āYou want to use me as your whetstone?ā The Sea Lord recovered his composure and coalesced his true self again, showing himself as a middle aged man with a solemn face. Both his hair and beard were blue, and he wore a long cerulean robe. He wielded a frosty blue bident and was aā¦ mermaid instead of human.
Rather than legs, a blue fish tail waved around for his lower body. Its blue crystalline scales glistened with a glassy sheen thanks to hellfire. Each gleam of light sparkled with the glyphs of sea dao.
Endless waves rose and fell once more over the waterās surface, keeping the Sea Lord safe. His personal weapon was the bident in his hand; it was a connate treasure formed from the dao of the sea. Though the local vicinity had been isolated from the outside world, the blue bident still supplied endless power from his great dao to the Sea Lord.
āIād like to see how strong the combat arts of your hell dao can be. If I devour your hell dao, my great dao will immediately reach the apex. I wonāt even need to refine Ruina to build a world of sea dao sequence!ā The Sea Lord threw his head back with hearty laughter. āMy only fear is that your hell dao isnāt strong enough, that itāll be blunted against its whetstone!ā
They were in a world of immortal daoāone that had almost become a world of immortal dao sequence. Lu Yun had incorporated his hell dao into immortal dao long ago, thereby improving each dao by their association with each other. Their combined might was undefinably immense. Added to that the still growing Immortal Myriadtree which deployed the boundless power of the Six Royals, that meant the orders of the highest degree bolstered Lu Yun at the same time and raised his strength to unprecedented heights.
Of course, he still possessed a fatal weaknessāhis true strength was too weak. He was only a major World Manifest and thus, a gnat compared to a sequence expert like the Sea Lord. However, he was in fine fettle and manifested the combat arts of hell dao from his hand.
āIs that so?ā he sneered. āIn that case, eat this. Dragonrise!ā
The first stroke of Dragonrise!
Aouuuuu!
A piercing dragon croon emitted from his hand. Purple Sunriseāthe ultimate Hongmeng treasure that was the weapon of the king soldierāslashed down on the Sea Lord with its keen edge. The sword was an ultimate treasure, but it hadnāt been born from the current Hongmeng. It was one nurtured by the original Hongmeng and therefore many times stronger than connate treasures in the current fourth realm.
The sword dao within it had undergone an earth-shattering change. It wasnāt Lu Yunās sword dao anymore, but sword dao of hell dao!
Just like the immortal dao, hell dao encompassed everything and could assimilate anything. Itād taken in sword dao and added it to immortal dao. Dragonrise now manifested as a demonic dragon from hell!
Rumble!
Inexhaustible hellfire wreathed around the hell dragon and pounced on the Sea Lord.
āI might be wary if it was Jian Buāer delivering this stroke, but you? Not at all!ā The Sea Lordās metal bident twirled in the air and drew a circle, releasing myriad sea dao and expelling immortal dao, forming a circle sixty meters across that was a world of the sea. Just like the concentric world of immortal dao around it, there was nothing else in the inner circle other than sea dao!
The Sea Lord thrusted his bident at the hell dragon.
āThis blow is named Myriad Sea!ā roared the Sea Lord. āOf Myriad Sea Dao! This move is where Myriadsea World comes from and the combat art that Iāve created within that world!ā
Rumble!!
Cerulean blue radiance circulated, manifesting a hundred million kilometers of sea that converged on the lordās bident.
ā¦ā¦
āRuina!!ā Dongfang Mo yelled when he saw the move. āThe Sea Lordās Myriad Sea move is an imitation of Ruina to create one himself!ā
He finally understood the depths of the Sea Lordās horrific capabilities. Though the latter hadnāt entered Ruina, seawaters formed by sea dao constantly probed the locale, attempting to discern the nature of its strength.
Of course, Dongfang Mo himself had never entered Ruina either, but he was familiar with its power. This Myriad Sea move copied roughly half of the profound meaning found within that zone. He knew that when Myriad Sea truly manifested Ruina, that would be when sea dao fully occupied Myriadsea World and turned it into one of sea dao sequence.
