Chapter 1056 - 1156: Spiral Nine Turns

Ye Tianfan's modifications to the Ye Family's Seventy-Six Techniques were nearing a complete reinvention, though it was still merely close, not a total remake.

It was as if Ye Tianfan used the Ye Family's Seventy-Six Techniques as the backbone, and then adorned this framework with his own ideas, so the current Seventy-Six Techniques he executed directly became a new version that belonged solely to him.

For instance, the Spiral Assault technique Ye Tianfan used before; he could only kick out with one foot to create a shockwave. However, after his transformation, it was changed to kick out one foot, creating nine shockwaves. These shockwaves have extremely strong penetration and are much faster than before; they can even curve under Ye Tianfan's control, and the nine shockwaves can cause explosions when they converge.

Thus, Ye Tianfan gave this Spiral Assault a new name. After all, being able to release nine shockwaves concurrently made the name Spiral Assault seem quite petty, so Ye Tianfan renamed it Spiral Nine-Turn.

The name Spiral Nine-Turn implies the ability to emit nine shockwaves and also turn corners.

After upgrading Spiral Assault to Spiral Nine-Turn, Ye Tianfan's reaping ability greatly increased, and at the extremity of Spiral Nine-Turn, Ye Tianfan could further gather them to cause an explosion, harvesting many more Earth Men and Earth Beasts.

Previously, using Spiral Assault, Ye Tianfan could reap a dozen Earth Men and Earth Beasts with one spin, but now with the upgraded Spiral Nine-Turn, he can reap hundreds in one spin, and if they are more densely packed, Ye Tianfan could even reap a thousand at once.

This created a temporary vacuum around Ye Tianfan, during which he could think about other things, like modifying other techniques of the Ye Family's Seventy-Six Techniques, or contemplating where to strike to maximize his lethal effectiveness.

After all, Ye Tianfan's rewards were based on the number of Earth Men and Earth Beasts he killed, so he needed to take down as many as possible.

Gradually, Ye Tianfan noticed that these Earth creatures were growing stronger. Although the increase in power wasn't particularly fast, he definitely felt it.

While Ye Tianfan pondered why these Earth Men and Earth Beasts were growing stronger, the voice of the Guardian Spirit came again, seemingly to remind him!

"These soil-generated puppets share their strength with others when they die. This means the enemies you face will become stronger. Although there are many of them, if you kill enough, the enemies you face will steadily increase in power."

After hearing the Guardian Spirit's words, Ye Tianfan finally understood that his feeling of the increasing strength of the Earth Men and Earth Beasts was not an illusion but the truth.

The reason Ye Tianfan felt these Earth Men and Earth Beasts were growing stronger was that initially, his shockwaves could easily shatter them.

But now, while his shockwaves could still break them, the fragments were much larger, unlike before where they were smashed to powder.

So Ye Tianfan felt that their defenses had slightly increased; though it wasn't enough to completely defend against his attacks, it was beginning to build up some resistance.

Moreover, crucially, Ye Tianfan's Spiritual Power was diminishing, while the strength of these Earth Men and Earth Beasts increased, leading to a situation where Ye Tianfan could no longer defeat them and would be overpowered.

Additionally, Ye Tianfan initially thought that using external Spiritual Power could supplement his own, so he kept only two bottles of Spiritual Power restoration pills on him, and had already used one, leaving only one bottle left. With just this, continued combat seemed impossible unless he lifted the Seal on himself.

Moreover, the Guardian Spirit had even sealed Ye Tianfan's Treasure Lotus as a Magical Treasure inside his Dantian, leaving him with no way to replenish his Spiritual Power other than using the last bottle of pills.

If Ye Tianfan had the Treasure Lotus, he could continually draw on its converted Spiritual Power. Besides which, the Treasure Lotus could create scenarios, transforming the surroundings into a fortress with only one entrance, making things much easier. In exhaustion, he could block the entrance and rest before continuing.

In this way, holding out for a month wouldn't be a problem, but now that one bottle of pills was nearly exhausted, only a week had passed.

And there was still a long way to go, with only one bottle of pills left. Even if he used it sparingly, he couldn't make it last until the end. Ye Tianfan wondered if being killed by these Earth Men and Earth Beasts meant actual death, given this trial had no other function than constant killing. If he could kill them, the possibility existed that he could also be killed by them, or perhaps part of the trial was testing his ability to survive this endless slaughter.

After all, these endless Earth Men and Earth Beasts were against a physical, blood-and-flesh being whose wounds would bleed from their attacks, thus not virtual.

Thinking about this, Ye Tianfan suddenly realized the Guardian Spirit only mentioned good rewards upon passing, not what would happen if one failed. Although the Guardian Spirit said even killing one Earth Man or Earth Beast would count as passing, the trial lasted a month, and if he died within this time, what would that mean?

At this thought, Ye Tianfan took a sharp breath, realizing he had overlooked such an important issue, having never considered what he would face if he died in this trial.