Traveling across the globe for the first time

Chapter 978 Dugu Nine Swords Advancement
Zhang Haoran did not launch an attack immediately, but waited for the main force to get closer. The two of them had just run tens of thousands of meters, which was almost beyond the attack range of some experts who had broken through to the sixth level.

He made sarcastic remarks to buy time for everyone.

Even without him saying it, the group had already quickly approached under Fang Ping's command.

When Emperor Ji saw the powerful figures from the Three Realms surrounding him with excited expressions, hope shone in his eyes. If he could break through the crowd, he wouldn't be in such a passive position anymore.

Unfortunately, Fang Ping was quite cunning. When the two sides were still thousands of miles apart, he stopped everyone and set up the formation again.

Moreover, everyone was gathered together, giving the other side no chance to launch a surprise attack.

As soon as they had formed their battle formation, Fang Ping immediately commanded his men to launch a fierce attack.
Fang Ping, Zhang Tao, and Feng Tiandi continued to construct the Fengtian Gate, while Zhen Tianwang went around to the other side to prevent the enemy from escaping.

Fang Ping sneered and mocked, "Heh, a dignified emperor actually ran away in a battle with a heavenly king. You've completely disgraced the emperor."

In this world, the strong rule!
Since you've already been defeated, you should obediently admit defeat and await our judgment!

Upon hearing this, Emperor Ji's heart stirred. If admitting defeat would spare him, he was truly not afraid of losing face.

But when he met Fang Ping's hateful gaze, he immediately knew that this was impossible.

He buried the Emperor's Sword in the mortal realm for eight thousand years, incurring a debt of karma that cannot be resolved with a simple surrender.

Fang Ping's so-called punishment was to skin him alive, dismember him, and squeeze out all his value.

Even if they were lucky enough to survive, they would still be slaughtered by other emperors to fill the void.

Emperor Ji roared in despair, "Don't push your luck!"
If you are willing to cease hostilities here!

I, the Emperor, can promise that today's matter will be left behind, and I will no longer interfere in the affairs of the Three Realms.

"The majesty of the emperor is not something you can challenge. Don't force me to perish together with you."

As soon as he finished speaking, his blood and qi began to converge towards his heart, and a violent aura spread outwards, making him appear as if he were ready to self-destruct at any moment.

The meaning was clear: he was an emperor who could be defeated due to insufficient strength, but he absolutely could not admit defeat. As for letting others decide his fate, that was a pipe dream. At worst, he would just perish together with them!
The violent aura made everyone's hearts tremble. Several Heavenly Kings subconsciously slowed their attacks. The excitement they had felt when chasing the Emperor was gone, and their expressions became solemn.

The emperors have been high and mighty for too long. To make them bow their heads, admit defeat, and acknowledge their failure is more painful than killing them.

If a king were to self-destruct, the entire underground cave would likely be reduced to nothingness, and everyone around him would be buried with him.

Seeing that these Heavenly Kings were truly intimidated by the other party, Zhang Haoran was speechless. If an Emperor really wanted to self-destruct, what good would your fear do?

He believed that the Spirit Emperor would self-destruct, and he also believed that the God Emperor would self-destruct.

The Human Emperor has endured for tens of thousands of years and would never self-destruct.

If he is killed by the crowd, he still has a chance to revive. But if he self-destructs, then he's really done for!
Your idea that he could self-destruct his physical body and spiritual power while preserving his original Dao and waiting for its revival is too naive.

Human Emperor Ji is now too badly injured. He can only self-destruct his physical body and spiritual power. He may not be able to kill the Eighth Heavenly King. If a group of people die, the remaining powerhouses will definitely hate him to the bone and will not give him a chance to be resurrected.

Furthermore, if Emperor Ji were to self-destruct and kill all the powerful figures present, Immortal Source would immediately collapse, and those crazed emperors would not give him a chance to be resurrected.

Besides, he still has a trump card he hasn't used yet. He hasn't even summoned the Gate of Qi and Blood. How could he possibly self-destruct unless he's forced into a desperate situation?

He's just trying to scare everyone with the self-destruction to buy himself some time to recover from his injuries.

Once he's recovered enough, we'll figure out a way to escape.

"hehe!"

Zhang Haoran sneered, "Let's die together, then so be it!"
You should self-destruct right now, immediately, right now!
None of those who dare to stand here today are afraid of death.

If you don't expose yourself, I'll look down on you.

Fang Ping was initially taken aback by the Emperor's posture.

Now that he realized what was happening, he said with a look of disdain, "Self-destruct? Who are you trying to scare? You're dreaming if you think you can scare me."

There are at least 8,000, if not 10,000, of our human race who have self-destructed; I've seen that kind of thing many times.

