Dual Sword God - Chapter 67: Dual Sword Prestige! A Familiar Scene?

Shing.

The cry of the sword resounded as an entity stood calmly at the edge of the battle platform, his form shrouded by sword energies, as his red hair and robes danced with the rising wind caused by this sharp presence. If one didn't look closely, they believe this man to be a sword or rather two swords, as a shade of two powerful swords superimposed with his entire form.

However, this was only an illusion caused by his unique prestige as he wielded a sword in both of his hands. This prestige is known as...

"The... Dual Sword Prestige!..." said Xun Yanshan as he knows looked like he was about to die due to his series of shock during the Chosen Battle Royal thus far.

"He uses two swords at the same time! Are you kidding me?" shouted Sheng Bing with a tone of unwillingness from the Platform of the Vanquished, he couldn't believe the scene before his eyes.

Ye Wang shook his head with a weary smile on his face as he saw this scene, he couldn't help but ponder. "I wonder if it was my other half, who would be the strongest amongst them?"

Xuan Lie looked at Feng Yu with shock, he then gazed towards the unassuming Feng Clan on the sidelines while pondering. "Bloodline Prestige, and now Dual Sword Prestige. This Feng Clan has hidden truly deeply from my Kingdom's eyes for too long, what are they plotting?"

On the side of the Feng Clan, Feng Junling nodded with satisfaction after seeing Feng Yu display his Dual Sword Prestige. "Good! With is Sword Realm successfully promoting to 'One With Sword,' along with his successful usage of two swords in the state of his Bloodline Battleform. He is now capable of displaying power nearing that of a +3 Battle Prestige. To think Yu Child would be capable of Qassi-Layer Strenght before reaching Aura Disciple Realm, such an amazing talent!"

"Ha Ha! Junling, Yu'er's accomplishments makes even your own past achievements seem normal. Though back then we didn't have the power of our bloodlines, those Customized Techniques were capable of allowing us to display leaping rank strengths." said Feng Yunlong as he teased Feng Junling.

"I rather him being better than me anytime, the young must surpass the older generation. This is the only way True Experts can be born in each succession of generations," replied Feng Junling with a deep look in his eyes as he looked at Feng Yu's figure.

As the Major Influences and Rogue Practitioners were clamoring about the unexpected scene, there was a change on the battle platform.

BANG!

An even more terrifying Spear Prestige came from Zang Xu's body, it displayed a will of pure domination as if nothing in its path can't be pierced. Zang Xu looked towards both Feng Yu and Nei Dongyan and proclaimed. "There is nothing that my Absolute Spear cannot pierce!"

"Hmph! We'll see about that! I will defeat both of you and earn the victory for my people!" Nei Dongyan said his eyes started to glow once more in a bright blue light.

Buzz.

The blue lights in the eyes of the Colossal Warlord started to glow brighter as the Warlord leaned forwards lunged towards Zang Xu and Feng Yu's side of the battle platform, brandishing its massive halberd.

"Mind Heart Sutra: Warlord Form -Earth Rending Slash!" said the warlord as its voice echoed throughout the battle arena.

A wave of semi-transparent energies shot towards both Zang Xu and Feng Yu at incredible speeds, in a moment these energies arrived at the front of the two individuals.

Feng Yu smiled as slightly sways his body, creating multiple streaks of red lightning as he avoided each of the energy wave attacks, each streak of lightning moving him a few meters towards the rapidly approaching in Colossal Warlord.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

A series of explosions rang out behind Feng Yu as each of the energies that missed him crashed unto the floor crating miniature craters. Zang Xu was also no inferior as he simple dashed forward with his spear pointed towards the warlord's body, like a beam of silver light he pieced through all energy attacks as he moved with an unstoppable momentum towards the colossal.

As Nei Dongyan saw that his attacks failed he remained calm, as though to himself with a look of mock on his face. "If it were to be head-on combat I would no doubt lose to you freaks. Sadly, it is not, as our main objectives are your orbs... "

He placed his hands together following which the warlord did the same, quickly it began to twirl the halberd with both of its hands.

Swoosh!

In a short moment, a tornado soon formed around the warlord which caused it to rose into the air above Feng Yu and Zang Xu who were almost within its reach. Quickly, it stopped spinning the halberd as it assumed combat stance in the air.

"Warlord Form: Hurricane Halberd Dance!..." it shouted as it trusted its halberd towards both orbs above Feng Yu's and Zang Yu's heads creating thousands of semi-transparent halberds that launched themselves towards the orbs separately.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

"Tsk! One must attack while defending, so troublesome!" said Zang Xu as he twirled his spear parrying each of the halberds that targeted his floating chosen orb.

As Feng Yu saw the approaching attacks a look of calmness remained on his face as swayed side to side avoiding each halberd while he spoke. "Mental Power Practitioners are truly troublesome indeed, and it seems your 'Mental Powers' are above that of average Mental Power Practitioners. However, all is useless in front of true power, let me show you why it is called the Dual Sword Prestige."

As Feng Yu said this he leaned his both forward slightly as he spread apart both of his arms by his sides holding Crimson Ember and Black Lightning firmly with their tips facing the ground, taking the form of a bird ready to take flight.

BANG!

His Bloodline Prestige rose along with sacred flame essence-energies that blanketed his entire form. Soon, a blazing sharp sword aura erupted once more from his entire being. He then looked at Nei Dongyan who had a confident expression on his face at the center of the berserk Colossal Warlord and spoke.

"Sword Foundation Tactics: Extremity Dual Path - Thunder Flash Blazing Swords!..." he loud voice trailed away into the wind, as his form vanished leaving a streak of lightning that drew a line from his previous position towards the Colossal Warlord finally stopping a few dozen meters behind the warlord. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

Zap!

Following a flash of Light, Feng Yu's figure instantly appeared at the ending point of the line of lightning that was a few dozen meters behind the Colossal Warlord. His back facing the warlord as he held both of his swords that glowed with golden red flames an black thunder light separately.

"You should be honored, the first to experience my initial success of the fusion between the Path of Balance and Eruption. To respect you, I have spared your life," said Feng Yu as he turned around and moved his vision from the airborne Colossal Warlord to the silent Zang Xu.

A look of fear could be seen on Nei Dongyan's face as the last thing he remembered was a flash of blazing electrical lights before his consciousness faded away.

Crackle! Boom!

A massive explosion soon rang out, which scattered currents of black lightning with blazing flames across most of the battle platform. The Colossal Warlod instantly broke to pieces as the burnt and electrified figure of Nei Dongyan fell to the ground almost lifelessly.

Thud.

A small crater formed around his form as smashed into the ground from the fall of a few dozen meters.

Hissing...

The audience was 'stunned,' as they viewed the twitching unconscious form of Nei Dongyan on the ground.

Xun Yanshan lost all becoming an expert should have as he shouted fiercely. "What the Heck! What kind of strength is this for an 8 Tier Body Training Realm?" his spit traveling as far as his voice disturbing a few practitioners.

A pity the one who was more compelled to such a reaction was instead displaying unusual calmness, as he looked at the scene, the Southern Revolution Faction's unknown elder spoke with a deep gaze. "Victory and Defeat are interchangeable. A tiger doesn't grow if it's not tossed into the wild, with this defeat, he will learn to grow stronger. "

Dai Lin observed with surprise as he spoke to himself. "It seems that Young Master has gained insights into fusing his Sword Techniques. Interesting, I wonder if could do the same with my Customized Lightning Arts with the Practical Arts of 'Heavenly Electrical Circuit Scripture'"

All of the Psuedo Chosens and Vanquished Talents looked at the scene with reverence in their hearts, as Lang Kuang and Miren Fei felt pride in their Young Master strength.

"Truly an odd one, even his fate is shrouded in obscurity. What are you?" said the woman in white as observed Feng Yu's form.

As the various individuals discussed the scene before them, Zang Xu made his way towards Feng Yu seemingly uninjured from the explosion.

"Incredible, I didn't think I would be forced to really on my energy of Initial Stage Aura Disciple Realm at all during this Training Journey. Red Hair Sword... or rather, Daoist Feng Yu. This is where our battle ends, for you see..." as he said this, his essence-energies instantly rose to the apex condensing wisps upon wisps of auras quickly transforming completely into Aura Energy.

BANG!

The higher tier energy suppressed all forms of essence power within the surroundings, as Zang Xu's battle power rose greatly. He then looked at Feng Yu and spoke once more. "My Initial Stage Tier 1 Aura Disciple Realm is no weaker compared to Initial Stage Tier 2 Aura Disciple Realm. I know your strength shown just now has reached the threshold of an Initial Stage Tier 2 Aura Disciple Realm Practitioner, but the threshold is only a threshold."

As Feng Yu heard his logical statement he couldn't help but smile as he responded. "Right you are, the strength displayed was only at the threshold. However..." as he said this, he powers rose once again.

Shing.

His sword energies rose to the apex, allowing his battle power to equal that of Zang Xu. He then looked at him and spoke confidently as he firmly gripped his swords. "That was only because I did not want to kill Nei Dongyan. Now that you're serious, shall we test both our limits once again?"

