Reaper of the Martial World

Book 8: Chapter 107: One (2)

Eleven and Nine’s eyes widened. But Dyon immediately felt that something was off.

Ten sneered. “Do you really think a mighty Dragon needs so long to heal?!”

Ten’s body erupted into a burst of silver energy, his life-like silver scales blooming to life as they flapped up and down. They truly acted more like feathers than scales. However, their defense was no joke at all.

In that instant, Ten rebuffed the immortal puppets attack, awakening from his meditation state in an attempt to deal a savage blow. Unfortunately, he had underestimated the immortal puppets far too much. Even with all the strength his body could muster without qi, not even a dent was left in the puppet even as it was blown back into the darkness of the ocean.

An ugly expression coated Ten’s features. He had wanted to destroy one puppet, but who would have thought that they were actually so sturdy? Should he have used his qi?

‘Don’t be greedy.’ Ten shook his head. One of their own had died precisely because they accepted too much cold qi. They couldn’t look down on it at all.

Dyon frowned. It wasn’t in resignation. No. It was in disappointment. Are dao experts supposed to be this stupid? Aren’t they all supposed to be geniuses? So why do they keep falling for his tricks?

Only an idiot would have fallen for Ten’s nonsense. Nine and Eleven were supposed to be guarding him because he was fatally injured, yet Eleven ignored him to charge into a gap despite knowing after fighting so long that he could make immortal puppets appear out of nowhere?

Did killing three of them not teach them anything? Did they think he was a child?

It was at that moment that the second [Echo] was released, catching Nine and Eleven even more off guard. It could do that more than once?!

All of the weapon abilities they had faced up to now… They were too good to be transcendent grade weapons. They all had the abilities of supreme grade weapons! How was this even possible? This strike was even more powerful than the last!

Eleven coughed up mouthfuls of blood. Though Nine could withstand 105% of her own strikes, how could Eleven who was far weaker than her do the same?

Ten grit his teeth. There was no more feigning weakness. He had to dive back into the battle, especially since his sneak attack had failed and Eleven was barely holding on. historical

Nine’s instincts told her she had to strike the shield once more, but the problem was that she could only cut through the energy with her own body. Her best chance would have been after withstanding her 100% strike, but now the strikes were only becoming more powerful.

The third [Echo] blasted along the ocean floor.

It was then that the second sentinel reminded them that it was still there. Its long, flexible spear cut forward using the third [Echo] as its support. Its ability was far more lowkey than [Echo], but how could supreme grade weapons be lackluster?

Eleven spasmed as the spear pierced into her shoulder. She felt as though she had lost control of her qi in that moment, causing it to rampage around in her body. The feeling couldn’t be described in terms of discomfort. It was as though a hot coal had fallen into the cool water that was her body.

This spear had the ability to [Pierce]. Its strength was in ignoring the defense of its enemies, but the manner in which it did so was by disrupting qi flow and sabotaging the defense of a cultivator.

If this happened outside the body, it wasn’t a huge deal. As of the celestial realm, cultivators could easily create a layer of qi skin to increase their defenses. Dao experts took this ability much more seriously due to how powerful their counterparts were.

However, what would happen if this qi disruption that broke qi skins occurred within the body?

Under normal circumstances, it would cause one to lose control of the general area the pierce occurred in. If the right shoulder was pierced, one would lose use of their right arm for a few fractions of a second.

A few fractions of a second wasn’t a big deal in a fight amongst essence gatherers. But, when one became a dao expert, every split second could mean the difference between life and death!

Ten and Nine immediately realized something was wrong when Eleven’s left arm went limp. But, matters became even worse when her humanoid beast transformation suddenly receded along her left arm. Not just that, but what was left behind was grossly pale skin pulsing with purple and green veins.

A roar of pain escaped Eleven’s lips. Unfortunately, this was when the fourth [Echo] began to form.  

“No!” Ten roared.

Dyon had realized long ago. Unlike the others, the relationship between Ten and Eleven was definitely much deeper. When Dyon sent four immortal puppets after Ten, against Eleven’s better judgement, she screamed out and charged forward, which eventually forced Fifteen to reveal herself as Nine.  

Now, the exact opposite was playing out.

When Eleven’s qi was disrupted, the accumulated neurotoxins of the past several days suddenly began to take hold of the left side of her body. The effect of [Pierce] should have only lasted a few split seconds, but in combination with the King jellyfish’s lightning, it caused permanent damage!

Dyon shook his head as he watched Ten rush toward Eleven. ‘The same trick, time and time again. You should be embarrassed to be dao experts. But, to answer your question… No, I don’t believe it would take a dragon so long to heal. But, you aren’t a dragon, now are you?’