True Martial World - Chapter 289: Jumping out of the frying pan and into the fire

Hearing Yang Haoran's strange cry, Yi Yun was delighted. If the rascal was caught by the mutated Three Eyed Spider, it would be a joyous occasion for all.

This was retribution and Yang Haoran could give them some time by delaying the monster.

Of course, before Yi Yun could focus to see what had happened to Yang Haoran, he heard a loud explosion as a surge of energy chaotically erupted like a volcano.

Yang Haoran had detonated a high grade explosive disk array!

This disk array slightly impeded the mutated Three Eyed Spider, and after that Yang Haoran's body emitted a pale gold aura. His speed instantly increased as he charged towards Yi Yun and company!

"That rascal sure has a haunting presence!" Yi Yun cursed in his heart.

But this was reasonable. Even Chu Shan and Chu Luo would specially buy a special disk array and array charms as their life-saving trump cards, so why would Yang Haoran not do so?

A person like him would not easily die while in training.

Many thoughts whizzed past Yi Yun's mind and at that moment, the frost pool that Chu Xiaoran mentioned appeared in front of them!

Below the steep cliff, there was a deep blue pool. There was a wind blowing through the canyon, but the water remained calm, without any ripples or waves. It was quiet like a piece of cold jade.

A frost pool like this gave off a very eerie feel to it.

"There it is!" Chu Xiaoran said.

At that moment, the group no longer had time to decide what was inside the frost pool. They charged right into the frost pool at a high speed.

"Splash!"

Water splashed up. The moment Yi Yun entered the water, he could feel the biting cold of the cold water.

It was a temperature that really froze right into a person's marrow. It was a surprise that this frost pool did not freeze at such a low temperature.

And not only that, Yi Yun felt that the water in the frost pool was heavy and sticky. It had great resistance and it was very strange!

Yi Yun did not think any further and he circulated his body's pure Yang Qi, which instantly removed the coldness. He was like a lively fish swimming deep into the frost pool.

Previously, Yi Yun had practiced the 'Dragon Dancing in Vast Water' of the 'Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist', so he was very familiar with deep diving.

The five of them helped each other out. Chu Shan and Chu Luo were weaker than the other three, but by using all their Yuan Qi, they were able to cope with the cold pool water.

"Splash!"

Another heavy object entered the water. Yang Haoran had caught up.

"This rascal... There is no fairness in this world. He actually did not die!" Qiuniu gritted his teeth as he said that.

At that moment, all of them were unable to fend for themselves, so no one could be bothered to care about Yang Haoran. All of them used all of their strength to swim deeper into the pool.

Soon, the surrounding environment turned dark.

The pool had an extremely strong ability to remain opaque to light. Just diving down tens of meters into the pool resulted in one not being able to see one's fingers in front of them.

Although all them were using their strength to wade through the water, there was not a single wave of sound in the water. It was an eerie silence.

The mysterious deep pool was like the huge mouth of a demon that had swallowed all of them up.

At that moment, Yi Yun had realized why Chu Xiaoran had only previously dived in halfway before not venturing any further. This deep pool really gave one a strong sense of unease. No one knew what was down below.

The water insulated against sound, light and perception. It was as if they were trapped in an eternal darkness. This was like the legendary gate to Hell, and if they were to swim deeper, they would swim into Hell.

"Is everyone here?" Chu Xiaoran's Yuan Qi transmission rung in Yi Yun's ears.

After reaching a depth of about 200 meters in the pool, the few of them were separated by about ten meters, yet they found it difficult to perceive the other's presence.

Although warriors could see in the dark, they still needed a trace of light. In an environment without any light, a warrior was unable to see anything.

Besides, in the pool, there was a strong damping of Yuan Qi fluctuations. Even Chu Xiaoran's Yuan Qi transmission became intermittent due to the dampening.

"Here!" Yi Yun transmitted his voice.

He opened his energy vision but in the bizarre pool, the range he could see using the energy vision was greatly reduced compared to being on land. But, it was still much better than Chu Xiaoran and company.

Yi Yun first looked up to see if the mutated Three Eyed Spider was still chasing after them.

But just above Yi Yun, in the still water, there was the mutated Three Eyed Spider!

Its speed had slowed down because it seemed to be afraid of the unknown deep pool. It did not dare to dive down too quickly.

Many desolate beasts could sense ominous places better than humans. This was the only good news.

But, Yi Yun and company still had to dive deeper into the water. No one could guarantee that the mutated Three Eyed Spider would not suddenly crazily chase them again.

"Oh? Yang Haoran..." Yi Yun frowned slightly. He saw Yang Haoran in his energy vision. Due to the darkness caused by the pool's water, Yang Haoran had opened up a gap between them. They were about 100 meters away from each other.

"This rascal..." Yi Yun was pissed.

Yang Haoran had hogged the training ground for himself from the beginning. After Yi Yun used trickery to force Yang Haoran to leave, Yang Haoran unexpectedly managed to attract a mutated Three Eyed Spider that nearly wiped them all out.

The culprit behind this was lucky enough to survive, while all his followers were now dead.

But currently, Yi Yun was no match for Yang Haoran. He could not beat him even if he wanted to seek revenge. Even if he could beat him, due to the Tai Ah Divine City's rules, he could not do anything to Yang Haoran.

Yi Yun could no longer be bothered to think of Yang Haoran. He turned his focus towards the bottom and prepared to use the energy vision to figure out a path in the frost pool. This look made Yi Yun feel pins and needles!

About 100 meters deep later, there were three huge caves. Around the mouth of the cave, there was a rapid water flow as a strong suction tugged at the water, sucking the water into it. This formed three black swirls!

Yi Yun did not know where the swirls led to, but he felt a strong sense of unease.

Such a cave's depth was unknowingly deep. Although a warrior could stay in the water for a very long time, he could not stay in there indefinitely. If the cave was so deep that it didn’t have a bottom and it led to an unknown secret ground, then it was likely that they would die in this underground deep pool.

Yi Yun's first thought was to choose another direction to flee. As the threat from the mutated Three Eyed Spider had been greatly reduced, there was no reason to risk their lives to go into the unfathomably deep caves. There might be other paths that they could go in the deep pool.

Just as Yi Yun was looking around for another way out, he suddenly feel a chill engulf him from head to toe. It made his heart contract as his blood flow stopped!

Below the deep pool, about 50 meters away from them, there was a school of strange fish that surrounded them in a circle!

Every one of these strange fish were about a foot long. They were floating quietly in the water, slowly gathering around them like underwater spirits.

They had amber round eyes with an empty stare in them. It was as if they had no focal length. They approached in a quiet fashion. This situation was alarming!

"We have been surrounded!" Yi Yun transmitted his voice.

"What!?" Chu Xiaoran and company had not detected these strange fish.

"A sort of aquatic desolate beast that looks like a fish. There are no details on such desolate beasts in the "Divine Wilderness" book. There are at least a hundred of them in this pool!"

The strange fish may be small, but Yi Yun would not forget the palm-sized piranhas in his previous life. If they gathered into a large group, it was an absolute nightmare.

"Aquatic desolate beast?" Chu Xiaoran and company were like blind people in the pool, so they were unable to perceive the strange fish. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

They did not know how Yi Yun was able to detect the beasts. But since he said so, there was no mistake in it.

"Where?" Qiuniu touched his interspatial ring, in preparation of taking out his weapon.

Yi Yun grimaced. A few hundred meters below the water surface, there was an immense pressure and a biting cold. Also, the water was heavy and sticky. It was also an environment which diminished perception, reducing their combat power to about 10-20%.

For example, Qiuniu's weapon was a massive tower shield. Yi Yun could not imagine what sort of damage Qiuniu could do with that ridiculously heavy tower shield against the fish in the water.

And these fish were natural underwater killers. In the water, they were able to maximize their combat power. If this dragged out, the chances of the five of them fighting in a group was slim!

Several thoughts quickly flashed through Yi Yun's mind. At that moment, Chu Xiaoran, Qiuniu and company saw the water monsters, as their amber eyes began to glow red.

With more than a hundred strange fish, it was like they were surrounded by ghosts at night with those hundred pairs of red glowing eyes.

Chu Xiaoran and company all held their breaths!

They were really surrounded.

They had just jumped out of the frying pan and into the fire!

True Martial World - Chapter 288: One With the Saber

"Yang Haoran sure is wicked!" Yi Yun cursed in his heart.

This canyon led deep into Meteorite Abyss. Logically speaking, Yang Haoran would have headed towards the outer perimeter of Meteorite Abyss if he wanted to leave the canyon before finding a spot to set up camp for the night.

After he met a terrifying desolate beast, he should have fled towards the exterior. If that monster did not wish to leave the confines of Meteorite Abyss, he might be able to survive.

But Yang Haoran's choice was the opposite. He fled back into Meteorite Abyss.

Clearly, Yang Haoran believed that the chances of him escaping out of Meteorite Abyss were very slim. Hence, he diverted the trouble, letting others take the rear.

"Yi Yun, what is happening?" Chu Xiaoran asked. But just as she asked, there was no longer a need for Yi Yun to reply.

Because she saw Yang Haoran bolting towards them. And behind Yang Haoran, there was a huge golden spider. It was covered in tiger-like stripes and its head had three green eyes. Its entire body was shimmering.

"That's a Three Eyed Spider!?" Chu Xiaoran searched through the information in her mind and only the Three Eyed Spider came closest to fitting the bill. But a Three Eyed Spider did not have any tiger stripes, nor did its body shimmer.

Could it be a mutated beast?

Chu Xiaoran took a deep cold breath. There were countless numbers of desolate beasts in the Divine Wilderness and there were many varieties. Sometimes, due to encountering special fortuitous events such as swallowing a treasure, or other reasons, some would end up mutating.

And most mutations would make them stronger than their original selves!

Originally, a Three Eyed Spider was already very strong, and Chu Xiaoran knew she was no match for, what more it was a mutated Three Eyed Spider!

It was no wonder Yang Haoran was fleeing!

