Alchemy Emperor of the Divine Dao c1-1294
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The pirate was completely dumbstruck. ‘What kind of secret technique is this? How is it so powerful?!’
One had to realize that he was at the middle stage of the high extreme, which was more than one full minor level above Ling Han. He had a decisive advantage over Ling Han in terms of power, so how could he have been affected?
As these thoughts flashed through the pirate’s mind, Ling Han’s sword and palm had already struck over again.
Chapter 1011 - I’ll Kill You in 10 Strikes
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“You’re seeking death!” the pirate said with a cold chuckle.
When cultivators fought, they were most afraid of engaging in close-quarter combat. This was especially so if one were battling against someone more powerful or someone at the same cultivation level.
If one were to charge into close-quarter combat against someone more powerful, they were naturally seeking death. Meanwhile, if they engaged in close-quarter combat against someone at the same cultivation level, they would face a constant threat of death.
On the other hand, if one were much stronger than their opponent, engaging in close-quarter combat was definitely the fastest way to end a battle.
‘This brat’s cultivation level is far lower than mine. He’s seeking death by charging toward me!
‘He can’t be a five-star genius, right? Even if he is, his battle prowess will only be on the same level as me.’
The pirate quickly swung his saber toward Ling Han. He wanted to end this battle in the shortest time possible.
“I’ll kill you in 10 strikes!” Ling Han said with a smile.
Pu!
The pirate almost spluttered in surprise. That was his line, okay? A mere cultivator at the early stage of the medium extreme was actually threatening to kill him in 10 strikes? Where did his courage come from?
“Brat, accept your death!” Divine patterns materialized on his saber as it cut through the air even more quickly. It was as if the saber were awakening.
This wasn’t because his saber was a God Tool. Rather, this change was brought about because his martial intent had enveloped his weapon as he battled against Ling Han. Right now, his saber was like an extension of his body.
Thus, his saber couldn’t be underestimated even though it didn’t possess the might of a genuine God Tool.
Weng!
A black glow radiated from the saber blade as a dazzling and destructive ray of light blasted into the deck, carving a deep and menacing groove in it.
Ling Han danced about and continued to harass his opponent with his divine patterns of gravity. Add to that his Seven Kill Subduing Soul Technique, and the pirate could barely unleash 50% of his true battle prowess.
One didn’t necessarily need to have a higher battle prowess to defeat their enemy. Weakening the enemy’s battle prowess could also help one achieve victory.
They exchanged blow after blow, and they had already exchanged nine strikes in a mere few seconds.
The pirate didn’t dare underestimate Ling Han any longer. However, his opponent was also kidding if he wanted to dispose of him in 10 strikes. ‘There’s only one strike left. You’re dreaming if you want to kill me!’
Ling Han ferociously charged over, and it appeared as if he wanted to sacrifice his life to kill the pirate.
The pirate was startled by this. However, his surprise quickly transformed into a cold chuckle.
He was confident that he could kill Ling Han first. Once Ling Han died, the gravity field that affected him would naturally disappear as well. At that time, he would recover his full battle prowess, so how would Ling Han’s strike still be able to hurt him?
‘How foolish. Do you think you’re invincible just because you can hamper my battle prowess?’
He viciously swung his saber at Ling Han’s head.
It was a shame that no one from the Imperial Capital was here to witness this sight. Otherwise, they would all kindly urge him to definitely, definitely not underestimate Ling Han’s physique. Doing so would merely be seeking death.
Boom!
His saber struck down, and sure enough, it hit Ling Han’s head before Ling Han could reach him. However, what happened next was astounding.
Weng!
The saber shuddered, and surprisingly rebounded off Ling Han’s head!
Pu!
The pirate’s eyes almost bulged out of his head. The sight before him was far beyond his comprehension. Only now did he realize why Ling Han was so confident. His physique was simply inhumane!
‘Not good!’ he shouted in his mind.
However, it was already too late for him to retreat. He had initially planned on killing Ling Han, which would in turn greatly reduce the might of Ling Han’s own attack. If he succeeded, he wouldn’t face any danger at all.
But now?
A sharp pain stabbed at his chest, and power instantly drained from his body.
“The 10th strike!” Ling Han’s voice echoed next to his ear, yet it sounded as if he was extremely far away. He could barely comprehend what had happened before his consciousness slowly drifted into darkness.
Ling Han pulled his sword back; not a drop of blood stained its mirror-like blade.
He placed the pirate’s corpse into his Spatial Spirit Tool. He then charged toward where Shui Yanyu was to help her deal with her opponents.
After being together for so long, their cooperation was already extremely smooth. Ling Han used his Seven Kill Subduing Soul Technique to stun the enemies, while Shui Yanyu seized the opportunities to end their lives. As long as their opponents’ cultivation levels were below the high extreme, they would be able to kill them in a single combination strike.
However, there were 60 pirates, so they naturally caught the attention of many pirates after killing more than 10 of their companions.
Xiu!
Another powerful pirate who had an image of four Mountain Rivers behind his back charged over.
Consummate level!
