High Martial Arts Era 440

Chapter 440: The Terrifying Xu Yuan

Li Yuan’s outburst truly stunned all the Heavenly Flight Demigods. Even Jing Kui, Yue Shan, and others who had initially been optimistic about him never imagined his killing efficiency could be so astonishing.

“How could Xu Yuan be so strong?”

“Just in terms of the time it took him to pass the second level, even I was only slightly faster than him.” Demigod Yue Shan couldn’t hide his shock.

“Could his strength be comparable to yours?” Demigod Yang Di couldn’t help but ask. “But isn’t he just newly promoted to a Demigod? His Source Power cultivation should be much weaker than ours. And five years ago, his Law Comprehension was only at the early stage of the Void God level… Could it be that his Law Comprehension has reached the peak of the Void God level so quickly?”

Just thinking about it, Demigod Yang Di felt it was impossible.

Could Xu Yuan break through a bottleneck that many Void Gods couldn’t overcome for thousands of years in just five years?

Are there such monstrously talented geniuses in the world?

“It’s hard to say, let’s watch.” Demigod Yue Shan stared at the screen in the void.

…

“This shouldn’t be possible! How can Xu Yuan be so strong? It’s against common sense.” Demigod Bai Feng furrowed his brows, his heart filled with anxiety.

Since he dared to gamble, he naturally prepared himself for the possibility of losing.

However, even though he highly overestimated Li Yuan, he only believed that Li Yuan had a slight chance of breaking into the top 100 on the Demigod Ranking.

But now?

Even compared to their group of Demigod Holy Sons, Li Yuan’s killing efficiency was not inferior.

How long have they, the Demigod Holy Sons, been cultivating? And how long has Li Yuan been cultivating?

…

“Interesting!”

“To have such fast killing efficiency, either his strength is extraordinary, or he possesses powerful area-of-effect techniques.” Jing Kui, standing at the front of the team, was very relaxed. There was a trace of anticipation in his eyes: “But no matter what, Xu Yuan, you are much stronger than five years ago.”

“Growing so fast.”

“Could it be that in the ancestral realm battle six years later, I will have another opponent?” Jing Kui smiled slightly.

His childhood experiences had made him fearless of having more opponents.

Any strong opponent or enemy would only be regarded as a landscape on his path of growth.

…

On the high platform of the Divine Temple, seven True Gods could observe the detailed battle scenes of Li Yuan.

“Domain!”

“Xu Yuan actually has such powerful domain techniques. It seems he also deployed a powerful divine artifact.” True God Yue Yi said softly. “They complement each other, making his area-of-effect techniques extremely powerful.”

“I suspect it’s the Nine-Layered Domain Star Technique! And it’s been cultivated to the fourth-order peak.” A purple-clad True God said. “Such domain mastery is beyond the reach of many Void Gods.”

“Xu Yuan’s Law Comprehension is not high enough, but only in terms of domain power, even among countless geniuses of the Starfire Temple, he is enough to compete for the top three.” The purple-clad True God said solemnly. “Obviously, his Star Technique is very powerful.”

Except for Li Yuan, only three members of the Starfire Temple had awakened an Eight-Star Vein… The rest were only Seven-Star Vein Demigods.

Therefore, there were only a handful of Starfire Temple Demigods who could cultivate two battle Nine-Layered Star Techniques… And none of them cultivated the Nine-Layered Domain Star Technique.

Take Jing Kui for example, he awakened four Nine-Layered Star Veins, and the two battle Nine-Layered Star Techniques he cultivated were the Body Refinement Star Technique and the Illusionary Body Star Technique.

The Nine-Layered Star Technique cultivated to the fourth-order peak is a 36-level Star Technique!

While the Seven-Layered Star Technique cultivated to the fourth-order peak by a Demigod is only a 28-level, and a Void God cultivated to the fifth-order peak is only a 35-level.

The higher the level of the Star Technique, the greater the difference in power later.

