True Martial World - Chapter 320: The Saber that Pressed forward with Indomitable Will

"Well done, senior Xiaoran!"

As Chu Xiaoran got off the stage, a few of the Tai Ah Divine City juniors rushed forward to give Chu Xiaoran some healing medicine. However, Chu Xiaoran's complexion was unnaturally red. The moment she got off the stage, she suddenly shook and spat out a mouthful of blood.

"Senior Xiaoran!" Wen Yu and company jumped with fright. They quickly rushed to grab Chu Xiaoran.

Yi Yun looked at Chu Xiaoran's wounds and frowned, her injuries were more serious than he imagined. Lin Tong was indeed not an average cultivator. He had cultivated the uncommon concept of rotation, so all of his attacks included a spiral force to them.

Although Chu Xiaoran did not seem to have been hit in any vital spots, but the spiral force from the flywheels had penetrated Chu Xiaoran's meridians through the wounds, causing her meridians and organs to be damaged.

This sort of injury needed at least one to two days for it to completely heal. It was highly unlikely that Chu Xiaoran would be able to use half of her strength in battle with an injury like that.

With so many strong enemies to face, Chu Xiaoran’s 50% battle power was clearly insufficient.

"Sorry...I wanted to finished it quickly, but I never expected it that...the gains could not make up for the losses."

After spitting out a mouthful of blood, the redness in Chu Xiaoran's face disappeared and she turned pale.

Yi Yun shook his head, "If you did not finish it quickly, you would have consumed too much Yuan Qi and end up too weak to fight. The outcome would have been the same."

Lin Tong was indeed very strong. With Chu Xiaoran's strength, she was unable to battle again after beating Lin Tong.

The people in the Elder stands saw the scene of Chu Xiaoran spitting blood.

"Such a pity. It seems that there is only Yi Yun left. And he has six opponents left." A Yun Long Divine Kingdom Elder took pleasure for their misfortunes.

Yi Yun was facing an elimination tag team battle. He might not enough last long enough to face Jun Yue.

At that moment, a person from the Yun Long Divine Kingdom walked up the stage. This person was extremely thin. He gave a sense of fragility but his eyes looked like a blade. There was some killing intent in them.

"It's Kui Yu! He is actually second up! He defeated Qiuniu before!"

A junior standing beside Yi Yun exclaimed after seeing this skeleton-like person walk up the stage.

"Oh?" Yi Yun was slightly shocked. So this was the person that Qiuniu lost to.

"Kui Yu was born in a Divine Wilderness mystic clan. His mystic clan has the ability to create puppets. And this Kui Yu is a puppet master himself!"

"Kui Yu? An odd name..." Yi Yun had heard of Divine Wilderness mystic clans in the past. There were some tribal clans that had a long history of living in certain areas of the Divine Wilderness. This tribal clans were not as backward as the small tribal clans in the Cloud Wilderness. As the Divine Wilderness was extremely dangerous, for any mortal tribe clan to survive and live on in the Divine Wilderness, they had certain fortes.

They often had a unique heritage that was very difficult to deal with.

"I never expected a descendant from a Divine Wilderness mystic clan to go to the Yun Long 72 Pagodas for training..."

"Brother Yi, be careful. That Kui Yu is very tough. A puppet master's weakness is his own body, but when puppet masters fight, they would enter into a puppet with super strong defenses. It would be like a turtle shell. Although it does not have any offensive power, nor does it have the advantage of speed, it is extremely resistant to attacks."

"Kui Yu is no different. When he enters his 'turtle shell', he would command his puppets to battle from within. If you were to attack his main body, then it would be over. Because as you are attacking, his puppets would take advantage of the moment when you run out of Yuan Qi and launch killing blows!"

Wen Yu finally showed her usefulness at that moment. She knew a lot about the Yun Long Divine Kingdom experts, and she searched for a lot of information about Kui Yu as well.

Wen Yu carried on, "To deal with Kui Yu, the best approach is to attack all of his puppets first. Once you get rid of all his puppets, he would be like a tiger without claws and teeth. It would not be sufficient to cause fear. Although his main body would still have strong defenses, he would not be able to fight without his puppets. At that point, he would just be a moving target, so it will be easy to defeat him then!"

"But... dealing with Kui Yu's puppets is not easy!"

Wen Yu really did do her homework. She again introduced Kui Yu's weaknesses. "Puppets are refined using special techniques. It is either made of metallic armor or strong scale armor from desolate beast corpses. These puppets have high defenses, so it would be very difficult to damage a puppet directly!"

"But thankfully, puppets have a weakness… Every puppet has a core array within their body. It is used to receive the instructions from their owner. Although each core array have layers of protection, just destroying the array will make destroying the entire puppet much easier. As long as you destroy the array, then the puppet will be an immobile object. If so, then Senior Yi can win!"

Wen Yu said all of that in one breath. Yi Yun nodded upon hearing it and gave a simple reply, "Got it."

Wen Yu was overjoyed. She had finally made herself useful.

After this, Yi Yun walked up onto the stage.

Kui Yu laughed without any restraint and quipped, "Are you discussing battle strategies? Hehe! That young lady seems to be prepared. She must have told you to attack my puppets' core array, right?"

Wen Yu had spoke to Yi Yun using Yuan Qi transmissions, so it was impossible for Kui Yu to have heard them. However, he was able to guess what she had said.

Wen Yu's expression changed. It did not feel good to be completely grasped by others.

"Unfortunately, although the battle strategy given by this young lady is good, it is useless against me. I am completely different from other puppet masters. It has to do with my blood lineage, Je Je Je Je!"

Kui Yu laughed strangely. Wen Yu's expression turned increasingly ugly after she heard what he said. She lost all confidence the moment Kui Yu said those words.

With blood lineage coming into play, it was hard to tell. It was possible that Kui Yu did not need to use a core array to control his puppets.

Wen Yu felt a sense of defeat. Was all the intelligence she gathered wrong?

"But, that young lady said something right. That is… my main body's defense has no weaknesses!"

Kui Yu suddenly let out a hoarse scream. His body shrank and completely entered a turtle shell-like puppet.

The turtle shell puppet was dome shaped and made of some unknown alloy. Its surface, which was covered in mysterious lines, shimmered. These lines were injected with Yuan Qi, forming a Yuan Qi shield. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

There were two layers of defense!

The audience were secretly horrified. If Yi Yun wanted to harm Kui Yu's actual body, he had to break through two layers of protection. The difficulty to break through a Yuan Qi layer of protection and an additional alloy shell was obvious.

And the surrounding puppets would not let Yi Yun attack Kui Yu's main body freely.

"Ka Ka Ka Ka!"

Eight puppets appeared around Kui Yu.

These eight puppets were all sorts of shapes and sizes. Some were made of pure metal and others were made from some unknown divine wood. And he had desolate beast corpses as well.

The eight puppets held different types of weapons. They formed a battle array around Kui Yu, keeping Kui Yu in the middle!

"Oh no. Back when he was fighting Qiuniu, Kui Yu only used six puppets! Now against Yi Yun, not only is he using eight puppets in an array, but with his main body's crazy defense, Kui Yu would be invincible! And he also said that he does not have the weaknesses of typical puppet masters! How can we beat against him?"

Yi Yun's expression turned slightly sullen upon facing the puppet battle array. He rubbed his interspatial ring and pulled out a long saber from within.

This saber was entirely black. The blade was about two-fingers wide and it was exactly five feet in length.

The blade was straight and it shone beautifully. Its body was engraved with beautiful patterns that looked similar to crushed ice.

The saber's name was Sonic Deathblade and it was a weapon that Yi Yun had selected from the Tai Ah Divine City armory.

The meaning behind the Sonic Deathblade's name was that it could kill people just from the sound waves emitted from brandishing the saber!

After being used to the Thousand Army Saber, Yi Yun still preferred straight sabers that were like Tang sabers. The Sonic Deathblade was slightly shorter than the Thousand Army Saber, but its quality was far beyond it!

"Oh? Finally using your saber? This would be fun! Unfortunately, it is still useless!" Kui Yu's hoarse voice could be heard from within the turtle shell.

At that moment, Yi Yun moved. He leaped forward and charged straight at the puppet battle array.

"Phew–"

Yi Yun's Yuan Qi exploded and like the flare of the Sun, the Yuan Qi that appeared formed a phantom image of the Tang Valley behind him.

Radiant Sun Qi!

Yi Yun's eyes flashed as killing intent surged out like a tidal wave from his body!

“Phew! Phew! Phew!"

The eight puppets moved and they began to gather around Yi Yun.

