A dim blade light flashed and vanished, faster than a human blink, disappearing in an instant. It was unclear if it was indeed a blade light or a flickering gleam, as it appeared just for a moment before silently disappearing without a trace.
Soundless and silent.
Without a trace to follow.
Soon, a point of dark, deep, black fissure appeared in the void... The void was torn, revealing a rift.
"The First Layer ’Light and Darkness’ of Endless Saber has finally achieved some success." Wang Xu, standing on the desolate ground, gazed at that rift in the void, a smile forming at the corner of his mouth.
Endless Saber is the inheritance of the Endless Saint Venerable.
Whether Celestial Secret Technique or Perfect Secret Technique, neither can compare to it. Wang Xu even suspected that it was not a secret technique but a higher-level means of attack.
Indeed, even though Wang Xu is particularly skilled in Martial Arts Secret Technique comprehension and has the information transmitted to him by the Endless Saint Venerable, it still took him over a decade to barely get started, cultivating into the First Layer "Light and Darkness" of Endless Saber.
The blade light Wang Xu swung earlier was extremely dazzling, brilliant, and eye-catching.
Over these ten years, Wang Xu used a massive amount of insights to evolve it, eventually causing the blade light to gradually dim, becoming nothing like before—faint, cold, traceless... Although the momentum was not as great as before, the actual power was even more terrifying.
Originally, darkness was the black dot Wang Xu let fall onto the ground, covering an area, where all life would be attacked.
Now, with the combination of Light and Darkness, reflecting each other, the power of the Endless Saber has suddenly increased, and Wang Xu slashing through the void is the best proof.
"Time is up." Suddenly, a mechanical voice was heard, and Wang Xu shook his head helplessly, leaving the Cultivation Room.
"Su Long, why do you look so worried?" In the dining room, Princess Bing Qing blinked and asked.
"Princess..." Su Long hesitated, looking troubled.
"What happened?" Wang Xu, who had never seen Su Long look so anxious, felt a chill in his heart and asked.
Ba Donghe also looked at Su Long, and the three of them fixed their eyes on him. Su Long struggled for a moment, took a deep breath, and spoke.
"Brother Wang, Ba Donghe, regarding this qualification battle... we had better give up." Su Long said in a heavy tone.
"Why?" Princess Bing Qing was the first to ask, and Wang Xu and Ba Donghe also frowned.
Su Long is not one to be timid or fearful, and the peril of the qualification battle has long been known—why would Su Long say such a thing? Could something serious have happened?
"Actually, I didn’t want to say it, to avoid making it difficult for you, but this news concerns our lives, and I must say it." Su Long’s face was grim, "I received intelligence that this qualification battle’s War Realm... is the Thousandfold Divine Country."
"Thousandfold Divine Country?"
"What kind of place is it?"
Wang Xu and Princess Bing Qing were puzzled, while Ba Donghe’s face changed dramatically: "The Thousandfold Divine Country?"
"Ba Donghe, do you know about it?" Princess Bing Qing asked.
"Your information is too closed off. The Thousandfold Divine Country was actually the ’Celestial God Realm’ of the founder of the Thousandfold Cosmic Country!" Ba Donghe’s face turned slightly pale, "The Celestial God Realm contains the ’Celestial God Realm’ within their body. The stronger it is, the more vast it becomes. The Thousandfold Cosmic Country was originally ranked among the Super Cosmic Country’s powerful forces. Imagine how strong its founder must have been..."
"If the founder of the Thousandfold had not fallen, perhaps everything would be very smooth... But he has fallen for countless years, and the Celestial God Realm has undergone earth-shattering changes. Today, it might have become a ’Forbidden Area’! If we enter, the result is imaginable..."
"Oh my, a Forbidden Area... this..." Princess Bing Qing exclaimed. Even though she had always been carefree, she understood the might of a Forbidden Area. At that time, when Wang Xu and the others enter, even if they are not slaughtered by stronger beings, they could still perish in the void rifts of the Forbidden Area, time storms, or any mysterious and dangerous environment.
Wang Xu also showed a solemn expression.
The danger level of the Forbidden Area is too great. Originally, he was one hundred percent confident that even if he couldn’t defeat the geniuses and monsters of various nations, he could escape safely.
But in the Forbidden Area, Wang Xu no longer had this confidence.
The hidden void rifts, the time storms that are certain death when touched, and the special life forms born over countless years are all terrifying and dangerous. With one small mistake, anyone could fall into it.
"No matter." Wang Xu calmly said, "Since the geniuses of other countries dare to enter, why dare we not? Moreover, we have ’Divine Treasure’ in hand. At least, there is no problem in preserving our lives."
The Divine Treasure, ranking above Immortal Divine Soldier, is a supremely strong treasure forged from undergoing the Cosmic Law’s baptism over time.
Each piece of Divine Treasure is immensely rare and precious, possessing unparalleled power, even making those in the Celestial God Realm covet them and risk their lives for them!
This time, Wang Xu and others were ordered to participate in the qualification battle, and the Sovereign naturally was not stingy, bestowing three Supreme Defense Treasures. After all, they were just going through the motions, and being able to preserve their lives was enough.