They were in a canyon and there was only one path. If they could not outrun the mutated spider, they would probably all die here!

"People, don't run. Stop and combine forces with me to kill this wretch!" Yang Haoran shouted from behind Chu Xiaoran and company. A strong wind resulted in a staccato voice as he said, "I was fighting the monster just now. Although I'm not its match, I'm not that much inferior to it. With your help, victory is guaranteed! If we keep fleeing, we will eventually take turns to be killed by it!"

Yang Haoran barked. Chu Shan almost stopped because what Yang Haoran said made sense. They were now running deep into Meteorite Abyss now. The deeper they went, the number of monsters and the strength of these monsters increased. It was equivalent to suicide.

If they stopped to fight in a desperate attempt, there was a chance of survival.

"Don't believe his words!"

At the moment Chu Shan hesitated, Yi Yun's fierce voice transmitted into his ears. "He only wants you to slow down to line his back. I guarantee you that if you stop, he will overtake you and be the first one to escape!"

Yi Yun could feel the power of the mutated Three Eyed Spider through his Purple Crystal vision. It was not something a group of children like them could handle!

Maybe if a Human Lord came, he could handle this Three Eyed Spider.

"There is a deep pool ten kilometers ahead. The pool's water is cold to the bone and it is unfathomably deep. We might be able to escape through that!"As the group was fleeing, Chu Xiaoran said calmly.

She was a warrior who cultivated frost ice laws, so she was very familiar with the extremely cold spots in Meteorite Abyss.

"Have you ever explored the deep pool?" Yi Yun pressed.

"Not much! I only went down to a few hundred meters deep. Any deeper down and it is absolute darkness and I have no idea where it leads to, so I didn't proceed further. It might lead to an underground river!" Chu Xiaoran quickly gave her analysis.

"Ten kilometers, we should be able to make it. Let's risk it!" Yi Yun made his decision. With their strength, they could cover ten kilometers in approximately 100-200 seconds at full speed!

Chu Shan and Chu Luo had the speed array's blessing that allowed them to keep up. If not, Yi Yun would also not be able to take care of them because he could not even save himself.

Yang Haoran was catching up as his speed was faster than all of them.

"This bunch of little bastards are cunning. But that's useless, I will still overtake all of you!" Yang Haoran gritted his teeth. He also knew about the frost pool!

Ten kilometers, eight kilometers, five kilometers...

The frost pool was getting closer but the mutated Three Eyed Spider was closing the gap!

Suddenly, a gigantic black ape-shaped desolate beast appeared in front of Yi Yun and company without any warning.

It was a Blue Blood Ape!

All of them were shocked. Previously, the desolate beast that Yang Haoran had attracted using the Beast Luring Grass to attract it and then kill it was a Blue Blood Ape!

Yang Haoran was strong, but he still needed a few attacks before he managed to kill it.

As for Qiuniu and Chu Xiaoran, it would be extremely difficult to kill the Blue Blood Ape. Its defensive power was much stronger than a Metallic Fire Ant.

The Metallic Fire Ant had its antennas as a weakness, but a Blue Blood Ape had no weaknesses!

Its sudden appearance that blocked them was a nightmare!

"That's bad!"

Time was of the essence. Chu Shan and Chu Luo felt despair when they saw the Blue Blood Ape appear!

Just being stalled here for a few seconds would result in them being torn to shreds by the Three Eyed Spider behind them! Even Yang Haoran had to use ten seconds to kill the monster, so how were they going to pass it?

As they were almost deep in despair, a shadow flashed and rushed right in front of them. Yi Yun had jumped forward with the Thousand Army Saber in hand!

That moment, his eyes were filled with killing intent, but his mind was extremely calm. The saber tomb's 32 Words flashed across his mind. The sword truths became extremely clear at that very moment.

Boom!

Radiant Sun Qi burst out from behind Yi Yun, forming a magnificent picture of the Tang Valley. Like the roar of a dragon and tiger, the Thousand Army Saber seemed to become an extension of Yi Yun's body, being one with Yi Yun!

"Saber Truth's 32 Words–One With the Saber!"

Yi Yun's entire body and the Thousand Army Saber became a blinding blade beam before it slashed at the Blue Blood Ape!

The Blue Blood Ape roared as it sent a slap towards Yi Yun!

Its odd strength was able to collapse a hill with a slap!

But, Yi Yun was too fast. It was so fast that before the Blue Blood Ape's attack struck him, Yi Yun's saber had already hit the Blue Blood Ape!

"Swish!"

The blood-colored blade beam flashed across the sky as if the blade beam swallowed up the light, causing its surroundings to turn dark. It was as if the saber was the only thing left in this entire world!

The Blue Blood Ape's body trembled and blood splattered out. Yi Yun's attack had split the Blue Blood Ape in half from top to bottom!

Under the strong shock waves, the Blue Blood Ape's two halves flew off to the sides, crashing heavily into the rocks.

Yi Yun and his saber went through the ape's body, covering his entire body with blood!

Oh!?

Qiuniu and Chu Xiaoran, who were behind Yi Yun, were both shocked. Chu Shan and Chu Luo could not even believe their eyes. Previously, Yi Yun had showed his strength killing other desolate beasts, but it was mostly through trickery. He attacked the weak spots of the desolate beasts. He was never like this, attacking a Blue Blood Ape, which had terrifying defensive power, head on with one slash and splitting it in half!

Even Yang Haoran, who was running behind them, felt his heart miss a beat.

This attack was too terrifying. Even his strongest attack could not create such damage!

Of course, attack strength was just one aspect of one's combat power. Yang Haoran still had advantages Yi Yun did not have like an Aspect Totem, insights into laws and quantity of Yuan Qi. But even so, it still horrified Yang Haoran!

A Purple Blood realm warrior's attack strength could achieve such a level?

Yang Haoran suddenly felt that after offending Yi Yun today, if Yi Yun survived, he would likely seek revenge against Yang Haoran in an intensified manner.

Just thinking of this made Yang Haoran's heart flash murderous intent.

"Yi Yun, are you alright!?" Chu Xiaoran said as she used her movement techniques to rapidly traverse the ground.

With that attack, Yi Yun was completely worn out. This was the strongest attack he could use after painstakingly trying to understand the saber tomb's saber truths in the past two months!

The way of the saber had killing at its core. With an invincible mind, one would be invincible in all other aspects!

The most terrifying thing of the Saber Truth's 32 Words left behind by the saber tomb's owner was its attacks. And with Radiant Sun Qi powering the saber truths, it no doubt maximized the attack's damage!

But...with Yi Yun's Purple Blood realm cultivation level, it consumed so much Yuan Qi just to power this attack!

With this one attack, he was depleted about half of his Yuan Qi, making it hard for him to carry on fighting.

If his cultivation level was to reach the Yuan Foundation realm, then the same attack could be used ten times without a problem. It was also because of this that Yi Yun was unable to fight against the mid-stage Yuan Foundation realm experts that were placed in the hundreds of the Earth roll.

After Yi Yun killed the Blue Blood Ape with one attack, Chu Shan, Qiuniu and company's morale greatly increased. They charged towards the frost pool with one breath!

But at that moment, Yang Haoran suddenly issued a strange cry from behind!

True Martial World - Chapter 287: Diverting Trouble

"Hahaha! Your father is dying of laughter! Your father is dying of laughter!" Qiuniu jumped up and down while laughing. "Daddy Niu has never seen such a good show before in his life!"

"Brother Yi, you sure are prophetic! Thankfully, I recorded it!" Qiuniu slapped Yi Yun strongly on his shoulders. He waved the video disk array in his hands with delight. Yang Haoran was a complete retard!

Yi Yun laughed and said, "I was just saying. I didn't expect it to actually happen. Is this the legendary foul mouth?"

"Hahaha! What foul mouth? This is Buddha's mouth. Whatever you say happens! I'm only thinking, why didn't it explode in that rascal's mouth?" Qiuniu said with some regret.

Yi Yun felt a chill down his spine when he heard this. Wasn't this the so-called **** (censored)? This Qiuniu sure was evil.

But it was impossible, even if he really wanted to make it explode in Yang Haoran's mouth. A distance of three inches was Yi Yun's limit. As the beast mark was formed, the connection between the beast mark and Yang Haoran's dantian would become stronger, and the beast mark's energy would become energy that had an owner. When that happened, the Purple Crystal could no longer control it.

Seeing the disk array in Qiuniu's hand, Yang Haoran clenched his fists as his nails lodged deep into his flesh.

What was going on today? Why did that happen!?

"Young… Young Master… It was just an accident, right...?" A lackey ventured a guess when he noticed Yang Haoran's unkindly expression.

"Shut up!" Yang Haoran growled deeply. The lackey immediately turned silent and he did not dare to say another word.

Could an accident happen twice?

What was the reason behind this?

Yang Haoran was really going mad. He did not know where the problem lay. He even suspected that there was a problem with his soul. Did it suddenly become unsuitable for condensing beast marks?

No matter what the reason was, Yang Haoran felt that it was pointless to cultivate anymore today.

Ignoring his repeated failures, he was even unable to calm his current state of mind down. Cultivating an Aspect Totem required a calm state of mind.

With a group of people watching him, and having someone record a disk array video, Yang Haoran felt as if he was a clown performing on stage.

Although Yang Haoran wanted to attempt condensing another beast mark, for some unknown reason, he had a hunch that his third attempt would also result in failure.

He took a few deep breaths before he managed to pacify his furious mood.

With his purple sword in hand, he walked towards Qiuniu.

"What do you want? Do you want to fight?" Qiuniu was lacking in confidence about facing Yang Haoran. He was after all a person who ranked around 100 on the Tai Ah Divine City's Earth roll. Even Yi Yun was no match for him.

"Give me the disk array. I'll leave the place for you!"

Since he was not able to cultivate for the moment, Yang Haoran planned on leaving. Hence, the place would naturally be left for Qiuniu and company, but he did not want Qiuniu to have a disk array of his pathetic performance.

