Having obtained the Extreme Yin Crown, using the Extreme Yin Crown as the dao and their supreme Extreme Yin Arts as the weapon, they would be able to wield this powerful Sacred Artifact with a cultivation base of the Martial Scholar realm.
The Heavenly Thunder Hall’s Maiden of Extreme Yin Nian Lei unleashed multiple fists, resembling speeding thunder, a silhouette surfacing within the pillar of light that enveloped her, condensing into a gigantic drum, beating unceasingly, resembling the continuous explosions of thunderbolts.
Infinite Boundless Mountain’s Maiden of Extreme Yin, Ling Hui, her supreme Extreme Yin Arts resonating with the Sacred Artifact, manifested an ordinary-looking silhouetted chisel, seemingly able to pierce holes through mountains.
Jade Sea City’s Chen Suting manifested a great vessel, riding the wind and breaking the waves.
For Turbid Wave Pavilion’s Fan Qiu, it was an umbrella, drifting within the wind.
For this first segment of the Bout where the Sacred Artifact, the Extreme Yin Crown itself was the judge, the results could not be falsified at all.
Their familiarity with the powers of Extreme Yin-they would be visible with a single glance.
Infinite Boundless Mountain’s Ling Hui was the weakest, the Heavenly Thunder Hall’s Nian Lei somewhat stronger than her, Jade Sea City’s Chen Suting then surpassing Nian Lei by a bit.
Of these four girls, it was instead the youngest of them, Turbid Wave Pavilion’s Fan Qiu, who was the strongest.
But just at this time, Meng Wan emitted a clear cry like that of a young phoenix, before the silhouette of a phoenix took form within the faint golden pillar of light that enveloped her, spreading its wings in flight.
The phoenix spread its wings, instantly suppressing the auras of all the others, presiding over them all!
History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 328: The one who went turncoat
HSSB328: The one who went turncoat
Yan Zhaoge looked calmly at the ongoing Extreme Yin Bout before him.
For the past few Bouts, he had watched the recordings brought back by the senior members of his clan. Now, watching it up close and comparing it with what he had seen, he had the most straight on and accurate evaluation regarding the prowess of the respective Maidens of Extreme Yin here.
Beside him, Ah Hu said curiously, Young Master, it looks like Meng Wan towers above them all ah.”
Yan Zhaoge said casually, “The evaluation of the strength of Maidens of Extreme Yin does not lie in a single area.”
“Generally speaking, the level of a Maiden of Extreme Yin’s cultivation base, the strength of their Extreme Yin Power, as well as the strength of the supreme Extreme Yin Art they have comprehended together decide the ability of the Maiden of Extreme Yin to unleash the power of the Extreme Yin Crown. In actual combat, this still involves combat prowess. Therefore, on the whole, there can be said to be four decisive factors.”
Yan Zhaoge looked at Meng Wan, seeing the phoenix above her head spread its wings, its aura soaring to the heavens.
What caused him to take more note of it was the fact that the silhouette phoenix was half black, half white.
This meant that the Sacred Sun Clan and Meng Wan had already seen tangible progress in analysing yin-yang coexistence to raise her strength a step further, as opposed to in the fourth Extreme Yin Bout the previous year when she had just stepped through the doorway, her foundation unstable, her strength instead regressing.
Having regressed a step back then had been for progressing three steps now-Meng Wan perfectly demonstrated this point.
It was because of this that her strength had skyrocketed, currently presiding over all the others.
“Meng Wan leads in all these areas, fully living up to the reputation of the current strongest Maiden of Extreme Yin,” Yan Zhaoge sighed emotionally.
In terms of cultivation base, originally already being a genius, also having received the full support of the Sacred Sun Clan, along with the two years she had held the Extreme Yin Crown being beneficial to her daily cultivation, at a young age, Meng Wan had already stepped into the early Xiantian stage, the highest of all the Maidens of Extreme Yin here.
In terms of the strength of her Extreme Yin Power, Meng Wan still presided over them all, her talent itself already great, with it also having been improved further by the yin-yang coexisting technique.
In terms of the strength of her supreme Extreme Yin Arts, from the experience of past years, Meng Wan also stood at the peak.
