Chapter 611: Chapter 610: The 5th Monster
Halfway up Mount Wanxiang.
With a flash of hazy light, Fu Tong appeared onto the platform, his face grim.
"Damn it, is this something a human could get through?"
Fu Tong could not believe that there was any Limit Supreme Lord in the world who could withstand the onslaught of sixty-four crystal puppets at the high-level of Limit Supreme Lord, let alone resist. It would be a miracle if one could even last fifteen minutes.
The Four Unruly Geniuses, they didn’t have arrogance, but they had proud bones, so they absolutely disdained to reveal their achievements in the fifth round. As a result, the Martial World only knew about the content of the fifth round, but not about the best historical record.
"The Four Unruly Geniuses ranked in the top four of the genius list, and I ranked sixth, I wonder what the gap is."
Steadying his mind, Fu Tong looked up and found unexpectedly that all the geniuses present were looking at him with complex expressions, including Wu Siming, Huan Yundu, and others.
"Congratulations Brother Fu, you are the last one to come out among the participants of this test."
A leisurely young man, with a red line drawn on his forehead, laughed out loud. It was none other than the Evil Intent Young Master from the Yundai region.
The scale of this examination was much larger than any previous ones, making it extraordinarily lively. And as the Evil Intent Young Master was exactly thirty years old, he naturally wouldn’t miss this only opportunity.
In addition to the Evil Intent Young Master, Yan Buhui from the Yundai region, and even one of the Gemini stars, Bai Zhanmei, were all present. The former two were eliminated in the second round, while Bai Zhanmei lasted until the third round.
Having seen the gap between him and the top genius, the Evil Intent Young Master was greatly dispirited. However, he also had the idea of making friends, so he took the initiative to show goodwill to Fu Tong before anyone else.
"The last one to come out?"
Fu Tong raised his eyebrows, the smile on his lips hadn’t fully bloomed before he forcefully retracted it.
What was there to be happy about, wasn’t this what he had expected? He was only concerned about where his name would be placed on the Ten Thousand Forms Stele.
As the content of the first four rounds is different each time, the participants couldn’t possibly estimate their rough scores by comparing themselves to their predecessors. They could only wait for Mount Wanxiang to announce the final result.
"Brother Fu, you are undoubtedly the head figure of our generation. I believe you will definitely be able to compete with Young Master Duanfang who is second on the stele."
The Young Master of Evil Intent continued to flatter with a smile.
His words were quite sophisticated, everyone knew that the genius list was divided into several levels, the top four belonged to one bracket, and five to ten were another bracket.
Like the fifth-ranked Duanfang Xiu, the eighth-ranked Zhang Tianpeng, and the ninth-ranked Ji Morou, all of them were in the second row of the Ten Thousand Forms Stele. Fu Tong, however, ranked sixth, which should at least entitle him to the second row.
In this way, it both conformed to reality and subtly raised the other party’s status, showing his own sincerity.
Fu Tong looked deeply at the Evil Intent Young Master, pretending to disregard, saying: "That’s not necessarily so. I do hope that in this generation, someone can emerge from the crowd and add a bit more glory to our Tian State Martial World."
"It’s too difficult, Brother Fu. You are a rare talent that appears once in hundreds of years. How many people in the world can surpass you?"
The Evil Intent Young Master shook his head convincingly.
Many people could hardly bear to watch, how could this man be so shameless, to flatter so openly? He was simply thick-skinned.
But there were also quite a few people showing their agreement.
Setting aside the flattery of the Evil Intent Young Master, his words made some sense. In fact, this generation of geniuses was widely recognized as the highest quality batch in hundreds of years.
Apart from the Thousand-faced Witch who had not yet taken the examination and Fu Tong whose results were not yet out, all the others in top ten of the genius list were on the first and second rows of the Ten Thousand Forms Stele. This was unprecedented!
To have another person emerge who could surpass the second row and approach the first row, the chances were too slim.
At this point, the numerous geniuses halfway up the mountain had finally calmed down. Now the only expectation was the results they could achieve, the few who had entered the fifth round.
