Chapter 845: Martial King Ordeal
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Sikong Yan remained silent for a while, then nodded his head, saying, "Okay, I'll swear on it first!"
Sikong Yan raised his palm, pointed to the sky, then said in a clear voice, "If I obtain the Great Legacy from Firmament Palace, I'll definitely be loyal to Firmament Palace in the future. If ever I breach it, I shall be condemned by Heaven and Earth!"
Sikong Yan might have sworn on it, but he left a loophole. That was, the promise was made after obtaining the Great Legacy from Firmament Palace. If he did not obtain the true Great Legacy, then the promise was not counted.
Upon seeing this, Su Mo nodded silently. Although Sikong Yan was not sincerely being loyal to Firmament Palace, he would not betray them either.
Besides, in the future, he would have means to make Sikong Yan submit to him willingly.
"Senior Fire One, take him to receive the legacy!" Su Mo said to Fire One.
Fire One nodded, then he took Sikong Yan and left the palace.
"Dear Seniors, I'm going to stay here for a few days!" Su Mo said to the rest of them.
"Holy Son, I'll arrange your accommodation. Afterward, I'll update you on the current situation in the palace!" Gold One said.
"Okay!"
After this, Gold One arranged a palace for Su Mo to settle down in. The rest of the puppets also returned to their respective palaces.
Inside the palace, there was a single room meant for practicing. Su Mo sat cross-legged in his version of this room and took out the five jade slips. He then started to browse through them.
There were five cultivation skills in total. Among them, there was the gold property, known as the Golden Sacred Skill; the wood property, known as the Teal Emperor's Mysterious Skill; the water property, known as the Water-moon Sacred Skill; the fire property, known as the Heavenly Fire Classic; as well as the earth property, known as the Earthly Tome.
These five cultivation skills were all Upper Imperial cultivation skills and fulfilled the properties of the Five Elements. To Su Mo, their valuation was beyond description.
These five cultivation skills were quite profound. Su Mo spent seven days and seven nights before he could barely comprehend half of what was needed to understand the five cultivation skills completely.
These five cultivation skills had 12 realms each. He wondered when he could perfect these skills.
He then kept the five jade slips and prepared to start cultivating.
As for the other half portion, since he had not reached that stage yet, he planned on slowly learning them later.
Su Mo started cultivating the gold property skill, known as the Golden Sacred Skill, and maneuvered his internal gold property Dark Force. Then, he started cultivating the realm one.
For the next few days, Su Mo was totally immersed with his cultivating. After cultivating the first realm of every skill, he stopped at once and changed to another skill.
He needed to hold cultivation skills of the five properties at the same realm in order to maintain their balance and combine them together.
Although they were Imperial cultivation skills, cultivating the first realm was still considered easy.
It had only been four days, and Su Mo had already succeeded in cultivating the first level of all the five cultivation skills. His internal Dark Force of the Five Elements had transformed slightly. It seemed, however, that it had grown stronger.
Although it was only the first realm, it was still an Upper Imperial cultivation skill. Thus, it couldn't be easily compared with skills at the King or Royal levels.
Huff!
Su Mo stopped cultivating for the time being. He took four days to cultivate the first realm. If he continued cultivating the second realm, it might take at least two weeks.
It seemed he didn't have much time, so he needed to combine the Spiritual Spirals as soon as possible so that he could upgrade to the Martial King Realm.
He still needed to refine his Natal Spiritual Sword. Although he could combine his Spiritual Spirals, as well as his obtained Imperial cultivation skills, which enhanced his strength greatly, his cultivation was still too low. It would still be too risky to duel with Shangguan Hao.
Hence, he definitely needed to craft the Natal Spiritual Sword.
Su Mo sighed and stood up. He needed to go look for Gold One and the rest of the puppets in order ro check with them if Firmament Palace had any Blood-striped Seed.
Currently, Blood-striped Seed was the only material left to refine the Natal Spiritual Sword.
Boom boom boom!
At this time, a dull thunder could be heard from the sky, as there was a strong thunderous power approaching slowly.
"This is…!" Su Mo was wondering. He immediately walked out of the palace and noticed that the sky was very dim. A thunderous force with enormous power gathered and gradually became a Thunder Sea.
