Bing Duoer watched the two long swords lunging towards her. She brandished her own long sword, a black sword flower blooming instantly, her perfect movements deflecting Chen Tian's sword with a clang.
But Chen Tian's hands moved again, his long sword instantly changing trajectory and darting towards Bing Duoer from a tricky angle. Seeing the two swords attacking her waist and head, Bing Duoer reacted immediately.
With a flip of her body, she slipped through the gap between the two swords. Chen Tian showed no expression; all of this was within his calculations. As long as the opponent continued to follow the results of his calculations, victory would be Chen Tian's.
With a thought from Chen Tian, the hilts of the two long swords fused together, forming a sword-like weapon with the appearance of a Qiankun Saber.
He then held the combined sword in his left hand. Simultaneously, the blades on both sides erupted with ferocious silver-red flames, the flames coiling around the entire sword. The long sword looked like a laser flame sword.
Chen Tian began to wield it, and instantly, streaks of brilliant silver-red starlight appeared behind him, converging into his long sword. With a single slash, a terrifying silver-red sword cut through the air, carving out a vast starry expanse. The expanse was composed of silver-red flames, a majestic starry sky like a world, as if Bing Duoer was facing not a mere move, but an entire realm.
Bing Duoer reacted swiftly. She looked at the starry expanse before her, its power truly terrifying. However, she had made her choice. Black energy surged around her, and the air currents gathered on her body. The black-ice armor deepened in darkness, cracks appearing on its surface before it exploded, shattering into black mist.
Countless black mist enveloped Bing Duoer's body. Her black long sword seemed to gain sentience, and the surrounding black mist continuously flowed into it, making the sword feel even more eerie.
Bing Duoer then raised her long sword high. A black vortex appeared above her head, and a black long sword materialized within the vortex, its tip aiming for Chen Tian's starry expanse. The massive sword body seemed to be made of black mist. Then, the black long sword descended, a whistling sound as it collided with Chen Tian's starry expanse.
An explosion echoed, turning the surroundings into a black void. Chen Tian looked at Bing Duoer before him, the flames on his swords receding, returning them to their original form.
Chen Tian immediately charged towards her with his sword. Bing Duoer held her long sword ready, and the two clashed. However, during his charge, Chen Tian slashed and flicked his sword, releasing a Z-shaped sword qi that shot towards Bing Duoer. Seeing the bizarre Z-shaped sword qi, Bing Duoer swung her long sword, and a figure appeared behind her. This figure, however, was extremely faint.
It looked as if it could dissipate at any moment, its body filled with black energy and icy blue currents. Chen Tian froze. His opponent had actually used this move.
He decisively chose to retreat. This turn of events had not appeared in Chen Tian's calculations. Who would have expected someone to unleash their ultimate move right at the beginning!
And wouldn't such a powerful move have a long cooldown?
Bing Duoer's eyes turned black and blue. The figure behind her emanated a terrifying power, and her long sword radiated streams of black-blue wind that spread outwards.
Chen Tian's figure was continuously pushed back by the influence of the wind. Bing Duoer's body trembled, and the spectral figure behind her transformed into a fierce gale that enveloped her body.
Then, Bing Duoer spun, and terrifying black blades shot out from her body, carrying a formidable divine ice power that froze everything around them, space and matter alike.
Chen Tian was also frozen, but due to his Elemental God Body, he remained unharmed. This move had a forced freezing effect.
Bing Duoer's move was not yet over. Countless runes appeared on her long sword and body, black runes. Simultaneously, thousands of vortexes appeared in the sky, filling the entire world.
Although Chen Tian was frozen, he was aware that this move would inflict some damage. However, with his Elemental God Body, he could endure it, and besides, Chen Tian had other means.
It was clear that Bing Duoer intended to go all out. Chen Tian, encased in ice, was unable to make any moves.
As the world around him was frozen, ice spikes slowly emerged from the ice blocks, turning the entire world into a realm of ice spikes. All their tips pointed towards Chen Tian's location. In the sky above, countless ice cones descended from the vortexes, heading towards Chen Tian.
Instantly, Chen Tian was caught in an onslaught of ice drills and spikes from all directions. However, due to the freezing, he couldn't move. He couldn't break free from this move; it was a forced freeze.
