when he made the second blade attack
the very next moment!
"Boom!"
Another blade attack fiercely pounded Wan Cheng Yao's blade and the terrifying force
contained in it shook him thoroughly.
"Boom!"
The third blade attack instantly changed its direction and sliced its way into Wan Cheng
Yao's body. He suddenly spat a mouthful of blood and was extremely depressed in his
heart. Ye Xiwen's blade skill was too weird because he caught the opportunity and made
three blade attacks one after another and each attack was mightier than the previous one.
This blade skill was called missing moon beheader and its key point was to find an opening
in the opponent's defenses. As soon as there was an opening, the practitioner could use his
strongest blade attack. And while waiting for an opening, the practitioner could continue to
use blade attacks one after another to keep the opponent busy while constantly increasing
the might of the attacks to confuse the opponent, going all the way up to the ninth blade
attack. Of course, the ninth blade attack would contain an earth-shattering might, much
more than the might of the previous blade attacks.
However, Wan Cheng Yao was a skilled fighter and he immediately dodged the next blade
attack to get out the barrage
of blade attacks coming one after another. He dodged the fourth blade attack and did not
know that the sixth blade attack might have ended his life. Ordinary experts were unable to
display the full might of Missing moon beheader, but in the hands of Ye Xiwen who was a
peerless blade master and had comprehended the ideal condition of this technique, it was
truly frightening.
Wan Cheng Yao quickly retreated far away from Ye Xiwen, but at this time, the eighth
prince suddenly rushed towards Ye Xiwen.
The spectators were afraid to blink because they might miss something important. They
were not just watching the battle but also observing the skills used by these three
tyrannical experts and learning new things.
Now, they knew that their assumptions were wrong. Instead of falling under the wind, Ye
Xiwen actually had the upper hand, of course, only when he was fighting one opponent at a
time.
Not to mention, none of the two tyrants was a match of Ye Xiwen in a one-on-one fight.
However, whenever the eighth prince and Wan Cheng Yao teamed up, Ye Xiwen was forced
to switch to defense styled combat.
At this time, Wan Cheng Yao was feeling an uncontrollable rage surging in his heart. It was
a shame for him that in spite of being at truth eighth peak, he was pushed to such an extent
by an expert who was two levels below him. If the eighth prince did not lend a hand then.....
Wan Cheng Yao's anger filled roars resounded throughout the sky and the air began to boil
like boiling water. Countless air explosions took place in the sky and it seemed as if the
surrounding space would crack open anytime.
Wan Cheng Yao was releasing a terrifying imposing aura and some spectators felt as if their
eardrums would shatter any moment now.
Wan Cheng Yao went all out and his fearful imposing aura instantly locked on Ye Xiwen. He
did not waste time and immediately shot a rippling Bladelight that rushed towards Ye
Xiwen at a lightning fast speed.
"Boom!" Ye Xiwen tried to block this attack but was sent flying and his ribs were
completely shattered.
Ye Xiwen felt an intense pain raiding his brain.
"World domination!" the eighth prince did not miss this chance and directly impaled Ye
Xiwen with his spear.
"Boom!" Ye Xiwen was directly nailed to the ground.
Seeing Ye Xiwen in this state, the eighth prince laughed and a grim look appeared on his
face. Last time, he was nailed to the ground and that brought a lifelong shame for him, but
he took revenge today by doing the same to Ye Xiwen.
However, his pleased mood did not last long because Ye Xiwen suddenly shot his palm,
releasing a mass of spiraling energy that pounded on his chest and sent him flying. He paid
the price for being arrogant and underestimating Ye Xiwen and also letting his guard down.
He spurted a mouthful of blood and fell heavily on the ground.
Ye Xiwen pulled out the spear from his body and his wounds
healed almost instantaneously. The experts who saw this scene held their breaths and
simply did not believe their eyes. How was this possible? How could he have such an ability
which simply defied the heaven's will? Most importantly, was it literally impossible to kill
Ye Xiwen?
No wonder he was so full of confidence and challenged these two tyrannical experts.
Ye Xiwen's hands were instantly enveloped by a kind of seething golden energy.
"Whoosh!" an awful piercing sound echoed throughout the sky when Ye Xiwen threw the
spear towards the eighth prince, who was still lying on the ground.
"Boom!" the spear descended upon the eighth prince and nailed him to the ground. Ye
Xiwen was quite far away and did not know what kind of expression appeared on his face
right now. Perhaps, he was excited to be nailed to the ground by his own spear?
In fact, the eighth prince's face was flushed red with shame and embarrassment; after all,
this was the second time he was
nailed to the ground by Ye Xiwen. Not to mention, he did not have the phoenix regeneration
technique to heal his wounds.
However, at this time, Ye Xiwen did not get a chance to give the finishing blow to the eighth
prince because Wan Cheng Yao immediately appeared in front of him.
The atmosphere began to disintegrate when these two collided and several experts
trembled with fear and excitement.
If they had not seen this battle from the beginning, they would have continued to think that
Ye Xiwen was just an expert of truth sixth peak and his battle efficiency was comparable to
the experts of truth seventh peak. But, now they knew that there was no one on this island
that could be his rival.
The long blade danced in Ye Xiwen's hands. A huge dragon roared and flew into the sky and
it seemed like its fierce claws would tear the sky to shreds.
Chapter 250: Frightened
The long blade danced in Ye Xiwen's hands. A huge dragon roared and flew into the sky and
it seemed like its fierce claws would tear the sky to shreds.
"Boom!" a fearsome blast engulfed the sky and instantly formed a tornado so massive that
the spectators felt as if they would be sucked into it, even though they were observing from
afar.
Wan Cheng Yao's Bladelight gave rise to chaos in the sky and arrived in front of Ye Xiwen.
With a flick of his hand, Ye Xiwen diverted the trajectory of the Bladelight. The two
tyrannical experts then engaged in a terrible battle and none of them seemed to hold back.
They were no longer using complex martial techniques to show off their skills rather they
were now resorting to the use of brute force and inherent energy. Wan Cheng Yao was
relying on his higher level while Ye Xiwen was relying on 'gilded tyrant form'
and 'phoenix regeneration technique' to sustain such a world-shattering battle.
The spectators felt as if the battle potential of these two experts was enough to cause the
end of this world. They were nothing like the mediocre experts from their respective levels.
One could see that whether it was Wan Cheng Yao, Ye Xiwen, the eighth prince, Warhawk
or the remaining two super experts, all of them were basically outstanding experts even
among the group of peerless geniuses summoned to this island.
In a few years, they would surely be sitting at the top of not just their own generation, but a
generation above them. Moreover, a clash between them was bound to happen sooner or
later.
Initially, everyone thought that Ye Xiwen didn't belong among these tyrannical experts and
would certainly die, but now they did not think so. Ye Xiwen had already shown enough
strength to stand among them.
Ye Xiwen did not fall under the wind even while facing those two tyrants at the same time.
What else did they need as proof of his tyrannical strength?
Ye Xiwen's performance was not just strong; he actually managed to injure both Wan
Cheng Yao and the eighth prince.
And judging from the battle, they could clearly see that in a one-on-one battle, Ye Xiwen
was superior to both of them. In fact,
even Warhawk would have been unable to perform this well if he was the one battling
these two tyrants.
Therefore, it was obvious that no one on this island could beat Ye Xiwen alone, not to
mention it seemed literally impossible to kill him since he had some kind of mystical
regeneration technique that defied the heavens. Ye Xiwen was confident that he could kill
them both and also knew that even if the super experts teamed up to fight against these
two tyrants, they might not be able to defeat them. No wonder the super experts did not
dare to participate in this battle even if they wanted to and were just watching from
sidelines.
He and only he could do this! And he must do this!
Of course, if Ye Xiwen was at truth eighth stage, this battle would have ended at the very
beginning. Then, Ye Xiwen would be so powerful that if had he so desired, he could have
singlehandedly wipe out each and every expert from the face of this island.
"What happened? Was it not you who wanted me to come out?" Ye Xiwen said in a cold
voice, "See, I came out to test your skill, but it seems like a waste of time."
Ye Xiwen completely released his terrifying aura and appeared just like a God in the sky.
The divinity was crawling all over his body and the look in his eyes was extremely cold as if
a God of destruction was looking at his prey. In Ye Xiwen's God-like presence, everyone
looked no different than ant-like existences.
Ye Xiwen decided not to wait any longer and took advantage of the eighth prince being
presently nailed to the ground. He launched a full-scale attack to kill Wan Cheng Yao in one
fell swoop.
Otherwise, going on like this was not favorable for him. The phoenix regeneration
technique was not completely invincible and involved large energy consumption. He was
still at the peak of truth sixth stage and the ratio of consumption was certainly large in
comparison to that of an expert of truth eighth stage.
Ye Xiwen looked just like a God to everyone present on the scene. His whole body was
covered with endless divinity and exuding fearful rays of golden light in all directions. At
this time, he looked like a being who could subjugate anyone in the Ten Thousand Worlds.
Wan Cheng Yao looked at the God-like being standing in the sky and understood that he
must immediately release all his
power otherwise he would not be able to survive the next attack. He was curious to know
the secret of Ye Xiwen's strange power but was scared of death. This was the first time he
was scared of losing his life.
However, Wan Cheng Yao was an arrogant guy. He was destined to become one of the
leaders of the Southeast region and rule above countless people. He also completely
released his power and shot his mightiest Bladelight towards Ye Xiwen.
Ye Xiwen used his long blade to first block this Bladelight then instantly congealed the
invincible might of 'gilded tyrant form'
in his palms and tore that Bladelight to shreds.
The spectators felt as if they were transported to the prehistoric era and were watching a
battle between two war Gods. It was like a battle between a golden martial God and a devil.
One of the two was instantly regenerating his severed body parts, while the other was total
ignoring his severe injuries. Not to mention, their prestige was on the line so the rest of the
world could just meet the doom, they couldn't care less and were fully indulged in this
frenzy.
On the one hand, Wan Cheng Yao looked crazier with a crazed look flashing in his blood-
shot eyes and was putting everything
on the line to get rid of Ye Xiwen while on the other hand, Ye Xiwen looked calm and
composed and his golden eyes were focused on the prey. The golden divinity not only
granted him a tyrannical body but also influenced his perception and charisma. Right now,
anyone would say without hesitation that Ye Xiwen was much more powerful than Wan
Cheng Yao.
"I can dominate people, I can manipulate anyone. I am a supreme being who was born to
rule. You are nothing in front of me!" Wan Cheng Yao roared with rage. The Wan True
Union was just a way to prove his dominance to the younger generation of the ten
countries of the Southeast region. It was just the first step towards dominating the entire
Southeast region by subjugating these peerless geniuses of the younger generation. Then,
within few hundred years, he might become a huge presence, far above the reach of the ten
countries of Southeast region. It could be said that his ambition was far ahead of the
ambition of the eighth prince.
However, just when he was going to be successful in the most critical step, he had to face an
obstacle like Ye Xiwen. And before his ambition could take a real form, it was basically
crippled by Ye Xiwen.
He was so angry right now that he not only wanted to chop down Ye Xiwen into pieces, but
also wanted to annihilate his
soul so that he would never be able to reincarnate.
Wan Cheng Yao's imposing aura was increasing crazily, fueled by his rage, and it eventually
became almost comparable to Ye Xiwen's divine aura.
"You actually think that someone like you can dominate people?" Ye Xiwen sneered, "How
foolish can you be? You think strength is enough to dominate people? I don't even feel like
educating you on the topic, anyway, it's going to be a waste of time to educate a dead man."
Ye Xiwen finally understood why Wan Cheng Yao and that eighth prince had teamed up.
There was a popular saying in his past life; birds of a feather flock together. These two were
ambitious fools who wanted to dominate people with sheer power. Well, they were not
completely mistaken about the basic concept of domination since this world was governed
by strength, but Ye Xiwen was not someone from this world. He was certainly not someone
who would allow someone else, certainly not such idiots, to dominate him.
"Boom!" Ye Xiwen instantly rushed forward like a missile and his terrifying speed caused
sonic booms.
"Horrifying!" the experts could not help but praise Ye Xiwen's power.
They had to move far back to stay away from the aftermath of the supersonic waves.
"Aaaaa!"
"Save us!"
"Aaaaa!"
The pitiful screams transmitting from within the Xueling array gradually disappeared. One
by one, all of the trapped disciples had been nailed to the ground. Mu Youran was standing
on the side and his face looked extremely pale and covered in sweat. One could imagine the
consumption of Zhen Yuan for maintaining such a massive array. At this time, he was
literally out of energy but didn't seem worried because almost all of the enemy disciples
were now dead.
After hearing the last screams of a few surviving members of his alliance, Wan Cheng Yao
got even angrier and attacked Ye
Xiwen.
"Die!"
A war cry thundered in the sky and Ye Xiwen dived towards Wan Cheng Yao like a God
descending to the earth. His hands transformed into two coiling dragons and swept out to
crush the world.
The whole world rippled as if suppressed by the two mighty dragons. Ye Xiwen's fearful
imposing aura was suffocating Wan Cheng Yao but his complexion appeared grimmer than
that of the eighth prince.
Both experts once again engaged in a superheated battle, almost disregarding their own
safety by using most of their energy reserves in the attacks. Wan Cheng Yao waved his
blade and released a fearful Bladeqi mixed with his imposing aura.
Ye Xiwen again tore the mass of Bladeqi with his bare hands.
He had already removed the limiter and fully unleashed gilded tyrant form at the cost of
fast consumption of Zhen Yuan. He was all prepared to end this battle very soon.
The spectators felt their hearts almost jumping out of their mouths. Perhaps this was the
most tyrannical battle to take place on this island so far.
"Puchi!" Wan Cheng Yao's blade suddenly opened a huge wound on Ye Xiwen's golden
body.
However, at this moment, he was unable to dodge in time and suffered a punch on his solid
chest that instantly made a dent on it. He spurted a mouthful of blood and was sent flying
far away.
Ye Xiwen's wound healed instantly and he rushed towards Wan Cheng Yao and once again
thrust his palm. Ye Xiwen had abandoned complex moves and was focusing on the most
primitive ones.
Each time Ye Xiwen was injured by Wan Cheng Yao, the counterattack would also cause
him injuries. However, Ye Xiwen's instant healing ability was constantly crushing the
morale of Wan Cheng Yao.
Wan Cheng Yao felt like vomiting blood when he saw that all his efforts were basically
useless. Ye Xiwen's golden body was spotless without a single scratch anywhere. Wan
Cheng Yao was
not a fool and even he could see that his own attacks, if not powerful enough, were not able
to injure Ye Xiwen's golden body.
And whenever he put extra energy and effort to strengthen his attack to injure Ye Xiwen, he
would face a counterattack from Ye Xiwen at the same time, making the whole thing
counterproductive since Ye Xiwen was somehow able to heal his own wounds instantly.
Ye Xiwen was defying common sense and his battle strategy was flawless. Wan Cheng Yao's
rage was nowhere to be seen, in fact, it was now replaced by fear and frustration.
Perhaps, no one in the crowd of spectators was capable enough to block Wan Cheng Yao's
attacks, but even such attacks were useless in front of Ye Xiwen's flawless battle strategy.
Wan Cheng Yao had already lost the confidence of winning.
He was scared to attack Ye Xiwen, thinking that the next counterattack might end his own
life. He could neither run away nor attack. Of course, he certainly could not stand idly and
think.
"Your tyranny ends here and now!" Ye Xiwen sneered and rushed forward.
"Ah!" From a distant place, the eighth prince suddenly began to shout and his spear also
began to emit rays of horrifying light. He was holding his spear and trying to pull it out of
his body to break free and immediately rush to rescue Wan Cheng Yao.
Wan Cheng Yao's face revealed a look of pleasant surprise. He thought that he must survive
until the eighth prince would break free, then both of them would team up to kill Ye Xiwen.
Perhaps, he still had not noticed that he was thinking like a coward and had already lost the
battle of wits. He had fallen into the well-planned trap of Ye Xiwen. Right now, he was
scared and had also lost confidence. He could not even contemplate a scenario of defeating
Ye Xiwen alone. He was subconsciously depending on the eighth prince's help and this
thought process was surely going to bring his doom.
His invincible courage and confidence had been thoroughly crushed by Ye Xiwen. He was
no longer a tyrant whose ambition was to dominate the world. Now, he was just a pathetic
warrior who had lost faith in his own strength and was relying on someone else to save his
life.
Chapter 251: Execution Of A tyrant
He no longer had that previous courage and invincible aura.
His frame of mind had changed from tyranny to cowardice!
Wan Cheng Yao was roaring out of desperation. He felt empty inside. The dominating heart
of a tyrant had already been crushed by Ye Xiwen in front of everyone. Now, he was just an
empty shell of his previous self.
"Unfortunately, this battle is over. We are witnessing the fall of a tyrant." Warhawk shook
his head and said.
"Indeed." Ji Moon and Wang Purple also nodded. The three super experts were standing on
the front line with hands crossed behind their backs.
"A tyrant like Wan Cheng Yao is truly a terrifying existence.
He is at the peak of truth eighth stage and is certainly at the pinnacle of the younger
generation in the entire Southeast region. Even I cannot dare to say that I can beat him.
Note my point; he is stronger than Ye Xiwen. Yes, Ye Xiwen is merely at the peak of truth
sixth stage but his body is extremely tough and intrepid. This is the main reason why he is
able to fight with
two experts of truth eighth stage." Warhawk's vision could be called sharp and sinister. He
had seen through Ye Xiwen's secret. But the point was, he and the other spectators were
able to understand this fact only after actually seeing Ye Xiwen in battle. And the eighth
prince and Wan Cheng Yao did not have such luxury since they had already blundered by
challenging Ye Xiwen.
Warhawk was confident that if he was at the peak of truth eighth stage then he might be
able to fight with one expert of truth eighth peak, but certainly not two.
But who was Wan Cheng Yao? Yes, an expert at the pinnacle of truth eighth stage, a super
genius and a tyrannical existence who did not think twice before killing people!
One could see that fighting such a ruthless expert was not an easy task, not to mention Ye
Xiwen dealt with actually two such tyrants!
In simple words, Ye Xiwen went against the heaven's will in front of so many people.
"Wan Cheng Yao's real strength is actually slightly more than
the strength of Ye Xiwen, but unfortunately, he seems to have lost his courage and
ambition. He succumbed to fear, and even if he survives this battle, perhaps he will never
be able to regain his confidence and glory."
Those who heard Warhawk's commentary nodded and continued to look at the scene in
which Wan Cheng Yao had completely fallen under the wind.
Ye Xiwen was constantly using phoenix regeneration without being afraid of anything. He
went ahead bravely and unscrupulously shot. Wan Cheng Yao's attacks were still
tyrannical, but even if Ye Xiwen was defeated ten times, he could stand up ten times in a
completely healed state, whereas if Wan Cheng Yao was defeated even once, he would start
to act all timid and scared. He had completely lost his motivation to beat Ye Xiwen and was
simply biding time for the eighth prince to come to his rescue.
The screams had fully disappeared within Xueling array because all of the besieged
disciples of the Imperial Union and the Wan True Union had been crucified to death by the
evil blood god.
"Whish!" The entire array suddenly collapsed and vanished
into thin air. Mu Youran's complexion was extremely pale as if there wasn't a trace of blood
left in his body.
His energy had been completely drained by Xueling array, and not just him, even his fellow
disciples of Xueling Union were also in a similar state. Some were in more serious state and
immediately fainted.
Xueling Union can also be called 'Blood Spirit Union'. So they must have used their blood
and energy to build that array.
Xueling array's might was outstanding, so the energy requirement was certainly going to be
big. In fact, the energy consumption was so huge that even a high-level expert like Mu
Youran came close to draining his entire Zhen Yuan and blood.
However, at this time, no one dared to take advantage of Xueling Union's weakened state.
Even those, who normally hated the Xueling Union and were silently in favor of the
Imperial Union along with the Wan True Union, did not dare to act because the battle was
not yet over. They were waiting to see the final outcome. Not to forget, there was a
possibility that Ye Xiwen appeared for the sake of Xueling Union so they were being
cautious.
Also on another battlefield, Mu Ling and Jain Wuchen were engaged in a superheated
battle, though not as destructive as the other one, but there was no less brutality involved
in this one as well.
At this time, Jian Wuchen growled. His whole body was covered with blood and his bones
were truncated at some places.
Mu Ling's body was also covered in wounds. There was an exceptionally terrible wound on
his chest.
This was really a battle between two evenly matched opponents, two veteran sword
masters.
Mu Ling raised his sword and summoned a yellow river. It immediately appeared behind
him and flowed towards Jian Wuchen.
Mu Ling's battle efficiency was increasing continuously, yet there were no signs of a
breakthrough, but his attacks were getting fiercer.
Jian Wuchen wasn't deterred by this and he immediately waved his sword to congeal
clouds of Swordqi around him so as to protect himself from the onslaught of the yellow
river.
"Boom!"
Even the terrible collision like this could not compel these two men to retreat.
A bit!
A bit!
A bit more!
Mu Ling's battle efficiency finally broke through the boundary of truth seventh stage under
the heavy pressure of this insane battle. His imposing aura suddenly stepped into the truth
eighth stage.
The spectators, who were paying attention to this battle, were suddenly stunned. This
decisive battle of life and death was
between two equally matched opponents, but Mu Ling actually benefited from it.
"Shua!" Mu Ling's sword came very close to Jian Wuchen's neck and stopped right before it
was about to behead him.
"I do not want to kill you." Mu Ling said. He had defeated Jian Wuchen but he also admired
this man's talent and fighting spirit. Mu Ling admired him as a fellow swordsman and had
also heard from Ye Xiwen that Jian Wuchen was actually an honest man with a very clean
and pure soul. Indeed, he was nothing more than a sword-slave of the eighth prince. But
today, this would change and someday, he would become a truly outstanding hero.
"Someday, I will find you and we will finish our unfinished business." Jian Wuchen said and
turned around to leave.
Everyone watched his back profile as he slowly disappeared into the horizon. His fellow
disciples were already dead so there was no point in staying here.
Ye Xiwen smiled when he noticed that Mu Ling stepped into the truth eighth stage. Having a
strong reinforcement surely strengthened his confidence.
Wan Cheng Yao was startled by this but it made him even more desperate. He shouted like
a crazy guy and shot a rippling Bladelight at Ye Xiwen.
Ye Xiwen's golden hands caught that rippling Bladelight and tore it apart, then, he
immediately flew towards Wan Cheng Yao like a bullet fired from a gun.
Ye Xiwen's palms struck out horizontally and simultaneously pounded on Wan Cheng Yao's
chest.
"Bang!" Wan Cheng Yao was sent flying and the tremendous force contained in his attack
broke many of his ribs.
Wan Cheng Yao seemed to have been cornered by Ye Xiwen and appeared like a mad man
who was desperately fighting a battle for his own survival. He rushed forward like a lunatic
to maliciously attack Ye Xiwen.
Moreover, the eighth prince was almost done removing the seal from his spear. He did not
take too long to do this which indicated the extent of his skill and terrifying might.
Wan Cheng Yao was like a ferocious beast in general. He disregarded the consumption of
energy and instantly released a black colored Bladelight. It looked like a lightning from hell
as it went straight towards Ye Xiwen.
"Now you die!"
Wan Cheng Yao roared while stubbornly staring at Ye Xiwen.
He seemed quite confident in this attack.
Ye Xiwen smirked and stuck out his hands as if to tear the space itself. The golden divinities
poured out of his hands and crawled towards the black lightning.
"Boom!" The two attacks collided and began to devour each other, setting off layer upon
layer of air storms in all directions.
When his best attack failed as well, Wan Cheng Yao's complexion paled. Ye Xiwen sneered
but noticed that the eighth prince was about to break free, so he must kill Wan Cheng Yao
as soon as possible.
Ye Xiwen rushed forward hurriedly but his mind was
unusually calm.
"Bang!" His palm pounded on the back of Wan Cheng Yao.
Wan Cheng Yao was directly sent flying. His grandiose stature flew upside down. But again
right at this moment, Ye Xiwen suddenly jumped in the air, twisted his waist and launched
a kick at Wan Cheng Yao from above almost instantly.
"Ah!" The eighth prince shouted and finally managed to pull out the spear from his own
body. He then stood up and looked around to find Ye Xiwen, but at this time, a shocking
scene greeted his eyes.
Ye Xiwen raised his foot up in the air as if to split Wan Cheng Yao's body into two halves
with a kick. But Wan Cheng Yao obviously wouldn't allow him to achieve his wish. He
immediately released a Bladelight but even that could not stop Ye Xiwen's kick. The
divinities concentrated on his foot instantly dispersed the Bladelight and his kick directly
landed on Wan Cheng Yao's body.
"Bang!" A horrible sound of breaking bones resounded everywhere.
Wan Cheng Yao screamed pitifully as his chest was completely crushed by him. The
divinities instantly entered his body and churned his internal organs.
Wan Cheng Yao struggled a bit but ultimately could not withstand the loss of vitality and
died on the spot.
"What?" The eighth prince's eyes opened wide in disbelief when he saw how Wan Cheng
Yao was trampled to death by Ye Xiwen. It didn't take him too long to set himself free but
he never expected to see such an unbelievable turn of events.
"Now there's no one left to interfere. Prepare yourself for the inevitable death because
today, I will make sure that no one comes to save you." Ye Xiwen looked coldly at the eighth
prince and said. It was obvious that he would not allow the eighth prince to escape this
time.
Chapter 252: You Were Unqualified
The eighth prince was startled and angry at the same time. He never thought that an expert
like Wan Cheng Yao would meet such a horrifying death by getting trampled to death.
Setting sun!
Oblique wind!
Blood!
Broken bones!
Everything was outlining a desolate scene in the battlefield.
Ye Xiwen was not in a hurry to kill the eighth prince. He was taking advantage of this time
to restore his power by constantly mobilizing phoenix regeneration technique.
The experts who were observing from the sidelines only saw Ye Xiwen going forward
bravely, but they never noticed that he was also actually injured.
The strength of these two tyrants was far above his own, so sustaining some injuries during
the clashes was obvious because gilded tyrant form could only give a certain amount of
protection to him at a time and then, he again had to rely on phoenix regeneration to heal.
However, these two techniques were not invincible or infinite!
A moment ago when he was giving the finishing blow to Wan Cheng Yao, he accumulated a
lot of bruises on his body and had no choice but to heal up using phoenix regeneration!
In addition, it was an undeniable fact that he was unable to kill these two tyrants
simultaneously.
The eighth prince was stuck in a stunned pose for a while and this allowed Ye Xiwen to rest
for some time.
When Ye Xiwen's breathing calmed down, he looked coldly at the eighth prince and said:
"By now, you certainly wouldn't have imagined that today I will send you to hell."
"Ha ha ha ha ha!" The eighth prince laughed loudly and wasn't intimidated by this: "Today,
I will offer you and your people as sacrifices to my cause."
The eighth prince's voice thundered as his spear transformed into a dragon and crawled
forward as if to pierce the sky.
Radiant stars dazzling at the tip of his spear as if buzzed and advanced towards Ye Xiwen.
The eighth prince was not discouraged, rather seemed more tenacious and sinister than
Wan Cheng Yao. He needed to get rid of Ye Xiwen as soon as possible because Mu Ling had
unexpectedly become a possible threat to his life and if Ye Xiwen teamed up with Mu Ling
then that would certainly bring his doom.
He had no other way out!
Ye Xiwen's golden hands effortlessly tore off the dazzling spear attack, and the very next
moment, they shot forward and
swept out a vast golden light, making it crawl towards the eighth prince.
"Poof!" This golden light was so fast that it instantly approached the eighth prince and
pounded on his chest. He spat a mouthful of blood and quickly retreated several steps to
neutralize the enormous force contained in Ye Xiwen's attack.
Phoenix regeneration granted an astonishing recovery speed though at the cost of Zhen
Yuan or vitality in extreme situations. But, in a matter of few breaths, Ye Xiwen had already
reached his peak condition, whereas the eighth prince had been injured twice by Ye Xiwen.
Not to mention he had been wounded by his own spear and had already spent a
considerable amount of energy to set himself free. In other words, the eighth prince was
certainly not at his peak condition right now, instead was actually at a disadvantage.
However, Ye Xiwen was in his peak condition though at the cost of his vitality.
Phoenix regeneration had already been displayed to the acme level by him.
Granting him unimaginable strength and battle efficiency!
Ye Xiwen's imposing aura climbed to the peak along with the golden divinity which
simultaneously surged in his boiling blood.
Although the eighth prince roared again and again and deployed various secret techniques
one after another, was still defeated again and again by Ye Xiwen's golden palm attacks.
In the face of absolute strength, all secret techniques were like floating clouds.
It was simply impossible for the eighth prince to be an opponent of Ye Xiwen in such an
injured state.
Ye Xiwen's attacks were getting faster and faster, and at the same time, he had been
constantly using phoenix regeneration to stay at his peak condition at all times while
launching attacks non-stop!
"Bang!"
The eighth prince blood-bathed body was again sent flying.
To spectators, Ye Xiwen radically looked like a fearless warrior, who was not only brave
but unscrupulous. This observation was because of a simple fact that the rate of recovery
was far beyond their imagination. But the same was not true for the eighth prince and his
pitiful appearance was visible to all.
The eighth prince's battle efficiency slowly began to reduce.
And finally, he was completely suppressed by Ye Xiwen.
Everyone saw that the originally angry expression on the eighth prince's face suddenly
changed into a shocked one when he was suddenly trampled by Ye Xiwen. He absolutely
did not have any strength to fight back.
"Kaca!"
"Kaca!"
"Kaca!"
The eighth prince's bones gradually cracked one by one, even some of his bones protruded
out of his torn off skin. Now, his body looked like a tattered bag of blood and cracked bones.
Everyone looked at each other while being completely speechless. Could it be that the
curtain would drop this time?
"Bang!" The eighth prince had been brutally trampled by him.
However he still did not stop there and kicked him so fiercely that he was sent flying miles
away and crashed into a mountain.
He then immediately approached the eighth prince, lifted his hand and landed a malicious
slap on his face while holding his neck with the other hand.
"Wake up, open your eyes and properly witness the final moments of your pathetic life.
Today, no one is here to save your ass. You are doomed!" Ye Xiwen said coldly.
"Wait!" A loud shout resounded throughout the sky. A youth, who appeared to be 20-years-
old and was clad in ordinary clothes, suddenly descended from the sky.
Ye Xiwen suddenly raised his eyebrows and asked: "Again?
Who are you?"
"Emperor Chen." The man said proudly.
"What do you want? Do you also want to fight with me?" Ye Xiwen pointed a finger at him
and coldly asked. Ye Xiwen was vigilant so activated a Sealing type Zhen method to seal the
energy within the eighth prince's body.
Simultaneously, he was also mobilizing phoenix regeneration technique to maintain a
continuous restoration of his injuries and battle efficiency.
"Let him go. That's all I want." Emperor Chen said openly without hiding his intention.
"That's impossible!" Ye Xiwen almost instantly said leaving no scope for negotiation.
"How dare you go against my words?" Emperor Chen said coldly.
"Humph! Am I supposed to care?" Ye Xiwen tightened the grip on the eighth prince's neck
while his iron like claw was almost on the verge of crushing his neck.
"Ye Xiwen!" A gentle voice sounded from afar. Ye Xiwen turned his head and saw the same
Daoist priest he had met earlier.
Qing Xu also descended from the sky like a celestial immortal.
"Qing Xu, you are also with him?" Ye Xiwen narrowed his eyes and said. He said this in a
cold and rough tone and no longer felt like considering Qing Xu as his friend.
"If possible, I would like you to spare the eighth prince's life."
Qing Xu sighed and said in a somewhat embarrassed tone, "You have already killed one
rare genius of the Southeast region. At least spare the eighth prince."
"Ha ha!" Ye Xiwen laughed loudly then said: "You have chosen such a nice time to come out
as a peacemaker. I wonder why you didn't appear earlier when these two so-called rare
geniuses had teamed up to kill me. Where were you then? I expect you to give some proper
reason."
"Because you were unqualified at that time." Emperor Chen said in a cold voice. And what
he said was a fact! After all, who would have thought that Ye Xiwen would display such
terrifying battle efficiency? Indeed, he was counted among well-known figures but he was
still not considered on the level of super experts.
Ye Xiwen smirked. He once again witnessed 'the law of the strong' and how obvious it was
in this world. His own life was not worth saving before this battle. But now that he defeated
these two tyrants, he suddenly started to get special attention from others. So these two did
not feel like interfering earlier because the eighth prince and Wan Cheng Yao were great
powerhouses and rare geniuses.
"Listen, Ye Xiwen, these things are very complex and include the battle involving our
southeast region with foreign powers. I hope you can show mercy and spare his life." Qing
Xu said with a sigh.
"Don't make me repeat myself. You are asking for impossible!"
Ye Xiwen shook his head, "I certainly do not know much about this battle you talk about.
But I know that he is a poisonous snake and since I don't want any future trouble, so
sparing his
life is out of the question."
"By the way listen to this and deeply engrave it in your heart.
You are unqualified to tell me what to do." Ye Xiwen turned towards Emperor Chen and
said in a grim voice. And as he said these words, he used his other hand to grasp the eighth
prince's head.
The next instant, the eighth prince's head was crushed and dropped as a pile of brain paste
and blood on the ground.
"You are courting death; do you think that I will not kill you?"
Emperor Chen's imposing aura instantly enveloped Ye Xiwen's body. He was angry because
no one had ever dared to not give him face, but Ye Xiwen dared to kill the eighth prince
right in front of his eyes.
Emperor Chen's breath was extremely formidable; perhaps he was on truth ninth stage.
Though his inner state showed some signs of instability, but still he should be more
powerful than the eighth prince.
"Then you are free to try!" Ye Xiwen followed the rule of tit for tat and instantly summoned
a layer of golden divinity over his
body. His imposing aura also erupted out of his body at the same time.
"Well, since it has come to this, we will say nothing else." Qing Xu could feel Ye Xiwen's
anger and really found it difficult standing on the opposite of Ye Xiwen.
If before, he had stood in support of Ye Xiwen, then it was perhaps okay to interfere now.
However, his current interference was no different from taking advantage of his friendship
with Ye Xiwen.
Emperor Chen's fiery eyes were staring at Ye Xiwen and it seemed like he would launch an
attack at any time. Ye Xiwen did not dare to relax even for a moment because Emperor
Chen was extremely strong.
However, it was true that the opposite party did not have grounds to blame Ye Xiwen. If Ye
Xiwen had not killed the eighth prince then he would certainly have become a major threat
to him or his family in the future.
Ye Xiwen would obviously first ensure his own safety, otherwise, why would he care about
the well-being of the
southeast region!
Everyone was stunned while witnessing this scene. Who was this Emperor Chen? Almost
nobody knew him and had never heard of him since coming to this island.
On the contrary, Warhawk was a bit surprised when he saw Emperor Chen. It seemed like
he also knew his identity.
Chapter 253: Constant Changes
The scene fell into a strange calm atmosphere. It seemed like Ye Xiwen and Emperor Chen
would soon engage in battle. But this time, no one dared to underestimate Ye Xiwen even
though his opponent was at a much higher level.
Who was this Emperor Chen? His strength was apparent to all but what was he planning to
do?
Ye Xiwen's whole body was covered with Zhen Yuan while at the same time; golden
divinities were crawling all over his body.
He seemed all prepared for battle.
The enemy was very strong, so Ye Xiwen was not in a mood to make concessions; instead
he intended to go all out from the get-go.
"You'll be sorry." Emperor Chen looked at Qing Xu and seemed a bit afraid of him. Then, he
turned his face and said while looking coldly at Ye Xiwen. Afterwards, he immediately
turned around to leave.
When Emperor Chen left, Qing Xu did not stop either. He looked at Ye Xiwen and smiled
with an apologetic expression on his face, then quickly vanished from there in front of
everyone.
Soon after these two left, Ye Xiwen and Mu Ling also left and went straight towards a secret
mountain valley.
In that secret valley, Wu Shaoqun was sitting cross-legged on the ground and meditating to
recover. At this time, his whole body was stained with blood.
"How did this happen? Why are you injured?" Ye Xiwen asked.
"Those bastards, though their main force was stationed to ambush you, they still left behind
a lot of experts." Wu Shaoqun said.
Since Ye Xiwen knew himself being the main target of the eighth prince and Wan Cheng
Yao, so he naturally could not be careless. He certainly rushed into their ambush but it was
all part of a plan!
Ye Xiwen collaborated with the Xueling Union and helped
them in planting a large Xueling array. The Xueling Union was naturally not going to stand
still and patiently wait to get slaughtered. They also did not want to escape because it could
later put a major stain on their reputation.
Ye Xiwen also asked Wu Shaoqun to go to Imperial Union's encampment to help him in
rescuing Hua Menghan and Chen Ruochen. They were rumored to have been captured by
the eighth prince, though these rumors might be a hoax to trap Ye Xiwen. However, Ye
Xiwen knew that Wu Shaoqun's strength was enough for the job; after all, the main forces
were going to be handled by him and the Xueling Union. Hence, Wu Shaoqun would only
need to deal with residual forces in the enemy encampment.
But now, it seemed like Wu Shaoqun was injured while performing the task.
"Are you okay?" Ye Xiwen quickly asked.
"Relax, I am fine. Their residual force was not a big deal and these are minor injuries." Wu
Shaoqun waved his hand and said.
His injuries were a result of his own fault of underestimating the enemy, "But I am really
glad that you came back, Ye Xiwen.
So that means those two bastards are really dead."
Wu Shaoqun was astonished to see that there wasn't a single scratch on Ye Xiwen's body.
This was simply hard to imagine that he actually killed those two tyrants.
"Yes!" Ye Xiwen nodded.
"You're so fierce." Wu Shaoqun gave the thumbs up and smiled. But this stirred his wound
and his face immediately contorted in pain.
"But Ye Xiwen, I did not see your sister apprentice and brother apprentice in the enemy
encampment." Wu Shaoqun said,
"Damn it, that bastard actually tricked us. I interrogated some people I caught in the
encampment and found out that they never caught your fellow disciples. It was a trap to
force you out."
"I knew it! So it was really a trap." Ye Xiwen had trusted Wu Shaoqun and only he was the
one who knew that Ye Xiwen had been looking for Hua Menghan and Chen Ruochen. Then,
how did the eighth prince find out about it?
Ye Xiwen had asked Wu Shaoqun to find them but outsiders did not know about it.
Qing Xu was related to Wu Shaoqun and also knew about it.
Although Ye Xiwen was not at all happy with him but had a feeling that he would not do
such a thing. So in the end, who leaked this information to the eighth prince?
Ye Xiwen felt strange while thinking more and more about it, but now those two tyrants
were dead, making this thing a permanent mystery for him.
"Well, I asked a lot of formidable people for help." Wu Shaoqun said, "Perhaps, one of them
betrayed me but fortunately it doesn't matter anymore as those two are already dead.
Otherwise, this could have led to disastrous consequences."
"No matter what, I thank you for helping me today." Ye Xiwen said with a smile, but his
mind was still busy thinking about this matter.
The news about how Ye Xiwen fought with the eighth prince and Wan Cheng Yao and also
killed both of them had really
shaken the entire demon island. Ye Xiwen became a well-known figure, much more famous
than he used to be. If Emperor Chen had not appeared and threatened Ye Xiwen at the end
of the battle, then, all of the experts would have come forward to put a crown on Ye Xiwen's
head.
Besides Ye Xiwen, no one else would have dared to pull off such a stunt.
"What, that Ye Xiwen actually killed two experts of truth eighth stage?"
"Yes, two experts of truth eighth stage were not his match."
"Wan True Union really had it coming."
Wan Cheng Yao and the eighth prince's death shocked the entire demon island, but nothing
could become an eternal topic of discussion on this island. The topic slowly submerged
under several other topics which popped up one after another.
Three months passed quickly.
On the demon island, several young geniuses lost their lives while several others obtained a
lot of benefits. Their cultivation increased by leaps and bounds and they suddenly became
the new champions on this island.
For example, shortly after the death of the two tyrants, both Mu Ling and Wu Shaoqun
became famous throughout the demon island. In a competition for relics and vestiges, Mu
Ling defeated Wang Purple and his alliance, and this put him in the list of top players on the
demon island.
And in a month's time, Wu Shaoqun officially stepped into truth eighth stage and thereby
also landed on the list of top players.
These changes continued to take place for three months.
During this period, several heroes lost their glory while several others made brave
appearances.
In a flash, almost six months had already passed on the demon island since the island first
closed down. In a period of only six months, many experts had multiple breakthroughs and
there were some who actually leapt from truth second stage to truth sixth stage.
Although this island was not as big as Zhen Wu Jie, but it held more resources in
comparison, enough for these young geniuses. At least, they did not have to be worried
about practicing resources.
One year's worth of cultivation on this island was equivalent to 10 year's worth of
cultivation in the outside world or even more, to be honest. Of course, the risk was also
high because only a few hundred experts were still alive out of more than 1000 summoned
experts. In fact, almost half of the summoned experts had already died.
Although the cultivation was very efficient here, the mortality rate was also quite high.
In addition to the deadly fights between human experts, the biggest problem was battles
between humans and demon beasts.
The young geniuses who were summoned to this island were under 50 years of age. Even
the strongest human expert was still in truth realm, but the same was not true for demon
beasts.
Indeed, most of the times the demon beasts were in truth realm, but there were many half-
step legendary level demon beasts as well. Not to mention, there were ethnic groups with
legendary
realm demon beasts and some were even beyond legendary realm, i.e. those old monsters
that wandered the depths of this island and were presumably in the Saint realm.
Therefore, even if the experts were slowly exploring the depths of the demon island, they
still hadn't ventured into the true depths of the island and were only exploring the
peripheral zone. Those who dared to go to the real depths never came back.
But even so, there were many who still benefited a lot from their explorations and this was
the reason why their cultivations progressed by leaps and bounds, placing them among top
players.
The latest rumor shocked the entire demon island when experts got to know that Warhawk
found an ancient egg which was actually a relic of ancient times. It was an egg of a golden
eagle and they found it floating in the air. The chick was actually at Small Truth realm and
some experienced experts said that if this egg had hatched long time ago when it was
supposed to hatch, then this chick would have been born directly into the legendary realm.
This discovery immediately sent a wave of excitement among human experts.
It was said that only dragons gave birth to legendary level baby dragons. So the mother of
this egg was actually a demon beast that was on the level of dragons. This news could stir
the entire south-east region.
Chapter 254: Demon Beast Egg
It was a well-known fact that all demon beast eggs came with expiry dates and must hatch
within a certain period of time.
Otherwise, these eggs wouldn't be able to hatch and stay buried under the ground for a
long time, ending up becoming a fossil.
Some would rot whereas some would miraculously survive the lapse of so many years, but
at the cost of consumption of vitality.
If these eggs had hatched countless years ago when they were supposed to hatch naturally,
then the newly born demon beasts would have probably taken birth directly in the
legendary realm or in a realm even above that.
Moreover, it was said that there should be more than one egg buried under the ground.
This spread a wave of joy and excitement among the human experts and consequently, they
rushed to capture the remaining eggs. Even one such egg would be a very big harvest.
Soon, the second golden egg was discovered by human experts. It belonged to a pterosaur
and the expert who found it was only at truth fourth stage. As soon as he unearthed the egg,
it hatched, but things didn't go well for that expert. On the
contrary, the baby pterosaur gave him a fatal blow and killed him almost instantly, before
flying away from there.
However, this was not enough to deter the crazy experts from looking for the buried eggs
because they believed that the killed expert was careless and incompetent for the job. They
were overconfident that a newly born demon beast should not be that big of a threat to
their lives.
So, experts from all over the island flocked towards that area where the buried egg had
been discovered!
The demon beasts that hatched out of these eggs were certainly not like the common
demon beasts that were prevalent on this island. They were far stronger than rest of the
demon beasts of the demon island.
One must know that the common species of demon beasts found on this island were far
stronger than the species found in outside world. So, it was easy to guess that these eggs
belonged to tyrannical demon beasts of the ancient era.
However, survival through the passage of numerous years caused consumption of a major
part of egg's vitality and essence.
No wonder why demon beasts that were supposed to be taking birth in legendary realm
were now taking birth in truth realm.
But not all knew about this fact.
Later, another matter shocked everyone. This was also related to demon beasts because on
the demon island, even if there were many demon beasts but there still remained a division
of territory among them. They rarely crossed into each others'
territories and since human experts preferred to not barge into the territories of demon
beasts, there was rarely a clash between the two races.
However, after the hunt for eggs became popular, the human experts couldn't restrain
themselves and started intruding into the territory of demon beasts.
Originally, there was a presence of formidable demon beasts in depths of the demon island
and one such tyrannical demon beast visited Eagle Union Encampment. It was a bird-type
demon beast of legendary realm, a senior beast who personally visited Warhawk and his
men to take back the golden-winged eagle's chick that was subdued by Warhawk.
Reportedly, the chick belonged to an ancient mighty demon god and demon beasts did not
want it to fall into the hands of human beings.
The two sides came very close to war, but Warhawk wasn't scared at all even while facing a
legendary level demon beast.
But the fight did not happen because the golden-winged eagle's chick was reluctant to leave
Warhawk and actually wanted to become his partner. So, the senior demon beast had to
bitterly leave.
Before leaving, it bowed submissively, not to show respect to the human experts, but to the
small chick who was still in truth realm.
This incident was a solid proof that demon beasts weren't dumb creatures without wisdom.
It was just an ignorant perception that must be changed especially because now these
human experts were on an island which was home to tyrannical demon beasts. Human
experts always underestimated demon beasts and didn't think twice before massacring
them for their own benefits. But the wise demon beasts of this island were altogether a
different story, pertaining to their high wisdom and tyrannical strength.
However, this again made more and more people crazy to find the eggs, after all, who
wouldn't want to have an ancient beast as a pet.
When a newborn beast was already born in the higher stages of truth realm, one could
imagine how powerful it would become after reaching adulthood. Some experts were
planning to capture one and sell it in the future for huge benefits.
Human experts were no fool, hence they reacted quickly. Now they knew from Warhawk's
example that newborn beasts could be subdued and thereby turned into loyal pets.
Although they could not fight with the demon beasts lurking in the depths of the island, but
they could at least capture the eggs.
Suddenly, several experts rushed towards the area that was rumoured to be hiding eggs.
In a cave, a bundle of black light bloomed and a strange dragon howl burst out in the form
of shock waves. But it was soon prevented from going outside by a circular membrane
made up of energy.
"What kind of mysterious technique is Ye Xiwen practicing in there? He is creating so much
turbulence!" From a distant place,
Wu Shaoqun said while looking at the cave's entrance. There was an incredible look in his
eyes.
"I do not know!" Mu Ling replied and waved his sword, releasing an endless stream of light
into the sky.
Since that battle, Wu Shaoqun was disinclined to return to the small faction of Qing Xu and
few other rogue experts. He preferred staying with Ye Xiwen and Mu Ling and formed a
small group of three people. Not to mention, this trio was strong enough to deal with any
possible threat on this island.
Now on the entire demon island, the situation was getting increasingly bizarre and more
and more dangerous, so no one dared to stay alone.
After practicing for three months, two days ago, Mu Ling finally stepped into the truth ninth
stage. Although his inner state was not yet stable but this was enough to put him among the
most outstanding human elites on this island.
Wu Shaoqun was also not much behind and reached the peak of truth eighth stage. He was
almost on the verge of stepping into truth ninth stage.
Among all of the summoned geniuses, Mu Ling and Wu Shaoqun were clearly the super
elites among elites and undoubtedly among the top. Despite being so young, they managed
to reach such higher levels. Of course, there were few other experts who were at higher
levels than these two when they came to this island, but all those experts were older.
Basically, it could be said that these two were bound to become dominating figures in the
Southeast region sooner or later.
In fact, not just Mu Ling and Wu Shaoqun, all other experts were going to become
tyrannical figures in the future.
When considering Ye Xiwen, actually he had been able to defeat two experts of truth eighth
peak three months ago.
When these three were together in one group, who would dare to provoke them? Ye Xiwen
was concentrating on training and cultivating, while the other two members of the group
were keeping watch, even though they knew that no one would dare to provoke them.
Wu Shaoqun was very satisfied because while staying with two cultivation freaks like Mu
Ling and Ye Xiwen, he could also
concentrate more on cultivating. Not to mention, he felt safe with these two trustworthy
friends.
Mu Ling also did not mind being with Ye Xiwen and Wu Shaoqun as long as it didn't hinder
his practice. His cultivation basically relied on Dead qi and yellow river and he had limited
time on this island, so he could not afford to waste time. One must know that his progress
speed was almost equivalent to that of Ye Xiwen.
The three experts usually shared their respective experiences with each other and were
benefiting greatly.
"It seems like he will soon have a breakthrough, then his power will shatter the flag array."
Mu Ling said.
Ye Xiwen always found it very difficult to breakthrough since his foundation was strong
and each breakthrough required huge accumulation of energy. The difficulty level of his
breakthrough was much above that of ordinary experts. But once the breakthrough
occurred then his strength would increase dramatically and directly surpass the strength of
the experts at much higher level.
"How is he able to do it, I am quite interested. Let's go and check." Wu Shaoqun smiled and
said.
"Not interested." Mu Ling answered.
"Many people want to obtain it, still cannot succeed, you know." Wu Shaoqun curled up his
lips and said.
"My way is the way of the sword. Everything else is a distraction for me." Mu Ling
indifferently said.
"Man, you are really a cultivation madman." Wu Shaoqun said and realized that this was
precisely the reason why he was one step behind Mu Ling. He lacked the craziness that Ye
Xiwen and Mu Ling displayed when it came to cultivation.
But he was not planning to change because his natural disposition included his free,
easygoing and straightforward nature.
One of the prohibited taboos in the world of martial arts included abstaining from
concealing one's own natural disposition. Cultivation not only targeted at the improvement
of the body but also mind and soul. So a cultivator must never try to conceal his true
disposition while cultivating. The disposition of the eighth prince was also a kind of nature
that helped him a lot in getting stronger.
"Boom!" A loud explosive sound echoed throughout the cave.
Chapter 255: Foul-Mouthed Cub
"Boom!" A loud explosive sound echoed throughout the cave.
A blue figure strode out from the cave with a sort of smile on his face. Several deepwater
black snakes were flying around him and growling. Although his stature looked exquisite
and fairly small in comparison to the monstrous beasts floating around him, but his
terrifying imposing aura was enough to show who was the boss here.
Ye Xiwen was holding Poisonous Dragon Water Control Flag Array in his hand.
After several months of training day and night, he was planning to reach truth ninth stage.
And in order to reach this stage, he had collected the corpses and souls of deepwater black
snakes for later consumption. Since, at the time of breaking to the half-step legendary
realm, he would need to have a proper amount of accumulation as well as a difference in
the quality of energy. Also because of this, he had been only able to reach truth seventh
stage so far since he was focusing more on the accumulation of heavy amounts of energy.
However, now that he had completely entered truth seventh stage and one could see that
his strength was not at all inferior to any of the experts of
truth ninth stage. This really pumped an invincible confidence inside him.
"You had a breakthrough?" Wu Shaoqun asked.
"Yes." Ye Xiwen said with a smile. He had successfully stepped into truth seventh stage, and
for him, its significance was hard to put in words. In short, now he was no longer afraid of
anyone from truth realm. Unless his opponent was an expert of half-step legendary realm
or above, he could easily deal with rest of the experts on this island.
Now, he could also be regarded as strongest in the younger generation of experts.
Ye Xiwen's practice time was much shorter when compared with other young geniuses, so
this was a huge achievement for him.
"Come on, let's go." Ye Xiwen said and grinned at the same time.
"Where are we going?" Wu Shaoqun asked.
"We are going to check out that place where demon beast eggs are buried." Ye Xiwen said.
"It has been so noisy lately. Let's go and see what's with all this commotion."
......
According to the rumors, these so-called ancient eggs were buried in a stretch of river
basin, more like a very spacious plain, surrounded by cliffs from all sides.
At this time, the entire area was overrun by experts and all of them were trying to find eggs.
Ye Xiwen and his group quickly reached there and began the inspection.
Suddenly, a loud voice came from a distant place.
"Ha ha, I did it, I found an egg!"
Everyone heard the voice and immediately rushed towards him. They were surprised to
find a young disciple was holding a 1 meter long egg in his hands and laughing like a crazy
guy.
Now that he found an egg, this almost instantly increased his importance in the eyes of
other experts.
"Just look at the extent of his happiness. But he has made a mistake of thinking that just
because he found an egg, he can subjugate the cub. That's a wishful thinking right there."
An expert commented with a disdainful look on his face.
"Just wait and witness how he gets killed by the cub."
"Sure, I expect nonetheless from the cub of a legendary demon beast from ancient era."
Ye Xiwen glimpsed at the egg and couldn't conceal the greedy look in his eyes.
After all, there was a high probability that this cub contained the noble blood of an ancient
god-beast, just like Warhawk's new pet. So far, Ye Xiwen had only seen god's descendants
who were basically separated by hundreds of generations from the original gods. But, now
there was a chance that this egg belonged to a real god.
One could imagine why this cub was going to be a rare and priceless treasure.
The young expert did not waste a single moment and immediately used his hands to inject
Zhen Yuan into the egg, forcing it to hatch. He was not a fool, knew very well that everyone
was eyeing the egg and if he tried to escape now, then he would surely be tracked by
others. So, his only option was to forcibly make it hatch on the spot and subjugate the cub.
The elite young geniuses that were summoned on this island were no stupid. They were
very smart and knew how to act in a given situation. No one interrupted the hatching
process and continued to watch from sidelines.
It was hard to determine how long it took but the egg finally began to hatch.
"Kaca!"
"Kaca!"
"Kaca!" The eggshell broke off little by little, and finally, a little black beast crawled out of it.
Everyone exclaimed at this scene when they saw a meter long cub with its whole body
covered with profane breath. Judging by its appearance, it looked like a wolf, more like a
coyote because of its small appearance. Its black body was overflowing with terrifying
breath.
One could say that a seemingly divine glory was overflowing from its body.
When the young expert was going to reach out and touch it, it suddenly opened its eyes
holding an aggressive look in them.
Immediately after that, it opened its mouth and shot a beam of energy that blasted the arm
of that young expert. A pitiful scream echoed everywhere as the bottom half part of the egg,
that was still intact, fell to the ground and disintegrated into several pieces. The coyote
stood on the ground, uttered a loud howl, then, coldly looked at the human experts, as if
issuing a warning to stay away.
It just took a few second for its quivering limbs to stand firmly on the ground. And the very
next instant, it appeared vigorous and healthy as if it was not a newborn at all.
Its growth was almost visible to naked eye, just too amazing.
It looked like a coyote but with a fearsome oppressive aura.
The experts began to look for an opportunity to grab it.
However, no one knew that its first few words would be: "You f***ers."
Then it turned around to run away!
Everyone was stunned by this. What the f**k just happened? A newborn cub actually spoke,
no, it swore to be specific. In general, a demon beast's wisdom was dependent on its
strength and level, but this scene was still hard to digest.
It was a common knowledge that it was always difficult for demon beasts to acquire
wisdom, especially for low level demon beasts. But the truth was, it was equally difficult
even for high level demon beasts.
The only difference was that Xiantian level demon beasts
could not attain high wisdom no matter how much they tried, but high level demon beasts,
though after facing a lot of difficulties, could actually achieve great wisdom and intelligence,
enough to be able to speak like humans.
But, irrespective of level or strength, it was never easy for demon beasts to attain enough
wisdom to speak like human beings. It was simply unheard of that a newborn cub could
actually speak so fluently. It really came as a shock for everyone.
Just what was the origin of this coyote? Now, everyone had started to feel that it had a
tyrannical background.
Color of greed began to appear in everybody's eyes. A burly expert suddenly rushed
forward shouting: "This cub is mine!"
His big hand went forward to grab the coyote.
"I am not your sister, f***er!" The small cub cursed out loud and spat a divine beam
towards that expert.
"Bang!" He screamed while his whole body disintegrated in
front of everyone and then, he died almost instantly!
But his death was not enough to stop others from pursuing the cub.
The cub saw many people rushing towards it and immediately turned around to flee from
there. A stream of divine light appeared beneath his feet and suddenly boosted his speed
several times.
"Ha ha ha, this wolf or dog or whatever it is. It is too much fun!" Wu Shaoqun laughed
loudly like a mad man. It was fun to see how everyone was trying their best to catch this
foul-mouthed cub.
Even Mu Ling's eyes flashed with a curious look clearly visible in them. After all, the cub
really intrigued him. He had never witnessed such a bizarre scene before.
There were 200-300 experts in the vicinity and all of them instantly rushed toward the
escaping cub.
The cub was very tyrannical, it was jumping from left to right
to throw off the chasers. No one was able to catch up with its speed, in fact, its agility skill
was so advanced that it would make anyone wonder about its background. Soon, it
disappeared in a blink of an eye and left only a sense of regret in everyone's heart. But at
this time, Ye Xiwen suddenly moved and in a flash, a beam of light appeared beneath him
and blasted him forward like a super jet. Mu Ling and Wu Shaoqun also followed after him.
"Who is this man? He suddenly began to chase but with his agility skill, it should be
impossible to catch the cub." Someone said.
"He looks somewhat familiar, oh wait, I think....this guy is that infamous Ye Xiwen from the
rumors!"
"Yes, you are right! I saw how he single-handedly slaughtered those two tyrants. He is
undoubtedly that Ye Xiwen, but he has not come out for a long time, I almost forgot his
appearance."
