Guild Wars
chapter-732

The others who stood behind the Xiantian Emperor were shocked into silence by what went on before them. One moment, their leader was speaking sophistry about their ugly intentions to invade, the next moment he was eating shit from some whelp of a girl who was not even as old as some of the boils on their toes!

The Dragon Ancestor and the Phoenix Ancestor also watched with shocked expressions as Eva continued lasering the fellow brutally, piercing him in all his joints, then his soft organs, then aiming for his orifices.

It was not a murder, but straight-up torture that Eva was performing. However, what they couldn't understand was how someone at the peak of the Sublimation Realm could actually harm the Xiantian Emperor.

He was at the True Immortal Realm for God's sake!

He was only one realm below the current Dragon and Phoenix Ancestors, who had broken through to the Immortal King realm thanks to the help of Draco and Eva, hence why they two alone could suppress so many True Immortals.

Or do you think the two sides were standing around, posturing for nothing? Had the Xiantian Emperor and his lackeys not been fearful and wary of the Old Ancestor duo, they would have directly launched an attack.

If your fist was mightier, what use was there in talking?

Now, this had occurred.

Previously, Eva had fired a beam of light at the Phoenix Ancestor when the Old Ancestor duo had tried to suppress the Evil Duo into becoming their disciples. At that time, the Phoenix Ancestor had easily swatted it away, commenting that it was not bad.

The Phoenix Ancestor had been at the True Immortal realm back then, same as these fellows. Not counting the same element immunity, Eva's strikes should not be able to even harm the Xiantian Emperor, much less treat him as if he were a commoner by the roadside.

How was this happening? Yes, Eva was fueling the technique with Qi, but that did not raise its power, it just solved its energy consumption.

Hehe, fortunately these set of floors had blessed the duo with a 630% cost reduction AND power boost.

The benefits the Martial Spirits and the Dragon/Phoenix-related Cultivation Method they used had given them were beyond anything else that anyone could fathom.

The kind of power they could output now was far more terrifying than before. Let's not even get started with Draco and his Destruction Energy. Without having tested it out, he wasn't even sure himself whether he might not accidentally end up damaging the Tower in the process.

Eventually, the Immortals behind the Xiantian Emperor snapped out of their daze as they manifested their auras and roared.

"INSOLENT PUP!!"

"JUNIOR, YOU DARE?!"

"ATROCIOUS BEHAVIOR!"

The Dragon and Phoenix Ancestor frowned and manifested their auras as well, but Draco stopped them.

"Old shit and Aunty Xue just watch Eva, she can handle them on her own."

Seeing his confidence, the two old monsters shared a look and settled down, with their arms folded, but they were ready to jump in at any moment. Seeing this, Draco couldn't help but raise his opinion of the two old farts.

As for Eva, she simply waved her hand and cast a wide arc of light at the attacks the Immortals sent at her. Their various elemental attacks struck the wave and were disintegrated by it with ease, shocking all parties on both sides.

"Impossible!"

"This cannot be!"

"What is this little shit of a wench?!"

Before the next idiot could make his opinion known, the one who just spoke received a beam of light through the forehead. He staggered backward as his eyes dimmed, his Immortal Spirit having been destroyed in one hit.

His body slumped to the ground like a sack of meat, and he only twitched a few times before lying still.

Silence.

It was one thing for a Peak Sublimation Realm brat like Eva to miraculously hurt the Xiantian Emperor, but the fellow was still alive and relatively well, just in pain.

They were not aware that he had been crippled and was doing everything to maintain his cultivation and repair the damage, which was why he didn't bother with anything else, or these 'allies' of his would have run from the beginning.

The Immortals gulped and gazed at Eva who still had her finger raised and curled in a manner just like a certain evil emperor who was racist against monkey-tailed species.

Friez- *cough* smiled coldly as she suddenly struck out her finger multiples times, firing hundreds of beams at once. The faces of the opposing Immortals changed as they blocked with what power they had, only to end up shocked when their defenses were easily penetrated, and so too were their bodies.

