Chapter 905: Counterattack! Kou Chongxue Breaks Through!
Without a doubt, once the Worlds Will completed its transformation, the heavenly screen started to grow stronger.
The heavenly screen that was above the Jiao Continent started to repair itself, and despite Dugu Yuanshans divine weapon crashing down on them, Liu Jingsheng and Kou Chongxue managed to push it back with the assistance of the Worlds Will blessing.
Above the heavenly screen, Dugu Yuanshan was roaring with anger as he personally appeared on the giant mountain peak that was his divine weapon. He wanted to push it down into the world below, but Liu Jingsheng and Kou Chongxue managed to stop his attempts this time.
Due to the cover of the divine weapon, Dugu Yuanshan had yet to discover the abnormal energy fluctuations around Kou Chongxue. The aura he emitted could cause heart palpitations and it seemed to be going through a mystical transformation!
Liu Jingsheng, who was taking on most of the pressure from the divine weapon and preventing it from destroying the Jiao Continent, was watching sword qi emerge from Kou Chongxues body as they formed some sort of cocoon around him. A complex look hung from his face.
Kou Chongxue wasnt using the support of an Elysium, and he wasnt using any sort of rank six advancement formula from the looks of it! Perhaps, he had seen some records of people entering the Martial Void Realm in the past or he had his guesses, but he would only be able to use them as reference! There was no way to fully copy what they did. In order to enter the Martial Void Realm, Kou Chongxue had to carve out a path of his own!
The road he had chosen was similar to the time he entered the Martial Dipper Realm and established the inheritance for the Tongyou Institution. Naturally, the way to advance would be a lot more difficult than entering the Martial Dipper Realm.
If entering the Martial Dipper Realm was doable with the assistance of the Worlds Will and might bring about benefits to the world itself, what Kou Chongxue was doing would be several times more important. His breakthrough will directly push the foundations of the world to the next stage where it would be able to hold experts in the Martial Void Realm without the constraints of an Elysium!
As the person who came up with and executed the plan for world ascension in the first place, Kou Chongxue was undoubtedly the greatest beneficiary of the blessing of the Worlds Will.
As the blessing of the world descended on him, the doors of the Martial Void Realm creaked open. Grabbing hold of the opportunity, Kou Chongxue stepped through the gates and world origin from all directions poured directly into his body. It was a shame the world had just undergone a transformation and didnt possess enough world origin for him to advance. Fortunately, he made his preparations a long time ago. With the Stellar Cauldron appearing beneath his feet, the world origin Shang Xia absorbed from the Azure Flame World poured out in an endless tide as it was swallowed by Kou Chongxue who resembled a black hole at the moment.
Dugu Yuanshan didnt give up on his attack as his divine weapon was pressed deeper into the world. As the giant mountain pressed down against Kou Chongxue, he was like a piece of metal being refined in a smithy. The pressure the divine weapon brought tempered him even further as turbid qi emerged from his body. All the energy that could remain in him experienced some sort of transformation and the pressure from Dugu Yuanshans divine weapon also served to hasten the process.
Liu Jingsheng was watching the entire process clearly and he knew what was happening to Kou Chongxue.
Despite already having stepped into his current cultivation realm, he only managed to do it with the help of the Xiangyang Elysium. Looking at Kou Chongxue, he was starting to feel the constraints a lot more than before.
Envy filled his heart when he looked at Kou Chongxue. He understood that he was far inferior to Kou Chongxue when it came to the way they advanced. Even though he was superior to other experts in the same cultivation realm in a certain sense when he borrowed the power of the Xiangyang Elysium, he was shackled in place!
No matter how envious or even jealous Liu Jingsheng was feeling at the moment, all of those feelings were suppressed by his anticipation of Kou Chongxues successful breakthrough.
He understood that in their current circumstance, only by stepping into the Martial Void Realm would Kou Chongxue be able to find a way to turn the tables.
Without holding back, Liu Jingsheng burst forth with all his might as he resisted Dugu Yuanshans divine weapon. He was even shouldering a portion of the pressure placed on Kou Chongxue at the moment.
As time ticked by, the might and prestige of a Spirit World started to form. Along with the strengthened heavenly screen. The Worlds Will was also able to increase the suppression of foreign experts.
