I created an extraordinary era

Chapter 694 The Heavenly Road Begins
at the same time.

The entrance to the western region of the Primordial Realm.

More than three hundred extraordinary individuals at the Innate Realm have all arrived in the secret realm.

Unlike top masters and grandmasters, many extraordinary individuals at the Innate Realm still chose to form teams.

Their strength is comparable to that of ordinary grandmasters.

But this is the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Road. Everyone who can enter this time is a top genius, and almost any grandmaster would be no match for them.

Therefore, some of the more familiar Innate Realm transcendents chose to team up.

"Qi Hui, do you want to come with us?"

A familiar voice came from the side.

Qi Hui turned his head and saw Zhang Ming, who was also a student at Lingxiao Academy.

Zhang Ming was in the same year as him, and his ranking was just after him.

However, unlike Qi Hui, who was a loner, Zhang Ming was very popular in the academy.

At this moment, eight people had gathered around him, all of whom were students of Lingxiao Academy.

Lingxiao Academy has admitted a total of twenty-three extraordinary individuals at the Innate Realm this time.

Fifteen of them came to the western region, and Zhang Ming alone gathered eight people, almost uniting half of his classmates around him.

It's easy to imagine how powerful its appeal is.

"With ten of us together, as long as we don't encounter any experts at the mid-stage of the Transcendent Realm, we have almost no need to worry about any danger."

Zhang Ming spoke with confidence, and the eight teammates around him all nodded in agreement.

Each of them, taken individually, is comparable to an ordinary first-stage Transcendent Grandmaster.

Qi Hui and Zhang Ming have both reached the top level of the Transcendent Realm!

This lineup is sufficient to handle most dangers.

Their area is the outermost part, so the chance of encountering someone in the mid-stage of the Transcendent Realm is extremely low.

"no need!"

Qi Hui shook his head.

Teaming up can certainly improve your strength, but isn't a large group of people acting together just a huge target?

Efficiency will inevitably be greatly reduced.

Most importantly, Qi Hui did not trust Zhang Ming.

Zhang Ming appears to be warm and righteous, but in reality, he is shrewd and calculating.

His ability to win over so many people in the academy is not solely due to his personal charisma and strength, but also to his precise allocation and control of interests.

In this hastily assembled team, Qi Hui had no doubt that Zhang Ming would prioritize his own interests and those of his inner circle.

If danger arises, they might even use others as pawns or sacrifices to pave the way.

Rather than entrusting his back to unreliable people and constantly guarding against treacherous attacks from his companions, he preferred to face the known dangers alone.

Zhang Ming frowned slightly:

"Qi Hui, I know you are very strong, but you are only at the Innate Realm after all. It's too dangerous for you to act alone."

"I'm used to being alone."

Qi Hui's tone was indifferent.

"Be careful, everyone."

Before leaving, he gave everyone a final reminder.

After saying that, Qi Hui said no more. He nodded slightly to his classmates, then moved like an arrow, choosing a direction and quickly disappearing into the distance.

Looking in the direction where Qi Hui disappeared, one of Zhang Ming's teammates couldn't help but whisper:

"He's such an antisocial guy, so many of us invited him."

Zhang Ming waved his hand, his smile still on his face, but his eyes had turned colder:
Everyone has their own ambitions, and you can't force them. We can do just fine without him.

"Let's go, don't waste time."

"Let's familiarize ourselves with the surrounding environment of the secret realm first, and then go to the safe zone to learn about the situation and exchange resources."

……

the other side.

After separating from the others, Qi Hui quickly entered the first secret realm of the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Road.

Sword Valley.

As soon as you step into the valley, an extremely sharp aura hits you, as if countless invisible swords are hanging overhead, causing a slight stinging sensation on your skin.

Looking around, the rock walls of the entire valley are covered with crisscrossing sword marks of varying depths and shapes.

"What a strong sense of oppression."

A hint of solemnity flashed in his eyes.

Even with his early-stage internal energy level of martial arts, he felt a slight tremor in his heart here.

This valley contains a domain-like pressure formed by countless remnants of sword intent intertwined.

If one's will is not firm or one's cultivation is insufficient, one may even find it difficult to walk normally in this place.

