Ancient Godly Monarch - Chapter 808

Chapter 808: Most Dazzling

 

“ZURIAN!” The experts from the Battle Heavens Immortal Manor all turned ashen. Zurian had been defeated, he was dead.

“Seems like he isn’t as weak as expected and is truly a demon-level character.” The crowd stared at Qin Wentian, only to see that he walked to the edge of his battle platform and peered imperiously downwards at the crowd. Apparently, he had no notions of leaving the Cloudheaven Arena and wanted to continue battling.

“Who can go kill him?” In the location where experts of the Battle Heavens Immortal Manor gathered, their immortal king Zhou Zhan icily spoke.

This brat had won two victories, but he was simply too arrogant. It felt as though not even immortal kings were placed in his eyes.

“For our Battle Heavens Immortal Manor, we don’t have too many outstanding geniuses among those at the fourth-level of Celestial Phenomenon. Other than Zurian there’s still one more who has an exceedingly high combat prowess but sadly he’s currently on another battle platform and has already accumulated enough battle qi to form a 100 meter battle halo.” Beside Zhou Zhan, an elder of the Battle Heavens Immortal Manor pointed to another battle platform in the air. Over there, there was a young man whose battle qi surged powerfully around him, it seemed that there were no fights where he couldn’t achieve victory.

“This young man is named Wanfu Hou, with the boost his battle halo provided him, his attacks are undoubtedly terrifying. At this level, he is the one with the most expectation to be able to make it within the 1,000 participants from our Battle Heavens Immortal Manor.” That elder spoke. As an immortal king, Zhou Zhan naturally wouldn’t be free to pay too much attention to the happenings within his Battle Heavens Immortal Manor. Other than some personal disciples of his who were immortal-foundation experts, a majority of the matters in his sect were delegated to others.

“In that case, get Wanfu Hou to kill him.” Zhou Zhan coldly commanded, his words causing a gleam of sharpness to flash through the eyes of the old man as he nodded his head. He then turned and called out, “Wanfu Hou, go and kill Qin Wentian on that battle platform.”

The gazes of everyone instantly riveted onto the direction Wanfu Hou was at, with a 100 meter battle halo, he exuded an imposing air and had terrifying attack strength. His opponent was being suppressed madly and an instant later, he achieved a clear victory. His hand shimmering with a resplendent light, he directly punched out with his fist, killing his opponent in an extremely tyrannical manner.

“Understood.” After killing his opponent, Wanfu Hou’s terrifying gaze swept onto Qin Wentian. After that his silhouette flickered as he soared through the air, directly landing on the battle platform Qin Wentian was at.

“Wanfu Hou of the Battle Heavens Immortal Manor, he is extremely famous and much stronger compared to Zurian. Now with the augmentation provided by his 100 meter battle halo, his combat strength would definitely be even more terrifying. I wonder if Qin Wentian would be able to stand up to him.” Beside the Idlecloud Immortal King, the spectators murmured to each other. However, the Idlecloud Immortal King merely remained silent as he continued watching with interest.

He naturally hoped that within his Cloud Prefecture, it would be the best if the demon-level characters here were even stronger. Only then, after heading to the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect, would there be an opportunity for the genius of his prefecture to suppress the other twelve prefectures. And if eventually the three disciples who entered the tutelage of the Eastern Sage Immortal Emperor came from his Cloud Prefecture, there was no need to comment on how much of a boost to his prestige that would be.

The pressure Wanfu Hou gave Qin Wentian was even greater compared to Wu Yang. With a 100 meter battle halo, the battle qi circulating his body was akin to a dragon, coiling around his entire body, exuding a tyrannical imposingness.

BOOM! Wanfu Hou’s constellation appeared in the air, shining with golden light. Numerous golden diagrams spiralled around in the air, before descending and imprinting themselves onto him, strengthening him as the battle qi exuding from him soared rapidly.

“BOOM!” Wanfu Hou stepped out as the deafening sounds of his footsteps boomed like thunder. His battle halo vibrated intensely as golden light filled the skies. Amidst the boundless golden light, Wanfu Hou punched out with his fist as a streak of golden light tyrannically swept out, the might within even causing the space to tremble. His punch directly penetrated the void, shooting towards Qin Wentian.

“Not bad.” The immortal king of the Battle Heavens Immortal Manor praised. What sort of character was he? The instant Wanfu Hou acted, he could naturally sense the amount of might contained within. How could ordinary fourth-level ascendants be so powerful? Just this strike alone, even if fourth-level ascendants were left out of the equation, ordinary fifth-level ascendants would also die without a doubt if this attack hit them.

“Wanfu Hou’s proficiency in his Battle Heavens Divine Fist has already reached an unfathomable realm. Given his comprehension and talent, the instant he steps into the immortal-foundation realm, he would definitely be able to reach the realm of killing first-level immortals with a single punch.” The experts of the Battle Heavens Immortal Manor watched with satisfaction. Just this single punch was sufficient to cause the crowd to roar with excitement.

However, runic light could be seen shimmering on Qin Wentian’s body, circulating around him protectively. A rumbling sound emitted from his body as his physique transformed to something akin to a fiendgod. His palms glowed with astral energy as a demonic light gleamed in his eyes. A violet-gold corona revolved around him as a terrifying suppressive force gushed out from him.

“RUMBLE!~” He lifted his palms and blasted out with sufficient force to suppress everything in this world. There seemed to be terrifying towering figures within his palm imprints.

The Battle Heavens Divine Fist collided directly into the Heaven Suppression Palm Strike. As an explosive sound rang out, the shockwaves from the impact ravaged the space around them.

“Swish!” Wanfu Hou dashed out as his constellation shone even brighter. He wanted to launch another attack yet he only saw Qin Wentian’s palms blasting out at the same instant, even quicker than him. “BOOM, BOOM, BOOM!” A terrifying might permeated the air, Wanfu Hou only saw a stream of palm imprints bursting from the void, directly raining down on him.

His eyes flickered as he slammed out palm imprints with both hands in anger. However, Qin Wentian at this moment also dashed over, choosing to fight him in close combat, actually having no fear at all.

“DIE!” Qin Wentian’s palms seemed as though they truly had enough power to seize the moon and pluck the stars, directly wanting to reap Wanfu Hou’s life away.

“GET LOST!” Wanfu Hou roared in rage. His fist shadows covered the sky as the light radiating from him grew even more intense. However, it was then at this moment that he truly sensed how fearsome the suppression force exuding from Qin Wentian was.

The light flickering within Qin Wentian’s eyes grew even more terrifying as his Suppressive Annihilation Constellation appeared behind him. Wanfu Hou unleashed a torrent of blows with both his fist, wanting to keep Qin Wentian’s attacks at bay as he attacked with destructive might.

“How powerful.” However, the crowd below only saw the Heaven Suppression Palm Imprints as well as Star-Seizing Palm Imprints blasting out in rapid succession, suppressing Wanfu Hou so badly that he couldn’t even breath. He could only defend forcibly using the battle halo around him but if this continued on, he would definitely be engulfed by the palm imprints sooner or later.

If he lost here, his fate was death.

In the space of a single breath, a countless number of collisions happened. Finally, the crowd saw that Wanfu Hou could no longer endure it and was actually injured from the impact. After which, a gigantic palm imprint broke through his flurry of attacks, directly slamming into his head as the sound of a thunderous explosion rang out. Such a terrifying strike directly slew Wanfu Hou from where he stood. His corpse was blasted out from the battle platform, yet another heaven chosen had fallen against Qin Wentian.

The 100 meter battle qi halo was completely devoured by Qin Wentian. At this moment, his halo emitted a rumbling sound as it grew more intense. Qin Wentian walked to the edge of his battle platform and stared down at the crowd, exuding an aura unexcelled in the world.

“How weak, he’s of no threat at all.” Qin Wentian spoke with cold arrogance. His voice was like the waves of oceans gushing outwards, causing the expressions on the faces of those experts from the Battle Heavens Immortal Manor to turn incredibly ugly to behold. Zhou Zhan especially, was trembling from anger.

However for those spectators, they were actually filled with excitement. It seemed that a demon-level character exuding magnificence throughout the generations had finally appeared. In addition, this young man was none other than one of the main leads in the Driftsnow City saga.

The participants at the fourth-level of Celestial Phenomenon were now all pondering, what would happen if they fought against Qin Wentian?

“My Battle Heavens Immortal Manor, are there no more fourth-level ascendants who can kill him?” Zhou Zhan coldly asked. The surrounding experts from his sect all turned ashen, they didn’t know how to reply.

Wanfu Hou was already considered the strongest in their sect at the level of fourth-level ascendants. Naturally for the other cultivation levels, the Battle Heavens Immortal Manor naturally had other elites. But sadly for the fourth-level, there was no longer anyone.

“USELESS!” Zhou Zhan coldly spat, the others around him didn’t dare to reply at all.

“Don’t worry. For those who challenge me, as long as he has no killing intent, I too wouldn’t go all out to destroy him. Please rest assured.” For a period of time, Qin Wentian upon seeing that no one dared to challenge him couldn’t help but to say this. His words made many rest at ease, because it was true that for those challengers earlier, all of them went up there with the purpose of wanting to end Qin Wentian’s life.

“I’ve long heard of the name Qin Wentian. If that’s the case, let me challenge you then.” A young master flew up to the battle platform to challenge Qin Wentian. A period of time later, he was no exception, also ending up in defeat. However, despite his victory, Qin Wentian only devoured his battle qi and truly didn’t act to cause grievous injuries to the challenger. This made many others breath easier as quite a number of geniuses started to test themselves against him. But to no avail, everyone on the same level as him was defeated cleanly.

In a few short hours, Qin Wentian already experienced over hundreds of battles and his battle halo was now 500 meters, enveloping his body, containing a terrifying might within.

Jun Mengchen was long too eager, unable to suppress his excitement, he instantly soared to the battle platform beside Qin Wentian. He who was at the third-level of Celestial Phenomenon was extremely domineering, plundering battle qi and managed to accumulate a battle halo of few hundred meters within an extremely short span of time.

Zi Qingxuan was so as well, she stood on the battle platform on the other side Qin Wentian and obtained quite a number of victories. Only Mu Yan hadn’t yet and was watching with a smile at the three in the air. What power did these three belong to exactly, why would his Master bring them along and they were actually all so powerful.

“Senior brother, this feels awesome!” Jun Mengchen flashed a smile at Qin Wentian. After which, he turned to Zi Qingxuan, “Senior sister let us all work hard together. We must definitely become the three most dazzling characters in the selection!”

“Arrogant.”

“This little boy is too brazen.”

Below, voices tinged with cold arrogance rang out. These three were actually fellow disciples of the same sect. No wonder their characters were the same – so arrogant that they didn’t know the immensity of the heavens and earth. Even daring to say that they wanted to become three of the most dazzling characters here out of the countless number geniuses in the Cloud Prefecture?

These words were spoken directly and disregarded the geniuses of the Cloud Prefecture. Although the combat prowess of this three was pretty outstanding, such words were simply too arrogant.

However, for those major powers who had a grudge with Qin Wentian were now filled with puzzlement and a slight trace of trepidation. Could it be that this brat truly had a supreme power behind his back?

Chapter 809: Golden Blazing Divine Falcon

 

On the Cloudheaven Arena, there were gazes that turned towards Jun Mengchen. On the eighty-one battle platforms of the Cloudheaven Arena, there were a few extremely powerful characters. Their battle halos all have already reached 1,000 meters and there were even people with halos of 10,000 meters in size. For those people, just staring at the brilliant light emanating from their halos made it so that they resembled a heavenly god, exuding a majestic imposingness.

The selection test has already been on-going for quite a few hours. Combat after combat, those strongest individuals remained undefeated and accumulated the battle qi of their opponents.

For those who could accumulate enough to have a 10,000 meters battle halo, there was no need to doubt that they were geniuses that were at the utmost peak of the Cloud Prefecture. Their original strength was already immeasurably terrifying and now with the further augmentation of their battle halos, they were naturally the undisputed kings at the Cloudheaven Arena.

Before this, they were the most dazzling characters here at the arena. This was true until Qin Wentian appeared. Because of Qin Wentian’s history and the things he did in the Driftsnow City, the gazes of a majority of the spectators were all focused on him.

As the sound of Jun Mengchen’s voice faded, two characters with 10,000 meter battle halos turned their gazes onto these three fellow sect members.

