Multiverse Skill System

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I wonder how Feng Ming would feel knowing that he has become the best father in his daughter's heart. He must feel quite complicated.

Chapter 691, Attacking Together is Not Good for Your Performance

The sky was cloudless, and the sun shone with a drowsy light. Normally, at this time, Yi Shuihan would want to find a place to bask in the sun and enjoy a sunbath, but today was a little different.

Without Li Xia, Yi Shuihan set off alone towards the Zhou Tian Mountains. Li Xia and the others thought that since Yi Shuihan knew Feng Ming, he would definitely be able to meet the Star Lord directly today. They never expected that Yi Shuihan would have to pass through the Star Pass first.

"What a grand welcoming ceremony! It seems I am indeed very popular."

Outside the Zhou Tian Mountains, a group of people were already waiting. Feng Ming was among them, but he was not in the front, which meant that there were quite a few people of higher status than him.

"So it's you who wants to break through the Star Pass?"

An old man in a blue robe with a gourd hanging from his waist looked at Yi Shuihan with a strange gaze. He was Zhou Ming, the second star general, who held a very special position in the Zhou Tian Sect, second only to the star lord Zhou Shu. Moreover, he was Zhou Shu's younger brother.

"Actually, if I could meet your star lord without going through the trials, I wouldn't mind not going through them."

He shrugged indifferently and replied without a care in the world.

Being watched by so many people, especially nearly a hundred of them at the Heavenly Realm, and still being able to remain calm, was a sight that others found truly admirable.

"No wonder they dared to come and challenge the Star Pass. If it were me, I would have been trembling with fear long ago."

"Yes! This is the first time I've ever seen so many star generals gathered together! Although they also gather together during the ten-year reporting period, it's not something we can see."

"For an outsider to receive such treatment, even if he dies in the Star Pass, he should be able to rest in peace."

The disciples of the Star Generals gathered together, discussing in small groups. No matter where you are, there are always cliques.

Of course, not everyone was friendly to Yi Shuihan. Many people felt that Yi Shuihan's attitude was somewhat disrespectful and looked at him with ill intent. If most people didn't think that Yi Shuihan wouldn't live past today, they probably would have started cursing. Since Yi Shuihan was going to die anyway, they stopped caring.

"If you should pay attention now and don't want to pass the test, that's fine too, but you'll have to stay in my Zhou Tian Sect for 20 years as a minor punishment."

Zhou Ming said with a smile on his face.

"The Second Star General is far too merciful. In my opinion, it should be at least 100 years before the majesty of my Zhou Tian Sect can be truly demonstrated."

"100 years? How can you even say that? Double it, 200 years would be more like it."

"Lord Star General, this is not a punishment at all. Everyone knows that my Zhou Tian Sect is the number one martial arts sect, with the best cultivation environment. Many people are begging to come to my Zhou Tian Sect to cultivate for decades!"

The crowd was puzzled by Zhou Ming's easygoing nature. Even some of the Star Generals who were familiar with Zhou Ming found it strange. They knew that Zhou Ming was usually very serious and put the interests of the Zhou Tian Sect first. If anyone went against the Zhou Tian Sect, he would never let them get away with it.

"Don't even mention 20 years, not even a single day. A life restricted in my freedom is not what I want. Enough with the nonsense, let's get started right away. After we pass this test, I still have things to discuss with your star lord!"

The tone of voice made it seem as if successfully passing the test was inevitable, and the rest was just a formality.

"Insanity!"

"Let's see if he can still be smug when he gets defeated by the Star Generals."

Zhou Ming stared at Yi Shuihan for a while, and finally said, "Then please follow me."

The default setting for the Star Challenge is one-on-one, not one-on-many. However, it is not easy, because there is no rest time after each round. Once you defeat one person, the next one will immediately take their place.

The place where the challenge was held was an arena, placed in the most conspicuous spot in the Zhou Tian Sect. It is estimated that the initial idea was to let all the disciples of the Zhou Tian Sect witness the birth of the Star Lord.

"Come on up! Let me take you in first."

A Star General was already waiting on the arena. Yi Shuihan could tell at a glance that the opponent's realm had not yet broken through to the Heavenly Realm. This should be one of those Star Generals who were said to be able to rival the Heavenly Realm in the Middle Realm.

Can I make a suggestion?

Yi Shuihan flew onto the arena and then looked at Zhou Ming and said.

"you say!"

"It's too troublesome to fight them one by one. Why don't you all come at me together?"

"..."