With Qiuniu's personality, it was very likely that he would leak the disk array's video out. This was something that made Yang Haoran feel full of disgust.

"Heh!" Qiuniu snorted. He wanted to use the disk array to reprimand Yang Haoran and add insult to injury.

But before he could open his mouth, Yi Yun said, "Give it to him."

"Brother Yi..." Qiuniu glanced at Yi Yun.

He found that Yang Haoran was an eyesore and he felt that not insulting him would be a pity. But since Yi Yun said so, Qiuniu decided to let it go.

Yi Yun said, "Toe the line on everything. There is no need to offend him too openly. Yang Haoran has his bottom line. If he really wants to fight us, we are not his match."

"Young Master Haoran probably made an accidental mistake this time."

The first few sentences were said to Qiuniu through a transmission. The last sentence was said by Yi Yun to Yang Haoran. Yang Haoran grunted before taking the disk array and left without turning back.

Seeing Yang Haoran thwarted, Qiuniu had not fully expressed his views and clicked his tongue, "Such a pity. There are plenty of girls who like Yang Haoran. I really wanted to know what their expressions would be like if I were to show them the disk array. Two consecutively failures at condensing a beast mark at the mid-stages of the Yuan Foundation realm. Haha! I wonder what went wrong with Yang Haoran."

Qiuniu was in high spirits. He felt extremely good today. He was nursing a grievance because of Yang Haoran, but now, he managed to find respite. It felt great!

Qiuniu could not get his mind off that matter and he asked Yi Yun, "I must say. Brother Yi, you are too nice. How could you give him the disk array back so easily?"

Yi Yun laughed and said, "You must toe the line as a human being. Besides, we did not lose a thing."

Yi Yun's words were echoed by Chu Shan, "Brother Yi is right. There's no need to push the matter to an irreconcilable state."

Chu Luo also said, "Little Brother Yi Yun is so gifted, yet he is so humble. He is nice and he has a big heart. That is something rare."

The group began chatting while Yi Yun laughed ingenuously. These people sure had good eyes. My character has always been good and my heart has always been wide.

Yi Yun accepted their praises calmly. As he was smiling, he noticed Chu Xiaoran's gaze. Chu Xiaoran was looking deeply at him with an indescribable meaning behind it.

Yi Yun's heart thumped. Could it be that this maiden had seen through something?

But even if Chu Xiaoran vaguely felt something was amiss, it was just a guess. She had no evidence for anything.

No one would believe that Yi Yun, as a Purple Blood realm warrior, had the ability to affect Yang Haoran's ability in condensing a beast mark.

"Speaking of this, they did not take the Beast Luring Grass away!" Yi Yun noticed the Beast Luring Grass on the ground and hurriedly changed the subject. He wanted to prevent Chu Xiaoran from thinking too much.

With a flash of his figure, he came to the side of the Beast Luring Grass and picked it up.

Chu Luo said, "There's not much effect in this Beast Luring Grass you picked up. Once the Beast Luring Grass is heated up, its effects can only last about 2-4 hours. And in Meteorite Abyss, the Beast Luring Grass is too dangerous. You might lure a strong desolate beast you cannot handle."

Although Chu Luo said that, Yi Yun still decided to keep the Beast Luring Grass after some thought.

In his interspatial ring, the Beast Luring Grass' smell was cut off, so he did not worry about attracting desolate beasts.

Now they occupied the best canyon in the perimeter of Meteorite Abyss, it was of great value. Training here with the desolate beasts that had abundant pure Yang energy within their bodies would save them a lot of time.

They split up and helped each other out as they advanced through the canyon.

...

Peng!

With a bowstring sounding out, a large red bird was shot down by the Tai Cang Bow. It had wanted to launch a surprise attack on Yi Yun.

It was a Fire Falcon that liked to eat the hearts and livers of humans. Legend has it that some tribes in the wilderness had burial traditions that Yi Yun had seen before in his previous life. They would feed the corpses of the dead to Fire Falcons as a burial method, allowing their souls to rise to Heaven noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

The Wind Chasing Arrow had pierced through the Fire Falcon's abdomen. Before it died, its sharp talons swiped down at Yi Yun without taking it lying down.

But Yi Yun was well prepared. He slashed with the Thousand Army Saber and chopped the Fire Falcon with one attack!

"Good archery skills Brother Yi!" Qiuniu praised. He was not praising Yi Yun's accuracy but he was praising Yi Yun’s strength. To be able to pierce through a Fire Falcon indicated that the strength behind that arrow was tremendously terrifying!

Yi Yun did not say anything and interfaced his spiritual energy with the Purple Crystal. As the purple light swirled, the pure Yuan Qi within the Fire Falcon condensed into a beast mark.

Up until now, Yi Yun had killed two Fire Boars and a Fire Falcon in this canyon.

But when he absorbed the beast marks into his body, he felt that he was still a long way off from forming a 'Myriad Beast Totem' Aspect Totem...

"It looks like I cannot continue on this training expedition. I need to return to the Tai Ah Divine City to exchange for another totem mystic technique."

As Yi Yun was thinking of that, he suddenly heard a scream coming from behind the canyon. Following that, there was a fierce roar of a beast!

"Oh? What's the matter?"

Yi Yun was alarmed. Beside him, Qiuniu and Chu Xiaoran gripped their weapons tightly.

Before the surprise appeared, a killing intent had spread over!

Yi Yun opened his Purple Crystal's vision and he saw the scene at the back. In his vision, there was a shining energy fire. This made Yi Yun's heart miss a beat. It was a terrifying desolate beast, almost the level of a King-ranked desolate beast, and it was charging towards them!

And running in front of the desolate beast was Yang Haoran!

"Ah!"

Yet another scream. Yang Haoran's lackey was pinned to the ground by the desolate beast. His entire torso was penetrated and his organs were destroyed. He bled from all his orifices!

Yi Yun was completely stunned. Although he had previously heard that countless numbers of people died in the Divine Wilderness in the millions of years, and there was a 20% death or disability rate amongst the Tai Ah Divine City's cultivators, this was the first time he actually saw a cultivator die while training in the Divine Wilderness.

A live person, even if he had a weak presence, was still a life. And he had turned into a bloody pile of meat in an instant!

The world was cruel! The Divine Wilderness was cruel!

"Young Master, save me!"

Behind Yang Haoran, there was a heart-wrenching scream, but Yang Haoran could not be bothered with him. He only hated the fact that he did not bring enough followers with him this time. The more followers he had, the more they could delay the huge monster behind him. Even delaying it by half a second was good.

But, it was alright. Yang Haoran still remembered that Yi Yun, Chu Xiaoran and company had entered this canyon.

Yi Yun, Chu Xiaoran and company were stronger than his lackeys. With them in the rear, his chances of survival was much higher.

With this thought in mind, Yang Haoran sped up as he rushed towards Yi Yun and company.

All of this happened in a split second. Yi Yun loudly shouted, "Run!"

With that said, Yi Yun turned around and ran!

Oh!?

Chu Xiaoran and Qiuniu did not have Yi Yun's energy vision and they did not know what had happened. However, they heard the scream, and seeing Yi Yun's reaction, they did not hesitate and they immediately followed Yi Yun in escaping!

Chu Shan and Chu Luo did not delay either. They were the weakest in the group. Seeing a person like Yi Yun turn pale, they knew that a terrible existence must have appeared.

In the face of such an existence, they would be killed in a second!

They had slight hesitations before they reluctantly used their life protecting trump card, which they did not use while facing the Metallic Fire Ant, the Extreme Speed Array Charm. This charm was the only thing that could help them at that moment.

True Martial World - Chapter 286: Causing Trouble

“Why are you not leaving?"

Yang Haoran's lackeys shouted from afar.

Yi Yun shouted back, "We will not steal your desolate beasts. It should be alright for us to just stand here and watch, right!?"

"Are you trying to steal the technique behind Young Master Haoran's beast mark condensation?" The lackeys, thinking that they had seen through Yi Yun's intentions, smiled disdainfully. "So what if we let you watch? You think condensing a beast mark is something you can learn just by watching?"

"Let them be." Yang Haoran said. Since they were willing to be his audience, there was no harm to it. Besides, Chu Xiaoran and Chu Luo were both young maidens. It was not bad to have beautiful girls as an audience.

"Young Master Haoran's Aspect Totem should be advancing pretty soon, right…?" A lackey asked Yang Haoran.

"Yes… If everything goes well today, it will probably be completed today." Yang Haoran was very confident of himself as he had considerable talent in Aspect Totems. Although he did not manage to condense an Aspect Totem before the Yuan Foundation realm, every beast mark that he condensed were of high quality. So even though it was condensed after the Yuan Foundation realm, his cultivation of the totem mystic technique went at a rapid pace.

"Young Master Haoran sure is great. You are about to condense an elite-ranked Aspect Totem in the mid-stages of the Yuan Foundation realm. In the future, you will have a beast-general ranked Aspect Totem at the peak of the Yuan Foundation realm. When you become a Human Lord, it will be a beast-king rank. And at the peak of Human Lord, it might even be a primordial strain-rank!"

The Aspect Totem's ranks were the same as desolate beasts.

Typically, only sages could condense a primordial strain-ranked Aspect Totem.

As for the probability of Yang Haoran becoming a sage, that was practically zero. It would be extremely difficult, even for him, to become a peak-Human Lord figure, not to mention possessing a primordial strain Aspect Totem at the peak-Human Lord level.

"Ass skin can really be punctured by kissing it too much!"

Qiuniu grunted coldly beside Yi Yun. He had purposely lowered his voice to prevent the lackeys from hearing it, in order to prevent another quarrel.

"Take out your disk arrays and record it. We must record the evolution process of Young Master Haoran's Aspect Totem. In the future, this video will be precious."

A few lackeys said as a video disk array was taken out and the condensation process of Yang Haoran's beast mark was recorded.

A few days ago, they started recording it every single time. These were records of Yang Haoran's brilliant history, which could make others admire and respect him.

