Chapter 1476: Lin Huang Leaves The Team
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Upon hearing Lin Huang's prompting, Chan Dou and the other two were startled.
Right at this moment, the four Abyssal hunters behind them rushed over.
All four had clearly sensed the fluctuations from the battle here. They had not participated because, on one hand, they did not think their teammates needed help, and for another, they wanted to block Lin Huang and the others' escape route.
Once the battle fluctuations had ended, they were too lazy to even use Divine Telekinesis to check on the outcome before charging straight over to this side of the battleground.
This was because, in the eyes of the four Abyssal hunters, this hunt was nothing to be concerned about; to them, it was entirely a one-sided massacre.
The disparity between Virtual God rank-3s and rank-5s was not something that could be offset easily. Moreover, this human team had also brought along a Virtual God rank-1 who would only be a liability. One did not need to be a genius to know what the outcome would be.
Moreover, the battle had only lasted for no more than half a minute, something that the four Abyssal hunters had expected.
As the quartet ran toward the battleground, they were thinking about how to divide the spoils, but when they arrived at the scene and saw that Lin Huang and the others were still alive, they were immediately stunned.
A single question popped up in the minds of all four Abyssal hunters almost simultaneously, namely, 'What on earth is going on?!'
Right at this moment, Chan Dou sent a voice transmission to Xiao Mo without hesitation, "Now!"
Taking advantage of the four Abyssal hunters' momentary stupefaction, Chan Dou's figure once again transformed into a golden ray of light. Using his remaining Divine Power to boost his Light Elemental Enlightenment, he targeted the Virtual God rank-6 with the highest combat strength among the quartet.
Almost simultaneously, Xiao Mo also made his move, unleashing his full power, his figure once again disappearing into thin air…
The four Abyssal hunters were only briefly taken aback, but before they could recover their equilibrium, they saw a golden streak of light pierce through the body of a Black-armored Monster among them.
Not too far away, another Multi-eyed Monster—a Virtual God rank-5—was also being entangled by a dark shadow.
"Save me…" The Multi-eyed Monster entangled by the shadow struggled wretchedly, calling help from the remaining two hunters all the while.
The two Abyssal hunters that had not been attacked were visibly shocked upon seeing what was happening. As one of them was hesitating over whether to come to their teammates' aid, the other abandoned its companion without hesitation and turned to flee.
Although this Virtual God rank-5 could not figure out what had happened and why these two humans would suddenly manifest such abilities, its two comrades with more powerful abilities than itself were both in jeopardy right before its very eyes. Also, three of its comrades up ahead were now all dead, so it decided it would choose to escape instead.
Seeing its companion decisively abandon it and flee, the Virtual God rank-4 that had initially been hesitating lost its courage and immediately turned to flee in the other direction.
On the battleground, although Chan Dou had succeeded in beheading the virtual god-level rank-6 Black-armored Monster, his Divine Power was completely depleted, and he no longer had even an ounce of strength left in his body to move.
On the other side, the Multi-eyed Monster was being slowly swallowed up by the dark shadow. Although Xiao Mo still had some energy left, he could not catch up with the two fleeing monsters.
When Lin Huang saw this, he finally took action. Two blood-red gleams shot out from the cuff of his sleeve; these instantly pierced through the void and impaled the bodies of the two Abyssal hunters that were frantically running away.
Once Lin Huang's telekinetic threads wrapped around the two corpses and brought them back, Xiao Mo finally completed his kill over on this end.
Xiao Mo was slightly out of breath. Although his Divine Power was not completely depleted, it was not enough to support him in calling up a third round of Rule Bending Power.
His condition was slightly better than Chan Dou's.
Seeing that Lin Huang had killed the last two monsters, Chan Dou lay flat on the ground, face-up, panting heavily.
Lin Huang used Divine Telekinesis to scan both of their bodies. Although Chan Dou had seriously overexerted his physical body, there were no residual effects. Xiao Mo had nothing much wrong with him either.
"Let's call it a day for today's battles then. We'll find a place to rest for a while." As soon as Lin Huang said this, Huang Wuji took the initiative to carry Chan Dou on his back, glancing at Xiao Mo.
