True Martial World - Chapter 442: Sweeping Figure Sword Steps

"Peng!"

Lin Yu fell to the ground as if he had been reflected away by the array.

He passed!

Lin Yu let out a sigh of relief. He immediately felt weak all over.

He trembled as he took out a desolate bone relic from his interspatial ring and put it into his mouth. He then avoided where Panther Lady and Chu Cai was and went aside, quickly grabbing the opportunity to regulate his breathing.

After using the Sky Blood Yuan Qi, Lin Yu would feel weak for a period of time. However, he was the third person to pass, and there were still other geniuses who had to pass the bridge. He could take this opportunity to meditate and recover. After all, with the Shentu family clan and the Lin family at odds, he had to be careful despite the Great Empress mystic realm's protection.

Lin Yu closed his eyes. He appeared calm on the surface, but he could not suppress the excitement in his heart. He knew that his performance had been recorded by the visual disk array. In the future when the Matriarch saw it, she would naturally know the difference between him and Yi Yun.

Upon thinking of this, Lin Yu looked across the bridge and gave Yi Yun a glance. A sneer suffused on his lips. He really did not know what this rascal's outcome would be. There was no question that Yi Yun would die, the question was, how would he die.

However, all of this did not matter. After he passed the bridge of light, Lin Yu no longer cared about Yi Yun. There was no meaning in comparing a dead person to a person with a promising future like himself.

"This Lin family kid sure has some abilities."

The other cultivators gave Lin Yu a few more looks.

Seeing Lin Yu pass, Lin Fengyue, who had been silent all this time, lifted his eyelids and said, "I will be next."

Lin Fengyue, was an influential person amongst the younger generation of the Lin family. Be it his strength or prestige, they were much stronger than Lin Yu.

Back when Lin Yu nearly failed to get a spot for the expedition to the mystic realm, there was no controversy regarding Lin Fengyue's spot.

Lin Fengyue's performance was not disappointing. After being slightly wounded, he also passed the bridge of light. Only when the ancient desolate beast opened its third eye did he received some abrasions because he could not completely dodge two attacks.

This result made the people present secretly horrified. The Lin family was indeed one of the top family clans of the Tian Yuan world. This Lin Fengyue, who was a man of few words, was clearly much stronger than the Beast Controlling Sect's Chu Cai!

After Lin Fengyue, several geniuses from various large factions also took their turns. However, there were geniuses from second-rate families and sects that decided to give up after weighing their decisions. They did not want to end up in a tragic state like the fatty from the Xu family who went first.

"It looks like we will not be able to pass, so let's not bring contempt upon ourselves. However… even if we cannot pass, just the reward from killing that kid can be split amongst us." A few geniuses from the small sects who had given up and walked aside discussed as they stared with greedy eyes at Yi Yun.

For them to enter the Great Empress mystic realm after so much difficulty, they were unwilling to take the fact that they were not be able to pass the first trial lying down. Just thinking of killing Yi Yun and obtaining a reward was a form of conciliation.

However, Yi Yun still appeared to be unaware of these people's unkindly gazes. He was still staring at the ancient desolate beast on the bridge of light. No one knew what he was thinking.

As the geniuses that went up increased, there were quite a few people who barely passed with some injuries consecutively, but a larger number of them had given up or failed.

The fewer injuries one had, the more attention they received.

These geniuses were all competitors in this Great Empress mystic realm. Besides, amongst these geniuses, there was an unspoken competition. The first trial was also an opportunity for them to observe their opponent's strength.

At that moment, Lin Xiaodie suddenly flew onto the bridge like a butterfly. Her elegant posture and agile movement techniques immediately lit up the eyes of many.

That Panther Lady had, for the most part, recovered by now. She raised her hand and stared at Lin Xiaodie while licking her fingernails. Young girls around the same age tended to compare themselves with each other.

"Yi Yun, take care of yourself."

Lin Xiaodie's Yuan Qi voice transmission suddenly entered Yi Yun's ear, and at that moment, Lin Xiaodie had already begun her battle with the ancient desolate beast.

Yi Yun was stunned and gave a chuckle. Indeed, his situation didn't look too good...

Lin Xiaodie was even younger than Lin Fengyue, but against the ancient desolate beast, she was calm and without fear. No matter how the ancient desolate beast attacked, she would be like a butterfly fluttering though the wind amongst the flowers.

However, even so, as her Yuan Qi was greatly consumed, as well as the desolate beast's attacks becoming gradually stronger, her calf was scratched by the desolate beast's energy beam attack just as the time was almost up. A trace of blood began to flow down her pale skin. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

The ancient desolate beast's every attack had a terrifying Yuan Qi fluctuation. Even if one could dodge the attack itself, one could not dodge the Yuan Qi fluctuation. This was also the reason why most of the geniuses received abrasions and not serious injuries.

With her calf injured, Lin Xiaodie's movements were slightly restricted, resulting in her receiving slight injuries in a row, putting her into a miserable state.

She managed to endure through the time it took for a joss stick to finish burning with great difficulty. When Lin Xiaodie landed on the other side of the bridge, her face expressed some feeling of unwillingness. Although she had passed, she was not satisfied with her own performance.

"This ancient desolate beast sure is terrifying. Up to now, no one has been able to dodge its attacks as well as the Yuan Qi fluctuations."

People were amazed. The first trial of the mystic realm left behind by the Great Empress was already so hard.

At that moment, Gongsun Hong slowly kept the jade piece on his azure flaming long robe, as he stepped forward on the bridge of light.

"Oh!? Gongsun Hong is making his move!"

"I wonder how Gongsun Hong will do."

Gongsun Hong's movements made everyone's eyes land on him.

As the number one person amongst the Li Fire Sect's younger generation, Gongsun Hong received considerable attention from the Tian Yuan world's other family clans and sects.

The power of the Li Fire Sect was much greater than several large family clans.

While these geniuses were discussing, Gongsun Hong had already reached before the bridge of light.

As the distance between the ancient desolate beast and him decreased, the immense pressure exuded by the desolate beast came surging over. In front of an ancient desolate beast, a person was like a mouse in front of a fierce tiger.

Facing the gigantic ancient beast, Gongsun Hong's eyes were steadfast and his breathing calm. Suddenly, a sword appeared in his hand. It seemed to appear out of nowhere. Many of them did not see the movement of him unsheathing his sword.

"Oh!? He is using a sword? With his sword unsheathed, could Gongsun Hong be planning to fight the ancient desolate beast?"

Everyone stared on with disbelieving eyes. Previously, the person who said the ancient desolate beast had no weakness was Gongsun Hong himself, but now, he unsheathed his sword against the ancient desolate beast?

Although Gongsun Hong was very strong, none of them felt that Gongsun Hong was able to defeat this ancient desolate beast.

Roar!

The ancient desolate beast roared and charged at Gongsun Hong, while Gongsun Hong's figure suddenly disappeared from its original spot!

The next moment, in the sky above the ancient desolate beast, azure figures appeared out of nowhere. These figures were all that of Gongsun Hong. They moved very quickly, dazzling everyone.

"36 figures!"

Many people said with surprise. These figures were not just simple after-images. Those without enough ability would think all these Gongsun Hong were one and the same. There was no way to tell which was real.

"'Sweeping Figure Sword Steps'! A movement when a person is one with the sword. Every step is like a flying sword Qi! These figures are formed from sword Qi. They have the same Yuan Qi that Gongsun Hong's main body has. Not only can it be used to confuse the enemy, it could also really launch attacks!"

