Ji Haiyue spoke, "It's useless, don't waste your breath. You cannot possibly be my opponent!"
Qin Tian chuckled softly, "Oh, but you haven't gained the upper hand yet!"
"Hmph, that's only temporary."
Ji Haiyue said, "The foundation of an Extreme Dao Force is not something you can imagine!"
Qin Tian didn't reply, merely letting out a sneer.
The foundation of an Extreme Dao Force?
Could it compare to Above the Heavens? Could it compare to the Plateau Weirdness? Since he chose to stay in this world and didn't fear the weirdness, how could he possibly fear a mere Extreme Dao Force?!
Then, Qin Tian watched as Ji Haiyue produced a mirror from the Bitter Sea. It radiated an ancient aura; upon closer inspection, immortal light misted over the ancient mirror, and its texture seemed cast from divine bronze.
The back was woven with endless patterns, and when gazing upon it, one could faintly feel the ultimate mysteries of space.
Especially when this mirror landed in Ji Haiyue's hands, a special aura erupted from within his body, and supreme Dao chanting faintly expounded the utmost limit of the void-so glorious, so dazzling.
That was the unique, special fluctuation of an emperor scripture.
"The Void Mirror? No, it's a replica!" Startled, Qin Tian hurriedly retreated a hundred miles, quite naturally and temporarily forgetting his previous bold words.
He didn't fear the weirdness because it was far away, and the Desolate Heaven Emperor was camping the spawn point. But an extreme Dao emperor weapon was truly right in front of him, and it really could instantly kill him!
He was quite steady and prudent.
Ji Haiyue said haughtily, "A replica is more than enough to kill a mere Other Shore!"
"Heh, I am a great figure of the Other Shore, after all-just a mere Void Mirror replica!" Qin Tian feigned composure as his vigilance spiked.
Even as a replica, it was extraordinary, containing the creator's comprehension of the Void Mirror.
The most crucial part was that anyone with the qualification and ability to comprehend the Void Mirror was at least an Immortal Platform cultivator.
The next instant, a terrifying fluctuation emanated from the ancient mirror. Wherever it passed, the void trembled, and the firmament shook ceaselessly. This felt less like a replica and more like the true Void Mirror dropping a sliver of its aura, causing the heavens and earth to churn and all things to perish in a single thought.
"This is really troublesome!" Qin Tian said evenly.
"You have an artifact, and I have arrays!" Qin Tian's eyes radiated a piercing, cold light as he finally began to get serious. Stirring the divine power within his body, he formed hand seals and swept his hands to evolve shocking array marks.
The moment they appeared, Dao principle trajectories linked the four extremes of heaven and earth. Transforming divine power into an array, he branded it between heaven and earth to borrow the power of the universe for his own use at any moment.
"Array, rise!" With a wave of Qin Tian's hand, countless crimson patterns started spreading outward from him, shooting straight into the firmament to rouse the vast power of the great sun and the surrounding earth vein fires.
The array patterns invoked the power of the Fire Domain, rendering Qin Tian himself like Taiyang, the sun god, and radiating a frightening divine might.
At this moment, a startling image appeared at the center of the battlefield-an extremely magnificent scene: one after another, ancient patterns emerged from the void, stirring boundless energy. They intertwined and surged into the sky like a volcanic eruption, launching an offensive toward the youth holding the divine mirror high in the firmament!
"Rumble!"
When the two came into contact, it was like a meteor hitting the earth. Violent divine power poured out, and the destructive aura transformed into strips of dazzling light that shot straight into the vault of heaven like thousands of silver waterfalls, extremely spectacular.
"Rumble!"
Divine light and mirror light collided. In just an instant, it burst forth with unprecedented fluctuations, vast as the explosion of stars, and thousands of silver waterfalls submerged the entire heaven and earth. This was an array, yet also a supreme killing technique; its might could burn the heavens and boil the seas, and wherever it passed, mountain peaks collapsed and the earth sank.
