True Martial World - Chapter 349: Giant Turtle

Above the city walls, Yi Yun saw Bai and Feng Lin. The two of them nodded slightly at Yi Yun without a word. Yi Yun also saw many people that were the enemy during the alliance tournament. At that moment, they were all standing shoulder to shoulder in arms.

To these factions, situating the battlefield to the Tai Ah Divine City was better than spreading the flames of war to their own land.

The air seemed to freeze as the atmosphere become graver than ever before!

A huge hourglass was placed above the city walls as a way of keeping time.

There was a distance of 1500 kilometers from the outpost where the scout was located to the Tai Ah Divine City. It was a human estimation that it would take the beast horde two hours to arrive, it was not necessarily exact. However, it was not too far off. With an hourglass keeping track of time, it allowed people to mentally prepare.

Yi Yun stood on the city walls as he watched the sand quietly flow. He felt that what was seeping downwards was not sand but fresh lives.

Once the beast horde came, it was unknown how many lives would disappear like the sand…

Shepherd Boy, what sort of person are you? Why did you conjure the beast horde that could wipe out life?

…

After an unknown period of time, the sky started to darken. It was as if a dark cloud obscured the Sun.

Yi Yun's gazed far into the distance and suddenly noticed a gray blur in the far horizon. It was like a layer of haze.

"Sandstorm!"

Someone suddenly said. The gray haze was sand that was being lifted into the air in the far horizon. There were endless amounts of sand, and concealed by the sandstorm were tiny, blurry figures. They were moving on the ground, but they were not sand… It was the beast horde!

From a lofty height, looking several hundred kilometers out, even large desolate beasts, the size of buildings, would look like specks of dust.

"Beast horde! The beast horde is here!"

People could feel the ground shaking. The beast horde's gallop transmitted the tremors from several hundreds of kilometers away straight to the Tai Ah Divine City!

It was really like an earthquake, formed from the running of countless numbers of desolate beasts.

At that moment, people saw a large blurry figure looming in the sky. It became even clearer amongst the kicked up sandstorm.

"What is that!?" Someone said in horror. The figure was so large that it made people chatter with fear.

“Boom! Boom! Boom!”

The terrifying sounds transmitted all over and clear tremors accompanied them to the Tai Ah Divine City. It was like huge meteors were crashing to the ground.

The phantom image slowly walked out of the sandstorm. People could finally see it clearly. It turned out to be a huge turtle.

Its head was in the shape of a dragon, while its body was covered by its turtle shell. The rumbling noises were from its footsteps!

Every step it made caused the Tai Ah Divine City feel a tremor!

"Heavens!"

The people on the city walls were appalled. With hundreds of kilometers of distance separating them, with them at an altitude of 100,000 feet, this angle made four-five storey high behemoths look like tiny specks of dust. However, this huge turtle nearly filled the entire horizon with its humongous body.

Every track in the divine turtle's shell was as big as a city. Its limbs were as thick as a mountain. With each step it took, the ground and mountains would shake, causing the Heaven and Earth to tremor!

There was such an existence in this world? What was it? A desolate beast?

Even the Sages present were shocked. They had previously killed primordial strains in the Divine Wilderness, but compared to this divine turtle, the primordial strains they had killed were like nothing!

Yi Yun, who was above the city walls, was equally shocked. There were too many unknown existences in this world. It far exceeded the limits of his imagination.

For example, the divine turtle before his eyes and the bronze giant he saw in the Pure Yang Sword Palace that could split a world apart using a halberd.

Against such existences, the current him was still too tiny.

"This giant turtle comes from the deep parts of the Divine Wilderness?" A human Sage asked in alarm. He never knew that there was such an existence in the Divine Wilderness. Even historical books had no such records. Only a few books, with all sorts of bizarre information, recorded such a giant turtle, but those books were usually categorized as myths and legends.

"I do not know…The Divine Wilderness is too big. We do not know what is within it. Primordial strains are not the peak existence of the Divine Wilderness… but, is it pointless to discuss this any further. Look at the giant turtle's head."

A Sage said and everyone looked towards the divine turtle's head.

The eyesight of warriors was extremely good. Furthermore, using all sorts of mystic techniques, people could see that on top of the mountain-like turtle’s head, there was clearly a person sitting there!

He was dressed in a green shirt, wore a hairband on his head and held a piccolo in his hand. A composed smile was hanging on his face.

From his expression, it looked as if he was not standing on the head of a giant turtle whose body was situated within a beast horde that could annihilate a country. Instead, he looked as if he was having a lavish field trip.

"Shepherd Boy!"

Someone said with a trembling voice. This name was now a nightmare for the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom and the other three large factions.

"It really is him!"

People were terrified. Previously, it was said that the appearance of the Shepherd Boy would set off a blood storm, but no one had any concept of how strong the Shepherd Boy was.

Until… they now saw the Shepherd Boy themselves!

The Shepherd Boy clearly did not emit an ounce of Yuan Qi energy, nor did he release any pressure. He looked no different from an ordinary teenager, but just by facing him, people inexplicably felt immense pressure!

And the giant turtle he was sitting on stalled one's breaths. A feeling of not being able to use force against the Shepherd Boy and the beast horde grew in the people's minds.

Could they really withstand this beast horde?

Would they… die here?

These thoughts flashed past through the minds of many people. Lately, the words "beast horde" had been thrown around a lot. When people thought about it, they only thought of a beast horde that was larger in scale, by a few times, compared to the usual beast hordes. That there might be plenty of primordial strains which would make the battle extremely bloody.

However, they never expected that the beast horde conjured by the Shepherd Boy would be this terrifying. Just the giant turtle alone far exceeded the scope of primordial strains.

"City Lord!"

Some of the Tai Ah Divine City Sages gathered around the Tai Ah Divine City's City Lord. All of them looked solemn. Beads of sweat were even oozing out of their foreheads.

The Yun Long Divine Kingdom Sages similarly gathered around the Seven Star Pagoda Owner. Against such an enemy, they were at a loss.

How would they be able to withstand this!?

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The divine turtle's footsteps were slow, but every step it took crossed a distance of dozens of kilometers. It just needed to take tens of steps before it would have traversed the distance from the horizon to the Tai Ah Divine City.

Every footstep it left behind in the Divine Wilderness would form a large lake when it rained in the future.

With the divine turtle approaching, the tremors the Tai Ah Divine City felt became more and more obvious. At that moment, the melodious tune of a piccolo could be heard across the vast Divine Wilderness. Several hundred kilometers were not enough to hinder the piccolo's tune.

The piccolo's tune slowly emerged, flowing like water in the air as it resounded inside everyone's ears.

People held their breaths. The piccolo's tune could be heard everywhere. Even the loud trampling of the beast horde could not drown it!

"He is the Shepherd Boy… We… we were too… too naive…"

On the Yun Long Divine Kingdom side, the Seven Star Pagoda Owner bitterly smiled. An unknown feeling arose in his heart.

At that moment, the divine turtle was just tens of kilometers away from the Tai Ah Divine City. The giant turtle, with its head lifted, exceeded the Tai Ah Divine City in altitude. When people saw the large head, they felt as if there was a black mountain standing in front of the Tai Ah Divine City. And the Shepherd Boy, who was standing on this mountain’s peak, was lightly blowing on his piccolo. His green clothes were fluttering in the wind, as he looked like a god.

Currently, the Shepherd Boy was like his present position. High up, above all, looking down on everything!

The Tai Ah Divine City's City Lord looked up at the Shepherd Boy as he held a saber in hand. He gently sighed, "Cang Yan, activate the backup plan…"

The City Lord's voice entered Cang Yan's ears, making Cang Yan quiver, "City Lord…"

"There is no need to say anything. There is no time."

As the City Lord said this, his body flew straight out. He flew out alone towards the Shepherd Boy!

"City Lord!"

People were greatly alarmed. Cang Yan nearly jumped out of his skin!

