Book 14 – The New Sovereign - Chapter 53 – Xing Yuan"s Divine Tribulation

Translated by: Pumpkin

Edited by: Phillip and Robin

Like the wind, Qin Yu had flown to that boundless ravine. With the mountain wind whistling, Qin Yu"s gown was fluttering and his long hair also drifted along with the wind.

Qin Yu had arrived at another mountain top, one of the eighteen mountain tops. The palace on top of this mountain was the Gold Punishment Lord"s residence. Because of the fact that the Gold Punishment Lord would be undergoing his Divine Tribulation tomorrow, there were still a lot of Emperor level experts gathered around here.

However, almost all of these people were located outside the palace. They too didn"t dare to go in and disturb Gold Punishment Lord Xing Yuan. Qin Yu, on the other hand, did not hesitate at all. He directly walked over to the palace entrance.

"Who is this person, how come I haven"t seen him before?"

"I don"t know, however, he seems to be an expert. I cannot see through him!"

Some of the experts were chatting with their friends in confusion. In the Dark Star Realm, there were not many people who had actually met Qin Yu. Especially with the fact that Qin Yu decided to enter "seclusion training" a month ago. There were only a small amount of people who had seen him and knew who he was.

"Lord Liu Xing." Said a bald headed robust man respectfully.

Qin Yu lightly nodded. He continued to walk forward. This bald headed robust man beside him had once paid a visit to Qin Yu and Wen Feng. Thus, he knew who they were.

"So it"s actually Lord Liu Xing, one of the three successor candidates for the next Gold Punishment Lord." Immediately, someone came to realize who Qin Yu was. The numerous experts in the surrounding immediately started to salute to Qin Yu.

"Lord Liu Xing."

"Lord Liu Xing!"

Each and every one of them, whether men or women, youth or elderly, were all very respectful.

This was how it was in the Dark Star Realm. If your strength was powerful, then you"d be respected and revered. And Qin Yu, as the sole Consecrated of the Gold Punishment Sect, possessed a status equal to that of the Vice Sect Master and was second only to the Gold Punishment Lord. Furthermore, he was one of the three great successor candidates. As he was so powerful, who among all those present did not respect and revere him from the bottom of their hearts?

A moment later, Qin Yu had walked past the yellow stone pavement road in front of the palace entrance.

The guards standing outside the palace gate immediately made their salutations respectfully. "Lord Liu Xing, His Majesty has given us the orders to tell Lord Liu Xing to directly go to the back hall of the main hall after Your Lords.h.i.+p"s arrival. His Majesty would be waiting for you there."

"Mn." Qin Yu slightly nodded. He then proceeded to enter into the palace.

Qin Yu did not bother to ask about where that "back hall" was located. That was because Qin Yu had already discovered the Gold Punishment Lord Xing Yuan"s location with his Divine Awareness. After taking a step, Qin Yu had arrived on the entrance of the main hall with his second step. With another step, Qin Yu had reached the back hall.

The people in the surrounding who saw Qin Yu moving about thought that he seemed to be in a state of absolute calmness as if everything was natural.

On a chair in the back hall, the Gold Punishment Lord had his eyes slightly closed as he leaned on the chair. Beside his hand was a table. On top of the table was a pot of tea and two tea cups. And on the other side of this table was another chair.

"Sit." Upon seeing Qin Yu walking in, the Gold Punishment Lord Xing Yuan opened his eyes and pointed to the other chair.

Qin Yu smiled and sat down on the chair. He said while smiling. "Your Majesty Xing Yuan seems to not worry about the Divine Tribulation at all. Even at this moment, Your Majesty is still so content and relaxed. "

Xing Yuan picked up the cup of tea and drank a bit of tea. His gaze was cast towards Qin Yu. With his eyes fixed on Qin Yu, he said. "Liu Xing, you should know the benefit of the Gold Punishment Spiritual Pearl by now. Do you believe that I would still need to worry about that Divine Tribulation? The reason why I sought for you today is because I wanted to ask you about something."

Qin Yu was unable to refrain his confusion.

Xing Yuan was already someone who was about to ascend to the Divine Realm, why would he come and find him?

"Your Majesty Xing Yuan, please speak." Said Qin Yu straightforwardly.

