Chapter 147: Skills Astonish All
Xiang Ge carefully glanced at Long Qiushui, and sure enough, she saw her probing gaze fall on Su Yan.
Damn it, if Long Qiushui compares them and finds Su Yan too inferior, this blame will be pinned on his head.
It was not that Su Yan would definitely lose, but if he was not placed after Qing Tianyi, it would always be more appropriate.
However, Elder Yin Mingchen did not care about these things and just nodded: “Enter the formation.”
As soon as Su Yan stepped into the formation, Long Qiushui’s eyes watched closely, seeing the eighth black stone tablet light up with a faint glow.
The hundred-zhang fighting platform gathered true essence, transforming into a rolling mass of poisonous mist, from which a two-zhang-long, ink-black giant centipede instantly condensed.
The giant centipede was hideous in appearance, with an aura equivalent to a second-order feral beast, and a pair of extremely sharp appendage scythes growing in front of its body.
As soon as it saw Su Yan, it immediately pounced, its thousand legs moving together, its body like a phantom.
Su Yan flicked his spear, and a blood tiger shadow pounced out. The spear tip pierced with a puffing sound, instantly penetrating the giant centipede’s body.
The giant centipede instantly dispersed into countless strands of spiritual energy.
What?!
Everyone watched in shock, especially the assessing disciple observing the battle, who looked completely baffled and had no idea what had happened.
“Pa”
Xiang Ge patted Zhao Dongjian’s shoulder, with such great strength that even a Spirit Merging Stage True Intent Martial Artist grimaced in pain.
“Xiang Ge, you…”
“Hahaha, tiger shadow hides its edge, spear thrust like devouring, Eighteen Styles of Blood Tiger at Transformation Realm, good kid!”
An expert knows as soon as they make a move.
He, Xiang Ge, had also practiced spear techniques like the Eighteen Styles of Blood Tiger, so how could he not know the subtle changes hidden in Su Yan’s seemingly simple and unadorned attack just now.
Oh no!
Zhao Dongjian’s expression changed slightly. Eighteen Styles of Blood Tiger at Transformation Realm, how was that possible?
Looking at the field again, the second beast spirit seal lit up.
Two giant centipedes pounced from left and right, surrounding Su Yan. Their sharp tibial scythes swung fiercely, slashing out several blade auras.
Su Yan’s feet tapped lightly, strolling leisurely as if in a courtyard, dodging the blade auras. His spear swept in broad, sweeping motions.
In every stab, thrust, sweep, and slash, he condensed tiger shadows.
Precisely two fierce tigers from left and right charged forward, engaging the giant centipedes in combat.
Clearly a continuous spear thrust, yet it created a momentum of dragons and tigers fighting.
“Good!”
Xiang Ge grinned, his pale and thin face full of smiles.
But now it was Zhao Dongjian who could no longer laugh.
Everyone saw that in less than thirty exchanges, Su Yan pierced two with one spear, nailing both giant centipedes dead.
The second pass was broken.
His pass-breaking progress shocked everyone. Below the platform, Qing Tianyi’s face darkened, his gaze turning a few shades gloomier.
Ouyang Lingling, Zhou Tai, and Du Rusong could hardly believe it. Could someone from such a small place really be this powerful?
Bai Yun’s eyes grew even more determined, silently reciting in her heart: “The three passes cannot trap Junior Brother. Unrivaled Hardening, heart and will as tough as iron, martial arts techniques reaching Transformation Realm—he will surely break the four passes, even five.”
Ordinary people did not know how powerful Su Yan was, but she had sparred with him countless times.
Within ten exchanges, with equal realms, Su Yan defeated her as easily as defeating a child.
When breaking down moves, over a hundred or a thousand exchanges, he could lead her to improve step by step. With such techniques, how could they not be strong?
While everyone was surprised, in the hundred-zhang fighting platform, the spiritual energy shifted, and the stone tablet lit up with a third pattern.
Light gathered, and three pitch-black giant centipedes surrounded Su Yan.
The aura suppression rose to another level, as if carrying thousand-jin boulders.
