Chapter 442: The Void Straw Man's Point Sweep (Part 2)

The Void Straw Man took a step and appeared 100 meters away from the Three-Fold Diejie Mountain, then Zhao Xing began searching for protruding rocks.

"The task of digging the Three-Fold Diejie Mountain says you can dig anywhere. The more boundary mountain stones you dig out within the specified time, the more points you get."

"However, for the vast majority of Dao Domain Realm experts, the only places they can dig are the exposed corners of the mountain."

"The rest of the places are a unified whole; the boundary mountain stones have been fused with the void for many years and cannot be dug out at all. Only the protruding parts have hope."

Zhao Xing was searching; he didn't land on the mountain because once he did, the timing would start.

"Hmm?"

His gaze suddenly swept to a silhouette.

It was an old man wearing a khaki dharma robe, with five earth veins like ribbons circling his body, standing in front of a smooth cliff at the foot of the mountain, shaking his head and sighing.

"The mountain peak has no edges or corners because the void has fused with the mountain body; even after experiencing several cycles of reincarnation, I'm afraid it's hard to finish digging..."

"... With the help of a treasure hoe, I still haven't completed it; I've really disgraced my teacher."

"..."

Some words reached the ears of the Void Straw Man.

Zhao Xing vaguely felt that this silhouette was somewhat familiar.

"Taigu Zhi Qiu's attire? Could this person be Emperor Venerable Hong Shan's Great Disciple 'Tao Heavenly Yang Zi'?"

"This person doesn't look for edges and corners to dig, but stands in front of a unified cliff, seemingly thinking of a plan; it's very clear he's not an ordinary Earthly Benefit Faction Si Nong."

"The straw man cannot use the panel to see, and I don't know if it's him."

Zhao Xing felt that this person was very likely the Great Disciple of Emperor Venerable Hong Shan who was ranted about by the Five Poisons Emperor.

"Tao Heavenly Yang Zi can mobilize a lot of manpower and material resources; in my previous life, I even called him Senior Brother..." Zhao Xing felt a bit nostalgic, but the other party's silhouette only appeared in his field of vision for a moment, and after that, he could no longer see or hear him.

"Forget it, focus on the matter at hand."

After searching for two hours, Zhao Xing quickly confirmed the area he wanted to act on.

A mountain corner, a thousand miles long, slanting through two layers of the void, like a sewing needle.

"It's you."

The Void Straw Man immediately approached, and after touching the barrier, the timing began.

"Five-Finger Mountain!"

The Void Straw Man raised its hand to attack, and the Great Divine Ability Five-Finger Mountain immediately grabbed toward the mountain corner.

The five fingers were like mountains, quickly gripping the thinnest top corner, and began to exert force, attempting to break it off.

"Bang bang bang!"

The mountain corner had already bent, and the distortion triggered void tremors, with shockwaves spreading outward.

Ten breaths later, it had tilted by more than ten degrees.

The commotion was loud, but the mountain corner did not break.

Debris fell quite a bit, and some boundary mountain stones fell off.

"The effect is not ideal." Zhao Xing thought to himself. "Wanting to break it, I'm afraid it's still lacking something."

The Void Straw Man, combined with the Fifth-Stage Great Divine Ability Five-Finger Mountain, could even break Taiyin Dao Soldiers.

Yet it couldn't break a thousand-mile-long mountain corner of the Diejie Mountain.

"The void energy is constantly repairing the boundary mountain corner; the toughness is too high, I must think of a way."

Zhao Xing observed carefully and continued to exert force.

"Big, big, big."

The Void Straw Man quickly grew larger and began to absorb the surrounding void energy to 'increase its weight'.

One was to try to prevent the Diejie Mountain from self-repairing, and the other was to increase the Void Straw Man's own weight to add brute force.

Five-Finger Mountain, combined with the Void Straw Man's weight increase, attempted to crush this thousand-mile section of the mountain corner.

Fifteen days later.

"Boom!"

The mountain corner was finally broken and completely collapsed.

"Whoosh~"

Zhao Xing flipped his hand and put away this section of the mountain corner.

A month later, Zhao Xing obtained two thousand-mile-level mountain corners.

At this time, he also received a point reminder from the Primordial Realm.

【Coral-level member Zhao Xing, you have completed the Three-Fold Diejie Mountain digging task.】

【Within the specified one-month time, you collected two thousand-mile mountain corners, which can be converted into 12.54 million boundary mountain stones.】

【You obtained 12.54 million points, not entering the record leaderboard.】

"12.54 million points." Zhao Xing was a bit surprised. "Even so, I didn't enter the record leaderboard?"

The Diejie Mountain leaderboard is also similar to Wind-Thunder Canyon, both comparing members of the current session.

He actually failed to enter the top ten; how many boundary mountain stones did the top ten dig out in one month?

Opening the leaderboard to look.

