"What? All of you still want to make a move against me? "
The seventh level Void Interpretation Stage bandit in the lead had a gloomy expression as he looked at his three subordinates.
These three subordinates of his didn't even dare utter a single word in front of him, let alone arouse killing intent towards him.
"Kill!"
The three sixth level Void Interpretation Stage bandits shouted out explosively as they directly attacked the bandit leader. They utilized their full strength as soon as they attacked and directly targeted the bandit leader's vital points without holding back in the slightest.
"Have all of you gone mad?"
The bandit leader shouted out furiously, yet he didn't launch an attack and only dodged the attacks of the three bandits as he shouted out explosively at the same time.
However, the three bandits seemed as if they didn't hear him at all and continued charging towards him.
In the end, the bandit leader realized that something was amiss.
But the successive attacks of the three bandits caused him to be unable to divert his attention to think about anything else, and he could only attack furiously and launch attacks that covered the heavens and the earth to envelop the three bandits.
The strength of a seventh level Void Interpretation Stage martial artist was clearly visible!
The strength of a seventh level Void Interpretation Stage martial artist was like a chasm when compared to a sixth level Void Interpretation Stage martial artist, and it was a completely new leap.
Unless a sixth level Void Interpretation Stage martial artist possessed a special ability, otherwise, they would utterly have no ability to fight back before a seventh level Void Interpretation Stage martial artist.
In the time of ten breaths, the bandit leader attacked furiously and killed all three of his subordinates.
After he killed his three subordinates, he recovered from his shock, and his gaze descended onto Ke Zheng as he said in a low voice, "What did you do to them?"
Ke Zheng had just recovered from his shock when he heard the bandit leader, and he was slightly speechless for a time.
What did he do?
From the beginning until the end, he seemed to have stood at the side and watched the show, right?
In next to no time, the bandit leader took a deep breath and his emotions calmed down. When he recalled the scene from before, he felt his scalp go slightly numb.
"Hmph! I'll spare your lives today. "
The bandit leader snorted coldly as he maintained an imposing manner that didn't lose, and his figure flashed out to transform into a bolt of lightning, intending to leave this place.
He noticed the aura of danger from the four of them.
"Since you've come, don't leave."
An aged voice seemed to sound out from all directions.
Subsequently, a figure appeared out of thin air on the path of the bandit leader.
It was precisely Ke Zheng.
The bandit leader looked at the figure that appeared in front of him like a ghost. Even he couldn't see the figure. His expression changed and he said in panic, "You … you're a Void Transformation Stage expert?!"
Ke Zheng didn't answer the bandit leader. He looked at him calmly, without any emotion in his eyes.
"Senior, please spare me! Senior, please spare my life! "
Under the astounded gazes of Duan Lingtian, Ye Xuan, and Chen Wei, the leader of the bandits, a dignified seventh level Void Interpretation Stage martial artist, actually knelt down before Ke Zheng and ceaselessly begged for mercy.
"A qualified martial artist should be unyielding and unyielding, unafraid of death … A coward like you who is afraid of death is not fit to be a martial artist!"
Ke Zheng's face turned cold. He raised his hand and a vast amount of flames swept out, enveloping the bandit leader and burning him to ashes.
From the beginning to the end, the latter didn't even have time to scream.
"So strong!"
Ye Xuan, who was leaning on Duan Lingtian's back, said in shock.
"Seventh level of the Void Transformation Stage!"
Even though the old man held back slightly when he attacked, Duan Lingtian was still able to discern some clues from the old man's Origin Energy that was fused with the Advanced Fire Concept.
After all, he'd fused with the lifetime worth of memories of Emperor Wu. Even though he was temporarily unable to use his Spiritual Force to detect the old man's cultivation, he was still able to use his eyes to notice some things.
"With Elder Ke's strength, his status in the Wood Peak of the Five Element Sect is probably not low."
Duan Lingtian guessed in his heart.
Meanwhile, a flash appeared before Duan Lingtian's eyes and a figure appeared. It was precisely Ke Zheng who'd returned after killing the bandit leader, and the figure was staring at him with a burning gaze.
"Elder Ke."
Duan Lingtian felt uncomfortable and slightly embarrassed when he was stared at by Ke Zheng like this.
"You dealt with those eight bandits earlier … You used an ability similar to an illusory realm?"
Finally, Ke Zheng spoke and asked with slight surprise.
"It wasn't similar … What I executed earlier was an illusory realm ability."
Duan Lingtian spoke truthfully.
"I didn't sense any fluctuation of the aura of an inscription or Inscription Formation … In other words, you used your own Spiritual Force to execute a soul skill similar to an illusory realm and constructed it?"
Ke Zheng's breathing became slightly hurried.
"Yes."
Duan Lingtian nodded, he couldn't deny this.
"You wouldn't be a demon, right?"
Ke Zheng sized up Duan Lingtian from top to bottom and asked with a questioning expression.
Duan Lingtian was instantly speechless when he heard this.
"No, I have to verify it."
Ke Zheng spoke out abruptly.
"How do you verify it?"
Duan Lingtian was stunned.
"You'll know in a moment."
Ke Zheng glanced at Duan Lingtian with ill intentions, and then he withdrew an ancient bronze mirror that had strands of faint flowing lights revolving on it.
"Demon Revelation Mirror?"
Duan Lingtian was completely speechless when he saw the thing in Ke Zheng's hand. "Senior … Is there a need for this?"