"When a person's 'Sweeping Figure Sword Steps' reaches perfection, one can form 108 sword Qi avatars. He can even use these avatars to set up a battle formation. Enemies would feel despair the moment they see it! There would be all sorts of restrictions with fighting, and they would have flawless coordination! Now, Gongsun Hong's 'Sweeping Figure Sword Steps' has reached 36 figures. That is already in the small success realm, it is very impressive! This amount of talent is well deserved for the number one person of the Li Fire Sect's inner disciple tournament."

The other geniuses were all amazed. No wonder Gongsun Hong could remain so calm. He indeed had the ability.

"'Sweeping Figure Sword Steps' huh..."

Yi Yun rubbed his chin and focused his eyes. The Tian Yuan world's sects and family clans' cultivation techniques all had their unique features. It really was an eye-opener.

Despite the ancient desolate beast being astonishingly powerful, most of its attacks only hit Gongsun Hong's avatars.

Even though his sword Qi avatars were destroyed, it did not affect Gongsun Hong himself.

When the time it took for a joss stick to burn was up, there was no longer any figures of Gongsun Hong, only Gongsun Hong himself, standing safely on the other side of the bridge.

His clothes were still straight, and his hair was not messy at all. He had passed perfectly!

True Martial World - Chapter 441: Sky Blood Yuan Qi

"Chu Cai has passed."

Seeing Chu Cai in such a state, people had complex feelings. He had a bloody hole in his shoulder, and he had to use his Beast Control Sect's mystic technique to pass it with great difficulty. Now, Chu Cai was completely covered in blood. His face was pale and his arms were trembling. It was a great difference from Chu Cai's previous high-spirited and pointer-giving air and appearance.

Chu Cai seemed to suffer quite a setback. He sat on the opposite side of the bridge of light, completely silent.

"Chu Cai should not have suffered such grave injuries, but unfortunately, he had to attack the ancient desolate beast. He bit off more than he could chew!"

As Panther Lady spoke, she jumped onto the bridge of light. The bridge was covered with the corpses of the crows.

Against the ancient desolate beast, Panther Lady did not dare to be careless, even if her speed and sneak attacks were her forte.

"Roar!"

The ancient desolate beast charged forward, and Panther Lady's body suddenly disappeared!

"Cha!"

With a forceful wind surging over, Panther Lady's body forcefully reversed in midair, and avoided the ancient desolate beast's attack by a hair!

When Panther Lady landed, her hair was messy. Her eyes beamed like that of a wild beast.

"Roar!"

The ancient desolate beast attacked again as it opened its third eye.

This mysterious third eye could give the ancient desolate beast an increase in its speed and strength. Panther Lady's pupils contracted, and turned thin like a needle, just like a cat. Her body began to emit cracking sounds. A strange tattoo began to appear on her body. Following that, fine hair began to grow on Panther Lady's face. Her back became more bent, as her arms became even longer. She sprawled on the ground, while her black fingernails had become sharp claws.

"Beast transformation!"

Someone exclaimed. Panther Lady's name was not trivially given. She came from the Tian Yuan world's Totem Mystic Race.

The people from the Totem Mystic Race had a special bloodline. By using their race's mystic technique, they could transform their body, making them similar to a beast, stimulating their body's potential.

Now, Panther Lady was using such a method. In her beast form, her speed and reaction speed had been greatly increased!

"Cha!"

A beam shot out from the ancient desolate beast's third eye as it grazed past Panther Lady's arm. Although Panther Lady had managed to dodge the beam, the energy that surrounded the beam had made her grimace in pain. A wound appeared on her arm as blood seeped out.

"To think that the ancient desolate beast can still wound Panther Lady in her beast form!"

"This is way too terrifying."

Panther Lady's speed was already extremely fast, but it was still not enough in front of the ancient desolate beast.

Panther Lady revealed an embarrassed and irritated expression. She wanted to pass the trial without any injuries, but now, that was too difficult to achieve!

After some abrasions, Panther Lady managed to struggle to endure through it. Even though her speed and reaction speed had been pushed to an extreme, by the time it took for a joss stick to finish burning, there were a few shallow wounds on her body.

Although compared to Chu Cai, Panther Lady was clearly less pathetic as her wounds were just abrasions, after she got out of her beast form, her face was pale. And from her continuous light panting state, Panther Lady clearly had not gotten through it easily.

This made everyone feel heavy in the heart. The first round was already so difficult!

Lin Yu's expression no longer looked good. Originally, when he saw that this round was to deal with a desolate beast, he was overjoyed, but now, he too felt the pressure.

However, compared to the other disciples, he still had some confidence. After all, he had been focused on actual battle usually. He had fought with desolate beasts for countless numbers of times and he had a wealth of experience.

Lin Yu scanned the faces of the people beside him. He saw that including Lin Xiaodie and Lin Yuefeng, their expressions were also not relaxed.

Everyone was the same!

Lin Yu heaved a sigh of relief. However, when he saw Yi Yun's expression, he suddenly turned dumbfounded.

At that moment, Yi Yun was absorbed in staring at the ancient desolate beast. His expression looked deep, as if he was pondering over something.

Why does this kid have such an expression?

Lin Yu found it weird. He felt that Yi Yun should have fallen into despair seeing this difficult task. Others could still survive if they failed, but he would die if he failed.

"Is this kid scared silly? Forget it. Who cares what he's doing. Let me pass the trial first."

With this thought in mind, Lin Yu stepped on the bridge with determination.

At that moment, everyone's eyes fell on Lin Yu, including Lin Xiaodie, who was holding a visual disk array.

Lin Yu stood straight and looked at the visual disk array in Lin Xiaodie's hands. He clenched his fists tightly.

Back then, when the decision was made on who was to enter the Great Empress mystic realm, he had been denied by the Matriarch publicly. He was not even given a chance to speak, so it was a great blow to his self esteem.

This time, he wanted to avenge his previous disgrace!

Lin Xiaodie's visual disk array would record the process of him passing the trial. He wanted to show Matriarch Lin that her initial choice was wrong!

Thinking of this, he subconsciously glanced at Yi Yun. Yi Yun was the reason for his ridicule.

Yes, the Matriarch's chosen person would soon be ruined. His dying process would also be recorded by Lin Xiaodie. So what if he was favored by the Matriarch? Without strength, he would only be courting death in the Great Empress mystic realm. When Yi Yun is being killed, he would be standing on the opposite side of the bridge!

As he thought of this, Lin Yu turned and faced the ancient desolate beast.

"Roar!"

The desolate beast roared. Lin Yu felt his scalp go numb. Feeling the pressure from the ancient desolate beast up close was too much!

The desolate beast charged over as Lin Yu's face flushed red. His eyes beamed as he leaped to dodge the attack!

"Boom!"

The bridge trembled. Lin Yu was completely focused. He used the experience he had accumulated in the past and managed to barely survive under the ancient desolate beast's attack. Every dodge of his was extremely close. Just a tiny mistake would result in immediate serious injuries.

"Oh? This Lin family kid's strength is passable." In the crowd, someone said. The Lin family was after all a top family clan, so it was normal for Lin Yu to have such a performance.

As people were speaking, the ancient desolate beast opened its third eye. The pressure Lin Yu felt suddenly surged!

"It's over, he won't be able to last through it!"

"To be able to last to this point with such a small price isn't considered weak."

Hearing these people's discussions, a cold sneer appeared on Lin Yu's lips. He had trained so hard all this while, so how could he be of this level?