"Although he hasn't appeared for past few months, but he suddenly shows up today. Did he
actually come here for the egg?"
"There's nothing to be surprised about, after all, who isn't interested in these demon beast
eggs? He would not even bother to chase if he was not interested."
"Well, considering his strength, he should be able to deal with that cub, but he lacks enough
speed to catch up with it. The cub is too fast for any of us."
Ye Xiwen and the other two suddenly vanished from there which caught the crowd's
attention. At this time, a pair of wings appeared behind Ye Xiwen. These were devil wings
but were thoroughly covered with golden light. The wings were certainly generated from a
devil power technique, but since they were wrapped in a layer of golden divinities, Ye
Xiwen wasn't worried about exposing them in front of everyone.
Chapter 256: Great Changes On The Demon
Island
The devil wings no longer gave off the feel of being made up of dense Moqi, though its
mighty magical powers were still intact but the ominous devil magic had been replaced by
a divine feel.
Moqi = Devil qi
The people of Zhen Wu Jie might not care about the evil ways
of martial arts, but they were very much concerned about devil
ways of martial arts.
Evil way and devil way are two different forms of martial arts.
After all, devil race was by far the strongest archenemy of humanity.
When Ye Xiwen opened his devil wings, his speed suddenly dramatically rose. He tore a
golden streamer in the sky and instantly went towards that small wolf.
The wolf cub initially thought that it had gotten rid of the human experts, but did not expect
to see a golden figure suddenly catching up.
It suddenly cursed out loud: "F**k, this is unreasonable!"
Although it had a small body, it was very fast and was also using an extraordinary agility
skill. It was so fast that even Ye Xiwen, with his strength equivalent to an expert of truth
ninth stage, might not be able to catch up. No wonder, he had to resort to using devil wings.
In fact, even an expert of legendary realm might not be able to catch it.
The extent of this cub's speed could be imagined.
However, an expert of the legendary realm would not need to chase in the first place, since
with just a flick of hand, they could directly confine the space, making it impossible to make
an escape.
But, Ye Xiwen's devil wings technique was not an ordinary devil technique. It was a top tier
technique and since he had already perfected it, he was able to display extremely high
acceleration and reach unimaginable speeds in a matter of
seconds.
Therefore, within a moment, he caught up with it and stretched out his hands that suddenly
transformed into a big hand, made up of Zhen Yuan and proceeded to grab it. It turned back
and spat a divine beam towards Ye Xiwen.
"Bang!" Ye Xiwen's big hand was unaffected and directly caught the beam and crushed it.
The coyote was very strong but its strength was only comparable to that of an expert of
truth eighth stage. However, its attacks were simply useless on Ye Xiwen who possessed a
tyrannical golden body.
"You f***er!" The coyote said angrily and turned around to escape, but it was just a wishful
thinking on its part because Ye Xiwen's big hand instantly printed a direct slap on this foul-
mouthed cub's face, sending it flying for a large distance.
Ye Xiwen's wings fluttered and he slowly descended to the side of the cub that was lying on
the ground.
"You insolent bastard!" It was angry because this was the first time it was slapped by a
human being after taking birth. It could not accept the fact that it had been defeated by a
human, not
just in speed but also in strength.
Ye Xiwen grinned while thinking that it was really very intriguing. He asked: "Well, what is
your family background?"
The cub pretended as if it didn't hear anything and simply ignored him.
"You should consider answering because if you don't, I would prefer cooking a pot of dog
soup using you as the ingredient, so delicious." Ye Xiwen said with an evil smile.
"Go f**k yourself, this prince is a wolf, A WOLF, get it? I am not a dog!" The cub instantly
said in an angry tone.
"Whatever." Ye Xiwen said dismissively, "Why are there so many eggs belonging to
ridiculously powerful beasts buried in this area? If you answer honestly, I'll let you go."
Actually he was not particularly interested in subduing an extraordinary beast cub,
especially this one.
He could see this wolf cub's wisdom was way too high for an ordinary demon beast. Ye
Xiwen was impressed by its intelligence, strength as well as skills. There was a high
possibility that subjugation might not work on it because its wisdom was similar to that of
human beings, not to mention it had a rebellious personality. Ye Xiwen could not say for
sure that he could subjugate it. But in case he could not make it willingly surrender and
ended up hurting it in the process, it might summon danger for him since he was not aware
of this cub's background which was bound to be extraordinary.
Moreover, he believed that there should be more eggs buried in this area and he would get
plenty of opportunities later on.
He mainly wanted to know why there were such extraordinary demon beast eggs in this
area. Also, just like Warhawk attracted the attention of a legendary level demon beast
senior, he also needed to be careful not to offend any high-level demon beast for his own
good! But one thing was certain and was, there was a hidden secret behind all this.
"I do not know." The cub mumbled while still lying on the ground as if feigning death.
At this time, Mu Ling and Wu Shaoqun also arrived and saw
the small wolf playing possum on the ground. They were a bit surprised as they did not
know what exactly happened here.
Ye Xiwen explained things to them and they felt like having a headache all of a sudden. Of
course, they could not hurt this cub, otherwise, that might attract the attention of a
legendary level demon beast.
Ye Xiwen vaguely guessed that this cub's background should be extraordinary. If something
happened to it, then he would definitely be chased down on this island for the remaining
months.
Usually, as soon as the eggs hatched, those demon beast seniors would immediately appear
to protect the newborn baby beast, without giving any chance to human experts to hurt or
capture the baby beast. This meant that this cub was also one of those so-called
untouchable and precious babies.
However, it was not saying anything; rather there was a treacherous and slick look on its
face. As if it would rather die than surrender. Ye Xiwen was a bit surprised by this and
secretly praised it.
He did not have a way to find out about the secret from the wolf cub, though it clearly knew
something and was not willing to tell. Since he could not resort to brutal means to force the
information out of its mouth because of its rebellious personality, so he decided to keep
this wolf cub at his side.
Perhaps, later on, it would willingly tell things about this mysterious island.
This wolf cub was the only way to find out the real secrets about this strange island.
As far as the wolf cub's attitude was concerned, it had non-violent, non-cooperation
attitude and its only option was to stay with Ye Xiwen.
The race to capture eggs was getting intense and complicated.
A lot of people had started going crazy to obtain an egg of their own.
After the wolf cub, several demon beast eggs were dug out, but nothing good came out of it.
Most of the cubs fled and almost every time demon beast seniors rushed to protect their
own which led to a lot of chaos. In the end, for human experts, their hard work was all in
vain.
Certainly, there were some experts who were successful, such as Ji Moon obtained a
Hudiesaurus [butterfly lizard] which was an extremely rare demon beast. Its whole body
was of a Tyrannosaurus but with a pair of butterfly wings on its back.
However, the third super expert, Wang Purple, was the most unfortunate one because
when he finally got a cub, it attracted a demon beast senior and he was half beaten to death.
Not to mention that cub was also taken away from him.
The good thing was that the opposite party was not serious, otherwise, he would have
already been killed.
The unrest continued to get stronger and stronger.
The silence of the night spread a chill everywhere while the constant shrieks could be
heard transmitting from the ominous mountain. The roars of several demon beasts also
disappeared under the overwhelming presence of those shrieks.
Not far away, the yellow river was flowing down the forest and numerous ghost soldiers
could be seen marching upon it.
They had been following this daily routine for thousands of years, going on an expedition
against an unknown enemy.
Mu Ling was indulged in a continuous battle in the yellow river and basically cultivating. He
was fortunate to be able to practice in this river of the dead, which was also the main
reason why his cultivation progress rate was so high.
"Several days have passed, why haven't your relatives come to pick you up?"
A large bonfire was burning high and a considerably large demon beast was supported on
two thick branches and was being roasted in the fire.
As the roasting continued, its meat was gradually turning yellow while the fat oil was
dripping down into the fire, contributing to its intensity.
Not far away, the wolf cub was constantly pacing back and forth. When compared to a few
days ago, its size was now significantly larger and it also looked a lot stronger.
Obviously, it was still constantly complaining: "This prince is not going to eat this lowly
demon beast." Nonetheless, its eyes
were constantly staring at the almost cooked demon beast. It was reluctant to remove his
gaze from the delicious food.
Ye Xiwen slowly rotated the branch to roast the uncooked portions of flesh, making the
delicious fragrance suddenly spread in the air. He had been relaxing for the last few days; a
short break was necessary to stabilize his inner state. Anyway, there was no point in being
impatient when it came to cultivation.
He felt odd because whenever other demon babies came out, soon they were taken away by
demon beast seniors. But this wolf cub had been out for quite some time and no one came
to pick it up. Though he did not know what means they used to find out about the birth of
these cubs. But in this case, Ye Xiwen felt something was off.
"They are all dead." The wolf cub did not turn his head and said in a low voice. Its eyes were
still staring at the demon beast meat.
From the beginning, he tried several times to escape, but each time, he was caught by Ye
Xiwen within seconds. Now, he was an orphan who did not know where to go, though it did
not take him too long to understand that Ye Xiwen was not going to hurt
him.
According to what he said, Ye Xiwen also came to know that he was homeless. No wonder
no one came to pick him up.
However, when Ye Xiwen asked him about other things, he refused to talk about anything.
Just when Ye Xiwen seemed all prepared to taste the meat, suddenly, horrible shrieks
began to echo everywhere. The ominous qi swept from the mountain and instantly
obscured the entire sky in the form of dense black clouds. The condensed black clouds
suddenly gave rise to endless rain on the island.
The sudden invasion of Yinqi and Deadqi sucked away lives out of the trees, leaving them in
a withered state.
The barbecue was instantly corroded by the torrential downpour and ruined the bonfire.
Then, Ye Xiwen and the others suddenly heard extremely loud roars of demon beasts
coming from the depths of the island.
They had never heard such horrifying roars before and it was
not hard to tell that these roars belonged to extremely tyrannical demon beasts.
Chapter 257: Tomb Slave Reappears
"What the f**k, my meat! It's all ruined now!" The wolf cub could not bear to see the
delicious meat corroding in front of his eyes and his anger suddenly soared to the sky. The
so-called proud prince could not control this outburst.
Ye Xiwen immediately stood up and looked at the sky. Wu Shaoqun and Mu Ling also
looked at the sky and did not know what actually happened all of a sudden.
"Beep!" A tyrannical golden bird flew across the sky and was headed towards the huge
ominous mountain. Ye Xiwen noticed that this golden bird was actually the golden-winged
bird that had destroyed his boat when he was entering the island.
Then a giant flaming bird flew from another direction and went towards the ominous
mountain.
"Seems like a major event!" Wu Shaoqun murmured.
It was easy to tell from the present environment on the island that something was off and
this was certainly an important
matter.
And it was kind of scary to see that this matter was somehow related to the ominous
mountain!
The rain got harder and harder and black clouds enveloped the entire island. It seemed as if
the entire island had been swallowed by a deathly atmosphere, making it seem like the
world of death itself.
Ye Xiwen and Wu Shaoqun immediately used Zhen Yuan to resist the corrosive rain,
whereas Mu Ling was not all affected by the rain, on the contrary, the rain was actually
absorbed by his body.
Then, abruptly, a figure appeared in the distance. Ye Xiwen saw a somewhat emaciated old
man flying in the rain, directly across the sky. He seemed very far away, but the very next
instant, he appeared in front of them. It was actually the tomb slave.
Ye Xiwen's pupils shrank because he clearly remembered what tomb slave had told him
earlier about making a vow to always guard the tombs and not being able to leave the
premises of
graveyard. But now he seemed to have come out and this certainly showed that something
big happened on this island which compelled him to come out of the graveyard.
And this was certainly related to the sudden outbreak on the ominous mountain.
"Greetings to honorable senior!" Ye Xiwen and Mu Ling quickly saluted to show respect to
the old man. Wu Shaoqun did not know who he was but since Ye Xiwen was showing
respect to this old man, then he was bound to be a great persona.
Therefore, he also quickly followed the other two and gave his salute.
"What have you decided about the thing I told you earlier? Are you ready to take up the
task?" The tomb slave said. "It is solely in your control whether you want to do it or not. But
remember, if you are unable to accomplish this task then forget about leaving this island,
you might actually lose your lives."
Ye Xiwen's complexion suddenly changed, so this matter was really very serious. Moreover,
they might not be able to leave this island.
For these geniuses, staying on this island was only a part of an adventure. No one wanted to
spend their entire lives on this deadly island. Their motive was to get stronger on this
island, then go back and display their newly obtained strength to the entire world, not to
mention also to contribute to their respective sect's strength.
However, this matter had turned into a serious possibility that everyone would end up
dying on this island.
"Senior, what exactly has happened? At least let us know." Ye Xiwen said.
At least he would like to know what had really happened, then only he would further
decide whether to go or not.
"What we are witnessing is the period of time that comes once in a millennium. During this
period, those undead that reside on ominous mountain experience great suppression and
are at their weakest level." The old man explained, "In fact, the undead are confined in a
powerful matrix method on the ominous mountain and it's impossible for them to come
down.
But the situation has gotten worse because a gap has appeared in the matrix method and
those undead will most likely come out through the gap. So, I sent the demon beasts of this
island to
rush to the ominous mountain and make sure to block the gap, otherwise, the
consequences would be disastrous. Even if the undead face a major reduction in their
strengths during this period of time, they are still very scary. And in case even one of them
managed to come out, then forget the demon island, the entire world would face a serious
danger."
Now, they finally understood the seriousness of this situation.
Especially, Ye Xiwen understood better because he could tell that this would perhaps affect
the entire world.
These so-called undead monsters were insanely formidable and scary. Even after facing the
suppression that appeared once in a millennium, they were still so dreadful that even a
single one was enough to threaten the world security.
However, this matrix method was so powerful that it was able to confine these undead
monsters for tens of thousands of years.
According to what Ye Mo said, the person, who would have set up this matrix tens
thousands of years ago, was truly a terrifying being, simply beyond the comprehension of
this realm.
However, a gap appeared in such a powerful matrix method, though only a small gap, but
enough to put the entire world in danger.
The creator of this matrix method must be an extremely formidable being. Or perhaps, it
was not created by a person but an organization.
Ye Xiwen had already started to notice that there was basically no subordination system
among the demon beasts on this island. It was as if demon beasts had divided their
respective territories on the island and no one liked interfering with each other. Of course,
there was no sign of intrusion as well, which indicated a very smooth regulation and
territorial understanding among the beasts. The demon beasts used to only hunt in their
respective territories and there were no signs of cross-border attacks.
However, the appearance of ancient eggs was enough to hint that this demon island was
hiding a secret But this time, things got even weirder than before. The wise and exotic
demon beasts of legendary level or above were actually following the orders of the tomb
slave. It seemed like this island previously belonged to a tyrannical faction. Although there
was a decline in its influence over time, the chief of each demon beast clan was probably
still a member of that ancient faction while this old
man was their boss.
Even if this faction's influence had declined, it was still a tyrannical existence for Zhen Wu
Jie.
It was like a clash between two disastrous forces.
Why did the demon island appear once in every 50 years?
What was the reason behind summoning young heroes to this island?
What was the point of ghost soldiers going on an expedition every night in the yellow river
and against whom?
Who was this old man?
Were the demon beasts on this island really the descendants of god?
Ye Xiwen was immersed in deep thoughts as these questions quickly flashed in his mind!
"Looking at the gravity of this situation, what can we do?" Ye Xiwen asked.
"You can uncover that seal since those undead are now under the restraint and you can
take advantage of this opportunity to travel to the ominous mountain. But you will get only
one chance, if you fail, that will be your end." The tomb slave said in a serious tone. "But my
offer is still valid, as long as you can uncover that seal, I will give you the right to my
inheritance.
You think about it while I will go inform the other human experts about the situation."
Then the old man turned around and disappeared into the thin air. The insane level of his
agility skill could literally shock the world.
Just before leaving, he glanced at the wolf cub then left from there.
The other two looked at Ye Xiwen and asked: "What should we do now?"
"I advise you to do what the old man said because this seems
to be a big trouble." The wolf cub suddenly spoke, "Even if a part of the Zhou star array is
broken, it is enough to become a door to unleash deadly creatures that have waited for so
long to wreak havoc on this world."
"We have to do it, guys! There is no other way out. If what the senior said is true then we
will most likely die if we don't do something." Wu Shaoqun clenched his fist and said.
"If we don't act, we die. But if we take the risk and survive, we may get that inheritance he
talked about." Ye Xiwen said as even he could clearly see the hidden meaning in the old
man's words and that was, they had no choice but to take up this task.
Earlier, the old man had said that if Ye Xiwen and Mu Ling refused to take up the task, he
would wait for another fifty years to pass on the task to another generation of geniuses. But
this time, he seemed quite anxious as if he really wanted them to take up this task and
succeed.
Ye Xiwen was no longer thinking about the inheritance because survival was a much bigger
issue now!
"Come on then, there's no point in further discussion, let's
go!" Mu Ling said in a straightforward manner.
The trio made the final decision and rushed in the direction of the huge ominous mountain
of the undead. They were planning to do all they could in their power before the disaster
would strike. But all of a sudden, Ye Xiwen was taken aback when he saw the wolf cub
following after them. The same wolf cub, who tried several times to escape, was now
silently following them on his own accord.
Chapter 258: Rushes All The Way
Three men and a wolf rushed all the way at an extremely fast speed and soon reached the
huge ominous mountain. Although this mountain was visible from any part of the demon
island, it was in fact located very far away in the depths of the island.
Now, after arriving so close to the mountain, all they saw was a steady stream of demon
beasts rushing to the mountain one after another.
Even the yellow river changed its course and was flowing towards the ominous mountain.
The ghost soldiers were riding the mighty streams of the yellow river, all set to go on an
expedition to the ominous mountain. This was really a frightening event.
Innumerable tribal groups, that consisted of various species of demon beasts which usually
preferred to stay in hiding, also showed up to be a part of this grand expedition. Not to
mention, the mighty cavalry of ghost soldiers was also a part of this grand expedition,
making the whole situation quite scary for human experts.
Ye Xiwen was literally speechless when he looked at the raid being performed by demon
beasts and ghost soldiers. Such an
enormous and mighty army was enough to bring chaos throughout Zhen Wu Jie. The sheer
number of legendary realm warriors in this army was beyond imagination.
Not to mention, this was just their strength after the decline of their influence over a span
of thousands of years. He simply could not imagine the extent of their original might when
this influence was at its peak.
The fearful shrieks of the undead creatures could be heard from far. Ye Xiwen condensed
Zhen Yuan in his eyes and it seemed as if he suddenly opened a deva-eye in the sky. Now,
he could see from unimaginable far distances.
From afar, he saw an endless army of skeleton monsters entirely enveloped in
inexhaustible amounts of Deadqi. There could be only one way to define these skeletons,
terrifying creatures! It was easy to make a guess that they belonged to a mighty ancient
influence, and at this time, an army of skeletons was rushing down the mountain. The
terror-inducing sound of bones, rubbing against each other, was resounding throughout
the sky and making the whole atmosphere even more frightening.
Ye Xiwen witnessed how the army of skeletons severely
clashed with the army of demon beast and vicious creatures and began the most terror-
inspiring battle. In moments, there were several casualties on both sides but that didn't
affect the battle at all.
"Beep!" At this time, the golden-winged eagle arrived like a fighter jet, flapping its wings
violently and then, it shot several rounds of lasing beams on the skeleton army, sweeping
clean a big stretch of area.
However, the golden-winged eagle did not stop and continued to advance in the direction
of the mountain of undead. On the rear side of skeleton army, there was an immense army
of skeletons and zombies while several zombie experts had unimaginable strength and
cultivation levels. The zombie commander suddenly released his invincible imposing aura,
thereby sweeping Deadqi into the sky in the form of a column of light. As soon as this
column of ominous light soared into the sky, it exploded and scattered the dark clouds in all
directions.
Ye Xiwen's eyes opened wide as he saw this scene. He suddenly held his breath and simply
couldn't believe his eyes. If skeletons were terrifying then zombie experts were much more
dreadful. And then there were also evil spirits waiting to wreak havoc on this world.
Wu Shaoqun cursed out loud and said: "Goddamn it! I just hope that the matrix method is
still confining a major part of this undead army, otherwise, we are screwed."
When the roars of demon beasts and undead creatures along with the rubbing sounds of
bones, interwoven together, the generated noise which took birth were extremely
horrifying enough to shake heaven and earth.
The count of demon beasts kept on increasing since more and more demon beasts kept on
joining the battle to stop the rampage of the undead army.
The two sides were in a deadly deadlock which was essential to stop the undead army from
destroying the entire island.
It was like Armageddon, the whole island was trembling. It seemed as if the whole world
would collapse as a result of this battle.
Soon, the yellow river also reached its destination and ghost soldiers also joined the battle.
The ghost cavalry reached directly from the oblique side and cut off the contact between
skeletons and zombies. Although skeletons and zombies might
have been extraordinary powerhouses when they were alive, but when confronted with the
yellow river, they immediately fell under the possession of evil spirits lurking in the yellow
water which greatly lowered their spiritual strength. Some could no longer maintain their
existence, simply screamed loudly and melted on the spot.
It was a terrible war, enough to inspire terror in anyone. The dark sky was wreaking havoc
on the island in the form of deadly rain that was capable of instantly corroding things.
"Let's go, no matter what, we must cross the battlefield!" Ye Xiwen took a deep breath and
said. There was only one option at hand, not only for own survival but also for the safety of
the entire world. Anyway, tomb slave had already told him earlier that they could not leave
this island, and if this undead army was allowed to go outside, then there was no point in
leaving either because the entire Zhen Wu Jie would face destruction.
The entire humanity might face annihilation so they must find a way out of this mess.
"Hu Hu!" Ye Xiwen's extremely fast flight as he cut through the air, producing a whistling
sound that seemed to resemble a devil's cry.
Ye Xiwen and the others rushed all the way and soon reached the intersection point
between the two armies. The demon beast soldiers seemed to understand that Ye Xiwen
and the others were here to help them. Not to mention, they were indulged in this battle
and simply did not have time to attend to Ye Xiwen's team.
However, skeletons noticed them and immediately, a formidable skeleton gave the order to
his subordinates to attack.
They immediately reacted by shooting a barrage of bone arrows towards Ye Xiwen and his
team.
Also, there was no lack of legendary realm skeletons among the attackers.
"Get out of the way!" Ye Xiwen bellowed and his whole body instantly got covered by a
golden cloak of divinities. The mighty divinities were burning wantonly around his body
while also purifying the Deadqi in his surroundings. This decreased the intensity of howling
of innumerable souls that were filled with resentment.
The long blade danced in his hands and released a dazzling
Bladelight that instantly formed a curtain of blade shadows. It blocked the incoming bone
arrows and chopped and crushed several of them to bits almost instantly.
Mu Ling and Wu Shaoqun also resorted to their secret techniques to block the incoming
barrage of bone arrows.
Then there came a shrill cry and a formidable looking skeleton took out a bone arrow,
aimed at Ye Xiwen and shot.
The arrow pierced through space and almost instantly arrived in front of Ye Xiwen.
Almost at that moment, a terrible light flashed in the sky and the bone arrow instantly
disintegrated under its enormous might. Then the golden light further proceeded and
crashed into that skeleton, crushing him instantly.
Ye Xiwen looked up and saw the giant stature of the golden-winged eagle in the distance. It
did not stop and once again continued to slaughter undead soldiers.
Apparently, it did this to protect Ye Xiwen and his friends.
The trio and the wolf cub continued to move forward but now more cautiously. This time,
they were fortunate enough to receive help from the golden-winged eagle; otherwise,
things could have become messy.
They went forward all the way, only to find many experts in the distance. They had also
taken advantage of the commotion and arrived here to participate in this battle. It seemed
like they had also been persuaded by the tomb slave. In short, they knew that if they did not
go all out now, then, there was a possibly of a great disaster that would eventually bring
death to all.
Therefore, they chose to struggle for survival rather than waiting for death.
Ye Xiwen's team also joined the team of experts.
This team was being led by Emperor Chen and only this time, he was sitting upon a golden
lion. He appeared majestic, just like the true emperor of this world.
Emperor Chen's imposing aura swept over in all directions. He turned his head and saw Ye
Xiwen flying towards his team. He snorted but did not take the opportunity to attack Ye
Xiwen,
because he was clearly aware of the severity of the situation. He ignored the presence of Ye
Xiwen and urged the golden lion, thereby flying all the way forward.
Qing Xu could also be seen following Emperor Chen and his aura was no worse than
Emperor Chen's. With just a flick of his hand, a blue beam appeared out of nowhere and
swept skeletons out of his path.
Qing Xu was riding a beautiful yellow crane and appeared just like an immortal being.
There were several familiar faces on this team, such as Ji Moon could be seen standing on
her butterfly lizard, Warhawk was also riding his golden-winged eagle, and Wang Purple
was also present. These four formidable experts were guarding the four sides of the team
formation with all other human experts inside the formation.
Mu Youran and Jian Wuchen were no longer injured and had also arrived to participate. In
addition, several other strong experts of the ten countries of the south-east region had also
arrived, with some being at truth seventh or eighth stage while some being only at truth
fourth or fifth stage.
The island's best human experts had already arrived to participate in this battle for their
survival.
But at this time, the smell of blood spread all over while the sky turned red and began to
pour blood everywhere, almost as if the heaven was crying tears of blood.
"It's the infamous blood rain, so terrible!" An expert said when he was drenched in the
blood rain and felt his body getting heavy, to the extent that he was unable to take even a
single step forward.
"Tianyuan mirror!" Ye Xiwen shouted and Tianyuan mirror flew out into the sky and
released a curtain of scarlet light that immediately acted as a shelter against the blood rain.
However, when the blood rain fell on the scarlet shelter, it instead became a source of
nourishment for the mirror.
"Ha ha ha!" Ye Mo gave out a carefree laughter because this blood rain was simply like a
nourishing shower for him and Tianyuan mirror. This shower of blood was made up of
evaporated blood and essence of demon beast soldiers as they were being slaughtered by
undead soldiers. For most people, this blood rain was like a curse and very hard to deal
with. In fact, it could even kill formidable experts if proper protection was not used. But
Tianyuan mirror directly erased the curse and absorbed blood and essence out of it. This
was the reason why Tianyuan mirror was getting brighter since it was constantly
absorbing blood and essence of killed demon beasts. The scarlet light released by the
mirror almost camouflaged the surrounding sky.
At this time, Tianyuan mirror flew high into the sky and started getting bigger and bigger,
covering a very wide area, and the next moment, the blood rain was directly absorbed by
the scarlet red mirror.
The experts cupped their hands and showed gratitude to Ye Xiwen. If Ye Xiwen had not
acted at the critical moment then they would have faced extreme difficulties in dealing with
this blood rain.
They felt like throwing up due to the repugnant smell of blood emanating from the blood
rain.
This was the time when everyone needed unity and cooperation. Ye Xiwen was not stingy,
hence he openly lent them a hand, not to mention, it also allowed Tianyuan mirror to reap
great benefits. In any event, Ye Xiwen made the right decision.
Only Emperor Chen looked coldly at Ye Xiwen. He neither
appreciated Ye Xiwen's strength nor the kindness rendered by him. He certainly was not
afraid of this blood rain and continued to defend the frontline.
Chapter 259: Struggle On The Ominous
Mountain
Only Emperor Chen looked coldly at Ye Xiwen. Neither he appreciated his strength nor the
kindness rendered by him. He certainly was not afraid of this blood rain and rushed toward
the frontline on his golden lion.
Under the crazy shower of blood, the team of experts was enjoying the full protection of Ye
Xiwen's Tianyuan mirror.
After successfully bypassing the skeleton army, they bumped into the mighty army of
zombies. These horrifying zombies were continuously gushing out from the gap in the
matrix method. Ye Xiwen and the others did not stop there and flew all the way, only to find
a flaming bird in the distance that was constantly sweeping clean an area with its immortal
flames which could burn the world itself.
The team of experts rushed through the flaming area and reached pretty close to the
ominous mountain for the first time.
They saw a mighty team of undead, mainly consisting of high ranked zombies, rushing
down from the mountain.
The most unusual scenery that greeted human experts was when they looked into the
matrix method, actually saw a variety of palace buildings on the mountain peak. Yes, an
entire complex of ancient architecture with lots of crowded buildings covering the entire
mountain area inside the matrix formation.
"This should be the headquarters of the ancient mighty influence that initially ruled this
island. Almost all of them are made up of rare materials." Ye Mo said. And considering how
old a being he was, the amount of experience he possessed was not something Ye Xiwen
could comprehend, "Only after searching in several dimensions, one can find so many rare
building materials. Most of these materials do not occur in this world. I must say that these
buildings are more extravagant than Devil King's palace."
Everyone was shocked after witnessing this endless complex of the ancient architectural
masterpiece. Built with an amazing combination of gold and jade along with some strange
materials had never been seen before. However now, these buildings were acting as a
breeding nest for a variety of zombies and evil spirits that were continuously coming out of
the palace buildings.
There was no end to this undead army and after watching this scene, human experts felt
chills down their spines.
In Ye Xiwen's mind, abruptly, the ancient seal characters
cropped up. The same seal characters he had seen earlier in the ruins of an ancient
civilization. That time, he was sucked into a scary illusion. He couldn't help but remember
the same illusion once again.
"Boom!" "Boom!"
Numerous electric snakes could be seen creeping in the black clouds accompanied with a
terrifying thunder which struck the palace. The palace couldn't withstand the enormous
destructive power contained in the thunder strike and crumbled down.
"I am here, now come out!" Suddenly, a majestic voice resounded in all directions, "Buzz!"
The low and dull muffled sound of a bell also resounded and instantly sent out numerous
sonic waves everywhere. While several electric snakes could be seen lurking in the dark
cloud, all prepared to bring down chaos in this world.
"Get lost!" Accompanied by a loud shout, a few hundred feet wide pillar of golden light went
straight into the sky and dispersed the dark thundering clouds.
As the voice fell, a middle-aged man flew out of the wreckage
of palace and coldly looked towards the sky. He had a dignified bearing and was clad in a
golden colored emperor's robe.
In the sky, the scattered clouds suddenly agglutinated again and revealed a huge glowing
eye in the centre.
"If you dare to go against the heaven's will, you cannot do that without a fight!" A muffled
voice echoed everywhere.
And a huge lightning maliciously struck.
Wasn't the illusion based on this location? Though it looked somewhat different after
having undergone corrosion for thousands of years, Ye Xiwen still managed to recognize
this place in one glance.
Or, the entire island was perhaps the background in this scene and not just this part of the
ominous mountain of the undead.
Right after entering the matrix method, human experts immediately felt a terrible pressure
upon their bodies. They felt as if they would be crushed under this pressure. The strange
force suddenly fell down from the sky and pushed them to the
ground.
Now they had no means to fly inside the matrix formation.
Certainly, there were some exceptions like Ye Xiwen with his golden devil wings, Warhawk
riding his pet golden-winged eagle, Ji Moon riding her butterfly lizard and Qing Xu riding
his yellow crane, after all, even if human experts were unable to use various techniques to
fly, the ones with wings would naturally be able to fly in the air.
The terrifying shrieks were resounding everywhere and the whole scene was truly fear-
inspiring.
Watching the steady stream of zombies coming out of the palace buildings, everyone felt as
if they had stepped in a zombie nest, otherwise, how could there be hundreds of thousands
of zombies in one place.
"I think this place is an ancient battlefield. All these zombies are clad in iron armors, armed
with spears. So, it is clear that they used to be war soldiers who have now transformed into
zombies."
"You are right, it's too terrifying. I also thought the same
thing; this place seems like the lair of a formidable ancient civilization. Besides, it also
seems like they were attacked by some even more formidable force that led to countless
casualties, which eventually led to the birth of these zombies."
"What kind of formidable force can destroy such a fearful influence, causing so many
casualties? This is unbelievably shocking!"
"Anyway, we have to uncover the seal; otherwise, we certainly will not have any way out of
this mess."
An expert said in a loud voice and was heard by all other experts. This worked as a spark to
help them recover from their shocked states. They also began to think about the most vital
point - if they did not do their best, then there was only a dead end waiting for them.
At this time, the matrix method began to revolve. Even though some formidable zombies
and skeletons were constantly attacking the gap, desperately trying to widen it and also
ultimately destroyed the entire matrix method, but the matrix method, despite having a
gap, was intrepid and sparkling across the sky. In the sky, the stars were twinkling like
never before and as if announcing the incoming of an apocalypse. At this
moment, suddenly, a huge beam of light detached itself from the matrix formation and
severely pounded on the ground, smashing many zombies and skeletons into minced meat.
Zhou star matrix method!
The wolf cub opened its mouth wide and spelt out the name of this matrix method. The
energy of the stars was condensed by the matrix formation, transforming into a huge
dragon tail and severely hit the ground.
Taking advantage of this situation, the team of human experts rushed forward. Even if they
could not fly, they were still advancing at extremely high speeds.
The huge palace-like buildings were connected with each other and were positioned as
sections of ladders, one after another while going up towards the mountain peak. The
experts crossed the buildings one by one and continued to climb up while also
encountering many zombies and skeletons on the way.
They did not stop to engage the undead soldiers and continued to advance forward at
maximum speed. They could not afford to
waste any time and needed to stop the advancement of the undead army into the demon
island.
The experts were getting agitated but did not dare to stay to fight with undead soldiers
because staying behind was no different than dying a brutal death.
"Aaaa!"
"Aaaa!"
Several pitiful screams echoed when experts were passing through a palace and were
suddenly attacked by two pairs of jaw bones as they directly dashed into the crowd of
human experts and caught several experts at once. There came miserable cries along with
spooky bone-rubbing sounds as if the flesh was being chewed directly from the bodies of
people who were still alive and screaming.
All of the experts who managed to evade this attack looked at each other with eyes filled
with horror; after all, this was not something they witnessed every day. Now everyone
knew how important it was to reach the summit as soon as possible and open the seal, then
only they could stop this nightmare.
But this was something that has never been accomplished by anyone in the past thousands
of years. No one had ever succeeded in taking off the seal, however, they had no choice but
to do it. They could only choose to go forward while temporarily ignoring the loss of their
comrades. Of course, retreating was not an option.
"We must hurry, but we must be careful not to go near those palaces!" At this time, Qing Xu,
who was riding a yellow crane, shouted from the sky and warned everyone.
"Yes, charge forward in order to survive!"
All experts were encouraged by this and rushed forward.
Those palaces were extremely frightening and were being guarded by frightening
monsters. They encountered much more terrifying monsters as they continued to get
closer to the summit.
By the time they reached halfway up towards their destination, almost half of their team
had been sacrificed, leaving less than 500 experts. This was no ordinary loss and especially
for the Southeast region that lost so many of its super
elites. Most of the weaker human experts were eaten by the zombies, but the rest of the
team did not stop to help them. This was certainly a heartless thing to do but they had to
endure it because if they had stopped to help others then everyone would have died.
There were several palace monsters who almost came close to single-handedly wipe out
the entire team of experts. A rotting monster suddenly came out of a palace and chased
after them, but the saving grace came as a fact that it was somehow bound to the palace
and couldn't go past a certain limit. However, it still managed to drag away several experts
and ate them.
These experts had never experienced such a terrible place in their entire life. They were the
so-called lucky and pampered geniuses of the Southeast region who never had to face life-
threatening situations to grow stronger, so this situation was pretty much of a disaster for
them.
Gradually, as they continued to climb up, the number of zombies reduced considerably, but
their strength grew enough to compensate. They also bumped into a half-step legendary
level zombie that was immediately engaged by Qing Xu and Emperor Chen. But, their
combined strength was not enough to deal with it.
The gap between truth ninth stage and half-step legendary realm was too large. But,
fortunately, that zombie had spent more than a millennium and seemed to possess limited
strength. Hence, after a while, it was overpowered by the team of human experts.
Afterwards, they slowly approached the summit.
They had started to feel tired but the great responsibility upon their shoulders was what
boosting their morale and pushing them to try harder and achieve their goal.
Chapter 260: If I Cannot Do It, You All Will
Die!
Only Emperor Chen, Qing Xu and Ye Xiwen were able to keep a straight face in such a dire
situation. Other experts including Warhawk, looked extremely exhausted. Some experts
had their bodies completely soaked in sweat and were on the verge of collapse.
Some were showing signs of breathing trouble while sustaining terrible suppression inside
the Zhou star matrix formation.
"Come on everyone, we are quickly nearing the pinnacle!"
Qing Xu shouted.
But at this time, the team of experts saw two zombies of half-step legendary realm pacing
towards them from far behind.
The crowd called out in alarm. They were scared and definitely not prepared to withstand
such a loss; after all, one such zombie of half-step legendary realm had exhausted them to
such a pitiful state, then how could they even considering dealing with two of them
simultaneously.
"What should we do now? There are two of them, coming after us!"
"I don't want to die after getting so close to our destination."
Their goal was so close but the boost in their morale did not survive long after the sudden
appearance of two zombies of half-step legendary realm.
Originally, they never thought much about half-step legendary realm as their target was
always the legendary realm.
Half-step legendary realm was just a milestone in between, and being peerless geniuses,
they never had a doubt about not reaching this realm. It was only a matter of time for them.
However, after dealing with that last zombie, they came to realize that they were highly
mistaken to have underestimated the half-step legendary realm. After all, even if Emperor
Chen and Qing Xu were at the peak of truth ninth realm, together they could not defeat one
zombie of half-step legendary realm.
But fortunately, these two zombies should have been
weakened too like the previous one, otherwise, despair would be the only thing awaiting
them.
"Let me deal with this." At this time, Ye Xiwen stepped forward and said. Everyone was
astonished and looked at Ye Xiwen as it took more than just courage to dare and make such
a statement.
"Ye Xiwen, have you gone out of your mind?" Wu Shaoqun quickly said.
"Let me explain - These two zombies were obviously partners when they were alive, it is
easy to infer that from their actions.
So, if they join forces and attack together then we will be doomed. It will be impossible to
block their joint raid so the best way is to divert one of them." Ye Xiwen said and everyone
nodded. His talent was not unknown to everyone; and regardless of his strength and level,
he was still an elite peerless genius who just now made a valid point.
However, everyone knew that distracting a zombie of half-step legendary realm would not
be an easy task for one guy.
This was a suicidal plan and would lead to certain death, but nobody wanted to die. This
made things more complicated and confusing. But Ye Xiwen willingly accepted to take up
this risky
position which was quite shocking for everyone.
"If the strength is too weak for the job, then even if one of us managed to distract a zombie,
it will be pointless as that person will be killed in an instant. And then the zombie will turn
back to reunite with its partner." Ye Xiwen said. "Therefore only a few people are fit for this
task."
Everyone nodded, though there were a lot of people who were not willing to take up such a
risk, but at this time, all had to admit that it was indeed not possible for most people to
successfully perform this task, honestly because they lacked required qualifications to do
so.
These people knew that even the strongest and most talented Emperor Chen was not
daring to take up the task since even he would admit that he did not have such capability to
singlehandedly stop a zombie.
But why did Ye Xiwen came up with this idea and why was he willing to take such a risk?
Everyone was confused, especially Mu Ling and Wu Shaoqun as they were anxiously
looking at Ye Xiwen and trying to understand what was going on in his mind.
Why was he looking for death?
"However, I am the most appropriate one for the job." Ye Xiwen said, "A zombie's most vital
advantage is not martial arts, but its body which is much more formidable than demon
beasts of the same level. Right now, your martial strength is limited due to suppression, but
I am not affected because my body is strong enough to constrain a zombie."
Ye Xiwen certainly hadn't made this decision in a heat of the moment. It was a well thought
out plan and he needed to be careful to make it work.
They did not have the option to make a U-turn and get out of there. Ye Xiwen made this
decision, keeping survival a top priority since he was willing to face the situation at hand
without succumbing to escapism.
Moreover, right now, the formidable powers of these zombies were limited according to
what the tomb slave said. Not to forget that they were still more powerful than experts of
truth ninth stage.
It was said that when gilded tyrant form would be practiced to the perfection level, then the
practitioner should be able to tear apart mythical beings like gods and devils with bare
hands.
Although Ye Xiwen's practice had not yet reached such a high
level, however, a zombie of half-step legendary realm was also not a mythical being.
Only Ye Xiwen with his gilded tyrant body could contend with a zombie while others
simply did not stand a chance when fighting alone.
Ye Xiwen knew that this was going to be a tough battle with unpredictable outcomes and
there was also a chance that he might get killed. But he had no choice because if these two
zombies attacked together then everyone was bound to die, including him.
"Only I can do this."
"And remember one thing. If I don't succeed then you all will die for sure."
Ye Xiwen's expression was blunt but his words showed his boldness and confidence, to the
extent that even his rivals suddenly began to feel that he was quite pleasing to the eyes.
Wu Shaoqun and Mu Ling tried again and again to persuade
Ye Xiwen, but he had already made up his mind. Moreover, even these two understood that
this was not only the best choice available to them but also the most reliable choice. If Ye
Xiwen stayed with rest of the team and the other zombies attacked then the entire team
would face the instant annihilation.
Ye Xiwen rushed forward; simultaneously his whole body was enveloped in a golden cloak.
From afar, he appeared just like a golden god of war, a powerful being with extraordinary
powers.
He seemed out of place in this dark environment as if a golden god woke up just now from
the chaos in order to eradicate the chaos with his own hands.
He then opened his devil wings and instantly flew towards the zombies while
simultaneously thrusting his palm to shoot Dragon qi towards a zombie.
"Boom!" The Dragon qi severely crashed into that zombie's body and it started roaring
again and again due to intense pain caused by this attack. At this time, the other zombie
suddenly jumped towards Ye Xiwen and started chasing him.
Ye Xiwen had succeeded in his plan. He simply turned around and flew all the way towards
the mountain forest to lure the pursuing zombie into that forest.
After luring it far into the forest, Ye Xiwen stopped and retracted his wings.
When the zombie saw him stopping, it suddenly got excited and went towards him. Its
skinny claws stretched out to grasp him.
The zombie was actually using tiger claw style to grasp Ye Xiwen to death. Ye Xiwen knew
this and certainly would not let this happen.
Since his whole body was already enveloped in a golden cloak, it was safe to say that gilded
tyrant form was acting at its best.
He shouted and thrust both his palms towards the incoming claws. His palms transformed
into dragon claws, displaying the incomparable might of Coiling Dragon Palm.
One must know that Coiling Dragon Palm was an ancient martial technique and it was very
difficult for an ordinary expert to comprehend it. Some disciples had tried in the past but
had lost their mind and soul as a result. Not to mention, Ye Xiwen also had to face a similar
problem and its mastery was fairly difficult for him, unless he would comprehend it to an
extraordinary extent.
However, he actually managed to reach such an extent but not by learning from others. He
relied on his own insight that he obtained inside the mysterious space to comprehend
Coiling Dragon Palm in his own way.
He could still see the figure of an indomitable spirit of a man that was constantly practicing
Coiling Dragon Palm in his mind.
Ye Xiwen had spent a lot of time in the mysterious space to get insights about how to
practice and implement it. But rather than copying that figure, he comprehended this
technique in his own way to get better results like excluding the move sets he did not need
and adding the ones he might need to improve the technique.
He applied this kind of learning, comprehending and improving method on all techniques.
So, he had been always able to improve a technique and increase its power while at the
same time, decrease the difficulty of using it in an actual combat.
"Boom!" The bone claws and coiling dragon claws severely collided with each other.
It seemed as if the resulting explosion was caused by atomic collisions in general. This was
a terrible collision and the shock waves caused by it instantly swept across in all directions
and wiped out a major section of the forest.
Ye Xiwen had to retreat several steps as he felt his chest tightening as a result. Even though
he was protected by his gilded tyrant body, he still felt as if his body would fall apart.
This zombie's body was really intrepid, unlike its skinny appearance. Other experts would
have been certainly torn apart by its claws. So, the only saving grace this time was his
golden tyrant body, otherwise, even an expert of truth ninth stage would not stand a
chance.
Ye Xiwen was able to contend because the fighting styles of both him and the zombie relied
on their respective formidable bodies.
Chapter 261: Deathmatch With A Half-Step
Legendary Zombie
This fight was certainly not going to be an easy one for Ye Xiwen. Even though the zombie
was under suppression, it was still more powerful and had a much stronger body than him
in comparison. So, in the end, Ye Xiwen did not hold a single advantage against it.
But this did not mean that Ye Xiwen's gilded tyrant form was utterly useless. He could take
on the zombie by relying on the tyrannical defense of his golden body, but his inferior
cultivation level was not at all a help. His battle strength was comparable to truth ninth
stage, but the gap between ninth stage and half-step legendary realm was too difficult to
surmount.
Zombies were infamous for their terrifying bodies in all of the ten thousand worlds. And
the body of a zombie of half-step legendary level was easily going to have an iron threshold.
Yes, there were thresholds above the iron threshold such as copper threshold, silver
threshold, golden threshold, etc. It was said that a zombie with golden threshold could
actually contend with a mythical creature.
Although this zombie had not yet fully entered the iron threshold phase, its body was still
formidable when taken in Ye Xiwen's perspective. Because Ye Xiwen still hadn't fully
reached the true potential of gilded tyrant form due to his lack of level.
He was still in truth realm and required the understanding of legendary realm to perfect it.
Fortunately, that zombie's power was suppressed, or else Ye Xiwen wouldn't stand a
chance.
Even so, Ye Xiwen would have to participate in a deadly battle for survival.
Ye Xiwen and the zombie fiercely clashed and so did their tyrannical bodies, sweeping
away anything in the past in the form of a horrifying explosion in the forest.
Ye Xiwen's golden body couldn't block the entirety of attack force and traces of blood
appeared from the corners of his mouth. He was dedicated to his cause and was willing to
face much worse for its sake. He had no alternative and if he did not do his best, then,
everyone would be slaughtered, including his friends. Moreover, if everyone died, then who
would complete the task?
Therefore, he had to bite the bullet and once again move forward to engage in battle!
He seemed prepared to do his best and go all out.
"Shua!"
"Shua!"
"Shua!"
He immediately took out Poisonous Dragon Water Control Flag Array and summoned
deepwater black snake king with the combined soul power of nineteen deepwater black
snakes. The humongous beast instantly surrounded the zombie while constantly roaring;
seemingly all prepared to attack it anytime.
However, the zombie immediately used its fists and kicks and gave several blows to the
deepwater black snake king.
The deepwater black serpent king's overall power had reached merely the ninth layer of
truth realm and was only one step
away from becoming a water dragon, but it was still knocked out like a stray dog. Ye Xiwen
had predicted this outcome and was only using the power of the flag array to encircle the
zombie and keep it distracted.
Anyway, deepwater black snake king was just a collection of energy, so, Ye Xiwen was not
afraid of its safety.
Moreover, deepwater black snake king used to be at half-step legendary realm when he
was alive and would soon transform into a water dragon, becoming a valuable addition to
his arsenal. Although after death, its power had greatly reduced but the zombie's true
power was also under suppression. If not alone, perhaps together they could thwart this
zombie.
The deepwater black snake king restructured its disintegrated body and again attacked the
zombie.
Ye Xiwen took this opportunity to use Phoenix regeneration to restore his injuries. In a
matter of few breaths, his condition was restored to peak condition. Then after, without
wasting any further second, he immediately rushed towards the zombie to collaborate with
flag array.
He had nurtured flag array exactly for situations like this. It was like his last card to deal
with opponents at much higher level. He did not need to use it against the two tyrants
because he himself was enough to deal with them, plus his pride did not allow him to use
flag array to beat those two.
Even after keeping in mind the large disparity between truth ninth stage and half-step
legendary realm, Ye Xiwen knew that flag array could work very well for distracting an
opponent, giving him enough time for strategizing and healing.
With the help of this divine tool, he was confident that he could constrain and perhaps even
kill this zombie.
He was not a fool and was not just fully depending on the flag array's distraction ability. In
the end, he would have to wait patiently for the right time and personally act, using his
golden body's invincible strength to defeat the zombie.
One must know that this zombie's one punch could kill an expert of truth ninth layer.
Therefore, Ye Xiwen had been acting cautiously so far and would continue to do so.
For him, this was a rare experience of fighting with a warrior
of half-step legendary realm. Besides, he was going to obtain enormous benefits from this
battle.
"Tianyuan mirror!" He shouted loudly. Tianyuan mirror suddenly appeared out of nowhere
and released a deep scarlet light that enveloped his body. Some of it penetrated into his
body and merged with his flesh and blood, considerably raising his strength a notch.
"Ye Xiwen, this is an excellent opportunity. Kill this zombie and take its Core Dan. It will
drastically improve your cultivation level and that too in a very short time." Ye Mo was
standing on Ye Xiwen's shoulder as he gave his suggestion in a very excited manner.
In reality, Ye Xiwen's inner state was still at truth seventh stage and the zombie, despite
being suppressed, was at half-step legendary realm. Therefore, when its Core Dan would be
consumed, it would be sufficient to help him have a breakthrough in a very short time.
Then he would step into truth eighth stage and his battle strength would reach half-step
legendary realm, if not directly reaching the legendary realm.
But, after reaching the peak of truth ninth layer, his fighting strength would actually reach
legendary realm. At that time, he would have easily surpassed Emperor Chen and the
others, thereby standing at the top of the younger generation of the
south-east region. Even while counting the top experts of the previous generation, he
would still be considered at the top.
For others, a zombie's Core Dan, also called Zombie Dan, was a deadly poisonous drug, but
that was not the case for Ye Xiwen because his Tianyuan mirror could purify drugs, even
the poisonous ones and transform them into nourishing drugs.
But anyway, he must first kill this tyrannical zombie to obtain its core.
He used his hands to tear a golden arc of light and shot it at the zombie.
It seemed as if space itself had been torn to welcome the golden arc of light from another
world and all must submit in front of the glory of this endless divine beam of light from an
otherworldly source.
The zombie shot its palm and its fingernails turned in a frightening claw, like an iron hook
which quickly approached Ye Xiwen to trap his neck.
The iron hook claw was a secret technique used by zombies and it was considered as a very
frightening technique.
"Boom!" The two sides clashed almost at the same time. Ye Xiwen's golden body with god's
defense, when coupled with the defense granted by Tianyuan mirror, was finally able to
compensate the gap.
As soon as the two tyrannical beings collided, it seemed like the entire world would
collapse.
"Bang!" The terrible force generated in the explosion sent both of them flying in opposite
directions.
In the zombie's hand, a terrible crack opened up in its tough flesh and purple blood oozed
out and spattered on the ground.
The blood was extremely toxic and corrosive and instantly began to corrode the ground
upon contact.
But Ye Xiwen was also not in a good shape. His gilded tyrant form also disappeared all of a
sudden and his red blood splashed out while also containing traces of golden threads.
The ominous and vindictive color got stronger in the zombie's eyes. It roared again and
again and once again ran towards Ye Xiwen.
Ye Xiwen did not waste time and fully concentrated on using Phoenix regeneration to
repair his wound. Soon, his inner state was restored to its peak. He glanced at the zombie
that was crazily running towards him and he also immediately rushed forward to greet the
incoming attack.
Both sides were tyrannical, outrageously powerful and their battle was based on the direct
clash of bodies. Especially, there was an ever increasing burning rage in the zombie's green
eyes as if it despised the very existence of this world and wouldn't stop before it would
bring upon death to this world.
Ye Xiwen looked calm and tranquil, just a crack in his flesh could not make him blink an
eye. Phoenix regeneration technique was very magical and once again restored him to a
perfect state. He once again shot and released a coiling dragon almost instantly.
The coiling dragon looked upward and gave out a long and loud roar. Its roar was like a
thunderclap, and at the same time, mighty dragon qi spread everywhere and restrained
Yinqi and
Deadqi which were overflowing in the vicinity.
It was a like a terrible explosion of light!
The epitome of positive energy!
The banisher of evil spirits!
Ye Xiwen used coiling dragon palm and suddenly, the entire world lost its color. As if only
the coiling dragon existed in the world and nothing else.
The coiling dragon rushed towards the zombie and attacked it with its claws.
Ye Xiwen also claimed a shot at the same time, but in that zombie's eyes, instead of seeing a
panic-stricken look, he saw a rather calm look.
Just like demon beasts, it was not easy for zombies to gain wisdom and intelligence. Their
very existence was not tolerated in the world and was basically called a blasphemous
existence.
The world law that was exploited for making zombies was also considered one of the most
blasphemous laws in the world.
Zombies just followed instincts and worked on the leftover instincts from when they were
alive. But there were some extremely powerful zombies who still had an opportunity to
develop wisdom.
Ye Xiwen was facing a zombie that had not yet fully reached legendary realm. It was
certainly better than ordinary zombies that followed only instincts, but it was also far from
obtaining a complicated thinking ability. Its wisdom was very limited and his intelligence
had only slightly gotten rid of the so-called instinct driven thought process.
This was a bitter fight and both sides were trying their best to eliminate the opponent as
soon as possible. Each of their clashes was world-shattering and causing destruction in the
surrounding areas.
The battle had reached the phase in which blood was splashing in all directions.
Sometimes, they were colliding in mid-air and causing havoc in the forest area that had
now simply been reduced to a wasteland.
The zombie fiercely dashed towards Ye Xiwen like a bulldozer.
The coiling dragon soared in the sky and fiercely strangled the zombie. It seemed as if the
coiling dragon had come on a punitive expedition, however, even so, even after using
various methods, there were still some disparities between the powers of the zombie and
Ye Xiwen.
Chapter 262: Slaughtered Zombie
It was a brutal contest of resilience and toughness among the two tyrannical masters. Once
again, a mighty explosion occurred and blasted both of them in opposite directions. Both of
them had their skins peeled off and blood oozing out of their wounds, but none of the two
wanted to stop fighting.
For a zombie, its body itself was the most powerful weapon. A zombie did not feel pain and
wouldn't stop rampaging, even when its limbs were torn off or its head was severed from
its body because right after transforming into a zombie, its body was occupied by evil
spirits, ending up making the whole corpse just a tool.
So even if the head was severed from a zombie's body, other body parts would still
continue to move because a zombie's body was not controlled by its brain but by the evil
spirits.
The zombie did not stop even when it was seriously injured in the last attack and
immediately rushed towards Ye Xiwen.
Meanwhile, Ye Xiwen was standing like a mountain while an endless amount of imposing
aura was gushing out of his body, making him appear like a mighty god of war. Phoenix
regeneration was working non-stop to heal his injuries and
restore his inner state to its max, and in a short time, he was back to his peak condition. He
also did not care about the injuries since Phoenix regeneration was the biggest advantage
he held, and by relying on it, he could always continue to maintain his present tyrannical
battle efficiency.
And even if that zombie did not care about its injuries, it still could not stop a gradual
decrement in its battle efficiency as it was constantly running amuck and wasting energy.
So, a long battle would actually be more favorable for Ye Xiwen because even a zombie of
half-step legendary realm could be slowly exhausted to death.
Although Ye Xiwen would have to consume a lot of his life essence and vitality, he refused
to give up, otherwise, only a dead end would greet him if he was unwilling to make decisive
sacrifices whenever needed.
The retreat was not an option, it certainly wasn't an option!
"Roar!" The zombie lifted its face upwards, roared and released its poisonous qi in the
surrounding area. Being a zombie, it was fully detached from reincarnation cycle, and just
like a monster from hell, it released an ominous imposing aura, breaking the shackles of the
world and then, swept across in all
directions.
Ye Xiwen seemed all prepared to face the fury of this zombie!
He also roared and there exploded a dazzling divine light from within his clothes as if to
conquer the entire universe and subdue the heaven.
The battle had entered its final phase and it did not seem like it was going on between a
human and a zombie, but between two legendary beings, belonged to two different
universes.
It had mostly been a contest between two invincible bodies, but the extent of this battle had
not yet reached the most tragic state. The worst phase was about to come!
The zombie's green eyes were flashing fiercely as it waved its fists in a strange manner to
display zombie-specific martial art that derived qi from its arteries.
Ye Xiwen also went all out and used coiling dragon palm to summon a huge coiling dragon.
It gave out a long and loud cry and soared into the sky, wantonly dancing and it seemed like
the whole belonged to it, now. As if a real legendary dragon had come out of the fables to
dominate the entire world. The coiling dragon's very presence was suppressing Yinqi and
Deadqi in the atmosphere.
"Bang!"
The battle had entered an extremely frigid phase and suddenly, Ye Xiwen's chest was
penetrated by the zombie's sharp iron claws. And the very next instant, the zombie
retracted its claws and tore off a big chunk of flesh and meat from his chest.
But things did not go well for the zombie as well. Its whole body was nipped by the coiling
dragon, and as a result of that, its bones were now visible through the several wounds
spread all over its body.
Ye Xiwen's golden defense had been broken by the zombie's iron claws and a fatal wound
could be seen oozing blood from his chest area. But at the same time, his wound was also
healing at an incredibly fast speed, and within a few breaths' time, he was back to normal.
Of course, there was no trace of any wound on his chest region, and he was once again at
his peak condition.
"Boom!" Both sides severely clashed again and caused a massive explosion in the sky,
resulting in a burst of dazzling golden light and splashing blood in all directions.
"Rumble!"
"Rumble!"
Ye Xiwen noticed that each time the zombie attacked with its claws, it drew the power of
world laws and invoked suppression upon him as a result of the fluctuations in world laws.
One must know that suppression effect of world laws was applicable only to the experts of
truth realm and below. Because it was extremely difficult for them to comprehend world
laws and they easily succumbed under their might, in turn facing an overwhelming
suppression. This was actually the biggest difference between an expert at truth ninth peak
and an expert at half-step legendary realm.
