High Martial Arts Era 461
by admin## Chapter 461: Winning Streak! First in Points
Li Yuan’s fight against Yu Ting and Dao Ying was a tough one for both sides. Neither pushed the fight to the death, so the point rankings remained unchanged.
Naturally, other demigod geniuses were unaware of this battle.
This was the norm in the Ancestral Realm War. Some demigods with similar strength would hold back in their duels to avoid being picked off by other stronger opponents. Only those with absolute confidence would fight to the death.
However, the eleven Heavenly Gods above the Ancestral Realm saw the entire fight clearly.
“Fighting against two, Xu Yuan still managed to hold the upper hand!”
“Yu Ting is one thing, he’s at least ranked in the top ten, but Dao Ying is only ranked twenty-eighth. How is he so strong?”
“Both of them are stronger than Jing Kui and Lian Yun.” These Heavenly Gods were somewhat amazed.
Yu Ting’s previous strength was only comparable to Jing Kui, even slightly weaker.
Dao Ying had only shown his 54th level strength before, comparable to Xia Ju, He Feng, and others.
So what happened? Facing a strong opponent like Li Yuan, he actually exploded with such terrifying strength?
These Heavenly Gods did not know that Yu Ting and Dao Ying had both used their Primal Divine Weapons to reach this strength.
However, the Heavenly Gods were only observing from afar, they couldn’t see clearly.
Primal Divine Weapons were powerful, but they looked no different from ordinary divine weapons.
“The truly remarkable one is Xu Yuan!”
Yue Xia Heavenly God exclaimed, “Domain, speed, illusory body, attacks, he excels in all aspects… Based on the final confrontation, he should be using soul attacks to influence Dao Ying and Yu Ting.”
“All-round strength.”
“In terms of displayed strength, Xu Yuan is undoubtedly the strongest.” Yue Xia Heavenly God looked at Tai You Heavenly God, “He should be a Nine-Star Pulse demigod, right?”
His words led many Heavenly Gods to turn their gazes to the three Heavenly Gods of the Awakening Star Ancient City.
If before, they couldn’t observe Li Yuan’s internal details due to the distance and couldn’t judge.
Then through this battle between Li Yuan, Dao Ying, and Yu Ting, they had all glimpsed something.
Without a strong star arts foundation, how could one possess so many skillful methods?
Other demigod powerhouses, even if they had a deep understanding of the laws, usually only excelled in one or two aspects.
“Xu Yuan merely awakened an additional Nine-Star Pulse.” Tai You Heavenly God directly denied.
He knew the other Heavenly Gods were guessing, but he wouldn’t admit it.
Awakened an additional Nine-Star Pulse? The Heavenly Gods exchanged glances, and two words echoed in their hearts – “Bullshit!!”
They were certain that Xu Yuan had a nine in ten chance of being a Nine-Star Pulse demigod.
“A Nine-Star Pulse demigod?” Dong Jun’s eyes flashed with envy.
Such a monstrous prodigy.
Why wasn’t he from the Dong You Sacred Land?
“Tai You, no need to deny, even if Xu Yuan isn’t a Nine-Star Pulse, the difference wouldn’t be that great.”
“A Nine-Star Pulse demigod is rarer than a Sacred Blood Sky Snake.” Qing Hong Heavenly God smiled, “Tai You, Zhuang Hong, Jiang Yuan, congratulations in advance, the Awakening Star Ancient City will have another Heavenly God in the future.”
In the history of this world, anyone who awakened a Nine-Star Pulse ultimately became a Heavenly God.
“Hope you all go easy on him.” Tai You Heavenly God no longer argued, knowing it was pointless.
The Heavenly Gods were speechless.
“Even if he’s a Nine-Star Pulse, reaching this point is still incredible.” Bei Fu Heavenly God suddenly said, “I see the profound mysteries in Xu Yuan’s Gun Fa, I estimate he is still a step away from reaching the Eighth-Section high level (the Void God limit).”
