Spirit Realm Chapter 742-748

Chapter 742: Forefather Terminator’s Benefactor

According to Qin Lie’s perception, there seemed to be soul force inside the balls of lightning in the clouds.

The thunderballs that came from heaven dissipated after exploding. However, they did not disappear. Instead, they continued to transform, slowly gathered again and became a new thunderball.

Billions of bolts of lightning covered the sky above Prism Continent, and attacked the five Heaven Ghoul great sages.

A long, sharp spatial light blade split the firmament. It pulled numerous twisters, enormous stones, gusts of wind, dregs of space, and twisted magnetic fields to attack the booming lightning.

The thunder seemed to resonate with the heavenly thunder deep in the clouds. It grew stronger as though it would never run dry despite its endless attacks.

“The power of the Lightning Pool of the Ninth Heaven!”

Qin Lie’s eyes were bright. He could clearly feel Nan Zhengtian manipulating the endless thunder and lightning energy in the clouds. He guided down the bolts of lightning and destroyed the world as though he was a god of lightning.

In Qin Lie’s mind consciousness, Nan Zhengtian seemed to have become a lightning pool, a lightning fae of the world that could control the savage lightning as he wished.

Among the furious roars of lightning, Nan Zhengtian’s howls were mixed with the muffled grunts of the Heaven Ghoul sages.

“Boom!”

A curtain of lighting hundreds of miles long once again formed in the sky and came down.

The spatial blades tried their best to cut at the curtain and tear it to pieces.

Lightning continued to land.

Within the mountain range, Heaven Ghouls furiously fled for their lives when they saw the lightning come down.

However, the bolts of lightning had simple intelligence. They pursued the Heaven Ghouls and killed them one by one.

The Heaven Ghoul clansmen wailed.

The five great sages roared in anger and looked as if they would put their lives on the line..

Nan Zhengtian’s wild laughter came from deep within the clouds. The lightning and thunder suddenly receded and disappeared.

Among the laughter, a blinding figure shot out like a lightning.

In the blink of an eye, Forefather Terminator appeared next to Xu Ran and Lei Yan with disheveled hair and unkempt clothes.

Nan Zhengtian looked at the three. He grinned and said, “Let’s talk after our return.”

“Alright.” Xu Ran nodded with a smile.

A dozen seconds later, Qin Lie followed the three Soul Altar experts back onto the giant black iron ships.

He focused and found that there were seven new giant black iron ships that were slowly coming close. They all flew the flag of Terminator Sect.

He reckoned these giant black iron ships must have come with Forefather Terminator.

“These five Heaven Ghoul great sages are not easy to deal with. The reason I was able to hold on for so long against them was because they have not recovered.” Inside an enormous residence, Nan Zhengtian sat with his legs spread apart. He said, “Those three with three-level Soul Altars, only one of them has seventy percent of their strength. The other two have recovered only about thirty percent of their power. If they completely recovered, they would be hard to deal with.”

“There is also one that is sleeping. He will come in three days. That one is the really terrifying one,” Xu Ran said.

Nan Zhengtian’s eyes lit up. He gave a strange laugh. “Great! That is great!”

Xu Ran and Lei Yan stilled.

“Give them some more time, let them recover, especially that old ghoul named Bhutto. I hope that I can have a fight with him at full power!” Nan Zhengtian was full of fighting spirit.

“Elder Brother! That person once was in the Void Realm!” Lei Yan said urgently.

“So what?” Nan Zhengtian’s expression darkened. He snorted. “So what if he was once there? Even if he was in the Void Realm, and still possessed a four-level Soul Altar, I would still dare to try!”

“Why waste our time? Before they recover, let’s have the four Silver rank forces eliminate these people. Wouldn’t that be better?” Xu Ran said helplessly.

“It’s not so simple.” Nan Zhengtian shook his head. “They are skilled in using the power of space. If they see the situation going bad, they will once again flee into the chaotic streams of space. If they flee into the void, even I won’t dare to fight them there.”

“You mean?”

“Give them a bit of time, let all of them come and recover some power. Lure them away from Prism Continent, to some place with dense space energy. It is far too easy for them to escape into the spatial currents from here,” Nan Zhengtian said.

Pausing, he took a deep breath and continued, “Also, I need to have a battle with that fully-recovered Bhutto! I need to use this Bhutto to reinforce my confidence and truly take a step into the Void Realm!”

Xu Ran shook and said in shock “You are sure? Master attempted it in the past, and something happened at the last step. His soul was destroyed as a result.”

“These past years, we’ve never heard of anyone actually reaching the Void Realm in the Land of Chaos! Elder Brother!” Lei Yan said in shock.

“If the Land of Chaos wants to advance, if Terminator Sect wants to transform into a Gold rank force, we must have someone above the Imperishable Realm!” Nan Zhengtian’s expression was determined. “Master may have failed, but that doesn’t mean we won’t ever be able to do it! Also, I promised him that after taking over Terminator Sect, I will bring about a new Terminator Sect!”

“Terminator Sect is the strongest force in this land,” Lei Yan said.

“This is not enough.” Nan Zhengtian shook his head. “Far from enough!”

Xu Ran and Lei Yan had shocked expressions.

Qin Lie was also shocked. He looked at this Forefather Terminator with unkempt clothes and felt respect and awe.

Suddenly, he thought of the spatial ring that Li Mu had given him. Hesitating, he took out the spatial ring and handed it to Forefather Terminator. He said respectfully, “Li Mu of Heavenly Sword Mountain asked me to give this to you.”

“Li Mu?” Nan Zhengtian, Xu Ran, and Lei Ran stilled. Then their expressions became grave.

Qin Lie looked at the expressions of the three and felt puzzled inside.

“Boy, the sixth Heavenly Sword of Heavenly Sword Mountain is not an ordinary person.” Xu Ran smiled and said, “Even Duan Qianjie may not be able to win against this Li Mu!”

Qin Lie stilled. “Uncle Li only has a two-level Soul Altar, Duan Qianjie… has a three-level Soul Altar, they…”

“Duan Qianjie only started building the third level of Soul Altar after his fight against Li Mu. That fight… according to Terminator Sect’s intel, it ended in Li Mu’s victory.” Lei Yan’s expression was solemn. He thought and then said, “Li Mu has been stuck on the second Soul Altar level for more than two hundred years. Based on his talent, he should have been able to break through a long time ago.”

“He is unlike many people. He will create a firm foundation at every realm. He will comprehend all the spirit power variations that people of that level should master. Each breakthrough of his is as steady as a mountain. He has almost ninety percent success rate. Once he successfully breaks through, he will not have to stabilize his realm.” Pondering for a moment, Forefather Terminator continued, “He and Duan Qianjie can be said to be two extremes. One pursues speed, the other steadiness.”

“Duan Qianjie used only a short three hundred years. He constantly challenged, cultivated day and night, he excavated his potential, quickly accumulated knowledge. Whenever he sees a chance for a breakthrough, he grasps it. For the sake of breakthroughs, he disregarded risks of going mad or even dying.”

“Li Mu is the opposite.”

“He is firm and steady on every realm. He is willing to waste long periods of time to see all there is on each realm. He is not in a hurry to reach a breakthrough and he continues to refine himself.”

“His cultivation is steady, so firm it is almost incomprehensible. Each breakthrough is expected, and natural. There’s no danger. Often, it’s not that he breaks through, he just naturally is pushed into the new realm!”

“One madly pursues his limits, while the other steadily cultivates his base.”

“Who is stronger?” Qin Lie instinctively asked.

“In the short term, Duan Qianjie is stronger. In the long term, Li Mu will be stronger.” Nan Zhengtian concluded. “Once Li Mu creates the third level of his Soul Altar, he will be the person with the highest qualifications to challenge me!”

Qin Lie’s mouth dropped open. Through Nan Zhengtian and Xu Ran’s words, he gained a new understanding of Li Mu.

Nan Zhengtian gave his opinion of Li Mu. Then, he rubbed the spatial ring and felt it with a wisp of his soul.

Qin Lie and the others were silent.

After a while, Nan Zhengtian’s eyes lit up, his expression shocked.

“Boom!”

Under his strength, that spatial ring suddenly exploded and turned into powder.

“Elder Brother, what did Li Mu say?” Lei Yan asked.

