Shing! The cry of the sword echoed throughout the region, as all of the opposing True Chosen observed the scene with interest in their eyes while keeping a layer of vigilance at each other.
"I knew you'd attack me first! HAHA! A friend of that untamed dog of my family deserves death! Special Weapon Arts: Hidden Styles - Sea of Needles..." Wuqi Shouzhi said as he jumped into the air while flipping with both of his hands placed inside of his sleeves.
He spun in an odd manner as if he was a spinning top that could pivot itself in the sky, quickly an endless sea of needles started to flow around his form creating a vortex of needles.
BOOM! The sword and sea of needles quickly collided with each other, causing the sea of needles to explode scattering them across the entire or rather most of the battle platform while Feng Yu's sword cut through the empty air and slashed onto the ground of the battle square.
Clank! Feng Yu looked at this scene with a hint of surprise in his eyes as he didn't expect Wuqi Shouzhi to have such a slick move, "Such an odd technique, to be able to escape of my 'Thunder Flash Sword.' Hmph! No matter, your tricks are only tricks in the end."
As he said this to himself, he closed his eyes, and a part of his soulforce was sent around the stage scanning each of the scattered seas of needles on the ground.
"It's pointless! You won't be able to find me; my Hidden Needle Styles have reached the apex, trying to find me is not different in searching for 'Needle in a Haystack.' Now then, Fellow Daoist's I hope you’re all ready," The voice of Wuqi Shouzhi could be heard coming from all directions within the battle platform with no set location.
Inside a void space, his form could be seen crouched on top of countless needles and weapons with both of his arms placed together in a unique hand-sign.
He spoke, "Special Weapon Arts: Hidden Styles - Rain of Needles!"
As he said this, all of the needles that were scattered across the stage shot towards the sky creating clouds of needles, after a short moment they started to fall towards the ground at terrifying speeds leaving room for avoidance.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
As the needle rain fell threateningly, the True Chosen that stood on the battle platform remained calm as if what was in front of them was nothing more ordinary rain.
Xiang Shu smiled as a pair of black wings shrouded his form propelling him into the air as it pushed away all of the needles that tried to strike his body, as Nei Dongyuan stood calmly like a towering mountain, a stream of transparent energies gathered around his body creating a barrier that blocked all things.
Zang Xu pointed his spear towards the sky causing a wave of energy to shot forth which not only destroyed all needles falling towards him but half of the cloud of needles that loomed in the sky.
As Feng Yu looked towards the sky while waving his hand sending a series of slashes with black lightning, creating a myriad of swords beams that cut apart all descending needles.
Shing! Shing! Shing!
The sword beams cried out as they quickly made their way towards the remaining half of the looming cloud of needles wiping it away from existence.
Puff. Inside of the hidden space, Wuqi Shouzhi spat out a mouthful of blood as his essence-energies weakened placing him into a vulnerable position. He looked towards the scene outside of the void space in shock and anger.
"Damn! How could they so easily break throughout my Secret Weapon Technique?" He said with hatred in his voice, after venting for a short moment he calmed his thoughts and spoke once more.
"Che! It does not matter, I simply need to recover my energies and use that technique. I do not believe that you will all be able to resist my clan's ultimate weapon art!" He said as he clenched his fists tightly before changing his sitting posture to recover silently.
As the rogue practitioners and major characters observed this battle scene, they couldn't help but feel excited.
"The genius of the Wuqi Weapons Clan is truly amazing. A pity though, he is still many leagues away from being a qualified match for one of the Supreme Geniuses of the Golden Dragon Empire, the Southern Revolution Faction's Genius and those two dark horses. Strange, why would two such individuals be birthed in such a low-class area?" The mysterious man from the Midnight Temple thought to himself.
"Young Master is finally starting to take his battle more seriously," Dai Lin said while standing on his bronze square as he observed Feng Yu's state of mind.
The major characters viewing the battle before them observed quietly.
On a platform that stood far away from the rest, a man with a white mask sat silently as he gazed towards the figure of Feng Yu standing calmly on a battle platform. This man then moved his vision towards the cloudy and dark energies that were emitting from the mass of dark clouds that loomed around the Chosen Battle Platform.
