Chapter 71: Ascension Platform, The Final Step

Chapter 71: Ascension Platform, The Final Step

Qi Yuan easily sliced through two Foundation Establishment cultivators like cutting vegetables.

The event happened so suddenly that Jiang Lingsu was left dumbfounded.

Hearing Qi Yuan's shout, she blinked her large eyes, looking pitiful.

"Senior brother, I didn't see anything, and I know nothing!"

Could it be that senior brother has been possessed by an old demon?

This was Jiang Lingsu's first thought.

Killing two Foundation Establishment cultivators with a kitchen knife was too fierce!

No wonder his body emanated such intense killing intent, it didn't seem fake.

She had naively thought that senior brother had simply played too many games, resulting in a body full of killing intent.

He must be going out hunting every day while she was cultivating.

From the way senior brother killed earlier, if an Essence Core cultivator was unprepared, they might even be ambushed and hurt.

Jiang Lingsu looked at her senior brother, feeling a bit nervous.

Qi Yuan was also stunned, his face anxious: "Junior sister, how can you not take responsibility after doing such a thing to your senior brother?"

Jiang Lingsu observed her senior brother's expression, which didn't seem faked.

It was hard to imagine that this was the same person who had just suddenly killed two Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Could her judgment be wrong, or was this old demon just too adept at disguising?

She secretly activated the Kunqian Mirror.

The result showed that her senior brother was at the peak of the Qi Refining stage, his soul was intact, and there were no signs of possession.

This left her both shocked and delighted.

Shocked at how formidable her senior brother was.

Delighted that her senior brother was not possessed by an old demon.

Jiang Lingsu couldn't figure it out. She recalled her senior brother's actions carefully.

There didn't seem to be anything special about it, but he had managed to kill two Foundation Establishment cultivators with a kitchen knife.

"Senior brother, why are you so formidable? If it's a secret, you don't have to tell me."

"I'll tell you if you promise to take responsibility for me," Qi Yuan insisted.

Jiang Lingsu held her forehead; yes, the original senior brother was back.

"I... will take responsibility," Jiang Lingsu said, feeling strange as if she had slept with her senior brother and then refused to acknowledge him.

"Because in the game, I experienced endless killing.

Every day, it was kill, kill, kill!

Constant killing, I don't know how long it went on." Qi Yuan spoke seriously, his tone a bit weary.

Really in the game jade slip?

Jiang Lingsu looked at Qi Yuan, feeling an inexplicable heartache.

Thinking of the one on Seven Colors Peak, who was her convenient master, she suddenly realized.

The skills her senior brother showed when killing the two Foundation Establishment cultivators weren't particularly advanced, but his combat techniques were seamless.

Without endless combat and killing, such techniques couldn't be honed.

The game jade slip her senior brother had must be extremely precious, allowing daily combat to sharpen oneself.

Such a valuable jade slip must have been given by that mysterious master on Seven Colors Peak.

But Jiang Lingsu was puzzled. Why train so many combat skills at the Qi Refining stage?

"Senior brother, you are truly amazing. In regions where the immortal path flourishes, you'd be considered a true prodigy!"

Of course, there was an unspoken sentence she didn't say.

Senior brother could only be considered a juvenile prodigy, far from those who had truly grown.

Her senior brother's combat power far exceeded that of an average peak Qi Refining cultivator.

While it's rare, Jiang Lingsu had seen many who could fight above their level.

If it were one of the prodigies she knew, she might accept it more readily.

But in her original understanding, her senior brother was just an ordinary little genius, now suddenly showing prodigious combat power, she could only imagine a lot.

Thinking of this, Jiang Lingsu suddenly felt enlightened, everything became clear.

Her senior brother being that master's disciple, it's normal for him to be comparable to prodigies.

Senior brother, with the combat power of a prodigy and an exceptionally handsome appearance, seemed like a very good man.

Thinking this, her heart rippled again.

Qi Yuan, hearing Jiang Lingsu compare him to prodigies, said: "Junior sister, no need to flatter me, just take responsibility as promised!"

Jiang Lingsu felt her imagined scene shatter: "Senior brother, you'd be better without a mouth."

"Whether I have a mouth or not, you must take responsibility!

You were the one who urged me to come, you're the mastermind, I'm the accomplice!" Qi Yuan loudly proclaimed.

Jiang Lingsu rolled her eyes at Qi Yuan, her gaze filled with countless emotions.

"I killed these two," Jiang Lingsu said softly.

Before coming, she had already planned how to deal with the aftermath of the murder.

Naturally, she wouldn't blame the Shen Guang Sect but take full responsibility.

Qi Yuan, hearing this, felt relieved: "I happened to pass by, I can testify it was these two who attacked first, and junior sister had no choice but to fight back!"

Jiang Lingsu was almost immune to her senior brother's logic.

Is this even human language?

From being the murderer to becoming a witness.

