If it was said that Ning Huxiao didn’t have any regrets at that moment, it was impossible.
Unfortunately, it was impossible for him to go back and aim for a reconciliation.
In addition to his shock, his intent of killing Ding Hao was even deeper.
Ding Hao as a threat had to be killed as soon as possible. Otherwise, the whole Heaven-Splitting Swordsmanship Sect would be destroyed in the future.
“By the way, the boy toy is gone. Is the map still in the city?”
Ning Huxiao first thought of the map on the sapphire stone tablet.
There was a last fluke in his heart. Maybe Ding Hao didn’t know about the ancient ruins, so he neglected the stone tablet. Looking at the silver aeroboat that was going to disappear in the distance, he knew that he didn’t have much time. He had to go to the city to find the map. If the stone tablet wasn’t there, he had to follow the silver aeroboat closely and wait for an opportunity to work it out.
If he waited for the boat to disappear to then enter the city, he might lose the trace of Ding Hao and others.
It was impossible to find someone in the vast Sage Battlefield just by relying on himself; it was like looking for a needle in a haystack.
So without any hesitation, he turned into a streamer. When he entered the ancient city’s military station, he went to the main hall of the city for the first time.
“Still there?”
When Ning Huxiao saw the sapphire stone tablet in the inner hall, he couldn’t help having a burst of uncontrollable ecstasy. He had just gone there to have a look with the last bit of hope. Unexpectedly, Ding Hao didn’t find the secret of the stone tablet. Hahaha, it’s true that even the God of Luck was on his side.
Like lightning, he rushed to the stone tablet. Ning Huxiao operated his Qi; he wanted to break the stone tablet and take it away.
Just then—
The dazzling brilliance suddenly flickered in the entire hall without any warning. An invisible but mad pressure was permeating. On the walls around the hall, the dazzling inscription light was in motion. The hall door was closed with a bang, which isolated all the breath outside and turned the hall into an airtight, suffocating prison.
“I’ve been waiting for you for a long time.”
Ding Hao’s voice sounded in the hall.
For Ning Huxiao, that voice was like a thunderbolt. It suddenly exploded around him. He shuddered with fear. A great danger suddenly struck. He proactively responded, rushing to the nearest wall, wanting to break it and leave without any delay.
Unfortunately, at that time, the stone walls, which were usually like thin paper, became extremely tough. The golden inscriptions were shining brightly. Ning Huxiao hit the wall, which was like an unbreakable wall of eternity. His shoulder felt numb. He was bounced back by a monstrous backlash…
“Howl!”
Without any hesitation, Ning Huxiao roared.
His burning Qi flare seemed to be wrapped in the flame. The sharp sword Qi burst out in the flame. It broke through the void and hit the wall like a storm. He almost turned into a peerless sword and stabbed the wall like lightning again.
He knew he had to run away.
He had to run away within the shortest time.
Because he no longer had the Magic Doll of Scapegoat.
In that ancient city’s military station where a suppression power of the primordial inscription was in place, his strength had greatly been reduced; it was less than half of his previous state, and many of his final cards had become ineffective. He had lost in the previous head-on battle. Ning Huxiao didn’t admit his defeat. If he were given another chance, he still had the possibility of defeating Ding Hao. Ding Hao’s crushing performance made him fell shocked; it even impressed him with a little psychological shadow.
Unfortunately, his second collision and escape ended in failure.
The stone wall glittering with golden light seemed to be an insurmountable eternal barrier, which could not be broken even though he exerted all his strength.
“Really? Is this the genius of the Heaven-Splitting Swordsmanship Sect you mentioned?” Evil Moon stood on Ding Hao’s shoulder, holding his forelegs and said disdainfully: “Why does he look like a mouse who has seen a cat? He intends to run away before a fight?”
Ding Hao didn’t speak.
He took the Heaven Sword and the Moon-Cutting Machete out of the storage ring.
He wanted to fight a quick battle.
