Scourge Messenger

Chapter 409 The Foundation of the Dao: Overturning Waters (Third Update, Seeking Monthly Tickets)

Seeing Ying Rushi arrive riding on flames, Ying Le's expression suddenly changed, and he jumped into the air.

With a deafening roar, the spot where she had just been standing was engulfed in flames. Although she had mastered this unorthodox supernatural power, she was not immune to fire!
"Ying Le!"

With a thunderous roar, the fiery array that Ying Le had set up on the altar turned around and burned towards her, like dozens of fire dragons soaring into the sky!
Ying Rushi charged ahead, her sword also engulfed in flames, its blade scorched red, sending out a golden burst of firelight. The fire dragon followed closely behind, fighting for her and dying for her!
She is both the queen who commands hundreds of fire dragons and the madwoman who instigates a magnificent rebellion!

Ying Le was shot down in mid-air, but was unharmed.

Even if the entire [Fire House Fear] rebels outside, she is still a sword master capable of wielding two swords. How could the flames of a mere subject possibly withstand her personal command?

Ying Le let out a low roar, striding forward and wielding her twin swords with impenetrable skill, completely overpowering Ying Ru Shi. Even the overwhelming flames were dispersed by Ying Le. The flames danced around her like butterflies, yet they could not harm her in the slightest.

Her steps were graceful and elegant, her dance was breathtaking, and her sword was unstoppable!

Ying Rushi had never seen such a fierce sword dance, nor had she ever seen such a magnificent killing!
Only at this moment did Ying Ru Shi truly glimpse the unparalleled brilliance of Ying Le when she tested her sword against the world, dominating the contemporary era. Even without the [Eyes of the Mortal World], [The Heart of the Masses], and [The Fear of the Burning House], she was still the strongest genius in a century!
Caught up in the heat of battle, Ying Ru Shi roared, and the flames across the arena obeyed her command, coalescing into her sword and unleashing a storm. She had actually recreated Ying Le's "Burning Lamp in the Fire Chamber" technique!

boom!
The altar split in two, the crack filled with still-boiling flames, sending up a vast, ten-zhang-high (approximately 33 meters) flame. The wind and rain fell once more, nourishing the scorched earth.

Ying Ru was forced back ten steps and knelt on the ground. The Gui Cang Secret Sword in her hand finally shattered, the tip of the broken sword almost melted. It was astonishing that a mere second-tier token had survived until now; perhaps it was the most glorious Gui Cang Secret Sword in history.

“Supernatural powers? Dao foundation?” Ying Le’s gaze passed through the firelight and focused on the shattered white fox mask on Ying Ru Shi’s face: “You just… stole the Dao patterns I laid out?”

“I didn’t expect that my Dao Foundation could just happen to be able to restrain your unorthodox supernatural power.” Ying Rushi threw away the broken sword, stood up panting, and laughed: “Huang Quan said that my Dao Foundation is both the weakest and the strongest. It seems that he was right.”

"What is the name of Daoji?" Ying Le asked.

“The water that spills over the boat is the tears of the common people.” Recalling what Yan Qing had said last night, Ying Rushi said softly, “The water that spills over the boat is the tears of the common people; you will not know this until you see it in a flood.”

"The Foundation of the Way for All Living Beings"

"Cultivation Foundation Level: 40 (Spiritual Essence = Divine Soul × 1.2)"

"Dao Foundation Inner Landscape - Overturning Water and Living Beings Position: Whenever you consume spiritual energy, the Dao patterns around you will be permeated by you."

When you have penetrated 30% of the Dao patterns in a region, you will no longer be harmed by the Dao patterns in that region; when you have penetrated 60% of the Dao patterns in a region, you can have limited control over the effects of the Dao patterns in that region (if you have any).
When you have penetrated 90% of the Dao patterns in a region, you can freely adjust the Dao pattern effects in that region (if any).
When the Dao patterns in a region are 100% infiltrated by you, and you defeat a Demon King whose level is no lower than yours within that region, you will permanently gain 1 point of Health/Spirit/Agility/Comprehension/a certain amount of experience in your chosen martial arts style (the reward is related to the Demon King).

This is an extremely powerful Dao Foundation. Most of the time, it can only increase attributes, but it can also counter continuous divine abilities like [Candle Tears Red] and turn other people's field effects into its own!
Although Ying Le often used the word "fate," she didn't truly believe in it. She only used it to refer to the Divine Martial Emperor's arrangements for their bloodline descendants—the glory and original sin they were born with. But at this moment, Ying Le was truly struck by something akin to fate.

【Red Dust Eyes】was neutralized by 【Red Dust Eyes】, 【Fire House Fear】was neutralized by 【Overturned Waters and the Foundation of the Dao】, and 【The Heart of the Masses】was blocked outside. Her supernatural powers were all broken, as if there really was a sovereign who arranged everything and cleared away all obstacles for Ying Rushi.

With a soft chuckle, Ying Le's lips twitched slightly, as if trying to suppress her laughter, but she couldn't help it in the end.

"Hehehe...hahahaha!"

Ying Ru watched as Ying Le across the firelight burst into unrestrained laughter, a laughter that seemed to tear her heart out, even spinning and dancing in the rain. In ten years, this was the first time she had seen Ying Le laugh so genuinely, as if she had unloaded all her burdens and found solutions to all her problems.

Tired from laughing, Ying Le slowly calmed down, breathing heavily, her eyes revealing a solemn expression devoid of joy or sorrow.

"If fate truly exists, then I will sever it with my own hands." She reached out and grasped her twin swords, her five-stage Qi surging through her body, her muscles flowing like water. "First you, then the Divine Martial Emperor."

"No one can make Ying Le admit defeat."

Ying Rushi grasped the longsword that had always been tucked at his waist, and slowly drew it from its ancient blade. The inscription on the scabbard glowed with an orange-flame light—

"If only I had a sword that could reach the heavens, I could cross the sea and slay the giant whale!"
Then she clasped her hands together and activated the "Thunder Pearl in Palm" Thunder Body state, her whole body enveloped in lightning!

In the instant the firelight dimmed from the cracks in the altar, both of them vanished from their spots. Ying Rushi's Heaven-Slaying Sword cleaved through the sky, unleashing thunder and lightning, but all of this was futile before the ultimate power. Ying Le merely swung his sword twice, sending Ying Rushi flying more than ten steps away!
Ying Le is not only a fifth-rank messenger, but also a fifth-rank messenger who has devoured countless blood and qi through the Thousand Blood Feather Flow Dao Foundation. Her slender arms flow with the great power to capture dragons and bind phoenixes. Just now she used two swords to give full play to her advantage as a sword master. Now she holds two swords and wants to completely crush her opponent with the purest violence!
*Sizzle.* Ying Le looked down and saw a deep, bloody gash on her waist. The bleeding wouldn't stop. Upon closer inspection, she could see a gray sword aura spreading through the wound, which took a full three seconds to dissipate.

Ying Rushi stood up, and fragments of the mask fell to the ground. In order to block Ying Le's two swords, the Yitian Sword rebounded and hit her face, shattering half of the white fox mask, revealing the upper half of her face and a head of white hair.

In her left hand she held the Qianzhen Restore Spiritual Energy, and in her right hand she held the Yitian Sword, which was crackled with electricity. Despite being a legendary artifact, the blade had a nick, and a faint flame burned from the nick, with embers flying every second.

Supernatural power: [Sword Gallant Ash]!
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