The seven of them should be called one dragon and six tigers. His strength was much stronger—the six other brothers had no right to stand by his side!
But Ling Han was even more surprising.
If his opponent was weak, his performance was relatively mediocre, but if his opponent was strong, his battle prowess changed accordingly. Yue Kai Yu’s battle prowess reached fourteen stars, but Ling Han completely kept up, without even a hint of falling at a disadvantage—how could anyone believe this?
Just how strong was this guy?
He was clearly in the first layer of the Spiritual Ocean Tier, but also possessed battle prowess surpassing six stars, so his battle prowess should only be seven stars. How could he then rival Yue Kai Yu’s fourteen stars of battle prowess? Could it be… the Spirit Tool on him could further increase battle prowess by seven stars?
Yue Kai Yu bellowed repeatedly. Whether Ling Han used a Spirit Tool or not, he, who was a dignified practitioner at the eight layer of the Spiritual Ocean Tier, still couldn’t suppress Ling Han at the first layer of the Spiritual Ocean Tier… it was a fact he couldn’t accept at all.
He naturally had Spirit Tools, Spirit Talismans, and medicinal pills that could increase battle prowess for a short amount of time, but he was too proud; having such a great advantage in cultivation, he still needed to use external things like Spirit Tools?
Then what meaning would a victory—should he win—have? He would only lose face.
He held in his breath, and continued to exchange blows with Ling Han.
“Hye, hey, hey, that newbie this year is too strong, right? Even Senior Brother Yue can’t suppress him. If both of them get eliminated, then that would be too hilarious,” a Winter Moon Sect’s disciple said.
“Wouldn’t that be a good thing, another spot would be open.”
“True. Of those under thirty years old, only the Seven Sons of Ao Family can suppress Senior Brother Yue.”
“That guy there called Sword of Justice something is strong too. He’s only at the seventh layer of the Spiritual Ocean Tier, but his battle prowess is at least twelve stars. Truly surprising.”
“Didn’t you guys hear Elder Chief Shi say that martial arts are in a super-golden age when prodigies are emerging without end, and perhaps there would be freaks in the future with battle prowess surpassing ten stars?”
The were many discussions in the surrounding people, and as more and more people were eliminated, the remaining people were the more dazzling.
“Senior Brother Yue, thank you!” Ling Han suddenly said without rhyme or reason.
Yue Kai Yu completely had no idea what he was talking about, and just when he was about to snap back, Ling Han threw a punch with six flashes of Fist Qi advancing and turning into seven dragon elephants that charged at him.
‘What!?’
He was greatly shocked that there were actually six flashes of Fist Qi. This was already the consummate of great mastery, almost crossing into the rank of kings.
This was too scary. He, too, only grasped six flashes of Fist Qi—the seventh flash was like a chasm, which he was stuck at for more than four years; he just couldn’t cross into the king’s realm of seven or more flashes.
This ‘thank you’ was because Ling Han quickly achieved a breakthrough under Yue Kai Yu’s pressure.
Of course, the main reason was that he had originally grasped seven flashes of Sword Qi, or else no matter how much of a genius he was, he wouldn’t be able to easily achieve a breakthrough.
With these six flashes of Fist Qi firing out, and on top of the War Elephant Fist, Ling Han gradually took the upper hand.
His power was originally no weaker than Yue Kai Yu’s, and now he was no longer at a disadvantage in the amount of Fist Qi flashes. Moreover, his art was stronger than Yue Kai Yu’s, and adding the discernment of a Heaven Tier on top of that, if he still couldn’t take the upper hand, then he should really just find a block of tofu and knock himself to death.
Hong, hong, hong, he launched punch after punch like a barbarian from the wilderness, impervious to reason, simply throwing punches of iron to crush everything.
Flash after flash of martial intent exploded, its light dazzling.
Yue Kai Yu retreated repeatedly; with his current battle prowess, he was no longer a match for Ling Han.
He hesitated on whether or not he should unleash his Spirit Tool, because Ling Han ‘apparently’ used Spirit Tools. However, as he thought of the great advantage he had in tier, which was enough to compensate for this Spirit Tool, the two were fighting fairly. If he used a Spirit Tool, then it would not be the fair fight he’d sought.
