Martial Conquest of the Nine Desolates
Chapter 402 - 398: Xiao Ye’s Power

Chapter 402: Chapter 398: Xiao Ye’s Power

Over a hundred young people from West State, each one of them stood out in the Kingdom Battle of the West State Dynasty; but now they put aside their dignity to join forces, all to deal with Xiao Ye, their mighty power billowed, advancing forward in this space.

Swoosh!

In the blink of an eye, Xiao Ye looked up to the skies and let out a long howl, his body shot up, and he ascended to the heavens, with a Slaughter Lotus floating above his head, exuding terrifying power that overwhelmed the skies.

"Death Slash!"

Xiao Ye roared, his blood hair scattering in the wind, his eyes completely replaced by a bloody light. He activated the First Level of the Ten Thousand Refining Golden Body, his right hand turning into a blade, his entire body bursting forth with unmatched golden light, shining like the sun, too dazzling to look at directly.

Instantly, the Two-level Slaughter Law condensed in Xiao Ye’s hand, the Sword Light broke through the heavens, and it was like a Bottomless Abyss, its powerful suction engulfing over a hundred of West State’s Geniuses.

Boom!

The heaven and earth trembled violently, many of West State’s Geniuses trembled, their faces filled with panic and confusion, feeling an inexplicable force leaving marks of years on their bodies, and their life force being deprived by the powerful suction, continuously converging towards Xiao Ye, merging into his right hand, and exponentially increasing its power. The Blood-red Blade Light soared, reaching the Nine Heavens, directly shattering the void within a ten-mile radius.

Xiao Ye hadn’t even acted yet, but the offensive of the hundred-plus West State’s Geniuses was already close to collapsing, their power weakened by more than a hundred times.

"This... This is the Combat Techniques of an Ancient Genius! How could he know this?" Wei Yifei’s face was filled with terror, even he felt his blood stirring within him, only with desperation could he resist the powerful suction.

He finally realized why Xiao Ye, facing their joint assault of over a hundred people, was so confident. Besides embodying the Slaughter Law, Death Slash can also absorb the opponent’s life force to increase its power. The more opponents there are, the more terrifying its power becomes.

Now that they had all joined in, it was like they were feeding Xiao Ye, increasing the power of Death Slash. Thinking of this, Wei Yifei deeply regretted everything.

"Xiao Ye, you madman!" Wei Yifei cast a glance around, noticing that many of the West State’s Geniuses had rapidly aged, with white hair appearing, looking nothing like the young men they once were.

If they continued to be consumed like this, they wouldn’t need Xiao Ye to take action, these people would age to death.

Immediately, Wei Yifei let out an angry roar, not caring about the others, his figure flashed, and despite the powerful suction, he fled straight backwards.

Now, forgetting about defeating Xiao Ye, with the current power of Death Slash, it was possible that one slash could kill him instantly.

"Is this the power of Death Slash? Truly worthy of being the top Ninth Grade Battle Techniques, it didn’t disappoint me!" Xiao Ye stood like a true Death God, emitting a freezing murderous intent.

In the deep underground, with the assistance of the Time Tower, coupled with his exceptional comprehension, he had fully integrated the Two-level Slaughter Law into Death Slash.

Moreover, the influence of the Slaughter Law caused Xiao Ye’s heart to roil with surging murderous intent, an urge to kill everyone in sight.

"Must not be impulsive, killing a person in the Heavenly King Realm would cost a hundred War Merit Points, it’s not worth the loss." Xiao Ye forcefully suppressed the murderous intent in his heart, then briefly glanced below, replaced his palm with the blade, slashed through the void, and the fierce Blood-red Blade Light slashed down instantly.

Boom!

The vast Blade Light, like a blood-colored river pouring down, turned everything in its path into Nihility, its wild momentum sweeping through like a mountain and river storm, the ground cracked open with cracks spreading like a spider web, countless towering ancient trees collapsed, a scene akin to the apocalypse, the whole world covered by the endless blood light.

"This..."

The East State Geniuses watching from afar were all struck dumbfounded. They had never seen such a terrifying Combat Technique.

"My God, with such strength, he should almost be on par with our Prince Donghuang, right?" An East State youth’s throat moved, and he spoke with difficulty.

When the dust finally settled, a gigantic, bottomless trench appeared in their sight, extending forward without end, all the towering ancient trees along the path were reduced to dust.

A silent shock spread among the crowd, plunging the area into dead silence.

This Ancient Forest looked as if it had been cleaved into two by that one slash!

"Those people from West State, weren’t they all killed by Brother Xiao?" Chen Feng was shocked for a long time, and quickly looked towards the center.

The Europan who saw over a hundred of West State’s Geniuses, one by one, slumped on the ground, severely injured, all still alive, but seemed to have been terrified out of their wits, pale as ghosts, shivering.

Even more exaggerated, three of them had wet pants, clearly scared out of their wits.

In fact, Xiao Ye, in the last moment, deliberately deviated his attack, so the hundred-plus West State’s Geniuses were heavily injured by the aftermath, otherwise it was unknown how many could have survived.

As for Wei Yifei, under Xiao Ye’s control, was the most severely injured, with his shoulder being penetrated, blood spurting out, showing a face filled with panic.

The Death Slash, which incorporated the Two-level Slaughter Law and absorbed a portion of the life force of over a hundred West State’s young people, was too terrifying. In the Ancient Battlefield, there were only a few who could receive this slash.

