True Solution of the Sword Dao

The massive sword shadow condensed as if it were solid, forming a material similar to crystal. It was crystal clear.

Ning Que and Lin Fei understood each other perfectly, and didn’t waste any words on Feis; they swung their sword straight away.

The transparent sword shadow spun in a slash, stirring up a fierce wind as it cleaved towards Feis.

Tiny silver runes flickered on the enormous blade, making it look exceptionally magnificent.

This attack, Ning Que hadn’t used his Sword Intent, using only a regular peak A-level strength attack. Yet even so, it had already made Feis’s complexion turn ugly.

Here, Feis was just an avatar, his power not at his peak full strength, whereas Ning Que was at his full physical strength, not even a single avatar had he split off. Thus, even if their original strengths were equal, this would put him at a clear disadvantage, not to mention that there was also the watchful Yan Fei on the side.

Feis’s expression became stern. The cross on his chest suddenly brightened, emitting a dazzling halo.

"Word of Light!" he whispered.

A ring of white symbols suddenly flew out from around him, continuously spinning as they emitted a soft white light. While not intense, the light was extraordinarily tenacious.

The sword shadow silently struck it and seemed to be stuck in countless webs, slowing down increasingly and soon being completely immobilized.

The Night Kings outside the barrier both changed expressions.

"This person Yan Fei invited is very strong!" the Night King said gravely, "The sword strike just now would have been difficult for either of us to receive. It’s power is on a different level. We are still not capable of contending with them in terms of absolute strength."

Loga watched the scene inside the barrier intently, saying nothing, his eyes darkening a bit.

Ning Que stretched out a hand to point.

Another similar sword shadow suddenly flew out with a clang, merging with the previous one.

Instantly, a powerful shock force caused Feis to stagger back several steps, hitting the barrier wall before stopping.

The sword shadow was only mere centimeters from his cheek, with sharp auras continuously spreading, making Feis’s complexion completely change.

He had originally come out to ambush others but didn’t expect to be ambushed himself. Moreover, what he could not accept the most was that with just two sword strikes from the opponent, he was already pushed into a somewhat sorry state.

"Holy Judgment!" he shouted loudly. A cluster of white virtual wings suddenly spread from his back. A faint hymn sounded in the air.

With a hiss, a ring of milky-white light spread out from him like ripples.

Ning Que pressed his right hand down, and the ground in front of him roared, being fiercely smashed half a meter down. Along with it, the white light ring in this direction was directly crushed and disappeared.

But soon, the light rings condensed again and continued to spread towards Ning Que and Lin Fei without slowing down.

"Huh?" Ning Que was slightly startled and was about to make another move.

"Let me handle this," Lin Fei stepped forward and said, "This is the Holy See’s Immortal Holy Judgment. This type of pure energy attack can’t be negated by mere physical attacks."

He spread his palm, and a ring of golden light points condensed into a golden crystal. He gently tossed the crystal directly into the front of the expanding light ring.

With a couple of crisp snaps, both the crystal and the light ring exploded and dissolved into nothing.

Lin Fei shook his head slightly. "The power of the Holy See is very troublesome and exceptionally pure. I’ve only suppressed it temporarily; this ability hasn’t been truly broken yet. You need to hurry up."

Ning Que nodded. Swords on his sides went ’clang, clang, clang’ several times. Numerous sword shadows flew out.

The virtual sword shadows continued to fly out, stacking upon the previous sword shadows.

With each overlay of sword shadows, Feis’s body would shudder violently once. His complexion also grew a few shades paler.

As more and more sword shadows accumulated, strands of fresh blood slowly oozed from Feis’s features.

The horror in his heart far exceeded what was shown on the surface.

The Light of Holy Judgment, even within the Holy See itself, was something only he had truly cultivated to the Immortal Realm. The light rings he released were something that even other A-level peak powerhouses at his level could only temporarily avoid by retreating to a safe distance.

Thus, although this ability had the downsides of small range and high energy consumption, he still practiced it as one of his main offensive methods.

He had not expected that Yan Fei, merely by releasing a golden crystal, temporarily completely suppressed the Immortal Holy Judgment, and it seemed he still had plenty of strength to spare.

He knew that this ability, even for him, could only be performed after angelification amplified his own strength.

In this situation, either the opponent themselves possesed a top-level attack approach, or their energy system far surpassed holy power. The latter, Feis naturally did not believe.

"It looks like I’ve met my match this time," Feis, an old hand at A-level, thought. Losing an avatar didn’t matter much to him, as with their resources, using a massive amount of restorative treasures wasn’t a big deal. But the loss of the Adarosha hourglass was truly painful. And the unexpected frustration made him extremely irritated. Originally he was prepared to ambush others, but it turned out that he himself was the one ambushed.

"Yan Fei, are you really prepared to make an enemy of the Holy See? If you stop now, there might still be a chance for reconciliation." His eyes flickered, "If you truly annihilate this incarnation of mine today, you might later be hunted by the inquisition of heretics. Even though you are an A-level powerhouse and a golden councilor, the strength of the Holy See is beyond your imagination. I hope you consider this carefully."

Lin Fei smiled indifferently.

