Too powerful!
Cold sweat dripped down from Yu Jianshan’s forehead. At this moment, he really wanted to curse.
F*cking sh*t, duped again by this human!
This formation was too terrifying!
What was even more infuriating was that this human clearly could immediately lay out the formation, yet he irritatingly set up the formation slowly. This was deliberately teasing him! But the problem was that he previously said he’d grant Ling Han ten moves, so could he attack first and resolve the formation before it formed?
Did he still want face?
Yu JIanshan felt extreme chest pains, which was literally caused by anger. People said that one who fell in one pit twice was an idiot, but his junior was just duped, and in the blink of an eye, he fell in the same pit, making him feel absolutely depressed.
This human was too evil, too crafty, and too much of a f*cking cheat!
Keeping Yu Jianshan on tenterhooks long enough, just when the general’s veins were about to burst, Ling Han finally completed the Ice Dragon Ground Blast Formation… In reality, he wasn’t completely teasing Yu Jianshan, but he was holding back for another reason, not wanting others to know in just how much time he could set up the formation, leaving room for maneuver in the future.
The ice dragon appeared, and the sky instantly rained down with ice fragments as if it suddenly reverted to winter, and one that was severely cold.
“Go!” Ling Han pointed at where he willed. The ice dragon immediately rose up and dove towards Yu Jianshan.
This was ironic. The sea race obviously worshiped the true dragon as their distant ancestor, but a human summoned a true dragon—albeit an ice dragon formed by formation, it still made the faces of the Shattering Void Tier elites of the Helian Family flushed.
Ice dragon possessed Shattering Void Tier seven stars of battle prowess, but Yu Jianshan was only in the third layer of the Shattering Void Tier, and his battle prowess was also three stars, so how could he resist the ice dragon?
At the Shattering Void Tier, one star’s difference in battle prowess was a world’s difference, and the gap of four stars would be an absolute crush.
Yu Jianshan only resisted seven moves before having no choice but to surrender. If he kept fighting, he truly would be heavily injured, and it would be even more insufferable for his reputation.
He sprayed out a large pile of treasures and grabbed Yu Zihe as he left the main hall, really having no face to stay any longer.
Chapter 784 - Reaching a Consensus
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Such a result, who could’ve expected it?
Someone at the Deity Transformation Tier really defeated a Shattering Void Tier opponent. Although it wasn’t Ling Han’s true strength, it was Ling Han’s ability being able to operate such a formation—something you didn’t have, right?
Even Helian Rong couldn’t help but reveal a strange expression. He waved his hand, and said, “Qian Su, go comfort Jianshan. It’s just a spar, and losing to such a formation, no one will say anything.”
“Yes!” A middle-aged looking man of the Shattering Void Tier nodded, disappearing with a leap.
The people in the hall were all stern-faced. Helian Rong had already decided the nature of this matter—it was simply a spar—and “no one will say anything,” so if anyone dared wag their tongue, it would obviously be disobeying Helian royal family’s will, which was an extremely dangerous thing.
In other words, the matter of Yu Jianshan losing to Ling Han couldn’t be mentioned.
Helian Rong was full of smiles, looking at Ling Han who was counting treasures, and said, “Not bad, not bad, youngster, you’re courageous and wise, brave and astute. I’ve thought to give you a show of strength, but you unexpectedly checkmated me.”
Ling Han already stored away all the treasures, and, grinning, said, “Lord Father-In-Law, you’re not thinking of splitting these betrothal gifts with me… is that only why you’re being courteous to me?”
Pu , a few youngsters couldn’t hold it at the moment and spurted out violently.
This human thought Helian Rong was also a money grubber like him? As one of the north sea’s three royal families, Helian Family’s wealth was astonishing; any little thing taken out surpassed what Xuanyu Family could have countless times.
Helian Rong, however, said, “Why not, betrothal gifts should be collected by this king.”
