Chapter 702: The Dao Body's Triumph—First in Battle! (Combined Chapter)

No way—how can you fight like that?

Wu Wu Yunlong instinctively calculated in his heart and realized that he himself, who likewise cultivated a wood-attribute great scripture, could not do it at all.

Could Shan Xuan Teng She truly be this spiritual and uncanny?

"No!"

"Shan Xuan Teng She absolutely does not have the ability to forcibly fuse so many spells together!"

"It's his Dao Body!"

As Wu Wu Yunlong's thoughts flashed like lightning, he vaguely guessed something; meanwhile, at the edge of the viewing area, a refined middle-aged man in blue robes narrowed his eyes slightly, also realizing something.

"Ah!"

The air burst like waves; Lin Yue's hair flew wild as he let loose a long, roaring howl.

In that instant, his entire body was glowing, like a red sun crossing the sky, raging flames Xiong Xiong, enough to burn the heavens and boil the seas.

Nine Yang Divine Body!

After yet another punch failed, Lin Yue's gaze blazed like fire; he decisively activated his divine body, and the eight hundred and ten strands of magic power within him burned violently, unleashing every latent technique he possessed.

"Again!"

Lin Yue cut away all the distracting thoughts in his heart, no longer caring about the struggles between the Dao Sect and the Cave Heavens; he refused to believe that his eight strands of gold-nature refining the Reverse Demon Body would be driven back head-on by a mere tree demon.

"Kill!"

Sound waves surged, qi surged mightily; every wisp that leaked out could tear apart mountains, rivers, and the earth.

Once the Nine Yang Divine Body emerged, Lin Yue's qi swelled once more; wherever his fists and feet struck, it was like the great sun traversing the sky, and even the void seemed to be boiling.

"Bang~"

A punch fell like a meteor crashing to earth.

The tree demon was sent flying a thousand li sideways; when it landed, the earth overturned, rivers ran dry, and countless grains of sand shot skyward, rising like a curtain to a height of ten thousand zhang.

"This fierce?"

Li Yuan's mind had entered the tree demon's body, and he could sense it clearly.

This single punch had nearly extinguished half the spells contained within the tree demon's body; its speed was fast enough to match his six Dun Fa, and its force had also increased by a large margin.

This Nine Yang Divine Body was far stronger than he had estimated, especially its augmentation of body-tempering spells.

"Come!"

With his mind inhabiting the tree demon god, Li Yuan stamped his foot, and already a thousand long vines burst from the earth, merging into the tree demon's body; Yu Yu Xuanji he once again soared into the sky.

The tree demon's body, bolstered by all manner of spells, was a great deal stronger than his own true body.

Its speed was extreme—blessed by Wu Xing Dun Fa and the Sky Peng Dun Fa, in an instant it could shift positions hundreds or thousands of times within ten thousand li; its body was extremely tough, shielded within by the Shan Xuan You Body Protection Cover, the Kun Ming Ten Thousand Layers Armor, and Shan Xuan Gang Zhong.

The same augmentations also existed within that heavy hammer transformed from the tree vines.

"Die!"

Lin Yue did not pause for even a moment; after one punch came a thousand more, the dazzling flames of light filling all of heaven and earth, and this dueling platform was nearly set ablaze.

And Li Yuan, piloting the tree demon's body, wielded a heavy hammer blessed by all manner of spells, its size freely changing at will, displaying the hammer arts he had learned to their absolute utmost.

Spells are the power that bursts forth when the human heart wields the principles of heaven and earth.

Wu Gong is pure—merely the control and application of strength; human strength has its limits, so it cannot match spells.

But by relying on the tree demon's body, formed from the convergence of all manner of spells, the might of Duo Wu Gong could be unleashed to an unprecedented degree.

And how many Wu Gong had Li Yuan cultivated in order to transform his ten thousand forms?

Lin Yue simply could not count them all!

In his perception, the man opposite him seemed even more like a body-tempering cultivator than himself; not only that heavy hammer, but fists, palms, legs, and feet—all were extraordinarily fierce.

"Boom!"

The heavy hammer rose, sometimes striking a hundred li, sometimes a thousand li, turning freely at will; at times, before the heavy hammer was even withdrawn, a Zhang Yin would strike sideways, the tree demon changing size at will, a single palm pushing out nearly ten thousand li.