Qi Hui took a deep breath, his internal energy slowly circulating to resist the omnipresent erosion of the sword intent.

He walked slowly inwards from the valley entrance, his mental energy highly concentrated, sensing the changes in sword intent on the rock walls on both sides.

Time passes slowly.

Sword intent originates from the initial "basic sharpness".

Gradually moving towards different directions such as "agility," "gravity," and "unpredictability," it seems to be systematically showcasing the various aspects of Kendo.

He was immersed in this systematic understanding, comparing and verifying his own swordsmanship. Many of the obstacles that he had struggled to understand in his daily life began to show signs of loosening.

"incredible"

A look of shock flashed across Qi Hui's eyes.

The sword techniques found in this secret realm are even more effective than those found in the Myriad Paths Mountain of the academy.

This is actually quite normal.

The Myriad Paths Mountain Secret Realm is not simply a sword-based secret realm, and the traces of martial arts within the Myriad Paths Mountain are almost gone, so its effects are definitely not as good as those here.

This Sword Valley was created by Xia Yuan specifically for sword trials. Not only is the sword intent within it well preserved, but Xia Yuan's cultivation insights have also been systematically integrated into it.

However, the martial arts traces here are only at the mid-stage of Dark Force.

To comprehend a higher level of swordsmanship, you must venture into the next secret realm!

Just as Qi Hui was immersed in his understanding of swordsmanship.

Sudden.

"hiss!"

A sharp whistling sound suddenly rang out from behind him, and a chilling killing intent instantly locked onto his back!

Qi Hui's pupils contracted sharply, and without thinking, his body instinctively lunged forward.

In the instant he fell, the sword at his waist was already drawn, and without even looking, he swung it behind him with a backhand stroke.
"Qiang!"

The piercing clang of metal echoed through the valley, sparks flying from the point where the sword blade struck something hard.

Qi Hui used the momentum to roll forward, then knelt on one knee to steady himself, holding his long sword horizontally in front of him, his sharp eyes fixed on the attacker.

A dark silver beast, resembling a cheetah, was lying prone on the ground, baring its teeth and emitting a low, threatening growl.

There was a faint white mark on one of its front paws, which was caused by Qi Hui's backhand sword strike.

"What strong front paws!"

Qi Hui felt a chill run down his spine.

Although his sword strike was a hasty counterattack and did not achieve its full effect, the hidden force and sharpness of the blade were still considerable, leaving only a white mark on the opponent's claw.

This monster's defense far surpasses that of the other peak-stage innate monster he killed before.

Of course, it is not a demon beast at the Transcendent Realm.

The difference in aura between the Transcendent Realm and the Innate Realm is enormous, and can be discerned at a glance.

Say.

Of the more than three thousand demonic beasts on the entire Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Road, seventy percent are at the Innate Realm.

The probability of encountering a Transcendent Realm demon beast in this outermost area is very low.

opposite.

Seeing that its first attack missed, the cheetah became even more ferocious. With a low growl, it pushed off the ground with its hind legs and pounced again, turning into a silver blur, three times faster than before!
The gaping maw aimed straight for Qi Hui's throat, a stench filling the air.

"Well done!"

Qi Hui flicked his wrist slightly, advancing instead of retreating.

The "agile" sword intent he had just comprehended flowed through his mind, and his body shifted half a foot to the side like a willow catkin, narrowly avoiding the sharp claws.

At the same time, the longsword thrust forward swiftly, precisely aiming at the monster's waist and abdomen.

As sparks flew, he used the momentum to spin around, and the sword slashed down, leaving a bloody gash on the leopard's belly.

"puff!"

The sword tip pierced three inches, and the hidden force erupted instantly!
"Ow!"

The saber-toothed leopard howled and collapsed to the ground, twitching a few times before becoming still.

"I also bought a common iron sword before I came in, otherwise I might not have been able to kill this monster so easily."

Qi Hui flicked his wrist, shaking off the blood droplets from the sword's edge.

Looking at the saber-toothed leopard's corpse on the ground, he activated the Heavenly Path Token.

Before long, the introduction of this monster came into view.

"So it's called a saber-toothed leopard!"

