Ninth in The World - Chapter 260

Chapter 260

During the course of this month, spirit meridians were being continuously blasted out, and cultivators kept joining in . Every time a spirit meridian was extracted, a battle would ensue . During each battle over a spirit meridian, being killed was normal . The relentless, silly Di Jiu would have been forgotten by everybody if he had not been slashing with his saber all this while .

Di Jiu, on the other hand, was feeling that his Saber Dao was at the edge of a breakthrough . It might take only one more move for his Saber Dao to break through to a new realm .

When Di Jiu executed the 108th saber again, the natural restriction shielding the supreme-grade spirit meridian emitted a splitting sound . A sense of realization gushed as Di Jiu executed the 109th saber without a thought .

This saber amalgamated with the preceding 108th saber without any difference or mismatch .

Crack! An even louder splitting sound was heard before an intensely dense Spirit Qi lunged forward . When Di Jiu lifted his hand in a ripping motion, this natural restriction, which he had been blasting for the past month, simply dissipated .

A 1,000-feet long, supreme-grade spirit meridian lay in front of him—complete, pure, with some kind of spirit meridian law…

Di Jiu felt somewhat excited, not just about the supreme-grade spirit meridian, but also because his Saber Dao had once again attained new heights . From this moment on, every subsequent supreme-grade spirit meridian would be his .

Had the natural restriction array been opened? Everybody stopped what they were doing and stared in awe at the supreme-grade spirit meridian in front of Di Jiu . In a split-second, at least 100 cultivators rushed madly towards Di Jiu .

“This spirit meridian is mine! I’ll kill whoever touches it!” said a freezing voice . The cultivators rushing towards Di Jiu stopped unconsciously, as if they had been hit on their acupoints .

A man in hemp clothing gave up on the natural Defense Array he was attacking and walked towards Di Jiu .

Di Jiu lifted his hand and put away the supreme-grade spirit meridian . He then looked at the man in the hemp clothes, who was walking over . He knew this man—he was the only seventh-stage Life Tribulation Realm cultivator there .

“You have great guts . ” The man in the hemp clothes approached Di Jiu . Although he was talking to Di Jiu, his gaze fell on the point his saber had attacked . It was the point Di Jiu had been blasting for a whole month .

Just like the other cultivators, he had thought that Di Jiu was an idiot . Now, he understood—Di Jiu was not an idiot . He merely had his own technique . This technique was a priceless treasure .

“Since when have I had great guts?” Di Jiu said coldly . “I saw that your cultivation level was high, so I quickly went to the place farthest away from you to search for spirit meridians, my respected elder . I was worried that…”

The supreme-grade spirit meridian was indeed quite a distance away from the high-grade spirit meridian .

“What were you worried about?” The aura surrounding the man in the hemp clothes spread outwards . The whole area was completely enveloped by his aura .

Anyone with a weaker cultivation backed off frantically . They knew very well who the man in the hemp clothes was . If a fight broke out, anyone standing near him might be implicated .

Di Jiu stroked the Heavenly Aqua Saber in his hands and sighed . “I was worried that I would smash your old bones carelessly . If I made another mistake, I would let you bleed out, old man . However, I’ve been bullied too many times over the years, so I knew that if I beat up a little one, an older one would appear . There must be an even older undying old fart behind you, old man . Why wouldn’t I be afraid?”

“You are indeed an upcoming genius . I, Ran Bushang, have heard a lot about you, Young Master Red Embellishment . You are still as vicious with your words as ever . Pity Pavilion Lord Huan is not on the Small Central Planet now . He can’t help you . ” The man in the hemp clothes, who was not provoked by Di Jiu’s words, continued to speak in an unhurried tone .

As Di Jiu shook his hand, the Heavenly Aqua Saber fell . However, instead of landing on the ground, it was swirled up by a flash of Spiritual Force onto the palms of his hands . “Oh! You gave me a bad scare . I almost dropped my saber . I thought Senior Huan was behind me . This is the Small Central Planet, though, not the square outside . Ran Bushang, please don’t intimidate others like this, you old fart . Even a pig could scare a man to death . ”

At first, Di Jiu hadn’t recognized this man . He had only remembered who he was after he’d said his name . Ran Bushang was a seventh-stage Life Tribulation Realm cultivator who ranked 37th on the Life Roll . He was also an inner sect elder of the Mirage Sword Sect . His fighting spirit currently soared . Di Jiu wanted to know how far apart he and a real Life Tribulation Realm expert were .

According to Huan Mingzi, Life Tribulation Realm cultivators were common in the True Province Genius Tournament .

Although killing intent flashed across Ran Bushang’s eyes, he didn’t attack Di Jiu . This wasn’t because he was tolerant, but because he was sure that Di Jiu had mastered a way to open the natural restriction of a supreme-grade spirit meridian . He had to make Di Jiu reveal the method before killing him .

He wasn’t the least bit afraid of Huan Mingzi, even if he had Di Jiu’s back .

“I am Ran Bushang, number 37 on the Life Roll . I will give you two options—hand over that spirit meridian and reveal the way to break the array . ” As Ran Bushang spoke, his intense aura suppressed Di Jiu’s actions .

