The Trial Continues: The Five Elements of the True Martial World

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Having overcome the attacks of the Demon Race and Demon Beast, the "Peacock True Spirit Star" successfully ascended and entered the "Seventh-Grade True Spirit Heaven." At this point, the Kong Household has completed the basic "Rank Advancement Trial" for the Seventh-Grade True Spirit Heaven.

If they were to end it here and give up on the subsequent "Rank Advancement Trial," the Kong Household would already be a true "Seventh-Grade True Spirit" Lineage.

After all, for the lower Third-Grade True Spirit Lineage, they are all stationed in local county towns, and their main enemies are Demon Beast and a small number of Demon Race.

This has remained unchanged for thousands of years. Only in recent decades, due to the Demon Race race colluding with the martial artists of the "True Martial World True Spirit Realm" to launch an invasion war against the "True Spirit Realm," many True Martial World from the "True Martial Realm" have been able to penetrate into the "True Spirit Realm." As a result, many lower-rank Third-Grade True Spirit Lineage have also faced these extraterrestrial enemies ahead of schedule.

However, this is clearly only a temporary special situation. The upper echelons of the "True Spirit Realm" and the superior and middle-grade "True Spirit Lineage" in the "Golden Crow Imperial Dynasty" will certainly not allow this situation to last too long. They will definitely find a way to kill, expel, or even counterattack the invading martial artists from the "True Martial World".

At that time, the main enemies of these lower- Third-Grade True Spirit Lineage will still be ordinary Demon Beast. In fact, there might even be fewer Demon Race left.

Therefore, for the lower Third-Grade True Spirit Lineage, the "Rank Advancement Trial" usually only requires defeating and eliminating the attacking Demon Beast and Demon Race to complete the initial "Rank Advancement Trial" and successfully advance to the next higher rank of First-Grade True Spirit.

However, this only completes the most basic test. The transformation and growth of the "True Spirit Star" is only that of Lower-Class True Spirit Star True Spirit Star, and the power contained within it is also limited.

It will have an impact on the awakening of the bloodline, cultivation, advancement, and combat of the "True Spirit Lineage," as well as the expansion of the county town and the True Spirit Secret Realm.

Therefore, anyone who still has the capacity will not be content with just the most basic "Rank Advancement Trial", but will choose to continue to undergo higher-level and more difficult "Rank Advancement Trial" in order to improve and enhance their own "True Spirit Star", and push it to the middle or even upper-level star position.

Kong Wenxuan and his clansmen had persevered to the end in both the "Star Inlaying Trial" and the "Rank Advancement Trial" of the "Eighth-Grade True Spirit Heaven" to elevate the Kong Household's "Peacock True Spirit Star" to the position of a superior star.

Now, the same applies to the "Rank Advancement Trial" in this "Seventh-Grade True Spirit Heaven".

Therefore, even though the "Peacock True Spirit Star" had successfully entered the "Seventh-Grade True Spirit Heaven" and the "Five-Colored Peacock True Spirit" had completed its transformation and been promoted to the "Seventh-Grade True Spirit", Kong Wenxuan and the others had no intention of retreating.

Instead, they quickly regrouped, rebuilding their defensive formations to prepare for the next, even more challenging, "Rank Advancement Trial."

Kong Wenxuan had already retrieved the "Five Elements Divine Swords" and arranged them into the "Great Five Elements Sword Formation," surrounding him as he awaited the next wave of enemies.

Thump! Thump! Thump...

At this moment, the sound of drums came from all directions. Kong Wenxuan and the others looked around and saw that in the "Seventh-Grade True Spirit Heaven", various martial arts teams began to gather in the void around the "Peacock True Spirit Star", forming battle formations, beating war drums, and attacking them.

For the True Spirit Lineage in the "True Spirit Realm," Demon Beast and Demon Race are merely minor internal problems, like mustard seed ailments. They are generally handled by the lower- Third-Grade True Spirit Lineage, which is sufficient.

