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Chapter 216: An Invite to the Entire Sect to a Challenge
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"Senior Brother Yin, rest assured, I'll kill him if I run into him in the Qinghua Rift."
"Ha ha! Senior Brother Yin, I'll cripple him and leave him to you!"
"Senior Brother Yin, you're actually going to pay such a high price for the life of a Lv 7 Spiritual Martial Realm small fry. I'll kill him if I run into him!"
"Ha ha! Killing Su Mo will be my priority in this trial test."
"…"
Many Inner Disciples gave their promises to kill Su Mo.
Their desires to killing Su Mo swelled up in them and their murderous eyes were fixed on him as if he was already a corpse.
Yin Lige's offer was too generous to resist.
A Class 3 treasure!
An opportunity to join the Sky Alliance!
Nobody wanted to miss any of these!
The offer was particularly tempting to those who did not stand a chance of entering the top 10. By ending Su Mo's life, they could gain a reward as rich as the top-10 winners.
Only a few disciples did not show hostility toward Su Mo.
Besides their inferior strength, their fear of Su Mo's powerful Master rendered them to stay away from troubles.
They looked at Su Mo with sympathy.
Su Mo would definitely be dead going against such a strong and virulent group of enemies.
The turn of the event astounded the Seventh Elder.
"Prompting so many people to kill Su Mo?"
Su Mo's face turned gloomy. He never expected Yin Lige would openly abet all the Inner Disciples to kill him in the hope of rooting him out.
Instantly, all the Inner Disciples turned against him.
One single person be the enemy of the entire sect!
Yin Lige smiled gently and looked at Su Mo with coldness.
In order to kill Su Mo once and for all, Yin Lige decided to take no risk by asking all the Inner Disciples to murder Su Mo.
Since Senior Brother Duan had already given clear-cut orders, he would not allow Su Mo to get out of the Qinghua Rift alive.
Yin Lige had the confidence to kill Su Mo, provided he would run into him during the test.
This was not the first time for Yin Lige to take the Qinghua Trial Test. He knew the Qinghua Rift very well. It was a vast place, about 3,000 to 4,000 miles radius. There may be many Sky Alliance disciples, but it would seem insignificant to it.
All the disciples would appear at a random site in the fairyland after they crossed the entrance.
The Sky Alliance had hundreds of members, but their chances of running into Su Mo in the wide expanse of Qinghua Rift may not be high. That was why he invited all the Inner Disciples to murder him.
Even if he or the rest of the Sky Alliance members let Su Mo slipped, there must be someone bumping into him!
Not unless he hid well as soon as he entered the fairyland, and stayed there until the end of the test!0
However, in that case, there was no point for Su Mo in taking the test. Since he did not withdraw, apparently, he would not do that.
"Su Mo, this is what you get for offending the Sky Alliance. You'll be buried in the Qinghua Rift!"
Yin Lige grinned coldly.
Su Mo gave Yin Lige a frosty look, then turned toward the four inner elders and asked, "Sirs, are you going to watch this man instigate everyone to kill me and do nothing?"
Su Mo did not expect the elders to help him, for he knew they would not speak up for him.
He just needed a word from the elders, an impunity amulet for his killing spree during the test.
When the invigilating elder heard Su Mo's question, his eyes flickered with derision and said, "Su Mo, you can also do the same if you're capable of instigating others to kill him!"
The invigilating elder smiled with mockery. He was spouting nonsense.
Su Mo inciting the others to kill Yin Lige?
Was this possible?
Yin Lige represented the top of the inner gate and also the leader of the Sky Alliance within the inner gate. Who dared to offend him? He must be having a death wish!
Su Mo paid no attention to the invigilating elder, instead, he eyed the Seventh Elder. He was waiting for his answer.
"Arrogance!"
When Su Mo ignored the invigilating elder, he immediately flew into a rage.
"How dare he, a nobody at Lv 7 Spiritual Martial Realm, ignore him, an inner elder? So arrogant!"
