novelInvincible Swordplay, Visitor From Black Dragon Island
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News of Qi Shaoxuan becoming a Six-Star Prodigy spread quickly through Eastern Wilderness. After all, the cultivation circles were only so wide. And the God of War Pagoda was the hottest topic amongst them now.
Qi Shaoxuan becoming a Six-Star Prodigy should have been something worth celebrating and publicizing. However, the Purple Mansion Sacred Ground remained quiet about it.
The Purple Mansion Saint didn't even make any public appearances over the next few days.
There was a very simple reason. Because he, as a Six-Star Prodigy, was just... too pathetic.
After becoming a Six-Star Prodigy, Huang Shi had been an invincible force in his youth. He had reigned supreme over all and built up an irrefutable reputation.
But what about Qi Shaoxuan?
He had just successfully become a Six -tar Prodigy when he was then mercilessly schooled by Shen Tian. It was even livestreamed for everyone to see.
Three battles. Three defeats. And his final defeat was a split-second kill by a single smack from Shen Tian.
This kind of battle result was not at all glorious. The Purple Mansion Sacred Ground was too ashamed to drum up any kind of publicity.
On the contrary, the Divine Firmament Saint's shocking attack had been recorded by many of the livestream spectators.
That massive, all-encompassing palm was a great shock to countless same-level prodigies.
Shen Tian's fame spread far and wide.
It could be said that Qi Shaoxuan's earlier reputation for having dominated the entire Eastern Wilderness had just become a stepping stone for Shen Tian.
Of course, this was not something Shen Tian wanted. He even found it rather troublesome. After all, he already had a lot of obsessed fans pestering him because of his good looks.
Now, everyone knew that not only was he very handsome, but he was also very talented and capable.
How could he continue being a low-profile, handsome boy like this?
Shen Tian didn't emerge from Saint Mountain but just quietly remained at the peak, immersing himself in his Sword Dao.
Yes, immersing himself in Sword Dao.
Three days ago, he had dripped blood on that bronze ring.
The ring had absorbed his blood but hadn't completely acknowledged him as its owner.
He could sense that he was not the owner whom the bronze ring was waiting for. However, for some reason, the bronze ring still absorbed his blood essence and gave him a sword technique.
Shen Tian did not know the name of this sword technique. It just existed in his mind as a beam of divine light.
Every time Shen Tian thought about this beam of divine light with his divine consciousness, he could feel the extraordinary profoundness of that Sword Dao.
This sword technique had no fixed moves. It was just a mysterious and abstract concept.
Shen Tian tried incorporating several simpler sword techniques into this concept and discovered that every single one of them could be greatly enhanced.
They even had the vague tendency of being merged into this beam of divine light.
It was clear that this invincible swordplay had the ability to transform something lousy into something remarkable.
Even though Shen Tian had the Divine Sword Constitution and had the amazing ability to thoroughly understand any swordplay, he could only comprehend a tiny part of this sword technique for now.
And just this tiny bit was enough to shock all sword cultivators in the world.
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As for Qi Shaoxuan, he had entered the God of War Pagoda with renewed determination after being defeated by Shen Tian. It had been three days since.
But he didn't choose to livestream his battles again. He chose to enter another platform.
It was the "sparring platform" newly created by Ye Qingcang.
This type of sparring platform was completely different from the usual battle platforms. There was no need to spend a high amount of funds here.
You only had to spend 100 God of War points to spar with a Six-Star Prodigy here, 1/10 of the amount in the normal battle platform.
But on the sparring platform, the 100 God of War points would be deducted whether or not the challenger won, and they would not receive any legacy techniques as a prize.
That was also to say that even if Qi Shaoxuan beat other Six-Star Prodigies on the sparring platform, he would not receive any six-star legacy techniques.
At first glance, this kind of platform seemed to have completely no allure. However, being able to battle an opponent of the same level was attractive enough to many of the prodigies.
Over the past three days, Qi Shaoxuan had battled 72 Celestial World prodigies consecutively.
His battle prowess would improve dramatically with each challenge.
Although he still hadn't managed to reach the Nascent Soul stage, his Golden Core had been refined to nearly flawless perfection.
As a result, Qi Shaoxuan's thirst for battle grew increasingly strong.
Of course, there was a very important reason why Qi Shaoxuan chose to use the sparring platform. He was broke.
Qi Shaoxuan had been rather proud and arrogant when he had first entered the God of War Pagoda after Shen Tian ignited his fighting spirit.
I am not a match for Brother Shen yet, but only he can beat me.
In this God of War Pagoda, I can dominate over all Six-Star Prodigies!
With this line of thinking, Qi Shaoxuan had immediately chosen to challenge Six-Star Prodigies.
Thereafter, he had been experiencing what it was like to get utterly thrashed by the Celestial World.
Previously, Qi Shaoxuan could defeat that Six-Star Prodigy because his opponent had been from the Snake race, and she had been suppressed by the Dragon race blood in him.
Qi Shaoxuan couldn't possibly get lucky every single time, especially when there was someone controlling things from behind the scenes.
For nine consecutive battles, Qi Shaoxuan had been beaten up so badly that he had started to have doubts about his life.
He had been completely suppressed the entire time. He had barely even gotten the chance to execute any moves.
Power-wise, just one strike by the staff of a Six-Star Prodigy from the Celestial World King Kong Ape race was enough to shatter the earth.
Speed-wise, the Six-Star Prodigy from the Celestial World Feather race was so agile that Qi Shaoxuan had no opportunity to even defend himself.
Endurance-wise, the Six-Star Prodigy from the Water race could change its body composition into water and be completely immune to attacks.
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Anyway, there were all sorts of prodigies.
With all sorts of bizarre abilities and rare skills. Qi Shaoxuan nearly broke down from all those defeats.
At this point, Qi Shaoxuan realized with a sense of resignation: I am a so-called Six-Star Prodigy, but I am probably only occupying the lower ranks of this status.
His already-depleted God of War points declined rapidly.
In the end, Qi Shaoxuan changed his platform under the advice and "encouragement" of the Pagoda Spirit.
After choosing two five-star and one six-star legacy techniques, Qi Shaoxuan started to practice on the sparring platform.
He worked hard at being able to endure the attacks of Six-Star Prodigies longer, as well as discover his own flaws.
This went on for three days and nights.
Qi Shaoxuan had never enjoyed himself so much before.
His heart ached at the money spent, but to be able to push beyond one's limits in battle was indeed a very addictive feeling.
It looks like I have to go out more in the future to find fortuitous opportunities. Otherwise, I won't be able to top up after my God of War points are all used up.
A certain Saint quietly mused.
At the same time, thousands of miles away from the Divine Firmament Sacred Ground...
A massive and terrifying dragon palanquin was flying majestically across the air.
This dragon palanquin was over 100 feet long. It was inlaid with supreme-grade Spirit Jade and Divine Pearls, depicting exquisite images of dragons and phoenixes. It looked extraordinary.
The dragon palanquin steered through the air, making rumbling noises as loud as thunder. It was like a heavenly palace surveying the area.
Even more eye-catching was the fact that nine Dragons were pulling the dragon palanquin. Every single one was a pure-blooded Black Dragon of Nascent Soul stage and above.
On both sides of the dragon palanquin were eight armored generals. They all had black dragon horns growing out of the tops of their heads. And the aura they exuded was exceptionally terrifying. Their aura even seemed to merge and enhance each other.
It was like a 10, 000-feet Black Dragon was shooting straight toward the Divine Firmament Sacred Ground!
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