Shrouding the Heavens: Starting by joining the Holy Land of Yao Guang

Chapter 93 Bloodbath Across the Eight Desolations

Because of the presence of savage beasts guarding the Sendai Secret Realm, the various holy sites had to temporarily abandon their journeys to the central area.

Of course, they would not back down so easily. The savage beasts of the first level of Sendai were not enough to frighten them.

The various holy sites are only temporarily stationed here, while sending people out of the small world to report the situation and wait for support from the holy sites.

The first time, it was only because we didn't understand the situation that the beast was allowed to run rampant. Next time, when the holy lands have prepared their trump cards, the only thing waiting for that lightning bird is death.

Never underestimate the power of the holy lands. They have stood in the Eastern Wilderness for at least tens of thousands of years. Among them, the Yao Guang Holy Land, Yao Chi Holy Land, and the Ji family and Jiang family of the Ancient Wilderness have dominated this land for hundreds of thousands of years.

"The Holy Land might be able to provide a Holy Weapon, and then we'll head to the central area." These were Elder Yaoguang's exact words.

Li Yao had no doubt about this. For other holy lands, holy weapons might already be weapons to suppress their foundations, but for the Yao Guang Holy Land, holy weapons could only be considered strategic weapons. What suppressed their foundations was the Dragon Pattern Cauldron!

If we summon the sacred weapon, that savage beast on the first level of the Immortal Platform is indeed nothing. Even if its wielder is only at the Dragon Transformation Realm, it can still be annihilated.

Moreover, at that time, it's likely that not only Yao Guang Holy Land will deploy its holy weapons. While it's unclear about other forces, Yao Chi, the Jiang family, and the Ji family are also highly likely to send out their holy weapons.

This is the situation Li Yao least wants to see. The power of the sacred weapon is too great. If several factions fight over it, he will have no chance to take advantage of the chaos.

But unfortunately, he couldn't do anything about that Zapdos. He was very strong now and could defeat most of the sixth-stage dragon transformation experts.

Even at the seventh transformation of the Dragon Transformation stage, he could contend with it if he triggered ten times the combat power and entered the Eight Forbidden Zones.

Even so, it's still too far from the Sendai Secret Realm.

Sendai, as the last secret realm of the human body, contains too much potential, and the gap between each realm is no less than that between the previous great secret realms.

"Even with the Divine Furnace of Departing Fire, I probably wouldn't be able to contend with a savage beast at the Celestial Platform Realm. Immortal Fire is possible, but it requires surprise. The Lightning Bird is extremely fast; it can't just stand there and let me burn it. Besides, the Jiang family is right next door." Li Yao said helplessly.

Ultimately, the problem is that he doesn't possess any truly powerful weapons, making it quite difficult for him to compete among the major powers.

"Let's take it one step at a time." Li Yao didn't overthink it, because this was a difference in hard power, and no matter how intelligent you were, it would be useless.

Instead of indulging in unnecessary daydreams, he should seize the time to cultivate diligently. Perhaps what seems difficult to him now will become less difficult once he becomes stronger.

This small world is pristine, with the essence of heaven and earth being many times richer than that of the outside world. As Li Yao's cultivation continues to break through, the essence that the Heavenly Book can absorb in the outside world is equivalent to a hundred catties of source energy per day. In this small world, it is even more exaggerated, absorbing about five hundred catties of source energy per day.

Having digested the gains from the battle with the Devouring Sky Sparrow, he can now re-enter the realm of creation to comprehend the secrets of the Word of Action.

Now he faces a choice: to study the Yao Guang Emperor Scripture or to study the secret techniques of attack.

Either of these two options will enhance his strength, but the former will definitely not provide as much of an improvement as the latter.

"I need to study the divine arts of attack. I need to be stronger now. Studying the Yao Guang Emperor Scripture will not allow me to break through to the fourth realm of the Four Extremes in a short time."

Ultimately, Li Yao made a decision: if he were outside, he would definitely prioritize comprehending the Yao Guang Emperor Scripture, because cultivation is the foundation of everything.

But now, he needs even greater strength. Putting aside everything else, if he could trigger the tenfold power more frequently and reduce the number of times it is triggered, the increase in his combat power would be unimaginable.

Currently, he triggers the "All" secret about about eighty times, which translates to about one successful trigger every 15 minutes.

Half an hour is enough time to buy time if the two sides are evenly matched or if one side is only slightly weaker.

However, if the gap between the two sides is too large, then half an hour is enough to end the battle.

……

In the realm of creation, Li Yao transformed into a towering man, wandering in the endless ocean of profound Dao mysteries. At all times, he felt his mastery of the laws of heaven and earth greatly increasing.

