Chapter 456: Triumphant

"Hmm? What do you mean by that, Junior Brother?" Mo Yuntian asked in surprise.

"Guess which 'Sword' character he is contemplating."

Mo Yuntian was momentarily stunned, then looked at Tianyu again and couldn't help shaking his head.

Tianyu's head was held high, but Mo Yuntian couldn't guess which 'Sword' character he was looking at.

Ye Yuan smiled and said, "If I'm not mistaken, Senior Brother Tianyu is probably already comprehending the thirty-seventh character."

"What! The thirty-seventh character? That would mean..." Mo Yuntian exclaimed in astonishment.

Ye Yuan nodded affirmatively. "That's right. He is already comprehending the last nine characters. As long as he fully understands them, his own True Intent should be nearly formed!"

The characters Ye Yuan had carved on the giant stone each represented a minor realm, with every nine forming a major realm, advancing layer by layer.

Tianyu was already comprehending the thirty-seventh character, indicating he had reached the final stage!

Wasn't this rate of progress too fast?

"If Junior Brother Tianyu can truly comprehend his own True Intent, then Heaven has not abandoned our Cloudsoar Sect! As long as we survive this calamity, we will surely soar to great heights!" Mo Yuntian showed no disappointment but was instead very pleased.

"Actually, Senior Brother Tianyu is not the only one in our Cloudsoar Sect who has grasped the rudiments of True Intent. I just wonder how they are doing now." Ye Yuan suddenly sighed softly.

"What? There's another person who has grasped the rudiments of True Intent? Who is it?" Mo Yuntian was truly astonished.

"It's Long Tang, who entered the sect with me. During the last sect tournament, he had already grasped the rudiments of True Intent." Ye Yuan said.

"Hiss... It's him!" Mo Yuntian looked at Ye Yuan as if he had seen a ghost.

Mo Yuntian realized something: those close to Ye Yuan all seemed to have reaped tremendous benefits.

Tianyu was like this, Long Tang was like this, Nanfeng Ruoqing was like this, and even he himself was the same.

Mo Yuntian didn't know that even the breakthroughs of Tianfeng and Luo Qingfeng were closely related to Ye Yuan.

"Yes. I think the sect has already recognized his talent, which is why they arranged for him to retreat to the Northern Domain to preserve strength." Ye Yuan said.

Among the many fellow disciples, the ones Ye Yuan worried about most were naturally Nanfeng Ruoqing and her nephew, and Long Tang.

But he had heard that the secret team heading to the Northern Domain included the three of them, which relieved him somewhat.

"If that's the case, the Cloudsoar Sect has a double insurance! Even if I have to risk my life, I, Mo Yuntian, will ensure their safety!" Mo Yuntian declared fiercely.

Mo Yuntian knew that the sect's strongest genius was neither Tianyu nor Long Tang, but the man before him.

But being with Ye Yuan, he couldn't help at all; instead, he would become a burden.

Now it was Ye Yuan who was protecting the Cloudsoar Sect single-handedly, not Mo Yuntian.

Without Ye Yuan, the Cloudsoar Sect would have been almost completely destroyed by now—how could there be talk of revival?

That once weak Ye Yuan had now grown into a towering tree, shielding the sect from wind and rain!

...

A few days later, a shout like rolling thunder spread throughout the entire sect.

"Listen up, you trash of the Cloudsoar Sect! I'll give you two days to come out and surrender! Otherwise, when we break the formation, not a single blade of grass will be left!"

The disciples of the Cloudsoar Sect had already taken their positions at the formation's core, and they could clearly sense two extremely powerful auras outside the formation.

Obviously, these two were the Soul Sea realm experts Liao Wenguang and He Jun.

Many Cloudsoar Sect disciples showed signs of nervousness. Although they had enough confidence in Ye Yuan, facing Soul Sea realm mid-stage experts, they couldn't help but feel fear.

For Soul Sea realm martial artists, every minor realm had a huge gap.

The strength of a Soul Sea realm mid-stage expert was completely incomparable to that of Ma Yi.

"Come if you want; enough with the nonsense! If you have the ability, break this formation first!" Ye Yuan's voice also transmitted through the formation.

Liao Wenguang frowned and said, "Hmph! I'll see if this formation of yours is really as strong as rumored!"

With Ma Yi's precedent, Liao Wenguang didn't dare to be careless and directly summoned his weapon—a blood-colored long blade.

"This is going to be a show. Supreme Elder Liao's Blood Drinking Blade is a 128-vein forbidden spirit weapon. Paired with his fourth-rank martial skill, the Blood Drinking Soul-Severing Blade, he is truly invincible!"

"Yeah, I heard that when Supreme Elder Liao was still at the Sea of Qi realm, he used this blade to single-handedly kill five experts of the same realm! After so many years, his mastery of this martial skill must have reached the pinnacle, right?"

"These fools from the Cloudsoar Sect actually dared to kill Supreme Elder Ma. They're really asking for death! Provoking Supreme Elder Liao is the stupidest thing they've ever done!"

Liao Wenguang had not come out of seclusion for many years and had always kept a low profile, only revealing his Soul Sea First Layer strength.

But now, as he suddenly burst out with Soul Sea Fourth Layer power, no one dared to underestimate him.

In fact, no one dared to underestimate any Soul Sea realm martial artist.

Liao Wenguang stood in the air, far away, and as he raised his blade, a scarlet elemental storm instantly swept up in front of the Cloudsoar Sect's mountain gate!

Endless killing intent spread out, and the sheer momentum gave a feeling of mountains crumbling and earth splitting—overwhelmingly powerful!

The Cloudsoar Sect disciples at the formation's core clearly felt this force!

Compared to Ma Yi, this attack was more than a notch stronger!

Many Cloudsoar Sect disciples were so nervous that their palms were sweating, wondering if Ye Yuan could withstand this attack.

"Blood Drinking Soul-Severing Blade!"

Liao Wenguang let out a low shout, and the blade light soared into the sky, as swift as thunder, instantly striking the formation.

With a loud 'boom,' it felt as if the entire Lingfu Mountain trembled.

Everyone clearly sensed a gap in the formation's elemental power, but it quickly repaired itself.

Seeing this, Liao Wenguang was not alarmed but instead delighted, sneering coldly, "I thought this formation was so powerful; turns out it's only barely on par with a Soul Sea realm mid-stage expert! A few more strikes, and this formation will probably collapse, right?"

"Supreme Elder Liao is mighty!"

"Supreme Elder Liao is mighty!"

...

The disciples of the Purple Sun Sect were greatly excited at this sight.

Many of them had come with Ma Yi last time, including Zhu Mingyu.

That day, they had experienced the most devastating defeat in the history of the Purple Sun Sect, feeling as if their entire world had collapsed.

The impact of a Soul Sea realm martial artist being killed before the formation was too intense.

But today, they all felt a sense of elation, finally feeling they had regained some ground.

So they were all pumped up, praising Liao Wenguang profusely.

Liao Wenguang also enjoyed this kind of treatment; the feeling of being worshipped by the masses was wonderful.

"Hehe, I'll do it once more and see how many of my attacks this formation can withstand! All of you, get ready. Once I break the formation, charge in and kill them all, leaving not a single one!" Liao Wenguang laughed heartily.