True Martial World - Chapter 463: Virtual Figure

At that moment, Lin Xintong had nearly turned into a beautiful lifeless ice sculpture. Below her body, there was a patch of green gas that was being affected by the Yin frost Qi. It turned into crystalline ice, and it was shattering from the cold.

With the last bit of her strength, she slowly moved her hands that no longer had any feeling with great difficulty. Her slender fingertips were covered in crystals as she gently picked an ice flower up.

Such a ordinary but beautiful nameless flower had been implicated by her, resulting in certain death...

A teardrop fell from the corner of her eyes and it quickly froze into a ice crystal. Then it fell onto the grass.

Sound became even more distant as the scene in front of her seemed to blur.

She knew that she was reaching the end of her life...

At the moment of near death, countless numbers of scenes flashed past in her mind before finally stopping on the youth's determined and slightly childlike face.

Thinking back on her 500-year-old life, she had spent all her life working hard to extend it, but all she got was failure...

Maybe, the events of her holding his hand to travel the world were the most beautiful memories in her entire life.

However, with the most beautiful memories from a dream, that was probably a type of tragedy.

But what could she do?

Beauty was usually not something one needed to explore if it was reality or an illusion.

Thus, if she explored it deeply, many of the beautiful events would end up bursting like a bubble.

She laughed. Maybe, at the last moment of her life, that smile would be frozen for eternity...

In the haze, she heard a sound in her ears. She tried hard to open her eyes, but her surroundings were a blur. However, far into the distance, under a huge green tree, there was a white figure.

Sunlight pierced through the leaves as it scattered downwards, landing on the grass like gold fragments, while the grass was dotted with leaf shadows...

The figure looked like a woman. She was strolling in the woods, like she was walking along the river of time. Although she did not seem far away from Lin Xintong, they actually belonged in different space-time dimensions.

She looked at her, but no matter how wide she opened her eyes, the person's face was a blur. Only her tall and excellent figure left an exceptionally clear image on Lin Xintong’s retina. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

"You are… "

Seeing that person, her heart that had been frozen began beating once again. Her blood began flowing once again.

She had a feeling that she had a blood connection to that figure, as if she knew her from a previous life.

Could she be… the ancient Great Empress?

This thought flashed past Lin Xintong's mind. It was a strange idea, but she did not know why she was so sure about it.

But at that moment, the elegant figure slowly walked towards her. She gradually walked all the way till she was right in front of Lin Xintong...

The figure stretched out her hand. Her fingers were light to the touch as she tapped lightly on Lin Xintong’s forehead.

"Obsession is the path to dreams, but it is also the source of pain."

"Maybe you can inherit my will to carry on down that path, completing the mission I did not… "

The cold voice rang in Lin Xintong's mind. Was this the ancient Great Empress's voice transmission?

Following that, with a shattering sound, the sound of crystal shattering, the ice crystals on Lin Xintong's body completely shattered. The world she was immersed in also began falling apart. The forest, grass, ice flowers slowly disappeared...

...

Lin Xintong suddenly felt her body jolt as she woke up.

This jolt was a feeling she often experienced as a child. Back then, she had yet to begin practicing martial arts. As she was born in the Lin family, and was experiencing the pressure from having naturally terminated meridians, she never could sleep well. She would often fall into sleep and then jolt awake.

Was she having nightmares again?

Lin Xintong opened her eyes as her vision gradually become clear. The first thing she saw was the gray sky of the Great Empress mystic realm.

She reached out and touched the ground beneath her body. It was cold but rough black stone. It had a faint feeling of blood Qi, and it was very real to the touch.

Many people crowded around her. They were looking at her with amazement and shock.

Some of these people were familiar to Lin Xintong. She recalled… that they were the cultivators who had entered the Great Empress mystic realm with her.

This is the Great Empress mystic realm trial...

Lin Xintong remembered once again. She searched the crowd and finally found the youth in azure clothes not far away.

His nose bridge was high, and the corners of his mouth curved upwards. His dark but slightly unkempt hair covered a portion of his eyes, but it could not hide his bright eyes.

His eyes were too clear. In the clearness, there was a faint tinge of slyness.

It was the pair of eyes she was familiar with. It was very familiar in her dreams.

He was smiling at her, and it was from genuine delight.

"You finally came out. Do you know how long you were in there?" The youth transmitted with Yuan Qi as it sounded in Lin Xintong's ears.

Of course Lin Xintong did not know, but she did not shake her head. She was looking at the youth in front of her seriously. She was not at all concerned with the answer to the youth's question.

What she was concerned with was whether this world was real. This was because every time she woke up, the world would be extremely real, but in the end, it was all a dream.

This time… it can't be a dream again, right?

"It has been four hours."

Yi Yun said. Other than Lin Xintong, Shentu Nantian had spent the longest amount of time at one hour. The next three hours were spent waiting for Lin Xintong, but no matter how long they waited, she did not come out until now. This was the reason why everyone was shocked when they saw Lin Xintong appear.

However, what may seem like an extremely long period of time sounded incredibly short to Lin Xintong.

Just 4 hours?

In the dream, she probably had experienced more than 20 million years...

Lin Xintong stood up and glanced back. The door of light had already closed. As for the metallic pillar that was filled with crystalline relics, it was still sparkling.

At that moment, people looked at Lin Xintong with a strange light. They did not know how many Empyrean Marks she would obtain after spending such a long time in the trial.

Was it time to inform them of their individual results?

As this thought appeared in people’s minds, the pillar sent a blinding flash out suddenly. A golden light dome shot out of the pillar as it spread out rapidly, coming straight at everyone.

"Peng Peng Peng!"

There were continuous explosive sounds as many cultivators were sent flying by the light dome.

However, nothing happened to many cultivators when they were hit by the light dome. They felt like a wind had blown across them. The force had made them retreat a few steps, as the golden light dome carried on moving across.

"What's the matter!? It hurts!"

A small number of the cultivators on the black stoned square were sent flying as they slammed to the ground. Their bodies hurt greatly. The feeling of the light dome hitting their bodies felt no different from being hit by a desolate beast.

When they got up, they saw that the light dome was enclosing the rest of the cultivators like a huge bowl. And the others had been isolated outside the light dome.

Seeing this scene, they were dumbfounded.

They quickly realized that they had been eliminated...

Only the people in the light dome had passed the trial.

Looking around, many of them were the first to be ejected by the door of light. It seemed like those who lasted longer in the door of light had a higher chance of passing.