...
In the fifth round, an intense battle was underway.
With a swing of his sword, Shi Xiaole and a crystal puppet passed each other. The hilt of the sword, struck the opponent’s chest, and with a touch of his left index finger, he deflected the three long swords aimed at him from behind. At the same time, he leaped up to dodge the dozen or more sword Qi that were thrust sideways.
"I got the vital point wrong again."
Although the hilt of his sword struck the crystal puppet, it only succeeded in knocking it back but not killing it. Shi Xiaole couldn’t help but shake his head in regret.
Capturing the vital points seemed to be always getting harder. At this moment, he found that the vital point of the crystal puppet was changing. It might have been in the chest a moment ago, but it could be on the back the next moment, he couldn’t afford a single mistake.
Clang, clang, clang...
More than twenty swords rushed at him from all directions, Shi Xiaole swung his sword to meet them, sending sparks flying in an instant. He had just barely blocked one wave with the speed of his sword, when the second wave attacked precisely.
After the second wave, the third wave of crystal puppets were already poised to attack.
If it was anyone else, they would definitely lose their rhythm within this ferocious attack. But Shi Xiaole was clear-headed. Everything was just a facade, being a swordsman, his task was to find the essence and hit it with a single strike.
"Point through the surface, first focus on attacking a single puppet."
As Life and Death Dual Qi rotated and Wind True Intent accelerated to its limit, Shi Xiaole was swinging dozens of swords in a single breath. After barely blocking the three waves of attacks, he finally locked onto a puppet and rushed straight at it like the wind.
Whoosh!
That puppet was hit in the vital point and disintegrated on the spot.
In the same way, Shi Xiaole moved around amongst the group of puppets, trying his best not to get surrounded, and sought for the weakness of his prey like a hunter.
After seven moves, he broke through numerous obstructions and took down the second puppet.
Then came the third, the fourth...
Seconds and minutes passed by.
With the decrease of the crystal puppets, his pressure also decreased, he became more composed in his moves and in finding the weaknesses. It took him a quarter of an hour to kill a total of sixty-three puppets.
"Die!"
When he pierced through the chest of the last puppet, Shi Xiaole suddenly retreated quickly.
The next moment, this puppet exploded on the spot, the furious Qi spread in all directions, shaking the void. If his reaction was a just bit slower, Shi Xiaole could only stop at this round.
Phew!
Droplets of sweat trickled down, Shi Xiaole was breathing heavily, his handsome face flushed red.
Even with his combat power, killing sixty-four crystal puppets was not an easy feat, as it not only consumed a massive amount of physical strength but also a massive amount of mental power.
"He truly passed the test!"
On the mountaintop, the several elders, who witnessed this scene, were left speechless for a long time.
"Now we can be sure, he is on the same level as the four monstrous prodigies, he can be called as the fifth prodigy! Hahaha, the Martial World of the Tian state is about to witness some excitement."
"Incredible, incredible that one more such figure could appear."
From the debut of Shi Xiaole till now, it was just a few 2-hour periods, but the shock he had left with these elders was enormous.
After no more than a few moments of rest, to Shi Xiaole’s expectation, the number of the crystal puppets changed from sixty-four to one hundred and twenty-eight, encircling him in a round formation.
Bang!
The first wave of attack was like a tsunami, a madness that was more than twice as strong as before.
"Fierce Wind Hundred Turns!"
Forced to this point, Shi Xiaole had to resort to his special moves.
The howling green Sword Qi circled around Shi Xiaole, incessantly rushing and fiercely crashing into dozens of the encircling crystal puppets.
The powers of both sides cancelled each other out, in the end, over a dozen of the Crystal puppets were knocked away, while the rest continued to charge in. However, even those knocked away puppets remained unharmed.
Clang, Clang, Clang...
The flow of Life and Death Dual Qi, Shi Xiaole quickly made his move, exchanged tens of rounds with the charging crystal puppets. Suddenly, his arm felt numb, pushing him to retreat continuously.
