Tyrant Sky Martial Soul

Chapter 737: Chapter 737 Powerful Grunt_1

One Heart of the Ocean signifies a staff officer;

two indicate a general!

Three represent a marshal!

Four signify a Demon Lord!

Five, which is also the highest rank, must indeed be the True Demon Emperor himself.

It might sound like grunts aren’t worth mentioning, but the problem is, the grunt in front of Ling Xiao was actually a Half-step Celestial with ten percent of his strength.

This was supposed to be the lowest level of grunt, yet they are so strong!

Of course, for Ling Xiao, such level of strength could no longer pose a threat. He casually sent a breath sword flying, and the grunt shattered, turning into a mist.

Ling Xiao continued to move forward, but he hadn’t traveled more than ten meters before he encountered a similar situation. This time, he faced a second-level soldier with twenty percent of the strength of a Half-step Celestial.

The third time, he met a third-level soldier with thirty percent of a Half-step Celestial’s strength.

Meanwhile, in the rest of the space, similar situations were unfolding in the over three hundred completely sealed spaces.

”What’s going on, this isn’t what Senior Brother described, how could the enemy be this strong?”

”Just how powerful was the Demon Suppression Empire back then? Even the mere grunts are so terrifying.”

”It’s over, it looks like I have no chance of advancing further.”

”But if I stay and cultivate, once the time exceeds one-tenth, I will still be proactively attacked. There really is no such thing as a free lunch in the world+”

Battles were taking place simultaneously in these areas, and the number of disciples being killed or voluntarily withdrawing was increasing.

After just three rounds of combat, over twenty disciples had reluctantly left the True Demon Forbidden Land.

The number of deaths was not high, only two, and they were the sort that didn’t know better.

Outside the Demon Suppression Forbidden Land.

On the blood-red desert expanse.

Suddenly, over twenty figures appeared.

”Zhao Zhi!”

”Zhao Ci!”

Zhao Zhi and Zhao Ci of the Moon Hua Sect were eliminated. There was no helping it; they were not strong enough. They stood no chance against a third-level soldier, but they also knew when to quit and withdrew as Senior Brother Ling had suggested.

”I’m sorry, Sect Master. We didn’t perform well enough!”

”Hahaha, you’ve done quite well, very well! You’ve made it into the True Devil Palace, and your ranking will be at least within the top four hundred. The result is already very good, and it might even be better.”

Wu Xiang laughed heartily, showing no signs of dejection.

”By the way, how are Ling Xiao and the others doing?” Golden Light Heavenly Lord asked urgently.

”They should be fine. We only managed to enter the last place thanks to Senior Brother Ling’s help. Even my current cultivation level was aided by Senior Brother Ling.”

Zhao Zhi said excitedly.

”Twenty percent strength of a Half-step Celestial! How did you improve so quickly?”

Wu Xiang checked Zhao Zhi’s cultivation level and was immediately surprised.

”Zhao Ci isn’t far behind either, breaking through to ten percent strength of a Half-step Celestial.”

Divine Sky Heavenly Venerate also examined Zhao Ci and was very satisfied.

Divine Sky Heavenly Venerate used to disregard disciples like Zhao Zhi and Zhao Ci, but now, these two had become the most outstanding among all his disciples. It was truly a matter worth sighing over.

”How are our Sect’s casualties?”

Zhao Zhi inquired.

Before entering the True Devil Palace, there had been too many deaths, especially at the hands of Li Youdao and Tang Jiu, who practically slaughtered every disciple they encountered, with the exception of those from the Southern Three Sects.

”It’s not too bad, over ten have died, the rest returned. Some Sects suffered terribly, though. Out of the hundred or so who entered, only about ten are left alive.”

Upon hearing this, Zhao Zhi turned his head to see that leaders of some Sects were beating their chests in utter grief and sorrow.

He felt a surge of emotion in his heart.

Other sects were different from the Moon Hua Sect.

Every member of the Moon Hua Sect had a secret scroll, which was forged with Ling Xiao’s help.

Therefore, they could escape when faced with danger.

However, the other sects didn’t have as many secret scrolls, having twenty or thirty scrolls was already very good, and those who didn’t have one simply had to run for their lives.

But how could they outrun those stronger than them? Naturally, there were many deaths and injuries.

The members of the Moon Hua Sect sighed continuously, also feeling fortunate to have someone like Ling Xiao in their sect.

At that time, Ling Xiao was still fighting in that sealed space.

Interestingly, every time he killed a soldier formed from the black mist, the mist would merge into his body, becoming pure True Essence energy.

His cultivation level would improve slightly.

At this rate, it was much faster than sitting cross-legged and cultivating.

The soldier before him was of the fifth level, with half-step Celestial strength at fifty percent.

For Ling Xiao, this was not a strong opponent, but this was still just a grunt.

Who knew how powerful the military officers that would appear next would be, would their strength be on par with those prodigies ranked in the top hundred of the Martial Arts Festival?

Swoosh!

Still, it was just a sword qi that shot out, shattering the grunt, and the black mist merged into Ling Xiao’s body, turning into pure energy.

He estimated that the others were encountering similar situations.

With gains came greater risk.

Naturally, the more of these creatures he killed, the better.

However, when strength reached half-step Celestial with fifty percent power, even fewer people could withstand them.

The number of failures began to increase continuously.

Just now, more than twenty people had been eliminated, and now, nearly a hundred people had been ousted.

There were only about two hundred martial artists with half-step Celestial strength above fifty percent, which, although more than in previous preliminaries, was still a limited number.

Moreover, even among those of equal realm, not all martial artists could surely defeat these fifth-level grunts, so being eliminated was entirely within expectations.

Fortunately, this was a sealed space, and if one couldn’t win, they could just give up and run away, without being pursued by disciples from other sects, so the mortality rate was significantly reduced. Basically, they were all eliminated and had no choice but to return the way they came.

Of course, those with secret scrolls could teleport out directly.

On the Moon Hua Sect side, Lan Yu’er still managed to maintain her composure while facing her enemies.

However, Dai Yuling and Leng Hao were having a harder time.

Dragon Chen from the Divine Sword Sect had already entered the Golden Dragon Form, relying on his strong defense to persevere, otherwise, he would have been eliminated by now.

When many martial artists were still dealing with fifth, or even fourth-level soldiers, Ling Xiao had already come face to face with a military officer.

The military officers were divided into three levels: superior, intermediate, and junior.

Initially, Ling Xiao thought the strength of a junior officer was just over half-step Celestial with sixty percent power. However, when he actually encountered one, he realized how hugely he had underestimated them.

This guy wasn’t a six-tenths strength half-step Celestial but had shot up directly to eighty percent strength!

This was a leap in power.

Ling Xiao took a deep breath, noting that among the martial artists who entered the True Demon Forbidden Land this time, the highest cultivation level so far was that of the likes of Yan Lie Huo and Li Youdao.

Tang Jiu was also at this level, but he was already dead.

They were all at eighty percent strength half-step Celestial.

If Ling Xiao wanted to defeat them, this junior officer would be his litmus test.

”Just in time!”

Ling Xiao smiled slightly, drew out the Rainfall Sword, and prepared to have a good fight with this junior officer, trying his best to fully integrate and understand the sword moves he had newly learned.