Chapter 484: Kind Old Man - 484
Zhu Yi understood why the man was confused. It was hard to believe that Zhu Yi could possibly fight against multiple Chaos Beasts only a single level below him.
"I can do it." Zhu Yi said.
The man shook his head. "It's not that simple. If you die to the Chaos Beasts, it could cause a collapse in the strategy. If you want to fight against multiple Chaos Beasts of the same level, you have to prove your strength."
Zhu Yi nodded. "I can do that. How will it be tested?"
The man shrugged in response. "I don't know. I'll go ask."
Even among soul formation realm cultivators, there was a clear difference.
Zhu Yi watched as the man left and entered a hole in the giant structure of ice. After a few minutes, a different person came out. He was older, and seemed wiser than the last man.
"How many do you want to fight against?" He asked Zhu Yi.
"I think I can handle 3." Zhu Yi responded. He didn't want to be too careless.
The old man thought for a second before speaking. "I am at the tenth level of the soul formation realm. I could theoretically fight two at the same time, though I don't, but I feel that three is a stretch for even me. If you can defeat me in a fight, you can fight three Chaos Beasts."
Zhu Yi agreed and they moved far away from the Frost Sect. Once they were far enough away that it was impossible for them to even shake the Frost Sect, they stopped.
Before fighting, the old man spoke. "Perhaps in the wider universe, it isn't too crazy to fight against multiple Chaos Beasts a level lower than you, but I truly don't believe that you can fight three."
Zhu Yi was surprised. It seemed that this old man knew about the wider universe.
"You know about the wider universe?" Zhu Yi asked.
"I do. I know that in the wider universe, fighting a Chaos Beast at the same level below the void traversing realm, while shocking, is not a unique achievement. When looking at the vast amount of people born with extreme talent, at least a few born every now and then can fight a Chaos Beast at the same level."
The old man paused for a moment and spoke again. "Yet, everything changes when the void traversing realm is involved."
He looked at Zhu Yi. "How much do you know about Chaos Beasts?"
Zhu Yi responded. "Not much."
"Many notice it after fighting the first few Chaos Beasts, but a Chaos Beasts strength is completely dependent on its realm, not its level or talent. Every single nascent soul realm Chaos Beast has around the same strength. It is also the same for Chaos Beasts at the soul formation level. It is when a Chaos Beast is born in the void traversing realm that there becomes a possibility of difference. Simply put, there is a chance for a Chaos Beast to gain intelligence. Although so small in the void traversing realm that it is not worth mentioning, it is still possible. Chaos beast born at a higher realm have a higher chance of having intelligence. With intelligence, the threat of a Chaos Beast is variable and can change. Intelligent Chaos Beasts cannot grow their realm like all other Chaos Beasts, but they can increase their power."
Zhu Yi had a question. "So only intelligent Chaos Beast's are a real threat above the soul formation realm?"
"No. You should know that the higher the realm of the Chaos Beast, the stronger it is on the same level. In other words, a genius who can fight a foundation establishment realm Chaos Beast at the same level may not be able to do so against a nascent soul realm Chaos Beast at the same level. This trend continues steadily until the void traversing realm. The strength of a Chaos Beast on the same level is then far, far stronger than before."
The old man paused before once again looking at Zhu Yi. "In the history of our world, there have surely been multiple geniuses that can fight a Chaos Beast at the same level, but only at the Nascent soul realm or below. It is unlikely that there was one who could fight a soul formation realm Chaos Beast at the same level."
"Now, knowing all this, why do you think that even billions of years later, Chen Jie is hailed as the greatest geniuses of our planet?"
Zhu Yi did not know.
"It is because he killed a void traversing realm Chaos Beast at the same level."
After hearing so much from the old man about Chaos Beasts, Zhu Yi was surprised to hear this about Chen Jie.
He also noticed that the old man had said billions of years. In other words, Chen Jie was on this planet at least 2 billion years ago. This was an amount of time that Zhu Yi could hardly believe.
After saying all this, the old man formed a ball of ice in his hand. "I told you all this because you are clearly a genius. It is said that I'm testing you to make sure that you don't disrupt the battle strategy, but I don't want you to die due to arrogance. For this purpose, I will fight you with everything I have."
As the ice ball fully formed, the old man clenched his fist and punched at Zhu Yi from afar.
Condensed icicles shot past Zhu Yi's head as he moved to the side. He put his hand on his sword and spoke
"Thank you for your concern. I truly appreciate it." He spoke both slow and fast. His words were clear, but barely any time was passing as he spoke them.
He began to pull his sword out of his sheath. The sword seemed to disappear as it came farther out.
"But my name is Zhu Yi, disciple of Zhou Fan, and I must never lose."
Formless sword.
Without knowing how, the old man felt his leg get cut. The first cut did not go too deep, testament to his great defense and Zhu Yi holding back, but an instant later, another cut came, deeper and stronger.
