Chapter 784 - Fighting True Profound Realm

The group of ten began to approach the valley swiftly. With Gan Liang around, no amount of danger could faze them, and there were no profound beasts in the True Profound Realm in the vicinity. If there were, Gan Liang would've sensed their presence long ago.

The valley reeked of blood, the overwhelming stench a result of over fifty slain participants. Towering peaks enclosed the valley, with a crater at its center, trapping the heavy odor and preventing it from escaping.

"There are bloodstains everywhere!" someone exclaimed. The surrounding bushes had vanished, exposing the ground beneath with blood stains. Even the soil had turned red as a result.

Everyone became alert and drew their weapons, looking warily around them.

Gan Liang locked his brows together as he could sense countless deaths there.

"Many people have died here!" someone murmured, their voice trembling as the group entered the valley. The grim reality sank in, and everyone's expressions, including Gan Liang’s, grew heavy. The thick stench of blood, which had only been faint on the outside, hit them like a wave, making some feel the urge to vomit.

As Liu Wuxie sat on higher terrain, the blood stench became faint when it reached him.

"What should we do now?" someone asked hesitantly. Their earlier confidence was quickly fading. Most of them had only joined out of jealousy toward Liu Wuxie, but they had no personal vendetta against him. None of them felt it was worth risking their lives in a fight to the death.

"What is there to be afraid of?" a participant with close ties to Gan Liang said, attempting to steady the group’s morale. "With Gan Liang’s support, even facing someone in the True Profound Realm wouldn’t be a problem."

They knew it wasn't the time to lose their nerve, and the consequences of not uniting would be disastrous.

The profound beasts had grown significantly in strength after devouring the corpses of humans, especially the viper, who was one step away from becoming a tenth-grade profound beast. This was equivalent to the Quasi-True Profound Realm for human cultivators.

In addition to its massive body, it could hold its ground even against someone in the first-level True Profound Realm.

Right then, a cold ray shot out as Liu Wuxie made his move. The cold ray he unleashed was like a sharp sword that stabbed toward a cultivator at the pinnacle of the Nascent Transformation Realm.

At his signal, the profound beasts launched their attacks. Over a hundred profound beasts attacked the ten participants at once, with the viper opening its massive maw, aiming straight for Gan Liang's head.

Everything happened in the blink of an eye, and the cold ray unleashed by Liu Wuxie had already reached its target. There was no need for Liu Wuxie to accumulate his strength as his combat strength had increased significantly after making his breakthrough, and his laws were unimaginably powerful.

As for the benefits, the frost law he had condensed had become tangible as it traveled through space and struck the target.

"No!" The man's scream was cut short as he was pierced by the cold ray, leaving behind a gaping hole the size of a bowl on his chest. However, he didn’t bleed as his veins and blood were frozen, turning him into a lifeless ice sculpture.

This sudden attack caught everyone by surprise, including Gan Liang.

"What a powerful dao technique!" Everyone was shocked. They had no time to be awestruck as the profound beasts were already upon them, and they would be devoured if they didn't resist.

Gan Liang struck out with his longsword in a horizontal slash at the viper's seven-inch weak point. His performance was as expected of someone in the True Profound Realm. The sword cut through space and produced a loud sonic boom.

Sensing the danger, the viper withdrew its head and swept its tail toward Gan Liang with an astonishing speed. After receiving Liu Wuxie's guidance, the viper's strength had increased exponentially.

The other profound beasts weren't weak either. They forced the remaining eight Nascent Transformation Realm cultivators into a desperate struggle.

"Gan Liang, save me!" The weaker members of the group were on the verge of collapse. Each of them had to face at least ten profound beasts.

They might have stood a chance against ordinary profound beasts, but these profound beasts fought with terrifying coordination, and escaping was impossible once ensnared.

Even Gan Liang could barely hold his own, let alone come to their aid, and the frustration made him let out a furious roar.

His sword danced through the air, and the viper dared not take his attacks head-on. Neither side could gain the upper hand against each other.

However, the others weren't so fortunate, with three devoured by the profound beasts in mere moments. As more deaths followed, an aerial profound beast descended and grabbed onto a person's shoulder before hoisting him into the air.

He was released before the unfortunate bloke could react, sending him plummeting toward the ground. A giant maw opened from below when he fell, and he was devoured before he could respond.

The coordination between the profound beasts was impeccable. Typically, profound beasts would never have such seamless coordination.

The ten examiners' eyelids twitched mid-air at this scene, including Miao Hanxuan. They had no idea how Liu Wuxie managed to command so many profound beasts quickly.

As the death toll increased, everyone else had died aside from Gan Liang in five minutes.

The profound beasts withdrew to a distance after killing their prey, leaving behind a handful of ninth-grade profound beasts to assist the viper in fighting Gan Liang.

Gan Liang was barely holding his ground against the viper, not to mention he had to face four ninth-grade profound beasts simultaneously.