Xing Yuan nodded and said. "Actually, in the Dark Star Realm, I possess no disciples. I don"t even have any relatives either. You can say that I am someone that has no one to care and worry for. Had it not been for the fact that I was a bit worried about the Divine Tribulation, I might not even have come to seize this position of the Gold Punishment Lord."

Qin Yu nodded.

Qin Yu understood in his heart that this Xing Yuan had reached eighteen star Emperor level but there seemed to be close to no one who knew of his existence. Yet, he still suddenly appeared and seized the position of the Gold Punishment Lord. Only then did his name spread far and wide, shocking the entire Dark Star Realm. A person like him would not care much about power at all.

"Liu Xing, actually, during the first time I met you, I was already in shock from how high your soul"s level was. It was so high that even I was unable to see through it. My soul"s level had already reached eighteen star Emperor level. Thus, I grew confused…. for someone with a soul that"s close to that of a Deity"s, would his body strength truly be that of a fifteen star Emperor?"

Xing Yuan smiled and said. "Furthermore, that time, you wanted to enter into the Bewitching G.o.d Temple so badly. And now, after seeing you again, I can sense that you have changed. Although I am uncertain as to what has changed, I can feel that you"ve become even more powerful. Liu Xing, tell me the truth, are you absolutely confident in the compet.i.tion for the position of the Gold Punishment Lord after my Divine Tribulation?"

"I am." Qin Yu nodded and said.

Qin Yu did not bother to hide it in the slightest.

"That"s more like it." Xing Yuan laughed happily. "Are you able to tell me how strong you actually are?"

"If you didn"t have the Gold Punishment Spiritual Pearl, then you ought to not be a match for me." Said Qin Yu while smiling.

Xing Yuan"s eyes s.h.i.+ned. He burst into a loud laughter. "Sure enough, it"s as I imagined. I have long since determined that your fifteen star Emperor level was merely you concealing your strength. It would appear that my guess was correct…. Haha, unfortunately, I now possess the Gold Punishment Spiritual Pearl and you are no match against me."

Qin Yu merely smiled indifferently.

He did not bother to defend himself. That was because there was no need for him to defend.

[TL: Defend as in defending the mistaken view that Xing Yuan had about him, that he can defeat him as he possessed the Gold Punishment Spiritual Pearl.]

"I"ve finally managed to obtain the answer to the only question that I have in my heart. Comfortable, truly comfortable!" Xing Yuan laughed out loud.

"You"ve sought my appearance just for this?" Qin Yu was slightly surprised.

"What did you think I asked you to come for?" Said Xing Yuan as he smiled. "After becoming the Gold Punishment Lord, I had been idling away my time. With my strength, everything is within my control. Only you… you"re the only person that I feel as if I cannot control, cannot understand. Thus, I wanted to ascertain your strength before my ascension so that my mind would be at ease."

Qin Yu shook his head and smiled.

Xing Yuan was truly someone who was easily content. However, being content would bring about a long time of happiness. [TL: I have no idea what IET was trying to say here…]

On the second day, a large number of experts rushed towards the Hundred Flowers Star. As for whether a generation"s Gold Punishment Lord would publicize their Divine Tribulation, it was something left to be determined by that generation"s Gold Punishment Lord. However, an overwhelming majority of the past Gold Punishment Lords had publicized their Divine Tribulation.

The Gold Punishment Lord undergoing the Divine Tribulation was something that cannot be failed at all.

Hundred Flowers Star was an extremely beautiful planet. There were numerous different kinds of beautiful flowers and plants. To rest among the flower field and watch the Gold Punishment Lord"s Divine Tribulation, when would you experience another day like this?

Vast crowds of people densely packed the Hundred Flowers Star.

At this moment, several hundred thousands of Dark Star Realm experts have gathered on the Hundred Flowers Star. Several hundred thousands of people, in the Dark Star Realm, that was an extremely large number of people. After all, the population of the entire Dark Star Realm was extremely spa.r.s.e to a pitiful level.

Qin Yu, Wen Feng, Liu Lan, Bao Yu and the other experts were all in the frontmost area that was the closest to the Gold Punishment Lord.

As for the Gold Punishment Lord Xing Yuan, he was in a ring shaped vacant land in the middle. As for the Black Flame Lord, the White Profound Lord and others, they were also seated beside Qin Yu and them. All the people present were chatting and laughing. It seemed that none of them possessed any sense of nervousness.