Sou! A beautiful woman appeared beside him or rather a spectral image of that woman, she was the woman in white who was currently seated on the platform in the region of the Chosen Battle Platform.
"Are you going to do something? Or are you going to continue to observe as if this has nothing to do with you?" She asked in an indifferent tone.
White Mask chuckled underneath his mask as he responded, "The Watcher 'watches,' the Seeker 'seeks,' the Traveller 'travels,' as the Speaker 'speaks.' Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha! What say you, speaker? Shall you only continue to speak?" As he said this, a bright white light shone in the depths of his eyes giving off an unusual aura.
Quickly, his form vanished into nothingness.
Swoosh! The morning wind blew across the distant platform as the spectral image of the woman in white started to fade away, and she once again cast her sight towards the battle platform.
"I know my destiny, I don't need you to remind me of it..." She muttered to herself as a frown came upon her face, soon after vanishing appearing into her real body at the scene.
An attendant in white who stood beside her real form upon noticing her change spoke, "Young Lady Mingyun, is everything alright?"
"I'm fine..." She said as the dispirited aura that flowed from her body quickly disappeared and was back to her optimal state.
As various individuals were discussing the current scene, the battle of the golden square was beginning to heat up.
Bang! A terrifying flame essence energy shrouded Feng Yu's form as he sheathed Black-Lightning and then unsheathed his rusty sword Crimson-Ember.
Feeling the energies coming from Feng Yu, Zang Xu gripped his spear and pointed it towards Feng Yu completely disregarding everyone else as he spoke.
"Feng Yu, I’ve waited long enough! Come, it is time for us to do battle!" As he said this, a terrifying and sharp pressure filled the air. It was as if a dominant power was proclaiming a single rule.
He looked towards Feng Yu and spoke that rule, "My spear will pierce all, and nothing shall hinder it! Witness my Absolute Spear!" As Zang Xu was about to unleash a powerful attack which most likely would have caused world shattering awe, he was interrupted...
"Wait!" Feng Yu said as he stretched out his palm to stopped Zang Xu, he then looked around the battle platform finally resting his gaze at an unnoticed corner.
Clank! Feng Yu gripped his sword Crimson-Ember tightly as the flame essence-energies started to grow more unconstrained around his entire form while spoke once more," The odds are uneven, let me fix this!"
Sou! Before Zang Xu could retort he instantly vanished, transforming into another streak of red lightning as he shot towards the hidden corner of the battle platform.
Wuqi Shouzhi who was recovering from the backlash of his secret weapon technique being broken, inside of the strange space looked towards Feng Yu in shock.
"Shit! It's not good! How did he notice? I have to leave here now!" As he said this, he quickly reached for a talisman in his storage ring. However, before he could do anything, it was too late.
Time slowed down.
Like a beam of light, Feng Yu quickly arrived at the location where Wuqi Shouzhi hid in a unique sp
ace. He then slashed the sword towards this space while shouting at the top of his voice, "You think I couldn't find you, truly naive! Sword Foundation Tactics: Path of Eruption - Blazing Sword!"
Shing! A blazing sword beam shot across space instantly creating an opening, the ray then broke apart into streams of fire that plunged across the entire small space transforming it into a sea of flames.
As time sped up once more, Wuqi Shouzhi who was now covered in flames only had enough time to break the talisman and scream.
"No--! Ahhh----!" As his pain filled voice echoed throughout the area, it was soon replaced by the sound of clustering flames.
BOOM! A massive explosion of flames soon erupted, as everything soon after became ashes. The rogue practitioners and few major characters looked at this scene in shock.
Flap. Flap. With the sound of robes making noises as they swayed with the wind, Feng Yu stood quietly on the battle platform with his back turned to the remaining True Chosen as he looked at the broken spatial treasure on the ground in front of him. His hair was a mixture of golden scarlet with his eyes completely golden in color, as a strange abstruse marking flowing around the surface of his skin.
Ashes fell from the sky on top of his figure, as a sea of flames now blanketed this section of the battle platform in front of him.
