Advancement, Ambush

Damn it... Lin Chen cursed endlessly in his heart.

Did those people up top really have no sense at all?

Did they insist on pushing a genius like this further and further toward the Martial Alliance's opposition, offending him beyond all repair? Weren't they afraid of suffering retaliation in the future?

Lin Chen was drenched in sweat, feeling as though the blazing sun was about to evaporate every drop of blood in his body.

"Ahhh..."

Kong Ao's screams still echoed. The Lightning Domain was his innate divine ability, equivalent to all his cultivation—even the fatal weak point of his lifeline.

Once the Lightning Domain was completely annihilated, he would undoubtedly die.

Situ Ting fell silent for a moment and withdrew the manifestation of the Great Sun Golden Crow. He had yet to truly break through to the Manifestation Realm, and projecting his manifestation across the starry sky consumed an enormous amount of power.

Besides, his strength was still too weak.

If Red River Star possessed a Nirvana Throne-level powerhouse, why would it fear the mere Martial Alliance?

"Get lost..." Situ Ting shouted.

A thread of Great Sun True Fire, condensed from the Golden Crow's divine form, tore through the Lightning Domain and entered Kong Ao's brow, no longer tormenting this insignificant nobody.

The shattered elements of the Lightning Domain gathered once more, reforming Kong Ao's divine form and body.

Divine form and body merged, his flesh restored...

Lin Chen moved quickly, raising a hand to summon an expanse of watery marshland. He wrapped up the recovering Kong Ao and dragged him back, afraid Situ Ting might really kill him.

The instant the divine ability's marshland wrapped around Kong Ao...

His injuries were severe—extremely severe. Untreated, he would certainly die. Even if he were healed, he would be nothing but a cripple!

His Three Gang had been devastated. The innate divine abilities nurtured within his gang qi had all been crushed into slag, leaving behind only a tiny amount of damaged origin power.

His divine soul was riddled with holes as well, shattered beyond recognition.

Saving him would come at no small cost, and even if he was saved, he would be a complete and utter useless cripple.

If the people behind Kong Ao saw him in this state, there was a ninety-nine percent chance they would choose to abandon him rather than spend such a tremendous price on a cripple.

But what did that have to do with him?

Kong Ao had brought this upon himself.

He fed the bastard several fairly precious pills. Though his heart ached over the expense, he silently thought, Old Kong, Old Kong, you're crippled anyway...

Spending money to stay alive is what matters most. Your family... I'll protect them.

Star-Climbing Platform!

Martial Ascension Gate!

Wails, screams, and groans echoed across the mountaintop. Two figures stood on either side of Su Bo, radiating terrifying auras.

Traces of lingering divine ability power revealed the brutality of the battle just now.

Yi Feng stood there with a blank expression, muttering under his breath, "How is that possible? How is that possible? Yi You... divine ability—how could he wield the power of a divine ability?"

Time rewound to an hour earlier.

Having just dealt with Niu Gu's group, another gang of "geniuses" had climbed the mountain. Su Bo had been about to take action and deal with them all.

Two... no, three auras, including one weakling, charged up the mountain.

"Divine Ability—Hundred Arrows Tribulation!"

"Heavenly Eye—Seal the Five Senses, Close the Six Consciousnesses..."

A hazy heavenly radiance enveloped the group of geniuses who had just reached the mountain. Then countless blood-energy arrows rained down upon them with savage force.

With their five senses and six consciousnesses sealed, the geniuses were no different from lambs awaiting slaughter.

Yi You had gone easy on them, withdrawing seventy to eighty percent of his blood energy and not even using the Sun-Shooting Divine Arrow.

Otherwise, at least half of those "geniuses" would have died. Not everyone, after all, could obtain a life-substituting treasure like Foxwolf.

If they truly died in the trial, then they were truly dead.

After that, Su Bo had no need to act. With the two working together, none of Beast Planet's geniuses could withstand even a single exchange against them.

One move to seal the five senses and six consciousnesses, one divine ability, and they were all dealt with.

Now, more than an hour had passed...

Buzzz... Buzzz... Buzzzzz...

The Martial Ascension Gate atop the Star-Climbing Platform erupted with terrifying energy fluctuations. Its doors flew open, and a deep-blue vortex rippled with specks of starlight.

