788 The Answers To The Past Doubts (1/2)

When Hasula was trapped within the World in the Sleeve, he was fully aware of what was happening around him. He understood he encountered an attack that was made by manipulating space. He could predict the possible changes what would occur. Since Su Meng dared to come, he definitely had a way to escape by seizing the various opportunities. The alliance between the grassland and Zuo Dao would be in chaos as Hasula was captured. This allowed the Sword-Enshrining tower to take a breather.

When he thought of these, blood rushed to his face. He felt that he was humiliated as he was filled with self-reproach. If only he felt that he was less proud, he would not think that he could block the strike from Su Meng. He would have chosen to dodge, which would result in a different outcome. Not to say that Su Meng would be completely surrounded, but at least the situation would not be as chaotic.

Damn that guy! The reason he dared to do so even, though he just promoted to the Realm of Guru, was because he had many adventures. Once Hasula escaped the trap, he would show Su Meng who was boss! Hasula swore that he would break out of the barrier and was determined to do so. He turned around and slashed out his sword. These slashes looked like lightning in the dark night.

Dong! Meng Qi sliced the knife that was trailing him from the back.

Hasula looked ferocious. He seemed to be one with his sword, as he slashed towards Meng Qi at the speed multiple times of sound. It looked like a beam of light, so fast that it could not be captured by human senses.

The foundation of his beliefs and his way of the sword were speed. His guru domain was also about speed. When the two came together, it was unimaginable. It was sufficient for a normal human to escape the shackles of Earth and enter the vast cosmos. He was confident that he could run out of the area covered by World in the Sleeve.

For any martial arts in the world, only speed was unbeatable!

Speed did not mean weakness. Instead, things that were fast could cause more damage or create a bigger explosion.

Anger and embarrassment were channelled into energy, as this strike by Hasula was the best he could do. He was at the peak of Exterior Scenery. He had it all: his realm, strength, the power of his dharmakaya and his understanding of martial arts!

Meng Qi only saw a flash of light. Before he could blink, the sword was already right in front of him. He could only tilt his head slightly to avoid the center of the forehead.

Dong! The sword slashed onto the body of Meng Qi's celestial field a hundred feet away. The slash could be seen from the neck to the left elbow, as the reminiscence of the strike glowed light golden. Horrifying waves of air which formed gales tore the golden light apart and pushed the indomitable statue back. It held close to the statue without being shaken off. The gale sliced open the skin, the light golden blood and flesh before slashing onto the glazed shoulder bone.

The slashed ran out of energy once it reached here. It could no longer continue forward as it waited to be recalled for another slash. It had the power to slice the heavens and earth apart, yet it was stuck to the shoulder bone. The flesh and bone held onto it tightly, as it tried to return to the owner slowly. The advantage of speed disappeared quickly.

Seeing that his sabre was stuck onto the flesh and blood, Hasula panicked. Before he could make a decision, he saw a slash of the sword came down hard. It seemed to be channelled for a long time, as seen from how it was rotating in a regular pattern and felt it as though it could cut through everything.

At that instant, he used all his might to get back his treasured sabre. He used the momentum to shift to the right. He had no time to use the Robe of the Golden Tent Warrior.

Crack! A crystal-clear sound was emitted. Hasula saw his own robe of the Golden Tent Warriors had a tear in the elbow area. His mortal flesh felt a chill before his entire left hand fell off. The cut was clean with magical charm.

Boom! The sound of him passing through the layers of airflow just sounded off. Fresh blood gushed out.

Hasula's sword reflected light once more. He retreated high up into the air. He saw Meng Qi holding his Jade-Slashing Sword on his right hand calmly. Meng Qi's face had no signs of any pain as his primordial spirit was shaken and empty. He said coldly,

”A slash for a slash, again!”

I would be a dumbass if I were to do it again! Hasula was not stupid enough to trade slashes with a guy that trained his flesh and blood to the Realm of Guru as he had not lived long enough to die doing so. His flesh and blood were wriggling to stop the flowing of blood at the cut on his broken arm. He became one with his sword once again, as he slashed towards Meng Qi in a beam of light.

This time around, he learnt his lesson. Wanting too much would result in a spill, going overboard would place himself in danger. Hence, he left an adequate amount of leeway. Every slash could only cause white marks on the golden aura. Once he landed a strike, he took cover immediately.

