On the Sacred Battle Platform, the battles continued unceasingly. In the blink of an eye, night had already descended.
Today, Qin Wentian experienced a total of three battles. Against Di Shi, against Liu Lan, and against the crown prince of Radiant Gold. He seemed to be at a disadvantage in all three battles, yet he was still undefeated. After that, Di Shi challenged him a few more times but was rejected by Qin Wentian. He could reject the challenge because right now, the Sacred Battle Platform was a system of nine battles. Unless everyone had fought against each other, he would have no choice but to accept the challenge. As long as there was someone who hadn't fought against each other, he could choose not to accept the challenge.
Qin Wentian didn't accept the challenge because he was focused on comprehending the true intent of lightning, and comprehending the true intent of metal from the crown prince of Radiant Gold.
Today, Li Tian fought against Dongyue Hanjiang. Li Tian had the upper hand, but he had no way to suppress Dongyue Hanjiang and force him to concede. The disparity in strength wasn't too great.
Fan Miaoyu fought against Wu Teng from the Battle Country before. Initially, the spectators thought that Fan Miaoyu who was at the ninth level of Heavenly Dipper would have the ability to defeat Wu Teng. However, they discovered that Wu Teng didn't seem to be at a disadvantage at all. Not only that, his axe techniques seemed to be suppressing Fan Miaoyu, causing many to sigh in admiration. This Heaven Chosen from the Heaven Cleaving Manor and Battle Country was truly too powerful, exceeding the expectations of the spectators.
Fan Miaoyu fought against the crown prince of Radiant Gold as well as Liu Lan. The spectators could sense that this era-suppressing genius was already extremely close to comprehending the true intent of her Mandate. She was the same as Qin Wentian, using battle to nurture herself, allowing her strength to evolve.
After fighting for an entire day, the spectators discovered that the nine participants on the Sacred Battle Platform were still there. Although there was a clear disparity in their strength, none of them had admitted defeat.
"Rest for a night, we will fight again tomorrow when the sun rises." A voice rang out. However, the Sacred Battle Platform was still sealed. As long as the battle hadn't ended, the nine of them wouldn't be able to leave the Sacred Battle Platform.
The spectators all relaxed a little, but their hearts weren't calm at all. In fact, they were so shocked that they felt numb.
"Father, what do you think of this battle?" Ye Lingshuang stood beside the Human Emperor Ye Qingyun as she asked. Given Ye Qingyun's judgment, he should be able to see the situation more clearly than her.
"The majority of the nine of them all have their own thoughts. Some of them clearly had the ability to eliminate their opponents, yet they chose not to do so. This is especially so for Wu Teng and Fan Miaoyu, both of them aren't simple at all. They probably haven't unleashed their full combat prowess yet. After all, Fan Miaoyu is one of the eight era-suppressing geniuses and her cultivation base is at the peak of Heavenly Dipper. I don't really believe that she hasn't comprehended a true intent of the Mandate. As for Wu Teng, he's even more powerful than the rumors say."
Ye Qingyun slowly spoke, his words causing Ye Lingshuang's beautiful eyes to freeze. "Father, are you saying that Fan Miaoyu intentionally went easy on her opponent? Why would she do that?"
"Even for Fan Miaoyu, it's extremely difficult for her to find eight opponents of this level. It's extremely difficult even in the entire Royal Sacred Region. Fan Miaoyu might have comprehended a type of true intent, but it's obvious that there's still room for her to grow stronger. Hence, she naturally needs to make use of this level of combat to perfect herself. If I were to encounter an evenly matched opponent, I would also want to battle a few more times," Ye Qingyun replied.
"In that case, Wentian …" Ye Lingshuang was somewhat worried.
"Wentian is indeed on the weaker side. After all, he's at a disadvantage in terms of cultivation base. But luckily, he has many techniques up his sleeves and if we talk about the absolute combat prowess he can display, he might even be above Chi Lian, Dongyue Hanjiang or Li Tian. However, Di Shi seems to have some unique methods, and Liu Lan who has comprehended the true intent of Lightning is also extremely difficult to deal with. But there's no need to worry, even if they really want to kill Wentian, it wouldn't be so easy. Fan Miaoyu and Wu Teng have the strength to threaten Wentian's life, but they don't have any killing intent towards him." Ye Qingyun analyzed. Ye Lingshuang nodded her head lightly.
