Rise of Humanity

by <unknown>

  However, the totem patterns were still there, abstruse and profound.

  Zhong Yue looked at them with his divine third eye and soon after, he projected his arcane energy out into the Ghost Sword.

  Wong——

  A soft sound came from the Ghost Sword. As he looked at the sword again, it disappeared!

  “This is…”

  He heart skipped a beat. The Ghost Sword had gone into another dimension and disappeared from the world!

  It was just a few totem patterns he had understood and used from the sword. It was totally outside of his expectations that it would have such effects!

  This sword, it can enter other dimensions!

  Zhong Yue opened his hand and let go of the sword, moving it around with his psyche. To his shock, the Ghost Sword was still nowhere to be seen, completely undetectable!

  The Gui Shen Celestial Race’s soul weapon is really bizarre, no wonder they are the masters of assassins!

  He crew back his psyche and arcane energy, regripped the Ghost Sword in his hand and thought, If this sword can bring the owner along into the dimension, then it would be incredibly strong!

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  Unbeknownst to him, two days had passed and the day of Twin Yues’ battle had come. Shui Zian was still nowhere to be seen, while Qiu Jin’er and Chi Xue had returned from the Lesser Void World, though Chu Xie looked dispirited.

  Zhong Yue asked why she was down. Qiu Jin’er put out her tongue and whispered to him, “Senior martial brother, Chi Xie is really strong. She has entered the Godlike Board and is listed at rank six, higher than Senior Martial Brother Feng Xiaozhong! But she said that she is still no match for her ancestor, and she was downcast because of that.”

  “Sixth on the Godlike Board?”

  Zhong Yue stiffened his heart and gazed at the dispirited young lady, thinking, She is good at hiding, I can’t tell that she is that strong at all! Empire of the Western Mother, is it really that strong?

  The Fiery Capital was lively, countless Qi Practitioners filled the whole city. On the ground, in the buildings, on the top of the high-rises, and hovering in mid-air. Those higher-ups and nobles were sitting in the clouds or on various soul weapons in the sky, everyone waiting for the duel to start.

  They were all here to witness the greatest battle of the two young and talented cultivators, to witness the birth of the strongest young expert!

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  On the Martial God Stage, Zhong Yue and Long Yue slowly walked up the stairs onto the platform.

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  Outside of the Lesser Void World entrance, in the secret realms of the Martial Divine Master’s mortal body, countless Qi Practitioners were moving around like busy bees in the Wan Xiang Secret Realm, building a great teleportation portal while Zhu Rong Clan Master Zhurong Yanqin oversaw their progress. A young human man with a white umbrella stood beside him.

  It was Feng Wuji.

  “Long Yue and Zhong Yue, the Twin Yue battle, what a great show this is,” Feng Wuji smiled and remarked softly.

  To everyone’s surprise, the Zhu Rong Clan Master, Zhurong Yanqin, was not a brawny man but instead a beautiful woman and the wife of the Xia Clan clan master. Her pretty smile was incredibly alluring as she asked, “Young Brother Feng, what do you mean?”

  Chapter 390: The Young Man That Became A Legend |

  Feng Wuji laughed but he did not answer the question. Instead, he said, “Now it all depends on the Xia Clan’s Martial Heavenly Master and magnate Qi Practitioners to kill Shui Zian.”

  Zhurong Yanqin saw Feng Wuji had changed the topic, but instead of dwelling on it, she said, “Brother Feng’s plan was extremely good, for seeing Shui Zian’s plan to destroy the teleportal. How did you know that Shui Zian knew that we would team up with Sha Qishan to create a teleportal for the Kun Peng Celestial Race?”

  She was very puzzled how Feng Wuji immediately see through Shui Zian’s plan after Shui Zhan arrived in Fiery Capital with Sha Qishan. Feng Wuji did not show himself at all in Fiery Capital when he arrived here, all he did was glance at Shui Zian and Zhong Yue from afar before coming up with a plan that lured Shui Zian into the trap easily.

  This trap was set up in the lesser void world, with two Martial Heavenly Masters and a magnate Qi Practitioner from the Zhu Rong Clan, equipped with the White Tiger Banner, Phoenix Banner, and Xuan Wu Banner respectively prepared to ambush Shui Zian.

