Chapter 711: Mind Mirror

On the flat ground, Yan Dongchen, who had just broken through to become a Martial Arts Master, held his spear and faced Li Fei, who had removed his divine garment.

Yan Dongchen was in no rush to thrust his spear.

Having just broken through, he needed to first familiarize himself with his enhanced force, power of intent, and Qi and blood.

Of course, the most important thing was to familiarize himself with his newly acquired divine ability!

Li Fei was not in a hurry either, and did not urge Yan Dongchen.

A dozen seconds later, the long spear in Yan Dongchen's hand let out a hum, sounding like a low dragon's roar.

Everyone present was invigorated, knowing that Yan Dongchen was about to make his move.

Unlike the spear thrust directed at Shentu Yue just moments ago, there were no dark shadows, and Yan Dongchen's presence did not vanish.

He held the spear with one hand and delivered a casual thrust, piercing through the air toward Li Fei in front of him.

Li Fei took a step forward the moment Yan Dongchen raised his spear, his physique expanding simultaneously as he entered the "Blood Demon State."

Activating both the "Tyrant Body" and "Jade Bone" transcendent abilities, his Golden Body and Jade Marrow reappeared.

Dazzling golden light enveloped Li Fei's body, instantly forming armor carved with the sun, moon, and stars.

Just as Li Fei finished all this, Yan Dongchen's spear arrived.

The two were over ten meters apart, but the peerless spear force and the world-destroying spear intent had completely filled this space, leaving not the slightest gap!

The world before Li Fei's eyes changed accordingly:

A gray, ruined world with crumbling houses and a land covered in cracks, from which black smoke continuously surged.

The air was filled with the smell of blood, and the cold wind was bone-chilling.

A terrifying, suffocating sensation akin to the end of the world descended from above. Li Fei looked up to see a massive black dragon blotting out the sky, its head lowered, coldly casting its gaze down upon the human world.

Those giant eyes were like the sun and moon hanging in the sky; merely meeting their gaze, the deep-sea-like killing intent contained within was enough to shatter the mind of an ordinary Dao Foundation stage martial artist!

Li Fei looked calmly at the black dragon in the sky and curled the corner of his mouth:

"Quite intimidating."

These words seemed to enrage the black dragon in the sky. With a dragon's roar that resounded through the world, the black dragon dove from the sky toward the earth!

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—

Hurricanes howled, and tornadoes connecting heaven and earth appeared on the ground.

The earth was like shattered porcelain, with cracks growing more numerous and larger.

As the black dragon dove from the sky, Li Fei lost his view of the heavens, his eyes filled only with endless black dragon scales.

The pressure and killing intent grew stronger, and the Ding'e Vajra Dharma Image that Li Fei had visualized shattered.

Yet Li Fei still stood calmly in place, his eyes clear.

This kind of pure mental shock could not pose any threat to him.

Finally, the world-ending dragon arrived in the human world from the sky.

And so, the heavens collapsed and the earth split!

As the mental world collapsed, in the real world, the spear force Yan Dongchen had thrust through the air shattered the Primordial Star Armor on Li Fei's body, broke through his Golden Body and Jade Marrow, and then... there was no then.

Yan Dongchen revealed a look of astonishment; the divine ability he had cultivated was named 【Annihilation】, an absolute killing-type divine ability!

Unlike blood-evil energy, which only targeted living beings, the 【Annihilation】 divine ability targeted both energy bodies and living beings.

Unless one used a defensive divine ability to contend with it, or used Dao force at the Profound Scene level to block it slightly, all defenses were like paper before the 【Annihilation】 divine ability!

This meant that below the level of a Martial Arts Master, Yan Dongchen only needed one spear thrust to kill anyone.

Even against a Martial Arts Master, as long as they did not possess a defensive divine ability, Yan Dongchen would at the very least have a chance to trade lives with them!

But such a divine ability had failed against Li Fei.

Whether it was the power of the divine ability or Dao force, once it hit Li Fei, it was like hitting a black hole; all power vanished in an instant.