"Even in that state, you managed to barely escape with a Void Transference Talisman. Hmph! It will do you no good, for even if Hui Ying doesn't find you in the future, I certainly shall..." As Feng Yu said this, a golden light shone in the depths of his eyes.
As if he remembered something, he turned around a looked towards the silent True Chosen and smirked before speaking once again.
"The odds are now even, shall we begin..."
Chapter 66
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Clash of Monsters, Battle Prestige!
The audience observed in silence, as their shock couldn't be described with words. The man from the Midnight Temple who was calm and collected throughout the entire trial now had his mouth opened in an exaggerated manner as he exclaimed, "Is this really a b---?!"
However, before he could finish speaking another loud voice continued his statement.
"A Bloodline Battle Form!" Xun Yanshan also exclaimed in shock, as he looked at Feng Yu's unique transformation on the battle platform. His voice resounded throughout the area filling each of its listeners with dread.
Xin Zhu and Tang Fei looked at the scene speechless as the characters from influence belonging to the Rain Sword Sect, Dark Sky Pavilion, Seven Blade Mercenaries, Blood Rose Union and others revealed various types of expressions.
"So, this is Young Master's Bloodline Battle Form. It's amazing!" Lang Kuang exclaimed from the platform of the vanquished, Miren Fei who stood beside looked at Feng Yu with glittering eyes.
"So, he was that powerful, a rare Bloodline Practitioner. Is this strength of the man you follow Blue Thunder Dai Lin?" Tang Wu said as he moved his vision from Feng Yu to the figure of Dai Lin who stood calmly on his bronze square.
"I don't care who you're following, I will defeat you and make you mine!" said the sweet Xing Qing whose eyes shone with a determined light. The previously stuttering shy girl gone as if she had come to terms with her own mind.
Xia Rou and Ye Wang looked at each other with surprise in their eyes as they saw Feng Yu's battle form, they then shifted their visions to Zang Xu on the battle platform.
After seeing the excited look on Zang Xu's face, they couldn't help but sigh to themselves.
"Big Brother Zang looks as if he had finally found a decent challenge," Xia Rou said as she looked back once more at Feng Yu.
"So, it seems, to be able to trounce Wuqi Shouzhi while only at the peak of 8 Tier Body Training realm is a sign of strength that approaches the levels of a Supreme Prodigy. A Pity, if he were only at the same cultivation of Senior Brother Zang it could have been an interesting match," Ye Wang said with a hint of pity in his voice.
As if she was no longer paying attention to Ye Wang, Xia Rou's gaze was now locked onto the form that was lingering the air as if he was emperor above all things.
"Xiang Shu..." She muttered softly, as she tightly clenched her fists while observing Xiang Shu's floating figure.
On the side of the Feng Clan, the Core Elders and Core Officials looked at the scene with delight as Feng Junling smiled and spoke.
"Oh! It looks as if he was eager to destroy that brat from the weapon empire. A pity, he still managed to escape with a strand of his life left. He'll probably have a hard time recovering from those injuries though."
"Un. Sacred Flames are different from normal class fire for a reason. If this Wuqi Clan doesn't have any special means, they'd better give up on any hope of him recovering on the Path of Cultivation." Feng Yunlong said while he continued to observe Feng Yu.
"Eldest Brother, there is a message from the clan members below. It seems your fears were true, there has been a great change in Machen Town..." Feng Xingyu said as she approached with Elder Duan and Elder Chen.
"Already? What's happened so far?" Feng Junling asked.
Elder Chen and Elder Duan looked at each other for a moment before speaking, as they continued to discuss the events of the world below the battle form once more started to have action.
Swoosh! The Sacred Flames that covered a section of the battle platform flowed towards Feng Yu's body in endless streams, blanketing his entire form making him seem as if he was a 'Fire Deity' from the Purgatory Realm.
As if previously being interrupted didn't matter, Zang Xu looked at Feng Yu with a sharp light in his eyes as he spoke, "I knew you were different the first time I saw you, but I did not expect for your secret to being that of a Bloodline Power. Interesting, shall we test it, your 'Bloodline Prestige' against my 'Absolute War Prestige!'"
