Volume 42 Chapter 7-8 (1/2)
Book 42, The Five Truncheon Chapters, Chapter 7 - Pity
Exalt Bowenya instructed, ”Go ahead and cancel the formations”
”Understood,” Hawkfang said The for was under the control of his Flameland Elder Hall The sealed continuuion at the base of the distant Sacred Mountains to go back to normal and reveal Daolord Darknorth at its center
”Ahahaha! Sithe Exalt, do you have any other tricks up your sleeve?” Ning called out loudly from the base of the Sacred Mountains
Fro quite quickly
”His truesoul has crue of death I'm amazed at how calm he is” Jonnbech stared doards from his Elder Hall to the base of the Sacred Mountains, then let out a sigh: ”Truly impressive”
”If I was in his position, I'd probably have gone coreed
Exalt Bowenya stared from afar, his forehead creased in a frown ”Do you think Daolord Darknorth's truesoul is truly cru that fast? Or is it perhaps a deception?”
”A deception?” The avatars of the Hege, and Jonnbech all stared at hih levels of insight To deceive them would be nearly i like this after becoemons and Emperors
”You haven't experienced enough The things you see, the things you sense… it can all be a lie Even your own intuition can be deceived” Exalt Bowenya looked at the distant Ning ”We've lost the first battle, just like that I can't help but feel that so If Daolord Darknorth was extremely skilled in the Dao of Illusions, he would be able to put on a shohich none of you could see through”
”A show?” Hawkfang and Jonnbech spoke out at the same time Both were shocked
”That's just one possibility It's also possible that he really is at the verge of death” Exalt Bowenya narrowed his eyes Unlike these Hegemons and Emperors, when he lived in his own Chaosverse he was an actual Autarch, and his opponents were also Autarchs! In fact, he had even met someone as even more powerful than the Autarchs He wasthe Dao of Illusions could be
Exalt Bowenya said cal that this is a possibility You have to be wary of it during our upco battles”
”What should we do next?” Hawkfang and Jonnbech looked at Exalt Bowenya
”What can we do? Use our Daoguard Towers to fight back against him as best we can,” Exalt Bowenya said
Their Daoguard Towers had already used up virtually all of their -distance offensive treasures in the first battle Exalt Dowenya's goal had been to focus-fire everything on Ning and destroy hiement However, they had already lost that critical battle As a result, they now had far fewer resources available to hiuard Towers themselves!
Boo suddenly soared into the skies, then landed down upon the peak of a distant mountain He then sat down in the lotus position, establishi+ng a Sword Dao Domain that coion of one billion kilo Exalt Bowenya and the others fro else
”He's started to train again?”
”He's about to die He's still training?”
Everyone, even Exalt Bowenya, felt their hearts clench When Ning had first entered Purgatory, he had done the sa He sat down in the lotus and meditated until hethe first castle, he had then entered another lengthy training session which had concluded with his h the spacetime formation, he had trained for over a hundred chaos cycles beforethe Illusion Sword Dao
Each ti session… and each ti had finished his first big battle in the Sacred Realain Exalt Bowenya and the others had no idea as to how they should respond!
Ning sat there in the lotus position at a peak below the Sacred Mountains, his Sword Dao Do this peak from the world around him
”Tian to flip through his e fro as five days!
Whoosh Ning willed a Sithe descendant to appear before him This one was fairly handso, a shocked look appeared on his face ”Daolord Darknorth!” Next, a maddened and hateful look appeared in his eyes
”Not good” Ning sensed a bit of danger He hurriedly retreated while taking out a large astral treasure and placing it before him
BOOM! The skinny Ee of power to blast outwards This explosion was on par with the ht of the Blazesun Ruler, and it s The treasure was s ain control over it and bring it back
”He actually detonated a treasure he was carrying on him to launch one final attack He knew that his chances of killingto sacrifice his life?” Ning shook his head,softly to himself He had clearly seen the maddened, hateful look in that Sithe , however, didn't feel any en, the 'Sithe descendants' were actually natives to this Chaosverse who had been born and bred here, just like Ning himself
Another half- continued to suh their memories On this day, he summoned at fe appear before her, then moved to self-detonate without hesitate
”Freeze” This ti moved much more decisively Previously, he would chat a bit with his prisoners to shake their willpower This time, he instantly sent a tendril of the sword-intent from h is Illusion Sword Dao into her body
The maddened look quickly disappeared from the crazed fe shook his head, his an to scan the female Emperor's memories
This woman was known as Empress Gracevoid Her path of cultivation had been one filled with setbacks She had originally been a mortal physician, but a stroke of karmic luck had set her upon the path of cultivation Her heart was filled with kindness and benevolence, and she chose the Daoist title 'Gracevoid' because her clan's apothecary shop had been named the 'Gracevoid Hall' The title 'Fairy Gracevoid' or 'Daoist Gracevoid' had accoressed up the path of cultivation
She bore love for all life, including even the grass and the plants Her heart was filled with love for everyone, but most of all she loved the homeland where she had been born and bred
However… this battle against Ning was a battle which could not be avoided One side had to die! The Sithe viewed the cultivators as their mortal enemies, and Exalt Bowenya himself had stated that if they lost, this di annihilated by that cultivator Daolord! Her homeland would be completely destroyed Empress Gracevoid couldn't accept this, and so she swore she would kill this de to pay any price needed to accomplish this
”The greater the love, the deeper the hate” Ning let out a sigh ”Hand over all of your treasures,” Ning said, and the illusion-trapped Empress obediently handed over all of her treasures
Ning didn't really care about the treasures themselves, of course His worry was that this Empress would oncesaid softly
The E her clarity of , she once more prepared to launch a desperate assault… but then, she realized she had no treasures on her at all If she si blast wouldn't be enough to threaten even aDaolord
”Whyshook his head ”Another Emperor tried to do the same earlier I was a bit slower and wasn't able to save him”
”There's no need to shed crocodile tears,” the Erily ”You cultivators are our mortal enemies Once we lose the war, our home will be finished!”
”I, Daolord Darknorth, swear on ain victory in the Sacred Real any of the sixswore
The Empress was stunned There was no way to falsify a lifeblood oath