Chapter 308 - 305: G.S.T, Interfere

Chapter 308 - 305: G.S.T, Interfere

Qing Qiumu’s eyes were like full moons as she revealed her indescribable shock. She hadn’t expected that...

She hadn’t intended to...

She...

Her eyes turned to Wei Wuyin almost subconsciously, shock still painted on her face. She knew the swords were powerful, but this? Wasn’t this too much?R/ê/Ad lateSt ch/a/pters at novelhall.com Only

Wei Wuyin softly sighed in his heart. He could understand her shock. This current world wasn’t like the era that the King of Everlore lived in, or the next one that he directly enabled to exist, and the declining momentum was still occurring. Cultivators lacked solid foundations built by well-cultured resources, but alchemy, forgers, and formations were static in their strength. As long as they were made, their effects would forever remain the same.

A seventh-grade product will always be seventh-grade. A high-level astral armament will always have the strength of a high-grade astral armament. But a Sky Ruler of King Everlore’s era that was nurtured by massive amounts of products was certainly not the same as one today.

This was a depressing fact that the current world was well aware of, and it was clearly revealed by the severe lack of upper-phase Astral Core Realm experts, with merely two existing at the Seventh Stage of the Astral Core Realm—Realm World Phase. During the King of Everlore era, even the three servants that sat by his side had reached the Star Core Phase, the legendary Ninth Stage of the Astral Core Realm. As for the true geniuses of that era such as Grand Monarch Wu Yu, Divine King Han Xei, or the Demonic Abyss Mountain Lord, they reached beyond the Astral Core Realm.

So when she was using such exceptional equipment backed by her astonishing foundation and innate talent, it created an insurmountable gap between today’s geniuses of the same cultivation. Furthermore, she had unknowingly refined a few eighth-grade products that enhanced the qualities of her strength. This caused a huge discrepancy between her perceived strength and her actual strength.

In the end, Qing Qiumu had to regain her calm by forcefully taking several breaths. She could feel the numerous gazes on her body at the moment. Many were astounded by her ability to one-shot Li Xiao. Except for a few, including Zuhei and Su Mei. Especially Su Mei.

She had been the one to organize the obtaining of nine separate astral swords from all over the Myriad Monarch Astral Territory, bought them, traded for, or was gifted for support from Wei Wuyin. She had even found five top-tier forgers to work together, an act that required enormous amounts of money and organizing, to swiftly get them to reforge the individual astral swords into a single set of nine. That wasn’t all. She also had to hire twenty formation masters to further reinforce and produce a perfect unified set, which took nearly a year of collaborative effort. So, she knew of its terrifying strength.

She didn’t think Wei Wuyin had put in all those resources and deals simply to give it to Qing Qiumi, hence her initial shock. While she had expected that he may have intended it for her, but not on the basis of a gift without any cost. After all, she could feel Qing Qiumu’s Primal Yin aura was fully intact. Ultimately, she truly started to believe that Wei Wuyin had no untoward thoughts towards Qing Qiumu, truly viewing her as a close friend.

For a brief moment, her eyes flitted with a faint indescribable emotion. An emotion that seemed to stem from happiness, but not quite.

"..."

For a few minutes, no one said anything nor challenged Qing Qiumu. The expressions on some of their faces were quite ugly as they inspected the nine swords swirling around her exquisite body. This was especially those at the Sky Ruler Phase. Li Xiao might not have been the strongest Sky Ruler, but she was relatively considered near the top. Furthermore, very few actually saw the trajectory of those swords when sent forth.

They didn’t have confidence in defending against those swords or at least reacting in time to dodge, so their expressions were extremely unsightly to behold.

Should they step forth and challenge?

Court death?

Like Li Xiao?!

Her sudden death was still way too fresh in their minds.

In fact, they were extremely fierce and powerful. They had a multi-formation that allowed them to convert wood force into a sword-like force that was exceptionally piercing and sharp. Furthermore, this was further empowered by Intent. Perhaps Zuhei or her could defend against this power, but Yun Hanxi didn’t have that ability.

Either he found an opening and instantly killed Qing Qiumu or he was likely to meet a similar fate as Li Xiao. This created a dilemma.

Da Shan...

Wei Wuyin’s frown deepened.

He thought for a moment.

Yun Hanxi saw Qing Qiumu’s calm expression and smiled brightly. "Then, I’ll exchange pointers with you. I, challe-"

"Wait!" A voice interrupted Yun Hanxi, causing him to stop. He turned to see Wei Wuyin who was approaching with a smile.

Nearby, Da Shan was startled alongside everyone else.

Yun Hanxi’s expression stiffened, and behind his eyes a dark, gloomy aura flitted through for a brief moment. He quickly hid it, giving a gracious smile. "Prince Wei, is there something you need from me?"

Wei Wuyin calmly looked at Yun Hanxi. He chuckled lightly. Looking towards Qing Qiumu, "Mind getting off the stage for a moment? I need to talk to you." Those words set off a series of shocked expressions from the crowd, not expecting the legendary Prince of Everlore to interfere at this moment.

Long Chen’s expression became dark. It was like night had fallen on his face. ’What right do you have to interfere? Do you believe you own this platform?’ His emotions seethed within his chest.

Qing Qiumu was startled for a moment. But she gave it little thought before turning to look at Han Yunxi once more and nodding in agreement. She didn’t hesitate to leap off the platform, her consecutive victories were sent back to 0. Once someone stepped off the platform before their consecutive victories reached 10, their victory count would directly reset.

She arrived beside Wei Wuyin, giving him a slight smile. Wei Wuyin flashed an apologetic smile in response. But she didn’t mind, merely saying: "I had no intention of winning anyhow." Considering Long Chen sought first place, having the same cultivation base, and knowing how much winning this competition meant to him, she didn’t have the thought of winning since the beginning. She merely wanted to test her mettle against the other geniuses of this world.

Long Chen saw how close they were, and those emotions boiling within his chest ignited. His eyes became even gloomier, but he tried to hide it using a mask of calm, something he had used many times to conceal his thoughts.

Wei Wuyin nodded, "You’ll have another chance." He brought her away, leaving Han Yunxi by himself.

Han Yunxi’s expression was slightly unsightly as he watched them walk away, chatting as they did so. It was as if he was inconsequential. A deep-seated sense of inferiority emerged in his heart, and it blazed with envy and hate. This brief gap had him forget that after Qing Qiumu had stepped off, standing on the platform now made him the to-be-challenged party.

Wei Wuyin stopped. Then he turned to see Han Yunxi who swiftly realized this and hurriedly replaced his unsightly expression with a fawning smile.

Wei Wuyin briefly sized him up with his eyes before saying, "If you surrender your next fight, then you can consider yourself dead. You’ll have a bounty of fifty thousand astral stones or equivalent value of products." After saying that, he brought Qing Qiumu to his previous location.

"...!" Yun Hanxi’s scalp turned numb as he heard those words. ’Why?! What did I do to offend you?!’ He felt his world darken.

Even the crowd went into an uproar of confusion! Long Chen’s emotions were disrupted by confusion. Everyone couldn’t help but ask themselves: What did he do?

"I, challenge!" A voice, fiercely strong and incomparably determined, resounded! The crystal walls quickly formed!