144: Chapter 144 Showdown with Ji Xuan!
Chapter 144: Duel with Ji Xuan!
"An instant kill?"
"Impossible! That was a King-level Void Beast!"
"Even a true Martial King wouldn't be able to achieve an instant kill, right?"
This absurd thought surfaced simultaneously in the hearts of the six great Prodigies, but they immediately cast it aside ruthlessly.
No matter how strong Ning Yuan was, he was just a junior who had only recently achieved a Breakthrough to the Sun level.
How could he possibly reach such a level?
He must have used some special method!
Or... he was lucky and the Void Beast he encountered happened to be relatively weak?
"Hmph! No matter how he did it, since he's already gone up, I can't fall behind!"
"This Taixu Divine Tower's Opportunity is destined to belong to me, Ice Emperor!"
"In the path of the sword, one either advances or retreats! Ning Yuan, I want to see just what capabilities you have!"
"Amitabha. This poor monk's Indestructible Vajra Body happens to need a stronger opponent for tempering!"
...
Although the six Prodigies were shocked, they did not back down because of it.
As figures standing at the Peak of the Human Race's younger generation, each of them had their own pride and trump cards!
Ning Yuan's strength instead further stimulated the Battle Intent and competitiveness in their hearts!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Six terrifying auras erupted almost simultaneously from those six independent spaces!
Ice Emperor held the Ice Snow Divine Sword; with one strike, she froze the void and sliced that King-level Ice Python in half!
Ji Xuan transformed into ten thousand sword shadows, formless and intangible, shredding that King-level Void Beast into pieces!
Beast King transformed into a hundred-zhang Demon Ape with infinite strength, literally tearing that King-level Giant Ape in two!
Fa Chan radiated brilliant golden light like a glaring Vajra, blasting that King-level Vajra Lion apart with a single punch!
Holy Maiden of Yaoguang Holy Land's Nine-Orifice Exquisite Heart circulated, mastering all laws and using finesse to overcome power, trapping and killing that King-level Phantasm Beast!
As for that mysterious 'God of War', he was even more simple and crude; with a blood-colored long spear in hand, he directly pinned that King-level Blood Dragon to death within the void!
The six Prodigies each displayed their Divine Abilities!
Although the process was much more difficult than Ning Yuan's, they all passed the test of the ninety-first floor without further incident!
As six pillars of light soared into the sky, their figures also disappeared from where they stood, entering the next floor!
The ninety-second floor!
The space here was broader than any previous floor, a void all around, with only a massive arena forged from an unknown metal beneath their feet.
Upon the arena, there weren't the expected two King-level Void Beasts.
There was only... a single figure!
A figure who had clearly been waiting for a long time and appeared quite bored!
Ning Yuan sat cross-legged in the center of the arena, a half-chewed Spiritual Plant still dangling from his mouth, while his hands toyed with a spatial crystal core he had just dug out from the Void King Python's body.
"Sigh, the mechanism of this Divine Tower is too slow, isn't it?"
"I've been waiting for ages, why hasn't anyone come up yet?"
"Could it be... those guys were all eliminated?"
He let out a bored yawn, even starting to suspect if this Divine Tower had a bug.
Just as he was feeling utterly bored.
Buzz!
On the other side of the arena, the teleportation array suddenly lit up with a brilliant light!
A sharp Sword Intent, keen to the extreme, emanated from that light, instantly shredding the surrounding void into fragments!
Ning Yuan's eyes lit up, and he jumped to his feet, spitting out the remains of the Spiritual Plant.
"Hehe, finally a living one!"
"Let me see which unlucky bastard is fortunate enough to run into me?"
The light dissipated.
Revealing a slender figure dressed in green robes with an ancient sword on his back.
He had a handsome face, sword-like eyebrows, and starry eyes; his entire being was like an unsheathed sharp sword, emitting a piercing aura that made one afraid to look directly at him!
Especially those eyes, deep as an abyss, as if they hid endless Sword Dao Profound Truths!
The Void Sword Child of the Ji Family from the Eastern Desolate Star Domain—Ji Xuan!
As soon as Ji Xuan appeared, his gaze instantly locked onto Ning Yuan across the arena.
When he saw clearly who his opponent was, his pupils shrank violently, and an extremely solemn expression appeared on his face.
"It's you?!"
"Ning Yuan?!"
He never imagined that upon entering the ninety-second floor, the opponent he would encounter would be this currently first-ranked, mysterious fellow!
This was way too unlucky, wasn't it?
Although he had great confidence in his own strength, facing this monster who could instant-kill a King-level Void Beast, he had no confidence at all in his heart!
"What? Surprised to see me?"
Ning Yuan looked at him with a smile, as if looking at a fat sheep waiting to be slaughtered.
"Actually, I'm quite surprised too."
