Chapter 970

The stakes for this bout were enormous, even including a Great Dao Divine Ability.

Fang Yu sat upon his Wang Zuo and found it all rather wondrous.

Back in the Kanli Great World he had still been a young prodigy, and so he had represented the Kanlishen Sect in the Four Great Worlds' martial tournament, seized first place, and obtained a High-Grade Dao Item imbued with the power of a world.

But now, having returned to the Xuanhuang Great World, the situation had changed again. As one who had cultivated to the 3rd Stage of the Longevity Secret Realm, Cave Heaven realm, he was a legend among legends, a myth among myths. Wherever he went he outranked the older generation; placed among the Gedamen Sect he would be at the level of a Supreme Elder. Naturally, he could not now take the field in person to contend with these juniors.

So the first to leap onto the arena stage today was not he, but Wan Lianshan of the Wanggui Xiandao.

This man, flushed with success, had received from Exalted Linglong a Divine Ability at the Perfection of the Nine Transformations of the Profound Heaven. He was now only half a step away from the Longevity Secret Realm, and so he was the first to leap onto the stage, eager to Yaohuiyi Society the heroes of the world.

"Who will come and face me in battle? To add a little splendor to Exalted Linglong's birthday tribute?"

On the arena stage, Wan Lianshan let out long howls one after another, and a treasured sword sprang from its sheath in his palm.

"Then let me come and test your unrivaled Divine Ability."

As the words fell, a figure shot up onto the stage — it was the Mo Shuai of the Xiantianmo Sect.

The Mo Shuai stood with his hands clasped behind his back, empty-handed, yet possessed of a bearing that made him look not like a cultivator of the demonic path, but rather a man of the immortal path whose cultivation had borne fruit.

The moment the Mo Shuai took the stage, he immediately drew the attention of many, and a great buzz of discussion rose.

"Wan Lianshan against the Mo Shuai — this truly is a bout of Long Zhenghudou. Wan Lianshan has just received the Divine Ability bestowed by Exalted Linglong, is only one step away from the Longevity Secret Realm, and is the number one figure on the Longevity Reserve List who has come this time — his strength is unfathomable. As for the Mo Shuai, he is one of the most outstanding sons of the Xiantian Great Emperor, and is greatly valued by him!"

"Indeed. The Xiantian Great Emperor is rumored to have several thousand beauties in his harem and over eight hundred sons, yet this son, the Mo Shuai, is especially favored by the Emperor. Although the Emperor has several other sons who have all cultivated to the 10th Stage of Divine Abilities, the one sent this time to represent the Xiantianmo Sect in offering birthday tribute to Exalted Linglong is still the Mo Shuai. His cultivation base is only at the 9th Stage of Divine Abilities, Heaven and Earth Dharma Aspect."

"I wonder whether the Xiantian Great Emperor's other sons are jealous of the Mo Shuai, and even want to get rid of him. The Great Emperor of the Mo Sect simply has too many sons — the competition is extremely fierce."

"Don't think about such things. In this contest between Wan Lianshan and the Mo Shuai, who do you think will win?"

"I think it's Wan Lianshan. The benefits Wan Lianshan has gained this time are simply too great — the tribute he offered was actually rewarded on the spot by Exalted Linglong, whereas the arm the Mo Shuai sent up was not rewarded there and then."

"I favor the Mo Shuai more. After all, his old man is the Xiantian Great Emperor, while Wan Lianshan's old man is nobody. How about we make a wager — a High-Grade treasure, what do you say?"

"You're playing for such high stakes? A High-Grade treasure? Then I'll risk my life to keep a gentleman company — a High-Grade treasure it is!"

A great clamor of discussion rose up. Some experts of the Divine Ability Secret Realm even began to wager, with the stakes being a High-Grade treasure. Clearly, for experts of this caliber, wagering a High-Grade treasure was already an extremely extravagant act — yet many were only too glad to indulge.

Each and every one of them was utterly thrilled; they loved nothing more than watching disciples of the immortal path and the demonic path duel.

Upon the arena stage, the two unrivaled prodigies had already begun their contest. Wan Lianshan struck first — he opened his mouth and spat out a stream of water Qi, a deep, gleaming blue in color. Every single drop carried the force of a thousand jun, and it was in fact an extraordinary divine water: the One-Yuan Heavy Water. This divine water was immensely heavy; a single drop could crush a person to death on the spot, and it could extinguish all manner of fire Qi, being the bane of every flame under heaven. Especially when this One-Yuan Heavy Water was refined into one's magic power, the water-system Daoist Gang Qi one cultivated became the most vast and powerful of all.

Facing the One-Yuan Heavy Water, the Mo Shuai moved. With a flick of his fingers, white rainbows shot out from between them, piercing through in every direction, and at once blocked the One-Yuan Heavy Water outside. Then countless white-bone rainbows surged forth in an instant, reaching Wan Lianshan's very presence and transforming into a cage of white bone.

