Chapter 68
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Forest of Bones. Qin Ancestral Grounds:
A bright light flashed as a figure appeared on the ground and immediately was collapsed due to exhaustion. Huffing and puffing, Sheng Tian slowly stood up and focused his vision.
He was currently in a green forest and as far as his eye could see, there was only greenery with no boundaries. He didn't even know if he was at the inner region or the outer region of the forest.
Sheng Tian knew about the legend of this forest and the pile of bones at its center along with the three Jade Seals. So, he used the Jade Seals he had and found two directions giving the same intensity of glow.
There was a third direction with weaker glow indicating the Cold Beauty's direction but Sheng Tian just kept it aside, his promise to Xiao Lian still fresh in his head.
The last one was a faint light, this was probably only one Jade Seal.
Tracking was easy using jade seals. Each jade seal would glow at a particular intensity when subjected to a direction with a particular number of Jade seals. The only downside is it is distance independent. And Sheng Tian knew that one of those directions is the center and the other is presumably Qin Cheng.
When they were in the blood lake earlier, he was not followed due to the dangers at the bottom. But now, he can safely assume a fight would break out sooner or later. But he left caution to the wind and chose the direction with relatively thick vegetation and dashed in.
*Shhh* Sheng Tian dodged to the side and saw a thin spike, with a length of a finger and breadth of a hair which missed him hit a grass plant and without delay, the green grass turned purple and soon decayed.
*Hiss* Sheng Tian sucked in a breath of cold air. He suddenly summoned his Sword and without looking back, he cut another similar spike coming to him and produced a slash and blasted away a normal looking cactus-like plant. And when it died, the plant monster used an all-out attack sending hundreds of spikes into the air as it opened its circular mouth and roared.
Sheng Tian used a simple barrier to block them all as he moved in. The more he traveled, the tougher the tree demons became conforming that this is the way to center.
Sheng Tian encountered a variety of tree monsters on the way. There are the ones which released toxic gases, some which sneak attacked him with their spikes, some which used their body parts as explosives. But the one which Sheng Tian felt dread the most was a plant type monster with tentacle-like branches and releases a drug into the air which worked like an aphrodisiac. Under its effects, the tentacles appear to be extremely 'attractive' and something might happen inappropriate for children.
Sheng Tian felt that the contestants like him were lucky to have data on this 'predator' before they entered.
****
Qin Cheng and everyone else was randomly teleported. So, they could only search if any Jade Seals which were undiscovered.
Qin Cheng was traveling in the forest when he saw a green fruit similar to a pear fruit hanging on the top of a tree. Seeing it, he smirked. All the contestants knew that like Blood Lake which provided with blood crystals, the Forest of Bones has Profound Fruits which have different uses. But not all the fruits were suitable for consumption.
For example, the green fruit on the tree. If one consumes it, they would lose their Profound Energy for an entire hour. Then, the tree monster which gave the fruit would attack. Even if one managed to escape, In this forest, having no profound energy for an hour is simply death. Thankfully, his predecessors have already recorded these things down and made things easy for them.
Qin Cheng used his movement arts as he cut the tree monster down. Then, he took the fruit and stored it before continuing his search for Jade Seals, profound fruits and his teammates.
****
Sheng Tian was holding a red colored cherry fruit in his hand, playing with it. According to the data, it could instantly restore one's profound energy as long as they are under Sky Profound Realm.
Sheng Tian evaluated it as not useful and threw it inside his fruit basket.
It is filled with different colored fruits. Red, Pink, Orange, Yellow, Green. The red cherry shaped fruit is the Energy restoration fruit. Orange colored fruit is Recovery Spirit Fruit to heal the injuries as long as they are not fatal. Yellow fruit is for Increasing cultivation speed by 2 times for a month. It is very precious. Green fruit makes anyone who ate lose their profound energy for one hour. And the most important pink one is an aphrodisiac. You just have to crush it for it to release the love gas and start you have a good show. It is the legendary medicine that created many 'unexpected situations' in countless novels and 'created relationships'. So, Sheng Tian carefully threw them all into the basket into their separate sections.
And after having done that, Sheng Tian heard rustlings of trees. Without turning around, he took the three Jade Seals and saw them glow pointing at his back.
Sheng Tian smiled lightly laughing in his heart that all this could potentially be a trap but here we are, fighting with each other to fall into the trap. After the incident at the formation of the Lake, Sheng Tian felt that all of this could very well be a setup. He was more than 50% sure but the blood absorption could also be the formation's mechanism but his intuition told him that it was the former.
All the five members of Qin Li's group arrived behind him(rest are now in the lake). Unlike in the lake, it is quite easy to identify the location of others here. As everyone knew about the forest already, they set up their signature attacks which they would blast high into the air and then, they would select a point of meeting at the converging point of the attacks.
Qin Li's and Qin Cheng's group have all gathered their members. Sadly, In Qin Qing's group now present in the Forest, there are only three members: Sheng Tian, Leng Yue Yan, and Gu Song.
Leng Yue Yan didn't want to work together with anyone, Gu Song didn't want to work together with Sheng Tian and Sheng Tian felt free acting alone instead of the burdens. So, the trio didn't even bother sending their location signals as it would instead expose them.
Sheng Tian turned around maintaining that lazy smile on his face and he saw these 'wolves'.
Qin Li's group had the two Sacred Sword Sect brothers, a Mystic Ice Sect disciple, the fiancee of Qin Li and his follower from Qin Clan.
Sheng Tian looked at the group and smiled cheekily as he spoke "What a bunch of righteous people, you came here to deliver the last Jade Seal you have and you too, honest men in the hiding. I thank you for your generosity and will not act pretentiously."
Qin Cheng and his members who were at a distance away observing the situation were startled. Qin Cheng's eyes flashed as he felt that this guy is a pretending to be a pig to eat the tiger.
