Chapter 965: Chapter 211: A Glance Divides Star Tower
Someone like Ji Shaoqing, hailing from a prestigious sect and being the disciple of a True Man of the Age, had each step planned almost to perfection.
Beyond the scope his own effort and talents could influence, he would strive for the best.
His combat skills, his main cultivation techniques, even the Instantaneous Dao Arts of each of the five imprints in his Neifu were meticulously matched to suit him best.
So even in such a perilous situation, he managed to escape the nearly fatal attack of Jiang Wang, who had summoned the Buzhou Wind.
Jiang Wang was keenly aware of this; knowing that the window for a killing blow was fleeting, he didn’t get greedy. After severing Ji Shaoqing’s fingers, he immediately turned to the First Quarter Moon, choosing to shatter the Heavenly Gate Power first!
Accumulating advantages, securing the path to victory.
The Heavenly Gate exists between the tangible and intangible, making it uncatchable. Since the First Quarter Moon could directly attack the opponent, it naturally existed in the current world, thus becoming the target.
A wisp of Buzhou Wind shattered it. The First Quarter Moon would not reappear in a short time.
When Jiang Wang descended from the sky, executing the Eight Sounds that Extinct Seas, he was in an advantaged state with three mansions and three Divine Skills, contending against Ji Shaoqing who only had the Heavenly Gate Power left.
And the Immortal Technique "Walk in the Sky" was not afraid of a ban on flying.
Aided no longer by the First Quarter Moon.
Could Water Dragon Chant still withstand the Eight Sounds that Extinct Seas?
The answer was negative.
At the End of the World Platform, the roaring whirlpool was visibly dissipating at a rate observable to the naked eye.
The whirlpool kept decreasing, decreasing, until...
Ji Shaoqing had nowhere to hide!
Just as the nearly extinct Water Dragon Chant collapsed, Ji Shaoqing leaped out. Right before the last droplet of water evaporated, he finally reappeared.
But he showed no sign of disarray or panic.
He pulled out his belt, as if drawing a whip.
Crack!
He almost shattered the air, his fierce whip shadow immediately snapping Jiang Wang back.
And that aqua-colored belt, like a Spirit Snake, surged and positioned itself between him and Jiang Wang.
Then it split on its own, dividing into three.
Rustle rustle.
Those were three slender Long Rivers flowing in mid-air.
They might not appear mighty, but the water element surged within them, embodying a world-overturning strength.
The Dragon Whisker Belt, aided by the first Neifu’s Instantaneous Secret Technique, formed these Three Rivers Horizon!
The Dragon Whisker Belt independently formed Three Rivers, and he and Jiang Wang became the two banks.
Unless these Three Rivers were broken, Jiang Wang was determinedly unable to reach him.
Without a moment’s hesitation, he looked up, gazing at the star vault, which in the far distance began to gleam faintly.
By harnessing the barrier of the Three Rivers Horizon, he intended to ascend to the Outer Building right in front of Jiang Wang!
The key to ascending from Neifu to the Outer Building lay in anchoring the first portion of star power in the distant star vault, leaving a personal mark there. It was the easiest step to lose oneself, and also the most dangerous. The rest was all grinding efforts.
Ji Shaoqing had long been capable of ascending to the realm of the Outer Building, but he was not content, wanting to unlock the Heavenly Gate Divine Skill and directly become the foremost talent of Diao Hai Building.
Even though he nearly turned the fifth mansion upside down without seeing a glimpse of the Divine Skills, he still persisted, and Gu Huaixin agreed with his persistence.
Because the Heavenly Gate Divine Skills were worth the bitter, long wait. Without giving it one’s all, no one could truly be at peace.
But at this moment, he knew he could no longer wait. Because it was possible there would be no more "later" ...
For Ji Shaoqing, this wasn’t necessarily a bad thing.
Sometimes, by letting go of the immediate, one could gain a broader future.
Equivalent to this battle, it helped him resolve his "fixation."
His Divine Soul Strength established connections with the distant star vault and, following the highest secret technique of Diao Hai Building, rapidly constructed his own Star Tower.
Boom!
At the same time, that ancient Heavenly Gate between reality and illusion thunderously closed.
And then... it opened once again!
But from the look of it, this time the Heavenly Gate would open from bottom to top.
Heavenly Gate Power, when opened from bottom to top... briefly elevated his realm by a minor level!
