I Can Upgrade Everything Infinitely - Chapter 197 - 187: Passing the Trial and Leaving the Deserted Village
Chapter 197: Chapter 187: Passing the Trial and Leaving the Deserted Village
Time flew by.
In the time that followed, Xu Qing and Ye Langtian endured three more beast tides. Ye Langtian’s Frenzied Battle Intent reached the Fourth Realm, but Xu Qing’s had hit a plateau, making further improvement difficult.
The fourth tide.
The beast tide erupted once more.
“Master.”
Ye Langtian took a deep breath. His eyes were filled with madness and fury; the insanity of his Mad Blood and the fury of his Battle Intent had fused together perfectly within him.
“I can feel it.”
Ye Langtian raised his head. He looked beyond the village, his gaze falling upon the endless mountain range that surrounded it. “The source of the frenzy.”
“Mm.”
A faint smile touched Xu Qing’s lips. “You’ve finally sensed it.”
Clearly, the trial of the Mysterious: Deserted Village was meant for Ye Langtian to master the Devouring Technique and his Frenzied Battle Intent.
Passing the trial of the Mysterious: Deserted Village wasn’t difficult. In fact, it was quite straightforward. All one had to do was use their Frenzied Battle Intent to carefully sense the source of the frenzy, then devour that source to stop the beast tide.
If, however, one failed to master Frenzied Battle Intent, sense the source of the frenzy, and devour it with the Devouring Technique, the beast tide would be endless.
The Ink Qilin that Xu Qing and Ye Langtian had last encountered was, naturally, not the strongest Fierce and Frenzied Beast. As long as the source of the frenzy remained, even if they joined forces to slay the Ink Qilin, even more powerful Fierce and Frenzied Beasts would appear in its place.
Truly endless.
Moreover, the longer the beast tides continued, the stronger the Ferocious Beasts became. Eventually, Frenzied Exotic Beasts that had surpassed the Second Realm and entered the Third Realm would even start to appear.
“Yes, Master.”
Ye Langtian nodded. “I know how to pass the trial of the Mysterious: Deserted Village now.”
“Then let’s go,” Xu Qing said.
“Yes.”
SWOOSH! SWOOSH!
Xu Qing and Ye Langtian transformed into two streaks of light and shot out from the village. They stood suspended in the air, looking down upon the seemingly endless beast tide.
“Kill!”
BOOM! BOOM!!!
With a thunderous roar, Xu Qing and Ye Langtian charged back into the beast tide. They unleashed their immense power, executing terrifyingly destructive techniques.
SPLAT! SPLAT! SPLAT!!!
ROAR! ROAR!!!
Countless Frenzied Beasts, Frenzied Demonic Beasts, and Fierce and Frenzied Beasts were slain by Xu Qing and Ye Langtian as they fought their way against the tide, pushing deep into the mountain forest.
“Found it.”
Guided by their Frenzied Battle Intent, Xu Qing and Ye Langtian found the source of the frenzy within just a few minutes. It was a Temple, standing tall amidst the dense mountain forest. Inside the Temple stood a statue.
The two approached swiftly.
Upon closer inspection, the statue depicted a burly, middle-aged man clad in battle armor. He held a Heaven-piercing Halberd, his posture radiating a soaring Battle Intent and containing a terrifying Frenzied Battle Intent.
Clearly, the statue in the Temple was the source of the frenzy.
“Go on,” Xu Qing said.
“Yes, Master.”
Ye Langtian nodded respectfully.
ROAR!!!
At that moment, terrifying roars echoed from all around as gigantic Fierce and Frenzied Beasts appeared. Xu Qing once again saw the Hill Giant, the Titan Giant Bear, the Giant Spirit Python, and the Ink Qilin.
Four great Ferocious Beasts had arrived.
Without a moment’s hesitation, the four most powerful Fierce and Frenzied Beasts charged, aiming to kill both Xu Qing and Ye Langtian. Xu Qing, however, sent Ye Langtian toward the Temple while he faced the four great Ferocious Beasts alone.
“KILL!!!”
RUMBLE!!!
The commotion from the battle was immense. The terrifying shockwaves it produced sent parts of the surrounding forest flying, making the very earth shake and the mountains tremble.
Terrifying.
Truly terrifying.
“Fight!”
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!!!
Xu Qing’s gaze was icy, his Battle Intent surging. One after another, Level 20 items and tools materialized around him, amplifying his power layer by layer.
Clearly, even while fighting one against four, Xu Qing was not at a disadvantage.
Xu Qing took a deep breath. ’Thanks to the Encyclopedia of All Things, I can just hole up somewhere and practice my Martial Arts every day to raise their Level, thereby improving my Martial Dao strength and Realm.’
’But… combat Experience can’t be gained that way. I have to personally go through one battle after another, absorbing Experience and improving myself in the process.’
’This time… my greatest gain from entering the Mysterious: Deserted Village isn’t the Sixth Layer Perfection of my Frenzied Battle Intent. It’s the combat Experience I’ve gained from one life-or-death battle after another.’
’This combat Experience will allow me to maximize my fighting strength with minimal Power, to defeat powerful enemies I can beat using the least amount of effort.’
「Inside the Temple.」
’Devouring Technique.’
BOOM!
Ye Langtian stood before the black statue. At his mental command, he raised his right hand and unleashed the simplified version of the Devouring Technique. A black vortex enveloped the entire statue.
VMM! VMM!
