Soul Emperor Martial God

At this moment, the great battle erupted.

No, perhaps it cannot be said to be both sides since one side resembled a pack of fierce wolves, nearly a thousand Martial Artists, while the other side had only a sparse four people.

Yet, even in such an uneven fight, the battle situation was 'deadlocked', without any disadvantage or advantage.

Ling Yu blocked Han Cang.

Zhong Wuyou fought Feng Huayue and a large number of Martial Artists by himself.

Bai Bingxue stood 10 meters in front of Xiao Yi, her hands emitting streams of Extreme Cold Gang Qi which covered an area of tens of meters around her.

The area wasn't large, but its power was immense.

Any Martial Artist who stepped into this area was instantly frozen into an ice sculpture.

Ye Ming stood firmly by Xiao Yi's side, guarding against any unexpected events.

Inside the Golden Light Barrier, Xiao Yi frowned.

He never imagined that the Prohibition within these Cave Mansion Relics would be the Golden Light Restriction.

This put him in a rather passive situation.

After a long moment, he shook his head, sat down cross-legged, and began to comprehend the Martial Arts Stele.

The Golden Light Barrier, for him, was in fact quite fragile.

With just a strike of his sword, he could break through it.

Should Zhong Wuyou and the others be defeated, or if the situation changed, he would immediately break the Golden Light Barrier and make a move against the enemy.

Although breaking the Golden Light Barrier would mean that he would completely lose the opportunity to comprehend the Martial Arts Stele,

And lose the chance to obtain the treasures of Snow Mountain Villa.

But, he wasn't too concerned about that.

In Xiao Yi's view, the so-called Inheritance and treasures of Snow Mountain Villa did not compare to the Inheritance and gifts from the Sky-splitting Sword Demon.

If he could obtain them, he would. If not, he wouldn't be too regretful.

If anything, he could just wait until he broke through to the Extreme Realm, strengthen his power, return to this place, forcefully destroy the grand prohibition, and take the treasures inside.

With this thought in mind,

Xiao Yi began to rapidly comprehend the Martial Arts Stele.

Meanwhile, he spared a sliver of his consciousness to watch the battle of Zhong Wuyou and the others.

On the side where Ling Yu and Han Cang were fighting,

Han Cang originally had a Heavenly Origin First Layer cultivation, and after the first round of the Ice Sea Fate, he now had a Heavenly Origin Third Layer cultivation.

Originally, the scores of the second to sixth ranks in the first round were very close.

The quantities of Swallowing Spirit Ice Whales and Swallowing Spirit Ice Fish these individuals obtained were also quite similar.

However, the higher one's Cultivation Realm, the greater the power needed to break through.

Therefore, Han Cang merely jumped two levels of cultivation.

While Ling Yu and the others jumped four layers of cultivation, from Earth Origin Eighth Layer to Heavenly Origin Second Layer.

At this point, Han Cang, with all his techniques exhausted, was completely unable to deal with Ling Yu.

Han Cang's secret techniques were indeed formidable.

Back in the Extreme Cold Ice Sea, he had burst forth with combat power comparable to peak experts while only having Heavenly Origin First Layer cultivation.

But that was in the Extreme Cold Ice Sea.

Beneath the Ice Sea, there was a great abundance of Extreme Cold Essence.

And a very dense Ice Attribute aura.

These allowed his secret techniques to unleash astonishing power.

But here, in the palace within the Cave Mansion Relics.

Although snowflakes also fluttered about, the amplification was extremely limited.

With Heavenly Origin Third Layer cultivation, he could only manifest battle power comparable to Heavenly Origin Eighth Layer at the most.

In contrast, Ling Yu, who had Heavenly Origin Second Layer cultivation, had his combat power slightly weakened in the palace.

Yet he remained undefeated in battle.

At this moment, the strength of Sword Dao Practitioners, especially disciples of the Sword Sect, became apparent.

Ling Yu was the Chief of the Sword Hall of the Sky-splitting Sword Sect, his combat power was not as simple as his apparent cultivation level indicated.

Back in the East Six Counties, with only Earth Origin Sixth Layer cultivation, he could easily defeat five Half-step Heavenly Origin opponents, disregarding the gap of several levels of cultivation.

Now, with Heavenly Origin Second Layer cultivation, even just his current burst of combat power was no less than that of Heavenly Origin Fifth Layer.

"Star Shadow Sword Formation," Ling Yu shouted loudly.

Stars surged in the sky, forming countless Starlight Swords.

These Starlight Swords moved on their own, constructing a mysteriously powerful Great Formation.

This trapped both him and Han Cang completely inside the formation.

Han Cang launched an Ice Flame towards the Sword Array.

The Ice Flame was pale, frigid, and eerie.

But it was instantly shredded into particles by the numerous Starlight Swords.

