This was really much too shameful!
“Hand over the treasured saber quickly!” Li Yuan once again moved, making a grabbing motion towards Ling Han.
“Get lost!” Ling Han waved the saber in a slash. “Shua,” a bright flash washed out from the saber, as bright as a shooting star.
“Pu!”
Li Yuan suddenly stumbled backwards, one hand pressing down on his chest. Fresh blood gushed forth from between his fingers, and his face had instantly turned pale.
What!
All of the others were flabbergasted with shock. One has to know that Li Yuan was in the ninth layer of Gushing Spring Tier, yet he was actually injured with one wave of Ling Han’s saber. How could they accept this reality?
The treasured saber, it must be the might of the treasured saber!
It was nothing new for them to have obtained damaged Spiritual Tools, after all it was as if all of them were dead. The value of them lay only in the martial intent engraved in the seals upon the body of these Spiritual Tools. But Ling Han had barely just obtained this treasured saber, yet he could actually activate the might of the treasured saber. How inconceivable was that?
Ling Han stood, wielding the saber in his hands, and asked, “Just now, you all really had fun ganging up on me, huh?”
“Hiss,” all of them could not help but take a step back. Who would have thought that a little junior in the fifth layer of Element Gathering Tier would suddenly possess the ability to pose a threat to high level martial artists of Gushing Spring Tier?
There was no way that Ling Han would stay nice. He pounced, and the treasured saber in his hand continuously spat out flashes of light. The might of the treasured saber was not something that mere Gushing Spring Tier martial artists could stand steadfast against. As the light from the treasured saber washed over them, without an exception, all of them were flung backwards from the power behind the blows.
“How could this be? This brat actually managed to resuscitate the Spiritual Tool!”
“I don’t believe it! All Spiritual Tools that can be successfully captured had their spirits deteriorated. Not even powerful warriors of Spiritual Ocean Tier would be able to activate their abilities, yet how could it be that a little brat of Element Gathering Tier actually managed to activate the might of the Spiritual Tool!”
Everyone were gasping in astonishment, stuck in a state of absolute disbelief.
But so what if they did not believe it? Now, they could only suffer a harsh thrashing from Ling Han’s hands.
“Aaaaaahhh!” They all shouted and screamed. Just now, Ling Han had suffered severe injuries from their hands, and now the tables were turned, so how could it be that he would be merciful towards them? As the light from the saber danced, all these people were easily thrashed.
As for Liu Bu Cheng, his face continued to twitch uncontrollably. Thank goodness he had acted to stop Liu Yu Tong, and so did not take part in the ganging up on Ling Han. Otherwise, he would not have been missed out in this thrashing.
To be thrashed in this manner by a little junior, how humiliating!
But was this brat a monster? Why was it that he could activate an ancient Spiritual Tool?
After Ling Han had heavily thrashed Li Yuan and the others, he stared at Liu Bu Cheng for a moment. This stare from Ling Han caused coldness to rise within the latter’s heart, and Ling Han finally lowered the saber’s hilt, sighing secretly. This saber was much too heavily damaged, and the spirit within was already long dead. The only thing left behind was a tiny scrap of consciousness. Because his martial intent was in the same vein as Jiang Yue Feng’s, he managed to activate this scrap of consciousness, but he would not be able to use it many more times before even this tiny scrap of consciousness would completely deteriorate.
By that time, aside from being a bit sharper, there would be no difference between this saber and other normal weapons.
“Ling Han, you, are you all right?” Liu Yu Tong and Li Si Chan both stepped forward at the same time.
‘How could this brat not be all right? Can’t you two see that the others are all heavily thrashed?’ Liu Bu Cheng mocked in his thoughts.
Ling Han was filled with troubled thoughts, so he only nodded towards these two girls before taking the saber and returning to his own tent.
Though he had injured a lot of people, it was absolutely normal for injuries and fights to result from fighting over treasures. Moreover, with Wu Song Lin’s support and having to give face to Wu Song Lin, who would dare say anything?
Moreover, a large group of Gushing Spring Tier martial artists actually lost against a young man in the fifth layer of Element Gathering Tier, how could they actually lower their pride to say that they would attempt revenge or something of the sort?
Ling Han sat within his tent, and placed the saber on his lap, studying it closely.
If the spirit within had not died, based on his current power, there was no way he could manage to control this saber. The saber would only need to emanate a little bit of aura, and he would be killed off. But now, this actually gave him the chance to study it closely.
Jiang Yue Feng had broken through to Heaven Tier.
Ling Han first confirmed this fact, because the martial intent engraved in the seals on the saber had reached the level that was equal to his own level in his last life. Thus, it was without question that this was a Spiritual Tool that Jiang Yue Feng had forged after he had broken through to Heaven Tier.
But a weapon of an ultimate warrior of Heaven Tier was actually heavily damaged in battle, and even the spirit within this Spiritual Tool was dead.
