History's Strongest Senior Brother c1-1474

by 八月飞鹰, Ba Yue Fei Ying, August Eagle

  History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 395: The real goal

  HSSB395: The real goal

  In refining the Eternal Night Thunder Sword, Yan Zhaoge encountered more difficulty than he had expected.

  This actually made Yan Zhaoge feel a bit happier, because it correspondingly meant that this treasure was even more powerful than he had expected.

  Lin Zhou had wielded this weapon with all of his might to great effect, but it was limited by the strength of the wielder and therefore could not display all of its power.

  Using the Eternal Night Thunder Sword had put a huge burden of Lin Zhou every time he tried to stimulate the Thunder of Eternal Night. Stimulating a power which was of such a high grade caused a backlash against his own body.

  Of course, this sword also brought great benefits to Lin Zhou, just like when Yan Zhaoge had managed to secure the Eye of the Thunder Emperor fragment and merge it with his right eye. Lin Zhou was in a similar situation with his sword.

  When refining the Eternal Night Thunder Sword, the thunder contained within the sword had also nourished and strengthened Lin Zhou’s flesh and blood.

  The essence of darkness contained within the sword was not an evil darkness, but rather a primordial, life-giving darkness, like that of a baby in the womb.

  When used against enemies, the Thunder of Eternal Night was exceptionally fearsome. The darkness would suppress one’s sensory abilities, while the explosion of the silvery white thunder could destroy all objects.

  However, its ability to nurture its owner’s body was extremely high–to such a degree that it even surpassed the Eye of the Thunder Emperor fragment in this respect.

  As he continued to examine the strength of the Thunder of Eternal Night contained within the sword, he couldn’t help but nod, “Although amongst the Nine Heavenly Immortal Thunders, it is only ranked ninth, and is slightly inferior in destructive power compared to the sixth ranked An Instant’s Thunder, it has unique points of its own.”

  Although the Eye of the Thunder Emperor fragment had once been part of a Sacred Artifact, at the end of the day, it was broken, Yan Zhaoge just possessing a fragment of it.

  As a result, the power of An Instant Thunder’s within it was incomplete.

  In contrast, while the Eternal Night Thunder Sword in front of him was incomparable with the Eye of the Thunder Emperor fragment in terms of quality, the essence of the Thunder of Eternal Night within was relatively complete.

  Yan Zhaoge quietly analysed the various subtleties contained within, gradually forming a vague understanding of the unique profundities of this Heavenly Immortal Thunder.

  Other than the aura of the Thunder of Eternal Night as well as the sword-intent which had been forged into the sword alongside it, Yan Zhaoge was able to perceive that there was something else which was special about this weapon.

  “This sword-intent generates thunder from noiselessness, which fits together perfectly with the Thunder of Eternal Night. No wonder it fits together so seamlessly…”

  As Yan Zhaoge began to refine the Eternal Night Thunder Sword, he gathered his thoughts and swept his eyes over his surroundings to see Ah Hu and Pan-Pan still fighting with some of the Flame Devils.

  Revealing the dark red ring, the sudden presence of the Flame Devil Emperor attracted the attention of all the Flame Devils in the vicinity, but also left them stiff with fear.

  Currently, there were no Great Flame Devils. The influence of the ring was magnified against Flame Devils with comparatively weaker cultivation bases.

  Yan Zhaoge didn’t waste any time as he drew back Heaven Shocker once more. Streaks of light outlined the trajectories of more Devil Shattering Ice Talismans as they shot out.

  They were wrapped in a golden light tinged with purple in the deep sea. When they burst, a wave of cold qi instantly froze an entire area of the sea.

  Although the surrounding environment was still that of the boiling sea water, the temperature was greatly reduced.

  Trapped by these waves of the ice, the Flame Devils had the strength greatly suppressed.

  Yan Zhaoge’s sword shot out like a dragon as he worked with Ah Hu and Pan-Pan to encircle the Flame Devils and slaughter them.

