Chapter 321: Wiped Out! The Ten-Fold Trial of the Heavenly Snake God (Bonus Chapter 35)

"Luo Erbi Si is dead?"

"One strike!"

"This?" Fu Yuan, Yu Fang, the bald youth, and the others, whose flight speeds were slower, were all stunned when they saw this scene.

They had anticipated various scenarios, such as Luo Erbi Si being blasted away, or Luo Erbi Si being suppressed by Li Yuan... but they had never imagined that Luo Erbi Si, the strongest among the four of them, would actually be blasted to death by Li Yuan in two strikes!

This meant that the gap in strength between the two sides had reached a shocking level.

They did not know that if Li Yuan's Profound Meaning of Wind had not broken through, he might not have been able to kill Luo Erbi Si so easily.

But after successfully condensing the Profound Meaning of Wind, in terms of skill level alone, Li Yuan could almost be considered one of the top-tier peak Heaven-Flying powerhouses, and his attacks were becoming increasingly terrifying.

"Did the Spirit Spear break through to the Heaven-Flying level?"

"Is he a Heaven-Flying martial artist?"

"Regardless of whether he broke through, the Spirit Spear's strength is definitely at the peak of the Heaven-Flying level." The three of them were also geniuses; at this critical moment, their reaction speeds were extremely fast. Their speed dropped sharply, and they immediately prepared to scatter and flee for their lives.

At this moment, only one thought remained in the minds of the three—flee separately!

"Fleeing?" Li Yuan's body was like a shooting star, his speed erupted to the maximum, and he swiftly charged to kill the other three.

The gap between their flight speed and Li Yuan's was too great, and because they had just charged over, the distance between them and Li Yuan was already very close.

Boom!

In just a few seconds, Li Yuan had already approached the black-clad youth Fu Yuan, and the long spear in his hand stabbed down directly.

"No! I haven't become a Demigod yet! I can't die!" Fu Yuan desperately unleashed his Star Art, his domain rumbled and swept toward Li Yuan, and he swung the twin swords in his hands, attempting to block Li Yuan's long spear.

"Poof~"

A spear strike swept across, splitting the domain in two, sending the twin swords flying, and the spearhead, carrying terrifying power, smashed fiercely into his skull, causing his head to explode directly.

The number one Source martial artist of the Tianliang Civilization, 'Fu Yuan', dead!

"Even Fu Yuan is dead."

"It's completely over." The two Heaven-Flying martial artists both felt a tremor in their hearts. They possessed Heaven-Flying level Source power and their flight speeds were slightly faster, but seeing this scene, their hearts were filled with terror.

Whoosh!

Li Yuan, having killed Fu Yuan, had cold eyes. Without hesitation, his figure moved and shifted direction, sweeping toward Yu Fang like a gust of wind.

"Kill!"

"Even if I die, I definitely won't let you have it easy." Yu Fang, who had always been calm in the face of any situation, now had a twisted expression. His entire body surged with cyan airflow, fierce and surging. His hands gripped a huge battle spear tightly, and he suddenly turned back to stare at the whistling Li Yuan.

"Whoosh!"

The bronze battle spear, extremely ancient, suddenly stirred up a large amount of cyan airflow, twisting as it stabbed straight toward Li Yuan.

This strike was definitely the strongest strike of Yu Fang's life, and also his desperate counterattack on the edge of life and death.

"Poof~"

The battle spear was sent flying, and his body exploded.

Yu Fang, dead!!

"He has courage, worthy of being the first Source martial artist of the Tianliang Civilization within the Mingxu Star Realm to choose to step into the Heaven-Flying level." Li Yuan thought to himself, praising the other's courage.

But precisely because of this, when it came to killing, Li Yuan would be even more merciless.

Whoosh!

He waved his hand and collected the many treasures left behind by Yu Fang.

"Only you are left." Li Yuan's gaze fell on the bald youth in the distance.

The bald youth had only fled less than ten kilometers.

Boom!

Li Yuan's speed did not diminish, and he rapidly closed in on the opponent. The bald youth's face was full of terror; he knew clearly that he was definitely no match for Li Yuan.

Among the four of them, his strength was the weakest.

"Lord Spirit Spear, I am willing to surrender! Willing to surrender!!" The bald youth transmitted his voice in terror repeatedly.

Thump~

The bald youth even knelt down directly in the void, kowtowing to Li Yuan.

Seeing this scene, Li Yuan couldn't help but be stunned. After many great battles over the past few years, this was the first time he had seen such a scene.