Meanwhile, Qian Yi who was leading Qin Li's group was also startled as she knew that Qin Cheng's group was already here but didn't expect the person in front to find out. Then her eyes showed anger as she coldly said with a snort "What galls! You don't know what's good for you. We will surely show you our 'generosity'. "
As she said that she signaled as the Sword Brothers duo dashed forward holding the sword hilt. They were both at the 4th stage of Earth Profound Realm. When they reached Sheng Tian, two arcs flashed in the air as they used a famous sword unleashing move cutting thin air producing a "swish" sound.
Sheng Tian chuckled lightly seeing this famous move from his 'ex-sect' being used against him. He brought out two swords from his storage ring and slashed at the two swordsmen's attack and without giving them a chance to attack, he used his Physical to his advantage as he kicked them both at their chest with his kicks powered up by Profound Energy.
*Boom*, as his speed was too fast, the duo fell on the ground and spit out mouthfuls of blood. They felt their strengths leaving their body as they fell unconscious. Sheng Tian didn't cripple them nor did he wish to kill them for something so trivial. He merely knocked them out.
Before he could turn his head, a Spear with extreme penetration power in the front, a sword with heaviness and a slash with ice elemental powers came down at him.
Sheng Tian saw Qian Yi and the two others attacking. He used his nimble agility and formed a counterattack arc with his sword blasting the three back. But humans are humans, Seeing him having a good command at the front, Qian Yi attacked from the front quickly and the two young men attacked from behind.
They also changed their weapons and brought out more lethal ones. To them, this isn't about winning or losing anymore, it is about upholding the honor of their Leader Qin Li. If it was ever known that 5 of his members are beaten to a pulp by an unknown contestant from Qin Qing's team, then his honor would be tainted.
Sheng Tian saw their weapons as his eyes shined with greed. These could sell for a pretty good amount. In that split second, the trio felt their asses tightening up due to some unknown fear.
But they nevertheless lunged forward to severely injure him. At this moment when Sheng Tian was thinking about what to do but his momentary spaced out due to his still insufficient battle sense & experience, he was almost a second late before a Wall of Ice appeared on his either sides blocking the attacks. The walls didn't even budge.
Sheng Tian turned around to see Leng Yue Yan who appeared silently beside him. Probably she is also here for the Jade Seals, he thought.
"Go. Goddess, Ice Goddess!" the Mystic Ice sect member from Qin Li's team shouted as his face revealed reverence as well as astonishment.
Every knowledgable person on the scene was stupified except the self-proclaimed prodigy Sheng Tian who didn't read the latest news ahem who didn't know the contemporary issues of the continent.
Qian Yi was astonished seeing the famous Ice Goddess appear. Ice Goddess is someone favoured by the heavens and is one of the leading disciples of the Mystic Ice Sect. It was also rumored that she would be the head contestant for the upcoming "Prodigy Dragon Championship" or simply known by the masses as "Tournament of Younger Generation" (chapter 19).
Qin Cheng who heard the name "Ice goddess" had his mouth twitch. Someone like him would do everything to gather information about possible variables beforehand. But this "Ice Goddess", who was very famous yet said to be alone and only pursued cultivation without distractions. So, How would he know that she would join Qin Qing's team? But no matter God or Goddess, they are not allowed to stop his ascension to the Seat of Clan Head.
Leng Yue Yan didn't talk and just waved her hand as a sword appeared in her hand and she gracefully shot forward towards three the people clashing with them at the same time.
The trio felt a chilling cold from each of her attacks and their limbs started getting numb. Just as Leng Yue Yan was about to deliver the final blow knocking them back, seven attacks of different types silently rained on her.
Qin Cheng wanted a win even if it means despicably ambushing. Leng Yue Yan expected them to attack but not the seven of them at the same time with some of their best weapons. She backed off and used the Defense Profound Art 'Ice Wall'. It stopped all the attacks but the trio she just left suddenly attacked her.
She was in no time to properly block it and would sustain minor injuries. Just as she was about to conjure the 'Ice Armour', a sword light flashed as all the three attacking members of Qin Li's group had their weapons thrown off and their chests punched.
They all spit a mouthful of blood and felt their ribs slightly cracking as the profound energy armor they set up was broken by that mighty fist.
Sheng Tian landed infront of Leng Yue Yan calmly. He did't even speak as he stared at the seven of Qin Cheng's group. Qin Cheng's eyes met his as Qin Cheng glared at him with maliciousness.
Sheng Tian laughed and said "What are you staring so intensely for? I am not into men. Look for someone else." Saying so, under their eyes, he bent over to the Mystic Ice member who was struggling to get up along with the other three. He said "Don't cause trouble. It won't be pleasant, I promise." the trio could only be stiffed by scare seeing his devil like smile.
The moment he bent over, seven attacks came and as if he was prepared for it, the Sword which he held at his back with loaded profound energy cut forward as it negated all the attacks. He retrieved the Seal and laughed "Don't be so excited to attract my attention, Young Master Qin."
Qin Cheng eyes had a dangerous glint as he said "I never expected someone of your strength to appear here. But nonetheless, It shall be futile. You can't change anything."
Sheng Tian was a bit confused as those words felt like they meant something else. He asked perplexed " What do you mean?"
Qin Cheng relaxed his face as he said "No matter what you do, Your path is destined, that is death. Now, die."
Sheng Tian felt that things might be not so simple but facing the six crazed attackers, he shut his mouth for good to avoid his previous mistake and took his stance. Leng Yue Yan appeared next to him to which he simply nodded at her.
Somehow he got a dangerous feeling from some members of both the groups, especially so for Qin Cheng. And he also felt that from some of Qin Li's group members but they were knocked out easily by him. So, he was perplexed. Was his intuition wrong? Or were they acting?