Those experts who passed through the heavenly screen back then felt their cultivation realms falling by another level. Before the transformation, experts who were in the third element of the Martial Dipper Realm would barely be able to display combat power comparable to those in the second element of the Martial Dipper Realm with the suppression and those in the fourth element would only be comparable to those in the third element.
Now that the suppression increased yet again, their strength fell even further.
At the same time, the defending experts experienced an increase in strength!
The most obvious impact of the world ascension wasnt just the suppression of the foreign experts. The heavenly screen, which was growing stronger, started to expand. With the sudden movement of the heavenly screen, it was possible for experts of the Azure Ascension World to kill the experts of the Spirit Abundance World who were caught off guard and had their strength suddenly suppressed.
The situation might have taken a turn for the better, but overall, the experts of the Azure Ascension World were still at a disadvantage.
The experts of the Spirit Abundance World might have their strength suppressed even further, but there were just too many of them! By the time the world ascension was complete, there were at least twice as many Martial Dipper Realm experts of the Spirit Abundance World than the Azure Ascension World. Also, the suppression they felt at the heavenly screen was far from what they would feel if they entered the world.
That wasnt all. The spatial tunnels were still churning out Martial Dipper Realm experts one after another.
Rumble
A sudden deep blast came from the north.
Turning to look in the direction of the disturbance, a single thought entered the minds of the experts of the Azure Ascension World. Another Holy Land has been sacrificed!
Which one is it?!
Even though many people couldnt guess what was going on, they understood that not many powers would choose to sacrifice themselves, even if they were already in an extremely desperate situation!
Even if the experts of the Spirit Abundance World managed to completely plunder a Holy Land, they wouldnt go crazy and destroy it. After all, that would only cause the world origin to return to the world.
That could only mean that someone else was behind it!
Everyone immediately thought of the same thing.
The Northern Sea Mystic Sect!
They were the only ones who had additional energy to interfere with matters related to other factions!
Moreover, Zhang Xuansheng was the person who was yelling for Kou Chongxue to sacrifice a Holy Land in the first place! As such, he became the main suspect now that a Holy Land had been sacrificed.
With the Desert Gate and Zhenyang Gate already sacrificed, how many Holy Lands were there in the Azure Ascension World?
In the Beyond Heavens Pavilion of the You Continent, the institutions counterattack started swiftly, and they were much more decisive than the other factions.
With Shang Xia completing the refinement of his ninth set of fate dipper essences, his combat strength leaped to the forefront of the Martial Dipper Realm experts of the Azure Ascension World. Even Kou Chongxue, who comprehended his martial intent to reach the grand completion stage of the Martial Dipper Realm, might not be his match!
Well that was just the conclusion Shang Xia reached after evaluating whatever he had seen. After all, there was no way Kou Chongxue and Shang Xia would ever come to blows.
He didnt actually have to compare himself to Kou Chongxue. If he were to fight existences at the level of Lu Wuzi, Jiu Du, Yifeng, or Huang Jinghan, he was confident that he could defeat anyone in a one-on-one battle.
Possessing overwhelming strength, Shang Xia left the territory of the Tongyou Institution. He flew about the heavenly screen above the You Continent to slay any expert of the Spirit Abundance World he came across.
At that moment, he was the hunter and they were his prey!
Also, Shang Xia was confident in his abilities now that he had broken through and also had the assistance of the Worlds Will. He felt that no matter how many Martial Dipper Realm experts showed up to fight him, he would be able to escape unscathed. No matter how many of them came, they wouldnt be able to do a thing to him!
What made others even more speechless was the fact that they couldnt accurately discern Shang Xias strength! Since he hadnt refined his tenth set of fate dipper essences to enter the large completion stage of the Five Element Realm, as long as he didnt intentionally release his presences, those who could sense him would think that he was a first element Martial Dipper Realm expert!
Those who detected his presence above the heavenly screen as he was flying around would think that they had found an easy prey, but the moment they confronted him, they would realize how wrong they were! [1]
At least 4 experts of the Spirit Abundance World fell into his trap as they tried to sneak up on Shang Xia.
It went without saying that they were detected the moment they tried to approach.