Li Yuan, even though his Law Comprehension is far weaker than those Demigod Holy Sons, but his Source Power cultivation is close, and relying on the “Heavenly Earth River” cultivated to level 35, combined with the Nine Dragons Black Armor, his domain’s power of slaughter, even among Starfire Temple Demigods, is at the very top.

“His Source Power cultivation should have reached level 47, stronger than what we initially expected.” Another black-armored deputy temple master also spoke.

Before Li Yuan erupted, these True Gods couldn’t see clearly.

But once Li Yuan made his move, with the vision of True Gods, they could naturally quickly analyze many of Li Yuan’s techniques and details.

“Yes, your deductions are basically correct.” True God Chiyang said softly. “Let us see how far Xu Yuan can go in the Starfire Tower.”

…

The third level of the Starfire Tower.

“Boom!” “Boom!” “Boom!” A thousand Starfire warriors roared into action, their power was no different from the first and second levels.

What changed was their Law Comprehension realm, which had all been elevated to the Demigod level.

Naturally, their strength had greatly increased.

These Starfire warriors were also extremely intelligent. They moved in groups of ten, overwhelming and charging towards Li Yuan.

“Slaughter!”

“Go!” With a thought, Li Yuan once again deployed his domain technique. With the nine yellow dragons as the core, strands of yellow-brown Qi flowed like blades, madly impacting and cutting the bodies of the Starfire warriors.

However, the difficulty of slaughter was soaring.

On the second level, one yellow dragon could kill a Starfire warrior, but now it could only leave slight wounds.

“Just relying on the domain, it’s not enough.” Li Yuan’s eyes flashed with a sharp light, and then a ripple spread out.

Soul attack! It directly penetrated the bodies of those Starfire warriors… but these Starfire warriors were completely unaffected. They continued to roar and charge towards Li Yuan.

“Hmm? So that’s how it is.”

“If they were puppets, the puppet spirits would also have consciousness and could use illusions to influence their strength. But these Starfire warriors are energy warriors condensed by formations… they only have combat instincts and are not affected by soul attacks.” Li Yuan immediately understood why the soul attack wasn’t working.

He had to rely on physical attacks to break through.

“Kill!”

Li Yuan’s figure moved, his speed was much faster than five years ago. He was unpredictable, instantly flashing dozens of illusory figures in the boundless Heavenly Earth River.

The Nine-Layered Star Technique, “Myriad Shadows Void”!

Although it was only at the third-order peak, its power was not inferior to the Seven-Layered Star Technique used by the Demigods.

For a time, the Starfire warriors, whose speed had already been reduced by the domain suppression, immediately dispersed to pursue the illusory figures.

“Annihilate!”

Li Yuan’s true body was hidden among the illusory figures, with only twenty Starfire warriors charging at him.

Whoosh!

Li Yuan already held the Dark Star Divine Spear in his hand. The spear swept across the sky, its power surging in an instant, directly piercing the bodies of three Starfire warriors.

Their bodies tore apart! Death!

Li Yuan, at full power, with the domain enhancement, his spear technique attack power had already reached level 52.

“Roar!” “Kill!”

Even though the other illusory figures of Li Yuan also had some attack power, the other Starfire warriors still judged the location of his true body and rushed over like lightning.

“These Starfire warriors can’t stop me.” Li Yuan moved with ease, flashing between his true body and illusory figures, instantly breaking free from the pursuit of hundreds of Starfire warriors.

Whether it’s “Nine Shadows Split Body” or “Myriad Shadows Void”, the core is in the words “shadow” and “illusion.”

In essence, this is a super-high level of illusory combat technique.

The point where “Myriad Shadows Void” is stronger than “Nine Shadows Split Body” is that it can greatly enhance the degree of Li Yuan’s harmony with spatial fluctuations, allowing Li Yuan to create more real illusory figures with the same Law Comprehension.

Illusory figures also have many levels.

The weak ones can be distinguished by a scan of the divine consciousness, the powerful ones even contain a certain amount of attack power.