Zang Xu looked at Feng Yu with a hint of surprise, quickly though he recovered and gripped his spear firmly, as he was about to make an attack there was a sudden change.

A dark energy soon began to shroud the entire Chosen Battle Arena, as a chilly cold aura filled the area hindering the movements and disturbing the vitalities of the weaker observing practitioners. As they experienced this sudden change, the practitioners looked around in shock, but soon a voice echoed throughout the area.

"Jie Jie Jie! It seems that if I don't do something, you kids will only continue bore this father here!" an eerie dark and ghostly voice sounded from the from the skies as Xiang Shu could be seen floating leisurely in the air.

His body gave off a nefarious aura as if the greatest fiends in the world couldn't compare to a fraction of his fiendishness, his eyes glowed with a green light, as a different presence came from his entire being. Soon, his hair turned completely white with streaks of glowing green light as skin became deadly pale, his body became slightly ethereal.

The woman in white looked at Xiang Shu and frowned as she spoke. "So, it seems I was right after all..."

As Feng Junling saw this scene, he quickly reacted by pulling both Lang Kuang and Miren Fie from the Platform of the Vanquished with his energy and then sending Feng Yu a short message through unknown means.

"Yu Child! Be careful he is not who you think he is!" as his voice faded away, Feng Yu looked towards the eerie looking Xiang Shu who floated in the air with a strange feeling. He thought to himself as he observed.

"So familiar where have I seen this before..."

Puuii!

In an instant, multiple beams of green light shot forth from the dark clouds as they targeted the ancient looking door that towered over the platform. The winds rose as a dark atmosphere descended, being the precursor to the forthcoming events...

Dual Sword God - Chapter 66: Clash of Monsters, Battle Prestige!

The audience observed in silence, as their shock couldn't be described with words.

The man from the Midnight Temple who was calm and collected throughout the entire trial now had his mouth opened in an exaggerated manner.

"Is this?..." before he could finish speaking another loud voice continued his statement.

"A Bloodline Battle Form!..." Xun Yanshan exclaimed in shock, as he looked at Feng Yu's unique transformation on the battle platform. His voice resounded throughout the area filling each of its listeners with dread.

Xin Zhu and Tang Fei looked at the scene speechless as the characters from influence belonging to the Rain Sword Sect, DarkSky Pavilion, Seven Blade Mercenaries, Blood Rose Union and others revealed various types of expressions.

"So this is Young Master's Bloodline Battle Form. It's amazing!..." exclaimed Lang Kuang from the platform of the vanquished, Miren Fei who stood beside looked at Feng Yu with glittering eyes.

"So he was that powerful, a rare bloodline practitioner. Is this strength of the man you follow Blue Thunder Dai Lin?" said Tang Wu as he moved his vision from Feng Yu to the figure of Dai Lin who stood calmly on his bronze square.

"I don't care who you're following. I will defeat you and make you mine!" said the sweet Xing Qing who's eyes shone with a determined light, the previously stuttering shy girl gone as if she had come to terms with her own mind.

Xia Rou and Ye Wang looked at each other with surprise in their eyes as they saw Feng Yu's battle form, they then shifted their visions to Zang Xu on the battle platform. After seeing the excited look on Zang Xu's face they couldn't help but sigh to themselves.

"Senior Brother Zang looks as if he had finally found a decent challenge," said Xia Rou as she looked back once more at Feng Yu.

"So it seems, to be able to defeat Wuqi Shouzhi so easily while only at the Peak of 8 Tier Body Training Realm is a sign of strength that approaches the levels of a Supreme Prodigy. A Pity, if he were only at the same cultivation of Senior Brother Zang it could have been an interesting match," said Ye Wang with a hint of pity in his voice.

As if she was no longer paying attention to Ye Wang, Xia Rou's gaze was now locked onto the form that was lingering the air as if he was emperor above all things.

"Xiang Shu..." she muttered softly, as she tightly clenched her fists while observing Xiang Shu's floating figure.

On the side of the Feng Clan, the Core Elders and Family Members looked at the scene with delight as Feng Junling smiled and spoke. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

"Oh! It looks as if he was eager to destroy that brat from the weapon empire. A pity, he still managed to escape with a strand of his life left. He'll probably have a hard time recovering from those injuries though."

"Em. 'Sacred Flames' are different from normal class fire for a reason, if this Wuqi Clan doesn't have any special means, they'd better give up on any hope of him recovering on the Path of Cultivation." said Feng Yunlong as he continued to observe Feng Yu.

"Eldest Brother, there is a message from the clan members below. It seems your fears were true, there has been a great change in Machen Town..." said Feng Xingyu as she approached with Elder Duan and Elder Chen.

"Already? What's happened so far?" asked Feng Junling.

Elder Chen and Elder Duan looked at each other for a moment before speaking, as they continued to discuss the events of the world below the battle form once more started to have action.

Swoosh!

The Sacred Flames that covered a section of the battle platform flowed towards Feng Yu's body in an endless streaming, blanketing his entire form making him seem as if he was a fire Deity from the Purgatory Realm.

As if previously being interrupted didn't matter, Zang Xu looked at Feng Yu with a sharp light in his eyes as he spoke. "I knew you were different the first time I saw you, but I did not expect for your secret to being that of a Bloodline Power. Interesting, shall we test it, your 'Bloodline Prestige' against my 'Absolute War Prestige!'"

Before he finished speaking, he gripped his spear tightly as the pressure surrounding his form transformed.

BANG!

A new kind of energy erupted from his body, as wisps of energies collected around his form. A strange spear marking formed at the side of his forehead, but it was dull in color as if it was not fully cultivated. A small circle was at the side of this spear marking that grew bright and brighter as his energies rose, in a short moment 1/3 of the circle was filled with a bright light.

As some of the peak 1 Tier Aura Disciples in the audience felt his Battle Prestige, they couldn't help but shudder in fear.

"It's over..." said Xin Zhu as he saw Zang Xu's Battle State, Tang Fei nodded and agreed silently.

"A minor or rather a broken War Saint Legacy, " said Feng Junling as his eyes shone with a strange red light for a short moment before returning to normal.

"Oh, I didn't think that after seeing True War Saint Prestige from that Hui Ying kid we would see another kind, though it's a broken legacy. This kid is also quite talented, he is able to display +1 Battle Prestige even with this legacy," said Feng Yunlong as he looked a bit admiringly at Zang Xu.

Battle Prestige, the denoting term used to identify true battle strength. A warrior is ranked by the levels of strength they possess and normal practitioners who cannot leap rank fight are considered as rankless.

If a practitioner is capable of battling 1 Tier above his cultivation stage they would be considered to have '+1 Battle Prestige.' It is divided as follows:

Leaping 1 Tier: +1 Battle Prestige / Bloodline Prestige

Leaping 2 Tier: +2 Battle Prestige / Bloodline Prestige

Leaping 3 Tier: +3 Battle Prestige / Bloodline Prestige

Once a practitioner is capable of battling with +3 Battle Prestige, they are then considered as 'Stages' which is typical for high levels of cultivation divided by Initial Stage, Middle Stage, and Upper Stage.

The only individuals capable of displaying this kind of strength are either from Bloodline Clans or War Saint Lineages. These are divided as follows:

Leaping 1 Stage ( 3 Tiers ) - 1 Layer Battle Prestige / Bloodline Prestige

Leaping 2 Stage ( 6 Tiers ) - 2 Layer Battle Prestige / Bloodline Prestige

Leaping 3 Stage ( 9 Tiers ) - 3 Layer Battle Prestige / Bloodline Prestige

Legend says that there was a strength classification of a higher scale but even today, it remains forever as an eternal mystery...

As Feng Yu felt the powerful Battle Prestige being released from Zang Xu, he couldn't help but forget his hatred with Wuqi Shouzhi as a look of excitement came upon his face. He thought to himself.

"This is my first battle against someone of this caliber, I wonder, who among both of us is the strongest?" as Feng Yu said this he gripped 'Crimson Ember' and positioned himself into a sword combat stance.

BANG!

His Bloodline Prestige energies rose instantly equaling his power to the same levels of Zang Xu's Battle Prestige.

Feng Junling smiled as he saw this and muttered softly. "While this kid is capable of displaying +1 Battle Prestige, Yu Child is already at +2 due to cultivating the Nirvana Flame Cultivation Technique. This should make for an interesting struggle..."

Sou! Sou!

In an instant, both Feng Yu and Zang Xu lunged towards each other at blinding speeds. Zang Xu turning into a beam of silver light as Feng Yu moved as a streak of golden-scarlet lightning as they quickly appeared in front of each other.

"Absolute Spear Arts: Dominating Spear Assault!" roared Zang Xu, as he trusted his spear forwards creating an illusion of multiple spear shadows each attacking Feng Yu's vital organs.

