Weng , with the “sword” strike, the power of it was heaven-shaking.
Peng!
Yuan Cheng He was instantly struck flying, and his entire body trembled violently. That was because Ling Han used the Thunderclap Ninth Heaven, which made him numb all over.
“How about it, convinced yet?” Ling Han said with a smile.
Yuan Cheng He was already half convinced. The opponent was definitely an expert in sword techniques. This Sword Ray could already prove it, but Ling Han used his arm as a sword, and was still able to fend off his ultimate move. This strength was obviously above his.
However, he was still unwilling to admit defeat like this. His immersing diligently in cultivation for so many years was not so that he’d accept some boss.
“I’m not convinced!” Yuan Cheng He said with a straightened neck, and raised his long sword again. “Seven Swords Descend Mountain Yin, the third style, A Yin Mountain Locks Ghosts!”
Ling Hang laughed loudly, and with a flash, he turned into lightning, weaving in between the opponent’s Sword Qi. Arriving right before the opponent, he thrusted the sword at Yuan Cheng He’s face.
Yuan Cheng He’s face turned green; not only did Hu Niu know this move, but so did Ling Han!
Peng!
Ling Han formed a fist with his right hand, and fired it at Yuan Cheng He’s face. The powerful energy surged by and instantly sent Yuan Cheng He flying.
Pa , Yuan Cheng He fell on the ground, landing firmly on his back. He didn’t have a strong physique, and he couldn’t activate an Origin Power body shield just now, instantly making him groan in pain.
“Convinced yet?” Ling Han said with a smile.
“No, not convinced!” Yuan Cheng He said, bracing himself.
“That’s good, I was afraid you’d admit defeat too early. I hadn’t fought to my heart’s content!” Ling Han laughed loudly, and charged up to launch a series of aggressive attacks.
Peng, peng, peng , Yuan Cheng He couldn’t even move his sword now, being beaten by Ling Han.
Everyone exclaimed inwardly for his misfortune. This guy’s luck was truly terrible, first being trampled on by Hu Niu, then trampled on by Ling Han, completely without any strength to fight back.
Not that Yuan Cheng He wasn’t strong, it was quite the contrary—he was really very, very strong. Amongst the younger generation, he could probably try for top ten, but Ling Han and Hu Niu were too strong, strong to the point of surpassing the limit of the younger generation.
To suppress Ling Han and Hu Niu, one had to be half to one generation older than them. For example, the geniuses above thirty years old, like Small Saber King and Lang Ya Tian; otherwise, in the same age segment, there was probably no one that could rival Ling Han.
… Much less Hu Niu. The majority of people hadn’t even awoken their spirit bases at the age of seven to eight, so how could they fight her?
“I, I admit defeat!” After being beaten so terribly, Yuan Cheng He finally couldn’t bear it, and admitted defeat.
This was also because of the agreement earlier, or else he’d rather die and not give in.
Ling Han smiled slightly, tossed out a few bottles of medicinal pills casually, and said, “The red bottle is for healing, the blue bottle can instantly recover Origin Power, the purple bottle can aid in cultivation, increasing your conversion of Spirit Qi by a fold.”
Not to mention Yuan Cheng He’s surprise, even the other people also jumped out of their own skin.
Healing and recovering Origin Power were no big deal, but “increasing conversion of Spirit Qi by a fold” was truly shocking. For normal people, no matter whether it was the accumulation of Origin Power or comprehension of martial arts, either was slow, but both needed to be worked on simultaneously.
As for geniuses, the comprehension of martial arts was relatively easier, so the accumulation of Origin Power was the greater restriction to them.
Long story short, this was equivalent to increasing cultivation speed by a fold—so precious!
Yuan Cheng He was stirred up. He was forced to acknowledge Ling Han outwardly as a boss, rejecting it at heart, but now, this feeling of rejection began to dissolve.
Having such a boss wasn’t so bad—rich and generous!
Ling Han smiled. Subduing someone was nothing more than applying kindness and might. After applying might earlier, now it was kindness’s turn, and he wouldn’t believe it wouldn’t subdue this guy.
“Thank you, Boss,” Yuan Cheng He said in a low voice, his face somewhat red. He’d never called anyone boss before.
