King of Ten Thousand Years

In the midst of the chaotic battle, Luo Tian’s ”Wind Manipulation Technique” finally reached the Great Achievement Realm.

His body felt light, as if weightless. He could harness the surrounding air currents with even greater ease.

”Hm?”

Young Master Hai and the one-armed man looked up, staring intently. For a moment, they had the illusion that Luo Tian was Crossing the Void.

’Impossible! Crossing the Void is a technique of the Earth Element Realm!’

SWISH!

Luo Tian descended in an instant, but his figure vanished without a trace as a whirlwind kicked up, blurring their vision.

A sudden chill ran down the one-armed man’s back. Sensing the approaching danger, he spun around and slashed out with a blazing white saber light.

CLANG! BANG!

Saber light and Sword Qi clashed violently. A tide of cold surged forward, and the immensely powerful, ice-white Sword Qi shattered the saber light.

A sword wound appeared on the one-armed man’s back, piercing his organs. Blood spurted out!

”Die!”

Young Master Hai swung his folding fan, unleashing a wide swath of blue, shimmering Wind Blades that sliced Luo Tian’s figure into dozens of pieces.

But it was only an afterimage. After the strike, Luo Tian used his Body Technique again, melting into the cold wind.

”Ah...”

Another genius at the Peak of the Ninth Layer of the Spirit Sea Realm clutched his suddenly wounded abdomen and knelt on the ground.

Immediately after, a genius at the Half-step Earth Element Realm was also severely wounded by Luo Tian, losing his ability to fight.

Throughout the entire process, Young Master Hai and the others never got a clear look at Luo Tian, nor did they manage to touch a single hair on his head.

”Just what kind of Body Technique is this?”

Young Master Hai’s face was filled with terror, his expression panicked.

Luo Tian’s Body Technique had already been slightly superior to his.

But now, Luo Tian’s speed had surged by more than fifty percent. It was as if he had transformed into the wind itself, ethereal and formless.

”Young Master Hai, retreat!”

The one-armed man shouted.

In their current state, it would be difficult to deal with Luo Tian. If they retreated now, they could at least hold onto their Celestial Fate Qi.

”No! This brat must have paid a great price to use a Secret Technique that boosts his speed. Once its duration is up, that will be my chance!”

Young Master Hai’s expression was dark and vicious.

More than thirty people had surrounded Luo Tian, only to inexplicably start dancing. If they were to flee in defeat after all that, his lifelong reputation would be ruined.

WHOOSH!

A dark gale surged toward them from the front, carrying a sharp Sword Intent that seemed capable of piercing through anything.

’He’s meeting me head-on? Is he underestimating me?’

A cold glint flashed in Young Master Hai’s eyes as he immediately unleashed his full power.

Luo Tian had abandoned the advantage of his Body Technique to clash with him directly. In that case, he would make Luo Tian pay the price for his arrogance.

”Dragon Rain Strike!”

Blue waves surged around Young Master Hai, spiraling upward from his position and coalescing above his head into a massive, blue Water Light Dragon.

With a wave of his folding fan, the coiling Water Dragon charged forward. The sound of a dragon’s roar echoed, as if it could summon the wind and rain, darkening the very sky!

’What a powerful strike!’

The one-armed man was inwardly shaken.

Young Master Hai was ranked fiftieth on the Spirit List, a few spots higher than him. The one-armed man had never been truly convinced of the gap, but seeing this move, he was finally forced to admit defeat!

”Break!”

Luo Tian pushed his Nether Dragon Divine Vein further, concentrating its Martial Vein Power into the Ice Trace Sword.

Furthermore, he also lightly activated the ”Celestial Sword Technique” to amplify his swordsmanship’s power!

He executed Sword Rolling Residual Clouds, the Fourth Technique of the Nine Heavens Sword Technique. A tornado of cold, gleaming Sword Qi formed, slamming head-on into the Water Light Dragon with tyrannical, icy power.

FWOOSH! SSSHHH!

The two attacks collided fiercely. An intense chill and sharp Sword Qi surged forward, gradually freezing the Water Dragon before shredding it to pieces.

The ten-meter-long Water Light Dragon was blasted into ice shards in less than two breaths!

”Impossible!”

Young Master Hai cried out. His ultimate move had been broken head-on by Luo Tian.