Peng!
Without completing his train of thought, he took a heavy punch on the face and was instantly sent flying. He only felt numbness on a part of his face and a pungent taste in his throat. He opened his mouth and hacked out blood continuously, along with three broken teeth.
Ling Han leapt over and reached with his hand out toward Yue Kai Yu, smiling as he said, “We’re even, and from now on we’re fellow brothers!”
Yue Kai Yu only thought that “fellow brothers” meant senior or junior apprentice. He instinctively touched his cheek, and said, “You punched me so heavily and still think of becoming brothers with me?”
Ling Han smiled mischievously, took out a pill bottle, and said, “This is Return Origin Pill.”
Yue Kai Yu’s gaze instantly burned up with fervor. Return Origin Pill was the highest quality Fourth Tier medicinal pill. It couldn’t improve cultivation and couldn’t restore Origin Power—it had only one function: compacting one’s tier!
Chapter 340
Chapter 340: A True Tycoon
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For a genius like Yue Kai Yu, the more solidly he compacted his foundation, the higher the tier he would be able to charge into in the future and the stronger his battle prowess compared to the same tier would be. Normal people were different—being able to break through was a great joy; they didn’t care about the foundation and whatnot, prioritizing improving their tier.
If the foundation wasn’t sturdy enough, then how high of a building could one build? When it reached a certain height, it would collapse!
Thus, the more talented one was, the less one would be in blind pursuit of improving tiers.
Amongst the seven Heaven Tier warriors in Ling Han’s past, Ma Wei Yang was the typical case of a great talent that matured slowly. His aptitude was the worst amongst the seven and his every leap slower than the others’, but at each and every step, he compacted his foundation extremely sturdily. No large tier ever posed a problem to him, and at last, he crossed into the Heaven Tier only ten years later then Sword Emperor and the rest.
It was clear just how important compacting the foundation was.
The problem lay in that that even though everyone knew that compacting it at each step was very important, just how should they do it? Relying on one’s own efforts to solidify a tier to the extreme then breaking through needed at least a dozen years, or even more.
However, in case of those below the Flower Blossom Tier, they only had a hundred years or so of lifespan, so how could they have enough time?
Thus, it was obvious just how precious medicinal pills that compacted one’s cultivation were.
First, such medicinal pills were hard to refine, and second, the original ingredients were too scarce; there was demand but no supply. Even if one carried a mountain of gold and silver, one might not even be able to buy it—and even if one were able to, one might not be able to buy enough.
It wasn’t like taking one was enough. It needed to be consumed continuously as one raised one’s tier so as to keep solidifying each tier.
Yue Kai Yu was now at the eighth layer of the Spiritual Ocean, and he at least needed a hundred or so Restore Origin Pills to fully compact his cultivation at the Spiritual Ocean Tier to the point of it being unshakable.
Once he saw Ling Han take out such a medicinal pill, not only wa
s Yue Kai Yu’s gaze burning with desire, even the Seven Sons of Ao Family revealed greedy expressions. There were too many descendants in the Ao Family—even if their family was affluent, after dividing share after share, what could possibly remain?
Luckily, the Seven Sons of Ao Family had amazing talent, receiving the sect’s emphasized fostering, or else, relying solely on the Ao Family to grow, it would be pretty decent if just one or two of them excelled in their family.
After all, the Winter Moon Sect wasn’t the Ao Family’s.
“So?” Ling Han shook the pill bottle. Inside was a total of twenty Restore Origin Pills, which he refined after receiving Yellow Dragon Fruits. He originally planned to give it to Liu Yu Tong and the others, but he unexpectedly met Yue Kai Yu first. “Planning on being my friend yet?”
“Hmph, I’m indomitable before threats and immune to bribery!” Yue Kai Ku said, clenching his teeth.
Ling Han sighed, took out another pill bottle, and shook it. Inside it were twenty more Restore Origin Pills.