All cultivators in the world need time to accumulate knowledge and improve their cultivation in order to comprehend the laws of heaven and earth. If they want to make great progress in their cultivation as if they have a cheat code, there is only one possibility: sudden enlightenment.

Sometimes, a single moment of enlightenment is no less valuable than a hundred years of arduous cultivation. The realm of creation is just like that enlightenment. Li Yao holds the key to enter it and can decide when and what he will have an enlightenment in a single thought.

Within the realm of creation, Li Yao felt that time passed very slowly. He felt as if he had been staying in the realm for several years, with endless profound mysteries of the Great Dao constantly flowing through his heart.

His control over the secret of the character "皆" is also constantly increasing.

In the past, he could at most learn something and then use it, but he knew how to do it, but not why.

Now, he has gained a deeper understanding of the secret of the character "皆" and has gradually developed his own interpretation.

After a full eighty breaths, Li Yao withdrew from the realm of creation. At this moment, he felt as if he were one with the Dao, and his understanding of the laws of heaven and earth had deepened.

As for the All-Encompassing Secret, he already knew without even trying that he only needed to activate it about fifty times to trigger it and gain ten times the combat power.

The number of triggers has been greatly reduced. Previously, it could only be triggered twice in the same amount of time, but now it can be triggered three times.

Each time the "All" secret is triggered, it allows him to enter the Eight Forbidden Domains. This kind of enhancement is incredibly exaggerated in terms of the increase in strength, allowing him to fight across an entire realm.

In the coming days, he will need to slowly digest what he has gained. If he can fully digest it, the increase in his strength will be quite obvious.

Just like when he fought the Devouring Sky Sparrow, they were evenly matched at first, but after he digested the insights gained from comprehending the Secret of the Word of Action, he quickly gained the upper hand and killed it.

Even considering only the process of digesting the information, his current rate of growth is faster than that of the Holy Sons.

Those holy sons still foolishly dream of catching up with him; it's simply impossible.

Over the next few days, Li Yao cultivated to strengthen his origin while comprehending the profound mysteries of the Great Dao brought by the "All" character secret, and his strength increased every day.

On the seventh day, turmoil finally broke out in the small world. Another group of powerful individuals entered the small world, and the people sent out by various families to seek help returned. Along with them, even more powerful individuals entered, with hundreds of them entering the Dragon Transformation Secret Realm alone.

The Wan Chu Holy Land and the Dayan Holy Land have replenished their ranks with many powerful individuals and are once again participating in the battle for the legacy of the sages.

This time, each team is probably prepared with their trump cards and confident in their ability to resist that Zapdos.

Soon, all the holy lands took action, and countless powerful figures gathered and headed towards the central area.

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

Countless powerful figures gathered together, like celestial soldiers emerging from the ancient Heavenly Court, their powerful aura rising up.

This time, they will take back everything they've lost!
After finishing his cultivation, Li Yao followed the vast and mighty Yao Guang army towards the central area of ​​the small world.

Out of fear of Zapdos, the king of the skies, they all tacitly chose to walk, and no one dared to take off in a swagger.

The terrain on the ground is complex, with abysses, giant lakes, swamps, and other features.

"what……"

Suddenly, a scream rang out, the sound carrying far. The four elders of the Yao Guang Holy Land were swallowed whole by a giant black tortoise while crossing the lake and sank to the bottom of the lake.

"My God, that giant tortoise is as big as a small mountain! How many years has it been cultivating?!"

"What? Besides that Zapdos, there are other Sendai-level beasts in this small world!"

People gasped in shock, because they had initially assumed that only Zapdos existed in the small world and had not taken any precautions. This resulted in the loss of several elders of the Yao Guang Holy Land.

On the other side, the Purple Mansion Holy Land flew from the abyss and approached the central area. As a result, a giant serpent emerged from the cliff of the abyss. Its body was covered with scales. It spat out a beam of light and sucked seventy or eighty people into its mouth, including elders and young disciples.

Meanwhile, the other teams also suffered heavy losses. A giant toad in the swamp swallowed more than a dozen members of the Ji family with a flick of its tongue.

In the jungle lived a thousand-legged centipede with a carapace as hard as divine iron and enormous, incredibly sharp pincers. With just a light scratch, it caused heavy losses to the Wan Chu Holy Land and the Dayan Holy Land.

At the same time, there was a golden cicada that radiated golden light all over its body. It was so fast that it was like lightning, and it instantly reaped dozens of lives.

The Jiang family, Yaochi, Daoyi and other forces all encountered obstacles when powerful savage beasts suddenly appeared, catching everyone off guard.

