Free Web NovelChapter 1356: Chapter 1336: Power Structure of the Endless Deep Mountains
"Damn, it’s killing me with pain." Huang Lin grimaced, having never suffered such a beating before, feeling stifled inside, but he knew that now was not the time to be angry and frustrated!
If he doesn’t escape now, his life won’t last long!
Huang Lin’s eyes darted around as he made a move to get up and run away.
A golden light on Ye Huan’s body gradually dimmed as he released his Eight Gates Escape Armor state, and in an instant, he kicked Huang Lin back onto the ground.
Huang Lin fell face-first again, howling miserably.
Ye Huan rudely stepped on his back and coldly asked, "You haven’t answered my question yet. In the Endless Deep Mountains of the southwest, are you really considered a genius?"
"Kid, I advise you not to underestimate the Endless Deep Mountains!" Huang Lin struggled a couple of times to maintain the pride and image of the Ancient Martial Artists of the mountains, but to no avail, and then lied indignantly, "In the Endless Deep Mountains, I’m just a nobody, a small fry. Defeating me is nothing! The mountains are full of geniuses, and each of them can treat you like an ant, rubbing you into the ground!"
Upon hearing this, Ye Huan felt as if a vast expanse of green pastures in his heart had been plowed a thousand times over by ten thousand Divine Beasts, almost causing him to spit blood in exasperation.
For his journey to the Endless Deep Mountains in the southwest, he had made exhaustive preparations, never fighting unprepared.
Take the Eight Gates Escape Armor, for instance. Over a week, he and Liu Tianyun practiced "Heaven Opening" at least thirty times, each time exhausting her thoroughly and generating an extremely yang aura in their meridians and marrow akin to the Samadhi True Fire. However, he hadn’t transferred this to Liu Tianyun and instead stored it all in the first acupoint of the Eight Gates Escape Armor—the Opening Gate.
The purpose was to be prepared for any eventuality, to face the geniuses and dangers of the mountains without resorting to Heaven Opening and instead using his ultimate trump card—the Eight Gates Escape Armor.
Ye Huan, upon hearing Zhou Shiguan’s words, instinctively assumed that Huang Lin was some third genius of the Huang Family, which is why he used the Eight Gates Escape Armor.
Unexpectedly, the detestable Zhou Shiguan was purely talking nonsense.
This Huang Lin was not a genius in the mountains at all!
Wasting one fifteenth of his extremely yang aura dealing with a small fry was indeed a huge loss.
For a moment, he felt even more displeased and said coldly, "I advise you to be honest and first tell me about the power structure of the Endless Deep Mountains."
"Wha... what structure?" Huang Lin cowered.
Even though he didn’t want to admit it, he had to; Ye Huan had indeed scared him!
"The power structure. I’m somewhat interested in your Endless Deep Mountains," Ye Huan said blandly.
"Big brother, knowing that doesn’t help, unless you plan to enter the mountains? If you’re not going in, telling you is just a waste of breath, pointless..."
Huang Lin rambled on, but under Ye Huan’s sharp glare, he quickly shut up and obediently explained the situation of the Endless Deep Mountains to Ye Huan.
From Huang Lin’s introduction, Ye Huan learned that within the mountains, there are over a hundred Ancient Martial Clans of varying strengths.
Every fifty years, the Hundred Tribes Alliance holds a grand martial competition to reassess the strength tiers and rankings of the major clans.
Among the hundred clans, there are six strength tiers.
The most powerful clan, super first-tier clans, first-tier clans, and second, third, and fourth-tier clans.
The title of the most powerful clan is claimed by the champion of each Hundred Tribes Martial Competition.
For millennia, the Ling Family has held the champion’s throne, with no clan able to challenge it!
The title of super first-tier clan is controlled by the clans ranked second and third!
For the past ten thousand years, the Liu Family and Cao Family have been locked in a fierce battle for the second place throne, with each side seeing victories and defeats, solidly holding the title of super first-tier clans.
Unless the Ling Family whimsically decides not to remain champions and instead aims for second or third, no other clan can threaten their status.
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From the eleventh to the thirtieth are second-tier clans!
From the thirtieth to the seventieth are third-tier clans!
The bottom thirty clans are the weakest, the fourth-tier clans!
Apart from the hundred clans, the mountains also have many forces weaker than the hundred tribes but far stronger than external Ancient Martial Clans!
These forces survive by affiliating with the hundred tribes, serving as powerful subordinates, often helping the tribes with unsavory and arduous tasks in exchange for Ancient Martial resources and protection and guidance from the powerhouses of the hundred tribes.
Ye Huan nodded slightly; the power structure of the Endless Deep Mountains was relatively simple.
"Does an Initial-Tier Divine King count as strong among the hundred tribes?" Ye Huan asked.
"Strong? Not really, just average."
"The hundred tribes have too many geniuses. Unlike the outside, where many people are stuck at the Celestial God or Half-step Divine King level for life, in the hundred tribes, such cases are rare. As long as one isn’t too dull, after a hundred years of practice, they can at least become an Initial-Tier Divine King."
"A Middle-Tier Divine King is quite impressive among the younger generation, but quite ordinary among the elders."
"Only by becoming a High-Tier Divine King can one enter the ranks of true powerhouses in the mountains!"
"Extreme Divine Kings are considered the pinnacle existences in the mountains!" freēwebnovel.com
"Half-Step Martial Saints are the most terrifying supreme powerhouses, and even in the mountains, only a few exist in the super first-tier and most powerful clans."
Huang Lin’s answer made Ye Huan’s expression change slightly.
"What’s a Half-Step Martial Saint?" Ye Huan was unfamiliar with this term.
Upon hearing this, Huang Lin sneered inside.
As expected of an outsider, he hasn’t seen much of the world, not even knowing about Half-Step Martial Saints.
Of course, though he mocked inwardly, he dared not reveal his thoughts outwardly.
On the surface, he sheepishly smiled and replied honestly, "Brother Ye, here’s how it is. A Half-Step Martial Saint is an Ancient Martial strength tier above the Extreme Divine King. This tier has never been reached in your external world, and its overall strength surpasses that of an Extreme Divine King by about double, enough to cover the sky with one hand, cut the sea with one foot. Only the most aged, supremely gifted in martial arts, and highest pure-blooded members of the hundred tribes have a chance of ascending to such an ethereal tier."
Ye Huan furrowed his brow, pressing further, "Then above the Half-Step Martial Saint is the Martial Saint?"
"Yes, but in the past ten thousand years, across the entire Huaxia, only one person from the Endless Deep Mountains has reached that level of unimaginable strength, Ling Family’s Ling Tianming!"
"Oh, and outside, he has a more familiar title to you—Founder of the Dragon Gate!"
