noffsinger Chapter 138: Chaos Refining Formation
Chapter 138: Chaos Refining Formation
Chapter 138: Chaos Refining Formation
As Tianyi was flying into a distance, the area behind him began to distort, appearing like a drop of water atop a painting. The water droplet began to tremble and blur, and a magnificent saber-light was released. Majestic and domineering as if its intent was the law of the world.
Dragon Slaying Saber Art – Dragon Decapitation!
It was one of the Dragon Emperor’s strongest one-hit-kill techniques, a secret technique that wasn’t recorded and only known by the Dragon Emperor. It didn’t only target the physical body, but the soul as well. Many dragons had been felled under this technique during the Human-Divine Beast War. And now the Dragon Emperor had taken out that consummate technique once more, although the Dragon Emperor’s mastery of the Dao had weakened and he was only at the peak Nascent Soul Realm, the saber strike held a shadow of its former brilliance.
A hint of gravity appeared on the Dragon Emperor’s face as his strike neared the back of Tianyi’s neck. At the next moment, an illusionary mountain enveloped Tianyi and the Dragon Emperor, causing the bubble that hid his presence to be revealed. Inside the bubble, the Dragon Emperor appeared completely unharmed as if the Five Element Annihilation Formation hadn’t struck him.RêAd lateSt chapters at novelhall.com Only
But even though the saber-like slowed down by the immortal mountain, it still was incomparably fast. The saber-light sliced through Tianyi’s neck and continued until all its power was used up and it disappeared into nothingness. But the Dragon Emperor didn’t show a delighted expression as he controlled the bubble to leave the range of the Mountain and Seas Formation. The range had shrunken dramatically due to Tianyi wanting to concentrate the power, so he escaped to outside of it easily.
The Mountain and Seas Formation not disappearing after his saber strike had sliced through Tianyi’s neck was the greatest proof that Tianyi was still alive. Had the Dragon Emperor been any slower, he would have encountered some difficulty escaping the formation.
Inside the Mountain and Seas Formation, Tianyi gripped his neck with a single hand even as black gas leaked through his fingers. Tianyi hissed in pain and fear; having your neck sliced through was an extremely unpleasant fleeing. Had it been an ordinary nascent soul grandmaster, no, even a unity venerable would have likely died under that strike. Had it not been for his unique cultivation method, Tianyi would have likely perished.
“You didn’t use this technique when we fought in the inheritance grotto,” Tianyi said, his voice not affected in the slightest by the laceration on his neck. “No, you were also pretending to be angry!”
Although the wound seemed threatening, there wasn’t any actual difference between a neck wound and a wound on any other part of his body. Tianyi no longer had any physical weakness of most living beings. The only slightly dangerous part was his dantian. If an attack could reach his spiritual cores or nascent souls, then he would be in danger. He no longer had a physical brain. Instead, it was his nascent souls controlling his body.
But if there were someplace that could hurt Tianyi, then it would be his forehead where the Heavenly Truth-Seeking Eye was gestating. The monetary loss would deal a tremendous mental blow to Tianyi.
“No, I’m not pretending to be angry.” The Dragon Emperor said, churning anger under his calm smile. “My anger is real, but how could I let it control me? If I couldn’t, I would have long died.”
Then the Dragon Emperor smirked. “As for why I didn’t use this technique. Did you really think I would reveal my strength to the world with so many eyes in a location not under my control? If my enemies were to discover that I’m not a mere clone created from a fragment, then I would have been hunted down.”
Not under his control? Tianyi tried to control the formation that sealed the Dragon Emperor only to find it frozen. No matter how much he urged it, it would not budge at all. But he couldn’t sense the Dragon Emperor’s will behind, so he must have some other means like an artifact or something. “You already knew I didn’t release the formation.” It was a statement and not a question.
“I’ve been alive longer than you by a hundredfold. If you were able to trick me, I might as well just self-detonate. What worth would I be if I cannot even see through your little schemes?” The Dragon Emperor chuckled, leisurely enjoying his chat with Tianyi, but the murderous intent in his eyes did not diminish at all.
Actually, he had a headache as well. The Dragon Decapitation technique wasn’t something he could use without any preparation. That was why even though he knew Tianyi was guarding against him, he still chose an opportune time to use it. He didn’t want Tianyi to actually dispel the formation and contact the outside world with his information. But who knew Tianyi would be so hard to kill?
Tianyi sneered. “So you actually hid all this strength. I pity the women who followed you. You didn’t even expose your true strength to save them. It seems that they are mere playthings to you.”
The Dragon Emperor stood there, stunned for a slight moment before a smile graced his lips. Immediately after, a myriad of saber-lights crashed onto the immortal mountain, causing great turbulence. Could he say that he didn’t have time to react to Immortal Concubine Chong’s attack? Never, he would never admit weakness to Tianyi, so he displayed his displeasure instead. “I was thinking of letting you live a bit longer, but it seems you are just asking for death.”
