Seven World Martial God

Chapter 8: Heaven Sent Opportunity

Translator: Aristophaneso Editor: Caron_

The next morning, Ye Tian woke early. His heart was unsettled over the beast blood problem so he couldn’t bear staying at home. So, he once again returned to the not-so-distant waterfall. Only there was he able to peacefully think over his problems.

“What next? Even if I know how to become a Martial Warrior, I don’t have enough Martial Spirit Energy! All I can do is wait!”

“Heavens, are you messing with me? Why give me hope only to make me despair!”

…

Ye Tian wandered through the woods, heart filled with frustration. A road seemed to stretch forward right in front of him, but he couldn’t step onto it. A thin veil blocked him from his future and all his hopes, and he had no way of breaking through.

He just needed enough Martial Spirit Energy then he would become a Martial Warrior and retake his title of Number One Genius, and all his humiliation would be washed away.

But—

Suddenly, the earth was shaken by a violent tremor, and while Ye Tian couldn’t help his shock, he quickly focused and locked onto the trembling, determined to slowly make his way to the source.

“This shaking is so powerful. It feels just like that time when the old white tiger and the large python fought. It couldn’t be…?”

Ye Tian’s heart palpitated as he carefully moved forward. About a mile away, as he returned to his familiar waterfall, he finally approached the source of the tremors.

Hissing filled the woods, and when Ye Tian peered through the gaps in the trees, he was greeted by a stunning scene.

A group of scarlet-robed warriors gathered by the waterfall, jointly hunting a green python. Ye Tian knew this beast—it was the same Martial Master Realm beast that had delivered the killing blow to the old white tiger the other day.

This group of scarlet-robed warriors was the same Scarlet Guard troop that had come to the Ye Family Village the day before, and the spear-wielding captain was leading the fight against the python. The shockwaves from the Martial Master realm clashes was the source of the trembling that shook the entire forest.

Ye Tian felt his heart drop in fear and he quickly hid, not even daring to breathe too loudly.

The spear captain was very strong and when he stabbed forward with his spear, a dazzling brilliance flew from the tip of his weapon and struck the green python, opening up a deep and bloody wound that poured forth blood.

The green python’s entire body was covered in incredibly tough scales, but these scales couldn’t ward off the captain’s strike. The strength of this troop leader was truly terrifying.

“Incredible—even humans can become this powerful. Martial Master—” Ye Tian’s blood seemed to boil as he watched the spear wielding expert fighting before him. In that moment, he felt as if man’s potential for strength and power filled this new life of his with purpose.

“Hiss!”

The python angrily screamed, frustrated. Even though it was a Martial Master realmed beast, the man facing him was also incredibly strong and it couldn’t easily resolve the fight, no matter how many of the other scarlet-robed warriors it killed.

Blood flowed like a river, and corpses littered the ground.

The fierce battle sent shivers down Ye Tian’s spine, and his breath seemed to stall in his lungs as he was overcome with the fear of detection.

Time slowly slipped by…

The python hadn’t recovered from its fight with the white tiger and the spearman was also very strong, so the beast soon began to reach its limits and tire. It was about to be defeated.

The python probably returned to see whether the white tiger died, but unfortunately, it met the Scarlet Guard. It met its well-deserved misfortune! Ye Tian deduced as he watched the battle.

“Kill!”

An icy shout filled the air as the spearman captain spotted an opening, and with one mighty strike, he pierced the python’s head. His spear shone with a blinding brilliance and the luminescence exploded with physical force, blowing the python’s head apart.

The python’s corpse fell to the ground with a thud, stirring up a cloud of dust.

Dead! Ye Tian was shocked! Such a powerful python had been killed, and only seven or eight Scarlet Guard warriors had died.

The Scarlet Guards didn’t rest on their laurels and immediately began treating and dismantling the python’s corpse. The value of a Martial Master realm beast was immeasurable.

Ye Tian’s eyes filled with red envy and seemed to burn. If this body were his, he would definitely have enough blood to extract the Martial Spirit Energy he needed, but he couldn’t move. The Scarlet Guard wasn’t a group of bandits that he needed to be constantly wary of, but they were far more dangerous than bandits.

“Dong Dong Dong!”

As Ye Tian crouched in his hiding spot, staring greedily at the python’s blood, the ground began to quiver again, but the tremors this time were even more violent than when the python was fighting. It was as if ten thousand horses were trampling the earth.

What’s happening? Ye Tian thought with shock.

The Scarlet Guard immediately reacted in panic.

“Not good. Beast wave!” The spear wielding captain called out hurriedly, shouting at his subordinates. “Run! A beast wave is coming!”

The Scarlet Guard warriors froze for a moment, shocked. Before they could react, a wave of powerful beasts emerged in the near distance, pummeling forward through the woods towards the Scarlet Guard. The ferocious and mind-numbing scene of a seemingly endless wave of beasts stampeding forward took away Ye Tian’s breath.

“Run!”

The spear captain roared, throwing out an attack with his spear. A fantastic light shot forward in a unique brilliance, and before Ye Tian could even process what had happened, the first row of beasts had been cut down.

