The Battle Raged On

Atop the fortress, Fang Yun slowly recovered his Literary Qi, while the Metropolitan Graduates remained immersed in the joy of obtaining Qi-Recovery Poetry for the first time.

Yan Yukong's Literary Guts were second only to Fang Yun's. He was the first to snap awake. After looking around outside the fortress and discovering that great numbers of Demon Barbarians had died, he froze slightly before recalling that Fang Yun's Qi-Recovery Poetry had power bordering on the Sacred Way.

Qi-Recovery Poetry belonged to War Poetry, not ordinary Classic Interpretation essays. For War Poetry, merely having the slightest connection to the Sacred Way gave it might far beyond ordinary War Poetry, let alone approaching the edge of the Sacred Way. Thus, the power generated when this poem first formed could easily slaughter those Demon Barbarians; only Demon Marquises could at least resist such power.

Seeing the distant Demon Barbarians too frightened to attack, Yan Yukong sighed in relief. He did not alert the others, but instead watched Fang Yun. Seeing that Fang Yun seemed to have exhausted too much Literary Qi, he immediately walked before him and used the power of his Literary Guts to protect him from mishap.

In the distance, Lei Li appeared to be about to raise his hand, but suddenly snorted coldly, as though forced to abandon whatever he had intended to do to Fang Yun.

At the same time, Yan Yukong sensed the Literary Qi within his body and was secretly astonished.

Before long, everyone gradually came to their senses.

"This... really is Qi-Recovery Poetry! Didn't they say that only the few Grand Academicians who had touched the edge of the Sacred Way could barely compose one?"

"Is it the Grand Academicians who are invincible, or is the Void Sage simply more skilled?" Zhang Zhixing asked with a