A Shattering Void Tier ice dragon!
Theoretically, the ice dragon was invincible because it was formed by a formation, and as long as the formation was still present, it would be undying, which obviously meant invincibility. However, it was also precisely because it was formed by a formation that once the formation broke, it would naturally disappear, still having its weakness.
Were formations easy to break?
Ling Han had Helian Xun Xue attack the formation’s eye with full strength while he controlled the ice dragon not to attack Helian Xun Xue.
Hong!
Helian Xun Xue attacked.
She now increased her cultivation to the peak stage of the Heaven Tier, but the last step was too hard to cross, making her unable to break through for a long time. This step could take three to five years, and could also take thirty to fifty years, or three hundred to five hundred years—she could be even unable to break through in her lifetime.
The difference between the Shattering Void and the Heaven Tier was fundamental, and definitely couldn’t be crossed over simply by spending a long time.
Even so, Helian Xun Xue’s attacks were still extremely swift and fierce, and unleashing one move seemed to be able to flatten the entire imperial palace. It wasn’t impossible; Shattering Void Tier elites could strike down the stars in the sky, so what would be so strange about a Heaven Tier elite flattening an imperial palace?
Hong , the attack smashed into the formation; the entire formation was instantly blasted back nearly three hundred meters, but 108 formation’s eyes maintained the original spacing, while the ice dragon was also still present, coiling behind Ling Han and emitting a bone-penetrating chill.
“My full strength attack actually can’t break this formation!” Helian Xun Xue was shocked; she cultivated both Origin Power and physical arts, and on top of her own freakishness, though unable to break through the barrier of the Shattering Void Tier, she was still infinitely close to that level.
Too astonishing.
Ling Han was extremely pleased. Tenth-tier formations were tenth-tier formations indeed, not even breaking under a Heaven Tier elite’s bombardment.
“Let this lady try!” Yi Shuang Shuang appeared, looking like she was itching to have a go.
“You?” Ling Han pondered. “Let’s go into the sky. I’m afraid that if you lose control, you’ll destroy my imperial palace—that totem of mine just formed!”
Above the imperial palace, there was a very faint shadow of a black tower; it was Great Ling Empire’s totem, but it’d just formed. According to Yi Shuang Shuang’s statement, after aggregating the power of the people’s minds, it could become corporeal and protect the country forever.
If the nation was present, the tower would be present, and if the nation perished, the tower would perish!
The two of them rose into the sky. Ling Han still controlled the ice dragon to remain motionless, letting Yi Shuang Shuang attack—this was mainly to see the formation’s defense’s limit.
“The first attack, battle prowess of the Shattering Void Tier, one star.” Yi Shuang Shuang was also very cooperative and lifted a palm to swat at the formation, unleashing supreme might. If the ice dragon didn’t stand in front of Ling Han, he wouldn’t possibly be watching the battle at such a close distance.
The power of the Shattering Void Tier surpassed reason and made him slightly worried—even if he used Black Tower’s power boost now, would he be able to reach Shattering Void Tier battle prowess?
Hong!
The palm swiped by, and the formation was obviously knocked flying several hundred meters, but it was still very well maintained as the ice dragon was still present.
“The second attack, Shattering Void Tier two stars.”
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“The third attack, Shattering Void Tier three stars.”
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After the fifth attack, the formation finally collapsed. Unable to endure battle prowess of Shattering Void Tier’s five stars, the 108 formation’s eyes scattered everywhere.
This was the limit.
Ling Han retrieved the formation’s eyes, set up the formation again, and said, “Now try it when the ice dragon’s present, and see how many stars of Shattering Void Tier battle prowess it can reach.”
Yi Shuang Shuang directly charged up with Shattering Void Tier five stars’ battle prowess, while the ice dragon launched a counterattack. The sky instantly turned into a field of chilling ice; even Heaven Tier elites would be frozen into a lump of ice if they were too close, and could only attack few times in the distance.
Yi Shuang Shuang was suppressed and couldn’t rival the ice dragon, but she immediately raised her battle prowess, star by star.