Nan Zhengtian shook his head and looked deeply at Qin Lie. He said, “Not much.”

Xu Ran was slightly shocked.

From Nan Zhengtian’s expression, he knew that the information in the ring was related to Qin Lie.

But Nan Zhengtian did not want to disclose it.

“I want to talk to Qin Lie alone,” Nan Zhengtian said gravely.

Xu Ran and Lei Yan exchanged a look and then perceptively left.

Only Qin Lie and Nan Zhengtian were left in the room. Nan Zhengtian did not immediately speak, instead sitting in deep thought, a frown on his face..

Qin Lie waited patiently.

A long long time later, Nan Zhengtian thought of many things and then abruptly said, “I, Nan Zhengtian, became what I am today due to a benefactor.”

Qin Lie had a puzzled expression. He didn’t know why Nan Zhengtian said something so random.

“A long time ago, at that time, I wasn’t even outstanding among my master’s many disciples. At that time, I could not rival Xu Ran, and my talent was lacking even compared to Lei Yan.” Forefather Terminator laughed mockingly. “Compared to them, my only advantage was that I was fixated on cultivation.”

“Because of my average talent, I focused solely on cultivation. I thought of nothing else.”

“In the eyes of many people, even my master, I was a fanatic. Alas, limited by my talent, my accomplishments were average.”

“Until one day when I was cultivating in a mountain valley and encountered an old person picking herbs.”

“The old person observed me. He saw me cultivating day and night without sleep or food, cultivating until I didn’t even know who I was.”

“The old man was very shocked. He stopped, taught me, and discussed with me.”

“He told me that extreme focus could make up for my lack of talent. He told me my focus would allow me to go far on the path of cultivation.”

“In this dark world of cultivation of mine, he was a ray of light .”

“He guided me onto the right path, discussed the mysterious power of thunder and lightning with me and helped me understand its vastness and grandeur.

Pausing, Forefather Terminator raised his head and looked at Qin Lie. He said, “One day, he left due to other matters, never to return. Before leaving, he told me his name…

“His name was Qin Shan.”

Chapter 743: Gift

Qin Lie suddenly shook.

Forefather Terminator gaze deepened as he lost himself in his memories. He stopped speaking.

“His… his name was Qin Shan?” A heartbeat later, Qin Lie reacted. His eyes lit up. “Could you show me his appearance?”

Without a second word, Forefather Terminator’s eyes shot out threads of electricity spun and twisted in the air.

Five seconds later, a figure made from lightning clearly appeared in front of Qin Lie.

Qin Lie only took a look before his body shook and he said, “That’s my grandfather!”

Forefather Terminator grinned and showed a slightly ugly smile. “I just learned this.”

Qin Lie was shocked. “The information from the spatial ring?”

“Yes.” Forefather Terminator nodded. He rubbed his chin and said, “No wonder you are so special, you are Benefactor’s grandson. Benefactor’s teachings in the past are directly related to the heights I achieved in my cultivation. My true master was the previous sect master of Terminator Sect but before me, Terminator Sect was not skilled in lightning power. My master was not able to help much with my cultivation”

“How come Uncle Mu knows about the relationship between you and my grandfather?” Qin Lie was puzzled.

“I do not know.” Forefather Terminator was also slightly bewildered. “But that is not important.”

“What?” Qin Lie was shocked.

“I owe Benefactor a great favor!” Forefather Terminator became serious and said, “As long as I am in the Land of Chaos, no matter what trouble you experience, you can come find me!”

“I do not seem to have any troubles,” Qin Lie said with a smile.

“Not right now, but it does not mean you will not have any in the future. Do not boast.” Forefather Terminator chuckled. “You have the blood of the Heaven Fighting Race. If this fact was exposed, it would be more troublesome than when you exposed your Blood Spirit Art. In the land beneath you, the Heaven Fighting Race is feared and hated way more than Jiang Zhuzhe, even with his atrocious acts. If it were to be exposed that you are their descendant, not only the human race, but many other races would attack you. You would have no place in Spirit Realm.”

Qin Lie’s face darkened slightly.

He knew what Forefather Terminator said was the truth.

In the Ruined Lands, because his bloodline had been exposed, the leaders of other races, Gu Tuo and Chi Yan, pursued him relentlessly like savage beasts that smelled blood.

His bloodline was unusually attractive to other races!

“I will give this token to you,” Forefather Terminator suddenly said.

It was a triangle-shaped token carved with thunderballs. The lightning balls flashed with electricity and gave off ripples of thunder.

Qin Lie reached out with a strange expression. “This is?”

“This can be considered a symbol of my direct disciples.” Forefather Terminator smiled and said, “In the present Land of Chaos, there are not many that would dare to attack my direct disciple. This token is a mean of protection. Many people that would attack you will not dare upon seeing it!”

“Oh?” Qin Lie changed expression.

“This token is not like Duan Qianjie’s, I cannot tear apart space like Duan Qianjie and get there no matter how great the distance.” Forefather Terminator explained. “But after it is activated, I can see you, and know who attacked you. After the event, no matter who, I will find them and take revenge for you.”

“So it’s only useful after I die?” Qin Lie grimaced.

“It has intimidating effect.” Forefather Terminator laughed and said proudly, “Do not underestimate it. With this token, you can do almost anything in the Land of Chaos. I cannot come to immediately save you, but those people that know this token should know the consequences. They will not attack you.”

“Anyway, thank you.” Qin Lie put away the token without any courtesy. “But I am not your direct disciple.”

“You do not have to fulfill the duties of being my disciple but I will share my knowledge of thunder and lightning with you!” Forefather Terminator.

When he finished, his three-level Soul Altar suddenly floated out of his brow.

His three-level Soul Altar was constantly flashing with dazzling lightning, it looked like billions of bolts of lightning intertwined together. When Qin Lie looked closely, there seemed to be dragons of lightning that roamed inside the Soul Altar and released world-shaking ripples.

The dazzling three-level Soul Altar floated in the room and gradually moved to Qin Lie’s front.

“Move your True Soul into the lowest level of my Soul Altar to see the world of lightning inside.” Forefather Terminator invited.

After a moment of thought, Qin Lie nodded and his True Soul floated out of his forehead.

“Only you, whose soul has been tempered by lightning and thunder, do not have to fear having your soul extinguished there. Only you can enter my Soul Altar.” Forefather Terminator lamented. “My disciples cultivate thunder and lightning power, but none of their souls can endure the attacks of lightning. Even I only dared to temper my soul with thunder and lightning after I entered the Imperishable Realm…”

“Whoosh!”

His True Soul formed into a bolt of lightning. He shot into the blinding Soul Altar and entered the first level.

Through the curtain of lighting, Qin Lie suddenly entered a strange world made purely from lightning.

“Boom boom boom!”

There was a vast pool of lightning at the center of the world. The lightning pool repeatedly exploded. Each explosion would create billions of bolts of lightning.

Lightning was the makeup of this world, its source of power.

The bolts would be shot far, far away after lightning pool’s explosions. They criss-crossed at the horizon and formed an enormous net of lightning.

Both the lightning bolts and the net contained Forefather Terminator’s soul aura. They twisted and transformed as though they were presenting the mysteries of lightning and thunder.

Many specks of light formed and dissipated in this lightning world as they communicated blurry messages.

When Qin Lie’s soul touched those scattered specks of lightning, strange scenes appeared deep inside his soul.

Those dots of light were like the blaze divine characters in his blood. They seemed to contain knowledge.

What was different was the blaze characters formed flames. When he touched them, what they formed were memories about the blaze imprint. They were like a library hidden in his blood.

Here, it was the small specks of lightning that formed scenes.

The lightning that penetrated his True Soul contained strips of pure memories, comprehension of cultivation, and understanding of lightning and thunder. They were reflected on Qin Lie’s soul.

Qin Lie’s soul shook.

He finally realized. Those specks of light were Forefather Terminator’s experiences during cultivation.

If people that cultivated thunder and lightning power could gaze upon these scenes, it would be an inheritance!

If one continued to follow Forefather Terminator’s experiences, his way of thinking and cultivation method, they would reach Nan Zhengtian’s level of power.

“For you, these cultivation experiences can only act as examples.” A speck of lightning flashed and turned into Forefather Terminator’s figure. He lectured Qin Lie inside his Soul Altar’s world. “The road you walk should go deeper into lightning and thunder power than the one I walked. Of course, your road will be even harder!”

