The broken Five Mountains Bracelets shattered into pieces.
Peak Qian-level … The power that surpassed peak Qian-level was released at once.
Su Han's dress bulged up.
The sword formation formed by the 40,000 sword lights that were pressing down on her body was instantly reversed!
The longsword in Su Han's hand emitted a bright green light.
Hao Ren who was standing hundreds of meters away was stunned.
Hao Ren had tried the Five Mountains Bracelets before and found that they could seal most of the nature essence in one's body. It was 100 times more powerful than the Mount Tai Bracelets that were only used to increase one's sense of gravity. However, Su Han … was wearing five Five Mountains Bracelets!
She had been suppressing her strength and forcing herself to cultivate by wearing the Five Mountains Bracelets! These five Five Mountains Bracelets could seal at least 60% of her nature essence, which meant that she could only use 40% of her nature essence even though she was at peak Qian-level!
Using the Five Mountains Bracelets to suppress one's nature essence and force oneself to cultivate was indeed effective. However, it was crazy for Su Han to wear the Five Mountains Bracelets all the time and cultivate to peak Qian-level!
Su Han had probably been wearing the Five Mountains Bracelets since she entered the Dragon God Shrine and never took them off!
If not for the power of Zhao Kuo's sword array, she might have worn them until she charged at the Heavenly Dragon Realm!
Hua …
Zhao Kuo felt a surge of pressure and was shocked when he saw the hundreds of sword energies bouncing back as if they were hit by a shockwave.
He had been paying attention to this top-tier Qian-level regional inspector for a long time. He found that her realm was not low, but her strength was average, so he didn't pay much attention to her.
Cultivators like him who increased their realms through battles looked down on cultivators like Su Han who only increased their realms through cultivation.
Who would have thought that Su Han was wearing the Five Mountains Bracelets and fighting with him every second?
Bang … Zhao Kuo quickly spun his Black Dragon Spike and knocked away the sword energies that were bouncing back.
These sword energies were a combination of the five elements. Although they were disrupted after being bounced back, Zhao Kuo's arms were still numb.
Su Han had revealed the other half of her strength!
Zhao Kuo wasn't afraid. Instead, he was happy and shouted, "Great!"
His Black Dragon Spike emitted a blazing black light. The thick murderous aura was so dense that it almost condensed into a substance, turning into pieces of black sand.
Su Han's eyes were extremely calm.
This Zhao Kuo was able to force her to shatter the Five Mountains Bracelets. If he didn't shatter the Five Mountains Bracelets, he wouldn't even be able to withstand five of his attacks!
The howling chilly energy instantly surrounded the big platform of the Dragon God Shrine.
The black Dragon God Shrine that was glowing with a layer of faint red light was suddenly frozen by layers of ice, hanging on the four eaves of the Dragon God Shrine.
The level 1 and level 2 inspectors almost couldn't resist the coldness that could seal their meridians.
A layer of light suddenly appeared on the top floor of the Dragon God Shrine and surrounded the inspectors, making them feel as warm as spring.
On the side of the East Ocean Dragon Clan, Zhao Hongyu raised the River-Mountain Qian-Kun Painting and turned it into a roof-like space, surrounding the cultivators.
The snowstorm was at least two times colder than before! If it weren't for Zhao Hongyu's River-Mountain Qian-Kun Painting, these young dragon cultivators would have been frozen to death!
Su Han's full strength, just the chilly essence alone, could easily kill cultivators below Gen-level!
"Alright! Good! Alright! "
Zhao Kuo shouted three times in the high sky.
The more powerful Su Han was, the more excited he was. He had thought that Su Han was only showing off and could defeat her in a few moves. However, he didn't expect that Su Han was only warming up; she was using her full strength now!
Su Han pursed her thin lips and waved her longsword. Countless swirling ice and snow dashed toward Zhao Kuo.
After reaching peak Qian-level, cultivators would be able to sense nature and surpass the level of their cultivation techniques. The more Su Han studied the Sky-Patching Scroll that she got from the Nine Dragon Palace, the more she felt it was unfathomable.
Now that she was fighting with Zhao Kuo, that little bit of understanding slowly seeped out. The power of nature was all in one sword strike!
Zhao Kuo sensed that the power of nature was moving toward him, so he immediately used his arms to activate nature essence to block it with the mighty sword array formation.
He had beaten Su Han so hard that she couldn't even fight back, but now he felt like he couldn't do it!
However, this was exactly what he wanted!
Zhao Kuo wanted to find a master to help him break through his limits!
The five-elemental nature essence of the Light Splitting Sword Shadow Scroll also borrowed the power of nature!
The sword lights were densely packed and intertwined. This was a killing formation that had layers upon layers!
Both sides were using the power of nature, and the platforms that extended from the center of the Dragon God Shrine started to crack.
The Dragon God Shrine and the large platforms could float in the high sky because of the array formations, and the core of the array formations was using the nature essence in the surroundings.
Now that Zhao Kuo and Su Han were sucking away the nature essence, the array formations didn't have enough.
The platforms were falling piece by piece, and the Dragon God Shrine started to shake.
"Shrine Master!"
On the top floor of the Dragon God Shrine, the nine Deputy Shrine Masters looked at the Shrine Master in panic.
In his black robe, the Shrine Master stood steadily in the shaking Dragon God Shrine.
Hao Ren reached out and grabbed Xie Yujia and Zhao Yanzi, afraid that they would fall along with the shrinking platforms.
In the misty frost, Hao Ren saw that the Heavenly Dragon cultivator who appeared on Eighth Heaven was among the crowd!