The spirit was pressed this way, providing constant pressure at every moment.
“Bearing pressure while facing enemies, forcing the challenger’s will and combat techniques to their limits— a good method…”
Resources vary in quality, bone structures in strength and weakness, but they are not completely irreparable. There are so many heavenly materials and earthly treasures, and cultivation manuals that can alter bone structures are not nonexistent.
Only the word “person” is unique; no one besides oneself can change it.
“Roar”
The giant centipede lunged. Su Yan raised his hand and grabbed, instantly condensing a blood-red Great Hand Seal over a zhang in size, grimly crimson and thick with true essence.
The ferocious centipede head had just opened its bloody maw when it was seized by this Blood Slaughter Hand Seal.
Boom
The huge head was smashed straight into the ground, nearly splitting into several pieces.
What!
Everyone was greatly shocked, especially the Beast King Sect members, who could not hide their surprise.
“Xiang Ge, you hid it deep enough. Blood Slaughter Hand is your own skill.”
Blood Slaughter Hand was something Xiang Ge had learned outside and contributed to the sect in exchange for a large amount of contribution value. It was not forbidden to pass on externally.
Even so, no one had expected this fair-skinned guy Xiang Ge to have such a black heart, even teaching this to others.
“It has nothing to do with me.”
Xiang Ge panicked a bit: “I only taught it to him before leaving three months ago, not in advance.”
As soon as these words came out, Long Qiushui’s beautiful eyes lit up a few degrees: “Is what you say true?”
“Absolutely true.”
The elders from Overturning Sea Peak, Shattered Moon Peak, Fuyue Peak, and White Python Peak also showed moved expressions.
“Such comprehension, such skill.”
Fuyue Peak’s Pu Hanshan looked at Su Yan as if at a piece of treasure jade: “With such comprehension, if he came to my Fuyue Peak, he could probably comprehend the Mountain-Flipping Divine Seal.”
Who would not want a disciple with such comprehension?
Long Qiushui snorted coldly and said indifferently: “Senior Brother Pu, Su Yan is taking my Guizang Valley’s assessment.”
Pu Hanshan’s face stiffened, and he said awkwardly: “Young people should be given more choices. Seven Peaks One Valley, eight lineages as one family—don’t divide it so clearly.”
“Right, why would someone recruited by Xiang Ge go to challenge Guizang Valley?”
Shattered Moon Peak’s Shui Manyi suddenly asked.
Xiang Ge froze completely. Why ask that question of all things?
“Quick, look, that kid is making his move!”
Xiang Ge immediately changed the subject, and everyone looked toward the hundred-zhang fighting platform.
Three giant centipedes moved together, charging straight at Su Yan.
Su Yan leaped into the air, dodging the fierce impact. Blood Slaughter Hand blotted out the sky, smashing one centipede flying away.
The remaining two showed no fear at all. Composed of spirit bodies, they were incomparably ferocious as they chased and bit at him, about to bite Su Yan.
In a flash, Su Yan’s eyes focused, and his spear swept horizontally. The huge spear light like a white silk ribbon struck both flying.
Landing, his waist and horse united as one, he turned back directly with a flung spear strike.
Precisely force penetrating like a rainbow, a clean and crisp turning horse spear.
The giant centipede’s head was directly obliterated by more than half by the white silk-like spear light, and the remaining one had just landed.
Then it saw Su Yan charge with his spear, smashing down heavily with a muffled thunderous sound, splitting the head in two.
The last one approached, and with a move of his left arm, the blood hand gripped into the carapace, tearing the ferocious head apart.
Third pass broken!
The stone tablet lit up with the fourth pattern. Powerful pressure assaulted again. Su Yan thrust his Scorpion Profound Spear into the ground, his body straight like a spear.
Four giant centipedes condensed again, with stronger auras and fiercer momentum, their scarlet eyes locking tightly on Su Yan.
Everyone broke into a cold sweat for Su Yan. This giant centipede’s might was no less than the previous ink flood dragon, even surpassing it in danger by a few degrees.