“The path of my cultivation has your grandfather’s shadow looming over it . Because we both cultivate lightning and thunder power, you will see many things on this path. There are many things in these scenes here that may help you not be led astray by wrong conclusions.”

Forefather Terminator’s voice came from that world of thunder and lightning. Countless specks of light carried portion of Forefather’s understanding of cultivation and rained down on Qin Lie’s soul.

A sea of knowledge flooded in and almost drowned Qin Lie.

He was like an enormous sponge and tried his best to absorb the waves of knowledge.

A long, long time later.

Qin Lie sluggishly woke up. He found that his True Soul had returned to his body and Forefather Terminator had disappeared.

In the enormous room, the walls around him flashed with bolts of lightning. Lightning filled the room but it was comfortable, as if it was nourishing his body and mind.

He focused and felt that his mind was filled with a sea of comprehension.

There were so many things when he thought about them, his head felt uncomfortably full.

He knew that Forefather Terminator had left. He needed time to absorb what was in his mind and organize it.

He silently sat down.

He did not bother with what happened outside. He cleared his head and focused. He slowly gazed upon Forefather Terminator’s comprehension towards cultivation and buried himself deep in the memories.

He made them turn into a part of his deeper memories.

Chapter 744: Reunion

Forty-five thousand kilometers to the east of Prism Continent.

At that place, there was an island of pitch black rocks filled with dark and cold world spirit energy. Majority of this island was covered with humid mist, poisonous miasma, and many connected swamps.

This place was called Blackstone Island, and it was one of Black Voodoo Cult’s many territories.

Many martial practitioners who were captured by Black Voodoo Cult could be seen hanging underneath sinister-looking ancient trees inside the swamplands.

These martial practitioners were all screaming in pain as if their life force was being sucked away by something inside their body.

Every once in a while, the larva of a Black Crystal Sky Scorpion, centipede or a spider would fly out of these martial practitioners’ body.

When these carefully nurtured voodoo insects left their host’s body, it meant that the host’s life force and soul energy had been completely drained.

The cruel and vicious voodoo insects were constantly engaged in cruel battles amidst the poisonous miasma of the swamplands.

Black Voodoo Cult disciples covered in black mantles were scattered all over the island. They were responsible for guarding the voodoo insects and delivering living sacrifices.

“Oooooo!”

Suddenly, wails like these of the ghosts and howls like these of the wolves resounded in the sky, followed by hundreds of Heaven Ghoul clansmen invading while riding on strange, floating rocks.

The second they descended on Blackstone Island, the Heaven Ghoul clansmen immediately began their bloody work of slaughter.

One hour later, every Black Voodoo Cult disciple garrisoned on this island was slaughtered to the last.

The Heaven Ghoul clansmen roamed here and there, tearing off human arms and consuming them raw.

An old man at the Nirvana Realm grabbed a voodoo insect, chewed and swallowed it into his stomach. After waiting for a moment and feeling its effects carefully, he immediately cried out in excitement, “Not only are these insects filled with the chaotic emotions of violence and bloodthirst, their energies are cold and malicious too. They’re practically tonic to our kind!”

“The great sage’s recovery is in sight!” The Heaven Ghoul Race clansmen grew excited.

“Collect these strange insects and bring them back to our base. The rest of us shall move on to the nearby islands, kill everything and find more!” the old man ordered.

The Heaven Ghoul clansmen immediately began carrying out their respective responsibilities.

……

One day later.

A giant rock carrying a dozen or so Heaven Ghoul clansmen descended on the center of Prism Continent.

“Look what we’ve found!”

The Heaven Ghoul clansmen on the rock carried over some gray brown pots in excitement.

Inside the pots, the lively voodoo insects continued to wriggle and fight each other to death.

The Heaven Ghoul Race great sages such as Matthew grew excited at the sight of the voodoo insects.

The pots landed in their arms when they made a beckoning gesture, and they picked up a voodoo insect and tossed it into their mouths. Upon consumption, they immediately discovered that a tremendous amount of life force were pouring into their limbs, restoring their life energy swiftly.

“What an amazing thing this is! Bhutto will be able to recover swiftly this way! We must keep these insects for him!” Matthew cried out.

The Heaven Ghoul clansmen all grew excited.

Another two days passed.

Suddenly, an intense spatial shock wave appeared above their heads. Blue ripples spread out through the air and destroyed many floating rocks into smithereens upon contact.

A gray light slowly came through a dark and chaotic passage as if it had traversed an unbelievably long distance.

“Swoosh!”

The light descended onto the earth, twisting and changing.

A very, very long time later, an old Heaven Ghoul man that looked as skinny as a ten thousand years old corpse slowly took form.

His skinny body was covered in many bright threads. Anyone who tried to perceive it carefully would notice that they were spatial blades.

The old man sat down and quietly adjusted his own condition.

Two hours later, the spatial cracks that covered his entire body finally healed bit by bit.

It was only now he finally sucked in a deep breath and exclaimed with an emotional tone, “It has been a long time since I smelled the world spirit energy of my homeland!”

“Bhutto! We brought you something good!” Matthew clapped his hands.

The Heaven Ghoul clansmen carried over many pots and set them down in tidy rows before the old man. Each of these pots was filled to the brim with voodoo insects.

The voodoo insects were born and nurtured slowly by absorbing a martial practitioner’s refined blood, life force and soul energy. Even the tiniest voodoo insect possessed a great amount of refined life force. To a person of weak constitution, a voodoo insect was the equivalent of a restoration pill.

Bhutto stretched out a ghoulish claw and grabbed a voodoo insect from inside the pot. He tossed it into his mouth and chewed it like he was eating a rice ball.

“Amazing! This thing contains an amazing amount of refined life force!” Bhutto exclaimed in joy as multicolored blood flowed out of the corner of his mouth.

Matthew and the Heaven Ghoul Race great sages talked to Bhutto about the latest battle situation while he was consuming the voodoo insects. They told him about the nine great Silver rank forces of the Land of Chaos and their average ranks and strength.

Half a day passed by.

All this time, Bhutto never stopped eating the voodoo insects to recover himself. When all the voodoo insects inside the pots had been transformed into refined life energy, gray smoke gushed out of the pores of his body.

Bhutto chuckled from inside the smoke. “What is there to be afraid of in a Spirit Realm without the Heaven Fighting Race?”

“The human race is numerous, and some of them have reached the Imperishable Realm. They are not easy to deal with,” Matthew said.

“We, the Heaven Ghoul Race, aren’t the only race to be exiled from Spirit Realm by the Heaven Fighting Race. There are a few other races who hid in auxiliary worlds and cut off the worlds’ connection to Spirit Realm because they feared the Heaven Fighting Race’s strength.” Bhutto wiped the blood off his lips. “We are the most sensitive race when it comes perceiving space fluctuations, and those races have made a promise with me before they left Spirit Realm!”

While saying this, Bhutto’s pupils glittered with tiny white spots that looked like tiny cracks in space.

Spatial ripples appeared above his head, spreading out towards the distance as if they were trying to detect a certain frequency far, far away from where he was.

Bhutto seemed to be looking for something.

An hour later, his eyes suddenly lit up, “I found two marks in this world. Once we break through the seals and reconnect the passages, we will gain two allies!”

The Heaven Ghoul clansmen immediately grew excited.

“You all wait here!” Bhutto got up and transformed into a black light. He entered the layers of space that abruptly appeared above his head and vanished without a trace.

……

At the giant black iron ships.

Many gold-colored Flowing Gold Fire Phoenixes, luan chariots, giant carriages, all sorts of crystalline war chariots and flying spirit artifacts that looked like giant beasts were flying to the giant black iron ships in succession.

Heavenly Sword Mountain’s Luo Nan and Yan Baiyi, Illusory Demon Sect’s Yu Lingwei and Shi Xiuling, Ten Thousand Beast Mountain’s Qi Yang, and Celestial Artifact Sect’s Feng Yi had travelled thousands of kilometers to make their way here from their respective domains.

The strongest powers of the Land of Chaos swiftly gathered in this place.

The Imperishable Realm martial practitioners of the great Silver rank forces, dozens of Nirvana Realm martial practitioners and thousands of Fragmentation Realm martial practitioners were all making their way over on flying spirit artifacts.

