Chương 207: Shocking the crowd again

The battle continued throughout the square. The strongest ones slowly revealed themselves while the weakest ones were eliminated. In Long Feng's group, after his battle, everyone in his group realized that the strongest among them wasn't the rank one spirit realm cultivator but was instead the insignificant weakling whom they had disdained earlier. After his fight, the battles continued. Contestant eleven, fourteen, sixteen and seventeen won against their opponents in their battles.

Soon, the final battle to decide the strongest ten in their group began.

"Contestant nineteen and twenty! Begin!" The old judge shouted. The two men; surprisingly both rank eight Yang Cultivators immediately began to fight without hesitation. Their battle was barely an entertainment to the others. Throughout the square, there were two other black horses that appeared after Long Feng. One of them was a veiled lady. Only her eyes were visible but many were already enchanted by the green hue.

Her Cultivation was at the peak of the yang realm but she had defeated three rank one spirit realm cultivators, causing a wave of shock through the crowd. Her Ice dao concept was also quite shocking, at the fourth level. If not for Long Feng's appearance, many thought that she would have the highest dao among the youths in this competition. The other one was a young man of about sixteen years, just like Long Feng. He was quite unique in the sense that his martial Cultivation was very low.

He was just a peak yin realm Cultivator. But he revealed that he was a soul Cultivator and was at the peak of the saint layer, just like the current Long Feng. He defeated two rank one spirit realm cultivator and a rank two spirit realm cultivator with his soul power attacks!

He caused an uproar that could even compare to Long Feng's dao concept because soul Cultivators were very rare in this continent and the few ones who had reached the peak saint layer or even the spirit layer were all old men dozens to hundreds of years old. So it was shocking to meet a sixteen years old peak saint layered soul Cultivator. This caused Long Feng to trace his nose silently.

"I had no idea that soul cultivation can actually be so powerful! Old man Gu told me that only at the soul transformation layer does the true might of the soul path reveal itself so I didn't even bother to check out what I can do. But this guy, he probably possess some soul skills which is why he is able to utilize his soul power while I have none" He thought to himself. The final battle in his group and many other groups had ended and the top ten in each group were chosen.

The top person from each group would then be chosen to gather the top twenty from all the twenty groups. Then the battle for the top ten would begin. A few minutes later, all the groups had decided their top ten while the others had been eliminated. Hua Yao stood up from his seat and released some of his aura to silence the square.

"Very well, we'll now move to the final battles in the first round. The battles in each group will be decided by drawing lots. The rules are the same. Let's not waste time and begin the battles now!" His feminine voice echoed around the square while he sat back down slowly. The group judges immediately began to organize the process of the battles.

"Here are ten different numbered stones. You should each step forward and pick one!" The old judge in Long Feng's group spoke in his hoarse voice. The ten youths; one rank one spirit realm cultivator, eight peak yang Cultivators and one rank seven yang realm cultivator stepped forward and took one stone"You will find a number on your stone. There are five different numbers in two stones. If I call the number on your stone, you should step out.

Once you lose a battle as usual, you lose your right to participate and will have to leave the stage!" The old judge paused for them to understand what he was saying before he shouted, "number one, step forward!" Two men immediately jumped into the ring. Both were at the peak Yang realm but one of them had comprehended a Dao concept, therefore there was no surprise in this battle.

Within ten moves, the young man who hadn't comprehended a Dao concept couldn't hold on again and spat out a mouthful of blood before admitting defeat.

"Number 2!" This time, the battle was quite interesting. Both were at the peak Yang realm, but one had comprehended a rank one sword dao. The other hadn't comprehended any dao concept but he held a spirit armament while his opponent held a half spirit armament. In a battle between two opponents, things like dao comprehension and weapons or even martial skills could decide the winner of the battle. Thus, the two youths began a fierce battle. This tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road.

If you spot it on Amazon, please report it. The first youth tried his best to kick out the other with his sword concept but the latter always managed to parry the attacks with his spirit armament, a short spear.