Yang Haoran began to condense the beast mark while Yi Yun and company watching. Although Yang Haoran had no lack of girls, he still wanted to show off in front of outstanding members of the opposite sex. He wanted to present a good show to these rookies.

With his spiritual energy interfacing with the Black Gold Ox's corpse, Yang Haoran followed the procedure according to the records in his totem mystic technique and controlled the wanton and dissipating pure Yang energy and slowly formed it.

It was very difficult to condense a beast mark for Purple Blood realm warriors. But in the Yuan Foundation realm, because of the dantian becoming a Yuan Foundation, a warrior had an easier time controlling energy. When that happened, most warriors were able to condense a beast mark.

If a Yuan Foundation realm warrior could not condense a beast mark, it was a very shameful thing.

As the gathering pure Yang energy increased, a visible ball of light, the size of a walnut, appeared.

Chu Luo earlier said that the beast mark she condensed was the size of a peanut and that it was only under rare occasions that she was able to condense them. Now, Yang Haoran could form a light blob the size of a walnut with a casual attempt. This was the difference between the Yuan Foundation realm and the Purple Blood realm.

"Young Master Haoran is really talented!" A few lackeys praised him. They were not just words of flattery towards him, but words that came from their hearts. This was because 99% of the Tai Ah Divine City Yuan Foundation realm warriors cannot condense a beast mark as easily as Yang Haoran.

Even Qiuniu, who was indignant, had to admit that Yang Haoran had the right to be proud.

Just as the walnut-sized light blob was about to condense into a beast mark, Yi Yun interfaced his spiritual energy with the Purple Crystal and a purple whirlpool quietly appeared…

The Purple Crystal could control free energy. When the Black Gold Ox died, the energy it left behind was free energy.

Yi Yun could use this energy to practice his Desolate Heaven technique, or he could directly absorb it without any problems.

But if he wanted to use the energy to condense an Aspect Totem, he would need to use a totem mystic technique. And the totem mystic technique had to resonate with the murderous Qi before it could be used. Since the Black Gold Ox had not been killed by Yi Yun, that was impossible.

But, if he wanted to cause trouble, that was much easier.

With just a thought, the pure Yang energy far away immediately became chaotic.

At that moment, the beast mark Yang Haoran was controlling had condensed halfway. It was just in front of him as he prepared to absorb it into his body.

The sudden chaos in the energy took Yang Haoran off guard. He had nearly no time to react.

"Boom!"

Yi Yun's pupils shrunk, and with his spiritual energy controlling the Purple Crystal's power, it was like he shot out an arrow!

"Boom!"

The energy blob exploded less than a foot away from Yang Haoran's face!

"Huh!?"

Yang Haoran was greatly shocked. He jerked back, but the explosion's shock waves left his face ashen.

The hair on his head had even become disheveled by the shock wave. His long hair messily hung downwards!

"…"

The lackeys, who were surrounding Yang Haoran and were about to shout out praises and flatter Yang Haoran, were also caught in the shock wave, leaving them in a sorry state. They turned dumbfounded upon seeing Yang Haoran and his now ashen expression on his blackened face.

What the hell… happened?

Seeing the residual energy left in the sky, the images of the explosive energy were still imprinted in their eyes. An explosion had really happened. It was not an illusion.

A few of the lackeys were still dumbstruck. The beast mark Young Master Haoran condensed actually exploded?

Typically, mid-stage Yuan Foundation realm warriors differed only in the quality of the beast marks they condensed. Very few would explode midway in the condensation process.

Besides those lackeys, even Chu Luo and Chu Xiaoran were extremely shocked. Yang Haoran actually failed?

At that moment, Qiuniu suddenly burst out laughing.

"Hahahaha! Your dad is dying of laughter. Who was it that previously said that we were trying to secretly learn Young Master Haoran's technique in condensing a beast mark? And he said we won't be able to learn it? Hey, we really aren't able to learn such a technique. Hahahaha!"

Qiuniu slapped his thigh and his voice was brazen.

Of course, Yang Haoran's eyes turned blood red as he stared at Qiuniu with murderous intent. Qiuniu gave a shameless expression, "What? Do you want to beat people up? If you don't kill your daddy, your daddy will still record you condensing a beast mark today. It will then be announced later in the Tai Ah Divine City that Young Master Haoran failed at condensing a beast mark, and then beat people up as his embarrassment turned into rage."

Qiuniu was completely impenetrable. He was not afraid of Yang Haoran making a move.

Yang Haoran sneered, "A bunch of swallows who don't know how high the sky is. Just because they see a swan flying low sometimes, they think they can fly higher than a swan. What a joke!"

"Yichi, use a Beast Luring Grass!" Yang Haoran said to his lackey without turning his head. His voice was like a blade.

"Beast… Beast Luring Grass…" The lackey named Yichi was clearly dumbfounded. The Beast Luring Grass would emit a special smell, attracting desolate beasts. Beast Luring Grass were typically used elsewhere in the Divine Wilderness. It was extremely dangerous to use the Beast Luring Grass in Meteorite Abyss, as there are many strong desolate beasts.

They would suffer greatly if it ended up attracting a desolate beast that they could not handle.

"What? Do you think I can't handle it?"

Yang Haoran's voice was filled with killing intent.

Yichi swallowed mouthfuls of saliva, he did not dare to disobey Yang Haoran. He placed down the Beast Luring Grass and lit it up with chemicals.

With that, an odd smell spread out.

The effects of the Beast Luring Grass were immediate. In less than 8 minutes, a roar could be heard. A huge black beast's head appeared from behind a boulder, its eyes were red as it stared at the Beast Luring Grass with greed.

"Blue Blood Ape!"

Seeing the sudden appearance of the desolate beast, Yang Haoran's eyes were filled with bloodlust. He made the first attack and with a flash of his body, he appeared in front of the Blue Blood Ape and sent his sword down.

Yang Haoran showed no mercy as he attacked it with killing blows. In about ten seconds, he killed the Blue Blood Ape!

The Blue Blood Ape had been beheaded. Yang Haoran looked at Qiuniu and company. The purple sword still dripping blood as if it was showing his prowess. "See, this is the distance between you and me!"

"Hmph!" Qiuniu snorted coldly. He was not afraid of Yang Haoran, but he knew that it was likely an accident on Yang Haoran's part. If Yang Haoran were to get serious, there would be nothing for him to laugh at.

At that moment, Yi Yun crept up and seemed to unintentionally transmit his voice to Qiuniu, "Brother Niu, didn't you say that you wanted to record video just now?"

Qiuniu shook his head and transmitted back, "There's nothing good to record. Yang will likely succeed this time. You want me to record him in the limelight?"

"If he really is in the limelight, then delete it. In the rare chance of him failing…" Yi Yun said casually.

"Good point!" With this, Qiuniu took out a video disk array. After all, he had nothing to lose in recording it down.

Seeing Qiuniu's actions, Yang Haoran laughed.

This retard! He really is all brawn and no brains. The video of his beast mark exploding while he condensed it was a once in a century occasion. Does he really think that I will make the same mistake twice?

Yang Haoran sank Qi into his dantian and easily extracted the Blue Blood Ape's energy and formed a walnut-sized energy blob.

Yang Haoran even purposely aligned the energy blood for Qiuniu to allow him to record the video from a better angle.

The energy blood slowly pulsated as it floated towards Yang Haoran. About 80% of it was in the shape of a beast mark.

Seeing this scene, Yang Haoran was extremely pleased. His glance at Qiuniu was a show of force. The walnut-sized beast mark had a clear form. This left Purple Blood realm warriors in the dust.

"You want to record a video? Then record this!"

Yang Haoran laughed disdainfully. He opened his mouth and sucked in the beast mark.

At that moment, Yang Haoran's facial expression changed as he turned pale.

"Boom!"

Without any warning, the Blue Blood Ape's beast mark exploded three inches away from Yang Haoran.

No matter how fast Yang Haoran's reaction was, it was too late. He retreated backward at an extreme speed, but his mouth still became bloody from the explosion. Even his teeth nearly dropped.

"Peng!"

When Yang Haoran retreated, he hit a rock and nearly fell to the ground.

He used the purple sword to support himself and found his footing. At that moment, Yang Haoran's hair was disheveled, his face was ghastly pale and his expression, grim.

What the hell…happened!?

True Martial World - Chapter 285: Taking the Site Over

Seeing Qiuniu's agitated look, Yi Yun felt exasperated. He never realized that this rascal liked to get excited over the smallest things.

Alright, a mystic technique even sages could not master did sound a bit ridiculous...

"Yi Yun, why did you choose that mystic technique?"

Chu Xiaoran found it incomprehensible. Yi Yun had outstanding talent in Aspect Totems. In his Purple Blood realm stage, he was as good, if not better than Human Lords in condensing beast marks.

But that was only when comparing him to Human Lords.

Real human Sages could kill even stronger desolate beasts and the beast marks they condensed were even more beautiful.

Furthermore, sages had stronger soul power. Accompanied with their experience, their insights into the the laws and mystic techniques left Yi Yun in the dust.

Now, by choosing the 'Myriad Beast Totem', it was a waste of Yi Yun's time considering how the Aspect Totem could not be condensed even in the Yuan Foundation realm, let alone the Purple Blood realm.

"Yi Yun, the beast mark you condensed and then absorbed, was it any help in condensing the 'Myriad Beast Totem' Aspect Totem?" Chu Xiaoran asked Yi Yun.

"A drop in the bucket..." Yi Yun answered helplessly. "Currently, it does seem that this mystic technique is quite hard..."

"It's more than hard!" Qiuniu felt speechless hearing that. "Brother Yi, you have great talent, so don't waste your time. It's not too late to change your mystic technique. I think it won't be any trouble mastering those high-grade totem mystic techniques that can be cultivated in the Yuan Foundation realm!"

Qiuniu sincerely advised Yi Yun. Even Yi Yun himself wavered. Maybe his choice of the 'Myriad Beast Totem' was really a mistake...

