The Great Ruler

Chapter 1004 - Seventh Lamp

Chapter 1004 - Seventh Lamp

The sparks on the seventh lamp faded on the black stone tablet. Judging from the situation, it had naturally failed but Mo Feng maintained an extremely calm expression without feeling dejected from the result. He slowly pulled his hand back and the golden phoenix feather on his arm had also gradually disappeared.

That previous palm looked light, but he knew that it was his pinnacle attack.

Behind him, Zong Teng’s face was a little unsightly as he watched this scene. Previously, when he fought with Mo Feng, both of them couldn’t do a thing to the other. But he never expected that in terms of physical strength, he would lose by this bit.

Although that didn’t mean that Mo Feng’s fighting strength was stronger than him, Zong Teng still didn’t feel good for someone as prideful as him.

“Haha. This palm from Brother Mo is truly formidable. But when I saw you making a move earlier, I heard a phoenix cry. Looks like Brother Mo must have a deep relationship with the Phoenix Clan, right?” Han Shan’s gaze slightly flickered as he smiled.

Mo Feng did not reply and paid no extra attention to him, he only stared at the black stone tablet before him with a fire flashing in his eyes.

Buzz!

Under Mo Feng’s gaze, the black stone tablet quickly reacted and the surface of the tablet trembled, then a surge of chaotic aura gushed out. Compared to the one that Zong Teng had obtained, this essence of the Sky Devouring Divine Beast was clearly much denser.

Mo Feng looked at the chaotic aura, then he sucked it in with his mouth, devouring that essence with a gulp. Instantly, his eyes blazed with scarlet flames as strands of flames rose on the surface of his body, along with a powerful surge emanating from his body.

The commotion from Mo Feng lasted for several minutes before he opened his eyes. As he did, a faint pressure spread out from his body. Evidently, after absorbing the essence of the Sky Devouring Divine Beast, his strength had greatly improved.

When the situation in his body calmed down, Mo Feng moved back from the black stone tablet. After Mo Feng moved back, only Han Shan and Mu Chen were left.

Mu Chen looked at Han Shan and the latter smiled with his eyes squinted. “After watching, my hands are itching now. Why don’t I go first?”

Mu Chen gently nodded his head, expressing that he had no objections.

When Han Shan saw Mu Chen’s reply, he strode forth. As he stepped forth, all the gazes in and out of the pagoda were directed at him.

Judging from a certain degree, Han Shan should be amongst the top out of the five geniuses, since his fighting strength was something that even someone as prideful as Zong Teng had to admit it. In terms of physical strength, as someone from the Demonic Rhino Clan, he had a great advantage.

Naturally, physical strength was only a portion of one’s fighting strength. Therefore, in a genuine life-and-death match, one might not be able to obtain victory based on it alone.

With Zong Teng’s talent, he should have some means to make up for his gap in the physical body.

Han Shan’s silhouette stood before the black stone tablet before everyone’s gazes. He stood there with his hands behind his back, looking at the stone tablet with his head raised. It was with only this casual stance that an astonishing pressure had spread out from him.

At this moment, he was like a primordial demonic rhino that had charged through the heavens and earth, as if it could shatter mountains in its path.

Han Shan gradually closed his eyes and his body gradually turned red. It was a sign of the blood in his body starting to boil, before the blood and aura seeped out, forming into a huge blood-red rhino a few dozen feet in size.

The rhino strode the earth with a blood-red rhino horn on its forehead. As the horn gently moved, it had actually even cut through space, which showed how sharp it was.

The huge rhino stood quietly behind Han Shan, then it slowly grounded its front foot on the ground. Although it had not caused any noise, anyone could sense that the momentum of the huge rhino was surging.

The blood lustre around Han Shan gradually turned dense.

His gaze suddenly opened up at this moment, with both of his eyes turning red. In the next moment, he took a step forth and both of his hand were joined together, then he thrusted them towards the black stone tablet.

Behind him, the blood-red rhino had charged forth and went through Han Shan’s body, lowering its head so that the horn perfectly fused with the Han Shan’s fingers.

Those fingers had the bearing of a demonic rhino destroying the world and its horn would pierce through any defences.

Boom!

Han Shan’s fingers pierced through space and heavily thrusted against the stone tablet under countless gazes. The impact had immediately caused a crack to tear open on his two fingers and blood was dripping from them.

However, the surface of the stone tablet suddenly fluctuated and visible ripples were spreading out on the surface of it.

