Chapter 131: Despair
Translator: KurazyTolanzuraytor Editor: Lucas
Bang!
Inside Duan Ling Tians body, Origin Energy charged out and broke through the last bottleneck...
A carp leapt over the dragon gate and instantly transformed into a dragon!
At the exact moment the Origin Energy charged through the bottleneck, Duan Ling Tians body instantly underwent an earth-shattering change...
Duan Ling Tian opened his eyes and a smile appeared on the corners of his mouth.
Ive broken through!
Fourth level of the Core Formation Stage!
In these past three months, Duan Ling Tian had never once stopped cultivating as he travelled to the Imperial City, and the facts would prove that his hard work wasnt wasted!
"I can exert the strength of 11 ancient mammoths without using spirit weapons at my current strength.... Thats comparable to an ordinary eighth level Core Formation martial artist! Once I complete the fourth level Core Formation Stage tempering of the fleshly body for the Raging Python Form, I will gain another ancient mammoth worth of strength. That will allow me to possess a strength comparable to a ninth level Core Formation martial artist!" Duan Ling Tians eyes flashed with a trace of a brilliant light.
"Duan Ling Xing, well meet really soon, and at that time, what you gave me, gave Ke Er, gave Li Xuan...Ill make you repay it a hundred fold, a thousand fold, or even ten thousand fold!"
After breaking through, Duan Ling Tians mood was elated, but only when he lifted his head to look did he realize that his mother was still cultivating, and the girls, Li Fei and Ke Er, were both sleeping.
"These two little girls are probably really tired." A light smile appeared on the corners of Duan Ling Tians mouth and his eyes were filled with a gentleness. He planned to use his entire life to protect these two girls and allow them to be the happiest women on this world.
This was the promise he made to himself that wouldnt change throughout his lifetime.
Duan Ling Tian opened the carriage curtain and looked off into the distance.... During this journey, theyd met with some senseless bandits; however, none of those bandits were able to rob and kill them; instead, they were killed by Xiong Quan.
Duan Ling Tian was extremely at ease with Xiong Quan around, and after a short while, he felt slightly exhausted and dozed off.
Before long, Duan Ling Tian was jolted awake by the sound of hurried horse hooves stomping towards them. These sounds came from three horses which had speeds far above the speed any ordinary horse was capable of...
"Three Ferghana Horses?" The sound of the horses grew closer and closer. Duan Ling Tian lifted open the carriage curtain and looked towards the back .What he saw made his brows twitch.
In next to no time, he clearly saw the face of one of the three figures.
Yu Xiang!
"The Yu Clans movements are really fast." Duan Ling Tian eyes went cold as he closed the carriage curtain. He didnt disturb his mother nor Ke Er and Li Fei as he opened the carriage door and sat beside Xiong Quan. "Xiong Quan, the three people behind are coming for me. Stop the wagon at the side and lets deal with them."
"Yes, my liege." Xiong Quan nodded and stopped the wagon at the side of the road before following Duan Ling Tian and dashing towards the back of the wagon.
Neigh!
Neigh neigh~
...
Three Ferghana Horses stopped before Duan Ling Tian. On their bodies was sweat that seemed like fresh blood, and under the rays of the burning sun, it glimmered with a devilish glow.
A young man atop one of the Ferghana Horses stared coldly at Duan Ling Tian as he sneered, "Duan Ling Tian, you know that you cant escape death, so you came over to seek your own doom? What? Hoping to use this to plead us to spare your family?"
"Yu Xiang, youre still as conceited as usual." Duan Ling Tian looked at Yu Xiang and spoke in an indifferent tone. His gaze had never once fallen upon Yu Xiang. Instead, it descended upon the other two people.
An old man and a middle-aged man.
Once a martial artist was above the Core Formation Stage, his cultivation wasnt something that could be easily discerned, but Duan Ling Tian inherited the memories of Rebirth Martial Emperor after all, and by relying on Rebirth Martial Emperors memories, he was vaguely able to discern that the middle-aged man was an Origin Core martial artist, and the old man, on the other hand, was a Nascent Soul martial artist...