But Li Yuan understood in his heart that facing the step-by-step approach of death, not everyone could face it calmly; there would always be those who feared death.

Fearing death is the instinct of life.

Whoosh!

Li Yuan did not act directly; he landed in front of the bald youth, his voice cold: "You surrender? What value do you have to me?"

"I am willing to give all the many treasures on my body to you, my lord." The bald youth said in a low voice.

Once he made up his mind to survive, he had no more hesitation.

"If I kill you, the treasures will be mine anyway." Li Yuan looked down at him, revealing undisguised killing intent.

"I can tell you intelligence, my lord, about much of the intelligence regarding the Wan Mo Civilization and the Tianliang Civilization." The bald youth said in a low voice.

"Intelligence?" Li Yuan shook his head: "Do you think that with my strength, facing others from the Wan Mo Civilization, I still need any intelligence? Or do you know the secrets of the inner layer of the mothership?"

The bald youth choked.

Indeed, the strength Li Yuan displayed was too terrifying, definitely rivaling the peak of the Heaven-Flying level. Even Xue Yan was definitely no match for Li Yuan. Within this mothership, he was nearly invincible.

"I am willing to become a secret agent for the Qixing Civilization within the Tianliang Civilization, a secret agent!" The bald youth hurriedly said again: "I am willing to provide intelligence for the Qixing Civilization."

"A secret agent?" Li Yuan's eyes narrowed: "Like this, I will ask you, and you will answer. If the answer satisfies me, I can consider letting you go."

"Please speak, my lord." The bald youth said hurriedly.

"I ask you, how many people from the Wan Mo Civilization and the Tianliang Civilization came in?" Li Yuan stared at the bald youth: "What about Lu Lei and Xue Yan? Why don't I see them?"

This was what Li Yuan cared about most.

"Lu Lei is already dead, killed by the Heavenly Snake Beast Emperor." The bald youth said hurriedly: "We originally had seven people. Just after entering the mothership, we encountered the ambush of the two great Beast Emperors, and two died on the spot... It was Xue Yan who used a secret treasure to trap those two Beast Emperors, and only then did we escape."

Li Yuan immediately understood that the two forces had already fought once before.

"Later, the five of us followed the guidance of the Alien God Envoy and came here." The bald youth said in a low voice: "But among the four of us, Luo Erbi Si and Fu Yuan became named disciples... In the end, only Xue Yan became a personal disciple and broke into the inner layer."

"The four of us had just come out of the trial ground together, and then we encountered you, my lord." The bald youth said with a bitter smile.

"Xue Yan, became a personal disciple of an Alien God?" Li Yuan's vigilance grew even higher.

Worthy of being the number one genius of the Wan Mo Civilization of this generation.

No wonder the deity Beiyue would accept him as an inner-sect disciple... Li Yuan knew very well that the requirements of living deities and dead deities for their disciples were often very different.

"What about the Wanlin Beast Emperor? What about Yu Jinghe? Have you seen them?" Li Yuan asked in succession.

"After we came in, we haven't seen them." The bald youth shook his head hurriedly.

Time passed.

Under Li Yuan's questioning, the bald youth recounted his entire process in the mothership, as well as the many secrets within the Tianliang Civilization that he knew.

Whoosh!

Suddenly, a ray of light flashed past, and a head flew off.

Until death, the bald youth's eyes were full of astonishment, seemingly unable to believe that Li Yuan would kill him directly.

"A pity."

"If I had the legendary technique that could control a person's soul and consciousness, perhaps I would have controlled you and spared your life." Li Yuan sighed inwardly: "But I don't have such means."

"Moreover, you broke through to the Heaven-Flying level in the Mingxu Star Realm, so it's not easy to control... And in the future, I will sweep through the many alien races in the Mingxu Star Realm, so how could you be a secret agent?" Li Yuan shook his head slightly.

With only threats, Li Yuan could not allow him to survive.

"If what this Liang Qi said is true, then the geniuses of the Wan Mo Civilization and the Tianliang Civilization in the mothership are left with only one Xue Yan."

"If I enter the inner layer and kill Xue Yan."

"The top geniuses of this generation of the Wan Mo Civilization and the Tianliang Civilization will be wiped out." Li Yuan thought to himself.

Geniuses like Lu Lei, Luo Erbi Si, and Fu Yuan all had great hope of becoming Demigods in the future.

Now that they had all been beheaded, it should be a relatively large blow to both civilizations.

Whoosh!

