Chapter 494: The Weight of Ten Thousand Forms

Controlling the nine divine weapons one by one, with familiar blessings swirling around him, Li Yuan's spirit gathered to its highest concentration; this was no longer as simple as facing a great enemy.

This old Taoist before him was not merely superior in realm and Form-Shifting, but even his talent surpassed Li Yuan's; even with all the weapon control bestowed upon him, Li Yuan was far from matching him.

"A Zhao Zhao Tianxing-level talent, having shifted ten thousand forms, the world-shocking villain who created the 'Ten Thousand Beasts Sitting in Oblivion, Dragon Demon Heart Sutra'..."

Even with the experience of drawing his blade several times and fighting Wan Wan Zhuliu to a stalemate, Li Yuan had no confidence now; fortunately, it seemed he did not need to win.

Wuu~

On the martial ground, a strong wind suddenly rose.

"If Old Han survives a hundred moves to pass, I must at least survive a hundred moves..."

The wild wind blew the Taoist robe; Li Yuan could feel that the Mirage Dragon Belt and the Crimson Blood Pattern Dragon Armor on his body had fallen silent, clearly this person did not allow the use of divine weapons.

It was just that he could not touch the Weapon Control Talisman; otherwise, let alone a chance of victory, he would not even have the qualification to stand in this seat.

"Hoo!"

Raising his hand to grab a long hammer from the weapon rack, Li Yuan instantly cut away all distracting thoughts from his mind; with this body of weapon control, he could even maneuver against a Grandmaster.

He simply did not believe that a Dragon Demon Taoist of the Form-Shifting realm could be more ferocious than a Grandmaster.

"This kid..."

Qin Yun, watching the battle, keenly sensed something strange; in his perception, although this kid's aura had not changed, it seemed to have suddenly thickened tenfold.

Qin Li Shixian was also watching; regarding Li Yuan, she had some confidence in her heart. If he could draw out Wan Wan Zhuliu's sword intent, he had the qualification to fight the Ancestral Master at the same realm.

After all, as far as she knew, although the Ancestral Master was undoubtedly an Unsupreme Grandmaster, records did not mention him ever engaging in a fierce battle with anyone...

Under everyone's gaze, the Dragon Demon Taoists in the martial ground vanished one by one; only the one standing at the very center stepped forward and moved.

Vmm~

With a single step, Li Yuan's perfectly harmonious state of mind was instantly broken.

Not only him, but even Qin Yun and the other two watching through the light and shadow had their minds momentarily dazed.

They felt as if an invisible aura had spread from around the Dragon Demon Taoist, sweeping in all directions with a violently rapid posture.

The instant he raised his foot, it was like a towering mountain peak rising from the ground to surpass the heavens, or like a true dragon leaping from the abyss to rise, reaching straight up to the Ninth Layer of Gale Heaven.

"So fierce!"

Even those observing from afar felt terrified; the pressure Li Yuan, who was the first to bear the brunt, endured had reached an unsurpassable degree. His eyelids twitched wildly, filled with terror and disbelief.

He felt as if he were an insect about to be crushed to pieces, covered by a suspended mountain.

This Taoist before him, relying solely on the Form-Shifting realm, could unleash a momentum no less than that of a Grandmaster!

"Is this the weight of Ten Thousand Forms?"

Li Yuan exhaled a mouthful of turbid air; thunder rose beneath his feet, and accompanied by rolling dust, he withdrew.

With such momentum, only a fool would want to clash head-on.

Boom!

The instant Li Yuan leaped back violently, he heard a thunderclap explode beside his ear; the entire martial ground trembled, as if it were about to be stomped upside down.

Then, he saw a hand.

Dragon, Tiger, Elephant, Dragon-Boat, Python, Ape, Eagle...

In that momentary daze, Li Yuan felt that a single hand encompassed every form of spiritual beast he knew; the strengths of all forms gathered into one, and the instant Xu Tui advanced, the martial ground seemed to vanish.

In his vision, only this palm remained; or rather, the entire martial ground and even this world seemed to be encompassed by a single palm, wrapped up, and crashing toward him.