  Feng Wuji’s plan was very ingenious. Step by step, he managed to lure Shui Zian into the lesser void world by making him think that the teleportal would be placed in the lesser void world.

  The most brilliant part of his plan was that only magnate Qi Practitioners could enter the seventh lesser void world where they laid down their trap, which prevented any reinforcements from the disciples of Swords Gate. After all, Zhong Yue, Zuo Xiangsheng, and the others were not strong enough to enter that level.

  Other than that, the lesser void world would cut off all forces connecting the outside and the inside, which meant that when Shui Zian entered the lesser void world, he would not be able to get in touch with the outside world.

  Thus, with no reinforcements and no communication, Shui Zian was bound to be killed by the two Martial Heavenly Masters, the magnate Qi Practitioner, and the three godly banners.

  This was why Zhurong Yanqin admired Feng Wuji; he was a man that predicted every actions his opponents would make in his plan. Even someone as cunning and sly as Shui Zian would fall victim to him.

  Those who knew Shui Zian deeply all knew that he was a very calculating and cunning man. When he went up against Yin, Qing, Yuan, and Que, he overcame the obstacles with various ways, including playing dead, and in the end, he even plotted against the many celestial races and succeeded.

  Thus, it was really amazing that Feng Wuji managed to pull this off with his plan.

  “I am way too familiar with Shui Zian.” Feng Wuji laughed and said, “His thoughts, logic, actions, behavior and many more, I know more than enough to be able to guess what he will do. As for why I knew how Shui Zian received information about the teleportal…” He paused for a moment before saying, “It is related to Zhong Yue.”

  However, he did not speak in detail about how Zhong Yue stole the saint item of the Kun Peng Celestial Race. This was an incident not known even to Sha Qishan, but Feng Wuji managed to identified the origin of the weapon by the soul weapon of Zhong Yue, the Golden Feathery Peng Sword. He knew that the sword was part of the Divine Wing Saber, and with the bounty placed on Zhong Yue’s head by the Kun Peng Celestial race, Feng Wuji realized that things were not as simple as he thought. Zhong Yue clearly knew that the Kun Peng Celestial Race had ordered Sha Qishan to create a teleportal.

  With everything Zhong Yue knew and the dragons being the common enemy of Sha Qishan, the Kun Peng and Zhong Li Celestial Races, Zhong Yue would definitely determine that these three powerful factions would team up together.

  The appearance of Sha Qishan in Fiery Capital had definitely justified Zhong Yue’s guess.

  “With that, Zhong Yue will realize that there will be a teleportal in Fiery Capital. When he found out about this, he would inform Shui Zian so that Shui Zian would destroy the teleportal. Thus, it was as easy as flipping my palm for me to lure Shui Zian into the trap,” Feng Wuji boasted.

  Still holding his umbrella, Feng Wuji stared at the copper pillars being moved by the Zhong Li Celestial Race’s Qi Practitioners and said, “Besides, Zhong Yue most probably knew about my arrival in Fiery Capital. Of all the people around the world, he is the only one I can not hide my movements from. However, little did he know that Shui Zian will die soon.”

  Zhurong Yanqin respected Feng Wuji even more, and praised him, “No wonder brother Feng was able to take over the entire Xiao Mang Celestial Race at such young age. You are so much stronger than the previous elder priest, but why are you taking Zhong Yue so seriously? He is not even fit to be your opponent in my opinion.”

  “You are flattering me,” replied
Feng Wuji and said again, “Clan master Zhu Rong, please do not underestimate him. Whenever I look at Zhong Yue, I feel like I’m staring into a mirror, as I see only myself in him.”

  He then thought quietly, Zhong Yue, why did no one notice your horrifyingly strong talent? Even my grandfather, Feng Shang, failed to realize that Elder Pu was only one of my disguises, but you, and only you, managed to see through it! You are considered half my disciple; I was the one who led you into the path of a Qi Practitioner, you are a formidable enemy I created, and as the one who guided you, I am the only one who can destroy you!

