The Sword God of the Universe
Chapter 279 - 279 279 Overwhelming

Chapter 279: Chapter 279: Overwhelming Chapter 279: Chapter 279: Overwhelming Breaking through from the Innate Middle Stage to the Late Innate Stage was not that simple.

If it were easy, Jing Yan would have attempted to break through long ago!

There are no small number of martial artists who get stuck at the Innate Middle Stage and are unable to break through for their entire lives!

Jing Yan hadn’t expected that he would undergo a transformation within the Heaven Array and self-initiate the transition of the Fog Vortex.

Therefore, at this moment he had no second option but to commit all his efforts, sprinting towards the Late Innate Realm.

“Hiss hiss…” The Primordial Energy within the Fog Vortex surged wildly, like waves in a storm.

Amid this tumult, the total amount of Primordial Energy in the Fog Vortex was also rapidly being depleted.

The transformation of the Fog Vortex required the consumption of a vast amount of Primordial Energy, so any martial artist, when breaking through, would make thorough preparations, keeping an ample supply of resources close at hand.

Feeling the swift depletion of Primordial Energy in the Fog Vortex, Jing Yan did not hesitate.

He first stuffed a handful of second-class Guiyuan Pills into his mouth, then took out a Top-grade Spirit Stone, activated the Sky Vaulting First Divine Skill, and absorbed the Primordial Energy contained within the Top-grade Spirit Stone.

“Boom!” The roiling Primordial Energy burst forth from within the Top-grade Spirit Stone, being drawn into Jing Yan’s body.

Speaking of which, Jing Yan really had to thank the Chen Family for the gift of one hundred Top-grade Spirit Stones, for without those hundred Top-grade Spirit Stones, Jing Yan truly would have had no other Top-grade Spirit Stones available for use.

At this moment, without Top-grade Spirit Stones, the situation would have been dire, potentially resulting in a failed breakthrough.

Although the Guiyuan Pills are also good for replenishing Primordial Energy, the amount of energy they contain is indeed far less than that of the Top-grade Spirit Stones.

“Activate the Soul Crystal!” Jing Yan’s mind stirred slightly.

When he had broken through from the Early Innate Stage to the Middle Stage, Jing Yan used a High-level Soul Crystal, which he had obtained from a rank-eight spiritual beast.

At the time of that breakthrough, he absorbed part of the Soul Crystal’s energy, but the majority of it was confined within his body by the Sky Vaulting First Divine Skill, and he did not continue absorbing it.

A High-level Soul Crystal contains an extremely terrifying amount of energy, so when Jing Yan advanced from the Early Innate to the Middle Stage, he had only consumed about one-third of a High-level Soul Crystal.

The remaining energy was still within his body.

Now as his realm was breaking through once more, and the Fog Vortex was undergoing another transformation, it was the perfect time to trigger the remaining energy of the Soul Crystal.

The energy of the Soul Crystal was activated, and Jing Yan’s Fog Vortex was instantly saturated with Primordial Energy.

His Martial Arts Meridians were also exceedingly full.

A few dozen breaths later, a scorching sensation came from his Martial Arts Meridians.

Jing Yan swiftly consumed an Azure Abyss Elixir to neutralize the intense and pure energy from the Soul Crystal.

Time gradually passed.

Under the control of the Sky Vaulting First Divine Skill, Jing Yan’s realm was being improved in an orderly manner, and everything was going relatively smoothly.

After just over thirty minutes,

The Soul Crystal’s energy was completely exhausted, more than sixty Top-grade Spirit Stones were consumed, and about twenty second-class Guiyuan Pills were used up!

A tremendous consumption!

“Whoosh!” Jing Yan, with his eyes open, had a brilliant gleam in his eyes and Divine Light rippling.

His entire demeanor had undergone a kind of transformation.

“Hu!” Jing Yan exhaled a long breath of turbid air from his chest.

“I’ve reached the Late Innate Stage!” Jing Yan murmured to himself.

His Fog Vortex had successfully transformed.

His realm had broken through from the Middle to the Late Stage.

And this entire process had taken just a little over thirty minutes.

Of course, although Jing Yan’s realm was now at the Late Innate Stage, it was not yet stable.

Under normal circumstances, Jing Yan would certainly need more time to stabilize the realm he had just ascended to.

But at this moment, Jing Yan didn’t have much time.

He was inside the Sky Crossing Array.

Checking the time, there should be just over thirty minutes left for him to pass through the Heaven Array.

“Let’s continue through the Sky Crossing Array first!” With a flicker in his gaze, Jing Yan’s aura converged, and a smile appeared on his face.

“Having advanced to the Late Innate Stage, my strength should have increased quite a bit!”

“Let’s try those black figures again!” After gathering the remaining dozen or so Top-grade Spirit Stones from the ground, Jing Yan hurried forward.

Although the breakthrough of his realm had consumed a terrifying amount of resources, for Jing Yan, as long as he could break through a realm, no amount of resource consumption was a problem.

He was a Pill Master; earning resources was much simpler for him than for ordinary martial artists.

If he ran out of resources, he could always earn more.

…

Prince Manor’s Plaza!

“Is it almost time?”

“Indeed, we have around thirty minutes left!

In thirty minutes, it will end.

This time, the assessments for the Three Major Academies will also be fully completed.”