"Liu Xing, have you seen a Divine Tribulation before?" Asked Wen Feng to Qin Yu.

Qin Yu had already seen the Cyan Emperor"s Divine Tribulation. However, because Qin Yu wanted to hide his ident.i.ty, he said with a smile. "I haven"t."

Wen Feng smiled and said. "I"ve already seen it numerous times now. Brother Liu Xing, let me offer you an explanation of the Divine Tribulation. The Divine Tribulation is separated into Three Tribulations. The First Great Divine Tribulation is a dark blue colored Ancient Formation"s Thunder Tribulation!"

"The Second Great Divine Tribulation is a Divine Flame Tribulation. The Divine Flame is extremely powerful. If one is burned by it for an extended period of time, even a seventeen or eighteen star Emperor level expert would sustain injuries. As for the Third Tribulation, it is the strongest one. The Third Great Divine Tribulation is a mixture type Tribulation. It is an attack that contains gray mist and gray lightning… Many of our Dark Star Realm"s experts, while undergoing their Divine Tribulations, lost their lives to precisely this Third Great Divine Tribulation."

When Wen Feng explained to Qin Yu, Qin Yu carefully listened.

Although he had seen the Cyan Emperor"s Divine Tribulation before, that was merely seeing the outward appearance of the Divine Tribulation. As for a deeper level understanding of the Divine Tribulation, Qin Yu didn"t know much about it. Evidently, the experts of the Dark Star Realm were much more familiar with the Divine Tribulation, compared to the people of the Immortal, Devil and Demon Realm.

"Brother Wen Feng, aren"t the majority of the Dark Star Realm"s experts at the seventeen star Emperor level when they undergo the Divine Tribulation. So why is it that they cannot pa.s.s the Divine Tribulation?" Qin Yu was puzzled.

Seventeen star Emperor level experts logically possessed the strength of the ninth stage of the "Nine Steps Dark Gold Body." With such a strength, taking on the Divine Tribulation should result in a one hundred percent chance of pa.s.sing.

Wen Feng shook his head and said. "Although seventeen star Emperor level is very powerful and their probability in pa.s.sing the Divine Tribulation is also very high, there are still many people who died to the Divine Tribulation. As for the reason, you merely need to wait till His Majesty the Gold Punishment Lord finishes his Divine Tribulation and then go and carefully ask him about it."

"You"re trying to deliberately keep me in suspense?" Said Qin Yu with a smile.

"The Divine Tribulation has started!" Wen Feng"s expression suddenly turned serious. Qin Yu immediately stopped talking.

Right at this moment, the entire Hundred Flowers Star had suddenly grown quiet. None of the several hundred thousand people actually made any clamor. From the noisiness that was before, everyone had turned silent. The pressure from such occurrence had also caused Qin Yu to grow quiet.

"Huff!" a Violent wind suddenly started blowing. Countless flowers were lifted up by the violent wind.

The dark sky, it was as if a G.o.d had covered the sky with a layer of ink. In an instant, the entire sky was rolling with black clouds. The entire sky had turned pitch-black. The power of the Divine Tribulation had started to fill the air.

Within those rolling black clouds, a large red vortex appeared. This red vortex had a circ.u.mference surpa.s.sing a thousand miles. The red vortex was revolving unceasingly. At the same time, rays of dark blue colored electric snakes started to scatter and run about in all directions.

"Chi chi~~~~"

At this moment, Qin Yu discovered that the s.p.a.ce surrounding the Gold Punishment Lord Xing Yuan had become completely distorted. Xing Yuan"s figure had also become a bit fuzzy.

A millstone shaped "Ancient Formation Array" started to appear from the red vortex. This millstone shaped Ancient Formation Array was formed by nine dark blue colored lightnings. These nine dark blue colored lightnings were flowing about the Ancient Formation Array unceasingly.

The First Great Divine Tribulation… Ancient Formation Lightning Tribulation!

"Against the Gold Punishment Lord Xing Yuan, the Divine Tribulation does not possess any challenge at all." Thought Qin Yu in his heart.

Precisely as Qin Yu had antic.i.p.ated, when that millstone sized Ancient Formation Array Lightning Tribulation fell, before it even managed to hit the Gold Punishment Lord Xing Yuan, Xing Yuan had already casually shot out a golden light.

