“Enough!” Yin Xue Yang said in a deep voice.
Bai Yuan laughed gently, and said, “Juniors are sparring, and the older generation shouldn’t meddle!”
“This lord said, stop!” Yin Xue Yang roared, and his voice turned into waves that rolled towards the opposing side.
This was a Heaven Tier warrior’s furious roar. If hit by the sound waves, it was guaranteed that those at the Flower Blossom Tier would instantly faint.
“Damned fatso, you’re too pushy!” Bai Yuan attacked, and a deathly mist was waved out, blocking Yin Xue Yang’s sound waves.
“Ah!” Jia Zhang let out a tragic scream. His arms and legs were grabbed separately by four Corpse Soldiers, and with a pull, he was torn into pieces. He had no Iron Sheet Body, and having his limbs grabbed and pulled, he obviously died.
“Seventeenth Junior Brother, why’d you dismember him, wouldn’t it be better to leave a complete body to refine a Corpse Soldier?” someone said with a laugh.
Si Tu Yao laughed, and said, “A small fry at the second layer of the Flower Blossom Tier refined into a Corpse Soldier would have limited strength. Moreover, he can still be refined into a Corpse Soldier even after being dismembered, just that a bit more effort is necessary.”
“Who wants to battle?” He looked at the people on the city wall, wearing an expression of disdain.
How truly arrogant!
However, Jia Zhang’s strength was already quite good, yet he was swiftly defeated at the hands of this person. This guy certainly had the ability to be proud.
At least, those who had the same battle prowess as Jia Zhang were not qualified to take up the challenge, or else, they’d just be giving up their lives.
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“Hehe, I heard that the Spirit Treasures Pavilion held a once in three or five year competition, and one of the competition rounds was martial arts. Are there really no other decent opponents?” Si Tu Yao continued to ridicule the crowd.
Everyone was unconvinced. Although Si Tu Yao won, it still didn’t change their fate of being trapped, and since they were trapped and humiliated, they felt even worse.
“I’ll battle you!” A hot-headed young man leapt down, yet he was just a nobody that didn’t even enter the Flower Blossom Tier. Without even getting close, he was bitten to death by a Corpse Soldier, his blood splattering all over the ground.
Si Tu Yao played with the Heptagold Mirror that used to belong to Jia Zhang, and smiled as he said, “Although that guy was pathetically weak, this Spirit Tool is really quite good, posing a threat to even peak stage Flower Blossom Tier warriors.”
“Give back the treasure mirror!” Someone leapt down the city walls and yelled at Si Tu Yao. It was a forty years old man, who emitted an unfathomably deep presence.
“Hmph, already at such an age… Don’t butt in!” Bai Yuan intervened, and swatted towards that person with a palm.
Yin Xu Yang hurriedly intervened to save that person. Peng , with a loud bang, Bai Yuan’s attack was neutralized. That middle-aged man’s face turned pale, and he hurriedly ran back. He was Jia Family’s Spiritual Infant Tier elite. He originally wanted to retrieve the treasure, yet almost gave up his live doing so.
“Hehe.” Bai Yuan laughed. “This old man will give you guys a chance. Those under thirty years of age can take the field to spar with these ten small guys. Each person can participate in at most ten fights, and with each win, this old man can let ten people leave this city.”
Yin Xue Yang immediately sneered, and said, “Can your nonsense be trusted?”
“Hehe, then this old man will make an oath,” Bai Yuan said, and raised his hand to make an oath as expected.
Gods lay three feet above one’s head—dao oaths couldn’t be recklessly made.
Everyone instantly revealed an impulsive look. Wining one battle, they could receive ten quotas to leave the city, and if they won a few battles, they could even bring their entire family out of this killing formation.
“I’ll battle you!” Someone immediately jumped out and attacked Si Tu Yao.
“Court death!” Si Tu Yao sneered as four Corpse Soldiers demonstrated their power, instantly dismembering that person.
“Give us a decent opponent, or else there’s no need to make such a bet,” a disciple of the Thousand Corpse Sect said, revealing an impatient look. “I’m not interested in killing ants.”
Atop the city gates, the youngsters looked at each other, revealing their burning fury.