Even the friend of Terminator Sect, the Asura Race had sent a group of clansmen led by Hei Shite to aid Terminator Sect in eradicating this inhuman evil race.

For a time, Prism Continent became the focus of all. The martial practitioners of Silver rank forces that kept rushing in from all directions actually congested the sky and the sea of Prism Continent.

Nan Zhengtian was just discussing on how to attack the Heaven Ghoul Race with Qi Yang, Feng Yi and Yu Lingwei.

The juniors beneath them were scattered everywhere and moving all over the place.

More than a year had passed, and both Luo Chen and Du Xiangyang had entered the Fulfillment Realm.

After they arrived, they sought out Xue Moyan and Chu Li to check on Qin Lie’s current location.

“That guy seems to have entered into secluded cultivation after he had a talk with my master. It’s been half a month since he showed his face.” Chu Li smiled wryly. “Don’t look at me. Even I can’t look for him right now. My master has given the word that no one is to disturb him unless he comes out of seclusion himself.”

Luo Chen, Du Xiangyang, and Xue Moyan all looked surprised and pleased.

The chance to talk with the number one cultivator in the Land of Chaos was an opportunity that no martial practitioner could ignore.

Coincidentally, Qin Lie was also well-versed in the power of thunder too. Therefore, the benefits he might gain from Forefather Terminator were literally immeasurable.

Everyone understood that Qin Lie’s understanding of thunder would climb to a whole new height after he was done with his seclusion.

“Chu Li, where did Terminator Sect hide that fellow called Qin Lie? Why, are you that scared of him being harmed?” A beautiful woman dressed in Celestial Artifact Sect’s attire appeared together with Feng Yi and cried out from afar the moment she saw them, “I heard from Feng Yiyou that he is an impressive fellow. The reason I insisted on coming this time was so that I could see this guy for myself! Where is he now?”

The woman’s hair was pulled into a bun, and she was actually wearing ten exquisite looking spatial rings on all ten of her fingers.

Her name was Luo Kexin. She was the granddaughter of Luo Han, and she possessed both outstanding artifact forging talent and extraordinary achievements in the martial way.

She was infamous for being a difficult opponent not just in Celestial Artifact Sect, but the entire Land of Chaos. She was the one who inspired Feng Yiyou to employ a multi-spirit artifact combat style that induced a headache in all his opponents.

Even the likes of Feng Yiyou had to call Luo Kexin his big sister in Celestial Artifact Sect. The reason she didn’t participate in the earlier Trial was because she had stepped into the Fulfillment Realm long ago and didn’t qualify to enter the Graveyard of Gods.

She was furious when she heard that Feng Yiyou had suffered a huge loss in the Graveyard of Gods and failed to gain anything out of it.

That was why she accepted Feng Yiyou’s encouragement to attend this gathering of forces and hoped to win some face for Feng Yiyou.

“Ah, it’s Senior Sister Luo.” Chu Li’s smile didn’t reach his eyes. “See, Luo Chen and Du Xiangyang are looking for Qin Lie too, but unfortunately that guy is in seclusion right now. He may not show up for a time.”

Luo Chen cast a cold glance at Luo Kexin and kept his silence.

Du Xiangyang chuckled and saluted them, saying, “Well met, Senior Sister Luo. Hehe, why don’t you help me forge a sword if you have the time, Senior Sister Luo?”

“You want my help to forge a sword?” Luo Kexin curled her lips and examined Du Xiangyang from head to toe. Then, she clicked her tongue and shook her head disdainfully. “Unless I’m mistaken, I don’t think you possess the wealth to make such an order, do you? You should know that my services are not cheap.”

The young generation of Celestial Artifact Sect’s artificers was led by Luo Kexin. She was now at the late stage of the Fulfillment Realm, and she was an Earth Grade Six artificer since some time ago.

It was almost a certainty that Luo Kexin would grow to become a Heaven Grade artificer.

That was why Luo Kexin had a lot of pride in herself. There were very few people who would dare offend her.

Chapter 745: Tian Yu

“It is true that I originally lacked the spirit stones to hire your artifact forging services, Senior Sister Luo.”

Du Xiangyang continued to smile brightly without paying any heed to Luo Kexin’s ridicule. “But luck was on my side when I was in the Graveyard of Gods. Haha, not only have I obtained many Heavenly Flame Crystals from that place, I even managed to bring ancient elite remains back to my sect. As a result, I now have the spirit stones and the materials I need to make the request, Senior Sister Luo.”

Luo Kexin’s pretty face turned dark, and she couldn’t hold herself back from letting a snort slip.

Not only did Feng Yiyou of Celestial Artifact Sect fail to acquire any valuable spirit materials from the Graveyard of Gods, he even lost plenty of men in the process.

In fact, every Celestial Artifact Sect disciple that entered the Graveyard of Gods except Feng Yiyou had perished. He only escaped thanks to Jiang Zhuzhe’s aid.

Some of Feng Yiyou’s spirit artifacts were also damaged during the battle at the Graveyard of Gods.

The reason Du Xiangyang had purposely brought up the endeavor of the Graveyard of Gods and his rewards was to take Luo Kexin down a peg.

“But of course, I understand that spirit stones aren’t enough to motivate you, Senior Sister Luo. Your feelings are big part of that motivation too, right? I completely understand.” Du Xiangyang shook his head and sighed while wearing an infuritating grin on his face. “I doubt that I’ll ever be able to get you to forge a spirit artifact for me, Senior Sister Luo. That being said, you… are not the only artificer that exists in Celestial Artifact Sect, Senior Sister Luo, not to mention that there are even more artificers throughout the Land of Chaos. I am sure that there’s someone out there who’s better than you in artifact forgingSenior Sister Luo.”

“If you haven’t chased after Qin Lie’s tail like a dog, you would’ve died for sure inside the Graveyard of Gods, Du Xiangyang!” Feng Yiyou sneered.

“Oh? Is that so?” Du Xiangyang said in an odd tone before grinning. “What about you then? I am very curious to know how you managed to survive that final explosion. As far as I know, Blood Fiend Sect’s Jiang Zhuzhe was the last person to stay behind inside the Graveyard of Gods. He is an Imperishable Realm martial practitioner… could it be that he is the one who saved your life?”

The fact that Jiang Zhuzhe and Celestial Artifact Sect shared some secret understanding with each other was no longer a secret to many Silver rank forces.

Even Du Xiangyang had heard the rumors that Jiang Zhuzhe was the reason Feng Yiyou was saved from certain death. That was why he shot him the jab.

“I also heard that Jiang Zhuzhe’s son, Jiang Tianxing is a disciple of the Celestial Artifact Sect. Now that is most interesting,” Chu Li also threw in his own opinion while smiling.

“The Blood Fiend Sect of the Setting Sun Islands is the orthodox Blood Fiend Sect!” Xue Moyan said coldly.

“The Jiang father and son pair have nothing to do with us.” Luo Kexin snorted, “Rumors are just rumors, and people have been slinging mud at Celestial Artifact Sect for many years already. We have no reason to justify everything these rumormongers throw at us.”

She knew that Jiang Zhuzhe’s faction couldn’t shed their infamy as heretics even to this day, and that it would be very detrimental to admit that Celestial Artifact Sect was related to Jiang Zhuzhe.

“You’re all here.” It was at this moment Ten Thousand Beast Mountains’ Yu Men walked over with a cute but rough looking girl.

The girl had bronze color skin, and her petite frame seemed to contain explosive power.

Her hair was tied into many little plaits, and for whatever reason the plaits actually made sound like blowing wind when they swayed according to her footsteps.

The expressions on Chu Li and others changed a little when they saw her coming along with Yu Men.

Even Luo Kexin looked a little unnatural when she saw the approaching girl. She frowned, “Why are you here too, Tian Yu?”

“I heard from Yu Men that that Qin Lie has a physical constitution that’s even greater than his, so I wanted to see him with my own eyes.” The girl smiled naively.

The young girl’s name was Tian Yu, and her name was given to her by Qi Yang himself. Metaphorically, her name meant “natural jade”. Besides that, she was Yu Men’s senior sister and a special existence in Ten Thousand Beast Mountain.