That was the Gold Force with its might increased by over a dozen times. It directly shattered the millstone.

The Second Great Divine Tribulation… Divine Flame Tribulation!

That enormous red vortex was separated into an inner and an outer part. The inner and the outer vortex started revolving in opposite directions. The rubbing between the two vortexes gave birth to traces of black flame. These black flames fused together and formed a black flame dragon.

"Too weak, too weak." Qin Yu sighed in his heart.

Sure enough, the moment when that black flame dragon formed by Divine Flames wrapped around Gold Punishment Lord Xing Yuan, his body started radiating a golden brilliance. Like the sun, he was extremely dazzling.

The Divine Flame dissipated. The Second Great Divine Tribulation had disappeared.

"Brother Wen Feng, the two Great Divine Tribulations have been easily defeated, could it be that the Third Great Divine Tribulation has something exceptional regarding it?" Qin Yu asked Wen Feng beside him via voice transmission.

Wen Feng shook his head and said. "Liu Xing, the strongest of the Three Great Divine Tribulation is the last one. Even though His Majesty Gold Punishment Lord will probably succeed in pa.s.sing the Third Great Divine Tribulation, it will not be as easy as the previous two."

"The Third Great Divine Tribulation is very powerful? Qin Yu was somewhat puzzled.

"It"s truly powerful." Wen Feng firmly stared at the red vortex in the sky.

Qin Yu however did not believe it to be that powerful. He still clearly remembered the scene he saw when he saw the Cyan Emperor"s Divine Tribulation. When the final Third Great Divine Tribulation fell, the Cyan Emperor"s body merely emitted a jade-green colored ripple and easily defeated the Third Great Divine Tribulation.

In Qin Yu"s mind, he had believed that the Third Great Divine Tribulation would be the same as the previous two Great Divine Tribulations — unable to withstand a single blow.

The black clouds that covered the entire sky started to roll. That enormous red vortex continued to revolve with the same frequency that it had before. Traces of gray mist started to permeate from the red vortex. Over a thousand miles of gray fog that permeated from the red vortex was gathered together. They condensed together and formed a large lump of gray mist with a circ.u.mference of several hundred meters.

That enormous gray fog of several hundred meters circ.u.mference started to descend. It had instantly covered all of the Gold Punishment Lord"s surrounding area. The Gold Punishment Lord Xing Yuan himself was naturally also wrapped up by the enormous gray fog.

Inside the enormous gray fog were bolts of gray lightning running about in all directions.

Those gray lightning bolts struck the Gold Punishment Lord"s body. Yet they were unable to break through his defense at all. Qin Yu was able to easily and clearly see this scene with his Divine Awareness.

"It would appear that even if it were the Divine Lightning, it would still not damage the Gold Punishment Lord in the slightest." Thought Qin Yu in his heart. "The Gold Punishment Spiritual Pearl has fused with the body, increasing the body"s toughness and durability greatly. It also increases The Gold Force by an extremely large amount."

However, right at this moment, Qin Yu"s expression changed.

Inside the center of that gray mist filled s.p.a.ce where the Gold Punishment Emperor stood, the noise of his gasp for breath started to sound. That was because the noise from his gasp for breath was very loud. It was like a bellows blowing air.

"Huff, huff, huff…" The Gold Punishment Lord Xing Yuan was breathing heavily with a low voice. His eyes were red, it was as if he was about to go berserk. His hands were clenched firmly. The veins on his forehead had also bulged.

"What"s going on?" Qin Yu was shocked.

Book 14 – The New Sovereign - Chapter 54 – The Position of the Sovereign

Translated by: Pumpkin

Edited by: Phillip and Robin

"Ahhh!!!" Gold Punishment Lord Xing Yuan suddenly raised his head and roared frantically. His entire body started to burst forth an astonis.h.i.+ng golden radiance. The golden light shot through the gray mist. Like a wave, the surging Gold Force shot out and swept through all the gray mist and gray lightning in the surroundings.

The enormous red vortex started to slowly dissipate. The rolling black clouds also faded away. The sky had once again turned bright. Light breeze had also started to blow again.

The s.p.a.ce surrounding the Gold Punishment Lord Xing Yuan had turned normal again.

