Chapter 40: The Top Four on the Rank List

Monks from the Six Divine Realms—Mount Ghen, Earth Kun, Thunder Zhen, Wind Xun, Water Dui, and Heaven Qian—arrived at the six peripheries of the Galaxy Battlefield and then began flying toward its center. Along the way, the monks from these six realms conducted large-scale searches to eliminate the remaining monks from the Water Kan and Fire Li realms. Wherever these monks passed, there was only bloodshed and chaos; even those survivors from those two realms could not escape their fate and died one after another. During the fierce battle between the monks from the eight realms, the life essence of the dead on both sides was destroyed by violent energies, so neither side gained much life essence. However, during this cleanup operation, the monks from the six realms managed to obtain some life essence. A single drop of life essence was equivalent to ten thousand fused spiritual bodies, and for these monks, it was the best opportunity to improve themselves. The Galaxy Battlefield was filled with the arrogant aura of the monks from the six realms. On one of the stars in the battlefield, a group of forty thousand people had gathered. Among them, the four leaders all possessed extremely powerful auras; with a mere gesture of their hands, they could summon winds and rains. These four wore simple clothes and had ordinary appearances, looking like the most common monks among those in the Divine Realm. Yet, standing among forty thousand people, they shone brightly, drawing everyone’s gaze with admiration in their eyes. Guo Huo, Liu Shi, Mu Rong, and Pang Shu, the top four on the rank list, each led ten thousand people and gathered on this star. At that moment, the four strongest monks at the Divine Weapon stage were on a mountain peak. “Liu Shi, Mu Rong, Pang Shu, you came quickly. Good. This Galaxy Battlefield is the place where the four of us will once again enhance our strength,” Guo Huo said casually. These four had previously trained on Nan Yin Island and knew each other well, so they spoke freely. “Haha, the reason we didn’t aim to reach the Divine General stage was to wait for this great battle. If we obtain a large amount of life essence, we can significantly increase the number of spiritual bodies in our bodies. Once we reach the Divine General stage, our potential will soar,” Liu Shi said with a smile, his ordinary square face glowing. It turned out that these four top-ranked individuals could have already reached the Divine General stage, but to build the strongest foundation at the Divine Weapon stage, they deliberately delayed it until this great battle among Divine Weapon-level monks.

“Let’s have a competition this time. Whoever gets the most essence blood will have the other three agree to one of his requests after reaching the Divine General stage,” Mu Rong said, blinking.

The number of spiritual entities in these four people’s bodies wasn’t very different. Even Guo Huo, who ranked first, had only four million spiritual entities. Liu Shi, Mu Rong, and Pang Shu had 3.8 million, 3.7 million, and 3.5 million respectively.

“Great. It’s always been you three ahead of me. I really can’t accept that. This time, I’ll show you all just how much stronger I, Pang Shu, am than you three,” Pang Shu immediately replied.

Guo Huo, Liu Shi, and Mu Rong all laughed right away. They knew well Pang Shu’s personality—he would insist on being tough even though he knew he was inferior to them.

“Okay,” Guo Huo and Liu Shi also agreed.

Just then, a group of people was flying toward this star from the sky, numbering no less than one million.

“Haha, someone’s coming. Let’s put on a show now,” Liu Shi said happily, seeing the dense crowd flying in from the sky.

“Let’s start,” Guo Huo, Mu Rong, and Pang Shu said at once.

Suddenly, the top four on the ranking list soared into the air and headed straight for those one million cultivators in the sky.

These one million cultivators came from the Ze Dui Divine Realm. They had been clearing out people from the Shui Kan Divine Realm and the Huo Li Divine Realm along the way, but they never expected four guys to dare fly head-on at them.

Were these four fools, thinking they could fight one million cultivators alone?

Even Divine General-level cultivators wouldn’t dare confront one million cultivators by themselves!

“Guys, there are four guys flying over. Let’s torment them thoroughly,” several cultivators at the front shouted with cruel smiles.

“Good, let’s torture them.”

“Perfect timing. We can get a few more drops of essence blood.”

Immediately, those one million cultivators cheered excitedly, speeding up even more as they rushed ahead of Guo Huo, Liu Shi, Mu Rong, and Pang Shu, ready to attack.

“Showtime,” Guo Huo suddenly shouted.

Before his words faded, Guo Huo, Liu Shi, Mu Rong, and Pang Shu suddenly became like four meteors, disappearing from four different directions before reappearing right among those one million people.

“Skyfire Meteor.”

