Daoist Lord Shennong
Chapter 450

Great Void Straw Man's Point-Scoring Sweep (2)

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The Voidgrass Doppelganger took a step and appeared a hundred meters away from the Three Layered World Mountains. Zhao Xing then began searching for the protruding rocks.

"The task of digging up the Three Layered World Mountains is said to be available anywhere. The more Boundary Mountain Stone you dig up within the time limit, the more points you will receive."

"However, in most Dao Domain Realm, the only places that can be dug up are the exposed corners of the mountains."

"The rest of the area is completely integrated; the Boundary Mountain Stone has been fused with the void for many years and cannot be dug out at all."

There is still hope only in the raised part.

Zhao Xing was searching. He didn't land on the mountain because if he did, the countdown would start.

"Um?"

Suddenly, the light swept across a figure from behind.

It was an old man dressed in an earth-yellow robe, with five faintly visible Earth Vein encircling him like colorful ribbons.

He stood at the foot of the mountain in front of a smooth cliff, shaking his head and sighing.

"The mountain peaks have no sharp edges because the void itself has merged with the mountain body. Even after several Reincarnation, it would probably be impossible to excavate them all..."

"... With the help of a precious hoe, I still couldn't finish. I've really embarrassed my teacher."

Some words reached the ears of the Voidgrass Doppelganger.

Zhao Xing vaguely sensed that the figure was somewhat familiar—the attire of the Ancient Hill of Antiquity. Could this person be Tao Yangzi, the eldest disciple of Emperor Hongshan?

"This person doesn't seek out the sharp edges; instead, he stands before the seamless cliff, seemingly pondering a solution. Clearly, he is not an ordinary Earthly Advantage Faction Shennong."

"The straw figure can't be viewed on the panel, so I don't know if it's him."

Zhao Xing felt that this person was very likely the eldest disciple of Emperor Hongshan had been scolded by Five Poisons Emperor Lord.

"Tao Yangzi can mobilize a lot of manpower and resources. In my past life, I even called him Senior Brother— " Zhao Xing said with a touch of nostalgia.

Unfortunately, the other person's back only appeared in sight for a moment, and then it could no longer be seen or heard.

"Never mind, let's focus on the present."

After searching for two hours, Zhao Xing quickly identified the area where he needed to make his move: a mountain peak that stretched for thousands of miles, piercing diagonally through two points of emptiness, like a sewing needle.

"You're the one."

The Voidgrass Doppelganger immediately approached, and upon touching the barrier, the timer began.

"Five Finger Mountain!"

The Voidgrass Doppelganger raised his hand and attacked, unleashing the Great Divine Power Five Finger Mountain, immediately grabbing towards the corner of the mountain.

With five fingers as thick as a mountain, it quickly grasped the thinnest corner and began to exert force, attempting to break it.

"Bang bang bang!"

The corner of the mountain has bent, and the distortion has caused the Void Oscillation, with shockwaves spreading outward.

After ten breaths, it had already deflected by more than ten degrees.

The commotion was great, but the mountain's corner didn't break.

A lot of debris fell off, and some Boundary Mountain Stone also fell down.

"The effect is not ideal," Zhao Xing thought to himself. "It's probably not quite enough to break it."

The Voidgrass Doppelganger, combined with the Five Finger Mountain, a fifth-level Major Divine Ability, could even break the Taiyin Dao Soldiers.

However, not even a single corner of the Thousand Mile Mountain of Layered World Mountain could be broken.

"The void energy is continuously repairing the corner of the boundary mountain. Its resilience is too high. I have to find a way."

After observing carefully, Zhao Xing continued to exert his strength.

"Big big!"

The Voidgrass Doppelganger rapidly grew larger and began absorbing the surrounding void energy to increase its weight.

First, they tried to prevent the self-repair of the Layered World Mountain. Second, they increased the weight of the Voidgrass Doppelganger and combined it with the increased weight of the Voidgrass Doppelganger Five Finger Mountain to try to crush this thousand-mile-long mountain corner.