Great Sun Blazing Sun Palm!

This Zhang Fa that Liu Liu Jingshan had mastered, Li Yuan had also learned; when unleashed by the tree demon god, its might was so great it would leave even the former staring in awe!

It was not only the Great Sun Blazing Sun Palm.

The more Li Yuan fought, the more exhilarated he became; he displayed every Wu Gong he had mastered to perfection, even bringing out the Bai Yuan Cloak Hammer.

"Boom!"

In an instant there were a thousand collisions; Li Yuan's figure shifted and spun, a tree-hammer in his hand swinging freely, like ten thousand long dragons dancing in the air.

He utterly shattered every single one of the myriad Quan Yin Lin Yue had unleashed with all his might.

The tree demon's body feared no damage; even though each collision caused harm, as long as it was struck down, the Shan Xuan Teng tree would mend and reinforce it.

The Green Emperor Longevity Scripture—its resilience was unmatched among all scriptures.

"How is that possible?!"

After yet another strike sent the tree demon reeling, Lin Yue's expression finally changed.

He had used the Nine Yang Divine Body to drive his demon-flame fists, yet he could not set that tree demon alight?

Fire arts actually could not overcome wood?

"Excellent!"

Unlike Lin Yue's frenzy, Li Yuan only felt a thorough exhilaration; it had been long since he had had a hard, head-on clash, and it set his blood boiling.

But immediately, the violently Xiao Hao De Fa within his body forced him to calm down.

In terms of magic power, he was far inferior to Lin Yue in depth, and the consumption of the tree demon body was also far greater than Lin Yue's Reverse Demon Body.

He could not outlast him!

"I must end this quickly!"

Li Yuan hardened his heart; the tree demon's body rose from the earth once more, and raging flames blazed outside its body, as if it had been set alight by Lin Yue's demon flames.

In truth, it was the Fire Phoenix's flame!

He used his Chaotic Body to command all laws, using Wu Xing Fa magic power to drive Shan Xuan Teng She, his body containing the transformations of the five elements within, so naturally it could not be ignited by demonic flame.

But he could ignite it himself!

Using water to strengthen wood, using wood to generate fire, while the might greatly increased, the Xiao Hao De Fa magic power consumed was also the most.

"Bang!"

Like a long rainbow piercing the sun!

Under the gaze of everyone in the observation area, Lin Yue, who had unleashed his Nine Yang Divine Body, was repelled for the first time in a head-on clash!

"Ah!"

The earth sank, dust billowed to the heavens, Lin Yue nearly transformed into a streak of firelight, terrifying qi crisscrossing and surging, the void of the fighting platform truly burned open into a great hole.

He had already pushed the Nine Yang Divine Body to its absolute limit!

"Not good!"

Seeing this scene, Ying Ying Shan Xuan Long and the others observing from the void all frowned.

Their eyesight was extremely sharp; even if that 'Ba Wan Li' exhausted every means, they did not believe he could defeat Lin Yue—even in a war of attrition, the latter would surely win.

But at this moment, the repelled Lin Yue suddenly unleashed a killing move.

Nine Yang at its limit—this, in the present world, was a life-risking killing move!

"I absolutely will not lose!"

Lin Yue's battle intent boiled within his heart.

He had been through more than ten thousand battles; how could he not know his opponent's thoughts?

But what did he have to fear?

"Boom!"

In the void, two streaks of firelight collided, then collided again—in an instant, neither knew how many moves had shifted, how many collisions had occurred.

Even with the mechanisms of the fighting hall, most of the observing cultivators were already faintly unable to keep up, their divine senses unable to clearly see the two men's collisions at extreme speed.

Only cultivators at Deng Si Jing and above, such as Feng Huang'er and Ying Ying Shan Xuan Long, could see clearly.

"How many Wu Gong has this person learned?!"

Feng Huang'er felt only shock.

Lin Yue was born of the Lin tribe; even as a human-lin hybrid, he was born into the Dao; though a body-tempering cultivator, he would not cultivate the so-called Wu Gong of the human race.