“Just in terms of understanding the laws, he’s far behind other top demigods.” Bei Fu Heavenly God shook his head.
“How long has he been cultivating? Even a Nine-Star Pulse demigod needs enough time to grow to their peak.” Qing Hong Heavenly God said.
“Even the Lone Cloud Heavenly God, back then, he cultivated for hundreds of years before achieving True God strength.”
“Understanding the laws to unleash their power requires comprehending battle secrets.” Qing Hong Heavenly God laughed, “Those ranked in the top hundred on the point list, when they were the same age as Xu Yuan, probably weren’t even demigods yet.”
“One can only say Xu Yuan has bad luck.” Zhuang Hong Heavenly God said, “The Ancestral Realm War doesn’t wait for anyone. It seems Xu Yuan will have difficulty claiming first place.”
Some Heavenly Gods nodded in agreement.
Historically, the first place in the Ancestral Realm War was usually the strongest, but not necessarily the most talented.
Time had an amazing power.
Like the Heavenly Gods present, they were all incredibly gifted, but most of them didn’t claim first place in the Ancestral Realm War in their youth.
“Zhuang Hong, don’t act smug after taking advantage of the situation.” Mo Hai Heavenly God said in a deep voice, “This Xu Yuan, in terms of overall strength, is already the number one.”
“Even Ning Chi, Yue Dao, those mysterious youngsters hiding their strength, I don’t think they can be stronger than Xu Yuan.”
“His chances of claiming first place in the Ancestral Realm War are very high.”
…
Li Yuan was unaware of the Heavenly Gods’ arguments, he remained completely focused on his combat training.
Time flew by.
With all his senses on high alert, Li Yuan would encounter other demigods every so often.
After such a long time, the remaining demigods all had their own tricks, some even forming teams of several or dozens, but they were still swept away by Li Yuan.
Even when he occasionally encountered some talented powerhouses ranked in the top one thousand of the Ancestral Realm list, they were no match for Li Yuan.
Li Yuan had not encountered another opponent as terrifyingly strong as Dao Ying and Yu Ting.
One day.
“Hmm? Something’s happening?”
Li Yuan sensed the fluctuations in the world and quickly approached. He immediately saw the battle taking place in the distance.
It was Bai Feng demigod fighting against two other powerful demigods.
The two unfamiliar demigods were one with fiery red avian features and the other a bald giant.
The fiery red avian, radiating endless flames, had extremely ferocious attacks. Flames filled the void, creating an astonishing domain power that increased the temperature of the surrounding world.
The bald giant wielded a heavy club, each strike seemed to tear the very fabric of reality.
Bai Feng demigod held two long swords, his sword light flowed like water, desperately resisting.
But these two demigods were incredibly powerful, their combined domain trapped him, unable to escape.
“Bai Feng is at a disadvantage?” Li Yuan saw the situation clearly, sensing the fluctuations in the battle, “It’s the ‘Firebird Divine Beast clan’ of the Sky Snake Ancient City, it should be ‘Fire Xiu demigod’, ranked 138th.”
Firebird Divine Beasts were rare, and there were even fewer who could reach the Void God mid-level in the current era.
Therefore, even without receiving any information, Li Yuan could deduce their identity.
As for the bald giant?
“Ao Ming demigod, ranked 68th? He hasn’t even revealed his true form.” Li Yuan thought to himself.
Ao Ming demigod, the top talent of the Dragon Clan in this generation, second only to Ao Feng demigod.
So-called divine beast bloodlines, most are born with a ‘Five-Star Pulse’, normally growing to reach the Void God level after hundreds of years of understanding the laws… destined to become Void Gods.
But ordinary divine beasts are incomparable to the top ten thousand talented demigods in the Ancestral Realm War.
These two divine beasts were both top talents of their respective clans, either one was not inferior to Bai Feng, and together they were even more terrifying.
“If the battle continues, Bai Feng will probably be forced to teleport away.” Li Yuan thought to himself.
Whoosh!
Li Yuan, like a gust of wind, roared towards them.