"Xiantian White Bone Divine Ability!"

Six characters left Wan Lianshan's mouth. He laughed heartily, his body stirred, and suddenly the void was filled with surging tides — tides that formed a rolling Sea God, striding the waves and chasing the surge.

In the blink of an eye, the entire arena stage had become a world of ocean. Wave upon wave of tide and heavy water swept forth — a surging, overwhelming force that shattered the Mo Shuai's Xiantian White Bone Divine Ability outright.

Wan Lianshan, an expert at the 10th Stage of Divine Abilities, was only one step away from the Longevity Secret Realm. His magic power was now immensely vast, nearly reaching sixty million Xuanhuang Stallion-force. Especially since he cultivated the supreme water-system Divine Ability of the Wanggui Xiandao, his Dao and magic power were all the more vast and profound. Wherever he passed, it was like a great ocean surging forward without pause, pressing directly toward the void where the Mo Shuai stood, leaving the Mo Shuai no Hedeji Society at all.

In terms of raw power, Wan Lianshan's strength clearly surpassed the Mo Shuai's, and so this expert intended to crush his opponent by sheer force and seize victory.

As he strode forward, a suit of armor even condensed directly within his body — ancient and simple in style, yet gentle, with faintly glimmering runes upon it. Many great formations operated within, and magic power surged and flowed.

This was a purely defensive Low-Grade Dao Item.

As the foremost true-disciple of the Wanggui Xiandao, Wan Lianshan possessing such a Low-Grade Dao Item was only to be expected.

This Low-Grade Dao Item armor of his was also a famed magic treasure, known to many.

Xuantian Guiling Armor.

A purely defensive magic treasure, with no offensive capability whatsoever, yet once worn upon the body it could even withstand the full-force strike of an ordinary Eternal Giant.

Of course, this so-called full-force strike of an Eternal Giant referred to the most ordinary Eternal Giants of the Wan Shou realm — such as Daoist Long or Daoist Mu. If it were an Eternal Giant like Fang Yu, then not to mention a full-force strike, even a casual blow would smash apart both this Low-Grade Dao Item armor and Wan Lianshan himself.

But at this moment, Wan Lianshan bringing out such a Low-Grade Dao Item and bearing down with it did indeed exert tremendous pressure upon experts of the Divine Ability Secret Realm.

"This Wan Lianshan truly lives up to his reputation as the fourth-ranked powerhouse on the Longevity Reserve List. Within his Heaven and Earth Dharma Aspect, he actually possesses forty-five kinds of Divine Abilities — truly terrifying!"

"Truly fearsome. His magic power is so overwhelmingly strong, and his Dao Item is formidable as well. If he now seizes the three supreme Divine Abilities, given time he will surely become another figure on the order of Yan Yan Shuiyi or Hua Tiandu."

Jiao Fei, the fifth-ranked powerhouse on the Longevity Reserve List from the Tongtianjian Sect, upon seeing Wan Lianshan display such magic power and such a Dao Item, felt a fierce surge of wariness rise within his heart.

The foremost true-disciples of the Xiandaoshi Sect's ten gates and the demonic path's seven lineages all measured themselves against one another, each wanting to see who was stronger. Although the Liudao Alliance had drawn up the Longevity Reserve List, no one was willing to accept anyone else's superiority.

Of course, experts like Yan Yan Shuiyi and Hua Tiandu truly did subdue all others, for they possessed High-Grade Dao Items. As for the unrivaled prodigies of the Yuhua Sect — such as Fang Yu Xianzun, Fang Han Xianzun, Fang Qingxue Xianzun — they were simply outside the scope of comparison. No one knew how they had cultivated at all; they were utterly unfathomable. Yet these three Xianzun of the Fang family had directly cultivated to the Longevity Secret Realm, Eternal Giants, and the extent of their power was something no one could study or understand, so naturally they too were outside the scope of comparison.

But these three had no influence whatsoever on this contest, for their realm was already above the Divine Ability Secret Realm, whereas this grand competition was aimed only at cultivators of the Divine Ability Secret Realm.

Therefore, everyone had steeled themselves, determined to triumph at Exalted Linglong's grand birthday celebration and seize the three supreme Divine Abilities. Moreover, almost every foremost true-disciple of both the immortal and demonic paths, upon setting out, had received the counsel and planning of their Men Sect Elders, bringing every magic treasure they could carry and pushing their strength to its peak.

Now that Wan Lianshan had revealed such an invincible side, it made things very difficult for everyone else.

"Wan Lianshan still has a Mid-Grade Dao Item. Last time it was precisely because of that Mid-Grade Dao Item of his that he vaulted straight to fourth on the Longevity Reserve List."