"Sword Foundation Tactics: Path of Balance - Blurry Mantis Swords!" As if he didn't feel the threat from Zang Xu's overwhelming spear assault, Feng Yu started to slash 'Crimson Ember' in an unusual manner creating a myriad of sword shades that blocked each spear assaults.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

A series of booms rang out loudly as both Zang Xu's and Feng Yu's figures flashed around the battle platform like two different beams of light, they clashed violently, sending ripples of shockwaves with beams of stray energies across the entire battle platform.

Nei Dongyan who was observing the battle frowned, with an expression saying 'You think you guys are the only ones here?' that could only be view in his eyes from his cloth-covered face. He stretched out his hands making a grasping motion towards the orbs floating above both Feng Yu's and Zang Xu's head.

"Mind Heart Sutra: Oppressing Arms!... " as Nei Dongyan said this, his mental powers surrounding him congealed into a state of two large semi-transparent arms that reached out towards both orbs.

As if they both sensed something, Feng Yu, and Zang Xu both responded by launching an attack towards the arms approaching them at high speeds.

Shing! Swish! KABOOM!

Following the sound of a sword beam along with a spearlight, was two massive explosion that separated both Zang Yu and Feng Yu.

Sou!

After twirling himself in the air, Zang Xu quickly recovered standing on the firm ground.

Flash!

As Feng Yu was also blasted away by the shockwave, he swayed his body turning into a streak of golden-scarlet lightning that instantly landed at the edge of the battle platform.

Both of Zang Yu and Feng Yu looked towards the figure of Nei Dongyan in who stood at another opposing end of the large battle platform.

"So you've finally noticed me, well good! It's time to---" before he could finish speaking both Feng Yu and Zang Xu who were once before instantly vanished, a feeling of imminent death soon filled Nei Dongyan, as his mental power could only vaguely sense their locations due to their extreme speed.

"Damn! Mind Heart Sutra: Mental Barrier!" Nei Dongyan quickly willed with his thoughts, which instantaneously generated a semi-transparent barrier around his form.

The moment the barrier formed a sword beam and spearlight arrived and collided with it.

BOOM!

Xiang Shu who floated on the air above the battle platform smirked as he spoke. "Tsk! A noble Mental Power Practitioner having such a clumsy side."

After a short moment, the lights from the energy collision faded as the figures of Feng Yu and Zang Xu stood silently at two opposing ends of Nei Dongyan.

Quickly, the semi-transparent barrier faded revealing a slightly dispirited Nei Dongyan who's body was covered in semi-transparent armor. He looked at both Feng Yu and Zang Xu with a mocking gaze.

"As expected to the Red Haired Sword Fiend and Spear Child! To be able to break my Mental Barrier with a combination attack is truly worthy of respect, now then, can you also break this?" as he spoke his body began to glow in a strange light.

"Not good!" Feng Yu said as his body transformed into a streak of lightning retreating to the edge of the battle platform once again, Zang Xu sensing the Danger also followed moving like a beam of light at the other opposing end.

As if he didn't care about the two who retreated Nei Dongyan lifted his head towards the sky and roared. "Mind Heart Sutra: Colossal Warlord!"

Rumble! Bang!

The arena shook as a massive semi-transparent shade appeared around Nei Dongyan, it was a giant that was roughly 100 meters tall with arms as thick as a water barrel as a halberd in one of its arms with a massive shield in the other. Its eyes glowed in a bright blue light as he looked towards both Feng Yu and Zang Xu who stood at opposing ends of the massive battle platform.

Nei Dongyan's body soon rose and fully merged itself at the center of this giant colossal, soon his eyes started to glow in the same blue light in the eyes of the colossal as his voice could be heard from the Warlord.

"This my Mind Practitioner's Legacy's Ultimate Art! Who dares to fight me?!" said Nei Dongyan as a look of confidence shone in both his and the eyes of Semi-Transparent Collassal Warlod.

The audience was shocked at the scene before them, as the Southern Revolution Faction practitioners were delighted, the unknown man smiled and shook his head as he spoke. "This kid, nothing like his father..."

"Such a powerful legacy, it seems it is comparable to the legacies of the Supreme Prodigies. If he were to reach their cultivation realms it should make for an interesting bout, a pity he's still a tad green," said Xun Yanshan with a look of surprise on his face.

"Ha Ha! Good! So exciting it is to watch these kids fight, it's as anyone random two of them fighting is not different from a 'final battle.' I cant tell who will win." said a scholarly looking man as he observed the Warlord Mental Power Colossal.

Zang Xu looked at Nei Dongyan with a bit of surprise but soon he gripped his and a different more threatening power started to flow around his form.

Back on the battle platform, Feng Yu who stood at an opposing end of the platform looked at the Warlord in shock. He thought to himself, "Never in my two lives have I ever heard of Mental Power being used in such a strange way,"

After a short moment, he cleared his thoughts and glances around at the forms of Zang Xu and looming Xiang Shu who floated without a care for the world in the air. He moved his unoccupied hand towards his sheathed sword 'Black Lightning' and spoke once more.

"I never thought I would be forced to displaying my full strength here. Very good! I wonder, can your warlord take my swords!"

Shing!

The cry of the sword once more resounded throughout the field as the audience once gain became shocked as they viewed Feng Yu wielding his two swords by his sides, he looked towards all of his opponents with a smile as he spoke.

"Shall we begin the second round..."

Dual Sword God - Chapter 65: The Chosen Battle Royal, Evening the Odds!

Crackle!

A thunderous noise resounded throughout the area, as five beams of light shot towards the sky blinding speeds. These lights gave off a unique energy, each filled with a will that sought total dominance.

Sou!

As if they were annoyed by each other, each of these lights shot towards each other colliding at the central position of the sky.

BOOM!

Instantly, a shockwave was creating which spread across the entire golden square battle platform, causing ripples of energies to scatter outwards, affecting even the distant audiences who observed from their own elevated platforms.

Rattle!

A practitioner who was at the 1 Tier Aura Disciple Realm looked at the scene before him in shock as he his hand that was holding his weapon began to tremble.

"What!... What am I seeing?" said the practitioner as his voices stuttered.

"Is this the strength of just their willpower? Such immense power, it doesn't matter who wins each of these brats are certain to be a leader of the new generation," said a scholarly looking man as he looked at them with interest.

As the audience was shocked by the strength of wills, the battle within the golden square battle platform was about to start off.

Zang Xu who was shrouded by a powerful energy suddenly turned his gaze towards Feng Yu, upon seeing the color of Feng Yu's eyes a look of excitement could be seen at the depths of his eyes. However, as he made a motion to attack Feng Yu, there was a sudden change...

Feng Yu who had partially activated his bloodline power which only changed his eye color looked towards Wuqi Shouzhi with a murderous gleam in the depths of his eyes. He leaned forwards and circulated his <Lightning Flash Steps> as he firmly gripped his sword 'Black Lightning' that was sheathed on the left side of his back.

Flash!

Instantly, he transformed into a streak of red lightning that bolted through the center of the group almost instantaneously arriving in front of Wuqi Shouzhi.

"Sword Foundation Tactics: Path of Speed -Thunder Flash Sword!" Feng Yu shouted as he slashed black lightning towards Wuqi Shouzhi's throat, his sword moving like a beam of black light.

Shing!

The cry of the sword echoed throughout the region, as all of the opposing True Chosen's observed the scene with interest in their eyes while keeping a layer of vigilance at each other.

"I knew you'd attack me first! HAHA! A friend of that untamed dog of my family deserves death! Special Weapon Arts: Hidden Styles - Sea of Needles..." said Wuqi Shouzhi as he jumped into the air while flipping with both of his hands placed inside of his sleeves.

He spun in an odd manner as if he was a spinning top that could pivot itself in the sky, as an endless sea of needles started to flow around his form creating a barrier of needles.

BOOM!

The sword and sea of needles quickly collided with each other, which caused the sea of needles to explode scattering across the entire or rather most of the battle platform as Feng Yu's sword cut the empty air and slashed into the ground of the platform.

Clank!

Feng Yu looked at this scene with a hint of surprise in his eyes as he didn't expect Wuqi Shouzhi to have such a slippery move. "Such an odd technique, to be able to escape of my 'Thunder Flash Sword.' Hmph! No matter, your tricks are only tricks in the end." as he said this to himself he closed his eyes and a part of his soulforce was sent around the stage scanning each of the scattered seas of needles on the ground.

"It's pointless! You won't be able to find me, my Hidden Needle Styles have reached the apex. Trying to find me is not different in searching for 'Needle in a Haystack.' Now then, Fellow Daoist's I hope your all ready. " the voice of Wuqi Shouzhi could be heard coming from all directions within the battle platform with no set location.

Inside of a void space, his form could be seen crouched on top of countless needles and weapons with both of his arms placed together in a unique hand-sign.

"Special Weapon Arts: Hidden Styles - Rain of Needles!" as he said this all of the needles scattered across the stage shot towards the sky creating clouds of needles, after a short moment they started to fall towards the ground at terrifying speeds leaving room for avoidance.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

As the needle rain fell threateningly, the True Chosens that stood on the battle platform stood calmly as if what was in front of them was nothing more ordinary rain.