It was very difficult to comprehend world laws and that was the reason why only a small
numbers of experts entered into the half-step legendary realm. Even in the younger
generation, only a handful of experts, below the age of 150 years, were able to step into
half-step legendary realm, but there were many experts at truth ninth stage in comparison.
Although there were several legendary level experts in Yi Yuan School but that was the
result of a thousand years of accumulation. And considering the fact that there had been
millions of disciples in the history of Yi Yuan School, there were only a few dozen disciples
who had managed to step into the legendary realm. So, one could see that legendary
experts were quite rare existences.
There were not more than 200 legendary experts in the entire Great Yue State and that too
out of tens of billions of people. So, one could understand how difficult it really was to step
into the legendary realm.
A legendary level expert was capable of invoking complete suppression. When considering
the elites from all of the ten countries of Southeast region, there were only 20-30 people
who had managed to achieve the legendary realm before reaching the age of 150. This
meant that on an average, only 2-3 people per country were able to achieve such a feat. Qi
Feifan was one such example as he was able to reach half-step legendary realm at a young
age.
So even if there were hundreds of true disciples at truth ninth stage, some being at the peak
of truth ninth stage, but even so, they were still regarded nothing in front of the four pro
disciples.
This was a crucial step and if this step was taken within a short period of time, then, it
would directly determine their future success.
If an ordinary expert was facing such law fluctuations which were being orchestrated by
the zombie, then that expert would have been in an utterly miserable state by now. But
thankfully, Ye Xiwen had also comprehended a section of the law debris.
The depth of his comprehension was not comparable to that of the zombie but was enough
to offset the suppression effect that was being caused by the fluctuations in the world laws.
Heaven and earth seemed to have lost their luster in front of the tyrannical battle going on
between these two monsters.
Spiralling energies were spreading in all directions. Thundering explosions and shock
waves had reduced this entire forest area to a wasteland.
Ye Xiwen was not at all worried, on the contrary, he was very excited to have come across
such a rare opportunity to experience fighting with a higher-level tyrannical monster, a
monster that possessed an invincible body just like him.
Perhaps he had a subconscious lust for violent and bloody battles and he himself was
unaware about that.
The zombie was getting injured again and again while Ye Xiwen contained to remain at his
peak condition thanks to Phoenix regeneration. With the help of this technique, he could
repeatedly challenge opponents of much higher level than his own. Not to mention, he
could also participate in deadly battles without worrying about getting seriously injured.
He dared to challenge a tyrannical opponent not just to sharpen his own skills but also to
obtain the biggest advantage in the form of battle experience and also in the form of an
invincible confidence level.
Most people, even the so-called peerless geniuses were afraid to do so, but he dared to take
this risk thanks to Phoenix regeneration.
If anyone could see this battle, they would surely feel frightened to no limit.
The zombie had slowly started to lose its advantage over Ye Xiwen because it was getting
tired and was taking a lot of
damage.
Although Ye Xiwen was at his peak condition, he still could not hide his pale complexion.
This was the consequence of overusing his life essence. Even his golden defense wasn't able
to cover up his pale complexion.
In other words, Ye Xiwen was burning his own life energy for the sake of winning this
battle. Everyone cherished their lives; after all, their lifespan was limited and no one
wanted to consume their own lifespan and die early because time was very crucial to
cultivate and step into next realm in order to increase the lifespan.
However, Ye Xiwen was not afraid of losing several years from his lifespan. In just a few
years time, he had reached truth seventh stage all the way from Houtian third stage. It
could be said that his cultivation speed was insanely fast. So unlike others, he did not need
to spend a lot of years to step into the legendary realm in order to obtain a huge lifespan.
Moreover, he always thought that life was not for saving up.
People must fearlessly move forward and live the way they want.
The zombie roared and its helmet and armor suddenly shattered into pieces. When it was
alive, it used to be a general and had fought for countless years, killing countless enemies in
his career. So far, the battle was stuck in a tie but one thing was clear that it was not going
to resign in front of Ye Xiwen.
The zombie blasted a punch and swept away an endless amount of poisonous Deadqi
towards Ye Xiwen. He noticed that the golden defense had started to melt due to its
corrosive effect.
"Looks like I do not need to retrograde today to cut down a legend." Ye Xiwen said in his
heart and finally began to go all out without any restraint. He immediately used coiling
dragon palm and an endless amount of dragon qi, combined with golden divinities, collided
with the zombie's attack in midair.
The resulting explosion was so vast that it camouflaged the entire sky.
Suddenly, the ground cracked open when a massive sword intention condensed in his
hand. Ye Xiwen had also embedded golden divinities into this sword intention. This
terrifying golden sword intention was capable of killing demons, devils, ghost, goblins and
all sorts of creatures in one fell swoop.
He then stared coldly at the zombie. The coiling dragon was roaring over and over. At this
time, he opened his devil wings and instantly arrived in front of that zombie.
"Boom!" The terrifying golden sword intention struck horizontally as if to puncture the
world itself and instantly crashed into its body.
The zombie used its hands to block this attack but the destructive power of golden
divinities was so tyrannical that it directly routed the zombie's defense and pierce through
its body, destroying all the evil spirits that were occupying its body.
Chapter 263: Slaughters Again
"Boom!" After that hit, the zombie collapsed on the ground.
"Hu, hu!" Ye Xiwen was breathing heavily as he just now used his most powerful attack. He
had been hiding it from the zombie all this time and then, used it right when he saw an
opening. Besides, he was assuming that there was a small part of wisdom still present in
that zombie's mind. The reason why he remained patient and even though he was facing
tough moments during the fight, he still continued to wait till the time was right and then,
finished it off in one shot.
He took a break and let Phoenix regeneration heal his injuries, though this time, the
consumption of life essence was not much.
Then, he dug out the Zombie Dan from its body and immediately flew in the direction
where the team of experts was still fighting with the other zombie.
Right now, Emperor Chen and the other experts were extremely exhausted. They were
having a hard time dealing with a half-step legendary zombie. It was rampaging, killing
people and almost no one could stop it.
Even the joint attacks of Emperor Chen and Qing Xu were not enough to stop it or inflict
serious injuries. It was being difficult for these experts to attack the zombie due the
fluctuations in the world laws surrounding the zombie. The disparity in strength was too
huge to surmount and dozens of human experts had already been killed by it. Only 300
individuals were still alive which basically indicated that the team of human experts had
really faced heavy losses in this regard.
Emperor Chen gave out a long and loud battle cry and produced an avalanche of energy
leaking out of his body. The energy condensed to form a shadow that looked very similar to
him, except it had a pair of abnormally cold eyes. Although he was having a hard time
dealing with this zombie, he was not at all scared of it and attacked without hesitation.
This was a terrifying attack skill where he was using his own shadow as a backup!
He could not throw in the towel, especially when Ye Xiwen was risking his own life to
distract a zombie and he was doing it on his own. But here, so many people were together
and still unable to deal with one zombie. This was simply a big blow to his pride and self-
esteem.
Although he knew that Ye Xiwen's case was special as he happened to have a strong body,
his pride still would not allow him to admit defeat. He wanted to be stronger than anyone
no matter what.
Emperor Chen's attack also incurred huge fluctuations in the world laws. It was obvious
that he had already started to meditate and comprehend the world laws, preparing to enter
the half-step legendary realm. Therefore, law suppression was not working on him.
One could notice this trait in his violent and frightening imposing aura.
"Boom!" Emperor Chen's fist blasted on the zombie's tough body and exploded into a burst
of terrifying rippling waves of light. It seemed like this fist was aiming to destroy the stars.
"Boom!" This punch was extremely terrifying but the zombie simply disregarded its own
safety and retaliated by throwing its fist at him. Although the zombie's fist was basically a
clenched bone claw, it still caused a massive explosion as if to blow away the universe itself
and reopen the world of chaos.
"Stop!" At this time, Qing Xu shouted loudly and his spiritual voice echoed in the area. As a
result of that, the zombie's movements slowed down a bit and Emperor Chen, who was
sitting on his pet lion, managed to dodge quickly and somehow escaped the range of the fist
attack. Even if a half of the zombie's body was severely injured by Emperor Chen's attack, it
was still very terrifying to fight against and held tyrannical prowess.
Emperor Chen's eyes were filled with anger. He was, what you'd call, a slave of his pride. He
was sitting straight on his pet lion like a mountain and suddenly rushed towards that
zombie.
Once again he used the same attack to finish off the zombie in one fell swoop.
"Boom!"
The power, capable of shattering stars, once again broke out and spread sections of Dao
everywhere.
Qing Xu was also closely following him and staying by his side. This is what one would call:
immeasurable revere!
Emperor Chen's shadow that had stayed behind him all this time suddenly resonated with
the flashing Dao. It is said that you are in Dao and Dao is within you. Right now, this shadow
had thoroughly merged with Dao, thereby increasing its power drastically.
"Boom!" Emperor Chen, his shadow and Qing Xu together attacked the zombie and swept
away mighty shock waves in all directions.
"Bang!" But, in a blink of an eye, his shadow dissipated and both he and his pet lion were
sent flying miles away from there.
Consequently, he spurted out a mouthful of blood; even blood was also oozing out from
several wounds on his body.
Qing Xu was also sent flying all the way until he was caught by his pet crane. This was really
a horrifying collision.
Meanwhile, the zombie killed two more people when everyone resorted to all sorts of
martial arts and divine tools to attack it. They basically tried to take advantage of this
explosion as an opportunity to attack it.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
It was a terrible collision and the zombie certainly wasn't able to react rapidly. By the time
it made its move, it had already been attacked and severely injured by the joint attack from
almost 300 experts. However, this joint attack was not enough to completely eliminate it.
Its whole body was covered in its own blood and looked like a tattered sack of rotten meat.
But it was still roaring and its formidable pressure was frightening people, making it
difficult for them to fight it head on.
Emperor Chen's body was also covered in wounds but he still stood firmly. Actually, he had
blundered by underestimating a half-step legendary zombie and by also underestimating
the gap between half-step legendary realm and truth ninth peak. Not to mention, this
zombie was already under the suppression that appeared once in a thousand years. So, in
other words, if it was at its full potential then no one would have survived till now.
Suddenly, there came a distant howling sound, and the very next instant, a human figure
arrived at a tyrannical speed and struck with a long blade, instantly chopping the zombie
into two halves from head to foot.
"Is that Ye Xiwen? Yes, Ye Xiwen is back, but wait...Where is that other zombie? What
happened to it?"
"Yes, don't tell me he killed that zombie!"
"That's impossible."
Everyone was extremely shocked by his unexpected arrival.
Was it actually possible that Ye Xiwen actually managed to kill a half-step legendary zombie
all by himself? The very thought of it was striking terror in their hearts, but they had to
accept the reality that not only Ye Xiwen was standing in front of them but was also
completely uninjured.
Emperor Chen was shocked the most and was staring at Ye Xiwen as if he was witnessing a
miracle. Originally Ye Xiwen's plan was to distract that zombie but if he really killed it. In
that case, this was really no different than a miracle in the eyes of other experts.
"If I cannot do it, we all will die!"
All of them remembered the statement he made before departing, succinct but powerful.
This kind of monstrous self-confidence was simply known to invincible beings!
Ye Xiwen's golden body released a golden beam of light that instantly crashed into that
zombie's almost bisected body. Then he shot his palm out and released a golden dragon
into the sky.
"Roar!" The zombie roared with a look of terror and confusion in its eyes.
It also threw its iron claw fist at Ye Xiwen.
"Boom!"
Its tyrannical flesh was actually blown apart by Ye Xiwen's
golden dragon. Afterwards, Ye Xiwen grabbed its arms and tore them off its body which
made painful heart-wrenching sounds.
Then he threw those arms far away from its body. Right now, he was at his peak condition
and nothing could stop him.
But this zombie was weakened and injured.
He once again pounded his palm on its torso which resulted in an explosion.
Everyone was alarmed and afraid while thinking in their hearts that who was actually more
terrifying? Ye Xiwen or the zombie?
The way Ye Xiwen was dismembering the zombie in front of everyone; they were
astonished seeing that how he was even able to do that.
They obviously did not know that he possessed the golden body of gods.
The zombie's roars were scary and terror-inspiring. All of a sudden, there was a great
explosion caused by Ye Xiwen's palm
attack and he managed to launch a major blow to its life force.
In the end, he finished it off by stamping on its chest and crushing its chest region. The
golden divinities crawled from his leg into its body and destroyed all the evil spirits
occupying its body. Now the only thing left was taking its Core Dan.
Chapter 264: Supreme Figure
Everyone was stunned and giving dumbfounded looks to Ye Xiwen. They couldn't believe
their own eyes. The zombie was literally unable to fight back and so effortlessly, Ye Xiwen
killed it in front of them as if it was such an easy task. Actually, he managed to complete a
task that not even such a large team of experts was able to do. This was simply a miracle in
their eyes!
Ye Xiwen was merely an expert of truth seventh stage while their team had several experts
at the peak of truth ninth stage.
But he still managed to kill a half-step legendary zombie whereas their entire team couldn't
do it. So how did Ye Xiwen succeed? And what was the real extent of his power?
Emperor Chen and few other experts actually knew how he was able to kill that zombie
because it was already seriously injured and had also exhausted most of its energy. In
comparison, Ye Xiwen's combat effectiveness was at its peak condition, not to mention the
zombie was under suppression and it was mostly relying on its formidable body to fight
while once again Ye Xiwen had an advantage of having a similarly formidable and
uninjured body. In short, the zombie's defeat was inevitable the moment Ye Xiwen became
its opponent.
However, only a few experts were able to figure out the facts behind this miracle.
Also, it would not be wrong to say that if there was someone else in place of Ye Xiwen, they
wouldn't have succeeded in killing the zombie the way he did it!
Although some experts were aware of the special circumstances under which Ye Xiwen
killed the zombie, they were still very shocked by a scene where how easily a half-step
legendary zombie was killed by a guy who lacked three levels in comparison. This was just
insane and totally outrageous for the experts who were at higher levels.
Ye Xiwen's dominating aura, as well as self-confidence, was inducing envy and restlessness
in their hearts.
However, right now, they did not have time and intention to be sighing and feeling that way
because the allied armies of demon beasts and ghost soldiers were still indulged in a crazy
battle with skeletons and zombies and were slowly advancing towards the peak,
slaughtering and pushing back the undead along the way.
It was obvious that this battle was approaching its most tragic phase so they must finish
their mission as soon as possible.
The allied forces were doing their best to contain the undead army and push them
backwards. But it could also be seen that they were not going to last very long. The urgent
matter at hand was to take off the seal and end this crazy battle.
"We are running out of time, so let's hurry." Ye Xiwen said.
"We need to go to the summit as soon as possible to take off the seal, otherwise, we won't
have a way out of this mess. The battlefield is quickly shifting towards the peak; and trust
me guys, you don't want to be anywhere close to that battlefield."
Ye Xiwen was aware of the consequences they would have to face if they did not take off
the seal quickly. Besides, he also knew that they did not have a lot of time left either. The
fierce undead army was truly horrifying so the team of human experts couldn't afford to
waste time as they needed to take off the seal before the allied forces would completely
exhaust their strength.
Irrespective of their envy and hatred towards Ye Xiwen, the experts had to agree with his
words. Right now, rather than bickering and being envious, they needed to show courage
and concern towards the situation and must act as fast as possible.
The team of experts once again rushed towards the summit while avoiding formidable
zombies and skeletons on the way.
They were also steering away from the palaces since almost every palace was inhabited by
terrifying monsters of the legendary realm and above. However, they seemed to be
imprisoned inside the palaces and couldn't come out.
Finally, the team took a section of road that led them straight to the summit. This section of
road was too terrible; also the team bumped into a few half-step legendary zombies on the
way. But the good news was, these zombies appeared but alone and on separate times and
the team somehow managed to either evade or distract them whichever was deemed
necessary in the situation at hand.
On the hilltop, they saw a magnificent palace spread across the entire summit. It looked like
a sky palace and its size was almost equivalent to that of a small town. Ye Xiwen carefully
observed the entire palace and saw a giant stele hanging in the sky, right above the palace.
There were big characters engraved over this giant stele and looked very dazzling.
A terrifying aura was transmitting from that stele as if trying to suppress the entire world.
However, a terrifying aura was also surging from the palace and rising into the sky. The
palace's aura was confronting the stele's aura that was pressing down from above, thereby
creating equilibrium between the two tyrannical auras in the buffer region between giant
stele and palace. In this buffer region, space was collapsing and restoring itself frequently
in a cyclic process and one could also see cold pitch-black debris of space floating there.
The experts were deeply affected by this scene which was quite terror-inspiring. Even Ye
Xiwen was no exception because he sensed a rogue feeling of terror lurking in his own
heart.
Seeing space collapsing and restoring right in front of their eyes, it seemed as if they were
standing on the edge of the world where two worlds were colliding with each other, giving
rise to such an apocalyptic scene.
However, they had no time to think about the reason behind this phenomenon rather they
immediately went towards the palace.
A signboard was floating high in the air!
Heaven's Peak Palace!
It was hard to speculate the level of the civilization that left behind such a legacy thousands
of years ago.
Ye Xiwen did not wait and immediately rushed forward towards the palace.
As soon as they entered the palace compound, they heard intermittent sounds of a bell
ringing unceasing. Yes, it was the same bell ringing that had summoned these young
geniuses to the demon island.
They rushed all the way inside the palace compound and actually saw an ancient clock bell
ringing constantly.
"Ding-Dong!"
"Ding-Dong!"
"Ding-Dong!"
The bell was ringing non-stop and also releasing fluctuating sound waves but only in its
vicinity due to some kind of barrier.
The answer to this was a huge seal that was hovering over this ancient bell and releasing a
mysterious glow. It contained a dominating power, very similar to the power contained in
the world laws but much more intense. Everyone noticed that the seal's power was
restricting the bell's power.
"That's the seal we are looking for!" An expert said aloud while his eyes were totally
focused on the seal. The tomb slave had informed them about this seal and also told them
that they must remove the seal in order to quell the undead army.
While they were all set to finish the task, all of a sudden, the palace doors made a 'squeak'
sound and opened wide. A tall figure, with a demonic aura wantonly revolving around him,
came out.
His form was blurred and fuzzy and he basically looked like a human shadow with a pair of
red eyes. He also possessed a terror-inspiring demonic aura.
The experts suddenly stopped when they saw this shadowy figure and instinctively took
one step back. They had seen a lot of weird things on this island but this was probably the
weirdest of them all.
"Ding-Dong!" The bell suddenly began to ring faster. Even though a seal was placed on it, it
still managed to shoot a condensed form of sonic energy at that shadow.
The shadowy figure lifted his claws, directly grabbed that mass of sonic energy and tore it
apart.
"Boom!" At this time, the fluctuating mass of energy surrounding the bell suddenly
condensed and seemed to have actually opened up a portal. Then, all of a sudden, a celestial
figure slowly walked out of it. He was clad in an emperor's long robe and possessed an
unimaginable imposing aura. The human experts were so much affected by his presence
that they felt like bowing down on their knees and worship this divine being.
And at this time, Tianyuan mirror suddenly began to shiver violently as if feeling a hint of
provocation.
Yes, Ye Xiwen had never seen Tianyuan mirror acting this way no matter what kind of
tyrannical expert he had faced so far.
"Ye Mo, what's happening here?" Ye Xiwen asked loudly in his mind.
But he suddenly realized that Ye Mo was fully suppressed inside Tianyuan mirror and did
not dare to say anything. It seemed as if Ye Mo no longer existed inside the mirror and had
completely disappeared without a trace.
Something like this happened only once when that tyrannical sword expert had suddenly
appeared and used his sword intention on Bai Mojiao disciples. But even back then, Ye Mo
was not this much scared. This indicated that this celestial figure was definitely an Emperor
level expert.
After coming out of the portal that appeared on the bell, the celestial emperor slowly
walked away from the bell but soon bumped into the seal. However, he quickly bypassed
the barrier and looked coldly at that shadow.
As soon as the celestial emperor walked out of the barrier, no one in the team of human
experts was able to bear the incredible pressure and kneeled down on the ground. Even
Emperor Chen and the other top experts were no exceptions; in fact, even Ye Xiwen was
not able to resist this pressure despite having the support of Tianyuan mirror.
Ever since he obtained Tianyuan mirror, he was never bothered by his opponent's coercion
which was more of a joke in his eyes. Tianyuan mirror was a top-tier divine tool of the Devil
King himself. So only those experts, who were at a level higher than him, would be able to
suppress Ye Xiwen.
Therefore, Ye Xiwen had never experienced suppression from coercion. Even a high-level
legendary expert wouldn't succeed to bring Ye Xiwen to his knees by simply using their
imposing aura.
However, now that he did not have the shelter of Tianyuan mirror, he immediately felt a
terrifying pressure rampaging upon his body.
"Insolent fool!"The celestial emperor suddenly spoke and it seemed as if his words were
promulgating the law to be enforced. As soon as he said these words, everyone felt like they
did the biggest mistake of their life by coming here and so, they must apologize if they
wanted to live.
But the celestial emperor did not even look at Ye Xiwen and the others as if they were like a
group of ants and did not deserve his attention at all.
Those words were actually meant for that shadow. The celestial emperor looked sternly at
the shadow and space around him began to fluctuate and disintegrate.
Chapter 265: Shocking Secret
In the eyes of such a supreme figure, this mortal world was insignificant in a way and same
could be considered about the mortals. It could be seen that he had experienced
innumerable eras and must have been to several worlds. It was as if he had crossed the
river of time to appear here and it was fair to say that mortals wouldn't be able to
comprehend such an entity.
He possessed the kind of imposing aura only known to have been displayed by great
tyrants of the universe. The kind of suppression that could make everyone submit to this
domineering figure, just like the legendary gods mentioned in fables.
Even if everyone knew that this was possibly not his main body but seeing such a supreme
level figure standing right in front of them still made them have a feeling of prostrating
themselves sincerely and worship him.
"I would not kneel down in front of anyone, never, even when the god itself appears in front
of me." Emperor Chen clenched his teeth and endured the incredible pressure. The other
experts heard him growl and saw how he was unwilling to surrender to this supreme figure
and not willing to kneel down. His legs were
firmly fixed on the ground as if two iron pillars were nailed to the ground, unwilling to
bend. His face was covered in cold sweat and his entire body was trembling fiercely. He was
a very stubborn man, indeed.
Not just Emperor Chen, even Qing Xu, Ye Xiwen, Warhawk and the other top experts were
also refusing to kneel down and were still somehow standing. Their stance was simple -
Humiliation was worse than dying, so they would rather die standing instead of kneeling
down and live!
These were the few experts who possessed invincible will along with great ambitions and
those who wanted to dominate the entire world. In that case, how could they just bend
their knees and prostrate in front of anyone? Indeed, this supreme figure seemed to come
from a superior race from ancient times, but what they were seeing was certainly just a
shell of the original being and if they bowed down in front of it, then it would utterly
destroy their indomitable hearts.
After experiencing this, one thing was guaranteed that the impression left by this
domineering celestial figure would never ever leave their hearts.
At this time, all of the demon beast cubs, namely golden lion,
yellow crane, dragon butterfly and golden-winged eagle, felt weak in the legs and fell down
on the ground and began to cry loudly with large bundles of tears rolling down from their
eyes.
The golden lion cub was fortunately quite ignorant and did not understand what was going
on, but the wolf cub undeniably possessed far more wisdom than the other cubs and was a
lot more mature as well.
But at this time, he was the saddest one and his howling sound was indicating the intense
sadness in his heart. He was crying tears of sorrow, not like an ignorant cub that cries for
himself, but like an adult that was crying due to a serious reason that was causing him pain.
His sorrowful crying voice and howls and his extremely pitiful appearance explained his
tragic state. Even Mu Ling was confused because he could not understand how a foul-
mouthed, yet, wise wolf cub suddenly began to behave like this. Ye Xiwen was also shocked
by this and did not know what to do.
The way the wolf cub was crying right now, it seemed as if he was grieving the death of his
father.
The supreme figure walked forward step by step, and as soon as he began to walk, a golden
lotus emerged from the ground!
All eyes were immediately focused on that magnificent golden lotus. Soon they noticed that
it was not condensed out of his power, but purely manifested out of some pure world law.
In other words, the world itself honored his presence by giving him a tribute in the form of
this grand and pure golden lotus.
It made everyone have a chill feeling inside their hearts when they tried to analyze this by
considering the extent of this supreme figure's power and the recognition he got from the
world itself. It was as if they were like commoners in front of a noble existence.
Ye Xiwen was instantly reminded of a legendary character from an ancient fable and how it
was impossible for others to figure out the extent of his cultivation.
Similarly, there was no way to try and speculate the cultivation level of this supreme figure
but it could be said that it was far-far beyond the legendary realm.
The supreme figure walked step by step with his sharp and all-encompassing vision
observing everything around him.
Whenever he took a step, the world trembled around him and
trails of violent aura ravaged the space around him.
That supreme figure's eyes looked like that of an eagle, filled with confidence and pride.
Not to mention he possessed an invincible majesty, to an extent that no one was daring to
look him in the eye.
"How can someone be so strong?" A young expert said with a dumbfounded expression on
his face. This was the first time he experienced something like this and couldn't help but
express his shock.
"Demon Emperor, you used to be strong but that is a thing of the past." The shadow
suddenly issued an owl-like raucous laughter. "But, no matter how magnificent you were
during your lifetime, death is always the final verdict and shows you the path to a home
you can return to."
"The worst decision you made was to refuse to embrace death.
You rejected our offer when you could have also become a master of death, but
unfortunately, an influence that once deterred the Ten Thousand Worlds has gone downhill
to such a pathetic state." The shadow said in a mocking tone.
Demon Emperor? Everyone was shocked when they heard this. Even an ordinary person
with basic general knowledge would know the weight contained in these two words. The
very term 'Emperor' held a major significance irrespective of which race's name was put
ahead of it.
Such as Human Emperor, Demon Emperor, Devil Emperor and so on. But using these terms
casually without any truth or basis was an absolute taboo. Even most tyrannical experts of
the world were afraid to call themselves so because it was no different than courting death
by proclaiming oneself to be one.
This was not a talk about one world but all of the ten thousand worlds. Moreover, a Demon
Emperor was a being who was not just a local lord, rather was the emperor of entire demon
race that was spread throughout the Ten Thousand Worlds Community.
It was just that one could not claim to be an emperor and if anyone did, he was bound to
face the consequences. And those who dared to call themselves emperors also had the
ability to support their claim.
Even in the ancient times, no one dared to claim to be an emperor so easily.
Ye Xiwen did not know much about the history of demon race or Demon Emperor, but it
was quite understandable if one would say that this supreme figure had frightened the Ten
Thousand Worlds Community in the ancient times when demon race used to be at its peak.
Such a great being he was, even if he was not a human being, was worth giving respect!
At this time, Ye Xiwen remembered a myth from his previous life. The myth talked about
the Jade Emperor who had ascended the throne of the heaven, but was it actually the
legendary Demon Emperor who actually did it? Demon Emperor of the Heaven!
This was just a myth but Ye Xiwen could still tell the undeniable similarities. This was
enough to instantly accelerate his breathing out of surprise and excitement.
Demon Emperor, Heaven's Peak Palace and a lost civilization.
These all things indicated startling similarities between the myth on the Earth and the
things he saw here in this world.
What exactly happened in the ancient times?
There were traces of Demon Emperor's existence in several legends and myths on the
Earth but most of them were unofficially recorded ones. They did not give a solid proof
about the existence of Demon Emperor of the heaven. Jade Emperor was the one who
dominated the heaven in the legend of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors.
Ye Xiwen could see a solid connection between the hidden history of this world and the
myths on the Earth, and in both cases, Demon Emperor had been kept a secret officially. He
could faintly feel that perhaps he had come across something that was surprisingly being
kept a universal secret.
However, his breathing accelerated not because of these legends, but because these things
could clearly be linked with the legends on the Earth.
Could it be that the Earth was related to the heaven of this world? Ye Xiwen was most
concerned about this point. Initially, when he had come to know that he crossed to this
world from the Earth, he was devastated because he had read so many novels on the same
plotline and had never read about anyone returning home.
However, today his palpitation suddenly accelerated when he
speculated that these worlds were somehow linked. If the Earth was also in a world that
was part of the Ten Thousand Worlds community then he might be able to cross the
worlds. That meant he would have an opportunity to go back home!
Thinking of this, he simply was unable to restrain himself.
One must know that although he had fully invested his time and heart in gaining the power
to be able to protect his current family, but had always dreamed of returning to the Earth.
He considered it a distraction and had always suppressed the thoughts about going back to
the Earth.
If someone was to tell him now that everybody wants to cross to a different world because
it's thrilling, then why did he want to return to the Earth? Then, he would certainly slap
them into oblivion. Only an idiot would willingly want to pass through to a different world
or perhaps people with special situations want that to happen. When considering Ye
Xiwen's case, he never involved himself in romance and women and had always thought
that it was a waste of time and money. He was not an orphan neither was he an outcast. He
was neither struck by the lightning, nor was he hit by a truck. He used to be the most
average kind of person with most average lifestyle in his past life and never cherished the
idea of going to a different world.
He was separated from his family and loved ones just like that.
Family was always the most important for him; even in this world, he treasured his family
more than anything especially because he lost it one time and did not want to go through
the same pain again. No wonder his enemies had to face the wrath of the emperor
whenever they threatened his family's security.
Now it seemed like it was possible to go back to the Earth, so how could he not be excited
about it? Although this news might be useless in the current scenario because crossing
worlds was an inaccessible concept for him and even after finding out that it was possible,
he might not be able to find a way to do that. But even so, he was still optimistic about it.
He felt that this shadow's words very shocking, to be honest.
The decline of ancient heaven on the Earth should have in the records but there were none.
As if something happened at all and this led to the formation of a flawed history.
According to what the shadow said, there seemed to be some kind of relationship between
the declines of the ancient heaven in two different worlds. As if it was the result of the
direct decline of the ancient heaven that was unique to all worlds, including the Earth.
Ancient heaven had innumerable powerhouses and their only
commander was the Demon Emperor. All of the Ten Thousand World community was
scared of Demon Emperor whose eternal glory had spread across the worlds. Such an
almighty and tyrannical influence that continued to exist for millions of years, actually
declined when challenged by the unknown influence to which this shadow belonged to?
This deduction was extremely shocking.
Emperor Chen and the others were also in shock when they heard the ancient secret and
which actually blew up their minds. Although they did not know about the famous myth on
the Earth, this was still more than enough to leave them in utter shock.
Chapter 266: Departure From The Island
"The worst decision you made was to refuse embracing death.
You rejected our offer when you could also have become a master of death, but
unfortunately, an influence that once deterred the Ten Thousand Worlds has gone downhill
to such a pathetic state." The shadow said in a mocking tone.
"I never thought that you would be hiding in the dark like a rat and still haven't withered
away." Demon Emperor said proudly in a gallant manner.
"Ha ha ha ha, Demon Emperor, you are ignorant and still haven't understood that if there is
light in this world, there has to be darkness as well to maintain the balance. And remember
that no matter how long you manage to survive; only death is eternal in the world!" The
shadow laughed in a weird way as if mocking the Demon Emperor.
"There are some things that even you never understood after all this time." Demon
Emperor said in a somewhat indifferent tone, "You have overreached yourself by daring to
come here in your true body. I hope you are prepared to pay the price for your foolishness."
"Clang!"
"Clang!"
"Clang!"
There were several light flashes around his body with clanging sounds of ten thousand
swords everywhere, along with the formation of a gigantic Swordqi and beams of light
shooting everywhere in the sky. This sword intention attack was much more tyrannical
than the sword intention attack Ye Xiwen learned from a sword emperor a long time ago.
The Demon Emperor's sword intention was pure and extremely frightening when
considering the fact that it contained the power of world laws as well.
In an instant, an endless amount of Swordqi coagulated to form a huge and thick curtain of
swords in the sky.
Everyone saw this scene and could not help but swallow their saliva. They could not make a
guess about Demon Emperor's cultivation level but judging from his awe-inspiring
Swordqi, it was not difficult for them to speculate that he was several
realms above them.
It seemed like the Demon Emperor used several world laws in conjunction for this one
attack!
Everyone was panic-stricken and was scared of the aftermath of this attack. They knew that
even one touch of this Swordqi could instantly kill them.
They did not dare to stay outside and rushed into the palace.
Everyone hastily entered the palace, and at this time, a loud noise resounded everywhere.
An incomparably terrifying beam of light shot up into the sky and exploded, thereby
instantly annihilating the palace's roof. Two figures leaped up into the sky, one was the
Demon Emperor and other was that shadow.
Demon Emperor was floating at a very high altitude, but his figure looked fuzzy and
dimmer as if his whole body was enveloped in a fog. Space around him was distorted and
no could see his face as a result of that.
Ye Xiwen felt as if he was looking at a Sword God, a being who
was capable of cutting the sky and chopping the earth into pieces. In fact, a Sword God was
said to be capable of chopping destiny as well.
Numerous Dao based world laws were twinkling around his body and driving an almost
endless amount of Swordqi in the air; all prepared to kill anyone who would dare to come
close to it.
The large amount of Swordqi fragmented into numerous swords and each and every one of
the swords pierced through space. This caused countless holes in space and then
automatically repaired on its own. This was a spectacular yet frightening scene.
At this time, the shadow's enormous and tyrannical imposing aura erupted from his body
and instantly spread a barrage of Deadqi into the air. The spread out Deadqi then suddenly
instantly condensed to form a spear and collided with the Demon Emperor's Swordqi in the
sky.
"Ye Xiwen, now is your chance, hurry up and uncover the seal!" At this time, Ye Mo's voice
sounded in Ye Xiwen's mind.
Ye Xiwen did not ask him why he was hiding in front of the Demon Emperor because the
answer was quite obvious.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
The collision between Deadqi and Swordqi produced a horrible sight where a large section
of space suddenly collapsed, just like the end of the world scenario.
But right then, the Demon Emperor stretched his hand out and directly grabbed a world
law out of the broken space.
Afterwards, he condensed that world law into a sword and struck with it, releasing a
massive Swordlight along with rippling world law, towards that shadow.
"Rumble!"
The entire space in the path of that Swordlight was cut off and
a large part of it collapsed like a shattered mirror, while at the same time, the Swordlight
continued to travel towards the shadow.
The shadow also congealed a spear out of Deadqi in his hands and shot a beam of black
light.
"Boom!"
The impact of this terrible collision seemed to be causing the annihilation of the world as if
the entire world would collapse any moment now.
At this time, Ye Xiwen felt a terrifying surge of energy waves coming towards him. He
immediately used Tianyuan mirror to block those energy waves and rushed all the way
inside the palace hall. He finally saw the ancient bell that was constantly ringing and
releasing dreadful sound wave ripples. He also saw the seal that had completely sealed the
bell's power.
"Ye Xiwen, do it now!" Ye Mo suddenly shouted.
Ye Xiwen did not hesitate to reach out and directly grabbed
that seal, but he never thought that he would be able to tear off the seal so easily without
putting much effort.
He snorted as he looked at the torn off seal in his hands. He never imagined seeing such a
pathetic seal that was able to restrain such a powerful ancient artifact. Not to mention he
managed to tear it off as if it was nothing more than a piece of paper.
"Shua!" The ancient clock bell turned into a streamer of light and flew towards the Demon
Emperor. At this time, that arrogant shadow's barely noticeable face finally revealed a
horrified expression.
"Ding-Dong!" The bell's vigorous ringing sound echoed throughout the ominous mountain
and the sound waves overflowed everywhere. The shadow turned into a black streamer of
light to escape but the sound waves were quicker than him and instantly hit him from
behind, annihilating him into dust in a flash. It seemed as if a formidable enemy like him
simply did not stand a chance in front of the bell's power.
The sound waves spread throughout the ominous mountain and the entire undead army of
zombies and skeletons instantly collapsed.
The power of this bell was simply unimaginable.
The seemingly endless undead army was instantly defeated and countless corpses fell
down on the ground. The Demon Emperor glanced at the demon beast cubs once then
heaved a sigh but did not say anything. He just flew into the sky and slowly vanished into
the horizon.
The demon beast cubs were still crying as they saw the Demon Emperor disappear.
Emperor Chen and the others looked at each other in dismay as they had never seen demon
beasts crying like this.
The dark ominous clouds in the sky suddenly broke after the heavy downpour that
miraculously wiped out Deadqi and Yinqi from the atmosphere while the rain water, which
seemed to contain some kind of miraculous power, cleaned each and every bit of evil
energy from the island. All kinds of vegetation began to grow up on the island and a bleak
island suddenly evolved into a fairyland in a matter of few breaths.
Everyone knew that this might be the last thing that was left behind by the Demon Emperor
in this world, but they were also
deeply impressed by his power and skills which were simply out of reach of the mortals.
-- Demon Island battle finally came to a close with a loss of several human geniuses and
thousands of demon beast soldiers.
Out of more than 1000 disciples summoned to this island, only 400 managed to survive till
the end. This figure also included about 100 weak disciples who actually did not participate
in the final battle.
Now, the survivors clearly understood why this island was called genius meat grinder.
Although one year's time had not yet passed, the demon island quest came to an end ahead
of time. Everyone was speculating that this might be the last summoning of geniuses to this
island.
After this term, the demon island bell would no longer summon peerless geniuses from the
ten countries of Southeast region.
After the undead rebellion was put down for good, the very next day, a crowd of human
experts gathered at the coast. They were waiting for the ship that would take them from
the demon island to the coast of East China Sea. Since the airspace of the demon island was
isolated from rest of the world, the safest option was to take the sea route.
Both happiness and a sense of accomplishment could be seen on everyone's faces. They
were somewhat tired after having finished the demon island quest.
Of course, many experts were reluctant to leave; after all, staying on this island was very
beneficial for their cultivation and experience.
"You are always welcome to be a guest of Wu royal clan." Wu Shaoqun smiled and said to
Ye Xiwen and Mu Ling. He was quite sad of separating from his two good friends, but being
martial artists who were dedicated to the way of martial arts, they were accustomed to
such scenes.
Mu Ling nodded with a smile.
At this time, there was a sudden commotion and an ethereal voice sounded from afar and
gradually approached the group of experts. Ye Xiwen saw a delicate figure with white skin,
curved black eyebrows, and dazzling eyes, was approaching him at an incredibly fast speed.
It was as if he was looking at a fairy maiden with a peerless angelic appearance.
He was surprised when he realized that this figure was none other than Hua Menghan.
She was clad in a snow-white robe and her whole body was covered in a white aura, also, a
pair of white wings could be seen protruding out of her back.
Not just Ye Xiwen, everyone looked surprised when they saw Hua Menghan because they
had never seen her on the island in the past several months. It was as if she never set foot
on the island or was possibly hiding somewhere.
Hua Menghan gently descended next to Ye Xiwen and her beautiful eyes smiled at him.
"Are you okay?" Ye Xiwen asked in a somewhat astonished tone, "Where were you all this
time? I searched for you everywhere but couldn't find you."
"It's a long story." Hua Menghan said. Ye Xiwen sensed that she had obtained a peerless
treasure and couldn't tell about it in front of everyone.
Everyone around was casting envious glances at her. Judging from her speed and a pair of
white wings on her back, they knew that she must have obtained some sort of treasure or
heritage and this out-of-the-world agility technique was an undeniable proof of that.
Ye Xiwen noticed that she initially used to be at the first stage of truth realm at the time of
demon island bell summons, but now she was already at truth ninth stage. It was obvious
that she obtained some kind of inconceivable heritage during last several months.
Where did Chen Ruochen go?
Ye Xiwen had some doubts in his heart but he chose not to ask right now.
At this time, he saw someone approaching at a much faster speed than Hua Menghan. It
was none other than the elderly tomb slave.
He showed a faint smile to Ye Xiwen and Mu Ling, then waved his hand and two divine
lights directly submerged the minds of Ye Xiwen and Mu Ling.
Ye Xiwen immediately understood that the tomb slave fulfilled the promise to him and Mu
Ling, but it seemed like others did not obtain tomb slave's heritage. Perhaps, this promise
was not for everyone.
After the tomb slave handed over his heritage to Ye Xiwen and Mu Ling, he did not say
anything and turned around to leave. Ye Xiwen was not in a mood to find out whether other
experts got this heritage or not.
And that was because a large ship was slowly approaching the island.
Chapter 267: Chu Jingcai Promoted To
Legendary Realm
For those who don't remember, Chu Jingcai is one of the five pro-disciples of Yi Yuan School
and also the eldest among them.
Yi Yuan School was not far away from the East China Sea coastline. Both Hua Menghan and
Ye Xiwen displayed incredibly fast speed to reach Yi Yuan School in much less time in
comparison to the time it took them to reach the demon island. This time, they hardly spent
half the time to travel from the East China Sea to Yi Yuan School. Back then, Hua Menghan
was on the verge of entering the second stage of truth realm and now she was at truth
ninth stage, which clearly showed the extraordinary heritage she obtained on the demon
island.
And Ye Xiwen was able to raise his cultivation level from truth fourth stage to truth seventh
stage, though his battle efficiency was now comparable to truth ninth peak. In other words,
both of them had reaped immense benefits on the demon island, so would naturally display
much faster speed than before.
Hua Menghan was accompanied by a small white fox that was riding a beautiful rainbow
and was occasionally producing faint
roars. The wolf cub was on the side of Ye Xiwen and now seemed in a better mood than
earlier. Initially, Ye Xiwen wanted to know the secret of the demon island but after
witnessing the battle on that ominous mountain and unexpected appearance of the Demon
Emperor, he decided to stop pursuing this secret. He did not want to get involved in some
kind of terrible secret. As they say, ignorance is bliss.
Such being the case, there was no reason for him to continue to keep the wolf cub under
arrest. So he told the wolf cub that he was free now and could go wherever he wanted to.
However, in contrary to his expectation, the wolf cub chose to stay with him and said that
he did not want to stay on the demon island, otherwise, he would be suffocated to death.
All of them were extremely fast and soon arrived at the entrance of Yi Yuan School.
They were about to enter when more than a dozen disciples suddenly arrived in front of
them. These were the patrolling disciples of Yi Yuan School.
All of them were core disciples with each having cultivation of Xiantian sixth stage and
above. They were riding tall cranes to fly this high in the sky.
Since the invasion of Bai Mojiao, core disciples used to always come out on patrolling duty.
"Stop!" At this time, one of the core disciples said in a loud voice and blocked the path of Ye
Xiwen and Hua Menghan.
"What do you want?" Ye Xiwen immediately put on a serious face and asked in a strict
voice. True disciples enjoyed a special status in Yi Yuan School which was no less than the
elders, let alone Ye Xiwen was the fifth pro-disciple. But then, how did these core disciples
dare to stop him?
Even if these core disciples did not recognize them, they should have at least figured out
that both Ye Xiwen and Hua Menghan were true disciples of Yi Yuan School since they were
flying in the sky and were wearing the sect's badge as well. Then why did they dare to block
their path like this?
Hua Menghan did not say anything but Ye Xiwen stepped forward to deal with them.
"Ye Xiwen, are they the disciples of your Yi Yuan School?
They are pathetic losers! Newborn pups on my island are better than these good for
nothing weaklings." The wolf cub said and seemed prepared to attack those disciples but Ye
Xiwen flicked his forehead with a finger to stop him.
"Do you know the consequences of stopping a true disciple?"
Ye Xiwen asked coldly.
"So, it is Brother Ye and Sister Hua!" At this time, the leader of the core disciples recognized
them but still did not get out of their way, "But I must inform you two that security rules
have changed because Bai Mojiao's rebellion is getting bigger and bigger. Brother Chu has
ordered a thorough inspection of anybody who comes from outside in order to guard
against spies."
"So, you are basically trying to say that I might bring in spies with me, so you will perform
an inspection?" Ye Xiwen's complexion turned dark and a fierce look appeared in his eyes.
So basically, under this rule, even true disciples were not eligible to pass through the
entrance without having an inspection done on them. But this rule shouldn't apply on pro-
disciples since Chu Jingcai himself was a pro-disciple and did not hold enough authority to
put checks on the other pro-disciples. However, it was still unprecedented and totally
bizarre that a bunch of core disciples dared to question two true
disciples, not to mention Ye Xiwen was also a pro-disciple. Chu Jingcai indeed held great
authority in the sect but this was totally unacceptable. Could it be that his plan was to
offend true disciples?
"We are not trying to say that, but Brother Chu has set a rule and we must abide by that."
The leading disciple said.
"Get lost!" Ye Xiwen was disinclined to speak nonsense with them. Performing inspection
on him was no different than putting him in the category of a probable traitor, would it not
thoroughly degrade his dignity and prestige as a pro-disciple?
And that too when he was going to be inspected by a bunch of core disciples? It was not just
about being suspected or inspected by juniors, it was also about submitting to Chu Jingcai's
authority and Ye Xiwen wasn't the type of guy who would simply ignore that.
"Brother Ye, Sister Hua, I'm afraid, you do not know that three months ago, Brother Chu has
stepped into the legendary realm and is now going to become the head of next generation,
though it has not been announced yet. Gone are the days of five pro-disciples!" The disciple
said in an arrogant tone.
"Brother Ye, it would be best for you to obediently get yourself
inspected otherwise if Brother Chu got to know about this, things would get pretty ugly for
you." The disciple openly mocked Ye Xiwen and it seemed like he belonged to the faction of
Chu Jingcai and that was why he was being so rampant in front of Ye Xiwen.
"Even if Chu Jingcai has entered the legendary realm, that doesn't mean you can disrespect
me, your superior!" Ye Xiwen shouted, "Remember that your Brother Chu won't come to
save you from my wrath. You have dared to disrespect your superior and according to the
rules of Yi Yuan School, you shall be punished."
Ye Xiwen slapped that disciple right in the face and sent him flying far away. His figure
disappeared into the horizon and it was hard to predict how far he would go, flying like
this, before falling down on the ground.
Ye Xiwen was very calm at this moment and seemed to be indulged in deep thinking. Chu
Jingcai stepped into the legendary realm, so did that mean the status of other pro-disciples
was no longer valid in Yi Yuan School?
"Ye Xiwen, how dare you treat us this way? How do you plan to explain yourself in front of
Brother Chu?" A disciple got
angry and shouted loudly. Of course, he was scared and did not expect to see Ye Xiwen
reacting in such a manner.
Other true disciples had already submitted to Chu Jingcai because it was now clear that he
was going to become the next head of Yi Yuan School. No one wanted to be on his bad side
and the other pro-disciples also lost their special status, thereby returning to their previous
identity of true disciples.
"Humph, I don't need to give him an explanation and I don't give a damn about what he
thinks about me." Ye Xiwen said coldly as he was not at all scared of Chu Jingcai.
"Ye Xiwen, behave yourself, do you want to be convicted as a traitor?" A familiar voice
sounded from afar and Elder Jin Xuan arrived at the scene.
"So, it's you." Ye Xiwen looked coldly at Elder Jin Xuan without showing any trace of respect
whatsoever.
If Chu Jingcai had placed such a rule, was it also applicable on the elders?
True disciples enjoyed lots of privileges in Yi Yuan School and held much more authority
than the elders. This was the reason why Luo Yifan used to be so rampant by relying on his
identity as a true disciple.
True disciples were superior to core disciples in status, strength, and influence. They also
held enough authority to punish core disciples if deemed punishable.
Not to forget, Ye Xiwen was a pro-disciple and certainly wasn't going to just stand and
watch his juniors continuously trying to disrespect him. But, he soon understood that it
was actually Jin Xuan who was behind all this. Jin Xuan must have instigated these core
disciples to provoke Ye Xiwen and chose the right time to make an appearance and blame
him. Ye Xiwen noticed that Jin Xuan's cultivation was now at truth eighth stage. Of course,
Jin Xuan must have been desperate and had forcibly made a breakthrough at such an old
age, otherwise, later it would be impossible to have a breakthrough. So, he got an
opportunity to have a forced breakthrough and he made full use of it.
Ye Xiwen did not know how he did it, but it was certainly related to Chu Jingcai.
"Ye Xiwen, are you trying to commit treason right after coming back to the sect?" Jin Xuan
looked viciously at him and a look of anger flashed through his eyes. Ye Xiwen had made
him lose face in front of everyone. He had been thrown into the mine, never to come back to
the sect again in this lifetime, all because of this one arrogant brat named Ye Xiwen.
He never thought that one day he would get an opportunity to return to Yi Yuan School and
once again stand in front of Ye Xiwen.
"Treason, you say? These people have dared to disrespect their superiors. They are lucky
that I haven't killed them already." Ye Xiwen said in a calm yet scary voice.
"Nonsense, they are acting in accordance with the orders from above. But I can see that you
are acting suspiciously and you also are the biggest suspect of being a spy" Jin Xuan said
and grinned.
"An ignorant elder like you wants to convict me. I think you do not wish to live anymore."
Ye Xiwen said and smirked in response.
"I see, in that case, first I will capture you then deliver you to the elder parliament." Jin
Xuan sneered and suddenly rushed forward. The great power of truth eighth stage instantly
manifested itself within his body.
He arrived in front of Ye Xiwen like an incredibly fast storm, but since he had once been
defeated before, he knew that Ye Xiwen was ridiculously strong. Hence, he would naturally
not dare to underestimate him.
"Damn you bastard!" Ye Xiwen suddenly turned furious with an intense killing intention
boiling within his heart. His whole body instantly released a burst of Zhen Yuan in the
surroundings.
"A disciple wants to attack an elder? This is going to invoke capital punishment upon you!"
Jin Xuan said in a stern voice, and all of a sudden, waves of Zhen Yuan surged out of his
body and began to revolve around him.
Ye Xiwen's Zhen Yuan transformed into a coiling dragon which roared loudly and crashed
into the revolving protection screen of Jin Xuan. Ye Xiwen did not even need to act
personally because Jin Xuan's revolving protection screen was immediately routed by the
coiling dragon.
At this time, Jin Xuan shot his most powerful attack in the form of surging Zhen Yuan. It
blotted the sky and then suddenly converged towards Ye Xiwen just a like squally shower.
Chapter 268: Fame Rises In The Southeast
Region
Jin Xuan was confident because he was at truth eighth stage and felt superior to Ye Xiwen
not just in level but strength as well. After all, Ye Xiwen used to be nothing but a disciple of
truth fourth stage when he had left for the demon island quest almost half a year ago.
"It seems like I am going to have to teach you a lesson." Ye Xiwen sneered and stuck his
hand out. It instantly transformed into a dragon claw and gave rise to a dragon whirlwind.
"Boom!" In a flash, Jin Xuan's attack was rendered useless by the dragon whirlwind and it
further proceeded to fiercely collide with his body. Consequently, he was sent flying high
into the sky like a catapulted object.
"How is this possible?!" An expression of utter disbelief appeared on Jin Xuan's face the
moment his confidence was brutally shattered by Ye Xiwen. He was betting on his own
enhanced strength and thought that he could deal with Ye Xiwen. Not to mention he also
had the backing of Chu Jingcai, but he never expected to face such a loss of face at the hands
of Ye Xiwen. He never imagined that Ye Xiwen would become so
terrifyingly powerful after having spent half a year on the demon island.
He was at truth eighth stage and there was no doubt about it.
But still, he wasn't able to block a single attack. In fact, on the contrary, he was sent flying
like a weakling. He felt depressed because exactly same thing happened to him the last time
he fought with Ye Xiwen, more than a year ago.
However, unlike last time, this time, no one came to his rescue. Ye Xiwen instantly arrived
in front of Jin him, who was injured and lying on the ground, then inserted his palm into Jin
Xuan's Dantian and crushed it.
"No, please, you cannot ......" Ye Xiwen was so fast that Jin Xuan did not even get enough
time to shout for help.
"Bang!" In a blink of an eye, he lost his cultivation and hence was crippled by Ye Xiwen. He
spurted a mouthful of blood and lost consciousness due to intense pain and blood loss.
Ye Xiwen coldly looked at Jin Xuan and began to think - was it really Chu Jingcai's plan to
bring Jin Xuan back from the mines?
In that case, Jin Xuan must have also received some kind of mighty medicine that helped
him in having a breakthrough!
Ye Xiwen sneered and remembered that the misgivings between him and Chu Jingcai had
started with the beginning of his enmity with Luo Yifan and Luo clan because Luo clan was
a supporter of Chu Jingcai. However, later on, Ye Xiwen became the fifth pro-disciple and
thus became a direct competitor of Chu Jingcai. In fact, all pro-disciples were direct
competitors of each other.
Not to mention, the position of Sect Head had always been taken by pro-disciples. And,
there had never been an exception to this pattern!
However, no matter what might be the outcome of this, he had now returned and Chu
Jingcai and the other pro-disciples would have to accept his domineering presence! ......
The news about their return set off an uproar throughout Yi Yuan School. This news was
bound to attract everyone's attention, after all, only three disciples were summoned to the
demon island this time and two of them came back safely.
Since they had come earlier than the designated time of one year, everyone wanted to
know what exactly happened there.
And right after Ye Xiwen and Hua Menghan came back, something unexpected happened.
Hua Menghan was made the sixth pro-disciple and became a target of public attention
alongside Ye Xiwen. Everyone was surprised because she became a true disciple not long
before setting out for the demon island. And now, right after coming back, she was made a
pro-disciple. Something like this was simply unprecedented while only excluding Ye
Xiwen's case as he had also created a similar sensation when he was made the fifth pro-
disciple.
However, he was famous for being an exception in everything.
But the same was not true for Hua Menghan and that was why many were envious of her
sudden, unexpected fame.
Immediately, the whole Yi Yuan School was discussing the clash between Ye Xiwen and Chu
Jingcai. This was an important matter because Ye Xiwen powered up in the last six month
whereas Chu Jingcai became the only pro-disciple to step into the legendary realm. Also, a
rumor spread out that it was actually Chu Jingcai who brought back Jin Xuan from the
mines to take Ye Xiwen down, but Jin Xuan was crippled instead.
Yi Yuan School was once again impressed by Ye Xiwen's strength because he was able to
defeat Jin Xuan who was at truth eighth stage.
According to witnesses, Ye Xiwen was so formidable that Jin Xuan wasn't able to stop even
a single attack aimed at him.
As time passed slowly, the matter about the demon island bit by bit spread not just in Yi
Yuan School or Great Yue State but throughout the Southeast region. Everyone came to
know that the eighth prince was actually killed by Ye Xiwen in a battle where he was
battling against two experts of truth eighth peak.
The eighth prince, who was also the commander of imperial guards, was considered the
most talented genius in the younger generation of Great Yue State. But before the demon
island quest started, Ye Xiwen attained the same position by default after killing him.
It could be said that Ye Xiwen was not just formidable and tough but also had extraordinary
combat skills. Although Yi Yuan School lost a valuable peerless genius in the form of Chen
Ruochen who was now missing, this trip to the demon island could be called successful in
respect of Yi Yuan School and only
by virtue of one man, Ye Xiwen. This one name 'Ye Xiwen' was enough to grant an
illustrious prestige to Yi Yuan School that had now become famous in all of the ten
countries of Southeast region as Ye Xiwen's sect.
Yi Yuan School was a major sect but was only famous in Great Yue State. However, now that
it was famous in the Southeast region, the credit would entirely go to Ye Xiwen. It used to
be considered as a mid-level-sect by the foreign powers, even though a famous legendary
expert like Qi Feifan belonged to it.
However, Ye Xiwen's recent outstanding performance and extraordinary achievements
were enough to shock foreigners and greatly contributed towards Yi Yuan School's
newfound fame in the foreign lands.
Ye Xiwen not only defeated two experts of truth eighth peak at once, despite being two
levels below them, he also slaughtered two half-step legendary zombies though under
some special circumstances which might have made things easier for him, but still, it was
only him who was able to achieve such feats. Hence, these achievements were enough to
establish his strength and formidability in the eyes of everyone.
Suddenly, Ye Xiwen's fame spread everywhere. Now, his name was well-known in the
Southeast region and was being counted among other famous geniuses such as Emperor
Chen,
Qing Xu, Warhawk, Ji Moon and Wang Purple. People had come up with a list of top
geniuses among the ten counties of Southeast region and Ye Xiwen's name was at the top of
this list.
Ye Xiwen suddenly became the pride of Yi Yuan School and now everyone was scared how
Chu Jingcai was going to react.
What if he tried to get rid of Ye Xiwen? After all, Ye Xiwen couldn't possibly fight with a
legendary expert.
In addition to Ye Xiwen, all sorts of vital information about Hua Menghan was slowly dug
out because a lot of people didn't understand why Hua Menghan suddenly became the sixth
pro-disciple. But when news about her achievement in the demon island was dug out,
everyone was impressed to find out that she had actually obtained the heritage of a great
person on the demon island. This was the reason how in just half a year, she was able to
jump from truth second stage to truth ninth stage.
One must know, obtaining a rare kind of heritage was no trivial matter because this also
indicated that her future prospects were going to be limitless.
Like the eighth prince had immediately become a contender for the throne in the royal clan
right after obtaining the heritage of Four Sacred Beasts Sect, not to mention he had also
become the most popular candidate as well. In Zhen Wu Jie, it was always a matter of great
importance whenever a disciple
obtained the inheritance of ancient sects or lost civilizations.
And it was entirely because it often meant that these lucky disciples would then obtain
great wisdom, lost martial art techniques and also the blessings of ancient beings.
The news about Hua Menghan obtaining great benefits on the demon island slowly spread
throughout the ten countries of Southeast region. The demon island, anyway, was famous
as a mysterious island that was home to legendary beasts, but this time, the surviving
disciples spread all sorts of newly obtained information about the island, for example,
about the existence of a tyrannical ancient demon race and the Demon Emperor.
