Chapter 112: Revealing His Techniques!
Translator: Radiant
Editor: Radiant
The battleground was a few kilometers in diameter, with undulating mountains and flowing streams of rivers - painting quite a beautiful scenery.
Hong!
A relatively huge figure descended from the skies and entered the battleground with a 'bang', smashing into a mountain with enormous impact force. Yet that impact did not damage the mountain at all. Actually, Transcendent mages had refined the 'mountains' in the battleground. What appeared to be an actual mountain was, in reality, arranged scenery. As such, the tenacity of the scenery was, at the very least, something which no Sky Realm Transcendents could ever damage.
"Mn?" Xue Ying looked at that enormous figure. The mortals who were viewing from the western end of the platform all cheered in excitement.
This huge figure was a lizard-based Refiner Organism. Crimson in color, it stood about fifteen meters tall with a pair of golden eyes that stared right at Xue Ying.
Xue Ying's face curved into a smile.
Actually, the opponents he would be facing in this Transcendent Battle of Life and Death had long before been arranged.
According to the rules, one would have three consecutive matches during the Life and Death Battle before an hour of rest to restore Qi and stamina. After that, he would have another bout of three continuous matches, before once again resting for an hour… and this would continue on and on, until the challenger lost a battle! That would then mark an end!
Many new Transcendents would usually lose in the first round of three matches, especially most mages due to their weakness in one-on-one battles. As for mages who were able to win three battles, most would be considered quite powerful.
Following this arranged plan, the first and second matches would pit the challenger against Transcendent Refiner Organisms! Only during the third match onwards would one be pitted against a native of a Transcendent World! The further one proceeded, the more unique and powerful their opponents would get!
"Roar~~~" The big crimson lizard immediately strode forward, its pace heavy enough to create tremors.
Xue Ying gestured, causing a black-colored spear to appear within them.
He casually shook the spear a few times. Even though it did not have any power amplification arrays, his energy could still be transmitted through the body of the spear relatively smoothly.
Hu.
In a blink of an eye, the big crimson lizard reached Xue Ying, preempting the battle with a stomp with its huge hoof claws. This single stomp caused many of the mortals located in the west viewing platform to palpitate with anxiety as they dared not breathe. But Xue Ying easily evaded the attack with a single movement. Following that, his figure continued flashing here and there as he evaded the attacks of this big crimson lizard.
Seeing as how he could evade the attacks continuously without blocking once, he could definitely attack the lizard easily.
'My first opponent is really weak. I reckon that most Transcendent knights would win easily.' Xue Ying did not have much experience in battling against other Transcendents. As a result, he would certainly utilize every single opportunity to learn and experience with these battles against other Transcendents.
"Scram."
Xue Ying finally decided to retaliate.
Hu.
The spear abruptly erupted out in an enormous arc. Streams of water could be seen revolving around the spear. That big crimson lizard hurriedly used its hoof claws to defend against the attack. Chi~ At the moment when the spearhead touched the hoof claws, the strange rotating force embedded in the attack allowed the spear to easily bypass the lizard's defense before reaching the lizard's abdomen.
After that, Xue Ying exerted his power with a swipe upwards
Hong~
The force of the upwards swipe caused the entire big crimson lizard to lift off the ground. At that moment, when it was in mid-air, as it anxiously tried to right itself, Xue Ying followed up with a sudden whiplash attack!
This caused the big crimson lizard to be defenseless in mid-air. The spear turned into a blurry shadow as it explosively whipped against the lizard's body, smacking it away at high speed, before eventually smashing the lizard into a rocky mountain over tens of meters away. An enormous boom was heard. As the lizard rolled downwards, dropping to the side, it began stumbling about, revealing a helpless expression of defeat.
Dong! A deep beat of a drum sounded in the entire Hall of Life and Death.
Unseen power enveloped the battleground, enfolding the big crimson lizard before bringing it out of the location.
The countless mortals viewing from outside buzzed in excitement as they discussed the battle amongst themselves. Clearly, Xue Ying was just holding back in the beginning. When he decided to strike, he smacked his opponent away with a single move. A black-clothed young man being able to smack such a big lizard to more than ten meters away… was something shocking after seeing it visually.End of the first match.' Xue Ying was calm, 'This Transcendent Refiner Organism has a similar strength to me, yet its comprehension of martial techniques is too poor.'