It was rumored that Tian Yu was picked up by Qi Yang at a desolate region far away from the Land of Chaos. She displayed tremendous potential after she was brought back to Ten Thousand Beast Mountain.

Every Ten Thousand Beast Mountain cultivation art came easily to Tian Yu.

Her body seemed to contain an infinite fountain of strength, and this strength was a perfect fit for the arts of Ten Thousand Beast Mountain. By combining the two, she acquired terrifying combat power.

There were plenty of seniors who privately thought that Tian Yu possessed the bloodline of some ancient beast in her body. They all acknowledged publicly that Tian Yu was the number one martial practitioner of the young generation in terms of the cultivation of one’s constitution.

If she wasn’t born a female, she would’ve been a more suitable candidate than Yu Men to become the future mountain lord of Ten Thousand Beast Mountain. In fact, she was stronger than Yu Men.

Unfortunately, the mountain lord of Ten Thousand Beast Mountain had never been, and would never be of the female gender.

That was why the seniors of Ten Thousand Beast Mountain had poured more of their resources onto Yu Men instead.

Both Tian Yu and Yu Men were both orphans during their childhood. Yu Men lived with animals when he was younger, and he was capable of understanding the animal language. When he was first brought to Ten Thousand Beast Mountain, he wasn’t able to grow close to anyone because he was like a cub brought into human society.

Later on, Tian Yu and Yu Men were partnered up under Qi Yang’s arrangements. Tian Yu slowly taught Yu Men how to acclimate to the human world and how to speak the human language.

That was why Tian Yu and Yu Men were very close to each other. They might not share any blood ties with one another, but they were closer than real brothers and sisters.

“Where’s Qin Lie? We wish to spar against him!” Yu Men glared at Chu Li aggressively.

Luo Kexin giggled. “What a coincidence. Junior Brother Feng and I wish to meet this new star of the Graveyard of Gods too.”

“Where’s that Qin Lie, Chu Li?” Tian Yu asked with a chuckle.

“He hasn’t come out of his seclusion yet.” Chu Li’s answer was obviously a lot more carefully worded when he was facing Tian Yu. He even changed the tone of his speech to a more reserved one. “He has been studying the secrets of thunder ever since he had a discussion with my master. It has been half a month since he showed his face. Also, my master had ordered that no one is to disturb or wake him from his seclusion until he comes out himself.”

“I see.” Tian Yu nodded understandingly. “It’s okay, we have plenty of time anyway. I can fight him after he’s done.”

“You want to fight Qin Lie?” Chu Li looked surprised for a second before he smiled wryly, “You’re two levels ahead of him!”

Just like Luo Kexin, Tian Yu was a late stage Fulfillment Realm martial practitioner. That was why even the likes of Luo Chen and Chu Li had to address her as senior sister.

“I don’t use spirit energy.” Tian Yu giggled and swung her fist once, causing a sharp shriek to resound through the air. “I use this.”

Du Xiangyang and Luo Chen were right next to them. When they saw Tian Yu swing her fist and seemingly destroy the world’s spirit energy in her path, shock immediately overwhelmed their faces.

They knew that Qin Lie’s constitution was terrifying to say the least, but Tian Yu was famous for being the womacho of the Land of Chaos. Almost everyone knew that Tian Yu was the martial practitioner with the strongest physical constitution of her generation. It was even rumored that her bloodline was special and different from others.

An inhuman fellow like her couldn’t be judged by common sense. They didn’t think that the current Qin Lie possessed qualifications to fight her.

“Maybe that guy hid himself because he knew we would come?” Luo Kexin complained.

“That may be possible.” Feng Yiyou sneered.

“It’s okay. Let’s just come over two days later and check on him.” Tian Yu said no more. She was planning to leave since the moment she heard that Qin Lie had been in seclusion. In fact, she was just going to turn around and leave the place after saying this.

The dark-faced Yu Men didn’t bother wasting his breath either. Just like Tian Yu, he was planning to show a few days later.

There were plenty of martial practitioners of Silver rank forces around them. These people were observing the verbal spars of these famous junior martial practitioners with great interest.

When they saw that Qin Lie hadn’t shown up and Tian Yu departing the scene in disappointment, they felt just as disappointed too.

“That Qin Lie guy has been pretty famous as of late, and I heard that he’s oh so powerful or something. I thought he would show up and meet the challengers, but I guess he’s just a coward after all.” a Celestial Artifact Sect martial practitioner folded his arms and laughed in an odd tone.

“He’s blown out of proportions, that’s what he is,” a Ten Thousand Beast Mountain martial practitioner sneered.

“I think so too. I heard that he came from some small continent under Heavenly Sword Mountain. Can someone from a small unknown continent be all that powerful?”

“That’s so true.”

“It’s funny that we had such high expectations of him.”

“Haha.”

A lot of Celestial Artifact Sect martial practitioners and Ten Thousand Beast Mountain martial practitioners were ridiculing Qin Lie. There were even some Illusory Demon Sect martial practitioners who were watching the scene with cold and disdainful eyes.

Ever since Xue Moyan’s identity was revealed, and her status had changed from Illusory Demon Sect’s disciple to the daughter of Blood Fiend Sect’s Xue Li, a lot of Illusory Demon Sect disciples grew to dislike her.

Those people who used to treat her with respect had changed all too much during this short period of time. They would often shower her with looks of ridicule.

In their eyes, the current Blood Fiend Sect was no longer worthy of being discussed in the same light as Illusory Demon Sect.

“Crackle!”

It was at this moment the terrific sound of lightning suddenly crackled from the cabin behind the juniors where Qin Lie was currently secluded.

Everyone’s gazes were instinctively drawn by the noise.

Chapter 746: Anger

Tian Yu and the others who were about to leave subconsciously stopped when they heard the unusual reaction of the lightning from the cabin behind them.

Luo Kexin of Heavenly Artifact Sect stopped her scorning. She frowned slightly and paid attention to the ripples of lightning.

Members of young generation came over on their crystalline war chariots. People like Luo Chen and Du Xiangyang went straight onto the ship while the others were all close by.

“Zzt zzzt zzt!”

Strands of electricity came from the ship cabin like coiling snakes.

Many of the Terminator Sect martial practitioners had left this area under Nan Zhengtian’s orders.

The martial practitioners that remained had high enough cultivation to not fear the roaming currents of electricity.

Many people walked out and gathered on the deck of the ships. They observed silently along with Chu Li and the others.

A while later, threads of blue lightning that were the thickness of a finger and three to five meters long climbed over the entire cabin like vines.

The electricity tangled together. Some twisted together while others seemed to be fighting. It was wondrous to see.

Occasionally, the roar of thunder would come from that room.

The thunder were drums that beat on people’s chests and caused their hearts to speed up.

Luo Kexin’s brow furrowed slightly. Her fingers flickered at an unique rhythm. On her finger, the exquisite spatial rings gave off multicolored spirit lights.

The spirit lights were like the chords of a zither that pulsed with the movements of her fingers and give off pleasing sounds.

Threads of soul intent shot into that lightning-filled room as the spirit lights pulsed.

Luo Kexin’s expression became strange and her eyes lit up.

She was using the sound to measure True Soul fluctuations using the ten specially forged spatial rings and the ancient secret art “Ten Chord Flowing Light Sound.”

From the reflected sound, she detected all kinds of extreme emotions such as savagery, bloodlust, madness, hopelessness and anger. What was even scarier was that those emotions were surrounded by blaze.

The vibrations the sound waves sent back were even stranger as they could slowly affect her soul.

She was inwardly shocked. She quickly realized that Feng Yiyou’s loss in the Graveyard of Gods was not a fluke.

On the other side, Tian Yu was not skilled in the arts of the soul. She did not make any actions and was waiting with clear boredom.

“Senior Sister Xue, what is the relationship between you and that Qin Lie?” a female dressed in the robes of Illusory Demon Sect asked with a laugh. She came next to Xue Moyan. “They say that he’s your father’s godson? Is this the case?”

Xue Moyan turned her head and glanced coldly at the other. “Junior Sister Ju, why are you always so curious about my affairs?”

Ju Ruijie giggled and said softly, “Because I always thought of you as my rival.”

Xue Moyan frowned.

“Even though you left Illusory Demon Sect and can no longer threaten me, I cannot change so easily,” Ju Ruijie said softly.