“Lord Fathter-In-Law, that’s not good to say. You’re, after all, one of north sea’s three royal families, would you lack this bit of treasure?” Ling Han said with a smile.
“These years, the landlords also don’t have surplus grain. Besides, who would hold something against treasures?” Helian Rong didn’t concede.
The few juniors were still bewildered, but the older generations knew that both parties already began the negotiations, trying to take the initiative and hold more advantage.
Ling Han laughed mischievously, and said, “Alright, for the sake of Xun Xue, this son-in-law is willing to discuss frankly and sincerely.”
Helian Rong gave Ling Han a profound look, and said, “Except for those at the Shattering Void Tier, everyone else back down!”
Everyone was puzzled—that was it? They were just going to let this human act arrogantly, and not put him in order? However, the king already gave the order, and who dared to disobey? Instantly, all the juniors and seniors retreated, leaving only seventeen Shattering Void Tier elites.
… The strongest elites didn’t all come. It was quite normal, since Shattering Void Tier powerhouses needed to cultivate in seclusion, and one star was a world’s difference—who didn’t want to increase their battle prowess?
Ling Han, Helian Xun Xue, and Hu Niu obviously didn’t leave. Hu Niu was the typical one who never treated herself as an outsider and immediately found a chair to sit down in and started to crack melon seeds with her teeth.
“Regarding the settling, from start to end, elaborate on it in detail,” Helian Rong said.
Ling Han actually didn’t want to speak about the settling on the outside. There were ears separated by the sky—the divine realm’s five sects possessed remarkable abilities, and might be listening in on these keywords. If they were to launch an attack in advance, there’d be even more variables.
However, he couldn’t trust Helian Rong and reveal the secret of the Black Tower, so he weighed the matter, still deciding to declare it here. Anyway, he already walked on the path against the five sects, and they probably could guess a little; this secret really wasn’t a secret now.
He spoke in detail about obtaining Zi Xue Xian’s message and the matters on Purple Moon Emperor’s Court, mentioning that they were the ancient king’s court over twenty thousand years ago—and that they were splitting the skies in this age.
Listening to him speak till the end, the sea race’s elites all had different expressions.
In Ling Han’s description, there was a start and a finish, a reason with basis, and the details could be deliberated. It was extremely likely that the truth was so, but that was too terrifying. The divine realm actually wanted to refine the entire vast lands’ living beings into a medicinal pill—absolutely terrifying!
“No wonder. After this lord advanced into the Shattering Void Tier two thousand years ago, he always felt that shattering the void was too dangerous, previously always thinking that it was due to insufficient strength and being unable to break open the sky. If the truth is so, then no wonder.”
“Then the clanmen that shattered the void before, did they all die?”
“If the truth is so, they were definitely eliminated by the great formation!”
Everyone was apathetic. In reality, every Shattering Void Tier elite would feel danger when they wanted to shatter the void, but previously, they’d thought that it was due to their own insufficient strength and that there indeed were people who ascended to the divine realm but just haven’t contacted them ever since.
Previously, they thought that the two realms were hard to go through, so there was no news transmitted, but now, thinking again, if they died halfway on the road, there also wouldn’t be any news transmitted.
Helian Rong’s expression was stern as he asked Ling Han, “Is splitting open the skies the only way?”
“If Father-in-law has the confidence to barge pass that heaven-locking formation, he could try to shatter the void, but as far as I know, even Mountain River Tier’s small extreme 1 can’t rival the great formation,” Ling Han said.
“Yes, Mountain River Tier? Divine realm’s levels?” Everyone was curious.
Ling Han decided he might as well reiterate the information he’d heard from Yi Shuang Shuang. Of course, it was only about the divine beings’ tier differentiation, and there was no mention of the underworld’s war with the divine realm that went on for hundreds of millions of years.
After Shattering Void Tier elites broke open the void, they wouldn’t immediately become gods and simply enter the divine realm, because the divine realm’s environment was necessary to become a god.