As the wind blew at Qin Yu"s long hair, it caused the hair to drift to Qin Yu"s face. Qin Yu had a smile on his face. "He succeeded."

"Congratulations Brother Xing Yuan." The Black Punishment Lord Wu Shan was the first to speak.

"Brother Xing Yuan, congratulations on successfully pa.s.sing the Divine Tribulation." White Profound Lord Ju Mi also spoke.

Qin Yu, Wen Feng, Bao Yu, Liu Lan… and all the other numerous experts surrounding the Gold Punishment Lord, started to give their congratulations. Although Xing Yuan"s success in pa.s.sing through the Divine Tribulation was expected, it was still quite an achievement, since he would now ascend to the Divine Realm.

After pa.s.sing the Divine Tribulation, one would usually ascend to the Divine Realm within a year"s time.

"Haha, I was in a somewhat sorry state." Xing Yuan still had bright and clear sweat on his forehead. "This Third Great Heavenly Tribulation, the Mixture Tribulation, is truly difficult to deal with. However, I still managed to block it in the end."

The Black Flame Lord Wu Shan laughed loudly and said. "Oh Xing Yuan, you"re pretty good already. You were able to block the invasion of the Heart"s Devil with merely your willpower. I reckon I would become berserk for a moment and vent my angers before I would be able to stop the Heart"s Devil."

"Heart"s Devil? Didn"t the Divine Tribulation have all kinds of illusions and affect one"s state of mind from the beginning?" Qin Yu said, confused.

According to what Qin Yu knew.

In the entire Divine Tribulation, from the beginning to the end, there were always illusions affecting the person undergoing the tribulation. So why would the Black Flame Lord mention the invasion of the Heart"s Devil?

"Liu Xing, you don"t even know about this?" Xing Yuan started laughing loudly. The Black Flame Lord, the White Profound Lord, Wen Feng and many others also started laughing. Their laughter caused Qin Yu to feel a bit embarra.s.sed.

The Black Flame Lord Wu Shan laughed and said. "Liu Xing, this Third Great Divine Tribulation is a Mixed Tribulation. It contains within it the Divine Lightning as well as Heart"s Devil Mist.

"Heart"s Devil Mist?" Qin Yu remembered the gray colored mist.

The White Profound Lord Ju Mi nodded and said. "Liu Xing, what you said earlier is also correct. Right from the beginning, the Divine Tribulation has illusions to affect the person undergoing the tribulation. However, those are merely illusions that affect your state of mind. As for the "Heart"s Devil Mist" of the Third Great Divine Tribulation, it is different. That gray colored mist appears to have no attack power but once it surrounds you, it starts to attack you with an unending amount of different Heart"s Devils.

"Once the Heart"s Devil enters into your body, the situation becomes very troublesome." Xing Yuan sighed and said. "That Divine Lightning was unable to harm me in the slightest. However, that Heart"s Devil is able to ignore my defense and only attack my soul! This Heart"s Devil is something that can only be defended and attacked by one"s soul"s power. However, in the process of defending or attacking it, it is also possible for you to be affected by the Heart"s Devil."

Xing Yuan laughed and said. "Thus, the higher level one"s soul is, the easier it is to resist this sort of Heart"s Devil."

Wen Feng also said. "His Majesty the Gold Punishment Lord was still fortunate and possessed the Inherited Treasure. The Divine Lightning was unable to harm him in the slightest so he was able to wholeheartedly annihilate and resist the Heart"s Devil. However, for other ordinary people, they would require to defend against the Heart"s Devil while defending against the Divine Lightning. This is the great power of the Third Great Heavenly Tribulation."

Only then did Qin Yu understood everything.

"No wonder the Cyan Emperor managed to pa.s.s it to easily." Thought Qin Yu in his heart. The Cyan Emperor"s soul had already been condensed to a Golden Soul Pellet a long time ago. His soul"s level was extremely high. For him, warding off the Heart"s Devil was extremely easy.

The White Profound Lord Ju Mi lightly smiled and said. "Actually, pa.s.sing the Third Great Divine Tribulation is not hard either. You merely need to resist the attack of the Heart"s Devil for a period of time. After the time has expired, the Heart Devil"s Mist will automatically dissipate. As for Brother Xing Yuan, he tried to annihilate the Heart"s Devil in vain. For him to be affected by the Heart"s Devil, he can blame no one but himself."

