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Chapter 495: Consecutive Kills! Ruthless! (Part 2)
Chapter 495: Consecutive Kills! Ruthless! (Part 2)
Even without knowing what kind of technique this is, she's aware that she genuinely can't handle Luo Ai at the moment, even though he's just a ninth-stage 'insignificant ant'.
So...
Naturally, she has to consider the issue of survival.
Whoosh!
The sand from the desert comes rushing towards her from all directions.
She grits her teeth and forcefully attacks.
High-end skills are prone to 'failure', and locking skills might go awry.
Then...
What about ordinary large-scale attack skills?
"Summon the Wind and Rain!"
"Raging Storm!"
Boom!
She directly 'instant-casts' this large-scale ordinary technique!
And because of its vast range, she doesn't have to worry about it going awry.
In an instant, the raging wind howls and torrential rain pours, directly facing the overwhelming yellow sand!
Whoosh!
The raging wind disperses the yellow sand.
The pouring rain further dampens the sand, making the vast sand heavier, and it even starts to fall continuously...
After all, in terms of true strength, she is still far superior to He Anxia, and naturally, she has the upper hand in this direct confrontation. Still, she doesn't feel the slightest bit of joy.
The speed of the overwhelming yellow sand is indeed greatly reduced, and it even starts to descend, but it's merely the sand itself.
These grains of sand are just ordinary sand carried by the dazzling fine sand from the gourd. Those dazzling fine sand grains are truly part of the bizarre gourd artifact, and they won't be affected by this little storm and rain.
Even with the 'raging storm and rain' containing powerful offensive power!
"..."
"Damn it!"
She retreats, feeling very frustrated, but for a moment, she doesn't know what to do. After all, there's too much sand, and it's everywhere, making it especially bizarre.
It's impossible to defend against it completely.
Attack?
But she's the one with the problem.
Defend?
It's useless! If it were possible to defend against it, the ninth sequence wouldn't have been 'speed-cleared'.
This...
What to do? What to do?!
She's anxious.
As the yellow sand gets closer and closer, and there's no way to divert the disaster...
Damn!
Can't kill its master, can't defend, can't divert the disaster, and can't escape...
"Hide?!"
In her panic, she thinks of the only way out.
But the space here is limited, and she can't suddenly disappear, so how can she hide?
Unless...
She disappears to some extent.
For example, let him see her but not touch her, let this bizarre artifact not sense her presence, and once it can't sense her, it naturally can't hit her.
Then, how can she 'turn invisible'? And not just any invisibility, but the kind that makes it impossible for the opponent to lock onto her?
"..."
Wait a minute.
A thought strikes her: "Heaven Splitting Technique!"
But instead of using the Heaven Splitting Technique to attack others, she uses it on herself, making herself un-targetable.
In other words, by using the Heaven Splitting Technique to sever her life soul and a portion of her cause and effect, she makes herself 'non-existent' at this moment, and perhaps, she still has a glimmer of hope!
"That's it!"
"This is my only chance."
At this moment, the seventh sequence is particularly excited.
However, she never imagined that she would one day feel excited about having a chance to survive against a ninth-stage 'insignificant ant'.
This is simply too absurd.
If not for experiencing it personally, who would believe this is real?
"Heaven Splitting Technique!!!"
She roars.
But...
All thunder and no rain.
It failed! The skill release was unsuccessful.
She's dumbfounded: "(⊙o⊙)..."
"Again???"
She grits her teeth: "I don't believe it!"
"Heaven Splitting Technique!"
"Heaven Splitting Technique!"
"Heaven Splitting Technique!"
"I'll split...!!!
Finally, she successfully casts it once, and as the tribulation light falls, to the bewilderment and confusion of Luo Ai and the many spectators, this tribulation light not only fails to strike Luo Ai but instead lands on her own head.
The spectators are all stunned.
"This..."
"Is she trying to leave her body intact?"
"What kind of fighting style is this?"
