<h4>Chapter 276 (1): You Asked Me Who I Am?!</h4>
Countless cultivators were forcefully teleported out from the arena after being knocked out and having their Spirit tforms seized by others.
157 breaths after the light formation appeared, the first purple grade Spirit tform was formed!
The owner of the tform was Wang Xiao! He stood arrogantly on the purple cloud-like tform with his head held high and left the spherical formation, returning to his seat outside of the arena.
Condensing a purple grade Spirit tform within 157 breaths. Without a doubt, he was demonstrating that other than the two Peak Divine Transformation Realm experts, Qu Shun and Imperial Concubine Zi, he was the number-one expert present in the arena!
With a stomp of his foot, the Spirit tform beneath his feet dispersed, turning into purple qi which was then absorbed by him into his abdomen. As soon as he digested it, his eyes shed with surprise and muttered.
“Hmm? This purple qi is rather unique… It is nearlyparable to the Fifth Revolution Blood Awakening Pill!”
Through his senses, that purple qi was indeed extraordinary as it was enough to slightly improve the grade of one’s demon bloodline.
Unfortunately for him, he had already gone through three times of Bloodline Awakening. As such, more than half of the effects of the purple qi had gone to waste.
“Purple grade Spirit tform is only good for demon cultivators who have just experienced the second Bloodline Awakening… Therefore, I don’t need to ask Zhu Qin to kill others and seize their Spirit tforms… He only needs to finish off that Lu Wan’er and that’s it! Lu Bei… I’ll start from his wife to make him pay for his “debt”! I wonder how he will feel when he finds out that his wife died today…”
Right after Wang Xiao went out from the formation, Demon Concubine Wu Yan, Lu Jiefen and other Late Divine Transformation Realm experts also upgraded their tforms to the purple grade and eventually left the arena.
300 breathster, 144 out of 145 Divine Transformation Realm experts had sessfully fulfilled the criteria to enter the second match and exited the arena.
The formation was only left with less than 800 cultivators within. They were still vying for the tforms against each other. The lowest grade of Spirit tforms among them was of the yellow grade while many of the cultivators had already upgraded their tforms to blue grade.
Stepping on a green grade Spirit tform, Lu Wan’er was controlling the purple mes of her phoenix wings while confronting a Peak Nascent Soul Realm expert in order to seize her opponent’s tform which was at the same grade as hers.
If she seeds, her Spirit tform would then advance into the blue grade…
Peak Earth Profound Grade Purple me Phoenix’s Wings. Each p of it was able to borrow the spiritual power of heaven and earth to st out waves of mes!
Under the attack of the waves of mes, even though her opponent was a Peak Nascent Soul Realm cultivator, his energy and strength were nearly drained out after strenuously defending himself with magical treasures. A number of his magical treasures had already been destroyed by the purple mes. It was only a matter of time before he is knocked out and disqualified.
The power of her phoenix wings made the Peak Nascent Soul Realm cultivator inwardly feel desperate. Eventually, when another st of mes struck him, he lost his bnce and leapt off of his Spirit tform. He let out a faint sigh and was safely transferred out from the arena after admitting defeat.
Lu Wan’er’s face was pale. Gently, she wiped away the sweat on her cheeks and fused her green grade Spirit tform with the one in front of her by performing certain hand seals. When a new blue grade Spirit tform was formed, her lips curved into a smile.
“Just one more battle. Just one more blue grade Spirit tform and I will sessfully upgrade my tform to the purple grade… Blue grade… Where are they…”
Her gaze swept around the arena and noticed that there were already 7 cultivators with blue grade Spirit tforms aside from her.
Six of them were Peak Nascent Soul Realm experts and four out of the six possessed a vast and powerful qi. Lu Wan’er was aware that even though she was equipped with the phoenix wings, her chances in defeating them were not high. As for the other two, however, they did not pose much of a threat to her.
I can win against either one of them!