At that moment, Yi Yun reduced the footprint of the Sonic Deathblade. Without using his blade, he rushed straight inside the puppet battle array with just his body.

These puppets were extremely fast, rows of sharp blades and sharp claws hacked at Yi Yun!

Yi Yun's mind was as still as water. He began to use his large success stage of Minute Subtlety and took advantage of the successive order of the puppets’ attacks to dodge every one of their attacks using incredible angles. In a blink of an eye, he had rushed at Kui Yu's main body!

The Sonic Deathblade that had been pulled back suddenly flashed a cold brilliance!

He was attacking the main body immediately!?

The audience were surprised. Yi Yun did not look for the puppets' weaknesses and he targeted Kui Yu's main body. But Kui Yu's body had two layers of protection and was almost invulnerable!

In the Elder stands, smiles formed on many of the Yun Long Divine Kingdom Elders' lips.

Attacking Kui Yu's main body was a fool’s errand. It was equivalent to digging one's grave.

They seemed to imagine the scenes of Yi Yun's attacking with no avail. And right at the moment when he lost his momentum, he would be surrounded and attacked by all the puppets, resulting in him vomiting blood from his heavy injuries.

The thoughts of the Yun Long Divine Kingdom Elders had coincided with Kui Yu's in his turtle shell.

He grinned cheekily. As he powered the turtle shell puppet's defensive shield, he gathered energy in preparation for his counter attack.

In front of him, Yi Yun was not distracted. Yi Yun's body was covered in killing intent and it was raised to an extreme, merging with the Radiant Sun Qi as one!

The saber truth, pressing forward with an indomitable will!

The Sonic Deathblade issued out a long cry and it became one with Yi Yun!

One With the Saber!

"Cha!"

The bright blade beam slashed through the sky, making the celestial bodies lose their color. The only thing that was left behind was the blade beam that shone like the bright Sun!

This saber hit the turtle shell puppet without any fanciful moves!

"Boom!"

A terrifying explosion sounded. The Radiant Sun Qi flooded the audience's visual facilities, they could not see what had happened.

After the flash disappeared, what remained was a jaw-dropping scene. The five-foot-long Sonic Deathblade had completely pierced through Kui Yu's turtle shell.

It had penetrated from one side and out the other, revealing a three-inch-long blade tip on the other side and it was dyed with blood...

Kui Yu and his turtle shell puppet had been...penetrated!?

True Martial World - Chapter 319: Cang Yan’s ass

The Human Lords and sages from the various factions gathered for the Tai Ah Divine City's City Lord's birthday banquet. But now that the small group matches were over, the arena was completely made available. All the matches from now on would be held on the Divine Wilderness Stage. And everyone was waiting for them!

In the past, when Tai Ah Divine City cultivators battled each other, the audience would only be cultivators from the Tai Ah Divine City. Since everyone was from the same faction, even if someone lost, there would not be much disgrace.

But now, every match was being watched by the different important figures.

There was no doubt that such a situation would make people tense up.

"Senior Wen..." A thirteen year old junior swallowed a gulp of saliva as he pulled on Wen Yu's sleeves before turning silent.

Wen Yu knew what he was nervous about. The three of them should have been eliminated. It was because Yi Yun had fought early, so there was no need for them to fight in the first round, and this allowing them to survive. Their opponents for the battles ahead were all much stronger than the three of them, so going up on the stage to fight was a masochistic move.

It wasn’t a big deal to be battered by others normally, but under the watchful gaze of all the important figures in the audience, the resulting embarrassment from being badly beaten was obvious.

Wen Yu was helpless. In fact, her situation wasn't any better than the junior.

Just glancing at the Yun Long Divine Kingdom participant benches, each person gave off a terrifying aura that made people fear them.

"You guys don't have to go up." Yi Yun said from behind Wen Yu. His voice was calm.

"Ah? I… " Wen Yu's face turned red as she fell into a predicament, "At least… we can test them out..."

Wen Yu felt that she had to play a tiny role, no matter how tiny it was.

Having joined this alliance tournament, she had done nothing besides gathering intelligence.

"There is no need."

Yi Yun also did not need Wen Yu to test his opponents out. In fact, they were unqualified to do so. The battles that were going to happen only involved him and Chu Xiaoran.

As for their opponents, there were seven people! The number of people was more than three times larger.

The VIPs from the various factions were observing these new people, especially Yi Yun and Jun Yue.

Everyone focused on them.

Yi Yun had defeated Viper without using a weapon and Jun Yue defeated Li Hong without moving a single step.

Both of them were absolute geniuses, but unfortunately, Yi Yun was one year younger than Jun Yue.

For geniuses in their teens, it was the period where they progressed the fastest. A year's time was too long. Even 3-4 months could unsurprisingly allow a person to increase their strength exponentially due to one breakthrough.

"Such a pity. That Yi Yun is young and he doesn’t have many team mates. One person alone can’t save the situation." said an Elder of the Yun Long Divine Kingdom, who was sitting in the Elders seats, while stroking his beard.

"If Yi Yun was a year older, he might be able to fight Jun Yue. But now...he is too young."

Another Yun Long Divine Kingdom Elder echoed. He was dressed in a plain white robe and had the demeanor of an immortal, it was as if he existed on a different ethereal plane.

The two of them believed that there was no doubt that Jun Yue would win the battle.

"Dumb ass!"

Just as the two Elders finished saying their respective statements, they suddenly heard someone exclaim that. They were stunned. In such an occasion, with so many legendary figures sitting together, who would use such low-grade words?

They turned around and saw a thin old man. He was nibbling on seeds and also throwing the shells away without thought.

The old man was looking right at the Divine Wilderness Stage and he wasn’t even looking at them.

This thin old man was none other than Cang Yan.

The immortal-looking white-robed Elder was sure that the "retard" who said those words was that old man.

"My friend, why do you say so!?" The white-robed Elder exclaimed angrily.

"What?" Cang Yan looked shocked at being shouted at. He gave a confused expression, "Are you referring to me?"

"Yes!" The white-robed Elder's expression was ugly. "Please explain the words you said just now!"

"Just now? Me?" Cang Yan looked surprised before finally understanding, "Oh, while I was chewing on these Spirit Abutilon Seeds, I suddenly remembered something about my mount, a green ass. It had overturned my herb furnace yesterday, so I cursed it. Is there a problem?"

Cang Yan gave a look of innocence, while the two Yun Long Divine Kingdom Elders' faces turned livid.

They were questioning Cang Yan in a disapproving manner but they had been scolded by this old bastard once again.

But Cang Yan had scolded them using the words "dumb ass". Now, he said he was scolding his mount, which was a green ass. So it seemed like there was no problem. After all, Cang Yan did not look at the two of them from the beginning.

This made the two white-robed Elders fume. Clearly, they had been made into fools twice, but they could not find a reason to vent their anger. They could only stare helplessly.

The two Elders were completely helpless. Who would have thought that such a rogue character would appear in this circle of large factions' legendary figures?

"That darned old fool!" One of the white-robed Elders transmitted his voice angrily.

"Forget it. He won't be able to boast much longer. We just need to hold our tongues for a while. Once the results are out, we shall see what he else he has to say!"

"Right, our Yun Long Divine Kingdom is filled with proud sons of heaven this time! This is the most flourishing generation in the past hundred years. We will disgrace the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom completely!"

As the two white-robed Elders communicated with each other, they temporarily calmed down. They looked at the Divine Wilderness Stage because the first match had just begun.

Someone from the Yun Long Divine Kingdom first went onstage. It was a very cute boy who looked about seven or eight years old.

He held a small umbrella in his hand. The umbrella had no driving force, so it was floating in the air and spinning on his fingers.

"Oh? A child?"

"He only looks young. His name is Lin Tong. He is about the same age as us. Do not look down on him. I've seen the information on him. He is very strong. And to be first to fight also illustrates that."

At the beginning of the competition, it was atypical to send a person who was too weak as they needed to establish their foothold.

"I'll fight!" Chu Xiaoran said as she walked up to the stage.

They only had two people, and naturally Yi Yun would be last. Hence, the only person that could be sent out was only Chu Xiaoran.

"Alright, be careful." Yi Yun nodded.

"Hehe..." The child laughed. He looked at Chu Xiaoran while revealing two rows of white teeth.

"Let the match... begin!"

As soon as the referee said “begin”, a Glacier Snow Wolf Aspect Totem appeared behind Chu Xiaoran as she held her long sword.

Chu Xiaoran conjured out her Aspect Totem from the beginning as she wanted to end the battle quickly.

"A wise decision!" The child praised her.

