Chapter 441 The Great Tribulation of the Saints

"Then we will continue to guard here for another year!"

Dong Ting said with a cold sneer:

"Even if that brat is Heaven-Defying, I don't believe he can survive in the Guqiu Domain for a year!"

Zhao Yuanren and Saint Guo Xun nodded slowly.

After all, one year was nothing more than the snap of a finger compared to their long Lifespan...

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"Alright! The Law mark has been removed. When do you intend to make your Breakthrough?"

Deep underground in the Guqiu Domain, the crow tilted its head and looked down at Yan Chu.

"This Junior intends to return above the Shengjue Ridge to make the Breakthrough. I will need a massive amount of Heaven and Earth Origin Qi, and the environment of the Guqiu Domain likely cannot satisfy that requirement."

The crow's beak, which had been preening its feathers, paused slightly. After a long silence, it spoke:

"Shengjue Ridge? You intend to make your Breakthrough under the very noses of those Saints?"

Yan Chu nodded and smiled:

"Indeed! When I am Undergoing Tribulation, they will absolutely not dare to approach, otherwise, they would invite an even more terrifying Heavenly Tribulation.

But once I finish Undergoing Tribulation, killing them will be as easy as slaughtering dogs or chickens! It will be a simple matter!"

His words were filled with chilling Killing Intent and a powerful sense of confidence.

"Interesting!"

The crow's tone carried a hint of soft laughter:

"You are truly worthy of being a personal Disciple of an Arhat; you certainly have some spirit. I need to remind you that they are all Saints who have been Cultivating for thousands of years. Based on your bone age, I suspect you are not even fifty years old, right?"

Yan Chu felt a shiver in his heart. It seemed that in front of this crow, all the Divine Abilities and Cultivation Techniques he had Cultivated had been seen through.

Back in the Lower Realm, he had wasted over twenty years searching for space rifts.

Now, if calculated by age, he was indeed only in his forties.

"Senior has a keen Wisdom Eye. However, precisely because of that, I care even less about them. They have Cultivated for thousands of years only to reach the first level of the Saint Law Realm; what is the difference between that and living life like a dog?"

I am someone who was directly boosted by the System!

A man with a cheat code cannot be compared to cultivation gained by grinding away time!

"Ambitious!"

The smile in the crow's eyes deepened:

"Do whatever you want! Just as long as you do not forget what you promised me!"

"Otherwise, let alone a Saint, even if you achieve the status of a Great Saint, I can kill you at will within the Yuanqing Holy Realm!"

Yan Chu felt a shiver in his heart and immediately said:

"Senior is overthinking it. It is merely borrowing the Pure Yang Fire; this Junior will absolutely not break his promise!"

"Hmm."

The crow nodded, its rotting body gradually becoming ethereal and slowly disappearing before Yan Chu's eyes. The strange dead tree it stood upon also burrowed into the surrounding soil, leaving only its voice echoing in his ears:

"Then go ahead and make your Breakthrough on Shengjue Ridge with peace of mind!"

"Within the Guqiu Domain, no one will disturb you!!!"

As the crow vanished from sight, Yan Chu finally let out a sigh of relief.

Although this crow had not shown any malice or displayed any means from beginning to end, it still gave Yan Chu a feeling of having needles pricking his back.

The Yuanqing Holy Realm was indeed dangerous; he would need to keep a lower profile in the future.

Of course, at this very moment, he could afford to be high-profile for a while.

This powerful existence was surely watching him from the shadows. If he couldn't even pass this hurdle in front of him, the other party would surely be extremely disappointed.

Yan Chu gazed at the dark, thick soil and did not linger any longer. A layer of earth-yellow light flashed over his body as he escaped toward the surface.

A moment later, he arrived at the surface.

What met his eyes was the same dark, lightless world as before, filled with corpse Qi, where even the sun could not shine through. The smell of rotting mud and dead leaves entered his nose, which was somewhat unpleasant.

