The Legend of Futian - Chapter 123: Cultivating During Battle

Of course, Ye Futian had no intentions of fighting every single Dharma Plane participant but if he wanted to get into the top three, he had to demonstrate the best of his talents for the emperor. In all honesty, revealing his twin spirits and defeating two Dharma Plane cultivators was already enough but Ye Futian did not want to risk anything. Because of this, it was better to defeat one more person in the Dharma Plane as a safety measure. If he must defeat one more person, then Yu Jiang was naturally the best target. Yu Jiang did not look too good. He watched as Ye Futian stood in the air, looking at him with a smile.

At last night's dinner, Yu Jiang had stepped in with a couple words of his own when Ye Futian ignored Bai Qiu's suggestion of a collaborative performance from Ye Futian and Hua Jieyu. This must have been Ye Futian's revenge. At the time, Yu Jiang thought that a mere Seven-Starred Glory Plane cultivator had no right to be pretentious and arrogant in front of Bai Qiu. But after the two battles just now, Ye Futian's power and strength made Yu Jiang realize how right it was for him to be arrogant. If Bai Qiu did not want to perform, what gave him the right to request that Ye Futian played and for Hua Jieyu to dance along?

Stepping forward, Yu Jiang's eyes did not display much confidence. Neither Bai Qiu nor Wang Yu was any weaker than Yu Jiang but they had both been defeated. The difference between the three was that Bai Qiu majored in musical sorcery, Wang Yu in martial arts, and Yu Jiang in sorcery.

Walking up to Ye Futian, Yu Jiang did not say anything. His Life Spirit released the realization of Dharma. Both of them were released at the same time, forming a tree. The tree grew taller and taller, seeming to have been formed by Spiritual Qi. The branches and leaves extended outward nonstop and Yu Jiang stood at the center of the tree.

Yu Jiang was a Wood Elemental Sorcerer. He only cultivated in one element but because he was a Mandate Sorcerer, he was able to cultivate this one element to its greatest potential. His powers were just as frightening as the rest. The giant tree's branches rustled toward Ye Futian. Gathering the Spiritual Qi around him, he was able to release the Lock of a Thousand Vines. In a split second, the vines blocked the sky and tried to encapsulate Ye Futian.

Because of his Life Spirit and the realization of Dharma, the wood elemental sorcery that Yu Jiang used was much more powerful than that of other Wood Sorcerers. In a flash, Ye Futian moved backwards. At the same time, a fire dragon appeared. Growling, it raced towards the vines ahead. Fire Sorcery was able to affect Wood Sorcery to a certain extent. But this was also true vice versa. Yu Jiang's sorcery was far more powerful than Ye Futian's. The vines brushed over the fire dragon and continued to travel towards Ye Futian.

"He can also use Fire Sorcery. He cultivates in sorcery." Everyone watching Ye Futian was speechless. Once again, they thought back to what he said, 'I only cultivated musical sorcery to better myself.'

BOOM! A wild flame erupted from Ye Futian. Unless amounts of Fire Spiritual Qi rushed into his body. Very quickly, Ye Futian was bathing in the burning flames. His body was like an incinerator, ready to turn everything into ash. Even the long golden rod in his hand was enveloped in flames. The colors of the gold and the flames together were captivating.

Of course, Ye Futian knew that he couldn't go up against a powerful cultivator in the Dharma Plane with just sorcery. Although his sorcery was pretty powerful, it was visibly much weaker than his abilities in martial arts. He cultivated the enhancement methods passed down from Emperor Ye Qing, and then later acquired the Imperial Tactics. Every fiber of his body incredibly powerful. With just pure strength, he would have been able to defeat everyone below the Dharma Plane. However, those in the Dharma Plane were able to release the realization of Dharma. It was necessary to use tactics never seen before, like the Nine Heavenly Attacks, to bridge the gap in planes. It was the only way to defeat an opponent in a much higher plane. Even though it was true that Ye Futian was a Full Attribute Mandate Sorcerer and was highly gifted, because he cultivated in battle tactics, he was still stronger in martial arts under comparison with sorcery.

When the vines came closer, his body soared through the air. His rod danced and a great force of power collected. The vines kept chasing after Ye Futian like there was no limit to where they could go.

Ye Futian ignored the vines and continued to fly in the sky. He then swung his rod downward and a fearsome burst of flames rushed to engulf the vines. An apparition of the rod appeared and attacked Yu Jiang.

Yu Jiang face was emotionless. Countless vines appeared in front of him and blocked off the attack. However, that could not be considered a real attack. Ye Futian's rod swung down once again. His movements in the sky were not those of a battle. It looked more like he was practicing using the rod.

This guy... Many people watched Ye Futian as he waved the golden rod enveloped in flames around in the sky. They began to realize that he was indeed practicing. To practice while in combat with Yu Jiang. What did Ye Futian take him for?

Yu Jiang had realized as well. His expression was not too good. He moved up along the tree and straight for Ye Futian. The tree rustled loudly as Wood Spiritual Qi exploded in the air.

Behind Yu Jiang, the giant tree shined brightly and began to grow outward continuously. It blocked the sky like a mystical tree. The giant tree vine curling toward Ye Futian looked like a coiling black dragon. The Binding of the Black Dragon was a wood elemental spell and needed to be initiated with a strong force of Wood Spiritual Qi.

Ye Futian continued to mess with the rod. It was as if he could not see what was going on. When the vine got closer, he struck down for the third time and the wood elemental black dragon was destroyed. Yu Jiang's expression fell. Watching Ye Futian wave the rod around, collecting more power, he knew that things were taking a turn for the worst. Ye Futian destroyed Wang Yu with four strikes during the previous battle. Now, he was collecting power in preparation for his fourth strike at Yu Jiang.

Just as everyone thought, Ye Futian was indeed cultivating. Previously, he made it to the fourth attack of the Nine Heavenly Attacks because of the Imperial Tactics. Now, he wanted to accomplish the same thing with his own powers. His will was strong. Right now, Ye Futian had no other thoughts. Everything around him had nothing to do with him. A large force of power gathered around him. It felt heavy. The Nine Heavenly Attacks were aggressive but hard to control. Strong willpower was needed to initiate it. Ye Futian's movements seemed to have slowed.

Just then, the Binding of the Black Dragon descended upon him once again. The vines came with frighteningly sharp thorns. They moved toward Ye Futain.

BOOM! Ye Futian emitted a shocking force of power. Next, the rod swung down and the black dragon exploded into pieces. Flames lit up the sky. Ye Futian followed the motion of the rod and descended like a Burning Man. Everything he passed turned into ash. This continued until the rod finally met with Yu Jiang's body. The hit smashed Yu Jiang down on to the Fenghua Platform.

Everywhere around the platform was extremely quiet. Their eyes went to the handsome figure in the sky. Ye Futian had defeated three Dharma Plane cultivators in a row. He was good at musical sorcery, martial arts, sorcery, and was gifted in multiple elements, such as the element of spirit, metal, wind, and fire. Just as Ye Futian had predicted, with his gifts, he was most definitely going to be in the top three on the Fenghua Rank. He was only in the Seven-Starred Glory Plane but was already one of the best among the group of fifteen just in terms of combat skills. Besides the couple people in the second level Dharma Plane, who would be able to touch him?

Ye Futian did not spare a second glance at Yu Jiang who had fallen to the ground. His wild aura disappeared and, in a flash, he was back on the Black Wind Eagle.