In terms of combat experience, while Meng Wan could not be said to have experienced a hundred battles, her combat experience was still extremely abundant.
That year, she had only lost the second Extreme Yin Bout because she had forcibly clashed against a Fire Devil King in the East Sea as she wielded the Extreme Yin Crown.
While Meng Wan had been injured, a Martial Scholar being able to survive in a great battle with an opponent of the Martial Saint realm, she had undoubtedly benefited greatly from it.
Feng Yunsheng had once said that as long no problem cropped up with Meng Wan, with her participating in the Extreme Yin Bout, the Extreme Yin Crown would definitely go to her.
These words had been said from the bottom of her heart, and definitely not casually.
Looking at everyone participating in the first round of competition here, Yan Zhaoge said neither hurriedly not slowly, “Infinite Boundless Mountain’s Ling Hui is the weakest, being the exact opposite from Meng Wan, rather ordinary and mediocre in all the areas. While this may be a little rude, unless a heaven-shaking, earth-overturning change happens to her, participating in this annually, this Junior Sister Ling can only be an accompaniment.”
“The Heavenly Thunder Hall’s Nian Lei…other things aside, from the time of the fourth Extreme Yin Bout till now, her Extreme Yin power has been increasing. While limited, it has indeed been increasing.”
Yan Zhaoge glanced at the great silhouetted drum above Nian Lei’s head, seeing that it was also vaguely coloured half black and half white.
However, it was not clear, being somewhat blurry and indistinct.
Yan Zhaoge nodded slightly, “The Heavenly Thunder Hall is indeed also attempting to develop a yin-yang coexisting technique to boost the strength of its Maiden of Extreme Yin. However, it is fully based upon their own research, and has only just begun. It still has a long way to go.”
Things like creating new techniques were always the most difficult at the start. Having gone on the right track, there would be rapid development, till a certain level was reached and a bottleneck was encountered whereupon one would slow down once more and prepare for that next breakthrough.
Hearing his words, Ah Hu curiously appraised the Maidens of Extreme Yin.
Yan Zhaoge looked to the other side, “Jade Sea City’s Chen Suting’s greatest advantage lies in her cultivation base. Other than that, the supreme Extreme Yin Arts Jade Sea City specifically created for her is also rather unordinary.”
Chen Suting was the oldest of all the competitors here, having spent the longest time cultivating, also having held the Extreme Yin Crown for a year.
Currently, she was the only one whose cultivation base was comparably to Meng Wan’s, also having broken through into the early Xiantian stage.
The supreme Extreme Yin Arts had to be comprehended by a Maiden of Extreme Yin herself, but with the assistance of seniors of the clan, they would also become more familiar with it.
On the six great Sacred Grounds, the martial arts of Jade Sea City and Turbid Wave Pavilion were originally also proficient in flexible, supple power.
In the first Extreme Yin Bout, Chen Suting had been Meng Wan’s greatest competitor. At that time, Meng Wan had still been young, only managing to barely secure victory.
In the second Extreme Yin Bout, Meng Wan had been injured, and Chen Suting had eventually obtained victory, winning the Extreme Yin Crown back for Jade Sea City.
In the war of the Eastern Tang, it had been Chen Suting who
had brought the Extreme Yin Crown alongside Jade Sea City’s longtime Elders east to the Earth Domain, cooperating with Broad Creed Mountain to ambush the Sacred Sun Clan’s Great Sun Heaven Measuring Ruler.
Sadly, in the third Extreme Yin Bout, the recovered Meng Wan had performed a returned monarch reclaiming her throne.
In the fourth Extreme Yin Bout, Meng Wan had strategically chosen to give up, and it had been Turbid Wave Pavilion’s Fan Qiu rising up from nowhere to claim the victory.
However, even so, in the fifth Extreme Yin Bout, Chen Suting still possessed considerable fighting power.
As for Turbid Wave Pavilion’s Fan Qiu, as Yan Zhaoge saw it, she was also rather unordinary, seeming sort of like a slightly miniaturised Meng Wan.
She was extremely outstanding in all the areas, and it was especially worth mentioning that her Extreme Yin Power was extremely strong.
This rabbit-teethed girl might even be the most intrinsically talented Maiden of Extreme Yin of them all.