Leaving all this he faced the team of 6 consisting of the Mystic Ice sect sisters, noble family young masters, and Qin Cheng's followers.
The Mystic Ice Sect sisters didn't speak a word when they saw Leng Yue Yan but inwardly they felt very jealous of her. But because of her nature, Leng Yue Yan didn't care about their antics and treated them the same as normal opponents not martial sisters in this battle.
The Mystic Ice twin sisters used the famous profound skill "butterfly of winter" as each of them formed a half of an ice butterfly which froze everything in its way and shot towards Sheng Tian.
Two followers of Qin Cheng and two noble family youngsters also attacked using their famous and lethal attacks.
Sheng Tian, though he could negate them if he uses his Profound Arts, he wasn't using them as his disguise could be seen in the future if someone from today identifies him in the future. He simply couldn't kill these people just for seeing his profound arts, right? So, he was having a hard time facing all these trump cards.
Leng Yue Yan was also in a similar state as she didn't want to use lethal attacks on them but have to defend.
Sheng Tian and Leng Yue Yan used their own Defense Profound Arts and tried to block off the attacks while at the same time trying to destroy them.
As the attacks struck, their barriers were almost breached, but they held on. Just as they were about to breathe a sigh of relief, they were both blasted away.
At the end of the group was Qin Cheng, his hand holding a bamboo-like pole. It had various inscriptions on it. This was clearly a treasure he acquired through many difficulties and schemes. Upon using it can stealthily deal an attack equal to Peak Earth Profound Realm. It is reusable but it takes relatively time to recharge again. But nonetheless, Sheng Tian and Leng Yue Yan were taken back by this sudden attack and were blasted away.
When the attack was about to arrive, Sheng Tian's soul and physical instincts and senses kicked in, He hurriedly set up a barrier but before it was completely set up, he was blasted away.
Leng Yue Yan was in a worse condition, Her soul was not like Sheng Tian's, so she has to take much more damage than him as she set up the barrier at the last moment.
Thankfully, they at least set up a barrier which saved their lives.
*Thud* *Thud* They both fell on the ground spitting out a mouthful of blood. They tried to take recovery pills But the opponents clearly didn't intend to give them a chance as they attacked immediately leaving them with no option but to defend.
The six-member team had four members on Sheng Tian and the twin sisters on Leng Yue Yan. In those sisters eyes, Sheng Tian saw gloating and ruthlessness. He knew that something bad would happen if nothing is done.
With his strong physical body and the protection from the barrier, Sheng Tian didn't suffer any serious injuries but he felt his internal organs shaken.
The same could not be said to Leng Yue Yan as her Physical body was far weaker and she received less protection, she had some serious injuries which needed immediate treatment or else, they would affect her future cultivation.
Sheng Tian saw the oncoming attacks and grit his death as he saw the half-conscious Ice Goddess a little distance away from him and used the fastest speed he could muster and reached her.
His sudden outburst put a strain on his body but he didn't have the leisure to consider it. The twin sisters attacked were in the form of icicles and they all slashed at Leng Yue Yan's profound Veins position. This is clearly an attack intended to cripple the half-conscious young woman.
Sheng Tian reached and caught her in his arms. This was the first time he touched her, her body giving off an icy cold aura as if she was a Snow mountain herself. But her hands were still warm.
Sheng Tian didn't want to do anything over the line after Xiao Lian spoke, but in the heat of the moment, he could only hug her and use Star Shadow steps. But before he did so, he took an ordinary looking token which was already in his hands and crushed it. Then they both disappeared as Sheng Tian received some of the Icicle attacks on his back before they did.
Everyone saw Sheng Tian rushing at a mad speed to Leng Yue Yan and crushing a token, disappearing the next second.
But no one heard Sheng Tian swearing in his mind to have his sweet revenge on this bastard Qin Cheng before he left.
They shouted in shock "Teleportation Token".
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Forest of Bones. Qin Ancestral Grounds:
A bright light flashed as a figure appeared on the ground and immediately was collapsed due to exhaustion. Huffing and puffing, Sheng Tian slowly stood up and focused his vision.
He was currently in a green forest and as far as his eye could see, there was only greenery with no boundaries. He didn't even know if he was at the inner region or the outer region of the forest.
Sheng Tian knew about the legend of this forest and the pile of bones at its center along with the three Jade Seals. So, he used the Jade Seals he had and found two directions giving the same intensity of glow.
There was a third direction with weaker glow indicating the Cold Beauty's direction but Sheng Tian just kept it aside, his promise to Xiao Lian still fresh in his head.
The last one was a faint light, this was probably only one Jade Seal.
Tracking was easy using jade seals. Each jade seal would glow at a particular intensity when subjected to a direction with a particular number of Jade seals. The only downside is it is distance independent. And Sheng Tian knew that one of those directions is the center and the other is presumably Qin Cheng.
When they were in the blood lake earlier, he was not followed due to the dangers at the bottom. But now, he can safely assume a fight would break out sooner or later. But he left caution to the wind and chose the direction with relatively thick vegetation and dashed in.
*Shhh* Sheng Tian dodged to the side and saw a thin spike, with a length of a finger and breadth of a hair which missed him hit a grass plant and without delay, the green grass turned purple and soon decayed.
*Hiss* Sheng Tian sucked in a breath of cold air. He suddenly summoned his Sword and without looking back, he cut another similar spike coming to him and produced a slash and blasted away a normal looking cactus-like plant. And when it died, the plant monster used an all-out attack sending hundreds of spikes into the air as it opened its circular mouth and roared.
Sheng Tian used a simple barrier to block them all as he moved in. The more he traveled, the tougher the tree demons became conforming that this is the way to center.
