In Wu Lie’s oasis, in the village, people were already fervently discussing.
“Have you heard? It’s said that people from the Immortal Realm have arrived. The City Lord has issued a bounty notice. As long as we can capture the living one, we can exchange it for a Demon Martial Bead that has an Earth Rank technique!”
“That’s good news!”
“I just don’t know how they’re different from us!”
“Brother Wu, your combat strength is formidable. You must have cultivated an Earth Rank martial skill, right?” Wu Lie only smiled and nodded. At that moment, Lin Duo walked up to Wu Lie and said with a smile, “Dinner is ready. Let’s go home and eat!”
“Yo, Duo’er can cook? Make sure you don’t set the house on fire by mistake!”
“Brother Wu is so lucky. You must eat more!”
“Let’s go. Don’t let the food get cold.” Amidst the commotion, Lin Duo pulled Wu Lie away from the crowd. Back in Wu Lie’s yard, the yard was not big. There were only two wooden cabins.
It was completely incomparable to the General’s Residence he used to stay in.
Lin Duo’er looked around to make sure that no one was around before he said in a low voice, “Brother Wu, you must never reveal your identity. If you do, they might start to have other ideas.”
Sensing the girl’s concern, Wu Lie nodded.
At this moment, he didn’t feel that there was anything wrong with his situation now. After all, he could also obtain the Saint Qi by hunting with the men in the village every day. The highest cultivation in the village was Lin Duo’s father.
3rd Grade Earth Rank! This was one of the reasons why the village could live well.
Wu Lie asked curiously, “Why does everyone want an Earth Rank martial technique? I think your father cultivates an Earth Rank martial technique, right? Why didn’t he teach it to everyone?” Lin Duo’er shook his head, “It can’t be passed on. The martial skills of the Demon Martial Bead cannot be passed on to others. A single Demon Martial Bead can only be learned by one person. Once it is passed on to others, they will suffer divine punishment and their souls will dissipate!
Even if it is an imitation, the same punishment will be meted out. It must be completely unrelated before it can be passed on to others. Therefore, our current martial skills are created after people have learnt the martial skills of the Demon Martial Bead. However, most of them aren’t very high level.”
Wu Lie’s heart skipped a beat. He was not aware that such a thing even existed.
But thinking about it, one could understand just based on the fact that the highest cultivation in this world was 3rd Grade Earth Rank. Even if they learned Heaven Ranked martial skills, it would be difficult for them to display their strongest effects, let alone comprehend its true meaning.
Their cultivation restricted their understanding of martial arts. In the end, they had to create their own martial skills, and most of them could only create some relatively simple and crude martial skills.
There was no lack of existences that could create Earth Ranked martial techniques, but they were all heaven-bestowed geniuses. Those who had those kinds of martial techniques inheritances were also the rich and powerful clans! In this world, what was more precious than the Demon Martial Beads were secret manuals. Once a faction had secret manuals, they could form a powerful force!
Wu Lie looked at Lin Duo’er and said with a smile, “Thank you for telling me all these in the past few days. Otherwise, I would have definitely exposed myself.”
“Brother Wu, from now on, you can treat this as your home, treat me as your family…” Lin Duo’er blushed.
Wu Lie smiled and said, “Alright! I will definitely treat you better than my own birth sister!”
How could this girl have such thoughts! She looked at him angrily and stomped her feet. “Brother Wu! You… you’re a big idiot!”
Wu Lie felt confused and aggrieved.
The girl also knew that he had a one-track mind, hence she said in a low voice, “You… Can’t you see my intentions? I asked you before, didn’t you say that you weren’t married? What do you think of me?”
Lin Duo’er was very direct and bold!
Wu Lie finally understood!
This was the first time he had seen a girl confess her love. Wu Lie’s heart started racing. However, he still had some rationality. He said in a deep voice, “I will be leaving this world in at most half a year.”
She whispered, “Can’t you take me with you during that time?”
Wu Lie shook his head and said, “Sorry, I can’t do it.”
The girl forced a smile as disappointment flashed across her eyes. “Let’s not talk about it for now. Let’s eat first!”
