Decaying World

Chapter 223 223 War Begins

The remaining parts of Tianzhan Cliff.

Lin Hui and Su Yaping were less than a few meters apart when a howling wind swirled up white mist, which swept past them like tassels.

"Blood Ancestor? Elder? Primordial Plain?" Lin Hui narrowed his eyes, his hand on the Ruyi scepter tightening slightly.

“Indeed. This is no small matter. I know your strength is exceptional, but please be aware that Blood Ancestors and other beings are completely different individuals. After acquiring a Blood Heart, they generally go through two stages.” Su Yaping had clearly made thorough preparations before coming.

"The first stage is the accumulation of strength. During this stage, they will devour a large number of talented and powerful individuals to obtain sufficient power and potential. Yes, they can even convert the potential of geniuses into their own strength to a certain extent. This is a very terrifying point."

"And the second one?" Lin Hui narrowed his eyes and asked in a deep voice.

"In the second stage, after reaching their limit of accumulation, their bodies can no longer accommodate more or stronger power. At this point, the Blood Ancestors will begin to consume massive amounts of power to solidify themselves into a divine technique!"

"What do you mean?" Lin Hui knew about divine techniques, such as the Nine Flowers Divine Art, the top-tier divine technique of the Rain Palace that his elder brother cultivated. This type of martial art was the most advanced, capable of temporarily altering an enemy's perception of certain aspects. It was extremely dangerous.

"I learned about the Solidified Divine Technique from an Elder of the Bloodline. It is a manifestation of cultivating a divine technique to its extreme. For example, the Time Sense Divine Technique. Blood Ancestors usually choose to fix and strengthen their own time sense to an extremely fast level. In this way, when facing any enemy's attack, the opponent's attack will always be countless times slower in their eyes."

Su Yaping paused for a moment, then continued.

"Of course, this is just a basic and simple example I gave. How to solidify it specifically depends on the Blood Ancestors' own interpretation and application."

"Besides these, what other abilities does the Blood Ancestor possess? What makes him stronger than the Palace Master and Ming Ji?" Lin Hui continued to ask.

"Everything about the Blood Ancestor originates from the Blood Heart. The most dangerous aspect of the Blood Heart is its ability to devour. And there's an even more dangerous aspect," Su Yaping said solemnly. "After the Blood Ancestor devours someone, he gains their cultivation level and strength. If that person also cultivates a divine technique, and it's different from the Blood Ancestor's own, then..."

"Could it be that he has obtained another divine power?!" Lin Hui was shocked.

“Not bad!” Su Yaping nodded.

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Within the time domain.

Colorful flames surrounded the area.

Han Xiaoyue wore a white dress, a white veil over her face, and her black hair reached her waist, with wisps of silver ribbons visible through it.

She didn't know how long she had been there, but now her beautiful eyes were calmly fixed on Han Sanmian, whose arm was broken.

"Interesting. Very interesting." Han Sanmian was finding it increasingly amusing.

He was simply going through the motions of casually devouring anything worthwhile to ensure a steady increase in his strength. After all, as the Blood Ancestor, it would be truly uncomfortable if he didn't improve while everyone else was progressing each year.

What I didn't expect was that this little genius, whom I just randomly found in the outer city, would attract so many interesting people.

"Han Xiaoyue, you guys who are destined to have no future, how dare you get involved in this?" Han Sanmian was slightly distracted, and Yun Xiazi broke free from his sight and slipped away.

He didn't care. His arm grew back rapidly, the bloodstain on his neck disappeared, and his attention was now focused on Han Xiaoyue.

"I'm just a passerby, and my stay is only temporary. Shouldn't you locals give me some leeway?" Han Xiaoyue's eyes were calm, but a trace of sadness flashed across them.

"You shouldn't say that to me, I'm not a local from Tuyue either," Han Sanmian said with a smile.

"Should we fight?" Han Xiaoyue asked.

