by Translator: BornToBe; Author: Ordinary Magician (平凡魔术师); Licensed From: 17k
“They’re both so powerful.”
Everyone was speechless for a long moment. Those two were truly too powerful. Each of their attacks pushed their power to the pinnacle, but it seemed so effortless for them.
The two of them had fought calmly, but considering the power behind their blows, the slightest carelessness could have caused one of them to die.
“Han Tianyu is said to be the supermonastery’s number one expert, so I can accept him being this powerful. But who would have thought the always low-key Hua Biluo would be able to draw even with him? Is that just how powerful ancient families are? Just a random one of them is able to match up to a sect’s top expert?” asked an overwhelmed Guo Ran.
When Hua Biluo had said that she was also a disciple from an ancient family who had come out for some tempering experience, she had made it seem as if she was just an ordinary disciple.
But such an ordinary disciple was able to fight with a marvel genius like Han Tianyu. That was truly too shocking.
“Long Chen, which one of them do you think is stronger?” asked Meng Qi.
“It’s definitely Han Tianyu. In that last exchange, although it seemed like a tie on the surface, Hua Biluo had already lost. Didn’t you notice? After that exchange, the sword she condensed from her flower petals shattered, but the runic power on Han Tianyu’s sword didn’t immediately scatter. Only when the two of them were being blown back did the light from his sword fade. He was purposely hiding his power to make it seem like it was a draw.” Long Chen’s expression was solemn.
Han Tianyu was much stronger than he had imagined. Although Han Tianfeng had been his brother, the difference between the two was like heaven and earth.
Now when he recalled how Han Tianfeng had been deluded enough to think he could contest the first place spot with his brother, he realized just how laughable that was.
“Why would he do this? Is it in order to win favor with Hua Biluo?” Chu Yao couldn’t help but ask.
“Perhaps. To me, it seems like Han Tianyu would like to join the Hua family, but he also isn’t willing to abandon Yin Wushuang’s family.
“So currently, he is being indecisive. However, Hua Biluo’s method was superior. Constantly ignoring him was definitely the right choice for her.
“For a genius like Han Tianyu, he’s definitely unable to handle being disregarded by others. So Hua Biluo is clearly superior in that aspect.” Long Chen smiled.
“Boss really is boss. These pick-up techniques are really unrivaled beneath the heavens- aiya!” In the middle of Guo Ran’s praise and boot-licking, he was kicked away by Long Chen.
Only then did Guo Ran remember that it wasn’t just the two of them. To talk about pick-up techniques in front of this many beautiful women was no different than causing trouble for Long Chen.
“Boss, I was wrong,” apologized Guo Ran.
Meng Qi and the others just laughed and didn’t say anything about it. They didn’t have the heart to care about such a thing right now. What they wanted to know was why Hua Biluo had sent this photographic jade over.
Long Chen pondered for a moment and said, “Hua Biluo and Han Tianyu were fighting with at most fifty percent of their strength. They held back too much, but from this, it seems Han Tianyu is a level higher than Hua Biluo.”
“Fifty percent?!”
“Yes, fifty percent. But you don’t need to be so shocked. They are both peerless geniuses, ones who stand at the peak of their realm. There’s nothing curious about this.
“Hua Biluo did this to give me some extremely precious information. She’s hoping I will back off slightly. She thinks that with Han Tianyu present, I have absolutely zero chance of killing Yin Wushuang.” Long Chen smiled.
“Hmm, Hua Biluo’s not a bad person,” said Meng Qi. Hua Biluo had repeatedly tried to persuade Long Chen to give up on killing Yin Wushuang, all for his own good.
In truth, considering her position, for Long Chen to kill Yin Wushuang should make her clap her hands in delight. That was using Long Chen to help her remove an enemy.
But she had abandoned that kind of selfish desire to persuade Long Chen from putting himself into an impossible situation. That made Meng Qi and the others look favorably upon her.
