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Chapter 541: Expectations

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At that moment, under the Holy Zhi Palace, countless people’s attention gathered towards where Ye Futian was. This was especially true for the disciples of elite clans and factions. Now, Hua Jieyu, who was extremely famous among the younger generation, had a boyfriend?

“This is too much,” Zhuge Mingyue smiled faintly and said.

Beixing Tang’er did a double take and asked softly, “Second sister, will younger brother be in trouble now?”

“I don’t know.” Zhuge Mingyue smiled. Beside her, Zhuge Xing’s gaze landed on Ye Futian, a strange expression appearing on his face. As a younger generation of the Zhuge Clan, he naturally knew that Ye Futian had a boyfriend who was one of the disciples of the Eastern Barren State’s Cottage. However, this was the first time he had seen Ye Futian and he was indeed handsome. But if Hua Jieyu only focused on appearances, she would be too shallow.

Among the Dawn Road’s crowd, Chief Chen had a weird look on his face. It seemed like he had underestimated Ye Futian’s potential. Impressive.

Mu Zhifan’s expression was extremely somber. What a slap to his face. He should have been happy that Ye Futian had a girlfriend. However, when he saw that the girl was Hua Jieyu, he was unable to do so. Not because he was interested in Hua Jieyu, but because when Ye Futian first took the Polearm of Divine Destruction away, he had been arrogant in front of Ye Futian. He was a disciple of the Holy Zhi Palace and would take back the Polearm sooner or later. However, now that Ye Futian had crossed the Divine Road to get here, was on good terms with Yuan Zhan of the Golden Ape Clan and had Hua Jieyu as his girlfriend, this made him extremely dissatisfied.

Mu Zhiqiu, Gu Yunxi, Qin Yin and the other girls looked towards them. It was as though they had never really seen Ye Futian’s true colors.

“Mu Chuan, do you want to consider my offer? Since your favorite granddaughter is already by Ye Futian’s side, why don’t you join me in supporting the successor of the Saint path?” Chen Yuan asked the Zhaixing House Chief. Mu Chuan glared at him and replied, “In your dreams.”

“How stubborn, you can’t even see as clearly as your descendants. Ye Futian was only in the Arcana Plane when he entered the Dawn Road. Look at the people who have gathered around him, your granddaughter, the younger generation of Mount Taixing, can’t you see who is at the core of the group?” Chen Yuan said nonchalantly. “After a few years, you might not even have the chance to get close.”

“You think I care?” The Zhaixing House Chief scoffed. With who he was, so what if Ye Futian would become strong?

“You may not cherish it, but when the time comes, the Saint path will crush your Zhaixing House,” Chen Yuan said disdainfully.

“You can try,” Chuan Mu stared at Chen Yuan and said.

“You think I dare not?” Both of them glared at each other.

…

At that moment, Ye Futian was being stared at by countless people, sending shivers down his spine. Seeing the charming beauty in front of him look at him wistfully, Ye Futian felt a conspiracy being plotted.

“Jieyu, these are all my friends. I’ll ask them to explain to you later, don’t misunderstand.” Ye Futian was apprehensive.

“If you like them, just tell me. I don’t have any objections,” Hua Jieyu said gently, acting extremely feminine.

“Ah…” Ye Futian blinked and saw Hua Jieyu grinning at him. He had the chills, so he smiled and said, “Definitely not.” Feeling as though his answer wasn’t sincere enough, Ye Futian added, “I swear.” Hua Jieyu smiled ravishingly and was pleased.

Looks like I’ve passed the test. Ye Futian saw Hua Jieyu’s pleased smile and heaved a sigh of relief. As expected of the fox, she was hard to deal with, it took both brains and brawn to placate her.

“Jieyu, why are there so many people looking at us speak?” Ye Futian glanced at the surroundings and asked.

“I don’t know.” Hua Jieyu shook her head.

“Is it because I’m too handsome?” Ye Futian asked in a hushed voice.

“Yes, it must be.” Hua Jieyu smiled and nodded. The two of them held hands like nobody was watching, and walked towards Zhuge Mingyue. It was not that they were high-profile, it was just that they could not control themselves after meeting for so long. Even though they had already spoken softly, they were unable to help that so many people had noticed them.

“Second sister, sister Xing’er, I’ve missed the two of you,” Ye Futian looked at Zhuge Mingyue and said.

“Really?” Zhuge Mingyue replied, smiling at Ye Futian. Why did she feel that his words were hypocritical? He probably only missed Jieyu.

“It’s absolutely true. Ever since sister left the Cottage, I’ve often missed the days when you were at the Cottage and felt as though something was missing. Soon, I left the Eastern Barren State to look for you. Now that I’ve seen that second sister has gotten more beautiful, I’m at ease now,” Ye Futian said earnestly.

“Your words are so sweet that I almost believed them,” Zhuge Mingyue replied, looking at Ye Futian. This fellow was still such a sweet-talker, even after two years. Nothing had changed.

Beitang Xing’er stood at the side, smiling gently. She was naturally happy to see Ye Futian, back then in the Cottage, the senior brothers and sisters all doted on him the most.

“Shameless.” Many of the Zhuge Clan members and Nether Road geniuses looked at Ye Futian with contempt. Was that how this b*stard managed to win Hua Jieyu over?

Such a glib mouth, how could a cultivator be this shameless? If it was only Hua Jieyu, it would be fine, but even Zhuge Mingyue fell for that?

Sigh. Women.

“Little Shi, did you take good care of your little brother?” Zhuge Mingyue saw Yi Xiaoshi walking over and asked, smiling.

“I…” Yi Xiaoshi saw the difference between Ye Futian and his treatment and was infuriated, but when he met his second sister’s gaze, he lowered his head and continued, “Naturally took good care of him.”

“Little brother, is that the truth?” Zhuge Mingyue looked at Ye Futian and asked.

“Seventh brother’s performance was indeed passable,” Ye Futian smiled and replied, causing Zhuge Mingyue to nod her head in satisfaction. The fatty sighed in his heart, who is the big brother here?

“Sister, what about fourth and fifth brother?” Ye Futian asked. Previously, Xue Ye and Luo Fan had come to the Barren State alongside Yi Xiaoshi, claiming that they wanted to find second sister. Now that Yi Xiaoshi was here, where had the two of them gone?

“The two of them were lazing around, so I found something for them to do,” Zhuge Mingyue replied. Yi Xiaoshi shrunk back, thinking of his two seniors, he felt that his treatment was still alright.

Seeing Yi Xiaoshi’s response, Ye Futian knew that his two seniors were probably in a sorry state. Looking for second sister for no good reason, they were just looking for trouble. Did they think that they were him?

“What about third brother, have you seen him, second sister?” Ye Futian also thought about Gu Dongliu.

The smile on Zhuge Mingyue’s face faded, and she replied, “Don’t mention him, trying to show off after he had just broken through his cultivation level. He was defeated by Bai Luli, I don’t know where he’s gone off to cultivate after that.”

Ye Futian looked at his second sister’s expression, it looked like she was worried for his third brother. His gaze turned towards another direction and Ye Futian looked at the outstanding figure by the Holy Zhi Palace’s sky stairwell, the White Cloud City’s young city lord Bai Luli. Being able to enter the Barren Sky Ranking’s top ten at such a young age, how could he be defeated easily.

Knowing third brother’s personality, he was probably off somewhere cultivating hard.

At that moment, in the direction of the sky stairwell, there were important figures descending from the Holy Zhi Palace. Their gazes swept across the vast area and wherever they looked, there were people. It was a sight to behold. Moreover, this was the group that had already passed the Holy Road’s selection, or there would be a terrifying amount of people.

This was the Holy Zhi Palace’s triennial disciple selection, a spectacle of the Barren State. Apart from a few stubborn fellows from the Alchemy City and the Barren State Northern Continent’s holy temple region, the vast majority of the Barren State’s factions would participate. This was the influence that the Holy Zhi Palace had built up over the years; even the Demon God Clan experts were willing to come forth.

At that moment, numerous gazes looked towards the direction of the sky stairwell. They heard an expert from the Holy Zhi Palace say, “The Holy Zhi Palace will be selecting its disciples now. Those who are not involved, step out from the central region.”

Once his voice landed, many figures retreated, even the influential figures from all areas retreated out of the central region.

“Those from the nine Holy Roads, assume your positions,” the expert on the sky stairwell continued.

Ye Futian held Hua Jieyu’s hand and said, “I’ll go over first.”

“Okay.” Hua Jieyu nodded gently. Ye Futian and Yi Xiaoshi left, walking in the direction of the Dawn Road.

In the Holy Zhi Palace’s triennial admission, they would open up nine Holy Roads, namely the Barren Road, Dawn Road, Travel Road, Nether Road, State Road, Arid Road, Separation Road, Frost Road, and Decay Road. Out of the nine roads, only the Barren Road corresponded with Zhongzhou City. The other eight roads corresponded with the eight major bearings of the Barren State.

At that moment, in the extensive area, there were nine words inscribed in the nine major bearings. Ye Futian and the people from the Dawn Road stood in the region where the Dawn word was. They looked like a huge army.

Even after the elimination from the Holy Road, there were still countless figures standing. The disorganized area became much more orderly and distinct. Among the nine Holy Roads, it was the most evident that the Dawn Road had the most people.

This caused many people to think, looks like the competition in the Dawn Road this time wasn’t that fierce. The fiercer the competition over the holy badges in the Holy Road, the fewer people could stay until the end. However, the crowd was unaware that what had happened in the Dawn Road was unlike the other Holy Roads.

When Ye Futian returned, Mu Zhiqiu, Gu Yunxi and the rest continued to stand by his side. Li Qingyi looked at the geniuses from the nine Holy Roads, then looked towards the sky stairwell and the Holy Zhi Palace’s prodigies. She knew that her journey was coming to an end, she did not have expectations to enter the Holy Zhi Palace to cultivate. Simply being able to see such a scene was enough to make her satisfied.

All the most outstanding figures of the generation from the Barren State had gathered here. At that moment, Zhuge Mingyue walked towards a place at the side of the sky stairwell. Over there, countless figures had appeared and one of them had a prominent aura. Ye Futian had seen him before in the Cottage, it was Zhuge Canyang, who had been to the Cottage to receive his second sister. He was also an extremely famous figure in the Barren State and the successor to the Zhuge Clan.

“Has he come?” Zhuge Canyang asked Zhuge Mingyue.

“Yes.” Zhuge Mingyue nodded lightly.

“In these two years, you have protected Hua Jieyu so well, just to wait for him. Now that he has chosen to step through the Holy Road and appear on this stage, I hope that he lives up to your expectations,” Zhuge Canyang said softly.

Chapter 542: Mass Chaos

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

At the foot of the Holy Zhi Palace, the experts from the nine Holy Roads stood cautiously. They all knew that the Holy Road was merely the first stage of the selection, walking out from the Holy Road did not mean that they were a disciple of the Holy Zhi Palace; it was far too early.

They had walked out of the Holy Road, only to arrive here and obtain the qualification to enter the Holy Zhi Palace, simply that.

What would follow would be crueler. The geniuses from the nine Holy Roads had gathered, what a spectacle it would be to behold.

On both sides of the sky stairwell, experts could be seen standing. Due to the sky stairwell being too long, even though there were many experts on the steps, they still appeared to be scattered, many of them appearing alone in a direction. There were those like Bai Luli playing the guqin piece, like Zhuge Canyang and Zhuge Mingyue observing silently and those who were drinking tea and watching.

Now, many influential figures from the Holy Zhi Palace had arrived because it involved the selection of their disciples.

The Holy Zhi Palace’s entrance examinations were different from many other factions, the Holy Zhi Palace’s elders would personally select those they valued, unlike a mass admission. Only those who were valued by the Sage Plane figures had the qualification to step foot on the Thousand Holy Island. For those who wanted to become a disciple on the Core Island, they would have to be selected by an extraordinary Sage Plane figure.

It was exactly because of this that the entire Barren State’s geniuses gathered for the Holy Zhi Palace’s triennial entrance examinations. However, the Holy Zhi Palace would not take in many disciples as the Holy Zhi Palace’s influential figures had extremely high expectations. They had seen far too many geniuses, so it was not easy even to enter the Thousand Holy Island, not to mention becoming a Core Island disciple.

Of course, before the many influential figures took their pick, there were still too many people from the nine Holy Roads. There needed to be another round to eliminate the majority of the survivors.

Because of that, an elder on the sky stairwell announced, “Those who have walked out of the nine Holy Roads, step forward. The Holy Zhi Palace’s elders will personally take their pick, but before that, a huge portion of you will be eliminated.”

The crowd nodded in understanding. It was no surprise to them as many people had already known about the Holy Zhi Palace’s entrance examination rules. Tens of thousands of cultivators had entered the nine Holy Roads, how were the influential figures of the Holy Zhi Palace going to decide?

Evidently, there needed to be a mass elimination. From the nine bearings, everyone stepped forward into the vast area in the middle of the nine words.

At that moment, a blinding light emitted from the nine words signifying the nine Holy Roads and turned into light veils. Following that, the entire area lit up with a holographic glow, causing the area to look like a giant battlefield, spanning tens of thousands of meters.

