Chapter 1449 Tian Xuan vs Ji Chengming (II)
Chapter 1449 Tian Xuan vs Ji Chengming (II)
[Do you understand your purpose? The reason for your existence?]
"Yes, I won't let you down."
[Too slow — your progress is too slow. Wang Wei has passed his Supreme Outlaw Trial.]
"I won't lose to him."
[Good, you have proven your intelligence is on par with him. However, it's not enough. His Nine Extremity Foundation is almost complete, but you haven't even started it.]
"I will get to it."
[How can you be so useless? You are the son of Grand Dao, born with the greatest blessing between Heaven and Earth.]
"What did I do wrong this time?"
[Wang Wei has become the second Mortal Emperor in the universe. If you want a chance at beating him, you must be the third."]
"I will do my best."
[What? Are you satisfied that you proved the Dao before him? Well, I can tell you he became an Immeasurable Emperor — the very first in the universe, meaning your small achievement means nothing.]
"...How can I be an Immeasurable Emperor?"
[It's too late for you. However, he is planning a way to bind his [Existence] to the Heavenly Emperor Era he is creating. Why don't you try copying him?]
"I'll create an era even more glorious than him."
[You did a decent job. The next competition is the Taboo Battle Realms — you cannot lose to him in those.]
"I…will not lose."
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"I…will not lose."
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A hole appeared in Tian Xuan's eyes as he flew into the distance. The horrible pain had awakened him from the nightmares surrounding his greatest fear. He noticed his mind was once again slipping and reacted swiftly by destroying all negative effects on his mind, soul, or spirit.
Tian Xuan now had control over his body, but this attack severely injured him. 'His Dao Will is a nasty piece of work,' he analyzed. The combination of Tian Xuan's Dao Will and Willpower Manifestation could barely seal Ji Chengming's, and that's despite the fact his True Will contained some of the essence of his Destruction Dao. Luckily, his soul was well-protected by an excellent Soul Artifact and many other techniques, so it was not affected.
A Yin-Yang symbol materialized next to Tian Xuan, transforming his Destruction Dao into Creation. Then, a new and perfect replica of Tian Xuan appeared in the symbol. Tian Xuan then transferred his soul into this new body, thus perfectly healing his previous injury.
"It's useless," Ji Chengming said as his three summoned souls started resonating with each other for a second attack. Tian Xuan controlled his former shelf as a puppet, forcing it to attack the three souls. Ji Chengming raised his hand to create three pillars full of grievances. He planned to seal this shell and buy enough time for his attack to hit.
However, Tian Xuan was ruthless and immediately exploded the puppet, releasing a devastating amount of pure destructive power. This attack wiped out everything in sight except for the protective measures around Ji Chengming.
Swish!
Tian Xuan destroyed the distance between himself and his opponent, achieving a terrifying high-speed teleportation. He appeared behind Ji Chengming, holding a sword condensed for destruction. "Die," he yelled.
"Do you think I would fall for such an obvious tactic?" Ji Chengming sneered as a golden creature with wings appeared around him. His [Spirit of Fortitude], condensed from one of the Seven Heavenly Virtues, was the ultimate form of protection.
Swish!
Tian Xuan's sword passed through his defense like it was empty air before him, leaving a gushing wound. "How is that possible?" Ji Chengming was shocked as he distanced himself from his opponent. Tian Xuan would not pass this opportunity and continued his aggressive approach.
Ji Chengming reacted swiftly by recondensing his three souls, and each soul immediately created a universe to block Tian Xuan's path. This approach was effective, as it took some time to destroy the nightmare, horror, and fear universe.
Meanwhile, Ji Chengming took this opportunity to analyze why the previous attack failed. 'It's Luck Dao: this bastard destroys all probabilities or possibilities that could block his sword, allowing it to 'accidentally' pass through a flaw in my defense.'
Ji Chengming looked at the slash wound on his chest with gritted teeth. 'Luckily, these lowly people have a shoddy application of True Will.' It only took him a moment to remove Tian Xuan's True Will and regenerate. Swish! Ji Chengming moved his head to evade the destruction arrow before focusing on his opponent.