Many people continued to stare at Ye Futian. He was handsome and had a bright personality. He always had a light smile on his face, giving others a very comfortable feeling. But this handsome young man who didn't look like could hurt a fly, had just brutally defeated three extremely talented Dharma Plane cultivators.

Then, their attention shifted to Hua Jieyu, who was beside him. Presently, there was no one else who thought it was unfitting for the two to be together. They were the perfect couple, a match made in heaven. They were both unbelievably gifted and incredibly good looking. When they stood together, Cangye Kingdom's number one beauty, Lin Yueyao, as well as the pride of all clans could not hold a candle to them. Furthermore, there was still Yu Sheng, standing behind the couple. He was also so talented, it was unnatural. People thought, what kind of group is this?

After the shock had passed, the battles continued. Participants in the Dharma Plane made exchanges on the platform. Young Lord Ye Wuchen and Cangye College's Zuo Qianfan could be described as invincible. There was no one who could lay a hand on them. Without incident, these two would be the two most powerful people at the Fenghua Banquet. Besides them, there was a prodigy-level person who was not from the Cangye Kingdom. He was also very powerful.

After they were defeated by Ye Futian, Bai Qiu and Yu Jiang continued to battle. However, they had lost their air of arrogance. They had been taught a lesson by a Seven-Starred Glory Plane cultivator and no longer had the right to be arrogant. But to be honest, they were not weak at all. They were victorious battle after battle against those in the same plane. This helped everyone understand. The two of them weren't weak. Ye Futian was simply way too powerful. Even if it had been someone else in the first level Dharma Plane who fought against Ye Futian, the results would be the same.

If that's how it was, Bai Qiu and Yu Jiang still had a chance to enter the Fenghua Rank. Wang Yu was the most pitiful. He was beat until he lost his power to battle. He didn't even get a chance to demonstrate his talents. There was no reason for the emperor to pick him.

In the Glory Plane, Lin Yueyao and Hua Zhixin battled. Both beauties were talented but with the advantage of being in a higher plane, Lin Yueyao won. Despite that, Hua Zhixin perfectly displayed her combat skills in this battle. In terms of gifts and talents, Hua Zhixin wouldn't have lost to Lin Yueyao. After the two of them fought, there was no one else to compete. In the Glory Plane, there was also Ye Futian, Yu Sheng, and Hua Jieyu but who would they fight? They might as well challenge those in the Dharma Plane.

This saddened the two young women. Today on the Fenghua Platform, the one who shined the brightest would have, without a doubt, been Hua Jieyu. She stole Lin Yueyao's spotlight.

Yu Sheng fought another battle with someone in the Dharma Plane. However, he did not win. The reason for that was simple. The opponent could fly and Yu Sheng couldn't, so he could endure take the attacks. This pissed off Yu Sheng big time. In the end, even though Yu Sheng hadn't been beat into the ground, he still stepped off the Fenghua Platform feeling very melancholic.

Although he did not win, no one dared to underestimate Yu Sheng's gifts. This guy was also able to fight Dharma Plane cultivators. If only he could fly, then he would have had a chance of defeating those in the Dharma Plane.

As the battles came and went, the Fenghua Banquet was getting closer to the end. No one would have ever expected for three Seven-Starred Glory Plane cultivators to come out of nowhere and display such talents at the Fenghua Banquet!

The Legend of Futian - Chapter 122: One at a Time

It was indeed unforgettable. Bai Qiu was the most popular contender for the Fenghua Rank. He was proud and confident. Seeing that Ye Futian was talented, he wanted the youth to become his musical attendant. In his opinion, Ye Futian should have taken this chance. Later, they continuously clashed and he wanted to solve it all at the Fenghua Platform. He stopped Wang Yu from going against Ye Futian because he wanted to personally humiliate him. In the end, Bai Qiu was defeated.

The Dharma Plane genius of the Qin Clan, the most popular contender for the Fenghua Rank, had lost to someone in the Seven-star Glory Plane. "Tragic" wasn't even enough to describe it.

Can Bai Qiu still enter the Fenghua Rank? many of the spectators thought. Then they looked towards Ye Futian. They'd all underestimated him but he had his eyes on the Fenghua Rank. They even felt that it was very possible for Ye Futian to ender the top three of the Fenghua Rank. This battle had been too shocking.

"This guy is crazy," Princess Ye Lingxi said beside the throne. She smiled at Ye Futian. She couldn't believe that the youth who had played the guqin with her that night was actually so powerful.

"This is confidence." Emperor Ye chuckled, a pleased look flashing past his eyes. Everyone knew that Ye Futian had been right. If nothing extraordinary happened, Bai Qiu would never be able to surpass Ye Futian, let alone in one or two years. He'd never be able to erase this humiliation.

Dragging his injured body, Bai Qiu took a step toward the sky. His entire presence felt decadent. The pride of the kingdom, so arrogant and confident before, had lost all spirit after this fight.

Ye Futian looked up at the sky to Wang Yu. His eyes glinted and he said coldly, "Get down here."

Wang Yu from the Dharma Plane dared to take revenge on Hua Jieyu because she defeated Lin Yueyao? He was flirting with death!

"He wants to challenge Wang Yu after defeating Bai Qiu?" The spectators shuddered. He really was taking them on one by one. He was at the Seven-star Glory Plane but he looked down on all these geniuses from the Dharma Plane.

Wang Yu's brows furrowed. He had seen Ye Futian and Bai Qiu's fight and he was surprised by how strong Ye Futian was. If Bai Qiu hadn't stopped him, he would have been the one down there. He would have underestimated Ye Futian. Now, he had witnessed Ye Futian's aggression and he became more serious.

Blazing wings spread open, filled with the wild aura of fire. Wang Yu sped down and hovered in the air before Ye Futian.

Ye Futian opened his arms. The metal elemental Spiritual Qi gathered once again, transforming into a golden staff. He stepped forward, instantly creating an explosive burst of power.

Boom! Fire ignited in Wang Yu's body. He was bathed in the firelight and the Dharma wings flapped. Wild wind blew as he pounced at Ye Futian, not giving him time to gather his power. He'd witnessed the earlier fight so he knew that Ye Futian's battle technique grew stronger as time went on. He must defeat Ye Futian before he gathered his power.

The golden wings of the Roc glowed behind Ye Futian. With the help of the wind spell, he rose up and spun in the air. Wind kept beating down as invisible power gathered and strengthened around him.

Below him, countless Flame Dragons snapped at Ye Futian, wanting to seal off the air. They curled toward Ye Futian's flying body, the blazing heat burning him. Ye Futian's spinning body sped up. His power was shocking and everyone watched as the two kept rising upward.

Just as the Flame Dragons were about to catch up to Ye Futian, a beautiful arc streaked past. Rather than rising, he smashed downward with his staff—Genesis. With one hit, the Flame Dragons were all destroyed. The staff also continued rumbling toward Wang Yu.

The man didn't dodge. He released his life spirit—a terrifying Flamebird. His body seemed to burn. Countless Flamebird apparitions charged at Ye Futian with horribly hot flames.

The golden staff swept through everything and crashed into Wang Yu's body. Wang Yu transformed into a frightening Flamebird. His hands were like sharp claws, breaking the staff directly. There was a burst of horrifying power. The fire swept up and burned towards Ye Futian.