Sheng Tian encountered a variety of tree monsters on the way. There are the ones which released toxic gases, some which sneak attacked him with their spikes, some which used their body parts as explosives. But the one which Sheng Tian felt dread the most was a plant type monster with tentacle-like branches and releases a drug into the air which worked like an aphrodisiac. Under its effects, the tentacles appear to be extremely 'attractive' and something might happen inappropriate for children.
Sheng Tian felt that the contestants like him were lucky to have data on this 'predator' before they entered.
****
Qin Cheng and everyone else was randomly teleported. So, they could only search if any Jade Seals which were undiscovered.
Qin Cheng was traveling in the forest when he saw a green fruit similar to a pear fruit hanging on the top of a tree. Seeing it, he smirked. All the contestants knew that like Blood Lake which provided with blood crystals, the Forest of Bones has Profound Fruits which have different uses. But not all the fruits were suitable for consumption.
For example, the green fruit on the tree. If one consumes it, they would lose their Profound Energy for an entire hour. Then, the tree monster which gave the fruit would attack. Even if one managed to escape, In this forest, having no profound energy for an hour is simply death. Thankfully, his predecessors have already recorded these things down and made things easy for them.
Qin Cheng used his movement arts as he cut the tree monster down. Then, he took the fruit and stored it before continuing his search for Jade Seals, profound fruits and his teammates.
****
Sheng Tian was holding a red colored cherry fruit in his hand, playing with it. According to the data, it could instantly restore one's profound energy as long as they are under Sky Profound Realm.
Sheng Tian evaluated it as not useful and threw it inside his fruit basket.
It is filled with different colored fruits. Red, Pink, Orange, Yellow, Green. The red cherry shaped fruit is the Energy restoration fruit. Orange colored fruit is Recovery Spirit Fruit to heal the injuries as long as they are not fatal. Yellow fruit is for Increasing cultivation speed by 2 times for a month. It is very precious. Green fruit makes anyone who ate lose their profound energy for one hour. And the most important pink one is an aphrodisiac. You just have to crush it for it to release the love gas and start you have a good show. It is the legendary medicine that created many 'unexpected situations' in countless novels and 'created relationships'. So, Sheng Tian carefully threw them all into the basket into their separate sections.
And after having done that, Sheng Tian heard rustlings of trees. Without turning around, he took the three Jade Seals and saw them glow pointing at his back.
Sheng Tian smiled lightly laughing in his heart that all this could potentially be a trap but here we are, fighting with each other to fall into the trap. After the incident at the formation of the Lake, Sheng Tian felt that all of this could very well be a setup. He was more than 50% sure but the blood absorption could also be the formation's mechanism but his intuition told him that it was the former.
All the five members of Qin Li's group arrived behind him(rest are now in the lake). Unlike in the lake, it is quite easy to identify the location of others here. As everyone knew about the forest already, they set up their signature attacks which they would blast high into the air and then, they would select a point of meeting at the converging point of the attacks.
Qin Li's and Qin Cheng's group have all gathered their members. Sadly, In Qin Qing's group now present in the Forest, there are only three members: Sheng Tian, Leng Yue Yan, and Gu Song.
Leng Yue Yan didn't want to work together with anyone, Gu Song didn't want to work together with Sheng Tian and Sheng Tian felt free acting alone instead of the burdens. So, the trio didn't even bother sending their location signals as it would instead expose them.
Sheng Tian turned around maintaining that lazy smile on his face and he saw these 'wolves'.
Qin Li's group had the two Sacred Sword Sect brothers, a Mystic Ice Sect disciple, the fiancee of Qin Li and his follower from Qin Clan.
Sheng Tian looked at the group and smiled cheekily as he spoke "What a bunch of righteous people, you came here to deliver the last Jade Seal you have and you too, honest men in the hiding. I thank you for your generosity and will not act pretentiously."
Qin Cheng and his members who were at a distance away observing the situation were startled. Qin Cheng's eyes flashed as he felt that this guy is a pretending to be a pig to eat the tiger.
Meanwhile, Qian Yi who was leading Qin Li's group was also startled as she knew that Qin Cheng's group was already here but didn't expect the person in front to find out. Then her eyes showed anger as she coldly said with a snort "What galls! You don't know what's good for you. We will surely show you our 'generosity'. "
As she said that she signaled as the Sword Brothers duo dashed forward holding the sword hilt. They were both at the 4th stage of Earth Profound Realm. When they reached Sheng Tian, two arcs flashed in the air as they used a famous sword unleashing move cutting thin air producing a "swish" sound.
Sheng Tian chuckled lightly seeing this famous move from his 'ex-sect' being used against him. He brought out two swords from his storage ring and slashed at the two swordsmen's attack and without giving them a chance to attack, he used his Physical to his advantage as he kicked them both at their chest with his kicks powered up by Profound Energy.
*Boom*, as his speed was too fast, the duo fell on the ground and spit out mouthfuls of blood. They felt their strengths leaving their body as they fell unconscious. Sheng Tian didn't cripple them nor did he wish to kill them for something so trivial. He merely knocked them out.
Before he could turn his head, a Spear with extreme penetration power in the front, a sword with heaviness and a slash with ice elemental powers came down at him.
Sheng Tian saw Qian Yi and the two others attacking. He used his nimble agility and formed a counterattack arc with his sword blasting the three back. But humans are humans, Seeing him having a good command at the front, Qian Yi attacked from the front quickly and the two young men attacked from behind.
They also changed their weapons and brought out more lethal ones. To them, this isn't about winning or losing anymore, it is about upholding the honor of their Leader Qin Li. If it was ever known that 5 of his members are beaten to a pulp by an unknown contestant from Qin Qing's team, then his honor would be tainted.
