Tyrant Sky Martial Sou
Chapter 710 Masters Gather_1

Chapter 710: Chapter 710 Masters Gather_1

"This is bad! We are really unlucky, how could we encounter such a thing? It looks like we can only return now!"

The Divine Sky Heavenly Venerate furrowed his brows tightly, and turned around to order everyone to retreat.

However, at that moment, a butterfly appeared on Ling Xiao’s shoulder. With just a light flutter of its wings, the fierce and brutal Black Demon Shadow completely vanished.

The butterfly appeared quickly and disappeared just as quickly.

Ling Xiao had only slightly noticed it himself, not to mention anyone else.

Everyone just felt lucky that the Black Demon Shadow had disappeared inexplicably, as if they had survived a robbery.

"Look over there, that is the True Demon Forbidden Land!"

The Divine Sky Heavenly Venerate pointed toward the huge black tornado in the distance and spoke.

It is said that when the black tornado opens, one can enter the True Demon Forbidden Land, and, coincidentally, its opening time is the same year as the Sacred Dynasty Martial Arts Festival.

In fact, the reason why the Sacred Dynasty Martial Arts Festival is held during this time is because of the opening of the True Demon Forbidden Land.

Near the huge black tornado, there were many figures. Although they were too far away to see clearly, it was almost certain that people from the Twelve Sects were nearly all gathered.

"The True Demon Forbidden Land might open in a few shichen from now; let’s go over there too."

Wu Xiang waved his hand, and the crowd hastened their steps, each using their body movement techniques to move towards the vicinity of the black tornado.

It wasn’t long before the Moon Hua Sect’s people reached the vicinity of the black tornado.

Ling Xiao looked up and saw that the black tornado was truly like a black Divine Dragon, as if it wanted to break through the sky, hundreds of meters tall, with no visible end, and at least a kilometer in diameter, indicating that the inside must certainly be vast.

By now, many sects had already set up camps near the black tornado, because the preliminary rounds might last two days or even longer; after all, one cannot always sleep in the open air.

The date of the final is determined based on the preliminary rounds. Generally, after a day’s rest following the end of the preliminaries, it’s the day of the finals.

This is mainly because the duration of the preliminaries is uncertain; some people come out within moments after entering, while others may not come out for a day or two.

The True Demon Forbidden Land seems somewhat similar to the Moon Blossom Pagoda, only obviously more dangerous, and death here is real, not just to be sent out if one dies.

Furthermore, with so many participants, the probability of accidents might also be greater.

Looking at numbers alone, there are already several thousand people near the black tornado now, some of whom are disciples participating in the preliminary round, while others are strong leaders of teams, dressed in different clothes. Although some have the same color of clothes, the styles and the symbols on the clothes are all different.

This is to show that they are from different sects.

The people from the Sword King Sect arrived much earlier than those from the Moon Hua Sect, but only a few disciples were actually participating in the competition.

Chen Meng and Jian Feng were among them, and the rest were core disciples who had been in seclusion during the Four Sects Tournament.

Jian Wuji did not come; he did not need to, as one of the Six Young Masters of the Holy Dynasty, he had already participated in the True Demon Forbidden Land trials, and this time he could directly enter the final.

The people of Beast King Palace had also arrived, including Ying Wu Ya, Tyrant Sky Tiger, She Jiao, Wang Lang, Li Hu, and others.

Ying Wu Ya had a completely different vibe, this lad must have gone through something. Not only had he become more reserved, but he also exuded a very sharp and frightening aura.

"Half-step Celestial with fifty percent strength! How has he advanced so fast?"

Lan Yu’er said in surprise.

"Just look at how he lost an eye and an arm, and you’ll know. He must have participated in some extremely dangerous trial. Paying such a price, there’s bound to be some reward. This lad won’t be easy to handle; his power is now probably much stronger than both Chen Meng and Tyrant Sky Tiger. Sister Lan, if you encounter him, remember not to fight him head-on."

Ling Xiao reminded.

"Mm."

Lan Yu’er had no doubt about Ling Xiao’s words, for Ling Xiao had never misjudged anything before.

But on the other hand, although Ying Wu Ya was strong, many unfamiliar faces were even more terrifying.

Among the nearly a thousand young disciples participating in the preliminaries, aside from those of the Moon Hua Sect, all were above the Transcendent Realm Ninth Layer.

Those who reached the Half-step Celestial Honored Realm accounted for a good seventy percent.

And above three tenths were at the level of fifty percent strength of a Half-step Celestial.

What surprised Ling Xiao the most was that there were more than ten experts who had reached seventy and eighty percent strength of a Half-step Celestial.

Indeed, it was an assembly of talents, with masters as common as clouds.

If just the preliminary competition was at this level, what about the finals?

No, the cultivation level really must be improved!

Ling Xiao looked toward the Black Tornado, wondering whether he could gain an even better chance of victory in the finals, depending on whether he could reap some benefits within the Black Tornado.

Wu Xiang suddenly said to everyone with a serious face, "When you enter the True Demon Forbidden Land, remember to be careful. If you encounter something you cannot defeat, retreat immediately. As long as you don’t die, the secret scrolls you are carrying will be able to get you out! I really didn’t expect that just a preliminary competition would have so many masters."

"Senior Brother Wu, with the strength of Sister Lan, where would she have ranked in the last Martial Arts Festival?"

Ling Xiao asked very seriously.

Wu Xiang replied, "In the last Martial Arts Festival, the worst of the top one hundred were at the level of fifty percent strength Half-step Celestial, within the top fifty, all reached seventy percent strength Half-step Celestial, within the top twenty, all were above eighty percent strength Half-step Celestial, and except for Jian Wuji, the cultivation levels of the Sixth Young Master of Sacred Dynasty were all at ninety percent strength Half-step Celestial."

"No wonder these people are so strong!"

Ling Xiao gritted his teeth; indeed, the competition was fierce. The Six Young Masters of the Sacred Dynasty, any of them could potentially break through to the Heavenly Man Realm during the Martial Arts Festival; by then, they would truly be invincible.

According to the rules of the Martial Arts Festival, martial artists under the age of twenty could participate, and once anyone ascended to the Heavenly Man Realm, they would certainly be the strongest of the new generation.

"Junior Brother Ling, there is something I’ve been thinking about for a long time, but I still feel I should say it. You mentioned you want to challenge the Six Young Masters of Holy Dynasty, but this is only if they haven’t advanced to the Heavenly Man Realm. Once they do, your chances will become slim."

Wu Xiang spoke after a moment of silence.

"I understand."

Ling Xiao nodded.

He had actually considered this point, but there was no point in worrying excessively. If it really came to it, he could only resort to the power of the Book of Seals.

Of course, for a competitive duel of this nature, he would prefer not to rely on the Book of Seals if possible, as it seemed a bit unsporting.

"As long as you understand, if you really can’t defeat that Holy Son, I’ll think of a way to help you," Wu Xiang said, patting Ling Xiao on the shoulder. "Anyway, I won’t let you become that young girl’s servant."

"No!"

Ling Xiao shook his head and said, "Senior Brother Wu, I will not break the oath I made, and rest assured, I said I would win against her, and win I shall!"

He couldn’t have Wu Xiang cleaning up his mess; that would be too unbrotherly.