Chapter 294: Battling Duan Long
Tang Yin stealthily strode towards the Tier 4 Typhoon Cyclone Formation. The Abyssal Sword manifested in his hand as he did so.
Tang Yin mercilessly stabbed the Abyssal Sword into the Typhoon Cyclone Formation. Its essence and energy were rapidly devoured by the Abyssal Sword.
The energy gained from the Array Formation was transitioned into Abyss Qi which suppressed the Typhoon Cyclone Formation from bringing out its power, whilst aiding the Abyssal Sword to Devour even quicker and larger chunks of the Array Formation.
Within a few moments, a large hole had been cut open or rather devoured in the Typhoon Cyclone Array Formation. At the same time, the Abyss Qi swirling around the Abyssal Sword had reached a terrifying amount.
The Abyssal Sword was devouring a Tier 4 Array Formation, after all.
Tang Yin did not stop though. He wanted the Abyssal Sword to Devour a good chunk of the Tier 4 Typhoon Cyclone Formation for Abyss Qi. The resulting sword strike would be devastating.
A minute later, Tang Yin could see the Wind Principles in the atmosphere gather at the centre of the valley.
’He’s finally noticed me.’ Tang Yin thought.
By now, the Typhoon Cyclone Formation had already been reduced to only half of its size, and the Abyss Qi around the Abyssal Sword was Brobdingnagian.
Tang Yin promptly stopped devouring the Typhoon Cyclone Formation. He then flew up into the sky, away from the valley. A silent unnoticeable streak of cyan light followed him.
Tang Yin stopped once he reached a high enough altitude where the battle between him and Duan Long would be unobservable.
The silent streak of cyan light flashed across the night sky like a shooting star, stopping a couple of hundred metres away from Tang Yin.
The cyan light receded to reveal a slightly handsome man who seemed to be in his mid-40s.
The man was tall and lean, with a chiselled face and piercing blue eyes that sparked with wisdom and experience. His hair was dark and neatly combed back, revealing a few wisps of grey at the temples, hinting at his advanced age. Despite his age, he held himself with a confident and youthful demeanour, as if he had yet to age.
He was dressed in traditional cultivator robes, made of fine silk and embroidered with intricate patterns and that spoke of his status and skill. His attire was immaculate and well-maintained, a testament to his attention to detail and self-respect.
As he stood there, gazing at Tang Yin, his expression changed many times, until it settled to one of acceptance and ferociousness.
"I know that someone has commissioned my assassination in the Neutral Cultivation Alliance, it was most probably that old dog Hu Yan Lao." Duan Long spoke with hatred.
"I have prepared for this moment, but I implore you to spare the Duan Family from this battle. Whatever the outcome, please show mercy to my Family." As Duan Long said this, he bowed to Tang Yin.
"Duan Long, I understand your concerns for your family, and I assure you that I have no business with them. I appreciate your show of respect and will not touch your family. Just know that the person who killed you is Demonic Asura." Tang Yin spoke with admiration and reassurance. He was not lying, he had no interest in the Duan Family members.
As soon as he finished speaking, Tang Yin swung the Abyssal Sword towards Duan Long with all his might. "Void Splitting Slash."
The amount of power imbued in this specific Void Splitting Slash was colossal. Tang Yin utilized the full power of his body, a Tier 3 Martial Skill and a terrifying amount of Abyss Qi. The power output was obviously insane.
An extremely paper-thin black line shot towards Duan Long. The latter simply did not have enough time to dodge. So, he decided to use a defensive Martial Skill.
"Whirlwind Defence" Countless cyan Wind Principles gathered from the immediate surroundings to create a small, concentrated whirlwind around Duan Long, offering him protection against the world.
BOOOOOM
The Void Splitting Slash instantly arrived before Duan Long’s Whirlwind Defence, colliding into it with a loud explosion.
The Void Splitting Slash smashed through the Whirlwind Defence with apparent ease. However, it had used up half of its power.
Duan Long’s eyes widened in shock. However, a glint appeared within them in the next instance.
