But now, his foundation skyrocketed to 38 million?! That bastard concealed his strength so well! How cunning!
Chi!
While they were in a state of shock, Zhou Yuan’s figure suddenly vanished.
Lu Hai's pupils shrank, and he roared, “Gather together! Be careful. He wants to strike us one by one!"
The other four dark horses rapidly withdrew at his command, trying to gather together.
But one person was still too slow. Zhou Yuan’s figure immediately appeared in front of him like a ghost. With an indifferent expression, he clenched his hand and blasted out a punch, sending a torrent of 38 million Genesis Qi stars roaring out like an azure-colored dragon. It tore apart the sky and aimed for the lone dark horse.
“You think I would be afraid of you!”
That super dark horse was also a proud person. Genesis Qi immediately erupted from his body without reservation. He knew that as long as he could block Zhou Yuan for a moment, Lu Hai and others could take the opportunity to attack Zhou Yuan.
“Iron venomous dragon!”
The super dark horse Zhou Yuan was aiming for was from a top power called the Venomous Dragon Palace. As he roared, his Genesis Qi seemingly transformed into a black venomous dragon. It wrapped around his body as though it was a part of him, turning him into a mountain of steel.
It was a terrifying defense.
Boom!
Zhou Yuan, however, didn’t pause once because of the defensive qi. He slammed out a fist and struck the steel mountain with the azure, dragon-like Genesis Qi.
Clang!
Countless people cried out in shock, witnessing the Venomous Dragon Palace’s super dark horse wail loudly, his black venomous dragon shattering.
A look of horror came onto his face.
The iron venomous dragon was his strongest defense, and he hadn’t expected it would fail to withstand one punch from Zhou Yuan!
Boom!
As the black dragon protection shattered to pieces, mighty Genesis Qi exploded above his body.
The void violently shook as the super dark horse’s tragic scream rang throughout the void. The force blasted him back like a cannonball, sending him tens of thousands of feet before he slammed into a huge mountain. The entire mountain collapsed and completely buried him.
Zhou Yuan’s attack had happened at lightning speed, and before Lu Hai and the others could do anything to save the dark horse, the battle was already over.
Lu Hai and the others peered at the collapsing mountain in the distance, then turned to Zhou Yuan. Zhou Yuan was wearing an indifferent expression and rubbing his fists. The four felt an insuppressible chill gush out from their hearts.
It had never crossed their minds that Zhou Yuan’s strength would improve so greatly in two months’ time!
With just one punch, he had killed a super dark horse who was in no way weaker than Chen Xuandong.
Chapter 934 Lu Hai’s counterattack
When Zhou Yuan blasted the Venomous Dragon Palace’s super dark horse into the mountains, it was unknown whether the dark horse was alive or dead. Not only Lu Hai and the others were dumbstruck, but even the people fiercely battling in the mountains suddenly fell silent.
Shocked disbelief filled everybody’s eyes. It was clear that Zhou Yuan’s previous ferocious attack had a huge impact on them.
The super dark horse from the Venomous Dragon Palace possessed strength no weaker than Chen Xuandong’s. Although Zhou Yuan had won the match against Chen Xuandong two months prior, it was still a bitter and drawn-out battle.
But now...he killed with one punch!
How could Zhou Yuan’s strength rise to such an extent in just two months?!
“Chief pavilion master is invincible!”
The members of the four pavilions trembled with excitement and burst into earthshaking cheers and applause. Their morale skyrocketed, and they unexpectedly suppressed their 4,000 opponents, causing their opponents to withdraw.
Lu Xiao, Mu Liu, Han Yuan and the others forcibly suppressed their shock and commanded their people to attack.
Zhou Yuan’s current performance finally reassured them.
In Fallen City, uproar and commotions were similarly breaking out. In shocked disbelief, the onlookers stared at the huge mirror in the void above them. The scene of Zhou Yuan killing the super dark horse from the Venomous Dragon Palace was deeply imprinted in their minds.
“Zhou Yuan of Tianyuan Region has improved so much and so fast. His Genesis Qi foundation has reached the level of 38 million!”
