Dragon Prince Yuan c1-1251

by Translator: Yeow

  This thought flashed to his mind, and he was a little dumbfounded. He shook his head to suppress the thought and fixed Zhao Mushen with a cold stare. Zhao Mushen was an enemy more difficult to deal with than he had imagined. Even a trump card like the Heavenly Punishment Saint Rune had failed to get rid of Zhao Mushen.

  But he guessed that Zhao Mushen must have performed an incredibly rare and powerful defensive technique. Otherwise, with Zhao Mushen’s strength alone, it would have been impossible to escape from the Law Domain vortex.

  “What else do you have?” Zhou Yuan's cold gaze was piercing, and he wasn’t the least bit afraid. Rather, his blood was bubbling. He had always longed for a battle of this level where he could distinctly feel his strength progressing little by little.

  Zhao Mushen’s gaze was similarly chilly as he stared at Zhou Yuan. If he hadn’t activated the Divine Death Substitute Curse at the critical moment, he would have likely died then.

  His heart ached at the thought of the Divine Death Substitute Curse. Supreme sovereign Wan Zu had gifted him that treasure, and it could help him avoid a situation with the danger of death. It could only be used once because it would vanish immediately afterwards.

  If he wanted to receive another divine curse, he would most likely need to win the nine regions tournament first.

  Zhao Mushen had never felt the aura of death ever since reaching the Divine Dwelling stage. But this time, even he felt a chill down his spine during that moment of instant annihilation.

  Watching Zhou Yuan soar into the air, Zhao Mushen’s face darkened. He hadn’t expected the guy whom he had chased like a mouse to push him to this state.

  But it should end here.

  Zhao Mushen sat down cross-legged, his hands folding into a seal with lightning speed. Mighty and vast Genesis Qi gushed from his body, turning into a Genesis Qi light shield that enveloped him.

  Puchi!

  He bit the tip of his tongue, and blood squirted out.

  He drew multiple fine blood-red runes in the void with his blood-stained fingers. The runes landed on the light shield and flowed around like fish, making the shield appear particularly deep.

  Zhou Yuan wrinkled his brows. Zhao Mushen had created a turtle shell; did he intend to withstand his attacks? This was not a wise choice.

  His eyes flashed, and he immediately flung his sleeve. The more than 90 million Genesis Qi stars flickered brightly in the air before roaring down like an azure-golden dragon. They pounded the light shield.

  Boom!

  The shield rippled under the berserk bombardment.

  Zhou Yuan manipulated the powerful Genesis Qi to strike again and again. He knew that the shield would shatter sooner or later if he continued his onslaught. After all, he had an advantage in the strength of his Genesis Qi. Zhao Mushen had unexpectedly given up attacking and formed a light shield with Genesis Qi. Did he think he could withstand my attacks with that thing alone?

  What is this guy trying to do?

  Within the shield, Zhao Mushen abruptly looked up at Zhou Yuan’s fierce bombardment. With an indifferent face, he folded his hands together, and his voice rang out, “Swallow and transform!”

  The moment his voice faded, Zhou Yuan immediately sensed two extremely powerful waves of Genesis Qi whizz across the air and shoot through the Genesis Qi light shield. The shield suddenly erupted with a thousand rays of light, and it resembled a crystal shield from afar.

  Following the addition of these two powerful Genesis Qis, Zhou Yuan’s bombardment suddenly grew weaker, and the shield rippled less frequently.

  Such a change surprised Zhou Yuan. Where did these two powerful waves of Genesis Qi come from? They clearly didn’t belong to Zhao Mushen.

  But is there anyone else here?

  Zhou Yuan's heart trembled. He abruptly turned his head toward where Wu Yao and Su Youwei were sealed, and his pupils rapidly shrank. He was shocked to see that the two Sacred Lotuses under them were slowly rotating, steadily drawing out powerful Genesis Qi from the two women’s bodies and transferring it to the Genesis Qi shield around Zhao Mushen.

  Zhao Mushen was using the Genesis Qi within their bodies to fortify his defense! This meant the Genesis Qi light shield had combined three people’s power!

  As increasing amounts of Genesis Qi were drawn from the two women, the Sacred Lotuses below them seemed to reach their limits, and the lotuses burst apart into specks of light.

  The two women finally escaped, but their beautiful faces were deathly pale as they weakly controlled the limited Genesis Qi in their bodies to float down from the sky.