However, Su Yan smiled. His aura released, and a tiger roar came from his spine—it was the Tiger Body Bone Forging Technique. His skin now gleamed white as jade, as if draped in jade armor.
Unrivaled Hardening!
Su Yan displayed his hardening skill. Even as a spirit battle projection, it showed seventy to eighty percent of its power.
Fuyue Peak’s Pu Hanshan watched with shining eyes. What a good seedling—Unrivaled Hardening, such comprehension and bone structure; he should be Fuyue Peak’s True Disciple Seedling.
Long Qiushui’s fine brows furrowed slightly as she glanced at Xiang Ge. According to Xiang Ge’s description, this was not Su Yan’s hardening technique.
‘He actually cultivated so many hardening techniques?’
With Unrivaled Hardening added, Su Yan fought even more ferociously. The four giant centipedes were more difficult to handle.
But after a hundred exchanges of fierce combat, Su Yan raised his spear and beheaded them one by one.
One against four, without falling behind.
“Tied!”
Ouyang Lingling exclaimed softly, but Du Rusong’s mouth opened slightly, half a sentence stuck in his throat.
“He hasn’t even used True Intent yet.”
Ouyang Lingling jerked her gaze to the fighting platform, utterly astonished.
Su Yan’s ferocity made many overlook one fact: he had not summoned True Intent from start to finish.
The fifth pass began.
Faint light lit up, pressure doubling suddenly. Su Yan frowned and circulated true essence throughout his body.
One, two, three, four, five…
Everyone looked at the gathering light—fully eight rays fell onto the fighting platform.
Eight giant fierce centipedes, each three zhang long, landed on the fighting platform. Poisonous mist faintly spread, permeating the entire platform.
“Doubled!”
The fifth pass difficulty increased sharply; this was no longer a passable difficulty.
Everyone’s hearts sank. Only the Beast King Sect elders knew that after the fifth pass, each pass was a First Heaven. Rather than an assessment, it was more like the tip of the iceberg of the Nine Tablet Spirit Platform’s attack methods.
Su Yan’s face was grave. Even with his solid foundation and decent strength, at this intensity, unless he released the fierce insect, it would absolutely not be easy.
“In that case, let’s go all out.”
His eyes sharpened like knives. Azure-ink true essence and white true essence threads emerged from his body, instantly condensing into two colossal entities.
Green-scaled Poisonous Flood Dragon roared and coiled, insect-type White Ape’s heavy fists like thunder.
As soon as the two appeared, they charged straight at the eight giant fierce centipedes.
“Two True Intents! That’s Green-scaled Poisonous Flood Dragon, no wonder…”
Yin Mingchen looked astonished at the fighting platform. He had heard of the Green-scaled Poisonous Flood Dragon True Intent—it was not Senior Brother Poison Dragon’s early beast spirit True Intent?
This explained why Su Yan wanted to join Guizang Valley.
Long Qiushui’s lips curved up. The moment the Green-scaled Poisonous Flood Dragon appeared, Su Yan was destined for Guizang Valley.
On the fighting platform, Su Yan held nothing back. Azure scale patterns lit up all over his body, like a suit of verdant armor, making him exceptionally heroic.
He fought the giant fierce centipedes alongside his two True Intents.
The battle was back and forth, turning the world upside down.
Rolling poisonous mist assaulted. The Green-scaled Poisonous Flood Dragon opened its huge maw, swallowing it all and transforming it into a black light beam to counterattack.
Su Yan’s spear thrust like a dragon, with overlapping shadows, riddling the giant fierce centipedes with holes.
After fully two to three hundred exchanges, Su Yan dragged his exhausted body to slay all eight giant fierce centipedes.
A clear buzzing rang out.
The sixth beast spirit seal lit up, sixteen rays of light gathering on the fighting platform…
Su Yan fought and killed one-third before the Green-scaled Poisonous Flood Dragon and insect-type White Ape finally dispersed. He was poisoned and torn to pieces.
Awakening again, his body was as before, standing in place, as if he had experienced life and death.
His heart was calm as still water, but he saw the giant fierce centipedes he had killed reappearing one by one.
