Combat Power

After delivering the punch, Li Qi did not stop but immediately unleashed his Divine Ability.

The surrounding world has become a prison.

With the right timing and location, the Great Dao tilted in Li Qi's favor. Li Qi's cultivation level rose by a notch out of thin air, while his opponents' cultivation level was suppressed. All those around him whose cultivation level was below the fifth rank directly felt a tremendous force on their bodies and were forcibly thrown away, leaving the battlefield.

Li Qi had no intention of harming the innocent; those who were unable to participate in the war should wait until later.

The cage formed from the inner world opened, startling the surrounding heaven and earth and ghosts and gods. It shook the universe, and with the reversal of Divine Ability, mountains collapsed, seas roared, the sky crumbled and the earth collapsed!

Besides the sounds, even Buddhist Heavens began to appear in the sky.

This is the Buddhist Heavens Li Qi once copied in the inner world with the tacit approval of the Dakini Heaven Paradise.

Dakini Heaven, Vaisravana Heaven, Dhritarashtra Heaven, Virudhaka Heaven, Virupaksha Heaven Mahesvara.

Lakshmi, Ruyi Heaven, Weide Wheel Heaven, Bright Light Heaven, Weide Flame Wheel Light Heaven, Wisdom Action Heaven.

The heavens revolve, forming a colossal wheel of Divine Ability and Buddhist teachings.

As the Giant Wheel turns, the Buddha's teachings manifest, and countless mantras appear, tearing the world apart. The Principle of the Buddha's mandala forcibly obscure the world, locking the Great Dao within the inner world and shielding the Principle of this world with the Buddha's teachings!

In the heavens, the Giant Wheel of the heavens revolves, projecting boundless Buddha's light!

The Buddha's light upon all beings, and countless extraordinary phenomena suddenly appeared in the Buddhist land.

There are Celestial Person beings wielding whips, Asura holding comets, and Giant Wheel in the sky forming a circle, with the mirror of the Dharma King hanging and the wheel of Brahma turning. The mountain is high, steep, majestic, and beautiful, holding all kinds of creatures like the earth, and all kinds of flowers, plants and trees are lush and abundant.

Among them are celestial dragons, Yaksa, vishayas, kinnaras, and various other strange beasts, such as lions, tigers, wolves, unicorns, elephants, horses, bears, and the like, who dwell there.

There were also countless hundreds of thousands of birds, including peacocks, parrots, mynas, ducks, geese, mandarin ducks, and other birds.

Then the Pure Abode Celestial Host joined their palms in reverence, and the seven-jeweled attendants of the Chakravartin King came to his place. Sea fish emerged from the ocean to pay homage, and the Mani Jewel of Light shone as illumination, and the Mani Jewel of Pure Blessing was used as supreme adornment.

Those beings dwell upon it.

The Buddha-land, all sentient beings, manifest here.

The Vajra Realm and Womb Realm reversed each other, the Dharma was closed off, and reincarnation became its own. At this moment, this palace complex had been isolated from the celestial realm.

Starting from the Vajra Realm of Supreme Light, the Buddha Kingdom began to revolve, and Li Qi's Dharma image also radiated Buddha's light, with his hands clasped together.

Passing through the Three Gates of Detachment, one attains the Three Wisdoms, traversing the Three Realms like the sun and moon.

With courage and wisdom, one transcends birth, old age, and death, traversing the five realms like a torch illuminating the darkness.

With a mind free from attachment, one is like a lotus growing in a filthy place; with actions free from increase or decrease, one is like empty space, free from attachment. Transcending the eight mundane concerns, one is not swayed by joy or sorrow; navigating the eight difficulties, one transforms all beings from peril and distress; through wisdom, one achieves the turning of the wheel of non-retrogression.

The Buddha taught the eighteen Dharma teachings to enlighten the ignorant, freeing them from the three poisons as easily as blowing away floating clouds. He used the Dharma boat to ferry sentient beings across the twelve seas, exhorting them to escape the cycle of birth and death, traveling to the three places to save them from the twelve causes, and resolving the chaos and disorder of the masses to reveal the true and original Dharma that is nonexistent.

Buddhist Heavens descended, Li Qi clearly sensed that the Sword Qi the opponent was preparing was being suppressed.

This is what Li Qi wanted to do.

Buddhism shields the Principle of this world, and it is based on the Buddhist Heavens, directly altering the timing of the heavens and even overturning the appearance of the world, completely changing the inner world, in order to suppress the opponent's ability to mobilize the power of heaven and earth.

Without the power of heaven and earth, the opponent can only rely on his own Martial Way Divine Intent and his own Law Power. He will not be able to recover his energy and will have to face the suppression of heaven and earth.

It's like people fighting on land versus fighting in water.

Fighting on land allows you to catch your breath and makes you much more agile.

However, in the water, not only can one not catch one's breath, but one's movements will also be greatly hindered. If one cannot swim, then it is less than 70% of one's combat power.

