There were close to four thousand clansmen of this level in the entire Fire Raven tribe. Most of them had gathered near the Raven King's residence, and Ji Dong had divided them into four equal groups of around a thousand clansmen each, taking turns to train.
The message that Ji Dong had given them was very simple, "Do as I say. When you're done training, go back and teach your clansmen." Although these Fire Ravens couldn't connect the souls of thousands of Fire Ravens at once like Ji Dong, they were able to communicate with each other through language. Although the results would be a bit weaker, it was absolutely doable.
The Heavenly Stem Saints' bitter days had arrived after they'd been divided into groups.
In terms of overall strength, the cultivation of a thousand Fire Ravens was between Class 4 and Class 5 Magical Beasts. In other words, they were at the level of Triple or Quadruple Crown Demon Masters. Compared to a powerful army like the Dongmu Empire's Annihilation Army, there was still a certain gap. After all, be it the Annihilation Army or the Diamond Army, they were all people who were one with the dragon, a powerful force formed by the fusion of the power of man and dragon. However, the Fire Ravens could only rely on themselves, and they only had a single attribute. In terms of overall strength, they were not as strong as experts like the Annihilation Army or the Diamond Army. However, it must not be forgotten that they had a commander that the trump card armies of the various empires did not have. They had a commander who was extremely familiar with the fighting style of the Heavenly Stem Saints. The existence of this commander could almost perfectly display the strength of the Fire Ravens. In this way, they would only face one Heavenly Stem Saint every time. The days of suffering for the Heavenly Stem Saints had arrived.
This kind of cultivation method was not only very beneficial to the other Heavenly Stem Holy Disciples, it was also a kind of training for Ji Dong himself. What he was training was precisely his soul power that had already reached the Saint level. The Heavenly Stem Holy Disciples had also asked Ji Dong, "Your soul power has already reached this level, do you still need to cultivate?" Ji Dong's answer was simple. Of all his abilities, the one closest to Dark Divination was his strength of the soul. Since his other abilities couldn't compare to Dark Divination's in this period of time, then he had to catch up to his saint level strength of the soul, or even surpass it. Once he succeeded, then he would have the ability to restrict Dark Divination in at least one aspect. Moreover, training the strength of the soul was something that could only be discovered by chance. How could Ji Dong be willing to give up once he encountered it?
Ten days later.
"Senior, it's your turn." Ji Dong stood quietly on a small hill. The temperature of the core world didn't affect him at all. After ten days, his strength of the soul remained in a highly tense state. Although it was only ten days, Ji Dong clearly felt that his ability to control his soul had increased. Although he couldn't be sure if this method could improve his strength of the soul systematically, at least this was the only method that could bring about positive changes in his strength of the soul.
He constantly used his strength of the soul to control the outside world, exhausting his tremendous strength of the soul as much as possible. Ji Dong was controlling over a thousand fire crows, and he tried his best to accurately control each and every fire crow.
In the beginning, Ji Dong could only focus this precision on around a hundred fire crows, and he could only generally control the other fire crows. He couldn't control them perfectly. But now, after ten days, Ji Dong's grasp of these fine control methods was getting better and better, and he could already control 300 fire crows to attack with precision. That wasn't all. While he was controlling the 300 fire crows, his ability to control the other fire crows also increased. As a result, the pressure that the Heavenly Stem Saints had to face kept increasing every day. Ji Dong's improvement in the control of his soul clearly surpassed the Heavenly Stem Saints'. He was familiar with the adaptability of the fire crows, as well as the speed at which his mana increased. This training could be said to be extremely painful.
Ji Dong was too familiar with the limits of his companions' endurance. Therefore, he would never hold back. He would not stop until he had squeezed out every last bit of his companions' strength and exhausted every bit of their strength.