If Meng Wan had not undergone strengthening through the yin-yang coexisting technique, she might not even be able to beat Fan Qiu based on her intrinsic talents.
Also, Fan Qiu who hailed from Turbid Wave Pavilion had comprehended extremely remarkable supreme Extreme Yin Arts.
Seeing that small umbrella above Fan Qiu’s head, Yan Zhaoge nodded to himself in secret.
Other than these old opponents…
Yan Zhaoge’s gaze landed on another person, also someone participating in an Extreme Yin Bout for the first time.
From the Sacred Sun Clan, Yun Xiuqing.
While being from the same clan, Yun Xiuqing was greatly different from Meng Wan.
Currently, above her head was instead the image of a mountain peak.
It was a snowy mountain, yet flames and lava were constantly spurted out from its peak.
Yan Zhaoge stroked his lower chin, “Meng Wan began switching to cultivate in the yin-yang coexisting technique halfway, and this girl is obviously no exception. Her Extreme Yin power is rather exceptional.”
“Her comprehension is outstanding, and her supreme Extreme Yin Arts are also remarkable, just that she is still slightly inexperienced in them. Her cultivation base is comparatively lower, but her overall power is still extremely strong.”
Ah Hu blinked. Such an evaluation from Yan Zhaoge could be considered extremely rare.
Observing carefully, Ah Hu indeed saw some of what he said. Looking around, he saw that the faces of the leading Elder of both Infinite Boundless Mountain and the Heavenly Thunder Hall were rather ugly.
This rookie, Yun Xiuqing, was shockingly even stronger than Ling Hui and Nian Lei who had already participated in four Extreme Yin Bouts!
The expressions of those from Jade Sea City and Turbid Wave Pavilion were similarly solemn, because Yun Xiuqing clearly already possessed the power to threaten Chen Suting and Fan Qiu.
The Sacred Sun Clan’s Elder who had led their group, the Sunset Lord, was expressionless.
Some of the Sacred Sun Clan martial practitioners accompanying him here began to smile coldly, their gazes sweeping past Yan Zhaoge and Elder Mo before finally landing on Feng Yunsheng, “Four spots; Chen Suting and Fan Qiu may get them, but you traitorous disciple-hurry up and scurry back to Broad Creed Mountain already!”
History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 329: Let’s see who can’t make it into the second round!
HSSB329: Let’s see who can’t make it into the second round
In the fifth Extreme Yin Bout, the number of participants had increased to seven.
The first round of competition would see three eliminated, four of them remaining.
The benchmark for judgment was handed over to the Extreme Yin Crown itself.
The seven were all enveloped in the radiance of the Extreme Yin Crown, at the same time also achieving resonance within it.
The clash between the Maidens of Extreme Yin would be related to their individual cultivation bases, but would not merely be about competing in martial arts.
The final benchmark was establishing better communication with the Extreme Yin Crown, unleashing the power of the Extreme Yin Crown to the greatest extent. All other factors were also influenced by this final goal.
Their resonance with the Extreme Yin Crown was the clearest way to view this.
The Extreme Yin Crown would impartially give feedback on everyone’s communication with it.
The brightness and thickness of the seven pillars of light gradually began to show.
The weaker the person, the thinner her pillar of light and the dimmer its radiance. It went the other way for those who were stronger.
Of everyone here, Infinite Boundless Mountain’s Ling Hui was the weakest, directly being placed at the bottom. While the Heavenly Thunder Hall’s Nian Lei was stronger than her, she could only be placed second from last.
Perhaps because of Lin Zhou, the Heavenly Thunder Hall had guided Nian Lei to walk a right path, and results were already gradually beginning to show. Still, there were still many areas that they had to work on, with much more time still needed.
Meng Wan was undoubtedly the strongest, while Fan Qiu was sitting stably in the number two position for the time being.
Rather interestingly was that while Chen Suting looked to be second, her position was not stable.
The pillar of light that enveloped Yun Xiuqing was beginning to grow brighter and more dazzling at an extremely rapid rate.
Seeing this, everyone looked solemn. Although they had predicted that with the Sacred Sun Clan having sent out Yun Xiuqing to participate, she would definitely not be simple, they had originally thought that she only possessed the qualifications to be Meng Wan’s support. But from the looks of it now, they had all underestimated her earlier.
