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?

True Martial World - Chapter 281: Crossing the Swamp

The black shadow was hidden within the mist, but Yi Yun saw through it using the Purple Crystal's energy vision.

In the energy vision, the black shadow was clearly a huge crocodile that was more than 10 meters long.

This crocodile had a dark hide, which was as strong as rock, as well as a single horn on its head. Thick eyelids covered most of its eyes and its body was covered in toxic and putrid black mud.

It was a Blackwater Ancient Crocodile.

The Blackwater Ancient Crocodile only lived in this corrosive swamp. It had great strength and its hide was extremely tough, making it invulnerable.

It had the peculiar habit of eating corpses, especially rotting corpses.

Yi Yun was still alive, but that did not matter. It did not mind occasionally eating something fresh. It could also kill Yi Yun and drag him into the mud to use him as a food reserve.

Seeing the Blackwater Ancient Crocodile, Yi Yun's mind lit up. With that, the corner of his mouth curled upwards.

The Blackwater Ancient Crocodile swung its tail as it slowly swam towards Yi Yun. The mud was being pushed aside by its gigantic body.

Although the Blackwater Ancient Crocodile was large in size, it was extremely nimble. Once it locked onto a prey, it would slowly approach it. Once the prey fled, it would then rush out quickly, issuing a strike that was as fast as lightning!

Against a prey like Yi Yun, who looked weak and small but had no intention to flee, the Blackwater Ancient Crocodile found it strange. Its amber eyes locked onto Yi Yun's every move. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

Yi Yun quietly drew out his Tai Cang Bow, with his energy vision, the Blackwater Ancient Crocodile had no way of hiding.

Yi Yun's retrieval of his weapon angered the Blackwater Ancient Crocodile.

It roared and with a frightening speed, charged to kill Yi Yun!

Yi Yun's quickly retreated and with a thunderous snap of the bow string, a cold whistling howl sounded as an arrow hit the Blackwater Ancient Crocodile's belly!

Boom!

The Yuan Qi contained within the arrowhead exploded, sending mud flying everywhere!

The Blackwater Ancient Crocodile felt pain. Although its belly was covered with scales, it still started to bleed from the violent explosion!

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Yi Yun continuously released arrows from his bow. The Blackwater Ancient Crocodile curled its body, trying to use its tough carapace to withstand the attacks.

Yuan Qi continuously exploded and the Wind Chasing Arrows stirred up a mud storm in the swamp.

In the mud swamp, the Blackwater Ancient Crocodile was greatly angered.

It had never expected the that seemingly weak prey it locked onto could make it turn into such a pathetic state.

It growled and its huge body leaped up from the swamp. It’s long tail crashed down like a stone column as it swung towards Yi Yun.

Yi Yun demonstrated his movement technique to an extreme and turned into a series of afterimages. And with a leap, he was more than 30 meters away.

The tail failed to hit, but when it crashed into the ground, it caused a huge bang, sending large amounts of mud flying!

Yi Yun used the Thousand Army Saber to withstand the flying mud before he then turned and fled. The Blackwater Ancient Crocodile growled and chased after Yi Yun. Its large body leaving waves of mud in its wake.

It quickly followed Yi Yun out of the Blackwater Swamp and into the Desolate Lands.

The Blackwater Ancient Crocodile was fast, but it was only so in the mud. Once it left the swamp, its speed clearly decreased.

After angrily chasing Yi Yun for a while, traveling a few kilometers, the Blackwater Ancient Crocodile started to feel a sense of unease.

It felt a tinge of danger, having distanced itself too far from the swamp.

It slowed down and thought of returning to the Blackwater Swamp, but at that moment, Yi Yun also stopped.

Yi Yun smiled. It was not easy to lure this big guy out here, so how could he let it flee?

Yi Yun took his Tai Cang Bow, took out an arrow from his interspatial ring and strung his bow.

Seeing that Yi Yun had no more plans of running and instead planned to attack it, the Blackwater Ancient Crocodile growled again and charged at Yi Yun.

