Chapter 36: Exhausting Him with a Divine Artifact

Fei Changxia’s spiritual entities had reached 110 million, far exceeding the limit of 100 million for cultivators at the Divine Marshal stage. In contrast, the male cultivator fighting her had only a pitiful 70 million spiritual entities. Initially, he planned to resist for a while before surrendering. But with a single whip swing from Fei Changxia, over 100 million spiritual entities rushed forward like wind. The whip, sharp as a blade, struck his body, instantly splitting it in two. His upper body fell to the ground; too shocked to even cry out in pain, he immediately declared, “I surrender!” Fei Changxia smiled faintly and retracted her whip. “Well done!” Qu Yi and the cultivators of Tianfeng Fort immediately cheered loudly. Their voices echoed and reached the ears of the Divine Marshal cultivators from the Eight Realms, filling them with anger and hatred. Unable to vent it, they simply blocked those sounds out. The other nine Divine Marshal cultivators from Tianfeng Fort, like Fei Changxia, relied on their 100 million spiritual entities to overwhelm their opponents with brute force, striking repeatedly without giving them a chance to survive. Naturally, the nine opponents from Zedui Divine Realm couldn’t withstand even a few strikes before their bodies were shattered, forcing them to surrender. “Great…” Qu Yi and the cultivators of Tianfeng Fort continued to cheer excitedly as they watched the battle inside the light barrier, completely ignoring the feelings of the Divine Marshal cultivators from the Eight Realms. Finally, only one battle remained in the light barrier. Gongye Zhi, the third-ranked disciple of the Gongye family at the Divine Marshal stage, was fighting against Tianfeng Fort’s cultivator Zhen Wubao. Gongye Zhi had a cold expression, while Zhen Wubao appeared relaxed, creating an eerie atmosphere. “You guys from Tianfeng Fort think that reaching the Divine Marshal stage means you can act recklessly? Now, I’ll show you my strength,” Gongye Zhi said coldly, his eyes filled with murderous intent. Zhen Wubao smiled faintly and extended his right hand, signaling willingness to fight. “Dare you!” Gongye Zhi, enraged by Zhen Wubao’s invitation to attack first, immediately drew a golden long sword from his hand—clearly a Divine King-level divine artifact! As the sword slashed through the air, space trembled, and cracks appeared, shooting toward Zhen Wubao. Unfazed, Zhen Wubao pulled out a Divine Marshal-level divine artifact—a sword as well—without hesitation. “Explode!” he shouted softly, launching his sword.

The divine sword exploded, creating another spatial rift that blocked the one summoned by Gongye Zhi. As the two spatial rifts collided, the chaotic energies within them annihilated each other, and soon both rifts disappeared.
“Hmph, let’s see how many more divine artifacts you can bring out to explode,” Gongye Zhi shouted angrily.
“I wonder how many times you can wield a Divine King-level artifact,” Zhen WuZhen WuZhen Wu replied casually with a smile. replied casually with a smile.
Naturally, using a Divine Marshal-level cultivation to activate a Divine King-level artifact required even more divine essence.
Gongye Zhi’s expression tightened, and in the blink of an eye, he swung his long sword again, creating another palm-width spatial rift that flew toward Zhen WuZhen WuZhen Wu replied casually with a smile. like a serpent.
The power of such spatial rifts was terrifying—once they reached a cultivator, they could devour their entire body.
Zhen WuZhen WuZhen Wu replied casually with a smile. continued to smile as he took out another Divine Marshal-level artifact and quickly threw it at the incoming rift, detonating it in time to create another spatial rift.
Undoubtedly, the clash between the two spatial rifts could only result in both sides disappearing.
Gongye Zhi’s fierce attack failed once again.
“I refuse to believe it!” Gongye Zhi was furious, his face almost wild.
His long sword swung wildly, creating five spatial rifts at once, all of which flew toward Zhen WuZhen WuZhen Wu replied casually with a smile. like divine dragons splitting the sky.
It was clear that Gongye Zhi was now truly enraged and determined to kill Zhen WuZhen WuZhen Wu replied casually with a smile., willing to ignore the cost of using a Divine King-level sword.
Zhen WuZhen WuZhen Wu replied casually with a smile. kept smiling, but upon seeing Gongye Zhi’s frenzied attacks, he had to be more cautious. He immediately took out all eight remaining Divine Marshal-level artifacts in his body and sent them flying out.
“Explosions!”
At Zhen WuZhen WuZhen Wu replied casually with a smile.’s command, the eight artifacts exploded instantly, creating eight massive energy centers that tore through the spatial rifts, blocking the five rifts summoned by Gongye Zhi.
The massive chaotic energies collided and soon annihilated each other, restoring peace to the space within the energy shield.
“I surrender!” At this moment, with no artifacts left in his body, Zhen WuZhen WuZhen Wu replied casually with a smile. actually shouted it with a smile.
Gongye Zhi’s eyes were bloodshot red. Hearing Zhen WuZhen WuZhen Wu replied casually with a smile.’s words, he wanted to raise his sword again and kill him outright.
Zong Jing shook his head and waved his hand, pulling Zhen WuZhen WuZhen Wu replied casually with a smile. out of the energy shield and returning him to his seat.

“Gongye Zhi, since Zhen WuZhen WuZhen Wu replied casually with a smile. has given up, you can no longer harbor murderous intent—this is the rule. This time, I won’t punish you, but I’m giving you a warning: if you do it again, I’ll kill you on the spot,” Zong Jing declared calmly.