But he had been through ten thousand battles—fists, palms, legs, feet, every one a killing weapon—and under extreme-speed collision, it too was fists, palms, legs, feet reduced from complexity to simplicity.

By comparison, that Ba Wan Li was simply outrageous.

He did not know how many Wu Gong he had learned, yet all were controlled to the finest detail, exquisite beyond compare, flowing as he wished, forcibly withstanding Lin Yue whose strength, speed, and magic power all surpassed his own.

Not one strike, not a hundred strikes, but thousands upon ten thousands of strikes!

"Wu Gong…"

At the edge of the observation area, the middle-aged man in elegant blue robes watched calmly, yet the depths of his eyes reflected every reaction and move of the two men under their extreme-speed collision.

In that instant, he saw within it a very familiar shadow.

Several hundred years ago, before he became the master of the Martial Immortal Gate, he had encountered a seemingly frail, aged old scholar.

The person before him greatly resembled that old scholar who called himself Dragon Demon…

"Boom!"

Finally, under the gaze of all observing cultivators, after the human and the tree demon collided once more, one of the two figures shattered with a thunderous crash, leaving no remains behind, entirely vaporized and vanished.

"Huff~"

As the dust scattered, Lin Yue stood in the long sky above, flames fierce as the sun all about him, his gaze even more piercing beyond compare.

He looked toward that Shan Xuan Teng tree below, yet no longer held the slightest contempt.

The person beneath that tree, before entering the Dao need not be mentioned, but after entering the Dao had very likely cultivated for no more than ten-odd years, yet could push him to such a state.

Even if he had won, he himself had still lost.

"The gulf between realms is truly hard to cross."

Li Yuan sighed softly within his heart.

After Lin Yue unleashed his Nine Yang Divine Body, he had already surpassed the Yellow Ape from that martial demonstration of years past; his reversed Ying Mo Shen, in both strength and speed, surpassed the tree demon body.

After multiple collisions, he was still blasted apart in midair.

Behind him, the Shan Xuan Teng tree's light had dimmed; the tree demon's death was as if the Shan Xuan Teng tree had died once, and within a short time it fundamentally could not once more unleash the tree demon body.

"The victory is decided!"

In the void, many of the observing cultivators could not help but breathe a sigh of relief—even though it was not a sweeping victory, in the end it was still a win.

"To be able to cultivate one's natal spirit plant to such a realm, remarkable!"

"What a pity…"

As the dust fell, the firelight on Lin Yue's body had also mostly extinguished; the pressure of Nine Yang at its limit upon him was also extreme:

"You have lost."

"Not yet."

Li Yuan, however, shook his head.

If the one before him now were the Yellow Ape, then he would have no fight to make; nine strands of golden nature versus eight strands, seemingly differing by only one strand, was in truth the gap between perfection and incompleteness.

The Yellow Ape's nine great body-protection spells flowed indestructibly, able to be maintained even when magic power was exhausted, but Lin Yue clearly could not yet achieve this.

"Hmm?"

Lin Yue's gaze sharpened, and Yu Yu Xuanji he dove down.

Using no spell at all—simply a plain collision, an overwhelming crush.

No frills whatsoever—just ultimate speed and force. He was confident he could shatter that eighty-thousand-li distance in a single strike.

But he was still a fraction of a heartbeat too slow.

As Li Yuan strolled forward, the mystic vine tree behind him suddenly toppled. Tens of thousands of branches, like vines and snakes, enveloped him; in the blink of an eye, they had wrapped him up like a great cocoon.

"Boom!"

The massive tree-cocoon was sent flying several thousand li. One great mountain after another was pierced; the earth was plowed into ferocious gullies; rivers were cut off; dust filled the sky.

"This is…"

Divine senses flew through the void. The vast majority of cultivators sensed something was wrong, their expressions shifting.

Only Wu Wu Yunlong was not surprised:

"Cultivating the Green Emperor Longevity Scripture gives one two lives…"

"Boom!"

Yu Yu Xuanji once more urged his Nine Yang Divine Body. A strike pierced the void, tearing apart the great cocoon. Then, a heavy hammer shot out level from within, striking dead center on his fist.

Yu Yu Xuanji, the heavy hammer swelled, and in a single blow, blasted him back a hundred li.