Up to now, Yi Yun had not seen a glimmer of hope in mastering the 'Myriad Beast Totem' in the Yuan Foundation realm.

"Maybe I should change. Previously, my thoughts were too simple."

Yi Yun could already anticipate the scene when he found old man Cang to change his mystic technique. Old man Cang would smile with a smug look that was asking to be beaten. He might even deride Yi Yun by saying, "I long knew you would come back. The bridges your father, I, have walked are longer than the roads you have walked by more than a hundred times. How could heeding my advice be wrong? It a great virtue to correct what you have done wrong!"

This old man...

Yi Yun shook his head. I will let him feel complacent once.

Although cultivating the 'Myriad Beast Totem' was a failure, Yi Yun did not feel any regret. He had to try such things to get an understanding.

Besides, when he became a Human Lord, it would not be too difficult to cultivate the 'Myriad Beast Totem'.

"That's the best." Chu Xiaoran nodded. She endorsed Yi Yun's decision. "But Yi Yun, you sure have great aspirations. Such a mystic technique that even sages cannot master, and it's even a remnant. I completely lost interest reading the description. You actually exchanged for it. Just that boldness fills me with admiration!"

It depended on the person when it was the same matter. If any typical person were to choose the 'Myriad Beast Totem', Chu Xiaoran would think that they had a problem in their head, but when Yi Yun chose it, this assessment was no longer the same. It became an assessment of boldness.

"Let's go training. I know a good place!" Qiuniu laughed and strode ahead, leading the way. He loved battling. Besides the time in the rookie ranking competition, he spent all his time in the Divine Wilderness killing beasts.

"Good." The rest echoed.

Yi Yun no longer chose to travel alone. He had already made preliminary plans on giving up the 'Myriad Beast Totem' temporarily. Now, there were no more problems in following these people and it was much safer.

The group passed through a stone forest and they met a few desolate beasts that launched surprise attacks, but they were easily handled by the group.

The place Qiuniu mentioned was a canyon. When Yi Yun entered the canyon, he found that the pure Yang energy within the canyon was more intense than other places. This was like a 'spiritual vein' in the Meteorite Abyss.

Of course, it could not be compared to the "Fallen Star Gate".

"This place is indeed pretty good." As Yi Yun said this, he noticed that there were other people here.

These people looked like cultivators from the Tai Ah Divine City just from their attire. And the person in the middle was dressed in a purple flying dragon suit. He held a purple sword and he had a domineering presence.

The surrounding people clearly venerated the youth who was bearing the purple sword. Be it their words or behavior, they were extremely respectful with the purple sword youth.

"It's Yang Haoran!" Chu Xiaoran slightly frowned.

The Tai Ah Divine Kingdom's royal family all had Yang for a surname. Yang was also a big surname in the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom. If one were to follow the super family clans' family trees, they would have blood relations with the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom's royal family.

This Yang Haoran's family was one of those families. Although he was not of direct royalty, he still received royal treatment. Also, he could wear a flying dragon suit because of his outstanding talent.

"Yang Haoran...One of the most prominent people in the third year cultivators. Ranked in the top 100 of the Heaven roll, and just above 100 on the Earth roll. Also, he had formed his own association, named the Purple Maple Association. As President, he's one of the influential people in the Tai Ah Divine City." Beside Yi Yun, Chu Shan said. A person like Chu Shan knew all the influential people in the Tai Ah Divine City.

As Yi Yun and company saw Yang Haoran, Yang Haoran naturally also saw Yi Yun.

He did not make any indication, but his lackeys came forward. "Make way! This canyon is ours!"

These lackeys had long joined Yang Haoran's family clan. With the Yang family's domineering reputation, they often threw their weight around noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

Qiuniu had the worse temper. Seeing these small fries flaunting their prowess made his face sink. "What are you? Do you even have the right to speak to me? This Meteorite Abyss' canyon does not belong to anyone. Anyone can train here. What makes you have the right to chase us away?"

Qiuniu was almost about to make a move. At that moment, Chu Shan came forward and pulled Qiuniu back. "Old brother Qiuniu, don't argue with them. We just need to go somewhere else!"

While out training, it was often best not to act on impulse. Yang Haoran was ranked just above 100 on the Earth roll, and with his mid-stages of the Yuan Foundation realm, all of them added up was not enough to beat him.

Of course, Qiuniu knew how strong Yang Haoran was, but he could not simmer down. "Chu Shan, what are you afraid of? It's not like he can kill us!"

The Tai Ah Divine City prohibited cultivators from killing each other. The identity token they gave every cultivator had a special array designed within it.

This identity token recorded the number of desolate beasts every cultivator killed. According to the strength of the desolate beast, they would obtain a numeric score. This score was also resulted in the Heaven roll's ranking.

If it was based on materials, then some people could privately purchase desolate beast materials to rush up the Heaven roll, then the Heaven roll would lose its credibility.

Not only that, the identity token would leave a record if cultivators were to kill other cultivators. Once such a fratricidal matter was revealed, one would come back to a death sentence!

Unless one stayed in the Divine Wilderness without returning to the Tai Ah Divine City.

And in the vast Divine Wilderness, even if Qin Haotian were to use his own strength, he could not get out. It was practically suicide.

Just as Qiuniu was about to push away Chu Shan's hand to make a move, he heard a terrifying roar. A golden ox charged out from deep in the canyon right at Yang Haoran!

"Black Gold Ox!" Qiuniu took a deep breath. This Black Gold Ox had great strength. Its hide had tremendous defensive strength that exceeded the Metallic Fire Ant. And what was even more important was that the Black Gold Ox had almost no weaknesses.

If Qiuniu had to fight the Black Gold Ox alone, he had absolutely no confidence.

At that moment, seeing the Black Gold Ox charging at him, Yang Haoran had a look of indifference. He took a step forward and stabbed with his sword!

"Cha!"

A purple-golden sword beam flashed. Yang Haoran had stabbed the Black Gold Ox straight through its head. The sword beam minced its brains.

Following that, Yang Haoran ducked dexterously and the large body of the Black Gold Ox passed by his body and proceeded diagonally before crashing into a boulder.

"Splash!"

The boulder collapsed and the Black Gold Ox had been killed by Yang Haoran in one strike!

"Ha! Young Master is too strong. Killing the Black Gold Ox is like killing a chicken. Too easy!" The lackeys immediately complimented him. They did not come to the Meteorite Abyss to train. They were there as followers of Yang Haoran, so they sucked up to him whenever necessary.

"See that, foolish big guy? If our young master wants to kill you, it will just be a matter of one attack!" A lackey said arrogantly to Qiuniu.

Qiuniu's face flushed red. He had to admit that compared to Yang Haoran, he was indeed still a great distance away!

"Get lost quickly! Our young master is about to complete his Aspect Totem's evolution. This place is ours!"

"Although our young master cannot kill you, there are no problems in him seriously injuring you. This will prevent punishment from the Divine City."

These lackeys echoed one after another. One of them even provocatively pointed his finger at Qiuniu before turning around. He believed that Qiuniu and company would eventually have to take this lying down.

"Forget it, let's go." Chu Xiaoran said. Chu Xiaoran was naturally proud, so she could not take this lying down. But she was helpless against the pressing situation.

As Chu Xiaoran was about to leave, she noticed that Yi Yun did not move.

"Yi Yun?"

"Ha! No hurry." Yi Yun smiled. Against these lackeys who had their eyes on the top of their heads, even clay figurines would be angry. But Yi Yun did not seem to take it to heart, nor did he seem to have any intention on leaving.

"Yi Yun...Don't tell me, you want to make a move on them? This Yang Haoran is in the mid-stages of the Yuan Foundation realm!"

Having not seen him for two months, Chu Xiaoran had guessed that Yi Yun's strength had rose again. But no matter how much it rose, it could not be a match against a mid-stage Yuan Foundation realm genius.

Back when Yi Yun defeated Li Hong, Li Hong's cultivation level was just nearing the Yuan Foundation.

There was an extremely big gap between the Purple Blood and Yuan Foundation!

"No, I know my limits. Let's just wait here for a while and watch." Yi Yun smiled with a slight curl on the corners of his mouth.

Seeing the curl on Yi Yun's lips, Chu Xiaoran's heart missed a beat in an inexplicable manner. Actually, Yi Yun was just smiling normally, but in Chu Xiaoran's eyes, she felt that this smile had a wicked flavor to it.

True Martial World - Chapter 284: Meeting

After Yi Yun killed the Metallic Fire Ant he cut off its two pincers with a swipe of his saber. The moment the Metallic Fire Ant died, its internal Yuan Qi began depleting, so the pair of pincers were easily removed.

"This brother, may I know your name?" The voice of a youth came from behind Yi Yun.

Yi Yun turned around and the youth that had been chased by the Metallic Fire Ant cupped his fists, "I am Chu Shan, and this is my younger sister Chu Luo. We are second year cultivators from the Tai Ah Divine City."

After the youth introduced himself, he continued "If not for this brother, we would have had to waste a life-saving array charm today. If that happened, we would have to leave Meteorite Abyss."

Many cultivators would spend a large sum of dragon scale runes to buy a life-saving disk array before they ventured out on a training expedition, it was used as a last resort to protect their lives. Once the life-saving disk array had been used, they would have to consider returning to the city. If not, the chances of being seriously injured, or even death, was extremely high.

Before Yi Yun could get out a reply, a sound that cut through the air could be heard. A girl holding a sword and a stout man rapidly rushed towards them.

"Chu Shan, Chu Luo, are you alright!?"

The sword-wielding maiden was like a shadow, and with a few flashes, she appeared before Chu Shan and Chu Luo. Upon seeing the people who came, Yi Yun was shocked.

This male and female duo was actually Chu Xiaoran and Qiuniu.

He knew that Chu Xiaoran and Qiuniu had been out training all this time, but he had never expected that they would be in the Meteorite Abyss.