At such a heroic move, Ye Tian’s blood began to boil.

But the incoming beasts were numberless, and behind the wave stood three gigantic beasts, each one carrying an aura of terrifying dominance that almost rippled physically through the air.

“Sh*t! Martial Master beasts!” The spear wielding captain’s face fell completely and he could no longer pay any mind to his panicking troops, instantly turning and fleeing by himself.

Ye Tian couldn’t follow; he had already finished digging a hole in the ground and was in the midst of covering himself up. His hole was beside the trunk of a tree and he could only hope that the beasts wouldn’t crush him.

After that, Ye Tian was blind to the world. All he knew was the shaking of the earth around him, and after what seemed like an eternity, the noise finally disappeared, and a hesitant Ye Tian slowly dug upwards and poked his head out.

Not a single beast remained. The sky was dark and the night was quickly falling over the forest.

“En?”

Suddenly, Ye Tian’s eyes shrank and his face became filled with excitement.

On the ground by the waterfall, over ten powerful beast corpses lay lifeless on the ground, and among them lay the familiar green-scaled carcass of the Martial Master realm python.

At the snake’s side lay twenty or so Scarlet Guard corpses, some dead by the fangs and thrashing of the python, some trampled by the wave of beasts.

Ye Tian didn’t care how they died. His eyes burned with fire, and his gaze couldn’t be torn from the python’s body as his breathing grew heavy.

“Hahaha… the heavens truly never seal off all paths! A gift from heaven!” Ye Tian roared excitedly, rushing forward and almost flying across the ground, so excited that tears ran down his face.

“I finally have enough Martial Spirit Energy! I can finally become a Martial Warrior!”

Ye Tian was unbelievably excited.

Heaven hadn’t sealed off this path, and it had graced Ye Tian with such a serendipitous gift as if he was fated to walk the path of the Martial Warrior.

It’s getting late and other beasts might come here. I need to collect the python blood right away! Ye Tian reminded himself as he looked up at the darkening skies. Hurriedly, he scavenged a container for blood and a long scarlet blade from the dead members of the Scarlet Guard.

So well prepared; truly worthy of their reputation, Ye Tian thought happily as he looked over the Scarlet Guard’s equipment. He took the scarlet blade and began draining the blood of the green python but the scales were very tough, and a single chop already numbed Ye Tian’s hand.

“Damn beast! Why are you still so tough after death!” Ye Tian yelled angrily, using all his strength to bring down blow after blow. Finally, Ye Tian was able to make a small wound at a weak spot by the beast’s neck, and blood began to flow.

Ye Tian hurriedly brought forward the blood bag and caught the flow.

Shua shua…

The python was enormous and the amount of blood in its body was proportionate. Ye Tian filled three more blood containers after the first before finally draining most of the blood.

“I refuse to believe that this isn’t enough!”

Ye Tian looked over the four big bags of blood in front of him with glee, and he peered once again into the receding light. As quickly as he could, he hid the beast corpses and swiftly dug a hole for the Scarlet Guard corpses. After all of this, Ye Tian carried the four big bags of blood and ran back to the village.

Ye Tian couldn’t contain his emotions and his impatience pushed him forward and made him run like the wind. When he got back to his house, he immediately threw himself into his room and began extracting the Martial Energy Spirit.

As he prepared the spell, Ye Tian called out and asked his mother to bring him a large tub. She brought him the family bathtub, a very large tub.

That night, Ye Tian was so eager that he skipped dinner to extract the Martial Spirit Energy.

In the end, the python’s blood didn’t disappoint and a single bag of blood contained enough Martial Spirit Energy to fill a third of the tub.

After extracting another bag of blood, Ye Tian managed to fill two thirds of the large tub with Martial Spirit Energy.

That should be enough! Ye Tian thought, looking down at the tub with excitement. Just to be safe, he extracted another bag of blood and prepared the Martial Spirit Energy in another tub as backup.

“Now I can begin!”

After extracting three bags of blood, it was already midnight. Ye Tian made sure that his parents were already asleep then locked himself into his room, took off his clothes, and lay down in the tub.

Si….

As Ye Tian lay down, the coldness of the Martial Spirit Energy covered him and made shiver.

But immediately after, Ye Tian felt a wave of warmth flow into his body, and his whole body relaxed. He was exhausted from the events of the day and helplessly sank into the comfort and fell asleep.

While he slept, the Martial Spirit Energy began to bubble as if it were boiling water, and the water boiled without end.

As time passed, the level of Martial Spirit Energy began to fall as if it were all being absorbed into Ye Tian’s body.

Even though Ye Tian wasn’t aware of it, the Martial Spirit Energy was already sinking into his pores and entering his body. Both his bones and meridians were slowly being covered by the Martial Spirit Energy.

As the Martial Spirit Energy began to cover and permeate Ye Tian’s whole body, he began to glow with a dark brilliance, and in the dim light of the room, the dark glow was eerie.

In the blink of an eye, the next day arrived and the morning sun rose and shed light through the window, covering Ye Tian’s naked body with its golden rays.

The sleeping Ye Tian shook and his shut eyes quivered before flying open. A black light danced across his eyes.