"Martial King Ordeal?" Su Mo was glaring because this thunderous force in the sky was being brought down by Heaven and Earth's will. This was Heaven's punishment!
"Whose Martial King Ordeal can this be?"
Su Mo was shocked and immediately understood that this was probably Wenren Tiandu's Martial King Ordeal
He had little doubt who in Firmament Palace could create this. Other than Sikong Yang, there was only Wenren Tiandu.
However, the event happened only quickly. Shortly after, the Calamity Clouds in the sky disappeared without a trace.
"What's going on?" As Su Mo was wondering, a bright light flashed past and Gold One appeared in front of him.
"Holy Son, the young lad from Illuminious Palace will be crossing the Martial King Ordeal. He has been sent out of the Firmament Palace region. You should go take a look as well! I believe you will find it useful." Gold One said.
"Bring me there!" Su Mo nodded at once.
Swoosh!
Subsequently, Gold One took Su Mo and flew toward the outside of Firmament Palace.
The main gate of Firmament Palace was enwrapped in a huge water curtain, which was extremely thick and solid. Gold One and Su Mo flew into the water curtain and stopped only when they had reached its edge.
At the edge of the water curtain, Stone One, Fire One and the rest of the puppets were all there. They weren't able to leave the boundary beyond the water curtain, so they were only able to stop there.
"My respect to Holy Son!" They paid their respects to Su Mo as he came.
"Seniors, no need to stand up!" Su Mo waved his hand as he gazed far away. He then saw Wenren Tiandu standing upright a few 1,000 kilometers away, looking dignified as he watched the sky.
Su Mo was familiar with where Wenren Tiandu stood. It was near the Distant Ancient City in Firmament Divine Realm.
At this time, unlimited thunder gathered in the sky, forming into a 15 kilometers wide Thunder Sea. The Thunder Sea was tumbling and a strong thunderous power was pervading everywhere.
"I never knew a Thunder Sea could reach 15 kilometers in width!"
"This young lad is indeed not an average person!"
"Holy Son has good judgment!"
Gold One and all the puppets were shocked as they watched the Calamity Clouds formed by the Thunder Sea.
This was because an average Martial King Ordeal's Calamity Cloud could not exceed 5 kilometers in width. Wenren Tiandu's Martial King Ordeal, not only had reached 15 kilometers in width, it was still growing.
The stronger a martial artist's talent and strength were, the stronger his Martial King Ordeal would be. The Calamity Clouds formed by Wenren Tiandu's Martial King Ordeal had reached more than 15 kilometers already. It evidently showed Wenren Tiandu's strength Martial King Ordeal had reached more than 15 kilometers already. It evidently showed Wenren Tiandu's strength.
The dull thunder was heard continuously. An electric arc was flashing in the sky, and lightning could be seen continuously in the void as the thunderous power was getting stronger and stronger.
A 20 kilometers wide Thunder Sea was growling continuously as the strong thunder force was brewing in it, ready to explode at any time.
"How can he be so strong?"
"Can this young lad fight through this?"
The puppets were totally shocked and became concerned.
20 kilometers was sufficient enough to instakill a Lv 5 Martial King Realm martial artist.
Given such powerful Martial King Ordeal, it was highly likely that Wenren Tiandu would be defeated by this Lightning Punishment.
Chapter 846: Get Prepared
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"Forty li!"
Su Mo murmured as he watched the Calamity Clouds in the sky. Wenren Tiandu entered the Martial King Realm with 15 Spiritual Spirals condensed divine elixirs. His Calamity Clouds reached 40 li.
What about his 49 Spiritual Spirals?
With so many Spiritual Spirals, he wondered how his Martial King Realm Punishment would be like.
Shortly after, Su Mo sighed and stopped thinking about it. Where there's a will, there's a way. His strength was much stronger than Wenren Tiandu. Even if his Martial King Ordeal was to be way stronger than his, he had the confidence to conquer it.
Then, Su Mo watched Wenren Tiandu survive the ordeal quietly.
At this time, in the vast Calamity Clouds, the thunderous power continued brewing. As it became stronger and stronger, Wenren Tiandu's face turned heavier and heavier.
Boom!
After a while, a gigantic lightning bolt split from the Thunder Sea, tearing through space and slashing violently at Wenren Tiandu.
This lightning bolt was thousands of zhang long. Like a deadly blade, its power was peerless.