  Wu Yao’s phoenix eyes were icy, and her entire body exuded a chilly aura that made people’s hearts pound with fear. She fiercely stared at Zhao Mushen with pure hatred.

  Su Youwei didn’t look much better. If Su Youwei and Wu Yao were to fight head-on against Zhao Mushen, even if Zhao Mushen won in the end, he would have had to pay a heavy price to achieve victory. But who would have thought that Zhao Mushen would have schemed against them both and sealed them with his Reversal Art?

  However, Zhao Mushen was also surprised that he had successfully sealed them in the Sacred Lotuses. After that day, the two women would no doubt be on guard against him at all times and might even practice special Genesis arts to counter him in preparation for another battle in the future. There was no way that the future battle would be as relaxed as it was for Zhao Mushen that day.

  Zhou Yuan glanced at the two women from afar, then turned his gaze to Zhao Musan, who was within the bright crystal-like Genesis Qi light shield.

  Although he didn’t quite understand why Zhao Mushen would put so much effort into building such an indestructible turtle shell, he knew that this was the beginning of Zhao Musen’s last resort.

  “What do you actually want to do?” Zhou Yuan looked at Zhao Mushen pensively and no longer wasted Genesis Qi to strike the light shield because it would no doubt consume a huge amount of his strength to break it apart. After all, the Genesis Qi shield combined the powers of Zhao Mushen, Wu Yao and Su Youwei.

  Zhao Mushen lifted his head and fiercely stared at Zhou Yuan.

  “Zhou Yuan, you are pretty good to have forced me to this point. Everyone underestimated you. But unfortunately, I will still be the one to have the last laugh! Because, compared to me, you are still lacking!”

  Zhao Mushen performed a seal with lightning speed, then pressed his hands against the ground. Suddenly, the Taotie Blessing behind him unleashed a thunderous roar and transformed into a black vortex with terrifying force similar to a black hole.

  The ground quaked.

  Wisps of Alpha Spiritium broke through the ground from the statue’s depths, and they were all swallowed into the black vortex. Countless Genesis Qi stars emerged in the void behind Zhao Mushen and gradually showed signs of fusing together.

  Zhou Yuan’s expression abruptly changed, and countless gasps of astonishment rang out under the starry sky.

  Everyone knew what Zhao Mushen was planning: he wanted to make a breakthrough and step into the Heavenly Sun stage!

  Chapter 986 Breakthrough?

  Boom!

  When the countless Genesis Qi stars in the void behind Zhao Mushen began to show signs of fusing, a stunned look crossed everybody’s faces, and it was obvious that waves were set off in their hearts.

  No one had thought that Zhao Mushen’s last resort was to attack the Heavenly Sun stage directly! Once he succeeded, he would be the only Heavenly Sun stage expert in the Fallen Abyss, which meant that no means could be used to bridge the gap in cultivation level.

  The lowest Genesis Qi foundation of the Heavenly Sun stage was still a Heavenly Sun, which was equivalent to 100 million Genesis Qi stars!

  But given Zhao Mushen’s background, if he were to break through to the Heavenly Sun stage, his Heavenly Sun's rank surely wouldn’t be ordinary. He could easily reach the level of the silver-snow Heavenly Sun, purple-gold Heavenly Sun or even the glass Heavenly Sun. He had a lot of confi
dence in this.

  Even if Zhao Mushen had previously suffered from Zhou Yuan’s counterattacks, at this moment, even Zhou Yuan wouldn’t dare to underestimate him, the person who had dominated the Hunyuan Heaven’s Divine Dwelling stage for many years.

  And once Zhao Mushen stepped into the Heavenly Sun stage, it would also decide the tournament’s outcome. At that time, no matter what other heaven-defying means Zhou Yuan possessed, it would be impossible for him to reverse the situation.

  Wang Xi, Li Tongshen, Yuan Kun, and Jiu Gong, the various regions’ top heaven prides, also stared at the happenings with complex expressions. Zhao Mushen is really difficult to surpass.

  On the Wanzu Region’s side, many members held their breath in anticipation, and Liu Qingshu’s cheeks flushed with pride. From Zhao Mushen’s performance, he was indeed worthy of being called the king of the Divine Dwelling stage.

  “Zhou Yuan, since you have forced my senior brother this far, I admit that we have underestimated you. But unfortunately for you, there is only one first place in the nine regions tournament, no matter how outstanding you are!”