Di Jiu sighed . “I am thick-skinned enough . However, I only found out what a real pig’s skin is like when I compared myself to you . I extracted the spirit meridian by myself . Why should I hand it over to you? This method is mine . Why should I share it? Why don’t you look yourself in the mirror? Why? To see if your face is bigger than a pig’s ass . You only reached number 37 on the Life Roll after cultivating for a few thousand years! What a waste of life! Don’t you feel any shame?”

Ran Bushang’s face looked gloomy . He knew that Di Jiu wouldn’t relent if he didn’t take action . He had heard of Young Master Red Embellishment’s bad temper . He hadn’t even lasted a move when he had challenged Ren Hai previously . However, he had made the Five Young Masters hand over the Spiritual Force training jade slip only by persuading them . It looked like he truly could only win a battle of the tongue .

Ran Bushang took out the Divine Fire Mirror and flung it towards Di Jiu . At the moment, the whole area was under his control . He was sure that Di Jiu’s body would crumble as soon as the mirror was flung out . Although this move didn’t use any magic techniques, it was blasted mercilessly with nearly 70% of his Quintessential Essence . He planned to destroy Di Jiu’s body and then search his Principal Spirit .

Di Jiu, who had been waiting for Ran Bushang to strike, felt helpless . If he had the support of a top-notch sect, he wouldn’t need to waste his breath on Ran Bushang . The moment Ran Bushang struck, he made a move without hesitation . He couldn’t make the first move against Ran Bushang, precisely because he didn’t have a powerful support . He only had limited strength .

When the Heavenly Aqua Saber struck, the space that had been restrained by Ran Bushang simply dispersed .

Ran Bushang’s expression changed . He immediately realized that he had underestimated Di Jiu and concentrated all the rest of his Quintessential Essence on the Divine Fire Mirror .

Di Jiu’s saber wave had just gushed out when it met the Quintessential Essence on the Divine Fire Mirror and raged instantly .

Di Jiu didn’t hold back any of his saber strikes . He blasted out all of them . The Heavenly Aqua Saber looked like any other ordinary saber, yet it consisted of the killing aura of 109 Saber Daos . Each killing aura was stronger than the previous one .

Boom, boom, boom!

As the ferocious Saber Dao killing aura blasted against the Divine Fire Mirror, messy saber flare and Quintessential Essence exploded . Only the never-ending clanging sound from the collision of the saber and the mirror rang out in the whole area .

When he sensed that the saber aura of Di Jiu’s Heavenly Aqua Saber kept growing stronger after each strike, Ran Bushang smirked . Given Di Jiu’s strength, it would already be a miracle if the saber strikes lasted for 81 moves .

The moment Di Jiu’s saber aura weakened, his body would be crushed . He wouldn’t give Di Jiu any chance to catch his breath .

Although 81 saber strikes had blasted against the Divine Fire Mirror, the saber aura hadn’t diminished . The 82nd saber strike followed immediately . Ran Bushang couldn’t escape from the uninterrupted succession of the Saber Dao killing aura .

By the time the 90th saber strike blasted against the Divine Fire Mirror without any reduction in saber intent, Ran Bushang’s expression changed .

Di Jiu, who sensed the change in Ran Bushang’s emotions, smirked . “Just a month ago, a piece of trash named Yue Henghe showed off in my face and I crushed him with a single fist move . He was supposed to be on the Tripod Roll . I didn’t expect that I would kill a piece of trash on the Life Roll just a month later…”

Ran Bushang was shocked . He knew Yue Henghe—he was second on the Tripod Roll . Even he wouldn’t dare move against him, as he possessed sword intent from the Domain Realm . If that sword intent flashed, Ran Bushang would surely die or be left half-dead . However, Young Master Red Embellishment had actually said that Yue Henghe had died in his hands . Ran Bushang didn’t think Yue Henghe would be killed before his sword intent was triggered .

The 108th saber strike blasted against the Divine Fire Mirror . Ran Bushang, who couldn’t take this any longer, spurted out a mouthful of fresh blood . When he sensed a 109th saber strike coming up, he knew that he had to run . Otherwise, this would become his burial ground .

On the surface, the killing aura of the 109th saber intent was only one level up from the 108th strike . However, this wasn’t the case . Two times one equaled two, but two times two equaled four… Thus, the 109th saber strike was not just two times more powerful than the previous one .

After blocking off the Saber Dao killing aura of 108 uninterrupted saber strikes, Ran Bushang had reached his limit . Before he could put away the Divine Fire Mirror, he activated the escape talisman .

If he didn’t run, he could have resisted Di Jiu’s last saber strike . However, after he left, the Divine Fire Mirror could no longer resist the 109th saber strike . A white flare slashed at Ran Bushang’s back, making blood spurt in the air .

By the time the Divine Fire Mirror landed on the ground, Ran Bushang had already disappeared .

Di Jiu knew that Ran Bushang had escaped . He wasn’t really able to kill Ran Bushang in one saber move . However, Ran Bushang had been awestruck by his 109th saber strike .

Di Jiu now had a rough idea of his own strength . If Ran Bushang hadn’t escaped, he would have been able to kill him . He might just have needed to use a saber array . Although Ran Bushang was only at the seventh-stage Life Tribulation Realm, he was one of the best Life Tribulation Realm cultivators and the 37th person on the Life Roll . From the looks of it, he should be able to compete in the True Province Genius Roll after he attained the Life Tribulation Realm .

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