Chapter 97 Limitless Mirror Eye (1/2)

Lu Tianzi was currently in an extremely unsightly state.

Devoid of his strength, Lu Tianzi was now lying helplessly on the floor, staring at the Origin Core realm martial artist with despair in his eyes.

This was the end of the line for him.

In his current state, he would probably lose even if he had to face an Essence Building realm opponent, not to mention someone at the Origin Core realm!

The Origin Core realm martial artist looked at Lu Tianzi with indifference in his eyes.

But contrary to Lu Tianzi's expectations, the Origin Core realm martial artist did not attack. Instead, he merely took a glance at Lu Tianzi before slowly pointing out towards him.

When he did so, as though abiding by his will, a cloud of grey smoke started to form up in the air.

Without any warning, this cloud of grey smoke suddenly rushed into Lu Tianzi's weakened body, entering through the millions of pores on his body.

Yet strangely, Lu Tianzi did not feel a thing. It almost felt like this cloud of smoke was simply disappearing upon contact with his body.

The next thing Lu Tianzi knew, his wounds started recovering at a rapid pace, and even his strength was quickly returning to him.

Lu Tianzi watched in awe as his body returned to its peak condition within a matter of moments, as though the fights before had never happened.

”You have done well to get to this stage,” the Origin Core realm martial artist spoke monotonously.

”You can speak?” Lu Tianzi asked as he slowly climbed to his feet.

Before this, none of his opponents had spoken a single word. Since this Origin Core realm martial artist bore the exact same facial features as the rest, Lu Tianzi was surprised to suddenly hear him speak.

”Naturally,” he answered. ”All your previous opponents would have been able to speak too if I had wished for them to do so. After all, this is my world.”

”This is your world?” Lu Tianzi focused as he eyed the figure before him. ”Could it be… are you the treasure spirit of the Grand Mirror?”

All treasures, after reaching a high enough level, were capable of forming their own consciousness over time. Upon gaining its own consciousness, a treasure would be able to act autonomously even without someone actively controlling it.

This consciousness was generally referred to as the treasure spirit, and was the very manifestation of the treasure's own thoughts.

Only by establishing a connection with the treasure spirit would a martial artist's command over the treasure truly become seemless, allowing the treasure to bring forth its strongest might.

In extreme cases, the treasure spirit might even be willing to sacrifice itself for its owner!

The Grand Mirror had belonged to the Nine Suns Sect for generations. Seeing that this figure looked nothing like the Sect Master, and had also referred to this world within the Grand Mirror as his own world, Lu Tianzi naturally guessed that he might actually be the treasure spirit of the Grand Mirror.

”This is nothing but a form that I have chosen to appear in, but the one speaking through this form is indeed me,” the figure answered.

Hearing the confirmation of his guess, Lu Tianzi immediately he clasped his fists towards the treasure spirit, ”This junior greets senior!”

Even though the other party was nothing but a treasure spirit, it was likely that it had lived for at least thousands of years. In that sense, it would not be entirely wrong for Lu Tianzi to refer to it as senior.

After all, upon gaining its own consciousness, a treasure could no longer be considered in the same category as other inanimate objects anymore.

”You have been greatly aided by the treasures in your possession during your trial,” the treasure spirit spoke emotionlessly.

Those words caused Lu Tianzi to startle. Was he getting scolded now?

Indeed, Lu Tianzi clearly understood that he had only succeeded because of his weapons.

Even if he did not have the Sword of Ivory Rock, he would still be able to perform the Howling Wraith Sword, albeit with less strength before the attack.

But if he did not possess the Torrential Sabre, it would have been impossible for him to defeat his last group of opponents.

The treasure spirit continued without stopping, ”A martial artist's background is an important source of strength as well. However, this is ultimately a test of talent, so you will naturally receive a reduction in points because of that. Or at least, that is what would have happened usually.”

”Usually?” Lu Tianzi's ears perked up in anticipation.

Since the treasure spirit said that was what happened usually, it naturally meant that this time was an exception!

”That's right. Challengers who are stopped at any stage of the trial will receive a corresponding number of points. After which, points will be deducted depending on the degree of their reliance on any external factors,” the treasure spirit nodded.

”However, you actually succeeded in clearing all seven storeys of the pagoda. This means that your potential has yet to be fully tested. In this case, I will have to give you one final test. Go ahead and use all the means at your disposal, all you have to do is receive one all out strike from me without dying,” the treasure spirit explained.

Lu Tianzi took in a deep breath as he heard that.

Without dying?

Why did it sound so ominous?

But Lu Tianzi naturally understood that the treasure spirit would not truly harm his life. That would defeat the purpose of the Nine Suns Trial.

Even if Lu Tianzi failed the test, it was likely that the treasure spirit had its ways to save him at the last moment.

Receiving an all out strike from an Origin Core realm martial artist, eh?

Would he be able to do so?

The strength difference between an Origin Core realm martial artist and a Peak Essence Condensation realm martial artist was not small by any measure.

Back then when he managed to subdue Hu Yuanbo, the latter had already been greatly weakened by the poison that Lu Tianzi concocted with the Lion Hemlock. This caused Hu Yuanbo to be able to display only a small fraction of his full strength.

If Hu Yuanbo had been at his peak state, then Lu Tianzi would have failed miserably even with the help of the paper talisman in his possession.

On top of that, since he was told to receive the all out strike of the treasure spirit, the movement technique that he had so painstakingly improved would not be of any help either.

But in any case, there was no way that Lu Tianzi would just give up here without trying!

Lu Tianzi drove his Spiritual and Slaughter Essence to the limit, drawing upon all the Essence energy in his inner world.

By combining the concepts of the Undulated Currents Breathing Technique and the Astral Way Inscription, he would rely on his strongest move yet again!

He had already done it once, so what was so difficult about doing it twice?

Lu Tianzi decisively named it the Astral World Slash.