Fueled by anger, Gongye Zhi felt a chill run through his body and immediately realized he had lost his temper just now. It took some time for him to calm down.

Zhen WuZhen WuZhen Wu replied casually with a smile., who had returned to his seat, was congratulated as if he were a hero.

“Zhen WuZhen WuZhen Wu replied casually with a smile., that fight was amazing—using all eight swords at once! Truly impressive!”

“Zhen WuZhen WuZhen Wu replied casually with a smile., your courage is incredible. You actually dared to detonate all those divine weapons at once.”

“Zhen WuZhen WuZhen Wu replied casually with a smile., you’re a true man. You fought with such boldness!”

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One after another, voices cheered without restraint, reaching the ears of the cultivators at the Divine Marshal stage across the eight realms, deliberately provoking them.

Xiao Feng, who had already fought, generously took out a divine sword and threw it to Zhen WuZhen WuZhen Wu replied casually with a smile., laughing, “Brother WuZhen WuZhen Wu replied casually with a smile., since you’ve used up all your divine weapons, I’ll give you this one.”

Qu Yi had crafted divine weapons at the Divine Marshal level, with ten pieces distributed to each cultivator of Tianfeng Fort. Zhen WuZhen WuZhen Wu replied casually with a smile. had indeed used them all up just now.

At that moment, Gongye Yu glanced at Qu Yi with an awkward expression and reluctantly threw over a divine weapon—her bet with Qu Yi, which she had to fulfill.

“Alright, alright. I really appreciated Zhen WuZhen WuZhen Wu replied casually with a smile.’s fight. I’ll compensate for the loss of his divine weapons. Now, let’s continue watching the fights,” Qu Yi said, taking the weapon and smiling before calling out to draw everyone’s attention back to the combat arena.

In the arena, there were still eleven people. Apart from Gongye Zhi, the other ten were cultivators from Tianfeng Fort.

“You eleven, draw lots again,” Zong Jing said calmly before sending the disk flying once more. Inside the disk were eleven cards.

Soon, each of the eleven took a card and flipped it open immediately.

Fei Changxia happened to be skipped this round, while Gongye Zhi would fight another cultivator from Tianfeng Fort. The remaining eight naturally fought among themselves.

Out of the eight cultivators from Tianfeng Fort, four chose to withdraw from the fight. Thus, Fei Changxia and the four cultivators from Tianfeng Fort watched as Gongye Zhi fought another cultivator from their group.

Inside the transparent energy barrier, Gongye Zhi wielded his divine king-level long sword, creating wave after wave of spatial rifts, looking extremely fierce.

However, that cultivator from Tianfeng Fort, just like Zhen WuZhen WuZhen Wu replied casually with a smile., defended himself by detonating his divine weapons.

After all ten divine artifact-level weapons exploded, the cultivator from Tianfeng Fort immediately surrendered, left the light shield, and returned to his seat. In these two rounds of combat, Gongye Zhi had already used 40% of his divine essence by activating his divine king-level long sword, leaving him feeling somewhat exhausted. Zong Jing said little, simply shouting again, “The remaining six people, draw lots again.” Soon, the six people on the combat platform drew cards from the disk, flipped to the back side, and determined their opponents. Fei Changxia faced a cultivator from Tianfeng Fort, but that cultivator immediately gave up and surrendered. In another pair, one of the Tianfeng Fort cultivators also gave up and flew away without fighting. Gongye Zhi then fought another cultivator from Tianfeng Fort. “I don’t believe every single person in Tianfeng Fort has so many divine artifacts,” Gongye Zhi said, enraged to the point of madness, his right hand holding the long sword trembling. The cultivator from Tianfeng Fort smilingly pulled out ten divine artifact-level weapons at once. “Wow…” The Divine Kings and Divine Masters of the Eight Realms all exclaimed in surprise. Similarly, Gongye Zhi inside the light shield was stunned, too angry to know what to say. The ten artifacts flew out simultaneously and exploded in front of Gongye Zhi. With no other choice, he swung his long sword, desperately trying to defend himself using the spatial rift created by the sword to counter the explosions. However, he immediately used up 30% of his divine essence, leaving only 30% left in his body. The cultivator from Tianfeng Fort detonated his ten artifacts, surrendered right away, then flew back to his seat smiling brightly, surrounded by the cheers of his fellow cultivators. At this point, only three people remained on the combat platform. “Draw lots again!” Zong Jing called out at the right moment, and the disk flew out again. Fei Changxia took a card and, upon flipping it, found that she was exempt this round. Naturally, Gongye Zhi had to fight another cultivator from Tianfeng Fort. The light shield appeared, enclosing Gongye Zhi and the cultivator from Tianfeng Fort. Without any preamble, the cultivator from Tianfeng Fort suddenly pulled out ten divine artifact-level weapons and flew toward Gongye Zhi, detonating them in front of him. “I hate you all,” Gongye Zhi growled, his anger capable of tearing through space. But under such circumstances, he could only swing his divine king-level long sword, desperately creating a spatial rift in front of him to counter the spatial rifts caused by the explosions.

However, Gongye Zhi’s divine essence was also completely exhausted. The final round of the battle was, of course, between Fei Changxia and Gongye Zhi. “Gongye Zhi, shall we continue?” Fei Changxia asked gently, as if the two of them were very friendly.