Seeing Chu Xiaoran, Yi Yun realized that in the few months he did not meet her, her internal Yuan Qi had become purer. She was probably already gathering energy in preparation for breaking through to the Yuan Foundation realm.

"Her cultivation level has already reached the peak of Purple Blood..." Yi Yun thought. Although he had formed the Heaven's eyeball, he was still unable to determine Chu Xiaoran's exact cultivation level with a glance.

"Sister, you came so quickly!"

Seeing Chu Xiaoran, Chu Luo was delighted as she held onto Chu Xiaoran's hands.

Only then did Yi Yun notice that they all shared the same surname, Chu. They were likely from the Defender Duke's family as well. Chu Luo and Chu Shan may be older, but they were clearly no match for Chu Xiaoran.

"Yes, I received your distress signal and rushed over here! And… Yi Yun! I did not expect to see you here. What a coincidence!"

Chu Xiaoran had noticed Yi Yun earlier. Chu Xiaoran greatly admired Yi Yun from the bottom of her heart.

"So you are Yi Yun! No wonder you have such strength at such a young age!"

Chu Luo and Chu Shan had naturally heard Yi Yun's name, but they had never seen him in person. They also knew that the younger sister they regarded as a proud daughter of heaven had previously been defeated by Yi Yun.

"It really is a coincidence. Actually, it is quite normal for me to be in Meteorite Abyss, but as for Miss Chu. You practice frost ice laws, why are you here in Meteorite Abyss?"

Chu Xiaoran smiled and said, "The Meteorite Abyss sucks in all of the pure Yang Qi from the surroundings. Deep under the Meteorite Abyss is a place with extreme Yin. There is a ice river that flows out from that extreme Yin land. I have been training here for the past few days."

"Oh? There is such a thing?" Yi Yun had only been reading information on the pure Yang lands, so he did not know that a pure Yin land also existed within Meteorite Abyss.

He had indeed previously seen a small river, which had temperatures below freezing point. It was most likely a distributary of that ice river.

This was probably also the principle of opposites.

"Haha, little brother Yi, we actually meet here." Qiuniu had a very good impression of Yi Yun. After all, as the saying goes, friendship grows only when you exchange blows.

He tapped Yi Yun's shoulders heavily and said, "Little Brother Yi, you must have done your research on the Meteorite Abyss, but information is just information. It cannot compare with live maps like us. I, Qiuniu, have spent several months here in Meteorite Abyss! I can tell you what sort of desolate beasts exist in whatever location, and what sorts of desolate beasts suit you the best. With everyone together, we can take care of each other!"

Qiuniu's words made Yi Yun hesitate slightly. The Meteorite Abyss was indeed a very dangerous place. It was very tiring to handle everything by himself.

Especially at night, he had to be on high alert while resting. It was extremely taxing.

But there were also advantages of being alone...

As Yi Yun was in a dilemma, Qiuniu said, "Little Brother Yi, this Metallic Fire Ant was killed by you. Quickly try to condense your Aspect Totem. Although it's very difficult to condense an Aspect Totem before the Yuan Foundation realm, with little brother Yi's talent, there's still a chance!"

With Qiuniu saying that, everyone looked at Yi Yun, waiting for him to condense a beast mark.

They wanted to see what sort of beast mark a double genius like Yi Yun, who managed to cultivate both the saber truth and the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique', would manage.

Typically, warriors in the late stages of the Purple Blood would find it very difficult to condense a beast mark, even to the point of not being able to condense one.

For example, Qiuniu was unable to condense a beast mark. He only came to Meteorite Abyss for training and to earn dragon scale runes.

"Eh..."

Seeing the group looking at him like curious babies, Yi Yun felt helpless. The benefit of being alone was that he could condense a beast mark without any reservations, without being watched.

Yi Yun did not know the difference in the beast mark he condensed using the Purple Crystal compared to others. It will not look too strange, right...?

"What do the beast marks you condense out look like? Yi Yun casually asked. If it looked too different, he did not plan on being with this group of people.

"It looks like a fuzzy little beast..." After surviving a dangerous situation, Chu Luo was clearly very excited and rushed to answer.

She had yet to break through to the Yuan Foundation realm, but in rare occasions, she was able to condense a beast mark. However, she was still far from condensing an Aspect Totem.

"Yi Yun, have you not tried condensing a beast mark before?" Chu Luo asked.

"I've tried..." Yi Yun answered. With his spiritual energy interfaced with the Purple Crystal, he purposely reduced the Purple Crystal's energy control. Since the beast mark everyone condensed was a fuzzy little beast, then it was probably not too outrageous...

At best, the beast mark he condensed was greater in energy?

With this thought, Yi Yun's dantian conjured a whirlpool.

The pure Yang energy that escaped from the Metallic Fire Ant was pulled in by the whirlpool and quickly condensed together. Tiny beads of light, which looked like fireflies, condensed into the shape of a golden ant in the sky.

The ant looked very alive, as if it had a life of its own.

With a thought, the ant flew towards Yi Yun.

At that moment, Chu Luo, Chu Shan and company, who were around Yi Yun, turned pale when they saw the ant beast mark. Their expressions were as if they had seen a ghost.

This was way too fast and easy!

Yi Yun's talent was outstanding. So him being able to condense a beast mark was not strange, but this beast mark was too ridiculous!

The beast mark flew into Yi Yun's dantian and disappeared.

Yi Yun felt the Aspect Totem embryonic form within his body improve a tiny bit, but it was still very far from really condensing it out.

He turned his head and saw the dumfounded expressions of Chu Luo, Chu Shan and company.

"Uh… Is my beast mark weird?"

Yi Yun had already slightly weakened the Purple Crystal's energy control, as normal desolate beasts did not contribute much to his 'Myriad Beast Totem'.

"Weird?" Chu Luo's heart beat heavily. "It's more than weird… The beast mark you condensed, compared to us… is..."

Chu Luo did not know how to put it in words. She no longer wanted to be with Yi Yun as it shocked her too much.

She was considered to have some talent in condensing an Aspect Totem, for she was at least able to condense a beast mark in the Purple Blood realm. In contrast, people like Qiuniu were not even able to condense a beast mark.

But compared to Yi Yun, there was really no comparison.

At that moment, Chu Xiaoran said, "Yi Yun, do you know what the Tai Ah Divine City's instructors would think if they saw this scene of you condensing a beast mark?"

"When we condense a beast mark, it is about the size of a peanut. Its size is about a tenth of your beast mark. Besides..."

When Chu Xiaoran reached that, she sighed, "The beast mark you condensed looked extremely lifelike. As for our beast marks, they are blurry vague images. The different in quality is great. Even when a Human Lord wants to evolve their Aspect Totems, the beast mark they condense would probably look just like the one you just had."

Chu Xiaoran really did not know how to appraise Yi Yun. He was practically a monster. Being with him greatly hurt her pride.

She was proud of two things. One was her Aspect Totem, and the other was her insight in laws.

Now, with the former completely overtaken by Yi Yun, was she able to maintain the latter?

"About the same as a Human Lord..."

When Yi Yun heard this comparison, he didn’t feel like it was too ridiculous. If it was the same as a sage, he wondered what sort of waves he would set off.

"Brother Yi, how are you letting me live..." Qiuniu patted Yi Yun on the shoulder and grimaced. Compared to Yi Yun, his talent in the Aspect Totem was trash. "Old brother, what totem mystic technique are you cultivating? At this rate, you will probably master an Aspect Totem in less than a month."

Qiuniu asked with a tinge of envy.

"Uh… What totem mystic technique I'm cultivating?"

Yi Yun's eyebrows knitted. He was troubled. Qiuniu really was a curious baby. The mystic technique he was learning would be quite shocking if he mentioned it. No, instead it should be said that if it was mentioned, people would think he was mad.

But it did not seem like he could keep it under wraps...

"Why? Still keeping it a secret? Haha. When you master your Aspect Totem, everyone will be able to tell once you use it!"

There was really no way of keeping a totem mystic technique a secret. It was different from a fighting technique move.

"That, the mystic technique I chose is a bit difficult to learn..." Yi Yun said vaguely.

"Difficult to learn? Of course! With brother Yi's talent, how can you not choose a more difficult one? This mystic technique's quality must be high!"

Yi Yun never expected that Qiuniu who looked so cool would be so talkative once they became familiar.

Seeing everyone looking at him, as if they were very curious over the mystic technique he chose, Yi Yun could only dryly cough and say, "I chose the 'Myriad Beast Totem'..."

'Myriad Beast Totem'!?

When the mystic technique's name was announced, the reactions of the four people were completely different. Chu Luo and Chu Shan were utterly confused as they did not know what that was.

As for Qiuniu and Chu Xiaoran, they were dumbfounded upon hearing it.

They had been exposed to the most valuable resources of the Tai Ah Divine City, so they had naturally seen the 'Myriad Beast Totem'...

"What did you say!? You chose the 'Myriad Beast Totem' that even sages are unable to master!?"

Qiuniu agitatedly grabbed Yi Yun's arm. This was too ridiculous!

True Martial World - Chapter 283: Opportunistic Kill

With a flash in his eyes, Yi Yun's vision penetrated through the layers of haze. He instantly saw the scene a distance away. It was a teenage boy and girl fighting a gigantic red ant.

Yi Yun also recognized this red ant. It was the Metallic Fire Ant. Its body was covered in red armor that made it virtually invulnerable.

Its weakness was its antennae. Once its antennae were cut off, the Metallic Fire Ant would go blind. Not only would its perception be slow, it would also receive a great deal of damage.

When that happened, killing it was much easier. But the Metallic Fire Ant would protect its antennae very carefully. Anyone who tried attacking its antennae had to deal with the Metallic Fire Ant's ferocious metallic pincers first!

The male-female duo was clearly weaker than the Metallic Fire Ant, so they were in a dangerous situation.

"They should be cultivators from the Tai Ah Divine City…"

Yi Yun determined that the duo came from the Tai Ah Divine City through their attire and their cultivation techniques

He was in a slight dilemma. He did not rush forward immediately. He saw that the duo was barely handling it, but they would not be defeated anytime soon.

