Chapter 0584 Life Trace Creatures

Chapter 0584: Awakening the Life Mark

In the Celestial Armory Illusion Realm, just by closing their eyes, one could see the rankings on the Martial Arts Board.

The scores updated in real-time.

Thus, many people checked the Martial Arts Board early in the morning and saw Qin Yun’s points jump by hundreds.

This instantly caused a major stir.

Whether they were outer disciples or Core Disciples, everyone who saw Qin Yun’s sudden increase of hundreds of points couldn’t believe their eyes.

Many suspected there might have been some error causing the points to be incorrect.

A disturbance this big, of course, reached the Dharma Protector Hall, but they did not intervene—clearly, there was no issue.

Early in the morning, the safe zone was buzzing with discussions about Qin Yun’s point explosion.

After some discussion among themselves, many Spirit Martial Realm disciples all agreed that the one who had picked them off in the forest outside the city last night was none other than Qin Yun!

Those disciples had been here for a long time and rarely encountered such a sneak attack.

They were taken out silently, and many had the same experience last night.

This was clear evidence that the one who ambushed and assassinated them was Qin Yun, hence the sudden surge in points.

Because of this, many disciples no longer dared to enter the forest—it would just be feeding points to Qin Yun, and they weren’t about to do that.

Qin Yun went to another forest, planning to return to the one outside the city at night to continue his hunt.

He headed to a different forest to hunt beasts as well.

With the Beast Luring Spirit Talisman, he killed a dozen-plus beasts during the day.

At night, after resting, he went to the forest outside the safe zone, lying in wait for prey.

After waiting in the forest for over an hour, Qin Yun muttered to himself: "They must have figured out it was me, so they won’t come tonight. I’ll have to find another hunting spot!"

Qin Yun had only eliminated Spirit Martial Realm disciples.

As a Ninth Layer Martial Path cultivator, killing one Spirit Martial Realm disciple earned him four points, which explained the rapid point increase.

Just as Qin Yun was about to leave, he suddenly sensed multiple powerful auras closing in from all directions.

"Is it a squad?" Qin Yun’s pulse quickened. "And a large one at that!"

He wasn’t sure if this was good or bad, but it was flat-out dangerous.

The sudden appearance of several squads slowly closing in on him meant he had been discovered.

"Did they track me here using some special spirit talismans?"

Realizing he had been exposed, Qin Yun immediately launched skyward.

But the moment he took off, a force slammed him back down.

"Qin Yun, don’t even think about running!" someone bellowed from the skies, bringing a palm crashing down.

BOOM! In the night sky, a massive white palm woven from crackling lightning suddenly appeared.

A hundred-meter-long colossal thunderous palm descended like a towering mountain!

BOOOOM—!

Innumerable lightning tendrils lashed out violently in all directions like a typhoon’s fury.

In an instant, the vast forest was reduced to smoldering ruins.

"Is this guy... using celestial-grade martial arts?"

Qin Yun, crushed by the enormous thunderous palm, convulsed in agony. The searing glare tore through the darkness, leaving him nowhere to hide.

The one who had struck that palm was none other than Tian Yaolei, ranked second on the Martial Arts Ranking!

"Qin Yun, we burned 500 merit points tracking you down!"

The speaker was a handsome man—Yang Shenglong of the Yang family, ranked third on the Martial Arts Ranking!

The moment Yang Shenglong appeared, he phased like a specter, closing in on Qin Yun. Tsunami-like fists roared down upon Qin Yun, each blow like a wave dozens of meters high.

Qin Yun had barely taken flight when another devastating blow sent him crashing back to the ground.

As he hit the earth, he immediately felt a surge of force erupting from beneath him.

A soul-shaking roar erupted from the ground.

Wrathful dragon energy, accompanied by a deafening howl, burst forth from the earth, sending Qin Yun hurtling back into the air!

The towering, handsome man emerging from the ground, cloaked in billowing robes, was none other than Long Kuangxing, ranked fourth.

Qin Yun's body wracked with pain, his bones shattered, rendering him unable to recover in a short time.

As he was blasted into the air, a feral blur lunged—half-man, half-wolf—swift and imposing.

The attacker was Ji Lang, a member of the Ji family!

Ji Lang lunged through the air, savage claws raking Qin Yun’s flesh, leaving him a mangled wreck.

Just as Qin Yun plummeted back to the ground, a Living briar prison suddenly appeared, ensnaring him.

The final attacker was Long Qiaofeng, ranked fifth and the only woman among the top ten of the Martial Arts Ranking.

"I've caught Qin Yun!" Long Qiaofeng lifted the vine net, gazing at Qin Yun inside with a vixen’s grin.

"Hey, skirt! That prize belongs to us men! What business does a woman have meddling in this?" Tian Yaolei landed on the ground. Ranked second, he was also the strongest among them.

Tian Yaolei stood over two meters tall, a hulking titan, his body rippling with terrifying muscles. Raw lightning churned under his skin, veins glowing like live wires—a horrifying sight.

"Long Qiaofeng, Qin Yun was injured by our combined efforts—you didn’t even strike him!" Long Kuangxing said angrily. "Hand him over to us now!"