But Chen Tian had no intention of fighting back. He had already calculated the counter to this move dozens of times in his mind, and the conclusion was that he could endure it.
The ice cones and spikes rained down upon Chen Tian like a torrent. Bing Duoer looked exhausted. She didn't believe this move wouldn't defeat her; it was her strongest technique!
The reason for her haste was purely that she had used too much of her origin power, putting her at a disadvantage in terms of control. Thus, Bing Duoer wanted to end the battle quickly.
When the icy blue ice spikes and cones dissipated and the vortexes closed, Chen Tian's figure appeared before Bing Duoer, completely unharmed. Bing Duoer stared at him in disbelief, her eyes wide.
He had endured her strongest move and was unharmed? How was that possible!
Chen Tian then spoke, "Not bad. You wasted six of my armor sets. With this move, an ordinary person might truly have been annihilated, but unfortunately, I have the Dark Night True Body skill buff."
"Plus, I have so many armor sets to begin with, so I'm not afraid of your ultimate move. You must be out of energy by now! It's my turn!"
Chen Tian's eyes gleamed. He had broken six golden armor sets, or else he would have been severely injured by that move.
Bing Duoer's expression flickered. Then, Chen Tian decisively acted. Terrifying silver-red flames appeared in his hands, transforming into a solid silver-red longbow.
He held the longbow, then drew the bowstring. Seeing this, Bing Duoer made a decision. A terrifying black energy erupted from her body, surging wildly and causing the surrounding world to collapse.
Then, she transformed into a beam of light and charged at Chen Tian. A black beam of light, a self-sacrificing attack – this was Bing Duoer's final blow.
The vortex on Chen Tian's longbow began to expand, silver-red flame vortices converging. Then, Chen Tian released the bowstring, and an incandescent silver-red flame pillar shot out towards Bing Duoer's black beam.
The black and silver-red beams and the fire pillar collided, pushing against each other. Instantly, the flame pillar pierced through the black beam, engulfing Bing Duoer's body. However, Bing Duoer showed no panic.
She then burst into laughter. With a bang, she exploded within the pillar of fire. A self-detonation. Chen Tian had not anticipated that Bing Duoer would make such a decision.
Chen Tian then exclaimed, "Damn it! My reward! If you self-destruct, I won't get anything!"
Chen Tian was speechless. In the case of self-detonation, players received no rewards, as a monster killing itself was considered self-annihilation.
This was one of the unique features of the game "Era of Time," unlike other games where self-detonation yielded no rewards.
Chen Tian looked at Bing Duoer in the center of the explosion. Her body had shattered, and a fragment glowing with silver light appeared before him.
Chen Tian was delighted. He had come for this fragment quest. According to previous information, Bing Duoer had placed this fragment within her own body, synced with it. Unless her body was destroyed, it would be impossible for anyone else to obtain it successfully.
Then, knowing she was being assimilated, Bing Duoer had cast a seal to trap herself beneath the mountain and given the key to Chen Tian.
Without the key, even Mie Tianyi himself could not break the seal.
Chen Tian approached the fragment, waved his hand, and the fragment instantly vanished before him, taken into Chen Tian's inventory.
Chen Tian then soared into the sky. The mountain parted, and a beam of light shot towards the heavens. A black hole appeared in the sky, and the light entered it. The black hole closed, the mountain reformed, and the aura of the Extreme North Land returned to its original state.
It was a pity that the place lacked some vitality and living beings, but Chen Tian's mission was complete, and it was no longer his concern.
Meanwhile, with Digital Pigeon and the other two, Qingling looked worried. Two days had passed, and her brother had not returned. The teleportation effect was about to wear off.
Moreover, their training was just a hair's breadth away from success.
"Brother, hurry back!"
Qingling said worriedly, then a figure emerged from a black hole. Qingling's expression brightened.
She then smiled and asked, "Brother, are you done?"
"Yes! I'm done. Sorry for making you worry!"
Chen Tian noticed Qingling's concern and patted her head. Qingling, looking like a little girl, was very well-behaved.
Chen Tian then asked, "How is Digital and their training progressing?"
"Brother, Digital can already master 2% of the Divine Demonic Sword Qi. Pigeon has reached one-third of the way down the mountain. As for Red Demon's constitution, its numerical value is a little more than half of Digital's, so he's likely to finish training first."