Tian Ci heaved a sigh of relief inside the formation.
‘Even though the Elder Ye Ming is only an Extreme Path expert, he isn’t afraid of any Imminent Immortal expert in the school. He is the strongest in his generation. It is said that his Spatial Dao is up to the point of perfection. He can go anywhere without leaving a trace. Thus, he is unthreatened by any of the Imminent Immortal experts. I’m safe because he’s here,’ Tian Ci thought, but he suddenly felt uneasy.
He raised his head only to see a giant palm falling on him from above.
“This is Elder Ye Ming’s formation! How is it possible for him to infiltrate without anyone noticing?” Tian Ci was beyond startled.
His physical body was deteriorating, and his forehead split again, revealing the sword tip, which neutralized the attack from the giant palm. The immortal sword glimmered in bright arrays shuddered for a bit before withdrawing from the scene.
On the other end…
Jiang Ming launched a barrage of Formless Sword Qi, prompting the void to crumble. A void akin to a black hole was formed, pulling Ye Ming into it and trying to shred him to bits.
Jiang Ming hastily raised up the halberd as he released a surge of tremendous strength. He ripped apart the night sky, shook the stars, and dimmed the night sky.
Yet, right when it happened, numerous spatial doors formed at the center of the crumbling void as Ye Ming barged out of it, escaping narrowly.
“To think that your Spatial Dao is not inferior to mine. How have I not heard of you?” Ye Ming was surprised.
Jiang Ming did not answer as he swung the halberd aiming at him.
“Akasa Gate!” Ye Ming’s pupil shrank as countless Akasa Gates closely appeared around him, each with a figure of himself standing in it.
This was Spatial Dao at its pinnacle, yet it still shattered under the halberd’s attack.
“Great special ability!” Jiang Ming gasped in applause, but his eyes were locked onto Ye Ming’s real self.
Ye Ming’s Spatial Dao was formidable. But at the same time, Jiang Ming was not at the weaker end of the match.
‘Five Elemental Dao, Yin-Yang Dao, Light-and-Dark Dao, Life-and-Death Dao, Reincarnation Dao, Demolition Dao…’ Jiang Ming thought and cast his Paradis projection.
Jiang Ming’s Paradis projection encompassed various Daos, covering thousands of miles in a blink of an eye, then condensing to only a 100-mile radius.
As his Paradis projection took over the area, the space itself started to shatter layer by layer, forcing Ye Ming out in the open.
“This, this, how is this possible!?” Ye Ming sensed numerous types of Dao around him. Even with his Dao, he couldn’t keep his composure as he was bewildered.
Ye Ming had had to do his best to master the Spatial Dao completely, even with his talent and wisdom. Yet, this person right here just conjugated so many different terrifying Daos, each Dao reaching the pinnacle of mastery!
At that very moment, Ye Ming was surrounded and chained by numerous Dao energies, which drowned him like a swamp.
He shuddered, releasing bursts of energy. His Forged Immortal Sword started to hum profusely, completely awakening to its full power. He slashed through the air, dispersing numerous Daos all at once. Just as he was about to struggle free, the Tyrant Halberd’s attack was already on top of his head.
He had no way to escape, for he was under spatial confinement, with the surroundings swamped by the Dao energy.
Clang!
Ye Ming kept his composure and slashed onward another wave to counteract the halberd’s attack but to no avail.
A bright ray of light shone atop his head as a mystical bell emerged, ringing profusely and penetrating the 99 layers of space. It radiated continuous waves of mystical lights in successions, trying to protect him.
Bang!
The glowing light shattered, bombarding the mystical bell away.
Ye Ming’s pupil shrank. Never did he expect that the bell would fail to withstand even a single blow from the halberd. As he swung his head, the halberd struck his shoulder.
Crackle!
As the bursting sound from the attack echoed, a silver battle armor hidden under his skin surfaced with numerous cracks from shattering. The cracking sound from bones fissuring could be heard coming from his shoulder as blood came bursting out.
Neverending energy traveled along his body, causing Ye Ming to tremble intensely.
At the brink of death, he unleashed all of his strength to withstand the damage.
Jiang Ming’s Tyrant Halberd suddenly rebounded and burst into pieces, unable to withstand the sheer strength of Ye Ming’s power.