"You actually…"

Yu Yu Xuanji's eyelids twitched violently.

He saw the shattered great cocoon sink like ripples into a suit of black-purple armor. Li Yuan stretched his sinews and bones, sensing the augmentations of the mystic vine tree and all his spells.

He felt an unprecedented power flooding his body and mind.

This power was terrifyingly extreme, like a volcano that could erupt at any moment. The conflict among several dozen spells—just one imbalance, and it could blow him to death on the spot.

But the Chaotic Body—ten thousand arts obey the heart!

"The Chaotic Body—worthy of being a top-tier Dao Body!"

In that instant, even Li Yuan himself felt quite shaken within.

This was only the Chaotic Dharma Body. If at this moment he possessed the Chaotic Sacred Body, then Yu Yu Xuanji's Nine Yang Divine Body probably wouldn't even qualify to fight him.

"What Dao Body are you?!"

At this moment, Yu Yu Xuanji's mind and spirit trembled. He finally realized the problem.

Using a natal spirit plant to blend various spells could still be explained by the spirit plant. But to contain several dozen continuously surging spells within one's own body—this had to be some unimaginable Dao Body.

"We'll talk after the fight."

Li Yuan was concise. Yu Yu Xuanji then leapt up.

He stretched one arm; the black-purple armor spread along with it, transforming into a long-handled heavy hammer. In an instant, it pierced the void for ten thousand li, like a falling star!

"Boom!"

Yu Yu Xuanji once more urged his Nine Yang Divine Body. Blinding divine light burned and boiled. He neither dodged nor flinched, charging forward to meet it again.

A tremendous roar was heard. This time, offense and defense switched. Yu Yu Xuanji, unable to fully unleash his Nine Yang, was beaten back by the heavy hammer; wave after wave of spell-light exploded and died on his body.

Unlike the Tree Demon Body, while Li Yuan's true self wielded the mystic vine tree to augment himself, the various spells he had learned were still being cast!

At this moment, that hammer's fall was more than just force.

It also included, but was not limited to, the 'Five Elements Body-Fixing Spell,' the 'Five Elements Spirit-Fixing Spell,' and the 'Five Elements Thunder Spell'!

"Ah!"

Even though Yu Yu Xuanji's Demon Body art-forbidden defense was extremely high, having twenty spells thrown on him simultaneously still left him stiff for an instant.

Yu Yu Xuanji, then, was struck by a palm seal that arrived through the void like a pinching crimson sun, slamming thunderously into his chest!

"Thud!"

Like a heavy hammer striking a drum, Yu Yu Xuanji's eyes went crimson. He was beaten clean off the ground, like a meteor flowing backward, flying beyond the nine heavens.

In that instant, the cultivators in the void even felt Yu Yu Xuanji streak past their very eyes; the magma-like scalding blood flowing seemed almost clearly visible.

"Yu Yu Xuanji is going to lose!"

Seeing this scene, needless to say Feng Huang'er and the others—even ordinary cultivators saw the abnormal magic power fluctuations on Yu Yu Xuanji.

That palm contained multiple types of magic power, nearly breaking Yu Yu Xuanji's magic power balance!

In normal times, one breath would be enough to dispel it, but Li Yuan's speed had also surpassed his!

Because besides his escape art, Li Yuan also had a spirit-treasure-grade Nine-Smoke Gauze on his body. This was a basic spirit treasure prepared by the Combat Arena for both combatants. This treasure was inconspicuous in their clash, but at this moment, it was like the last straw that crushed the great mountain.

"Boom!"

Yu Yu Xuanji, who had flown eight thousand li off the ground and nearly pierced through the Nine Layers of Gale Heaven, felt his vision go black.

He saw a figure blocking his path ahead. His arms suddenly exerted force; that long-handled heavy hammer swelled boundlessly, crashing down heavily like a star!

"Bang!"

The great earth sank; dust rolled in waves.

An instant later, this continent that had been ravaged for so long let out a 'crack' and split into three sections. Sea water surged out like rivers.

Hum~

In the void, there was a momentary silence.

Li Yuan, descending from the nine heavens, instantly sensed dozens or even hundreds of times more incense than when he had defeated Chao Ying Shan Xuan Long pouring out in the Five Extreme Temple!

