On top of the Heavenly Battle Stage, Huang Shenyi and Xun Long had already fought.
It had to be said that Huang Shenyi and Xun Long’s strengths were both very powerful, almost in between, and the two of them exchanged a hundred and thirty strokes in a row, but it was difficult to distinguish between a winner and a loser.
“Saint’s Fire.”
Xun Long’s face sank, his ten fingers closed, his hands clenched into fists, his entire body sprouted small dots of green flame, his Confucian clothes burned, emitting a “snapping” sound, turning into ashes.
The meridians underneath the skin turned completely green, like a chain of flames, in Xunlong’s body, intertwining into a net.
Huang Shenyi’s eyes also shrank as he said, “You have already cultivated the Saint’s Flame, to such a level. In that case, it seems that your Wen Bone Sacred Body should have reached minor completion.”
Xun Long possessed a Saint Body, known as the “Wen Bone Saint Body”.
Generally speaking, only when one’s cultivation reached the Fish Dragon Realm could one cultivate their Saint Body to a small completion, truly inspiring the advantages of the Saint Body.
In the same realm, a small-completion Saint Body was able to fight one against a hundred.
To give an example: if a cultivator of the Fish Dragon First Transformation cultivated his Sacred Body to the Minor Completion Realm, then he would be able to use his own strength to call out a hundred cultivators of the Fish Dragon First Transformation head on.
By himself, he could crush a group of people.
Most of all, which cultivator who was able to break through to the Fish Dragon First Transformation was weak?
Xun Long’s strength, however, was even more powerful than those other Minor Achievement Saint Bodies. This was because, at the great circle of the Heavenly Extremity Realm, he had cultivated his Saint Body to a Small Completion, which could be considered a heaven-defying act.
“A Minor Completion Saint Body may not be invincible in the same realm.”
Huang Shenyi’s eyes became incomparably sharp, and a white point of light surfaced at the centre of his eyebrows.
“Wow!”
A three-foot-long holy sword flew out from his brow and fell into his hand.
It was said to be a sword, however, there was no blade, instead, it looked like a pen forged from black iron.
Holding the holy sword in his hand, Huang Shenyi spun rapidly and drew a sword circle three feet in diameter around his body. A ray of light rushed up, and on the edges of the sword circle, strands of inscriptions emerged, hanging in mid-air, forming a formation.
Xun Long’s arm, which was completely wrapped in green-coloured sacred fire, punched out.
The light of the formation, surfaced, transforming into a curtain of light.
“Boom!”
With just one punch, Xun Long shattered the light curtain.
The power of the fist was hard to stop, and it reached Huang Shenyi’s body in an instant. It could be imagined that if this punch had been realised, Huang Shenyi’s body would definitely have been torn apart.
Huang Shenyi’s face was grave as he took a step back, using his holy sword, he once again drew a sword circle, on the ground.
Drawing seven sword circles in a row, forming seven formations, it was only then that the power of Xun Long’s punch was completely resisted.
Just as Xun Long’s punch ended, Huang Shenyi took a step forward and quickly stabbed out a sword, striking at Xun Long’s abdomen.
Although Xun Long was a Saint Body of Minor Achievement, he still did not dare to use his body to block the Saint Sword.
He immediately stepped back, pulling away from Huang Shenyi, and then, another punch was thrown out, striking the hilt of the Saint Sword with a bang, deflecting the Saint Sword’s trajectory.
“Boom boom!”
The two of them continued to exchange blows, and the battle was indistinguishable.
On the battle stage, it was all sword light and fire.
At the top of the Heavenly Ranking Stone Monument, the Sacred Book Talented Lady nodded and commented, “In terms of martial arts, Huang Shenyi can be called a wunderkind. Above the use of formations, he has also reached the realm of a master. In the Dao of the Sword, he has even reached the Sword Mind. If I’m not mistaken, his spiritual power, too, has reached the forty-first rank.”
“This person, with almost no flaws, can be called an all-round talent. In the same realm, there are only a handful of people who can fight with him.”