Chapter 485: Fighting Chaos Beasts Again - 485
The old man jumped in the sky and flew, but he kept being attacked. He was unable to sense where the attacks were coming from. He only knew that they were from Zhu Yi.
In just a few moments, he had nearly 500 cuts on his body. He formed a shield of ice Qi around him and charged towards Zhu Yi, but was forced to stop moving as the shield of ice Qi began to break.
In just a few seconds since the first attack, Zhu Yi had used a thousand attacks. He sheathed his sword, which once again became visible.
"This was my kindness. Next time, I won't hold back." Zhu Yi said.
Without a word, the old man charged towards him. Zhu Yi unsheathed his sword again. It turned invisible and Zhu Yi swung.
The first attack proved to be different from the others. The shield of ice Qi was instantly cut halfway through.
Although the formless sword did not focus on attack power, it was still an extremely powerful technique. Its attack power was far more than when Zhu Yi attacked without using any technique.
It could almost be called an undetectable sword wave, though it was much more advanced and simply different.
In an instant, multiple attacks hit the shield of ice Qi. It broke in just a moment and the old man, without even being able to resist, was sent flying.
If Zhu Yi had intended to, he could have cut his head off. The old man stood up from the ground after a moment and looked at Zhu Yi.
"I hope you don't get killed. You will be set up to fight with three nascent soul realm Chaos Beasts."
The old man waved goodbye as he returned to the frost sect. Although Zhu Yi had not focused on the formless sword technique all this time, he had still practiced with it quite a bit. In all ways, he was incomparable to a thousand years ago.
Zhu Yi entered the frost sect and waited in one of the guest rooms. A few days later, someone knocked on his door.
Zhu Yi opened it and saw a core formation realm cultivator.
"We set out in 3 months. Be prepared."
Zhu Yi nodded and the core formation realm cultivator left. Over the next three months, he practiced with the formless sword. There was no point in cultivating for now since he was still far too slow.
When it was time to leave, Zhu Yi left his room and flew into the sky. A few minutes later, he joined an assigned group and was led to the battle grounds. He didn't talk much. He was only here for the Chaos Beasts. After waiting for a day at the battlegrounds, he felt the same sensation as before.
A giant Chaos Beast appeared, nearly identical to the one from before. Like last time, three colors dragged the Chaos Beast away.
When Nascent soul realm Chaos Beasts were all that remained, Zhu Yi attacked three of them with sword waves and led them away. Once he was far enough away to not affect anyone else, he turned around.
The three Chaos Beasts came at the same time. Zhu Yi grabbed his sword and immediately used the Breaking Through All Things technique.
The first Chaos Beast was completely cut through. As if automatically, it began to self-destruct. Zhu Yi turned around and saw two more Chaos Beasts blocking the closest path to move away.
He charged towards the other Chaos Beast, and with a single use of the Breaking Through All Things Technique, a second Chaos Beast was cut in half. He once again moved away from the self-destructing Chaos Beast and charged towards the last one.
One more use of Breaking Through All Things, and the battle was finished. Zhu Yi felt a little drained of Qi, but he began to recover it while Zhou Fan absorbed the Mist of the three Chaos Beasts.
He nodded, and Zhu Yi stood up. He had not recovered his Qi much, but every bit would help. Without hesitation, he charged towards the other fights among soul formation realm cultivators and Nascent soul realm Chaos beast.
As he launched over at an extreme speed, he flashed by a soul formation realm cultivator and cut the Chaos Beast he was fighting in half.
The soul formation realm cultivator was extremely surprised, but hurriedly moved away from the self-destruction of the Chaos Beast.
This battle was fought by the 1st, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th ranked sect of the world.
They were the Frost Sect, the Beast Taming Sect, the Bleed Sect, the Lava Smelt Sect, and the Sound Sect.
Zhu Yi had helped a soul formation realm cultivator of the Sound Sect. They fought with instruments as weapons. Their Qi was sound Qi and was usually used in the form of waves.
Zhu Yi was most interested in the fighting styles of the Sound Sect and the Beast taming Sect. There were even sayings that the Beast Taming Sect was a lesser branch of a Beast Taming Sect that was big even in the wider universe. It was also said that this beast taming sect was a forgotten branch with no contact higher up.
After regaining his Qi for a minute while Zhou Fan absorbed the mist from the Chaos Beast, Zhu Yi shot forward again.
Sending himself flinging above a battle at his maximum speed, he timed his attack and perfectly cut the Chaos Beast in half. This person was a member of the Frost Sect and was equally stunned by Zhu Yi's actions.
Once again, Zhu Yi rested for a minute before moving again. When all was said and done, Zhu Yi had killed 8 nascent soul realm Chaos Beasts. Zhou Fan said he was on the edge of a recovery threshold, but not quite there. Luckily, it seemed that the next time, he would be able to increase Zhu Yi's meridians.
Just as Zhu Yi was recovering in his tent, he had an extremely surprising and unexpected visitor.
Weekly Power Status
200+ Power
Ranking 
121 Power
stone You may also Like
Paragraph comment