“How regretful that our cultivation bases are different. If not, I would make you unable to step upon the Cloudheaven Arena forever.” One of them coldly remarked. The name of the person who spoke was Zu Xuan. His cultivation base was at the fifth-level of Celestial Phenomenon and he’s a disciple of the Cloud Towers. He is also one of the three most outstanding disciples from the Cloud Towers that came to participate in the selection this time and was one of those exceptionally strong experts whom everyone felt that he would be able to enter the top 1,000 for sure.

“If we were of the same cultivation level, the 10,000 meter battle halo on you would have already been mine.” Jun Mengchen smiled, an innocent expression on his face. However his words naturally offended the other party.

“Zu Xuan, this brat is truly unbridled.” The other expert with a 10,000 meter battle halo was similarly one of the most outstanding genius of the Cloud Prefecture. He was stronger than Zu Xuan, with a cultivation base at the fifth-level. He flashed an emotionless smile as he walked down from his battle platform, “After fighting for so long, it’s time to take a break and let others have a chance to fight on the battle platform.”

“Gu Chen, why don’t you continue all the way, acquiring a battle halo of 100,000 meters with a single breath?” Zu Xuan smiled.

“No hurry.” Gu Chen’s voice was filled with indifference. He flew towards the ground as the crowd opened up a path for him. As a true demon-level genius, countless people respected him. The gazes of those who stared at him were separated into two groups. One of reverence, and the other with the intent to battle him.

“Although your cultivation base is higher than that brat, it actually mirrored that of his senior sister. As long as you defeat her, things would be the same too.” From the direction of the Myriad Sage Academy, an expert shouted out. Evidently, he wanted Zu Xuan to act.

“That’s correct I suppose.” Zu Xuan laughed. He turned his gaze to Zi Qingxuan. “However, my heart is unwilling to bully such a beautiful girl.”

Zi Qingxuan inclined her head and looked straight at Zu Xuan. “Stop your shameless boasting.”

Upon hearing these words, Zu Xuan’s eyes flickered with sharpness. After which he smiled and replied, “Since that’s the case, I won’t stand on courtesy then.”

As the sound of his voice faded, his figure instantly soared towards Zi Qingxuan. A 10,000 meter battle halo was incomparably imposing, able to crush everything.

“Senior sister, let these people take a good look.” Jun Mengchen stated. After which, he turned his eyes onto the person from the Myriad Sage Academy who spoke. Pointing straight at him, Jun Mengchen’s handsome features flashed with arrogance, “Instigating others on? What does that make you? I hereby challenge all third-level ascendants of your scumbag sect. Command them all to come and fight me.”

“IMPUDENT!” That expert roared. “Didn’t your elders teach you manners?”

Jun Mengchen’s lips curled into an evil smile, “My elders only taught me how to discipline cowards. If you don’t dare to accept my challenge, just shut the fuck up.”

“Disciples of my Myriad Sage Academy, whoever defeats any one out of the three of them shall be heavily rewarded.” That old man raged, it was extremely embarrassing to be talked back to in such a manner by a junior. This brat was as brazen as Qin Wentian.

“Let me kill that arrogant fellow.” From below, a young heaven chosen stepped out. He was none other than a disciple of the Myriad Sage Academy.

“Good.” That old man praised. An instant later, that young man soared onto the battle platform where Jun Mengchen was at, a palpable killing intent could be felt gushing forth from him.

“With just you? Look at how weak your aura is, why are you even qualified to have the title of a heaven chosen?” Jun Mengchen’s exquisite face instantly turned sharp. He suddenly opened his mouth and roared, “SCRAM!”

The sound of this roar rang out through the heavens and earth as a tempest of destruction manifested. It felt like the advent of ten thousand demons galloping, tramping on everything; and ten thousand weapons lashing out all together, tearing apart the void. Each and every gust of wind born from this tempest all contained a terrifying killing might within.

That young man from the Myriad Sage Academy only felt the terrifying sharp blades of wind lacerating his body. Astral light flashed, enveloping him within protectively. However, his defense lasted only for a single instant before the gusts of wind tore it apart. An expression of terror painted the young man’s face but everything was too late. His body was forcibly sliced into pieces, transformed into countless particles under the might of the fearsome tempest.

“BANG!” The particles were lacerated into dust that was dispersed by the wind.

Jun Mengchang stopped his roar. The crowd stared dumbfoundedly with immense shock in their eyes at this exquisite-looking young man. At this moment, his eyes were so sharp that it struck fear in all their hearts. The flickering light in his eyes was like the radiance of a king. His gaze was already sufficient to cause terror from the depths of people’s soul.

“Another monster.” The hearts of the crowd trembled as they cursed silently. Seems like many demon-level geniuses would appear in the selection test in the Cloud Prefecture this time around.

This brat before them was extremely young and extremely arrogant. From his tone, he seemed fickle and impatient yet he actually had such terrifying combat prowess. He actually killed a heaven chosen at the same cultivation level with him with just a single roar. Those who were able to stand on the Cloudheaven Arena had already proven their ability to jump levels for combat but this young man actually insta-killed his opponent… From this one could see how powerful he was.

“People from the Myriad Sage Academy? All of you are far from enough.” Qin Wentian naturally understood the depths of the strength of his junior brother Jun Mengchen. Now when he saw the experts of the Myriad Sage Academy staring about in a daze, thunderstruck by what happened, he didn’t forget to add in a quip, his tone filled with apparent arrogance.

On another battle platform, the battle between Zu Xuan and Zi Qingxuan had already started.

Zu Xuan’s battle halo revolved around him, and the instant his constellation appeared, millions upon millions of palm imprints floated up in the skies. Each and every imprint contained terrifying might, able to kill gods should they blocked his path. Whenever he attacked, the countless number of palm imprints would all erupt out with earth-shaking power.

Staring at Zu Xuan’s fight, the eyes of the crowd was filled with admiration. This kind of majesticness made the ordinary spectators sense clearly on how mighty a Celestial Phenomenon cultivator truly was.

Zu Xuan’s constellation was also condensed from the fusion of many true intents. His palm imprints weren’t merely powerful, they were simply tyrannical yet fast and precise. Each attack from a single imprint felt as though the skies would collapse. Under his attacks, Zi Qingxuan was seemingly forced into the passive position and could only use her speed to dodge. But even so, she was still jolted from the surrounding pressure and was forced to retreat unceasingly.

“His attacks are truly powerful. Seems like there are no ordinary characters among people who can accumulate a 10,000 meter battle halo. That and in addition to the augmentation provided by his battle halo, his combat prowess simply shot through the roof. However, Zi Qingxuan hasn’t truly started to fight.

Qin Wentian silently glanced at their battle. But at this moment, Zu Xuan’s battle halo exuded a mighty pressure as it bore down on Zi Qingxuan while he spoke in a lofty tone. “You are not my opponent, allow me to send you down.”

“BZZZ!”

At the moment his voice faded, a terrifying blazing golden light erupted forth from Zi Qingxuan, shooting into the skies. It seemed as though her entire body was burning in flames, glowing with a divine radiance akin to the golden sun. Her eyes flickered with a soul-stirring light as the power of a supreme-tier bloodline erupted out.

“Do you really think that you are very strong?” A blazing sun-like light shimmered in Zi Qingxuan’s eyes. Her entire body was immersed in blazing flamelight runic inscriptions as her constellation manifested when she stepped out. However, her constellation seemed to be even more blinding compared to the sun and it was an incomparably resplendent golden divine falcon.

Behind her, a faint image of an incomparably gigantic golden falcon appeared. An instant later, a pair of wings shining with radiance also appeared behind her back.

In the spectator stands below, several people instantly stood up as their eyes were fixed on Zi Qingxuan. The power of her bloodline…although the distance between them was pretty far, they could clearly sense the imposing might radiating from her.

Zu Xuan was also stunned. Evidently, he hadn’t expect this female to be such a terrifyingly formidable opponent.

“Swish!” A dazzling beam shot by, Zi Qingxuan’s body transformed into a beam of light akin to a divine falcon, shooting straight at Zu Xuan.

At this instant, Zu Xuan’s entire strength erupted out completely. His fingers folded ancient imprints as astral light cascaded down on him. Boundless palm shadows covered the world, blasting out as one, aiming right for Zi Qingxuan.

Zi Qingxuan’s eyes shot forth a terrifying light, causing the palm imprints of her opponent to shatter. At the same time, she grabbed out with her hands as a falcon claw manifested, shooting out with apocalyptic force, smashing apart all the attacks launched as she dashed and appeared right in front of Zu Xuan.

“You are still not qualified to talk to me.” A voice tinged with ice rang out. Zi Qingxuan blasted out with her palms as a fearsome falcon penetrated right through him.

Zu Xuan’s entire body was trembling as terror painted his features. The battle qi around him leaked unceasingly, directly gushing towards Zi Qingxuan’s battle halo. An explosive rumbling sound thundered out as Zu Xuan’s body exploded into motes of golden light, dissipating all together.

Plundering the battle qi from a 10,000 meter halo, causing her own to glow even more intensely. That and in addition to bathing underneath the golden light cascaded by her constellation, Zi Qingxuan resembled a divine maiden from the nine heavens, exuding an unexcelled aura in this world. Her golden eyes swept past the crowd, and none of the ordinary people dared to match her gaze. She was like an innate female god of war possessing an unmatched battle physique as well as a supreme-tier bloodline power.

“Senior sister, you are so awesome!” Jun Mengchen praised. This battle was too shocking, causing the gazes of everyone to land on her.

Staring at the three fellow sect members on the battle platforms of the Cloudheaven Arena, everyone felt as though a blinding glow was radiating from all three of them. Which sect did these monsters belong to exactly?

If those people at the Driftsnow City in the past were to see this scene. They definitely wouldn’t have suspected Qin Wentian’s words – that he was from a supreme power – completely!

Chapter 810: The Young War King

 

“Zi Qingxuan, the name of this maiden is Zi Qingxuan. She, Qin Wentian, and Jun Mengchen are all fellow sect disciples. What power did they originate from exactly?” The crowd stared at the magnificence radiating from these three on the battle platforms. If one were to say that before this they were already outstanding, Zi Qingxuan’s victory undoubtedly caused the radiance from them to further intensify.

A 10,000 meter battle halo could increase one’s strength by several times. Zu Xian originally was already a demon-level character by his own right. In addition to the augmentation of his battle halo, he was actually still killed by Zi Qingxuan. This clearly indicated that Zi Qingxuan’s strength was above Zu Xuan and she’s not just stronger by a bit.

Zu Xuan was a demon-level talent of the Cloud Tower and the Cloud Tower was the core of the Cloud Prefecture. Their seats were just beside the Idlecloud Immortal King and at this moment, several experts from the Cloud Tower stood up, glaring at Zi Qingxuan with a fearsome and cold light flickering in their eyes.

Zu Xuan, not only was his 10,000 meter battle qi halo being plundered, he was directly killed off. There would no longer be an opportunity for him to fight on the Cloudheaven Arena and their Cloud Tower just lost an outstanding genius. Zu Xuan was initially one of those with talent high enough to enter the top 1,000 of the selection test. But now, everything disappeared with his death.

“Who can kill these three?” An expert from the Cloud Tower coldly spoke. These three were simply too arrogant, not bothering to retract their sharpness.

“These three people truly ought to die.” An expert from the Myriad Sage Academy nodded in agreement.

Experts from many powers wanted the lives of Qin Wentian and his companions but it truly isn’t easy to find people at the same level who can defeat them. An ordinary genius would definitely fail.

“You fogey old fools, those who want to kill us just bring it on but you all best prepare for the deaths of your disciples.” Jun Mengchen spoke with cold arrogance as he continued, “My senior brother, senior sister and I shall occupy these three battle platforms until the end of the selection test.”

“This fellow is simply too brazen. He grows more arrogant with every provocation by the major powers.” The spectators silently stated in their hearts. With the appearance of these three, the atmosphere on the Cloudheaven Arena turned hazy. Seems like the results will not be as clear as before prior to their participation.

As for the other battle platforms, demon-level characters revealed themselves one after another, gradually exhibiting their radiance, accumulating so much battle qi that their battle halos were beyond resplendent.

A figure appeared directly at the battle platform Jun Mengchen was at. The instant this man appeared, gasps of shock sounded out from the crowd followed by a drowning cheering of excitement as though countless people were anticipating their battle.

