Chapter 1299: Celestial Demon’s Howl

"If there’s no real body, then what are we looking at?" Zhi Yi could not help but ask. She knew almost nothing about the Astral Beast Domain. The Sixth Mainland was also home to many powerful astral beasts, but none of them could compare to the Celestial Demons in terms of power. The truth was that none of them came even close to that species, and all of the beasts had already been subdued.

Shang Qing casually replied, "Materialized spiritual force."

Zhi Yi was stunned; could spirit force actually be materialized? This level of spiritual force was completely incomprehensible for her current level. It was said that powerful imprinters were capable of doing such things, and this knowledge caused Zhi Yi to stare at Yao Xuan in shock. The innate abilities of this creature were too enviable. It would be amazing to have such an ability.

Given Yao Xuan’s amount of spiritual force and the fact that his body was made of materialized spiritual force, all of Xin Nü's attacks were completely useless against him. That was, unless she used spiritual force to attack him directly.

However, her spiritual force was not strong enough for that.

It could be said that with Yao Xuan as her opponent, Xin Nü had no chance of victory. Even if she was an Advanced Lockbreaker, not even her Worldliness realm of star energy control could help her, as Yao Xuan did not even use star energy.

Xin Nü's continuous attacks were useless, so finally, she used a secret technique: Reversal Cycle.

Yao Xuan instantly dodged aside, and Xin Nü's eyes narrowed. This could work. A secret technique was something created by a Progenitor, and if even that was useless, then it could only be said that the Celestial Demons were too powerful.

After thinking this far, Xin Nü decided to change tactics and wait for an opportunity to launch a sneak attack with her secret technique.

Suddenly, Yao Xuan flew into the air, and his entire body took the shape of a huge phantom celestial monster composed of spiritual force, and manifested into a physical form which covered the entire battlefield, and a sharp, howling noise shot towards Xin Nü.

The sound was not loud, but it was very sharp. However, most people were not focused on the sound, but rather on its effects. The piercing howl swept through all of Zenith Mountain, causing many people to twitch before instantly fainted. It was as though they had seen a massive celestial monster crush them to death; their world had gone black, and everything in their vision had gone dark. This celestial monster was the overlord.

No matter if it was the people at the bottom of Zenith Mountain, on the three layers, or up at the bottom of the stairs, even Shang Qing was affected by the sound and spiritual force. Jin He's body shook, and even Liu Tianmu trembled.

All of Zenith Mountain seemed to be in the hand of a massive demon, and everything on the mountain was ravaged.

The monster and its darkness became the master of the moment.

The starry sky was twisted around by the howl, and many spacecraft instantly exploded.

Up to this moment, Yao Xuan had not done anything very impressive during ZENITH, but with this one move, everyone was horrified, and they all recognized the terror of the Celestial Demons.

In the arena, Xin Nü's face went pale. She crouched down to the ground, almost fainting. She was the closest person to Yao Xuan, and the howl had nearly overwhelmed her nerves. She was suffering from shock and was trembling, but this was not fear. It was simply her body’s instinctive reaction.

The howl only lasted for a moment, and the very next instant, Yao Xuan appeared up in the sky with his normal appearance. There was a smile on his face, and he looked quite graceful with the visage that had enchanted countless women.

He then landed on the ground and looked at Xin Nü, who was half squatting on the ground. She was clearly struggling to not completely collapse. He then turned to look up at Lu Yin, and after a glance, Yao Xuan raised his hand and directed it at Xin Nü as a cold flicker flashed across his eyes.

Up by the staircases, Lu Yin's eyes snapped wide open, and his body turned slightly. “Night Advent."

Down on the battlefield, Yao Xuan's eyes lit up as everything around him went black. Lu Yin's Night Advent fell and disappeared in an instant.

Lu Yin's expression changed; his spiritual force had been devoured by Yao Xuan, and the spiritual force that a Celestial Demon ate could never be recovered unless he recultivated it again. In other words, Lu Yin would not be able to recover the spiritual force that he had just expended. If his previous spiritual force had been at ten, then he was now down to seven. His only option was to recultivate that lost spiritual force, as natural recovery was impossible.