But this was not right, because in the light dome, there was a thin, black figure. He was not very tall and he looked extremely normal. He looked like a mud monkey.

"It's that dark-skinned kid!"

"He passed too?"

Many people felt speechless. The swarthy youth was the second person to be ejected by the door of light, but why did he pass? What was the reason?

Many people were unhappy. The swarthy youth seemed to feel the indignant feelings that these people had as he turned his head around and gave them a silly smile.

With him smiling, it made the rejected cultivators even angrier.

He could pass the trial with his bearing, for crying out loud!

A silly fellow like him was actually stronger than them?

People found it unacceptable.

Amongst the people who had been eliminated was Lin Yu.

Being isolated outside the light dome, Lin Yu was feeling depressed. He sat on the black stoned square as he looked dully at the lucky ones inside the light dome. He was not concerned about the dark-skinned youth, but he was concerned another youth in the light dome, Yi Yun.

"He passed..."

Lin Yu did not know what he was feeling momentarily. He was returning to his family clan as a failure, so his frustration was understandable.

True Martial World - Chapter 462: Dream Within a Dream

Shentu Nantian had come out. Although his situation seemed to be the worst amongst all the participants, his results should be not bad with him lasting so long, right...

Many people had such thoughts, but up to now, the Great Empress mystic realm did not provide the results of evaluation.

After another 15 minutes, Shentu Nantian's punishment from the mystic realm slowly disappeared. At that moment, the Shentu youth who spat out a huge mouthful of blood due to Shentu Nantian’s punch, ran over to Shentu Nantian attentively. He helped Shentu Nantian heal, but this time, he did not dare hand a pill to him, in case Shentu Nantian mistook the pill for a Seven Noxious Divine Yin Pill.

Upon seeing this scene, Yi Yun sighed. The henchman sure was doing a good job.

But… Yi Yun turned his head to look at the huge crystalline relic pillar. Why hasn't Lin Xintong come out yet?

It was already more than an hour. The time she had already spent in the second trial was five times longer than the person who spent the shortest time.

Many people could not help but discuss in whispers. Some people suspected Lin Xintong had an accident inside.

...

At that moment, in the door of light...

There was a lush green forest. Lin Xintong was lying on the grass in the forest. Her white dress was spread across the grass like a blooming white rose.

Unlike many others, Lin Xintong did not encounter any enemies when she entered the door of light. She seemed to be having a long dream.

In the dream, she returned to her childhood days. She withstood the exclusion and mockery of her cousins and the indifference from her uncles and aunts.

Even so, she persisted with her beliefs. She swore to find a way to join up her meridians.

She cultivated nonstop as she continuously matured. She did not miss out on any hope. She explored the Great Empress mystic realm. In the mystic realm, she underwent numerous trials, and just as she was about to gain the recognition of the Great Empress, she failed at the last hurdle!

The chance for her to join up her terminated meridians was like missing a golden opportunity at an arm's length.

And after that, she tried again and again, but she failed all of them.

With the passage of time, 500 years passed as she ushered in the last moments of her life.

500 years passed by in a flash. Her peerless elegance and talent was about to wither.

With naturally terminated meridians, Yin Qi entered her body, as her life flickered like a candle in the wind. Just as she was experiencing death, for some unknown reason, she suddenly woke up. Only then did she realize that whatever that had just happened was a dream...

She was still 18+ years old. Whatever she had just experienced may seem absolutely real. It was like a life she would live in the future, however, it was a dream after all.

She opened her eyes and she was surprised to discover a youth standing in front of her with a smile.

That youth was handsome and he had deep eyes. He gave off a temperament that was neither good nor evil. It just gave her a strange feeling when she looked at him.

"... Because of this, I had an idea that might sound like a joke. I want to join up your naturally terminated meridians… "

The youth said. His voice was bordering on illusion and reality as it entered Lin Xintong's ears.

"Yi Yun… It's you… "

Lin Xintong's mouth lightly moved. This name seemed to be buried deep in her memories. It was so deep that she nearly could not remember it.

She tried hard to recall before remembering the time in the Cloud Wilderness, deep in the Desolate Human Valley. Under the bright moon, the youth dressed in linen clothes said to her with an extremely serious gaze, using his somewhat childish voice to make a promise...

Even back then, he was just an ordinary youth from the vast wilderness. He was so ordinary that with what he knew, he could not understand the heaven and earth difference between the two of them...

Lin Xintong's mind was filled with all sorts of thoughts. Many scenes from the past flashed past her eyes. In a blink of an eye, she recalled the celebration party held in the Lin family. Under the lights, the youth had seriously said the words he had previously said to her...

His promise was also her belief.

"Your fate, I will fight for it for you..."

The youth opened his mouth again. This voice pulled Lin Xintong back to reality. She saw that the youth was holding a metallic box in his hands. Dusty runic lines were engraved on the metallic box.

He took an ancient scroll out of the metallic box. It looked so ancient that it did not seem to belong to this space-time dimension.

"This is the ancient recipe to join up your naturally terminated meridians. I found it!"

The youth said, his voice with a hint of excitement and agitation.

"Found it?"

Lin Xintong felt a light sense of relief. Her heart was overjoyed, but… she could faintly feel that something seemed wrong. However, the thirst of joining up her naturally terminated meridians made her miss the incongruous spots.

Together with the youth, she searched for the materials in the ancient recipe. They traveled across mountains and lands, into the lakes and seas. They entered deep into mystic lands that few people tread. It even included the God Burial Abyss and the Untraversable Sea, lands of no return...

Finally, they found all the materials and refined the ancient relic that could join up her terminated meridians.

After she ate it, her pure Yin body could not handle the intensity of the energy as her body ached.

She experienced the torturous pain for seven days and seven nights. She thought that she was going to die, and at the final moment, the youth hugged her.

There was the purest and richest pure Yang Qi inside the youth's body. It was like the Sun.

Her body was covered in sweat and she was no longer clear headed. In this situation, she and him complemented Yin and Yang. Following that, her body's chaotic Yin and Yang energy inexplicably reached a wonderful balance. As a result, her meridians were completely opened up.

She had obtained the power she had always dreamed of. From then on, she traveled the world with him, cultivating to great success.

Even later on, they left the continental land of the Tian Yuan world, and reached an even broader world. They became the strongest existences in this world again, becoming gods, having the same age as the universe.

She did not know for how many years she was immersed in this illusion. After she experienced countless joys and sorrows, she suddenly awoke at a certain moment.

She opened her eyes and she was surprised to find herself lying on a black square.