Xiang Shu smiled as a pair of black winds shrouded his form propelling him into the air as it pushed away all of the needles that tried to strike his body, as Nei Dongyan stood calmly like a towering mountain, a stream of transparent energies gathered around his body creating a barrier that blocked all things.

Zang Xu pointed his spear towards the sky causing a wave of energy to shot forth which not only destroyed all needles falling towards him but half of the cloud of needles that loomed in the sky.

As Feng Yu looked towards the sky while waving his hand sending a series of slashes with black lightning, creating a myriad of swords beams that cut apart all descending needles.

Shing! Shing! Shing!

The sword beams cried out as they quickly made their way towards the remaining half of the looming cloud of needles wiping it away from existence.

Puff.

Inside of the hidden space, Wuqi Shouzhi spat out a mouthful of blood as his essence-energies weakened placing him into a vulnerable position. He looked towards the scene outside of the space in shock and anger.

"Damn! How could they so easily break throughout my Secret Weapon Technique?" he said with hatred in his voice, after venting for a short moment he calmed his thoughts and spoke once more.

"Chet! It does not matter, I simply need to recover my energies and use that technique. I do not believe that you will all be able to resist my clan's ultimate weapon art!" he said as he clenched his fists tightly before changing his sitting posture to recover silently.

As the Rogue Practitioners and Major Characters observed this battle scene they couldn't help but feel excited.

"The Genius of the Wuqi Weapons Clan is truly amazing. A pity though, he is still leagues away from being a qualified match for one of the Supreme Geniuses of the Golden Dragon Empire, the Southern Revolution Faction's Genius and those two odd DarkHorses. Strange, why would two such individuals be birthed in such a low-class area?..." said the mysterious man from the Midnight Temple...

"Young Master is finally starting to take his battle more seriously..." said Dai Lin while standing on his bronze square as he observed Feng Yu's state of mind.

The Major Characters seeing the battle before them observed quietly.

On a platform that stood far away from the rest, a man with a white mask sat silently as he gazed towards the figure of Feng Yu standing calmly on a battle platform. This man then moved his vision towards the cloudy and dark energies that were emitting from the mass of dark clouds that loomed around the Chosen Battle Platform.

Sou!

A beautiful woman appeared beside him or rather a spectral image of that woman, she was the woman in white who was currently seated on the platform in the region of the Chosen Battle Platform.

"Are you going to do something? Or Are you going to continue to observe as if this has nothing to do with you?" she asked in an indifferent tone.

WhiteMask chuckled underneath his mask as he responded. "The Watcher 'watches', the Seeker 'seeks', the Traveler 'travels' as the Speaker 'speaks.' Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha! What say you, speaker? Shall you only continue to speak?" as he said this, a bright white light shone in the depths of his eyes giving off an unusual aura. Quickly, his form vanished into nothingness.

Swoosh!

The morning wind blew across the distant platform as the spectral image of the woman in white started to fade away and she once again cast her vision towards the battle platform.

"I know my destiny, I don't need you to remind me of it..." she muttered to her self as a frown came upon her face, soon after vanishing appearing into her true body at the scene.

An attendant in white who stood beside her real form upon noticing her change spoke. "Young Mistress, is everything alright?"

"I'm fine..." she said as the dispirited aura that flowed from her body quickly recovered back to her optimal state.

As various individuals were discussing the current scene, the battle of the golden square was beginning to heat up.

Bang!

A terrifying flame essence energy shrouded Feng Yu's form as he sheathed 'Black Lightning' and unsheathed his rusty sword 'Crimson Ember.'

Feeling the energies coming from Feng Yu, Zang Xu gripped his spear and pointed it towards Feng Yu completely disregarding everyone else as he spoke.

"Feng Yu, I waited long enough! Come, it is time for us to do battle!" as he said this, a terrifying and sharp pressure filled the air. It was as if a dominant power was proclaiming a single rule.

He looked towards Feng Yu and spoke that rule. "My spear will pierce all, and nothing shall hinder it! Witness my Absolute Spear!" as Zang Xu was about to unleashed a powerful attack which most likely would have caused world shattering awe, he was interrupted...

"Wait!..." said Feng Yu as he stretched out his palm to stopped Zang Xu, he then looked around the battle platform finally resting his gaze at a particular unnoticed corner.

Clank!

Feng Yu gripped his sword 'Crimson Ember' tightly as the flame essence-energies started to grow more unconstrained around his entire form while spoke once more. "The odds are uneven, let me fix this!"

Sou!

Before Zang Xu could retort he instantly vanished, transforming into another streak of red lightning as he shot towards the unnoticed corner of the battle platform.

Wuqi Shouzhi who was recovering from the backlash of his secret weapon technique being broken, inside of the strange space looked towards Feng Yu in shock.

"Shit! It's not good! How did he notice? I have to leave here now!" as he said this, he quickly reached for a talisman in his storage ring. However, before he could do anything it was too late.

Time slowed down...

Like a beam of light, Feng Yu quickly arrived at the location where Wuqi Shouzhi hid in a unique space. He then slashed the sword towards this space while shouting at the top of his voice. "You think I couldn't find you, truly naive! Sword Foundation Tactics: Path of Eruption - Blazing Sword!..."

Shing!

A blazing sword beam shot across space instantly creating an opening, the beam then broke apart into streams of fire that plunged across the entire small space transforming it into a sea of flames. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

As time sped up once more, Wuqi Shouzhi who was now covered in flames only had enough time to break the talisman and scream.

"Nooo!..." as his pain filled voice echoed throughout the area, it was soon replaced by the sound of clustering flames.

BOOOM!

A massive explosion of flames soon erupted, as everything soon after became ashes. The Rogue Practitioners and few Major Characters looked at this scene in shock.

Flap. Flap.

With the sound of robes making noises as they swayed with the wind, Feng Yu stood quietly on the battle platform with his back turned to the remaining True Chosens as he looked at the broken spacial treasure on the ground in front of him. His hair was a mixture of golden scarlet with his eyes completely golden in color, as a strange abstruse marking flowing around the surface of his skin.

Ashes fell from the sky on top of his figure, as a sea of flames now blanketed this section of the battle platform in front of him.

"Even in that state, you managed to barely escape with a Void Transference Talisman. Hmph! It will do you no good, for even if Hui Ying doesn't find you in the future, I certainly shall..." as Feng Yu said this, a golden light shone in the depths of his eyes.

As if he remembered something he turned around a looked towards the silent True Chosens, and smirked before speaking once again.

"The odds are now even, shall we begin..."

Dual Sword God - Chapter 64: The Ancient Door

The sky was shrouded in golden light, which is emitted from an invisible space at the summits of the world. If someone looked carefully, they would see a door, yes a door, but instead of usual door. It was pure golden in color and gave off a metallic shine, a towering structure over 1000 meters tall and was roughly 50 meters wide. Its surface was engraved in an ancient runic language that filled this mysterious door with a noble aura.

Roar!

As this door descended from the large spatial zone, the world below it began to shake as if it couldn't bear the pressure being emitted by the 'Ancient Door.' However, the Ancient Dragon quickly responded to this scene.

Puii!

Its eyes shine once more with bright black and white lights, and the rumbling of the Chosen Battle Arena instantly quelled.

BANG!

With the sound of a loud boom, the massive Ancient Door had fully descended, towering above the entire Chosen Battle Platform.

The surrounding Rogue Practitioners and Major Characters looked at this scene with a variety of expressions.

"Oh, so this is the path to the Mystic Realm. I didn't think it would actually materialize as a doorway." said a Major Character as looked at the towering door in surprise.

Xuan Lie who had been observing Xiang Shu like a hawk also looked towards the door in surprise, but quickly he recovered sending a message to Fie Tan.

"I want a token at any costs, kill anyone that stands in our way!" said Xuan Lie.

"Yes, your Majesty!" replied Fei Tan as he then proceeded to signal the Bright Flame Knights.

Xin Zhu and Tang Fei looked at each other and spoke.

"Old Zhu, your goddaughter has gotten a token, how about we share the slots for entry with both of our family members?" asked Tang Fei.

"Hmph! Not a chance," as Old Zhu was about to reject he couldn't help but stop to ponder for a short while as he played with his beard before continuing his response. "Well, hmm, only if you will pay me back for my losses at the inn."

"Chet! If you don't want to then fine." said, Tang Fei, as he snorted in dissatisfaction.

Xun Yanshan looked at the door silently for a moment before he shifted his vision towards the Southern Revolution Faction and Midnight Temple unknown figures who were also unusually quiet.

"Such an interesting entranceway, the door carries within it an aura similar to the ancient dragon construct. It was either made of materials of a similar or higher grade compared to the Ancient Dragon," said Feng Junling as he closely observed the gate.

"Yes, it is truly astounding craftsmanship, if not inferior mostly likely on a greater scale compared to the Heavenly Craftsman Saint Lineage. However, its craftsmanship is not the only area that is in a different league..." as Feng Yunlong said this he couldn't help cast a look of ridicule on a few individuals within the surroundings.