The Demon Revealing Mirror wasn't something rare on Cloud Continent.
Any weapon craftsman above grade three could refine it as long as they had the materials.
The Demon Revelation Mirror was not a spirit weapon, it only had one function, and that was to verify if a person was a human transformed from a demon.
As long as a human transformed from a demon appeared on the Demon Revelation Mirror, it would not show a human image, but a mirror image of its true self.
"Let me see if a little monster like you is a human transformed from a demon."
Ke Zheng picked up the Demon Revelation Mirror and aimed it at Duan Lingtian, then he stuck his head out to look at the mirror.
When he saw that it was still Duan Lingtian that appeared on the mirror, he could not help but heave a sigh of relief.
At this moment, he was 100% sure that Duan Ling Tian was a pure human and not a person that was transformed from a demon.
"You're not a demon, so how can you execute a Spiritual Force technique similar to a soul skill?"
Although he was sure that Duan Lingtian was not a demon, Ke Zheng still could not help but ask curiously.
According to his knowledge, unless a human martial artist became Emperor Wu, otherwise, it was utterly impossible for them to use Spiritual Force techniques against their enemies. However, Duan Lingtian went against this common sense.
"Senior, could it be that you've never heard of Variants?"
Duan Lingtian narrowed his eyes and intentionally misled the public.
Variant?!
Ke Zheng was completely petrified when he heard Duan Lingtian.
As an elder of the Five Element Sect, how could he not know of the existence of Variants?
A Variant was a life form born from the union of a human and a demon. They were either mediocre or possessed extraordinary natural talent. The latter even possessed a unique innate ability.
However, Variants were considered rare in the entire Cloud Continent. Only a few top-notch first-rate forces had Variants in their ranks.
The Five Element Sect could be considered to be an overlord in the eastern area of the northern desert, but in the entire Cloud Continent, it was only a third-rate force that was not worth mentioning.
So he didn't think of Duan Lingtian as a Variant at the beginning because he didn't dare think of it.
"You, you …."
Ke Zheng looked at Duan Lingtian and spoke incoherently, and his heart was filled with indescribable excitement.
Variant!
He'd actually encountered a Variant of the legends!
Moreover, this Variant was about to join the Five Element Sect and become a disciple of their Wood Peak.
"Hahahaha … Hahahaha …."
Under the dumbstruck gazes of Duan Lingtian, Ye Xuan, and Chen Wei, Ke Zheng roared with laughter for no reason, and his laughter spread out far and wide.
Duan Lingtian was able to discern Ke Zheng's joy from his laughter, and he naturally guessed why Ke Zheng was so happy.
Finally, Ke Zheng restrained his laughter.
Now, Ke Zheng didn't have any doubts in his heart towards the ability Duan Lingtian executed earlier.
Innate Divine Ability!
"Elder Brother Duan, what's a Variant? Why would Elder Ke be so excited when he heard about a Variant? "
Ye Xuan leaned on Duan Lingtian's back as she asked curiously.
"A Variant is an unusual existence … You can understand it as an existence that's impossible to be described with convention."
Duan Lingtian explained with a smile.
Ye Xuan nodded while seeming to understand.
"Let's go!"
After the roaring laughter from before, Ke Zheng seemed to have swept away all his worries, and he seemed to be glowing.
"Duan Lingtian, thank you."
Suddenly, Chen Wei arrived by Duan Lingtian's side and thanked him from the bottom of his heart.
"Thank me for what?"
Duan Lingtian was stunned.
"Thank you for making Master so happy."
Chen Wei sighed. "Since the day I took Master as my master, he'd placed high hopes on me because of the situation the Wood Peak was in at that time … Up until now, even though he hasn't said it, I know he's disappointed."
"Chen Wei, there's something I don't understand."
Duan Lingtian frowned.
"Hmm?"
Chen Wei looked at Duan Lingtian with a bewildered expression and asked. "What is it?"
"I keep having the feeling that Elder Ke seems to have extremely unusual feelings towards the Wood Peak … His concern towards the Wood Peak is completely not like the concern an elder of the Wood Peak should have."
Duan Lingtian said in a low voice, "If it was another person, perhaps that person would think that Elder Ke is the Peak Master of the Wood Peak and not an elder."
"You've discerned it?"
Chen Wei was slightly surprised when he heard Duan Lingtian, and then he said, "Actually, this isn't a secret … Master was adopted by the previous Peak Master of the Wood Peak many years ago, and he grew up in the Wood Peak since a young age and completely took the Wood Peak to be his home."
"To him, the decline of the Wood Peak is equivalent to the decline of his home."
Chen Wei laughed bitterly.
"So that's how it is."
Duan Lingtian came to a sudden understanding. He never imagined that there was actually such a connection between Elder Ke and the Wood Peak. Since it's like this, everything seems to be logical.
At dusk, Duan Lingtian saw a city that sat on the grassland, and it was like a colossus in an illusory world that was covered in greenery that was like a painting.
"That's Settlement City."
Chen Wei said.
"Yes."
Duan Lingtian nodded, and then he looked straight ahead at the city.
Even though this Settlement City was far inferior to the Ancient Desert City, it wasn't inferior to the Darkhan Dynasty and Darming Dynasty.
Duan Lingtian's group of three followed Ke Zheng into the city, and they quickly walked into an estate that occupied a vast area.
"Elder Ke!"
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