Luo Tian closed in rapidly, an encroaching chill spreading from him. Crisscrossing Sword Lights like traces of ice enveloped Young Master Hai.

Ten moves later!

Three relatively deep sword wounds were left on Young Master Hai’s body. One of them was on his neck. Blood sprayed from it continuously, but the cut was precisely controlled so as not to be fatal.

”You’re ranked fiftieth on the Spirit List?”

Luo Tian asked.

He wanted to gauge his own current strength by judging his opponent.

Young Master Hai, ranked fiftieth on the Spirit List, had been defeated by him in a direct confrontation. The process had been relatively simple.

Luo Tian’s strength had increased significantly in a short time, partly due to the improvement of his Body Technique.

With a Celestial Level Body Technique at the Great Achievement Realm, Luo Tian’s speed would hold an advantage even against a genius of the Earth Element Realm!

In addition, there were the improvements to his Nether Dragon Divine Vein and swordsmanship!

The Cold Power from his Nether Dragon Divine Vein posed a huge threat to those at the Peak of the Ninth Layer of the Spirit Sea Realm. When fighting an expert at the Half-step Earth Element Realm, the longer the battle dragged on, the more severe the erosion of Cold Power would become, tilting the scales of victory further in Luo Tian’s favor.

Next, Luo Tian took the Tokens from Young Master Hai and the one-armed man, plundering their Celestial Fate Qi.

The brilliance of Luo Tian’s Token immediately leaped back into the first tier, placing him in the upper-middle ranks.

「Outside.」

The audience erupted, their discussions filled with stunned disbelief.

Originally, not many people had been paying attention to Luo Tian’s battle.

But when Young Master Hai, the one-armed man, and the others suddenly started dancing, it was so eye-catching that the number of viewers multiplied!

Some audience members even suspected that Young Master Hai and his group were deliberately using this method to attract attention, perhaps even hoping to become famous for it.

After the dancing incident came a fierce battle that was impossible to look away from!

Numerous geniuses were swiftly struck down by Luo Tian.

In the end, the one-armed man and Young Master Hai were also defeated at Luo Tian’s hands!

In a battle everyone had deemed foolish, arrogant, and an overestimation of his own abilities, Luo Tian had swept away everything with a powerful advantage!

”Unbelievable! How did he do it?”

”It seems to be Martial Vein Power, combined with a special treasure, that heavily suppressed Young Master Hai and the others!”

”Regardless, based on Luo Tian’s performance just now, he’ll have no problem getting into the top fifty of the Celestial Pride Conference!”

Not yet twenty, at the Eighth Layer of the Spirit Sea Realm, and in the top fifty of the Celestial Pride Conference—this was enough to make everyone remember Luo Tian and look forward to his performance in the next Celestial Pride Conference!

The upper echelons of the Four Major Sects and the Ten Hidden Families were also stunned.

The expressions of the Yunxiao Sect’s upper management, in particular, were quite a sight to behold.

Luo Tian had actually turned defeat into victory!

”Ahem, that disciple from Bishui Palace has some decent dance moves.”

The Grand Elder smiled, finally able to vent some frustration.

The one-armed man belonged to the Celestial Ring Alliance. With Vice President Long present, the Grand Elder didn’t dare to direct his mockery that way.

”Hmph. The Yunxiao Sect proclaims itself a righteous and orthodox sect, yet its disciples learn such crooked and evil ways.”

A noble and beautiful woman from Bishui Palace snorted coldly.

”Heh heh, and where, might I ask, did you see any crooked or evil ways?”

The Grand Elder retorted.

The Third Elder’s gaze was grim as he looked at Luo Tian in the arena, inwardly shocked. ’This brat’s strength has already reached such a level...’

Luo Tian’s growth rate filled him with a strange sense of unease.

「On the opposite spectator stand.」

Many of the geniuses ranked in the top twenty of the Spirit List had noticed Luo Tian’s battle.

”Useless trash! You’ve completely disgraced Bishui Palace!”

The Extreme Ice Fairy shouted coldly. A Cold Mist billowed around her, and the surrounding temperature plummeted.

Everyone present was a genius at the Earth Element Realm and could still resist it. If it had been an ordinary person at the Half-step Earth Element Realm, they would have likely been frozen solid in an instant.

”That kid has some skill! But that dance was still more interesting!”

