Chapter 437: Wonderful Five Element Supreme Divine Art!

The Five Element Supreme Divine Art was an all-encompassing cultivation art that contained separate cultivation methods for each of the five elements.

For the flame element, there was the Vermilion Sun Incineration Art.

For the water element, there was the Endless Ocean Divine Art.

For the earth element, there was the Heavenly Mountain Suppression Art.

For the metal element, there was the Heaven-Cleaving Metal Art.

For the wood element, there was the World Tree Manifestation Art.

These five cultivation arts were the foundation of the Five Element Supreme Divine Art. Each one allowed a cultivator to master one of the five elements, and each also contained a powerful martial art suited to that element. Because of this, the Five Element Supreme Divine Art could truly be considered a masterpiece among cultivation arts.

Once all five cultivation arts were cultivated to the perfection stage, they would give birth to the Five Element Intent.

Li Yun immediately put away the flame cores and began his hunt.

With the guidance of the Spirit-Tracking Compass, he soon discovered a lone cultivator at the 1st stage of the Mortal Core Realm.

"Hand over your token and all your five-element spiritual materials."

Li Yun activated his Lightning Wings, and his figure flashed forward. In an instant, he appeared directly in front of the man and spoke in a calm voice.

"Hm?"

The man was stunned at first, but when he saw Li Yun’s face clearly, he immediately burst into loud laughter. "I was wondering who it was. So it is you, Li Yun. Hmph, Li Yun, although your aptitude and comprehension ability are astonishing, you are still only at the 3rd level of the Essence Qi Realm. You actually dare to act so arrogantly in front of me? I think you should be the one handing over your token and all your treasures."

As he spoke, the man took out a thick-backed broadsword and slashed fiercely toward Li Yun.

"Why bother?"

Li Yun shook his head.

He directly used Tempest Collapse, and a violent wave of Sword Qi surged forward, sending the man flying on the spot. Afterward, Li Yun reached out and grabbed the man’s storage ring.

He broke the restriction on the storage ring without hesitation, took out the token and all the five-element spiritual materials inside, then threw the storage ring back.

As for the Spirit Stones and other unrelated items inside, Li Yun did not touch them.

"Thank you, sir, for showing mercy."

After sensing the contents of his storage ring, the man’s face immediately revealed a look of relief and joy.

Although his token and five-element spiritual materials had been taken, at least his entire fortune had not been swept away. Compared to losing everything, this outcome was already very generous.

He immediately bowed repeatedly to Li Yun, then turned around and fled without daring to look back.

Seeing this, Li Yun merely shook his head.

Toward Crown Prince Xing Tian and those who followed him, he naturally would not show mercy. However, when dealing with ordinary cultivators who had no deep grudge against him, there was no need to be too ruthless.

An hour later, Li Yun appeared before two cultivators at the 2nd level of the Mortal Core Realm.

His expression was calm as he said, "Hand over your tokens and all your five-element spiritual materials."

"Are you dreaming?"

The two cultivators were stunned at first. Then, they looked at each other and revealed sinister smiles before attacking at the same time.

However, only a few breaths later, the expressions on their faces had turned into pure horror.

A strand of Sword Qi hovered less than an inch away from their hearts, so close that it seemed ready to pierce through them at any moment. Their legs weakened, and their bodies slumped to the ground.

"We will hand them over. We will hand them over."

The two no longer dared to speak any nonsense. They hurriedly removed their storage rings and handed them to Li Yun.

Half a day later, three corpses lay on the ground before Li Yun.

Their eyes were wide open, and their faces were still filled with disbelief, as if they could not accept even in death that they had truly been killed.

These three were clearly lackeys of Crown Prince Xing Tian. They had wanted to take Li Yun’s head and exchange it for a reward from the crown prince. Toward people like them, Li Yun naturally had no reason to show mercy.

With a casual grab, he collected the storage rings from the three corpses, and his figure soon vanished from the area once again.

In the blink of an eye, five days passed.

During these five days, Li Yun encountered at least a dozen groups of cultivators. Most of them were at the 1st to 3rd levels of the Mortal Core Realm, though he occasionally ran into cultivators at the 4th level of the Mortal Core Realm as well.

When he encountered 4th level Mortal Core Realm cultivators, Li Yun did not entangle himself with them for too long. After a brief exchange, he would immediately withdraw. As for those at the 1st to 3rd levels of the Mortal Core Realm, not a single one managed to escape his methods once he decided to strike.

Within these five days, Li Yun’s name gradually began spreading throughout the Scarlet Ember Secret Realm.

While only at the Essence Qi Realm, he displayed combat strength that shocked everyone. Even several Mortal Core Realm cultivators joining forces were unable to defeat him, and some 4th level Mortal Core Realm cultivators could not keep him from leaving.

Such strength left many people horrified.

No one had expected that aside from his astonishing aptitude and monstrous comprehension ability, Li Yun’s actual combat ability would also be so terrifying.

Gradually, everyone began placing Li Yun on the list of the most dangerous participants in the secret realm. Ordinary cultivators at the 1st to 3rd levels of the Mortal Core Realm either traveled in groups or fled immediately the moment they discovered his presence. In short, they no longer gave Li Yun easy opportunities to attack.

Because of this, Li Yun’s hunting became much more difficult.

By the end of the fifth day, it was already becoming hard for him to find suitable targets.

"Forget it. During these five days, I have already obtained a large number of five-element spiritual materials. At the very least, cultivating the Vermilion Sun Incineration Art to the perfection stage should not be a problem."

Inside a hidden cave, Li Yun murmured softly to himself.

However just as he was about to enter a short period of seclusion, a few system notifications appeared before him.

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[Quest Level: C]

– Objective: [Kill as many martial artists as you can who comes after your head.]

– Reward: [Based on the number of people killed.]

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[Quest Level: B]

– Objective: [Comprehend Five Element Intent]

– Reward: [100000 EXP]

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[Quest Level: B]

– Objective: [Introduce any one of the three Sword Master’s Legacy intent to your Sword Intent]

– Reward: [100000 EXP]

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[Quest Level: A]

– Objective: [Combine all three Sword Intent types in Sword Master’s Legacy to create the Supreme Sword Intent]

– Reward: [500000 EXP]