In close combat, the amount of times one could attack in a short period of time completely hinged upon the body’s strength, such as the shaking of the wrist, the swinging of the arms, and the kicking of the legs, all completely unrelated to Origin Power.
In long-range battle, one could continuously emit Origin Power and turn it into attacks, which was something entirely different.
Ding, ding, ding, the two fought in close quarters. Saber and sword constantly collided, blossoming with endless radiance.
“What?!” Small Saber King was extremely shocked. In close combat, he was actually completely suppressed by Ling Han!
What sort of physique did Ling Han have… in a heartbeat, he could only unleash ten attacks, but Ling Han sent out up to several hundreds, crushing him quantitatively by more than ten times.
Small Saber King hurriedly leapt in an attempt to retreat. Fighting Ling Han in close combat, he was completely greeting the enemy’s strong points with his weak points, and couldn’t possibly be any more foolish.
Closing in is easy, but pulling apart the distance… is that up to you?” Ling Han’s figure turned into lightning and chased towards Small Saber King. With the Thunderclap Ninth Heaven activated, his speed was ridiculously fast.
“Damn it, this is mine! Mine!” Small Saber King revealed a frenzied look. The Thunderclap Ninth Heaven was a Mystical Power that should’ve belonged to him. If he learned it, then adding his saber techniques on top of the speed, who could rival him in the same age range?
Moreover, with the addition of the power of lightning, every time they crossed swords, his entire body trembled, and the Origin Power in his veins ran in disarray, something extremely unbearable.
“You should go die. I’ll burn it to you.” Ling Han sneered.
“No need. I’ll take it myself!” Small Saber King gave tit for tat.
Ling Han attacked repeatedly with his long sword, and was about kill Small Saber King in a spurt of energy, but he suddenly felt a warning premonition in his heart, and suddenly made a snatching movement towards his back.
Pa!
A transparent arm appeared out of thin air and directly attacked the back of Ling Han’s head, but the fist was caught dead on by the hand that Ling Han had just reached out with, and was unable to move an inch.
That Diamond Puppet!
Chapter 679 - Heaven Transformation Bowl’s Show of Power
Translator: Reverie_ Editor: Henyee
Small Saber King was shocked. That was the Diamond Puppet, its brute force terrifying and its body tough. More importantly, its fists were covered with spikes that couldn’t be seen with the naked eye and had special vein-like patterns, being able to easily penetrate a Deity Transformation Tier warrior’s defense.
However, Ling Han used his hand to grab the Diamond Puppet’s fist, and was actually not at all hurt, inevitably making him goggle in shock.
The Diamond Puppet had no fear, and immediately attacked with another punch, aiming towards Ling Han’s brain to kill him.
Small Saber King wasn’t idle, either, striking with the saber as well, and his threat was apparently greater. A ninth-tier Spirit Tool, a Saber Ray, and the addition of high-level Deity Transformation Tier battle prowess… even Ling Han’s physique could be cut open.
Ling Han had to let go, and with a leap, his figure appeared three hundred meters away. Possessing the high speed of the Thunderclap Ninth Heaven, how could normal Deity Transformation Tier opponents possibly catch up to him?
“Haha!” Small Saber King sneered, but his expression was ashen. He’d actually needed to use the Diamond Puppet to recover from a disadvantage; this fact made him lose face. Before, no matter whom he fought, he’d always had the absolute advantage, and the few times he’d fought Ling Han, he also had had complete advantage.
However, in such a short time, Ling Han actually gained sufficient strength to oppose him.
The Thunderclap Ninth Heaven!
He eyes almost burst out with flames in hate. If he could obtain this Mystical Power, then his battle prowess now definitely could increase by five more stars, and Ling Han’s would decrease steeply by five. One positive and one negative, he would obviously be able to crush Ling Han.
How hateful! How hateful!
He snorted, and placed the long saber by his chest, preparing to unleash an ultimate move.