It had been too long, which resulted in her needing to take a long while to recall this square. After she experienced the first trial, and crossed the stormy bridges, she had arrived at this square.

On this black stoned square, she began her second trial.

Yes, I underwent the trials of the Great Empress mystic realm. This is the opportunity for me to use my own strength to obtain the Great Empress' heritage and join up my terminated meridians...

She looked around and there were many people already gathered on the square. They were all looking at her with astonishment...

Amongst them was the youth that had appeared in her dream...

Recalling everything from the dream from before, a strange feeling arose in her heart.

It was just a dream...

Lin Xintong shook her head. Dreams had to end...

Lin Xintong supported her body as she tried to stand up, but at that moment, a cold voice seemed to suddenly ring in her ears...

"Dreams, may never end… "

"Peng!"

With the sound of glass shattering, the scene in front of Lin Xintong's eyes, the black stoned square, the astonished crowd and that youth shattered. They turned into countless fragments before disappearing. And Lin Xintong found herself lying in a forest.

She was lying on the grass in the forest. Her white dress was spread out across the grass like a blooming white rose.

But her black hair had turned white just like her dress as a result of the Yin Qi entering her body.

Her white hair spread out, becoming part of the white rose.

She closed her eyes, with her eyelashes slightly trembling. Each distinct eyelash formed a layer of crystalline ice.

Her skin also became somewhat like crystal. Her fingers had completely become transparent like crystal.

Cold, too cold...

She could feel the biting cold. This cold came from her meridians, spreading throughout her body, finally turning into crystalline ice as it continued to spread.

She felt that she was about to die. The natural Yin meridians from her body produced frost Yin Qi which would eventually devour her body.

So, I never woke up...

To travel the world hand in hand with him, having the same ages as the moons and suns, all of them was just an illusion formed at the end of my life, just before I died...

Including the Great Empress mystic realm, it was also a dream...

It could even be possible that approaching the time of my death itself was a dream?

Then will I "wake" up from that dream? After I "wake" up, will it still be a dream?

When is it a dream, and when is it reality?

Will the layers of dreams in a dream continue on all the way… Will I be lost inside them, forever unable to wake up?

The crystalline ice gradually covered Lin Xintong's body. The beauty from it made it hard for anyone to wish to desecrate it, but at the same time, it had an eerie sense of silence.

This silence was completely out of place from the surrounding lush and vibrant forest…

True Martial World - Chapter 461: Inhumane Torture

The Shentu family clan disciples had absolute confidence in Shentu Nantian. Seeing that more than 90% had been eliminated, and the fact that Shentu Nantian still remained unseen, made them even more confident.

At that moment, the door of light flashed again. Another person was ejected and fell to the ground before rolling a few times.

Using his sword as a support, he stood up. His expression was grim and full of murderous intent. It was as if he was about to attack once again.

That person was… Gongsun Hong!

"Oh? This is..."

Gongsun Hong did not realize it immediately when he was ejected out onto the black stoned square. Only when he saw that there were many people staring at him, and especially when the young elites from the Li Fire Sect rushed up to congratulate him, did he realize where he was.

"Haha, Junior brother Hong is indeed mighty. You manage to last till now before coming out."

"He is our Li Fire Sect's triennial number one martial artist after all!"

The Li Fire Sect geniuses' congratulations made Gongsun Hong slightly hesitate, but he instantly came around.

Inspecting his surroundings, Gongsun Hong realized that a large majority of people had been eliminated before him.

"So I actually lasted for a long time."

Although Gongsun Hong did not reveal it on his face, he was actually very satisfied with his performance. It looked like he did a remarkable job at this test!

This was what should be considered normal.

Gongsun Hong had always had full confidence in his talent. However, he had received numerous setbacks ever since he came to the Great Empress mystic realm. He even began to have doubts whether he really was a top genius or not.

And finally, the results he obtained in this test finally gave him confidence.

Gongsun Hong observed his surroundings and spotted Yi Yun amongst the crowd.

After seeing Yi Yun, Gongsun Hong heaved a sigh of relief. He could not help it as the corners of his mouth curled upwards, revealing a mocking and complacent smile.

He was just unlucky in the first trial.

In the second trial, when it was a test of real skill, a person like Yi Yun revealed his flaws. And in comparison, he had been exceptional.

At that moment, the door of light flashed again as a few more people were ejected. Amongst these people Yi Yun saw a person, Shentu Ya.

This thin youth had left a deep impression on Yi Yun. His eyes constantly emitted a feeling of ruthlessness.

These people had lasted a long time, so the moment they appeared, the disciples from their own factions came forward to give them their congratulations.

Up to now, in the Great Empress mystic realm's second trial, about 30 minutes had passed since the first person was eliminated.

And that person had only lasted less than 15 minutes inside the trial. That was to say, the people who had yet to come out had lasted nearly three times that of the first person to be eliminated.

The longer it was, the more it made people anticipate.

The people from the Shentu family clan, especially the followers of Shentu Nantian were beaming with pride. The fact that there was no sign of Shentu Nantian meant that their future big brother would be even more powerful. As a result, they would also receive even more benefits.

"There's only Shentu Nantian and Lin Xintong left."

Someone suddenly said. After everyone surveyed the surroundings, they realized it was indeed the case.

Yet another 15 minutes passed. Up to now, the second trial had been going on for an hour.

Shentu Nantian and Lin Xintong were still inside the door of light.

People looked at each other as they were amazed. They were still not out after such a long period of time?

They had experienced the trial of the mental demons. As time passed, the mental demon would become even stronger. It was hard to imagine how strong the mental demons Shentu Nantian and Lin Xintong were facing after such a long period of time.

"They’re actually lasting for such a long time..."

In the corner of the square, Yi Yun touched his chin. He did not know what Lin Xintong's mental demons were. As for the mental demon Shentu Nantian was facing, could it be himself...?

In the door of light, he had battled against Shentu Nantian, while Shentu Nantian could have fought with him.

This scenario made Yi Yun have an odd feeling.

And at that moment, the door of light flashed. Shentu Nantian was the first one to be ejected out of the final two people.

"Big brother Nantian!"

Shentu Nantian's followers were quick to react. They rushed up to receive Shentu Nantian.

It was impressive for him to have lasted for an hour! There was no idea to how many rewards he would receive!

However, when they saw Shentu Nantian's appearance, they were dumbfounded...

They saw Shentu Nantian slam heavily into the ground. His face was completely black and his body was stiff. His hair was disheveled and there was a layer of ice crystals on his hair. Blood was pouring out of his nostrils and ears.