In one strike, Eva killed off 95% of them!

The ones who had survived were the smart ones, who had used the bodies of their 'allies' as meat shields, or those who had special Martial Spirits that gave them enough survivability to remain.

However, before they could beg or complain, Eva double-tapped everyone, making sure that they were truly dead. Those who had thought themselves lucky in the first round, stood no chance in the second one. What's more, she shot at everyone's vitals a third time, showing just how thorough Eva was.

The Dragon and Phoenix Ancestors just stood there in shock, their faces looking like they had seen the most fanciful crap in their lives to this day.

Draco smiled, as he saw that Eva's actions had cleared the 'kill 25% of invading forces requirement'. After all, while they may be numerically smaller than their forces, these Immortals had represented the high-end battle power of the Xiantian Continent.

With them dead, forget worrying about Houtian Continent being invaded, as Houtian Continent was poised to be the one to invade them!

Xiantian Continent was officially finished!

As for the struggling Xiantian Emperor, the two Old Ancestors grabbed him and sealed him up, preparing to take him back as a tool for what happens next.

They turned to their two disciples with a strange look on their faces.

"Brats, you two are quite strong, about 1% of this Great Ancestor's strength. Not bad, not bad. What are you going to do now?" The Dragon Ancestor asked with endless wisdom and pomp.

"Probably breakthrough to Crystallization and reach the peak. We'll join you guys in cleaning up the rest of the forces afterwards." Draco replied with a smile.

"Alright then, here are some more Qi Stones if you need them. Take care and come back safely." The Phoenix Ancestor said nicely as she reverted to her grandmotherly demeanor.

"Thank you, we do have a use for them. It shouldn't take us long, so you can go about your own matters in peace." Eva also replied straightforwardly.

With a nod, the two Old Ancestors teleported away, leaving Draco and Eva on this plain with all these corpses around. Draco pondered for a bit and grabbed them into his Inner Universe.

These corpses should prove very useful for someone like Dreary Traveler or Silent Walker. Alternatively, he could just use them as feed for some of the beings he planned to raise like cattle in the Inner Universe.

After that, the Evil Duo found a nice place nearby to settle down, where they began cultivating. As usual, they began with their auxiliary methods, bringing them to the Early Crystallization Realm with incomparable ease.

This was equivalent to Nascent Soul, so a small version of Draco and Eva now existed in their brain and heart that resembled their various True Bodies for those particular forms.

What was interesting was that their Martial Spirits awakened by themselves and integrated with the two Nascent Souls they had each, doubling their potency and talent.

This made Draco and Eva doubly sure that the Martial Spirit World residents were monsters among Lower Realm cultivators. If they used the traditional Cultivation Method's, this Nascent Soul stage would have them possess double the potential and battle power of any other cultivation world's Nascent Soul's.

Really, if the Immortal World hadn't been cut off for them, they should have easily dominated an entire portion of the land.

They eventually hit Middle Crystallization Realm, which was equivalent to Nascent Soul mid-stage, then Late Crystallization, which was equivalent to Nascent Soul peak.

Finally, Peak Crystallization Realm, which was the same as the entirety of Soul Formation at once. Here, their Nascent souls were fully solidified and given form, able to leave their bodies and punch at a foe endlessly while shouting 'ora!'.

When they reached here, Draco and Eva sighed as they let out their Horned Demon, Heavenly Goddess, Dark Angel, and Light Angel Martial Souls (Martial Spirits had been merged with Nascent Soul to form Martial Soul).

They were palm-sized versions of their transformations, possessing their own unique powers and characteristics. If Draco and Eva wanted, they could possess other bodies and live on as Pseudo-Clones in case they died.

However, the Martial Souls rejected this idea themselves, informing Draco and Eva that during the next Cultivation Realm, they would be able to build themselves their own True Bodies as long the two provided them with enough resources.