His own fleshy body was only at the middle stage of Sky Realm.
That big lizard should have a strength approximately at the level of mid stage Sky Realm as well! Yet judging on its fighting techniques, it could not even compare with Xiang Pang Yun. Today, Xue Ying's fighting techniques were a multitude times higher than what he was in the past, and it was at a level that could tyrannically oppress Xiang Pang Yun. Naturally, against this level of a Transcendent Refiner Organism, his current strength was now something he could easily use to defeat such an opponent.
After merely ten breaths of time…
Hu. A figure descended once again, landing on the highest peak of the mountain in the battleground. This time, it was a scorpion Transcendent Refiner Organism. It had a low body and long scorpion tail. The scorpion was black with sharp claws on its limbs. There were even spikes on the joints of its foot limbs, showing that weapons protruded from different parts of its body.
This match was obviously going to be much harder than the previous one.
'This is my second opponent. Many Transcendent mages and weaker Transcendent knights were defeated in this round of battle.' Xue Ying walked barefoot towards the big black scorpion, step by step.
Not all of those who had become Transcendents had comprehended the Realm of Myriad Existences.
Some were fortunate enough to step into Transcendence after merely comprehending the Realm of being One with the World! Many such Transcendents would thus be several times weaker and would be defeated in this second match.
Hua hua hua~~~ The gurgling streams of water were akin to ribbons wrapping around the mountains.
Xue Ying stepped onto the water barefoot. Even without using the World Energy or his Qi, he could still step onto the surface of water without sinking, as if it was flat land.Every step he took was filled with an aesthetic feeling of nature! There was an unseen rhythm hidden within his movements!
That was how he walked towards the big black scorpion ahead of him. The scorpion though was deeply entrenched at its current location, observing its opponent carefully, as it awaited the right moment to strike against Xue Ying.
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Amidst the crowds of mortals, Yu Jing Qiu watched that black-clothed, barefoot Xue Ying inside the huge battleground as he walked, step by step, on the surface of the water towards the big black scorpion.
Somehow, she felt that he was very handsome!
That aesthetic feeling of nature quickened her heartbeat as she avidly watched the encounter.
"Somehow, I can feel that he is extremely formidable."
"Why are we feeling his extraordinariness even as he is just walking?"
"What do you even know? This is because the comprehension he had of the Profound Mysteries of the Myriad Existences were embedded in his footsteps. Such comprehension could not only be found in his spear techniques, but even his normal movements could operate the Profound Mystery of the World. Casually raising his hand or making a simple movement could have a frightening force hidden within." A Legend ranker explained, enlightening others who did not know.
At the very least, these Legend rankers could barely see the Profound Mysteries in Xue Ying's movement. As for those weaker mortals, they were here to enjoy the atmosphere. Such Transcendent battles were indubitably beautiful and amazing to them.
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As Xue Ying walked towards the peak of that mountain in the battleground, the entrenched big black scorpion felt that Xue Ying was close enough and finally struck.
Xiu!
As fast as lightning, the big black scorpion's steady tail strangely and unpredictably stabbed towards Xue Ying.
Chi. Xue Ying easily parried the attack with the black spear in his hand, with the Profound Mystery of the Water of Myriad Existences weaving around the haft. All along, Xue Ying had been using the Profound Mystery of the Water of Myriad Existences, as it was more suitable for defense. Regardless of how weak his opponent was, it would be better for him to be prudent.
Chi chi chi. The big black scorpion attacked wildly.
Using its tail, limbs, and spikes, the scorpion tried to overwhelm his opponent with furious attacks.
Xue Ying, though, constantly defended. Faint streams of water were seen revolving around the spear. Despite the overwhelming attacks, the scorpion could not even reach closer than two meters from Xue Ying.
'Fighting techniques are ordinary. Its specialties are the composition of its fleshy body. Several Transcendent knights who merely comprehended One with the World would indeed be defeated easily. Transcendent mages do not specialise in close combat, and don't use any unique equipment. They can only utilise the simplest of staffs and would be easily defeated as well.' Xue Ying concluded his analysis from his observations. The spear, that had been initially used to defend,…
Suddenly spun outwards.
The defensive rotation turned into a furious stab - filled with unpredictability and speed. This unpredictable stab by Xue Ying had a rotating force that was constantly twisted in arcs that made it hard to even block against from afar, much less to say, from those who were close to him.