Before he finished speaking, he gripped his spear tightly as the pressure surrounding his form transformed.
BANG! A new kind of energy erupted from his body, as wisps of auras collected around his form. A strange spear marking formed at the side of his forehead, but it was dull in color as if it was not thoroughly cultivated.
A small circle was at the side of this spear marking that glowed brighter and brighter as his energies rose, in a short moment 1/3 of the ring was filled with a bright light.
As some of the peak 1 Tier Aura Disciples in the audience felt his Battle Prestige, they couldn't help but shudder in fear.
"It's over..." Xin Zhu as he saw Zang Xu's Battle State, Tang Fei nodded and agreed silently.
"A minor or rather a broken War Saint Legacy," Feng Junling said as his eyes shone with a strange red light for a short moment before returning to normal.
"Oh, I didn't think that after seeing True War Saint Prestige from that Hui Ying kid we would see another kind, though it's a broken legacy. This kid is also quite talented, he is able to display +1 Battle Prestige even with this legacy," Feng Yunlong said as he looked a bit admiringly at Zang Xu.
Battle Prestige, the denoting term used to identify true battle strength.
A warrior is ranked by the levels of strength they possess and ordinary practitioners who cannot leap rank fight are considered as rank-less.
If a practitioner is capable of battling 1 Tier above his cultivation stage, they would be considered to have '+1 Battle Prestige.' It is divided as follows:
Leaping 1 Tier: +1 Battle Prestige / Bloodline Prestige
Leaping 2 Tier: +2 Battle Prestige / Bloodline Prestige
Leaping 3 Tier: +3 Battle Prestige / Bloodline Prestige
Once a practitioner is capable of battling with +3 Battle Prestige, they are then considered as 'Stages' which is typical for high levels of cultivation divided by Initial Stage, Middle Stage, and Upper Stage.
The only individuals capable of displaying this kind of strength are either from Bloodline Clans or War Saint Lineages. These are divided as follows:
Leaping 1 Stage (3 Tiers) - 1 Layer Battle Prestige / Bloodline Prestige
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nbsp; Leaping 2 Stage (6 Tiers) - 2 Layer Battle Prestige / Bloodline Prestige
Leaping 3 Stage (9 Tiers) - 3 Layer Battle Prestige / Bloodline Prestige
Legend says that there was a strength classification of a higher scale but even today, it remains a mystery.
As Feng Yu felt the mighty Battle Prestige being released from Zang Xu, he couldn't help but forget his hatred with Wuqi Shouzhi as a look of excitement came upon his face. He thought to himself, "This is my first battle against someone of this caliber. I wonder, which of us is the stronger?"
As Feng Yu said this, he gripped Crimson-Ember and switched to a sword combat stance.
BANG! His Bloodline Prestige energies rose instantly equaling his power to the same levels of Zang Xu's Battle Prestige.
Feng Junling smiled as he saw this and muttered softly, "While this kid is capable of displaying +1 Battle Prestige, Yu Child is already at +2 due to cultivating the Nirvana Flame Cultivation Technique. This should make for an interesting struggle..."
Sou! Sou! In an instant, both Feng Yu and Zang Xu lunged towards each other at blinding speeds. Zang Xu turning into a beam of silver light as Feng Yu moved as a streak of golden-scarlet lightning as they quickly appeared in front of each other.
"Absolute Spear Arts: Dominating Spear Assault!" Zang Xu roared, as he thrusted his spear forwards creating an illusion of multiple spear shadows each attacking Feng Yu's vital organs.
"Sword Foundation Tactics: Path of Balance - Blurry Mantis Swords!" As if he didn't feel the threat from Zang Xu's overwhelming spear assault. Feng Yu shouted as he slashed with Crimson-Ember creating a myriad of sword shades that blocked each spear assaults.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
A series of booms rang out loudly as both Zang Xu's and Feng Yu's figures flashed around the battle platform like two different beams of light, they clashed violently, sending ripples of shockwaves with beams of stray energies across the entire battle platform.
Nei Dongyuan who was observing the battle frowned, with an expression that could only be view in his eyes because of the cloth covering his face saying - 'You think you guys are the only ones here?'
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