What was the City Lord doing? He was the backbone of the people. If the City Lord were to be lost at that moment, the consequences would be disastrous!

However, no one could stop him at that moment. The City Lord was like a wisp of smoke as he appeared before the Shepherd Boy. He was just a thousand feet away from him now.

The Shepherd Boy looked at the middle-aged scholar and a smile formed on his lips.

True Martial World - Chapter 348: Alerting Bell

After an unknown period of time, Yi Yun woke up in a groggy state. He opened his eyes and found that his body was covered in a sticky substance.

The Blood Yang Elixir's energy was too violent for a Purple Blood realm warrior. Back when the City Lord gave him the Blood Yang Elixir, he did it with the intention of letting Yi Yun use water to dissolve it and slowly drink it.

However, Yi Yun had swallowed it all in one mouthful.

"I actually fainted. Looks like that really exceeded the limits my dantian could take…" Yi Yun took a few deep breaths and slowly calmed his mind. He then checked his dantian and was stunned on probing it.

He was surprised to find that the Yuan Qi had condensed together in his dantian. It had completely solidified.

This was the mark of the Yuan Foundation realm!

He had finally broken through to the Yuan Foundation realm.

Yi Yun was delighted. It had been nearly two years since he began practicing martial arts.

Mortal Blood realm warriors were not considered martial artists.

The Purple Blood realm was the beginning steps of a martial artist. It was the transitional zone between mortal and warrior.

And now, with the Yuan Foundation realm, he was at the actual beginning. He had laid the foundation for his future martial path.

As he slowly clenched his fists, Yi Yun realized that his body was filled with energy.

This was the strength that came from having a deep cultivation level. With this, he would not be drained of all his strength, unable to fight after conjuring the Golden Crow species totem once.

Even after breaking through to the Yuan Foundation, Yi Yun found that there was still an intermittent burning sensation within his body. There were still remnants of the Blood Yang Elixir's energy surging through his veins and meridians. It could very well make a resurgence.

Yi Yun gave it some thought and decided to carry on cultivating by using this energy for his cultivation technique.

And now, Yi Yun had the complete set of the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique' jade scrolls.

This was the perfect opportunity for him to cultivate the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique'.

Yi Yun took out the Divine Ebony box and from it, laid out the nine jade scrolls. These nine scrolls were the dreams of many elites in the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom. Even amongst the members of the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom’s royal family, only those who had extraordinary talent and the qualifications to become a Prince or even a Divine Emperor, had the right to cultivate with the complete set of the nine original jade scrolls.

Yi Yun took the first scroll up. This was the first volume of the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique'.

Actually, Yi Yun had already mastered the first level of the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique', but back then Yi Yun did not cultivate using the original version, instead he cultivated using a copy which was made by a Tai Ah Divine Kingdom Sage who had great accomplishments in the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique'.

A copy would naturally have some tiny differences from the original. Usually, these tiny differences would not affect anything, but Yi Yun still wanted to look at the original version. He wanted to see these tiny differences in the original cultivation technique so that he could correct any unknown errors he might have. He could also look for greater inspiration from it.

After taking the jade scroll in hand, Yi Yun sank his sensed within it and what he saw shocked him.

Yi Yun had the Purple Crystal in his body, so he was very sensitive to the control of energy. He was surprised to find that, in his energy vision, every word and stroke in the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique' jade scroll contained a trace of energy.

It was as if, after all this time, the energy traces had greatly weakened. However, they still existed. In contrast, in the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique' copy, there were no traces of energy.

"It looks like the person who created the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique' was far beyond the Sage realm. Indeed, if it was a cultivation technique created by a Sage, how could it become the foundation pillar of the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom?"

Ever since the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom was established, tens of millions of years ago, there had been countless numbers of Sages. Top Sages were not lacking in numbers. Besides, there were even peerless Sages such as the Tai Ah Divine City's founding City Lord, but he had never heard of any of them creating a cultivation technique that could match the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique'.

The Sages of every Tai Ah Divine Kingdom generation would attempt to add some improvements to the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique'; however, these additions might not really be beneficial. At least, at a higher martial Dao realm, these additions might be meaningless.

Yi Yun read through the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique' and subconsciously became engrossed in it. He knew that the cultivation technique was only temporarily lent to him for studying. So if he did not take this opportunity to memorize more of it, he did not know when he would have the chance to read it again.

So even though he could not completely understand the contents of the last few volumes of the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique', he still managed to store all of their contents in his mind.

Month after month, time silently passed. Yi Yun did not know for how long he had been in this chamber.

This day, he suddenly heard "Dang! Dang! Dang!", the sound of metallic percussions. They were resounding like thunder across the Tai Ah Divine City.

Yi Yun's chamber was soundproof and would be nearly completely isolated with the chamber door closed.

Under normal circumstances, there would be absolute silence inside the chamber. However, there was one sound in the Tai Ah Divine City that could transmit directly into the chamber.

That was the sound of the Divine Wilderness Bell!

This Divine Wilderness Bell was a magical treasure. It could only be rung by a person with a peak-Human Lord cultivation level. Its sound could be delivered thousands of kilometers away and even sound isolating arrays could not ward it off.

"The Divine Wilderness Bell has rung!?"

Yi Yun was alarmed. The main purpose of the Divine Wilderness Bell in the Tai Ah Divine City was to warn. It was only rung when an enemy was invading, meaning that the safety of the Tai Ah Divine City was being threatened.

And the things that could threaten the Tai Ah Divine City was few and far between. A typical small-sized beast horde would not even be able to come within 100,000 feet of the Tai Ah Divine City, so there was no need to ring the Divine Wilderness Bell.

In fact, it was said that the Divine Wilderness Bell had not been rung in the past millennium.

Could it be…?

A dark cloud shrouded Yi Yun's heart. He rushed out of his own residence and immediately met Luo Huo'er who also came running out of her residence.

"Miss, what has happened?" Dong'er was plugging her tiny ears as she nervously asked.

Outside of the residences, the chimes of the Divine Wilderness Bell were even more ear-shattering. If one's cultivation level was lacking, it would cause one’s organs to resonate with the bell chimes, making it quite unpleasant.

"This should be the Divine Wilderness Bell…" Luo Huo'er, in contrast, was not worried. She found it novel to hear the bell for the first time.

"Yi Yun! Come to the city gates!"

At that moment, a solemn voice rang in Yi Yun's ear. This voice belonged to the City Lord!

Yi Yun glanced at Luo Huo'er, from her expression he could tell that she had received a similar message. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

"Let's go!"

Yi Yun pushed open the central divine tower's outer door and followed the tower's sloping emergency passage staircase, running down the tower.

…

When Yi Yun came out of the central divine tower, he realized that in the past months of his reclusive training, the Tai Ah Divine City had changed and was no longer the same.

The Divine City's four walls were shimmering with several defense arrays. Piles of bone relics were stored in large metal boxes, as the source of energy for the arrays.

These were the strategic reserves of the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom. They were all taken out in times of need.

There were several catapults installed all along the city's four corners. Amongst these catapults was the legendary Primal Divine Crossbow.

The Primal Divine Crossbow was driven by a huge array. More than ten Human Lords had to combine their forces in order to control one Primal Divine Crossbow. The crossbow used the Primal Arrows that Yi Yun had seen the first time he entered the Tai Ah Divine City.

They were four meters long and every arrow was made out of a special metal. The cost of their construction was high and they weighed 500,000 kilograms.

Back then, Yi Yun and the other recruits had all failed to pierce into the purple tungsten wall using the Primal Arrows. Even Yi Yun failed the first time he tried. Although he could lift the Primal Arrow, he was still not able to steadily pierce it. Releasing his hand made the arrow fall to the ground.

Because of these experiences, this terrifying weapon was still fresh in Yi Yun's mind.