Sheng Tian saw their weapons as his eyes shined with greed. These could sell for a pretty good amount. In that split second, the trio felt their asses tightening up due to some unknown fear.
But they nevertheless lunged forward to severely injure him. At this moment when Sheng Tian was thinking about what to do but his momentary spaced out due to his still insufficient battle sense & experience, he was almost a second late before a Wall of Ice appeared on his either sides blocking the attacks. The walls didn't even budge.
Sheng Tian turned around to see Leng Yue Yan who appeared silently beside him. Probably she is also here for the Jade Seals, he thought.
"Go. Goddess, Ice Goddess!" the Mystic Ice sect member from Qin Li's team shouted as his face revealed reverence as well as astonishment.
Every knowledgable person on the scene was stupified except the self-proclaimed prodigy Sheng Tian who didn't read the latest news ahem who didn't know the contemporary issues of the continent.
Qian Yi was astonished seeing the famous Ice Goddess appear. Ice Goddess is someone favoured by the heavens and is one of the leading disciples of the Mystic Ice Sect. It was also rumored that she would be the head contestant for the upcoming "Prodigy Dragon Championship" or simply known by the masses as "Tournament of Younger Generation" (chapter 19).
Qin Cheng who heard the name "Ice goddess" had his mouth twitch. Someone like him would do everything to gather information about possible variables beforehand. But this "Ice Goddess", who was very famous yet said to be alone and only pursued cultivation without distractions. So, How would he know that she would join Qin Qing's team? But no matter God or Goddess, they are not allowed to stop his ascension to the Seat of Clan Head.
Leng Yue Yan didn't talk and just waved her hand as a sword appeared in her hand and she gracefully shot forward towards three the people clashing with them at the same time.
The trio felt a chilling cold from each of her attacks and their limbs started getting numb. Just as Leng Yue Yan was about to deliver the final blow knocking them back, seven attacks of different types silently rained on her.
Qin Cheng wanted a win even if it means despicably ambushing. Leng Yue Yan expected them to attack but not the seven of them at the same time with some of their best weapons. She backed off and used the Defense Profound Art 'Ice Wall'. It stopped all the attacks but the trio she just left suddenly attacked her.
She was in no time to properly block it and would sustain minor injuries. Just as she was about to conjure the 'Ice Armour', a sword light flashed as all the three attacking members of Qin Li's group had their weapons thrown off and their chests punched.
They all spit a mouthful of blood and felt their ribs slightly cracking as the profound energy armor they set up was broken by that mighty fist.
Sheng Tian landed infront of Leng Yue Yan calmly. He did't even speak as he stared at the seven of Qin Cheng's group. Qin Cheng's eyes met his as Qin Cheng glared at him with maliciousness.
Sheng Tian laughed and said "What are you staring so intensely for? I am not into men. Look for someone else." Saying so, under their eyes, he bent over to the Mystic Ice member who was struggling to get up along with the other three. He said "Don't cause trouble. It won't be pleasant, I promise." the trio could only be stiffed by scare seeing his devil like smile.
The moment he bent over, seven attacks came and as if he was prepared for it, the Sword which he held at his back with loaded profound energy cut forward as it negated all the attacks. He retrieved the Seal and laughed "Don't be so excited to attract my attention, Young Master Qin."
Qin Cheng eyes had a dangerous glint as he said "I never expected someone of your strength to appear here. But nonetheless, It shall be futile. You can't change anything."
Sheng Tian was a bit confused as those words felt like they meant something else. He asked perplexed " What do you mean?"
Qin Cheng relaxed his face as he said "No matter what you do, Your path is destined, that is death. Now, die."
Sheng Tian felt that things might be not so simple but facing the six crazed attackers, he shut his mouth for good to avoid his previous mistake and took his stance. Leng Yue Yan appeared next to him to which he simply nodded at her.
Somehow he got a dangerous feeling from some members of both the groups, especially so for Qin Cheng. And he also felt that from some of Qin Li's group members but they were knocked out easily by him. So, he was perplexed. Was his intuition wrong? Or were they acting?
Leaving all this he faced the team of 6 consisting of the Mystic Ice sect sisters, noble family young masters, and Qin Cheng's followers.
The Mystic Ice Sect sisters didn't speak a word when they saw Leng Yue Yan but inwardly they felt very jealous of her. But because of her nature, Leng Yue Yan didn't care about their antics and treated them the same as normal opponents not martial sisters in this battle.
The Mystic Ice twin sisters used the famous profound skill "butterfly of winter" as each of them formed a half of an ice butterfly which froze everything in its way and shot towards Sheng Tian.
Two followers of Qin Cheng and two noble family youngsters also attacked using their famous and lethal attacks.
Sheng Tian, though he could negate them if he uses his Profound Arts, he wasn't using them as his disguise could be seen in the future if someone from today identifies him in the future. He simply couldn't kill these people just for seeing his profound arts, right? So, he was having a hard time facing all these trump cards.
Leng Yue Yan was also in a similar state as she didn't want to use lethal attacks on them but have to defend.
Sheng Tian and Leng Yue Yan used their own Defense Profound Arts and tried to block off the attacks while at the same time trying to destroy them.
As the attacks struck, their barriers were almost breached, but they held on. Just as they were about to breathe a sigh of relief, they were both blasted away.
At the end of the group was Qin Cheng, his hand holding a bamboo-like pole. It had various inscriptions on it. This was clearly a treasure he acquired through many difficulties and schemes. Upon using it can stealthily deal an attack equal to Peak Earth Profound Realm. It is reusable but it takes relatively time to recharge again. But nonetheless, Sheng Tian and Leng Yue Yan were taken back by this sudden attack and were blasted away.
When the attack was about to arrive, Sheng Tian's soul and physical instincts and senses kicked in, He hurriedly set up a barrier but before it was completely set up, he was blasted away.
