Everybody blankly watched Zhao Mushen’s fall. Is this how the first king on the Divine Dwelling List is going to be eliminated?!
Chapter 977 Reversal Art
Amidst countless horrified and stunned gazes, Zhao Mushen dropped from the sky and crashed into the plain with a loud rumble.
Clouds of dust and smoke filled the air.
There was utter silence under the entire starry sky.
Even Wang Xi, who was outside of the barrier composed of Genesis Qi, stared at the deep pit in shocked disbelief.
Yuan Kun, Jiu Gong and Li Tonshen, who were locked in a fierce battle above a distant stone statue, also paused for a moment and looked over with constantly changing expressions.
No one thought that Zhao Mushen would be the first to fall in the battle of the three kings!
He was Zhao Mushen, the strongest person at the Divine Dwelling stage in Hunyuan Heaven. All these years, even with Wu Yao and Su Youwei, the peerless pair, competing for the top position, he still stood firmly at the top. His position was unshakable.
For many people at the Divine Dwelling stage, Zhao Mushen was always their goal.
Although Wu Yao’s and Su Youwei’s appearances in the nine regions tournament could pose a challenge to Zhao Mushen, in truth, more than 80% of the people still believed that Zhao Mushen would be the ultimate winner.
This was because he was Zhao Mushen!
Therefore, everyone was stunned to see Zhao Mushen out-schemed by Wu Yao and Su Youwei. It was true that the more beautiful a woman was, the more deceptive she was!
Wu Yao and Su Youwei hovered in the void with a considerable distance between them. Powerful Genesis Qi surged around their bodies. It was obvious they were vigilant of each other.
They glanced at the place where Zhao Mushen had fallen, and then their gazes collided. In their gazes, there wasn’t any friendship borne from their previous cooperation. Instead, their eyes were filled with caution and vigilance.
Wu Yao lifted her eyes and said, “Seems like it’s our turn next?”
“I have long wanted to have a real fight with you.” Su Youwei’s face glowed with a faint purple light, making her look even more pure and beautiful.
Wu Yao’s red lips moved slightly. “Just because of Zhou Yuan?”
Su Youwei said, “Your Blessing is from His Highness, isn’t that right? The reason you could get to where you are today is of course because of your outstanding talent, but that Blessing must have also played a huge role.”
Wu Yao nodded and didn’t deny it. She stretched out her slender and beautiful hand, and a mysterious qi flowed around her fingertips. There was a hint of indifference as well as disgust in her eyes.
“Don't even think that I like this thing. If it wasn't for it, my mother wouldn't have died.” She looked at Su Youwei and said, “But you also shouldn’t naively try to persuade me to return it to its original owner. If Zhou Yuan has the ability to take it away from me, I wouldn’t mind, even if he kills me—just as I hold no resentment towards him for killing Wu Huang and destroying the Great Wu.
“With everything, the strongest is always king.
“The reason my father took the Sacred Dragon Blessing from his body is that he was strong and the Great Zhou was weak.
“Zhou Yuan then retaliated and destroyed the Great Wu. This was because he was strong and the Great Wu was weak.
“So, if he has the ability to take back what belongs to him, he can go ahead. Of course, if he can’t, don’t blame me for taking the last part of the Sacred Dragon Blessing from his body.”
Su Youwei was silent for a moment and then said, “In that case, I will help His Highness get back what belongs to him.”
Wu Yao stared at her for a good while and said, “I really don’t understand what charm he has that is worth you doing this for him. I originally thought we could be friends.”
Wu Yao had never concealed her admiration for Su Youwei. Unfortunately for her, Su Youwei had never paid any attention to her kindness, and it seemed that Zhou Yuan was the reason.
Su Youwei said indifferently, “What you admire is only the current Su Youwei, but the former Su Youwei wasn’t as bright and dazzling as now. She was just a little girl from a humble background. Without him, there wouldn’t be the present Su Youwei.
“My grandfather always told me to repay someone for their kindness.”
She lifted her beautiful hand, and purple light-like stars flowed within the palm of her hand, turning into a star-like sword.
The tip of the sword pointed straight towards Wu Yao.
“Let’s do it,” Su Youwei said.