The saber-toothed leopard is a relatively rare type of monster, and Qi Hui was considered to be a bit unlucky to encounter it.

With his strength, having a sword of ordinary iron quality, killing a common demon beast at the peak of the Innate Realm wouldn't be too difficult.

However, this saber-toothed leopard's defense far surpasses that of others of the same level. If he hadn't just gained some insight from the sword marks on the rock wall, making his sword strikes more precise and swift, directly targeting its weak point in the waist and abdomen, he probably would have had to go through a lot of trouble.

at this time.

A notification suddenly appeared on the Heavenly Road Certificate.

[Points +50 (Submitting the monster corpse to the safe zone earns +50 points!)]

In fact, any demon beast at the peak of the Innate Realm is worth no less than a thousand contribution points.

But they can't take these monsters out, and even if they could, they couldn't sell them.

These are monsters that the Human Alliance has invested a lot of effort in cultivating. It's already good enough that they are given the opportunity to train them. They still want to take them for themselves?

Want to eat fart.

"I just don't know if we can keep any monster meat?"

Qi Hui looked at the saber-toothed leopard's massive carcass and pondered in his heart.

Monster meat is rich in qi and blood, making it an excellent tonic for extraordinary individuals. It can accelerate the recovery of qi and blood, and long-term consumption can even slightly improve physical constitution.

It has been rumored that some powerful figures use the flesh of demonic beasts to raise their offspring.

He tried to cut the hind leg meat with his iron sword, but found that the meat was extremely tough, and it took a lot of effort to cut off more than ten kilograms.

At the same time, the Skyway certificate sent another notification:
[Detection indicates that the trial participant disposed of the monster's corpse.]

[Optional: 1. Submit the complete corpse to receive full points (currently 50). 2. Submit partial materials to receive points based on their value; the remaining materials can be disposed of at your discretion.]

"Sure enough!"

Qi Hui was overjoyed.

The Human Alliance doesn't seem to be entirely heartless; it tacitly allows trial participants to use monster meat as supplies.

He chose the second option without hesitation.

After all, the value of these monster meats is far more than 50 contribution points.

With this monster meat, plus the guaranteed points every month, he wouldn't need to use his earned points to buy Origin Potions!
Of course, the downside is that you'll have fewer points on the leaderboard.

Thinking of this, Qi Hui looked at the rankings of the outer regions again.

[First Place: Carson, 600 points]

"600 points?"

Qi Hui was stunned for a moment.

"They've only been here for half a day, and someone has already earned so many points?"

"It can't be a breakthrough in cultivation; it's either a breakthrough in realm or hunting demonic beasts."

It's important to know that the energy concentration in the outer areas is not particularly high.

Daily cultivation at the Innate Realm and the early stage of Transcendent Realm is not a problem, but breaking through is simply impossible.

However, Source Crystals cannot be brought into the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Path. The only way to obtain Source Crystals is through exchanging points.

Therefore, it couldn't possibly be a breakthrough in cultivation; it's more likely that he hunted down a sixth-tier Transcendental Demon Beast.

He himself ranked 32nd with 50 points.

Unfortunately, there are fewer than 100 people who have accumulated points.

The remaining two thousand-plus people all still have zero.

Shaking his head, Qi Hui stopped thinking about it.

Let's go to the safe zone first!

He originally planned to familiarize himself with the surrounding environment before going to the safe zone to exchange for resources, but he didn't expect to suddenly encounter a monster.

Since that's the case, I might as well take my spoils to the safe zone to exchange for points, and also find out how many points I can get for a damaged monster.

He didn't linger, checked the direction of the safe zone, and quickly disappeared from the spot.

……

at the same time.

In the safe zone.

"People are dying so quickly?"

The people in the command center were immediately stunned.

On the light screen, a dot representing the life status of the trial participant completely dimmed, and the name next to it turned gray.

Zhao Xing, Innate Realm.

death.

It's only been less than a day, that's incredibly fast.

"Quickly, take a look at the images transmitted back by the Sky Road certificate!"

"Yes!"

Technicians quickly retrieved the data, and the main screen began playing footage recorded during Zhao Xing's final moments.

In the footage, Zhao Xing is exploring a seemingly safe rocky area.

