Warrior’s Promise

Chapter 2704 Heaven On My Side

Zi Xiao nodded and, with nothing to add, sat cross-legged on the back of the Beat Soul.

Before he had been attacked by Su Mo, he had been studying the Beast Soul for quite some time.

He could confirm that the Beast Soul must have been boosted by Tai Ying Sovereign in some way. It could not be killed easily.

And Zi Xiao could not tell what exactly Tai Ying Sovereign had done.

He came to the conclusion that the Space Beast’s Beast Soul contained a huge amount of life force, which was extremely powerful.

He had to destroy the life force within in order to kill the Beast Soul. But if he did that, anyone else could kill the Beast Soul, and they would all be able to.

So what Zi Xiao had decided to do was to convert the life force to death force.

Life-death Conversion.

If he managed to do that, the Beast Soul would expire in an instant.

“Tai Ying Sovereign surely has strict standards when it comes to taking in apprentices. If he wants to get the most suitable disciple, then I will succeed,” Zi Xiao thought. Then he closed his eyes, allowing his spiritual consciousness to enter the huge body of the Beast Soul and dig into it.

Very soon, he detected the unimaginable strong life force, the exact one that kept the Beast Soul alive and away from destruction.

The power of the life force must have been even greater than the skies and the seas.

Zi Xiao was astounded by his find. It somehow motivated him.

Subsequently, he used his Life-and-death Primordial Spirit and his Life-and-Death Rule and began to give his best shot at reversing the life cycle.

At the scene, apart from Zi Xiao, the others were not idle. A thousand warriors of the same division had even formed a peerless killing array and were frantically attacking the Beast Soul, but to no avail.

As time passed, many gave up and opted to leave the sea of consciousness.

Su Mo had taken away twenty tokens. The fight for the leftovers was simply too intense. Many were unable to go through with it, so they had come to the sea of consciousness to try a hand at destroying the Beast Soul.

Even Murong Qi thought about giving up. She had tried everything she could come up with but none of her methods were effective.

“The heavens are not on on my side!”

Murong Qi stood helplessly before the Space Beast’s Beast Soul. She really wanted to become Tai Ying Sovereign’s disciple, even though she practised the Immortal Rule, which was different from Tai Ying Sovereign’s path.

However, the three thousand different paths ultimately lead to the same goal. Tai Ying Sovereign could still be of great help to her. She was highly talented, unmatched by anyone in the Skynet Branch. But she had not sought mentorship until now because she had hoped to enter the headquarters and study under one of the Lords.

Although it would not matter even if she had a teacher in the Branch.

“I wonder if I can still get a token now,” Murong Qi sighed and left the Space Beast’s sea of consciousness.

Since she could not destroy the Beast Soul, she had to settle for second best and look for a token, hoping she was not too late. Time passed quickly. In the Space Beast’s sea of consciousness, people came and went, while other places smelt of blood. The competition for the tokens was far from over.

Di Yihun stood beside Zi Xiao, supporting him all the way, while Zi Xiao focused solely on defeating the Beast Soul.

He was doing the best he could to convert the Beast Soul’s life force into death force, using Life-death Conversion to destroy it.

His progress was not going very well, primarily because the Beast Soul’s life force was simply too powerful, but overall he did not encounter much difficulty.

More life force was being converted into death force. The Beast Soul’s vitality was gradually shrinking

Outside, everyone was waiting for the Selection to end.

Many looked worried as they felt that the disciples of their respective branches had very slim chances of getting tokens.

And that was because there were only ten available tokens left of the original thirty.

Su Mo sat cross-legged on the ground, meditating.

Whoosh!

Just then, a young strong man rushed out of the Star Beast’s sizeable mouth.

“Hahaha! I did it!” He bellowed to the skies excitedly. He had managed to get one token and escaped death.

A group of people came forward and gathered around him, asking questions. These were the Elders from the young man’s branch. They sighed after learning about the situation.

The man was talented but not very strong, so it was amazing that he had been lucky enough to get a token.

The man’s appearance marked the beginning of other victors to show themselves as, one after another, those who had managed to get a token exited the Space Beast. About an hour later, eight other victors had returned.