"So it has finally arrived! Ha Ha! I've waited long enough brothers lets go!" shouted an individual from backlines, as he said this, he tossed a Treasured Artifact before him and jumped on top of it. In only a few moments, it expanded to scale 20 meters wide and floated calmly in the air.

Sou! Sou! Sou!

Quickly, a group of individuals vanished from the crowds and appeared on top of the floating Treasured Artifact.

"Ha Ha! We really struck it big this time coming to this backwater place, once our Soaring Sky Bandits gain the treasures from this Mystic Realm, we will be able to move unhindered in the entire empire." said another individual with a scar on his face.

"Let's go!" roared the leader as the shuttle treasure artifact they stood on soared to the sky, traveling towards the door at incredible speeds.

Swoosh!!!

"The infamous Soaring Sky Bandits! To think they'd actually be here!" a rogue practitioner exclaimed in surprise. However, the Major Influential characters who understood Mystic Realms scoffed.

"A bunch of fools..." said a scholarly looking man.

Quickly, the shuttle carrying the bandits arrived at the door that towering above the Chosen Battle Arena. The bandits seeing that no else had followed them were pleased as they mocked.

"You idiots you've all missed this---" while one of them was preparing his trademark bandit speech, the door in front of them started to react in a strange manner.

Buzz!

Instantly, a ripple was sent from the door and centralized on the shuttle that was almost within its range. It was a golden ripple that seemed to have been a condensation of a Higher Dao.

Puff!

As if they were nothing more than ants in front of a raging sea, the members of Soaring Sky Bandits instantly dematerialized turning into specks of dust that quickly faded away from existence not even given the chance to scream out in pain. It may have been a peaceful death, but it was not as kind as it seemed, their souls will no longer be able to reincarnate.

The flying shuttle was apparently not the target of the Higher Dao, as such, upon losing its source of energy required for short-term flight. It then fell towards the distant town covered by the dark clouds bellow the Chosen Battle Arena.

Hissing...

The sound of many individuals taking a deep breath resounded throughout the area, as a few individuals with weaker mentality started to tremble in fear.

"What... What the hell just happened? Where did they go?" said a timid looking rogue practitioner as he trembled.

A few of the Major Figures who were expecting the door of the Mystic Realm to repel infringers were also surprised, as they did not think it would use such a vision method.

"A condensation of the Dao of Annihilation! They condensed the fragment of such a profound Dao into this construct, how did they pull this off?" said Feng Junling with a hint of surprise.

The woman in white seeing this frowned slightly, however, after a short while she calmly turned her gaze towards the Ancient Dragon Construct.

As the Major Characters and Rogue Practitioners were discussing their surprise at the scene, the arena had started to shake once again.

Roar!

As Chosen Battle Arena shook the five True chosen were transported to the central golden square which expanded and merged with the silver squares surrounding it creating a massive battle platform. The 10 Pseudo Chosen on the bronze squares were kept at their positions with their squares elevating themselves to the height of the spectating platforms.

After a few moments, the Ancient Dragon finally spoke once more to the audience.

"The Ancient Door has descended, but before one can tread this door they would have to wait until the chosen one battle royal has concluded. Only the influences with tokens will be allowed entry into the Ancient Dragon Battlefield, all who try to infringe upon this rule will be extinguished." a ruthless light shone in its eyes as it said this. However, after a short while, its eyes glowed in a different light.

Puui!

Almost instantaneously, five different colored balls of lights appeared on the battle platform which shot towards each of the True Chosen at unparalleled speeds.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

In mere moments, they stopped and hovered above each of the True Chosen's heads, the Ancient Dragon after doing this then proceed to explain once more.

"The Chosen One title can only be received by the True Chosen who has successfully managed to protect their Chosen Orb. If your orb is destroyed, you would have lost qualification to participate in the True Chosen War and will be transported outside of the battle platform. True Chosens and Pseudo Chosens who are outside of the battle platform are allowed entry into the Ancient Dragon Battlefield only once the Chosen One has been selected. Now then, Let the Final Chosen War commence!" as it said this, a bright light quickly covered the massive golden square battle platform, creating a transparent dome-like cover.

The Major Influences and Rogue Practitioners couldn't help but get excited as they saw this scene.

"The final five, I wonder who amongst them will become victorious." said the scholarly looking man.

"The Zang Brat, has finally met fairly worthy foes, a pity, they are in no way his match," said Xun Yanshan as he observed the scene.

The man from the Midnight Temple looked at Wuqi Shoushi silently with his thoughts unknown to anyone, as the man from the Southern Revolution Faction looked at Nei Dongyan with a similar expression.

Xiang Tian looked at the dominant appearance of Xiang Shu with anger in his heart as he thought to himself. "Damn! Damn! How could this happen? Why the hell did this happen? How am I to survive after this Talent Selection? The clan is now ruined."

Feng Yunlong at Feng Yu with a smile on his face as he spoke to Feng Junling. "Junling, Yu'er looks like he's about to have fun."

"Ha Ha! Indeed, however, this won't be an easy bout especially with that 'variable' and that kid with that spear kid's special energy." said Feng Junling as he observed the True Chosens.

"Em. Still, if it Yu'er he has most likely already noticed who needs to pay the most attention towards," said Feng Yunlong as he looked at Feng Yu with a look of pride.

Swoosh!

As the morning wind gently blew across their platform, the True Chosens stood calmly within the square unphased by the changes as they calmly glanced at each other.

Feng Yu glanced at the orbs floating above each competitor's heads and smiled lightly while thinking to himself. "This looks very interesting, not only must we be wary of each other's strengths but we must also divide a portion of our attention to guarding the orb. This tests not only our combat capabilities but also our abilities to adapt according to any situation. If this were any other bunch it would work just fine, sadly.."

BANG!!!

A terrifying pressure instantly engulfed the entire region as 4 striking auras blanketed started to struggle for dominance. The pressure became so strong that it gave the pressure that 4 Aura Disciples were preparing to fight, as Feng Yu saw this scene he couldn't but shake his head as he spoke once again.

"Who here isn't confident in their strengths and capabilities?" Feng Yu said as his hair started to dance and his eyes instantly became golden in color.

"Might is what makes the king..." as he said this, his voice was drowned in the noises caused by clashing of essence-energies and the dawn of the final war was about to begin...

True Martial World - Chapter 185: Falling off the cliff

The illusion carried on. As Yi Yun pretended to be confused by it, he was thinking of a way to catch this primordial herb.

According to the 'Divine Wilderness' book's records, many primordial herbs had the ability to tunnel into the earth or water. Just like some novels that had records of human ginseng fruits, which had the ability to "dissolve upon contact with water, entering upon contact with soil…"

This sort of primordial herb would dissolve upon contact with water, and it would tunnel into the ground upon contact with soil. As such, they would be like the fish swimming in the ocean, impossible to find!

Catching a primordial herb needed to be done in one swift strike!

If it were to escape deep into the herb mountain, even a human Sage would be helpless.

And Yi Yun was completely inadequate in terms of speed and experience in picking primordial herbs. Rushing to pick it would only result in failure.

The primordial herb still did not know that Yi Yun could see it. If Yi Yun were to draw out the Thousand Army Saber and rush at it, then the disguise from before would crumble. This would put the primordial herb on high alert.

Did he have to report this matter to the Divine City, letting a Sage handle it?

If the tip-off led to success, then he would be rewarded. But the point was if the human Sage were to come with him, would the primordial herb discover it early on and slip off?

At that time, he might even be charged with the crime of crying wolf.

And even if the human Sage had some exceptional method to capture the primordial herb, how was he going to explain his discovery of the primordial herb's location?

Many things could easily arouse suspicion.

After some thought, Yi Yun decided to do it himself, betting all on a single attempt!

But… Not today!

Currently, he was grossly inadequate in preparations.

By rashly making a move, it could startle the enemy.

Although there might be no way of finding the primordial herb if it were to escape, Yi Yun had the confidence to locate the primordial herb's location because the Blood Yang Flower did not have the ability to dissolve or tunnel through the earth.

Finding the Blood Yang Flower meant finding the primordial herb.

Yi Yun believed that the primordial herb was lurking around the Blood Yang Flower, protecting its 'property'.

"The primordial herb's hiding technique sure is good. Previously, when I used my spiritual energy to interface with the Purple Crystal, I could only detect the Blood Yang Flower and missed that primordial herb. Its distance could not have been far off, yet I didn't see it. It was only when it used its magic could I find it!"

Yi Yun also felt lucky. For him to find a primordial herb was purely coincidental.

At the same time, Yi Yun felt that he needed to cultivate more, so he could increase his spiritual energy. Without sufficient spiritual energy, whether it was a primordial herb, immortal herb or primal herb, he would not be able to find it.

As Yi Yun was thinking, he suddenly found that in the illusion, there were more and more corpses surging towards him like a tidal wave, forcing him into a corner.

It looked like Yi Yun was in a forsaken cemetery, surrounded by plains. But Yi Yun knew that behind him was a cliff.

