Swallowing the Starry Sky Starts with a Sword

Chapter 40 Goals and Plans
In the virtual space, inside the Palace of the God of War.

Arena Square.

At this moment, Zhou Ning and Dong Nanbiao opened a private battle space, and the system simulated a battlefield.

The surrounding plains were thousands of meters long and wide, with black rubble and stones all over the feet. The sky was filled with dark clouds, with muffled thunder rumbling faintly and flashes of lightning running through the thunderclouds.

Zhou Ning, wearing combat uniform and holding a sword in his hand, faced Dong Nanbiao who was holding a heavy sword.

The two sides were facing each other from a distance. At this moment, both of them had the same physical fitness level of a primary general. Only their sword skills, body skills, force amplitude and other combat skills could be used freely.

"Zhou Ning!"

Dong Nanbiao paced forward step by step, with an invisible and powerful aura condensing around him.

Zhou Ning took a deep breath and clenched the sword in his hand. Dong Nanbiao's oppressive aura seemed to be ten times more terrifying than when he faced the Golden Eagle God of War.

"Zhou Ning."

"Your swordsmanship has reached the middle stage of the fourth realm, and your body skills have reached the early stage of the fourth realm. This is considered top-notch among war gods."

"But you have to know that this is only the lowest level among the parliamentarians."

"The fourth realm, artistic conception, is to blend into nature and become a part of it."

"Exploding like fire, flowing like wind, fierce like thunder, changing like water."

"But the gap between artistic conception levels is also surprisingly large."

"Rumor has it that when you reach the pinnacle of artistic conception, you can faintly touch the legendary unity of man and nature!"

Dong Nanbiao was not wearing combat uniform, only a black shirt with the corners of his shirt fluttering in the wind. "I have been in the planetary level for nearly thirty years, and my swordsmanship has reached the state of mind level. My body skills are also considered to be in the middle state of mind level."

"Please enlighten me."

Zhou Ning drew his sword and also felt the pressure. Whether in swordsmanship or body movements, he was one level lower than Dong Nanbiao.

boom!
Dong Nanbiao took a step forward and instantly crossed a distance of dozens of meters, and the sword light fell like thunder!

When it reaches the state of artistic conception, a simple slash of sword seems to have calculated all the enemy's dodgments. There is no way to dodge this sword, but its power is so strong that it is irresistible!
A sudden thunderclap!
Zhou Ning moved as fast as lightning, not to dodge, but to take two steps forward to block the thunder-like knife in advance.

The Seven Lights of Thunder!

The blade flashed like lightning in the fog, and it rushed towards Dong Nanbiao. At the same time, the force amplitude of 5.2 times also exploded.

The swords flashed and crossed each other. In an instant, they exchanged three moves in a row, and Zhou Ning retreated again and again!

Dong Nanbiao just chopped and hacked with his sword technique, which was as pure as thunder. His sword technique at the artistic conception level completely suppressed Zhou Ning.

"What a powerful swordsmanship! What a powerful swordsmanship!!"

"Is this the artistic conception level?"

"A state of mind that is purely in the direction of thunder!"

"Fortunately, my body movements and sword techniques are in perfect harmony, and I can barely make up for the half-step difference. My strength is also slightly higher than Dong Nanbiao's. His strength should be 4.5 times higher?"

Here, both sides have the same physical fitness, so Zhou Ning can barely hold on.

Dong Nanbiao made him realize thoroughly how terrifying the realm of a planetary councillor was, and also made Zhou Ning realize the shortcomings of his own swordsmanship.

“My path is right!”

“But the accumulation of sword skills is not enough.”

The two sides exchanged three moves again. Zhou Ning's sword energy had been completely shaken and scattered. The next moment, a flash of lightning plunged Zhou Ning's eyes into darkness.

"There are people outside the world, and there is a sky outside the world."

Two figures gathered above the arena square, and Zhou Ning sighed sincerely.

Dong Nanbiao has walked thirty years further than him and has reached the end of his thunderous artistic conception.

