Asura Emperor Venerable
Chapter 422: Village

Chapter 422: Chapter 422: Village

However, the intensity with which that swordsman lunged forward was incredibly fierce, as if afraid he wouldn’t kill Shi Hao with a single blow. Now to stop the attack?

Impossible!

With a thud, he collided head-on and met the same fate as his sword, shattering into pieces in an instant.

The scene was somewhat gruesome, but Shi Hao didn’t linger to watch. He simply strode forward and walked past.

In truth, this man was not weak; the pity was that he had encountered Shi Hao, who could not be measured by common standards.

On the other hand, had he not harbored the intent to kill first, Shi Hao would not have struck him down.

—You harbor the intent to harm others, yet do you not allow them to fight back?

After that, Shi Hao bulldozed his way forward, but he didn’t know if there were any stone figures on the level of Self-Observation here, so he didn’t dismiss the Light Shadow People, continuing to let them lead the way.

Besides, even if there were no stone figures of Self-Observation, could there not be other trialists?

This could test one’s heart.

It didn’t take long for him to reach the end of this side path.

He obtained another Spirit Fruit.

Shi Hao was delighted. He had not been at the Eight Islands for long and could see that the Nine Islands were not far off.

But then he thought of Xia Mengyin, Zhu Yu, and others who were already at the Founding King Court. And not just any court, but the Eighth or Ninth King. As for their ages?

They were only a few years older than him!

So, Shi Hao quickly felt a sense of urgency. If he wanted to compete with his generation’s prodigies, he had to improve his cultivation even faster. Otherwise, should he meet such opponents, should they deign to reduce their cultivation to match his?

That’s laughable. Why should the strong accommodate the weak!

Again, again, and again.

He was lucky; it appeared that only he and the previously encountered swordsman had been to this trial point. Along the way, he met no one else.

The number of Spirit Fruits he obtained grew larger, reaching nine.

What did this mean?

He also acquired ninety Reward Points, which was a greater gain than clearing four Hell Mode trial points.

Worthy of a golden trial point indeed.

Finally, after fully clearing this cave, Shi Hao had amassed as many as ten Spirit Fruits.

He didn’t even have time to refine them immediately since he could only operate the Nine Revolutions Sky-Plundering Scripture in full once a day.

No matter, he could refine them tomorrow or the day after; they were his now.

After leaving this trial point, he continued to wander across the plains. One could say that even if he left now, his harvest was already quite substantial.

—He was about to rise by two minor realms, and he had also mastered the Net of Rules. How thrilling was that.

Meanwhile, in the outside world, everyone saw that Jiuwu City’s 324 had soared into the top ten of the leaderboard.

This shocked everyone. They had assumed that this unknown member of the Cheng Family would soon fall out of the rankings, but surprisingly, he fought against the odds, climbing up from the nineties, showing the attitude of aiming for the top.

Ss, when did the Cheng Family become so strong?

"No matter, the beginning is just the prelude. The real test is at the Eternal Stone, where most people will start using their real names. I believe he won’t be an exception."

"Yes, everyone aims to make a name for themselves. I want to see who this monstrous talent from the Cheng Family really is."

"Quite the hidden dragon, aren’t they!"

Everyone assumed that Shi Hao was from the Cheng Family, not even considering the fact that he actually belonged to Jiuwu City.

—Pah, how could the Eastern Fire Continent produce such a genius?

Inside the Purple Green Secret Realm, Shi Hao spent three days and finally refined all the Spirit Fruits.

Indeed, his cultivation soared straight to the peak of the Eight Islands.

These days, he has been continuously fighting, so, it can’t be said that he had completely consolidated his realm, but breaking through was not a problem, anyway, he just needed to stabilize it more before challenging Self-Observation.

He began to assault the Nine Islands.

This time it was difficult.

Not to say that it was easy before, but after eight assaults, most of his martial understanding had been exhausted, and he was naturally becoming weaker and weaker.

With Shi Hao’s demonic talent, he actually didn’t need to build too far for the ninth island, as the foundation he had laid before was already deep and robust, but for someone in pursuit of perfection, how could this be enough?

Was there no new understanding?

There was!

He had grasped a bit of insight into the rules.

Boom, the Soul Seed Puppet burst forth with a ten-color radiance, its body wrapped in the light of the five elements, seemingly impervious to all laws, to the extent that even the Bitter Sea Force could do nothing to it, and it shot out a long distance in one breath.

However, it seemed as if there was some force between heaven and earth intentionally targeting him, and soon Shi Hao felt the pressure.

Here it came again!

The speed of the Soul Seed Puppet immediately slowed down, and continued to slow down further.

White breath spouted from Shi Hao’s nostrils, emitting a huffing sound like an old ox pulling a broken cart, appearing extremely strenuous, which was indeed the case, as the Soul Seed Puppet was about to exhaust its strength.

Fortunately, the Soul Seed Puppet had previously escaped the confines of the Bitter Sea with the power of the five elements, and the distance it flew in one breath had already surpassed any of his previous breakthroughs.

Therefore, although the Soul Seed Puppet was soon forced to descend, Shi Hao was still very satisfied.

Boom, the ninth Soul Island appeared, marking Shi Hao’s official step onto the Other Shore Nine Islands.

—If he wasn’t aiming to challenge the ten islands, he would have already reached the end of the Other Shore.

Good, just this little bit left.

Shi Hao continued to wander aimlessly since there was no sense of direction here anyway, what else could he do but wander?

However, as time went on, most of the Trial Points had been emptied, and although Shi Hao found several Trial Points in the following days, he gained nothing.

As he walked, a different color suddenly appeared in front of him.

Shi Hao was startled at first, then realized he was about to leave the grassland.

Tsk, he was somewhat reluctant.

If he could reach ten islands before leaving, it would meet his expectations.

But since he had reached this place, Shi Hao had no intention of turning back, and he strode forward, seeing a village appear in front of him, not very large, with no more than a hundred households at most.

If only all these houses corresponded to Trial Points.

Shi Hao walked over, and there were two people guarding the entrance of the village, but after Shi Hao took a closer look, he showed a surprised expression because they showed no signs of life, yet had strong energy fluctuations.

Were these Puppets?

Shi Hao made no rash actions, as the strength of these two individuals was exceedingly formidable, certainly reaching the Supplementing Divine Temple level, if not stronger.

Indeed, if they did not possess sufficient strength, how could they be qualified to guard this place?

As Shi Hao approached, the two guards merely gave him a cold glance and then paid him no further attention.

Good, he didn’t need anyone else’s attention right now.

As Shi Hao entered the village, he discovered that there were indeed original inhabitants here, and they were issuing tasks to the entering trialists.

"Kill the bandit leader of Three Wolf Mountain and earn ten Reward Points."

"Find the missing daughter and earn fifty Reward Points."

"Eradicate the bandit den and earn one hundred Reward Points."

The villagers shouted like peddlers.