Ye Futian used the powerful reverberations to bounce back and soar in the air. Everyone watched as a shocking strength coursed through him and he dove down again. However, Wang Yu was the pride of the Dharma Plane, and he was skilled in close-contact fighting. He didn't fear this at all. His giant wings flashed and countless Flamebird circled around him. The rich flames swept through the air. His wings flapped and all the Flamebird seemed to charge at Ye Futian.

They collided again. Everyone watched the two figures in the air with terror. Flames filled the void and Ye Futian's body seemed to burn. Wang Yu was skilled at close-contact combat and didn't fear Ye Futian's power. The spectators shuddered. Ye Futian might not win this fight.

At this moment, Ye Futian grew stronger. He cast down the third strike of the Nine Heavenly Attacks. The moment the two collided, a terrifying gust of air currents spread in all directions. The two came to a deadlock and then separated.

Ye Futian was still higher up. He stabilized himself and the strong power around him was still terrifying.

This power is too much, the spectators thought. They stared at the two figures in the air, their hearts trembling. Ye Futian was too powerful to be able to fight in close contact with a Dharma Plane Mandate Sorcerer skilled in combat.

Wang Yu stared at Ye Futian. "What other tricks do you have?" he asked coldly.

Ye Futian looked down on him. Inside, his blood began rumbling as the Imperial Tactics was activated. Rays of dazzling light streamed out of every part of his body. Then the majestic power grew stronger. It even showed signs of an emperor's power.

The frightening intent burst out. Then his staff began spinning again. He went through each of the Nine Heavenly Attacks. Each one required extreme cooperation of his spiritual intent to display the true power of Nine Heavenly Attacks. Ye Futian used to only be able to perform the first three. But after the fight in Donghai City, the mysterious emperor's intent passed a special technique to him, changing his body. With the cooperation of the Imperial Tactics, the Nine Heavenly Attacks could shine even brighter.

Everyone witnessed as his grandeur intensified. The power of the three earlier hits was amplified on his body. A gust of animosity burst forth and Wang Yu's expression changed.

Boom! Brilliant fiery wings flapped. Wang Yu moved up, charging at Ye Futian. He had felt danger. However, the moment he charged, Ye Futian looked over. His wings flapped and there was a burst of sound. Ye Futian rushed toward Wang Yu in a shockingly imposing manner. The fourth strike of Nine Heavenly Attacks swept through, creating a flurry of afterimages in the air and flattening everything. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

The Flamebird charging at Ye Futian was all shattered. Wang Yu's expression turned more uncomfortable but his eyes shone with terrifying sharpness. He continued charging at Ye Futian. The various afterimages of the staff transformed into one. It became a staff that struck down.

Wang Yu felt the unstoppable strength come down on him and his face paled. Then the spectators heard a pained cry. The golden staff had broken through everything and crashed against Wang Yu, smashing him to the ground.

However, it was not over. Ye Futian's wings flapped and he followed. The golden staff continued striking, each one beating Wang Yu's body. He cried out continuously as he was forced down from the sky.

After suffering countless hits, Wang Yu crashed onto the Fenghua Platform with a loud boom. Blood spurted from his mouth and his face had lost all color. There wasn't an ounce of strength in his body.

Everyone was dazed. They looked from Wang Yu's fallen body to Ye Futian, still standing in the air above him.

This… They could sense that Wang Yu would be unable to participate in the later fights. Ye Futian couldn't truly disable him but, at the very least, he was unqualified for the Fenghua Rank now.

"Does it feel good to take revenge for others?" Ye Futian asked coldly. Wang Yu had bullied Fox because of Lin Yueyao. Since this was the case, Ye Futian would follow his lead.

Everyone was speechless. Wang Yu had used his Dharma Plane to bully Hua Jieyu for Lin Yueyao. They couldn't say anything against Ye Futian, who challenged him for his girlfriend Hua Jieyu. Plus, Ye Futian had used his Seven-star Glory Plane abilities to challenge a Dharma Plane and make him lose completely.

In the air, Lin Yueyao looked down at Ye Futian, feeling unsettled. Ye Futian had already defeated the two strong cultivators of the Dharma Plane. He was practically unmatched and unbeatable, even overshadowing Yu Sheng's earlier performance.

Everyone could practically see his name in the top three of the Fenghua Rank. They looked toward the emperor and saw that he was smiling. The emperor's eyes were calm and no one knew what he was thinking, but he must appreciate this kind of talent.

"Take him away." The strong cultivators of the Wang family looked uncomfortable. One waved his hand and people walked onto the Fenghua Platform to help Wang Yu down. They'd thought that he would shine brightly today but unexpectedly, he'd disgraced them. There was nothing wrong with pursuing girls or being furious about love. However, it was embarrassing to lose to the boyfriend of the one he bullied.

Many looked to Ye Futian. He didn't seem ready to back down. At this time, he raised his head slowly and looked toward the Cangye College students. His gaze fell upon Yu Jiang.

Smiling brightly, Ye Futian said, "Your turn."

As soon as he spoke, Yu Jiang's gaze hardened but it was not only him. All the strong cultivators in the air focused their gazes there. Was he going to challenge all the strong ones in the Dharma Plane?

The Legend of Futian - Chapter 121: Something to Remember For the Rest of His Life

After Ye Futian had spoken, many people were dumbfounded. Their gazes were frozen on the handsome young man.

He only cultivated musical sorcery to better himself?

In the battle just now, Ye Futian's musical sorcery was able to push the Qin Clan's brightest pupil, Dharma Plane prodigy—Bai Qiu—to such limits. Now, he was telling the emperor that he only cultivated musical sorcery to better himself and that it was not his expertise. This...

Bai Qiu's expression darkened. Up to this point in the battle, there was nothing he could say he was proud of. He wanted to get sweet revenge on Ye Futian for what he had done, but by the looks of it, his efforts were nowhere near good enough. What was the meaning of what Ye Futian had just said?

From far up in the skies, Hua Fengliu dry coughed.

On the Black Wind Eagle, Hua Jieyu sat there just blinking her eyes, while Yu Sheng sat wide-eyed. He looked at Bai Qiu with pity.

But forget about everyone else, even the emperor was not prepared for Ye Futian's utterance. He faltered momentarily and then looked at the handsome young man on the Fenghua Platform. With a smile, he said, "That's fine. Then you may battle with a skill of your expertise."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Ye Futian bowed to the emperor. After that, he turned to look at Bai Qiu with a smile.

"I would also like to see what your expertise is," said Bai Qiu said with a darkened expression. He placed his hands on the guqin and the music started once again. If he couldn't defeat Ye Futian, then all pride would be lost.

The moment Bai Qiu's fingertips met the guqin, thunder and lightning filled the sky. The winds and the clouds shifted. He was playing the same piece as before.

Ye Futian stepped forward, a majestic bright light accompanied the release of his Golden Roc Spirit. In a split second, everyone's eyes were drawn back on to Ye Futian as they watched in shock while the Life Spirit appeared behind him.

Twin spirits. A shiver went down everyone's spine.

Ye Futian previously battled as a Musical Sorcerer and revealed his Guqin Spirit. Now, his Golden Roc Spirit has also been unveiled. Twin spirits.

The audience finally understood, not only had they underestimated Hua Jieyu. They had also underestimated Ye Futian. Ye Futian, Yu Sheng, and Hua Jieyu. The Seven-Starred Glory Plane trio were mysterious newcomers. It seemed like they were destined to stir up trouble at the Fenghua Banquet.