The big black scorpion did not have the time to block against the attack. It was stabbed on its foot, limbs, and several joints on its body. Peng, it flew to the side.
"So fast, so unpredictable." Some Transcendents on the eastern viewing platform were amazed. Indeed, when the Profound Mystery of the Water of Myriad Existences was applied on the spear, it became unpredictable. Even though the Transcendent Refiner Organism could rely on its own body to barely resist against a straightforward attack, using such techniques, filled with unpredictability, would even cause them, and to a certain extent, a true Transcendent knight, to suffer losses. Thus, Refiner Organisms would have an even harder time to withstand such attacks. Xue Ying easily stabbed its vital points, causing it to fly and tumble to the side by more than ten meters, before it finally rolled to a stop.
Accompanying that spectacle was a drumbeat, dong.
That big scorpion flew upwards before being brought out of the battleground by an unseen force.
'The third match is going to start soon.' Xue Ying understood the danger caused by the battles from now on, 'Natives from Transcendent Worlds will be appearing from now on! Only after killing them will I win the battle! At the same time, these natives from Transcendent Worlds will be trying to kill me as well!'
What was a Battle of Life and Death?
From the third match onwards, this conflict would finally entail the essence of Life and Death!
Opponents from both sides would gamble on their lives!
But of course, sometimes, at the most crucial moments when the challenger from the humankind was going to die, Demigods, given the task to protect, would react. In most cases, the challenger could be saved. But those who were more unfortunate would only have a single outcome in the end - death.Chapter 113: Native Transcendent
Translator: Radiant
Editor: Radiant
Within the western spectator area, countless mortals watched with great expectation. They were there… especially looking forward to the showdown between a human Transcendent and Transcendent world natives!
"This Dong Bo Xue Ying is really skilful with his spear techniques. He has a watertight defense using the Profound Mystery of the Water of Myriad Existences. I think he should be able to win the third match."
"That is not certain! native Transcendents have different innate talents. Who knows? Xue Ying might meet one who can restrain him."
"Yes, it really boils down on his luck."
The Transcendents were discussing as they watched the battle with a diabolical vision, analysing things as they went.
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Being watched by many hundreds of thousands of mortals and by the majority of human Transcendent experts, Xue Ying stood at the peak of a small mountain in the battleground and calmly sensied any possible movements. To him, he did not care about others as this Transcendent Battle of Life and Death was a rare opportunity for him to gain experience.
"Hu."
A human figure descended from the sky and landed on the battleground.
The moment the figure reached the ground, an unseen killing intent spread outwards.
"Mn?" Xue Ying mildly frowned as he stared at his opponent about five hundred meters away. This native Transcendent figure was over three meters tall, and relatively thin! He wore loose, white clothing with two swords on his back. His skin was green, and his eyes were fiery red. His hair was similarly fiery red, standing straight out of his head.
"A native Transcendent!" Xue Ying did not dare be careless.
What was a native Transcendent?
They were actually lifeforms that were naturally born in Major or Minor Transcendent Worlds.
Just like those Primordial Beings who were born from the earliest period in the beginning of a material world and emerging from the World, all such beings had incredible powers and techniques. The peak most such lifeforms had powers that could rival a Deity!
The Material World was too close to perfection whereas the Transcendent worlds had simple natural laws. Therefore, lifeforms being formed from the World were weaker, with the strongest of any native lifeform coming from a Big Transcendent world being only able to reach the power of a Demigod! As for Minor Transcendent worlds, the natives emerging from them could only reach Saint realm.
Thus, to summarise this with a single sentence — native Transcendents were similar to the weaker versions of Primordial Beings!
They had many innate techniques that could not be looked down upon.
"Human!" The green-skinned native Transcendent stared at Xue Ying from the distance. His fiery red eyes were faintly filled with sparks. With an upturned mouth, he mocked, "The strongest existences amongst your kind captured me, tormented me, and now, they still want to use me to hone your skills… Yet sometimes, expectation and reality can be very different. You will die in my hands, and I'll be rewarded with freedom!"
"I feel that it's not me, but you who will die! And you can die a worthy death, being the very first native Transcendent to die under my, Dong Bo Xue Ying's, hand!" Xue Ying stood on the peak of a mountain with a spear in his hand. He was calm beyond measure.
