Li Yuanning showed a look of surprise. Shen Wang awakening his bloodline power didn’t surprise him; it was something that talent alone could achieve.
But to cultivate a Dharma Body seemed complicated in his view, as enhancing the physical body was very difficult.
"Just achieved, you’re the first to experience it."
Dragon-shaped Qi appeared on Shen Wang’s limbs and chest, the red dragon talisman on his skin glowing, fully activating his physical strength.
Without the support of his physical body, with just his current cultivation, he couldn’t possibly confront Gold Core level Li Yuanning head-on.
He looked at Li Yuanning, enveloped in rolling black Qi: "Unfortunately, the one you possessed this time had a Spirit Root, focusing on Qi Cultivation. Moreover, recovering your strength so quickly, your physical body is quite ordinary. Just relying on Gold Core Cultivation, you might be slain by me."
"Ridiculous, are you ignoring my centuries of experience?"
Li Yuanning’s gaze turned cold again, "How does a powerful physical body differ from a target without cultivation support?"
He didn’t speak much as he unleashed the fourth technique, Evil Star Crosses the Sky.
The surging evil Qi suddenly vanished, concentrating on the blade, transforming into a black-red star. Shen Wang hastily distanced himself.
Although close combat offered little advantage, he hadn’t forsaken magic. As he retreated, vines straightened beneath his feet, transforming into spears and shooting out.
Intermediate Wood Attribute Magic, Wood Spear Technique.
A large number of wooden spears flew out, forming a rain of spears, which fell before Li Yuanning in a defensive maneuver.
"Ridiculous, do you think a pile of wood can block my blade? Don’t you know metal overcomes wood?"
Li Yuanning pressed his blade, the star seemed to blossom, and every ray of light was a sharp Sword Qi.
Each wooden spear was directly sliced by the Sword Qi, a multitude of Sword Qi descending from above like thousands of blades returning to their origin.
"It’s grown much stronger, almost comparable to Third-Grade Divine Techniques."
Shen Wang estimated in his heart, having to form another wooden shield, yet it was full of holes.
Before he could block all the remaining attacks, the earth shook, and a black great river appeared before Shen Wang, the rushing waters seeming to completely engulf him.
Shen Wang knew this was the fifth technique, Evil River Inversion. When he used it, it was a river; when others used it, it was a great river.
He had to swing the Black Death Blade, also slashing, releasing a green-brown river, as Shen Wang activated his Water and Earth Attribute Spiritual Essence to strengthen this move to its fullest.
The Black Death Saber Technique was a Yin Attribute Technique, each move containing different attribute mysteries within.
Black Tiger Descending Mountain was Gold and Wind Attribute, Heaven-piercing Evil Qi was Fire and Wind Attribute, Body Separation was Gold and Earth Attribute, Evil Star Crosses the Sky was also Fire and Wind, while Evil River Inversion was Earth and Water Attribute.
The sixth and seventh techniques, Black Slaughter Chaos and Descent of the Evil God, would further harness all powers, even more terrifying.
He no longer concealed his multi-attribute powers, with water, earth, and wood enhancing each other, while the red Qi from his body surged in, further empowering.
In an instant, nine hundred-meter pythons wove through the green-brown river, each formed from parts of Shen Wang’s Qi, clashing with the black evil river opposite.
With a resounding boom, the earth quaked.
The black great river engulfed the green-brown river, yet red dragons pierced through the water, disrupting and disintegrating the move.
Beneath the terrifying destruction, hundreds of meters of vegetation in front of Shen Wang vanished, and an entire mountaintop was shaved off.
Before Shen Wang could catch his breath, the sixth technique Black Slaughter Chaos arrived, and the surrounding evil Qi surged, black Qi erupting from all directions, plunging the nearby Power of Heaven and Earth into chaos.
Under this move, Shen Wang struggled to mobilize Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, his face darkened, realizing how well the sixth technique Black Slaughter Chaos embodied the word "chaos."
"Fourth-Grade Divine Techniques?"
Shen Wang felt his breath stifled, using the same technique, forcibly seizing part of the surrounding evil Qi.
Without reservation, his Five Elements Attribute Power, along with thirty-six red dragon-shaped Qi, infused the blade, releasing an attack several times stronger than before.