Earlier, the two fought at close quarters, each move critical, and there wasn’t time to accumulate strength to release an ultimate move. However, once the distance was pulled apart, both parties had the time and space to prepare an ultimate move.
The diamond puppet concealed its figure again. From the outset, it was designed for assassinations, although it clearly possessed a tough physique.
Pincer attack?
Ling Han sneered, and said, “You think you’re the only one with treasures?” He unleashed the Heaven Transformation Bowl, and after activating it, he threw it into the sky. This Spirit Tool immediately emitted dazzling light, which enveloped downwards from the sky.
This possibly wasn’t just an ordinary Spirit Tool, but rather a God Tool!
“What, my weapon’s about to slip away!”
“Ah, my pendant!”
“My spirit talisman!”
The Heaven Transformation Bowl accepted all things and refined all things, and as long as there was value in refining, it would radiate its suction power. Instantly, many people’s treasures were sucked up.
It was practically a perfect instrument for looting.
Sparkling, that Diamond Puppet was also forced to reveal itself, being sucked by Heaven Transformation Bowl towards the bowl’s inside.
“You’re flipping uncle, Uncle Rabbit’s carrot!” The rabbit stomped its feet in anxiousness. It had been holding and nibbling happily a stalk of spirit medicine, but, unexpectedly, with its sudden carelessness, the spirit medicine was also sucked away by the Heaven Transformation Bowl.
Small Saber King couldn’t help but be shocked. What treasure was this, for it to be able to absorb other treasures… The ninth-tier Spirit Tool in his hand also became restless, on the verge of being absorbed by the Heaven Transformation Bowl.
The corner of Ling Han’s mouth also twitched. He seemed to have overdone it.
Heaven Transformation Bowl’s effects surpassed his expectations. He’d originally only wanted to stop the Diamond Puppet, but separated by such a distance, he’d never expected it to affect the people below and suck up all their treasures.
Over shoes over boots, whatever.
He laughed loudly, and said, “All come into the bowl!”
“Die!” Small Saber King had already finished accumulation of power, and slashed with the saber, his attack forming raging tides like a tsunami.
This wasn’t an illusion. A tsunami really appeared in the sky, but the tide was composed of saber light rather than water, turning constantly like roiling waves.
At the moment, the sun and moon were without light, and the entire world was left with this resplendent saber tide surging and roaring angrily.
“Small Saber King’s tier might not be high, but in saber techniques, he’d received about ten to twenty percent of Broken Heaven’s Saber’s passed-down teachings.”
“Correct, thirty flashes of Qi condensed into Ray, breaking the limit.”
“However, without comprehension of Saber Heart, it’s still only an ordinary saber in the end.”
“It’s rumored Xu Xiu Ran already half mastered the Saber Heart?”
“Xu Xiu Ran is the actual Broken Heaven’s Saber’s true disciple, once praised by Broken Heaven’s Saber, who said that even placed in the god realm, he could rank amongst the finest in the same age segment.”
“I truly want to see this junior.”
“There’ll be a chance. This time, when he leaves secluded cultivation, he’ll probably have cultivated Saber Heart, and will officially walk the world and toughen himself somewhat. When the divine gates open, he’ll obviously ente
r the divine plane, and that’s the place where he’ll shine brightly.”
“We can also return to our homeland!”
“Can’t wait, we divine citizens actually have to stay with the nobodies in the mortal realm. Thinking about it makes me disgusted!”
The older generation was communicating with their divine sense, without making a tiniest bit of sound, afraid of leaking secrets.
Ling Han laughed loudly, and said, “Your brain seized, fighting me at a distance, truly courting death!”
Everyone’s faces twitched. Earlier, Small Saber King fought in close quarters, and you said he courted death, and now that Small Saber King pulled apart the distance, you also said he was courting death… so who was not courting death?
Ling Han took out his Sunset Bow, mounted an arrow forged with eighth-tier metal, activated the Eye of Truth, locked onto his target, activated the Annihilating Dragon Star Arrow, primed the arrow technique, and activated the Thunderclap Ninth Heaven, instilling it into the arrow’s shaft.
