This change also landed in the eyes of the countless geniuses in the Saint Remains Domain, causing them to explode into numerous cries of surprise.
"Is that the interior of the Saint tower?"
"Could that mountain be the final test to enter the sacred grounds?"
"It seems rather simple, no?"
"How can the final test be easy. Just wait and see, things should get exciting soon…"
The countless whispers outside were naturally not heard by those inside the tower. What's more, all of their attention was currently on the mysterious staircase.
38 figures temporarily fell silent. The silence lasted for quite some time before someone's patience finally hit its limit. He flew forward with extreme caution and landed on the stone staircase.
The geniuses on the step protected his body with his Genesis Qi. However, no traps appeared like everyone had expected. The one on the step was completely safe...
"He's fine?"
The genius was stunned for a moment, before his eyes lit up with joy. His figure moved again, beginning to climb the enormous stone steps.
His actions sparked everyone else into movement. They gritted their teeth, landing one after another on the stone steps with swishing wind sounds.
Upon seeing this, Zhou Yuan looked towards Yaoyao and the rest as he said, “We should go too. Everyone be careful. This place is likely not so simple.”
The rest of the gang naturally nodded.
Thus, their group also moved, landing on the giant stone staircase.
In less than a minute, everyone had arrived on the stone steps. Next, they very carefully leaped into the air, climbing step after step as they swiftly ascended.
“Seems… that there is really no danger?” Nothing happened after several minutes. One of the geniuses could no longer wait, Genesis Qi exploding beneath his feet as his speed rapidly rose. He darted up like a shadow, crossing a dozen steps in a short few breaths.
Luluo was also a little unable to hold back upon seeing this, intending to increase her speed too.
Just as her figure was about to burst forward however, Zhou Yuan grabbed her wrist. He raised his head and looked towards the end of the stone steps and said, “Something’s wrong. Don’t be rash.”
The moment Zhou Yuan’s words faded, everyone faintly felt the land tremble slightly.
Yaoyao stared at the end of the steps and suddenly said, “Something’s coming down.”
Zhou Yuan’s eyes widened a little. He took a closer look and sure enough, he caught sight up green light pouring down from the end of the stone steps...
Rumble!
The shaking of the land grew more and more obvious. Soon, Zhou Yuan and the rest were finally able to get a clear view. A green flood was crashing down from the end of the steps.
The green flood was boundless, endless, as if everything would be destroyed when it passed through.
“It’s… a Genesis Qi flood!” Zhou Yuan’s pupils shrank, a sliver of shock and alarm in his voice.
When such a vast Genesis Qi flood crashed downwards, it was an earth-shaking sight.
In the face of the flood, Zhou Yuan and the rest were ain to ants.
Zhou Yuan’s expression was grave as he urgently shouted, “Quick, avoid or defend!”
Boom!
By this time, the green Genesis Qi flood had already arrived. The genius at the very front was the first to face it...
ARGHHH!
All he had time for was a miserable shriek. Though he had immediately summoned his Genesis Qi to defend, he was instantly swept away by the flood, ultimately washed off the stone steps as the flood continued to surged past...
The green flood did not stop, wrapping around him as a part of it blasted out of the Saint tower and threw him towards the Saint Remains Domain.
“He’s be thrown out of the Saint tower!” An icy sensation filled everyone’s hearts when they saw this. It turns out that you will lose the right to contest for the greatest blessing if you leave the stone steps.
Now, no one dared to hold any more contempt for the steps.
Rumble!
The flood rapidly expanded in Zhou Yuan’s eyes. With a deep breath, a rune appeared on his palm, light erupting from it as it transformed into a 10 feet tall tortoise shell light rune.
“Grade 3 Genesis Rune, Mighty Tortoise Shell!”
His foot also slammed into the ground, Genesis Qi surging below his soles to glue him to the ground.
Boom!
The moment Zhou Yuan was finished, the green flood arrived. It slammed into the tortoise shell rune, immediately causing it to shake violently...
An indescribable force pushed Zhou Yuan’s feet a whole step back, but instantly steeled himself and persistently endured.