He had to try absorbing the pure Yang beast mark first. This was the first pure Yang desolate beast Yi Yun had killed in the Meteorite Abyss. He could not waste his first auspicious kill as the beast mark could not be condensed if he did too late after the desolate beast's death.

Yi Yun interfaced with the Purple Crystal with his spiritual energy and a whirlpool like force appeared, attaching itself to the Double Winged Ox Demon that Yi Yun had just killed.

Wo! Wo! Wo!

Energy began to swirl as the desolate beast's Yang essence was extracted. A Double Winged Ox Demon beast mark, the size of a fist that looked very lifelike, formed in the air

Once the beast mark appeared, it tried to fly away immediately. With a thought, Yi Yun used a large suction power to draw it in, and the beast mark was instantly engulfed by his body.

After the beast mark entered Yi Yun's body, his body trembled. He could feel the pure Yang energy flowing within his body before entering his bones and blood, slowly entering his dantian.

The pure Yang Yuan Qi that Yi Yun absorbed was like a furnace that burned. It tempered Yi Yun's body's bones and blood, completing the harmonization process even more.

"As expected, the desolate beasts in the Meteorite Abyss have extremely rich and pure Yang Yuan Qi. I can finally condense a pure Yang totem…"

Yi Yun followed the records in the 'Myriad Beast Totem' and tried to use the beast mark to form a pure Yang totem. This was the first time that Yi Yun was attempting to condense a 'Myriad Beast Totem' Aspect Totem. The Thousand Feet Black Silkworm he had previously killed was not a pure Yang desolate beast, so Yi Yun only absorbed its beast mark. It was unlike today, where Yi Yun used the beast mark energy as a foundation to construct the Aspect Totem.

As top grade totem mystic technique that received poor assessment and one that sages could not even understand, Yi Yun was full of anticipation with the 'Myriad Beast Totem' Aspect Totem!

As his energy circulated, Yi Yun felt his body subtly metamorphosizing. He was inexplicably delighted and he became even more serious.

But when Yi Yun completely broke down the Double Winged Ox Demon's beast mark, he found it hard to be happy when he tried to form the Aspect Totem.

Although the Double Winged Ox Demon was relatively weak, it had quite a lot of pure Yang energy contained in its body. But it could not even complete 1 in 10,000th of the Aspect Totem.

So little?

Yi Yun was speechless. He had the Purple Crystal Origins help, so he was confident that he had an incomparable advantage in the condensation of the beast mark. But even so, to really master the 'Myriad Beast Totem' was still difficult to a certain degree.

Did he really need to kill 10,000 Double Winged Ox Demon desolate beasts to barely condense an Aspect Totem?

The number 10,000 might sound simple, but to kill that many would take an unknown amount of time. Also, Yi Yun did not know if there would be any accidents when he used the energy to condense after he killed thousands of desolate beasts.

Many warriors might lose all their hard work just before they condense their Aspect Totem due to various reasons!

It was also because of this that people who could condense an Aspect Totem before the Yuan Foundation realm were viewed as peerless geniuses. Even Qin Haotian did not have any advantage in condensing an Aspect Totem.

"This 'Myriad Beast Totem' sure is tricky…Other people's totem mystic techniques are easier, so even if they lose all their hard work, it would not be too significant a loss. But my totem mystic technique is different…If I were to fail, I would suffer a great loss…"Yi Yun grimaced.

Originally, he believed that with the Purple Crystal Origin's help, it would not be difficult to master the 'Myriad Beast Totem', but now it seems that even the Purple Crystal Origins had to follow certain rules.

The 'Myriad Beast Totem' wrote that to completely master the 'Myriad Beast Totem', one had to kill 10,000 primordial strains.

The greatest difference between a primordial strain and an ordinary desolate beast was in their energy qualities.

The Purple Crystal could control energy according to his wishes, but it could not change the quality of the energy. The Double Winged Ox Demon's energy quality was clearly too low. It was not qualified to form the 'Myriad Beast Totem' Aspect Totem!

"It's impossible for me to try killing primordial strains. It looks like I need to try to kill even higher ranked pure Yang desolate beasts. I need to see if those pure Yang desolate beast's energies are able to barely build up the 'Myriad Beast Totem' Aspect Totem." Yi Yun sighed.

This was the problem with an extremely high-grade mystic technique. Even sages could not master it, it was easy to understand the difficulty he faced with his Purple Blood realm level.

"It's no wonder that even senior Cang Yan tried all ways to prevent me from choosing the 'Myriad Beast Totem'. Even though I had used only a few days before to gain insight on the Saber Truth's 32 Words, he still did not think I could learn the 'Myriad Beast Totem'. This totem mystic technique sure is difficult…"

As Yi Yun was thinking it through, a girl's scream resonated not far away. It seemed like she was in great danger.

"Oh? Can't hold on anymore?"

Yi Yun turned around and glanced in that direction. He saw that the Metallic Red Ant was covered in a layer of ice crystals. It was in a rage as it attacked the duo crazily.

These ice crystals were clearly caused by an explosive array bead that the duo used. But not only did they not injure the Metallic Fire Ant, they angered it.

Since they were all from the Tai Ah Divine City, even if they did not know each other, Yi Yun would not stand by without helping. He pulled his Thousand Army Saber out and his body formed a series of afterimages as he charged towards the Metallic Fire Ant!

With the saber wind blowing, Yi Yun's appearance made the energy of the surroundings fluctuate dramatically.

The duo, that was struggling to handle the Metallic Fire Ant, had no time to notice other things and they finally realized that there was another person nearby.

Seeing Yi Yun, they were overjoyed. The youth immediately shouted. "Friend, let the three of us join forces and kill this Metallic Fire Ant. Don't be stingy with any life-saving trump cards you have. After we kill the Metallic Fire Ant, you can have all the best materials!"

Because of the Metallic Fire Ant's attack, the youth's voice was in a hurry. He felt that his conditions were very favorable.

But before he finished saying his words, Yi Yun had rushed towards the Metallic Fire Ant's head like a strong gust of wind!

Yi Yun's target was naturally the Metallic Fire Ant's antennae!

That Metallic Fire Ant did not seem to expect that a small human would suddenly rush in front of it. After a momentary hesitation, it jerked its two antennae back!

At the same time, it opened up its metallic-like pincers and tried to bite Yi Yun!

The Metallic Fire Ant's metallic pincers could even snap a black iron column!

"Ah!"

The girl, who was not far away, let out a scream. The Metallic Fire Ant was extremely difficult to handle and everyone knew its weakness was its antennae, but attacking its antennae was easier said than done. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

The Metallic Fire Ant's reaction was extremely fast and hastily rushing up would not only be difficult to attack the Metallic Fire Ant's antennae, one would also face the Metallic Fire Ant's most powerful attack!

The girl subconsciously thought of the scene where Yi Yun was bitten to death and her heart swelled up.

In a split second, Yi Yun's reaction was fast. He used the large success stage of Minute Subtlety movements to change directions midway in the air. At the same time, with a wipe of his interspatial ring, a black beam flashed, and Yi Yun attacked with the golden brick.

"Ka-cha!"

The golden brick hit the Metallic Fire Ant's mouth directly!

Yi Yun's brick may not have any rune inscriptions, but as the highly tempered frost metal was the hardest and most heavy material, the Metallic Fire Ant's brain received a shock when it bit forward, not to even mention the Metallic Fire Ant's pincer.

This feeling was as if a person had used a million pound sledgehammer to smash its head. No matter how strong one's body was, it still caused dizziness.

In that split second when the Metallic Fire Ant was in a daze, Yi Yun used the Thousand Army Saber and aimed at the Metallic Fire Ant's two feelers as the blade cut down!

"Cha!"

The Saber Qi flared and shone through the sky like a white waterfall!

Although the Metallic Fire Ant had retracted its antennae, it could still not escape the powerful blade.

"Cha!"

Two of the Metallic Fire Ant's antennae flew up. It had been chopped off by Yi Yun!

"Ah–!"

The Metallic Fire Ant let out a scream that pierced the eardrums!

The Metallic Fire Ant became blind immediately. Its pain made it crash haphazardly, causing large rocks to fall.

The Metallic Fire Ant's armor was hard not because of the shell itself, but because it contained a layer of pure Yang energy.

The antennae of the Metallic Fire Ant allowed it to interface with the world's pure Yang energy. Without its antennae, all the energy would leak out from the Metallic Fire Ant's wound. So it became much easier attacking it.

Yi Yun waited for about ten seconds as the Metallic Fire Ant went crazy. He eyed an opportunity and with a flash of his body, he appeared before the Metallic Fire Ant's head and stabbed the saber into the Metallic Fire Ant's mouth!

"Phuah!"

Yi Yun withdrew the Thousand Army Saber and green juice splattered out. The Metallic Fire Ant struggled crazily for a few times before it crashed into a large boulder the size of a house, eventually falling to the ground.

Yi Yun let out a sigh of relief.

Done!

This Metallic Fire Ant was much stronger than the Double Winged Ox Demon from before. If not, the duo would not have been in such a pathetic state.

At that moment behind Yi Yun, the duo, who were planning to join forces with Yi Yun and wanted to use all trump cards to deal with the Metallic Fire Ant, were completely stunned.

They looked at Yi Yun's back in a daze. Their mouths were slightly agape and they took a long time to close them.

This small guy looked about thirteen years old, and he was definitely a rookie cultivator, yet he could cleanly kill the Metallic Fire Ant?

He was practically a humanoid desolate beast!

True Martial World - Chapter 282: Meteorite Abyss

With the golden brick in one hand, and the Thousand Army Saber in the other, Yi Yun had the saber’s tip on the Blackwater Ancient Crocodile's snout. The Blackwater Ancient Crocodile was afraid that Yi Yun would kill it, so it could only follow Yi Yun's instruction to ferry him across the swamp.

