Chen Tian looked at Xie Yun before him. At this moment, Chen Tian could only rely on his in-game abilities; Shen Zhu Chen Tian's powers were unusable. However, even with his in-game abilities, Chen Tian was confident he could defeat Xie Yun.
Xie Yun's expression turned solemn as he looked at Chen Tian. He had initially thought that a two-on-one fight would be easy, but who knew it would be so difficult. The opponent had actually split his origin, making it impossible for them to attack in unison.
Chen Tian, seeing Xie Yun, made divine fire erupt from his hands. His divine fire wings unfurled behind him, and he charged directly at Xie Yun, instantly transforming into a beam of light that shot towards him. His fists also swung out. Xie Yun reacted in time and also directly swung his fists, releasing black energy and liquid from them. They collided with Chen Tian's divine fire fists.
With a thunderous roar, Chen Tian and Xie Yun were each forced back a step. Xie Yun spoke, "Even so, what of it? You still can't kill me. At best, it's a draw between us."
Chen Tian calmly replied, "Do you think it will really be like that?"
Following this, Chen Tian's aura began to continuously climb, momentarily surpassing Xie Yun by a small margin. Xie Yun was stunned by this. Could this guy still increase his strength?
Even so, Xie Yun showed no signs of panic. Black energy then emanated from his entire body, coiling around him, making him appear like a revenant returning from hell.
Chen Tian looked at Xie Yun. Chen Tian's fusion progress had accelerated by 2%, allowing him to use the "Torso Reinforcement" ability. As for the "Getting Stronger with Every Battle" skill, Chen Tian still needed the fusion progress to increase further before he could unleash it. With "Torso Reinforcement" activated, Chen Tian's aura surged. He and Xie Yun locked eyes, then simultaneously took a step forward, causing countless voids and explosions to erupt around them.
Chen Tian and Xie Yun continuously clashed. Chen Tian's fierce fist strikes were directed at Xie Yun's body and face. Xie Yun's arms and fists alternated between offense and defense. At one point, Chen Tian threw a horizontal punch. Xie Yun leaned back, dodging it instantly, and then grabbed Chen Tian's arm with both hands, attempting a throw. But Chen Tian spun his entire body, generating a spiraling force that emerged from within him. Helpless, Xie Yun had to release his grip and simultaneously threw out his left leg.
Chen Tian, in the midst of his spin, was naturally unable to resist Xie Yun's left leg. However, Chen Tian had foreseen this. As he spun, he spread his legs and rotated, instantly colliding with Xie Yun's left leg. With a bang, both were forced back.
Chen Tian was the first to regain his balance and then charged at Xie Yun. Xie Yun, seeing Chen Tian rush towards him, transformed his hands into black claws and slashed them out, creating claw marks. Chen Tian performed a backflip and then arched his neck, slipping through the gaps in the claw marks.
Ability: Extreme Evasion
Chen Tian was becoming increasingly proficient in using this ability, no longer needing to passively stand still to evade attacks but actively doing so. Chen Tian's figure passed through the claw marks and approached Xie Yun. Seeing this, Xie Yun crossed his claws and slashed them out, projecting cross-shaped claw marks. Chen Tian, focusing on the oncoming claw marks, lowered his arms and shot out the Divine Ice Blade. Purple-blue blade energy continuously collided with the claw marks, causing explosions. Chen Tian's figure appeared before Xie Yun. Just as Chen Tian was about to strike, a flash of light crossed Xie Yun's vision, heading for Chen Tian's neck. Chen Tian abandoned his attack, choosing to retreat. He looked at Xie Yun, seeing a long sword in Xie Yun's hand—a white, three-foot-long sword. Countless black energies coiled around the sword's body, along with patterns, covering it entirely. The sword was white, but in Xie Yun's hand, it looked peculiar.
Chen Tian looked at Xie Yun and said, "Using a human weapon? Even though you've occupied a human body, aren't you still an Evil Spirit?"
Evil Spirits could possess the bodies of any living being, erasing their consciousness and thoughts, and controlling all their physical abilities. Evil Spirits were initially just ethereal malevolent energies, but this ability turned them into a virus in the universe. Countless worlds suffered their invasion and were reduced to dead stars.
Chen Tian looked at Xie Yun. So what if he used a weapon? He then condensed his hands, and instantly the Divine Ice Sword appeared in his grasp. The purple-ice crystalline sword radiated brilliance in Chen Tian's hand. Chen Tian and Xie Yun's eyes glowed, and instantly sword techniques shot out.