The other two elders' faces were stolid and remained silent.
As the Seventh Elder noticed Su Mo looking at him, he pondered and said, "We don't ban killing in the Qinghua Rift. If you're killed by them, you can only blame yourself for being less competent!"
The Seventh Elder looked indifferent. He had no intention to help Su Mo.
The Seventh Elder may not be a member of the Sky Alliance, but he would not become an enemy of the Sky Alliance just for Su Mo, an inconsequential disciple.
Su Mo laughed coldly and said, "I'll not spare anyone who wants to kill me. If they were killed by me, they only have themselves to blame for their death!"
The Seventh Elder scoffed and blurted, "You can kill them all if you're capable!"
He was amused. Under such circumstances, Su Mo would rather play tough with the Sky Alliance than to work out on staying alive during the test?
"I hope you remember what you've just said!"
Su Mo nodded earnestly. Then he turned and glanced at all the Inner Disciples on the square, and said proudly, "Anyone who wants my life, come for me anytime in the Qinghua Rift. I'll be waiting for you!"
Su Mo looked murderous. He arrogantly challenged all the Inner Disciples of the sect.
In a world where people respected only the strongest, a coward would endure endless bullying. Only by showing his strength could he earn the deserved honor!
Su Mo was fearless. It was only over 1,000 Inner Disciples.
If they wanted a battle, let us battle! These people would never fear Su Mo or regard him with proper respect unless Su Mo slaughtered them ruthlessly until they no longer dared to belittle him!
"What?"
Everyone was totally stunned!
Su Mo, when faced with so many disciples' desires to kill him, not only did he show no fear, instead he challenged all of them!
Everyone was dumbfounded!
Under this circumstances, Su Mo should be thinking of protecting himself during the test. None of them expected him to invite all to a challenge.
This was madness!
Such arrogance totally ignored the meaning of "death"!
Yin Lige laughed. So did many disciples of the Sky Alliance. Su Mo would die faster for his arrogance.
The Seventh Elder shook his head and felt sorry for Su Mo.
He had heard of Su Mo and his brilliant record of 151 victories at Four Seas Arena in the Imperial City. He was indeed a formidable genius with such talent and combat strength!
If everything went well, Su Mo would become an inner elder of Gale Island in the future or even someone of higher status!
However, Su Mo's fate was unfortunate. There was no way for him to to survive for offending the Sky Alliance.
Even if many high-level executives who appreciated Su Mo's talent could only sympathize with him silently.
Gale Island already had Duan Jingtian!
Su Mo was obviously weaker than the accomplished Duan Jingtian. If the sect was given a choice to choose between the two, no one would select Su Mo!
Duan Jingtian represented the future of Gale Island.
Chapter 217: Masters Everywhere
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Everyone stared at Su Mo speechlessly.
"Is he yelling because he's struggling?" everyone wondered.
After a while, the Seventh Elder said, "Alright, let's not waste any time. We're passing out waist badges to you right now and you should be ready to go!"
Then, a large amount of silver waist badges appeared in front of the Seventh Elder, floating in the air.
The Seventh Elder waved his hand, and all the waist badges miraculously shot towards the Inner Disciples one after another.
Su Mo reached out and grabbed his waist badge.
The Seventh Elder suddenly made a chirping noise, and three giant birds appeared instantly amidst a violent gale.
They were three Griffins of Lv 3 Demonic Beast that were equivalent to martial artists of the True Spirit Realm. They had the bodies and claws of lions, as well as the heads and wings of eagles, making them very intimidating.
Their wingspan was over 100 meters long, and they landed in the Inner Square with a gust of wind.
"Everyone get on the Griffins!"
The Seventh Elder shouted and flew onto a Griffin's back. The other disciples followed suit.
"Let's go!"
Su Mo shouted to Ling Muchen and stepped onto a Griffin's back.
Ling Muchen's face was quite pale. He was scared by the thousands of glares directed towards him that were full of killing desire while he was standing near Su Mo.