And, if Hua Menghan had really obtained the heritage from a great being, belonging to such
a lost civilization, then one could easily imagine her importance.
Therefore, it was not surprising that she was made the sixth pro-disciple of Yi Yuan School,
thereby adding a bit more uncertainty to the contest for head's position.
Chu Jingcai was the first pro-disciple and had maintained his power and illustrious prestige
for last 100 years, so no one dared to go against him. But on several occasions, he was
openly challenged by Ye Xiwen. Of course, Ye Xiwen was not a fool and it was a near
impossible task to make him submit. Luo Yifan once tried to bully Ye Xiwen, and now, no
one knew where his
corpse was rotting. No one dared to openly mention it but a lot of people suspected that Ye
Xiwen was secretly involved in the killing of Luo Yifan.
One month passed after Ye Xiwen returned to Qianyu peak, but Chu Jingcai did not pull off
anything to retaliate and take revenge. In this sensitive period of time, one day Qi Feifan
personally went to Qianyu peak to meet Ye Xiwen.
"Qianyu faction is honored that Brother Qi has taken out some time from his busy schedule
to visit us." Ye Xiwen said with a smile and welcomed Qi Feifan. Although both of them
were pro-disciples, there was no need for Ye Xiwen to call him 'Brother Qi'. But Ye Xiwen
had always referred to him like that and continued to do so even after becoming a pro-
disciple; after all, Qi Feifan had saved him several times.
"Brother Ye, I hope you will pardon me for being presumptuous enough to come here
without informing." Qi Feifan also smiled and said. "I would not beat around the bush and
come straight to the point. Today, I have come precisely to settle things between you and
Chu Jingcai."
"There's nothing going on between us." Ye Xiwen said indifferently.
"I know that his newly implemented inspection rule ended up causing trouble for you and I
must say that he is not right in this regard. However, that Jin Xuan incident was not
arranged by him." Qi Feifan said, "I feel the need to disclose something important that all
pro-disciples must know."
Chapter 269: True Martial University
"I know that his newly implemented inspection rule ended up causing trouble for you, and I
must say that he is not at right in this regard. However, that Jin Xuan incident was not
arranged by him." Qi Feifan said, "I feel the need to disclose something important that all
pro-disciples must know."
"Oh? Please tell me, I am all ears." Ye Xiwen humbly replied.
He recently became a pro-disciple and was mostly busy cultivating, hence was unable to
learn a lot of things about pro-disciples.
Actually, Ye Xiwen had already planned to teach Chu Jingcai a lesson if he continued to
create troubles for him. Although Chu Jingcai suddenly became the most eligible candidate
among all pro-disciples for the position of Sect Head after stepping into the legendary
realm, Ye Xiwen's achievements also couldn't be ignored. In a short time of half a year, he
powered up to the extent that he was able to single-handedly kill two half-step,legendary
zombies. His potential was not hidden from anyone.
Ye Xiwen was not at all intimidated by Chu Jingcai, instead was confident to surpass him
sooner or later.
However, after listening to what Qi Feifan said, it seemed like there was some kind of
misunderstanding.
"In fact, there is a competition among pro-disciples but the sense of cooperation is more
than cooperation. When there was a struggle going on between you and Luo Yifan, Chu
Jingcai was aware of that but chose not to interfere, you know why?" Qi Feifan said.
"Why?" Ye Xiwen asked and recalled that this was indeed the case. Chu Jingcai never tried
to interfere even when a deadly battle took place between him and Luo Yifan. Perhaps, Chu
Jingcai might have lent a hand to Luo Yifan behind the scenes but never did so openly.
Even so, it was very unusual since Chu Jingcai could have easily interfered as a pro-disciple
to save his vassal, Luo Yifan.
He had all the valid reasons to attack Ye Xiwen but why didn't he do so?
Especially after Ye Xiwen became a pro-disciple, there was literally a cold war going on
between him and Chu Jingcai, but even then, Chu Jingcai never really used extreme
methods
against him.
"The truth is that bystanders think that we pro-disciples are desperately and madly
competing with each other for the position of Sect Head." Qi Feifan said.
"Is that a wrong perception?" Ye Xiwen asked in a somewhat strange manner, especially
because he had witnessed the fierce struggle between Chu Jingcai and Yellow Dust. Not just
that, he had also seen a fierce battle between the disciples of two pro-factions.
Yellow Dust is the second pro-disciple. His Chinese name is Huang Luochen but some
readers find it hard to remember his name so I will use the easier version of his name.
"In fact, there isn't a life and death type of competition among us, to be honest." Qi Feifan
said, "And in reality, this kind of life and death struggle is among the elders and disciples
for their respective favorite pro-disciple. We pro-disciples have never actually fought life
and death battles, neither do we intend to."
"Since their interests are dependent on us, therefore they are always more anxious than us
and pull things out of context to
the point of exaggeration just to satisfy their own personal agendas." Qi Feifan explained.
Ye Xiwen understood what Qi Feifan was trying to say.
Indeed, sometimes other people are more anxious than you and act on your behalf without
permission, making things difficult for all.
"In fact, I am going to tell you the truth. I have never wanted to compete for the position of
Sect Head." Qi Feifan said this and a look of disbelief appeared on Ye Xiwen's face all of a
sudden.
Qi Feifan noticed it, smiled and said, "For many people, obtaining the position of leader is
their lifelong goal and they continue to compete throughout their life. But for me, it has
never been a goal. So long as I want, I can easily obtain it."
"According to me, there are a lot of things that you can do outside the small boundary of Yi
Yuan School. The world is too big and there's so much to explore." Qi Feifan said, "Brother
Ye, have you heard of True Martial University?"
Ye Xiwen shook his head as he had never heard of True Martial University.
"Well, it cannot be helped. It seems like Brother Ye has devoted most of his time to
cultivation and managed to enhance his cultivation in such a short time. So, lack of general
knowledge is understandable." Qi Feifan made a sharp point and Ye Xiwen immediately
understood that his statement was aimed at pointing out the rapid and sharp rise in his
cultivation while trying to link it to a lack of general knowledge he showed just now.
"In the Southern region of Zhen Wu Jie continent, there is a famous institution named True
Martial University where everyone can go and study. A lot of extremely talented geniuses
from several generations converge together to study in True Martial University, in search of
brighter future prospects." Qi Feifan said.
"I never knew about such a place." Ye Xiwen really did not know, although he had read a lot
of books on various topics when he used to be in Houtian realm, but as his cultivation level
advanced further, he began to focus more on martial arts practice and ancient legends to
get hints about furthering his practice.
He suddenly felt that he did not know a lot of things, in other words, his knowledge on
current affairs was weak and he needed to visit Yi Yuan School's main library to enrich his
knowledge. Otherwise, lack of general knowledge might cause major embarrassment for
him.
Of course, now reading books would be easier for him as he could just use his soul search
skill on books for quick sorting of information and deeper understanding.
Without the soul search skill, it would actually be an insane task to go through so many
books, stored in the main library.
"Well, I really do not know when True Martial University came into existence, perhaps
during the Devil war, or perhaps even earlier. Actually, no one knows when, but it has been
there since time immemorial, for all curious and ambitious experts to keep their
aspirations incited." Qi Feifan said, "Countless talents from southern region aspire to enter
this university, and not just that, countless genius evildoers [monsters] from other foreign
territories also come to join True Martial University. It is hard to tell how many great
people have studied in this university, and the list is very long."
"That is my battlefield!" Qi Feifan stood up and said with a hint of yearning expression on
his face, "And not just me, Chu Jingcai, Yellow Dust and the other pro-disciples also yearn to
enter True Martial University. All of us want to test ourselves
by measuring our potential with respect to those countless evildoers."
Qi Feifan said with confidence. Even if he was talking about countless geniuses from foreign
lands, his flawless confidence didn't budge at all.
Qi Feifan was counted among the top experts in the current generation of experts from the
southeast region. But, even if he managed to enter True Martial University, there was a
chance that he would just be among an ordinary lot of disciples!
After all, this was the real competition among true geniuses!
The competition among pro-disciples was nothing in front of it.
"You may know that we pro-disciples have stayed at half-step legendary realm for a long
time, but do you know that we actually chose to do so?" Qi Feifan asked.
Ye Xiwen shook his head but this question was already present in his heart as to why even
a famous expert like Qi Feifan, who should be able to easily step into the legendary realm,
was stuck at half-step legendary realm. He was always puzzled by this and it seemed like
there really was a valid reason behind this.
Ye Xiwen knew that these pro-disciples had been stuck at half-step legendary realm for
decades; in fact, Qi Feifan reached it about 40 years ago.
Was it really possible that these so-called super talented pro-disciples were incapable of
stepping into the legendary realm?
Of course, not! Ye Xiwen never believed in the explanation that it was actually very tough to
go from half-step legendary to the legendary level and usually it took decades to do so. This
statement might be true for ordinary experts but definitely not for pro-disciples.
"In order to let experts join True Martial University, it opens once in a hundred years."
For ordinary people, the period of hundred years was equivalent to a lifetime, but for
successful martial artists, it was simply nothing. Not to mention, True Martial University
gave enough time to the experts to practice and level up for next entrance test, and to be
honest, the time period of 100 years was still not sufficient for most experts to prepare for
the entrance test.
100 years ago, Chu Jingcai and other pro-disciples of that time had already experienced the
opening of True Martial University for new applicants but they did not go. After all, not
everyone was an exceptional case like Ye Xiwen who was barely 20 years old right now. In
fact, they were far from being qualified, however, in accordance with the current level and
potential of both Ye Xiwen and Hua Menghan, they should be more than qualified to
participate in True Martial University recruitment campaign in the coming 100 years.
"True Martial University has disciples divided into several ranks such as janitor disciples,
common disciples, outer disciples, inner disciples, core disciples, true disciples, pro-
disciples and so on."
"That is very similar to our system of rank division." Ye Xiwen said.
"Actually, it's the other way round. In reality, Yi Yuan School and the other major sects of
not just Great Yue State but entire Southeast region have copied the education system and
administration system of True Martial University." Qi Feifan explained.
"True Martial University is the most powerful presence in the entire southern region. Just
imagine, if a true disciple from our sect applies to enter this university, he can at most
become a
janitor disciple. Similarly, a disciple who is at half-step legendary will become a common
disciple and a legendary disciple will become an outer disciple. The threshold to become an
inner disciple is even higher."
Janitor disciples are also there in Yi Yuan School. They are low ranked Houtian experts who
are basically employed as cleaners by elders and senior disciples. This Common disciple is
a new concept that is not used in Yi Yuan School.
Hierarchy:-
Janitor disciple < Common disciple < Outer disciple < Inner disciple < True disciple < Pro-
disciple < Legendary disciple < Sage disciple
Ye Xiwen was stunned by Qi Feifan's explanation. So basically, even legendary experts were
not considered worthy enough to become anything more than the outer disciples in True
Martial University, also, true disciples were treated as janitor disciples over there.
The monstrous strength and influence of True Martial University could be imagined simply
from the fact that its outer disciples were enough to wreak havoc in the Southeast region. It
was really hard to imagine the level of core disciples, true disciples and pro-disciples of
True Martial University. He was shocked to learn that Qi Feifan and the other pro-disciples
were not even eligible to become outer disciples in True Martial University.
"Of course, this is not absolute because, in addition to strength and cultivation level, True
Martial University pays more attention to talent and future potential." Qi Feifan said, "Their
assessment is divided into truth, half legend, legend and also the sage realm. Only the most
outstanding experts can earn fame there."
"If you talk about pro-disciples, our cultivation levels are still too low and if we step into
the legendary realm, like Chu Jingcai, our performances will be too mediocre in comparison
to our competitors. Perhaps, we may even be demoted to the rank of janitor disciples from
common disciples."
Chapter 270: Book Demon
"Our practice time is too short, so if we step into the legendary realm now, then we are
basically going to end up being at the bottom in True Martial University." Qi Feifan said.
Ye Xiwen nodded, even having great talent was not enough to reach higher levels of the
legendary realm so easily.
"Therefore, it is better to stay at half-step legendary realm and if we are able to give an
outstanding performance during the entrance assessment test, perhaps they may consider
giving us the status of inner disciples or even core disciples." Qi Feifan said.
Ye Xiwen now finally understood the reason why these pro-disciples weren't keen on
stepping into the legendary realm!
So, they had been planning for decades, just for this one opportunity.
"Brother Ye, deducing from your age and cultivation level, if you wait for 100 years and
then appear in the entrance
assessment test of True Martial University, in that case, none of the opponents of half-step
legendary level will stand a chance against you." Qi Feifan tried to give a critical opinion
because going by the cultivation speed shown by Ye Xiwen, he should be able to definitely
surpass legendary realm in the coming 100
years. In fact, he should be able to easily reach higher levels of Sage realm if his cultivation
continued to grow at this speed.
"That being said, now that Chu Jingcai has stepped into the legendary realm, will he give up
on entering True Martial University this time?" Ye Xiwen asked but he obviously did not
think that Chu Jingcai should give up, especially after waiting 100 years for this
opportunity. However, postponing was also an option for him now, since a legendary
expert's lifespan was 1000
years and waiting for yet another 100 years was not a big deal.
And as for Chu Jingcai, his life as a legendary expert had just begun.
"Yes, I wanted to be a moderator between you two to erase all misunderstandings. There is
no need for an unnecessary blood feud between you two. I am going to True Martial
University along with second and third pro-disciples. So now, only you, Chu Jingcai and Hua
Menghan will remain in Yi Yuan School as pro-disciples. I want all three of you to get along
and protect Yi Yuan School." Qi Feifan said. "Do not misunderstand Chu Jingcai's intentions.
That guy has made quite a lot of sacrifices for our sect."
"I don't hold anything against him, to be honest. But his followers always try to provoke me
and I cannot just stand idle and let them do whatever they want." Ye Xiwen said.
"Well, that is understandable since no one is allowed to embarrass or insult a pro-disciple,
and those who dare to break this rule deserve to be punished. You should continue to
punish those who provoke you. I don't think Chu Jingcai would say anything." Qi Feifan
said.
Qi Feifan was on Ye Xiwen's side because he knew that Ye Xiwen wasn't the type of guy
who would indiscriminately attack people for no reason.
No one could play with the dignity of a pro-disciple, that was a strict law in Yi Yuan School,
and not even the elders could break it.
"Good, my job is done here. I will not stay for long, time to say goodbye." Qi Feifan said
goodbye with a smile and left.
After he left, Ye Mo appeared in front of Ye Xiwen.
"True Martial University, it seems like a place I will have to visit eventually." Ye Xiwen said.
He knew that Qi Feifan's proposal of waiting for 100 years was quite critical in a way. In
fact, if he really waited for so long before appearing in True Martial University's entrance
assessment, he would actually have no opponents at all.
However, according to Qi Feifan, Ye Xiwen must stay at half-step legendary realm for
coming 100 years.
The longer he would stay at half-step legendary realm, the greater would be the
accumulation of energy and experience.
But he could not wait for so long because now he knew that there was a hope of returning
to the Earth. Nothing could stop him now as he wanted to go back home as soon as
possible. Of course, one hundred years was not a long period of time for him but that was
not the case for the people on the Earth.
He could not wait that long because his family would be dead by then.
So, he must quickly enhance his cultivation as soon as
possible, enough to make it possible for him to go back to his parents before they die.
However, Yi Yuan School could not help him in achieving his new goal because the
strongest known experts in this school were at most at legendary realm and even they
couldn't perform inter-dimensional travel! In other words, he must reach higher realms,
much above legendary realm, to achieve his newfound goal.
And it seemed like True Martial University was a place that might help him in this regard.
After he made up his mind, he did not say anything to anyone and directly went to the main
library of Yi Yuan School to find out more about True Martial University and also to gain
some basic general knowledge for the betterment of his understanding of this world. He
had no time to accumulate experience and hence had to use such a method to forcefully
mug up all sorts of information and dump them into his mind.
At his current status, he could naturally access forbidden parts of the library with ease. The
main library was located in a different world that was somewhat small but had enough
space to contain piles of millions of books, arranged in various
different categories.
The guard of this small world was an old man with unfathomable cultivation. He tried to
sense his cultivation level but failed to do so. His guess was that this old man was possibly
at a very profound stage of the legendary realm. An expert like him really deserved to be
the guard of Yi Yuan School's main library.
After all, this one library was home to books on numerous martial techniques, secret skills
etc. There were a lot of other secret stuff stored in this library and Yi Yuan School could not
afford to lose them at any cost.
"Greetings to senior." Ye Xiwen cupped his hands and said in a respectful manner.
"Good, are you a new true disciple? I haven't seen you before."
The old man looked at Ye Xiwen and said. He looked quite surprised as the young man
standing in front of him was clearly at truth seventh stage but he had never seen him
coming to the library before. This was quite strange because new true disciples would
usually visit the main library, right after stepping into truth realm, to learn basics about
truth realm and a variety of other information. However, it was extremely rare for an
expert
of truth seventh stage to visit the main library for the first time.
This was because Ye Xiwen had successive breakthroughs one after another once he
stepped into the truth realm. Not to mention, he was never stuck at any point during his
cultivation and never really found a need to visit the main library.
However, now he had to admit that knowledge was a necessary tool to obtain greater
power.
He nodded. The old man looked somewhat strangely at him then said: "You can go inside
but you may have trouble locating things inside, so I will send a book demon to show you
the way."
The old man conveniently summoned a book demon. It was a glowing white spirit, about 30
centimetres tall and with a somewhat timid appearance.
"You will find all sorts of books in the stock. Go inside and take a look!" That old man
indifferently said.
"Thank you senior for the help." Ye Xiwen said and entered the library with that book
demon.
"Brother, what kind of books are you looking for?" The book demon said. These book
demons used to daily absorb spiritual essence from the books in order to live.
Even a stone could turn into a demon, let alone books. And these books often possessed
inherent advantages because they were written by great people who usually left behind a
portion of their souls in the books they wrote. These souls and lingering sentiments would
later emerge as book demons.
Of course, the type of book demon was dependent on the book's content.
And some formidable rebellious ones had taken refuge in Yi Yuan School, for example, the
one who was showing the way to Ye Xiwen.
Ye Xiwen said: "I'm looking for information on True Martial University."
"I see, those data books have also been read by several seniors in the past." The book
demon said and led Ye Xiwen in the right
direction. These book demons were not weak beings and also did not have low status in the
sect. Their status was comparable to core disciples and they were also able to cultivate.
Once a book demon succeeded to cultivate to a considerably higher level, it could then
become a disciple of Yi Yuan School.
Ye Xiwen suspected that most probably that old guard was also a book demon. Perhaps, he
used to be a book demon earlier but later began to cultivate. Eventually, he reached such a
high level that he was given a very important post of guarding the main library.
However, at this time, Ye Xiwen was not much interested in getting to the bottom of this
matter.
"Bang!"
Suddenly, there came a loud noise along with distant human voices. Ye Xiwen turned his
head in the direction of the source of the sound and saw a team of giant book demons as if
going on an expedition.
The book demon noticed the curious expression on Ye Xiwen's face and said: "This is being
caused by a book on military and
war strategies. Those book demons are born out of that book."
Ye Xiwen couldn't help but feel amazed. This world was really full of wonders.
They continued to walk past several bookshelves. There were countless huge books
stacked on these shelves and contained a variety of information.
It was not hard to tell that some of these books were thousands of years old.
"Hey, Ye Xiwen, I know a better way than using soul search to grasp knowledge faster and
more efficiently." Ye Mo's voice suddenly resounded in Ye Xiwen's mind, and at the same
time, he appeared beside him. Ye Mo was clad in a Confucian style scholar dress. The
instant he appeared, the book demon got frightened and jumped back away in panic. Ye Mo
glanced at that book demon's face with a rather unexcited look in his eyes.
"You just need to catch them all and swallow them up. This is the easiest way to naturally
grasp knowledge!"
 Chapter 271: Overnight Epiphany
"You just catch them all and swallow them up. This is the easiest way to naturally grasp
knowledge!" Ye Mo chuckled. He simply did not care the method, he just wanted for Ye
Xiwen to get stronger as fast as possible.
Even if Ye Xiwen was to skim through so many books, it was similar to scanning documents
with a scanner and storing unprocessed data in his mind. This did not mean that he
understood everything he read, but if he consumed these book demons then he would
immediately understand the essence of all the information because these book demons
themselves were nothing but the very embodiment of books' essence.
This suggestion seemed very attractive to Ye Xiwen but the same wasn't true for the little
book demon standing next to him.
To the terrified book demon, these two strangers seemed like ominous people with cruel
motives!
This was a world of books and these book demons were basically the embodiment of
school's martial art heritage.
Ye Xiwen used soul search and instantly began to sweep
through a book. Although for ordinary experts, there were going to be some disparities
between merely reading a book and digesting the book's essence by digesting the book
demon associated with that book, however, this wasn't an issue for Ye Xiwen. Of course, Ye
Mo didn't know about Ye Xiwen's secret and that was why he made the suggestion of
digesting the book demons instead of reading the books.
Ye Xiwen's soul search began to sweep through books and simultaneously began to gather
a variety of information within his mind. At the same time, the mysterious space began to
deconstruct the large inflow of information into bits of knowledge and transferred them to
his mind for permanent storage.
Ye Xiwen discovered that he did not need to consume a book demon to obtain its book's
essence. With the help of soul search and mysterious space, he could quickly stock up
knowledge and that too in a considerably short amount of time.
The stock of knowledge began to increase in his mind and his cultivation level also began to
increase, though very slowly.
However, the influx of knowledge and information was constantly expanding his
foundation.
Ye Xiwen was pleasantly surprised to find out that his inner state was consolidating bit by
bit, while at the same, his understanding of this world was also improving bit by bit. This
was also beginning to positively affect his cultivation as he could clearly feel faint traces of
improvement.
Ye Xiwen finally understood why the ancients said - reading a book is like taking a walk on
a ten thousand miles long road. He had to accept that he lacked enough experience about
this world. But if by reading these books and gaining their essence he could gather up
experience and knowledge, then there was nothing that could stop him. Most of these
books were ages old and contained the gist of insights and knowledge gathered by ancient
experts through thorough research and hard work. But right now, Ye Xiwen was
plundering their hard work so effortlessly.
He could see that the authors of these books must have also read books from the authors
that came way before in time. In that way, these books were a continuation of ancient
knowledge, passed down by many authors from different eras through their books.
While he was absorbing the essence of the books, he felt as if he was actually experiencing
the whole thing in real life. He could sense various sentiments and emotions surging within
his
heart.
The more he went inside this world of books and absorbed their essence, the more he
sensed a gradual change in his own temperament. He also noticed the presence of
overgrown pride within himself, something he was unaware of all this time. He realized
that his own breath [aura] was constantly changing and there was now a recognizable
presence of an emperor-level-aura within his body. As he continued to gain knowledge,
insights, and experience, he was basically gaining wisdom and this was having a major
effect on not just his personality or temperament but also on his cultivation.
The little book demon was staring at him with his eyes opened wide like those of a dead
fish. Being a book demon himself, he certainly understood what was going on. He could
clearly see how Ye Xiwen was so effortlessly reading books using his soul search skill and
absorbing those books' essence like it was no big deal, and simultaneously his cultivation
was also rising gradually as a result of that.
In fact, even book demons did the exactly same thing. A book demon also needed to
comprehend and then extract the essence of a book to enhance knowledge and cultivation
so it usually took a lot of time.
Ye Xiwen was now simply like a humanoid book demon, but unlike other book demons, he
was able to thoroughly understand the contents of countless books and absorb their
essence and that too to an extent of exaggeration when compared to other book demons
and their slow comprehension speed.
The little book demon was shocked, how could someone understand the essence of a book
so easily as if it was no more difficult than chopping vegetables?
Most people did not succeed even after using soul search to obtain so much knowledge so
fast. The little book demon was shocked by the scene unfolding in front of his eyes.
It was basically impossible to digest such huge amounts of information so fast and there
were so many books in the library that a normal expert might have to take multiple
rebirths in order to learn from all the books! But what Ye Xiwen was doing right now was
simply unprecedented and the result of that was right in front of the little demon's eyes as
he could see Ye Xiwen's aura changing constantly.
This was bizarre and unscientific scene!
Well, the little book demon would never know that this was all because of the mysterious
space that was hidden in Ye Xiwen's mind. It was like a million times more efficient
computing machine than the best supercomputer made on the Earth.
Hence, Ye Xiwen's comprehension speed was off the charts and he was basically reading an
entire row of books from a large bookshelf with just one sweep of soul search.
Although he still had to go through a lot of books because there were countless
bookshelves in this so-called small world of books and his progress so far was insignificant.
However, he was not in a hurry as he could feel his own cultivation level rising bit by bit. In
fact, he could also feel the gaps in his previous knowledge being filled by the bits of
information coming from these books. He felt like entering a profound world of knowledge
where he could learn anything so long as he wanted to.
Today, Ye Xiwen discovered that if the world of knowledge was like a sea, then his own
possession of knowledge was nothing more than a drop so far. There was so much to learn;
this thing was making his blood boil with excitement in the
anticipation of what might be the next new thing he was going to learn.
He knew that if he could comprehend all this knowledge then he would certainly be able to
advance to a realm of unfathomable proportions, though he would still need to accumulate
huge amounts of energy to have breakthroughs in the process of reaching the realms
above. However, this much knowledge and experience should be enough for a long period
of time to help in upgrading his cultivation level.
So long as he had sufficient stock of energy, he should be able to have multiple
breakthroughs overnight.
In other words, he was experiencing the famous 'overnight epiphany' right now since he
was obtaining century's worth of knowledge so quickly.
The little book demon was flying next to him but did not dare to disturb his comprehension
process. At this time, Ye Mo was also on his side and concocting Ling Dans in order to keep
Ye Xiwen's comprehension uninterrupted at all times. He was also playing the part of Ye
Xiwen's bodyguard.
The rise in Ye Xiwen's cultivation was very fast but this was useless without the support of
massive amount of energy.
Tianyuan mirror was the only source of Ling Dans and Ye Xiwen had consumed a lot of Ling
Dans on the demon island.
Since the consumption pace was high so production pace must match or at least outmatch
the consumption pace in order to have a sustainable comprehension process.
The situation was compelling Ye Mo to maintain a constant production of Ling Dans in
order to avoid a lack of fuel for keeping the mysterious space running non-stop.
Fortunately, Ye Mo had also not been resting for the last more than half a year on the
demon island. While Ye Xiwen was busy killing god's descendants and absorbing divinity
from their bodies, he also used their neidans [demon cores] for his cultivation
enhancement. The flesh and blood of those demon beasts were all absorbed by Ye Mo to
restore Tianyuan mirror to the peak of truth ninth stage. Yes, Tianyuan mirror was at a
higher level than Ye Xiwen right now.
This was the reason why Ye Mo's speed of concocting Ling Dans had an unprecedented
increase, enough to meet the consumption needs of Ye Xiwen.
"So this book is on the art of war and battle tactics. I never thought that it actually has so
many hidden secrets." Ye Xiwen muttered while digesting the art of war and all sorts of
tricks and tactics mentioned in the book. Now, even if he was suddenly asked to command
a huge army of a million soldiers, he would not find it troublesome. This was the benefit of
having a full understanding of the art of war.
Being a lone warrior who preferred being alone even during fights, this was a fairly unique
concept. Ye Xiwen had to accept the fact that he had always been a brute who used sheer
power over tactics to deal with his opponents. Now, he was slowly changing bit by bit as he
continued to read the books on various topics.
After reading several books on military and war strategy, he comprehended the combined
essence he gathered from them and suddenly felt a sublimation occurring in his
temperament.
He had started to understand the mindset of soldiers and generals better and better. He
also gained a better understanding of how to manipulate people, both friends, and foes, to
do his bidding.
His aura was changing dramatically and gaining the characteristics of the imposing aura of
a commander. If his friends would see him right now after the transformation, they
would say that he no longer looked like an uninterested and unsocial teenager who mostly
focused on cultivation unless provoked. Now, he looked like an experienced commander
who, if needed, could easily command soldiers at his fingertips.
Of course, he was benefiting a lot by using this method but his soul search was gathering
too much information while the processing time was less in comparison since he needed to
properly analyze the information and separate out the valuable knowledge. However, this
was taking much more time since he had to process unnecessary and redundant
information as well.
It was said that truly invincible experts could achieve the so-called level of mastery where
they could manipulate one world law to command one hundred world laws at once, like the
Demon Emperor who had never practiced sword martial techniques but was still able to
display unsurpassed sword skills.
In fact, the Demon Emperor's sword intention attack was far superior to that of the old man
whom Ye Xiwen met in the ruins, located at the bottom of the East China Sea.
Ye Xiwen certainly had not reached that level of mastery yet but he was using the method
of analogy to comprehend tough
concepts and ideas. He was basically using practical examples to understand complex
concepts.
Ye Xiwen used the same method of 'comprehension by analogy' to thoroughly comprehend
the art of war. That was why he was able to easily understand the same military concepts
which were dealt in several other military books.
He was fascinated as his self-confidence was building up naturally. He continued to move
forward little by little while gathering knowledge.
There were some travel notes, miscellanies, personal letters and books that were covered
in thick layer of dust. Apparently, no one had opened them in a long time. He could not help
but sigh with emotion as he could clearly see that the authors must have been true sages
and legends to have compiled such hard-to-obtain knowledge in these long forgotten
books. However, even if most of this section of knowledge was valuable but not of
immediate use to him.
Of course, like others, he would also not waste valuable time and resources in obtaining
this kind of knowledge but he still read them and stored unprocessed data in the
mysterious space for future use -
Chapter 272: Devil Arts Power Technique
Ye Xiwen’s inner state was naturally not going to be same after the crazy absorption spree.
Slowly, his aura began to transform from that of a soldier to a general then to a king,
emperor and moving closer to that of a sophist.
This was a natural outcome since he was absorbing the knowledge of a lot of people, for
example, unrivalled profound scholars, Zen Buddhists, Taoist experts etc. All of them with
distinct features and expertise in various fields and since each of them had reached the
heavenly level of understanding in their respective fields of expertise, Ye Xiwen had to
benefit accordingly by gaining essences of miscellaneous knowledge. He was just like a
gluttonous person who was using mysterious space to devour knowledge and gaining from
that.
He was slowly approaching the level of understanding of a sophist.
He was very much enjoying this whole mass study session. He was slowly walking inside
while reading all the books in his
path. He sometimes came across to very different perspectives on the same idea, and
sometimes he sat down cross-legged on the ground to ponder about the newly obtained
contradicting ideas to find out the correct one.
For example, life or death, which one is eternal? One must
plan ahead for unforeseen problems or one should not give in to
groundless fears, which one is correct? There were a lot of
confusing and contradictory concepts in this world and he needed to choose which
perspective he wanted to follow.
wèi yǔ chó u mó u – before it rains, bind around with silk [from Book of Songs 詩經|诗经]; to
plan ahead; to prepare for a rainy day
Qǐ rén yō u tiā n – man of Qǐ fears the sky falling ; groundless fears)
“Who is this insolent person that dares to peep at my kingdom?!” As soon as Ye Xiwen sent
his soul search into a royal Dao book, suddenly, a huge ghostly figure emerged from it. It
looked like the ghost of a majestic emperor. Ye Xiwen could see traces of uprightness and
elegance, however, its cold eyes were glaring at him.
Ye Xiwen noticed from the author’s name inscribed on the book that the author used to be a
great emperor of some ancient dynasty that ruled Great Yue State in the past. So, the
ghostly figure apparently belonged to that emperor.
“A mere book demon like you thinks of himself as the master of this book’s world? I suggest
you open your eyes and see that your book is in my hand. The source of your very existence
is in my grasp. I guess that should be enough to tell who currently the boss is.” Ye Xiwen
sneered and said.
After surviving the baptism of the Demon Emperor’s imposing aura, now the imposing aura
of no other emperor could have any effect on Ye Xiwen.
“How dare you!” The ghostly figure shouted and flew towards Ye Xiwen. It suddenly used
royal fist technique to throw consecutive punches at him, simultaneously summoning forth
a tornado of enormous and powerful dragon qi.
The emperor must have been at a profound realm when he was alive. No wonder his ghost
was so powerful in the form of a small book demon.
According to the history records, the Great Yue State had reached the peak of governance
and dominance and had also become a well-known country among the ten countries of the
south-east region when he was the emperor of this country.
His theory of governance was so popular that it was recorded based on his personal notes,
as rules to be followed by the other rulers in the course of history.
After a lapse of innumerable years, Yi Yuan School collected the notes and stored it up in
this library in the form of a book.
This book demon’s power was clearly above truth ninth peak
level, perhaps reaching Complete Truth realm.
truth ninth stage < truth ninth peak < Complete Truth < half-step legendary < legendary
first stage
“Well, aren’t you an ungrateful one.” Ye Xiwen snorted as his hand transformed into a
dragon claw and went forward to grasp the tornado. He directly caught the tornado and
routed it like it was nothing.
“How is this possible? Who are you are?” The book demon couldn’t believe what he just
saw. His most powerful attack was easily caught and crushed by Ye Xiwen. He screamed
like a scaredy cat and immediately tried to return to the book.
A book demon was in the end just a book demon, he could never transform into a true
emperor he used to be.
Ye Xiwen thought of something then caught the fleeing book demon and instantly
annihilated it before it could hide inside his book.
After destroying the book demon, Ye Xiwen moved towards the next book. He did not need
to consume that book demon’s body as he had already absorbed the book’s essence with
the help of mysterious space.
He just tossed that book demon’s leftover consciousness over to the little book demon who
was showing him around. And suddenly, the little book demon’s cultivation level rose from
truth first stage to truth fifth stage after assimilating the essence of knowledge from that
dead emperor’s book demon.
His timid appearance was abruptly replaced by the domineering appearance of an emperor
as soon as he absorbed the majestic essence of the dead emperor’s notebook.
The little book demon was surprised but he immediately recollected himself then cupped
his hands and respectfully said:
“Thank you, brother.”
Ye Xiwen did not say anything in reply and continued to walk forward.
He seemed like just taking a walk but was simultaneously devouring entire bookshelf
worth of books at a time.
Days passed one by one and in a blink of an eye, three months had passed already.
Ye Xiwen stayed in the library for a full three months and nearly read half of the books. His
reading capacity had extended to outstanding proportions. Even his cultivation level had
also reached a higher level than before.
On the way, Ye Xiwen also encountered several book demons that attacked him. He never
took the initiative to attack any of them because his motive was just to obtain knowledge,
possibly without getting involved in a meaningless slaughter.
However, not all book demons understood his motive and considered him as an intruder.
They had spent hundreds of thousands of years in those books and now considered this
library as their home. Many of them were naïve and did not know that there was actually
another world outside this one.
Thus, whenever Ye Xiwen used soul search on their books, they did not consider it polite
and basically felt like being attacked.
Hence, they also attacked him and were mercilessly butchered as a result of that. Thanks to
this pattern, the little book demon benefited a lot by absorbing the essence of fallen book
demons and eventually reached the peak of truth ninth stage. Now, most of the times when
book demons tried to attack Ye Xiwen, he willingly stepped in to deal with them so that
there was no longer a need for Ye Xiwen to personally act.
Ye Xiwen noticed that this world of books was predominantly run by the law of the jungle
and driven by instincts of the book demons. He also noticed the little book demon was very
grateful to him for indirectly helping him in leveling up. But he would never get to know
that Ye Xiwen did it on purpose. Ye Xiwen had gained exotic and ancient wisdom and knew
the importance of having powerful pawns to be manipulated at will.
However, the good thing was that he was not corrupted by excessive wisdom and power as
he had consumed all sorts of knowledge, including both the advantages of evil ideas and
importance of peaceful concepts of kindness and compassion.
Hence, in the end, he was fairly balanced on the brim of equilibrium between good and bad
and could use knowledge from both sides to his advantage.
As he continued to proceed further into the depths of this small world, he discovered
something that he never thought to find them in Yi Yuan School’s library. Yes, he found
books on devil arts, several secret devil books on devil power techniques.
There was a huge section of the library that was fully dedicated to devil books and had
basically turned into a territory, ruled by book devils.
“Jie Jie, a human has intruded into our territory, Jie Jie, he is really bold.”
“Listen, everyone, we are going to devour that human’s flesh and blood. He looks strong so
our cultivation should have an incredible progress.”
“Kill him!”
Ye Xiwen listened to what they said and felt as if he had really walked into the territory of
devils. However, they were just the
book demons derived from books on devil power techniques. Of course, they did not look
like other book demons as they had taken the form of real-life devils. Hence, people called
them book devils.
They regarded themselves as true devils.
Fortunately or unfortunately, these book devils took birth in the devil books and had
stayed in this small world throughout their lives. So, their behavior was kind of
understandable considering their inherent urge for violence, supremacy, and territorial
dominance.
“Brother, you have done enough for me. Now, let me deal with them and contribute a little
towards returning the favor.”
The little book demon said with respect. He had already started acting as a little brother to
Ye Xiwen and looked up to him. Not to mention, his cultivation right now was higher than
that of Ye Xiwen.
The little book demon’s battle efficiency had also reached a tyrannical level by absorbing
the essences of several book demons.
He dashed forward at a lightning speed and instantly barged into the formation of devil
soldiers. Although there were a lot of devils in the devil army, most of them were weak and
very few were formidable enough to sustain his attacks.
The book devils did not stand a chance against him as he had not just leveled up in the last
three months by absorbing the essence of mighty warriors and legendary people; he
himself had come to possess an extremely domineering and aggressive imposing aura. Not
to mention, his fighting style was elegant and efficient, unlike those devils.
“Die devils!” The little book demon shouted and released a flood of terrifying Zhen Yuan
that wiped out most devil soldiers in one fell swoop then absorbed their essences.
“Who dares to run wild in our territory? No one messes with devil race!” At this time, a
book devil of truth ninth peak suddenly appeared from nowhere and rushed towards the
little book demon. He had a huge troll-like figure and seemed like a real devil.
The two sides indulged in a violent battle and complementary waves swept out in all
directions.
Ye Xiwen immediately safeguarded the devil books he wanted to study and saved them
from the aftermath of the battle. He sat down cross-legged and began to scan devil power
techniques and analyze them in the mysterious space.
Although devil race was infamous for terrorizing all of the ten thousand worlds, the power
techniques developed by them were certainly one of the best. Ye Xiwen had been using
devil wings and knew that there were lots of other awesome devil power techniques he
should check out.
An ordinary expert might have to consider whether to practice devil arts or not, after all, it
had a very bad reputation in the world and there were chances of self-harm if not practiced
properly, but Ye Xiwen did not need to face any of such issues.
He had a favorable impression of devil power technique; in fact, devil wings repeatedly
saved his life several times in the past!
He believed that as long as he could make good use of a technique, the source of its origin
did not matter. Not to mention, he could always get rid of the bad and retain the good
elements of any technique with the help of mysterious space!

Chapter 273: No Chapter Title

Fighting had entered a superheated phase, the fiendish book devil did not have a chance
against the little book demon and was on a continuous retreat spree. Though the book devil
was very strong but his opponent was a lot stronger. With the help of Ye Xiwen, the little
book demon swallowed several formidable book demons and many of whom were superior
to this fiendish book devil.
“Bang!” The book devil could not block a full-fledged attack of truth ninth peak level and
was sent flying by a massive explosion. After that, he was killed and then swallowed by the
little book demon. Ye Xiwen glanced at the victorious book demon and noticed an evil look
floating in his eyes.
At this time, Ye Xiwen was busy scanning devil power techniques and choosing best ones to
digest and absorb in his sea of knowledge. Traces of moqi could be seen emerging out of his
body and proliferating into the air, but was soon annihilated as moqi could not affect his
conscience.
moqi = devilqi
Ye Xiwen’s mind or conscience was like an absolute existence and couldn’t be tweaked with
so easily.
He was successful in completely absorbing devil power techniques to the extent of taking a
leap from quantitative change to a qualitative change. Yes, it was time for a breakthrough!
If his inner state was like a water tank then the energy contained in his body was like
water, however, now this water tank was not big enough to accommodate the ever
increasing energy content.
If his inner state was like a water tank then the stock of energy was almost the size of a
pool. This comparison was enough to give a valid reason why there was a need for a
breakthrough – to increase the size of the water tank in order to accommodate excess
energy.
Ye Xiwen’s inner state itself was much stronger than others on the same cultivation level,
not to mention after the recent studying spree in the last few months, he managed to
stretch the water tank to the size of a pool. And this was enough to accommodate all of the
water [energy] he had accumulated since the last breakthrough.
His cultivation had already reached a perfect situation that was required before each
breakthrough. Now he had no choice but to have a breakthrough, otherwise, continuing
further wouldn’t have any great effect.
Besides, his cultivation and accumulation were extremely profound to an extent that once
he had a breakthrough, his battle efficiency and energy content would reach Complete
Truth level. In that case, no one in the truth realm would be his opponent.
The next step was half-step legendary realm. Easy to say but only a few were able to take
the so-called half-step into the legendary realm.
However, Ye Xiwen’s accumulation had increased up to a terrifying level, and after the
breakthrough, even an expert of half-step legendary realm wouldn’t be able to kill him. Ye
Xiwen would still have a chance of escape.
Although still insufficient, he wanted to step into half-step legendary realm because only
after that, he might have a chance to participate in the so-called assessment. If so many
people
were choosing to stay at half-step legendary realm, there definitely was a reason behind
this kind of strategy and he also wanted to test it out.
However, food should be eaten only a mouthful at a time and Ye Xiwen knew this fact quite
well.
Now that the decision was made, he was ready to have a breakthrough in the library while
Ye Mo and the little book demon were going to be his bodyguards. Though right now, these
two bodyguards were somewhat tensed as this was the world of books, infested with book
demons. Although not all books had given birth to book demons, there were still enough to
pose a threat to him; especially the book devils. Of course, most book demons preferred to
stay in their books but a breakthrough was going to cause turbulence in this world and
might attract the attention of unwanted guests.
A great danger was associated with having a breakthrough here, but Ye Xiwen had already
made his decision and no one could change his mind now.
Ye Mo immediately commanded Tianyuan mirror and sent it hovering over Ye Xiwen’s
head. It released a scarlet curtain that enveloped Ye Xiwen completely from all sides. The
little book
demon was not far from there and seemed all prepared to perform his bodyguard duty. He
held a great sense of gratitude towards Ye Xiwen and considered him like a big brother. He
witnessed Ye Xiwen’s mercy and compassion firsthand and managed to leave the lowest
position of truth first stage and reached quite a high position of truth ninth stage in the
world of book demons. Now, he had enough qualification to send an application to Yi Yuan
School and get out of this world, thereby becoming a true disciple in Yi Yuan School.
All thanks to Ye Xiwen but he did not know what he must do to return the favor. Ye Xiwen
changed his destiny and he was willing to do anything for this big brotherly figure, even by
putting his life on the line.
Ye Xiwen sat down cross-legged and took out two half-step legendary zombie cores.
Suddenly, a majestic Deadqi spew out into the air and it seemed like the devil territory
instantly evolved into the kingdom of death. Ye Xiwen was not surprised as these two cores
of half-step legendary zombies were bound to be terrifying, so this kind of outcome was
understandable.
Rippling Deadqi proliferated into the air but the scarlet curtain blocked its path and
contained it firmly around Ye Xiwen. At the same time, swirling Zhen Yuan came out of his
body and began to absorb the essence of the two cores. The raw
energy first passed through Tianyuan mirror and entered phases of filtration and
purification. Only after that, the purest form of energy was absorbed by Ye Xiwen. Although
a major section of impure energy was stripped out, the remaining energy was pure and
more than enough for having a breakthrough.
Large fluctuation of energy around his body eventually began to attract the attention of
several old book demons.
“Damn, this man is tyrannical! He completely obliterated the kingdom of book devils.”
“But he is just an expert of truth realm, how can he be so tyrannical? I cannot believe my
eyes.”
“Ga Ga, I sense Deadqi! I am so happy. This is really a lucky day for Shimo. ” At this time,
there was a sudden burst of Deadqi on top of a bookshelf.
NT: Shimo = Corpse devil. He is referring to himself as Shimo.
A set of greedy eyes looked at the two zombie cores held in the
hands of Ye Xiwen who was deeply engrossed in meditating under the protection of
Tianyuan mirror. One must know that the owner of these greedy eyes was none other than
a book devil that had come out of a secret book on Deadqi based devil technique. However,
there was no Deadqi available in the library and so there was no way for Shimo to practice
this secret devil technique. But, when he saw two Deadqi-rich cores in Ye Xiwen’s hands, he
could not hide a sudden burst of happiness in his heart. He was just one step away from
stepping into half-step legendary realm and these cores could make his wish come true.
He was actually one of the top ranked book demons in the entire library.
“Jie Jie, those dead cores is mine!” Shimo gave out a loud and sharp cry as a large hand that
was purely made up of Deadqi went towards Ye Xiwen.
Jie Jie: Strange laughter, peculiar to devils.
“Stop!” At this time, the little book demon suddenly saw that Shimo was planning to attack
Ye Xiwen.
He immediately used royal fist technique and released a powerful attack that was so potent
that it was almost on verge of reaching the Complete Truth realm. This was a very
terrifying martial art and as soon as it was invoked, the atmosphere suddenly changed and
it seemed as if the entire world must obey his order.
Ye Mo was also getting slightly anxious at this moment because he himself had never
witnessed a devil using Deadqi based attack.
“Humph, you alone cannot stop me, kid. I can eat you whole in on go, you understand
that?!” Shimo got furious and shouted, while at the same time, he changed the direction of
his own attack towards the little book demon.
Shimo was at Complete Truth realm whereas the little book demon was almost about to
enter the same, but there was still enough gap between their strengths. Not to mention
Shimo could be considered one of the strongest experts on the same level.
“Boom!” The little demon’s royal fist attack was compromised and the complementary
waves of aftermath crashed against Tianyuan mirror’s protection barrier. Afterward,
Shimo’s
Deadqi attack further went towards the little book demon to finish him off.
“Bang!” The little book demon stepped back while also trying to use his arms to block the
attack but failed in doing so. Along with his blood spattering out, there appeared a huge
wound on his arm, to an extent that it was almost close to being torn off his body, which
was very frightening. If he had been slow even for an instant, then would have inevitably
lost one of his arms today.
“Gee!” A cruel smile appeared on Shimo’s face as he licked his lips and said, “Jie Jie, you look
tasty so this old man has decided to eat you but first I will swallow the dead cores and step
into half-step legendary realm. Then I will do you the favor of being my food.”
“As long as I am alive, you’ll never succeed.” The little book demon said in a firm voice. He
also noticed that the last attack exactly the same as the one used by his previous devil
opponent, though this one was a bit more potent in comparison.
Hence he decided to use a devil technique against Shimo. So, he released moqi from his
body that suddenly transformed into the shadow of a devil emperor with long horns and a
study
build.
“Hah, you think using a childish technique such as this will have any effect on me. I will
bring an end to your wishful thinking, kid. Behold the power of my eternal Deadqi arts.”
Shimo laughed strangely then instantly fired a punch, releasing a stream of Deadqi into the
air. The surging Deadqi was so horrifying that it seemed as if it was defying the very
concept of six reincarnations and literally reversing the concept altogether.
“Boom!” The two attacks collided and Shimo’s attack expectedly had an upper hand yet
again.
Shimo’s skill was much more than that of the little book demon, so this outcome was
understandable.
“Jie Jie, it’s time to get my cores.” Shimo was about to attack Tianyuan mirror’s protective
screen when suddenly, a spear came out of nowhere and stabbed him right in the chest,
nailing him into the ground.
Shimo turned to look what happened just now and realized that the spear had been thrown
by the little book demon. He immediately got furious and shouted: “If you are really so
eager
to die, I’ll gladly fulfill your wish. I have changed my mind about first seizing the cores
because now I am going to devour you first!”
Shimo condensed a big devil claw that was made up of a mixture of Deadqi and Yinqi. And
the very next instant, the devil claw went towards the little book demon at an incredibly
fast speed as if to rip him apart, however, right at this time, he heard a loud shout: “Stop!”
A tyrannical aura engulfed the entire area all of a sudden.
Then a huge dragon claw appeared out of nowhere and advanced towards the devil claw.
“Boom!” The devil claw was instantly grabbed and then crushed by the dragon claw,
resulting in a massive explosion.
Chapter 274: Overturning The Heavens Seal
"Boom!" The devil claw was instantly annihilated by Ye Xiwen's attack.
"You are courageous, I give you that." Ye Xiwen sneered then stood up after having
completely absorbed the zombie cores. He had already broken into truth eighth stage and
this breakthrough was a lot easier than the previous one.
If the inner state was a water tank and energy was water, then, he had already been
successful in the expansion of water tank, and in having done so, the difficulty could be
imagined.
But now, he had already built a good pool of energy to keep the irrigation line active.
He had enough energy to have this breakthrough, and even after that, he still had a lot of
spare energy.
After stepping into truth eighth stage, his battle strength had already reached Complete
Truth realm because his accumulation was way too much; in fact, reaching such a state was
impossible for anyone else.
Others cannot accumulate the way Ye Xiwen does because their bodies will explode with
excess accumulation of energy.
That is why other experts require frequent breakthroughs. Ye Xiwen has a tyrant body to
sustain and contain much higher levels of energy within his body.
"What is going on here?" Shimo was confused and obviously did not know what just
happened, "Damn, how did you absorb my cores so fast? How dare you, human! Now, brace
yourself because I am going to eat you to make up for my loss."
Shimo's anger level was off the charts; after all, a golden opportunity of stepping into half-
step legendary realm was destroyed by Ye Xiwen and that also right in front of his eyes.
Shimo's whole body was instantly covered in Deadqi fire. It released a putrid smell in the
air, and suddenly, several bone claws approached Ye Xiwen to tear him to pieces.
This Deadqi fire was very insidious and could melt shields and barriers like butter with the
mere touch.
"Die, Die, Die, Die!" Shimo entered a wild rage mode and
immediately attacked Ye Xiwen.
"Your inconsequential technique is not even worth witnessing." Ye Xiwen sneered and
stretched out his big hands.
His golden body made a sudden appearance and his golden hands went forward to grasp
the incoming attack.
At this moment, he appeared just like a reincarnated overlord as he directly caught the
Deadqi fire attack.
"Zizi Zizi!" The Deadqi fire was still trying its best to corrode his palms but did not succeed
in doing so and suddenly got extinguished like it was nothing.
There was an incredible look of disbelief on the little book demon's face because Shimo was
a well-known powerhouse in the library, though not among the top ones, but powerful
enough to scare most book demons. However, that Shimo's most terrible attack wasn't able
to put even a scratch on Ye Xiwen's skin. The little book demon's mind was blown by this
scene because he just couldn't imagine the extent of his elder brother's strength.
"What? This is impossible." Shimo looked incredibly at Ye
Xiwen, "I cannot believe my eyes. My zombie art technique should be invincible!"
"Invincible, you say? Don't even try to be so full of yourself, especially in front of me." Ye
Xiwen sneered because he had already actually killed two half-step legendary zombies
earlier and this Shimo was nothing like those genuine zombies. Shimo was just a book
demon, belonging to a book on corpse-devil practice techniques.
"I'd like to see what kind of secret lies in your zombie arts." Ye Xiwen also had a keen
interest in zombie arts. If a person dies and his soul leaves the body, then what exactly
brought the corpse back to life as a zombie?
In this world, zombies were considered undead, somewhere between alive and dead.
"Rippling Mountain seal!" Ye Xiwen shouted loudly and a huge printed ribbon with a seal
on it, carrying enormous power, instantly appeared from the void and smashed down like a
falling meteor.
This was a very horrible scene as if the earth had turned
inside out. Not to mention, this attack was locked on Shimo and there was no place to hide.
This was the stunning heritage that Ye Xiwen obtained from the tomb slave.
The name of this inheritance was called Overturning the Heavens seal!
In his previous life, he had heard about extremely destructive magical weapons, and this
was a similarly stunning attack arcane, derived directly from the source of an extinct secret
sect. Ye Xiwen got this ancient arcane attack technique as a reward and its destructive
power was unparalleled.
This secret arcane technique was divided into three stages, Rippling Mountain Seal,
Inverting the Ocean Seal and Overturning the Heavens Seal. Ye Xiwen had already mastered
all three stages, but at his current skill level, he could only use Rippling Mountain Seal.
However, its destructive power was ridiculously large; enough to smash down an expert of
Complete Truth realm.
Although Ye Xiwen's skill was far better than his, the power of
Rippling Mountain seal was needless to say.
Shimo's thinking process was a little slow but he finally reacted. He ultimately realized that
Ye Xiwen was an absolute existence and that he himself did not stand a chance against him.
At least, that was the case at present. Even his most powerful attack couldn't break Ye
Xiwen's defense.
"Do not kill me, please do not kill me, I can explain to you the most exquisite zombie theory,
allowing you progress by leaps and bounds in Deadqi arts!" Shimo quickly shouted in a
panicked state.
"I do not need it." Ye Xiwen already had mysterious space so he was not interested in this
offer.
"Boom!" There sounded a terrifying fulmination noise and Shimo was smashed into a group
of the essence, grasped in Ye Xiwen's big hand. Ye Xiwen glanced at the little book demon
and threw the group of the essence towards him.
The little book demon's body immediately absorbed the group of the essence and began to
digest it rapidly.
After a long time, the imposing aura of the little book demon suddenly stagnated for a
moment, followed by his aura exploding the very next instant, sending him directly into the
Complete Truth realm.
He was at the peak of truth ninth stage, narrowly failing to step into the Complete Truth
realm. But again Ye Xiwen helped him in this vital breakthrough. Swallowing other book
demons or book devils was the most efficient method for book demons to enhance
cultivation.
"I don't know how to show my gratitude to you brother for showing such graciousness
towards me." The little book demon cupped his hands across the chest and sincerely said. If
Ye Xiwen was not there to help him, he would have continued to stay at the bottom in the
hierarchy of book demons.
"Would you like me to take you out of this place?" Ye Xiwen stared intently at the little book
demon and asked.
"Of course, I would absolutely love that, I have been willing to get out of here for such a
long time!" The little book demon quickly answered as he was aware of living in this small
library world all this time and he was also aware of the existence of a large world outside
this small space. He wanted to see the world
where Yi Yuan School existed and the tyrannical guard wouldn't allow any of the book
demons to go outside. Yi Yuan School was afraid of evil book demon causing havoc in their
world, so these book demons weren't allowed to come out of the library world.
In order to go out, they must take refuge in Yi Yuan School and contribute significantly by
giving their distinguished service. The book demons were expected to get real strong in
order to get an opportunity of going out to perform tasks for Yi Yuan School as deacons.
Only then, they would have a strong chance of becoming a full-fledged Yi Yuan School's
disciple, which was again a rare opportunity.
However, such a rare case was in minority and sometimes wouldn't happen for hundreds of
years. For him, this was a luxury that even after having taken birth a few decades back,
with Ye Xiwen's help, he could enjoy becoming one of such rare cases and might have a
chance to go out of this world. Reaching Complete Truth realm was literally a dream come
true for him and all thanks to Ye Xiwen.
The gratitude he felt towards Ye Xiwen was naturally difficult to put into words.
"Good, I have established a faction in the outer world, it's
called Qianyu faction. But I must leave Yi Yuan School to join True Martial University so I
am going to find a way to make you a true disciple. You will assume the position of the
leader of Qianyu faction in my absence, what do you say?" This was his plan all along. In his
absence, Qianyu faction, being a truth level faction, was going to need a strong leader as
there already were several true disciples in this faction and none of them was strong
enough to be the leader. One true disciple was enough in an ordinary faction but Qianyu
faction was the faction of a pro-disciple and must be led by a competent leader.
Ye Xiwen's plan was to cultivate this little book demon and make him competent enough to
assume the role of Qianyu faction's leader, then he would feel relieved while going to True
Martial University. Now an expert of Complete Truth realm was going to safeguard Qianyu
faction, plus Ye Xiwen had already reconciled with Chu Jingcai, the strongest disciple in the
entire sect. With all these preparations, he was reassured that Qianyu faction, his family,
and friends would stay safe in his absence.
Of course, he didn't miss to witness the little book demon's loyalty towards him when he
was willing to risk his own to protect him.
Ye Xiwen had already seen through the little book demon's honest attitude, otherwise, he
wouldn't have put so much effort
in nurturing him.
"I am very much willing, I surely would!" The little book demon nodded and couldn't hide
his excitement. He was not just going to become a true disciple, he would also become the
leader of a faction, this was really a dream come true.
"Do you have a name?" Ye Xiwen asked.
"No." The little book demon said in a somewhat embarrassed way.
"Such being the case, I'll give you a name. From now on, your name shall be Ye Shu [Ye
Book], also from now on, you are a member of Ye clan."
Chapter 275: Freeloader Wolf Cub
After killing Shimo, Ye Xiwen did not continue to go into the depths of the library. Although
he wanted to read all of the books, there were a lot of powerful book demons ahead and
many of them were at half-step legendary level and above. At present, he was not an
opponent of these tyrannical book demons, but he was happy to have benefited a lot in this
library.
He stopped accumulating knowledge and went to the library section where books and
records on True Martial University were kept.
TMU was set up a long time ago. After human ancestors came to Zhen Wu Jie, in order to
resist the attacks from demon beasts, they established a sacred place, dedicated to
preserving and enhancing martial arts heritage from ancient times.
The history of humankind was extremely long and finding out the concrete specifics related
to its beginning was now impossible to some extent. Because of various wars and other
reasons, the history of mankind had a lot of loopholes and dark eras. A lot of things were
buried in the dust of history, perhaps deliberately or circumstantially.