If you're going to self-destruct, then do it quickly and don't drag it out.

Does a self-destruction by a king really require such a long preparation time?
"Let's make it simple, bang! Explode!"

"Why don't you just self-destruct!"

"You're terrified, aren't you!"

"A dignified ruler like yourself actually uses self-destruction to scare people. I'm ashamed for you."

Hearing the two men's mockery, everyone realized what was happening and looked at the Emperor with disdain.

Zhang Haoran looked at Tianbi and laughed loudly: "Hahaha!"

Senior Tianbi, can you hear me?

A true sage!
They actually threatened us with self-destruction?

This is a huge joke.

If it weren't for you bastards for forcing us, why would a group of Heavenly Kings risk besieging and killing an Emperor?
Heavenly Arm God!
Why don't you set an example for His Majesty first, let him know what self-destruction is like, without any scruples, he can blow me up too.

"Hahahaha!"

Tianbi laughed and rushed over, saying, "Ji! I never thought you'd end up like this, actually resorting to self-destruction to threaten a group of Heavenly Kings. Do you have any shame?"
Isn't it just self-destruction?

"If you've got the guts, don't run away. I'll take you down with me!"

The treacherous Emperor's face turned extremely gloomy. He was just saying it casually, of course he wouldn't actually self-destruct!
While fending off Zhang Haoran's sneak attacks, he sprinted away to distance himself from Tianbi, that madman. He knew that Tianbi was truly willing to self-destruct and had been looking for an opportunity to take him down with him.

Upon seeing the Human Emperor begin to flee again, Fang Ping immediately ordered, "On my command, launch a unified attack."

Human Emperor Ji suddenly stopped. He wanted to take advantage of the fact that the other powerful figures had not yet organized the next wave of attacks to deal with the most troublesome matter first.

"Sword Master! Do you really think I can't handle your sword domain?"

"too naive!"

"Let's see how you dodge this punch."

Having been on the battlefield for many years and experienced countless battles, Emperor Ji had already devised a way to break the deadlock during the time he spent arguing with everyone.

He gathered all his energy and threw a punch at Zhang Haoran, who was chasing after him. His fist emitted a dark golden light, and it looked like the same move as before.

Although it is the same fighting method, the way of exerting force is different. This punch is no longer an internal explosion, but a powerful impact.

Human Emperor Ji has discovered that the opponent's domain is not large, only 6000 meters in radius, and this domain will move as he moves.

If you keep running away, it will be difficult to escape the domain's control, since the other party can teleport within the domain.

However, what if he could send it flying with a single punch? He could then break free from the domain's suppression.

So this time, disregarding his injuries, he mobilized all his energy and delivered a powerful blow.

The energy released by this punch exceeded 80 million. As long as the enemy is not yet at level nine, they will be crushed by the attack.

"boom!"

A gigantic fist shadow swept across the void, almost filling the entire world. It intended to crush Zhang Haoran with absolute power and send him flying.

Therefore, this time he used a wide-range attack, a map-wide attack. The shadow of his fist filled all the space within the domain. No matter how he teleported, he could not dodge this punch and could only take it head-on.

It should be noted that the Human Emperor's blood energy is twice as high as his; if he were to unleash his full power, he could definitely send him flying.

Zhang Haoran sensed the power of the punch and immediately understood what his opponent wanted to do. His eyes flashed with golden light as he tried to find the flaw in the punch.

This time, the attack is overwhelming; there's no room for trickery. The only way to break through this punch is to exploit the opponent's weaknesses.

Otherwise, he would have been blasted away by that punch, and without the suppression of the sword domain, Emperor Ji might have really escaped.

We haven't obtained the true blood yet, so we absolutely cannot let the other party leave, otherwise we'll be at a huge loss.

He fought a bloody battle for nothing, even incurring a fatal enmity with the emperor, and ended up with nothing. This was not the outcome Zhang Haoran wanted to see.

His mind was calmer than ever before. All the sword techniques he currently knew flashed through his mind. He had to find a sword technique that could counter this attack.

"No, this is too rushed! I need to stall for time first."

The next moment, Zhang Haoran's sword-wielding arm seemed to disappear, and he unleashed a sword strike at an extremely fast speed.

The sword light was incredibly fast, striking the fist shadow almost instantly.

hum!
A mysterious wave spread out, and the huge fist shadow seemed to sink into a quagmire, its speed slowing down instantly.

Zhang Haoran focused all his sword intent into his eyes, unleashing a burst of silver light several meters long.

The sword spirit that had been floating in the air was also drawn back into his sea of ​​consciousness, and all his mental energy was used to observe this punch.

He just used the time slowdown technique of the Quick Sword Path to slow down everything within the domain.