The first round would see three eliminated and four remaining. The Sacred Sun Clan actually looked like it might grab up two of the spots.
Here, everyone could not help but look at the other person participating in the Extreme Yin Bout for the first time.
As they gazed over, they saw that the light pillar enveloping Feng Yunsheng was bright at times while dark at others.
A sabre in hand, the hair that had always been strewn behind Feng Yunsheng’s back had currently been tied into a ponytail.
At the tip of the sabre within the air, a silhouette rose and sunk, visible at times whilst unseen at others, suddenly brightening and dimming sporadically alongside the pillar of light.
Everyone frowned at this.
When it was dim, the pillar of light that enveloped Feng Yunsheng was only around the level of Infinite Boundless Mountain’s Ling Hui.
When it was bright and dazzling, it chased straight after Meng Wan and Fan Qiu.
Darkness and brightness switched intermittently, resembling the flickering flame of a candle within the night.
Such an appearance left everyone unable to see through it.
If they said that Feng Yunsheng was weak, that seemed to be wrong. The other Maidens of Extreme Yin aside, the spectators here naturally all had some level of understanding regarding the Extreme Yin Bout.
All of them could tell that this girl who had once plummeted from the height of the clouds to the lowest canyons had truly recovered her Extreme Yin Physique.
However, to say that she had ability…
Even Broad Creed Mountain’s Elder Mo felt a bit of unease, “It feels like…it’s not too stable; could it be because the recovery of the Extreme Yin Physique was still not complete?”
Elder Mo swivelled his head and glanced at Yan Zhaoge, “If it had not completely recovered, without a certain level of confidence, Fu Enshu and Zhaoge shouldn’t have been comfortable in letting her participate in this time’s Extreme Yin Bout, isn’t it.”
“Perhaps they too missed it, and this girl’s Extreme Yin Physique still contains some hidden problems that cannot be discovered by people, yet had that deficiency exposed before the omniscient Extreme Yin Crown?”
The Sacred Sun Clan’s Sunset Lord knit his brows slightly. While he very much hoped for there to be a problem with Broad Creed Mountain’s Maiden of Extreme Yin, the situation before his eyes seemed somewhat strange.
The other Sacred Sun Clan martial practitioners were all also focused on Feng Yunsheng.
Watching Feng Yunsheng calmly, Yan Zhaoge swivelled his head and smiled as he felt Elder Mo’s gaze on him, “Please relax, Elder Mo. It’s fine.”
Elder Mo swivelled his head to look at Feng Yunsheng, “By principle, as you are the ones in charge of educating and raising her, this old man should not speak on it, but this situation now truly causes one to lack confidence ah.”
“The Sacred Sun Clan’s Meng Wan’s advantage is prominent. Turbid Wave Pavilion’s Fan Qiu is following closely behind, seemingly outstanding. Jade Sea City’s Chen Suting similarly possesses competitive power, and most critical is the fact that the new girl of the Sacred Sun Clan who suddenly popped up is actually rather unordinary as well.”
“Only the first four will make it into the second round. While from the looks of it, we are not to the extent of coming in last, we still did come in holding greater expectations.”
Elder Mo pondered, “This old man did not expect her to wrest the crown in a single Bout, but the situation before us-is it that her Extreme Yin Physique has yet to fully recover?”
Yan Zhaoge said leisurely, “You can rest easy, Elder Mo. Junior apprentice-sister Feng already successfully regained her Extreme Yin Physique a long time ago. Currently, she is just moderating her condition.”
“Oh?” Elder Mo looked at Yan Zhaoge again.
Looking at Feng Yunsheng, a hint of a smile was revealed at the corner of Yan Zhaoge’s mouth, “Under the simultaneous use of many methods, junior apprentice-sister Feng’s cultivation base has improved very rapidly, with her currently already having successfully stepped into the late outer aura Martial Scholar realm.”
“Compared to those who have received the help of the Extreme Yin Crown before, Meng Wan, Fan Qiu and Chen Suting, not just has she not been slower in terms of raising her cultivation base alone, she has even been faster than them, not having lost out much at all.”
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