One could almost say that the southern region and even the entire Zhen Wu Jie, every large
or small influence in the vicinity, more or less had their origins in TMU. In fact, most sects
and factions were once started by the disciples of TMU in the past.
Generally speaking, all these books gave only introductory information regarding TMU,
which made him somewhat disappointed. But in the end, anyway, knowing something was
better than not knowing anything.
Ye Xiwen made up his mind and decided that it was time to go back. He took Ye Shu along
and went out of the library.
It was not easy for book demons to leave the library unless they had sufficient merit points
or there was someone with authority willing to take responsibility. Ye Xiwen fulfilled this
criterion quite well, being a pro-disciple who was destined to become a great man in the
future.
Taking away Ye Shu was simply not a problem; he would just need to lend some merit
points to Ye Shu for the time being until the payback. Since he had accumulated a lot of
merit points during Qianji Island incident and never had time to use
them, so now, he could easily lend them to Ye Shu for the sake of his freedom.
"You really want to take him away?" The old guard looked at Ye Xiwen with a somewhat
unexpected look flashing in his eyes.
The most surprising thing was a drastic upgrade in Ye Shu's level in the last few months. Ye
Shu was one of the few book demons who performed chores for this old guard, so he
certainly knew the extent of Ye Shu's strength before he left off with Ye Xiwen.
"Yes." Ye Xiwen said.
"Well, looking at his current cultivation, he can truly apply for a transfer." The old guard
smiled and looked somewhat happily at Ye Shu then said, "It seems you have obtained a
large fortune this time, haven't you? Your future prospects shall be limitless!"
"Thanks a lot, senior!" Ye Shu's eyes were full of tears. If not for this old man, a weak book
demon like himself would have perished long ago. He would either have been caught as a
slave for some powerful book demon or would have been devoured.
The law of the jungle was prevalent in this library and he was able to survive this long only
because of this old man.
"Ye Xiwen, this old guy is a book demon, gee, such a formidable monster he is." At this time,
Ye Mo's voice sounded in Ye Xiwen's mind and finally confirmed the old man's true
identity. Being a book demon with extremely profound cultivation, he was tasked with
guarding this library. And he alone was enough to act as a deterrent against countless book
demons.
After saying farewell to the old guard, both of them went out of the library. This was the
first time Ye Shu was stepping in this world and one could see excitement spread all over
his face.
After spending a few months in the world of books, Ye Xiwen's cultivation had undergone
an enormous sublimation.
He returned to Qianyu peak and found out that the entire place had been ruined by the wolf
cub in his absence. All those cranes and demon beast pets accumulated by Qianyu faction
and its members in more than a year's worth of time had been devoured by the wolf cub,
not to mention even immortality pills and Dans faced a similar fate. In a short period of
three months, all these important faction resources had been scourged by this
son of a bi**h.
After coming back, the first scene that greeted Ye Xiwen's eyes was - the wolf cub roasting a
rabbit beast just the way Ye Xiwen used to do on the demon island. Ye Xiwen got furious
when he saw this and gave a solid slap on his face and sent him flying high into the sky.
Did he roast and ate all those valuable birds and beasts like this?
Ye Xiwen could not believe that the wolf cub would do such a thing in his absence.
Since the day Ye Xiwen left Qianyu peak, the wolf cub had constantly been eating precious
demon birds and beasts which were owned by Qianyu faction. No one would dare to stop
this bastard; in fact, there was no one on entire Qianyu peak that could stop him.
He used to be at truth eighth stage when arrived here. But in the last few months, his
strength level directly leapt up to Complete Truth realm, making him only a bit weaker
than Ye Xiwen.
According to Ye Mo's guess, although the wolf cub did not remember too much about his
own origin, it seemed like he belonged to the bloodline of noble wolf clan that might have
disappeared along with ancient heaven. He stayed in his egg for ages, buried under the
ground, and lost most of his power. But still, it did not change the fact that he was a noble
wolf and held limitless future prospects.
Especially this wolf cub had a sort of amnesia and most of his memories were in a
suppressed state right now, otherwise, it would be hard to predict the extent of his power-
rise once he would regain his lost memories.
What did this mean? This meant that this son of a bi**h was likely to grow at an
unimaginable speed, without facing any bottlenecks in the path, accumulating and
regaining the strength back that had worn down with the passage of time.
Not to forget, he was of noble descent and was bound to possess inherent talent so his
future progress was going to be very fast.
In fact, according to Ye Mo's speculation, the progress speed
of both Ye Xiwen and the wolf cub were almost the same.
During the last three months, Ye Xiwen learned so many things and experienced a number
of battles to finally achieve the battle efficiency of Complete Truth realm, while this bastard
just wasted time on eating and drinking and reached Complete Truth realm.
However, there were a lot of evildoers [monsters] like Ye Xiwen in this world. Some were
born in truth realm while some in the legendary realm. In the end, talent and bloodline
were not the only factors that determined success. Ye Xiwen had already defeated many
and would continue to do so. Nothing was going to shake his heart that was filled with
motivation and ambition.
"How did a freeloader like you even dare to think about damaging your host's private
property? Aren't you ashamed of yourself?" Ye Xiwen said in a somewhat silent yet scary
voice.
"Wait, stop, you don't need to be so angry. I did not eat too much and made sure that I don't
waste food!" The wolf cub leisurely flew back to where Ye Xiwen was and said, "I was
controlling my appetite you know, do not be so stingy!"
"You! You have eaten almost all the birds and beasts belonging
to faction and now you have the guts to talk back? You have done an irreversible damage
and forgiveness isn't something I give that easily!" Ye Xiwen was angry because he never
expected to see so much chaos on Qianyu peak, all because of this bastard's selfish and
immature attitude. Now, it had become absolutely necessary to teach this spoiled wolf
prince a lesson.
......................
Ye Xiwen went back to his palace and invited over Ye Feng and Ye Ruxue.
"Little brother, you have not only made our parents proud, you have also earned a big long
face for Yi Yuan School." Ye Ruxue patted Ye Xiwen's shoulder and said with a smile.
Ye Xiwen smiled back and thought that she was still the same, hadn't changed one bit. Not
to mention, he still cherished his family just the way he did earlier, getting stronger did not
change him either, and neither did it change his identity or the love towards his family and
friends.
"I heard that foolish eighth prince tried his best to kill you?"
Ye Ruxue asked, despite knowing that the eighth prince was
already dead, but she could not help but furiously clench her teeth. She remembered how
that eighth prince had tried to use her younger brother as a stepping stone and had also
used extreme methods against him. She was actually very happy that Ye Xiwen got rid of
that madman.
Although Ye Xiwen's present strength was far beyond hers, in her eyes, he was still her
little brother whom she used to protect all the time.
As long as she was around, no one dared to bully her little brother and she still adored him
the same way.
"Yes." Ye Xiwen began to describe the events in detail and his two siblings were secretly
speechless with admiration. Although he was not at all trying to boast or something and
explaining the whole incident superficially, but both Ye Feng and Ye Ruxue just couldn't
stop themselves from getting flabbergasted. After all, even after being at truth sixth stage,
Ye Xiwen had singlehandedly defeated two experts who were at truth eighth peak at that
time. They could clearly feel the intensity of the situation and realized how close to death
Ye Xiwen had been in a short span of six months and that too not once or twice, but a lot
many times.
Ye Xiwen appeared very majestic on the outside. Not to mention, he also held the historical
and unprecedented record of becoming a pro-disciple in the shortest span of time. No one
could imagine that he had experienced many life and death situations and had risked his
life several times in deadly battles.
"Brother, sister, I have decided to go to True Martial University." Ye Xiwen told them the
real purpose behind inviting them here.
"What, are you really going to True Martial University?" Ye Feng said.
"You know about it?" Ye Xiwen asked in a somewhat perplexed manner. Although TMU's
presence was well-known in Zhen Wu Jie, only powerhouses above a certain level were
concerned about its reality. For ordinary disciples, core disciples, or even most of the true
disciples, its existence was nothing more than a bloated fable. They were absolutely not
exposed to the happenings and news about TMU. Besides, it was so much above their own
existences that they did not even bother to find out, in fact, even Ye Xiwen got to know
about it not long ago. It was obvious that the news and rumors about TMU only existed in
the community of some powerhouses.
Chapter 276: Pro-Disciples Get Together
"Well, recently there has been a huge uproar about TMU in the sect." Ye Feng said, "A lot of
people are discussing this matter because I heard that some people from TMU are visiting
our sect. They plan to take some pro-disciples and also some true disciples from Yi Yuan
School for evaluation."
"So TMU has personally sent over people for procuring disciples?" Ye Xiwen asked.
"Yes, in fact, there has always been a solid connection between TMU and Yi Yuan School,
after all, our predecessors used to be the students of TMU, so they are especially sending
people to take Brother Qi and other worthy candidates back to TMU." Ye Feng replied.
This was clearly a kind of preferential treatment; in fact, TMU
must have sent people to recruit from a series of major forces, not just Yi Yuan School.
However, there were many small forces and they naturally wouldn't get a chance to enjoy
such privilege. If they wanted their disciples to join TMU, they must go through a rigorous
selection procedure.
"Everyone's saying that even the head has been dispatched to entertain the guests from
TMU." Ye Feng said, "But I have heard that TMU's requirements and standards are off the
charts.
Maybe, it's too early for you to be thinking about going to TMU.
I suggest you wait for the next time, take your time and train to surpass those
requirements."
"I have a reason to go, and it has to be this time. I cannot wait for the next time." Ye Xiwen
said.
"Little brother, you really want to go! Is that your final decision?" Ye Ruxue said with some
dismay. If Ye Xiwen really went to TMU, she wouldn't be able to see him for a long time.
"Yes!" Ye Xiwen very firmly said.
"Wait, I forgot to tell you one thing. There is a meeting of pro-disciples and true disciples
two days from now. Brother Chu has sent invitation card. If you go to this meeting, perhaps
you will get a chance to participate in the recruitment process." Ye Feng looked at Ye Xiwen
and said. The realm of truth was unattainable for him right now, so he couldn't accompany
his younger brother.
Ye Feng clenched his fists and secretly wished for the success of his younger brother. He
wasn't too far from entering into the truth realm, but he was still too far from his younger's
level.
Currently, he was at Xiantian eighth stage and reaching truth realm was only a matter of
time. He would most likely step into truth realm before the age of 30 and his progress
speed was certainly not slow. Besides him, even Ye Ruxue, Zhangsun Yuyin and the others
from the same batch did not show slow progress speed. All of them were bound to become
strong experts in coming few decades.
In a flash, two years had passed and new entrants had flocked to join Yi Yuan School. Ye
Feng used to be a new disciple back then, but now, he was a full-fledged senior. However,
his younger brother was going to leave the sect.
"Alright, I will go, but if I do get selected for TMU, then you will attain responsibility of
looking after Qianyu faction." Ye Xiwen said. "I have already reconciled with Chu Jingcai, so
he and his faction will not try to suppress our faction. If anything big happens, you can also
ask him for help."
If Ye Feng knew about TMU, he should also know about Chu Jingcai stepping into the
legendary realm and its implications in power balance and interior politics.
"In addition, I have found a strong helper for you. He is a book demon and has already
achieved Complete Truth realm. He is going to become a true disciple of Yi Yuan School and
his addition to Qianyu faction will increase the strength of our faction considerably." Ye
Xiwen said.
"Brother, thank you so such for doing all this for us!" Ye Feng said. He also knew that
addition of an expert of Complete Truth realm was going to give a whole new height to
Qianyu faction's status in Yi Yuan School. Unless a pro-disciple like Chu Jingcai personally
attacked them, no one else could cause trouble for Qianyu faction in absence of Ye Xiwen.
"It's nothing, brother." Ye Xiwen replied with a smile.
After spending some time leisurely chatting with his siblings, Ye Xiwen announced that he
was going to indulge himself in closed-door training and no one must disturb him. Ye Feng
was now officially going to handle Qianyu faction and Ye Xiwen did not plan to meddle
either.
Although Ye Xiwen announced about closed-door training, he was not really going to as
there was no benefit of only two days worth of training. He preferred resting for two days,
sitting alone and strategizing about the upcoming recruitment process.
Days passed quickly and soon it was time for true disciples'
general assembly.
Ye Xiwen went to the Full moon peak and brought the wolf cub along with him. The general
assembly was going to take place at Full moon peak, initiated by Chu Jingcai. Of course, he
had come forward to entertain the guest as the half lord of the peak.
Full moon peak is like the main administrative building of a school.
Chu Jingcai was originally not a disciple of Full moon peak but now he was made one all of a
sudden. This gave a very clear indication; since the head of Yi Yuan School had always been
a disciple of Full moon peak for ages, so this sudden change of events was quite inevitable.
In other words, Chu Jingcai was the next candidate for the position of sect head, with no
visible competitors, so he was made a disciple of Full moon peak in a pre-determined
fashion.
Perhaps in the coming few decades or a century, the current sect head would step down
from the throne and Chu Jingcai
would officially become the head of Yi Yuan School.
But this had nothing to do with Ye Xiwen because he was never interested in becoming the
head of Yi Yuan School. In fact, he was not even interested to become the leader of Qianyu
faction. He preferred freedom over anything!
At this time, hundreds of true disciples had gathered in the assembly. Even those who had
been indulged in closed-door training for several years came out to participate in this
general assembly.
No one dared to disrespect Chu Jingcai for obvious reasons.
"Brother Ye!"
"Brother Ye is here!"
"Greetings to Brother Ye."
"So he is the famous Brother Ye? He is really such a young and handsome genius!"
"Being twenty-years-old and holding the title of a pro-disciple, he has really broken all
records in Yi Yuan School. Even Sister Hua was not as quick as him."
Now, both Ye Xiwen and Hua Menghan commanded respect in the community of true
disciples, being the two youngest pro-disciples of Yi Yuan School.
Ye Xiwen noticed several figures sitting above stone blocks and talking to each other.
There were two particularly striking women in the group and both of them were looking
outstanding like two celestial maidens descended from heavens. One of the two was Hua
Menghan and the other woman was also a pro-disciple, named
Shuiyan Luo.
Her name kind of means 'Hookah Basket'
She looked a lot different and exceptionally mature compared to Hua Menghan.
Qi Feifan was sitting next to these women and there was a usual sunny smile on his face.
His golden eyes were dazzling in the sunlight, just like his blond hair.
Next, to him, a man in a yellow robe was sitting with a serious look on his face. He was also
a pro-disciple named Huang Luochen [Yellow dust], and in contrast to Qi Feifan's sunny
temperament, he appeared cold like an iceberg.
Chu Jingcai was sitting next to him. He was clad in a magnificent Chinese robe and
possessed the strongest imposing aura in the group.
Among these pro-disciples, there were two unknown men also present with somewhat
haughty looks on their faces. One of them looked roughly 20-years-old, wearing
embroidered robe.
He looked handsome but with a trace of overflowing arrogance riding his face. Especially,
whenever he was looking at the true disciples of Yi Yuan School, the arrogant look on face
was getting prominent.
The other man also looked arrogant. He had a tall stature and was clad in a white robe.
"Young Ye, you finally came!" Chu Jingcai's face revealed a pleased look as his sharp eyes
caught Ye Xiwen approaching them. He immediately got up to welcome Ye Xiwen with a
bright smile.
"Greetings to Brother Chu." Ye Xiwen cupped his hands and said, "Greetings to all senior
brothers and sisters!"
Excluding Hua Menghan, everyone else here was older than him. They deserved courtesy
and respect and he was aware of that.
"Young Ye, allow me to introduce you to our guests. These two gentlemen are from TMU.
They are called Young Li Fei and Young Gu Yun." Chu Jingcai introduced them to Ye Xiwen.
"Actually, Young Li Fei's grandfather was a disciple of Yi Yuan School. It's is really fateful
for our sect that our predecessors are now part of TMU!" Chu Jingcai said.
Both Li Fei and Gu Yun were young talents of TMU, and also one of the most outstanding
disciples from the lot. However, the clear arrogance visible on their faces was making Ye
Xiwen feel somewhat weird.
"We are lucky and grateful that Young Li Fei has personally come to fetch Young Huang and
the other eligible candidates to TMU." Chu Jingcai smiled and said. Anyways, now he could
no longer participate in the assessment of TMU.
Li Fei nodded and glanced at Ye Xiwen somewhat disdainfully.
"I don't like these smelly arrogant farts!" The wolf cub said to Ye Xiwen. It was rare that
both he and Ye Xiwen reached the same point of view this time.
"I also feel like slapping these two arrogant pricks!" Ye Mo's voice rang in Ye Xiwen's mind.
"Ha ha ha, Young Ye, you and Young Li Fei are contemporaries, the two eminent members
of the younger generation. Since Li Fei has connections with Yi Yuan School, both of you
should very well become close friends in the future."
Chu Jingcai said with a smile.
"I don't think that's going to happen. There's no way this guy is worthy of being called an
eminent member of the younger
generation!" Gu Yun looked disdainfully at Ye Xiwen and said.
He obviously did not acknowledge Ye Xiwen at all and did not let go of this chance to insult
Ye Xiwen in front of everyone.
"Perhaps you are considered quite well in the south-east region, but for the disciples of
TMU, you are nothing." Gu Yun further said and did not make any concessions while
looking down on Ye Xiwen.
The south-east region was an inconspicuous place in the entire South region, and TMU
attracted geniuses from the entire region, so it was clear that mentioning Ye Xiwen's fame
and relating it only to the south-east region was an attempt to look down on him.
"F**k this arrogant piece of shit. How can he dare to behave so arrogantly in front of me?"
The angry wolf cub said with a furious look flashing in his predatory eyes. He could not
accept that someone else was more arrogant than him.
The wolf cub is referring to himself as 'prince'
As soon as Qi Feifan and the others heard this, suddenly, their complexions changed.
Chapter 277: You Are A Dog
These words were enough to look down on all the experts belonging to the south-east
region, let alone Ye Xiwen.
Li Fei did not say anything, but he was obviously standing in support of his comrade's
statement. Although his own ancestor used to be a disciple of Yi Yuan School, this did not
mean he held some special respect for Yi Yuan School or its people.
Even if Yi Yuan School was regarded as an above average level sect in the south-east region,
it was still nothing when considered in respect of entire southern region. In fact, outside
the influence of Great Yue State, Yi Yuan School was just another sect and a lot of people
hadn't even heard its name yet.
Gu Yun said it casually but the disciples of Yi Yuan School clearly looked pissed off. It didn't
matter whether the statement was true or not, they were furious because their sect was
insulted right in front of them. Not just Ye Xiwen, even their own pride was assaulted by an
outsider.
"Damn, this arrogant mother****er! He really wants to pick a fight. I will tear him to shreds
with my claws!" The wolf cub
communicated via soul search in his usual foul-mouthed manner. Obviously, he could no
longer bear the arrogant behavior of Gu Yun.
Ye Xiwen looked calm on the outside but his brain was calculating strategies about how to
deal with this situation that was going out of hand.
He carefully observed those two men and realized that Gu Yun was obviously less than 50
years old, but was already at the peak of Complete Truth realm. In Ye Xiwen's knowledge,
only Emperor Chen and other few were talented enough to reach such a high level at a
considerably young age.
TMU's strength was really not a joke.
Li Fei, on the other hand, was already at half-step legendary realm and did not appear like
an ordinary expert at all. No wonder he was so full of himself.
To be able to reach such a high cultivation level at this age, he must have obtained some
kind of precious heritage.
Qi Feifan was standing on one side and his face looked bright yet somewhat flushed,
however, there was a bright smile spread across his face. No one knew whether he was
angry, or not angry, or perhaps very angry.
"Young Gu, this is not the right way of talking to your peers.
This world is large, filled with countless talented people; maybe Young Ye is really a genius
as Brother Chu said." Li Fei came out to mediate but there was still a clear hint of arrogance
in his tone.
Ye Xiwen simply did not pay any attention to him, just sat down on a stone chair. It seemed
as if this whole thing had no impact on him whatsoever.
Chu Jingcai smiled wryly and thought that the scene reminded him of the tale in which a
megalomaniac meets a hedgehog and gets angry. It was hard to figure out how all of this
was going to end in the end.
Ye Xiwen's temperament had always been puzzling others. In fact, right now, only Qi Feifan
was slightly aware of what Ye Xiwen might be thinking or how would he react in a situation
such as this. Qi Feifan had always been in touch with Ye Xiwen, and out of the older pro-
disciples, only he was considered a close
rival of Ye Xiwen. It was a common topic of discussion in Yi Yuan School that a battle
between Ye Xiwen and Qi Feifan was inevitable because they were the two mythical
disciples of Yi Yuan School.
Ye Xiwen was the hedgehog here and no one must dare to touch him. But once he was
touched, game over! No, Ye Xiwen was not governed by arrogance, neither was he
governed by pride and prestige. However, he was well-known for crushing overgrown
arrogance in the best ways possible.
Right now, Chu Jingcai was the host and the two sides were on the verge of a clash. What
was the best thing to do in such a situation?
Sure enough, everyone saw that Ye Xiwen did not give him face and that was why Li Fei's
complexion suddenly turned ugly.
"Sit down everyone and rest at ease. Today, I have summoned everyone to throw a
welcoming dinner for Young Li Fei and Young Gu Yun. I am so honored that these two have
traveled great distances to come to our Yi Yuan School!" Chu Jingcai said.
Chu Jingcai was a resourceful guy in a somewhat dishonest way. He somehow managed to
calm down the heat; after all, the matter at hand did not just concern Ye Xiwen. The true
disciples were also hurt by Gu Yun's arrogant statement and Chu Jingcai had to make sure
that both Ye Xiwen and the true disciples did not react in a reactionary manner.
Ye Xiwen, unexpectedly, did not retaliate in the way everyone was expecting him to. While
Chu Jingcai was busy handling the situation, he was busy talking to Ye Mo.
"This TMU indeed seems like the topmost university of the south region. What do you
think?" Ye Xiwen said.
"Maybe, but its disciples are horrible. For some reason, I have really come to hate these
two." Ye Mo said.
Ye Xiwen was not at all bothered by their arrogant demeanour because he was more
excited about getting tough opponents and that too so many of them. A sense of
competitiveness, and the urge to beat them all, these were the things going on in his heart.
Yi Yuan School did not have many genius evildoers
[monsters], however, the very thought of encountering an entire batch of geniuses in TMU
was exciting in its own way.
Chu Jingcai's hands were gently playing the zither, giving rise to a smooth flowing melody
like the passing clouds and running water. Chu Jingcai was so good at it that the music was
attracting the birds which descended next to him and began to chirp, complimenting the
music in a pleasant way.
Everyone was immersed in such a beautiful music, only the wolf cub was still irritated and
eating food, chewing and biting furiously.
"Shut up!" Suddenly, Gu Yun snorted loudly and shot a deadly beam of energy towards the
wolf cub.
The wolf cub was eating earnestly with full dedication but his reaction was not slow. He
immediately jumped to one side and dodged the attack then shouted: "You f***er, how dare
you attack me?!"
Ye Xiwen obviously did not like what just happened and glared at Gu Yun. Indeed, this
attack was meant to kill the wolf cub and Ye Xiwen wouldn't let go so easily.
"This dog has attained wisdom? Still, it is so insolent!" Gu Yun had never imagined that the
wolf cub would suddenly start talking and neither did he expect to receive this kind of reply
from a demon beast pet.
"You are a dog, your whole family is made up of dogs!" The wolf cub was furious and roared
at Gu Yun.
Gu Yun's complexion suddenly turned gloomy as he looked at Ye Xiwen and said: "Young
Ye, are you the one who has trained this dog? I must say you have done a terrible job. This
dog has no manners. I am trying to say that you have failed in training it properly. If you
cannot even train a dog, why don't let me help you?"
"You f***er, no one would dare train this prince. I shall train your sorry ass instead!" The
wolf cub refused to admit being inferior. Well, he never was a well-mannered beast in the
first place.
"Humph!" Yun Gu snorted and once again shot an enormous beam of light towards him.
However, before the wolf cub could react, Ye Xiwen appeared in front of him like
teleportation in general and caught that beam of light in his hand.
"What happened? Now you suddenly want to protect this dog?" Gu Yun looked annoyed as
he said. He was obviously not satisfied with Ye Xiwen's interference.
"You are a dog, you bastard!" The wolf cub shouted again.
If Ye Xiwen had not come in front of him, he would have already torn this son of a bi**h to
pieces.
Ye Xiwen sneered and said: "Protect? You're wrong! I don't need to protect him. To be
honest, I did protect you from getting torn apart and that is because I want to ask you for
an explanation as to why would you suddenly attack him?"
"He is too noisy, that's why." Gu Yun put on a serious face and said.
"So in your opinion, he is noisy. Very well, then, in my opinion, you are too noisy." Ye Xiwen
smirked then
immediately rushed towards Gu Yun like a fired bullet, producing a buzzing sound. Ye
Xiwen's skin turned golden and his palm went forward, releasing an endless golden beam
of light towards Gu Yun.
"Hey, you two ......" Chu Jingcai stood up and was about to mediate between the two, but
suddenly felt a strong aura stubbornly pressing him. It belonged to Li Fei.
Li Fei slightly smiled and said: "Brother Chu, why do you look so worried? You should just
relax and watch the show. I also want to see the level of one of the strongest experts of the
southeast region."
Chu Jingcai was about to enter into a panicked state, but suddenly, Qi Feifan communicated
via soul search and said:
"Don't be so anxious, it is difficult to say who will win the fight."
Out of all of these people present here, only Qi Feifan had the best understanding of how Ye
Xiwen generally operated in situations like this. He knew that Ye Xiwen would never
engage an enemy he couldn't defeat. Not to mention, Ye Xiwen's fights always tend to defy
logic as he had a track record of defeating opponents of much higher levels!
Chu Jingcai sat down and began to watch the fight, however, he was preparing to intervene,
just in case the fight went out of hand and someone's life was in danger. After all, he was a
legendary level expert and it was his responsibility as the host as well.
The true disciples were also watching the battle and were secretly pleased in their hearts
that Ye Xiwen was teaching that arrogant prick a lesson.
Although there were a lot of people who were not accustomed to seeing Ye Xiwen in battle,
they could clearly sense his great power and skills.
Moreover, Ye Xiwen was representing Yi Yuan School in this battle, or perhaps the entire
ten countries of the south-east region.
Gu Yun was the favored disciple of TMU!
The reputation of the entire south-east region was at stake here!
"Humph!" Gu Yun also shot a beam of light towards the incoming golden beam attack. The
two attacks collided in midair and led to a massive explosion, while the very next instant,
Gu Yun's fist arrived in front of Ye Xiwen.
This was the first time Ye Xiwen's attack was so easily resolved. Having produced such a
powerful disciple, TMU was indeed worthy of its title.
Ye Xiwen's dragon claw clashed with the dark cloud attack of Gu Yun and led to another
explosion.
"Boom!" The aftermath of this explosion was so terrifying that it broke through the barrier
of space and spread out in all directions.
Chu Jingcai immediately used a world law to fix the broken space and contained the
aftermath of this explosion with a barrier. The true disciples looked scared and knew that
Chu Jingcai had just now saved their lives.
Although they were also in the same realm as Ye Xiwen and Gu Yun, the gap was huge
between ordinary true disciples and the experts at Complete Truth realm.
"Bang!" The next collision caused shockwaves that hit viciously against the barrier and
shook it to its core.
The upper portion of the Full moon peak along with surrounding space was immediately
sent into oblivion.
Chapter 278: Let Me Crush Your Arrogance
The complementary shock waves were still sweeping across the area. No one would have
imagined that the battle between two true disciples could be this terrifying.
Gu Yun's eyes flashed; even he did not expect Ye Xiwen to grab his fist attack. Even an
expert of Complete Truth realm should not have been able to stop this attack, let alone Ye
Xiwen.
"Hoot!" Gu Yun cried loud and moved forward like a streamer of light. His fist was wrapped
in an inexhaustible divine light which instantly exploded to the size of a mountain and
pounded down towards Ye Xiwen.
Ye Xiwen, without showing any hesitation, stuck his hand out and it instantly turned into a
dragon claw and greeted the incoming attack.
"Boom!" The two attacks collided fiercely and set off waves of rippling light and shock
waves in the surroundings.
Gu Yun was very strong, no wonder he was so rampant, but Ye Xiwen's facial expression
showed no change whatsoever. He once again went all out; his left palm summoned a
golden coiling dragon whereas his right palm wreaked havoc by summoning a tyrannical
attack like Hanshan seal. Hanshan seal instantly transformed into a gigantic mountain high
in the sky, then, it suddenly dropped down towards Gu Yun.
Both these attacks were unparalleled ancient martial art techniques.
Ye Xiwen instantly routed Gu Yun's fist attack. Gu Yun had to jump back several steps to
steer away from the range of these tyrannical attacks. There was no way he could possibly
stand a chance against ancient mystical techniques.
However, he recovered quickly. Naturally, he couldn't allow Ye Xiwen to attack incessantly.
He immediately punched towards Ye Xiwen and suddenly it seemed as if the sky itself
would shatter into pieces. This was really a horrifying fist attack and couldn't be taken
lightly.
A large area of the sky appeared to be collapsing as the
Quanjin spread across the sky and began to bombard wantonly in all directions.
Quanjin - Fist power
Ye Xiwen used his right hand to make some strange gestures as if he was turning the pages
of a book, and then suddenly, Hanshan seal fell down right upon the Quanjin and
completely annihilated it. It seemed as if the law of the earth itself was condensed into the
Hanshan seal. Gu Yun's Quanjin did not withstand the unimaginable weight contained in
the Hanshan seal and directly collapsed.
After the Hanshan seal smashed Quanjin, it further went towards Gu Yun at an incredibly
fast speed, like a falling meteor.
"Bang!" The dropping Hanshan seal was just like a sierra falling from the sky and it
pounded heavily upon him.
"Poof!" Gu Yun spurted out blood and his body was blasted away horizontally due to the
massive impact.
"How dare you injure me!" Gu Yun roared like a crazed beast.
His cries of horror shot up into the sky and resounded
everywhere.
Gu Yun adjusted his unbalanced posture in midair then immediately rushed forward and
arrived in front of Ye Xiwen.
The speed granted to him by his agility technique was unimaginably fast. In a blink of an
eye, a giant fist blasted towards Ye Xiwen.
His attack speed was really outstanding!
Gu Yun's agility skill was approaching near perfection. If Ye Xiwen did not use devil wings,
he would barely be able to keep up. Having such confidence and arrogance was indeed not
without a reason, and perhaps his future achievements would actually be immeasurable.
"Is that all you got?" Ye Xiwen sneered and activated tyrant body technique, instantly
manoeuvred his palm to greet the incoming attack. Even though Gu Yun was incredibly fast,
this couldn't act as an advantage as he was still unable to hurt Ye Xiwen.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
The two sides continued to clash one after another and that caused the space to collapse
again and again.
"These two are very strong, will surely reach legendary realm in the near future." Huang
Luochen was amazed by the level of this battle and the potential demonstrated by Ye Xiwen
and Gu Yun, even though it was only a truth level battle.
"I never thought that the South-east region can produce such a master. To think he is
actually able to fight on equal terms with Gu Yun. I guess he is not that bad of a choice as a
potential candidate for the status of TMU disciple." Li Fei was somewhat amazed by Ye
Xiwen's potential but there was still a hidden punch in his tone.
"This is insane! No matter how much he tries, his attacks are simply unable to hurt Ye
Xiwen."
"Yes indeed, Gu Yun has already tried so many times but is
failing to land one effective hit on Ye Xiwen."
"But similarly, Ye Xiwen is unable to catch up with Gu Yun's speed. Their individual
advantages are canceling out each other, making it difficult for one party to gain an upper
hand in battle."
"Is this the best you can do? Don't tell me this is the standard of TMU's treasured
disciples?" Ye Xiwen sneered while activating tyrant body technique at its maximum. He
had not even resorted to using gilded tyrant form so far.
Hanshan seals smashed down one after another while Gu Yun did not dare to block them.
He had come to understand the frightening power of these seals and knew that it was for
his own good to stay away from them at any cost.
"Humph, so a little boy is trying to talk big, I see. Even if I cannot hurt you, you also can
never expect to hurt me!" Gu Yun said loudly with a stern look on his face. He still couldn't
bring himself to acknowledge Ye Xiwen's tyrannical strength. Ye Xiwen was a peerless
genius of the southeast region but was still just another genius and nothing more. He, on
the other hand, thought of himself as a special disciple of TMU, thereby holding a much
superior status than Ye Xiwen.
However, he had already discovered the terror of Ye Xiwen by now. It was too difficult to
injure Ye Xiwen's invincible body as none of his attacks worked so far. He was somewhat
aggrieved because all he could do during the battle was use fast speed to dodge Ye Xiwen's
attacks.
He truly never excelled in offensive battle strategy instead he relied more on his speed to
defeat his opponents.
But, unlike most of his opponents, Ye Xiwen not only possessed an unparalleled body as an
ultimate form of defense but also possessed an ultimate offense type secret technique,
Hanshan seal. If Ye Xiwen was faster than him then he wouldn't have survived this long in
battle.
Was it really possible for a genius like Ye Xiwen to appear in a small place like south-east
region?
"Is that so?" Ye Xiwen smirked as he felt a sudden urge of defeating his opponent
thoroughly to an extent of leaving them completely disheartened and dejected.
A pair of golden devil wings appeared behind Ye Xiwen all of a sudden.
His imposing aura instantly exploded in all directions like a majestic boundless sea.
"Shua!" Ye Xiwen's body suddenly blurred and disappeared from the spot where he was
standing just now.
"What is this magical power, how is he so fast?" The true disciples immediately lost the trail
of Ye Xiwen. Their eyes just couldn't follow Ye Xiwen, who was moving at such an
incredibly fast speed that it felt as if he vanished.
Even Qi Feifan and the other half-step legendary level experts were shocked by Ye Xiwen's
speed. They never expected that his speed could be enhanced so dramatically by a pair of
wings. Not to mention, these wings also worked towards neutralizing Gu Yun's only
advantage, giving an edge to Ye Xiwen in this battle.
There was a look of disbelief on Li Fei's face as he was watching Ye Xiwen's magical speed,
which was much faster than Gu Yun's.
In this case, Ye Xiwen was holding all the advantages at the moment and Gu Yun was now
in a serious situation where neither fight nor flight was an option.
Li Fei was all set to stop this battle immediately, but suddenly, a strong coercion firmly
suppressed him, making him immobile.
At this time, Chu Jingcai's voice entered his ears: "Young Li, why do you look so anxious?
Relax, just sit back and enjoy the show. I also want to see the true strength of a young
genius from TMU."
Li Fei's complexion suddenly paled when he was greeted by his own words and that too in
a similar fashion. Not to mention, the meaning hidden in these words was quite obvious.
Chu Jingcai finished this sentence and immediately felt a joyous feeling in his heart. Now
that he was finally able to vent his anger, Ye Xiwen suddenly started to appear more
pleasing to the eye.
"Bang!" There came a loud noise, a human figure was kicked out in midair. It was Gu Yun
who had been overtaken and kicked by Ye Xiwen. This kick was strong enough to send him
flying right towards the ground. He crashed heavily on the ground, making a big crater
almost instantly. He immediately
spurted a mouthful of blood while there was an incredible look in his eyes.
"This should not be happening." Gu Yun seemed confused, completely overtaken by
deniability. He just couldn't accept the fact that Ye Xiwen's speed surpassed his own. But,
he was not willing to give up so easily and immediately used his best fist attack.
However, Ye Xiwen's face was expressionless as he was looking calmly at Gu Yun. Suddenly,
a Hanshan seal smashed down from the sky and hit Gu Yun directly from above.
"Boom!" Gu Yun was smashed on the ground, making a human shaped hole in the ground.
"Damn, Gu Yun was unable to dodge one attack and look what happened to him!"
"Good, well done, that idiot was trampled to death. The fu**er had it coming!" The wolf cub
clamoured in a loud voice and looked quite satisfied.
From the very start, Gu Yun was nothing more than an arrogant bastard who was simply an
eyesore for everyone.
The true disciples were literally speechless when they heard the wolf cub's comment. They
did not know where Ye Xiwen found this weird beast but no one dared to question Ye
Xiwen or his judgment. Gu Yun's speed was already approaching the ultimate level of truth
realm, but the wolf cub was able to dodge his attack so easily. This alone was enough to
establish one fact that the wolf cub was stronger than them.
"These TMU disciples are nothing but mediocre. They do not deserve to be associated with
legendary TMU, to be honest." Ye Xiwen smirked then turned away. Gu Yun was really
powerful therefore he was so full of himself. Any other disciple of the same level definitely
wouldn't stand a chance against Ye Xiwen.
In fact, at present, Ye Xiwen had enough strength to defeat anyone in the truth realm.
Li Fei's complexion was pale but did not have the means to act because Chu Jingcai was
blocking his path. Although he was very strong, was still nothing in comparison to a
legendary level expert.
Ye Xiwen did not turn back to look and left the scene along with the wolf cub.
Chapter 279: Time To Try Another Method
The news about the battle between Ye Xiwen and Gu Yun quickly spread in Yi Yuan School,
especially through the networks of those true disciples who were all in favor of Ye Xiwen
and held intense hatred towards Gu Yun. Although they did not have the strength to teach
Gu Yun a lesson, this job was fairly and properly done by Ye Xiwen. They were quite
satisfied from the outcome in which Gu Yun was completely thrashed by Ye Xiwen.
Their individual perceptions of Ye Xiwen did not matter much as this incident was enough
to override all those pre-existing perceptions. Now, the entire community of true disciples
felt grateful to Ye Xiwen for doing what he did.
At this time, Ye Xiwen was one of them and Gu Yun was an outsider. And they were going to
stand beside Ye Xiwen no matter what.
At this time, Li Fei's ashen face was visible to them all and making them fell proud and
victorious in a way. They were the prestigious true disciples of Yi Yuan School and would
certainly feel proud when one of their own defeated an outsider who was trying to look
down on them and their sect.
Of course, Li Fei's ancestor used to be a disciple of Yi Yuan School but that did not mean he
could look down upon Yi Yuan School and that too in their presence!
"Did you see that? Gu Yun did not stand a chance against Ye Xiwen and was completely
trampled underfoot. That is how you crush someone's arrogance!"
"Yes, true disciples of TMU are nothing but mediocre pricks. I don't see a reason why they
are so arrogant."
"I assume that Gu Yun is not really a big shot in TMU. I guess he is just a janitor disciple
with a gross arrogant demeanor."
"But we are talking about TMU, guys. Although Gu Yun was so easily defeated by Ye Xiwen,
we must not forget that Ye Xiwen is really too strong. In just two years after joining Yi Yuan
School, he is the first disciple in the history of our sect who has progressed so insanely. He
is a rare evildoer [monster] that appears once in a millennium!"
"Indeed, I have also heard from several fellow true disciples
that Gu Yun is truly fierce. If his opponent wasn't Ye Xiwen, then any other disciple
wouldn't have survived this battle."
"Yes, Ye Xiwen's speed of growth is monstrous to be precise."
"Moreover, I heard that these two men came to Yi Yuan School in order to check the
qualifications of worthy disciples and recruit them into TMU. But Ye Xiwen has ended up
making them angry. I wonder what will happen now. I hope this will not affect the
recruitment process."
Yi Yuan School disciples were discussing among themselves, anyway, this matter about
TMU didn't really concern them in this lifetime, so they could discuss freely as much as they
want.
However, the matter quickly changed its form and caught everyone's attention when the
news went out that Ye Xiwen's name was not present in the list of disciples selected for
TMU.
The news spread like wild fire in Yi Yuan School and detonated bombs of dissatisfaction
everywhere.
It was quite obvious that the representatives of Yi Yuan School used their administrative
powers to redress personal grievances, which spread discontentment among disciples!
However, regarding this matter which basically concerned only Ye Xiwen, neither the top
brass of Yi Yuan School nor Li Fei made an attempt to give any response or clarification.
Inside the main hall of Qianyu peak palace.
"You were too impulsive this time!" Ye Feng sighed and looked at his stubborn younger
brother who was so eager to go to TMU
earlier but ended up creating such a trouble. Now, he might not have a way to join TMU.
"That bastard went too far! What happened was necessary."
The wolf cub said with indignation and still hadn't gotten over the way he was looked down
upon by the opposite party.
Ye Xiwen did not say anything but also believed that what happened was necessary and
just.
"Now, what will you do? How are you planning to join TMU?"
Ye Feng asked.
"Rest assured, I will go for the other method. I will just go for the bottom level assessment
and win my way up to the top." Ye Xiwen said in a very calm and casual manner.
In fact, there were two ways to enter TMU. One was to impress the representatives sent by
TMU and enjoy the back door entry, but only a selected few could enjoy such privilege.
Not to mention, a pre-established connection with TMU was necessary for this method.
However, even these so-called selected individuals were required to go through an
assessment process, though only to differentiate them in different ranks according to their
potential and strength.
A lot of people were usually not lucky enough to have some kind of connection with TMU
and their only option was to opt for the second way; to participate in a competitive
assessment from the very bottom and win their way up to the very top.
However, the difficulty was also much larger and more than 95% contestants usually faced
elimination before reaching the semis.
Since the first way was now closed for Ye Xiwen, his only option was to go for competitive
assessment. He was aware that this kind of assessment was going to be much more intense
and brutal than expected and he might have to kill his way through countless geniuses to
reach the top.
Although most of his competitors were going to come from small clans or sects, this did not
mean that they would go down very easily. In fact, there were several records of peerless
martial geniuses arising from small sects.
Ye Xiwen was not disappointed rather he was more excited to be taking part in the
competition and also looking forward to it.
Getting a back door entry was no fun to begin with. He was actually looking forward to
gaining loads of battle experience in the imminent brutal fights.
If there were going to be endless obstacles in his path, he would pave his own path out of
blood and perseverance by virtue of his own hands in order to reach his goal!
Not to mention, he still had mysterious space as well as Ye Mo's help. There was nothing
that could stop him from moving forward!
After two weeks, the team of selected disciples finally left for TMU. In addition to Huang
Luochen, Qi Feifan and Shuiyan Luo, Hua Menghan also went to TMU unexpectedly, along
with a dozen of true disciples. In other words, the entire elite disciple force of Yi Yuan
School was taken away by TMU's
representatives.
Fortunately, Yi Yuan School wasn't the only major sect that had to lose its elite disciples. A
large number of elites from other major sects also went to TMU.
Out of the six pro-disciples of Yi Yuan School, now, only two were left namely Chu Jingcai
and Ye Xiwen.
However, this outcome had a good effect on Qianyu faction's growth as everyone wanted to
be a part of the remaining pro-disciples' factions. Since, it was quite difficult to enter Chu
Jingcai's faction, Qianyu faction became the most ideal faction to join, considering Ye
Xiwen's rise to fame and his newly earned title as the strongest disciple in the younger
generation.
Ye Xiwen's excellent performance, as a representative of Yi Yuan School while saving Yi
Yuan School's prestige and dignity from arrogant representatives of TMU, also made him a
youth icon and the most adored disciple in no time.
However, the departure of these elites had a slight impact on Yi Yuan School's overall
available combat force, particularly in this era of Bai Mojiao's rebellion.
Bai Mojiao was a cunning organization and had largely taken into account TMU's
recruitment process and the imminent lack of elite disciples. It was a good opportunity for
staging a rebellion.
......
A month's time quickly passed and since Bai Mojiao seemed to know that all major forces
had sent their elite disciples to TMU, the degree of their rebellion increased significantly.
Ye Xiwen even had to go himself to wipe out some of the rebelling Bai Mojiao big shots.
Now, there were only two pro-disciples left in the sect. Chu Jingcai had to go to the depths
of Yi Yuan School to deal with a variety of administrative matters.
So, only Ye Xiwen could be dispatched in emergency situations.
Whenever some Bai Mojiao related missions were far beyond the capability of ordinary
true disciples, only then Ye Xiwen was asked to move into action. There were only a
handful of half-step legendary disciples in the five major sects, adding up to a dozen at
most. But now all of a sudden, they were all gone. This put pressure on the remaining elite
disciples. Since Chu Jingcai
was ready to take over the title of next sect head, Ye Xiwen suddenly became a leading
figure for the younger generation.
During this month, Ye Xiwen exterminated over 20 Bai Mojiao strongholds and rose to
fame in the entire Great Yue State.
On this day, the cloudless blue sky, as if laundered excessively to the point of flawless
cleanness, was spread to infinity in all directions.
Ye Xiwen was travelling on a rainbow while his hands were crossed behind his back. Even
if his current strength was comparable to Complete Truth realm, the extermination of Bai
Mojiao strongholds was getting more and more strenuous for him. It was because Bai
Mojiao was calling more and more of its best members to deal with a threat like Ye Xiwen.
Now, even Ye Xiwen had come to realize that he could not continue to wait any longer.
It was time to have a breakthrough!
After exterminating more than 20 Bai Mojiao strongholds, he seized a lot of resources
including more than 50,000 Ling Dans which were enough to serve his accumulation
requirements.
The breakthrough time was approaching closer.
His inner state was already at a sufficient level thanks to devouring knowledge in bulk in
the library. So, as long as he could get his hands on enough energy, breakthrough shouldn't
be a difficult task for him.
Not to mention, he had not completely absorbed one of the two zombie cores in the library
and was saving it for the next breakthrough. All these resources were enough to send him
directly from the truth eighth peak to Complete Truth realm in one fell swoop. Then, his
combat efficiency would have a rapid and qualitative change, making it possible for him to
contend with half-step legendary experts.
By that time, he would surely reach the pinnacle of truth realm and the next step would be
reaching the half-step legendary realm. However, his accumulation was not enough to step
into half-step legendary realm. In order to compete with other contenders in TMU's
assessment examination, he must step into half-step legendary realm and seemed
confident as well.
Chapter 280: Devil Cavalry
Ye Xiwen returned to Yi Yuan School and immediately began the closed-door training. His
aura rushed from truth eighth stage to Complete Truth realm, granting tremendous
changes to his battle efficiency.
He had commanded not allowing anyone to disturb him. In fact, even if there was some
urgent task, no one was allowed to disturb him. The value of Ye Xiwen was soon going to
reflect in the future, bringing in enormous benefits for Yi Yuan School in various forms. He
was phenomenal in his actions of eliminating several Bai Mojiao strongholds and this was
quite a big task, after all, this mission was something not even the Taihang elders could
succeed in doing so easily.
Another month passed quickly and Bai Mojiao activities got increasingly frequent, they also
began to attack major cities.
Five major forces put more intensity in their efforts to exterminate Bai Mojiao forces.
However, Bai Mojiao suddenly quieted down while facing that. It was just like the calm
before a storm.
On this day, the infinitely cloudy sky, like a relentless army general, suddenly roared and Yi
Yuan School's main gate was shaken up. A thrill of horror swept away several mountain
peaks and it seemed as if many sierras, located in the front region of Yi Yuan School's
campus, instantly collapsed after encountering a doomsday-like scenario. The Zhen barrier
circle was also destroyed in a blink of an eye.
The surrounding space was torn apart like a velvet carpet and a gigantic devil claw
suddenly stretched out to grab a mountain peak.
"Boom!" The mountain peak was grasped and instantly crushed into pieces. Hundreds of
disciples were also grasped along with the mountain peak and were crushed to death.
"Who is that? Who dares to attack our Yi Yuan School!" A voice filled with fury originated
from the depths of Yi Yuan School and echoed like a momentary sonic boom.
"Yi Yuan School, this sect of yours has been standing strong for thousands of years but it is
time to put an end to its glory!" A loud voice sounded from the other side of the crack in
space. A gigantic hand instantly appeared in the sky, sweeping an area stretched over the
radius of hundred kilometres in one fell
swoop.
"What a joke!" The voice originating from the depths of Yi Yuan School sneered and a
rippling Swordqi suddenly cut through the barrier of space and collided with that big hand.
"Boom!" That big hand was chopped down instantly into pieces and turned into an endless
amount of qi, sweeping across in all directions.
However, right then, a tall spectre appeared from the crack.
His whole body was enveloped in dreadful moqi that was distorting the air. People could
not see his face but his eyes were shining brightly like two big red lanterns.
moqi = devilqi
A terrifying aura scattered in all directions with his body at the center.
"Sage realm! This devil is at Sage realm!"
Sage realm = Saint realm = Sacred realm = Holy realm Yi Yuan School's disciples despaired
as they discovered this spectre's real level. Everyone knew that the strength of Sage realm
was terrifying and basically out of their comprehension.
The legendary realm was just for legendary characters and those characters were still
bound to the mortal realm in one way or the other. However, after stepping into the Sage
realm, one would actually transcend the mortal world and witness major changes in one's
body and soul. This was the so-called rising above the mundane life of mortals and entering
the world of Sages.
A horrifying scene was unfolding in front of everyone. A large rift in the space ended up
becoming a portal for Devil army and Bai Mojiao disciples to rush into this world. They
were riding abominable creatures called magical beasts and invading Yi Yuan School in
abundance.
Various beastly roared filled the sky as hundreds of thousands of devils and Bai Mojiao
disciples captured the skyline.
This time, Bai Mojiao's tyrannical forces had shown up
incisively.
"How can they have so many soldiers? This is insane! Bai Mojiao has gathered an
outrageous number of devil soldiers.
This doesn't tally with the information we obtained damn it!" A disciple roared to express
his frustration. Although in the hearts of these disciples, Bai Mojiao was considered as a
formidable organization, however, it had been in a situation of extermination for quite
some time. They never imagined that even after facing grand scale extermination, Bai
Mojiao could gather such an insane army!
There was a creepy feeling about this. A feeling of chill greeted their hearts as they
continued to stare at the scene unfolding in front of their eyes.
Hundreds of thousands of mighty devil cavalry soldiers were going on a conquest, heading
straight in the direction of Yi Yuan School. Some timid disciples were instantly scared to
death.
A crowd of elders and true disciples also went up into the sky while other disciples put all
their energy into dealing with the devil soldiers on the ground.
Yi Yuan School's disciples and elders were going all out. They put their lives on the life;
after all, Yi Yuan School was their home that they must protect at any cost. A barrage of
disciples came rushing out of the depths of Yi Yuan School and jumped into the fight
without any hesitation.
They were not prepared for this battle while devil cavalry was rushing to the front. One tall
devil was sitting atop a scary magical beast and leading the cavalry. He looked very grim
and was on the verge of going berserk any time now.
"Bang!"
The two sides crashed into each other in midair, causing numerous casualties on both sides
almost instantly.
"Puchi!" Several disciples ran directly into the spears held by devil soldiers. It seemed as if
string-like spears passed through several bead-like meatballs in a blink of an eye, unfolding
a bloody scene in the sky and on the battlefield.
This was an extremely bloody picture but no one had the time to think about all that. There
was no turning back, no one thought of retreating now, rather they raged even more and
went all out.
Team after team of devil soldiers were coming out from the rift in space and rushing to
attack Yi Yuan School.
"Boom!" Human disciples with swords formed teams and rushed forward to greet the
incoming devil cavalry. They joined forces and summoned up a wall of Swordqi and
somehow became successful in repelling the devil teams.
Both sides were fighting to kill and making every effort to kill each other.
This was a great event and would spread to become an immortal legend!
Yi Yuan School had been standing tall for thousands of years but this was the first time
someone launched a direct attack on it. This was something that had never been seen
before, so the disciples were somewhat confused. However, it seemed like now their wills
were firmer than ever before.
This was their home, hence, escape or retreat was not an
option.
Ancient Zhen laws were activated and disciples got to see the true power of Yi Yuan School.
These laws had stayed buried for hundreds of thousands of years for a tactical deployment
such as this. Several devil soldiers rushed into them and were turned to ashes.
"Shoot!" Someone shouted from the devil side, and immediately, devil soldiers took out
their bows and shot a barrage of magical arrows into the sky, obscuring the sky for an
instant then the arrows fell down towards the human disciples.
"Aah!"
"Aah!"
"Aah!"
The rain of magical arrows fell upon the disciples and directly harvested the souls from
their bodies. Followed by painful screams, countless disciples lost their lives.
"Counterattack!" The senior expert shouted from the depths of Yi Yuan School, and at this
time, an ancient matrix formation began to launch a massive attack, absorbing all of the
Lingqi in the air instantly.
"Rumble!"
"Rumble!"
Almost in a blink of an eye, an inexhaustible black dragon appeared in the clouds and
glittered violently. It was followed by huge electric snake creeping inside the dark clouds
and then it fell down, forming a sea of lightning. Numerous devil soldiers and Bai Mojiao
disciples were burned alive by the power of this lightning attack.
Countless devil soldiers were burned to the crisp in this sea of lightning.
This was a clash between two tyrannical forces and every moment claimed a lot of lives
from both sides. The terrible collisions were stirring up the meat sauce and a river of blood
on the battlefield.
Dreadful moqi seemed monstrous and was rising up to hundred miles into the sky.
Several ancient laws were being activated to tackle this problem but their resurrection was
going to take time.
Meanwhile, Yi Yuan School's disciples were losing their lives left and right because their
battle efficiency was nothing in comparison to that of the frightening war-freaks like the
devils.
For a while, the human disciples were on defense and were being constantly defeated.
Hundreds of thousands of devil soldiers attacked at once.
"Boom!" But, suddenly, a divine beam rushed out from the depths of Yi Yuan School and
swept out, annihilating an entire platoon of devil cavalry in one fell swoop.
A huge war-fortress flew out from the depths of Yi Yuan School. It was actually the
mountain peak [gifted] to a true disciple and held tremendous firepower. It was equipped
with all sorts of matrix methods and immediately unleashed numerous attacks on the devil
army. One after another, several
war-fortresses flew out and obscured the sky.
The flying war-fortresses began to launch a variety of magical attacks, endless beams lasing
in the direction of devil army and causing explosions. The devil army faced numerous
casualties after the sudden appearance of war-fortresses.
The flying war-fortresses made an impenetrable defense line in the sky and on the ground
as well, and successfully managed to block the advancement of devil cavalry.
"Bang!"
At this time, a thundering sound resounded everywhere along with a storm originating
from the crack in space. Then, a huge figure, several hundred meters tall in height, jumped
out of the crack and landed in this world.
"War Monster!"
"War Monster!"
The sharp-eyed disciples immediately recognized this creature. This was the infamous War
Monster of the devil army.
Tall like a mountain, it tore its way out of the crack in space. Its frightening existence finally
appeared in their world. It was carrying a crooked smile on its face as it gazed at the tiny
and inconsequential human experts while revealing its sharp fangs.
Chapter 281: Old Sect Head
The terrifying War Monster trampled forward and with a single step, it shook the ground
beneath and sliced the air around. The long stretches of mountains were crumbled with its
mighty sweep.
"Bang!" The War Monster collided with the war fortress. The most dreadful war machines
of both the parties mercilessly crashed into each other.
"Bang!" The devil cavalries, which were spread around within a few miles range, were
obliterated by the sweeping Swordqi.
At this time, a skinny and slender figure appeared from the depths of Yi Yuan School. His
whole face was wrinkled and he was somewhat limping as well.
The facial features of this slender figure suggested that the man was very old. The identity
of the old man was a mystery for all the disciples who were looking at him. There were
whispers amidst them suggesting he might be a senior who was in a hideaway for a long
time.
"Isn't this our old sect head that was in charge 1000 years ago?" A sharp-eyed disciple
recognized him all of a sudden.
Hearing this moved the disciples and brought tears to their eyes. For there was no one in Yi
Yuan school who did not know and respect this powerful leader.
This old person used to be the sect head of Yi Yuan School until two generations ago and
was very much a legendary figure among all the sect heads. However, more than 1000
years ago when Yi Yuan School was surrounded by an enormous crisis, at that time, an
ancient treasure trove was discovered and a large number of Yi Yuan experts entered it.
But afterwards, an accident occurred and they failed to come back.
During this unstable time of Yi Yuan School, the inheritance and the human resource
accumulated over a span of ten thousand years was about to get cut off in a flash. But in this
time of distress, the old head marched into the East and the West and defeated countless
enemies. He finally stabilized Yi Yuan School and restored its strength and vitality. He re-
instated Yi Yuan School back to the ranks of five major forces.
However, the expeditions which lasted for several hundred
years exhausted his vitality and everyone thought that he wouldn't be able to die peacefully
in a sitting posture. However, since then, the old head disappeared without a trace and
everyone thought that he really died in a sitting posture.
Dying in a sitting posture is a Buddhist practice and is considered sacred. It is the only way
to stop oneself from turning into a zombie after death.
Unexpectedly, the old head reappeared in the most crucial time once again to save Yi Yuan
School.
He was the respectable elder from a thousand years ago who saved Yi Yuan School. No
wonder everyone respected him to the utmost.
The old head's stature was arched and his face was densely covered with age spots. It
appeared as if life was just about to leave his body. Besides, it was definite that his survival
was supported by his willingness and willpower to seek a breakthrough into the sage
realm. Those expeditions had exposed his body to many hidden dangers and now it felt that
end of his life was approaching.
The arrival of the old head sent a wave of hope amongst the people of Yi Yuan School.
Even the spectre did not dare to deride the old head and looked at him with solemn
respect, as if not daring to underestimate this old man's strength.
The presence of the old head had lifted the spirits of the Yi Yuan people. However, the war
had not ended yet. Several devils were still coming in and Yi Yuan disciples were on the
verge of retreat. This was a terrifying slaughtering feast.
If this had been a one-on-one battle then Yi Yuan disciples would have been invincible but
now hundreds of thousands were at war.
Amidst the flowing rivers of blood, Yi Yuan ancestors feared the danger of eradication.
Everyone had to do their utmost and fight, there was no choice.