"Tell me: what is your obsession?" Ji Chengming asked with a smirk. Tian Xuan did not answer but fired another arrow. The Spirit of Virtue slashed the arrow away with a sword of light.
"It seems you have two obsessions, and they somehow contradict one another," Ji Chengming continued. "The first one seems to be to overthrow someone and stop living in their shadows. Interesting, there is actually someone who can make you obsessed with them!"
Tian Xuan released a rain of arrows, but it was useless. The Spirit of Virtue condensed a shield, and with his sword, no harm came to its master.
"Your second obsession seems to be hidden quite well, so I can't even read it," Ji Chengming continued. "However, we have plenty of time." He chuckled before going on the offensive. He first combined the horror soul with the fear soul, turning into a humanoid creature with four arms, an octopus head, and numerous eyes on all parts of its body.
This new horror then looked at Tian Xuan, and his body started mutating. His left arm began to grow muscles and tissues uncontrollably, turning into this large and grotesque red abomination. Tian Xuan was calm. As a body refiner, this was not the first time he had faced such a situation, so he focused on regaining control. Sadly, this mutation was more aggressive and uncontrollable than the True Power Dao Realm tribulation, so he swiftly cut off his arm and regrew another.
He teleported away, thinking this creature required sight to cast his technique, but he was only half right. The first attack required sight, but the subsequent ones used their karmic link, which Tian Xuan swiftly detected and destroyed.
However, what awaited him was Ji Chengming's fourth summons: [The Soul of Regret]. A bright red heart that was more than 20 meters in length and had a black dagger piercing through it manifested, and as soon as it appeared, the heart started to beat.
Tian Xuan, who was mid-attack, found himself in this white space with fog. His first instinct was to destroy everything, but he stopped himself when the fog condensed into the shape of a woman. Her face was vague, but the woman's contour indicated she was beautiful and had an aura of endless gentleness.
Tian Xuan calmly looked at the woman, and despite her lack of a visage, he could tell she was smiling. She raised her hand to him, and he unknowingly reached out. Unfortunately, before he could touch her, she collapsed before turning into another woman dressed in all-black clothes with black nails, black and red eye shadows, and dark lipstick. The woman was breathtakingly beautiful with her ancient aura of power and darkness.
"Don't forget who you are betrothed to," she declared.
"So, you gave up the love of your life for an arranged marriage? Is that your regret? What a cliche story." Ji Chengming sneered echoed in this dimension, plunging Tian Xuan into a blind rage as he destroyed this spiritual realm.
Unfortunately, what awaited him was not the freedom he sought but a world of horror. Tian Xuan found himself in this dark space with billions of arms coming from below, trying to drag him. The worst part was not these creepy limbs not attached to anything, but the sweet voices that came calling him:
"Xuan'er, why did you abandon me?"
"Was I not enough?"
"Couldn't you have fought for us?"
Tian Xuan knew this voice, and now it no longer haunted him just in his dream but followed him into reality. "Annihilate," Tian Xuan said coldly, eradicating all signs of this dimension from the world.
"Why in such a hurry?" Ji Chengming chuckled. "We are just getting started? Why don't we take a look at your nightmare."
Tian Xuan coldly looked in the distance, his eyes penetrating whatever power confused his mind, and he looked straight at Ji Chengming. "The Heavenly Dao Eye's analysis is completed."
Ji Chengming felt a chill down his spine, followed by a feeling he was naked and his opponent was seeing through all his secrets.
"Let's copy the opponent's [Dao Will Mastery] and {Mind Protection]," Tian Xuan uttered. His body instantly released an aura that broke all of Ji Chengming's illusions/spirit techniques. But Tian Xuan was not done.
He activated his [Awakening], condensing the [Supreme Armor of Destruction]. A dark armor condenses on his body, with his hair breaking through the top of the helmet. Pure destruction energy rushed through the eye sockets and the connecting joint pieces of the armor, manifesting in a dark red shade.
"It's time to end this farce," Tian Xuan said coldly.