If any other had said such vicious words, Ling Han would merely think it was nonsense or bragging. But these three old men… none of the three of them had an aura weaker than Zi Xue Xian, and that was the aura of at least the Shattering Void Tier.
Three elites of the Shattering Void Tier combined forces; that was really enough firepower to eliminate every single living thing in this world!
“I have lived here for more than three hundred years, and have long become part of this world. How could I stand by and watch as you all do such an insane deed?” Zi Xue Xian asked coldly, though she was still moving extremely fast.
Obviously, her intentions were not to engage into a verbal battle, but deliberately using the Memory Crystal to create a record.
“Heng, you are one of our Purple Lightning Race, and you will be for your whole life,” the old man on the left side said, his face cold.
“We can talk calmly. No matter what, Xue Xian is one of our race’s outstanding geniuses in the lower realm. Even if she returned to our ancestral land, she would still be exceptional. Xue Xian, I know you are only momentarily confused, why don’t you quickly come to your senses?” the old man on the right side said with a gentle smile.
They were just right. One played nice, while the other played mean.
Lower realm?
Ling Han’s heart trembled. These three old men were not as simple as mere elites of the Shattering Void Tier, but could even possibly come from the realm of gods! Hiss, that was extremely possible, the ability of these three were above even the Shattering Void Tier… gods!
…Zi Xue Xian was in the Shattering Void Tier, but she did not have a purple vein on her forehead. Perhaps that was a symbol that only a god would possess. Aside from that, their auras were stronger than Zi Xue Xian’s and they were much faster.
All these factors added together made Ling Han come up with the deduction that these three were gods.
However, it seemed that gods didn’t seem as strong as he had imagined. Putting aside the Asura Demon Emperor who had been split into nine parts and suppressed for millenia, these three old men should be in their best condition, yet why had they still been unable to subdue Zi Xue Xian after such a long time?
“You do not have to waste your breath. As long as I, Zi Xue Xian, am alive, I will definitely stop you!” Zi Xue Xian said firmly.
“Then don’t blame me for being merciless!” The eyes of the old man standing in the center grew fierce and his right hand grabbed at empty air. With a zi , a white electrical spear actually formed. Patterns lit up along its body, and it exuded a terrifying aura.
Even though Ling Han was a mere observer, he felt as if he was experiencing the real thing. If he was really physically there, merely this aura would be enough to kill him—even if he was still the Heaven Tier elite he had been in his last life.
In front of real power, he was still too weak.
With a wave of the hand of the old man, this electric spear shot towards Zi Xue Xian.
With a soft exclamation, a circle of electrical light appeared around Zi Xue Xian, which flung out her slender body. She had not only increased her speed, but also changed her course. Just when Ling Han thought that she would be able to dodge this attack, he saw that electric spear also change direction and continue to fly towards Zi Xue Xian’s ****.
When he looked at Zi Xue Xian, however, that burst of speed was definitely an excessive move for her. It made her face extremely pale, and there also appeared a sliver of blood at the corner of her mouth. It was definitely impossibly for her to make that move again.
The electric spear chased up to her, and she could only turn around to parry it, putting on a scene of flashing lightning bolts. Zi, zi, zi could be heard continuously, and martial intent transformed into multiple electric seals. Ling Han had broken out into cold sweat merely just from watching. This was enough to kill him over a hundred times in his last life.
The lightning spear reached its target, yet was blocked by a curtain of thunder. However, with such a pause, those three old men managed to come closer, and the four of them were suddenly embroiled in a fierce battle.
These three old men were indeed stronger, and it was as if they had an endless pool of power. Yet they gave Ling Han the feeling that they seemed to be deliberately exercising restraint, and had not used all their battle prowess. As a result, even with the three of them combining forces, they were still unable to capture Zi Xue Xian.
“Heng, this despicable Power of Regulation; it had suppressed our abilities!” The three old men seemed to be a bit displeased, and could not help but begin to complain.
Suppression from the Power of Regulation?
Multiple thoughts streaked rapidly through Ling Han’s mind. With the level that he had reached in his last life, he was qualified enough to come into contact with some hidden secrets, especially when he had visited various ancient historical sites and obtained a large amount of information nearing the end of his last life.
There were some previous deductions by his predecessors. They had only been deductions, but combined with this scene that Ling Han was witnessing, Ling Han could definitely confirm with a nod that those deductions were true.
It was rumored that the realm of gods had its laws, whereas the mortal realm also had its own rules, and neither was to interfere with the other. Why was a Shattering Void Tier elite able to shatter the empty void and step into the realm of gods? It was not because a Shattering Void Tier elite was so strong that they could shatter the world, but because the power of the Shattering Void Tier had exceeded the limits the mortal realm could sustain, and thus would be rejected by the mortal realm, entering the realm of gods where limits were broader.
In the realm of gods, the world was sturdier and could withstand the strain of the level of gods.
In other words, it was a relatively easy process to traverse from the mortal realm to the realm of gods because the mortal realm would actively reject one’s existence, which was equivalent to helping the process—the prerequisite was that your ability had to reach the Shattering Void Tier, and it was that instant when there was a high chance that you would be able to break through and become a god.