One more foot back and he would fall off the cliff.

Although more than a hundred feet was not much, a person within an illusion would be unaware of this.

If Yi Yun hit his head first on the rocks, due to the heavy Flowing Mercury Gown he wore, his head and neck would take the brunt of the weight. He would be seriously injured and might even die from a broken neck!

Upon thinking of this, Yi Yun's urge to catch the primordial herb grew stronger.

Although primordial herbs did not have the ability to kill, by using their magic to charm a cultivator, they could still cause a cultivator's death.

Yi Yun had no room for retreat. He lowered the weight of the Flowing Mercury Gown to its lowest, and pretending to slip, he let out a cry and fell down the cliff!

Whilst midair, it seemed like Yi Yun was alarmed and bewildered, but secretly, he was maintaining his balance.

"Boom!"

Yi Yun fell to the ground on his back, sending rocks flying!

Even with the Flowing Mercury Gown's weight at its lowest, the impact from falling more than a hundred feet was still tremendous.

Yi Yun sprawled out on the ground. His body had formed a huge human-sized crater. In fact, before Yi Yun landed, he had gathered his body's Heaven Earth Yuan Qi to cushion his fall. However, it still caused his body to ache.

Although he was uninjured, Yi Yun pretended to pass out. At the same time, using the Purple Crystal's vision, he quietly observed the primordial herb at the top of the cliff.

Yi Yun could feel a faint sneer coming from the herb.

"Primordial herb, this fellow…"

Yi Yun made sure that he would make the primordial herb pay for this.

Soon, the primordial herb lost interest in Yi Yun and left in a carefree manner.

In fact, to the primordial herb, Yi Yun was like an ant to it. He was not worth paying attention to.

Ever since this primordial herb formed a spirit, it had been growing in the Tai Ah Divine City herb mountain for thousands of years.

In the thousands of years, the primordial herb had seen countless numbers of cultivators from the Tai Ah Divine City.

All these cultivators were treated as unimportant animals like ants by the primordial herb.

They were young and extremely weak. Furthermore, they were extremely dumb. They said they were picking herbs, but they were like headless flies, randomly flying around.

There were many herbs under their noses, yet they could not see them.

Although it wanted to tease these cultivators, this primordial herb knew that there were human Sages in the Tai Ah Divine City.

If it constantly teased the cultivators, accidentally killing a few, it would alert the Tai Ah Divine City's Sages.

If that happened, its days were over.

If it was targeted by a human Sage, it had to be vigilant and live underground, reducing its foray outside.

It had to be known that many human sages had the ability to hide their presence. No matter how careful the primordial herb was, or how keen its senses were, it could miss a human sage that was creeping up on it. When that happened, it was done for.

Yi Yun laid at the bottom of the cliff for an hour before getting up.

Yi Yun remembered the position of the cliff. In the Purple Crystal's vision, that Blood Yang Flower had not yet left. As it was startled, it hid underground and it was likely that it would not appear to absorb the pure Yang Qi for the next few days.

As long as the Blood Yang Flower was around, Yi Yun was relieved.

Yi Yun did not go up that cliff anymore. In fact, he walked in the opposite direction and picked a few herbs before leaving the herb mountain early.

When he handed over the herbs, Zhao Qingcheng and company were also there.

Seeing Yi Yun, Zhao Qingcheng shyly smiled. Her face was red, apparently due to her borrowing of money from Yi Yun the other day. Zhao Qingcheng was still embarrassed over it.

"Hi Sis Qingcheng," greeted Yi Yun.

Today, Yi Yun's harvest was only a hundred dragon scale runes.

After weighing it, Wang glanced at Yi Yun with a slight surprise. But it was nothing much. An expert would still suffer from bad luck occasionally. Having a smaller harvest one day was normal. But at this rate, Yi Yun would have no chance of breaking Zhong Yi's record.

"About this, Sister Wang, I want to ask if there's a book that introduces primordial herbs?" When he finished handing over the herbs, Yi Yun weakly asked. The 'Divine Wilderness' book was mainly for Tai Ah Divine City rookies to read.

As the divine city's rookies had no chance of making contact with a primordial herb, the 'Divine Wilderness' book only had brief records, which meant that Yi Yun had no idea what primordial herb he had encountered.

This naturally was a big obstacle in Yi Yun's plan to capture the primordial herb.

Hearing Yi Yun's question, Wang was speechless. This kid was still dreaming!

Even Zhong Yi did not manage to pick a primordial herb! Even the great human Sages had to carefully plan for it. With some luck, they could catch one. How would it be possible for a kid like you?

If not for Yi Yun's proof of his keen observational powers over the past couple of days, Wang would have cursed. But even so, her tone was still very mean.

"Kid, just because you have some talent at picking herbs and you have a slightly better pair of eyes, it makes you think you are awesome? Primordial herbs? Wait another seven or eight years before caring about primordial herbs! You really don't know anything!"

"Oh… I just want to read." Yi Yun said.

"Read what? Just the contents in the 'Divine Wilderness' is enough for you to read! It will be good enough if you understand everything in it!"

Wang was still mean.

Yi Yun touched his nose and felt speechless. He would not ask Wang again. He only had himself to blame for asking a question that was beyond his grasp. Wasn't asking her the same thing as asking for trouble?

"Little Brother Yi Yun, you want to find books related to primordial herbs?" At that moment, a voice transmission from Zhao Qingcheng came into Yi Yun's ear.

"Yes, you know anything about it?" Yi Yun was pleasantly surprised.

"Yes…There's a library in the Tai Ah Divine City, don’t you know that? In the library, there's a variety of information and cultivation technique manuals, etc. There are many zones in the library. The most restrictive zone has cultivation techniques in it, which makes it very precious!"

"If you want to read information on primordial herbs, it should be in the middle-ranked zones. You just need to pay a small amount of dragon scale runes to borrow it."

"Ha, I see. Thank you, Sister Qingcheng." Yi Yun rejoiced. The library suited him the most. If he had to speak with others, it would cause some inconvenience.

"Little Brother Yi Yun, don't think that I'm nagging. Why are you asking about primordial herbs? You cannot possibly be eyeing primordial herbs, right? It's not easy to come into contact with primordial herbs." Zhao Qingcheng was afraid that Yi Yun was unaware of the dangers and that he belittled primordial herbs. After reading the information, Yi Yun might feel a thrill and rush to look for the primordial herbs. When that happened, it would just be a waste of time.

For many people, those at the age of twelve or thirteen felt they were the center of the world, especially those who had some accomplishments. They could not measure themselves and thought they were different from others and were confident of accomplishing great things.

But reality was cruel. Those who had those thoughts tended to fail miserably.

"Don't worry. I know too well. I am just interested and would like to know more." Yi Yun knew Zhao Qingcheng meant well. Even that foul-mouthed Wang might have done it out of kindness.

True Martial World - Chapter 184: Mysterious Herb

Yi Yun gripped the Thousand Army Saber tightly. With all of his energy surging throughout his body, he was like a cheetah poised to strike at any moment.

Yi Yun's surroundings had changed! The cliff that was originally there had disappeared and it was replaced with a cemetery!

There were tombstones after tombstones. These ancient and crumbling tombstones were similar to the scene that greeted Yi Yun when he first came into this world.

How did this happen?

Ever since coming to this world, Yi Yun had seen the terrifying strength of experts, the grand divine cities and all sorts of weird plants and beasts.

Many things had challenged Yi Yun's knowledge, opening up his imagination.

But no matter how much his imagination could go wild, Yi Yun had never seen such a strange event. This was his first time!

One second he was at the top of a cliff, the next second he was here. Did he encounter a space-time tunnel?

Suddenly, the graves in front of Yi Yun broke open. Corpses began crawling out of the graves.

These corpses all wore tattered clothes and their eyes were dull. They gave off a feeling of death.

Yi Yun felt his scalp tingle. This sort of thing had exceeded his knowledge!

Upon seeing Yi Yun, the corpses' eyes started glowing red. It was as if Yi Yun's body attracted them.

They roared and charged towards Yi Yun!

Yi Yun's blood was surging. Feeling a burst of energy within his body, he decided to ignore the strange encounter and begin killing whatever faced him!

"Cha!"

The Thousand Army Saber slashed forwards and the seven-foot long blade traveled through the air. The three corpses in front of Yi Yun were all split into two!

Metal was like tofu when facing the Thousand Army Saber, what was rotting flesh compared to metal?

Yi Yun charged forward. He began swinging the Thousand Army Saber in all directions. Any simple slash could even split a horse apart; hence, every slash cut down three or four corpses!

The sharp blade moved without restraint and one corpse after another was swept away, sending black blood splattering everywhere.

This feeling was not much different than cutting a watermelon!

But, more corpses started to appear from the graves. About four or five corpses emerged from each tombstone. Sometimes, even more than ten.

These corpses seemed to be unending no matter how many he killed.

Yi Yun's saber was already covered in blood and rotting flesh. His blade turned extremely greasy, but there seemed to be no end to this slaughter.

