Regardless of how shocked others were, Shen Qian casually picked up the gleaming eight-star inscription on the stone platform, but he was somewhat unsatisfied.

Nearly four hundred literary positions were invested, but only eight stars were barely achieved, which was barely satisfactory for Shen Qian.

He could clearly sense that the "Wenwei" in his hand was still extremely far from the peak of the nine stars.

The person Shen Qian was comparing himself to was none other than the Zhou Yi King, who was very likely to hold the Nine Stars Literary Position.

He didn't know how long it would be before King Zhouyi personally intervened and stood against him, but before that, he had to at least make up for all his shortcomings.

However, the eight-star literary position is clearly still lacking...

Although the attributes of this eight-star artifact in my hand are already incredibly strong.

This rank, named "King," once fully absorbed, grants a person extraordinary talent, making them proficient in all fields. Even without any cultivation, they can make a country strong simply by relying on their wisdom, or destroy a country through charity.

Extending this to martial arts, it means embracing all rivers and returning to one path... This extremely strong inclusiveness and control allows martial artists to freely merge with the "paths" of others.

In other words, a martial artist from the mountains and seas can rely entirely on such literary status to continuously comprehend new "Dao" and ultimately fuse them into an ultimate "Dao" that allows them to dominate the world.

This is absolutely a bug-level ability. You have to understand that apart from a very few exceptional geniuses, most martial artists can only walk one "path" in their entire lives, with no turning back and no way to change it.

Of course, this ability, which any martial artist would dream of, is practically useless to Shen Qian.

Even without this "literary rank," he could still leap back and forth on the main road.

This is the real reason why Shen Qian felt dissatisfied.

But it doesn't matter anyway, since this "position" is just bait anyway, and its attributes are secondary.

At this moment, the barrier had almost completely dissipated. Shen Qian, holding the dazzlingly bright crown, stood atop the mountain of books, surveyed the surrounding crowd, and suddenly spoke:

"This degree is called 'King,' with an eight-star rank. Obtaining it grants mastery of all paths and allows one to rule the world..."

Shen Qian spoke very softly, yet it made everyone's breathing become heavy.

Compatible with all paths?

"I don't actually want this 'literary rank'..."

Shen Qian smiled faintly and spoke again.

I don't care if you want it or not!

Finally, one of the hot-tempered martial artists couldn't hold back any longer and threw a punch through the air.

His action immediately triggered a chain reaction, and at least two or three hundred martial artists from all directions joined in, with various soul powers mixed with spells blooming in the sky above the mountain of books like fireworks.

Two or three hundred people may sound like a lot, but compared to the tens of thousands of martial artists gathered around, they are just a drop in the ocean.

Many clear-headed people knew that the enemy was not so easy to deal with, so they chose to remain inactive.

Shen Qian stopped Tantai Qin from attacking with a look, and swept his Mountain and River Blade horizontally, the thousand-foot blade light spreading out from the top of Shushan Mountain.

Like the scythe of death sweeping across, the dazzling sky that had been illuminated by the magic instantly went out, and all movement vanished into nothingness.

Only a few hundred frozen human heads crashed down to the ground.

"...But I don't want to give it to you either." Only then did Shen Qian finish his sentence, which had been interrupted.

The restless crowd froze, a chill spreading through them.

Although these two or three hundred people were clearly just a rabble, there were many powerful martial artists in the late stage of the Mountain and Sea Realm among them, and just like that... they were gone with a single strike?

Those in the know can see the details. The martial artists at the peak of the Mountain and Sea realm were even more shocked. Killing a hundred people with one strike is not scary. What is scary is that Shen Qian did not use any magic at all, and all of them were decapitated at the exact moment. This precise control tells them that Shen Qian still has a lot of power left.

"Don't be afraid, everyone. No matter how strong he is, he will eventually run out of strength. Have you all forgotten the special nature of this 'sea of ​​learning'?"

Suddenly, someone shouted.

Many martial artists who had just sensed something was amiss were instantly convinced. Yes, this was the Sea of ​​Learning, not the outside world where spiritual energy was inexhaustible. Even the strongest soul power would eventually be exhausted. It was just a matter of who would be the lucky one to finish them off.

stop!

Suddenly, a figure leaped out and slashed at Shen Qian with another blade.

His powerful aura inspired countless people; he was clearly a martial artist at the peak of the Mountain and Sea realm!

Splash!

The crowd stirred, and in that instant, thousands of martial artists attacked simultaneously, making the sky around the sinking site feel crowded.

Shen Qian's eyes were indifferent, his soul power surged, and he raised one hand high, forming a huge nebula above his head. With his low shout, countless meteorites burning with strange green flames were born from the nebula and shot out in all directions.

This is a spell he exchanged at the Hall of Hundred Kings. It has reached an extremely rare level of seven stars and is called "Myriad Stars Meteor". It is a very rare area-of-effect spell.

In a normal battle outside, this technique would not manifest itself but would directly attack the sea of ​​consciousness. However, within this "sea of ​​knowledge," it formed a nebula that appeared to be a physical entity, with a terrifying presence.

The continuous screams echoed as the Seven Star Technique, combined with the spiritual power that was essentially seven forbidden elements, extinguished the lives of thousands of people in an instant.

What's most terrifying is that even in such a complex battle, Shen Qian still maintained that precise control, destroying only the body and not the head.

As the nebula above dissipated, aside from a few pale-faced martial artists at the late stage of the Mountain and Sea realm who managed to escape by sheer luck, the fallen heads below the Book Mountain had already piled up into a small mountain.

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