Yi Yun and Chu Xiaoran were battling against seven opponents. As such, their stamina was especially important. They had to conserve their strength for every battle and they could not drag any of the battles out for too long.

"Roar!"

The wolf howled and charged at Lin Tong.

At the same time, Chu Xiaoran slashed with her sword. A cold wave surged. One ice column after another began appearing above the purple tungsten stage as they trapped Lin Tong!

This was Chu Xiaoran's frost ice area of influence. Yi Yun had experienced this move a year ago.

But the current Chu Xiaoran was a lot more skillful with her frost ice area of influence. The power could not be compared to what it was in the past!

"Peng Peng Peng!"

The ice columns exploded into countless pieces of ice crystals as they shot towards Lin Tong.

This was an attack with no room to dodge. Even with Yi Yun's large success stage of Minute Subtlety, he would not be able to dodge this!

At the same time, Chu Xiaoran's sword and the Glacier Snow Wolf had shot at Lin Tong as two beams of light.

It was a three-prong attack!

Chu Xiaoran had used all her techniques from the beginning!

Against this storm-like attack, Lin Tong had no way of dodging, but at the same time, he did not have any intentions to dodge.

He roared deeply and all his Yuan Qi exploded as he rapidly circulated his Qi to form a huge whirlpool.

"Peng Peng Peng!"

Numerous ice crystals bounced off the Yuan Qi whirlpool the moment they collided with it.

The concept of rotation!

Lin Tong had used his rotation powers to deflect all the ice crystals!

At the same time, Lin Tong's hands extended forward. Twelve small umbrellas flew out from his palms. The large ones were the size of a face basin, while the small ones were the size of a bowl. There were all sorts of colors and they were extremely pretty.

The small umbrellas twirled around as they flew towards Chu Xiaoran.

"Cha! Cha! Cha!"

With the sharp hum of air being sliced through, shiny razors suddenly emerged from the umbrellas. What were originally pretty spinning small umbrellas now became ferocious death-seeking flywheels!

The twelve flywheels blocked off Chu Xiaoran's multi-pronged attack from twelve different directions. Lin Tong was forcing Chu Xiaoran to back away.

Lin Tong had broken through Chu Xiaoran’s three pronged attack, which seemingly had no room for dodging.

However, when facing off against the twelve flywheels, a flash of determination appeared in Chu Xiaoran's eyes. She gritted her teeth and twisted her body in an incredulous fashion and went straight through a gap amidst the twelve flywheels!

Hard-Soft concept!

"Cha! Cha! Cha!"

But no matter how perfect Chu Xiaoran's Hard-Soft concept was, she was not able to dodge the flywheels perfectly. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

Three flywheels scratched Chu Xiaoran's shoulders and belly.

Blood splattered!

"Die!"

Chu Xiaoran stabbed straight at Lin Tong's face with a death blow!

"What!?"

Lin Tong retreated in shock. His hands formed seals and a large umbrella opened up to protect him!

"Peng!"

With an explosion, Chu Xiaoran's sword had pierced through the large umbrella. Sword beams exploded as the large umbrella vibrated violently.

And at that moment, Chu Xiaoran's Glacier Snow Wolf had charged from behind Lin Tong biting his shoulder.

Lin Tong cried out in shock. His shoulder had been torn apart by the wolf's teeth. His Yuan Qi had diminished and he was unable to maintain the large umbrella in his hands.

And at that moment, Chu Xiaoran had barely managed to gather a little bit of Yuan Qi to shoot sword beams at him!

"Peng!"

The large umbrella exploded and dispersed into Yuan Qi. The sword beams were relentless as they collided with Lin Tong's protective Yuan Qi.

Lin Tong spit out a mouthful of blood and flew backward, landing heavily outside the stage.

That large umbrella was Lin Tong's Aspect Totem.

Some warriors' Aspect Totems would not be in the shape of a desolate beast. It could be related to their cultivation techniques or the weapons they used.

Lin Tong was the latter. He cultivated the concept of rotation. It was not a very powerful law but it was very effective.

"Lin Tong has been defeated!"

The Tai Ah Divine City camp’s spirits rose the moment they saw the battle end.

In this battle that went by like a flash, Chu Xiaoran had attacked decisively. She had defeated the storm-like Lin Tong, a strong cultivator from the Yun Long Divine Kingdom!

This was greatly encouraging.

However, there were people who worried for Chu Xiaoran. Yi Yun sighed silently after seeing the wounds on Chu Xiaoran's shoulders and belly.

The wounds were very deep. Lin Tong was very powerful and Chu Xiaoran had aimed for a quick and decisive battle. To save her stamina, she had to forcefully attack. With injuries like that, Chu Xiaoran's battle prowess would be greatly reduced.

True Martial World - Chapter 318: Metal-elemental Laws

With the metallic arrow projectiles flying towards him, Li Hong did not think twice and immediately retreated, smashing his staff down to deflect the projectiles.

"Ding Ding Ding!"

A series of metallic collision sounds rang. Li Hong had deflected the metallic projectiles, but at the same time he felt his arms go numb, and the thigh of his hands felt pain. It was difficult for him to withstand the strong attacks.

Could it be...

A thought suddenly appeared in Li Hong's mind, but at that moment, the metallic projectiles that Li Hong had deflected returned and flew at Li Hong once again!

These metallic projectiles seemed to have a life of their own and they pierced the air without any resistance. They could even dodge Li Hong's staff.

The quantity and intensity of the attacks had increased. Li Hong's forehead was covered in cold sweat.

"Metal-elemental laws!"

Li Hong finally realized what sort of attack it was.

Amongst the five elements; Metal, Wood, Water, Fire and Earth, the metal-elemental laws were the best. There were very few who could master the metal-elemental laws.

This lanky youth was a metal-elemental practitioner, and the degree of his nomological insight was extremely terrifying!

Typically for those who practiced the five elemental laws, even if they would have some achievement amongst those laws, they would only be able to inject the power of the five elements into their own attacks. Very few people could be like this lanky youth, who could control the elemental energy so easily, like it was a part of his body.

He could even manipulate the purple Tungsten tiles on the ground. This power was very terrifying.

"Ding Ding Ding!"

Many projectiles flew in the air as Li Hong conjured his Aspect Totem. However, the projectiles pierced right through his Aspect Totem!

Li Hong felt his soul tremor and his face went white.

His limbs numbed from the relentless attacks. He could not take it any longer.

"Whew!"

A projectile had finally bypassed Li Hong's defenses and penetrated his shoulder. It exited his shoulder from the back, bringing with it a shower of blood!

Li Hong grunted and fell backward.

At that moment, another projectile pierced through his belly. Li Hong's protective Yuan Qi was like paper in front of these sharp metallic projectiles.

Li Hong's body was sent flying before he landed heavily on the ground, while his entire body twitched.

Jun Yue's metallic arrows moved in a spiral and after the arrows the thickness of a thumb pierced through Li Hong’s body, the wounds inflicted were the size of a cup of alcohol. Li Hong's entire arm had nearly been twisted off.

"I...admit defeat..."

He said those words with difficulty. Li Hong's face was pale and it was covered in sweat. The two open wounds made him lose a lot of blood.

The Tai Ah Divine City's medical staff rushed up to save Li Hong.

Jun Yue's expression remained calm. He only nodded and from beginning to the end, Jun Yue did not move a single step. He had only used the metal-elemental laws to control those arrow projectiles and eventually, he gained victory.

The gap was too large!

Li Hong was extremely depressed. This alliance tournament had become an unforgettable experience for him.

After Jun Yue clinched victory, he stared right through the crowd, straight at Yi Yun who was meditating in the participant benches.

Yi Yun heart thumped. He did not open his eyes but using the Purple Crystal's energy vision, he could feel the existence of this person.

It was because he was too striking.

In the energy vision, human Sages like Cang Yan and Jian Ge only gave off a dim light as they kept their energy within. Even for figures like the Tai Ah Divine City City Lord, they were no different from mortals.

As for people like Wen Yu, they were too weak so their presence was very small.

He could pick Jun Yue out clearly. Not only was he strong, his energy was willfully displayed. His existence was like a fire in the night. It was extremely visible.

"This person does not seem typical."

Yi Yun quietly took note of this person. But he was currently trying to comprehend the sword truths, so he was unable to check up the other party.

But beside Yi Yun, Wen Yu and company had already dug out all the information of Jun Yue.

The world was vast, and there was always someone stronger. Even though Jun Yue's nomological insight reached such a perverse level, he was not very famous. From the information gathered by Wen Yu, there was less information on Jun Yue than that of Viper.

"Senior Yi has met his match..."