  As they were speaking, the huge teleportal was starting to take shape. This time, be it the Zhong Li Celestial Race or Sha Qishan, they had all contributed a vast amount of materials in order to create the teleportal.

  The crucial part of this building process was that the materials used were all precious materials that were used to create godly weapons, or the teleportation could not be executed!

  Besides, a Star Disc was required to activate the teleportal. This Star Disc was a godly weapon that could only be forged by gods.

  There was only a single Star Disc right now. It was brought out by Sha Qishan from the treasury of the Kun Peng Celestial Race and was extremely important.

  Preparing this teleportal had cost the three factions dearly!

  Feng Wuji thought, Zhong Yue really has a lot of cards up his sleeves. He managed to cultivate a clone to act as Long Yue. He is really very hard to deal with… Oh well, his luck is bad this time. By the time he clears himself from the accusation, the teleportal will have been set up completely. When the Kun Peng Celestial Race descends on this Ancestral Star, Swords Gate will be demolished along with Zhong Yue by the Kun Peng Celestial Race.

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  On the Martial God Stage, step by step, Zhong Yue and Long Yue walked towards the top of the stage.

  The higher they went, the pressure on them grew even stronger as the Taotie carvings on the rails glowed brighter and brighter.

  Why are they still not stopping? This was the thought of the many Qi Practitioners below the stage as the duo continued walking upwards without showing any signs of stopping at all.

  “Do they plan to fight on the peak of the stage?”

  “How much pressure must they withstand?”

  “They shouldn’t be able to move easily by now because of the pressure…”

  As they drew closer to the top, the light given off by these Taotie carvings grew brighter and brighter. In the end, they shone so brightly they were hard to look upon!

  From afar, the entire Martial God Stage looked just like a burning fire torch, the lights lit up the entire Fiery Capital and outshone the sun!

  The two young man standing on the peak of the burning bright stage looked just like two gods still in their adolescent stage!

  Everyone was in awe, and Bai Zhenbei murmured, “Two young man who have yet to grow into two gods as they should… To be able to witness their battle, my life has been completed!”

  There were many who have the same thought as him. Where else could they find an epic duel like this one?

  This was an honor for them! When the duo ascended as gods, just imagine the excitement and joy they would have whenever they recalled this day, where they all witnessed the battle of two adolescent gods?

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  On the stage, both Zhong Yue and Long Yue shouted suddenly, opened up their Yuan Shen secret realm as light wheels flew out from their head! In an instant, six light wheels appeared on the back of their heads!

  “Oh my heavens!” Bai Zhenbei lost his voice. He jumped up as he shouted, “Six secret realms! They have both opened up six secret realms! What crazy talent is this!”

  Far away, Clan Master Xia looked at the stage with a serious expression. When he saw the six wheels, his mind went blank.

  He once heard that when Zhong Yue fought with Demon Saint, he exposed his six Yuan Shen secret realms and killed Demon Saint with them. At first, Clan Master Xia thought it was just some rumor. But now, both Zhong Yue and Long Yue had displayed six secret realms at the same time!

  “They live up to their name as Qi Practitioners that have breached the boundaries of average Qi Practitioners! They have both breached the limits!” murmured Wei Shaogong with an empty mind.

  To be able to break the limits of a Qi Practitioner was the dream of the heavens knew how many Qi Practitioners out there. Now, there were two living Qi Practitioners bound to become a god in their peak state appearing in front of them!

  “What is the sixth wheel?”

  However, there were even more Qi Practitioners that were extremely confused right now. They all asked one another about the sixth wheel; what was this sixth wheel, sixth secret realm, what kind of secret realm is this, and most importantly, in what ways would the sixth secret realm aid the Qi Practitioner?

  Almost everyone around, including the magnate Qi Practitioners, was puzzled, as they knew nothing about this sixth wheel and sixth secret realm.

  Bai Zhenbei murmured, “I once saw a picture in an ancient ruin. On this picture were drawn gods with six wheels on the backs of their heads… I thought it was just a legend, but now it seems like it was real! Who would have thought I would witness legends in front of me, two young man who walked out of… No… Two young men that are about to become legends!”