“It’s Yan Tiannan, this person accumulated a 10,000 meter battle halo in a mere span of five days before he halted previously. Although he’s also a third-level ascendant, it could be said that the instant he released his constellation, he would practically be invincible, killing whoever obstructed his path. In the end, no one else dared to fight against him and that was why he had no choice but to halt and leave his battle platform. With his terrifying strength, there’s no doubt that he definitely would be ranked among the top 100 of the geniuses here participating in the selection test.”

Many people were whispering to each other. This made those participants who came by later feel their hearts trembling. Seems like a true expert has arrived. Jun Mengchen’s strength was so overwhelming that it was downright tyrannical, slaying his opponent with a single roar while this Yan Tiannan also never had an opponent who could stand up to him at the same level. If these two were too clash, it would definitely be a world-shaking grand battle, causing people to be filled with anticipation.

The countenances of many experts from the major powers were cold like ice. With Yan Tiannan making a move, this arrogant brat only had a path of death.

“Initially I didn’t want to act too early, wanting to wait for you to accumulate a 10,000 meter battle halo before I plunder you.” Yan Tiannan stared at Jun Mengchen as he spoke. “However, your arrogant words successfully incited my interest. I’m sorry, you won’t be able to continue remaining here on this battle platform.”

“Are you very strong?” Jun Mengchen studied Yan Tiannan, the wild unruliness in his eyes flashing with intensity. It felt as though the stronger his opponent is, the more excitement he would feel, igniting a desire to battle that lies deep in the depths of his heart.

“Your 10,000 meter battle halo seems impressive. But even if it grants you a 10x boost in strength, I can still defeat you effortlessly.” Jun Mengchen’s eyes shone with a blazing light as the battle intent he radiated towered into the skies.

“Unbridled piece of shit.” Yan Nantian stepped out, blasting with his palms as astral light flashed. His constellation appeared above him, ten thousand elephants could be seen galloping through the air, causing the space to tremble unceasingly. Behind him, the image of a 100 meter tall divine elephant exuding godly imposing might appeared. A resplendent corona of light could be seen revolving above the divine elephant, containing a battle qi that could trample the heavens.

“Yan Tiannan’s divine elephant constellation appeared. The might of his constellation could even trample the heavens, its power is too terrifying. Yan Tiannan most definitely also has a unique physique and a powerful bloodline.” The spectators mused. After which, they only saw Yan Tiannan waving his arms as ten thousand elephants descended from the skies, their iron hooves trampling the air. The entire atmosphere was filled with an overwhelming pressure and each and every elephant transformed into waves of supreme force, all boring down on Jun Mengchen.

Even before his attacks arrived, Jun Mengchen’s body was already shaking from the impact. The fearsome divine elephants stomped over one after another, constituting an apocalyptic scene.

“To think that the strength of a third-level ascendant could actually reach such a terrifying height. This Yan Tiannan is simply too fearsome, he’s sure to become one of the top 100.” The crowd mused. Staring at Yan Tianna’s attack, the sounds of mountains trembling and seas quaking could be heard. They wonder how would that exquisite looking young man defend against such a tyrannical attack.

“ROAR!” An earth-shattering wild roar echoed through the air as a destructive tempest congregated and manifested with Jun Mengchen right at its center. This entire space transformed into a primordial battlefield of slaughter. With a single roar, countless primordial warbeasts and millions upon millions of divine weapons materialized within the tempest, capable of annihilating everything.

Rumbling sounds reverberated out, the attacks of these two clashed against each other. The shockwaves from the impact were so great that it seemed even this piece of sky was going to break apart.

“KILL!” Yan Tiannan stepped out, resplendent holy light revolved around him as the strength within his battle halo erupted forth. Behind him, the divine elephant image let out a heaven-rumbling howl, it was incomparably terrifying and nothing could stand in the way of its crushing force.

However at this moment, in the middle of the destructive tempest, Jun Mengchen was standing there calmly with a magnificent battle armor enveloping him. A fearsome aura of a king blasted out from him. His eyes held no trace of gentleness, only an inconceivable sharpness that could pierce the hearts of people. It was as though with just a single glance, everyone would submit to him.

Below, countless gazes turned their eyes onto Jun Mengchen feeling incomparably shocked in their hearts. His demeanor completely changed, transformed into that of a primordial wargod. This Jun Mengchen, who was he exactly?

“SCRAM!”

Jun Mengchen roared out once more. With the power of this roar, numerous powerful war generals manifested in the area, cutting their way through thistles and thorns, overcoming all obstacles before him. These armored war generals annihilated frenziedly eradicated all obstruction rushing at him, the divine elephants were slaughtered one after another.

Yan Tiannan’s eyes widened in disbelief, the rush of impact to him was exceedingly great. He had no way to imagine there would be such a terrifying character. With a single roar, he summoned countless primordial war generals to fight for him. What sort of character must he be to possess this might?

A stream of fist light blasted over, powered by the unison of the war generals, capable of penetrating through everything.

The light from his constellation protectively enveloped his body as his 10,000 meter halo revolved around him. Countless elephants manifested, guarding his surroundings but when the annihilative fist light smashed over, the elephants cried in anguish as his battle halo broke apart. Yan Tiannan retreated with explosive speed but the stream of fist light continued pursuing him. With an explosive bang, his entire body trembled, as the qi from his battle halo was directly peeled off, devoured by Jun Mengchen.

This Cloudheaven Arena was truly mystical. Once one was defeated, the battle qi would surely be devoured by their opponents. But if one left the platform of their own accord, their battle qi would still remain.

The crowd only saw the young king walking to the edge of the platform. His emotionless gaze was staring at the grievously injured Yan Tiannan. Right now, his battle halo grew to the size of 10,000 meters, exuding an unexcelled aura in this world. His strength was boosted by a factor of ten times, who else could still defeat him? Unless some other participants plundered enough battle qi and fought with him again but Yan Tiannan was someone with a 10,000 meter battle halo and was defeated by him. It was simply too difficult wanting to win against this young man.

Silence covered the atmosphere. After which, an ear-shattering cheer resounded out from the crowd. Yan Tiannan had been defeated, and even suffered grievous injuries to the extent of almost losing his life. The young man who stood on the battle platform, at this moment no one else felt that his earlier words were arrogant. It was as though it’s only expected for this young king to possess such towering arrogance.

“How powerful! Yan Tiannan completely couldn’t even stand up to him.” The hearts of the crowd sighed in admiration. The eyes of those from major powers were glistening like torches. Such characters, if they encountered these three before this they would definitely recruit them as disciples and nurture them heavily. Also, there wasn’t simply one, but three appearing at the same time.

All three of them are inordinately powerful.

Qin Wentian connected with immortality through smithing a weapon in Driftsnow City, his fame resounding throughout the entire Cloud Prefecture. However up until now, he still seemed to be the most ordinary and mediocre among his fellow disciples. From this one could already tell how powerful these three are. Naturally, nobody knew how powerful Qin Wentian was exactly because after all, his opponents were all incapable of forcing him to use his true strength. If one wanted to know the limits of his strength, they could only tell when an extraordinarily powerful character fought against him. An example was Zu Xuan and Yan Tiannan. Their appearances made everyone see how powerful Jun Mengchen and Zi Qingxuan was exactly.

Only with a powerful opponent would the effect of showcasing one’s true strength be intensified.

That old immortal who conversed with Qin Wentian and his companions earlier were so stunned that he lost his composure. After which, he only shook his head and smiled. Who could have thought that a few juniors he met by chance would actually be so powerful. Initially he thought that they were prideful because of their youth, but they could back up their arrogance with true strength.

In the blink of an eye, a month had passed. More and more terrifying characters appeared on the eighty-one battle platforms of the Cloudheaven Arena. There were some who remained undefeated, and their battle halos have already accumulated enough battle qi to tower into the skies.

Qin Wentian, Jun Mengchen and Zi Qingxuan occupied three battle platforms, staying there undefeated.

Right now, a battle halo of 30,000 meters revolved around Jun Mengchen.

Zi Qingxuan’s battle halo, 30,000 meters.

Qin Wentian’s battle halo, 25,000 meters.

These three were characters that have an opportunity to achieve a 100,000 meter battle halo, shaking the heavens and earth!

Chapter 811: Idlecloud Immortal King’s Judgement

 

The selection test in the Cloud Prefecture was to select the 1,000 most outstanding participants, sending them to the Eastern Prefecture, allowing them to take part in the banquet organized by the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect.

This test will last a total of eighty-one days and right now, half the time has already passed.

The most elite demon-level characters of the Cloud Prefecture have almost all arrived and after 14 days of continuous combat, the most outstanding among them was gradually revealed and recognized by the crowd.

These people were the ones who still remained undefeated, they were all recognized as the strongest among the younger generations in the Cloud Prefecture with the opportunity to head over to the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect or even join it as a disciple. As for acquiring the top three rankings, becoming the most dazzling characters of the whole event and eventually entering the personal tutelage of the Eastern Sage Immortal Emperor, these people temporarily didn’t dare to imagine about it.

At the very least, they had to surpass all others within this Cloud Prefecture’s selection test first before they would have such a chance. And other than the Cloud Prefecture, there are still the demon-level characters from the other twelve prefectures which they must surpass. Nobody knew how many supreme experts would be there.

In addition, with so many geniuses of the Cloud Prefectures arriving one batch after another, the speed of the combat also got increasingly faster. All eighty-one battle platforms were fully utilized, the participants didn’t even have the time to breathe. There were also some geniuses who wanted to use the battle platforms to temper themselves, and kept on fighting despite their defeats. This went on until the other participants raged as they were taking up the space on the platforms. Eventually, they instantly aimed to kill those participants who did that because if they kept plundering their 1 meter battle halo, things would truly be too pointless.

Now, there were quite a number of experts with 10,000 meter battle halos. There were some who remain on the Cloudheaven Arena as though they didn’t know fatigue. And there were also some who loved to plunder, specifically aiming for those with high amounts of battle qi before they took a break and prepared for their next hunt. This cycle continued repeatedly, and the rate of the strong plundering battle qi also became faster.

Hence there were many experts with 100 meter and 1,000 meter battle halos who were scared witless. Because they had no way to guarantee that the size of their battle halos would qualify them for the top 1,000 and had no choice but to participate in the battle frenzy. However, the presence those participants resting in the crowd gave these people who were in combat an extremely heavy pressure. Any expert stronger than them could simply soar up and plunder their battle qi. These type of incidents have happened way too many times.

But despite the increasing number of demon-level characters, Qin Wentian and his two sect members still belonged to the tier of the most dazzling geniuses of all.

Up till now, they had not suffered even a defeat. Those proud sons of heaven no longer dared to challenge them easily because once they were defeated, their battle qi would all be plundered away. Hence, everyone was extremely cautious.

Another question also became increasingly obvious. As more geniuses obtained their 10,000 meter battle halo, it was increasingly difficult to defeat them. The strong grew stronger, the difficulty level for those who arrived later who want to defeat them also grew increasingly higher.

The Idlecloud Immortal King sat leisurely on his throne, feeling very satisfied with this selection test. As for the grudges between the various powers, he didn’t really give a damn about them. After all, upon reaching his level, such squabbles couldn’t be considered anything. They were too far away from him. Since ancient times, those who could step into the Immortal King Realm within 10,000 years were already considered a supreme demon-level character. These people still had a long long way to go.

Back then when he was young, wasn’t he also filled with arrogance? Roaming the world while exhibiting his radiance.

“Up till now, those truly outstanding geniuses have appeared. Idlecloud Immortal King, whom among them do you think has the potential to head to the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect and contend against the other supreme geniuses from the twelve prefectures? There must also be many outstanding people there.” Someone smiled and asked the Idlecloud Immortal King. In fact to cut things short, he wanted to know which of these geniuses obtained the immortal king’s recognition.

“Haha, I’m also keen to know what’s the Idlecloud Immortal King’s opinion. A genius from my Battle Heavens Immortal Manor, Zhou Yu, with a cultivation base at the eighth-level of Celestial Phenomenon. He was born to do battle and has an extraordinary demeanor. He should be able to gain the recognition of Idlecloud Immortal King, right?” Zhou Zhan who was sitting by the side laughed as he spoke. Although he was infuriated by Qin Wentian and the others earlier, he still had the bearing of an immortal king. Since his people had no way to kill the three of them on the battle platform, he could only choose to temporarily forget about them.

