Martial Peak

At this last juncture, Yang Kai braced himself and managed to remain in place.

*Hong…*

The eighty-first ring came as scheduled and the subsequent violent impact almost tore him into pieces. The corresponding pain reached the depths of his Soul, making him cry like a wounded beast. Blood gushed from his seven orifices, turning his entire face into an appalling sight.

Fierce, wild energy ran amok through his body as sounds of bones cracking continuously rang out.

Yang Kai felt like he was about to die, and the aura of death made his entire body grow cold while his limbs went numb.

He loudly shouted as he pushed his Source Qi madly, desperate to endure.

A single breath felt like hundreds of thousands of years to Yang Kai, but when the aftermath of the shock disappeared, Yang Kai’s eyes bloomed with a brilliant gleam.

He had done it! After a year and a half, he finally withstood eighty-one tolls from the Mountains and Rivers Bell without withdrawing. He might have looked a little miserable, but he still managed to endure.

If Qi Hai’s statement was true, then all his hard work and tenacity would be recognized by the Mountains and Rivers Bell’s Artifact Spirit and he would become the new owner of the Mountains and Rivers Bell.

Thinking so, Yang Kai raised his head and stared at the Mountains and Rivers Bell with high expectations.

But what entered his sight dumbfounded him.

Because the surface of the Mountains and Rivers Bell lit up again, turning Yang Kai’s face pale with shock.

He had witnessed this situation countless times over this year and a half. Every time the surface of the Mountains and Rivers Bell shined, it meant that it was about to toll.

[Again!?]

Yang Kai was suddenly struck with a sense of despair and powerlessness. With his current strength, it took everything he had and more to reach the eighty-first ring; that was already the limit of his limits. If he took another, he would be unable to hold on and might very well lose his life.

The very first thought that crossed his mind was to pull back and save his life first.

Whether the method mentioned by Qi Hai was invalid or it was recorded wrongly in the ancient books, Yang Kai had already tried his best. He had no regrets even if he failed.

Then again, a sliver of unwillingness rose from his heart.

He had already worked so hard, and if he gave up now, wouldn’t all his previous efforts have been for nought?

chest as Yang Kai let out a war cry. Instead of

had never happened before. Over the past year and a half, Yang Kai has tried this every once in a while, but each time, the result was that his Source Qi was bounced

Qi was accepted by

Kai was momentarily stunned, but immediately after, he turned

of his heart and Soul blasted out and everything went black before his eyes as his mind went blank

permeated into the void as all this occurred, but as time passed by, this phenomenon gradually disappeared. The Mountains and Rivers Bell also slowly shrank, reducing to the size of just a palm before falling beside

amount of time, Yang Kai slowly opened his eyes. From head to toe, there was no part on his body that was not in pain. Even just a flash of thought brought a world of pain to his

very moment he woke, he wanted to check the situation of the Mountains and

know whether he had succeeded in subduing this

have been right there was nowhere to be found.

and Rivers Bell had broken through the void and disappeared. He was immediately struck with a sense of loss. He had worked long and hard

one could

noticed that

him through a strange mental connection, making him involuntarily look to one

small, plain, and unremarkable bell the size of a

Yang Kai’s eyes lit

shrunk countless times, but Yang

to his palm. The moment Yang Kai’s hand touched the bell, the

for a moment, but

from this Ancient Exotic Artifact, he would gain its recognition and become its owner. In the past, the Yuan Ding Great Emperor had

Yuan Ding Great Emperor subdued it when he was a Third-Order Emperor, after which he was able to spy on a higher Martial

still just a Third-Order Dao Source Realm Junior, incomparable to the Yuan Ding Great Emperor in cultivation,

Yang Kai was

on his palm and played with it a bit. After confirming that he had indeed subdued it,

much to Yang Kai’s surprise, he couldn’t withdraw this bell into his body. Yang Kai grew suspicious as he tried to circulate Source Qi to refine the bell, but strangely,

he could control its might, he couldn’t refine it and neither could he withdraw it into

born from the world itself, not artificially refined. It’s

injured, so it wasn’t the right time to study the Mountains and Rivers Bell. He could slowly familiarize himself

Bell, Yang Kai finally

he returned

a year and a half ago, Yang Kai’s aura was deeper and more profound. In the process of conquering the Mountains and Rivers Bell, he wasn’t without growth. Instead, every time he withstood the shock of the Mountains and Rivers Bell, his Spiritual Energy became stronger. Not

could make all living beings surrender to it, a complex and mysterious

was hard to imagine just how strong the Yuan Ding Great Emperor, who was the owner of the Mountains and Rivers

no match for Heaven Devouring Great Emperor! During the battle

the ages, he deserved the title of

rage. Countless ancient Masters besieged it, but even then, it had killed countless enemies before finally being killed. Still, even after it died, its giant