Jiang Ming was about to continue with his barrage of attacks when his pupil shrunk suddenly. He then dashed in retreat into the void.
The Mystical Light Sword chased Jiang Ming into the void, hunting him down.
Ye Ming exhaled a breath of rotten breath as he was startled over the whole ordeal.
“That was too close to death! How can there be such a terrifying existence in the Human world?” Ye Ming was frightened.
He recalled the moment he reached this place and saw a sword merging into Tian Ci’s forehead. He was already startled when it happened.
That power was something that had transcended the normal human world. At first glance, he could already tell that the weapon was an Immortal Weapon—an authentic Immortal Weapon, not some forged imitation.
He was perplexed, wondering how Tian Ci owned such an immortal weapon.
Puzzled as he was, yet another abnormal existence appeared before him.
“I even heard that Tian Ci was defeated in battle by some 10-yearish little girl, sigh!” Baffled, Ye Ming felt as though he had really grown old.
Reaching up into the void, he took a bottle of potion out of the bright light from thin air. Upon consuming the potion, his shoulder that was supposed to be nearly obliterated quickly started to heal.
The mystical bell came flying back to him with a simple thought. Unexpectedly, the radiance on it had dimmed down.
Ye Ming put the mystical bell away and leaped high into the air, standing in midair. Behind him, layers and layers of Shadow Voids emerged as he was prepared for the worst.
Suddenly, the Mystical Light Sword that was hunting Jiang Ming down turned around abruptly, slitting into the huge formation far away.
Ye Ming thought, ‘How did he manage to infiltrate the formation to assassinate Tian Ci and evoke the Immortal Weapon again? I myself formed the formation, and yet I never sensed him penetrating into it!’
He felt the whole ordeal was becoming more and more out of hand. ‘Forming a clone to assassinate Tian Ci during our battle without me ever knowing! I can no longer hold back my curse! F*ck!’
As the whole thing ran through his mind, an array of light suddenly came out of his body, forming a silhouette of himself. It was projected into the formation directly, arriving by Tian Ci’s side.
At that moment, Jiang Ming leaped out of the void once again, launching his attacks.
“Die!”
Jiang Ming never uttered a word, but he conjugated the Great Akasa Divine Hand with a wave of his hand, encompassing the whole region and confining the space itself. The whole area was confined under the Divine Hand, making it impossible for the enemy to hide or escape.
Woosh!
Ye Ming’s figure swayed once again this time creating 9,999 Akasa Gates. He leaped into one of them, keeping himself out of reality by staying inside the pocket of space.
Even if more than half of the Akasa Gates were destroyed by Jiang Ming, more than hundreds of them were left.
Ye Ming said, “I’ve merged into the void, constantly existing in thousands and thousands of spatial nodes, ever moving in this 10,000-mile radius. Unless you can completely seal off this whole area here and force yourself through layers of space, you won’t be able to lay a finger on me! You possess the power to penetrate through many, but I’ve mastered the essence of space, making me unparalleled at dodging and escaping!”
Forced by Jiang Ming, Ye Ming could only use this plan. The truth was, it was an act of desperation.
Since Ye Ming could not fight Jiang Ming head-on, he could only stall for time.
“Your skills are indeed impeccable, but…” Jiang Ming smiled in reply, “But you were never my target in the first place!”
Ye Ming suddenly looked over to the formation afar.
Once again, hundreds and thousands of Spatial Gates emerged, each with a figure in it, looking in the same direction and radiating a haunting feeling.
Inside the formation…
Two of Jiang Ming’s clones emerged, one fending against Ye Ming’s clones and the other trying to cut down Tian Ci again.
Boom!
The formation completely burst open almost immediately. Jiang Ming’s clones were quickly taken care of by the Mystical Light Sword.
“Damn it! I’ve used up all three times!” Tian Ci was beyond terrified, yet he could not do anything.
There was no use escaping while facing such impeccable existence. Unless he managed to escape into the Tianyuan School, he would be hunted down in just a matter of seconds.
He could only put all his hopes on Ye Ming.
On the other side…
A part of Jiang Ming’s consciousness was on the Human Path Record.