"This Jun Yue is really terrifying." A few juniors lacked confidence. It was hard to determine who would win when Yi Yun faced Jun Yue.

After Jun Yue defeated Li Hong, the results of Chu Xiaoran and Qiuniu's battles also came out. Chu Xiaoran had won and Qiuniu had lost!

For the under-fifteen teenager group matches between the Tai Ah Divine City and the Yun Long 72 Pagodas, it ended in a draw with both groups securing two wins and two losses.

Cang Yan was very satisfied with this result.

After all, the Tai Ah Divine City only had three main powerhouses; Yi Yun, Qiuniu and Chu Xiaoran. They were not even fifteen years of age, so they had a handicap in terms of age. Even so, they managed to tie with their opponents.

At least they had managed to hold on to 4 seats.

But following the under-fifteen group matches was the teenager group championship. To become group champion was the most important thing.

If someone became a champion, their camp would gain at least eight seats.

The person who could win the championship for the Tai Ah Divine City was none other than Yi Yun, but he had to face Jun Yue.

Cang Yan frowned slightly. Previously, in Li Hong and Jun Yue's battle, it was clear that Jun Yue did not use all his strength. Cang Yan found it hard to determine how Yi Yun would compare with Jun Yue. This was a serious challenge.

Immediately following that, the results of the above-fifteen groups' matches came out.

Yao Dao's team had managed to clinch victory, while the other three teams were undoubtedly annihilated.

In fact, when the three teams faced their opponents, their opponents only sent out one or two people and they fought all the way to the end.

As they belonged to teams that were abandoned, those members lacked fighting spirit because they knew no matter how much they fought, they would end up defeated as well.

"The Tai Ah Divine City's cultivators' battle strategy is very effective!" On the seats of honor, the Seven Star Pagoda Owner laughed while saying that. He still had a sarcastic tone. "To give up on three groups and concentrate all your power into one group, and win that match. That match was against my Yun Long 72 Pagodas' weakest team, and that is all thanks to your luck."

"Luck is also a kind of strength." The Tai Ah Divine City’s City Lord was unaffected by his words. No matter what the Seven Star Pagoda Owner said, he would respond with a smile, not taking it to heart.

"Unfortunately, luck does not mean anything in the final match. There's no avoiding it."

The Seven Star Pagoda Owner was full of confidence. The outcomes of the matches before did not matter much. What was most important were the matches ahead.

A group's champion could win at least 8 or 10 seats.

The Seven Star Pagoda Owner was confident that the Yun Long Divine Kingdom was able to win all those seats.

His goal was to obtain more than 60% of the seats, and that was including the Southern 10 countries and the other neutral factions!

The battle carried on.

After the small group matches, there was a break for an hour. Following that was the group championship!

The teams that won in the group matches and those cultivators who were not defeated could participate in the group championship.

The group championship rules were very simple. There was freedom to challenge anyone.

The Yun Long Divine Kingdom and the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom would send one person out and challenge one person from the other side. The person who lost was eliminated. The person who won would carry on fighting. It would be fought to the end and the last man standing would be the group champion.

For the under-fifteen group, the group champion would win eight seats.

For the over-fifteen group and the overall group group champions would win ten seats.

If there were more than ten people left on one side, an additional two seats could be won.

The group championships were what the Seven Star Pagoda Owner cared the most about.

There were nearly 30 seats. In contrast, the 6 seats lost in the small group matches did not mean anything.

"Kid, the group championship is beginning soon!" While Yi Yun was meditating, Cang Yan's voice rang in Yi Yun's ear.

Yi Yun opened his eyes. The Pure Yang Sword Palace's sword truths were too profound. Even with the Purple Crystal's help, Yi Yun found cultivating it impossibly difficult. This was definitely the most difficult and hardest to understand cultivation technique that he had faced in his martial arts career until now.

"The group championship is an elimination tag-team tournament. The more people you have, the more advantageous for you would be. We do not hold the advantage in numbers. Do your best." Cang Yan said while pointing to a girl not far from Yi Yun. She was none other than Chu Xiaoran.

"We have become teammates now..." Chu Xiaoran said with a smile.

Yi Yun looked at Chu Xiaoran and noticed that she was alone.

Chu Xiaoran smiled coyly. "My teammates had all been defeated. Qiuniu and Li Hong's groups lost, so there's really only me. Together with the people from your team, there is a total of five people..."

Uh...

Yi Yun's eyebrows scrunched together. Around him, there were Wen Yu and two other juniors who lacked any presence.

The three of them were there to make up the numbers.

No matter how it was counted, there were only two people who were actually participating in this championship, Yi Yun and Chu Xiaoran.

Looking back at his opponents, they were a group of powerful people that were like wolves and tigers.

This number sure was "not holding the advantage"!

True Martial World - Chapter 317: Jun Yue

"Senior Yi, were you using the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique' just now!?"

When Yi Yun got off the stage, his team members asked as they gathered around him.

As the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom's top cultivation technique, the "Tai Ah Sacred Technique" was very famous.

Many rookies had long heard of its name, but had never seen it before.

"Of course, is there a need to ask!?" Another junior said, "The 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique' is so powerful. All that poison was burnt away in a second."

These juniors had previously heard rumors that the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique' was extremely difficult to cultivate. Many geniuses had attempted cultivating it but ended up failing.

For the outstanding leaders amongst the rookies like Wen Yu, they set mastering the "Tai Ah Sacred Technique" as their goal. But this goal was extremely distant.

Now, Yi Yun could use the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique' in a very well-versed manner. He could easily use it even with the metallic brick as a weapon. Yi Yun was not much older than them, yet he had reached such an amazing level with the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique', which made them admire and envy him.

"Hehe, this kid Yi Yun did well!" Not far away, Cang Yan was rubbing his chin with a satisfied look.

Beside Cang Yan was Jian Ge who had seen the entire match. He said, "Yi Yun's 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique' has improved a lot since he went out for almost a year."

The current Yi Yun not only had a simple transformation in his cultivation level, he experienced a qualitative improvement in every aspect.

"Of course, who do you think taught him!?" Cang Yan was very pleased.

Jian Ge turned speechless upon hearing this. This old man sure liked to boast without shame.

Old man Cang had naturally given a lot of help to Yi Yun, but as for teaching him, old man Cang had obviously never taught Yi Yun anything.

But, Jian Ge did not argue with Cang Yan over this. He knew that it was indeed Cang Yan who first discovered Yi Yun. At the beginning, it was also Cang Yan who brought Yi Yun into the saber tomb.

"He has already won two seats. Yi Yun's batch is the strongest batch our Tai Ah Divine City has seen in recent years. It even exceeds Qin Haotian's batch. Unfortunately, they haven't grown up yet. If they were to break through to the Yuan Foundation realm, it would be even better."

The competition rules set the demarcating age to be fifteen years of age. This was extremely disadvantageous for Yi Yun, Qiuniu and Chu Xiaoran.

In this tournament, the third year cultivators were actually the most important. Unfortunately, there was only Li Hong amongst the Tai Ah Divine City's third year cultivators that was worthy.

And Li Hong clearly could not hold the ground.

The first match had ended, so Yi Yun had nothing to do. There was still some time left for the remaining matches.

Yi Yun sat in the participant benches and began meditating.

He was trying to understand the sword truths from the sword tomb.

Upon seeing Yi Yun meditating, a few of the juniors looked at each other. Yi Yun still had matches he had not fought. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

At that moment, Yi Yun should have gone to learn about the other teams’ battle situation and understand his competitors, yet he was sitting there meditating.

If it was 15 minutes ago, Wen Yu would have despised Yi Yun in her heart for his actions. But now, after easily taking down Viper, Wen Yu no longer said a word.

Different people doing the same thing would have completely different results. Weaklings who did so were retards, but when the strong did so, they had the bearing of experts.

"What are you dazing for. Let's get some information!" Wen Yu tapped on a junior's head. As they did not play a significant role, this was the time for them to do something.

The four factions’ alliance tournament began with the small group battles happening concurrently.

Later on in the championship match, the under-fifteens groups would first compete before the above-fifteen and the overall group matches.

They split up to watch the battle situation of the various teams.

Yi Yun, who was meditating, ignored Wen Yu and company's departure. He felt that there were a few stares watching him. The stares came with both hostility and fear.

Yi Yun did not need to see to know who they were.

"This kid actually defeated Viper despite being a level lower..."

Not far away, Yang Haoran was clenching his only fist so tightly that his whole hand shook.

The outcome of Yi Yun and Viper's battle was unexpected to him. He had handpicked the ruthless and powerful Viper to get rid of Yi Yun.

