The Martial Emperor with Dragon Blood

Chapter 859: Chapter 860: Eighteen Also Advance

In the midst of everyone’s stunned expressions, several more powerful sea monsters appeared, and even an ancient giant whale appeared, but faced with Ye Mo’s attack, they were still effortlessly defeated.

On the surface of the sea, it seemed calm, but deep within, Ye Mo was turning the sea upside down, slaying all the sea monsters with ease, and the depths of the ocean were stained blood red.

"Is this truly the power of the Late stage of the Profound Heaven Realm?"

Even Elder Jian Tong, with his temperament, was completely shocked, unable to find words.

And Liu Qingtai’s eyes were wavering, rippling constantly.

Back when she was still a Servants Disciple, she had also ventured into the depths of the ocean, but she had never gone so deep, let alone faced more than ten sea monsters alone.

Killing sea monsters on the surface is passive luring, but plunging into the depths is an active strike, a genuine slaughter.

"Just now, it was already impressive that Lu Yang and his three disciples killed the sea monsters, but compared to Ye Mo, it’s not worth mentioning, no, there’s no comparison at all. Not only does this kid possess extraordinary courage, but his natural talents are also terrifying. If he can be trained with focus, he will surely ascend to the Wheel of Reincarnation Realm in the future."

Elder Jian Tong inhaled deeply, feeling a chill.

At that moment, the square fell into a deathly silence, even Hsiao Hai, who had just arrived, wore a face of disbelief seeing this scene.

"The sea monsters of the Southern Spirit Sea Domain must have been killed by him, such terrifying slaughter, and he hasn’t even used his true power. I must go and inform the Senior Brother now."

Saying this, Hsiao Hai left the square again.

"Qingtai, this Ye Mo is not only of good character and strong cultivation, but he also brought back the Star Sea Sword and Ice Soul Sword Qi for you. No wonder the Sect Leader entrusted him with the Star Sea Sword. Compared to Ye Mo, that Hsiao Hai is truly nothing. If he weren’t a disciple of our sect, I would have killed him outright."

Jian Tong said.

"Don’t mention that filthy pig, Hsiao Hai."

Liu Qingtai said indifferently.

"Currently, the old guys behind Du Feng are on the move again. I’m afraid they will collude with other forces to deal with you."

Elder Jian Tong said, sighing.

"Blame me for my lack of strength. If only I had half of my father’s cultivation, it would be enough to deter those old weasels."

Liu Qingtai said.

"The path of cultivation is about steady progress. You are only thirty years old, still at the beginning of your Martial Artist journey. Reaching the Qiankun Fifth Rotation at your age is already quite an achievement."

Jian Tong said, once again casting his gaze toward the scene.

In the scene, Ye Mo was continuously slaughtering the sea monsters, and as the competition was nearing its end, he broke through the water’s surface and handed most of the demon pills to Jiang Yuan.

"Why is this Ye Mo giving demon pills to Jiang Yuan?"

Jian Tong was once again surprised as he witnessed this scene. With the number of sea monsters he had defeated, it would certainly be a shocking achievement.

"Perhaps such an achievement holds no allure for him. He wants to help Jiang Yuan achieve a breakthrough."

Liu Qingtai said helplessly. "Alright, we don’t need to keep watching. Let’s wait for the trial to end. I’ll head off first. After the trial ends, bring Ye Mo to my pavilion."

Jian Tong closed all scenes and patiently awaited the end of the competition.

Within the Star Sea Space, Ye Mo had stopped slaying sea monsters and was seated cross-legged on the sea, refining the Eight-part Heavenly Dragons. He had successfully refined the sixth dragon, storing the energy deep in his Energy Center.

Jiang Yuan, with the impact of energy from Ye Mo’s thousand demon pills, successfully broke through to the Cosmos Realm, opened the space within him, and reached the Qiankun First Transformation, allowing attacks to merge within and slay enemies from thousands of miles away.

"Brother Ye Mo, great gratitude is beyond words."

Jiang Yuan immediately bowed to Ye Mo, filled with immense gratitude.

"No need. I chose to help you because you’re a brave man. Those demon pills aren’t much use to me anyway."

Just as Ye Mo finished speaking, Elder Jian Tong’s voice echoed in the Star Sea Space: "Disciples, the trial has ended, the space rift is open, return quickly."

Hearing this, Ye Mo and Jiang Yuan didn’t hesitate, soaring directly through the rift, and the next moment, they returned to the square.

Then, a series of bedraggled figures appeared, some of whom bore scars and bloodstains, while a very few disciples were completely unscathed.

"Your performances weren’t bad. Although you faced danger, not a single disciple chose to withdraw."

Jian Tong scanned around and said, "Now take out your demon pills, let’s see how many you have. Although I set three advancement slots, the Sect Leader said anyone with more than twenty demon pills can also advance, and the top three will receive additional rewards."

After Jian Tong’s remark, the despondent disciples let out another wave of sighs, clearly not reaching that standard of twenty pills.

The disciples began taking out the demon pills from their Sumeru rings, but most only had a dozen or so, none reached the twenty-pill mark.

Watching this, Lu Yang secretly chuckled coldly. Even if twenty was the advancement threshold, reaching it was extremely difficult. Perhaps this was a backdoor effort by Liu Qingtai to help Ye Mo.

"Maybe Ye Mo didn’t even reach twenty pills."

Lu Yang’s heart brimmed with a sneer and scorn.

"Jiang Yuan!"

At this moment, Jian Tong called Jiang Yuan’s name.

Jiang Yuan slowly stepped up, ready to take out demon pills from his Sumeru ring, but was immediately stopped by Elder Jian Tong: "You successfully broke through to the Cosmos Realm during the trial, advance directly to an official member."

"Thank you, Elder Jian Tong!"

Jiang Yuan exclaimed excitedly. Becoming an official member meant Han Xing’s clan would now have to think twice before acting against him.

"Next, Ye Mo!"

Elder Jian Tong nodded, calling Ye Mo forward. Given Ye Mo’s performance in the Star Sea Space, there was no need for an inspection, but for formality, Jian Tong still wanted him to take out the demon pills.

He also wanted to see how many demon pills Ye Mo retained after giving them to Jiang Yuan.

Ye Mo smiled gently and walked over to Elder Jian Tong, taking out demon pills from his Sumeru ring.

Lu Yang and his two companions fixed their eyes on the demon pills in Ye Mo’s hand. Although surpassing twenty demon pills was the advancement line, it wasn’t their responsibility, but they needed to ensure their number of pills surpassed Ye Mo’s.

"One, two, three, four!"

Ye Mo’s count was only eighteen, not even reaching the advancement threshold of twenty pills.

This scene made Lu Yang reveal a disdainful look, filled with ridicule: "Even with Liu Qingtai giving you a backdoor, you’re still like mud that can’t support a wall. The three of us divide our pills, we’re each at over fifty demon pills."

"Eighteen demon pills? Not bad. Ye Mo, with late stage Profound Heaven Realm strength, can be advanced directly!"

Jian Tong’s face broke into a smile, as if he would let Ye Mo advance even if he hadn’t handed over any demon pills.