The lightning bolt moved extremely fast. It approached Wenren Tiandu's head in a flash.
"Crush!"
Wenren Tiandu did not move but threw a punch at the striking lightning.
Rumble!
An explosion was heard as the lightning was smashed by the punch and scattered away.
Wenren Tiandu was wearing a pair of light grey gauntlet which was diffusing a surging aura.
Apparently, this gauntlet was a royal weapon.
After, the Thunder Sea continued brewing, firing one lightning bolt after another.
Wenren Tiandu managed to fight through seven flashes of lightning.
"Seven flashes of Lightning Punishment already. Two more to go!"
"The last two are the most dangerous. If anything went wrong, he would be destroyed completely!"
"This young man is pretty impressive!"
The puppets were astonished by Wenren Tiandu's easily resisting the seven flashes of Lightning Punishment.
At this very moment, the eighth Lightning Punishment descended from the sky.
The vast Thunder Sea was surging. All of a sudden, a huge beam of light of ten zhang in diameter dashed out, sweeping with amazing power towards Wenren Tiandu.
The huge beam of light was formed by the thundering force. Its power was extremely horrifying.
As the lightning beam passed by, everything was destroyed. Its powerful thundering will suppressed all resistance.
"Destroy!"
Wenren Tiandu charged forward instead of retreating. He dashed up into the sky towards the beam of light.
Wenren Tiandu punched out two vast beams of fist radiance, forming two beams of light to confront the Lightning Punishment.
Boom! Rumble!
Loud explosions came one after another as the lightning beam crushed violently into the fist radiance. The thunder rays shot out one thousand li and swept in all directions with its horrifying force.
Bang!
Another explosion occurred and Wenren Tiandu was blown down from the sky, crashing into the ground.
The Earth cracked open and a bottomless pit emerged.
"Can I help him?" Su Mo, in shock, asked the puppets.
He was worried that Wenren Tiandu might not be able to survive the last and most terrifying flash of the Lightning Punishment.
"Holy Son, please do not step forward. The power of the Lightning Punishment would increase considerably if interrupted!"
Gold One quickly stopped Su Mo.
Swish!
At this moment, Wenren Tiandu flew out of the pit, his hair messy, face dirty, and clothes torn. With blood coming out of his mouth, he looked pathetic.
However, Wenren Tiandu's aura was not weakened much. Apparently, his injuries were not serious.
Part of his white internal armor was revealed, with radiant splendor and surging aura.
Obviously, this internal armor was an excellent defensive treasure.
"Don't worry! This young man has inherited the Beam Emperor's Legacy and I've bestowed him a defensive treasure. He will be fine!" Light One said.
Everyone nodded. Wenren Tiandu had become the heir to the Illuminious Palace, he must have obtained treasures. The Lightning Punishment might be powerful but not powerful enough to harm him.
Then, the last flash of Lightning Punishment finally descended.
Boom!
The Thunder Sea was surging, followed by a loud explosion. Another more gigantic thunder beam came down fiercely.
This lightning beam was twice as powerful as the previous one. It had the power to destroy Heaven and Earth.
The massive lightning power caused the void to freeze. And the immense turbulence resulted in continuous explosions in the surrounding area.
Facing the last flash of Lightning Punishment, Wenren Tiandu chose to defend at his best.
Light shone brightly behind him as his Martial Soul rose.
Wenren Tiandu's Martial Soul was a Rank 3 Heaven Class star with dazzling rays.
His Dark Force was surging and the starlight condensed. Layers of defense shield appeared outside his body.
In the blink of an eye, there were more than ten layers of external defense shield.
These amazing defense shields were formed by the condensed Dark Force and starlight.
Not only that, a strange stone charm also appeared in his hand.
The stone charm was activated and a ray of light burst, forming a shining suit of armor outside Wenren Tiandu's body in a flash, which wrapped him from head to toe. A perfect defense.
"What a magical defensive treasure!" Su Mo was astonished.
After, the last flash of the Lightning Punishment boomed brutally on Wenren Tiandu'sexternal defense shield.
Bang, bang, bang!
Layers of defense shield were tattered and the Lightning Punishment beam continued charging at Wenren Tiandu's body.
Boom!
A violent explosion was ringing in the sky, accompanied by shrill shrieks.