“Call me Young Master Han in the future,” Ling Han said. “Forget about boss and whatnot. We’re not gangsters; that’d make us appear cheap.”
“Yes, Young Master Han.” Yuan Cheng He corrected smoothly… because Hu Niu was staring at him with baleful eyes. Apparently, if he dared to respond wrongly, the little girl would give him hell.
“Alright, you can go. I’ll call you if there’s anything.” Ling Han waved his hand.
Yuan Cheng He was overjoyed. He’d thought Ling Han would send him here and there, like making him plunder rare stones or the like. Acknowledging this boss wasn’t a loss; look, although he took a beating, he also received replenishment of lots of medicinal pills, the preciousness of which definitely surpassed the beating he took.
He was afraid that Ling Han would change his mind, so he hurriedly turned to leave.
Young Master Han, Young Master Han, I’ll also take you for a boss. You can also bestow me some medicinal pills,” Li Feng Yu said, puffing up his face. “How ’bout, you become my sister’s husband?”
“Brother…” Li Zi Xian said, gritting her teeth. Why did this brother of hers always want to sell her?
Ling Han pondered, and said, “Alright, I’ll take you as an underling.” Although Big Mouth Li’s strength wasn’t anything great, the special trait of having a big mouth actually had favorable uses. In the future, if Ling Han were to rope in geniuses from all sides, a propagandist like this was needed.
“All right, Brother-in-law!” Li Feng Yu fawned on him.
Even Ling Han was speechless, and said, “You’re not afraid that someone will really seal your mouth one day?”
“Hehe, Young Master Han! Young Master Han!” Li Feng Yu didn’t dare to talk foolishly anymore, because not only Ling Han revealed a displeased look, Hu Niu and Zhu Xuan Er both revealed furious expressions as well. If he were to offend three people at once, then he would get more than he’d bargained for.
“Continue— what?!” Ling Han was just about to let everyone continue to move on, but it suddenly shook underneath his feet. The ground let out a groan, and an extremely terrifying crack was extending from afar at an extremely fast pace.
Xiu, xiu, xiu, everyone hurriedly flew up. The mist was dispersing quickly, and spiderweb-like fissures appeared over the entire mountain valley.
“Earthquake?” everyone cried out.
Ling Han looked into the distance, revealing a shocked look, and said, “It’s not an earthquake. A big guy’s coming out!”
Chapter 665 - Great Corpse Monster, Azure Phoenix Divine Empress
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That was truly a large one!
Everyone revealed shocked looks. It was a colossal monster, three hundred meters in height, and its entire body was made up of corpses. At least ten thousand corpses formed its current body, instilling fear into people as they beheld it.
Each corpse seemed to come alive, extending its white boney arms and opening its mouth as if screaming.
The land cracked open, and this colossal skeleton stood on the mountains, emitting a demonic-god-like presence.
Ling Han couldn’t see through this monster’s strength, because this guy wasn’t a normal martial artist; it was assembled by over ten thousand corpses, somehow seeming to have obtained a second life.
He only felt one thing—this monster was very strong and extremely powerful!
“Th
is… this can’t also be part of the examination that the academy is giving us, can it?” Li Feng Yu swallowed his saliva, his eyes popping out.
“I’m afraid even the Restore Heaven Academy can’t create such a monster.” Ling Han shook his head. The objective of the five great ancient sects was for obtaining a Realm Pill once every ten thousand years, so they couldn’t possibly research such a thing.
To say it was the Thousand Corpse Sect was more likely.
Wait, why were there so many skeletal corpses? Moreover, each skeletal corpse was so powerful, at least with the Heaven Tier cultivation, so could it be… this place was once a battlefield in the ancient times—the place of the final battle between the martial artists of the vast lands and the divine five great sects?
Otherwise, how could there possibly be so many powerful ancient corpses?
However, after these ancient corpses were buried for too many years, they evidently underwent an incredible change, turning into a Corpse King. Over ten thousand Heaven Tier elites, even possibly with a few Shattering Void Tier beings… though having gone through countless years, the vein-like patterns on the bones remained, no longer having the divine brilliance at that time, the amount was there after all, so how terrifying would it be when combined?
