Chapter 12: The Awakening of the Strong

  In the blink of an eye, half a month has passed. Apart from filling their stomachs, Meng Tian and Xiong Hong have not stopped running around for Master Cao!

  These days, Man Tian has been thinking about how to kill the Red Dragon. He is of the White Silver Bloodline and cannot defeat him with just the Bronze Bloodline. In other words, his only hope lies in his Yuan Force! As for the Beast Skin, its power comes from the bones, and the strength of the skeletal system is the most powerful! Moreover, Man Tian plans to start forging his strength as soon as he enters the Xiao Gu Zong, using his own skeleton as the foundation!!!

  "Barbaric Heaven! We've arrived at Xiao Gu Zong!" The voice of Xiong Hong rang out, and Barbaric Heaven suddenly opened his eyes wide, gazing into the distance. What he saw was a number of high peaks rising in front of him, their summits disappearing into the sea of clouds. In front of them was a gigantic square that could hold 30,000 people, densely packed with robust young men sitting cross-legged on the ground!

  What made Mo Tian even more attentive was that although the gigantic square was paved with bluestones, the surface of the bluestones was a dark red color, as if it had been dyed red by blood. He felt the bloody atmosphere lingering over the square, and his eyes narrowed slightly.

  "Xiao Gu Zong recruits disciples every year! And this year's disciple assessment should be in these two days!" Xiong Hong looked towards the crowded square with tens of thousands of people and said: "Don't look at the sea of people now, but those who can really join Xiao Gu Zong will not exceed a hundred!"

  Man Tian nodded slightly. Xiao Gu Zong was a major sect in the borderlands, and many people wanted to join it, but its conditions were strict and reasonable.

  At this moment, Man Tian suddenly felt a powerful aura coming from behind him, and his whole body trembled. The giant tiger also fell to the ground in fear, while others turned around in terror, looking at what was behind them. Some people couldn't bear the increasingly strong aura and directly knelt on the ground. Even Xiong Hong turned around and saw the person coming, becoming both surprised and terrified!

  As he turned his head to gaze forward, a towering figure like an ancient mountain was moving in mid-air, with a robust body emitting a fierce aura, as if the person before him was a peerless ferocious beast!

  When he saw the person's appearance, his pupils suddenly contracted! The man had a tiger's back and bear's waist, with an unknown animal skin covering his body that couldn't hide his robust physique, which seemed to be cast in bronze. His four limbs were like four dragons, as if they contained the power to tear apart heaven and earth. His black hair was shoulder-length, and his aura was as solid as a rock, making the space around him seem to boil. What shocked the barbarian was that on this robust man's forehead, there was a white silver circular mark, with dense lines spreading out from it towards his cheeks and head, giving off an air of a ferocious beast!!

  At the moment of Man Tian's shock, Xiong Hong had already knelt down with both knees, and in the vast square, only Man Tian did not kneel down, standing out like a crane among chickens!

  "Savage heavens! Kneel down quickly!!" Xiong Hong said in a terrified low voice.

  The barbarian looked at the people kneeling on both knees beside him, his eyebrows slightly furrowed. As he hesitated, a burly man who had appeared out of nowhere scanned the surroundings with his tiger-like eyes, finally fixing them on the barbarian. In an instant, the barbarian felt as if a massive ancient mountain was pressing down on his shoulders. A low hum sounded from within his body, and his bones emitted a "cracking" sound. The air and blood in his chest cavity churned violently, causing the muscles on his face to twitch. He gritted his teeth and knelt down on one knee!

  The burly man's gaze at the wild sky added a hint of surprise and admiration, then he withdrew his gaze and walked towards the small ancient temple in front of him!

  It wasn't until the towering man was gone that everyone felt the powerful aura dissipate, and one by one they stood up panting, their faces still bearing a look of fear.

  "Heavens! What level of strong person is this? The aura alone is so terrifying!"

  "This is what a true strongman looks like!! In front of him, even ants are nothing, when will I be able to reach this level?"

  The entire square suddenly boiled over, with everyone discussing and speculating, all of them shocked by the previous strong man.

  "You almost committed a great taboo! When meeting the Peak Master in Xiaoguzong, ordinary disciples must kneel on the ground!" Xiong Hong looked at the distant figure, his face deathly pale, and glanced at Man Tian Dao with lingering fear.

  "Who is he?" asked Meng Tian, staring at the figure in front of him.

  "Li Fengfeng, the strongest under Xiaozong's sect leader! I heard he has already entered the realm of awakening!!" Xiong Hong's eyes burned with intensity as he stared at the gradually disappearing figure.