Seeing the desolate beast's beam shooting over, an abnormal redness appeared on Lin Yu's face. This redness spread all the way down to his neck, until his entire body suffused a faint bloody glow!

"Oh? This is… Sky Blood Yuan Qi!?"

On the Lin family side, Lin Xiaodie and Lin Yuefeng were also surprised.

In the path of martial arts, there were some cultivation techniques that would result in a special Yuan Qi that matched the cultivation technique. Sky Blood Yuan Qi was one of those.

Sky Blood Yuan Qi was very difficult to master, but even if it was mastered, it still had some constraints for its use. This was because it would overdraw on one's Qi and blood, causing harm to the body.

And as a result, the power it gave was overwhelmingly powerful!

Now, with Lin Yu's strength and him using the Sky Blood Yuan Qi, it was likely he would be left with reticent injuries.

"This Lin Yu sure is going all out!'

Lin Yuefeng shook his head slightly. This was just the first trial, and even if he passed, he might not get any substantial benefits. He would at best get some insight and experience.

Hence, every cultivator that entered the Great Empress mystic realm had to have a balance in their hearts. They needed to know if it was worth paying the price.

As the time it took for a joss stick to finish burning approached, Lin Yu was somersaulting everywhere. His face was completely swallowed by the color of blood, however, he still gnashed his teeth and held out.

"Cha!"

Another beam shot out from the ancient desolate beast's third eye. Lin Yu used all his energy, but he was still unable to dodge this attack. His thigh was torn, causing blood to flow!

Lin Yu snorted as the blood vessels on his forehead and neck bulged, as if they were about to explode anytime.

He was already nearing the limits of his limits.

"Roar!"

The ancient desolate beast did not give Lin Yu the chance to take a breather. It quickly followed up with a claw!

"Boom!"

This claw caused light beams to distort from the ground. The strong impact sent Lin Yu flying. He heavily slammed to the bridge of light and vomited blood.

Lin Yu had not managed to complete dodge every attack of the ancient desolate beast. He felt like his body was about to fall apart.

However, just as he felt he could not endure any further, the ancient desolate beast suddenly stopped.

It used its cold eyes to stare at Lin Yu, but it did not charge forward.

It was because the time it took for a joss stick to burn was over!

True Martial World - Chapter 440: Impossible to Defeat

"Ze Ze, so pathetic. Aren't you courting death by coming to the Great Empress mystic realm without any ability!?" The youth, who carried a big bag behind him, said sarcastically while looking at the fatty's terrible state.

The fatty's tragedy made some of the young elites present lose some confidence, but the majority of them remained oblivious.

As the genius elites of the Tian Yuan world's various large factions, they were very confident in their strength. The tragedy that was the fatty in front of them came from a second-rate family clan which they did not take seriously.

"This really is getting more and more interesting. It is even more bloody than how it was described in the Shentu family clan's jade scroll."

The Panther Lady licked her fingernails and was tempted to give it an attempt.

"Hur!" The youth with the bag laughed, but did not carry on speaking. He subconsciously gave Gongsun Hong a glance. Gongsun Hong was nonchalantly standing with his hands by his back. His expression was indifferent, as if whatever had happened had nothing to do with him.

"The second cultivator to step on the bridge of light will have the difficulty reduced by 10%."

The indifferent voice of the Great Empress mystic realm sounded again. People began to look at each other. This time, no one was in a hurry to vie to be the first.

Previously when the fatty jumped onto the bridge of light, he had been at quite a disadvantage for not knowing the rules and the desolate beast's strength. For example, he had naively thought that by going around the desolate beast, he could rush pass the bridge of light, but in the end he was stopped by the array's laws.

Also, the desolate beast had also suddenly opened its third eyes, which made them have some suspicions that once it opened its third eye, the desolate beast's strength would greatly increase.

Lin Yu was watching by the side as he gritted his teeth, yearning to be next. However, at that moment, the youth with a bag on his back had already stepped onto the bridge of light.

"Hehe, let me try!"

Many of the youths present looked at the youth. His strength was apparently very high. If he could not pass, then many of them might have to give up.

Once the youth with the bag landed on the bridge on one foot, the ancient desolate beast roared and charged forward.

The youth leaped and, in the air, the bag behind him opened up, suddenly a group of shadows came surging over.

"Oh? Crows?"

It was quite a surprise that there was a bunch of crows sealed inside the youth's bag. These crows were each about the size of an eagle. Their eyes were blood-red and their beaks were sharp as blades. They charged at the ancient desolate beast without regard for their lives!

"This is the Beast Control Sect's mystic technique. These crows have been tempered by the mystic technique. They have lost their mind, and are like zombies. They can be sealed inside a spirit beast bag. This rascal Chu Cai is one of the leading figures amongst the Beast Control Sect's juniors. The spirit beast bag he has is also amongst the best top-grade items. It probably might be able to seal hundreds of thousands of zombie crows!"

Said a girl who understood the Beast Control Sect well.

"Hundreds of thousands?" When people heard this, they were alarmed. How much effort was needed to refine hundreds of thousands of crows?

"The Beast Control Sect..." Yi Yun faltered slightly. The Lin family was powerful, but in the Tian Yuan world, they only held a spirit mountain range for themselves. The Jade Spirit Mountains may be a treasured ground, but compared to the vast Tian Yuan world, its area was very small.

Similarly, the Shentu family clan was in the same situation.

In the Tian Yuan world, there were still many other family clans and sects. They were hidden deep in the depths of the Tian Yuan world. They were very powerful and had deep heritage.

Now, the Shentu family clan had only chosen a dozen or so factions to bring into the Great Empress mystic realm to mess with things. The previous Li Fire Sect and the current Beast Control Sect made Yi Yun feel the powerful strength of these sects.

Yi Yun had never come into contact with the established sects in the Tian Yuan world.

As Yi Yun was thinking, Chu Cai had already released more than a thousand crows. These crows formed a dense wall and nearly covered the entire bridge of light.

Every attack of the ancient desolate beast was blocked by hundreds of crows.

"Die!"

At that moment, Chu Cai attacked. He took out a half moon saber from his interspatial ring. Crouching down, he charged like a cheetah at the ancient desolate beast.

"What? He is actually attacking the ancient desolate beast!?"

When people saw this, they were greatly alarmed. As a land of trials for the ancient Great Empress to choose her successor, the Great Empress mystic realm had extremely high difficulty. Now, for the first round of trials, many people felt that their strength was not even enough to dodge the ancient desolate beast, yet Chu Cai actually tried to sneakily attack the ancient desolate beast!

He was too arrogant!

In this split second, people did not have time to think carefully, for at that moment, Chu Cai had already rushed under the ancient desolate beast's body!

A typical desolate beast's back and limbs were extremely hard, like divine metal. However, its soft abdomen was where its weakness was!

The ancient desolate beast in front of them may be a construct of energy, but it did not look any different from a real desolate beast. It was almost like a living creature.

Its weakness was also likely the same as an ordinary desolate beast. After all, the ancient Great Empress was using array techniques to replicate the real world. Only then could she choose the successor she wanted in the most realistic environment.

Chu Cai had such a calculated thought before he sneakily attacked the ancient desolate beast. He had used the crows as protection and his wondrous movement technique to come under the ancient desolate beast's belly.

"Cha!"

