Vol 20 Chapter 27 (1/2)
Book 20, Jindan Upgrade, Chapter 27 – The Final Challenge: The Path of Blades
“How strong is the guardian of this ‘Path of Blades’? Anything special to watch out for?” Ji Ning asked
This was the final challenge Ning understood that the guardian definitely had to be a terrifyingly strong figure
Elance, then they both laughed Sin then turned to Ning “The foe you will encounter on the Path of Blades…is yourself!”
“Myself?” Ning was flabbergasted
“Right” Sin explained, “When you challenge the Path of Blades, the enemy that appears will look exactly like you and have the exact same divine body, the exact say…the exact sa In fact, if you use sword-arts, he’ll choose to use sword-arts as well The only difference is…the sword-arts that he uses will be the sword-arts of Undermoon Lake”
Ning felt shocked His greatest advantage was that his Pure Yang Jindan had reached the second tier…but on the Path of Blades, this would give hie at all!
“On the Path of Blades, you will strictly be co in pure coh “I would co in sword-arts! Only if your sword-arts are sufficiently profound will you be able to defeat your foes In addition, on the Path of Blades, there will be a total of ten such opponents All of them will have the same divine body and same abilities as you, but the sword-arts they use will be different The later guardians will have increasingly profound sword-arts”
“The Path of Blades…it has ten guardians that are akin to ten of you Only by defeating these ten copies of yourself will you be able to reach the fifth island and leave Undermoon Lake,” Empyrean God Sealthroat said
Ning nodded slowly Defeat hily powerful versions of himself?
He now understood how difficult it would be to traverse the Path of Blades Ning no longer felt that confident in his ability to defeat it The reason why he was much more powerful than the other Eht-Nine Arcane Art], but now both advantages had been stripped for him If this was purely a competition of sword-arts…
Fortunately, the hundred years he had spent battling in De dra Kilostar Island, he had trained for another ten-plus days, resulting in hi in on completethe speed of light
“What level of sword-arts will be necessary to overcoer felt confident
“Brother Darknorth, you are the one who the de Under you with hope,” Eh
“If you can leave, we’ll be able to leave as well”
“If brother Darknorth wishes to leave, it won’t prove to be too difficult a task!”
More than two hundred Eathered around a ca used to roast skinned aniazes, because in their heart, this ‘Ehest chances of succeeding out of the; in their innermost hearts, they deeply desired to be able to leave this place
“Alright, alright! Don’t give Darknorth too much pressure” Empyrean God Feiyou boomed out, “Do you really think Unders slowly”
“Right We won’t rush hi already; another ten thousand years or even another ”
“I’m personally in no rush, but the outside world is in a state of chaos The earlier we can leave, the better If we take too long, the war o out early, at least we’ll be able to help out a bit”
The commotion continued unabated As for Sealthroat and Sin, the two E’s side Sealthroat said softly, “Darknorth, to tell you the truth, this Path of Blades…Sin and I have been challenging it for many, many years No matter how hard I try, I’m unable to overcome the seventh opponent, while Sin has been styuardians isbefore I can leave, while Sin has five! Our chances of i are quite minute…”
“It’s true” Sin let out a sigh as well “I’ve only defeated half of the ten guardians; five more are left! I truly have no confidence in ood chance He had already reached the eighth guardian, with only twoin the hands of Greatdream Greatdream was more formidable than the two of us as well; he had already reached the eighth of the guardians as well”
Ning nodded He could sense that Sin and Sealthroat no longer had enough faith in themselves
“I don’t kno long it would take for the two of us to leave on our own” Sealthroat looked at Ning “These two hundred Empyrean Gods have entrusted their hopes to us, but the two of us can’t do it It’s all up to you”
“Darknorth, it really is up to you” Sin looked at Ning as well
“I can only promise to dosaid
“Oh, right…” Sealthroat advised, “Reuardian, immediately withdraw and come back to Kilostar Island”
“Why?” Ning was stunned
“Because if you can defeat all ten guardians in one go, you’ll immediately be sent towards the fifth island,” Sealthroat said hurriedly “But what of the two hundred E for you to lead theuardian, you should take theuardian”
“Right, right, right! It’s said that Jue the Path of Blades, and so iving anyone advance notice He ile E was too selfish!+”
“Perhaps it wasn’t his fault,” Sealthroat said “It’s possible that he was so excited by his sudden insight that he lost track of how ht until they were all gone…and by then, there was no way back for him!”
“Hmph” Sin just let out a conteainst Jue
“There’s no point in saying all these things” Sealthroat s “Darknorth, the two of us can’t do it It really is up to you”
“Too through all ten stages at once Hold back a little,” Sin said with a laugh
“If I can defeat nine of the guardians, I would return and celebrate” Ning shook his head He didn’t feel confident