Three great Mystical Powers activated simultaneously, this was currently Ling Han’s strongest single attack, even surpassing 10,000 Techniques Return to One.
What were Mystical Powers?
Ling Han suspected that these were skills of the god realm, or else, why would it be qualified to have the word god 1 in it?
Divine skills were obviously terrifying.
Xiu , the arrow shot out and turned into a streak of light, instantly accelerating to the point where the naked eye couldn’t capture it. Passing through the raging tide formed by saber lights, it already arrived before Small Saber King, going right for his forehead.
Weng!
A purple-colored light surged on Small Saber King’s body and formed a shield, forcibly blocking this arrow.
Pa , the shield shattered, but the arrow also fell down from the sky.
Small Saber King revealed a shocked look.
He’d obtained a mystical treasure from the ancient dynasty’s treasure vault, and it was what saved his life just now. It was a talisman, which was only marked with four lines. When he’d encountered danger while exploring a historic site, the talisman lit up and saved his life, but it also turned into three lines.
This let him know that the talisman could still save him three times, and now… only two times remained.
Cold sweat was all over his head, he’d just wandered the jaws of death, and Ling Han only had to fire three more arrows, of which the last arrow he wouldn’t be able to block.
Too fast!
The distance between them now just happened to allow the arrow to accelerate to the extreme without exhausting its force.
The people below also suddenly came to a realization. It was no wonder Ling Han said that Small Saber King was courting death by pulling apart the distance. Certainly, this archery skill was too terrifying, as fast as a ray of light and as heavy as a mountain.
After Small Saber King hesitated slightly, he decided to fight desperately to the death.
Today, if he couldn’t behead Ling Han, then the tier gap between the two would become smaller and smaller, and the gap in strength would become greater and greater… he would eventually be ditched far behind by Ling Han, without another day to win.
Chapter 680 - Forbidden Tool of Heaven
Translator: Reverie_ Editor: Henyee
A genius like Small Saber King obviously didn’t lack resolution. Once it was set, his gaze would be with unswervingly determination, never to be shaken again.
His ultimate move didn’t hurt Ling Han as the latter’s speed was too fast, and he evaded it with a sweep.
It can’t be too far, or I’ll just be treated as a living target by Ling Han, and my attacks will also be weakened, unable to unleash my power. Too close, fighting at close quarters, I’m not Ling Han’s, this freak’s, match at all, Small Saber King concluded in his heart.
Then the only way was to control the distance as not too far and not too close, not allowing Ling Han’s archery technique to unleash its full power, and allowing his own battle prowess not to be reduced.
He raised his saber while he moved and appeared a meter before Ling Han, slashing out. The Saber Ray turned into a stream and stormed towards Ling Han.
Ling Han was fearless and executed Desolate Hell Sword, battling fiercely with Small Saber King.
Actually, he could pull the distance apart to shoot at Small Saber King. With his speed, Small Saber King couldn’t possibly close in. Of course, he could also fight close up and overwhelm Small Saber King, completely suppressing him.
However, Ling Han didn’t choose these tactics that guaranteed victory, letting Small Saber King display his strengths; he wanted to crush Small Saber King in every aspect.
Unfortunately, the Sword King was here, and Ling Han didn’t dare to use the Three Styles of Black Origin, or else Small Saber King would definitely have an even bigger headache.
The Absolute Saber Sect wasn’t inferior to the Heaven’s Sword Sect. Since the Heaven’s Sword Sect had the Three Styles of Black Origin, would the Absolute Saber Sect not have a similar ultimate move?
Small Saber King roared furiously, and his saber turned into a furious dragon with a hammer for its head, smashing fiercely towards Ling Han.
Endless power gathered; the power of this attack definitely reached the extremes of the Deity Transformation Tier!
Ling Han didn’t dare to forcibly parry it. He retreated with the Demon Fairy Step and maneuvered with lightning, dodging this attack very narrowly. He couldn’t help but think, if he’d battled against the Sword Emperor, or the Setting Sun Saber Emperor in the previous life, he truly would’ve been killed in minutes, and wouldn’t even be able to escape.