Slashing with his saber, beams from the blade wantonly shot out. This was the Beast Control Sect's Nine Yin Heavenly Thunder Saber. It was as fast as lightning. Its extreme speed was in itself an extremely powerful attack.

"Dang!"

Chu Cai's saber slashed directly at the ancient desolate beast's belly.

However, not only did Chu Cai not rejoice, his expression greatly changed. The contact he felt from the saber made him alarmed. His saber had at most scratched the surface of the ancient desolate beast's skin. It did not even manage to slash into the flesh!

"This!"

Chu Cai was greatly shocked. He rapidly retreated, but the ancient desolate beast's sharp claws had already swiped downwards!

Chu Cai exerted all his strength as he used his curved saber to block off the claw attack. His palm tore open and his arm was injured. And at that moment, a beam shot out from the ancient desolate beast's third eye!

This beam was like a sharp sword. A few hundred crows were turned to ashes when the beam hit them. The beam was in no way weakened as it pierced through Chu Cai's shoulder.

"Puah!"

Blood splattered as Chu Cai's face turned pale. He fell onto the bridge!

"Chu Cai has also been defeated!?"

People felt the terror. Isn't this level too difficult!?

However… unlike what others thought, Chu Cai rolled on the ground after falling, but he still managed to stand up once again. He gritted his teeth as he pressed onto his penetrated shoulder. People could clearly see that in the inside of his shoulder, there were leech-like worms crawling around. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

These worms were grown on Chu Cai's flesh. It made the scalps of people tingle.

"This is!?"

People were shocked. These worms looked disgusting, and their effects were also unknown. Yet, Chu Cai had actually reared them on his own flesh.

"This is one of the mystic worms of the Beast Control Sect. Rearing them in the body allows pain relief and the repairing of wounds. Although Chu Cai's arm has been penetrated, his combat strength should not greatly decrease!"

The person who spoke was Gongsun Hong. This was the genius youth of the Li Fire Sect. He had almost never opened his mouth ever since he entered the mystic realm. He gave off the feeling of an enigma.

Gongsun Hong was right. Chu Cai's combat strength was mostly with his crows. If Chu Cai had not used his saber to attack the ancient desolate beast, and only dodged, his combat strength would definitely not have decreased much.

And in fact, in this situation, even if Chu Cai had another life to spare, he would still not dare to attack the ancient desolate beast again.

The desolate beast was invulnerable. There was no weakness to speak of!

"An ancient desolate beast constructed from energy is different from a real one… Its belly is hard as divine metal. It is impossible to defeat it..."

A youth said in the crowd, however Gongsun Hong shook his head, "That is not the case. The desolate beast formed from the Great Empress mystic realm's energy is too strong. So even its weakness is no longer a weakness. If it was a primordial true spirit, even if you knew its weakness was in its belly or eyes, so what? Even a few Empyrean experts might not be able to kill it with their combined efforts!"

Gongsun Hong's voice was indifferent. In his opinion, Chu Cai was too naive in attempting to defeat the ancient desolate beast. How could it be possible?

Gongsun Hong's words awed many people. Indeed, for this Great Empress mystic realm, they had to put away their confidence and explore it with fearful respect.

This was because, to the ancient Great Empress, the so-called geniuses amongst them were actually weaklings.

To stand out in the mystic realm trial and be an indomitable force was not much different from ascending to the Heavens.

As people had this in mind, Chu Cai had released several thousands of crows on the bridge of light. He sacrificed these crows regardless of their cost. He allowed the ancient desolate beast to wantonly tear through the crow barrage, and only through this method did he delay the ancient desolate beast's footsteps.

Chu Cai endured the wounds on his body and dodged the attacks that managed to get past the crows.

As such, he managed to withstand the time it took for a joss stick to burn with great difficulty.

Chu Cai became the first person to pass the first round of the trials!

True Martial World - Chapter 439: Indifference

On the bridge of light, the flames of fighting spirit burned in the pudgy youth's eyes, in contrast with the ancient desolate beast's amber eyes.

There were so many benefits at this trial!

Ignoring the opportunities in the mystic realm, just seeing the ancient mystic realm would broaden his horizons, and also greatly benefit his growth.

Taking 10,000 steps back, even if he was quickly eliminated, that would be alright too. This was because he was grouped together with that unlucky Yi Yun.

Once he was eliminated, he would no longer be afraid of receiving any punishment from attacking Yi Yun with the mystic realm's protective energy on him gone. He could then kill the destined to be eliminated Yi Yun and receive the reward from the Shentu family clan.

It was a generous amount, and for the pudgy youth who came from the Xu family, which was in no way comparable to the Shentu family clan, the reward offered by Shentu Nantian was very tempting for him.

Thinking of this, the pudgy youth glanced at Yi Yun using the corner of his eyes. Greed and intimidation flashed in his eyes.

Upon noticing the youth's glance, Yi Yun frowned. It was really quite a headache. It seems that other than the Lin family disciples, who could not receive the reward from Shentu Nantian, everyone else had him in their thoughts.

Indeed, as a Desolate Heaven Master apprentice, and with him being so young, he was like a piece of succulent meat placed in front of them. Who wouldn't want to take a bite?

"Roar!"

At that moment, the desolate beast roared and its claw swiped down on the pudgy youth!

Although it was a simple attack, the beast claw appeared as a blurry afterimage.

Fast! Too fast!

The pudgy youth was not distracted. He immediately locked onto every action of the desolate beast. Seeing the desolate beast charge forward, his fat body bounced up like a rubber ball!

Sou!

The pudgy youth charged towards the side. The feeling he gave others was that he did not experience any acceleration. His speed had instantaneously reached its maximum. It violated the order that people knew.

"It is the Xu's family heritage movement technique, 'Nine Clouds Rope'.

Someone said in the crowd.

The Xu family was not one of the top family clans, but "Nine Clouds Rope" was one of the best movement techniques in the Tian Yuan world. Those who mastered this movement technique could fly even at the Yuan Foundation realm. They could use this movement technique and fly into the clouds. It was like they had an invisible rope that allowed them to climb. That was how Nine Clouds Rope got its name.

With the Nine Clouds Rope, the pudgy youth might not look fine with his body, but his speed was extremely fast. He shot around on the bridge of light, consecutively dodging 7-8 of the desolate beast's attacks before finally moving around the desolate beast and charging towards the opposite side of the bridge!

He crossed the river and reached the other side!

The pudgy youth's eyes beamed. This first round of evaluation was too suited for him. His combat strength may be weaker, but he was extremely confident in his movement technique.

He felt that victory was at hand!

However, just as he was about to cross the bridge, he felt a powerful resistance that greatly reduced his speed!

Oh?

The pudgy youth was secretly alarmed. The other side of the bridge had a hidden unknown. It seemed like it was impossible to cross the bridge without withstanding for the time it took a joss stick to burn. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

Feeling the wind behind him, the pudgy youth knew that the ancient desolate beast's attack was reaching him. Without taking a look, the pudgy youth abruptly reversed his body's momentum and flew in an opposite direction.

Changing directions in midair was a technique of the large success stage of Minute Subtlety.

The Minute Subtlety movement technique had more to do with one's control over one's body. There were no laws contained within. It was an exquisite skill in low martial ranks, but in the higher martial ranks, where laws were important, it was nothing much.

In the Tian Yuan world, the Minute Subtlety movement technique was nothing to boast about.

However, just as the pudgy youth reversed directions midair, the ancient desolate beast behind him suddenly let out a roar. A crack appeared on its forehead. Black beams shot out from the crack. It was like the ancient desolate beast's third eye!