She was the same as Xue Moyan, a direct disciple of Yu Lingwei, the sect master of Illusory Demon Sect. Ever since she entered the sect, she had the goal of becoming the sect master of Illusory Demon Sect.

Xue Moyan was her biggest opponent.

Before Xue Moyan revealed her status and became connected to Blood Fiend Sect, Xue Moyan had always been a level higher than her.

She had done her best to compete against Xue Moyan for the spot in the Trial of the Graveyard of Gods.

Alas, in the last competition, she lost to Xue Moyan and did not qualify to enter the trial.

She had thought she would be forever losing to Xue Moyan.

She hadn’t expected that when the Trial ended, Celestial Artifact Sect and Ten Thousand Beast Mountain had spread the news that Xue Moyan cultivated the Blood Spirit Art and was Xue Li and Mo Lingye’s daughter.

Ju Ruijie immediately saw a light of hope.

As expected, not long after, the sect master of Illusory Demon Sect, Yu Lingwei, gathered the elders of the sect and announced Xue Moyan’s identity.

While Yu Lingwei still thought of Xue Moyan as her student, everyone knew that Xue Moyan had no hope of becoming the leader of Illusory Demon Sect.

The position that belonged to her was naturally taken by Ju Ruijie.

Recently, Ju Ruijie was filled with pride. She did not pass on any chance to criticize Xue Moyan. Seeing the furor, she immediately hurried over.

“I do not share any deep connection with Junior Brother Qin,” Xue Moyan said harshly.

“No connection?” Ju Ruijie laughed lowly and clicked her tongue. “There’s nothing between you two, yet he gave you the Spring of Life? No connection, but he gave the body of the Blood Progenitor to your father? There is no connection, and yet he still puts his life on the line for Blood Fiend Sect? I heard people say that you traded for all this with your body… I wonder if it’s true or not?”

Her voice was not low when she spoke. The martial practitioners that were paying attention to the pair looked over in shock.

She was purposefully making things difficult for Xue Moyan.

Xue Moyan’s body froze. Pausing, she bit her lips and then said coldly, “Junior Sister Ju! Control your mouth!”

She and Ju Ruijie hailed from the same sect. Illusory Demon Sect had helped her entire family, so even though she had left Illusory Demon Sect, she did not want to fight with them.

“Haha, why? Did I guess right?” Ju Ruijie’s eyes turned cold. She raised her eyebrows and snorted. “You think you are still the genius of Illusory Demon Sect? The future hope of the sect?”

The Blood Fiend Sect of today had to rely on Illusory Demon Sect in many areas. Even the Setting Sun Islands where Blood Fiend Sect was, strictly speaking, belonged to Illusory Demon Sect.

Many members of Illusory Demon Sect had a sense of superiority when facing people from Blood Fiend Sect.

They thought that Blood Fiend Sect only existed up to that day because of Illusy Demon Sect’s help.

They also thought that the reason Blood Fiend Sect could publicly resurface was because Illusory Demon Sect helped by contacting Heavenly Sword Mountain and Terminator Sect. They thought that Illusory Demon Sect helped Blood Fiend Sect wash away their status as an unorthodox, evil sect.

Blood Fiend Sect of the Setting Sun Islands took Gold Sun Island under them, and many people were dissatisfied with this and how they had also took over territories of the Pan Family, Blue Moon Valley and the other local factions.

One reason was Wen Ben driving a wedge, making use of the fact that others didn’t know of the close relationship between Yu Lingwei and Mo Lingye.

Many of them thought that Blood Fiend Sect were ingrates, and Blood Fiend Sect was eroding their territory and benefits.

Due to this, not just Ju Ruijie, many of the older members of Illusory Demon Sect disliked Xue Moyan and Blood Fiend Sect.

If Yu Lingwei hadn’t made her opinion clear on this matter, Illusory Demon Sect and Blood Fiend Sect would have most likely gotten into conflict already.

“I don’t want to talk with you anymore!” Xue Moyan took a deep breath to calm herself down. She did not explode immediately. Without waiting for Qin Lie to come out, she left.

“Shameless!” Ju Ruijie gazed at her back and twisted her mouth as she shouted rudely.

Xue Moyan’s body shook. She endured it. She did not turn back and moved away faster.

Ju Ruijie raised her head with a proud expression, her eyes filled with disdain. “Without Illusory Demon Sect’s aid, a thousand years ago, the Blood Fiend Sect that’s currently at the Setting Sun Islands would have been exterminated to the last! And you repay by stealing the power of Gold Sun Island, the Pan Family, the Blue Moon Valley, and also Black Cloud Palace and Heavenly Sea Pavilion?”

When she said the words, many of Illusory Demon Sect’s members wore expressions of dislike.

In their eyes, Gold Sun Island, the Pan Family, and Blue Moon Valley were all Illusory Demon Sect’s forces. Because Black Cloud Palace and Heavenly Sea Pavilion were close to Illusory Demon Sect, they should have been the one to take over.

Yet this enormous territory was now under the Setting Sun Island’s supervision and a territory of Blood Fiend Sect.

Many of Illusory Demon Sect members could not tolerate this.

“Yes, Blood Fiend Sect’s territory was originally on the Heavenly Calamity Continent.” Celestial Artifact Sect’s Luo Kexin thought for a moment and then smiled faintly. She said, “They cannot return to the Heavenly Calamity Continent right now so they reestablished themselves in what was originally Illusory Demon Sect’s territory. They are clearly intruding on Illusory Demon Sect, no wonder they are so angry.”

“Bang bang bang!”

As the people outside conversed, a room inside the ship exploded.

A disheveled Qin Lie charged out, scorched black by the lightning.

“Hm, what are so many people doing here?!” When he came out, he stilled and shouted in shock.

Chapter 747: Melee

Almost a hundred of martial practitioners hailing from various forces were gathered on the giant airship. Luo Chen, Du Xiangyang, Chu Li, Yu Men, and Feng Yiyou; both his allies and his enemies in the Graveyard of Gods were here.

Qin Lie was very puzzled by this unexpected gathering.

He hadn’t heard Xue Moyan and Ju Ruijie’s verbal spar earlier. Therefore, he didn’t know that Xue Moyan had come and then left in anger because of Ju Ruijie’s ridiculing words.

“What are you all doing?” He frowned and looked at Chu Li with a face full of suspicion.

“They’re waiting for you, I think.” Chu Li shrugged.

“You finally came out.” Du Xiangyang approached with a cheerful smile on his face. “Luo Chen and I came to drink with you!”

Heavenly Sword Mountain’s Luo Chen was currently dressed in white and carrying himself like a sharp sword.

He tugged the corner of his mouth a little and nodded as a form of greeting when he saw Qin Lie looking his way.

At the beginning, he and Qin Lie were sworn enemies who slowly repaired their relationship over time. In the end, they settled down old grudges and became friends after fighting alongside each other as comrades.

The ill feelings between the duo were long gone.

“Are you Qin Lie?” Tian Yu walked over.

An aura as fierce as a giant savage beast’s abruptly appeared from her tiny body. In an instant, an explosive amount of life force abruptly broke out of her body like river water.

Her aura poured over Qin Lie and made him feel as if a river was trying to flood him.

Qin Lie’s expression changed slightly and asked in surprise, “Who is she?”

“She’s Yu Men’s senior sister, Tian Yu. She’s also the person with the strongest constitution out of all the youths of the Land of Chaos. She may be a woman, but her combat strength is absolutely terrifying,” Du Xiangyang explained briefly with a troubled expression before saying, “Let’s just ignore her and leave.”

Chu Li and Luo Chen stood next to Qin Lie on his left and right side.

“Senior Sister Tian Yu, Qin Lie hasn’t quite stabilized himself right after he came out of his seclusion. Don’t you think you should you find a another time and place even if you’re eager to make your challenge?” Chu Li said with a displeased look on his face. “Also, we brothers haven’t met each other for a long time. We’d like to find a place where we can speak alone.”

“Why are you so anxious about someone else’s business?” Celestial Artifact Sect’s Luo Kexin giggled.

While giggling, she walked over and stretched open her ten delicate fingers. They were all gleaming with jade-like luster.

The spatial rings on her fingers emanated with clear ripples of spirit energy as if the spirit artifacts hidden inside them would burst out into the open at any moment.