He could only recover his energy if he could forcibly break through Li Qi's inner world.

But that would fall into Li Qi's favorite fighting style, which is to not compete in combat skills, but purely in the depth of Technique Method and Law Power.

If you're talking about combat skills that come out on the spot, Li Qi might back down, but if you're comparing the depth of cultivation and Technique Method, then Li Qi has something to say.

Li Qi has already made his move; now it's time to wait for the other side's response.

If the other party delays for even half a second without responding, Li Qi will not be polite. He will then reverse the Vajra Realm, turn the Giant Wheel around, and reveal the Womb Realm, using the power of life and death reincarnation to completely deprive the other party of any chance to resist.

This is the inner world of the Shaman.

What you're fighting against isn't the Shaman himself, but the entire world!

But then, another sword came flying in the next moment.

As always, it combines Martial Way Divine Intent with Daoist Law Power.

This method of dual cultivation truly opened Li Qi's eyes.

That's really strange.

He cultivates Daoist supernatural Divine Ability, but what he develops is not a carefree spirit, but Martial Way Divine Intent courage and determination, with no one in front of him, unparalleled in the world, and never retreating a single step.

That's really impressive; not everyone can do something like that.

The Martial Way Divine Intent is revealed!

This sword strike completely ignored Li Qi! Even though Li Qi flaunted his Divine Ability, the one who wielded the sword simply did so, yet the Sword Intent soared to the heavens and moved through the air. The sword light sliced across the sky, causing the azure sky to tremble and the earth to bow in submission! The sword struck, turning half the sky crimson, blurring the lines between east and west. The azure sky shrouded by the Giant Wheel was cleaved in two. If Li Qi was the heavens and the earth, then this sword strike was as if it were about to shatter a jade cage, break free of confinement, and open up a new world!

As the sword light flew in, Li Qi clearly felt that his inner world was under tremendous threat!

That sword light is incredibly powerful!

It was indeed unstoppable, especially that Martial Way Divine Intent that seemed to want to shatter everything, which could not be restrained by any Technique Method!

But--

Just because you can't use Technique Method to counter it doesn't mean you can't deal with it.

Li Qi wanted to block the sword, so the power of heaven and earth began to gather. Inside the cage, the Star Official's volume began to compress, and he punched the sword light.

At the same time, the causal threads around Li Qi's Dharma form began to wriggle.

Choose your future.

For someone of rank five, the occurrence of physical problems and internal imbalances is an extremely low-probability event, practically impossible.

However, "unlikely" is the same as "possible".

The thread of cause and effect begins by following the 'effect' to find the 'cause'.

Following the result of the opponent's 'drawing the sword', we traced back to find the cause of 'drawing the sword'.

The reason for drawing the sword stemmed from the coordination of Martial Way Divine Intent, the idea of protecting this palace complex, the sense of responsibility, the anger towards Li Qi, and the Cultivation Method and cultivation of his own skills.

After finding these 'causes', Li Qi began to manipulate the threads of cause and effect.

This is a manifestation of his Divine Ability.

To interfere with the existing reality by following cause and effect.

Then, it was combined with the Shaman's 'Curse'.

And so, the sword light returned to that instant when it hadn't yet struck.

The man who drew his sword stared wide-eyed!

Impossible!

That's absolutely impossible!

Time did not rewind, and his memories remained, but reality seemed to have been erased for a moment, and his sword light returned to the state before he drew his sword.

Moreover, in that very instant, his qi circulation became disordered.

Impossible! Absolutely impossible! His swordsmanship is extremely skilled; he has drawn his sword countless times in his life, only making a basic mistake like disrupting his Qi circulation when he was young!

But no matter how low the probability is, reality has already been determined. Even the lowest probability, as long as it's not zero, will happen.

This is the reality chosen by Li Qi as the observer.

Disorders of Qi circulation are not a big deal. Even if it happens to a low-level cultivator, it will only cause soreness and prevent them from practicing for a while. They will be fine after a rest.

But regardless of whether it's a high-grade or low-grade attack, as long as you're still using Qi to fight, you absolutely must stop the attack when your Qi circulation is disrupted, otherwise you'll injure yourself.

What Li Qi wanted was for the other party to back down.

All the courage and vigor in the world is bound to be sustained in one go, then weaken in the second, and exhausted in the third. I have never heard of any courage that can be sustained indefinitely.

The same applies to Sword Qi, and also to the Martial Way Divine Intent.

It must be understood that the power of this Sword Qi is simply terrifying. The first sword shattered Li Qi's Dharma form and broke through all his Technique Method. The second sword injured his inner world. This is much stronger than those fifth-rank cultivators from outside the realm, and even more powerful than some young masters from Wushen Mountain.

Fortunately, the consequences of the second sword strike have been reversed by reality, but time has not been reversed, so for the swordsman, it is already the second sword strike.

Therefore, there is no need to use the third sword, as it will not be able to harm Li Qi.