This was a weapon that could even threaten primordial strains. With so many Human Lords and sages in the city, and with the support from other factions, the Tai Ah Divine City's combat strength was rather terrifying.

Yi Yun walked straight ahead and found that there were a lot more warriors in the Tai Ah Divine City compared to before. The cultivation levels of these warriors were mostly at Human Lord. They came from all sorts of factions and were the backbones of several large factions.

These Human Lords were all dressed in armor, with their weapons in hand.

All of them looked solemn. No one could rest easy when pit against the legendary Shepherd Boy who had nearly annihilated the Shentu family clan.

Yi Yun could feel a thick war-like atmosphere coming from those people.

This time, it was no longer a battle on a stage, but a real life and death battle.

Winning allowed you to stay alive while losing most likely meant complete annihilation!

When Yi Yun reached the city gates, a lot of people had already gathered there. They were Sages of factions from all over. They were all standing above the city gate.

Yi Yun saw Cang Yan, Jian Ge and his quasi-master Grandmaster Yuehua.

They slightly nodded at Yi Yun and did not say a word. They were all focusing on something far into the distance.

Yi Yun even saw the Tai Ah Divine City's City Lord, who was now standing with the Seven Star Pagoda Owner. They were discussing something.

Yi Yun did not bother the City Lord and instead walked over to Cang Yan who looked relatively free, "Is it the Shepherd Boy?"

Cang Yan did not look back as he carried on looking at the distant horizon.

This old man that was usually laughing now had a serious face. He nodded, "It should be. We have outposts deployed in a radius of 1500 kilometers from the Divine City. Just now, a scout from one of the outposts transmitted the news of a large-scale beast horde emerging. Later on, nothing came from him. It's most likely that he has already given his life for his country…"

Cang Yan's tone sounded bleak when he said that.

Died for his country?

Yi Yun's heart sank. Everyone knew that being a scout was extremely dangerous. The first person to die was the scout when a beast horde happened. However, a person had to go. This was war. There was no choice in the matter.

Cang Yan said, "Now, the City Lord has ordered all scouts from the outposts to retreat to the Tai Ah Divine City. With the beast horde's speed, they would probably appear within two hours…"

Two hours…?

Yi Yun looked at the sky. Everyone in the Tai Ah Divine City had been activated. Clearly, while he was in reclusive training, these warriors protecting the divine city had experienced numerous exercises.

Now, although everyone was somewhat worried, no one panicked.

Catapults after catapults were raised. The large arrays on the city walls were activated. The airspace above the Tai Ah Divine City was enveloped by a colorful, lit up haze.

Those were the light beams of the array.

True Martial World - Chapter 347: Attempt to break through to the Yuan Foundation Realm

Yi Yun looked at the residence in front of him, it was several hundred square meters in area. There was an alchemy lab, a library, a guest hall, a bedroom and a cultivation room. All sorts of facilities were present.

In the middle of the room, there was an expensive array that could gather Heaven Earth Yuan Qi. It allowed a warrior to cultivate here for double the results with half the effort.

This was the central divine tower's 99th floor’s heaven-grade room!

The central divine tower's 99th floor was only several thousands square meters in area. There were a total of 4 rooms on this floor. This room was not opened to cultivators, but now, Yi Yun was allowed to stay here for an extended period of time.

Just thinking back about a year when Yi Yun first entered the Tai Ah Divine City, Yi Yun would not even dream of entering the rooms in the central divine tower's 99th floor.

As Yi Yun was feeling mixed emotions, he suddenly heard a child-like feminine voice coming from behind him, "Miss, Miss, wait for me!"

The voice sounded extremely familiar. After pausing for a while, Yi Yun turned his head and saw Luo Huo'er, dressed in a red gown with tall leather boots. She was surveying her surroundings, as if she was apartment-hunting.

And behind her was maidservant Dong'er.

Poor Dong'er was born with two short legs, yet bags of all sizes were hung on her body. She gathered her breath every few steps, "Miss, slow down."

Dong'er climbed the stairs, puffing and blowing.

Usually, items like luggage could be placed in interspatial rings, but there were always things that weren’t suitable to be placed within interspatial rings. For example, the potted plant that Dong'er was currently hugging. Living objects could not be placed in interspatial rings. Yi Yun even saw a cat hanging around Dong'er's neck. This cat looked like it was sleeping, comfortably shrinking in Dong'er's collar.

"This room is a little better than the place we were staying. Dong'er, put the things down." Luo Huo'er said in a satisfied manner.

Dong'er seemed to be released of her burden. Without a second thought, she placed all the items on her body down. The cat also jumped down reluctantly. Only then did Yi Yun realize that this was not a normal cat, but a spirit beast of sorts.

"Uh…You have moved up here as well?"

It was only then did Luo Huo'er see Yi Yun, who had walked into the middle of the room. She was somewhat surprised.

Luo Huo'er had previously been summoned by the Tai Ah Divine City's City Lord. She had received many benefits for no reason and she was given permission to stay on the central divine tower's 99th floor. Luo Huo'er was still feeling happy regarding this. However, she never expected that the moment she moved up here, she would see Yi Yun hanging around here.

Now, Luo Huo'er no longer hated Yi Yun, but she was absolutely not fond of him. Just seeing this fellow inevitably reminded Luo Huo'er of some unpleasant experiences, including her healing Yi Yun not too long ago. As Luo Huo'er had no choice but to hug him, she felt somewhat pissed.

"Right…It’s such a coincidence…" Yi Yun said those words reluctantly. Thinking over it carefully, he felt that it was not strange that the City Lord arranged for Luo Huo'er to move up to the central divine tower's 99th floor.

The Tai Ah Divine Kingdom was going to face a major catastrophe, and Luo Huo'er's status was special. The City Lord was not having any hopes that the faction behind Luo Huo'er would save the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom, but it was definitely not wrong to establish good relations with Luo Huo'er.

Taking a step back, it was clear that having good relations with her was meaningless. However, as long as Luo Huo'er stayed on the central divine tower's 99th floor, in the event that the beast horde invaded the city, Luo Huo'er's family clan would naturally not sit idle. They would definitely send someone to the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom's central divine tower.

At that moment, to Yi Yun, it could be life-saving.

When Yi Yun thought of this, he gradually understood that the City Lord was using Luo Huo'er's status as a shield.

"Why? You seem quite reluctant to be my neighbor?" Luo Huo'er's small mouth puckered.

Yi Yun hurriedly shook his head, "How could that be? I still need to thank you for healing me."

"That's more like it!" The corners of Luo Huo'er's mouth curled up slightly. She sat down on a chair casually and indulged in the comfort of the chair as she said, "This place is still acceptable, although, it's worse than the home I used to live in."

Hearing Luo Huo'er's words, Yi Yun rolled his eyes. Although Luo Huo'er liked to brag, Yi Yun did not doubt her when she said that this place was worse than her home. He never figured out what Luo Huo'er was doing in the Tai Ah Divine City.

If one considered that she was here to engage in a mission, ignoring the fact that the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom wasn't some high grade place, it was difficult to have something that could attract those super factions. And even if there really was such an object, it was illogical for them to send Luo Huo'er, a precious daughter who had not fully matured, to carry out the mission.

"I'll be staying here!" Luo Huo'er had finished appraising the room.

Yi Yun was rendered speechless. He initially meant to say that he had chosen this room, but he decided to let it pass, especially after seeing little Dong'er carrying items of all sorts of sizes. She was puffing and blowing as she placed items everywhere, so there was no such need.

There was no difference changing to another room.

Yi Yun bade farewell and chose the heaven-grade room next door. He needed to seize every opportunity to break through to the Yuan Foundation realm.

Besides not knowing when the calamity would befall, Yi Yun knew that with his strength, it was like an insignificant wave in a storm if the calamity was anything as terrifying as what the City Lord had foretold.

If he could increase his strength, even by just a tiny bit, it would allow him to have a bit more control over his destiny.