To what extent...did Yi Yun's strength reach?

He suddenly realized a possibility that made him despair. Even now, with Yi Yun not grown up, he with his severed arm might not be Yi Yun's match!

This made Yang Haoran experience an extremely great setback.

"Haoran...It's better we...don't target him anymore..."

Beside Yang Haoran, Li Hong was beginning to lack confidence.

Li Hong was a vengeful person. He would think of ways to retaliate more than ten times worse against anyone that provoked him.

However, who the other party was mattered. If he knew that the other party far exceeded him, it would only be him being stupid to provoke the other party.

Li Hong initially went against Yi Yun because he thought Yi Yun would be easily bullied.

But now, Yi Yun's strength and talent was greater than his. Yi Yun already exceeded him in several aspects. The only advantage he had was his family clan behind him. But compared to the high regard given to Yi Yun by the Tai Ah Divine City Elders, it was nothing.

And after not being able to deal with Yi Yun, he would only end with a tragic fate when Yi Yun eventually became a mighty figure in the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom.

Li Hong already had thoughts of backing out.

"Are you afraid?" Yang Haoran looked angrily at Li Hong.

Li Hong shook his head. He was afraid of Yi Yun, but he did not want to offend Yang Haoran. "I only feel that we might not be his match..."

"Not his match..." Yang Haoran gritted his teeth. He had to admit that what Li Hong said was the truth.

Yi Yun was a person who had shown brilliant results in the alliance tournament, and was being highly regarded by the Divine City's Elders, and also taken in as a disciple by Grandmaster Yuehua. Their families would not offend someone like him just for them.

And what was most critical was that a family clan would weigh the pros and cons. They might even give up on him. After all, he had lost an arm.

This was the cruelty and the reality of a large family clan.

Upon thinking of this, Yang Haoran felt extreme sorrow.

"Yi Yun broke my arm, ending my martial arts career. Yet, I, Yang Haoran have to endure this...When have I ever suffered such humiliation..."

The world of warriors respected those who were strong. When Yi Yun proved his strength, even as a son of a prominent family clan, he had to bow.

As Li Hong was talking with Yang Haoran using Yuan Qi voice transmissions, a loud scream from the stage sounded out from behind Li Hong.

Li Hong turned around and saw that one of his team members had his arm broken, and had been thrown down the stage.

That team member was also a rookie. His face was pale and laid on the ground twitching. The outcome was obvious.

The groups that progressed the fastest was Li Hong's team other than Yi Yun's.

This was because Li Hong's team was also filled with a bunch of ineffective troops. It was about the same as Yi Yun's team.

But with similar ineffective troops, Yi Yun had shone. He managed to win two seats in less than 15 minutes after the competition began. As for Li Hong’s side, they were almost wiped out.

Seeing the 'forerunners' that were supposed to protect him get defeated one after another, Li Hong could no longer sit at ease.

This difference was too great!

"Really so weak!"

On the stage was a stout youth. He was laughing, "You are the group that was given up, right? You sure are humiliated being the leader of this group."

The youth's words struck a nerve with Li Hong.

Li Hong's expression turned cold as he carried his long staff up the stage. His team no longer had anyone left except him, so he had to go on stage anyway.

He swung his staff and pointed at the stout youth, "Cut the nonsense. Let me see what allows you to be this arrogant."

Li Hong was after all the best cultivator amongst the Tai Ah Divine City's third years. How could he not be angry after being provoked by a forerunner.

"Ah Jun, come on down. Let me take him on."

At that moment, an indifferent voice came from off the stage. A tall and thin man stepped onto the stage.

This man did not look anything like a youth. He looked cultured and his eyes were slender but had spirit in it. He gave off a different kind of aura.

Upon seeing this man, the arrogant youth immediately became a lot more respectful.

"Senior Jun Yue, you are the leader. Why would there be a need for you to deal with a small fry?"

Although the youth said such words, Jun Yue did not mind and laughed, "I actually thought that I didn't need to do anything, but...I saw Viper being defeated on the eighth stage. The person, who defeated Viper, is very interesting. As a result, my hand is itching. I should be battling him, so this will be my warm up before it."

Jun Yue's voice was very casual. While speaking, he kept looking far away at Yi Yun who had his eyes closed. A smile formed on his lips.

And at that moment on the stage, Li Hong's face had already turned green.

Jun Yue was taking bullying to an extreme!

This Jun Yue only saw Yi Yun as his opponent. He actually treated the battle with him as a "warm up"?

Courting death!

Li Hong clenched his fist. The veins on his fist started to twist like earthworms. He had to fight well to regain his dignity in this match!

He too was a proud son of Heaven. By being disregarded in such a manner, he wanted to bite off a piece of his opponent's flesh even if he would be sent flying.

As this was another battle between leaders, a Tai Ah Divine City law-enforcer came forward to be the referee. After he asked if both parties were ready, Jun Yue's hands remained empty. He did not take out a weapon.

"Not taking out a weapon?" Li Hong's expression turned sullen. But he did not shout for his opponent to take out his weapon.

He knew his opponent was very strong. Even though his opponent did not have a weapon, he would still have to go all out. The only way of obtaining victory was to take advantage of his enemy's underestimation.

"The match begins!"

With the announcement from the Tai Ah Divine City's law-enforcer, Li Hong charged forward with his staff in hand.

At the same moment, an Aspect Totem the shape of a gray bear appeared behind him!

Over the past year, Li Hong had also gained his own Aspect Totem. Against Jun Yue who was unfathomable, Li Hong had to go all out from the beginning!

However, Jun Yue stood on the stage like a sword even though Li Hong was charging forward.

At the moment Li Hong reached 30 feet in front of him, Jun Yue's pupils contracted, emitting an eye-catching cold glimmer.

"Cha! Cha! Cha!"

Below Li Hong, the metal tiles suddenly underwent an incredulous change. Metallic arrow projectiles that were the thickness of a thumb began separating from the ground, shooting at Li Hong!

What!?

Li Hong's expression changed. What sort of attack was this!?

True Martial World - Chapter 316: Defeating Viper

Hum Hum Hum...

That toxic green gas seemed to take on a life of its own as it began to wail like a ghost.

The toxic gas was extremely thick, as if it was made from that of a snake's bile. It emitted a putrid smell that assailed one’s nostrils.

Hiss–

The Heart Piercing Snake puppet began to sound out as it flew in the air. It stared on with its dark green pair of eyes as it silently approached Yi Yun. Not only did this toxic gas not affect this venomous snake puppet, but it even supplemented it with energy!

Aspect Totems could originally fly, so this venomous snake puppet also had the ability to fly.

It could actually be considered a doppelganger of Viper, and although it was a puppet, it had a life of its own.

"So what if you don’t use a weapon. Be it a saber or this metallic blunt weapon, it will not be able to withstand the poison! In this toxic area, I dominate absolutely everything!"

Viper laughed sardonically. With the metallic claw in hand, he started to rapidly move!

Amidst poison, a typical warrior could only power up his protective Yuan Qi to withstand the poison's corrosive properties.

However, by doing so, not only would their Yuan Qi be quickly consumed due to using a large portion of their Yuan Qi to withstand the poison, the amount left to block Viper and the Heart Piercing Snake puppet's attack would also be reduced.

Only one could be handled, leaving the other free to reign!

As such, Viper could maximize his combat power within this toxic mist.

"Chi! Chi! Chi!"

Upon coming into contact with the toxic mist, Yi Yun's protective Yuan Qi began to corrode and shrink.

Yi Yun was after all only at the peak of the Purple Blood realm, the amount of Yuan Qi he had was much lower than that of a Yuan Foundation realm warrior. As a result, it would be harder for him to withstand the toxic mist as time went on.

Many people were worried for Yi Yun, but there were also Yang Haoran and company who were looking forward to seeing Yi Yun turn into a skeleton after being corroded by the toxic mist.

"Die!"

Viper roared as he and the Heart Piercing Snake puppet split into two different directions. One came from the front while the other came from the back, attacking Yi Yun who was in the middle of the toxic mist!

"Shoo! Shoo! Shoo!"

Viper's body began to flash our tens of after-images, preventing others from telling where he was. As for the Heart Piercing Snake, it was like lightning, turning its airborne body into a blur.

Against Viper's attack, Yi Yun's mind was as still as water. He gathered his Yuan Qi to an extreme with the brick in hand.

"Weng–

With a clear sound, the Purple Crystal Origins within Yi Yun's heart shook.

At that moment, it was as if a volcano had erupted. Burning hot, pure Yang Qi gushed out from Yi Yun's body!

Second stage of the "Tai Ah Sacred Technique"!