"I originally thought I'd run into two King-level Void Beasts, I didn't expect... it would be a living person?"
"It seems the test of this ninety-second floor is a duel between the two of us?"
As he spoke, he cracked his wrists, producing a series of crisp popping sounds.
"Just as well, fighting that big snake earlier wasn't satisfying enough."
"I hope you... can take a beating a bit better than that snake!"
"Hmph! Arrogant!"
Hearing this, Ji Xuan's face darkened, and the Battle Intent in his eyes was instantly ignited!
Although he was wary of Ning Yuan, as the Sword Seed of the Ji Family, he also had his own pride!
To be so belittled was simply a great humiliation to him!
"Ning Yuan! I know you are strong!"
"But I'm no pushover either!"
"If you want to beat me, then show your true capabilities!"
Clang!
The ancient sword on his back unsheathed at his command, transforming into a green stream of light and falling into his hand!
Runes flowed upon the sword's blade, emitting a terrifying fluctuation that seemed to slice through the void!
Void Divine Sword!
The Ji Family's clan-guarding Imperial Weapon!
Although he couldn't unleash its full power due to Realm restrictions, in his hands, it still possessed a sharpness that could sever anything!
"Void Sword Dao: Formless and Traceless!"
Ji Xuan gave a low shout, his body flickering as he directly vanished from where he stood!
Not a single trace of his aura remained!
It was as if he had evaporated into thin air!
This was the terrifying aspect of the Void Sword Dao!
Killing invisibly, impossible to guard against!
"Oh? Playing hide and seek?"
Seeing this, Ning Yuan didn't panic; instead, he grinned.
"A bit interesting."
"But... playing this trick in front of me, you're still a bit too green!"
Buzz!
Within his pupils, that familiar dark divine light surfaced once more!
Lesser Star Abyss Annihilation Divine Light!
Seeing through falsehood, pointing directly to the Origin!
In his vision, the originally empty void now showed extremely faint spatial ripples.
Those were precisely the traces left behind by Ji Xuan as he moved!
"Found you!"
A mischievous smile curled on Ning Yuan's lips, and his body moved like lightning, instantly charging toward a spot in the void to his left!
Boom!
True Dragon Fist!
A punch thrown, accompanied by bursts of dragon roars!
The terrifying punch force directly smashed that patch of void into pieces!
Clang!
A crisp sound of metal clashing rang out!
A green figure tumbled out of the void in a sorry state, the long sword in his hand trembling violently!
It was Ji Xuan!
He looked at Ning Yuan with a face full of horror, his eyes filled with disbelief!
"You... how could you possibly see through my Void Sword Dao?!"
This was a top-tier escape technique that even a true Martial King might not necessarily detect!
Yet it was seen through by this guy at a single glance?!
This was simply like seeing a ghost!
"Nothing is impossible."
Ning Yuan shrugged with a relaxed and casual expression.
"I can only say... your Sword Dao isn't practiced well enough yet!"
"Again!"
He laughed loudly and charged forward once more!
Bang bang bang bang!
The two of them instantly clashed in a fierce battle!
Although Ji Xuan's sword techniques were exquisite and his movement was eerie, he was suppressed at every turn before Ning Yuan's divine pupils that could see through all falsehood and his domineering Physical Body strength!
Every one of his attacks could be accurately predicted and blocked by Ning Yuan!
And every one of Ning Yuan's punches made him feel an irresistible, terrifying force!
In just a few dozen exchanges, Ji Xuan was already beaten into retreat, having only the strength to defend and no power to strike back!
"Damn it! Just what kind of monster is this guy?!"
Ji Xuan felt bitter in his heart.
He felt as if he were fighting a Primordial Tyrant Dragon wearing human skin!
Every collision made his hand go numb and his blood boil!
If it continued like this, he would probably be shaken to death before long!
"No! I can't let this go on!"
"I must use my trump card!"
A look of resolution flashed in Ji Xuan's eyes!
He suddenly bit the tip of his tongue and spat a mouthful of essence blood onto the ancient sword in his hand!
"Void Sword Domain: Ten Thousand Swords Returning to the Ancestor!"
Boom!
With him as the center, the space within a hundred-meter radius instantly became a patch of Chaos!
Countless invisible strands of Sword Qi emerged from the void, dense and overwhelming, like a Sword Qi storm strangling toward Ning Yuan!
This was his strongest strike!
It was also his bottom-of-the-barrel killing move!
Even a true King-level expert caught in this Sword Domain would lose a layer of skin!
"A trump card, huh?"
Looking at the terrifying Sword Qi sweeping from all directions, Ning Yuan not only showed no fear but instead revealed an excited light in his eyes.
"Just as well! I also want to test the power of that move of mine!"
"Star River World—Open!"