MARTIAL PEAK 5797

For so many years, since Yang Kai had not passed down this method and only cultivated it alone, it meant that it was not suitable for others.

His has a Holy Spirit Body and he also has the Soul Warming Lotus. It could be said that this Three Parts Normalizing Art was simply tailor-made for him and no one else could imitate it.

All around them, the Eighth Order masters who were listening to this conversation all wore disappointed expressions.

The Three Parts Normalizing Art was a good technique, but it wasn’t suitable for everyone and couldn’t be promoted, so it didn’t have much value.

The atmosphere became silent, and Fang Tianci didn’t know how to comfort them.

In fact, there was one more thing he didn’t mention, and that was the problem with this technique.

In order to cultivate this technique, one needed to cultivate two clones, and these two clones were different from ordinary clones. Whether it was the Holy Spirit Body or the Monster Race Body, although they were closely related to the main body, they could basically be considered independent individuals with their own independent thoughts.

It was also because of this that after the three bodies merged, the independent thoughts of the two clones couldn’t be erased, causing the two clones to coexist with each other.

During the battle, Yang Kai’s consciousness suddenly went silent, and the power of his Great Dao fluctuated. The reason why his injuries were so severe was actually related to the Monster Race Body and Human Race Body.

Although Yang Kai was now a Ninth Order, this body contained three different thoughts, so it was still a hidden danger. Perhaps one day, during the great battle, his True Self’s consciousness would fall into a deep sleep again. Thunder Shadow and Fang Tianci could take over his body, but even they couldn’t fully display Yang Kai’s strength.

This was a great hidden danger. Now that Yang Kai was a Ninth Order, his future opponents would definitely be masters like the Black Ink Clan’s Royal Lord or the Ink Giant Spiritual God.

In a fight with such a powerful master, the slightest mistake could lead to eternal damnation.

Fang Tianci couldn’t help feeling somewhat worried, but he didn’t know how to resolve this issue. In his and Thunder Shadow’s original plan, when the three of them combined, his and Thunder Shadow’s consciousness would also fuse back into the main body. At that time, Fang Tianci and Thunder Shadow would no longer exist in this world.

However, this was not the case.

Previously, the main body’s consciousness had suddenly sunk and the Thunder Shadow’s consciousness had awoken. After hurriedly accepting the physical body, it had become chaotic for quite some time.

After a moment of silence, Fang Tianci changed the subject, “How are the casualties?”

Ouyang Lie sighed, “Everyone is injured and needs to rest. There are more than a hundred fallen!”

The ones who had fallen were not Sixth Order or Seventh Order, but more than a hundred Eighth Order!

Previously, the number of Eighth Order gathered here was only a few hundred, but after this battle, the number of Eighth Order had reached about thirty percent left. Such losses were not small.

The fall of an Eighth Order was mainly because the Human Race had lost the protection of their Battleship, so Mo Na Ye had ordered the Black Ink Clan to kill the Human Race’s masters at all costs.

During the early stages of the battle, the Human Race didn’t suffer many casualties. At that time, Xiang Shan was refining the Open Heaven Pill’s medicinal efficacies and trying to break through to the Ninth Order. Mo Na Ye had hidden his trump card and was waiting for Yang Kai to appear, so naturally he wouldn’t force the Human Race too hard.

At that time, the Human Race’s Battleships were still displaying their full power.

After Yang Kai advanced to the Ninth Order, the two races' masters began to suffer massive casualties.

Although the Human Race had Yang Xue here to assist them, she was only a single person, so she could only defend a single defensive line, unable to deal with the combined attacks of the Black Ink Clan’s masters.

Since the battle in the Spatial Territory, there had never been a battle that had caused the Human Race to lose so many masters.

“The losses weren’t small, and the results were also great. More people from the Black Ink Clan died,” Ouyang Lie saw that everyone’s mood had fallen and encouraged.

Over a hundred Eight Order masters from the Human Race’s side had died, at least five hundred of the Black Ink Clan’s Territory Lords had been killed, and there were even several Pseudo-Royal Lords.

This was especially true during the pursuit phase, where the Black Ink Clan’s Territory Lords fled like stray dogs. As long as they were caught, there was basically no way they could survive.

This was a great victory!

Not to mention, the Human Race now had three Ninth Order Open Heaven masters! Including Smilles, Wu Qing, Luo Tinghe, and Wei Junyang, the Human Race already had seven Ninth Order masters!

This was definitely an inspiring force.

Although Mo Na Ye had become a Royal Lord and escaped, there was only one him.

The Human Race had also produced many newly advanced Eighth Order and harvested many Lower Quality Open Heaven Pills. If these ordinary Open Heaven Pills were brought out, there would be even more newly advanced Eighth Order.

It could be said that the appearance of the Universe Furnace this time had given the Human Race a great harvest.

“Unfortunately, we were too careless, causing Big Head Xiang's breakthrough to fail!” Ouyang Lie glanced at Xiang Shan and sighed.

If he had been on guard and had quickly caught the hidden Black Ink Disciple, Xiang Shan would probably be a Ninth Order at the moment, but at that kind of battle, who would thought that there would be a Black Ink Clan among the Eighth Order.

When the three Eighth Order Black Ink Disciples fought in the two battlefields, not only did they fail Xiang Shan’s breakthrough, they also broke through Yang Kai’s Eight Directions Array and severely injured him.