In the end though, the youth with the sword concept won after his opponent used up his inner energy, after all a weapon was still an external source of strength and a spirit armament could only be used extensively by a spirit realm cultivator while once you comprehended a Dao concept, then you could use it even when out of energy.

"Number 3!" The old judge shouted with his hoarse and Indifferent voice. Perhaps nothing could make this old man to feel truly astonished enough to pay attention.

"It's my turn..." Long Feng's eyes shone as he jumped into the battle ring for the second time. Many people who were paying attention to him immediately looked over curiously. They wanted to know who was his opponent this time. A thin young man with a scar that ran along his left eye to his right cheek jumped into the stage as well.

"Who is that? He's very close to the spirit realm!"

"I watched his fight earlier. He comprehended a rarely seen dao concept; the Dao of blood. He defeated his opponent within a moment""Blood Dao concept? Such heretic Daos are usually very hard to deal with" Many people immediately looked over in anticipation. Although Long Feng's opponent wasn't in the spirit realm, his blood dao concept alone made it clear that if he fought a rank one spirit realm Cultivator, the winner wouldn't be decided easily.

"Yet another black horse. Blood Dao huh?" One of the three rank three spirit realm youth smiled faintly.

"Begin!" The old judge on Long Feng's battle ring spoke. Neither Long Feng nor the thin youth moved immediately. They both stood scrutinizing each other.

"This guy... such dense murderous aura. How many lives have he taken? He reminds me of Limitless blood assassin..." Long Feng frowned. This person's murderous aura was surprisingly about half as dense as that of the limitless blood assassin. It must be known that the limitless blood assassin had slaughtered several entire family clans and sects to gather his murderous aura.

"And he comprehends the blood dao, same as him..." Long Feng definitely hated limitless blood assassin and if he could kill him, he would definitely do so. Therefore he also harboured some dislike for this youth standing across him, but it was purely dislike without killing intent.

"Let me see the power of a rank six sword dao and if it can compare to my rank two blood Dao!" The thin youth opened his mouth and spoke deeply. A red light flashed in his eyes and his aura erupted. He was infinitely close to the spirit realm, in fact, he could probably break through if he wanted to. He was the one restraining himself for reasons known only to himself. A blood red aura erupted alongside his inner energy.

It gave off an extremely bone chilling feeling and a dense murderous aura that seemed to contain the souls of over a hundred lives.

"Blood dyes the earth!" The thin youth growled and the blood aura around him gathered and turned into a large palm in midair. This action immediately causes several gasps of surprise to spread among the crowd.

"This... he can already manifest his energy? This guy is practically already a spirit realm cultivator. He's just forcefully restraining himself!"

"That's right. Could he be aiming for a higher level directly when he breaks through?"

"That's possible. But it won't be easy. He might just be wasting his time." One of the five great sect masters; a pale looking middle aged man with an eerie aura surrounding him suddenly chuckled.

"Interesting. This kid... is to my liking!" He was the most infamous among all five sect masters and was renowned for his bloodlust. He had slaughtered no less than thirty clans and twenty sects before he took up the position of sect master of the Deserted fiend sect.

"Hehe, you old coot, both you and this kid are nothing good at all. That Long Feng kid is pretty good but sadly he isn't fated to join us. But that kid Lin Shi, his attainment in the soul path is quite surprising" The Fourth sect master laughed. He was an old man with a sagely countenance and a kind expression that seemed eternal on his face.

If one saw him outside, it would be hard to believe that he was one of the strongest people in the continent; the Pavilion Master of the Supreme Soul Pavilion ¹, one of the three high rank Province overlords. Among the three high rank Province overlords, the misty mountains was the most mysterious. There existed some legends about them, most of which were said to be rumors, but it was rumored that they were as strong as the Yihua Imperials.

The Misty mountain was also the final among the five large Forces below the Yihua clan. They were also the strongest of the five. The supreme soul pavilion ² was a special entity though. All of it's members were soul Cultivators. Thus, they were the weakest among all the others when it came to lower sect members but the upper hierarchy of the pavilion were stronger that those of the other four excluding the mysterious Misty mountains. This was due to the uniqueness of the soul cultivation path.