This old mans strength was not one bit inferior to Aqua Mist Citys He Clans Supreme Elder, He Zu Dao.
"Humph! Duan Ling Tian, youre still stubborn even when youre about to die! Ill tell you right here right now, even if you come and seek death, I still wont spare your family. As long as its someone related to you, then they will die!" Seeing Duan Ling Tian actually ignoring him caused Yu Xiang to burst with rage.
"What did you say?" Duan Ling Tians face sank and his gaze turned slightly cold. A terrifying killing intent swept out from him towards Yu Xiang.
Threatening his family was taboo to him!
Yu Xiangs expression went ghastly pale and his body started trembling when he was abruptly enveloped by this killing intent, and he actually fell off his horse in a sorry state...
"Hmm?" The old man, or the Yu Clans Grand Elder, Yu Hui, glanced at Duan Ling Tian with a slightly astounded gaze.
Such a killing intent.... Even he, who had killed to make his way through his life till now, had not developed a killing intent of this degree. This youth around the age of 17 was not an ordinary person!
"Youre courting death!" Yu Lis face sank as his legs stomped on the Ferghana Horses body. He launched himself like a rocket towards Duan Ling Tian, then he smashed his palm that swept out with violent winds towards him, causing the sound of air exploding to echo out. "Duan Ling Tian, you killed my son, Yu Hong. Today is the day you die!"
"Yu Hong?" Duan Ling Tians eyes flickered as he came to an understanding. So this man was Yu Hongs father.
As he looked at the 110 ancient mammoth silhouettes above Yu Li, Duan Ling Tian thought in his heart, "This Yu Lis strength isnt bad; he actually cultivated to the eighth level of the Origin Core Stage."
"But this little bit of strength..."
"You dare to be disrespectful to my liege? Die!" Xiong Quan shouted explosively. As he instantly flashed out to intercept Yu Li, 100 ancient mammoth silhouettes appeared above him...
"Seventh level of the Origin Core Stage?" Yu Hui, who still sat atop his Ferghana Horse, was slightly surprised, but didnt have any intention of lending a hand. As far as he was concerned, Yu Li was more than enough to handle a seventh level Origin Core martial artist.
"Humph! A mere seventh level Origin Core martial artist dares to be presumptuous in front of me? Ill kill you first!" Yu Li looked on disdainfully as he sneered, and his palm that approached with tremendous momentum was suffused with Origin Energy as it blasted towards Xiong Quan.
Whoosh!
However, in this very instant, the 100 ancient mammoth silhouettes above Xiong Quan instantly became 200!
"No!!" Seeing this scene caused the sneer on the corners of Yu Lis mouth to completely freeze, and his eyes contained terror.
He never would have thought that Xiong Quan was actually a Nascent Soul martial artist, as 200 ancient mammoths were something only a martial artist above the first level of the Nascent Soul Stage was capable of condensing.
He wanted to stop his attack, but he realized that it was already too late, as the entire strength within him had already been fully poured into this palm strike and was now difficult to withdraw.
"Stay your hand!" Yu Huis expression distorted, as he never imagined that Xiong Quan would have concealed his strength, and his body swiftly flashed out in an effort to save Yu Li. Above him, 300 ancient mammoth silhouettes condensed into form!
"Second level of the Nascent Soul Stage!" Duan Ling Tians eyes flashed when he noticed Yu Hui attacking, but he remained unfazed.
Whoosh!
A three-foot-long blade abruptly appeared in Xiong Quans hand and whistled out to instantaneously flash past Yu Lis throat. After successfully completing his attack, Xiong Quan returned to stand in front of Duan Ling Tian and protect him.
Yu Hui caught Yu Lis body only to notice that blood was flowing violently out of Yu Lis throat, then Yu Li struggled for a few moments and lost all signs of life...
"Second Elder!" Yu Huis expression turned gloomy, as the middle-aged man in his hands was not only simply the second elder of the Yu Clan, he was the younger brother of the Patriarch. Now that Yu Li had died in front of him, how would he return and explain it to the Patriarch?