“Zhou Yu should be your descendent, right? He has cultivated the various immortal arts of your Battle Heavens Immortal Manor and has an extremely high comprehension ability. In addition to his battle-type astral soul, his talent is truly dazzling and could be said to rank among those most outstanding among the Cloudheaven Arena.” The Idlecloud Immortal King commented, his words causing Zhou Zhan to smile with satisfaction. Given his level, the Idlecloud Immortal King had no need to go all out to fawn on him, if a participant was strong, he was strong and if he was weak, he was weak. He wouldn’t have purposely agree if he didn’t think Zhou Yu was one of the most outstanding individuals.

“That fellow Mu Yun isn’t bad as well, his radiance is starting to show and he would definitely be a character within the top 10 rankings.” The Idlecloud Immortal King laughed again, his gaze on a certain battle platform in the Cloudheaven Arena. His descendant Mu Yun was currently there, and Mu Yun’s cultivation is at the seventh-level of Celestial Phenomenon.

“That little fellow Mu Yun is powerful indeed, and has an opportunity to enter the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect.” Those at the side nodded.

“The Myriad Sage Academy have two characters that aren’t bad at all. Yi Changfeng and Qi Fan. They should both be from the Sage Court, right?” The Idlecloud Immortal King smiled. Yi Changfeng is a sixth-level ascendant while Qi Fan is at the fifth-level.

“Idlecloud Immortal King truly has good judgement, those two are disciples from the Sage Court of my Myriad Sage Academy and are both extremely outstanding.” The expert from the Myriad Sage Academy nodded.

“Xia Hanjiang from the Cloud Tower isn’t bad as well.” The Idlecloud Immortal King continued. Xia Hanjiang has a cultivation base at the sixth-level of Celestial Phenomenon.

“Hu Shanyue from the Suppression Immortal Sect has tyrannical combat strength.”

“The two heaven chosen from the Immorseize Residence, the Zhuge siblings, Zhuge Yi and Zhuge Yue both are very powerful as well. The Immorsize Residence is the wealthiest power in the Cloud Prefecture, you guys should have spared no expense to nurture the both of them, right?” The Idlecloud Immortal King glanced to his side.

“Haha it’s only because this pair of siblings have the potential.” The experts from the Immorsize Residence laughed.

“How about Gu Chen? Isn’t he pretty strong as well?” Someone else asked.

“Although Gu Chen isn’t bad, he’s still slightly inferior to these people. In addition, there are still three youngsters that are of the same sect standing undefeated on the Cloudheaven Arena. The talent of any of those three far surpassed him and his talent at the very most can only be comparable to the disciple of the Saberlord of Death.” The Idlecloud Immortal King pointed to Qin Wentian and his fellow sect members, smiling as he spoke.

“Naturally, other than these people named. That Gu Zhantian, although he wasn’t nurtured by any powerful masters, his strength is truly startling. You know how tyrannical he is just by hearing his name. I suspect that he is the descendant of that madman Gu whom we are acquainted with many years ago.”

The eyes of the people in the surrounding stiffened for a moment before they focused on the silhouette of a young man below the Cloudheaven Arena. A fearsome battle qi radiated from him and although he wasn’t currently participating in any battles, he was still extremely dazzling. There was no one standing around him, everyone stood three feet away from him at least due to fear or respect.

“Now that you put it this way, there is truly some resemblance.” Beside him, those immortals from the older generations replied. Madman Gu was a legendary character of yesteryear and had once caused a storm of immense commotion in the Cloud Prefecture. Once, he fought against many major powers with his strength alone, eradicating many of them, annihilating entire clans and sects before he finally committed suicide due to being surrounded by overwhelming forces.

If Gu Zhantian truly was his descendant, this person was most definitely an extremely dangerous character.

“There’s also Xiao Hong and Su Yeqing. Although I don’t know where they originated from, their strengths are without question and their talent belongs at the top as well.” The Idlecloud Immortal King listed out those whom he had a good opinion of one by one.

“Are there no characters at the first level and the ninth level of Celestial Phenomenon?” Someone asked in curiousity.

“I haven’t discovered any demon-level characters among those two levels. For ninth-level ascendants, they had it easy at the preliminary because we couldn’t possibly make them fight against immortal-ranked puppets. Hence, many of them passed as they have no problems fighting against opponents of the same level. And similarly, there are also many participants at the first-level of Celestial Phenomenon. Although quite a few of them accumulated a 10,000 meter battle halo, it’s somewhat regretful that there’s not even one who could truly shock me with his talent. Let’s hope that such an individual would appear before this selection ends.” The Idlecloud Immortal King replied.

“I agreed with the Idlecloud Immortal King’s views. They are pretty accurate, those individuals who were named by him all clearly possessed outstanding talent that loses out to no one. However I wonder, what are their rankings in Idlecloud Immortal King’s heart?” An expert curiously probed.

“This is quite a difficult question. The three characters I feel that would be the most outstanding are: Gu Zhantian, Jun Mengchen and Mu Yun. Gu Zhantian give me a feeling that he’s overwhelmingly strong. Jun Mengchen because of his terrifying potential relative to his young age. He seems to be different from others, and is likely an innate king born from his birth. And as for Mu Yun, as my descendant, I would naturally grant him my recognition.”

The Idlecloud King laughed as he spoke. “Next, I feel Zhou Yu, the Zhuge siblings, Qi Fan, Zi Qingxuan, and Xiao Hong would all have exemplary results as well. All of them are extraordinary individuals.”

“Lastly, Yi Changfeng, Xia Hanjiang, Hu Yueshan, Su Yeqing and Qin Wentian.” The Idlecloud King slowly continued with a laugh, “Naturally, these people also haven’t shown the limits of their strength. What I can tell is only from a surface judgement from the strength they have shown when they fought their battles earlier. There’s a chance my judgement might be off. For example, that Qin Wentian…at times he gave me the feeling that he’s merely someone ordinary but somehow, within this kind of ordinariness, there is also a startling sharpness that makes him hard to gauge. At the very least as of now, there’s no one who could defeat him yet. But even so I don’t sense the same awestruck feeling from him that his junior brother Jun Mengchen exuded. Given the magnitude of commotion he caused in the Driftsnow City, I’m actually filled with anticipation about his final ranking. Let’s hope he can achieve some results and that my judgement isn’t off about him.”

“Maybe, this is the furthest he could go.” An expert from the Ninepeak Immortal Court interjected spitefully. Not a single individual from their sect was recognized by the Idlecloud Immortal King but they had no way to refute the Idlecloud Immortal King’s judgement. Their disciples were truly inferior compared to these people.

The combat on the battle platforms continued unceasingly. Already sixty-three days out of the eighty-one days have passed, and only eighteen days remained.

In these days, the various powers also realized how accurate the Idlecloud Immortal King’s judgement was. Other than a few other demon-level characters who appeared as time flowed by, those he named earlier still hadn’t been defeated yet, progressing triumphantly and the weakest battle halo these people accumulated was at the very least 50,000 meters. How terrifying was this?

The strong grows stronger, with their original strength and the augmentation effect provided by their battle halos, the difficulty to defeat them was sky high. Unless, these demon-level characters fought against each other.

“Senior brother you have to work harder. Me and senior sister Qingxuan already have a battle halo of 100,000 meters.” At this moment, Jun Mengchen smiled at Qin Wentian. He naturally didn’t doubt Qin Wentian’s strength but instead, he felt that Qin Wentian was too low-profile. After all right now Qin Wentian only had a battle halo of 60,000 meters and there are many others who already caught up with him.

“Okay.” Qin Wentian nodded his head. His gaze roamed the battle platforms in the air and a moment later, it landed upon a demon-level character who was at the same cultivation level as him that also possessed a 60,000 meters battle halo. The target he chose was none other than Xiao Hong!

Translator Notes:

古战天 Gu Zhantian, Gu古 is a surname, Zhantian战天 = warring/fighting against the heavens.

Chapter 812: Powerful

 

Xiao Hong’s strength was extremely strong. He appeared in the later batches of participants and the instant he acted, he completely plundered away the battle qi of the earlier participants making it so that his battle halo had accumulated to 60,000 meters in just a short period of time. In addition, he didn’t name his sect or clan when he was registering, there was both a chance he might be from a mysterious power or he was an unaffiliated cultivator. If it was the latter, on the contrary, it would be even more terrifying.

A majority of those geniuses who appeared here were all from major sects or clans. The reason was very simple, for those with outstanding talent, they would be recognized since a young age and then recruited and heavily nurtured with resources and guidance from experts, teaching them tyrannical cultivation arts and techniques, helping them to swiftly mature.

Hence, the difficulty of becoming strong was higher for those who matured on their own but similarly, if one depended on no one but themselves and could grow to an extent equal to or surpassing those demon-level characters nurtured by the major powers, that person would be immeasurable and definitely extremely dangerous.

The Idlecloud Immortal King also attached a very high importance to Xiao Hong, placing him on the second tier of his judgement. As for Qin Wentian, he was placed on the third tier instead and from this, one could see how highly he valued Xiao Hong.

The instant Qin Wentian’s eyes landed on Xiao Hong, Xiao Hong sensed it and turned over to him. Both his depthless and black eyes flashed with a dazzling light.

Among fourth-level ascendants, there were three outstanding characters on the Cloudheaven Arena: Zhuge Yue, Xiao Hong and Qin Wentian.

Xiao Hong had a dazzling battle halo of 60,000 meters. Qin Wentian and Zhuge Yue also weren’t to be outdone, all three of them hadn’t moved against each other yet but it didn’t mean they didn’t have the intention to in their hearts. Maybe, their ultimate goal was to defeat each other and accumulate enough battle qi to the point where their halos reached the size of 100,000 meters.

Hence when Qin Wentian and Xiao Hong locked gazes, they could clearly feel the battle intent in each other’s hearts. Xiao Hong soared through the air, moving towards the platform Qin Wentian was at. And although around him there were still other opponents with impressive-sized battle halos, he only had eyes for Qin Wentian alone. It felt as though the others didn’t exist.

Qin Wentian stared straight at Xiao Hong, both their battle halos emitted a terrifying roaring sound as though mirroring the battle intents of their owners.

At this instant, countless people inclined their heads, their hearts pounding as they stared at this scene.

Was Qin Wentian and Xiao Hong going to enter combat?

Both of them were dazzling geniuses with 60,000 meter battle halos. If a grand battle occurred between them, who would be the victor?

This fight truly fills the hearts of people with anticipation!

Below the Cloudheaven Arena, countless rumbling cheers already resounded out from the spectator stands. This caused the participants on the other battle platforms to start, “What happened?”

“Over there, Qin Wentian versus Xiao Hong.” Someone replied. After which, numerous gazes shot over as their hearts clenched.

Finally, a battle of the strong against the strong? Neither of these two could afford to lose because the moment they lost, they had to start to reaccumulate battle qi to expand their battle halos from zero.

Xiao Hong arrived at the platform Qin Wentian was on, choosing to remain in the air as a fearsome battle intent radiated from him. The light from his battle halo was so bright that it illuminated the entire space, emitting terrifying noises, causing a layer of battle light to envelop his body.

“Xiao Hong took the initiative to challenge Qin Wentian?” The eyes of the crowd flickered. They didn’t see Qin Wentian’s earlier gaze so they all thought Xiao Hong was the one who initiated the battle.

Only to see that at this moment, a terrifying layer of runic light revolved protectively around Qin Wentian as dazzling runic inscriptions floated around him, materializing into a fiendgod armor.

Xiao Hong’s eyes flickered with his will to battle. With a wave of his hand, astral light flashed as numerous golden arms shimmering with runic light appeared in the air. This was a constellation condensed by Xiao Hong and the crowd had witnessed him using it to great effect during his battles. His degree of control over it was extremely terrifying.

Astral light continued to flash as Xiao Hong’s second constellation appeared. A deep violet-black light circulated frenziedly as numerous devilish hooks appeared. The gleam of light radiating forth from these hooks caused the hearts of people to shiver.

“GO!” Both Qin Wentian and Xiao Hong didn’t exchange any words, opting to fight directly instead. Xiao Hong blasted out his attacks as the light from his constellation cascaded downwards, enveloping this space. A countless number of golden arms covered the skies, grabbing towards Qin Wentian. Before this, all his opponents that were grabbed by him all failed to break free. They couldn’t even move and could only await death as their lives were ripped away by those devilish hooks.