Wait…

Suddenly, an idea flashed in Yi Yun's mind. The chaotic environment seemed to suddenly quieten down.

Time became oddly slow, and Yi Yun's mind turned clear.

From the herb-picking on the cliff to this graveyard, then meeting this endless outpour of corpses, he had to constantly kill.

All these changes were very strange.

This abnormal matter must be due to a demon!

Yi Yun shivered. He looked at his surroundings. While the corpses charged towards him relentlessly, upon closer inspection, those corpses…

Strangely, Yi Yun felt a sense of deja vu.

These corpses… looked familiar?

"Puah!"

A rotting corpse swiped at Yi Yun, but Yi Yun helplessly watched. He did not draw out his saber nor did he avoid it…

This swipe went through Yi Yun's body!

Pain!

Extreme pain.

But Yi Yun seemed bewitched. He just stood there regardless of his chest being pulled apart by the corpses. Instead, he closed his eyes.

His spiritual energy interfaced with the Purple Crystal and when Yi Yun opened his eyes again, his vision turned white.

When all he could see was energy, there were no illusions, only the truth!

The corpses had all disappeared. In fact, they never existed!

All of that was just an illusion.

Why did it seem familiar? That was because, in Yi Yun's past life, he had seen such rotting corpses crawl out from graves, attacking the protagonist of a movie he saw.

This graveyard scene was a common trope.

This memory had been resurfaced from within Yi Yun's mind, turning it into an illusion that attacked Yi Yun!

Hence, it was because Yi Yun was seeing something from his memories that made it look so familiar.

But, why did this happen?

Who created all these illusions?

The Tai Ah Divine City's herb mountain would seal the entrance once a cultivator entered, preventing others from entering.

Then… was it caused by the Blood Yang Flower?

No, it can't be. In the 'Divine Wilderness' book, there were detailed descriptions of the Blood Yang Flower, and it did not have such an ability.

The Blood Yang Flower's ability was to grow out its leaves to absorb the Yang Qi when it was safe. When danger approached, they would pull back their leaves and hide.

This was a very simple ability, and probably was not even called an ability. Spiritual herbs were inferior to desolate beasts. Those general-ranked or king-ranked desolate beasts could easily destroy a tribe, and a primordial strain beast could even destroy a city.

But a spiritual herb was not as dangerous.

Even the highest ranked spiritual herbs were helpless after being picked. Their fate was to be thrown into an elixir furnace.

The problem was that picking high ranked spiritual herbs was not an easy feat!

If it was not the Blood Yang Flower that caused the illusions, then what was it?

Yi Yun pushed his spiritual energy to its maximum and the vision from the Purple Crystal turned clearer!

Without all the distractions present, Yi Yun finally saw it. In his energy vision, he could see two energy blobs.

One was bigger and it was the size of a wash basin. It was blood-red in color and it seemed to burn like a flame. The energy belonged to the Blood Yang Flower!

Previously, when Yi Yun was about to pluck the Blood Yang Flower, he was suddenly transported to the graveyard, where he met the endless stream of corpses, just before he touched it.

And not far from the Blood Yang Flower, there was a tiny energy light that shocked Yi Yun.

That energy blob was like a rod, it was about a foot long and as thick as a wrist.

Its energy was extremely obscure. Compared to the Blood Yang Flower, it was much dimmer, but this dim energy light made Yi Yun jump!

The pureness of the energy within it was beyond Yi Yun's imagination!

Only the energy that Yi Yun drew out from the chimera in the Wilderness Divine Hall was comparable to it.

What is this?

Similar in pureness to a primordial essence, could it be…

A thought suddenly flashed through Yi Yun’s mind. This thought made his heart race and his breaths shorten.

Could it be a primordial herb?

Above the Heaven-ranked herbs, there were primordial herbs, immortal herbs, primal herbs and other different strains of divine medicine.

These precious herbs would even make a human Sage covet them!

In the Tai Ah Divine City, the divine city's Elders would occasionally leave the Tai Ah Divine City to search for herbs in the herb mountain. At their level, Heaven, Earth, Mystic, Yellow-ranked herbs were all useless. Naturally, they only searched for primordial herbs!

Primordial herbs were difficult to pick. But for the divine city's Elders, with their cultivation level and methods, as long as they found a primordial herb, they would definitely be able to get it.

The crux of the issue is… they couldn't find any!

Even in the Tai Ah Divine City's herb mountain, there were too few primordial herbs. They may find one with luck, but not by searching for it!

And the important point is, primordial herbs had a spirit within them. Their ways were to hide and confuse the enemy. So someone might not even know it was one when they passed by it!

Human sages had keen senses. Even people with absolute talent at sensing, like Zhong Yi, could not compare to human Sages.

The problem was when a human Sage entered a herb mountain, the primordial herb would hide far away, preventing the human Sage from finding or picking it.

And it is this reason that made it difficult for a human Sage to pick a primordial herb!

Different ideas flashed within Yi Yun's mind as his heart raced!

Calm down! I need to calm down!

Yi Yun told himself that. He knew that he was faced with a great opportunity.

If he could pick that herb, there would be great benefits awaiting him!

But picking that herb was easier said than done!

Yi Yun's cultivation was too weak. A human Sage may easily pick such treasured herbs, but it will be extremely difficult for him!

However, having a low cultivation level had its benefits!

Since the primordial herb had a spirit, it probably had a certain amount of intelligence and could tell the strength of a herb-picker.

It was because he was weak, that it did not take Yi Yun seriously, daring to appear in front of Yi Yun and even using its magic to confuse and tease Yi Yun.

If Yi Yun were a human Sage, it would have moved far away. Trying to use this magic on a human Sage was courting death.

By taking him lightly, it gave Yi Yun his greatest advantage!

Of course, the primordial herb did not know that Yi Yun could use the Purple Crystal to accurately pinpoint its location.

"What should I do?" Yi Yun racked his brains.

He did not look at the primordial herb anymore. Since it had formed a spirit, if he were to keep looking at it, it would realize that and be on the alert.

"I shall pretend I can't find its location and I will give the matter further thought!"

With this decision, Yi Yun pretended to be within the illusion, and dazed around, unable to distinguish north from south.

At the same time, Yi Yun maintained the energy vision. At the corner of his eye, he was secretly observing the primordial herb.

Yi Yun realized that the primordial herb was nearby swaying around as if it was watching a good show.

This fellow!

How could Yi Yun feel good being teased by a herb?

Oh?

Yi Yun suddenly realized that the Blood Yang Flower had quietly shifted its position into a very secluded mountain corner. It had tunneled much deeper into the ground this time round.

It suddenly dawned on Yi Yun. The primordial herb had used the illusion to confuse him, to prevent him from stealing the Blood Yang Flower.

The moment he wanted to pluck the Blood Yang Flower, the primordial herb appeared. It was obviously not a coincidence.

Maybe it was protecting the Blood Yang Flower. Or it could even be that the primordial had accidentally found this Blood Yang Flower and it was planning to nurture the fruit before absorbing it.

Some primordial herbs would nurture high-ranked herbs before stealing their energy essence to aid their own growth!

This was similar to some primordial beasts who protected a spiritual plant for thousands of years. When the spiritual plant blossomed, the primordial beast would swallow it.

Yi Yun suspected that this was the situation with the primordial herb!

True Martial World - Chapter 183: Blood Yang Flower

Yi Yun was like a diligent gardener, who gathered all sorts of herbs in the herb mountain, day after day. His dragon scale runes were constantly increasing.

Ten days later, Yi Yun had a total of 2000 dragon scale runes.

Not only that, Yi Yun's physical strength had made good progress and his movement techniques were becoming well-honed because he had been wearing the Flowing Mercury Gown for such a long time.

Now, in the depths of the mountain, Yi Yun was moving through the woods at a blistering speed. Suddenly about a dozen kilometers away, Yi Yun saw a faint flow arise.

Oh?

Yi Yun paused and interfaced his spiritual energy with the Purple Crystal and looked over.

All he saw was the light from some energy fluctuation. It was like a phantom tiger's low growl in the light and it had an extraordinary aura.

Due to the great distance, Yi Yun could not see it clearly. But without a doubt, he could tell that it was a herbal treasure!

Only high-grade herbs could create such a strong energy fluctuation that could be seen from afar. Besides, the energy essence was so strong that it formed a phantom image. It was no simple matter.

Yi Yun raised his head and saw that it was bright. It was about three-quarters of an hour past noon, the point when the sun was brightest, and the Yang Qi thickest.

Some herbs would appear at three-quarters of an hour past noon or midnight, when the Yang and Yin Qi were at their thickest respectively, to absorb the sun and moon's essence or Heaven Earth Yuan Qi.

These kinds of herbs were extraordinary!

"I wonder what rank the herb is. With that herb, I can consider entering the Wilderness Divine Hall another time!"

With this thought in mind, Yi Yun rushed toward the herbal treasure. While wearing the Flowing Mercury Gown, each step he made caused stones to fly.

