Shrouding the Heavens: Starting by joining the Holy Land of Yao Guang

Chapter 319 Bloodbath Battlefield
The law enforcement officers felt like they were listening to gibberish.

A sage king, without realizing it, fell into a coma, his consciousness in a state of chaos, and slept for more than three months?!
If it was done by human hands, then the person who made the move must have surpassed the Saint King level, or at least been a Great Saint!
But if such a powerful person were an enemy, the guide would have been dead long ago, easily killed.

But if they weren't enemies, there's no reason for them to attack Dui Yin.

Without any apparent reason, the guide might not seem like much, but the ancient human path behind it is definitely not something to be trifled with.

It's not that I'm afraid, it's just that it's not worth it, there's no benefit to it.

The law enforcement officers couldn't understand why the person who made the move was acting out of motive. Surely it wasn't because they disliked the guide and wanted to teach him a lesson?

"Let's put that aside for now. Your most important task is to open the trial grounds and get the trainees on their way."

The law enforcement officers decided to deal with the immediate matter first, and he would report the incident of the guide being attacked.

If things are as he thinks, and it is indeed a Great Sage who has taken action, then the protectors of the ancient road will have to be mobilized, and it will be none of his business as an enforcer.

……

"Woo..."

Like the sound of an ancient horn, it was magnificent, ancient and vast, resounding throughout the first city of the human race.

The entire ancient city trembled, and everyone looked toward the direction from which the horn sounded, only to find it was coming from the city's central square.

The indigenous people breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that this was the horn summoning the trial participants, and the guide had appeared.

For the past few months, the atmosphere in the ancient city has been oppressive. Now, these outsiders are finally about to set off.

"boom!"

In the center of the ancient city, an altar appeared, perched in the sky, vast and imposing, flowing with a hazy divine radiance.

The guide appeared in the city center, and a powerful divine voice resounded throughout the ancient city.
"All trial participants, assemble in the city center and continue your journey."

Nearly five hundred trial participants were excited and rushed to the city center.

"The trial of the first city is to survive and reach the second city. During this time, you are all each other's enemies and can attack each other at will. Reach the end, and you will pass the test!" The guide didn't waste any words and bluntly announced the contents of the trial.

He had no time to deal with these trial participants; he just wanted to send them away as soon as possible, finish his mission, and then think about whether he had offended any powerful figures in the past thousand years.

These words shocked everyone. They knew that the battle for the imperial path had truly begun from this moment on.

Li Yao was somewhat surprised, but he didn't delve into it. He directly rode the dragon horse to the altar.

"boom!"

A dazzling divine light pierced through heaven and earth, leaving endless traces of the Dao. Hundreds of people traversed the starry sky and disappeared on the altar.

This teleportation array is very powerful, far more powerful than Li Yao himself described, not only in terms of distance but also in speed; the difference between the two is quite significant.

When Li Yao reappeared, he had arrived at a pure land.

Here are all kinds of spiritual fruits, such as mountain grapes, Yuanjing fruits, and fire phoenix fruits, hanging in bunches, one by one, on the green branches.

Li Yao sat upright on his dragon horse, gazing at the spiritual fruits covering the mountains and plains. None of them were ordinary; some were even ancient herbs of considerable age.

Yet these precious spiritual fruits and ancient medicines covered the land, stretching across the mountains and fields, with no end in sight.

Clearly, this is a pristine land, brimming with the essence of heaven and earth, which is why such a wondrous sight has been created.

"Are they scattered?" Qing Shi looked around and found that only she and Li Yao were there, and she did not see any other trial participants. She had some guesses in her mind.

"The Crimson Trial Grounds, the source of the Dao, it seems a conflict is inevitable." Li Yao's eyes narrowed as he sensed a powerful Dao aura.

The Bloodstained Killing Field, located between the first and second cities, is the source of the birth canal and a place where the creation of heaven and earth is seized.

If such a rare item were to appear in the world, hundreds of geniuses would go berserk.

Even Qing Shi was a little unsettled.

She wanted to take to the air and gaze into the distance, searching for traces of the source of the Dao, but as soon as she took off, she felt a terrifying pressure, and her body was bound.

“There is a restriction, specifically designed for the Saint King, preventing anyone from taking to the air.” Qing Shi’s red lips parted slightly as she sensed the situation and arrived at her conclusion.

Even someone as powerful as her, already a saint, couldn't soar too high in the face of this restriction and could only fly at a low altitude.

"Let's go, this is a medicinal herb garden, and the owner is about to send us away." Li Yao reached out and gently put his arm around the slender waist, pulling the stunningly beautiful woman into his embrace.

