Swallowing the Stars: Heart of the Martial God

Chapter 47 Nine Heavens Bridge

After leaving the inner sanctum of the city lord's mansion, Ling Xuan took his three wives to a quiet place for cultivation.

"Should we try out this sky bridge first?" Ren Yaoli, the most active of them all, suggested first.

"Sure, it would be best to go and see for yourself first," Ling Xuan encouraged with a smile.

The four of them then entered the virtual universe together.

“Master, you have gained access to the Sky Bridge dimension,” Puff said.

"Teleport me there now."

After a shift in space and time, Ling Xuan and his companions found themselves in a special dimensional space.

This plane space is an endless ocean with turbulent waters.

There is a unique and beautiful island in the ocean, with 49 ports along its edge. Each port has an endless bridge extending outwards, stretching all the way to the horizon... as if to connect with the distant sky. These 49 bridges completely cover the entire ocean.

Above the ocean waves, there was a faint mist, making it impossible to see what was in the ocean. The mist clung to the long bridge, making everything seem like a dream.

As soon as Ling Xuan and his group of four arrived, they immediately attracted the attention of everyone around them.

These are all geniuses of this year's Genius Battle. How could it not cause a sensation when the champion and the three most beautiful flowers of this year's Genius Battle appeared at the same time?

"Flame Demon, you've also come to challenge the Heavenly Bridge?" Alistair, the fourth-place finisher in the Genius Battle, walked over enthusiastically.

"Yes, have you all made it through? How did you do?" Ling Xuan replied with a smile.

“Those of us who had studied the Chaos Stele came to try the Heavenly Bridge as soon as possible. Only Yan Shen Cao Benqi managed to pass through all eight levels of the Heavenly Bridge in one go. Everyone else failed,” Arist said.

"The eighth level?" Ling Xuan pondered the number. To be honest, it was a bit difficult to catch up with it through the comprehension of laws.

You could easily get past it by cheating, but there's no need.

"I'll go ahead and try it out first. You can watch my battle and then use it as a reference when you try it out yourselves," Ling Xuan said with a smile.

“How about we go and try it out first to give you some pointers? Cao Benqi actually cleared the eighth level,” Feng Lishuang refused.

"No need. You saw that others couldn't even get past the first level, which shows that this Heavenly Bridge is extremely difficult. At most, you can only get past the first level, and the later levels are meaningless. With my strength, passing the first level will be a piece of cake. Besides, I'm not in a hurry to compete with Cao Benqi. He has cultivated for so many more years than me, and I don't need to prove that I can surpass him quickly." Ling Xuan had a good mindset and a clear goal.

The three women paused upon hearing this. Sometimes, even when Ling Xuan was telling the truth, it still managed to hit a nerve.

What do you mean by "so much older"? And to say they've at most crossed the first level of the Heavenly Bridge is too blunt.

“Go ahead, there’s no one here on the Nine Heavens Bridge right now.” The guardian, Baffin, who had been watching from the side, finally got his chance to speak.

"Please, Lord Guardian, help me show the live broadcast of the battle to my three wives," Ling Xuan said.

“Leave it to me.” Baffin bowed respectfully. As the personal disciple of the founder of the giant axe, whose status was comparable to that of a cosmic venerable, Baffin naturally would not refuse his request.

"Thank you." Ling Xuan said his thanks and then turned into a blur, flying directly towards a bridge that stretched to the ends of the earth. From afar, he could see a stone tablet in front of the bridge with the words "Nine Universes" on it.

The moment Xuan stepped into the Nine Universes Sky Bridge, Puff's voice rang in his mind: "Master, I just received an email from the Virtual Universe Company."

"I understand." Ling Xuan didn't even look at it; he roughly remembered the rules for the points.

The points for each level of the Sky Bridge should be double that of the previous level, and the points for the first level are 100.

As an incentive for newcomers to Chaos City, they can earn ten times the points they would normally receive for crossing the Sky Bridge during their thirty years in Chaos City.

Therefore, in order to gain ten times the points, Ling Xuan will do his best to break through the Heavenly Bridge before leaving Chaos City, but he will not do so at the beginning.