Yu Sheng and Hua Jieyu had already revealed their true talents. Now, it was Ye Futian's turn. His musical sorcery was able to force Bai Qiu to attack at full power but he told the emperor that he only cultivated musical sorcery to better himself. He wasn't solely a Musical Sorcerer.

After that, he released a second Life Spirit.

Bai Qiu, who had already begun to play, was also shocked. His cold eyes swept over to Ye Futian. Bai Qiu was supposed to have the advantage, fighting Ye Futian as a Dharma Plane cultivator, but Ye Futian had stolen his spotlight from the very start.

Thinking about this, Bai Qiu released his realization of Dharma. Guqins appeared in the air and when he played, all the guqins harmonized. A wave of frightening energy washed over the platform. The airflow became wild. The sound of the guqins metamorphosed into sorcery. Lightning struck down on where Ye Futian was but he ducked quickly and it struck on to empty space.

"He's so fast." Everyone looked towards the figure in the sky. Ye Futian's wings fluttered behind him. Wind Sorcery wrapped around his body making he even faster. He reached out his hand and the Metal Spiritual Qi immediately formed into a golden rod which Ye Futian wrapped his hand around.

Ye Futian took one step forward, and a force of invisible energy erupted from him. More flashes of lightning struck at him but this time, Ye Futian did not duck to avoid it. Instead, he waved the rod forward and the bolts of lightning disappeared with a loud bang. Ye Futian stood stable like a mountain, his aura growing stronger by the moment.

The music continued frantically. The storm was taking form. At the same time, the sound of the guqin continuously crept into Ye Futian's ear, wanting to drag him into the mood of the music. The sky was dark but lightning lit it up intermittently. Bai Qiu's music contained the double attack abilities of spirit and sorcery.

With a peculiar look in his eyes, Ye Futian took advantage of the large force of spiritual energy from the Eye of the Storm to reject the influence of the music. In a flash, he turned into a bolt of golden lightning and struck toward his opponent. As a Musical Sorcerer, it was only natural for Ye Futian to understand the weakness of Musical Sorcerers.

Musical Sorcerers were able to completely overpower powerful cultivators who cultivated only martial arts and not the element of spirit. More powerful Musical Sorcerers were also able to utilize their music to release attacks with sorcery. However, their weakness was very obvious: close-range combat. What would happen if someone got too close to a Musical Sorcerer during battle?

But of course, it was not an easy task to get close to a Musical Sorcerer.

Seeing that Ye Futian was closing in, Bai Qiu continued to play. The music formed a storm and headed for Ye Futian, wanting to destroyed everything in its target location. However, Ye Futian moved in a curved line, perfectly dodging the attack. He did not try to meet the storm head on.

Bai Qiu's fingers moved unbelievably fast. They moved across the guqin wildly. The attack of sorcery formed by the music suddenly changed directions. Attacks of the spirit element were able to cover all directions, but those of sorcery were not.

Everyone watched as the attack continuously changed directions. Ye Futian, who was zipping through the air with the help of his large golden roc wings, kept waving the long, golden rod around. There was an odd rhythm to his movements. Around him, a large force of power seemed to be gathering slowly.

"He is collecting power." The spectators watched Ye Futian's every action. While dodging Bai Qiu's attacks, he was simultaneously collecting power. His shining figure in the skies gave off a mystical feel. The force around him was getting stronger by the minute.

Naturally, Bai Qiu had also taken notice. But what of it? Under the continuous spiritual attacks from his music, how much longer was Ye Futian going to last?

Just then, Ye Futian's soaring body halted. The storm charging at him was destroyed stricken by the rod.

Ye Futian floated over Bai Qiu arrogantly. The frightening force of power revolve above Ye Futian, causing him to look majestic and imposing despite his not quite large physique. Clouds filled the skies while thunder and lightning harmonized. Crazy winds turned into sharp blades that cut through the air and flew towards Ye Futian.

The rod in his hand danced. The incredible force of power destroyed the incoming storms without rest. His wings fluttered and with a step forward, the rod swung down hard, splitting the storm in two.

"The power in his attacks…" This scene sent shivers down everyone's back. The storm had been destroyed by single swing of the rod. It was as if all the power in the world belonged to Ye Futian.

His golden body shined bright. Instead of moving forward, Ye Futian traveled downward towards Bai Qiu, following the way created by the rod. This time, there was no more dodging, no more changing directions. Ye Futian was going to face Bai Qiu's attacks head on. He had gathered enough power for Genesis of the Nine Heavenly Attacks. Anyone who got in his way would die.

Wild winds roared in the skies as the Thunder Dragon Spirit growled. Its power was shocking and powerful that it would be enough to collapse the sky.

The long rod danced and the force got stronger. Everything on Earth was at the mercy of Ye Futian. Using the force of power, the second attack of the Nine Heavenly Attacks was administered. The skies were undisturbed as Ye Futian wiped out the storm. Once again, he descended, getting closer to Bai Qiu.

The look in Ye Futian's eyes was extremely odd. The spiritual energy in his mind kept getting disturbed. However, with the help of the strong spiritual energy and will, he was able to control the force. When he attacked with the Nine Heavenly Attacks, there was an explosion of spiritual energy. His spiritual will had also leveled up.

Bai Qiu's expression changed. His music revealed a hint of distress. How was it that such powerful musical sorcery still could not stop Ye Futian's advance? Bai Qiu watched the figure approaching himself slowly. His expression did not look too good.

The force of power gathered around Ye Futian grew stronger. In fact, it was so strong that it could crush everything in its way.

Bai Qiu's fingers danced across the guqin and a wave of Spiritual Qi exploded. But at the same time, Ye Futian moved. With the help of the incredible force, the rod swung down once again, wiping out everything. The air was about to explode. The long rod struck down towards Bai Qiu's attack spell without any obstacles.

Wind sorcery enveloped Bai Qiu and carried him away in retreat. His music lost its flow. As Bai Qiu retreated, the golden rod escaped from Ye Futian's hands and bolted towards him in a flash.

Seeing this, Bai Qiu withdrew his Guqin Spirit immediately and sped up his retreat with wind sorcery. At the same time, he had to create a defense spell. The golden flash zipped through the air, and though its power was slightly diminished by Bai Qiu's defense, the rod still landed an attack on him. With a scream, Bai Qiu spat a mouthful of fresh blood. He lost color in his face in an instant. His body was thrown back and landed at the edge of the Fenghua Platform.

The crazy storms dissipated slowly. On the battle platform, Ye Futian stood arrogantly. His gifts were like no other. Right now, everything was silent but deep down, everyone was shaking in disbelief. Ye Futian, a Seven-Starred Glory Plane cultivator, had defeated Dharma Plane prodigy, Bai Qiu. His ferocious silhouette and domineering aura had been imprinted in everyone's mind.

The members of the Qin Clan looked pale. Bai Qiu was the representative of the Qin Clan's young generation, but he was just defeated by Ye Futian who was in a plane three levels lower than himself. Oh, the humiliation.

Prodigy? Number one of the younger generation Qin Clan members? Candidate for the Fenghua Rank?

Cen Xia from Cangye College watched everything unfold from up in the skies. Her heart was anything but at ease. She thought back to when she had guided Ye Futian to the pretest site. At the time, she had pointed to Bai Qiu and told Ye Futian that he was a Dharma Plane prodigy from the Qin Clan and one of the top contenders for the Fenghua Rank. When Bai Qiu had asked for Ye Futian to be his musical attendant, her opinion was that Ye Futian was extremely lucky to be thought of so highly by him. She had even purposely revealed her own level of cultivation with hidden pride. It was hilarious to think back at everything in the past now. Cen Xia had already been eliminated while the three of them shined the brightest.

