"Come out!"
Amid Li Faxing's frenzied roar.
The Water Domain spun.
It cut.
Every area higher than Li Faxing was gradually shaved flat.
This spirit mountain had a high resistance to the Gale, but once other powers reached their limits, they could damage it all the same.
It was just that Li Faxing was still incapable of reaching the level of celestial phenomena and erasing an entire region with one strike.
In his frenzy, Li Faxing bombarded the area with the Law of Conduct. If the Divine Art had not restricted him from attacking the others, everyone present would probably have already been wiped out.
After a full dozen seconds, the valley was already a complete mess. Li Faxing finally realized something was wrong and regained his sanity.
"Nothing?"
Naturally, there was nothing.
Seeing that the situation was hopeless, Yun Ye had already withdrawn decisively.
"Wooooo—"
The Gale howled.
Yun Ye had left, but the Gale Spirit Tree remained. It had no emotions or anything of the sort, so it would not feel shocked. The reason it had not moved was that it had been recovering its strength.
Now that it had recovered quite a bit of power, the Gale continued spreading and rolling outward, holding its own against the Water Domain.
Seeing this scene, Li Faxing's expression turned extremely ugly.
Without a doubt, this operation had been a case of losing both the wife and the soldiers. Not only had Tong Yuan died, but he had not even obtained the Nine Marrow Spirit Grass.
Was he supposed to continue the battle and kill the Gale Spirit Tree by himself?
No. It was impossible for him to take that risk. He might not win.
Besides, after something so major had happened, it was impossible for him to continue fighting the Gale Spirit Tree with a calm expression. What if the enemy came back?
No, that was not right. In the Moon Reflection Secret Realm, the only existence with the strength to kill them instantly was a great calamity. Perhaps this had merely been an accidental attack. Or rather, what if another sudden attack fell from the sky?
Thus, although Li Faxing did not understand whether Tong Yuan had been deliberately targeted or had simply been unlucky, since the enemy had not appeared, he did not need to stake his life in battle. This was a good thing—a very good thing. He had to seize the chance at survival that Tong Yuan had bought with his life!
In any case, after watching Tong Yuan get killed instantly right before his eyes, Li Faxing was truly afraid. Right now, he felt that staying alive was what mattered. What benefits, what Nine Marrow Spirit Grass? It was all bullshit...
After glancing at the other Black Armor Spirit Law users, whose faces were full of horror, Li Faxing had no intention of fighting anymore. "Terminate the operation. Withdraw the formation. We're leaving!"
If they did not leave now, they would be scared to death!
As the team swiftly retreated.
The storm gradually subsided.
The Gale Spirit Tree could not move, so naturally it could not launch a pursuit. Seeing that they had gone too far, it stopped attacking, reconnected to the Gale in the sky, and continued its growth and evolution.
Yun Ye, who had struggled down the mountain, had his entire Black Armor in tatters and countless wounds of all sizes across his body. Although they were healing, the pain continued stabbing at his nerves—but Yun Ye was delighted. Leaning against a tree with his right hand, he lowered his head and laughed nonstop.
His great vengeance had been avenged!
Although he had not crushed his opponent through sheer strength and tortured him to death with the same pain, it had not been flashy enough or satisfying enough.
But Yun Ye was happy. Truly happy.
From an ignorant ant to where he was now, Yun Ye had needed only eighteen years.
But what about the Aristocratic Clans of White Stone Town?
Most of them had histories spanning hundreds or even thousands of years. How terrifying were their accumulations?
By using an artifact to ambush and kill Tong Yuan instantly, Yun Ye had already taken a solid first step. The road ahead was now smooth.
The feeling of seeing hope made every cell in Yun Ye's body cheer.
People did not fear difficulties. What they feared was having no hope.
Tong Yuan was only the beginning.
The beginning of his ability to change everything.
The encouragement this moment gave Yun Ye was even stronger than the joy of revenge.
After his brief celebration, Yun Ye left.
"Shi Baiyan, and the others in his team—we'll take them one by one. I have plenty of time."
The first target had been dealt with.
Naturally, he would not let the rest slip away either.
