711 At the Peak of the Mountains and the Clouds

Given how precious profound level weapons were, Nangong Mingzhu could not possibly whip it out casually. No one would use a profound level weapon as a betting chip so carelessly.

"You've received a superb grade unsealing light?" Nangong Mingzhu asked. Even though she had been focused on dealing with the Fire Snake King earlier, her sense of perception enveloped her surroundings at all times. She knew what Mo Wen had received.

She felt it was slightly unfair that Mo Wen had received a superb grade unsealing light while she had not received anything.

"Indeed." Mo Wen nodded. A superb grade unsealing light could unseal top and superb grade profound level weapons. However, it was not very useful to him. Other than the Heavenly Serpent Divine Spear, he did not have any profound level weapons that were top grade and above.

"Then you would not have use for the superb grade unsealing light even if you kept it, right? I would like to make an exchange with you." Nangong Mingzhu said lightly.

"Oh." A glint of light flashed in Mo Wen's eyes. Nangong Mingzhu needed a superb grade unsealing light. Could it be that she had a top-grade profound level weapon or even a superb grade one that she needed to unseal? He looked at her in surprise and said, "What do you wish to exchange it for?"

"Rest assured. Even though the superb grade unsealing light is useless to you, I will not take advantage of you. I will give you a superb grade recovery light and this White Tiger Flag that has the Four Guardians Heaven Sealing Stratagem. That should be enough, right?"

Nangong Mingzhu waved her hand and the superb grade recovery light and the small white flag floating in front of her immediately flew towards Mo Wen.

The superb grade recovery light alone might not be as precious as the superb grade unsealing light. However, the White Tiger Flag was a special object belonging in this space. After all, it was the first time this stratagem flag had appeared and no one had ever heard of anyone getting such a stratagem flag.

"Alright."

Mo Wen did not negotiate any further. He flicked his finger and a silver crystal flew towards Nangong Mingzhu. He waved his hand at the same time and the superb grade recovery light, as well as the White Tiger Flag, appeared in his hands. The superb grade unsealing light was useless to him. It was not as valuable to him as a superb grade recovery light. Furthermore, at this time, Mo Wen would not intentionally negotiate for a better exchange. Even if Nangong Mingzhu had not proposed an exchange and asked for the superb grade unsealing light, he would have given it to her.

After all, the more powerful Nangong Mingzhu was, the more benefits it would bring to everyone. If they did not manage to defeat the seven beast kings of the Fire Domain, everyone would die in the Fighting Spirit Tower.

The death of the Fire Scorpion Beast King and the Fire Serpent King made it so that there were two fewer opponents who were a threat to Mo Wen on the clouds of fire. The other beast kings, even if they were at the pinnacle stages, were nothing noteworthy against him.

What made Mo Wen feel curious was that only the Fire Scorpion King and the Fire Serpent King had appeared up until now. The other beast kings of the Fire Domain had all disappeared.

He could not understand why. If the other Fire Domain beast kings were hidden, then they would have done something when he killed the Fire Scorpion King and the Fire Serpent King. They would definitely have come out to save them. After all, there were but seven beast kings in the Fire Domain. The death of a beast king would mean a fall in their strength.

"What's the situation? Could it be that the seven major beast kings of the Fire Domain will not appear at the same time?"

Mo Wen was not the only one baffled by the situation. A hint of doubt also clouded Nangong Mingzhu's eyes. Only two Fire Domain beast kings had appeared up until now. Furthermore, they were the weakest of the Fire Domain beast kings. Where were the other beast kings?

The death of the two Fire Domain beast kings meant that the other demonic beasts had lost their leaders for the time being. They no longer crowded around the human warriors to attack them. Instead, they scattered and fled like ants, trying to survive. Even though they were illusionary beasts, they were afraid of death as well.

The excitement of some of the human warriors at the thought of killing demonic beasts was stirred. They chased after the illusionary beasts and tried to kill them. Since killing illusionary beasts would result in an improvement in their cultivation levels, it took mere moments for dozens of human warriors to enter the martial arts grandmaster realm. Some of the martial arts grandmasters in the first realm entered the second realm.

Mo Wen and Nangong Mingzhu remained floating in mid-air as they watched the battle between the demonic beasts and human warriors. They did not participate in the killings because they were ordinary demonic beasts. Even the appearance of a beast king was meaningless to them right now.

Mo Wen had kept killing beast kings to reach the third realm of martial arts grandmaster stage. He did not know how many more he had to kill to breakthrough to the next realm.

Unless they were extremely powerful mythical beasts like the beast kings of the Fire Domain, killing other demonic beasts were meaningless to him.

"Congratulations, human warriors. This is the end of the first battle. We will now enter the second stage where you will face even greater difficulties. There are still 30 minutes to the next stage. Please prepare."

The Tower Spirit's voice could be heard from a distance, spreading slowly throughout the entire space.

The first stage.

Mo Wen's eyebrows raised slightly. Indeed, just as he had expected, the seven beast kings of the Fire Domain would arrive in batches and would not all appear at the same time.

Judging by how powerful the beast kings of the Fire Domain were, even Mo Wen would be doubtful that he could defend himself if all seven of the beast kings appeared at the same time. Even if he could, about 90 % of the human warriors would probably be injured or die in the confrontation.