Lu Yun wanted to use the Sea Lord as his whetstone with which to practice the combat arts of hell dao, but so was the lord using Lu Yun to help him practice his myriad sea dao. In fact, with the Sea Lordās experience, heād probably guessed that the Demonic Vine was a trap to lure his primary self out, but heād still emerged without hesitation.
Life had been too peaceful for the Sea Lord throughout all these eons. He was invincible within Myriadsea Worldāno one could even scratch him. He needed pressure and motivation from a strong enemy. He needed a sense of danger threatening his great dao. Thus, heād come with all of his thoughts, will, and core essence to either capture the enemy in one fell swoop or die to their hand.
Such was the courage of leaving no potential of retreat for oneself, just as Dongfang Mo had sought to go down with the various dao beholders a few days ago.
ā¦ā¦
Boooooom.
Dragonrise crashed viciously into Myriad Sea. The hell dragon shrieked with anguish and broke into pieces, dead on the spot. However, the terrifying sea churned forward with overwhelming sea dao and advanced on Lu Yun. It crushed immortal dao wherever it passed through, devouring the other great dao.
Overburdened groans sounded from the Immortal Myriadtree as the Sea Lord also grimaced, propelling himself through water with his fish tail.
Lu Yunās struck a second timeāDragonsoar!
A second hell dragon appeared and soared into the heavens with unquestionable momentum. An even more expansive will blossomed from Lu Yunās body, the imperious mandate of a liege surveying all that he ruled over.
āFrom dao comes one, and one begets two?ā Contempt thickened on the Sea Lordās face to see Lu Yunās second move. āIād thought you were an actual character of note, but you use the dao that describes the birth of life to fashion your hell dao?ā
He continued with Myriad Sea, following up with a second instance before the first had faded away. Lu Yunās Dragonsoar was likewise destroyed.
The young man struck out with a third strokeānameless.
This move was nameless, without a surname or given name, without an end or beginning. Eternal and constant, it was the culmination of all of Lu Yunās accomplishments, reflections, and theories of sword dao, meaning, and realm. Even some sequence experts wouldnāt be able to match Lu Yun when it came to sword dao and his accomplishments on this path.
ā¦ā¦
āHis three strokes depict the truth behind the beginning of life and the mysteries of existence. There is none other like him at these heights,ā Jian Buāer sighed with emotion.
āWhat a pity that he is still less than the Sea Lord,ā Dongfang Mo heaved with regret. āHis cultivation level and mindset is only superior compared to his peers. Among them, he is the undisputed peak. In fact, there are those higher level than him and those whoāve initially set foot into sequence who are less than him.
āBut the Sea Lord still looks down at him. Prepare for action. If this is all he has, then the three of us still need to act.ā Dongfang Mo gravely regarded the fight.
āBut if there are no other contingencies in placeā¦ weāll fail as well.ā Rust flaked off Jian Buāerās sword as the light of a sword peeked out from beneath the discoloration.
ā¦ā¦
The nameless stroke had been destroyed and Lu Yun no longer held his sword. However, Myriad Sea had also been cut apart.
āIs that it?ā The Sea Lord wasnāt smiling anymore. The last stroke had reached cultivation levels beyond the young man to hack apart Myriad Sea. It was proof that Lu Yun was an unparalleled genius. If he could improve to the Sea Lordās level, then any one of the first three strokes wouldāve killed the latter.
āWhereās the next one?ā asked the Sea Lord. If a fourth stroke cut through his Myriad Sea again, it would help him identify the flaws in his move and cement hope of manifesting Ruina.
āThereās only three,ā Lu Yun sighed. āMy sword is no longer in my hand, so my sword dao is broken.ā
āYou have that right. Since you no longer hold your sword, you are unqualified to wield it or further pursue sword dao,ā the Sea Lord nodded.
āTake your sword back, I walk my own dao.ā Lu Yun pointed gently at Purple Sunrise hovering in the air. It rang with a reluctant note before disappearing in the void.