A normal human’s vision could not even see the edge of the battlefield. However, all those who had gathered here were cultivators with extremely high cultivation levels, so sight was not an issue to them. Tens of thousands of meters was a mere stone’s throw for them.

At that moment, the nine words appeared to transform into nine doors, with an expert guarding each door.

“All of you have stepped out from the Holy Road and have a holy badge in your hands. Some of you have relied on your strength while others may have used schemes. Regardless of how you did it, the Holy Zhi Palace will not interfere. However, in this battlefield, there will only be three thousand people standing at the end. You may all use your methods and there are no restrictions, those who concede can raise their holy badges and no one is to attack you. Step out from the nine bearings, that is the exit. After you have stepped out, return your holy badge to the people from the Holy Zhi Palace,” the expert on the sky stairwell continued.

The crowd was astounded. This time’s elimination would be a battle royale. The tens of thousands of geniuses from the nine Holy Roads would be reduced to only 3,000 within this battlefield. The remaining three thousand would be the true prodigies from all corners of the Barren State. Averaging out the nine Holy Roads, each Holy Road would have about three hundred people.

Keeping in mind that every Holy Road represented countless geniuses from a certain region of the Barren State, from numerous major clans, schools, and sects. 300 people was simply a mere fraction of a clan’s young experts.

“I have to remind you all that you had better start making preparations now. Otherwise, when I announce the start of the elimination, you might not even know how you died,” the expert on the sky stairwell shouted. Immediately, many people’s expression became alert and shied away from others, trying to prevent others from sneaking up on them.

Although the battlefield was huge, when that many experts gathered inside, it still appeared cramped. That was why, once the battle erupted, it would be mass chaos. The people around you could attack at any time, so you would not even be able to select an opponent. Only those extremely strong cultivators could dominate the area around them and aim for their targets.

At the foot of the Holy Zhi Palace, at the edge of the giant island, it was eerily quiet within and outside the battlefield. Everyone was focused, watching the battlefield. The most outstanding cultivators from the nine Holy Roads naturally received the most attention. Ye Futian also had many gazes on him, there were many people who were worried about him.

Zhuge Mingyue had high hopes for him, back then, Gu Dongliu had personally gone to the Cangye Kingdom to invite their little brother, so he had not experienced any entrance challenge. Now, there was such a huge scene to enter the Holy Zhi Palace, she did not know if her little brother could make it through with his cultivation level.

Although she was exceptionally confident in Ye Futian’s potential, she was still a little worried. After all, Ye Futian’s cultivation level was rather low and she knew what level Ye Futian was at two years ago when she had left the Cottage.

On the battlefield, Ye Futian was among the youngest. If he waited another three years, perhaps her little brother would be unparalleled, but at that time his cultivation level might have already surpassed the Lower Noble Plane and be unable to take part in the Holy Zhi Palace’s entrance examination.

Chen Yuan also looked in Ye Futian’s direction. In the colossal battlefield, Ye Futian appeared minute. How would the prodigy of the Divine Sky City that could dominate his generation fare on the stage of the Barren State? What kind of brilliance would he show? He raised his head towards the direction of the Holy Zhi Palace. He knew that many influential figures had come today, including some of the people on the Barren Sky Ranking.

Who among them would select Ye Futian?

In another direction, the Golden Ape from Mount Taixing also looked in Ye Futian’s direction. Yuan Zhan had just told him some things that made him extremely surprised.

At that moment, in the battlefield, Ye Futian told the people around him, “Follow me closely.”

“I’m not intending to participate in the battle, this place is not for me,” Li Qingyi smiled and replied. She was already satisfied enough to have reached here.

“I’m afraid that I will only be a burden to you in this battle. I’d better step out.” Gu Yunxi smiled gently. Long Mu and the rest sighed, Middle Arcana Plane cultivators could still have some opportunities in the Holy Road, but here, there was no opportunity to be had.

“Alright. Giving up in this kind of scenario is nothing to be ashamed of.” Ye Futian nodded. After that, he saw Gu Yunxi, Li Qingyi, and many others walking with their holy badge to the exit. When the battle began, they would immediately step out and watch the battle.

Not just them, but many others made a similar decision at present as well. Previously, many disciples from major factions had followed their peers into the Holy Road and were protected all the way. Now, that method would not work. If they did not have the ability, staying was pointless.

“Begin,” the elder on the sky stairwell announced. As his voice landed, terrifying auras started to burst out in the battlefield and the Spiritual Qi in the air rampaged.

Many people walked out of the exit, these were the people who voluntarily conceded. There were a few people who flew into the air, the people who dared to do so were all elite geniuses. In the sea of people, flying in the air would make them easy targets for those on the ground, and nobody would be so arrogant without enough confidence.

Ye Futian’s gaze swept across the spacious battlefield. His vision was drowned out by the crowd and he could not see where Hua Jieyu was. Around him, nobody attacked Ye Futian’s group. After all, they were in the gathering area for the Dawn Road’s experts, and who in the Dawn Road did not know Ye Futian?

Even the elite geniuses like Yan Jiu did not dare to move recklessly.

The Polearm of Divine Destruction in his hand, Ye Futian flew into the air, his gaze sweeping around the surroundings. In the air, there were others like him, brimming with confidence.

A distance away, from the direction of the Separation Road, there was an icy gaze that fixed itself on Ye Futian with killing intent. There was a group of experts who were covered in flames, and there was a fearsome dark will in one of the expert’s flames.

That was the Holy Fire Clan’s gathering area and Du Ao was within. Back then, Du Ao had led a group of Holy Fire Clan’s experts into the Eastern Barren Territory, forcing Ye Futian to climb the Sky Mountain with them. Du Ao had nearly died in the hands of Ye Futian’s Demon Bird.

He bore the grudge all this time. Now, at the foot of the Barren State’s Holy Zhi Palace, he had met Ye Futian once again.

“Yuan Zhan, Zhiqiu, how much do you know about the Separation Road’s Holy Fire Clan?” Ye Futian asked.

“Not much.” Yuan Zhan and Mu Zhiqiu both shook their heads.

“What will happen if I kill one of the Holy Fire Clan’s disciples?” Ye Futian asked again.

“In the mass chaos, it is common for people to die. If you kill a normal disciple from the Holy Fire Clan, they might just accept that their disciple’s strength was inferior to yours. However, it is possible that the person you kill has connections with elders in the Holy Fire Clan, and that might get you marked.” Mu Zhiqiu continued, “Of course, if you are highly valued by an influential figure of the Holy Zhi Clan and enter the Palace to cultivate, there will be no repercussions.”

“I understand.” Ye Futian nodded, as he saw Du Ao walking in the air towards him. He moved in a flash towards the ground and looked at Du Ao, as though intentionally avoiding him.

Du Ao’s killing intent was rampaging. Someone tried to attack him, but the imposing dark flames surrounding his body shot towards the person and enveloped him, causing the person to ignite with no chance to even surrender.

“Trying to escape?” Du Ao looked ruthlessly at Ye Futian, who was in the crowd. Ye Futian and Zhuge Mingyue were closely related, but even if he could not kill him, he would disable him permanently.

At the same time, a cruel killing intent appeared in Ye Futian’s eyes. Back then, in the Eastern Barren Territory, it was Du Ao who had given the order to eliminate the Donghua Clan. Even though the Donghua Clan Lord and his wife had agreed to disband the clan, they were hunted by Du Ao, and he even chased them all the way to the College and killed them in front of the people in the College.

And the cause of it all, was because Du Ao had wanted Hua Qingqing’s body. On the Sky Mountain, he had almost humiliated her but was saved by Ye Futian’s Demon Bird.

It was also that incident that had caused a pure girl like Hua Qingqing to go into Buddhism.

Although Ye Futian and the Donghua Clan were enemies back then, what Du Ao did in the Eastern Barren Territory was still deserving of death.

Chapter 543: A Sea of Powerful Figures

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

It was chaos in the vast battlefield at this very moment. Tens of thousands of powerful cultivators battled within. One could only focus on the enemies right before them, there was no choosing one’s opponent. The number of people that failed was increasingly rapidly as well. A constant stream of people left the battlefield, having admitted defeat.

Many important figures observed the ongoing events from the top of the sky stairwell and the other side of the battlefield. Naturally, the insanely powerful geniuses whose talents were top-notch got the most attention.

Bai Ze from White Cloud City, who was the younger brother of Bai Luli, was an obvious target for observation. He was mind-bogglingly talented, and as he stood proudly in the sky, no one dared to approach him. It was clear to all that some people were simply not to be trifled with.

Chi Meng from the Demon God Clan marched into the crowd. His arms were powerful as a dragon’s, and when he grabbed at the crowd, several cultivators were sent flying. The attacks of those from the Demon God Clan have always been savagely violent. Chi Meng was a large burly man. Leading other powerful figures from his clan into the crowd, Chi Meng sent the people around him flying with yet another powerful swing. He was like a tiger charging into a flock of sheep, no one was able to hold their ground against him.

The insanely powerful figures of Zhongzhou City were also under great scrutiny.

At this moment, streaks of golden light gleamed from the middle of the crowd. The light was especially dazzling and attracted countless gazes. Several extravagantly dressed young men stood there, bathed in a sovereign glow. Streaks of light swept across the place, turning into dragons and phoenixes. No one could defend against them.

The young man in the center of that group had an impossible elegance to his features. His aura was unmatched by most people. This young man was Huang Jiuge, an insanely powerful figure of Zhongzhou City’s Sovereign Family.

The Sovereign Family was one of the most powerful families in Zhongzhou City and even the Barren State. They were so powerful that even the prestige of the Holy Zhi Palace meant little to them. They claimed to be descendants of Renhuang, and were arrogant beyond measure, calling themselves the Sovereign Family.

But everyone else thought that the Sovereign Family thought too highly of themselves. There were countless powerful figures in the world. The vast Divine Prefecture may have figures like the Emperor and Renhuang, but the Barren State did not have the capacity to contain such figures.

However, the people of the Barren State still recognized the strength of the Sovereign Family. Those from the Sovereign Family who had come to the Divine Road were not aiming to enter the Holy Zhi Palace to train. Instead, their motivation was to see the talent the Barren State had to offer and to barrel through all competition effortlessly in order to prove how powerful the Sovereign Family was. It was also a good opportunity for them to train and improve their own abilities.

Other than the Sovereign Family, those from the Tingxue House in Zhongzhou were equally frightening as well. Murderous energy emanated from an area in the battlefield—those from the Tingxue House were carrying out vicious attacks there. A large empty space quickly emerged around them. The people around them had fallen to the ground, defeated and bloodied. No one else dared to approach those from the Tingxue House.

The Ximen Clan and the Lightning Court were also one of the most influential powers in Zhongzhou City. Their younger generations of members were all brilliant, and they wanted to take this opportunity to shine amongst their peers by defeating them all.

But they had not started clashing with each other yet. This large messy free-for-all was but the first stage of elimination. The real battles lay towards the end. As such, they were not too hasty about things, knowing that the fight now was only a prelude to greater things at the end.

Other than the powerful figures from the three different paths of the Divine Road who were under the most scrutiny, there were other insanely talented people from the other paths as well.

The abundance of talented people on the battlefield made it a dizzying sight to see. There were so many powerful figures, and they had not even displayed their full abilities yet.

In the battlefield, the Nine Swords glinted behind Yanjiu, and after scaring the competition, no one else dared to touch him again. The same went for many powerful figures from the Mortal World and Nantian House. Their gazes turned towards Ye Futian, who was being hunted down, and a peculiar expression settled on their faces.

When Ye Futian wielded the Divine Destruction Polearm, his battle ability was definitely top-notch. And with Yuan Zhan and Yi Xiaoshi by his side, he had no need to run from being hunted down.

Chu Shang from the Mortal World and Nan Feng from the Nantian House knew about the bad blood between Du Ao and Ye Futian. The Sacred Fire Sect had gone to the eastern region of the Barren State as well back then, and Du Ao seemed to still be unaware of Ye Futian’s abilities now. Watching Du Ao chase after Ye Futian into the chaos alone, they knew that Du Ao was in trouble. Ye Futian was obviously sure of what he was doing.

Hua Jieyu stood in the sky. She was watching Ye Futian as well. However, the battlefield was chaotic, and her sight was obscured at times. Ye Futian seemed to be intentionally heading towards the center of the crowd as well.

“He seems to be being chased,” Zhuge Xing commented, looking over at Hua Jieyu who was next to him. “Do you need me to do anything?”

“There’s no need,” Hua Jieyu replied calmly, not looking at Zhuge Xing. She saw that Yi Xiaoshi was not rushing to defend Ye Futian. Since the Cottage disciple was not worried, she understood that Yi Xiaoshi believed in Ye Futian’s ability to solve this himself. Ye Futian was probably intending to take revenge on behalf of Du Ao’s victim back then.

Looking at Hua Jieyu’s profile, Zhuge Xing did not comment any further. He turned back to where Ye Futian was. Ye Futian had run to the middle of the chaotic battlefield on the dried-up path. He saw the gleam of starlight before meteorites began to appear in the sky. It seemed like that part of the sky had been sealed off.