‘F*ck.’ The temptation of one bottle of Restore Origin Pill he could resist, but two bottles… even if it couldn’t compact his tear to perfection, half of the work would be done. Besides, the Yue Family was also a large family, and with forty Restore Origin Pills, he’d already have half and be more sure of getting all eighty he needed… he already ate ten pellets before, so he would probably be able to cultivate the Spiritual Ocean Tier to perfection.
At this rate, he should be invincible at the Spiritual Ocean Tier, and once he crossed into the Spiritual Pedestal Tier, he would possess at least five stars battle prowess!
Ling Han laughed mischievously and took out a third pill bottle, shaking it and placing it with the others.
Yue Kai Yu couldn’t help but lick his lips and said, “Don’t you say that this bottle is also Restore Origin Pills?!”
Ling Han threw over the three pill bottles and said with a smile, “You’ve probably eaten these outdated pills, check for yourself.”
Outdated?
Hearing this, everyone felt the urge to beat the hell out of Ling Han. If Restore Origin Pill was outdated, what counted as recent? The well fed wouldn’t know how the starving suffered.
Yue Kai Yu opened a pill bottle and dumped the medicinal pills onto his hand. These were yellow, bean-sized pills, each emitting a bittersweet smell, which was very familiar to him.
“It certainly is a Restore Origin Pill, and the quality is extremely high!” he cried out, hurriedly checking the other two bottles of medicinal pills. The result was the same, which made his heart palpitate.
The Yue Family had few descendants, and he was the only one in the younger generation. It could be said that all the resources were used on him, but he had only ever eaten a dozen or so Restore Origin Pills, which cost the Yue Family countless financial resources and favors!
However, Ling Han causally took out sixty Restore Origin Pills… what did this mean?
A tycoon, a super-tycoon!
“How can you possibly have so many Restore Origin Pills?” he asked with a quiver in his voice. Seeing such a large fortune would make even his old man’s knees go soft, because it could just about foster a perfect Spiritual Ocean Tier warrior—it was an extremely shocking thing.
Ling Han smiled faintly, and said, “Still bothered by that punch and not going to be my friend?”
“Pah, If you give me two more bottles of Restore Origin Pill, I can let you punch me twice more,” Yue Kai Yu immediately said, having no backbone.
This didn’t cause other people to look down on him. Those were Restore Origin Pills, and even if one punch could only be traded for one pill, countless people would be willing to present their faces for a beating. But who would be that bored and waste medicinal pills so extragavantly?
Yue Kai Yu was proud without a doubt, but he wasn’t an idiot. He immediately lowered his attitude and placed the benefits first. It wasn’t humiliating to be beaten in a jest, anyways.
He reached out to grab Ling Han and borrowed his power to stand up, but he then reached to touch his face and said, “But honestly, that punch of yours was truly heavy.”
Ling Han smiled. Thinking of the pain his old man suffered, could he have thrown a weak punch? If this punch landed on the Seven Sons of Ao Family or Ao Feng, it wouldn’t be just about pain, but about taking their lives.
“My master is an alchemist, and is busy with refining pills all day. So, ask me for whatever medicinal pills you want. I’m so broke that the only thing I have left are medicinal pills,” Ling Han explained.
Everyone came to a sudden realization: this guy had a high-grade alchemist behind him. It was no wonder he could take out three bottles of Restore Origin Pills. They were all envious, they wanted to be poor like that too!
They looked at Ling Han with completely different gazes now.
This wasn’t a new member of the sect, but a golden and dazzling treasure chest, inside of which were infinite medicinal pills! The men all looked enviously at Yue Kai Yu who easily received three bottles of Restore Origin Pills, and they wanted even more to become friends with Ling Han—medicinal pills could be taken as one pleased.
The females looked at Ling Han with burning and seductive gazes. It obviously needn’t be said what their intentions were.
No wonder this guy had a Fourth Tier high quality Spirit Tool that could made his battle prowess break through fourteen stars. Would one who could casually take out three bottles of Restore Origin Pills lack money? Other things aside, as long as he was willing to trade Restore Origin Pills, would he still not be able to get a Fourth Tier high quality Spirit Tool?
