Hall of Ten Thousand Swords Returning to Dust, this is the name of Ji Juechen and now Self-Created Domain. It is no longer the prototype of Sword Intent that only had a three-foot range and could barely wrap itself around, but a complete domain in the true sense.
Its core is not like the domain of Lu Ren, which draws the enemy into an area, but invites the opponent to step into his temple of swords.
There are countless tombstones of swords here, and there is the solemnity of thousands of swords returning to their clan. The whole atmosphere has been directly upgraded to a Swordsmanship holy land.
It's like he's not fighting you on the battlefield, but you mistakenly entered his Swordsmanship Divine Hall.
It seems that this is what the inner world in Ji Juechen's heart looks like.
Here, he is the only Rule, and everyone who steps into this palace must accept the judgment of Swordsmanship.
For today's showdown, Ji Juechen didn't hide any secrets and just used his trump card.
He fought and practiced all the way, fought bloody battles, and forcibly polished his own field in countless battles, just to catch up with Lu Ren, just to fight with him openly.
The moment the two sides Domain Expansion, their bodies were covered by a huge black ball formed by the externalization of the Lu Ren field.
From the outside, only a pitch-black sphere appeared out of thin air in the center of the competition venue, swallowing up the two figures at the same time.
Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen can only see fine light patterns flowing on the surface of the black ball.
But inside the field, the moment Hall of Ten Thousand Swords Returning to Dust belonging to Ji Juechen spread out, the space was stagnant and the wind pressure was fierce.
The entire space is filled with countless sword tombstones, and each tombstone has an ancient sword of different shapes inserted into it.
Some are rusty, some are sharp, and some are half broken but still exude a cold murderous intent.
In Sky Manipulation is the Milky Way of rotating swords. Under your feet is the bluestone ground covered with sword marks. There is a solemn and solemn atmosphere in the air.
All evasion and escape routes were blocked.
Lu Ren, who was in the field, suddenly felt suppressed by thousands of Sword Intent, and every sword light around him was exerting invisible pressure on him.
Outside the black ball, Meng Hongchen held her breath and stared at the huge black ball in the field. Although she could not see the battle inside, just using Spiritual Power, she could feel the field fluctuations escaping around the black ball, which was enough to make her heart beat.
"Is this the realm of Ji Juechen? What a terrifying suppressive force. If it were an ordinary Soul Saint, it would probably be hit hard by Sword Intent in an instant, right? The aftermath felt outside is so strong, how much pressure the people inside have to bear."
Xiao Hongchen looked solemn, nodded slightly, and clenched the railing tightly with his hands unconsciously. "This is the domain of the sword idiot. Attack and defense are integrated, and it is no lie to say that you are invincible at the same level."
"No matter how strong Lu Ren is, it may not be that easy to deal with it easily."
"Ji Juechen is no longer just the reckless man who could only draw his sword and cut. Now he is the true master of Swordsmanship."
Ji Juechen What a terrifying talent is this?
Looking at the entire continent, countless Titled Douluo may not be able to condense their exclusive fields.
Being able to use such a complete field at the Soul Saint stage, this Swordsmanship talent is simply terrifying.
It's no wonder that this guy fought like crazy all the way, heaping himself up to Soul Saint, and creating a unique field. This perseverance and character are far beyond the ordinary Soul Master.
But Lu Ren, who is in the center of Sword Domain in the sky, is still calm and composed.
He stood in the center of Hall of Ten Thousand Swords Returning to Dust. The surrounding sword tombstones cast sharp shadows under his feet. The Galaxy of Swords above his head slowly rotated. Every sword light was waiting for Ji Juechen's instructions.
"My field has been neutralized - to be honest, the effect of your field is really good."
Lu Ren looked at Ji Juechen wrapped up in Wan Jian, and was quite pleased to see him as if Wan Jian had returned to his clan.
The sword madman who could only hold his sword in a daze at the beginning has now grown to the point where he can compete head-on with him in the field.
Although Ji Juechen also has a field, this is a field that does not consist of Cursed Energy.
Soul Power and Cursed Energy are very different, and their underlying logic is different. No matter how complete the field of Ji Juechen is, without Cursed Energy as the driving core, the "must hit" mechanism cannot be realized.
The field driven by Soul Power is more like creating a battlefield environment that is favorable to oneself, suppressing the opponent's attributes and actions, but the attack itself still requires active locking and release, and most importantly - there is no Barrier Technique to create a shell.