The next moment, the statue came to life. A black phantom appeared, and an even more terrifying Frenzied Battle Intent surged forth, threatening to overwhelm Ye Langtian’s consciousness.
“You…”
Ye Langtian could finally see it clearly. As the statue came to life, a dignified, middle-aged man in a black robe appeared. He held a Heaven-piercing Halberd, and beneath his robes, he wore black battle armor that radiated a palpable, oppressive aura.
Moreover, Ye Langtian felt a sense of kinship that seemed to originate from the very depths of his bloodline.
“A descendant of the Ye Family, one with the Mad Blood.”
The black-robed man stared at Ye Langtian. “I am Ye Qiantian, the one-thousand-and-eightieth generation successor of the Ye Family’s Mad Blood. The world knows me as the Furious Battle Venerable.”
“…”
Ye Langtian fell silent for a moment.
“You’re quite impressive.”
The phantom of the black-robed man, who called himself the Furious Battle Venerable, sized up Ye Langtian. “Not only have you achieved Magic and Martial Dual Cultivation, but you managed to awaken the Mad Blood within you at the Fourth Turn Demon Pill Realm. You then used its power to master a simplified version of the Devouring Technique, and now you have passed this trial.”
Confusion filled Ye Langtian’s mind. ’What does he mean?’
Clearly, many questions still remained unanswered in the depths of Ye Langtian’s mind.
“You’ll have to find the answers to many things on your own. If the answers were too easy to obtain, wouldn’t that be dreadfully boring?”
The Furious Battle Venerable chuckled mockingly.
VMM!
As soon as his voice faded, the Furious Battle Venerable’s figure vanished, transforming into a sphere of blackish-red light. This sphere was the Origin of the frenzy, the source of the beast tide.
Although Ye Langtian had not yet reached the Sixth Turn Demon Pill Realm, he had shown even greater potential. He was able to awaken the Mad Blood within him while only at the Fourth Turn Demon Pill Realm and had even used it to master a simplified version of the Devouring Technique.
Thus, this showed far greater potential than someone who only mastered the Devouring Technique after reaching the Sixth Turn Demon Pill Realm before passing the trial.
Because of this, the Furious Battle Venerable had not made things difficult for Ye Langtian.
’Devouring Technique.’
BOOM!
Ye Langtian raised his right hand. At his mental command, the simplified Devouring Technique activated. A devouring black hole formed in his palm and swallowed the source of the frenzy.
CRACK! CRACK!
Then, cracks spread across the statue in the Temple. It rapidly crumbled, turning into a cloud of ash that scattered into the air.
CLANG!
Only a pitch-black Heaven-piercing Halberd was left, falling to the ground before Ye Langtian.
「Outside the Temple.」
’Hm?’
Xu Qing also sensed the disappearance of the frenzied source’s aura. He looked toward the Temple and saw that the statue inside had already crumbled to dust.
ROAR! ROAR!
At the same time, with the disappearance of the frenzied source, the Hill Giant, Titan Giant Bear, Giant Spirit Python, and Ink Qilin that were besieging Xu Qing all turned to ash and dissipated.
Not only that, but every single Frenzied Beast, Frenzied Demonic Beast, and Fierce and Frenzied Beast vanished.
They simply vanished into thin air, dissipating like ash.
’This is…’
Ye Langtian slowly came to his senses. He had already devoured the source of the frenzy; it now existed within him, a part of his very Power. ’The Frenzied Battle Halberd!’
Ye Langtian rose to his feet.
He reached out with his right hand and grasped the black halberd. He felt a frenzied Power surging from it, one that resonated with both his own Frenzied Battle Intent and the source of the frenzy he had just absorbed.
With this, Ye Langtian’s combat power increased severalfold.
RUMBLE!!!
Immediately after, the Temple collapsed.
“How did it go?”
SWOOSH!
Xu Qing cut through the air and landed in front of Ye Langtian.
“Master, I have succeeded.”
Ye Langtian quickly replied, “I have devoured the ’source of the frenzy’ and obtained this Frenzied Battle Halberd. Please, Master, take a look.”
“Good.”
Xu Qing nodded.
Then, Xu Qing took the Frenzied Battle Halberd in his hands, but he couldn’t sense the Power it contained, nor could he make it resonate with his own Frenzied Battle Intent.
Apparently, the Frenzied Battle Halberd possessed its own consciousness and Spirituality and had already acknowledged Ye Langtian as its master. Xu Qing couldn’t use it, and Ye Langtian couldn’t transfer control to him.
Because of this, Xu Qing was unable to use the Encyclopedia of All Things to record and upgrade the Frenzied Battle Halberd.
’A pity.’
Xu Qing shook his head and handed the Frenzied Battle Halberd back to Ye Langtian. “This weapon isn’t a good fit for me. You should be the one to use it.”
“Yes, Master.”
Ye Langtian nodded respectfully.
VMM! VMM!
At that moment, the space and environment around them began to twist and distort, as if they were being sucked into a vortex. Night turned into day in an instant.
“This is…”
Xu Qing was stunned for a moment. When the world settled, he found they were back in Ye Family Village, which was once again completely deserted.
The clamor of the night had given way to the silence of the day.
“Master.”
“This is great! We’ve finally found you, Master!”
At that moment, the Vajra Daoist Soldier and the Ice Daoist Soldier also appeared before Xu Qing.
“Mm.”
Xu Qing nodded.
He had a good idea of what had happened.
’Ye Langtian passed the trial of the Mysterious: Deserted Village, so everything has returned to normal. It won’t be long now before we can get out of here.’
