218: Chapter 218 Sacrificial Ritual [Unstoppable Overlord], Transformation into Emptiness, Thunderous Cold Sword Intent

The extremely faint bronze-colored patterns on his skin glowed slightly at this moment; his speed surpassed conventional factors, unable to even stir up a sonic boom, as he rapidly retreated.

Just as he was about to retreat a hundred meters, the silver galaxy around Wang An suddenly turned ethereal and expanded outward, shrouding the entire kilometer range.

The starlight within the galaxy suddenly arranged itself in a regular pattern, as if laying out layers of a great formation. The Xutong Spiritual Rhyme and Vital Qi that the two had previously stirred up were instantly suppressed and immediately expelled from the area covered by this divine ability.

As for Jiuli Bingjian, layers of sealing force assaulted his body. The blazing phoenix fire that had been burning on his bronze battle sword was suppressed to an extremely faint state, and the earthy-yellow protective glow that had recovered on his bronze battle armor also became extremely illusory.

The appearance of this Purple Mansion Divine Ability, with its sealing and protective capabilities, made the many mid-stage experts watching below secretly marvel.

As a supreme expert who had comprehended the three great profound laws, Gaoyang Zhenkong quickly analyzed the Heavenly River Water divine ability of the Incarnation on the battlefield using the Profound Observation Principle.

"This divine ability should possess barrier capabilities. Judging from what I see now, it has at least sealing, protective, chilling, and delaying capabilities; its functionality is extremely comprehensive."

"This type of capability is something our Bronze Human Race priest system is severely lacking, as our life-bound sacrificial artifacts' Ritual Method are limited to a single function. Perhaps later we can open a relevant research project to develop various multi-functional artifacts of this barrier type."

The several professors beside him, who were in charge of artifact research and forging, also nodded in agreement.

The few low-stage Transcendent Life forms under the protection of Gaoyang Zhenkong, watching the situation through the broadcast projection set up here, felt extreme admiration and longing for the fairy-like grace of Heavenly River Zhenren, who was surrounded by a galaxy and held a lightning-entwined Dharma sword.

Taichang, who did not know much about the Bronze Human Race sacrificial system, asked the Nascent Soul cultivator Taizhen with some hesitation.

"Judging from this situation, it seems Master Heavenly River has already gained the upper hand and completely suppressed the opponent. Is the battle about to end?"

Taizhen observed from the periphery with his own Nascent Soul divine sense. Although he also thought so, a transcendent system passed down for a million years would not have only these means.

However, Huayin Jiaoyue, who was accompanying them, heard this and explained to the mentor of her academy.

"Senior Jiuli Bingjian has only utilized our Bronze Human Race basic artifact means. His true life-bound sacrificial artifact and Ritual Method have not been deployed yet. It is still too early to say it is about to end."

Sure enough, above the valley, on the battlefield.

Jiuli Bingjian, while being suppressed, spoke in a loud voice that spread throughout the wilderness.

"Fellow Daoist's divine ability is unpredictable, both offensive and defensive, truly extraordinary. In that case, I will now bring out my real skills."

As soon as he finished speaking, the bronze battle sword in Jiuli Bingjian's hand shrank to a miniature size and hung at his waist.

His own aura was replaced by an Overlord aura that soared into the sky, fearing nothing and breaking through blockades.

The external forces that had been suppressed returned to normal, gaining more bonuses. The cold intent that had been slowly eroding his body was also instantly blocked and expelled, and he even forcefully pushed against the suppression of this field to rise to a higher level.

As his aura reached its peak, a 5-meter-long bronze battle halberd appeared beside him. Jiuli Bingjian grabbed it casually, looking extremely proud, and began to introduce it.

"This is a Ritual Method I, a Law-Defining Priest, perform using my life-bound sacrificial artifact."

"This move of mine is called Overlord Unstoppable; it has the ability to block all negative effects and greatly amplify my own capabilities. Fellow Daoist, be careful."

