Jia Ming’s expression was pale. He’d originally wanted to completely suppress Ling Han, but, unexpectedly, he helped Ling Han and became a stepping stone. After all, without him as a comparison, who would know the bearing of being number one?
Now that it was clear… besides, he was only at the 51st place after struggling desperately, which was how many ranks away from Ling Han?
Chapter 718 - Another Number One
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Jia Ming immediately calmed his mind. This was only the height that Ling Han could reach in the future, and did not represent that his current battle prowess wasn’t a match for Ling Han’s.
It was quite the contrary—his had a fortuitous meeting in the sea, and his cultivation rocketed to the Deity Transformation Tier. His current battle prowess definitely crushed Ling Han’s.
Hmph, once he had the chance, he would definitely kill Ling Han!
“Niu wants to try! Niu wants to try!” Hu Niu ran over, tittering with joy. This seemed very amusing to her.
“Hahahaha!” Some people immediately laughed loudly. What was a small little girl doing, butting in?
“Don’t underestimate her. She entered the Restore Heaven Academy based on her own strength, and even defeated many experts.” Someone knew Hu Niu’s background.
Pu , this instantly made even more people spurt out air from their mouths in shock.
She? A little girl seven to eight years of age? Was that possible?
“Hmph, small little girl, don’t butt in and get out of this lord’s way!” An old man was displeased and obstructed the way. Earlier, he’d tolerated it, but a little girl also wanted to cut in line? He couldn’t tolerate it.
“How dare you block Niu’s path!” Hu Niu was infuriated and immediately punch with her small fist. “Send you flying!”
“A small little girl dares to be impudent in front of this lord?!” The old man attacked, snatching at Hu Niu’s neck. He was going to toss Hu Niu away.
However, Hu Niu’s figure flashed and immediately disappeared from under his hand, and she was already behind him when she reappeared, throwing a kick.Peng , the old man was kicked, flying magnificently out of the crowd, and landed on the surrounding yellow sand.
“Damn it!” The old man was embarrassed; to be kicked on the butt and sent flying by a little girl, would he still have the face to see people in the future?
He immediately charged back, but before attacking, he was grabbed by a metal puppet as if a chick seized by an eagle, having no power to fight back. He struggled, and shouted, “Why only catch this lord?”
Yes, everyone also wanted to ask. Attacking was prohibited here, and the metal puppet would immediately stop whomever attacked anyone, but now? Clearly, Hu Niu was the one who attacked first, so why didn’t the puppet stop her, but instead restrain the “victim”?
Hu Niu glared, and said, “Big monster, you dare to seize Hu Niu?”
The metal puppet actually took a step back as if it feared her.
Everyone just wanted to hold their heads and shout: how is this possible! The puppet, something completely without feeling, didn’t know fear, so why would it feel fear facing Hu Niu?
Hu Niu laughed loudly and walked to the martial arts stone with hands on her hips. Just as she reached her small hand out, she was annoyed, and said angrily, “Damn it, it’s too high!” She had to stand on the tips of her toes and stretch out her arm to reach it.
Everyone couldn’t help but smile. This little girl was quite merry.
Hu Niu jumped directly onto the martial arts stone.
Everyone saw this as greatly disrespectful since the names of geniuses throughout the ages were left on there, but even the metal puppet showed no reaction, so what were they getting stirred up for?
Hu Niu placed her small hand on the stone tablet, but there was no reaction at all. Not to mention a black light, even the purple light didn’t emerge. She was infuriated, and said, “This broken rock’s damaged!”
Ling Han laughed loudly, and said, “Treat this stone as your enemy, and then, in your head, think of how you’ll beat it up!”
“So that’s how it works!” Hu Niu giggled and closed her eyes. She pouted, looking like she was clenching her teeth in anger. Weng , the martial arts stone immediately lit up and black light rose directly, turning into the words: leave a name!
Sh*t, another freak that could leave a name on the list.