"What’s wrong, bitch—you itching for a ride? Want to get lucky in the Sacred Armory Realm?" Yang Shenglong laughed wildly. "Come on, since we're here anyway, let’s take you for a spin. Bet you’ll scream real nice—it’s not like it’s real!"

"I’ll join too!" The bestial Ji Lang ran a tongue over jagged teeth, eyes gleaming.

Qin Yun never expected that the ones coming for him would be five of the Ranking’s elite.

And he had just witnessed firsthand the sheer lethality of the Ranking’s monsters.

Long Qiaofeng tightened the vine net, squeezing the bloodied Qin Yun tightly, and sneered, "Do you want to be castrated in the Celestial Armament Illusion Realm? Never experienced that, have you?"

"Bitch, what exactly is your intention in capturing Qin Yun?" Tian Yaolei's eyes flashed with lightning. "The elders ordered me to apprehend Qin Yun so he doesn’t score any more points!"

"This is a rare opportunity to capture him. If you waste it, the consequences will be dire!" Yang Shenglong said coldly.

"You idiots! You're all fools who don’t know how to maximize gains! Remember that elder from the Medicine Immortal Valley? He obtained four Ancient Dao Artifacts from Qin Yun!"

"Qin Yun is a treasure—he possesses the Golden Ape Totem. Why not use this chance to force him to hand it over?"

Long Qiaofeng glared at the brutes with disdain.

Tian Yaolei said icily, "Enough nonsense. Hand Qin Yun over, or I’ll kill you!"

Yang Shenglong, Long Kuangxing, and Ji Lang quickly surrounded Long Qiaofeng.

"Fine, you idiots! There’s no reasoning with morons like you. Here!" Long Qiaofeng flung Qin Yun toward Tian Yaolei.

Tian Yaolei caught Qin Yun and unleashed crackling arcs of lightning to electrocute him, snarling with glee. "Qin Yun, you killed Elder Zhang of our Tian family. Now it's time to pay with your flesh!"

"Tian Yaolei, don’t kill him, or all our efforts will be wasted!" Yang Shenglong warned. "If you torture him too much, what if he can’t endure it?"

"Qin Yun, if you commit suicide or exit the Celestial Armament Illusion Realm with others present, you’ll get docked a thousand points!"

Ignoring Yang Shenglong’s advice, Tian Yaolei kept pumping Qin Yun full of lightning, tormenting the severely injured man.

"I’ll remember all of you!" Qin Yun gritted his teeth before vanishing.

Seeing Qin Yun disappear from the vine net, Yang Shenglong, Long Kuangxing, Long Qiaofeng, and Ji Lang stared dumbstruck.

Even Tian Yaolei found it hard to believe that Qin Yun had actually escaped.

They closed their eyes to check and discovered Qin Yun's score had dropped to negative four hundred—his previous gain of over five hundred points had been wiped out, leaving a massive deficit at that!

And a deficit of several hundred!

Qin Yun woke up in bed, gasping for breath.

The agony he had just suffered was excruciating.

"Power... I need power!" Qin Yun clenched his fists and gritted his teeth.

Earlier, Hua Xiyue had killed him, and now he had been forced to flee from several top-ten Martial Arts Ranking disciples, costing him a thousand points—all due to the vast disparity in strength.

"You won't be able to break through in a short time. Why not refine Bone Spirit Mystic Pills to awaken your Bone Spirit faster?" Ling Yuner suggested.

"I can refine one pill a day. In ten days, I should be able to make ten, then take and refine them over two weeks!"

Qin Yun nodded and took out the herbs needed for the Bone Spirit Mystic Pills.

He was still missing some ingredients—he’d only gotten eight portions from Bai Xiaolu.

However, using the Sun-Moon Divine Bowl, he could condense sun and moon essence to accelerate herb growth. He’d been stockpiling it for a while and had a considerable amount saved.

Now he could make two more portions instantly.

He secluded himself to refine the pills!

Over ten days later, Qin Yun had successfully refined ten Bone Spirit Mystic Pills.

"I hope this can help me manifest the Bone Spirit!" Qin Yun gazed at the Bone Spirit Mystic Pills, then swallowed two and began refining their energy.

...

Ten days ago, Qin Yun's point balance went negative, causing a huge uproar.

After some inquiries, the disciples from the outer and main sects learned that the top five ranked experts had ganged up on him.

Moreover, four of them had even brought their personal troops to encircle and suppress Qin Yun.

Unexpectedly, after being captured, Qin Yun chose to leave the *Immortal Weapon Illusory Realm* rather than endure torture, costing him a deduction of one thousand points.

Over ten days passed, and Qin Yun's points remained unchanged.

Many believed he was too scared to show his face in the *Immortal Weapon Illusory Realm*—after all, with hundreds of negative points, catching up would be extremely difficult, let alone breaking into the top ten.

With Ling Yuner's assistance, Qin Yun rapidly refined the ten Bone Spirit Mystic Pills using his Nether Sun Martial Soul.

At this moment, he could feel the three sets of nine life runes within his body thrashing like mad, surging violently through his meridians.

"These are signs of life runes awakening! Once they come to life, you can condense Dao Spirit mystic power to forge the Bone Spirit!" Ling Yuner said joyfully. "Hey, Xiao Yun, you’re close to successfully forming your Bone Spirit!"