No one felt at peace.

Just then, everyone saw Ye Futian watch Bai Qiu as he climbed up from the side of the Fenghua Platform. Ye Futian smiled and asked, "Do you still want me to be your musical attendant?"

Hearing his question, many people looked over at Bai Qiu. Had he actually asked for Ye Futian to be his musical attendant? This was just too...

Bai Qiu stared at Ye Futian coldly, only to see Ye Futian's carefree smile. To Bai Qiu, he said, "There's no need to look at me like that. Even if you continue to cultivate in the Qin Clan for another one or two years, you won't be able to surpass me."

Spectators were reminded of what Bai Qiu had said after Ye Futian's battle yesterday and the arrogance in his eyes when he said it. Looking at him now, all they felt for him was pity. The happenings of this year's Fenghua Banquet was probably going to be something Bai Qiu would remember for the rest of his life.

True Martial World - Chapter 490: Large Turtle’s Fury

Yi Yun had never tried being in such a crazy scene, with him running crazily in front, while a huge desolate beast was chasing him!

’Golden Crow Sun Shift’ gave Yi Yun unparalleled speed, but he did not lower his guard. As he ran, he swallowed a desolate beast relic so that he could have sufficient energy in his body.

He was right in his thinking, speed was indeed the Achilles' heel of the large turtle desolate beast. But even so, its speed was still alarming when it ran despite its huge body.

It spared no effort in chasing after Yi Yun. Actually, the distance didn’t open up, it was slowly closing.

So fast!?

Yi Yun was alarmed. For such a large beast to have such terrifying speed was heaven-defying!

He did not turn his head because he could use his energy vision to probe the large turtle desolate beast's every move.

At that moment, Yi Yun saw the large turtle desolate beast open its huge mouth, and in its mouth, a dark red poisonous python moved like a whip!

"That's bad!"

Without giving any thought, Yi Yun leaped high up!

At the same time, the poisonous python shot out like lightning. The poisonous python opened its jaws and attempted to swallow Yi Yun!

The length of the tongue inside the large turtle desolate beast's mouth far exceeded Yi Yun's imagination. It attacked from such a long distance!

A tongue that needed about 10 people hugging it to encircle it may look thin compared to the large turtle's body, but swallowing Yi Yun was an extremely easy task.

"Xiao!"

Behind Yi Yun, his Golden Crow Aspect Totem soared up into the sky. Like a burning Sun rising from the horizon, Yi Yun seemed to be merged with that burning sun as he quickly transformed into a beam of light. There was no way of seeing his body!

"Ka-cha! Ka-cha!"

The large turtle's tongue kept close to the ground and swept forward. While doing so, it broke hundreds of large trees. Some of the large trees were either split in the middle or uprooted. Large amounts of soil and rocks were sent flying into the sky, but they were lit up by the Golden Crow's flames. In an instant, the sky became a fiery sea as countless fire raindrops rained down. The sight was extremely magnificent, like star constellations crashing to the ground! noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

And in this explosive, rumbling rain of fire, Yi Yun charged out like a resurrected phoenix from the ashes, seeking life in the midst of death!

The large turtle desolate beast was irritated when it missed. It brandished its tongue and continuously tried to stab Yi Yun with it. Its destructive power was too terrifying. The tongue was like a brandished divine whip as it crashed into the lands, causing great disorder!

Flames rose and the burning air formed a strong wind. The surrounding stones and dust were roused by the strong wind. With the large turtle's tongue swinging around violently, the land was swallowed by a thick smoke.

In the sky, fiery rain rained down, while the land was covered in smoke and dust.

The large turtle completely lost sight of Yi Yun. It was after all not a human expert. Humans had strong souls, so they could use their spiritual energy to lock on to their targets.

As for the large turtle, it mainly relied on its eyes, nose and its perception of energy.

However, Yi Yun was too small a target. Especially with him concealing his presence and camouflaged in the pure Yang fiery rain, be it his body or his body's energy fluctuations were completely hidden.

The large turtle slowly stopped. Running crazily with its massive body drained its energy very quickly. And the energy required was equivalent to eating several large desolate beasts, so it decided not to chase Yi Yun anymore.

It finally stopped.

It was extremely furious that a puny human had undermined its authority and injured it, but it could do nothing. The only thing it could do was roar angrily at the billowing smoke.

However, it made no difference. It believed that the ant-like human had long escaped.

As the large turtle faded its roar, it planned on returning. It wanted to return to its territory. A cowardly ant was not worth it for it to go to arms.

Just as the large turtle turned around, it suddenly halted. It looked disbelievingly at a place not far away. About five kilometers away, the puny human appeared once again. He was standing on a mountain cliff that had mostly collapsed. He was holding a black bow, and an arrow was strung!

The large turtle desolate beast stared widely. With its slow brain, it did not have the time to figure out what the human was planning on doing, before...

"Peng!"

The bowstring emitted a sound like muffled thunder as the Wind Chasing Arrow carried Yi Yun's pure Yang energy through the air, shooting straight at the large turtle desolate beast's eye!

At a distance of five kilometers, the Wind Chasing Arrow did not waver in its trajectory as it struck the large turtle's pupil!

"Boom!"

A tremendous explosion from all the energy injected into the Wind Chasing Arrow exploded at the large turtle desolate beast's eye!

Although the large turtle desolate beast closed it eye in time, the force from the explosion still caused it pain. After the explosion dissipated, blood flowed out of the corner of its eye!

It was once again injured. Although this injury was nothing to it, it was completely incensed!

"Wu--ao--"

The large turtle looked up to the sky and let out a terrifying roar. Like an intense shock wave, it spread out in all directions and sent the clouds in the sky flying!

It had been provoked by that human time and again, so how could it tolerate it!?

It ran at Yi Yun once again. It spat out the long python-like tongue as it stabbed towards Yi Yun.

Without any hesitation, Yi Yun turned and escaped!

He did not want to clash with the large turtle directly because that was courting death.

As such, Yi Yun ran, while the large turtle chased him.

The large turtle's body was immense and its stamina was weak compared to Yi Yun. In the beginning, Yi Yun was encountering incessant danger. Any mistake would result in him being smashed to pieces by the large turtle's tongue. As time went by, with the large turtle's physical strength expended, Yi Yun was already feeling great ease.

He continue running and provocating. When the large turtle chased him, he ran. When the large turtle wanted to leave, he would shoot an arrow. This harassment continued.

Yi Yun's arrows were specially aimed at the weakest spots of the large turtle. He shot wherever it hurt.

Yi Yun's arm strength was not lacking to begin with, and with his pure Yang energy injected into the arrows, every arrow's power could shatter a mountain peak. Even though the large turtle's hide was tough and its flesh tough, it still felt pain when its weakest spots were hit by such a tremendous attack.

Using this method, Yi Yun pulled the large turtle for a few thousand kilometers. The large turtle was nearly on the brink of mental collapse.

It had never seen such a cheap and damaging human. Its anger had reached its maximum.

At that moment, the large turtle was like a mobile volcano. It could explode at any moment!

Seeing the large turtle in this state, the culprit, Yi Yun, knew that it was about time.