  Xia Shengchu, Xia Shengyan, Zhu Jiangyue, and the other Qi Practitioners from the same generation as Zhong Yue and Long Yue did not know how should they feel right now as they all stared blankly at the two young man standing on the apex of the stage.

  Although they were all from the same generation, Zhong Yue and Long Yue were already standing on a peak they did not know anything about before today.

  There were only a few people that knew Zhong Yue and Long Yue were the same person. If Zhong Yue succeeded in cultivating the sixth wheel, so would Long Yue, who was part of his Yuan Shen.

  In truth, the two young man that everyone focused their attention on were just Zhong Yue alone!

  At long last, Zhong Yue and Long Yue began their duel atop of the Martial God Stage!

  Chapter 391: A Big, Big Trap |

  On the Martial God Stage, a thousand dragons were soaring as the eight-armed, dragon-headed Long Yue clenched the Eight Extreme Weapons tight in his hands and a third eye appeared on his forehead. He was brawny, heavily built, and strong, breaking through the limit of Inner Core Qi Practitioners and pushing his Yuan Shen to over three hundred feet tall. Clearly, he was also a close-combat battler.

  The dragon art,【Soaring Dragon Hundred Forms】, was unleashed at its peak form in the hands of Long Yue, every single skill was cast at will, and these strong skills always struck at the most unpredictable times.

  His exceptional prowess was now distinctly shown, fought in a fast-pace battle like an orthodox Martial Master. Legs, arms, knees, shoulders, elbows, his chest and even his head were the deadly weapons he used, in addition to the Eight Extreme Weapons. He stayed close to Zhong Yue as numerous strikes lashed out.

  At the same time, his hair was making all sorts of seals, casting skills down at great speed onto Zhong Yue, dazzling the eyes of the weak.

  His attacks were against common practice. The battles of Qi Practitioners were done either in close-quarters combat or a long-range battle. In the event of close combat, Qi Practitioners would rely on their mortal body, fighting with sheer strength. Even skills could not match the speed of their agile bodies, and so only those proficient in the art of the mortal body would engage in close combat.

  If it was long-range battle, the main form of attack would be skills. The Qi Practitioners would distance themselves from one another and cast various kinds of skills; such a battle could cause greater damage, but the attack rate would be slightly slower.

  And if one ever intended to mix the two together, casting skills while engaging in close combat, that would distract them, and more flaws would emerge when one visualizes the skills to be cast, giving the o
pponent a great opportunity to strike.

  However, Long Yue was now breaking down the common consensus of the world. He had perfectly matched the two styles of battles into one, reaching the state of unconscious visualization, and could cast skills out at will without needing to intentionally visualize them.

  Combining the close-up mortal body battle with long-range skills... this alone could defeat many Qi Practitioners.

  On the other hand, Long Yue’s opponent, Zhong Yue, was also a talented young man who was not any weaker. He had achieved the same state and could also cast out various skills at will, ranging from the human Swords Gate’s【Great Boundless Sword Qi】to the demon race’s【Great Sun Heavenly Demon Art】and even the Demon Saint’s【Worshippings of the Nine Gods】was cast. He was a world-shocking talent who had achieved the state of [Celestial Demon as One].

  Long Yue had even used his soul weapons, the Eight Extreme Weapons, but Zhong Yue was still fighting with his bare hands.

  The Martial God Stage was not huge at all, only a hundred feet in radius at the topmost platform. To the other Qi Practitioners, this was way too small a battlefield for Inner Core experts.

  However, to Zhong Yue and Long Yue, even a hundred-foot radius battlefield was enough for a battle.

  The battle was eye-dazzling, even the Spirit Nurture Qi Practitioners could tell that Long Yue was just a thin line weaker than Zhong Yue. After all, Zhong Yue was not using a soul weapon....

  Bai Canghai mumbled in a low voice, “Long Yue is losing….”

  Just as he spoke, Long Yue changed. Six bright moons rose behind him, each over a hundred feet long in the sky. Moonlight shone down on the stage, disrupting its dimensional stability.

  Above the Martial God Stage, the sky was distorted in six directions, nailing Zhong Yue in mid-air unmoving, as if a huge and strong hand had grabbed him in the sky, pulling his limbs out in different directions.