“Xun Long is the young king of the Central Region, known as the Xun Family’s rare talent of a thousand years. Even Emperor Wen, one of the Nine Emperors from eight hundred years ago, was probably just about on par with him when he was young.”
The Heavenly Ranking Artifact Spirit nodded and said, “The Xun Family of the Central Region is one of the eight great medieval lineages of the Confucian Dao, with a long heritage and a deep foundation. For Xun Long to be able to become the Xun Family’s thousand-year wonder, he naturally has his own strengths. However, although he can compete with the young Emperor Wen, I’m afraid it will be difficult for him to reach the heights of Emperor Wen.”
The Yellow Extreme Realm, Xuan Extreme Realm, Earth Extreme Realm, and Heaven Extreme Realm were only the four realms of mortals, and even if the qualifications shown now were even higher, the foundation was only going to be stronger, and whether or not one could become a saint was still unknown.
Not to mention an existence at the level of Emperor Wen?
If one wanted to become a saint, the main factor was instead the heart.
Cultivation qualifications are low and weak, but those with a strong heart and mind can instead move forward one step at a time, with a lot of strength, or even later on.
Some in the Mortal Four Realm, showed outstanding talent, but because the heart is not strong enough, but instead, the successor is weak, in the Fish Dragon Realm began to fall behind, and ultimately, the achievement is limited.
In the four realms of mortals, even if the talent displayed was high enough to reach the Supreme Extreme Realm in each realm, the starting point was only a little higher than other martial artists.
Only at the Fish and Dragon Realm could one truly judge, who was the dragon? Who is the fish?
If you were a dragon, perhaps in just a few years, you would be able to cultivate from the First Transformation of Fish and Dragon to the Ninth Transformation.
If you were a fish, even if you worked hard for the rest of your life, it would probably be difficult to achieve anything.
Of course, natural talent and heart, too, were only two of the points, and there were other considerations. Only those who had demonstrated excellence in all aspects could be candidates for Boundary Sons.
The Sacred Book Talented Maiden said, “With Xun Long’s natural talent, he could be one of the candidates for the Sect Sons, so let’s write down his name first, and then we’ll do the examination.”
After saying this, the Sacred Scripture Maiden lifted her pen and wrote down the word “Xun Long” on the scroll.
The Heavenly Ranking Artifact Spirit laughed, “This era reminds me of a thousand years ago, when there were also many geniuses. In the end, only the Nine Emperors grew up, and the other geniuses either died or had their potential exhausted, and eventually failed to become the strongest. Fish and dragons fight each other, and those who were able to soar to the heavens in the end were, after all, still a minority.”
“The Nine Emperors have become the past, a new era, has come.”The Sacred Book Talented Lady said.
On the battle stage, suddenly, changes were born.
“It can end!”
Huang Shenyi’s hands closed, cupping the holy sword between them.
Behind him, a black vortex appeared, swallowing all auras and light. A powerful force from the distant past, and his body, reunited.
At the time of that power, when it erupted, all the martial artists in the entire Martial Market Fighting Arena felt suffocated, giving birth to a tremor that came from their souls.
Xun Long also felt the enormous pressure, raised his head, opened his mouth, and roared.
“Crackle.”
Inside Xun Long’s body, an explosive sound was emitted, and the bones of his entire body braced outwards, becoming as tall as three zhang, transforming into a flaming skeleton giant.
Above the giant’s bones, words flew out as if the sky was full of stars, arranged in a strange pattern.
The power of the small completion of the Textual Bone Saint Body was completely aroused.
His bones, like a heavenly scroll, emitted a surging holy qi.
“Rumble!”
A strike collided, and both of them flew backwards at the same time.
The difference was that Xun Long fell off the Heavenly Battle Platform, but, Huang Shenyi was standing on the edge of the platform. Half of his foot was still on top of the battle platform.
Xun Long’s body contracted and returned to its original form, his eyes staring intently at Huang Shenyi standing on the battle platform, a little lost in thought as he said, “That last sword of yours, what kind of power was it?”
