He took out some spiritual liquid from the Black Tower and drank few mouthfuls to sober up, then washed up with some lake water, finally feeling somewhat better. He asked, “Where’s my older brother?”
“He left.” Helian Xunxue said. “But, he said he’ll come back in a while to resolve a predicament for you.”
Resolve a predicament? Could it mean being trapped in Million Treasures City?
Although this older brother was fierce, what was outside was the Fourth Killing Formation!
“Let’s go back first.” Ling Han looked at the time of day. It was already past noon, and the forces that took the quotas yesterday were probably in a crazy rush.
As expected, when he arrived at the city gates, many people looked at him angrily, appearing extremely unfriendly.
“Han Lin, why have you just come now?” someone reprimanded.
Ling Han had an annoyed look all over his face. Covering his ears, he said, “You got a problem? What are you yelling for, don’t you know how to talk properly?”
“You…” That person was a Spiritual Infant Tier elite, but seeing that Ling Han dared to talk to him like that, he couldn’t help but reveal a furious expression.
“Alright, don’t let people make a fool of themselves,” Yin Xue Yang said, pointing to the bottom of the city gates. Bai Yuan had already appeared.
Ling Han said, “The people who took the 180 quotas all go down.” He had the Black Tower, and naturally never thought about the quotas. Moreover, he still wanted to get the innocent people out of the city.
The 180 people under the city gates all looked pleasantly surprised in their renewed life; they could finally leave this hell of a place.
“Old man, you’ve made this place murky and foul, I really don’t like it,” someone shouted in a deep voice. A tall figure walked from within the city, waved at Bai Yuan, and said, “Whatever Million Treasures City looked like, return it to the way it was!”
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Ling Han was astounded. The man tall like a mountain was obviously the older brother Feng Po Yun, whom he had become sworn brothers with yesterday.
“Who’s this? Such great nerve, daring to call a Heaven Tier elite an old man.”
“Don’t know, might be a stray that’s been trapped too long in the city and was bewildered into going crazy.”
“Yes, that’s right, that’s right.”
Atop the wall, everyone discussed animatedly, but not everyone had eyesight like Ling Han, being able to see Feng Po Yun’s powerfulness. In the eyes of normal people, this large fellow was just slightly sturdy, slightly out of the ordinary, and didn’t have many specialties.
However, Heaven Tier elites, in the clear and in the dark alike, all revealed a grave expression; they couldn’t see through this large fellow’s strength!
This proved one point; the other person’s cultivation was not at all below theirs.
Bai Yuan was even more careful. With a battle cry, seven caskets slid over from afar. The other person had bad intentions and would most likely attack, so he couldn’t be careless at all.
Normally, Heaven Tier warriors were already at the world’s peak, so they were naturally bold and unrestrained. However, the Thousand Corpse Sect was somewhat special; even its Shattering Void Tier sect master was hidden, never showing their true self; the sect master’s officers, the seven venerable Heaven Tier warriors, were naturally also cautions.
At least, before the Thousand Corpse Sect stood in front of the public formally, each one of them maintained a low profile and a cautious manner.
“Lordship, who are you?” Bai Yuan asked in a shout.
Feng Po Yung picked his ears, and said, “Do you have hearing problems? I told you to remove this formation, or else I’ll personally take it down!”
“Haha, what an arrogant tone! Why don’t you take it down for this old man to see!” Bai Yuan said threateningly. This was the Fourth Killing Formation, and although the sect master didn’t acquire the complete formation, being only able to unleash fifty percent of its power, it wasn’t difficult to erase a low-level Shattering Void Tier cultivator; this large fellow actually said he’d take it down… hmph.
Feng Po Yun’s gaze focused like a sweeping flash of lightning, making Bai Yuan’s eyes hurt as if they were about to explode.
So powerful!
Bai Yuan was shocked and hurriedly controlled the Corpse Soldiers to attack.Peng, peng, peng, seven caskets opened simultaneously, and seven corpses leapt out. Every Corpse Soldier only had their bones left, but these bones were golden, as if made of metal. However, on each piece of bone grew a foot-long bone spike, which gave people an extremely strange feeling.
