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BAMM!! BOOMM!!
A series of booming sounds exploded one after another on this orange land, with each explosion, tens of puppets was being blown away to the sky as if swept by a forceful gale!
At this moment, a single figure stood up haggardly with both fists clenched tight, surrounded by countless fallen and dismembered puppets!
Pant! Pant!
"d.a.m.n it.. these puppets, they are stronger than before..!" he said as he wiped off the blood dripping down his lips.
BAMM!! BOOMMM!!
Duan Li"s breathing grew increasingly heavy as time pa.s.ses. Even his clothes were starting to tear up little by little as the punches and kicks from the puppets were more intense than those on the first round!
Thud!
This second round went on for quite a long while, and after it finally finished, he dropped down to his knees to catch his breath.
"What is wrong with this place? These puppets just keeps on coming at me one after another relentlessly!"
Have I offended their ancestors or killed their entire family or something?!
Just as he was about to curse with every syllable he could come up with, the mounds of broken puppets around him began to sank into the ground as if swallowed by a bottomless swamp!
Krrr...!
"What.. don"t tell me.." his countenance turned extremely grim.
Ssuuu..!
Countless ovoid clays swiftly emerged from the ground and morphed into those puppets once more, giving him an eery feeling as if looking at an army of undying legions!
"Again? How many rounds is this going to take before they are finished?" he exhaled out forcefully with a grunt, annoyance and frustrations crept up inside him.
After all, not having spiritual Qi was extremely difficult for a cultivator. For example, if his dantians were not sealed, he was confident that he could slap all these puppets out cold with just a single palm strike!
Nevertheless, Duan Li still stood up from the ground, and once more dashed towards the enemy ranks as he roared out!
"RAAHHHHHHH!!"
BAMM!! BOOMM!!
...
When the third round was finished, Duan Li"s clothes turned from unkempt state to tattered and his hair disheveled. Next, the fourth round began and by the end of it, his appearance transformed from that of a formidable cultivator to that of a street beggar, his face all dirty. In the fifth round, all he was left with was his underpants!
If one were to look at his current state, they would misunderstood him as almost being ravaged by vicious demons, almost losing his chast.i.ty!
Furthermore, his body was filled with many severe bruises, as if stung by an army of killer bees!
Right now, other than his hideous swollen looks, Duan Li was also experiencing troubles of breathing properly as his stamina finally reached rock bottom.
Thud!
"I.. really hope.. that would be.. the last round.." he said with gritted teeth as he fell flat on the ground, his muscles and bones was hurting all over.
...
The Eternal being was currently gazing down with indifferent expression, watching the entire scene unfolding before him with his hands behind his back and thought for a moment.
"So, he managed to last five rounds before almost collapsing. Not too bad."
Since you have already ran out of stamina, let"s see if you can fight for another round, as only then would you be able to truly surpa.s.s your limits!
With a single thought, the color of truths around him began to seethe intensely and a myriad of hums rang throughout this mystical s.p.a.ce that this Eternal being was in.
With an imposing will, he stared right down at Duan Li.
Whether or not you will live through this is inconsequential. Your real fight begins now!
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TAK! TAK!
"Ahh.. am I going to die here..?" Duan Li muttered in between his haggard breathing helplessly, as he watched the fallen puppets that was being brought to life once more was closing in on him.
By the looks of it, they"ve gotten stronger too!
"I"ve already ran out of stamina.. there is no way I could continue to fight anymore.."
He was already laying flat on the ground, barely even able to turn his head around to take a look, not even mentioning fighting for another round!
As he thought of this, his eyelids suddenly felt really heavy and his vision started to blur. At any given moment now, he would faint and lose the trial!
Duan Li was finally reaching the limits of his consciousness with all his stamina depleted!
But then, a flash of memories repeated through his mind. Memories that he never wanted to recall if he could.
Whoosh!
The scene of the Jiu Empire being torn apart.. the city of Nine Lotuses spread with cold corpses laying around with many familiar faces among them, and finally, the scene where the lifeless body of his mother, Meng Yue, laid cold on his pair of bloodied arms..