Person: Ye Ming
Status: Currently fighting against a formidable opponent that is adept in many different Daos! ‘Truly incredible! In the Dao Realm, this person completely overwhelms me to the point that I cannot even fight back. This person is too strong, to the point that I doubt he is even human!’
Tian Ci’s Immortal Weapon emerged and fended off the opponent upon sensing that he was almost taken down. In a blink of an eye, pertaining to the current situation, he could only think of using Akasa Gate to trade attacks, teleporting back and forth hundreds and thousands of miles, not giving the opponent any chances of subjugating him.
He needed to spare a portion of energy to protect Tian Ci simultaneously!
After Jiang Ming finished reading, he thought, ‘Adapt as you wish for I have already completely seen through you. Prance around anywhere you want. You won’t be able to escape from my hand. Perceiving the future and anticipating the opponent’s moves, it is as simple as that.’
Upon seeing the Mystical Light Sword’s slash launching at him again, Jiang Ming leaped into the void again.
Ye Ming wanted to stop him from escaping, but he felt the sword’s attack would target him if he were to be near the sword.
Ye Ming was rather speechless.
Within the void, Jiang Ming held the Human Path Record in his hand. A simple flick, and he could already disjoin the Mystical Light Sword from locking on.
The Mystical Light Sword lost its target and swirled around for a while before heading back to where it came from.
Woosh!
Jiang Ming called up the Human Path Record.
Person: Tian Ci
Status: ‘God, who is this person? Why is he trying to kill me? Why can’t my Mystical Light Sword kill him? Why can’t Supreme Elder Ye Ming protect me?
‘I’m screwed. This is already the third time the Mystical Light Sword launched its attack. If it returns to me, its power will completely cool down, and there will not be any auto protection ability left. I can only wait until I have fully mastered elementary control before I can use it again!
‘The Mystical Light Sword has returned. I am done for!
‘Damn this Supreme Elder Ye Ming! Isn’t he the legendary impeccable one? How can he be so weak!?
‘What about the old ones from the school? Why haven’t they arrived!?’
At that moment, Tian Ci noticed in front of him two human figures.
The two human figures that literally brought him into despair
This time, Jiang Ming conjured two clones, sending them over using the Human Path Record as a guide! One of them caught onto the returning Mystical Light Sword while the other charged up for Heaven Suppression Divine Seal!
Just when everyone thought he was going to be successful, the space warped suddenly. Two Akasa Gates appeared. Two hands reached out of the Akasa Gates each, with the palms smacking the two clones.
At the same time, another clone emerged behind the two clones.
Although all of them were dispersed, it was that slight break of time that changed everything.
The first clone managed to grab ahold of the Mystical Light Sword but was quickly destroyed by the sheer formidable power in it.
On the other side, as the Heaven Suppression Divine Seal almost landed its killing blow onto Tian Ci, the space suddenly shattered and an old, skinny, skeleton-like hand appeared, dispersing the clone.
However, the sheer power bursting out gave Tian Ci’s whole body a concussion, nearly bursting his body into piles of blood.
“How dare you lay your hands on the disciples of my school!?”
A deep and decrepit voice was heard transmitting through layers of space, filled with anger.
Such tremendous strength felt as if it could overtake Ye Ming.
“Do you think your school is invincible?” Jiang Ming huffed, and even more clones emerged densely around Tian Ci.
The numbers were no less than tens of thousands, taking over the area.
“How can he conjure up so many of them?” exclaimed Ye Ming.
He quickly leaped to Tian Ci’s side and marked a boundary with a wave of his arm, creating a defensive barrier.
At the same time, he splashed Nature Fluid onto Tian Ci’s body, which seeped in and rejuvenated his vitality that was almost snuffed out.
When Jiang Ming’s clone was destroyed upon grabbing onto the sword, he could feel that the Mystical Light Sword was already very weak. His true self could surely handle its remaining power.
“Knew you were gonna try and snatch it! Die!”
The void suddenly cracked open right next to the Mystical Light Sword. An old man with a long sword at hand dashed out, slashing at Jiang Ming’s true body.
“As many clones as may be, as long as I can lock on to you, the spell will break easily!”
Bang!
A loud explosion echoed as the light from the sword split apart heaven and earth..