The intelligence of desolate beasts' was originally not high, and with a raging desolate beast, its destructive power would be terrifying only when it moved through instinct.

Such a massive object would become a terrifying war tank that could destroy anything.

True Martial World - Chapter 489: A Gamble

Yi Yun was observing the giant turtle.

Since the ancient God Advent Tower had left a treasure behind in the God Advent Tower's second level, there must have been a way to take it away. And it was probably not limited to a single method.

He just needed to find one of the methods. Now, he was searching for such an opportunity.

As time passed, some small birds and small beasts who were unaware of the situation treated the huge desolate beast like a real mountain mound. They perched and rested on it. However, this huge desolate beast did not move one bit. It was as if it was a real mountain.

About two hours later, a huge desolate beast that resembled an elephant appeared from the woods from another mountain peak.

This desolate beast's strength was clearly stronger than the desolate beasts Yi Yun had encountered in the mountain range.

When the elephant-like desolate beast appeared, it was quickly attracted by that unknown "herbal plant".

It hesitated for a while before slowly approaching the mountain. It was not fast and it was on high alert while walking over. It constantly probed the possible dangers around it. Yi Yun could see that this desolate beast had intelligence. It knew there was no such thing as having free things fall into one's lap. Suddenly seeing a herbal plant with extremely rich energy was in itself a very strange affair.

About a few hundred meters from that "herbal plant", the elephant-like desolate beast suddenly noticed something and stopped.

Following that, it carried on proceeding as it could not withstand the lure of the herbal plant.

When it was at a distance of about tens of meters away from the "herbal plant", the elephant-like desolate beast suddenly charged and stretched out its long trunk to grab the herbal plant. It looked like it was trying to grab the herbal plant with the fastest speed possible and then return to a safe spot before it would slowly enjoy it.

However, this only sealed its fate. The moment its long trunk touched the herbal plant, a black crack that looked like a cave on the mound suddenly opened up. A warm breath poured out of the black crack.

It was the huge turtle desolate beast's mouth. Its teeth were like long humongous lances and it was a startling sight!

Inside the huge mouth, there was a blood-red tongue. Although it was a tongue, its tip had grown a strange snake head.

"Sou!"

The large, thick tongue moved extremely fast. When it shot out, it was like a dazzling red beam as it immediately wrapped around the elephant and pulled it straight into the deepest parts of the black crack.

The elephant-like desolate beast let out a short scream before turning silent.

Ka-cha!

Ka-cha!

Yi Yun heard a hair-raising sound of shattering bones. The huge turtle desolate beast's body gently moved a bit as it ate the elephant-like desolate beast whole!

Terrifying!

Yi Yun finally understood why there were not many desolate beasts in this mountain range, and why there were so few strong ones. Probably most of the desolate beasts had already entered the huge turtle desolate beast's stomach.

How much could a large desolate beast the size of a small mountain eat? A large elephant was probably not even enough for a meal...

"If it were me, I wouldn't even be enough to fill the crevices of its teeth."

Yi Yun was slightly scared after the event. Ten of himself would just be a tiny dish for such a terrifying desolate beast. Once he was wrapped by the red tongue, he was doomed.

Seeing this huge turtle desolate beast made Yi Yun recall the Long Gui true spirit the Shepherd Boy rode on when he attacked the Tai Ah Divine City.

However, when the Long Gui true spirit stood up, it was even taller than the Tai Ah Divine City which stood on a foundation at a height of a hundred thousand feet. It was bigger than the huge turtle desolate beast in front by him by more than a hundred times. That was a terrifying existence that could destroy the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom, it was far above what this huge turtle desolate beast could compare with.

The Long Gui true spirit was no doubt terrifying, but...previously when Yi Yun was imprisoned by Shentu Nantian, he knew that the Long Gui true spirit had a huge weakness. It was...slow!

Shentu Nantian had imprisoned him for ten days as he was sure that the Long Gui true spirit could not rush to the Chu Prefecture City in such a short period of time. Without the Long Gui true spirit, the Shepherd Boy was nothing to be feared.

Regarding the Long Gui true spirit, Shentu Nantian was indeed right. Unfortunately, he had underestimated the Shepherd Boy's strength.

Speed...

Yi Yun took a deep breath. For a desolate beast of such an immense size and with a heavy turtle shell on its back, it was reasonable for it to be slow.

However, the huge turtle desolate beast had a red tongue which moved as fast as lightning, so he had to be careful.

Yi Yun had just learned the "Golden Crow Sun Shift", and with it, Yi Yun had the means to survive in front of the huge turtle's mouth.

Maybe...he could succeed!

Yi Yun's breathing slowly sped up. He had a crazy plan which he could not help but think of gambling on!

He dared to make such a gamble not only because of "Golden Crow Sun Shift", but because Yi Yun believed that the Great Empress mystic realm did not give impossible missions.

There was always a chance that he needed to grab on to.

After figuring this out, Yi Yun stood up. He did a crazy action. At a distance of more than five kilometers from the huge turtle desolate beast, he strung his Tai Cang Bow and pulled the bow open. The cold Wind Chasing Arrow was aimed at the huge turtle desolate beast's mouth, which was the black crack on the mountain mound.

With death on the line, Yi Yun's blood flow sped up, but his mind was abnormally calm. Success or failure depended on this!

"Peng!"

Yi Yun released his hand and the bowstring hummed, while the Wind Chasing Arrow shot forward!

The arrow pierced through the air, it was like a divine beam. With Yi Yun's pure Yang energy, it entered the huge turtle desolate beast's mouth.

"Boom!"

The energy exploded in the huge turtle's throat. The huge turtle's massive body shook violently as soil and plants started to trickle down.

"Roar!"

The huge turtle desolate beast let out a furious roar. It had been angered by Yi Yun's arrow entering its throat!

It had lain in the deep ends of the second level of the God Advent Tower for tens of thousands of years. It was the absolute lord of the land and it had never suffered before!

It raised its huge head and its gray-colored eyes opened as they locked onto Yi Yun!

A puny human had caused it pain and injured it. It had shot an arrow into its soft throat.

Without a second of folly, Yi Yun stored his Tai Cang Bow away and ran off!

This was a race with Death. He used all his strength, conjured his Aspect Totem and used the "Golden Crow Sun Shift" movement technique. It was like he had transformed into a flying Golden Crow and shot through the sky!

"Roar!"

The huge turtle roared. How could it permit a puny human who injured it to escape? It finally moved its four huge limbs that had laid dormant for hundreds of years and it began to chase after Yi Yun!

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The huge turtle began to run. The ground quaked as its four limbs alternated in movement. With every step it took, it would leave behind a huge footprint that looked like a dried up lake.

Large swaths of forest were toppled. Trees were smashed and dust sprung up!

Yi Yun ran with all he got. Following behind him was a huge turtle the size of a small mountain. The dust cloud that was stirred up looked like a long dragon. This scene was quite a magnificent sight!

True Martial World - Chapter 488: The Sliced-off World

In the desolate plains of the God Advent Tower's second level, Yi Yun moved through the woods at an extremely fast speed. He was using the "Golden Crow Sun Shift" to rapidly move in the woods for his target was… a deeper part of the second level.

Yi Yun greatly wanted the lava lake's red lotus, but no matter how much he calculated, he felt that it was impossible to succeed with his present strength. The flock of strange birds was an obstacle that Yi Yun could not cross.