Fifteen days later.

"Peng".

The corner of the mountain was finally broken off, completely shattered.

"Whoosh~"

Zhao Xing flipped his hand and put away the piece of mountain corner.

A month later, Zhao Xing obtained two mountain horns of the thousand-mile level.

At this moment, he also received a points notification from the Primordial Beginning Realm.

[Coral Grade member Zhao Xing, you have completed the excavation mission at the Three Layered World Mountains.]

Within the specified one-month period, you collected two Thousand Mile Mountain Horns, which can be converted into 1254 Boundary Mountain Stone.

10,000.

You have earned 12.54 million points, but have not yet entered the record leaderboard.

"12.54 million points." Zhao Xing was somewhat surprised. "Even with that, you haven't made it into the record leaderboard?"

The rankings for the Three Layered World Mountains are similar to those for the Wind and Wind Thunder Canyon, both being competitions between the current year's participants.

I didn't even make it into the top ten. How many Boundary Mountain Stone did the top ten dig out in a month?

Open the list and take a look.

[First place: Li Chuan, 54.16 million.]

Second place: Wan Qinghan, 42.25 million.

[Third place: Thousand Feet Daoist, 40.12 million.]

[Fourth place: Lan Yue, 38.5 million.]

[Ninth place: Pu Tianrui, 35.01 million.]

[10th Place: Wu Yanlin, 32.1 million units.]

"Among the top ten, only Pu Tianrui and Wu Yanlin are the core members of the 'Egoist' faction, and they are still at the bottom of the list."

"The consistently strong Tuo Sen didn't make the list, while the rest are all Earthly Advantage Faction Shennong who can assist in both combat and other aspects." Zhao Xing looked at the data.

"Everyone has their own expertise; when it comes to quarrying and mining, those who have the Earthly Advantage Faction are more professional."

If he didn't possess the Great Divine Power Five Finger Mountain, it would be impossible for the Voidgrass Doppelganger to break off the corner of the thousand-mile-long mountain with his own abilities alone.

Actually, there wasn't much skill involved; it was just brute force.

Although a section of the mountain was broken off, it also caused the Voidgrass Doppelganger to consume a large amount of spiritual power.

In terms of efficiency in completing this task, it is certainly not as good as the Earthly Advantage Faction Shennong understands the methods of Earth Palace Art, Earth Splitting Art, Mountain Opening Method, and Spiritual Mountain Law.

"By brute force, we can probably only cut off a corner of the mountain that's a thousand miles long. It would take a lot of time and energy, so it's not worth it," Zhao Xing analyzed. "After all, Five Finger Mountain is Mountain Method Divine Power, not Major Divine Ability of Earth Splitting Art."

"From an efficiency standpoint, choosing a mountain corner of a hundred miles is more suitable."

"Let's see if we can make the list."

Zhao Xing didn't care too much about rankings, after all, the Voidgrass Doppelganger wasn't something Fang Neng could achieve.

Their own path of dual cultivation has not yet begun. The Earthly Advantage Faction only possesses one Great Divine Power Five Finger Mountain, while the Time Faction has no Major Divine Ability at all.

It's normal that it can't compete with the specialized Earthly Advantage Faction Shennong.

He planned to try again, and leave regardless of success or failure, to raid the next place.

"Five Finger Mountain!"

After recounting, Zhao Xing began heading towards the corner of the mountain, which stretched for a hundred miles.

Compared to the corners of mountains that stretch for thousands of miles, those that stretch for hundreds of miles are much easier to handle.

You can harvest one in less than half a day.

Time passed, and a month later.

"Boom!"

A piece of mountain horn, hundreds of miles long, was broken off and collected by Zhao Xing.

Time was up, and the Primordial Beginning Realm quickly sent a notification through the Star Mirror.

[Zhao Xing, a member of the Coral Grade, has entered seventh place on the record leaderboard, earning an additional 25.08 million points.]

"Seventh? Not bad, another 25.08 million points have been credited to my account."