"Choose your opponent. You can choose a martial artist, a mentalist controller, or a mentalist illusionist. Choose any opponent. Defeat your opponent to pass the first level of the Bridge to Heaven." Ahead of Ling Xuan was a huge cloud of mist, from which a voice emanated.

"I choose... the martial artist," Ling Xuan said. *Whoosh!*
A ball of black liquid immediately flew out from the clouds. The black liquid began to condense and take shape in mid-air, transforming into a mysterious figure wearing a black mask. This mysterious figure wore Cloud Boots and held a crimson three-pointed double-edged sword, which was exactly the same equipment as Ling Xuan.

Beneath the black mask, a pair of cold, dark eyes stared at Ling Xuan, and he spoke in human language: "Let the battle begin!"

"Defeat him, and you can enter the second level of the Sky Bridge," the cloud of mist said.

Ling Xuan lightly wielded the Fire God's Domain Blade, and the blade emitted a clear hum. The crimson flames instantly surged three feet, enveloping him and transforming him into a war god ablaze.

The black-masked man was engulfed in fiery red flames, then leaped up, his three-pointed, double-edged sword thrusting at a tricky angle straight at Ling Xuan's throat.

Ling Xuan blocked horizontally with his three-pointed double-edged sword, and with a loud "clang," sparks flew everywhere.

The two used the force to fly backwards, and upon landing, they were simultaneously launched outwards again.

The masked man swept his blade horizontally, unleashing the second level of his secret technique, "Burning Wave Slash." The fiery red flames transformed into a surging curtain of flames a hundred meters wide, sweeping towards Ling Xuan like a tidal wave.

Ling Xuan neither dodged nor evaded, and unleashed his own "Burning Wave Slash," a crimson flame curtain crashing down upon him.

The two flames collided, unleashing a deafening roar.

Using the shockwave from the explosion, Ling Xuan stepped forward through the flames, his three-pointed double-edged sword creating a series of sword shadows, each strike carrying the power to split mountains and shatter rocks.

The masked man was not to be outdone; his three-pointed blade gleamed coldly as he clashed head-on with Ling Xuan's attack.

The sparks that flew when the blades clashed illuminated the entire battlefield as if it were daytime.

"Dang! Dang! Dang!"

The three-pointed, double-edged knives collided repeatedly, producing a deafening metallic clang.

Ling Xuan deliberately exposed an opening, luring the black-masked man's blade straight for his left shoulder. But just as the man was about to succeed, Ling Xuan flipped his wrist, the hilt of his knife striking the side of the man's blade, using the force to knock him back several steps.

The black-masked man roared, flames surged, and he charged forward again, his three-pointed double-edged sword flying up and down, sometimes thrusting straight, sometimes sweeping horizontally, his attacks like a storm.

Ling Xuan responded with the same move, clearly displaying the black-masked man's attack rhythm, power levels, and move variations to Feng Lishuang and the others watching from outside.

Although the weapons used by the masked man vary from person to person, the level of the laws he uses is fixed.

It has some reference value.

After dozens of rounds of fierce fighting, Ling Xuan felt he had shown enough. He shouted and gathered all the fire power in his body into the three-pointed double-edged sword, unleashing a powerful "Burning Wave Horizontal Slash".

The crimson flames, like a burning city wall, pressed down on the black-masked man.

The masked man swung his three-pointed double-edged sword with all his might, attempting to cleave through the flames, but under Ling Xuan's full-force attack, the fiery red flames instantly dissipated.

Ling Xuan's three-pointed double-edged sword, still burning fiercely, sliced ​​him and the sword into nothingness.

As the black-masked man fell, the clouds and mist that had enveloped the Bridge to Heaven dissipated, revealing the path to the second level.

Ling Xuan stepped onto it without hesitation.

At the end of the second level, there was still a huge cloud of mist. The cloud of mist spoke: "Choose your opponent. You can choose a martial artist, a mentalist controller, or a mentalist illusionist. Choose any opponent. Defeat your opponent and you will pass the second level of the Bridge to Heaven."

"Musha."

Whoosh!
A ball of black liquid flew out from the huge cloud, and the black liquid quickly condensed in mid-air into a mysterious person wearing a black battle suit and a mask, with the same equipment as Ling Xuan.

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