What kind of enemy did Jiang Yue Feng actually encounter?
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Moreover, Jiang Yue Feng’s talent was the lowest among all his disciples. Since even he had managed to break through to Heaven Tier, his other three disciples would all have definitely broken through too! If the four of them joined forces, Ling Han could think of no one that could defeat them.
Yet Jiang Yue Feng’s weapon was actually so completely broken from what looked to be a huge battle, and came floating out on the waters of an underground river with other Spiritual Tools.
Could there have been a battle royale among the ultimate warriors of Heaven Tier?
Ling Han lightly knocked on the saber’s blade. He had already decided that no matter what, he would have to go to the source of the underground river to take a look.
However, he managed to activate the Spiritual Tool and had even defeated a large group of Gushing Spring Tier elites. This naturally engendered the interest and attention of the higher ranks, so he was invited over that night, apparently to study the secrets behind the Spiritual Tools together.
Ling Han did not refuse. He too wanted to take a look at the other Spiritual Tools.
As a result, on this night, a total of eleven Spiritual Tools were placed on a table in front of him. All of them looked heavily worn out, as if they were damaged. If it was not said, who would believe that the things lying on this table were all immeasurably valuable?
“Young Friend Ling, how did you manage to resuscitate the Spiritual Tool?” A Spiritual Ocean Tier warrior from the Zhao Clan asked. His name was Zhao Wu Xue, and in his younger days, his nickname was Nobleman Wu Xue. His reputation as a romantic had once spread through the entire Imperial City, but unfortunately, he was already in his twilight years now, so the charm and grace of his youth were long gone.
This old man was already in the ninth layer of Spiritual Ocean Tier, and had been stuck for many years. Even if he managed to advance and break through to Spiritual Pedestal Tier, he would not have too many years to enjoy his new position. After all, anyone who did not manage to break through to Flower Blossom Tier were all mortals; the only difference was whether they were weaker or stronger mortals.
Ling Han smiled, and said, “I don’t know either. I had only grabbed the Spiritual Tool, and somehow, naturally gotten th
e acknowledgement of the Spiritual Tool.”
The seven old men who were seated all showed expressions of disbelief. However, because Ling Han represented Wu Song Lin, no matter how displeased they were, they dared not show it too openly.
Zhao Wu Xue smiled, and said, “Then that is really a coincidence. Somehow, Young Friend Ling is the one who encountered this kind of coincidence.”
“That’s right, I never imagined that something so coincidental would happen either,” Ling Han laughed as he took up one of the Spiritual Tools from the table and studied it closely.
The seven old men did not stop him. They were all observing every move that Ling Han made. Perhaps the key to activating these Spiritual Tools was some kind of special movement, so they naturally would not miss out on any single movement from Ling Han.
But they were destined to be disappointed, because this time, Ling Han was really just studying these Spiritual Tools.
All of these Spiritual Tools were heavily damaged, and the spirits of some of them had completely deteriorated. Moreover, the martial intent engraved in the seals on these Spiritual Tools were completely of a different vein than Ling Han’s own, so to him, all these Spiritual Tools were the same as mere trash.
Of course, the martial intent engraved in the seals on these Spiritual Tools still possessed a high value for research, because Ling Han could confirm that these were all Level Nine Spiritual Tools, forged by the powerful warriors of Heaven Tier!
He rubbed his chin, and slipped into pensive thought.
In that generation of his, there were merely seven powerful warriors of Heaven Tier. Even if his four disciples very quickly made their way up into the ranks of Heaven Tier, after he “died”, there would have been only ten Heaven Tier warriors.
Yet just here, there were already eleven Spiritual Tools.
Ling Han had seen it very clearly. The martial intents engraved within these eleven Spiritual Tools were all different. In other words, they were forged by eleven Heaven Tier warriors.
Moreover, these Spiritual Tools were only those that had been successfully “fished”. An even larger number of Spiritual Tools had not yet had their spirits deteriorated, and had long escaped capture.
Going by these calculations, exactly how many powerful warriors of Heaven Tier had there been?
One hundred? One thousand?
How could there have been so many!
Ling Han did not understand. Could it be that after he had “died”, a golden age came to the field of martial arts, allowing Heaven Tier warriors to rise up one after another? If that was not the case, how else could this be explained?
He closely studied the other ten Spiritual Tools. The martial intents engraved on them were all very unfamiliar, and definitely did not belong to the other six rulers that had been his equals.
It looks like unless he headed to the source of the underground river, there was no way for him to get more information.
Ling Han shook his head, and placed the Spiritual Tool back down on the table. He asked, “Everyone, have you managed to think of some way to break through the invisible blockade to advance to the source of the underground river?”
