âQingyin, run!â Xuanyuan Xixi said nervously.
âRun? I want his life!â Gu Qingyin charged forth.
âLi Tianming, Gu Qingyin will soon be taken by a divine mentor as a disciple. Heâs a future disciple of the Heaven Branch, so you canât touch him!â Xuanyuan Xixi threatened.
âI canât touch him even if he wants to kill me?â Tianming asked.
âYou canât!â
Right at that moment, Gu Qingyin arrived before Tianming, and Tianmingâs sword flashed like a bolt of lightning and penetrated Gu Qingyin.
âU-u-uh....â Gu Qingyin collapsed onto the ground.
âOn what basis?â Tianming asked, looking at Xuanyuan Xixi.
âYouâre dead!â Xuanyuan Xixi yelled and activated her Scarletflame Tome. According to the rules, Tianming was forbidden from attacking now.
âYouâre welcome to deliver your head anytime,â said Tianming.
âMy Second Brother will let you die a terrible death!â Xuanyuan Xixi stared at Gu Qingyin lying on the ground in a daze. He was a genius, and he was gone just like that?
âQingyinâs divine mentor will definitely claim your life when you get out! Youâre finished!â Tianming smiled and turned away.
After she left, Xuanyuan Xixi fell onto the ground before being transported out of the illusory battlefield, while Tianming continued practicing his sword art.
âFinally, some progress.â Tianming had been searching for opponents to use the Mortal Dao Sword on. âThis is a mortal sword, one that contains everything and embodies the omnisentient. The strike is too profound, and itâs impossible to understand without possessing omnisentient will. This is a sword art that Iâve stolen, and I can only use tricks to learn it since I didnât comprehend the seven Sword Barriers.â
No wonder Jian Wuyi felt that Tianming couldnât accomplish anything with it at his age even after obtaining it.
âContinue!â With that, the Dragonmight Factionâs nightmare began.
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âReporting! Faction lord, I have no idea what Li Tianming did, but heâs been taking down our scouts along the way. Just today alone, a total of one thousand and two hundred people surrendered, and they were all forced by Tianming!â
âReport! The chief of the Greenmaple Chapter has been killed.â
âFaction lord, take down Li Tianming first. Didnât he sacrifice his Scarletflame Tome?â
âHe can even defeat Hall Lord Gu. Thereâs only three people in the Dragonmight Faction who could take him down. Who do you want me to send? Donât they have to command the army?â This was the most embarrassing part of the Dragonmight Faction at this moment.
âThe faction lord and deputy faction lord have gone out to search, but they couldnât find Li Tianming.â Tianmingâs presence had cast a shadow over the entire Dragonmight Faction. Most importantly, he was someone who should belong to the Dragonmight Faction.
âItâs all because of Gu Shaoyu! If it werenât for him, would we be facing this situation now?â said a Hall Lord.
âShut up! That person is an ingrate, and something would happen sooner or later if he stays in the Dragonmight Faction,â said Xuanyuan Ganggang.
âThen at least put him under our control. Otherwise itâll be miserable on our scouts, and nobody can fight as planned!â
âSilence!â Xuanyuan Yufeng pursed his lips together. His voice wasnât loud, but it had instantly shut down the entire Dragonmight Faction.
âContinue searching for other factions.â
âRoger!â That meant Xuanyuan Yufeng had decided to ignore Tianming.
âFaction lord, itâll be uncomfortable to leave him around. Heâll make us a laughingstock, and whatâll the audience think?â Xuanyuan Ganggang said with indignance.
âWhy donât you tell me what I should do right now?â Xuanyuan Yufeng asked.
Xuanyuan Ganggang lowered his head and couldnât answer.
âI donât believe he can face a hundred thousand of us alone.â Xuanyuan Yufeng sneered.
âFaction lord, we found the Bloodsmear Faction. Thereâs eight thousand of them hiding in the Windchime Valley!â a scout came in to report right at that moment. The role of the scouts had finally come into play.