What was going on? There were already two freaks, one of which ranked first throughout history, and now, a little girl of seven to eight years of age could also enter the ranking!? Such a little girl, what mystic arts could she possibly know?
Sigh, could they even call themselves geniuses, even falling short of a little girl?
Hu Niu scrawled on the stone tablet, leaving the words: “Ling Han is Niu’s.” She giggled and took a few steps back contentedly, admiring her own masterpiece. She said, “Ling Han, are Niu’s words beautiful?”
“Beautiful like they’re dancing,” Ling Han said with a smile.
The black light faded, and everyone immediately started to search for where “Ling Han is Niu’s” would rank.
They all started from the last place, but in the 90s, it wasn’t there! In the 80s, it wasn’t there! In the 70s, it wasn’t there! No, no, no, they couldn’t see the words from all the way.
“You guys, look at the first row!” someone said in a quavering voice.
Everyone looked towards the stone tablet’s first row and shockingly saw “Ling Han is Niu’s” at the first place, pushing down Ling Han, who had just risen to the first place. The original “First” now dropped to the third place, appearing somewhat awkward.
The original “First” ranking first was extremely awe-inspiring, and now that it ranked third, though it was still rare in the past and present, it didn’t live up to its reputation and became a laughingstock.
Everyone looked back and forth between Hu Niu and the name on the stone tablet and just couldn’t connect the number one battle prowess throughout the ages with this little girl.
They were still in shock with Ling Han breaking history and honorably rising to number one in battle prowess. The first shock hadn’t faded, yet another arose, making them somewhat numb. Was it a dream? It just seemed too unreal…
“Yay, Niu’s first place!” Hu Niu shouted excitedly.
ia Ming’s face turned green. Forget that he couldn’t beat Ling Han, but even a little girl’s future battle prowess was above his—how could he accept it? His confidence was going to be blown; this was really too great of a blow.
Ling Han didn’t find it strange at all. It was very likely that an extremely terrifying existence was hidden in Hu Niu’s body, so what if she crushed all the geniuses through the ages? And he also didn’t fully operate Indestructible Heaven’s Scroll, so it was normal to be below Hu Niu.
He obviously wouldn’t contend with Hu Niu. With a smile, he said, “Come on, let’s ignore that toad and go in and have a look.”
“Okay!” Hu Niu held Ling Han’s hand, and as one adult and one child walked towards the tool pavilion, the metal puppets stepped aside as if to show respect. Zhu Xuan Er and Yuan Cheng He followed behind, feeling the limelight on their faces and extremely proud.
Everyone was astonished because those who passed the test all went around the puppet. Could this be the special treatment for those who left their names on the ranking list?
“Brother Ling!” Wenren Qian Qian caught up in a hurry, her eyes sparkling. This time, she really wanted to get to know Ling Han and talk a little.
First of all time, no, no, no, the first two of all time!
Jia Ming snorted and walked towards the tool pavilion, also trying to walk in imposingly, but that puppet blocked him, and had no intention of moving aside. Jia Ming almost exploded with anger; everyone made it into the ranking, so why didn’t he have special treatment as well?
He had to walk around, his expression livid.
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sp; Too f*cking unfair!
Chapter 719 - : Formation Sword?
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After entering the tool pavilion, they were in a hall with stairs leading to the second floor on both sides. Judging from the height of this floor, the tool pavilion was probably five stories tall.
“What weapon do you use?” A voice sounded next to Ling Han’s ear.
“Hmm?” Ling Han was startled, and said to everyone, “Did you guys all hear that sound?”
“I heard it, it asked me what weapon I use,” everyone said.
Ling Han nodded, and said, “Sword!”
Xiu , just as he’d finished speaking, his figure disappeared from the hall and appeared in a sealed room. The door was tightly shut, and it seemed that he was directly teleported in here.
For an ancient dynasty, such a method wasn’t unusual.