Yi Yun entered the room's cultivation area and closed the stone door.

This cultivation area was one of the cores of the large Yuan Qi array in the Tai Ah Divine City. The Heaven Earth Yuan Qi was so dense in here that it nearly condensed into liquid droplets.

Yi Yun touched his interspatial ring and a red elixir appeared in his palm.

It was the Blood Yang Elixir.

With the Blood Yang Elixir in his hands, Yi Yun felt like he was holding a flame.

The Blood Yang Elixir was refined from a primordial herb. It contained stunning amounts of pure Yang herbal essence in it. Usually, normal Purple Blood realm cultivators could not absorb it. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

Even Yuan Foundation realm warriors would not dare to directly consume the Blood Yang Elixir. They would usually immerse the Blood Yang Elixir in water, and drink the elixir water several times, like they were drinking tea.

However, by doing so, the elixir would begin to lose its essence the first time it was immersed in water. It would result in a tremendous waste.

Yi Yun did not need to consider all of that. He had the Purple Crystal and an incomplete pure Yang body. Hence, swallowing the Blood Yang Elixir wholly was not a difficult task.

However to completely digest it, he needed several months.

These several months would be the several months Yi Yun needed to attempt to break through into the Yuan Foundation realm.

Yi Yun adjusted his breathing, allowing his heart and mind to calm down completely. He sat there silently for four hours, allowing his mind to be as still as water.

Following that, Yi Yun swallowed the Blood Yang Elixir.

The Blood Yang Elixir was a medicinal item with extreme Yang essence. It was like a flame in his hands, so when he swallowed it, it felt like swallowing a piece of iron. Yi Yun immediately felt a fire burn within his body.

This heat burned the insides of Yi Yun's body.

Yi Yun was prepared for it as he pressed his both hands on his dantian and endured the pain. With his spiritual energy interfaced with the Purple Crystal, he slowly began guiding all the Blood Yang Elixir's energy out of the Elixir.

A large portion of energy was stored in the Purple Crystal, while a small portion of the energy was infused into Yi Yun's meridians and blood vessels as it spread throughout his body.

All this energy that flowed in his meridians brought a burning sensation to every end of Yi Yun's body.

The energy fused into his bone marrow as Yi Yun felt his blood begin to boil.

His body was completely drenched in sweat as his skin turned as red as blood. He looked as if he was completely cooked.

Water vapor, strands of blood and sticky gray impurities started to discharge from his pores. Yi Yun felt like his body was a burning furnace as all the key points of his body spat fire out. It was an indescribable pain.

Back then, Yi Yun had experience absorbing the Golden Crow species's beast mark, and now although it was extremely painful absorbing the Blood Yang Elixir, it did not hurt his meridians that much.

Or else to cultivate while healing his wounds would be troublesome.

Seconds changed to minutes until the pain slowly reduced after two hours.

Yi Yun's body was completely covered in blood strands and sticky impurities. Having suffered pain for a long time, Yi Yun's face was pale and both his hands trembled.

However, Yi Yun did not mind any of this. He could feel that all of his Yuan Qi had been injected into his dantian. His dantian was accumulating more and more Yuan Qi as it gradually settled down.

This was the beginning stages of the Yuan Foundation!

This change made Yi Yun overjoyed. He could feel his power rising as his strength increased.

Yi Yun was currently in a state known as being in the half-step Yuan Foundation realm. He could be considered as a person who had one step through the Yuan Foundation realm's door. Half-step Yuan Foundation was not considered as an actual realm, and it was just a transitional zone. People at the peak of Purple Blood realm might never be able to break through to the Yuan Foundation realm all their lives, but for those who reached half-step Yuan Foundation, they would break through to the Yuan Foundation realm in a short period of time.

At that moment, there was still a lot of the Blood Yang Elixir's medicinal essence left. Yi Yun still felt his body burning and it felt as if he would be burnt to death if he did not vent it out.

Yi Yun decided to accomplish with one effort as he carried on absorbing the Blood Yang Elixir energy in the Purple Crystal as he compressed it into his dantian.

For the second time, the burning pain had significantly decreased. Yi Yun was ready as he went through it step by step. It was a long, arduous and painful process.

Day after day passed by as the clothes on Yi Yun's body had been completely drenched thoroughly by his sweat, blood strands and impurities. It could no longer be worn, so he took off his clothes and cultivated completely naked.

With each energy cycle, the pain reduced in intensity while Yi Yun felt the energy in his Yuan Foundation grow stronger.

In the end, Yi Yun felt as if his dantian was about to explode.

This feeling made Yi Yun feel a bit flustered. The amount of energy his dantian could endure seemed to reach a critical value.

At that moment, if he carried on extracting the Blood Yang Elixir's energy from the Purple Crystal, he might encounter danger. The main reason was that the Blood Yang Elixir was after all an elixir that exceeded what Purple Blood realm warriors could withstand. The amount of energy Yi Yun used to break through to the Yuan Foundation realm far exceeded other warriors'.

After some consideration, Yi Yun felt that breaking through in one go was the best option, or else, by lacking that tiny bit, his breakthrough would not be perfect.

Gritting his teeth, Yi Yun extracted large amounts of Blood Yang Elixir energy from the Purple Crystal.

When this energy entered his dantian, Yi Yun felt his body become a volcano. Due to all the energy he had compressed in it, everything exploded.

A blast of heat flowed through Yi Yun's body. His meridians seemed to burst open.

Yi Yun's blood vessels seemed to bulge like worms. After trying his best, he managed to compress all the energy back into his dantian.

"Boom!"

His dantian quaked, causing him to feel a wave of heat flood into his mind. The flood caused his mind and body to separate, and with a quake in his mind, he passed out…

True Martial World - Chapter 346: Great Expectations

Tai Ah Compass?

Yi Yun knew about this item. It was one of the most important items of the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom.

Back when the phenomenon of the Purple Clouds' Birth happened, the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom had used the Tai Ah Compass to search for treasures. In fact, the Tai Ah Compass was used to search for treasures most of the time. As a result, citizens usually called it a treasure compass.

"What were the results of the divination?" Yi Yun asked.

"The result was… Extreme calamity!"

The expression of the middle-aged scholar turned serious, "Actually, before the divination was made, I had an ominous feeling. I too am not able to predict the future."

The middle-aged scholar shook his head. The future was filled with mysteries. It was too difficult to catch a glimpse of the future with the cultivation level of a Sage. He was only able to get a vague premonition.

"Shepherd Boy..."

Yi Yun did not know what to feel. Originally, when the Shepherd Boy appeared, the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom only became alarmed. They had contacted the alliance countries to prepare for battle, as to whether there really would be a real beast horde or not, it was still an unknown.

People hoped that they were alarmed for no reason. However, from the words of the Tai Ah Divine City's City Lord, one could tell that the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom was likely to soon face a crisis.

Yi Yun recalled the time when he met the Shepherd Boy. He found it hard to believe that such a peaceful looking and delicate youth, who looked like a regular country farm boy, was actually a demonic person that had killed countless people. His appearance was accompanied by a blood storm.

What sort of person was he?

"Yi Yun, the future of the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom is unknown. This Divine Kingdom has existed for too long and I can feel a trace of apathy… I cannot see the future of the Divine Kingdom, but I can guess that this crisis might be a chance for the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom to break and recreate itself. If it can survive this crisis, the Divine Kingdom will be reborn. If it cannot..."

The middle-aged scholar stopped in his words.

Yi Yun was alarmed upon hearing this. The situation was a lot more serious than he thought. Could such a big country be destroyed?

"Alright, let us not talk about this anymore. Yi Yun, you have contributed the most this time. I will reward you. You are about to break through to the Yuan Foundation. Here, I have a elixir, something that you can use right now."

As the City Lord spoke, he took out a small porcelain vase and handed it over to Yi Yun.