If not for the certainty that Li Fei had not yet constructed his Dao Foundation, Yan Dongchen would have suspected that the other party had cultivated some kind of defensive divine ability.

Yan Dongchen withdrew his spear with a complex expression and did not continue to attack.

He had his own pride; having attacked a Dao Foundation stage martial artist with the status of a Martial Arts Master and returning empty-handed after a full-power strike, he no longer had the face to launch a second one.

"I concede."

Yan Dongchen said expressionlessly.

Only then did many people realize that the duel between the two had ended.

In the eyes of others, they only saw Yan Dongchen thrust his spear through the air at Li Fei, the golden armor on Li Fei's body shatter, and a hole appear in his clothes.

And then the duel was over.

Some even suspected whether Yan Dongchen had intentionally gone easy.

But the terrifying power emitted by the 【Annihilation】 divine ability just now was not fake, and a Martial Arts Master had said "I concede" to a Dao Foundation stage martial artist.

Even if one had to show respect to the Marquis of Jing'an, there was no need to go that far, right?

"He could block even that?"

Zhou Yan was dumbfounded.

He had just been lamenting that he had no chance to verify whether Li Fei could block Yan Dongchen's Dao Foundation-level ultimate spear, and now the result was laid out clearly before him:

There was no need to verify it at all; let alone the Dao Foundation stage, even if Yan Dongchen became a Martial Arts Master, Li Fei could still block it!

Lan Ruoyun glanced at the spot where Li Fei had been struck by the spear; the wound was very small and had already stopped bleeding.

She suddenly felt relieved, feeling that her own defeat back then was truly not unjust.

Looking at Shentu Yue in her red clothes, Lan Ruoyun somewhat understood why the other party had said the words, "I dare not contend with you."

"Are you not fighting anymore?"

Li Fei felt a bit regretful.

He "looked" at the Myriad Blood Bead within his body; blocking that last spear thrust had consumed 158 Blood Souls!

This was the highest single instance of damage Li Fei had encountered to date.

Currently, Li Fei had a total of 2, 84 Blood Souls stored in his Blood Spring. Based on Yan Dongchen's killing power, if Li Fei were not wearing the Golden-Thread Jade-Scale Armor, the other party would only need 22 spear thrusts to kill him!

However, Li Fei had learned from Shi Caiming that different divine abilities consumed different amounts of divine ability power, and divine ability power originated from the foundation of martial arts.

Like Yan Dongchen, a newly promoted Martial Arts Master, would not have much divine ability power.

Since the other party's divine ability was so powerful, the consumption of divine ability power each time must be significant.

Therefore, Li Fei felt that Yan Dongchen might not be able to launch twenty such attacks in a row.

The number of Blood Souls deducted was high, but the energy value gained by the Myriad Blood Bead was also very high, increasing by 18% in one go!

Even if the number of Blood Souls decreased by the same amount, the energy value obtained by the Myriad Blood Bead would differ depending on the quality of the energy causing the damage.

The energy quality of this spear thrust launched by Yan Dongchen using the 【Annihilation】 divine ability was extremely high!

After the Myriad Blood Bead rose to level 28, Li Fei had to rely on taking poison every day, and it took an average of three days to increase his energy value by 1%.

In other words, if he did not fight others, it would take Li Fei nearly a year to level up, and that was without the new version of his poison resistance having increased.

Relying on taking poison, the efficiency of leveling up had become very low.

That was why Li Fei now cherished every opportunity to spar with a Martial Arts Master.

Taking one spear thrust from Yan Dongchen had saved him nearly two months of time.

"After the Marquis of Jing'an breaks through, I will come to seek your guidance again."

Yan Dongchen said to Li Fei while cupping his hands.

As his voice fell, a powerful aura suddenly came from afar.

All the experts present felt it; even from over ten kilometers away, they could still feel the sharp sword intent.

"This is... Dao force?"

"Dao force of this scale..."

"Profound Scene?"

A series of thoughts flashed through everyone's minds.

Within this Tianshui City, who could erupt with Dao force at the Profound Scene level?