  In the distance, Yan Zhaoge saw that the earlier underwater mountain range with the deep abyss of flames in its centre was now encompassed by an enormous vortex.

  It extended outward in a giant swirl to a certain extent before finally stopping.

  However, both ice and fire intermingled within the vortex as they rotated unceasingly. Despite the cessation of the vortex’s expansion, there was no slowdown in the speed of its rotation.

  The rocks of the nearby underwater mountain range began to shatter unceasingly, a great amount of underground fire spurting out of the ground non-stop as in most of the Outer East Sea.

  The boiling sea covered a vast expanse with steam.

  With Yan Zhaoge’s current location as the epicenter, the Fire Pith Veins of this entire large region of surrounding sea began to gradually regain their former calm.

  The conditions of both sides had once again reversed.

  However, that was only in this region of the Outer East Sea. Elsewhere, the jade sea still remained a sea of flames, with scenes reminiscent to the end of the world.

  Standing next to Yan Zhaoge, Ah Hu still wore the appearance of that Heavenly Thunder Hall martial practitioner surnamed Zhang.

  While the effects of the Imitation Killing Jade still persisted, his appearance would remain this way.

  However, the effect could be ended prematurely according to the user’s wishes.

  His thin body let out a crackling noise.

  Suddenly, that “senior apprentice-brother Zhang” became two heads taller as his figure also became large and stocky.

  Ah Hu, who had returned to his original appearance, rubbed his chin, “Young Master, this Imitation Killing Jade sure is useful. It’s a pity that we only had one piece.”

  His eyes remaining on the vortex in the distance, Yan Zhaoge said, “You sure took a big risk this time.”

  “Under normal circumstances, the Imitation Killing Jade is only useful if you are intimately familiar with the person whom you are pretending to be, like that time with Black Nightmare Mountain.”

  “Otherwise, even if the outward appearance is the same, the differences in personality and habits will cause doubt in those familiar with the victim.”

  “Even though you are able to mimic the other’s inner qi breathing techniques, you were only able to get away with it due to the chaotic situation. Otherwise, as soon as the other party became suspicious, you would’ve been found out.”

  Yan Zhaoge continued, “Luckily, this time, you appeared while they were preoccupied. Otherwise, you would have been in a very dangerous situation.”

  Ah Hu laughed, “Young Master, all their attention was directed towards you. Even though the situation seemed dangerous for me, it was actually rather safe.”

  Yan Zhaoge nodded as he kept his eye on the gigantic vortex of fire and ice.

  As time passed, the force of the enormous ice and fire vortex began to weaken as it gradually dispersed.

  Ah Hu touched his mouth, “Young Master, we shouldn’t have to go to each point region of stability and treat every single one, right? I’m afraid that in the entire Outer East Sea, even if there aren’t a thousand, there should still be several hundred of them ah!”

  Yan Zhaoge shook his head, “It’s no use. Now that the Flame Devils have already succeeded in their scheme, going to each point region of stability is only treating the symptoms whilst ignoring the underlying cause. We’ll have to observe the situation.”

  Hearing this, Ah Hu touched the back of his head and looked up seriously.

  This was because he sensed that this calm region of sea had once again began showing signs of restlessness.

  The underwater mountain ranges broke apart once more, the halted underground fire showing signs of erupting once again.


  Even though their bodies were shielded from the seawater by their aura-qi, they could clearly feel the temperature of the surrounding water rising.

  Yan Zhaoge suddenly smiled, “There are so many point regions of stability that are criss-crossed in a giant network across the entire Outer East Sea. Because we were only able to affect a single one, the rest of the network caused it to regain its forcefulness within a short period of time.”

  “However, if we were to affect the single point region of stability at the center of the network… that would affect the entire fire net.”

  Ah Hu had a flash of understanding, “Young Master, that was your real intention behind destroying this point region of stability?”