Leng Yue Yan was in a worse condition, Her soul was not like Sheng Tian's, so she has to take much more damage than him as she set up the barrier at the last moment.
Thankfully, they at least set up a barrier which saved their lives.
*Thud* *Thud* They both fell on the ground spitting out a mouthful of blood. They tried to take recovery pills But the opponents clearly didn't intend to give them a chance as they attacked immediately leaving them with no option but to defend.
The six-member team had four members on Sheng Tian and the twin sisters on Leng Yue Yan. In those sisters eyes, Sheng Tian saw gloating and ruthlessness. He knew that something bad would happen if nothing is done.
With his strong physical body and the protection from the barrier, Sheng Tian didn't suffer any serious injuries but he felt his internal organs shaken.
The same could not be said to Leng Yue Yan as her Physical body was far weaker and she received less protection, she had some serious injuries which needed immediate treatment or else, they would affect her future cultivation.
Sheng Tian saw the oncoming attacks and grit his death as he saw the half-conscious Ice Goddess a little distance away from him and used the fastest speed he could muster and reached her.
His sudden outburst put a strain on his body but he didn't have the leisure to consider it. The twin sisters attacked were in the form of icicles and they all slashed at Leng Yue Yan's profound Veins position. This is clearly an attack intended to cripple the half-conscious young woman.
Sheng Tian reached and caught her in his arms. This was the first time he touched her, her body giving off an icy cold aura as if she was a Snow mountain herself. But her hands were still warm.
Sheng Tian didn't want to do anything over the line after Xiao Lian spoke, but in the heat of the moment, he could only hug her and use Star Shadow steps. But before he did so, he took an ordinary looking token which was already in his hands and crushed it. Then they both disappeared as Sheng Tian received some of the Icicle attacks on his back before they did.
Everyone saw Sheng Tian rushing at a mad speed to Leng Yue Yan and crushing a token, disappearing the next second.
But no one heard Sheng Tian swearing in his mind to have his sweet revenge on this bastard Qin Cheng before he left.
They shouted in shock "Teleportation Token".
Forest of Bones. Qin Ancestral Grounds:A bright light flashed as a figure appeared on the ground and immediately was collapsed due to exhaustion. Huffing and puffing, Sheng Tian slowly stood up and focused his vision.He was currently in a green forest and as far as his eye could see, there was only greenery with no boundaries. He didn't even know if he was at the inner region or the outer region of the forest.Sheng Tian knew about the legend of this forest and the pile of bones at its center along with the three Jade Seals. So, he used the Jade Seals he had and found two directions giving the same intensity of glow.There was a third direction with weaker glow indicating the Cold Beauty's direction but Sheng Tian just kept it aside, his promise to Xiao Lian still fresh in his head.The last one was a faint light, this was probably only one Jade Seal.Tracking was easy using jade seals. Each jade seal would glow at a particular intensity when subjected to a direction with a particular number of Jade seals. The only downside is it is distance independent. And Sheng Tian knew that one of those directions is the center and the other is presumably Qin Cheng.When they were in the blood lake earlier, he was not followed due to the dangers at the bottom. But now, he can safely assume a fight would break out sooner or later. But he left caution to the wind and chose the direction with relatively thick vegetation and dashed in.*Shhh* Sheng Tian dodged to the side and saw a thin spike, with a length of a finger and breadth of a hair which missed him hit a grass plant and without delay, the green grass turned purple and soon decayed.*Hiss* Sheng Tian sucked in a breath of cold air. He suddenly summoned his Sword and without looking back, he cut another similar spike coming to him and produced a slash and blasted away a normal looking cactus-like plant. And when it died, the plant monster used an all-out attack sending hundreds of spikes into the air as it opened its circular mouth and roared.Sheng Tian used a simple barrier to block them all as he moved in. The more he traveled, the tougher the tree demons became conforming that this is the way to center.Sheng Tian encountered a variety of tree monsters on the way. There are the ones which released toxic gases, some which sneak attacked him with their spikes, some which used their body parts as explosives. But the one which Sheng Tian felt dread the most was a plant type monster with tentacle-like branches and releases a drug into the air which worked like an aphrodisiac. Under its effects, the tentacles appear to be extremely 'attractive' and something might happen inappropriate for children.Sheng Tian felt that the contestants like him were lucky to have data on this 'predator' before they entered.****Qin Cheng and everyone else was randomly teleported. So, they could only search if any Jade Seals which were undiscovered.Qin Cheng was traveling in the forest when he saw a green fruit similar to a pear fruit hanging on the top of a tree. Seeing it, he smirked. All the contestants knew that like Blood Lake which provided with blood crystals, the Forest of Bones has Profound Fruits which have different uses. But not all the fruits were suitable for consumption.For example, the green fruit on the tree. If one consumes it, they would lose their Profound Energy for an entire hour. Then, the tree monster which gave the fruit would attack. Even if one managed to escape, In this forest, having no profound energy for an hour is simply death. Thankfully, his predecessors have already recorded these things down and made things easy for them.Qin Cheng used his movement arts as he cut the tree monster down. Then, he took the fruit and stored it before continuing his search for Jade Seals, profound fruits and his teammates.