Although he didn’t have any fondness for Bai Feng demigod, their previous conflict was an ‘internal struggle within the Awakening Star Ancient City’.
Now facing an external threat, they should unite.
In fact, throughout his journey, Li Yuan had already saved some members of the Divine Fire Hall… many demigods even wanted to accompany Li Yuan, but he directly refused.
Without a teammate with peak Void God strength, they would be a burden to Li Yuan.
…
The three powerful demigods had already reached a critical point in their battle.
“I encountered Lian Yun earlier and was already teleported once.” Bai Feng demigod gritted his teeth, “I was very careful, yet I encountered this ordeal again.”
Because he was forced to teleport once, Bai Feng demigod was now ranked 162nd.
If he were to be teleported again, not only would he lose another opportunity, but his ranking would likely drop out of the top three hundred.
Therefore, Bai Feng demigod was still struggling desperately, hoping to find a way out.
“Fire Xiu, confine him with your domain, be patient.” Ao Ming demigod, the bald giant, transmitted a message, “I’ll handle the frontal pressure and force him to teleport away.”
“Good.” Fire Xiu demigod nodded.
They were both very confident, and they believed that the probability of another powerful demigod passing by in such a short time was very low.
Just then –
“You two, can you let my friend go?” A calm voice echoed through the space fluctuations.
The voice arrived before the person.
Only now, the void trembled as a black-clad youth wielding a long spear sliced through the sky.
His speed was frightening.
“Hmm?”
Fire Xiu demigod and Ao Ming demigod turned their heads simultaneously, upon seeing the black-clad youth, their expressions changed, “Xu Yuan? Xu Yuan, ranked fifth?”
Li Yuan hadn’t changed his appearance.
Therefore, they recognized him at a glance.
“Xu Yuan?” Bai Feng demigod was somewhat shocked, but also somewhat ashamed, as he had bullied Xu Yuan before.
“Xu Yuan.”
“Be careful, these two are no weaker than me in direct combat.” Bai Feng demigod quickly transmitted a message.
He knew Li Yuan was ranked very high, but he didn’t know how strong Li Yuan’s direct combat abilities were.
He was fast and had powerful soul attacks, but that didn’t necessarily mean his physical attacks were strong.
“Escape!”
“Let’s go.” Fire Xiu demigod and Ao Ming demigod exchanged glances, directly retreating backward.
The information they had about Li Yuan was that he was good at soul attacks, but he could break into the top ten of the point list, which left them puzzled.
They naturally didn’t want to take any risks.
“Want to leave?”
Li Yuan took a step across the void, blocking their path. Immediately, the Heaven and Earth River domain burst forth.
Streamers of earth-yellow qi swept outward.
Under the suppression of the Heaven and Earth River domain, Fire Xiu demigod’s fiery domain instantly dissipated, flames and fire law power were all annihilated.
Even Fire Xiu demigod and Ao Ming demigod were directly suppressed, their speed plummeted.
“What?”
“Such a powerful domain?” Fire Xiu demigod and Ao Ming demigod were terrified, their hearts filled with anxiety.
They anticipated that Li Yuan’s physical attacks wouldn’t be as weak as the information suggested, but they hadn’t expected them to be so powerful.
“Just in terms of domains, this Xu Yuan is the strongest demigod I’ve ever encountered.” Fire Xiu demigod gritted her teeth.
She always prided herself on her mastery of domains, and among the demigods of the Sky Snake Ancient City, she was ranked in the top ten.
But in the face of Li Yuan’s Heaven and Earth River domain, the domain star arts she cultivated felt like a joke.
“Xu Yuan.” The distant Bai Feng demigod widened his eyes, about to fly forward.
“No need to come over.” Li Yuan’s voice echoed in his mind, “You’ll interfere with my fight.”
Bai Feng demigod felt stifled, but had to admit that Li Yuan was right.
…
“I don’t want to kill you.” Li Yuan smiled, “Surrender and activate your teleport.”
“But if you want to fight, then life and death will be uncertain.”