  Entranced, Liu Qingshu stared at Zhao Mushen’s figure. Once Zhao Mushen successfully broke through, he would leave the Divine Dwelling stage and no doubt set off waves within Hunyuan Heaven’s Heavenly Sun List. It would undoubtedly be the start of a new legend of a king.

  On the plain destroyed by the great battle, Wu Yao and Su Youwei tightly pursed their lips. Amongst Hunyuan Heaven’s Divine Dwelling stage experts, only they could catch up to Zhao Mushen and make a breakthrough to the Heavenly Sun stage. Unfortunately, one wrong move had exhausted their bodies of Genesis Qi, and it was impossible for them to break through forcefully at the moment. Moreover, they didn’t have Zhao Mushen’s ability to devour enough Alpha Spiritium directly from the stone statue’s depths.

  This undoubtedly made them a step behind Zhao Mushen.

  In the void above the Fallen Abyss.

  A look of surprise crossed the Law Domain experts’ faces. Zhao Mushen was indeed courageous. After all, he was bound to face a lot of unpredictable changes while breaking through on the stone statue, and if something went wrong, there would be huge risks.

  However, Zhao Mushen had to have been prepared long ago. The light shield around him had gathered not only his Genesis Qi but also Su Youwei’s and Wu Yao’s. Their combined strength was impossible for Zhou Yuan to destroy even if he exhausted all his strength.

  His barrier was a true iron turtle shell.

  Zhao Xiansun's expression slightly softened, and he said indifferently, “Grand elder Chi Jing, if your Tianyuan Region wins second place in the nine regions tournament, it’s still much better compared to the previous years when you came last. The Tianyuan Region has improved a lot, and it can already be considered a success.”

  Chi Jing glared at him. “You are happy too early. Aren’t you afraid of accidents happening during Zhao Mushen’s breakthrough and that he might die on the spot?”

  Zhao Xiansun chuckled, “You really underestimate Zhao Mushen’s background. His breakthrough will no doubt succeed.”

  Chi Jing’s face darkened, and she didn’t want to see Zhao Xiansun’s smug, smiling face anymore. She shifted her gaze to the light mirror and saw that the Genesis Qi shield around Zhao Mushen’s body had grown brighter and that his Genesis Qi stars had begun to fuse.

  As Zhao Xiansun had said, Zhao Mushen’s foundation and background were too deep. He had long possessed the qualifications to break through, but he had repeatedly delayed it till this moment.

  The Wanzu Region could be said to have put in great efforts to keep the title of no. 1 of the nine regions.

  Given the current situation, Zhou Yuan's only chance of turning the situation around was to prevent Zhao Mushen's breakthrough. Otherwise, once the breakthrough succeeded, any other means would be meaningless.

  It would be impossible to touch the title of no. 1 of the nine regions then.

  But she knew how difficult it was to destroy the Genesis Qi shield formed from the powers of Zhao Mushen, Wu Yao and Su Youwei. This was the same as asking Zhou Yuan to fight against three top heaven prides at once.

  “Zhou Yuan, everything depends on you now,” Chi Jing muttered to herself.

  Boom!

  In the void, Zhou Yuan’s face was solemn and cold, and Genesis Qi was frantically pulsing around his body. With the flick of his sleeve, he out sent a black-and-white lightning bolt. It rumbled forth like a divine dragon and pounded the light shield.

  The light shield rippled violently but eventually swallowed even Zhou Yuan’s Yin Yang Lightning Rune.

  Zhou Yuan hovered in the air and stopped his pointless attacks. He knew that if even a little Saint Art had little effect, any other attacks would just waste Genesis Qi.

  “I must stop him from breaking through.” Zhou Yuan’s face had a cloudy expression. How could it be so easy to destroy Zhao Mushen’s Genesis Qi light barrier? “Even my Genesis Qi foundation of 99.9 million isn’t strong enough.”

  Zhou Yuan's eyes flashed. Then, he gritted his teeth. “Then, I’ll give you some more power!”

  Boom!

  He descended from the sky and slammed onto the plain, the ground cracking at his feet. He folded his hands together in a seal.

  Earth Saint Rune! he thundered in his heart.

  The Earth Saint Rune within his Divine Dwelling immediately erupted with rays of dazzling light.

  Buzz!

