Fierce Saber—Dream's End on the Horizon's Path!

"Eighty!" "Eighty!" "Eighty!" Yu Xian brought his staff down blow after blow, relentlessly battering the Mechanical Dragon Knight. Though "eighty" was on his lips, he was actually tallying his strikes in his mind, feeling a very peculiar stress accumulating within his body. Evidently, this accumulated stress was the profound secret behind the immense destructive power unleashed by the Nine Thousand and One Divine Demon-Subduing Staff Technique. Nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine strikes were delivered in merely a few seconds. Immediately afterward, Yu Xian felt an overwhelmingly potent force surge out from within him, and under this power, the Sea-Calming Divine Needle erupted in dazzling radiance. With a single strike— The Mechanical Dragon Knight's head exploded on the spot. Gripping the staff, Yu Xian couldn't help throwing his head back with a long roar. Exhilarating! Some might wonder why Li Zhenlong had never used this move. The reason was actually quite simple: Li Zhenlong had been ganged up on and never had the opportunity to pull it off. Now, however, the tables were turned—it was the Mechanical Dragon Knight being ganged up on. Furthermore, the strength Yu Xian wielded now was not purely Li Zhenlong's power alone; it was also combined with Yu Xian's own might and the strength of his summoned beast, the Sliuge. Fused together, these forces were far greater than Li Zhenlong had been on his own. Most importantly, of course, the Mechanical Dragon Knight had lost his dragon. When mounted together as one, the Mechanical Dragon Knight and the mechanical dragon saw their prowess skyrocket; once separated, his strength was shaved by thirty percent. When thirty percent of a Mighty One's power was stripped away, the gap became vast. Yu Xian did not halt his assault. Even though the Mechanical Dragon Knight's head had been blown to bits by his staff, that did not mean the knight was dead. Yet just as he continued swinging his staff, an enormous battleship—so vast its boundaries were impossible to discern—slowly came into view in the far distance. The Mechanical Empire had arrived. Seeing this, Yu Xian could only let out a long sigh and decisively take flight, pulling back all his summoned beasts. Now was not the time to clash with Margot Moxi. Yu Xian felt he would need to inherit the legacies of at least one or two hundred Mighty Ones on Li Zhenlong's level before he could be confident in taking her on. …… …… By the time the Mechanical Empire reached the Mechanical Dragon Knight's side, he had already begun self-repairing. Both Margot Moxi and the Mechanical Empire were taken aback by the gruesome state of the Mechanical Dragon Knight. A swarm of robots poured out from the Mechanical Empire, one of them carrying a partition of Margot Moxi's consciousness. Coming before the Mechanical Dragon Knight, she looked at his shattered head. After confirming that his data core was intact, she asked, "What happened? Where is your dragon?" "..." The single eye the Mechanical Dragon Knight had just repaired dimmed immediately, and his head sank low. He had failed Margot Moxi's mission. Not only had he failed to kill the target, but he had nearly been killed himself. Moreover, he hadn't retrieved Li Zhenlong's corpse, and he had even lost his dragon. "..." Looking at the Mechanical Dragon Knight, who appeared so mortified he wished he could self-destruct, Margot Moxi was left speechless. Striving to suppress her emotions, she asked, "Who was the enemy? Surely you at least know that much?" "..." The Mechanical Dragon Knight lowered his head even further. There had been far too many enemies around; he genuinely wasn't sure which one had been the true culprit. In that moment, Margot Moxi desperately wanted to unleash a torrent of curses. What kind of useless piece of junk was this? He had suffered a double loss, losing the battle and his own assets, yet didn't even know who the enemy was! Fortunately, her mechanical vessel forced her to swallow her indignation; her data body was strictly regulated by the mechanical frame, preventing her from bursting into loud invective. …… …… Meanwhile, on another front... While Yu Xian fled with his spoils and Margot Moxi could only nurse her silent frustration, outside the Tree Universe, inside the Transcender Whale, Quan Juehua finally took a crucial step. Quan Juehua had no idea how much time had elapsed, but he had finally condensed an Origin Seed within his body! The moment the Calamity Origin was condensed into an Origin Seed, he felt his entire being sublime. An unimaginably vast power radiated from the Origin Seed, making his whole body feel as though it had entered a new dimension. "Is this the power of an Origin Returner?" Quan Juehua opened his eyes as the power of the Origin Seed slowly welled up. He clenched his fist lightly, purple energy burning across the surface of his body like flames, exuding an ominous aura with every passing moment. "Congratulations. You've finally succeeded," Dui Tianji spoke at that moment. The next second, Quan Juehua turned and seized Dui Tianji by the throat. Looking upon the now even more beautiful and alluring Dui Tianji, his eyes held no trace of appreciation—only cold detachment and murderous intent. "What on earth are you?" Quan Juehua demanded coldly, glaring into Dui Tianji's face. The power of the Calamity Origin slowly channeled through his hand into Dui Tianji's body. If Dui Tianji misspoke by even a single word or dared try to fool him again, he would kill her without hesitation. "What am I?" "I am you!" Hearing Quan Juehua's question, Dui Tianji chuckled softly. Courting death! Still trying to fool him! Quan Juehua's killing intent flared instantly. A pitch-black long saber materialized in his hand—this was his natal weapon, the Fierce Saber—Dream's End on the Horizon's Path. The saber's shape somewhat resembled a Miao Dao, but its curve far exceeded one, making it practically a scimitar—yet it was far longer than an ordinary scimitar, and its tip was exceedingly slender and elongated, giving off an intensely perilous menace. "Since you refuse to speak the truth, then die!" Quan Juehua hurled Dui Tianji away with force, gripped the saber with both hands the next instant, and slashed down at her. Fierce Saber, Severing Strike! Quan Juehua held nothing back at all. Moreover, with this strike, he infused his newly acquired power into the blade, clearly hell-bent on slaughtering Dui Tianji. It had to be said that once Quan Juehua brought out his true abilities, his strength was terrifying beyond measure. Beneath the blade, Dui Tianji's body was sheared clean in two. Her fair, glistening flesh was like rich ointment and jade, beautiful as gemstones, as if the most exquisite creation in the world. Alas, Quan Juehua was not swayed in the slightest. What followed was a frenzied barrage of slashes, cleaving into Dui Tianji's flesh again and again. Yet at this point, he also noticed something amiss. With his might, a single slash should have reduced the vast majority of matter to dust and ash. How could Dui Tianji's flesh remain intact, only able to be cut piece by piece? "Hehehehe... your mind is troubled again." Suddenly, Dui Tianji's laughter sounded beside Quan Juehua's ear. Quan Juehua's pupils constricted in an instant. He whipped his head around—Dui Tianji was actually standing beside him completely unharmed. He immediately looked back toward the Dui Tianji he had hacked into countless pieces; the severed chunks of her corpse were still lying there. "What... the fuck kind of monstrosity are you?!" Veins bulged on Quan Juehua's forehead. The power of the Origin Seed within him erupted, and with a roaring bellow, he raised his hand and slashed at Dui Tianji once more. Several hours later, chunks of corpses littered the ground all around Quan Juehua. Disbelieving, he looked back—Dui Tianji was still standing there stark naked, flashing him a playful smile. Hehehe... Dui Tianji's laughter rang out once more.