Not only more, but of higher grade as well, indicating that among those watching this time were not lacking cultivators of the fourth or fifth realm.

"Puh!"

A body cultivator's physique was truly astonishing to the extreme. Yu Yu Xuanji tumbled out of his Demon Body form, his face deathly pale, yet he still staggered to his feet, as if he could still fight.

"You've lost."

Li Yuan, with the heavy hammer on his shoulder, walked over slowly, returning Yu Yu Xuanji's earlier words to him.

"What Dao Body are you, exactly?"

Yu Yu Xuanji seemed to no longer care about victory or defeat at all. He stared fixedly at Li Yuan, wanting an answer.

He had already realized the reason he could not prevail this time — it was that his Dao Body was inferior to that Ba Ba Wanli's!

Seeing him so persistent, Li Yuan hesitated for a moment, then still transmitted a secret message:

"Five Extremes Divine Body!"

Five Extremes Divine Body?

Lin Yue was momentarily dazed. He naturally knew of this divine body, but had not expected this Dao Body to be so terrifying…

"The strength of a Dao Body ultimately depends on how the cultivator wields it."

Li Yuan grew somewhat anxious.

Why won't this big fellow concede? His magic power is already completely exhausted!

"How to wield it…"

Lin Yue's frame shook, then Yu Yu Xuanji tugged at the corner of his mouth:

"I have learned my lesson!"

Then why don't you concede quickly!

Li Yuan's heavy hammer fell to the ground, both hands leaning on it: "I'll wait for your challenge!"

Lin Yue looked at him deeply:

"Good!"

The next instant, the light and shadow shattered!

……

"Lin Yue actually lost, he actually lost!"

"Nearly a hundred years of cultivation, yet he couldn't defeat a junior who entered the Dao only ten years ago — does Lin Yue even deserve to be the Dao Child of the Magic Qianshan Qilin Academy?!"

"What kind of Dao Body does that Ba Ba Wanli possess? Could it be a Holy Body?!"

"Or, is he truly a Innate Dao Body?"

The Battle Platform shattered and vanished.

The cultivators observing from the void, however, almost none withdrew; all manner of divine senses flew about, venting emotions of shock, anger, or admiration.

Even with the natural prejudice against cultivators from the outer domains, the majority of cultivators who had watched the entire battle had to admit that Ba Ba Wanli was a true, world-shocking prodigy.

Less than ten years in total, yet he had defied and defeated Lin Yue!

Even though Lin Yue lost, no one would think him unworthy of his name — he had used the Nine Yang Divine Body to drive his Reverse Demon Body, and within the Third Realm he was nearly invincible.

"What Dao Body is he?"

Feng Huang'er was very curious, and could not help but send out a divine sense to ask Lin Yue — as expected, it sank like a stone into the sea.

"He really won!"

Compared to Feng Huang'er, that little Fire Dragon Girl was very elated. The Fire Dragon clan was not a major clan in Tian Shi Yuan, and she did not care about outer domain or not.

She even felt it was very satisfying!

Feng Huang'er could not be bothered with her, turned and vanished from the viewing area.

"A Five-Element-type law body? A Divine Body?"

Somewhere in the viewing area, Wu Wu Yunlong was also frowning in speculation, hesitating over whether to send a divine sense to ask Lin Yue.

"Send it — his state of mind shouldn't care about a single defeat like this… right?"

……

Martial Immortal City.

This was the most special of the five great Immortal Cities of Tian Shi Yuan.

The other Immortal Cities all gathered hundreds of millions of cultivators; outside the Immortal Cities, heavy cities and great clusters were densely packed. But Martial Immortal City stood at the edge of the North Sea, and forbade all outside cultivators.

"Yet another one who has comprehended a Dao Body?"

At the very center of Martial Immortal City, atop a towering Shenshan that pierced the clouds, Feng Feng Qingcang — draped in an elegant blue robe — sat cross-legged watching the sea of clouds. He frowned, his heart full of doubts:

'Could that old fellow suspected of being a Dao-Comprehending Body truly have died in that "Vault Extreme Forbidden Land"?'

……

"He actually truly defeated Lin Yue!"

