It was definitely a Shattering Void Tier elite’s law decree!
Ling Han nodded inwardly; the five great sects were really even willing to take out such a law decree.
After all, it wasn’t just the matter of a Shattering Void Tier expending their cultivation to write it down—just how precious were the materials? If it weren’t a Shattering Void Tier beast’s skin, how could it withstand a Shattering Void Tier’s will? If it weren’t a Shattering Void Tier being’s blood essence, how could it possibly leave a mark on such a beast skin?
How many Shattering Void Tier beasts were there in the world?
Therefore, the five great sects really buckled down.
Xu Xiu Ran snorted, but said no more. His personal plans obviously couldn’t override the sect’s interests even if he was Absolute Saber Sect’s most exceptional genius in ten thousand years—the one and only.
Hong , when the scroll fully unfurled, white light intertwined and formed a phoenix, with wings three hundred meters long, emitting an all-powerful presence.
The Shattering Void Tier!
As Dong Ling’er pointed with her index and middle finger, the phoenix cried out resoundingly and fluttered its wings. Even the blue skies were about to collapse as it was diving extremely rapidly towards Ling Han.
A Shattering Void Tier attack—did a Deity Transformation Tier warrior qualify to resist ist? Not to mention a Deity Transformation Tier, even a heaven-defying Heaven Tier elite wouldn’t, just like how it was impossible to rival a Flower Blossom Tier opponent no matter how strong a Spiritual Pedestal Tier elite was—it was insurmountable.
But at this moment, the temperature of the air dropped rapidly as everyone felt like they were falling into an ice cave, trembling all over involuntarily, instantly losing their fighting spirit and simply wanting to hold their arms to escape the cold.
With a dragon’s cry, an entirely icy-white true dragon appeared, waving its claws fiercely at the phoenix.
Hong!
The two divine beasts exchanged blows, the momentum shaking the skies.
Theoretically, true phoenixes definitely wouldn’t lose to true dragons, but true dragons were relatively stronger, so true dragons were regarded as the divine realm’s standard measure of power; but, the problem was that neither of two were true divine beasts.
One was a formed by a formation, while the other was formed by a law decree.
Peng , in an exchange of blows, the phoenix was immediately sent flying, not enduring a single exchange.
Ling Han smiled proudly. He’d already expected such a result.
Where did the attacks of a law decree come from?
Martial artists branded their martial intent onto talisman paper with their own blood essence, which, unfolded, could form attacks, no different from spirit talismans. In this way, the power of law decrees was limited by two points: first, the martial artist’s strength, and second, the talisman paper’s quality.
The talisman paper used for Shattering Void Tier’s law decree would definitely be Shattering Void Tier’s beast skin, and if the beast was only in the third layer of the Shattering Void Tier, then it would be impossible to withstand martial intent even one layer higher. Similarly, even if the talisman paper was of the ninth layer of the Shattering Void Tier, but the creator only was at the third layer of the Shattering Void Tier, then the law decree created would have at most power of the third layer of the Shattering Void Tier.
A two-way restriction, decided two-way.
There were pitifully little Shattering Void Tier beasts to begin with, so where could a high-level one be slaughtered so that you can get beast skin? Such a thing was a most valuable treasure that could be used to refine high-level defensive gear, and creating a law decree was really too wasteful!
Besides, writing a law decree required one’s own blood essence, which was a type of great expense for Shattering Void Tier elites. Who would be willing to do it?
Thus, Ling Han estimated that the law decree’s power wouldn’t surpass Shattering Void Tier five stars, and as he’d expected, the phoenix’s attack was knocked back by the ice dragon. It probably only had Shattering Void Tier two to three stars of battle prowess.
“What!?” Xu Xiu Ran and other four all cried out in surprise. That was a Shattering Void Tier elite’s personally refined law decree, how could it be not even withstand one blow?
That ice dragon?
