Chapter 647 — Utterly Convinced
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But that has one precondition — the opponent must be wounded first. If the opponent stands unharmed, he can do nothing, and can only burn away his own vital energy and cultivation, growing weaker and weaker. " Chi Xi's three-headed, six-armed body was indeed a battle frame of matchless strength, yet it was still far weaker than the First Ancestor's, and had long since been beaten to a mass of wounds, barely able to hold on.
That Chi Xi could hold on at all was chiefly because the First Ancestor Human Emperor wished to win Shen Mu over — to show him how overpowering his seal arts of Heaven and Earth were, so that Shen Mu would learn them of his own free will. He had fought his way to the eight hundredth floor precisely to display his seal arts before Shen Mu; so long as Shen Mu saw the subtlety in them and took the desire to learn, then the First Ancestor need only give a gentle push along the current, Shen Mu need only trot down the slope that offered itself, and all would end in joy on every side.
"I have fought to the eight hundredth floor; all that should be shown has been shown. Now it is time to end this! " The First Ancestor Human Emperor erupted with his full strength in an instant, unleashing the Seal of Eternal Heaven and Earth; as the seal pressed down, the space within the tower all but congealed, and the god Chi Xi was pinned in midair, his body convulsing violently, as though struck by some invisible blow of tremendous force!
His body shuddered a hundred-odd times, as though it had taken a hundred-odd blows of unspeakable terror!
The mighty treasures in his grasp abruptly slipped his control, their power erupting as they blasted toward the First Ancestor Human Emperor!
Those six mighty treasures no longer needed his steering; of their own accord they hurled themselves at him. The First Ancestor Human Emperor drew his sword — the blade at his waist left its sheath — and flicked it in six swift points; with several crisp rings of metal the six mighty treasures snapped apart at once, their power gone entirely, destroyed outright by that divine sword! The First Ancestor's attainments in swordsmanship were in fact not high; what was truly formidable was the sword he carried. The divine majesty stored within that blade could stand against the whole Chiming Heaven-Suppressing Tower — plainly no ordinary treasure! The Human Emperor Hall had been built within Yuming Palace, one of the thirty-six heavenly palaces, and the sword he wore was the Yuming Sword, the mighty treasure with which the Kaihuang Heavenly Court had suppressed Yuming Palace — a palace-guarding treasure and a prince's sword, extraordinary beyond all saying!
The moment this sword came out, all the divine weapons hanging outside the tower trembled violently too, their power sweeping wildly in every direction; beams of divine light a hundred li long swayed through the air, slicing until the surrounding space shuddered without cease. The First Ancestor Human Emperor dispersed his seal art, and Chi Xi crashed to the ground with a thud; the divine weapons hanging outside came clattering down — across a thousand floors every divine weapon fell, a spectacle to behold.
This was the clash of the Chiming Heaven-Suppressing Tower's might against the Yuming Sword's; found wanting, it had its treasures struck down through all its floors by the sword light! Mighty as this sword was, the First Ancestor's attainments in the sword were not high, and so he seldom used it.
Ban Gongcuo, watching this scene, shuddered several times in a row, hesitated a moment, and then his figure slowly faded away and was gone. Chi Xi's three heads streamed with blood as he crawled with difficulty toward the eight hundred and first floor; he made it up the stairs, then slid back down. "Brother Daoist, there is no need for us to fight to the death.
" The First Ancestor Human Emperor sheathed his sword and stepped forward to help him up.