“Go, go, go, go, go!” Ling Han said no more. He picked up Zhu Xuan Er and Hu Niu, and dashed for it.
After Qin Lian Yue, Li Feng Yu, and Li Zi Xian were startled momentarily, they also ran in a hurry… even the most formidable Ling Han chose to run, so they sure as hell weren’t fighting.
However, some people didn’t know fear, and even thought that this was part of the Restore Heaven Academy’s examination, charging over enthusiastically.
The colossal corpse waved its giant hand, and instantly stirred up a storm. The entire ground was lifted like a carpet, and the few that charged up were instantly smashed into minced meat, while the terrifying power continued to sweep towards the others.
Peng, peng, peng, peng, Ling Han and the others were instantly sent flying several kilometers away, each one of them hacking out blood repeatedly.
It was also because Ling Han reacted quickly, immediately taking to his heels, or else, if they’d remained any closer, they’d have also been crushed into dust. Not only them, for there were also many people that were sent flying, but they were much worse off as some had their arms broken, some their legs, and some their sternum. Except for a few people who’d just entered the mountain valley, simply hacking out blood, the other people were all severely injured.
Even if the people here were all geniuses, they weren’t even cannon fodder in front of this giant corpse monster—the gap was indescribably vast.
With this one attack, at least one-tenth of those who’d passed the first stage’s test met an untimely end.
After this giant corpse monster let out an attack, it seemed to awaken from a daze. Crimson-colored rays came out from its two oculi, sweeping pass the living creatures below as it revealed a frightening smile.
This corpse monster… actually possessed its own consciousness?
Everyone felt a chill within. Corpse Soldiers were equivalent to puppets no matter how strong they were, and could always be dealt with, but once its intelligence was unlocked, that would be terrifying.
What could they do? It was apparent that this corpse monster targeted them and wanted their blood and flesh as food!
But being targeted by such a vicious monster, could they escape?
Ling Han thought whether he should use the Black Tower. This corpse monster probably reached the Shattering Void Tier level, and even surpassed normal Shattering Void Tiers, being simply unstoppable.
“Hmph, dare to run rampant here?” At this moment, a figure appeared in the sky. It was a woman wielding a long sword. She looked only thirty years old and wore palace clothing, graceful and gorgeous, looking extremely charming.
Ling Han’s pupils involuntarily constricted—he couldn’t see through this woman’s cultivation at all.
“Azure Phoenix Divine Empress!” Qin Lian Yue and Li Feng Yu cried out simultaneously, looks of extreme admiration on their faces.
Azure Divine Phoenix Divine Empress, Cloud Phoenix Sect’s current sect master, a Shattering Void Tier elite!
No, based on Feng Po Yun’s statement, not only was she in the Shattering Void Tier, but also in its peak stage, the ninth layer of the Shattering Void Tier. In terms of tier, she was number one in the present age!
Being able to become the leader of one of the five great sects, how could Azure Divine Phoenix Empress not be a martial arts genius? It wasn’t known how many hundreds of years old she was, yet she looked only in the thirties, her skin beautiful like jade, filled with elegant qualities.
The corpse monster seemed to be somewhat fearful of Azure Phoenix Divine Empress, and didn’t attack immediately. Instead, it roared angrily towards the sky, and an eerie phenomenon occurred. A row of eye balls grew on its face—exactly nine of them.
Each eye emerged in a different color, but all were inclining towards blood-red without exception, emitting a threatening and frantic presence.
“Nine-eyed Corpse King!” Ling Han finally recalled a monster that appeared in legends.
“What Nine-eyed Corpse King?” There was no lack of curious people here, still having the mood to inquire at this time.
Ling Han brought everyone to retreat as he said, “Based on the Thousand Corpse Sect’s classification of Corpse Soldiers’ strength, altogether there’s Bronze-Armored Corpse, Silver-Armored Corpse, Gold-Armored Corpse, the three large levels, with each including three small levels. So, we have a total of nine levels, conforming with the nine tiers of martial arts from Body Refining to Heaven Tier.
“And reaching Shattering Void Tier… the Corpse Soldier would be called a Corpse King!