Huang Shenyi also put his power away and faintly said, “The power of the ancient divine beast Xuanwu. I was training in the Xuanwu Ruins Realm and had a strange encounter, obtaining the inheritance of the Xuanwu. Therefore, it is not unfair at all for you to lose to me. On the contrary, you should be grateful. Because, you are the first person to challenge me and still survive.”
“Is that so? You were only lucky to win by half a move… Next time we fight, I may not lose to you.”Xunlong was arrogant and did not concede at all, and with a cold snort, he resumed his return to the viewing platform.
“The inheritance of the ancient divine beast Xuanwu?”
The martial artists present all sucked in a breath of cool air.
On the battle viewing platform, Duanmu Xingling’s face was grave as he said, “Huang Shenyi’s fortune is also too powerful to actually obtain the Xuanwu’s inheritance. It is said that the power of Xuanwu can slaughter gods.”
Huang Yichen’s also frowned tightly, and in his eyes, a look of absolute determination appeared as he said, “In this battle, it’s better for me to go. Huang Shenyi’s strength is too terrifying, even if Zhang Ruochen rushes back, it is impossible to be his opponent. If one person must die, let me go!”
“Sister Dust, do you think that, after Huang Shenyi kills you, he won’t deal with Zhang Ruochen again? You ascending the battle stage now is tantamount to sending yourself to death.”Duanmu Xingling said.
Not to mention Huang Yichen and Duanmu Xingling, even Ao Xinyan, who had always been confident in Zhang Ruochen, was worried for Zhang Ruochen after seeing Huang Shenyi’s powerful strength.
In her heart, she secretly prayed.
“Zhang Ruochen, you must not rush back. This is a dead end, in today’s world, at the same realm, there is simply no one who could possibly be Huang Shenyi’s opponent.”
Once he came back, Zhang Ruochen would definitely have to fight with Huang Shenyi, and the outcome of the battle, there was no need to guess that it would be hard to stay alive.
Standing on the battle stage, Huang Shenyi locked his gaze on Huang Yichen’s body and said, “County Master Yichen, today is the deadline, since you promised to fight with me, do you still count or not? If you don’t dare to fight, I won’t make things difficult for you, after all, you’re a woman, it’s understandable that you’re scared in your heart.”
“Huang Shenyi, are you mocking me?”Huang Yichen stood up, cold as ice.
Huang Shenyi said, “I wouldn’t dare, after all, your hall is a half-saint of the Eastern Domain Sacred King’s House, isn’t mocking you the same as mocking your hall?”
Huang Yichen’s five fingers clenched tightly, and two flames emerged from a pair of precious blue pupils.
The Sacred Book Talented Lady at the top of the Heavenly Ranking Stone Monument frowned slightly, feeling that Huang Shenyi’s behaviour was too villainous, actually threatening a woman whose cultivation was far lower than her own, lacking a broad, open-mindedness.
Whether it was the Evil Dao, the Righteous Dao, or the Devil’s Dao, almost none of the people who were able to become supreme overlords were narrow-minded.
Right at this moment, a faint voice came from the outside of the martial market fighting arena, “Huang Shenyi, don’t you know that if you want to challenge her, you must first defeat me. If you can’t even defeat me, what qualifications do you have to challenge her?”
Zhang Ruochen walked in from outside wearing a martial robe, dusty and still covered in dust, obviously having just rushed back to the Chaotic Ten Thousand Realms Mountain, he immediately came to the Martial Market Fighting Arena.
In the Wood Essence Market Realm, Zhang Ruochen had already stayed for close to a month, not resting or sleeping properly from start to finish, either working hard to cultivate or fighting with the tree people. Even if his mental strength was strong, he was still a bit unable to hold on.
When he walked into the Martial Market Fighting Arena, he looked very victorious and tired, but his back was still propped up straight as he took one step towards the Heavenly Battle Stage, saying, “You should have known that she is my fiancée, and anyone who wants to challenge her should have to go through me first before they can do so.”
