Chapter 373: The Island Masters Threat (1/2)
Chapter 373: The Island Master's Threat
Translator: SwammpedEditor: Hitesh_
'My goal of proclaiming myself as Astral Reaching tyrant is finally met.' Ye Chen wasn't being arrogant, but simply stating the truth.
In terms of sword intent, he was at the realm of Sword Soul Embryo, with a power rivaling True Sword Soul realm, and sufficient strength to contend against ordinary Sea of Soul realm sword artists.
In terms of cultivation base, although he was only at the late Astral Reaching realm, it was hardly any different from the peak of late Astral Reaching realm. After all, he cultivated a peak earth rank technique- Green Lotus Sword Arts, and had cultivated it to the peak of thirteenth layer. His True Yuan far exceeded experts of peak Astral Reaching realm both in quality and quantity. He was not inferior, but only superior.
In terms of mentalities, Ye Chen had attained the limits of thunder and wood mentality, followed by fast and slow mentality, then cloud mentality and earth mentality. Be it quality or number, he was at the forefront.
In terms of martial skills, all the skills he had were of peak quality.
His movement technique was Shadow Transformation technique, and had the amplification of Flo Three Mystery Spell- peak earth level techniques.
His sword technique was Green Lotus Sword Arts, which consisted of nine styles in total, and each style being more powerful than the previous. It was no less than a peak earth level technique.
Heaven Disintegrating Cloud, which had already been fused up to the seventh style, had a might no less than that of the eighth style.
Four Swift Strikes, the sword technique he had created by himself, used the fast concept as basic. Each strike was swifter than the previous, and was unrivaled as far as swiftness was concerned.
It was possible to say that apart from not possessing an upper level artifact, Ye Chen had completely surpassed other Astral Reaching paragons, and that too not just by a small amount.
More frighteningly, even after arriving on this step, Ye Chen's potential still hadn't been exploited to the limit. In terms of cultivation base, he could ascend to the peak of late Astral Reaching realm, whence his battle power would further increase by twenty percent, and this twenty percent would equivalent to thirty-forty percent of his peers.
Dual Sword King and Iron Sword King's will sculptures had crumbled. Looking at the flagstone before their rubble, Ye Chen shook his head, 'Forget it.' Xuan Hou was Xuan Hou, and Ye Chen was Ye Chen. There was no need to leave behind the sign of his presence here.
His gaze moved from the flagstones to the first, Star King's sculpture. Ye Chen thought out aloud, ”Star King's will approaches the heavenly dao. It should be much more powerful than Battle King's. Of course, if I were to cultivate martial dao, I would have risked my life to face his trial. Unfortunately, I cultivate the sword dao. Although I need not stick to the old conventions tightly, now is not the time. Someday, when my accomplishments of the sword dao reach the level of Battle King, I'll be able to absorb all the knowledge available and sharpen my sword dao.”
”Let it be for the fated one in the future!”
Ye Chen turned around, heading towards the closed stone gate.
Rumble!
The stone gate slowly opened from inside. From the crack, Ye Chen saw Grand Elder Chen and Liu Mei sitting on the ground in meditation.
”Grand Elder Ye, you succeeded?” Grand Elder immediately regretted his words as soon as he said them. What a joke! If Ye Chen hadn't succeeded, he would have been dead already. Accepting will's test was not like a master teaching their disciple. It was a matter of life and death. Ye Chen had walked out alive and kicking, which meant that he had successfully passed the test.
Ye Chen didn't bother with his words and faintly nodded, ”You two really won't take the test? Such an opportunity doesn't come by easily.”
Liu Mei shook her head, ”I can't. A King's will test is not something anyone can take at will. Reaching the Seas of Soul realm in this time lifetime is enough for me. As for the higher realms, I have no hope. I believe this test won't give me the talent to enter Life and Death realm either, so why take the risk?”
”Grand Elder Liu is correct. Not anybody can sustain the attack of a King's will. On True Spirit continent, only three out of ten who take the test can make it out alive, and none among these ten lack an astonishing talent. There is no need to encourage us.”
Ye Chen was silent. It was just as they said. Accepting this test was indeed a dangerous task. Dual Sword King's slaughter sword will could even slice his will into thousands of pieces. If it had been someone else, their will wouldn't have lived, and if that happened, they would die in reality as well. Iron Sword King's will was even more frightening; it completely shattered his will, and he couldn't even feel his own existence. He felt completely muddled, not even knowing whether he was alive or dead. If he had not relied on his immortal intent, he believed that the chances of him overcoming this state were no more than thirty percent.
To undergo a test of King's will, one must have the qualifications. Otherwise, death was inevitable.
Before leaving, Grand Elder Chen and Liu Mei glanced inside the partially opened stone gate. With great astonishment, they saw that two out of the eleven sculptures had collapsed. Did this mean Ye Chen had undergone two tests back to back? Such a will was terrifying.
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”Eh, there is a conveyor gate inside the stone forest, though it hasn't been activated.” Ye Chen's soul power range had become enormous. On the third day, he eventually found a hope to leave.
Of course, to conceal his soul power, Ye Chen didn't immediately announce his discovery. Instead, he willfully moved in that direction and only told them when they were within fifteen li from the gate.
”Conveyor gate, haha! There is hope.” Grand Elder Chen let out a sigh of relief. This place was too desolate. If they were to be stuck here forever, their lives would be miserable. On Bewilderment Fog Island, there were millions of people and a lot of experts. It was countless times better than here.
Liu Mei also revealed a smile, ”Although it's not activated, something is always better than nothing.”
The conveyor gate was slightly damaged. On its surface were carved some simple and unadorned lines, which were ever so slightly shining. This conveyor gate was clearly not trash.
”Let's all three of us channel True Yuan together and see if it activates.” Grand Elder suggested.
”Alright!”
Ye Chen and Liu Mei nodded.
Ha!
The three occupied three corners and gently pressed against the door. The Zhen Yuan in their entire body soared as they uniformly channeled it into the door.
As Zhen Yuan entered the door, the lines increasingly brightened, and a black light soon circled through the lines.
Buzz!
The lines shone resplendently, and a black vortex appeared inside the gate.