Time passed, and Li Yuan collected all the treasures left behind by Luo Erbi Si, Fu Yuan, Liang Qi, and others.

He returned to beneath the statue of the Wind-type Alien God.

"According to the many pieces of intelligence I have learned before." Li Yuan pondered silently: "Brother Yu, Xue Yan, and the Wanlin Beast Emperor among the three great Beast Emperors should all have broken into the inner layer of the mothership."

"Brother Yu broke in first; counting the time, it has been more than a month."

"Xue Yan broke in last; it seems he has only been in the inner layer for less than ten days?" Li Yuan thought to himself.

Immediately, Li Yuan's gaze fell on the seventh stone wall again, and he continued to cultivate and comprehend.

"According to Liang Qi's intelligence."

"This trial ground of the Alien God is not purely about skill comprehension." Li Yuan thought to himself: "I will comprehend for three more days; after three days, I will go in."

While Li Yuan was still accepting the trial in the Alien God area.

Tianliang Civilization, Tianliang Star.

In the ultra-large conference room of that warship, it was already silent.

The Heaven-Flying martial artists and Demigods who had received the news had all rushed to the conference room, and no one dared to speak.

Everyone was looking at the two figures in the center of the conference room exuding powerful auras—Demigod Jin Liang, Demigod Ye An.

"They are all dead!"

"What happened? What exactly happened?" Demigod Jin Liang's face was livid: "Fu Yuan, Yu Fang, Luo Erbi Si, Liang Qi—those four, how could they all die in such a short time?"

They all died.

The geniuses of the Tianliang Civilization who entered the mothership this time were all wiped out!

Especially Fu Yuan, who was his personal disciple and on whom he had pinned high hopes... he actually died too.

"Luo Erbi Si is also dead." Demigod Ye An's eyes were cold, revealing a trace of anger.

He was equally annoyed.

He brought three geniuses this time, and now, only Xue Yan was left alive.

The key was that no one knew how these geniuses died.

Were they killed by the Beast Emperor? Or killed by the Spirit Spear who entered? Or killed by the dangers of the mothership itself?

A long time passed.

"Jin Liang." Demigod Ye An spoke slowly: "Looking at it now, the danger level of this suspected mothership god-ground exceeds our imagination... I suggest, do not easily send Source martial artists or Heaven-Flying martial artists in again."

"I know." Demigod Jin Liang said with a bitter smile: "I don't have any stronger power in my hands to send in either."

"Now we can only wait."

"See if Xue Yan can come out alive. Only by figuring out the intelligence within the god-ground can we prescribe the right medicine." Demigod Jin Liang said.

... Time passed.

The news of the deaths of Luo Erbi Si, Fu Yuan, and others also spread back to the Qixing Civilization through some secret intelligence lines.

Within the Xia Nation.

"They are all dead?" Demigod Baishan was somewhat surprised: "That Luo Erbi Si, his skill level should have been close to the sixth stage high-tier, and he died too?"

"Yes!"

"They are all wiped out. According to intelligence, they died in a very short time. Now only one Xue Yan is left." Fang Hai nodded gently: "Moreover, according to the intelligence we control... the Thousand-Eye Beast Emperor seems to have died too."

"Can you confirm it?" Demigod Baishan was shocked.

"Yes!"

"The Thousand-Eye Beast Emperor left a 'Spirit Ball' in the outside world, but that Spirit Ball has now become an ownerless object. It is highly probable that the Thousand-Eye Beast Emperor is dead... This news came from the Beast King force belonging to the Thousand-Eye Beast Emperor. This group of Heaven-Flying Beast Kings wants to negotiate peace with us." Fang Hai said: "They want to submit to us, but hope that we can carve out a territory for their tribe to multiply and live."

"They have a good plan." Demigod Baishan shook his head: "Seeing no hope of victory, they want to find a better way out."

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"I think, let's agree to them first, to ease the conflict."

"These Heaven-Flying Beast Kings want time, and we need time too." Demigod Baishan said: "Now that Yu Jinghe and Li Yuan are both away, it is not appropriate for us to have large-scale conflicts with these Heaven-Flying Beast Kings."

"Hmm." Fang Hai was absent-minded, seemingly thinking about other things.

"Do you think Li Yuan did all these things?" Demigod Baishan suddenly said.

"Highly probable."

"Luo Erbi Si and the others might not have been killed by Li Yuan." Fang Hai said seriously: "But the Thousand-Eye Beast Emperor... that god-ground, the three great Beast Emperors have gone deep into it many times. The danger of the god-ground itself shouldn't be able to threaten them. Except for Li Yuan being able to kill them, I can't think of anyone else."

