The evil spirit's left arm grew a wrist blade, while its right arm was a claw covered by armor. The left and right hands were in two different states. Chen Tian stood ready, a nine-colored long sword appearing in his left palm. A silver-white airflow covered the nine-colored long sword, forming a protective barrier. Chen Tian held the sword with one hand. The evil spirit stepped forward, its left arm swinging out repeatedly, launching continuous black blade energy. Blade energy flashed. Chen Tian swung his left hand's long sword, continuously parrying and blocking.
Clang, clang, clang. The sounds of metal clashing echoed, even though the weapons were formed from energy. The energy control of both Chen Tian and the evil spirit had reached an incredible level, transforming invisible energy into tangible weapons. This was no longer something ordinary cultivators could achieve.
Chen Tian swung his long sword continuously. The sword moved gracefully and elegantly in his hand. The evil spirit's left wrist blade was ferocious, as if it could tear apart heaven and earth. With one slash, it seemed to cleave the world. Chen Tian blocked vertically with his long sword, his arm gently sweeping along the wrist blade's trajectory. The evil spirit, seeing Chen Tian's intention, suddenly changed its move. It swept its arm in an eighty-degree arc. Chen Tian was forced to retreat. That slash had been a mere millimeter away from slicing through Chen Tian's waist.
Chen Tian gripped his long sword tightly. The two clashed. This time, Chen Tian attacked first, thrusting his sword out continuously, unleashing countless sword lights. The wrist blade slid, and continuous blade marks clashed with sword lights. For a moment, they were evenly matched. Chen Tian and the evil spirit eyed each other. The wrist blade and long sword rubbed against each other, and the two were almost touching.
Chen Tian increased the force in his arm. Instantly, he raised his long sword, its hilt wedged into the center of the wrist blade, lifting it upwards. The evil spirit exerted a slight force to suppress it. It changed its wrist blade's move, drawing circles. Chen Tian withdrew his long sword and thrust it directly into the center of the circle.
The evil spirit did not fear Chen Tian's attack. From the center of the wrist blade's circle, the blade detached from the evil spirit's arm, and a long handle grew from its rear. A long saber appeared in the evil spirit's hand. The long saber was raised high and then brought down instantly. Chen Tian had no choice but to place his long sword horizontally in front of his chest. A mountain-like force swept down. Chen Tian's figure sank slightly, weighed down by immense force and power.
Chen Tian almost couldn't hold on. Chen Tian opened his right hand, and a light wheel shot out, aiming for the evil spirit's neck. The evil spirit blurred into afterimages. Chen Tian seized the opportunity to create distance. Chen Tian's eyes fell on the long saber in the evil spirit's hand. This wrist blade had a second form. This battle was destined to be anything but simple.
Chen Tian's long sword dissipated, and two blades appeared in his hands. Chen Tian preferred dual blades over a single long sword. After all, in this life, he was himself, and others were others. With dual blades in hand, Chen Tian's strength was at its peak. The dual blades in his hands were light. He stepped forward, transforming into countless clones that charged towards the evil spirit. The evil spirit swung its long saber with great force, unleashing a massive blade energy that annihilated all of Chen Tian's clones.
With a whoosh, Chen Tian appeared behind the evil spirit and brought his dual blades down. The long saber immediately spun around and thrust. Chen Tian backflipped, creating distance. His figure then dissolved into smoke and disappeared. He reappeared above the evil spirit's head. What Chen Tian had just used was the martial art: Divine Concealment, a secret technique of Chen Tian's elite assassins, which turned the user into smoke, making them immune to all damage and hiding their figure.
Chen Tian plunged downwards. The long saber was raised high. The dual blades and the long saber clashed. Chen Tian curled his lips. This was truly difficult to handle, worthy of an ancient evil general.
Chen Tian possessed the effect of "Crossing the Sea with Heaven-Concealing Stratagems," coupled with the ability of "Divine Concealment." Theoretically, ordinary people would not be able to detect Chen Tian's assassination attempts. However, the evil spirit was different. As an ancient evil general, it possessed extraordinary abilities. Chen Tian's assassination attempts had no effect on the evil spirit.
Seeing that his attacks were ineffective, Chen Tian decisively abandoned the assassination route. He then swung his dual blades continuously. The dual blades met, forming converging cross-shaped blades. Over a hundred cross-shaped blades flew towards the evil spirit. The evil spirit's eyes were calm. It bent its long saber downwards. Instantly, the saber transformed. The blade body split at the hilt, becoming a double-headed axe. A spearhead grew from the top of the handle, and an identical blade appeared on the other side of the handle.
With the double-headed axe in hand, the evil spirit began to spin. Countless cross-shaped blades attacked the spinning evil spirit. The spinning body of the evil spirit shot out countless blade energies. The black blade energies were like an inexhaustible sea. All of Chen Tian's cross-shaped blades were shattered.
Chen Tian's eyes widened. Did it have a third form? This weapon had so many forms. The countless blade energies, after shattering Chen Tian's cross-shaped blades, did not stop. The evil spirit continued to spin, and the blade energies kept coming, shooting out non-stop. Chen Tian's dual blade hilts collided. Instantly, the Qiankun Saber appeared. The Qiankun Saber spun, forming a shield. The countless blade energies struck the spinning Qiankun Saber and were all shattered.
The evil spirit stopped spinning. Chen Tian held the saber with one hand. The two stood facing each other, sparks flying. Neither gave way to the other. Neither Chen Tian nor the evil spirit expected the other's mastery of weapons to be so high. They fought to a standstill.
To win, they would have to unleash their ultimate moves. The clash of ultimate moves was not just a simple collision; it required a complete grasp of the quality and proficiency of the techniques. Both sides possessed this mastery.
In other words, they were both confident.
The left side of Chen Tian's Qiankun Saber condensed into flames, while the right side of the blade condensed with icy blue energy. Both blades were entwined with these two energies. Chen Tian gathered his strength. A dark, ethereal light began to radiate from the evil spirit's axe. Chen Tian struck decisively, swinging continuously. Red blade energy, scorching hot, burned heaven and earth. Blue blade energy, icy cold, froze all things. The two elements of ice and fire converged, and an ice-red blade energy shot towards the evil spirit.
The evil spirit's axe descended instantly. It was earth-shattering and awe-inspiring, as if heaven and earth were being split by this single axe.
An explosion sounded. Chen Tian and the evil spirit stood in place, waiting for the explosion to subside. They had fought to a draw, both utterly shocked. Even their ultimate moves had resulted in a draw?
What Chen Tian had just unleashed was a divine-level immortal technique. Chen Tian had thought it would be enough. Now, it seemed he needed even stronger moves. The evil spirit had the same thought. That axe strike of his would have been enough to defeat cultivators of the same realm. Chen Tian, with a single move, had matched him. There were only two words to describe Chen Tian: a monster.
Chen Tian and the evil spirit attacked again. Once more, Chen Tian disassembled the Qiankun Saber, tossing the dual blades into the sky. One became two, two became three, and three gave birth to all things. Countless dual blades covered the entire sky, numbering in the hundreds of millions. Each blade carried a true aura. The evil spirit became solemn. The move Chen Tian was about to unleash was even more powerful than the one he had just used, undeniably so, based on the aura he sensed.
The evil spirit swung its axe with one hand. With each swing, the axe's body grew larger. Wielding the colossal axe, it descended towards Chen Tian's forehead. Chen Tian's expression was calm. He swung his arms, and the countless dual blades condensed together to form a giant long saber. The long saber collided with the colossal axe. With a rumbling sound, a shockwave spread out. Chen Tian was pushed back a few steps by the shockwave.