Pure Yang Qi of the finest purity turned into the image of a Tang Valley image in the air. A thin mist covered the ghostly valley, shrouding the divine green trees within!

After absorbing the Golden Crow species's beast mark and having cultivated in the burning hell's Pure Yang Sword Palace for ten months, Yi Yun's 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique' was no longer comparable to what it once was!

The pure Yang flames burned and a large portion of the toxic mist was burned up by the pure Yang fire.

The poison-elemental law ranked on the same level as the five elemental laws. It could not withstand the burning of a higher grade pure Yang flame.

"Chi! Chi! Chi!"

Large swaths of green mist burned into green smoke. Even the purple tungsten metal beneath Yi Yun's feet had melted into a molten liquid!

"Huh!?"

Viper was great alarmed. To have such a thick pure Yang flame, Yi Yun's attainment in the pure Yang laws exceeded his own poison-elemental laws.

Although there was a difference in cultivation level, Yi Yun's pure Yang Qi came from the Pure Yang Sword Palace and the Golden Crow species. The quality was not something comparable to the poisonous elements Viper had extracted from desolate beasts like the Heart Piercing Snake.

This difference in quality reversed the deficits of his cultivation level!

At that moment, Yi Yun's eyes flashed, all his body's pure Yang Qi had been injected into the metallic brick. The metallic brick began to shine and burn with pure Yang flames!

This was no longer any typical metallic brick, but a pure Yang flaming brick!

Viper held his breath as he shuttled around. He pushed his snake-like movement technique to the limit. Even with the pure Yang laws, there was still a chance for one of his attacks to hit Yi Yun if he was to attack together with his Heart Piercing Snake puppet!

However, at that moment, Yi Yun moved. He opened his Purple Crystal energy vision and the after-images that covered the sky disappeared from his view. Yi Yun clearly locked onto Viper's actual position.

As for the lightning fast Heart Piercing Snake puppet, it could not hide in the Purple Crystal's vision.

Large success stage of Minute Subtlety!

Sou!

Yi Yun's body mysteriously disappeared. Viper felt felt his back turn cold and a chill arose from his heart. Without thinking, his claw attacked towards his back!

At that moment, the pure Yang flaming brick in Yi Yun's hand had been send slamming heavily downwards.

With the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique' pushed to its limits, the slamming of the brick created fiery arc beams in the air.

"Ka-cha!"

Yi Yun's flaming brick smashed into Viper's metallic claw. The hot, pure Yang flames bent the claw, while the brick did not lose any of its momentum. After it pushed down the metallic claw, it went straight for Viper's head!

"Boom!"

When the pure Yang energy burst out, Viper's protective Yuan Qi shattered like glass. He felt his head buzz, as if his head had been smashed by a crazily charging near-horned beast. His mind went blank and his vision was completely covered by a golden color, he could no longer see anything else.

As for the Heart Piercing Snake puppet, the Aspect Totem within it dissipated when its owner was severely injured. It lost its combat power and its speed rapidly decreased. At that moment, Yi Yun grabbed the snake three inches away from its head!

With one hand grabbing the Heart Piercing Snake, and the other hand holding the pure Yang flaming brick, Yi Yun saw Viper's body sway. Viper was delirious and Yi Yun did not hesitate in raising his brick to smash down on him again!

At that moment, Viper was like an immobile target. So Yi Yun's brick attack smacked right into the right side of Viper's face!

"Peng!"

Viper began spinning in the air like a top, his body revolving while he threw up blood, the blood smeared the air into a red spiral. Even a few blood-stained teeth were spat out by Viper.

Seeing Viper fall to the ground, Yi Yun quickly rushed forward and sent out another brick attack.

This brick attack reversed its direction and hit the left side of Viper's face. Viper, who was like a spinning top, was spinning clockwise, but after this hit, he began spinning counter-clockwise.

Viper's face was completely mangled. Again, he threw up blood in a spiral.

Following that, Yi Yun leaped up with the brick in hand, and curving his body, he sent out a heavy third brick attack, as if he was smashing a ball.

Ka-cha!

Yi Yun's brick hit Viper's back and with the sound of a broken spine, Viper heavily fell to the ground!

Viper's mind was completely in a daze.

However, at that moment, Yi Yun did not carry on minding Viper. Instead, he threw the Heart Piercing Snake in his hand down on the purple tungsten ground. Without Viper's commanding it, the Heart Piercing Snake had lost its combat strength. Upon being thrown to the ground like this, it merely sprawled on the ground.

Following that, Yi Yun aimed right at the Heart Piercing Snake's triangular shaped head and smashed down at it.

"Pfft!"

The Heart Piercing Snake's head turned into bloody meat paste. Although this snake now lacked a head, its body was still struggling.

Wen Yu and company were completely stupefied on seeing what happened during this duel. Only one word appeared in their minds, brutal!

With the brick in hand, Yi Yun was a brutal erratic demon.

Sun Long and Viper, who had both gone up against him, were both smashed beyond recognition with just a few brick attacks!

After taking care of the Heart Piercing Snake, Yi Yun walked towards Viper with the brick in hand.

Although Viper had not fainted, the bone on both sides of his face could be seen. His eyes were completely covered in blood and he could not see anything, but he could still hear Yi Yun's footsteps.

The footsteps for him sounded as if Death was approaching, making him horrified.

This person was a demon!

Viper, who had always abused others, had suddenly gone from being the abuser, to becoming the abused. His fear reached an extreme point.

"Are you not admitting defeat?" At that moment, Yi Yun's voice reached Viper's ears.

Viper felt as if he had been granted amnesty. His jaw had been beaten off so he was still unable to speak. He quickly sent a Yuan Qi voice transmission to Yi Yun, "Sto… Stop… I admit defeat..."

"Oh? Still not admitting defeat?" Yi Yun ignored Viper's Yuan Qi transmission. How could it be admitting defeat without saying it personally?

Yi Yun firmly raised the metallic brick.

Viper was frightened out of his wits. If this brick were to slam down, such as hitting his head, he would die.

He did not wish to die here.

"Stop… Stop! I… I will tell you about the people who want to harm you!" Viper pleaded with a Yuan Qi voice transmission.

"Oh?"

Upon hearing Viper's words, Yi Yun slowed down his attack, "Speak!"

"It was two black-cloaked people. They conceal… concealed their looks. Their voice… voice also changed, but… one of them only had one arm..."

Viper used his Yuan Qi to intermittently describe the characteristics of the two cloaked people from yesterday.

After Yi Yun heard this, the corners of his mouth curled upwards.

One arm...

Yi Yun already knew who the cultivator with one arm that had a feud with him was.

As for the other person, although he was not sure about exactly who it was, he could make an educated guess that it was none other than either Li Hong or Yang Yuefeng.

Yi Yun kept the brick and stopped brutally attacking Viper.

According to the competition's rules, he could not purposely cause the death of others and could not purposely cause the person to become permanently disabled.

Now, Viper had lost all ability to resist. If he were to continue abusing him, it would not be against the rules, but he could not kill or permanently disable Viper.

If so, the Yun Long Divine Kingdom would not turn a blind eye to it. It would also not be easy for the Tai Ah Divine City to protect him.

As such, Yi Yun decided to leave it as it was.

"Stage Eight, Yi Yun wins! He defeated the opponent's leader, winning two seats!"

The law-enforcer announced the battle's outcome.

This was the first round that ended in the alliance competition. It was also the first seats that got an owner.

The speed at which this battle ended was so fast that it felt like it was an exaggeration.

As Yi Yun walked down the stage, Wen Yu and company were still in a daze. They felt like all that happened just now was a dream.

They knew that Yi Yun was not simple, but they never expected that Yi Yun would be so violent. To finish Viper with a brick!

And the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique' that Yi Yun displayed at the end stunned them even more.

True Martial World - Chapter 315: Poison-elemental Laws

"Yi Yun, meeting me is bad luck on your part. I will make you remember this battle for your entire life!" Viper said in a Yuan Qi voice transmission to Yi Yun before the battle began.

Yi Yun slightly frowned. Viper had been aiming at him from the beginning. It was definitely not because he had beaten up Sun Long, otherwise he would not have taken the initiative to set up the challenge.

"Why are you targeting me?" Yi Yun asked with a Yuan Qi transmission. He did not believe that Viper was interested in him solely because he was the last rookie ranking competition's champion. Viper was obviously a very arrogant person, so he would never have taken interest in a person that was a level lower than him.

Yi Yun was suspecting that there was someone behind Viper deliberately targeting him.