He planned to accumulate the damage done so as to swing the battle in his favour. As Su Meng's body had no shortage of wounds, he could only use his speed to create more wounds. He was impossible to guard against. Finally, he would layer the damage on a single spot to widen and deepen the wound until his sword could penetrate into the internal organs or the head to destroy the world inside or the primordial spirit.

This was one of the best ways to defeat someone who had a powerful body, on par with finding the weak spot of that person.

Meng Qi's left shoulder was more damaged. He could not recover, for now, hence he chose to grow out two extra arms. He held Heaven's Pain and the Dark Turtle sword with both hands. If he could not catch up to Hasula's speed and run him down, he used his sword and channelled the Immobile Golden Lotus to form a blooming lotus. His essence and spirit came out through the acupuncture points in his hands and legs. They were connected to earth a hundred feet below to form an impenetrable defence.

As he stabilized himself, Meng Qi tried to use his physical body to tank the attack. He decided to use the Grand Burial of Galaxies, which was an area of effect skill, to harm Hasula. However, Hasula's speed was so fast that he was already miles away whenever Meng Qi tried to use the skill. He was unaffected as he was far from the center of the explosion. Evil Dispersing Thunder, which was on a similar power level, could only affect about ten miles from the epicenter at Meng Qi's current power level.

The celestial field could not hold out for long. Meng Qi stopped hiding his true powers and activated his guru domain and revealed his dharma.

Instantly, Hasula felt the changes in the sky. Half of it was brightly lit, while the other was completely dark. On the bright side, the sun and the birds could be seen. On the dark side, it was limitlessly deep and contained dense clusters of stars. There were multiple moons, which hid the chaos within.

Under his foot was what the ground which resembled a turtle. There were mountains and rivers around, there was fire and ice, opposite poles of electromagnetism. It looked as though everything was there to manifest another world or numerous galaxies. There was a blurry façade of the mortal world that surrounded Su Meng, while everything else was the world created by Meng Qi.

Before Hasula understood what was happening, he saw layers of space, each coming from a unique world, leave the mortal world and speed behind Su Meng. It condensed all matter, energy, time and space.

The surrounding turned chaotic, as balls of energy were stuck to Hasula. These balls weighed him down, causing him to slow down rapidly. Additionally, there was chaos in time and space, hence, he felt he was restricted in the primal chaos. He could only slash towards Su Meng at a decent speed.

This was the first time Meng Qi completely activated his guru domain ever since he entered the Realm of Guru. When he was fighting against the Vile Heavenly Demon, he only used the initial state of the primal chaos to disrupt the essence of various things. Now he sensed how the unlimited and vast sea of mana was condensing into his Indestructible statue of Yuan Shi. The amount of energy was condensed to the point he himself felt restricted, as though he was going to be suppressed, then collapsed.

The Statue of the Immortal behind Meng Qi sat cross-legged. It felt small or and insignificant. The sea of mana was condensed to its limits, as it exploded together with the physical body and the primordial spirit before reforming back to the original state.

Right then, Yuan Shi opened its eyes. It managed to and entered the state of the Creation of the World. It could split oneself into Yin and Yang and understand the different changes of a world. This was the state of Creation of the World.

Meng Qi was about to slash out as he suddenly thought,

In the end, that was the essence of the singularity of the multiverse?

That's right. According to the makeup of the Interior Realm, the location of each acupuncture point corresponded to each universe. The world within one was closely related to this world: both were born from Yuan Shi.

This way, didn't Yuan Shi seem similar to a Singularity?

Since it was a Singularity, following it shouldn't it be the splitting of Yin and Yang and the formation of the various elements such as fire, wind and water? These should form naturally from the strike, and this strike should blow off from Creation of the World!

At that moment, Meng Qi got a revelation and decided to test it out.

One can only learn from fighting a strong foe and grinding one's skill.

Sensing that the energy and matter around was fully condensed and in control, Meng Qi opened his eyes abruptly as he had an idea in mind. His form remained as his sword slashed out.

This was his desperate move as he left himself no way out. It was a slash that could break anything.

As Hasula's slash attacked Su Meng and his Form of Dao from behind at a good angle and speed, he suddenly saw a slash of light slice open the chaos and was going straight for him.

He was about to raise his sword to parry the attack. He suddenly realized the condensed energy was slashed open by this slash. The energy expanded infinitely and exploded in an unimaginable way.

After the Creation of the World was the Big Bang!