"Is that so?" The green-skinned native Transcendent sneered. He unsheathed the two swords at his back.
Wearing loose, white clothing, holding onto one sword in each of his hands…
He was similarly barefoot! The differences were that his legs were green in color and big.
"Sou!" He moved suddenly. Having a slight sparkle of electricity surrounding his body, his entire self was akin to a thunderbolt - flying in a the shape of a 'Z', he flashed towards Xue Ying. There was originally five hundred meters separating the two, yet in the blink of an eye, he reached Xue Ying. Upon arriving, he slashed right at Xue Ying with his two swords, trailing an electrically charged path with his swing.
'So fast.' Xue Ying was surprised. Moving the spear in his hand, he shrouded his front with a looping motion.
Hu.
The green-skinned native Transcendent's electro-figure twisted slightly. Immediately, his entire body flashed towards the sides of Xue Ying. He slashed out with both his swords once again.
With a spin of his spear, Xue Ying immediately rotated towards the side, enshrouding a large area with his defense! The streams of water revolved around the spear… doing their utmost in defending against the onslaught.
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Shua shua shua… That green-skinned, three-plus-meter tall, native Transcendent appeared to mortals as more than ten images. He surrounded Xue Ying, slashing at him madly! Xue Ying, though, just stood at his original position, defending against the onslaught with just a spear.
In just the time of a single breath, the native Transcendent suddenly retreated back two hundred meters in a flash.
The countless mortals held their own breaths. It was too fast for them. They could only see an afterimages of a flickering assailant. But in actual fact, these mortals did not know that… the native Transcendent and Xue Ying had not even once clash with their weapons, at all, from the start to finish!
'So fast.' Xue Ying made use of this moment for a respite. At the same time, he was speechless, 'This native Transcendent's comprehension of the Realm is very ordinary. His sword techniques are quite rough as well! My spear techniques are much more mysterious than his by an unknown times more. But, his speed is too fast. Judging by the electricity surrounding his body as he moves, I reckon that his innate talent should be lightning-related, with his specialty being speed. With this kind of speed, the moment he initiated his attacks, I cannot even touch him!'
Regardless of whether it was explosive speed or direction-changing speed, his speed was still twice that of Xue Ying's! With twice as much speed… it was something more exaggerated than having twice as much strength since the opponent would be able to control and take the initiative of the battle.
And what notion did this bring?That native Transcendent could use his 'rough around the edges' sword techniques to attack Xue Ying all by himself!
"Your defense is quite formidable." The distant, green-skinned, native Transcendent sneered, "My weapons did not clash against yours from the start to the finish, allowing you to defend yourself to such perfection. But what if they clash?"
Xue Ying's expression changed.
The moment they clashed, his spear would certainly be affected aversely.
"Haha, don't you feel despair? Just die submerged in despair!"
The body of that green-skinned, native Transcendent had some faint electricity revolving around it. His speed became even more frightening. Once again, he flashed towards Xue Ying, slashing out with his two swords at an insane speed.
Dang~
Their weapons clashed for the first time.
Xue Ying tried his utmost to defend against the attack. The streams of water revolved around his weapon. Also like water, the snow-white light of each sword came again and again at top speed! It was clearly seen that defending against the attacks was taxing on Xue Ying. Along the clashes of 'dang dang dang', he began feeling even more fatigue as he strenuously defended with his spear, bringing with each clash greater expectations for that native Transcendent.
"The moment has arrived!" At that juncture when their weapons clashed, the spear in Xue Ying's hand became like a python turning itself over.
The native Transcendent felt his swords being stuck to that spear when he slashed out against it. The feeling was like a strange, rotating force leading his swords, and the spear becoming like a dragon exiting from its cave, stabbing outwards explosively.
Based on the speed of the native Transcendent's physique, Xue Ying could not compare with him. With regards to the movement of his weapon, however, he was much faster!
"No." The native Transcendent tried his best to dodge the attack.
"Pu!" That spear pierced through the native Transcendent's shoulder, forming a bloody hole. Following that action, this native Transcendent retreated ferociously backwards, avoiding a second attack by Xue Ying.
"You actually escaped with your life." Xue Ying slightly shook his head.