“RUMBLE!” Qin Wentian’s physique expanded as the armor covering him grew as well. In an instant, he reached the height of 330 meters and resembled a terrifying giant. He lifted his head staring at Xiao Hong in their air, the look in his eyes striking fear in the hearts of those who saw it.

“Is this…his true strength?” When the crowd saw Qin Wentian’s size, they all could faintly sense that these demon-level characters seemed to be going all out.

A 330 meters tall body circulating with resplendent runic light. At this moment, Qin Wentian was akin to a true fiendgod, exuding imposing might.

The golden arms blotting out the sky smashed over, grabbing his body yet those golden arms had completely no way to bind Qin Wentian’s movements.

Xiao Hong’s countenance didn’t change. The countless number of golden arms also expanded, causing the light radiating from them to tower into the skies. This time, he no longer planned to bind Qin Wentian, instead, the countless arms were blasting out with indomitable might, wanting to crush him in a head-on fight.

“BOOM!” A thunderous explosive noise boomed. Qin Wentian’s size grew even larger, to 1,500 meters now. His height now could already match Xiao Hong who was standing in the air. And when the attacks from the countless golden arms blasted into Qin Wentian, they were all completely useless unable to break through his defense. The protective light circulating around the fiendgod armor was exceedingly terrifying.

“Is that all you got?” Qin Wentian inclined his head and spoke to Xiao Hong in the air. His defense was too insane. The principles of the body refinement method he obtained from the Driftsnow Master could be incorporated into his Fiendgod Body Refinement Art. As long as he stepped into the immortal-foundation realm, as long as his cultivation with the Fiendgod Body Refinement Art didn’t fall behind, his physique would be even more fearsome compared to ordinary fiendgods. It would just be like an immortal-ranked weapon.

And right now although he was only still at the Ceelstial Phenomenon Realm, just with his attainments in runic inscriptions, his cultivation of the Fiendgod Body Refinement Art as well as the might granted to him from the Fiendgod Heavenly Suppression Art, his fleshly defense alone was already so strong to an inconceivable extent. Xiao Hong’s Golden Arm Constellation was a control-type constellation used mainly to bind and restrict people. Hence, its attacking might couldn’t be considered powerful. This was why it had no way to break through the defense of Qin Wentian’s current 1,500 meters tall physique.

Xiao Hong’s countenance stiffened, turning cold when he heard Qin Wentian’s words. Towering violet-black devil clouds flooded the air as a faint image of a devil king appeared behind his back. The clouds covered the sun completely, casting their gloomy shadow on the battle platforms down below.

Swishing sounds echoed as the devilish hooks shot through the air. Among them, there was one that transformed into 1,000 meters, smashing towards Qin Wentian wanting to tear him apart. If this devilish hook were to hit anyone, they would certainly die in an instant from the impact.

At this moment, Qin Wentian’s Annihilative Suppression Constellation appeared, instantly exuding an immense torrential pressure that enveloped everything in the area. Countless gigantic figures of suppression also manifested, all of them standing tall in the air.

With a single punch, many of these suppression figures erupted outwards. That fearsome devilish hook was forcibly halted by that suppressive might. The numerous figures of suppression radiated balls of light which congregated together before sweeping out with devastating force. Qin Wentian’s strength, combined together with his Annihilative Suppression Constellation and the might from the Fiendgod Heavenly Suppression Art, the power he erupted with could shake even the heavens.

Every inch of space it passed, was completely eradicated.

“RUMBLE!~” The devilish hook was directly smashed apart. Qin Wentian with his imposing figure, dashed towards Xiao Hong causing Xiao Hong’s expression to turn heavy. His constellation in the sky flared with a terrifying brilliance, controlling all the devilish hooks that were manifested in the air.

“BOOM!”

Qin Wentian’s immense figure stomped on the battle platform, causing it to shake from the impact. He soared into the air, the terrifying light circulating around his entire body caused whistling sounds to ring out in the air. Fearsome roars emitted from his battle halos as Qin Wentian blasted out with his palms, annihilating the sky and earth, simply unobstructable.

At this instant, the figures of suppression shimmering with dazzling runic light combined their suppressive might with Qin Wentian’s palm strike, directly aiming for the head of the devil king behind Xiao Hong. Right now, Xiao Hong had three heads and six arms, his entire body had the devilish hooks protruding out as he madly defended against the incoming attack. However, the suppressive might showed no mercy, unceasingly destroying his defenses.

Finally, Qin Wentian’s palm slammed into the tiny figure of Xiao Hong. The impact made his body tremble violently as he coughed out blood.

“ROAR!” The battle halo around Qin Wentian directly plundered away the battle qi from Xiao Hong as Xiao Hong was flung by the impact through the air, travelling tens of miles in the blink of an eye before vanishing from sight into the horizon.

A 120,000 meter battle halo circulated around Qin Wentian, emitting startling roaring noises. This 1,500 meter figure stood proudly in the air akin to an ancient supreme divinity of war, undefeated, like an invincible existence.

“How powerful…” The hearts of the crowd trembled. This was what was called a real battle. Although Xiao Hong was strong, he wasn’t strong enough to be Qin Wentian’s opponent. Seems like before this, Qin Wentian was just merely playing around, there’s no one who could force his strength out. But at this moment, when he truly exhibited his radiance as well as his overwhelming strength that could annihilate everything, it’s almost a given that Qin Wentian would be able to rank within the top three during this selection test!

Chapter 813: Qin Wentian’s Madness

 

“Indeed, as expected he wasn’t showing his true strength earlier. Who exactly are these three fellows?” The Idlecloud Immortal King couldn’t help but praise in admiration. Before this, he placed Qin Wentian within the third-tier because the strength both Jun Mengchen and Zi Qingxuan had shown was way too tyrannical but Qin Wentian had chosen to keep a low profile instead.

Until this battle, Qin Wentian finally erupted forth with his might, fighting against the powerful Xiao Hong. His body transformed as large as 1,500 meters and was akin to a divinity of war, giving off the sensation that he is an invincible existence.

Xiao Hong’s attacking methods were already considered to be very powerful. But when fighting against Qin Wentian, he actually didn’t have any way to display his strength. Qin Wentian was just like a giant, squashing an insignificant bug with overwhelming strength.

Qin Wentian’s methods weren’t as showy as Jun Mengchen or Zi Qingxuan, but the strength he had shown was simply pure violence. From the start of the battle till the end, he just gave off the feeling that he’s extremely strong and no one would be able to defeat him.

Qin Wentian, Jun Mengchen and Zi Qingxuan. Any of these three could be said to be supreme-tier geniuses in the perspective of the entire Cloud Prefecture, causing countless powers to want to recruit them. And to think that these talented characters were actually fellow sect members belonging to the same power. The Idlecloud Immortal King couldn’t help but to be curious. He really wanted to know where these three originated from.

It was impossible for them to be of the same clan, their powers as well as methods were all different, the disparity was too great and each of them had their own unique characteristic. They could only belong to a sect.

At the side, many experts from the major powers who had a grudge with Qin Wentian all had unsightly expressions but they had no choice but to admit Qin Wentian’s strength. Being able to defeat Xiao Hong was already sufficient to prove he was outstanding. Also, his talent was something extremely rarely seen in the entire Cloud Prefecture.

“Right now, he qualifies to be in the first-tier.” The Idlecloud Immortal King spoke in a low voice, with no emotions in his tone.

“Sadly for Xiao Hong, an absolute genius of the era and he’s already very strong but still ended up in such a miserable defeat. Although he kept his life, I wonder if he would be crushed by this setback.” The Idlecloud Immortal King glanced at the injured Xiao Hong down on the ground. Bloodstains could still be seen around Xiao Hong’s mouth. He lifted his hand to wipe them away as he inclined his head, staring at the imposing figure of Qin Wentian as well as his 120,000 meter battle halo. That battle halo was something Qin Wentian obtained while trampling on him.

“The battle has yet to be concluded.” Xiao Hong walked off in another direction as he closed his eyes and began to adjust his breathing. Right now, although much of the allocated time has passed, there were still about ten plus days left and it was sufficient for him to make a comeback by accumulating enough battle qi to be ranked within the 1,000 selected participants. However this time around he has to be more cautious, he cannot be defeated because he could no longer afford to be.

“It isn’t that Xiao Hong isn’t strong. He’s already very powerful. And despite this setback, he was swiftly able to adjust his mental state and calm himself down, mediating to recover. This state of mind is truly commendable. But regretfully, his opponent was an even more dazzling demon-level character, Qin Wentian.” The hearts of the crowd sighed, their gazes all on Qin Wentian’s 1,500 meter figure.

Qin Wentian’s lofty and imposing figure shimmered with runic light. Simply standing there emanated an overwhelming pressure. For participants on the neighbouring platforms to him, all of them could feel an intense pressure radiating from the 120,000 meter battle halo of Qin Wentian. A battle halo at that size is simply extremely terrifying.

“Senior you are even more awesome, surpassing both of us with a single battle.” Jun Mengchen grinned. His battle halo at 100,000 meters was also extremely dazzling but earlier, Qin Wentian’s battle halo was only at 60,000 meters before doubling to 120,000 meters after that battle. This must be his senior’s confidence. Qin Wentian was in no hurry to plunder battle qi because in his eyes, the battle halo on experts on the same level simply existed solely for him to plunder.

“BOOM!” At this moment, Qin Wentian stepped out. That 1,500 meter figure, clad in the fiendgod armor directly left the battle platform he was at as he moved through the air in search for another target. This scene caused the eyes of the spectators to all narrow. This fellow, what is he planning?

At this moment, Qin Wentian was actually heading to a battle platform utilized by a fifth-level ascendant.

This fifth-level ascendant also has a battle halo of 100,000 meters and was extremely dazzling. Evidently, he’s also a super strong heaven chosen. But in front of Qin Wentian’s 120,000 meter battle halo, as well as his 1,500 meter imposing figure, the radiance of this fifth-level ascendant almost dimmed the point of collapse.

“Is Qin Wentian planning to start challenging fifth-level ascendants?” The hearts of everyone trembled. What a madman. After defeating Xiao Hong, it seemed that fourth-level ascendants can no longer satisfy his ‘appetite.’ Next, he wanted to plunder battle qi from fifth-level ascendants.

A 120,000 meter battle halo had a tyrannical augmentation effect. With this standard of augmentation, his strength would be boosted by a factor of over ten times to a hundred times. Hence to Qin Wentian, it wasn’t really a big deal to fight against fifth-level ascendants. In fact, if he still fought against fourth-level ascendants, that would be bullying. There was no longer an individual at the fourth-level of Celestial Phenomenon that could stand against Qin Wentian’s 120,000 meter battle halo.

That fifth-level ascendant momentarily felt a sense of stifling pressure when he look at Qin Wentian’s 1,500 meter imposing figure moving towards him. Both his eyes sparkled with an incomparably resplendent light, unexcelled in this world.

“Your battle qi, I want it.” Qin Wentian spoke. After which, his incomparably huge palm slammed out, seemingly blocking out the entire skies, shining with runic light. This palm strike of his seemed to be able to pluck down stars from the skies, even destroying the sun and moon.

“Bastard!” That fifth-level ascendant growled, defending in a frenzy yet he only saw a boundless battle qi coating the palm strike. The force within was so powerful that even space was suppressed. This strengthened strike shattered everything in its path, Qin Wentian slammed his palm onto the battle platform before holding the body of his opponent in his hands.

“ROAR, ROAR!” Mad whistling sounds echoed out, as his battle halo rapidly devoured the battle qi of his opponent. Instantly, Qin Wentian’s battle halo grew even more terrifying, to the size of 130,000 meters and there was even a shade of violet-gold now. It was incomparably resplendent.

Let alone the fact that Qin Wentian seemed to have only just began. His 1,500 meter tall figure continued stepping out, moving towards another platform. Over there, a heaven chosen with a cultivation base at the fifth-level of Celestial Phenomenon could be seen. Upon seeing Qin Wentian’s approach, his expression couldn’t help but to stiffen. Although he himself has a battle halo of 8,000 meters, he didn’t have any confidence of being able to obtain victory. Every step Qin Wentian got closer to him, the more he felt his battle qi slipping away.