“Just seven skeletons? And you want to block me?” Feng Po Yun said in disdain.
Bai Yuan was furious. He received the sect master’s help in refinement of those seven Corpse Soldiers, and solely in terms of defense, they already reached the limit of the Heaven Tier; even peak stage Heaven Tier elites would go through some strenuous effort to break them down.
Moreover, these Corpse Soldiers were not any weaker when it came to attack power. After the bone spikes were refined over and over again, they could easily tear through a Heaven Tier warrior’s defense, and once they got close, they could instantly pierce a Heaven Tier elite full of bloody holes.
“Kill!” Bai Yuan pointed at Feng Po Yun. Seven Corpse Soldiers instantly leapt out and charged towards Feng Po Yun.
Atop the city, an old woman appeared and asked Yin Xue Yang, “Should we help?”
“I, Small Yang, can’t see through this person at all. His strength is unfathomably deep, so let’s take a look first,” Yin Xue Yang said, shaking his head.
“This lord might have seen this person somewhere.” Another old man appeared and stared at Feng Po Yun, revealing a doubtful look.
Ling Han couldn’t help but be somewhat worried. These seven Corpse Soldiers were all third tier Golden-Armored Corpses, and were refined to the limit—even if he recovered the strength of his former lifetime’s prime, he wouldn’t dare to fight them head on. Well, if it was Sword Emperor, or Heavenly Divine Phoenix Maiden, then maybe it’d be a different story.
Feng Po Yun, however, didn’t care at all. He took out the wine gourd and began to take big gulps. The liquor flowed down the corner of his mouth. His beard was full of sparkling liquid, marked by vicissitudes.
The Corpse Soldiers arrived, covering him in golden bones in an instant.
It was over!
Or so everyone thought—those were third tier Golden-Armored Corpses, and being surrounded so closely by them, Heaven Tier elites would inevitably die no matter how strong they were. No one thought that such an elite would die so stupidly.
Bai Yuan sneered. This was the consequence of looking down on him! Did people really think that the Thousand Corpse Sect was easy to bully because they didn’t appear openly in the world? Wrong! Everyone in the Thousand Corpse Sect nurtured Corpse Soldiers, and each person could at least fight one against two. The higher their tier, the more terrifying their battle prowess.
He alone could equal six to seven Heaven Tier elites—how surprising was that?
Weng , as the seven Corpse Soldiers attacked, a flash of purple light surged, turning into a circle and then exploding fiercely. Peng, peng, peng, peng , the seven Corpse Soldiers were shocked and thrown back all together, and their skeletal frames that were strong as peak stage Heaven Tier’s disintegrated, turning into infinite bone splinters.
The purple brilliance rippled. Feng Po Yun stood loftily like a supreme god; the ground beneath his feet and the heavens above his head, the entire world had to prostrate and tremble before him.
His hair fluttered and his eyes were like the stars, as if a divine chain of order that could lock and extinguish everything.
The supreme aura rippled, striking the highest of heavens and shaking the depths of hell; only he stood supreme over all!
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bsp; Pa, pa, pa, pa, pa, everyone knelt down. Only Heaven Tier elites could barely resist, but it was still hard for them to hide the anxiety and fear in their hearts, having almost no courage to resist.
“S-shattering Void Tier!” Bai Yuan’s face was dreadfully pale, and he looked extremely dispirited. In the seven Corpse Soldiers were shreds of his divine sense, and Feng Po Yun had directly wiped them out, making him suffer a substantial injury; at this time, he had at most thirty percent of his battle prowess remaining.
However, the Thousand Corpse Sect relied mostly on Corpse Soldiers, and now that the seven corpses all turned into dregs, his thirty percent battle prowess was in terms of his own personal battle prowess; his true battle prowess was probably not even a hundredth of what it had been.
Everyone no longer had any doubts. Being able to break down seven peak stage Heaven Tier Corpse Soldiers was something only the strongest in this world could do.
