"There are twelve bridges here. Everyone choose one. Let's go!"
As Gongsun Hong spoke, he leaped up against the wind like an agile swallow. He floated a hundred feet away and landed steadily on the trestle in the middle.
He looked back at the crowd and his gaze paused on Yi Yun. "It's your turn."
Yi Yun could clearly feel that Gongsun Hong's eyes contained a fighting spirit.
Yi Yun understood Gongsun Hong's thoughts. He was a very proud person. He could not accept the fact that he had been completely crushed in the first trial. Besides, Gongsun Hong always believed that he was the strongest amongst everyone. Losing to Yi Yun, who had resorted to trickery, made Gongsun Hong feel indignant.
He wanted to win back first place.
"Let's go up too."
The young cultivators began jumping onto the bridge. Some were filled with confidence, while others were cautious.
Yi Yun was one of them. When Yi Yun stepped onto the bridge, he could clearly feel many people's gazes landing on him.
Clearly, Yi Yun's performance in the first trial had attracted too much attention. Although people no longer believed that Yi Yun would be easily eliminated, they did not believe that Yi Yun would have any amazing results.
Yi Yun did not mind this hostility. After all, in the Great Empress mystic realm, it was impossible for them to attack him.
On the bridge, strong winds blew. Gongsun Hong took the lead and used his Sweeping Figure Sword Steps. Three afterimages opened up a path in front of Gongsun Hong. More than a hundred sword Qi flew around him. These sword Qi sliced through the storm, greatly reducing the pressure on Gongsun Hong. It was the easiest for him to move forward, as he did not need to use much strength.
This scene made everyone secretly click their tongues. Even Yi Yun believed that Gongsun Hong's strength was indeed extraordinary.
Besides, Gongsun Hong was older than Yi Yun. If he really fought Gongsun Hong, Yi Yun would not know who would win or lose, nor would he be able to estimate it. He had many hidden trump cards, but as the number one inner disciple of the Li Fire Sect, Gongsun Hong probably had many trump cards as well.
"Peng!"
Right at this moment, an ear-piercing scream rang out. The windstorm in front of them violently exploded, and a black figure over two meters long charged out from the windstorm, pouncing on Gongsun Hong who bore the brunt of the attack!
This black shadow's entire body was suffused with a metallic luster. It looked like a wolf, but it had a pair of steel wings on its back that allowed it to freely travel through the storm.
Metal desolate beast!?
Gongsun Hong was greatly alarmed, but his strength was high and his reaction was fast. His body shrank back and three beams of sword energy whistled out!
"Chi chi chi!"
The metal desolate beast was sliced apart by the sword Qi. Its limbs were severed and it was torn apart!
Peng!
With an explosion, the metallic desolate beast's corpse exploded.
Gongsun Hong heaved a sigh of relief. If not for his quick reaction, the metallic desolate beast's sneak attack would have been disastrous.
Although the metal desolate beast was fast, it was clearly lacking in defense. As long as one avoided its sneak attack, it was not difficult to kill it.
As Gongsun Hong was secretly rejoicing, at this moment, a dot of light separated from the metallic desolate beast's corpse and landed on Gongsun Hong's arm.
Gongsun Hong felt a slight pain on his arm. The dot of light entered his skin and turned into a tiny pattern, like a tattoo.
"Oh? This is … "
Gongsun Hong was slightly stunned. What were these patterns?
Everyone's eyes landed on Gongsun Hong's arm. The Shen Tu family clan youth hesitated for a moment before saying, "Young master Hong, this pattern seems to be a tiny portion of the Empyrean Mark."
The Shen Tu youth's words reminded Gongsun Hong. He compared it with the Empyrean Mark on his arm, and indeed, he found a similar pattern in the Empyrean Mark.
Gongsun Hong was delighted. Did this mean that every metal desolate beast he killed would leave a tiny pattern? These patterns would slowly form an Empyrean Mark?
If this carried on, as long as he killed enough desolate beasts, he would be able to obtain new Empyrean Marks.
It seemed like in the Great Empress mystic realm, there were opportunities to obtain Empyrean Marks everywhere.
Upon thinking of this, Gongsun Hong glanced at Yi Yun. Yi Yun had only obtained 36 Empyrean Marks, so Gongsun Hong felt that he would be able to catch up to him sooner or later.
"So this bridge is also a fortuitous encounter!"
"I wonder how many desolate beasts I have to kill to obtain one Empyrean Mark. From the ratio of the tiny patterns, it would take dozens of desolate beasts to form one."
The elites present quickly analyzed in their minds. Clearly, the further one went, the easier it was to encounter desolate beasts, and the more Empyrean Marks one could obtain, but correspondingly, the more dangerous it would be. If they were not careful, they might even fall off the bridge.
Wanting to kill enough desolate beasts to form one Empyrean Mark was definitely not an easy task.
"The Tian Yuan world's martial arts geniuses are as numerous as the carps in the river. If I don't fight, I might be lost in the crowd. I want to give it a try!"
A youth from a large family clan jumped out and chased after Gongsun Hong.