In fact, reality was the exact same as his imaginations. Qin Wentian with a 130,000 meter battle halo that was violet-gold in color was already unobstructable. With just a single strike, he injured the fifth-level ascendant. Although Qin Wentian could take his life, he actually showed restraint and mercy. To him, as long as it wasn’t those who wanted his death, he wouldn’t go so far as to kill them. It isn’t easy to reach this level in cultivation and if there were no hatred between them, there was no need to take the lives of his opponents.

The battle qi halo revolving around him grew even brighter as its size reached 140,000 meters, directly reaching up into the heavens. If it wasn’t for the excellent vision experts have, it was hard to tell the end of the battle qi halo.

Qin Wentian who was bathing in the battle light was akin to a god of war.

He stepped out once again, and every time he moved the fifth-level ascendants on the Cloudheaven Arena would feel their hearts trembling from fear. Although their cultivation bases were one level higher than Qin Wentian, they didn’t have any confidence of victory to face a 1,500 meter lofty and imposing fiendgod-level physique.

In fact, many participants on the Cloudheaven Arena halted their combat and turned their attention to Qin Wentian, trying to calm the rumblings of their hearts. This bastard, does he plan to surpassed Gu Zhantian, becoming the one with the most dazzling battle halo of all?

Gu Zhantian had a cultivation base at the seventh-level of Celestial Phenomenon and already accumulated a 180,000 meter battle halo. He was right now, the one who accumulated the most battle qi but Qin Wentian seemed already about to catch up.

Not too long later, on the eighty-one battle platforms of the Cloudheaven Arena, the number of fifth-level ascendants dwindled until they became extremely scarce. Qin Wentian’s actions caused those fifth-level ascendants who had 10,000 meter battle halos to not dare to step on the platform. They couldn’t afford to lose that now.

At this moment, the light radiating from Qin Wentian’s halo grew more and more resplendent and has already reached 170,000 meters in size, matching the radiance of Gu Zhantian’s battle halo. The two of them casually glanced at each other. Qin Wentian’s imposing figure exuded a sharp and tyrannical aura, it seemed no matter who he faced, his gaze would still be as indifferent as it was now.

Gu Zhantian stood with his arms folded behind his back, he could sense the pressure Qin Wentian was emitting. All of a sudden, his silhouette soared through the air, towards a battle platform utilized by an eighth-level ascendant.

Gu Zhantian, he actually also started to plunder battle qi from opponents of a higher level than him. In order to not be surpassed by Qin Wentian, he had to obtain the number one ranking in this selection test held in the Cloud Prefecture. This was his determination, no one will be able to surpass him.

Only to see that at this moment, Qin Wentian calmly swept his gaze over to Gu Zhantian, there was no battle intent radiating from him and it felt as though he didn’t have any notions of fighting against Gu Zhantian.

Stepping out, Qin Wentian directly appeared on another battle platform. This step of his made the hearts of countless people pound violently as they stared at the scene. Although Qin Wentian had no intention currently to contend against Gu Zhantian, this action of his seemed to be a provocation to Gu Zhantian. Right now, even Gu Zhantian’s eyes flickered with a cold light.

“This madman, he’s crazy!” The eyes of many experts riveted on Qin Wentian. What a madman, the platform which Qin Wentian directly descended on was currently utilized by a sixth-level ascendant. He wants to jump two levels and fight against opponents stronger than him? But one has to understand that for those geniuses who could be here, everyone were demon-level characters capable of fighting people above their level. This Qin Wentian…if he isn’t crazy, what is he?!

Chapter 814: Seven-Star Swordsman

 

Qin Wentian wanted to challenge a sixth-level ascendant, jumping two cultivation levels.

After Gu Zhantian and him exchanged mutual glances. Gu Zhantian who aspired to become the number one had also started his ‘journey,’ challenging eighth-level ascendants with a cultivation base at the seventh-level, jumping levels to do battle and wishing to turn his battle halo into violet-gold. But at this exact moment, Qin Wentian actually wanted to jump two levels? This made everyone feel that Qin Wentian was proclaiming a war against Gu Zhantian.

You jump one level to do battle? I’m more tyrannical than you, I will jump two.

Such courage made the hearts of the crowd tremble. He jumped two levels to fight against opponents who were extraordinary individuals like him, with a 10,000 meter battle halo at the very least. Right now, those remaining on the Cloudheaven Arena were all powerful characters, the weaker ones no longer dared to stand on any of the platforms because their battle qi would only end up being plundered by others.

Li Yu had a sword in his hands as the sword qi radiating from him towered into the skies. His eyes were as sharp as the edges of swords, able to penetrate through everything. Although Qin Wentian currently was 1,500 meters in size, he could still feel how terrifyingly sharp Li Yu’s aura was. It was something that could threaten even him.

Li Yu, was precisely the sixth-level ascendant Qin Wentian chose to battle. He was an extremely powerful sword cultivator and his sword techniques were simply mystical, enabling him to defeat countless experts, accumulating their battle qi causing his halo to be over 10,000 meters. In addition, he was a participant that appeared in the latter batches and it hasn’t been too long since he started to accumulate battle qi.

“This fellow, Qin Wentian, actually challenged Li Yu of the Starasura Sword Sect. He’s simply too audacious to the point of madness.” The spectators below all recognized Li Yu. Li Yu was also extremely famous and was a heaven chosen of a major power named the Starasura Sword Sect.

“Haha, Li Yu, a Seven-Star Swordsman of the Starasura Sword Sect. His swordplay is truly astounding. I’m afraid this time, Qin Wentian’s 170,000 meter battle halo would all be plundered away despite his combat prowess. After all, the disparity in cultivation levels wouldn’t be so easily breach and Li Yu isn’t someone good to bully.” Those spectators who are familiar with Li Yu’s strength silently stated.

Experts from the Starasura Sword Sect also arrived. When they saw this scene, terrifying sword light flickered in their eyes and an old man among them stated, “This is a rare opportunity to Li Yu. Once he defeats Qin Wentian, he would instantly possess a 180,000 meter battle halo and other than Gu Zhantian, no one else would be able to match him. If he wins this battle there’s no need for him to continue combat, he can merely rest below and be a spectator for the duration of the selection test.”

180,000 meters was an extremely terrifying number. Even when this selection test ended, almost none would be able to accumulate so much battle qi. The number certainly wouldn’t exceed 10.

“Your courage to battle truly makes one impressed.” Li Yu’s eyes were akin to sharp swords, as he stared at the towering figure. This Qin Wentian actually held no fear in his heart towards him and his heart was only filled with an incomparably blazing intent to do battle. He was Li Yu, a heaven chosen of the Starasura Sword Sect, how can he not be confident when fighting against an opponent two levels below him? No matter how powerful Qin Wentian is, his confidence in himself was unshaken. Because if a swordsman lacked confidence in himself, how could his sword display its brilliance?

“Sadly, you will lose your 170,000 meter battle halo in this battle.” Li Yu’s voice was incomparably calm. Abruptly, a terrifying sword qi tempest manifested on the battle platform they were on.

From the air, an exceedingly resplendent diagram that enveloped this entire space appeared. It was the diagram of a gigantic sword, but it somehow resembled a sword formation. The diagram hung suspended in the air, exuding a boundless sword might as streams of sword light cascaded out from it, shrouding Li Yu within. At this instant, Li Yu seemed like an absolute supreme sword saint. His entire person was akin to a sharp sword.

“I’m proficient in the way of the sword too.” Qin Wentian’s 1,500 meter figure was so immense that it seemed as though he needed only a single slap to turn Li Yu into meat paste. However, he wouldn’t underestimate his opponent. The Driftsnow Master’s body refinement art was able to strengthen his physique but if his opponent possesses sufficient strength, they could still destroy him.

His Sword Slaughter Constellation appeared in the air, Qin Wentian’s entire body was also shrouded in a boundless sword might. At this moment, the two of them seemed incomparably similar, both were akin to real swords.

Qin Wentian’s demeanor resembled the king of swords, controlling everything while Li Yu’s demeanor was like a sword filled with vitality and destruction, containing apocalyptic might within.

Li Yu stepped out, his entire person transformed into a streak of sword light instantly arriving before Qin Wentian as he slashed out with his sword. The sword diagram constellation of his flashed as a 100 meter sword beam tore apart the void, arcing through the skies. If this sword beam landed on Qin Wentian, there was no doubt it would possess enough power to cleave his body into two.

Qin Wentian waved his hands, the Sword Slaughter Constellation glowed with a dazzling light as terrifyingly sharp swords rained down from it, transforming into a screen of swords. The attack by Li Yu sliced through, splitting the sword screen in twain from the middle. Evidently, just purely using the power from his constellation alone wasn’t able to obstruct Li Yu’s sword.

The attack from a sixth-level ascendant, how could it be so simple?

However at this moment, a terrifying black-colored gigantic sword directly stabbed out. With an intense rumbling noise the entire space trembled before its might. This black sword was akin to the king of swords, capable of slaughtering anything. When Li Yu’s sword slashed down, smashing against the black sword, a ring-shape shockwave of sword light blasted out from the impact forcing Qin Wentian to stomp forcefully downwards on the platform to stabilize himself. His body shimmered with resplendent runic light and despite the power of the aftershock, the shockwaves had no way to break through his defense.

However as Li Yu’s sword light dissipated, Qin Wentian abruptly felt chills in his heart. A terrifying sense of crisis descended on him and an instant later, he saw Li Yu appearing right before him. The sword diagram in the air enveloped his entire body as he slashed out with a second strike, from the bottom to the top. The instant this strike was unleashed, a thin line opened up in the sky. If this attack hit his opponent, that person would undoubtedly be split into two.

“BANG!” Qin Wentian soared into the air. Although he was 1,500 meters in size, his speed was as quick as lightning. The black gigantic sword smashed downwards, manifesting a terrifying sword qi vortex at its tip, lacerating apart everything.

Qin Wentian glanced at Li Yu, he noticed that his opponent was just like a beam of sword light, instantly disappearing from his sight. The next instant, Li Yu appeared near his waist and slashed out horizontally with his sword. That terrifying sword strike contained a terrifying might. Li Yu took advantage of his smaller size to fully exhibit his fearsome sword techniques.

Qin Wentian’s palm circulated with fearsome runic inscriptions and directly grabbed towards the terrifying sword. His palms contained the ability to annihilate and suppress everything and was even more fearsome compared to divine weapons.

“Bang, the sword slashed against the gigantic palm imprint as bright astral sparks manifested. Qin Wentian only felt a painful burning sensation on his palm. That sword light felt as though it had enough power to destroy his indestructible palm but at the same time, Li Yu also felt a terrifying impact rebounding back at him. When that fearsome palm imprint which had the power to seize moons and pluck stars blasted towards him earlier, he felt as though even the entire heavens were trembling.

Li Yu’s body was like a bolt of electricity, shooting into the air. He stood in the sky, as the light radiating from the sword diagram cascaded down on him, making his entire person glow with resplendent light as he was cloaked within boundless sword might.

Li Yu understood that even if he used swift-attacking techniques, although he might be able to damage Qin Wentian, he wasn’t able to heavily injured him. If he wanted to defeat his opponent, he must do so with overwhelming strength, using attacks that focused on pure power.

“Although you are proficient in the sword as well, how can you compare to a pure sword cultivator like myself?” With a wave of his hands, an incomparably gigantic sword diagram appeared beneath his feet, matching and reflecting the brilliance of his sword diagram constellation in the air. Countless swords emerged from the diagrams, followed by several incarnations of Li Yu.

“RUMBLE~” Streams of destructive sword might powerful enough to ravage the world abruptly erupted forth. The two sword diagrams of Li Yu exploded with boundless destructive sword qi, causing the entire space to turn blurry as the incarnations of Li Yu began their sword dance.

“DIE!” A cold shout broke through the air. Seven incarnations of Li Yu resembled seven stars, striking simultaneously from seven directions. Each sword radiated a 1,000 meter dazzling sword light, all piercing towards Qin Wentian with volcanic might.

Qin Wentian stabbed out with his sword fingers as the King Sword broke through the void. Momentarily, the sword might radiating from it shot forwards, colliding against the seven star swords of Li Yu.

However, the light from the seven star swords grew even brighter and they actually penetrated past the field of sword might radiated by the King Sword and continued unimpeded towards Qin Wentian.