"If this conjecture is true." Demigod Baishan sighed: "Even the Beast Emperor died at Li Yuan's hands, the strength he exposed before... I'm afraid it's not all of it."

"Hmm." Fang Hai had a trace of expectation in his eyes: "Perhaps, he can bring us more surprises."

"The premise is that he can come back safely." Demigod Baishan sighed softly: "I am actually a bit worried about his safety now."

Mingxu Star Realm, inside the mothership, Alien God area.

Three days after killing Luo Erbi Si and the others, October 12th.

Whoosh!

Li Yuan finally stood up and glanced at the remaining three stone walls: "My comprehension of the seventh stone wall has improved, but if I continue to cultivate, it will be difficult to make great progress in a short time."

It is time to enter the inheritance ground.

Whoosh!

Li Yuan's figure moved, and he flew into the dark passage behind the nine stone walls.

Just as he stepped into the passage area, Li Yuan felt an invisible fluctuation sweep over. He did not resist... This trial ground was left behind by the six great Alien Gods and the Heavenly Snake deity together.

It was pitch black all around.

Li Yuan only felt an invisible force wrapping around him, drifting with the waves, and before long, he saw a beam of light... falling directly onto the ground.

This was a much broader hall.

"A passage?" Li Yuan turned his head to look; behind him was a passage entrance exuding cyan light.

Besides this cyan light entrance, there were five other entrances not far away.

"Just as Liang Qi said, the six Alien God trial passages actually lead to the same trial ground." Li Yuan thought to himself: "It's just that the marks on the body are different."

On the surface of Li Yuan's body, an invisible force was acting, and his whole body was exuding a layer of hazy cyan light.

This meant that he had come to accept the inheritance of the 'Wind-type Alien God'.

Hum~

A large amount of light gathered in the void, condensing to form a burly figure with a single horn. His gaze fell on Li Yuan, carrying a trace of a smile: "Spirit Spear, we meet again."

"Senior Qiu." Li Yuan said respectfully.

"Since you have come to accept the inheritance, then everything will be done according to the rules." Venerable Qiu Bing said: "You are accepting the Wind-type Alien God trial. The first item is to imprint the profound fluctuations of the nine great stone walls you comprehended before... It doesn't have to be exactly the same, as long as it forms the same level of profound fluctuations."

Whoosh!

Venerable Qiu Bing waved his hand, and immediately nine huge stones flew over from not far away, the material exactly the same as the stone walls outside.

"Understood." Li Yuan nodded.

He knew this was a test of skill level.

In fact, Venerable Qiu Bing should know his strength... It's just that he should be a 'world spirit' similar to a world within a world, and all actions must follow the orders of the Alien Gods.

Whoosh!

Li Yuan's heart moved, and he had already drawn upon the power of heaven and earth, swiftly leaving marks of profound meaning on each stone wall.

The first six stone walls were imprinted completely.

The seventh stone wall was relatively incomplete.

"Senior, is this enough?" Li Yuan looked at the burly figure with a single horn.

"Enough." Venerable Qiu Bing said: "You are only a second-rank life form. According to the instructions of the six great Alien Gods, comprehending three stone walls gives you hope of becoming a named disciple."

"You comprehended six stone walls... there is hope of becoming a personal disciple."

"But you should know very well that for a powerhouse to grow, while skill comprehension is the foundation, it is ultimately only one aspect." Venerable Qiu Bing said: "True strength is what represents everything."

"Star pulse star arts, skill comprehension, combat consciousness, weapons, etc., many aspects together constitute the strength of a powerhouse." Venerable Qiu Bing said.

Li Yuan couldn't help but nod, listening quietly.

"Therefore."

"Back then, the Heavenly Snake deity and the six great Alien Gods jointly set up ten trials, which are strength trials aimed at every inheritor."

"According to the different life levels and ages, the difficulty of the trial will also be different." Venerable Qiu Bing said: "If you can pass three trials, you can become a named disciple."

"If you can pass six trials, you can become an inner-sect disciple or personal disciple of an Alien God, and be qualified to enter the inner layer."

"What if I pass nine or ten trials?" Li Yuan was curious.

Ten trials were set up, but passing six trials gave hope of entering the inner layer.

What were the later trials for?