This surprised the Evil Duo as they realized a hidden benefit of having multiple Martial Souls. Then again, this fact wasn't new, as while it was rare, there were hundreds of talented Heaven's Sons and Daughters in other cultivations worlds who had something similar.

Still, how many of them had three whole Nascent Souls? And not just any normal Nascent Souls, but Martial Souls? Martial Souls were twice as powerful as a Nascent Soul of the same level in every regard.

After clearing up their auxiliary methods, they focused on growing their main ones, the Dragon Ascension Method and the Phoenix Rebirth Mantra. Unfortunately, as they no longer received baptism through cultivation, their 630% boost would remain that way unless they cultivated in the real world.

Even cultivating in the Inner Universe or in the Western Fantasy would not add to their stock. Still, the current boost was good enough, and they were not complaining.

Unlike the other method, this one was simpler. They entered the Crystallization Realm, which under this world cultivation system, used Qi to encase their Martial Spirits in a cocoon for evolution.

This realm was basically all about absorbing endless Qi into the cocoon to supply your Martial Spirit with energy to evolve and break the case like a butterfly.

This was not a problem for Draco and Eva, as they sat down and consumed Qi Stone after Qi Stone endlessly until almost 7 weeks passed. Unlike in Qi Condensation and Sublimation where they never truly filled their tanks to the brim but only put in what was required to breakthrough, this time they filled up.

Draco and Eva even felt bloated, but luckily, most of it was swallowed by their greedy Grade 13 Martial Spirits who seemed like they would never be satisfied.

Draco and Eva could only speechlessly stare at the huge mountain of dust that used to be Qi Stones. It had grown so high and wide that it had even solidified to form a small plateau with a cave.

In the end, their Martial Spirits sufficiently broke out of their cocoons with much fanfare and heavenly phenomena. It was clear that even this world's Heavenly Dao was in awe of the Evil Duo's talent.

Once they reached the peak once more, they chose to end the floor as there was nothing left to do here.

｢Congratulations on completing: Tower of Babylon Thirty-Ninth Floor

Time elapsed: 1179:19:12

Objectives complete: All

Assessment: EX+

Reward:

43,000 Score Points

1 Treasure Selection Reward - Peak Silver Grade｣

And this left only the final floor in the Martial Spirit world series. Draco and Eva had mixed feelings going into this one, because when they left, it would be their last time ever interacting with that world.

Whatever the case, they still entered. What they found was that they stood atop a hillock that was quite flat near the top, and shaped like a battle area for some reason.

However, the reason quickly made sense when Draco and Eva found that they were around 16 years of age now and were standing opposite a red-eyed Ao Shangtian.

｢The Fortieth Floor – Divine Quest

Description: You are in the World of Martial Spirits! Here, children at the age of ten undergo an awakening ceremony to unlock their hidden Martial Spirits and embark upon the path of Martial Arts!

The Xiantian Continent has roped in one of the greatest talents of the Houtian Continent and set him upon the land! He has destroyed 80% of all the sects and forced the top sects to retreat continuously!

As your fated foe, it is time for you to put an end to things! Settle down for the final fight!

You are to achieve all three of three targets;

1. Repel the Xiantian Continent forces.

2. Defeat your fated foe.

3. Reach the Integration Realm.

Limitation 1: Magic does not exist in this world, only Qi and Martial Arts!

Limitation 2: You may retreat from the floor at any time, but upon re-entry, you would have to resume from the exact situation you were in at the time.

Limitation 3: You cannot use any class-based skills or abilities, as well as your equipment.

Limitation 4: This world is ruthless, dog-eat-dog in the truest sense. There will be no mercy or pity.

Provision 1: You retain your power from outside, but only in terms of stats and only after you awaken Martial Spirits.

Provision 2: You may freely use any healing items and consumables in your Inventory.