"This is too fierce!"

With a shiver, Li Yuan's body hair stood on end; he could not see what technique this palm was, nor did he have the mind to think.

He was retreating,

Retreating violently.

Thunder seemed to crackle beneath his feet in waves; in an instant, he shifted his form dozens of times, and the Cloud Dragon Nine Appearances had been pushed by him to a degree that even the Dragon Dao Master would praise.

But a moment later, he decisively stopped.

Because no matter how he shifted and changed his form, that palm still covered him from above, as if there was no way to dodge; he could only take it head-on, and then be smashed to pieces.

"If I must take it head-on, then I will!"

Unable to dodge, Daoist Li hardened his heart and stomped heavily on the ground.

Boom!

When this loud explosion rang out, Han Han Chuijun, sitting quietly in the corner, was startled awake, feeling the earth roll like water waves.

Qin Yun and the other two peering from outside also had their expressions shift.

Vmm~

As he stepped, Li Yuan rose from the ground, wrapped in dust and strong wind, like a tornado shooting straight toward the sky.

In that instant, the Weapon Control Talisman in his sea of consciousness shone brightly; within the flickering light, the divine weapons trembled.

Dark Whale Battle Hammer, Long Kun Sky Hammer, Thunder Dragon Sky Hammer, Divine Fire Thousand Beast Boots... the blessings of the eight divine weapons, excluding the Sea-Splitting Dark Whale Hammer, were instantly pushed by him to the limit.

The next instant, the tornado turned around.

Under the blessings of the nine divine weapons, besides the vibration of his internal blood and qi and the friction of his tendons and bones, Li Yuan could hear no other sound.

From above, he unleashed a heavy hammer with all his might; like a fiery meteor, under the gaze of several people, it smashed toward the Dragon Demon Taoist.

Vmm~

Hammer met palm!

There was no world-shocking collision as expected; the instant the hammer met the palm, Li Yuan could be certain that the force of his hammer strike was not wasted at all, but all vented onto the Dragon Demon Taoist.

But what was terrifying was that this overwhelming heavy hammer, which he believed even a Grandmaster would be crushed by, seemed like a mud ox entering the sea, vanishing without a trace in an instant!

"Something's wrong!"

In a flash of lightning and spark, Li Yuan keenly sensed the anomaly and decisively abandoned the hammer to retreat violently.

In the next instant, a thunderous roar, shaking heaven and earth, exploded with a boom.

Boom!

Strong winds swept everywhere, blowing sand and stones across the martial arts ground; ten li away, Han Han Chuijun's clothes fluttered violently in the gale.

In his line of sight, where the two clashed, a mushroom cloud of dust and fierce qi suddenly rose, shooting skyward, fully ten or twenty zhang high.

The mud and sand flying in all directions covered the sky like hidden weapons, emitting sharp and dense sounds of tearing through the air wherever they passed.

"The legendary Dragon Demon Scattered Hands?!"

Having missed the strike, Li Yuan, leaping back violently, broke out in a cold sweat; his hammer, poured with all his strength, had been shifted and deflected by the Dragon Demon Daoist,

missing by only a hair's breadth from smashing into himself!

"One move!"

Amidst the swirling dust, Li Yuan heard a voice.

Then, the same palm appeared before his eyes again, yet different from before; a horizontal push, engulfing the entire sky of dust, came crashing toward him like a mountain.

"This is still Form-Shifting?!"

In the corner, Han Han Chuijun's eyelids twitched wildly; watching that imposing palm print, he felt only dread.

From Form-Shifting to Ten Thousand Forms, could there be such a tremendous transformation?

What terrified him even more was that, although weapons were lost in this level of collision, at least on the surface, Li Yuan had suffered no injury.

Just...

"At least a hundred moves must be endured, and this is only the first..."

Han Han Chuijun's heart trembled, yet he could only watch the battle from afar.

"Forcing me to clash head-on!"

The Dragon Demon Daoist's attack was too formidable; Li Yuan had absolutely no choice, the only choice being to clash head-on.

But after one move, his heart actually calmed considerably.