Twenty-four giant fierce centipedes merged into a nine-zhang-long huge black shadow: a three-headed centipede with thousand legs and pitch-black carapace.
Its ferocious aura nearly overwhelmed the entire hundred-zhang fighting platform, pressing unreservedly on Su Yan, its savage nature terribly wild.
“Subdue it with all your power.”
It was Long Qiushui speaking, her voice calm yet gentle. Su Yan had reached the sixth pass.
This was nearly sixteen same-rank enemies, and he had still killed one-third.
He had even been worn down by wheel fighting before. It was truly unbelievable.
Even as illusory beasts with many abilities reduced, just this physical body alone was enough to suppress many martial artists.
Such a disciple was too rare.
Su Yan nodded slightly and threw his spear aside.
His hands spread wide, and fully ten Hundred Poisons Gu Seals appeared before him.
Purple faint light swirled around them, carrying a special faint true essence mist, eerily demonic.
“Strike first to gain the upper hand. Guizang Valley is not being fair this time.”
Shattered Moon Peak’s Shui Manyi grumbled. Everyone else had Beast Taming Seals, but only Su Yan had Hundred Poisons Gu Seals—there was a clear difference in strength.
Long Qiushui snorted coldly: “He has my Guizang Valley inheritance and is already one of us. Besides, condensing Hundred Poisons Gu Seals is harder than Beast Taming Seals.”
Hard, of course it was hard.
One special Beast Taming Seal, especially Hundred Poisons Gu Seal, consumed nearly as much essence, energy, and spirit to condense as two ordinary seals.
In other words, if Su Yan had specialized in ordinary Beast Taming Seals, he might have broken twenty.
Such comprehension was too terrifying.
‘I was just saying it casually, but damn it, we’re done for.’
Xiang Ge had won the bet, but he wanted to cry inside.
After all, he was the one who had pushed Su Yan forward.
While they spoke, Su Yan pressed down with a Great Hand Seal, landing on the central head of the three-headed centipede.
The Hundred Poisons Gu Seal descended, merging into it and invading its soul.
The three-headed centipede went berserk, constantly resisting the Hundred Poisons Gu Seal.
“Suppress for me!”
Su Yan just glared with his eyes and pressed his aura down. With great strength holding the head, the remaining two Hundred Poisons Gu Seals activated together, instantly sinking into the other heads.
The Hundred Poisons Gu Seals resonated with each other, freezing all three heads, unable to struggle for the moment.
Su Yan flicked his fingers, sending several more Hundred Poisons Gu Seals flying into the three-headed centipede’s body.
Into the body line, the three heads’ convergence…
No matter how fierce or intense the three-headed centipede’s reactions, before Su Yan, it had no room to resist.
Fully ten Hundred Poisons Gu Seals merged into its body, thoroughly suppressing it.
The berserk spirit should have rushed straight into Su Yan’s sea of consciousness, impacting his mind.
However, not only was Su Yan’s heart firm as iron with unwavering will, he also had the Fierce Insect Cauldron hidden in the depths, like the Sea-Calming Divine Needle.
Forget about it—even ancient fierce insects might not shake his mind.
In merely a quarter of an hour, the three-headed centipede lowered its heads and submitted.
“Subdued…”
After a long time, it was White Python Peak’s Xu Yan who sighed in amazement, still incredulous.
That was condensed from twenty-four giant fierce centipedes—an illusory feral beast whose ferocity far surpassed the previous ink flood dragon.
Long Qiushui smiled even more happily: “Elder Yin, please assign a score?”
Elder Yin looked strange. Assign what score?
He shook his head slightly and said: “Su Yan gets full marks, broke three of the six passes, subdued the three-headed centipede—ranks first.”
Everyone fell silent. Only Su Yan, holding his spear, descended from the fighting platform, his aura unmasked. The First-class Recommendation Token disciple had already yielded a path, eyes fixed on him.
From overtime at the unit since September until now, early eight to late nine, and this period with inspections and surprise visits requiring Saturday work too, the update speed has indeed slowed. Sorry to everyone here. Once recovered, I’ll code as much as possible and update more. Thank you all for your support.
