Ji Ning and Ninedust jointly charged towards the ck-armored general.
The ck-armored general seated on the throne was toying with the Voidsea Jadeseal with one hand, seeming quite rxed. He put the seal down next to him on the throne, then rose to his feet.
“Aside from Dao-seals and simr treasures, you are permitted to use any secret arts or domain-type effects,” the ck-armored warrior said calmly.
“Oh?” Ning and Ninedust were both stunned. Secret arts and heartworld projections were both permissible? In their previous battles, all such techniques had been suppressed! Ning had actually tried to use his heartworld projection and secret arts against the golden-armored warriors and the crimson-armored warriors, but s the effects had been neutralized.
As for Dao-seals, of course those would always be forbidden. This ce was created by the Sithe to train and temper their Daolords; using Dao-seals wouldpletely and truly make the entire exercise pointless.
“Nine novessence arts and heartworld projection, descend!” Ning didn’t hesitate at all in executing these two techniques, causing an awe-inspiring Yin-Yang Sword Domain to descend along with the manifestation of his heartworld projection. Both came crashing straight down against the ck-armored general.
The ck-armored general gripped the warde by his side. “Your heartworld projection and your secret arts aren’t bad.” The ck-armored general suddenly manifested a total of threeyers of ck light over his body. The ck lightpletely covered and protected him from the might of the nine novessence arts and the heartworld projection. “Unfortunately, they aren’t quite enough to do anything to me.” He instantly drew his warde.
Whoosh! A streak of dazzling ck saber-light instantly sliced across the skies and chopped towards Ning. It was simply too fast; as soon as the saber was drawn, the saber-light had reached Ning! When Ning saw that terrifying saber-light appear before him, he felt his heart tremble.
“He’s at the level of the eight lords of the Sacred Cities.” When Ning saw the saber-light, he instantly understood how strong the ck-armored general was. The streak of saber-light vastly surpassed a hundred times the speed of light, and in power it was just as strong as a strike from Winesage. Itpletely surpassed the level which supreme Daolords were capable of reaching.
Swish! Ning suddenly vanished without a trace. sh! The saber-light sliced through the position Ning had previously been in, carving a deep gouge within the field of sword-intent generated by the Yin-Yang Sword domain. Momentster, the gouge quickly disappeared but Ning was nowhere to be found.
Of Ning’s five Omega Sword Dao stances, two were defensive while the other three (Heavenbreaker, Shadowless, Blood Drop) had various special effects.
The Shadowless stance allowed him to turnpletely invisible and evade even godsense.
The Blood Drop stance, when used with the Northbow swords, was Ning’s most powerful attack.
Although his heartworld projection and the nine novessence arts were unable to harm his opponent, they at least rendered him unable to defeat Ning’s Shadowless stance.
“Eh? Where’s he hiding?” The ck-armored general frowned as he immediately swept out with his warde,unching an omnidirectional attack.
“Hahaha! You won’t be able to find him.” Ninedustughed loudly as he transformed into an awesome wave that furiously surged out towards the ck-armored general and coiled around him.
The ck-armored general’s saber-light was impeded by Ninedust’s waves and also slowed down by Ning’s heartworld and the nine novessence arts. With Ning already knowing where the saber-light wouldnd, he was naturally able to avoid it with ease.
sh! A mist-formed sword suddenly struck out from nowhere and stabbed against the outermostyer of ck light covering the ck-armored general. sh! All threeyers were pierced through, but the speed of the sword was lessened as well.
When Ning struck, his strike would appear in front of you instantaneously!
“Eh?” The ck-armored general’s face tightened as he immediately struck out with his own warde to block Ning’s strike. His defensive saber-arts were quite wless, allowing him to block Ning’s strike almost instantly.
sh! sh! sh! sh! sh!
As the ck-armored general’s warde shed against Ning’s Northbow sword, the other five Northbow swords suddenly appeared as well, having transformed into five streaks of sword-shaped fog that stabbed straight through the threeyers of ck light.
“What?!” Because his warde had just shed against Ning’s first Northbow sword, the ck-armored general’s reaction speed was just a little too slow... and Ning’s other five Northbow swords were just too fast.
Whoosh! The ck-armored general’s warde sliced out a beautiful arc in the air. As the defender he always held a certain advantage, because he only had to defend a fairly small area, allowing him to deflect many attacks from the enemy with ease. However... his warde had been weakened and slowed down by its impact against Ning’s Northbow sword! This had an impact on his defensive stance.
sh! One of the streaks of sword-shaped fog stabbed straight into the ck-armored general’s runic core.