Ling Han didn’t panic. By the looks of it now, everyone was transported to a different room because of the different weapons they used. However, why weren’t the ones who used swords together?
This probably had to do with their record. The better their record, the more advanced the room they could enter.
He looked around and saw an empty stone room; in the middle of it was a stone table with a sword in a scabbard. Even if the sword was not out of its sheath, Ling Han could sense a terrifyingly vicious Qi hitting his face; it was full of danger.
A swordsman’s weapon!
Ling Han was shocked. It wasn’t like he’d never seen treasured swords—he even had a tenth tier Spirit Tool in his hand, but just from this vicious Qi alone, the Demon Birth Sword was far from being comparable to this sword.
It was like this sword had been made for killing.
Ling Han walked over, but when he was three meters away, this sword popped out of its sheath. Leaving roughly thirty centimeters, and weng , seven sword lights intertwined and charged towards him.
The power of these sword lights was only at the Spiritual Infant Tier, which was the same as his tier. Ling Han was obviously unafraid, and crossed his arms in front of him to take this blow head on.
Pu!
His body was forced back a distance of seven steps, and seven wounds shockingly appeared on his arms, gushing out red blood.
Ling Han couldn’t help but be greatly surprised. What was his physique? It was comparable to eighth-tier rare metals. Theoretically, it was very very hard for even Deity Transformation Tier attacks to deal damage to him, but this was only seven Spiritual Infant Tier sword lights, yet they made him bleed. How could this not be surprising?
Power didn’t represent battle prowess, and represented destructive power even less.
Ling Han knew this very well.
For example, using the same power, if one hit wood with an iron rod, compared to hitting wood with an axe, would damage dealt be equal?
Power was only a part of it.
Ling Han revealed a smile. He wanted this sword, so he had to conquer this sword first?
Interesting.
He was in the Spiritual Infant Tier, so this sword could only display Spiritual Infant Tier power, fighting him on the same tier. However, battle prowess was uncertain. This sword light was filled with destructive power, and if his physique was still at the Iron Sheet Tier, forcibly taking that blow would definitely have severed his arm, or even his entire body.
Like him, at the Spiritual Infant Tier, yet it could kill those in the Deity Transformation Tier!
“Haha, fighting in the same tier? Then let’s compare!” Ling Han charged out. He was quite interested in this sword—could it also be a tenth tier Spirit Tool, being able to strike out such fierce sword light?
Xiu, xiu, xiu, xiu, flash after flash, sword light shot out, striking him.
Ling Han swung his fists to parry. The sword lights were truly fierce, the power of each reaching peak stage of the Spiritual Infant Tier, and its lethality far surpassed it—even his physique could be injured—but that was all. He cultivated the Indestructible Heaven’s Scroll, and his physique was like an indestructible diamond.
He stared at that sword. There were many patterns on the blade, but they weren’t martial intent; they were formation patterns!
Although his formation level hadn’t improved much, it wasn’t hard to make such a judgement.
This wasn’t a Spirit Tool, but a… formation’s eye?
Ling Han was really shocked this time. Could this sword be a formation that was taking the initiative to attack him?
Pu, pu, pu, pu, blood constantly splashed across his body. This formation sword was really too terrifying, cutting him so that he bled ceaselessly and couldn’t get close.
He activated the Thunderclap Ninth Heaven and used the Demon Fairy Step, no longer fighting the sword lights recklessly; this would bring no results. In terms of power, this sword was at the advantage, and he would only be knocked back.
Xiu, xiu, xiu, the sword lights shot out, but Ling Han traveled freely through the gaps between them, steadily approaching the sword.
When Ling Han was only a step away from this sword, the entire blade popped out of its sheath, and a dazzling light instantly soared into the sky, its baleful presence ablaze.
With each sword light repeated seven times, a total of 49 flashes of sword light shot out simultaneously and intertwined into a dense web, forcing Ling Han back again.
