Chapter 358: 216: Galaxy 6-dan Peak

I’ve always been thinking about how to eliminate this potential crisis, but without opportunity, it was all in vain. Now, look, you’ve delivered yourself right to my doorstep.

In the past, due to insufficient strength and to avoid exposing my weaknesses in front of others, I dared not use many techniques. Relying solely on ordinary battle techniques, defeating you wouldn’t have been so easy. But now, having broken through to Galaxy 6-dan, I could kill you as easily as killing a chicken without even using the Mo Dao or the Pathos of Heaven Sword Technique.

“What’s the matter, you don’t dare?”

Mo Baiye took a step forward, Mo Blade in hand.@@novelbin@@

“It’s not a question of dare or dare not!”

Zhang Xuan looked over with a strange expression, “Don’t just talk about killing me. What if I kill you instead?”

Mo Baiye sneered, “If you defeat me, I’ll directly gift the cauldron to Prince Shen Ling!”

Zhang Xuan gestured with his hand to stop him, “Wait a minute, let me get this straight… If we fight and you kill me, you give the Shen Ling Bronze Tripod to Prince Shen Ling. If I kill you, you still give the Shen Ling Bronze Tripod to Prince Shen Ling… There’s no benefit for me, and I’d be throwing away my life for nothing. Why should I fight with you?”

“This…”

Mo Baiye was stunned for a moment, “So many people are watching, just waiting for you to compete with me. You couldn’t possibly be thinking of chickening out because you’re scared!”

“Don’t try to morally blackmail me, I’m not falling for that. Besides, I never had any intention of seizing the bronze tripod. Whoever wants to seize it, let them come!” Zhang Xuan waved his hand dismissively.

Although it was a good opportunity to kill him, I couldn’t just work for nothing.

Seeing this scene, Shen Ling broke in with a laugh, “Hahaha, Young Friend Zhang Xuan, don’t worry. Win or lose, as long as I can obtain the cauldron, not only will I gift you sufficient training resources, but after you inherit the Heavenly Mandate, I will also take you on as my direct disciple!”

Zhang Xuan rolled his eyes.

What an ugly way to curse someone!

Zhang Xuan gestured with his hands, “I need sufficient training resources. If Prince Shen Ling can give them to me now, I’ll compete. If not, then forget it!”

“That’s simple!”

Shen Ling looked back at Shen Wujun, who understood and took two steps forward. With a flip of his wrist, a great heap of cultivation resources landed on the ground—a dense mass weighing tons.

It must be said that the quantity was indeed vast, not much different from what had been consumed during the soul rituals for a single cauldron.

“Double it!”

Glancing over it, Zhang Xuan’s expression remained indifferent.

“You’d better think this through; you’re going to be my disciple afterwards!” Shen Ling said displeased.

“Is this guy dumb? No matter how much he asks for now, it’s going to be miserable once he becomes a disciple. If I were him, I’d rather do a favor that goes with the flow…”

“Exactly, no matter how many artifacts you have, there will be a day when they run out. Having a Second-level Heavenly Destiny as a backing is the way to bring blessings for countless generations!”

The people around all felt this displeasure and looked at Zhang Xuan again, their faces filled with mocking smiles.

“Just tell me if you will give them or not. If not, I won’t compete. This Mo Baiye, whoever wants to kill him, kill him. It has nothing to do with me!” Zhang Xuan waved his hand dismissively.

“You…”

Prince Shen Ling’s face turned ashen.

Even before becoming a disciple, he was already so defiant. It seems I’ll have to teach him a lesson in the future and make him suffer.

“Fine!”

Shen Ling waved his hand and looked at Shen Wujun, “Give him all the resources you have in your hands!”

“This…” Shen Wujun hesitated and then transmitted his voice, “Imperial Uncle, gifting him everything, including another bronze tripod, doesn’t that seem a bit inappropriate?”