Ye Futian stopped and turned to look at Du Ao. Bathed in dark fire, Du Ao was a frightening sight to see. Staring at Ye Futian, he spoke, “Don’t worry, I won’t kill you. At most, I’ll just permanently destroy your powers. I heard that your girlfriend is a Divine Spiritual Sorcerer now and that she’s unmatched in her looks. There are many people out there who want a taste of her. Maybe she’ll become someone else’s woman once your powers are destroyed.”

Du Ao leered at Ye Futian. He believed that if it hadn’t been for Ye Futian’s meddling back then, he would have managed to secure Hua Qingqing, a startling beauty within the eastern region of the Barren State. Hua Qingqing was beautiful enough to bring down cities, and she was pure without a single blemish. Her aura was deeply attractive to him. It was a pity that Ye Futian had gotten in his way twice—once on Sky Mountain and the other time at the College.

“Do you know why I brought you here?” Ye Futian asked.

A flicker of hesitation flashed across Du Ao’s face before he asked, smiling, “Why?”

“It’ll be easier to kill you without anyone following us,” came the reply, before a burst of lightning exploded from under Ye Futian’s feet. Ye Futian’s body swayed to the wind and lightning around him, and shadows of his figure appeared in the sky. It was the Thundering Illusion Step.

In an instant, Du Ao felt an incredibly strong surge of Noble Will descend upon him. Within his mind, it was as if a starry sky had appeared and was pressing down upon him, covering his body and his Spiritual Will. He felt suffocated.

A rumble was heard, and Du Ao’s expression changed slightly. He didn’t understand how Ye Futian’s energy could be so powerful when he clearly hadn’t reached the Noble plane yet.

In his mind, powerful Flame Intent was released. A dark figure appeared, covered in dark fire that consumed all and pushed back at the immense pressure. At the same time, a shadow of the dark flames appeared behind him. Upon the release of a spell, dark flame dragons writhed in the air towards Ye Futian.

The Divine Destruction Polearm whistled through the air with a shocking might. Ye Futian was using the Nine Heavenly Attacks. It was clear that Ye Futian was aiming for Du Ao’s life by using the most powerful technique he had on hand.

The flame dragons were reduced to nothing with one strike of the Divine Destruction Polearm. Du Ao’s face darkened, before a Sage’s flame scepter appeared in his hand. Holding the scepter out, endless dark flames began to gather before him and form a giant dark handprint. The handprint was filled with frightening dark flames and could incinerate in an instant if it were to hit someone.

The Divine Destruction Polearm was just about to land a strike again when Ye Futian spun in the air and dealt a second attack through the space. The rapid attacks rained down on the handprint, and it exploded.

Du Ao’s expression completely changed. Since when had Ye Futian become so strong? Back then, Ye Futian had been of a plane way lower than his. Du Ao gripped on to his scepter, and the shadow of the dark flames behind him seemed to solidify into a tangible mass. The dark flames spread rapidly and covered the surrounding space, almost like an invader preparing to massacre a city.

At this moment, Ye Futian launched a third strike as he spun in the air. The distance between the two was great, and Du Ao laughed at the fact that Ye Futian was attacking from so far away. But then, he saw that the Divine Destruction Polearm was rapidly increasing in size as it descended upon him like a polearm from heaven.

“No…” Du Ao’s face contorted in shock as the Polearm struck down upon him. His flames may have been strong, but they would not be able to incinerate the Polearm. His specialization in flame attacks was being countered squarely by the violence of Ye Futian’s attack.

Du Ao sent out one defensive spell decree after another. When the Divine Destruction Polearm descended upon him, the spell decrees glowed with a brilliant light and blocked part of the attack. However, Du Ao was still sent crashing to the floor by the impact. The ground trembled with the force of which Du Ao had crashed into it, and Du Ao’s arm hung by his side, broken. He spat mouthful after mouthful of blood.

With his left arm, Du Ao reached for the storage ring on his right hand. At the same time, he was retreating quickly, ready to admit defeat and pull out of the situation. However, Ye Futian was planning to end everything right here and right now.

“Get lost!” Du Ao shouted, and frightening flames surrounded the crowd that was in his way. Someone was incinerated in an instant by the flames. However, enormous ancient vines curled towards Du Ao from behind, and at the instant Du Ao took out his spell decrees, the vines passed through the flames and stabbed through his arm, making him drop the spell decrees in his hand.

In the next moment, his body was surrounded by the ancient vines, and they crept up the sky with him.

Ye Futian, who had been preparing to kill Du Ao, was taken aback. It had not been him who had attacked Du Ao, but a powerful figure from the dried-up path. Ye Futian looked behind Du Ao to see a copper-skinned young man in tattered clothing standing there, staring coldly at Du Ao.

“I admit defeat,” Du Ao howled. “I’m a disciple of the Sacred Fire Sect!”

The young man paid him no attention. A sharp vine pierced straight into Du Ao’s heart, killing him in mid-air. Ye Futian’s expression changed. Du Ao had died in the hands of a powerful figure from the dried-up path.

Shifting his gaze, Ye Futian saw the person who had been burned by Du Ao’s flames. He seemed to be dressed similarly to the young man. A woman had appeared by the person’s side and a dazzling jade green glow could be seen. The glow enveloped the body, as though healing it.

Then, powerful figures from the Sacred Fire Sect rushed over. Their expressions upon seeing Du Ao’s body were ugly. Du Ao had held great status within the Sacred Fire Sect. He possessed outstanding abilities, but he had still died on the spot.

In the sky, a flash of dark fire shot through the eyes of Xie Ji, who was from the Sacred Fire Sect. The dark flames went straight for the young man who had killed Du Ao. Xie Ji was the best of his generation in the Sacred Fire Sect, and he was scarily powerful. The power of his will shot through his eyes, infused with the Burning of Silence flame intent. However, the young man looked up to meet his gaze without hesitation.

Xie Ji’s body began to burn with frightening flames, and the many-hued flames merged into dragons that charged towards the young man. But ancient vines appeared on the young man’s body and curled towards Xie Ji as well. There were questioning looks on many people’s faces at the young man using wood-elemental spells to fight flames. Furthermore, those were no ordinary flames, but flames that came from Xie Ji.

The flames started to burn on the ancient vines in an instant. However, the ancient vines remained intact and even became more frightening as they continued heading for Xie Jie, flames and all.

Xie Ji took a step back, and his expression changed. Looking at the young man, he asked, “Which part of the southeastern region are you from?”

“The Immortal Village,” the young man replied calmly.

“The party from the Immortal Village is here as well,” the important figures who were on top of the sky stairwell as well as a distance away from the battlefield had noticed the developments here as well. Du Ao of the Sacred Fire Sect was probably the first top-notch powerful figure to have fallen in this chaotic battle.

The Immortal Village was situated within the southeastern region of the Barren State, where it was just a wasteland. They had no contact with the outside world and had never come to the Divine Road before. But this time, they too had arrived.

“Seems like the Undying Old Man is having a pretty satisfactory time,” someone commented calmly. The Undying Old Man was one of the higher-ranking individuals within the Barren Sky Ranking.

“Look at the girl,” someone said, noticing that the woman who had been healing her companion had finished her work and stood up. She raised her head to look at everyone. Dressed in simple white clothing, she was extremely clean and unblemished. While she had seemed very plain before, upon closer inspection, her features were actually stunningly beautiful and she seemed to have a mystical glow about her.

“It’s been rumored that the Undying Old Man has had a successor. It could very well be this girl,” someone from the Holy Zhi Palace speculated. There was a new belle in the Barren State now.

“The ritual implement that guy’s using seems to be an extraordinary one,” someone commented, looking at Ye Futian.

“It should be the precious Divine Destruction Polearm from the Zhaixing House,” someone replied, seeming to know everything about the Barren State. “That young man is probably the Son from Divine Sky City we heard about in the rumors. Since he’s Zhuge Mingyue’s junior, he should be from the eastern region of the Barren State.”

Chapter 544: Nothing to do with Me

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Xie Ji’s eyes gazed at the figure before him. He had heard of the Immortal Village before. With someone like the Undying Old Man emerging from the place, it was near impossible for anyone not to have heard of the place.

What the Undying Old Man was known for was to keep things immune from decay, be it living beings or dead objects. His old vines were something that not even fire would be able to do anything about.

Du Ao wanted to escape from the mess he was in and went about killing passers-by to do it, but he had not expected the one he had burned was someone from the Immortal Village, and ended up paying the price with his life for it. It was something that would have left many outside deep in thought. The warzone gathered many geniuses from all over the Barren State, which meant that any carelessness could result in dire consequences.

Du Ao of the Sacred Fire Sect would have probably been oblivious as to who killed him, even at the time of his death.

Xie Ji turned his eyes to look at Ye Futian. He conjured a flame on his palm and the space around him turned crazed in an instant. Streaks of black flames danced around Ye Futian, which then turned into a fearsome Dark Lotus and went on to consume Ye Futian.

Ye Futian frowned. So you think you can push me around instead?

Ye Futian then took hold of the Polearm of Divine Destruction. Meteors gathered around him, yet the fearsome Dark Lotus coalesced inexhaustible fire spiritual qi, and brought with it horrifying damage potential. A globe of dark flames encased the space and the meteors burned by the flames. It seemed that the flames left terrifying marks on every piece of the meteors before lashing out at Ye Futian.

The mighty ones from the Sacred Fire Sect surrounded Ye Futian and all casted fire spells. He looked as if he was being locked inside a cage of fire for a moment. The ones from the Sacred Fire Sect specialized in manipulating fires, and many of their fire spells had terrifying powers, and, of course, remarkable damage potential.

A pure golden palm struck Xie Ji at that very moment, blocking out quite a bit of space above it. Xie Ji flinched a little and then struck at the golden palm with his own palm. His was a palm in Dark Flames. He was thrown behind somewhat as it clashed with the golden palm. He spared a look at the wild figure that jumped him—Yuan Zhan of the golden great apes.

At the same time, Yi Xiaoshi lashed out with the Imperial Vines. Golden lights shimmered as his attack lashed out at the mighty one from the Sacred Fire Sect.

Ye Wuchen, Yu Sheng and the others made it there soon enough. Thousands of streams of sword aura whooshed about Ye Wuchen. As he pointed his finger before him, the sword auras congealed into a torrent, heading straight for Ye Futian’s assailants.

Qin Yin, Xuanyuan Bashan, Xie Wuji, Zui Qianchou had also become grade seven nobles at the moment. They arrived at the scene and began attacking, turning the place into a battlefield where both sides were of equal strength. The ones staying on the battlefield were reduced by the minute, and many turned to look at it.

Ye Futian fought his way out of the barricade and went heading for one specific person. He then lifted his staff and struck hard, forcing the mighty one from Sacred Fire Sect to quickly back away. However, the golden vines around slithered past and blocked his escape, giving him no choice but to take the strike head-on.

Boom! The Polearm of Divine Destruction was brought down hard, and the one struck by it had his body sent flying right away. All his bones and meridians broken, and throwing up blood by the gallon.

Yi Xiaoshi’s Imperial Vines made their way to several other mighty ones and entangled them before throwing them down. The following loud thumps spoke of the shock they suffered as they hit the ground.

Xie Ji was being held back by Yuan Zhan, and the mighty ones from the Sacred Fire Sect were quickly swept away, thrown out of the game.

Xie Ji quickly retreated at the scene and looked very troubled. So everyone’s out now? There was no one from the Sacred Fire Sect left now but him.

“This…” Many looked at the fights taking place there and sported funny looks. The ones from the Sacred Fire Sect had been bullying Ye Futian for quite a while, and no one would have expected the tables to turn like this.

That overwhelming ape is probably that golden great ape from Mount Taixing then.

The Sacred Fire Sect suffered quite a humiliating defeat that time.

Xie Ji kept retreating while looking gloomy. The odds were stacked entirely against the Sacred Fire Sect, and they suffered terrible losses.

Ye Futian and the rest did not pursue Xie Ji. The battlefield became more relaxed. The fighting that never ceased in the battlefield threw many out of the game in a very short time.

Hua Jieyu kept tabs on Ye Futian’s battlefield. She did not participate. There were the mighty ones from the Zhuge family by her side, and there was no need for her to fight.

“Nice ritual implement he had there, allowing someone only of Arcana Plane like him to bring quite a lot of power to bear, and it seems to work well with his abilities.” Zhuge Xing, who had been watching Ye Futian’s battle added, “However, the more he relies on the powers of that ritual implement, the more apparent the disadvantages of his low levels will become later on. The battle might allow the use of everything in one’s disposal, but the ones after that, not so much. There is no certainty that he would be able to make it to the end and reach the Holy Zhi Palace. Even if he was to be noticed by any of the mighty ones from the Thousand Holy Islands, it’d still be difficult for him to match you.”

Since Hua Jieyu was brought to the Zhuge family by Zhuge Mingyue, Zhuge Mingyue kept tabs on all who took care of Hua Jieyu. They even presented a great opportunity for her, and provided her with all sorts of resources to further her training. Hua Jieyu became a totally different person compared to when she first arrived at the Zhuge family. If she were to enter the Holy Zhi Palace, her profession as the Divine Spiritual Sorcerer alone would have been enough for her to be noticed by the ones from the palace.