Apparently, pressured by Ling Han, this sword also unleashed stronger might.
Its power was still in the Spiritual Infant Tier, but its destructive power increased by a whole lot.
Ling Han’s arm was struck by the sword once again. This time, the wound was much deeper, almost to the bone.
The sword was suspended in the sky as if an invisible hand was controlling it. Then, the sword point pointed at Ling Han and emitted a threatening chill.
“What level formation is this exactly?” Ling Han stared at the blade’s formation patterns. He couldn’t recognize this formation at all, and only two things were certain. Firstly, its power was terrifyingly large, and if it exploded with full power, it could probably kill Shattering Void Tier elites. Secondly, this formation was flawed and incomplete.
Too shocking, an incomplete formation had such power… then how terrifying would it be when repaired?
“I’ll make you submit!” Ling Han felt a rush of haughtiness and unleashed the Demon Birth Sword. Without activating the martial intent within, he executed Mysterious Three Thousand, counterattacking against that sword.
Ling Han was afraid that the two swords would both be fully on if he activated the Demon Birth Sword’s martial intent, and then he would just be an adornment. Moreover, the Demon Birth Sword might not be able to suppress this formation sword, and he’d be doomed if it were the other way around.
As expected, as the Demon Birth Sword didn’t unleash its might, the formation sword still maintained the power of Spiritual Infant Tier, but the sword light’s destructive power was still terrifying. Ling Han reckoned that if the all the students of the Restore Heaven Academy fought together, they would still be annihilated by this sword.
Ling Han’s battle prowess was fully unleashed, with the Eye of Truth and the Thunderclap Ninth Heaven all activated, and his physical strength was also unleashed to the extreme, his battle prowess exploding. It far surpassed the Spiritual Infant Tier, and could even strike down peak stage Deity Transformation Tier elites, but against this sword, it was just on par.
No, to be correct, Ling Han was probably still at a slight disadvantage. After all, this sword suppressed its tier to fight him, and had an innate advantage.
Ling Han refused to accept it. Moreover, the stronger this sword was, the more he wanted to obtain it.
He wielded the Demon Birth Sword with his right hand and slashed out a sword light, using the power of bone symbols along with it. Moving left and right to eliminate the power in the sword light, he continued to charge forth, and even if he was bombarded by a few sword lights, he was going t
o grab this sword with his hand.
Without a tool spirit, he could put the sword inside the Black Tower—suppressing it would be easier this way.
Chapter 720 - To Couple Hardness With Softness
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It was easier said than done!
When Ling Han was too close, the sword would unleash even stronger might, sweeping down a sky full of sword lights. It could be seen clearly that the sword light formed a formation, which increased the destructive power.
It was difficult, very difficult to deal with.
Ling Han seemed to be facing a hedgehog, and didn’t know where to start; he would be terribly hurt no matter what.
How could it be suppressed?
Ling Han frowned. His physique sufficed, his recovery power sufficed, and he didn’t fear being hurt by the sword light. But, the problem was that he was inferior in power, and once he was too close, the formation sword shot out endless sword lights, which couldn’t be dodged at all, forcibly pushing him backwards.
It was just absolutely cheating. How could it be obtained?
Ling Han used the Eye of Truth, which was useless. The sword light was interwoven so closely that there wasn’t a shred of a crack, and even if he turned into a fly, he wouldn’t be able to fly through.
There was no solution! Completely unsolvable!
How could it be done?
Ling Han thought of countermeasures. First, he could unleash the Heaven Transformation Bowl to absorb it directly.
However, this was inappropriate.
Not to mention whether it was absorbable or not, even if it was, Heaven Transformation Bowl’s function was to refine all things and extract their essence. After this formation sword was absorbed, Ling Han didn’t know whether it could become a divine material, but the formation patterns on it would definitely be gone.
The formation patterns were what he wanted!
Then… how about trying the demonic pattern on his left hand?
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