In the Blazing Wind Prison, Chao Yu Xuanfeng, who had watched the entire battle, still found it somewhat hard to believe.

In years past, he had also challenged Lin Yue, and even though he had used every trick he had, he was still beaten to death in a few punches by the Reverse Demon Body.

"In just over a year, his progress is actually this terrifying…"

Chao Ying Shan Xuan Long was somewhat dazed. He suspected that Ba Ba Wanli truly was the legendary Innate Dao Body — such progress was too terrifying, already rivaling those world-shocking figures of ancient history.

Thinking this, he suddenly felt that his own defeat at the hands of such a hero was truly no shame at all.

"Buzz~"

At this moment, the Common Lore Sphere suddenly trembled. After Chao Ying Shan Xuan Long opened it, his expression suddenly froze:

"Senior Brother Lin wants to see me?"

……

Magic Qianshan Qilin Academy.

Lin Yue sat quietly by the sea, still holding his rod and fishing, seemingly unbothered by victory or defeat. But his gaze was slightly scattered — he appeared to be watching the fishing rod, but in truth his thoughts had drifted to the ends of the sky.

"A Dao Body — how should it be wielded?"

"The Five Extremes Divine Body is certainly formidable, and my Nine Yang Divine Body is no weaker, but…"

"Among the sages of Magic Qianshan Qilin Academy throughout the ages, it seems there has never been a Nine Yang Divine Body…"

Lin Yue's thoughts churned.

His divine body was one bestowed by creation and nurturing, not part of the orthodox Dao Bodies of Magic Qianshan Qilin Academy. In fact, the divine-demon-grade talents of Magic Qianshan Qilin Academy throughout the ages mostly came from that Magic Qianshan Qilin Pool.

Moreover, most of the divine physiques nurtured were the "Demon Qianshan Qilin Divine Physique."

This not only made it difficult for him to advance to the position of Dao Child, but also left him with doubts in his heart at this moment, not knowing who to turn to for answers.

"Buzz~"

At this moment, the Common Lore Sphere trembled.

"Lin Henglong!"

Seeing this name, Lin Yue could not help but frown, and seeing inquiries from people like Feng Huang'er, he felt even more speechless.

These bastards, do they treat him like a person at all!

He had just been counter-attacked and defeated, didn't he need a moment to recover?!

"Huff!"

Taking a deep breath, suppressing the anger in his heart, Lin Yue still tapped open the Common Lore Sphere.

Divine light intertwined into a screen of light, Lin Henglong's face was dark as water:

"You shouldn't have lost!"

"Lost is lost!"

Lin Yue's face twitched, did he want to lose?

He was number one on the Star Ranking, this defeat had a tremendous impact on him, and yet, he actually had to be held accountable?

"Before you conceded, that Eighty Thousand Li had already exhausted his magic power, couldn't you see that?"

Lin Henglong's voice was low, he had also watched this battle.

But precisely because he watched the entire battle, he became all the more certain that the Eighty Thousand Li was not only from the Weave Heaven Dao Sect, but was very likely aimed at their Tian Shi Yuan!

"... Lost is lost."

Lin Yue lowered his eyelids, not answering directly.

"You lost on purpose."

Lin Henglong, however, seemed to already know the answer, and without saying more, asked:

"What Dao Physique is he?"

"I promised him, I won't leak it."

Lin Yue frowned in his heart.

"What, are you afraid of him?"

Lin Henglong let out a cold laugh.

Lin Yue's face twitched, he replied:

"Wu Xing Fa Physique."

"What?"

Lin Henglong almost thought he had misheard: "What did you say?"

"Wu Xing Fa Physique!"

Lin Yue sighed: "I originally thought he was some kind of Sacred Physique, who would have thought he said he was only a Wu Xing Fa Physique, perhaps he was lying to me..."

"Wu Xing Fa Physique."

Lin Henglong, whether he believed it or not, casually pinched out the light screen.

"..."

Lin Yue's expression was wooden, he only felt the fire in his heart rising rapidly, leaving him with no interest in fishing anymore.

"What divine physique is that Eighty Thousand Li exactly?"

The divine thoughts came from Wu Er, Feng Huang'er, Ying Ying Shan Xuan Long, Feng Feng Wu Ding, Fa Huan Fa Huan Yi Tong.