Wu Yao sighed inwardly without a ripple of emotion on her jade-like face, and then her phoenix eyes gradually turned fierce. Since they couldn’t come to an agreement, it was better to settle it with a fight.
Boom!
Mighty Genesis Qi gradually spread out from Wu Yao’s and Su Youwei’s bodies, causing the sky and ground to quake violently.
The atmosphere turned extremely tense as if a battle could erupt at any moment.
But just as the two women were about to make a move, a strange sound suddenly rang out in the tensed atmosphere.
“Haha.”
Wu Yao’s and Su Youwei’s pupils suddenly shrank. They simultaneously twisted around to look at the huge pit that was originally filled with smoke and dust.
Zhao Mushen lay quietly in the huge pit, his eyes wide, staring at the two women as he wore a strange smile.
A lotus mark seemed to be emitting faint light at the center of his brows.
A horrifying wound was covering almost half his body, but he didn’t seem to care. Instead, the smile on his lips intensified. And, most unexpected to Su Youwei and Wu Yao, his Genesis Qi hadn’t weakened at all.
He didn’t seem severely wounded.
But how was that possible? They hadn’t held back any of their strength in their previous attack. It would have been impossible for anybody else to withstand their attack!
“Let’s join forces to get rid of him!” Wu Yao roared. Zhao Mushen's strange smile made her feel a hint of uneasiness.
Su Youwei’s beautiful and delicate face also assumed a serious expression. When she heard Wu Yao’s voice, she immediately activated her Genesis Qi without hesitation and shot towards him.
Wu Yao similarly charged at Zhao Mushen.
Zhao Mushen staggered to his feet in the deep pit. Watching the two women charge toward him murderously, he simply gave them a smile. “You tried to scheme against me. Do you think I won’t do the same?”
He stretched out his hand and stabbed into the wound on his body.
When he pulled his blood-soaked fingers out, there seemed to be two subtle waves of Genesis Qi.
They were the Genesis Qis belonging to Su Youwei and Wu Yao.
Zhao Mushen folded his blood-dripping hand in a hand seal with lightning speed.
The smile on his lips became increasingly strange, and the lotus-like marking between his eyebrows began to glow. The lotus flower slowly bloomed, and a strange wave of energy emerged in the world.
His hoarse voice resounded slowly across the plain.
“Sacred Lotus...
“Reversal Art!”
As Wu Yao and Su Youwei dived down from the void above, their expressions changed dramatically. A strange force descended onto their body, forming two lotus-like silhouettes below them.
The lotus flower, vivid and life-like, radiated a mysterious power.
Wu Yao’s and Su Youwei’s figures froze in the air, like butterflies trying to dance gracefully in amber.
Even the air itself froze. But most strange, huge wounds were spreading across Su Youwei’s and Wu Yao's bodies, and the marks were identical to Zhao Mushen’s!
Zhao Mushen smiled at the two beautiful figures stationary in the void, letting blood flow wildly from his wound. He suddenly opened his arms and smiled.
“What a beautiful scene. Two butterflies are in my hands.”
> Under the starry sky.
Countless people were even more stunned by this scene. Who would have thought that Zhao Mushen, whom they thought had fallen into a desperate state, could reverse the situation?
Countless people's expressions turned complicated, and they secretly shook their heads. The king of the Divine Dwelling stage indeed deserved his title.
On the Wanzu Region’s side, Liu Qingshu and the others finally relaxed their tense bodies and broke into cheers. Their cheers echoed throughout the starry sky and penetrated a particular ancient stone statue.
Above this stone statue, Zhou Yuan was sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed, and, as if he had sensed something, his eyes slowly opened.
Chapter 978 Taotie Blessing
In the void above the Fallen Abyss.
The Law Domain stage experts gazed intently at the huge light mirror where two bright lotus flowers were slowly blooming. Wu Yao and Su Youwei were frozen within the lotus flowers, and a hideous scar had torn their bodies and caused chaos to their Genesis Qi.
“Reversal Art...”
Studying the lotus flower that appeared below the two women, the Law Domain experts wore a strange expression on their faces. Jin Zhong of the Wushen Region and Lu Xuangang of the Zixiao Region visibly tensed up.