“The Corpse King’s strength is gauged based on how many spare eyes it grew, and one more eye is equivalent to one layer of tier.”
Everyone was shocked, and said, “So that Corpse King possesses cultivation at the ninth layer of the Shattering Void Tier?”
Ling Han nodded, but the anxiousness on his face lessened significantly because Azure Divine Phoenix Maiden was consummate Shattering Void Tier elite. Even if she wasn’t a super genius, as long as she possessed battle prowess that corresponded to her tier, she wouldn’t be weaker than the Nine-eyed Corpse King.
This Corpse King had just evolved as expected, but once it formed, it possessed the strength of nine eyes, truly shocking.
“Nine-eyed Corpse King?” Azure Phoenix Divine Empress also snorted, and held out her long sword. Weng, vein-like patterns flashed, extremely resplendent.
“Heavenly Phoenix Sword!” Ling Han cried out, the look in his eyes extremely complicated.
This sword was the one used by Heavenly Phoenix Divine Maiden in previous years, but this sword had been only a ninth-tier Spirit Tool, and now it crossed into the tenth Tier. Apparently, after Heavenly Divine Phoenix Maiden charged into the Shattering Void Tier, she also nourished this treasured sword into a tenth-tier Spirit Tool.
Seeing something that reminded him of her, Ling Han was obviously extremely moved.
“Say, Boss, you’ve fixed your eyes on Azure Phoenix Divine Empress, leering, could you be moved?” Li Feng Yu went off with his big mouth again.
Chapter 666 - True Phoenix Bloodline
Translator: Reverie_ Editor: Henyee
“Move? Move your sister’s heart!” Ling Han couldn’t help but lash out with a hit.
Li Feng Yu turned pale, and said, “You’ve got wild schemes about my sister as expected! This… say, Brother-in-law, let’s discuss the problem of dowry.”
“Brother!” Li Zi Xian finally erupted and smacked at Li Feng Yu.
Not only her, Zhu Xuan Er and Hu Niu also joined delightedly, and beat this big mouth into screaming repeatedly, making him pay the price for having a cheap mouth.
Azure Divine Phoenix Empress raised the long sword and str
uck towards the Nine-eyed Corpse King.
A Shattering Void Tier attack was too frightening!
The sword ray flew through the skies, and hong , stars exploded from the sword light, turning into countless fragments and sprinkling over the corners of the vast lands.
The Nine-eyed Corpse King was calm and fearless. Peng, peng, peng , it tread on its massive feat towards Azure Phoenix Divine Empress, dashing at an extremely high speed, and the corpses on its upper body let out shrieks one after another, shooting out as tangible sound waves.
Azure Phoenix Divine Empress snorted heavily, and also let out a battle cry as if a phoenix’s cry. The sound wave manifested and turned into an azure divine phoenix, countering Nine-eyed Corpse King’s sound waves.
Peng, peng, peng , the sound waves collided, and martial intent of both clashed violently, casting extremely resplendent rays of light upon the skies.
In the sky, countless stars exploded in shock and fell down in small fragments, but the majority couldn’t pass through the terrifying layer of astral winds in the sky, being shattered into dust.
The Nine-eyed Corpse King sound wave attack was neutralized by Azure Phoenix Divine Empress, but the aftershock swept by and still sent the people who had already escaped the mountain valley flying. Like severed kites flying in the sky, they landed uncontrollably and hacked out blood one after another.
Even if neutralized, a Shattering Void Tier elite’s attack’s remaining aftershock of the aftershock was still filled with shocking destructive power. If the people here weren’t at the Flower Blossom or the Spiritual Infant Tier, then under this attack, they wouldn’t just be hacking out blood; they’d all be dead.
Even so, Flower Blossom Tier cultivators all had a few broken bones, while Spiritual Infant Tier ones were slightly better, simply hacking out a few mouthful of blood.
Ling Han took Zhu Xuan Er and Hu Niu into his embrace and forcibly took the attack on with his own back. With his current physique comparable to eighth-tier rare metal, forcibly taking this sound wave attack only made him look somewhat pale, but not to the extent of hacking out blood.
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