While bearing a weight of 200 cauldrons and running through the mountains, Yi Yun was like a desolate beast!

Nowadays, Yi Yun felt that the Flowing Mercury Gown's weight was turning light.

"Maybe, I should consider increasing the weight of the Flowing Mercury Gown tomorrow." Yi Yun decided. After he reached the large success stage of Minute Subtlety, Yi Yun knew every change in his body's energy.

He felt that 220 cauldrons were a more appropriate weight for him now.

As his body moved through the mountain, he heard the wind blowing past his ears. Under the Purple Crystal's lead, he came to the bottom of a cliff that was more than a hundred feet tall. Looking up, Yi Yun could see the phantom tiger churning at the top of the cliff.

The herbal treasure was on top of the cliff!

But this cliff was vertical and extremely steep. The rocks that jutted out from the cliff were the about the size of a basin. The gaps between the rocks were haphazard, making it difficult for even a monkey to climb.

Yi Yun looked carefully at the cliff. Every protruding rock's position was reflected within Yi Yun's mind. He quickly calculated an optimal climbing path to scale the cliff.

He had only one chance because the protruding rocks could only withstand his weight once. Every time he rested his body weight on the rock, the rock would crumble.

And he had to borrow that moment of leverage to jump to the next rock.

Yi Yun took a deep breath of air and with his energy condensed at its limit, he leaped!

"Boom!"

When Yi Yun leaped, the ground beneath his feet cracked. Yi Yun grabbed the first protruding rock and leveraged on it.

The rock immediately crumbled under Yi Yun's grab, but before he could fall, Yi Yun grabbed the second protruding rock!

With his Minute Subtlety augmenting him, Yi Yun's control of power could be considered perfect.

He was immersed in a ethereal state. In one breath, he had jumped a few dozen times, eventually reaching the peak of the cliff that stood more than a hundred feet from its base.

Yi Yun gasped loudly when he reached the peak. All his muscles were trembling slightly.

When he continuously did high-intensity exercises, it made Yi Yun's muscles protest. A sore feeling hit him like a flood.

But Yi Yun did not care about this. He looked at his surroundings. This cliff top was especially flat. There were gravel, leaves and a gigantic skeleton on it. Half of the skeleton was buried in the ground as if it had been weathered by the elements.

The beast seemed to have been dead for a long time. There was not much Heaven Earth Yuan Qi within its corpse and it was like a set of regular bones.

The strong herbal aroma and phantom tiger image that Yi Yun had previously observed had disappeared. It was as if there was only this half-buried animal on top of the normal cliff.

Yi Yun looked around for a while and a smile formed on his lips.

The herb knew how to hide.

Some of the herbs were like summer crickets. Without anyone around, they would chirp within the grass happily. But once people walked close to the grass, no matter how silent, they will be discovered by the crickets. The crickets would then silence themselves. Every summer night, people would hear the sounds of crickets chirping as if there were hundreds. But without any tools, trying to look for one was almost impossible.

It was the same situation for warriors trying to pick herbs. It was too difficult to find a herb.

Facing the huge beast's bones, Yi Yun pondered for a while. In the Purple Crystal's vision, he could see that the beast bones had suffered from the elements and that there were very tiny amounts of energy left within the bones.

And these were not an ordinary animal's bones, they were bones that belonged to a desolate beast. And it was even a high-grade desolate beast!

An idea flashed in Yi Yun's mind. For such a high-grade desolate beast bones to be weathered down so much to have so little energy left, it gave Yi Yun a thought.

Could it be...

Yi Yun stroked his chin. Now, the herb had hidden its herbal essence and concealed itself, but… this had no effect on Yi Yun.

Yi Yun smiled, with his spiritual energy interfaced with the Purple Crystal, his vision quickly turned white.

And the hidden herb was obvious like a bright star in the night. Yi Yun spotted its position at one glance.

Yi Yun came to a clearing and drew out the Thousand Army Saber.

"Cha! Cha! Cha!"

In a split second, he sent three slashes. With the Thousand Army Saber inserted in the ground, Yi Yun smacked the saber's hilt.

"Peng!"

With an explosion, the ground blasted open!

After the dust settled, Yi Yun brushed aside a thin layer of soil. Under the soil hid a red fruit the size of a fist. It was like a red crystal and it gave off a sweet aroma. On the fruit's surface, there were small shining particles, like a ripe pomegranate without its exterior.

It was incredible that such a beautiful fruit was growing underground.

There were seven leaves around the fruit and the leaves were dropping and their color dark, as if they were about to wither at any time.

But every leaf was aromatic. In the middle of the leaf, there was a shining, blood-red wavy line.

Yi Yun took a sniff and felt a great aroma rush into his body, which nourished his body. It made his body's blood warm up and surge.

"This is a Blood Yang Flower! It's a middle-grade Heaven-ranked herb!" Yi Yun remembered a record of it in the 'Divine Wilderness' book.

The Blood Yang Flower grew underground and it liked the dense and rich sunlight.

Typically, a Blood Yang Flower's seeds would take root near a desolate beast's corpse. When it germinated, it will absorb the desolate beast corpse's energy to help it grow.

Within a short span of one to two days, it would suck the desolate beast's corpse's energy dry, leaving only its skeleton.

The energy would then be stored away for later. The fruit would slowly absorb the stored energy that aided the fruit's growth.

When the desolate beast's energy was completely digested, it would sprout out some leaves from underground when the sun was at its fullest and then soak in the extremely thick Yang sunlight!

Once people approached it, it would shrink its leaves back, looking like there was nothing, to begin with.

The only thing that could expose the Blood Yang Flower was the pile of desolate bones nearby.

As the energy was fully absorbed by the Blood Yang Flower, the desolate bones would look like ordinary bones, making it difficult for people to recognize them.

There were too many types of desolate beasts species. Even if one saw living desolate beasts, one would have a tough time recognizing all the different types. One would require an experienced Desolate Heaven Master to recognize badly weathered bones and guess which desolate beast they came from by the shape of the bones.

"Blood Yang Flower. It's a great thing. This Blood Yang Flower is probably 700 to 900 years old." Yi Yun carefully picked the Blood Yang Flower.

The Blood Yang Flower took 300 years to take root, 300 years to flower, and 300 years to bear fruit. Seeing that the Blood Yang Flower was bearing fruit, it meant that it was at least 700-800 years old!

A 700 to 800-year-old Blood Yang Flower was definitely worth above 3000 dragon scale runes!

Yi Yun greatly coveted those 3000 dragon scale runes.

But...Yi Yun also coveted the Blood Yang Flower!

Yi Yun was unsure about what to do with the Blood Yang Flower.

A typical herb-picking cultivator had no choice but to hand over all the herbs they picked, as they did not have the ability to refine such high-quality herbs. Even if they had the ability, they could not bring the refinement equipment needed to the herb mountain as they were searched prior to entering the teleportation array. This prevented people from bringing their own herbs to exchange for dragon scale runes, as well as bringing their own refinement equipment, which prevented them from brewing the herbs on the herb mountain.

But with Yi Yun's Purple Crystal, he did not need to brew the herbs. He could directly absorb the energy, so it was easy for him to steal the herb's power.

"If I were to absorb the Blood Yang Flower's energy, it will be a great supplement for me!"

Yi Yun was tempted. Previously, the Yellow and Mystic-ranked herbs he found were all turned in honestly.

The main point was that by stealing their power, it would do more harm than good. The low-grade herbs had impure energies, so they were not very helpful for Yi Yun. It had also a high possibility of revealing his secret.

The herbs picked in the Tai Ah Divine City herb mountain were given to the alchemists of the Divine City. Those old monsters were extremely terrifying. They knew all the properties of the herbs. If he had tampered with it, they were likely to discover it.

With the Blood Yang Flower, Yi Yun had three choices.

Sucking it dry, stealing the herbal essence or exchanging it for dragon scale runes.

If he didn't suck it dry, then he would not get the Blood Yang Flower's herbal essence but he would get 3000 dragon scale runes.

If he were to absorb a portion of it and then hand it over, it would be the best of two worlds, but it would increase the risk of his secret being discovered...

But upon careful thought, some loss in a herb's essence would not be a great cause for doubt.

Yi Yun was wavering between the three and finally resisted the temptation by removing the second choice.

Although the possibility of him being discovered was tiny, there was no such thing as not getting your feet wet by standing beside the river. He might not be discovered the first time, but he might try again a second time.

If that happened time and time again, he might be emboldened in his attempts.

Those magistrates and officials probably had such a mentality when they received bribes.

Yi Yun did not want to be penny-wise, pound-foolish. The road ahead of him was still long. It was not worth the risk for this petty gain.

Who would know what those old monsters would do?

So, he could only choose between the first two!

As Yi Yun was thinking, his expression suddenly changed!

Oh!?

Yi Yun was startled and went on high alert!

He quickly drew out his Thousand Army Saber!

What is this…?

Yi Yun looked around his surroundings. With his pupils constricted, he turned extremely focused.

How could this be, wasn't he on a cliff? But now...

What… is this place!?