The moment the words fell, he heard the transmitted voice of the other, “There’s nothing inappropriate about it. As long as he still wants to learn the Tier 2 Heavenly Mandate, he will have to join my tutelage. In that case, no matter how much we give him, he will have to spit it all back out to me!”

“Understood!” Shen Wujun suddenly realized and once again flipped his wrist, pouring out another massive pile of resources right before their eyes.

Zhang Xuan looked closely; forge-a-grade-1-pill medicine, herbal materials, weapons, armor, spiritual energy… All possible cultivation resources were present, so valuable that they were beyond measure.

I couldn’t be bothered with what they thought; with a light grasp of my palm, everything was collected into the Suspended Realm. In the blink of an eye, a huge pile of artifacts was forged, transforming into clumps of pure strength that coursed throughout my body.

Whirl!

A few breaths later, I had already reached the pinnacle of Galaxy 6-dan!

At this time, I had used less than one-tenth of the massive pile of resources.

“Not bad!”

Zhang Xuan nodded with satisfaction.

I had to admit, this trip to the Zhilan Valley was incredibly worth it. Not to mention the hundreds of millions of Heavenly Mandate Vitality, just these resources alone—under normal circumstances, I wouldn’t know how long it would take to earn them all.

Moreover, my cultivation had made a huge leap from Galaxy 3-dan to the peak of 6-dan.

“How do you propose we compete?”

Feeling the surging strength within, Zhang Xuan smiled lightly and turned his gaze toward Mo Baiye once more.

Unaware of the changes within me, the leader of the Mo Blade Sect saw that I indeed dared to accept the challenge and narrowed his eyes, “No particular rules, I kill you, and the Bronze Tripod goes to Prince Shen Ling. Everyone else lets me leave! No more troubles.”

“Agreed, I can promise on behalf of everyone!”

Shen Ling waved his hand.

“Then, there’s no problem!”

The Simple Blade in his hand was slowly lifted, as Mo Baiye stared intently, “Let’s begin!”

“Alright!”

Zhang Xuan didn’t decline and with a flip of the wrist, the Cold Nether Sword appeared in his palm; he stepped forward, moving to the middle of the crowd.

“No blade?”

Mo Baiye frowned.

Fighting Zhang Xuan, he naturally had his own motives. Firstly, he wanted to kill this man who had been a thorn in his side, and secondly, he hoped to force him to reveal the Mandate Chaos Master’s identity by using the Mo Dao.

But if the opponent didn’t use the Mo Dao, it was clearly difficult to achieve the second goal.

“Let’s see if you can withstand my swordsmanship first!”

Without care for the opponent’s words, Zhang Xuan took a step forward and thrust his sword.

Even without the Pathos of Heaven sword art, my grasp of swordsmanship far surpassed anyone else present. As I thrust my sword, the air howled, biting sword qi surged forward like a torrential downpour!

“Hmph!”

With a flicker in his eyes, Mo Baiye’s palm shook violently, and a sharp Sword Intent slashed straight down, gouging a deep pit in the ground. Mixed with immense strength, it swept toward Zhang Xuan.

“No… this isn’t Galaxy 6-dan Peak, but… Galaxy 7-dan!”

Suddenly, someone in the crowd shouted out.

“Right, it is indeed Galaxy 7-dan. However, this isn’t the power of Mo Dao, but that of the Simple Blade…”

A Galaxy 6-dan expert noticed and turned his eyes toward Du Xinyu nearby, “If I’m not mistaken, he must have used some special secret art to lend a portion of his strength to this guy.”

Both practicing Mo Dao Destiny, Mo Baiye would have definitely been known to Zhang Xuan had he made a breakthrough. Not knowing indicated no breakthrough and that he was still at the peak of the third level.

Such a cultivation realm could not possibly reach Galaxy 7-dan!

The only explanation was that the strength displayed by this move wasn’t his own but borrowed from Du Xinyu.

No wonder he suggested a duel at this time, he had this to rely on!

The strength of Galaxy 7-dan wasn’t much on the entire mainland, but within this Zhilan Valley encounter, it was definitely considered the ultimate force!