As he passed a rock, a slender figure, grayish-brown in color and almost blending into the rock, shot out from the crack without warning!

The attack was so fast that it became a blur, instantly biting Zhao Xing's neck.

Zhao Xing didn't even have time to let out a complete scream; he could only let out a muffled "woof" sound. After struggling violently for a few moments, his neck was bitten off.

"It is a 'Rock Scale Viper' with the strength of the third stage of the Transcendent Realm."

Someone immediately recognized the monster in the picture.

"Zhao Xing is really unlucky!"

Some people couldn't help but shake their heads.

Even in the outermost area, the strongest monsters are only at the third level of the Transcendent Realm.

Among them, the Rock Scale Viper is one of the most difficult to deal with. Not only does it have the strength of a third-level Transcendent, but what is even more terrifying is its ability to disguise itself and its methods of sneak attack.

Even superhumans of the same level might not be able to escape a sneak attack.

Not to mention Zhao Xing, who is only at the Innate Realm.

"People have already died on the very first day!"

"I wonder how much of the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Road will still be left in thirty years?"

Upon hearing this, someone smiled and shook their head.

"Alright, these are not things we should worry about."

"Moreover, if one can truly stay in the Heavenly Road for thirty years, one will inevitably become a top expert."

"However, I didn't expect that more than twenty monsters would be killed in just one day!"

"At this rate, these three thousand-plus demonic beasts might be hunted to death in less than ten years."

"By then, the competition inside will probably be even more intense."

This is true.

Monsters are one of the most important ways to obtain points.

Once the demon beasts are few and far between, the internal strife will inevitably intensify.

The early stages involve struggles between humans and monsters, as well as the environment; the later stages involve competition between humans.

"I'm actually looking forward to a demon beast breaking through to the Unity Realm!"

“A demonic beast at the Unity Realm must be of great research value.”

Some people looked on with anticipation.

Based on current research on demonic beasts, if one can break through to the Unity Realm, their intelligence will increase significantly.

Once a unified realm demon beast appears, its intelligence, the way it uses its power, and even the evolution of its physical structure will be extremely valuable research samples.

However, upon hearing this, the person sitting next to him looked on with disdain.

"Heh, with your mere second-stage Transcendent Realm strength, you think you can study demonic beasts at the Unity Realm?"

"You'd probably wet your pants if you got any closer!"

"Ha ha."

"Okay, just say a few words."

"Don't delay our business, superhumans are coming to our safe zone soon."

A calm voice interrupted the playful banter.

The speaker was the person in charge of the safe zone, a sixth-level Transcendent being from Kunlun Academy.

"Yes!"

Everyone immediately stopped smiling and turned their attention to the monitor screen.

The image shows a young figure emerging from the forest and heading towards the gate of the safe zone.

"It's him."

……

"Please show your Skyway pass."

At the entrance to the safe zone.

One of them said this routinely.

Carson activated his credentials by scanning them on the sensor at the entrance.

[Identity confirmed: Carson, Level 6 Transcendent, access granted.]

"Welcome to Security Zone 7. Fighting of any kind is prohibited within this zone, and violators will be severely punished. The points redemption area is on the left side of the lobby, and the rest area is on the right side."

"Understood, thank you."

Carson nodded his thanks, then dragged the massive carcass of a monster into the safe zone.

It was a three- or four-meter-long Earthshaker, and there were still signs of battle on its fur, indicating that it had just been killed.

However, unlike Qi Hui, Carson did not separate the flesh and blood separately.

It’s not that he doesn’t want to.

But the People's Association is really shady; after stripping away all the flesh and blood, they only gave him 50 points.

In this situation, Carson did not separate the flesh from the rest of the body.

Of course, most importantly, the flesh of the Earth-Splitting Bear is coarse, and its blood and qi content is far inferior to other demonic beasts of the same level.

soon.

After submitting the monster's corpse, Carson's points skyrocketed to 1200.

Their ranking also rose from sixth to first place.

However, Carson did not exchange for cultivation resources. His current realm is already at the peak of the sixth level of the Transcendent Realm, and there is no need to break through his cultivation level for the time being.

