<h4>Chapter 1256 - Shadow of The Skywolf Star</h4>


    The Xuanyuan Dragon Sect was gathered outside the Voidsky me Pir. Amidst the mes, a girl dressed in ck appeared. Before she could touch the ground, a white figure wrapped her arms around her waist andnded steadily.


    Xiaoxiao was taken aback. When she looked up, she realized that the person holding her was a dignified and gentle woman. She looked very young, with skin as soft as snow and a sweet-tempered smile.


    “Big Sister, you....”


    Her choice of words sent Long Wanying flying over the moon. The elder ced Xiaoxiao on the ground.


    Upon noticing Jiang Qingliu, Xiaoxiao was relieved. She was safe for the time being. "I''m sorry, Master. I failed to keep the Dragonblood Desecration in the end." Xiaoxiao knew exactly what to say in front of Jiang Qingliu.


    "Your opponent was too strong, and you’re too much of a fighter. If you’d learned from others and shirked like a little wimp, you wouldn’t have lost your treasure." Long Wanying gently patted her shoulder and smiled.


    Many Xuanyuan Dragon Sect experts quickly closed their eyes and pretended not to hear anything. Not far away, Long Xiqian was taking care of Long Longlong, who had been defeated. Covered in blood, the huge surging mars dragony on the ground applying medicine to its wounds.


    "Master, who’s this senior?" Xiaoxiao asked in a low voice.


    "The Whitedragon Empress of the Xuanyuan Dragon Sect. She ns to take you in. Are you willing?" Jiang Qingliu asked.


    "The Xuanyuan Dragon Sect?" Xiaoxiao stared at Long Longlong in the distance. The young man was a sorry sight. There was a chill in his eyes when their gazes met.


    “I’ll give you the best future." Long Wanying patted her chest. "You can be assured of my character. I’m sincere and fair to all.”


    Xiaoxiao thought the woman seemed interesting and amiable. However, she still said, "I must follow the three of them. I’ll go wherever they go."


    “Alright.” Long Wanying said no more, squeezing Xiaoxiao''s bloody palm. Her broken bones would take some time to recover. She pulled out some medicine and applied them to the wound. Meanwhile, the Archaionfiend was being simrly treated by a lifebound beast healer.


    "What did you just say?" asked Long Xiqian, her expression ugly as she red at Long Wanying and Xiaoxiao.


    "I said this child is very brave," Long Wanying replied.


    "Isn’t she an idiot? Why lose the Dragonblood Desecration for nothing? The only thing of value she possessed is gone. Long Wanying, are you nning on raising a useless idler?" She was happy that Xiaoxiao had lost the Dragonblood Desecration. Anyway, they were only willing to take risks for the Divine Worldeater Cauldron.


    Paying no attention to her, Long Wanying focused on healing Xiaoxiao.


    "Maybe this is just the beginning. After two more battles, you might find that the three disciples you want have nothing left. Wouldn’t that be funny? You just won’t admit that you’re being short-sighted. Besides, the Dragonblood Desecration will destroy the delicate bnce between us and the other bloodline that we’ve maintained for so long. Losing it won’t be so bad after all.” With that, Long Xiqian sauntered off, looking as if she had gained the upper hand.


    The value of Tianming, Lingfeng, and Xiaoxiao was constantlypared to the risks of the Divine Worldeater Cauldron. In fact, the Xuanyuan Dragon Sect was still weighing the pros and cons.


    At that moment, something interesting happened. Through the skyward eye, the audience watched Yu Ziqian step into the battlefield formation. However, Zhan Yuance didn’t appear. The Empyrean Sword Sect had picked up Chu Jingchuan as well. Both of Yu Ziqian’s potential opponents had been eliminated.


    As a result, Yu Ziqian''s name soon returned to the third ce on the imperial star ranking, and Zhan Yuance back to the sixth. Yu Ziqian was sent out of the battlefield and returned to Tianming’s side. That meant he had won without a fight.


    The audience was speechless. The rules of thepetition were too rigid. Once set, there was no changing them.


    For forty-nine days, no one had managed to squeeze Zhan Yuance out of the top eight, turning him into a walking lucky gift bag. And Yu Ziqian had won the prize. He didn''t have to do anything for Zhan Yuance to be bumped from fourth ce to sixth.


    Outside the Voidsky me Pir, Zhan Yuance was still eager to try, thinking he could return. Unfortunately, he had only been greeted by a bucket of cold water. He was depressed because of his bad luck.


    "That means only one of the top four ces is left. It’ll be decided between Kong and Feng. There will be at least one Azuresoul Pce disciple in every battle. They already have two disciples in the top four. If Feng wins, there’ll be three of them, and the Azuresoul Pce will be guaranteed a ce for the Sky Pce candidacy. That means more than just the Azuresoul Pce’s position on the myriad sect ranking."


