Martial God Asura

Chapter 6391: Willpower

The rune tornado gradually grew brighter, and the danger level rose to a terrifying level.

More people were forced to retreat. Only 21 people remained.

“Haa, I must be getting older.” The Divine Body Heavenly Mansion’s Mansion Master heaved a helpless sigh before taking his leave.

With his departure, everyone from the Divine Body Heavenly Mansion, except for Yuwen Yanri, had given up on deciphering the runes.

“Zhantian, you have to uphold the older generation’s dignity for us,” the Huangfu Heavenly Clan’s Clan Chief sent a voice transmission to Huangfu Zhantian before retreating as well.

He had reached his limit, and he would put himself at risk of a cultivation deviation if he persisted. That mustn’t happen, or else the Huangfu Heavenly Clan’s reputation would be sullied.

“Don’t worry. I have already grasped something,” Huangfu Zhantian replied confidently.

The Huangfu Heavenly Clan’s Clan Chief was not surprised. It was not without reason that Huangfu Zhantian was renowned as a prodigy within their clan. He might be the clan chief, but even he had to bow in defeat to Huangfu Zhantian’s talent.

Whoosh!

The raging winds suddenly became even louder as if a ferocious beast’s howl. Even Huangfu Zhantian, despite having deciphered parts of the runes, found himself struggling to hold on.

“Haa, the era has changed.”

With a helpless sigh, Huangfu Zhantian departed from the rune formation. He didn’t feel embarrassed as he lasted longer than most juniors.

Soon, there were only three people left on the field—Chu Feng, Yuwen Yanri, and Huangfu Shengyu.

“Are you two still doing fine?” Chu Feng asked.

“I’m fine. I don’t know if it’s due to my lacking intelligence or that the fortuitous encounter is insufficient, but the martial enlightenment contained inside the runes doesn’t seem to be potent. I don’t think I’ll be anywhere close to a breakthrough even if I decipher everything,” Huangfu Shengyu said.

“I can hold on,” Yuwen Yanri replied concisely.

“What you have experienced is the appetizer. The true show has yet to begin. If you two are feeling fine, I’ll begin the trial. Remember, don’t force yourself to hold on if you’re already at your limit,” Chu Feng said.

“What? We were eliminated even before the real trial began?” Huangfu Zhantian and the others were bewildered.

Huangfu Shengyu and Yuwen Yanri signalled that they were ready.

Chu Feng changed his hand seal, and the rune tornado further accelerated.

The faces of the crowd turned grim. The runes in the tornado manifested into a complete formation. Roaring aura bodies emerged and lunged at Chu Feng and the others. It turned out the roars they had heard earlier weren’t just from the winds!

These aura bodies dove through the bodies of Chu Feng and the others, inflicting mental damage on them.

Chu Feng’s face remained impassive as if unfazed. Yuwen Yanri frowned, but the mental attacks failed to shake him up. Huangfu Shengyu, however, looked increasingly strained as more aura bodies passed through his body.

“Damn it!”

Unwilling to give up, Huangfu Shengyu gritted his teeth and held on. Veins popped on his temples, his complexion turned ghastly pale, and his face scrunched from the pain. Killing intent even flared from him.

Even so, he refused to give up.

“Shengyu, don’t force yourself!” the Huangfu Heavenly Clan’s Clan Chief shouted, fearing Huangfu Shengyu’s mind would crumble at this rate.

But Huangfu Shengyu seemed unable to hear him.

Flustered, the Huangfu Heavenly Clan’s Clan Chief tried exerting his martial power to drag Huangfu Shengyu out, but to his astonishment, his martial power dissipated when approaching the rune formation.

This left him with no choice but to personally head into the rune formation and drag Huangfu Shengyu out.

Before he could get close, an aura body flew over and passed through his body, causing his movements to immediately stop. His mind went blank, and he forgot about the danger his son was in.

“Damn it!”

Upon seeing the situation, Huangfu Zhantian activated the Lightning Mark and Lightning Armor, raising his cultivation from rank one to rank three Heavenly God level. But before he could make a move, Chu Feng emerged from the rune formation with Huangfu Shengyu in his arms.

It just so happened that the Huangfu Heavenly Clan’s Clan Chief regained consciousness at this moment.

“He’s fine. He just needs time to recover,” Chu Feng said as he handed Huangfu Shengyu over to the Huangfu Heavenly Clan’s Clan Chief.

“Chu Feng, you...” The Huangfu Heavenly Clan’s Clan Chief was startled.

“I’m sorry, Chu Feng,” Huangfu Shengyu regained consciousness and apologized.

The runes had to be deciphered in a single go, or else one would have to start anew. By carrying Huangfu Shengyu out of the rune formation, Chu Feng’s earlier efforts had gone down the drain, and he would have to start from scratch.

Not to mention the difficulty level would be much higher now that the runes had formed a formation. He would have to withstand the formation’s attacks while deciphering the runes.

This would be extremely difficult, even for Chu Feng.

“Don’t worry about it. Have a good rest.”

Chu Feng patted Huangfu Shengyu’s shoulder with a smile before returning to the rune formation. He continued observing the runes as if nothing had happened.

However, the crowd noticed that Chu Feng was being attacked twice as much as Yuwen Yanri even though the two were standing side by side. Before he had escorted Huangfu Shengyu out of the rune formation, the attacks from the aura bodies were equally distributed between them.

“Haa! My obstinacy has harmed Chu Feng!” Huangfu Shengyu felt ashamed he had dragged Chu Feng down.

“That rune formation is frighteningly powerful. No one other than young friend Chu Feng could have saved you. Our Huangfu Heavenly Clan owes young friend Chu Feng a huge favor,” the Huangfu Heavenly Clan’s Clan Chief said with a sigh.

“You do owe him a favor, but you’re thinking too much. Take a closer look. Even Yuwen Yanri is frowning now, but do you see the slightest crease on Chu Feng’s face?” Huangfu Zhantian said.

“He’s completely unfazed. What kind of willpower does he possess?!” someone from the Divine Body Heavenly Mansion exclaimed in disbelief.

Yuwen Yanri was constantly tortured by the Blazing Sun Divine Body before his complete assimilation of it, but that also tempered his willpower, allowing him to stand strong in the face of adversities.

And this rune formation was a trial of one’s willpower and concentration.

Both Chu Feng and Yuwen Yanri possessed the required concentration, so the question was whether they had the willpower to withstand the rune formation’s mental attacks.

Yuwen Yanri’s willpower was already at an insurmountable level, towering over most prodigies, but Chu Feng’s willpower was even stronger than that. How could the crowd not be shocked by this?

No one was born with strong willpower; it had to be slowly tempered over time.

Even the experts present couldn’t fathom how anyone could train their willpower to this extent.