The strange birds did not even rest deep into the night. They only stared at their territory with eyes that resembled green lamps.

Under such a situation, Yi Yun no longer wanted to waste time here. However, he did not plan on giving up the red lotus in the lava lake. He was taking a step back temporarily. He carried on exploring the second level of the God Advent Tower because he already had a plan to snatch food from the jaws of a tiger, but this plan needed a chance.

Now, Yi Yun was searching the second level to search for this chance.

At the same time, Yi Yun wanted to grab the opportunity to increase his strength. Only with powerful strength could impossible tasks become possible.

Yi Yun kept his energy vision activated and he ran towards the deep ends of the second level.

With the Purple Crystal, he could see every energy fluctuation in the desolate lands. There was no hiding from him.

As he proceeded stealthily, he ambushed and killed desolate beasts. As several days passed, Yi Yun still could not find such a chance and with that, Yi Yun had come to the end of the second level of the God Advent Tower...

These days, Yi Yun had traveled around the second level freely. He had covered the entire region of the second level. He roughly knew that this world was several thousand kilometers in radius. The lava lake with the red lotus was right in the center, while, Yi Yun was now at the deepest end of the world. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

According to Yi Yun's experience, the deepest ends of a world should be a place where powerful desolate beasts gathered. This was also the reason why he came here.

Yi Yun looked around, he saw a continuous stretch of mountain peaks. The tall mountain range stretched out to a certain spot where it suddenly disappeared. It was like a giant dragon had sliced the mountain range, leaving a smoothed flat surface.

Yi Yun guessed that this piece of land might have belonged to a part of another world. It was later carved out by the person who created this mystic realm and placed inside the God Advent Tower.

If that was the case, the slash that could split the lands was indeed terrifying.

However...compared to the shocking sword scar at the Pure Yang Sword Palace, it was still lacking by quite a bit. The sword scar still left behind an indescribably profound charm despite experiencing countless numbers of years. It was alarming.

Yi Yun used his movement technique to enter the mountain range.

He quickly discovered that although the mountain range in the deepest part of second level should have several powerful desolate beasts gathered there, the actual situation was that there was not many desolate beasts in the mountain range. Even if there were any, they were not very powerful. Yi Yun could handle them with his own strength.

This made Yi Yun slightly disappointed. Maybe, in this world, only the strongest desolate beasts were gathered at the central lava lake. As for other places, be it the deepest ends of the world or its boundary, the desolate beasts there were not very strong.

Yi Yun did not give up. He extended his energy vision to its maximum range and suddenly Yi Yun discovered that there seemed to be a red figure swaying in a small mound ahead of him. This red figure gave off a strong energy fluctuation.

"Oh? This is..." A strange light flashed in Yi Yun's eyes.

He looked far ahead and he pushed his energy vision to its limits. He saw what the red figure was. It was a herbal plant. It looked quite similar to the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng Yi Yun had previously caught.

"Another treasure?"

Yi Yun was stunned. There were two treasures in the second level of the God Advent Tower?

The red herbal plant's quality seemed to be much more inferior to the red lotus in the lava lake. But if taken out into the world, it was definitely an item that various large factions would covet.

Yi Yun hesitated slightly. He carefully observed his surroundings as he secretly approached it.

Faintly, Yi Yun could smell a strange fragrance.

The herbal plant's fragrance had such great range?

Yi Yun was a bit alarmed. He estimated that he was more than five kilometers away from the herbal plant, yet he could smell its fragrance?

The unknown herbal plant grew alone in front of a mountain wall and gently swayed with the wind. The strange fragrance also diffused with the wind.

Similar treasures were likely to be protected by desolate beasts, so Yi Yun became extremely careful. As he was five kilometers away from it, very suddenly, Yi Yun's heart froze. A feeling of extreme danger seemed to engulf him.

He jerked backward and held his breath while being focused. He completely hid his presence and he seemed to become one with the rocks and trees around him.

He was prone down on the ground and he looked forward. He had felt something lock onto him for a split moment.

Oh? That is...

In Yi Yun's energy vision, he saw a unparalleled powerful energy source that alarmed him.

And this terrifying energy source surprisingly came from inside the huge mountain.

Using one's naked eyes, the huge mountain seemed to be covered in a brown plant. It did not seem to be anything special.

However, using his energy vision, Yi Yun could clearly see the actual body of this mountain.

It was...a extremely large desolate beast.

It had folded its four limbs and it was prone on the ground. It was like a huge turtle.

It looked like it was sleeping, but Yi Yun knew that it was not sleeping at all. The unknown herbal plant that resembled the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng was growing beside the desolate beast's mouth.

Another desolate beast guardian? Every treasure on the second level of the God Advent Tower had a desolate beast protecting it, so how would cultivators obtain them easily?

Yi Yun had such a thought, but soon, he rejected that thought.

That's not right!

Yi Yun saw that the unknown herbal plant was connected to a long vine. The long vine grew from the huge turtle desolate beast's forehead, and it was hanging like a lantern.

Upon seeing this carefully, Yi Yun's limbs froze.

Bait!

This "herbal plant" was just bait. If one went to pluck it foolishly, they would probably become food for the large turtle.

Yi Yun really wanted to curse. The first time he found the red lotus, it was protected by a flock of strange birds. Now, after great difficulty, he found a strand of a "treasure", yet it was a death trap!

The opportunities on the second level of the God Advent Tower were fraught with dangers.

The test established in the Great Empress mystic realm was too difficult. If a cultivator was not extremely careful, it was practically committing suicide by hastily exploring this mystic realm.

However, the path of martial arts was fraught with countless difficulties. The number of geniuses who fell midway was too much to count.

The feeling of danger never went away. Yi Yun knew that this large turtle was not something he could handle. However, he did not leave. He remained prone behind a large boulder and he waited like a hunter.

True Martial World - Chapter 487: At One’s Wit’s End

The strange bird that came out of the nest was about 7-8 meters long. It was much smaller than the other strange birds, however its eyes were golden in color and it even had three claws.

These claws were the symbol of a three-legged Golden Crow. Although this strange bird was obviously not a Golden Crow, it was still three-legged, which proved that its bloodline was extremely close to that of a three-legged Golden Crow. It was a lot stronger than the other strange birds.

Seeing this three-legged strange bird appear, Yi Yun's expression became even uglier. He could feel that this three-legged strange bird was the leader of this group of strange birds. Its energy was more than ten times that of the other strange birds. This made it even more impossible for him to handle them all.

It would probably take an instant for that three-legged strange bird to rip him to pieces.

Also, its speed was definitely extremely terrifying!

With the strange bird leader here, how was he going to pick the lotus seeds?

Yi Yun felt speechless. The Great Empress mystic realm had given him such a good opportunity, but he was helpless at obtaining it. The difficulty was just too great.

Yi Yun believed that his strength was already at the top amongst people of his own age, but he did not dare pick the red lotus in front of him.

If it was anyone else, it would be even more in vain.

Picking the lotus seed was like seeking one's own doom. If Yi Yun did not pick it, he would feel indignant about it. As such, he hid behind a large rock and entered a dilemma.

And at that moment, Yi Yun saw the three-legged bird that came out of the cave fly down. It flew to the center of the circle formed by the other strange birds and began inspecting the prey they caught.

"Tributes?"

Yi Yun first thought was that the other strange birds had caught prey to pay tribute to this leader bird, but later on, he realized he had guessed incorrectly.