The number of powerful savage beasts in the small world seemed to have suddenly increased. Apart from the level of the Supreme Elders, even the savage beasts at the Dragon Transformation level had increased, and they were attacking the major holy lands and aristocratic families!
No, or rather, it's not that they've increased, but rather that they were always there, they just didn't know it at first.

"boom!"

In the lush forest, a terrifying aura erupted, and endless sword energy swept across like a celestial river, ringing out with a clang. Patches of towering ancient trees turned into wood chips, and rocks flew everywhere.

A powerful elder from the Great Yan Holy Land forged a magical artifact—a three-foot-long sword covered in profound Dao patterns, possessing boundless power.

That was not an ordinary weapon, but a forbidden artifact, crafted by an unparalleled expert and made by the Holy Lord of the Great Yan Holy Land. Forbidden artifacts are different from ordinary weapons; the amount of power they can unleash does not depend on the wielder, but rather on the fact that they inherently possess that power, and the wielder is merely responsible for unleashing that power.

This weapon is incredibly precious; it can kill the strong with the weak, regardless of the level of cultivation.

"Pfft!"

The sword energy, with its unparalleled sharpness, annihilated all tangible things. As the sword energy swept through, the void was torn apart, and along with it, the body of the centipede was also destroyed.

"Roar!"

The centipede roared in agony as its hundred-foot-long body was severed in half, its green blood spurting out several feet high.

However, it has extremely strong vitality, which is something that most savage beasts that have embarked on the path of the ancient demon race possess.

Having half its body severed, the centipede became ferocious, its green eyes fixed on the people of the Great Yan Holy Land.

"Roar……"

The centipede roared, scattering the clouds in the sky, and then a terrifying black light shot out from its mouth.

"what……"

A scream rang out; it was the body touched by the dark light that quickly began to rot.

"Damn beast!"

The elders of the Great Yan Holy Land were enraged and activated the forbidden artifact once more, unleashing another towering sword light.

"Pfft!"

This time, the centipede was shredded by the sword energy, green blood spurted out, and it was completely destroyed.

However, two deep cracks appeared on the once crystal-clear purple jade longsword.

This is also the drawback of forbidden artifacts; each use will result in a significant loss of spiritual energy, and they cannot be used more than a few times.

The elders of the Great Yan Holy Land felt very distressed, as such a powerful weapon as a forbidden artifact was extremely precious, and every opportunity to use it was extremely rare.

The same thing happened at the Wan Chu Holy Land; they unleashed a forbidden artifact, and the ferocious golden cicada was also killed.

Then, the holy lands of Zifu, Daoyi, Yaochi, and Yaoguang all used the same method to suppress and kill the savage beasts of the Sendai Realm.

……

Li Yao killed a savage beast with a single palm strike. Looking at the giant tortoise that had already perished in the lake, he couldn't help but marvel at the abnormal power of the forbidden artifact.

It's truly exaggerated that a cultivator from the Dragon Transformation Realm could suppress and kill a savage beast at the Immortal Platform level.

Sometimes, the strength of one person versus another cannot be determined by cultivation level alone, as no one can be sure whether the other possesses something like a forbidden artifact.

Forbidden artifacts are precious and have a limited number of uses. After suppressing and killing the savage beasts of the Sendai Secret Realm, none of the families continued to use them.

However, now, in addition to the savage beasts of the Sendai Secret Realm, there are also many savage beasts at the Dragon Transformation level, as well as some savage beasts at the Four Extremes and Dao Palace levels!

This small world is too primitive, and it contains far too many savage beasts. Even though the savage beasts of the Sendai Secret Realm have been suppressed and killed, it is still difficult for them to move forward.

Li Yao possessed boundless divine power, tireless and unfazed. Furthermore, after comprehending the secret of the word "All," his understanding of the laws of heaven and earth reached a new level, making him even stronger than he had been a few days prior.

Although he has not yet entered the Eighth Forbidden Realm, his combat power has already reached a great distance in the Seventh Forbidden Realm. Therefore, when fighting with savage beasts, he can quickly suppress and kill any beast below the sixth transformation of the Dragon Transformation Realm.

That speed was even faster than that of the elders who had reached the ninth stage of the Dragon Transformation. Although they were stronger than Li Yao, they did not dare to fight like him.

This has little to do with the strength of combat power, but rather because Li Yao's divine power is so vast that he doesn't need to worry about consumption at all. His recovery speed is on a completely different level from that of the elders, allowing him to unleash his divine power without restraint.

Other elders must take this into account during battle. If they overuse their divine power, leading to its depletion and weakened vitality, then being caught in a horde of beasts would be tantamount to certain death.