“A foundation of this level is already good enough to compete with the super heaven prides of the other eight regions!”
“Yes, it is said that Xu Ming’s Genesis Qi foundation is only around 40 million, which isn’t much higher than Zhou Yuan’s!”
“No wonder Zhou Yuan wasn’t afraid of Xu Ming!”
“There’s going to be a good show. The joint attack of the Scarlet Cloud Sword Sect and the other forces seems incapable of swallowing the Tianyuan Region...”
“......”
......
“He deserves to die!”
Lu Hai stared at this scene gloomily. The other three super dark horses had already gathered around him, all staring at the collapsed mountain in shocked horror.
“The intelligence was wrong. His strength has improved too much!”
They knew Zhou Yuan had improved in two months, but that improvement should be within a controllable range. However, they had never thought his foundation could soar to the level of 38 million.
Although one’s foundation would skyrocket when the last two Divine Dwellings were connected, it shouldn’t be such an astonishing increase, right?
Their foundations hadn’t increased even half as much as Zhou Yuan’s when they had connected through to the eighth Divine Dwelling!
In the distance, Zhou Yuan hovered in the air as he indifferently swept his gaze across the distant collapsing mountain. Even if the Venomous Dragon Palace’s super dark horse survived, he would most likely be disabled and incapable of participating in the next battle.
So, he shifted his gaze to Lu Hai and the others.
Lu Hai and others visibly tensed up, their eyes filled with vigilance and fear, which was entirely different from their previous mocking and teasing gazes.
They knew that Zhou Yuan was deliberately concealing his strength.
“You guys run fast.” Zhou Yuan smiled.
He originally thought he could take the opportunity to get rid of at least two people first, but he had underestimated their sensitivity to danger and only managed to get rid of one person in the end.
Lu Hai drew a deep breath, suppressed the anger in his heart, and uttered in a cold voice, “Chief pavilion master Zhou Yuan really knows how to conceal his strength.”
“I learned from you,” Zhou Yuan said casually. Previously, Lu Hai had concealed two super dark horses and waited for Zhou Yuan to appear before he summoned them out.
Lu Hai looked indignant, but he forcibly suppressed his fury and fiercely stared at Zhou Yuan. “Chief pavilion master Zhou Yuan, you really think you have won?”
Zhou Yuan narrowed his eyes without saying anything.
Lu Hai sneered, “You think you’re prepared?! The five forces here today are determined to defeat the Tianyuan Region!”
He glanced at the other three and said, “Prepare the secret weapon!”
The three dark horses exclaimed, “But the secret technique is missing one person!”
The secret technique that they had prepared required five people, but no one thought that Zhou Yuan would kill one of them the moment they met.
“Four people is enough!”
The three super dark horses all nodded firmly, a fierce glint in their eyes.
The three folded their hands into hand seals at lightning speed, and mighty Genesis Qi rose from their heads. Within the Genesis Qi, there seemed to be faint fragments that seemed particularly mysterious.
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sp; The three beams of Genesis Qi frantically collided in the void while the fragments inside rapidly fused, vaguely taking the shape of a pillar.
Lu Hai let out a deafening roar, and a beam of Genesis Qi shot up to merge with the pillar gradually forming in the void.
Chi!
Lu Hai and the others bit their tongues, and blood spurted out, turning into tens of thousands of red beads. Each bead was wrapped in Genesis Qi, and they fused into the pillar.
Above the pillar, the light grew bright.
Zhou Yuan raised his brows as he carefully watched them. A sword pill emerged in the palm of his hand, then split into four beams of sword light, slashing through the air towards Lu Hai and the others.
Om!
But before the sword light touched them, the mysterious pillar in the void spewed out four rays of brilliant light and enveloped the four beams of sword light. The rays rapidly broke the sword light down into specks of light.
Lu Hai lifted his head, looking mockingly at Zhou Yuan, and laughed, “Chief pavilion master Zhou Yuan, don’t waste your efforts. In order to deal with you, I came well prepared. You will definitely lose!”
As his voice faded, the mysterious pillar finally took shape, becoming a light tower hundreds of meters tall.
