Energy finally converged at a single point before exploding.
As Emperor Jing announced the opening of this epic Resurrection Match, the tip of the Celestial Monitoring Instrument unleashed a twisted beam of light like a lightning bolt, piercing the sea of clouds.
Within the clouds, the appearance of another world was slowly revealed.
Teams, long since impatient, took flight on their Flying Swords.
Carrying expectations for the unknown world, a bit of trepidation, and even more excitement at witnessing history… they flew straight toward the mysterious world in the sea of clouds!
They felt glory upon them and began to imagine themselves boasting to their descendants many years later — ‘I, the Patriarch, witnessed the opening of an Era! At the same time, I left a significant mark on the grand chapter of the Demon Race’s destruction by killing the most arrogant Demon in history!’
‘I, the Patriarch, am a Hero!’
“Why are you standing still?” The Captain of the Fireblade Squad scanned the members of the Bagpipe Squad provocatively. “Scared? Or perhaps…”
He suddenly seemed to think of something and stared at Jiang Ke’er with an incredulous, strange laugh.
“Could it be that you haven’t even reached the Five Elements Realm yet? You can’t even fly through the air?”
Jiang Ke’er glanced at him and closed her eyes.
Seeing Jiang Ke’er remain silent, the Fireblade Squad Captain burst into wild laughter.
“Ascending on the spot? You think you can break through a bottleneck now that you couldn’t break through normally? You’re being far too naive! Hahaha — *hic*…”
Spiraling air currents danced, and the stars of the heavens flickered.
At that moment, two unknown yet terrifyingly imposing Faxiang became extremely clear!
When Jiang Ke’er opened her eyes again, she tapped her foot and rose into the air.
Looking back at the Fireblade Squad Captain whom she had left far behind, she said, “If you thought for three more seconds before speaking, you wouldn’t spend your whole day getting slapped in the face.”
“That damn woman…”
The Fireblade Squad Captain’s face turned blood-red.
“She didn’t ascend when she could have, but chose to do it now… Wait, could it be…”
He exchanged glances with the surrounding team members, all of them secretly horrified.
‘Is this person deliberately suppressing her realm, participating in the competition at the Four Symbols Realm just to cultivate?’
Otherwise, it would be difficult to explain why Jiang Ke’er’s Ascension was so simple.
But fighting against the Five Elements Realm while in the Four Symbols Realm the whole time… was this lunatic tired of living?
Moreover, if she could fight until now without being defeated at the peak of the Sixiang Realm, how strong would she be now that she had reached the Five Elements Realm…
That was a terrifying fact that one dared not ponder deeply!
“It’s no big deal. Reaching a new realm requires time to become familiar with the power,” the Fireblade Squad Captain said as he calmed down.
“Choosing to ascend at this critical juncture will only lead to an unstable foundation and unpracticed control of Spiritual Power. She’ll be easier to deal with than before.”
“Don’t give her the chance to get used to her power. End this quickly!”
With that thought, the members of the Fireblade Squad also quickly joined the cross-border army. It felt like passing through a thin curtain of water. Looking out again, Shenzhou was already behind them.
“Hurry!” Jiang Ke’er communicated urgently through her Spiritual Power.
The Bagpipe Squad had no time to linger or examine the environment.
They were surrounded by murderous enemy teams whose targets were already locked onto them.
These teams would unite at the fastest speed to take out the Bagpipe Squad first!
They had to run; they couldn’t die at the entrance!
Jiang Ke’er took a quick glance.
The environment here seemed no different from Shenzhou, so she immediately chose a dense Forest and led the Bagpipe Squad members toward it.
The Cultivators from the other teams naturally wouldn’t stand still.
Their attack targets had already locked onto the Bagpipe Squad. Techniques and Flying Swords filled the sky like a rain of light, sweeping toward the backs of the Bagpipe Squad!
“Don’t look back!” Jiang Ke’er shouted.
Jiang Ke’er was at the front of the team, while Jie Shui flew at the rear.
Then, the overwhelming techniques slammed heavily onto Jie Shui’s back.
“Aaaaaargh!”
Jie Shui let out a furious roar and transformed into a werewolf.
His massive body firmly shielded Jiang Ke’er and the rest of the Bagpipe Squad.
The first wave consisted of faster techniques, and the scorching Spiritual Power burned the flesh on his back until it was raw.
“Jie Shui, endure it. Whatever you do, don’t look back!” Jiang Ke’er slowed down slightly and pressed a hand onto Jie Shui’s arm, infusing him with Spiritual Power.
The wounds on his back, which had exposed his ribs and organs, healed in an instant.
At the same time, Jie Shui’s back was encased in Ice, forming a layer of bone-chilling armor.
This Ice Shield was a technique she had picked up from Qiao Xiaoxian.
Jiang Ke’er felt that she couldn’t let that girl be the only one getting benefits from her.
Soon after, the second wave of slightly slower Flying Sword attacks followed. Jiang Ke’er closed her eyes and used her Spiritual Soul to draw her Swords.
In the void, a version of her in Spiritual Soul form seemed to hold two Swords. Both long swords unsheathed, and a violent Hurricane Sword Intent met the sky-filling attacks with a fearless, suicidal charge!
One person holding the pass, 10,000 cannot force their way through! As Hurricane Sword Intent combined with Peerless Beauty and Frost Shadow, she danced with all her might.
The sounds of clashing echoed like a valiant general fighting a desperate battle against an army, with broken swords and shattered blades flying everywhere!
This defensive block using her Spiritual Soul consumed more than half of Jiang Ke’er’s Spiritual Power.
Fortunately, because the match had just begun, each team had their own hidden agendas.
They wanted to save as much power as possible to deal with the other Human Clan teams and secure the final qualifying spots, so they didn’t attack with their full strength.
Combined with the characteristics of the Hurricane Sword Intent, Jiang Ke’er successfully blocked 90% of the attacks, and the rest were deflected by the Ice Shield.
Finally, the Forest land was right before them. The entire Bagpipe Squad plunged into the dense woods to hide.
“Why are you running? Didn’t you say you were going to kill us all? Come on!” the Fireblade Squad Captain shouted provocatively.
“Pursue!” The Cultivators naturally wouldn’t give up just because the Bagpipe Squad had entered the Forest.
Their spells continued to carpet-bomb the locations where the Bagpipe Squad might be, followed by a large number of melee Cultivators who rushed into the woods.
But once the first group of Cultivators entered the Forest, they found the other Bagpipe Squad members were nowhere to be seen.
Jiang Ke’er had already turned around and was smiling sweetly at them.
Overwhelming techniques fell, landing beside Jiang Ke’er. The girl gently reached out her hand as if she wanted to pluck an exploding lotus of flame.
“Now, it’s my time.”
As the sky-filling bombardment descended, everything turned into black-and-white trajectories and data in Jiang Ke’er’s eyes.
The hem of her skirt fluttered slightly. Jiang Ke’er held Frost Shadow in one hand and used a hand seal to let Qing Cheng float in the air.
The dense, murderous techniques looked like a bridge in her eyes — a bridge of stretched time connecting one point of dimension to another.
Here, she was the ruler of a higher dimension, the only one who could stroll leisurely.
She walked toward the Cultivators unhurriedly, admiring the confusion slowly appearing on their faces.
Spiritual shells and firelight exploded beside or behind her, while she seemed like a feather drifting in a turbulent current.
Her delicate and light body was lifted by the wind, weaving freely through the gaps.
Once she was close, her enchanting and graceful silhouette suddenly vanished without a trace.
“Thirty.”
A calm voice rang out from behind them.
Then, darkness blurred their vision.