"He's just a candidate; you're lucky to even get to speak to him."
The visitor's arrogant demeanor really annoyed Li Xingkong.
"I won't let him go. If you want to take him away, then let's see who's stronger."
The Ten Thousand Swords Art, which had not been used for a long time, was activated. Combined with the Nine Revolutions Golden Core, it created thousands upon thousands of sharp blades around Li Xingkong.
"Ha, you're courting death. You deserve a lesson."
The newcomer scoffed when he saw that Li Xingkong had already set up the formation.
Within the realm of the Axiom Arc, Li Xingkong was the first person to dare to lay a hand on her.
"Don't think you can act tough in front of me just because you have some materialized spiritual power. You're nothing but a little thing. Today, you'll have to get out of my way."
The ring on her body turned upside down, and a small sphere emerged from it. Then, the person gently touched the sphere, and the sphere seemed to come alive, spontaneously becoming lively.
It circled the man a few times, then charged straight at Li Xingkong.
"Go."
The flying swords hovering around Li Xingkong received the approval and transformed into a long river of sword blades, sweeping towards the person's location.
His sword strikes were not merely simple kinetic energy attacks; Li Xingkong also incorporated his understanding of space into them. As the river of sword blades moved forward, it tore apart all the space in its path.
This is an extreme attack, and also an extremely effective defense. As long as the opponent's attack cannot break through the shattered spatial flow, it will be unable to reach Li Xing.
"A trivial skill."
As the river of sword blades drew near, the person simply drew a circle in the air with one hand, and a black gate of light opened in front of her. All the flying swords that approached her were drawn into the gate by an inexplicable force.
Not far behind her, a corresponding white portal appeared, from which the swallowed flying swords were spat out and then crushed into fragments.
"How could mere physical attacks possibly harm me?"
Just as the person was dealing with the flying sword, the small ball she had thrown out had already arrived near Li Xingkong.
The way this little ball moved was quite something. Perhaps it was because the Axiom Arc had a deep understanding of space. It completely ignored the spatial rift that Li Xingkong had created and floated to Li Xingkong's vicinity as if it were nothing.
Then, perhaps sensing Li Xingkong's presence, the small ball expanded violently.
A vast spatial force emanated from the small sphere, locking down a large area of space around Li Xingkong. After that, Li Xingkong could feel it continuously expanding outward, forming a huge spatial maze centered on Li Xingkong.
"This is the latest generation of dimensional labyrinth from the Arc. You'll have to reflect on your actions inside for now."
The woman's words could still reach Li Xingkong Li Xingkong's ears, but she was no longer visible to him.
This small ball stretched the space around Li Xingkong to its limit, giving the feeling of a World in the Palm.
With his Divine Sense extended, Li Xingkong quickly discovered the ingenuity of this so-called new generation maze. The entire maze was composed of several spatial blocks with identical layouts, and the spatial block where the trapped person was located would automatically slide towards the center of the maze.
If a trapped person has spatial abilities, and walks out of one spatial block and arrives at another, the new spatial block will switch places again, bringing them to the center of the spatial maze.
If you can't quickly identify the direction and location of the spatial blocks in a short period of time, you'll be trapped in this maze and unable to escape.
The spatial maze formed by the entire sphere has about nine layers. If you wander around like a headless fly, you might never get out in your lifetime.
Normally, Li Xingkong would need to spend some time observing the movement of each spatial block within the entire spatial maze and calculating the fastest escape route using Hexagram.
This is the correct approach, but that person obviously wouldn't give Li Xingkong that much time, as observation itself is a very time-consuming process.
However, Li Xingkong clearly had a simpler and more direct way to solve the problem.
With the Thousand Mountains Method and appropriate Hexagram, thousands of possible escape routes appeared before Li Xingkong's eyes in just a few seconds.
Others struggle with calculations because they need to ensure absolute certainty, but Li Xingkong is different. With the Thousand Mountains Method, as long as the route has a possibility, even if it's less than 1%, it's just a matter of trying a few more times for Li Xingkong.
And so, the scene that horrified that man unfolded.
Li Xingkong, who was imprisoned, strolled around as if in a leisurely garden, one step at a time, one flash at a time, and he walked out of the spatial maze after only taking nine steps forward.
"How... how is that possible?"
Even after Li Xingkong's figure returned to normal and appeared on the person's face, she was still basking in the smug satisfaction of having just trapped Li Xingkong.
Fast, too fast.
Li Xingkong's speed in deciphering this spatial maze exceeded her expectations.
Having left the maze Li Xingkong naturally wouldn't be as dazed as she was. The moment he emerged, Li Xingkong unleashed a Divine Light.
When the Divine Light light shone down on that person, the rings on that person's body seemed to crack open.
Perhaps Li Xingkong's attack triggered some mechanism within her, causing her body to become ethereal, allowing Divine Light to pass through and allowing her to dodge subsequent attacks.
Several beams of Divine Light struck her, but it was as if she had fallen into a spatial portal and been swallowed up by Shui Lingling without causing her the slightest harm.
The man's attacks, aside from the initial small ball, appeared somewhat weak.
She acted as if she'd never been in a fight before. But then again, she was a member of the Kilometer Arc; seeing her outfit, most people would run away as fast as they could, let alone dare to confront her.
After exchanging blows with him for a while, Li Xingkong also discovered the problem.
This guy's attacks are basically all based on props. He throws out spatial mazes here and gravity bombs there, and even special methods to dispel mental energy, all of which he throws at us like they're free.
Unfortunately, while Divine Sense and spiritual power may seem similar, there are actually quite a few differences between them.
Li Xingkong had gained the upper hand, but that was all. He couldn't really do anything about this person right now.
Killing her was obviously out of the question; Li Xingkong still needed the identity of the Axiom Arc. But he was also unwilling to let her go so easily, given her foul mouth.
After thinking for a while, Li Xingkong quickly came up with a plan.
When it comes down to it, this method of using their own methods against them is the most effective when it matters most.