"Come, up to the Battle Platform!"

Lin Yue finally couldn't hold back his anger, decisively chose Wu Er, and vented all his pent-up fury.

……

……

"Splash~"

The instant the Battle Platform disappeared, Li Yuan looked up at the viewing platform faintly visible in the void, and then, he heard the sound of Jianghe's surging waters.

That was the incense faith in his divine realm, surging sharply!

"Huff!"

The light screen before his eyes dissipated, and only then did Li Yuan let out a long breath:

"Still not steady enough, just a little bit short, and I would have lost..."

Although he could still switch his controlled object, relying on the augmentation of Dun Tian Zhou, even for an instant, he could defeat Lin Yue whose battle power was greatly depleted.

But it concerned the Soldier Controlling Register, he truly did not wish to take the risk.

"Fortunately, I won!"

Li Yuan looked at the starry sky before him, the reaction of the Battle Hall was much slower than before, as if it was calculating something.

After a long while, the familiar settlement light screen finally descended:

【Winner, Eighty Thousand Li】

The five hundred thousand yuan coins from the challenge victory were negligible, Li Yuan looked toward the viewing area, that stretch of starry sky was trembling violently, then a light screen descended:

【... A total of 8.36 million cultivators watched this battle... You have obtained yuan coins, 4.289 billion...】

In one wave, four thousand two hundred Xiao Gong!

Seeing this number, Li Yuan's heart could not help but jump, this was more than twenty times what he had gained when defeating Chao Ying Shan Xuan Long before!

"If the follow-up keeps up, wouldn't one wave bring in tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of Xiao Gong?!"

After a brief calculation, Li Yuan felt the spiritual exhaustion from the great battle swept clean away.

"So this is the real worth of being the unrivaled number one of the Combat Rankings for fifty years?"

Li Yuan felt the weight of Lin Yue's reputation directly, yet also felt the latter's strength was fully worthy of it.

He was very satisfied with this gain; after calming his emotions, he only then began to sort through and review that previous battle.

In order to face Lin Yue, Li Yuan had planned for nearly two full years.

In the end, relying on the tempering of the Yellow Ape, as well as the augmentation of the Chaotic Body and the Sixth Realm Shan Xuan Teng She shed-skin, he had only barely managed a draw.

In fact, had Lin Yue not voluntarily conceded, he feared that even by the Combat Platform's judgment it might not have been a draw.

"A divine-demon-grade innate talent truly cannot be underestimated!"

Reviewing this battle, Li Yuan felt he had already performed to his limit, yet even so, he had nearly lost.

The pressure Lin Yue gave him had, at one point, even surpassed that of the Yellow Ape within the Weitian Combat Arena; the sheer commotion of a body-tempering cultivator's strikes truly deserved to be called earth-shaking.

"In this battle, I have many shortcomings!"

"First, insufficient magic power—eighty-one strands of magic power are still too few; second, there is no metal-attribute augmentation, and the augmentation of metal-attribute truly cannot be underestimated…"

"Third, I need a spell that can decide the battle in one strike; Shan Xuan Gang Heavy Water is, after all, not top-tier…"

"Fourth, the cultivation of the Shan Xuan Teng Tree is insufficient; had it not been for the augmentation of the Sixth Realm Shan Xuan Teng She skin, the Tree Ying Mo Shen might not have been able to withstand several dozen spells…"

"Fifth, the Chaotic Body can bear ten thousand arts, and the Shan Xuan Teng Tree can augment my body, but the pressure my physical frame endures is immense—I need to begin cultivating body-tempering spells now…"

……

Li Yuan felt he had performed well, but he also listed out his various shortcomings one by one; afterward, he would have to find ways to make up for them one by one.

This concerned his future plans, as well as the use of Shan Gong; he thought it through in great detail.

……

"If I make up for all these shortcomings one by one, when the Weitian Combat Rankings next opens, could I go and try my luck?"

After a long while, Li Yuan had only then finished sorting it all out.

He raised his eyes to look at the Combat Ranking, blazing like a fierce sun amid the star-curtain:

"Number One on the Star Ranking—Eighty Thousand Li of the Human Race!"

(End of this chapter)