“What?” The ck-armored general was stunned. He just stood there nkly. “I lost? I lost that fast?” He had lost so quickly that he couldn’t even believe it.
“B-but...” The six golden-armored warriors and the three crimson-armored warriors who had retreated early on all stared dumbly. The ck-armored general was on par with the eight lords of the Sacred Cities! But of course, he had certain wspared to the actual lords... with the main w being that he only had a single weapon! Most true Emperors would manifest at least six arms to fight against foes, whereas the ck-armored general would only use a single warde against his foes as this was what had been designated by the Sithe.
The difference in power was too great, after all. Generally speaking, supreme Daolords would be crushed by the ck-armored general. Many ‘ordinary’ supreme Daolords found it impossible to even prate the threeyers of ck light!
The Shadowless stance made it impossible to predict where the attack woulde from. As soon as Ning attacked, his swords would have already gone through the threeyers of ck light, making it difficult for the general to defend.
The worst part was, Ning’s sword was incredibly fast. All six of them were incredibly fast, and they were also extremely unpredictable! Given that the ck-armored general only had a single warde to deal with the six Northbow swords, and given that the Shadowless stance allowed Ning to close in on him unhindered... s, he was defeated at the first go.
“I can send you flying with a single blow from my saber.” The ck-armored general shook his head in disbelief.
“But your saber-light wasn’t able to touch me, not even once.” Ning shook his head as well. In the end, the ck-armored general wasn’t a true Eternal Emperor; he didn’t even have domain-type secret arts. Winedust, for example, was able to use both a heartworld projection and secret arts to prevent Ning from moving too close to him via the Shadowless stance; if Ning attempted to do so, he would be exposed by the domain.
“I’m able to silently approach you without giving you any hint as to where I am! Given how fast my six Northbow swords are... if I’m still unable to touch your runic core despite all these advantages then that would mean I’m ridiculously weaker than the eight lords of the Sacred Cities.” Ning was in quite a good mood, both at how strong he had be as well as at his final sess.
“The Voidsea Jadeseal...” Ninedust stared at the jade seal atop the throne, his eyes gleaming with excitement. This was a legendary treasure, the most powerful Daomerge treasure avable. It had drawn the attention of virtually all of the supreme Daolords of the Endless Territories. Today, it would be his?
“What are you looking at? Go take it!” Ning barked.
“T-then I’ll really go grab it...?” Ninedust felt rather embarrassed, as Ning was primarily responsible for their sess. But in truth, he had yed a major role as well. His invulnerable aquaform was very tough for foes to deal with, and the way in which he had transformed into waves that hindered their foes made things much easier for Ning. Otherwise, Ning by himself would’ve taken forever to ovee even the first world.
“We agreed early on that it’d be yours. Stop wasting time! If you dy any longer, I’m gonna fight you for it,” Ning said.
Swoosh! Seemingly panicked, Ninedust reached out with his right hand, moving lightning-fast as he grabbed the jade seal atop the throne.
“Ninedust, you...” Ning stared at him. “Was it really necessary to grab it that fast? You moved more than a hundred times the speed of light!”
“Yeah, just keepughing. I really don’t care right now. Ahaha!” Ninedust was in quite a good mood. Even if Ning was to stab him with a hundred knives, he’d still continue to chortle.
Ning smiled as well. He had felt quite guilty towards Ninedust this entire time, but now he felt much better.
Whoosh. A streak of light appeared off in the distance, then flew straight towards them. It was Winesage.
“Fellow Daoists.” A sonorous voice boomed out, echoing throughout every inch of the Crimsonwave Temple. “The second of the three final Voidsea Jadeseals has been acquired by Daolord Ninedust!”
Winesage trembled slightly, looking almost like a bloodlusted mortal who suddenly had a bucket of icewater poured over him. Hended on the ground, staring dazedly at Ning and Ninedust and the throne next to them.
“You...” Winesage couldn’t believe it. This was simply too fast! He had just acquired his a short while. Somehow, Ning and Ninedust had sessfully acquired one as well?
“Haha, it’s on me. Come and take it, if you can.” Ninedust was quite smug. Given his invulnerable aquaform, he really didn’t fear any Daolords at all.
Ning stood by Ninedust’s side, a smile on his face as he looked at Winesage. “Winesage. You arrived toote.”