I'm alright; it's just that my Divine Power has been depleted a bit more than usual." Xiao Mo quickly waved him off.
After cleaning up the battleground, Lin Huang led the three of them to find a cave for temporary shelter.
Placing Chan Dou on the ground, Huang Wuji appeared slightly worried. "Is he alright?"
While he was carrying Chan Dou along the way, he felt as if the latter was unable to lift even a finger.
"He's alright, just extremely overexerted. A good rest, and he'll be fine," Lin Huang explained.
Xiao Mo also sat down beside Chan Dou while leaning against the wall of the cave, his expression one of exhaustion.
In truth, he was also aching all over, but his physical body had not reached the point of overexertion yet.
"Let me give all of you a review of your battle just now.
"First of all, you're not vigilant enough. Although the probing range of your Divine Telekinesis isn't as wide as the other team, you still have other probing methods you can use. If you notice anything unusual, you should immediately adopt other probing methods to see if there are enemies ambushing you, so that you can prepare in advance…
"The second point is one that I think you all managed quite well—making decisive moves with no hesitation. Master Chan and Xiao Mo's cooperation was actually very good, and they already have a tacit understanding between them. Not only that, but they also trust each other. This is an excellent thing.
"My third point is one in which Master Chan committed a serious error. There's nothing wrong with fighting to the death. At any given time, however, one must always leave oneself a chance of survival. I know you were worried that a single strike wouldn't be enough to get rid of the enemy, so you didn't dare hold anything back in your third attack. However, this resulted in you utterly losing any means of self-preservation. Since your Divine Power was completely depleted, even if you had a life-saving trump card, you might not have been able to use it. In terms of the appropriate apportioning of Divine Power, you still need more combat experience.
"If I hadn't acted just now, once the two fleeing monsters realized that no one was pursuing them, they would definitely have come back to check. That's because in this kind of hunting ground, even if one person has energy left, they'll chase down any remaining enemies to avoid bringing even more trouble upon themselves. It's normal to fail in any pursuit, but both of you didn't even chase after them at all—this would most certainly have roused their suspicions. Once they'd had a chance to calm down, there's a high possibility that they would have returned to check the battleground; they might even have pursued you in return…"
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Lin Huang conducted a post-mortem of the whole battle, pointed out some of the group's issues, then took out three storage rings from his space storage, which he tossed to each of them in turn.
"There are some Divine Crystals inside these—not many, but they should be enough for you to replenish your Divine Power during this trial."
Lin Huang finished, then continued, "Personally, my suggestion is that you shouldn't go in any deeper for the time being. It's best that you withdraw a certain distance. If you can elevate your combat level, elevate it; if you can upgrade your abilities in other aspects, then do so. Obtain resources steadily and surely; don't rush in. If you keep going in any further, not only might there be intermediate-stage Virtual Gods, but even teams of high-level Virtual Gods might show up."
After a day's rest, Xiao Mo was back to peak condition. Although Chan Dou's body was not fully restored, he had also recovered eighty percent of his abilities.
Lin Huang gave them a few more words of advice before taking his leave of them, swiftly traveling on his own toward the deeper reaches of the battleground.
After Chan Dou and the other two watched Lin Huang leave, they took heed of his suggestions and turned around, heading back in the direction from which they had come…Chapter 1477: Border Area
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After separating from Chan Dou's team, Lin Huang continued journeying in deeper without stopping, moving swiftly toward the inner layer.
All the monsters he met along the way, he instantly killed with his telekinetic flying daggers. Lin Huang's speed did not slow down in the least, either. After killing the monsters along the way, he extended his Divine Telekinetic threads and collected all the spoils, not giving anyone else a chance to get their hands on them.
Even if these virtual god-level beast corpses and Godheads were of no use to him, they could still be sold for money.
It took Lin Huang less than ten minutes to get from the outer layer to the inner layer of the battlefield.
At the border between the inner and outer layers, he altered his route again and sped along the boundary line, searching for traces of Lin Xin and her group.