Splash–

The Blackwater Ancient Crocodile's body crashed through the corrosive mud and began heading deeper into the swamp.

When Yi Yun saw what the deeper parts of the swamp were like, he sighed silently. The Blackwater Swamp was really a place filled with death.

There were plenty of mud pools in the swamp, and if one were not careful, one could fall into one.

There were very few desolate beast laying dormant here, but there were a lot of desolate beast bones. All the desolate beasts had their flesh corroded away, even the remaining desolate bones had lost a great deal of their energy. They had been turned black from the swamp's toxins.

Yi Yun even saw the bones of a huge python that looked like a mountain ridge half-buried in the swamp. The ribs that stretched out thousands of feet into the sky were like spears that pierced the blue sky.

Yi Yun found it hard to believe that such a strong desolate beast would die here.

There were few desolate beasts in the swamp, but there were plenty of toxic plants. There were vines that were filled with toxins and they were dozens of feet tall, and there were strange colorful flowers that could swallow corpses...

Yi Yun even saw the remnants of an airship. It was left wrecked in the deep part of the swarm. The hull had severely rotted, and blood-red moss grew on it.

Airships that could fly through the Divine Wilderness were usually large in size. They had all sorts of arrays, weapons and cannons that needed more than ten humans at the Human Lord level to control them.

Yi Yun had also rode in a similar airship back when he came to the Tai Ah Divine City from the Divine Capital.

A typical small airship could easily crash if it was attacked by flying desolate beasts in the air.

When the airship crashed, Purple Blood realm warriors, who could not fly, would be committing suicide to fight with flying desolate beasts.

Hence, when cultivators went out to train, they would not take any airships. There was no way to control a large airship and they were expensive.

On the other hand, small airships were of not much use, and due to its large volume, they could not be placed inside an interspatial ring.

The airship in front of Yi Yun belonged to the small ships category that could not fly. It was probably specially prepared by cultivators to cross the Blackwater Swamp.

But they must have had encountered an accident midway, or had been attacked by desolate beasts like the Blackwater Ancient Crocodiles, resulting in the ship being destroyed, killing all life on board.

Such a small boat had no defensive powers. Besides, the Blackwater Swamp did not have much water. It was mostly toxic sludge, so the speed of a boat through the mud was obvious. It was definitely incomparable to Yi Yun's Blackwater Ancient Crocodile.

With an example before him, Yi Yun wanted to prevent the Blackwater Ancient Crocodile from causing destruction of good and bad alike. His Thousand Army Saber stabbed deeper making the Blackwater Ancient Crocodile shiver. Its four limbs began paddling even harder as it swam forward.

The journey proceeded till the crescent moon appeared. Finally, Yi Yun saw land in the distance.

Yi Yun only heaved a sigh of relief when he saw land ahead. He finally relaxed his tensed nerves.

He dislodged the Thousand Army Saber from the Blackwater Ancient Crocodile's snout and leaped ashore.

The Blackwater Ancient Crocodile stared at Yi Yun with a worried look within its amber eyes.

Yi Yun smiled, "Thanks!"

With that said, Yi Yun turned around and ran off. The Blackwater Ancient Crocodile felt as if a huge weight had been lifted of its shoulders and it quickly wagged its tail to enter the mud before fleeing far away.

...

After passing the Blackwater Swamp, the Meteorite Abyss was already getting closer.

Yi Yun could feel the pure Yang Qi in the air getting richer. He found a safe spot and meditated there for hours, adjusting himself to an optimal state.

The next day was when the real battle began.

The night was calm. No desolate beasts, that did not fear the king-ranked desolate beast feces like the Thousand Feet Black Silkworm, appeared.

The next morning when the Sun rose, Yi Yun stood at the top of a cliff and looked far ahead. Ahead of him was an endless barren Desolate Lands. The ground was filled with reddish rock fragments and fine gravel.

Along the edge of the Desolate Lands, where the horizon was, there was a deep canyon that seemed to cut up a mountain ridge. The jagged cliffs were staggered as if something had cut through the earth.

If one were to look down from an airship, one would think that the deep abyss was a huge scar dug up by a god with his divine sword.

In the middle of the Meteorite Abyss, there was a faint Yang fire shining. The heat turned everything in a ten thousand feet radius red, evaporating even the clouds in the sky!

The closer it was to the Meteorite Abyss, the drier the land became. There were no clouds, let alone rain.

Beneath the abyss' surface, there was smoky haze that enshrouded layers of flames, obscuring everything that happened within.

Here, the air was clearly hotter.

In the swirling heat, light became distorted like water ripples.

He had finally arrived!

With his destination ahead of him, Yi Yun felt excitement deep down. He picked up his pace.

Stepping on the scorching sand, Yi Yun had arrived at the edge of the Meteorite Abyss swiftly like the wind. Hot winds blew up from the deep abyss. Breathing in the air made his nostrils feel strangely hot.

Standing on the cliff and looking down, all he saw was a vast expanse of huge craters. Underneath these craters, there were hidden continuous canyons and deep cracks.

All of these had been hiding within the large amount of red smoke, making it hard to see.

But in this smoke, there were strange but unknown giant trees that grew from hundreds of meters down in the abyss up into the sky. They were extremely spectacular!

A place that never rained all year round actually had such odd trees growing here!

"It's really a wondrous place..."

Yi Yun was filled with emotions. He found it hard to imagine what sort of meteorite would create such a sight after landing on land.

"Oh?"

Yi Yun heard the faint growls of beasts in the midst of the hot blowing wind. With a thought, he opened up his Purple Crystal's energy vision.

In the vast and boundless surface of the abyss, Yi Yun could slowly sense a lot of energy light dots and traces of life using the Purple Crystal's energy vision.

He could not help but feel his heart warm up.

The exterior perimeter of the Meteorite Abyss was detailed in the introductory materials of the Tai Ah Divine City.

However, deep in the Meteorite Abyss, there was a "Fallen Star Gate". There was very little information describing it in the Divine City. There was so little information that there was only a one sentence description:

"Inside the Fallen Star Gate, the Yang flames have been burning inextinguishably for tens of millions of years. The environment within it is ever-changing and it is extremely dangerous. Do not enter!"

Although Yi Yun was very interested in knowing what it was like inside the Fallen Star Gate, he knew himself. It was unlikely he could survive in such a place with his mere Purple Blood cultivation level. It was best if he avoided the place.

After all, the more dangerous the environment, the thicker the pure Yang energy was, which gave rise to even stronger desolate beasts.

Even if he did not enter the Fallen Star Gate, the perimeter of the Meteorite Abyss was already fraught with danger.

In the Tai Ah Divine City's tens of millions of years of history, an unknown number of cultivators had died in the Meteorite Abyss, becoming food for powerful desolate beasts.

With these past examples, Yi Yun was extremely careful.

After he calmed his mind, the light in Yi Yun's eyes turned brighter. With a deep breath, he chose a direction and jumped towards the dark red abyss like a huge bird.

The perimeter of the Meteorite Abyss was not more than a thousand feet tall. While landing, Yi Yun clung on to a cliff and used the Thousand Army Saber to cleave into the side of the cliff, sending rocks flying, to slow down his descent.

Peng!

Yi Yun landed heavily on the ground, stirring up dark red dust.

Looking up, he saw that the sky was obscured by dark red smog.

Yi Yun was below a huge boulder. The barren boulder was like a little mountain with withered trees erected on its surface.

These trees were dark and shined with a metallic luster. Some of their branches had faint golden buds, demonstrating their strong lifeforce.

In the Meteorite Abyss, Yi Yun kept his energy vision on.

Splash!

Yi Yun heard the sound of running water. This sound surprised Yi Yun. It did not rain in the Meteorite Abyss and with its high temperature, how could there be a river?

Yi Yun followed the sound with his ears and saw a river wrapping a hill about hundreds of feet away from him.

When Yi Yun went closer, he was surprised. This stream emitted a coldness. Just gently reaching out to touch made him feel a biting cold to the bone. It was definitely below freezing point!

Yi Yun was shocked. What was this river?

The river water was clear, allowing him to see the bottom. Within it were transparent fishes that were the size of a palm swimming.

As Yi Yun was wondering over this strange river, something changed in his energy vision.

There was a sudden wind that whistled in the sky. Something was rapidly approaching as it cut through the air.

Yi Yun did not look up for he already knew what the sound above him was with his energy vision.

It was a weird animal that had a head of cow, but a body of a goat. It had sharp claws and wings behind its back.

When it spread out its wings, it was over thirty feet long. It cast a huge shadow over Yi Yun's head.

"Double Winged Ox Demon."

Yi Yun crouched down as a fierce wind blew past his head. The Double Winged Ox Demon had cleaved downwards with its metallic claws that resembled a blade. He would be beheaded if he was hit by it.

Yi Yun kept his body close to the ground and moved away. The Tai Cang Bow quickly appeared in his hands and he quickly shot a killer arrow that was like a shooting star at the desolate beast's head.

With the Purple Crystal's vision, Yi Yun could see the Double Winged Ox Demon clearly. This arrow was aimed at the Double Winged Ox Demon's weakness!

Double Winged Ox Demon was much weaker than the Blackwater Ancient Crocodile. Its wings were as strong as black iron, but its stomach was extremely soft, which was its weakness.

The Double Winged Ox Demon was in the midst of its swift attack. Even as it felt danger, it was too late to dodge due to the close proximity.

Cha!

The Wind Chasing Arrows had pierced through the Double Winged Ox Demon's stomach!

Boom!

The Double Winged Ox Demon slammed heavily into the rocks. Pure Yang energies emitted from its belly.

In the farthest perimeter of the Meteorite Abyss, the desolate beasts were quite weak, so it was very easy for Yi Yun to deal with the Double Winged Ox Demon.

Just as Yi Yun was about to absorb the soul mark of the Double Winged Ox Demon, he suddenly heard a squeamish call.

Suddenly, sharp sword beams rose up into the sky.

Yi Yun was slightly stunned and looked in the direction from where the sound came. Oh? There were other people here?