Domain Expansion driven by Cursed Energy turns Cursed Technique itself into Rule. As long as it is within the scope of the domain, the attack is part of Rule, and there is no problem of whether it can hit or not.
Unless Ji Juechen has cultivated to the point of forming his own small world and can construct an independent cause and effect Law within the field, his field can only stay at the level of "environmental transformation" and cannot touch the field of "Rule must hit".
Lu Ren commented. "Now that you are in this field, you should have no problem beating the average Titled Douluo."
"Although it is impossible to hit and kill like in my field, Sword Intent's suppression and all-round attacks are enough to make most Titled Douluo tired to deal with it."
"What if we deal with you?" Ji Juechen looked at Lu Ren with burning eyes.
He never used the ordinary Titled Douluo as a reference. From the beginning to the end, he had only one goal.
Defeat Lu Ren!
"Now you, even if I were to take you for a while, I might not be able to defeat you. Your field can indeed effectively neutralize my sure-hit effect. I admit this." Lu Ren said with a smile, his tone was frank and unabashed.
"But unfortunately, my ability is very special, and I have developed many new tricks."
"So, I have a way to crack your field as quickly as possible. The biggest reliance of your field is that you can resist my sure-hit effect in a short period of time. Once this advantage is broken, you will have no barrier in front of me."
"Please."
Ji Juechen did not rush to attack, but made a gesture of invitation.
He is eager for this battle, but he is even more eager to see what kind of method Lu Ren will use to crack his domain.
Lu Ren chuckled lightly, his thoughts moving slightly.
A wisp of deep black Cursed Energy quietly spread from his feet, like a drop of ink dripping into clear water.
Immediately afterwards, a bug Cursed Spirit, as small as a chopstick and completely black, slowly emerged from Cursed Energy.
This bug Cursed Spirit looks ordinary, even a little weak.
Because its size is too small and its aura is too weak, it does not have any aggressive Cursed Energy fluctuations on its body, and only has a vague silver-gray halo covering its surface.
Ji Juechen frowned slightly when he saw this bug. He didn't understand why Lu Ren would release such a seemingly non-threatening thing.
Soon, he will understand.
Lu Ren stretched out his hand and pointed forward, and the insect Cursed Spirit suddenly rushed towards Ji Juechen's Hall of Ten Thousand Swords Returning to Dust like an arrow without fear of death.
The sky-wide sword light automatically activated the moment it approached the edge of the field, and countless sharp Sword Intent struck at this tiny insect.
Unfortunately, the speed of this insect Cursed Spirit was so fast that the sword light had no time to hit it, and it had already touched the boundary of Hall of Ten Thousand Swords Returning to Dust's domain.
The moment this bug Cursed Spirit touched the boundary of the field, the silver-gray halo on its body suddenly lit up.
The moment the halo came into contact with the power of the domain, it cut a small opening on the edge of the domain like a hot knife cutting through butter.
The opening was extremely small, only the thickness of chopsticks, and was almost negligible against the backdrop of the sword light in the sky.
The insect Cursed Spirit itself also exhausted all its strength at the moment of completing this cut, the halo was extinguished, and its body turned into fine black particles and dissipated in the air.
But this seemingly insignificant breach caused a chain reaction throughout Hall of Ten Thousand Swords Returning to Dust.
The speed of the invisible sword thread suspended in the sky suddenly slowed down, and the sharp Sword Intent faded layer by layer. The power of the domain that had originally firmly locked the space seemed to be stuck in a quagmire, and its operation was extremely stagnant.
A gap was broken in the integrity of the domain, just like a perfect mirror was hit with a pebble and a crack was created.
Although the cracks are small, the structure of the entire mirror is no longer flawless.
Not only that, at the same moment when a gap appeared in the field, a bloodstain appeared on Ji Juechen's chest out of thin air.
That was Slashes of Lu Ren. The sure-hit effect of Malevolent Shrine penetrated along the gap in the field and accurately hit the body of Ji Juechen.
Although Lu Ren deliberately withdrew most of his strength and only caused a shallow flesh wound, the significance of this blow was far greater than its lethality.
It proves that Anti-Domain Specialized Cursed Spirit is indeed effective and can break the opponent's field advantage in actual combat.
Ji Juechen's pupils suddenly shrank, and for the first time there was an unbelievable look on his face.
He looked down at the slash mark on his chest that was still bleeding, and then looked up at the insect Cursed Spirit that had dissipated in the air. The whole time Brain was dealing with this fact that he couldn't understand.