"My Voidgrass Doppelganger has done its best, but it is still far behind the previous ones. Let's go, it's time to move on to the next location."

If you've tried your best and still can't break through, then you're giving up.

Zhao Xing has always been clear about his cultivation plan and will not suddenly change his mind to learn new Earthly Advantage Faction techniques.

"To learn Earthly Advantage Faction magic, it is best to seek out a powerful master from the Ancient Hill of Antiquity for instruction."

"Firstly, once you've completed the first level of the ' Extreme Land,' although you've joined the Primordial Beginning Realm, the Empire and the Ancient Hill of Antiquity maintain a friendly relationship. After completing the ' Extreme Land,' you can apply to go to the Ancient Hill of Antiquity as an 'exchange student.'"

"Secondly, I can try to find connections. If Emperor Hongshan comes as well, I can ask him for guidance. In any case, he remembers me, and Emperor Hongshan is a very kind person. He should be willing to grant my request for guidance."

With a plan in mind, Zhao Xing disappeared into the Layered World Mountain area.

"He went to the Layered World Mountain." Han Chiba caught up with him at the Layered World Mountain, but was too late. "And while he was at it, did he break the excavation record for the Layered World Mountain?"

"Hiss, is the Voidgrass Doppelganger really that powerful?"

"He possesses the Mountain Method Divine Power," said Mystic Pine True Person. "It shouldn't all be due to the power of the Voidgrass Doppelganger."

"The Layered World Mountain pierces through three layers of void. If it weren't for the Voidgrass Doppelganger going there, what other grass man could unleash Major Divine Ability in such a place?" Han Chiba retorted. "That's just wishful thinking!"

Han Chiba recalled the scene of storming Great Beginning City with Zhao Xing and said with some regret, "Why didn't we persevere a little longer?"

Mystic Pine True Person said, "Before seeing any hope, only Zhao Xing persisted in the Golden Cultivation Period for a thousand years. His dedication and love for the Straw Man Art far surpassed that of others, so he must have obtained this technique."

The Voidgrass Doppelganger can continuously clear levels and change locations at a very fast speed.

His ranking on the overall points leaderboard is also rising rapidly.

In 1775, when the Primordial Beginning Realm entered, Zhao Xing's progress was very slow, only reaching the Seventh Order of the Seaweed Realm. Among the geniuses, this speed was unremarkable, and he ranked at the bottom.

However, once the Voidgrass Doppelganger was mastered, it only took Heavenly Timing to reach the First Tier of Coral.

Then they began sweeping through various checkpoints in the Primordial Beginning Realm.

In 1776, the year he entered the Primordial Beginning Realm, Zhao Xing's points skyrocketed like a rocket.

Three months later, the coral reached level two.

Four months later, Coral reached Tier 3.

A year later, they had reached the fifth tier of coral.

The Primordial Beginning Realm initially recruited over 18,000 Agricultural Official from three factions, but only seven were at the fifth level of the Coral Realm.

Zhao Xing's points surpass Tuo Sen's by more than 500 million, placing him first on the Agricultural Official professional points leaderboard.

Hum~

The Agricultural Official of the Primordial Beginning Realm immediately erupted in excitement.

"I've made it! I've really reached first place!"

"Watching him surpass others and climb all the way to number one on the leaderboard is truly unbelievable!"

"The extra points come from the challenges set up by the Primordial Beginning Realm. Being number one on the leaderboard makes him arguably the top Agricultural Official of this year!"

"The Primordial Six Saint Sons? I think there's only one Primordial Chapter Holy Son, and that's Zhao Xing!"

"Reaching the top of the list in one year, witnessing the mysteries of all the challenges in the Primordial Beginning Realm in one year, no wonder he was accepted as a disciple by the Gu Luo River."

"Hmph, this person's luck is far too great; he seems to have all the good things in the world. He'll probably become the target of everyone's anger!"

"There are a lot of people surrounding Zhao Xing now. I wonder whose challenge he will accept, or whether he will quietly cultivate his skills?"

