Heavenly Ranking

Chapter 329 Holy Realm
"We must kill this spiritual saint first!"

Ji Fuyou was resolute in his heart.

Compared to the harassing attacks of ordinary monsters like skeleton swordsmen and skeleton spearmen, the mental secrets of the spiritual saint Chi Xuan are the greatest threat.

Especially that steel fork...

Not only is it incredibly powerful, it can also suppress the operation of life force fields!
"Aside from mental magic, Chi Xuan's killing methods are almost entirely concentrated on his steel fork. Since that's the case..."

As his thoughts raced, Ji Fuyou simultaneously activated his Heavenly Demon Disintegration Technique and Overlord True Body.

He did not wield the Dragon Pattern Sword.

When it comes to spiritual sword control, his skills are far inferior to those of a spiritual saint who has mastered multiple states, Chi Xuan.

All he can do is make the most of his vitality.

as well as……

authority!

With his life force field fully activated, a connection between heaven and man was instantly formed, allowing Ji Fuyou to discern the trajectory of the attack that had recently been aimed at Chi Xuan. In the next second, he unleashed his maximum explosive power, propelling his body toward Chi Xuan like an arrow released from a bow.

However, Chi Xuan's face showed almost no change.

The mental magic struck instantly.

In a daze, several illusions seemed to appear before Ji Fuyou's eyes, making it impossible for him to distinguish where the real Chi Xuan was.

But the next second, an eye seemed to open above him, directly piercing through the illusion.

This is the eye of the soul.

"Your power is at most at the sixth level, while I... if it weren't for life transformation, I would have been a seventh-level Saint in my previous life! You dare to fight against my Refining God Technique? You are truly overestimating yourself!"

Chi Xuan sneered and pointed with his hand.

Ji Fuyou's Mind's Eye shattered on the spot, like a bubble hit by a bullet.

At the same time, his dark red steel fork, which had been poised to strike, had completed its charging. Accompanied by a pressure that even supported the operation of Ji Fuyou's life force field, the steel fork emitted a radiant light like the sun and shot out fiercely, heading straight for Ji Fuyou, who was right next to him.

However, perhaps because his Mind's Eye was shattered, he couldn't distinguish or see where Chi Xuan's attack came from. Faced with an attack that seemed to suppress the life force field and pierced through it, he didn't dodge or avoid it. Instead, he maintained his full-speed charge and killed his way to Chi Xuan.

It suddenly erupted when the two were less than twenty meters apart, unleashing its unstoppable power.

finally……

He was like a cannonball, crashing into the dark red steel fork that was at least two meters long.

"You really think you can withstand my Sun Chasing Sword Qi just because you have a life force field protecting you?! Die!"

"Oh!"

The next moment, the dark red steel fork, carrying the sword energy of the Sun Chasing Sword, crashed into Ji Fuyou's body with overwhelming speed.

however……

The life force field that Chi Xuan had anticipated, along with the scene of Ji Fuyou being pierced through by a fork and killed on the spot, did not occur.

His steel fork, imbued with the aura of the Sun-Chasing Sword, vanished into thin air the instant it struck Ji Fuyou.

Turn to ashes!

It's like a piece of material that has been decaying for thousands of years, suddenly exposed to the air, and then blown by the wind...

Ashes!

Without the steel fork as a carrier, even the strongest sword energy on it dissipated.

Although it still had some impact on Ji Fuyou's body and tore bloody marks on him, it was clearly far from killing him instantly.

The sudden turn of events left Chi Xuan completely bewildered.

"how come……"

His Sun Chasing Sword Qi, which he had been preparing to unleash, not only failed to achieve much effect, but also destroyed his natal divine weapon, which had accompanied him through countless battles. It was shattered by an unknown force, leaving not even a trace. This disruptive impact caused his thoughts to almost momentarily freeze.

Just as he was filled with horror, a dazzling and brilliant light illuminated the heavens and the earth.

The dazzling flames, carrying an earth-shattering force, crashed down with a deafening roar, guided by the Judgment Blade.

The raging heat and intense temperature finally jolted Chi Xuan awake from the brink of death.

"not good!"

He immediately tried to extricate himself and retreat.

but……

That's too late.

He was so confident that Ji Fuyou would surely die under his Sun Chasing Sword Qi that he made no preparations for evacuation beforehand.

How could he possibly outrun Ji Fuyou, who had charged in with an unparalleled arrogance?

Furthermore, the dark red steel fork in his hand was also reduced to ashes by the destructive power activated by Ji Fuyou, leaving him without even a weapon to defend himself.

In the end, he could only watch helplessly as the Blazing Sun Sword Technique, carrying devastating flames, slammed into his body.

"No!" "Bang!"

The raging flames instantly engulfed the Blood Skull Crimson Profound's body.

His otherwise sturdy and powerful demonic body was instantly blasted into dust and scattered by the Fiery Sun Sword Technique, which had a destructive power of nearly a thousand.

Countless flames, mixed with shattered bones, splattered in all directions.

After killing the Blood Skull Crimson Profound, Ji Fuyou continued his attack on the remaining Skeleton Swordsmen and Skeleton Spearmen without any pause.

Those skeleton swordsmen and spearmen were also quite powerful.

And almost every one of them was a master who had cultivated divine sense.

but……

Although Ji Fuyou had not developed divine sense, his mental strength was higher than that of these skeleton swordsmen and spearmen.

