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The two watched the battle intently.
Inside the array formation.
Palace Lord Snowjade stood there as the frosty aura invaded Ta Gu’s body.
“Since you aren’t attacking, I’ll attack first.” Ta Gu smiled slightly. His figure instantly blurred as he appeared in front of Snowjade. A black saber slashed at him.
Only then did Snowjade extend his palm. He wore a golden glove, and there was a crystalline layer of ice on the glove’s surface. His palm pressed down on the black saber’s blade. With a thrust, his palm stabbed towards Ta Gu’s chest, only to see Ta Gu’s chest robe tremble slightly. The attack failed to pierce through.
Chi!
A blood-colored saber beam struck Snowjade.
Two sabers; one black saber in the light and one blood-colored saber in the dark. The blood-colored saber stabbed towards Snowjade’s abdomen, but it failed to pierce through the ice layer on the surface. This caused Ta Gu’s expression to change slightly.
Pfft.
Clang!
Palace Lord Snowjade stood rooted to the ground and only waved his palms. As for Ta Gu, his figure blurred as he constantly attacked.
Both parties allowed each other to attack their bodies at times. They were clearly very confident in their bodies.
In just a few seconds, they had already exchanged hundreds of blows.
As Physical Body Tribulation Eminences, they were best at close combat. Each move was extremely restrained, but their strength was extremely terrifying.
“Those who come from the Shura Realm have rather strong bodies,” praised Snowjade.
How is that possible? Ta Gu already felt that something was amiss. He actually didn’t have an advantage in a head-on clash?
According to Eternal Tower’s intelligence, Palace Lord Snowjade cultivates the ice lineage. Although his defense is very strong, how can he withstand Ta Gu’s attacks without taking any damage? Meng Chuan was somewhat shocked.
“Snowjade’s strength?” Black Wind’s expression changed slightly.
“Since you have no other moves, there’s no need to delay this any further,” said Snowjade indifferently.
Pfft—
His palm instantly thrust through Ta Gu’s chest.
Ta Gu looked down at the white arm in shock.
Snowjade’s palm had completely pierced through his chest.
Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!
Almost instantly, the illusory palm tore through Ta Gu’s body.
Ta Gu’s body instantly collapsed into a pool of blood.
With a flash, the blood condensed and reformed Ta Gu’s body at the array formation’s periphery, which was thousands of kilometers away.
Palace Lord Snowjade’s expression remained cold. He appeared at the edge of the array formation almost simultaneously and shattered Ta Gu’s newly-condensed body.
Blood constantly flowed!
The pool of blood instantly traversed from one corner of the array formation to another corner. It constantly changed positions, but Snowjade followed like a shadow, destroying his newly-condensed body time and time again.
If this continues, he will only need an hour to destroy my body completely. Ta Gu, who was in the form of blood, understood his current situation.
If he was outside, he would be able to escape far away because the array formation’s restrictions wouldn’t be affecting him. However, this time, they had to fight within the array formation until a victor emerged.
Furthermore, I probably won’t be able to escape his pursuit in the outside world if I don’t use my life-preservation items. Ta Gu could tell. Apart from being skilled at the ice lineage, he also has a Fifth Tribulation technique of the void lineage.
Apart from the ice’s sharpness, Snowjade’s palm contained more profound void lineage laws. This was why it could penetrate his body.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The blood that had been fleeing all this time spoke suddenly. “I admit defeat.”
Only after Ta Gu admitted defeat did Snowjade stop.
The array formation temporarily retracted its might. The snake-tailed man nodded and said, “We’ve decided on a winner. The two of you will be next.” As he spoke, he looked at Meng Chuan and Black Wind.
Meng Chuan and Black Wind nodded slightly before flying towards the array formation.
“Snowjade, you sure hid your strength well,” said Black Wind with a laugh. “You actually comprehended a second Fifth Tribulation technique. Even with our relationship, you have been hiding it from me all this time.”
“Why should I tell you?” said Snowjade coldly.
Black Wind was taken aback, but he quickly chuckled. “That’s really in character.”