Yi Yun received the vase and removed the cap. A elixir in the color of dark red blood rolled out.

Just holding the elixir made Yi Yun's hands feel hot. It was like he was holding a flame.

"Many years ago, I obtained a primordial herb. Its name is the Dragon Blood Lucidum. This primordial herb looks no different from normal lucidums. However, when you cut its roots or pileus, juice the color of blood will flow out, hence its name.

The Dragon Blood Lucidum is extremely difficult to catch, much harder than the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng you obtained. I used it as the main drug to refine a Blood Yang Elixir. Blood Yang Elixirs are extreme Yang herbal items. You are cultivating the pure Yang laws and with your fortuitous opportunities, you have now a partial pure Yang body. If you were to eat this Blood Yang Elixir before you break through to the Yuan Foundation realm, it will benefit you greatly!"

"To break through to the Yuan Foundation realm and using this Blood Yang Elixir, a normal person might end up dying from his body exploding, ignoring the fact that it would be a waste. However, I believe that giving it to you will make the Blood Yang Elixir be put to good use.

"At that time, I will give you a heaven-grade room in the central divine tower's 99 floor to allow you to go into reclusive training to break through. The Blood Yang Elixir will allow your Yuan Foundation realm to become even sturdier!"

"Remember, the Yuan Foundation realm is extremely important. Yuan Foundation, Yuan Foundation. Yuan means "first", while foundation means the "base foundation". Yuan Foundation realm is the base of your martial arts. You have to create a solid and sturdy Yuan Foundation. It will greatly affect your future success!"

Yi Yun felt heartfelt gratitude when he heard the middle-aged scholar say all this. All these great conditions were probably the highest possible treatment a young warrior in the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom could enjoy while breaking through to the Yuan Foundation realm.

He had sincerely worked hard for the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom while the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom reciprocated likewise. This relationship was very rare.

"This is also for you."

As the middle-aged scholar said this, he handed over a wooden box to Yi Yun.

The wooden box had an ancient make to it. When Yi Yun held it in both hands, he felt his hands sink. The wood was surprisingly several times heavier than metal.

It was Divine Ebony.

Yi Yun recognized this wood. Divine Ebony was harder than metal. It would not decay, even when buried in the ground for 100,000 years. However, the Divine Ebony box in Yi Yun's hands were lined with the marks of time. It was mottled with age. It was unknown about how much time this wooden box had experienced noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

Yi Yun opened the wooden box, and within it was a yellow silk fabric. Above the silk fabric were nine jade scrolls.

All the jade scrolls were lined up, with one piece larger than the other. Yi Yun could feel the jade scroll's heat when he picked up one of them and placed it in his hand. It felt like flesh and blood.

"This is… the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique'!" Yi Yun's eyes lit up.

"That it is. This is the complete jade scroll set of the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique'. These nine jade scrolls correspond to the nine levels of the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique'. The higher you go, the fewer the jade scrolls. Especially the ninth jade scroll, it only has one copy!"

"Attempts to replicate the ninth jade scroll have been made since ancient times by the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom's Emperor, the Tai Ah Divine City's City Lord and anyone else who have had great accomplishments in the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique'. However, all attempts have failed. The only few copies that exist are too different from the original copy!"

The replication of cultivation techniques is extremely difficult. There was the requirement of the replicator completely mastering the cultivation technique before one even had the ability to replicate. And to completely master the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique', this was just too difficult.

"Now, I am passing the nine jade scrolls to you. They are the foundations of our Tai Ah Divine Kingdom! There are rumors amongst the citizens that the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique' was created by the founding Emperor of the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom, but in fact, this is not true… This Sacred Technique was found within an ancient ruin by the founding Emperor. The nine jade scrolls in your hands are the original copies the founding Emperor took out from the ruin!"

"From now on, the jade scrolls will be left with you. However, if the crisis really comes, then I will take them away from you. You… still do not have the ability to protect them."

"These nine jade scrolls are invulnerable and impermeable to water and fire. They have been handed down without problems for over tens of millions of years in the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom. I do not wish for them to be lost by my hands!"

The middle-aged scholar looked seriously at Yi Yun as he spoke. With that, he placed a hand on Yi Yun's shoulder.

Yi Yun found the hand very heavy.

These nine jade scrolls were actually the original jade scrolls the founding Divine Emperor left behind. Their value was obvious.

It was unexpected that the City Lord would give the original jade scrolls to him for cultivation.

This amount of debt could not be said to be light.

The Tai Ah Divine City's City Lord had placed very high expectations on Yi Yun. He was also hoping that, in the event that the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom encountered anything terrible, Yi Yun would become the remnant seed of the Divine Kingdom.

When this seed germinated, it could one day grow into a towering tree...

True Martial World - Chapter 345: Meeting the City Lord

Although the alliance tournament had ended, the audience still cheered, with each wave louder than the other.

The Tai Ah Divine City warriors were too excited and they could not stop at all.

The glory belonged to the Tai Ah Divine City today, and it belonged to Yi Yun even more.

Yi Yun stood on the Divine Wilderness Stage with his eyes closed as the waves of cheers roared.

Although this cheering was intoxicating, Yi Yun was not enjoying the cheers. He was trying to gain some insights.

In the battle with Feng Lin, Yi Yun had gathered new insight on the sword intent when he used the Pure Yang Sword Palace sword intent, and that brought some changes to Yi Yun's dantian.

Following that, Yi Yun drank the Golden Crow species's blood. In the intense battle, the Golden Crow species's blood slowly merged with Yi Yun's blood, forming a harmony in his body.

And in the battle with Bai, this harmony reached an extreme. Yi Yun's understanding was continuously being accumulated and increased.

Finally, when Luo Huo'er healed him, the cool energy that entered Yi Yun made his meridians harmonize and clear. It was as if he was going to break through soon.

He could vaguely feel his body's Yuan Qi slowly gathering towards his dantian, and slowly binding together.

Yi Yun knew that once the Yuan Qi bound and condensed together, he would be entering the Yuan Foundation realm.

Yuan Foundation was the foundation for a warrior to climb to the peak of martial arts!

"Yi Yun!" Cang Yan jumped down from the Elder stands. "You little kid, you grew that much by being out for less than a year."

Cang Yan looked at Yi Yun, but he felt the more he looked at him, the more he didn't understand. It was amazing how Yi Yun had come this far.

"Senior Cang Yan." Yi Yun bowed.

"The City Lord wants to meet you!" Cang Yan suddenly said.

Yi Yun was slightly stunned. Meet the City Lord?

Yi Yun nodded and said, "I got it. I had gained several insights in the battles before. In two hours time, I'll meet the City Lord."

It was rare for warriors to gain insight. The insights gained from a close fight were especially valuable. If one did not strike while the iron was hot to convert the insights into one's strength, then these insights would fade away after a period of time.

"Alright. Feel at ease while digesting them. There's no need to rush to meet the City Lord."

Cang Yan didn't seem to mind. Now, the more he looked at Yi Yun, the more he liked him. Yi Yun not only had gained seats for the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom, but he had gained glory for the Tai Ah Divine City. It also gave Cang Yan a life goal.

At Cang Yan's stage, his position and status was pretty much at the peak of the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom, however, it was all meaningless to Cang Yan.

He was on the path of pursuing martial arts, but due to his age, his potential had been expended, so he could not go further anymore.

Even with his martial arts at its end, Cang Yan still wished to pursuit other things.

Cang Yan also wanted to leave a name in history.

For so many years in the history of the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom, there had been so many Sages since ancient times. In that long river of history, Cang Yan was not outstanding. However, if he were to groom Yi Yun well, then it would be different.

He could make history from achieving this feat.

...

The news of Yi Yun defeated all the Yun Long Divine Kingdom warriors, and winning first place in the overall group match for the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom was immediately spread like the wind through various channels the moment the tournament was over!

