Chapter 305 - 119: God Annihilation

Chapter 305: Chapter 119: God Annihilation

SWISH! SWISH!

Two pieces of Bright Yellow Square Silk, made of an unknown material that was neither gold nor jade, rose into the air. They spun, releasing a golden light that annihilated the incoming Blade Qi.

They were Decrees!

One of them transformed into a Golden Lotus and settled beneath Zhen Yi’s feet, causing the Spiritual Light around him to flare. His aura climbed steadily higher, and streams of pure light cascaded down from behind his head like a beaded curtain.

A Second Grade Puppet, which had been lying in wait, appeared out of nowhere. The other Decree landed on its shoulder and transformed into a dark gold cape, its aura also strengthening rapidly.

The two—one Upper Grade Spirit Master and one Yin Corpse Puppet—were now both boosted by the Decrees. Their auras broke through the First Grade threshold, and by joining forces, they could faintly stand on equal footing with Fang Rui, a First Grade Peak cultivator.

The legends said a single Decree could rival a First Grade expert. It was clearly no joke!

However, a Decree required at least a Second Grade level of power to be wielded. Coincidentally, present here today were an Upper Grade Spirit Master comparable to a Martial Arts Second Grade expert and a Second Grade Puppet.

Of course, a Decree was an extremely precious item crafted by a Great Power above the level of an Upper Grade Spirit Master, using their own lifeblood and rare materials. Creating one consumed a portion of their very origin, making them incredibly valuable.

Even a core disciple from a State City Family like Zhen Daoji only had two. One was gifted by his family when he came of age, and the other was a recent reward for earning Great Merit in the matter of harvesting the Zheng Family.

And before this, one had already been used as the core to suppress the Eight-Nine Extreme Yin Tracing Array.

Zhen Yi was the son of the previous Patriarch’s concubine and not of the Zhen Family’s direct bloodline. He hadn’t been granted a Decree upon coming of age. It was only after the events in the Three Southern States, where he was rewarded for his contributions with a massive amount of Qi Fortune and subsequently broke through to become an Upper Grade Spirit Master, that he finally obtained one.

In other words, Fang Rui had forced them to play their trump cards right from the start!

’Of course, it was never going to be that easy. A surprise attack to end the fight right off the bat was just too good to be true,’ Fang Rui mused, his eyes narrowing.

"Young friend Fang Rui... sigh!"

Zhen Yi had seen his share of storms. He had been utterly horrified when he first saw that Fang Rui was First Grade, but he had already calmed down quickly.

’Nephew Dao Ji, you’ve really doomed me this time!’ he thought. Standing atop the Golden Lotus, he appeared calm and unconcerned, but inwardly he let out a heavy sigh.

Because of Zhen Daoji’s scheming, not only had he used up an incredibly precious Decree, but now he had to fight a powerful enemy to the death. It was an absolute deathtrap!

"We haven’t seen each other in over half a month, Fang Rui. Coming to our door with a blade is hardly the way a guest should behave."

Zhen Daoji had also composed himself, calmly dusting off his clothes.

However, a careful observer would notice the twitching corner of his eye, revealing that he was nowhere near as calm as he appeared.

This was only natural.

Zhen Daoji had been plotting how to lay a trap, to corner Fang Rui like a cat playing with a mouse.

But he never expected that before even a day had passed, Fang Rui would somehow find out, break through to First Grade, and come charging straight to his door.

This feeling of losing control gave him an extremely ominous premonition, as if a little white rabbit in a hunting ground had suddenly transformed into a ferocious tiger and begun to hunt the hunter.

"Right back at you. You didn’t exactly show any martial virtue when you went after those close to me!"

Fang Rui pointed his blade at an angle. "Things have come to this, what more is there to say?! Zhen Daoji, today we will not only determine who is superior, but we will also decide who lives and who dies."

"Fine!"

As Zhen Daoji’s voice fell, layers of light flared up around his body, and he quickly retreated. "Second Uncle, catch the Dragon Pearl!"

Zhen Yi raised his hand to catch the Yin Attribute Dragon Pearl. With a flick of his sleeve, he took the initiative and attacked. "Godslaying Needle, go!"

Following his voice, a long, translucent needle that looked like it was carved from glass shot out, flashed in mid-air, and vanished.

"ROAR!"

The Yin Corpse Puppet also let out a roar, leaving a trail of afterimages as it pounced at Fang Rui.

’A Lifebound Magical Artifact that only an Upper Grade Spirit Master can refine?’

A thought flashed through Fang Rui’s mind. Without needing to look, he swung his blade based on instinct alone.

CLANG!

Amidst a sound like the tolling of a great bell, the invisible Godslaying Needle was sent flying by the blade, and a fierce shockwave spread out.

At the same time, with a backhanded flick, a series of azure, Helical Blade Qi formed from Gang Essence shot out from his sleeve.

SWOOSH! SWOOSH! SWOOSH!

The spinning, disc-shaped projectiles of Blade Qi all struck the charging Yin Corpse Puppet, exploding with a brilliance like cannon fire. The scattered energy kicked up a violent gale.

Amidst a series of metallic clangs, the immense impact sent it scraping backward, its feet grinding against the ground with a teeth-jarring screech.

’To shoot the rider, first shoot the horse. To capture the bandit, first capture the king!’

Fang Rui cast the Light Body Technique on himself. Spiritual Light flickered around him, and combining it with his First Grade Peak speed, he ignored the Yin Corpse Puppet that had been knocked aside and shot toward Zhen Yi.

He was met with several enormous, golden-red fireballs that made the very air tremble and distort, blocking all his paths.

"Break!"

Fang Rui sliced the fireball in front of him in two, then swung his blade around to once again knock away the Godslaying Needle attacking from behind. He followed with a horizontal slash at Zhen Yi.

SHIIIIING!

The sound of tearing silk suddenly echoed as an extremely condensed and impossibly sharp line of Blade Qi, as thin as a drawn thread, swept out. It moved like a subtle ripple, as if splitting the very air itself.

"Black Tortoise Shield, go!"

Zhen Yi’s expression was incredibly grave. He poured all his power—the enhancement from the Decree’s Golden Lotus, the energy from the Dragon Pearl, and his own Spiritual Power—into his other Lifebound Magical Artifact, the Black Tortoise Shield.

WHOOSH!

A shield resembling a tortoise shell flew out, expanding rapidly in the air to block the Blade Qi. With a piercing screech, a glaring white gash appeared on its surface.

The subsequent shockwave sent both Zhen Yi and the Golden Lotus beneath his feet flying away like a dandelion seed in the wind.

"ROAR!"

Fang Rui was about to press his advantage, but he was intercepted by the returning Yin Corpse Puppet, while the Godslaying Needle circled nearby, searching for an opening.