But what surprised Lu Wan’er was that the seventh cultivator who was on top of a blue grade Spirit tform was actually a silver-armored Divine Transformation Realm expert!
When Lu Wan’er sessfully congealed her blue grade Spirit tform, that Divine Transformation Realm expert sneered coldly…
Lu Wan’er felt strange.
Why hasn’t that Divine Transformation Realm expert, who is obviously stronger than the rest of the remaining cultivators, congealed his purple grade Spirit tform and left after so much time has passed?
“A Divine Transformation Realm expert… What is he waiting for? I recall that his name is Zhu Qin and he is one of the Demon Generals from the Upper World…”
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Outside the arena, Lu Daochen’s expression grew fierce and the seriousness within his eyes intensified.
144 out of 145 Divine Transformation Realm experts have left the arena and only one is left within.
He doesn’t seem to be unable to seize anyone’s Spirit tform. Instead, it’s more like he is waiting for something or… someone. What is he trying to do?
Wait… That man is a general under Wang Xiao’smand… Zhu Qin!
“General Wang Xiao, why did your general, Zhu Qin, stop fighting after upgrading his Spirit tform to blue grade? What is he intending to do by staying within the formation? Don’t tell me that it’s your idea…” Another gust of wind blew past. Lu Daochen was feeling slightly ufortable.
“I don’t know…Probably he wants to kill someone?” Wang Xiao grinned viciously.
Kill someone?!
Lu Daochen’s heart palpitated, as if he had just figured something out.
At the same time, Zhu Qin moved!
Like raging waves, a force swept across the surroundings. A ray of silver light shed and the six Peak Nascent Soul Realm cultivators who stood on the blue grade Spirit tforms were eliminated, leaving only their demon souls. None of them could clearly see what he had done. With faces full of horror, they hurriedly abandoned their tforms in order to escape from the formation.
Extremely ruthless!
As they left, the six empty blue grade Spirit tforms remained still in midair. However, Zhu Qin did not even cast a nce at them, as if he was not concerned about upgrading his Spirit tform at all. He stomped at his tform and stared coldly at Lu Wan’er!
“Finally! You’ve reached the blue grade. I’ve been waiting so anxiously for you!”
When his footnded onto the tform, his demon power congealed into an illusory silver crane which soared high into the vast sky. As it emitted a hostile shrill, innumerable silver rifts spread wildly and quickly in all directions along with a howling gale. Any Nascent Soul Realm cultivator who were caught up within the silver light would immediately be torn apart by the silver threads. Their armors were crushed, their Supreme Grade magical treasures were broken and their bodies and bones were pulverized. Nothing was able to withstand that attack. Each of the demon souls who had just lost their physical bodies were stricken with fear and hastily jumped off from their tforms, no longer bothering about the result of the match. All of them were eager to instantly withdraw themselves from the arena under the effect of the light formation!
It’s terrifying! Too terrifying! A Divine Transformation Realm demon general’s means were overwhelming!
A few of the Nascent Soul Realm demon cultivators who did not manage to escape in time with their demon souls immediately perished within the silver light!
“This Demon General Zhu Qin is extremely audacious. How dare he ignore the rules of the match! How dare he murder someone here!”
“It’s bad! We must flee now!”
Each of the old monsters within the arena quickly got off. As for Zhu Qin, he paid no attention to the rest of them as his eyes were only focused at Lu Wan’er all the time! The silver light emanated from his palm began to get even stronger!
It was the innate ability of the Silver Crane Race - Howling Crane’s Shrill!
Zhu Qin let out a cacophony ofughter. When he wed at the air, all the silver threads turned around, heading towards Lu Wan’er. Rifts were left behind on the trails that the silver threads left behind. Nearly all the Spirit tforms floating in midair were dispersed!
“General Zhu Qin, what do you mean by doing all this?!” Lu Wan’er eyes turned gloomy.
“Lu Bei has killed the Demon Generals from my Upper World. Since you are his wife, you’ll have to die as payback for what he did!”