The two sword blades shot out, causing explosions. Then, two beams of light collided with each other. Chen Tian swung his long sword, while Xie Yun blocked it horizontally, deflecting Chen Tian's attack. He then tilted his sword, guiding Chen Tian's blade along his rhythm. Chen Tian reacted instantly and changed his move, then swung his sword upwards as if to knock Xie Yun's sword away. How could Xie Yun let Chen Tian succeed?
He decisively spun his entire body, his sword rotating with him. Chen Tian's long sword was pushed back by the swirling motion. Chen Tian looked at Xie Yun, who was spinning towards Chen Tian like a top, with a black and white halo appearing above him.
A smirk touched Chen Tian's lips. He then began to spin his entire body, and a massive divine weapon, a tornado, appeared around him. As Chen Tian spun, the tornado also began to move, directly charging towards the opponent's spinning sword. The spinning sword and the divine weapon tornado collided, sparking furiously and fighting fiercely. Then, their figures stopped spinning.
Chen Tian looked at Xie Yun and exclaimed in surprise, "Oh! You've absorbed the opponent's memories. It seems you've evolved to adapt to modern life!"
"You think only you are growing? We are not the same as we were thousands of years ago in the Divine Realm. We are all changing."
Xie Yun said proudly. Chen Tian shook his head, "A little praise and you're getting arrogant. Don't celebrate too early."
"Yes!"
Then, they both simultaneously thrust their long swords forward, instantly transforming into two beams of light that shot towards each other. Sword light flashed, and the sound of collision echoed, sparks flying like fireworks across the sky.
Chen Tian and Xie Yun's battle had just begun. Chen Tian's Divine Ice long sword swept out, but Xie Yun flickered his sword, blocking its path. He then pushed upwards with both arms, lifting Chen Tian's long sword and arm along with it. Chen Tian, seeing Xie Yun's arms, released his long sword and gripped the hilt with his other hand. Xie Yun's sword then descended towards Chen Tian's forehead. Chen Tian caught the hilt with his other hand, pointing the tip backward, using the blade and hilt to block Xie Yun's long sword.
Chen Tian swept his arm, and instantly the sword's hilt cut out a beautiful crescent arc like a wrist blade. Xie Yun retreated, dodging. As he retreated, Chen Tian charged at Xie Yun, swinging his long sword countless times. Xie Yun parried left and right, blocking all of Chen Tian's attacks. Chen Tian then gripped his divine weapon with both hands, purple-blue light blooming on the sword as he chopped down.
Skill: Heaven-Shaking Cleaving Slash.
This was a skill from the swordsman branch profession in the game, belonging to the Overlord Sword profession. His hands slowly lowered, the long sword filled with purple ice crystals and emanating a fearsome power and weight, like a vast, heavy mountain. Xie Yun's long sword was covered in black energy, and he swung it, creating numerous black sword flowers that coiled around him, then merged into his long sword.
The sword in his hand flickered with phantom images and then swung upwards, instantly colliding with Chen Tian's long sword. Chen Tian and Xie Yun met each other's gaze, both gritting their teeth in exertion. Then, Chen Tian willed it, and his figure flickered. Another Chen Tian appeared behind Xie Yun. Xie Yun was stunned. This was a clone. The clone Chen Tian then extended his palm, which was covered in starlight, and instantly slapped towards Xie Yun.
Xie Yun exclaimed, "How can I let you succeed?"
He then freed one hand to collide with the clone Chen Tian's palm. But at the moment of impact, Chen Tian's main body made a fierce slash, shattering Xie Yun's long sword. Simultaneously, the clone Chen Tian's shadow vanished. Xie Yun's palm struck empty air.
Chen Tian then moved in front of Xie Yun and struck his body with both palms. With a bang, a black shadow emerged from Xie Yun's body and shot towards the sky behind them.
Xie Yun's figure then turned into starlight and drifted towards the sky. Chen Tian said calmly, "According to the contract, you should enter reincarnation. I hope for a good outcome!"
Chen Tian actually felt guilt for causing a person's death, and moreover, it was because of the game that their original existence disappeared, their body occupied by an Evil Spirit and their consciousness erased. Chen Tian looked at the black shadow before him and said, "Alright, the warm-up is over."
Xie Yun calmly replied, "Kid, do you think I'll be afraid of you like this? Even if I don't occupy your human body, I'm still not afraid of you. Solidify your form."
Then, the black energy figure slowly condensed into the appearance of a youth, identical to the Xie Yun from before. Chen Tian said, "Oh! You're stealing others' origin to help yourself solidify your form. Good, very good. This makes me even more determined to destroy you Evil Spirits!"