As Guo Huo appeared, holding a red long sword, he simply waved it lightly. Wherever the blade pointed, the flames formed from golden fire spirits turned into fiery beasts, which rushed into the dense crowd of one million cultivators. Four million golden fire spirits swarmed everywhere. “Bad! It’s Guo Huo—the number one on the rankings!” Some cultivators recognized Guo Huo and shouted in terror. Unfortunately, it was already too late. Guo Huo’s attack spells struck so swiftly that the one million cultivators didn’t even have time to react before they were devoured and vanished by the fiery beasts. That celestial fire meteor killed a hundred thousand people in an instant. The life essence of those hundred thousand people floated in the starry sky, rising slowly. Guo Huo chuckled, swept his hand, and seized all that life essence before others, then disappeared into his space ring. At the same time, Liu Shi appeared like a mountain, unleashing overwhelming pressure. Holding a crystal-yellow staff, he swung it down. “The Invincible Staff!” Liu Shi shouted. As the staff fell, a long staff formed from earth and water spirits descended across the entire space, sweeping through the middle of the one million cultivators. Wherever the staff passed, extreme vibrations shook the space, as countless primordial energies of the five elements resonated violently. Invisible energy slices ravaged the cultivators’ bodies. “Ah…” “It’s Liu Shi.” Soon, among those one million cultivators, some were killed by the staff or torn apart by the invisible energy slices. Two hundred thousand people vanished in just a few seconds, and millions of drops of life essence appeared in the starry sky. Liu Shi laughed loudly, put away his staff, and quickly grabbed those millions of drops of life essence, storing them in his space ring. On the other side, Mu Rong also appeared suddenly, exuding a calm aura, with a green branch in his hand. “Gently Sweeping Leaves.” Mu Rong smiled faintly. The branch in his hand swayed like a willow twig, while the entire space was filled with a rapid howling sound. Soon, a tornado formed from earth and wood spirits, descending on various locations among the one million people. “How tragic… How did we end up here?” “It’s Mu Rong.” Wherever the tornado reached, the defensive spells cast by the cultivators couldn’t withstand it—they were shattered by the earth and wood spirits. Then, the cultivators’ bodies were torn apart piece by piece until they were completely destroyed. Two hundred thousand people were killed swiftly.

Four to five million drops of essence blood appeared in the starry sky. Mu Rong picked up a branch again and gently waved it, causing those four to five million drops of essence blood to be instantly drawn into his hands by a swirling force. Pang Shu’s figure appeared in another direction, radiating intense heat, making the starry sky extremely hot. “Five-Bead Fire Cloud!” Suddenly, Pang Shu shouted, and five red beads appeared in his hands. Driven by the divine energy, these five beads flew into the starry sky, forming a circle that immediately created a cloud of fiery light. Within this cloud were all Wood-Fire spirit entities. Flames then rained down like arrows, hitting one million cultivators. “Why did we come to this starry sky?” “That’s Pang Shu.” The rocket-like attacks formed by the Wood-Fire spirit entities penetrated the cultivators’ bodies, causing explosions that shattered their flesh. In a short time, two hundred thousand cultivators were killed by this fiery attack. The fire cloud disappeared quickly, and the five red beads fell back into Pang Shu’s hands. At the same time, he waved his hands, drawing in all the four to five million drops of essence blood floating in the starry sky, shouting loudly. Guo Huo, Liu Shi, Mu Rong, and Pang Shu all used extremely powerful attacks, killing over seven hundred thousand people and wiping out this entire group of cultivators from the Ze Dui Divine Realm. Before Liu Shi, Mu Rong, and Pang Shu could react, Guo Huo took out his red long sword and swung it rapidly, creating layers of illusions. Flames shaped like great swords formed by the Golden-Fire spirit entities flew toward the nearly three hundred thousand surviving cultivators. “Ah…” “Pity us!” Sad cries rang out, but none of them were lucky; those three hundred thousand people were mercilessly killed all at once. “Guo Huo, you’re despicable!” “Don’t think you can take all the essence blood!” “I’ll take it!” Realizing Guo Huo’s intentions to steal the essence blood of those three hundred thousand people, Liu Shi, Mu Rong, and Pang Shu urgently cried out. According to their bet, whoever obtained the most essence blood would make the other three fulfill one of their requests. Therefore, Liu Shi, Mu Rong, and Pang Shu didn’t want to lose and end up having to do someone else’s chores later. “It’s too late for you.” Guo Huo laughed loudly. Moving like lightning, he appeared in the starry sky and, with his hands engulfing everything, quickly stored most of the essence blood in his space ring. Liu Shi, Mu Rong, and Pang Shu only managed to seize a small portion. Undoubtedly, Guo Huo won this bet.