"How exquisite this Great Formation is," Han Cang's ruthless eyes revealed a hint of surprise.

"Every Starlight Sword has the power of around the Heavenly Origin Fifth Layer."

"Countless swords combined, they unexpectedly burst forth with power not any less than the Heavenly Origin Eighth Layer."

Han Cang suddenly let out a cold laugh, "The power is indeed strong, but that comes with the cost of your rapid consumption of Primordial Power, doesn't it?"

"You won't be able to maintain this Sword Array for long."

Ling Yu's face remained impassive as he said, "What about you, then? How long can your secret technique last?"

In truth, Han Cang had a secret technique, and Ling Yu did too.

The Star Shadow Sword Formation was a very powerful secret technique within the Sky-splitting Sword Sect, ranked as a low-level Heavenly.

On the other side, Zhong Wuyou's battle was without any pressure.

A Heavenly tree suddenly rose up.

Countless vines danced wildly like demons.

Feng Huayue and several hundred Martial Artists from the Extreme Cold Land only had the power to barely defend themselves.

Among these over a thousand Martial Artists, other than Han Cang who possessed cultivation at the Heavenly Origin Realm, the strongest was Feng Huayue with a Half-step Heavenly Origin cultivation.

The rest were all below the Earth Origin Ninth Layer cultivation.

There's no need to say much about Bai Bingxue's side either.

With her cultivation at the Heavenly Origin Second Layer, she faced no pressure against a group of Martial Artists below the Earth Origin Ninth Layer cultivation.

The battles were stuck in a 'deadlock' like this.

Inside the Golden Light Barrier, Xiao Yi allowed himself a slight smile.

It seemed he could safely comprehend the entire Martial Arts Stele.

At the same time, he became even more certain of his previous conjecture.

The owner of this Martial Arts Stele must be the Manor Master of Snow Mountain Villa.

However, the level and difficulty of the Martial Arts Knowledge on the stele were no match for the Sword Dao Knowledge of the Sky-splitting Sword Demon.

With his current cultivation realm and level of Martial Arts Knowledge,

at most two hours would be needed to fully comprehend it.

Most importantly, the Martial Arts Knowledge on this stele was actually Sword Dao knowledge.

Evidently, the Manor Master of Snow Mountain Villa back then was a Sword Dao Expert.

With Xiao Yi's current level of Sword Dao, carrying the Sword Dao Knowledge from two legendary figures of the Sky-splitting Sword Sect,

plus the knowledge of the strongest Sword Master from successive generations,

such a level of sword dao would make comprehending the Sword Dao Knowledge on this Stele not very difficult.

Time gradually passed by.

After little over half an hour,

Inside the Golden Light Barrier, Xiao Yi suddenly opened his eyes, with a powerful gleam shining in them.

"Still three-tenths left," Xiao Yi murmured to himself.

He had comprehended seven-tenths of the entire Martial Arts Stele, with only three-tenths remaining.

It wouldn't take long to complete the comprehension.

On the other side, Ling Yu, Zhong Wuyou, and others also noticed the situation here.

The ray of Golden Light Barrier surrounding Xiao Yi became brighter and brighter.

This was a sign that the Martial Arts Stele was about to be fully comprehended, triggering the next Prohibition.

"Damn it." Han Cang gritted his teeth with venom in his eyes, like a sharp sword thrusting directly at Xiao Yi.

"Hmph." Not far away, Zhong Wuyou let out a cold harrumph.

"A bunch of bastards, wait until Xiao Yi finishes comprehending, I will settle the account with you slowly."

"Oh? Is that so?" Just at that moment, a voice as cold as ice rang out from the shadows.

Two figures leapt out from the crowd, suddenly.

With killing intent overflowing,

Two sharp swords, bearing thick Blood Light, thrust directly at Xiao Yi.

"Not good?" Zhong Wuyou and the others were shocked.

"Xue Wushang, Blood Flame, you dare?" Bai Bingxue shouted coldly.

Indeed, the two who suddenly made a move were none other than Xue Wushang and Blood Flame.

Bai Bingxue wanted to stop them, but she was suddenly attacked by several hundred Martial Artists and couldn't offer any help.

Ye Ming, who had been standing by Xiao Yi's side, said coldly, "If you want to harm my Junior Brother Xiao Yi, you'll have to get past me first."

"Overestimating yourself, get lost." Xue Wushang, still not yet arrived, had already sent a palm strike from afar.

Ye Ming was directly repelled.

Afterward, the two went straight for Xiao Yi.

Just then,

Two figures also leapt out from the crowd.

A Xuantie Heavy Blade chopped down heavily, spanning several meters in front of Xiao Yi.

Another figure, graceful to the extreme, as though embodying the ease of the willow in the wind, positioned itself in front of the Golden Light Barrier.

The newcomers were Lin Jin and Liu Yanran.

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The first update.