The foremost true-disciple of the Tongtianjian Sect pondered.

"Xuantian Guiling Armor? Hardly anything special."

It was at this very moment that the Mo Shuai, seeing Wan Lianshan actually adopt such a defense from the very start, revealed a cold smile upon his face. With a sudden flick of his finger, the very void surrounding Wan Lianshan collapsed with a roar, crumbled, disintegrated inch by inch, shattering like a mirror.

Even while sheltered within a Low-Grade Dao Item, Wan Lianshan felt the violent force of collapse — a force that could seemingly annihilate everything — and in an instant it drained an immeasurable amount of his Xu Yuan Qi.

"Great Annihilation Art! Let's see how much you can actually annihilate!"

Suddenly struck so that his Xu Yuan Qi churned, Wan Lianshan also let out a cold laugh. From atop his head rose a jewel that radiated crystalline light in all directions, and within the jewel the faint outline of Wan Lianshan himself could be seen.

Sea Soul Pearl!

Second Primordial Spirit!

This was actually a pearl condensed from essence, refined by Wan Lianshan into his Second Primordial Spirit. This pearl too contained boundless magic power and Xu Yuan Qi. Together with Wan Lianshan's true body's magic power, the magic power in the arena at that moment nearly exceeded the force of a single Primordial Dragon!

Wan Lianshan's true body possessed sixty million Xuanhuang Stallion-force, and his Second Primordial Spirit — a Low-Grade Dao Item — could likewise unleash sixty million Xuanhuang Stallion-force at his command. Combined, that made one hundred and twenty million Xuanhuang Stallion-force. Boundless power surged forth, and the entire arena stage was filled with rolling One-Yuan Heavy Water, as if about to freeze the very place solid.

And at that instant, Wan Lianshan's eyes flickered. He opened his mouth and spat out yet another powerful magic treasure — a treasure that resembled a shark, yet also seemed to be a treasured sword, a treasured saber. From within the treasure ship, bolts of Lei Guang shot forth.

Tiansha Divine Shark Ship! A Mid-Grade Dao Item!

This was Wan Lianshan's secret supreme treasure, a Mid-Grade Dao Item. The Wanggui Xiandao had spent who knew how many billions of vicious shark souls, absorbing the Qi of Heaven and Earth for a thousand years, before finally refining it into this Mid-Grade Dao Item — incomparably ferocious. Especially that vicious, savage Qi of over a hundred million evil sharks, which could blast through the protection of any Daoist Gang Qi magic treasure.

Boom!

The moment this Mid-Grade Dao Item flew forth, lightning pierced the clouds, Lei Ting erupted, and in a single charge it surged before the Mo Shuai. The rolling Lei Ting was the savage thunder, the destructive thunder, formed from the souls of over a hundred million evil sharks. Each explosion required the souls of over a hundred million evil sharks to coalesce, and once detonated, its might was comparable to the self-detonation of several Jin Dan!

Facing the Demon Marshal, Wan Lianshan revealed his world-shaking methods, using his second Primordial Spirit and his true body to suppress the Demon Marshal and restrict his movements, while bombarding him with his mid-grade Dao weapon, leaving him to wait for death on the spot. This was the embodiment of great wisdom and great means!

Truly worthy of being the fourth-ranked powerhouse on the Longevity Reserve List—this display of skill lives up to its reputation.

Just as the Demon Marshal seemed about to die a violent death, about to be utterly slain, at this moment, in the space between his brows, a vertical eye appeared, emitting a ghostly light. In an instant, the fierce destructive thunder formed from the souls of over a hundred million vicious sharks was directly frozen in place.

That's right, directly frozen, unable to have any effect.

"What, the Eye of the End of Law? Ying Xiantian actually gave this eyeball to his son as well? Isn't this the High-Grade Dao weapon he himself refined over nineteen hundred and sixty-two years of closed-door cultivation in the Graveyard of the End with a group of Mo Sect Elders? Once this eye appears, it can simply break through all ten thousand laws, and if taken a step further, it can even turn the entire heaven and earth into an End of Law era! Ying Tianqing is only at the 9th Stage of Divine Abilities now, yet Ying Xiantian actually gave this High-Grade Dao weapon to Ying Tianqing—this is far too extravagant. Ying Xiantian still has several other sons who have cultivated to the 10th Stage of Divine Abilities, and he didn't give it to them."

Even Mr. Shuijing was shocked.

"A High-Grade Dao weapon, the Eye of the End of Law! Back then, to refine this magic treasure, Ying Xiantian thoroughly offended the Heavenly Demons. He personally took action, using the great to bully the small, slaying several Heavenly Demon Gods, and only then succeeded in refining it. Now that he's given it to the Demon Marshal, I'm afraid it will cause his eight hundred sons to kill each other."

