Life-and-Death Duel (Part Two)

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The moment Yuan Tian unleashed his move, before much time had passed, a sudden scream of "Ah!" rang out. Yuan Tian only felt as though his ears were about to be deafened by it. It was as if Po Hun's piercing voice filled the entire space. How had Yuan Tian not noticed from the start that Po Hun's voice was this shrill?

But what exactly was going on?

It turned out that when Yuan Tian used the sixth step of the Heaven-Treading Nine Steps—Sixth Step: Heaven-Shifting—although Heaven-Shifting could not truly move the heavens away, it possessed one function: it could shift away the force attacking its user. Wasn't that a wonderful ability? It was like the Heavenly Shift and Star Transposition divine art of the Gusu Murong Clan in Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils. However, Yuan Tian could not fully control where the attacking force would be shifted, though slightly adjusting its direction was not a problem. Thus, Yuan Tian redirected the force Po Hun had sent at him toward Po Hun himself. It seemed Po Hun was rather unlucky—he had actually been struck by his own power. Po Hun's tragedy thus began.

Po Hun tragically discovered that the force he had used to attack Yuan Tian was actually coming at himself. Po Hun dearly wanted to ask the heavens, what the hell was going on? Could one even play like this? Were the rules of the game going to be followed or not? Unfortunately, Po Hun had no time to ask any of those questions. He only had time to scream, "Ah!" because the attack had already arrived.

Although Yuan Tian felt that Po Hun's voice was somewhat of an insult to the environment and had caused environmental pollution, seeing the sorry state Po Hun was in made him extremely delighted, so he no longer fussed over it. What could be more satisfying than seeing one's opponent make a fool of himself? At least, Yuan Tian had not found anything more satisfying so far. He only felt incredibly happy. The sky seemed so clear, so blue. So tormenting an opponent could make him this happy? Should he torment opponents more often in the future?

"Yuan Tian, you brought this upon yourself, so don't blame me. This time, I absolutely won't let you off. I'll show you my true ultimate art."

After quite some time, a voice finally reached Yuan Tian's ears. It seemed to be Po Hun's. Judging from his manner, he seemed unwilling to let Yuan Tian go. In truth, when had he ever intended to spare Yuan Tian? From the sound of it, he was about to unleash another new ultimate move.

"Oh, Po Hun, you still have an ultimate art you haven't used? Fine, while this young master is in a good mood, hurry up and perform it for me. Let this lord see what's so impressive about it." Yuan Tian truly seemed to be in a fine mood. Even his tone had changed, and he was calling himself "this lord." One could only wonder whether he was celebrating too early. He should not end up like Po Hun and capsize in a gutter—though saying that seemed to make Yuan Tian the gutter.

"Ah! Brat, you're insolent! Watch this—Gods-and-Devils Avatar!"

Po Hun was clearly enraged by Yuan Tian's attitude. If he did not teach Yuan Tian a proper lesson, Yuan Tian would not know why the heavens were so high.

If Yuan Tian had known what Po Hun was thinking, he would definitely have answered with certainty: Of course I know why the heavens are so high. I have experienced it myself. After the great god Pangu opened the heavens, he held them up with his own body. Do you have any thoughts on that? Could it be that you also wanted to hold up the sky? You do not seem tall enough. Even if you are already a hundred thousand zhang tall, that still would not do. You are still far too short.

Unfortunately, Yuan Tian did not know what Po Hun was thinking. Otherwise, he would have been incredible. After all, at their level of cultivation, if he could still know the thoughts of an expert at the same level, who else could be more formidable than him?

"Er, Gods-and-Devils Avatar, what kind of thing is that?" Yuan Tian truly did not know what the Gods-and-Devils Avatar was.

He had never heard of it. It might be some unique method of Po Hun's. He would know once he watched. "Er, what's going on?" What had Yuan Tian seen that shocked him so much?

Yuan Tian discovered that Po Hun changed from one into two, then from two into four. This was not what concerned Yuan Tian most. After all, most clone techniques could accomplish that. Forget four—forty or even four hundred would not have been a problem. The future Sun Wukong could even transform into tens of millions of monkeys. How could such a minor divine ability possibly surprise Yuan Tian? It was not worth even a shred of surprise.

What shocked Yuan Tian was the strength of Po Hun's several clones—or rather, avatars would be more accurate. The strength of those avatars astonished him. Those avatars had actually reached the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal realm. That was right, Zenith Heaven Golden Immortals. How was that possible? This was not scientific at all. He had never heard of a cloning technique that could create clones stronger than the original body. If such a divine ability truly existed, would the world not descend into utter chaos? Whether it was the current Great Dao or the future Heavenly Dao, neither would permit such a spell or divine ability to exist. It destroyed the balance of survival too thoroughly. With such a divine ability, how were people supposed to play?