"We do have Divine Treasure, but our own strength is limited. I’m afraid we won’t even be able to exert one ten-thousandth of the Divine Treasure’s power."
Su Long worriedly said.
The stronger the treasure, the stronger the power required to wield it.
Giving an ordinary person an Immortal Divine Soldier, he could only wield it as an ordinary ax, unable to exert the real power of the Immortal Divine Soldier.
Similarly, Su Long and Ba Donghe, whose real strength were at the Invincible White Hole Level, had not even reached the Mixed Cosmos Realm, and could not exert even one ten-thousandth of the Divine Treasure’s power.
Wang Xu was slightly better than them.
His strength was at the Initial Chaos Universe Realm, able to exert one-thousandth of the Divine Treasure’s power.
Do not underestimate this tenfold difference. This is the Divine Treasure, even one more point of power, and the power is incomparable.
But this is still not the full power of the Divine Treasure; it remains difficult to protect their lives.
"We have Divine Treasures, and the geniuses of various countries, especially of the Ten Extremes Great Country, surely each have hidden treasures, all for the sake of competing for that one spot," Ba Donghe said.
For a moment, all four of them fell silent.
The danger level of this qualification battle has already exceeded everyone’s expectations.
"As things stand, we have no choice. Let’s not forget that we are shouldering not just our own lives, but the honor and disgrace of the entire Tai Long Cosmic Country," Wang Xu broke the silence after a moment.
Su Long and Ba Donghe exchanged glances, both with hesitation in their eyes.
Wang Xu slapped the table and stood up swiftly.
"This is how it will be decided. Once we enter the War Realm, I will do my utmost to cover you and help you leave,"
Wang Xu’s gaze was firm, which influenced Su Long and Ba Donghe. They steeled themselves, their glances turned resolute, and they too decided, simultaneously standing up.
"Alright, we are not cowards afraid of trouble. What fear is there in death? So many talented predecessors died therein; at least we’ll have company if we fall!"
"Indeed, one step forward and you die standing, one step back and you live kneeling. I, Ba Donghe, would rather die standing than live kneeling!"
With a bold and fearless spirit, the two no longer hesitated, resolutely deciding to continue with the qualification battle.
However, Princess Bing Qing bit her lip tightly, worry filling her eyes as she looked at Wang Xu, her fingers clenched so tightly they turned white and pale.
A sea of flames spanning over a hundred miles rolled and surged, turning the whole sky red.
"Expand!" Wang Xu stretched his arms, beads of sweat as large as beans dripped from his forehead, and the sea of flames above the sky suddenly spread, expanding from a diameter of a hundred miles to three hundred miles.
"The consumption is too great."
Wang Xu’s face turned slightly pale, and he immediately brought his arms together, reducing the sea of flames back to a hundred miles.
This sea of flames was exactly the Endless Fire of the Four Great Endless Fires.
Over the years, Wang Xu’s cultivation of the Endless Fire had never stopped. Following the information in his mind, Wang Xu was advancing toward the first layer of the Endless Fire, the "Ten Thousand Mile Sea of Fire."
However, it must be said that advancing the Endless Fire was more difficult than the Endless Saber.
After decades of cultivation, Wang Xu had only expanded the Endless Fire from less than ten miles to its current extent of a hundred miles.
This was sustainable under normal conditions, with energy consumption keeping up.
Were it to expand again, Wang Xu wouldn’t be able to endure it, as the energy within him would evaporate like an ocean, rendering him unable to maintain it.
With a thought, a faint green sword shadow without a sharp edge appeared beneath Wang Xu’s feet.
The first layer of the Endless Sword is the "Void Sword," and there’s only one way to cultivate it — movement, constant movement.
Of course, ordinary movement has no impact on the progress of the Endless Sword. Only when Wang Xu exploded with extreme speed and madly dashed around could the Endless Sword grow stronger.
Wang Xu flipped his hand, producing a long stone pillar, towering a hundred meters high.
He curved his finger, flicking a bit of Endless Fire onto the stone pillar, which immediately began to burn.
"Begin!" Wang Xu dashed out, madly moving across this desolate world.
Wang Xu’s figure resembled a faint green light, slicing through the air, darting across the sky at maximum speed.
The stone pillar was being consumed by the Endless Fire bit by bit, gradually shrinking.
When the stone pillar completely burned away, Wang Xu halted, his whole body drenched as if by rain, his face pale, gasping heavily.
Constantly being in a state of speed explosion severely consumed Wang Xu’s energy.
If not for the flame vortex supplying Wang Xu with energy, he wouldn’t have withstood until the stone pillar burned out.
"Continue cultivating the Endless Saber." After a brief rest, Wang Xu began to continue his cultivation.
Again and again, Wang Xu never allowed himself a moment of laxity.
The melodious sound of a bell broke the clamor, echoing and reverberating throughout the Thousandfold Main Star.
At this moment, all the living beings on the Thousandfold Main Star focused their eyes, gazing toward the direction of the Thousandfold Main City.
The Chi Xiao Elephant in cultivation, Togu City in meditation, and Moluo Yue sparring at the Mixed Cosmos Realm... the geniuses of various countries all stopped simultaneously.
"The qualification battle has begun." (To be continued. If you work, welcome to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)