Splitting the Heave

The ambition of the Martial Extermination Realm experts of the Tongyou Institution was finally clear for all to see! 

After all, they managed to get their hands on the Coral Command and obtained the absolute initiative in the Coral Forest! 

Shang Bo and the others wouldn’t be satisfied with just obtaining the Zhu Family Inheritance now that things had progressed to this stage. The Rose Party and Four Spiritual Peak had been plotting against them for the longest time and now, it was time for revenge. They had to take the chance to cause great damage to their enemies!

Normally, Shang Bo and Ji Wenlong wouldn’t expect much as their strength was pretty similar. If the Rose Party chose to work with the members of the Four Spiritual Peak, there was nothing much the Tongyou Institution could do against them. Things were different now. There was a rank five undead corpse running around and a sinister idea entered their minds. They weren’t able to kill their enemies before, but with the help of the undead corpse, things would be much easier.

With the help of the Coral Command, Shang Bo could basically locate the experts of the Rose Party and Four Spiritual Peak. Working with Ji Wenlong, they would open a spatial door near the other party’s location and start their massacre.

Since Shang Ke and Liu Zhuyuan had broken through to the Martial Extermination Realm, Shang Bo and Ji Wenlong brought them over.

However, the two of them didn’t stay for long as they soon left with Shang Lubing.

Since all the Martial Extermination Realm experts of the Tongyou Institution had basically met, - Other than the one who died earlier - they knew what everyone had to do.

Using the grand formation to assist them, Shang Bo controlled the Coral Command as the others combined their strength to activate the spatial gates to the various regions in the Coral Forest. They started to eliminate the straggling experts of the other two factions.

Ever since Shang Xia brought Shang Bo over, he didn’t have much left to do. 

The Martial Extermination Realm experts entered and left as they wished, but none of that had anything to do with Shang Xia! He was immersed in his cultivation, and no one could be bothered with him.

Shang Xia poured all his attention onto the new sword manuals he obtained.

Even though the sword manuals were only a small part of the Zhu Family’s inheritance, they were extremely formidable! Training in any one of them would allow a cultivator of the Martial Extremity Realm to eventually comprehend a martial intent!

The Quandary Manual focused on life and death qi, and it was what Zhu Ying was starting to train in.

When Shang Xia delved deeper into the Quandary Manual, he realized how impressive it was. The issue of life and death was extremely complex. It wasn’t something someone could learn in a short period of time, much less a Martial Extremity Realm cultivator!

After examining the manual, Shang Xia finally understood that the core of the manual was much more elementary than he had thought. Instead of the dao of life and death, the manual allowed one to train in such a way that the user would cause their opponent to border on the edge of life and death.

If that was really true, Shang Xia felt that the Quandary Manual in his hands was an extremely insidious sword art.

Even so, he decided to try training in it.

Shang Xia’s intention was to improve on his Yin Yang Sword Formation, and the user of the sword art would determine what type of destruction it would bring. Even though the Quandary Manual was extremely insidious, the effects depended on the user.

After training in so many different types of sword arts, Shang Xia was quickly able to grasp the essence of the Quandary Manual.

His Yin Yang Essence Qi was able to transform at will, and the moment he started training, his inner qi quickly transformed.

The deeper he went into the manual, the more he understood. The Quandary Manual seemed to contain more intricacies than what he could see…

As for the Hidden Needle Manual, it contained the dao of offense and defense.

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At the very peak of the Hidden Needle Manual, one would be able to attack and defend at the same time. However, the start of the manual focused on defense. Offense only came after, and Shang Xia would have to focus more energy on learning how to optimize his defense.

Shang Xia remained in the stone chamber as he immersed himself in those two sword manuals. No one knew how long had passed, but he quickly managed to reach the small completion stage in both manuals.

If he wanted to fuse them into his Yin Yang Sword Formation, it would take a little more time.

As Shang Xia immersed himself in his cultivation, he would only be distracted from time to time when Shang Bo opened op spatial gates for cultivators of the institution to move around.

Clearly, things weren’t going as smoothly as they had thought. Even though the Tongyou Institution held an absolute advantage and could sneak attack anyone they wished, a Martial Extermination Realm expert wouldn’t die so easily! 

Even though they were separated by several regions in the Coral Forest, the experts of each faction were able to communicate with each other. Their mode of communication might not be as effective as Shang Bo’s Coral Command, but it was enough to tell each other that the Tongyou Institution was messing with them.

There was no more hiding the fact that the Tongyou Institution managed to obtain the Coral Command and control the entire territory. The news started to spread among the experts of the other factions, and the fact that a rank five undead corpse was running around also quickly arrived in the ears of other cultivators.

When Ji Wenlong made his first sneak attack, he managed to injure Ran Biluo.

However, the damn woman was too alert. When she destroyed the space Shang Xia was using to spy on her earlier, she had already raised her guard.

The moment Ji Wenlong appeared, she started to make her escape. The only reason she was injured was because she was far too weak compared to Ji Wenlong. If she was truly caught off guard, she would have died several times over.

Ji Wenlong could only bring Shang Ke away after failing to assassinate Ran Biluo.

As Shang Bo’s control over the Coral Command improved, he enlisted the help of Chu Jia and Bai Luming to open another gate to the Unstable Region.

This time, Ji Wenlong, Shang Ke, and Shang Lubing moved in unison. They attacked the core region of the Unstable Region together, killing Murong Gaofeng who had just advanced.

It was too bad the destruction to the Unstable Region during that battle was massive. It would be extremely difficult to restore it to its original state.

Soon after, the three of them moved to the core region of the Willow Forest. 

That was where the rank five undead corpse was running around unchecked. After Ji Wenlong left, Lang Xiaoyun and Dongfang Daying had a massive battle with the rank five undead corpse. They destroyed half the manor before changing the place of battle to the Willow Forest.

Liu Zhiyuan who was the only Martial Extermination Realm expert stationed there was desperate for help when Ji Wenlong and the others arrived. The three of them formed a protection squad as they whisked him away.