****Sheng Tian was holding a red colored cherry fruit in his hand, playing with it. According to the data, it could instantly restore one's profound energy as long as they are under Sky Profound Realm.Sheng Tian evaluated it as not useful and threw it inside his fruit basket.It is filled with different colored fruits. Red, Pink, Orange, Yellow, Green. The red cherry shaped fruit is the Energy restoration fruit. Orange colored fruit is Recovery Spirit Fruit to heal the injuries as long as they are not fatal. Yellow fruit is for Increasing cultivation speed by 2 times for a month. It is very precious. Green fruit makes anyone who ate lose their profound energy for one hour. And the most important pink one is an aphrodisiac. You just have to crush it for it to release the love gas and start you have a good show. It is the legendary medicine that created many 'unexpected situations' in countless novels and 'created relationships'. So, Sheng Tian carefully threw them all into the basket into their separate sections.And after having done that, Sheng Tian heard rustlings of trees. Without turning around, he took the three Jade Seals and saw them glow pointing at his back.Sheng Tian smiled lightly laughing in his heart that all this could potentially be a trap but here we are, fighting with each other to fall into the trap. After the incident at the formation of the Lake, Sheng Tian felt that all of this could very well be a setup. He was more than 50% sure but the blood absorption could also be the formation's mechanism but his intuition told him that it was the former.All the five members of Qin Li's group arrived behind himrest are now in the lake. Unlike in the lake, it is quite easy to identify the location of others here. As everyone knew about the forest already, they set up their signature attacks which they would blast high into the air and then, they would select a point of meeting at the converging point of the attacks.Qin Li's and Qin Cheng's group have all gathered their members. Sadly, In Qin Qing's group now present in the Forest, there are only three members: Sheng Tian, Leng Yue Yan, and Gu Song.Leng Yue Yan didn't want to work together with anyone, Gu Song didn't want to work together with Sheng Tian and Sheng Tian felt free acting alone instead of the burdens. So, the trio didn't even bother sending their location signals as it would instead expose them.Sheng Tian turned around maintaining that lazy smile on his face and he saw these 'wolves'.Qin Li's group had the two Sacred Sword Sect brothers, a Mystic Ice Sect disciple, the fiancee of Qin Li and his follower from Qin Clan.Sheng Tian looked at the group and smiled cheekily as he spoke "What a bunch of righteous people, you came here to deliver the last Jade Seal you have and you too, honest men in the hiding. I thank you for your generosity and will not act pretentiously."Qin Cheng and his members who were at a distance away observing the situation were startled. Qin Cheng's eyes flashed as he felt that this guy is a pretending to be a pig to eat the tiger.Meanwhile, Qian Yi who was leading Qin Li's group was also startled as she knew that Qin Cheng's group was already here but didn't expect the person in front to find out. Then her eyes showed anger as she coldly said with a snort "What galls! You don't know what's good for you. We will surely show you our 'generosity'. "As she said that she signaled as the Sword Brothers duo dashed forward holding the sword hilt. They were both at the 4th stage of Earth Profound Realm. When they reached Sheng Tian, two arcs flashed in the air as they used a famous sword unleashing move cutting thin air producing a "swish" sound.Sheng Tian chuckled lightly seeing this famous move from his 'ex-sect' being used against him. He brought out two swords from his storage ring and slashed at the two swordsmen's attack and without giving them a chance to attack, he used his Physical to his advantage as he kicked them both at their chest with his kicks powered up by Profound Energy.*Boom*, as his speed was too fast, the duo fell on the ground and spit out mouthfuls of blood. They felt their strengths leaving their body as they fell unconscious. Sheng Tian didn't cripple them nor did he wish to kill them for something so trivial. He merely knocked them out.Before he could turn his head, a Spear with extreme penetration power in the front, a sword with heaviness and a slash with ice elemental powers came down at him.Sheng Tian saw Qian Yi and the two others attacking. He used his nimble agility and formed a counterattack arc with his sword blasting the three back. But humans are humans, Seeing him having a good command at the front, Qian Yi attacked from the front quickly and the two young men attacked from behind.They also changed their weapons and brought out more lethal ones. To them, this isn't about winning or losing anymore, it is about upholding the honor of their Leader Qin Li. If it was ever known that 5 of his members are beaten to a pulp by an unknown contestant from Qin Qing's team, then his honor would be tainted.Sheng Tian saw their weapons as his eyes shined with greed. These could sell for a pretty good amount. In that split second, the trio felt their asses tightening up due to some unknown fear.But they nevertheless lunged forward to severely injure him. At this moment when Sheng Tian was thinking about what to do but his momentary spaced out due to his still insufficient battle sense & experience, he was almost a second late before a Wall of Ice appeared on his either sides blocking the attacks. The walls didn't even budge.Sheng Tian turned around to see Leng Yue Yan who appeared silently beside him. Probably she is also here for the Jade Seals, he thought."Go. Goddess, Ice Goddess!" the Mystic Ice sect member from Qin Li's team shouted as his face revealed reverence as well as astonishment.Every knowledgable person on the scene was stupified except the self-proclaimed prodigy Sheng Tian who didn't read the latest news ahem who didn't know the contemporary issues of the continent.Qian Yi was astonished seeing the famous Ice Goddess appear. Ice Goddess is someone favoured by the heavens and is one of the leading disciples of the Mystic Ice Sect. It was also rumored that she would be the head contestant for the upcoming "Prodigy Dragon Championship" or simply known by the masses as "Tournament of Younger Generation" chapter 19.Qin Cheng who heard the name "Ice goddess" had his mouth twitch. Someone like him would do everything to gather information about possible variables beforehand. But this "Ice Goddess", who was very famous yet said to be alone and only pursued cultivation without distractions. So, How would he know that she would join Qin Qing's team? But no matter God or Goddess, they are not allowed to stop his ascension to the Seat of Clan Head.Leng Yue Yan didn't talk and just waved her hand as a sword appeared in her hand and she gracefully shot forward towards three the people clashing with them at the same time.The trio felt a chilling cold from each of her attacks and their limbs started getting numb. Just as Leng Yue Yan was about to deliver the final blow knocking them back, seven attacks of different types silently rained on her.Qin Cheng wanted a win even if it means despicably ambushing. Leng Yue Yan expected them to attack but