Chapter 76: The Terrifying Giant Power (Part 2)

  At the same moment when Xuántiān left the stone room, a loud laughter of Niú Zhèshān came from the secret room of the Niú family.

  "Heaven blesses my Niu family, destined to make my Niu family the overlord of Beimang County, hahaha... I cultivate the Xuanjie lower-grade technique, originally breaking through the Fourth Heaven Realm was hopeless, now I've obtained this great opportunity, allowing my cultivation to break through the Fourth Heaven Realm, hahaha... Who can stop my Niu family's footsteps from dominating Beimang County, hahaha..."

  Niú Zhènshān was too excited, he was already over 50 years old, the last time he failed to break through to the Innate Realm Fourth Layer, making him lose hope of entering the Innate Realm Fourth Layer for the rest of his life. However, a rare and precious variant spiritual medicine, the Blood Jade Flower, shattered his despair, allowing his cultivation to advance further, breaking through the Innate Realm Fourth Layer he had been longing for in his heart.

  "Congratulations, big brother! Big brother has broken through to the Fourth Heaven of the Innate Realm. All the Third Heaven Innate Realm experts in the Huang family combined are no match for big brother. Wiping out the Huang family will be a piece of cake. The Niu family's dominance over Beimang County is just around the corner."

  On the side, Niu Zhenyue was equally excited, his cultivation had also broken through to the Xiantian realm threefold, a day earlier than Niu Zhenshan.

  Like Niu Zhenyue, who relied on external forces to break through to the third layer of the Innate Realm, his actual strength was still a distance away from Zhang Guifeng and Cheng Yuanwu, two warriors who had entered the third layer of the Innate Realm for some time. However, compared to when he was in the second layer of the Innate Realm, he was now several times stronger. This was the difference between realms. Niu Zhenshan, who broke through to the fourth layer of the Innate Realm, was also like this.

  "Zhen Yue, this time you've made an invaluable contribution! The Blood Jade Flower is a rare find, and it's truly the heavens' blessing for our Niu family. Once we dominate Beimang County and seize the assets of the Zhang, Cheng, and Huang families, our Niu family will have immense wealth. Then, we can purchase a set of mid-grade martial arts secret manuals from the Xuanjie stage, allowing our Niu family to rise to an eighth-rank family! Hahahaha..."

  Niu Zhenshan burst out laughing, then waved his hand and said: "Zhengyue, inform the Zhang family and the Cheng family to come to Beimang County City for discussion. At dawn tomorrow, attack Huangbai Town, slaughter the Huang family, and leave no chicken or dog alive."

  ……

  Beast Wastes Mountain Range.

  Half a month has passed since the Beast Tide occurred, but within a thousand miles, the vast majority of demons have not returned, leaving only a small number of demons that are deeply hidden in their nests, with their ferocity retracted and rarely appearing.

  The perilous Beast Wasteland mountain range, the outer thousand miles near Beimo County, for a time became the place martial artists liked to go to most. Without ferocious beasts, it was equivalent to having many spiritual medicines and precious mines waiting for them to pick and dig up.

  However, ordinary warriors also dare not venture too deep into the Beast Wasteland Mountains. Although the nearby demonic beasts have been scared away, there are still other demonic beasts elsewhere that occasionally wander over. The deeper you go, the higher the probability of encountering powerful demonic beasts.

  Most warriors are just testing their luck in the outer 500-mile range, only those above the Innate Realm dare to enter the range of 500-1000 miles.

  The entire Beimo County, with a section of the Beast Wasteland mountain range, is only over 300 miles long. The area affected by the beast tide is at least a thousand miles in circumference. The neighboring counties to the left and right of Beimo County also know about the beast tide.

  The news of the beast tide spread, and some inner disciples of the major sects knew that after the beast tide passed, it was a good opportunity to find spiritual medicine and treasure mines, so they all came to the Beast Wasteland Mountains.

  Beimu County is just a remote small county, with the Beast Wasteland mountain range to the north and high mountains and deep valleys extending from it on both sides. The only exit is a small pass in the south, which is also the desolate Wild Horse Prairie, so there are few outside warriors coming here.