Oh? This is!?

People did not have the time to react. They only saw a energy beam shoot out. The desolate beast managed to chase up to the pudgy youth with an inconceivable speed and attacked with its claw!

"Peng!"

With a loud ring, the pudgy youth screamed. He was like a rubber ball that had been hit. As he was sent flying by the desolate beast, people could hear the clear sound of breaking bones.

The pudgy youth slammed heavily to the ground. His entire right arm had been cut off by the desolate beast!

His arm had been cut off, but not only that, the ribs and sternum on his right side had completely shattered. Blood flowed out like water!

"Ah… Ah..." The pudgy youth moaned in pain. His fat face was now completely pale. The fat on his face was constantly trembling.

"Pain… Pain..."

He was after all a 16 year old child. Even a warrior who had experienced several tribulations would feel the visual impact of seeing his arms chopped off. The white bone with some bone marrow in it was not something any typical youth could handle.

That was his own hand.

Seeing the pudgy youth in this state, people were secretly in awe. This Great Empress mystic realm was an extremely cruel trial. This was not a place where opportunities were free for picking. Just being careless could cause death!

For example, if the ancient desolate beast's claws had hit the pudgy youth's head and not his right arm, he would already be dead!

"He… Help me..." The pudgy youth whined. However, he was met with indifference from the people surrounding him.

Arriving in the Great Empress mystic realm, they were all competitors. Besides, amongst these large family clans, they all had tense relations. In fact, they would usually have some bouts of friction. If they were not worried about others gaining from the battles amongst themselves, a few of their family clans would have already fought to compete for resources.

In this scenario, with opportunities everywhere in the Great Empress mystic realm, it was extremely normal for these juniors to fight and kill each other.

Most of the time, it was already not bad to not hit one when one was down.

The Xu family was a small family clan. Only three juniors had come in. As they were of different ages, they did not come in together. The pudgy youth did not have any companions.

According to the Great Empress mystic realm's rules, once a person was eliminated, he had to wait until the end of the trial before he could leave the mystic realm.

During this period, he would not have any protection. He could only wait. However, with such severe injuries, the pain he had to endure for at least an hour could be imagined.

"Ze Ze, so pitiful."

Lin Xiaodie was still recording with her visual disk array. Although she said that, she had no inkling of pity in her. She did some good and kicked the fatty’s broken arm to him.

As for Yi Yun, he was coldly watching everything. He knew very clearly that if he failed, his outcome would be even more miserable than the fatty’s. He did not even have the chance to wait, for he might have his body torn apart immediately! And that fatty might even be one of the culprits.

The fatty trembled as he picked up his broken arm and swallowed a pill. He was experiencing extreme pain and horror. He did not know if he could join up his broken arm after the trial ended about two hours later.

True Martial World - Chapter 438: Ancient Desolate Beast

"Panther Lady, do not speak so ill of Shentu Nantian. He just failed at a miserably easy task. This Yi Yun kid is very crafty! We need to watch out for him."

Some of the people present came from factions that had good ties with the Shentu family clan, so one of them spoke up for Shentu Nantian. The person referred to as Panther Lady was the petite, black-haired girl with black clothes and black finger nails.

The Panther Lady stopped talking. She did not have a good impression of the Shentu family clan, but since they had signed a soul contract beforehand and the fact that there was a disciple of the Shentu family clan present, it was not right to put down Shentu Nantian.

And this Shentu family clan disciple looked to be about 16-17 in age. He was very low-key as he stood behind a youth dressed in a flaming, long robe.

This youth's name was Gongsun Hong, he came from the Li Fire Sect.

Even the Panther Lady, and the youth with a bag behind him from before, showed reverence for Gongsun Hong. He had obtained first place in the last Li Fire Sect's tournament for inner sect disciples.

The Li Fire rankings were held every three years, and only for those below the age of 18. Only the Li Fire Sect disciples who had yet to reach a mature age could participate in it. And Gongsun Hong proved his fearsomeness by being able to get first place in the Li Fire rankings

One had to know that in the Tian Yuan world, a sect's cohesive power was lacking to that of a family clan. However, when it came to strength, they usually far exceeded large family clans. After all, a family clan could only choose from their own family's descendants, and would inevitably be limited in this way. A sect, however, did not have such considerations.

Many of the people from the different factions present began to talk. They did not care about Yi Yun, nor did they hide their intention of killing Yi Yun.

The only thing was that, now, in the Great Empress mystic realm, every person was protected by a law. Whoever attacked first would immediately have his energy temporarily removed by the law.

However, this protection was only bestowed to cultivators who were qualified to be the Great Empress' successor. Once they lost that qualification, they would no longer receive any protection, and the Great Empress mystic realm would obviously not spare any energy to protect those who were useless.

They were waiting, waiting for the trial to begin. Only those with sufficient talent could go all the way. Those who lacked the ability would be eliminated.

To many of the people present, being eliminated just meant the end of their trial. For Yi Yun however, being eliminated meant falling into a wolves' den. His fate if that were to happen was imaginable.

And at that moment, with a "shua" sound, the vast white ground twisted in front of everyone. A roaring large river appeared out of nowhere above the land. And above the river was a huge bridge of light.

This bridge of light was more than twenty meters wide and about 200-300 meters long.

On the bridge of light, a shadow appeared out of nowhere, turning from a blur to clearness.

When people took a more detailed look, their hearts quaked. There was a desolate beast on the bridge!

This desolate beast was about two stories tall and looked like a humongous tiger. It's body was not covered in tiger stripes, instead there were countless number of lightning bolts.

It had long fangs that resembled lances and claws that resembled swords. It looked extremely ferocious and gave off a strong sense of oppression!

"This is..."

Many of the youths present were shocked. What was this?

This desolate beast looked too real! It did not look any different from a real desolate beast. It had flesh and blood, and its pair of amber eyes also revealed a shockingly cold flash.

However, people knew that the Great Empress mystic realm had existed for a very long time, no desolate beast could be sealed within it and still survive for so long.

The desolate beast in front of them might look real, but it was in fact an energy projection!

A desolate beast made out of energy could perfectly simulate the feeling of a real desolate beast. This method was surprising, but what was most surprising wasn't this, it was that this scene was not recorded amongst the experience depicted in the Shentu family clan's jade scroll.

The records in the jade scroll indicated that they would first pass through a wilderness and experience killing along the way. It had not mentioned the bridge of light or this ferocious desolate beast.

Due to the soul contract, Shentu Nantian could not have given a jade scroll with false information. Hence, it was most likely that the Great Empress mystic realm would have a different trial with every entry...

This way, people who came later could not use the experiences gained from people who came before to target the trial. This would maximize the guarantee that the successor chosen by the mystic realm was genuine.

Upon realizing this, people felt awed. This Great Empress mystic realm was way too scary. How did the ancient Great Empress manage to make the mystic realm trials be different every time?

Now however was not the time to marvel about this. Without a doubt, other than indicating the entrance to the Great Empress mystic realm, the Shentu family clan's mystic realm jade scroll did not have much referential value.

They had to rely on their own resourcefulness!

"With the trial's content changing, then all that we will face is unknown."

The youth with a bag behind him, not only did he not feel worried, his face even flashed with excitement.

"Interesting!"

The Panther Lady was also yearning to try. She subconsciously scratched with her palms as a black claw flashed.