“Shattering Void Tier seven stars.”
Soon, the limit of the formation was found out. It was able to equal Shattering Void Tier seven stars—when Yi Shuang Shuang increased her battle prowess to eight stars, the ice dragon was immediately suppressed, and the formation was blasted apart once again not much later.
Ling Han was extremely pleased. Although there were many Shattering Void Tier elites now, how many could surpass battle prowess of Shattering Void Tier seven stars? According to what Helian Xun Xue said, the entire Helian royal family only had three such elites.
The sea race’s monstrousness lay in that they all possessed true dragon’s blood, and those with a profound bloodline could borrow ancestral blood at the Heaven Tier to summon a true dragon, from which they could comprehend the profoundness of the Shattering Void Tier, making the breakthrough of this stage far easier for them compared to others.
However, after advancing into the Shattering Void Tier, the power of bloodline would almost be exhausted, and only a few would be able to exceed the fifth layer of the Shattering Void Tier, and the majority would possess two star or three star Shattering Void Tier battle prowess till death.
This time, even if the Xianyu Family sent a Shattering Void Tier elite over, Ling Han would still be unafraid, for Ice Dragon Ground Blast Formation was enough to deal with them… they wouldn’t dispatch all their strongest elites at once, right?
“Why are you willing to help me?” Ling Han asked Yi Shuang Shuang.
“This lady is in love with you. Is that reason okay?” Yi Shuang Shuang said very casually.
“Hehe!” Ling Han laughed—it was too fake—but he still said, “Naturally, this young master is handsome and easygoing and has amazing martial arts talent, so it only stands to reason to be liked by tens of thousands of girls.”
“Pah!” Yi Shuang Shuang spat, and said, “You’re just a frog at the bottom of a well, not knowing what freakishness is! Might as well tell you, in the divine realm, there are plenty of those in their twenties that crossed into the Shattering Void Tier. Take this lady for example, the Shattering Void Tier at twenty-seven years old!”
Ling Han let out a “ha,” pointed at her, and said, “You’ve finally admitted that you’re from the divine realm!”
Yi Shuang Shuang arched her snow-white neck like a proud white swan, and said, “So what, are you going to bite me?”
Ling Han sighed—why was this woman such a scoundrel? What a rogue! He was curious, and asked, “Then why don’t you return to the divine realm, and why help me—don’t say that you’re a good person, I don’t believe it!”
Yi Shuang Shuang half-opened her small mouth, and, after a while, said, “Why can’t this lady be a good person?”
“From head to toe, and from in and out, you don’t look anywhere like a good person.” Ling Han shook his head resolutely.
“From in and out? Tsk, tsk, tsk, damn brat, you’re one bold pervert. Say, when did you peep at this lady?” Yi Shuang Shuang snapped her fingers, giving off crackling sounds.
“Ok, ok, ok, don’t be so bored and don’t turn aside the topic!” Ling Han said with a serious look. “Although having a powerful Shattering Void Tier elite’s help is awesome, I want even less to have an unstable element beside me.”
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nbsp; Yi Shuang Shuang snickered, and said, “Aren’t you afraid of this lady turning on you when you say such things? You have to know, for a small guy like you… this lady picks river snails with three fingers—snatch and never miss!”
“If you were to attack, you would’ve already done it, so why wait till now?” Ling Han said indifferently. “So, I would rather believe that you have other plans.”
Yi Shuang Shuang propped her chin in her hand, and said, “As someone at the Deity Transformation Tier, you’re quite daring, clearly knowing this lady’s identity and still daring to lay out the cards! Alright, for your boldness’ sake, this lady will tell you that she feels you have a shocking secret, which she wants to squeeze out of you!”
Chapter 770 - The Divine World and the Underworld
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Ling Han stared at Yi Shuang Shuang.
“What, is there something on this lady’s face?” Yi Shuang Shuang said.
“There’s not, but I’m curious, can’t you just interrogate me with your abilities?” Ling Han asked.