Provision 3: You can use any and all of your Tradeskills at will.

Provision 4: If you choose to cultivate before the battle, you will be given a maximum of 2 months to reach Integration Realm.

Rewards: Score Points, 1 Silver-Tier Reward Selection.｣

Seeing this, Draco and Eva understood. This was the supposed final climactic battle between the protagonists and the antagonists.

Looking at Ao Shangtian opposite them, the faces of Draco and Eva became serious. Despite everything, despite all their power, one thing that Draco and Eva never did was underestimate Shangtian.

Even when they knew this timeline's version was a fool, Draco had laid an intricate trap to catch him and didn't joke around for one second. Only Draco and Eva understood how powerful their bloodlines were, and they knew Ao Shangtian could access the same power too.

Not to mention, a frontal fight was his forte. Whatever the case, Draco and Eva decided to use this chance to reach Integration and test their power on their fated foe, for only Shangtian could truly push them to their limits in this timeline.

The moment they sat down cross-legged, time seemed to stop for everyone else but them. They understood that this was the Tower's way of giving them a chance to catch up, and they took it.

They easily broke into the Formation Realm within hours. It was akin to Nihility and Ascension of the normal path. Nihility was about fortifying the body to become null and void so that if the soul left, the body would not rot. Ascension was basically beginning to realign the Soul and Body in preparation for the breakthrough into the Immortal Realm. So these two realms were mostly body-focused.

The two auxiliary methods they both had adhered to the outside standard mostly, with their bodies being tempered to become null and void without the need for the Martial Souls to stay.

And just as the Martial Souls had said, when the body was tempered, they exited and began gathering Qi and using some Heavenly resources Draco and Eva had previously gathered to form new bodies.

While they were doing that, Draco and Eva worked on their main methods in peace. These ones stuck to the standard system of the world, so their bodies went through the typical Formation, being fortified in preparation for Integration with the Martial Spirit.

When they broke through into Integration for their auxiliary methods - after the Martial Souls were done forming new and full functional bodies with the same cultivation - they found that Integration worked differently for them.

Integration was equivalent to the Half-Immortal Realm of the normal system, but also not so. Integration was a completely unique realm belonging to the Martial Spirit world, and the Half-Immortal realm was an unofficial one anyway.

Integration was slightly stronger than Half Immortal and slightly weaker than True Immortal.

In the case of the Holy Demonic Record, Supremacy Theory, Vile Angel Tactics, and Pure Angel Tactics, it made Draco and Eva refuse with their clones seamlessly, allowing them to double their combat power per clone.

So if both clones merged back, their base power would increase by x4. This was a crazy boost, not to mention the other nifty abilities that came with this.

Finally, when focused on the Integration Realm breakthrough for their main methods, Draco and Eva experienced the specialty of this Martial Spirit World.

Their Black Dragon and Light Phoenix Martial Spirits had long since gained life and sentience thanks to the previous realms, so when they entered Draco and Eva's bodies, the Evil Duo entered a form similar to their General Aspects.

Draco became an awe-inspiring Black Dragonoid while Eva became a resplendent Sun Goddess. Unlike their General Aspects though, these did not drain them that much and could be maintained for longer, but they also did not yield even 1% of the power of their General Aspects.

When they integrated like this though, they could fully use all the powers of their bloodline and elements without restraint, and the 630% boost was also doubled temporarily in this form.

The moment they reached this realm, the Tower resumed time. Draco and Eva rose to their feet and inspected Ao Shangtian. They were amused when they saw that he too had done the same thing as them, which was getting a top Martial Spirit World Cultivation Method for his Primal Giant Martial Spirit, and two auxiliary methods from who knows where for his Undying King and Primogenitor Inheritances/Martial Spirits.

It was clear that the Tower had forcibly bumped him up to match them as best as it could, which was fine with the Evil Duo. If this battle was too easy, how could they get the satisfaction of pummeling Local Dork until he died with despair and fear?