Seeing this scene, they found it hard to imagine what Shentu Nantian had experienced in the door of light.

Those followers were momentarily at a loss at what to do. Shentu Nantian rolled his body as he sprawled on the ground and began retching.

However, after retching for a long time, nothing came out.

The few followers were watching on dumbfoundedly. They did not speak a word. Shentu Nantian's present appearance was too different from his glorious return in their imaginations. He was even inferior to Gongsun Hong. Even that rascal Yi Yun, he may not have lasted very long, but when he was ejected from the door of light, he still looked very decent.

"Big brother Nantian, are you alright?"

A lackey quickly took out a pill from his interspatial ring, hoping to feed it to Shentu Nantian.

This lackey happened to be the Shentu youth who was constantly thinking of killing Yi Yun when he was grouped together with him in the first trial.

He was most attentive to Shentu Nantian. He was absolutely obedient.

However, when Shentu Nantian saw the Shentu youth hand over a pill to him, his eyes immediately turned red.

Seven Noxious Divine Yin Pill!

In the second trial, he was eventually captured by Yi Yun, and had then been fed more than ten Seven Noxious Divine Yin Pills!

That horrible experience had assaulted Shentu Nantian's vision, making him still immersed in his mental demons. His mind was still not clear.

The present Shentu Nantian was very close to suffering a cultivation deviation.

Want to feed me a pill again!?

Shentu Nantian suddenly roared and punched the Shentu youth in his abdomen. With a terrible cry, the Shentu youth spat out a mouthful of blood as he flew out like a kite with a broken thread.

However, after Shentu Nantian made his attack, a ray of light shot down from the Great Empress mystic realm. This ray of light enveloped Shentu Nantian's body completely, restricting his entire body. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

This was a result from the mystic realm's rules. No one was to attack another, or else they would be restrained and temporarily have their strength constrained.

In fact, already when Shentu Nantian was punching out, his strength had been quickly constrained. If not, with his strength, the 16+ year-old youth would have been killed by Shentu Nantian's single punch.

"Ah!"

With his entire body restrained, that ray of light tightened Shentu Nantian's flesh. With a deep snort, Shentu Nantian crashed to the ground.

The surrounding lackeys were stunned. They never expected to see such a scene.

They quickly backed away, keeping their distance away from Shentu Nantian. They allowed Shentu Nantian to struggle under the punishment for violating the mystic realm's rules.

Only after a while did Shentu Nantian slowly regain clarity of his surroundings.

He realized that he had returned to the black stoned square.

Shentu Nantian had a solid foundation. However, in the second trial, his soul had received a backlash due to his mental demons, due to them being too strong. He was unable to extricate himself from it, but once he came out of the illusion realm, he quickly regained control of himself.

All the experiences he had, was just a test...

Thankfully it was just a test.

Shentu Nantian heaved a sigh of relief. His forehead and back were dripping with cold sweat.

In the illusion realm, the experiences he suffered seemed extremely real. It was just like the real thing. He had been inhumanely tortured again and again. Whatever he feared the most would happen even more often.

Seeing that Shentu Nantian had returned to normal, the surrounding lackeys dared to come forward, "Big brother Nantian, are you alright...?"

"Big brother Nantian, you managed to last the second longest amongst everyone. It's so amazing!"

He lasted long?

It was indeed very long. Nearing the end, he had been chained up by Yi Yun, and then started a long period of devastation and torture.

Just thinking about it almost made Shentu Nantian go crazy.

After he was fed more than ten Seven Noxious Divine Yin Pills, his dantian was destroyed. Then, all of his meridians were smashed to pieces and his flesh was then carved up. Finally, the eggs of heart dismembering worms were sprinkled into his wounds, as he underwent the torture of having his heart dismembered.

Finally, he was castrated by Yi Yun.

He suffered so much torture before, in the end, he died unwillingly.

And when he died, he was finally ejected out of the illusion realm. And that was the end of his second trial.

To Shentu Nantian, everything that happened in the mental demon realm was absolutely real. Such torture could push a person past the brink of mental collapse if his cultivation was lacking.

True Martial World - Chapter 460: The Battle of the Mental Demons

The second trial of the Great Empress mystic realm was not only a test of one's strength, but it was also a test of one's mental demons.

A warrior’s martial life could be as long as a thousand years or even a hundred thousand years. Countless numbers of things could happen during this period. And they would tend to form mental demons of all sizes.

Even a venerable monk would have a mental demon. For example, in the past, the 18 Emperor Arhats from the Daming Temple that had prevailed for a long time in the Tian Yuan world had mental demons as well.

A few disciples survived the destruction of the Daming Temple and the siege of countless Buddhist followers were. However, due to the bloody massacre, they also had mental demons deeply implanted.

The higher a warrior's cultivation level was, the stronger his mental demons were. The more obsessive and persistent the warrior was, the more stubborn the mental demons would be.

When warriors were about to breakthrough in their martial arts realms, or undergoing reclusive death training, if their mental demons raged, it could result in them suffering a cultivation deviation. The consequences were extremely serious.

Shentu Nantian was one of the many cultivators, who had participated in the Great Empress mystic realm, with the most serious mental demons. The Yi Yun formed from his mental demons was too strong!

"Boom!"

In the illusion realm, phantom Yi Yun was armed with a sword, slashing at Shentu Nantian's Transcendent Immortal Paradise!

Sword Qi flared as beams of light rained down.

This Transcendent Immortal Paradise was not only Shentu Nantian's Aspect Totem, it was also a domain of Shentu Nantian. As long as his Transcendent Immortal Paradise was not destroyed, he would receive an increase in strength inside it. He was the master of that domain.

However, the phantom Yi Yun's simple slash of the sword caused a crack to form in Shentu Nantian's Transcendent Immortal Paradise.

"Kill!"

Shentu Nantian roared loudly as he arrived in front of phantom Yi Yun. He stabbed with his sword that was burning with a purple flame. This was no ordinary flame, it was a mutated fire that came from a different world!

The veins on Shentu Nantian's face protruded violently as murderous intent flared.

He had completely treated the illusion in front of him as the real Yi Yun. He could not wait to kill him to receive satisfaction!

...

...

Bam!

Outside the door of light, in the black stoned square in front of the God Advent Tower, a youth was suddenly ejected. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

When he first came out, he was still yelling while brandishing his weapon. But soon, he regained clarity of mind. He realized he had returned to the black stoned square.

The youth was covered in sweat. After feeling a sense of loss, a look of indignation and disappointment appeared on his face.

He had been eliminated.