“Hahaha, were you born with wretchedness in your bones? This lady’s not torturing you, and you’re still not pleased?” Yi Shuang Shuang rolled her sleeves, and said, “Then this lady had better not be polite.”
“Hehe!” Ling Han waved his hand. “I’m not being wretched, it’s just pure curiosity if there’s anything that can tie up a Shattering Void Tier elite.”
Yi Shuang Shuang cocked her head, thought for a while, and said, “Alright, this lady is a divine being, but in this small world, this lady has to suffer the suppression of the heavenly dao. What is meant by the heaven has eyes is that if this lady overdoes it, she’ll be met with the the realm’s repulsion.”
“Isn’t that just right, you can return to the divine realm,” Ling Han said.
Yi Shuang Shuang rolled her charming eyes, and said, “If this lady could return to the divine realm at will, would she not want to? But this world’s been sealed off by a killing formation, and if this lady is repelled by the realm’s force, she’ll definitely be finished off by the killing formation!”
“You’re the divine being, you’re the greatest, what’s there to be afraid of!” Ling Han said with a smile.
“Nonsense, this lady has been suppressed for a hundred thousand years, with all the blood essence absorbed, and if she still had the power in former years, would she still need to be afraid?” Yi Shuang Shuang said extremely furiously.
“Hey, hey, hey, how many years old of an old monster are you?” Ling Han felt disgusted. This woman kept saying this lady, but in reality she was an monster that couldn’t be any older.
“What’s that look in your eyes—this lady is forever young. Besides, to convert it to this lady’s lifespan, she’s only now in the prime of youth!” Yi Shuang Shuang slapped the table, looking like she was about to eat someone.
As expected, age was women’s pet peeve and shouldn’t be touched.
Ling Han changed the topic, and said, “In short, your attacking me would enrage the heavenly doa, and then you’d be repelled and end up dead.”
“Not that exaggerated, it’s mainly that this lady cherishes talent.” Yi Shuang Shuang wasn’t pleased with his wording.
Ling Han knew that she definitely wouldn’t speak all the truth; the things that involved the crux obviously wouldn’t be revealed. But, for now, she indeed wouldn’t lay hands on him. He changed the subject, and said, “Do you know Asura Demon Emperor?”
“Tsk, a lackey of the underworld… what demon emperor? He even dares to call himself an emperor? Really making this lady laugh her head off!” Yi Shuang Shuang said in disdain.
She proved to be a real divine being, daring to look down on Asura Demon Emperor, who was split into nine parts and suppressed, still living after countless millennia—he was absolutely a monster amongst monsters.
Hold on!
Ling Han was startled, and said, “Asura Demon Emperor is from the underworld?”
“A wisp of Demonic Qi born in the underworld that became a living spirit through countless years and entered the divine realm through the divine realm and underworld’s barrier, and then was utterly defeated. Originally thought to be dead, it turns out he was just sealed here,” Yi Shuang Shuang said, but she immediately let out a faint sound of surprise, and said, “Why not kill him?”
“Maybe Asura Demon Emperor escaped here, and the elites in the divine realm can’t enter?” Ling Han speculated.
Yi Shuang Shuang first nodded, but then shook her head, and said, “The small world rejects the outsiders, and it’s hard to exit, but even harder to enter—even the for people of the divine realm, not to mention Asura Demon Emperor from the underworld. This matter’s definitely strange!”
Ling Han was astounded. From his perspective, Asura Demon Emperor was hunted in the divine realm and had to escape to the small world of the vast lands in the end. This was only to be expected, so why was it suddenly strange?
“How about the Thousand Corpse Sect? I heard the divine realm also has this sect,” Ling Han asked again.
“You brat, why do you have so many questions, aren’t you annoying?” Yi Shuang Shuang’s patience was apparently not so good.
“Come, serve up good tea, snacks and fruits.” Ling Han waved his hand, and there immediately were palace maids that delivered all sorts of delicacies, which were all cultivated in the Black Tower. To mislead people, Ling Han placed many of them in the reserve and took it out from there ordinarily.