The most important thing now is to accumulate enough resources to exchange for a Tier 3 Qi and Blood Treasure.

This way, even if he goes to the inner ring area, he will have a strong ability to protect himself.

His gaze settled on a battle blade named Po Jun.

【Po Jun (Tier 3 Health and Vitality Treasure)】

Effect: Increases Qi and Blood by 80%, and inscribes two matrices.

Redemption requirement: 9000 points.

"A sixth-level Transcendent Realm cultivator is at a huge disadvantage in the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Road!"

Carson shook his head helplessly.

Even those with lower or lower levels of superhuman strength can gain more contribution points by killing monsters of higher levels, but the sixth level of the Transcendent Realm is a very awkward stage.

They can only choose to kill monsters of the same level.

However, a sixth-level Transcendent Realm cultivator can only accumulate a maximum of 1200 points.

To redeem this Broken Army weapon, you need to kill eight monsters.

The problem is that there aren't many sixth-level Transcendent Beasts in the outer area to begin with, less than two hundred.

He just happened to be lucky enough to run into one.

It's uncertain when we'll encounter the next sixth-tier mortal beast.

"My martial arts have reached a point where I can't improve any further. From now on, I'll have to spend my time searching for demonic beasts and trying to comprehend the essence of martial arts!"

"Otherwise, it's hard to say when I'll get 9000 points."

In fact, the rule of the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Path is to force the sixth level of Transcendent Realm to break through to the seventh level of Transcendent Realm as soon as possible, so as not to enter the inner ring area.

They have a hard time getting many contribution points.

Not surprisingly.

Within three years at most, a large number of peak sixth-level Transcendent Transformation Realm experts from the outer region will break through and head to the inner ring region.

After all, in the outer areas, not only is it difficult for them to gain points, but they also cannot improve their strength.

Staying there long-term would undoubtedly be a waste of time.

After using his guaranteed points to redeem the Origin Potion, Carson didn't linger any longer and turned to leave the safe zone.

……

at the same time.

The more than two thousand extraordinary individuals in the entire outer area, regardless of their strength, are all trying to adapt to the rules of the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Path in their own ways.

Those with lower strength mostly found a place to cultivate while carefully avoiding other people.

Meanwhile, those top-tier sixth-level Transcendent cultivators were mostly focused on searching for traces of demonic beasts.

After all, there are only so many monsters.

High-level demonic beasts, in particular, are extremely rare.

If we don't act quickly, the difficulty of hunting monsters will increase significantly once everyone else has realized what's happening.

However, not everyone is as lucky as Carson.

Moreover, even when they encountered some, they failed to kill them, and some even narrowly escaped death.

Carson is a top-five expert ranked among the Grandmasters.

Just because he was able to kill someone doesn't mean others can.

For example, Xiang Chen, a sixth-level Transcendent Transformation cultivator from Lingxiao Academy, also discovered a sixth-level Transcendent Stone Armored Violent Ape.

He thought that with his late-stage Dark Force martial arts realm and the second stage of Wind Intent, defeating a monster of the same realm should be no problem at all.

However, as soon as they started fighting, he realized he was completely wrong.

That violent ape possessed immense strength; it could shatter boulders with a single punch. Its stone armor was incredibly hard, leaving only shallow white marks on its surface from any attack.

After only a dozen or so rounds, Xiang Chen was punched in the chest, coughing up blood and flying backward.

If that stone-armored berserker ape hadn't been too slow, he probably would have been killed there!
Similar situations have occurred in many other parts of the surrounding area.

Only a very small percentage of extraordinary individuals are capable of successfully killing monsters of the same level.

This is not to say that these people are not skilled enough, but rather that their actual combat ability is worrying.

In the past, most of them improved their cultivation level step by step.

Even the so-called "real combat" they participated in was mostly just sparring between fellow students.

Alternatively, they can undergo training under the supervision of a mentor, with risks that can be controlled.

The cultivation environment for these top geniuses is far too comfortable!

In this situation, their actual combat ability will naturally not be very strong.

Moreover, this is not only true for grandmasters, but also for many great grandmasters.

If these people can't improve their skills quickly, they'll probably be eliminated within the first three years.
(End of this chapter)