Yi Yun gave a maleficent smile and released his fingers, shooting out the arrow like a shooting star!

Sou!

The arrow pierced through the air with a whistle!

The Blackwater Ancient Crocodile was aware of its strong defense, so it was not afraid of Yi Yun's arrow. It crashed with the arrow head on! But at the moment the arrow hit the Blackwater Ancient Crocodile...

Peng!

A terrifying explosion sounded. The hidden array bead within the arrowhead exploded! Strands of energy ripples, resembling spider webs, emanated with a mysterious frost power.

Immediately, wherever the energy ripples touched, that place turned into white ice crystals.

For his Divine Wilderness trip, Yi Yun had especially prepared many empty arrowheads. He had then placed different kind of array beads within them.

Yi Yun had prepared about 6 of this kind of frost energy array beads.

This type of frost bead was not considered strong, as it could not kill desolate beasts. But it was good at restraining and restricting desolate beasts. It helped warriors capture desolate beasts alive.

Ka-cha!

The Blackwater Ancient Crocodile was completely covered in fine ice crystals after being hit by the Wind Chasing Arrow. The Blackwater Ancient Crocodile was a cold-blooded animal so it had very low resistance against frost ice energy. Due to the Icy Strands array bead, its large body immediately greatly slowed down.

The Blackwater Ancient Crocodile frantically struggled as it shattered the ice crystals using its tremendous force. Although the Blackwater Ancient Crocodile was about to escape, this short amount of time was enough for Yi Yun.

Sou!

Yi Yun moved like a cheetah and leaped onto the Blackwater Ancient Crocodile's head. His body emitted a series of popping sounds!

With a grab, he took out a brick-like weapon from his interspatial ring.

This was especially prepared by Yi Yun before he came into the Divine Wilderness for training. It was easy to spill blood the moment the Thousand Army Saber was unsheathed, but most of the time, Yi Yun did not necessarily need to kill his opponent.

During the rookie ranking competition, Yi Yun had found the brick to be quite handy. Hence, he had prepared one for this training experience.

A brick that did not have any array engraved within it had only one advantage. It was heavy enough! And it was hard enough!

Yi Yun tightened his waist like an aquatic dragon. Energy surged into both his arms as he smashed the brick down onto the Blackwater Ancient Crocodile's snout!

According to the records in the "Divine Wilderness" book, the Blackwater Ancient Crocodile was covered in extremely thick scales that gave it invulnerability. Its carapace was even more so. Its belly was always stuck close to the ground, so many people lost interest in attacking it.

But, it had one weakness. Halfway along its snout, there was a spot which contained a large number of the Blackwater Ancient Crocodile's nerves. The Blackwater Ancient Crocodile would feel numbness once that spot was heavily attacked.

Generally, the Blackwater Ancient Crocodile would always pay attention to protect its weakness. It just needed to fling its head to dodge an attack which aimed for its snout. But, this did not include the situation of when a person would ride on its body and hit its snout with a brick!

Dang!

A metallic ring sounded. Yi Yun's attack was heavy with the force of a million pounds!

The Blackwater Ancient Crocodile’s mind became muddled after being smashed by Yi Yun. It never expected, even with its originally less agile mind, that a human that had been pursued by it would suddenly grabbed onto its head to smash it!

The Blackwater Ancient Crocodile was angered by having its weakness attacked. It roared and just as he was about to pull down Yi Yun with a bite, Yi Yun used his brick a second time!

Dang!

With another loud ring, the Blackwater Ancient Crocodile's roar muffled immediately.

This second hit had made the Blackwater Ancient Crocodile's brain to feel groggy. Its amber eyes were seeing stars.

It struggled with its last bit of strength, rolling its body, hoping to lose Yi Yun using the ground.

But Yi Yun's legs were like iron straps as he lodged onto the Blackwater Ancient Crocodile's neck. No matter how it tossed and turned, it could do nothing to Yi Yun.

