296: The flawed jade is the king (Chapter 35)

The struggle for the dao platform was far more intense than anyone imagined.

The Golden Great Age had begun, and ten thousand Daos were reviving.

This was not only an Opportunity but also an unprecedented great purge.

In just a few days, countless Prodigies had met their demise, their bones becoming the cold steps for latecomers to tread the Ancient Starry Road.

Every single dao platform was soaked in fresh blood.

In the Central Province, atop one of the most highly anticipated dao platforms.

The battle had just concluded.

A young man bearing the "Sun Radiance Saint Physique" stood proudly, divine light circulating around him, his aura formidable, the corpse of his opponent lying beneath his feet.

"Who else dares to challenge me?!"

The Saint Physique youth scanned the surroundings, his voice booming and full of confidence.

All the spectators below looked on in awe; this person had achieved nine hundred consecutive victories and was notoriously fierce.

Just then, an azure figure slowly yet deliberately walked onto the dao platform.

The newcomer was a youth in azure robes, handsome and gentle in demeanor, completely out of place in this bloody battlefield.

He politely cupped his hands toward the Saint Physique youth.

"I am Chen You. Please guide me."

The Saint Physique youth showed impatience.

"Guide you? This is a dao platform, a life-or-death struggle! This isn't the place for your manners!"

He roared, wasting no more words.

Boom!

The might of the Sun Radiance Saint Physique fully erupted. A blinding, scorching Sun rose behind him, and the terrifying heat waves distorted the air across the entire dao platform.

"Die!"

The Saint Physique youth punched out, and that blazing Sun, following his fist wind, smashed fiercely toward the azure-robed youth.

However, the azure-robed youth merely smiled dismissively.

His body swayed slightly, and he dodged the massive blow with astonishing speed.

One step.

He took one step forward.

Screech!

A clear, crisp Phoenix cry echoed through the clouds.

A massive phantom of the Azure Luan Divine Bird appeared behind him, its wings spread, unleashing endless wind blades.

Another step.

A phantom of an Azure Phoenix, burning with seven-colored flames, condensed. Its noble head lifted, spewing divine fire capable of incinerating all things.

Yet another step.

A Dark Sparrow radiating endless Death Qi manifested. Its dark pupils locked onto the Saint Physique youth, causing a tremor originating from his Divine Soul that paralyzed him.

But this was far from over.

As Chen You breathed, the Void Realm behind him began to twist violently.

A magnificent Three-legged Golden Crow flapped its wings, radiating True Sun Fire.

A colossal phantom of a Golden Roc appeared, seemingly intent on swallowing heaven and earth.

A Five-colored Peacock spread its magnificent tail feathers, circulating Five-colored Divine Light that could brush away all things.

Bi Fang, Chongming Bird... hundreds of divine bird phenomena that only existed in the most ancient myths continuously appeared behind him. They craned their necks and cried out, the sound of a hundred birds singing together forming a terrifying torrent that shook the Nine Heavens.

"This... what kind of Physique is this? The Ten Thousand Beasts Saint Physique? No! I've never heard of such phenomena!"

The spectators below cried out in shock.

The arrogance on the Saint Physique youth's face had long since turned into extreme terror.

He wanted to flee, but he found that his body was firmly locked down by the hundreds of distinct divine bird auras.

Finally, under the combined suppression of the hundred bird phantoms, the Sun that the Sun Radiance Saint Physique had manifested shattered inch by inch.

The Saint Physique youth let out a cry of unwilling sorrow... In the Northern Plains.

The atmosphere atop another dao platform was deathly silent.

The Human Race side was utterly defeated.

A Yao Race Prodigy stood upon the corpses of hundreds of Human Race Cultivators, laughing wildly toward the sky.

"Hahaha! The Human Race is nothing more than this!"

"Who else dares to come up and seek death?!"

He spoke boastfully, his words utterly humiliating.

Below, countless Human Race Cultivators clenched their fists, but no one dared to step onto the platform again.

Just at this moment of despair, a young man dressed in tattered common clothes slowly walked onto the dao platform.

He carried an ancient iron sword without a sheath on his back.

The Yao Race Prodigy glanced at him, then looked at the rust-covered iron sword, letting out a mocking laugh.

"A Sword Cultivator who can't even protect his own sheath dares to come up?"

The youth did not speak.

He simply walked forward silently, took the iron sword from his back, and then forcefully plunged it into the center of the dao platform.

Thud!

A muffled sound.

The entire dao platform, forged from ten-thousand-year profound iron, trembled violently.

Visible cracks spread wildly outwards from the iron sword as the center.

The Yao Race Prodigy's laughter abruptly stopped.

The contempt on his face turned into solemnity.

He knew that this seemingly ordinary youth was no common person.

"You are not worthy of me drawing this sword yet."

The youth finally spoke, his voice calm but imbued with undeniable arrogance.

"Arrogant!"

The Yao Race Prodigy flew into a rage.

He was the only son of one of the Demon Court's Five Great Demon Venerables, possessing a noble Bloodline, destined to become a top-tier Demon Venerable, or even a Demon Saint, in the future.

How could he tolerate such contempt!

"Roar!"

With a roar, the Yao Race Prodigy immediately revealed his true form.

It was a black python, a thousand zhang long, covered in chilling scales, its Demonic Qi soaring to the heavens.

Its massive body instantly coiled around the entire dao platform, sealing off all space, leaving the youth nowhere to escape.

The next moment, the giant python opened its massive maw, carrying a foul wind, and bit fiercely toward the youth.

"It's over..."

The Human Race Prodigies watching below held their breath for him.

Just as it seemed the youth was about to be devoured alive by the giant python.

Clang—!

A clear Sword Cry, not from the iron sword, but thundering forth from within the youth's body.

In that instant.

The scabbarded swords on the waists of countless Cultivators within ten thousand li around the dao platform began to tremble violently, beyond their control.

They let out sounds of subservient Sword Cries, breaking free from their masters' restraints, transforming into streaks of light, and frantically converging upon the dao platform.

Ten Thousand Swords Come to Court.

Thousands of spirit swords gathered in the sky above the dao platform, forming a torrent composed entirely of swords.

Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Source.

Poof!

Poof!

Poof!

The Sword Qi torrent poured down.

The massive body of the previously arrogant black python was sliced into countless fragments before it could even let out a miserable scream... While the outside world was swept up in the struggle for the dao platforms.

Wang Yun, residing in the world of the defective body, forgot the passage of time while Cultivating the Heart Dual Pupils.

Only five days remained until the end of the dao platform struggle.

In front of that gigantic "heart eyeball."

Wang Yun's emaciated body suddenly shook.

His eyes slowly opened.

Boom!

Deep within his pupils, a divine light of purple-azure-gold flashed and disappeared.

Within that divine light, two overlapping, slowly rotating phantom Dual Pupils were faintly visible.

Minds Eye, Dual Pupils.

It was successful.