The earth split open, dreadful cracks appeared, howling winds raged, clouds in the sky retreated, vegetation on the ground turned to dust, and trees a kilometer away were pressed down.
Shen Wang staggered back, his full-force strike barely blocking most of the power.
Quickly retreating, returning to an area with vegetation, Shen Wang gasped heavily, seizing the opportunity to absorb the power of the plants and restore himself.
"Seems you indeed have some depth; let’s see if you can withstand the seventh strike."
Li Yuanning rushed out from the chaotic aftermath, his previous aggressive momentum gone, but he was even more terrifying now as he used the seventh technique, Descent of the Evil God.
All of the evil Qi condensed into his body, pushing his limits higher, and even his blade trembled. At this moment, Li Yuanning was enough to make even Mid-stage Golden Core Cultivators turn pale.
At this point, the gap between the two widened further, Shen Wang sensed a life-threatening danger, as if truly eyed by an Evil God.
Shen Wang gritted his teeth, using the same move, converging the evil Qi into his body. But compared to Li Yuanning, the gap was obvious.
He felt immense pressure, his entire body tense, knowing he really couldn’t withstand this strike.
The Yin and Yang Qi in his Dantian suddenly moved, the Yin Qi merging with the evil Qi, allowing Shen Wang to draw more evil Qi from Heaven and Earth, an evident enhancement for the Black Death Saber Technique.
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At this moment, the clan mark on Shen Wang’s forehead lit up, and the surrounding plants suddenly withered, a vast essence of plants converging toward him.
His Sword Intent exploded, Essence, Qi, and Spirit reached peak status, and with the help of the essence of plants, continued to elevate, rapidly restoring his status.
Li Yuanning wouldn’t give him a chance to elevate; the blade light appeared before him with a clanging crash, the ground caved, and Shen Wang vomited blood, flying backward.
At that moment, both sides had condensed their Essence, Qi, and Spirit, yet Shen Wang was at a disadvantage. As one was injured, all suffered, and his Essence, Qi, and Spirit were shaken.
Shen Wang’s heartbeat quickened, a mysterious Blood of Life surged with power, the pure Life Force jolting his Essence, Qi, and Spirit, instantly stabilizing his injuries.
The clan mark on his forehead grew brighter, drawing more essence of plants, as if the emperor of the plants had descended.
Li Yuanning frowned, accelerating the blade light, and Shen Wang was instantly slashed several times.
Though each slash was blocked and his body unscathed, the impact reignited his newly stabilized injuries, causing blood to continuously flow from his mouth, even his nose and ears.
His tiger’s mouth fractured, and the Black Death Blade trembled, already at the end of its tether.
Li Yuanning’s saber technique shifted, using the prior six techniques in a Descent of the Evil God state. Though their might wasn’t great, each attack was terrifyingly powerful alone.
Shen Wang’s Black Death Blade broke after a struggle, but at the critical moment, a mass of black Qi surged out, blocking a move meant to disembowel him.
Yet simultaneously, a Thunder Sword Light shot from Shen Wang’s sleeve. Li Yuanning hadn’t expected Shen Wang’s counterattack at this critical moment, and hurriedly twisted his body but was still grazed on the flank by the lightning, blood gushing.
And then, a special force suddenly released from Shen Wang’s body, altering the scenery around Li Yuanning into a swamp.
He stopped with a troubled expression, glancing at his wound.
Having used all resources to recover his strength quickly, with no defensive treasure, Shen Wang had managed to injure him with a flying sword.
Critically, his opponent had a backup plan.
"Who would have thought you’d possess great treasures, a flying sword, and something binding me now!"
Li Yuanning tossed an elixir at the wound, staunching the blood, and moved his foot, momentarily trapped in the mire.
Outside, Shen Wang half-knelt on the ground, spitting a large mouthful of blood, looking at the Eight Trigrams Plate hovering in midair, radiating multicolored brilliance entrapping Li Yuanning, he gave a cold laugh.
"Thank you for personally demonstrating what the true Black Death Saber Technique is; now you can be on your way."
The evil Qi around Li Yuanning boiled: "Do you really think just a binding treasure can kill me?"
Gripping his saber: "Since you’ve pushed me this far, let me show you the ultimate move of the Black Death Blade."