However, it was difficult to traverse from the realm of gods and enter the mortal realm. Firstly, it was because the realm of gods was extremely sturdy and solid, so it would be very difficult to shatter the empty void. Secondly, the mortal realm naturally rejected those at the level of gods, and it was of course difficult to sail against the current.
Furthermore, even when one had arrived in the mortal realm, a god probably couldn’t use the power on the level of gods. Instead, they would have to suppress their battle prowess. Otherwise, they would definitely be rejected by the mortal realm, and directly forced back to the realm of gods.
Ling Han immediately had a deduction. These three old men were indeed gods, but their powers had been suppressed. As a result, even though their power obviously exceeded Zi Xue Xian, it had still led to the scene unfolding in front of him now.
Chapter 358
Chapter 358: Everything Was A Lie
Translator: _Dark_Angel_ Editor: Kurisu
Zi Xue Xian was currently engaged in a fierce battle with the three old men.
Ling Han was extremely shocked. Zi Xue Xian really deserved the name of a peerless genius. Though she was one person against three, she actually had the upper hand!
This would really make one grab their head and exclaim in utter shock. Someone in the Shattering Void Tier was actually capable of having the upper hand in a clash against three gods? But that was indeed the reality. Who asked this to be the mortal world, which would suppress the cultivation of gods? And if they were battling on the same level… the ability of a peerless genius to battle one stronger than herself could be displayed to the fullest.
However, gods were still gods after all. Even if their abilities were suppressed, they still had a bottomless pool of power at their fingertips. As long as they could drag out th
e battle long enough, then Zi Xue Xian would definitely be exhausted, and thus captured.
And the three old men did indeed do so. They merely continued to force Zi Xue Xian to endlessly expend her energy, neither too fast nor too slow.
Zi Xue Xian shouted repeatedly, and scoffed. The Thunder Battle Armor on her body released a white light that transformed into multiple dragons made of thunder that pounced in attack towards those three old men.
This was obviously a powerful move, and instantly made those three old men flustered. They only managed to destroy these thunder dragons after much effort. Zi Xue Xian took advantage of the opening and escaped the battle, though they caught up to her soon after and another fierce battle ensued.
Ling Han gritted his teeth. So it appeared that the Thunder Battle Armor was actually a Level Ten Spirit Tool. If not, how could it possibly become a threat to three gods? Their battle prowess had indeed been suppressed, but that was still battle prowess on the level of the Shattering Void Tier. Against an opponent of the Heaven Tier, they’d be able to kill him with a few blows.
All those years ago, Zi Xue Xian could only be ranked fourth among the seven of them in the Heaven Tier. Had she done that deliberately to conceal her skill, or did Sword Emperor and the others also possess a Tenth Tier Spirit Tool that could dominate her Thunder Battle Armor?
Ling Han sighed. At that time, he had his whole focus on alchemy, and did not consider their ranking in terms of martial arts seriously at all. He had only thought that as long as he could break through to the Shattering Void Tier, he’d be able to push open the doors to the realm of gods and simultaneously suppress Heavenly Phoenix Divine Maiden, that “bandit”. He had no idea that there was such a huge gulf between himself and the rest of them.
Now, he was very clear that he possessed battle prowess of over a dozen Battle Stars and the instillation of power from the Black Tower could raise his battle prowess to the next Tier, and that kind of battle prowess was practically enough to defy logic. As a result, he did not have any such trump card of martial arts in his last life, but was still able to rank as the seventh strongest in the world and stand equal to Sword Emperor and the others. Now that he thought about it, he felt himself flush.
‘F***, a real man doesn’t boast about his past achievements. If I ever see Sword Emperor and the others again, I will definitely thrash them until their backsides burst. Who asked me to spend all my energy on alchemy in my last life? In terms of achievements in alchemy, even Sword Emperor, Heavenly Phoenix Divine Maiden, and Na Lan Tu have to obediently address me as Grandmaster and beg me to concoct alchemical pills for them!’
Ling Han praised himself internally, then continued to watch the scene.
In truth, though the battle was fierce, it was only repeating endlessly by now. Zi Xue Xian could always turn the tables around in a dangerous situation by using the Thunder Battle Armor and force the three old men into a flustered chaos. She would then take advantage of the opening created and charge out of their siege, which made Ling Han feel a bit bored.
However, the events recorded in the Memory Crystal could only be “broadcast” according to the order in which they had happened, and there was no way to fast-forward, pause, slow-forward, or rewind. Thus, Ling Han could only watch quietly.
Yet, after quite a long time fighting, not only Ling Han was bored of watching the same scene repetitively, those three old men also appeared to have had enough.
“With the Thunder Battle Armor to protect her, if we continue to battle this way, we will not be able to subdue her!” the old man on the left side said.
“Indeed!” The old man on the right side agreed with a nod.
The old man in the center thought for a moment, then said, “Then I shall use a sliver of Divine Power and destroy this Thunder Battle Armor!”
“Then the regulations of this realm would immediately react and expel you, or even wound you severely,” the old man on the left side said, frowning.