【First place: Li Chuan, 54.16 million stones.】

【Second place: Wan Qinghan, 42.25 million stones.】

【Third place: Qianchi Daoist, 40.12 million stones.】

【Fourth place: Lan Wu Yue, 38.5 million stones.】

【Ninth place: Pu Tianrui, 35.01 million stones.】

【Tenth place: Wu Yanlin, 32.1 million stones.】

"In the top ten, only Pu Tianrui and Wu Yanlin are Self Faction Si Nong, and they are just hanging at the tail end."

"Tuo Sen, who has always been strong, didn't make the list, and the rest are all Earthly Benefit Faction Si Nong, whether auxiliary or combat-oriented." Zhao Xing looked at the data.

"Every profession has its specialty; opening mountains and digging stones is, after all, something the Earthly Benefit Faction is more professional at."

If he didn't know the Great Divine Ability Five-Finger Mountain, relying solely on the Void Straw Man's own abilities, it would be impossible to break a thousand-mile-long mountain corner.

In fact, there was no technique to speak of just now; it was just brute force.

Although he broke off a section of the mountain corner, it also cost the Void Straw Man a lot of spiritual power.

Just in terms of efficiency in doing this task, it certainly wasn't as good as Earthly Benefit Faction Si Nong who knew Earth Palace techniques, Earth-Splitting techniques, Mountain-Opening techniques, Spirit Mountain techniques, etc.

"Brute force can probably only break a thousand-mile-long mountain corner; the time spent and the power consumed are too great, it's not cost-effective." Zhao Xing analyzed. "Five-Finger Mountain is, after all, a Mountain Technique Great Divine Ability, not an Earth-Splitting Technique Great Divine Ability."

"From the perspective of efficiency, choosing a hundred-mile-level mountain corner is more appropriate."

"See if I can make the list."

Zhao Xing didn't force a ranking; after all, the Void Straw Man wasn't omnipotent.

His path of dual cultivation hadn't even started yet; he only knew one Great Divine Ability Five-Finger Mountain for the Earthly Benefit Faction, and he didn't have any Great Divine Ability for the Heavenly Time Faction.

It was very normal to be unable to compete with specialized Earthly Benefit Faction Si Nong.

He planned to try one more time, and regardless of success, he would leave and go to the next location to sweep.

"Five-Finger Mountain!"

After Zhao Xing reset the count, he began to aim for the hundred-mile-long mountain corner.

Compared to the thousand-mile-level mountain corner, the hundred-mile-level one was much easier to deal with.

In less than half a day, he could harvest one.

Time passed, and a month later.

"Boom!"

A hundred-mile-long mountain corner was broken and collected by Zhao Xing.

As time expired, the Primordial Realm quickly sent a prompt from the Star Mirror.

【Coral-level member Zhao Xing, you have entered the record leaderboard at seventh place, obtaining an extra 25.08 million points.】

"Seventh? Not bad; another 25.08 million points in the account."

"My Void Straw Man has already tried its best, but there is still a large gap with those in front; let's go, it's time to go to the next location."

Since he had tried his best and still couldn't break it, he wouldn't waste time here.

Zhao Xing's cultivation plan had always been very clear; he wouldn't suddenly change his mind because of a moment of impulse and go learn new Earthly Benefit Faction spells.

"To learn Earthly Benefit Faction spells, it's best to seek teaching from the strong in Taigu Zhi Qiu."

"First, cultivate the first layer of 《Extreme Land》; although I joined the Primordial Realm, the Empire and Taigu Zhi Qiu have a friendly relationship. Once I cultivate 《Extreme Land》, I can apply to be an 'exchange student' at Taigu Zhi Qiu."

"Second, find some connections; if Emperor Venerable Hong Shan also comes, then I can just ask him for advice. In any case, he remembers me, and Emperor Venerable Hong Shan is a good person, so he should agree to my request for advice."

Making plans in his heart, Zhao Xing disappeared from the Diejie Mountain area.

"He went to Diejie Mountain." Han Qianye chased to Diejie Mountain, but was one step late again. "And he broke the digging record of Diejie Mountain?"

"Hiss, is the Void Straw Man really that powerful?"

"He knows the Mountain Technique Great Divine Ability." True Person Miaosong said, "It shouldn't be entirely the power of the Void Straw Man."

"Diejie Mountain penetrates three layers of the void; if it weren't for the Void Straw Man, where else could one cast a Great Divine Ability in such a place?" Han Qianye retorted, "That's dreaming!"

Han Qianye remembered the scene of passing through Taichu City with Zhao Xing and said with some annoyance: "Why didn't we persist a bit more?"

True Person Miaosong said: "Before seeing any hope, Zhao Xing was the only one who persisted during the Golden Cultivation Period for a thousand years; his persistence and love for the straw man technique far exceed others, so it is fitting he obtained this technique."

The Void Straw Man's continuous level-passing and changing of locations was very fast.

On the total point leaderboard, his ranking also climbed steadily.

Entering the Primordial Realm in the year 1775, Zhao Xing's speed was very slow, only at the Seaweed Seventh Stage; among a group of geniuses, this speed was mediocre, and his ranking was also at the bottom.

However, after the Void Straw Man was mastered, it only took a few days to reach Coral First Stage.