Everyone was whispering to each other, discussing how the ending of this battle would be. Among the nine supreme geniuses of the Royal Sacred Region, which one of them had unparalleled combat prowess?
On the morning of the second day, as the sun rose, several people on the Sacred Battle Platform opened their eyes.
Dongyue Hanjiang was the first to speak. His gaze turned to Wu Teng of War Country as he spoke, "Wu Teng, how about I fight against you?"
Wu Teng opened his eyes and stared at Dongyue Hanjiang as he calmly replied, "You are still not my opponent."
His tone was extremely calm, yet the confidence within it caused Dongyue Hanjiang to feel as though he was being humiliated. An unsightly expression flickered on his face as he stared at Wu Teng, "I really want to see what qualifications you have to be so arrogant."
"Since you want to exit so badly, let me grant you your wish." Wu Teng stood up as the stone platform the two of them were sitting on began to revolve, moving to the center of the Sacred Battle Platform.
Dongyue Hanjiang stepped out. With a lift of his hand, a terrifying suppressive might bore down from the heavens. However, Wu Teng casually raised his hand as an axe appeared in the air, slashing out. In just an instant, Dongyue Hanjiang's attack was directly split into two, forcibly breaking apart.
"The true intent of the axe. The axe in Wu Teng's hands seems to have a spirit of its own."
Dongyue Hanjiang attacked once more, his Astral Nova erupting forth as a surge of suppressive might gushed forth. However, Wu Teng still stood there, brandishing the axe in his hands. Although his movements were simple, it gave off a feeling of returning to simplicity. Every time the axe chopped down, everything he struck would be like rotten wood, directly cleaved into two.
Simple, direct, not wasting any energy at all. Although the true intent of the axe Wu Teng comprehended wasn't as magnificent as Liu Lan's true intent of Lightning, it was more practical.
Dongyue Hanjiang was enraged as he frenziedly attacked. However, Wu Teng didn't seem to be angry at all. He continued to cleave out beams of axe light in an ordinary manner. Although his movements appeared simple, and even appeared to be somewhat slow, in reality, those beams of axe light were all executed in an instant and were incomparably accurate. The axe light grew stronger and stronger, and at the end, the spectators discovered to their horror that a terrifying gigantic silhouette had appeared in the air.
It was as though there was a supreme being wielding a Heaven Splitting Great Axe in its hands, and as Wu Teng's axe slashed down, a crisp sound rang out. Dongyue Hanjiang didn't even have the time to shout the word 'concede' before one of his arms was chopped off. It was as simple as chopping a tree.
"I concede." Dongyue Hanjiang's entire body was drenched in cold sweat. Earlier, as long as Wu Teng willed it, that axe strike could have taken his life.
"How powerful." The hearts of the spectators trembled. Wu Teng had finally made his voice heard. In the first battle, he severed Dongyue Hanjiang's arm, and he even had the strength to kill Dongyue Hanjiang.
He was simply too powerful. This was a demon-level character who had been hiding his strength all this while. Although Wu Teng's age was on the older side, he was still a late bloomer. Such combat prowess was truly terrifying.
"True intent of Mandates. Perhaps, it's a type of returning to one's natural state." Qin Wentian mused. Wu Teng's axe light seemed to have awakened him. Before this, he had sensed Liu Lan's true intent of Lightning and Metal. His attacks were simply too magnificent. The true intent of Lightning contained all sorts of Mandates, but why was it that Liu Lan's attacks were inferior to Wu Teng's?
This was similar to two people who had comprehended the same Mandate. Their comprehension would be different, and the strength of their Mandates would also be different.
Wu Teng's comprehension towards the true intent of Mandates was slightly deeper.
Qin Wentian thought of the Sword Comprehension Grass Hut. From the 15th to the 21st sword strike, the true intent of these seven swords was truly returning to one's natural state. When the true intent of wind was present, one wouldn't be able to see the Mandate of Wind within the swords. The cultivation level of the Sword Comprehension Grass Hut was even higher than Wu Teng's cultivation level.
As for Liu Lan and the prince from Radiant Gold, they should belong to the weakest cultivation level. When they used their true intent, even the Mandates contained within were extremely clear and distinct. It was extremely easy to see through them.
At this moment, Qin Wentian suddenly had a flash of comprehension.