The heaven layer and the saint layer of the soul cultivation path basically possessed no true power at all. At most, they could suppress the connate realm and compare to the yin realm. But at the spirit layer, the soul power would suddenly increase multiple times over and compare to the spirit realm of the Cultivation path. The peak of the spirit layer could even compare to the imperial realm.

The true path of the soul began at the soul transformation layer where the soul power would rise to the shocking realm of deities! Thus, the younger generation of the supreme soul pavilion were very weak and they usually had no one to represent them during the hundred continent meeting, but the upper echelon were all strong. The sect master was at the peak of the spirit later and was comparable to rank one imperials! Only the Misty mountain master was stronger than him.

"Hmph! What does it matter whether one is good or not? You claim hypocritical righteousness, who knows what you do in secret?" The Deserted Fiend sect master snorted back in reply then turned his attention back to the battle arenas. Meanwhile, the blood red palm floating above the thin youth clenched then slowly descended upon Long Feng, looking like it wanted to crush him underneath and dye the earth with blood just as the name suggested.

"With just you? You're not worthy of making me use my sword dao!" Long Feng replied leisurely.

"You cultivate the blood Dao, but is the blood Dao as heretic as the true demon dao?" As he said this, a dark aura that brought with it a soul chilling feeling surged out of his body and into the sky, as though it was aiming to dye the sky black. The blood red light of the thin youth's blood Dao immediately faded by half and retreated to only a few meters around the youth. The descending clenched fist also shuddered and slowed down, almost pausing entirely.

"Second wave demon annihilation!" Long Feng lifted his right hand and the demon energy around him began to tumble around as though it was boiling. Then he slowly clenched his palm at the large blood red palm overhead. The demon energy immediately surged at the palm and covered it. When the demon energy dispersed, the palm was completely annihilated. Then Long Feng stared at the thin youth.

"I don't like the color of blood, especially this blood Dao. I have bad memories of it, so... get lost!" Before the stunned audience could react, the demon energy boiled again and gathered together into a large black blurry figure with six arms, each arm holding a different weapon. The figure's face was blurry but one could see the two blood red dots on it's face that signified the eyes and a split that looked like a mouth.

The figure looked up at the sky and roared, then slammed the hammer and the halberd in two of it's arms at the thin youth.

"Blood rune!" The thin youth was alarmed and quickly made some handseals. A rune appeared before him and enlarged, aiming to defend against the attack, but at the end he was only just comparable to a rank one spirit realm cultivator. The blood rune shattered and the thin youth was smashed out of the ring while coughing up mouthfuls of blood. A moment of silence descend on the square again. This time, even the youth within the tower; Liu Shan looked over with a glint in his eyes.

"Demon Dao... he actually comprehended this Dao? Unfortunately he's a trash from a backwater continent. He won't be able to attain the will of a Dao otherwise the demon dao will be able to shock the mainland. But even then some heretic sects would be willing to recruit and groom him..." The five sect masters looked up in shock, including the Misty mountain master who had his eyes closed till now and Hua Yao.

"Demon dao? And he's comprehended it to the fifth level? This kid…"

"The demon dao is a great Dao that rivals the immortal Dao. Only a chosen with great comprehension skill can comprehend the great daos. It's so unfortunate, only one in ten thousand of such talents manage to break the limitations of the world and reach the stage of Dao Will!" Hua Yao muttered.

"This kid... should I report to the main sect about him? No. He might have revealed that his comprehension abilities are above average but there are many like him in the main sect. Only if he can attain the Intent can he be worth the main sect's acknowledgement" the Misty mountain master stared at Long Feng with a glint in his eyes then slowly shook his head with a sigh.

1. Supreme Soul Pavilion; Mentioned in chapter 123; Continent Hierarchy 2. Misty Mountain; Also mentioned in chapter 123