Feeling the girl’s gentleness, Wu Lie’s heart stirred.
Why else would it be said that the difficulty of a woman pursuing a man was akin to piercing through a layer of silk?
Especially with Wu Lie’s current condition of nursing his broken heart.
“F*ck, how can a girl be so clingy? How did Su Wen survive?”
Wu Lie felt helpless.
At this moment, Su Wen was fighting with that Yan Country martial artist!
Su Wen waved his saber absent-mindedly as he paid attention to the Third Prince’s location.
At this moment, when the Third Prince saw that Su Wen had caught his opponent, he felt relieved and started fighting earnestly with Guo Qingzhi!
Finally, he seized the opportunity. Seeing that Guo Qingzhi had revealed a flaw, the Third Prince seized the opportunity and unleashed his ultimate technique!
“Violet Lightning Rush!”
The Third Prince placed his palms together. Purple light flashed as he threw a punch. The violent purple Qi punch shone with lightning!
This was the ultimate art of the Great Zhou Royal Family, the Five Tyrant Arts! The ultimate art of the Great Zhou Empire was something that only the royal descendants could cultivate!
This was a Heaven Ranked Fist Technique!
And this Violet Lightning Rush was precisely the first fist technique! This fist technique was divided into five stages!
The Third Prince was only able to make the first move after he had achieved the Earth Rank!
Guo Qingzhi’s expression changed drastically!
The azure Qi in his body rumbled as he shouted, “Azure Dragon Explores the Sea!”
Seeing him use this move, the Third Prince laughed wildly instead and said, “You’re definitely going to lose! So it turns out that you don’t even know the Azure Dragon School’s Roaming Dragon Six Moves. If I knew earlier, why would I be afraid of you? What’s the use of just having an Earth Rank cultivation?” The moment he finished speaking!
As the purple lightning crashed down, Guo Qingzhi’s Qi was instantly dispersed!
Puchi!
Just as Guo Qingzhi’s Qi dissipated, a blade qi flew towards him.
Guo Qingzhi’s head shot up into the sky!
Fresh blood gushed out!
A gush of Saint Qi surged into Su Wen’s body!
To Su Wen’s surprise, this Saint Qi was far more powerful than he had imagined!
In the Royal Palace of the Zhou Dynasty, Su Wen, who was originally ranked in the middle, suddenly had a drastic spike of more than 200 points in his Saint Qi!
He instantly surpassed everyone!
The old eunuch laughed. “Your Majesty, it seems that Young Master Su killed a proud son of heaven from another country!”
Emperor Zhou clenched his fists and said with an indifferent expression, “Not bad! My nurturing was not in vain.”
Su Wen understood. After killing the other participants in the Star Martial Mystic Realm, the accumulated Saint Energy in his body would be transferred directly to him!
Obviously, the Third Prince already knew about such a matter.
He saw Guo Qingzhi’s head fly up and roared, “Su Wen, what are you doing?” Su Wen yelled, “This bastard dares to disrespect the Third Prince! How can I spare him?”
As he spoke, he slashed the person in front of him to death. Then, he rushed over and searched Guo Qingzhi’s corpse.
He put away the spatial spiritual tools and the Demon Martial Beads, everything valuable on him was stripped clean!
By the time the Third Prince reacted, Su Wen had already patted his butt and shouted, “Brothers, let me help you!” This was like playing a game of PUBG. Imagine… Just as you were about to kill the other party, your headshot was snatched away. When you ran over to the loot box of the corpse, you discovered…. that it had been looted clean!
Gone… there was nothing left! The Third Prince stood rooted to the ground, momentarily at a loss of what he should do! After fighting for a long time, his target was KS-ed and all the loot and equipment was gone!
Actually, even though Guo Qingzhi’s Qi had dissipated, if Su Wen had not made a move, the Third Prince would not have been able to kill him even if he wanted to. If the Third Prince had rushed over, the guy would probably have had the time to re-mobilized his True Qi again. The main point was that Su Wen’s timing was extremely accurate! The Blade Qi found the perfect moment when Guo Qingzhi was gathering his strength for another attack towards the Third Prince. In that momentary lapse between the old and new attacks, Su Wen struck with deadly precision, slicing off his head in a single attack!