They knew it was the Reversal Art.
It was an extremely mysterious and bizarre Little Saint Genesis Art from the Wushen Region. Once mastered, it was said to be able to pass on fatal injuries to one’s attacker.
It was just that...they had never heard that the Reversal Art could freeze and seal space.
They could tell that the Sacred Lotus was incredibly mysterious and that it vaguely exuded the energy of the Law Domain. It was no wonder that it could freeze both Su Youwei and Wu Yao like a seal.
Lu Xuangang swept a glance over Zhao Xuansun. “The Wanzu Region’s Reversal Art is famous but is known to be extremely difficult to practice. I have never heard of anybody beneath the Nascent Source stage who has mastered this technique.”
Zhao Xiansun smiled, saying, “Zhao Mushen has outstanding talent. It isn’t surprising that he could master this technique.”
Jin Zhong further inquired, “But I have never heard that the Wanzu Region’s Reversal Art also has the power of the Sacred Lotus Seal.”
The Reversal Art performed by Zhao Mushen was very special. It possessed the power of the Sacred Lotus Seal and even healed his fatal injuries.
The technique was simply in defiance of the natural order. Not only did it reverse fatal injury onto the opponent, but it could also heal wounds, which differed hugely to the normal Reversal Art!
Zhao Xiansun smiled. “This is Zhao Mushen’s blessing, and it isn’t convenient for me to say anything.”
Jin Zhong snorted and couldn't say anything.
He exchanged a glance with Lu Xuangang, and they scrunched their bows. It was obvious that the situation didn’t look good for their regions.
....
In the deep pit, Zhao Mushen looked up at the two beautiful figures bound by the two lotuses. With a smile, he gradually rose into the sky and arrived before them.
“In the end, I am still better,” Zhao Mushen said softly.
Wu Yao’s and Su Youwei’s eyes flickered up at him. Everybody could tell that they were using all their strength to get rid of the Sacred Lotus Seal.
Zhao Mushen’s gaze shifted to Wu Yao, staring at her stunning face with deep admiration. “Wu Yao, did you know that what I really coveted in the nine regions tournament wasn’t the number one position of the nine regions, but...you?”
Although Wu Yao couldn’t move an inch in the sacred lotus, her eyes released endless chilling intent.
Zhao Mushen shook his head. “Don't misunderstand. I don’t covet you. To be precise, it's the Blessing inside your body.”
Wu Yao’s pupils shrank.
What exactly did Zhao Mushen want to do? Did he want to take her Blessing? But this was impossible because Blessings couldn’t be taken away so easily. Her father was only able to extract the Blessing from Zhou Yuan and instill it into her and Wu Huang’s bodies because they were born on the same day. Also, their bodies matched the Blessing’s requirements!
But Zhao Mushen wasn’t born on the same day as her!
“It's weird, isn't it?” Zhao Mushen laughed. “I don’t meet the conditions to take away your Blessing. But unfortunately for you...there are a lot of things in this world that don't follow the rules.”
The lotus flower mark at the center of his eyebrows suddenly glowed, and vaguely, a mysterious aura gushed out. Even the universe Genesis Qi was faintly showing strange movements.
Everybody was stunned to see an illusory silhouette emerge behind Zhao Mushen.
The silhouette seemed to be that of a mysterious giant monster. It lifted its head and roared skywards. Its large and deep mouth was like the mouth of a giant abyss.
Wu Yao’s heart trembled when she saw the mysterious silhouette forming behind Zhao Mushen. It’s some sort of Blessing?!
Zhao Mushen also possesses a Blessing!
But Wu Yao was unable to identify what being Zhao Mushen’s Blessing came from.
As though he had read Wu Yao’s mind, Zhao Mushen said with a smile, “The Blessing I possess is called the Taotie (a mythological Chinese creature) Blessing. Since the dawn of time, a sacred beast has existed. It’s called the Ancestral Taotie.
“The Taotie Blessing is weak when born, but it possesses a special ability that other Blessings don’t have...and that is the ability to devour other Blessings.”