After yesterday's battle, he couldn't find an answer no matter how hard he thought about it. But now, he was suddenly enlightened. Staring at Wu Teng's axe light, he thought back to the Sword Comprehension Grass Hut.
However, this flash of comprehension didn't mean that he had truly comprehended his own Mandate. It still depended on his comprehension ability.
Being able to gain enlightenment from observing the battle of others, this indicated that Qin Wentian's comprehension ability was already extremely high. After all, there were countless experts from the various major powers who were proficient in true intent. But who could say that they would be able to gain enlightenment just by observing their true intent? Even if they did, who could guarantee that they would be able to comprehend their own true intent?
Everything depended on the individual. At this moment, it all depended on Qin Wentian himself. He wanted to see if he could use this flash of comprehension to break through to the next level.
"Qin Wentian, why are you still not coming out to die?" Di Shi roared at Qin Wentian after seeing Wu Teng retreating after defeating Dongyue Hanjiang.
Qin Wentian closed his eyes, ignoring Di Shi.
"Everyone has already fought a round. You won't be able to escape even if you want to. Even if you don't die, you will still die." Di Shi spoke again.
"Hu …" Qin Wentian drew in a deep breath. Di Shi's voice was like a thunderclap, directly blasting into his mind. This made him understand that it was impossible for him to cultivate in peace. Di Shi wanted his life so badly.
Opening his eyes, Qin Wentian's eyes flickered with a dazzling light. Standing up, the power of his blood thrummed as his body expanded in size. A resplendent luster circulated around him as the Yuanfu in his body also started to rumble.
"BOOM!" From Di Shi's body, a terrifying aura capable of annihilating the heavens and earth abruptly erupted forth. Behind him, the silhouette of a primordial azure roc appeared. That wasn't an astral soul, nor was it an astral nova. Di Shi's entire body shone with a towering azure light, as numerous runic lights flickered, so resplendent.
A raging wind gusted by as Di Shi's silhouette directly vanished. The Shadow of the Azure Roc howled in rage as a terrifying energy directly bound Qin Wentian's body. The spectators saw numerous runic lights appearing around Qin Wentian, each of them resembling an azure roc, grabbing hold of Qin Wentian's body.
"You still want to live?" Di Shi roared. Stretching out his palms, the terrifying runic lights directly exploded on Qin Wentian's body. Qin Wentian countered with a fearsome attack, yet his attack was directly nullified. The runic lights exploded on his body, instantly ripping open a bloody wound, wanting to tear his body apart as fresh blood flowed out.
"Borrowing the power of the azure roc?" Qin Wentian mumbled. Di Shi must have used some sort of secret technique, causing his body to undergo a transformation, allowing him to borrow the power of the azure roc.
"Power, the omnipresent power," Qin Wentian murmured. Di Shi floated in the air, staring down at him with a murderous look in his eyes.
"I will kill you slowly, allowing you to enjoy the process." Di Shi's countenance was extremely malevolent. He actually needed to use such a trump card before he could kill Qin Wentian.
Another attack blasted out, resplendent treasured light flashed, resembling a towering azure roc that directly shot towards Qin Wentian. Runic lights illuminated the skies as the attack instantly descended.
Qin Wentian's body seemed to have no aura at all. He lifted his palms and blasted out with them.
"BOOM!" An incomparably deafening explosion rang out. This time around, although Di Shi's attack managed to force Qin Wentian back, it didn't have the same effect as earlier. Not only that, Qin Wentian's body was no longer restricted. He floated in the air, staring at Di Shi with a strange expression in his eyes.
"Mhm?" Di Shi frowned, but an instant later, his killing intent flared up once again. "Struggling on the brink of death."
As the sound of his voice faded, a formless energy gushed forth. He abruptly felt a terrifying force acting on his body. After which, Qin Wentian lifted his palms and blasted out.
Di Shi's attack had only just been launched when he felt a mountain-toppling and sea-overturning force pressing down on him. With a thunderous boom, his attack was directly shattered, and after which, that towering might slammed into his body.
"BANG!" Di Shi's body was directly forced backwards as he groaned in misery. An expression of astonishment appeared on his face as he stared at Qin Wentian. Only to see that Qin Wentian's eyes were still flickering with a strange emotion. The way Qin Wentian looked at him, seemed to be filled with a hint of mockery!
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