37: The sword wins, Ao Qian's anger

Ten Golden Crows, carrying flames capable of incinerating mountains and boiling seas, soared against the sky and pierced into the blizzard.

The fiery red light illuminated the sky, suppressing all the Divine Ability lights on the battlefield, and the audience's vision was plunged into a fiery red.

In the song of ice and fire, fire ultimately sang to its end; the snow turned into rain, the rain into mist, and the mist into nothingness. Ten Golden Crows spread their wings and soared, letting out long cries to declare victory.

“Liao!” The Golden Crows fell, trailing ten streaks of blazing light. In Ye Qingrou’s pupils, the ten Golden Crows continuously expanded, and the raging flames engulfed her. When her vision returned, she was already outside the Soaring Heaven Stairs.

“Whoosh!” Ji Yi turned around and whistled at Ye Qingrou outside the arena again, looking exactly like a frivolous playboy.

“This damned scoundrel.” Ye Qingrou stomped her foot in anger, huffing as she returned to the Heavenly Sword Holy Land’s seats.

“Qingrou, no need to be angry. To Cultivate the Dao, one must first Cultivate the heart,” Ye Fengyin, the Holy Lord of Heavenly Sword Holy Land, consoled her.

“Father, this kid is too infuriating,” Ye Qingrou pouted.

“Their Clan Chief is a rogue anyway, you’ll get used to it,” Ye Fengyin looked at Ji Yi’s face, which gradually overlapped with Ji Bufan’s face when he was young, and a guess formed in his heart.

“Sure enough, a rogue’s son is no good either,” Ye Fengyin thought to himself. He had dealt with Ji Bufan when he was young and was greatly annoyed by him.

“The Golden Crow Sword from the Ji Family’s 《Dawn Sword Scripture》, he actually Cultivated a Divine Ability from an Emperor Scripture to the Dao-Grade! Even Cultivating from the womb couldn’t achieve that!”

“I must have lived all these years for nothing.”

Ji Yi’s performance once again sparked heated discussion among the audience, and some old Cultivators of the Zifu Realm couldn't help but lament their own incompetence.

“Old Human Race fellow, what do you mean by that? Are you looking down on our Dog Clan?” A Dog Clan Cultivator who heard this wasn’t pleased. What did he mean by living for nothing? Are dogs that bad? In our Dog Realm, there are legends of Lord Black Emperor circulating. Make sure your ancestral grave is well-hidden before you talk to us like that.

“Whatever you think it means, that’s what it means,” the old Zifu Realm Cultivator was not good-tempered either, retorting sharply.

“I want to challenge you to a duel!” The Dog Clan Cultivator stood up, holding a bone in his hand.

“Let’s go!” The old man was ruthless and spoke little, directly tearing through the air and leaving. The Dog Clan Cultivator also followed, determined to have a fight this time.

Returning to the arena, Ji Yi stepped forward and continued to ascend. No one stopped him until the thirty-fourth step. After that one sword strike, only a handful of people in the arena were confident they could take it.

At this moment, the highest-climbing Prodigy was only at the thirty-fourth step. Ji Ziyan was currently battling a Zhu Yan.

The Zhu Yan Clan is also a top-tier great clan, with a Great Emperor among their ancestors. The Zhu Yan Clan has always followed the Spirit Monkey Clan and has no enmity with the Human Race.

A staff-shaped demonic weapon danced fiercely in the Zhu Yan’s hand, each strike carrying the force of tens of millions of jin. That wild Battle Intent, like madness, could even rival the Celestial Tyrant Body.

However, even with the Zhu Yan’s overwhelming Aura, Ji Ziyan’s Dao-Grade Divine Ability left it helpless.

With every clash, the Zhu Yan was at a disadvantage. Ji Ziyan’s palm shadows enveloped the Zhu Yan, making it like a beast trapped in a cage. Defeat was only a matter of time.

As expected, after three moves, the Zhu Yan’s demonic weapon was struck to the ground by Ji Ziyan, who then pressed a palm to its chest, sending it out of the Soaring Heaven Stairs.

“Sister Bubai, you’re truly amazing,” Ji Yi walked towards Ji Ziyan and said.

Yes, Ji Ziyan’s name for her adventures outside was Unfeated Ji. As for the inspiration for this name, one only needs to look at Ji Yi.

“Brother Wudi is the most amazing! That Golden Crow Sword just now was too, too, too powerful,” Ji Ziyan, as Ji Yi’s little fan girl, routinely cheered him on.

“That’s just having hands; Bubai, can’t you do it too?” Ji Yi waved his hand slightly, indicating he wanted to be modest.

Ye Qingrou in the audience seats saw Ji Yi being so gentle with Ji Ziyan, and then thought of his frivolous demeanor towards her, grinding her teeth again. “Pah, dog man!”

At this time, Yi Qingtian and Ao Qian also defeated their opponents. Mu Zixiao, the Thunder God Body, lost to Ao Qian, and Liu Rudao, the Blade God Body, lost to Yi Qingtian.