The light tower was suspended in the air, releasing a four-colored light as it swallowed an untold amount of Genesis Qi. The tower seemed mysterious and unfathomable.
Zhou Yuan stared at the light tower, furrowing his brows. He sensed danger, but the object was very bizarre. It appeared to be a Genesis technique, but it contained the aura of a Genesis Artifact.
It seemed that, as Lu Hai had said, they had come fully prepared.
But why were they so certain that their preparation was for dealing with him?
It was as though they were confident that Zhou Yuan would be allocated the second route.
Zhou Yuan’s eyes flashed. All this gave him the feeling of a conspiracy, and combined with the fact that Zhao Xiansun controlled the draw, it made him suspect that the Wanzu Region was secretly targeting the Tianyuan Region.
Could it be supreme sovereign Wan Zu?
Zhou Yuan knitted his brows and let out a long sigh. He couldn’t intervene in a battle of that level, and he could only concentrate on passing the obstacle in front of him.
He knew that the four-colored light tower was Lu Hai and the others’ final trump card. As long as he could withstand it, he would naturally be able to solve the crisis.
The four-colored light tower grew brighter and brighter in the void, while Lu Hai and the others’ faces became paler and paler, but their eyes were blazing with excitement. They believed that they could suppress Zhou Yuan with their killing move!
So what if he had a foundation of 38 million Genesis Qi stars?!
Lu Hai lifted his head and roared skywards.
“Five Spirits Universe Tower! Seal all objects and beings!”
Swoosh!
Following his roar, the light tower wrapped in four different colors suddenly vanished. When it reappeared, it was already directly above Zhou Yuan and crashing down at lightning speed.
Rumble!
The ground quaked.
The light tower enveloped Zhou Yuan’s body.
Lu Hai’s mouth twisted in a sneer. Once Zhou Yuan is trapped in the tower, he will no doubt lose!
“Zhou Yuan, even if you are talented and remarkable, you’ll become our stepping stone today!”
Chapter 935 Celestial Shadow Tricks the Five Geniuses
Boom!
As the light tower pressed down, the ground quaked, and a relieved, undisguisable smile came onto Lu Hai’s and the others’ faces.
“That Zhou Yuan is really stupid!” A super dark horse sneered.
“He isn’t stupid—just too arrogant. He never thought about the consequences of falling into the Five Spirits Universe Tower. There are five seals in the tower, and once someone falls inside, the five seals will adhere to their body, and at least half their Genesis Qi foundation will be obstructed!”
“Even if we’re missing one person and the effect of the seal can’t be brought to its perfect state, it can still turn Zhou Yuan from a tiger to a cat!”
The other three people burst into laughter. The Five Spirits Universe Tower was the strongest trump card that they had prepared. Let alone Zhou Yuan, even Xu Ming or Yuan Kun wouldn’t know what to do if they were to fall into the tower.
The battle could be said to have ended when Zhou Yuan fell into the tower.
“Zhou Yuan is indeed capable. This ultimate move was reserved for the super heaven prides of the other eight regions when we entered the Fallen Abyss, but he had forced us to bring out this trump card,” Lu Hai said.
Thinking of the ability that Zhou Yuan had revealed when he had killed the Venomous Dragon Palace’s dark horse in seconds, Lu Hai couldn’t help feeling a chill in his heart. Zhou Yuan had concealed his strength too well. The heaven prides of the nine regions are indeed amazing. Even the deteriorating Tianyuan Region has someone so powerful.
But, fortunately for them, Zhou Yuan was in their hands in the end.
The people locked in a fierce battle in the mountains also noticed that the tower had swallowed Zhou Yuan. Lu Xiao’s, Mu Liu’s, Han Yuan’s and Ye Bingling’s hearts sank. Although they didn’t know what the light tower was, they could guess that it was a trump card of Lu Hai and the others.
Moreover, Zhou Yuan’s situation didn’t look good!
“Go help him!” Ye Bingling sent a signal to Lu Xiao and others.
Lu Xiao’s expression was cloudy, and his eyes were flickering, but in the end, he gritted his teeth and sped towards the mountain summit.
