As soon as the second ranking was released, the whole true spirit continent was shocked. No one had expected Ye Chen to be ranked first, since the former first and second rankers, Axe Master Lin Ruhai and Earth Sword Master Xu Yuan, were not to be trifled with. For a young man who was not even thirty years old to push them down, it would be too exaggerated.
If being ranked first in the ranking was exaggerated, then the title of Sword Master would be ridiculous. If it were just saying that Ye Chen was the Sword Master, it would still be acceptable. However, an organization as big as the Knowledge Pavilion had unanimously agreed that Ye Chen was the Sword Master. If this was not ridiculous, then what was?
Therefore, a lot of people started to doubt the accuracy of the Knowledge Pavilion. As for whether they were right or not, it would be revealed soon. Those famous sword artists of their eras would not be indifferent to the title of Sword Master. The challenge that Ye Chen would have to face would be very serious.
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When Ye Chen arrived at the Murong family, Murong Qingcheng had just come out of seclusion for a couple of days. Her wounds had already been healed. Although she had to train for half a year to recover, it was not without its benefits. Because her body had been wounded by the demonic power essence, it had strengthened her demonic body to the third step. In terms of physical defense, it was even more powerful than Ye Chen's third step spirit body.
In addition, Murong Qingcheng had also refined a huge amount of demonic power essence, allowing her cultivation to skyrocket. She had successfully broken through to late Sea of Soul realm, which was one step ahead of Ye Chen.
However, this breakthrough had also depleted the demonic power essence inside her body. She was afraid that she would only be able to reach half step king warrior level at most. Once that happened, she would have to rely on herself. The demonic power in the true spirit continent was extremely rare, and it would be several times more difficult for her to reach Life and Death realm.
With her demonic body reaching the third step and her cultivation reaching late Sea of Soul realm, Murong Qingcheng's power had increased by several folds. Before, using the Sky Demon Finger would be a huge burden, but now, she could use it dozens of times in a row without any problem. Moreover, during her breakthrough to late Sea of Soul realm, Murong Qingcheng had experienced the state of being one with the world for a short period of time. Her few profound sense martial arts had all reached eighty percent completion, and her Dark Sky Curtain had also reached completion, increasing its defensive power.
She had already started to think about creating her own profound sense martial art.
…
This was a black ocean that stretched as far as the eye could see. The waves surged.
The sea was dotted with islands. Basically, there would be an island every few hundred or thousand kilometers. Looking down from above, one could see that the black sea was densely packed with islands. It was dozens of times denser than the surrounding seas. There were even people mining resources on some of the islands.
The miners on the southern island had a simple dragon pattern embroidered on their clothes. It was only a few strokes, but it gave off a majestic aura. However, the miners on the northern island did not have the same pattern embroidered on their clothes. Some had a black octopus, some had a gale pattern, some had a whirlpool pattern, and some had a giant eagle pattern. Their cultivation was not high, and they were basically all at the Condensing Reality Realm.
Xiu Xiu Xiu Xiu …
From the south, densely packed figures shot over.
As they got closer and closer, they could see that they were all wearing azure robes with a huge dragon pattern embroidered on them. The people living in this area knew very well that these people were the people of Dragon God Celestial Palace's Azure Dragon Hall. Azure Dragon Hall was the head of the five great halls, and its overall strength was the highest.
"Stop!"
The leader was tall and sturdy, with tiger-like eyes and thick eyebrows. He carried a huge blade on his back, the hilt of which was as long as an arm. He was the deputy leader of the Azure Dragon Hall, Hu Wenhai. His cultivation base was at the peak of late Sea of Soul realm, and his strength was not much weaker than the leader of the Yellow Dragon Hall, Zhang Zhengguang. This time, he had led hundreds of people here because he had received a message. The enemy force, Whirlwind Gate, would be escorting a batch of resources through this area. What they needed to do was to kill the enemy and seize the resources.
"Everyone, spread out and prepare for the ambush. Wait for my command, and attack. Don't let a single one escape." Hu Wenhai said loudly.
"Yes!"
Among these hundreds of people, there were more than thirty Sea of Souls Realm warriors. Among them, fifteen were at early Sea of Souls Realm, ten were at mid Sea of Souls Realm, and seven were at late Sea of Souls Realm. The rest were all Astral Reaching Realm warriors. With such a powerful force, it would be enough to wipe out all of the rank 6 martial institutions in the whole South Rudra Region.
"Deputy Hu, will there be any danger?" A gloomy middle-aged man walked out from Hu Wenhai's side. This person was the former deputy of Yellow Dragon Hall, Yao Yifeng.
After Yao Yifeng was captured by Zhang Zhenguang, he was sent to Dragon God Celestial Palace. Since Dragon King was already in seclusion at that time, and the four great powers were getting restless, the upper echelons of Dragon God Celestial Palace allowed Yao Yifeng to atone for his crimes with meritorious service, and sent him to Blood Battle Ocean to temporarily join Azure Dragon Hall. Of course, the upper echelons of Dragon God Celestial Palace were also afraid that Yao Yifeng would harbor resentment and do something bad to the palace. Therefore, although they removed the Yellow Dragon Sealing Great Art from his body, they also added another restriction. This restriction wouldn't affect his strength, but could control him.