While Ye Futian sported extraordinary looks and talents, he would have still paled in comparison to the height of someone like Hua Jieyu, and that was something Zhuge Xing hoped Hua Jieyu would be able to comprehend. Flowery words and cunning statements might have had their uses for some time, but such trickery would have been deemed unpresentable in the world of cultivation.

“What are you getting at?” Hua Jieyu looked at Zhuge Xing. Her eyes looked as bright as the smile she wore with, yet her expression was one that made Zhuge Xing feel distanced; completely different from the expressions she showed to Ye Futian.

Zhuge Xing looked at the beautiful young lady by his side. The strands at her forehead swayed about in the air, which made her feel very friendly and approachable. While there was nothing anyone could have made out from his looks at the moment, he was struggling to keep his affection for her contained within.

Someone like him would have no trouble getting his hands on beautiful women, yet some did feel different from the others. He had taken notice of her the very first time she came to the Zhuge family. She wore an aura of sorrow about her back then, and there was always a hint of sadness in her eyes, making anyone who saw wanting to embrace her.

While he had not been spending much time with Hua Jieyu, as it was Zhuge Mingyue who had been spending time with her most of the time. But every time he saw her, his calm composure would always falter. As time went by, he came to understand that he was longing for her.

“You might have been lovers, but maybe he is no longer the one for you now.” Zhuge Xing stayed silent for a moment before answering the question, and did not bother masking what he intended to say. He believed that Hua Jieyu was able to understand what he meant.

The smile on Hua Jieyu’s face disappeared completely. She seemed to be reluctant to even spare a patronizing one for Zhuge Xing, despite him being a member of the Zhuge family.

No one had any right to judge her relationship with Ye Futian, the boy whom she had been holding hands with near the lake back in Qingzhou. The one who had intruded the Nandou clan with a staff in his hand, and thumbed his nose at the emperor’s will. Their relationship was not one she would allow Zhuge Xing to judge. There was nothing she could have done to stop Zhuge Xing from saying what he wanted to say, but at the very least, she could still make her own decisions.

“Please try not to appear before me ever again.” Hints of disgust came from Hua Jieyu’s tone before she went to where Ye Futian was.

Zhuge Xing’s eyes were stunned as he watched the beautiful girl before him take off. While she said ‘please,’ it did not sound like a polite request at all. Zhuge Xing’s expressions looked bad as he saw Hua Jieyu making her way to Ye Futian.

Is it really that wrong to even criticize him?

Furthermore, he was saying that for her sake.

The youths of the Zhuge family all looked funny before one said to Zhuge Xing, “We have nurtured and kept her around for more than two years, and still no chance of her making into the Zhuge family. What a pity.”

They spared a look at Ye Futian plainly. Everyone loved beautiful things, but none of them hoped for much in the first place. Despite this, they still hoped that Zhuge Xing was able to get his hands on her and make her a woman of the Zhuge family. From the looks of things, however, the Zhuge family seemed to have nurtured a Spiritual Divine Sorcerer, yet also handed a masterpiece to Ye Futian on a silver platter.

Hua Jieyu took to the air, attracting the attention of many. Someone leaped over and got in her way, then burst the spiritual qi around him. All she did, however, was simply cast a cold glance at him. The person instantly felt as if his mind was torn off his body, the spiritual qi that he had control of was torn right there and then as if his body was entirely controlled by her.

Hua Jieyu had always been a full attribute spiritual type sorcerer, and possessed powerful spiritual abilities. Her powers grew to fearsome levels after turning into a Spiritual Divine Sorcerer.

Vines went on to encase the body of that person, holding him tight, rendering him caught. Lightning followed and with a loud crack, and the bolt fell hard onto the person’s body, making him tremble all over before falling below, having seizures all over.

Hua Jieyu did not spare any more time on that person and kept going forward instead. Many who wanted to make a move on her held themselves back. The girl seemed to be a little too powerful.

At the sky stairwell, many elders from the Holy Zhi Palace nodded in approval of her actions. Someone said softly, “Spiritual Divine Sorcerers were known as the Ultimate Sorcerer for their ability to suppress all other types of sorcerers. Even those of higher planes would fall before them.”

“Activating spells with a single thought, and a full attribute one. She is something indeed.” Someone nodded at the side.

The Spiritual Divine Sorcerer nurtured by the Zhuge family was definitely one to enter the very core island of the Holy Zhi Palace, and it was feared that many would fight for her.

Hua Jieyu made it to Ye Futian’s side under everyone’s gaze. Gentleness was seen in Ye Futian’s eyes as he noticed her. He said, “I had no idea my girl would be someone this powerful.”

“That is all thanks to elder sister,” Hua Jieyu said gently, with hints of gratitude in her voice.

“Second sister is indeed a good one.” Ye Futian smiled.

“Yeah.” Hua Jieyu nodded, her eyes were fixed on Ye Futian.

“Why are you looking at me like that?” Ye Futian rubbed his face without realizing it, seeing as how Hua Jieyu kept looking at him smiling.

“That’s because you’re nice to look at.” Hua Jieyu smiled brightly and held out her hand. “I haven’t seen that face for quite a while after all.”

Ye Futian grinned and took her hand. “You’ll have plenty of time to look at it in the days that follow.”

“Yeah.” Hua Jieyu nodded as she smiled.

“Nothing to do with me.” Yu Sheng walked away sulking.

Chapter 545: Training using the Tablets

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

The battle royale raged on in the battlefield. As time went by, fewer and fewer people remained standing, and the vast battlefield no longer seemed cramped anymore.

Ye Futian and the others stood quietly at a corner. With the Sacred Fire Sect defeated, nobody dared move against them. However, it was not just Ye Futian. Many top-class figures remained standing tall in their own corners, nobody daring to move against them unless they were looking for a fight, kicking others out of the game.

Eventually, the elder overseeing the battles at the sky stairwell announced, “Cease fighting.” Many who were still engaged dispersed as soon as the announcement was heard. The Nine Word Ring at the nine major positions dimmed and the screen disappeared.

The violent battle royale ended right there and then. It was rather harrowing seeing those left standing on the battlefield for everyone there, as only 3,000 people were left out of all the mighty ones who participated in the first place.

The remaining 3,000 were, without doubt, some of the very best every corner of the Barren State had to offer.

Many moved from the Holy Zhi Palace, cleaning up the battlefield and clearing out the injured or the dead. There were mighty ones from the Sacred Fire Sect carrying the body of Du Ao away with cold expressions on their faces. Of all the ones from Sacred Fire Sect who fought, only Xie Ji alone was left in the battlefield. It was hoped that he could show his mettle in the next battle and avenge Du Ao’s death.

The battlefield was quickly cleaned up and the remaining 3,000 stood in staggered positions on the field.

The elder on the sky stairwell looked at them and continued, “There will be holy tablets descending upon the next battlefield. Those who do not see themselves fit to continue, please leave the battlefield. Only 1,000 out of the 3,000 standing will remain. The 1,000 who remain will be the candidates to enter the Holy Zhi Palace. Many among these 1,000 will become disciples of the Holy Zhi Palace. As such, please do your best to withstand the pressure brought forth by the holy tablets.”

All 3,000 who remained right now were figures with serious backings. For instance, great forces like the royal family, the Zhuge family, White Cloud City, and others. None of them came and fought alone. Even Ye Futian had his entourage with him. Many of those who did not have allies before the battle royale found theirs in the battlefield. As such, while the 3,000 who remained were no doubt excellent figures themselves. The selection process was not a complete one.

The pressure from the holy tablets coming up next would have selected 1,000 out of the 3,000, making them true candidates for entering the Holy Zhi Palace and becoming disciples.

It all began from the nine Holy Roads. Through multiple selection processes throughout the journey, the best of the best among the Barren State elite were to be presented before the Holy Zhi Palace.

“In the next stage, nobody will be allowed to rely on external instruments or implements of anything. Anyone who is found using such objects to resist the pressure from the holy tablets will be fouled immediately,” the elder on the sky stairwell continued. Many mighty ones flashed about and came to the rear of the participants, unleashing formless pressures as if they were to isolate the battlefield.

“The holy tablets now, please,” the elder on the sky stairwell announced. The vast field turned eerily silent, and the ones standing far away looked in the direction of the Holy Zhi Palace. Nine dazzling beams of light appeared and the winds howled in response. One holy tablet after another flew down from the sky stairwell and made their way down like ghosts.

The holy tablets were as per their namesake, huge stone tablets, and each and every one of them was infused with different kinds of powers. Many below began to feel themselves trembling as the tablets made their way down, feeling a formless pressure bearing on them. Said pressures were so powerful that images popped in some of their minds.

Boom, boom, boom… Nine tablets descended from the sky and landed before the Holy Zhi Palace. Huge stone tablets of three zhang-tall each appeared before the masses and positioned in an arc.

Bam, Bam! Rumbling noises were heard as soon as the holy tablets took their positions, and many were heard groaning. A considerable number of people were thrown off, and they kept going back.

For cultivators, the strength of one’s spiritual will was the key to one’s training. This will was a kind of talent on its own, and one that was very, very important. If the strength of one’s spiritual will was weak, one could only go so far with their training. It was precisely this reason that the selection process with the holy tablets took place. Furthermore, participants only had their own prowess to rely on, and no one could help anyone.

If one failed to pass the trial, they were out of the game immediately.

At this very moment, Ye Futian took one step back to steady himself as well, his eyes staring right at the holy tablet before him. The tablet was a fiery red color. It felt as if a figure clad in terrifying flames walked out of the tablet as he fixed his eyes on it.

The figure was a great one, seeming like a god of fire itself. It took fearsome steps in his direction, putting more pressure on him with every step. He instinctively wanted to retreat, yet what happened right there alone was part of the test, and he knew that retreating was not an option.

Spiritual will attacks were some of the most mysterious powers there were. They did not look real, yet they felt every bit as real as tangible attacks. Ye Futian knew that the holy tablet stood where it was, yet what he saw at the moment was no longer a tablet, but a manifestation of flames taking steps in his directions, trying to burn him into cinders.

He felt his own will and body burning, and it was an excruciating experience. The figure seemed far, yet it seemed near at the same time. It took one step after another at him, yet the figure never seemed to reach him. Despite this, the pressure grew as every second passed, making things feel more and more unbearable.

Sun flare flashed and blossomed, and a sun was seen right behind Ye Futian. As the will of the flames were unleashed, he closed his eyes to bear the might of the violent burning intent, resisting the pain adamantly. He even began to comprehend the terrifyingly fiery powers within.

“Jieyu,” Ye Futian shouted softly, out of concern for her. The advent of the holy tablets brought nothing but unbearable pain to everyone present. Any lapse in concentration could have brought the thorough collapse of one’s will.

The test could have been conducted by mighty ones from the Holy Zhi Palace by having their imposingly powerful bodies unleash the amount of pressure required. However, as no one was entirely clear of selfish motives, absolute fairness could not have been guaranteed. The holy tablets, however, ensured the same amount of pressures was put on everyone. Anyone who failed to withstand such pressure would be eliminated.

Hua Jieyu was withstanding excruciating pain herself. She was sitting right beside Ye Futian, conjuring a formless spiritual power and encasing herself in it to resist the overwhelming pressure.

Boom! Someone was struck by lightning and thrown off immediately, landing hard on the ground and throwing up blood. Sages outside the battlefield came to their aid, swooping down from above and hauling the person outside. That person was apparently one who simply lacked the strength yet chose to hold out nonetheless, and their body finally gave under the immense pressure. Some of those who followed the geniuses were eliminated one by one as well.

There were also Starry School students by his side who gave under the pressure. Qin Yin’s body shook lightly, and excruciating pain was easily seen from her face. She threw up blood all of a sudden as her body shuddered. She was thrown behind and was kicked out of the battlefield right there and then.

The pressure lifted off her immediately. Qin Yin turned to look in Ye Futian’s direction. Xuanyuan Bashan, Xie Wuji and Zui Qianchou remained where they were, holding on, yet she, the daughter of the Sage of Mount Jiuxian, failed.

Her eyes looked dejected. Qn Yin knew it was probably due to her esteemed status on Mount Jiuxian and being a daughter doted on by her father. Her birth and status resulted in her lacking in experience with the world, and she had never withstood such pain in her life. All that resulted in her weak will in the face of intense pressure.

An esteemed family background did not guarantee excellent talents after all.

There were many who were born into high places, yet those who truly shone were those who were able to make out on their own.

“Seems like I’m less capable than even a bird.” Qin Yin looked at the Black Wind Condor right behind Ye Futian. The demonic beast remained seated quietly, and she had not expected the bird to have such remarkable prowess.

More and more people got eliminated, and the field was quickly reduced from 3,000 participants to about 2,000. The rate of reduction slowed somewhat after that, yet there were still many who gave out and were eliminated.

On the battlefield, Huang Jiuge’s body remained upright, and three beams of glittering royal aura were released. He looked impressively regal, and it seemed he was engaged in some battle of wills, bringing his might to bear on his opponent.