Although Lu Hai sensed Lu Xiao’s movements, he didn’t seem to care, and he shifted his gaze to the light tower, scrunching his brows in puzzlement. “Why is the light tower so quiet?”
A surprised look crossed the other three people’s faces. From their experience, the Genesis Qi within the light tower should be pulsing wildly once someone fell inside. The seals should also be activated, but why was it so strangely quiet?
Lu Hai’s eyes flashed, and he felt an uneasy feeling in his chest. He immediately folded both hands in a hand seal.
The light tower in the distance trembled and gradually grew transparent, revealing the inside of the tower.
But after one glance, they felt a chill down their spine.
They didn’t see anyone in the light tower!
“Zhou Yuan isn’t suppressed inside!” Lu Hai felt his scalp go numb, and his voice had become sharper.
The expressions of the other three changed drastically. They clearly witnessed Zhou Yuan being crushed and forced inside, so why was there no one inside it? If he wasn’t in the tower, where else would he be?!
“Be on the alert!” Lu Hai roared, the uneasiness in his heart almost drowning him.
As his voice faded, the Genesis Qi within their body rushed forth.
Lu Hai’s shadow suddenly rippled, and a figure floated out silently like a ghost. Four beams of sword light rapidly took shape, stopping inches from the back of the heads of Lu Hai and the others.
The sword light dimmed, but Lu Hai and the others stiffened in fear and stood rooted to the spot. They felt a tingle at the back of their heads, and the smell of death shrouded them. Such sensations made them know that the slightest movement of Genesis Qi within their body would trigger the sword light to cut their heads off without hesitation.
Beads of cold sweat gathered on Lu Hai’s forehead. He glanced back and saw Zhou Yuan staring at them with a smile.
“Zhou—Zhou Yuan!” Lu Hai’s brows were trembling, and his voice sounded pained. “Why are you here?”
It was obvious that Zhou Yuan had escaped with an incredibly strange bodywork technique the moment the light tower pressed down. Even Lu Hai and the others hadn’t noticed that he was standing silently behind them.
Such a speed and such a bodywork technique, they were
terrifying!
“You really think I would be stupid enough to let you trap me inside?” Zhou Yuan laughed.
What he used was the Celestial Shadow Art, one of the seven Cangxuan Arts. Zhou Yuan had been thinking about this technique for a long time, but he hadn’t found the time to practice it. In preparation for the nine regions tournament, he finally found the opportunity to master it.
His first time using the Celestial Shadow Art was a great success.
This technique was incredibly mysterious. Once he hid in someone’s shadow, it was impossible to detect him.
Lu Hai’s face twitched as he gritted his teeth and said reluctantly, “Chief pavilion master Zhou Yuan represents the Tianyuan Region, but you didn’t even dare to respond to our challenge. Instead, you used this sneak attack. Are you not afraid that people will say you won unfairly?”
He originally thought that Zhou Yuan would face their final trump card to demonstrate the Tianyuan Region’s strength, but who would have thought that Zhou Yuan wouldn’t have such an intention? He had instead taken advantage of the moment they relaxed to approach them like a venomous snake.
Zhou Yuan couldn’t help but sneer when he heard Lu Hai’s words. He gazed at them as if the four were fools.
Lu Hai grew increasingly angry when he saw the look in Zhou Yuan’s eyes. He, too, knew how ridiculous his words were.
Paying no attention to them, Zhou Yuan turned to the mountain where the fierce battle was happening. His indifferent voice contained a chilling intent. “Tell them to stop. You have already lost this round, so don’t force me to kill you. It is normal to have death and injuries in a battle of this level.”
Lu Hai exchanged glances with the other three people, then bowed his head.
They hadn’t expected that they would lose so inexplicably.
“Stop,” Lu Hai’s voice rang out.
The battle in the mountains halted. Everybody looked to the mountain summit and saw Zhou Yuan standing behind Lu Hai and the others. They also saw the sword lights hovering behind Lu Hai’s and the other’s heads. The people of the five forces suddenly felt icy cold.
Lu Xiao, who was about to rush to the top of the mountain, also halted his steps, a look of astonishment crossing his face.
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