With a wave of his hands, a gigantic ancient shield manifested before him. Qin Wentian blasted forth with his palms causing a shimmering glow to circulate frenziedly around the ancient shield. However a moment later, the sounds of shattering rang out, the seven star swords broke through the shield with indomitable force.

“ERADICATE!” Astral light flashed as palm shadows covered the skies, Qin Wentian finally managed to block the might of the seven star swords. But at this moment, Li Yu’s second strike already arrived, it was the second stance of his Seven Star Sword Art. This time, the seven swords that blasted outwards contained the power of calamitous lightning within.

“As expected of a Seven-Star Swordsman, he’s fully deserving of his reputation.” The spectators sighed in admiration silently as they saw this scene. The boundless sword might circulating around the battle platform was fully controlled by Li Yu’s sword influence.

“Bzz!” A dazzling golden light burst forth from Qin Wentian, as a violet-gold astral soul in the form of a towering giant shimmering with resplendent light with the height of 3,333 meters appeared behind him.

“Violet-gold astral soul! He actually has a violet-gold astral soul!” The crowd before this already guessed that Qin Wentian might have a violet-gold astral soul. His Suppressive Annihilation Constellation contained traces of a violet-golden hue but when he actually released his astral soul, the verification of this fact caused the hearts of many to shiver.

With a single punch, numerous gigantic figures of suppression blasted outwards. That devastating sword might of Li Yu was suppressed completely and even the sword qi had dulled.

“KILL!” Qin Wentian roared in rage, stamping in the air. After which, an intense light gushed forth from him, radiating with suppressive annihilation might as more gigantic figures of suppression were manifested, rushing out with crushing might.

“If Li Yu was an ordinary sixth-level ascendant, he would probably find it hard to stand up to the might from this suppression-type constellation. As a constellation condensed from a violet-gold astral soul, the overwhelming pressure from it was sufficient to slaughter anything without Qin Wentian even needing to move.” The hearts of the spectators trembled as they saw how powerful Qin Wentian was!

Chapter 815: Clash of the Strongest

 

An incomparable suppressive might versus an inextinguishable sword technique. The instant they collided, a terrifying light covered the entire battle platform. The crowd only saw numerous figures of suppression shooting out towards Li Yu while Qin Wentian’s fist simultaneously blasted out in a heaven-shaking manner.

Seven stars circulated around the sword diagram above Li Yu as he rode the sword diagram below, slashing out a number of strikes. Every single one of his sword strikes contained supreme might, the humming of his swords struck fear in the hearts of the spectators.

“What a powerful collision. The two of them have gone mad from battling.” The spectators continued watching. Qin Wentian walked out step by step, underneath that powerful sword might of his opponent, the suppression energy gushing from him grew even stronger. He wanted to use this suppressive annihilation energy to destroy everything, subduing his opponent’s sword technique.

Right now, Qin Wentian waved his hand as a terrifying 300 meter long astral spear materialized into being. Rushing out, his spear erupted forwards as a boundless divine glow circulated around it. At the tip of the spear, a formless pressure enveloped this entire space as rumbling suppressive sounds echoed through the air as though even space itself couldn’t stand up to his suppression might.

The sword light was destroyed inch by inch, the suppressive annihilation might contained within Qin Wentian’s spear was too terrifying, capable of even disrupting Li Yu’s sword technique.

“BOOM!”

Taking another step forward, Qin Wentian moved closer to Li Yu. His long spear shimmered with a resplendent glow, absorbing astral light from his constellation as the energies gathered at the tip of the spear. Somehow, there was a faint trace of law energy that could be felt within.

“BANG!”

Another spear strike pierced out. This spear strike seemingly contained all the comprehensions and insights Qin Wentian gained within the two years he spent in the combat region palace. Boundless amounts of energy congregated at the spear tip before magnifying in magnitude an untold amount of times. This space suddenly felt like it was owned by the spear. The swords of Li Yu was instantly destroyed the moment they came into contact with it. A blinding spear light flashed as Li Yu felt an irresistible energy boring down on him. Utilizing the seven star sword art to the maximum, the sword diagrams danced wildly in the air but to no avail, they were both shattered apart by Qin Wentian’s spear.

Although the spear wasn’t very big in side, the spear tip contained the entirety of energy within Qin Wentian’s astral soul and constellation. Naturally, that in addition to his powerful body, there was no need to doubt the might of his attacks.

“BANG BANG BANG BANG!” His spear strikes seemed to slice through everything like a hot knife through butter, destroying everything in its path. After his sword diagrams shattered, Li Yu explosively retreated. His sword waved about in the air, trying to buy him time but it ended up getting directly crushed apart as well.

“Chi!” A light piercing sound rang out as the spear light pierced into his chest, forcibly stopping his movements. With a roar of rage, the 170,000 meter battle halo of Qin Wentian started their plunder, devouring the battle qi from Li Yu. An instant later, that devastating pressure in the atmosphere abruptly lifted. Qin Wentian stood there with his spear, staring at Li Yu as he stated, “You’ve lost.”

Li Yu stared at the long spear embedded in his chest. Although it had penetrated his body, Qin Wentian didn’t release the energy of the spear tip, thereby sparing his life. Evidently, Qin Wentian had shown mercy. This degree of injury couldn’t be considered fatal to stellar martial cultivators.

Li Yu cast a deep glance at Qin Wentian before turning around and descending from the battle platform. This battle, he had lost so badly that he didn’t have any words to utter.

“Even a heaven chosen at the sixth-level was defeated in his hands. He’s too powerful.” The hearts of the crowd sighed in admiration. At this moment, the battle halo of Qin Wentian had reached 180,000 meters, glowing resplendently with a violet-golden light.

However, Qin Wentian was still not the most dazzling character. During his fight with Li Yu, Gu Zhantian consecutively defeated two opponents and his battle halo had already reached the size of 200,000 meters. However, the color of his halo wasn’t as rich as that of Qin Wentian. Because Qin Wentian defeated an opponent two levels above him, the violet-gold hue was richer. And in addition, the degree of augmentation provided might be even stronger compared to Gu Zhantian.

Only to see that at this moment, Gu Zhantian stared at the battle platform Qin Wentian was at as he commented, “How regretful, your cultivation level is too low.”

As the sound of his voice faded, countless gazes turned their attention to Gu Zhantian.

The two of them seemed almost about to enter combat. Even if Qin Wentian didn’t have the intention to, his actions earlier were almost like a direct provocation against Gu Zhantian, accumulating a battle halo that was the most resplendent of all. But right now, Gu Zhantian’s words were like a reply to Qin Wentian. He would always be the number one, nobody can snatch that away from him.

“If his cultivation level is higher by a little, do you think you still can remain on the Cloudheaven Arena?” At this moment a voice drifted over. The gazes of the crowd glanced at another platform where a handsome-looking young man was at. The lips of the young man curled into a slight smile as he stared at Gu Zhantian. The light of arrogance in his eyes seemed as though he didn’t even placed Gu Zhantian in his eyes despite the fact that Gu Zhantian’s battle halo was currently the largest.

“Your battle halo is the largest only because you kept camping down below only showing up to plunder battle qi from those people whose battle halo reached a certain size. But my senior brother always stayed on his battle platform, accepting all challenges. Only during the last few battles did he showed his true strength and now, he’s already almost surpassed you? Using your cowardly method to plunder battle qi, regardless if it’s my senior brother or me, our battle halos would have long reached a size of over 200,000 meters.”

Jun Mengchen casually stated. Gu Zhantian turned his gaze over and smiled, “Oh, is that so? In that case why don’t you guys try my method now? Let’s see if your battle halo can surpassed mine.”

“Hmph,” Jun Mengchen snorted coldly stepping out, intending to accept the challenge. But at this moment, Qin Wentian interjected, “Mengcheng.”

“Senior.” Jun Mengchen turned his eyes to Qin Wentian.

“What use does the battle qi have for us? This place is merely the Cloud Prefecture’s selection test. It isn’t our target.” Qin Wentian replied.

Jun Mengchen’s countenance flashed as a dazzling light flickered in his eyes. After which he nodded, “Senior brother is right. This is merely a selection test at a mere prefecture. Our true target is within the Eastern Sage Immortal Sect.”

“What audacious and boastful words.” Gu Zhantian gave a low laugh.

“Although the larger one’s battle halo is, the more resplendent it would be. But comparing that to raising your own strength, it’s obvious which is more important.” Qin Wentian replied in a faint tone. Jun Mengchen smiled and nodded, “Senior brother is right, I must learn properly from senior.”

“This is merely my opinion. But Mengcheng you have your own way of thinking, just follow your heart.” Qin Wentian nodded to Jun Mengchen. He was really fond of the personality of this junior brother of his. When he was quiet, he appeared to be like a delicate youth, neither inpatient nor proud; but when in battle, his arrogance towered into the heavens as though he was the king of all things, unmatched and invincible. Also, although he has a streak of arrogance in him, he was extremely respectful of him and Zi Qingxuan. One could see that his innate disposition was kind.

Qin Wentian only reminded a little because Jun Mengchen was too overly attached on how people view him. His state of heart still needs some improvement but of course if Jun Mengchen was the kind of person who only listened to themselves and couldn’t be persuaded, Qin Wentian wouldn’t have said anything. After all, the Heavenly Talisman Realm was a unique power, with many people of different personalities. If their characters didn’t match they just didn’t need to be so close to each other. Just having mutual respect would do.

It was only because he was fond of Jun Mengchen’s carefree spirit and even treated this junior brother of his as a good friend. This was why he would say these things.

“Understood.” Jun Mengchen nodded his head. However he was thinking, was his senior brother fighting so madly because he wanted to use this as another opportunity to temper his strength.

“What a humorous statement.” A mocking voice sounded out. Gu Zhantian stood with his hands behind his back and stared over in Qin Wentian’s direction. He emotionlessly continued, “Your words make it as though the fights I picked through my method were solely to accumulate the largest battle halo and not to increase my strength. Let me tell you this, on the Cloudheaven Arena, I want to temper my strength as well as acquire the largest and most dazzling halo. What contradiction is there? Your words are too hypocritical.”

Qin Wentian glanced at Gu Zhantian. Gu Zhantian had a lanky figure and the aura radiating from him was quite fearsome. Just casually standing there, it was sufficient to exude a feeling of supremacy. He felt extremely conceited as though if he was here, there would be no one who could be more outstanding than him. Just like what he said earlier, the only purpose of him being here was to accumulate enough battle qi to acquire the largest and most dazzling battle halo.

Qin Wentian soared up into the air before stepping out. This single step of his, when took by his 1,500 meter large body, directly stepped upon the battle platform Gu Zhantian was on, catching everyone by surprise.

Below the Cloudheaven Arena, the muttering crowd gradually turned silent. Many of them had their mouths opened as they stared with shock at the scene above.

Even those extremely powerful characters beside Idlecloud King couldn’t help but to start as they stared at the scene in a daze.

Qin Wentian, he actually…chose to step on Gu Zhantian’s battle platform?

This already wasn’t a case of him being crazy but rather, it was him courting death!

What level of cultivation did Gu Zhantian have? He is a seventh-level ascendant! In addition, he’s also the participant with the largest and most resplendent battle halo. Although Qin Wentian was a supreme demon-level character, there was a three level disparity comparing Gu Zhantian’s and his cultivation base. If this wasn’t courting death, what is?

If Qin Wentian were to choose an ordinary ascendant, maybe the spectators would still think that he has a chance of victory. But this Gu Zhantian was someone who has a 200,000 meter battle halo. Who could contend against him?

Even Gu Zhantian himself was stunned by Qin Wentian’s sudden arrival. Although there was a battle of words between them, he still wouldn’t imagine that Qin Wentian would dare to step on his battle platform. This was a territory that belonged to him and at the very least within the Cloud Prefecture, it was absolutely for there to be someone who dared to take the initiative to challenge him.

“Let me see then, how strong your strength is.” Qin Wentian spoke in a low voice. The battle qi from his halo howled, he clutched his spear tightly as his violet-gold astral soul flashed while his constellation appeared in the air.

Gu Zhantian smiled before he started laughing maniacally. After which, a towering battle might emanated from his body.

“Overestimating your own capabilities.” Gu Zhantian stepped forwards. Despite Qin Wentian’s immense figure, Gu Zhantian still possessed absolute confidence. Behind him, a violet-gold flood dragon filled with endless might manifested while in the air, a constellation in the form of many flood dragons appeared, seemingly wanting to devour this entire space. The pressure they exuded were so great that it seemed that the space was trembling due to their might.