"A good strategy." The swordsman stood up.

The Sword Qi has been exhausted; now, the blade should be exposed to the light.

With a crisp sword cry, a precious sword was drawn, and the entire palace complex, along with the heavens and earth, and even the towering mountain below, were all severed in two.

Even Li Qi's inner world, Dharma form, and the Star Official composed of the inner world behind him were separated by a faintly glowing thin line, directly cut into two pieces!

What a fast sword! What a sharp sword!

Li Qi's physical body was directly cut open, and the Star Official in his inner world were also severed. The circulating qi was forced to stop, and he could not use any Divine Ability!

The essence of Shaman is harmony and fulfillment, but now that it has been cut in two, what harmony is left? Naturally, most of its Divine Ability have been lost.

The next moment, a swordsman in white emerged from the palace complex, his entire being like a drawn sword, his Sword Qi piercing the vast sky. "You have enough to be proud of if you can force me to come out. Intruder, state your name."

He didn't pursue, but confidently said this to Li Qi.

Li Qi's Dharma form and inner world were severed. Logically speaking, he had completely lost his ability to fight, and escaping alive was a pipe dream.

However, the swordsman suddenly realized that something was wrong.

Li Qi's body began to heal.

The sea below was cut in two.

Yes, the sea below, although it is water, has been cut open by a mysterious force. Moreover, after being cut open, it did not merge back together, but instead became two seas, with an invisible force in the middle preventing the water from flowing back together.

It is said that you can't cut water with a knife, but this saying is obviously not true for a powerful fifth-rank expert.

You can't cut water with a knife; the water just won't flow.

But that's not right, he didn't slash towards the sea.

He immediately drew his sword and assumed a fighting stance.

As for Li Qi, his injuries had completely healed.

It's nothing, just a common trick of Shaman. Substitute life usually means having a small scarecrow die in their place, but there aren't any scarecrows available now, are there? So, just ten seconds ago, Li Qi crushed countless demons, turned them into a ball, and threw it into the sea.

This pinch was no casual gesture. At that time, the remains of the demon had become Li Qi's substitute for his life, and it was precisely because of this that Li Qi was able to dodge the blow.

This excited Li Qi.

Immortal Heaven truly lives up to its reputation as First Rank World where combat power is the ultimate guiding principle.

Seriously, that's impressive.

Although the Divine Ability power is not particularly unique or functional, its destructive power is absolutely terrifying!

Seeing that Li Qi had recovered, the other party stopped talking and drew his sword. This time, it was hand-to-hand combat!

Li Qi immediately put away the Dharma Image and the Star Official.

In hand-to-hand combat, these large objects are not very useful. Even real Star Official do not fight with their physical bodies. When a person fights a virus, they cannot exert their full strength.

Therefore, as long as all the power is compressed into the body—

These are the tactics Li Qi has employed over the years while in the Executioner Academy.

The Star Official formed by his inner world, along with his own cultivation, were all condensed on his body.

The highly concentrated power of heaven and earth, combined with the array of Star Official—

But all they saw was the starry sky covering Li Qi's hands.

Immediately, he threw a punch at his opponent!

A torrent of energy roared forth! Its destructive range was enough to engulf a star!

Another flash of sword light appeared.

The torrent of energy split in two, just like a supernova explosion being cleaved in two.

"You have many tricks up your sleeve, but unfortunately... none of them work. I, alone with my sword, am enough to shatter all your Divine Ability," the swordsman said.

Li Qi had to admit that what the other party said was true.

After all, this is First Rank World of the first grade, and the Immortal Heaven places great importance on combat strength. This first meeting was truly an eye-opener.

It was clearly a cultivation method similar to that of the Daoist school, yet it possessed a terrifying Sword Intent that was close to the Martial Way Divine Intent. It had no Martial Dao Inner Qi whatsoever, yet it unleashed a terrifyingly destructive power, to the point that none of Li Qi's Divine Ability could withstand it.

If Li Qi hadn't known that his opponent's swordsmanship and spiritual attainment were exceptionally high, with each strike possessing completely different characteristics, he would have wanted to shout, "One sword breaks all laws!"

Only...

Shaman are not known for their killing power, and there is no need for them to pursue it.

So Li Qi replied, "Really? Then look behind you."

As Li Qi spoke, the swordsman turned around and glanced back.

He was startled!

He didn't know when, but invisible threads had pierced his back.

What kind of line is this? Are you trying to turn yourself into a puppet?!

He reacted immediately, and the sword flashed again!

But the threads were unaffected, and these threads seemed to be unreal, unaffected by attacks from the real world.

That's for sure.

This is a virtual line of cause and effect; there is no visible line of cause and effect in reality.

This is also one of Li Qi's Divine Ability.

The law of cause and effect that he manipulated in the initial battle of the vanguard was this.

The effect of this Divine Ability is the simplest and most obvious—

Becoming the Heaven's Will, a vast and inescapable Technique Method unfolds.