All sorts of long distance arrays, jade scrolls and letters were used.

Soon, Yi Yun was the most dazzling person in the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom.

Numerous factions paid attention to Yi Yun. And countless numbers of young warriors treated Yi Yun as an idol. His achievements were really amazing. Besides, he was still young, so his future was limitless!

At that moment, Yi Yun was in his residence, having just finished two hours of meditation.

Bit by bit, he clarified his understandings as he consolidated his foundations and cultivation level.

Yi Yun felt that he had reached a critical point. He was close to breaking through to the Yuan Foundation realm.

"It's time to meet the City Lord!"

Yi Yun stood up and calmed his mind. Against the Tai Ah Divine City's City Lord, Yi Yun did not feel at ease. He knew that in a while, he would be questioned a lot.

Outside the door, three law-enforcers had been waiting all that time.

"Are you ready?" A peak-Human Lord cultivation level law-enforcer, who was usually cold, now turned respectful when he met Yi Yun.

"Yes!" Yi Yun nodded. He followed the three law-enforcers all the way to the top of the central divine tower.

In the middle of the central divine tower, there was a vertical tunnel. And in the tunnel, there was a spirit boat powered by relics. Yi Yun rode the spirit boat together with the three law-enforcers, flying to the top of the tower.

The Tai Ah Divine City's City Lord residence was located at the 99th floor of the central divine tower!

This level had only three other heaven-graded rooms other than the City Lord's residence. These three rooms were provided to guests. For example, people from neighboring countries of equal level to the Tai Ah Divine City's City Lord or the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom's Emperor would use these rooms.

The City Lord residence was situated in the middle of the three heaven-graded rooms. There was a large plaque on the door, and on it there were two large carved words, "Tai Ah"!

This plaque was written by the first Tai Ah Divine City's City Lord himself. It had experienced the test of time.

When Yi Yun walked over, the door to the City Lord residence opened automatically.

Yi Yun adjusted his breathing before he walked in.

He entered a brightly lit hall after walking through the doors. Yi Yun saw a middle-aged scholar standing between some columns. His hands were held behind his back as he was admiring a picture.

This picture looked very strange. It had some abstract red lines that stretched endlessly. It looked like smeared out blood.

Just looking at this picture gave one an extremely unpleasant feeling.

Although Yi Yun vaguely knew what the picture was, he did not ask. He stood silently behind the City Lord.

This was the first time he met the Tai Ah Divine City's City Lord. It was not convenient for him to ask too much.

The middle-aged scholar looked for a long while before he turned around to look at Yi Yun.

"City Lord!" Yi Yun bowed.

The middle-aged scholar smiled, "Yi Yun, can you tell me how you mastered the 'Myriad Beast Totem'?"

Yi Yun had already expected that the middle-aged scholar would ask him that. He thought through his words before explaining how he met the pure Yang spirit and being unable to do anything to it, he met the Golden Crow species. He then witnessed the fight between the two pure Yang beings.

Later on, he mentioned how he used the protective charm Su Jie gave him. He managed to use the protective charm to resolve his crisis, and then, how he finally killed the Golden Crow species.

Everything Yi Yun said was the truth, without any lies. There were only some things that he did not reveal.

The City Lord nodded, "I see. In the way you describe it, it's indeed a very good opportunity… However, I guess, that isn't all the opportunities you have encountered, right..."

The middle-aged scholar was hinting at something, causing Yi Yun's heart to beat fast.

"Yi Yun, you don't have to be nervous!"

The middle-aged scholar laughed, "No matter what you encountered in Fallen Star Gate, all of them belong to you. As a junior, you risked your life to obtain them. If I were to vie with you for it, then with my outlook and aspirations, I am not worthy of being a City Lord."

The Tai Ah Divine City had stood for tens of millions of years. All these years, the Tai Ah Divine City had Sages residing it. Elites often went out into the Divine Wilderness for training, so it was not uncommon for them to have a fortuitous event.

If the Divine City's Sage level Elders fought for the fortuitous events every genius encountered, then it would be chaos. If this went on, the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom would have been destroyed in a short period of time.

The middle-aged man carried on, "At my stage, the chances of me breaking through to the Great Emperor realm is infinitely tiny. No matter how big a fortuitous opportunity it is, it would be very difficult. As I have expended a large amount of my potential, the gap from the peak of the Sage realm to the Great Emperor realm is like a divine moat. It is impossible for me to cross it, so you do not worry about me coveting your possessions."

"And even if it were you, with a large fortuitous opportunity, it would be extremely difficult to break through to the Great Emperor realm. If you were managed to do so, it will be a huge blessing for the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom and me!"

When the middle-aged scholar said this, he suddenly felt an endless amount of emotions.

"Yi Yun, many of your accomplishments now are unprecedented in the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom. However, when placed in some factions which you can't even imagine, it is probably nothing."

"Now, you have gained insights on the saber tomb and the sword tomb, you managed to master the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique' in tens of days, and you mastered the 'Myriad Beast Totem'. All this achievements have surprised me. However… it is just a surprise. This is because I know that in your current state, you have a chance of becoming a Great Emperor in the future. But when placed in that vast world, so what?"

"This world is too big. You are not the only young person who I have not been able to see through. For example, the Luo Huo'er who healed you of your injuries may have achievements in the future that far exceed you."

When the middled-aged scholar suddenly said this, Yi Yun felt alarmed.

The middle-aged scholar knew that Luo Huo'er had healed his injuries!

Indeed, although Luo Huo'er had chosen a concealed area to heal him, with the middle-aged scholar's means, he probably had methods to track him and Luo Huo'er with his perception, seeing the process of Luo Huo'er healing him.

"You don't have to worry. Regarding that young lady, I have no intentions in investigating her. She comes from a very huge faction. I also do not think that faction has any machinations on the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom, so I am not too concerned."

The middle aged scholar turned away slightly as he spoke. Again, he looked at the blood picture behind him.

"The Tai Ah Divine Kingdom is like a tiny leaf in this world. It is extremely rare for it to stand for so long. In the future, it has every possibility to capsize...for example this crisis we are facing now!"

Yi Yun quietly listened to the City Lord's words. He could feel the temperament of a leader from the middle-aged man. What concerned the middled-aged scholar the most was the future of the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom.

"City Lord, are you referring to the Shepherd Boy?" Yi Yun asked cautiously.

"Maybe..." The middle-aged scholar sighed. "This picture you see in front of you was drawn by a Sage from the imperial city. He expended a few hundred years of his life span to use the Tai Ah Compass to draw a… Divination Picture!"

True Martial World - Chapter 344: The Dust Settles

"This kid! Has he made a full recovery!?"

Cang Yan looked at Yi Yun with open eyes. He too could not figure out what Yi Yun had done. Yi Yun had returned brimming with energy in about 8 minutes. It went against common logic.

He looked at the Tai Ah Divine City's City Lord questioningly, and he noticed the City Lord looking at Yi Yun thoughtfully. Cang Yan had no idea what he was thinking.

…

Yi Yun stood on the Divine Wilderness Stage with a sword and saber in each hand, looking down at the Yun Long Divine Kingdom warriors off-stage.

At that moment, Yi Yun's body was covered with blood. The blood was both his and his enemies. Although his clothes were torn and tattered, the aura he gave of was like that of the triumphant return of a king, looking down upon all men!

"Who else is there?" Yi Yun asked.

He did not mean to shout, but his voice contained a lot of energy. This caused his words to echo throughout the arena.

"Who else is there?" "Who else is there?" "Who else is there?"…

Hearing Yi Yun's question, the audience held their breaths.

Terrifying!

A person with one saber and one sword managed to battle the Yun Long Divine Kingdom's 15 proud children of heaven!

And this generation of the Yun Long Divine Kingdom was a generation filled with talent, a talent that was not seen in the past century!

Otherwise, the Yun Long Divine Kingdom's Seven Star Pagoda Owner would not have proposed for the younger generation to fight it out to decide on the number of seats.