"Old guy, it is evident that you are severely injured. If you
want to continue to prolong your own life with that turtle breath technique of yours, you
can still survive for another 100
years, still, you want to die?" The spectre gave a cold look to the old head and said. He was
also in the sage realm like the old head, but the injury the old head had survived earlier was
too grave and it had limited his martial life to only vital practices. If he was to participate in
a war, his death was certain.
"So what if you have brought hundreds of thousands of devil soldiers, you still cannot win
against my Yi Yuan School, keke!"
The old head coughed a few times and fresh blood was thrown into the air.
"Old head!" Yi Yuan disciples burst out in concern, worried about his condition.
"I have fought innumerable opponents; the only thing missing was fighting the devil
cavalry, keke!" The old man coughed again and spoke.
"Well, it seems your last wish is to die, I will grant it gladly!"
The specter replied in a cold voice. Although he was not much interested in this severely
wounded old man, he had brought this many devil soldiers to destroy Yi Yuan School and
certainly wouldn't allow anyone to stand in his way.
Anyone, who would try to stand in his way, must die.
The specter swept his long spear and released a devil technique that looked just like a
devilish dragon, rushing towards the old head.
The skinny stature of the old head seemed like a small boat being hit by wild waves in the
raging tides. He suddenly pulled out his firm sword and released a Swordqi horizontally
towards the incoming attack.
"Bang!" The terrifying collision collapsed a piece of space. The dark crack in space looked
quite frightening.
The forces on both sides suffered heavy losses after the first collision.
"Clang!" The long sword in the old head's hand behaved just like a black dragon, it instantly
roared out and clashed with the devilish dragon. The collision produced an endless wave of
energy boom which filled the horizon.
The collisions between the shards of Swordlight and spear shadows obscured the sky.
"Cough!" The old head coughed out blood, but his facial expression was firm and resolute.
His forehead was wrapped around with the air of death and it seemed as if the next
moment he would really drop dead. Even in such a dire situation, he was relentless and his
attacks were fierce.
The Yi Yuan disciples were sobbing as they knew that the real cost of this fight was his
vitality and life-force.
The spectre, at this moment, shoved his moqi directly into the devilish dragon which then
fired a magical beam towards the old head from its mouth.
The old head charged forward and slashed it with his Swordqi.
The Swordqi was torn to shreds by the devilish dragon. It, then, roared and rumbled into
the old head's body.
"Bang!" The old head was flown away; his skinny body went
flying into the mountain peak which was then directly severed due to the impact.
"Old head!" Yi Yuan disciples called out in alarm and started weeping bitterly.
"Our top experts, Taizhong elders, where are they?!"
Some disciples were confused because at such a critical time, they did not know where the
Yi Yuan elders were and why would they not come out to support the old head, who was
struggling at the moment.
"Today, we will crush Yi Yuan School and then go on to trample other major forces of Great
Yue State. We will conquer this land and turn it into a devil bridgehead." The spectre roared
and said.
"Kill these devil bastards; we cannot let the devil race step into our territory."
"Yes, kill these devil bastards!"
One of the Yi Yuan disciples roared, the danger of eradication was in front of them and no
matter what usual hatred existed among them, today, they had to fight united.
There were more than a hundred thousand disciples in Yi Yuan School and all of them
simultaneously unleashed themselves onto the devil army.
"Boom!"
Suddenly, there was a huge burst of sound followed by instant evaporation of many devil
cavalries into blood fog.
It was a golden figure that, like a golden ray of light, had rushed into the formations of devil
soldiers.
A terrifying aura swept away as the golden light condensed into a dragon, and in a flash,
dozens of devil soldiers were killed with just one bang.
The golden trail came together and took the form of a person whose whole body dazzled
like a golden war god.
"It's Brother Ye!"
"Brother Ye is here. He has finally come!"
Yi Yuan disciples cheered and their morale rose up suddenly.
Although Yi Yuan School had many powerful masters, some even more powerful then Ye
Xiwen, but they were from the older generation and not the same generation as Ye Xiwen
and the other pro-disciples.
Now, Ye Xiwen was the only active pro-disciple left in the sect and these disciples could
relate to him in a way they couldn't with the powerhouses of the older generation.
Ye Xiwen was one of the six pro-disciples, an iconic young expert who was also at the helm
of the younger generation. His appearance on the battlefield was more than enough to
boost the morale of disciples.
"You all need not be anxious, the head and the elders will soon come over!" Ye Xiwen
roared and a thundering voice spread through the battlefield. Yi Yuan disciples were no
longer worried; after all, these were Ye Xiwen's words and had a
natural persuasive power.
Ye Xiwen summoned Hanshan seal which got bigger and bigger in the sky and instantly
slammed down, killing hundreds of devil soldiers in a blink of an eye.
Ye Xiwen appeared callous. His body was covered with golden divinity, radiating rays of
golden light in the surroundings. He was just like a tyrannical god of war, ominously glaring
like a predator.
This time, Ye Xiwen's fighting strength had risen all the way, breaking from truth realm to
half-step legendary realm. After more than a month of closed-door training, Ye Xiwen
skipped truth ninth stage and directly reached Complete Truth realm in a single
breakthrough.
"Ye Xiwen, I did not expect to meet you here. I remember the last time you ruined our
plans, but today will mark the day of your death!" A familiar voice sounded from one side.
Ye Xiwen shifted his gaze, only to find Lu Hongwei holding a magical sword in his hand and
looking at him with a murderous look in his eyes.
Chapter 282: Fight With Lu Hongwei
"Ye Xiwen, this time I will kill you mercilessly and also destroy your Yi Yuan School!" Lu
Hongwei gave a murderous look to Ye Xiwen. His left arm didn't seem like a normal arm;
instead, it was a devil arm which was brimming with energy.
He detested Ye Xiwen, if not for Ye Xiwen, he would not be so embarrassed. And because of
this, he must kill Ye Xiwen to satisfy his obsession.
Ye Xiwen had ruined his plans on Qianji Island, giving prior warning to Yi Yuan School and
the other major forces about Bai Mojiao's approaching raid. This was not a hidden matter
and everyone knew about Ye Xiwen's role in that incident.
Ye Xiwen sneered and said, "Your century-old dream of destroying Yi Yuan School shall
never be fulfilled."
Several hundred thousand devil soldiers had come rushing today to eradicate Yi Yuan
School. This time, the enemy was enormous and powerful and it seemed like there truly
was a danger of total destruction awaiting Yi Yuan School.
Lu Hongwei assumed an awe-inspiring pose, displaying the true power of half-step
legendary realm. The extent of his power was simply difficult to visualize.
The entire battlefield was riddled with corpses of devils and human experts. Everywhere,
the disciples of Yi Yuan School and the devils were indulged in clearing each other out.
Lu Hongwei's arm, which was possessed by a devil sword, released a devilish magical beam
towards Ye Xiwen.
Ye Xiwen did not budge and stood still like a mountain, with an icy cold look in his eyes. His
whole body was radiating golden rays of light. He appeared like a golden god that was
cloaked in divine golden halo. This was the first time he was going to display his true battle
strength of half-step legendary realm. He roared towards the sky and his whole body was
engulfed by an unprecedented amount of magnificent energy.
Ye Xiwen swiftly joined his hands together and shot a golden beam towards the devil arm.
"Bang!" A terrifying shock wave swept across as a result of this
collision. The demon cavalries and the Yi Yuan disciples who were present around the
perimeter were directly sent off flying.
"Ye Xiwen, you cannot fight here, otherwise, you will accidentally injure many disciples of
your own sect." Ye Mo said.
At this time, a huge silhouette appeared in the sky. Qianyu peak was actually a flying war-
fortress and that had come to Ye Xiwen's aid. It was larger than an average mountain and
was constantly shooting energy beams at the enemy forces, wiping out countless devil
cavalries with each strike. Even the War Monster was too slow to dodge a powerful beam
attack and was directly cut in half.
The power of the flying war-fortress was fully manifested at this time.
"Ha ha ha, the prince is here!" At this time, the wolf cub laughed mockingly, then opened his
mouth and fired a grand scale attack at the devil cavalry, which resulted in a mushroom
cloud. In a blink of an eye, hundreds of devils were annihilated.
At this time, Ye Shu was standing next to the wolf cub. He also
began to use all sorts of martial techniques, wiping out several devil cavalrymen in groups.
As for Ye Feng and the others that did not come out, since they had not yet entered into the
truth realm. They were not capable enough of protecting themselves in this battlefield;
therefore they were simply operating various Zhen laws and martial attacks from inside
the Qianyu war-fortress.
Ye Xiwen grinned and a burst of golden light seeped out of his body and instantly swept
through the formations of devil cavalrymen instantly.
"Aaaah!"
The entire battlefield was shaken by the pitiful screams of the devil soldiers as their souls
were directly harvested by this golden light and turned them into golden blood fog.
"You won't escape from me!" Lu Hongwei stared at Ye Xiwen with his burning red eyes
then immediately began to chase him.
Ye Xiwen directly flew inside the devil formation and
unleashed his powers, killing them in hundreds at a time while trying his best to avoid
accidentally hurting his fellow disciples.
However, Lu Hongwei did not seem to care about the loss of his own soldiers in friendly
fire.
Ye Xiwen was like an invincible entity, cutting his way through the devil cavalrymen. No
one was able to stop him no matter how much tried! The divinities crawling within his
body were a devil's worst nemesis.
"Kill him!"
The shouts were lingering on the battlefield; the battle continued; corpses were being sent
flying around. Streams of blood were flowing across the battlefield, indicating the extent of
the death toll that continued to rise with each passing moment.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
Along with a barrage of terrifying noises of explosions, Ye Xiwen was encircled by
numerous devil experts, but in a blink of an eye, all were chopped into pieces by Ye Xiwen.
Hanshan seal was summoned by Ye Xiwen in the sky. It transformed into a huge mountain
and slammed down upon devil exerts. Meanwhile, He was unceasingly slaughtering the
enemies that were appearing in his way. However, as a result of that, his speed finally
slowed down a bit and this made it possible for Lu Hongwei to overtake him.
"I would like to see where you will go now." Lu Hongwei was keeping a close eye on Ye
Xiwen and did not seem to care about the devils who had been massacred so far. His eyes
were fixed on the real enemy, Ye Xiwen. If Ye Xiwen was not eliminated right away then his
plan would most likely fail once again, not to mention he might have to flee again in a
severely injured state like the previous time.
"Bang!" Lu Hongwei sliced the air with his devil sword, and suddenly, a horrifying light
which was made up of moqi began to billow around him.
moqi = devilqi
"It is time for you to say goodbye to this world." Lu Hongwei clenched his teeth in anger
and his red eyes sparkled like a crazed beast.
It seemed as if Lu Hongwei's anger could sweep away the universe any time now.
Ye Xiwen's eyes reflected no fear; instead, a golden light flickered in his hands. Coiling
Dragon Palm was unleashed by Ye Xiwen, instantly releasing a coiling dragon into this
world. It appeared like a living golden dragon, all set to devour the opponent ahead.
"Bang!" A terrifying collision took place when Ye Xiwen's coiling dragon swallowed a huge
bout of moqi, but all of a sudden, the moqi suddenly burst out of its body, annihilating it in
the process.
Lu Hongwei was at a higher level when compared with Ye Xiwen, after all, there was a gap
of almost 100 to 200 worth of practice years between the two.
Ye Xiwen made a strategic retreat while Lu Hongwei continued to move in his direction
under the urge to kill him once and for all.
"Ye Xiwen, I am afraid this Lu Hongwei has attained half-step legendary realm long back!"
Ye Mo's voice sounded in Ye Xiwen mind.
Ye Xiwen's heart shook for a moment. A while ago, he had finally stepped into Complete
Truth realm and his battle strength was equivalent to half-step legendary realm, reaching
the same level as Lu Hongwei. But the so-called half-step legendary realm had many
distinctions. Although the battle strength of both Ye Xiwen and Qi Feifan were on half-step
legendary level, but in reality, Ye Xiwen was still not as strong as Qi Feifan.
Besides the ordinary half-step legendary realm, there existed several branch levels such as
half-step legendary first stage, half-step legendary second stage and so on, all the way up to
the ninth stage.
Ye Xiwen could easily defeat an opponent who was at ordinary half-step legendary realm,
but after reaching the higher levels such as half-step legendary first stage or above, the
battle
strength also increased exponentially with each stage.
Regardless of how much an ordinary person would practice, they could only achieve the
half-step legendary realm. Only a genius could break the shackles of half-step legendary
realm and truly achieve the first stage or second stage and so on. One must know that if an
expert was at half-step legendary first stage then their battle strength would be equivalent
to that an expert on legendary first stage. And the same analogy would apply at other half-
step legendary stages as well. However, the issue was that there was a tremendous gap
between any two neighbouring stages in the half-step legendary realm. An expert, who was
at half-step legendary first stage, just did not stand a chance against an opponent who was
a stage above him. This strict barrier was specifically prominent in the half-step legendary
realm. Not to mention, only talented experts could actually dream of reaching the higher
stages within half-step legendary realm, leaving no other alternative options whatsoever
for ordinary experts.
In other words, a high-level of talent was a must to reach the higher and mostly
inaccessible stages that were hidden inside the half-step legendary realm. Ordinary experts
simply had no talent or the option to step into the half-step legendary first stage and could
only have a breakthrough directly into the legendary first stage, then continue forward.
Of course, if an expert was able to reach half-step legendary fourth or fifth stage and
decided to have a breakthrough and step into legendary realm then they would
automatically step right into the legendary fourth or fifth stage, however, with better
foundation and understanding.
Half step legendary realm was a very important stage for someone who was really
determined to have limitless future prospects in the world of martial arts. It was a very
crucial stage to lay the foundation for an eventual breakthrough into the Sage realm, which
was very important for transcending the mortal world.
It was said that if a person would stay for a longer time in the half-step legendary realm,
they would be able to enjoy limitless future prospects. This was the reason why TMU had
made a special assessment for half-step legendary category. Those who were at the higher
stages of half-step legendary realm always had more chances of being selected by TMU.
However, the breakthrough to each stage was very difficult and this immense measure of
difficulty was enough to limit the quantity in each assessment.
Now, it was no longer a mystery why Lu Hongwei was still
stuck in half-step legendary realm, after all, more than 100 years ago, he had fought with
Chu Jingcai and the other pro-disciple of that generation. Back then, if he had chosen to
have a breakthrough into the legendary realm, then he would probably have reached the
legendary third or fourth stage by now.
However, he chose to stay in half-step legendary realm and was now at half-step legendary
first stage. In other words, this showed how much difficult it was to climb stages inside the
half-step legendary realm.
"Ye Xiwen, today I will kill you for sure!" Lu Hongwei roared.
"Tianyuan Mirror!" Yi Xiwen pulled out his wild card. He would not have cared much if he
was facing an ordinary expert of half-step legendary realm, but now he needed to pay more
attention because his opponent was at the first stage of half-step legendary realm.
Tianyuan Mirror appeared on top of Ye Xiwen's head instantaneously; it started whirling
and simultaneously began to release a dreadful coercion as if coming straight from the
command of the Devil King and powerful enough to suppress all devil soldiers right where
they were.
Within a mile radius, all magical beasts began to tremble with
fear and kneeled down on the ground, not daring to get up.
Although no one understood why this was happening, it was the kind of scary feeling which
came from the bottom of their hearts, which made them scared and timid. This was a
bizarre scene and shocked everyone who witnessed it on the battlefield!
However, no one knew that this scene was just an aftermath of Ye Xiwen's intended attack
that was aimed directly at Lu Hongwei.
"What mischief are you up to now!" Lu Hongwei roared, he only felt a dreadful restraint
deep inside his mind, his consciousness was being blinded. He wanted Ye Xiwen dead, but
now he felt like he wanted Ye Xiwen to live. As if he was being forced into thinking that Ye
Xiwen must not die and he must not attack Ye Xiwen at any cost. The confused state of his
mind was a serious threat to him and his plan.
This was a startling yet terrifying deterrent!
His strength was also gravely affected and directly dropped down from half-step legendary
first stage to ordinary half-step legendary realm.
This swift decrease in his power made Lu Hongwei nearly go crazy as he rushed towards Ye
Xiwen to attack him.
However, after the sudden drop in Lu Hongwei's strength, Ye Xiwen was no longer hesitant
to fight back with all his might.
Chapter 283: Provokes A legend
The old sect head was sent flying into a mountain peak and blasted it to bits.
"You humans are inferior creatures. It is impossible for you to stop our superior devil race."
The sage realm specter said to the Old sect head with a cold look in his eyes.
"Old head!"
"Old head!"
Numerous disciples of Yi Yuan School cried out in fright.
"No! Our Old head...was also defeated."
"He couldn't stop that sage realm specter, what should we do now!"
The disciples were now desperate, although they were not alive 1000 years ago, they had
heard about the Old head from the people who lived during that time. Their hearts were
filled with respect for him. For them, he was a deity who had saved Yi Yuan School at the
most crucial time, flipping the tides of misfortune. Even now at this age, he was willing to
raise his sword and fight, as long as he stood there, he was like an invincible war god,
instilling confidence and morale among the disciples.
"Old head is now old and fragile, but in the past, he bore the title of the unparallel hero."
"If he wasn't old and injured to such an extent, this despicable specter wouldn't be
rampaging like this in his presence."
Whispers between the Yi Yuan disciples were heard by the specter who then revealed a
disdainful smile on his face and said: "Human race is really the most worthless race in all of
the ten thousand worlds and we devils will make sure to eliminate your very existence. In
front of our devil cavalry, you are nothing more than a herd of lambs, all prepared to be
slaughtered."
"Damn you, how dare you say such spiteful things to my
disciples? It seems you and your stinking bugs really want to venture the depths of hell. I
will gladly fulfill your wish and banish you to hell along with these insects."
"Yes, even the so-called devil cavalry of yours cannot defeat us."
The Old head stood up. Although his stature was skinny and his back was arched, still he
grasped his sword and slashed it towards the specter.
"You still dare to raise your sword, seems like you really don't want to live." The specter
sneered, "We have 100 methods to heal you, and you can even progress your cultivation by
leaps and bounds as long as you are willing to join our side and become a devil slave."
"I am aged, but I have not lost my self-respect, ke ke." The Old head coughed a few times
then said, "The human race has established itself in this world through countless
tribulations and sufferings. There is nothing that can ever strike us down!"
An overwhelming amount of heroic aura overflowed out of his body and enveloped him
completely.
"Those who will not surrender to us shall be slaughtered." The specter ordered callously as
he stood tall and high, surrounded by his prestige as a devil.
"We will see that!" The Old head shot a fascinating Swordqi attack towards the spectre.
"Bang!" A terrifying sound resounded everywhere as if penetrating the sky. The chaotic
Swordqi as if appeared to be cutting the world itself into two halves.
The Old head's attacks continued to become more and more horrifying. This rampaging
sword attack was so insanely destructive that it made the specter retreat as far as possible
to evade the attack. He just did not dare to face the Old head's sword attack.
Although it was clear that the Old head was now on the winning side of this battle, but the
disciples of Yi Yuan School did not share even the tiniest bit of excitement. They all knew
that the Old head was burning his own life force and irrespective of what the result would
be, he would most likely......
Some people were terrified of the thought that he wouldn't even survive till the end of the
war.
The Old head did not even portray the slightest bit of hesitation and once again attacked,
churning the entire sky with his martial attacks and marking the outbreak of a great
battle's finale.
He knew that he didn't have much time and the rate at which the fight was consuming his
energy was more than he could handle. In fact, even the specter knew that the Old head
was approaching the complete exhaustion of his vitality.
"Don't you realize that you have come to fight an obsolete war?" Old head said lightly but
his long sword did not have a moment to stop. It was unceasingly howling and releasing
Swordqi across the skyline.
"You filthy old guy, you breathe greedily on a day to day basis to survive, I do not need to
kill you because you will die on your own soon." The specter sneered and said.
"Despicable, shameless!"
"You are nothing in front of our Old head so shut your mouth, you filthy devil."
"Originally I wanted to see you die on your own, but since you say so, I will kill you with my
own hands and also crush your pride in the process. That will make you realize that devil
race is the true ruler of the heavens and your human race is only suited to be our slaves."
The specter said in a loud voice while his body was enveloped in a sea of moqi.
His devil spear started to rumble, summoning the ideal condition of chaotic devil laws as if
restarting the age of chaos in this world.
The Old head rushed forward with his sword, slicing the life out of all things around. He
was the strongest expert of Yi Yuan School and had achieved complete mastery over his
sword skills through a comprehensive study. At this time, he finally used his sword
intention on the specter.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
The Swordqi collided with the Spearqi and the resulting explosion spread across the sky.
The battle between these two sage realm experts had finally started to get more and more
intense.
"Today you will die." Lu Hongwei did not know how Ye Xiwen had affected his strength but
his cultivation had reduced from single layer of half-step legendary realm to ordinary half-
step legendary realm. However, he still did not consider Ye Xiwen as a worthy opponent.
"Since you wish to die, I will certainly help you." Ye Xiwen opened his eyes slowly. There
was a divine golden radiance in his eyes, making him appear like a godly entity in the
battlefield.
He then immediately used his golden claws to stop the incoming attack.
Lu Hongwei's Swordqi attack was easily grabbed and then extinguished by Ye Xiwen's
golden claws.
"Last time, you were lucky enough to escape from the hands of Brother Qi. But this time,
you will not be able to escape from me." Ye Xiwen smiled coldly and immediately
summoned the Hanshan seal in the sky, aiming it directly at Lu Hongwei.
"You are courting death." Lu Hongwei yelled in anger. Last time, he had indeed suffered a
severe wound at the hands of Qi Feifan and this was simply of great shame to him. And
today, Ye Xiwen reminded him of this matter just to puncture his pride and provoke him.
And it seemed like Ye Xiwen actually succeeded in his plan.
The devil sword held in Lu Hongwei's hand was exuding faint traces of moqi, and suddenly,
the roars of devilish dragons filled the surroundings while a sword sliced through the sky.
Even the earth shook under the influence of this sword attack.
"Bang!"
The shock waves created by this sword attack were so terrifying that they instantly
annihilated several devils of
Xiantian level that happened to be in the attack range.
"Clang!" The Swordlight shot up into the sky, formed a dense and rippling sword light, then
condensed into a rain of arrows and were blasted towards Ye Xiwen.
Ye Xiwen pressed the Hanshan Seal down and it instantly crushed this grand scale Swordqi
attack.
"You are bold, human!" At this time, a sonic boom exploded in the sky and a big hand
extended down from the sky to grab Ye Xiwen. Ye Xiwen had dared to rush in the midst of
the devil cavalry which made him stand out as a unique entity, also turning him into a
direct target.
The aura which was covering the big hand was terrifying and simply earth shattering.
When it swept across, Ye Xiwen immediately sensed the strength of legendary realm from
it.
It was the move of a peerless master of the legendary realm.
The devil soldiers were shivering after seeing the fearful power of this attack. An ordinary
master of half-step legendary
realm just couldn't achieve such a level of power.
Ye Xiwen was not a man who would sit still, he stuck out his palms which immediately
transformed into dragon claws and went forward to greet the incoming big devil hand.
"Bang!" The big hand the dragon claws collided in midair and mutually annihilated each
other, ultimately transforming into a turbulent flow of Lingqi.
"Legendary devil!" The disciples of Yi Yuan School cried out in horror as they never
expected that a legendary level expert would suddenly attack Ye Xiwen.
For these disciples, according to their understanding, an expert of the legendary realm was
a great being and simply out of their comprehension. After all, even a senior disciple like
Chu Jingcai had recently stepped into the legendary realm.
"Boom!"
As if a tsunami of energy greeted the scene and overwhelmed everyone.
"Why is a legendary devil suddenly daring to fight with me?"
Ye Xiwen asked in a calm voice.
Everyone gawked when they heard what Ye Xiwen said. He basically provoked a legendary
devil, despite being in truth realm himself.
Was Ye Xiwen actually provoking a legendary devil for a face to face fight?
All the disciples froze on the spot and could not believe what they just heard and saw.
This was a legendary devil, a true legend.
"Boy, today will be marked as the day of your demise. I will kill you first then destroy your
Yi Yuan School." The legendary level devil said while giving Ye Xiwen a cold and murderous
look.
"Get out of my way, this is my enemy, I will be the one to who
would take his life." Lu Hongwei roared.
"Humph, you are just a waste who cannot even cope with a trivial human of truth realm."
The devil basically looked down upon the human race, and being a human being who had
adopted devil ways, Lu Hongwei was no exception either.
Chapter 284: Lu Hongwei Slaughtered
Lu Hongwei's complexion suddenly turned pale. His relationship with devils was not
necessarily good. He had followed the path of devil worship which included practicing devil
arts, ultimately turning him into a half human half devil hybrid. People like him were
known as devil men.
These people were characteristically selfish, ruthless and evil, otherwise, would have never
been tempted by devil powers.
Those who lusted for devil powers were certainly not part of the good crop, but real devils
were inherently evil and cunning.
Was there really a scope for these two types of sinister factions to get along?
Although they had same interests at the moment, it did not mean that they were going to be
on friendly terms in the future.
"Do you want to fight with me?" Lu Hongwei snarled.
"What's the point of fighting you, killing you shall be an effortless task and doesn't interest
me at all." The devil said in a disrespectful manner.
"Do you want to die?" Lu Hongwei gritted his teeth and said.
"Do not fight among yourselves, come, both of you can come at me at once." Ye Xiwen
mocked them and a terrifying aura rippled out of his body and spread in all directions. He
was not at all intimidated even while facing two experts who were at a much higher level
than him. Suddenly, a sword intention appeared in his hand and began to compress and
dilate the surrounding space. "You devils just look big and talk big, but when in an actual
battle, you cower like ants in front of human powerhouses."
"Bullshit, you humans can just dream of defeating us devils in battle." The legendary level
devil said in a proud voice. He did not want to team up with Lu Hongwei as suggested by Ye
Xiwen.
"Prepare yourselves!" Ye Xiwen roared like a wild beast and his voice as if broke through
the barrier of this world and echoed throughout the universe. The sword intention was
instantly unleashed into the sky along with the ideal condition of coiling dragon palm that
summoned a humongous coiling dragon in the sky. It was so huge that it seemed like even
the sky wouldn't be able to contain its existence.
This was the kind of glorious existence that could make its way directly into the historical
records. Everyone was shocked by the extent of power being displayed by Ye Xiwen.
Everyone was looking towards the sky as their eyes were as if glued to the magnificent
golden figure of Ye Xiwen who was floating above the coiling dragon like a furious god of
war.
Ye Xiwen sneered and swept the rippling sword intention across the sky. Like a beam of
fragmented yet interconnected rippling energy, it went forward at an incredibly fast pace.
He had already reached such a high comprehension level of sword skill that he didn't
actually need an actual sword to use sword attacks.
The sword intention as if disintegrated the air on the molecular level and went straight
towards the legendary level devil expert.
"Boom!" He tried to block the attack but was directly sent flying far away.
Only now did he realize his mistake of underestimating Ye Xiwen and a look of terror
dominated his face.
Ye Xiwen's stalwart figure was wrapped in a dense golden cloak of divine light.
His enormous power and frightening attacks immediately boosted the morale of Yi Yuan
disciples, but they also felt a little strange. How in the world was Ye Xiwen able to do all
this? He was just an expert of Complete Truth realm but his attacks were somehow pushing
back a legendary expert. This was simply unrealistic!
However, the disciples didn't seem to notice one thing that was picked up well by the
legendary devil's senses. He sensed a strange and horrifying aura emanating from Ye
Xiwen's body.
He felt like facing a mythical being from ancient times. In fact, just by standing in Ye
Xiwen's presence, he felt like his mind and soul were being dominated. He also felt a rogue
idea capturing his mind as if telling him of his inferior existence in front of the mighty being
that standing before him.
An ominous coercion tightly enveloped him and made his cultivation to fall all the way to
half-step legendary realm.
Actually, a major part of his power and energy were used up in combating this ominous
coercion, otherwise, he wouldn't have been pushed back by the sword attack.
"I guess, now I have the required qualifications to fight the two of you at the same time,
correct?" Ye Xiwen said in an indifferent tone but it was filled with a kind of invincible
confidence.
"You are courting death!" The legendary level devil and Lu Hongwei ultimately decided to
join forces and jointly issued an attack on Ye Xiwen, immediately tearing the space at
several places. It seemed as if numerous stars were falling from the sky and were aimed at
Ye Xiwen.
Ye Xiwen unleashed a second sword strike, filling the entire sky with golden energy. For a
moment, it seemed like the entire world was made up of gold, but the very next moment,
the golden energy exploded and suppressed the very stability of this world, crushing
everything in the range.
Ye Xiwen was like the sword god of this world because all sword laws were under his
control.
"Boom!" The two attacks collided and resulting exploded as if resembled the explosion of a
star.
The fight in the sky had entered a superheated phase while
the three half-step legendary experts were fiercely clashing with each other. Ye Xiwen was
keeping a strategic position in the sky so that the complementary of his attacks could kill as
many devil soldiers as possible.
His sword intention swayed in his hands as he said in a cold voice: "Brace yourselves."
The sword intention crawled out of his hands and went towards both Lu Hongwei and the
legendary devil.
The legendary devil also took out his spear and shot a terrible spear attack, consisting of
dreadful Spearqi fluctuations, towards the incoming sword intention attack. The two
attacks clashed in the sky and led to a massive explosion.
"Boom!" This was an earth-shattering collision and swept off endless shock waves in all
directions. The true power of the legendary devil revealed itself just now. Even though a
major part of his power was being suppressed by Tianyuan mirror's coercion, the quality of
his energy was still superior to that of an expert of half-step legendary realm.
But at this time, Lu Hongwei's devil sword released vibrating
moqi that collided with Ye Xiwen's sword intention and blocked it in its way.
"Boom!"
The enormous destructive power contained in this blast swept all around and the three
experts backed off. No one dared to go near the aftermath of this explosion.
Ye Xiwen went a few steps back before stopping in midair, then immediately unleashed
another sword intention towards the two experts. However, this time, the sword intention
was massive and proceeded forward wantonly, destroying everything in its way,
evaporating mountains and wiping out forests in a blink of an eye. While at the same time,
Lu Hongwei and the legendary devil collaborated and unleashed their best attacks.
"Bang!"
The pure power of this collision invoked tremors all over and bulldozed everything in the
range.
The moqi contained in the Spearqi attack left a terrible wound on Ye Xiwen's body. The
blood started to ooze out of this wound and appeared just like a fountain of blood.
However, the legendary devil received a much terrible wound as the sword intention
directly pierced through his body, leaving a large hole in his abdomen. Lu Hongwei was
also in a critical condition but not as severe as the legendary devil because a large
percentage of the blast was blocked by the legendary devil, shielding Lu Hongwei in the
process.
Therefore, he only received flesh wounds.
An ice-cold look appeared on the legendary devil's face, but immediately, moqi quickly
wrapped his wound and it started to heal at a fast pace.
A devil's restoration ability could really leave a human expert flabbergasted.
The legendary devil's eyes were bloodshot and full of killing intention. His sword-like sharp
eyes were stubbornly staring at Ye Xiwen as if trying to kill him with the stare itself.
His killing intention was the real deal.
Lu Hongwei was experiencing an extreme shortness of breath.
He had once lost to Qi Feifan but at least he was considered the leader of the younger
generation in Great Yue State. However, if he lost to a 20-year-old youngster like Ye Xiwen,
then wouldn't it leave a stain on his reputation forever?
He had been practicing devil arts consistently for decades, then how were these ordinary
humans surpassing him one after another!
However, he was shocked once again when he saw Ye Xiwen's wound healing at an
incredibly fast speed and completely restoring itself in a blink of an eye. When compared to
Ye Xiwen's regeneration ability, the legendary devil's restoration ability was literally
garbage.
The legendary devil was frustrated and just didn't want to accept what he saw just now.
How could these inferior humans have such outstanding regeneration ability? Of course, he
knew that Ye Xiwen must have practiced some kind of secret technique, but that didn't
change the fact that he was just a human being.
His frustration was understandable; after all, he had come to this world to massacre human
being by crushing them like ants.
He never thought of the possibility of bumping into a monstrosity in human form.
"Die!" Both Lu Hongwei and the legendary devil were raging to kill Ye Xiwen and once
again timed their attacks to congeal a massive moqi-based attack.
"Now that you devils have already come into our territory, don't even think about going
back alive." Ye Xiwen sneered.
The whole sky was torn open by a divine golden sword intention as it instantly annihilated
the enemy's joint offensive.
"Puchi!" A terrible wound was torn open in the legendary devil's body, his blood spattered
and the broken bone fragments were sent flying.
Ye Xiwen had used his strongest sword attack so the outcome was not surprising!
His tyrannical imposing aura swept off everywhere.
Everyone gawked at this scene because they just couldn't believe an expert of Complete
Truth realm could actually fight with an expert of half-step legendary realm and the other
of the legendary first stage. Not to mention, Ye Xiwen was singlehandedly pushing them
back and it seemed as if he was not even trying.
How was this possible?
However, the reason and explanation didn't matter now as the Yi Yuan crowd kept on
cheering for Ye Xiwen, the guy who gave them immense confidence and the will to fight
back.
"Such a fearful human, I cannot let him live." A killing intention flashed in the eyes of the
legendary devil. He knew that Ye Xiwen must not be allowed to live and grow; otherwise,
he would certainly become a huge threat to their cause.
The three experts again clashed in the sky and started to go all out.
Ye Xiwen just wouldn't fall under the wind no matter how
much they tried.
"Clang!"
Ye Xiwen's sword intention once again instantly swept across the sky and wreaked havoc
everywhere.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
Ye Xiwen's changed his strategy and this time unleashed a smaller yet faster Swordqi
attack towards the legendary devil.
"Boom!" The devil used his spear to block it but some sections of Swordqi were deflected
towards him from the sides and hit him, making him spout a mouthful of blood due to the
impact.
At this time, Lu Hongwei took advantage of the opportunity
and launched a long ranged attack at Ye Xiwen in the form of dazzling shooting stars made
up of Swordqi.
The legendary devil ignored his own injuries because he didn't have enough time to stop
for healing them. He must team up with Lu Hongwei and time his attacks perfectly to kill Ye
Xiwen.
He would worry about his pride later, but first, he must eliminate at all costs.
His battle strategy was dependent on the assumption that Lu Hongwei would have to play
the role of bait.
However, how could Ye Xiwen not know about their strategy?
He had already guessed what they were planning to do and sneered. Right now, his physical
condition was at its peak, thanks to phoenix regeneration while the other two were
seriously injured and almost exhausted.
He unleashed his sword intention attack to tackle the incoming shooting stars.
However, before the enemy could attack again, he
immediately summoned Hanshan seal in the sky. It transformed into a humongous sierra
and smashed down.
"Bang!" Lu Hongwei collided with Hanshan sierra and was sent flying far away ejecting
blood from his mouth and then fell to the ground. He glared at the legendary devil that
actually used him as a shield to escape from Hanshan attack.
The legendary devil looked coldly at Lu Hongwei. Deep in his heart, he simply looked down
on humans and did not think that doing something like this was wrong. To him, human
beings were born to serve devil race as slaves!
But before he could have fun seeing Lu Hongwei in such a sorry state, Ye Xiwen shot his
sword intention attack directly towards him. According to Ye Xiwen's battle strategy, the
legendary devil was more dangerous than Lu Hongwei and must be eliminated first.
Ye Xiwen's attack was finally launched.
The legendary devil never expected to be attacked like this and his carelessness caused his
demise. The sword intention punctured the energy barrier protecting his body, then
further
pierced into his body and destroyed his heart, ripping a hole in his chest.
On his chest ripped a big hole.
The legendary devil wanted to struggle, but suddenly, a Hanshan seal appeared in the sky
and instantly smashed him into ground, turning his body into meat patty.
Lu Hongwei saw the pitiful demise of the legendary devil and started to laugh like a
madman. Ye Xiwen was not planning to let him off and immediately released a Swordlight
attack that went across the sky and chopped Lu Hongwei into pieces.
Although it seemed like a long story, in fact, all this happened in a matter of several breaths.
The spectacular battle between the Old head and the spectre was soon going to enter the
final phase.
Chapter 285: Died In War
The Old head and the Specter were fighting furiously to decide the outcome of the battle.
The Old head was exceptional, he used simple sword techniques but they were filled with
immense power. The strike of the sword filled the air with Swordqi which cracked open a
massive void.
The Specter roared and a powerful dragon shot out from his devil spear. It engaged with
the Old head and started fighting with him viciously. The fight between these two experts
was so violent that everyone feared it would cause colossal damage to the sect. Even
though the eyesight of the Old head was weak, he had a strong tactical understanding about
how to fight high up in the sky.
At that instant, Ye Xiwen caught a glimpse of the fight and saw that the Old head was
struggling and had already spent most of his life force. He was losing his vision and also
experiencing shortness of breath. It seemed that he would be defeated senseless any
moment now.
Ye Xiwen was worried because the spectre was getting stronger. If the Old head was
defeated then everyone underneath would have to face the wrath of the spectre and he
would wipe out Yi Yuan School in no time.
A master in the sage realm was considered to be exceptionally strong. A legendary realm
expert was enough to cause wreak havoc in the ten countries of the Southeast region, but a
sage expert was strong enough to rule over the entire Southeast region.
Just one sage realm expert was sufficient to not just lead an entire sect, but also to
dominate over the ten countries of the Southeast region, let alone a sect like Yi Yuan School.
However, Ye Xiwen did not know about any other sage level existence in the Yi Yuan
School. There was only one sage expert, the Old head and everyone was convinced of his
demise.
However, the presence of the Old head was radiant and scared the Specter. He was pushing
the battle to the limit so as to quickly burn up the life force of the Old head. But it was
remarkable how the Old head had lived for 1000 years.
The Old head was Yi Yuan School's final trump card and he was certainly not just an
ordinary deterrent.
"Bang!" Ye Xiwen summoned the Hanshan seal which got bigger and bigger in the sky and
then, slammed it down instantly on the devil cavalries, causing severe casualties.
Devil experts were ignoring Ye Xiwen. They did not want to engage in a fight with him.
They had witnessed how he had slaughtered Lu Hongwei and the legendary realm devil.
They thought that they didn't have enough strength to go against Ye Xiwen. They were not
aware of the role of Tianyuan mirror in the demise of Lu Hongwei and the legendary devil.
They were inherently scared of Ye Xiwen, mostly due to the influence of Tianyuan mirror
which was associated with his aura. Therefore, they did not dare to approach him.
Right now, Ye Xiwen's focus was concentrated on the battle between the two sage realm
experts.
"Today you will die old man!" The spectre laughed wildly and ten thousand poisonous
snakes exploded out from his spear.
Each snake was covered in venom which corroded the atmosphere. A peculiar feeling of
terror spread among the spectators.
Old head's expression did not change. He coughed out blood once, and then charged
towards the spectre. His sword movements were quick and flared up the whole sky. Old
head's sword was swift enough to break through the ten thousand sword laws of the world.
"Boom!"
The Old head's sword attack seemed mediocre but suddenly it burst out into a vibrant light
which was difficult to look at. It was actually massive enough to sweep off everything
around. It instantly chopped off the spectre's spear attack.
The spectre's expression changed, he was shocked after witnessing the Old head's sudden
sword attack.
"Shua!"
Old head's sword attack was bursting with terror and instantly collided with the spectre's
spear attack.
The sword attack was much more powerful and swift and ultimately deflected the spear
attack.
However, the swift sword attack didn't stop there and moved forward. The very next
instant, it sliced right through the spectre's neck.
"How is this possible?" A look of disbelief appeared in the spectre's eyes.
"Boom!" The spectre's tall body collapsed. The Old head descended from the sky carrying
the spectre's head in one hand.
But Ye Xiwen noticed that his face had started to wither and his skin became dry like an old
bark. He was losing his vitality; even his hands and feet were trembling.
The disciples of the Yi Yuan School were crying because they could see that the Old head
had arrived at the end of his life.
"Comprehensive counterattack!" The elders, the top leaders and the present sect-head of Yi
Yuan School, Wu Potian, immediately came out from the depths of Yi Yuan School and
roared. Wu Potian was covered in blood while the other experts had also suffered grave
injuries. One of them was missing an arm and was also losing a lot of blood.
All these experts had experienced tough battles and now that the enemy sage expert had
been beheaded, they finally made an appearance to make use of the sudden boost in morale
to lead the disciples into a final comprehensive counterattack. The death of the spectre
created uproar amongst the devil soldiers.
They never thought that the Old head would be powerful enough to defeat the spectre.
There was a sudden decline in their will to fight any longer and began to flee through the
crack in the space.
Yi Yuan disciples were exhilarated and there occurred a sudden boost in their morale.
"Teacher!" Wu Potian saw the Old head, fell to his knees and burst into tears. He reminisced
about his childhood times with the Old head when he used to be just a student. It was
because of the Old head that his progress had increased by leaps and bounds, ultimately
helping him become the sect head of Yi Yuan School. He couldn't suppress his emotions
after seeing this plight of the Old head.
Everyone was in tears; after all, the Old head had been looking after them for such a long
time. Many of the top leaders were aware of the majestic powers of the Old head but the
disciples
were never his students and only knew about his tyrannical existence.
In their hearts, the Old head held a higher prestige than the founder of Yi Yuan School.
"Stupid Son!" The Old head landed on top of a mountain peak and put down the spectre's
head. Some people came forward to receive the spectre's head because it was a priceless
treasure and could help in excelling a fearful magical weapon.
The Old head sighed saying, "Life is supposed to start with birth and end with death, what
is important is to live the way you want and to do what you want. However, we martial
artists strive to achieve a prestigious title. Look at me, I should have died sooner, but I lived
for more than one thousand years. Even though I have acquired this much, it is still
nothing."
"Old head, you cannot die, you cannot leave Yi Yuan School!"
Wu Potian burst into tears. It was very unlikely of a man to cry like this, but given the
situation it was acceptable and no one would judge him for that. Many of the disciples were
also crying.
Old head shook his head and said: "Yi Yuan School's strength has made me very proud. I am
convinced that it has a strong generation of disciples."
Old head's aura became increasingly weak.
He recalled the time when he was just an ordinary true disciple. But once upon a time, Yi
Yuan School was in an emergency when a large of experts died in a treasure hunt, he
pushed himself to the limit and came to the front of the stage to lead the weakened sect, all
the way to its current glory.
His peaceful life was disrupted by that.
In that era of turmoil, expeditions, deadly battles, wars, he participated in all to restore the
status of Yi Yuan School and led it back on the right path. However, he lost too much and
too many in the process.
Loved ones, fellow brothers, teachers, spouse, he outlived all of them and lived his way to
the current date.
This was a silent departure, his frail body instantly turned
into mist and dust and vanished.
In front of everyone, the Old head died respectfully in a sitting posture!
Everyone stopped crying but they were full of remorse after seeing the Old head's demise.
At that instant, Wu Potian stood up and roared angrily: "Kill all these devil bastards, make
them pay the price!"
Ye Xiwen also controlled his emotions and restrained his heavy heart; after all, the Old head
had died peacefully in a sitting posture and that too out of his own will. He had never met
the Old head, however, he did harbour immense amount of respect for him.
Ye Xiwen, the wolf cub and Ye Shu flew back to the Qianyu peak [flying war-fortress] where
the usual peaceful paradise-like atmosphere was now replaced with a miserable one. All
sorts of attack-based laws and Zhen circles were activated and working non-stop. Ye Xiwen
felt like he had entered a war machine.
He immediately assumed command while it was needless to say that the true power of
Qianyu peak was unleashed instantly.
Like a domineering flying war machine, it flew forward while eradicating the devil soldiers
in its way. A legendary level devil tried to stop the war-fortress but was directly crushed to
death by the combined attacks of Ye Xiwen and Qianyu peak.
"Kill them all, destroy the devil lair!" Ye Xiwen sat well above the seat of honor and shouted
like a true commander.
Chapter 286: Aftermath
The devil forces were trying to escape from the cracks in space. All the legendary experts
were rushing to slaughter them, especially Wu Potian and his subordinates. He had just
experienced the pain of the loss of his mentor and was not able to resist the grief. He
wanted to vent out all his anger, so he rushed to kill the devil forces.
Wu Potian looked like a deity who had descended into this world with a terrifying aura.
The devil forces did not have anyone who could stop him except the spectre but he was
already dead. Wu Potian was beaming with anger because the devil forces had dared to
attack his home and the loss he had to suffer was grave.
Ye Xiwen crashed into space along with Qianyu Peak. He was leading the way while others
were following him. Qianyu Peak was a specially designed floating war-fortress that was
only given to the pro-disciples and was much superior to ordinary floating peaks. Not even
the attacks of a legendary realm expert could bring it down. Not to mention it was not
possible to bring down Qianyu Peak so easily because Ye Xiwen was there to guard it. The
combined power of Ye Xiwen and Qianyu Peak was enormous and disastrous for anyone or
anything that stood in their way. The importance of Qianyu Peak could be determined
from the fact that in over a thousand years of history, Yi Yuan School was able to
accumulate not more than ten floating war-fortresses. And only the pro-disciples were
eligible to have their own floating war-fortresses. Anyway, there were never too many pro-
disciples to surpass the number of available fortresses.
One must know that building such a fortress was much more difficult compared to training
disciples of similar strength since the cost of the resources required was almost ten times
more.
These war fortresses were very significant during such attacks and were made to defend
the sect only during such critical times. During the attack, the Taizhong elders were busy
activating these war-fortresses, but right now, they were relying on the extreme
destructive power of the war-fortresses to wipe out the devil forces.
Ye Xiwen issued an order and the Qianyu Peak rushed forward to exterminate the
remaining devil soldiers.
He chased the devils into the space crack and saw that at the other end of the crack, there
was a valley. It was spread in several thousand square kilometers, although he was not sure
where this place was located in his world, he was certain that
they had found the devil's lair.
Many devil soldiers were boiling with excitement after seeing the invaders in their lair.
Several devil experts ascended to attack them along with many War Monsters.
The Qianyu Peak was surrounded by a Lingqi barrier which was protecting it, even though
the firepower was consuming way too much energy from the spiritual arteries. The Devil
base was also surviving on similar veins, which were present underneath the valley. It
made the devil war machines much powerful and easy to use, but they still could not rival
the resources of Yi Yuan School.
"Bang!" The devil forces attacked the Qianyu Peak and it vibrated due to the impact caused
by a barrage of attacks.
Ye Xiwen issued an order "Forward" and the Qianyu Peak crashed into the valley, various
attack-based laws and Zhen circles were activated, all sorts of martial attacks were
launched. Everything that came in its way was destroyed while the other floating Peaks
also arrived in abundance and started following the lead of Qianyu Peak.
Wu Potian and several other elders, followed by the war fortresses, rushed forward to
attack the devil camps. Numerous devil soldiers could not resist the attack and were killed
instantly.
"Who is there?" There was a mighty roar from the depths of the valley and a terrifying claw
appeared from the sky. It grabbed one of the floating peaks and crushed it. The floating
peak exploded and many disciples were killed at once.
"Humph!" Wu Potian growled and swayed his sword. It was clear that his sword technique
was somewhat similar to the Old head. Even though it was not that swift and potent,
however, his Swordqi attack seemed powerful enough to split the world.
Wu Potian swayed his sword, and in a flash, dissected the devil claw in the sky. The
Swordqi was so massive that it created a deep ditch in the valley, killing unknown numbers
of devil soldiers in one fell swoop.
"Aaah!" A sharp scream resounded in the sky and a figure fell from the void.
"Shua!" Wu Potian made a final sword strike and created a
void with his might. A massive blood fog surrounded the falling figure. He was merciless
with the sword because in his heart he was angry and this was the only way to vent it.
The disciples were excited after witnessing this and went all out. They rushed to
exterminate the Bai Mojiao followers. The Bai Mojiao followers were shocked and did not
have the strength to retaliate. All of them were massacred by the angry disciples of Yi Yuan
School under the leadership of Wu Potian.
After almost half a day, the one-sided massacre finally ended.
The Bai Mojiao followers had nowhere to hide. Their sage realm devil expert, who was
supposed to guide them, was also dead. In the end, Yi Yuan School completely eradicated
the devil's lair.
Yi Yuan School's expedition shocked the entire Great Yue State. Although it had to suffer
heavy losses, everyone got to know that both sides lost their sage realm experts and made
them feel somewhat relieved. After all, the very existence of a sage realm expert had a
strategic suppression effect on the entire Great Yue State.
However, this was certainly not good news for Yi Yuan School.
By this expedition conducted by Yi Yuan School, the Bai Mojiao organization suffered a
head-on blow and was exterminated to such an extent that it would never be able to
recover from this.
The losses suffered by Yi Yuan School were less compared to the devil forces. One-third of
the disciples of Yi Yuan School were killed and hundreds were injured. Although there were
several hundred true disciples in the sect, almost a hundred were killed and were severely
injured in the battle. Over one-third of the elders also lost their lives while protecting the
disciples in the battle.
Although it did seem like the elders appeared during the end of the fight, it was not true. In
fact, they were fighting the devil forces that had infiltrated the inner parts of the sect.
This time, Yi Yuan School suffered heavy losses by losing one-third of their nurtured and
cultured disciples. However, it couldn't be considered as a miserable loss because this was
the last time anyone would dare to attack Yi Yuan School. After all, if they could survive an
attack of such huge scale then could literally survive anything.
Yi Yuan School was attacked brutally but it survived and was
not destroyed. It had been standing tall for thousands of years and with their hidden
techniques and secret strength, who could dare to drown them?
This victory of Yi Yuan School would be recorded in the history of Great Yue State.
No one thought that Yi Yuan School would fall down so easily, but no one either thought
that they would come out of it so victoriously either. Yi Yuan School organized a huge
memorial service for the fallen and invited many influential figures. A memorial service
was conducted specially for the Old head.
The Old head lived for 1000 years before dying in the most respectable and honorable
manner. All the disciples and the influential figures that had come to pay homage were
younger and did not know him personally, but they held high regard for the Old head. The
Old head had fought bravely and saved Yi Yuan School from a sage realm devil, ultimately
ending his life in a sitting posture [is considered a sacred practice in Buddhism].
If the Old head had not stopped the spectre then he would have wiped off Yi Yuan School
and conquered the entire Great Yue State.
On top of a mountain peak that was located in Yi Yuan School's territory, two figures were
standing tall and comfortably in the spring breeze.
Ye Xiwen was looking over the school from the mountain peak, the reconstruction work of
Yi Yuan School was in full swing.
"Are you planning to go to TMU?" Ye Xiwen asked the young guy who was standing next to
him. He was the strongest disciple in the younger generation of Yuncheng sect named Jian
Wuchen. He had come to pay homage to the Old head as a representative from Yuncheng.
Ye Xiwen looked at him in a somewhat strange manner. One must know that Jian Wuchen
was also in Complete Truth realm like Ye Xiwen. He was also not far from breaking into the
half-step legendary realm.
Going to TMU and having such a cultivation level was not really an issue. Although it was
indeed said that true disciples could at most become janitor disciples after joining TMU,
exceptionally talented and young disciples like Jian Wuchen
were bound to become outer disciples at the least.
Jian Wuchen earlier belonged to a sword-slave clan but his status had now risen.
Ye Xiwen knew about the existence of the so-called sword-slaves of Yuncheng Sect. In
addition, he also knew how the young and talented disciples were forcefully made to
acquire the status of sword-slave and were trained intensely to serve the imperial clan.
However, making good use of such an opportunity even as a sword-slave and after being
trained in the most low-level martial arts, Jian Wuchen still rushed all the way to the top of
Yuncheng's younger generation and became a legend over there.
It could be said that the eighth prince and several other people were in awe after seeing
Jian Wuchen's potential; after all, he was the only noteworthy sword genius in the younger
generation of Yuncheng. Others were just unable to challenge his status. His future
prospects were also boundless. Ye Xiwen believed that Jian Wuchen would manage to do
well in TMU as well.
Of course, there used to a connection between him and the eighth prince that had forced
him to become Ye Xiwen's enemy
back then but Ye Xiwen did not hold it against him.
Mu Ling had also evaluated him before, saying that Jian Wuchen's sword skills were purer
compared to his own. Mu Ling was quite impressed and that was the reason why he had
spared Jian Wuchen's life on the demon island.
Such a person should definitely be a part of the first batch of TMU.
Jian Wuchen replied with an indifferent expression on his face: "Those youngsters died
because of me. I led them to their deaths."
Ye Xiwen immediately understood what Jian Wuchen was referring to. The casualties that
occurred on the demon island had deeply affected him and he felt responsible for the
deaths of his juniors.
"But now that everything is over, it does not matter anymore.
Actually it has opened up a path for me and my way is now the way of the sword!"
Ye Xiwen kind of understood that Jian Wuchen was also probably going to participate in the
assessment.
"That's right, I am going to participate in TMU's assessment, let's go together."
Chapter 287: Sets Out On A Journey
Ye Xiwen was looking at the construction work going on in Yi Yuan School, then shortly
decided to embark on a journey to TMU. In about a year, the TMU's assessment was about
to take place in True Martial City. TMU was located in True Martial City which was the first
human city to be recorded in the history of Zhen Wu Jie. It was one of the grand divine
cities of Zhen Wu Jie and didn't belong to any influence. It was governed solely by TMU.
Within ten days, they reached Shun'an Prefecture, which was located on the bordering
region between the Ming Empire and the Southeast region.
The Ming Empire shared its border with the south-east region, which was the longest
border that crossed all ten countries of the south-east region. The Great Yue State was one
of them.
Ming Empire was spread massively, covering a vast expanse of land. It was larger than the
combined ten countries of the south-east region and was just one of the several empires
located in the southern region.
Two figures entered the city slowly, although they were not dressed in traditional clothing
of Ming Empire, no one bothered to care because Shun'an prefecture was located in the
border area of Ming Empire and was always visited by outsiders.
One of the two men was dressed in black and carrying a blade while the other one was
carrying a long sword and there was an icy cold look in his eyes. These two figures
belonged to Ye Xiwen and Jian Wuchen.
Ye Xiwen was being followed by a dashing demon beast that had a shining black body. It
was none other than the wolf cub who seemed to have grown up to 1-meter height in the
last few months, reaching up till Ye Xiwen's waist.
"Gee, there are so many people here. Out of all the races living in the ten thousand worlds,
the human race has the highest breeding capacity. They breed like rabbits....." The wolf cub
could not help but express his admiration.
Before he could finish, Ye Xiwen slapped him lightly and said:
"Stop acting like a country bumpkin, you will make us lose our faces in a foreign land."
The population was so much more in Zhen Wu Jie compared to his past life on the Earth. In
fact, China was only half the size of the Great Yue State and Eurasia was only half the size of
Ming Empire, not to mention it was still not the largest empire in this world.
The people on the streets were shocked when they saw the wolf cub, not because they had
never seen a demon beast walking peacefully in the city, but because they saw a small wolf
having a conversation like human beings. It was a well-known fact that it was extremely
difficult for the demon beasts to acquire wisdom, let alone acquiring enough wisdom to talk
like humans.
Ye Xiwen and Jian Wuchen were looking for a hotel to rest for some time. They still had
plenty of time and were not worried.
Not far from them, there were several people talking among themselves.
"TMU opens its doors once in a hundred years to recruit experts. And that time has finally
arrived!"
"Yes, hey, you know, since our Shun'an prefecture is situated
at the border of the south-east region, so every time a large number of experts from the
south-east region pass through here to participate in TMU recruitment."
"They are the weak ones, the ones who got left out. There are the ones who get directly
recruited by the representatives and the leftovers go to TMU for assessment. They are
nothing compared to our experts in the Ming Empire as only one of our experts is enough
to cause wreak havoc in the southeast region.
Ye Xiwen and Jian Wuchen were not pleased when they heard this because they both
belonged to the south-east region.
Although the south-east region was divided into ten countries, the insult was directed at
both of them.
"Southeast region is a small influence and sends worthless participants in the assessment
especially the experts of their younger generation are mediocre and get wrecked by our
experts every time."
"Yes ah, the contest between the young experts is very intense, but it is also worth seeing. If
it was me and had the opportunity to be at TMU, I would have never missed it. The experts,
who go to TMU, get to assess their own strength, and also get a chance to kick some serious
asses!"
"TMU is the topmost university in the southern region and its recruitment process is very
grueling as they depend purely on talent and strength. However, there is no age limit to
participate, even if a participant is 100-year-old or 200-year-old.
The accumulation of these older experts is profound compared to a 50-year-old participant.
Although the accumulation of some comparatively younger experts, let's say under the age
of 50
years, who have already stepped into half-step legendary or legendary realm is not
profound, they are still better than a 100-year-old expert of the same level. But even this
much is not enough to win a seat in TMU!"
"Those experts who are ambitious and want to reach the peak of martial arts, they not only
have to beat their peers but also have to trample the older experts. But the experts who are
more than 100 years old are generally in the third or fourth stage of half-step legendary
realm. They are very powerful and experienced; hence there would be few 50-years-old or
lesser experts who would be at the same level. And even then, they would need to have
multiple breakthroughs first, in order to defeat the older experts. Under normal
circumstances, having multiple breakthroughs in such less time is impossible. Not to
mention, there already are countless powerhouses in TMU, increasing the competition
many folds afterward."
When Ye Xiwen and Jian Wuchen heard this, their
expressions suddenly changed. Ye Xiwen had not expected the assessment to be so tough.
Originally he knew that the road would be difficult to tread but he had underestimated it.
He thought that the representatives would have already picked the worthy ones, like Qi
Feifan, and the remaining experts coming to the assessment would not be that skillful, but
he was wrong.
