Victory

"Unfortunately, I'm not a Dragonblood Warrior."

Liewen recalled that in the original story, once Linley began fusing the "Fast" and "Slow" profound mysteries of the Laws of Wind, his combat power had directly surpassed Saint Realm Limit experts by a wide margin.

Though both involved beginning to fuse two profound mysteries, there was an enormous difference in combat power. One major reason was that Dragonblood Warriors could undergo Dragon Transformation.

After a Dragonblood Warrior reached the Saint Realm in human form, they could still undergo Dragon Transformation, causing both their battle qi and physical strength to soar once more. Combined with Laws' Profound Mysteries, they naturally became even stronger.

Moreover, Linley had the Highgod Artifact, the Violet Blood Soft Sword.

Although Liewen's body was quite resilient, it had yet to reach the level of a Saint Realm Dragonblood Warrior.

"Useno, it seems your attacks are rather ordinary as well." Liewen chuckled.

Useno was both shocked and confused. He stared intently at Liewen. "What did you do just now?"

"What did I do?"

Liewen smiled at first, then his gaze abruptly turned cold. "You'll know once you experience it again!"

Liewen swung out his right fist and unleashed the Purification Beam once more. This time, however, the more than two hundred rays comprising the beam were different. Every ray contained the Mysteries of Light Element.

"The Mysteries of Light Element can condense Light Element into any shape. Naturally, rays of light can be shaped as well!"

The current Purification Beam contained both the Profundity of Purification and the Mysteries of Light Element.

Useno swung his blade at the beam and was violently blasted away again. This time, he opened his mouth and spat out a large mouthful of blood.

Liewen's body transformed into a streak of white light as he charged toward Useno. White light gathered around his right fist again, ready for him to unleash the Purification Beam once more.

Strike while he's down and finish him off, lest unforeseen complications arise!

"Damn it!"

Having been sent flying once more, Useno had already realized that Liewen's attacks were stronger than his own.

Though he did not understand why Liewen had suddenly improved so much, his many years of combat experience prompted him to decisively change tactics.

"Liewen, don't celebrate too soon. I haven't revealed my true strength yet!"

Rather than retreating in the face of Liewen's attack, Useno advanced. His body split from one into two, then two into four. In an instant, four Usenos appeared in the air.

Liewen's Purification Beam struck one of the Usenos, only to pass straight through his body without causing any damage.

The four Usenos attacked Liewen from four different directions.

"Liewen, let's see how you block this move!"

Useno was very confident. Frontal combat had never been his specialty.

He cultivated the Laws of Darkness, which were renowned for their unpredictability in battle. These four clones were his strongest technique.

Though the Holy Union officially prohibited the study of Dark Battle Qi and dark magic, that was merely a rule on the surface.

Within the Radiant Church, especially in the Religious Inquisition that operated in the shadows, there were still experts who studied the Laws of Darkness. Among them, the strongest was undoubtedly Useno.

Faced with the attacks of the four Usenos, Liewen remained calm and unhurried.

Having read the original story, he had long known that Useno excelled in the "Shadow Clone Technique" profound mystery of the Laws of Darkness.

The "Shadow Clone Technique" could produce multiple clones, each with the exact same aura as the original body, making them difficult to distinguish.

The original body could also freely switch among all the clones.

Just now, when facing the Purification Beam, Useno had chosen to switch into another clone and evade the attack.

For anyone unfamiliar with the principles of the "Shadow Clone Technique," this move was exceedingly difficult to deal with.

Your attacks would be avoided through the opponent's clones, while if you allowed any clone to get close, the opponent could switch into that clone and attack you.

Liewen had long known the principles behind the "Shadow Clone Technique," as well as how to counter it.

"Useno, this move is useless against me!"

Dazzling white light erupted from Liewen's body. This time, the Purification Beams did not converge together. More than two hundred rays split into four groups and attacked all four Usenos simultaneously.

Liewen could now control the direction of the rays. He could either concentrate them together for an attack or spread them apart.

The separated Purification Beams were much weaker, but they were already sufficient to break Useno's "Shadow Clone Technique."

The four Purification Beams struck the four Usenos. They passed through the bodies of three Usenos, but met resistance against the fourth.

"Found you!"

Liewen locked onto Useno's true body and attacked at full strength again, unleashing the Purification Beam.

The Laws of Light were characterized by speed. This speed referred not only to movement speed, but also to attack speed.

Useno had barely blocked the Purification Beam at one-quarter power when the complete Purification Beam arrived.

"Impossible!" Useno could not believe that his ultimate move had been broken so easily.

In the past, when his opponents first encountered this move, even if they could break it, they needed a long time to see through its secret. Yet Liewen had seen through it at a glance.

"Go!"

Useno was equally decisive. With his strongest move broken, he understood that he was no match for Liewen and immediately chose to retreat.

Useno transformed into a streak of black light and fled north.

Liewen did not pursue him. Little Laina was still waiting below, and defeating someone was easy while killing them was difficult.

Useno was not slow, and he also possessed the "Shadow Clone Technique." If the four clones fled in different directions, the original body could freely switch among them. Catching Useno would be far too difficult.

"Once I fuse the rays into 128 strands and the Purification Beam's power rises again, I should be able to defeat Useno in a single move. By then, even killing him won't be difficult."

Liewen descended toward the ground. The moment he landed, Little Laina ran over.

The little girl's eyes were red as she nervously looked at the wounds on Liewen's body. Her voice trembled with tears as she asked, "Big Brother Liewen, does it hurt?"

Liewen smiled. "It doesn't hurt. It'll heal soon."

Light Battle Qi continuously repaired his injuries. Liewen looked around. Countless people traveled this road every day, and the Saint Realm battle just now had drawn everyone's attention. The merchant caravans and passersby had all been watching. Now, they kept far away from Liewen, not daring to approach for fear of angering a Saint Realm expert like him.

"Lena, let's go."

Liewen picked Lena up and flew toward Blackstone City.

After Liewen flew away, the people on the road instantly erupted into uproar. Everyone eagerly discussed the Saint Realm battle they had just witnessed.

"Heavens, who were those two Saint Realm experts? They were incredibly powerful!"

"That black-haired young man's attacks were like light, and that purple-haired one could even create clones!"

"I was fortunate enough to witness a battle between Level 9 experts before, and I thought that was a clash between peak experts. Now it seems that Level 9 and the Saint Realm are as different as heaven and earth."

Everyone was discussing the fight. Liewen had previously been unknown, so they did not recognize him. As for Useno, despite being the chief judge of the Radiant Church's Religious Inquisition, he was not someone ordinary people could meet, so virtually no one recognized him either.

Among the crowd, some merchants had spotted a business opportunity early on. While Liewen and Useno were fighting, they had used Memory Crystal Balls to record the battle.

A Memory Crystal Ball was a product created by alchemists using alchemical methods to imprint the water-style spell 'Floating Image Technique' within a crystal ball.

As long as a little magical power was fed into it, the Memory Crystal Ball could be activated to automatically record a scene of a certain duration.

Once the recording was filled to capacity, activating the Memory Crystal Ball again would cause it to replay the recorded footage repeatedly.

"Ordinary people rarely get to see a battle between Saint Realm experts. This will definitely sell like crazy!" The merchants were thrilled.

Traffic on the road gradually returned to normal, while the battle between Liewen and Useno spread through the Holy Union and the O'Brien Empire with the movement of the crowds, before eventually becoming known throughout the Yulan Continent.