Chapter 450: Twelve Bridges
“There are twelve bridges here. Everyone choose one and go!”
Gongsun Hong said. He then leaped up and, like a brisk swallow, floated about a hundred feet out before steadily landing on one of the bridges in the middle.
He looked back at everyone, his gaze momentarily stopping on Yi Yun, “It is your turn now.”
Yi Yun clearly felt the warring spirit in Gongsun Hong’s eyes.
Yi Yun could understand Gongsun Hong’s thoughts. He was a proud person, so he could not accept that he had been completely overshadowed in the first trial. Besides, Gongsun Hong believed he was the strongest person in the group. Gongsun Hong was indignant having lost to Yi Yun who had used trickery.
He wanted to win the number one place back.
“Let us go on up.”
The young cultivators leaped onto the bridges. Some were full of confidence, while others were very careful.
Yi Yun was also one of them. When Yi Yun landed on the bridge, he could feel many gazes landing on him.
Clearly, Yi Yun’s performance in the first round had attracted too much attention. Although people no longer thought that Yi Yun would be easily eliminated, no one believed that he would achieve any more amazing results.
Yi Yun was unaffected by this hostility because they could not attack him inside the Great Empress mystic realm.
On the bridge, the strong winds blew. Gongsun Hong was in the lead. He was using Sweeping Figure Sword Steps, so three of his afterimages were in front of him, paving the way. More than a hundred sword Qi beams were flying around. These sword Qi cut through the wind, reducing the pressure on Gongsun Hong. This resulted in him being able to proceed easily without needing to spend much effort.
This scene made many people secretly horrified. Even Yi Yun felt that Gongsun Hong’s abilities were indeed exceptional.
And Gongsun Hong was older than Yi Yun by a bit. If Yi Yun really fought Gongsun Hong, he was not sure who would win as there was no way of estimating. He had several hidden killer moves, but Gongsun Hong, who was the best amongst the internal disciples of the Li Fire Sect, probably had quite a number of killer moves as well.
“Ah!”
At this moment, there was a shrill scream. The storm in front of them exploded and a two-meter long black shadow charged from the storm, heading straight towards Gongsun Hong who was leading the way!
This black shadow suffused a metallic sheen. It looked like a wolf, but there was a pair of metallic wings on its back, allowing it to fly freely in the storm.
Metallic desolate beast!?
Gongsun Hong was alarmed, but he was strong and he had fast reactions. While he shrank backwards, three sword Qi beams whistled forward!
“Chi! Chi! Chi!”
The sword Qi cut the metallic desolate beast at its four limbs, and soon, it was torn apart!
“Peng!”
The corpse of the metallic desolate beast exploded.
Gongsun Hong gave a sigh of relief. If his reactions were not fast, the metallic desolate beast would have succeeded in its attack. The results would have been disastrous.
The metallic desolate beast’s speed may be fast, but its defenses were inadequate. As long as one dodged its attack, it was not difficult killing it.
Gongsun Hong was secretly rejoicing. At this moment, a light dot separated from the remnants of the metallic desolate beast, landing on Gongsun Hong’s arm.
Gongsun Hong only felt a prick on his arm. The light dot entered his skin, and became a tiny pattern, like a tattoo.
“Oh? This is…”
Gongsun Hong was slightly surprised. What was this?
Everyone’s eyes landed on Gongsun Hong’s arm. The Shen Tu family clan’s youth pondered for a while before saying, “Young master Hong, this tattoo looks like a small portion of an Empyrean Mark.”
The Shen Tu youth’s words reminded Gongsun Hong. He compared the tattoo with an Empyrean Mark on his arm and indeed, he noticed some similar patterns on the Empyrean Mark.
Gongsun Hong was overjoyed. This could mean that killing every metallic desolate beast would reward him with a tiny portion of the mark. These portions would slowly form a full Empyrean Mark.
Then if this went on, as long as he killed enough desolate beasts, he could obtain a new Empyrean Mark.
It seemed like there were plenty of opportunities to earn Empyrean Marks in the Great Empress mystic realm.
Upon thinking of this, Gongsun Hong glanced at Yi Yun. Yi Yun had only 36 Empyrean Marks, so Gongsun Hong felt he could catch up with Yi Yun eventually.
“So this bridge actually is also an opportunity!”
“I wonder how many desolate beasts needed to be killed in order to obtain an Empyrean Mark. From the size of the small tattoo, it probably needs tens of desolate beasts to form one.”
The elites present quickly made their analysis. It was clear that the further one was in front, the easier it was to fight a desolate beast This also meant more Empyrean Marks. But it was also more dangerous. If one was careless, it was possible that they could fall off the bridge.
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