They were all shocked. With their judgement, they could obviously see that it was a formation; and the biggest difference between formations and law decrees was that law decrees would naturally become a piece of wastepaper as the Shattering Void Tier’s blood essence was all burned out after one use, but formations were different—as long as heaven and earth was still present, the formation could absorb Spirit Qi continuously, its power not decreasing.
If the law decree was powerful enough, then it could destroy the formation in one vigorous effort, and it would be useless to have strength that didn’t run out, but the key was that the formation now was the stronger one!
What else could be done, then?
Xu Xiu Ran brandished the Absolute Saber, and said, “Ling Han, no one use their trump card of Shattering Void Tier, I’ll fight with you!”
Ling Han shook his head, and said, “Sorry, it’s a war now, not the time to contest with personal strength!” He spurred the Ice Dragon Ground Blast Formation towards the four great geniuses.
“Damn it!” Xu Xiu Ran yelled angrily, and could only awaken the Absolute Saber without any other choice. A terrifying supreme presence overflowed as the Absolute Saber floated in the sky, illuminating the blue skies.
Once the Absolute Saber was awoken, the Revere Life Sword also operated on its own and confronted the Absolute Saber.
Now, with the Shattering Void Tier battle prowess on both sides equal in number, the Absolute Saber and the Revere Life Sword were old opponents—hard to tell which was the better—but the ice dragon was definitely stronger than the phoenix, and law decrees existed limited in time; once exhausted, the west region’s coalition army would undoubtedly be killed.
Xu Xiu Ran and the other great geniuses’ expressions changed. Who could’ve expected that that Ling Han would possess battle prowess of the Shattering Void Tier in such a short amount of time?
“Retreat, it was a mistaken evaluation, Shattering Void Tier elites must personally take charge!”
“Yes, at least those possessing battle prowess of Shattering Void Tier five stars.”
The four great geniuses immediately gave up the fight, and retreated swiftly with the Absolute Saber and the Shattering Void Tier law decree as protection.
Ling Han chased for a while and gave up. The focus now was to take the west region; as for the old scores with Xu Xiu Ran and the others, that could be settled in the future. As long as he advanced into the Heaven Tier, which one of them could rival him? When he advanced into the Shattering Void Tier, he would also be invincible.
When he returned, he saw that the Son of Lightning had already run. Hu Niu didn’t lose out and showed her terrifying strength of the greatest genius in the world.
In the battle, the west region’s coalition army was completely defeated and dispersed, with several Deity Transformation Tier elites being killed and high-end battle power being weakened greatly.
The Rock Spirit remained to assist the army on its continuous expedition, while Ling Han, Hu Niu, Zhu Xuan Er, and the others returned to the north region. The east region invaded; though it could be guaranteed that the imperial city wouldn’t be lost, other cities falling into the enemies’ hands would affect the nation’s fortune after all.
They set out on the path of return. On the third day, a man appeared in the middle of the road with a table placed in front of him. He sat on a imperial tutor’s chair and was sipping tea, looking to be completely at ease.
Chapter 774 - Drink Tea First Then Kill People
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such desolate wilderness, a tea-drinking man unexpectedly appeared, completely relaxed. It was abnormal no matter how one looked at it.
Ling Han and the others stopped in their tracks and looked towards that person.
He was a man gentle like jade, looked to be in the thirties, filled with a manly charm, and with a full head of black hair that draped over his shoulders, seeming somewhat wanton and unrestrained.
This person obviously also saw Ling Han; he put down his teacup, and said, “Tea is really such a good thing, cultivating one’s mind and illuminating one’s heart.”
“This sir sitting in the middle of the road, are you planning to serve me tea?” Ling Han said with a smile, and walked over with large strides.
The man took out a cup from the tea tray and filled it up, then said, “Why not?”
Ling Han pulled out a chair and sat down face to face with that man. He lifted the cup to smell it, and said, “It indeed is good tea.”