Devastating waves of air blast swept across a radius of one thousand li. Countless thunder rays rolled out like electric snakes.
Su Mo and the puppets were extremely concerned but there was nothing they could do.
Shortly after, the thunder scattered and the air blast dissipated. Everyone stared intently and couldn't help feeling shocked.
There was a deep pit of a radius of dozens of li, where Wenren Tiandu was lying. His body was burnt into charcoal and his aura weak.
Swish!
Su Mo flew toward Wenren Tiandu without hesitation.
After checking on Wenren Tiandu, he heaved a sigh of relieve.
Although he was seriously injured, his life was not in danger.
"Brother Su, I've finally reached the Martial King Realm!"
Wenren Tiandu revealed a smile. He had been stuck at the True Darkness Realm peak for years, unable to break through. Now his wish finally came true.
In fact, he managed to survive the Lightning Punishment all thanks to the stone charm presented by Light One.
That stone charm was an extremely powerful defensive treasure. However, his strength was too weak to unleash the power of the stone charm; otherwise, he wouldn't be seriously injured.
"Well. Congratulations!"
Su Mo said with a smile, "I'll bring you back to treat your injuries!"
After that, Su Mo brought Wenren Tiandu back to the Firmament Palace.
Su Mo felt heavy in his heart. Wenren Tiandu's Martial King Ordeal was already so strong. What would his be like?
He must get prepared early!
Chapter 847: Earthly Shield
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Su Mo sent Wenren Tiandu back to Firmament Palace while Light One and the rest would arrange for him to be treated.
Su Mo, Gold One and Stone One came to the Firmament Palace.
"Dear Seniors, I've something to discuss with both of you!" Su Mo said as he placed his fists together and saluted the two puppets.
"Holy Son, please speak your mind!"
"Holy Son, you are too polite, you may give us your instructions!"
Gold One and Stone One said.
Su Mo pondered then said in a deep voice, "Dear Seniors, honestly speaking, Wenren Tiandu and I have many Spiritual Spirals as we cultivate the Archean martial practice. Furthermore, the number of Spiritual Spirals I have is several times of his. Hence, when I'm going to break through the Martial King Realm, the Martial King Realm Punishment will be extremely horrifying. I need to ask both Seniors if you have any powerful defensive treasure?"
As he watched Wenren Tiandu survive the ordeal, he became concerned about his own Martial King Realm Punishment. So, as a safety precaution, he had to be thick-skinned and ask for another one or two defensive treasures.
"Holy Son, how many Spiritual Spirals did you cultivate?"
Even if Gold One and Stone One knew Su Mo cultivated Archean martial practice, they were not surprised, because, during the ancient times, there were many from the Firmament Palace who had cultivated Archean martial practice with many Spiritual Spirals.
Some extremely talented disciples even cultivated more than 20 Spiritual Spirals.
"49!" Su Mo said.
"What?" Upon hearing Su Mo, Gold One and Stone One's body shook, their already stiff expressions stiffened even further.
"Holy Son, you actually cultivated 49 Spiritual Spirals?"
"This…Holy Son, you are too rash!"
Both Gold One and Stone One burst in an outcry at once.
They thought Su Mo cultivated a dozen Spiritual Spirals at most, but never expected him to cultivate 49 Spiritual Spirals.
This was because, with 49 Spiritual Spirals, it would be almost impossible for him to break through to the Martial King Realm smoothly.
Even in ancient times, not many with 49 Spiritual Spirals were able to break through to the Martial King Realm smoothly.
"That's why I'm asking for defensive treasures from both Seniors!" Su Mo sighed.
Gold One and Stone One remained silent as their expressions became solemn.
Holy Son, you better let go of some Spiritual Spirals! Too many Spiritual Spirals can be extremely dangerous!" Gold One said.
"I'll consider it!" Su Mo nodded. However, he won't let go of his Spiritual Spirals unless he had to.
"Holy Son, are you going by the divine elixir path or combining the Spiritual Spirals path?" Both of them stared at Su Mo.
"Combining the Spiritual Spirals!" Su Mo said. He didn't expect Gold One and Stone One to know so clearly about the Archean martial practice.
Both of them fell silent. This was the most difficult path!
During ancient times, many devilish talents died pursuing this path.