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There were nine victors now, most of whom were Advanced Supreme Beings. Only one of them was a Middle-rank Supreme Being, specially talented in the Speed Rule. No one could match that speed.

All nine of those who had received a token were wounded. Almost no one was left unscathed.

“There’s still one more token. I wonder who will get it.”

“What’re Murong Qi, Ba Shiyu and Shi Zixuan doing? The three of them are the strongest here, yet none of them have gotten a token?”

“Ba Shiyu has participated in the Selection multiple times. If he does not succeed this time, he’ll have to break through to the Supreme Realm and will never get to be the headquarters’ disciple!”

“Maybe he’s got a token and is currently dealing with the Beast Soul?”

Many Elders discussed it amongst themselves. They were quite surprised that neither Murong Qi, Shi Zixuan, nor Ba Shiyu were among the nine victors.

None of those three gifted geniuses had come out.

It was also possible that one of them had gotten the final token while the other two had perished.

Su Mo opened his eyes and surveyed the crowd. He knew very well that Di Yihun had taken the last token. The man must have gone to fight the Beast Soul, for he too had not come out yet.

“I hope he fails!” Su Mo sighed. If Di Yihun succeeded and became Tai Ying Sovereign’s apprentice, it would be a problem.

But even if he did succeed, Su Mo had no reason to fear him.

After all, Su Mo had backup now. His teacher, Reverend Jin Wu, was a great fighter at Supreme Realm Great Completion, while Lord Fa Wu was a master at the supreme level.

Furthermore, Lord Fa Wu would definitely outmatch Tai Ying Sovereign.

Tai Ying Sovereign was basically a nobody compared to Lord Fa Wu.

In the body of the Space Beast, numerous disciples were feeling downcast. None of them had managed to get a token.

The tokens were all gone. Those who had managed to get them had left.

Without tokens, they had no goal. Next, they banded together and swarmed towards the Space Beast’s sea of consciousness.

Ba Shiyu, Ning Piaoying, and another young man flew there together.

They had had two more companions, but they had both perished in the fight for the tokens.

“Piaoying, are you alright?” Ba Shiyu turned to ask her, looking sullen. Her face was pale and she looked badly injured.

“Senior Ba, I’m fine!” Ning Piaoying shook her head and said, “My injuries should be lighter than yours.”

“My injuries aren’t serious!” Ba Shiyu shook his head. His injuries were actually quite bad, but he could not show it in front of his juniors.

“Senior Ba, thanks for saving me just now!” Ning Piaoying added. She had almost died when they had been fighting for the tokens, but Ba Shiyu had rescued her just in time.

“You’re welcome!” he said plainly.

“Senior Ba, do not be discouraged. The tokens may be gone, but we still have the Beast Soul. With your skills, it’s not impossible to defeat it!” As Ning Piaoying spoke, her thoughts wondered to Wu Shan. She had heard that he had taken twenty tokens and escaped.

She regretted it. Initially, when Lin Wanru had asked Wu Shan to help her, if only she had been polite, Wu Shan might have reserved one token for her, but her chances were slim now.

“If it weren’t for Wu Shan, I would have gotten one!” Ba Shiyu got angrier just thinking about

His strength was unparalleled, no one could compete with him. Yet, first Fu Qian’s team had managed to hit him hard, and then Wushan had taken away two thirds of the tokens, leaving him with nothing.

“Senior Ba, we’s just unlucky!” The other young man sighed.

“Perhaps, but if Fu Qian hadn’t injured me, Wu Shan that rascal wouldn’t be getting away with twenty tokens!” Ba Shiyu nodded, his face becoming more sullen.

He felt as though the heavens had a grudge towards him. He had participated in the Selections multiple times and yet he had never once been lucky.

As they talked, soon they arrived at the Space Beast’s sea of consciousness.

There were many people here, a boundless number at a glance, surrounding the gigantic Beast Soul in the centre.

When they arrived, Ba Shiyu’s team began to study the Beast Soul and used various means to attack.

It was then that something else happened.

On the back of the Space Beast, a young man who had been sitting cross-legged suddenly stood up and bellowed with laughter. “Hahaha! Heaven is on my side! Now’s the time for Life-death Reversal!”