Fortunately, the pirate had only just formed his fourth River. This River was evidently smaller than the others, so the pirate was most likely only at the late stage of the consummate level, not the peak stage. Even so, his strength was still far above Ling Han’s and Shui Yanyu’s.
Ling Han was a full 10 sub-minor levels beneath him—unless he was a 10-star genius, there was absolutely no way for him to bridge such a large gap in cultivation level. However, five-star geniuses were already things of legends, so how could there be a 10-star genius?
“Humph! Die!” The pirate was a baldy with a shiny head, and a string of beads lashed out from his hand as he attacked. Looking closely, however, those beads were actually human skulls! They were simply many times smaller than normal.
Ling Han was certain that those skulls all belonged to humans. Moreover, their owners had at least reached the Mountain River Tier. They had only become so small because they had been tempered and refined by the pirate.
The skulls lit up as they whipped over.
Pu!
Unexpectedly, they spat out streaks of black air that transformed into numerous black swords that slashed at Ling Han.
‘So fast!’
Ling Han barely had enough time to raise his arms in front of his face before the swords slashed over.
Pu, pu, pu, pu!
The swords ripped through his clothes and flesh as they pierced into his body. Fortunately, none of Ling Han’s Godly bones was snapped, as they were extremely sturdy.
‘The consummate level is the consummate level, after all. How frightening,’ Ling Han lamented in his mind, yet he didn’t know that the baldy was actually even more astonished. He was a full 10 sub-minor levels above Ling Han, so his strike should’ve been able to easily kill him. However, it had only brought Ling Han some minor injuries! This was completely unfathomable.
“Humph!” Ling Han activated his divine patterns of flame, causing the swords on his arms to instantly disint
egrate into dust. He then activated his Indestructible Heaven’s Scroll, instantly healing all of his wounds.
A string of curses raced through the baldy’s mind as he stared at Ling Han with a dumbfounded expression.
This kind of physique, this kind of recovery ability… Unless one could insta-kill Ling Han, who would be able to outlast him?
‘Holy sh*t! How can there be such a freak?’
The baldy took a deep breath. By the looks of it, he had to unleash his trump card to insta-kill Ling Han… or at least severely wound him. Otherwise, if Ling Han could easily recover, there would be simply no way to kill him.
He clutched the string of ‘beads’, and said, “My Buddha is compassionate; help these beings cross the ocean of suffering!”
Weng!
A tremendous divine golden halo radiated from his body.
‘He’s clearly a murderous demon, yet he actually has such a majestic attack?’
The baldy tossed the string of ‘beads’ into the air, and shouted, “Foolish peasant, let me free your soul!”
Weng!
The string of ‘beads’ instantly expanded, each skull transforming back into their original size. Counting carefully, there were 360 skulls in total.
“Ancient Heaven Circulation Formation, activate!”
Boom!
Streaks of black light shot out from the skulls and mercilessly slashed at Ling Han.
Chapter 1012 - The Killer Appears
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Every human skull was spewing shadowy light as they shot out towards Ling Han.
360 streaks of light formed a mysterious formation, greatly boosting the power behind every attack. Meanwhile, after the baldy delivered this attack, his face couldn’t help but turn a few shades paler. It was apparent that this attack was very straining on him.
Ling Han dared not take this attack head on.
It was one thing for his physique to be tough, but his opponent’s cultivation level was superior to his by as many as 10 sub-minor levels. Even his Body of Diamond would be pierced through, and he would be severely wounded at the very least.
Peng , he delivered a palm strike and sent Shui Yanyu to the sidelines, while he himself retreated in another direction.
“Buddha is merciful, and willing to pass redemption to all!” The baldy descended amidst golden light, his face wearing a twisted expression, without the slightest bit of mercy anywhere.
Ling Han dodged endlessly, while the baldy continued to pursue him. His abilities were far superior to Ling Han’s, so naturally the more he chased, the closer he came. Those streaks of shadowy light descended in a violent surge, and looked like they were just about to catch up to Ling Han.
Accompanied by a cold humph, a streak of dark light swept over. Pa, pa, pa, pa. All these streaks of black light were shattered. Yang Tiecheng, who was currently engaged in a fierce battle with three pirates, had still managed to spare a hand to dissolve the crisis that Ling Han was trapped in.
Yet, with this action, he was immediately on the receiving end of the counterattacks from three elites of the pirates. A vivid dance of shadow and light wrapped completely around him, and no further sign of him could be seen.
“You managed to dodge once, but will you be able to dodge the second attack?” The baldy smirked coldly. However, he did not immediately wave his string of beads for a second attack. Instead, he merely brandished it and charged over.
Obviously, that earlier attack was too straining, and he had yet to recover fully.
The pressure on Ling Han naturally decreased greatly. He used the unique terrain on the ship to dodge and evade continuously as he continued to observe the proceedings of the battle.
The battle looked incredibly fierce, but there was still a great number that did not use their full abilities.
For example, Liu Ying and the other three women. They were obviously elites in the consummate level of Mountain River Tier, yet merely exhibited abilities on the level of the peak stage of the medium extreme, and were currently in a heated battle with a few minor characters. The two members of the Luo Clan were the same as well. Their abilities were obviously powerful, yet they purposely pretended to be weak.