On the other side, Bai Ze’s, from White Cloud City, clothes were billowing and he looked just as impressive. His eyes remained fixed on the holy tablet, and it seemed that he held out well against the pressure.

Xue Que of the Tingxue House was practically clad in intense murderous intent, flaring about and cutting up any stream of will that intruded.

The nine swords rang behind Yan Jiu and they danced around him. The sword wills were as sharp as ever.

All those top class geniuses had already comprehended the noble will and sported power spiritual will. It was due to this that they were able to withstand such tremendous pressure, with some even fighting the wills that were intruding their minds.

Ye Futian withstood the pressure hard, yet he did not use the power of the emperor’s will. The pressure would have been nothing to him if he did so. As the process itself was a trial of sorts, he wanted to experience the strength of the pressure exuded by the holy tablets personally, as it would help a lot with his training. After all, in his fights in the days to come, there would definitely be those who would have simply bring the might of the noble will to bear on him through purely spiritual will attacks.

Ye Futian gradually grew accustomed to the pressure of the fiery will. While the pressure was intense, feeling like terrifying flames burning up his mind, Ye Futian grew capable of withstanding its onslaught. He threw his eyes open and went on to face the second holy tablet. It was a purple tablet, one that seemed to be clad in countless streaks of lightning.

The streaks of lightning fell onto him the moment Ye Futian laid eyes on that tablet. Terrifying will of lightning intruded his mind, making his body flinch. The streaks of lightning ran all over his body, with every streak feeling like he was being struck by lightning bolts. The air above him seemed to have manifested a formless lightning storm that was out to bomb everything below to dust. A figure clad in intense lightning seemed to be standing at the center of the space, casting down the power of lightning to attack him.

Starry will appeared in his mind, protecting his spiritual will from being harmed. The stars that were protecting his will, however, were continuously blown off under the assault of the lightning bolts. It seemed to be a message telling him that if he were to continue, his mind would be blown to smithereens and he would die right there and then.

The layer of protection by the stars collapsed again and again, yet sparks of lightning began to manifest within Ye Futian’s mind. The growth of the sparks continued and the lightning born within him grew stronger and stronger.

A fearsome thunder dragon seemed to have emerged within his mind, unleashing terrifying lightning bolts itself to resist the intruding power of lightning. The power of lightning coursed through him and grew increasingly ferocious, turning into lightning storm out to crush everything himself.

“So this is the power of the will of lightning then.” Ye Futian kept his eyes forward and a flash of lightning sparked within his eyes, holding out against the pressure of the holy tablet. Lightning-elemental noble will was born within him.

The holy tablets, when used to deepen one’s comprehension, seem to be able to serve as tools for training!

Chapter 546: The First Challenger

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Ye Futian had already comprehended fire, metal, and earth-elemental noble wills. As such, he was experienced in comprehending noble will, which enabled him to learn its way through its workings. Furthermore, he himself had all manners of Life Spirits corresponding to each element. If he had been able to open up more great ruins in the Holy Road, he would have been able to comprehend greater types of noble wills.

As he had made it out of the Holy Road, the pressure emanated by the holy tablets bearing on his will could have also worked as a kind of power of will, and they each bore different elemental traits. As such, Ye Futian was able to use them to comprehend the power of the noble will.

Of course, the starry will of earth element remained the most powerful out of all types of noble wills, followed by fire. It was because both will powers matched well with his training methods, especially the starry will. It was not something he had acquired from the ruins, but something he had learned solely from his own efforts. The flame intent was acquired from the Sun Scripture coupled with what he comprehended from the great ruins in the Flaming Prison City. As such, it became comparatively easy for him to comprehend the lightning will at the moment.

After acquiring comprehension of the noble wills, Ye Futian’s attitude towards sensing the holy tablet pressures changed. It was not just a trial, but also an opportunity.

All nine holy tablets seemed to have different types of spiritual will pressures based on different types of elements. When the lightning will inside him was secured, he protected his willpower with holy will, then turned his focus onto the holy tablet bearing water-elemental will. His mind seemed to be assaulted with an absolute will of ice, as if to implore him to stop thinking, turning everything absolutely silent. He even began to feel his body turning stiff, the spiritual qi coursing through his body and the blood flowing within all seemed to be told to stop by the intruding will.

Fire was the yang, and water the yin. He recalled the Shadow Scripture practiced by the headmaster of the Bright Moon School and went on to activate it. The spiritual power of water became crystal clear to him, and it seemed that he was surrounded by mist and frost. A full moon hung above him, and Ye Futian felt his body shrouded in extreme coldness. Everywhere he searched was cold to the extreme, as if the space itself was entirely frozen.

There were people who looked in Ye Futian’s direction and they looked at him funny. The guy seems to be resisting the intrusion of the power of wills, yet he seems to be training at the same time.

“Is all that really bearable to someone who is only of Arcana Plane?” some murmured to themselves. But the assault from the pressure felt from the tablets would probably have been less intense to someone of the Arcana Plane.

Ye Futian’s body felt incredibly cold after a while, and even those who sat beside him were covered in frost. His body seemed entirely be encased in a cage of frosty mist, while the cold light of the moon shone on his body. Power originating from the will of the yin gradually emanated from within. It was apparent that the noble will of water element was born within him as well.

The number of people staying behind on the battlefield continued dwindling. Those who managed to stay were all extraordinary figures.

Ye Futian knew he was running out of time. If he were to use the tablets for training, he needed to be quick with comprehending noble wills. He laid his eyes on yet another tablet soon after. It was one with wind-elemental will infused within, and he went on to comprehend its secret. Gales whipped up around him shortly after.

Those who took notice of Ye Futian early on seemed to be more certain about their previous speculations about him. So this Arcana Plane guy is really using the will pressure of the tablets to train. Furthermore, he is training with powers of different elements.

“That kid is sure an interesting one,” one of the mighty ones from the Holy Zhi Palace standing near the sky stairwell quipped as he laid eyes on Ye Futian.

“Interesting indeed. He hasn’t been able to develop any comprehension of noble will powers before, yet noble will seemed to appear within him one after another when he endured the pressure from the tablets. It seems that he has just gained comprehension of them.” Someone nodded to the comment.

“What is his name?” one of them asked.

“Ye Futian from the Eastern Barren territory. The kid seems to have talents, and it was him who acquired the Ukiyo song on Sky Mountain. Now he has made it this far to the Holy Zhi Palace through the Holy Roads,” the one who had been keeping tabs on him elaborated.

“Both emperors left a guqin tune in the remote Sky Mountains in the Eastern Barren territory. It could be said to be the work of fate for him to get his hands on it, but many would have gotten it now.” Someone turned their eyes on the other side of the sky stairwell. There was a figure sitting there quietly with a guqin in front of him, and it was no other than Bai Luli.

Bai Luli had played the Ukiyo song before.

“Luli, what do you think about that kid’s talents? One of his seniors seemed to have challenged you before,” that person asked with a grin.

Bai Luli recalled Gu Dongliu’s challenge, and there was admiration seen in his deep, clear eyes. “The teacher from the cottage in Eastern Barren territory was quite a marvelous figure himself, being able to nurture a disciple like the kid here. Given more time, Gu Dongliu would have made it to the Barren Sky Ranking. Mingyue was also someone from the cottage, and now the junior before us has talent as well. It’s a pity that his level is rather low at this point. If he had been able to come here when he had reached grade seven Noble Plane, he would have been able to do a lot more great things.”

Everyone nodded in agreement to Bai Luli’s apt comment.

It was anyone’s guess how Ye Futian would have performed from here on out, and whether it would be good enough to keep their eyes on him. However, if Ye Futian proved excellent enough as a cultivator, there was still the question of taking him in and letting him train at the core islands of the Holy Zhi Palace.

The reason why Gu Dongliu had challenged Bai Luli was because Zhuge Mingyue and the Holy Zhi Palace were hoping that Bai Luli would have been a couple with Zhuge Mingyue. If it was done, there might have been a fissure between Bai Luli and Gu Dongliu, as well as the ones with Ye Futian. If they were to let Ye Futian train in the Holy Zhi Palace, it would have been anyone’s guess what Bai Luli would have thought about that. Perhaps Bai Luli himself, with his current status, would not care about things like that. However, it was imperative to consider such matters from the Holy Zhi Palace’s point of view.

Bai Luli’s place in the Holy Zhi Palace was an extraordinary one. He was like the face of the palace itself.

“The numbers are close,” someone quipped without considering such problems, as it was still rather too early for them. Compared to the rest of the participants, Ye Futian was actually not that much of a standout.

A voice came from the sky stairwell after all, “That will be all.”

The nine holy tablets took to the air and flew in the Holy Zhi Palace’s direction after the announcement was heard. Many sighed a breath of relief, feeling the air around them relax. Those geniuses, however, did not show much of a reaction, and they looked calm instead.

Ye Futian felt the power of the will of the wind around him, and then quickly put it away. Time was too short indeed, and he was not able to keep training. However, he deemed himself to be doing well at the moment. Only the wood element was left out of the seven elements to be comprehended.

Ye Futian stood up and turned to look at the ones behind him, finding several of them gone. Only Hua Jieyu, Yuan Zhan, Mu Zhiqiu, Yu Sheng, Ye Wuchen, Zui Qianchou, Xuanyuan Bashan, and the Black Wind Condor remained. Qin Yin and Xie Wuji were unable to make it. It was quite a pity, as it was time for the Holy Zhi Palace to select disciples to be taken in.

Only 1,000 were left on the humungous battlefield, and the small number of people left had the place feeling rather empty. Everyone who remained on the battlefield, however, were true elites.

Countless watched the ones who remained on the battlefield from the outside. Many were mighty ones from all over the Barren State, and some were from the Thousand Holy Islands.

The true objective of the trials would take place soon, as it was time for the Holy Zhi Palace to pick their disciples. Those candidates had proven themselves by getting past the last round, meaning that they had earned the chance to be disciples of a training place that was thought to be the most powerful in all of the Barren State.

The elder spoke on the sky stairwell, his eyes on everyone below, “Everyone, disperse and head to the edge of the battlefield.”

Everyone went rearward towards the edge of the platform. Ye Futian and his group took a corner for themselves.

The air was tense.

“And now, it will be time for the Holy Zhi Palace to select its disciples. The selection will be done through battle, using only one’s own powers, no implements or instruments of any kind allowed. Who among you is willing to be the first to accept the challenge?” the elder said at the stairwell.

The remaining thousand all looked serious. The last stage was also the most important one, as it would determine if they were able to make it as a disciple of the Holy Zhi Palace, determined by the battles that were about to take place. Only actual battles proved to be the one true standard for measuring one’s talents.

“I will.” A figure walked out among the huge group of people. Countless eyes went in that figure’s direction. That figure was someone walking out from beside Zhuge Xing. A member of the Zhuge family, Zhuge Ping.

At the side of the Holy Zhi Palace sky stairwell, Zhuge Mingyue and Zhuge Canyang stood, feeling startled. They then saw Zhuge Ping cast his glance at a single spot, where Ye Futian and Hua Jieyu stood.

“I will challenge him for my first battle.” Zhuge Ping pointed at Ye Futian and sounded rather lazy as he said so.

Ye Futian’s performance prior had been rather eye-catching as he took out Du Ao alone. However, that was mostly attributed to the immense powers of the superpowered ritual implement. With the actual battle coming up and Ye Futian’s level of training stuck at the Arcana Plane. It was anyone’s guess how someone not even on the Noble Plane would perform.

Being able to come this place, there was hardly any doubt about Zhuge Ping’s talents. He was among the ones anticipated to come out on top among the younger generations of the Zhuge family.

“It seems like it was Zhuge Xing who told me to come out,” Zhuge Canyang murmured. “This is the first battle of the Zhuge family, and also Ye Futian’s first. Who do you think will come out on top?”

“Zhuge Xing has had a thing for Hua Jieyu for quite a while, and Zhuge Ping was never one to know his place. This battle will serve as a good lesson to humble him.” Zhuge Mingyue grinned. Not of Noble Plane, so what? My little brother in training is not someone that can be judged by usual standards.

The interest of the ones standing outside was piqued as well. Zhuge Ping was a member of the Zhuge family, and Ye Futian was Hua Jieyu’s lover, as well as Zhuge Mingyue’s little brother studying under the same teacher. They should have been nice to each other instead. However, the first person Zhuge Ping, a member of the Zhuge family, had challenged was none other than Ye Futian, and it seemed to be a rather peculiar thing to happen. Regardless, the battle seemed to be an interesting one.

“Chen Yuan, a member of Zhuge family just challenged your Son. What do you make of that?” Mu Chuan of the Zhaixing House asked Chen Yuan, who was beside him, seemingly taking pleasure in his upcoming misfortune.

“We’ll see,” Chen Yuan answered plainly.

“Alright, I’ll look forward to it.” Mu Chuan turned to look at the battlefield. Despite what he had just said, he was actually hoping that Ye Futian would win. The reason was none other than Ye Futian had defeated Mu Zhiqiu despite suffering a disadvantage in plane differences.