“You think this lady is a chowhound?” Yi Shuang Shuang protested, but soon began to eat delightfully. The things grown inside the Black Tower were indeed delicious, and even she praised them unceasingly.
“Alright, this lady will slightly disclose some secrets for you to know, but each realm has its rules, and this lady can’t speak too much, or else she might be targeted!”
She pointed at the sky, obviously meaning the Eye of Heavenly Dao.
Ling Han nodded, and said, “You speak whatever you will, and I’ll listen casually; nothing will be held.”
Yi Shuang Shuang snickered, and said, “The vast lands is a small world with incomplete rules and space, and just like a sealed pond, the sky you guys can see is only that large, and the world that can be reached is only that wide. It has an end.”
Ling Han nodded. So, Shattering Void Tier elites were able to strike down the stars in the sky here, but if it were a true world, each star would be at least the size of the vast lands, so how could it be struck down?
“And the divine realm could be said as connected rivers and seas. You can enter the rivers through the lakes, and enter the seas through the lakes, it’s boundless,” Yi Shuangshuang said. “It is a large world; at least from what this lady knows, no one can explore the ends of it.”
Ling Han was shocked—even divine beings didn’t know how large the divine realm was. How immense was that world?
“However, between heaven and earth, if there’s a positive, there must be a negative, a yin to yang, and evil to good,” Yi Shuangshuang went on. “There’s an underworld that exists side by side with the divine realm. It can be viewed as an overlapping space, but we can neither see nor interfere with each other.
“But in reality, the two worlds are overlapping, so how can there be no interference at all? The underworld’s Qi is constantly seeping into the divine realm, affecting the living beings of the divine realm, and the two worlds also come into conflict. At the place where the conflict is most intense, the realm barrier is very very thin, and the underworld’s cultivators can enter the divine realm as they please!
“The Thousand Corpse Sect is called Hades in the divine realm, and was created by some of the almighties that entered the divine realm from the underworld. The Thousand Corpse Sect here is one of its sub-branches. Their purpose is to bring chaos to the divine realm and turn it into the second underworld.
“If the two worlds could fuse, their level wou
ld definitely increase by a cut!”
Ling Han was left speechless. He was here thinking about splitting open the skies and ascending to the divine realm, but the divine realm didn’t seem to be much safer, being targeted by the underworld. Maybe it’d really become a world of monsters and demons in the end.
“Is the divine realm inferior to the underworld?” he asked. Since the two worlds were parallel, then the divine realm shouldn’t be weak.
Yi Shuang Shuang rolled her eyes, and said, “The underworld covets the divine realm—that’s one matter, and whether they can take it down or not, that is another matter. At least from what this lady knows, although countless campaigns took place over hundreds of millions of years in the two worlds, now the underworld is still the underworld, and the divine realm is still the divine realm—neither side can deal with the other.
“Besides, you think that the divine realm doesn’t want to absorb the underworld?
“They’re both like two dogs, so how can you call either noble?”
Chapter 771 - An Imminent Great Battle
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Yi Shuang Shuang really wasn’t courteous, and simply condemned the two worlds as dogs.
Ling Han, however, laughed loudly. He was also extremely daring and liked to break old rules, and felt that Yi Shuang Shuang matched his character somewhat. He couldn’t help but look forward to it, and said, “After I arrive at the divine realm, I have to get around.”
Yi Shuang Shuang sneered, and said, “If you can really successfully split open the skies, then you’ll definitely be forced by the large forces in the divine realm to resist the underworld’s invasion army at the realm barrier.”
Ling Han frowned, and said, “Even if I could… my strength would be barely in the god tier, wouldn’t I just be cannon fodder joining the great battle at the barrier wall?”
“You’re right!” Yi Shuang Shuang clapped, and said, “They’ll exactly having you be cannon fodder; if you don’t die, how would they rationally annex your nation? You have to know that the territories in the divine realm are extremely precious—which force doesn’t want to establish a nation, and which nation doesn’t want to expand its territory? Once you die, they’ll marry your daughter, or marry off a woman to your son, and your divine nation will obviously be certain to become theirs.”
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