Otherwise, with at least five elites of the consummate level of the Mountain River Tier on their side, they had an overwhelming advantage.
‘Looks like their evil intentions have not died!’ Ling Han thought. These people were reserving their strength. It was obvious that they wanted to make use of the chaotic battle to deliver a fatal strike against him. At that moment, they would be able to push the blame onto the pirates, removing themselves from the matter entirely.
After all, no one would want to have any relation with the crime of having killed a disciple of the Scarlet Heaven Academy.
“I will deliver you to the heavenly paradise!” The baldy grinned in a twisted manner, the fingers of his right hand forming an orchid 1 . He smacked down lightly, and hong , a real orchid flower actually took form, and slammed down on Ling Han.
Upon a closer look, the stem of the orchid flower was formed from divine patterns, and the light it was exuding further formed shadowy images of blossoms, possessing a kind of sacred aura.
To think a murderous maniac would have an aura of holiness and sanctity circulating around him… This was very odd and extremely bizarre.
Ling Han quickly dodged. Bang , the orchid smashed into the deck, actually smashing a hole right in it, demonstrating how terrifying this attack was. It had to be known that the ship itself was built from bones of a special Demonic Beast from the Star Sea, and was incredibly sturdy and tough.
Peng , Ling Han was sent flying with the aftershock, and shot sideways.
Just at this moment, an incredibly cold sword’s light waved, piercing out towards Ling Han’s chest.
The attacker was shockingly Zhou Gaoyang, that ordinary-looking man in gray robes. But at this moment, his eyes were shining with the light of malice, his whole person bursting with a terrifying aura.
The peak stage of the high extreme!
He was an elite even stronger than that pirate from before. The sword strike approached, and it was the moment where Ling Han was falling down and his defenses were the weakest. Moreover, the tip of the sword was sinisterly cold. It was obviously a supreme weapon, and added with an instillation of power from him, it was very possible that this stab would be able to pierce right through Ling Han’s body.
The point that he was targeting was precisely Ling Han’s heart—this attack was meant to be fatal!
The baldy did not know that there were already hidden waves of turbulence on board this ship, and when he saw this scene, he couldn’t help but feel it weird, but it was all right with him. In any case, their purpose was to kill all the men here; as for who delivered the killing strike, who cared?
Zhou Gaoyang’s face was serious and somber, both hands gripping onto the hilt of his sword. There were visible divine patterns flickering on his hands, which extended onto the blade of the sword, causing it to burst with an astonishing glorious light as well.
He obviously was also very wary of Ling Han’s physique. Hence, this attack had his full power in it, and he was determined to pierce right through Ling Han’s body.
“Many Shadows Embodiment Technique!” Ling Han exclaimed in a low voice, and in the instant the sword’s tip touched him, he had entered into the Black Tower.
Zhou Gaoyang’s sword strike instantly missed its target.
It should be known that he had used his maximum power in this sword strike, and as it missed its target, the endless power did not find any exit. Naturally, his figure lost control, and charged right ahead.
Pu!
Quite coincidentally, this strike just happened to stab into the thigh of one of the pirates, causing him so much pain that he screamed loudly. He turned around to look who had attacked him; he felt this was unfathomable. He was presently in a heated battle with one of the
crew members, so why had some random guy f******* suddenly stabbed him?
He had not expressed how innocent he was when a bang was heard. That crew member that he had been fighting grasped the chance, and struck with his hammer, crushing the head of that pirate into mush.
Xiu , Ling Han appeared once more. Naturally, he reappeared on the spot he had disappeared.
“En?”
“Yi?”
Zhou Gaoyang and the baldy both exclaimed in surprise. The few people that had been paying attention to Ling Han were also no exception. Just now… had Ling Han suddenly disappeared?
Many Shadows Embodiment Technique?
These people automatically digested the smoke bomb Ling Han had thrown out. That was because in comparison with a Spatial God Tool, they would be more willing to believe that it was an incredible movement technique.
… What a joke. How could an ant from a small world possibly obtain the treasure of an ultimate elite of Genesis Tier?
The words ‘Spatial God Tool’ did not flash through their minds at all.
This movement technique was very awesome. It should be known that Zhou Gaoyang’s abilities were far superior to Ling Han’s, and the timing that he had chosen to make his move was exceptional. But, it was precisely because of this that his strike did not succeed.
Hiss, was this ant from a small world really so hard to kill?
Ling Han smirked coldly, and asked, “So the mysterious killer… is you!”
Zhou Gaoyang was expressionless as he asked, “You suspected me for a long time?”
“My departure from the Imperial Capital must be a good chance that could not be missed to you ghosts. How could there be no movement from the Dark Night Hall? I have long since guessed that the mysterious killer comes from the Dark Night Hall, and in my eyes, you are the biggest suspect!” Ling Han said.
Those like Luo Yu, Liu Ying, Zuo Xiao, and the others all had clear identities. Then, if the Dark Night Hall had really sent out an assassin, he would naturally be someone among Jin Zhihui, Zhou Gaoyang, Fu Tian, and Yin Yuanxiang.