Ye Futian walked out slowly, and there was nothing much to make from his expression. He lifted his brow slightly and looked at his opponent rather funnily. He had not expected that the first one to come to fight was someone from the Zhuge family, and the person they picked, was him!

Chapter 547: Disqualified

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Ye Futian walked up to the middle of the large battlefield and looked at Zhuge Ping standing opposite of him. Zhuge Ping was wearing a rather smug expression on his face. Being one of the elites from the Zhuge family, Zhuge Ping had absolute confidence in his abilities, especially when facing against someone of the Arcana Plane. He was not doing this to be chosen by the Holy Zhi Palace, as defeating someone on a lower plane would not show off his true capabilities, but he chose to fight Ye Futian first nonetheless.

The very reason he was doing this was because of Hua Jieyu. She was, after all, a Spiritual Divine Sorcerer nurtured by the Zhuge family, and also one with looks so beautiful that men would kill for her. Letting someone like Ye Futian get his hands on a treasure was a notion that irked him incessantly. He was not the only one among the younger generations of the Zhuge family to think so. As such, when Zhuge Xing asked for him to fight, he did so without any hesitation or reservation. He was simply doing this to show Hua Jieyu that Ye Futian was not the man for her.

Ye Futian was, of course, very clear why Zhuge Ping wanted to fight him. He could not have thought of any reason other than Hua Jieyu. Hua Jieyu’s smile has made many in the Zhuge family fall for her, I guess, he thought.

Ye Futian smiled and cupped his hands. “Ye Futian, grade nine of Arcana Plane, halfway into the Noble Plane. I look forward to learning from you.”

“Arcana is Arcana and Noble is Noble. I have never heard of such a thing as half a Noble or whatever,” Zhuge Ping said plainly. “Zhuge Ping from the Zhuge family, grade nine noble, and I look forward to teaching you real good.”

Lightning flashed the moment Zhuge Ping finished, and Ye Futian found himself in a world filled with lightning in his mind. Angry bolts flashed about in the battlefield, bringing thunderous might to bear down on Ye Futian. Zhuge Ping’s silhouette was nowhere to be found, and all everyone was able to see were mirages of lightning bolts.

“Lightning Phantasm Movements.” All cast their eyes on Zhuge Ping as he zipped about like a bolt of lightning.

Ye Futian saw a finger infused with sparks coming right for him at his brow. The finger felt like a terrifying flash cutting through the air. The heavy pressure of Zhuge Ping’s will flashed inside his mind. The finger attack seemed more ferocious in both speed and power than that of a sword.

“Thrusting Thunder Finger.” Many continued to follow Zhuge Ping’s movements with their eyes. The Zhuge family was one of the two forces that were most known for their specialty in manipulating the power of lightning. The other being the Lightning Court in Zhongzhou City.

Zhuge Ping blazed past with incredible speed as if he had truly turned into lightning.

“Despite being rather cocky, Zhuge Ping has the actual strength to back it,” the members of the Holy Zhi Palace quipped to Zhuge Canyang.

Lightning flared on Ye Futian’s body at the moment as well. He cranked up his Thundering Illusion Steps and backed away quickly, appearing in the distance in the blink of an eye. Zhuge Ping’s Thrusting Thunder Finger shot out, and a terrifying flash stabbed through the air where he stood. If Ye Futian remained where he was, the consequences would have been dire.

Zhuge Ping frowned. He had intended to overwhelm Ye Futian using the most direct of methods, yet he missed all the same, which spoke volumes of Ye Futian’s speed.

Another flash of lightning was seen and Zhuge Ping was nowhere to be found again. He stretched his hand to grab Ye Futian, and streaks of lightning flashes seemed to coil around Ye Futian’s body like tentacles. Light of earth element glimmered before Ye Futian, conjuring a large meteor which was quickly crushed by the lightning. Ye Futian himself, however, continued moving backward.

“What kind of fight is that? If that’s all he is capable of, it looks rather ugly.” Many looked at Ye Futian. While there was no doubt that he was fast, he had avoided facing Zhuge Ping thus far. There was no doubt that his lower plane put him at a disadvantage, but fighting like this here made him look rather bad.

Is this really that kind of person Hua Jieyu has fallen for? Zhuge Xing turned to look at Ye Futian and felt rather disappointed. He had expected Ye Futian to have performed better than what he had seen thus far.

Lightning flashed wildly on the battlefield, yet Ye Futian avoided all confrontation, doing nothing but evading and defending against attacks. Zhuge Ping’s speed seemed inferior to Ye Futian’s, which angered him and made him unleash his Life Spirit. Illusions of lightning bolts appeared; a product of the Zhuge family’s most renowned art—the Thundering Thousand Illusions.

Illusions of Zhuge Ping seemed to fill the battlefield in an instant, and he himself seemed to be bathed in the flashes of lightning as he went for Ye Futian. The illusions appeared around Ye Futian, locking him out. They said at the same time, “We’ll see where you can run to now.”

The place seemed to be drowned in flashes of lightning, and bolts rained down on Ye Futian. The many illusions of Zhuge Ping went for the fatal blow at the very next moment. Every illusion seemed to bear actual power as the Thrusting Thunder Finger jutted out at him. Watching how Ye Futian was simply standing unmoved, many thought the battle was going to end soon.

However, a mist appeared on the battlefield. Extremely cold air shrouded the area and Zhuge Ping was only able to feel the flow of his blood slow. Everything in the world seemed to move in slow motion, seemingly grinding to a halt. Worse still, intense will of gravity seemed to have befallen him, making his movements even more sluggish.

Ye Futian stood quietly where he was as he lifted his hand. Violet lightning coiled around his arm and he cast his eyes in one direction. This alerted Zhuge Ping and made him nervous, feeling a looming threat about him. How was Ye Futian able to determine where my true body was?

Bam! Ye Futian stomped on the ground and a flash of lightning burst from beneath his feet. Many saw a flash of lightning that moved even faster than the one before. Zhuge Ping wanted to respond, yet his mind and body seemed to have become so sluggish that he was able to do nothing as Ye Futian zipped past him. The power of lightning coiled around Ye Futian’s arm rammed hard onto Zhuge Ping’s body, making his body flash with violent streaks of lightning for a second. His mind turned numb as his body suffered seizures.

The Thundering Thousand Illusion dispersed and only Zhuge Ping’s body remained. People around saw his body fall from the air onto the ground, still seizing. It produces a light thump. Ye Futian, on the other hand, stood in the air right above him, and no more lightning was on his arm.

He crushed Zhuge Ping, using the power of lightning. Staying silent and unmoved, lashing out only to kill.

The victor was Ye Futian.

Zhuge Ping came to a moment later, looking at Ye Futian right above him. He said coldly, “So you’ve been playing dumb all along?” Zhuge Ping was able to feel several types of powerful noble will within that one last strike.

“I told you before. Halfway to the Noble Plane. It has been an honor.” Ye Futian grinned as he cupped his hand, then left the battlefield in a flash. As Zhuge Ping was the challenger in that battle, Zhuge Ping was required to stay behind on the battlefield to be scrutinized.

“That was low.” Members of the Zhuge family looked at Ye Futian in anger. Playing dumb before bursting with one overpowering lightning attack, causing Zhuge Ping to lose for underestimating his opponent.

Many had funny looks on their faces. Other than the very last move Ye Futian had demonstrated, there was no part of the fight that could have been considered magnificent. Zhuge Ping, on the other hand, was finished off before he was able to unleash his true potential for combat.

What was truly shown was, however, Zhuge Ping’s arrogance costing him the victory that should have been his.

Eyes looked in the direction of the Holy Zhi Palace, and many turned their attention to Zhuge Ping.

“Is there anyone willing to take him under their wing?” the elder on the sky stairwell asked.

“He was arrogant in battle and underestimated his enemy. There was nothing extraordinary seen there.” Someone spoke the truth plainly and softly, and Zhuge Ping was rendered incredibly embarrassed.

“It was rather disappointing indeed. Let’s move on with the next battle,” someone said.

“Indeed.” The elder at the sky stairwell nodded. “Underestimating one’s enemy and then failing to defeat one of the Arcana Plane. There is no need for him to have another chance to battle. As no one here is willing to take him, I hereby declare him disqualified.”

Disqualified. The word sounded like a bolt of lightning striking right on top of his head. Zhuge Ping had been a proud one from the Zhuge family and had made it this far. He had made it far enough to become a candidate himself, and he should have been one to enter the Holy Zhi Palace. The fact was, however, that he had been disqualified in his very first battle, right there and then and without mercy. Nobody wanted him. It was humiliation like no other.

“Sir, could you give me another chance?” Zhuge Ping looked at the Holy Zhi Palace.

The elder on the sky stairwell shook his head and said, “Leave the battlefield.”

Many around looked at Zhuge Ping at the battlefield and felt conflicted about the brutality of the selection process. Every battle at this point needed to be taken seriously. Everyone needed to give it their all at this point. Zhuge Ping might have had the right to enter and train in the Holy Zhi Palace; even the mighty ones from the palace understood that. But it remained a fact that his performance was subpar, and there was no second chance for him.

Zhuge Ping turned to glance at Ye Futian, eyes cold as ice. He lost all that pride as he walked out of the battlefield.

Zhuge Xing cast a razor-sharp gaze at Ye Futian. However, Ye Futian was seen smiling and quietly standing where he was. His eyes returned the gaze, which made Zhuge Xing think that this had been Ye Futian’s plan all along: humiliating Zhuge Ping as he did and sending Zhuge Ping off in disgrace.

This is too much. A light smile was seen on Zhuge Mingyue’s face instead. So this little brother was still that same little brother that we knew. Cute indeed. I’m sure this is one lesson that Zhuge Ping will never forget.

“Well, he did win, but he seems to lack something. There was no air of a top-class mighty one about him,” Zhuge Canyang quipped plainly.

“Well, some people are meant to be different. Don’t go measuring everything with your standards. That air you speak of, you will see it soon enough,” Zhuge Mingyue replied in an equally plain manner.

Elsewhere, in another corner, Ye Futian was doing something else.

“Was that intentional?” Hua Jieyu came up to him and chuckled. She knew naturally that Ye Futian’s abilities were beyond what was seen earlier. He had not gone all out with his battle with Zhuge Ping.

“How’s that possible? I’m an honest person.” Ye Futian smiled, yet he looked at Zhuge Ping with rather sarcastic eyes nonetheless.

He had heard Mu Zhiqiu talk about the rules in the last selection process before. Those who lost their battle, if they performed exceptionally enough, or if their opponents were simply too powerful and they were finished off right away, the Holy Zhi Palace would give them another chance. There were those like Huang Jiuge and Bai Ze after all. No one fighting them would have much of a chance showing what they were truly capable of fighting them.

His battle with Zhuge Ping was different, however. He had been at a disadvantage all along. He had only able to turn the tables with the last lightning attack. It was Zhuge Ping who had underestimated his opponent, and he was of a much higher plane. It was only natural that he was disqualified right away.

The ones from the Zhuge family wanted to humiliate him in ways that were apparent to Hua Jieyu. As such, in Ye Futian’s perspective, it was only natural that he returned the favor.

“Yeah, I believe you.” Hua Jieyu’s beautiful eyes looked at Ye Futian, and she knew everything that was going on in his head.

Chapter 548: Whose Stage?

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

The rules of selection of the Holy Zhi Palace were very simple. Anyone who walked out would need to display his power and talents in actual combat. Regardless of whether he won or not, he would have a chance to be selected, as long as his performance was sufficiently outstanding.

Everyone would try their best to display their talents and win the fight because they might be eliminated if they lost and were not selected by any sage of the Holy Zhi Palace. Those who won could continue battling even if they were not selected yet.

Zhuge Ping was the first to fight. Unfortunately, he underestimated his opponent and lost. Moreover, the Holy Zhi Palace did not give him a second chance. This was indeed a very miserable ending for him. After all, he was a junior genius in the Zhuge Family and it was not easy for him to even reach this stage. There were only three people from the Zhuge Family in total.

“Who will participate in the second battle?” the cultivator from the Holy Zhi Palace continued. The atmosphere in the battlefield became tenser. With the lesson learned from Zhuge Ping’s failure, nobody would dare to underestimate their opponents anymore. At the moment, everyone was just one step away from entering the Holy Zhi Palace.

“Me,” someone said in a low tone. Then, everyone saw a person walk out. Realizing his identity, many people seemed to be surprised.

Why did he actually walk out so soon?

It was Xie Ji from the Sacred Fire Sect.

Xie Ji was the most outstanding disciple from his clan in this generation, and his position was even higher than Du Ao. Of course, he was also more powerful and he was currently at the peak of grade seven of the Noble Plane. If he really fought, who would be able to deal with him except for a few top geniuses?

Nevertheless, there were many people left on the battlefield. Nobody thought that Xie Ji would choose them as the opponent.

Xie Ji turned his head and looked in a certain direction. Immediately, some surprise flashed across the faces of many. Then, Xie Ji pointed at Ye Futian and said, “You.”

Err… Many people were bewildered. Xie Ji, who was a genius from the Sacred Fire Sect and also a grade seven noble, wanted to challenge someone in the Arcana Plane. It was almost like bullying.

