Chapter 161: Dual Centipedes Show Their Might
After hearing Su Yan’s words, Bai Wenyue’s expression immediately turned ugly.
He was a Second Year Beginner disciple, and even though he had failed to make the ranking back then, he was not someone a newly entered disciple could look down on like this.
“Hmph, don’t think that getting first in the Beginner Assessment means you can be so arrogant. Today, I’ll show you what Heaven High Earth Thick really means.”
Su Yan didn’t even glance at him properly, merely sweeping his gaze over the other disciples.
“Besides Senior Brother Bai, does no one else want to give it a try?”
“Good, good, good!”
Bai Wenyue laughed angrily instead, and the Beast Taming Bag at his waist shook as a two-zhang-long Winged Emerald Snake flew out, its entire body covered in emerald scales, with double wings at its neck and scarlet eyes like gems fished out from blood.
He took one step forward and had already leaped to the center of the Training Ground.
His tall and straight figure flickered, and the shadow of a Two-Headed Blade Serpent emerged, the snake splitting into two heads like left and right curved sabers, which was precisely the True Intent of the Saber Serpent True Technique, the Two-Headed Blade Serpent.
“Come!”
Bai Wenyue’s gaze burned fiercely, his entire cultivation unleashed without restraint.
“Junior Brother Bai has made great gains this year, slaying Feral Beasts outside the mountains and executing Bandits below the mountains. He has indeed stepped into the Second Realm.”
Gu Songde praised with a smile, but Bai Wenyue’s expression grew even darker.
“Second Realm alone…”
Su Yan picked up the conversation, striding two or three zhang forward into the Training Ground.
Only then did he look at Bai Wenyue: “Make your move, Senior Brother.”
Bai Wenyue was already furious, his figure lunging forward like a snake striking, swinging his saber to chop down.
A zhang-long cyan Saber Light crossed the Training Ground in an instant, arriving before Su Yan.
Su Yan raised his hand to grab, and the Black Gold Ancient Python Dharma Body emerged, forming a black-red palm together with his Blood Slaughter Hand.
With a crisp sound, the Saber Light was casually crushed by him.
Bai Wenyue’s expression changed abruptly, and the watching disciples nearby also revealed looks of astonishment and shock.
Isn’t he a Heart Ape Stage Martial Artist?!
Gu Songde’s eyes narrowed, and he smiled: “Interesting.”
Bai Wenyue in the arena immediately cast aside his contempt, even suppressing his anger somewhat.
‘This kid got first upon entry and was taken as a disciple by Dragon True Person. He probably has some tricks up his sleeve. I must go all out!’
Winged Emerald Snake!
Controlling the Beast Taming Seal, he silently commanded it in his mind, and the Winged Emerald Snake immediately flew to pounce, its emerald-green Demonic Essence gathering into a poison hook that snapped up and down toward Su Yan.
The shadow of the Two-Headed Blade Serpent behind him swooped down, merging with the Winged Emerald Snake as one.
In an instant, the entire Training Ground seemed controlled by the Winged Emerald Snake, whipping up dozens of blades.
Bai Wenyue followed closely behind the Winged Emerald Snake, his long saber thrusting straight for Su Yan’s throat.
Two attacks, both incredibly sharp, were sure-kill moves.
The crowd broke into a sweat for Su Yan. Bai Wenyue truly lived up to being a Second Year Beginner; his technique of combining True Intent and Contracted Beast was already at an accomplished level.
Just as this attack was about to land on Su Yan, a red figure burst out from in front of him.
It coiled its body, its dark red Carapace completely blocking the attack.
The poison hook condensed from Demonic Essence shattered, and the dozens of Saber Lights were also smashed at the same time.
A ferocious centipede over seven zhang long with six blood-like wings appeared before the crowd, its powerful aura released without restraint, completely suppressing the Winged Emerald Snake.
“He just entered the sect, how does he have such a ferocious beast…”
Bai Wenyue felt shocked and angry inside as he abruptly pulled back his attack’s momentum, changing moves mid-air to try to bypass the Six-Winged Blood Centipede and strike Su Yan.
However, the blood tendril on the Six-Winged Blood Centipede’s head whipped out like a lash.
A fierce wind assaulted him, and the tendril was already before him.
Bai Wenyue swung his saber to chop, clashing with the tendril in a metallic clang.
His fingers trembled slightly, feeling the terrifying strength on the tendril.
The Winged Emerald Snake attacked at extreme speed, trying to tear open the Six-Winged Blood Centipede’s Carapace and sever its head.
“Roar!”
The Six-Winged Blood Centipede roared, charging even more ferociously, its ferocious head like an axe, its sharp mouthparts like blades.
In just one strike, it tore a huge crevice in the Two-Headed Blade Serpent True Intent.
Though the Winged Emerald Snake was under its cover, it was also struck to the ground.
Bai Wenyue grew anxious, fearing for his Contracted Beast’s life, and immediately unleashed left and right Saber Lights like snake heads strangulating, blocking the Six-Winged Blood Centipede’s movements.
He tangled in close combat, his saber leaving white marks on the Carapace.
The Six-Winged Blood Centipede’s spear-like appendages pierced the Winged Emerald Snake, pinning it to the ground.