However, the divine realm’s five sects jammed this crucial passage and laid out a killing formation that could kill even those at the Mountain River Tier small extreme. It truly was killing whomever that came—no matter how exceeding your talents, could you surpass the threshold between divine beings and the Shattering Void Tier?
Even Yi Shuang Shuang who was a divine being didn’t dare to break through, not to mention the other people.
Since it was impossible to break through forcibly, and staying would only result in being refined into a medicinal pill, as Shattering Void Tier elites—the apex existence in this world—none of them was willing to await death, and they began to discuss vigorously about splitting open the skies.
They formed a consensus that relying on Helian royal family alone wouldn’t be enough, and that it was necessary to unite all possible unifiable power—in short, the east, south, west, and north regions of the sea.
Thus, it also became very essential to resolve the grievances with the Xianyu Clan.
However, who would be the boss was another matter, and if splitting open the skies was successful, then how glorious would it be to be the executor of this grand endeavor? It would definitely be a good reputation lasting for generations, and a name that would go down in the annals of history!
… They didn’t know the other benefits of splitting open the skies—for example, being able to receive the heaven’s fortune blessing. However, the power of the nation alone could increase battle prowess and speed up cultivation, and such benefits already had people envious.
However, it was unknown how long it would be before the four seas reached a consensus. It could be discussed slowly, and Ling Han was in less of a rush—by that time, he should’ve advanced to the Shattering Void Tier. Except for unfathomable guys like Ma Duo Bao, Ling Han had the confidence to suppress everyone.
Helian Rong immediately sent out an important figure in the clan that brought his personally written letter to the Xianyu Family, mentioning somewhat about the truth of the settling.
Xianyu Family wrote back very soon and agreed to sit down to discuss properly, but they demanded that Ling Han be brought along.
Chapter 785 - Hurry up and Give Birth to Another One
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Ling Han hesitated slightly, then nodded in agreement.
First of all, battle prowess below Shattering Void Tier seven stars couldn’t harm him at all, and elites above that were rare—pitifully few, even—and was Helian Rong just for looks?
Helian Rong had the cultivation of the ninth layer of the Shattering Void Tier, his battle prowess even reaching ten stars. He was an expert ranking in the top three in the north sea alongside with Xianyu Family’s head; it was hard to tell who was better.
However, Wenren Family’s Wenren Jie definitely ranked first. Although he was also in the ninth layer of the Shattering Void Tier, his battle prowess was a shocking eleven stars!
One star was a world’s difference. Even if Xianyu Tong and Helian Rong joined hands, they would barely be able to rival Wenren Jie, and the Wenren Family’s Shattering Void Tier elites’ strength was clearly a notch higher than the other two royal families’, forcing the alliance of the two royal families for self-defense.
Xianyu royal family’s ancestral grounds were also on a massive island called Silent Star Island, which was strangely far from Dome Cloud Island—even Shattering Void Tier elites needed to travel for several days to get there.
Helian Rong brought nine Shattering Void Tier elites from the clan—along with Ling Han, Helian Xun Xue, and Hu Niu—and hastened towards Silent Star Island.
They weren’t constantly on the road. After traveling for three days, they stopped at a desolate island to rest, taking out all sorts of food to eat. This was obviously due to Hu Niu’s fervent demand—when fighting, Niu would accompany, but not eating, nope.
Even Helian Rong and the others were profuse in praise with the food inside Black Tower. It was delicacies that even the celestials would drool over, especially when all sorts of precious medicinal ingredients were added—like Myrietes Treasured Pearl, just how many were there in the vast lands?
Even the Helian royal family couldn’t take it out. After all, every ten thousand years was the settling, and living beings became extinct except for living spirits inside mystery realms, so how many could survive?
“This boy’s a true genius!” Helian Rong carried Ling Jian Xue in his arms, his brows smoothing out, feeling greatly at ease.
