Yun Yang inched forward as carefully as he could, trying his best to conform to the nature of the breeze that he was currently in. His body and mind were fully immersed in the nature of heaven and earth, drifting forward as gently as he could.
Anyone or anything that came into contact with Yun Yang at such a close or even negative-distance distance would not feel anything out of the ordinary. The breeze that brushed past could be felt but left no trace. That was how it should be!
Therefore, Yun Yang thought that he should be in a state of divine distance!
Then, there was no more movement below and the other party was nowhere to be seen. It was not as thorough as Yun Yang!
Whether it was the person, the sword, the aura, the deific consciousness, or even the attack, it was as if they did not exist at all!
Only the instinctive sense of danger that originated from a cultivator was still present.
Yun Yang knew that the crisis was far from over. The quieter it was now, the more dangerous it was!
If he were to let his guard down for even a moment, it would be the moment of his demise!
Maintaining the state of divine distance, he drifted forward for about a dozen miles. Suddenly, Yun Yang felt like he had bumped into something. Perhaps, he had come into contact with something unusual.
It was as if there was an invisible barrier that connected heaven and earth, blocking him within a certain range. He had come into contact with the edge of that range and thus, he had touched it.
The moment Yun Yang came into contact with the barrier, he knew that something was amiss. He immediately turned into a stream of wind with a swoosh, the manifestation of the wind retreating a thousand feet away.
Almost at the same time as Yun Yang moved, another bizarre sword light appeared out of nowhere, slicing the space that he had come into contact with into pieces.
Everything in that space was annihilated at once.
Shockingly, a black hole was slowly repairing itself.
Yun Yang let out another soft grunt in his heart. Although he had reacted in time and dispersed swiftly, he could not help but be slightly affected by the sword energy, causing his soul to feel waves of excruciating pain that felt like it was being sliced apart.
At the same time, his mind was filled with a hazy feeling. His internal organs were churning as well, as if they were on fire.
The damage caused to him by this sword was much more intense than the previous one!
His body, mind, divine sense, and divine soul had all been attacked!
Yun Yang even suspected that the strange sword energy was designed to target his manifestation. It was not aimed at the physical body but only at the soul, causing the soul to backfire on his body and mind and even indirectly injure his physical body. Such power was truly terrifying!
Yun Yang's alarmed heart had been raised to another level.
The sword light seemed to have succeeded, but it also seemed to have failed. It didn't linger on the spot, but disappeared again, as if it didn't exist.
It was as if it had melted into the air. From beginning to end, no one could see where it came from or where it was going!
This scene was extremely strange and indescribable!
The sense of danger that Yun Yang felt grew stronger than before.
Yun Yang climbed swiftly. He was at least ten thousand feet above the ground, but even at such a high altitude, he could still clearly feel the sense of danger following him like a parasite. Even if it was only for a moment, it did not leave him.
Yun Yang grumbled inwardly.
Yun Yang had never been someone who would give up easily. Otherwise, he would not have taken the risk to go there despite knowing that there was a spiritual restraining formation in Zilong City. He would not have chosen to bluff and threaten Ziyou's emperor and officials to take back the Niello Bear's mystical core despite knowing the limits of his ability. There were too many similar examples!
However, Yun Yang really did not know how to deal with it now. The ability of this person who was lurking in the dark before him was not something that he could fight against. To Yun Yang's knowledge, his strength was even more powerful than Ling Xiaozui's back then!
Could it be that Mr. Nian had come personally?
However …
How could Mr. Nian be so strong? What kind of standard was this? Could it be that his estimation of Ling Xiaozui's ability had been wrong?
It should be so. It was just like how he had thought that Old Bai was very strong, but Old Bai, who was already at the sixth level of heaven realm, was still no match for Jun Moyan's sword!
It seemed that ignorance was bliss!
Just as Yun Yang's thoughts were drifting, the strange sword light attacked again!
Just like before, it flashed by and didn't stop. Then, it disappeared.
Once again, Yun Yang felt that his divine soul was affected.
Yun Yang made a quick calculation. The other party seemed to have used some unknown method to know that he was within this space. Now, the other party's sword force had completely locked down a radius of about fifty thousand feet!
This was undoubtedly a vast area!
However, the other party's sword, speed, and force could ignore the distance between them. It could appear wherever it wanted to!
If he continued to stay here, he might be killed by the other party in the next moment!
There was no chance of luck in this.
Even if he could transform into thousands of clones, with the other party's skill, if ten strikes were not enough, a hundred strikes would not be enough. Under the continuous attacks, he could always be fatally wounded. Finally, he could no longer maintain his wind manifestation.
