<h4>Chapter 856: Against Luohou</h4>
As a regressor, Zhang Lie knew that there were two types of heaven''s might. One involved ''cause and effect'', and the other involved ''pration''. This use of heaven''s might could prate all defenses; in other words, it allowed its user to deal true damage.
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Water-attuned gic energy gathered on Zhang Lie''s de as a pale-blue shark emerged from behind Zhang Lie. Guicang shone with a pale-blue sheen, as though ocean currents were travelling along the de. A waterfall cascaded out of its tip.
"[The Boundless de]!" Zhang Lie swung downwards with a heavy blow, and the shark swam forth.
"The only reason my master could have lost to you was because he hadn''t recovered fully from his injuries. Take this—the strongest blow my master taught me!" Luohou''s sword and scimitar released a blinding glow. The sr re and moonlight illuminated the entire battlefield.
Luohou cross-shed with the sr sword in his left hand and the lunar scimitar in his right.
Sr res and moonlight shot out simultaneously. The power of sun and moonbined, condensing into celestial energy. To this potentbination, Luohou infused his heaven''s might. Blood-colored radiance forced everyone to look away.
Thebined attack instantly pierced through Zhang Lie''s shark and evaporated the sea of gic energy.
Zhang Lie wasn''t surprised. Luohou''s weapons weren''t particrly amazing; it was all thanks to the unbelievable strength of heaven''s might.
"[The Boundless de: Dragon''s Wrath]!" Zhang Lie thrust forward with Guicang, summoning a blood dragon. The dragon''s howl shook the air, but it too was pierced clean through by Luohou''s attack.
Only the four great xuluo lords were able tomand this extended power afforded to heaven''s might, which represented an evolution toward true heavenly strength. Compared to ''cause and effect'', ''pration'' was the simpler and cruder power, which only made it more devastatingly effective.
From a scientific perspective, the reason a steel sword could easily slice through a wooden sword was because steel was far denser than wood. One could order all materials in this fashion, but the ascended form of heaven''s might allowed its user to rearrange this order at will.
Zhang Lie activated [Syzygy]. A burning ck sun rose behind his back, and a bloody moon red into existence at his feet. Under thebination of the two auras, Zhang Lie seemed to have transformed into a god. His aura was magnified tenfold, and a halo of ck sun appeared above his forehead. Naturalw seemed to warp around him.
Runes likewise appeared on the bloody moon by his feet, forming an intricate array.
As the domains of ck sun and blood moon manifested around Zhang Lie, Luohou found his own energy being sapped away. Luohou didn''t panic—instead, he almost wanted tough.
"Haha, just what do you think you''re doing? Are you a professional clown?"
The xuluo that had gathered behind Luohou all began tough.
"Victory has been decided. The moment Lord Luohou''s attacksnd, the battle will be over."
"In the end, they''re just a newly evolved world. They might have put up a bit of a fight in the beginning, but they were going to lose to us xuluo sooner orter."
"Once Lord Luohou finishes dealing with this opponent, he''ll be able to turn to the king of the realm fending off Lord Qiantuo''s advance. It''s a pity about Lord Fuzhang''s sacrifice, but all this was necessary."
Luohou couldn''t help but taunt Zhang Lie, "No matter how many times you augment your strength, it''s all useless. The ascended power of heaven''s might isn''t something you can hope to ovee so easily."
Zhang Lie''s sword resonated as he intoned, "[First Form: Parting the River]!"
Gleaming light honed the edge of Zhang Lie''s sword, and a beam of sword energy rose into the air. Waves of sword aura poured from Zhang Lie.
The bright sword energy radiated from Zhang Lie like brilliant rays of sunlight. As Zhang Lie swung his sword, they shot toward Luohou, who was about tough out loud when he found himself at a loss for words.
The sword energy didn''t diminish as it struck his celestial des the way he had assumed it would—no, what happened shocked Luohou immensely. The sword energy was so strong it bisected his celestial energy, and Luohou''s attack shot harmlessly past either side of Zhang Lie.
Zhang Lie stood still, as though Luohou''s attack had never appeared.
Luohou''s eyes bulged. "Impossible, impossible! How could you have defeated heaven''s might—no one in the three thousand worlds could do so!"
"Who knows? Heaven''s might is a strong power, almost invincible in its own right—but not so the wielder."
A steel sword might be able to slice through a wooden sword, but not a tree. If Zhang Lie''s attack was dense and thick enough, even heaven''s might would be ineffective against him.
"You dare im that I''m weak? You''ll pay a heavy price for this, human!" Luohou roared. The sr sword in his hand began to burn brightly. Enraged almost to the point of losing his rationality, Luohou was just about to strike when Red Comet suddenlyunched a sneak attack.
"You bastard!" Luohou hastily shed in Red Comet''s direction with his sword, imbued with heaven''s might, and cut off one of Red Comet''s wings. At the same time, Zhang Lie struck again.
"[Shadow and Light]!" Time suddenly sped up in the vicinity of Zhang Lie, and the tip of his de arrived right by Luohou''s nose in the blink of an eye.
Luohou''s eyes widened. In the face of death, at the veryst moment, he reacted just quickly enough to turn his head and survive the attack with half his face scraped off.
Zhang Lie allowed his momentum to propel him forward even as Luohou''s sword and scimitar burst with bloody me. He tore apart the me with Guicang, revolved, and unsheathed Hanguang. The two swords criss-crossed and formed a web in mid-air—but an explosion from Luohou''s swords tore it apart.
The two swords shed against each other hundreds, thousands of times.
Zhang Lie''s arms moved so rapidly that the xuluo, watching from afar, could only see a blur. With rapid shes and strikes, Zhang Lie was slowly but surely chipping away at Luohou''s celestial energy...