Since the moment Xiong Quan exerted the strength of a Nascent Soul martial artist, Yu Xiang had been completely dumbstruck. Now that he saw Yu Lis death, his expression went ghastly pale. He pounced forward and continuously shook Yu Lis corpse. It was as if he was unwilling to believe that all of this was real. "Father! Father!..."
Yu Hui put down Yu Lis corpse and strode over towards Duan Ling Tian and Xiong Quan while staring at them with a cold and indifferent gaze.
"Today, even if youre at the first level of the Nascent Soul Stage, you will still die for sure! And you, Duan Ling Tian, after I kill him, I wont kill you... Ill capture you and give you over to be dealt with by Yu Xiang!" Yu Huis cold and indifferent voice sounded as his ice cold gaze flashed past Xiong Quan before descending upon Duan Ling Tian.
"Duan Ling Tian, I will let you see with your own two eyes how I slice the flesh off your body piece by piece. I want you to feel that living is worse than death!" After hearing what Yu Hui said, Yu Xiang looked at Duan Ling Tian with a gaze that emitted a ruthless glare.
Duan Ling Tians face sunk. "Then it would depend on if this old goat is able to live up to your expectations."
Whoosh!
Yu Hui made his move. His speed was so fast that Duan Ling Tian, at his current cultivation level, was unable to catch a glimpse of Yu Hui... Xiong Quan flashed out right after Yu Hui, seeming to be able to easily see through Yu Huis whereabouts as he directly intercepted Yu Hui.
"A mere first level Nascent Soul martial artist, die!" Yu Huis figure appeared as he shouted coldly, and in his hand, a narrow saber that was as thin as a cicadas wing appeared abruptly before whistling through the air as it struck at Xiong Quan!
The light of the saber radiated, and under the rays of the blazing sun, it flickered with a brilliant luster...
"Grade Eight Spirit Weapon!" Duan Ling Tians gaze flickered as he noticed the grade of the spirit weapon in Yu Huis hand.
Meanwhile, beside the 300 ancient mammoth silhouettes above Yu Hui, another 60 ancient mammoth silhouettes appeared. This was the strength amplified by the spirit weapon!
The Grade Eight Spirit Weapon provided a 20% amplification!
Om!
Yu Huis sabre martial skill was extremely remarkable, as it perfectly revealed his entire strength, and his attack moved like a shadow to envelop Xiong Quan.
"Your martial skill isnt bad, but unfortunately, you encountered me." Xiong Quan didnt dodge when faced with Yu Huis remarkable saber strike, and the three-foot-long blade in his hand flashed out to intercept the attack.
"Overestimating yourself!" A sneer appeared in the corners of Yu Huis mouth.
However, in next to no time, his expression completely changed...
What did he see?
Just at the moment Xiong Quan attacked, the 200 ancient mammoth silhouettes above him instantaneously became 400 ancient mammoth silhouettes...
Third level of the Nascent Soul Stage!
And this wasnt even the end. As the spirit sword in Xiong Quans hand trembled, its might was completely revealed. Beside the 400 ancient mammoth silhouettes, another 100 ancient mammoth silhouettes condensed into form...
The spirit weapons amplification was close to 30%!
The strength of more than 500 ancient mammoths against the strength of nearly 360 ancient mammoths, the two of them were truly not on the same level, so the result was easily determined.
Clang!
The Grade Seven Spirit Weapon, the three-foot-long blade, flashed past as it instantly cut the Grade Eight Spirit Weapon, narrow saber, in half, and without losing any momentum continued on to descend upon Yu Huis head...
Yu Hui only had one thought before his death: "Third level of the Nascent Soul Stage... Grade Seven Spirit Weapon..."
Yu Huis severed head that flew off had its eyes opened wide, seeming to say that even till the moment of death, he never imagined that Xiong Quan would possess such strength...
"Grand Elder... No, it cant be! It cant be! I must be dreaming, I must be!" The scene before him caused Yu Xiangs eyes to seem like they were about to split apart, and his expression was extremely unsightly! He muttered in despair while extending his hand to pinch his own thigh...