Hearing him address them as “everyone”, Zhao Wu Xue and the others all revealed expressions of displeasure. The hierarchy of martial arts was extremely strict, and a little martial artist of Element Gathering Tier actually dared act so casually in front of them? Yet the latter represented Wu Song Lin, and Wu Song Lin was in Spiritual Pedestal Tier, and so was much stronger than them. Going by this calculation, Wu Song Lin’s representative indeed had the right to be their equal.
They all felt aggrieved, and started to grumble about Wu Song Lin. Why had he sent such a representative over? Wasn’t this a deliberate insult to them?
“There is no way to break through that blockade. Most likely, even Spiritual Pedestal Tier warriors would be helpless against it, unless… unless that person is willing to come!” Zhao Wu Xue shook his head, but when he said the last few words, his eyes fell upon an old man.
This was a man of the Imperial Qi Family, and his name was Qi Jiu Shan.
The other five Spiritual Ocean Tier warriors all nodded. “That person” was of course the mysterious Flower Blossom Tier warrior of the Qi Clan. In their eyes, Flower Blossom Tier was the strongest level in this world, able to do the impossible.
Yet Ling Han could not agree with this opinion. Flower Blossom Tier had indeed left the bounds of mortality, and possessed unbelievable power—for example, possessing a lifespan of up to three hundred years, or for another example, being able to soar through the skies!
However, the Spiritual Tools here were all as high as Level Nine, and what could a Level Six Flower Blossom Tier martial artist do against Level Nine Spiritual Tools? At that time, it was even likely that ultimate warriors of Heaven Tier had died in battle, and had their Spiritual Tools broken, so how could it be that the invisible wall could be dispersed by Flower Blossom Tier martial artists?
He did not point this out, because this was too universally shocking a thing to mention. It would be best for him to maintain a low profile.
“Tomorrow, I would like to go take a look,” he said.
Immediately, there were objections, yet even more nodded in agreement.
“Young Friend, please do. You are representing Grandmaster Wu, so do have this right,” Qi Jiu Shan said with a smile.
‘Damn, what a fake smile!’ Ling Han thought secretly. He knew that these seven people were still suspicious of him, wanting to see if he had some kind of special method to disperse the blockade. He did not expose their thoughts and simply nodded before taking the treasured saber and leaving.
On the next day, he, together with Liu Yu Tong and Li Si Chan, followed the river’s course upstream.
He had originally intended to advance on his own, but could not win against the pleas of the two girls, so he could only bring them along. Behind them followed Zhao Wu Xue and the others, altogether fourteen Spiritual Ocean Tier martial artists—including a few who had not participated in their discussion the night before. Today, they had all come.
The source of this underground river was the foot of the mountain, and there was no way to advance further. They could only dive into the water in order to advance further.
There are no martial artists who do not know how to swim, so they all went into the water. They had not advanced much before everything in front of them turned dark. If they advanced a bit more, they wouldn’t even see the fingers of their own hands anymore. They could only feel the bone-piercing cold of the river’s waters.
Thankfully, there was air circulating in the underground river. Otherwise, no matter how much better they were at holding their breaths than normal people, they would not be able to swim too far.
After at least an hour, there actually appeared a spark of light flickering in front of them.
At first, Ling Han thought that they had finally come out of the mountain, and the exit was in front of them, but very quickly, he realized something was not right. It was actually a seal made up of rays of light, as if a fishing net was stretched out in front of them, stopping them from advancing further.
“Yi, this is…. Light of God!”
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In his last life, Ling Han had once ventured into quite a number of ancient historical sites, and in some of them, there was this Light of God.
Shattering Void Tier lay above Heaven Tier, and it was rumored that those who managed to cultivate Shattering Void Tier to completion had the ability to shatter the void and truly transform into gods. Thus, the restrictions laid down by ultimate warriors of Shattering Void Tier were also known as Light of God.
In his last life, because of his search for ways to break through to Shattering Void Tier, Ling Han had practically scoured through all the ancient historical sites he could find. As a result, he had seen this Light of God many times.
A large p
art of the rumors…. could not be relied on.
According to his deductions, Light of God should not have been set up by Shattering Void Tier warriors, but rather the remaining divine light that emanated from the remains of these warriors after their deaths.
When he thought this, Ling Han could not help his thoughts taking a sudden turn. Could it be that a powerful warrior of Shattering Void Tier had risen at that time, and for some reason, became the target of Jiang Yue Feng and the others’ ganging up on him? Should an ultimate warrior of Shattering Void Tier display his might, then it would not be strange for so many Heaven Tier warriors to die in battle against such an opponent.
Of course, there was another possibility, and that was that a lot of Heaven Tier warriors had discovered the tomb of an ultimate warrior of Shattering Void Tier. In order to fight over the relics and treasures left behind by this Shattering Void Tier warrior, they were embroiled in a grand battle royale. The result was uncountable injuries and deaths, and the breakage of their Spiritual Tools.
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