It was Yun Yang's first time encountering such a situation. Despite the fear in his heart, he could not just sit and wait to be captured!
Thus, he began to think anxiously about how he could escape and get himself out of this dangerous situation.
Right now, the most critical thing was still the geographical advantage. The other party had set up a strange barrier to restrict him within a certain area. He had to change this flaw to improve the current situation, but how could he do it?
The wind was flowing towards the northeast now. If he changed the direction of the wind abruptly, there would definitely be an anomaly. The moment he changed, he might be caught and killed by the other party!
If he turned into a cloud and left, it would most likely be the same.
Blood? Water? Fire?
These few aspects would not do. None of them would do!
There was also the lightning manifestation … The speed of the lightning manifestation was indeed faster than the wind, but the consumption was too intense and the target was obvious. Even if he really turned into lightning, he would still be killed by the other party with a snap of his fingers.
Helpless, Yun Yang could only maintain his slow drifting trajectory, drifting towards the south.
Yun Yang's movement was not without reason.
The south was the closest to the ground and the highest spot of the mountain below. The enemy should be right here, riding his sword and pointing it at him.
If he drifted north, he could stay away from the enemy, but it would definitely be the direction that the enemy was most concerned about.
"The more dangerous a place is, the safer it is. Now that I'm at my wit's end, I can only take the risk and do the opposite … "
Yun Yang continued to move south carefully. This time, he turned himself into thousands of wisps of wind and quietly separated himself from the barrier.
Below, the sword light moved again. It flashed like before, and another space that was close to the barrier was instantly torn apart.
This time, however, it did not affect Yun Yang at all. The sword light was aimless, and it was the first time Yun Yang was unharmed.
However, the sword light did not vanish. Instead, it flashed three more times. Thousands of feet of space close to the north were torn into three large black holes almost at the same time. If Yun Yang had been within the range of these three black holes, even if he did not die, his wind manifestation would dissipate and he would be gravely injured!
It could be said that Yun Yang's decision to continue moving thousands of feet to the south in this short period of time was extremely wise.
The three lightning-fast swords did not cause him any harm. Even so, Yun Yang was still shaken by the swords, shuddering in fear.
The astonishing might of these swords, especially when he personally witnessed it, was truly hard to describe the soul-stirring feeling he felt.
Yun Yang did not even notice where the sword light came from or where it would eventually return to, even though he was watching from the sidelines.
This was simply an inconceivable miracle!
With Yun Yang's current cultivation base and the standard of ascending to the heaven realm, although he was still not considered top-notch, the average Tenth Perfection grandmaster was no longer a match for a single strike of his saber!
The battle in Zilong City had already proven this point!
In spite of this, he still could not find even the slightest trace of this opponent he was facing now!
If Yun Yang's wind manifestation were to be broken, he would probably be dismembered and die in the next instant. His soul would be destroyed as well, and he would be doomed eternally. He would be as dead as he could possibly be!
After a few futile attacks in the north, the strange sword light suddenly paused for a breath's time, as if it was considering something.
With a sudden thought, Yun Yang hurriedly maneuvered his wind manifestation to move to the north once more. His current position was where the void had been torn apart by the three consecutive slashes just now.
Sure enough, as soon as he started to move, the strange and inexplicable sword light with terrifying destructive power flashed several times from the north to the south in the space of thousands of feet!
It was obvious that Yun Yang's guess was right. The owner of the sword light had predicted Yun Yang's thoughts and countermeasure after his consecutive attacks failed, so he struck again without hesitation. If Yun Yang had been slightly slower, he would not have been able to avoid the series of attacks.
While Yun Yang was still terrified, a sliver of delight rose in his heart. He had seen a turning point, or rather, the key to the outcome of this battle!
"Mr. Nian's wisdom is unparalleled and his strategy is profound. He's obviously confirmed that I'm in this area, so he'll definitely try his best to kill me. He won't miss this golden opportunity."
"However, it's one thing for him to confirm that I'm here, but it's another matter to lock onto my actual location. His continuous attacks from the north just now were not meant to kill, but to probe. When he noticed that something was amiss, he would definitely clear the area around him."
"Therefore, the area around him has become the most dangerous place again."
"Therefore, I've moved to the place where he attacked just now. This is the safest place right now."
Yun Yang was thinking nervously.
"But what will he do after wiping out the south? How should I make use of the fact that he can't pinpoint my actual location? "
"He's probably guessed that I'm hiding at the place where he attacked just now, which is why I'm temporarily safe. Then … after he sweeps through the space from the south to the south, should I continue heading north?"
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