This was the first time he was forced back during a head-on confrontation.
Puppets are not martial artists, Shi Xiaole was unable to recover his Vigorous Air through Undying Seven Illusions, resulting in a significant consumption of his power.
Moreover, these puppets were harder to kill than before. Using his mental strength to ascertain, Shi Xiaole concluded that their weak spots were constantly changing at a rapid pace with no pattern.
Which means, unless you can attack all of their bodies in a flash, there would be no hope to kill them.
"Wind of Lingxi!"
Leaping up, Shi Xiaole swung his sword towards the ground below.
Hiss Hiss Hiss ...
A crystal puppet covered in Sword Qi exploded into pieces with a bang.
Whoosh!
Almost the same time Shi Xiaole made his move, a sharp Sword Qi rained down from above, narrowly avoided by his timely use of the Life and Death Dual Qi.
However, from all eight directions, multiple Sword Lights appeared, at least twenty in number, they attacked Shi Xiaole in quick succession.
Swipe.
The sleeve of his green shirt was torn, a shallow cut was marked on his right shoulder by a sword. At the critical moment, Shi Xiaole twisted his body, swiftly dodging the fatal blow, and flew away.
He was no longer at his peak state, the conversion of Life and Death Dual Qi was naturally not as fast as before, let alone the diminished defensive effects of the Undying Seven Illusions. Even in the past, it would be difficult for him to fend off such a dense attack unscathed.
After all, no matter how fast the Life and Death Dual Qi was, it still needed time.
Luckily, Shi Xiaole had cultivated the Vajra Unbreakable Body, otherwise, he would have been severely wounded just now.
"Soul Extinguisher!"
Facing the charging crystal puppets, Shi Xiaole unleashed his lethal move.
The pitch-black Sword Light appeared like a line of death, cutting across dozens of crystal puppets, the black air successfully seeped into their bodies. However, besides slowing their movements, not a single puppet was killed.
"As expected, I must accurately strike the weak points."
With no choice left, Shi Xiaole had to keep dodging while executing Fierce Wind Hundred Turns. Although the power of Fierce Wind Hundred Turns was not as great as the Wind of Lingxi, it was more manageable due to its smaller energy consumption.
Under his relentless offensive, one puppet after another fell. But at the same time, Shi Xiaole was ambushed by the puppets multiple times during his attack, his body covered with numerous injuries.
Hiss!
Finally, he began to bleed. Vajra Unbreakable Body also needed to be driven by Vigorous Air, and there was a limit to what it could bear.
Hiss Hiss Hiss.
Blood flowed incessantly from the wound. Shi Xiaole’s face was expressionless, his green clothes had turned to bloody robes, yet he didn’t stop his attack.
He didn’t use the Undying Seven Illusions to heal his wounds, because under the conditions where he couldn’t transform the opponent’s Vigorous Air, the Vigorous Air needed for healing could cause him to lose faster.
At one point, Shi Xiaole’s right arm was hacked off at the elbow, he immediately switched to wielding the sword with his left hand. His shoulder, both legs, abdomen, waist...each getting stabbed and pierced in succession, his body was almost completely covered in wounds.
Half a 2-hour period later, he had already killed as many as ninety-eight crystal puppets, but he himself became a blood man, with less than half of his power remaining, even the setting sun in the distance was tinged red.
The brutal scene caused the hearts of the elders on the mountaintop to tremble incessantly.
"I understand now."
Once again falling into the encirclement of thirty crystal puppets, Shi Xiaole’s pale face suddenly showed a faint smile.
He finally discovered the secret of these puppets. The changes in their weak points were indeed unpredictable, but they were influenced by other puppets, they changed according to their changes.
With full force he charged ahead, Shi Xiaole’s back, left ribs and right shoulder were hit by three swords, but his sword also swiped across the right heel of a crystal puppet.
The puppet suddenly collapsed.
"He discovered it?!!"
Upon seeing this, the elders were greatly shocked, they couldn’t believe it.
