517: Chapter 517 Ninth-Order Holy Mark Warrior

Under Nie Ning's gaze, a thin, white-haired Long-armed Human stepped out from the spatial rift.

Feeling the terrifying aura emanating from the opponent, Nie Ning immediately realized that this was the suspected ninth-rank powerhouse that Claude had mentioned!

Nie Ning instantly activated the Forbidden Domain of Living Beings.

Driven by the Power of the World, the rare flowers and plants around him withered rapidly, and Nie Ning recovered to his youthful state at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The Long-armed Human paused for a moment upon seeing Nie Ning, then his expression turned cold, and his eyes overflowed with killing intent.

"No wonder, I didn't expect you to not be a person of this world!"

Although his aura was the same as the creatures of this world, Nie Ning's appearance was clearly different from theirs.

At this moment, how could he not understand? Everything was a conspiracy by those demons, disguising themselves as their own people to seize the world core!

Nie Ning didn't speak, his mind racing to think of a countermeasure.

Although he could control the Power of the World, the opponent's aura was simply too strong, completely exceeding the limit of the Power of the World that he could control.

The Long-armed Human did not give Nie Ning time to think; he swung the large blade in his hand toward Nie Ning's position, and a hundred-meter blade aura lunged straight at Nie Ning.

Seeing this, Nie Ning pressed one hand onto the world core and raised the other to summon a massive white ice wall.

'Crack~'

The disparity in their strength was too great; in an instant, the ice wall was shattered.

Nie Ning's heart sank, and he gritted his teeth, attempting to directly draw upon the Power of the World core.

In an instant, Nie Ning felt a slight sweetness in his throat, his skin cracked and bled, and a heart-wrenching pain swept through his entire body.

Nie Ning forcibly swallowed the blood in his throat, then summoned a giant ice dragon to bite and shatter the blade aura.

The ice dragon circled once and charged directly at the Long-armed Human.

The Long-armed Human's face was filled with ferocity; the five-colored Sacred Rune on his body lit up, and he charged straight at the ice dragon, smashing it to pieces with his formidable physical strength.

The intense backlash caused Nie Ning to involuntarily spit out a mouthful of blood.

Too strong!

The Long-armed Human did not give Nie Ning a moment to catch his breath; he charged at Nie Ning like a cannonball, preparing to finish off this thief who was stealing the Power of the World in one blow!

But just as the Long-armed Human approached within ten meters of Nie Ning, a semi-circular light barrier covered in runes appeared.

The Long-armed Human, caught off guard, crashed directly into the barrier, and the entire core space shook incessantly from the powerful impact.

Nie Ning couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief; at least the array given by Claude didn't fall short, otherwise, he would have really been in trouble this time.

"Kid, do you think this can stop me!"

The Long-armed Human roared angrily, his thin body suddenly becoming robust.

As he raised his large blade, a hundred-meter blade of light materialized in the air.

Under the control of the Long-armed Human, the hundred-meter blade of light slashed down violently.

'Boom!'

The barrier trembled incessantly.

A terrifying shockwave tore up the surrounding ground, instantly turning the location of the world core into a floating island.

The backlash from the array caused Nie Ning to suddenly spit out a mouthful of blood.

'Is this really something a human can defeat...'

A trace of panic and shock appeared in Nie Ning's eyes.

The opponent was unreasonably strong; it was likely that the Profound Ice Nether Spring Array couldn't hold him back for very long.

Thinking of this, Nie Ning still felt a faint sense of worry.

The working principle of the Profound Ice Nether Spring Array was to draw upon the Power of the World and convert it into defensive power.

But everything has a limit, and the array was no exception; if this continued, he would definitely be finished.

Moreover, there was another very serious problem.

The array was connected to the world core, and as the controller of the array, the backlash would also be inflicted upon him, and it would also destroy the stability of the world core.

"The array is closely connected to the world core. If you continue to attack, you will only destroy the world core!"

Seeing that the Long-armed Human still wanted to continue attacking, Nie Ning hurriedly called out.

After all, he was only seizing the world rune, not intending to destroy the world core.

Furthermore, without the world core, Nie Ning did not know if the world rune attached to the world would still be useful.

If it was useless, then his current actions would have no meaning at all.

The Long-armed Elder stopped, looked into Nie Ning's eyes, then turned to the world core behind Nie Ning and spoke in a deep voice.

"I can give you a chance to leave, three breaths."

Upon hearing this, Nie Ning's eyes shifted slightly.

This amount of time was definitely not enough; just repairing the world core would take quite a while.

Besides, who knows if the other party would really let him leave.

Without the world core as a threat, he would be no different from an ant waiting to be slaughtered.

"How about this, you withdraw from here first, and then I will also leave, so you don't suddenly attack me."

Nie Ning thought about stalling for time, trying to make the world rune more complete.

This way, as long as his body could withstand it, theoretically, he would be a god here!

Moreover, he still had a final trump card; wanting to kill him was not that simple.

The Long-armed Elder did not speak, just stared at Nie Ning without blinking.

Nie Ning thought the other party was weighing the pros and cons, so his heart calmed down a lot; anyway, this was exactly what he wanted.

"Time is up."

Once the three breaths had passed, the Long-armed Elder spoke slowly.

"I have lived for 1208 years, witnessed too many dynasties and empires destroyed because of compromise, and also seen worlds destroyed because of exploring the starry sky."

"In this world of survival of the fittest, blind concession is just the beginning of destruction."

The Long-armed Elder glanced at Nie Ning indifferently.

"I know the world you come from is very strong, perhaps even beyond my imagination, but do you think this can make me submit?"

Watching the Long-armed Elder grip his large blade tightly, a bad premonition rose in Nie Ning's heart.

"You need to think clearly; among the billions of creatures in this world, not everyone is like you."

"Since the outcome is already destined, then they should be allowed to make their own decisions!"

Nie Ning hurriedly said.

The Long-armed Elder shook his head slightly, a bleak smile appearing on his face: "Do they even have the right to choose?"

Upon hearing this, Nie Ning was stunned, then fell silent.

Because the answer was very obvious.

In the eyes of the major powers, these planets were nothing more than their resource pools.

And in the subsequent world conquest plans, it seemed to only target Transcendents, but for ordinary people, there was no change.

But when one prospers, all prosper, and when one suffers, all suffer; those invisible pressures would always be distributed among everyone, it was just that those people found it hard to notice.

The Long-armed Elder suddenly struck, his long blade hacking fiercely at the barrier.

The intense backlash caused Nie Ning to spit out a mouthful of blood, and he couldn't help but curse himself for being an idiot, actually being influenced by someone else's few words.

'Crack~'

A strange sound was so conspicuous in the narrow space.

Nie Ning turned his head to look, and a tiny crack had appeared on the world core.

'Madman!'

The opponent's madness was unimaginable; this kind of act of actively destroying the world core made even Nie Ning feel terrified.

Sure enough, for beings who had grown to this level, very few were easy to fool; they would rather let the world be destroyed than be enslaved by them.