Even Yan Dongchen, who had just broken through to become a Martial Arts Master, could not.

Inside the mansion where Zhu Fenghua was, after he unleashed Dao force at the Profound Scene level, the illusion barrier set up by Zhu San was directly shattered.

Unleashing Dao force at the Profound Scene level with a Dao Foundation stage cultivation base was indeed a miracle!

"Is this the dual cultivation of Dharma and Martial Arts?"

Within the world of sword Qi, You Ming sensed everything around him and sighed.

Zhu Fenghua controlled three flying swords to set up a sword array, then combined it with Dao force, using the method of integrating Dharma and Martial Arts to push his Dao force to the Profound Scene level.

The realm of Ease allowed one to connect Dao force freely in one continuous breath, no longer needing to catch one's breath.

And in the realm of Profound Scene, the Dao force seemed to form a small world!

Usually, only a Grandmaster could possess Dao force at this level, because a Grandmaster had a Martial Arts Domain and could use the Martial Arts Domain to "reverse-derive" Profound Scene Dao force.

Of course, this did not mean that Zhu Fenghua's Dao force at this moment had reached the level of a Grandmaster in terms of power.

However, it was enough to pose a threat to You Ming.

The 【Netherworld Heaven】 was broken, and Zhu Fenghua lifted all restrictions. With a thought, a sword Qi storm formed in this world and swept toward You Ming to shred him!

You Ming did not use 【Heart Sword】 to attack Zhu Fenghua, nor did he use Dao force to defend, appearing as if he had given up resistance.

After 【Heart Sword】 could not take effect and 【Netherworld Heaven】 was broken, he seemed to truly have no way to deal with Zhu Fenghua.

But when the sword Qi storm was about to touch his body, streaks of sword Qi generated out of thin air, canceling out the incoming sword Qi.

The sword Qi grew more and more numerous, forming a sword Qi tornado surrounding You Ming that connected heaven and earth!

"Hmm?"

Zhu Fenghua revealed a look of surprise, because the sword Qi that You Ming was controlling at this moment—whether in quantity, power, technique, or sword intent—was exactly the same as his own!

However, this was not the end; the sword Qi tornado began to expand rapidly outward, and a world of sword Qi was taking shape.

You Ming also used Dao energy at the Profound Scenery level, and it was exactly the same as Zhu Fenghua's!

In the end, the two worlds of sword Qi collided and canceled each other out, each occupying half the area of this residence.

A draw.

"Are you very surprised?"

You Ming spread his arms within his own world of sword Qi.

This was his second divine ability—【Heart Mirror】!

Back when he fought Li Fei, the reason he was able to erupt with physical strength as powerful as Li Fei's in the end was also thanks to this divine ability.

My heart is like a mirror, reflecting all things.

As long as something is reflected by 【Heart Mirror】, You Ming can replicate it perfectly in a short period of time!

Whether it is physical strength comparable to a strange beast, the dual cultivation of magic and martial arts he has never stepped into, or even the divine abilities of others!

This is You Ming's second divine ability, and also his most powerful trump card.

If Chi Chengyu had not been about to arrive back then, he would never have retreated in front of Li Fei.

Whether it was Li Fei or Zhu Fenghua, he never felt that these two would be his opponents.

"Simulation? Replication?"

Zhu Fenghua knew that divine abilities were very mysterious powers that did not follow common logic at all, so he quickly accepted this reality and steadied his mind.

"Do you think that even if I can completely replicate your strongest means, I might not be able to defeat you?"

You Ming's voice resounded throughout the two worlds.

As the words fell, Zhu Fenghua's mind was attacked by 【Heart Sword】, which forced him to divert a portion of his power to cast defensive Dao energy and techniques to resist.

And as soon as he did so, the balance between the two worlds of sword Qi, which had been evenly matched, was immediately broken.

You Ming's world of sword Qi began to encroach toward Zhu Fenghua's side!

Using 【Heart Mirror】 to replicate your strongest means, then using 【Heart Sword】 to attack you, forcing you to divert your power to defend.

How are you going to defeat me?

(End of chapter)