“Eh…” Qing Shi was taken aback. She parted her red lips slightly, about to say something, but the next moment, her eyes flashed and the scenery rushed backward.

"Hey!"

Golden divine light shot into the sky, and the anti-air array patterns were easily broken as if they were nothing.

What does the array pattern set up by the Sage King have to do with him? How can it possibly restrain him?

Moreover, the Xingzi Secret Technique is unparalleled in the world. After breaking through to the limit, any array pattern is as easy as walking on flat ground for him.

Qing Shi's beautiful eyes showed shock. She had expected that Li Yao's strength might be very strong, stronger than all the other trainees in this batch, including her.

However, she never expected it to be this powerful!
The anti-air array patterns could not restrain him, and the terrifying pressure brought by the surging divine power proved that the man before them possessed unparalleled power, the limits of which were impossible to fathom.

At least, he has surpassed the realm of a saint, and has gone extremely far within the realm of a saint king; otherwise, he could not have ignored the restrictions here.

Li Yao was at most the same age as her, or even a little younger, but he was already a Saint King!

Without a doubt, this is top-tier talent; at least Qing Shi felt it was definitely a cut above her own.

At this moment, she was very curious about the extent of Li Yao's strength.
She was born with a natural affinity for the Dao and possessed powerful perception; what the other party had shown so far was only the tip of the iceberg.

"My God, there's such a prodigy among this batch of trainees!"

In the medicinal field, a creature about a foot tall stood inside a radiant carriage, gazing in awe at the soaring golden lightning.

This is a small, emerald-green figure, only a foot tall, but with a majestic and incomparably powerful aura, exuding holy might.

The thing pulling his cart was not an inanimate object, but a stone horse, incredibly majestic, like an ancient mythical beast, only very small, just over a foot long.

The little man formed from the divine jade of the Nine Heavens Azure Sky is the owner of the medicine field. He is a being that has become spiritually connected to the divine jade and taken human form. He is not the Holy Spirit in the stone!

He is incredibly powerful, an ancient saint who was defeated by a strongman from the ancient human path and then sealed here. He is somewhat like a guide and a tester for this place.

Originally, the little jade figure sensed the presence of a living person and guessed that a trial participant had arrived.

He was preparing to make a grand display of his abilities in front of everyone, to give the trial participants a taste of their own medicine, and then explain the place to them.

Before they could even react, they soared into the sky and disappeared.

Fortunately, the other party left early; otherwise, if they had rushed up to give him a hard time, he might have lost his life.

"Just two years ago, a prodigy with monstrous talent arrived and obtained the Source of the Dao. How long has it been? Now, an even more terrifying one has arrived. This time, the Ancient Road is about to be thrown into turmoil," the Divine Jade Little Man sighed.

……

"Kill..." In the distance, the shouts of killing resounded through the sky, like rolling thunder, making the earth shake as if it were about to collapse.

After flying for a short while, they entered a battlefield filled with shouts of battle. Various powerful magical artifacts flew through the air, trailing brilliant divine light as they attacked and collided, unleashing divine energy as vast as the ocean.

This was a battle like that between gods and demons, with battle flags flying high, savage beasts galloping, and the heavens and earth rumbling.

A streak of light crashed down, and the dragon-horse jumped up in alarm, for the person on its back had vanished again, leaving it alone to face the situation.

"Damn it!" it cursed under its breath, not daring to delay, and its whole body burst into flames to block the incoming attack.

Those who appeared on this battlefield were no ordinary people; various magical artifacts and divine light danced in the air, and mountains were destroyed and rivers dried up at every turn.

Even with Ryoma's strength, he could be in danger of dying if he's not careful.

"Aren't we going to make a move?" Qing Shi asked curiously.

They were now atop a great mountain, far from the battlefield, gazing out over there.

"No rush, let it practice and hone its skills," Li Yao replied, but after a pause, he added, "Of course, you can participate if you wish."

He almost forgot that Qing Shi was not like himself and also needed to be tempered.

"Forget it, such a big battle wouldn't be good training for me," Qing Shi said after observing for a moment.

Li Yao nodded, but did not try to persuade him.

"boom!"

In the distance, a fierce battle raged, divine power as vast as the sea, sweeping across heaven and earth, with terrifying fluctuations that seemed poised to destroy the world!
"You must also be human trial participants, right? This place might contain the source of the Dao, which could help my Nine Heavens Kingdom occupy this place. How about we divide it equally then?"

Just then, a tiny figure, its entire body shimmering with purple light, flew over and transmitted its voice through divine sense.

It is not large, only one foot tall, and resembles the Nine Heavens Azure Sky Little Man in the medicine field, but it is the Purple Flame Divine Jade transformed from the Nine Heavens Divine Jade sequence.