At that moment, a voice sounded in everyone's ears. This voice was calm and soothing but did not have any human emotions, resulting in it sounding metallic. "Everyone has one chance. Withstanding for a period it takes for a joss stick to burn will allow for passage through the bridge of light, and entrance into the next level of the mystic realm."

"I see, so we need to withstand for the time it takes for a joss stick to burn under this desolate beast's claws!"

"I like this trial!" The Panther Lady looked excited.

Not only the Panther Lady was excited, on the Lin family's side, Lin Yu was also very excited. The first trial was to fight with desolate beasts.

And this was what he was good at.

In the last six months before entering the Great Empress mystic realm, he had undergone devil-like training. He spent all of his time in battle, either battling with young elites, or having a life and death fight with desolate beasts.

"This is a good omen. I will shine in this trial!"

Lin Yu clenched his fists tightly. An ambitious glimmer appeared in his eyes subconsciously.

Lin Yu was not at the level of a top elite in the Lin family, or else he would not have nearly lost his place in entering the Great Empress mystic realm.

As for Yi Yun, Lin Yu was not concerned about Yi Yun getting killed by others in the mystic realm. He was only concerned that Yi Yun who have too many strong enemies, that it would also implicate him.

To not mince his words, as long as he was fine, then Lin Yu would only gloat if Yi Yun was killed by the people from the other family clans.

Yi Yun had nearly robbed him of his place, and had also received the favor of the Matriarch, allowing him to use any of the top resources. For this, Lin Yu was already extremely jealous, so for him, Yi Yun was better off dead!

And at that moment, Lin Xiaodie began to laugh with glee, "To experience this ancient mystic realm personally is a very rare experience. Not recording this would be a pity."

Lin Xiaodie was dressed in colorful clothes. She was petite and cute. Like her name (Little Butterfly), she was like a butterfly that shuttled through the flowers.

Maybe it was because she was about Yi Yun's age, her character was like that of a child that couldn't grow up. She did as she said and ignored all the factions that were eyeing their Lin family. She took out a visual array disk from her interspatial ring and placed it not far from the bridge of light. She was planning to record the scene of every junior's trial on the bridge of light.

"Ha! Junior sister Xiaodie, doing that is quite interesting!"

Seeing the visual disk array, Lin Yu was also quite excited. He thought that his own performance would not be seen by the elders of the Lin family. Now however, with the visual disk array, they could watch it in the future and see his splendid and brave performance!

Lin Yu was hesitating whether or not he should immediately go on up, but at that moment, the indifferent voice of the Great Empress mystic realm sounded again, "The first cultivator to step on the bridge of light will have the difficulty reduced by 20%!"

The moment these words were heard, a pudgy youth immediately jumped onto the bridge of light. The first person who went on up would not know the abilities of that desolate beast, so it was a big disadvantage. However, if the difficulty was reduced by 20%, then this disadvantage would become an advantage.

"This kid!" Including Lin Yu, many people cursed silently. This fatty was too crafty, for first place to be robbed by him just like that.

"Haha! Everyone, I will scout the path for you all!"

The pudgy youth said with a laugh. He was very pleased that he had grabbed first place.

Of course, even though he was pleased, he had no intentions of overestimating himself. In front of the desolate beast, the pudgy youth became extremely alert.

He knew clearly that the ancient Great Empress was an existence that stood so high above that she could not be reached. Any typical genius would not catch her eye.

The difficulty of the Great Empress mystic realm she created to select her successor was easily imaginable!

The desolate beast in front of him was of some unknown, ancient species. Its strength was extremely fearsome. Although these people were top geniuses, there would be a sizable number of them who would be eliminated in this first assessment!

Previously, the cold voice said that just withstanding for the time it took for a joss stick to burn on the bridge of light would be sufficient to pass.

Hence, the pudgy youth had no intention of attacking the desolate beast. As long as he could hold on, that would be sufficient!

Simply withstanding would naturally be much easier than defeating this desolate beast!

True Martial World - Chapter 437: Encircled by a Pack of Wolves

"This aura..."

When he was enveloped by this aura, Yi Yun felt that behind the entrance to the Great Empress mystic realm, there was an extremely mysterious sealed world. It was as if he would be able to see the origins of the Great Dao if he entered that world and he would have all the secrets of the universe easily in his grasp.

Not only Yi Yun, the other young elites also had a similar feeling. The only difference was that their perception of the energy was not as keen as Yi Yun's. The feeling was not that clear. They only had the feeling that they could enter the Great Empress mystic realm, and they had the desire to explore the secrets.

The entrance grew bigger and bigger. It was big enough for ten people to enter at one time. With the combined efforts of the Elders from the various large factions, it was not difficult to open the spatial channel.

"Go in! Once you enter the Great Empress mystic realm, all you young people will be sent into the testing grounds directly. While us older ones will enter the treasure seeking grounds."

Elder Huowen said as a ball of energy wrapped around his palm. As he pushed his palm forward, a Lin family junior was directly sent through the entrance of the mystic realm.

In the process of flying into the mystic realm, this Lin family junior went on high alert as he held his breath.

However, no one from the other factions attacked him at all. Every faction had juniors, no one wanted to end up in a life and death struggle.

One after another, youths from the various factions were sent into the mystic realm.

Yi Yun stood behind Elder Tianzhu. He could feel Shentu Nantian's gaze trained on him like a sharp knife.

Other than Shentu Nantian, there was another insidious-looking youth. His skin was sallow and he looked sickly. However, his eyes were sharp and vicious.

Yi Yun recognized this person. His name was Shentu Ya, one of the more talented young elites in the Shentu family clan. His position in the family was probably second only to Shentu Nantian. Back when the Shentu family clan came to the Lin family to negotiate, Yi Yun had seen Shentu Ya. Yi Yun had remembered his eyes deeply.

When it was Yi Yun's turn, Matriarch Lin hesitated and transmitted her voice to him, "Yi Yun, are you sure you want to go in?"

Matriarch Lin had previously sent people from the Lin family's Family Rules Hall to check on the reason behind the Yi Yun and Shentu Nantian's feud. They had also checked his life slightly, and she received some undetailed reports. Matriarch Lin only knew that Yi Yun had made quite an exceptional performance in one of the training grounds of the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom. However, even so, it did not indicate much. To the Tian Yuan world, the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom was nothing worth mentioning. Hence, having some achievements there was not very persuasive. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

Besides, Yi Yun was now facing Shentu Nantian and company, who were the top elites of the Tian Yuan world. They were also much older than Yi Yun, so the danger that he would face upon entering the Great Empress mystic realm was easily imaginable.

"Yi Yun, actually, this training experience was for you to broaden your horizons. However, if it is too risky, you need to consider if it is worth it. Even if you do not enter the Great Empress mystic realm, with your achievements in the Desolate Heaven technique, it is enough to have a promising future and become a leading person in the Tian Yuan world."

The Matriarch was in a dilemma. She was even feeling some regrets having let Yi Yun enter the Great Empress mystic realm.

Yi Yun said, "Thank you for the Matriarch's concern, this junior indeed wants to enter the Great Empress mystic realm to take a look."

"Then… alright. I know you have a basic foundation in martial arts and you are one of the best in the younger generation of the Tai Ah Kingdom. However, the Tian Yuan world is different. Those elites are much stronger than you imagine! I do not have high hopes that you will obtain the Great Empress heritage, nor do I wish for you to find the method to join up Xintong's terminated meridians. As long as you come back alive, that will be the greatest reward."