“Quite arrogant, huh?” a youngster in a blue long garment said dully. His figure was lanky, and he had a moon-shaped mark on his forehead, flashing indistinctly.
He stood amongst the crowd, unprepossessing, but once he spoke, his presence rose infinitely, instantly turning into a resplendent star from a passerby.
Xiu , he leapt down and stood at the city gates.
“Hmm, this opponent’s not bad.” With a glance, Si Tu Yao revealed a joyful look. “This follower’s mine!”
The youngster in the blue raised his right hand. A silver bell was actually fastened to his wrist, looking somewhat girly. He shook his hand, and instantly ding, ding, ding sounds echoed, beautiful and pleasant to listen to. He looked at Si Tu Yao and said, “I’m about to win, and I don’t need any quotas to leave the city. You can kneel on the ground and kowtow forcefully three times.”
Si Tu Yao’s expression changed drastically, and he said, “Such arrogant manner! Hmph, after I defeat you, I’ll have you know what the pecking order is!”
The youngster in blue smiled slightly, and said, “Attack, I’ll give you three moves.”
“Arrogant!” Si Tu Yao snapped his finger. “Charge!” The four Corpse Soldiers immediately jumped out and attacked the youngster in blue garment.
The youngster was extremely at ease, and as he pressed his right hand forward, the four Corpse Soldiers actually stopped all at once as if a freezing spell had been cast on them.
“What!?” everyone cried out; what was going on?
Ling Han activated the Eye of Truth and instantly saw everything clearly.
The four Corpse Soldiers actually had threads attached to them. It was precisely these threads that tied them tightly, rendering them unable to do anything. Ling Han thought it was Blood Sucking Origin Gold at first, but examining closely, he discovered that it was actually formed by Origin Power.
Origin Power formed threads that could tie down people… what sort of mystic arts was this?
The youngster in blue clothing pulled with hands again, and the four Corpse Soldiers were instantly like marionettes, moving involuntarily. However, their movements were rigid, and that look was truly amusing.
However, no one was able to laugh, feeling frightened on the inside.
Those were four Corpse Soldiers, which were comparable to warriors at the ninth layer of the Flower Blossom Tier, yet under the control of the young man, they were like marionettes; this was too ridiculous!
“Who is this guy? He seems really strong.”
“Hiss, he’s the one west region’s Spirit Treasures Pavilion asked to attend the martial arts contest… he seems to be called Pang Xiang Ming.”
“Right, he’s called Pang Xiang Ming.”
“So powerful!”
Everyone cried out. Not many people could see that Pang Xiang Ming used threads of Origin Power to constrain the four Corpse Soldiers, but it was precisely because they didn’t know that they felt it incredible, taking him for a celestial.
Ling Han also nodded. This skill was certainly effective, but Pang Xiang Ming didn’t appear that relaxed, either. After all, he was tying down four ninth layer Flower Blossom Tier Corpse Soldiers, while his cultivation was merely at the fifth layer of the Flower Blossom Tier.
This was also because he was freakish enough to fight a stronger opponent while being weaker, and even fight one against four; however, this was also roughly his limit. Conversely, the Thousand Corpse Sect was trul
y freakish. A random disciple could rival the most outstanding geniuses of present age.
Si Tu Yao was also shocked at first, but his divine sense could be said to be connected with the four Corpse Soldiers, and he soon felt that the opponent’s constraints were inadequate. Thus, he immediately laughed loudly. “Hahaha, thought you were going to be quite formidable!”
Peng, peng, peng, peng, as expected, the four Corpse Soldiers shook off the constraints, attacking Pang Xiang Ming once again.
Pang Xiang Ming was fearless. As his hands danced, he appeared extremely effeminate, looking as if a girl reincarnated in the wrong body. As he raised his hands, he formed orchid-like shapes with his fingers, appearing extremely gentle. The four Corpse Soldiers couldn’t approach at all—as they got close, he would constrain them with his Origin Power and throw them out.
Si Tu Yao let out a battle cry and joined the fray.
“Corpses flood heaven and earth!” he bellowed as corrosive black-colored Corpse Qi spewed out from his entire body.
“You think it’ll work on me?” Pang Xiang Ming sneered, and spread out an Origin Power shield to block out the Corpse Qi. He was at the fifth layer of the Flower Blossom Tier, so his Origin Power was naturally much thicker than Si Tu Yao’s. The Corpse Qi couldn’t possibly penetrate it.