“We can no longer take that into account. If we allow her to expose the secret and the people of this realm were able to prepare themselves, it may ruin the plans that the clan has worked on for 10,000 years! Furthemore, if the reason for the failure lies on our side, those other parties will definitely create trouble for us!” the old man in the center said.
“Fine then, you must be careful!” The old man on the left side nodded.
“It’s all right. I will control my power and use only enough to pierce through the Thunder Battle Armor, so the backlash that I will experience from the Power of Regulation would not be too severe!” The old man in the center wore a cold expression. A white electric light floated out of his white eyes, and all of a sudden, his aura spiked up madly.
It was only that one instant, and his power had completely surpassed the Shattering Void Tier!
God Tier!
This was the power of gods.
Ling Han sensed for the strength of this power, and in comparison, his power as one of the Heaven Tier in his last life was like a drop of water set against a great sea, not qualified to be compared against such power at all. Additionally, this kind of power had already far surpassed Asura Demon Emperor he had faced previously.
The other two old men simultaneously shot away, as if they would be implicated as well if they had stayed at their original positions.
They had reacted correctly.
A crack in the empty space appeared behind that old man without any prior signs, and immediately transformed into something like a gigantic mouth. It opened and closed abruptly, swallowing that old man into unknown depths.
Was that the expulsion from the power of the realm? It directly sent the old man out of this world!
Ling Han was delighted. The old man had yet to deliver his attack before being expelled by the power of the realm, so now that Zi Xue Xian had one powerful opponent less that she had to worry about, she should definitely have a chance at winning! Yet he had barely finished this thought when he saw that the very instant before that crack closed up, a white lightning spear was rapidly shot out of it.
This was different from the previous attacks. This lightning spear was at least a hundred times stronger than before, and what was more terrifying was that there were patterns weaving around on this lightning spear and the might exuding from it was enough to make even one at the Shattering Void Tier shiver in fear.
This was the most terrifying attack of a god. It was not power, but rather martial intent, a martial intent that would completely crush its opponent.
Ling Han’s expression took a swift turn. That old man had still managed to deliver his attack at the last instant right before he had been expelled by the power of the realm.
That was too terrifying!
Pu!
Zi Xue Xian was not given any opportunity to avoid nor parry. This spear directly pierced through her delicate body. So what if it was the Thunder Battle Armor she was wearing? A hole was still directly pierced through it.
Ling Han finally understood. So that was how the hole on the Thunder Battle Armor was created.
“Ah!” Zi Xue Xian screamed. She had received this blow right on her heart and this spear directly pierced through her chest, so her heart must have exploded. Even if she was in the Shattering Void Tier, she probably wouldn’t live for much longer.
Ling Han could not help but tense. Could it be that Zi Xue Xian would fall here?
Xiu , yet Zi Xue Xian, on the other hand, ran like crazy, and as she removed the Thunder Battle Armor, she said, “Boundless Mountain, Clear Harmony Palace Hall has the answer to all. Person of the future, everything that you’ve been told about in the past were lies. The real answer lies there, and you must obtain it. Otherwise, the calamity will be repeated!”
With a toss, the Thunder Battle Armor flew out through the sky, and her figure became smaller and smaller below, and soon disappeared without a trace.
Obviously, the Memory Crystal was on the Thunder Battle Armor.
The Thu
nder Battle Armor traversed over an immeasurable distance and finally fell down upon the ground. Every pattern had lost its brilliance, and it was as if it had become a most ordinary battle armor. This condition of stillness persisted for about a few days. Then, the scene suddenly stopped, which was probably because there was a limit to the information that the Memory Crystal could record. It was full.
Ling Han’s divine sense automatically left the Memory Crystal and appeared back in the Black Tower. As the master of all in this place, he could very clearly judge that less than the time it takes to take a breath had passed.
Anything that happened in one’s divine sense had no effect on real time. It was as if it was a dream. One might have dreamt of living a whole lifetime, but when one awoke, only a few hours had passed.
Uncountable guesses appeared in Ling Han’s mind. He was also feeling a coldness that came from his very heart.
Chapter 359
Chapter 359: Unsealing the Battle Armor
Translator: _Dark_Angel_ Editor: Kurisu
According to historical records, more than nine thousand years ago, a massive chaos occurred, a tremendous calamity in which uncountable people died. As a result, a lapse appeared in the fields of martial arts and alchemy. Afterwards, the Heaven’s Sword Sect, the Absolute Saber Sect, and various other sects stepped out and joined forces to pacify the utter chaos, which was what led to the peace that the future generations had enjoyed for the subsequent eight thousand and more years.
…Compared with the absolute disaster at that time, the current fighting and killing were only a small matter.
Ling Han had a guess. The huge chaos at that time had been incited by the party that those three old men represented. Zi Xue Xian and they were members of the same race; they had wanted to bring her back to the realm of gods but were met with refusal, as she wanted to live or die with this world.
Ling Han had personally witnessed her ultimate end. Though he had not seen the final scene in which she died in battle, without the Thunder Battle Armor, with her heart pierced, and two God-level pursuers behind her, how could she have managed to escape alive?
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