"Unbelievable, utterly unbelievable! Such a spell and divine ability still exists in the Primordial Wilderness. I must obtain the cultivation method for it. Then, who in the Primordial Wilderness could be my opponent? I would surely dominate the Primordial Wilderness alone, rule beneath heaven, and attaining the Dao to become a saint would be as easy as turning over my hand." Those words were not spoken by Yuan Tian, but by the black-robed man hiding off to the side. So this fellow was an ambitious man with an enormous, enormous heart. There was nothing wrong with attaining the Dao and becoming a saint. After all, who in the Primordial Wilderness did not wish to attain the Dao and become a saint? If someone said they did not, they were definitely lying. Attaining the Dao and becoming a saint was the foremost cultivation goal of all living beings in the Primordial Wilderness. How could they not harbor such thoughts? That was not ambition—it was a goal, or perhaps an ideal. But wanting to dominate the Primordial Wilderness alone was completely and utterly ambition. If even dominating the Primordial Wilderness alone was not ambition, then what was?

Of course, the topic had wandered a little far. They were not here to discuss whether something counted as ambition. As for the black-robed man, he could go do whatever he was supposed to do. It was not yet time for his appearance. Let them continue watching the duel between Yuan Tian and Po Hun.

Although Yuan Tian found it inconceivable, he had no spare time to marvel now. He had to face the greatest crisis before him.

Let them first analyze the circumstances of both sides. On Yuan Tian's side, there was only Yuan Tian himself. Because he and Po Hun had engaged in an intense battle earlier, both had consumed a great deal of energy. Thus, although Yuan Tian had not suffered serious injuries, his mana had been heavily depleted. He had less than half of his peak mana left, and the situation was extremely unfavorable for him.

Now let them look at the other protagonist of this battle—Po Hun. Po Hun's side now numbered four people including Po Hun himself. Three possessed the combat strength of Zenith Heaven Golden Immortals. The last one was Po Hun himself. Like Yuan Tian, he had expended a tremendous amount of power, and after being tricked by Yuan Tian at the end, Po Hun was in an even more tragic state than Yuan Tian. He only had around twenty percent of his peak mana remaining.

Considering both sides together, Yuan Tian would absolutely have won in a one-on-one fight. That was why he had been so happy earlier. Unfortunately, fine times did not last. The one who laughed last was the victor, and clearly, Yuan Tian had not yet reached the final moment when he could laugh. Now Po Hun's side had gained three Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal helpers. The situation changed sharply, and Po Hun reversed his disadvantage in one stroke. This was tremendously unfavorable for Yuan Tian. Yuan Tian, if you had no good solution, then this advice was for you: wash yourself clean and wait for death. Struggling in this situation was useless. With your current condition, did you think you could defeat three Zenith Heaven Golden Immortals at their peak? Or, put another way, what did you think your chances of victory were?

Yuan Tian responded to this with silence. Before everything ended, no one knew the outcome. As the old saying went, anything was possible. Yuan Tian would not sit still and wait for death.

Yuan Tian also stated that he would definitely take in many underlings in the future. Definitely. In fact, he did exactly that, gaining a huge batch of underlings later on. Whether this was influenced by Po Hun's actions today was unknown, but having strength in numbers was certainly true.

Returning to the main topic, let them continue watching the battle between Yuan Tian and Po Hun.

"Set the Four Symbols Heaven-Slaying Formation!" Po Hun had already grown impatient. Several hundred years had passed; it was time to determine victory and defeat. The moment to decide the winner had arrived.

Bastard, shameless! Yuan Tian dearly wanted to curse aloud. Could you be any more shameless? Four against one, and three of them were even stronger than me. Yet you are actually using a formation too? You truly intend to wipe me out completely.

Although Yuan Tian did not know the power of this "Four Symbols Heaven-Slaying Formation," its name alone told him it was extraordinary. Otherwise, would it dare call itself Heaven-Slaying?

At the mention of formations, Yuan Tian's eyes suddenly lit up. He could be considered an expert in formations. During this period, he had focused only on training his close-combat abilities and had actually forgotten the formations he excelled at. Was this not like picking up sesame seeds while losing a watermelon? Truly damned. But now, he did not need to die. How wonderful. He would use a formation to break a formation. He would shatter it and see whose formation was stronger. When it came to competing in formations, Yuan Tian had truly never feared anyone.

As for what formation Yuan Tian would set, did that even need asking?

Yuan Tian currently had three strongest formations. The formation charts for two of them—the Nine Heavens Annihilation Formation and the Chaos Wutu Formation—were not on him. He had left them on Penglai Island as treasures to suppress the formation. Only the Chaos Star Chart remained on his person. Yuan Tian felt immensely fortunate. Fortunately, he had not set all three formation charts on Penglai Island back then. Otherwise, he would be in danger now.

Although Yuan Tian knew many formations of considerable power, setting those formations required time. Clearly, Po Hun would not give Yuan Tian time to prepare a grand formation to compete against him. This was not a martial arts contest. Where would he find time to let Yuan Tian prepare? If he gave Yuan Tian time to prepare, would he not be the one in danger? Po Hun was not that foolish. Foolish people did not live long in the Primordial Wilderness, or they had already died long ago. Po Hun was still alive, proving that he was not so foolish.

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