Snowjade and Ta Gu flew to a corner to watch the battle between Black Wind and Meng Chuan.
“Impressive,” said Ta Gu as he smiled.
“Your Shura Realm’s body is rather powerful. I can shatter your body, but it’s difficult for me to exhaust your Shura blood,” said Snowjade.
However, Ta Gu wasn’t smug. Although he had comprehended Fifth Tribulation laws’ profundities, his technique usage was still inferior to Snowjade! Those who came from Shura Realm were famous for their life-preservation abilities.
However, their ancestors’ help was limited. When there was a huge difference in realm, Ta Gu had nothing to say about his loss.
For example, pure-blooded dragons and phoenixes had extremely high talent because of their ancestors. However, when they encountered a Seventh Tribulation Eminence, they had to bow their heads obediently. Even if a Seventh Tribulation Eminence captured a pure-blooded dragon or phoenix to refine their bloodlines, the two species didn’t dare say anything.
This was the outer realm. One had to rely on strength to have any say!
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The array formation rose once again.
Inside the array formation, Meng Chuan and Black Wind faced each other.
As long as I defeat the victor of this battle, I’ll be able to obtain this cave abode’s treasures. Snowjade’s eyes burned with anticipation. Soon… I’m about to succeed.
He thought nothing of Black Wind.
Meng Chuan? To Snowjade, he was only a newly-advanced Fifth Tribulation Eminence. He didn’t pose much of a threat.
Chapter 564 - Old Fiend Black Wind
Old Fiend Black Wind looked at Meng Chuan carefully. No matter who he faced, he wasn’t careless. He would still be careful even if he were dealing with a Fourth Tribulation Eminence, much less someone at the Fifth Tribulation realm.
A long, long time ago…
When he was still at the Fourth Tribulation realm, he could be said to be invincible among his peers. Furthermore, with his ferocious personality, he thought nothing about opponents at the same level. However, this led to him suffering a terrible defeat.
The price he paid was immense, but it taught him a lesson he would never forget.
Although he still addressed himself as Old Fiend Black Wind, he was on good terms with everyone. He didn’t easily offend cultivators of the same level. He focused more on his cultivation.
I believe I’ve accumulated enough insights after cultivating for more than 30,000 years. Black Wind felt mixed emotions. However, Snowjade, who is much younger than me, is now one step ahead of me. He has already grasped two Fifth Tribulation laws. Compared to Snowjade and company, my talent is still lacking. I need to focus on my cultivation even more.
Black Wind stared at Meng Chuan. Now, I should fight Eastcalm with all my strength and defeat him.
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Meng Chuan stood in the array formation. There was a string of beads on his left wrist. It was a Seventh Tribulation treasure from Ancestral Master Archean Eon’s treasure vault that suited him best—Thirteen Universe Beads.
Boom!
A painting unfolded behind Meng Chuan. In the blink of an eye, it enveloped the entire array formation. This painting was a World Treasure. The Essence Soul World’s powers were even more terrifyi
ng with the World Treasure as its medium.
In fact, Meng Chuan would be at a disadvantage if the cave was only 5,000 kilometers wide. As an Essence Soul Tribulation Eminence, his Essence Soul World could cover millions of kilometers. As for Physical Body Tribulation Eminences, they hoped to close the distance when fighting Essence Soul Tribulation Eminences.
Huh? Meng Chuan’s Essence Soul World suppressed his opponent’s various aspects.
Black Wind felt the powerful suppression and determined Meng Chuan’s realm. Essence Soul Fifth Tribulation realm. Black Wind was very certain of this. He didn’t hesitate to move.
He transformed into a blur and attacked Meng Chuan.
Crackle!
Lightning flashed around Meng Chuan. He was about to jump out of the confines of time to achieve Time Stillness’s effects.
A fish would leave ripples as it swam across the water. The larger the fish was, the greater the disturbance in the water.
Tribulation realm experts were fish, and spacetime was the water.