“What a frightening assault!”
Veins popped up on his forehead as dark gold Genesis Qi began to surge out of his body, pushing back against the endless, limitless force.
It felt like a tsunami was crushing him while walking on the stone steps.
“It is indeed not going to be easy to reach the peak. I don’t even dare to let my attention stray, let alone ascending to the top which I can’t even see yet…” Zhou Yuan let out a bitter laugh.
His gaze did a quick scan. Nearby, Luluo, Zuoqiu Qingyu, Zhen Xu and the rest were using their own means to endure the battering of the green flood.
Further to the front, Wu Huang, Ye Ming, Li Chunjun and the rest were also engaging various methods.
Miserable shrieks could be heard from time to time, indicating someone was no longer able to endure and had been washed straight out of the Saint tower by the flood...
“I need to first get used to this green flood before I think about climbing.”
Zhou Yuan gradually calmed down, but his expression abruptly changed a split second later. His gaze urgently swept around the place, because he had realised he was unable to find Yaoyao’s figure on the stone steps!
Had she been washed out of the tower by the green flood?!
Chapter 181 Each with One’s Own Method
On the giant stone steps, Zhou Yuan’s expression was pretty ugly, his brows tightly furrowed.
“Although Yaoyao has no Genesis Qi, it’s impossible for her to have been blown away immediately!” Zhou Yuan’s eyes flickered in thought. Yaoyao’s methods were akin to a bottomless pit, there was no way that she would have been pushed out so easily.
But if Yaoyao had been able to resist, why was her figure suddenly missing from the stone steps?
“What the hell is going on?” Zhou Yuan tightly clenched his jaw. Yaoyao was clearly carrying numerous secrets, many of which he was unable to know. However, he still wanted to do his best to protect her.
It was his promise to master Cang Yuan.
And yet, Yaoyao had fallen into danger time and time again, a fact that Zhou Yuan undoubtedly blamed himself for.
While Zhou Yuan was distracted, cracks gradually appeared on the tortoise shell, a sign that it was about to reach its limit.
The terrifying force continued to flood towards him, pushing Zhou Yuan’s body back step by step.
In the short span of a dozen breaths, Zhou Yuan had been pushed to the back of the group, almost about to be swept off the stone stairs.
Luluo sharp eyes spotted this and hurriedly cried out to warn him, “Zhou Yuan, don’t be distracted!”
Zuoqiu Qingyu, whom had been pushed towards another direction by the green flood, also spoke up in a chiding manner, “Don’t worry, Yaoyao will be fine. You should know her capabilities.”
Zhou Yuan took in a deep breath and nodded. If Yaoyao was only swept out of the tower, it was still okay, because she would at least be fine. But if it was some other scenario, he had a hunch that he needed to conquer the Saint mountain to find out what happened to her.
Dark gold Genesis Qi slowly rose from Zhou Yuan’s body as his sliding feet slowly came to a stop.
He raised his head and looked to his front. The
three dozen or so geniuses that had entered the tower had already been split into several distinct groups by the first wave of green.
At the very front was naturally Wu Huang, Ye Ming, Li Chunjun and the rest...
Wu Huang was the first. Scarlet-red Genesis Qi ferociously exploded from his body, the powerful Genesis Qi stopping even the pouring green flood for a brief moment..
Wu Huang extended a hand as scarlet-red Genesis Qi gathered on his palm. It eventually took the shape of a foot wide glowing scarlet-red ball, extremely astonishing Genesis Qi ripples concentrated within it.
Scorching heat pulsed, burning even the surrounding air.
When the green flood battered against the scarlet-red ball, sizzling noises could be heard as the former was swiftly evaporated.
Wu Huang held up the scarlet-red ball, feet steady as he walked forward, climbing up step by step.
While he advanced, he glanced towards the back of the pack at Zhou Yuan as contempt appeared from the corners of his mouth. The gap between the two of them was clearly beginning to show.
He paid no further attention to the latter, and concentrated on climbing the stone steps.
Vortexes seemed to swirl within Ye Ming’s black pupils. He reached out both hands to the front as black Genesis Qi transformed into swirling vortexes on his palm.
