44: Chapter 44 Temporary Honorary Rank Strength 44: Chapter 44 Temporary Honorary Rank Strength “How is this to be used?” As the Martial Pavilion Elder was sent away by Purple Cloud, Mu Can gazed intently at the Soul Pill in his hand.

Purple Cloud smiled slightly, “Let me send you back first.”

With a wave of her hand, Mu Can found himself back in his own body, tightly clutching the elixir in his hand.

The Martial Pavilion Elder had already lifted the restrictions before, so Mu Can could now control his body normally.

“This elixir can temporarily grant you the strength of a Martial Venerate, but your soul cannot withstand so much Soul Power.

In the end, you can only retain a soul strength of a Martial King Level.

You can also consider this elixir as a trump card to use,” Purple Cloud mentioned indifferently from within the Reincarnation Pearl.

If being a Martial King Level is just the beginning of cultivation, then advancing from Martial Arts Sect to Martial King is a watershed in a cultivator’s progression, and it is the first significant obstacle encountered in the process of cultivation.

Who knows how many gifted youths fail to break through to the Martial King Realm until the day they die of old age.

Think about how the ancient ancestor of the Mu Family had only the strength of a Martial King, allowing the Mu Family to become the top family in all of Pingyun City.

Now a single elixir could easily propel Mu Can into the Martial King Realm, which shows just how potent this elixir is.

“Martial King Realm.” Mu Can clenched the elixir tightly, silently mouthing the words.

In just a mere three months, he was now standing before the gates of the Martial King Realm.

Such a rapid ascension, if it were known to others, would probably terrify many.

“Eat the elixir now, enemies are coming,” Purple Cloud reminded him from within the Reincarnation Pearl, sensing two powerful, hostile forces approaching.

“Perfect timing, I want to see who dares to cause trouble at this moment.” Mu Can casually tossed the elixir into his mouth and chewed it like a peanut.

The Martial Pavilion of the Mu Family was arguably the least guarded place because previously the Martial Pavilion Elder himself was stationed there, making any additional defensive measures unnecessary.

The Martial Pavilion Elder never imagined that one day he would leave the Martial Pavilion, allowing the two people who tracked them here to enter the Martial Pavilion without any obstacles.

“Hurry up, it’s here, let’s go up quickly, no telling how long those useless idiots can stall that old Xuanyuan,” the shorter man sniffed around before speaking.

With a giant axe, the doors of the Martial Pavilion were cleaved open, and the two intruders broke in and headed straight to the ninth floor.

Time was pressing, and should they be discovered by that terrifying old Xuanyuan, escaping would be as difficult as scaling the heavens.

The mere thought of that horrifying elder made the shorter man’s face reflect his lingering fear, their previous tracking akin to tightrope walking over a mountain of knives.

Had it not been for his far superior sense of smell, they might have been discovered long ago.

The two quickly reached the top of the ninth floor, only to discover a surprising scene.

Mu Can sat cross-legged in mid-air with closed eyes, exuding a solemn aura, radiating a faint blue glow.

As they entered, the astonishing aura emanating from Mu Can was gradually receding.

Opening his eyes slowly, Mu Can grinned and said, “Welcome to my territory.”

“Pretending to be a spirit and playing tricks, just kill him,” the shorter man commanded, with the brawny man beside him already drawing his axe.

The huge axe, shimmering with green light, was swung by the giant, chopping heavily towards Mu Can, as if it could split him in two with a single strike.

However, despite the axe’s menacing force, it was stopped a few inches away from Mu Can, unable to advance further.

Ignoring the axe swinging towards him, Mu Can looked at his hands with an intoxicated expression, lost in the power of a Martial Venerate.

“So this is the power of a Martial Venerate?” He clenched his fist lightly, creating crackling sounds as if breaking the sound barrier.

“Damn it, that kid Donghuang tricked us, this isn’t just the level of a Martial Arts Sect, this is a freaking top-tier Martial Venerate!” The shorter man cursed in frustration.

He had thought that by avoiding old Xuanyuan, it would be easy to kill Mu Can and complete Donghuang’s task, only to arrive and discover that Mu Can himself was the most formidable one.