And looking at his surroundings, there was no one else. He was the first to be eliminated.

Thinking back to his experience in the God Advent Tower, it was completely unbearable. He had relived a most horrible event in his childhood. It was his worst nightmare.

And in the God Advent Tower, it had been perfectly restored. He mistakenly believed that he had returned to his childhood and he was suffering that horrible event once again.

There was no other way. It was too difficult for him to conquer his mental demons.

It was quite a setback for him to be eliminated first.

At that moment, the door of light stirred, and another figure was ejected.

The youth quickly focused and realized that the person who had been eliminated right after him was the idiotic swarthy youth from before.

Sensing another person's gaze, the swarthy youth turned his head around and gave the other youth a fatuous smile.

The youth suddenly felt vexed. This swarthy youth did not feel any embarrassment or indignation from being eliminated early. His happy look made the youth speechless.

It was probably as what the dark-skinned kid said from before, he had passed the bridge due to luck.

Since he had relied on luck, he was probably satisfied that he managed to last a while.

However, seeing this swarthy youth's relaxed look, he did not look like he had been in a big battle. He had probably not even spent an additional ounce of strength to last a little bit longer. He had actually lost to such a person...

Following that, more and more people were ejected from the door of light. A majority of people were still frantically brandishing their weapons when they were ejected. It was only after a while before they regained clarity of mind. With a pale face, they revealed regret or fear on their faces.

The Great Empress mystic realm was too strange. The things it conjured were the things that they feared most or the people they hated greatly. If they were not careful, they would succumb to the illusion and find it difficult to extricate themselves.

At that moment, Lin Yu was ejected from the door of light. His body was covered in sweat and his legs were weak. But after he came out, he immediately surveyed his surroundings.

Seeing that nearly half of the elites had been ejected, Lin Yu felt relieved.

He had been desperately struggling to achieve better results at this test. Now, it appeared that his efforts were not in vain.

But at that moment, Lin Yu suddenly discovered that Yi Yun was not amongst the people who had been ejected. Lin Yu, who was just feeling relaxed, suddenly felt terrible.

Lin Yu found an empty spot to sit down with a gloomy face.

People were ejected from the door of light one after another. About five minutes later, Yi Yun was also ejected.

"Oh?" Yi Yun immediately recovered the moment he appeared on the square.

When he was engaging in battle with Shentu Nantian in the illusion, he had gone all out, but Shentu Nantian's strength kept rising. He did not appear to have his Yuan Qi depleted at all.

But due to Yi Yun's calm mind, and his energy vision, he was never influenced by the illusion realm. He was not like the other elites who were attacking desperately. He calmly handled his battle, searching for Shentu Nantian's weakness before attacking.

This way, Yi Yun felt that he had pushed himself to his limits in the battle.

But even so, when Shentu Nantian's strength rose to a certain level, Yi Yun was still defeated, and he was subsequently ejected from the door of light.

Yi Yun knew that what the Great Empress mystic realm conjured was not the real Shentu Nantian. Shentu Nantian was even stronger than his phantom.

This made Yi Yun feel a greater sense of caution.

In the Great Empress mystic realm, the threat that Shentu Nantian imposed on him was too great.

"This kid." Lin Yu gave a complicated glance at Yi Yun. The hope of impressing Matriarch Lin at this Great Empress mystic realm's trial was completely dashed.

There should have been no luck component to this test, yet he had lasted shorter than Yi Yun.

Yi Yun noticed that several gazes swept across his body. One of them was the swarthy youth who stared intently at him.

He looked over, but the swarthy youth did not conceal it. He carried on staring at him and revealed a somewhat silly smile.

"Weirdo… " Yi Yun could only give the dark-skinned youth such a title.

Immediately following Yi Yun, Lin Xiaodie and Lin Fengyue were respectively ejected from the door of light.

Although Lin Xiaodie was sweating profusely when she was ejected, there was still a smile on her face. Lin Fengyue's eyebrows were knitted together, as if he was not satisfied with his performance.

Almost at the same time, the youth with the bag behind his back and Panther Lady were ejected. The two looked at each other. Panther Lady gave a cold grunt before walking to a corner while licking her lips.

At that moment, there were only a few people still in the door of light. They included Gongsun Hong, Lin Xintong and Shentu Nantian!

"I wonder who will last till the end."

"It will definitely be our Young Master Nantian." A youth from the Shentu family clan said proudly.

True Martial World - Chapter 459: The Battle Across Spatial Dimensions

In front of Yi Yun, Shentu Nantian slowly walked towards him. His facial expression was the sinister and ruthless one that Yi Yun was familiar with.

Every step he took was abound with murderous intent. It was extremely oppressive.

Yi Yun held his breath as he clenched the Blood Red Lotus in his hands tightly.

"Haha! You still want to struggle?" Shentu Nantian unsheathed a sword and pointed the tip right at Yi Yun's eyes. "Yi Yun, I have been waiting for this opportunity for a long time. I have finally waited for this day. I will cripple you of your martial arts and imprison you. I'll use the most merciless techniques in this world to torture you!"

"Oh?"

One of Yi Yun's eyebrow ticked up. He was extremely sharp with his perception. He realized that the Shentu Nantian in front of him may be the same in terms of speech and looks to the one in his memory, but… he was lacking something. That was, he was lacking the real Shentu Nantian's strength.

The "Shentu Nantian" in front of him may be emitting tremendous murderous intent and aura, but his strength could be barely estimated by Yi Yun. He was much weaker than real Shentu Nantian.

This was just an illusion?

This thought flashed past Yi Yun's mind. He opened his energy vision and with that, he realized that the person in front of him wasn't human, he was a figure of light formed completely from energy.

"So this is the second trial's test."

The Great Empress mystic realm did not have memory of Shentu Nantian, so the only explanation was that the Great Empress mystic realm had used Yi Yun's memories to form a phantom image of Shentu Nantian.

The person who appeared in this trial was the cultivator's mental demon!

Although Shentu Nantian was not considered to be a mental demon of Yi Yun, Yi Yun had to admit that back in the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom, everything that Shentu Nantian did to Jiang Xiaorou and to him made him feel tremendous hate for Shentu Nantian. Back then, he had sworn to kill Shentu Nantian.

And Shentu Nantian's continuous threats of crippling Yi Yun’s cultivation and imprisoning him to torture him was quite a terrifying matter.

In the energy vision, the phantom Shentu Nantian had no weaknesses. Yi Yun could not use any tricks because this was a battle based on actual skill.