"If you hadn’t conspired with three peers to ambush me, would I have taken the initiative against you? Do you really think the Holy See is the only great power in this world? What about those heretics, the Tower of Wisdom, the Temple of the Gods—are they all incapable of withstanding a single blow from the Holy See?"

"Of course, I wouldn’t dare say that, but while we might not stand against them, we are confident in handling you. Think it over..."

Feis’s gaze darkened, and the white wings on his back constantly emitted countless white light specks, warding off the relentless sword shadows from Ning Que. Nevertheless, the milky halo still showed signs of faltering. He pulled a yellow-brown scroll from his black robe, quickly tore it open, and a layer of yellow haze miraculously appeared on the periphery of the white halo, intercepting the large sword’s phantom attack.

"I admit that we intended to ambush you, but it wasn’t successful, was it!? And you didn’t suffer any losses, so why don’t we just drop this issue? Your Dream Eater World and we originally didn’t have any dealings–this was just an exception." However, he was determined in his heart that once he returned, he’d gather more strength and must completely resolve the issue with Yan Fei. Anyone of her age reaching such a level implied even greater potential for future development.

"Alright then." Ning Que suddenly interrupted him, a slight smile on his face. He pointed a finger towards Feis.

"Slash!"

Suddenly, numerous overlapping sword images emitted a slight moan and then exploded thunderously, turning into a silvery fireball. It completely engulfed the area where Feis was.

Only then did Ning Que speak more calmly, "My Heaven Dominating Extreme Slash isn’t so easily countered. The longer the overlapping time, the stronger the burst of energy in an instant. With over a hundred overlapping sword images, each one is equivalent to a normal strike from me. With over a hundred overlaid, it’s equivalent to the aggregate of hundreds of my attacks. Even I wouldn’t dare to face it head on."

Lin Fei was slightly shocked inwardly. Such an attack was simply deadlier the longer it was charged. Although it was slow, in this type of enclosed environment and in a siege, it definitely had an unexpectedly extraordinary effect in breaking the enemy.

"This kind of swordsmanship..." He was just about to speak when Ning Que interrupted him.

"You can’t master this move. Heaven Dominating Extreme Slash requires a very peculiar kind of energy aura to cultivate successfully, and such an aura simply cannot exist in this world." He directly transmitted his voice to him.

"Besides, if it weren’t for this kind of environment, this move wouldn’t be very useful. Plus, it takes at least a century to learn."

Once Lin Fei heard about the time required, he immediately extinguished the thought of cultivating it.

The location where Feis was had already been completely enveloped in silver. The condensed energy, nearly tangible, fiercely rampaged within the silvery sphere, destroying everything inside down to molecular, atomic, and even electron level particles.

The figure of Feis, in the instant the sword shadows exploded, was completely obliterated into countless bits of flesh and blood and then ground into smaller particles, completely invisible.

The barrier as well, due to the outbreak of the sword shadows, directly exploded a big hole at the back.

The whole barrier slowly rippled and rapidly turned into an illusion before disappearing.

The silvery light sphere also swiftly shrank and then popped like a bubble, taking Feis’s incarnation with it, completely turning into nothingness. Only a small egg-sized hourglass remained on the spot.

The hourglass fell to the ground, still flickering with a faint white light, surprisingly not completely annihilated by the tremendous strength. Unknown what material it was made of.

Lin Fei walked over and bent down to pick up the hourglass.

"Is this the Adarosha hourglass?" he focused and observed this reputed artifact capable of erasing existences.

It’s just an egg-sized dark-red hourglass, with milky-white fine sand inside that was slowly trickling down, unaffected by shaking,

Lin Fei turned it upside down, and the sand in the hourglass still fell in one direction, seemingly unaffected by gravity. Mysteriously indefinable.

The barrier disappeared.

The Night King and Roga also slowly came into view.

"The legendary Adarosha Hourglass. It can only be used once when all the sand has completely run to the other side. It is said that if it can seal an A-level powerhouse’s incarnation and destroy it, then along with it, the other four parts of that powerhouse will also be automatically destroyed. In our circle at this level, it’s quite a famous holy artifact. Other than the usage time restriction, it’s pretty good."

The Night King said, looking at the hourglass in Lin Fei’s hands.

"Apart from the hourglass, all other belongings of this incarnation were completely destroyed. Now we have definitely made a deadly enemy of Feis," Lin Fei said softly. "But it doesn’t matter; they were the ones who came looking first."

Suddenly, his expression changed dramatically, his face turning stark.

"What’s going on? Could someone have known in advance that I was going to take this divine artifact part?" he said gravely.

Tens of kilometers away from this location, inside a luxurious manor,

Lin Fei stood on the manor’s lawn, his expression grim, looking at a dark cellar entrance in front of him.

This was a projection he had just sent out, although only with the strength at the peak of B-level, but still sufficient to annihilate all members of the Artifact Family.

But upon arriving at the secret cellar reported to contain the divine artifact, he found it already completely empty.

Behind Lin Fei stood a group of golden-clad individuals, led by a man and a woman, the man handsome with blond hair; the woman displaying crow’s feet, an oriental lady.

"What exactly happened?" Lin Fei’s voice was cold, suppressing his anger. (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, please visit qidian.com to vote for recommendation and monthly tickets, your support is my greatest motivation.)