This was also the reason why Yi Yun chose to lure the Blackwater Ancient Crocodile out of the Blackwater Swamp. If it were to roll in the Blackwater Swamp, it would cause Yi Yun trouble if his body was immersed in the toxic mud.

"You still have the strength to do this death roll?" Yi Yun chuckled and sent his third brick strike!

Dong!

The Blackwater Ancient Crocodile's snout was smashed apart by Yi Yun. Blood flowed out as the Blackwater Ancient Crocodile's body twitched!

Ever since its body was frozen by that arrow, its motions had been slowed down, allowing Yi Yun to easily attack its weak point.

Dong! Dong! Dong!

The fourth, fifth and sixth hit. Yi Yun got addicted to smashing.

From the Blackwater Ancient Crocodile's initial roar and tossing, to its whimper at the end, its large body had tightened into a clump as it trembled.

It had previously seen cultivators from the Divine Wilderness. It had previously eaten the corpses of cultivators and had also chased cultivators away.

But it had never seen such a brutal human that used such a method in beating it up.

Yes, this was not a battle, but a beating.

It also knew that it was no match against this terrifying human.

Seeing the Blackwater Ancient Crocodile turn into a sorry mess after being beaten up, Yi Yun slowly stopped. His legs were still lodged against the Blackwater Ancient Crocodile's neck. That golden brick was still hanging around the Blackwater Ancient Crocodile's snout. To the Blackwater Ancient Crocodile, it was a terrifying threat.

"You!" Yi Yun said, "I do not know if you can understand what I'm saying, but now, you will be my temporary mount and ferry me across the Blackwater Swamp. If you have any nefarious thoughts, such as diving into the swamp halfway, I will guarantee you that your snout will bloom immediately!"

Yi Yun held the brick in one hand and the Thousand Army Saber in the other. The cold saber blade landed onto the Blackwater Ancient Crocodile's snout.

"I may have to consume my Yuan Qi if I were to fall into the Blackwater Swamp, but I can easily last for about 2-4 hours. That will be plenty of time for me to kill you."

As Yi Yun said those words, the Thousand Army Saber slid across the Blackwater Ancient Crocodile snout. Although it did not cut through the Blackwater Ancient Crocodile's scales, it gave the snout a cold feeling that scared the Blackwater Ancient Crocodile out of its wits.

Desolate beasts had naturally higher levels of intelligence. Now, with its life being under threat and having been beaten up by Yi Yun, it seemed to understand Yi Yun's intentions.

If it did not resist and followed Yi Yun's intentions, then its life was not in trouble.

"Proceed!"

Yi Yun pointed with his Thousand Army Saber. The Blackwater Ancient Crocodile was stunned for a while before it finally barely understood Yi Yun's intentions. It then began crawling in the direction Yi Yun pointed.

Slowly, it began to crawl faster as it charged into the Blackwater Swamp.

With the Blackwater Ancient Crocodile as a mount, Yi Yun was able to prevent his body from entering the swamp and wasting large amounts of Yuan Qi. As such, Yi Yun just needed to use Yuan Qi to disperse the miasma.

This way, he could maintain his stamina as well as quickly cross the Blackwater Swamp.

True Martial World - Chapter 280: Mysterious Youth

Yi Yun retrieved the silk within the Thousand Feet Black Silkworm and a portion of its toxins as quickly as possible. After that he removed a few of its metallic teeth, stored them in his interspatial ring and used his movement technique to run deep into the wilderness.

Storage was a big problems for cultivators who went into the Divine Wilderness for training. One would only remove the most valuable parts of a typical large desolate beast, if not, the interspatial rings would quickly fill up.

While he was running, Yi Yun opened up his Purple Crystal's energy vision again.

The surrounding Power of Desolates appeared like waves as they rippled around. Yi Yun soon noticed energy light dots appearing in the distant Desolate Lands.

"One, two, three..."