The dark-skinned man from the Ten Thousand Swords Sect wore an amused smile.

”Celestial Evil Sword, control your sect’s disciple, or I’ll teach him a lesson myself.”

The Extreme Ice Fairy spoke coolly.

When the disciples of Bishui Palace and the Celestial Ring Alliance were dancing earlier, the dark-skinned man’s laughter had been the most unrestrained; he had almost laughed himself into a cramp.

Now, the dark-skinned man was mocking Bishui Palace right to her face.

”Heh heh!”

The thin figure with dim, sinister eyes known as ”Celestial Evil Sword” gave a cold laugh. A sinister, cold, and tyrannical Sword Intent began to subtly emanate from him.

Sword Intent and cold energy intertwined and clashed. An incredibly oppressive aura enveloped the area, and it seemed as though a great battle could break out at any moment.

But in the end, Celestial Evil Sword and the Extreme Ice Fairy did not fight.

...

「In the arena.」

”Good job, kid!”

The Crow cawed excitedly, flying over to land on Young Master Hai and the one-armed man and stomping on them viciously a few times.

’The elimination round is almost over!’

Luo Tian stood in place, waiting for time to run out.

With the amount of Celestial Fate Qi he currently had, he would have no problem passing the elimination round.

Young Master Hai and the one-armed man, however, grew panicked and started attacking the other members of their team to plunder their Celestial Fate Qi.

Just moments ago, they had been united against Luo Tian, but now they were killing each other.

Luo Tian just watched the show from the sidelines.

In truth, he could have plundered all the Celestial Fate Qi from the entire team, but he chose not to.

’Having too much Celestial Fate Qi isn’t necessarily a good thing...’

This was something he had deduced earlier.

Because of this, Luo Tian wasn’t in a hurry at all. A day into the elimination round, he had already run off to the edge of the arena to focus on his cultivation.

He only needed to ensure he had enough Celestial Fate Qi to advance; that was all.

”GAH GAH GAH, not bad, kid. It’s been a while, but your improvement is huge! My careful guidance and cultivation weren’t in vain.”

The Crow landed on Luo Tian’s shoulder and began to boast.

”Hm?”

Luo Tian only felt that the Crow was a bit dazzling.

’Not good!’

Luo Tian suddenly realized something. He saw the resplendent Celestial Fate Qi on the Crow transform into a stream of golden, misty light and pour into the ”Genius Order” at his waist.

In an instant, the brilliance of the Genius Order skyrocketed!

VWOOM!

A layer of golden radiance enveloped a several-meter radius around Luo Tian, making him look like a small, pale-gold sun.

”GAH GAH GAH! Kid, how could you steal this god’s Celestial Fate Qi?! This god went through hell and high water to collect all this! Give it back!”

The Crow cried out in grief and indignation, feeling that Luo Tian had gone too far.

But Luo Tian felt that it was the Crow who had screwed him over.

’So as long as you get close to the Token, the Celestial Fate Qi gets absorbed?’

Luo Tian sighed. He had known this since the start of the elimination round, but who would think to guard against this?

”Luo Tian!”

Suddenly, a roar filled with chilling killing intent came from the distance.

A majestic golden figure could be seen treading on clouds as it rushed over. The immense and heavy pressure of a Half-step Earth Element Realm expert descended.

The newcomer was none other than Jiang Daoyun, a top expert at the Half-step Earth Element Realm ranked thirty-second on the Spirit List, who possessed the ability to contend with those in the Earth Element Realm!

”Brother Jiang, you’re finally here!”

The one-armed man said with a laugh.

When he had found Luo Tian, he had sent a message to his good friend, Jiang Daoyun.

”Jiang Daoyun, see you in the next round!”

Luo Tian said unhurriedly.

”The next round? You won’t have that chance!”

Jiang Daoyun’s aura was furious. White mist swirled around his legs, faintly forming a white cloud-dragon that shook the surroundings!

Just as Jiang Daoyun was about to strike and eliminate Luo Tian...

...Luo Tian stood his ground with his hands behind his back, not circulating a single shred of True Qi, as if he were actively welcoming death.

Just then.

”The first round of the elimination tournament is over!”

The deep, resonant voice rang out.

Jiang Daoyun’s legs, which had been about to launch an attack, froze instantly.