The Shattering Void Tier!
“It’s an honor to see your lordship!” Atop the city wall, Yin Xue Yang and the other Heaven Tier elites paid their respects one after another. Shattering Void Tier… there were only so many of them in middle state, countable by the fingers on one’s hands.
“Feng Po Yun!” Finally, someone voiced out Feng Po Yin’s identity.
Feng Po Yun waved his hands, appearing disinterested, and said to Bai Yuan, “Don’t say that I’m bullying little kids. Remove the formation and never come to Million Treasures City again!”
Bai Yuan paid his respects as well. Regardless of foe or friend, Shattering Void Tier elites possessed the most honorable status, standing at the peak of humanity. One step further, and they could become gods, receiving the worship of the world.
However, after paying respects, he said, “Forgive this old one for not obeying! Lord Feng, taking down this city is the sect master’s orders, and this old one doesn’t dare to disobey!”
“Then where is your sect master? Let him come out. I’ll beat him till he’s convinced,” Feng Po Yun said in an extremely domineering way.
“This…” Bai Yuan revealed an irritated look. In his heart, the lord sect master was like a god, invincible amongst men—how could the sect master be slighted? He said, “Lord sect master is held up by some trivial matters and won’t be able to come see Lord Feng in near time.”
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“Since you can’t fight me, don’t blabber so much!” Feng Po Yun waved his hands. “Get lost, I’m going to break the formation.”
Bai Yuan wouldn’t possibly dare to block him. Only Feng Po Yun was slightly easier to talk to; if it were any other Shattering Void Tier elite, he would have already died several hundred times. He hurriedly ran into the formation—only inside the Fourth Killing Formation did he have any sense of security.
The Fourth Killing Formation could kill even high-level Shattering Void Tier elites, and although the formation wasn’t complete, killing low-level Shattering Void Tier warriors still wasn’t an issue. If the Thousand Corpse Sect could use the death of a Shattering Void Tier elite to declare their reappearance, then it would definitely cause a stir through the word.
Thinking about this, Bai Yuan couldn’t help but get excited—would he personally be the one to bring about such a miracle?
Killing a Shattering Void Tier elite… this was no different from killing a god.
Killing a god to reestablish their sect, intimidating the entire world!
‘Come, come, use your life to announce the return of the Thousand Corpse Sect! Then, we’ll refine your corpse into a Corpse Soldier—a Holy Corpse Soldier that surpasses Golden-Armored Corpses!’
Feng Po Yu walked with large strides and entered the large formation with black mist swirling around him.
Atop the city wall, everyone was nervous. This was truly the end of the line. They’d originally thought that they’d be trapped and die in the city, and never would’ve thought that a Shattering Void Tier would suddenly appear; there was hope in breaking the formation.
In everyone’s hearts, Shattering Void Tier elites were undefeatable legends, just like the existence of gods; they believed that if Feng Po Yun intervened, that large formation would definitely be broken.
In a short while, terrifying divine light surged from afar and rippled over, instantly provoking the reaction of the great city-guarding formation, which started forming a shield. Even so, everyone’s legs still shivered in fear and panic.
This was a battle on the Shattering Void Tier level, and if it weren’t for the existence of the great city-guarding formation, the ripples alone could make Heaven Tier warriors hack out blood, and Deity Transformation Tier ones break down into pieces.
The power of the humanity’s peak, so powerful that it couldn’t be fathomed.
Hong! Hong! Hong!
The terrifying battle continued; flashes of divine light shot towards the horizon, shaking the skies. Even the void was torn apart, and a constellation of stars was shattered and fell, turning into a stream of meteors 1 .
Ling Han suddenly felt an itch inside. In the vast lands, most tenth tier rare metals were harvested from meteors, and where did these meteors come from? They obviously came from constellations of stars. However, men’s powers were limited, so how could anyone pluck stars and grab moons?
There were terrifying gales that covered the skies densely, and even Heaven Tier elites couldn’t fly to the limit, so how could one speak of catching stars? Only Shattering Void Tier warriors possessed the power near humanity’s limits, approaching the power limit that this realm could accommodate. Only then could one reach out to shake down the stars.