“Gu Zhantian also has a violet-gold astral soul!”

“These two are both geniuses on the same level but sadly, Qin Wentian’s cultivation base is just too weak, too far apart from Gu Zhantian’s. I’m afraid he won’t be able to stand even a single strike given the disparity of their cultivation. How good would it be if he too, possessed a cultivation base at the seventh-level of Celestial Phenomenon? The two of them would then be able to fight each other on the highest peak.”

“BOOM!” Gu Zhantian punched out. There seemed to be numerous violet-gold flood dragons coiled around there, erupting forth with a bellow of rage. Their countenance was wretched and sinister and wanted nothing more than to devour Qin Wentian.

Although Gu Zhantian’s size was small and seemed inconsequential before Qin Wentian’s 1,500 meter figure, just a single punch from him contained enough devastating power to threaten Qin Wentian!

Chapter 816: Give and Take

 

A terrifying blood-colored glow covered Qin Wentian. His eyes flashed with a hint of demonity and his immense figure exuded a demonic aura akin to a supreme demon lord of the generations.

Brandishing his long spear, it stabbed out with the full force of eruption. The numerous flood dragons were roaring as they dashed over, seeking to devour the skies and earth. Qin Wentian’s spear was currently entangled with a violet-gold flood dragon. The entangled flood dragon let out an earth-shattering roar and struggled violently with startling strength, obstructing the spear while the other flood dragons rushed over to Qin Wentian.

Qin Wentian stomped the ground and an even more intense violet-gold light abruptly exploded. His summoning constellation appeared in the air as many astral warbeasts suddenly manifested, rushing out with bellows of rage, colliding into those flood dragons.

“Hmph.” Gu Zhantian snorted coldly when he saw this. A flood dragon the size of 1,000 meters that was coiling around his body suddenly soared up in the skies. The claw of the flood dragon actually lifted him up, placing him on its head. Gu Zhantian who now stood at the top of a monstrous dragon, constituted an even more impressive sight. His robes fluttered in the wind, exuding an unexcelled aura in this world.

After which, Gu Zhantian slowly stepped out as even more terrifying flood dragons shimmering with violet-gold light coiled around and enveloped him within.

“How can you fight against me?” Gu Zhantian coldly shouted. Grabbing out with his palms, the arm of a flood dragon shot out with indomitable force, able to break through all defenses as he reached for Qin Wentian.

Qin Wentian’s expression turned solemn. The battle intent radiating from him soared up to the peak. His astral constellation which erupted forth with the suppressive annihilation might that could shatter all obstacles obstructing him before this match, couldn’t even block Gu Zhantian’s attack.

He tightly clutched his long spear and with a roar of rage, that 1,500 meter imposing figure of his stabbed out with the 300 meter long spear as the thunderous force within made the time within this space crawl to a halt, as though about to be destroyed under the might of this spear. Gu Zhantian’s flood dragon arm that was shooting over suddenly turned golden, containing a terrifying destructive might within.

For demon-level characters like Gu Zhantian, his innate techniques were evidently infused with the power of his constellation. That was the energy from the fusion of true intents. Although it might just seem like it’s a simple-looking grab, there are many profound mysteries hidden within. It was just like Qin Wentian’s spear strike, although it was unleashed via a simple stabbing out motion, the power of his fusion of true intents were all completely infused within and could suppress and annihilate everything.

Right now for Qin Wentian, regardless if it was his palm strikes or spear arts, all his attacking techniques grew stronger as his own strength and comprehension of the martial path increased. He was able to infuse his insights within and produced a might that would startle the heavens. For example, his Star-Seizing Palm not only had the power to seize the stars, a suppressive annihilation might was also within.

At the moment when the long spear clashed against the golden flood dragon arm, the long spear actually shattered apart. That terrifying attack was about to hit Qin Wentian and at the moment before the impact, Qin Wentian’s palm circulated with a shimmering runic glow as nine waves of palm strikes erupted forth, slamming into the flood dragon arm as the resulting explosive impact forced him to the battle platform’s edge. With a groan of misery, traces of blood could be seen on his palm.

Qin Wentian straightened his back, resembling a towering mountain that would never collapse. His eyes gleamed with light as a towering battle intent emanated forth from him. At this moment, he no longer used his spear but dashed out with his body instead. Blasting out his palms, astral light flashed as a miniature form of his constellation manifested in the heart of his palms. This kind of earth-shattering might radiating from him made the other participants on the Cloudheaven Arena feel a chill in their hearts.

“You think this would help?” Gu Zhantian’s robe fluttered in the wind as he coldly spoke. His entire body was coiled with numerous violet-gold flood dragons to the point where it metamorphosed into a true flood dragon body. Blasting out with his palms, an incomparably huge flood dragon lunged out as both their attacks collided against each other once again. Qin Wentian’s body trembled violently, but this time he was only forced back a single step before he launched another attack.

The light erupting from their constellations illuminated this entire space. Gu Zhantian coldly laughed as he countered Qin Wentian’s attacks again and again.

The spectators below only saw a 1,000 meter large flood dragon lunging outwards. Under its attacks, Qin Wentian did his best to defend. This battle between a giant and a monstrous dragon was extremely brutal. The giant was forced backwards many times as blood seeped from his mouth unceasingly. The flood dragon grew increasingly enraged and lashed out with explosive might. Gu Zhantian coldly regarded Qin Wentian as he smiled, “Impervious to reason, since you wish to die so much, I shall grant it to you.”

As the sound of his voice faded, the entire space around them trembled violently. A violet-gold flood dragon king appeared in the air, incomparably resplendent. With a dragon howl from their king, the various flood dragons in the vicinity started to glow with light as they attacked simultaneously, wanting to tear Qin Wentian into pieces.

Qin Wentian similarly howled in rage. Demonic qi towered into the skies as he soared up the sky. The astral light from his constellation shone upon him, imbuing him with even more power to retaliate.

“KILL!” A voice filled with rage erupted out. With Qin Wentian at the center, numerous figures of suppression blasted out in all eight directions, smashing against the flood dragons. Thunderous explosive sounds reverberated through space as the chaotic qi from the aftershock ravaged the entire area, even engulfing Qin Wentian within them.

At this moment, Gu Zhantian stepped out. There was no more flood dragons coiled around him, and it was only him himself. Lifting his palms, a boundless divine glow radiated outwards as an icy light flickered within his eyes. He threw out a Wargod Fist, turning the entire sky into chaos, penetrating the void, aiming for Qin Wentian who was currently engulfed by the aftershocks of destruction.

“BANG!”

A heavy sound echoed out, causing the hearts of the spectators to pound.

“RUMBLE~” Another incomparably heavy-sounding noise rang out. After which the spectators only saw the battle halo of Gu Zhantian gushing out to plunder Qin Wentian’s battle qi, as the immense figure of Qin Wentian was blasted faraway through the air. It was unknown if was he still alive from that.

“Senior! Jun Mengchen’s countenance tightened as he stared at the horizons. Even Zi Qingxuan’s eyes flashed as she stared in the direction where Qin Wentian was blasted to.

While for the other experts, all of them turned to Gu Zhantian. He will soon have a 380,000 meter battle halo after the plunder and it felt as though he became a legend. An unsurpassable legendary character of this selection test.

The combination of the top and second battle halo all gathered on one person. This scene was too shocking.

At this moment, Gu Zhantian was too dazzling, as though he was the undisputed invincible war king that no one was able to challenge.

“Overestimating your own capabilities.” Gu Zhantian coldly spat out. After which, his battle intent gradually retracted. Just by simply standing there, it seemed as though he could illuminate this entire space.

“Although Qin Wentian is powerful, the disparity between their cultivation bases is too great. There was a difference of three levels and Gu Zhantian is a character who exudes magnificence through the generations. How can Qin Wentian fight against him?” Many in the crowd sighed in their hearts.

“Jumping three levels to challenge you but from your perspective, it’s overestimating his capabilities.” At this moment, Zi Qingxuan coldly spoke, staring at Gu Zhantian as she continued, “If you were in his shoes, would you have his courage?”

Gu Zhantian’s countenance stiffened. He glanced at Zi Qingxuan and replied, “This isn’t courage, this is stupidity.”

“Hehe, if you and him exchanged positions, you would never have sufficient belief in yourself. Naturally, if you too truly exchanged positions, with him having a three-levels advantage in terms of cultivation, why would there still be a need for this battle? He could squash you effortlessly like a bug.” Zi Qingxuan continued emotionlessly. And as the sound of her voice faded, the other spectators all had expressions of interest on their faces.

“You speak empty words.” Gu Zhantian coldly replied. At this moment, beside the Idlecloud Immortal King, Zhou Zhan from the Battle Heavens Immortal Manor stated, “A 180,000 meter battle halo as his prize. After this battle, the biggest winner in this selection test of the Cloud Prefecture is undoubtedly Gu Zhantian.”

The Idlecloud Immortal King smiled, “That depends on how you look at it. For me on the contrary, I don’t feel that Gu Zhantian was the winner and Qin Wentian was the loser. At the very least, Qin Wentian had accomplished his objective. From my perspective, that’s even more important compared to plundering battle qi.”

After he spoke, Zhou Zhan frowned. His perception then gushed out as he realized that an unusual occurrence was happening to Qin Wentian.

The countenance of the other experts all also changed and many even had unsightly expressions on their faces.

“He first challenged Li Yu, and then Gu Zhantian. This isn’t simply because he wished to plunder battle qi but rather, he wanted to borrow external forces to provide a stimulus for him to break through his limits, thereby achieving an effect which will aid him in a cultivation base breakthrough. Although he hadn’t reached the immortal-foundation realm, it isn’t so easy to break through the levels during the Celestial Phenomenon Realm as well. He sought for more insights through battle, choosing to sacrifice his accumulated battle qi, preparing to pay that as the price for him to gain more comprehension because he understood that an impressive battle halo is nothing more than of secondary importance compared to one’s own strength.” The Idlecloud Immortal King watched Qin Wentian as hints of admiration flashed in his eyes.

And indeed, an instant later, everyone watched as Qin Wentian stood up. He stared at the 180,000 meter battle halo which was being absorbed by Gu Zhantian with a calm look on his face.

“Thanks for your battle qi.” Gu Zhantian spoke in cold arrogance.

A hint of a smile flickered in Qin Wentian’s eyes as though he held Gu Zhantian in contempt. After which, he slowly soared into the air and landed on a battle platform. Over there, this battle platform was occupied by the demon-level character Zhuge Yue. Her battle halo was several ten thousand meters, extremely resplendent.

Without saying anything, a 300 meter spear light erupted outwards, containing a boundless suppressive might. Instantly Zhuge Yue’s countenance drastically changed. That supreme pressure shooting towards her contained a crushing power that instantly collapsed all her defenses.

“BANG!”

A terrifying rumbling sound echoed out. A similar demon-level character Zhuge Yue who had the same level of cultivation as Qin Wentian, was blasted off the platform with a single strike. An in just an instant, a 50,000 meter battle halo appeared and revolved around Qin Wentian.

“Truly tyrannical.” The countenances of the spectators stiffened. Both were demon-level characters but Zhuge Yue was actually so weak in front of him? Qin Wentian was simply too domineering despite the fact he was defeated by Gu Zhantian.

“Wanting to plunder battle qi? This can be done any time.” Qin Wentian’s indifferent voice rang out, causing everyone to feel an extreme arrogance within. But he spoke the truth, he did have the capabilities to do so.

“Anyway, I should thank you for your help. In the Eastern Prefecture, maybe we would still have an opportunity to exchange blows.” Qin Wentian calmly stared at Gu Zhantian. After which, he descended from his battle platform, arriving at an empty location on the ground as he sat there cross-legged. The aura exuding from him started to fluctuate as though his cultivation base was showing the signs of an imminent breakthrough.

Upon seeing this scene, Gu Zhantian turned ashen. Although he was the victor and accumulated a battle halo the size of 380,000 meters, but could he truly be considered as the winner?

Although his battle halo was dazzling, but in the face of a stellar martial cultivator sparing nothing to pursue a higher peak, a dazzling battle halo wasn’t even worthy of a mention. Qin Wentian challenged Gu Zhantian because he sought a breakthrough and was more than willing to pay the 180,000 meters of battle qi as a price!