  Yan Zhaoge looked into the distance, “Indeed. Through the recovery of this point region of stability, I was able to seek out the flow of power within the entire network, thereby determining where its centre lies. Therein lies the key to solving our problem.”

  Yan Zhaoge let out a long breath, then turned to Pan-Pan, “Now, we’ll begin.”

  History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 396: Battlefield of Martial Saints

  HSSB396: Battlefield of Martial Saints

  Sitting on Pan-Pan, Yan Zhaoge gazed into the distance, yet not focusing on anywhere in particular.

  His mind focused, he was unceasingly feeling the changes and movements of the circulation of the underwater earth veins here, diligently identifying the source of the changes in the Fire Pith Veins.

  Unlike earlier, when all the point regions of stability had been activated simultaneously in order to conceal the true core of the net of fire established by the Flame Devils, now, just that single point region of stability having been destroyed, the entire fire net was in the midst of restoring balance.

  Traces instantly surfaced in the network circulation of the fire net, enabling Yan Zhaoge to move according to its flow and search for its core.

  That region of sea where a vortex of ice and fire had arisen was currently already far behind him.

  However, Yan Zhaoge could feel that scenes of the end of the world, with the eruption of underground fire, had already resumed there, turning the vast jade sea into an infinite flame sea.

  As these abnormalities continued, many days having passed, a great amount of seawater of the Outer East Sea had already evaporated. If not from the constant supply from the distant surrounding regions of sea, the vast Outer East Sea might already have been completely dried up by the underground fire.

  The strange changes of nature also led to the phenomena and climate above the sea becoming extremely chaotic.

  Hurricanes, storms, earthquakes and tsunamis were already a frequent occurrence that no one would bat an eyelid at.

  A change having occurred to the earth veins of the Outer East Sea on such a grand scale, this had affected the spiritual qi flow of the entire ocean, and in effect the entire Eight Extremities World.

  The longer this continued, the further and deeper these effects would become, in an unpredictable manner.

  To the Flame Devils who were only interested in destruction and looting, what sort of state the world before them ended up in was not something they were really interested in.

  However, with regard to the martial practitioners of the Eight Extremities World living their lives here, the changes in the spiritual qi flow would indisputably be an extremely great disaster.

  Even the usually grinning Ah Hu currently seemed full of worry, “Young Master, the core of the fire net would probably be guarded by many Flame Devil experts?”

  While staring at the sea ahead, Yan Zhaoge said, “There is this possibility.”

  The two sat on Pan-Pan, advancing ahead.

  The routes connecting the various point regions of stability remained stable, forming a rather long and narrow zone of safety, the underwater mountain ranges quiet as no underground fire spurted out from the ground.

  Meanwhile, on the two sides of this long narrow path, blazing fire was clearly visible as it unceasingly gushed out from the depths of the sea, colliding with the seawater ahead, countless massive air bubbles being formed as they rose rapidly up to the sea’s surface.

  There was not just a single one of these long, narrow paths, with there instead being many of them, intersecting as they were scattered amidst the depths of the Outer East Sea.

  Yan Zhaoge did not just follow a certain single one of these paths, instead changing direction many times in order to get to his destination as quickly as possible.

  Passing by many point regions of stability along the way, Yan Zhaoge did not make a move on them, instead rapidly progressing forward towards the core of the fire net.

  The nine ice shards which he had used to establish the Cold Abyss Domain earlier had already been used up in that deep abyss of flames at that initial point region of stability.

  Currently, sitting on Pan-Pan’s back, amidst their hurrying, Yan Zhaoge forged a second batch of these ice shards.

  Sadly, his Internal Crystal Furnace had already exploded at Jade Sea City in assisting the birth of the Jade Sea Pill Heart Sword.

  For him to forge those ice shards again, the difficulty of that was inevitably much greater. He could only work slowly and painstakingly on it.

  On the Outer East Sea, a great battle between the Flame Devils and the human martial practitioners of the Eight Extremities World was currently still in progress.

