Chapter 727: One Against Many, Young Venerable

Ji Yun had an intense urge to go berserk!

’Damn it! I’m a prodigy who reached the Great Perfection of the Nine Forbidden, a flawless fusion of the resources of two worlds! I’ve walked this path without a single misstep!’

’Now I’ve even reached the Peak of the Fourth Refining Realm of Sword Tribulation, absorbed Dao Rhyme Fragments to transform, and synchronized with the Laws of the entire cosmos. My Battle Power is unmatched! I out-level you, Ye Tianling, by a full three Realms, and I still can’t defeat you?’

’How the hell do you cultivate?!’

’How can you be so outrageously talented?!’

’You’ve even broken past the Nine Forbidden? Once we’ve reached that limit, how is it possible to break through the Nine Forbidden Battle Power even further?’

Ji Yun was already cursing up a storm in his head.

If they weren’t enemies, Ji Yun truly wanted to humbly ask for guidance.

But now, that was impossible.

Guidance? Now, there could only be one tragic outcome: a fight to the death.

Because this battle had stirred his True Fire. His Battle Intent was running wild, and he no longer had any desire to hold back!

At the same time, Ji Yun finally understood the meaning behind Ji Hui’s words. He also understood why, in a similar fight, Ji Xian couldn’t even block a single punch.

He was even certain that Ye Tianling hadn’t used even five percent of his full Battle Power in the punch that struck Ji Xian.

Unfortunately, they hadn’t realized it at the time. Otherwise, this battle could have been avoided entirely.

Ji Yun was incredibly frustrated, feeling the urge to cough up blood.

His frustration at having offended such an unkillable enemy was palpable.

With Talent like this, how could the Dragon Race not place great importance on him?

’What’s the point of continuing this fight?’

He couldn’t defeat Ye Tianling, but he couldn’t back down either, because it was obvious Ye Tianling wouldn’t let him.

What was even more terrifying was that Ji Yun didn’t want to rely on Dao Rhyme Fragments to raise his Realm again. That kind of advancement came at a price!

Of course, raising his Realm by three levels posed no hidden dangers, but using Dao Rhyme Fragments was a matter of momentum: the first push is vigorous, the second wanes, and the third is exhausted.

Three was the limit. He could still raise his Realm beyond that, but it would no longer be a natural transformation; it would create significant hidden dangers.

The most terrifying part was, judging by Ye Tianling’s condition, he also possessed over one hundred thousand Dao Rhyme Fragments.

With so many Dao Rhyme Fragments, Ye Tianling’s Realm was incredibly stable. It was obvious that even if he had used them to transform, he had only advanced a single Realm, leaving two more transformations unused.

Ye Tianling was only in the Sword Void First Transformation Realm, yet Ji Yun already felt completely overwhelmed and couldn’t defeat him.

If Ye Tianling were to advance two more Realms from his current foundation, the final result would be terrifying to imagine.

It was only a matter of Time. In the end, unless Ji Yun was willing to sacrifice his future and act on impulse by continuing to raise his Realm, he would be beaten to death by Ye Tianling once their Realms grew closer.

At this moment, Ji Yun deeply understood the helplessness and pain of Qianyu Fairy, whose defensive Talent was supposedly unmatched.

He gave Qianyu a deep look. She, too, had already begun to use Dao Rhyme Fragments to transform.

With a tacit understanding, they both moved to suppress Ye Tianling.

The battle had begun and could not be stopped. Therefore, their only choice was to join forces and kill Ye Tianling now, before he could use his own Dao Rhyme Fragments to raise his Realm.

At the same time, after he and Qianyu attacked, Ji Yun signaled for Ji Nan and Ji Yuan to retreat.

The Battle Power of those two was also outrageously high, but in this situation, it was nowhere near enough. They couldn’t even block a single one of Ye Tianling’s attacks.

If Ye Tianling attacked, they would be obliterated in a single exchange, unable to even mount a defense.

