Celestial Dragon Sword Venerable-Chapter 134: A Big Score
Ye Tianling watched as the two transformed into streaks of blood-red light and fled, letting out a sigh of relief himself.
’The battle power of the Sword Spirit Third Heaven is truly immense! What an incredible, unimaginable fight.’
’They were both fighting to the death. The hatred between them runs so deep!’
’Just how much must he hate Lord Wan... who is I, Lord Ye!’
Ye Tianling muttered.
When he had quietly followed Fang Qingxue out, he’d already sensed Wan Xuegui guarding the exit. He knew at once that a great battle was about to erupt.
And just as he’d expected.
When enemies meet, sparks are bound to fly.
The moment they encountered each other, they launched into a life-and-death battle, a world-shaking clash that sent rubble hurtling through the sky.
Watching this rare life-and-death struggle so closely was a great boon for Ye Tianling.
Setting aside his Battle Armor’s protection and his physical toughness, Ye Tianling realized that when it came to pure Battle Power, he was lacking in many respects.
The legacy of the Huaxia Dragon Soul was indeed heaven-defying, and the Martial Arts from Huaxia’s line of Divine Artifacts were especially potent in this world.
But when it came to this world’s Sword Dao and its methods of attack, Ye Tianling discovered his own experience was sorely lacking.
His combat tactics and ability to adapt were also woefully inadequate! 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞
If it weren’t for Cultivation Techniques like the Dugu Sword Intent, which possessed a unique Soul-Suppressing effect, he likely would have suffered defeat in many of his previous fights.
’In terms of my own innate Talent, I’m actually pretty... pretty bad. Otherwise, everyone in the Ye Race wouldn’t have been so eager to trample all over me. The Dragon Soul Divine Blood inheritance is truly heaven-defying, but even with it, I can’t seem to unleash its full Battle Power.’
’Little Sister Tianyu judged my Battle Power to be only at the "Breaking Three" level. It seems that wasn’t a casual remark, but a conclusion based on the richness and power of my Blood Qi.’
’If I were Wan Xuegui, facing Fang Qingxue’s assault, how would I fight without my Battle Armor and other weapons? And if I were Fang Qingxue, how would I counter Wan Xuegui’s attacks?’
Ye Tianling’s concealed figure remained motionless as he sank deep into thought.
He contemplated how he would have acted in their shoes, how he would have fought.
Eventually, Ye Tianling became lost in this contemplation, quietly making deductions, and running simulations of the battle in his mind. He was gradually starting to give the cultivators he had once looked down upon their due respect.
Time passed. Ye Tianling slowly emerged from his extreme sense of superiority. Ever since obtaining his inheritance, he had felt he would be peerlessly invincible, able to fight heaven and earth, completely omnipotent.
While that might be true someday, it was definitely not the case now!
If he didn’t change his ways, if he didn’t focus and consolidate his foundations, his future would be grim.
Ye Tianling was no longer a naive youth. His recent experiences had taught him a profound lesson: ninety-nine percent of the outstanding cultivators in this world, provided they came from a significant background, possessed a life-saving Guardian. Some even had more than one. If he misjudged a situation, he could very well be killed by such a Guardian at the very moment he tried to slay his opponent.
This was true for everyone, from Jin Zhifu at the very beginning to Lin Qingxi and Lin Qingyu later on, and now to Wan Xuegui and Fang Qingxue.
Ye Tianling reflected on himself time and again, focusing on his Cultivation, and gradually entered a state of Unity of Heaven and Man.
In this state, Ye Tianling began to cultivate in earnest.
His Innate True Essence evolved, creating Phenomena like the Three Flowers Gathering at the Top, the Five Qi Chaoyuan, and even the Seven-Star Illusion Destruction.
The Xuanyuan Dragon-Controlling Immortal Sword Technique became even more attuned to his body, mind, and Soul, creating a perfectly stable state of transformation.
The potential of his Emperor’s Qi Sword Body was gradually awakened, forming a mysterious resonance with the Dragon Blood within him.
Inhale. Exhale.
Ye Tianling felt as though he could perceive the artistic mood of High Mountains and Flowing Waters within the Blood-Colored Crescent Moon. He felt the mournful sigh and the desolate, absolute will to kill from the man wielding a giant axe within that moon.