This had become Li Yuan’s catchphrase, he would give every opposing demigod a chance.
Fire Xiu demigod and Ao Ming demigod twitched at the corners of their eyes.
Too condescending.
Boom! Boom!
Fire Xiu demigod and Ao Ming demigod, decisive as they were, directly transformed into two streaks of light, fleeing in separate directions.
With their 54th-level strength, the Heaven and Earth River domain could only suppress them.
They thought clearly, “You, Xu Yuan, even if you’re stronger, can you chase after both of us at the same time?”
Li Yuan shook his head.
Swoosh! With a single step, Li Yuan’s figure blurred as he dashed towards Fire Xiu demigod.
“Damn it!”
“Coming for me?” Fire Xiu demigod gritted her teeth, her eyes filled with madness. The enormous fiery beast body suddenly raised its head and roared wildly.
“Roar!”
A terrifying screech echoed through the sky. Immediately, countless long darts surged towards Li Yuan.
A total of thirty-six darts, intertwined like a large net, completely enveloped Li Yuan.
“Divine weapon set? So many divine weapons, even if they’re not Primal Divine Weapons.” Li Yuan nodded to himself, “But if they match Fire Xiu demigod’s battle secrets, their power wouldn’t be bad.”
“Whoosh!”
Li Yuan didn’t dodge at all. He twisted the long spear in his hand and smashed it down fiercely.
The thirty-six fiery darts possessed immense power.
But in front of Li Yuan’s spear, they were like castles built of blocks, fragile and easily broken.
“Bang!”
With a single sweep of his spear, the thirty-six fiery darts shattered into pieces, completely dissipating.
The simplest move, but it contained the most terrifying power.
“What?”
“This set of artifacts, it cost me a fortune, I had the ancestor personally refine it, and combined with myself, the ancestor said it’s absolutely better than nine out of ten top Void God artifacts.” Fire Xiu demigod was incredulous, “Even Jing Kui, the first demigod of the Awakening Star Ancient City, couldn’t shatter them with one strike.”
“What kind of strength does this Xu Yuan have?”
Such a set of artifact treasures, worth tens of thousands of divine crystals, but for Fire Xiu demigod, it was something that couldn’t be bought with hundreds of thousands of divine crystals.
Suitable weapons were hard to come by.
“Still not surrendering?” Li Yuan glanced at Fire Xiu demigod again, “Then, don’t blame me when you die.”
Boom!
The silver spear thrust out again, this time it was incredibly fast, and its might was even more terrifying. The void rippled like flowing water.
“No good.” Fear filled Fire Xiu demigod’s heart, she immediately activated the boundary token on her wrist.
Survival was paramount.
Buzz~ Fire Xiu demigod disappeared on the spot.
“One left.”
Li Yuan’s gaze fell on the bald giant who was fleeing frantically. Ao Ming demigod had rushed out of his domain’s range.
“Fire Xiu surrendered so easily?” Ao Ming demigod trembled in his heart, “No good, Xu Yuan is coming.”
In his expectation, it should take Li Yuan at least a few thousand kilometers to defeat Fire Xiu demigod.
But now, he had only escaped less than three hundred kilometers.
“Shh!” Ao Ming demigod activated his boundary token subconsciously. He felt the space around him distort slightly, a flash of light, and then he was already teleported out of the area.
Successful teleport?
But in the next instant.
“Buzz~” Silently, Ao Ming demigod’s consciousness extinguished.
He was dead!
…
“What? What’s going on? How did Ao Ming not fight back at all, letting Xu Yuan’s spear strike his head?” Bai Feng demigod stared in astonishment at this scene.
In his vision, the moment Fire Xiu demigod escaped, Ao Ming demigod’s eyes dimmed, as if he had fallen into a deep slumber, simply staying in the void.
Then, Li Yuan arrived, and a spear silently sliced through, like a thread, directly piercing Ao Ming demigod’s head.
Death!
“Is it a soul attack?” Bai Feng demigod was secretly alarmed, “Ao Ming demigod, until the moment of his death, he didn’t wake up?”