After all, the two sides were engaged in a combat exchange to discuss their respective transcendent systems, not a life-and-death struggle, so they still left some room for maneuver. Therefore, Jiuli Bingjian kindly issued a warning.

Wang An clearly felt an anomalous life form appear within his Return-to-One Heavenly River divine ability that was not bound by its sealing constraints.

Jiuli Bingjian's understanding and application of this Ritual Method had already been tempered through a thousand trials, and the prototype of the law had already made some progress.

In contrast, although his own cultivation knowledge had reached mid-stage level 2, the time he had spent comprehending and developing it was still too short to compare with the foundation of veteran experts like them who had practiced for seven or eight hundred years.

This time, Jiuli Bingjian did not dodge to attack; instead, he activated the bronze patterns on his skin to their peak state and charged over.

The distance between the two was only a few hundred meters; moving at high speed, it was but a blink of an eye.

In Wang An's view, on his 5-meter-long bronze battle halberd, it seemed as if a golden true dragon was coiled; the halberd was like the sharp claws of the true dragon, carrying biting killing intent and baleful aura, tearing down towards Wang An's Dharma body.

Wherever this bronze battle halberd passed, the silver Heavenly River that had originally covered a large area was torn apart inch by inch, unable to block it.

In response, in just an instant, the Return-to-One Heavenly River covering the exterior returned to within a few meters of his body, its form becoming extremely dense.

"Sss," a sound like thin fabric tearing echoed throughout the entire battlefield.

In Wang An's somewhat surprised eyes, this bronze battle halberd, under the blessing of the Ritual Method called Overlord Unstoppable, had actually torn through the protective galaxy he had set up with his divine ability.

Just as everyone watching the battle thought that this Heavenly River Zhenren would use the lightning-entwined Dharma sword he held to parry and deflect this attack to both sides.

Wang An just stared straight ahead as the attack of the battle halberd approached his Dharma body.

His Star-Slaying Thunder Punishment Dharma Sword, which was originally only a second-stage low-grade item, had been upgraded by adding a large amount of Star Beast materials. Although it would not break if it took this blow head-on, any damage would be unsightly.

Gaoyang Zhenkong, who had been closely observing the two fighting below, was ready to step in and block this attack at any time; after all, he couldn't let a guest be injured in their Bronze Academy.

But just as he was preparing to act, the Profound Observation Principle gave a different feedback, so he put his just-raised hand back down and shook his head with a smile.

"Young people these days are truly bold."

While the others watching were still feeling confused, the bronze battle halberd in the center of the battlefield was about to touch the Dharma body of Heavenly River Zhenren, but it suddenly missed and slashed downwards.

Jiuli Bingjian looked again, and the figure of Fellow Daoist Heavenly River had already appeared at his side.

It turned out that the place he had attacked had become an illusory image. This was precisely the capability of Return-to-One Heavenly River integrated with Qingming Void Evasion; as long as he was within the range covered by this divine ability, he could turn into an illusory image at will and appear instantaneously.

As Jiuli Bingjian looked over, this time, what was entwined on the Star-Slaying Thunder Punishment Dharma Sword was a kind of Thunder-Cold Sword Intent containing paralysis and mind-sealing properties, as if it wanted to control and freeze everything in this place.

Seeing this situation, Jiuli Bingjian had just swung the bronze battle halberd and could not parry in time.

He could only use the Overlord Dharma body stimulated by Overlord Unstoppable to block this attack, which contained the true intent of Thunder Dao paralysis, Purple Mansion Divine Ability sealing, and the true intent of the cold divine ability.

The two touched, emitting a "hiss" sound, as if burning hot fire had met icy cold water.

But because he had never encountered this kind of true intent—which contained the practitioner's extremely strong personal will combined with laws and logic—Overlord Unstoppable, which could originally block all external erosion, did not know how to judge it.

It could only let it occupy the entire Dharma body, causing Jiuli Bingjian's whole body to be covered by coldness and paralysis; his originally extremely flexible and violent body became stiff and slow under this influence, and even his thinking began to lag.