"Do you dare to hit me?" Han Sanmian retorted.

"I'm different, I won't lose control." Han Xiaoyue reached out and smoothed the hair on the side of her face.

"The Federation created you, not so you could be driven by competitiveness," Han Sanmian continued.

“There’s something wrong with what you’re saying.” Han Xiaoyue narrowed her eyes. “Let me correct you on one point: my strength has always been something I’ve endured and borne all by myself. It has nothing to do with anyone else, and it has nothing to do with the Federation.”

"Ridiculous!" Upon hearing this, Han Sanmian, who had been smiling the whole time, suddenly changed color. His tone rose sharply, and his voice amplified, like thunder.

"If the Federation hadn't pooled its resources and strength to develop this form, how could you lowly mortals have obtained such power?! Not only are you ungrateful, but you also dare to spout such nonsense! Claiming the power of your nation as your own efforts? It's utterly absurd!!"

"Hehe." Han Xiaoyue laughed. "I told you so, so what?"

"You're courting death!!" Han Sanmian's eyes widened in fury. "Today, I will set things right!"

next moment.

His three-headed, six-armed form had each hand simultaneously condensing into a black sphere of light.

"Six Heroes Divine Technique! Beam Stream!!"

laugh!
In an instant, a new gray-black domain, centered on him, once again covered the time domain.

At this moment, Yunxiazi's time domain had been completely destroyed, leaving only Han Sanmian's time domain around.

The time domain that controls the sense of time, combined with the current domain of the Six Heroes Divine Technique, immediately made Yun Xiazi and Han Xiaoyue feel troubled.

Their movements began to slow down considerably.

My body started to feel increasingly heavy.

The former should be an effect of the time domain, while the latter may be an effect of the Six Heroes Divine Technique.

"I'll go first, then you!" Han Xiaoyue said calmly as she lunged forward towards Han Sanmian.

The next second, her clothes ripped apart, and her body rapidly expanded and grew larger, transforming in the blink of an eye into a pale monster more than ten meters long, with the upper half of her head being human and the lower half being a giant python.

With a hissing sound, dozens of tiny arms sprouted from under the skin of his upper back.

All the arms, like those of an insect, were constructed purely of white bone. They lunged at Han Sanmian from all directions.

Unfortunately, this speed was still too slow. After being affected by the time domain, her attack speed was reduced by more than half.

Han Sanmian easily dodged all the attacks; none of them hit him.

"A weak attack." Han Sanmian freed his hands, gathered his true energy, transformed it into a spear, and instantly appeared behind Han Xiaoyue, sweeping it lightly.

puff! !

Two dark red gashes, each over a meter deep, suddenly appeared on the back of Han Xiaoyue's massive body.

But the wound healed rapidly the next moment, and a thick layer of grayish-white bone grew over the wound.

From the appearance of the wound to its healing, it takes less than half a second.

Roar!
Han Xiaoyue roared, her dozens of arms reaching out to grab her opponent, but Han Sanmian easily dodged them. Her speed was restricted, and her body was suppressed by his weight, slowing her down considerably. At this moment, she couldn't even catch a glimpse of Han Sanmian.

As time went on, Han Xiaoyue's injuries continued to increase.

Strangely, all her injuries heal instantly, and she even undergoes excessive repair on top of the original wounds, making them even more resilient.

"This is the legendary super-adaptor?!" Han Sanmian frowned slightly. "It seems we'll have to decide the outcome with one strike. If we keep letting you adapt, even I will find it troublesome."

He dodged Yunxiazi's sudden thrust from behind with a swift movement. At this moment, under the suppression of the two divine domains, the speed difference between him and the two opponents had widened significantly.

In other words, Yunxiazi was practicing the Gale Sword Technique, which was extremely fast, so she was able to barely maintain a movement speed that was only slightly slower than his.

Han Xiaoyue was completely suppressed and could not be found.

