Unrestricted Dao Lord

Just as the crowd was murmuring, Shen Mo arrived.

The quiet, reserved man arrived, a battered sword on his back and his hand wrapped in bandages. It was clear his injuries were severe; he would need some time to recover.

A hush fell over the crowd upon his arrival.

No one had expected that this man, stationed in the various prefectures ten years ago, could unleash such astonishing combat power a decade later.

Soon after, the crowd saw Yu Jingjing, Bai Jinghong, and the others arrive.

Tempered by ten days of brutal combat, the last traces of immaturity had vanished from Yu Jingjing’s face, replaced by a quiet composure.

As for Bai Jinghong...

Bai Jinghong had taken a fall.

In the first few days of the fighting, Bai Jinghong’s combat record was arguably the best among all the Inner Force Martial Artists.

In just a few days, he killed a total of seven Inner Force Martial Artists.

Back then, Bai Jinghong was the talk of the sect almost every day.

But just as Bai Jinghong’s fame was reaching its peak, he encountered an Inner Force Martial Artist from the Five Elements Sect.

That Inner Force Martial Artist wasn’t even on the Guiyuan Sect’s bounty list.

He was also unknown within the Five Elements Sect.

And yet, he had suddenly unleashed astonishing combat prowess.

It turned out that martial artist practiced Triple Meridian Cultivation, though he hadn’t yet achieved Three Meridians Unite.

In the Five Elements Sect, Five Elements Cultivation and Five Elements Unite are two different concepts.

While Five Elements Cultivation is rare, it’s not unheard of.

But achieving Five Elements Unite is vastly more difficult.

Forget Five Elements Unite; even achieving Two Meridians Unite would make one an absolute genius.

Take Jiang Taizhen, for example.

Or Zhong Lixuan, who was slain by Xie Guanchao.

Although that martial artist hadn’t achieved Three Meridians Unite, his Triple Meridian Cultivation still made him incredibly powerful. Moreover, he seemed to have combined the strengths of the Five Elements Saber Technique while compensating for its weaknesses, achieving a preliminary fusion. The resulting Saber Technique was terrifyingly potent.

If Bai Jinghong’s Guardian hadn’t intervened at the critical moment, he would likely be dead.

Even so, Bai Jinghong was badly injured. He would need at least ten to fifteen days to recover.

Zhang Su found it strange. ’Why are so many people at the Martial Arts Arena today?’

There were always a lot of disciples at the Martial Arts Arena, but never this many. Even the injured had shown up.

Zhang Su didn’t bother asking anyone. He walked straight to the Inner Sect Steward and took out a token from within his robes.

"I’m here for my contribution points."

The Inner Sect Steward looked up at Zhang Su, not seeming surprised in the least.

After all, Zhang Su had done the same thing almost every day for the past ten days.

Zhang Su collected his contribution points without a hitch—thirty, as usual.

Just as he was about to leave, a disciple suddenly exclaimed, "The Elders are here! Quick, go look! The new bounty list is being posted!"

Zhang Su paused.

’A new bounty list?’

It all made sense now. No wonder so many disciples had come to the Martial Arts Arena.

A new bounty list was scheduled to be posted today.

The Elders had said long ago that the initially published bounty list was only a preliminary version.

It would be updated and re-ranked later based on new developments.

Today was that day.

All eyes were fixed on the bounty list.

Zhang Su also quietly made his way to the edge of the crowd, watching from a distance.

Soon, the new bounty list was unveiled.

Zhang Su’s focus was mainly on the Inner Force bounty list.

First was the Guiyuan Sect’s bounty list for Inner Force Martial Artists.

The list was posted, and it still contained ten names.

However, nine of the ten names were different from those on the list first published ten days prior.

In other words, nine of the targets had been replaced.

Only one person remained, and he was still ranked first.

"Jiang Taizhen is still first!"

"That Jiang Taizhen is truly powerful. They say he’s already wiped out two of our Inner Force teams. At least ten of our Inner Force Martial Artists have died by his hand."

"One of our Guiyuan Sect’s Huajin Martial Artists even tried to ambush Jiang Taizhen, but he still managed to escape."

Many disciples had now heard of the Five Elements Sect’s Jiang Taizhen.

After all, many of the Guiyuan Sect’s Inner Force disciples had been killed by him.

Moreover, Jiang Taizhen had been number one on the first Inner Force bounty list. Now, even after the list was re-ranked based on recent events, he was, against all expectations, still number one.

That was truly impressive.

Even an ambush by a Huajin master had failed to kill him.

It made them grind their teeth in hatred, but there was nothing they could do.

’Jiang Taizhen...’

Zhang Su also saw the first name on the bounty list.

This Jiang Taizhen was undoubtedly the number one Inner Force Martial Artist in the Five Elements Sect.

Even Zhong Lixuan, the one slain by Xie Guanchao, who had also achieved Two Meridians Unite, was likely far inferior to Jiang Taizhen.

Even if Zhong Lixuan were still alive, he probably would have been no match for Jiang Taizhen.

Next was the second bounty list.

This was the Five Elements Sect’s bounty list.

It listed bounties for martial artists of the Guiyuan Sect.

Many people were undoubtedly more interested in the Five Elements Sect’s bounty list.

After all, one’s own side might be biased in their judgments.

But the enemy wouldn’t be.

If the enemy considered you a threat, you truly were one.

When the second bounty list was unrolled, the crowd immediately looked for the names listed.

Everyone’s first instinct was to see who was ranked number one.

Previously, Zhang Su had held the top spot.

But over the past ten days, Zhang Su had been far too quiet.

He hadn’t seemed to make any big waves.

Even Bai Jinghong had caused more of a stir than Zhang Su.

Many people figured that once the Five Elements Sect re-ranked their Inner Force bounty list, Zhang Su would surely lose his top position.

Some even thought he might not make it onto the list at all.

But when everyone looked closely, they saw that the number one name on the Five Elements Sect’s updated Inner Force bounty list was still Zhang Su!

"What? The Five Elements Sect still has Zhang Su ranked first?"

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