"Haha, since my body doesn"t fear the Divine Lightning, I most certainly would have to have a nice fight against this Heart"s Devil. If I were to only defend against it and not attack, wouldn"t that be too boring?" Said Xing Yuan as he laughed.

Only then did Qin Yu realize.

This Xing Yuan, the reason why he was affected by the Heart"s Devil was because he took the initiative to fight it.

"In the future, when Xiao Hei, Fei Fei and I undergo our Divine Tribulation together, I"ll take the initiative to attack and annihilate these Heart"s Devils." Qin Yu started to think about how to defend against the Divine Tribulation in the future.

For three people to take on the Divine Tribulation together, the might of the Heart"s Devils would not merely be three times that of the original Heart"s Devils. Instead, it would be much greater. It might be eight times or nine times, or even more powerful than that.

As the Divine Tribulation had ended, a large number of people started leaving.

As for the Gold Punishment Lord Xing Yuan, the Black Flame Lord Wu Shan, the White Profound Lord Ju Mi as well as some of the people with position second only to the Three Great Sovereigns, the Vice Sect Masters, the Consecrated, the Great Elders and them, had all left the Hundred Flowers Star together.

This group of highest echelon experts arrived on the Gold Punishment Star together. Simultaneously, they proceed to fly toward the Sacred Mountain"s mountain top.

Over a dozen people were flying and chatting beside each other.

"Oh Liu Xing, my Divine Tribulation has already pa.s.sed, in a period of time from now, the contest battle for the position of the new Gold Punishment Lord shall be held. You"d best not be careless and lose the seat of the Gold Punishment Lord in the end." Said Xing Yuan with an open laughter.

Right after Xing Yuan said those words, the expression of Vice Sect Master Liu Lan who was ten meters away from them had immediately turned gloomy.

Qin Yu was about to say something but was suddenly interrupted.

"Oh Xing Yuan, based on what you said, it seems that you"re certain that Liu Xing will be the next Gold Punishment Lord?" Said the Black Flame Lord Wu Shan with a loud laughter and clear voice.

A handsome youngster with long red hair also nodded and said. "Based on what Your Majesty Xing Yuan said, could it be that Consecrated Liu Xing"s strength is even stronger than that of Vice Sect Master Liu Lan?" This red long haired youngster was the Vice Sect Master of the Black Flame Sect. He was a sixteen star Emperor level expert.

Qin Yu had already discovered the sinister gaze that Liu Lan was looking at him with.

"This Xing Yuan, he truly has a huge mouth." Thought Qin Yu in his heart. However, Qin Yu didn"t care about it. That was because he already had the intention to attain the position of the next Gold Punishment Lord. Thus, it was also natural for him to be a bit more tyrannic now.

Xing Yuan looked to Liu Lan beside him. "Liu Lan, let me warn you. Liu Xing"s strength is not inferior to yours… Haha, I will be ascending to the Divine Realm in five months time. Let"s set the date for the compet.i.tion for the position of the new Gold Punishment Lord to be three months from now."

Before Xing Yuan ascends, he was still the Gold Punishment Lord.

Only after Xing Yuan ascends would the new Gold Punishment Lord be able to officially succeed the position of the Gold Punishment Lord.

"Three months. In three months, I will definitely win. The position of the Gold Punishment Lord is definitely mine." Said Liu Lan coldly. Immediately after that, he turned into a ray of light and flew toward his own residence without regards of any other people present.

"Liu Xing, don"t disappoint me." Xing Yuan looked to Qin Yu while smiling all over. A flash of cunningness flashed through his squinted eyes.

Qin Yu felt helpless in his heart.

This Xing Yuan who was about to ascend to the Divine Realm had grown so bored that he decided to amuse himself with Qin Yu. He would not even allow Qin Yu to have some days in peace.

"The winner of the compet.i.tion for the next Gold Punishment Lord in three month"s time will definitely be me. There is no need to doubt this." Qin Yu smiled and looked to everyone. Although he was smiling, his confidence was clearly felt by everyone present.

"Liu Lan"s strength is very strong. However, it seemed that this Liu Xing"s strength is even stronger. Furthermore, he"s mysterious. The battle for the new Gold Punishment Lord has become interesting." Said the White Profound Lord Ju Mi with a low voice.