Liu Wuxie was observing Gan Liang from a higher ground, studying his every move. Each sword technique executed by the latter contained the power of dao techniques.

The viper was already covered with injuries, and the other few profound beasts weren't faring any better either, wounded by the sword auras.

Liu Wuxie remained indifferent at this scene. He had no kinship with profound beasts; they were simply tools for him to use. The best outcome would be mutual destruction between them.

He had consolidated his cultivation and planned to leave after killing Gan Liang. He knew he had become a target of many, and it would be dangerous to stay any longer.

"Liu Wuxie, you're next once I kill these profound beasts!" Gan Liang suddenly hovered in the air. As the profound beasts could not fly, they could only stare at him from the ground. He unleashed a terrifying surge of True Profound Realm's aura at the four profound beasts.

A series of explosions threw away the four profound beasts, and a frightening swirling vortex appeared before Gan Liang.

He raised his sword and unleashed a terrifying shockwave that drained the surrounding air, creating a vacuum world. The space in the surroundings trembled, and this scene made Liu Wuxie frown with a trace of solemnity.

"So, this is the power of someone in the True Profound Realm?!" Liu Wuxie murmured to himself.

The previous assessments had nothing to do with the cultivation, so everyone's reverence for the True Profound Realm was minimal. But at this moment, Liu Wuxie realized the massive gulf between the Nascent Transformation Realm and the True Profound Realm, like the distance between heaven and earth.

The laws of the True Profound Realm formed into towering waves that crushed toward the four profound beasts.

Fiery began to wave its paws around frantically beside Liu Wuxie, letting out a series of cries to transmit a message to the four profound beasts.

After the four profound beasts were sent flying, their combat strength had diminished significantly.

Spurred on by Fiery's cries, the profound beasts roared, with the viper taking the lead, opening its maw to the sky. One profound beast was attuned to the wind element, sending violent gusts of wind that made Gan Liang stumble in mid-air.

Liu Wuxie had secretly summoned the Earth-Binding Chains, knowing the four profound beasts couldn't kill Gan Liang alone.

"You will all die here!" Gan Liang roared, manifesting a sword aura reaching a hundred meters before descending from the sky.

"Four Spirit Sword Art!" Gan Liang roared, and this sword aura divided into four, heading toward the four profound beasts.

The ground began to crack, and the ordinary profound beasts in the surroundings couldn't withstand the sword aura's suppression. Some weaker profound beasts were killed directly. Their blood and flesh splashed around, creating a bloody scene.

The other regions were also filled with battles, but none were as intense as Liu Wuxie's. The intense pressure of the sword aura descended, and the four profound beasts raised their heads with great difficulty, but none of them could move.

They roared under the sword aura's crushing force as their wounds increased with blood gushing out.

However, they propelled themselves upward with a final burst of strength, aiming to perish with Gan Liang. This was the most fearsome trait of the profound beasts—they didn't fear death.

Gan Liang's eyes flashed with a hint of solemnity. There was no retreat, and he descended to charge at the four profound beasts.

"Die!" As someone in the True Profound Realm, his strength was undeniable.

Even if the viper resembled a tenth-grade profound beast, it was still one step away.

Gan Liang, however, was in the True Profound Realm, and there was a drastic difference between the two. When the five clashed, sword auras intertwined with demonic auras, forming an intricate web in mid-air.

A series of explosions echoed mid-air, and Liu Wuxie's attention was locked on the fight. The moment the four profound beasts faltered, he would strike immediately.

Gan Liang was alone when the viper's tail lashed out, striking him and forcing a mouthful of blood from his lips. As he was flung through the air, his blood painted the sky red.

The four profound beasts plummeted from the sky, and two of them were barely clinging to life. Gan Liang had damaged their foundation. Even if they could survive, their cultivation would suffer a steep decline.

The viper was also heavily injured, and it would require a long time to recover after this battle.

The four profound beasts crashed to the ground, leaving enormous craters. The ordinary profound beasts had already retreated, cowering in fear. Many had even left, unwilling to risk their lives for Liu Wuxie.

Fiery's bloodline suppression couldn't hold them back as they fled the valley.

In the blink of an eye, the other profound beasts had fled aside from the four. The four profound beasts could no longer put up a fight as Gan Liang began to approach Liu Wuxie with cold fury. After all, Liu Wuxie was the mastermind behind all this.

Though he had triumphed over the profound beasts, he had also suffered grave injuries, and his strength was nowhere near what it had been before.

"Liu Wuxie, I'll tear you into pieces!" Gan Liang said, gritting his teeth. He planned on taking his time to torture Liu Wuxie instead of giving him a swift death.

"You think you have what it takes to kill me?" Liu Wuxie asked with a cold smirk, and the Earth-Binding Chains behind him flew out.

The Earth-Binding Chains had absorbed the spirit clan's laws from the mysterious feather he had obtained, allowing the artifact to advance and grow more powerful. Most importantly, its power had drastically increased after being reinforced by the Nascent Transformation Realm laws.