It then raised its massive upper body and charged head-on into the incoming Bai Wenyue.
In just three or four exchanges, Bai Wenyue fell into a disadvantage.
Su Yan pointed with a finger, the Hundred Poisons Gu Seal forming a connection as he poured True Essence into it.
The Six-Winged Blood Centipede’s mouthparts opened, immediately spewing a mass of Poisonous Mist.
Bai Wenyue tried to block it, his Saber Lights linking up to form a Protective Layer of hundreds and thousands of Saber Lights.
But the next moment, the attack directly shattered his defense, slamming into his body and sending him flying heavily.
Bai Wenyue was defeated, his face pale as he struggled to his feet after a long while.
“Cough cough”
He coughed up some blood, barely straightening his body and cupping his hands: “Thank you, Junior Brother, for going easy.”
Just now, Su Yan hadn’t personally made a move, and even the Six-Winged Blood Centipede had mostly defended without going for the kill.
Otherwise, he would have been down long ago.
“Anyone else?”
Su Yan looked toward the crowd. With Bai Wenyue so neatly defeated, most of the Second Year and Third Year Inner Disciples had lost their nerve.
Now facing Su Yan’s gaze, some unconsciously averted their eyes.
“Junior Brother Su is impressive, but I still want to try.”
A burly man stepped forward, holding an Eyebrow-Level Cudgel covered in beast patterns with a golden body, accompanied by a golden-furred exotic ox.
“I’ll try too.”
Another woman in purple clothes stepped out, a white jade ring belt at her waist, holding a long whip, with a purple jade scorpion wolf following closely behind.
With the two in the lead, four or five more came out one after another, all Second Year or Third Year disciples whose cultivation had already reached the True Intent Realm Second Stage As Desired.
On the Training Ground, they stood in a row, their gazes burning toward Su Yan, showing no fear from Bai Wenyue’s earlier defeat.
“Quite a few people, but after this battle, unless those old disciples who can set aside their face step in, Junior Brother is steady.”
Gu Songde thought to himself upon seeing this.
One could rank within ten years of entry.
In other words, Inner Disciples from the same cohort as him, Gu Songde, within nine years, could also participate in the challenge.
In nine years, though limited by Bone Structure and Comprehension, holding back most people’s progress.
But after nine years in the Sect and still an Inner Disciple, even a pig could reach the Third Realm.
Third Realm disciples coming to rob the Inner Sect Tiger Ranking was within the rules.
It was just extremely rare.
Those who reached the Third Realm wouldn’t bother with rankings after the top Hundredth Rank; the Contribution Points were too low, and the reputation too poor, harming their future prospects in the Sect.
Most of that group aimed for before the Hundredth Rank, leaving the rest to compete for these positions after the top two hundred.
Su Yan’s situation was dire, having just entered the Second Realm yet forced into such a fight.
But it wasn’t hopeless; on the contrary, in Gu Songde’s eyes, Su Yan was set for the Tiger Ranking.
“Then come at me all together.”
Su Yan’s voice rang out, and Gu Songde revealed a stunned expression.
All together?
He looked at the field: seven disciples, all Second Year entrants, two of whom were Third Year with As Desired Great Accomplishment cultivation.
He was actually this arrogant?
The seven in the field hesitated in shock, but Su Yan released his aura, True Essence circulating around him with points of star-like fluorescence.
The next moment, the Star Moon Centipede True Intent emerged, merging with the Six-Winged Blood Centipede’s form.
One with an abyss-like ethereal aura, the other demonic and ferocious, neither concealing their auras as they charged at the seven, initiating the offense.
The seven hurriedly defended, the Hundred Poisons Gu Seal faintly appearing as True Essence flowed into the Star Moon Centipede and Six-Winged Blood Centipede’s bodies.
One’s True Essence turned into starlight, like falling stars; the Star Moon Centipede rammed and swung its head, sending two nearby disciples flying and dominating the battlefield.
The other Six-Winged Blood Centipede spewed Poisonous Mist from its mouth, covering the entire ground, its form ghostly within the mist as it continuously attacked.
One against seven, plus seven Contracted Beasts.
After fully seventy or eighty exchanges, with the Poisonous Mist dispersed, five of the seven were defeated.
The two Great Accomplishment Inner Disciples merged their Beast Spirits with their forms, smashing aside the Six-Winged Blood Centipede to rush before Su Yan.
The massive man wielded a golden Eyebrow-Level Cudgel, while Liu Rumei held a bone-cutting whip, both charging straight at Su Yan.
The two went all-in, ignoring the Six-Winged Blood Centipede behind and the descending Star Moon Centipede, going straight for Su Yan.
Unexpectedly, Su Yan raised his hand to grab, steadily catching their powerful attack.
Cyan-gold Scale Patterns emerged, the Black Gold Ancient Python Dharma Body coiling around his form.
With a huge clang like striking a bell, Su Yan’s figure stood unmoving like Mountain Peaks.
“Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters, I accept your concession.”
First two thousand, I’ll post four thousand more after waking up tomorrow morning. This weekend pulling the other wisdom tooth, can’t take it anymore. Impacted teeth are badass, horizontally growing ones cost money and life, o(╥﹏╥)o.