"I don't know. There are people from other professions who have also come to join in the challenge to Zhao Xing Agricultural Official.

"There's no escaping it; too many people want to see the Voidgrass Doppelganger— "

[The World Star Annihilation], the third level.

Boiling Mars crashes into the top-tier Star Continent.

"Boom!"

The ocean was instantly evaporated, seemingly as a signal, and the entire Star Continent began to boil.

An aura of destruction swept across everything, passing through a certain part of a top-tier Star Continent.

The radiance, as small as a grain of rice, was instantly removed.

[Failed to complete the third stage of "World Star Annihilation". No points will be awarded this time.]

Inside the cultivation room, Zhao Xing's true form opened his eyes.

"Another failure. The Voidgrass Doppelganger's forty-eighth attempt has once again stopped at the third stage of the World Star Annihilation."

"It is said that there are 108,000 ways in which a boundary World Star Annihilation, which are used to describe the manifestation of the Great Dao Annihilation Stage."

"The Voidgrass Doppelganger couldn't even get past the third level."

Zhao Xing understood that his sweeping operation should come to an end.

As he progressed through the challenges, he gradually figured out all aspects of the Voidgrass Doppelganger.

Once you know where the limits are, there's no need to waste your time and effort.

"Sweep complete."

The Voidgrass Doppelganger dissipated immediately, Zhao Xing decisively abandoned this clone.

"Over the past year, I've been besieged by many people who all want to have a fight with me."

"The vast majority of them are here to see the Voidgrass Doppelganger; a small minority want to make a name for themselves by defeating me."

"Because I've become more famous this year."

Zhao Xing smiled.

"Want to see the Voidgrass Doppelganger? Not a single one will be shown!"

"Once you agree to one, there will be countless more."

"Trying to kick me while I'm down? Fool, wasting precious time on cultivation for vanity."

As he opened the Star Mirror, a deluge of information flooded in, and Zhao Xing cursed and scorned it all at the same time.

"Master, I've just finished the Great Sweep and have 3.7 billion points. Why would I bother with you guys?"

"A gambling points challenge? You guys don't have much money."

In response, Zhao Xing issued a unified reply:

I will not accept any challenges. If you want to see my skills, you can consult the Primordial Beginning Envoy, Senior Zuo Qiyu!

"I will not accept any challenges. If you wish to see my skills, you can consult the Primordial Beginning Envoy, Senior Zuo Qiyu."

At the Primordial Divine Tree in Thousand Star City, Du Yun read aloud a message from the Star Mirror.

"It seems he didn't even read my messages and just replied to everyone at once."

"Du Yun, is it because you don't have enough face?" Zhan Ze Mechanism Master next to him, joked, "Zhao Xing is now known as the number one holy son of the Primordial Beginning Realm, and he has even learned the legendary Voidgrass Doppelganger."

"Zhao Xing is definitely not that kind of person," Du Yun said with a smile. "This has nothing to do with saving face. Even if I were not Du Yun of Yellow Sand Crossing, but just an ordinary Du Yun, he would still come to see me if he saw me."

"That's true. I've spent some time with him, and Zhao Chen'an is quite a loyal friend." Zhan Ze restored his body from liquid to human form. "Last time I took his order in the Tianyou Ancient Kingdom, I made quite a bit of money off him. If we get together, it'll be a good opportunity to catch up."

"Let's get down to business first." Du Yun put away the Star Mirror. "I heard that not only people from my Origin Heavenly Palace have arrived, but also people from the Ancient Hill of Antiquity, the Reincarnation Temple, the Desolate Territory Ancient Kingdoms Alliance, and the Academy City."

"The development of the Si Yue Desolate Territory is of great importance, and I wonder what the higher-ups will decide." Zhan Ze also stood up. "I heard from our teacher that they want to have a battle among the geniuses of each family to determine the development quota. If this proposal is approved, it will save a lot of trouble. Du Yun, you alone can sweep away all the geniuses."

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