However, under these circumstances, none of the proud children of the Yun Long Divine Kingdom dared to accept Yi Yun's challenge to fight!

Now, all the Yun Long Divine Kingdom warriors were in complete silence.

This overall group match was like facing a humanoid primordial strain when they faced Yi Yun!

Yi Yun's strength, endurance and ability to endure pain was incredulous.

Not only did he easily defeat Qianshui, and then defeat Feng Lin and Bai in two intense battles, he had even defeated the two Murong brothers in a split second when they took the opportunity to challenge Yi Yun when he was at his limits!

A terrifying opponent like Yi Yun made them struggle to muster the courage.

He seemed to have an endless amount of power. It made people feel a sense of despair. It was impossible beating him.

At that moment, the Yun Long Divine Kingdom warriors were looking at each other, yet none of them dared to go on stage. What a joke! Wasn't one courting death to fight against this humanoid primordial strain? The Murong brothers were the perfect example!

Especially Murong Fei. His injuries were worse than Murong Guang's. He had two holes left in his body and he lost an arm. His life was nearly on doorsteps of death.

Although he still had a breath of life left, he was crippled. It was clear that he would be left behind by the elites at his level. His talent would drop down a level.

With such a heavy price, who was willing to fight Yi Yun?

"Yun Long Divine Kingdom, is there no one willing to fight?" The referee asked again.

The audience all looked at the remaining 9 Yun Long Divine Kingdom warriors.

These nine people were suddenly the focus of attention. However, it did not feel good being the focus of attention at that moment.

Being defeated by others was originally embarrassing, but now, they were the type that did not even fight. It was even more embarrassing.

Against all the stares of everyone, the nine of them seemed to be sitting on pins and needles. They simply wished that they could turn into a pile of s**t. At least, in that case, no one would focus on them.

They really regretted participating in this alliance tournament. Many of them had not even fought once.

In the young adult division matches, they had no chance to fight because they were too strong.

In the overall group match, they still had no chance to fight because they were too weak!

The nine of them evaded the gazes of Yi Yun and the audience. It was clear that they were abandoning the battle.

Seeing that the nine of them were abandoning the battle, the Yun Long Divine Kingdom Elders felt a sense of anger and pity. However, they knew that with Yi Yun completely recovered, having the nine people go up would only result in them being battered.

"Ah!"

A Yun Long Divine Kingdom Elder slapped his thigh. Having all the country's elites defeated by a single person felt frustrating!

As for the Yun Long Divine Kingdom audience, they were numbed as every one of them remained silent. Back when Yi Yun had defeated Feng Lin and Bai consecutively, they were still suppressing their fiery anger, but now, that fiery anger had been extinguished by a basin of water. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

Originally, they had wanted to say that the top geniuses of their Yun Long Divine Kingdom were just weaker than Yi Yun by a bit, and that they were superior in number.

However, now that those geniuses had been defeated by a single Yi Yun even with their numbers, what else could be said?

"Since that is the case, I shall announce that the overall group champion belongs to the… Tai Ah Divine Kingdom!" On the Divine Wilderness Stage, the referee announced excitedly. As a Tai Ah Divine City law-enforcer, he too felt extremely excited.

With the referee's announcement, the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom warriors began to scream wildly.

"Yi Yun! Yi Yun!"

If not for the law-enforcers maintained order, they would have rushed up the stage to lift Yi Yun up.

This victory was definitely not easy!

The battle process was intense and difficult. It was nearly all fought by Yi Yun alone. He had used all his energy to the point of overextending himself!

"We won!"

Chu Xiaoran exhaled. She looked at Yi Yun with eyes full of admiration and curiosity. Originally, when Yi Yun asked her to draw out the time, she did not believe that Yi Yun could recover to near peak conditions in such a short period of time.

What did he do?

"Senior Brother Yi, you're awesome!"

When Yi Yun walked off the Divine Wilderness Stage, the Tai Ah Divine City competitors, the juniors, and Wen Yu all gathered to congratulate him.

They had overjoyed expressions and they were extremely excited.

Although they were only there to make up the numbers for this tournament, they had at least gone on stage. And it was not meaningless, they had collectively managed to gain some time for Yi Yun.

Seeing these juniors reveal smiles that came right from the heart, Yi Yun finally relaxed his high-strung nerves.

He smiled, "It wasn't just me alone."

Yi Yun had meant to refer to someone else, but these group of juniors naturally did not realize that. They thought that Yi Yun was referring to them.

Even though they liked to brag occasionally, they did not feel comfortable stealing the credit at that moment. They scratched their heads and said sheepishly, "Senior Yi, you are too modest. What we did was nearly nothing…"

Yi Yun smiled and did not explain. He knew Luo Huo'er did not want to proclaim this.

He casually looked towards the audience stands and saw a red figure hiding in the corner. Her elbow was propped onto a railing with her hand cupping her chin.

This young girl was naturally Luo Huo'er, and beside her was her maidservant Dong'er.

"Hmph! This fellow sure is cocky. Without me, he wouldn't be able to be so spirited!" Luo Huo'er said in a pissed off manner. She was the type that liked to show off, but due to her family's secret, she had no choice but to stay low-key, otherwise, her father would scold her.

This feeling of being a hero behind the scenes did not feel good!

"Indeed, indeed! Miss is the best!" Dong'er nodded to praise Luo Huo'er hurriedly. She was afraid that if she were any slower, Luo Huo'er would pinch her face again.

True Martial World - Chapter 343: Fighting Again

At that moment in the arena, the alliance tournament between the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom and Yun Long Divine Kingdom was in its final stages. Yun Long Divine Kingdom was likely to clinch victory.

"I admit defeat!"

A few seconds after the referee declared the beginning of the current match, a youth representing the Tai Ah Divine City timidly raised his hand.

"Admit defeat? Admitting defeat again?"

The Tai Ah Divine City audience were dumbfounded.

A few cultivators from their Tai Ah Divine Kingdom had consecutively done lots of preparation before going on stage. They then hung around the stage for a while, and a few seconds after the match began, they would admit defeat!

What are they doing?

Actually, the Tai Ah Divine City warriors knew that those who came up on stage last were not Murong Fei's match at all. Since they were not his match, there was no point forcing it. Why go up and not fight, only bringing shame to yourself?

"Hahaha, I've never seen a group of extreme quality tortoises!"

"I'm dying of laughter. They don't even dare to fight. Are you coming up on stage en masse to sing!?"

The Yun Long Divine Kingdom warriors quipped sarcastically as they laughed.

Previously they had suppressed their anger, as Yi Yun was too strong. They had not been able to relieve their anger. Now in a rare turn of events, Yi Yun was seriously injured and could no longer fight, resulting in the others going up on stage. They immediately began to relieve their anger by sarcastically ridiculing the Tai Ah Divine City warriors.

"Your Tai Ah Divine Kingdom has only one strong person. As for our Yun Long Divine Kingdom, we have a group of strong people! Feng Lin, Bai, Murong Fei. Anyone is good!"

Another Yun Long Divine Kingdom warrior in the audience stands shouted loudly.

When Murong Fei heard this, he felt extremely elated. This person's words had specially mentioned his name, and he was ranked together with Feng Lin and Bai.

Murong Fei was planning to brutally fight and torture in his one-man show but was unable to do so because of the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom's warriors surrendering. However, he still felt extremely good being able to stand on stage alone, triumphant over the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom warriors and looking down on the masses!

"Wen Yu, you are last. Delay it as much as you can! The second joss stick should only be burned halfway. Yi Yun should be back soon!"

Chu Xiaoran was confident in Yi Yun. She believed that even if Yi Yun could not recover from his injuries, he would still return by the appointed time.

"Yes." Wen Yu nodded.