“Boss, I have something I want to ask you,” said Guo Ran carefully.
“Alright? When did you get so courteous?” laughed Long Chen.
“What I want to ask is how high are your chances of defeating Han Tianyu?” After hesitating for a while, Guo Ran finally asked this important question.
Hearing him say that, everyone turned to look at Long Chen closely. This was also what they all wanted to know.
Long Chen smiled slightly. “Ah, you all don’t trust me. Fine, I’ll tell you my thoughts.
“Currently, Han Tianyu has yet to bring out his full power, and he is sure to have many other abilities. Furthermore, it is also rumored that he obtained some treasure that we didn’t see him take out in this photographic jade.
“However, that hasn’t impacted my confidence. If I fight him, I have a ninety percent chance of not being defeated, a fifty percent chance of defeating him, but as for killing him… at most, I have only a twenty percent chance.”
All of them turned lifeless. If they didn’t know Long Chen’s character, they would think he was just boasting.
But Long Chen never acted like that, especially not when it concerned everyone’s safety. Then what he was saying was an absolute fact.
To have a fifty percent chance of defeating the supermonastery’s top expert, just what kind of concept was that? That was too shocking.
“Did you think that since I spent all this time refining pills, that I forgot how to fight?” laughed Long Chen.
To tell the truth, after refining for so long, Long Chen really had an urge to puke. If it wasn’t for everyone, he definitely wouldn’t have been able to endure it.
It really was true that it had been a long time since he had had a battle. But during this time, he had advanced to the ninth Heavenstage of Tendon Transformation. Even Long Chen didn’t know how strong he had become now.
“Boss, why don’t you hurry and seclude yourself to cultivate? If you break through to Bone Forging, then wouldn’t you be able to crush Han Tianyu with a fart?”
“Guo Ran, be more civilized.” Meng Qi and the others blushed, and it was Tang Wan-er who angrily rebuked him. Guo Ran really needed to pay attention to the situation when he spoke.
“How could it be that simple?” Long Chen smiled bitterly.
For others, advancing past the ninth Heavenstage would bring them to the next realm. But he had to reach the thirteenth Heavenstage before he could challenge the next realm.
Furthermore, for the tenth Heavenstage and up, each advancement was shockingly difficult. It required an ocean’s worth of medicinal pills. He still didn’t have that many pills.
Right now, the only useful medicinal ingredients he had were the ones in his life ring. But those were seeds to be sold, and they were the wealth that would allow everyone a chance to soar in the future. He couldn’t waste them.
Right now, he couldn’t increase his cultivation base quickly anymore. What he needed to do was make sure Yin Wushuang forever stayed within the secret realm to comfort his brothers’ departed spirits.
As for what would happen later, he could only take it step by step. The only thing that Long Chen regretted was that despite clearly being able to feel something in the secret realm calling to him, he was unable to find it.
Now they were about to leave. Could it be he would have to wait another hundred years to once more enter the secret realm? But the spatial channel to enter only permitted those at the Tendon Transformation realm to enter. He couldn’t possibly just not cultivate for a century, right?
But panicking about this also wasn’t a solution. Right now, he had everyone relax as much as they could. Every day, Long Chen accompanied all his brothers in drinking and accompanied Meng Qi and the others in chatting an
d laughing. This brief moment was an incomparably happy time.
During this time, there were a few more people who came to disturb them. They cursed Long Chen, saying he wouldn’t have a good death, that he would be executed by Han Tianyu. But after they were killed by Guo Ran’s arrows, it calmed back down again.
Half a month passed by. Now Long Chen and the others packed up, preparing to go directly to the Two World Mountain at the core of the secret realm. That was where the secret realm’s exit would open.
Chapter 431 Two World Mountain
Two World Mountain was located at the core of the Jiuli secret realm.
Although there were many entrances, Two World Mountain was the only exit. Due to how much time had passed, it was unknown how the initial explorers had managed to find it. But in order to leave the secret realm, you had to leave through here.