His Hall of Ten Thousand Swords Returning to Dust was able to suppress even Soul Douluo, but he was cut open by an insect as big as a chopstick.
It's like having a needle pop a balloon.
"This is the Anti-Domain Specialized Cursed Spirit that I specially created."
Lu Ren spoke slowly, watching the gap in the field gradually expand, and Sword Intent suppressing the gradually weakening scene, with a somewhat satisfied tone.
During this time, he was frantically concentrating on Cursed Spirit and hoarding combat power. This bug was his trump card specially created for Domain Battle.
Its Cursed Technique effect has only one effect: cutting a small hole in the opponent's territory.
At the cost of one's own life, the opponent's territory will be broken through for a short period of time.
As long as it touches the field, the Cursed Spirit can complete the cutting of the field.
The area that is cut out with a small opening will temporarily lose its ability to neutralize the sure-hit effect, and will be directly hit by the sure-hit effect of Lu Ren.
This principle is simple to say.
Just like the opponent's field defense is a sealed water bottle, and this Cursed Spirit is a needle that pokes a small opening in the water bottle, so that the water from the outside can flow into the inside of the water bottle along the opening.
Lu Ren's field-defining effect can also follow the "water" into the opponent's field, directly disintegrating the opponent's Rule system from the inside.
With the combination of internal and external forces, the opponent's territory will not last long before it is completely broken.
In this way, the Hall of Ten Thousand Swords Returning to Dust field that Ji Juechen had worked so hard to polish for so long turned into fragments in front of Anti-Domain Specialized Cursed Spirit.
Those sword tombstones were shattered inch by inch, and the chill Sword Intent that filled the air dissipated like an ebbing tide.
How can Ji Juechen, who has no domain, contend against Lu Ren?
He couldn't even block the most basic sure hit Rule, so Lu Ren also dismissed Malevolent Shrine on his own and did not continue to pursue.
The black ball on the outer shell of the domain slowly dissipated, and the scene of the competition field reappeared in front of Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen.
Ji Juechen's chest was bleeding, Silver-White Long Sword was leaning on the ground to support his body, but his expression remained calm.
Lu Ren was standing opposite him. Overall, he didn't look embarrassed at all, and he wasn't even touched by Ji Juechen.
"Still haven't been beaten?"
Xiao Hongchen clenched his fists and looked at the figure standing with a sword in the field, with a hint of complicated emotion in his tone.
He sincerely hopes that someone can defeat Lu Ren once, even if it is just a competition.
It's not that I have any dissatisfaction with Lu Ren, it's just that this guy Lu Ren is so perverted that all his peers cannot have the courage to catch up.
"Ji Juechen is no match for such a strong combat power. Level seventy-two Soul Saint, complete Self-Created Domain. This is already outrageous. Did you still lose in the end?"
Ji Juechen sighed deeply and sheathed the sword.
"I lost."
He admitted his failure frankly, without any reluctance or frustration in his voice.
"You really put some pressure on me this time."
Lu Ren smiled, walked up to Ji Juechen, raised his hand and patted him lightly on the shoulder.
"Fortunately, I have Anti-Domain Specialized Cursed Spirit, otherwise you can really give me a try."
"Your field is already very strong. It's just bad luck that I happened to control it."
Lu Ren is satisfied with the dry content of Anti-Domain Specialized Cursed Spirit.
When it comes to fighting Mu En, use domain battles and combine them with other methods. At least you can hold on to Mu En's domain, and the results won't be one-sided.
If you give him some time to settle, he can improve Mu En's winning rate.
Ji Juechen was silent for a moment, and then asked an extremely critical question, "How much of this kind of thing do you have?"
Lu Ren did not answer, but stretched his hand forward.
The next second, a dark vortex formed under his palm, and a dense crawling sound came from the vortex.
Immediately afterwards, hundreds of identical Anti-Domain Specialized Cursed Spirit fell from the vortex and piled into a small pile on the ground.
These bugs Cursed Spirit are extremely ugly in appearance, completely black, covered with thin carapace, and have dozens of short jointed limbs wriggling crazily in the air.
Coupled with the dense visual effect when they were piled together, the pretty face of Meng Hongchen on the sidelines turned pale, and she subconsciously took half a step back, turning away and not daring to look again.
Ji Juechen:"???"