"Shockwave Tremor!" The scattered Wind Principles from the Whirlwind Defence exploded to create tremoring shockwaves which collided with the slowed Void Splitting Slash relentlessly.
Within 2 seconds, the hundreds of wind shockwaves had whittled down the Void Splitting Slash to a mere wisp of Abyss Qi.
But Duan Long had to pay a price for such sudden explosive power. Blood trickled out of his mouth, past his lips and down his chin.
’Such a terrifying technique. If the Whirlwind Defence did not slow down its momentum by a fraction, I would have been obliterated.’ Fear still lingered in Duan Long’s heart from the dissipating Void Splitting Slash. He had only survived due to his lifelong experience and hasty manoeuvres.
’As expected of a Tier 3 Martial Skill fuelled by half a Tier 4 Array Formation and executed with a Mid-stage Principle Manipulation Realm physique.’ Tang Yin was also quite satisfied with the Void Splitting Slash’s power.
’If all of this Demonic Asura’s attacks are this powerful, I won’t last long. I need to take the initiative.’ Duan Long readied his attack.
"Hurricane Barrage" Duan Long clasped his hands together and made a few seals in a fraction of a second.
Wind Principles from all over the surroundings gathered to create strong winds that swirled and twisted with each other as if a hurricane had appeared out of nowhere.
As the winds intensified, Duan Long concentrated the Wind Principles in front of him, creating a sphere of destructive wind. It was roughly the size of an average house.
With fierce determination, Duan Long launched the sphere towards Tang Yin, unleashing a barrage of razor-sharp wind blades. The wind blades sliced through the air at high speeds, reaching Tang Yin in the blink of an eye.
Suddenly, a huge amount of white specks, akin to the shining stars in the sky appeared all around Tang Yin. "Starlight Veil."
As the razor-sharp wind blades hurled into the Starlight Veil, they were either redirected back towards Duan Long or were somehow able to bypass the Starlight Veil.
The wind blades that were deflected back crashed into the other wind blades, creating a loud explosion, and neutralizing each other.
As for the wind blades that were able to get past the Starlight Veil, they reached Tang Yin in the blink of an eye.
However, just as they were about to crash into Tang Yin, he disappeared as a white afterimage. The wind blades sliced through the air where Tang Yin previously was before carrying on forward and dissipating.
Tang Yin had utilized the Starlight Veil’s illusion mirage ability alongside the Phantom Steps.
Numerous identical images of him appeared all around the Starlight Veil, rendering Duan Long unable to identify his real body.
Duan Long had no choice but to use up his wind blades on the fake mirages to find the real Tang Yin. However, by the time he did so, there were only a couple of wind blades left in the large sphere of destructive wind.
To deal with the remaining wind blades, Tang Yin counterattacked with the Ethereal Slaughter Art. Although he was able to cause all the remaining wind blades to disperse and dissipate back into Wind Principles, the Ethereal Slaughter Art was also forced back into his body.
’Looks like my current cultivation base is still not powerful enough to contend with Principle Manipulation Realm cultivators. For now, I will need to rely on my powerful body and soul.’ The Starlight Veil was powered by his soul, that was why it was prevailing enough to resist and redirect the barrage of wind blades.
Tang Yin quickly brought out a Rank 6 Demonic Beast’s corpse and devoured it in less than a second. A black aura of death radiated from his right hand and the terrifying image of a skull manifested on the back of his right hand. Life and Death Seal!
"Sun-Moon Great Illusion Art." A frosty glimmer flashed in Tang Yin’s right eye, and a dazzling golden glint illuminated his left eye.
Duan Long’s eyes turned empty for half a second before regaining consciousness. ’Shit.’
But half a second was all that Tang Yin required to arrive before him with his Mid-stage Principle Manipulation Realm physique coupled with the Phantom Steps.
Duan Long did not have time to counterattack, only enough to just barely conjure up a defence. After all, Tang Yin had employed 3 Martial Skills at once!
"Wind Wall!" The Wind Principles in a radius of 10 metres around Duan Long instantly gathered before him to create a swirling vortex that rapidly formed into a transparent wall in front of him, ready to defend against Tang Yin’s attack.