The green flood automatically parted when it encountered the black vortexes as if being pushed aside, leaving a gap for Ye Ming to advance.
When he did this however, black blood began to flow from the corners of his eyes.
Swish!
Li Chunjun gripped his black greatsword and swung downwards. Formidable sword aura swept forth, slicing open a half foot long crack in the green flood. Li Chunjun advanced in this manner, swing, step, swing, step.
“Haha, this is great!”
Ning Zhan heartily laughed at the sky. Vigorous Genesis Qi rose from his body as it suddenly swelled a size bigger, making him look even more like a human shaped ape. His method was the most barbaric, his strong body withstanding the force of the flood as he walked up the stone steps.
The four of them were at the very front, undoubtedly displaying their overwhelming strength.
The numerous geniuses behind involuntarily licked their lips in secret as they gazed upon the backs of these four individuals.
“Heh, we can’t let them steal all our thunder!”
“I’m going to show my skills too!”
Luluo giggled when she saw this. Her small face soon turned serious. With a shake of a flash of blue light flew out and landed on her shoulder. It was Little Frost, the ice bird that had the ice phoenix bloodline.
Likely due to the connection it had to Luluo, Little Frost had not been expelled from the light pillar when it descended like Tuntun.
Luluo opened her mouth as icy Genesis Qi was blown out. The ice bird also opened its sharp beak at the same time, spitting out a bundle of icy Genesis Qi.
The two Genesis Qi weaved together and landed on the green flood in front of them. A patch of the flood immediately froze, transforming into ice that extended dozens of feet. Luluo’s toes pushed off the ground as she leaped forward.
“Hey Zhou Yuan, I’m going too. You can only depend on yourself now. Whether or not you catch up will hinge on your ability.”
Zuoqiu Qingyu looked towards Zhou Yuan, a mischievous smile revealing itself on her alluring face. “Since Yaoyao is not around, if you’re able to catch up to me, I may consider letting you be one of the candidates.”
“Candidate? What candidate?” Zhou Yuan was taken aback.
Zuoqiu Qingyu let out a tinkling laugh, but did not answer. Her slender body twisted as she dashed straight into the green flood, like a swimming black carp as she climbed upwards.
“Zhou Yuan, although I am indebted to you, I cannot give way to you here. I’ll be going ahead first. I hope that you’ll soon catch up.” Zhen Xu’s raspy voice sounded.
Gray Genesis Qi spiralled around his body. His hands came together as the Genesis Qi between his palms seem to transform into a skull.
The skull opened its mouth, and began to suck in the green flood while Zhen Xu took this opportunity to dash forward.
All three were apex level geniuses. Now that they decided to use their full power, their speeds immediately soared, beginning to catch up to the first group of Wu Huang and the rest.
Behind them were the many second tier geniuses such as Xiao Tianxuan and Gu Ling.
Xiao Tianxuan’s coldly glanced at Zhou Yuan, who was all the way behind, as a sneer appeared from the corners of his lips. Gu Ling’s eyes also contained hints of mockery.
“Humph, you can only rely on the power of your own Genesis Qi in order to advance through this flood. Zhou Yuan’s battle power may be decent, but he is after all only at the Heaven Gate stage. The fact that his foundations cannot compare to our own has now been shown…”
They naturally did not know that Zhou Yuan was distracted by Yaoyao’s disappearance, believing instead that his Genesis Qi reserves were waning, hence causing him to be forced back. Xiao Tianxuan and Gu Ling exchanged a look, seeing the joy in each other’s eyes.
So what if his battle power was overwhelming. If he could not pass this stage, all of Zhou Yuan’s previous efforts would be wasted.
Phew.
Zhou Yuan took in a deep breath, suppressing the worry in his heart. He was not an indecisive person and knew that worrying now was useless anyways.
The most important thing now was to first ascend the Saint mountain.
His gaze peered past the green flood, looking towards the front where Wu Huang’s figure continued to climb as an icy light surged in his eyes.