In an extremely short span of time, the two dueled hundreds of times. The array was world-shaking; the moment it appeared, Dao principle trajectories linked the four extremes of heaven and earth, transforming into patches of "domains" that surrounded the ancient mirror.
Ji Haiyue simply held the replica Void Mirror high, executing the supreme killing technique recorded in the Void Ancient Scripture. Thus, he shattered the "domain" set up by Qin Tian, suppressed Qin Tian bit by bit, and gained the upper hand.
Meanwhile, Qin Tian possessed no supreme killing techniques. The only killing technique he had was the Primordial Yaoguang Art he had just acquired, and he hadn't had time to master it.
This was his weakness-a fatal weakness. When fighting peers, he inevitably fell behind.
Presently, he could only forcefully match Ji Haiyue using arrays and grand momentum.
"Roar!"
Following a long roar, Qin Tian fought bloody battles, scattering the light of the Dao and invoking the power of the Fire Domain, which could be called inexhaustible.
"Rumble!"
The universe trembled, and dazzling radiance burst forth from Qin Tian's fingertips, its might heaven-shaking and earth-shattering.
It was as if Taiyang were exploding within this small world; endless light and heat submerged it, resembling the end of the world.
My physique, realm, and scripture are all inferior to the opponent's, Qin Tian muttered inwardly.
Though both possessed mortal physiques, Ji Haiyue had the blood of the Void Emperor flowing through his veins. Even though it had thinned to an infinitesimal degree after several thousand generations of propagation, it still existed. Coupled with the extraordinary strength of his parents, he had been given all sorts of medicinal supplements since birth to consolidate his origin and strengthen his physical body, making his innate origin far superior to Qin Tian's.
Qin Tian analyzed his own advantages: Only in my comprehension of the Dao do I surpass him.
Qin Tian's comprehension was extremely high; even a newly entered Four Extremes cultivator could not compare to him in terms of Dao comprehension.
Yet clearly, his cultivation level was higher than the opponent's, but he couldn't truly suppress him.
One could only say that in the early stages, comprehension, innate talent, and cultivation level were far less important than origin, scriptures, and realm.
Qin Tian sighed, "It looks like... the emperor scripture is a must-have!"
It was universally acknowledged that only an emperor scripture could truly tap into a cultivator's potential.
The emperor scripture was forged by an emperor's concentrated wisdom, containing the Ancient Great Emperor's understanding of the Human Body Secret Realm and origin.
A saint scripture could at best unlock fifty percent of the human body's potential, whereas an emperor scripture could unlock at least seventy percent.
This gap of at least twenty percent between higher and lower scriptures translated into a despairing gulf in battle, and this held true for every single secret realm.
With each additional secret realm opened, a twenty percent gap was added; by the time the Five Great Secret Realms were all opened, the gap had accumulated into a Heavenly Abyss.
Even in the later stages, being killed instantly by someone would be entirely normal.
Of course, the most suitable scripture for oneself was still the one one developed oneself, which could unlock over ninety percent of one's potential.
Yet who could develop the most suitable scripture in the early stages? Naturally, one had to peruse all laws before being able to deduce one's own scripture.
Earlier, Qin Tian had overestimated his own abilities and tried to create a scripture. The result went without saying-it could be described as an absolute mess, too ghastly to look at.
Let's find a way to catch a glimpse of the Void Ancient Scripture from Ji Haiyue! Thinking this, Qin Tian raised his hand to invoke the Zhou Tian Star-Dipper Qi, outlining array marks across the universe.
With my current eyes, I might be able to pull it off.
After stepping into the Other Shore realm and surviving that mysterious "trial," the Temporal-Spatial Eyes had grown even more miraculous, capable of accomplishing things he couldn't manage before.
Energy filled the space, and the array marks operated. In a split second, ten thousand strands of sword Qi shot out like a Gatling gun. The sword Qi formed a river like the sea, resembling a boundless ocean, and struck with the weight of a myriad jun.
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