The stronger a Tribulation Eminence was, the more terrifying the effects on spacetime would be. It was 1,000 times more difficult for Meng Chuan to jump out of time’s confines around an expert. Even accelerating the time flow became very difficult.
A Sixth Tribulation Eminence could simply look over, and it would be pretty good if Meng Chuan could still accelerate the time flow to gain an advantage.
If it were a Seventh Tribulation Eminence, one glance from such an expert would collapse the spacetime around Meng Chuan. His body would be annihilated.
I’m unable to jump out of time’s confines due to a nearby Fifth Tribulation Eminence’s influence. Meng Chuan realized this. I can only maintain a 50-fold faster time flow.
The flow of time was relative.
Three seconds for Old Fiend Black Wind was 150 seconds for Meng Chuan. Due to this, he naturally had a huge advantage in battle.
What? Old Fiend Black Wind instantly lunged at Meng Chuan, but he discovered that Meng Chuan had easily fled thousands of kilometers away. This made Old Demon Black Wind immediately sense the accelerated time flow around Meng Chuan. The time flow around is 50-fold faster? I won’t be able to catch up to him then!
“That fast?”
“This time flow acceleration…”
Even Ta Gu and Snowjade, who were watching from afar, were slightly shocked.
It was already very good if a Fifth Tribulation Eminence could gain a temporal acceleration advantage. However, Meng Chuan had a 50-fold temporal acceleration advantage. This meant that he was extremely powerful in this aspect.
From the looks of it, the formulation he cultivates focuses on the time lineage. Although he will gain a huge advantage in a certain aspect when focusing on it, he will be weaker in other aspects.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The surging black wind swept across the entire array formation.
My Black Wind Body can vary in size. It can easily fill the entire array formation. Let’s see where you can hide. The chaotic black wind rapidly spread out. It spread across a 500-kilometer area before covering a 1,500-kilometer area rapidly.
Meng Chuan waved his hand. “Go.”
Bloodblades flew out.
Every Bloodblade rapidly accelerated to light speed. Combined with the temporal acceleration, their speed was even more terrifying.
All of them were extremely dazzling. The Bloodblades—which were moving at light speed—were extremely terrifying.
Infinite Saber!
“Die!” The surging black wind condensed into arms.
Every black wind arm held a weapon. There were spikes, sabers, swords, spears, whips… All sorts of weapons attacked Meng Chuan at the same time. Black Wind didn’t bother blocking the Bloodblades at all.
Rip!
Bloodblades tore through the black wind and struck the void. The wind dissipated, but the Bloodblades failed to injure Black Wind a single bit.
Instead, Black Wind’s weapons constantly attacked Meng Chuan, while the black wind surrounded Meng Chuan and attacked him as well.
I lack strength when I’m only using paramount speed laws. If I encounter a Fifth Tribulation Eminence with strong life-preservation means, I won’t be able to injure him at all. Meng Chuan made a judgment. However, my 50-fold temporal acceleration advantage is already very great.
Old Fiend Black Wind is very experienced. He has grasped a Fifth Tribulation law and is also using several Fourth Tribulation laws in conjunction. Meng Chuan only relied on his Essence Soul World’s suppression and temporal acceleration to dodge the weapons’ attacks.
“Trying to flee?” Black Wind was originally good at speed, but he immediately roared when he encountered the even more slippery Meng Chuan.
Invisible waves came with the roar. These invisible waves spread throughout the array formation and attacked Meng Chuan.
Let’s end this. Meng Chuan realized that he couldn’t defeat Old Fiend Black Wind with Infinite Saber alone. He wasn’t confident in killing his opponent with Infinite Saber alone unless he used the Thirteen Universe Beads—a Seventh Tribulation treasure. However, the Bloodblade Disc was a Sixth Tribulation treasure. Furthermore, it was Meng Chuan’s intrinsic treasure. Just the Bloodblade Disc alone was enough to deal with enemies. Only if it were a special situation would he use the Thirteen Universe Beads.
After experimenting with Infinite Saber during his first battle with a Fifth Tribulation Eminence, Meng Chuan brought out the big guns.