After witnessing how powerful the Fire Scorpion Beast King and the Fire Serpent King were, Mo Wen realized that the power of the Fire Domain beast kings was way more powerful than any warrior. Even Nangong Mingzhu, who had the highest cultivation level, would not be able to compare to the weakest of the beast kings, the Fire Serpent King.

The Tower Spirit had not started the second stage immediately but had given the human warriors half an hour. With the healing and recovery lights, the human warriors did not need much time to recover. The half an hour was probably a chance for the human warriors to raise their cultivation levels by the Tower Spirit.

Even though half an hour was not a lot of time, but on the clouds of fire, even the weakest demonic beasts were at the seventh rank. Furthermore, there were many of them gathered in the same place. The human warriors could kill these demonic beasts continuously and their cultivation levels would increase at a steady rate.

In just 15 minutes, a large number of the warriors had already entered the martial arts grandmaster realm. Half an hour later, Mo Wen was surprised to find that there were no human warriors who remained below the martial arts grandmaster realm. All the warriors had broken through to the martial arts grandmaster realm.

If they had been in the outside world, more than 200 martial arts grandmasters would be considered a perverse strength. They could sweep through the entire ancient martial arts world. It would be a formidable team if even the person with the lowest cultivation level was a martial arts grandmaster.

However, in this space where the rules were set by the Tower spirit, the team only made Mo Wen worried. Whatever came next would definitely be more and more difficult and tough. These martial arts grandmasters probably would not have much trouble fighting against regular beast kings. But against such mythical beasts like the beast kings of the Fire Domain, he feared that 90 percent of the team would die in mere seconds.

The 30 minutes passed by slowly. A ray of white light appeared in the sky, shining to the ground. Then, all the human warriors disappeared from the cloud of fire.

When they next appeared, they were in a different space.

The mountain wind whistled, attacking them with wisps of coldness. Mo Wen realized that they were standing on a mountain peak.

The mountain below their feet was very odd. It was as if there was no peak and the mountain had been split through the middle. A wide and flat plain appeared in the air.

Yet, even though the mountain had been cleaved in half, it was still a very high peak. They looked around them. There were mountains surrounding them that were tens and thousands of feet high. However, they were not as wide or tall as the odd plain that they were standing on.

The human warriors standing on the flat peak were like sand in the desert, small and insignificant.

Roar!

The number of beasts around them suddenly increased. A large number of demonic beasts gathered on the flat peak. One could not see the end from where they came from.

Mo Wen glanced at them and took a sharp intake of breath. All the demonic beasts on the flat peak were all beast kings. He looked at them. They were packed densely. There were even more beast kings here than there had been on the Beast King Island.

It was not just Mo Wen. Sharp intakes of breaths could be heard all around. The faces of the human warriors all turned slightly pale.

Even though everyone had the cultivation levels of martial arts grandmasters, against a sea of beast kings, they could still feel an invisible pressure.

"They are all beast kings. This is practically forcing us to die."

"This is too perverse. What are we going to do? Aren't there only seven beast kings of the Fire Domain? Why are there so many beast kings? Even if we add up all the human warriors, we are fewer than 300. But there is an endless number of beast kings. This is too unfair."

"This is unfair. This is definitely unfair…"

The sounds of human warriors grumbling increased. Everyone was shocked by the scene before them. Previously, on the clouds of fire, they were still rather calm. After all, most of the demonic beasts that had appeared were of the seventh rank and most of them could still fight against them. However, the beasts that were before them right now were all beast kings! Even if they had broken through into the martial arts grandmaster realm, it would be extremely difficult for them to kill a beast king, much less a herd of them.

Jin Ying's face was also a little pale. Even though she had broken through into the martial arts grandmaster realm, she had crossed several realms to do that. It made it hard for her to expend the full capabilities of a martial arts grandmaster. It would be very difficult for her to kill a beast king alone. It was hard to imagine her killing so many beast kings.

Their opponents were the beast kings of the Fire Domain. Yet, even if they ignored those terrifying beast kings for now, these beast kings before them were enough to make things difficult for them. It was hard to say whether they could force their way out of this.

Earlier in the first stage on the clouds of fire, she had done all she could and charged forward to kill the demonic beasts. However, she had not even reached the area where the Fire Domain beast kings were even when Mo Wen and Nangong Mingzhu had killed the two beast kings. It could be said that Mo Wen and Nangong Mingzhu were the only two to contribute to them being able to get through the first stage. It would be a problem for the majority of the human warriors to charge through the crowd of demonic beasts surrounding them.

Furthermore, seven human warriors had died in the first stage. They did not know how many would die in the second.

Jin Ying seemed to have thought of something as she slowly turned to look at Mo Wen. The youth was standing in front of the group, holding a long spear. His figure was neither big nor tall, but he seemed as large as a mountain.

She suddenly felt more assured. She felt as if she could calm down when she saw Mo Wen. Right now, he had incredible charisma. His talent and abilities were astonishing and he overshadowed everyone. Even the powerful and talented human warriors of the elder generation could not compare to him at this moment. From the double tasks previously to killing the beast kings of the Fire domain right now, he had the great and imposing manner of all human leaders.