That man cracked a smile, and said, “It’s Dragon’s Birth Tea, which according to legends grew bathing in the rain of true dragons, cultivated once in a hundred years. Whether it really bathed in the rain of true dragons is unknown, but the preciousness of it is not to be doubted. The tea’s fragrance overflows in the mouth, lingering for a long time.”
“Thanks!” Ling Han took a sip, and his brows relaxed involuntarily. He should also plant this kind of good tea inside the Black Tower.
“Please enjoy!” That man extended his hand, making an inviting gesture.
Ling Han took a few sips, placed the teacup down, and said, “I haven’t asked what this lord’s distinguished name is.”
That man smiled faintly, and said, “I’m called Corpse Boss.”
Pu!
Ling Han almost spurted out a mouthful of tea. He’d thought of many possibilities, but didn’t associate the man with the Thousand Corpse Sect.
No matter whether it was Rong Huan Xuan, Corpse Two, or the Ninth Underworld King, all of them had Corpse Qi, but in front of their eyes, the cultured and refined man like an erudite scholar really couldn’t be associated with the Thousand Corpse Sect.
According to what Corpse Two, Corpse Boss was more… perfect than he was!
It really was perfect to the point that he didn’t seem like a corpse returning to life. The marks of old age could still be seen on Corpse Two’s body, but Corpse Boss truly shed off the old skin and obtained new life.
“How truly unexpected!” Ling Han said sincerely.
Hearing Corpse Boss’s name, one’d think of a person with furrowed brows and blazing eyes, looking all murderous… Truly a huge gap from the one before their eyes.
Corpse Boss smiled faintly, and said, “I very rarely kill people, but facing those worthy of my intervention, I’ll always treat them to tea.”
“Does this count as the beheading tea 1 ?” Ling Han said.
“You could say so.” Corpse Boss nodded.
“Can we chat before it’s finished?”
“Of course.”
“Please!”
“Please!”
The two completely didn’t seem like enemies, talking cheerfully and humorously. Corpse Boss was well-read and could talk volubly no matter what topic they were on, while Ling Han wasn’t to be outdone, either. He lived two hundred years in the previous lifetime, and obviously read extensively, so very few could rival his abundance of knowledge.
As they talked and drank, the pot of tea was soon finished.
After the two drank all the tea inside their cups, they suddenly stopped speaking.
Corpse Boss slowly stored away the teacups inside a spatial Spirit Tool, while Ling Han stood up so that Corpse Boss could also store the table and chair at the same time.
“If you can block ten of my moves, I’ll let you go once,” Corpse Boss said.
Ling Han didn’t dare to be careless. He couldn’t see through Corpse Boss’s cultivation at all. According to what Corpse Two had said, Corpse Boss had always been cultivating in the Pond of the Underworld and was extremely like to have reached the Shattering Void Tier before he left.
If Corpse Boss was at the Shattering Void Tier, then he really could strike the firmament and destroy the depth of hell, strikingly powerful.
Ten moves… if Ling Han resisted with his own battle prowess, it would probably be extremely difficult.
Ling Han unleashed the Revere Life Sword, prepared for battle.
Corpse Boss very casually swatted his hand at Ling Han. Hong , the world dimmed as a large hand appeared out of thin air, pressing towards Ling Han. Nothing fancy, it was just an extremely simple palm attack.
However, the palm’s power shockingly reached the peak stage of the Heaven Tier. Ling Han greeted it with his sword, but was immediately sent flying, trembling all over and almost spurting out blood.
It was extremely shocking. His physique clearly reached the toughness of ninth-tier rare metal, but his internal organs were still shocked under the attack as if overturning seas and rivers, being extremely hard to bear.
“The second move!” Corpse Boss swung his palm. The power increased a whole lot unimaginably, and although it hadn’t reached the Shattering Void Tier, it really wasn’t far from it.
This guy was undoubtedly at the Shattering Void Tier!
Ten moves, with each move increasing in battle prowess… on the third move, the power would probably reach the Shattering Void Tier.