The Matriarch exhorted again. Yi Yun himself was the Lin family's wealth. His mutated eyes was an ability that the Matriarch had never even heard of. This ability might even be passed down to the next generation!

As the Matriarch spoke, she nodded to the two Elders, Huowen and Tianzhu.

The two Grand Elders from the Lin family had freed themselves. To prevent Yi Yun from receiving a sneak attack from the Shentu family clan, the two of them personally sent Yi Yun through the mystic realm's entrance.

But even so, the moment Yi Yun entered the mystic realm entrance, he felt his body being scanned by a few pair of eyes. This feeling of being examined made Yi Yun's heart turn cold. Although he was not worried about people detecting the presence of the Purple Crystal, he found it extremely disgusting to be scanned like that.

That bunch of old fools!

Just as more than half of his body had entered the mystic realm, Yi Yun turned back to glance at those people. He saw a few hostile-looking eyes and Shentu Nantian's hideous face as well.

"He has gone in. I really do not know who gave him that confidence, but… that's to my liking!" A cruel smile suffused on Shentu Nantian's lips. He subconsciously grabbed the air with his hand as if he was squeezing Yi Yun to death.

"Gongsun Hong, Yi Yun is just slightly younger than you. In the initial entry to the Great Empress mystic realm, he will be grouped with you. I'll leave the future matters to you."

As Shentu Nantian spoke, a youth in a flaming long robe standing not far from him lightly nodded. He casually said, "Small matter."

...

Yi Yun only felt his vision suddenly change. Following that, he appeared above a vast and empty land.

This land had on it nothing at all. It was so empty that it made people feel weak. It was monotonously white and it extended all the way to the limits of one's vision.

Swish! Swish!

With a few light sounds, there were more people who were transported inside. Yi Yun circulated his Yuan Qi as he became more vigilant.

Other than Yi Yun, there were more than ten people who had been transported to this place.

With a glance, he immediately discovered that people from the Shentu family clan were amongst those people.

As for people from the Lin family, Yi Yun also noticed a few. One of them was a young girl dressed in flowery clothes. She was petite and beautiful. Seeing Yi Yun look over, the young girl smiled.

Her name was Lin Xiaodie, one of the initial six who were given a place to enter the Great Empress mystic realm.

Beside Lin Xiaodie was another effeminate-looking youth. His name was Lin Fengyue. He was Lin Xiaodie's brother.

As for the third person, he was Lin Yu.

When Lin Yu saw Yi Yun, a tinge of disgust flashed in his eyes.

"I am so unlucky to be with this rascal."

Lin Yu did not feel good. Although he wanted to flaunt his abilities in front of Yi Yun to let this bumpkin know what an elite of the Tian Yuan world was like, Lin Yu knew that Yi Yun was a person marked by the Shentu family clan. In this training experience, an unknown number of people wanted to deal with Yi Yun. Being with Yi Yun would definitely result in him being implicated.

"This jinx. I need to be careful being grouped with him. None of those people are pushovers."

Lin Yu scanned his surroundings.

On the initial entry to the Great Empress mystic realm, people would be divided into groups, and the rules to a group depended on two points. One was age, and the other was the time period of entry.

Those who entered in the same time period and were of similar age would be grouped together.

Hence, the four youngest juniors of the Lin family were grouped together. It was inevitable.

The Lin family disciples naturally gathered together. They maintained a clear distance from the Shentu family clan and the other factions.

"Haha, to be grouped with the person who smacked Young Master Nantian's face is my pleasure!" A youth who carried a large bag on his back looked at Yi Yun as he said with a sarcastic tone.

In fact, the moment after Yi Yun went through the Great Empress mystic realm's entrance, a group of people immediately squeezed into the Great Empress mystic realm. These people were around Yi Yun's age, so they were intending to be grouped together with Yi Yun!

As for why, it was because the Shentu family clan had established extremely tempting rewards for the person who obtained Yi Yun's head.

In the eyes of these people, Yi Yun was like a piece of succulent meat. Everyone wanted to have a bite on him.

"Shentu Nantian is sure useless, for any Tom, Dick or Harry to trample on him. Ze Ze!"

A black-haired young girl dressed in black said in a cute yet seductive manner. Her words were full of ridicule for Shentu Nantian. Clearly, these people were gathered together due to common interests, but they were not friendly with the Shentu family clan.

Yi Yun glanced at that girl. She was petite and her back had a subtle bend. She gave the feeling she was bending her back all the time. Her fingernails were pure black. They were pointed and sharp, and the cold feeling they gave off made people feel like her fingernails were covered in poison.

When she saw Yi Yun looking over, she laughed as she subconsciously licked her lips. This feeling was as if she wanted to devour Yi Yun.

"F**k, What are these people?" Lin Yu cursed in his heart. These people were clearly no ordinary people. Many of them were here for Yi Yun.

True Martial World - Chapter 436: The Opening of the Great Empress Mystic Realm

The order to leave the airship came. Yi Yun and another Lin family junior stood together as Elder Tianzhu brought the two of them to the entrance to the Great Empress mystic realm.

With a wave of Elder Tianzhu's hand, Yi Yun felt that he was being surrounded by a powerful energy. This energy made him feel a tinge of numbness as countless lightning sparks faintly flashed.

This was the power of lightning.

Elder Tianzhu practiced the law of lightning. Lightning was also known as the power of Heaven's punishment. It was rumored that it could kill heinous evil-doers, it was also why Elder Tianzhu (Wrath of Heaven) got his title.

When Yi Yun was brought out of the airship, he first hand experienced the terrifying suction power of the seawater close to the God Burial Abyss. Even with Elder Tianzhu's energy residing on Yi Yun, he still felt as if his muscles were about to tear.

Yi Yun looked down at the deep depths of the sea, and… saw a scene that he would remember for the rest of his life.

In front of him, deep down in the sea, there was a humongous black hole. The black hole swallowed the horizon of the seabed, and extended as far as one could see.

In the core of the black hole, there was a dark divine beam surging into the sky. It was like a spear of the gods that shot out. It pierced through the Untraversable Sea, straight into the gigantic and heavy continental land above the Untraversable Sea.

That continental land mass was the Tian Yuan world.

It gave the impression that this mysterious and terrifying black light was the thing holding the immeasurable weight of the Tian Yuan world. It was the supporting pillar of the Tian Yuan world!

Below the black light, the black hole was not a flat abyssal surface. It was a slightly rounded surface. It was as if there was a huge black Sun buried in the bottom of the sea, and was just revealing the tip of the iceberg.

The terrifying whirlpool crazily rotated around the black ball. Endless amounts of seawater was swallowed by it.

What was even stranger was that this rotation did not produce the slightest bit of sound. It was creepily silent! It gave off the feeling that, even if there were sounds to it, the sounds had also been swallowed by the God Burial Abyss!

This was an eternal whirlpool that had existed since ancient times. Only when Yi Yun got close to it did he feel its terror. Even a Great Emperor would be humbled in front of it.

"We are actually still very far from God Burial Abyss. As to how far from it we are, we don’t know. We might be 500 kilometers away, or maybe 5000 kilometers... Due to the tremendous suction force of the God Burial Abyss, spatial dimensions have been warped, so distance is no longer a well-defined quantity. Even I would not dare to approach it too closely. Once you come near the God Burial Abyss, not only will there be a terrifying suction force, just the distorted spatial dimensions would make it difficult for me to find my way back..."