So much so that although the mental techniques of these swordsmen and spearmen had an effect on him, he was still able to ignore the interference of these monsters and quickly kill most of them thanks to his strong will and mental scale advantage.

Then, his powerful mental energy struck back, shaking the consciousness of one of the skeleton spearmen.

"Tell me... what kind of civilization do you belong to? And who is the strongest in your civilization?"

"You...you have no idea what you're fighting against..."

The skeleton spearmen, however, stubbornly resisted Ji Fuyou's mental erosion.

The next moment, the soul fire within his skull trembled violently, went out of control, engulfed his body, and instantly burned him to ashes.

They were determined to die rather than submit.

This made Ji Fuyou frown.

"Although my mental scale is stronger than these skeletal monsters, their consciousness is transformed into divine thought, and their mental energy utilization rate is much higher than mine. It would be difficult for me to confuse them using conventional methods."

While pondering, he turned to another skeleton swordsman.

First, a demon-suppressing spell was used to subdue him, and then spiritual energy was allowed to penetrate his body in every possible way.

"I know you are in a very difficult situation. Don't worry, I'm here to help you. Although we will bear some of the consequences, we will also gain an advantage in the upcoming trials. So you should trust us, and that's how we can cooperate."

The penetration of Ji Fuyou's spiritual power was relatively mild.

In this situation, the skeleton swordsman's resistance was noticeably weaker.

"Tell me, what kind of civilization do you come from, and what dangers do you face? Also, why have you become like this?"

"You won't get any information from me..."

"I don't want anything from you, I just don't want your civilization to disappear without leaving a trace in the long river of history."

Ji Fuyou changed his words: "I know you see me as an enemy, but even an enemy deserves respect. Tell me about your civilization, your history. If your civilization really disappears at some point in the future, at least someone will remember that they once clashed with such a civilization, and they will sincerely remember them and tell the world that such a civilization once existed."

"Civilization...is dying out..."

These words indeed shook the skeleton swordsman's defenses.

Taking this opportunity, Ji Fuyou's spiritual power infiltrated even more secretly and quickly.

He added, "In any case, you have already passed on your life force cultivation techniques to us. Our Crimson Star civilization already bears traces of your civilization to some extent. The cause and effect have already occurred. But if we don't even know who you are or have any understanding of your civilization, then in the future, even if our descendants who cultivate your civilization's techniques want to remember you, they will have no way to do so, won't they?"

"Cultivation techniques! Yes! You have learned our cultivation techniques, and the entanglement of cause and effect is now unavoidable..."

This time, Ji Fuyou finally broke through the skeleton swordsman's mental defenses in an unconventional way: "Listen carefully, we come from the great Holy Realm civilization! Our emperor has unfortunately passed away, but under the leadership of the Great Sage, our civilization has continued even after failing the trial... but the price... is that everyone has been transformed into demons... in this way, we've deceived the rules of the Heavenly Ranking..."

"Great Sage?"

Ji Fuyou, recalling the characteristics of the demons in the Demon Suppression Valley, quickly made a connection: "Your Great Sage holds the power over souls? He can use spiritual power to replace life force? So that even if you maintain your demonic form, you can still retain your self-awareness and survive?"

"Indeed...it is the authority of the soul!"

The skeleton swordsman's mental fluctuations were filled with respect: "Thanks to the miraculous power of the soul authority, many fifth-tier saints of our Holy Realm civilization who have condensed divine thoughts have survived... By transforming themselves into demonic creatures, they have hidden themselves and survived in this Demon-Suppressing Valley, escaping the persecution of the Black Heaven Demon King..."

"A fifth-tier Saint?"

"Heh, in the Heavenly Ranking, apart from the Legendary level, it is simply divided into three realms: Heaven, Earth, and Man! But my Holy Realm has its own tradition. Even with the combination of alien methods, it is still divided into four levels of the Man realm, four levels of the Earth realm, plus two levels of the Heaven realm, for a total of ten levels, to complete the culture of my Holy Realm."

The skeleton swordsman spoke with a hint of pride in his voice: "I, the Great Sage of the Holy Realm, am a ninth-order Celestial Realm expert!"

Finally, he added with a touch of melancholy, "But after being transformed into a demon, one is ultimately neither truly alive nor truly dead, and one's strength will inevitably decline. Take Commander Chi Xuan, for example. He was originally a peak seventh-tier saint, wielding the divine weapon Chasing the Sun, and could fight against eighth-tier beings. Unfortunately, after the transformation, his strength was no longer even at the seventh tier..."

At this point, he seemed to suddenly realize something.

"No! What did you do to me!?"

Ok?
Did you notice?

Seeing that the skeleton swordsman had withstood his mental erosion and awoke so quickly, Ji Fuyou could only seize the opportunity and change his words to provoke him: "Heh, a peak seventh-tier saint? Can fight an eighth-tier? Nothing special, you can't escape becoming a dead soul under my sword! It seems that your Holy Realm civilization only has a Great Sage to offer! Why should my Crimson Star civilization fear you in the slightest?"

"Insolence! Any one of the eight commanders below the Great Sage of my Holy Realm civilization could easily capture and kill you!? You... deserve to die! Don't even think about getting any more information from me! Just wait, the Crimson Star Civilization will eventually be enslaved by our Holy Realm civilization! Bearing our karma so that our Holy Realm civilization can be reborn from the ashes..."

The skeleton swordsman was so agitated that he ignited the fire of his own soul.

In an instant, the skeleton's body was burned to ashes by the flames.

(End of this chapter)