However, it was different now.
He displayed Desolate Hell Sword’s only killer move, immediately erupting in a counterattack.
On the other side, the Diamond Puppet kept struggling, but couldn’t resist the Heaven Transformation Bowl’s power in the end, being absorbed inside. It might seem large in size, and the Heaven Transformation Bowl was real small, but during the absorption process, its body shrank infinitely and was sucked in without any difficulty.
Ling Han waved his hand and the Heaven Transformation Bowl returned to his hands. Its vein-like patterns glowed; it was in the process of refining the things it absorbed.
Small Saber King displayed all his ultimate moves and swore to cut down Ling Han under the saber, taking care of a great danger and seizing the secrets and treasures on Ling Han. As he saw it, Ling Han was an ancient treasure vault of his own.
Absolute Saber Sect’s Heaven-Severing Seven Saber Strikes cut the heavens, the earth, and the stars; it could shatter anything.
However, Ling Han’s speed was just too fast, and the saber techniques couldn’t lock onto him. Since it was so, how could it harm him?
After battling for another several dozens of moves, Small Saber King stopped. He knew that he couldn’t kill Ling Han at this rate.
“Not fighting?” Ling Han sneered. “This is a battle to the death!”
Small Saber King said nothing, his expression cold. Raising his right hand, a long spear appeared in his hand. The spear’s shaft was like blood, covered with peculiar vein-like patterns and convolved with endless Blood Qi, just as if filled with ominousness.
Hong, long, long , once the spear was unleashed, dark clouds immediately appeared in the skies, with flashes of lightning within, just as if heavenly thunder was going to descend.
Everyone below was greatly shocked. This was the third time today that thunder clouds appeared.
But what was this thing exactly? It was too ominous, such that its appearance provoked the rolling thunder clouds.
A few figures of the older generation also revealed startled expressions and contemplative looks.
“Could this be…”
“Forbidden Tool of Heaven, Absolute Chaos Living Spirit Spear!”
“Hiss, Forbidden Tool of Heaven!”
Forbidden Tool of Heaven, a banned tool that even the heavens didn’t allow to exist—the moment Small Saber King unleashed it, heaven and earth was moved, and sought to destroy it.
In the previous life, he had only heard of such a thing, but had never seen it before. A tenth-tier Spirit Tool was obviously the world’s strongest treasured tool, but to unleash the full might of the tool, one also had to be a Shattering Void Tier elite.
However, the Forbidden Tool of Heaven was different. Actuating such a treasured tool needed not power, nor the comprehension of martial arts, but rather raw blood and qi.
Simply put, lifespan.
Using one’s lifespan to activate the Forbidden Tool, the more lifespan was sacrificed, the stronger the power of the Forbidden Tool, till it reached the limit of the tool.
Small Saber King actually had such a thing?
Did he obtain it in the ancient dynasty’s treasure vault, or within some other historic site?
“Sacrifice fifty years of my lifespan!” Small Saber King held the spear in hand and glared at Ling Han.
Weng , the crimson spear instantly lit up, and blood and Qi formed a pit of snakes, wreathing around the spear shaft. The spear shaft actually began to twist as if it possessed life, emitting limitless might.
Small Saber King’s hair actually instantly turned gray and wrinkles also appeared on his originally jade-like smooth skin as if he’d instantly turned into a seventy to eighty year old man.
The might emitted by the blood spear had astonishingly reached the Heaven Tier!
Absorbing fifty years of Small Saber King’s lifespan, this forbidden spear could actually exhibit Heaven Tier’s might, which was enough to annihilate Ling Han.
Small Saber King’s hair and skin also gradually returned to normal. After all, his lifespan was not just a hundred years. Earlier, it was just from instantaneous extraction of the large amount of life force that his Qi and blood dried up, turning him into an old man, but he was also gradually recovering.
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