Everyone feels their heads spinning.
This damn thing...
Isn't she supposed to be using her ultimate move on herself?
But you damn well aren't a disciple of the Heaven Mending Sect, and this isn't the Heaven Mending Technique!
The spectators are confused, and Luo Ai is also bewildered.
"What's going on?"
"Although I discovered that those bizarre sand grains can cause perception issues, leading to casting problems, it still doesn't make sense to use her most powerful skill on herself!"
"It doesn't add up!"
Boom...
Amidst everyone's confusion, the Heaven Splitting Technique completely falls, sweeping through the seventh sequence from head to toe...
However, contrary to everyone's expectations, she remains unharmed! As the tribulation light dissipates, she still floats in mid-air, showing no signs of injury. Only a look of bewilderment appears on her face.
It seems she has forgotten why she is here and what she was about to do.
"?"
"Did she encounter a problem?"
Most of the spectators can't understand what just happened.
It's at this moment that the dazzling fine sand rushes over... But the seventh sequence shows no reaction, as if she has already resigned herself to her fate.
However, when these sand grains pass through her, she doesn't suffer any harm, and it's as if she exists in a state of nothingness, allowing the sand to pass through without any reaction.
As if she exists in a void.
"Huh?!"
He Anxia, Wang Teng, and Fan Jian Gang are all surprised.
"This scene feels familiar."
"Why does it resemble Master Sister's Divine Might?!"
"!"
But while Wang Teng and Fan Jian Gang are shocked, He Anxia quickly calms down after his initial surprise.
It seems she can't be targeted, and even the Imperial Armament can't sense her presence.
Even if this is truly a skill like Master Sister's Divine Might, he doesn't feel rushed.
The essence of Divine Might is, in fact, 'spatial jumping', appearing in another space in an instant and thus ignoring all attacks in the current space.
But~
Even if you do jump, the microorganisms inside your body won't jump with you, right?
Moreover, Divine Might has a time limit!
"..."
With a thought, he waved his hand, and a large patch of fine sand enveloped the area where she stood, blocking the view of others.
At that moment, exclamations erupted from the spectator stands.
"Hiss!"
"It's a rollercoaster of events. What's the situation now? Can anyone see clearly?"
"It's hard to tell."
"Can anyone understand this sudden turn of events?"
"I'm not hiding anything, but I don't understand it either."
"Nonsense, no one asked you. We're asking the experts here. Can anyone explain what just happened? Why did the Heaven Cleaving Sect's seventh sequence suddenly use the Heaven Splitting Technique to attack herself, and why did she become bewildered? Most importantly, why did the magical artifact's attack seem to pass through her like a mere illusion?"
"This..."
"I want to ask too!"
"..."
Amidst the crowd's discussions, a person wearing a conical hat spoke up, "I can see some clues."
"I've had a run-in with the Heaven Cleaving Sect before."
"I've 'tasted' the Heaven Splitting Technique once."
"Back then, I was almost killed, and during that process, I barely sensed some of the 'essence' of the Heaven Splitting Technique. It doesn't just attack one's divine soul and physical body; it also captures everything about the person it's used on."
"Things like lifespan and even fate and cause and effect can be captured!"
"However, if both sides are equally powerful, the Heaven Splitting Technique might not be very effective, as the opponent can resist. It's more often used as an offensive technique."
"But I think that if it's used on oneself, and one doesn't resist at all, perhaps it's possible to capture a portion of one's fate and cause and effect!"
"Of course, with her strength, it's impossible to capture all of her cause and effect; at most, she could only capture a very small portion."
"So, I speculate that she captured a part of her cause and effect, and since a part of her cause and effect was captured, the memories related to that portion would naturally be lost."
"In other words... she might have captured a part of her cause and effect, and this portion included her fight with I Ai Luo. Without that cause and effect, and with the loss of memory, it's natural that she would appear bewildered."