    The Azuresoul Pce currently upied the first, third, and seventh ce on the imperial star ranking. Lingfeng would either ce fourth or fifth. ording to the rules, the Azuresoul Pce would go up at least five ces on the myriad sect ranking with four disciples in the top ten of the imperial star ranking.


    The most important cultivation resource determined by the myriad sect ranking were nova sources. The Sky Pce was in control of the nova sources for every sect. Because nova sources involved generations toe, their flow must be controlled. Therefore, the higher the sect’s ranking, the more superior the nova source and the more prosperous the sect. From this alone, it was clear the myriad sect ranking wasn’t meaningless. Each ce on the ranking represented real resources.


    "There is no suspense about the Azuresoul Pce’s promotion. However, Kong, the disciple hidden by the Voidword Shrine, also obtained a treasure from one of the pces. He’s the only one who has yet to appear. He must be stronger than Feng.”


    "The disciple who left the Imperialdragon Pcepared Feng to Lin Xiaoxiao. Apparently, he’s somewhat weak in one-on-onebat. If he’s about as strong as Lin Xiaoxiao, then he has no chance of winning."


    "What''s interesting is that they’re both specters. I didn''t think the Voidword Shrine would ept a specter."


    "Their ancestors have something to do with specters. I recall a rumor iming that the Voidword Shrine is a force nted by the Skywolf Star. I must say, they’re powerful indeed. They don’t even care to prove their innocence and epted a specter."


    "A clean hand wants no washing. After all, the rumors about the Skywolf Star are 800,000 years old."


    "My friend, the Skywolf Star has two stars. Therger nova source is three times the size of the sun. It is known as the ‘white nightmare’ of the astralscape of order. They went around burning and killing everything. Back then, they almost destroyed our defense formation and annexed Orderia. Until today, countless legends about the Skywolf Star still circte among the people."


    "It’s hard to exin the Skywolf Star in just a few words. ording to historical records, it is abination of arge and smaller nova source. They’re extremely bright. The smaller one isparable to the size of Orderia''s nova source..."


    "That was the only war where the Myriad Sr Sects and celestial orderians joined hands. In order to protect the nova source, a third of all beings of Orderia were ughtered in the war. There were corpses everywhere in the starry sky. After that war, the celestial orderians increased the number of outposts and surveince areas by ten times which remains till today."


    “The war for nova sources is terrifying. It’splete annihtion for the losers."


    "Alright, enough about that."


    "Feng from the Azuresoul Pce and Kong of the Voidword Shrine have entered the battlefield."


    “Alright.”


    “Kong has never fought before?”


    “Yes.”


    “His name is quite unique.”


    "The youths like to pretend they’re profound. They pick weird names to attract attention. Little do they know that I can draw everyone’s attention even with the name ''Liu Tiezhu’."


    “Fuck off.”


    ……


    The yellow sand filled the battlefield. With his feet on the ground, Lingfeng slowly proceeded. His dark red eyes scanned the wind and sand, looking for his opponent. Clouds and mist rolled in. There was an ufortable smell in the air, not foul, but dangerous. The battlefield resembled a jungle, but it was still too soon to say who the prey and the predator was.


    The ck storm around his body descended to the ground, transforming into an ape-like monster with three heads and six arms. At this moment, its angry head was facing the front, while the other two heads turned to the left and right. It was the Soulfiend.


    Many were discussing the Soulfiend appearance on the battlefield. After all, Lingfeng wasn’t a beastmaster. As a specter, he had no lifebound beasts. Moreover, the Soulfiend seemed to be a spiritform, yet it wasn’t a totem or part of Lingfeng’sbat force. However, the audience could only question its presence. It was reasonable and fair as long as the Sky Pce thought so.


    Lingfeng threw himself onto the Soulfiend’s shoulder. Stretching out his hand, he drew a red dagger from his head. In the depths of the clouds and mist, a strange young man with a huge head, small body, sparse hair, and big eyes stumbled over. When he raised his head, his pale star-like eyes immediately noticed Lingfeng.


    He exhaled heavily. The light within those pale eyes shone like two luminous bodies that illuminated the entire battlefield. Even Tianming and the others who were watching the battle from a distance were affected. The young man stretched out his arms from his wide sleeves. There was no flesh and blood on those hands. The finger bones were connected by broken skin which seemed as if it might fall off at any moment. Under his spacious robes, a creature rolled up and down his waist. It appeared to be a snake.


    Their gazes met. Without so much as a word, the two men charged toward each other.