"The Great Dao rests on a world of withered bone; Emperor’s Blood and Dragon Soul carve the ages in stone. Why is creation’s fate so full of bitter strife? How many Venerables have known a sorrowful life..."
A profound Dao Sound seemed to project down from the Blood-Colored Crescent Moon.
Ye Tianling’s body shuddered as he was jolted from his state, a powerful sense of alarm and unease gripping his Soul.
Ye Tianling looked up. The Blood-Colored Ice Lake was bathed in the light of a Blood-Colored Crescent Moon, turning the water as scarlet as fresh blood.
The once-clear lake water now looked like boiling blood, constantly emitting plumes of Blood Qi.
In the sky, that Blood Moon was exceptionally clear, like the single bloodshot eye of a giant, brimming with endless desolation and a will to kill.
Ye Tianling’s heart pounded in his chest, and his Soul churned with unease.
Nevertheless, he focused his gaze, carefully observing the Blood Moon.
On the Blood Moon, there were shadows like towering mountains and dark ravines like canyons.
And on the Blood Moon, a colossal armored figure wielding a great axe could be seen, hacking away at an ancient tree, one blow after another.
Ye Tianling watched in silence as the Dragon Blood in his body began to boil.
His Cultivation process seemed to accelerate ten, a hundred, even a thousand times over.
BOOM—
Suddenly, Ye Tianling’s entire body trembled. His Realm broke through in one fell swoop. He had finally reached Perfection in the Sword Soul Second Heaven Realm and, in a single motion, stepped into the Sword Soul Third Heaven Realm.
Within the Space-Time Soul-locking Tower, the Ninth Layer Dragon Blood Region showed signs of all nine layers merging into one.
The Dragon Blood gradually subsided, beginning to cool.
Ye Tianling slowly came out of his state of enlightenment, his mind becoming exceptionally clear.
He opened his eyes and looked toward the sky.
The crescent moon was still there.
But it was no longer blood-red, merely a pale, moon-white sliver.
On the ground, the Blood-Colored Ice Lake was as clear as ever, retaining only a faint tinge of red.
It was as if the scene from before had been nothing more than an illusion.
"The Great Dao rests on a world of withered bone; Emperor’s Blood and Dragon Soul carve the ages in stone. Why is creation’s fate so full of bitter strife? How many Venerables have known a sorrowful life..."
Ye Tianling murmured.
’Such an ancient, desolate Dao Sound... such a domineering, invincible Dao rhythm...’
Ye Tianling marveled internally.
He then composed himself and took out Fang Qingxue’s Qiankun Ring. Using the Little Faceless Technique to mimic her Soul Qi, he tried a dozen or so times before finally managing to open it.
When the ring opened, Ye Tianling was dumbstruck.
The space inside was less than a cubic meter, and it contained only a single Creation Ice Blood Lotus.
However, this Creation Ice Blood Lotus was a fake.
The expression on Ye Tianling’s face became wonderfully strange. He finally knew what it felt like to be duped.
’Fang Qingxue, you bitch! So damn cunning, wearing a fake Qiankun Ring on your finger...’
Ye Tianling stared at the lifelike, fake Creation Ice Blood Lotus, so frustrated he could have coughed up blood.
After all that effort, he’d only managed to snatch a fake. One can only imagine Ye Tianling’s frustration.
...
After a period of Cultivation, Wan Xuegui’s Realm underwent a transformation, and he stepped into the Half-step Void Realm.
His injuries had also fully healed.
He found an old latrine pit and set up a sealing formation inside. Then, after using a Rune to simulate the aura of an Exotic Treasure, he sealed the area with a Forbidden Array and departed via Sword Control.
Wan Xuegui soon arrived in the Forbidden Moon Mountain region.
"You damn rat, get out here! I, Lord Gui, have found a peerless Exotic Treasure! We’re gonna make a huge score this time, you and I!"
Wan Xuegui started shouting the moment he arrived.
He’d already made up his mind. Why should he be the one getting scammed when he could be the scammer?
That damn rat had a frightening amount of treasure. This time, he would trick it all out of him, then seal him in that latrine pit to get his revenge. Then that damned Great Demon, Ye Tianling, would learn just how formidable Lord Gui truly was!
