radiothebook Chapter 490 - 75: If Only Life Were Like First Meeting
Chapter 490 - 75: If Only Life Were Like First Meeting
May 5, 2018
The unexpected audience didn’t distract Zhao Chenlu, as she couldn’t spare even a fraction of energy to care about the outside.
At the moment of the intertwining of gold and silver, she was on the verge of collapse.
The changes in swordsmanship that could even impress the Celestial Divine Sword demanded an extraordinarily heavy price. Whether the Golden Moon or the Silver Moon, both required her to operate at hyper-speed, barely allowing her to handle the swordsmanship. And the intertwining of gold and silver directly doubled the need for hyper-speed. Zhao Chenlu felt as if she was being torn into left and right halves, and each half was enduring inhuman torture, be it being sliced a thousand times, burned by fire, or frozen in ice. No extreme torture could compare to the pain of being drained to the extreme.
Yet, on the other hand, only by paying such a tragic price could she even slightly gain the upper hand in the battle against the Celestial Divine Sword.
"Dear, there are still nine changes after this, do you really plan to try them one by one?" In the extreme state, Zhao Chenlu’s voice was somewhat unstable.
And the Celestial Divine Sword, entangled by the Silver Threads and Golden Moon, pondered for a moment before saying, "Do the nine changes include bluffing?"
"..." Zhao Chenlu choked and sighed deeply in her heart.
The Nameless Sword God, whose combat intuition was unbelievably sharp, would quickly notice even the slightest intent of trickery.
Fortunately, bluffing was only one of the nine changes, and the remaining eight changes were all about winning through genuine techniques.
Just as Wang Jiu responded to her bluff, Zhao Chenlu had already initiated the next change. The intertwining of gold and silver couldn’t last long, which Wang Jiu would surely see, so after gaining a slight advantage, she had to change tactics quickly... Zhao Chenlu dispersed the Golden Sword from her Primordial Spirit, and the True Essence in her hand also dissipated with it.
However, the spiritual wind storm in the arena became more and more intense, and in space spanning tens of miles, every inch and every foot turned into chains, anchors, and quagmire, ensnaring Wang Jiu deeply within.
This was Zhao Chenlu’s next change, the advantage of being the host! This competition ground was designed and supervised by her personally. Every brick and tile bore her mark. With just a subtle thought, she could summon all the energy here—in other words, if she wanted to cheat, it was just a thought away.
And when battling the Celestial Divine Sword, worrying about face and vanity would simply be insulting the opponent! After all, this was the sword that had once defeated the Great Demon God Emperor and slaughtered billions of the Demon Race. To insist on a fair duel with it, wasn’t that an insult?
Zhao Chenlu’s feelings for the Celestial Divine Sword were beyond doubt, so of course, she wouldn’t insult him. Even if it meant bearing the guilt of an unfair duel, so be it!
Regarding this change, Wang Jiu once again showed appreciation: "Hmm, nice use of the environment."
"Thank you for the compliment... Eh!?"
Just as Zhao Chenlu was eagerly preparing to tighten the encirclement net, she suddenly found that the spiritual wind storm around her was out of control.
"You... you actually hid this move during reverse infiltration?!"
When the Celestial Divine Sword released the Silver Threads and reverse-infiltrated Zhao Chenlu, it multitasked and conveniently took control of the field, injecting poison into the Heaven and Earth Spirit Wind. In an instant, what should have been her domain raised the flag of rebellion, and the surrounding invisible storm turned into visible weapons, beginning to cut into her Silver Moon Sword Light, causing her strength to lose control.
To suppress Wang Jiu, Zhao Chenlu had already elevated her power to its peak state, unable to withstand even the slightest disturbance, let alone the sudden loss of control in the spiritual wind storm. Her profound mysterious swordsmanship, domineering and unrivaled, crumbled like a skyscraper struck by a flying shuttle.
"Cough..."
Zhao Chenlu could no longer suppress the boiling blood rolling in her throat, but as this mouthful of boiling blood spewed out, it spread rapidly across the space like a net, attempting the last struggle.
However, as soon as Zhao Chenlu’s True Immortal Boiling Blood was released, it once again spiraled out of control. The Celestial Divine Sword, free from restrictions, seized the opportunity, and the tip of the White Sword, like a stick stirring sauce, spun up a small vortex.
This small vortex didn’t stir the Heaven and Earth Spirit Wind but firmly drew in the boiling blood Zhao Chenlu sprayed.
The blood instantly poured into the Sword World, dyeing the surface of the White Sword a light red, with countless blood threads weaving a horrifying pattern on the surface.
Sword World, Blood Pool Demon Sword.
Using the blood of all beings as fuel, in exchange for myriad demonic paths, it ranked among the top evil demonic objects in the Sword World, and was one of the supreme Demon Swords Wang Jiu realized after defeating the Demon Sect Leader in the human era.
A few days ago, with Zhao Chenlu’s generous access to the Zhao Family’s internal treasury, Wang Jiu crafted a prototype of the Blood Pool, which he now used appropriately, absorbing Zhao Chenlu’s attempt to overturn the situation and repurposing the boiling blood for his own use.
The next moment, before Zhao Chenlu could adapt another change, Wang Jiu drove the Sword Body, instantly moving along the network of boiling blood right next to Zhao Chenlu.
The blade lightly rested against her chest.
