High Martial Arts: I Awaken a Low-Tier Martial System

Chapter 1226: Chapter 552: The Power of an Executive Elder!

Moon-Grasping Divine Hall, side hall.

“Two thousand stages.”

“That Jiang Ye, he’s already broken through?” When the Silver Moon Palace Master received this news, a ripple immediately flashed across her expression.

Previously, she had judged that Jiang Ye’s limit was two thousand stages.

But she hadn’t expected Jiang Ye to break past it so quickly.

This level of combat power had already surpassed her expectations, even making her feel a trace of surprise.

“This fellow countryman of yours is not simple at all.” The Silver Moon Palace Master looked at the Marquis of the Blue Sky beside her, her tone carrying a hint of gravity.

“Teacher is absolutely right.”

“Jiang Ye’s Talent truly is astonishing.” The Marquis of the Blue Sky nodded slightly, his expression still calm, as if he had long foreseen all of this.

…

At the same time.

At the foot of Hundred Kun Mountain, powerful figures appeared one after another.

Their auras were thick and vast, emanating the pressure of the Peak of the Divine Body Realm… Among them, the three in the lead had an even more boundless and abyss-like presence, giving off a feeling that they could not be shaken.

[Earth Rankings No. 92 — Profound Nether]

[Earth Rankings No. 89 — Gu Lan]

[Earth Rankings No. 81 — Red Rainbow]

Experts within the top hundred of the Earth Rankings!

As Jiang Ye broke through to the two-thousandth stage, these experts were all alarmed, rushing over from every direction, watching Hundred Kun Mountain from afar.

“Early Divine Body Realm, and he actually managed to reach two thousand stages?”

“He does have some strength.” Profound Nether was shrouded in a black robe, yet his pair of eyes shone exceptionally bright.

“Heh.”

“He’s just a newly Ascended God, who got lucky and pushed to the two-thousandth stage.” Red Rainbow, clad in red, swept a sharp gaze over the stone tablet and shook his head. “He’s still far from even entering the top thousand of the Earth Rankings.”

“Let’s keep watching.”

“I’d like to see whether he can keep going.” Gu Lan, dressed in blue, wore a playful smile.

…

Inside Hundred Kun Mountain.

Jiang Ye did not stop.

Two thousand one hundred stages.

The opponents were even stronger; puppets at the Late Divine Body Realm began to appear in pairs.

After a long, bitter battle, Jiang Ye finally passed.

Two thousand two hundred stages.

Three Late Divine Body Realm puppets attacked simultaneously!

Jiang Ye unleashed the Four Great Laws with full force, pushing his time Domain to the extreme.

After hundreds of exchanges, he finally secured a hard-fought victory.

Two thousand three hundred stages.

The gatekeeping puppets’ strength skyrocketed; the divine abilities and Secret Techniques they displayed were all supreme arts of a level-three civilization, already approaching the level of Peak Divine Body Realm geniuses.

Jiang Ye began to feel out of his depth.

But he didn’t give up.

“Continue!”

“This still isn’t my limit.” Jiang Ye was completely immersed in the trial.

Two thousand four hundred stages.

The puppets’ Talent was further enhanced, fully comparable to the Peak of the Divine Body Realm, with many methods far surpassing those of a level-two civilization.

Jiang Ye fought until his Divine Body was damaged before he barely passed.

“Two thousand five hundred stages.”

Jiang Ye took a deep breath and stepped forward.

“Boom—”

A puppet at the Peak of the Divine Body Realm condensed into being!

Four top-tier Laws coiled around its body; its Talent had reached the Peak of a top-grade evildoer, and its combat skills were flawless.

Even more frightening, it had grasped the root Techniques of a level-three civilization, with a Divine Body foundation unimaginably deep.

This was not something those ordinary Gods of a level-two civilization could compare to.

This was the true genius template of the Caikun Civilization!

For the first time, Jiang Ye felt a true sense of crisis.

“Kill!” He exploded with everything he had, unleashing the Four Great Laws, the time Domain, and the Fire Dragon Spear all at once.

Every trump card was brought out.

However—

The puppet only threw a single punch.

A simple punch, yet it contained the perfect fusion of many supreme arts of a level-three civilization.

“Bang~!!”

Jiang Ye was shaken back hundreds of steps, several cracks splitting open across his Divine Body.

“So strong.”

“With this puppet’s strength, it could probably insta-kill a Peak Divine Body Realm expert of a level-two civilization in a single exchange.” Jiang Ye fully realized the gap between level-two and level-three civilizations.

If Thunder Ash were here instead.

In a single breath, this puppet would be enough to kill him a hundred times over.

The difference between the root Techniques of a level-two civilization and those of a level-three civilization was laid bare here!

“Fortunately.”

“What I Cultivate is a root Technique that can rival those of a level-four civilization.” Jiang Ye understood this. “It’s just that my Realm is dragging me down too much.”

He hesitated no longer.

Jiang Ye gripped his spear tightly and charged forward again.

One thrust, two thrusts, three thrusts…

With each clash, the puppet easily neutralized his attacks.

Jiang Ye tried to trigger [Mayfly Shaking the Tree].

But that passive buff showed no response.

“Why?” Jiang Ye grew increasingly puzzled.

[Mayfly Shaking the Tree] required the opponent’s Realm to be higher than his own.

The puppet was indeed at the Peak of the Divine Body Realm, higher than his Early Divine Body Realm.

So why couldn’t it trigger?

In that instant between lightning and flint, Jiang Ye made a guess.

“The puppet… isn’t truly alive.”

“It doesn’t have the fate of a living being.” Countless thoughts flashed through Jiang Ye’s mind.

[Mayfly Shaking the Tree]’s critical trigger was closely tied to fortune, so this buff’s activation condition was perhaps not just a gap in Realm.

It also required the opponent to be a real living creature, with their own fortune!

A puppet was a dead thing, without fortune, so naturally it could not trigger.

“So that’s how it is.” Jiang Ye understood.

Without the critical bonus, facing a Peak Divine Body Realm, heaven-defying genius-level opponent, he truly found it hard to win.

If the opponent were a real person, he might instead rely on criticals to turn the tables.

But a puppet wouldn’t do.

“There’s no need to keep forcing this.”

Jiang Ye weighed things for a moment, then made his decision.

The Hundred Kun Mountain trial had no limit on attempts; he could always come back after a breakthrough.

There was no need to fight to the point of Severe Injury here.

“I give up.”

As Jiang Ye’s voice fell, a burst of light quickly enveloped him.

He chose to withdraw of his own accord.

“Whoosh~” The light flashed.

Jiang Ye’s figure appeared at the foot of Hundred Kun Mountain.

On the stone tablet outside, his final floor count froze at—

[Jiang Ye: the 2,500th floor]

The entire place fell silent.

A moment later, uproarious noise surged forth like a tidal wave.

“Two thousand five hundred floors!”