Each of these energy light dots were naturally a Thousand Feet Black Silkworm.

Yi Yun quickly changed directions, avoiding the group of Thousand Feet Black Silkworms as he ran deeper into the wilderness.

Before the Thousand Feet Black Silkworm appeared, Yi Yun had already slept for four hours. This was already enough for him.

Although the nights in the vast wilderness were dangerous, Yi Yun had the Purple Crystal's energy vision to lead him, hence he could preemptively avoid any dangers.

While in the process of running at a fast speed, Yi Yun also started to feel out the Aspect Totem that was slowly condensing inside his body.

Just killing one Thousand Feet Black Silkworm was insufficient to condense an Aspect Totem.

However, Yi Yun could already feel it germinating.

A typical warrior's Aspect Totem would usually be determined once it appeared, but the "Myriad Beast Totem" Aspect Totem's appearance would be different from the desolate beasts that were used for it. It could have a variety of bizarre changes.

From its embryonic form to its formative state, and finally its complete form, it could go through mutations and evolve.

It was unknown what it would be like when an Aspect Totem mutated.

Yi Yun was looking forward to it, but he knew that in his current state, he was still far from being able to mutate his Aspect Totem.

He had only taken the first step in his long march.

In the darkness of the endless wilderness, Yi Yun ran for an unknown amount of time. He encountered some desolate beasts lurking in the dark, but avoided them in advance.

When the first ray of dawn broke through the darkness, the distant land was covered in a mist. This mist constantly changed as it emitted a terrible smell.

It was miasma!

Following that, Yi Yun heard the sound of bubbles popping.

A dark and endless swamp appeared before Yi Yun. The light mist shrouded the mud.

Reaching here, the pungent stench in the air had now reached an extreme.

"It's the Blackwater Swamp." Yi Yun recalled the record in the "Divine Wilderness" book. The Blackwater Swamp's rotting mud and miasma were toxic, and the deeper one went, the greater the toxicity became.

Especially the black mud in the swamp, which was similar to the Thousand Feet Black Silkworm's bodily fluids, it was corrosive.

In principle, such a toxic swamp should not have any living organisms, but the weird thing was that there were actually fresh aquatic plants growing in the swamp. These aquatic plants bloomed beautiful and coquettish flowers, creating a stark contrast with the surrounding rotting, black mud.

Yi Yun knew that these beautiful and coquettish flowers were named Blood Corpse Flowers. They used corpses as nourishment and liked the miasma. The Blood Corpse Flower was also toxic.

In this situation, Yi Yun could use Yuan Qi to envelop his body, allowing him to withstand the corrosive nature of the mud, but over time, his Yuan Qi would also rapidly deplete.

The Blackwater Swamp also stretched into the distance. Yi Yun estimated that he would need at least a day and a night of walking to cross the swamp.

But in this toxic mud, Yi Yun estimated he could not last more than two hours.

Besides, there also existed a few desolate beasts, like the Blackwater Ancient Crocodiles, in Blackwater Swamp. If he met one, he would be in trouble!

"Do I have to make a detour?"

Yi Yun slightly frown. If he had to make a detour, he would have to travel a long distance before reaching Meteorite Abyss. With the occasional desolate beast encounters, the journey would then take him at least ten days.

As Yi Yun was thinking over it, he suddenly saw something.

That is...

Yi Yun looked incredulously into the distance. There, in the thin miasma, a youth in green was riding a green cow, walking over slowly.

The green cow's feet made apparent steps above the swamp, but none of the mud stained them.

On the cow's back was a youth holding a piccolo. He wore a bamboo hat and played a melodious tune, affecting the wind in the swamp. Stalk after stalk of Blood Corpse Flowers swayed in the wind.

The toxic swamp which was fraught with dangers, suddenly transformed into a sanctuary that radiated the brightness and charm of Spring. Even the beautiful and coquettish Blood Corpse Flowers seemed to soften up.

Yi Yun was shocked. A green shirt, a green cow and a piccolo...