Si Tu Yao laughed loudly, and said, “This wasn’t prepared for you!”
As the sound of his words fell, a blood-red ray shone from the eye sockets of the four Corpse Soldiers, emitting an even more violent presence. Peng, peng, peng, peng, they suddenly broke the constraint of Pang Xiang Ming’s Origin Power threads, charging towards him.
Pang Xiang Ming frowned slightly. After absorbing Corpse Qi, the four Corpse Soldiers’ strength increased explosively—at least by one star of battle prowess. It made him feel a modicum of pressure.
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The four Corpse Soldiers charged up together at Pang Xiang Ming. Each attack emitted an intense evil presence, just as if they were demons that climbed out of hell.
From a certain sense, it certainly was so.
Corpse Soldiers and Corpse Qi were of the same origin. After the four Corpse Soldiers absorbed Si Tu Yao’s personal Corpse Qi, their strength instantly grew explosively. Si Tu Yao, on the other hand, appeared somewhat dispirited, seeming to have expended a great deal.
“Just a few skeletons to deal with me?” Pang Xiang Ming sneered. The moon-shaped mark let out a great ray of light, while his hands danced, confining the four Corpse Soldiers once again.
“Break!” he shouted loudly, and with a snap, the hands and legs of two Corpse Soldiers were pulled off.
Such formidable power!
After Corpse Soldiers were refined, their bodies were extremely tough, approaching the level of same tier rare metals; as for how close it could get, it would depend on the refinement heat and ingredients added.
The elite corpses were only slightly higher in grade. As for the “original ingredients” being refined into a powerful Corpse Soldier, they naturally had a great price.
Si Tu Yao’s four Corpse Soldiers weren’t extraordinary amongst the Flower Blossom Tier beings, but being refined into Third tier Silver-Armored Corpse was already quite remarkable. Yet, Pang Xiang Ming instantly smashed two Corpse Soldiers, proof enough of Pang Xiang Ming’s remarkableness.
“Damn it!” Si Tu Yao roared, and the four Corpse Soldiers assaulted again. The Corpse Soldiers had no sense of pain anyway, so losing a hand and a leg only slightly affected their battle prowess.
He also personally entered the battle, attacking Pang Xiang Ming with them.
“Pang Xiang Ming should be able to win, right?” Zhu Xuan Er asked Ling Han.
Ling Han nodded, and said, “If Si Tu Yao doesn’t have any other trump cards, then Pang Xiang Ming’s victory is assured.”
He made judgements on several occasions that already convinced and assured many people. Although almost no one knew Pang Xiang Ming, everyone was in the same boat, hoping that Pang Xiang Ming could emerge victorious.
Some people simply wanted to regain some pride, while some thought that after Pang Xiang Ming won, there would be some spots to leave the city—maybe they could get one from him?
Originally, everyone was like a block of iron, willing to fight to the death for their survival, but once a feeble chance of survival appeared before them, quite a few people had a change of hearts.
Pang Xiang Ming was better by a notch as expected, and after a few dozen moves, the four Corpse Soldiers were broken down. He also attacked Si Tu Yao with a heavy palm, but it didn’t kill him. As a black-colored Corpse Qi swirled, Si Tu Yao retreated into the crowd and hacked out a mouthful of black blood, looking extremely feeble.
“Haha, Seventeenth Junior Brother, looks like you have no chance with this follower.” A youngster in a black gown laughed loudly, taking large strides forward. He then said, “I’m Bian Hao, the fourteenth disciple under the sect master.”
Pang Xiang Ming looked coldly at the youngster in black gown, and said, “Move away, he still owes me three forceful kowtows!”
“Youngster, do you really not want the ten quotas to leave the city?” Bai Yuan interrupted.
“I don’t!” Pang Xiang Ming declined without hesitation.
‘Sh!t, you stupid!?’
Atop the city, several people instantly cried out. You don’t want it? Then give it to me! Mother f***, where did this fool come from, actually willing to die here just to earn some respect… How extremely retarded!
Ling Han, however, clapped and revealed a smile. This Pang Xiang Ming had quite a personality; he was worthy of saving.