"Ah, little beauty. Are you prepared to fight me, or will you be like the rest, admitting defeat once the match begins?" Murong Fei's mouth curled up in a mocking smile, "If I fight you, I will be gentle. Don't worry."

Murong Fei's words were filled with mockery.

Wen Yu's face sank and did not speak a word. As she adjusted her weapon, she prepared to go on stage.

"Adjust it a bit more. Don't think I do not know what you are doing. You are all coming up one after another to mess around. Are you trying to stall for time? Hahaha! Yi Yun, that gutless fellow is using women as shields. Such a pity, how long can the lot of you delay? So what if you drag it out for another 15-20 minutes? The outcome would not change!"

Murong Fei's smile turned cold as he waited to see Wen Yu perform.

Having Murong Fei see through their ploy, Wen Yu's hand trembled as her sword nearly dropped to the ground. Previously, she was a proud daughter of heaven in her family clan. When had she ever lost her confidence because of going on stage to battle?

But now, faced with this scenario, Wen Yu was feeling intense pressure.

The Tai Ah Divine Kingdom audience's depression, the Yun Long Divine Kingdom audience's ridicule and the perverse gaze from Murong Fei were all sources of Wen Yu's pressure.

Just as Wen Yu had finished adjusting everything and was about to go on stage, she suddenly heard a voice transmission, "That will do. Just leave it to me from here on out."

Wen Yu halted in her steps and turned her head forcefully. She did not know when Yi Yun had walked up behind her.

Yi Yun's clothes were still stained with blood and no one knew what he had done in the time it took two joss sticks to burn.

Wen Yu used her perception to probe but failed to discover any gains in Yuan Qi for Yi Yun.

"Senior Yi…" Wen Yu was just about to say something when Yi Yun walked up to the center of the Divine Wilderness Stage, standing in front of Murong Fei.

"Yi Yun is here!" Chu Xiaoran exhaled deeply. Yi Yun had indeed arrived back at the appointed time. If not, she would not have known what to do next.

Chu Xiaoran did not know what Yi Yun did. Although her rationale told her that it was impossible to recover from such serious injuries in a short time, she still looked forward to Yi Yun bringing about a miracle.

"Yi Yun, you have finally come out? I thought you wouldn't dare." Murong Fei looked at Yi Yun with a grin on his lips.

Yi Yun had finally appeared and it was time for Murong Fei to show off. He was looking forward to this fight. All these years, he had been overshadowed by Feng Lin and Bai's halo. He was not famous, but in fact, he was very confident in his strength!

He needed an opportunity to prove himself.

And the greatly drained yet prominent Yi Yun was the best stepping stone!

Although he knew Yi Yun could not recover in such a short period of time, Murong Fei still checked Yi Yun's Yuan Qi to be safe. He wanted to know how much he had recovered.

However, he did not detect any.

Realizing Murong Fei's intentions, the ends of Yi Yun’s mouth curled up. He had long converged his body's Yuan Qi. With the Purple Crystal, Yi Yun's control of Yuan Qi was too good. When he converged his Yuan Qi, Murong Fei naturally could not detect anything.

If this was seen through, how was he to fight in a while?

Yi Yun was not some magnanimous person. Against enemies, there was no lack of him stabbing them in the back.

"Hehe." Murong Fei felt slightly relieved having not detected Yi Yun's Yuan Qi. He smiled insidiously and mocked, "Yi Yun, you delayed all this time to secretly eat some medicine? How effective is it?"

Yi Yun lightly replied, "Not bad. It wouldn't do against experts, but against some cats and dogs, especially those shameless people without any ability, it is not a problem."

Hearing Yi Yun's words, Murong Fei's face sank. How could he not be aware of Yi Yun scolding him with his words, "Courting death!"

Murong Fei said the two words and his Yuan Qi exploded. Behind him, an Aspect Totem in the shape of a leopard appeared.

Murong Fei did have some ability. The Aspect Totem was known as a Golden Leopard. Its defense was extremely strong and was not easy to deal with. To be able to have a Golden Leopard as an Aspect Totem proved that Murong Fei had trained a lot in the Divine Wilderness, by killing a large number of desolate beasts with his own strength.

"Young Master Murong! Kill the kid!"

In the audience stands, a vassal family of the Murong family clan began cheering for Murong Fei.

The Murong family clan was one of the top super families in the Yun Long Divine Kingdom, so it had many supporters in the audience.

Murong Fei's energy rose to an extreme level and he shouted loudly. Just as he was about to use his skill, Yi Yun suddenly attacked!

Three sword attacks were slashed out in an instant!

Within these three sword attacks were about 10% of the Pure Yang Sword Palace sword intent.

"Cha! Cha! Cha!"

The three beams cut through the air and shot straight at Murong Fei!

It was so fast that it left people no time to react. The Aspect Totem Murong Fei had just conjured up was slashed apart by the three sword attacks!

"Whew!"

After the three sword attacks tore apart the Aspect Totem, they did not lose their momentum and carried on flying straight at Murong Fei!

The three sword beams brought with them a terrifying killing intent!

"What!?"

Murong Fei was greatly alarmed. He had some ability and in a hundredth of a blink of an eye, he managed to respond in a timely manner. His body flew back and wielded his sword to block the three sword beams.

However, how could he block Yi Yun's sword attack?

When Murong Fei's sword clashed with Yi Yun's sword beam, a "Ding!" metallic cracking sound was heard. Murong Fei's sword snapped from clashing with the three sword beams!

Murong Fei's palm tore apart as he felt his arm go numb. His face was filled with inexplicable horror.

How could there be such a terrifying sword beam? It managed to snap the sword in his hand instantaneously!?

Murong Fei's sword was no ordinary item.

However, even if it was a sword made by a master, it needed a warrior to inject within it Yuan Qi and sword intent to remain intact. When two swordsmen differed greatly in their sword intent and strength, then a clash between them would usually lead to the breaking of one party's sword!

Once the sword was broken, Murong Fei no longer had the ability to resist.

The three sword beams pierced through his protective Yuan Qi, right into his flesh without further thought.

"Puah!"

Blood splattered and Murong Fei's chest and abdomen were pierced open by the sword beam. What was even worse was the third sword beam stabbing into his shoulder, chopping off his right arm!

Murong Fei bellowed out a heart-wrenching cry as he slammed heavily to the ground. He saw his arm flying with his own eyes. That experience was unforgettable.

"My arm…"

Murong Fei's face was pale. To warriors, even if an arm was chopped off, as long as it wasn't destroyed, it could be reconnected with medicine.

However, even a rejoined arm would need more than half a year to fully recover.

Furthermore, his chest and abdomen had been pierced through. It would probably take Murong Fei more than a year to recover his Yuan Qi. His injuries were much worse than Murong Guang’s!

"Murong Fei!"

Seeing the tables turn, the Yun Long Divine Kingdom participants were completely shocked. What was this situation? Yi Yun was clearly drained of all his Yuan Qi previously and looked like he couldn't last any further. Yet, in a blink of an eye, he was able to produce such a terrifying sword beam?

In less than a few seconds, Yi Yun had severely injured Murong Fei to the point of death with his slashes!

"Yi Yun, he!"

The Yun Long Divine Kingdom participants looked at Yi Yun with horror. They saw Yi Yun breathing deeply and quietly. He had a sword and saber in each of his hands. His body was straight like a javelin, erected on the Divine Wilderness Stage.

No Yuan Qi fluctuation was found in Yi Yun's body. But for an unknown reason, seeing Yi Yun was like seeing a dormant primordial strain. It caused great apprehension!

This fellow had really fought with Bai for several hundred rounds and had been seriously injured!?

How was it possible to be this strong even when seriously injured!?

Could it be…

People looked at each other and seemed to figure out of the only possibility.

That was…Yi Yun had recovered from his injuries!

With that thought in mind, the Yun Long Divine Kingdom warriors held their breaths. Heavens! What happened in the few minutes when Yi Yun was away!?