Ye Xiwen was not much interested in TMU, all he cared about increasing his strength and
stepping into the legendary realm by passing various trials.
At such a young age, if he was able to step into the legendary realm, then no matter where
he was, this would certify him as a genius and living legend. However, he never considered
fighting against much older experts who might be on the fourth or fifth stage of half-step
legendary realm.
But now he did not have time to think about those who were far above him, this trip to
TMU was not going to be easy as he had expected. But he would certainly get to fight with
talented young experts around his own age.
He might get to experience startling heavenly collisions in the near future.
But there was a possibility that things could take a cruel turn.
These ambitious young masters would do anything to beat all the peers and establish their
prestige in the foreign land.
Ye Xiwen was a little alarmed but mostly calm after he put together all the facts. However,
Jian Wuchen was very much excited; he wanted to defeat more and more powerful
opponents so that he could prove himself as a true sword master.
"Hey, this time our Shun'an prefecture's Ominous Wolf duo is also embarking on a journey
to TMU. I must warn our fellow brothers from the southeast region that they shouldn't
provoke the bloodthirsty Ominous Wolf duo, otherwise, they will witness massacre, ha ha
ha ha. Anyway, only a few people have come from the southeast region and should consider
themselves as terminated already."
"Ominous Wolf? Look, they are from your clan." Ye Xiwen said to the wolf cub jokingly.
"Humph! They are definitely from some bullshit clan." The wolf cub replied.
"They are really arrogant!" Jian Wuchen said while his face revealed a slight trace of anger.
Being a sword master, there were very few things that affected his composure and being
looked down upon was one of them.
"Just ignore them; we don't have to lower ourselves to their level." Ye Xiwen replied calmly.
Although these people were not weak, almost all of them were at the fifth or sixth stage of
truth realm, but they were nothing in front of Ye Xiwen. He could crush them all in one fell
swoop.
"Indeed, Indeed!" The wolf cub yawned and said, "They are nothing more than dried bones
in burial mound. Anyways, why hasn't the food been served yet?"
The wolf cub instantly went back to showing his real freeloading colours!
"You all are way too arrogant! Don't you dare cross the line, okay?" A person from the back
stood up and spoke. Looking at his appearance it was easy to make out that he was from
the southeast region. "Your Ming Empire is indeed very powerful but do you really think
that the ten countries of the southeast region are run by weak lambs? Don't you forget that
this is just a prefecture, not a land of geniuses? Your plan of defeating us is
nothing more than wishful thinking, understood?"
Chapter 288: Long Time No See, Liu Yueru
"Well, thank you, thank you very much. No really, this is actually the first time I heard about
your southeast region and its so-called glory." At this time, a young guy stepped out from
the group of several young men. He stuck out his palm and instantly shoved it against the
chest of the other guy from southeast region.
The guy from southeast region did not even get a chance to react; he just did not stand a
chance in front of his opponent who was at truth eighth stage.
"Bang!" The young guy was sent flying across the inn. This palm move was meant to be an
instant killer attack and directly punctured his core arteries, killing him right on the spot.
"Humph, he was a shortsighted person and so full of himself, but look what happened to
him in the end. I guess he thought he was still in his so-called southeast region?" The young
man said disdainfully.
"Qiu Xinzhi, you have really grown stronger, gee, why don't you teach these southeastern
experts a lesson today? We don't
want them wandering around in our territory while bragging about themselves." A young
expert said in an instigating manner.
"You are going too far!" A loud shout sounded from the corner of the room. Ye Xiwen
turned back and saw a group of six southeastern experts. He actually recognized the two
seemingly leaders of this group, namely Liu Yueru and Xiao Zhen.
Ye Xiwen once joined a mercenary group on the demon island.
Liu Yueru and Xiao Zhen were the leaders of that group.
However, Xiao Zhen and Ye Xiwen had a fierce battle later on, after which, Ye Xiwen had left
the group.
Later on, Liu Yueru joined Ji Moon's group and became her subordinate. When Ye Xiwen
helped Ji Moon and her girls in fighting with hairy zombies, Ji Moon offered Ye Xiwen to
join her group but he refused. At that time, both Liu Yueru and Ji Moon had apologized to
Ye Xiwen, requesting him to forget previous grudges.)
It seemed like Liu Yueru had chosen to walk down this thorny path!
In fact, there was no one who wouldn't want to walk down this thorny road of blood and
battle to gain reputation by defeating powerful peers and competing with continent's
topmost geniuses. Only the most competent ones got a chance to enter TMU.
Xiao Zhen stood up as he was unable to bear the provocation intended by the young
experts of Shun'an prefecture.
"Xiao true, don't be impulsive!" Liu Yueru frowned and said.
"I cannot stand these arrogant people. How dare they look down on the ten countries of the
southeast region!" Xiao Zhen said furiously as he was genuinely provoked and wasn't able
to bear such an insult.
"If I don't kill that guy, the hate in my heart will not disappear." Xiao Zhen said.
Qiu Xinzhi sneered while staring at Xiao Zhen then said: "You want to kill me? Utter
nonsense."
"Since you look down upon us, fight me and I will prove you
wrong!" Xiao Zhen said in a cold voice and waved his sword.
After the demon island incident, Xiao Zhen's strength had no small improvement. He was at
the eighth stage of truth realm right now which was great considering his young age.
"I'll kill you." Qiu Xinzhi took just a step and his figure suddenly disappeared from the spot
where he was standing, leaving only an afterimage behind. And the very next instant, a
dazzling Bladelight appeared out of nowhere and rushed towards Xiao Zhen.
"Humph!" Xiao Zhen attacked decisively and shot rays of Swordlight towards the incoming
Bladelight attack.
The collision that occurred was destructive and had a severe impact on the inn. The two
could not completely go out inside the inn so they flew outside.
They went high in the sky and collided severely. At the same time, Liu Yueru, her group and
several other experts followed after them. Even Ye Xiwen and Jian Wuchen went outside to
watch the battle.
The collisions between Bladeqi and Swordqi were causing explosions and terrifying flashes
of light, which soon attracted the attention of many people.
The long blade in Qiu Xinzhi's hands released a monstrous and fierce wolf that jumped
forward at a lightning speed.
Xiao Zhen hastily protected himself with a barrier of Swordlight. His whole body was
covered in cold sweat because he felt exhausted in merely blocking one attack. Qiu Xinzhi
was not even a top expert of Ming Empire but it had still been so difficult to deal with him.
A serious expression appeared on Xiao Zhen's face because if he failed to beat the man in
front of him then there was no way he was going to last in TMU's assessment.
"Who are these two? One seems to have arrived from the southeast region."
"This is not the first time something like this is happening.
Every time TMU opens its doors, battles like this take place all the time, basically to prove
who is better."
"The other guy is Qiu Xinzhi, a rare genius of our Shun'an prefecture; moreover he is the
younger brother of Qiu Langgeng, one of the two members of ominous wolf duo."
The spectators were talking among themselves and seemed very experienced. They had
seen such battles not once or twice, but most of the times, they had witnessed the defeat of
southeastern experts.
"The wolf bites the tiger!" Qiu Xinzhi suddenly congealed a fierce wolf made up of Zhen
Yuan. The wolf roared and rushed towards Xiao Zhen to tear him apart.
Xiao Zhen retreated again and again and was trying to stay away from the wolf while
charging up his Swordlight attack.
"Ha ha ha, is this a so-called southeastern genius? I see nothing but a loser who is about to
die!" Qiu Xinzhi's supporters started laughing and mocking the experts from the southeast
region.
Jian Wucheng shook his head and said: "Xiao Zhen is indeed a talented guy but he lacks
inheritance."
Ye Xiwen nodded. There truly was some disparity between the geniuses of the
southeastern region and Ming Empire. Although there was amazing talent in the
southeastern region but the experts lacked inheritance [heritage] that was actually
abundant in a great empire like the Ming Empire. This was the reason why even the
strongest experts of the Great Yue State, like Wu Potian, were not even an expert of the
sage realm.
The old head was one of the few sage experts of the Great Yue State who died in battle, but
in the Ming Empire, sage experts were not rare. There were several well-known sage
experts in the Ming Empire. This gap was clear at a glance.
The gap was even bigger when comparing the number of legendary experts.
When the gap was so great while comparing high-level experts, it would naturally be even
greater while comparing the younger generation. No wonder young geniuses like Xiao Zhen
lacked enough inheritance to compete with the geniuses of Ming Empire.
In fact, this was why the young experts of the southeast region knew that this was going to
be very dangerous for them. They were aware of the fact that they would have to face many
strong
opponents in the foreign land. But they still dared to embark on the journey because only
with such discipline and dedication, they would succeed in the future.
Ye Xiwen was aware of this, after all, he was not born with a silver spoon in his mouth. His
father was not a top expert so getting inheritance was out of the question. The only thing
that helped Ye Xiwen come so far was the mysterious space, otherwise, he would be more
desperate than others.
"Boom!" Several fierce wolves came out of Qiu Xinzhi's blade and surrounded Xiao Zhen
from all sides.
Xiao Zhen was in a desperate situation right now but he did not give up. He glared at Qiu
Xinzhi then shouted: "One more try!"
"I'll gladly help you die, come!" Qiu Xinzhi's cold smile indicated his killing intention as he
commanded the fierce wolves to attack Xiao Zhen at once.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
......
Xiao Zhen's sword started to emit violent thunderbolts. A thunderbolt struck one of the
fierce wolves and its body exploded, turning into a bundle of energy and scattered in the
atmosphere.
However, there were a lot of fierce wolves. His thunder attacks were not enough to stop all
wolves. The extent of Zhen Yuan used by Qiu Xinzhi to congeal these fierce wolves was far
beyond the imagination of ordinary people.
After Xiao Zhen managed to somehow get rid of all fierce wolves, suddenly, the figure of a
person instantly appeared in front and shot a massive Daoqi at him.
"Boom!" Xiao Zhen's sword managed to deflect the attack but the sheer force present in the
attack was enough to break his sword and the impact sent him flying across the sky.
Streams of
blood oozed out of his wounded body as he fell down from the sky.
"Xiao Zhen!"
His friends immediately flew up to catch him in midair but were startled when they saw
layer after layer of Daoqi coming towards them. Qiu Xinzhi sneered and said: "You think I
will allow you to save him?"
"Puff!"
"Puff!"
"Puff!"
Xiao Zhen's friends were blasted away by the barrage of Daoqi attacks.
"Stop, you are crossing the line now!" Liu Yueru flew up and said.
Seeing a beauty like her standing in his way, Qiu Xinzhi's eye shone up. He smiled and said:
"Listen, girl. I am not a tyrant but I just cannot ignore braggarts, I mean you southeastern
experts who think so highly of yourselves. However, you girl, are you also going to TMU? I
say, drop the plan; you won't last long if you stay with these losers. But you can come with
me if you want. I will take good care of you and give you everything you ever desired."
"No thanks, I'm not interested." Liu Yueru replied in a cold voice.
"You can follow me, these southeastern losers are not worthy of you." Qiu Xinzhi laughed
and extended his gasified big hand to grasp her.
Suddenly, a shrill piercing sound echoed out of the blue.
"Humph!" Jian Wuchen had shot a massive Swordqi that instantly collided with Qiu Xinzhi's
big gasified hand.
"Ah!" Qiu Xinzhi's big hand was cut down in a blink of an eye.
If his hand was not wrapped in Zhen Yuan, it would have been
truncated by now.
"Who are you!" Qiu Xinzhi barely managed to speak while bearing the intense pain in his
hand and heart. "How dare you attack me!"
"I see you are angry. Don't you want to kill me now?" Jian Wuchen said calmly but with a
strange look on his face.
"You are also an expert from the southeast region?" Qiu Xinzhi said in a disdainful tone.
"Shut up! Let your blade do the talk." Jian Wuchen pointed his sword at him and said.
Qiu Xinzhi's complexion changed because he knew that Jian Wuchen was much stronger
than him, even though he wasn't too scared of provoking southeastern powerhouses
because there were much stronger powerhouses on his side as well.
Chapter 289: Nighttime Assassination
Attempt
Qiu Xinzhi's complexion suddenly changed when he realized that Jian Wuchen was much
stronger than him. He also realized his mistake of having provoked a strong man from the
southeast region. Indeed, the top figures of Ming Empire were superior to those of the
southeast region, but they were not present here to save him.
Jian Wuchen flew up slowly with a calm look on his face.
At this time, the southeastern experts also recognized Jian Wuchen and Ye Xiwen. They had
seen these two on the demon island. Of course, two famous geniuses from their homeland
had come to their rescue, so they would certainly feel proud.
Now they could proudly claim that even their southeast region was home to rampant
experts.
"It's him!" Liu Yueru never expected to see Ye Xiwen like this.
Although she had managed to sort things out with Ye Xiwen with the invention of Ji Moon,
she still never thought that Ye Xiwen and Jian Wuchen would come to her rescue.
Xiao Zhen's complexion also changed when he was saved by the intervention of Jian
Wuchen of Ye Xiwen. There certainly used to be some hatred between him and Ye Xiwen,
but that was long lost in the past.
"If you think you are skilled, why don't you go fight with Shun'an prefecture's strongest
pair?" Qiu Xinzhi somewhat sternly said.
"Sure, I will kill you first then look for that pair you talk about." Jian Wuchen replied in an
equally stern voice, without a hint of boasting visible in his presence. These were not his
ruthless words; it was just the way his mind worked. He wanted to become a sword master
and must beat powerful foes to gain the status of the strongest sword master.
"You ......" Qiu Xinzhi's face turned pale because he could tell from Jian Wuchen's tightly
locked killing intention that he was not lying.
"Shua!" Qiu Xinzhi immediately attacked. He already wasn't considering himself an
opponent of Jian Wuchen so how could he possibly let his opponent gain the upper hand.
Qiu Xinzhi released Bladeqi almost instantly that transformed into several howling wolves
and rushed towards Jian Wuchen.
Jian Wuchen smiled as if this attack was not even worth his attention. He just waved his
sword once and destroyed all wolves at once.
His movements and his sword attack appeared slow to the naked eye but were incredibly
fast in reality. There was no way those wolves could dodge his attack, let alone approach
his body.
"I never thought that there can be a sword master like him in the southeast region!" A
young expert couldn't help but admit that Jian Wuchen was indeed very strong, far more
powerful than Qiu Xinzhi.
"Now you idiots will get to know that summer insects shouldn't talk the language of ice!" At
this time, one of the remaining teammates of Liu Yueru sneered and said, "You called
southeastern experts overreaching and thought we cannot have invincible experts? Well,
guess what, the truth is that a mere prefecture like yours can never compete with our
southeast
region."
Those young experts in silk clothes couldn't retaliate because they knew that Jian Wuchen
was stronger than their Qiu Xinzhi who was the strongest in their group.
Before they could get a chance to think what to do next, the scene changed dramatically.
Jian Wuchen shot a terrifying Swordlight that went across the sky and instantly routed Qiu
Xinzhi's offensive, continuing forward towards him.
"Puchi!" Qiu Xinzhi's entire right arm was directly cut down by the Swordqi and fell from
the sky, followed by his loud scream.
Jian Wuchen looked coldly at Qiu Xinzhi then turned away without giving another glance.
Such an opponent was basically not worth his time.
"You will regret it!" Qiu Xinzhi shouted while trying his best to endure the severe pain.
Jian Wuchen didn't say anything in reply, just turned around
and returned to the side of Ye Xiwen.
At this time, those young experts did not dare to wait anymore. They quickly picked up the
chopped arm and escaped from there along with Qiu Xinzhi. They were not stupid and
knew full well that now was not the time to take revenge. They must retreat for now and
have their family and other formidable people to come forward. They obviously weren't
Jian Wuchen's opponents hence making him mad would not exactly be a good idea.
"Thanks, you two, for coming to our rescue." Xiao Zhen ignored the old hatred for Ye Xiwen
in his heart, bit the bullet and showed a fair expression of gratitude.
"You don't need to thank me, this time I did nothing." Ye Xiwen smiled and said without
showing any sign of hostility.
This allowed Xiao Zhen to feel somewhat relieved, knowing that Ye Xiwen was willing to
forget the past.
"Thanks a lot, both of you." Liu Yueru looked at both Ye Xiwen and Jian Wuchen and said,
"But it doesn't seem like they will give up."
The path to TMU was very dangerous. Many people lost their lives on this path every time
before the assessment.
"I would like to meet that Qiu Xinzhi's ominous wolf brothers and play with them. Shun'an
strongest pair sounds like formidable foes. I just hope they won't disappoint me." Ye Xiwen
smiled as he was planning to defeat all his opponents sooner or later. That was what it
meant to enter TMU via competition.
"Well, in that case, we will leave first." Liu Yueru said although she would also like to stay
but she was not as bold and fearless as Ye Xiwen. What if there was a half-step legendary
expert hidden in this city?
Liu Yueru and her remaining team members left the scene. Ye Xiwen and Jian Wuchen went
back to the inn and started waiting for the ominous wolf duo to come. Their willingness to
fight was being fueled by the fact that the ominous wolf duo was at the top of the food chain
around here, in the younger generation of Shun'an prefecture.
After Jian Wuchen thoroughly defeated Qiu Xinzhi, the news
about this incident sent entire Shun'an prefecture into chaos.
For a long time, no powerhouse from the southeast region had been able to disrespect
them like this. Many people wanted to teach Jian Wuchen and Ye Xiwen a lesson but no one
dared to get involved.
Gradually, the curtain of the night covered the sky. There was an enchantment hidden
within Ye Xiwen's robe that not just prevented the ongoing conversation from being heard
by people outside the room but also picked up signs of any trouble on the outside.
"Our journey is going to be difficult." Ye Xiwen said.
"These experts of truth eighth-ninth stage are nothing; let's pick a fight with half-step
legendary experts. That should be fun!" The wolf cub said.
Just like Great Yue State, the main fighting force of Ming Empire was located in its imperial
capital, including sage realm experts. Shun'an prefecture was located in the border region
and at most could offer half-step legendary experts as obstacles in their path.
However, Ye Xiwen was determined to fight with much more powerful opponents in order
to gain experience for his next breakthrough.
"The path you have taken so far has been paved on the bones of the fallen." Ye Mo said with
a sigh, "However if that was not the case then you wouldn't have grown so powerful and
that too so fast."
Ye Xiwen didn't get a chance to reply as he was interrupted by an enormous coercion
falling down from the sky. This coercion was not directed at others but only on Ye Xiwen
and Jian Wuchen.
"Half-step legendary!" The wolf cub immediately sensed the enemy's level.
Right then, Jian Wuchen, who was in the next room, also sensed the enemy's presence and
immediately shot a rippling Swordqi into the sky, directly overturning the roof in the
process.
Ye Xiwen also flew into the sky and saw the figure of a man, clad in a black robe, flying
towards Jian Wuchen. There was a
dagger in his hand and seemed to be quenched with some kind of poison, which especially
made the dagger to reflect dark rays of light under the moonlight.
He was extremely fast, with his physique and movements like a ghost in general, as he
instantly arrived in front of Jian Wuchen and attacked with his dagger.
The horrifying coercion of half-step legendary realm was firmly suppressing Jian Wuchen,
almost making it impossible for him to move.
Jian Wuchen roared in the sky and suddenly shot an enormous sword intention that
immediately shattered the coercion and freed him.
"I don't care what tricks you are using, my sword is enough to render all of them useless!"
Jian Wuchen rushed towards the half-step legendary assassin and struck with his sword.
The assassin was taken aback and did not dare to face Jian Wuchen head on. Although he
was at half-step legendary realm, he majored in the ways of assassination. This enabled
him to assassinate even legendary level experts by making use of
perfectly timed sneak attacks, however, that did not mean that he was very strong or
something.
His only strong trait was the art of effective sneak attack and instant assassination. In a real
fight, he wouldn't stand a chance against even a strong expert of Complete Truth realm like
Jian Wuchen.
Failing to assassinate Jian Wuchen in time was his biggest mistake, and now that he wanted
to escape, Jian Wuchen wouldn't let that happen.
And even more frightening was the fact that he could feel a terrifying aura as if tracing his
entire being from the sidelines.
Although the owner of this aura didn't go into action right away, they seemed all prepared
to attack any time now. It was obvious that the assassin had no way to escape from this
situation.
Thinking of this, the assassin bit the bullet and clashed with Jian Wuchen. He first needed to
deal with the sword master in front of him, only then he might have a chance to run away
from the owner of that scary aura.
Ye Xiwen sneered and locked onto the assassin in midair using his imposing aura. Since Jian
Wuchen had already jumped into the fight, he did not want to intervene. However, he also
did not want the assassin to escape so he used his imposing aura to greatly suppress the
assassin's power.
A well-planned sneak attack could have killed a legendary expert, but the assassin failed in
doing so and also ended up revealing his presence. And the result was that he was on the
verge of being killed by an expert of Complete Truth realm.
This was the so-called art of deception - the art of assassination!
 Chapter 290: Ominous Wolf Attacks
Of course, the probability of being an expert of Complete Truth realm was very low; after
all, the half-step legendary realm was not difficult to attain either.
"Clang!" Jian Wuchen issued a terrifying Swordlight that lit up the sky and suddenly
alarmed the entire city. But the good news was that no one arrived to intervene or to make
a fuss or anything. The only one who probably wanted to cry right now was the owner of
the inn.
The Swordlight was flying towards the assassin, and since Ye Xiwen was observing this
battle from not far away, Jian Wuchen felt somewhat relieved. At this time, Ye Xiwen's
presence was quite reassuring, especially because Jian Wuchen was dealing with an expert
of half-step legendary realm. Thanks to that, the assassin was literally cornered and that
also to an extent that he suddenly roared and rushed toward Jian Wuchen like a cornered
beast that had lost his calm.
Despite being an expert of half-step legendary realm, the assassin was scared of Ye Xiwen.
And if he didn't even manage to defeat a young sword master of Complete Truth realm then
he certainly wouldn't stand a chance against Ye Xiwen.
"Shua!" The assassin's dagger released a poisonous beam that traveled across the sky. It
seemed like a desperate attack that was aimed at Jian Wuchen.
Jian Wuchen's face was expressionless though his eyes were as sharp as a sword. The
sword danced in his hand and easily deflected the poisonous beam.
Immediately, the strong experts of this city began to talk to each other using soul links.
They were discussing the fight going on between Jian Wuchen and the assassin.
"Is this man really from the southeast region? I never expected to see such a great master
from the southeast region, to be honest. His opponent is at half-step legendary realm but is
just an assassin. I don't think this assassin will last long in a face-to-face battle."
"We must accept the fact that the southeastern region has talented people. If this guy
manages to survive after what has done to Qiu Xinzhi, in the coming hundred years, he will
certainly become a formidable powerhouse."
These soul link conversations certainly didn't bypass Ye Xiwen's radar. Ye Xiwen sneered
and didn't seem particularly pleased from all these experts talking stuff about Jian Wuchen
and the southeastern region. It was really laughable how much they had underestimated
Jian Wuchen's potential.
These people were extremely arrogant and had been like this for a long time. Indeed, the
Ming Empire was more powerful than the Great Yue State but that didn't mean that the
entire southeastern region would also lie in the same category. It seemed like the
domineering attitude of Qiu Xinzhi and his friends was a result of the contaminated
mindset continuing from previous generations.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
The two experts continued to clash again and again in the sky.
The assassin was fast like a ghost in general but Jian
Wuchen's speed was quickly growing fast perceptibly.
"Boom!" An enormous burst of energy swept off in all direction, cutting a deep dagger
wound in his chest almost instantly. His complexion turned green due to the instant
poisoning.
The assassin was also in a bad shape. Jian Wuchen's sword had cut open a large hole in his
abdomen.
Both of them staggered a bit then immediately rushed towards each other.
Jian Wuchen waved his sword and issued a sword intention that suddenly transformed into
a massive Swordlight and went towards his opponent.
This attack was lightning-fast and arrived right above the assassin's head in a blink of an
eye.
The spectators held their breaths at this scene. Some of them were in half-step legendary
realm and were strong enough to wreak havoc in this city but even they could feel the
insane
amount of power contained in Jian Wuchen's attack.
They were forced to accept the fact that Jian Wuchen's sword attacks were dangerous and
must not be taken lightly.
Today, Jian Wuchen used his skills and talent to make several experts envious of him.
"Boom!" The Swordlight suddenly transformed into a massive double-edged sword, right in
front of the assassin.
"Boom!" The assassin's hand transformed into a tiger's mouth and it tried to grab the
incoming flying sword. However, the inherent power contained his defense type attack was
not enough to stop Jian Wuchen's offensive.
"Boom!" The assassin was knocked down by the enormous explosion that took place after
the collision. His body severely pounded on the ground, making a humanoid shaped pit in
the ground.
And at this time, Jian Wuchen arrived right above the assassin and attacked with his sword.
"Boom!" The assassin was directly beheaded by Jian Wuchen.
Jian Wuchen had won the fight but his complexion was deathly pale. His body was
drenched with blood but more importantly, the poison had already spread throughout his
body and was affecting his body functions. If he had not been using his own Swordqi to
defend against the poison, he would be dead by now.
"Are you all right? It seems you are poisoned." Ye Xiwen asked.
"I am fine, I can fix this but I may need to spend some time in closed-door rest." Jian
Wuchen said.
"No problem, if that ominous wolf comes looking for you, I will make him entertain me
properly to my heart's content." Ye Xiwen grinned and appeared all ready to fight
whenever required.
Anyway, the attitude of Qiu Xinzhi and his clan had already pissed him off.
They looked for another inn to rest. Jian Wuchen started to take rest and heal himself.
Although he was severely injured in the fight, he told Ye Xiwen that he also gained a lot of
benefits.
Next day, when Ye Xiwen was busy cultivating and exercising his powers in the mysterious
space, suddenly a terrifying aura appeared out of nowhere and pressed down. It seemed as
if the aura belonged to a beast, making Ye Xiwen feel like he had stepped into a beast's den.
"Where are those two troublemakers from the southeast region who have a death wish?
Come out!" A hoarse voice sounded from the sky. There was a hint of beastly roar in this
voice.
Ye Xiwen saw the figure of a man standing in the sky. He was clad in military clothing, had
rough facial features while his face was covered with hair. He had deep green eyes and as
soon as he howled like a wolf, an endless amount of killing intention spread everywhere.
Everyone started fleeing from the streets because they were too scared from his beast's
aura. Right now, he appeared just like a werewolf bathing in milky moonlight.
"Who is this man?"
"You don't know who he is? Well, I cannot expect outsiders to know about our Shun'an
prefecture's famous ominous wolf duo.
This person and the eldest son of our City Lord together make the ominous wolf duo. This
person is named Qiu Wolf. He is the most distinguished disciple of Qiu Clan. People say that
he was once caught by a wolf demon beast in his childhood but was saved later on. He was
infected back then and has since inherited the beast's traits of demon wolf race. He is not
even fifty years old and has still become one of the two top players in the younger
generation of Shun'an prefecture."
"Well, this is called being fortunate by mistake but why does he appear so angry?"
"An expert from the southeast region has chopped his younger brother's arm. He has come
to take revenge."
Everyone was trembling with fear; they could not stand this kind of terrible beastly killing
intention.
No one could withstand such a killing intention.
"Boom!"
An imposing aura exploded from inside the inn and a figure jumped out.
"Was it you who hurt my younger brother?" Qiu Wolf asked and growled at the same time
while stubbornly staring at Ye Xiwen like a wolf.
"No." Ye Xiwen shook his head, "If I had fought with him, he would be dead right now."
Ye Xiwen answered in an indifferent voice.
"You are courting death!" Qiu Wolf said in a furious tone.
"Who do you think you are?" Ye Xiwen sneered, "Oh right, how can I forget, you are one of
the Shun'an prefecture's idiotic duo......!"
Ye Xiwen laughed loudly and said. Qiu Wolf's complexion changed immediately; after all,
since the day he obtained this title, nobody had dared to make fun of him.
"I will tear you apart with my own hands, just you watch!"Qiu Wolf's imposing aura
scattered in all directions and tightly locked onto Ye Xiwen.
"Tear me apart, you say? I would like you to try." Ye Xiwen stopped laughing and a cold
look flashed in his eyes. His body was instantly enveloped in golden divine clothing and a
violent godly aura spread in all directions. It seemed as if the true god of the ten thousand
worlds had suddenly appeared and all must grovel in front of him.
Chapter 291: Showdown With The Ominous
Wolf
Two sets of terrifying breaths severely crashed into each other high in the sky.
"My claws will tear you apart!" Qiu Wolf laughed and his wild imposing aura swept out. It
seemed as if he was simply looking down on Ye Xiwen.
One must know that Qiu Wolf was one of the most competent candidates that were going to
participate in TMU assessment.
He wouldn't have bothered to come and challenge Ye Xiwen and Jian Wuchen if his younger
brother was not involved in this mess.
He was a peerless genius of this area and had already stepped into half-step legendary
realm a long time ago. His tyrannical strength was unmatched in the younger generation of
Shun'an prefecture, so how could he ever consider a southeastern young expert like Ye
Xiwen his opponent.
Ye Xiwen was closely keeping an eye on this half-step legendary expert who was no less
than a beast, a very terrifying
being with tyrannical presence.
Some of the onlookers were frightened, including several experts of Complete Truth realm
and there were few half-step legendary experts in the crowd as well but even they were in
a similar state of shock.
After all, even they couldn't be compared with Qiu Wolf who was able to achieve half-step
legendary realm in a matter of few decades, establishing himself as a peerless genius of
Shun'an prefecture.
They were even more shocked to see that Ye Xiwen was practically unaffected by the
strong waves of Qiu Wolf's imposing aura when they themselves were affected to the
extent of backing off.
"Die!" Qiu Wolf bellowed and sent clouds surging across the sky.
Qiu Wolf's roar was accompanied by a terrifying burst of Bladeqi that transformed into a
giant blue wolf and raided all the way down from the sky, opening its mouth to swallow Ye
Xiwen.
Ye Xiwen stamped his foot on the ground once and a large section of the city collapsed
instantly by the explosion of divinities. His golden divine clothes were dancing in the wind,
giving the illusion of a mighty god in human form.
"Bang!"
The blue wolf and the golden divinities collided in midair and led to a massive explosion,
sweeping an endless amount of energy and shock waves in all directions.
The blue wolf opened its big mouth wide and roared again and again but was unable to
approach Ye Xiwen. However, just then, Ye Xiwen rushed forward and used his golden
tyrant hands to grab its upper and lower fangs.
Ye Xiwen could smell a fishy smell coming out of its mouth, although it was just condensed
out of Lingqi but was abnormally realistic.
Ye Xiwen immediately understood that this blue wolf was actually an ancient secret
heritage obtained from some high-
level demon wolf beast, and perhaps this was the reason why it contained a share of its
original powers.
"Boom!" Golden divinities exploded out of Ye Xiwen's body and soared straight into the sky
along with a loud explosion.
The true mythical power of gilded tyrant form revealed itself properly and the blue wolf
was directly torn into two halves by Ye Xiwen.
The recurring explosions set off endless shock waves in all directions, reaching all the way
to the crowd watching from afar.
"I never thought that you can actually have so much strength." Qiu Wolf looked at Ye Xiwen
with a color of surprise in his eyes. In fact, he never expected for his offensive to be
completely wiped out by Ye Xiwen and that too with just his bare hands.
The golden divinities were crawling on Ye Xiwen's body while his killing intention was
increasing significantly. There wasn't the slightest trace fear in his heart.
"But today you shall die!" Qiu Wolf said coldly, "Well, at least you have made me excited for
this battle."
Qiu Wolf's facial expression revealed a bit of excitement along with anticipation, however,
there was an ever-present cold and cruel look in his dark-green beastly eyes.
"Boom!" Qiu Wolf struck with his blade horizontally and wildly rushed towards Ye Xiwen.
The impact of this attack was so terrific that with each of his steps, the entire world seemed
to be trembling as if a god had set out to destroy the world.
"Come!" Ye Xiwen roared then took out his long blade and released a horrifying Bladelight,
powerful enough to shatter the space in its way.
This appeared like a battle between two accomplished experts of half-step legendary realm.
Numerous experts were stunned after witness the current scene, especially those chief
experts who were rooting for Qiu Wolf. They were kind of frightened and dumbstruck at
the same
time while witnessing the true potential and power of the two
leading characters from the younger generation.
Ye Xiwen from the southeastern region and Qiu Wolf from the Shun'an prefecture
They were used to witnessing battles like this every time TMU
opened its gates to take in new disciples but had never seen such a magnificent battle
between two peerless geniuses, each exceeding the barriers of the level they were in.
Especially Ye Xiwen who was just an expert of truth realm but was still able to fight on
equal grounds with Qiu Wolf. In fact, Jian Wuchen would also be considered an evildoer
[monster]
like Ye Xiwen since he defeated a half-step legendary assassin a day ago.
However, Jian Wuchen's achievement wasn't as astonishing as Ye Xiwen's since that half-
step legendary assassin was not as strong as Qiu Wolf.
"Boom!"
The two experts continued to clash again and again at a very high altitude, blasting away
clouds everywhere in the sky while
the whole city was being showered in colorful flashes of lights time and time again.
Jian Wuchen was aware of Ye Xiwen's ongoing battle but chose to have faith in him and
continued to stay indoors. The small cub was also not interested in watching this battle and
went for closed-door practice as well.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
Both of them were using blades and constantly brandishing blade attacks as if to test who
was a better blade master. Qiu Wolf's style of using blade was similar to that of the famous
wolf king, who was also the king of a hundred beasts from ancient times. However, Ye
Xiwen's blade skills were more conventional and true to the world laws of the blade, and in
coordination with gilded tyrant form, the overall might of his blade attacks was
incomparably tyrannical.
From the beginning, the two men were not using sophisticated blade skills to compete
instead they were relying more on the amount of energy contained in their Bladeqi attacks.
The sheer amount of energy contained in these blade attacks was insane. There was just no
way to block or resist any of these blade attacks.
In a while, these blade attacks started to show results and Qiu Wolf's body was covered in
wounds and blood all over.
Although Ye Xiwen's body was covered in blood, there were no signs of wounds anywhere
on his body thanks to the instant regeneration provided by Phoenix regeneration.
Ye Xiwen had the advantage of a good combination of Phoenix regeneration and gilded
tyrant form. But Qiu Wolf's body also had an extremely tyrannical constitution, like that of
an ancient wolf demon in general. No one knew what kind of inheritance he had obtained
but his body was insanely tough.
Qiu Wolf was also capable of healing but a lot slower than Ye Xiwen's phoenix regeneration.
Qiu Wolf had simply gone berserk right now; his eyes had become red from dark green. It
seemed like he had lost his mind due to anger and was blindly
attacking Ye Xiwen without waiting for his wounds to heal first.
The two experts were going all out and showing no restraints whatsoever. Suddenly, they
started to test the level of each other's blade skills and proceeded to use ideal conditions.
Ye Xiwen immediately summoned the ideal condition of his blade technique in the form of a
huge moon diagram that appeared in the sky and dropped towards Qiu Wolf.
The moon diagram that appeared this time was not the same as earlier. This time, it
contained a strong cold and ominous feeling in the form of dazzling white color on one-half
of the moon while an endless dark and gloomy color on the other. The spectators were
simply unable to look straight ahead, perplexed by the strange and conflicting nature of this
moon diagram.
This was the result of the integration of sword intention into the ideal condition, otherwise,
it would be impossible for the
'cold moon beheader' to possess such an overbearing presence.
This new version of cold moon beheader was specially developed by Ye Xiwen to deal with
high-level experts.
And Ye Xiwen's ideal condition had outdone Qiu Wolf's ideal
condition which was in the form of a diagram showing a pack of wolves running in a vast
wilderness.
The two diagrams collided in the sky and mutually devoured each other, while at the same
time, the two experts mercilessly clashed with each other!
The spectators were frightened by this scene that literally shook the entire city. Most
experts had comprehended the ideal condition of a martial technique at some point of time
in their lives but they had never seen something like the moon diagram congealed by Ye
Xiwen. It was simply on a whole another level, simply out of their reach. In fact, they would
never get to know that Ye Xiwen was able to comprehend this ideal condition when he used
to be in Houtian realm. Yes, this was the difference between them and Ye Xiwen.
There were many experts who simply weren't able to comprehend an ideal condition and
used brute force to compensate for the lack of skill. Not to mention, the difficulty of
comprehension was more for high level martial techniques.
It was even more difficult to create a new version of ideal condition. Ye Xiwen was able to
do it because he had the support of the mysterious space.
The scene had been reversed at this time. This time, Ye Xiwen bellowed and released a
rippling Bladeqi that transformed into a coiling dragon midway and flew towards Qiu Wolf.
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Chapter 292: Ominous Wolf Killed
The coiling dragon condensed from Bladeqi dived down and overran the enemy.
"Boom!" Qiu Wolf had no time to dodge and the Bladeqi cut open a large wound on his
chest. A wound so hideous and terrible that it seemed like his chest had sunken terribly
into a deep concave, his ribs bent inwards and pieced his internal organs. The wound
looked so terrifying that an ordinary person wouldn't bear to look at it.
However, the enemy's blade attacked had also cut open a wound on Ye Xiwen's waist. It
looked like a serious wound from which, blood was spattering in all directions.
"Is it over? Damn, don't tell me the strongest genius of our Shun'an prefecture has fallen
already?"
Many powerhouses who were observing this battle sighed woefully. Although they not
necessarily liked Qiu Wolf but seeing their own being thoroughly suppressed by an
outsider was something they were not ready to accept.
"Is that guy from southeast region really that strong?"
In contrast to the pale complexion on Qiu Wolf's face, Ye Xiwen's facial expression was
simply unchanged even though both of them were severely injured. Of course, Ye Xiwen
wasn't much affected by such injuries since the Phoenix regeneration technique was
constantly working and healing his injuries nonstop.
"Shua!"
"Shua!"
"Roar!"
"Roar!"
After being seriously injured, Qiu Wolf starting growling loudly and his body started to
transform. His whole body was slowly covered with green hair and his hands turned into
sharp claws. The people from Ye Xiwen's past world would call Qiu Wolf him a werewolf
after this transformation. The wound in
his chest began to heal at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"What is going on?" The spectators were shocked by this scene as they had never seen Qiu
Wolf transforming like this before.
Perhaps Qiu Wolf never got to face a formidable opponent like Ye Xiwen who literally
pushed him to the point of resorting to using this transformation to fight back.
Ye Xiwen appeared dignified and was not all affected even when Qiu Wolf's aura was
changing little by little, turning more imposing and terrifying.
"I think this guy has probably fused the blood of a demon god with his own blood." Ye Mo
said, "I guess this is enough to call him a relative of our wolf cub in a way."
Ye Xiwen smiled, perhaps there really was such a possibility that the ancestors of the wolf
cub and Qiu Wolf were related.
However, Ye Xiwen did not wait to think about all this stuff as he heard a loud roar and saw
the monstrous figure of a ferocious green beast standing in front of him.
"Boom!" Qiu Wolf simply abandoned using blade attacks and directly punched towards Ye
Xiwen. The power contained in his punch was so enormous that it punched through space,
creating a large void in the sky.
Ye Xiwen sneered and issued an equally enormous blade attack along with coiling dragon
palm that summoned a gigantic black dragon from the depths of Abyss. It roared loudly and
immediately wrapped Ye Xiwen to form a solid defense, strong enough to block enemy's
punch.
"Bang!" The two attacks collided and the resulting explosion set off layer after layer of
energy waves in all directions. The good thing was that the battle was going at a very high
altitude, otherwise, this explosion toward the beat go, so that both sides are in high
altitude, otherwise, the explosion would have destroyed the entire city in one fell swoop.
"I will eat you!" Qiu Wolf said in a beastly voice while salivating heavily through the corners
of his mouth, "Your blood has the kind of flavor I like. I will eat you whole and my
cultivation will increase by one level, ha ha ha ha!"
After Qiu Wolf turned into a werewolf, his humanity had been overtaken by the demon
nature of the wolf god. Now he could
instinctively sense the divinities contained within Ye Xiwen's body and wanted to seize
them for nourishment.
"Boom!" Qiu Wolf suddenly took a step forward and disappeared, instantly trampled
through the void in the form of a green torrent rushing towards Ye Xiwen.
"You want to eat me? Get lost!" Ye Xiwen's eyes flashed with killing intention as he
suddenly kicked the green torrent as soon as it approached him.
"Boom!"
The mighty torrent of greenish energy was instantly dissipated by Ye Xiwen's kick,
exposing the huge figure of Qiu Wolf.
Qiu Wolf never expected to actually see his attacked being kicked away by Ye Xiwen. After
transforming into a werewolf, not even an expert of the legendary first stage could rival his
horrifying strength, let alone an expert of Complete Truth realm like Ye Xiwen.
Directly coming in contact with such terrific power was equivalent to seeking death.
But Ye Xiwen actually kicked his energy based torrent attack as if it was nothing.
Of course, how could he ever know about Ye Xiwen's tyrant body technique that enabled
him to come in contact with gods and devil and even tear them to shreds with his bare
hands if needed? Not to mention, now he had practiced an enhanced version of the same
technique, the gilded tyrant form that allowed him to contend with all sorts of terrifying
forces. Even if Ye Xiwen was now at Complete Truth realm, his strength was more than
enough to deal with the likes of Qiu Wolf in werewolf form.
"Haa!" Ye Xiwen shouted loudly and his right foot was suddenly enveloped by an extremely
potent golden energy.
Then he launched a kick at Qiu Wolf and sent him flying across the sky.
Ye Xiwen immediately chased down at an incredibly fast speed and simultaneously
summoned Hanshan seal in the sky that directly smashed down towards Qiu Wolf while he
was still in midair.
"Howl!" Qiu Wolf howled and immediately released the massive shadow of a blue wolf that
was made up of pure energy.
It immediately opened its huge mouth as if to devour the Hanshan seal in one go.
"Boom!" The blue wolf directly collided with Hanshan seal and vaporized instantly,
however, Qiu Wolf seized this chance to escape.
The blue wolf's body had turned into blood fog that was automatically absorbed by Ye
Xiwen's gilded tyrant form and added to his divinities collection. The traces of divinities
present in the blue wolf's dissipated body truly indicated that Qiu Wolf had obtained the
heritage of an ancient demon god and hence contained pure divinities in his blood.
It was not strange for people to have various types of strange heritage and even Ye Xiwen
had a fair share of his own heritages, including coiling dragon palm, Hanshan seal, Phoenix
regeneration and the mysterious space.
However, Ye Xiwen was not willing to show mercy to Qiu Wolf no matter what.
A coiling dragon suddenly appeared in the sky and roared towards Qiu Wolf.
By now, everyone had come to accept that Ye Xiwen was much more powerful than Qiu
Wolf, in fact, this battle had been like a game for Ye Xiwen since the beginning! But now, he
was being serious in taking down Qiu Wolf and the result was such magnificent display of
power.
"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"
The entire sky above Shun'an city was filled with terrifying explosions as the two experts
went all out.
The battle had entered a superheated phase but it was not hard to figure out that Ye Xiwen
was completely prevailing.
The spectators never expected in the beginning of the fight that Qiu Wolf would completely
fall under the wind like this and that too after transforming into a werewolf.
None had ever seen Qiu Wolf completely fall under the wind?
The initial ferociousness and beastly dominance of Qiu Wolf was no longer to be seen
anywhere. His beastly instincts were telling him to run away from Ye Xiwen. And at this
time, the combined attacks of coiling dragon and Hanshan seal had simply suppressed him
thoroughly to the extent of rendering him unable to fight back.
"Aahhh!" Qiu Wolf howled when he was unable to bear the intense attacks even if he was in
a werewolf form. His wounds were getting more and more severely and no longer healing
quickly.
However, Ye Xiwen was showing no signs of weakening. This was the most frightening
thing about facing an opponent like Ye Xiwen who didn't show signs of wearing down even
after prolonged battles.
Ye Xiwen's true power had gone far beyond his imagination, to the point of making him feel
inferior.
He could not go on fighting with Ye Xiwen since his own injuries were getting worse while
there was no visible damage done to the enemy.
Qiu Wolf continued to roar again and again while his body hair grew longer. He almost
transformed into a blue wolf himself and pounced towards Ye Xiwen.
"Boom!" Ye Xiwen shot a palm and released a coiling dragon towards him.
"Bang!" Qiu Wolf's beastly body was instantly sent flying after a fierce collision with the
coiling dragon.
Ye Xiwen didn't waste time and immediately summoned Hanshan seal in the sky that
transformed into a huge mountain and descended towards Qiu Wolf who was still in
midair.
"Stop!" At this time, a loud voice transmitted from the city and a big hand as if torn open the
space itself and went towards Hanshan seal to stop it in its path.
Ye Xiwen sneered, and without showing any mercy, he increased the falling speed of
Hanshan seal and smashed it down upon Qiu Wolf.
"Boom!" As soon as Qiu Wolf's body came in contact with Hanshan seal, it transformed into
a vague mass of blood fog, and the divinities contained in that mass of blood fog was
instantly absorbed into Ye Xiwen's body.
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[Comment from Author]
Some people are raising doubts about half-step legendary realm so let me explain again in
detail. Half-step legendary realm is just a standard to measure whether someone is a genius
or not. It is a lot harder to have a breakthrough inside half-step legendary realm than in
legendary realm. Most people find it easy to directly step into legendary realm from half-
step legendary realm. Only true geniuses are able to control their cultivation to the extent
that they are able to have breakthroughs within half-step legendary realm without entering
the legendary realm. Only a true genius can stop himself from stepping into the legendary
realm and accumulate within half-step legendary realm. Also, each stage within half-step
legendary realm is much harder to get to and also grants much larger power in comparison
to the corresponding stage on the legendary realm. For example, if a person is at half-step
legendary fourth stage and he decided to have a breakthrough into the legendary realm
then he would directly reach the
legendary fourth stage or even above that depending upon the depth of his accumulation.
Similarly, if a person is at half-step legendary ninth stage and decided to have a
breakthrough into the legendary realm, he cannot! Because he would directly step into
Sage realm!
All experts try their best to stay at half-step legendary realm and accumulate because this is
the fastest way to reach Sage realm. Those who fail to do so ultimately give up and step into
the legendary first stage, however, their reach a bottleneck after reaching legendary fourth
or fifth stage and are stuck there forever.
That is why only true geniuses can step into Sage realm and they choose the best method of
doing so by staying at half-step legendary realm and accumulating. By doing so, they can
entirely skip the legendary realm and directly step into Sage realm. Some people choose to
stop accumulating at half-step legendary fifth stage and go for a breakthrough into the
legendary sixth stage then continue forward. Some people choose to accumulate all the way
to half-step legendary ninth stage and before directly breaking into Sage realm.
Half-step legendary realm may appear as a redundant realm but it is actually an important
filter to separate true geniuses from ordinary ones!
I know that many readers were unable to understand the concept because they skipped the
paragraphs where it was explained in detail. This concept is not very complicated, just
needs a bit of patience from the reader's side!
I will try to simply these concepts as much as possible in future chapters!
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Chapter 293: Escapes Into The Heavenly
Calamity
Ye Xiwen's body completely absorbed the divinities which almost immediately
transformed into a roaring spirit wolf inside Ye Xiwen's world of consciousness and
attacked his soul, as if to swallow his soul entirely and turn him into a host. This world of
consciousness within Ye Xiwen was like a sea of consciousness, entirely composed of
golden divinities. The spirit wolf wanted to stir up trouble and gain control over this sea of
consciousness but was immediately absorbed into the sea instead.
Once the absorption was over, Ye Xiwen felt a huge progress in his gilded tyrant form- since
the density and toughness of his golden body was directly proportional to the amount of
divinities present in the sea of consciousness.
On the outside, Ye Xiwen immediately reacted by running away from there when a large
hand suddenly clutched over and literally crushed the surrounding space in its path. It did
not stop and instantly went towards Ye Xiwen to crush him to death. This expert's
heightened anger was evident from his actions.
Ye Xiwen was being chased by a legendary expert so he did not dare to rush in the direction
of the inn where the wolf cub and Jian Wuchen were undergoing closed-door training.
Instead, he fled in the opposite direction, trying his best to lead his pursuer out of the city.
One must remember that Ye Xiwen had been able to kill legendary level devils during the
devil seize on Yi Yuan School, because of the suppression effect of Tianyuan mirror on
devils.
The same strategy was not going to work on a human expert of legendary realm.
Ye Xiwen was certainly aware of the terrifying powers of a true legendary expert. He was
also aware of the difference between half-step legendary realm and legendary realm which
was only for determining the difference between true geniuses and non-geniuses. Only true
geniuses were able to stay in half-step legendary realm for accumulation. Much more
powerful geniuses also enjoyed stronger and profound accumulation.
They could even skip legendary realm altogether and directly step into sage realm with a
single breakthrough.
"First you kill our Qiu Wolf and then you plan to just walk away?" A hoarse voice said in a
furious tone and a sizzling energy burst out of that big hand.
The entire space, in an instant, was blockaded and it seemed as if a huge heavenly cage
suddenly fell upon Ye Xiwen and entrapped him, making it difficult for him to escape.
"Today, I must make you pay the price with your blood!" An old man's figure appeared in
the distance, literally out of nowhere.
Ye Xiwen suddenly roared and his body was enveloped within a thick layer of golden
energy that suddenly exploded and destroyed the blockaded space. The very next instant, a
pair of golden devil wings flapped behind his back and launched him forward at an
incredibly fast speed.
The old expert was taken aback when Ye Xiwen destroyed his cage and flew several miles
away from him in a blink of an eye.
He, then, immediately pulled out a series of attacks that directly bent the space at multiple
spots in the sky, acting as a slingshot to send his emancipated body darting forward
towards Ye Xiwen at a much faster speed.
This legendary expert had already understood the world laws of space and could bend and
manipulate space easily to gain incredible speed or create space cages. It was simply
impossible for Ye Xiwen to beat a seasoned expert of legendary realm.
If not for Ye Xiwen's miraculous devil wings, his speed wouldn't even be comparable to that
of a legendary expert, especially with space manipulation powers.
"Humph!" The old man snorted and shot a divine beam at Ye Xiwen.
"Boom!" The divine beam arrived right in front of Ye Xiwen in the blink of an eye and
crashed into his body. He spat a mouthful of blood, staggered a bit and almost dropped
down from the sky. This gave the old man enough time to shorten the distance between
them.
"You can't deal with this old monster. He is out of your league!" Ye Mo appeared on Ye
Xiwen shoulder and said. "Ming Empire is truly prosperous as they say. Even a small
prefecture like Shun'an is home to a legendary expert."
"Forget all that for now! We need to get rid of him as soon as possible." Ye Xiwen wiped the
blood from the corners of his mouth. This legendary expert was too terrifying, powerful
enough to cripple him with one move. If an ordinary expert of Complete Truth realm was
there in his shoes just now, they
would be dead be now. In fact, even an expert of half-step legendary realm didn't stand a
chance against this old man.
Ye Xiwen's tyrant body technique was really tyrannical, enough to save his life from the last
attack.
Phoenix regeneration was constantly working to regenerate his wounds and that too
within few breaths worth of time.
"This guy knows space laws and two levels above you. Escape is our only option." Ye Mo
said.
Ye Xiwen was extremely fast, covering hundreds of miles in a blink of an eye but the old
man was chasing him down unceasingly, showing no signs of let him off.
This old expert's anger was real deal, after all, Shun'an prefecture lost their strongest
nurtured genius who was going to represent them in TMU assessment. Although Shun'an
prefecture was considered quite influential, its importance was considered nothing much
in rest of the Ming Empire. And after putting so much effort and resources in cultivation a
true genius like Qiu Wolf, he was killed by an outsider so effortlessly. Only Ye Xiwen's death
could bring peace to his raging heart.
"Not only you are going die, your family and anyone remotely related to you will be killed. I
will go find your relatives and friends in the southeast region and kill them one by one in
the most brutal ways possible. And remember, you are the reason behind their imminent
sufferings." The old man gritted his teeth and threatened Ye Xiwen.
"F**k you, old bastard!" Ye Xiwen got immensely angry at this moment. He could not stand
someone threatening the safety and security of his family and friends.
The old man's facial expression looked even grimmer as he once again shot a divine beam
towards Ye Xiwen, but this time, Ye Xiwen quickly turned around and shot his palm to
block the attack. The tyrannical power present in this attack shook his entire being, almost
to the extent of breaking his bones.
Any ordinary expert would have long been dead, but Ye Xiwen still continued to fly forward
tenaciously.
Ye Xiwen did not know for how long he continued to fly but he seemed to have come out of
Shun'an border. There were traces of wounds still visible on his body since the severity of
his
injuries had now exceeded the instant healing capacity of phoenix generation. Now, it took
longer time for the wounds to heal.
The old man was still in hot pursuit. At this time, Ye Xiwen saw a massive lightning flash in
a large group of clouds floating not far from him.
"Is someone challenging the heavenly calamity? No, it is not a person, but a demon beast!"
Ye Mo suddenly shouted.
Ye Xiwen suddenly hesitated. One must know that whether human experts of demon
beasts, all must face the threat of challenging the heavenly calamity to step into the
legendary realm.
The legendary realm was said to induce the beginning of the transcendental change from
the time someone challenged the heavenly calamity while having a breakthrough from half-
step legendary realm to legendary realm, or from legendary realm to sage realm.
In fact, even stage-wise breakthroughs within the legendary realm needed to challenge the
heavenly calamity.
The so-called heavenly calamity's very function was to stop mortal beings from surpassing
the very laws of heaven and earth, after all, sickness and death were also part of world laws
and the emergence of a legendary warrior would certainly violate this rule by increasing
the lifespan to 1000 years.
Heavenly calamity was a challenge put evenly in front of demon beasts and human being
while having a breakthrough to the legendary realm.
The same law of challenge and punishment applied to not just to demon beasts and human
beings but also to other species!
The breakthroughs within half-step legendary realm from one stage to another required a
small heavenly calamity in comparison. But each breakthrough within legendary realm
required larger heavenly calamity.
It was said that only the person having a breakthrough must alone face the heavenly
calamity. Any help or tricks would cause the heavenly calamity to go berserk.
But right now, Ye Xiwen only had the choice to use this heavenly calamity as a shield to
save himself from the old man.
"Boom!" Ye Xiwen's sudden intrusion aroused endless thunderbolts to go berserk. It
seemed as if the heavenly calamity had been provoked and an inexhaustible of
thunderbolts was dropping down to attack Ye Xiwen.
"Damn!" The old man stopped next to the heavenly calamity with clear signs of fear on his
face.
He still remembered his own deadly encounter with a similar heavenly calamity while
having a breakthrough from the half-step legendary realm to the legendary realm.
This was the main reason why there were so many half-step legendary experts but only a
handful of legendary experts. The simply different between them was the confidence and
bravery to challenge the heavenly calamity. Most half-step legendary experts preferred
playing it safe and hence chose to stay in half-step legendary realm until they were
confident enough to challenge the heavens.
Watching how Ye Xiwen had been completely submerged in thunder calamity, the old
man's facial expression revealed a pleasant look along with slight traces of regret for not
killing him personally.
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Chapter 294: Heavenly Calamity Quenches
The Body
Anyone that messed with the heavenly calamity was bound to face its wrath. Even if a sage
expert was to enter the domain of heavenly calamity, it would immediately calibrate itself
to the degree of sage realm. So in the end, it was not possible for an outsider to interfere
with someone's breakthrough. It was in a way mandatory for an expert to go through the
heavenly tribulation on their own in order to level up.
Hence, the old man naturally did not dare to approach the ongoing heavenly calamity. He
speculated that it was probably a demon beast having a breakthrough from half-step to
legendary realm.
He stayed there and continued to observe for a long time, only to find out that the range of
this heavenly calamity was getting bigger and bigger and was now about to approach him.
He made a decision to get out of there. He didn't want to mess with heavenly calamity and
end his life in the process.
In his view, Ye Xiwen was certainly dead already since the heavenly calamity was
calibrated accordingly for a breakthrough into the legendary realm whereas Ye Xiwen was
only at Complete Truth realm. In other words, the heavenly calamity didn't need to
recalibrate itself to kill Ye Xiwen since he was at a lower level. Not to mention, the old man
knew about incidents where higher level experts had died while trying to help their juniors
by entering the domain of heavenly calamity.
Coming out alive from the domain of heavenly calamity was something unheard of.
At this time, Ye Xiwen had no time to pay attention to the old man because he had already
guessed what the old man was thinking right now. Not to mention, he really needed to
focus on the tragedy he was facing right now.
But the old man's calculation lacked a very important element. He thought that Ye Xiwen
was at Complete Truth realm and must have used some tricks to defeat Qiu Wolf. It was
obviously impossible for an expert of Complete Truth realm to survive the dreadful impact
of heavenly calamity. He didn't know about Ye Xiwen's actual strength and the content of
energy within his tyrannical gilded body.
The old man was too satisfied with the present situation and seemed to have overlooked a
very important point - why would Ye Xiwen knowingly take such a suicidal step and jump
into the domain of heavenly calamity?
Ye Xiwen's tyrannical and divine gilded body had saved his life; an ordinary expert would
be dead by now.
However, several bruises and lacerated wounds could be seen all over his golden body,
clearly showing the terrifying and destructive power of heavenly calamity.
"Shua Shua!" Several hundred electric snakes swooped down from the dark clouds and
attacked Ye Xiwen's body.