The entire space fell silent, and everyone stared at Yi Shuihan in disbelief, unable to believe what they had just heard.

"If I heard you correctly, you want us to attack together?"

Zhou Ming pointed to him and the people around him.

Feng Ming was initially optimistic that Yi Shuihan could pass the Star Gate. In a one-on-one situation, with Yi Shuihan's elusive nature, he even thought that Zhou Ming might be defeated without him even realizing it. But now he was dumbfounded. One-on-one is not as safe as one-on-many. There can be someone to attack and someone to defend. Even if Yi Shuihan is elusive, it will be completely useless.

"Is he courting death? Knowing full well that he couldn't make it through, he chose a dramatic way to die."

Some speculated that this view was quickly accepted by the vast majority of people, with only a small minority feeling that Yi Shuihan might have something else to rely on.

"Let's forget it. If you all come up together, this arena is too small and it won't be good for your performance."

Yi Shuihan said this.

No one else believed Yi Shuihan's words; they simply assumed he had gone back on his word and gave him disdainful looks.

Zhou Ming also breathed a sigh of relief. If the Star Generals really were to besiege Yi Shuihan, he wouldn't be able to bring himself to do it.

"Are you ready? If so, let's begin."

"No problem, anytime is fine."

Zhou Ming nodded to the Star General on the arena, and then the Star General took a deep breath and launched the first attack.

The information they received indicated that Yi Shuihan had defeated Feng Ming, so they dared not underestimate Yi Shuihan, who was not yet a Star General of the Heavenly Realm.

"I see. This is a special method to temporarily stimulate the power of attribute true qi. Although it cannot last long, it temporarily gives one the strength to fight against a Heavenly Realm warrior. If it is combined with profound martial arts, it is very possible to truly contend with the Heavenly Realm."

With just one glance, Yi Shuihan saw through the true nature of this star general.

Chapter 692, The True Path is No Match for Me

"What's going on? I don't understand their fight at all."

On the arena, Yi Shuihan and Xing Jiang fought back and forth, creating quite a spectacle. Strangely, Xing Jiang would always stop at the crucial moment when he was about to defeat Yi Shuihan, as if he were holding back.

If everyone didn't know that this was the first time these two had met, they might have thought that the two knew each other before and were having a battle to expose each other's fake identities.

"Good heavens, he's giving Jiushisan pointers. He's already seen through all of Jiushisan's attacks and is demonstrating how to counter them so that Jiushisan can use this to improve himself."

As expected, there were some clever people. When a powerful star general revealed the truth, those who had opinions about Yi Shuihan instantly changed their minds.

Yi Shuihan had no obligation to help them, but he did so anyway, especially in a situation where he needed to conserve his energy. Whether he was confident or had other plans, he gained the favor of most of the Zhou Tian faction.

A battle that should have ended instantly lasted a full two minutes, until finally the star general on the stage voluntarily conceded defeat.

"I believe everyone has seen his strength. Star generals ranked below 50 should not be allowed to participate."

With just one sentence from Zhou Ming, nearly half of the Star Generals lost their qualification to fight Yi Shuihan, but no one said anything about it, since Yi Shuihan really did have the ability.

"To have achieved the Celestial Realm at such a young age and possess such strength is truly unbelievable. Even a Star Lord at his age wouldn't be this strong!"

"A star player ranked low sighed."

"This guy is so strong, is he even stronger than my father?"

Feng Ling'er was also a bystander at this time, and she was probably the most surprised person. She vaguely felt that Yi Shuihan could really pass through the Star Pass.

"Let me go up next. I want to see his true strength."

"It is Lord Rasu, the Star General ranked 46th. His fire-attribute true energy is extremely domineering. I once saw him easily evaporate a lake."

Lasu's ranking is only one place lower than Feng Ming's, but their strength is actually quite similar. In a real battle, who wins or loses depends on their performance at the time.

"If I defeat him, it will prove that I am actually stronger than Feng Ming."

With this thought in mind, Rasu was full of motivation.

As soon as he stepped onto the stage, Rasu couldn't wait to launch his attack. His body was enveloped in crimson fire-attribute true energy, and the heat he emitted distorted the air.

Unlike Feng Ming, La Su's fighting style is close-range, and his fire-attribute true energy is indeed suitable for close combat, as most people don't like being roasted.

Yi Shuihan was naturally not afraid of Lasu getting close. This temperature was almost nothing to him. Even though the ground was melting because of it, he calmly dealt with Lasu's moves.

The scenario repeated itself: although Rasu's strength far surpassed that of a Star General at the Zhongtian realm, the gap between him and Yi Shuihan was still enormous and indescribable.

