I Have Medicine

Chapter 518 - The Main Body Joins the Battle

Seeing the shocked looks of so many prodigies, Gu Zuo blinked his eyes.

Ah, right. His big brother was an Ascendant Realm!

This time, although Gongyi Tianheng suffered terrible wounds under the despicable moves of the Royal Realm Yang Hu, it was indeed a blessing in disguise. In the end, after absorbing the essence of the taotie corpse, not only did this awaken the power of one of his qi oceans, it also allowed for consecutive breakthroughs in his minor realms until he smoothly stepped across a major realm.

At the Ascendant Realm, Tianheng was more than dozens of times stronger than when he was at the Atomic Realm!

High in the sky, there were several imperial boats.

An aged voice resounded: “Youngster Xue Li, this little disciple of yours isn’t simple!”

Another clear voice that leaked a hint of coldness responded: “It’s only natural that my final disciple isn’t easy pickings.”

Someone asked: “Isn’t he the one who was previously targeted by Yang Hu, but didn’t die?”

Another person said: “I heard that a profound-level pharmacist offered a worldwide bounty and hounded a Royal Realm practitioner to death. His methods are seriously cruel and sinister. We can assume that it’s this guy’s personal pharmacist.”

Someone else extended their hand and pointed, saying: “It should be that person. He’s really young. This time around, your Ten Ultimates Sect can be considered extremely lucky. What a pity that he’s not in my sect…”

At this point, that clear voice seemed to carry a trace of fondness: “The two of them support one another, and will become pillars of my Blood Transformation Palace Hall. Once they grow up, they’ll also become the good fortune of my Ten Ultimates Sect!”

The other voices also spoke up:

“It’s also for this reason. If it was us, we would wholeheartedly nurture such a prodigy. Merely, in this world, there are always some… Your Ten Ultimates Sect must take good care of him so that nothing like Yang Hu happens again.”

“That’s right. Only when such prodigies continue to spring up from our human race can it last for generations and not be reduced to nutrients for the myriad races!”

“Let’s watch and see how many methods he has left and what kind of gift he can get from the Prodigy Monument.”

Naturally, the prodigies didn’t know anything about these words.

Even Tianheng and Gu Zuo didn’t know that their teacher, the Blood Transformation Palace Master, had followed them, riding on that transportation-type spirit weapon high in the sky to watch the battles.

In fact, it wasn’t surprising if one thought about it. When these prodigies went to participate in the competition, how could the elders in their sects not come out, too? One always had to protect them in secret. Otherwise, if these prodigies were eliminated in advance by other forces, wouldn’t that be detrimental to oneself? Consequently, even if someone didn’t attempt to wipe out other people’s prodigies, one still needed an intimidating show of force to protect their own.

Down below, the arrival of Gongyi Tianheng’s main body shocked numerous prodigies and made them feel somewhat embarrassed.

When his avatar was actualized, he hadn’t broken through yet. As a result, he left his mark on the Atomic Realm auxiliary tablet, and participated in the Atomic Realm battles. However, when he took first place and went to challenge the Ascendant Realm, his main body suddenly broke through to the Ascendant Realm. At this time, what was he supposed to do? Was he going to continue challenging the Ascendant Realm prodigies with his own Ascendant Realm? Or did he have to suppress himself to the Atomic Realm and proceed? That didn’t seem appropriate either.

Of course, the prodigies had no say in this matter. The decision was made by the young man who presided over the battles of the Prodigy Monument.

Tianheng turned around, and paid his respects: “Senior, please give your instructions.”

That young man said: “These fights are originally meant for young prodigies to compete and learn from one another. Taking the top three from lower realms to challenge higher realms is also just to prevent young people from hurting themselves in passionate, headlong rushes.

“Since Prodigy Gongyi has broken through, it’s a blessing. Just treat it as a breakthrough on the spot and continue the challenges.”

Tianheng wore a smiling expression, and calmly bowed again: “Many thanks, senior.”

After hearing this, most of the prodigies felt that it made sense in their hearts. Furthermore, they also wanted to see what Tianheng was capable of after his new breakthrough.

Naturally, there was also some dissent.

Huo Li, who had a feud with Tianheng, was somewhat jealous at this moment. He secretly said: “Such rapid and continuous breakthroughs will inevitably lead to an unstable foundation. This person ignores the fundamentals in pursuit of realm advancement, but he’s short-sighted.”

Mu Baizhi softly said: “What a pity.”

Huo Li thought that Mu Baizhi was agreeing with him. Because Tianheng previously looked down on her, her bearing became a little cold and indifferent. Now that she had regained some warmth, his heart couldn’t help but feel that Tianheng didn’t have discerning eyes.

When others heard this, some felt that Huo Li’s words were unpleasant, but the meaning behind them wasn’t untrue. On the contrary, they somewhat acknowledged it.

Meanwhile, there were also people who were inwardly sneering: All prodigies understand this kind of thing very well. If there’s no problem with their brains, why would they randomly break through just for the sake of the Prodigy Monument competition? It doesn’t look like there’s something wrong with Gongyi Tianheng’s brain, so of course that guy is confident. How can the “laws of nature” be used to judge their talents?! That Huo Li is also a prodigy, but he can’t even figure this out. He’s the real short-sighted one…

Afterwards, Tianheng leaped up, stood across from Lin Jian, and said: “Brother Lin, please give me advice.”

Lin Jian’s expression was dignified: “Please enlighten me.”