Then he began to sweep through various levels in the Primordial Realm.

In the year 1776 of entering the Primordial Realm, Zhao Xing's points rose like a rocket.

Three months later, Coral Second Stage.

Four months later, Coral Third Stage.

One year later, he had already reached Coral Fifth Stage.

When the Primordial Realm recruited over 18,000 Si Nong from the three factions, there were only seven Coral Fifth Stage members.

And Zhao Xing's points exceeded Tuo Sen's by over 500 million, ranking first on the Si Nong profession point leaderboard.

Roar~~

The Si Nong of the Primordial Realm suddenly boiled over.

"Passed, passed, really reached first place!"

"Watching him surpass everyone with my own eyes, rushing all the way to the top of the list, it's truly heaven-defying!"

"Extra points come from the levels set by the Primordial Realm; first place on the point leaderboard can be called the first Si Nong of this session!"

"The Six Saints of the Primordial Realm? I see, there is only one Primordial Saint, and that is Zhao Xing!"

"Rushing to the top of the list in one year, seeing through the mysteries of all the levels in the Primordial Realm in one year, he is worthy of being the man taken as a disciple by Gu Luohe."

"Hmph, this person's opportunity is too great; he has taken all the good things, I'm afraid he will become a target for everyone!"

"There are already a bunch of people blocking Zhao Xing now; I don't know if he will accept anyone's challenge or cultivate silently?"

"Not clear, there are more than just Si Nong from this session sending challenge letters to Zhao Xing; there are also many people from other professions coming to join the fun."

"Can't hide; there are too many people who want to witness the Void Straw Man..."

【Boundary Star Annihilation】, Level Three.

Boiling Mars crashed into the top-level star land.

"Boom!"

The ocean was instantly evaporated, which seemed to be a signal, and the entire top-level star land began to boil.

The destructive aura that swept everything passed through a certain place on the top-level star land.

Like a grain of rice, the brilliance was instantly moved away.

【'Boundary Star Annihilation' Level Three level-passing failed, no points obtained this time.】

In the cultivation room, Zhao Xing's true self opened his eyes.

"Failed again; the forty-eighth attempt of the Void Straw Man still stopped at Level Three of Boundary Star Annihilation."

"It is rumored that there are 108,000 ways for Boundary Star Annihilation, used to describe the manifestation of the Dao in the annihilation stage."

"The Void Straw Man can't even pass Level Three."

Zhao Xing understood that his sweep should come to an end.

Along with the level-passing, every aspect of the Void Straw Man had been explored by him.

Knowing where the limit was, there was naturally no need to do any more useless work.

"Sweep ended."

The Void Straw Man was directly dissipated, and Zhao Xing very decisively abandoned this clone.

"In the past year or so, I have been blocked and chased by many people, all of whom wanted to spar with me."

"The vast majority were to witness the Void Straw Man; a small part wanted to achieve their fame by defeating me."

"Because I have become more famous this year."

Zhao Xing smiled.

"Want to witness the Void Straw Man? Not showing it to a single one!"

"If I accept one, there will be countless more."

"Want to step on me? Idiots, wasting the great time of cultivation for vanity."

Opening the Star Mirror, information like mountains and seas rushed in; Zhao Xing cursed while despising them.

"Old man, I have 3.7 billion points now; why would I play these games with you all."

"Point challenge? You don't have that much money."

To this, Zhao Xing directly turned on the unified reply:

No challenges accepted; if you want to witness it, you can ask Senior Zuo Zuo Qiyu, the Primordial Envoy!

"No challenges accepted; if you want to witness it, you can ask Senior Zuo Zuo Qiyu, the Primordial Envoy?"

Primordial Divine Tree, in Thousand-Star City, Du Yun read out a message from the Star Mirror.

"It seems he didn't read my message at all; he used a unified reply."

"Du Yun, could it be that your face isn't big enough." The mechanism master Zhan Ze beside him joked: "Zhao Xing is now known as the first saint of the Primordial Realm, and he even learned the legendary Void Straw Man."

"Zhao Xing is definitely not that kind of person." Du Yun smiled: "This has nothing to do with face; even if I weren't Du Yun of Huangsha Ferry, but just ordinary Du Yun, if he saw it, he would definitely come to see me."

"That's true; I have also spent some time with him, Zhao Chen'an is still quite loyal." Zhan Ze restored his body from liquid to human form. "Last time I took his order in Marquis Tian You Ancient Country, I made quite a bit of money from him; if we meet, we can just catch up on old times."

"Let's do the serious business first." Du Yun put away the Star Mirror, "I heard that not only people from our Origin Heavenly Palace have arrived, but people from Taigu Zhi Qiu, the Reincarnation Divine Hall, the Wilderness Ancient Country Alliance, and the Academy have all come here."

"The development of the Siyue Wilderness is of great importance, and I don't know what the decision above will be." Zhan Ze also stood up. "I heard the teacher say that they want to let the geniuses of all parties fight to decide the development share; if this proposal can be passed, it will save a lot of trouble. Du Yun, you alone could sweep all the geniuses."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 443 =====