Feng Po Yun battled fiercely against the Fourth Killing Formation and shattered many stars that turned into meteors falling to the ground. Although tenth tier rare metal could not be harvested from every star, but there should be at least one or two, right?
Unfortunately, the Fourth Killing Formation still hadn’t been broken through, and if he were to charge out rashly, he would definitely be crushed to death.
There were many people who harbored the same idea, and their gazes were burning with desire, but firstly, the killing formation deterred them, and secondly… who dared to take a mighty Shattering Void Tier’s belongings? That would truly be getting tired of living.
The divine light shone on the world, shockingly terrifying; how many people could’ve personally seen a battle on the Shattering Void Tier level?
Now, everyone was destined to witness it, but separated by a formation, no one could truly see clearly. They could only sense the ripples of the battle and imagine the powerfulness of the Shattering Void Tier.
After some fierce fighting, suddenly, there was no more sound.
It was over?
“Look, the mist is starting to fade!” someone cried out.
As expected, the mist certainly began to disperse at a fast pace, as if sucked by an air vent. In a few breaths’ time, the black mist that covered the surrounding ground and the skies disappeared completely.
The Fourth Killing Formation had been deactivated.
Extremely far away, Feng Po Yun’s expression was filled with loneliness. A victory that people could only dream of was not worth a mention for him. He drank a mouthful of fine wine, and took large strides towards the city gates.
Ling Han had to admit that this older brother had already surpassed the level of showing off, reaching new heights.
“So he’s actually that impressive?” Helian Xunxue said in a quiet voice.
“Huh, do you know him?” Zhu Xuan Er said astoundingly.
“Yesterday, Han Han and I bumped into him. He and Han Han drank and became sworn brothers,” Helian Xunxue said.
Pu!
Zhu Xuan Er instantly spurted out. Becoming sworn brothers with a Shattering Void Tier elite…? This was truly like a fantasy! But thinking again, Ling Han was a Heaven Grade alchemist, so becoming sworn brothers with a Shattering Void Tier elite wa
sn’t overreaching, as they were both at the peak of their respective fields.
Ling Han, however, looked disgusted as his expression distorted. Han Han? When did this chick come up with a nickname for him?
Everyone hurriedly came down the city walls and opened the gates, welcoming Feng Po Yun’s return.
Shattering Void Tier elites were supreme beings, and usually seeing them was as hard as climbing the skies, but this time, they actually received the help of a Shattering Void Tier… truly unexpected.
“Lord Feng!”
“Lord Feng!”
Yin Xue Yang and the other Heaven Tier warriors paid their respects. The others had no chance to speak, and simply knelt down in the distance.
Feng Po Yun nodded, and said, “I owed Yin San a favor. He requested a few days ago that if Million Treasures City were to encounter a crisis, I should help him resolve it. So, you guys don’t need to thank me.”
Yin San wasn’t just anyone, or else how could a Shattering Void Tier owe him a favor! He was Spirit Treasures Pavilion’s Great Pavilion Master, named Yin Shan. Being ranked third, many that were familiar with him called him Yin San2 .
Of course, only Shattering Void Tier elites would dare call him Yin San.
Yin Xue Yang suddenly realized why Great Pavilion Master didn’t worry about leaving with the other seven Pavilion Masters; as it turned out, there was already a foolproof plan.
With a Shattering Void Tier elite keeping an eye out, wasn’t that certain enough that nothing would go wrong? But, as to why Feng Po Yun didn’t intervene earlier, leading them to assume that all was over…
Well, who would dare question a Shattering Void Tier elite?
He was able to intervene, so you’d better thank the heavens.
Feng Po Yun was obviously received by a few Heaven Tier elites only. Others had no right to go up, but some people still wanted to cause trouble.
“Han Lin, return the Origin Crystals!” someone shouted at Ling Han.
“That’s right, we didn’t use yesterday’s quotas at all, so return the Origin Crystals!”
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