Two World Mountain was an extremely peculiar mountain. It was a thousand miles wide and ten miles high. It had two mountain peaks, with an empty space between them. The ground there was a scarlet red color. That was from being dyed with blood.
Each time the exit opened, the Righteous and Corrupt paths would undergo an immense life and death battle here. This place was littered with broken weapons, as well as some eroded skeletons. A faint sobbing sound still seemed to linger in the air.
After countless years, it was unknown just how many Righteous and Corrupt disciples had become bits of dust here. Every inch of space here was filled with the aura of death.
Currently, there were still three days until the exit opened. All the Righteous and Corrupt disciples had gathered here from all directions.
Both sides were separated by a dozen miles, each minding their own business. Even the savage Corrupt disciples had grave expressions. Occasionally, they would glance over at the side of the Righteous path. As for the Righteous path, they were tightly clenching their weapons, keeping watch over the Corrupt disciples uneasily.
This was an unavoidable battle. When it was time for the exit to open, a spatial gate would open over the battlefield of Two World Mountain.
This spatial gate would only be open for a quarter hour. Considering how many disciples there were, that time was far from enough.
So this was an extremely cruel trial. The defeated could only die.
The two paths’ disciples had begun gathering a week ago. But when everyone had gathered, they were all given a shock.
There were actually no less than ten thousand Righteous disciples present now. As for the Corrupt disciples, they didn’t number much less than the Righteous disciples. The number of people present in the secret realm this time was somehow ten times greater than any other time in history. No one knew just how that had happened.
Although there were many entrances to the secret realm, each entrance could only accept a limited number of people. Once that number was reached, it was impossible for any more people to go through that entrance.
However, some people’s eyes were a bit sharper and they sneered once they saw through the problem. They had realized that this time, a great deal of disciples had come from small, weaker sects.
In other words, something had to have happened with the small entrances that were in the control of those weaker sects, allowing them to send in more people.
These disciples all had weak foundations, and their combat strength was the lowest of everyone present. Once the battle started, they would just be cannon fodder.
In the upcoming battle, it wasn’t necessarily a straight-on battle. Instead, it was more accurately a massacre. The experts from the Righteous path would charge amongst the Corrupt disciples, while the experts from the Corrupt path would also charge amongst the Righteous disciples. They would wantonly slaughter the weak for their spatial rings.
True battles between the top experts were rather rare. That was because they all were focused on killing more enemies to get more treasures.
In this particular clash, the ones to die were mostly the weaker ones. Those who were stronger were like lions that stood at the peak of the food chain, and they were always the ones who benefited the most.
The disciples that were staring at their enemies were all either thinking of how they would stay alive or how they would snatch more treasures.
However, neither side was saying anything. Although there were almost twenty thousand disciples present, the entire crowd was deathly silent. However, once a certain group of people slowly walked over, all their pupils shrank.
“It’s Long Chen!”
One person was at the front, his clothes fluttering in the wind. He appeared to be some celestial emperor looking down on mortals, filled with arrogance and disdain.
Long Chen’s aura had grown even stronger. Although his cultivation base was only at the Tendon Transformation realm, that aura was like a boulder crushing everyone’s hearts.
Seeing him, both the Righteous and Corrupt disciples’ hearts involuntarily began to pound wildly. This was a legendary person.
When he had first entered the secret realm, he had only been at Blood Condensation. But even though he had been chased down by Yin Luo, he had still survived.
From then on, images of Long Chen’s actions had never stopped coming. Many of those scenes were all incredibly shocking, almost unbelievable.
There were countless photographic jades that had spread. Two scenes in particular were exceptionally shocking. One of those was from Compass Mountain when Long Chen had revealed an incredible power, defeating Yin Wushuang and killing Han Tianfeng.
As for the other scene, that was even more amazing. It was just that at the beginning, only a small portion of people had managed to see it. It only began to spread crazily later.