  A tremendous invisible ripple swept out from Zhou Yuan's feet.

  Rumble!

  The entire incomparably huge stone statue seemed to quiver violently. Then, Zhou Yuan’s expression changed drastically. He sensed a terrifying gush of Genesis Qi rushing up from the depths of the ground and flooding into his body. The qi was indescribably pure, and it contained vast, tremendous power.

  “”

  It's the power from the remains in the statue’s depths! Zhou Yuan’s heart trembled. The power was much stronger than the power released by the remains in the seventh stone statue. It was obvious that the remains within this stone statue belonged to someone who was a Law Domain expert before death!

  Boom!

  The torrent-like Genesis Qi raged in his body. He didn’t dare to be careless. He guided the majestic Genesis Qi into his Divine Dwellings, causing his Divine Dwellings to tremble violently as if monstrous waves were flooding them.

  More than 90 million Genesis Qi stars flickered frantically, swallowing the torrent of Genesis Qi.

  Zhou Yuan's skin began to crack and seep blood. It seemed his whole body was about to rupture.

  It was then that the green pendant around his neck suddenly erupted with terrifying vitality. It poured into his body and gradually halted his skin’s rupturing.

  It was the Life Quartz that the grand elder Mu Ni had gifted Zhou Yuan!

  Blood vessels appeared within the whites of Zhou Yuan’s eyes as his face contorted fiercely. He couldn’t care too much about the blood that soaked his body, and he instead shifted his mind inward onto his Divine Dwellings and frantically absorbed the pure and vast Genesis Qi.

  Zhao Mushen wanted to make a breakthrough. But Zhou Yuan wouldn’t willingly give up. Although it would take him some time to break through to the Heavenly Sun stage with his present foundation, this didn’t mean he had exhausted his abilities.

  He still had other means!

  And that was to further increase his Genesis Qi foundation!

  And to truly break the limit of 100 million!

  Zhou Yuan had a feeling that he could even crushingly defeat the combined Genesis Qi of Zhao Mushen, Wu Yao and Su Youwei once he broke through that limit!

  Zhou Yuan fixed his bloodshot eyes on Zhao Mushen inside the Genesis Qi light shield in the distance, and his face twisted into a fierce and sinister expression.

  “Then let’s see who will be the first one to break the limits!”

  Chapter 987 Past One Hundred Million!

  When
Zhou Yuan landed on the ground and his body started to bleed and his face began to contort,, everyone noticed his oddness. Zhou Yuan’s expression then changed, and his eyes began flickering. They could tell he did not fully understand what he was doing.

  Wu Yao and Su Youwei, who were also on the plain with him, didn't know what Zhou Yuan was planning. However, they could sense that his Genesis Qi was surging again.

  The Genesis Qi stars filling the sky behind him began to increase again at a slow speed!

  Both women's stunning faces changed uncontrollably as they guessed Zhou Yuan’s plan.

  He wants to break the limit and increase his Genesis Qi foundation to over 100 million?!

  What a bold, crazy plan!

  Hua!

  Everyone’s eyes finally fell on the growing number of Genesis Qi stars, and shock erupted in the audience.

  The onlookers finally realized Zhou Yuan's intention, and they were dumbstruck with horror. In their view, Zhou Yuan’s crazy plan was more scalp-numbing than Zhao Mushen attempting to break through to the Heavenly Sun stage.

  Throughout Hunyuan Heaven’s history, rarely had anyone broken the Divine Dwelling stage limit and achieved 100 million Genesis Qi stars. As a result, many people thought the Genesis Qi foundation in the Divine Dwelling stage could never exceed 100 million.

  But Zhou Yuan was challenging the impossible under countless gazes!

  He’s crazy. This was everyone’s thought.

  Even Wang Xi, Li Tongshen, Jiu Gong, and Yuan Kun, the top heaven prides, looked amazed.

  Everyone stared at the void behind Zhou Yuan. They didn’t particularly care whether Zhao Mushen could break through, because even if he did and became a glass Heavenly Sun expert, in many people’s view, it wasn’t as astonishing as Zhou Yuan surpassing the Divine Dwelling stage’s limit of 100 million stars.

  The glass Heavenly Sun was indeed stunning and dazzling, but it wasn’t unique in this world. On the other hand, it was incredibly rare to see someone breaking the 100 million limit in the Divine Dwelling stage, as it was a feat only existing in legends.