"Hehe, you still have time to think about this. It seems that you still do not know your situation. In a while, it will be me torturing you. If you were to admit defeat now, there would still be time. If you don’t, I will first make you unable to speak, then I will make you suffer a hundred times worse than Sun Long!"

As Viper said this, a law-enforcer who was made referee especially for the battles between the leaders asked the two of them if they were ready.

This law-enforcer was a Tai Ah Divine City person. He was mainly asking Yi Yun because he realized that Yi Yun had yet to take his weapon out noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

"I am ready."

Yi Yun nodded and casually loosened his wrists, waving the brick which was still dripping with blood.

Oh?

The law-enforcer became momentarily stunned. Yi Yun was planning to fight like that?

Not only the law-enforcer, even the people behind Yi Yun, like Wen Yu and company were stunned as well. They felt that, due to the difference in cultivation level, Yi Yun would find it difficult to win against Viper, yet he chose to not take out a weapon?

"This kid sure makes one worry!"

Not far away, Cang Yan was at a loss of whether to laugh or cry. This kid, Yi Yun, had chosen the 'Myriad Beast Totem' as his totem mystic technique and went into the sword tomb after learning from the saber tomb. Now, he was using a brick to go against a Yun Long Divine Kingdom genius whose cultivation was a level higher than his.

Were these things a normal person would do?

Viper laughed heartily upon hearing Yi Yun, "Is your brain normal? You actually do not want to use a weapon to go against me?"

Yi Yun said with a smile, "Who told you that this isn't my weapon? I've said it before, my saber is only to be used against opponents that are worthy of respect or formidable. Against scum or retards, the brick is sufficient."

Yi Yun's words made Wen Yu and company hold their breaths. Viper was already a lunatic, yet Yi Yun purposely provoked him. If Viper were to really get mad, the outcome would be unpredictable.

Viper's face started to tense up as his pupils turned into the shape of a spindle, like that of a snake. "I see… you wish for me to send you to the netherworld!"

"Whew!"

Viper charged forward. His speed was extremely fast and his body seemed to lack bones as he moved forward while sticking close to the ground. He was like a python that was moving forward quickly!

It was the first time for many to see such a weird movement technique.

"Die!"

Viper swiped forward with his claw. His weapon was also a metallic claw and his swipe came from the top heading downwards. His attack’s target was Yi Yun's chin!

If it were to dig in, the metallic claw would pierce through the chin, stabbing into Yi Yun's mouth and tearing apart his tongue. This would naturally prevent Yi Yun from speaking.

Viper was fulfilling his words, attempting to prevent Yi Yun from admitting defeat.

Yi Yun's gaze turned cold as he raised the brick in his hand and smashed it at Viper's claw!

For a brick to go against a metallic claw, a blunt weapon like the brick would naturally hold a greater advantage. However, at that moment, the venomous snake that was resting on Viper's shoulders suddenly flew out towards Yi Yun’s chest in an attack.

Heart Piercing Snake!

Yi Yun had a deep impression of this snake. A few days before he went out into the Divine Wilderness, about a year ago, a three-man cultivator team had been completely obliterated because they had misidentified a Heart Piercing Snake as a Golden Line Snake.

This Heart Piercing Snake was an extremely dangerous desolate beast. Yet, how could Viper control a desolate beast? Yi Yun had the impression that it was extremely difficult for humans to tame desolate beasts!

Yi Yun did not have time to think about it too deeply. Just as the Heart Piercing Snake was about to bite at his heart, he quickly retreated.

However, Viper swiftly followed him as a grin flashed from the corner of his lips, "You're finished!"

Viper's murderous Qi exploded and then merged into one with his Yuan Qi, turning into a visible black air flow. This air flow covered Yi Yun's surroundings like a lock, sealing every direction that Yi Yun could use to dodge!

"Let me see how you will dodge this!"

Viper thrust his claw at Yi Yun and at the same time, the Heart Piercing Snake on his shoulders went straight for Yi Yun's mouth. It wanted to swallow Yi Yun's tongue!

Almost at the same moment as the Heart Piercing Snake was about to bite Yi Yun, his body suddenly twisted bizarrely and thick layers of after-images appeared. Yi Yun's body seemed to suddenly transform into a flexible swift, shuttling through the air without any resistance.

Large success stage of Minute Subtlety!

"Shoo! Shoo! Shoo!"

Yi Yun abruptly changed directions in the air and went through the murderous Qi lock using an incredulous trajectory! He dodged more than ten of them continuously, upon reaching the last few that he could not dodge, he smashed at them with his brick.

"Peng Peng Peng!"

Three of the murderous Qi locks were broken by Yi Yun!

"Hiss!"

Suddenly, the hissing sound of the venomous snake came from behind Yi Yun!

This Heart Piercing Snake was like a maggot, following Yi Yun without being shaken off.

Its speed was extremely fast, almost like a beam of light. However, Yi Yun did not even look at it, for in his energy vision, he could perfectly grasp the Heart Piercing Snake's attack trajectory!

Yi Yun sent out a brick attack!

"Peng!"

Yi Yun's brick heavily hit the Heart Piercing Snake's triangular-shaped head!

With a loud moan, the Heart Piercing Snake was sent flying by Yi Yun!

"What?"

Seeing the Heart Piercing Snake fly out and how most of his murderous Qi had been dispersed by Yi Yun, Viper was greatly alarmed.

By using such a blunt weapon in hand, Yi Yun's attack speed should have been greatly limited, so with the Heart Piercing Snake being as quick as lightning it was completely unexpected that it would be smashed by Yi Yun's brick!

Viper's spindle-shaped pupils stared at Yi Yun, a flash of shock appeared in his eyes.

The two of them had only exchanged blows for a few seconds. Many of those watching did not even have time to react to what was going on, it was so fast that people like Wen Yu and company did not even see the process of them exchanging blows.

They could only feel that the battle was intense enough to take their breaths away.

"Senior Yi is amazing. He isn't at a disadvantage at all!" To Wen Yu and company, to not be disadvantaged against a Yuan Foundation realm expert was an extremely amazing feat.

"Senior Yi hasn't even used his saber!"

Yi Yun's team of rookies were all bright-eyed.

It was a great mistake to think that Yi Yun would be weak with the brick, even though he did not use his saber to deal with Viper.

As Yi Yun had said, the brick was also his weapon.

Viper's expression turned sullen from this first exchange of blows. He originally thought that victory was his, he never expected that Yi Yun would be able to counter attack and even injure his Heart Piercing Snake.

He felt that it was humiliating that despite him being at the Yuan Foundation realm when going against a peak Purple Blood realm opponent, who was one year younger than him, he could not brutally kill him in one move.

"Hiss–"

The Heart Piercing Snake, who had been hit to the ground by Yi Yun, climbed back onto Viper's shoulders while spitting out its tongue.

Upon seeing this, Yi Yun was alarmed. The Heart Piercing Snake had received a heavy blow on its head, yet it was able to withstand it and did not die.

This snake was stronger than a typical Heart Piercing Snake!

"Phew–"

At that moment, the Heart Piercing Snake emitted green Yuan Qi. It was like the miasma that arose from a swamp. The Heart Piercing Snake's body began to emit crackling explosive sounds as a layer of scales grew on its body. This layer of scales were extremely sharp looking almost like blades.

"This is..." Yi Yun was shocked. How could the Heart Piercing Snake transform?

And this feeling was as if it was… an Aspect Totem!

"Kid, the Heart Piercing Snake on Viper is actually a puppet made from the corpse of a Heart Piercing Snake. And Viper's Aspect Totem is also in the shape of a snake. He has combined his Aspect Totem and puppet into one body. He is going to use his real abilities now, be careful!"

At that moment, Cang Yan's Yuan Qi voice transmission rang in Yi Yun's ears.

Heart Piercing Snake puppet? Combined with an Aspect Totem? There was such a technique?

Yi Yun was alarmed. The path of martial arts did indeed have many roads. There was no lack of different sorts of battle techniques.

Viper roared as green smoke appeared from his body. The purple tungsten stage below his feet began to emit "chi chi" sounds the moment they were stained by the green gas. Holes were eroded out where the gas met the stage.

Such a powerful poison?

Many people held their breaths. Even the purple tungsten metal corroded from it. If it touched a person's body, everything would have been burnt off before it even reached the bone!

"Yi Yun, you are indeed very strong. To force me to use my Aspect Totem and poison laws is impressive." Viper approached Yi Yun step by step as he planned to use the poison to corrode Yi Yun's body.

Yi Yun remained silent as he loosened his wrists and turned the metallic brick in his hand.

