Chapter 19 Ji Ning Battles Tong Yu (Part 2)

"Chi chi chi~~~" Countless golden star sands were swirling around the giant Tong Yu. When the six sword beams transformed into fine rain and tried to penetrate, the star sands were naturally sent flying.

The giant Tong Yu bellowed, "Ambushing me?"

His fists instantly opened into large hands like winnowing fans, and with a whoosh whoosh whoosh, he swung them around, fast as phantoms. The two large hands instantly enveloped the surrounding area.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!" A series of booming sounds.

All six sword beams were actually blocked!

"Such fast palm techniques," Ji Ning, watching from afar, was startled. "Although his body is large after using the divine ability, he's less agile. But his hands are astonishingly fast!"

"Ji Ning, accept death!" The giant Tong Yu's body shot forward as a golden blur, instantly pouncing straight at Ji Ning.

"Go." Ji Ning's black wings fluttered behind him as another sword beam condensed before him.

Bang!

The sword beam had just flown out when it was scattered by a punch from the giant Tong Yu.

"Die." The giant Tong Yu was like a demon god, his face ferocious, his fists like meteorites pounding at Ji Ning in succession!

Retreat! Retreat! Retreat!

Ji Ning exerted all his strength in the Windwing Evasion technique. Since the giant Tong Yu was much faster, Ji Ning could only rely on agility to dodge, unable to create distance—like dancing on a tightrope!

If you often walk by the river, your shoes are bound to get wet!

"Whoosh." Though the giant Tong Yu was clearly on the left, his fist suddenly appeared, directly enveloping Ji Ning.

Boom! The rain was sent flying!

Swish! The blooming water-fire lotus was crushed directly!

Ji Ning held his twin swords, and the sword light transformed into two flowing streams, soft and yielding, meeting the incoming golden fist. "Bang!" A loud crash. The giant Tong Yu felt that the point of impact was extremely slippery and insubstantial, as if his punch had hit nothing and was being redirected.

"Boom." Ji Ning himself was sent flying backward dozens of zhang, wounds appearing on his tiger's mouth that quickly healed.

"What a formidable foe." Ji Ning was alarmed by the power of this punch.

His own elemental energy surpassed the Zifu perfection stage, and with the Rainwater Sword Domain, the power of the Northmoon swords also exceeded ordinary mortal-grade treasures. In close combat alone, though slightly weaker than the 'Lesser Thousand Swords Formation sword beams,' he estimated it reached the Wanxiang Adept level. Yet in a direct clash, even with all his defensive efforts, he was still sent flying.

"He didn't die!" The giant Tong Yu from afar was stunned.

……

When the giant Tong Yu struck Ji Ning, the other Zifu cultivators, including Nong Zidao, were very excited. But seeing Ji Ning sent flying without any damage, they were all bitterly disappointed.

"How can this be?"

"Senior apprentice-brother Tong Yu used the Heaven-Earth Transformation divine ability. How powerful his punch is! Why wasn't he smashed to death?"

One by one, the Zifu cultivators felt a chill in their hearts.

"Senior apprentice-brother Tong Yu, we'll help you."

"We'll help you."

These anxious Zifu cultivators all began to use their techniques.

……

As Ji Ning was sent flying dozens of zhang by Tong Yu, a fierce gleam flashed in his eyes. All seven hundred-plus flying swords floating around him lit up. This was the first time since the battle began that Ji Ning had used the ninth layer of the Lesser Thousand Swords Formation.

A sharp pain shot through his mind!

"Go!" The radiant sword beam before Ji Ning, like a true sword, transformed into a streak of rain.

"Go!" "Go!" "Go!" "Go!"

Taking advantage of the distance created by their clash, Ji Ning exerted all his strength to unleash five ninth-layer sword beams of the Lesser Thousand Swords Formation, then immediately stopped. The strain on his soul from unleashing these five sword beams alone was already unbearable, so he naturally stopped.

"Die!" Ji Ning's eyes held anticipation.

These were his strongest moves; they had to succeed.

"Useless." The giant Tong Yu's star sands swirled densely around him, and ordinary rain could not cut through. When Ji Ning's first sword beam pierced through the star sands, Tong Yu glanced at this streak of rain and directly slapped at it.

Bang!!!

The giant Tong Yu shuddered violently, then stomped back three steps, making the ground tremble and shake.

The other four sword beams also came in succession!

"How can they be so strong?" The giant Tong Yu felt numbness and pain in his arms. However, his divine body's regenerative power was astonishing, so he was not afraid. He exerted all his strength to block the other sword beams.

Bang! Bang!

But each block sent him staggering backward, affecting his footwork. Carelessly, two streaks of rain evaded his fists and slashed directly at his body. Chi chi chi~~~ The rain was like blades, cutting into the giant Tong Yu's body. Yet his body, covered in a layer of golden light, was extremely tough. When the sword beams tried to break through his armor and cut into his flesh, they met with great resistance.

Chi chi chi~~~ They barely left a large wound on Tong Yu's body before dissipating.

Another sword beam left only a wound, then dissipated.

"What!" Ji Ning's eyes widened.

He understood.

When Tong Yu used the Heaven Earth art to enlarge his body, his size increased so much that the difficulty of cutting his body in half skyrocketed. Because Tong Yu's body was too thick, and the toughness of every muscle and skin also soared. His own Small Thousand Sword Formation, ninth layer, only added a wound.

"You hurt me?" Tong Yu roared as he charged.

"Brother Tong Yu, we'll help you."

"Ji Ning, die."

The Zifu cultivators who had been watching from afar sent their magic treasures flying toward Ji Ning.