He had suffered a terrible loss.

This instantaneous confrontation between the two was noticed by many people. Although ZENITH had separated everyone, there were still ways for the participants to influence other matches.

𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

This was ZENITH, and it was impossible to know if one would live or die. The entire goal was to determine the top ten, and if someone was influenced by outside forces during their battle, then it was counted as a loss with the loser simply not being qualified to enter the top ten.

Lu Yin was able to attack Yao Xuan, but Yao Xuan had also just attacked every single person in ZENITH.

In the arena, Yao Xuan lowered his hands after forcing Lu Yin to eat a loss. Yao Xuan had already tested Lu Yin's spiritual force, and although it was strong enough that Lu Yin even possessed techniques that allowed him to affect Shang Qing, it was nothing much to Yao Xuan. He had presented a threat, and it had allowed him to devour a portion of Lu Yin’s spiritual force, which was delicious!

"I give up," Xin Nü directly said. She had also noticed the back and forth between Lu Yin and Yao Xuan, and she stared at Yao Xuan with cold eyes.

Yao Xuan looked at her and spoke with a smile, "What’s your relationship with him?"

Xin Nü did not answer. Lu Yin had suffered a loss for her sake, and she would find a way to get revenge for this on her own.

The combatants disappeared, and Xin Nü returned to where she had been on the first layer. Yao Xuan also disappeared, and everyone looked up at the stairs to see who he would be paired with.

Once Yao Xuan appeared, many people heaved sighs of relief, though there were also some people with ugly expressions. Most of those people were from the Innerverse’s Yōu family and the Seven Courts’ Yōu clan.

Yao Xuan's opponent was naturally Yōu Ye'er.

Yōu Ye'er had not expected Yao Xuan to be matched with her. Against this Celestial Demon, she had no idea how to fight, even with her Killing Heart Lotus.

Yao Xuan looked at Yōu Ye'er and smiled.

Yōu Ye'er’s eyes narrowed, and she looked up at the statue. She would not easily give up, as she had to enter the top ten. Otherwise, she would have revealed everything without gaining any benefits.

For the next match, Ling Gong and God Taiyi appeared on the battlefield at the same time.

Upon seeing the next two contestants, everyone was shocked yet again; this was going to be another good show.

This battle would be between one of the Neoverse’s top youths and the Innerverse’s Ten Arbiters. This sort of match was the most appealing to watch.

The Innerverse had always been unhappy about being suppressed by the Neoverse, but the Neoverse could not be compared to the Innerverse.

However, in a previous battle, Yuhua Mavis had lost to Lu Yin, and Lightson had lost to Unseen Light. Both Lu Yin and Unseen Light were Arbiters. Thus, many people from the Neoverse held their breath; if one more of the Ten Arbiters managed to win over their peer from the Neoverse, then how would the Neoverse be able to retain their superiority over the Innerverse in the future?

God Taiyi was the top inheritor of Gods’ Origin. He referred to himself as a god, and this arrogance would not allow him to suffer any defeat.

"Go on, Gods’ Origins! Beat the Ten Arbiters!" many people in the Neoverse shouted at their screens.

"Although they’re lunatics, they still belong to our Neoverse. He should be able to deal with some barbarian from the Innerverse in seconds."

"How does your head work? Don’t you feel like that Arbiter from the Innerverse is more like a god? Look, that one is dressed in white."

"Gigilo."

"Crazy guy, kill that gigolo."

…

On the second layer, Ling Que shouted up the mountain, "Kill that madman! If you lose, you can’t go home! Not if you can't even beat a madman!"

His voice was so loud that Ling Gong seemed to hear him all the way up on the battlefield as she turned around to glare at her brother.

Ling Que’s neck immediately shrank back.