Shortly after, Stone One said in a deep voice, "Holy Son, only the Earth Palace Master can open the Firmament Palace treasury, we can't give you any defensive treasures."
Su Mo sighed. The Earth Palace Master was in deep sleep and he would only wake up when Su Mo enters the Martial Royal Realm. It seemed impossible for him to obtain any defensive treasures from Firmament Palace.
At this moment, Stone One said, "Holy Son, I still have one defensive treasure, which is supposed to go to the descendant of Earth Palace, but since he has not appeared yet, you can have it first!"
"Oh? What kind of treasure is it?" Su Mo was delighted.
Stone One waved his arm and a big shield appeared.
The shield was three meters tall and less than two meters wide. It was the color of yellow mud and light swirled across it. It looked extraordinary.
"This shield is called the Earthly Shield. Although the grade is not high and is only at Lower Royal, it is top in defense among treasures of the same grade." Stone One said.
Swoosh!
Su Mo reached out and grabbed the Earthly Shield at once.
With the Earthly Shield in hand, Su Mo could feel its extreme thickness and heaviness. It was more than 500 kilograms, and the force of earth property surged within it.
"It's a good shield!" Su Mo praised, then kept the Earthly Shield.
"Senior Stone One, I'll keep this shield for now, I will give it to the descendant for Earth Palace when I find him!" Su Mo smiled.
"Alright!" Stone One nodded.
After that, Su Mocontinued chatting with Gold One and Stone One in the Firmament Palace.
The two puppets continued to persuade Su Mo to let go of some of the Spiritual Spirals, and keep only 20 of them.
Su Mo felt helpless, so he promised both of them verbally first, only then they would stop persuading him.
After which, Gold One and Stone One roughly explained to Su Mo the current situation in the Firmament Palace.
The Firmament Palace did not need anything else right now, except for people.
There were various powerful martial arts technique Legacies, powerful weapons and treasures available but no disciples to inherit them.
The puppets were all waiting, waiting for Su Mo to grow, to lead the Firmament Palace and recruit disciples from all over the world.
Su Mo chatted quite a while with Gold One and Stone One. Then, he decided to leave the Firmament Palace.
"Dear Senior, I'll leave the Firmament Palace for a while. The day I return will be the day for the Firmament Palace to enter the world!" Su Mo said to Gold One and Stone One.
"Holy Son, please take care!" The two puppets placed their fists togehter at Su Mo.
"I will!" Su Mo nodded. Then, he suddenly thought of Sikong Yan, and said, "The descendant of the Firescorching Palace, Sikong Yan, did not really submit to me, please have Light One think of some ways to subdue him."
Su Mo had urged them to do so because he was concerned that Sikong Yan would leave after obtaining the Legacy.
"Holy Son, don't worry. The descendants of the nine palaces will leave behind a Soul Seal once they receive their Legacy and will be a member of Firmament Palace for eternity." Gold One said.
"That's good!" Su Mo nodded.
"Holy Son, we'll send you out!" Both of them said.
After which, Gold One and Stone One took Su Mo and flew out of the Firmament Palace to the huge water curtain edge.
"Holy Son, you may u use the token to open the link to connect to the outer world!" Gold One said.
Su Mo immediately took out the Holy Son token and infused Dark Force of the Five Elements in it.
A ray of golden light suddenly burst out of the Holy Son token, then a virtual door appeared where the golden ray shone.
"Seniors, see you again!" Su Mo placed his fists together in a salute to Gold One and Stone One and walked through the virtual door.
After Su Mo left, Gold One and Stone One looked at each other and their expressions rather solemn.
"49 Spiritual Spirals. Holy Son has chosen the toughest path of Archean martial practice!" Gold One sighed.
"If he can go through it, the Firmament Palace can rise again in time to come!" Stone One was looking forward to it.
Both of them knew Su Mo would not let go of his Spiritual Spirals so easily, even if he did, he would not give up too many of them.
However, Su Mo cultivated the Grand Chaos Five Elements Skill, so it was very hopeful that he could go through the path.
The more defiant Su Mowas, the better it was for the Firmament Palace.
If Su Mo was not defiant enough, he would not be fit to be the Holy Son and might not be able to handle the upcoming disaster.
"Aye! Time is running out, the Trial Tester is coming soon. A catastrophe is befalling the Firmament World!" Gold One sighed faintly.