As for one of the three great successor candidates, Wen Feng, he had been completely ignored by everyone.

Wen Feng himself did not have any complaints either. After all, his strength was too inferior.

During the three months time, Qin Yu and Liu Lan were both in their respective residences undergoing seclusion training. From how it appeared to the people outside, the two great compet.i.tors for the next Gold Punishment Lord were undergoing their final bitter training.

As for the final successor candidate, Wen Feng, he had announced his renouncement of the right to compete for the position of Gold Punishment Lord. Wen Feng did not wish to be humiliated by Liu Lan when they fight.

Three months later.

A s.p.a.cious and empty plain several thousand miles to the east of the Gold Punishment Star City had become the location for Qin Yu and Liu Lan"s battle. Before the battle had even begun, a large number of people had already started to gather here.

The Three Great Sovereigns, Xing Yuan, Ju Mi, Wu Shan, were all gathered here. All kinds of Emperor level experts as well as some other experts were also here.

Compared to the Gold Punishment Lord"s Divine Tribulation, a battle for the seat of the Gold Punishment Lord attracted the interest of the people even more. Especially for this battle, the two sides both possessed extremely powerful strength… a battle of this sort was rarely seen in ten thousand years.

"It"s been a long time since I"ve last seen a fight of super experts like this one. Furthermore, this is a fight with their lives depending on it." Said the Black Flame Lord Wu Shan as he laughed.

Usually, when those qualified to fight for the position of either one of the Three Great Sovereigns fought, they would give it their all. If one did not possess sufficient strength, they would have already conceded voluntarily at an earlier time. For example, Wen Feng!

"In all these years of compet.i.tion for the positions of the sovereigns, rarely have there ever been two seventeen star Emperor, or higher, level experts fighting over the position." The White Profound Lord Ju Mi nodded and said. Xing Yuan was beside them. He smiled and said. "In this battle, that Liu Xing will definitely win."

"There"s truly a great number of people." Wu Shan looked to the surroundings.

Above the plain, gathered densely packed, was a large number of experts. There were even more people gathered here than compared to the time of the Gold Punishment Lord"s Divine Tribulation. And the people in the frontmost were still the Three Great Sovereigns.

Before the Three Great Sovereigns was the s.p.a.cious and empty battlefield. At this moment, there was still no one on the battlefield. The two sides in this battle had yet to appear. There was only wind blowing the gra.s.s on the ground.

"Huff!"

A figure suddenly appeared on the s.p.a.cious and empty battlefield. It was Qin Yu wearing a gown. Blown by the wind, the gown was raised. Even Qin Yu"s long hair started drifting with the wind. He was standing there with his hands behind his back. It was like he had been standing there the entire time.

Merely, his eyes were closed.

Immediately, the noisy sound of people discussing disappeared. Replaced by an extreme silence. Only the rustling noise from the wind blowing on the gra.s.s remained. The rustling noise seemed to be be very loud.

Qin Yu suddenly opened his eyes and slightly raised his head. He looked to the east. A figure was flying over rapidly like an eagle. That pair of cold and indifferent eyes were fixed on Qin Yu. It was Liu Lan!

"Liu Lan has come!"

The Three Great Sovereigns, Wu Shan, Xing Yuan and Ju Mi"s eyes s.h.i.+ned at the same time. The densely packed people surrounding and watching all held their breaths.

"Woos.h.!.+" In an instant, the proud and aloof Liu Lan stood to the south of Qin Yu. Qin Yu stood on the north side, Liu Lan on the south side, the two of them were looking at each other. The distance between them was about a hundred meters.

"Liu Xing, it is better for you to admit your defeat. Otherwise, I might accidently kill you. That would be very bad." Said Liu Lan coldly.

"You sure say a lot of bulls.h.i.+t. If you want to fight, then fight. If you"re too much of a coward to fight, then just admit your defeat." Said Qin Yu indifferently. As he opened and closed his eyes, an extremely sharp and cold radiance burst forth like the lightning bringing about an frightening pressure.

The Three Great Sovereigns, Xing Yuan, Wu Shan and Ju Mi were all shocked.

"Such a powerful soul power." Thought the three in their hearts in shock.