Of course, she probably doesn't care whether she catches the person or not.

At this moment, Han Xiaoyue's body began to deform once again. More dense black tentacles began to grow from under her body, and the arms on her back also grew longer and longer.

"Are you planning to use sheer numbers to block off space?" Han Sanmian asked, frowning.

For the first time in nearly a century, he felt a headache.

An over-adaptor is someone who can't be killed in one hit, so you can only watch as she rapidly absorbs and adapts to her own attacks, continuing to evolve.

This disgusting opponent can be considered the strongest meat shield.

Your opponent absorbed all your attacks, suffered many injuries, could not defeat you, could not dodge you, was not as fast as you, and could not catch you.

However, even after you've used all your killer moves, your opponent remains unchanged.

"That's disgusting."

The colorful crystal between Han Sanmian's eyebrows shone brilliantly.

"Since that's the case, let's get serious for once."

His six arms flashed like lightning, leaving afterimages, before coming together in front of him.

"Third Divine Technique, Nine Heavens! Activate!!"

puff!
The next instant, Yun Xiazi appeared behind him and thrust her sword toward his heart in the back. However, the sword seemed to be distorted, flying forward at high speed but unable to get close to Han Sanmian.

The tip of the Mingde Sword was only a few centimeters away from Han Sanmian's skin, but those few centimeters kept shrinking, and he just couldn't cross them.

'This is the distance control technique of the Nine Hua Divine Art!!?' Yun Xiazi was shocked. This was already the third divine art that Han Sanmian had used!

She had seen the Blood Ancestor in action before, and felt that he was nothing special, not much stronger than her own full power.

But now it seems that they simply weren't taking it seriously.

Three divine techniques! Three realms of ultimate perfection! How can we possibly fight this?!

The next moment, she was caught off guard and struck in the chest with a palm.

puff!
His chest caved in, revealing a large crater.

"Huh? The power of an evil weapon?! Has it enhanced my physical strength?" Han Sanmian sensed something was wrong. He immediately recognized Yun Xiazi's condition.

Normally, this palm strike of his could instantly kill any expert at the level of a palace master. Even a small town could be annihilated in an instant by this palm strike.

In this state, he once created a small lake with a diameter of 100 meters and a depth of tens of meters with a single palm strike.

But when it landed on Yunxiazi, it only created a small crater.

"Using the power of evil weapons won't help either."

He was already getting impatient.

"I'll show you the true strongest killing move beyond the Divine Technique."

The colored crystal between his eyebrows suddenly shone brightly.

"Ninefold Divine Technique Fusion!"

"Divine Will, Heart Separation!"

Click!

In an instant, a colorful arc of electricity, centered on him, suddenly spread out in a spherical shape and exploded hundreds of meters away.

The electric arc moved as fast as light, impossible to dodge. In fact, Yun Xiazi and Han Xiaoyue were already struck the moment they saw it.

The two of them froze on the spot, like statues, completely still.

The time domain dissipated, and the surrounding environment returned to its original foggy state.

At this point, the foggy area had been destroyed by the three men's fight and turned into a sandy wasteland.

The gray-black sand was blown up by the wind, mixed with the fog, and made the surroundings dim and gloomy.

The fact that a person is drawn into the temporal realm does not mean that they have completely left and entered another space. It merely pulls the cognitive consciousness of life into another level, not out of space.

In the high-speed duel, outsiders cannot see the figures, so they think they have really entered another dimension.

But in reality, everything still happens.

Bang bang!

At this moment, Yunxiazi and Han Xiaoyue's bodies crashed heavily onto the sand and sank into it.

Han Sanmian appeared in mid-air between the two of them, standing in the void.

“It’s over.” He raised his right hand, joined two fingers together, and the immense true energy at his fingertips mixed with illusory energy, condensing into a shimmering white-gold halo.

To completely kill an over-adaptor in one blow requires an enormous amount of power.

(End of this chapter)