"Little junior brother, can you let me rest for a while longer?" Fury looked at Ji Dong on the hill in the distance with a pained expression. Fighting with these fire crows was simply too painful. He had to be careful not to kill these fire crows, and even if there weren't such restrictions, he might not have been able to do so. It wasn't easy to kill these fire crows. Ji Dong's control was becoming stronger and stronger, and these fire crows were like his mana. Add to that the perfect detection of his sacred rank soul, he was able to accurately find the flaws in the Heavenly Stem Saints' demonic techniques every time he released his mana.
No matter how strong the Heavenly Stem Saints were, their individual mana couldn't compare to thousands of fire crows that were at least at the fourth level. Furthermore, there were fifth level fire crows among them, and the Fire Crow King, whose level of cultivation was increasing by leaps and bounds every day.
The fire crows were divided into four groups, and there were nine other Heavenly Stem Saints apart from Ji Dong. Logically speaking, they should be able to deal with them, but in reality, under Ji Dong's control, just one group of fire crows was enough to torture the Heavenly Stem Saints to the point that they wished they were dead, and they couldn't even complain. Under Ji Dong's perfect control, the damage output was simply perfect. At most, it would cause them some pain, and not truly harm them. Of course, when Ji Dong controlled the fire crows to attack, he had also fully considered the defensive effects of the Holy Flame Armor that the Heavenly Stem Saints wore, as well as the offensive and defensive abilities that they were proficient in. He was absolutely fair, and even Chen Sixuan wouldn't go easy on her.
Every single one of the Heavenly Stem Saints understood that there was only one way to defeat these fire crows, and that was to kill Ji Dong first. At the very least, they had to make him lose control of these fire crows. But, how could this be so easy? Up until now, not a single one of them had attempted to do so. This was akin to moths flying into a flame. At least, Ji Dong was only controlling the fire crows and hadn't participated in the battle yet. If they were to send themselves to his doorstep, they would likely still be beaten up even if they trained for a hundred years.
They could only seek joy amidst the pain and see who could last longer under the attacks of the fire crows.
Fury walked up helplessly and shook his head as he looked at Ji Dong.
Ji Dong smiled faintly, "Senior brother, your mana and stamina have more or less recovered. You're completely capable of enduring the next round of trials. I have to support the fire crows against the nine of you. I haven't even said that I'm tired yet."
Fury's originally lazy eyes suddenly lit up. He raised his head to look at the thousand fire crows that had already lined up in the sky, and shouted, "Bring it on!"
Fury, who was wearing armor, looked extremely majestic as he stood there. His entire body was like an iron tower, and a glaring bluish-purple light suddenly erupted from his body, making him look like a huge electric ball. At the same time, the Hell Thunder Divine Axe had already appeared in his right hand. It was about three meters long, which was the most suitable form for group battles.
Without holding back, Fury released all his mana. Without looking at the fire crows in the sky, he raised the Hell Thunder Divine Axe in his hand and swung it in Ji Dong's direction.
Fury understood Ji Dong very well. From the previous trials, although the Heavenly Stem Holy Disciples were improving, the speed of the fire crows' improvement and Ji Dong's control were also improving. One person's improvement could not be compared to the improvement of a flock of fire crows. Hence, he understood that if he wanted to continue the trials, unless someone could break through to the ninth crown, they would still not be able to contend against these fire crows. Hence, he was very clear that if he wanted to last a little longer, he would first have to disrupt Ji Dong's control. Without Ji Dong's control, these fire crows would become toothless tigers, and Fury would not care about them at all.
The lightning was extremely fast, and the ear-piercing sound caused the air around Fury to explode. The huge pressure from the flock of fire crows in the sky was also reduced, and a bluish-purple arc of lightning was about to reach Ji Dong in the blink of an eye.
Ji Dong's attention had been focused on Fury since the start of the trial. Although he was rather surprised that his senior brother had attacked him, he did not panic at all. He raised his hand slightly, and the bluish-purple arc of lightning from the god artifact stopped in mid-air just like that.