The three-legged strange bird used its claws to spit open a prey's corpse. From the preys' corpse, it grabbed its heart.

The red heart was covered in flowing blood, and later on, the three-legged strange bird brought a meter long desolate beast bone from somewhere. It then used the top half of the bone as a container and let the blood in the prey’s heart flow out and filled the bone cup to the brim.

"Extracting the blood from the heart?"

Yi Yun was in awe. The blood from the heart was the essence of all the blood in a desolate beast's body. What was this three-legged strange bird collecting the blood from the heart for?

After it obtained the blood from all the preys' heart's, the three-legged strange bird suddenly flew towards the lava lake. It then used its sharp claws to easily extract a few lotus seeds from the lotus seedpod.

Seeing this scene, Yi Yun's heart sank. The strange bird had taken all the matured lotus seeds away.

For a treasure at such a rank, it was probably not easy to pick it, including its tubers, in one go. Its tubers may be invulnerable to the slashing from swords and sabers. Besides, with so many strange birds watching, Yi Yun did not have the confidence in doing so.

It would have been pretty impressive if he obtained a few lotus seeds, but now, all the matured lotus seeds had been plucked away by the three-legged strange bird.

The three-legged strange bird placed the lotus seeds into the bone cup and then carried the bone cup into the cave on the mountain cliff.

That cave that was situated on the cliff was an even clearer target. It even had the strange birds' leader guarding it. Yi Yun turned speechless upon seeing this. It was now even more difficult to obtain!

"This strange bird extracted the lotus seeds and the blood from the heart. It even used a desolate beast's clavicle bone as a cup. What is it doing?"

Yi Yun felt that the three-legged strange bird was probably not going to simply drink the desolate beast's heart's blood, if not, with a desolate beast's nature, they would eat the raw meat and drink the blood. They could just swallow it down, so what was the point of the bone cup?

For a desolate beast like the three-legged strange bird, it would not have been an easy task to create a container. Using a bone cup to drink blood would be extremely taxing for it, it did not have to do so.

However, regardless of what the three-legged strange bird wanted to do, Yi Yun was helpless. With his strength, he could not do a thing in such a strange bird's territory.

After the three-legged strange bird disappeared, only then did the other strange birds complete their odd rituals as they began to feast on the prey on the ground.

Tens of strange birds rushed forward and immediately, flesh and blood were sent flying. Yi Yun noticed that, even when these strange birds ate, the few strange birds in charge of being on alert on the cliff did not relax at all. They remained behind to care for the lava lake. Only after the other strange birds were done eating would a few other strange birds fly towards the mountain. They then changed shifts with the few strange birds guarding on the top level.

"So strict!" Yi Yun was completely speechless. They were just a bunch of birds, yet the management of their lookout post was similar to humans. It felt impenetrable.

What was he to do?

...

At the same time as Yi Yun was unable to obtain the treasure despite seeing it, in a sealed space in the first level of the God Advent Tower.

Shentu Nantian had already been wasting his time, sitting there for a few months.

His face was pale, his long hair was disheveled and his eyes seemed sunk in.

Over the past few months, he challenged the disk array images left behind by the black-armored warrior again and again. To him, it was a trampling to his body and soul.

Now, Shentu Nantian no longer had the look of a gentleman. The corner of his eyes were covered with blood stains, which made him look like a demon.

Shentu Nantian was extremely ambitious. And indeed, he worked very hard and put in all of his effort and expended his physical capacity. He ignored the effects on his soul and the backlash on his body from the disk array's images so as to gain insight from this disk array. As long as he grasped the profound charm of the move, then his strength would suddenly increase by leap and bounds.

However, at that moment, Shentu Nantian had still not figured out the nomological principles in the attack that the black-armored warrior used.

Shentu Nantian felt indignant. He had not been able to see the laws in the disk array he chose. This was equivalent to wasting one of the opportunities in the Great Empress mystic realm.

How could Shentu Nantian accept this?

Again and again, Shentu Nantian tried continuously. He ignored the fact that his eyes were bleeding. He remained staring at the battle between the black-armored warrior and the Roc, despite the skin on his face seemingly being carved by a knife, forming blood marks.

Bam!

No miracle happened. At the moment the lance beam slashed through the horizon, Shentu Nantian was once again sent flying backward.

"Peng!"

Shentu Nantian crashed into a wall as his nose and mouth were covered in blood.

Shentu Nantian was feeling anger in his heart. He believed that Yi Yun had likely found the solution. How could he take losing to Yi Yun, once again, lying down?

"Ah!"

Shentu Nantian let out a crazy cry. He suddenly unsheathed his sword and began to slash the empty void like crazy.

He felt a great sense of defeat as a result of the disk array.

"Cha! Cha! Cha!"

Sword beams poured out in all directions and lasted for nearly a minute. When Shentu Nantian finally calmed down, the ground and walls surrounding him were covered in overlapped sword scars.

These sword scars were not left behind because they had cut into the Great Empress mystic realm's walls. In fact, the Great Empress mystic realm's walls were impregnable. These sword scars were left behind because the sword Qi lingered without dissipating.

"This is..."

Shentu Nantian was stunned. These sword Qi were sharper than usual. They even contained a hard to describe sharpness and forcefulness. This was a form of sword intent. It was as if, after being suppressed for so long, his indignation and anger had transformed into a sword intent from the explosive feelings he had from despair!

Sword Intent was the will of the sword Dao. When Shentu Nantian was able to fully inject his will into the sword, then he could display the sword intent.

This result made Shentu Nantian shocked. If it was during normal times, at his peak, the sword Qi he produced was stronger than what he did now, but it lacked in a such forceful sword intent.

"To think about it, I should not have been able to last for so long, but now, I am still standing here..." Previously, all of Shentu Nantian's thoughts and focus had been gathered on the disk array, while he did not focus on his body. However, now, he suddenly realized that, imperceptibly, his energy had been greatly tempered. The most important thing was that under the tough training for the last few months, his soul energy and determination had greatly increased.

For a swordsman, these two points were very important.

"Hahaha!" Shentu Nantian suddenly laughed recklessly after a short moment of pause. "Yes, although I did not manage to gain insight from the disk array, it has given me an opportunity to hone myself. These few months of cultivating was greatly beneficial for me. I have cultivated for more than twenty years and my Yuan Qi is thick. I have no lack in moves, but when it comes to sword intent and soul power, those are indeed my weaknesses. Now however, they’ve been enhanced!"

Shentu Nantian was overjoyed. This was an unexpected outcome. It was something that came by not searching for it!

He looked at the disk array left behind by the black-armored warrior once again. This disk array far exceeded his realm, so despite giving his best, he could not see the attack in any way, so he had to give up.

However, he guessed that Yi Yun would not have gained much from the move used by the black-armored warrior. Yi Yun's gains were probably also in the realms of soul and determination. He was definitely not weaker than Yi Yun.

"I already said so, how can I be inferior to that kid!?"

Shentu Nantian was filled with fighting spirit. He had lagged far behind Yi Yun at the previous trial, but he believed that he would slowly catch up.

Shentu Nantian had already made his decision. In the future, regardless of what Yi Yun chose, he would make the same choice. This way, he would definitely not suffer.

Shentu Nantian walked out of the sealed space and looked up at the path that led to the second level of the God Advent Tower. He then strode up.

"This time, I am sure that I can obtain the recognition of the God Advent Tower and enter the second level!"