To be honest, it could only be said that both parties contributed 50-50 to the final kill. However, the Third Prince did not think so. He felt that he would definitely win. This scene was just like a laning scenario in a moba game. The Third Prince felt that he was able to go solo on a lane, but Su Wen came over to fight with him and not only did he take all the kills, he even pushed back the troops. Even if the opponent died, he still felt as though he had lost out somewhere.
After Su Wen snatched his kill and loot, he started to help others. At this moment, he was truly displaying a demeanor like a gentleman!
He was starting to assist people in kills!
He had already eaten the filet mignon, so he had to leave some soup for the rest. For these little fishes and shrimps… let them have it…
Finally, the battle had ended! The Great Zhou martial artists won!
All of them beamed except for the Third Prince.
Only then did Ni Hongxiao and Wu Feng rush over.
The Third Prince looked at Su Wen and gritted his teeth. “Give me Guo Qingzhi’s Demon Martial Bead!”
Su Wen smiled. “Alright!”
As he spoke, he took out his Demonic Martial Bead and matched it with the one on Guo Qingzhi’s body. All of the aura surged into Su Wen’s Demonic Martial Bead. Su Wen then handed the empty bead to the Third Prince! The Third Prince looked at the pearl in front of him. Instead of reaching out his hand, he gritted his teeth and said, “Aren’t you going too far?”
Su Wen smiled. “What do you mean, Your Highness?”
“Not only did you kill Guo Qingzhi and snatch his Saint Qi, you even swallowed the Demonic Martial Bead. How could you do this?” The Third Prince gritted his teeth.
Su Wen spread his hands and said, “Your Highness, what are you talking about? I was the one who came to support you, helped you kill someone, and saved everyone. I was the one who killed Guo Qingzhi, so the spoils of war naturally belong to me. Your Highness’ words are rather callous!” The moment Su Wen said that, a bearded man agreed. “That’s right, Your Highness. If Brother Su didn’t arrive in time, we would be finished.”
The others chimed in. “That’s right! Brother Su is helping His Highness as well. His Highness hasn’t been able to defeat Guo Qingzhi even after such a long time!”
“Your Highness, you can’t do this!”
All of these people had just been helped by Su Wen, and all of them had benefited from it. Hence, they naturally spoke in favor of Su Wen.
This was especially so when you considered Su Wen’s status. In the eyes of these people, he was no weaker than the Third Prince.
Many people were even more fearful of Su Wen. After all, most of the people in the dynasty did not think that the Third Prince would become the successor of the throne.
At this moment, Su Wen was in the limelight in the capital.
The Third Prince felt aggrieved! This guy snatched his kill and equipment, but his teammates all spoke up for him?
If this was a game, he would probably have transformed into a street pianist, continuously belting out curses like music tunes and scolding his pig teammate. However, in reality, the Third Prince clenched his teeth and suppressed his anger. He knew that he could not attack Su Wen!
After all, he was a prince of the Great Zhou Dynasty and had gathered so many people under him. If he were to attack Su Wen now, he would definitely lose their trust!
Only with enough manpower could they then attack the places with many people! For example, if he were to encounter a faction with a 2nd Grade or two 1st Grade Earth Rank and a group of 9th Grade Star Ranks, he would have no choice but to temporarily avoid them. However, with this group of followers, he could fight them head-on! As long as he killed one of them first, as the person with the strongest cultivation, he would definitely be the one who benefited the most! With someone helping him drag those weaker people, he could slaughter wantonly! With this in mind, the Third Prince suppressed his anger and gritted his teeth. “In that case, thank you, Brother Su. I bid you farewell, let’s not cross paths again!”
“Don’t, don’t, don’t… don’t!” Su Wen grabbed the Third Prince!
The Third Prince looked at him and asked furiously, “What else do you want!”
Su Wen smiled and said, “We are all martial artists of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Since Your Highness has already organized people, I would like to request to join as well! I am willing to serve Your Highness!”