Zhang Haoran decided to use a sixth-tier immortal sword soul to forcibly raise the level of the Dugu Nine Swords in order to see the flaw in this punch.

Countless insights into swordsmanship surfaced in his mind, all of which he used to improve the Dugu Nine Swords. This was the first time he had actively used his understanding of swordsmanship to upgrade the grade of a sword technique, a completely new experience.

Perhaps it was the potential that erupted under the critical situation, or perhaps it was because his accumulation was too profound, that made it almost a natural progression. The grade of the Dugu Nine Swords began to advance to the fourth rank, and strands of the laws unique to the Dugu Nine Swords began to rapidly condense...

"Zheng!"

A completely new aura of swordsmanship appeared, sweeping away the oppressive feeling brought by the golden fist shadow.

With the blessing of a sixth-tier sword spirit, the Dugu Nine Swords can now unleash the power of a high-level fifth-tier sword.

The third and fourth tiers represent a significant dividing line. Third-tier sword techniques are still within the realm of skill; anyone with enough effort and talent can achieve this.

The fourth tier, however, involves laws and is at the level of the Dao.

The so-called skill approaching the Dao is only close; even the strongest third-tier sword technique can only unleash some of its characteristics and cannot reach the level of the laws.

The moment Zhang Haoran reached the fourth level of the Dugu Nine Swords, a brand new path was immediately integrated into the sword path, which further enhanced his strength. Zhang Haoran's blood energy had reached 3900 million. If he could increase his blood energy by another million, he could try to break through the third void gate and advance to the pseudo-emperor realm!
At that time, with the powerful sixth-tier sword soul, even a fully-fledged emperor can put up a fight, or at least won't be crushed by the opponent.

Of course, the emperors he mentioned do not include those freaks whose blood energy has exceeded 100 million.

Now that time has slowed down, Zhang Haoran even has time to comprehend the newly integrated sword path.

This swordsmanship focuses not on killing, but on breaking techniques.

It has a certain restraining effect on all laws and can also find weaknesses in combat tactics.

Of course, this is not absolute. Supreme laws such as time, space, destruction, immortality, reincarnation, and cause and effect cannot be restrained.

Even with ordinary laws, if the other party comprehends them deeply enough, breaking the law won't be very effective; both parties must be at the same level.

Moreover, the power transfer in the original Dugu Nine Swords did not form a law; it was still within the scope of technique and could only exert some of its characteristics.

However, this kind of Dugu Nine Swords is enough for him. One sword can break through all laws, which is the pursuit of all swordsmen.

Once his swordsmanship is integrated with this law, it will become much simpler to implement.

When Dugu Nine Swords advanced to the fourth level, and the golden fist shadow was slowed down by time, its flight speed was very slow. He quickly discovered the flaws in it, and there was more than one.

Even if the other party is an emperor, as long as they have not broken through the constraints of this world, it means that they have not fully mastered a law.

The tactics created are naturally not perfect, and it is normal for them to have so many flaws.

"Heh! You think you can send me flying with this kind of boxing? Dream on."

Zhang Haoran sneered and lightly thrust out his sword, aiming at the biggest flaw he saw.

"Zheng!"

A thin beam of sword light shot out and struck the golden fist shadow.

The next moment, the enormous fist shadow that almost filled the entire sky began to dissipate like a bubble. This time, he not only used the Dugu Nine Swords, but also the Deceptive Sword Path.

These two sword styles are highly compatible. When combined, they not only make his swordsmanship even more unpredictable, but also almost impossible to defend against.

The scene before him completely stunned Emperor Ji; his all-out punch was easily broken by the opponent.

Only after Dugu Nine Swords advanced to the fourth rank did he truly possess the strength to fight against an emperor.

It will no longer be suppressed by the opponent's powerful energy.

Due to the time lag phenomenon, it only occurs within the realm of Kendo.

To everyone else, he simply threw two sword strikes and broke the emperor's full-force attack without even suffering much impact himself, let alone sending him flying.

The first sword strike was barely visible to the crowd; they only saw a flash of white light. However, the second sword strike was truly just a light, fleeting strike, and the amount of blood energy it unleashed was definitely less than 4000 million.

Yet, this very sword strike shattered the emperor's all-out punch, without even unleashing a shockwave.

This not only demonstrated exceptional insight, striking a weakness in the battle strategy, but also remarkable control, allowing the massive energy to dissipate slowly.

This scene gave Hongkun a strong sense of déjà vu; Zhang Haoran had used this move before, easily breaking his killing move.

However, the power of the Dugu Nine Swords now is incomparable to that of the past. It has already exuded the aura of laws, rather than being forcibly upgraded in grade by the sword soul.

(End of this chapter)