Bai Feng demigod was awestruck by Li Yuan’s methods.
He had already realized that, after all these years, Li Yuan’s physical abilities had become unbelievable, and his soul attacks had become even more bizarre and terrifying.
In the void.
Buzz~ With Li Yuan as the center, an invisible soul force enveloped a radius of hundreds of kilometers.
“So easy to get hit?” Li Yuan couldn’t help but be surprised.
While fighting Fire Xiu demigod, he had used a soul attack to envelop Ao Ming demigod.
He thought the other party could resist, but they actually succumbed directly.
Even when facing Li Yuan’s physical attacks, they didn’t wake up, until they were completely killed.
“It seems.”
“I was misled by Dao Ying and Yu Ting, I underestimated the power of my soul attacks.” Li Yuan pondered, “Even though I haven’t cultivated a True God-level soul secret technique, but drawing upon a sliver of the ‘Dream Boundary Stone’ power has indeed increased my soul attack power dramatically.”
“These top demigods, in terms of soul defense, are no better than the Void God peak, Void God limit powerhouses I encountered before.”
“Once unleashed, even the ‘Demigod Holy Son’ of the Sky Snake Ancient City wouldn’t be able to resist.”
It wasn’t that his soul attacks weren’t strong enough.
“It’s that Dao Ying and Yu Ting’s soul defenses are too strong, even stronger than I imagined.” Li Yuan pondered, “Even a True God powerhouse, if they aren’t proficient in the ways of the soul, I doubt they could directly soul-kill them.”
“How did they do it?” Li Yuan was filled with questions.
Like Li Yuan himself, even after years of constant training, his research into the mysteries of the soul through ‘Six Realms of Heart Illusion’ had deepened, but his soul had remained at the Void God level… cultivating a True God-level soul secret technique was extremely difficult.
If his soul wasn’t strong enough, he wouldn’t be able to truly activate the Dream Boundary Stone.
Similarly.
Demigods, even with soul defense artifacts guarding them, unless their soul will reached the True God level, their soul defense would also have a limit.
“Could it be.”
“Those newly emerged demigod geniuses, they also have similar artifacts like the Dream Boundary Stone?” Li Yuan secretly doubted, but he thought it was unlikely, “Or did they all cultivate special secret techniques?”
“Or soul-type Primal Divine Weapons?” Li Yuan couldn’t tell which was the case.
Whew~
Li Yuan waved his hand and collected the numerous treasures left behind by Ao Ming demigod. He felt a message transmitted by the purple light on his wrist, “Oh? Quite a lot of points, it actually pushed me to fourth place.”
Killing opponents gave you all their points!
However, the higher the ranking, the more significant the point difference… Li Yuan didn’t know how many points the top three had.
“Take it slow.”
“Three months left.” Li Yuan glanced at Bai Feng demigod again, transmitting a message, “Bai Feng, be careful yourself, I’ll leave now.”
Whoosh!
Li Yuan silently disappeared, leaving Bai Feng feeling quite forlorn.
“Six years ago.”
“Xu Yuan’s soul attacks could only affect me, a single attack would wake me up.” Bai Feng demigod sighed, “Back then, his physical attacks were even weaker, and he was defeated by Yan Dong in a few moves… Now, his soul attacks are terrifyingly strong, and his physical attacks defeated Fire Xiu demigod, no weaker than me, in two moves…”
“His strength.”
“Should already surpass Jing Kui.”
“Such a rate of progress? It’s simply unbelievable.” Bai Feng demigod sighed inwardly. He was also grateful that Li Yuan didn’t hold a grudge and came to rescue him.
…
Above the Ancestral Realm.
“This kid, he could have just spared Ao Ming.” Mo Hai Heavenly God frowned slightly.
“Mo Hai, Xu Yuan is merciful enough to give him a chance to live.” Jiang Yuan Heavenly God glanced at him, “If you have to blame, blame Ao Ming himself for not seizing the opportunity.”