Clearly, Xie Ji chose so purely to get revenge on Du Ao, and not to display his talents so that he could be chosen by the Holy Zhi Palace.

“Huh? Can he even do this?” Yi Xiaoshi squinted. Lifting his head, he looked at the Holy Zhi Palace and asked, “Can I fight for him instead?”

“No,” the cultivator from the Holy Zhi Palace replied. “The rules of the elimination tournament are as such. Anyone can choose his opponent freely. Of course, the person being challenged can also admit defeat. After all, he is not the one whose performance will be assessed in this round.”

Ye Futian was the one being challenged, so it would not matter even if he lost. Later, he would have the chance to actively challenge other people to display his talents. Otherwise, it would be very unfair to those with lower levels, because they might be challenged by a much more powerful cultivator.

Nevertheless, despite this being the case, Xie Ji seemed to be bullying Ye Futian with his status and level. Xie Ji would normally feel disdained to do so. However, Du Ao was killed, so his actions could be understood.

“Don’t go.” Hua Jieyu looked at Ye Futian. Yi Xiaoshi and the rest also shook their heads at Ye Futian.

“It wouldn’t matter for me to just feel how strong he is,” Ye Futian said, smiling. Then, he walked to the center of the arena.

Xie Ji was one of the most powerful people present on the battlefield. Ye Futian really wanted to try how strong he was. Previously, Ye Futian had used the Polearm of Divine Destruction in the battles. At the moment, he did not have any ritual implement or Emperor Will. Xie Ji, who was a grade seven noble, was three levels above him. Furthermore, even among the grade seven nobles, Xie Ji was considered to have a superior combat power. The difference was indeed very large. However, since Ye Futian had arrived here, he would need to face opponents like Xie Ji anyway. It would be good for him to have some experience in advance.

“Sacred Fire Sect Xie Ji, grade-7 noble.” Xie Ji stared at Ye Futian with a gloomy look.

“Let’s start.” In the last battle, Ye Futian had already mentioned his name and level, so he did not repeat it.

Once he finished speaking, a trace of dark flame appeared in the pupils of Xie Ji. A terrifying Noble Will charged directly into Ye Futian’s mind. At once, Ye Futian felt a frightening dark fire lotus appear in his Spiritual Will. The lotus grew and expanded continuously and released much pressure, trying to engulf and incinerate his will.

It was still Noble Will. However, Xie Ji’s level was much higher than his, so the will was obviously much strong. In Ye Futian’s Spiritual Will, a mysterious radiance was born, much like the radiance from the stars. The pure radiance enveloped his Spiritual Will, protecting it from the erosion.

Buzz! The appalling dark fire lotus started burning directly in Ye Futian’s mind. The attack was indeed dominating, trying to incinerate his Spiritual Will. It was already way more powerful than mere pressure from Noble Will.

Xie Ji was a Spirit Elemental Mandate Sorcerer. Fire was only one of his abilities. Only a Spirit Elemental Sorcerer could do more than just pressuring his opponent with his Noble Will; he could launch an actual attack directly with Spiritual Energy.

The pure starry radiance enveloped Ye Futian’s Spiritual Will and allowed the dark lotus to attack it freely, but its defense could not be broken. The radiance was the core of the Saint Will Ye Futian had inherited from the martial arts battlefield. The three beams of divine light came into being precisely from the core and could be controlled by it. That was why the chiefs of Blazing Sun School and Bright Moon School would fall into Ye Futian’s trap and he even managed to secretly learn their techniques.

Xie Ji launched an attack with his Spiritual Will directly; he was trying to kill Ye Futian.

Realizing that the spiritual attack actually did not manage to destroy Ye Futian, Xie Ji started to control the fire-elemental Spiritual Qi around him. Immediately, many traces of dark flames appeared around Ye Futian, turning into many dark lotuses. Everyone lotus contained an enormous amount of destructive powers. Whenever a Spirit Elemental Mandate Sorcerer cast a spell, the casting speed and power of the spell would be higher.

The dark lotuses circled rapidly around Ye Futian’s body, and a scorching wave of dark flames engulfed the region Ye Futian was in. Ice Will suddenly appeared and a layer of frost emerged around Ye Futian. However, under the scorching heat, the ice was evaporated directly, producing a sizzling sound. Xie Ji’s level was way higher than him.

“Why is he still fighting?” Outside the arena, Li Qingyi, Qin Yin, and Loulan Xue were watching. Although they did not manage to stay on the battlefield, they were still paying close attention to Ye Futian’s battle. At the moment, they were all somewhat anxious.

Suddenly, a powerful wave of meteorite storm appeared around Ye Futian. They turned into the Constitution of Stars, resisting the burning flames. The wildly rotating dark lotuses converged to form a huge dark lotus, enveloping Ye Futian’s body. The meteorite storm was engulfed directly, and many meteorites were burnt into nothingness.

“Burn!” Xie Ji shouted coldly. The dark fire lotus engulfed everything in its path. At once, Ye Futian shot towards the sky like a bolt of lightning. The dark lotus closed, trying to incinerate Ye Futian inside it.

A golden bolt of lightning flashed across the sky and Ye Futian managed to charge out. At the moment, he was wearing a golden piece of armor and showered in starry radiance. Around him, the radiance of the dark flames still seemed to be flowing. A terrifying air current exploded and only then did the flames slowly dissipate.

“He’s actually not incinerated.” Many people looked at Ye Futian, whose defense was really amazing.

Xie Ji lifted his head and looked at Ye Futian. He extended his palm again, but Ye Futian smiled and said, “Nice attack. I admit defeat.” Then, he backed off and exited from the stage, returning to his original position.

Xie Ji glanced coldly at Ye Futian. Although the fight was short, he could already feel that Ye Futian was not weak. Both his Spiritual Energy and physical defense were way beyond that of an ordinary Arcana Plane cultivator. Even a grade eight noble would have been burnt to death under such an attack.

Zhuge Xing looked at the scene emotionlessly. He did not walk up to the stage just now precisely because he knew that Ye Futian could admit defeat directly. It was pointless for him to challenge Ye Futian.

Yan Jiu, Bing Yi, Chu Shang, and many people from Nantian House had also been paying attention to this battle.

“Without the ritual implement, he indeed can’t make it far.” Bing Yi looked at Ye Futian. It seemed like Ye Futian’s ritual implement was extremely powerful.

“Xie Ji, are you willing to join an island of the Thousand Holy Islands to cultivate?” someone on the sky stairwell asked. Xie Ji looked in that direction and replied, “No.”

“Then you can go down first,” the person said emotionlessly. Even though Xie Ji had only fought with Ye Futian, there were still people from the Thousand Holy Islands who were willing to accept Xie Ji. He rejected the offer, but it was also what they had expected.

The Core Island of the Holy Zhi Palace would only choose its disciples among the last hundred people left. The top geniuses would certainly not choose to join any of the Thousand Holy Islands in advance. They would be part of the last hundred cultivators.

“Next,” the cultivator from the Holy Zhi Palace said.

After that, many cultivators walked out one after another and challenged various people. Some people were chosen and entered the Holy Zhi Palace, while others performed poorly and were eliminated. Of course, a minority rejected the offers from the Thousand Holy Islands and wanted to stay in the arena. Their goal was obvious.

As the battle continued, a few extremely outstanding geniuses also participated. For example, when Huang Jiuge from Sovereign Family walked out, he randomly chose a grade seven noble. He punched out and his Sovereign Spiritual Qi turned into a pure-blooded dragon. The overpowering attack crushed his opponent directly.

When Xu Que from Tingxue House fought, a murderous aura filled the arena. He struck out his hand and a blood mark appeared on his opponent’s neck. He showed mercy because he was in an arena under the Holy Zhi Palace. Otherwise, his opponent would have been killed by a single attack.

Zhuge Xing also took part in a battle. He only raised his hand and pointed in the air. A bolt of lightning penetrated across the sky and struck onto his opponent who immediately collapsed.

When Bai Ze from White Cloud City attacked, many people could not even see what he had done before his opponent fell onto the ground.

Chi Meng from Demon God Clan only stood there and his violent-looking body was unshakable. He managed to lift his opponent up easily as if he was actually a domineering demon god.

Many other top geniuses from various places took part in the battle one after another and displayed their shocking combat powers. The people who were left behind were all elites, but the top geniuses seemed to be in another level. They were able to crush their opponents. Without any exception, these people rejected the offers from the Thousand Holy Islands. Their stage would only be the last part of the elimination tournament.

Many people were looking forward to that, wondering how brilliant the battles would be when these people fought against each other.

The night below the Holy Zhi Palace looked just like the day. A cultivator had cast a spell to create an illusion so that it would always be daytime in the arena. Nobody felt any fatigue, including the spectators.

Eventually, a few hundred cultivators had walked out, many of which had real talents. The important figures of the Holy Zhi Palace looked at every battle with much interest.

“Ultimately, this arena belongs to those people. It seems like I wouldn’t be able to see the scene that you have described.” Zhuge Canyang glanced at Ye Futian and his friends who were in silence. There were too many outstanding people. In fact, he also believed in Zhuge Mingyue’s insight. If Ye Futian was a grade seven noble, he would be able to stand at the center of the battle stage. However, as an Arcana Plane cultivator, he was really too weak.

Against the more powerful people, he might not even be able to fight. It was not just Zhuge Canyang. In fact, many people felt this way. As the battles continued, people began to pay less and less attention to Ye Futian. This arena did not belong to him.

Suddenly, another cultivator walked out, attracting the eyes of many. Someone in the crowd said, “He’s Yan Nan from Sword Saint Villa. He is very talented in sword skills and not much weaker than Yan Jiu. His position in Sword Saint Villa is extraordinary because he’s very strong.”

Many people looked at Yan Nan. At the moment, everyone left behind in the arena could be considered as a genius.

Yan Nan walked to the center of the arena and looked in Ye Futian’s direction. Previously, when Ye Futian took over their relic by force, he was also present, so he still remembered this clearly. However, he did not challenge Ye Futian again. Ye Futian was only in the Arcana Plane and he might admit defeat if he was challenged. How boring that would be.

“You, come out.” Yan Nan stared at Ye Wuchen, who was also a swordsman. Moreover, Ye Wuchen had inherited the relic from Flying Sword City.

Chapter 549: Get the F*** Over Here

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

“Be careful,” Ye Futian reminded softly. The cultivators from Sword Saint Villa looked really strong. All the people who were still there were certainly very powerful.

Ye Wuchen nodded gently, after which he stepped forward and walked to the center of the arena. Many people stared at his single arm, as well as the sword he was carrying on his back. Was he a one-armed swordsman? Nobody knew what outstanding characteristics he had that had allowed him to stay until this moment.

“Yan Nan, grade eight noble from Sword Saint Villa.”

“Ye Wuchen, grade nine noble.”

“Handicapped first.” Yan Nan gestured at Ye Wuchen, signaling him to attack first, but the word “handicapped” was particularly grating. The people around Yan Nan all stared at him in surprise. With his status, he should not be humiliating another cultivator in such a way, unless there was some resentment between the two of them.

The people from Dawn Road knew the exact reason. Clearly, Yan Nan who was from Sword Saint Villa was extremely unhappy that Ye Wuchen and Ye Futian had obtained the relic from Flying Sword City. It should be a place for him to cultivate instead. In his opinion, Ye Wuchen was an unknown one-armed person. What did Ye Wuchen have that had allowed him to inherit the relic that was supposed to belong to Sword Saint Villa?

In reality, Yan Nan was indeed thinking this. A handicapped cultivator had inherited the relic that originally belonged to him and his clan mates. How humiliating…

The faces of Ye Futian and Yu Sheng darkened at once and a cold beam of light flashed across their eyes. A faint, freezing aura was even emitted from Ye Futian’s body. On the other hand, Yu Sheng clenched his fists tightly, producing a crackling sound.

Handicapped?

They did not forget how Ye Wuchen’s other arm was cut off.

Ye Wuchen’s pupils contracted and he glanced at Yan Nan, but he did not seem to have an intense reaction. In fact, he was even calmer than Ye Futian and Yu Sheng. He had already accepted the fact that he was one-armed a long time ago. Cultivators were supposed to cultivate their mentality, and his arm was already not too important to him. Ye Wuchen still vividly remembered his master’s words; it was more important for him as a swordsman to have a clear focus.

Sword Will started to flow around Ye Wuchen and his entire body seemed to have turned into a sword itself. A dazzling radiance erupted and thousands of swords circled around him, awaiting their orders. Together, they produced a loud clanking.

Ye Wuchen pointed his finger forward. Right away, the thousands of swords charged towards Yan Nan like rain.

Yan Nan stared at Ye Wuchen’s action coldly. Was Ye Wuchen trying to show off his sword skills before him?

Behind Yan Nan, a beam of light bloomed and a huge sword seemed to have appeared. Immediately, a vast amount of Sword Will swept over and converged together. The huge sword solidified gradually and a terrifying storm made from Sword Qi emerged around it. The huge sword vibrated, after which it struck forward as if it had been drawn out of its sheath.

Nine Swords of the Celestials, Edgeless Great Sword.