"You are doing this on purpose in trying to act weak!" The distant native Transcendent growled. Based on his strange and unpredictable spear techniques, how would it be possible for Xue Ying to be suppressed by him? It was entirely on purpose in trying to act weak, allowing him to attack with indulgence. At the same time, when the opportunity arrives, Xue Ying will be like a poisonous snake, assaulting suddenly.
"Your speed is truly very fast and prevented me from striking at your vital points." Xue Ying stared at the shoulder of that native Transcendent from afar - that shoulder hole slowly recovered by itself. Deep green colour blood flowed slowly downwards.
"You only have this trick?" Xue Ying looked at him.
The green-skinned, native Transcendent had a cold expression. He was aware that with the strangeness and unpredictability of his opponent's spear technique, winning would be too difficult.
"Relying on your innate talent of having a frightening speed, it's such a pity that your sword techniques are too rough around the edges and incomparable to even ordinary Legend rankers." Xue Ying shook his head. This native Transcendent's comprehension of the realms was truly too low. His sword techniques were too crude, and he had not comprehended One with the World, much less to say, the Realm of Myriad Existences. It was a waste of time and effort for him to let his opponent attacked with his frightening speed in vain. But through this, he could see the the extent of the threat brought by this native Transcendent!
Should this native Transcendent's comprehension of the Realms reach a greater level, he would assuredly become extremely terrifying!
"Since you do not have any powerful techniques, then this battle will come to an end." As Xue Ying finished his statement, hong long long ~~~ the surrounding seven to eight hundred meters in diameter of area were filled with turbulent waves of water! Actually, the entire battleground was merely one-and-a-half to two kilometers in diameter. At this moment, the enormous surging water maelstrom… completely covered most of the battleground.
"Wow!"
"This…"
The countless mortals widened their eyes as they saw this sight.
The gigantic battleground soon turned into a huge water maelstrom. Standing at the eye of the maelstrom was that black-robed young man. He looked just like a Deity amidst the water! The maelstrom was extremely violent, with a strange undercurrent hidden within, as the swirls constantly rotated. That green-skinned, native Transcendent had a huge change in his expression as he stood within it. That was because he could feel the undulating changes and unpredictability of power in the maelstrom.
"Do you think you can still escape from this?" Xue Ying moved so fast that he left an apparition behind as he went killing over.
"Escape, escape." The green-skinned, native Transcendent tried his best to escape, yet the surging waves of the water maelstrom were too hard to withstand against. If it was just merely some oppressive force, he would not care. However, these sort of undercurrent changes made him unable to bear the attack.
Actually, merely using pure strength to suddenly change the suppressive direction would still cause this native Transcendent who did not have Power Perfectly United as One to suffer!
Much less to say Xue Ying's integration of the Profound Mysteries of the Water and Fire of Myriad Existences. Within the softness was hidden some sort of explosive fierceness, and within the fierceness was hidden the vigor of softness! The undercurrent in this water maelstrom was constantly changing, making even those human Transcendents with higher comprehensions of the Realms to be at a disadvantage.
As he tried running, he would stumble every now and then, with his speed being only thirty to forty percent his usual. But what was more important was that even his 'accuracy' was entirely affected! Every step he took, he would either appear further away, much closer than his intended distance, or that he would suddenly be at an unexpected angle toward his destination.
"No!" The green-skinned, native Transcendent turned his head, looking backwards with his fiery red eyes wide and rounded. He was filled with unwillingness as he tried in defending with his swords.
Pu.
The spear was like a dragon as it stabbed into the place above his eyebrows before it was removed in an instant! There was a finger-shaped hole above the native's eyebrows, though his brains were already turned into a paste.
Native Transcendents were generally extremely powerful. Usually, only after they were beheaded, their hearts were pierced, or their brains were penetrated would they die. As for those who were 'undying', they would be extremely terrifying.
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The countless mortals looked upon the surging waves of water in the huge battleground. The black-robed young man stood on the waves, and beside him, the corpse of the approximately three meters tall, green-skinned, native Transcendent rose and fell.
The battleground arena was filled with silence for a moment. Then, the crowd erupted in excited cheers!
Yu Jing Qiu was full of excitement as she, too, applauded.
"End of the first round of matches. After resting for an hour, the second round will begin!" A loud voice resounded in the entire Hall of Life and Death.
The endless waves of water dissipated.