Even Ten Thousand Forms is still Form-Shifting; he is not a Grandmaster, nor does he possess the Spiritual Aspect he fears most.

'There is a fight to be had!'

With a shift in thought, Li Yuan sprang up.

The martial arts ground was not lacking in weapon racks; he casually grabbed a long spear, still pouring all his strength into it, applying all manner of enhancements upon himself, and charged forward again.

Boom!

Boom!

One sound, then several.

The two clashed at the utmost speed; in an instant, the entire martial arts ground was shrouded in rising dust, with deafening explosions echoing everywhere.

Han Han Chuijun, watching the battle, retreated again and again.

And Qin Li Shixian, watching from the outside, also felt shocked; this collision had already surpassed the clash between Li Yuan and Wan Wan Zhuliu when Li Yuan previously drew his blade.

This young man has not only advanced his realm by leaps and bounds, but his foundation is also much more solid than a year ago.

"Strange, strange..."

Qin Yun gazed at the collision within the light and shadow, his brows furrowed tightly.

His Great Sun Dharma Eye encompasses all visual Wu Gong from ancient times to the present; having cultivated the Dharma Eye to Great Perfection, he believed no one in the current world possessed better vision than him.

Within the light and shadow, he could easily capture Li Yuan's changes.

This young man could, in an instant, mobilize several times, even a dozen times his own strength, without any bloating or obscurity, and the violently increased strength was wielded with perfect ease.

It was for this reason that he had withstood the Master's Scattered Hands.

Even at the Form-Shifting realm, the weight of the Master's Scattered Hands move was enough to kill a Grandmaster of the Rudaode Sect.

"No wonder he could draw out Wan Wan Zhuliu's blade intent; relying solely on this one hand, he has already surpassed Wan Wan Zhuliu of the past..."

Qin Yun's heart was shaken greatly.

That the Master could unleash such a Scattered Hands move while in Form-Shifting was because he had exhaustively studied all Wu Gong under heaven, transforming the forms of ten thousand beasts; this was an unprecedented achievement in Form-Shifting throughout history.

Therefore, even at the Form-Shifting realm, the nine Scattered Hands moves possessed the power of a Grandmaster.

On what basis could this young man resist?

"What kind of physique is this?"

Qin Yun was slightly distracted when he suddenly heard Qin Li Shixian's exclamation; focusing his gaze, he saw amidst the rolling dust in the light and shadow, a figure coughing blood and flying backward.

"Seven moves!"

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Spitting out a mouthful of foul blood, Li Yuan flipped and landed; he stumbled, and blood and filth surged from his seven orifices.

Hit by only one move, and one that merely grazed him, he was almost beaten into critical injury!

"I cannot win..."

Wiping the foul blood from his face, Li Yuan's expression was solemn; watching the Dragon Demon Daoist who walked slowly out of the dust and stared at him, he felt some hesitation in his heart.

After seven collisions, he could already calculate the huge gap between the two in Form-Shifting levels; eight Divine Weapons were enough to level the playing field, and in pure strength, he was still superior.

This was without counting the Splitting Sea Black Whale Hammer; if he activated this Daoist Tianyun Daoist Tianyun Xuanbing, relying on the power of shifting stars, hitting just once might be enough to pass the trial.

But...

'That Star-Plucking Tower Master must be watching from outside, and there is also Qin Yun... with their vision and insight, they might just detect the traces of the Splitting Sea Black Whale Hammer.'

The Dragon Demon Daoist approached slowly and steadily; Li Yuan retreated slowly, hesitating in his heart.

These two are not the Dragon Dao Lord or the Old Dragon Head; he did not trust them...

"Catch the hammer!"

Li Yuan snapped back to his senses; Old Han threw the Wind and Thunder Ruyi Pestle to him; he reached up to catch it, but his heart had already formed the intention to retreat.

"This kid can't hold on much longer..."

Inside the Eight Directions Pagoda, Qin Yun shook his head, preparing to bring the kid out, but suddenly froze:

"Hmm?!"

In the martial arts arena, after Dragon Demon Daoist stood still and gazed for a moment, he turned into a streak of flowing light and merged into Li Yuan's brow!