No.. No...
"NO!!"
BAMMM!!
Duan Li"s right hand slammed the ground, causing cracks that spread out like cobwebs around it. He then slowly pushed himself up, his face was as dark as the night due to being shrouded by his hair.
An eery vibe radiated out from Duan Li, causing even the lifeless puppets to suddenly flinch upon feeling this aura of his!
Tap! CRACK!
With every step that he took, the ground beneath him shattered, as if unable to support the insurmountable weight of his body!
Clench.. punch!
This single movement of his was slow as a snail, but the effects of it was devastating!
BOOOMMM!!
The ground shook, the sky trembled, and puppets was sent flying and raining down to the ground like flies!
TAK! TAK!
As if being agitated by this, the puppets immediately rushed forward and their lifeless eyes now contained a hint of intelligence within them.
Still, while their punches and kicks were ten times heavier than before, as if coming into contact with a thick metal wall, each of their limbs were crushed the moment they connected to any parts of Duan Li"s body!
He was invincible!
"This.. young master has achieved the Martial True Instinct!" the little sword commented with a horrified voice.
Martial True Instinct, this was the pinnacle form of martial arts that one could ever hope to accomplish as a martial artists!
Responding purely by the bodily instinct alone, derived from the countless numbers of battles a martial artists has experienced, one would be able to focus all power within their body into any of the limb that was reacting to the external threat, resulting in an explosion of power that could never be achieved before!
"To think that the young master has achieved it this early.. even without the help from the mysterious pearls, he would now be able to almost solve any threat on his own by just possessing this mythical arts alone!"
As long as his opponents isn"t too heaven-defying, young master would never lose with this ability!
h.e.l.l, if this was combined with the First Warring Intent technique that boosted one"s combat prowess even further, even Nascent Soul Realm experts would no longer be his match!
"Furthermore, if young master uses the Golden Hair mode, even immortals would be in trouble!"
I seemed to remember that there was a second mode to that too..
The little sword shivered as he thought of this. A mortal that has yet to ascend to immortality was already capable of contending with the immortals..
How scary is that?!
...
"True Martial Instinct!" the Eternal being narrowed his eyes slightly as he said this in astonishment, before nodding in satisfaction.
I wanted you to overcome your limits, but you"ve broken it entirely..
...
In a land far away, an old man with a long white beard and white robe fell down from his bed with a loud "thud!".
"Ah! W-What happened?"
He then looked onto the ceiling where a patch of it was broken and fell down onto the very end of his bed, causing it to be flipped over and catapulting him towards the floor, landing flat on his face.
"How unlucky.." he thought to himself, feeling aggrieved.
But at the next moment, he seemed to have realized something as his eyes turned wide!
Wait a moment..!!
He then rushed out from his room, and when he entered this place that was filled with numerous engravings and depictions of fate as well as stories of the ancient past and the future, he noticed that on the very corner of it, a new drawing was carved onto it!
"This..!!"
This new drawing was a depiction of a silhouette that stood on top of a very tall mountain, its shadow was long and had overcasted the land below it in darkness.
Somehow, this silhouette and its shadow seemed to depict loneliness after reaching the very top of the peak.
The old man with the white beard pondered for a moment before his eyes flashed into an epiphany.
Wengg!
With a flick of his finger, a quill and a dilapidated looking book appeared on his hand.
He then wrote down;
"To stood at the very top with no equal no more, it is lonely."
Nodding satisfactorily, he flicked his fingers once more and stored this book away.
While his status was one that could cause numerous experts in the Tian continent to rally towards him should he desired something in order to curry in his favor, his side occupation was also writing books, and constructing poems was one of his favorite hobbies!
The book just now was one of the many poem books that he was drafting, and he added those lines into it.
In time, this book of his would be published worldwide, even reaching to the most remote of all of the multiverses, which was beyond his wildest imaginations!
In time, unparalleled expert would eventually quote this phrase from his long stretches of poem;
To stood at the very top with no equal no more, it is lonely.
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