Ye Xiwen was completely motionless but his gilded tyrant form was continuously
enhancing at a very fast pace. His whole body was surrounded by golden rays of light rising
from all directions, which then transformed into golden swords and hacked the electric
snakes.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
Intermittent fierce explosions occurred all around him that gave rise to a violent storm. The
electric snakes were swept away in all directions and wreaked havoc everywhere.
"Ye Xiwen! I know a devil technique that will allow your gilded tyrant form to completely
absorb all this rogue energy of the heavenly calamity for working out your body!" Ye Mo's
excited voice sounded in Ye Xiwen's mind.
Ye Xiwen nodded at Ye Mo's advice, after all, he had no other options anyway. As long as he
could turn this tragic situation into just another training session, he would be satisfied. He
would very much like to absorb all this free energy to make his gilded tyrant body even
more tyrannical.
Although he wanted to enhance his gilded tyrant body to the next layer, he didn't know
how long this heavenly calamity was going to last.
"Crash-bang!" All of a sudden, a disastrous lightning crashed down right upon Ye Xiwen.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
The massive lightning fragmented into several electric snakes and literally started ravaging
his body from all sides. In a flash, there was blue smoke all around his body. This attack
was enough to vaporize an expert of Complete Truth realm.
However, Ye Xiwen was unmoved and basically, willingly, allowed these lightning serpents
to ravage his body. Tyrant body technique was actively revolving within his body while his
golden body was sucking the lightning energy like a sponge, all the while nourishing his
flesh. It was a shocking scene since no one had heard of someone actually bathing in a
heavenly calamity to nurture their body.
A strange golden divine energy was circulating within his body and breaking down the
absorbed electric serpents, transforming them into pure energy to act as a tonic for his
flesh and bones. His tyrant body technique was also constantly promoting, ascending
towards the next layer.
It seemed like the non-stop bombardment of electric snakes
would make him deaf, but he kept on focusing on operating various martial techniques to
keep the strengthening process going.
However, the heavenly calamity didn't seem to finish anytime soon. In fact, it continued to
get even more intense with passing time. The electric snakes, dropping down from the
inked sky, had literally started to rain down upon Ye Xiwen. Even the size and power of
each electric snake had increased dramatically, making them appear like thunder dragons
coming down to swallow Ye Xiwen.
From afar, it appeared like a small figure was sitting cross-legged in midair and thunder
dragons were continuously ravaging his body. The entire scene was riddled with lightning
flashes and deafening thunderclaps. All one could see was a seemingly insignificant
silhouette of Ye Xiwen, submerged in a sea of lightning.
Ye Xiwen did not dare to relax even for a second. The tyrant body technique was working
non-stop while his entire body was enveloped with some kind of blue smoke emanating
from his body that was being constantly ravaged. It seemed like his body was literally on
fire and burning intensely.
Ye Xiwen was sitting in mid-air in order to avoid conduction of electricity to the ground
while his own body was being bruised and lacerated again and again. In fact, his skin had
begun to burn at multiple places, giving just a glimpse of the terrific power of heavenly
calamity.
Ye Xiwen's complexion turned somewhat pale since he was relying on tyrant body
technique, practiced to the third layer. It was not sufficient to deal with the present
situation, so he was aiming to enhance it to the fourth layer. A few months ago, he had
managed to reach the peak of the third layer and now he was going to take advantage of
this opportunity to reach the fourth layer of tyrant body technique. This was the most
important task right now, only then he could really come out alive of this deadly domain.
The heavenly calamity was further strengthening itself as it did not want let Ye Xiwen go
alive. In fact, Ye Xiwen had to rely on Phoenix regeneration to stop his body from
disintegrating but even that was failing to fully repair his injuries in time.
Now, it seemed like his whole body was on superheated fire, trapped in a cycle of
continuously disintegrating and restoring.
At times, his body would go almost devoid of blood due to rapid vaporization, only
surviving thanks to his rapid regeneration ability. He estimated that soon his bones would
start to crumble.
Ye Xiwen clenched his teeth as soon as he realized that he was on verge of reaching the
fourth layer of tyrant body technique.
He did know for how long he stayed inside the domain of heavenly calamity, but it was
finally showing signs of disappearing.
Immediately, numerous electric serpents sprouted once more from the clouds, and the very
next moment, the billowing black clouds disappeared without a trace.
These electric serpents merged together and transformed into a gigantic thunder dragon,
roaring in the sky before suddenly rushing towards Ye Xiwen.
"Absorb this thunder dragon then you can successfully reach the fourth layer of tyrant
body technique in one fell swoop!" Ye Mo said while looking at the magnificent figure of
thunder dragon. Ye Xiwen knew that this thunder dragon was far stronger than all those
electric serpents.
"Boom!" The thunder dragon opened its gigantic mouth as if to devour Ye Xiwen and a
violent explosion occurred. A burst of lightning storm instantly collided with his body.
Ye Xiwen felt as if his body would collapse in this terrible storm, ultimately turning into a
pile of dust. All the while, tyrant body technique was working crazily and absorbing a
massive amount of energy. Not to mention, the Phoenix regeneration was also working at
its max and reconstructing his body rapidly.
"Boom!" Under this impact of a seemingly infinite amount of frantic energy, Ye Xiwen
suddenly bulldozed through the barrier of the third layer and reached the fourth layer. It
was like the collapse of a dam, allowing the flow of accumulated energy throughout his
body.
Tyrant body technique fourth layer!
After reaching the fourth layer of tyrant body technique, now he could simply disregard all
attacks from the experts of half-step legendary realm or legendary first stage. In fact, even
if he was to bump into a much higher level expert, he should still be able to make a great
escape, and his enemies would find it difficult to injure him.
Ye Xiwen noticed that the heavenly calamity had disappeared from the sky without a trace,
and then suddenly, he saw the figure of a demon beast standing on the ground. It was a Fire
Lin beast!
Ye Xiwen recalled that he had seen a Fire Lin beast before and this one looked similar to the
previous one as well. But the difference was that this one was much larger and stronger
than the previous one, simply a monster.
However, he also noticed that there were several bruises and cut wounds all over its body.
Its skin was burnt at multiple places along with some open flesh wounds, from where its
blood was streaming down and staining the soil. Facing a heavenly tribulation was equally
dangerous for demon beasts like it was for human experts.
Even if this Fire Lin beast had the blood of unicorn in its veins, dealing with heavenly
tribulation was still a risky task.
Not to mention, it had to deal with a raging heavenly calamity due to Ye Xiwen's intrusion.
In fact, it almost came close to burning to crisp.
Its red eyes were staring at Ye Xiwen. Its imposing aura was kind of unstable initially but
suddenly started to increase drastically, soon approaching the horrifying aura of the
legendary realm before firmly locking onto Ye Xiwen. It was waiting for its strength to
recover first before going after Ye Xiwen to kill him.
Ye Xiwen suddenly sensed the imminent danger in his heart.
"Ye Xiwen, hurry up and kill that beast, don't let it recover.
You have barely managed to escape unharmed from the heavenly calamity but it is in its
weakest state. Kill it and absorb its demon core, and that should help you in stepping into
the half-step legendary realm." Ye Mo said.
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Chapter 295: Half-Step Legendary Realm
Ye Xiwen could sense a somewhat keen killing intent in the eyes of Fire Lin beast. Indeed,
there were traces of hatred and greed in its eyes as well. It instinctively considered Ye
Xiwen an enemy, not to mention Ye Xiwen also sensed the presence of powerful divinities
within its body, which could bring great benefits for him since he was in need of more and
more divinities in order to strengthen his gilded tyrant form. He would usually come across
demon beasts with small amounts of divinity within their bodies, but this Fire Lin beast
was extraordinary in this regard.
Ye Xiwen was still considering what to do next but Fire Lin beast was obviously not going
to give him any opportunity to continue to consider. It immediately roared and shot a large
bundle of flames towards Ye Xiwen.
Ye Xiwen immediately went back several steps to avoid the flame attack. The freshly
obtained power of the legendary realm was evident in its attack. Just by spitting flames, it
could easily burn through space.
It was popular saying that it was necessary to face heavenly calamity because the terrifying
power of legendary realm lied
on the other side of the test.
"F**k!" Ye Xiwen cursed out loud and no longer hesitated, after all, this beast was still
injured and would soon be able to recover and might even display full scope of legendary
realm.
He needed to win this battle as fast as possible.
The long blade danced in his hands and released an enormous Bladelight that instantly split
the entire sky into two halves as if attempting to shatter the void.
Fire Lin beast struggled to leap and barely managed to dodge Ye Xiwen's blade attack,
however, not before getting its scales crushed by the Bladelight slicing through its waist,
causing the blood to ooze out in abundance.
"Humph!" Ye Xiwen snorted and immediately raise his hand, summoning a gigantic
Hanshan seal in the sky, and the very next moment, he made it smash down.
Like a huge mountain directly dropping from heavens, the Hanshan seal pounded upon Fire
Lin beast without giving it any chance to escape.
"Bang!"
Great strength contained in this attack came close to crushing its bones. With its face
upward, it roared loudly while its body emitted blazing white flames that instantly burned
through the Hanshan seal, making it possible for it to escape.
But how could Ye Xiwen let it escape so easily? Another Hanshan seal appeared in the sky
and once again smashed down. Although it possessed the blood of the mythical unicorn and
thus had a strong regenerative capability as well, but the effectiveness of his regenerative
ability was nowhere near that of phoenix regeneration. Right now, Ye Xiwen was in his
peak condition whereas Fire Lin beast had not even recovered from the injuries it
sustained during the breakthrough.
Ye Xiwen knew that in spite of having just entered the legendary realm, this beast was
much more powerful than that old man. After all, it was a god's descendant with the divine
power of ancient unicorn god in its blood.
But Ye Xiwen was also aware of the fact that a certain period of time, after surviving a
heavenly tribulation, was the most dangerous for a demon beast, increasing its chances of
being hunted.
Ye Xiwen certainly didn't get enough time to consider all this since he was fully focused on
taking down this Fire Lin beast!
"Roar!" The beast screamed pitifully after being severely hit by the Hanshan seal. It
staggered a bit as its blood spattered all over.
Immediately, its ominous eyes began to stubbornly stare at Ye Xiwen. If it was in its peak
condition, it would have already killed Ye Xiwen by now. But right now, it was basically
cornered by a human expert of much lower level.
The healing rate of its wounds, caused by the Hanshan seal, was also very less.
Fire Lin beast was roaring again and again. It was not just furious but also regretting its
decision of getting greedy and coveting the divinities within Ye Xiwen's body. In the end, its
own greed sent him crashing into such a dreadful disaster.
Ye Xiwen's facial expression appeared cold as he directly shot his palm and summoned an
Azure dragon from the depths of the
abyss. At this moment, the tyrannical power of the fourth layer of 'tyrant body technique'
fully manifested itself as he used his long blade to directly chop down the divinities
contained within the white flames spat by the beast, while at the same time, his coiling
dragon palm made an impact.
"Boom!" Ye Xiwen's coiling dragon palm severely pounded on the beast's body. It screamed
as its spine was broken into two halves, tearing its skin at that spot, from where scalding
hot blood gushed out and stained the ground.
It was a good opportunity!
Ye Xiwen immediately released a massive sword intention that flew across the sky, crashed
into its head, cracking open its skull while its brain matter splashed out.
Fire Lin beast was finally dead. Ye Xiwen took out a red demon core from its body. It was a
special demon core of legendary realm and was exuding waves of concentrated energy.
After passing the heavenly tribulation, it had completely transformed into a demon core of
legendary realm.
"Wonderful! Ye Xiwen, this is a good opportunity to absorb
the demon core. I think then you can certainly set foot into the half-step legendary realm.
Once you are in half-step legendary realm, that old fogy won't be your match anymore." Ye
Mo said.
Ye Xiwen nodded; if he could set foot in half-step legendary realm then the experts of
legendary realm wouldn't be a threat anymore, just like the experts of half-step legendary
realm were not his match right now.
Ye Xiwen immediately found a cave in that area and began closed-door cultivation. This
entire area had been destroyed beyond recognition by the heavenly calamity, so
concealment was a right decision since the event of heavenly calamity had scared off all
demon beasts of that area. They were not daring to approach even if they wanted to.
Ye Xiwen made no more delay because he would also need to go back and confirm the
safety of the wolf cub and Jian Wuchen. Although he did believe that they must have fled
already, he would still want to go back and confirm, not to mention he would also go greet
the old man afterward.
The red demon core was floating in front of Ye Xiwen, bobbing, and overflowing with
energy based on fire element.
Ye Xiwen was sitting cross-legged on the ground, with his eyes closed while Tianyuan
mirror was constantly circling around above his head, protecting his entire body with a
scarlet barrier.
His body was exuding waves of golden light, while at the same time, large chunks of fire
element were being absorbed into his body.
Traces of red color appeared in the blanket of golden light enveloping his body. Although
this Fire Lin beast had reached legendary realm just now, it must have been accumulating
for years, or perhaps decades. Not to mention, it was a god's descendant with the divine fire
element within its demon core.
As soon as the fire element circulated within his body, it began to make a qualitative change
in his Zhen Yuan [energy]
that literally began to rampage inside his body. Ye Xiwen immediately mobilized this new
type of Zhen Yuan in his meridians and made it his own energy forcibly.
Ye Xiwen could clearly feel a considerable change in his Zhen Yuan.
There was indeed a massive gap between legendary realm and realms beneath it.
"Legendary realm is really something!" Ye Xiwen said with a color of anticipation in his
eyes, "Once I am done completely absorbing this demon core, stepping into half-step
legendary realm should be a piece of cake."
Ye Xiwen continued to absorb the red-hot demon core and sensed an influx of fire
properties in his inner state. His face turned brighter and began to shine, even traces of a
mixture of golden and red light flashed in eyes. The powerful fire properties a legendary
demon beast immediately started to impact heavily against the barrier to half-step
legendary realm.
Ye Xiwen's Zhen Yuan saw a significant qualitative and quantitative transformation and
began to pound on the inner state-barrier again and again. Only by breaking this barrier, he
could leap from truth realm to half-step legendary realm.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
Ye Xiwen felt as if he was facing a thick iron wall standing between him and half-step
legendary realm. This was a very firm threshold that was infamous for blocking countless
experts from never stepping out of the truth realm.
The newly gained Zhen Yuan and its increased quantity were certainly helpful but Ye Xiwen
was still struggling to find a flaw in the barrier while making impacts one after another.
He did not know how many times it took, but he finally managed to break the barrier.
"Boom!" The sturdy barrier finally started to collapse.
Ye Xiwen's face suddenly lit up.
"I did it! My breakthrough was successful!"
With this, his imposing aura also changed completely. It gained small traces of the peculiar
coercion of legendary realm, completely replacing the weak aura of truth realm.
Uncontrolled waves of his imposing aura spread out in all directions, only to be blocked in
the path by Tianyuan mirror.
Ye Xiwen's golden divine nature also appeared smoother than before. Also, after the
breakthrough, he gained a godly aura that contained the magnificent divine coercion.
Ye Xiwen opened his eyes and said: "Finally, I reached half-step legendary realm. Now, it's
time to finish some unfinished business."
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Chapter 296: Conspicuous Prestige
An unquenchable look of pleasant surprise appeared in Ye Xiwen's eyes. He had finally
entered half-step legendary realm.
The red-colored demon core had all its energy consumed and turned into a pile of dust.
He never imagined of stepping into half-step legendary realm in such a short period of
time. It took him not more than 6
months to achieve that and this rate was not slow. One must know that reaching half-step
legendary realm at the age of 20
was something not even the so-called peerless geniuses could do before the age of 50. Ye
Xiwen was not necessarily the youngest but definitely was one of the youngest to achieve
such a feat. He just did not have the means to imagine his own progress, in terms of
cultivation, once he would turn 50-years-old.
Even in his past life, a period of 20 years was not less and was tantamount to be a major
part of one's lifespan!
This time, his misfortune turned into a blessing at right time and helped him obtain the
demon core of a legendary demon beast, helping him reach the next realm in a short time.
Ye Xiwen stretched his hand and the entire space was imprisoned in an instant. This was
the ability of legendary experts, and having entered the half-step legendary realm, he had
also come to understand a certain degree of space laws, at least enough to imprison a part
of space for some time.
Usually, this was possible only after becoming a full-fledged legendary expert and gaining
access to freely communicate with the world laws but Ye Xiwen was exposed to it in
advance.
Regarding the understanding of space, Ye Xiwen consciously took the initiative to gain hold
of this power and his control over space laws was certainly not inferior to an average
legendary expert because of the presence of 'mysterious space'
in his body. Not to mention, now Tianyuan mirror could produce Ling Dans unceasingly
and they would be constantly instilled into the bottomless pit of mysterious space. As a
result of that, the mysterious space would continuously absorb Ling Dans and help Ye
Xiwen in an unceasing deduction of some martial laws and techniques. In other words, a
variety of world laws would be constantly deduced inside the mysterious space before
being installed in Ye Xiwen mind. Of course, this process would go on non-stop.
Therefore, although Ye Xiwen had not yet entered the legendary realm, he was still
enjoying the powers and liberties of legendary realm with the help of mysterious space and
Tianyuan mirror.
Of course, if the opponent was at legendary realm then the space imprisonment wouldn't
have any effect on them. Indeed, Ye Xiwen could still use it for self-protection as long as the
opponent's skill wasn't too stronger than his own, otherwise, his space imprisonment
wouldn't work on the opponent. Not to mention, the opponent should also give up on the
idea of imprisoning Ye Xiwen because they would have to deal with his insanely fast speed.
This was one of the greatest advantages in Ye Xiwen's favor.
During the breakthrough, his gilded tyrant form also gained no small advantage. Now, his
whole body was full of power and he was confident that even a single punch could kill an
expert of half-step legendary realm with ease.
"Ye Xiwen, you have made a big progress this time." Ye Mo said, "Half-step legendary realm,
although is only half-a-step into the legendary realm, it still enjoys the name and benefits of
legendary realm. Remember, you are no longer in truth realm, you have left it behind. It
should have taken 6 more months under normal circumstances to have this breakthrough."
"Yes, I never thought that persevering on the road to TMU can actually be good for
cultivation. If things continue to go on like this for a year, you can reap tremendous
benefits."
"It is time to find that old man and settle old scores." Ye Xiwen said.
However, he did not have to go look for the old man because the people of Qiu clan were
already looking for him. After the old man thought of going back, he still wasn't sure
whether Ye Xiwen was really dead or not. What if Ye Xiwen was not dead and used some
trick to fool him? Therefore, the old man ordered a legendary expert of Qiu clan to lead a
team of experts and search for Ye Xiwen's corpse.
The team consisted of several truth level experts and all of them were using soul searches
to find Ye Xiwen or his corpse.
The old man was using his soul search technique to command the team of experts: "Search,
search everywhere, I want to see his corpse!"
"Found him!" Suddenly, a small team of experts shouted.
"Boom!" With a sound of terrifying explosion, a blast wave swept off in all directions. The
entire team, consisting of truth
level experts, was blasted away. Their bodies instantly turned into blood fog and dissipated
in the atmosphere.
A rainbow colored flash of light streamed across the sky.
"I was planning to look for you, never thought that an old idiot like you can also be so
wicked." Ye Xiwen said in a calm voice.
Ye Xiwen's horrifying imposing aura spread in all directions.
The old man sensed Ye Xiwen's aura and his complexion turned pale. He never thought that
Ye Xiwen's aura would change so drastically. He could clearly feel traces of legendary
power in Ye Xiwen's aura. The old man was shocked by the fact that Ye Xiwen's cultivation
had progressed by leaps and bounds in such a short time. This level of insane progression
speed was mind-blowing.
The old man could tell that by having such an insane level of progression speed, Ye Xiwen's
future prospects would simply be incalculable, not to mention even the tremendous
destructive power of heavenly tribulation was unable to kill him. Such a person must be
eradicated as soon as possible, otherwise, he
would end up being a huge threat to Qiu clan.
The only option was to strangle this genius in the cradle itself.
Immediately, a bone-chilling killing intention flashed in the old man's eyes!
Of course, Ye Xiwen didn't give a crap about all that.
"Little brat, do not dare think that I have forgotten what you did to our Qiu Wolf. I did
expect you to get killed by the heavenly tribulation, but it doesn't matter. I will kill you
myself and take revenge." The old man said coldly.
"Only, if you have the ability to do that." Ye Xiwen grinned.
"You bastard, I will kill you!" A middle-aged expert of half-step legendary realm shouted
and flew towards Ye Xiwen. He was the father of Qiu Wolf so his rage was understandable,
after all, all his painstaking efforts in nurturing his son had been wasted by Ye Xiwen.
The middle-aged man shot an enormous divine beam in the sky that instantly fell down
towards Ye Xiwen.
Ye Xiwen sneered and instead of using any energy based attacks, he directly went forward
to greet the incoming divine beam.
"Boom!"
There occured a massive explosion but Ye Xiwen used just his palms to contain this
explosion and rendered it ineffective.
"Bang!" The very next moment, there echoed an extremely violent sound of breaking bones
as Ye Xiwen used just his hands to crush that expert's bones into pieces.
"How is this possible?!"
Everyone was shocked by the tyrannical display of physical strength by Ye Xiwen.
However, Ye Xiwen did not give them enough time to figure
out what just happened. He immediately summoned a Hanshan seal in the sky and smashed
it down towards that expert.
"Boom!" The Hanshan seal smashed down quickly at a lightning fast speed, directly
laminating that expert of half-step legendary realm onto the ground, turning him into blood
fog almost instantly.
Everyone looked in disbelief, swallowing their saliva and simply couldn't trust what they
just saw. Could the killing of an expert of half-step legendary really be so easy? Ye Xiwen
suddenly became an awe-inspiring man in the eyes of everyone.
"Impossible!" The old man had an incredible look in his eyes as he stubbornly stared at Ye
Xiwen. The unexpected rise in Ye Xiwen's strength was something out of his
comprehension. He just couldn't understand how Ye Xiwen managed to become so
powerful in such a short time.
"Step back all of you, I will kill him!" The old man roared then immediately rushed forward
and shot his palm, releasing the magnificent powers of legendary realm. A huge green
hammer congealed out of nowhere and smashed towards Ye Xiwen.
The space around Ye Xiwen was imprisoned suddenly, making it impossible for him to
escape.
Ye Xiwen sneered and his body released some kind of world law, instigating fluctuations in
space around him and making it possible for him to break free from space imprisonment.
Ye Xiwen's joined his golden hands and blocked the hammer attack effortlessly.
"Old man, prepare yourself, you better embrace death with a smile on your face." Ye Xiwen
smirked and launched a kick, sweeping rippling waves of golden light toward the old man.
The old man was startled, actually did not expect that Ye Xiwen would be strong enough to
disregard his offensives. Ye Xiwen not only broke out of his space confinement, he even
blocked his legendary level hammer attack.
Ye Xiwen summoned an azure coiling dragon from the depths of Abyss. After reaching half-
step legendary realm, even his coiling dragon attack had progressed by leaps and bounds.
"Haa!" The old man thundered loudly and prepared himself to face Ye Xiwen's terrifying
attack.
The two sides collided fiercely as if mutually strangling each other. The crumbling and
fluctuating energy waves spread out in all directions.
This was a battle between two experts of legendary level. It seemed like a vicious fight
between a wolf and a dragon.
Ye Xiwen's golden aura soon occupied half of the sky while the old man seemed to be
struggling in a one-on-one fight with him.
"Today, you go to hell!" Ye Xiwen suddenly flew forward such as lightning while his hands
transformed into dragon claws and went forward to grasp the old man. This attack was so
terrifying that the old man could only dodge and stay out of its range but failed to do so.
"Boom!" The old man screamed pitifully as his body was sent flying upside down.
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Chapter 297: Legend Slaughtered
The old man was sent flying and directly hit the ground, pulling a long trace by being
dragged on the ground before finally come to a stop. Ye Xiwen immediate chased him and
summoned a Hanshan seal that instantly smashed down.
"Boom!" Hanshan seal directly pounded upon the old man, giving him no time to dodge.
"Bang!" The old man had managed to steer out of the Hanshan seal's main impact area, but
was still hit at the edge and was once again sent flying. There was no way to find out how
many of his bones were crushed in the process.
"Stop!" At this moment, several truth level experts and an expert of half-step legendary
realm of Qiu clan rushed forward to save the old man because they knew his importance
for their family.
They, as if, made a barrier of experts to protect the old man.
As long as the old man would come out alive of this tragedy, the future of their clan would
be secured, on the contrary, if the old man were to die then their entire clan......
They did not dare to imagine.
Several truth level experts rushed toward Ye Xiwen to pin him down, but he was radically
unmoved. He continued to chase the old man.
The golden divinities contained within his body were literally mocking humanity. An
otherworldly golden energy burst out of Ye Xiwen's body and turned into a long blade. In a
blink of an eye, several truth level experts were chopped to pieces by this golden blade.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
Some experts were beheaded, some were split in half, and all in all, no one was able to stop
the advance of Ye Xiwen's footsteps.
"You beast, no matter how big a price I must pay today, I will kill you!" The half-step
legendary experts roared, his palm transformed into a wolf claw and grasped toward Ye
Xiwen. It was like the claw of the wolf god, attempting to squash Ye Xiwen.
As if trying to trod the vault of heaven and reshuffled the very existence of elements.
"I would like to see you try." Ye Xiwen smirked and shot an enormous golden beam to
tackle the wolf claw.
"Stab!" With a loud piercing sound, Ye Xiwen hands directly tore open the wolf claw.
"Aaaah!" Ye Xiwen didn't stop there. The half-step legendary expert's body was then
immediately caught by Ye Xiwen in midair and was split into two halves, with blood
splattering all around.
Even his soul was directly torn apart by Ye Xiwen along with his body. This is what
happens when a soul comes in the grasp
of godly power.
"You bastard!" The old man roared as she painstaking saw yet another elite from his clan
getting brutally killed by Ye Xiwen.
He got so mad that he immediately rushed toward Ye Xiwen.
The old man's whole body had started to swell with surging energy and boiling blood. The
broken bones and torn muscles within his body started to reconnect at an astonishing rate.
His imposing aura literally soared high into the sky, and the awe-inspiring changes in his
body made him appear like a raging beast.
"Ye Xiwen, this is bad, I think he has gone suicidal and is planning to perish along with you."
Ye Mo said in an anxious tone.
Ye Mo's comment was not needed for Ye Xiwen to figure out what the old man was
planning to do, after all, Ye Xiwen had killed Qiu Wolf and two other elites from the old
man's clan, along with several truth level experts. Not to mention, the massacre was still
going on, the old man was forced to take desperate measured to save what was left of his
clan.
"Haa!" Suddenly, the old man thundered loudly, the whole sky began to boil as he
congealed a Bladeqi in his hand and swept it across the sky.
The surviving members of Qiu clan couldn't help but hold their breaths when they saw this
scene.
"Clang!" With the intermittent bursts of metal rubbing sound produced from friction
between the Bladeqi and atmosphere.
"Die you bastard!"
Bladeqi arrived right in front of Ye Xiwen obliquely in a blink of an eye and he could feel
that it brought the entire space rolling along with it.
Ye Xiwen immediately waved his right arm, congealing an equally terrifying Bladeqi along
with a gigantic coiling dragon and shot both these attacks toward the incoming Bladeqi
attack.
"Boom!"
A loud explosion occurred, setting off a storm of rogue energy waves in all directions,
violently twisting and shattering the space around.
The members of Qiu clan immediately retreated far away from the place where that
terrible collision occurred. They knew that getting in range of such a collision was like
asking for death.
"Just die, die!" The old man's facial expression became more ferocious, crazier. His eyes had
turned red, keeping a close eye on Ye Xiwen while congealing a Bladeqi much powerful and
much purer than before, in his hands.
This time, the Bladeqi contained a great roaring wolf made up of inexhaustible energy. The
old man had combined two types of attacks into one to make the final attack much more
destructive. The resulting attack appeared unusually brilliant and beautiful in the sky.
The combined attack of Bladeqi and heavenly great wolf completely engulfed Ye Xiwen.
"Ha ha ha, little beast, now you will die without a doubt!" The
old man's facial expression turned grim as he laughed loudly like a madman.
"Get out of my way!" Ye Xiwen shouted in a cold voice and the entire barrier of energy
enveloping Ye Xiwen instantly collapsed. A beam of golden light flushed out from the
Bladeqi barrier, tearing it apart in the process and further crashed into the great wolf's
body, annihilating it almost instantly.
"Impossible!" The old man couldn't believe his eyes because he was absolutely sure that his
most powerful attack would kill Ye Xiwen. Not to mention, he had unlocked his full
potential and was at his peak condition while launching this attack. He certainly didn't
know that Ye Xiwen had a trick to restore himself to the peak condition in a blink of an eye.
The old man panicked and immediately flew back far away, but not faster than the golden
beam shot by Ye Xiwen. Ye Xiwen had immediately released a golden blade attack, but this
time made up of a mixture of divinities and dragon qi. The hybrid energy was insanely
destructive, powerful enough to shock the entire world.
The old man quickly congealed a series of defensive arrangement, made up of Zhen Yuan, in
front of himself.
However, a barrier made up of mere Zhen Yuan couldn't stop Ye Xiwen's attack that easily
shattered the barrier.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
As soon as the Zhen Yuan barrier was shattered, the old man immediately went several
steps back to evade the Bladeqi attack but failed to do so in time.
"Puchi!"
His right arm was severed, spattering bone dust and minced meat debris in all directions.
The old man's body wasn't able to avoid the heavy impact contained in the attack and was
severely knocked to the ground,
creating a large humanoid hole in the ground.
"Hanshan seal!" Ye Xiwen immediately summoned the Hanshan seal that appeared in the
form of a huge mountain falling from the sky.
The old man wanted to resist but lacked enough speed and agility to dodge the Hanshan
seal's impact. In a flash, he was crushed to dead by Hanshan seal; even his soul didn't
survive this impact and dissipated.
The remaining experts of Qiu clan immediately understood that getting out of there was the
only option left in front of them.
In their eyes, Ye Xiwen appeared just like a devil god that had effortlessly and mercilessly
killed all the powerhouses of their clan.
But before they could flee, the entire surrounding space was imprisoned, freezing them in
midair.
Ye Xiwen used missing moon beheader technique and
unleashed one thousand blades, chopping all of them into pieces. It just took Ye Xiwen an
instant to wipe out the entire clan.
Although Ye Xiwen was not yet a full-fledged legendary expert, he had already learned to
exploit some of its benefits.
His understanding of space imprisonment technique was not at all inferior to that of other
legendary experts.
"Ye Xiwen, I must say that your current strength is comparable to that of an expert of half-
step legendary first stage. Only a few peerless geniuses are able to reach the first stage of
half-step legendary realm." Ye Mo said.
"This is not enough." Ye Xiwen said, "I want to beat all the opponents, and become the
strongest."
Only after becoming the strongest, he would have the opportunity to make contact with the
outside world. Then only it would be possible to one day return to the Earth.
Ye Xiwen, without any delay, directly expanded his devil wings and flew toward Shun'an
city in order to find the whereabouts of the wolf cub and Jian Wuchen. He went back
and found out that those two had already fled away.
Ye Xiwen felt relieved, though he did not know where they were headed. However,
considering the power and disposition of wolf cub and Jian Wuchen, they must have safety
escaped from Shun'an prefecture. Ye Xiwen also believed that he would not be getting any
news about them anytime soon.
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Chapter 298: Overbearing Army Of God
Ye Xiwen was following the road to TMU, the same road that had been used by generations
of geniuses for thousands of years.
Although Ye Xiwen had the choice of flying, he preferred to walk in order to learn more
about Ming Empire and its culture, not to mention his walk was equally fast. In just a month
on his journey, he experienced local customs and social traditions, which was a lot better
than reading ten thousand books on Ming Empire. During this month, Ye Xiwen learned a
lot about Ming Empire.
Since he was not struggling to catch up, he had basically fallen behind Jian Wuchen and the
wolf cub. However, he often heard news about the exploits of the two on the way.
He recently heard news about the wolf cub having stepped into half-step legendary realm
and had torn apart a young elite of Ming Empire who was also at half-step legendary realm
but still didn't stand a chance against the wolf cub's tyrannical powers!
Although Ye Xiwen hadn't personally seen wolf cub in action, judging from the information
received, he could tell that they must have tried to belittle him by making fun of his skills,
ultimately making him go berserk and massacre all the way.
After surviving a life and death battle with the assassin, Jian Wuchen benefited a lot and
managed to step into half-step legendary realm. His progression speed was indeed very fast
as Ye Xiwen had predicted.
This month, Ye Xiwen constantly consolidated his inner state, reaching all the way to the
pinnacle of half-step legendary realm. Of course, his acquired knowledge and sensibility
had already gone far beyond half-step legendary realm, thanks to the energy and
knowledge accumulated in the library [by absorbing book demons]. Also, now Tianyuan
mirror was producing a lot of Ling Dans every day, half getting instilled into mysterious
space to comprehend various martial techniques and world laws while the remaining half
getting absorbed by Ye Xiwen. In just one month, Ye Xiwen had completely consolidated his
inner state to its peak level.
Ye Xiwen arrived before a vast mountain range. According to the ancient road map, he
found out that there stood a big city on the other side of this mountain range. There were
several routes that could be taken to go to TMU, each having a dedicated map.
So each time TMU opened its gate to recruit disciples, some people, who knew the routes,
would start selling maps to the contestants. Of course, some routes were riddled with
dangers while some were relatively easy to traverse, hence, the costs of these maps varied
accordingly. Ye Xiwen didn't care about their
prices or difficulty to traverse and bought the one that was most detailed.
"Clang!" A metal clanging sound resounded in the forest, followed by sudden dispersion of
clouds in the sky.
"Boom!" A Swordqi suddenly flew across the sky and came very close to hitting, almost
grazing Ye Xiwen's side.
The dense forest was also split in half by the terrifying Swordqi.
Ye Xiwen saw the figures of two persons dashing away from the source of Swordqi attack.
One of them was a man who appeared in his late twenties, was dressed in black clothes and
had a handsome face but there was a huge wound in his chest.
One could even vaguely see the broken ribs, indicating that the injury was quite serious.
At his side, there was a beautiful woman who appeared to be in her early twenties, had a
blinding black hair. At this time, she was experiencing shortness of breath; her complexion
was red but did not have any visible injuries.
"Mo Yan, Mo Xiang, you two siblings better hand over the sword command, otherwise, you
won't escape death today."
About a dozen warriors, each one at Complete Truth realm and clad in strange uniforms,
were standing behind those siblings.
This group was being led by an expert of half-step legendary realm. He was a tall and
sturdy man and was holding a long sword in hand.
"God's army is at work, a loitering passerby like you should mind your own business. Now
get lost!" The half-step legendary warrior glanced at Ye Xiwen and said.
Ye Xiwen was not planning to interfere in the first place.
However, the leader of god's army suddenly waved his sword and shot a Swordqi toward
Ye Xiwen.
Ye Xiwen dodged to the side and effortlessly evaded this attack. He looked at the siblings
and saw fear in their eyes, as if they wanted someone to help them but wouldn't ask
because they didn't want him to get involved in this mess.
"Those who interfere in the matters of God's army shall die."
The leader coldly said.
Without any hesitation, he once again shot a bright Swordqi toward Ye Xiwen.
"Humph, your arrogance is praiseworthy." Ye Xiwen said then directly grabbed the
Swordqi and crushed it. On the way to TMU, he had learned a lot of things, of course, God's
army being one of the things that caught his attention.
Army of God was an organization quite well-known in this area with the idea of
representing the so-called army of god itself. It was established by five formidable young
experts who referred to themselves as five gods. They gathered a large number of followers
by defeating numerous strong and well-known geniuses from all over and then compelled
them to join their army, just like the eighth prince used to operate in Great Yue State.
However, the eighth prince wasn't as powerful as the five gods.
"How dare you stand in our way, you are courting death!" An expert of Complete Truth
realm instantly appeared in front of Ye Xiwen and blasted a punch, distorting the space
itself with a burst of colossal power. It could be said that even an ordinary member of God's
army was much more powerful than average experts of Complete Truth realm.
"You messed up." Ye Xiwen smirked and Zhen Yuan instantly began to surge out of his body
and enveloped him completely.
"Poof!" Ye Xiwen shoved his hands into his chest and tore him apart.
"Are you going to pick a fight with the Army of God? You have a death wish." The leader
stared coldly at Ye Xiwen. His complexion wasn't good because he could tell that Ye Xiwen
was very strong. He did not dare to underestimate Ye Xiwen.
"Army of God is already dead in my eyes." Ye Xiwen replied in a calm voice. "And you and
your subordinates are the ones that started this."
Ye Xiwen's reply immediately angered the leader. The god's army was like a supreme
existence in his heart and allowing others to belittle it was nothing less than blasphemy.
"Boom"! He pounded his foot on the ground, and like a flash of lightning, he rushed toward
Ye Xiwen while unleashing a rolling Swordqi at him.
Ye Xiwen took out his long blade and chopped toward the enemy, releasing a golden
Bladeqi that instantly transformed into a roaring golden dragon.
"Boom!" Along with a dreadful loud metal clanging sound, enormous waves of energy were
set off in all directions. The leader was instantly gobbled by the golden dragon, tearing him
to shreds, even his soul was not spared in the process.
The brother and sister were looking at Ye Xiwen with utter disbelief in their eyes. Although
this leader was at half-step legendary realm, he was powerful enough to contend with an
expert of legendary first stage, however, he was so effortlessly killed by Ye Xiwen.
Of course, they knew that the Army of God only recruited top geniuses from the younger
generation, so a team leader was certainly going to be elite among elites. Not to mention, he
was at half-step legendary realm and was directly under the command of the five gods, but
was still killed in a blink of an eye by just a blade attack.
All in all, Ye Xiwen was insanely strong.
"Scram!"
Ye Xiwen shouted. The members of God's army were stubbornly staring at Ye Xiwen and
did not dare to approach him. They had already realized that Ye Xiwen was far stronger
than them, perhaps on the same level as their five gods.
Ye Xiwen did not mean to exterminate them, after all, these were just prisoners in the Army
of Gods.
Ye Xiwen had heard a lot of things about the tyrannical present of the five gods. It was said
that only few could rival their strength in the younger generation. Although everyone
wanted to be the strongest in the younger generation of southern region, it was rare for
someone to be daring enough to claim such a bold thing.
Although there were many legends about the five gods, no one actually knew about their
specific strength levels. However, there were rumors that the 1st god was at half-step
legendary third or fourth stage, and has an awe-inspiring military experience of 50 years as
a Warrior Commander.
It was said that had not set foot on the road to TMU because
when the representatives of TMU evaluated his qualifications, they decided to have him as
a disciple but he refused. He chose to embark on this road with the rhetoric that he would
beat all the geniuses of the younger generation and become the first person to enter TMU
via assessment.
Even if the other four gods were weaker than him, they were still powerful enough to stand
above an expert of half-step legendary realm who was just now killed by Ye Xiwen.
However, now that Ye Xiwen had offended them already, he would rather go all the way
and beat them one by one. He was striving to be at the top and would need to defeat all his
rivals sooner or later.
At this time, Mo Yan and Mo Xiang arrived next to Ye Xiwen and said.
"Kind brother, thanks for saving us siblings. We will always be grateful to you for this."
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Chapter 299: Dragon Essence
Ye Xiwen turned around to face the two siblings. The young male Mo Yan said: "I am Mo
Yan, this is my little sister Mo Xiang, we are deeply grateful to you for saving our lives."
"It was no big deal." Ye Xiwen certainly would not say that he wasn't planning to interfere
in the beginning, but had to when the members of God's Army attacked him for no reason.
"I am probably taking the liberty to ask you, but why are the members of God's Army after
you two?" Ye Xiwen asked.
"You don't know what's going on?" Mo Yan looked strangely at Ye Xiwen and asked.
"I just came here, so do not know much." Ye Xiwen replied.
"I see." Mo Yan nodded then said, "It is not a big surprise that there is a big city located
behind this mountain range. It is called Wing City and was originally a huge martial school
with its own small world, which is rumored to have been concealing a lot of heavenly
treasures. And there is this one kind of
treasures that can help an expert from directly jumping from half-step legendary realm to
the legendary realm; it's called dragon essence!"
"Dragon essence?" Ye Xiwen was suddenly startled because he also knew about dragon
essence being the legacy, left behind after the death of dragon arteries.
The so-called dragon arteries were a kind of spiritual arteries but were considered top
level among spiritual pulses. They not only contained adequate Lingqi but also brought
strong destiny.
An ordinary spiritual artery allowed the survival of an entire school and its prosperity, but
a dragon artery did it several times better by granting a significant rise in cultivation by
providing rich Lingqi for cultivation, and most importantly, also granted strong destiny to
the school built around it. If a small school could obtain a formidable dragon artery, it could
help them in becoming great, not to mention the destiny of the school would be stronger as
well.
However, anything that lives in this world dies eventually.
Everything that starts has an inevitable end. In this case, the death of a dragon artery leads
to the birth of dragon essence.
Although dragon essence is just the leftover of dragon
arteries, it is definitely a high tier heavenly treasure and is precious enough to make
experts of half-step legendary realm directly make a leap to legendary realm. Of course, the
benefits are not just this much; it can cleanse the human bone-marrow, turning it into
spirit-bones and giving an enormous advantage to the practitioner. Not to mention, if a
cultivator used dragon essence to cultivation, they can absorb its underlying destiny and
enhance his own by leaps and bounds. Now, one could imagine the preciousness of dragon
essence. In fact, even a major force like Yi Yuan School won't give a dragon essence to its
disciples because Yi Yuan School is built over just a single mesh of dragon arteries, and if
and when it dies, Yi Yuan School will not be far from decline. And when the complete
deterioration takes place, there will be a possibility of a dragon essence emerging as its
legacy.
And you have to be a super faction to have the possibility of leaving behind dragon essence
after deterioration because when dragon arteries die, the overall structural mesh of
arteries shrink crazily and most small dragon arteries would just disappear without a trace,
leaving nothing behind. Only a few super dragon arteries of gigantic size and potential have
a possibility of leaving behind dragon essence as the legacy.
And once it happens, it causes countless experts to compete over its legacy.
"Yes, the dragon essence is going to be born soon but in order to enter the small world
where it is going to appear, one needs a sword command. There are a total of eight sword
commands and only when all of them in a place, the gate to the small martial world can be
opened." Mo Yan said, "And I happen to have one such sword command so the army of god
chased me down to kill me and my sister and snatch it from us."
"Now we are willing to offer this sword to you, big brother.
Would you be willing to have it?" Mo Yan said and handed over a double-edged small
sword to Ye Xiwen. There were delicate looking patterns on the sword and it was hard to
tell what material it was made up of, however, it was exuding a strange glow.
"You do not want it?" Ye Xiwen asked.
"Even without this sword, people can go in when the gate to the small world opens. But a
humble expert like me has such a precious sword, it is bound to invoke jealousy among
men and me and my sister may not be able to survive another seize." Mo Yan openly said,
after all, he couldn't hide the fact that he was just an expert of Complete Truth realm and
was competing with many formidable experts. So, it was better for the sword to stay with a
powerful deterrent like Ye Xiwen.
In fact, a while ago, he was very close to handing over the sword command to the Army of
God in order to survive. After all, even if he and his sister had managed to escape, the news
about them having a sword command would have leaked anyway. He naturally understood
that staying away from a sword command was the only way to stay out of trouble.
"As long as you allow us siblings to follow you into the small martial world, we will be
satisfied." Mo Yan explained.
"Such being the case, I would not refuse." Ye Xiwen said and took the sword command. He
certainly wouldn't mind having a key to a treasure trove, after all, taking the initiative
would still be in his command. He could either choose to be active or passive about it.
Now that he had decided to compete for dragon essence, he wouldn't be hesitant about
being proactive.
Mo Yan and Mo Xiang rested for some time then al of then crossed the mountain and
arrived at Wing City. This city was much larger than Shun'an and was considered among
one of the 50 great cities of Ming Empire.
The giant city had erected towering walls and magnificent buildings, enough to make it no
less grand than an Imperial city.
They entered the city, found an inn and after settling in, they went to a restaurant. In the
restaurant, they heard people talking about martial art relic everywhere.
One must know that this martial art vestige was much more precious than the Four Sacred
Beasts secret technique of the eighth prince.
"Gee, the news about martial vestige has attracted many experts to our city."
"Yes, it is dragon essence after all. The experts who want to step into legendary realm are
naturally attracted to it. In fact, even experts, who are already in legendary realm, can level
up with the help of dragon essence."
"The top players of the younger generation are going to compete for it!"
"You are talking about the Army of God, aren't you? I hear that its members have been
searching for sword commands everywhere. Also, the fifth god has personally come into
action to obtain the dragon essence."
"I think they are too arrogant. Even if the five gods are strong experts, they shouldn't
underestimate other top experts of the younger generation."
"True, a lot of the members of God's Army were killed by formidable experts. That is why
the fifth god had to personally step in to collect the sword commands."
"Army of God is really an unusual organization with five gods, each ranked according to
their strength level. But even the fifth god, the lowest ranked god and youngest among all is
at the peak of half-step legendary realm. Two days ago, he killed a veteran of legendary
realm, this is simply insane!"
"Hey, but did you not hear that there is a monster wolf that had a verbal fight with him?"
"Hey, I have heard about a notorious wolf or some kind of dog.
Its reputation has spread far and wide in this region, but I did
not expect it to mess with God's Army as well. A day before yesterday, the fifth god blocked
its path and tried to tame it but it used some kind of insanely fast agility technique. Even
the fifth was unable to catch it, even if he is actually at legendary first stage."
Ye Xiwen immediately thought, is it not the wolf cub they are talking about? Army of God is
really out of luck. They do not know that they have messed with the wrong beast and their
destruction is evident.
Ye Xiwen looked happy. Mo Yan and Mo Xiang saw him suddenly turn happy and did not
know what happened to liven up his mood!
Then, suddenly, the atmosphere in the entire restaurant got tense.
"Humph, you wimps dare to discuss the Army of God and look down on us. It seems you do
not want to live anymore!" At this time, a few experts got up from their chairs. One could
see
'Army of God' embroidered on their uniforms.
Immediately, there was a pin drop silence in the restaurant.
Now, no one dared to speak a word as they did not dare to face the overbearing dominance
of the Army of God.
Annoying the Army of God was no different than being suicidal.
"A group of insignificant and talkative idiots think that they are capable enough to judge
us? Army of God is an absolute entity! Those who will try to speak or act against us shall
perish!" A member of the Army of God said and glanced at the crowd with a cold look in his
eyes. This was the typical way of how the Army of God operated in this city, not to mention
no one dared to challenge them.
"Everybody, listen up! The monster wolf has appeared outside the city and all our brother
of God's Army have gone out to catch it."
Suddenly, a voice sounded and informed everyone about the appearance of the wolf cub.
"Well, that monster wolf is really courting death. Let's go!"
The members immediately turned into streamers of light and flew outside the city.
Ye Xiwen sneered and shook his head. These members of the Army of God were nothing but
truth level experts whereas the wolf cub was already at half-step legendary realm. They
were going toward their own doom.
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Chapter 300: The Fifth God Appears
At this time, the well-uniformed members of God's Army were flying all over the city.
Ye Xiwen finally got up and set out of the restaurant.
Although he was finally going to meet the wolf cub, he was not in a rush and appeared to be
going at his own pace. He was not willing to interfere because he knew that there was no
need to do so in the first place.
"Brother Ye, are you going to take a look?" Mo Yan looked at Ye Xiwen and said. Ye Xiwen
had killed a half-step legendary member of the Army of God, and there was a possibility
that he was on their hit-list now, even if he had killed all the witnesses.
However, it was the best for them to stay away from the Army of God.
"Yes, I am going to meet a good friend of mine. You two can wait here." Ye Xiwen said.
"No, please let us come with you." Mo Yan secretly clenched his teeth and said.
Ye Xiwen smiled, thought that Mo Yan was quite courageous.
Even after knowing the possibility of bumping into the fifth god, he still dared to go with Ye
Xiwen. Perhaps, Mo Yan was worried about the treasure that was now in Ye Xiwen's
possession.
The three of them flew out of the city along with several streamers of lights. The sky above
the city was filled with figures of experts flying at incredible speeds.
Ye Xiwen and the other two soon arrived at an open field that was encircled by a large
group of experts, mostly the members of the Army of God.
A large number of experts were floating in the sky and watching from the sidelines.
"Damn you, dog demon, you will die today!" A skinny member of God's Army said while
staring at the wolf cub who was standing in the center of the field.
Ye Xiwen noticed that the wolf cub had grown up significantly, almost reaching up to his
chest, and contrary to
the rumors, his strength level was already rivaling that of legendary experts.
"F**k you! You are a dog; your entire family is the lowest breed of dogs." The wolf cub
suddenly shouted with anger boiling in his eyes. The onlookers immediately started to
laugh aloud, thinking that this wolf demon beast was definitely stupid.
"You are all talk but no action. The only thing you are good at is running away, but today,
you can forget that as well. I will first skin you, then pull out your muscles and crush your
bones." The skinny expert said in a provocative tone.
"You think this prince will escape? I'm right here, show me what you got!" The wolf cub
smiled and proudly said. He did not seem afraid of being surrounded by so many experts
because his agility skill was very mysterious. In fact, without relying on the speed boost
from the devil wings, even Ye Xiwen wouldn't be able to catch up with the wolf cub's speed,
even the so-called fifth god was unable to catch him.
"Everybody, today we will butcher this dog and eat a pot full of dog meat curry. Begin!" Said
the skinny expert, and immediately, dozens of members of God's Army sprang toward
the wolf cub.
"Boom!" The wolf cub opened its mouth wide and spat out a rotating divine beam that
rushed forward as if piercing the expansive sky, sweeping away everything in its way.
"Puff!"
"Puff!"
"Puff!"
Several members of the Army of God were directly vaporized by the divine beam, not giving
them any chance to approach the wolf cub.
"Shitty demon beast, die already!" The skinny expert blasted a punch, unleashing a burst of
surging Zhen Yuan towards the wolf cub.
"Humph! Heavenly Wolf Howling Moon!" The wolf cub snorted then muttered something,
after which, he turned his
face upward toward the sky and howled. His whole body was enveloped in an ominous
aura as the moon instantly started to change color. The sky was dark a moment ago but a
perfectly round bright moon rose up in the sky, showering beautiful yet ominous moonlight
everywhere.
Under the illumination of moonlight, the wolf cub galloped forward. The earth began to
vibrate vigorously, and in a blink of an eye, he arrived in front of the skinny expert, opened
his mouth and swallowed the Zhen Yuan attack at point blank range. Then immediately
stretched his claws and grabbed that skinny expert.
"Puchi!" The skinny expert was instantly torn into two parts, his blood splattering
everywhere, bone chips flying off in the air. An expert of half-step legendary realm had
been directly torn apart.
The skinny expert died on the spot, shocking many experts who were watching this scene.
The wolf cub glanced at the skinny expert's corpse that was now in two parts, and said in
his usual foul-mouthed manner:
"Now go cook a pot of your bi**h sister's meat in hell, you shitty dog."
Everyone was terrified by this scene, after all, an expert of half-step legendary realm was
brutally butchered in front of their eyes, without even getting a chance to fight back. This
wolf was really a monster!
One must know that on this road, the experts of half-step legendary realm were considered
extremely extraordinary figures, powerful enough to run amuck in any city of this region.
Not to mention, the Army of God was famous for having strict recruitment process with
very harsh standards, with no scope of non-elites becoming a member. All members of the
God's Army were considered pure elites.
An expert of half-step legendary realm was definitely an outstanding character but still
failed to last even a moment in front of the wolf monster. This wolf monster was formidable
to what extent? Was it already an expert of half-step legendary first stage?
"This wolf demon beast is a monster. Damn, look at its strength level! It can easily contend
with the top players of the younger generation."
"Yes, but I don't know, maybe the fifth god will personally move into action. It would be a
lot of fun to watch a battle between them."
"Catch him!" A member of the Army of God suddenly shouted frantically. Several experts of
half-step legendary realm rushed toward the wolf cub at once.
This organization of Army of God was indeed one of the best-organized groups known to Ye
Xiwen. There were actually only a few good half-step legendary experts in the group but
each had unimaginable cultivation depth. Ye Xiwen hadn't come across any other
organization so well trained and well structured. As a fellow expert, he truly felt respect for
the founder of the Army of God.
"Humph!" An expert of half-step legendary realm suddenly punched toward the wolf cub,
smashing the space into multiple pieces in the process.
The wolf cub suddenly jumped upward and turned into a streamer of light, avoiding the
encirclement entirely. The members simply had no way to catch him; on the contrary, he
started killing the members one after another.
Many onlookers were secretly surprised; the wolf cub's agility skill was not ordinary. No
wonder he went as far as picking a fight with an entire team of God Army. So it seemed like
the rumor about the fifth god failing to catch him was not fake.
"Hey, you idiots are too slow, just like turtles." The wolf cub made no concessions while
ridiculing them.
Ye Xiwen looked at the wolf cub and noticed that there had been a tremendous change in
his agility skill and overall speed.
He could tell that these experts were not fast enough to catch up with the wolf cub, in fact,
he himself would need to use his devil wings to match the wolf cub's speed!
"Humph!" At this time, a loud voice resounded in the sky and a big hand stretched down
from above, turned into an insanely sturdy cage and tried to trap the wolf cub.
"Damn it, a surprise attack!" The wolf cub suddenly cursed and immediately flew several
dozen feet away. He successfully went out of the range of that cage
"Boom!" The cage crashed into the ground and created a huge crater.
Although the wolf cub escaped, the enemy was obviously not ready to give up. Another cage
fell down from high altitude, right upon the wolf cub.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
With a loud roar, cages fell down to the ground one after another.
"Fifth god, you bastard, you shouldn't have appeared in front of me." The wolf cub yelled
but did not have the means to maintain a cool look on his face, on the contrary, he was in
complete distress right now.
"Fifth god!"
"Fifth god has arrived!"
"Where is he?"
"Are you telling me the fifth god has arrived at Yongan city?
This monster wolf is so dead now!"
"I heard that the fifth god has taken a fancy to this wolf demon and wants to have it as a pet,
but did not expect that it would be so formidable. He had to face a lot of trouble and still
wasn't able to tame it."
"I think the fifth god is going to slaughter this wolf monster."
The fifth god's popularity was simply off the charts. Being the lowest ranked god, he was
approachable and was similar to a role model for all junior members of the organization
who looked up to him and wanted to be like him.
A stalwart figure came out from the void. His facial features made him appear quite
domineering, with his black hair fluttering in the wind. The golden robe was really
complimenting his tall stature as he was overlooking the world
like a real god from ancient times.
This was the infamous expert of the God's Army, the fifth god.
"I hope you are prepared to die, little one?" The fifth god looked at the wolf cub with an ice-
cold look flashing in his eyes.
"You are courting death!" The wolf cub roared, "Who do you think you are, eh? You are no
god; your title is nothing but shit.
I have seen much stronger individuals than you and even they do not dare to claim to be
some god. You better not bite off more than you can chew."
"Humph!" The fifth god did not say anything, just stretched out his big hand that gotg
bigger and bigger while going toward the wolf cub.
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Chapter 301: Hand To Hand Fight
A big hand instantly shrouded the sky and went toward the wolf cub to grab him.
"Ye Xiwen, just act already! What are you waiting for!" The wolf cub hastily called out. He
had spotted Ye Xiwen in the crowd long time ago.
Ye Xiwen smiled and thought- this wolf cub is really very smart and astute!
Of course, he wouldn't keep the wolf cub waiting any longer and instantly moved into
action. His killing intention immediately flashed and spread out in all directions, instantly
blotting out the sky and overwhelming the fifth god's aura.
"Who is this man, daring to challenge the fifth god?"
This question cropped up in everyone's hearts as they just couldn't dare to believe that
someone would dare to challenge the fifth god. After all, they would never dare to stand in
the way of the fifth god.
The reason was simple- going against the fifth god meant instant death.
"Boom!" The golden divine nature of Ye Xiwen was just like a golden tide that blotted out
the sky and swept across in all directions. The fifth god's big hand happened to be in the
way of this destructive golden tide and was directly annihilated, turning into Lingqi before
dissipating into thin air.
Everyone saw a blue figure floating above the golden tide and overlooking the fifth god.
Ye Xiwen's cold eyes were staring at the fifth god. The wolf cub was sitting cross-legged
beside him in midair.
Ye Xiwen had painted the world golden within moments.
Now, the surrounding area was looking like a portrait made up of gold, like a true
masterpiece painted by God himself.
"Who are you? How dare you stand in the way of the Army of God?" The fifth god stared
back at Ye Xiwen and said in a loud voice.
"Army of God you say? Never heard of it, am I supposed to care?" Ye Xiwen replied with a
smile. "God? Are you trying to tell this year's funniest joke or something?"
Ye Xiwen said and burst into laughter. At this time, the onlookers faintly recognized the
hidden meaning of his words, claiming to be God was overly rampant. Those daring to use
the name of God according to their convenience were definitely too arrogant to reason
with, but the truth was undeniable that this organization was very strong, and on this
route, no one dared to act against the Army of God. Even the wolf cub came almost close to
getting captured by them. Confronting just one was so dangerous, not to mention there
were five of them in total.
"Are you suicidal?" The fifth god replied without losing his cool as intended by Ye Xiwen.
Seeing the wolf cub arriving beside Ye Xiwen was certainly making him furious.
"Ye Xiwen, you have to be careful, he is very strong!" The wolf cub said. Even if he had this
insanely insolent personality, he still was honest and said that the fifth god was very strong.
Right now, he was recovering and knew well that he was not an opponent of the fifth god.