not the seven of them at the same time with some of their best weapons. She backed off and used the Defense Profound Art 'Ice Wall'. It stopped all the attacks but the trio she just left suddenly attacked her.She was in no time to properly block it and would sustain minor injuries. Just as she was about to conjure the 'Ice Armour', a sword light flashed as all the three attacking members of Qin Li's group had their weapons thrown off and their chests punched.They all spit a mouthful of blood and felt their ribs slightly cracking as the profound energy armor they set up was broken by that mighty fist.Sheng Tian landed infront of Leng Yue Yan calmly. He did't even speak as he stared at the seven of Qin Cheng's group. Qin Cheng's eyes met his as Qin Cheng glared at him with maliciousness.Sheng Tian laughed and said "What are you staring so intensely for? I am not into men. Look for someone else." Saying so, under their eyes, he bent over to the Mystic Ice member who was struggling to get up along with the other three. He said "Don't cause trouble. It won't be pleasant, I promise." the trio could only be stiffed by scare seeing his devil like smile.The moment he bent over, seven attacks came and as if he was prepared for it, the Sword which he held at his back with loaded profound energy cut forward as it negated all the attacks. He retrieved the Seal and laughed "Don't be so excited to attract my attention, Young Master Qin."Qin Cheng eyes had a dangerous glint as he said "I never expected someone of your strength to appear here. But nonetheless, It shall be futile. You can't change anything."Sheng Tian was a bit confused as those words felt like they meant something else. He asked perplexed " What do you mean?"Qin Cheng relaxed his face as he said "No matter what you do, Your path is destined, that is death. Now, die."Sheng Tian felt that things might be not so simple but facing the six crazed attackers, he shut his mouth for good to avoid his previous mistake and took his stance. Leng Yue Yan appeared next to him to which he simply nodded at her.Somehow he got a dangerous feeling from some members of both the groups, especially so for Qin Cheng. And he also felt that from some of Qin Li's group members but they were knocked out easily by him. So, he was perplexed. Was his intuition wrong? Or were they acting?Leaving all this he faced the team of 6 consisting of the Mystic Ice sect sisters, noble family young masters, and Qin Cheng's followers.The Mystic Ice Sect sisters didn't speak a word when they saw Leng Yue Yan but inwardly they felt very jealous of her. But because of her nature, Leng Yue Yan didn't care about their antics and treated them the same as normal opponents not martial sisters in this battle.The Mystic Ice twin sisters used the famous profound skill "butterfly of winter" as each of them formed a half of an ice butterfly which froze everything in its way and shot towards Sheng Tian.Two followers of Qin Cheng and two noble family youngsters also attacked using their famous and lethal attacks.Sheng Tian, though he could negate them if he uses his Profound Arts, he wasn't using them as his disguise could be seen in the future if someone from today identifies him in the future. He simply couldn't kill these people just for seeing his profound arts, right? So, he was having a hard time facing all these trump cards.Leng Yue Yan was also in a similar state as she didn't want to use lethal attacks on them but have to defend.Sheng Tian and Leng Yue Yan used their own Defense Profound Arts and tried to block off the attacks while at the same time trying to destroy them.As the attacks struck, their barriers were almost breached, but they held on. Just as they were about to breathe a sigh of relief, they were both blasted away.At the end of the group was Qin Cheng, his hand holding a bamboo-like pole. It had various inscriptions on it. This was clearly a treasure he acquired through many difficulties and schemes. Upon using it can stealthily deal an attack equal to Peak Earth Profound Realm. It is reusable but it takes relatively time to recharge again. But nonetheless, Sheng Tian and Leng Yue Yan were taken back by this sudden attack and were blasted away.When the attack was about to arrive, Sheng Tian's soul and physical instincts and senses kicked in, He hurriedly set up a barrier but before it was completely set up, he was blasted away.Leng Yue Yan was in a worse condition, Her soul was not like Sheng Tian's, so she has to take much more damage than him as she set up the barrier at the last moment.Thankfully, they at least set up a barrier which saved their lives.*Thud* *Thud* They both fell on the ground spitting out a mouthful of blood. They tried to take recovery pills But the opponents clearly didn't intend to give them a chance as they attacked immediately leaving them with no option but to defend.The six-member team had four members on Sheng Tian and the twin sisters on Leng Yue Yan. In those sisters eyes, Sheng Tian saw gloating and ruthlessness. He knew that something bad would happen if nothing is done.With his strong physical body and the protection from the barrier, Sheng Tian didn't suffer any serious injuries but he felt his internal organs shaken.The same could not be said to Leng Yue Yan as her Physical body was far weaker and she received less protection, she had some serious injuries which needed immediate treatment or else, they would affect her future cultivation.Sheng Tian saw the oncoming attacks and grit his death as he saw the half-conscious Ice Goddess a little distance away from him and used the fastest speed he could muster and reached her.His sudden outburst put a strain on his body but he didn't have the leisure to consider it. The twin sisters attacked were in the form of icicles and they all slashed at Leng Yue Yan's profound Veins position. This is clearly an attack intended to cripple the half-conscious young woman.Sheng Tian reached and caught her in his arms. This was the first time he touched her, her body giving off an icy cold aura as if she was a Snow mountain herself. But her hands were still warm.Sheng Tian didn't want to do anything over the line after Xiao Lian spoke, but in the heat of the moment, he could only hug her and use Star Shadow steps. But before he did so, he took an ordinary looking token which was already in his hands and crushed it. Then they both disappeared as Sheng Tian received some of the Icicle attacks on his back before they did.Everyone saw Sheng Tian rushing at a mad speed to Leng Yue Yan and crushing a token, disappearing the next second.But no one heard Sheng Tian swearing in his mind to have his sweet revenge on this bastard Qin Cheng before he left.They shouted in shock "Teleportation Token".
