Rise of Humanity
chapter-25

Chapter 25: 25

Outside the Teaching Pavilion, the other upper yard disciples stormed up in uproar with indescribable shock. The first time, there were suspicions Zhong Yue caught Shui Lingshan by surprise with an attack as sudden as a thunderbolt, and won thanks to Shui Lingshan’s ignorance about Zhong Yue’s tyranical physique.

But the second time, the River Mud clansman used his divine totem pole as soon as the battle started, restraining the physique of body cultivators, but even under such circumstances Zhong Yue still defeated him as if he were hitting rotten trees and dry grasses. The ending was the same as with Shui Lingshan. This wasn’t luck anymore, but strength!

The River Mud clan’s core disciples didn’t have an undeserved reputation. They also went through hundred of battles, and using a divine totem pole to restrain Zhong Yue was indeed the optimal way to deal with people of overbearing physique. It was the right tactic as recognized by the great majority of disciples. But Zhong Yue still had broken the totem pole’s might with a single stomp, so it was easy to imagine what kind of powerful level his body had reached!

People next to him quietly said: "Does this guy have some hatred with the ten great clans? Why is he only beating up the ten great clans’ disciples? After beating up River Mud disciples, he’ll move on to the Dark Mountain clan and the Peach Forest clan next, right?"

A disciple from the Dark Mountain clan sneered as he heard this and was about to go forward and compete with Zhong Yue, but the other Dark Mountain disciples around him stopped him. They shook their head and said: "Our Dark Mountain clan is also competing with the River Mud clan and we’ll certainly meet their disciples in two months at the no restriction contest. Let’s take this opportunity to observe the River Mud clan disciples’ fighting strength."

This Dark Mountain disciple agreed and retreated back, nodding: "I originally thought the upper yard disciples were a bunch of weaklings, but now it turns out there are experts among them. It’s a good opportunity to observe the skill of the upper yard experts!"

Ting Lanyue was helped outside by some disciples of old sir Pu. He Chengchuan hurriedly said: "Elder sister, what about your injuries?"

"A few broken ribs, some injuries to the internal organs. I took spirit pills, I’m not going to die."

Ting Lanyue struggled to stand up, thinking as she watched Zhong Yue: "Junior brother Zhong’s tone’s grown a bit big, it’s too tyrannical and too arrogant. I’m afraid it’ll attract a concerted offensive from the River Mud clan, but he’s also sticking out for us. Hmm? That’s not right, his little lover Shui Qingyan comes from the River Mud clan. He’s violently beating the River Mud clan, could it be that he completely fell out with his little lover this time, and is madly beating on the in-laws in revenge?"

Many core disciples of the River Mud clan were originally inside the Teaching Pavilion teaching room of the River Mud Qi Refining warriors, watching the fighting from far away. Shui Lingshan had been carried inside right now,and some core disciples went to fetch some medicine for him. But before he could even swallow the medicine down, the other River Mud disciple was already sent flying by Zhong Yue.

Among those following the clan’s Qi Refining warriors in cultivation, who didn’t obtain true legacies? If one didn’t obtain a true legacy, one completely didn’t have the qualifications to follow a Qi Refining warrior!

Moreover, the River Mud clan was one of the ten great clans, and the core disciples had many treasures, many spirit pills and wonder herbs. Just stuffing a disciple full of spirit pills could fatten him into an expert!

Usually those disciples felt a natural sense of superiority toward the upper yard disciples, believing that they couldn’t obtain true legacies and were inferior to them core disciples. This time they came to the upper yard to fish for information, trying to probe who among the upper yard disciples were experts, but in their hearts they weren’t very much concerned about it.

In fact, after coming to the upper yard this time and fighting a few battles, they were indeed defeating the upper yard disciples one by one as if they were rotten wood and dried grasses, and they hadn’t come across any opponent stronger than them so far. But at this moment a body cultivating guy actually opened his mouth and said he wanted to beat up ten of them River Mud clan elite disciples!

"A trivial upper yard disciple cultivating a body training method actually wants to act like an arrogant despot, as if the elites of the inner yard were nothing. Presumptuous, really too presumptuous!"

A female disciple’s eyes flashed as she stood up and walked out of the cultivation room, looking valiant and formidable with her clothes floating around her. She said: "I’ll let him know what is called not knowing the immensity of heaven and earth!"

Before she even came out of the cultivation room she’d already started visualizing. Her mind power already started to shape into a stream of running water revolving around her body, transforming into a surging river, circling around the body like a moving python, like a soaring dragon!

"Water Sword qi, thirteenth sword style!"

This female River Mud disciple shouted in a low voice, and water swords slowly rose from the river to irregular heights. It was impressively an extremely profound sword technique!

She was also a cautious person experienced in hundred battles, and didn’t underestimate Zhong Yue. Earlier Shui Lingshan and the other River Mud clan disciple underestimated Zhong Yue and as a result their defeat was crisp and straightforward, so naturally she was alert. Hence she first started visualizing before the battle even started, as to avoid being caught by surprise by this body cultivating Zhong Yue.

Another River Mud clan disciple had bright eyes and smiled: "Elder sister Shui Sheng is worthy of being someone highly regarded by the elders of the clan, her thoughts are meticulous. She will certainly inflict some pain on this upper yard kid this time!"

His voice hardly fell when an incomparably ruthless atmosphere assaulted forth from outside the door. They saw a twisting evil Jiao waving its tail, clashing with this Shui Sheng female disciple just outside of the door!

The Water Sword qi’s thirteenth style and the Jiao dragon both exploded at the same time, and in an instant lightning lighted with a crackle, as dazzling as a small sun in this split second. Inside this small sun an evil Jiao arrogantly nodded its head and wagged its tail, attacking forth and crashing into with the river. With a shake of its body it dispersed the river, the many water sword qi all shaken into water mist!