In the Big Bang, Yin and Yang were separated, elements such as earth, fire, wind and water were formed as the matter was born, naturally!

Meng Qi was affected by what he learnt from the Tyrant's Six Decapitations and almost went down the wrong path. There was a difference from his Interior Realm. Luckily, he managed to remain a clear mind.

We could only refer to the Dao of others, but not believe it completely!

As the two strikes collided, the light from Hasula's strike dissipated as wind and waves much time larger than the Big Bang engulfed him!

Boom!

After some time after the collision, the wilderness and mountains surrounding the area were reduced to rubble as though they disappeared from this world. Within an area of a thousand miles, there were many craters. The clouds high above were blown away and only the sun could be seen.

At the bottom of a particular crater, a figure stood up shakily. That was Hasula, with less than half of his hair remaining. He was completely naked, as there were many protruding bones and the uncountable number of wounds and burnt areas. His treasured sabre in his right hand was covered in dust. A small part, the size of a grain of rice, of the blade was chipped off and the whole blade was filled with dents.

He squeezed out everything he had, including all secret techniques, treasures, and skills, that would inflict damage to themselves. He managed to evade the head on the explosion and fend off the Big Bang and survived. However, he was severely wounded and was at the edge of dying. He had difficulty moving.

Suddenly, he saw someone descend as he focused his vision on him. That was Su Meng. He was no longer gigantic with two heads and four arms and reverted back to his normal body. However, his aura was still monstrous and his vision was clear. He was about to slash out towards Hasula.

Again! Hasula was afraid. He gathered all remaining energy, as he became one with his blade. He escaped at the speed one-tenth of that in his prime into the distance, as he disappeared soon after.

After confirming he had really escaped, Meng Qi descended into the crater. He lay there as he did not want to move at all.

He would never try a new, self-created technique in the middle of a fight ever again!

That upgraded Creation of the world drew all strength from him. The Big Bang was not biased and damaged everything in its path. Luckily, he was at the epicenter of the explosion. From there, the fireball explosion travelled in all kinds of directions, but he managed to evade the blast. Even so, he had to squeeze out every single drop of energy to wear the Kunlun Taoist Robe and chant the Arts of Eight-Nine so that he would look unharmed. This also forged a fake vibe and aroused the fear in Hasula's heart to scare him away.

If Hasula stayed, Meng Qi might not have sufficient strength left to chant the Chant of the Heavenly Wills. If that situation arose, he had to use his physical body in order for him to stand a thirty-percent chance of winning. It was not worth the risk, as God knew what other tricks that man had up his sleeve.

However, he was proud that that slash managed to injure a person at the peak of the Exterior Realm, who was only lightly injured and drained. However, even though that move could harm the enemy, it could hurt one's self, too.

Meng Qi spat a mouth of blood as he suffered severe internal injury. He took in the worldly Yuan Qi at a crazy rate in order for him to restore his strength.

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In a radius of ten thousand miles, we could see the light of axe swings. Sometimes, a black hole formed. At other times, it looked like the realm of the opponent would drop at any time. This forced Sir Luda to be at the disadvantage. However, his sword skills were of a high level by the small structure of his strikes. He could draw power from the vigourous ocean, the five natural elements, as well as the power of the void to fend off against Gu Erduo's Scorpio Axe.

Ever since Gu Erduo activated and used the Power to Banish Fairies, both of them had yet to clash their weapons. Immortal Chonghe found the chance and managed to bring both of them into the fairy-slaying sword formation. Strikes of red, green, black, and whit, were consistently hitting Gu Erduo, as they bent the earth, fire, wind, and water elements. The void was twisted as time dilated. All matters within the vicinity turned into energy and extinguished all the attacks from the axe.

However, as the Scorpio Axe was activated with the Power to Banish Fairies, the different strikes turned to nothing.

Even when Immortal Chonghe and Sir Luda joined power, they were still at a disadvantage against Gu Erduo. They were trying to hold on desperately and waiting for the time limit that Gu Erduo could summon heavenly troops.

As his right hand trembled and he summoned red strikes from his sword, Chonghe saw purple shooting stars streaking across the sky into the horizon. Seeing that the north looked gloomy, he knew that Cui Qinghe and Da Man had died as both anomalies appeared at the same time.

Not every death of a Dharmakaya would result in anomalies; not every method of death would result in an anomaly. However, the sighting of a death anomaly definitely meant a dharmakaya had died!