Yun Ye was actually quite vengeful. If possible, he really wanted to smile as he slowly tortured this group of trash to death.
He had needed to assassinate Tong Yuan, but against a group of ordinary Black Armor Spirit Law users, could he not simply crush them?
After dealing with Tong Yuan, Yun Ye had completely confirmed his own strength. Since he could already kill an opponent at the level of a Captain, there was no harm in handling things more leisurely.
After taking out his manual and contacting Wang Yao, Yun Ye began gathering spirit medicines everywhere. The moment he obtained them, he extracted their medicinal properties on the spot to accelerate his cultivation.
Those that strengthened Life Force, those that strengthened Divine Sense, those that strengthened the body and aptitude...
The Moon Reflection Secret Realm was a great treasure trove.
And Yun Ye was an unrestrained treasure hunter.
His strength soared along with his Life Force and Divine Sense, but the cultivation accelerated by the spirit medicines soon reached its end. Yun Ye had reached the limit belonging to mortals.
Even if he gorged himself on spirit medicines, he could not grow the slightest bit further. It was the absolute limit.
Of the Three Great Laws—the body, spirit, and spirit root—Yun Ye had only the basic laws.
The government simply did not provide channels to exchange for the later stages of the "Spirit Root Law," "Body Law," or "Divine Sense Law."
The Aristocratic Clans were willing to provide them, but one had to sell one's life to them for the rest of one's life before there was even a "possibility" of obtaining the corresponding law through "huge contributions."
Question: If the salary was a minimum of five thousand and a maximum of twenty thousand, which would you choose?
The answer was self-evident.
Anyone with even the slightest bit of wisdom would not overestimate human nature.
Throughout history, examples had been everywhere. As for so-called "eating people," if one merely took it as a metaphor in ignorance, then actually encountering it would probably end very badly...
But that was in White Stone Town.
In White Stone Town, Yun Ye found things difficult, worried that the slightest clues would be discovered.
But once he reached the Moon Reflection Secret Realm, Yun Ye had a very simple way to obtain these laws.
That was right.
With so many members of the Aristocratic Clans in the secret realm, how difficult could it be to make them spit out their cultivation laws?
Oh, perhaps they were also restricted by Divine Art prohibitions and could not reveal them themselves. But Yun Ye said that did not matter. The Nether Flame was available at all times.
Thus, the goals of this secret-realm journey became very clear. First, deal with Shi Baiyan and take revenge. Second, obtain more complete laws. Third... undergo the trial of the Moon Reflection Heavenly Gate!
Although it ranked last.
After reaching the limit of his cultivation, Yun Ye nevertheless returned to Zhu Village at the first opportunity.
The Zhu Village that had originally been full of the breath of life was now utterly silent. Yun Ye sighed and mourned the villagers in silence for a moment.
Afterward, he came to the stone tablet.
This was the passage to the trial.
He placed his hand on it.
He settled his mind, repeatedly letting the thought of participating in the trial flash through his mind.
"—"
Soon, just as the light outside could be momentarily blinding after one pushed open the stone door of a Secret Chamber.
Yun Ye took one step along the light, and the scenery underwent a world-shaking transformation.
A desolate wasteland appeared before him.
Compared to Zhu Village's flourishing wheat fields, this place held only an endless wilderness and broken swords and shattered spears.
Before Yun Ye had time to marvel at the might of this spatial transfer, lines of text and voices appeared.
"First Trial: Unparalleled and Invincible."
"Trialist: First-Stage Cultivator."
"Trial Objective: Defeat all opponents and be the last one standing."
The trial gave Yun Ye no chance to prepare.
Ten Green Lantern Ghosts emerged.
Like wandering spirits, they carried green lanterns and locked onto Yun Ye with a clear target.
"Ten of them? This is a little troublesome..."
Yun Ye reached toward his waist, but his hand came up empty.
None of his weapons—including the Black Armor, artifacts, and celestial phenomena—had followed him into this trial ground.
His expression stiffened. He could only retreat explosively while casually grabbing an ordinary Iron Sword thrust into the wilderness.
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