A moment later, Zhao Chenlu helplessly dispelled the Illusion Technique. This was a simple Illusion Technique she constructed using personal clothing as a core, with a very straightforward effect of offsetting her actual position by three inches.
This Illusion Technique was so simple that even many mortals not yet inducted into the Immortal Dao could play with it. However, because the Illusion Technique was simple, constructed with the power of a peak Great Cultivator, its effect came to be considered absolute. Even with the Truth-Defying True Words and All Things Treasure Mirror scanning alternately, it could not pierce this three-inch discrepancy. As such, a killing move aimed at vital parts like the heart and head could miss by a hairbreadth, providing Zhao Chenlu a brief moment to catch her breath.
Zhao Chenlu exhausted her efforts, just to fight for that slightest difference, yet in the face of the Celestial Divine Sword, she couldn’t even achieve that slightest difference. Where the sword blade pointed, it directly targeted her true self’s fatal weakness.
Illusion Technique, as always, was ineffective on him.
Zhao Chenlu felt disheartened: "Alas, I thought that after you reincarnated your vision might become a bit worse."
Wang Jiu said, "In fact, my vision has worsened considerably, so I don’t use my eyes."
Zhao Chenlu exclaimed, only then noticing the network of Boiling Blood that Wang Jiu had reversed and seized, countless thin threads of blood connected directly to her true self...
"Did I lead myself to a dead end? Alas, the sequence of my moves was wrong. Boiling Blood should have followed the Illusion Technique; otherwise, I still could have used a close-range Life-Sacrifice Sword to turn the tables, so can we count it as I won half?"
Wang Jiu corrected, "You can’t turn the tables, the Life-Sacrifice Sword cannot be used during the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Storm."
"I’ve improved it." Zhao Chenlu asserted earnestly.
"You improved in the wrong direction, although its power increased, its stability worsened."
"You haven’t seen it, how do you know!?"
"Through your blood."
"Oh." Remembering the Blood Pool Demon Sword of the Celestial Divine Sword, Zhao Chenlu immediately gave up struggling. The Divine Sword Blood Pool reveals a wealth of information about the blood’s owner while absorbing blood, exceptionally keen, and Life-Sacrifice Sword, being an explosive swordsmanship centered on True Immortal Boiling Blood, was naturally counter-analyzed by Wang Jiu to discover her weaknesses.
"But didn’t you say a few days ago that the Blood Pool is only at level 1, and many functions haven’t been unlocked? Did it upgrade in the last two days?"
Wang Jiu said, "No, it’s still lacking several key materials unique to the Jiuzhou Era, and I haven’t thought of any alternatives yet."
"Eh, then how did you know my Life-Sacrifice Sword has a flaw?"
Wang Jiu said, "I didn’t. You admitted it."
"I forgot you knew that trick!" Zhao Chenlu was truly full of regret. She only remembered that the Celestial Divine Sword was oblivious to human emotions and worldly matters, with 9 points of Intelligence Index almost entirely unallocated to interpersonal skills, yet she forgot his tactical talent was not lacking at all, as full of stratagems in combat as Shang Lanfei!
"Alright, I concede." At this point, arguing about winning half made no sense, Wang Jiu was particularly meticulous when it came to theoretical issues, even Shang Lanfei would lose more often than win when discussing theory with him.
But if not arguing theory, one could argue other things.
"So, according to the previous bets," Zhao Chenlu smiled again, "if I won, you were going to have a child with me, now that I’ve lost, does that mean I will have a child with you instead?"
Wang Jiu said, "If understood in reverse, I should be giving you a sterilization procedure."
"..." Zhao Chenlu remained silent for a long time, then said, "Can I use the privilege of a beauty to act coquettish and make this duel void?"
"Of course you can." Wang Jiu was always generous to old friends.
Relieved of the disaster of sterilization, Zhao Chenlu let out a long breath, but felt rather disappointed in her heart.
To have come this far and still not be able to win.
During the Jiuzhou Era, from the moment that Nameless Sword God debuted, he was invincible across the world, to the extent that the team sent by the Myriad Immortals Alliance back then ended up doubting life, causing Zhao Chenlu to repeatedly regret not having discovered this rapidly growing Nameless Sword God earlier. If she had met him fifty years earlier, she could have trained him from a young age with her advantage of longer cultivation time, shaping him into what she desired.
The posthumous reunion in the Xiangzhou era represented a new opportunity for her; having awakened over thirty years earlier than him, she had enough time to establish a considerable power advantage. Theoretically speaking, no matter how adept the Celestial Divine Sword was at combat, a one-year recovery period was just too short, without any formidable cards to play except for an eternal and indestructible Sword Body. Whereas Zhao Chenlu was at least a Heaven Shattering Realm Immortal Venerable, who participated in the Immortal Demon Wars, full of means and holding the home ground advantage, it should have been impossible to lose.
Yet reality was devastatingly bleak... so much that Zhao Chenlu subconsciously started reflecting on what she had been cultivating over the past thirty years, and whether her life had any meaning at all!
It was almost identical to their initial encounter during the Jiuzhou Era.
Taking a moment to readjust her mind, Zhao Chenlu then smiled and said, "Dear, honestly, having lost so badly, don’t you... consider doing something to me?"
Wang Jiu thought for a moment, "I’m indeed considering giving you a round of hell training, your combat senses have dulled a lot compared to before."
"Oh."