  The warriors who enter the Beast Wilderness Mountains from the Divine Sword Dynasty mainly enter from two places. One is Heishui County, a neighboring county east of Beimo County, and the other is Jiangqiao County, more than 3,000 miles west of Beimo County. Both are large counties.

  In the depths of the Beast Wasteland mountain range, about a thousand miles away, in a mountain valley two hundred miles east of the peak where Xuan Tian's stone chamber was located, five warriors were sitting together resting.

  Daring to venture deep into the Beast Wasteland Mountain Range for a thousand miles, these five warriors must have at least attained the Xiantian Realm in their cultivation.

  These five warriors are all young, the youngest is only seventeen or eighteen years old, and the oldest is only twenty-two or three years old. On the right chest of their clothes, there is a printed cloud pattern.

  This is the emblem of Lingyun Sect, one of the four major sects of the Divine Sword Dynasty. It can be seen that these five people are all disciples of Lingyun Sect.

  Shen Dao Men, Tian Jian Zong, Ba Quan Pai and Ling Yun Zong are the four major sects of the Shen Dao Dynasty. Among them, Shen Dao Men and Tian Jian Zong are sixth-grade sects, while Ba Quan Pai and Ling Yun Zong are quasi-sixth grade sects.

  The Six Products Sect is a mid-tier force, with a standard of at least one Earth Stage Realm Three Heavy warrior sitting in town.

  The standard for a seventh-grade force is to have at least one warrior with a congenital ninth-order boundary sitting in town.

  If there are strong practitioners in the sect who have reached the Earth Stage but their cultivation has not reached the third level of the Earth Stage, and their power far exceeds that of a seventh-grade sect but does not meet the standards of a sixth-grade sect, then it is considered an quasi-sixth grade sect.

  A quasi-sixth-grade sect has the strength to impact a sixth-grade sect. Once the cultivation of the town's owner reaches the third level of the Earth Stage, it is truly a sixth-grade sect.

  Similarly, both are sixth-grade sects, but the Divine Blade Sect is a thriving sixth-grade sect, with not one but multiple martial artists at the third stage of the Earth Realm holding down the fort. In contrast, the Heavenly Sword Sect is a declining sixth-grade sect that barely meets the standards of a sixth-grade sect, with only one martial artist at the third stage of the Earth Realm holding it together.

  The four major sects joined forces to control the entire Divine Sword Dynasty.

  The name of the Divine Sword Dynasty originated from the first major force, the Divine Sword Sect.

  The distribution of benefits is determined by the ranking of the four major sects' martial arts conference held every five years.

  The last Sect Competition was over four years ago. The Divine Blade Sect came in first, the Heavenly Sword Sect second, the Lingyun Sect third, and the Baxian Clan fourth.

  So, Shen Dao Men occupies 40% of the total profit of Shen Dao Dynasty, Tian Jian Zong occupies 30%, Ling Yun Zong occupies 20%, and Ba Quan Pai occupies 10%.

  The four major sects appear to be united on the surface, but in reality, they are secretly surging with undercurrents of competition for benefits.

  Lingyun Sect ranks third, its strength is slightly stronger than that of the Baxian Sect, and slightly weaker than that of the Tianshen Sect. The first position of the Shendao Gate is unshakeable, and compared to it, Lingyun Sect is still relatively far away.

  Therefore, Lingyun Sect wants to gain the greatest benefit, Tiangong Sect is the biggest opponent, and it is determined to pull down Tiangong Sect, secretly attacking Tiangong Sect.

  In less than a year, the four major sects will start another round of martial arts conference. The Lingyun Sect's attack on the Tianshen Sect is even more intense, and the Tianshen Sect has also launched a counterattack. Among the inner disciples, there have been several clandestine battles, with a tendency to turn into open conflict.

  "Wu Shixiong, this time we've made a huge profit! We actually found three stalks of Xuanjie's healing sacred medicine - Shengmu Huaxiecao. Each one is worth more than 2 million taels of silver, so the total value is at least 8 million taels of silver! If it weren't for the beast tide passing through and most of the demonic beasts leaving this place, how would we have had such a harvest? Haha..."