“Junior Qin, is it?” she said while smiling. “I heard that you’ve damaged some of my junior brother’s spirit artifacts when you were in the Graveyard of Gods, haven’t you? Hehe, it so happens that I have even more spirit artifacts that you may test your mettle with.”

“Stand aside, Luo Kexin!” Tian Yu snorted and swung her fists. She said, “You’re at the late stage of the Fulfillment Realm, and he is only at the early stage. Plus, you are armed to the teeth with spirit artifacts. This battle wouldn’t be fair at all!”

“And you think your fight is fair?” Luo Kexin said in annoyance.

“Of course.” Tian Yu lifted her head and said naturally, “I’m not going to use even a bit of spirit energy against him. I will not suppress him with my realm or spirit artifacts either. My fists will be my only weapon!”

“Alright, you may go first then.” Luo Kexin stopped approaching Qin Lie with a giggle.

“You aren’t afraid, are you?” Ju Ruijie raised her voice with slightly cooled eyes. “Blood Fiend Sect disciples aren’t cowards who only know how to hide behind our Illusory Demon Sect’s back, right?”

“And who’s she?” Qin Lie looked puzzled.

“She’s Ju Ruijie, Xue Moyan’s junior sister. You have no idea how that woman…” Du Xiangyang lowered her voice and told Qin Lie about the verbal conflict between Ju Ruijie and Xue Moyan earlier. “She seems to be very prejudiced against Blood Fiend Sect, and I think Illusory Demon Sect disciples around us hold no goodwill towards Blood Fiend Sect too. They seem to think that the only reason Blood Fiend Sect could rise again was all thanks to Illusory Demon Sect’s aid. They seem to think that Blood Fiend Sect of the Setting Sun Islands had seized the lands that rightfully belong to them.”

“Just ignore them,” Chu Li said solemnly.

“Fight me!” Tian Yu invited Qin Lie to a challenge.

Nearby, a lot of Heavenly Sword Mountain, Illusory Demon Sect, Ten Thousand Beast Mountain, Celestial Artifact Sect, and even Terminator Sect disciples gathered over after hearing the commotion.

It didn’t take long before all kinds of flying spirit artifacts such as giant carriages, war chariots, flying carpets and so on were parked nearby the giant black iron ship.

Many of these martial practitioners of the five great Silver rank forces were bored and idle, so they began hooting as if they were afraid that a clash would not start.

“Look, that’s the guy who’s been pretty famous lately named Qin Lie!” someone pointed.

“I heard that he’s the biggest reason the geniuses of all forces were outshone during the Trial of the Graveyard of Gods! Heh, it would seem that a lot of people are displeased about this!”

“Mn. This kid played a massive role in the resurgence of Blood Fiend Sect and the two recent battles that occurred at the Setting Sun Islands!”

“I heard that Forefather Terminator himself had given Qin Lie his guidance!”

“Let’s see exactly what makes this kid so special!”

For a time, private discussions were erupting everywhere amongst the martial practitioners. They all looked to be full of expectations.

Qin Lie looked at the swelling number of martial practitioners, Tian Yu, Luo Kexin, Ju Ruijie and the others. Slowly, his face took on a gloomy expression.

He was starting to realize what was going on here.

Competitions had always existed between the Silver rank forces, and this competitiveness between sects didn’t disappear entirely even at a time when they were united against a common enemy.

After the battle of the Graveyard of Gods and the two battles of the Setting Sun Islands, he had leaped from a nameless kid to the center of everyone’s attention.

Before he knew it, his fame had spread far and wide and attracted many people’s attention.

There were plenty of people who knew little about him and doubted his strength. They wanted to witness his strength with their own eyes and know if the rumors were true.

Some people thought that the rumors of his strength were intentionally exaggerated, so they wished to penetrate the lies and unveil the truth.

The martial practitioners of five Silver rank forces were gathered right here. They only needed to witness one battle to recognize his true strength and see the truth of the matter.

Therefore, when people heard that someone was issuing a challenge to Qin Lie, the guy whose name kept being brought up as of late, they couldn’t help but grow excited about it.

The saying “popularity brings trouble” would be usually used to describe these types of situations.

“Let’s have some fun then.” After figuring out the spectators’ thoughts, Qin Lie smiled and nodded at Tian Yu. “You, come at me.”

“I’ll go easy on you!” Tian Yu obviously grew excited.

Chu Li and the others were caught off guard by this sudden turn of events.

Qin Lie waved at them to move further away just as they tried to stop him.

Tian Yu could no longer restrain herself as a wild gleam appeared in her eyes. She clenched her teeth before immediately charging at Qin Lie.

“Arrr!”

The roar that sounded like it came from the mouth of an ancient beast erupted inside Qin Lie and everyone else’s ears. It actually blurred their eyes for an instant.

“Killing Fists of Tiger and Lion!”

Tian Yu made fists with both hands, her left fist looking like a lion’s head and her right fist looking like a tiger’s head. When her tiny fists flew towards Qin Lie, he felt as if a raging lion and a furious tiger was charging down at him from a mountain.

In fact, a tiger and a lion’s angry roar actually broke out from inside her fists. The roar was so fierce that Qin Lie’s heart trembled strongly in his chest.

“Whoosh whoosh whoosh!”

A violent, fleshy aura erupted from inside the two fists, distorting and crushing even the air around it.

Qin Lie’s pupils shrank as he opened and closed his hands in the blink of an eye to conjure the Blood Weeping Ghost Claws. He swung his claws at both the lion and the tiger.

Blood Weeping Ghost Claws and Killing Fists of Tiger and Lion instantly clashed against one another dozens of times.

“Bang! Bang! Bang!”

Tremendous, heavy strength surged out of Tian Yu’s fists and rammed into Qin Lie’s arm like rampaging mountains and rivers.

The bones in Qin Lie’s arms tingled, and he thought he heard a crack from somewhere inside his bones. Even his eyes had turned blind for a moment.

He had no choice but to back up for a moment and put some distance between him and Tian Yu. He took the time to adjust the rich life force inside his own flesh and blood.

“It is said that the Blood Fiend Sect’s Blood Spirit Art tempers both the blood and the body. I see that there actually is something behind those claims,” Tian Yu muttered to herself but didn’t go after Qin Lie immediately. Her eyes grew brighter and brighter.

“Crack crack!”

She moved her neck around and stretched her arms. Strange crackling noises that sounded like joints being moved around resounded from inside her petite body.

When the crowd focused their attention on her, they discovered in surprise that her small body was growing taller little by little.

That wasn’t all. Her arms had actually grown long enough to touch her knees when they were lowered too.

Tian Yu moved again.

“Afterimage Fists of Demon Ape!”

Afterimages of a crazed ape were left trailing behind Tian Yu when she charged towards Qin Lie at top speed.

At first glance, it was as if a dozen of so violent apes were charging towards Qin Lie with open claws and bared teeth.

Qin Lie inhaled deeply as his eyes slowly reddened. They quickly took on a blood-red color.

Chapter 748: Clash of Bloodlines

Qin Lie gathered his energy and blood.

The refined energy of flesh and blood in his acupoints and veins naturally emitted the thick stench of blood the moment they were gathered.

His eyes turned bloody red in an instant.

“Whoosh!”

A blood-colored air pillar surged from the top of his head. The thick blood stench was mingled with tremendous life force.

“Blood Dragon’s Roar!”

The blood-colored air pillar abruptly transformed into a bloody dragon. It coiled and twisted its body madly above Qin Lie’s head.

“Papapa!”

The bloody dragon fired out dazzling bloody light beams and eliminated the afterimages of crazy apes.

“Take this!”

Tian Yu’s figure abruptly became clear once more as she swung her tiny fist at Qin Lie at the same time. It tore apart the air itself and went straight for Qin Lie’s chest.

Qin Lie’s chest was struck by a turbulent force that felt like dangerous undercurrents.

Boom!”

Qin Lie was sent flying backwards like a cannonball after he was punched by Tian Yu. His heart actually stopped beating for a short time after he was struck.

Stars covered his eyes as the defenses around his mind crumbled. There was blood inside his throat, but it was clogged and couldn’t be spat out no matter how he tried. It was extremely uncomfortable.

The violent energy of energy and blood that entered his body continued to rampage inside his body even after several seconds had passed.