He felt like that he had died already at that moment. After a while, he finally took a deep breath and mounted a Griffin.
Whoosh!
When everyone had mounted, the Griffins shot into the air.
The Griffin deserved to be the Lv 3 Demonic Beast; they were as fast as lightning and soared through the skies swiftly.
Strong winds beat on the riders, even forcing some people to use Body-protection Genuine Qi to create an air shield that shielded them from the wind.
Su Mo stood on the Demonic Beasts, gazing down at the distant rivers and mountains and feeling incredibly grateful.
In his past life, he had never had the chance to gaze down on the earth from so high above.
He didn't even feel like this when he rode upon a plane.
"True Spirit Realm!"
"Once I reach the True Spirit Realm, I'll be able to fly!"
Su Mo clenched his fists. He was so close to reaching the True Spirit Realm!
After he reached True Spirit Realm and dealt with his matters in Skymoon Country, Su Mo would leave the country to set out for the Central Continent.
Crossing from the Spiritual Martial Realm to the True Spirit Realm was a huge feat. Martial artists in the True Spirit Realm were close to becoming super-human.
It was rumored that the True Spirit Realm martial artists gained longevity usually, and it was easy for them to reach 150 years of age.
Qi Cultivation Realm was only the beginning of martial arts, so martial artists in Qi Cultivation Realm were also called Martial Disciples.
Martial artists of the Spiritual Martial Realm were already pretty strong and had achieved a little accomplishment in martial arts, so they were called Martial Masters.
Martial artists in the True Spirit Realm were already proficient in martial arts, so they were called Martial Spirits.
Anyone who entered the True Spirit Realm and became a Martial Spirit, was already a top expert in Skymoon Country.
…
Qinghua Rift was in a mountain range in the Southwest of Skymoon Country.
In the mountain ranges was a giant valley surrounded cliff walls that were hundreds of meters high, leaving no way out.
After half a day, Su Mo and his group arrived above the valley.
"Qinghua Rift is right here. Let's go down!" the Seventh Elder said, ordering the Griffins to land in the valley.
Everyone dismounted, the Griffins shot into the air once again and flew out of the valley.
Su Mo scanned the valley. There were a lot more people besides his group.
They all wore long purple robes with "Yuan" embroidered on their chest pockets.
They were the Tian Yuan Sect disciples!
There were at least 1,400 Ti Tian Yuan disciples, which was much more than that of Gale Island.
"Ha ha! Nice to see you, gentlemen from Gale Island!"
Three Sky Yuan Sect elders stood before the disciples, and their leader greeted the Seventh Elder when they saw the Gale Island group.
"It's the Sixth Elder of the Sky Yuan Sect!"
The Seventh Elder held his fists in greeting, glanced at the Sky Yuan Sect disciples, and said, "You brought quite an impressive group of Inner Disciples this time!"
The Seventh Elder was so powerful that he could tell the cultivations of the Sky Yuan Disciples with one glance.
Out of the more than 1,400 disciples, there were at least 200 experts at Lv 9 Spiritual Martial Realm. It really was an impressive group!
The Sixth Elder of the Sky Yuan Sect smiled proudly and said, "You too, your group isn't bad as well!"
While the two elders greeted each other, the disciples of the two sects sized each other up.
Su Mo observed the Sky Yuan Sect disciples and was shocked to find that they were more powerful than Gale Island.
"Su Mo, look, that's Sky Yuan Sect's number one Inner Gate disciple, Qin Qianyue!"
Ling Muchen, who stood 10 steps away from Su Mo, pointed to a female disciple and said.
Ling Muchen was too afraid to stand next to Su Mo, because he worried that he would be misunderstood and killed by the Sky Alliance disciples.
He was very worried for Su Mo!
Su Mo had a low probability of making it out of the Inner Gate Trial Test!
Su Mo heard this and looked towards a girl with dark hair, dressed in flowing robes.