“Since that is so…”
His body lowered slightly, like a panther that was about to pounce on its prey.
“Let’s have a good competition!”
“To see who will reach the peak first!”
Dark gold Genesis Qi abruptly exploded from Zhou Yuan’s body like an erupting volcano at this moment.
Chapter 182 Chase
Saint Remains Domain.
Countless geniuses gazed at the majestic Saint mountain inside the Saint tower. They were naturally also able to see the green flood that poured down from the endless stone steps.
Even from so far away, they could still clearly feel its dreadful power. Under the surging green flood, the geniuses within were akin to ants...
“Wu Huang, Ye Ming, Li Chunjun and the rest are pretty amazing. Can’t believe that they’ve adapted so quickly and have already begun their steady advance forward.”
“As expected of these apex level geniuses. There is clearly a gap between them and the others.”
Many whispers could be heard. Numerous individuals also noticed Zhou Yuan, whom was dead last. After all, his performance in the Saint Remains Domain had been extremely attention grabbing.
“What’s up with Zhou Yuan? To think that’s he’s fallen to last place.”
“Zhou Yuan is only at the Heaven Gate stage. His explosive power is pretty good, but his Genesis Qi cultivation is unable to match the others. That’s why his performance is so lacklustre.”
“From the looks of it, it will not be long before he is washed out of the tower and loses his qualifications…”
“It’s already amazing for him to have reached this stage.”
Several individuals were gloating at Zhou Yuan’s performance. They had been unable to enter the Saint tower to vie for the blessing within, and naturally felt a little better seeing someone struggle inside.
...
Outside the Saint Remains Domain.
The Sacred Palace envoy, Zhao Pan, watched the first group, his eyes staying on Wu Huang in particular as a satisfied smile surfaced on his face.
“Good. Wu Huang, continue bravely advance towards the peak in this manner. If you want to join the Sacred Palace, you’ll have to crush all the other geniuses and become the strongest one!.”
With a slight smile o
n his face, Zhao Pan’s gaze shifted downwards a little, landing on the figure at the back of the pack. The corners of his lips immediately lifted slightly in a mocking manner.
“What a useless person, he’s unworthy of being Wu Huang’s foe.”
He secretly shook his head.
“This brat… what the heck is he doing?” The Cangxuan Sect envoy, Mu Wuji, was gently tapping his pipe, a frown on his face as he watched Zhou Yuan’s figure.
Although it was true that one needed to rely on one’s Genesis Qi to resist the green flood, Mu Wuji did not believe that this was where Zhou Yuan would be stopped in his tracks.
“Zhou Yuan ah Zhou Yuan, that old mister thinks so highly of you, so you’d better buck up. Or how am I going to explain things when I return?” Mu Wuji sucked on his pipe as smoke drifted out from his nose, his expression turning solemn within the rising smoke.
“Oh?”
Almost immediately after however, Mu Wuji’s eyes suddenly focused. At the same time, the other five envoys also gasped softly.
All of their sharp eyes had seen powerful gold Genesis Qi suddenly erupt from Zhou Yuan’s body at this moment. The strength of this Genesis Qi was in no way weaker than those geniuses who had stepped into the Alpha-Origin stage!
Mu Wuji’s eyes brightened as he cursed with a grin, “Stinking brat, to think that he was acting weak.”
However, he too did not know that Zhou Yuan had no such intentions. It was purely Yaoyao’s disappearance that made him lose himself for a while, resulting in him being pushed to the last spot by the green flood.
“Kid, show me your true capabilities. Let's see why that old mister has so highly recommended you…”
...
Rumble!
On a stone step, dark gold Genesis Qi spouted out from Zhou Yuan’s body like an erupting volcano. Along with it came a tremendous power that flowed throughout his body and into his limbs.
Although Zhou Yuan was currently at the mid Heaven Gate stage, with regards to the power and abundance of Genesis Qi, he would not falter even when directly facing a true Alpha-Origin expert.
After all, his Genesis Qi had been able to reach a height of over 400 feet when he reached the Heaven Gate stage, a height that could match numerous advance Heaven Gate practitioners.
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