"You still aren't using your saber. You really are courting death!" Viper raged. For him, as a Yuan Foundation realm warrior, to fight against Yi Yun's who was at the peak of Purple Blood realm, it was undermining his title of a genius. He never expected that even after he used his Aspect Totem, Yi Yun would still not use his saber. Even if he were to win, it would be disgraceful.

"I've said before. My saber is only to be used against opponents that are worthy of respect or formidable. You, as a scum, are only worthy of a brick."

Yi Yun's voice was nonchalant. Around the stage, Wen Yu and company gaped when they heard him, they were speechless. At that moment, Viper had presented all of his techniques, yet not only did Yi Yun not use his saber, he was also repeatedly cursing Viper as a scum.

"Stop provoking him any further..." Wen Yu said in her mind. She had seen Viper's complete information and knew of his character. This person was perverted and cruel. She was afraid that Viper would use some sort of cheap shot in this battle, causing Yi Yun an incurable injury.

"I will corrode your flesh and blood cleanly, bit by bit!"

Viper roared as both of his metallic claws turned into a misty green. The entire eight stage was covered in green smoke.

This green smoke was ten times stronger than the miasma of Blackwater swamp!

Warriors could endure the swamp's miasma for short periods of time, but in this green smoke, even weapons refined by masters would start to corrode.

Those who practiced the poison-elemental laws would have to swallow all sorts of poisonous things, changing their Yuan Qi into a highly toxic Qi.

There were even legends that said that when the poison-elemental laws reached the highest levels, they could make all the Heaven Earth Yuan Qi in the world become an extremely toxic Qi, corroding an entire world, transforming it into large tracks of toxic marshes that caused death!

All the toxic gas gathered towards Yi Yun. This was an attack a metallic brick could not block against!

True Martial World - Chapter 314: Against Viper

"Ah, ah, ah..."

Sun Long rolled on the ground. A warrior's strong mentality usually prevented him from fainting, but Sun Long was not far from doing so.

His left hand and leg were not much different from a frog's limbs. They had been completely flattened.

Being smashed by a metallic brick like that was much more painful than being slashed by a claw's blade. Also, the injuries were ten times more severe. Even if he was to be healed with various good medicines, it would take at least half a year for Sun Long's hand and leg to regain their Yuan Qi.

To young geniuses, half a year of time was too precious. It would, to a certain extent, affect Sun Long's future growth.

"You actually dare to say that you cultivate the laws of killing. That is an insult to this Great Dao!" Yi Yun sneered.

The Dao of Killing was one of the Great Dao and it ranked high amongst the 3000 Great Dao. It was ranked above the five element laws, and it was not weaker than the pure Yang Dao.

Sun Long had only gathered some killing Qi, he could at best be described to have a killing aura. He was far from the actual Dao of Killing!

Behind Yi Yun, Wen Yu, Xiao Zhen and company were too shocked for words. What just happened only took a few seconds. The mighty Sun Long was turned into something like a dead dog in a few seconds, so they could not react in time.

"This..."

Xiao Zhen swallowed mouthfuls of saliva. He had even forgotten the pain of his own body.

Yi Yun had returned everything Sun Long had done to him in a more severe manner. Everything had been done cleanly and easily.

"Senior Yi… is very strong!" A youth said, with an idolatry face.

One year ago, Yi Yun had taken first place in the rookie ranking competition and then, he disappeared. About ten months later, many people doubted if Yi Yun's strength had increased by leaps and bounds, or if it had stagnated over time.

As he had not fought in a long time, people inevitably had their doubts. That was to be expected, but now, they knew that their worries had been completely unfounded.

"He's not only strong, he's also ruthless!" Another youth said. It was not right for a warrior to kill the innocent indiscriminately, but against an enemy, one had to be ruthless, or one would only end up suffering.

"Senior Wen, Senior Yi's battle sure allows one to vent off one’s anger!" A youth said to Wen Yu. Wen Yu was in a daze, she was still unsure of what to say at that moment.

Beside Wen Yu, Xiao Zhen was tightly clenching his good left fist, as his eyes sparkled.

When people were in their weakest and most vulnerable state, it is easy for them to suffer a setback. However, at the same time, they are also easily inspired. This short battle had left an unforgettable impression in his heart.

Xiao Zhen was in such a stage. At the lowest point in his life, Yi Yun's relentless beating of Sun Long unquestionably left a long lasting image in Xiao Zhen's heart.

Xiao Zhen gritted his teeth and secretly made a resolution.

"Thank you, Senior Yi. I will work hard, and one day, I will use my own hands and be like you. Beating those who want to step on me until they turn bloody!"

However, Yi Yun, who was still on stage, did not pay attention to the psychological changes that Xiao Zhen was experiencing.

He was looking straight at Viper while nonchalantly wiping the blood off the brick. After he came to this world, he was getting more and more used to the rules of the warrior world.

Viper had an extremely ugly expression on his face. His amber eyes were filled with killing intent.

"You… have guts! I will let you know the cost of ignoring my words!"

Just now when he shouted, "Stop it", not only did Yi Yun not listen to him, he had even looked back at him as if nothing happened, after he beat Sun Long up.

The look he gave provoked Viper!

Even though he had his services bought by someone with desolate bone relics, he would still go all out to cripple Yi Yun, hopefully killing him.

"You sure speak a lot of nonsense. Are you going to fight personally? Or are you going to send some more henchmen up here to die?"

Yi Yun was still on the stage, looking down on Viper. The Yun Long 72 Pagodas cultivators sitting besides Viper were all enraged. They seemed like they all wanted to rush up and dice him up.

However, they could only look fierce. If push came to shove, they all knew that they would suffer a crushing defeat in less than two moves.

Yi Yun was very strong!

Although they all despised the Tai Ah Divine City's cultivators, they had no choice but to admit that this was true.

Viper's pupils constricted. The snake on his body spit out its tongue as it hissed.

"Interesting!" Viper grinned as he walked up on stage.

The audience around the eighth stage became dumbfounded.

It was too exaggerating for the eighth stage's matches. The other stages had not even finished their first two battles, but the eighth stage had already finished fighting two battles, and the leaders were already going up to fight against each other!

It was too fast.

Although Yi Yun's performance just now was outstanding, Wen Yu and company were worried for Yi Yun as he went up against Viper.

The reason was because of the difference in cultivation level!

According to the competition's rules, if the gap in their ages exceeded a year, the older person had to suppress his cultivation level. If the difference was larger than two years, the cultivation level had to be suppressed even more.

For every full year, the cultivation level had to be suppressed by one grade. Only then would it be a balanced competition.

Yi Yun was slightly over 14 years of age and Viper had just turned 15. The difference in their age was just one month short of a year.

As a result, Viper did not need to suppress his cultivation level. And between the two of them, there was the border that separated the peak of the Purple Blood realm and the Yuan Foundation realm, which made this match extremely unfair!

For a warrior at the peak of the Purple Blood realm to fight a Yuan Foundation realm warrior, it would be nothing if the other party was mediocre. Many of the Tai Ah Divine City disciples would be able to do so.

However, the opponent was Viper!

Not only was he a genius, he was also extremely ruthless! With the dispute from before, there was no doubt that Viper would be attacking Yi Yun with death blows.

The hearts of Wen Yu and company were pounding.

"Senior Yi, be careful." Wen Yu said silently below the stage. Her hands were clasped tightly together, indicating how nervous she was.

At that moment, people from not far away had begun to pay attention to the match of the eighth stage.

"What's this? They are going to start just like that...?"

Cang Yan was originally sitting at a table drinking wine.

Seeing Yi Yun take on Viper, he put his cup of wine down.

Yi Yun's talent was shocking, but he lacked time. Cang Yan was very concerned about this match. He pushed away his chair and walked towards the eighth stage.

Cang Yan did not know how Yi Yun's fight would end. After all, his opponent was a Yuan Foundation realm genius. He went closer to the eighth stage, so that, in the event of Yi Yun losing, he could save him.

As for the rules, old man Cang couldn't care less about them. Protecting Yi Yun was of the utmost importance.

Not only Cang Yan paid special attention to this battle, not far away, Li Hong, Yang Haoran and company had also noticed the match on stage eight. The leaders were beginning their duel.

"It has begun! Yi Yun against Viper!" Li Hong sent Yang Haoran a Yuan Qi transmission. Yang Haoran grinned because he had been waiting for this moment.

Yesterday, he had taken the huge risk of looking for Viper because he valued Viper's ruthlessness and strength.

Viper could bypass the limitations of the rules while fighting against Yi Yun, so it was just right.

"So what if Yi Yun is a genius. Without the time to develop, it is pointless! Viper will definitely leave an unforgettable mark on Yi Yun!"