The first reaction of an energy like lightning when it encountered an obstacle was to explode. Even the lightning produced by a god artifact was the same. The purplish-blue lightning instantly exploded when it encountered an invisible obstacle, turning into thousands of tiny bolts of lightning that scattered in all directions. However, not a single one of them landed on Ji Dong.
Fury was taken aback. Although he knew very well that his attack couldn't hurt Ji Dong, he didn't think that Ji Dong would be able to block it so easily. With just a slight lift of his hand, Fury's attack was dissolved into nothingness, and he didn't even feel the slightest bit of shock. It was as if a barrier had appeared out of thin air, helping Ji Dong block the attack. What was going on? Junior brother's strength had actually reached such a level. No wonder he had been able to kill the Huo Xiao commander that was clearly a Class 10 Magical Beast so easily.
Ji Dong had never truly displayed his Godslaying Wall in front of his companions, so Fury naturally did not know of its existence. The most powerful aspect of the Godslaying Wall was that once it was released, it would no longer have anything to do with Ji Dong. It would stop in its fixed position for a short period of time, which was why Fury could not feel the feedback of his attack, nor could he sense any changes in Ji Dong due to the collision. The Godslaying Wall required the support of a powerful soul in order to be used well. Without a doubt, Ji Dong had this ability.
Fury's surprise caused him to pause for a moment, but Ji Dong's control over the Fire Ravens was not affected at all. The thousands of Fire Ravens spat out magical energy at the same time, and seven hundred beams of light condensed into an intense orange-red flame under the Raven King's lead, descending upon Fury's head in an instant.
With Ji Dong's control and the presence of a Saint level soul, Fury had no other choice. All he could do was face it head-on. He raised the Thunder Hellfire Godslayer high into the air, and a powerful bluish-purple light instantly caused his body to swell. With an angry roar, he struck out with all his might, and the lightning condensed into an enormous lightning blade, chopping down from the front.
An ear-piercing sound of friction and a powerful collision erupted in an instant. Fury felt his body heat up, and he took a step back with a muffled grunt.
With Ji Dong's control, not a single bit of magical energy was wasted from the seven hundred commanders and lords of the Fire Ravens, as well as the Raven King. This combined attack was at the level of a single target ultimate killing technique. With Fury's current level of cultivation, it was not difficult for him to block this attack with his divine weapon. If this was the outside world, he had absolute confidence that he could hold out against these Fire Ravens for a very long time, and even have the opportunity to turn defeat into victory.
However, this was the core of the earth. The abundant fire element ensured that the Fire Ravens had abundant supplies, while the lightning element was so sparse. Every single Fire Raven launched an ordinary attack, which was their extremely simple instantaneous attack. Fury had to rely on his divine weapon to block the attacks, and the second wave of attacks had already arrived almost as soon as the first wave of attacks ended.
Taking a beating passively was definitely not Fury's style. Once he was continuously attacked by his opponent, there would only be one result, and that would be defeat through attrition. It would be no different from before. They had already tried all sorts of dodging and other tactics, but reality had proven that none of them had any effect. Ji Dong's ability to lock onto them was too strong, and he was extremely familiar with their fighting style. Trying to escape from Ji Dong's lock would only be a waste of energy, and they would only lose even faster.
Therefore, this time, Fury had already made up his mind to face this trial in the way he was best at. What was Fury best at? Without a doubt, head-on.
That's right, head-on head-on.
When the Fire Ravens' second attack came, Fury once again used the Hell's Thunder Divine Axe to block it. However, it wasn't just that this time. His eyes had already lit up, and blinding purplish-blue light suddenly surged out of his body like ripples. In that instant, the light within a radius of several thousand square meters suddenly dimmed, and the air was filled with the smell of lightning. In the next moment, tens of thousands of bolts of lightning had already appeared in the air like a forest of lightning. Each bolt of lightning wasn't particularly powerful, but there were so many of them that they densely covered every corner of the air within a radius of several thousand meters.
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