Instantly, the huge sword struck out, even the incoming Sword Qi from Ye Wuchen seemed to have stopped flowing. Then, the Sword Will all bypassed the huge sword.

Both of them were swordsmen. However, Yan Nan was a grade eight noble, while Ye Wuchen was only grade nine. With a higher level, Yan Nan’s Sword Will was purer and more powerful, and certainly much stronger than an ordinary swordsman. However, the Sword Qi coming from Ye Wuchen did not stop. Instead, the Sword Qi which filled the sky only charged over wildly. He had obtained the inheritance of a sage from the Holy Zhi Palace in Flying Sword City, so he was clearly stronger.

Suddenly, the Sword Will in the sky turned into many swords in an orderly manner. Then, they unified and actually charged towards the same place, colliding with the light screen around the incoming huge sword.

An ear-piercing noise erupted and everyone stared attentively at the battlefield. Sword Qi blotted out the sky, producing a spectacular sight. Gradually, many cracks appeared on the light screen around the huge sword, after which it cracked open. An endless amount of Sword Will pierced towards the huge sword. In the end, even the edgeless great sword had countless cracks on it and it eventually broke into pieces, dissipating into nothingness.

Yan Nan glanced coldly at Ye Wuchen. He is not too weak, he thought. Then, Yan Nan flashed forward and passed through the endless Sword Will like a sharp sword himself. He appeared in the sky, and another sword appeared behind him. The sword penetrated across the air like a bolt of lightning, crushing the Sword Qi in its path. With a speed that was too fast to be seen by the naked eye, the sword charged towards Ye Wuchen’s forehead directly.

Many people held their breaths. The sword was so fast that they could hardly see anything. It was more like a beam of light.

It was the Sword of Light in the Nine Swords of the Celestials.

At the moment, a brilliant wave of Sword Will emerged from in between Ye Wuchen’s eyebrows, after which the powerful Sword Will turned into a sharp sword, shooting forward. The two lightning-like beams of light crashed into each other. Ye Wuchen backed off, but suddenly, he felt an intense sense of danger.

Ye Wuchen’s body suddenly moved to the right, leaving an afterimage behind. Following a soft thud, Ye Wuchen’s left sleeve was cut into two directly. A blade of light flashed across and was hardly visible to the eyes.

So close! Everyone stared at the arena.

“The Nine Swords of the Celestials from Sword Saint Villa. This is the Swords of Light and Darkness. The Swords of Light are exposed, while the Swords of Darkness are hidden. I didn’t expect Yan Nan to be skilled in this technique. It is quite rare,” looking at the scene, an important figure from the Holy Zhi Palace praised.

“You should be grateful that you’re handicapped,” Yan Nan said. Ye Wuchen looked at the sleeve that had been cut into two, and it was empty inside.

“Wuchen!” Ye Futian was somewhat anxious. He knew Ye Wuchen very well. Due to his personality, Ye Wuchen would not admit defeat easily when it came to swordsmanship. He would rather be severely injured than admit defeat. Moreover, Yan Nan was a dangerous person.

At the moment, Ye Wuchen looked at Yan Nan, who extended his finger. Realizing that there was some Sword Will flowing around the tip of Yan Nan’s finger, Ye Wuchen closed his eyes.

The Swords of Light could be seen, but the Swords of Darkness were hard to block. With his understanding of swordsmanship, Ye Wuchen should not have missed that out, but he did not manage to detect the Sword of Darkness at all. This meant that the Sword of Darkness was really powerful. Since his eyes were useless here, Ye Wuchen had decided to close them.

“It seems like you don’t even want your eyes,” Yan Nan sneered. However, suddenly, he saw Ye Wuchen who was showered in endless Sword Qi move, charging towards him like a sharp sword.

Yan Nan pointed his finger at the sky. At once, an infinite amount of Sword Qi converged into a huge sword which fell down from the sky. It struck towards Ye Wuchen, attempting to crush everything in its path.

The Sword Qi around Ye Wuchen danced wildly and swept towards the sky. However, Yan Nan also stepped forward, walking towards Ye Wuchen.

A battle between two swordsmen was always the most dangerous. In just one strike, one of them could be killed. In addition, melee combat between two swordsmen would be several times more dangerous. However, Ye Wuchen was fearless, so Yan Nan would not be scared as well.

The Sword Qi above Ye Wuchen collided wildly with the huge sword. On the other hand, many swords appeared in front of Yan Nan. As he pointed his finger forward, the Swords of Light were activated. Every single sword turned into a beam of light, charging towards Ye Wuchen.

Ye Wuchen similarly pointed his finger forward. Right away, several sword veils appeared before him and converged into one. Then, it turned into nine beams of Sword Qi, striking towards the Swords of Light. They collided in midair. However, Ye Wuchen felt an intense sense of danger again, just like a while ago. At the moment, Ye Wuchen was clearly focused and time seemed to have slowed down for him. He could feel intense fluctuations coming from the Swords of Darkness in several places before him. This time, it was not just one sword. Instead, there were three beams of Sword Qi coming from three different directions, blocking all possible paths to dodge.

Suddenly, a brilliant radiance erupted from Ye Wuchen. A bright blade of light appeared above his sword body as he dashed forward. At the moment, his body had combined with his sword, his sword had combined with his will, and his will had combined with his heart.

Buzz… The three terrifying Swords of Darkness brushed past Ye Wuchen’s body, after which they actually collided with each other, sending out a horrifying force. On the other hand, Ye Wuchen had managed to close the distance between him and Yan Nan.

“He dodged it.” The powerful cultivators all looked at Ye Wuchen in surprise. With their levels, they could clearly see what had happened in the arena.

Yan Nan frowned, but he did not seem to be too bothered. There was still a frightening power on his fingertip. However, out of a sudden, Ye Wuchen who was before him opened his eyes, his eyes as bright as the blade of a sword. In the next instant, Yan Nan saw an appalling sharp sword strike towards his throat. He sneered, after which his palm turned into a sword and swept out. A sharp noise was produced, but his attack somehow missed. Then, an intense feeling of danger befell Yan Nan and his heart pounded fiercely. This was an Illusory Sword Technique.

Stepping in the air, Yan Nan retreated backward, and a strong wave of Sword Will appeared before him, protecting him. Then, he felt a sharp sword pierce towards him. If he was slightly slower, his throat would have been slit open.

The sword that he had seen was actually illusory. The real fatal blow came slower than what he had seen.

Suddenly, Yan Nan saw another two blades of light charging towards him. Just as he was thinking for a strategy, he felt another sense of danger. He sped up and his body seemed to have turned into a sword. However, instead of moving forward, he was trying to back away.

Yan Nan formed a sword seal with his hands and a powerful sword veil appeared before him. Ye Wuchen’s attack finally arrived, and the second strike was faster than what Yan Nan had seen. It was an Illusory Sword Technique. Whatever Yan Nan was seeing was all illusory.

Indeed, Heavenly Eyes Sword Technique could be considered as an Illusory Sword Technique. Moreover, Ye Wuchen had merged his Heavenly Eyes Sword Technique with his understanding of swordsmanship, fusing it with the aggressive technique that he had obtained from the relic. At the moment, thousands of waves of Sword Qi charged out. This was the Sword of Chaos. Yan Nan’s face turned pale; he did not know which swords were real and which were illusory.

Yan Nan put his hands together and thousands of swords gathered around him. He no longer attempted to attack and could only defend, guarding his body with Sword Qi. Immediately, his body was enveloped in a sword veil.

Suddenly, Ye Wuchen appeared before him. The one-armed swordsman strolled in the air and an endless amount of Sword Qi in the sky converged towards him, growing in strength as time passed. Everyone could only see countless swords floating around Ye Wuchen, producing a clanking sound. In the sky, more and more swords gathered around him.

“Strike!” Ye Wuchen pointed his finger forward. At once, an infinite amount of Sword Qi shot towards a certain place. Everyone saw a sword rain charging towards the same spot. Almost immediately, cracks appeared on Yan Nan’s defense.

“Yan Nan, admit defeat!” Yan Jiu who was at the edge of the arena shouted. Swordsmen were known for their aggressiveness. They could crush all defenses, but their own defense was comparatively much weaker.

Previously, Yan Nan had gained an advantage in his attacks and was able to suppress Ye Wuchen. However, the situation of the battle flipped around out of a suddenly. Ye Wuchen was attacking Yan Nan with countless swords at the moment and Yan Nan was absolutely on the losing end. If this continued, Yan Nan would not only lose but he would also be killed.

Yan Nan’s face turned very gloomy as he stared at Ye Wuchen in the sky. The sword veil around him was already on the verge of being crushed. Just then, Ye Wuchen raised his hand and the thousands of swords around him clanked.

“I admit defeat!” Yan Nan roared, not resigned to his fate. Ye Wuchen’s finger stopped in the air, after which the Sword Qi dissipated.

Countless people gazed at Ye Wuchen. This one-armed swordsman who had been keeping a low profile was humiliated by Yan Nan, being addressed as a handicapped. However, he actually defeated Yan Nan, a Sword Saint Villa disciple.

He is actually also so strong, Li Qingyi, Qin Yin, and the other people from Dawn Road thought. It seemed like nobody with Ye Futian was weak, although their levels were somewhat low.

Yan Nan’s face darkened as he stood blankly at his spot. He had actually lost.

“I actually lost to a handicapped.” Yan Nan gave a self-mocking smile. The word “handicapped” was still particularly grating. Raising his head, he looked at Ye Wuchen. “Is that what you learned from the relic?”

Ye Wuchen glanced coldly at Yan Nan. Ignoring him, Ye Wuchen turned around and left. Since he could not kill Yan Nan, it was pointless to say anything else.

“Wait,” an elder from the Holy Zhi Palace suddenly said. “Ye Wuchen, do you want to join my island?”

Ye Wuchen was the one being challenged, but his power was approved by the Holy Zhi Palace in this battle. Someone wanted to accept him as a disciple.

“Thank you, but I would like to stay in the arena.” Ye Wuchen bowed gently, after which he continued his way back. He had rejected the offer. Moreover, because he was the one who was challenged and had obtained the approval of the Holy Zhi Palace, he would not need to fight anytime soon.

The elder did not say anything. He looked at Yan Nan and asked, “How about you?”

Although Yan Nan had lost, his power was similarly approved.

Yan Nan glanced emotionlessly at the back of Ye Wuchen. How could he accept something that Ye Wuchen had rejected?

“No.” Yan Nan turned around and left. Because he had obtained someone’s approval, he could still stay in the arena despite having lost. He was promoted to the next round.

Both of them had actually rejected the offer. Clearly, they had greater ambitions. To Yan Nan, if he was to join the Thousand Holy Islands, he might as well stay in Sword Saint Villa.

In the crowd, Chen Yuan said to Mu Chuan, “Did you see that? Even the person beside him can enter the Holy Zhi Palace. Moreover, he rejected the offer from the Thousand Holy Islands. I really don’t know why you’re always so proud before me.”

Zhaixing House had been acting superior just because Mu Zhifan was a disciple of the Holy Zhi Palace. Now, Chen Yuan was almost elated.

Behind him, Mu Zhifan’s face darkened. Indeed, even Ye Wuchen could enter the Holy Zhi Palace. The reason that he had been so complacent seemed insignificant at the moment.

The arena was somewhat silent. The battle between the two evenly matched swordsmen just now was very remarkable.

Ye Wuchen returned to the side of the arena. Ye Futian looked at his sleeve which had been cut off and asked softly, “Are you injured?”

Ye Wuchen shook his head gently and did not say anything else. His handsome face looked very calm, but Ye Futian did not know what he was thinking. Nevertheless, anyone who was humiliated as a handicapped would certainly be furious. Moreover, Ye Wuchen’s broken arm was indeed his major flaw.

“Next,” the person on the sky stairwell said.

“Me,” someone replied. However, before the person could walk out, someone else in the crowd was already walking towards the center of the arena.

Many people seemed to be very surprised. The person who walked out first was actually Ye Futian.

Ye Futian strolled to the center of the arena and stopped. Ignoring the amused stares of everyone, he looked in a certain direction. It was where Ye Nan had just returned to.

“Get the f*** over here,” Ye Futian said, pointing at Yan Nan. After Yan Nan lost, he still called Ye Wuchen a handicapped. Ye Wuchen did not seem to mind, but Ye Futian did!

The Legend of Futian - Chapter 541

Chapter 541: Expectations

Chapter 542: Mass Chaos

Chapter 543: A Sea of Powerful Figures

Chapter 544: Nothing to do with Me

Chapter 545: Training using the Tablets

Chapter 546: The First Challenger

Chapter 547: Disqualified

Chapter 548: Whose Stage?

Chapter 549: Get the F*** Over Here

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The Legend of Futian - Chapter 541

Chapter 541: Expectations

Chapter 542: Mass Chaos

Chapter 543: A Sea of Powerful Figures

Chapter 544: Nothing to do with Me

Chapter 545: Training using the Tablets

Chapter 546: The First Challenger

Chapter 547: Disqualified

Chapter 548: Whose Stage?

Chapter 549: Get the F*** Over Here

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