As Elder Tianzhu spoke, he flew towards God Burial Abyss while bringing Yi Yun and the Lin family junior along. The tremendous tearing force from the seawater was largely dissipated by Elder Tianzhu. The purple Yuan Qi around his body condensed into a thunderbolt sword, so all the seawater was separated wherever it passed.

Warriors could reach the stage of avoiding grain. They could interface with Heaven Earth Yuan Qi, allowing them to breathe underwater. They could absorb the Yuan Qi in the sea, providing them with energy.

However, the immense pressure in the deep depths of the sea was not something any typical warrior could endure. Especially at a depth of hundreds of thousands of feet, their bodies would feel like they were carrying a mountain at all times.

"Oh? That is…?"

When they approached the entrance to the God Burial Abyss, Yi Yun saw that many people had gathered there. They were obviously not from the Lin family.

Competitors!

Yi Yun's gaze turned cold as his expression turned heavy.

The appearance of competitors did not exceed his expectations. This also meant that this expedition into the Great Empress mystic realm would become even more difficult!

When the entire Lin family had gathered together, those people from the other factions also looked towards the Lin family. Due to the existence of the God Burial Abyss, the seabed was not completely pitch black. With the eyes of warriors, they could clearly see each other in this environment.

"This..."

Upon seeing so many factions, the Lin family disciples immediately began to panic. This exceeded the expectations of several people. They had originally thought that the Lin family would be able to explore the mystic realm alone. They did not expect this scene.

And from the looks of it, these factions were eyeing them, which made the danger imaginable.

"Shentu family clan!"

Lin Xintong's grandaunt had followed the Lin family team to the Great Empress mystic realm entrance. Upon seeing the Shentu family clan emblem, this old woman's expression changed.

Their Lin family had completely offended the Shentu family clan, so under this situation to face the Shentu family clan and so many unknown factions, it was like mortals meeting a pack of wolves in the night. It was extremely terrible.

"What are you panicking for!" Elder Huowen snorted as he said unhappily, "It is just the Shentu family clan and a few family clans that they have contacted to form a temporary alliance. They are just a pack of wolves formed from a temporary interest. Do you think that they will be so united? In this environment, they would not make a move. They are just looking at us!"

Now, close to the God Burial Abyss, the pressure was immense. One could accidentally succumb to the whirlpool and be sucked into the God Burial Abyss. Even if they were the Grand Elders of various large factions, they would also die.

Under these circumstances, if the Grand Elder-grade figures began fighting, it would not be much different from committing suicide.

Besides, once they fought, they would not be able to care for their family's juniors. Once those juniors entered an unprotected state, they would be crushed to dust after lasting, at most, a few seconds.

No faction would be willing to pay such a big price to make a move on the Lin family.

Of course, it would be different when they were inside the mystic realm.

Just from their expressions, one could tell. For example… Yi Yun had already seen Shentu Nantian!

In the midst of the large group of factions, Shentu Nantian was in the most central position. Shentu Nantian was under the protection of a Shentu family clan Elder. He was grinning ferociously at Yi Yun.

After these six months of time, Shentu Nantian no longer had his mild-mannered appearance. His facial features had not changed, but he now emitted a hideously evil air.

This feeling was as if a sanctimonious and orthodox man of the martial path had one day tore off his disguise, and began to cultivate some overwhelming demonic powers. His entire person had become insane and extremely dangerous.

"Yi Yun!" Shentu Nantian looked towards Yi Yun with a cruel smile, "172 days! 172 days have passed since I left the Lin family! In these 172 days, I have been constantly remembering the pain and endless humiliation you brought me!"

"I will return it 10,000 times, no, 100,000 times worse to you! You must not fall into my hands for I will not cripple you of your martial arts. That would let you die too early, then it would not be fun. I will only restrict your cultivation level, and then use molten iron to encase you. Then I will use all sort of top grade drugs to extend your life. I have already thought of 10,000 methods to torture you. It will be enough to torture you for 10,000 years."

"Also Lin Xintong, that b*tch. I will conquer and ruthlessly **** her in front of you. I will let both of you know what it's like to lead a living death!"

Shentu Nantian's voice was transmitted into the ears of Yi Yun and Lin Xintong simultaneously.

Yi Yun was expressionless as he looked towards Lin Xintong. She was only gently pressing on the hilt of her sword.

The venomous snake, Shentu Nantian was following them into the Great Empress mystic realm. It would be an immense threat.

Regardless of how Yi Yun had tortured Shentu Nantian half a year ago, having implanted a mental demon in his heart, and the hidden injury left in his soul, at the current moment he was still far from Shentu Nantian's match.

Shentu Nantian was already thirty years old. His cultivation level was even higher than Lin Xintong's, what more Yi Yun's!

"Yi Yun, this Shentu Nantian seems to have undergone some sort of change in the past six months. He might have cultivated some sort of evil cultivation technique. We need to be careful!"

Lin Xintong transmitted her voice. With how things had progressed, she had to enter the Great Empress mystic realm. Despite all the dangers they would face, she would not back down.

Ever since she reached a sensible age, she had looked forward to this day, for her to really have a chance at challenging her own destiny.

Now, with the opportunity right in front of her eyes, she would definitely grab it, even at the cost of her life!

"All of you can see the danger. Now, if anyone wants to back out at the last minute, it is not too late!"

Elder Huowen's back faced the people from the Lin family as he said with a deadpan expression.

Many of the Lin family disciples looked at each other in the eyes. They shook their heads. Their eyes either looked firm, or scared, but… no one backed out.

As a large family clan's disciples, they could not bear the disgrace of backing out at the last moment.

"Very good! I do not care if you are regretting it deep down in your hearts, but since you have chosen to stay behind and face the threats in the mystic realm, and the desolate beast-like opponents, then you will have to do your best to be more ruthless than others so you can stay alive!"

"Many places in the mystic realm will bestow protection upon you, so you do not need to fear being killed by enemies. This is our Lin family's opportunity. Success or failure all depends on this gamble!"

Elder Huowen's words sounded resoundingly.

"Now, opening the mystic realm!"

As Elder Huowen spoke, he formed a stance. His Yuan Qi began to surge. This clothes that were soaked by the sea water also began to swell up.

Originally, the mystic realm could only be opened with the combined efforts of Elder Huowen, Elder Tianzhu and Matriarch Lin.

However, now, only Elder Huowen made a move. Elder Tianzhu and Matriarch Lin stayed behind to hold the ground.

It was naturally not enough with only Elder Huowen's strength alone. In one of the other factions, an Elder sneered, "Quite careful!"

They knew that the Lin family only sent one Grand Elder to open the mystic realm as they were wary of them. If no one from their side participated, then this Great Empress mystic realm would naturally not open.

"Let me do it!"

From the Li Fire Sect, an elder made his move.

The other factions also sent out an Elder.

The person sent out by the Shentu family clan was an insidious-looking man. He did not look very old. He was also the leader of the Shentu family clan delegation. As for the Shentu Patriarch, he stayed behind to hold the ground for the Shentu family clan.

The Great Empress mystic realm was hidden in a spatial fissure in the deep depths of the God Burial Abyss. Many of the Grand Elders from the various factions present were well-versed in spatial laws. They had sufficient power to tear open the space.

A total of ten beams shot out from all directions. They struck a point in the sea. That point seemed to melt away under blazing hot temperatures as a spatial cavern slowly emerged in front of everyone.

When the cavern opened, Yi Yun, who was standing behind Elder Tianzhu, felt a profound and mysterious desolate bone aura surge out from the cavern...