"Additionally, the loss of cause and effect and the change in fate, even if it's just a part and a one-sided loss and change, is enough to affect many things, leading to the strange disappearance of I Ai Luo's gourd."
"And even more so..."
"How do you explain that?"
The mysterious person tapped his forehead, deep in thought, "Let me phrase it this way."
"It's roughly like this..."
"If a person loses their 'cause and effect', do they still exist?"
"Without cause and effect, shouldn't the person no longer exist?"
"But she does exist; she's a living person."
"She's just lost the cause and effect of the present, but the cause and effect of the past remains."
"So, can we understand this as her not existing in the present?"
The crowd: "..."
"This is too mystical."
"Indeed, it's quite mystical, but it seems to make sense."
"I can't find any fault with it."
"With the disappearance of cause and effect, not existing in the present, the attacks couldn't hit her. And because of the loss of cause and effect, her memories changed, which is why she was bewildered."
"It's a plausible explanation."
"Could it be true?"
"..."
They soon engaged in heated discussions, and this theory quickly spread far and wide.
In just a moment, almost everyone at the scene had heard this theory.
"It makes sense."
"Indeed, it's quite reasonable."
"The Heaven Splitting Technique has such a unique application?"
"Not existing in the present, so even though we can see her, this 'her' isn't her. That's why the attacks are ineffective, or rather, they can't reach her?"
"No, the accurate description is that she's in the past, not the present. What we see is a non-existent her, the her of the past. The her of the present has been made invisible by her own Heaven Splitting Technique?"
"You're crazy! It's just a battle; why are we acting like detectives, trying to solve a case?"
"It's quite complicated, but that's what makes it exciting and worth watching, isn't it?"
"Indeed, after today, the Heaven Splitting Technique will shine brilliantly. Moreover, we've gained a deeper understanding of the Heaven Splitting Technique. In the future, if any of us encounter someone from the Heaven Cleaving Sect, we should be prepared for this move."
"This ticket was worth it!"
"..."
"..."
"An unconventional use of the Heaven Splitting Technique?"
"It sounds like no one knows, but someone has roughly guessed the reason."
"Impressive."
In the Sand Sea, He Anxia was secretly amazed, "No wonder she's a Talented Youth. Being the seventh sequence in the Heaven Cleaving Sect, she can suddenly comprehend such a technique at a critical moment."
"If it were an ordinary person, you'd have no way to deal with her."
"Unfortunately, you know me too well."
"There's almost no intelligence on me, and no Biological Master has appeared before, so you have no defense against my methods, and you didn't even notice."
"This..."
"Seals your fate."
"You're not in the present, but you'll eventually come to the 'present'! If you always exist in the past, wouldn't that be the same as disappearing?"
"This evasive tactic is destined to be temporary and can't last."
"When you arrive in the present..."
His eyes narrowed, focusing on the seventh sequence member who still looked bewildered but seemed to be 'gradually understanding', a faint smile appeared on his lips.
"Now."
With a thought, all the microorganisms under his control erupted simultaneously!
The Seventh Sequence's expression changed dramatically.
She had indeed succeeded!
She temporarily detached herself from the 'Present.'
But...
This was a passive detachment, and it only removed herself from the Present, yet she could still see the Present!
The extracted 'Cause and Effect' was only brief.
However, with her memories of the Past and the Present, she had lost only those related to her battle with I Ai Luo.
How much memory was that? As she witnessed everything before her, she felt a sense of bewilderment, wondering, "What am I doing here?"
But as she connected the dots, she quickly grasped the situation.
What was she doing here? Of course, it was to participate in the Talented Youth Gathering!
Connecting the past and present, she realized she had returned to the Present, the very moment when He Anxia launched her attack!
All the microorganisms erupted at once.
"Ah?!"
The Seventh Sequence's face paled, and she exclaimed in shock.
"What happened?!"
She didn't know what she had just experienced, but at this moment, she felt her life force rapidly ebbing away.
"There's something inside my body..."