Xue Ying headed towards an opened door in the corner of the battleground to take his rest for an hour in preparation for the second round of matches.
Chapter 114: A Familiar Opponent.
Translator: Radiant
Editor: Radiant
Hong long long~~~ The gates of the Hall of Life and Death opened slowly. Due to the one hour break, the hall gates would naturally be opened for everyone to walk around during that time before attendees went back to their seats for the next round of battles.
The many mortals felt their blood boiling with excitement after watching the battles.
As for those people located in the eastern viewing platform, they were either in groups of two's or three's, or they might be in groups of eight to ten. These Transcendents were just chatting with one another calmly. To them, they were here to watch the bustling crowds, and at the same time, take this opportunity to meet up with their old friends.
Winning three matches?
How did that even matter? It was too ordinary. If a mage could win three rounds, it might be worth getting excited about as mages would be at a disadvantage when they fought one-on-one battles while not using their own Transcendent treasures! However, a Transcendent knight would fundamentally be good at fighting such battles. As long as they could comprehend the Realm of Myriad Existences, and that they had a wealth of fighting experience, it would be a joke it they could not win at least three matches! And winning this first round of battles was considered as merely ordinary!
Only after winning four to five battles would he be considered as relatively powerful.
And winning six battles would mean that he was someone amazing!
Just like the Vice Faction Head Chao Qing and Chi Qiu Bai… they won six battles in the past, and were considered as amazing warriors already! Winning six battles under the conditions of solely depending on his own comprehension of the Realms and battle experience, while not awakening his primordial bloodline… was something worthy of admiration!
As for winning seven, eight or nine battles… those were usually existences who had already awakened their primordial bloodlines' unique talents!
Just like the recent ten thousand years, 'Dan Qing Yan' had awoken her primordial bloodline that was a unique talent relating to blood. Under the combustion of her own blood, she could raise her own power, speed and other attributes explosively, reaching a state where her body became undying! That year, based upon her own comprehension of the Realms and fighting experiences, she won six matches. After those initial six wins, she engaged her innate talent to increase her combat power explosively. With a body that was close to that of undying… she won the seventh, eighth, and ninth match!
Speaking of the person who set the historical record of winning the most battles, 'Purgatory Knight' Jie Li. His Primordial Bloodline innate talent was something even more mysterious. Even as a mortal, he could manipulate high temperature flames! After becoming a Transcendent, integrating both Profound Mysteries of the Myriad Existences and his Qi, the flame he could innately control became an extremely frightening flame that was termed by Transcendents as the 'Purgatory Flame'. That was why Jie Li was also named as the 'Purgatory Knight'.
This temperature of the Purgatory Flame was so high that it could burn ordinary Sky Realm peak stage experts to death!
The Purgatory Flames burned a fleshly body with such an intense pain. Even withstanding it temporarily, how painful would it be? Furthermore, the Purgatory Flame had an an extreme suppressive force that could prevent his opponent from exerting more than half his usual combat power! With his own amazing comprehension of the Realms, borrowing his innate talent, he finally set down the incredible record of winning eleven battles. Up to the present time, nobody from the Xia Clan was able to match such a record.
Thus, in other words—Those who could achieve great results in this 'Transcendent Battle of Life and Death', other than having great battle experience, one must also have a great innate talent from his primordial bloodline. Xue Ying's innate talent was merely just doubling his power… and amongst the many possible innate talents, it was just a humble talent.
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Thus, right now, when Xue Ying won three matches, the Transcendents were more or less feeling calm, and were chatting casually as it was something quite ordinary.
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Within a garden in the Hall of Life and Death…
Xue Ying was carrying a flat-bottom flagon containing the spiritual liquid from the Stone of Oceanic World. He was sitting in the garden and looking at the plants and flowers around him. Due to the current season - winter - the garden only had a few white flowers and grasses with relatively strong life force surviving.
"Gu gu." He casually drank a mouthful of spiritual liquid from the Stone of Oceanic World. This spiritual liquid had a nourishing effect to his body's Qi and spirit. Thus, it made him comfortable after drinking it.
'The first round of three battles were not very difficult. It was only that native Transcendent who had quite a unique innate talent.' Xue Ying praised, 'His speed was actually double mine!'
Given a choice of doubling one's strength or one's speed…
Almost all of the Transcendents would choose to double one's speed.