Another ancient giant exclaimed in shock.

"A High-Grade Dao weapon, a High-Grade Dao weapon—damn it! This ant at the 9th Stage of Divine Abilities actually has a High-Grade Dao weapon, while the two of us giants don't have one. Daoist Mu, we must accelerate the progress of our star cores and turn them into High-Grade Dao weapons!"

Daoist Long watched the Demon Marshal actually bring out a High-Grade Dao weapon, grinding his teeth in envy.

What is a High-Grade Dao weapon? Its power is boundlessly vast, involving the transformations of time and space, with endless mysteries. Within it one can contain all things, suppress the five elements and the eight directions, and even—if the wielder of a High-Grade Dao weapon is powerful enough—use it to refine stars!

A High-Grade Dao weapon requires at least reaching the realm of Longevity 5th Layer, the Realm of Creation, joining forces with a group of existences of the same level, laying down a great formation, consuming boundless heavenly materials and earthly treasures, operating the Heavenly Dao, and expending one's own lifespan—only then might one succeed in refining it.

And now that the Demon Marshal actually possessed a High-Grade Dao weapon, the Eye of the End of Law, he immediately shocked everyone.

"The Eye of the End of Law—what a fine thing! It truly makes me nostalgic for the scenes of those years. Back then, the Huang Quan Great Emperor also refined an Eye of the End of Law. The Huang Quan Great Emperor spent three thousand years refining it successfully in the depths of a mysterious spacetime, within the Graveyard of the End. However, the Eye of the End of Law refined by the Huang Quan Great Emperor was a Supreme-Grade Dao weapon, terrifyingly powerful beyond measure. When that eye shone upon anything—any star—it was directly destroyed; all sentient beings would perish!"

Yan was leaping about excitedly on the Huang Quan Map. "Now that Supreme-Grade Dao weapon, the Eye of the End of Law, is still in the Huang Quan Treasury, serving as a formation. Precisely because of this, no one can break into the Huang Quan Treasury at all—unless one obtains the Huang Quan Map, this talisman decree of the Huang Quan Great Emperor, along with the keys of the ten Elders of the Huangquanmo Sect, and only by combining them all can one open the treasury of the Huangquanmo Sect. Fang Han, you must hurry and cultivate now, cultivate to Longevity 3rd Layer, the Cave Heaven realm. At that time, we can subdue the forces of the Huangquanmo Sect, obtain the keys one by one, and open the treasury. At that point you can become a generation's Demon Emperor! With three thousand beauties in your harem!"

"A generation's Demon Emperor? Forget it. The Yuhua Sect has treated me well enough. However, the Huang Quan Treasury must indeed be opened—it can enrich my Yuhua Sect. Now, without a doubt, Senior Brother Fang Yu will be the next Zhang Sect Supreme of my Yuhua Sect. I think after he achieves the position of Zhang Sect Supreme, I will also have a title of Supreme Elder, and might even be the next generation's Elder Tian Xing."

Fang Han communicated with Yan, surveying the situation on the field.

Without even looking, one knew that in this magical duel, the Demon Marshal would surely win.

A High-Grade Dao weapon truly could influence the outcome too much. Even if the opposing side had two low-grade Dao weapons and one mid-grade Dao weapon, they were of no use whatsoever.

Sure enough, the moment the Demon Marshal brought out the Eye of the End of Law, that eyeball opened, and the void was filled everywhere with the light of destructive aura—gray, hazy, utterly deathly still, like a withered star that had reached its dead end.

Wherever this gray, deathly still radiance shone, the Xu Yuan Qi there was destroyed, with no power to resist at all.

All of Wan Lianshan's magic treasures were of no use whatsoever. Even his low-grade Dao weapon armor could not withstand this gray, hazy light.

Even though his second Primordial Spirit could unleash magic power equivalent to sixty million Xuanguang steeds, it was useless—fragile as if it were paper.

Wan Lianshan's expression turned deathly pale. In an instant, he gathered all his magic power and magic treasures and withdrew directly beneath the arena.

In this bout, the Demon Marshal won.

"If I don't take the field, the Demon Marshal ends up becoming the main character."

On the arena, Fang Yu watched this scene and clicked his tongue in wonder.

A High-Grade Dao weapon could indeed decide the winner of this magical duel. The Demon Marshal had actually obtained a High-Grade Dao weapon painstakingly refined by his father—this was simply a dimensionality-reducing strike.

Fang Yu was considering whether to casually lend out a few of his own High-Grade Dao weapons to dampen the Demon Marshal's arrogance, but after thinking it over, he let it be.

He sat upon his Wang Zuo, using the spirit talismans of the Five Elements Land to refine the treasure known as the Eight Divisions Pagoda.