"A battle is determined by one"s body"s strength. Your soul is very powerful, but it doesn"t amount to a d.a.m.n thing!" Sneered Liu Lan. Immediately after, the muscles in his entire body started to bulge. Rays of golden light started to flow through his entire body.

Hearing what Liu Lan said, Qin Yu shook his head in his heart.

He actually said that the soul being powerful was useless? While low level battles were determined by one"s energy and body, once one reaches a higher level of combat, the battles become determined by one"s comprehension of the spatial laws and even one"s comprehension of the temporal laws. And that was determined by one"s soul level.

Liu Lan roared.

"Woos.h.!.+" Almost instantly, Liu Lan"s figure arrived before Qin Yu. His sharp claws had instantly arrived at the top of Qin Yu"s head. With Liu Lan"s body that was comparable to a High Quality Divine Artifact, if his claw strike were to land, it"d be extremely frightening.

The Three Great Sovereigns all frowned. Wen Feng, Bao Yu and the others also frowned.

To attack the head right away, it was clear that Liu Lan wanted to kill Qin Yu.

However, in the contests for the position of the Sovereigns, even death was a risk one would have to take. Thus, these people did not say anything about it. Merely, for Liu Lan to start off with this was somewhat unruly.

Liu Lan started to smile. He had managed to grab onto Qin Yu"s head. However, his smile instantly froze. That was because he was unable to sense the slightest amount of resistance. It was as if he had grabbed onto "air."

It"s an afterimage!

"It"s my turn to attack now." A clear voice sounded through the entire plains. Everyone that stood there watching the fight had heard the voice clearly. Liu Lan turned around with a lightning like speed. He looked to the sky. Qin Yu was currently standing in the sky.

Liu Lan turned into a sharp arrow and shot toward the Qin Yu in the sky.

Contrary to Liu Lan"s action, Qin Yu slowly raised his right fist. He continued to stand there in the air without moving.

"Die!" Liu Lan had already arrived before Qin Yu. His attack came at Qin Yu with the intent to kill. However, at this moment, Qin Yu also threw his fist out. Qin Yu"s fist was not fast. Furthermore, it was only shot toward Liu Lan"s chest.

"Sigh, even at this moment Liu Xing is being compa.s.sionate and lenient. He should not attack the chest, he should attack the…" Sighed Xing Yuan in his heart. However, right when he sighed half way, his expression became frozen.  Not only him, the Black Flame Lord Wu Shan, the White Profound Lord Ju Mi as well as some of the other super experts" facial expressions had all frozen.

That was because this group of super experts all clearly saw the scene before them. A scene that they could not believe was happening.

Qin Yu"s fist was originally shot towards Liu Lan"s chest. However, Xing Yuan, Ju Mi and all of them saw that… Liu Lan"s body actually moved downward a small distance for no cause or reason at all.

The first that was originally shot toward the chest had just happened to shoot toward Liu Lan"s head. Liu Lan who was not prepared for it at all only had an expression of being dumbstruck with shock in his eyes.

"Kacha!"

Qin Yu"s fist, like pulverizing a watermelon, brought about the sound of a skull shattering. Liu Lan"s head was shattered. Liu Lan"s soul had also started to slowly dissipate.

Even before his death, Liu Lan still could not believe what had just happened. "Why did the s.p.a.ce press my body downward? What is happening?" Before his soul dissipated, he had also received Qin Yu"s Divine Awareness Voice Transmission.

"Didn"t you said that the soul being powerful was useless? This is a kind of usage one"s soul can have towards the s.p.a.ce after it becomes powerful enough." Said Qin Yu via Divine Awareness Voice Transmission.

"So, you…"

Only at this moment did Liu Lan suddenly see through the thick fog and discover the light. And also at this moment, his soul had completely dissipated.

Seeing Liu Lan"s corpse flying downward to the ground.

Qin Yu thought in his heart. "Using the principle behind the Heaven Startling Single Stick Strike on the fist actually gave birth to a pretty strong power." Qin Yu looked to his right fist that had smashed Liu Lan"s skull with a single fist. A smile appeared on his face.

At this moment, a burst of earth-shattering cheering noise sounded.

Those low level Gold Punishment Sect cultivators did not manage to see clearly that Liu Lan"s body had momentarily been pressed downward. However, all of these people knew that… the new Gold Punishment Lord had been decided. It was Lord Liu Xing!