CHAPTER 415: CHAPTER 415: THE CONDENSATION OF THE WATER ATTRIBUTE AUTHORITY SEAL

With Ye Wudi’s addition, Xiao Zhan’s side will be able to operate more smoothly.

"Before you guys arrived, I roughly assessed the Su Family’s military strength. The Su Family Head, Su Hongtian, is definitely a Seventh Grade Sovereign. Besides him, who is known to us, there’s no telling if there are other Seventh Grades, especially after so many years."

"Regarding other combat powers, there are three Sixth Grades, five Fifth Grades, and several Fourth Grades."

Upon mentioning this, Xiao Zhan felt somewhat discontent within his heart.

Both belonging to the eight great families, why does the Su Family possess such formidable strength, with an abundance of Fifth and Sixth Grades, while the Ye Family appears so sparsely pitiful.

Seeing the expression on Xiao Zhan’s face, Ye Wudi could probably guess his thoughts, but he did not disclose the reasons.

His expression, however, turned somewhat melancholy.

Continuing, Xiao Zhan said, "Besides Su Hongtian, who is a Seventh Grade, the others are not worth mentioning. The key problem is, the strength of a Seventh Grade Sovereign is simply too powerful, how should we deal with him?"

This was the most critical point in dealing with the Su Family; Xiao Zhan didn’t yet have a concrete concept of the power of a Seventh Grade Sovereign.

As a Sixth Grade Spirit Master, Xiao Zhan could easily take down his opponents; they are not worth mentioning.

But Seventh Grade...

He really had no confidence.

He looked towards everyone, and after scanning the group, his gaze settled on Ye Wudi. Since Ye Wudi was a Half-step Seventh Grade, only he truly understood the ruling power of the Seventh Grade.

As Xiao Zhan’s gaze fell upon Ye Wudi, the eyes of the others also followed, landing on him.

They looked at him expectantly.

In fact, in Xiao Zhan’s plan.

If Ye Wudi hadn’t come along, he would only have intended to carry out a retaliatory action against the Su Family. The goal of that action would be to rescue Liu Yue and steal the Holy Spirit Pearl.

Because Xiao Zhan knew that with Su Hongtian, a Seventh Grade Sovereign at the helm, it was impossible for him to annihilate the Su Family.

Trying to annihilate them forcibly would just be courting death.

He would one day annihilate the Su Family, but not at this stage. At this stage, he didn’t have the power, and he had more important fundamental tasks at hand, like addressing the issue of Death Aura.

So, seeing through the essence, he only needed to rescue Liu Yue and steal the Holy Spirit Pearl.

Just this much, he was still confident he could accomplish.

But now that Ye Wudi was here, the course of events might change slightly.

Of course, not much would change.

Because if Ye Wudi could not deal with Su Hongtian, Xiao Zhan would still have to go according to the original plan, only that along the way of retribution, he would make the Su Family suffer even more grievously.

Whether to destroy the Su Family now depended on Ye Wudi and whether he could take down Su Hongtian.

But without thinking, Xiao Zhan could guess that Ye Wudi probably couldn’t handle Su Hongtian.

A Half-step Seventh Grade and a Seventh Grade might only differ by two words, but in terms of Combat Power, these two words could mean an existence that destroys everything.

Thus, Xiao Zhan didn’t harbor high hopes for Ye Wudi.

Ye Wudi, relied upon by everyone, felt great pressure, but fortunately, he was already a mature man and was accustomed to bearing it.

He said, "Half-step Sovereign, only one step away from the Realm of Sovereign, ready to breakthrough at any moment. Recently, I’ve often felt close to breaking through, but I’m just missing that bit, always unable to grasp it."

Hearing this, Xiao Zhan understood.

"So you mean, Uncle, as long as you break through to the Seventh Grade, you’re confident you can deal with Su Hongtian?"

Ye Wudi said, "Su Hongtian has been stagnant at the Seventh Grade Realm for many years. If I break through to the Seventh Grade, I can’t say for sure that I’ll handle him one hundred percent, but restricting their movements would be no issue."

"If it really comes down to life and death, he won’t get off easy either."

This meant Ye Wudi was still slightly inferior.

However, this was enough for Xiao Zhan.

As long as it didn’t affect him, once he was free, taking down Su Hongtian would be a certainty!

He hastily asked again, "Then, Uncle, what are you lacking?"

Xiao Zhan’s Dimension Space held many treasures which could potentially be useful.

Ye Wudi thought for a moment and said, "Generally, the best way to break through to the Seventh Grade is to condense one’s own Authority Seal. But this method is very difficult, requiring a profound understanding of one’s attribute to an extreme degree. To achieve this, one would need to immerse themselves in the Sixth Grade Realm for years, if not decades, and also requires a vast amount of attribute Spirit Fruits and Spiritual Medicines, which might make it possible."

"To tell you the truth, the reason I haven’t broken through to the Seventh Grade after all these years is that I’ve been intentionally suppressing my own power. Because once I break through, I won’t be able to condense my own Authority Seal anymore."

"But after so many years, I feel I can’t suppress it much longer; thankfully, my understanding of my attribute has also hit a bottleneck."

"Right now, I feel I could break through to Seventh Grade at any moment, but if I want to break through by condensing an Authority Seal, I’m always just that bit short."

Xiao Zhan asked, "So what exactly are you missing?"

Ye Wudi thought for a moment and said, "The Azure Water Cold Light Sword’s attribute is water, and my understanding of water is lacking. But what specifically is missing, I’m not sure. However, based on previous experience, if there’s a sufficient amount of water attribute Spiritual Medicines and Spirit Fruits, there’s probably a slight chance of breakthrough."

"No, plenty is not enough; I’ve already consumed enough water attribute Spiritual Medicines. What I need now is a higher grade of the water attribute to be useful, and of course, this is just a possibility."

With that, Ye Wudi sighed.

He wanted to restore the glory of the Ye Family, which is why he had chosen the path of condensing the Authority Seal.

But after so many years, it seemed like he might fail.

Indeed, not everyone could walk this path; in over a hundred years, only eight had.

After hearing Ye Wudi’s words, Xiao Zhan fell into deep thought.

Water attribute, high grade.

He wasn’t without such items, in fact, he had plenty. When he left Barbarian City, he’d packed up most of the city’s resources.

But those things weren’t that useful to Ye Wudi at his current level.

The power of a Half-step Sovereign would need a Seventh Grade item to be effective.

And Seventh Grade, Xiao Zhan’s Dimension Space almost had none.

But he still didn’t give up, his spiritual power sweeping through the Dimension Space, looking to see if there was anything useful.

Suddenly, his eyes lit up and he found an item.

Without hesitation, he took it out.

With a clang.

A vast waterbed, with waves rippling across it, appeared before everyone.

Seeing this waterbed, Ye Youlong was first stunned, then his face flushed with embarrassment, and he subconsciously gave Xiao Zhan a reproachful look.

With so many people around, why take this thing out?

As if you’re eager to show off how indulgent you are, right?