So, Ji Yun had them fall back. Although Ji Yuan and Ji Nan were resentful, they obediently retreated.

At this point, it wasn’t just Ji Nan and Ji Yuan who retreated; many of the other prodigies fell back as well.

At the same time, however, Duan Cangyue, Liu Yueru, Su Wanhe, Su Mufan, and even Qiu Yuan and Qiu Li began to make their moves.

Meanwhile, Chu Yan and Chu Yun actually retreated, choosing not to attack Ye Tianling.

A group of prodigies, one after another, entered the Third and even Fourth Refining Realms of Sword Tribulation, and charged toward Ye Tianling.

Ye Tianling was already at a disadvantage against Ji Yun alone. Now, with nearly thirty prodigies joining forces against him, the pressure on him multiplied countless times over.

He fought on all sides, pushing his One Qi Three Pure Technique to its absolute limit. He manifested the Yuqing, Upper Qing, and Taiqing Dao Bodies, and the three great Dao Bodies appeared at once.

Along with his original self, four Ye Tianlings attacked simultaneously, striking out in all directions.

He also brought out the ’Baiyu Demon God Radiant Bow’. Fighting one against many, he was at a disadvantage, but he still managed to land some effective blows.

If Ye Tianling found an opening against one of the weaker Cultivators, he would unleash a sword strike or an Arrow, piercing them through the brow and pinning their corpse in the Void.

Twenty-nine Cultivators besieged him. After just over a hundred breaths, Ye Tianling seized an opportunity, unleashed the Space-Time Law, and slew seven of them.

The remaining twenty-two Cultivators were all peerless prodigies. It was now incredibly difficult for Ye Tianling to kill any of them, let alone with a single strike.

But Ye Tianling was not afraid and threw himself into battle against them.

The altar fell silent as the sky and earth grew even darker.

The air grew colder and more desolate, and the environment of the Underground Palace became increasingly unstable.

Ye Tianling battled against heaven and earth, clashing with the numerous prodigies. Their fight raged from the sky to the ground, from above the altar to the starry void beyond.

The battle became a frenzied melee.

Ye Tianling had fought countless battles, large and small, since he first began his journey. But this was almost the first time he had fought against his peers with all his might and still failed to gain the slightest advantage.

He had always been overwhelmingly dominant. Now, facing these true prodigies, he understood what genuine Divine Sons and Divine Ladies were really like.

And although he was powerful, he realized that against a Divine Child of this caliber, even with a Battle Power of Breaking Ten, he might not be able to crush them with a single punch as he always had.

The battle fell into an incredibly difficult stalemate.

As the prodigies gradually adapted to the Battle Power of the Sword Tribulation Four Refinings, Ye Tianling found himself increasingly at a disadvantage.

And yet, not a single Cultivator looked down on Ye Tianling, because he was fighting one against many.

Because Ye Tianling’s Battle Power had already surpassed the Nine Forbidden, achieving Breaking Ten. He was a true Young Venerable.

Such an enemy, no matter how hateful, no matter how much of a Demon he was, still deserved respect.

Ye Tianling staggered. Another attack erupted—a combined strike from nine great prodigies—and sent him flying back.

A series of CRACKS echoed from Ye Tianling’s body. Fissures appeared in his flesh, and blood began to flow. He had been wounded for the first time.

At that moment, Ye Tianling knew the tide had turned against him. He had to find a way to transform—to raise his Realm or further increase his Battle Power.

’My Battle Power can’t be raised any further, and I don’t know how to absorb these Dao Rhyme Fragments.’

’Then, the only option left is to raise my Realm!’

"Tribulation! Hell Celestial Tribulation!"

At that moment, Ye Tianling looked like a peerless madman, his eyes turning blood-red.

At this moment, he was preparing to undergo his Tribulation!

He would face his Tribulation right here, in front of all these prodigies! He would use the peerless Hell Celestial Tribulation to fight them all, dragging every single one of them into its wrath and forcing them to face it alongside him. They would become his shields!