"The gate is open!" An irrepressible delight appeared on Liu Yue's face.

"Old Su, the trial has begun. Shall we go?" Yi You's blood energy boiled throughout his body. He could no longer wait to test himself against those first-class sequences...

To test the sharpness of his innate divine ability!

Su Bo raised a brow and strode toward the Star-Climbing Platform. Once he moved, Liu Yue and Yi You exchanged a glance before following.

They even casually hoisted Yi Feng up with them.

Yi Feng's expression was complicated as he looked at the cousin carrying him.

After that vicious man from the Ancient Human Race set off, his cousin Yi You—who had comprehended an innate divine ability and could be considered a core genius even within the Yi Clan—

had actually placed himself in the position of the other man's follower.

Clearly, Yi You had been thoroughly convinced by the other man's strength and even intended to become his follower. Otherwise, why would he make such a self-diminishing move?

Even Liu Yue of the Celestial Human Race, the proudest by nature, acted the same way!

Before the Martial Ascension Gate.

"What do we do?" Su Bo asked curiously.

"Heh heh..." Yi You gave a cold laugh, his voice dropping. "Fight!"

"We just fight our way through!"

Bang... He tossed Yi Feng to the ground and stuffed two pills into his mouth as though swallowing dates whole. "I secured a spot for you..."

"Whether you can make it through is up to you. I've also given Uncle and Cousin an explanation."

"Old Liu, let's scout the way for Old Su."

"Fine!"

Before Yi Feng could come to his senses, the two nodded to Su Bo, flashed forward, and entered the star gate, directly activating the sequence advancement rules.

Su Bo studied the Martial Ascension Gate with interest for a while.

Red River Star's technological level was roughly equivalent to the beginning of the new century in his previous life. He truly had not seen many high-tech creations.

"Um..." Feeling his body recover, Yi Feng stood and opened his mouth.

Whoosh...

He saw Su Bo glance at him before walking straight into the star gate, completely ignoring him as though he did not exist at all.

The moment Su Bo stepped into the star gate, he felt as if an invisible force had bound his body. His vision went dark, and waves of dizziness suddenly assaulted him.

When he opened his eyes again... a fist was hurtling straight at his face.

"An ambush?" The instant Su Bo opened his eyes, his blood energy erupted.

"Huh?" The owner of the fist exclaimed in surprise, muttering, "Such quick reactions?"

Though he muttered, the fist did not slow in the slightest. Its force even became more terrifying, and the air erupted with deafening booms.

He had actually punched the air apart.

It seemed as if he intended to resolve Su Bo with a single punch.

Boom!!

Striking later yet arriving first, Su Bo raised a hand and suppressed the dizziness rushing to his head, catching the incoming fist in his palm.

Violent blood energy surged up, tearing through the air in gusts that ripped past both sides of Su Bo.

"You caught it?" The other party was even more surprised.

Though he had only used around thirty percent of his strength in that punch, it should not have been something those trash could withstand.

Only then did Su Bo clearly see the one who had ambushed him. It was a monkey with fur covering its face, staring at him with surprise and amusement.

Then, looking at Su Bo as if he were an insect, the monkey laughed darkly. "Never mind, that was only thirty percent of my strength..."

"It'll just take one more punch... Mm, mm-mm-mm?"

"What's going on?" The monkey realized he could not pull back the fist Su Bo had gripped.

Crack... The sound of bones breaking rang out, followed by a scream. "Ah... How is this possible?"

"How can trash from the second-class sequence possess such powerful blood energy?"

Su Bo gave a light squeeze...

Several hundred thousand jin of strength and blood energy erupted, directly crushing the monkey's fist into bloody pulp. Its palm bones shattered like Lego bricks.

Pain flooded the monkey's brain, and it immediately turned to flee, unable to suppress the terror in its heart. His opponent had crushed his fist and palm in a single exchange.

This guy was absolutely not one of those second-class sequence good-for-nothings.

But Su Bo had no intention of letting him go. Taking a step through the wind, he reached forward with a massive hand and directly grabbed hold of the monkey's face.

"No..." the monkey howled.

"Bang..."