"It is said that the reason why Master Hong is the strongest man in the world is because his combat realm has entered the so-called 'realm' level."

Zhou Ning curiously asked Dong Nanbiao: "Senior Dong, have you ever touched that level?"

Dong Nanbiao looked at Zhou Ning in surprise, then shook his head and said, "No one can reach Master Hong's realm."

"Do you remember what I said before, that when you reach the highest level of artistic conception, you will be able to vaguely touch the state of unity between man and nature?"

"Master Hong once said that the realm above the state of unity between heaven and man is the realm!"

"But even though I have reached the state of perfection in the realm of unity between man and nature, I still don't have any clue, let alone Pavilion Master Hong's level."

Zhou Ning frowned.

so tough?
One must first reach the ultimate level of artistic conception before one can touch the unity of man and nature. Above the unity of man and nature is the realm?
However, this was the same as he had guessed.

In the original work, only two realms are mentioned: artistic conception level and domain level, and it seems that there are no more realms between them.

But even among the gods of war, there are hundreds of them whose swordsmanship, saber skills, or body movements have reached the level of artistic conception.

Above the God of War, there are ordinary parliamentarians, powerful parliamentarians such as Yan Hai and Jia Yi, and the third, fourth, and fifth speakers, which are two or three levels.

Even Thor is far ahead of them.

Thor practiced hard for decades but still failed to reach the realm of domain. He only broke through to the realm during the crisis of the devouring beast.

Can be imagined.

How terrifying is the gap between the ordinary artistic conception level and Hong's domain realm.

Even among the countless powerful civilizations in the vast universe, those who are at the planetary and stellar levels are considered super geniuses.

"If you want to venture into the universe in the future, you must enter the realm."

Zhou Ning thought about it, and then said to Dong Nanbiao: "Thank you for your guidance, Senior Dong. In the future."

"You can always come to see me from now on."

Dong Nanbiao said proudly: "In China, I can invite Jia Yi and other councillors, as well as Inspector Liu, to come."

"We have nothing to do anyway. We have been practicing for decades, but our strength has improved very slowly. Jia Yi and the others also hope that China can have another powerful senator."

Zhou Ning's eyes lit up, and he said, "Thank you, Senior Dong and all the seniors."

"By the way, what are your next plans? If you don't have a plan for when to practice, we can also give you some advice." Dong Nanbiao asked with concern.

Zhou Ning smiled and said, "My sword skills are not enough. In addition to sparring with the seniors, I also need to practice in battle."

"I already have a plan for the next step."

At five o'clock in the afternoon, Zhou Ning called Inspector Liu.

"Inspector Liu, I'd like to ask you for a favor."

"I want to rent an intelligent fighter, preferably a king-level intelligent fighter. In addition, I would like to ask the satellite intelligence department of the Extreme Martial Arts School to provide me with some important information."

Inspector Liu was a little surprised: "Renting a king-class intelligent fighter? You still need information? What information?"

"Information on the most powerful high-level lord-level monsters in the world, including the royal families of monsters, monsters with special bloodlines, and mutant monsters."

"I need the Extreme Martial Arts School to provide me with their locations, and I need a King-class intelligent fighter to fly me back and forth."

The world's great wonders.

Before the Great Nirvana, there were more than tens of millions of species of creatures on Earth!
After the great nirvana, the rr virus caused countless animals and even plants to mutate, and the number of mutated monster species also increased. Under the astronomical base, some extremely powerful and terrifying monster royal families, mutant monsters, special bloodline monsters, etc. appeared.

Like the high-level lord-level lion royal family 'Fierce Shadow King Lion' that Zhou Ning had encountered before, its strength was relatively ordinary or even weak among these special mutant monsters.

High-level Lord-level Azure Dragon of the Sea, High-level Lord-level Lizard of Death, High-level Lord-level Moruo Python
Among these special mutated monsters favored by heaven, the most powerful one might be no match for even the invincible God of War.

And these are Zhou Ning’s goals.

(End of this chapter)