Lin Xin was only virtual god-level rank-9, and both Mr. Fu and Lin Xuan were only first-rank True Gods. Based on their abilities, the best place for them to gain experience was this border between the inner and outer layers. If they were to go deeper into the inner layer, the risk of them dying would also increase.
Lin Huang did not conceal his tracks at all. Under Thousand Face's disguising, he was currently displaying the combat level of a Virtual God rank-9.
At such a combat level, his swift travel along the border quickly attracted the attention of many powerhouses.
Excluding a very small number of cautious fellows, almost all the teams did not hesitate to attack Lin Huang.
However, it went without saying that everyone who attacked Lin Huang was killed instantly, whether they were high-level Virtual Gods or low-rank True Gods. Not a single one of them was spared.
After traveling less than half the distance that he had covered in the outer layer, the number of monsters that had perished by Lin Huang's hand was already more than twice the number of monsters he had encountered in the outer layer.
'Is this border area always this lively?'
Lin Huang extended his Divine Telekinesis and found that the density of monsters at this boundary between the inner and outer layers was far greater than that of the outer area. There were also a dozen times more humans and Abyssal hunters.
After traveling along the border for more than ten minutes, he finally located Lin Xin's trio with his Divine Telekinesis.
The three of them were hunting down a first-rank true god-level aberrant species monster.
Lin Huang appeared near the area where the three of them were and hid himself to quietly watch the battle.
Lin Xin held a silver gun in her right hand and circled the edge of the battleground. She did not fire continuously but only attacked occasionally, aiming at the aberrant species' weak spots.
Every so often, right before the aberrant species was about to attack, she would directly hinder its assault. At other times, it would be a fierce battle between the aberrant species, Mr. Fu and Lin Xuan. The moment the monster let down its guard, Lin Xin would instantly switch to sniper mode with the gun she wielded and attack the monster's weak spots…
Her grasp of battle timing and accuracy had undoubtedly reached the peak of gun technique. If she were to improve just a little more, Lin Huang felt that she might even be able to consolidate Firearms True Meaning.
Lin Xin performed extremely well as combat support in this battle. Under her constant interference, the aberrant species was only able to display less than seventy percent of its full ability and was quickly killed off by Mr. Fu and Lin Xuan.
Once he saw that the battle had ended and Lin Xuan was already beginning to collect the spoils, Lin Huang finally came out of hiding and revealed himself.
Upon becoming aware of the sudden appearance of someone else within their sensing range, the three immediately became vigilant, but they soon sensed that this aura belonged to Lin Huang.
"Brother!" Lin Xin's face filled with joy when she saw Lin Huang.
"You did well." Lin Huang gave Lin Xin a satisfied nod.
"When did you arrive?" Lin Xuan asked, a little surprised.
"More or less when the battle was just starting," Lin Huang did not hide the truth, "I didn't want to interfere with your pace of battle, so I just watched from the sidelines."
Although they had not sensed Lin Huang's aura throughout the entire fight, Mr. Fu and Lin Xuan were not too surprised. After all, they had seen Lin Huang take down a ninth-rank true god-level powerhouse before."I assume things are going well for Chan Dou and the others?" Mr. Fu asked with a smile.
The fact that Lin Huang was here likely meant that there were no major issues on Chan Dou's side.
"You could say it's going fairly well." Lin Huang nodded. "Their main issue is that their combat level is too low but other than that, there are no major problems.
"What about all of you? On my way here, I discovered that the distribution of monsters at the border is much denser than in the outer layer, and there were human and Abyssal hunters practically everywhere. The one with the highest combat strength was at fourth-rank true god-level."
Lin Huang had also noticed that the three of them still bore very neat and tidy appearances, so they probably had not encountered too much trouble.
"Well, we've only been here for a day, so we haven't encountered any powerhouses yet. The strongest one we've come across was a second-rank spirit type. However, the difficulty of hunting it down didn't increase very much; it just took more time," Mr. Fu said with a smile.
"Yes, although the spirit type yesterday was a second-rank, it was really dumb!" Lin Xin could not help mocking it, "Whenever one of us hit it, it would chase after that person. It was a lot of fun."
"Monsters with that kind of intelligence level are actually a minority." Lin Huang shook his head after hearing that. "It was just your good luck to encounter it. If it had been even a little smarter, it would definitely have been several times harder to hunt down than a first-rank.
"Just like the aberrant species from earlier—if it had been a second-rank, you wouldn't have been able to break through its defenses at all. It wouldn't be affected by your gun attacks in the least." Lin Huang looked at Lin Xin again.
"You performed well with your firearm just now, but don't fall behind on your sword skills. If I remember correctly, in the beginning, your main cultivation path at the Martial Hunter College was sword skills, and firearms was only supplemental cultivation. If you meet a suitable opponent, you have to use that chance to sharpen your close-combat skills. Don't let your main cultivation path become your shortcoming…"
"Okay…" Right after receiving a compliment, she was being nagged to practice her sword skills—the smile on Lin Xin's face vanished immediately.
"The girl has performed very well; don't criticize her so harshly," Mr. Fu decided to defend Lin Xin this time.
"It's alright, your main issue is that you still lack actual combat experience, so you'll be fine after fighting in a few more battles," Lin Xuan also comforted Lin Xin.
Lin Huang did not say anything more after that.
"Are you preparing to enter the inner layer directly?" Lin Xuan turned and asked Lin Huang—in reality, he did this to change the topic of conversation.
"I'm not in a hurry. I'll come along with you for a while." Lin Huang shook his head, then turned his gaze on Lin Xin. "I want to see how all of you are adapting."
"What are you looking at me for? I'm adapting just fine!" Lin Xin said with a curl of her lips.
Lin Huang withdrew his gaze, then said, "On my way here, I found that there were more powerhouses at the border than I expected. I've already seen five teams with medium-rank True God members, and two of those teams were Abyssal hunters. Among the five teams, the strongest was one of the Abyssal hunter teams. They have three fourth-rank True Gods and five third-rank True Gods… If you encounter them, you wouldn't even be able to escape."
Upon hearing this, not only did Mr. Fu and Lin Xuan fall silent, but Lin Xin as well.
What the three of them did not know was that as Lin Huang was speaking, he had secretly crushed Witch's Monster Card, allowing her to hide off to one side and secretly watch over them.
"I'll accompany all of you for a while, then we'll leave first thing tomorrow morning."
Chapter 1478: Arriving at the Core Layer
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"You've all mastered Rule Bending Power, but from what I've seen in the previous battles, there's still a lot of room for improvement in how you utilize it.
"The use of Rule Bending Power consumes a large amount of Divine Power. At your current combat level, you can't use Rule Bending Power limitlessly. Therefore, you need to learn to accurately judge when to use it and which type of Rule Bending Power to use…
"Based on the last few battles that I saw, Lin Xin was the one who used it most accurately, even though she's only mastered one type of Rule Bending Power. Of course, this is also because she has only mastered one type of Rule Bending Power, so she only needs to determine the timing of her actions. Furthermore, having a good grasp of timing is a must for a firearms master.
"Lin Xuan, you've mastered the most number of Rule Bending Powers—six types, in fact—but your utilization is the poorest among the three of you. Not only did you make mistakes in the utilization of the rules themselves, but sometimes you also hesitated so you could think. This is a cardinal sin in battle…
"My personal suggestion is that you categorize the Rule Bending Powers that you've mastered so you can significantly cut down on the time used for thinking when in combat. When I first started out, I categorized the rules that I had mastered into three main types—strength, speed, and others. Whatever type of rules that I needed in combat, I would directly extract them from one of these categories and use them. Even if it's not suitable, you still won't be too far off if you use a similar type of Rule Bending Power.
"As the number of rules that you master increases, you can branch out from the main categories to divide them into different subcategories and group the rules with similar effects together…
"Of course, there are many people who find this troublesome—they would rather gain experience from actual combat. However, this will depend on individual potential. Most people take a longer time to master Rule Bending Power because it takes repeated practice to be able to make instant judgments in battle…"
Lin Xin, Lin Xuan, and Mr. Fu listened attentively as Lin Huang discussed his experiences because, in the long run, the number of rules that they mastered would increase constantly, and this categorization method would become useful sooner or later.
"Since using Rule Bending Power consumes a large amount of Divine Power, and the Divine Power within you is limited, you can't activate the rules each time you attack. The rules should be utilized within the area of your blade…"
Lin Huang continued to analyze their problems for them, and the three also listened to him very carefully.
Unlike Chan Dou's group, the overall abilities of Lin Xin's team were pretty much at the lowest level within the inner layer areas. To put it bluntly, almost all the other hunting teams in the inner layer were stronger than them.
After all, although the combat level of Chan Dou's team was not high, both Chan Dou and Xiao Mo had mastered rule power, so even if they were to encounter an intermediate-stage Virtual God within the outer layer areas, they were capable of protecting themselves.
However, in the inner layer areas, there was practically no one who had not mastered rule power. Furthermore, their combat strength was stronger than Lin Xin's team.
That was why Lin Huang could not help worrying about the three of them, and also why he let Witch hide off to one side to watch over them.
During their journey afterward, Lin Huang helped the three of them review their battles and pointed out issues. He also gave suggestions regarding the use of rule power based on the actual combat situation.
Under Lin Huang's guidance, the three of them started to become more and more familiar with the use of rule power after every battle.
Lin Huang only accompanied them for one day. During this period, the four of them also encountered an attack by a team of Abyssal hunters, the leader of whom was a fourth-rank.
Although Lin Xin's team was not able to turn the tide even after going a round against them, their performance was clearly miles better than when they had first entered the area.
In the end, Lin Huang stepped in and finished the team off.
Early the next morning, Lin Huang bid farewell to the three of them and headed toward the inner layer area alone.
The reason he could be at ease leaving the three of them behind was that they were being guarded by Witch. Furthermore, after a day of guidance and special training, their utilization of Rule Bending Power was now at a satisfactory level. It would be meaningless for him to continue accompanying them.
After separating from Lin Xin's group, Lin Huang swiftly headed toward his destination.
When the Thousand Snake Sect invaded the gravel world previously, he had actually collected enough seventh-rank and eighth-rank Divine Fires, but he only had six ninth-rank Divine Fires.
This time, his purpose in entering the Battlefield of the Dragon Abyss was to hunt for the remaining Divine Fires so he could break through to Virtual God rank-9 in one shot.
While following the path shown on the map, Lin Huang was also attacked by some true god-level monsters along the way. He casually killed them off, then used Divine Telekinesis to put the spoils into his space storage, not letting anything go to waste.
It took him the better part of half an hour to travel across the entire inner layer area. At the speed that Lin Xin's group was traveling within the inner and outer border area, it would probably take them at least half a month to cover this distance.
To avoid any unnecessary problems, Lin Huang disguised himself as a True God rank-9 using Thousand Face.
The Battlefield of the Dragon Abyss was not without solo travelers, and the core layer was no different. However, traveling solo was usually a sign of powerful ability.
Even in the core area where True God rank-9s were everywhere, most powerhouses still came in teams.
The core layer of the Battlefield of the Dragon Abyss was not located in the same space as the inner and outer layers but in an ancillary space. To be precise, it was on another battlefield fragment. However, this fragment that comprised the core layer was smaller, and it was embedded into the Battlefield of the Dragon Abyss, forming a structure similar to an ancillary space.
Although such a combination of two battlefield fragments was extremely rare, it was not unheard of. Some were formed naturally, while some were created artificially.
The Battlefield of the Dragon Abyss was said to have been formed naturally.
It might have been that the two battlefield fragments had collided together and formed this mosaic structure by chance.
Standing on the edge of a cliff, Lin Huang lowered his head and looked down.
More than ten meters below his feet, everything was shrouded by a layer of gray fog, preventing any kind of probing.
Even his Divine Telekinesis could not pass through, much less his line of sight.
"This should be it…"
Lin Huang put the map away. He knew he had found the right place.
At the bottom of this cliff was the entrance to the core layer.
According to the information given out by Mysterious Item Pavilion, the core area was quite different from other parts of the Battlefield of the Dragon Abyss.
As this battlefield fragment of the core layer region had been the battlefield of two other Lords, not only was the material on the battleground more stable, but its gravity was also greater, and Space Rule could not be used.
Besides that, the density of Abyssal energy was also greater. Even the energy in the air was of the type that humans could not absorb at all; it had to be isolated using Divine Power. If a cultivator of insufficient ability were to enter, they would be corrupted in the extreme, to the point of becoming demonic or even deformed.
However, such an environment was an excellent place for Abyssal creatures to cultivate. As a result, there were a large number of abyssal monsters in the core layer, and the number of hunters from the Abyss was far greater than human hunters.
Lin Huang attempted a probe. He found nothing, but he had already expected that.
Taking a deep breath, he took a step forward, plunging down the cliff in free-fall…
Chapter 1479: Encounter with an Aberrant Species
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After landing in the core layer space, Lin Huang clearly felt the difference between this space here and that of the Battlefield of the Dragon Abyss.
The gravity in this place was much stronger, and the Space Rule was also very chaotic.
Lin Huang extended his Divine Telekinesis and found that it had been further suppressed. The radius of his Divine Telekinesis coverage had been reduced to about 120 kilometers, which was only one-tenth of what it had been in the Battlefield of the Dragon Abyss.
However, the thing that made Lin Huang most uncomfortable was how the air was saturated with dense Abyssal energy that was constantly trying to penetrate his body through every pore and skin cell.
'With such dense Abyssal energy, I'm afraid even seventh-rank and eighth-rank True Gods wouldn't be able to put up any amount of resistance for too long.' Sensing the speed at which his Divine Power was being consumed as he resisted the Abyssal energy, Lin Huang frowned slightly.
This environment was practically the equivalent of home ground for abyssal monsters.
Without waiting until he could fully adapt to this new environment, Lin Huang lifted his head and gazed into the distance.
Right after scanning the area with his Divine Telekinesis, he noticed that there were several monsters nearby. He also clearly sensed that he was being watched.
The monsters that were staring at him had gazes that were almost tangible, and they even made no attempt to conceal their own ill intentions, unabashedly making them known.
The corners of Lin Huang's lips quirked up slightly; from a distance, he looked at the first monster that was approaching him at top speed.
Almost instantly, the monster leaped across a distance of about ten kilometers and opened its blood-stained mouth, pouncing at Lin Huang.
Lin Huang just stood there as if he had been frozen on the spot by fear; only a red gleam faintly flashed from the cuff of his sleeve.
The next instant, the head of the red-skinned, large-mouthed monster exploded, and its body toppled to the ground heavily, stirring up a cloud of smoke and dust in its wake.
At this point, two other monsters had just arrived. Before they could even take action, they witnessed this scene happening in front of them, and their instincts told them to turn around and flee.
However, it was already too late.
As soon as Lin Huang raised his head, his gaze swept over the two monsters who had turned to flee. Two scarlet gleams shot out from the cuff of his sleeves again, instantly impaling the bodies of the two creatures.
"Too bad there's only one ninth-rank, I'm still short of three…" Lin Huang commented regretfully as he watched his Life Wheels absorb only one ninth-rank Divine Fire.
After storing away the corpses of the three monsters, he did not linger but continued swiftly toward the deeper reaches of the core layer.
Along the way, he met several monsters who tried to launch stealth attacks at him, but Lin Huang killed them all. However, he regretted that none of these were ninth-rank monsters. The Life Wheels within him refused to accept their Divine Fires.
In fact, along the way, Lin Huang had sensed a lot of monsters with his Divine Telekinesis, but he did not initiate any attacks, because hunting them down was meaningless to him. Those he did kill were the ones that attacked him first.
After moving forward for more than ten minutes, Lin Huang finally found a ninth-rank True God, which was a humanoid aberrant species.
It looked like a robust human male, but its size had expanded to more than three meters, and its chest and back were full of festering pustules with corrosive green pus seeping out of them.
Its right hand looked like a normal human arm and was holding a broad-bladed battle sword. The other arm was deformed and swollen, more than two meters long. The circumference of this arm was almost comparable to that of its waist, and it was covered in greenish-blue scales.
Lin Huang had never seen an aberrant species like that in the monster guide before, but he was still able to determine that this fellow had most likely been a human in its past life.
It was only that it had been corrupted by Abyssal energy to the point where its soul had also been corrupted after its physical body had been completely deformed. Therefore, it had fully turned into a monster both inside and out.
Monsters formed by the corruption of humans were usually in the top tier among monsters.
Sensing the aura of this monster, Lin Huang also became a little more cautious.
From the looks of things, the other used to be a sword cultivator before its death, and since it had dared to enter this core layer, that meant it was definitely not weak.
Normally, it was unlikely that a ninth-rank True God would be corrupted by the energy in this core layer. Therefore, Lin Huang determined that the other most likely had been corrupted after encountering a major battle that had exhausted its Divine Power.
All this while, Lin Huang was hiding nearby, observing in secret.
However, the aberrant species suddenly looked in Lin Huang's direction. An instant later, the Sword Dao of the aberrant species began to rise rapidly.
True Self Level Sword Dao?!" Lin Huang was shocked. The other had also reached the third level of Sword Dao true meaning, just like himself.
At this moment, the Sword Dao within Lin Huang's body seemed to be influenced by the other's energy, fluctuating slightly.
Instantly, he felt the aberrant species' Sword Dao lock onto him.
Lin Huang reluctantly stood up from the bushes. He had not expected that his own Sword Dao would betray him like this.
As he looked at the aberrant species in front of him, his gaze had also become serious.
The fact that the Sword Dao within him could respond to the other's energy meant that the other's Sword Dao was at the same level as his own.
However, Lin Huang was not intimidated in the slightest.
Both of them were at the third level of Sword Dao true meaning, and he did not believe that he was any weaker than his opponent.
Under the pull of each other's energy, both parties' Sword Dao flowed out of their bodies and began to elevate rapidly.
In the end, the aberrant species was still slightly weaker, and its Sword Dao was the first to reach its peak.
Under the continued oppression from Lin Huang's Sword Dao, it finally could no longer hold back and attacked.
The broad-bladed battle sword in its hand slashed forward like a violent gust of wind, producing tens of thousands of slashes in an instant. The pitch-black sword gleams compounded together like a wave, coming at Lin Huang like a tsunami.
This attack would have been enough to slice a ninth-rank True God into pieces.
However, Lin Huang was not fazed at the sight of the black tsunami-like wave approaching him. In fact, he was delighted. He had not encountered a worthy Sword Dao opponent in a long time.
At some unknown moment, a narrow red blade had consolidated in Lin Huang's hand. He made just the slightest movement, and the narrow blade stabbed forward.
A violent gust of blood-red wind like a tornado shot out from the point of the blade.
The tornado expanded as soon as it hit the air and began rapidly splitting, instantaneously multiplying into twelve colossal hurricanes that reached from the earth to the heavens.
If there had been other powerhouses present who possessed True Self Level Sword Dao, they would have been able to see what actually happened with his attack. In reality, he had unleashed the same attack twelve times, but the trajectory of the attacks was exactly the same, and the speed at which they were delivered was so fast, it looked like he had only attacked once.
Like twelve gigantic sky-high pillars, the twelve hurricanes abruptly suppressed the tsunami, then completely shattered…
Everything in the path of the blood-red hurricanes turned to dust…
There were even a great many seventh-rank and eighth-rank monsters that suffered unexpected calamity—they were swallowed up by the hurricanes.
A terrifying surge of energy was released in all directions, and this quickly attracted the attention of other hunters nearby.
Quite a number of powerhouses had seen the terrifying hurricanes from a distance.
"I've never seen this kind of attack before—seems like a newcomer has arrived in town."
"Such powerful Sword Dao true meaning… What a powerful sword cultivator!"
"It's coming from this direction… someone can't be hunting down that monster, can they?!"
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