High Martial Arts: Grinding for the Supreme Talent

Chapter 486: Chapter 466: Celestial Calamity Flame Dragon

It was a behemoth that towered like a great mountain. Even shrunk down countless times, the intense pressure it exuded could still be felt.

The previously projected Ninth-Level Calamity Beasts—the Nine-headed Serpent Emperor, the Earth-Shaking Dragon Elephant, and the Sea-Suppressing Cangjing—were all several sizes smaller than it.

This behemoth was a Tenth-Level Calamity Beast. It resembled a dragon from Western legends, its entire body covered in jet-black scales with a magma-like red light flowing from the gaps between them.

Six pairs of enormous dragon wings sprouted from its back, the membranes covered in vein-like patterns. Every flap seemed capable of creating a hurricane.

Its head was ferocious, with twisted Dragon Horns growing from its crown.

From its cavernous maw, it spewed flames hot enough to melt all creation.

Looking at the projection of the Tenth-Level Calamity Beast, Liy Qifeng slowly began his introduction.

”This is the first Tenth-Level Calamity Beast we have ever hunted. We have named it—the Celestial Calamity Flame Dragon!”

”It has a body length of over 800 meters!”

An uproar immediately broke out among the crowd.

”HISS~”

”800 meters... The longest of the Ninth-Level Calamity Beasts, the Nine-headed Serpent Emperor, is just over two hundred meters long. This thing is a full four times its size.”

”Isn’t that just too big?”

Liy Qifeng continued.

”The Celestial Calamity Flame Dragon is like a walking cataclysm. Its physical strength far surpasses the Earth-Shaking Dragon Elephant, it’s faster, and it has the Ability to fly.”

”It can fly faster than the speed of sound. Its hard scales provide extraordinary defense, and its breath is a scorching flame that can instantly vaporize steel.”

”Even Tier Nine Battle Armor would be melted.”

”Furthermore, they possess intelligence on par with our own and can use bloodline suppression to control other Calamity Beasts.”

”In every respect, it is incomparably powerful.”

”Ten of us Ninth Realm Martial Artists, along with three fighter jets, besieged it, but even Tier Nine Weapons couldn’t inflict significant damage.”

”An Ordinary Ninth Realm Martial Artist can’t even break through its defenses!”

His words sent a shock through the crowd. An Ordinary Ninth Realm Martial Artist couldn’t even break its defenses.

’How are we supposed to fight that?’

The North River Sword King’s expression turned grim. He was exactly the kind of Ordinary Ninth Realm Martial Artist Liy Qifeng was talking about—someone who couldn’t break its defenses.

Liy Qifeng said with a grave expression,

”In the end, with the Hall Master taking the lead and the rest of us providing support, we spent an entire month on the hunt.”

”It came at a heavy cost: three of us were critically injured with their Battle Armor shattered, while the rest suffered minor injuries and had their Battle Armor scrapped.

After killing 18 Ninth-Level Calamity Beasts, we finally combined our strength to finish off the Celestial Calamity Flame Dragon.”

At his words, everyone fell silent.

Emperor Red, the strongest expert in their Xia Country, a Top Level powerhouse who could slay a Ninth-Level Calamity Beast with a single slash...

...still needed to coordinate with nine other Ninth Realm Martial Artists and spend an entire month just to kill a single Tenth-Level Calamity Beast.

And even then, three of them were critically injured and their Tier Nine Battle Armor was scrapped.

This alone was a testament to the power of a Tenth-Level Calamity Beast.

”HISS~”

Many sucked in a cold breath. ’What would happen if such a powerful Tenth-Level Calamity Beast appeared on Blue Star?’

Even if they could eventually kill it, the destruction it would cause in the meantime would be unimaginable.

Even Celestial Blade Liy Qifeng felt a lingering fear. If Emperor Red hadn’t been there, and they had been led by another powerful Ninth Realm expert instead, it was likely a Ninth Realm Martial Artist would have truly fallen.

They might not even have been able to kill the Tenth-Level Calamity Beast, the Celestial Calamity Flame Dragon.

Because even though they were all in the Ninth Realm, Emperor Red was on a completely different level from them.