Boom!
The Bloodblades surrounding Meng Chuan suddenly changed.
He maintained the 50-fold faster time flow as the Bloodblades instantly gathered terrifying might. The infinite might fused together, forming a destructive force. This destructive force—Power of Annihilation—then condensed into black light beams.
Several black light beams appeared!
This is… Snowjade, who was watching from the side, originally felt that everything was within expectations. However, Snowjade instinctively felt fear when the Bloodblades transformed into the black light beams…
The black light beams’ annihilative properties were terrifying. It contained greater power than when the Bloodblades were moving at light speed.
This Essence Soul Tribulation Eminence named Eastcalm has grasped two Fifth Tribulation laws? Ta Gu was alarmed as well. Snowjade is stronger than me; Eastcalm is also stronger than me. However, I can obtain a treasure simply by coming to this cave. My goal has been achieved.
…
Oh? Black Wind also sensed that something was amiss. He instinctively used his weapons to block the black light beams.
Clang!
A saber and a spear were flung far away.
When they exchanged blows, Black Wind couldn’t even hold his weapons firmly. From this, one could tell how terrifying the black light beams were.
Apart from the saber and spear, none of the other weapons were able to block the black light beams. In fact, the black light beams’ had average speed and average agility. However, the black light beams became much faster when influenced by the 50-fold faster time flow. They became difficult to block or dodge.
Chi!
The Bloodblades flew through the black wind in the form of black light beams, covering the entire array formation.
Every spot the black light beams swept across erased the black wind.
Not good.
The black winds instantly gathered and converged into Old Demon Black Wind’s original appearance. However, he now had eight arms and a weapon in each hand. After his body shrank, his defense became even more perfect.
The black light beams were simply too fast when affected by the 50-fold faster time flow.
Bam! Bam! Bam!
Black Wind’s weapons were sent flying one after another. Black Wind revealed a look of disbelief. I can’t even defend against this? Following that, multiple black light beams penetrated his body.
“I admit defeat,” said Black Wind loudly.
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He was out of options. The already powerful Saber of Nirvana naturally changed qualitatively once affected by a 50-fold faster time flow. Meng Chuan completely crushed Old Fiend Black Wind. All Black Wind could do was take a beating.
I have the confidence to stay alive when facing Snowjade and Ta Gu. But my movement speed—which is what I’m best at—is restrained by Eastcalm. I’m afraid that my Black Wind Body will be destroyed in a moment. He really restrains me the most. Black Wind realized this. Logically speaking, he had cultivated for more than 30,000 years and had many means available to him. However, this mysterious, white-haired Eastcalm was his greatest nemesis.
I won. There’s only one opponent left. Meng Chuan looked at Snowjade.
Chapter 565 - Meng Chuan and Palace Lord Snowjade
Soon, Meng Chuan and Snowjade stood in the array formation.
Only the victor of this round could reach the end of this expedition.
Palace Lord Snowjade was dressed in a light-blue robe. There were faint blue patterns on his face, and his eyes were like dark-blue jade as he stared at Meng Chuan. His gaze was extremely oppressive. However, Meng Chuan’s eyes were very calm. He knew the least about this cave abode. His main goal for coming here was capturing Emperor Roc. Now that he had achieved his goal, the cave abode treasures were just an additional surprise.
Ta Gu and Old Fiend Black Wind were observing Meng Chuan from a distant corner.
Although Goddess River Zone was vast, almost all Fifth Tribulation Eminences were famous. As for the white-haired man, Eastcalm, he was unheard of. They had never heard of him before.
“I’ve never heard of an Essence Soul Fifth Tribulation Eminence grasping two Fifth Tribulation laws,” Ta Gu whispered.
“He must have stepped into the Fifth Tribulation realm for a long time if he has grasped two Fifth Tribulation laws,” said Black Wind. “I’ve never heard of him before. He probably comes from a distant river zone.”
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Whoosh!
A painting appeared behind Meng Chuan. The painting unfurled and instantly enveloped the entire array formation.