“I wonder what the situation is now with Jing Yan and Wu Shen who entered the Sky Crossing Array!”

“Hard to say, they might both be dead, or one could be dead, or they might both be dead.”

“Isn’t that stating the obvious?”

The people on the high platform were somewhat bored, idly chatting among themselves.

Sitting here for three hours was, indeed, a rather tedious affair.

However, almost no one chose to leave.

They all knew that it was almost impossible for Jing Yan and Wu Shen to pass the Heaven Array and seize the Golden Order.

They had all but decided on the final result.

Yet, until the Heaven Array session ended, they were not going to leave.

Because they wanted to see the final outcome with their own eyes.

If Jing Yan and Wu Shen had not been transported out after the three hours were up, then both men would have died within the Heaven Array.

“Elder Wu, the time is almost up, and Wu Shen has not come out of the Heaven Array yet.

Do you think Wu Shen can really seize the Golden Order?”

The Wen Family Elder asked, looking toward the Wu Family Elder.

The people around the Wen Family Elder also directed their gazes at the Wu Family Elder.

Many of them had meaningful looks in their eyes, especially the elders of the Four Great Families, who were obviously eager to see Wu Shen die in the Heaven Array.

After all, none of the disciples from their Four Great Families had attempted the Heaven Array, while Wu Shen of the Wu Family had chosen to brave it.

Although the Wu Family was an old, established family from Lanqu County City with profound heritage, Wu Shen showing off in front of the people from the Four Great Families would definitely be displeasing to them.

Elder Wu gave the Wen Family Elder a cold look and sneered without saying anything.

“Ha ha, Elder Wu seems to have a lot of confidence in Wu Shen.

Everyone, let’s just wait and see if Wu Shen can seize the Golden Order and if he can survive!” The Wen Family Elder, not getting a response from Elder Wu, flashed a keen light in his eyes and laughed with a mocking tone.

“It would be great if he survives at all!

Thinking about seizing the Golden Order?

Heh heh…” someone scoffed.

“Wu Shen is a martial artist at the Peak Innate Realm, there’s a good chance he will survive in the Heaven Array!

Elder Wu, you must urge Wu Shen to join our Red Lotus Academy!” Huang Luo, the Outer Court Director of Red Lotus Academy, said to Elder Wu with a smile.

“Wu Shen belongs to our Divine Wind Academy, Huang Luo, save your breath!” Shang Qu gave Huang Luo a glance and snorted.

“Director Shang Qu, that’s not quite right.

Wu Shen has not yet joined the Divine Wind Academy.

Perhaps he would prefer to join our Dao Yi Academy?” Shu Ling interjected.

If Wu Shen could survive the Heaven Array, no matter whether he could seize the Golden Order or not, the Three Major Academies would certainly do their utmost to recruit him.

It was not easy to survive inside the Heaven Array.

Entering and surviving in the Heaven Array was already enough to prove a martial artist’s strength and potential.

If Jing Yan could survive the Heaven Array, then the directors of the outer courts of the Three Major Academies would probably regret issuing the Sealing Order against Jing Yan even more.

However, at this moment, the directors of the outer courts of the Three Major Academies clearly did not believe Jing Yan could survive the Heaven Array.

Even with the strength of a Late-stage Innate Martial Artist, the chances of surviving the Heaven Array were slim.

In their eyes, Jing Yan was considered dead the moment he entered the Heaven Array.

While a martial artist at the Peak Innate Realm might stand a chance of survival in the Heaven Array, a martial artist at the Late Innate Realm had almost no chance — less than one in ten.

Not to mention that Jing Yan was reputed to have Late Innate combat power; his realm had not reached Late Innate and was likely only at Early Innate.

In fact, not only did the directors of the outer courts from the Three Major Academies think Jing Yan was dead, but most of the people here probably also thought Jing Yan had died in the Heaven Array.

…

Inside the Heaven Array!

“Boom!” Red Sword Light swept across, the overwhelming power carrying a black silhouette with it, directly flung away.

This was Jing Yan facing the sixth black silhouette.

This sixth black silhouette was much stronger than the fifth one.

Still, Jing Yan dispatched the black figure with a casual strike, using only his New Moon Cutting Sword Technique and not even needing his strongest move, the Holy Light Sword Technique.

“Ha ha…

my strength has increased several times over.

My realm is still not stable, but once it is, my strength will increase even more,” Jing Yan thought happily.

As his thoughts turned, Jing Yan struck with another sword, landing it on the body of the black silhouette.

After two strikes, the black silhouette’s aura had clearly weakened a lot.

“Another strike!” Jing Yan smiled slightly, sending out the third sword.

When the Red Sword Light swept over the black silhouette again, the sixth black silhouette completely dispersed, disappearing into the space.

Three strikes!

Jing Yan had completely defeated the sixth black silhouette with just three strikes, all in a few breaths’ time.

“Thrilling!”

“Complete domination!”

“With my current strength, if I were to face the first five black silhouettes, except for the fifth one which might require two strikes, the first four could likely be instantly annihilated with a single sword!” Jing Yan chuckled.

Indeed, it was effortless domination!

From the appearance of the sixth black silhouette to its collapse, it didn’t even have a chance to attack Jing Yan; three consecutive strikes vanquished it completely.