“Humph.” Mo Hai Heavenly God snorted coldly and said no more.
Mo Hai Heavenly God didn’t know… the reason Li Yuan chose to be ruthless against Ao Ming demigod was also due to what Liu Bing had said earlier.
At the time, Liu Bing was fuming with anger towards Ao Ming and Ao Feng, clearly having suffered losses at their hands.
…
“Ao Ming has been eliminated from the Ancestral Realm?”
“Did he fall?” The changes in the Ancestral Realm list immediately attracted the attention of many interested parties.
“Ao Ming’s ranking never dropped sharply before, which means he never used the teleport… but now his points have been cleared, it can only mean that he’s dead.” Many demigods judged.
Ao Ming demigod was dead.
“The killer must be Xu Yuan! The moment Ao Ming died, he jumped from fifth to fourth on the overall list, it’s highly likely he was the one.”
“Xu Yuan killed Ao Ming?” These powerful demigods weren’t fools, based on the simple changes on the Ancestral Realm list, they could deduce the approximate battle outcome.
In a mountain range.
“Xu Yuan!”
“Xu Yuan, ah ah ah! Damn Xu Yuan!” A huge black dragon roared in a fit of rage, its enormous dragon eyes were bloodshot, and its heart was filled with boundless anger.
He was the top demigod of the Dragon Clan in this generation – Ao Feng.
“My brother.” Ao Feng demigod roared, the killing intent emanating from him was almost tangible, “I will avenge you, I will kill Xu Yuan.”
He and Ao Ming had grown up together since childhood, although they weren’t blood brothers, they were as close as siblings.
…
The first phase of the Ancestral Realm War, the final three months, all demigods fought even more frantically for points.
Some incredibly talented individuals who had been hiding their strength began to emerge.
But among the many demigods, Xu Yuan’s name was undoubtedly the most dazzling.
He no longer cultivated primarily as he had in the previous half year, he had truly displayed the terrifying strength that the Heavenly Gods publicly recognized as ‘a potential for first place’.
Three days after killing Ao Ming.
Li Yuan encountered three demigod powerhouses, ranked 89th, 111th, and 206th, who attacked him in unison.
In the end, three demigods, one died, two escaped.
… Seven days after killing Ao Ming.
Li Yuan encountered a team of one hundred demigods, including more than ten powerful demigods ranked in the top one thousand. In this battle, sixty-four demigod powerhouses died.
After this battle, Li Yuan surpassed Jing Kui and became third on the point list.
… Eighteen days after killing Ao Ming.
Li Yuan encountered ‘Madman’, ranked thirteenth, a top demigod. He was also an unfamiliar genius who had never appeared in the information.
He also exploded with peak Void God strength, no weaker than Dao Ying.
But he was alone, after fighting for thousands of moves, the battlefield spanned tens of thousands of kilometers, he was severely defeated by Li Yuan and forced to use his boundary token to teleport away.
… Twenty-nine days after killing Ao Ming.
Li Yuan encountered ‘Cloud in a Painting’, ranked tenth, a beautiful young girl, breathtakingly beautiful.
Her strength was also terrifying.
But the outcome was the same, after a bloody battle, she was defeated by Li Yuan and forced to teleport away.
With this victory, Li Yuan surpassed Liu Bing and became second on the point list.
… Forty-eight days after defeating Ao Ming.
Li Yuan encountered the top powerhouse of the Dragon Clan, ‘Ao Feng’, who was also the top demigod of the Sky Snake Ancient City.
Enemies meeting, their eyes were filled with red hatred.
But the final result of the battle was Ao Feng demigod’s disastrous defeat. Faced with Li Yuan’s soul attacks… he resisted with great difficulty.
His strength was greatly weakened, therefore, after only a dozen moves, Ao Feng was defeated.
One could even say, if he hadn’t escaped quickly, he might have been killed in battle.
Li Yuan, with this victory, officially surpassed Ning Chi demigod and claimed first place on the point list!
(End of chapter)
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