The legendary strongest illusory figures are exactly the same as the true body, almost another true self, that is truly terrifying.

Li Yuan now could easily create hundreds of illusory figures with a thought.

But to make it difficult for these Starfire warriors to distinguish, he could maintain at most thirty-six illusory figures… The more illusory figures he maintained, the greater the consumption of Source Power and the greater the burden on Li Yuan’s soul.

Moreover, under the cover of the Heavenly Earth River domain, it also made Li Yuan’s illusory figures harder to distinguish.

“Whoosh!” “Whoosh!”

Li Yuan’s true body alternated with his illusory figures. The domain enveloped all sides, constantly slaughtering the Starfire warriors.

In the end, after a while, Li Yuan slaughtered all the Starfire warriors on this level.

“Fourth level!”

Li Yuan rested for a moment and turned into a ray of light, entering the fourth level of the Starfire Tower.

…

At this moment, on the ranking screen in the Starfire Hall, Li Yuan’s score ranking had soared to 412th.

“He has entered the fourth level.”

“He has broken into the top 1,000. He is qualified to participate in the second round of competition.”

“Xu Yuan’s speed in passing the third level was much slower than other Holy Sons. His killing efficiency has obviously slowed down.”

“It seems that Xu Yuan’s true strength still can’t catch up to the Demigod Holy Sons.” Numerous Demigods discussed, like Yue Shan, Dong Pan, and Bai Feng, they all breathed a sigh of relief.

If Xu Yuan had really just broken through to Demigod and his strength had caught up to them, that would be too frightening.

However.

When they looked up and saw the number on the screen that was still constantly jumping, they still felt a sense of awe and admiration.

“312th.”

“291st.”

Even though Li Yuan’s score increase rate had slowed down, it couldn’t hide his brilliance, he was only in his thirties after all.

“It looks like Xu Yuan won’t be able to pass the fourth level.” Demigod Yue Shan said in a low voice. “He will probably reach around 200th, that’s his limit.”

“It’s already terrifying.” Yang Di shook his head and sighed. “This is only his first time trying.”

“But only reaching the 200th place in the Starfire Tower, during the second round of competition, it will be extremely difficult for him to break into the top 100.” Demigod Yue Shan frowned. “Isn’t he going to lose the bet?”

Yang Di was stunned for a moment, and he couldn’t help but look at Bai Feng in the distance.

There was no joy on Bai Feng’s face.

…

On the high platform of the hall, the seven True Gods were constantly paying attention to Li Yuan’s situation.

“It’s hard for Xu Yuan to get past the fourth level.”

“His Law Comprehension has progressed tremendously compared to five years ago, which is incredibly exaggerated for his age… but compared to Dong Pan, Yue Shan, and the others, there is still a huge gap.” True God Yue Yi said. “His spear technique is profound, just barely reaching the middle stage of the Void God level.”

“Those Demigod Holy Sons, their techniques are profound, each of them is at the peak of the Void God level, and Dong Pan and Jing Kui have even reached the Void God peak level.” True God Yue Yi’s eyes were sharp.

“Xu Yuan’s strength is about equivalent to level 52, but his domain is extremely strong.”

“Yeah.”

“Give Xu Yuan a few more decades, he will be terrifying, but his Law Comprehension is not enough right now. He was able to pass the first and second levels so quickly because his domain is strong enough. Domains are a good weapon against the weak… but the stronger the enemy, the weaker the effect of the domain.” The purple-clad True God also said.

“He can reach about 200th place relying on the power of his domain, but in a real fight, his final ranking will probably drop to around 400th.”

“In a life-and-death battle with other Demigods, Xu Yuan can probably rank around 300th on the Demigod Ranking.” These True Gods exchanged views.

The Starfire Tower is not completely fair.

For example, soul attacks cannot be used, mainly because Demigods generally don’t deliberately study souls, and the tests are more complex. The Awakening Star Ancient City did not specifically set up anything for this.