After Longwei, or rather the Dragon Emperor, escaped from Tianyi in Ironword’s inheritance grotto, Tianyi had been thinking of a way to prevent him from escaping. This was the method he created. The greatest advantage Tianyi had wasn’t his Nine Strokes Sword Arts, his claw arts, or all the treasure he had, or even his cosmos body. No, his greatest advantage was his bottomless true qi. Not even a true immortal would dare to claim to be able to outlast Tianyi.
So using the insights he gained from the Eight Strokes Word Art and his techniques, he developed this Chaos Refining Formation. Using his true qi of chaos to construct the formation, Tianyi could unleash it anytime he wanted. And by combining the concept of Eight Strokes Word Art and his Nine Strokes Sword Art, Tianyi was able to make it so that just being inside would cause damage to the Dragon Emperor. The only downside was that it required Tianyi to set up the core of the formation beforehand and continuously supply it with his true qi.
Tianyi used the sword that had accompanied him for over twenty years as the core since the basis was the Nine Strokes Sword Art. And as for the usage of true qi? Tianyi had never run out of true qi ever in his life. Even when he was testing, he only stopped because he became too bored after seven days and seven nights.
Since he couldn’t defeat the Dragon Emperor in terms of quality, then he will use quantity to smash the Dragon Emperor to death. Tianyi didn’t believe that the Dragon Emperor could outlast him as a nascent soul grandmaster!
And the Dragon Emperor was indeed feeling stifled. If it was just a normal battle or even a one-against-many, he wouldn’t be this frustrated. Tianyi didn’t play by the rules. Rather than fighting a person, he felt as if he had fallen into a danger zone.
A red glow covered the Dragon Emperor’s body, and a golden suit of armor materialized. His Red Dragon Lotus had yet to be repaired. It was already damaged when Lei Jingye found it, but its foundation was nearly wrecked after Immortal Concubine Chong’s assault. If possible, the Dragon Emperor didn’t want to bring it out, but he had no choice.
How laughable, a mere nascent soul grandmaster had forced him to use his Immortal Realm artifacts. The golden armor with dragons engraved was the same. It was one of the armors he used while he was a true immortal. But since he had not reached the Immortal Realm, the Dragon Emperor had to supply the Red Dragon Lotus and the golden armor with his limited supply of immortal stones. His heart just bled at the thought!
Tianyi may treat the immortal stones the same as spirit stones, but for the Dragon Emperor who did not have a steady supply, it was rending his heart. Not even when Immortal Concubine Chong chased him had he reached such a point. But how could Tianyi be done with just this?
Swords formed from the true qi of chaos materialized in the mini Vast Void, each containing the power of Dragon Extermination.
Ping!
Ping!
Ping!
Like bullets against a steel shield, they struck the Dragon Emperor before shattering back into black qi.
Reusable and recyclable, how eco-friendly!
The Dragon Emperor cursed Tianyi. With the new assault, the expenditure of immortal stones rose to a whole new level. His abilities to battle head-on were unmatched. Comparatively, his investigating skills were lacking, especially in his current realm. He gritted his teeth and continued to be on the defensive. Right now, his plan was a battle of attrition. He didn’t believe Tianyi could continue to uphold the formation for long.
But after several hours passed, the Dragon Emperor saw red. How many immortal stones has he used already!? Not just the Red Dragon Lotus and the golden armor, he had brought out two more Immortal Realm Artifacts and used them, but to no avail. He regretted not going all out before Tianyi had yet to unleash this domain move. The cost he incurred would be nothing. At this rate, he felt as if Tianyi would really kill him.
Tianyi wasn’t as confident as the Dragon Emperor thought he was. Compared to when he tested the move out, the amount of mental fatigue he accumulated was staggering. There were several times that the Dragon Emperor broke out of his formation, forcing him to restructure his Chaos Refining Formation, draining his mental strength. If this went on, Tianyi didn’t know if he could outlast the Dragon Emperor.
He had more than enough true qi, but if he were too mentally fatigued, it would be easy for the Dragon Emperor to defeat or even kill him. Sensing the threat of death from the Dragon Emperor, Tianyi brought out a talisman. It was a talisman that contained an attack at the level of an immortal monarch. For the revived Dragon Emperor to fall to this attack wasn’t a waste at all.
Tianyi activated the talisman and sent the attack at the Dragon Emperor. The sword-qi that flew out wasn’t an all-encompassing brightness but rather a shadowy, almost invisible sword-light. It soared towards the Dragon Emperor, and just as it was about to reach its target, Tianyi felt his consciousness explode in pain.
“FINALLY FOUND YOU!!!”