Even Ji Juechen, after seeing this large number of bugs, his eyes were twitching wildly, his Adam's apple rolled up and down, and for the first time, an impulse to take a step back appeared on his paralyzed face that had not changed for thousands of years.
Just looking at the large pile of squirming insects, his whole worldview was severely impacted.
This kind of thing can cut into other people's territory and make the original tit-for-tat situation collapse instantly. Logically speaking, it should be the trump card at the bottom of the box, right?
The quantity should be extremely rare, right?
Each one should be cherished, right?
As a result, Lu Ren turned out to be hundreds of them, just like taking out a handful of melon seeds from your pocket. There were too many to count.
You are so awesome!
"Hey." Feeling Ji Juechen's surprised gaze, Lu Ren giggled a few times happily, with a smile as bright as a child who had just received a new toy.
"This thing is just the tip of the iceberg of my ability."
"Anti-field specialization is just a branch. I still have many ways of using it that I haven't had the chance to show to the enemy."
He was telling the truth. The evolved Cursed Spirit Manipulation is really too strong, especially Custom Cursed Spirit.
You can create whatever type you want, and add whatever mechanism you want. The only limitations are Cursed Energy's reserves and your own imagination. Of course, Lu Ren is still exploring it. If there are some Cursed Technique effects that are too outrageous, he won't be able to create them.
But even so, its upper limit is still very high.
Just say it's yin or not, right?
"You'll have a chance soon."
Ji Juechen looked away from the pile of squirming insects, his tone was still calm, but the content of his words made Lu Ren's smile freeze instantly.
Lu Ren:"?"
He raised his eyebrows slightly, not sure why.
Seeing Lu Ren looking at her in confusion, Ji Juechen explained in a leisurely manner, "Nana asked me to come here to find you. She said that Xishui Alliance has been making some noise recently, and they even sent people to invade the yard."
Lu Ren's pupils suddenly shrank, and the relaxed expression on his face was instantly replaced by coldness. "No, brother, why didn't you say such an important thing right away?"
His voice rose several times, and he was even more excited than when his defense was broken by Ji Juechen just now.
Ji Juechen gave his reason with a serious face. The reason made Lu Ren almost fainted on the spot. "Because I think it is more important to discuss this matter with you."
"Also, I also solved the problem of the Xishui Alliance invading the courtyard. I killed all the Evil Soul Master who broke in and none of them escaped."
"So I thought it wouldn't be too late to discuss this matter with you first. After all, everyone is dead, so there is nothing to rush about."
"Oh, that's okay. Thanks, Lao Ji, thanks for your help——"
Hearing this, Lu Ren breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that although Ji Juechen did things in an outrageous order, at least the matter was resolved.
Unexpectedly, Ji Juechen added another sentence that made his blood pressure soar again, "The bad news is that Shangguan Wei'er from the Ordinary Alliance told me that Xishui Alliance's people are gathering a large number of people in a hidden place in Mingdu."
"I don't know exactly what I want to do, but looking at the battle, it seems like a big war is going to happen."
Lu Ren stared at Ji Juechen's unruffled face with his eyes wide open, and asked word for word in an almost desperate tone, "Why didn't you tell such important news as soon as possible?"
"Uh." Ji Juechen's gaze rarely drifted to the side, and the expression on his paralyzed face subtly twisted.
"Because I want to spar with you?"
Lu Ren put a hand on his forehead and almost lost his breath on the spot.
Ji Juechen is indeed very talented, but he is also the most outrageous microphone passer he has ever seen.
In the eyes of this swordsman, everything in the world is divided into two categories: one is Swordsmanship, and the other is trivial matters.
Fighting and fighting, Swordsmanship, is a top priority. Drawing a sword and fighting is not as big as the world.
As for the Xishui Alliance changes, Evil Soul Master gathering, and Mingdu undercurrents?
These are all trivial matters that can be put aside later.
So Lu Ren could only say feebly, "Whenever I need you to send a message in the future, just ask Jing Ziyan to come over and help you. As for you——"
"Don't do the job of delivering messages anymore."
He silently swore in his heart that if there was any important information in the future, he must let Jing Ziyan pass it on. At least he would have a clear mind and understand the priorities of the matter.
Ji Juechen said blankly, "Why?"
"No reason, let's go and go out with me. There will be plenty of battles for you to enjoy."
Ji Juechen immediately became energetic.
"I'm going!"
He wants to vent his grievances about being unable to defeat Lu Ren on those Evil Soul Master!