Yi Yun did not know the profoundness of the Great Empress mystic realm. He was not sure if it could display a portion of Shentu Nantian's real strength. If it could, Yi Yun wanted to see what skills Shentu Nantian had.

At that moment, the phantom Shentu Nantian gave off a sinister smile. And the next moment, he disappeared.

His was extremely fast. He stabbed with his sword right at Yi Yun's dantian!

Shentu Nantian's attack contained a vibrative power. Once he successfully stabbed, Yi Yun's dantian would definitely explode. One strike would cripple his cultivation.

Danger!

Yi Yun did not know what would happen in real life if his cultivation was crippled in the illusion. He did not dare take the risk. He treated this illusion realm's battle as a real fight with Shentu Nantian. Besides, his opponent's strength far exceeded his. This meant that he could not go easy at all.

"Boom!"

Behind Yi Yun, Radiant Sun Qi exploded, forming the Tang Valley's phantom image. Radiant Sun Qi was injected into the Blood Red Lotus in his hand!

The Blood Red Lotus had tasted the blood of countless numbers of people, so it emitted a thick blood Qi to it. Blood was in itself a Yang-elemental object, so this blood Qi mixed with the pure Yang Qi only complemented one another.

Slashing his saber, a red wave appeared. In the gray space, a blood Sun appeared out of nowhere!

"Chi La!"

Shentu Nantian's sword beam was torn apart. The red saber beam from Yi Yun did not lose its momentum. It pierced straight into Shentu Nantian's body.

Saber Truth's 32 Words – Killing At Its Core!

After a long period of training, Yi Yun's had achieved mastery in the insight gained from the saber tomb. It was perfectly harmonious with his martial Dao.

Besides, using Killing At Its Core with the Blood Red Lotus made the attack even more powerful with the Blood Red Lotus's killing intent's support.

Saber beams flashed wantonly as Shentu Nantian's body was slashed. No blood flowed out from his wounds, but replacing blood were numerous Yuan Qi light dots.

Shentu Nantian's body was thrown backward by a few hundred feet. Even though his body had been penetrated by the saber beam, he still seemed fine.

"Wo! Wo! Wo!"

Heaven Earth Yuan Qi gathered from Shentu Nantian's surroundings, flowing straight into his body.

With the energy restoring him, Shentu Nantian's wounds quickly recovered. He looked at Yi Yun with a cold and sinister smile.

"Yi Yun, your attack was too weak. You are destined to die!"

Shentu Nantian walked towards Yi Yun with his sword in hand. The expression and words made Yi Yun have an impression that the person in front of him was the real Shentu Nantian.

Yi Yun took a deep breath and touched his interspatial ring with one hand. An azure sword appeared in Yi Yun's hand. It was… Shentu Nantian's sword!

Seeing this sword, Shentu Nantian's expression changed as his killing intent grew more intense!

"That's my sword!"

Shentu Nantian said deeply as if he was provoked.

Seeing Shentu Nantian's expression, Yi Yun was secretly alarmed. Everything in the illusion realm was too realistic.

...

As Yi Yun was having a life and death battle with Shentu Nantian in the illusion realm. In another door of light, Shentu Nantian was also undergoing his own test.

He was in a similar independent space. It was also a boundless gray land.

However, in this test, the scene was completely different.

Standing in front of Shentu Nantian was a youth dressed in azure clothes. He was holding an azure sword in his hands, with a mocking smile on his face.

This youth had the looks of Yi Yun.

Yi Yun was Shentu Nantian's nightmare!

"That's my sword!"

Shentu Nantian's eyes were blood red. Even though he knew it was a test in an illusion realm, he could not suppress the anger in his heart when he saw Yi Yun attacking him with a sword that previously belonged to him.

"So what if it's your sword? It is mine now." An evil curl appeared by the corners of Yi Yun's mouth. He flicked the sword's shaft lightly, issuing a "Weng" sound. It sounded like a dragon's roar.

"This sword is not bad. I will use your sword to stab you in the heart. But… killing you just like that would be too easy on you. Before that, I will slowly torture you. Just like after the relic trial in the Lin family's dungeon. However, back then, I needed to use a trash like you to exchange for the Great Empress mystic realm's information, so I only beat you up brutally and fed you a bit of the Seven Noxious Divine Yin Pill. I was too easy on you..."

"The next time, I will cut all your body's meridians and let you have a taste of death by dismembering and destroy your heart."

"To think a trash like you wants to kill my sister and make her into an elixir? My sister is the Desolate race's royal family's Successor. Why didn't you piss a pool of water to see what you look like? You are ridiculous!"

"And you wanted to marry Lin Xintong? Lin Xintong is a proud daughter of Heaven and would be a peerless Great Empress in the future. As for you, after you were partially crippled by me, you were picked up by the Shentu family clan like a piece of trash. Do you think you are worthy as a worthless dog? You are a toad lusting after a swan's flesh! Lin Xintong will eventually be mine. Her pure Yin body's primordial Yin will also belong to me. Hahahaha!"

Yi Yun's recklessly laughed and his face was full of mockery. He looked at Shentu Nantian as if he was a previously vanquished opponent. This gaze of his pierced through Shentu Nantian, making him feel pain. With his high stature, he had been **** so badly by a bumpkin from the Backwater East.

Shentu Nantian's face twitched as veins began protruding on his forehead one by one. Even if whatever the Yi Yun in front of him said was actually his own imagination, he was now completely lost in the illusion. He had fallen in too deep.

The Great Empress mystic realm's illusion realm was mysterious in every aspect. Just a slight loss of focus would result in people forgetting that they were in an illusion. They would succumb to their mental demons, thinking that it was reality.

"Die!"

Shentu Nantian roared loudly with his eyes red. Behind him, auspicious looking light of all colors condensed behind him.

These rainbow-colored lights condensed into phantom images. There was a lush grassland with a spirit tree growing on it. A spring then appeared in front of the spirit tree.

And beside the spring, a figure wearing a green gown appeared. He looked like a scholar.

This was Shentu Nantian's Aspect Totem. It was called Transcendent Immortal Paradise!

Back at the Lin family's Desolate Heaven technique tea session, Shentu Nantian had conjured his Aspect Totem at the critical moment when he was displaying his ancient Desolate Heaven technique.

Back then, the scholar dressed in green held a folding fan. He was reciting poems and drawing pictures in that immortal paradise. He looked like a successful scholar who had accomplished a lot at a young age.

But this time, he looked completely different. The scholar's face was full of sinisterness and hideousness. His body was covered in black gas. It did not match the immortal paradise around him!