"Chen Feng, go collect all of their Space Rings and Imperial Dynasty Tokens," Xiao Ye said coldly.

"Yes!" Chen Feng was jolted by the words and quickly staggered over, collecting all the Space Rings and Imperial Dynasty Tokens from everyone in West State.

Now, he admired Xiao Ye even more and followed Xiao Ye’s commands involuntarily.

"Today was just a lesson for you. You may seize the Imperial Dynasty Tokens of East State’s geniuses with your strength, but humiliation is absolutely unacceptable. Otherwise, even at the cost of having Combat Points deducted, I, Xiao Ye, will kill you!"

"Furthermore... Regardless of how East State performed in past Dynasty Battles, this time, we in East State will certainly suppress the other Three Great States and ensure you dare not say East State is without talent again." Xiao Ye retracted the Slaughter Law and descended to the ground.

Wei Yifei could not help but smile bitterly upon hearing this.

Seizing others’ Imperial Dynasty Tokens with strength?

They had lost their own Tokens, and if they couldn’t take them back, they would have no right to participate in the Dynasty Battle, so how could they go about seizing others’ Tokens?

As for the claim that East State had no talents?

With Xiao Ye’s current strength, whoever dared to say East State had no talent would be courting death. Perhaps only the princes and princesses from the Four Great States’ Dynasties could suppress Xiao Ye.

Xiao Ye’s name was destined to be celebrated across the Four Great States.

"Get lost!" Xiao Ye finished speaking and, impatiently waving his hand.

Those West State’s geniuses heard this like a pardon, quickly helping each other to stand up and gradually disappearing from the area.

"Brother Xiao, I’ve broken through to the First Realm of the Mystical Wood, enabling contact with the trees in this forest, and I have found the way out. Here is the map I’ve drawn." Wei Yifei, before leaving, took a map out of his chest and respectfully handed it to Xiao Ye.

He was now truly submissive to Xiao Ye, with no other thoughts in his heart.

Xiao Ye looked at Wei Yifei in surprise; he had not anticipated the Mystical Wood to have such an ability, which saved him the trouble of looking for a way out.

Xiao Ye took the map and then took his own Imperial Dynasty Token from Wei Yifei.

"I, Xiao Ye, don’t like to owe people. As for your Space Ring, consider it forfeited as a punishment," Xiao Ye stated.

"Yes, yes!" Wei Yifei was overjoyed to retrieve his Imperial Dynasty Token; he bowed to Xiao Ye and then left, dragging his heavily injured body.

The geniuses from East State, having gotten back their own Space Rings and Imperial Dynasty Tokens, looked at Xiao Ye with gratitude.

"I’ll give you two hours to heal, and then I’ll lead you out of the Ancient Forest," Xiao Ye said, waving his hand. Helping these people from East State was effortless for him, and he didn’t take it to heart.

East State’s geniuses complied with Xiao Ye’s words, promptly taking out their own Elixirs to heal their injuries.

Xiao Ye walked to one side, sat cross-legged, and pondered the battle that had just taken place.

"Death Slash is powerful, but using it requires vigilance against backlash from the Slaughter Principle. It’s too taxing on my mind, and depriving others of their vitality is somewhat cruel. It’s better kept as a trump card," Xiao Ye thought to himself.

"As for the Eighth Grade Battle Technique, I have now learned the Mountain and River Seal. Although it’s a bit simplistic, it’s enough for attack. It’s time to start cultivating the Ten Thousand Refining Golden Body Second Layer to increase my physical defense." Xiao Ye flipped his palm and took out a book from the Space Ring.

The cultivation method of the Ten Thousand Refining Golden Body Second Layer was obtained by Xiao Ye from the Death Mountain Range in the Sky Breaking King Realm, and he had kept it in his Space Ring all this time. He hadn’t had the chance to cultivate it because he was focused on comprehending the Four Emperor Skills.

If he could perfectly cultivate the Second Layer, his physical body would rival a Void Artifact, and he would no longer need to use the Sky Breaking Saber. At least Wei Yifei and the others did not possess a Void Artifact.

Then, Xiao Ye started to read the book.

The mantra for the Second Layer of the Ten Thousand Refining Golden Body had much more to it than the First Layer. It took Xiao Ye an hour to memorize it, and then he started cultivating using the Time Tower.

Faint golden light surrounded Xiao Ye’s body. As time passed, the light grew brighter and brighter until he shone like the sun, bursting with billions of rays of light and illuminating the entire sky.

Every moment, Xiao Ye felt his physical body slowly improving, and the overwhelming pressure emanating from him swept out, causing the geniuses from East State, who were still recovering, to feel heavy and tremble involuntarily as they looked at Xiao Ye with awe.

After one hour passed in the outside world, Xiao Ye felt that he had reached a bottleneck in his cultivation and slowly opened his eyes.

"The Second Layer of the Ten Thousand Refining Golden Body is indeed powerful, but it is also much more difficult to cultivate," Xiao Ye thought to himself. Suddenly he had an idea, took out the seized Space Rings, and laid out more than a hundred in front of him.

"I wonder if there are any treasures among these that I could use?" Xiao Ye anticipated with a full face of expectation.

After all, the owners of these Space Rings were top geniuses from the major kingdoms of West State. Their standing was evident, and they surely wouldn’t be too poor.

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