As long as he dared to rebel, the restriction would activate, and he would immediately die without a burial. After joining Azure Dragon Hall, Yao Yifeng didn't make any abnormal movements. He fought a few bloody battles and killed many enemies, which made the upper echelons of Dragon God Celestial Palace feel relieved. Originally, he was only a combat attendant of Azure Dragon Hall, but now, he was promoted to a chief attendant. Once Dragon God Celestial Palace completely trusted him, it wouldn't be impossible for him to be promoted to a deputy.
Hu Wenhai waved his hand, "This operation is extremely secretive. Less than five people know about it in advance. So, don't worry. It's absolutely safe."
Only the hall master and a few deputies knew about this kind of top-secret operation. Even chief attendants didn't have the qualifications to know.
"It's best if it's absolutely safe. Our Dragon God Celestial Palace's losses have been too disastrous." A cold light flickered in Yao Yifeng's eyes as he sighed.
"They'll pay a disastrous price."
Hu Wenhai's expression was fierce.
The ambush was quickly carried out. In a short while, not a single Azure Dragon Hall member could be seen. Gales blew past, and the seawater surged violently.
Time passed slowly.
After an unknown amount of time, the Azure Dragon Hall members hiding in the seawater or on the islands gradually became anxious.
"Why aren't they here yet? Could it be that they've found out?"
"Don't jinx it!"
"Sweat, I'm just saying. Don't take it seriously."
Another short while passed …
Suddenly …
Screams resounded.
"Not good, we've been counter-ambushed!"
In the sky and in the sea, densely packed figures surrounded them. At a glance, the number of people on each side was not much less than theirs. Added together, it was more than three times their number. Once they were surrounded, it was very likely that none of them would be able to escape.
"Impossible! How did they know?"
Hu Wenhai turned pale with fright. Since they couldn't easily release their soul power during the ambush, it would be tantamount to telling others that they were lying in ambush. Therefore, the enemies were only seen dozens of li away. Almost subconsciously, Hu Wenhai activated his soul power and spread it out.
Within his soul power perception, there were enemies in every direction. There were Whirlwind Gate, Black King Gate, Sky Eagle Cult, and Water Wave Sect. The speed of these four sides was extremely fast. In a few blinks, they were still dozens of li away, but in a few blinks, they were already less than twenty li away.
"Operation failed! Break out at full force!"
Hu Wenhai made a prompt decision and roared.
Hualala!
Azure Dragon Hall's forces gathered in four directions. Under Hu Wenhai's lead, they charged toward the southeast like a sharp blade.
"Can you escape? Kill! "
An ominous glint appeared in the leader's eyes. With a wave of his hand, countless attacks rained down on Azure Dragon Hall's forces.
The speed of the attacks was much faster than their flying speed. In the next instant, the outermost forces of Azure Dragon Hall were torn apart. Roughly speaking, the number of casualties was no less than fifty. And this was just the first round of attacks. If there were a few more rounds, the consequences would be unimaginable.
"Kill our way out!"
Hu Wenhai's eyes were bloodshot. Right in front of him was the Water Wave Sect.
"Kill!"
"Killing one is one, killing two is a profit!"
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Azure Dragon Hall's forces' eyes were all bloodshot. The outermost forces raised their shields one after another, blocking the attacks from the right, left, and rear. Then, all of them began to circulate their Zhen Yuan, sending waves of Zhen Yuan toward the Water Wave Sect.
"Formation, Water Curtain Skyflower!"
The majority of Water Wave Sect's people cultivated water-attributed martial arts. In the ocean, they were always successful. The leader of Water Wave Sect formed seals with both hands, and the people behind him also did the same. In the next instant, a huge water wall condensed in front of them. It was several thousand meters long, several thousand meters tall, and a hundred meters thick, blocking the attacks from the Azure Dragon Hall's forces.
The water wall was in tatters. It was constantly being destroyed and repaired, but it didn't collapse.
"Yao Yifeng, Zuo Heng, Xiang Yihui … the six of you, work with me to break through the water wall and kill our way into Water Wave Sect's forces."
Hu Wenhai knew that only by killing his way into the enemy's midst would there be any hope of breaking out. Otherwise, they would be wrapped up like dumplings sooner or later.
"Alright."
The others replied solemnly.
"Mad Wave Chop!"
"Blazing Spear!"
…
Seven attacks landed on the water wall, and it finally exploded, turning into thousands of water pillars that shot out in all directions.
"Charge!"
Hu Wenhai took the lead and charged. The machete in his hand emitted a huge white blade aura that was unstoppable.
"Hehe, Hu Wenhai, you're dead for sure this time."
The Water Wave Sect's forces gathered together. Facing the Azure Dragon Hall's assault, they were disdainful. If they couldn't even kill their opponents like this, they might as well commit suicide.
Rumble!
A huge water ball condensed and shot toward Hu Wenhai and the Azure Dragon Hall's forces behind him. At this moment, Yao Yifeng, intentionally or not, dashed to the right, dodging the water ball's attack.
Peng!
The combined attack from hundreds of Water Wave Sect's forces was too fierce. Hu Wenhai was the first to fall, blasted into pieces, while the Azure Dragon Hall's forces behind him had lost at least a third of their forces. As for the remaining, they were falling one after another. They simply couldn't block the combined attack of the other three forces.
"Follow me, charge out!"
Yao Yifeng led the remaining dozens of people and broke out of the Water Wave Sect's encirclement. After losing half of their forces, they actually succeeded.
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