This was no scholar, it was a ferocious ghost that had possessed the scholar!

Yi Yun was Shentu Nantian's mental demon. The experiences in the Lin family's dungeon was the greatest ridicule Shentu Nantian had ever experienced in his life!

Shentu Nantian could hardly maintain his clearness of mind in an illusion with Yi Yun. As such, his Aspect Totem had also changed!

True Martial World - Chapter 458: The Second Trial

This dark skinned youth caused people to be secretly horrified. He completely ignored Shentu Nantian and he had a mysterious background. No one could tell where he came from and how he had entered the Great Empress mystic realm.

Yi Yun also paid attention to this dark-skinned youth. He realized that the swarthy youth's eyes would sometimes land on him intentionally and he would give off a friendly smile. This made Yi Yun feel strange. Did this youth have any relationship with him?

He tried recalling, but he did not remember meeting such a person.

"Odd… "

Yi Yun frowned slightly but didn’t put too much thought into it.

"I heard from them that you earned 37 Empyrean Marks in the first trial."

Lin Xintong walked over to Yi Yun with a smile. There was an inexplicable glint in her eyes. Thirty-seven Empyrean Marks were quite exaggerating indeed.

"It was just by chance." Yi Yun shrugged, "Shentu Nantian was right. I did use my energy vision to exploit a loophole. If I used my real abilities, I would not know what sort of results I would have gotten."

"The energy vision is also your ability. Others cannot compare to it. I only received nine Empyrean Marks."

While Lin Xintong was speaking, Yi Yun glanced at her white wrist. Beautiful Empyrean Marks were lined neatly there like plum blossoms.

Nine...

Yi Yun touched his chin. He was very surprised because this was an impressive number.

Gongsun Hong had only obtained one!

Of course, if Yi Yun had not interfered, Gongsun Hong would have obtained one or two Empyrean Marks on the bridge. By the time he reached the God Advent Tower, he would probably have three Empyrean Marks. And that would have been the limit.

But that was only a third of Lin Xintong's Empyrean Marks!

Lin Xintong did not use any loopholes to obtain so many Empyrean Marks. She had used her actual strength.

At that moment, the last few people who were on the bridges arrived at the square.

Everyone was gathered.

Ka Ka Ka...

At that moment, people heard a sound behind them. They looked back and saw that the countless number of bridges that were connected to the God Advent Tower were fading into the storm, disappearing from view. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

In a blink of an eye, the entire God Advent Tower became a lone island in the storm.

Following that would be the second trial.

The people standing here were elites from different factions. They sized each other up with warring intentions in their expressions. They were each other's rivals. In this trial, it was unknown how many more people would be eliminated.

Yi Yun could feel many hostile stares. He scrunched up his eyebrows. As the saying went, one isn't afraid of being bitten by lice once there were too many, so he was no longer bothered to care.

Lin Xintong glanced at Yi Yun. Seeing Yi Yun's reaction, a smile appeared on her face, "You are now someone quite influential."

"I sure don't want to be one." Yi Yun felt helpless. Ever since the Shepherd Boy invaded the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom, the number of enemies he had gained increased.

At that moment, the God Advent Tower suddenly emitted a rumbling sound.

The black stone square began vibrating. The expressions of many of the geniuses changed.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

A towering pillar suddenly sprang up from the black stone square.

This pillar was simply primitive. It contained a rugged air to it. When people focused on it, they were amazed. The entire pillar was studded with relics.

And one could tell from the powerful energy fluctuations emitted by the relics that they were no ordinary items.

Yi Yun was secretly amazed. Although these ancient relics were inferior to the one he had obtained from the first energy desolate beast, they won in terms of quantity. If he could obtain them...

Yi Yun could not help to have such an idea. However, this was just a random thought of his. The huge pillar was filled with runes and arrays, and it was also part of the God Advent Tower, so the energy it emanated resonated with one another. With his strength, even if he activated the Purple Crystal, it would be very difficult for him to extract the energy from the relics.

At that moment, a beam shot out from the huge pillar. It formed a door of light in the black stone square.

The door of light was about a hundred feet tall. The energy fluctuations from it gave people a sense of oppression. No one knew what was behind the door of light.

Many of the geniuses present observed it for a while before they stepped through the door of light.

They had quite a daredevil attitude.

People entered one by one, including Shentu Nantian. After he entered, the Shentu family clan's disciples followed him.

"Let's go in as well." Lin Xintong said.

Behind Lin Xintong were all the disciples from the Lin family. Lin Yu did not do anything out of the norm. He knew himself. He got here due to luck.

Although Shentu Nantian had said that Yi Yun had good luck too and he had perfectly completed the first trial by using his energy vision to find a loophole, Lin Yu still did not think he had the right to mock Yi Yun.

Their combat abilities were similar, so there was no point in mocking the other. And the energy vision was Yi Yun's ability, which he did not have!

Lin Xintong was the first to step through the door of light. Her figure flashed and she appeared to fly through like an elegant butterfly.

Yi Yun was just about to follow when he heard laughter. He turned his head slightly to see the swarthy youth from before. Yi Yun had no idea when he came beside him. He was still giggling in a silly fashion.

The swarthy youth had very thick lips. When he smiled at Yi Yun, he would reveal two rows of white teeth. If they were not in the Great Empress mystic realm, where only capable elites could reach to this point, Yi Yun would have suspected that the person beside him was mentally challenged.

"Do I know you?" Yi Yun could not help but ask.

"No… but I find you very interesting." The swarthy youth continued his silly giggle. This answer clearly did not satisfy Yi Yun.

Since the swarthy youth was unwilling to speak, Yi Yun did not bother to give it much thought. He took in a deep breath and walked through the door of light.

At the split moment of him going through the door of light, Yi Yun felt like something swept past his body, as if his body had been scanned.

This feeling made him feel very uncomfortable.

After stepping through the door of light and looking at the surroundings, Yi Yun was there alone. The people that had entered before had all disappeared.

An entirely separate space!

The ground was empty and it was a boundless gray. There was nothing at all. The grayness seemed to have no end, and it gave him a strange sense of oppression.

Suddenly, Yi Yun heard the explosive sound of Yuan Qi. He immediately touched his interspatial ring and turned around abruptly. He had unsheathed the Blood Red Lotus!

While in the Great Empress mystic realm's trials, there was danger at any turn. Yi Yun was already on full alert.

Yi Yun saw that behind him, there was a dimensional crack in space. A handsome man with a hideous look walked out of the spatial fissure.