“Indeed, to become an enemy of Donghuang, one must possess such strength at such a young age,” thought the shorter one silently.

The taller one swung his axe only to find it was like chopping at a layer of cotton that absorbed the force.

He immediately pulled the axe back and turned to deliver a fierce vertical split.

“Ah!” The little giant roared in anger, and at that moment, truly resembled an ordinary raging giant, his violent aura actually stirring up a storm within the ninth floor.

Mu Can slowly turned his head, quietly staring at the little giant wielding the giant axe, a cold smile curling up at the corner of his mouth.

Before taking the Elixir, facing such an enemy, Mu Can might not even have had a chance to escape, but after consuming the Soul Pill, Mu Can had temporarily gained the strength of a Martial Venerate.

As expected, the little giant’s flurry of dizzying attacks still couldn’t breach Mu Can’s defenses.

“Let’s join forces to kill him; damn it, if we survive and return, I will curse Donghuang to death,” said the shorter one immediately upon seeing the little giant’s attacks having no effect.

At such a time, if they fought desperately, they could still have a sliver of a chance at life.

Even top Martial Venerate Level fighters were not unbeatable.

The only reason they could roam freely for so many years was that they did not hesitate to fight fiercely when it was necessary.

“Oh?

Donghuang?

Are you sent by Donghuang?” asked Mu Can indifferently with a glance at the shorter one.

The effects of the Soul Pill exceeded Mu Can’s imagination; as soon as the Elixir was ingested, it created a storm of Soul Power that swept through every corner of Mu Can’s soul, allowing him to instantly reach the Martial Venerate tier.

Although most of the power would slowly fade away later, a large portion of Soul Power would still remain in his body, elevating him to the Martial King Realm.

The shorter one didn’t speak again, clenched his teeth, and with a pained expression, pulled out a golden snake from his pocket.

This little snake was his greatest reliance; the two he gave to the City Lord today were just food prepared for this one.

Slowly crawling out of the bag, the golden snake turned its head to look at the shorter one and spoke a number faintly, “Thirty.”

Speaking the human language, this turned out to be a Martial Venerate Level snake.

“Thirty,” the shorter one nodded with a pained face, only he knew that he had to provide the golden snake with thirty Demon Beast Cores of the Martial King strength.

“Is that him?” The golden snake asked, nodding in satisfaction upon seeing the shorter one’s understanding.

“Yes, kill him for me,” the shorter one said, looking at Mu Can with deep resentment.

Thirty cores of Demon Beast with Martial King strength, to him, were by no means less than a huge loss.

“Big guy, use your ultimate move and cooperate with Snake Venerable to kill him.” At this point, there was only a desperate fight left.

The little giant, hearing the shorter one’s shout, immediately understood what he meant and activated a Secret Technique.

“Rage Transformation.” The body of the little giant grew in size instantly, a natural Secret Technique of the Giant Clan – Giant Rage.

This little giant turned out to be from the Giant Clan that had vanished for hundreds of years.

Once the Giant Rage was activated, the little giant truly became a namesake giant, and the axe in his hands also grew significantly larger.

Holding the giant axe connected to his own bloodline, the giant let out an angry roar.

Seeing the changes unfolding before him, Mu Can, who was not too concerned at first, now became serious.

His Martial Venerate strength would only last for half an hour, and if he couldn’t end the battle within that time, then things would get tricky.

Would he have to trouble Purple Cloud to take action then?

No, absolutely not.

Mu Can was determined that he would no longer seek Purple Cloud’s help in the future.

As the little giant grew larger, the golden snake also instantly grew in size.

As it climbed down from the hands of the shorter one onto the ground, it went from being as thick as a finger to as big as a person’s embrace.

The huge snake body squeezed the already cramped ninth floor even tighter, and for a moment, two colossal beings appeared there.

Only to see Mu Can standing unaffected, coldly looking at the one man and one snake before him.

A hint of a smile still formed at the corner of his mouth.

“Let’s have you be my first stepping stone.”

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