In a way, the upper echelons of the Awakening Star Ancient City don’t encourage Demigods to study the Dao of Souls… After all, for Demigods, improving Law Comprehension and awakening life stars are the most important things.

After becoming a God, there will be plenty of time to ponder the Dao of Souls.

Secondly, those who are good at domain area-of-effect techniques will also have a greater advantage in the first five levels of the Starfire Tower.

Only on the sixth level of the Starfire Tower will the strongest Starfire warriors be born, requiring absolute strength to pass.

…

On the fourth level of the Starfire Tower, Li Yuan was fighting with all his might.

“Kill!”

“Kill!” “Kill!” Li Yuan’s fighting spirit soared, but his inner core remained absolutely calm.

The seven emotions and six desires flowed through his heart, but his heart remained absolutely tranquil. This was the pursuit of “Heart Illusion Six Realms” in tempering mental willpower.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

Thirty-six illusory figures alternated and flickered, helping Li Yuan’s true body hide, avoiding attacks from those Starfire warriors.

His spear technique was sharp!

His movements were ghost-like!

“Rumble~” The overwhelming Starfire warriors attacked wildly, their auras were profound, each of them could already induce the mysteries of laws, and their weapon attacks were awe-inspiring.

At this moment, the strength of each Starfire warrior had surpassed the limit of a Demigod, approaching the true Void God.

Under the overwhelming joint attack of a large number of Starfire warriors, they mutually influenced each other, the power of Li Yuan’s Heavenly Earth River domain was rapidly diminishing, and he could only constantly shrink, concentrating on suppressing the Starfire warriors close to him.

Nine yellow dragons? They had been bombarded and scattered by the combined attacks of the Starfire warriors several times.

The most important thing was.

The largest diameter of the entire hall was only 100 kilometers, leaving Li Yuan with very little space to dodge.

“If my Source Power cultivation had reached 49.9 level! My strength would be much stronger across the board, and I should be able to pass the fourth level.” Li Yuan thought to himself. “Now? I’m afraid I can’t pass.”

The difficulty of each level of the Starfire Tower constantly increased.

“Boom!” “Boom!”

Hundreds of Starfire warriors continued to attack, even though Li Yuan’s movements were heaven-defying, he couldn’t avoid being hit… one mistake, and he would be attacked repeatedly.

This caused the energy contained in Li Yuan’s protective spiritual light to rapidly decrease.

“Whoosh!” He couldn’t dodge in time, and another sharp blade swept across Li Yuan’s true body. Following that, the protective spiritual light completely dissipated, and Li Yuan instantly disappeared from the fourth level of the Starfire Tower.

Li Yuan’s final score was 3488 points.

Ranking 214th!

…

Whew!

Li Yuan felt his vision flicker, and then he slowly descended from the spatial vortex filled with flames, returning to the ground.

“Hmm?” Li Yuan immediately sensed the envious, jealous, or admiring gazes in the hall.

“He’s really ferocious!”

“No wonder he can be ranked alongside Jing Kui. He can actually break into the 214th place as a newly promoted Demigod.”

“It’s truly exaggerated.”

“His strength is progressing too fast, I wonder how he cultivated.” Many Demigods discussed through telepathic communication.

Although Li Yuan’s 214th place was still a gap from Bai Feng’s “100th place” bet… but at the beginning, no one could have believed that Li Yuan could win.

214th place was enough to shock the hearts of people.

Li Yuan returned to the spot where Yue Shan and Yang Di were, and the strong members of their Yuan Guo lineage naturally gathered together.

“Brother Xu Yuan, good job.” Yue Shan smiled. “I was worried before, but I didn’t expect your strength to be so powerful. You were able to break into the 214th place for the first time. In the next ranking battle five years later, you will definitely be able to break into the top 100.”

“Yeah.”

“Although you didn’t win the bet this time, no one dares to underestimate you anymore.” Yang Di also smiled. “Look, Bai Feng is speechless.”