"No!"
"No!!!"
"What is this?!"
She was terrified.
The lost memories suddenly resurfaced at this moment: "You... What means did you use?!"
She clenched her teeth.
She tried various methods, but none could stop her condition from deteriorating.
"..."
But she was, after all, a ruthless person.
She wouldn't just sit and wait for death after being subjected to the Heaven Splitting Technique.
When she realized that none of her methods could resolve the strange things inside her body, she clenched her teeth.
"I can re-condense my physical body, or even possess another's body if necessary, but if I truly die... that's it."
With this thought, she resolutely pushed her already damaged physical strength to the limit, and then...
She self-detonated her body!
Boom!
Her body exploded.
Indeed, this move killed quite a few microorganisms, causing He Anxia great pain.
He didn't have many microorganisms that could counter a Twelfth Stage cultivator.
Fortunately, he had cultivated quite a few when dealing with Duan Shidi, the Ninth Sequence of the Heaven Cleaving Sect, through battle. This self-detonation, however, resulted in significant losses.
"I was careless!"
"I thought that a Twelfth Stage cultivator would have no chance against my microorganisms, so in that instant, I didn't even consider holding back."
"But I didn't expect..."
"There's also this self-detonation technique."
"With this self-detonation, I lost many microorganisms, and the Gourd also suffered some damage..."
He frowned.
At this moment, the Seventh Sequence's divine soul floated in the Sand Sea, her face filled with fear.
However...
He Anxia calmly asked, "Trying to run?"
"Can you escape?"
Indeed, she had suffered significant losses, and this self-detonation technique was something she hadn't anticipated. But who said that her microorganisms could only target physical bodies?
If all her microorganisms could only deal with physical bodies, how could she compete with these 'Immortals'? A cultivator's divine soul had infinite uses, and one could survive without a physical body, let alone an Immortal? Without destroying their divine soul, how could one talk about killing them?
The Seventh Sequence ran faster than ever!
The edge of the Sand Sea was within reach.
She finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Fortunately, I made the decision to self-detonate my body; otherwise, I might have shared their fate today."
"Run, run for your life!"
"As long as I can delay until the end of the first round... I still have a chance!"
"Although I haven't figured out what means he used, once I return and carefully review the situation, I'll find the answer."
Should she concede?
She considered it, but she dared not.
As the Seventh Sequence of the Heaven Cleaving Sect, she had come to this Talented Youth Gathering, only to concede in the first round?
She could save her life today, but what about afterward?
Returning to the Heaven Cleaving Sect would be a living hell!
So...
She had no choice but to grit her teeth and persist.
Just as victory seemed within reach, and her divine soul had already taken a step out of the Sand Sea...
Suddenly, she shuddered, feeling a strange sense of emptiness throughout her body, followed by endless darkness.
"No."
"How could this be?"
"What means did he use that even my divine soul..."
She didn't want to sink into oblivion.
Gritting her teeth, she took a difficult step forward.
"No, I must survive!"
"Just one more step, and I can leave this Sand Sea, I can..."
Behind her, He Anxia took a step forward without haste.
Whoosh!
The Sand Sea surged forward, swallowing her once more.
"Do you think you can escape by leaving the Sand Sea?"
"Unfortunately..."
Whoosh!
He Anxia exhaled.
The struggling divine soul of her opponent stiffened, and then it disintegrated into countless particles, scattering in the wind...
Whoosh!
The Sand Sea roared, and in an instant, it reverted to a gourd, carried by I Ai Luo on his back.
However.
This gourd was clearly damaged.
It was slightly smaller than before.
And the Seventh Sequence...
Vanished without a trace!
"What?!"
"The Seventh Sequence..."
On the spectator stands, countless viewers were shocked.
At this moment, the referee, a Fifteenth Stage existence, descended.
With a wave of his hand, numerous pillars of light fell from the sky, enveloping everyone.
"The first round ends here!"
(End of Chapter)
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