He didn't know when she appeared or when she arrived!
Bang!
A large piece of the white platform that supported the black Dragon God Shrine fell off.
Su Han and Zhao Kuo had fought countless times in the thick frost and chaotic sword energies.
At this moment, the platforms were shaking violently, and the low-leveled cultivators didn't even dare to look up. The high-level cultivators couldn't see the dazzling attacks even though they had their eyes wide open!
Su Han's longsword had created many sword energies, and she was extremely fast when she deactivated the Five Mountains Bracelets. It seemed like there were dozens of Su Hans moving in the high sky, leaving many afterimages behind.
Zhao Kuo's Black Dragon Spike controlled the dense sword energies, and his black leather armor expanded along with his bulging muscles. He looked extremely fierce and ferocious like a black-faced devil descending from the heavens.
Bang!
The Dragon God Shrine fell toward the ground.
All the nature essence within a radius of 10,000 kilometers was sucked away by Zhao Kuo and Su Han!
Bang!
A red ray of light shot out from the white snowy fog and rapidly shot towards the east. It was so far away that it could not be reached.
Crack!
Under the astonishment of the nine Deputy Shrine Masters, the Dragon God Shrine suddenly stopped falling.
The chilly white mist gradually dissipated.
Zhao Kuo landed on one knee with a sword piercing through his shoulder, and blood spurted out from the back of his shoulder blade.
Su Han stood there calmly and put away her longsword.
The inspectors and the cultivators of the East Ocean Dragon Palace were all stunned.
The platform of the Dragon God Shrine rose slowly and returned to its original height.
"I will charge at the Heavenly Dragon Realm in three days," Su Han said calmly.
These words seemed to be said to Zhao Kuo, but it also seemed to be said to the crowd.
Bang! Su Han stomped on the ground with one foot and flew into the Dragon God Shrine.
The inspectors who were close to the Dragon God Shrine immediately dodged, but they could only see Su Han's back.
"Third … Third Uncle!"
Zhao Yanzi was the first to react, and she dashed toward Zhao Kuo.
Hao Ren also reacted. He strode forward and caught Zhao Kuo before Zhao Yanzi could.
Xie Yujia hurried over and took out an elixir pill from her storage bracelet before putting it into Zhao Kuo's hand.
Zhao Kuo remained on one knee in a daze as if he couldn't understand how he lost.
Zhao Yanzi felt bad seeing Zhao Kuo like this. However, she was relieved when she thought that Zhao Kuo's life wasn't in danger and that Su Han had mercy on him.
Zhao Hongyu and Zhao Guang also hurried over. They were slightly surprised when they saw Xie Yujia taking out a level 5 antidote pill.
In fact, when Xie Yujia reached the Core Formation Realm, she had made a cauldron of elixir pills and successfully made a level 5 elixir pill. Now, Xie Yujia's elixir making skills had reached another level, but she didn't announce it.
"Third Brother …" Zhao Guang patted Zhao Kuo's shoulder to comfort him.
He knew that this failure would be a heavy blow to Zhao Kuo. Reputation and face were secondary. The most important thing was that he was no longer qualified to ascend to the Heavenly Dragon Realm.
The battle between him and Su Han was more about fighting for the opportunity to ascend to the Heavenly Dragon Realm than to win.
Only the most powerful cultivator had the opportunity to charge at the Heavenly Dragon Realm, and that was why Zhao Kuo had maintained his status. Now, Su Han was more powerful than him, which meant that he didn't have the opportunity to ascend to the Heavenly Dragon Realm.
On the other hand, Su Han had the confidence to charge at the Heavenly Dragon Realm after defeating Zhao Kuo. She didn't want to waste any more time. After resting for three days, she would charge at the Heavenly Dragon Realm in her best state.
It also proved that Su Han wasn't injured in this battle!
The generals of East Ocean stood there in a daze, not knowing what to do. The most powerful cultivator of East Ocean was defeated by Su Han.
"Third Uncle, treat your wounds first," Hao Ren advised.
In this battle, someone would win, and someone would lose. Hao Ren was glad that neither of them was injured.
However, for Zhao Kuo who was determined to charge at the Heavenly Dragon Realm, losing to Su Han meant losing the opportunity to ascend to the Heavenly Dragon Realm. This was a heavy blow that might be more severe than failing the Heavenly Tribulation.
"Third Lord …"
The generals ran over and tried to comfort Zhao Kuo by kneeling on one knee.
"Sigh …"
Zhao Kuo heaved a long sigh as if he had finally recovered from the defeat. Then, he swallowed the level 5 antidote pill.
After cultivating for more than 200 years and even reaching peak Qian-level for the second time, he couldn't defeat Su Han who had cultivated for more than 20 years.
He was more than a genius; he was a monster!
Zhao Kuo wasn't willing to accept his defeat, but it was a complete defeat!
He had thought that he was the most powerful cultivator in the world, but it seemed that he couldn't blame the heavens for failing the Heavenly Tribulation!
Zhao Kuo stood up abruptly and flew toward the direction of the East Ocean Dragon Palace, ignoring the blood that was gushing out of his back.
He had to cultivate in seclusion, reflect, and cultivate with all his might!
Elder Xingyue who was in white shook her head helplessly and chased after him.
Hao Ren looked back at the dark Dragon God Shrine. After a moment of consideration, he also flew out of the array formation of the Dragon God Shrine. (To be continued. If you like this work, please come to Qidian.Com to vote for me. Your support is my greatest motivation.)
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