Meaning, when Ji Shaoqing ascended to the Outer Building, he would face Jiang Wang again with the combat power of a cultivator of two levels higher.
That was an overwhelming gap in cultivation.
Everyone recognized the severity of the issue, the evolution of the dragon whisker into the trio of rivers across the banks had almost become the key to victory or defeat.
Being in the thick of it, Jiang Wang was obviously aware that he absolutely could not let Ji Shaoqing successfully build the tower!
Starfire Secret, activate!
Chasing Wind Secret, activate!
Jiang Wang stepped into the void, the Qingyun mark appeared and then vanished, already crashing before the trio of rivers.
Facing that elongated river brimming with terrifying power, he directly pressed out the Samadhi True Fire!
Samadhi True Fire, Samadhi True Fire, Samadhi True Fire!
He pressed out the Samadhi True Fire three times in a row.
He had used it once before when defeating Bao Song.
To deceive Ji Shaoqing, he once again initiated it at the start to break the Water Dragon Chant.
The Divine Power Seed was a luminous red, slightly swollen, directly reaching its current limit, temporarily impossible to use again.
But the effect was also very pronounced.
Using the divine power of True Fire to break the Water Taoism Technique, there could be nothing more straightforward.
Before him, those three narrow rivers immediately ceased flowing.
And with such a rapid speed, he closed in on Ji Shaoqing, whose Star Tower was yet to be completed.
At first glance, it seemed like an excellent opportunity.
But would a person like Ji Shaoqing put all his hopes in the trio of rivers formed by the dragon whiskers, no matter how powerful it actually was?
Different from the anxious deliberations of the onlookers, Jiang Wang, who had broken through the trio of rivers, flashed his eyes and directly triggered the Soul Stealth Snake!
There was nothing to consider.
He had long obtained the Seven Stars Saint Tower secret technique and had a certain understanding of building the Saint Tower. He knew that building the Star Tower in the distant star vault required using the Divine Soul Strength.
Therefore, he decisively targeted the other’s spirit, which was exactly the right remedy. No matter whether Ji Shaoqing had preparations at hand or defenses in front, he avoided probing and directly interrupted his advancement, effectively locking down the victory.
Hiss, hiss, hiss.
Inside Ji Shaoqing’s Heavenly Palace, a swarm of snakes hissed.
The pitch-black Hidden Snake swiftly swam forward, launching an attack on Ji Shaoqing’s spirit.
The spiritual soul level was not the battlefield for Neifu cultivators!
For battles on the level of spirit, even a favored elite like Ji Shaoqing felt unfamiliar.
He directly manifested his true form, landing above his Dao Veins’ True Spirit. It was a gigantic azure whale, immensely majestic.
It opened its mouth and sucked in an uncountable number of black Hidden Snakes.
Among those uncontrollable Hidden Snakes, Jiang Wang leaped out, his hand gripping the Lovesickness Sword Spirit, and slashed horizontally!
"Ah!"
The True Spirit of the blue whale was directly slashed with a massive wound, the intense pain at the level of the spirit, made Ji Shaoqing unable to help but scream out loud in the Heavenly Palace.
The opponent possessed a spirit fighting capacity far surpassing that of a Neifu cultivator!
Ji Shaoqing immediately realized this terrifying fact.
The Star Tower being constructed in the distant star vault suddenly collapsed.
He had no choice but to abandon the construction of the Star Tower, drawing all the Divine Soul Strength back, only by doing so could he resist the opponent within his own Heavenly Palace, using the palace’s suppression of outsiders.
Yet Jiang Wang did not hesitate, immediately dispersing the Soul Stealth Snake and returning to himself.
The suppression of outsiders by the Heavenly Palace was extremely dreadful, and he was most profoundly aware of it. The reason he dared to delve into the opponent’s Heavenly Palace, even wielding the Lovesickness Sword Spirit to join the battle, was because he knew what the other was doing and his spirit was at its most vulnerable.
It was precisely exploiting the weakness!
As Ji Shaoqing’s Divine Soul Strength came to the rescue, he also did not linger in the battle.
In this entering and exiting... the objective had already been achieved.
The battle at the spiritual soul level happened too quickly.
The onlookers only saw that after Jiang Wang broke through the trio of rivers, he merely looked at Ji Shaoqing once.
The faint starlight in the sky suddenly vanished!
As if a single glance severed the Star Tower!