Furthermore, when it comes to cultivating divine arts, none of these elders can compare to him. When Li Yao unleashes the Primordial Holy Light Technique, he practically ignores all attacks, disregarding whether he himself is being attacked or not, and only focuses on striking. In this respect, the other elders are no match.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"...

Li Yao transformed into a killing machine; every part of his body contained terrifying killing power—fists, palms, fingers, legs, elbows, knees…

Each attack resulted in a savage beast exploding, a simple yet highly effective method that gave the viewer a sense of ease and freedom.

It was as if he were not among a herd of beasts, but strolling among flowers and grass.

Blessed by dazzling holy light, Li Yao charged through the horde of beasts, carving a bloody path as he approached the central area.

Behind him, the elders of the Yao Guang Holy Land were not embarrassed at all. They followed behind with peace of mind, along the bloody path that Li Yao had fought his way out, while also keeping an eye on Li Yao's retreat and preventing other savage beasts from getting close.

Unbridled and reckless, Li Yao felt an immense sense of exhilaration as he unleashed his fury. His attacks became increasingly unpredictable and concise, yet each strike struck a vital point.

The elders following behind clicked their tongues in amazement. Here they go again, this attitude of constantly improving in battle is back.

This kind of talent and comprehension is truly terrifyingly powerful. Despite not having a special physique, what Li Yao is showing now is absolutely overwhelming compared to a divine physique!

Many of the elders were supporters of Yao Guang in the past because they felt that although Yao Guang did not have a special physique, his talent was definitely no weaker than that of a god.

As for Li Yao now, they don't need to compare him at all. In the entire Eastern Wilderness, who doesn't know that the "Holy Son of Yao Guang" is unparalleled, defeated the Golden-Winged Little Peng King, and defeated the sixth-transformation Great Demon of the Dragon Transformation Realm in the Four Extremes Secret Realm?

No one will compare Li Yao with the divine body anymore, because it's unnecessary. Such a comparison would only lower Li Yao's standing.

Before you come here, you should first defeat a sixth-stage Dragon Transformation cultivator in the Four Extremes Secret Realm. Otherwise, you won't even qualify for an entry ticket before then.

Blood covered the earth, and the blood of savage beasts and cultivators flowed on the ground like a gurgling stream, with an extremely pungent stench.

Under Li Yao's leadership, the Yao Guang Holy Land continued to move closer to the central area, gradually leaving the other holy lands behind.

The young disciples of the Yao Guang Holy Land were protected in the middle by a group of elders, dealing with some of the Four Extremes and Dao Palace level savage beasts that the elders deliberately let slip into the defensive circle.

Each of them gazed at the figure battling across the land, their eyes now filled with the most fervent worship.

Before Li Yao, they had never imagined that someone could be so powerful. His not-so-robust body seemed to be just an appearance; his true inner self was a dragon reigning over the heavens, perfect to the extreme.

"In this life, His Highness the Holy Son is destined to sweep away all his enemies, just like the Great Emperor Wushi, crushing all kinds of geniuses along the way, and proving himself as Emperor!"

This is the sentiment of all Yao Guang disciples. As for the original Holy Son, uh... sorry, we're not familiar with him.

Yao Guang: ...

Li Yao swept through the fierce battles, gaining many insights and rapidly digesting the profound mysteries of the Great Dao brought by the "All" secret, which continuously increased his combat power.

Finally, when he had fully digested it, he was one step closer to the Eighth Forbidden Realm. Even against a savage beast in the sixth stage of the Dragon Transformation Realm, he could kill it after a hundred or so moves.

If the Seven Forbidden Realms are divided into Flawed, Ordinary, and Supreme, then Li Yao has undoubtedly entered the Supreme Seven Forbidden Realms.

In other words, Li Yao's current combat strength is already among the strongest in the sixth transformation of the Dragon Transformation, enough to dominate this realm!

With his strength further enhanced, Li Yao was able to advance even faster.

Of course, Li Yao also encountered savage beasts that he couldn't deal with, but at this time, among the elders who were recuperating, a powerful one would suddenly emerge from behind.

They couldn't unleash their full power to sweep through opponents, but in a one-on-one fight, they were not afraid at all, directly pulling out savage beasts that had surpassed the sixth transformation of the Dragon Transformation and engaging them in a one-on-one duel.

After fighting for an unknown amount of time, even with Li Yao's immense divine power and inexhaustible blood and energy, he finally felt exhausted and broke through the horde of savage beasts.

This small world has existed for countless millennia and has accumulated countless savage beasts.

The reason these savage beasts weren't alerted last time was probably because they were defeated too quickly, leaving them no chance to fight back.

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