Vol 23 Chapter 11 (2/2)
Ning just smiled coldly
The first stance of the [Nameless] sword-art, ‘Heartsword’ stance, was si simply wasn’t able to ht stone steles which World God Northrest had left behind was to teach the principle of the ‘hidden blade’ The ‘Heartsword’ stance actually also represented a profound offensive and defensive technique After analyzing the ‘Heartsword’ stance, then focusing on the principles of the ‘hidden blade’, Ning felt that there were many similarities with his own ‘Soleheart’ stance Thus, he fused all of his insights into his ‘Soleheart’ stance, causing it to now be the most profound of the five stances he had developed
“Kill!”
While blocking with one sword, Ning continued to charge forward and attack with the others
“Triult Sword, Second Stance!” The black-haired elder had an ugly look on his face He had only come up with two stances thus far
Rumble…
The gold-white sword suddenly began to spin
Ning’s black hole of sword-light instantly began to tremble It was only able to resist for a brief period of tiold sword i him one step backwards However, it was only able to leave behind a white spot on his skin
“A protective divine ability?” The black-haired elder was shocked
FiendGods were skilled in close co Ki Refiners endless headaches FiendGods who had exceptionally powerful protective divine abilities caused even more headaches!
“Go” The frozen lotuses in the air suddenly began to smash towards the black-haired elder once more A black chain instantly flew out fro around hi all the strikes from the frozen lotuses
“Kill” The white-robed Ning once ed forward, and the black-haired elder’s face instantly turned extrerim
A short while later…
“I lost” The black-haired elder gave up
The white-robed Ning’s clothes were riddled with holes, but those holes were soon repaired
“If I wasn’t trapped here and forced to endure your assaults without being able to flee, you wouldn’t be able to do anything to
Ning had to admit that this was true His protective divine ability, combined with his superlative sword-arts, h the black-haired , in the end he was still caught The ht up to him was the moment that he lost
“I can give you the Triult Swords” The black-haired elder looked at Ning
Ning stood in front of the black-haired elder, hisforwards “Previously, I merely wanted the Triult Swords Now, your life itself is in my hands You had best be obedient and submit”
“Subed, but then he let out a snicker “Even if I illing to submit and be your retainer, there’s no way for me to leave this place and battle by your side, unless you are capable of releasing me from the prisonworld”
“I have no way of releasing you Not now, at least,” Ning said
“Then why even speak of ‘submission’?” The black-haired elder shook his head disdainfully
“I need to search yoursaid
An Ancestral Iht learn so of use to him for the war
“Ied, and he roared angrily, “I’ht to the death in your service! However, don’t even think about sha me in such a way I would rather die than let you search my memories!”
Ning couldn’t help but sigh to himself
It really was going to be quite difficult, as expected
After gaining the teachings of World God Northrest, Ning understood that when voyaging through the endless pri on retainers’ Certain extremely powerful cultivators would often have retainers who served them and followed thes without power, and so they were often simply captured and enslaved Of the six servants of Godfiend Witherspike, five had been enslaved in such a manner!
However, there were also retainers such as ‘Saber’ who chose to follow someone in order to repay a debt! They could be described as servants, but they were no slaves
The black-haired elder illing to be Ning’s retainer, but he absolutely was not willing to allow Ning to search his memories
In the endless prienerally were figures ere respected and honored
“Then I have no choice but to do this” Ning stared at the black-haired elder, his eyes bri intent However, he didn’t take action right aanting to instead try and pressure the old man one last time
“I can ritted his teeth “I can swear a lifeblood oath that I will never lie to you You can askas your questions do not ie on certain personal matters that I cannot discuss with outsiders, I will answer them to the best of my ability”
“A lifeblood oath?” Ning’s eyes lit up “You have an oathstone?”
Generally speaking, only World Gods and Chaos Immortals could swear lifeblood oaths Elder Gods, Ancestral Ienerally only be able to swear lifeblood oaths if they made use of an oathstone
“I was preparing to set upin advance!” The black-haired elder waved his hand, causing a jade globe to appear within it Runes swirled over the surface of the jade globe “This is an oathstone which was personally forged by a Chaos Immortal It cost me ninety-nine drops of chaos nectar to purchase it”
Upon hearing the words ‘chaos nectar’, Ning felt delighted Ancestral I cultivators They had far higher statuses, and they had far better treasures! The only reason why he was able to force this person to bow his head was because he was trapped here, unable to move more than a thousand kilometers away! In the outside world, this Ancestral Io
“It is now an ownerless itelobe to Ning
“An oathstone” Ning waved his hand, causing it to fly over to hian to bind it, then activated the lifeblood oath ability
“Swear your lifeblood oath” Ning looked at the black-haired elder
The black-haired elder let out a soft sigh Retainer? This Overseer was, at best, on par with him in power If they were in the outside world, he absolutely wouldn’t be willing to be this man’s retainer at all! Still…in the face of death, he chose to bow his head
The black-haired elder stretched out with his hand, placing it against the oathstone He could sense the lifeblood oath that had been activated He didn’t try to fight it; instead, he borrowed fro an oath “I swear on my very life itself that I shall forever follow…”
As thewas able to sense thethis lifeblood oath