Whether it was his physical prowess or his Martial Arts Skills, he had reached an unimaginable Realm.

In this hunt, Emperor Red had been the main force. The rest of them were merely support, primarily dealing with the other Calamity Beasts.

Their job was to create distance, securing enough space for Emperor Red to fight the main target one-on-one.

He was lost in thought for a moment before continuing.

”The strength of a Tenth-Level Calamity Beast is even greater than we imagined.”

”Everyone must be mentally prepared. Memorize the information on this Tenth-Level Calamity Beast.”

”If a creature like this appears on our Blue Star, it will cause a massive disaster.”

”The moment one is spotted, activate the highest alert level immediately.”

Everyone nodded with grave expressions. Even Ninth Realm Martial Artists were helpless against such a being.

Naturally, they, as Seventh and Eighth Realm Martial Artists, were even more helpless. All they could do was memorize the information on the Celestial Calamity Flame Dragon.

Liy Qifeng exhaled, then a smile spread across his face.

”Of course, after killing the Celestial Calamity Flame Dragon, we not only collected its corpse but also found its lair.”

”Its lair was built inside a cave, and within it, we found an astonishing amount of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.”

Everyone’s eyes lit up. For Liy Qifeng to use the word ”astonishing,” the haul must have been truly immense.

A rare smile appeared on the North River Sword King’s face as he switched the screen, displaying a list of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, followed by a large amount of data.

”Many of the resources from inside will be added to the Red Dome Martial Arts Dojo’s merit exchange.”

”They can only be exchanged for using Merit Points and Teaching Points.”

Everyone else’s attention was already captivated by the list:

”Soul Grass, Marrow Core Fruit, Blood Exchange Fruit, Earth Core Milk...”

”These are all Top Level Cultivation Resources! They’re highly beneficial even for Eighth Realm Martial Artists.”

Even Xue Zhou wore a look of intense longing.

He needed many of them, and a few could even increase his chances of breaking through to the Ninth Realm.

”Huh? Awakening Fruit?”

Suddenly, he saw something familiar, and the others noticed it too.

This thing was useless to them, but it could awaken a Special Ability, making it invaluable for geniuses.

”Awakening Fruits... and ten of them?”

Someone exclaimed in shock. The others were just as astonished—ten Awakening Fruits was an incredible find.

Liy Qifeng slowly began to explain.

”We discovered a batch of Awakening Fruits in the Celestial Calamity Flame Dragon’s lair.”

”For now, there are ten available for exchange. The other Awakening Fruits will be released later.”

Dean Liu sighed in admiration. With these ten Awakening Fruits, their Xia Country could produce several more SS-level geniuses.

An Unawakened S-class genius and an Awakened SS-level genius were on two completely different Levels.

The ceiling for an Unawakened genius was a Seventh Realm Martial Artist, but the ceiling for an SS-level genius was the Ninth Realm.

He could already imagine the crowd of Martial Artists who would compete for the Awakening Fruits. While the price might not reach the sky-high sum he had sold one for in the past, they would still fetch a very good price.

To be honest, 10 Awakening Fruits were nowhere near enough for the Xia Country to distribute. They had 30 new S-class geniuses every year, accumulating to over 100 people over several years.

Awakening Fruits were far too few.

And it was likely that other countries would want them too.

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A moment later, the meeting concluded.

Only Celestial Blade Liy Qifeng and the North River Sword King remained.

Liy Qifeng spoke up.

”A portion of the Awakening Fruits this time will be used to trade for resources with the White Eagle Federation and the Bear Country.”

”We will use the flesh and blood of the Tenth-Level Calamity Beast to strive for another breakthrough in strength.”

”Little Yu, you just broke through, so you have a lot of room for improvement.”

The North River Sword King nodded. He felt far too weak right now, much weaker than the other Ninth Realm Martial Artists.

’Fortunately, he was a member of the Red Dome Martial Arts Dojo. They had brought him along for the hunt of the Celestial Calamity Flame Dragon, so he had contributed and would be able to get a share of its flesh and blood to raise his Cultivation.’

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