… Ling Han still appropriately revealed some of his trump cards. For example, a Spirit Tool that could accommodate living things. It was also something very rare in the divine realm, but it wasn’t the one and only, so he dared to reveal it. However, only those he trusted most knew—the Black Tower wasn’t something as simple as a spatial divine tool.
Ling JIanxue was already half a year old, and his brute force already progressed to the Gushing Spring Tier, absolutely astonishing. When he became a little older and opened a spirit base to cultivate, his brute force would probably advance to the Flower Blossom Tier, the height of his starting point was extremely shocking.
His ancestral blood was too pure and thick; even Helian Xun Xue’s was nowhere near. The sea race regarded bloodline most highly, giving Helian Rong the urge to make Ling Jian Xue the next head of the clan.
Of course, this also had to do with Ling Han’s willingness to exhaust resources on his son. The Myrietes Treasured Pearl, tenth-tier spiritual liquid, and whatnot, this kid showered in these things every day, so if his physique wasn’t formidable, then there’d be no logic in the world.
The prerequisite was obviously that Ling Jian Xue was able to endure such medicinal power; even if it were another person with the same dad, they wouldn’t be able to enjoy this fortune.
“Ling Han, Xun Xue is my clan’s most resplendent pearl. Your son has to inherit the Helian Clan and be surnamed Helian!” Helian Rong decided to “rob” him of the child, who was just too outstanding.
Ling Han shook his head in a hurry, and said, “This is my first child, and obviously has to be surnamed Ling!”
“This king already betrothed our clan’s most resplendent pearl to you, so shouldn’t I ask for a grandson?” Helian Rong said unabashedly. This was a super genius, who would definitely surpass the predecessors, possibly even reaching the height of the imperial family.
So, he had to contest till the end.
“The Helian Family has many men, clansmen in the ten thousands, and my Ling Family only has me, the only child. You have the audacity to contest with me? Not doing it!” Ling Han gave a meaningful glance, making Helian Xun Xue use breastfeeding as an excuse to take his son back.
Helian Rong couldn’t help but sigh—a grown girl couldn’t be kept at home. Once married off, she belonged to someone else, favoring an outsider way too qui
ckly. He was willing to give up, and said, “Then before five hundred years old, this child stays in the family. After all, my family has solid accumulations that can give the child the best growth conditions. Besides, this king is also worried that Xun Xue lacks milk, treating the child insufficiently.”
Helian Xun Xue stared agape—was this still her father related by blood and flesh? For the sake of snatching a child, even his own daughter became a target of attack? My breasts are a bit small, but would it go so far as to starve my son?
Ling Han snickered, taking out all sorts of precious treasures. With each item he took out, Helian Rong’s face twitched—some of those treasures Helian Family had, but their amount wasn’t that terrifying.
Look, Thousand-Year-Old Ginseng was counted by baskets, how could it be compared? The Myrietes Treasured Pearl and tenth-tier spirit liquid were something even Helian Clan couldn’t offer up.
An utter defeat!
Helian Rong was speechless. Speaking of raising children, following Ling Han was definitely better. One clan couldn’t compare to one person… Helian Rong felt immense pressure, and the gloominess in his heart was even greater.
Trying every possible way, he still made Ling Han agree to have the second child that Helian Xun Xue gave birth to be passed on to the Helian Family. The old fellow was truly extremely proactive, and without even finishing eating, he egged on Ling Han and Helian Xun Xue to “rest,” to keep ploughing for the next generation, driving Helian Xun Xue absolutely mad.
After another five days, the Silent Star Island was finally within view.
Xiu , a figure flew out and blocked their path. It was a martial artists with a pair of bird wings on the back; his feet were like duck feet with webs, while his mouth was flat and stuck out, appearing extremely hilarious.
However, Helian Rong and the others had no trace of a smile on their faces. To them, the more atavistic the appearance of people who possessed divine beast’s blood, the purer their bloodline, and the greater their advantage in martial arts cultivation.
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