Neither Lin Man nor Wan Shengxiang believed that Su Mo would be able to defeat Ye Lingtian.
Despite how talented Su Mo was, it was virtually impossible for him to defeat Ye Lingtian with only the peak of the Middle Stage Martial Sage Realm.
The top ten Fighting Souls ranked on the Archean Martial Sage Board, in addition to the top ten Blood Force on the Archean Special Bodies Board, created a legendary figure when one possessed both qualities.
Even if Su Mo had the End Stage Martial Sage cultivation rank, he would not be able to defeat Ye Lingtian.
“Right! It looks like he has the intention to. Don’t you think he is far too arrogant?” Wan Shengxiang scoffed.
“Indeed. However, he is talented and we can’t deny that he is scary!” Lin Man sighed.
“He is just overly arrogant in addition to his poor attitude. He will not be able to become a respected martial artist!” Wan Shengxiang shook his head.
…
Meanwhile, Su Mo cleared his mind as he peacefully concentrated on refining his Chaotic Energy and stabilizing his cultivation base.
Thick Chaotic Energy rolled through his body day by day, circulating non stop.
It had already been two years since he had broken through to the Middle Stage Martial Sage Realm. This duration wasn’t long.
However, the speed of raising his cultivation rank once he had reached the Martial Sage Realm definitely could not compare to the ease of raising it when he was a Martial Honorable or Martial Emperor.
After two years of stabilizing, Su Mo had the confidence to break into the End Stage Martial Sage Realm.
However, to break through in one shot, he had to refine his cultivation base further.
Time flowed by slowly as days passed. Very quickly, half a month had flashed by.
Su Mo slowly opened his eyes and ended his cultivation. It was time to break through to the End Stage Martial Sage Realm.
Shoosh!
Su Mo waved his robe forward and took out the Seven-colored Glazed Pagoda, it instantly became a 10,000 foot tall pagoda.
With a mental thought, Su Mo smoothly entered the pagoda.
There were quite a number of martial artists in the King Sage Hall and Su Mo naturally wouldn’t break through his cultivation rank under the eyes of everyone.
Su Mo did not worry about the Seven-colored Glazed Pagoda being in the King Sage Hall. He would kill anyone who had the guts to steal the treasure from him mercilessly.
“Upper Sacred Class weapon!”
As the dozen people in the King Sage Hall spotted the Seven-colored Glazed Pagoda, their eyes brightened in eagerness.
Even Wan Shengxiang and Lin Man were surprised.
However, no one stepped forward to take the weapon. After all, they had all seen Su Mo talking to Wan Shengxiang and Lin Man.
No one would seek trouble for themselves by stealing the pagoda.
“What is he doing?” Lin Man asked Wan Shengxiang curiously. The both of them had not left yet.
In this half a month, the two had entered the stone pillar again in an attempt to raise their ranks on the King Sage Board, but to no avail.
“He might be trying to raise his combat strength to attempt the King Sage Board again!”
Wan Shengxiang scoffed after a moment of silence, “I want to see what strength he will rely on to defeat Ye Lingtian!”
…
Inside the pagoda, Su Mo was madly devouring Spiritual Crystals.
An infinite amount of Spiritual Qi rushed into his body and was refined into Chaotic Qi before it was channeled into the Sacred Elixir.
This continued like an endless river that rushed into Su Mo as Spiritual Qi.
His cultivation rank had reached the peak of the Middle Stage Martial Sage Realm, and after devouring a large amount of Spiritual Qi, he could try breaking through the bottleneck of his rank.
Du du du!
Gurgling sounds echoed through Su Mo’s body as though there were low cracks of thunder.
His Chaotic Sacred Elixir shivered continuously as Chaotic Energy increased its strength. This was the result of the vast Spiritual Qi being consumed and the attempt to breakthrough the cultivation rank.
However, despite Su Mo being a godly talent whose potential was unlimited, it was still hard to break through to the End Stage Martial Sage Realm.
Time flowed by slowly as heaps of Spiritual Crystals continued to be consumed.
This process lasted twenty hours.
Bam!
At that moment, the Chaotic Sacred Elixir jerked sharply. The bottleneck of the rank finally broken through.
Boom!
In an instant, a strong aura surged up Su Mo’s body unstoppably, as though it was never going to end.
Half an hour later, everything returned to normal. All the Spiritual Qi disappeared and the aura from Su Mo was slowly sucked back into his body.
“End Stage Martial Sage Realm!”
Su Mo slowly opened his eyes as bright light flashed out of them. Yet, he wasn’t particularly ecstatic over breaking through his rank.
After all, breaking through his cultivation rank was not a problem as long as there was enough time for his cultivation base to be stabilized.
Su Mo used the next few moments to solidify his cultivation base before he stood up. With the increase in his cultivation rank, he was completely confident in beating Ye Lingtain.
Shoosh!
With a mental thought, Su Mo left the Seven-colored Glazed Pagoda.
Once he had put away the pagoda, he walked towards the stone pillar.
“Hm?” Wan Shengxiang’s eyes widened as he saw Su Mo’s actions, his face falling at the same time.
He could tell that Su Mo was now an End Stage Martial Sage.
“Senior Wan, he broke through?”
Lin Man asked Wan Shengxiang in surprise.
“Mm, he broke through. No wonder he acted so arrogantly, he had the confidence to break through his rank!” Wan Shengxiang’s face was dark as he replied.
“But even if he broke through, he might not be able to defeat Ye Lingtian!” Lin Man hesitantly said.
“Of course, Ye Lingtian is invincible in his cultivation rank. Only Gongcheng Taihao has the hope of defeating him in the entire Dark Region!”
Wan Shengxiang nodded as he spoke. However, his heart was uncertain. The higher-ranked Su Mo would be incredibly strong.
“We will know very soon whether or not he wins!” Lin Man sighed.
…
Su Mo arrived in the Empty Space once again.
A few moments later, the space in front of him vibrated slightly and the tall but cold-looking Ye Lingtain appeared.
“Battle me with your top strength again!” Sword Radiance flashed in Su Mo’s hand as he pointed a sword towards Ye Lingtian.
By then he had absolute confidence that his combat strength had surged highly after breaking through his rank.
His combat strength was even higher than his top strength had been back in Infinite Region when his strength wasn’t suppressed.
“End Stage Martial Sage Realm!”
Ye Lingtian expressionlessly uttered. He could tell that Su Mo’s cultivation rank had increased. His body shone brightly with golden light like he was a blazing sun that scorched the earth.
“Empty Space Attack!”
Su Mo did not hesitate to attack. The large sword in his hand swung down heavily for a sword strike to be unleashed.
Empty Space split apart as the space energy increased the strength of the Chaotic Sword Qi.
A large Chaotic Sword Qi that seemed to be a holy light flooded the sky with Sword Force as it struck towards Ye Lingtian.
“Break!”
Ye Lingtian remained calm as he punched out. A large golden palm print instantly tore apart the space in front of it as it met the Chaotic Sword Qi.
Boom!
A deafening explosion was formed as the Sword Qi and palm print smashed together to become an infinite stream of shockwaves that rolled out in all directions.
Boundless waves strongly filled the wide space, instantly drowning Su Mo and Ye Lingtian in the midst.