Only the martial cultivators of the "True Martial World" beyond the heavens are the true enemies, life-and-death enemies, of the True Spirit cultivators of the "True Spirit Realm".

Therefore, in such a "Rank Advancement Trial", if Low-Grade True Spirit Lineage wants to continue in the "Rank Advancement Trial", the next to attack will be these martial artists from the "True Martial World".

Whether it was the "Star Inlaying Trial" conducted by Kong Wenxuan before, the "Rank Advancement Trial" of the "Eighth-Grade True Spirit Heaven" conducted by the entire Kong Household later, or the "Rank Advancement Trial" of the "Seventh-Grade True Spirit Heaven" now, it is all the same.

However, in the previous "Star Inlaying Trial" and the "Rank Advancement Trial" of the "Eighth-Grade True Spirit Heaven", the number of martial artists from the "True Martial World" who attacked were limited and not on a large scale, let alone forming a "True Martial Battle Formation" to attack like this.

Clearly, perhaps because "Seventh-Grade True Spirit" is the highest grade among the lower three grades of "True Spirit Lineage", or perhaps because of the county town above "True Spirit Star" and the appearance of the city-protecting formation, the martial arts teams undergoing this further test are no longer as numerous and scattered as in the previous two times, but have begun to launch attacks in a large-scale formation.

This situation likely refers to a battle scenario and environment much closer to that of an "Outer Heaven Battlefield."

The "Rank Advancement Trial" derived from the "Celestial Stars True Spirit Diagram" is gradually allowing the cultivators of the "True Spirit Lineage" to become familiar with and understand the environment and combat methods of the Outer Heaven Battlefield.

"Charge!"

"Form battle formation!"

Upon seeing these martial arts practitioners charging in from all directions, Kong Yujin, the second aunt, and Kong Changgeng, the clan chief, and others in the "county town" immediately raised their voices and gave orders.

The next moment, the city's defensive formation, the "Five Elements Grand Formation," which had been regrouped, and the "True Spirit Battle Formation" composed of Kong Household disciples on each city wall, all started to operate, and the entire "county town" was once again protected.

Kong Wenxuan no longer needed to pour the "Golden Core Power" into the "Peacock True Spirit Star," so he had withdrawn all his power and was able to fully deal with the upcoming battle and fighting.

Furthermore, the "Peacock True Spirit Star," which has already advanced to the "Seventh-Grade True Spirit Heaven," can also provide him with a continuous supply of "True Spirit Star" power, quickly restoring his consumed "Golden Core Power," allowing him to fight without worries for a long time.

Therefore, Kong Wenxuan is full of confidence in passing the more and more difficult tests to come.

At this moment, he looked around at the martial arts teams that were attacking from all sides and found that in addition to the "Lesser Giant Spirit" martial arts team, the "Three Heads and Six Arms" martial arts team, the "Heavenly Eye" martial arts team, the "Black Water" martial arts team, and the "Jumang" martial arts team that he had seen and fought before, there were also three martial arts teams that he had never seen or fought before.

However, through the distinct characteristics of these martial artists and the "True Martial" image manifested after they formed the "True Martial Battle Formation," he quickly identified the origins of these martial artists.

The martial arts practitioners "Rushou", "Zhurong", and "Houtu" cultivate the power of metal, fire, and earth respectively.

In addition, there were the martial artists he had met and fought against, namely the "Jumang" martial artist who cultivated the power of wood, and the "Gonggong" martial artist who cultivated the power of water, also known as the "Black Water" martial artist.

These are the five most common types of martial arts practitioners in the "True Martial World".

These are all materials that the upper echelons of the "Golden Crow Imperial Dynasty" released in recent years after the Demon Race colluded with the martial artists of the "True Martial World" to launch an invasion. They wanted these cultivators from Low-Grade True Spirit Lineage to familiarize themselves with the situation and combat strength of these martial artists so that they could defend against their attacks in local battles.

Based on this information, Kong Wenxuan was able to determine at least one thing: the "True Martial World" must also be a material world based on the Five Elements, much like the "True Spirit Realm".