When it came to that avatar, he already could feel some pressure. However, the opponent’s realm had been too low, so he smoothly achieved victory. But this time, when the main body arrived, he immediately realized that the pressure brought by the main body was extremely terrifying. Even if the other party didn’t do it deliberately, it still gave people an intense feeling of deterrence.

Amid the restraining fear, there was a trace of excitement in Lin Jian’s heart.

Only when prodigies like them faced powerhouses of equal realms were they able to truly hone themselves!

Gu Zuo saw the look in Lin Jian’s eyes, and couldn’t help secretly praising his character.

This kind of prodigy was a real prodigy.

Unlike that Huo Li who took the path of domination and couldn’t tolerate disobedience. Once he failed, his own path of martial arts might easily go astray…

On the raised platform, Tianheng still remained calm, but Lin Jian couldn’t stand the stagnant momentum any longer. His arm turned, and his hatchet chopped! The shadow of a gigantic hatchet already appeared above his weapon, carrying a strong suppressive might. As it forcefully approached, it nearly made it difficult for others to breathe!

Such a technique was used continuously to cut off the avatar’s moves. Who knew what Tianheng would do now?

The crowd of prodigies was greatly interested.

However, the prodigies only felt their vision blurring. Tianheng’s figure suddenly disappeared in front of their eyes.

Immediately following that, Lin Jian’s complexion changed. He turned into an afterimage, and crazily retreated. Many prodigies promptly saw that, at some unknown point in time, there was an enormous blood-colored fist charging straight from the side!

This blood-colored fist was more solid than any of the ones used by the avatar just a while ago. The bloody qi emanating from it was many times stronger. It was to the extent that, when the bloody qi filled the air, the surrounding atmosphere solidified. It seemed as though the air was freezing because of it, which was incredibly horrifying.

Under this attack, Lin Jian barely managed to dodge, but his body was accidentally struck by the gust of wind generated from the punch. He immediately fell back several steps, and almost spat out a mouthful of blood.

Lin Jian was astonished. He never expected that there would be such a big gap!

After that, he steeled himself, turned around, and struck out with his hatchet. Three strikes merged into one, using an ultimate move that exceeded his own capacity!

But this was of no use…

He still hadn’t been able to see Tianheng’s shadow when he caught sight of a blood-colored fist rapidly approaching like an invasive disease. Along the way, it crushed his ultimate move in an instant. Lin Jian finally felt a tightness in his chest, and he retreated with a spray of blood.

Then, the winds of the punch dissipated.

Originally, Lin Jian thought that he was going to be seriously injured, but because Tianheng stopped his attack in time, he only suffered a small internal injury. This wasn’t because his opponent was too cruel. Instead, his strength was far from enough…

Following this, Lin Jian bitterly smiled, and said: “I admit defeat.”

This gap made him realized that, even if he fought with everything he had, he wouldn’t win. As a result, seeing how this fellow leniently held back, it was better that he stopped here!

Below the platform, numerous prodigies also felt raging waves and stormy seas surging in their hearts.

They had long known that, after Tianheng broke through to the Ascendant Realm, his strength would be certainly be completely different from before. Though they all felt this way, they didn’t expect that this disparity would be so great. The person, who originally had no choice but to concede when facing Lin Jian, simply defeated him with one punch after breaking through!

Considering this, if they were called to do the same… They also wouldn’t necessarily be capable of achieving it.

From this, one could catch a glimpse of the might of an all-star prodigy!

Sure enough, his reputation was well deserved.

Subsequently, Tianheng cast his gaze on the person who was fifth from last place.

The eyes of this person faintly flickered. After that, Tianheng’s line of sight passed over him — This fellow didn’t know why, but he breathed a sigh of relief.

The crowd of prodigies saw this, and nodded their heads.

Although it was said to be about challenging every step of the way, the strengths of the next few lowest ranks were actually about the same. After beating Lin Jian, if Tianheng continued challenging them one by one, it would end up starting feuds and would do nothing to improve himself.

Shortly thereafter, they thought to themselves: Sure enough, Prodigy Gongyi is intelligent.

Following this, Tianheng directly challenged the last place who qualified to enter the Prodigy Monument. In other words, the Ascendant Realm prodigy who ranked 34th — Such a choice was naturally satisfying.

Of course, the crowd of prodigies understood something even more. To be honest, challenging this person was just a probing test for Tianheng.

The 34th-ranked prodigy got onto the platform. He wasn’t confident about facing Tianheng in battle and felt a little depressed. Once he lost, Tianheng would replace him in the ranking, which would prevent him from being engraved on the Prodigy Monument. Moreover, the probability of losing was very high…

Sure enough, the facts were just like this. Tianheng didn’t use any other means at all. He only sent out an explosive punch, and the prodigy suffered a defeat.

The 34th-ranked prodigy was no match for the power of his punch!

Immediately following which—

33rd place, defeated!

32nd place, defeated!

31st place, defeated!

Defeat! Defeat! Defeat!

A little more than twenty people were all defeated by Gongyi Tianheng in a row.

In addition, all of the people who lost had no choice but to leave the raised platform without even receiving Tianheng’s punch!

It had to be said that Tianheng’s successive battles were incredibly exciting to watch.

Many prodigies knew that Tianheng’s current strength was extremely powerful. Even the top ten powerhouses at the Ascendant Realm felt tremendous pressure in their hearts.

Tianheng had just beaten the 13th-ranked prodigy. Right away, his fist was aimed at tenth place, and his attack was about to begin!

Watching this, Gu Zuo’s heart was overwhelmed with excitement. He took a deep breath, and looked at the raised platform in anticipation.

At this moment, Tianheng was challenging 12th place!

T/N: Thanks for the corrections, Charysa.

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