Ling Han took another hit, and his entire person was smacked into a sheet of paper, becoming extremely flat. However, such a terrifying attack was neutralized in half, and the remaining half he could completely take on with his physique.
“Coupling hardness with softness?” Corpse Boss revealed an astounded expression. “I’ve never expected your physical arts to reach such a high standard… but this is only the second move.” He swung his right hand again, throwing out the third palm.
This time, it really reached the Shattering Void Tier; even the skies trembled and the earth split, groaning soundlessly under the Shattering Void Tier’s battle prowess.
Ling Han had no more hesitation and swung his right hand, spreading out 108 short swords, forming the Ice Dragon Ground Blast Formation.
Peng!
The large hand hit, but was forcibly stopped as an ice dragon appeared, blocking the palm.
“Hm?” Corpse Two looked surprised again. “You really surprise people, you’re actually a formation master as well?” This person was a little more than twenty, but he not only had amazing attainments in martial arts, but also had an identity of a Heaven Grade alchemist. Now, he even unleashed a tenth-tier formation—how truly incredible.
How could one person display such accomplishments?
“Corpse Two said that you might be some Shattering Void Tier’s reincarnation with the soul of the previous lifetime, being able to use the realm power… Seems somewhat reasonable,” Corpse Boss said. People were limited by time, and even if Ling Han started to study the three Daos meticulously once he was born, twenty years’ time was by no means enough to get any single one to the extreme, let alone three Daos together.
Except for a Shattering Void Tier elite’s reincarnation, there was no second kind of possibility.
But reincarnation and rebirth… this was completely unheard of!
Take him and Corpse Two as examples—although they were still with the bodies they had several ten thousands years ago, their souls had not a bit of relationship with their previous one. The body was indeed the same, but could it still count as the previous life’s continuance?
The spirit’s reincarnation? Inconceivable… It could shock the entire world if word were to spread.
Ling Han smiled faintly, and said, “There are seven more moves!”
Corpse Boss’s expression was stern as he raised his right hand in front of his chest and condensed a shocking light ray in his palm with veined patterns surfacing, emitting an ancient presence.
Was this his previous life’s martial int
ent?
Ling Han was somewhat gloomy. He clearly knew that Corpse Boss was accumulating power for an ultimate move, yet he could only stare blankly. He pondered and decided that he couldn’t be so passive, unleashing Sunset Bow.
Blocking ten moves was what the deal was, but there was no mention that he could only take the beating.
He drew the bow, mounted an arrow, and activated the Eye of Truth, searching for Corpse Boss’s weakness.
Chapter 775 - A Divine Being’s Skeletal Hand
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Ling Han shockingly discovered that there wasn’t a trace of any weakness on Corpse Boss!
How was that possible!?
There were lees in every wine, and even the world’s finest defensive arts definitely wouldn’t be without a trace of a weakness—it was unrealistic.
But now, a truly perfect being appeared; from the information fed back by the Eye of Truth, his arrow would be useless no matter which direction it was shot in.
Ling Han immediately realized that it wasn’t Corpse Boss who had no weak points, but that his own strength was too weak.
Shattering Void Tier elites were too powerful, powerful to the point that even if they didn’t move, their static defense was almost flawless, and it wouldn’t matter no matter how much Heaven Tier elites attacked… at least Ling Han alone couldn’t break through it.
This was the gap in tier!
Ling Han stood at the peak of martial arts in his previous life, but it was only the Heaven Tier, and Shattering Void Tier elites were also extremely mysterious existences to him. And now, he was going to go against such a being.
Fortunately, there was still Ice Dragon Ground Blast Formation.
Ling Han operated his strength to the extreme, and if even the ice dragon couldn’t rival Corpse Boss, he would have to consider hiding in the Black Tower or using up Black Tower’s one-time power boost—though a great pity, it was better than dying here.
Corpse Boss attacked, throwing out a palm, and countless large stars instantly fell from the sky as if a meteor shower was raining down on Ling Han.
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