Chapter 463 (1/2)

Chapter 463: Final Stage (2)

Translator: Radiant Editor: Radiant

Hong hong hong~

The two became even more frenzied as the fight kept going. Xue Ying occasionally pierced Wan Jiu, but it always turned out to be his mirage body that he struck. Clearly, Wan Jiu was deliberately letting Xue Ying hit him.

Pu.

Xue Ying’s spear was like a venomous snake, thrusting forward and then immediately retreating.

“This…”

Wan Jiu’s two bodies suddenly stopped, followed by one of them dissipating.

Only a single Wan Jiu was now standing in mid-air, and he was staring at Xue Ying in disbelief. “How…how did you…”

“Your blade technique wasn’t quite perfect, and my luck turned out to be better than yours,” Xue Ying said.

Wan Jiu’s eyes were filled with unwillingness.

His technique wasn’t perfect? Xue Ying’s luck was better?

He was well aware, however, that he had yet to grasp hold of the true World Deity Heart. Despite calling his blade technique ‘one becoming the world,’ the fact stood that it had yet to reach that stage.

“Just a little bit more. Just a little…” Wan Jiu’s inner heart fell to anguish. Had he defeated Xue Ying in the one-on-one fight, the outcome would have been wonderful. But now, in spite of attracting the attention of several powerful existences, he had essentially handed all that attention for Xue Ying to use as a stepping stone.

His body soon crumbled apart, and his consciousness returned to his body.

His two comrades were shaking their heads inwardly.

“Brother Wan Jiu was certain of his victory, but he still ended up losing by a small margin.”

“Dong Bo put the lives of all four bodies on the line, and that eventually gave him the opportunity to triumph.” It wasn’t long before these two people also left. The only reason they had been sticking around was the oaths they had sworn.

Xue Ying shook his head with a smile as he watched those two depart.

This Wan Jiu was quite the formidable expert, but he had no way of knowing that I’ve already grasped hold of the complete World Deity Heart, or that I’ve created quite a lot of secret skills using it as a base. If we’re to compare our comprehension of the World Deity Heart, there’s no doubt my knowledge of the details is deeper than his. Xue Ying sighed inwardly. His so-called ‘one becoming the world’ blade technique had a glaring weakness which I could determine from a mere glance!

I only had to wait for an opportune moment to break through his blade technique. Xue Ying sighed once more.

“He put those mirage bodies out with no regard to their well-being, pushing forward to break apart his opponent’s blade techniques and finally thrusting out at the right moment.” The White Sand City Lord held onto a wine goblet as he looked up toward the scene of battle from within the mountain range. “All of that led to his eventual success.”

“Is it not possible that he might have discovered a gap in the other party’s blade technique during this very battle? This win is a testament to his own power,” the Ink Cloud City Lord praised.

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There was no way Xue Ying would so easily admit defeat. Wan Jiu tried to put on a dazzling display in hopes that the powerful existences would take the initiative to select him as a disciple, but Xue Ying was also chasing his own dreams. His greatest hope was that either His Majesty or one of the three Grand Elders would take him under their tutelage! Naturally, he would not accept defeat without even trying to resist.

Hu.

Xue Ying moved along the mountains range. With a step empowered by his Extreme Piercing, he casually approached and killed another venomous bug.

He then repeated the process, killing more and more bugs. Before long, his ranking rose up to the ninth position, occasionally even holding the eighth spot. But the other Deity experts were all formidable and had their own fortune, leaving Xue Ying to hover around the eighth to tenth positions.

The Deities within the mountain range were numbering lower and lower. 60, 50…

“Mn?” Xue Ying’s expression suddenly changed.

He had just sensed a figure stealthily pass through the boundary of the mountain region he was in. Despite his expert having distorted his image, Xue Ying could still use his Mirage domain to clearly tell apart the other party’s appearance. He had the same white robe, white hair, and white eyebrows as before—this was none other than Jiu She.

“You again!” Xue Ying began to flee by switching positions with his mirage bodies, not a hint of hesitation in his movements.

“Suppress!”

“Break!”