"If you pass six trials, even if you get the Alien God inheritance, you still need to pass several difficult barriers in the inner layer to have hope of entering the core area of the inner layer and coming into contact with the things left behind by the Heavenly Snake deity." Venerable Qiu Bing looked at Li Yuan, his eyes seemingly filled with expectation: "However, if you can directly pass ten trials... then, you can directly enter the core area of the inner layer."

"However, so far, no one has been able to do it."

Li Yuan's eyes lit up.

Directly enter the core area of the inner layer?

Listening to Venerable Qiu Bing, although Xue Yan and the Wanlin Beast Emperor had already entered the inner layer, they should not have reached the core area yet.

"Good!"

"I will only say this much. As long as you enter the center of the hall, the trial will begin." Venerable Qiu Bing pointed to the huge circular arena in the hall in the distance, which had a diameter of over ten kilometers: "By the way, this inheritance trial does not allow you to use your own weapons... you must use the prescribed standard weapons."

Clatter~

Venerable Qiu Bing waved his hand again, and the ground beside Li Yuan suddenly cracked, revealing a huge cave, from which hundreds of weapons flew out.

There were all kinds of weapons such as blades, spears, swords, halberds, shields, and hammers, as well as battle suits.

"You can choose any weapon; they are all third-rank weapons." Venerable Qiu Bing said: "You can even bring more weapons and put them into storage treasures for backup; you can choose up to one hundred pieces."

"Yes!" Li Yuan nodded.

Whoosh! Li Yuan waved his hand and directly collected a large number of weapons from the void, a full one hundred pieces.

"You really took so many?" Venerable Qiu Bing was stunned.

"For backup." Li Yuan smiled. He had his own calculations; if these weapons were not taken back... then just one hundred ordinary third-rank weapons were worth over ten thousand Qixing points.

The value was not low.

"Senior Qiu, can this trial only be attempted once?" Li Yuan asked.

"No!"

"Everyone has three chances in their lifetime." Venerable Qiu Bing shook his head: "But as age increases, when you come to attempt it again, the difficulty of the trial will also increase... So, whether you attempt it once or three times, there actually won't be much difference."

"After all, this trial is essentially testing potential."

"Understood." Li Yuan nodded, thinking to himself: "Age? I have just passed 20 years old, and I am only a second-rank life form... the difficulty of the trial shouldn't be very high."

"I hope I can pass the ten-fold trial in one battle." Li Yuan had a desire in his heart.

Long nights bring many dreams; he would strive to break into the core area of the inner layer in one go.

Of course, Li Yuan knew very well in his heart that his Star Art belonged to the strongest among countless Source martial artists, and even Gu You said it was the 'ultimate of Source martial artists'... but his strength could not yet be considered the limit of Source martial artists.

Because there was still some room for improvement in his comprehension of the Dao.

"However, the Heavenly Snake deity is not the top-tier deity in the vast heaven and earth." Li Yuan thought to himself: "The ten-fold trial he set up shouldn't be aimed at the limit strength of Source martial artists."

Thinking clearly about everything.

Whoosh!

Li Yuan had already claimed a long spear and a battle suit as his own, wearing them respectively, and leaped into the arena in the center of the hall.

Just as he entered.

"The ten-fold trial, officially begins." Venerable Qiu Bing's voice sounded in Li Yuan's mind again: "Remember, as long as you fly out of the arena range, the trial is considered over."

"If you cannot bear it, then shout 'I surrender', and the trial will also end."

"Remember, every trial has a time limit. Kill the opponent as quickly as possible, otherwise, with a large number of warriors stacking up, your pressure will become greater and greater."

Before his voice fell.

Hum~ Hum~ Hum~ He saw that on the ground around the arena, a large amount of silver liquid rose up, swiftly condensing to form figures of silver-armored warriors.

These silver-armored warriors had eyes full of killing intent, staring at Li Yuan in the center. They held different weapons, such as long spears and large hammers, exuding powerful auras.

In the blink of an eye, in the area around the edge of the arena, over a hundred silver-armored warriors had already formed.

"Liquid robots?"

"Or puppets?" Seeing this scene, Li Yuan instantly thought of the Hundred-Battle Arena of the Ancient God Palace... the opponents he had chosen were somewhat similar in scene, but the opponents in the Hundred-Battle Arena were condensed from golden liquid.

Clearly, powerful deities were accustomed to using such methods to cultivate younger disciples.

When the number of condensed silver-armored figures reached three hundred.

"Boom!"

"Boom!" These silver-armored warriors holding weapons swiftly turned into streams of light, whistling as they pounced to kill Li Yuan.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 322 =====