Wu Yao’s pupils suddenly shrank. She had never expected Zhao Mushen to possess such a special Blessing! It was no wonder that he had said what he really coveted in the nine regions tournament was the Blessing in her body. He wanted to swallow her Blessing!
Zhao Mushen looked at Wu Yao and said softly, “Wu Yao, do you think I was always this outstanding? You’re wrong. In truth, my talent was extremely ordinary when I set foot on the cultivation path. I was just a stepping stone for other people.
“It was the Taotie Blessing that got me to where I am today. I’m about to break through to the Heavenly Sun stage. If I devour your Blessing, I’m certain it will make my breakthrough perfect.” He smiled. “So...excuse me.”
Roar!
Behind him, the blurry Taotie Blessing unleashed a soundless roar, and black light spread out of its mouth like fog and surrounded Wu Yao.
Zhao Mushen had long been preparing to devour her Blessing.
....
Outside the Fallen Abyss.
Anger bubbled up inside Jin Zhong when he saw this scene. He fixed a fierce look at Zhao Xiansun and said, “How dare Zhao Mushen swallow Wu Yao’s Blessing?!”
Blessings were indeed quite mysterious in that they could directly affect one’s cultivation talent. Adding to this, it was extremely beneficial to Genesis techniques and breakthroughs. Generally speaking, those who possessed Blessings would progress further along the cultivation path compared to ordinary people.
Wu Yao’s future would be destroyed if Zhao Mushen successfully devoured her Blessing!
Zhao Xiansun’s eyes slightly drooped. “Mister Jin Zhong shouldn’t be so angry. I will scold him when the nine regions tournament ends.”
Jin Zhong’s face grew even more livid. Wait until the nine regions tournament finishes? Zhao Mushen would have completely devoured her Blessing by then. What would be the use in scolding him then?
But from the look on Zhao Xiansun’s face, it was obvious that he intended to let Zhao Mushen do what he wanted. In the Fallen Abyss, even Law Domain experts couldn’t interfere with what happens in the battle. So, no matter how angry he was, it wouldn’t help the situation.
“Well, if your Wanzu Region intends to become enemies with my Wushen Region, I also can’t stop you.” With nothing else that he could do, Jin Zhong had no choice but to threaten Zhao Xiansun.
....
Powerful Law Domain expert
s were competing in the outside world, and the atmosphere under the starry sky was equally solemn.
Countless people fixed their eyes above the stone statue in the depths of the starry sky. They didn’t expect Zhao Mushen to be so ruthless—he intended to devour Wu Yao’s Blessing!
All Wushen Region’s disciples flushed with anger and angrily rebuked him. Other than this, there was nothing else they could do.
Facing the anger of the Wushen Region’s disciples, Liu Qingshu simply snorted. “Wu Yao has fallen into senior brother’s hands, so naturally, she should pay the price. It’s just a Blessing, not her life!”
She undoubtedly gloated over Wu Yao’s situation. After all, Wu Yao and Su Youwei were too remarkable, and she was very envious of them.
Everybody was focused on the changes in the situation between Zhao Mushen and Wu Yu that they had failed to notice that Zhou Yuan had awoken from his training state.
After Zhou Yuan withdrew from his state of cultivation, his mind was obviously immersed in the changes within his own Divine Dwellings.
He stroked his chest with the palm of his hand, a quizzical look on his face.
“To think there’s such a thing...”
Zhou Yuan was overwhelmed with mixed emotions. He then looked up to see what was happening above the ancient stone statue in the depths of the starry sky and couldn’t help smiling. “It can swallow another’s Blessing. It’s indeed a little strange.
“But...the Blessing in Wu Yao’s body is mine. I won’t allow you, Zhao Mushen, to ruin it.”
He sprang up and shook his body. Three muddled-colored halos emerged behind him, and a stream of mighty Genesis Qi surged out like a torrent, bringing earth-shaking pressure to this side of the world.
Chi!
Zhou Yuan didn’t show any sign of reluctance to leave. He flashed away, rushed up and charged through the statue’s barrier. He headed directly for the depths of the starry sky where the ancient stone statue was located.
Zhou Yuan’s movements immediately attracted countless eyes.
When the onlookers saw Zhou Yuan leave the statue, they cried out in surprise one after another.
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