Chapter 2015 - Spirit (1) (1/2)

This sort of battle was the kind written into legends, but it hardly needed to be said that Dyon didn't care much for it. It wasn't that he didn't know how great of an accomplishment it was, but rather that he simply wasn't satisfied.

Dyon relied on his mind to win this battle. Though when facing Lionel, Chenglei, and especially Eve, it was left to his battle sense and prowess, this war as a whole couldn't have been won without his schemes. Even with his current strength, he didn't know if he was capable of facing the Faith of the Ragnor and Pakal Clans. To make matters even more uncertain, he had no idea how powerful the slumbering Ancestors of the two Clans were.

Though Dyon had the baby skull from the Pride Clan which followed the path of nihility, his death will comprehension wasn't yet deep enough to use it. Also, considering Junior still needed much more time to grow, it would likely be a very long time before he was able to rely upon it.

This was all to say that while he was being praised for his valiance by those below, only he knew that there was nothing to be proud about. He simply eliminated an enemy in their weakest state… with his level of pride and arrogance, this would never be something he would celebrate.

How many more opportunities would he have to defeat enemies cut off from their Faith? How many more opportunities would he have to avoid battling their most powerful Ancestors? Maybe this was the last time.

Still, the resolution in Dyon's eyes didn't fade. Wasn't his mind one of his weapons as well? Who said the martial world had to be purely ruled by strength, who said it couldn't be ruled by intelligence? If his own power wasn't yet enough to stand on the biggest stage, he'd make sure his mind was.

Plus… Dyon didn't feel that he would remain weak forever. He had grown so powerful even without using the Dragon and Phoenix Seals left behind for him by Jade. Originally, they had the ability to help him reach the Peak Dao Realm as long as he broke all 33. The only reason he hadn't used them yet was because the Seals were difficult to break.

The Dragon and Phoenix Seals held the immeasurable energy of Jade's Higher Existence self and breaking them required battle prowess. The higher Dyon's battle prowess, the more seals he could shatter, and the more energy he could absorb.

There were 11 body seals, 11 soul seals, and 11 energy seals. Dyon had been capable of breaking all of the soul seals long ago, but his body was too weak to handle such a powerful soul. Now, however, he was more than qualified.

Then he would break the body seals. He felt that if he diligently absorbed the energy within the body seals, he might be able to reach the diamond silk stage, a stage two levels above his current gold stage and only a single step away from the higher fate silk stage.

Finally, there was the 11 energy seals. Before, they were qualified to bring Dyon up to the Peak Dao Stage, but he doubted they had the ability to do so now… His energy talent had gone up too much and his meridians were far wider. However, they should still be enough to bring him to the 6th or 7th dao stage.