In their opinion, if Li Yuan hadn’t even entered the top 1,000, then this bet would have been very embarrassing.

But 214th place? They could accept losing the bet.

“Brother Yue Shan, Brother Yang Di.” Li Yuan smiled slightly. “The second stage hasn’t started yet, are you already convinced that I will lose?”

Yue Shan and Yang Di were both stunned for a moment.

From Li Yuan’s meaning, did he still have the confidence to break into the top 100?

Before they could ask further.

“The first stage of the Demigod Ranking Battle is over.” A deep voice spread from the high platform, echoing throughout the hall, instantly silencing everyone in the hall.

True God Chiyang swept his gaze across the crowd and said slowly. “Those who ranked in the top 1,000 in the score ranking will enter the second round.”

“The rules of the competition are very simple. You will be randomly divided into ten groups based on your score ranking, with 100 people in each group.”

“In each group of 100, you will compete in turn. 1 point for a victory, no points for a loss. Ultimately, the top 30 in each group will be the top 300 on the Demigod Ranking.”

“The top 10 in each group will be the top 100 on the Demigod Ranking.”

“The first and second ranked in each group will enter the top 20, and the final top 10 will be decided.” True God Chiyang said in a deep voice.

All those who entered the top 1,000 in the score ranking couldn’t help but feel nervous.

Round-robin battles were the most brutal! But they were also the fairest!

Wanting to break into the top 100 or even the top 20 on the Demigod Ranking? Then defeat most of the Demigods in your group.

Whoosh!

With a wave of his hand, True God Chiyang saw that the huge spatial vortex in the void dissipated, replaced by countless void arenas, a total of one hundred.

They were enough for the members of two groups to compete simultaneously.

“Whew!”

With another wave of his hand, True God Chiyang saw that the huge screen in the void flickered and quickly divided into ten groups. Each group had a total of 100 names.

The scores behind each name were all 0.

“Jing Kui is in the first group.”

“Dong Pan is in the second group.”

…

“Bai Feng’s score ranking is in the teens, he’s also in the second group.”

“Those who ranked in the top 10 in the Starfire Tower were randomly assigned to ten groups. Those who ranked from 11th to 20th were also randomly distributed to ten groups…” Numerous Heavenly Flight Demigods couldn’t help but look up.

Based on the score ranking, it made the strength of each group very balanced, very fair.

On average, each group had 1-2 Demigod Holy Sons.

“I’m 214th, randomly assigned to Group 2.” Li Yuan swept his gaze across the huge screen. “My score ranking in Group 2 is 22nd… if I want to enter the top two in my group and compete for the final top 10, I need to work hard and not lose.”

Only a complete victory could be foolproof.

However, Li Yuan’s Group 2 had two Demigod Holy Sons, Dong Pan and Bai Feng, so the difficulty of a complete victory was self-evident.

“Bai Feng.” Li Yuan pondered for a moment, turning to look at him in the distance, his eyes met with Bai Feng’s.

When their eyes met, they both understood what each other was thinking.

…

“The 200 reserve members of the first and second groups, don’t resist, get ready to enter the void arenas.” True God Chiyang said in a deep voice. “The rules are the same as when you were in the Starfire Tower. I reiterate, you are not allowed to use Law Treasures or external objects. If you are found doing so, you will be directly eliminated.”

Whew!

Suddenly, an invisible force enveloped the 200 Demigods, and they immediately turned into rays of light, being thrown into the void arenas one after another.

Quickly.

All the spectators quickly saw the matchups of the 100 void arenas, and one of them immediately attracted the attention of most of the people.

“It’s Xu Yuan and Bai Feng!!”

“Haha, they’re both in Group 2, they actually met in the first round, interesting.”

“Xu Yuan was in the limelight when he was climbing the Starfire Tower just now, but in a blink of an eye, he’s in trouble.”

“He’s only 214th. He’s going to lose.”