This scene of a youth, dressed like a shepherd, left a great visual impact with his sudden appearance in the Blackwater Swamp.

This youth looked completely out of place in this endless Divine Wilderness.

He is...

Yi Yun looked at the green cow-riding youth in green approach. He touched the hilt of his Thousand Army Saber as he circulated his body's Yuan Qi.

He could not tell the youth's level. He felt like that person was a completely normal person. Even after checking with the Purple Crystal's vision, the youth did not seem to have immense amounts of energy within him. The only thing different with him, was that his body had a colorful life force within it that was both luscious and beautiful.

When the youth saw Yi Yun, he separated the piccolo from his mouth and smiled at Yi Yun, "Hi."

The youth's voice made people feel as if they were showering in a spring breeze.

Yi Yun did not lower his guard and nodded slightly as a form of reciprocation.

"Are you… a cultivator from the Divine Wilderness?"

Yi Yun instinctively felt the powerfulness of the youth. But the youth only looked to be about 16 years old. It was hard to imagine that there was such a proud son of heaven.

"Cultivator?" The youth was slightly taken aback before he laughed. He shook his head gently, "No, I'm not. I'm just a tourist, just passing through the Divine Wilderness..."

"Tourist? Passing through the Divine Wilderness!?"

Yi Yun was alarmed. From the direction from which the youth came, he had most likely crossed the Blackwater Swamp.

The Blackwater Swamp was extremely toxic, yet he could cross through it without flinching. However, this was not what made Yi Yun most alarmed.

He was alarmed because the direction the youth was heading in was clearly towards the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom. And from the northern parts he came from, that was an uninhabited place. Further north of the Divine Wilderness was the endless Desolate Lands. There were numerous strong desolate beasts dormant there. Even when human Sages encountered many of those desolate beasts, they had to flee!

This youth actually said he was just passing through the Divine Wilderness. If he really came from the north, then from exactly where did he come from?

It could not be the other end of the Divine Wilderness, right...?

Although Yi Yun's mind was chaotic, he still appeared calm on the surface. He did not say another word. This mysterious youth belonged to a world different from the present him.

Or maybe, he was not even a youth...

"Well… You are very interesting."

The youth looked at Yi Yun and chuckled. "We will probably meet again."

After saying that, he continued to ride his green cow and passed Yi Yun.

The melodious sounds from the piccolo started playing once again. The cheerful tune seemed to turn into reality. It flew into the blue sky that was littered with white clouds in an unrestrained manner.

The carrion birds in the sky were also attracted to the tune and began dancing in the air not far from the youth.

Far away in the swamp, a strange-looking toxic fish leaped out of the water and blew a bubble. It looked extremely happy.

These lifeforms that created fear and loathsomeness in people now seemed to turn into happy spirits. This scene left a deep impression on Yi Yun...

Yi Yun watched on as the youth disappeared from view. He felt that the youth's piccolo tune had a magical power that could control the thoughts of desolate beasts...

When the youth crossed the Blackwater Swamp, it was as if he was strolling through a garden.

He was an obvious target, yet the desolate beasts could not detect him, but… maybe it was that strange tune which prevented him from being attacked.

"This youth sure is weird. He has the ability to control desolate beasts… What is he doing heading to the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom?"

Yi Yun muttered. The path of martial arts had all sorts of strange things. It was no wonder for a person to have the ability to control beasts.

As for why the youth was heading towards the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom, or if he was just passing through the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom, Yi Yun could not be bothered to think about it. He was most concerned about how he was to cross the Blackwater Swamp.

It was too far to take a detour.

Yi Yun followed the edge of the swamp and after proceeding for about 15 minutes, he suddenly stopped.

Oh?

In his energy vision, a mass of black energy was lurking underground.

"Gulu, Gulu"

Deep in the misty swamp, there was suddenly a hint of unusual movement. The mud tossed as a large mud bubble blew up.

A dark silhouette appeared in the midst of the mist...