  An eighteen-year-old warrior smiled at a twenty-two or three-year-old warrior sitting in the middle of the five, who was obviously the leader of the group.

  "This is my blessing, destined by fate, follow me and your benefits will not be less."

  The martial artist known as 'Wu Shixiong' smiled slightly, his expression extremely arrogant.

  Another warrior about twenty years old said, "Brother Wu is among the top ten disciples in the inner school and is also the nephew of the elder of the inner school. Following Brother Wu is our honor."

  "Not bad, following Wu Shixiong is our honor."

  "I only listen to Master Wu, whatever Master Wu tells me to do, I'll do it."

  Two young martial artists remained, also echoing in unison.

  "Wu's brother" smiled and burst into loud laughter, radiant to the extreme.

  At this moment, deep in the valley, a sudden loud explosion shook the five people, and their eyes turned to look into the valley, but their line of sight was blocked.

  "Go and see what happens."

  "Wu Shixiong" stood up, his eyes shining with excitement, and walked towards the valley, the other four closely following behind.

  That loud "boom" was exactly what Xuantian had brought out.

  Leaving the stone chamber's mountain passageway, it was exceptionally long. Xuán Tiān walked over two hundred li before reaching the end, where the path ahead was blocked by a bluestone wall.

  Xuantian wielded the heavy Yue sword, and with one slash downwards, the bluestone suddenly cracked, and shattered stones flew everywhere. It turned out that outside was no longer underground, but a mountain valley.

  "It's finally out!"

  Xuantian gazed at the vast sky, breathed in the fresh air, and let out a long sigh. Having been trapped in the stone chamber for nearly half a month, he finally returned to the ground, feeling extremely relieved in his heart.

  Taking a few deep breaths, Xuan Tian glanced at a clump of grass in the distance and strode out of the valley.

  In the distance, behind a thick clump of grass, 'Wu Shixiong' and his four companions were watching Xuan Tian from afar.

  "Martial brother, this person's clothes have the emblem of the Tianjian Sect, and he has a cultivation base of Xiantian Stage One Layer. He should be an inner sect disciple of the Tianjian Sect."

  "He came out of the cave, did he get some treasure?"

  "The large sword in his hand looked radiant and extraordinary, unlike any ordinary famous sword."

  "Martial brother Wu, the opponent is a disciple of the Heavenly Sword Sect. This place is desolate and uninhabited, do we want to make him hand over his belongings and then finish him off?"

  ……

  "Wu Shixiong" stood up from the bushes and said: "Stop him!"

  Xuantian had just walked out a few dozen steps when 'Wusheng' and the other four martial artists suddenly emerged from the grass, quickly running to Xuantian's front and blocking his path.

  "Five disciples of the Lingyun Sect, one at the Third Heaven Realm, two at the Second Heaven Realm, and two at the First Heaven Realm!" Xuan Tian's gaze swept across the five people in front of him, lingering for a brief moment only on 'Wu Shi Xiong', who had the highest cultivation.

  "What do you want to do?" Xuan Tian said calmly.

  A disciple of the Lingyun Sect, about eighteen years old, jumped forward with a cultivation base of Xiantian Stage First Layer. He pointed his long knife at Xuanyuan and shouted: "What do you want to do? Hand over your sword and all your belongings to 'Wushi Brother', otherwise I'll break your dog legs and take your dog life."

  "With a stern gaze and a cold shout: 'You stupid dog who doesn't know life from death, get out of here!'"

  The sound had just risen, Xuan Tian grasped the heavy Yue Sword and slashed down with one sword.

  No sword energy, no sword aura, no sword intent. Xuan Tian simply used his pure strength to slash down with one sword, and the Lingyun Sect disciple at the First Heaven stage raised his knife to block it.

  The word "Hun" fell, swords clashed, a loud "Dong" sound exploded, the long sword was cut in two, and the body of the Lingyun Sect disciple in the First Heaven Realm flew backward, spewing out fresh blood from his mouth, slamming onto the ground, letting out a mournful scream, all his bones shattered, unable to struggle again.

  Jian Fu Cang Qin