And when Yi Yun saw who the man was, his expression changed.

He was… Shentu Nantian!

True Martial World - Chapter 457: Swarthy Youth

Even after experiencing the first trial of the Great Empress mystic realm and undergoing the long bridge and fierce storm, Lin Xintong's clothes were still as white as snow. She still looked composed and calm.

And not far behind Lin Xintong was another youth. This youth was not very tall. As Lin Xintong was quite tall amongst women, this meant that the youth was shorter than Lin Xintong by just a bit.

The youth wore a plain grey gown. His skin was dark and his hair messy. He looked like a humble farmer.

After stepping onto the square, the swarthy youth smiled with an amiable look.

"Oh? There are only two people?"

Seeing that there was no one else behind Lin Xintong and the swarthy youth, they were surprised. According to their experience, every individual group would have 10-20 cultivators. After some people were eliminated, there would be at least half left, but now, in Lin Xintong's group, there were only two people who reached the God Advent Tower?

"Hehe, we met a group of ancient desolate beasts that went crazy, so it was quite tragic. I only barely scraped through."

The swarthy youth could read what was on everyone's mind as he explained while scratching his head.

When people heard that, they were secretly horrified. Met a group of ancient desolate beast that went crazy?

The Great Empress mystic realm's trials adjusted their difficulty according to the cultivators' age. The desolate beasts that Lin Xintong met were clearly even more fearsome than the three eyed desolate beast. What sort of scene was a group of these terrifying existences going crazy like?

However, Lin Xintong and the swarthy youth had passed the calamity safely.

Lin Xintong was understandable as she had absolute talent. It was no surprise for her to clear the level, but who was the swarthy youth?

People began to focus on the youth. His gray gown was dirty and it was torn in certain parts, seemingly due to it being ripped open by desolate beasts. His face and arms had blood marks. His hair was also messy like an abandoned bird's nest. His miserable appearance was on the other side of the scale to the white as snow Lin Xintong.

"This guy must have barely passed the bridge."

"He must have had good luck… "

Some people secretly whispered.

They found it hard to believe that a person that looked so ordinary, who would not be able to be distinguished when in a crowd, was stronger than them.

People did not wish to focus too much on the youth, so they turned towards Lin Xintong.

As a young lady with natural Yin meridians, Lin Xintong did not receive much attention in the Tian Yuan world. Despite her high talent, she only had a lifespan of 500 years. She was destined not to have a great impact in the future.

There were some large family clans that wished to enter a marriage alliance with the Lin Family clan through Lin Xintong. And they also only wanted Lin Xintong to be their family's most talented junior's cultivation intercourse partner.

As a girl with natural Yin meridians, even if her cultivation level was not very high, obtaining her virginity was also a good opportunity. In their eyes, that was the biggest value of Lin Xintong.

However, Matriarch Lin's love for Lin Xintong had prevented their intentions from materialising.

However, when the marriage alliance between the Shentu family clan and the Lin family failed, and set off a major storm, Lin Xintong began to receive more and more attention from the large factions.

With the appearance of the Great Empress mystic realm, it was not entirely impossible for Lin Xintong to join up her naturally terminated meridians.

Even if the chances were slim, once Lin Xintong joined up her terminated meridians, she would became a hot figure in the Tian Yuan world. She could even result in a change of the order of affairs in the Tian Yuan world.

This was a great opportunity for the Lin family, and it was at the same time, likely to cause disaster.

For a peerless Great Empress to appear, they needed a significant amount of fate. Even if Lin Xintong joined up her naturally terminated meridians, it was actually hard to tell if the Lin family had sufficient heritage to allow Lin Xintong to mature!

If the Lin family lacked such fate, it could be destroyed as a result of Lin Xintong. It was like how the beautiful tusks of elephants resulted in their slaughtering.

The period before Lin Xintong fully matured was the most dangerous period for the Lin family. The Lin family would require a strong ally and partner to rely on.

Hence, many factions were tempted. If they could replace the Shentu family clan and ally with the Lin family, there would be several benefits.

"Yi Yun, you also arrived."

As all the youths were focused on Lin Xintong, Lin Xintong looked at Yi Yun who was at the corner of the square. Her faint smile seemed to show her being happy for Yi Yun who managed to reach the square.

The smiling Lin Xintong looked like a blossoming flower in the sun.

Lin Xintong's personality was naturally indifferent. She seldom spoke or smiled. Many people felt jealous of her unique attitude towards Yi Yun.

To them, Yi Yun was too lucky. He had obtained 37 Empyrean Marks in the Great Empress mystic realm, and he had also received the favor of Lin Xintong.

What allowed this bumpkin from the Backwater East to receive all this luck!?

Seeing Lin Xintong and Yi Yun's interaction, Shentu Nantian squinted his eyes. He felt anger rise up, nearly exploding his lungs and heart.

In the Great Empress mystic realm, he couldn’t do anything to Yi Yun due to the mystic realm's rules.

He hated this rule to the extreme at that moment. If he could freely use his powers, he could brutally kill Yi Yun and then ravage Lin Xintong without thought.

The anger from the relic trial had formed a mental demon. If he did not kill Yi Yun and f**k Lin Xintong, it was impossible for him to vent his anger.

Taking a deep breath, Shentu Nantian forced himself to not think about the traumatic experience. He hid the coveting of Lin Xintong and the hate for Yi Yun. He pretended to not know them. Instead, the swarthy youth had attracted his attention.

"Who are you? Which faction do you come from?"

There was nearly about thirty people gathered in the square. They pretty much spanned across all the factions that came to the Great Empress mystic realm.

Shentu Nantian was curious about the swarthy youth's identity. He had noticed the other factions' young elites' reaction to the youth. They were surprised and amazed to see the swarthy youth. Clearly, they did not know him.

That was to say, this swarthy youth did not belong to any faction.

This situation was extremely odd.

"Hehe."

The swarthy youth only gave a gruff smile. He ignored Shentu Nantian as if he did not hear him.

This made Shentu Nantian's face sink. This kid had ignored him.

"Are you deaf?"

Ever since he suffered a major blow at the Lin family's relic trial, Shentu Nantian had been oversensitive. He was prone to anger. In the Shentu family’s residence, he had repeatedly punished his servants severely just for tiny mistakes.

Now, the swarthy youth had once again provoked Shentu Nantian's anger.

However, the swarthy youth completely ignored Shentu Nantian. He had a silly smile on his face, revealing his pearly white teeth. He gave people the impression of a silly person who was delirious.

However, how could a delirious person reach this point?