The commotion was even greater than the three that came before him!

The gazes of the others were fixed on the stone tablet and the ripples spread out. Thereafter, dazzling flames immediately swept out on those bronze lamps!

Sizzle! Sizzle!

It was only a breath’s time and five bronze lamps lit up. Thereafter, the sixth lamp somewhat froze as blood-red flames appeared with a sizzle, then it was lit up.

When the sixth bronze lamp lit up, the gazes of Mu Chen and the rest had practically turned towards the seventh lamp at the same time, since they could sense that Han Shan’s strength had not dissipated yet.

Under their gazes, sparks appeared from the seventh bronze lamp. When those sparks appeared, the sparks had slowly gathered together.

Although the gathering speed was slow, it was more stable than Mo Feng’s attempt.

Crackle! Crackle!

When the sparks increased to a certain degree, they had completely blossomed and turned into a blazing flame, causing the seventh bronze lamp to be completely ignited.

The seventh bronze lamp was successfully lit up!

Rustle!

A commotion resounded outside the pagoda with every single expert having exclamations of surprise and admiration on their faces. Han Shan was truly the most outstanding genius of the Demonic Rhino Clan. He had completely suppressed Zong Teng and Mo Feng.

“This Han Shan is truly formidable.” Even Nine Nether had gently nodded her head. Although the stone tablet only measured one’s physical strength, she understood that Han Shan’s outstanding strength wasn’t weak, even amongst the Seventh Grade Sovereigns.

“The seventh bronze lamp is actually lit up.”

Mo Ling was also full of praises. Even her brother had only managed to spark the seventh lamp, but it had not reached the degree of igniting it. Clearly, Han Shan was superior to Mo Feng in terms of physical strength.

“Now, only Big Brother Mu Chen is left. I wonder what his achievement will be?” Mo Ling was curious.

Nine Nether shook her head, since she also did not understand Mu Chen’s physical strength too well. She only knew that Mu Chen had never given up on his cultivation in the path of the physical body. The Lightning God’s Physique back then and the Dragon-Phoenix Physique now were both extremely profound Body Refining Techniques and Mu Chen had obtained high attainments in both.

Thus, even if Mu Chen wasn’t a Divine Beast, his physical body was comparable to most of the Divine Beasts and might even be stronger.

“With his strength, it shouldn’t be hard for him to get through the fourth test... But we’ll have to see if he can be comparable to Han Shan.” Nine Nether said solemnly. Han Shan’s performance was outstanding, even to her, so she wasn’t confident about whether Mu Chen could surpass him.

While the commotion was resounding outside the pagoda, the blood-red rhino behind Han Shan slowly disappeared and he slowly pulled his fingers back. The wounds on his fingers were swiftly recovered with a gentle shake.

Looking at the seventh bronze lamp, he smiled and was clearly not surprised by this fact.

Buzz! Buzz!

The black stone tablet started to tremble and faint blood runes appeared on the surface of the tablet. Traces of chaotic aura oozed out, but this time, the chaotic aura was mixed with a trace of dark-red.

“This is...” Mu Chen stared at the essence of the Sky Devouring Divine Beast, which was completely different from the past, with a flash in his eyes.

“This is the blood and aura that was contained in the flesh of the Sky Devouring Divine Beast. It’s purer than essence... Only those with an outstanding performance could obtain it.” Mo Feng said calmly.

Not far away, Zong Teng’s eyes flashed with greed as he stared at the chaotic aura.

Mu Chen gently nodded his head. It looked like this should be the reward for lighting the seventh lamp.

Before the stone tablet, Han Shan took a deep breath and the dark-red chaotic aura was absorbed by him. Thereafter, his body suddenly turned blood-red and the rhino that had previously disappeared behind him had appeared once again. It swiftly expanded, growing even more ferocious.

Huff.

The changes in the rhino lasted for a long moment before it gradually disappeared. Han Shan’s body had returned to normal, then he gently smiled while looking down at his hands before turning around.

Clearly, he was very satisfied with his harvest this time.

Once Han Shan left, Zong Teng and Mo Feng’s gaze shot over and stopped on Mu Chen.

At the same time, the curious gazes outside the pagoda were all focused on Mu Chen. Evidently, they were all curious about how far the dark horse could achieve in this test.

Towards this matter, everyone was filled with exceptional expectancy and curiosity.

Under all the gazes, Mu Chen slowly strode towards the tablet.