"Back off." Ji Ning shook his black wings and rapidly retreated.

The surrounding rain swirled, forming layers of protective walls that blocked those treasures. The treasures of those Zifu cultivators could not penetrate the layers of walls, showing the terror of Ji Ning's 'Rainwater Sword Domain'.

But Tong Yu crashed through layer after layer of water walls.

"Back off." Ji Ning completely changed his strategy.

While manipulating the rain to form layers of tough water walls to block and bind, he also condensed Waterfire Lotuses around Tong Yu! Waterfire Lotuses around Ji Ning were a protection, but when they appeared around Tong Yu, they became a restraint.

"Break!" Tong Yu forcibly smashed through the Waterfire Lotuses and layers of water walls, trying to chase Ji Ning.

Ji Ning spent almost all his mental energy controlling the rain and Waterfire Lotuses. Once he exerted full control, the Waterfire Lotuses bloomed continuously, constantly obstructing. The water walls also formed layer after layer... Facing such heavy restraints, the giant Tong Yu's speed greatly decreased, unable to catch Ji Ning.

"Dao Domain." Nong Zidao, inside the Blacklight Tower in the distance, narrowed his eyes. "It really is a Dao Domain. Those layers of rain-formed walls are so powerful... A Dao Domain, at just sixteen, he's comprehended a Dao Domain. Monstrous!"

He hadn't been sure before.

But when Ji Ning went all out, unleashing the power of the Rainwater Sword Domain, causing countless raindrops to obstruct with all their might, Nong Zidao and Tong Yu, with their keen eyes, were certain it was a Dao Domain. If it weren't a Dao Domain, how could it be so powerful?

Waterfire Lotuses bloomed one after another.

The Rainwater Sword Domain was everywhere; each layer of rain wall was inferior to a Waterfire Lotus, but there was so much rain that quantity led to quality, making the Rainwater Sword Domain even stronger than the Waterfire Lotuses. Naturally, Tong Yu was slow.

"If you have the skill, fight me!" Tong Yu roared ferociously. "Using such tricks, what kind of skill is that?"

"Being able to trap you is also a skill," Ji Ning sneered. "And trapped, you're as good as dead."

Tong Yu's expression changed.

"Indeed..." Seeing Tong Yu's expression, Ji Ning's heart stirred. His guess was correct.

In the earlier direct fight, Tong Yu was so fierce that even his all-out Small Thousand Sword Formation, ninth layer, only made him retreat three steps. Even when the sword beam struck his body, his two-story-tall giant frame only suffered a wound before the beam dissipated. But the Heavenly Dao is fair.

The Heaven Earth art increased strength, speed, and even body toughness, and the body was huge...

With such a surge in power, were there no drawbacks?

The drawback was likely the enormous consumption of divine power! Maintaining the Heaven Earth art state consumed a shocking amount of divine power.

He himself had cultivated the divine ability 'Windwing Evasion'. Windwing Evasion was different from Heaven Earth art. Windwing Evasion leaned more toward technique; Heaven Earth art leaned more toward a divine ability for controlling the body.

Windwing Evasion was a flight evasion divine ability. Each roc diagram contained profound mysteries and also techniques for using divine power. When Ji Ning fought Bo Zishan, he consumed divine power to use Windwing Evasion. But in this fight with Tong Yu, Ji Ning used yuan power to execute it.

Using divine power to execute a divine ability could amplify the divine power's effect tens or hundreds of times, making the divine ability's power naturally great.

But Ji Ning's divine power from divine body training was only at 'Xiantian perfection', while his qi-refining yuan power surpassed Zifu perfection. Using yuan power to control the magic wings according to the roc diagrams naturally made them fast.

"Maintaining Heaven Earth art consumes a shocking amount of divine power. Let's see how much divine power you have," Ji Ning thought. "My consumption is almost negligible. Both the Rainwater Sword Domain and the Waterfire Lotuses are formed by drawing on the power of heaven and earth."

"Ji Ning!"

The giant Tong Yu roared. "You only use such despicable means."

Ji Ning, however, exerted all his effort to control the Rainwater Sword Domain and Waterfire Lotuses, frantically binding his opponent. As Ji Ning guessed, the divine power consumed by the giant Tong Yu in using the divine ability was astonishing. Tong Yu dared not revert to normal form, lest Ji Ning's sword beams instantly drown and kill him.

...

Half an hour.

This was the last half hour of Tong Yu's life. During this half hour, he once stopped crashing into the Waterfire Lotuses and layers of water walls. Not attacking could reduce divine power consumption. But when he stopped, Ji Ning attacked with sword beams. Being wounded by Ji Ning's sword beams and then recovering consumed even more divine power.

Neither fighting nor not fighting worked.

Finally, Tong Yu's divine power was exhausted. His body shrank to normal height. Chi! A rain sword beam flashed, and Tong Yu's head flew off. He crashed to the ground. With his divine power completely drained, he couldn't heal the wound and died.

"Brother Tong Yu is dead."

"Brother Tong Yu!"

The other Zifu cultivators panicked, but trapped in the Black Dragon Locking Heaven formation, they had nowhere to flee.

"It's over." Nong Zidao inside the Blacklight Tower reached out and stroked the crane beside him, pain and pity in his eyes. "Crane, I'm sorry. Coming to Yanshan was a mistake. I can't save you. Our master-servant bond ends here. I hope the Ji clan will spare your life!" In his other hand appeared a talisman.

Whoosh.

A spatial fluctuation suddenly occurred around him. Nong Zidao vanished from the Blacklight Tower, leaving only the other five Zifu cultivators, the Earth Dragon, and the crane.

The crane let out a mournful cry, tears streaming from its eyes.