“What an interesting guy.” Tian Yu exclaimed. “I didn’t not allow you to use your spirit energy, you know?”

Her words surprised the crowd for a moment.

Qin Lie breathed slowly and circulated the Blood Refinement Art continuously, using the refined energy in his blood to cancel out the energy that was still rampaging throughout his body.

A dozen or so seconds later, he stood up again with an immeasurably serious look on his face.

In his eyes, this petite girl of Ten Thousand Beast Mountain called Tian Yu had practically turned into a human-shaped giant beast.

Her body seemed to be hiding many ancient giant beasts that enabled her to unleash a kind of strength that literally could part mountains and divide lands.

Now that he had a considerable amount of knowledge about bloodline, he could say with almost one hundred percent certainty that the girl must have possessed the bloodline of an ancient beast.

The power of bloodline had long since became a part of this girl’s body, giving her a powerful source of strength.

When she used the power of her bloodline, it felt like she was possessed by an ancient beast. Her pure strength far exceeded that of a normal human being’s.

“Have you gone stupid, Qin Lie!? Even Tian Yu herself thought that this would be a fair fight only if you used all of your strength to fight her!” Du Xiangyang yelled. “You can’t be thinking of fighting someone with a giant beast’s bloodline with pure strength, are you? In that case you aren’t stupid, just outright crazy!”

Many onlookers wore understanding looks on their faces.

Many people knew that Tian Yu was different from a normal person. They all suspected that she had an ancient beast’s bloodline, because there was no way she could be as strong as she was otherwise.

They all thought that the fight was fair only if Qin Lie used all of his strength to fight Tian Yu.

To their amusement, Qin Lie actually didn’t employ any spirit energy at all. Instead, he used the refined energy in his flesh and blood and fought Tian Yu with pure strength as well.

“He is right.” Tian Yu walked over and said seriously, “Our fight is only fair if you employ all of your strength.”

“I didn’t expect him to be a bit stupid.” Celestial Artifact Sect’s Luo Kexin laughed softly while shaking her head.

“As I thought, rumors really are just rumors.” Ju Ruijie curled her lips and taunted, “Someone actually thought that this guy is the one who saved Blood Fiend Sect multiple times! How could someone like him possibly be of much help to Blood Fiend Sect? Hmph! We are the ones who Blood Fiend Sect depends on!”

The Illusory Demon Sect martial practitioners echoed her sentiment with nods.

The onlookers of other forces also revealed thoughtful looks and suspected that the rumors had exaggerated Qin Lie’s effect just the same.

“I’m going to get serious during my next attack. You’d better get ready,” Tian Yu said again, “If you still refuse to use your spirit energy, then you will be hurt badly very soon.”

“Alright!” Qin Lie inhaled deeply.

“Whoosh!”

Tian Yu moved, and she actually jumped several meters across the ground, closing the gap between them like a phoenix.

Accompanying her was an obvious ripple of bloodline power!!

“Awoo! Roar! Aoo!”

The roars of several giant beasts actually resounded from inside her body. It was so loud that Qin Lie’s ears went deaf temporarily.

A violent tide of energy and blood poured out of Tian Yu’s meridians.

The shadows of many giant beasts began to take form using Tian Yu’s energy and blood. The very lifelike beast images appeared behind Tian Yu and roared, looking intimidatingly violent, fierce, or angry.

“Hundred Beasts Fist!”

The fist enveloped by a power that gave it the size of a circular shield joined the giant beasts and rained down on Qin Lie like giant rocks.

The aura of ancient beasts was so stifling that even Qin Lie’s True Soul was screaming in danger. It was as if it could sense death right around the corner.

Qin Lie abruptly looked up.

Deep inside his pupils, a blazing energy that felt like erupting volcanoes abruptly spread to the surrounding.

His bloodline boiled, but he made sure that the tiny blaze divine characters wouldn’t dance in the air.

Blood boiled inside his body like lava and unleashed a violent power that was capable of burning down the world.

It was the power granted to his body by his bloodline!

He swung his fist towards the air.

The clothes his arms were burned to nothingness, revealing what looked like a pair of red hot iron. When he punched up towards Tian Yu, it was as if liquid lava was discharged from the volcanic crater that was his fist.

“Boom!”

Innumerable droplets of lava scattered to the surroundings.

The ancient beasts made up of Tian Yu’s fist’s energy were burned to nothingness the instant they touched them.

The refined bloodline energy Tian Yu imbued into her fist was burned to nothingness the instant it touched the lava-like fist of Qin Lie.

The sparks were like fireflies that suddenly appeared between Qin Lie and Tian Yu. Tian Yu cried out in pain immediately when the sparks landed on her body.

Bloody holes suddenly appeared on her petite body.

Yu Men’s expression suddenly took a turn for the worse.

The Ten Thousand Beast Mountain martial practitioners exclaimed and rushed up to her. They hastily supported Tian Yu and carried her back to the Ten Thousand Beast Mountain’s camp immediately.

They noticed that the sparks on Tian Yu’s body had entered her blood. Worse, they were still burning.

It was as the flames would never go dark.

Yu Men glared at Qin Lie but didn’t throw him a scathing remark. He hastily sought out Qi Yang, who was currently in conversation with Forefather Terminator and other leaders to treat Tian Yu.

Every Ten Thousand Beast Mountain martial practitioner suddenly cleared out of the area.

The remaining people suddenly fell silent. They looked completely puzzled when they lay their eyes on Qin Lie once more.

They didn’t even understand what just happened.

This included Chu Li, Du Xiangyang, and the rest of his friends. Their expressions were about as strange as one could imagine.

“Did you cultivate a fire spirit art in the past two years?” Du Xiangyang asked in disbelief.

“You managed to cultivate a fire spirit art to this level in two years’ time?” Chu Li obviously didn’t believe his own words.

Naturally, the rest of the onlookers were only more weirded out by this outcome. When they looked at Qin Lie, it was as if they were staring at a monster in human skin.

Celestial Artifact Sect’s Luo Kexin was also frowning deeply. She didn’t ask Qin Lie for a fight after Tian Yu’s battle.

Everyone fell silent and attempted to figure out exactly what had happened. However, Illusory Demon Sect’s Ju Ruijie couldn’t hold herself from ridiculing Qin Lie again, “It’s probably some sinister fire poison, isn’t it?”

Qin Lie had long since quieted the bloodline power in his body, so not a trace of heat could be found on his body at all. His arms had also returned to normal, and nothing unusual could be discerned from it at all. He said to Chu Li, “Let’s go.”

Chu Li was as puzzled as everyone else, but he also knew that this wasn’t the right place to speak. He nodded. “Follow me.”

Du Xiangyang and Luo Chen were already getting ready to leave.

“Wait a moment!” Ju Ruijie yelled loudly.

Qin Lie frowned and turned around with a gloomy expression, asking, “What’s your problem?”

“I heard from Blood Fiend Sect that you are the island master of Flaming Sun Island?” Ju Ruijie raised her head slightly and inquired with the tone of a superior.

Qin Lie was displeased by her attitude, but still he nodded and answered, “I am.”

“You will inform Gray Island’s artificers to deliver all the Blazing Profound Bombs they refined as of late to Illusory Demon Sect!” Ju Ruijie snorted coldly. “For the past month, a large majority of Gray Island’s Blazing Profound Bombs wasn’t delivered to us. Are you looking down on our financial capabilities?”

Qin Lie sneered, “It is our right to sell the Blazing Profound Bombs refined on Gray Island to whoever we want to. You are in no position to force a purchase!”

Not long ago, he sent a message to Gray Island to deliver a batch of Blazing Profound Bombs to Terminator Sect due to the Heaven Ghoul Race’s invasion.

Naturally, the amount of Blazing Profound Bombs that were delivered to Illusory Demon Sect had decreased as a result.

Illusory Demon Sect was already buying the Blazing Profound Bombs at a price lower than other forces. Every Blazing Profound Bomb they bought was practically a scam.

The fact that the amount of Blazing Profound Bombs that were delivered to Illusory Demon Sect had suddenly been reduced annoyed many Illusory Demon Sect martial practitioners. It so happened that Ju Ruijie was the person in charge of the purchase, and Qin Lie was the main cause behind the decrease. Naturally, she wasn’t letting him off so easily.