“Let’s see if Bai Feng will humiliate Xu Yuan.” Numerous Heavenly Flight Demigods exchanged views.

Compared to this battle, even Jing Kui’s battle didn’t attract much attention.

All the spectators were unanimous in believing that Xu Yuan would never be Bai Feng’s opponent. After all, their score rankings reflected the huge gap in strength between the two.

“Xu Yuan should be able to resist for a while with his domain.”

“Yeah, this little brat Bai Feng is arrogant, but his strength is indeed good. It’s not difficult to defeat Xu Yuan now.” Even the seven True Gods, including True God Chiyang, thought so.

…

On the void arena.

“Hmm? Xu Yuan?” Bai Feng, wearing golden armor, was also surprised when he saw Li Yuan.

Li Yuan was also taken aback.

They met in the very first round? Both of them had a feeling, was True God Chiyang deliberately doing this?

“Brother Xu Yuan, your strength is already very strong. I take back my previous words, I admit I underestimated you.” Demigod Bai Feng said slowly. “However, you are not my opponent now.”

Even though he was confident that he would win, Demigod Bai Feng no longer acted arrogantly, nor did he ridicule Li Yuan.

“Is that so?”

“Brother Bai Feng.” Li Yuan smiled slightly. “Actually, I don’t know if I can win against you, but you’d better make the first move, otherwise, you may not have the chance to make a move.”

“No chance to make a move?” Bai Feng was taken aback for a moment, and a hint of anger flashed in his eyes. “Xu Yuan, I have already shown you enough respect.”

Respect?

“Brother Bai Feng, I didn’t mean to say it that way.” Li Yuan shook his head. “I’m speaking from the heart.”

Li Yuan was indeed speaking from the heart.

After all, he hadn’t used soul attacks before. He didn’t know how powerful they would be once deployed.

“Okay!”

“Brother Xu Yuan, then please make the first move, let me see what ‘no chance to make a move’ means.” Demigod Bai Feng’s face also turned gloomy, and he was completely furious.

Even Jing Kui didn’t dare to speak to him like this.

“Are you sure?” Li Yuan smiled.

“Sure.” Demigod Bai Feng’s eyes were cold. “Brother Xu Yuan, use whatever means you have, go all out.”

“Good.”

Li Yuan nodded, with a thought, rumble~ the Heavenly Earth River domain erupted, instantly engulfing the entire void arena.

“Domain? Such a powerful domain? No wonder you could break through the first and second levels of the Starfire Tower so quickly?” Demigod Bai Feng’s eyes flashed with surprise, then his eyes turned cold. “But just relying on this domain technique to defeat me… Hmm? Not good!”

“It’s a soul attack…”

Demigod Bai Feng’s eyes flashed with endless confusion. He felt his consciousness falling into endless darkness.

The moment he deployed the Heavenly Earth River domain, Li Yuan also directly deployed the second level of “Mind Soul”, “Life and Death Scenery.”

One dream for life, one illusion for death, all between life and death is a scene of illusion.

In an instant.

With Li Yuan’s 54-level soul, 59-level will, and the “Heart Illusion Six Realms” as a pillar, the terrifying illusion technique directly caused Demigod Bai Feng’s consciousness to completely collapse.

Rumble~

Under the domain’s shroud, nine yellow dragons roared, sweeping across the sky, directly engulfing Demigod Bai Feng.

Only a second later, Demigod Bai Feng disappeared from the arena.

Li Yuan, won!

“It seems that my soul attack has a great impact on Demigods. Even Bai Feng couldn’t wake up quickly.” Li Yuan immediately had a clear understanding of the power of his soul attack.

…

In the Starfire Hall, the thousands of Heavenly Flight Demigods who were watching were all incredibly shocked, staring at Li Yuan, who was standing alone on the void arena.

The entire hall was completely silent.

“It’s an illusion!”

“Such a terrifying soul attack!” True God Chiyang’s eyes were filled with shock. “Even a peak Void God might fall into his illusion.”

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