The Third Prince looked at Su Wen and wanted to find an excuse to reject him. He looked at Ni Hongxiao and Wu Feng behind Su Wen before sneering. “You even want that black fellow to join?”
Su Wen said with a smile, “This person is the guide that I found. It’s good to have someone who knows the terrain here.”
“What about her? Who is she?” The Third Prince looked at Ni Hongxiao and asked coldly.
“Spiritual Master 7th Residence, Ni Hongxiao!”
Hearing this name, the Third Prince’s face tightened!
Although he had never seen Ni Hongxiao before, he had heard some legends about this woman… For example, she had once experimented on an 8th Grade Earth Rank prisoner… and the prisoner directly exploded…
For a moment, he could not think of an excuse.
Yes, what excuse could he use to reject her? Su Wen smiled. “Your Highness, this subject will sincerely serve you. Please don’t reject
me!”
Su Wen’s posture was very low… so low so that the Third Prince could not use his full strength!
The Third Prince pondered to himself. “If I refuse now, these people will definitely think that I’m narrow-minded. Why don’t I recruit him into my team and find an opportunity… to accidentally kill him…”
A smile appeared on his face. “Alright! Brother Su, come with us!”
Thus, Su Wen and Ni Hongxiao joined in, and the group started moving again.
Ni Hongxiao and Su Wen were left behind, Ni Hongxiao asked in a low voice, “Why did you join them, it doesn’t suit your personality.” Su Wen looked at Ni Hongxiao and asked, “If I kill them, will you help me?” Ni Hongxiao did not answer, but simply smiled: “Guess!”
Su Wen did not probe further. Instead, he said, “That means it’s a no, since I won’t be able to guess what you’re thinking. I probably have a chance to eat the Third Prince, but there are so many people. What if one or two of them escape and spread the news of me killing the Third Prince? Even if I leave the mystic realm, will His Majesty still spare me?” “Since that’s the case, I should think of a way to obtain greater benefits!”
Su Wen’s eyes were cold as he said, “The strength of just a single combatant is too poor, and you are not good at fighting head-on. If I cooperate with them and let them hold off the stronger enemies, I will be able to quickly harvest the Saint Qi!” At this point, he said softly, “Becoming a worker, having a worker’s soul, and being able to work makes you superior to others. If I work for his father, then I’ll let him work for me! Having a job is a blessing, he has to thank me for giving him a job opportunity.” (TL Note: This is a satirical poem in China, where they ridicule themselves for all being slaves to their work.)
Although Ni Hongxiao had never heard of the word “work”, she could roughly understand the meaning behind it. She smiled. “You had better not let others benefit from you.”
Su Wen smiled without saying a word. It was up to them who would benefit the most! Hurricane City. Several martial artists were kneeling in front of Bai Xiangxiang. They were all cultivators who had been captured.
She frowned and muttered, “Hehe, so there’s no Immortal Realm at all… There’s only the Star Martial Secret Realm, and no one from the Devil Martial Realm has ever been there?”
Then what was going on with the ascension?
This impact was simply too great for her.
Or in other words, once this news spread out, it would topple the understanding of the entire Devil Martial Realm.
But she knew that this news could not be hidden.
And most importantly, she had actually found an Earth Rank manual from these people. Although this manual didn’t have much value to her, she had heard that there were many trial challengers that possessed Heaven Rank cultivation methods that could be casually taught!
Bai Xiangxiang could no longer sit still! After all, once a Heaven Rank secret technique fell into the hands of another clan, then it represented that their Bai Clan’s position in the world would be shaken!
After all, in the current Devil Martial Realm, although there were quite a few people who cultivated Heaven Rank techniques, no one was able to pass them down! As long as they said it, their bodies and souls would be destroyed! “Pass down my orders! All the clans in the city will mobilize all their experts and form a mixed team to kill the trial-takers! No interrogation is allowed. If anyone meets them, kill them immediately! Anyone who violates the rules will be killed!”
Bai Xiangxiang got up and paced back and forth.
“This won’t do, I have to obtain a Heaven Rank cultivation art as well. If not, if someone else in the other cities managed to obtain a Heaven Rank technique, I’m afraid that they would unify the Devil Martial Realm!”