After this round of battles ended, there were only thirty people who qualified to stay.
“Eleventh to twentieth place step forward.” The Spiritual Pedestal Tier was also somewhat shocked at Ling Han’s confidence, but he still had a mission at hand. He still announced the start of the eighth round of battles.
And this time, everyone avoided Ling Han the best they could.
Chapter 341
Chapter 341: Battling the Seventh Son of Ao Family
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Previously, people thought that Ling Han was just a chicken, but now, this guy not only turned into somewhat of a fierce tiger, but also a god of wealth. Such a person… who would want to battle him?
First, they might not even win!
The top hundred and their strength had no definite relationship; Yue Kai Yu’s strength was definitely in the top ten, but in the first round’s exam, he only ranked in the twenties.
Therefore, even Yue Kai Yu was defeated at the hands of Ling Han, who else would be able to fend against Ling Han?
Moreover, even if they won, it might not be a good thing— who would want to be their friend if they were marked by Ling Han?
So, each person wanted to avoid Ling Han; there were nine other people to challenge anyways.
However, there had to be a person with bad luck that would face Ling Han. He laughed embarrassedly, and said, “This humble one is Zeng Yuan, it’s an honor to see Senior Brother Han. This battle won’t be fought, this humble one concedes.” First, he certainly wasn’t Ling Han’s match, and second, he wanted more do Ling Han a favor.
Ling Han smiled slightly, and said, “You let me win.”
Zeng Yuan couldn’t help but be dumbfounded—was that all? He wanted to be friends with Ling Han. This guy was rich and imposing, and was absolutely shocking when he gave out three bottles of Restore Origin Pill at once.
In everyone’s eyes, Ling Han was probably foolishly rich. Wasn’t he? Taking out such a great gift to a person he just met, if this wasn’t foolishly rich, what was it?
Since that was so, why not give him a few bottles?
He felt extremely awkward, but he had to turn back, retreating into the crowd.
Seeing this, everyone thought to themselves, ‘So this guy wasn’t an idiot!’
After this round, there was only on
e more round left. Those who won could advance into top ten and receive rewards. However, if they wanted to be first, then they definitely had to experience many battles.
One hour later, the second last round completely ended, with only twenty people still remaining on the field. Amongst them, Winter Moon Sect’s disciples took fourteen spots. A large sect was a large sect after all; they certainly had deep roots.
However, there were still six outsiders that remained. This meant that the strength of these outsiders was quite out of the ordinary.
The truth was so.
Some forces didn’t establish sects or factions, and instead developed as a family. Although their strength couldn’t be compared to that of a sect, after generations of accumulation, they possessed a shocking amount of cultivation resources. Concentrated all on one descendant, it was enough to create a prodigy.
Yang Chong, Bai Ming, and Si Qi Meng were amongst those, while the last two were males called Wang Ping and Xi Zhi Yuan. Both were at the seventh layer of the Spiritual Ocean Tier, which was truly shocking as they were only slightly inferior to Yue Kai Yu.
“Last round, start,” the Spiritual Pedestal Tier overseer said.
“Hehe, which one of you will pick that guy?” The Seven Sons of Ao Family looked at each other—they had their attention on Ling Han.
“This guy can’t be underestimated, even Yue Kai Yu was defeated at his hands,” Ao Jian Cheng said.
“That’s because Yue Kai Yu is too stupid and didn’t use the Spirit Tool he had, stubbornly fighting head-on empty-handed. He was defeated because of idiocy,” Ao Feng Hang said.
“That might not be the case, he received three bottles of Restore Origin Pills, the price of which exceeds even the Thunder Battle Armor.”
“Not in the first place, yet he received medicinal pills that surpassed the first place; clearly a smart move.”
“Whatever, if we can avoid him, then we’ll avoid him and play with him in the final ranking battles.”
“Yes!”
They reached a consensus, but the problem was… they wanted to avoid Ling Han, but what about others? It wasn’t like people didn’t see that Yue Kai Yu was no match for him, so as they stepped out, the other three people had already found their opponents—obviously, none of them picked Ling Han.
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