She was a stunning beauty with snow-white skin and an amazing figure.
Su Mo was surprised that the top Inner disciple of the Sky Yuan Sect was actually a beautiful girl!
Qin Qianyue seemed to sense Su Mo's gaze from afar and turned her head.
She only glanced coldly at Su Mo and turned back indifferently.
She was the top disciple of the Sky Yuan Sect's Inner Gate, so she was worshipped by thousands, and lusted after by countless men. This type of attention was habitual for her.
"Ling Muchen, since the disciples of the other two sects haven't arrived, let's just get some rest for now!" Su Mo said.
He sat down on a large piece of rock, closed his eyes, and began to meditate.
After cultivating for almost 10 days, Su Mo had reached the Peak Lv 7 Spiritual Martial Realm, and his abilities had improved greatly.
He also tried to break through the bottleneck of cultivation two times but failed.
He had been cultivating too quickly and moved up two levels in a row, so his genuine Qi was not concentrated enough.
Of course, if Su Mo simply devoured a large number of Spiritual Stones with his Martial Soul, he could definitely break through the bottleneck and enter Lv 8 Spiritual Martial Realm.
However, breaking into a new realm forcefully was not as good as improving his cultivation steadily.
Su Mo's Spiritual Spirals were turning ceaselessly to refine his genuine Qi.
After around an hour, several more giant beasts appeared in the sky.
They were giant eagles that were as red as fire, around the same size as the Griffins.
The Scorching Sun Sect had arrived!
Chapter 218: The Rift Opens
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There were about 1,200 Scorching Sun Sect disciples, as many as there were Gale Island disciples. They all wore long red robes and stood in a bright sea of flaming crimson.
As soon as they reached the valley, all the Scorching Sun Sect disciples glared towards the Gale Island disciples with a chilling look.
"Hahaha!!" The leader of the four Scorching Sun Sect elders, a tall man, laughed at the Seventh Elder.
"So the Seventh Elder is leading the Gale Island group. I hope some of your disciples will come back this time, I'd hate for them all to die!" the tall elder said with a disdainful smile, his words full of threatening mockery.
"Humf!"
The Seventh Elder scoffed and said coldly, "Zhu Lixing, you are the one who should be worried about your disciples. If you lose too many, how do you plan to explain it to the sect?"
The Seventh Elder of Gale Island did not back down but retorted.
Coincidentally, the leading elder of the Scorching Sect group was Zhu Lixing, who was also ranked seven among the inner elders.
When Zhu Lixing heard the Seventh Elder's words, his eyes glinted eerily and he said with a cold laugh, "Let's wait for the real battles to talk about losses! I hope you can still laugh then!"
The Seventh Elder could not help but frown at the sight of Zhu Lixing's confident expression.
The eerie glint in Zhu Lixing's eyes unsettled him, but after some thought, he didn't think that anything was wrong.
Shaking his head, the Seventh Elder dismissed his worries. He was still very confident in his Inner Gate disciples.
He was especially confident in the first talent of the Inner Gate, Yin Lige, who was incredibly powerful and could even contend with a martial artist at Lv 1 True Spirit Realm, and could barely be equaled by one or two of such contenders. Essentially, no one in the Spiritual Martial Realm could defeat him!
Yin Lige was already an invincible Martial Master in the Spiritual Martial Realm!
Even if disciples of the Scorching Sun Sect had a similar strength as Yin Linge, they could only tie with him and could not defeat him.
Suddenly, a tall, stocky and flat-faced young man stepped out from the Scorching Sun Sect disciples.
He had a giant war saber on his back, which was an outrageous two meters long. The tip of the saber dragged a long mark on the ground as he walked.
"Yin Lige, let's see who's better in the Qinghua Rift!" the stock young man stared at Yin Lige and said quietly.
Yin Lige chuckled and disdainfully said, "Chu Yan, you were no match for me six months ago, and you're still no match for me now!"