âDragonmight Faction, listen up!â Xuanyuan Yufengâs eyes lit up.
âYes!â
âCome with me and put the Bloodsmear Faction in last place!â The Bloodsmear Faction was ranked eighth, previously, and they had eight thousand people. It wasnât a small number. Most importantly, they were one of the few factions who disobeyed the Dragonmight Faction.
âKill!â A hundred thousand Dragonmight Faction members charged into Windchime Valley. The Bloodsmear Faction had already started to retreat when they discovered the Dragonmight Faction, but how could they possibly escape now that their whereabouts had been discovered?
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On the Dimensional Battlefield, Xuanyuan Yuheng said, âDid you guys manage to see it? He can see through the illusion and accurately find his opponent.â
âYeah. I returned earlier and told the few Senior Brothers about it. Itâs already spread out,â replied Xuanyuan Muxue.
âHow many people know about his identity?â
âWhich one?â
âThe identity that the eminent gave him.â
âNot many people know about that right now. The elders wonât let anyone talk. So theyâre studying how this disciple from the Human Branch managed to break through the formation,â said Xuanyuan Muxue.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
âItâs impressive that he can see through the illusion,â said Xuanyuan Yuheng.
âIsnât that the same as cheating?â
âHow is that cheating? Itâs his ability that lets him do it. More importantly, he has the strength to match his fighting prowess. Otherwise, itâd be nothing,â said Xuanyuan Yufeng.
âThat means youâre admitting his fighting prowess?â
âWell, he can be considered an outstanding disciple in the Human Branch. But heâll be nothing in the Earth Branch,â said Xuanyuan Yuheng.
âSpeaking of which, you seem pretty concerned about him.â
âI do?â
âYeah.â
âI nearly crippled him back then, and heâll definitely remember to take revenge on me,â Xuanyuan Yuheng smiled.
âSo, youâre scared?â
âMuxue, donât make such jokes. Itâs boring.â
âFine.â Xuanyuan Muxue brushed her hair back with a smile on her lips.
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Back in the illusory battlefield, Tianming stood on a high mountain in the Windchime Valley and watched the hundred thousand disciples from the Dragonmight Faction charging into the valley. When they summoned their lifebound beasts, their army instantly grew to more than two hundred thousand.
âThatâs at least ten times as big as the Bloodsmear Faction.â Tianming could tell that the Bloodsmear Faction was pretty unlucky to be used by the Dragonmight Faction as a punching bag.
The ground trembled from the battle, and the Dragonmight Factionâs charge scattered the Bloodsmear Factionâs formation as Scarletflame Tomes began igniting one after another.
âI surrender!â
âDonât kill me. I surrender!â
Under the Dragonmight Factionâs charge, three thousand of the Bloodsmear Faction got away, while the remaining five thousand surrendered.
âHow mighty.â This was the Dragonmight Factionâs true power, and it was the display that the Dragonmight Factionâs disciples wanted.
âThis is just the beginning. Now all the other factions will tremble beneath our feet!â the Dragonmight Factionâs disciplesâ cheers echoed. They could feel their blood boiling under Xuanyuan Yufengâs incitation.
The Dragonmight Faction only lost about a thousand people. For a large faction like them, the odds of their members surrendering werenât high. In just one day, the factions clashed continuously in battles, and even the Swordking Faction lost a few hundred people.
This was just the first day, and none of the three factions were ranked at the top. But that didnât matter. However, the Bloodsmear Factionâs ranking, at least, was eye-catching. Furthermore, their surrender rate reached an astonishing 60%!
Tianming alone had taken down over a thousand Dragonmight Faction disciples, but their surrendering rate was less than 2%.
âIâll have to defeat fifty thousand people to pull their percentage to more than 50%.â Tianming sneered and continued hunting down the scouts. âSword practicing, sword practicing. Itâs the best time to deal with them since they just obtained a victory!â