The female disciple Shui Sheng screeched as she was slapped in the air by the Jiao dragon’s tail. She flew across the large cultivation room from one end to the other, and her body pasted itself on the wall at that end with a bang!

The wall trembled violently, and pieces of broken stone fell down, while Shui Sheng was actually hanging on the wall, her four limbs spread-eagled, surrounded on all sides by web-like cracks!

The explosiveness of Zhong Yue’s attack right now was easy to see!

"Since the River Mud clan doesn’t come out to for consultation, I’ll go inside and ask for advice!"

The Jiao dragon wrapped around his body as he strode inside the cultivation room, sweeping his gaze all around him. The River Mud clansmen stared back at him one and all with both shock and anger.

"One, two, three… There’s only seven River Mud disciples here?"

Zhong Yue was a little disappointed, mumbling: "I thought I could beat up ten…"

"Presumptuous!"

The River Mud disciple closest to him reacted at extreme speed, his body immediately moving and his mind shaping totem patterns. A totem pole flew out from his back at the same time and landed on the floor, triggering the might of the water totem pole. He shouted: "Here is the River Mud Qi Refining warriors’ cultivation room, it’s not somewhere you can run rampant!"

Duo Duo Duo!

Totem poles flew from the back of the other six River Mud disciples, sticking inside the ground in quick succession. Those disciples were also a group of fierce people, and the positions where the totem poles landed were carefully selected, drawing a battle array of seven linked stars, shrouding the exact space of this cultivation room inside their might. Moreover the totem poles and the poles’ totem patterns superimposed on each other, doubling their power!

One totem pole could bring extreme complications to body cultivators. The water pressure restrained movements, and in the situation of overlapping totem poles, the pressure was doubled!

Those River Mud clan disciples knew Zhong Yue was a body cultivator, so they acted decisively to cut off his greatest advantage. It wouldn’t be his turn to act arrogant!

"Secrets of the Hebo[1] Totem Visualization!"

"Water River Sword qi!"

"Wei River Flowing Down Hazy Mountain!"

The seven River Mud disciples shouted explosively, and in a split instant water qi filled the heavens inside the cultivation room, many great rivers surging and transforming the room into a world of water. They created the great Wei river, merged rivers and mountains into one, transformed rivers into sword qi. There was even a disciple who visualized the river god Hebo!

Clang-

Soul weapons emerged one after another. Those River Mud disciples actually infused their soul weapons, obviously ready to fight with all they had, so they could return back the shame Zhong Yue brought upon them River Mud disciples several times over!

But the moment the first totem pole had fallen down, Zhong Yue had already started moving. When the totem pole landed but before it could burst out its power, the Surging Thunder Sword had already exploded, and the thunderbolt sword light flashed down on the totem pole that had just landed. Even as the water pattern totem started spilling around, a crack appeared on the totem pole, followed by this totem pole becoming two parts.

When the totem poles from the other six disciples landed, the linked seven stars battle array had already been broken before it could even be completed!

"Borrow thunder and travel the sky!"

Zhong Yue soared into the air. Thunder light erupted and the flash of lightning seemed to dodge the successive attacks coming from the soul weapons shooting out!

The soul weapons turned in the air at extreme speed, the sword lights filling the sky as they assaulted forth. A River Mud clan disciple shouted: "Encircle him with the soul weapons, don’t leave him any way to escape!"

Crack!

Lightning suddenly appeared with the rumble of thunder. A thunder light struck the disciple who just spoke, and he bounced up, struck stiff by the thunder and scorched black from head to toes. A dragon claw big as a woven mat pressed down from the air, pushing this disciple who had just been struck flying back on the ground. The room trembled and a big human-shaped pit appeared on the floor!

"Dragon Traveling Ten Thousand Li!"

Zhong Yue traveled across the air, flying in a flash from on side of the room to the other end. Even the soul weapons in the air couldn’t follow him. The threat of those soul weapons were the greatest to him, after all, how could a body of flesh and bones block treasures like soul weapons? Fortunately his speed was high enough!

"Dragon Pair Vying for Food!"

The cry of dragons jolted the air. Behind Zhong Yue’s back another dragon head slowly emerged. The two dragons each coiled around half his body, and suddenly stretched forward, capturing two disciples in their mouths and violently colliding them together. Blood broke out from the head of the two disciples and they fainted.

Outside the Teaching Pavilion, several hundred upper yard disciples watched the River Mud clan’s cultivation room. They only could only see water waves filling the heavens and lighting flashes accompanied by the boom of thunder. The shudder of dragon cries, the sound of water, waves, yelling voics, the sounds of body colliding together, all those sounds fell into their ears.

After a while, the water waves disappeared, the sounds of thunderclap, water, dragon cries and so on also quieted down. Calm was restored inside the room.

Zhong Yue walked out from the ragged door, shaking his leather jacket. He shook his head: "Only eight…"

Some people looked over at the River Mud clan cultivation room and saw that it was a utter mess. Eight River Mud disciples male and female were all sprawled on top of each other at the same place.

Within this short moment, the eight core disciples of the River Mud clan had all been mercilessly swept!

Translator’s notes: Clan names mentioned are usually all references to mythology or actual places in China. Like Hazy Mountain, Zhong Mountain, Peach Forest, Dark Mountain, etc. The only ones I couldn’t find a reference to so far are the Tian Feng Clan and of course the Sword Sect Mountain. I translated those that aren’t too important to make them easier to recognize.

[1]Hebo is the god of the Yellow River: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebo