World's Best Martial Artist
1186 Chapter 1181-ambush
In the catacombs.
King Huai still respectfully led mad blade forward.
Mad blade flew in the air for a while, then suddenly frowned and stopped.
"My Lord ..." King Huai quickly said.
"Wait!"
Crazy blade frowned. At this moment, a long blade appeared in his hand. It was as white as Jade and it was trembling slightly.
Kuang Dao frowned and turned around to look at King Huai. King Huai had a puzzled look on his face. He stared at Kuang Dao's saber for a while with some envy.
Mad blade gently stroked his long blade and turned back to look at the core of the catacombs. That was where the heavenly court was located, far, far away.
However, the aura was still rising from the other side, and the pressure of the Nine Saints was still there.
Kuang Dao's long blade was still trembling, and King Huai was slightly nervous. At this moment, Kuang Dao's heart moved, and the token on his chest trembled.
Taking out the token, Kuang Dao gently touched it for a while, exhaled, and said indifferently,""It's fine now, let's continue!"
"Yes!"
King Huai didn't dare to say anything more. He just stared at the token, which seemed to be a treasure.
Seeing this, crazy blade added,"The Three Realms is simply too vast. In the primordial era, experts would travel across continents, traveling extremely far away. But now, the heaven realm was destroyed, and the earth realm was destroyed ...
Today's land is just a piece of desolate land from the past!"
"Mad blade still looks down on the catacombs right now.
The land today was much, much smaller than the land of the past.
Although it didn't look small, to an expert, such a small space would only take a moment to travel from one side to the other. "A Messenger token is an item created by powerful cultivators who were too far away to send messages to each other ..."
King Huai understood and said with admiration,"we've obtained some of these treasures from some ancient sites in the past. However, it was difficult to imitate them. Moreover, they were not compatible when used. I didn't expect that you would have such a treasure."
Although he said that, King Huai's heart moved.
This thing had a distance limit.
Crazy blade had actually received a message here. What did this mean?
It meant that there was someone at the initial stage of martial arts not far from here!
"It seems like the reinforcements from the martial initial stage division have arrived."
King Huai did not know exactly how far it was, but he still felt a little nervous. Should he give up on the plan?
The other party had indeed come very quickly!
But to give up now ... King Huai felt helpless. Even if he gave up, li Changsheng might not give up.
Once the people from the initial martial stage arrived and met up, they would immediately go to the human world.
He knew this, and Li Changsheng must be aware of it as well.
Since that was the case, killing frenzy was inevitable.
At the side, Kuang Dao didn't care about him. At this moment, Kuang Dao heaved a sigh of relief.
Someone's here!
For so many years, it was not that no one from the chuwu continent wanted to come to the catacombs, nor did it not want to come to the human world.
However, in the past few years, some of their disciples had left Chu Wu continent, and almost no one had returned.
The sea of bitterness was too dangerous. It was so far away that even ordinary real gods might not be able to cross it easily.
It wasn't as if there weren't any experts. A thousand years ago, there were beginner martial artists with Saint-level combat power who came out of the mountain, but they never returned.
In the past, those gods with the combat power of Heavenly Kings were either in seclusion or cultivating.
In addition, there were many small worlds above the bitter sea. King Kun and the others were all there. Even some sober gods chose not to leave the Chu Wu continent.
It wasn't until recently when those people had left that Chu Wu continent tried to let people continue to go out to sea.
And he, mad blade, was the vanguard.
Now, he was fine, and Kuang Dao had also received the news that a few gods had made their move. The hidden origin expert had been fished out and was now being besieged by a few beginner martial gods. The reinforcements from the sacred martial continent were also about to arrive.
Kuang Dao was overjoyed and secretly rejoiced. There was really an origin realm expert ambushing an initial stage martial artist!
Previously, he had been apprehensive and could only comfort himself that it was an accident. He had really thought that it was an accident when he had successfully arrived at the catacombs. He had not expected to fish out a powerhouse.
"It's a Heavenly King stage powerhouse! No wonder none of those people made it back alive!"
With these thoughts in mind, Kuang Dao was getting closer and closer to li Changsheng's ambush!
King Huai's source world was also rapidly changing. At this moment, King Huai was only bullying the other party because he did not have a source and could not feel the turbulence of the source. Otherwise, he would not have dared to change his source near a Saint level expert.
This was King Huai's first attempt to connect to the Dao of origin!
It was different from Zhang Tao's Dao assimilation, life King's Dao continuation, and even more different from Fang Ping's Dao borrowing.
All these years, King Huai had gone from a slave to a true king. He had experienced and seen too much.
Over the years, he had come into contact with the great Dao of many geniuses.
Connecting the great Dao was the method used by fate King.
He also continued, but his method was completely different.
At this moment, if someone was in his source world, they would be able to see a shocking scene.
King Huai was shifting some great DAOs!
He had dozens of great DAOs. Previously, he had only used one main Dao, and the other great DAOs were scattered around him without interfering with each other.
However, King Huai was forcefully shifting his great Dao.
The main path was in the center, becoming the center of the circle.
The other great DAOs were like dots, distributed in a circle around the center of the circle.
In the beginning, there were more than thirty straight lines, but at this time, King Huai forcefully bent the surrounding roads so that the end of the road was close to his main road.
In this way, it would eventually form a new supporting road.
This was what King Huai was doing.
He connected more than 30 great Dao to the main Dao. If he took the second Dao, the amplification would be reduced by half. Before the 1000-meter mark, the second Dao would not even have any amplification.
However, what King Huai was thinking was that by attaching these other DAOs to the main Dao, it was possible for them to be related to the main Dao and increase their power.
In the source world, some of the great DAOs were forcefully distorted and tilted by him, approaching the main Dao.
This was an extremely risky thing to do!
If they were not careful, their great Dao would collapse, their origin would collapse, and they would die.
However, King Huai did not care about this. All these years, he had only spied on the great DAOs of some peerless geniuses. If it was too long, he might not be able to control it. However, he had only tasted it briefly and had walked very short paths.
In King Huai's opinion, their great Dao should be very stable and would not collapse so easily.
It was hard to say if it was long, but if it collapsed in just a few hundred meters, it meant that the path was not that great.
Everyone had their own beliefs and their own path. If someone dared to try, they would be able to walk a different path.
Of course, the price to pay for a different style was also very high.
99% of the people died at the first step.
King Huai did not know if he would die, but the more he feared death, the more he did not want to die, and the more he did not want to die. The more he wanted to take a risk, and perhaps he could fight for a future.
BOOM!
With a crisp sound, the origin trembled and a short path began to tilt, instantly leaning against his main path.
At this moment, King Huai's Qi was slightly turbulent.
On the side, Kuang Dao turned his head and glanced at him. King Huai was shocked, but he pretended to be calm and said,""My Lord, your saber is too powerful. I ... Felt that it was dangerous and couldn't help but use my strength to resist the pressure ..."
Kuang Dao held his long saber and said with some contempt,""I've nurtured this blade for thirty thousand years. The path of beginner martial arts is different from your origin! We will only nurture one weapon in our lives.
From the time it was weak, it would be nurtured with qi and blood, energy, and spiritual sense.
In the process, he would continuously add in heavenly materials and earthly treasures and smelt them to forge a divine weapon that was most suitable for him. This was a true weapon, a divine weapon!
It's not like your origin source, where you let outsiders forge weapons and rely on external objects instead of your own bodies.
Our weapons are like a part of our bodies ..."
Mad blade had a sense of superiority over an initial stage martial artist.
This was because beginner stage powerhouses were almost invincible existences in the same rank.
Even if a warrior of the origin path was at the same level as them and had the same combat power, there was a limit to the amplification of the origin. The control of one's own power would also decline. A beginner martial artist's control of power would generally not be low.
In his life, he only needed to Polish his physical body or spiritual power, and he didn't need to think about anything else.
As for Warriors of the origin source realm, there were too many things they needed to do.
Developing the great Dao of origins, tempering the body, tempering spiritual consciousness, controlling power ...
"You're right, my Lord. From what I can see, your Divine Blade is probably not inferior to a divine artifact ..."King Huai said in admiration.
"A divine artifact?"
Crazy blade sneered,"the most important thing about a divine weapon is to cut the origin!" But to us, a divine artifact is just a slightly sharper weapon. It only depends on the material. In other aspects, it's useless in this old man's eyes!"
King Huai quickly nodded and said,"yes, Your Excellency is right!" The Chu Wu lineage doesn't cultivate the origin ..."
Crazy blade's expression changed slightly, and he didn't reply.
There were some things that King Huai did not understand.
In the beginner martial arts lineage, there were not many pure beginner martial artists now. Many people were also walking the great Dao of origin. The second generation beginner martial artists were still fine, but there were also a large number of third and fourth generation beginner martial artists who walked the great Dao of origin.
There were also some disputes within the beginner level martial arts. Some beginner level martial artists had completely given up the glory of the beginner level martial arts.
The four Emperors were the targets that these initial stage martial artists worshipped and wanted to chase after.
This was because the four Emperors had walked very deep on the elementary martial path. After they combined with the origin, there were the four extreme emperors, who became strong men comparable to emperors.
King Huai continued to complete the construction of the great Dao as he spoke.
However, at this moment, he was much more careful. He didn't dare to stick the great Dao to the main Dao one by one. Instead, he moved the other great Dao together, moving them bit by bit. He wanted to complete such a change in an instant.
As for whether his physical body would explode in the end, or whether the Origin's amplification could reach his expectations, King Huai could not care less at this time.
King Huai was afraid that Kuang Dao would notice him, so he spoke again,"Your Excellency, there are some things I don't know if I should ask ..."
Crazy blade had nothing to do, so he said indifferently,"Tell me."
"The cultivators of the initial stage martial line don't have the origin to enhance their bodies, but their combat strength can be compared to some Heavenly Kings. Doesn't this mean that they can break through the sixth heaven with their physical strength alone?
However, from what I know, even Heavenly Kings of our origin bloodline might not have a stronger body than some Chu Wu sovereigns.
Heavenly Kings are so powerful, but why can't I increase my physical strength ..."
Mad blade said indifferently,"these things have long been explored in the ancient times!" Since you've asked, this old master doesn't mind telling you that it's because of the origin!
This was the reason why essences were rejected by experts of ten thousand DAOs!
He had been blindly borrowing power from the outside world and had neglected his own body!
What was the purpose of the creation of martial arts?
It's to strengthen one's body!"
Kuang Dao snorted and said,"but ever since the origin appeared, you origin martial artists have become used to taking shortcuts!" Opening up a great Dao could easily double one's strength, or even multiply it by several times. In the end, one would become a weakling. Their lifespan would not be as long as a beginner martial artist 's, and they would not be able to develop their own body to the extreme.
Not only that, the origin Dao might not be a good Dao. This Dao is actually rejecting the development of one's own power!"
Kuang Dao had lived for nearly 30000 years and knew too many things. At this moment, he sneered and said,""The person who established the Dao of the essence might not have any good intentions. The Dao of the essence and the development of one's own potential are in great conflict!
The origin is actually suppressing you!
"The origin Dao has already turned from guest to host, yet you guys are ignoring the essentials and pursuing the trivialities. You only seek temporary strength and have not considered the long-term development of martial arts.
"The beginner level is different. The beginner level focuses on developing one's own strength. This is the true and pure martial Dao ..."
"Are there no restrictions on the beginner level?"
"Back when I was in the Golden body realm, it was difficult for me to increase the strength of my golden body and walk on the path of origin after I reached the fifth refinement. To the martial artists today, perhaps they were forced to do so because it was extremely difficult to develop their physical bodies ..." King Huai said bitterly.
At this time, King Huai was truly somewhat rueful. After achieving the fifth refined golden body, many people could no longer continue on. They had no choice but to advance to rank-9 and walk on the path of origin.
If the Golden body could continue to grow stronger, they might not necessarily have to walk the origin Dao.
"That's because you, the powerhouses of the origin bloodline, are selfish," Kuang Dao said indifferently."You destroyed everything that belonged to a beginner martial artist! Otherwise, in the beginner martial arts inheritance, the ninth refinement might be difficult, but the seventh and eighth refinement could still be achieved.
After that, it was just the work of grinding. Experts were all polished by time.
The origin bloodline was eager for quick success and did not want to waste time on this. They could not resist the strong temptation. As a result, they naturally found it difficult.
When you step into the origin, it'll be too late to Polish yourself because of the suppression of the origin. It'll be more than ten times more difficult to Polish yourself!"
King Huai nodded and said respectfully,"Milord, is there no way to have the best of both worlds?" Not only can you strengthen yourself, but you won't be disturbed by the origin and can even borrow the Origin's power. In this way, won't your martial Dao be more perfect?"
Crazy blade said indifferently,"back then, there were many experts who had this idea, and they were all trying it out!" However, the result proved that it was almost impossible to do so. The two were mutually exclusive.
At my level, even if I want to open the Dao of origin, I can't do it. Forcefully opening the Dao of origin will only cause a backlash. "
King Huai continued to nod his head in flattery, but he was slightly nervous in his heart.
It's almost here!
If he got any closer, crazy blade might be able to sense li Changsheng.
In his source world, the great DAOs were only a line away from the main Dao.
If they got close, there would probably be a lot of movement.
At this moment, King Huai suddenly said,""My Lord, I wonder if you can teach me the body-tempering method of the path of beginner martial arts ..."
Mad blade was stunned for a moment, then he sneered and said with a mocking face,""You ... Do you think that I'm too easy to talk to?"
Teach you?
Who Do You Think You Are?
"Your Excellency, I can change ..."
King Huai hurriedly said,"I've been running around all these years and know a lot of top secrets. Because the Royal Court is the inheritance of the demon Emperor divine dynasty, I even know some secrets about the Emperor of the earth. One of them involves the secret of where the remains of the Emperor of the earth are ..."
Kuang Dao's expression changed,"the remains of the king of earth?"
"Yes!"
King Huai looked around for a while and said in a low voice,"I learned about this from Prince Feng. Prince Feng, Your Excellency might not know, but this man is the direct descendant of King Tianzhi and King Tianming. These two kings were both big shots of the demon Emperor divine dynasty in the past ..."
"Back then, I sought refuge with the Maple King and learned some secrets ..." He said.
King Huai's voice became softer and softer as he spoke. Kuang Dao could not help but shout,"Continue!"
"My Lord, about the cultivation technique ..."
"So noisy! If you make a contribution, you'll naturally receive some benefits. "
At this moment, Kuang Dao's attention was completely focused on the king of earth.
The remains of the Emperor?
How could a nobody like King Huai know such a secret?
Seeing this, King Huai hesitated for a moment before saying,"Then I'll tell you. This is related to a treasure. When the Maple King left, he handed the treasure to me for safekeeping. I'll take it out now and give it to you, Sir ..."
As he spoke, his origin trembled violently. King Huai's face was filled with reluctance.
"However, I also know that the Emperor is too far away from me. I don't dare to take any benefits. I only hope that you can grant me my wish and give me some treasures suitable for my cultivation ..." He continued.
The vibration of the origin became even more intense.
Crazy blade frowned slightly. What was that?
The aura seemed to be getting stronger and stronger!
At this moment, King Huai's expression changed. In the next moment, his body suddenly swelled up. His face revealed a ferocious expression as if he was in extreme pain.
"My Lord, this thing is too powerful ..."
At this point, he was still lying to crazy blade.
Crazy blade's brows furrowed deeper and deeper. What's wrong with this guy?
Was he going to self-destruct?
Kuang Dao vaguely felt that something was wrong. In the next moment, he was about to avoid it. At this moment, an item appeared in King Huai's hand. He hurriedly said,"My Lord, I'll leave this item to you ..."
"This is ..."
Crazy blade looked at the thing in his hand. What was it?
"The king of Earth's treasure ..."
King Huai replied and threw things at him. Crazy blade subconsciously reached out to catch them. Just as he was about to catch them, he suddenly realized that something was wrong!
Mad blade immediately dodged!
But it was too late!
Right at this moment, King Huai let out a low growl. His body expanded, and with a bang, his body exploded into a bloody mess. However, his Origin Energy was extremely powerful.
The thing that he had thrown out earlier also exploded, giving off a blinding light!
It wasn't a weapon of mass destruction, just a small toy. To experts, there wasn't much difference between opening and closing their eyes.
However, at this moment, Kuang Dao could not bear the glaring light and closed his eyes.
King Huai had been prepared all along. Everything was within his expectations. How could he have missed his opportunity?
The moment crazy blade closed his eyes, King Huai held a thin sword in his hand. He was extremely fast and appeared above crazy blade's head in the blink of an eye. Holding the thin sword, he stabbed toward crazy blade's Baihui point!
BOOM!
At this moment, crazy blade's qi and blood exploded. With a boom, a qi and blood light pillar burst out above his head, and the impact almost made King Huai lose his balance.
"Break!"
A low growl rang out. King Huai also exploded with a powerful force at this moment, forcibly dispersing the light pillar of qi and blood.
The long sword pierced through his head, but King Huai's expression quickly changed.
Creak!
An ear-piercing sound rang out. Dao let out a violent roar, and dazzling colors burst out from the top of his head. His skull had actually blocked the sword from piercing into his brain.
"You're looking for death!"
Dao Kuang roared in anger. This small character actually dared to scheme against him!
At this moment, King Huai's sword had pierced through his head. Even though he had blocked the long sword, he still had a concussion and was a little dizzy.
BOOM!
A long blade quickly slashed towards the top of King Huai's head. When the blade light got close, King Huai's flesh and blood exploded again.
King Huai's expression changed again. What a powerful body!
To be ambushed by him and actually block his long sword, this bone armor was terrifyingly powerful.
The next moment, King Huai gritted his teeth and his spiritual power burst out. It turned into a thin sword and merged into his long sword. The long sword exploded with a powerful Qi. King Huai growled again and held the sword with both hands. His arms exploded and he used all his strength to stab down!
Creak ...
The ear-piercing sound rang out again, and the flames scattered in all directions. The flesh on crazy blade's head burst open, revealing a golden head.
Right at this moment, King Huai steeled his heart and the sword in his hand exploded with a BOOM!
Crack ...
A tiny crack appeared on his skull. It was very thin, and it was healing rapidly.
King Huai also took the opportunity to fly backward, and the Jade-colored long saber followed!
"How dare you!" Mad blade was furious and shouted. You think you can kill me? dream on!"
He had actually been attacked by this useless person and was even injured!
Of course, it wasn't too heavy.
However, a tiny crack had appeared on his skull, and this was no small matter. It should be known that initial stage martial artists did not have an origin source, and those who walked the path of the physical body would only walk the path of the physical body.
They were powerful, but they also had some flaws.
Once their skulls were cut open, even if they did not die, their combat power would be greatly reduced. Their hearts would be crushed, their skulls would burst, and their golden bodies would lose their vitality. They would be completely dead.
They weren't like Warriors of the origin realm, whose origin wasn't destroyed. They could still consume other things to restore their golden bodies.
Their golden bodies had exploded, and their activity had been extinguished. They could no longer be resurrected.
Kuang Dao was furious. This person had almost shattered his skull, which was also an unbelievable thing. True God Realm?
No, the power that had just exploded was far from what a true God could compare to!
'Damn it, he actually hid his strength. How did he do it?
He struck out with his blade, and King Huai quickly fled. His speed was extremely fast, tearing the void apart. In the blink of an eye, he was dozens of miles away.
At that moment, Dao BA was enraged. He tore through space with his physical body and rushed over.
As soon as he tore open the space and came out, crazy blade's face changed!
There was no sound from below, but there was a sword Qi that soared into the sky!
He had just torn open space and didn't have time to sense anything. When he discovered it, the sword Qi had already descended!
"Bastard ..."
Mad blade was furious again. There was still someone hiding!
However, the explosive strength of the sword aura did not seem to be too strong. Just as he was thinking about it and was about to slash out, the sword aura suddenly exploded!
At that moment, the speed of the sword Qi was more than three times faster!
Puchi!
The sword Qi directly went from the bottom to the top, piercing through his lower body!
"Ah!"
"Ah!" A blood-curdling scream rang out. Dao Kuang was in excruciating pain. The sword Qi came from below as he stepped through the air. At this moment, one could only imagine what part of his body had been hit.
No matter how strong the Golden body was, the sword Qi of the heaven-destroying sword and longevity swordsman's full-force attack had pierced through the Golden body!
Pfft!
The sword Qi soared into the sky, directly penetrating his internal organs and rushing out of his head. With a pfft, it pierced through the crack in his skull that King Huai had left behind, and the sword Qi rushed out of his head.
Below, old man Li's face was slightly pale, but he did not say anything. He soared into the sky again, holding the heaven-destroying sword, and charged towards Dao Kuang.
King Huai, who had just escaped, was like a shadow as he reappeared. One from above, one from above, one from below, and one from above. They were going to pincer attack Kuang Dao!
"All of you, go to hell!"
The saber let out a furious roar. With a hum, it slashed out at an unbelievably fast speed. This slash was aimed at old man Li.
Old man Li's expression changed. He held his long sword horizontally in front of him. With a bang, the sky-crushing sword trembled. Old man Li's clothes were torn apart by the saber Qi in an instant. His flesh and blood disappeared in the blink of an eye, and he became a skeleton that flew backward.
At this time, King Huai's palm hit crazy blade's head, but crazy blade did not care and slashed out again!
Bang! Bang!
The palm hit his head, and the crack in his skull became even bigger. However, as the long knife swept past, it was like cutting melons and vegetables. With a PU chi sound, King Huai's two arms were directly cut off.
Mad blade's speed was extremely fast. At the same time as his blade was swung, his other hand had already punched!
BOOM!
With a loud explosion, King Huai's chest was pierced through and his body exploded. His body exploded into pieces in all directions.
In the blink of an eye, the three of them engaged in a life-and-death battle.
Even though mad saber was the first to be injured, his combat strength was still terrifyingly powerful at the moment. He sent li Changsheng flying and blew up King Huai's golden body.
Just as crazy blade was about to destroy the condensed form of King Huai's spiritual body, he felt a chill run down his back. Old man Li had appeared once again, his long sword piercing through the void and stabbing toward his spine!
"You're looking for death!"
Dao Kuang let out a roar. At that moment, the spine was like a long Dragon. Under old man Li's shocked gaze, Dao Kuang's back cracked and the spine rolled and fluctuated. In the blink of an eye, the spine was pulled out of his body and turned into a long whip. The whip lashed out!
The whip shattered the void and struck old man Li's arm. Pfft! His arm was directly broken!
Old man Li's right hand, which was holding the sword, was broken. His expression changed at first, but he regained his composure in an instant. His body trembled, and he dodged the second whip.
In the next moment, he caught the falling sky-crushing sword with his left hand and slashed a tiny crack in the air. With a 'PU Chi' sound, the flesh and blood on Dao Kuang's waist were sent flying.
There was King Huai in front and longevity sword behind him, but Kuang Dao had regained his calm. Even though his injuries were not light, he had made a decision at this time. He did not care about the longevity sword behind him and slashed at King Huai's spiritual body in front.
King Huai quickly dodged, but Kuang Dao rushed forward without looking back!
He might not lose, but he did not dare to stay.
This was the catacombs!
There were also the Nine Saints. King Huai's attack on him might have been orchestrated by the Nine Saints. He did not dare to stay here any longer.
"Chase!"
Old man Li let out a low groan and gave chase quickly. King Huai's mentality also burst forth. The flesh and blood in the surroundings instantly gathered together and transformed into a human. He gave chase, but he sighed helplessly in his heart.
He was too strong!
If he had ambushed an origin Dao Sage, his golden body would have exploded. Who would have thought that wild blade's golden body would be so powerful that his first sword attack could not pierce through the other party's head?
However, Kuang Dao was a martial artist who had proven his Dao with his physical body. If his physical body was injured, his combat power would be greatly reduced, which was a good thing.
In this regard, origin realm martial artists had a lot of advantages. When a powerhouse's physical body exploded, even if their combat power was damaged, they could still continue to fight.
As mad blade fled, the two quickly chased after him.
In the center of the catacombs, three Saint auras quickly moved over. The other side had sensed the outbreak of a great battle.
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