The first expert who was slain was a third element Martial Dipper Realm expert. As he entered his attack range and was about to make his move, he discovered a five color light ring closing in rapidly on him. Before he could even sacrifice a Fate Dipper Clone, his soul was destroyed.
Shang Xia managed to retain 80 percent of the fate dipper essences he refined and retrieved 3 Fate Dipper Fragments as his reward for winning.
Only then did Shang Xia realize the extent of his power. He was more than capable of fully suppressing an existence at the third element of the Martial Dipper Realm!
The second expert from the Spirit Abundance World was in the fourth element of the Martial Dipper Realm. With his abilities, he was able to split off a Fate Dipper Clone to take his place in death as he tried to escape. Unfortunately, after losing a Fate Dipper Clone, Shang Xia managed to trap him in the Five Element Space and destroyed his soul with a Five Element Palm.
The last person put up the greatest fight. Realizing that his fate was sealed, he chose to destroy the fate dippers he refined. Shang Xia only salvaged a limited number of fate dipper essences from him and after searching through his belongings, he didnt find too much. Not many items caught his eye.
However, how could treasures belonging to a Martial Dipper Realm expert be useless?
At the end of the day, Shang Xias standard was just too damn high. Even treasures that come from the Spirit Abundance World couldnt catch his eye. To him, more than 95 percent of treasures were useless.
Finally, he was ambushed again. This time there were 2 of them and he nearly fucked up.
One of them who attacked was in the third element of the Martial Dipper Realm while the other was in the fourth element. Shang Xia didnt screw up because of how strong they were. Instead, the fourth element Martial Dipper Realm expert had some special method to hide their aura and Shang Xia failed to detect their presence.
They managed to catch him off guard, but despite the sneak attack, Shang Xia heavily injured the third element Martial Dipper Realm expert in their first exchange. The hidden expert had to save his fellow companion and revealed himself.
Shocked by their sudden appearance, Shang Xia prepared to defend himself. He might not have suffered at their hands, but it was a rude awakening.
Whatever it was, the battle was still ongoing.
Fortunately, he had the Five Element Ring to protect himself. With his Five Element Dipper Qi as the foundation, the protective barrier around him was extremely powerful. It stopped the sneak attack for a moment and allowed him to react earlier.
Facing the fourth element Martial Dipper Realm expert, Shang Xia sent out another Five Element Palm. A five colored light filled the void around him and there was no hiding for any of them. Void seemed to be frozen and escaping was proving to be difficult as Five Element Dipper Qi poured out from his body and transformed into bolts of lightning that formed a prison around the 2.
Shang Xia came up with the lightning prison after gaining inspiration from the Lightning Birds breakthrough and when he unleashed the skill at his current cultivation realm, the power it contained was simply tyrannical!
The third element Martial Dipper Realm expert who appeared first to sneak attack him and was injured in the process stared at everything that was happening with his jaws agape.
By the time he snapped back to reality, attacking Shang Xia was the least of his concerns. In fact, he threw the entire notion of fighting Shang Xia away. Helping his companion who appeared to save him wasnt on his list of things to do either as he turned around to flee!
The other expert from the Spirit Abundance World who was trapped in the lightning prison at the moment was no ordinary expert. Shang Xia had to pay a great deal of attention to suppress him and couldnt care about the one trying to escape.
Actually, he didnt think that the other expert would be so decisive when making his escape.
After killing the fourth element Martial Dipper Realm expert, he found a rank five talisman that hadnt been used. As a rank five Talisman Grandmaster, he could tell that the talisman was the reason why they managed to hide their presence from him in the first place.
When Shang Xia was still studying the talisman in his hand to learn the crafting method, a familiar aura burst forth from the Beyond Heavens Pavilion above the Jiao Continent.
Sword qi filled the space above the heavenly screen!
Outside the Azure Ascension World, anyone who was holding a sword felt it trembling in their hands. It didnt matter if it was a divine weapon, a graded weapon, or an ordinary weapon. It trembled like a leaf in wind.
Shang Xia turned to look in the direction of the Beyond Heavens Pavilion above the Jiao Continent and was surprised by the sight. The black mountain that emitted gloomy light had been flipped upside down!
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