"I have the same intention!"
The Shen Tu family clan youth chuckled and also charged forward.
Behind him, Lin Xiaodie and Lin Fengyue followed. Even Lin Yu was eager to give it a try.
"Yi Yun, are you going?"
Lin Xiaodie looked at Yi Yun.
Yi Yun smiled and said, "Let me take a look first."
When the metal desolate beast pounced at Gongsun Hong, Yi Yun had instantly opened his energy vision to investigate the metal desolate beast's internal structure.
It was not a real desolate beast, but a metal puppet created by the ancient Great Empress using an array and energy to change the form of metal.
There was only a tiny energy crystal core in its body. It was incomparable to the ancient relics in the gigantic desolate beast's body.
Furthermore, Yi Yun realized that these metal puppets did not seem to have any weaknesses. To kill them, he could only rely on absolute attack power.
As such, Yi Yun could no longer use any tricks. He decided to first observe it.
"The Great Empress mystic realm has to consider many aspects. It cannot just test one's vision. Although I have the Purple Crystal, I can't just rely on finding weaknesses to obtain the core inheritance in the Great Empress mystic realm …"
Yi Yun secretly pondered. Although he had perfectly passed the first trial, the situation he faced in the future was still very serious.
He could not blindly charge forward. He had to carefully analyze the situation before he could find a path that led to the Great Empress' treasures in the dangerous Great Empress mystic realm.
With this thought in mind, Yi Yun's actions naturally slowed down. But correspondingly, many young elites had charged forward, including Lin Yu.
"Yi Yun, your good luck is not always there!"
Seeing that Yi Yun did not plan on charging forward, Lin Yu gave a disdainful smile. He plunged into the vast debris storm.
Yi Yun looked at Lin Yu's back with a deadpan expression. What sort of person was the ancient Great Empress? To obtain a generous reward from the mystic realm she created, one had to pay a sufficient price. There was no free benefit for anyone to pick up.
…
Gongsun Hong was very strong. He charged in front and drew his sword. Using the Sweeping Figure Sword Steps, his body transformed into 36 sword Qi avatars.
Wherever the avatars passed, sword Qi would appear.
"Peng!"
Another metallic desolate beast was struck by Gongsun Hong's sword Qi, splitting into pieces!
After the metallic desolate beast died, it turned into an energy rune that was engraved on Gongsun Hong's arm.
Gongsun Hong took a deep breath. There was no joy in his eyes. Compared to a complete Empyrean Mark, these two runes added together were still far from enough.
If this carried on, to condense a complete Empyrean Mark, he would need to kill 30-40 metallic desolate beasts. This would expend a large amount of Yuan Qi. By the time he was exhausted, he might not even be able to condense two Empyrean Marks.
This would not do!
Gongsun Hong's situation was considered good. Behind Gongsun Hong, the others found it even more difficult to move. It was not easy to resist the storm, so fighting the metallic desolate beasts in the storm was even more difficult. If they were not careful, they would fall off the bridge.
Swirl Swirl Swirl
As the storm roared, it became more and more violent. As the crowd approached the core of the storm, there were more and more flying desolate beasts.
"Roar!"
A beast's roar boomed like thunder. Beside them, a bridge began to tremble violently, as if it was about to break.
On this bridge, a youth screamed. His body was sent flying by a huge force!
"That is!?"
Everyone's pupils constricted. They saw a gigantic eagle that was more than a hundred feet long flapping its wings, sending the youth flying!
The eagle's wings were as sharp as blades. The youth's body was splattered with blood, dyeing the sky red. It was a shocking sight.
"Ah!"
The youth shouted loudly. However, his body was involuntarily sucked into the storm. He was like a kite with a broken string. His voice was also torn apart by the storm, becoming intermittent.
"Dead?"
People looked at each other. They did not know what the youth's outcome would be. They felt a chill in their hearts.
And at this moment, after the gigantic eagle sent the youth flying, it did not attack anyone else. It only flapped its wings and flew away.
"Terrifying …"
People secretly heaved a sigh of relief. They were still in a state of shock. A desolate beast of this level was not something they could deal with.
In the core of the storm, there were not only desolate beasts like the metallic wolf. There were big and small desolate beasts, strong and weak. There were many species.
Some desolate beasts would not take the initiative to attack people, but if one accidentally provoked them, the outcome would be the same as the youth.
"We are attacking desolate beasts in the storm. Not only do we have to withstand the pressure of the storm, we also have to distinguish which desolate beast we can't beat in this chaotic environment. If we randomly attack without being able to distinguish, we will die …"
Many of the youths had ugly expressions. This trial was too difficult.
At the same time, it tested their strength, insight, reaction and endurance.
What made them most speechless was that according to the Great Empress mystic realm, this was not a trial. It was just a passageway from the first trial to the second trial.
Just a passageway was so difficult!
Many people had thoughts of retreating when they saw that the Empyrean Mark on their arms had not even been completed by a fifth.
It was not easy to obtain even one Empyrean Mark in the Great Empress mystic realm!
Their previous thoughts were too naive.
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