  "Wake up?" Man Tian was puzzled, he wasn't clear about the distinction between Man Xiu. Xiong Hong woke up and saw Man Tian's puzzled expression, after a moment of contemplation, said: "Above Man Shi is Quan Ti, only when the physical body is cultivated to the extreme can the true power of the bloodline be unleashed! At that time, it means entering the Blood Symbol period, and above the Blood Symbol is Wake Up!! This means that the bloodline power has completely awakened, stepping into the realm of Wake Up is considered a top-notch strongman even in Nanjiang!"

  "Is this the real power division of the Barbarian Cultivation: Barbarian, Tempering Body, Blood Qi, and Awakening?" muttered Mo Tian in his heart. After leaving the ancestral mountain range of the Youyuan tribe, Mo Tian discovered that this world was much larger than he had imagined!! This made his blood boil with excitement, and he couldn't help but clench his fists tightly!

  Maybe one day, I can become a powerful Awakened too!! At that time, I can go to the Eastern Domain to find my brother Meng Xiao.

  "Barbaric heavens, the Xiao Gu Sect has rules that outsiders are not allowed to enter the Xiao Gu Sect. You wait here, I'll go ask Brother Zong about Mo Zhu's injuries." Xiong Hong said in a low voice.

  Man Tian heard this and his heart tightened, withdrawing his gaze: "Mm, go quickly and return quickly!!"

  Xiong Hong nodded and then jumped onto the giant tiger, rushing towards Xiaoguzong at high speed! After seeing Xiong Hong leave, Man Tian's heart was anxious, making him restless, his eyes scanning around, the more he did this, the more uneasy he became! He wanted to arrive at the gate of Xiaoguzong now, but feared that if Xiong Hong came back, he wouldn't be able to find himself in time. As Man Tian paced back and forth, his gaze suddenly fell on a figure among the crowd!

  The woman was over five feet tall, wearing a coarse linen robe, with black hair like a waterfall. She was elegant and refined, exuding an air of lightness and grace, her skin delicate, her expression anxious, her small fist clenched on the hem of her robe, her beautiful eyes scanning the surroundings as if sizing up the people around her! Mo Tian stared at this woman with an otherworldly aura, suddenly feeling that she looked familiar. After a long time of recollection, he found that this woman overlapped with a girl in his memory.

  "Is she also here to participate in the Xiaoguzong disciple assessment?" Mantian muttered to himself. After a moment of contemplation, Mantian walked towards the woman, but unexpectedly, a man emerged from the crowd. This man had a sturdy build, yet gave off an impression of being sharp-tongued and cunning. Mantian's footsteps came to a halt as he listened to the man's words: "Miss, do you know what the first trial of Xiaoguzong is? It's strength!! With your slender physique, it's likely to be quite difficult for you to stand out in this assessment with tens of thousands of people!"

  Among the barbarians, the men are robust and sturdy, while the women are slender and tall! The man's words seemed to have struck a chord with the woman's current worries, and she, who had not experienced much of the world, became even more worried, asking: "Brother, what can be done?"

  "As long as you're willing, I have a way!" The man glanced at the woman with a sly look in his eyes and saw that her appearance revealed an unworldly innocence, which made him extremely happy. However, seeing that the woman looked somewhat puzzled, the man raised an eyebrow and continued: "Let me put it straight to you, our clan leader has taken a liking to you. If you're willing, he'll protect you and help you pass the assessment smoothly!!" As he spoke, the man pointed with his right hand towards a refined-looking man in the crowd ahead, who smiled back at the woman and nodded slightly.

  Although the woman was not deeply involved in the world, she was not a foolish person either. She also heard the implication of the man's words. Her eyebrows were raised, and her red face showed anger, but she was careful not to offend him. She snorted and turned around to walk away! The man saw this and his face suddenly darkened. He turned his head to look at the other man, his face showing cruelty. He quickly caught up with the woman and threatened: "Miss, if you don't obey, don't think about joining Xiaoguzong!"

  "Is Xiaoguzong your family's? If you don't let me join, can I not join?? If Xiaoguzong is indeed your family's, why would your family still participate in the disciple assessment? Can't they just directly enter Xiaoguzong?" The woman was also enraged by the man's threat, and she turned around to scold him. Her voice was as soft as a skylark's, although angry, but with that extraordinary temperament, it had a unique charm.

  Everyone around heard the woman's shout, and they all turned their heads in confusion to look at the man. The man did not expect that this seemingly weak woman would dare to retort like this. Feeling the gaze of others, the man's face turned gloomy, his eyes sharp as he stared at the woman, saying: "If you don't drink the toast, you'll be punished...!" Before the man could finish speaking, his body was suddenly twisted into the air!

  "Don't blame you for anything?" Meng Tian grabbed the man's neck with his right hand, lifted him into the air, and stared at him coldly.