Mu Zixiao’s Great Dao of Thunder Divine Ability made fighting him feel like Undergoing Tribulation. However, after Ao Qian’s previous defeat by Ji Yi, he returned to his clan and obtained a great Opportunity, greatly advancing his strength and potential. Therefore, even though the Thunder God Body is very strong, he still lost to Ao Qian.

“Seven Systems of Divine Bodies suppress the Eight Desolates, Dao, Sword, and Star Dao Embryos reside in the center, Taiyin and Sun illuminate the world,” this describes the status of Divine Bodies.

The seven-system Divine Bodies of Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, Wind, and Thunder can awe the Eight Desolates. The Blade God Body, Sword God Body, Great Zhou Heavenly Star Divine Body, and Innate Dao Embryo can occupy the center, becoming the masters of the center. As for the Taiyin Divine Body and Sun God Body, they can look down upon the world. Among Divine Bodies, the Taiyin and Sun are considered supreme.

Legend has it that a Major Achievement Taiyin Divine Body and a Major Achievement Sun God Body, working together, can evolve Chaos, display the power of the Chaotic Holy Body, and defy a Great Emperor.

Liu Rudao’s Blade God Body, combined with Badao Holy Land’s Emperor Scripture 《Heaven-Shattering Earth-Slaying Saber Scripture》, was very overbearing. Every saber strike unleashed Qi that swallowed mountains and rivers. In his engagement with Yi Qingtian, Saber Qi crisscrossed, piercing through the sky.

It wasn’t that Liu Rudao wasn’t strong, but that Yi Qingtian was stronger. One force breaks ten techniques; if you’re overbearing, I’m even more overbearing. A pair of ant horns charged forward relentlessly, slaying gods if they blocked, slaying Buddhas if they blocked. Coupled with his unparalleled defense, he completely abandoned defense for offense, offense, and more offense. Liu Rudao, encountering this unreasonable fighting style, regrettably retreated in defeat.

“Ji Wudi, this time I definitely won’t lose again!” Carrying the wild Battle Intent from defeating Mu Zixiao, Ao Qian’s vertical pupils stared intently at Ji Yi. This time, he wanted to win!

“I’m not interested in defeated opponents,” Ji Yi glanced at him, then turned his gaze to Yi Qingtian. He felt a threat from Yi Qingtian, which made him eager to try.

“Bastard, you’re scared!” Ao Qian felt like he had punched cotton. Ji Yi’s disdain made his rage soar.

“Four-legged snake, why are you yelling?” Ji Ziyan was annoyed by Ao Qian’s noise. Couldn’t he speak properly? Why shout so loudly?

“What did you say?” Ao Qian’s eyes seemed to spew fire. He was a noble True Dragon Clan member, a top-ranked existence among the Ten Strong Divine Beasts, yet he was called a four-legged snake that even children could catch to play with. The last time he was so humiliated was the last time!

“Isn’t that true??” Ji Ziyan’s puzzled look, combined with her innocent words, inflicted maximum damage. Ao Qian was already fuming, his whole body about to burst into flames.

“I’m going to kill you!” At this moment, Ji Yi had already been thrown to the back of Ao Qian’s mind. He had only one thought: to tear apart this Human Race woman who had insulted him.

“Are you afraid of a four-legged snake?” Ji Ziyan was fearless, raising both palms to meet him. When had she, Unfeated Ji, ever been afraid?

“Ji Family, how dare you insult my True Dragon Clan like this?” From the True Dragon Clan’s seats, the True Dragon Clan’s Elder and a group of juniors looked with Killing Intent towards the Ji Family’s seats.

“Isn’t this the truth?” The Ji Family Elder spread his hands, and the other Ji Family members burst out laughing.

“You’re courting death!” The True Dragon Clan Elder, a Saint, unleashed his Aura. He intended to have a great slaughter.

“No fighting within the arena!” An Aura pressed down on the True Dragon Clan Elder. The True Dragon Clan was forced back into their seats, their Saint Aura forcefully dispelled, and a trace of blood already spilled from their lips.

At this moment, the Saint Grand Elder of the Wood God Sect warned the True Dragon Clan with a look. Before, he wouldn’t have dared, but now, well, sorry, his wings had hardened.

“Actually, defecting to the Ji Family isn’t bad. I no longer have to put up with the attitudes of these Immortal forces,” the Wood God Sect Elder thought to himself.

As for how he, a Saint, could easily dispel the Aura of a True Dragon Saint, this was his Wood God Sect’s territory. It wasn’t excessive to borrow the power of the sect-protecting Formation, was it?

“Wood God Sect, how dare you bully me?” The True Dragon Clan Elder was furious. A quasi-Emperor level force dared to treat him like this; he would destroy them.

“Who are you yelling at?” The Ji Family’s Saint Elder spoke up, his gaze revealing danger. Who in the entire Desolate Continent didn’t know that the Wood God Sect was under his protection? Without a word, you come to my territory and yell at my people. What do you mean, Ao Landeng?

“Ji Family, if you have the guts, come out and duel!” The True Dragon Clan Elder immediately sobered up, realizing that the Wood God Sect was not what it used to be. He threw down a harsh remark and shot into the sky.

“Are we afraid of you, a four-legged snake?” The Ji Family Elder followed. We, the people of the Human Emperor Family, are the True Dragons of this world!