  While currently, the Outer East Sea was still incomparable to the complete environment of flames like in the Flame Devil World, with the changes in the external environment, the home advantage had been turned to their side, with the battlefield instead seeming like it was the home ground of the Flame Devil race. Not only was their combat strength boosted, they also seemed not to know exhaustion, getting more and more valiant the more they fought.

  The human martial practitioners could only grit their teeth and withstand their enemies, their casualties gradually increasing.

  Along the way, whether it was the Flame Devils or human martial practitioners, Yan Zhaoge encountered quite a few of them.

  However, in hurrying along this time, Yan Zhaoge kept the relic dark red ring of the Flame Devil Emperor well, avoiding the leaking of its aura.

  Not just that, having already drawn the attention of most of the Flame Devils, being firmly remembered by them, Yan Zhaoge also retracted his aura as much as possible.

  The current situation was pressing, speed being of the utmost essence.

  Having already determined the general position of the core of the fire net, Yan Zhaoge was determined to avoid the wastage of time as much as possible on his way there.

  Progressing on the water, even with Pan-Pan opening the way, their speed was still incomparable to when on land.

  As time passed, the surrounding environment was continuing to deteriorate more and more.

  Yan Zhaoge’s expression was calm as usual, but some worry had inevitably appeared within his gaze.

  Finally approaching yet another point region of stability, Yan Zhaoge gently patted Pan-Pan, whose speed of progress instantly slowed.

  While it appeared normal, being no different from the other point regions of stability, following many projections, Yan Zhaoge could be certain that this point region of stability before them was the core of that massive fire net that enveloped the vast regions of the entire Outer East Sea, from which it originated.

  With the Flame Devils able to change the spiritual qi flow of the Eight Extremities World’s earth veins on such a large scale, at the same time bypassing the eyes of the human experts as it led to the eruption of all those Fire Pith Veins, the main reason for it lay here.

  The reason Yan Zhaoge halted was that the scene before him was completely that of a forbidden ground.

  The reason did not lie at the depths of the sea, where the rocks and reefs were all silent, only a massive deep abyss visible amongst the numerous mountains, the crimson light of fire shining within.

  The reason was at the
sea’s surface, where incomparably violent power fluctuations rippled, emanating from the area of the sea’s surface above the deep abyss of flames.

  In the air above the sea’s surface, a grand battle that was tragic to the extreme was currently unfolding.

  Its scale was even grander, even more terrifying than the previous great tribulations of Broad Creed Mountain and Jade Sea City!

  Even if Yan Zhaoge was as courageous as the heavens, he could only halt at this moment, not daring to approach lightly.

  The so-called heavens collapsing and earth concaving inwards, the tides overturning and the sea flowing in reverse were no more than this.

  As Yan Zhaoge saw this scene that would cause everyone’s expressions to change, he instead heaved a sigh of relief, the worry within his gaze lessening, “Grand Master and the others have indeed also found their way here.”

  Currently, an intense battle of heaven-shaking, earth-overturning proportions was currently underway over the great sea, precisely a battle of Yuan Zhengfeng, Huang Guanglie and the other peak experts of the Eight Extremities World against the Flame Devil Kings that had invaded the Eight Extremities World this time.

  The peak experts of both worlds, originally having been in the midst of a heated battle at various different parts of the Outer East Sea, victory hard to determine amongst them, had all congregated in the region of sea with the core of the fire net at this moment.

  Yan Zhaoge having destroyed a point region of stability of the fire net far off in the distance, he had caused a change in the entire fire net as it worked to repair itself.

  Whilst battling the Flame Devils and simultaneously also trying to suppress the eruption of the Fire Pith Veins, the human experts had immediately felt this change.

  Yuan Zhengfeng and the other Martial Saint experts, their cultivation bases being the strongest, had naturally detected this issue quickly, all projecting the changes in the situation of the earth veins and finding their way over to the core of the fire net.