This is not the only one like this; there are many similar beings on the battlefield.

Just as the villain said, the Nine Heavens Kingdom, barring any unforeseen circumstances, should be a kingdom formed from the manifestation of the Nine Heavens Divine Jade.

"Those who fight against us include the Spirit Kingdom and the Divine Kingdom, among other forces. If you help us, and if there truly is a Source of Dao, we can share it equally, which is much fairer than with other races," said the little purple-flame jade figure.

Li Yao glanced at the battlefield and found that there were indeed several different forces there.

The human trial participants almost all joined local factions and were fighting each other in a frenzied manner.

Because deep within the earth lies the aura of the source of the Dao, and no one is willing to yield to it. Only by determining the victor can one obtain the source of the Dao.

The tiny figure formed from the Purple Flame Divine Jade recognized Qing Shi and Li Yao's extraordinary abilities and wanted to win them over to the Nine Heavens Kingdom. But before Li Yao could answer, powerful figures attacked.

"boom!"

Dozens of towering spears flew in, their black bodies thick and several dozen feet long, their tips gleaming with a chilling light.

Someone noticed Li Yao and his group and launched an attack, firing dozens of spears with astonishing power.

The tiny figure formed from the Purple Flame Divine Jade was startled and quickly dodged.

The attacker was incredibly powerful; he was a mighty ancient saint whose holy aura shook the heavens and earth.

Li Yao turned his head and looked in that direction, discovering that the person who had made the move was a demonic figure several dozen feet tall, with cold and intimidating eyes.

The one who made the move was a powerful figure from the Demon Kingdom, a Saint at the sixth level of the Heavenly Realm.

In this battlefield, he was considered an absolute powerhouse, but to Li Yao, he was nothing more than an ant.

He remained calm and still, without making the slightest movement, but in an instant, dozens of spears flew backward, carrying immense divine power, and shot towards the demon.

"Pfft!"

Without any suspense, the demon was torn to pieces, his flesh and blood flying everywhere, and holy blood splattering across the sky.

The difference between the two is too great. For Li Yao to crush the demon is no different from crushing an ant.

Even a mere thought is unbearable for the other party; the demon has no choice but to wait for death.

The little figure formed from the Purple Flame Divine Jade was dumbfounded. To it, the demon was an invincible being, but now it was so easily suppressed and killed. What terrifying strength was this?!
It dared not mention trying to win him over again; this was a powerful outsider, and trying to win him over was useless.

A thunderclap erupted without warning!

Many people noticed this scene and were all extremely shocked.

In particular, the human trial participants all had some impression of Li Yao and knew that this person was extraordinary.

But no one expected it to be this powerful!
The most powerful being on this battlefield was actually killed just like that.

It was swift, brutal, and direct, leaving no room for suspense; it was a complete one-sided crushing defeat.

Just how terrifying is Li Yao?
The human trial participants felt uneasy. Did they have any chance of winning against such a being?
At this moment, shouts of battle shook the heavens, and figures were everywhere, including countless experts from the Spirit Clan, the Demon Kingdom, the Divine Kingdom, and the Nine Heavens Kingdom.

"Kill..."

The battle was incredibly fierce. Under the sky, the divine laws were endless, magical artifacts flew across the sky, and sacred arts clashed, blasting out countless stars. Divine power surged and raged, and the strong shed blood.

This was a chaotic scene, with blood splattering everywhere. If it weren't for the restrictions that suppressed this place, this ancient land would probably have been destroyed long ago.

Even so, things didn't fare much better; almost every place affected by the war was destroyed.

Countless corpses lay scattered in the chaotic void, drifting with the current, their holy blood staining the heavens and earth red.

"boom!"

More than a dozen figures attacked, all powerful figures from the Demon Kingdom, with the leader being a human trial participant.

That was a young man, exceptionally brave and powerful, whose name was Huo Qing, second only to Li Yao and Qing Shi in the city.

He was very talented and highly skilled, and always believed himself to be the strongest. However, Li Yao's performance made him feel threatened, so he attacked him without hesitation.

Li Yao didn't want to waste words with such a person, and was even too lazy to make a move.

"Buzz!"

Several streaks of light flashed and pierced the sky, emitting a deafening roar as they swept across the battlefield, startling many who couldn't help but turn around to look.

After seeing the details clearly, I couldn't help but shudder, feeling a tingling sensation throughout my body.

"The God-Slaying Insect! It's actually the God-Slaying Insect!"

A chorus of gasps erupted; no one could remain calm.

The God-Slaying Insects are notorious throughout the universe; once they appear, they wreak havoc and bring unrest to all living beings.

(End of this chapter)