Jiang Lingsu and Qi Yuan approached the bodies, and Jiang Lingsu bent down, taking Zhu Lianhua's storage bag.

With a flick of her hand, a jade slip fell into her palm.

Jiang Lingsu showed an understanding look: "As expected, the Bright Palace sent this person to the Great Shang to control it and incorporate it into the Bright Palace."

"What do you mean?" Qi Yuan leaned in.

"The Eastern Lands have thirteen states, the Bright Palace is located in Cuiyun Immortal State, taking half a month to reach the Hundred Nations from there by immortal boat.

The Hundred Nations don't have large sects like the Bright Palace and are constantly at war.

The Great Shang Kingdom is one of the Hundred Nations.

The Hundred Nations are about the size of one state in the Eastern Lands."

"This map is quite large, so does this mean I'm just a country bumpkin from the mountains?" Qi Yuan, having joined the Seven Colors Peak and becoming the senior brother, felt proud, thinking he was a dragon among men.

Hearing this vast world made him lose his pride.

Now he felt like a vice leader of a small study group in a village elementary school.

"Brilliant Sword!"

A sword emerged, like winter wind cutting human skin and flesh.

Only a blood-red sword appeared, standing in the air, inexplicably terrifying.

With one sword strike, Qi Yuan felt he could easily kill a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

This could be said to be very terrifying. Without relying on the power of the knife, Qi Yuan slaying a Foundation Establishment cultivator, even when they weren't on guard, was not so easy.

Seeing this sword, Qi Yuan nodded with satisfaction: "The adaptation can be considered successful, it's just... blood-red, not like a righteous sword, but more like an evil cultivator's sword.

"No good, in the coming period, I need to find a chance to change this blood sword into a light sword!"

Qi Yuan felt that the main task next was to disguise the blood sword produced by this technique as a light sword.

Then in future battles, he could openly use it, and even imitate Bright Palace to pressure others with righteousness!

Look, I've even condensed my righteousness into a light sword, how could I possibly be an old demon?

Qi Yuan returned to the cottage.

He glanced at the cold moon above Seven-Color Peak, sighing inexplicably: "It's time to kill again. Today... crossing the final hurdle, as long as I defeat the Golden Armored Divine General, I will fully control Tian Jue."

Actually, he felt some trepidation in his heart now.

In the outside world, perhaps less than a month had passed.

But in Tian Jue, he had already been killing for several hundred years, nearly a thousand years.

In Tian Jue, he killed every day.

The enemies he encountered also grew stronger and stronger.

His combat skills had also been honed to an astonishing degree.

Now facing Zang Hua again, he only needed to use 90% of his strength to kill Zang Hua in one move.

It should be noted that Zang Hua was a level 97 God Realm powerhouse.

On the Ascension Stairs in Tian Jue, he killed every day, seeking to learn from opponents, emulate them, then defeat them with one sword strike.

He didn't know how many God Realm beings he had killed.

His combat experience against God Realm had reached the peak, he could kill God Realm beings with his eyes closed.

And his experience pool had accumulated to a terrifying degree.

Unfortunately, his level remained stuck at 99, unable to advance further.

Too much killing made Qi Yuan somewhat weary.

However, thinking of Xiao Jia who had always fought alongside him, he roused his spirits again.

"I am a man who has donned armor, I should slay all enemies!"

Qi Yuan entered the game, holding Xiao Jia's hand as they climbed out of the pit.

Qi Yuan stepped onto the final stair.

As long as he passed the last stair, he only needed to defeat the golden-armored general to fully control Tian Jue.

The last two battles would both be bitter struggles.

Qi Yuan held Xiao Jia's cold little hand as they stepped onto the final stair.

The scene before their eyes changed.

Qi Yuan looked around and saw peak after peak in his field of vision.

The peaks gathered around, surrounding him in the middle.

On each peak sat a God Realm powerhouse.

The auras of these God Realm powerhouses were no weaker than Dragon Judge, Yu, or Tong.

All were peak God Realm, level 99 existences.

For some reason, Qi Yuan even felt their levels might actually be higher than 99, but for some unknown reason were suppressed to level 99.

When Qi Yuan appeared, all the God Realm powerhouses on the peaks opened their eyes.

Thousands of sharp gazes looked at Qi Yuan, making him feel as if thorns were pricking his back.

It was like the Roc in "Journey to the West" who intruded into Spirit Mountain and was surrounded by all the Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and Arhats. Now he also stood in the center of three thousand God Realm powerhouses.

"Three thousand God Realm beings?" Qi Yuan held his sword, his figure especially straight and tall, a faint bloody color permeating, appearing bewitching yet extraordinarily handsome.

Facing the God Realm powerhouses of the final level, his gaze was especially calm, but looking closely, one could see endless bloodiness within.

But when he looked down at Xiao Jia, a trace of tenderness welled up in his gaze.

"Xiao Jia, let's fight together once more!"