That was the scene of Long Chen chasing after Yin Luo. When they had seen that, everyone had been stupefied. The Corrupt path’s number one expert had lost an arm and was miserably fleeing.
And the one chasing him was Long Chen. Their positions had been reversed from the beginning of the secret realm.
Now Long Chen’s name had truly created a controversy amongst the Righteous and Corrupt paths. Countless people felt reverence for his fierceness.
Just how ruthless was this person? He could fight across realms against a peak expert and was even able to chase after him. That practically toppled all their understanding of the world. If Yin Luo was called a peak expert, then what should Long Chen be called? A peak monster?
Long Chen was walking forward. Seeing both sides separated by a dozen miles, he decided not to go over to either side. Instead, he walked down the center between the two parties. He didn’t want to be associated with either side.
The Corrupt disciples were his enemies, while the Righteous disciples were not his friends.
Behind Long Chen were five peerless beauties. Their dresses leisurely floated in the wind, looking like five fairies that had descended from the heavens.
These five were Meng Qi, Chu Yao, Tang Wan-er, Lu Fang-er, and Ye Zhiqiu. Previously, they had been a bit nervous about coming here, as they knew an incredibly bloody battle would be fought here. But now that they had arrived, their nervousness became calm instead.
The figure in front of them gave them a great deal of confidence. That tall and straight back was still unhurried even in the face of all these experts. This imposing atmosphere was not even able to make him flinch. He gave off the feeling that even if the heavens collapsed, he would still be able to handle it.
Behind the five women were Guo Ran, Gu Yang, Song Mingyuan, Li Qi, and Yue Zifeng. The five of them were proudly staying behind him. To be able to follow Long Chen was their lives’ greatest pride.
As for the person at the very back, he was a huge giant, his muscles bulging, his arms thicker than a person’s legs. A shockingly huge spiked club rested on his shoulder. He looked like some kind of giant god, filled with a domineeringness. This was Wilde.
After all his ‘bitter cultivation’, those two peak fifth rank Magical Beasts had both been thrown into hi
s stomach. He felt as if his body might explode, and he longed for a battle.
Wilde’s gaze swept over the Righteous and Corrupt disciples. His gaze stopped temporarily on the larger fellows. Being stared at by him caused those people to feel a chill as if some beast had set its gaze on them.
“Long Chen, you heinous villain! You still dare come here? Hehe, in a bit, we’ll all see just how you’ll die!” A monastery disciple stood out from the crowd, his gaze seemingly delighting in Long Chen’s anticipated demise.
That was someone from the seventh monastery. Obviously, he was working hard to fawn over the first monastery. Seeing how awe-inspiring Long Chen appeared, he couldn’t help being filled with envy.
Long Chen was just an insignificant brat from the last place monastery. When it came to status, he wasn’t even fit to carry his shoes.
But somehow, he had run into some heaven-defying dogshit luck in the secret realm, growing to this point. This fellow from the seventh monastery had long since gone crazy with jealousy.
That was especially true with those five fairy-like beauties behind Long Chen. He was like the moon set off by sparkling stars, and this fellow directly cursed him in his fury.
As soon as that fellow opened his mouth, quite a few people looked at Long Chen in anticipation. Everyone had heard of Long Chen’s ruthlessness. They wanted to see what he would do.
Long Chen didn’t even glance over, nor did his footsteps pause. He raised his right hand slightly and pointed out a single finger.
A violet bolt of lightning appeared on his finger and suddenly shot out in front of their horrified gazes.
The person who had ridiculed Long Chen was instantly blown to pieces. The bloody stench of this place grew even stronger.
There were quite a few people who had been standing by his side, also wearing ridiculing expressions. They all shrieked and fled for their lives.
However, Long Chen and the others didn’t even glance at them. They continued walking forward, acting as if nothing had happened.
“How vicious.”
People’s hearts shook. Both the Righteous and Corrupt disciples were completely intimidated by Long Chen’s methods.
