Chapter 2365: Chapter 2368: Showdown on Sky Demon Peak: An Unyielding Battle

Returning to his room, Ling Xiao began organizing the spoils of this battle.

The five genius disciples of the Red Immortal Mountain, plus Zi Luo Lan’s Storage Ring, held quite a few treasures inside.

Previously on the road, Ling Xiao hadn’t looked closely, only knowing Zi Luo Lan’s Storage Ring contained Spirit Stones and a Soul Lock Badge.

Now that the Soul Lock Badge had been handed over, he really wasn’t sure just how many Spirit Stones there were.

To make them easier to use later, it was better to organize them.

He had engaged in the act of killing and claiming treasures many times, so he wasn’t particularly excited about it.

But after checking all six Storage Rings, even he couldn’t help but get excited.

"The disparity is too great, right? If our Black Immortal Mountain disciples have 100,000 Low-grade Spirit Stones, we should be thanking the heavens.

But these guys have over ten million Low-grade Spirit Stones and more than a million Middle-grade Spirit Stones.

This is truly becoming wealthy."

These Spirit Stones were enough for him to purchase plenty of medicinal materials and essentials for cultivation.

The Middle-grade Spirit Stones were essential for cultivation use.

No matter what cultivation materials he obtained, Middle-grade Spirit Stones were necessary auxiliary supplies.

These million Spirit Stones would last him quite some time.

Of course, besides these Spirit Stones, there were also some spare clothes and various Martial Arts secret manuals in the Storage Rings.

These items were useless to Ling Xiao for the moment, so he planned to save them to enrich the Heavenly Dynasty Empire’s secret manual library.

Even though obtaining these Yu Pin Low-grade and Middle-grade Martial Arts was easy here, on the White Tiger Continent, they were rare treasures.

After organizing the items, Ling Xiao bundled up the unnecessary Storage Rings, intending to bestow them upon his compatriots.

Although he didn’t care much for them, for most martial artists, they were considered rare items.

His ideal was that in the Heavenly Dynasty Empire, Storage Rings would no longer be rarities but become commonplace items that everyone would possess.

Putting away the Storage Rings, he started meditating to recover.

Though uninjured, his energy expenditure was significant.

This was an opportunity to consolidate the skills he had developed along the way.

Especially the newly mastered fourth form of the Falling Star Sword Art, whose power still left him excited.

Reflecting on it more, he would certainly be able to use it again in the upcoming battle at Sky Demon Peak.

An entire shichen quickly passed.

Outside, the signal for assembly from the disciples of Upper Eight Immortals Mountain could be heard.

Ling Xiao tidied up his clothes and stepped out of the room.

Along with the others, he proceeded to the courtyard at Sky Demon Peak.

At this moment, a massive screen already appeared in the sky of the courtyard.

This screen was condensed from Primordial Power and could receive soul signals, perfectly transmitting the battle scenes.

"Participants in the battle, four groups, come over!"

Heiye Wuguang beckoned, and all twenty participating martial artists from the four groups gathered by his side.

"Now, let me briefly explain the rules. For the duel at Sky Demon Peak, you will be randomly teleported to different accompanying peaks.

Then, it will be one-on-one combat. There are only two ways to end a battle: surrender or lose consciousness, which includes fainting or dying!"

While Heiye Wuguang read the rules,

the participants whispered among themselves.

Chi Ling’er and Sha Mo Yun stood together.

"Junior sister Ling’er, are you confident against Ling Xiao? That guy seems much stronger than before?"

Sha Mo Yun reminded her.

"I know, but even with his improvements, his cultivation level is just at the First Stage Second Layer Hell Early Stage.

His transformation with the beast warrior thing is strange, but at most, it elevates his combat power to the equivalent of Hell Mid Phase.

However, I possess the Red Demon Battle Body, my combat strength doesn’t fall short of a First Stage Third Layer Hell Early Stage cultivator.

Do you think I would be afraid of him?"

Chi Ling’er replied, clearly unhappy.

She felt Sha Mo Yun wasn’t expressing concern but rather underestimating her.

"As long as you have confidence. I’ve already considered it. In your group, Ling Xiao is the only tough one to deal with. The other three are our own and will likely surrender directly."

Sha Mo Yun chuckled.

"Senior brother Sha’s group doesn’t have any formidable characters. Li Yan and En Renfeng are decent, but they probably won’t last three moves against senior brother Sha."

Chi Ling’er said flatly.

"Three moves? One move is enough to finish the fight!

The real trouble is not the group matches but the face-off among the leaders of the four groups.

We two might end up having to battle each other."

Sha Mo Yun remarked dismissively.

"Yes, not just us two; I think that Qing Luan Hua should also make it into the final four. No matter who among us faces her, we mustn’t go easy on her. After all, aligning herself with Ling Xiao is a grave mistake!"

Chi Ling’er pondered aloud.

Neither of them considered Ling Xiao a threat, even though he had once escaped them due to their negligence.

At that time, they hadn’t used their full strength.

The only other person they had any degree of apprehension about was Qing Luan Hua.

All other potentially threatening opponents had been dealt with in the initial encounters.

"Alright, enough chatter. The rules are clear, let’s start the first fight now!"

The first battle was between Chi Ling’er and a genius from Red Immortal Mountain.

This genius conceded immediately, without even stepping into the battleground.

With five people in each group, everyone had to fight four rounds, and the one with the most victories would advance.

So, the disciples of Red Immortal Mountain knew it’s better to send Chi Ling’er straight to advancement than to engage in infighting.

The second battle was between Sha Mo Yun and En Renfeng.

"Brother Ling, I won’t be able to defeat Sha Mo Yun, but I’m not willing to concede just yet. Watch carefully."

En Renfeng’s words were understood by Ling Xiao; he was going to fight Sha Mo Yun to reveal his fighting style to Ling Xiao.

"Senior brother, there’s no need to fight desperately. If you can’t win, just surrender. Don’t worry. Even if you can’t advance to Upper Eight Immortals Mountain, I can make sure your future strength surpasses that of those disciples."

Ling Xiao said this with confidence.

He had once reached the Reincarnation Realm, and now in Eight Immortals County City, no martial artist had reached this level.

The last expert at the Reincarnation Realm was Ling Yan.

"Alright, I trust you!"

En Renfeng nodded.

Before, he might not have believed Ling Xiao’s words.

But after everything that had happened, he was confident in Ling Xiao’s promises.

"Activate the Teleportation Array!"

Heiye Wuguang activated the Teleportation Array, and through the massive screen, the battlefield for this confrontation could be seen.

It was another mountain peak, but with flowing lava everywhere, exuding terrifying heat.

Some elemental creatures lurked within the lava, poised to deal a devastating blow to any martial artist daring to tread there.