To others, Yi Shuihan didn't even use his true energy; he withstood Lasu's attack with his bare body, which was terrifying to watch.

"Is he even human? How can his physical strength be so strong? That's fire-attribute true energy, it can even melt refined iron."

"I don't know if he's human or not, but I do know that Lord Rasu is about to lose."

"Could it be that he can actually get through the Star Gate?"

"Probably not!"

The people's minds have changed. Gradually, the idea that Yi Shuihan would definitely not be able to pass the Star Pass has become that he might be able to.

The top-ranked star generals all had serious expressions and were staring intently at the battle between the two on the arena, trying to gauge Yi Shuihan's true strength.

Yi Shuihan's actions won everyone's favor, but it was something no one wanted to see him actually pass the Star Gate. The Zhou Tian Sect had been the number one in the martial arts world for so many years, and its prestige was deeply ingrained in people's hearts. They would not allow anything to cause the Zhou Tian Sect to lose face.

In the end, Rasu was defeated by Yi Shuihan and voluntarily admitted defeat. The battle with Yi Shuihan made him realize what true terror was, and he even felt that facing Yi Shuihan was more terrifying than facing the Star Lord.

The victory in the second match meant that Yi Shuihan would have no rivals in the third level of Star Generals, since the difference in strength at this level was not significant, and Yi Shuihan completely overwhelmed Lasu.

Even so, the next move will still be made by people at the third level. Even if they can't defeat them, they will still have to wear down Yi Shuihan's stamina.

In the blink of an eye, an hour had passed, and more and more Star Generals were being defeated by Yi Shuihan. Most of them admitted defeat on their own, while a small number were knocked unconscious by Yi Shuihan.

"It's finally the turn of the second-tier Star Generals to make their move."

Yi Shuihan remained calm and composed, showing no sign that he had just defeated the powerful Shangtian, whose strength had unknowingly gained everyone's recognition.

Even those defeated Star Generals had to admit Yi Shuihan's strength; they had all personally experienced his unparalleled power.

Just as the tenth star general was about to step onto the stage, Zhou Ming stopped him.

"Are you really just heaven?"

Zhou Ming suddenly asked this question, leaving most people puzzled.

"Oh! And what do you think?"

"No, you are definitely not the heavens, but the true path that is even more powerful than the heavens! Only the true path could be so powerful."

The moment the term "true way" was uttered, it caused an uproar.

Previously, no one dared to think in this direction, but now that Zhou Ming has said it, they have thought about it carefully and realized that it is indeed possible.

That was a legendary True Dao expert; even their Star Lord was only rumored to be a True Dao expert, and it had never been confirmed.

"I am not the true Dao." This sentence brought a sigh of relief to everyone, but Yi Shuihan's next sentence drove them completely mad.

"But the true path is no match for me!"

There was a moment of silence, then it erupted completely.

"He's gone mad! He actually said that the true path is no match for him. Am I hallucinating or dreaming?!"

"Is there anyone stronger than the true path?"

"That's absolutely impossible, he's just bragging."

Chapter 693, The Emperor's Spirit and Secrets

If true Dao experts exist, everyone can accept it, after all, it has been talked about for so many years, and although no one has seen them, everyone has heard of them.

It is absolutely unacceptable to find someone stronger than the true path. It's like if you are a genius, everyone will envy and be jealous, but if you are a monster, then it's not envy and jealousy but fear, and everyone will shout to kill you and try every means to eliminate you.

"it's time!"

Yi Shuihan ignored the reactions of these people and instead turned his gaze to a distant mountain peak.

"That is... where my elder brother is in seclusion."

Zhou Ming noticed this and was greatly alarmed.

"Boom"

With a deafening roar, the mountain peak that Yi Shuihan was watching suddenly shattered, and the entire upper part of the mountain peak turned into rubble.

A figure soared into the sky from the mountain peak, exuding astonishing power.

"Big brother!"

"Star Lord!"

The person who emerged from the mountain peak was Zhou Shu, the target Yi Shuihan was searching for.

Yi Shuihan narrowed his eyes slightly. He was somewhat surprised by Zhou Shu's strength. This was definitely not the True Dao, but a realm higher than the True Dao. Yi Shuihan did not believe that the gap between the Heavenly Realm and the True Dao would be so great. Zhou Shu was now completely at the Silver level.

"Interesting. It seems there are quite a few things I don't know yet!"

In the blink of an eye, Zhou Shu had arrived in front of Yi Shuihan.