God Taiyi used almost exactly the same fighting method as Jin He, and various weapons immediately appeared that attacked Ling Gong. She responded by taking out a long spear to open up a path forward, trying to close the distance between her and God Taiyi. However, he had simply created too many weapons, and each one contained an impressive strength. Ling Gong could not get close, and her spear could not exert its full power either.

Before long, a bell tolled as the Skycastle descended.

When the people watching the broadcast saw Ling Gong’s innate gift, many of them collapsed; this place was truly fit for a god to live!

In the Neoverse, many people from Gods’ Origin were dumbfounded. They had always referred to themselves as gods, but at this moment, that Skycastle looked more godly—it was a floating palace!

"She’s rather professional," a Gods’ Origin cultivator muttered to himself.

The Skycastle was not just visually impressive, as it also possessed an amazing power; it was able to suppress everything. All of the various weapons that God Taiyi had created were easily suppressed by Ling Gong’s Skycastle. Ling Gong stood valiantly above her Skycastle, her spear aimed below her. She then thrust the spear forward, attacking God Taiyi.

His eyes narrowed. He had seen this innate gift more than once before. In the battle in the Mountain and Seas Zone, this Skycastle had been cut in half by Xia Jiuyou. It was not that there was no way to deal with this Skycastle, but rather that God Taiyi was not strong enough to do so directly. He targeted the Skycastle’s runes and began to weaken it.

The Skycastle’s runes were reduced, but not Ling Gong’s. Her spear fell down, piercing through the void and tearing space itself apart as it traveled towards God Taiyi.

Ripples appeared in front of God Taiyi's body, looking exactly like the technique that Jin He had used earlier. This technique relied on Truesight, but it was something that Lu Yin was incapable of using.

The spear struck the ripples, and its number of rune lines dropped sharply. God Taiyi grabbed the tip of the spear with one hand, but he did not break the spear. Instead, he pulled Ling Gong closer, along with her spear.

This ability had allowed Jin He to isolate his opponent’s attack, but God Taiyi wanted to use this moment to decide the battle. If Ling Gong was pulled into the ripples, then her strength would drop precipitously.

There was bang as the Skycastle’s bell rang, and numerous phantoms appeared within the structure. They looked like celestial generals and soldiers that were preparing to kill God Taiyi.

God Taiyi's pupils shrank; was this allowed? What the hell was happening?

Helpless, he released Ling Gong and quickly pulled back to avoid being touched by her Skycastle, but Ling Gong did not give up. She simply rushed into the ripples.

God Taiyi was surprised, but then he became overjoyed. As long as the White Knight touched the ripples, God Taiyi’s victory was assured.

When he saw Ling Gong actually touch the ripples and her number of rune lines drop significantly, God Taiyi grabbed her spear, allowing the tip of Ling Gong's spear to stab into his palm. Suddenly and inexplicably, strange circles appeared all around them. This was something that God Taiyi created. All of the circles were interconnected, and Ling Gong was instantly trapped within them, and even the trajectory of her spear was altered.

God Taiyi sneered. "It's over."

As he spoke, the rings glowed and released one thunderous bombardment after another.

The tremendous noise spread past Zenith Mountain and spread out into space.

In the end, the sky was torn apart, and a black hole was formed. The power level of this attack easily exceeded 350,000.

After Ling Gong’s strength was weakened by God Taiyi, it was impossible for her to stop this attack. God Taiyi would win.

However, a sudden and severe pain in his abdomen left him in disbelief. He whirled around, only to see another Ling Gong standing behind him.

The Lingling clan was one of the strongest families in the Innerverse. In addition to them each having an innate gift that allowed them to absorb the innate gifts of others and then combine those innate gifts into one, they also possessed a miraculous battle technique: the Soulsplitting Technique.

One became two, and two became three. With the Soulsplitting Technique, one could multiply their power level by three by splitting into three identical people who could fight.

Ling Gong had never used this technique in the Mountain and Seas Zone, so God Taiyi had no idea that this terrifying technique even existed.

OMA's Thoughts

Translated By: OMA

Edited By: Neshi/Nyxnox

TLC'ed By: OMA