He looked coldly from the sidelines. Some people he planned to save, while some were only fit to turn into mire here.
“Hehe, since you’re willing to give up ten quotas, then that’s your choice,” Bai Yuan said with a smile. “However, him kowtowing because you won is your own one-sided wish. He never agreed.”
How deceitful!
But thinking it over, certainly, the bet of three kowtows was Pang Xiang Ming’s unilateral statement. Si Tu Yao didn’t agree, so a one-sided wish didn’t work, right? Otherwise, with so many beauties in the world, if you liked one, couldn’t you just bring one home?
Pang Xiang Ming revealed a furious look, but didn’t express his anger. He pointed coldly at Bian Hao and said, “Then I’ll kill you!”
“Kill me? You’re not qualified!” Bian Hao laughed loudly. He had the cultivation of the fourth layer of the Flower Blossom Tier, a layer higher than Si Tu Yao, but the Thousand Corpse Sect still relied on Corpse Soldiers. How many Corpse Soldiers he possessed and how strong the Corpse Soldiers were was the key.
Zhi 1 , with a grazing sound, four caskets slid over. Peng, peng, peng, peng , four Corpse Soldiers jumped out; they were obviously Third tier Silver-Armored Corpses. Unless they possessed Three Lives Corpse Casket, they couldn’t control Corpse Soldiers with power beyond their own tier.
This also showed the scariness of the Three Lives Corpse Casket.
Pang Xiang Ming obviously wouldn’t be afraid, charging towards Bian Hao. The four Corpse Soldiers intercepted him, waving their large skeletal hands and raising a terrifying strong wind.
Apparently, these four Corpse Soldiers were stronger!
“I’m afraid they’ve reached thirteen stars battle prowess.” Ling Han nodded.
“So powerful!” Zhu Xuan Er cried out in surprise.
After martial artists died, only the corpse remained. Even if it underwent refinement, being able to unleash battle prowess that corresponded to its own tier was quite remarkable, and to surpass star levels… the corpse was either really extraordinary when it was alive, or a great price was paid to refine it.
No matter how it looked, Bian Hao’s four Corpse Soldiers were truly strong and gradually suppressed Pang Xiang Ming, giving him no time to attack Bian Hao.
Peng!
A trace of blo
od oozed from Pang Xiang Ming’s waist. Bian Hao wielded a dagger, fresh blood still dripping from it. He licked it with his tongue, revealing a bloodthirsty savageness.
His sneak attack succeeded just now, striking Pang Xiang Ming. However, under such circumstances, it didn’t really count as a sneak attack. The people of the Thousand Corpse Sect were one with corpses, and it could only be said that the four Corpse Soldiers gave Pang Xiang Ming too much pressure, creating a chance for Bian Hao’s attack to hit.
“Hahahaha!” Bian Hao laughed loudly. “You’ve already affected by my corpse poison, and you can only be saved by submitting to me. Otherwise, the Corpse Qi will slowly erode you, turning you into a bloodthirsty Corpse Soldier.”
“Hmph!” Pang Xiang Ming ignored him, and flew directly to the top of the city wall, slumping down. He took out a pill bottle from a spatial ring and poured out a few soybean-sized medicinal pills to take, beginning to execute an art to expel the Corpse Qi.
“Ignorance!” Bian Hao sneered as he looked toward the city gates, and said, “Who’s still not convinced and wants to battle with me?”
He was nothing more than the fourteenth disciple of Thousand Corpse Sect’s sect master, how could he be so arrogant?
Everyone placed their gaze on Xuanyuan Zi Guang. This youngster had outstanding and domineering might, having the momentum to surpass Yao Hui Yue and other prodigies who had already made a name for themselves. Moreover, his cultivation of the ninth layer of the Flower Blossom Tier was at the top of the younger generations.
If he took the field, victory was definitely assured.
Xuanyuan Zi Guang revealed a proud look. He originally didn’t want to take the field so soon. A genius like him should obviously intervene at the last moment, shining on the entire field. However, Million Treasures City had no other stronger youngsters, and if he didn’t step up now, the enemies challenge would soon be over.
He smiled faintly at Helian Xun Xue, and said, “This battle… I’ll fight it for you!”
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