"Really?" Chu Yan laughed coldly and said with a sneer, "You only beat me with one move last time. I will wipe the floor with you in this trial test!"
Chu Yan and Yan Linge had met six months ago. Since they were both number one in the Inner Gate of their sects, they naturally butted heads.
That time, the two had exchanged over 1,000 moves before Chu Yan lost by only a single move!
This had bothered Chu Yan to no end. He was peerless in the Scorching Sun Sect's Inner Gate, so he was furious that he had lost to a disciple of the same level from Gale Island. He swore to erase his shame.
This Qinghua Rift trial test was his chance to erase that shame!
"I'll be waiting!" Yin Lige said with a smile.
Yin Lige always had a smile on his face, as if he was not impressed or bothered by anyone or anything.
In his heart was unbeatable confidence.
Out of all the Inner Disciples of the four sects, there was only one person in the Sky Rapier Sect which he paid attention to.
Everyone was waiting.
Three sects had arrived, and it was only the Sky Rapier Sect disciples that had not arrived.
After an hour, everyone's attention was drawn to a giant sword shooting through the sky with a piercing roar.
It was a giant green sword that was extremely broad and was hundreds of meters long.
Hundreds of young men stood on the great green sword.
Su Mo was shocked. Such a gigantic sword must have exceptional powers.
"The Sky Alliance is here!" someone cried out in alarm.
The giant sword paused over the valley, and hundreds of the Sky Rapier Sect disciples armed with swords suddenly descended into the valley.
Then, the giant sword flashed and disappeared without a trace.
There were only a little over 400 Sky Rapier Sect disciples, much less than the other three sects.
However, they were obviously more exceptional than the disciples of the other three sects.
Every Sky Rapier Sect disciple was surrounded by shapeless and menacing sword Qi.
As soon as the Sky Rapier Sect entered the valley, the attention of Qin Qianyue of the Sky Yuan Sect, Chu Yan of the Scorching Sun Sect, and Yin Lige all had their attention set on one youth.
He was a very thin but steady-footed young man, with an angular face as sharp as a billhook.
He was the number one expert of the Sky Rapier Sect's Inner Gate, Jian Wuyou!
Even Yin Lige, who was extremely confident, still regarded Jian Wuyou as his only serious opponent in the four sects.
There was only one elder, a cold middle-aged man, leading the Sky Rapier Sect group.
The middle-aged man saw that the disciples of the other three sects were all present, and he said, "Since everyone's here. Let's not waste any more time. Let's open Qinghua Rift!"
"Alright, let's begin!" answered the Seventh Elder, Zhu Lixing with the Sixth Elder of the Sky Yuan Sect.
After that, the four elders flew over to a space under a cliff in the valley.
The four elders' hands were covered with intricate runes. Under the excited gazes of thousands, the air above the cliff contorted with a rumbling noise, and a shining white door framed by blinding light slowly appeared.
Su Mo was shocked to find that Qinghua Rift was hiding behind these cliffs.
This was only was an independent and small world which was not only connected to the Firmament and Continent, but existed as a part of its world.
"Now, the door to Qinghua Rift is open. All of you enter, quickly!" The Seventh Elder yelled to the Gale Island disciples before adding, "However, don't forget that Qinghua Trial Test only lasts for 10 days. After 10 days, you must gather in White Jade Square in the center of the cave in order to leave Qinghua Rift together. Otherwise, you must remain there for a year and can leave only when the door next opens. Unfortunately, there are many Lv 3 Demonic Beasts in Qinghua Rift, so a year will be hell for you!"
"Yes, elder!"
The thousands of Gale Island heard these words and then used their body movements, one after another, to swiftly enter through the bright door.
The disciples of the other three sects also entered the door under their elders' instructions.
"Ling Muchen, let's go too!" Su Mo said to Ling Muchen, then entered and lept through the door with his body movements.
Yin Lige had been paying attention to Su Mo the whole time. He waited for Su Mo to enter Qinghua Rift before going in with a smile.