'My primordial bloodline innate talent is actually something very ordinary.' Xue Ying had a self-deprecating smile. Regardless of whether it was the Dragon Mountain Manor Head Lord Zhu Yi Hong or the other Transcendents like Chi Qiu Bai, after knowing that Xue Ying's innate talent brought by his primordial bloodline was just a power outbreak, they did highly value such a capability.
"However, when I was weak, this primordial bloodline actually gave me a great help. I'm afraid that if I did not have this primordial bloodline, I would have died to Xiang Pang Yun's hand." Xue Ying did not care much about how ordinary his primordial bloodline was. After all, after transcending… the further one gets, the more important his comprehension of the Realms becomes. Other matters would have a lower priority.
As he was drinking the spiritual liquid from the Stone of Oceanic World, Xue Ying became more focused.
He thought back to the three previous battles, analysing his own execution of each entire battle and learning something from it.
'The second round of battles will be very difficult.'
'According to the rules of Infernal Palace, the fourth battle will be an Qi avatar The fifth match should be a lower ranking native Transcendent! As for the sixth battle, it should be with a middle rank native Transcendent.' Xue Ying thought to himself.
A Qi avatar was only something a Saint Realm expert could create. Through this, the Saint expert could form a human with merely his 'Transcendent Qi' which he could transform freely! Furthermore, as a Saint Realm expert, his soul would be even more formidable to an extent that he could even place part of his soul onto the 'Qi avatar'. This way, the Qi avatar could move independently and exert a relatively strong combat power. Usually when one was adventuring, the Saint expert would use his 'Qi avatar' to explore the unexplored lands.
When such a Saint expert met a great danger, he would lose part of his soul when his Qi avatar died! However, at the very most, the Saint expert would lose some of his vitality which could be recovered eventually. If he were to bash onwards recklessly with his true self… he might lose his life easily!
How powerful the Qi avatar was would be determined by the amount of 'Transcendent Qi' and how much soul was imparted into it.
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The lower ranked, the middle ranked and the upper ranked native Transcendent were categories given by humans to the Transcendent world natives.
These native Transcendents were similar to a weaker version of Primordial Beings, and would thus have some strange innate talents.
According to the innate talents' uniqueness and threat, the humans would categorise them into a lower, middle, and upper rank.
Actually, such categories were gleaned from how the Abyss Devils were categories! The Abyss Devils would be categorized as lower, middle and upper ranking… based on their threat. These Abyss Devils had a threat much more frightening than the native Transcendents. After all, they were frightening existences that came from the dark abyss.
Of course—
Like the native Transcendent which Xue Ying exchanged moves with previously, that expert of similar level with double the speed would merely be categorised as a ,'lower rank native Transcendent'.
A 'middle rank native Transcendent' was extremely frightening.
As for 'upper rank native Transcendents', they were rarely seen. Even the Xia Clan would have a tough time in capturing an upper rank native Transcendent. And after being captured, Demigod Transcendent mages would experiment on these native Transcendents., As such experiments would make them unable to battle, there was almost no chance of them being brought to the Transcendent Battle of Life and Death. After all, investigating the 'bloodline and fleshy body' was something many Transcendent mages would do! Just like the mortal 'Si Liang Hong' from the Azure River County, she was someone who specialised in understanding the bloodline and fleshy body.
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An hour passed in the blink of an eye.
The gate of the Hall of Life and Death was once again closed. The many mortals had long returned to the hall, waiting expectantly for the later matches. These matches promised to be even more remarkable, with the opponents becoming more and more unique!
Within the battleground…
Xue Ying stood by himself as he awaited his opponent to arrive.
"Dong!" the drum beat was just like thunder as it resounded across the entire Hall of Life and Death. Everyone quieted down.
Hua!
A streamer slowly descended upon a mountain rock. This was actually a white-robed, relatively handsome man. He carried a divine sword on his back. His entire body faintly glowed, showing that he was not a body of flesh, but was an avatar of Qi!
Xue Ying looked upon this white-robed man with consternation, "Elder Gong Liang!"
Even though the white-robed man was made up of Qi, he could recognise him with a glimpse that it was in fact, Elder Gong Liang Yuan, the person who led him into the Infernal World!
"Ah ah." The white-robed, handsome man rubbed his nose, before giving a helpless smile, "I have no other choices. Your opponent in this fourth battle is me."