Chapter 2318


    Even the guardians and top-rankers on the stage were confused as well.


    "Another personprehended martial essence on the second level. What is going on inside there?"


    "There are people on the third and fourth level, but none of them haveprehended martial essence, yet someone on the lower levels did. What are the odds!"


    "Could we have guessed wrong? Did Wagner, Shamos, and the rest didn''t rush forward but instead stayed behind?"


    "No way. ording to past experience, rushing forward is the most reasonable choice!"


    While they were in a heated discussion, the water mirror suddenly shimmered with bright light, catching everyone''s attention.


    "Someoneprehended martial essence again!"


    "Is it someone on the lower levels too?"


    "No, it''s not. It''sing from the fourth level. Someone on the fourth level hasprehended martial essence."


    "Judging from its color and shape, it must be man-made martial essence. Perhaps it''s some kind of weapon."


    "Since it''s man-made, it must be weaker aspared to the previous nature ss martial essences!"


    "Hmm, that might not be the case. Nature ss martial essence is, generally speaking, much stronger, but it depends on the individual as well. We can''t determine who is weaker or stronger yet."


    "I agree as well. Though nature ss martial essences have higher upper bounds than man-made ones, the people who can reach those upper bounds are few and far in between. When ites to the majority of martial artists, their ownprehension and skills need to be taken into ount when deciding their strength."


    At this moment, in the fourth level of the Xuan Valley, Wagner was eyeing a decayed long sword before him with a smile on his face. "It is finally my turn toprehend martial essence, and de essence at that too. Although this de essence is different from the martial essence in the sword I''m using, they''re both still cold weapons of the same type. That makes them highlypatible, which will strengthen me greatly."


    Shamos, Kelton, and the others on the fourth level could clearly sense the fluctuations of the martial essence, and they felt even more pressured. They gritted their teeth and sped up in their search andprehension.


    The fluctuations on the fourth level naturally reached the third level.


    Waves of martial essenceprehension could be felting from above and below them, which made the group on the third level anxious and pressured.


    They gritted their teeth and sped up, putting more effort into charging in different directions on the third level. They frantically beganprehending. At this moment, Fade, Yura, and Halston appeared on the third level with a sh of light.


    As soon as they appeared, they could not help shivering due to the chill in the air around them.


    They looked around and what came into view was a pure-whitend of snow.


    There was white snow and translucent ice everywhere. A breath of air would instantly condense into a cloud of white mist.


    "It''s so cold on the third level!" Halston hastily circted his positive energy to shield his body.


    Fade furrowed his eyebrows slightly before shielding his body with positive energy as well.Belongs to (N)?vel/Drama.Org.


    On the other hand, Yura, who was standing to the side, did not circte any positive energy. Instead, she took one step out with a smile on her face. "Yura, be careful. Here..." Halston reminded her out of good intentions.


    She turned her head and smiled as she exined, "Don''t worry, I''ll be fine. I practice ice ss martial arts. This type of environment is great for me."


    "No wonder!"


    Fade and Halston looked as if they had suddenly understood something.


    She smiled and said, "Alright, let''s not waste any more time. Let''s begin!"


    The corners of her mouth curled into a smile as she was full of confidence.


    After all, with Fade''s help, she had sessfullyprehended martial essence. Although it was just two streaks of wind essence, at least she got a breakthrough.


    Now, on the third level, the snowy environment was highlypatible with the martial arts she practiced. Therefore, it was very likely that she would be able to find the icess martial essence, ice essence, here.


    If she was to find martial essence that waspatible with her martial arts, it would help her advancement to Lord Level greatly.


    Fade and Halston naturally understood this point. They nodded and immediately began to move.


    Rushing into the ice and snow, Fade searched high and low for valuable treasures while looking out for ice essence sources.


    It was undeniable that the higher the level, the better the resources.


    In less than half an hour, he had already found about eight ice ss herbs and minerals, which was quite a bountiful result.


    Moreover, there was also a stalk of Seven Stars Cicada Grass, which was an extremely rare nt. It was one of the nine rare herbs that Fade was intending to collect before leaving the Valley.


    Now that he had the Seven Stars Cicada Grass, that would make seven out of the nine rare herbs he wanted to collect. Therefore, he was only two herbs away from his goal.


    Yura was ustomed to such an environment so she too quickly found four treasures, which she kept away happily.


    On the other hand, Halston was not only slightly weaker than them, but he was also unable to adapt to such a cold environment, so he could not find anything.


    Feeling that he could not hold on any longer, he took the initiative to bid farewell to Fade and Yura. He ended his search and headed to the entrance pirs. He had to think of a way to enter the fourth level as soon as possible. Perhaps he could find martial essence that suited him there.


    After sending Halston off, Fade and Yura continued what they were doing.


    It was undeniable that her luck was truly thriving in such an environment.


    After an hour of searching, she found a ball of ice buried under a thick bed of snow. The ball of ice contained a thorough chill.


    It was obviously ice essence.


    Without any hesitation, she and Fade immediately sat down and began toprehend it.


    Thus, waves of martial essence fluctuations began rippling outward from the third level.


    It was hard to say how much time had passed before the two of them concluded theirprehension. They opened their eyes and looked at each other with smiles on their faces.


    "How was your gain?" Yura took the initiative to ask Fade.


    At this moment, there was a smile pulling at the corners of her mouth and a hint of pride in her eyes.


    That was because she hadprehended 48 streaks of ice essence on this level. Therefore, in addition to the two streaks of wind essence from before, she had alreadyprehended 50 streaks of martial essence.


    That result was extremely shocking.


    It was also because of this result that she took the initiative to ask. She wanted to show off to Fade so that she could regain some of her dignity.


    After all, ever since they entered the Xuan


    Valley, she had been traveling with him.


    As a disciple from Lindsay Hall, constantly being overshadowed by him all along the way had caused her to lose her confidence.


    However, now was the perfect time for her to regain that lost confidence.


    At this moment, Fade could not help furrowing his eyebrows slightly at Yura''s question.


    He was slightly disappointed as he had onlyprehended 95 streaks of martial essence.


    In terms of quantity, it was definitely many more than the 16 streaks of wind essence from the second level. However, in terms of efficiency, he felt that what he gained was the same as in the second level.


    The ice essence contained on the third level was even denser than the wind essence on the second level.f his efficiency was the same, he


    estimated that he would on nex


    be


    satisfied afterprehending 180 streaks of ice essence.


    However, with only half that number, he was


    slightly upset.