He spread out his Divine Sense. Within a thousand miles, those wandering walking corpses, as well as the Golden Armored Corpses and Silver Armored Corpses guarding various graveyards, were all nowhere to be seen.

It was as if space had been specially reserved for him to perform.

Yan Chu's eyes were full of smiles as he looked toward the towering, continuous Shengjue Ridge a hundred miles away. The side facing the Guqiu Domain had withered vegetation and was completely pitch black, oppressive to the heart.

He steered his escape light, directly breaking through the dense corpse Qi shrouding the world. In an instant, he flew over the Shengjue Ridge and appeared on Duanhun Peak, one of the steep mountains.

This mountain was split straight down the middle by a thin, straight line.

One side was gray, black, and craggy, entwined with gray, turbid corpse miasma that never dissipated, completely devoid of life.

The other side was lush and green, with towering ancient trees and grass covering the ground, and rich Origin Qi filling the world.

The moment Yan Chu appeared on Duanhun Peak, the three people who had been keeping watch, Zhao Yuanren and the others, immediately discovered him and all cast their gazes over.

"How can this be?"

Zhao Yuanren was both shocked and suspicious.

This little beast actually didn't die? Then how did he remove his Law mark?

And he actually dared to escape from the Guqiu Domain?

Just standing there on the Shengjue Ridge?

Did he not know that they were guarding him on this side of the ridge?

"You damn ant! You actually didn't die!!"

Dong Ting stood up abruptly from where he was sitting cross-legged on a blue stone, causing the stone beneath him to turn into powder and scatter. His purple robes fluttered without wind, his hair and beard danced wildly, and his Killing Intent boiled over.

Seeing Yan Chu, the small portion of his body that had just recovered seemed to ache faintly again. A dignified Saint, actually severely injured by someone in the Divine Ability Realm.

This had made him the laughingstock of the entire Fusheng Domain, and the Ziyun Sect had been dragged into suffering great humiliation.

When he returned to the Sect to heal, the cold glares of the Sect Elders and Disciples were still fresh in his mind. The Sect Master had ordered him to personally eliminate Yan Chu to wash away the previous shame!

Saint Guo Xun was much the same as Dong Ting.

That day, the two of them had attacked together and were still injured by Yan Chu. The key was that it had happened in public, under the gaze of everyone.

Now, the entire Fusheng Domain was talking about the battle from over two months ago. They had simply become the disgrace of the Saints!

Their originally somewhat indifferent state of mind was completely ignited the moment they saw Yan Chu, and all the pent-up anger in their hearts was stoked, wishing they could tear him into ten thousand pieces.

There was more than just Zhao Yuanren and the two others here.

There were also many powerhouses from the cultivation world of the Fusheng Domain.

Everyone knew that those three had suffered a great loss at the hands of the Blade Demon Yan Chu, who had come from the Lower Realm via Ascension, and were blocking him here to seek revenge. How could such a spectacle lack spectators?

It had been quiet for over two months, with only a brief commotion caused by the death of the Iron Corpse Gate Grand Elder Xin Rong not long ago. Now, seeing the main character, Yan Chu, appear, the scene became completely lively.

One could see powerhouses who had never appeared before suddenly emerging from the distant mountains and forests, villages, and cities, all focusing their attention on the Shengjue Ridge.

"Hahaha! Good, good, good!! This old man thought I had wasted my time waiting for over two months and was just planning to leave, but I didn't expect that the good show was about to begin today!!"

"What a great Ascender! He actually didn't die in the Guqiu Domain?"

"Haha! Not only did he not die! He even appeared brazenly in front of everyone. Now, the faces of the Zhao family and the Ziyun Sect are being slapped loudly!"

"Hmph, hmph! Just wait and see! Since this brat is alive, instead of hiding properly to Cultivate and become stronger, he dares to provoke Zhao Yuanren and the others like this; his end will not be very good!"

"Everyone, just watch. It has been some years since our Fusheng Domain has seen such a spectacle!"