Everyone was stunned. At that moment, they were truly in despair, but fortunately, they managed to turn defeat into victory.

“There’s nothing to be sorry about,” Xiang Shan’s expression was calm, “In that situation, not realizing Black Ink Disciple’s existence was a good thing. If we had caught Black Ink Disciple earlier, the consequences would have been unimaginable!”

Before Yang Kai appeared, the Black Ink Clan’s side actually had an overwhelming advantage, but Mo Na Ye had been hiding his strength and hadn’t displayed his true strength, instead engaging in a fierce battle with Yang Xiao’s Six Directions Array.

From the strength he displayed later on, he was fully capable of quickly defeating Yang Xiao’s Six Directions Array while paying a certain price, but he didn’t, because he was waiting.

If they were to really disrupt Mo Na Ye’s plans, they would only force him to act in advance. At that time, Yang Xue had yet to arrive, and on the Human Race’s side, only Ouyang Lie was a Ninth Order. With Xiao You leading the Territory Lords, who could resist Mo Na Ye?

Breaking Mo Na Ye’s arrangements would only force him to kill, which was not a good idea.

Hearing Xiang Shan’s words, Ouyang Lie hesitated for a moment before saying, “You’re right.”

This was the saying of ‘Man proposes but Heaven disposes’.

This Mo Na Ye fellow thought he had everything under control, but as soon as Yang Xue rushed over, Mo Na Ye’s plan had failed.

The appearance of the Chaos Spirit King was equivalent to the Black Ink Clan picking up a helper out of thin air. This was also the main reason why the Human Race was in such a difficult situation.

“Not to mention…” Xiang Shan suddenly smiled, “Who said I failed my breakthrough?”

Everyone was stunned, and Ouyang Lie couldn’t help sizing up Xiang Shan a few times, his Divine Sense constantly scanning him as he asked curiously, “You don’t have a Ninth Order!”

It was certain that Xiang Shan was still an Eighth Order Open Heaven master and had yet to break through.

Moreover, the scene of him failing to break through was witnessed by everyone. At that time, when the two Black Ink Disciples attacked, Xiang Shan had no choice but to stop his advancement. At that critical moment, not suffering any backlash was already good enough, so how could he possibly break through?

After that incident, everyone felt that Xiang Shan’s path to reaching the Ninth Order would be cut off, and in this life, he would only be able to reach the peak of the Eighth Order.

“I didn’t say I was a Ninth Order!” Xiang Shan glanced at him.

A thoughtful look appeared on Yang Xue’s face, “Senior Brother Xiang’s situation is different from an ordinary Eighth Order. In that case… does that mean the Best Quality Open Heaven Pill is useful to you?”

Xiang Shan nodded slightly, “90% of my Small Universe’s Barrier has been destroyed, there’s still some left. I think I can break through with my own strength!”

Originally, he was a cultivator who qualify to reach Ninth Order, but because of the difficult battle in the Ink Battlefield, his Small Universe had been corroded by the Ink Force and had no choice but to part with a large portion of his territory to protect himself, causing his grade to drop.

Later, although he had used the Profound Female Spirit Fruit to repair Small Universe’s body and had managed to restore his fallen grade, it seemed that because of that experience, the Small Universe’s barrier had become much thicker than an ordinary Eighth Order.

Under such circumstances, it was impossible for him to break through with his own strength.

During the last thousand years of secluded cultivation, Luo Tinghe and Wei Junyang had broken through to the Ninth Order, but he had not made any progress.

The barrier was so solid that even a Lower Quality Open Heaven Pill’s medicinal efficacy couldn’t shake it until he refined a Best Quality Open Heaven Pill.

Mo Na Ye had allowed him to refine Spirit Pills until the very last moment before ordering the Black Ink Disciples to launch a sneak attack. He had thought that he would be able to completely destroy Xiang Shan’s cultivation path, but it was precisely because of this that he had managed to survive.

Currently, in his Small Universe, the Barrier was no longer as solid as it used to be and was even thinner than an average peak Eighth Order. Such a Barrier could not stop him at all.

Although he had never tried it, Xiang Shan was confident!

Xiang Shan could actually break through to the Ninth Order! Everyone was overjoyed when they heard this.

Among the billions of Human Race, Yang Kai was a signboard, and so was Xiang Shan. Now that Yang Kai had broken through to the Ninth Order, there were some problems with his Ninth Order cultivation. If Xiang Shan could also break through to the Ninth Order, it would greatly boost the morale of the Human Race’s soldiers.

Although Ouyang Lie had always looked down on Big Head Xiang, at this moment, he was genuinely happy and laughed heartily, “So you’re saying that the effects of the Best Quality Open Heaven Pill haven’t been wasted? Mo Na Ye’s plan was also in vain?”

Previously, in order to lure the Chaos Spirit King away, Yang Kai had thrown out a Best Quality Open Heaven Pill, which was enough to make one’s heart ache. This was a chance to give birth to a Ninth Order.

If Xiang Shan’s side couldn’t break through, it would be equivalent to losing another Best Quality Open Heaven Pill. This time, the Human Race had only obtained a total of four such Spirit Pills, so losing half of them in a row was unacceptable.

But now, it seemed that the only thing he had lost was the one Yang Kai had lost, the one Xiang Shan had refined still played its role.

Everyone was overjoyed.

“There’s no time to lose, quickly break through to the Ninth Order,” Ouyang Lie urged.

Xiang Shan nodded, “That’s what I was thinking.”

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