“What?!” Lu Wan’er was greatly shocked that this Divine Transformation Realm Demon General was bold enough to try to murder her in public.
“You dare?!”
Lu Daochen, Lu Sheng and Imperial Concubine Wu Yan’s expressions changed drastically. All the three of themunched attacks on the light formation, intending to shatter it but none of their attacks worked.
Lu Daochen’s face was filled with anxiety. It was because when this Mortal Void Realm formation is established, even he would not be able to deactivate it unless the first match is over!
In other words, there was not a single thing they could do to save Lu Wan’er from outside the formation…
Am I going to helplessly watch my proudest apprentice die in vain?!
“Zhu Qin! If you dare to hurt my disciple, no matter who you are, be it a member of the Silver Crane Race or the True Spirit Ice Owl Race, you will definitely not escape death!”
Lu Daochen roared in rage. However, his voice did not seem to shake Zhu Qin’s determination.
To him, Wang Xiao’smand was his top priority. Besides, what was the big deal of killing a mere ant of the mortal world?
Lu Wan’er’s countenance was stered with nervousness. She ferociously activated her phoenix wings, pushing the power of the wings to its maximum.
But at this moment, she surprisingly congealed the illusory shadow of a purple phoenix despite her identity as a fox demon!
Rapidly, her face became deathly pale but at the same time, the shadow of the purple phoenix became more solidified.
Arduously, she moved her fingers to perform a hand seal whichmanded the purple phoenix to st out a column of illusory purple mes. Although the purple mes were unreal, it literally burnt the silver threads disyed by Zhu Qin to nothingness!
Zhu Qin was bbergasted. He had never expected that his innate ability’s full force would be neutralized by a Late Nascent Soul Realm female cultivator.
Lu Daochen and the rest of Lu Wan’er allies felt relieved. They might not be able to blow up the formation, but as long as Lu Wan’er gives up the match and jumps off from her Spirit tform now, she would then be sheltered by the formation and teleported out from the arena safely. Afterwards, Lu Daochen would avenge her!
But Lu Wan’er did not jump down from her Spirit tform. She did not choose to flee…
Her gaze was fixed to a blue grade Spirit tform in the distance. She bit her lip and desperately flew towards it.
I can’t run away. I can’t… Because I am representing Ning Fan and now… I’m his wife!
As long as I am one step faster than Zhu Qin in upgrading my blue grade Spirit tform to the purple grade, I will be able to leave… I will be able to protect Ning Fan’s ce in the second match.
She pped her phoenix wings and dashed right at the blue cloud which was located a thousand zhang* away. Her action startled Lu Daochen and the rest of his group.
“Silly girl! What are you doing?! Why are you still concerned about the matter of the Spirit tform in a critical situation like this?!”
Indeed, she was a sillydy… If she was not silly, why would she fall in love with a member of a different race?
Now, she just wanted to gamble. She was not sure whether the opponent wanted to eliminate Ning Fan from thepetition or not, she just simply wanted to make him be able to participate in the next match…
Just a little further… A little more…
There was just one hundred zhang* left between her and the blue grade Spirit tform which floated alone in midair…
But just before she could reach it, a silver beam suddenly shot past her, blocking her path forward.
“It’s really beyond my expectations that you could disy the ability of the phoenix race with your fox demon bloodline… But apparently, it seemed to be pretty burdensome for you. I’m afraid you won’t be able to disy it again! Hmmph! If you’ve chosen to flee just now, you would have been fine. But unluckily for you, you chose to hang on. Aren’t you being too proud of yourself for not putting me in your eyes? Do you really think that I can’t kill you?!”
Zhu Qin’s eyes werepletely filled with the color of silver. The illusory shadow of the silver crane on his back grew taller by a fold!
The might of the silver threads on the tips of his fingers also doubled, making them able to shred amon Divine Transformation Realm expert to pieces!
“You can die now. No one would be able to save you. If you want to me someone else, me it on your husband, Lu Bei!”
Tranted by Tommy, edited by Roel