Ding Hao had to kill Ning Huxiao within the shortest time since he had to go back to the boat to take care of Ximen Qianxue. There were dangers in the wilderness of the Sage Battlefield. Zhang Fan was there alone. Ding Hao was really worried about them.
“Well, that’s a good scheme!” Noticing that he couldn’t escape, Ning Huxiao calmed down and prepared for the coming fight.
He was a really decisive man.
From the first choice to escape to the immediate decision to fight after finding that he couldn’t escape, he didn’t have any worries because of his own status and fame. He wasn’t afraid of being laughed at by others, since he could advance or retreat. As an ambitious person, he had to fight even if he was trapped.
“You’re too greedy.” With the machete in his left hand and the sword in his right one, he was approaching Ning Huxiao step by step.
That was correct. If Ning Huxiao had kept the map in his mind, he wouldn’t have fallen into that trap. Unfortunately, under that day’s situation, Ning Huxiao really had no choice. He didn’t know if Ai Qing was alive or not. He had no idea that Ai Qing had revealed the map information to Ding Hao. He only hated that he didn’t take away the green jade tablet in the first place, because he was in such a hurry out of the defeat, so he clearly knew that it was a trap; he had to jump into it, otherwise once he missed the chance, he would become a big sin of the Sect.
“So let’s fight!”
Ning Huxiao took a deep breath and an idea came to his mind. Suddenly, a set of water blue armor appeared on his body, which seemed to cover him completely like a thin layer of water, only exposing his hands and face. It was shining and circulating. With a bizarre breath, it turned out to be a defense armor at the treasure level.
“Whew!”
Ding Hao took action first.
People like Ning Huxiao always had some trump cards like precious weapons with him. Just as Ding Hao expected; he was not surprised at all.
The Moon-Cutting Machete drew a silver light in the air. It was illusory and dreamy. As Ding Hao struck out, he revealed his saber intent.
“Ding!”
Ning Huxiao’s blue armor brilliance on the arms was extended, turning into two long swords attached to his arms. With a knock in a backhand manner, a sound of metal impact without smoke and fire was heard. The Moon-Cutting Machete was separated from the blue long sword in a flash.
Ning Huxiao was shaken greatly and he had to step back.
In terms of physical strength, he was not Ding Hao’s opponent, despite he had an armor at the precious magic weapon level.
Ding Hao stepped in further. He used the technique of the Seven Black Cut—Horizontal Cutting.
“Mystery of Sword!” Ning Huxiao shouted loudly. The blue long sword in his hand suddenly parried Ding Hao’s massive Heaven Sword. At an inconceivable angle, it burst out a subtle sword light and pointed towards Ding Hao’s eyebrow like lightning.
“Meow!” Evil Moon stretched out his claws casually and broke the sword light like a scrap of paper.
“How could it be…?” Ning Huxiao’s eyes were about to burst out. In his slight daze, he was cut by Ding Hao’s Moon-Cutting Machete by the waist.
“Boom!”
He was directly blasted on the stone wall of the main hall.
“Poof…” A stream of blood spurted out of his mouth. Without a word, with the force of his back, he struggled to get out of the wall hollow at the first time. He flashed quickly to one side. At the same time, with the move of the Seven Black Cut—”Stabbing and Cutting,” Ding Hao emitted a strong power. The Heaven Sword had stabbed where he had hit before.
It was just a match of lightning. He was at an absolute disadvantage.
It was hard for Ning Huxiao to hide his shock. He found inconceivable that compared with the Ding Hao of more than ten days prior, Ding Hao’s strength had grown crazily. The pressure on him was far greater than before. If it weren’t for that face that had not changed, Ning Huxiao really thought that the person he was facing at the moment was actually another one.
“Terrifying cultivation accomplishments, a monstrous talent…”
Ning Huxiao’s figure retreated quickly. Once again, he immediately dodged the sword light cutting his waist immediately.
“Maybe we can stop here and have a talk…” Ning Huxiao shouted.
Ding Hao didn’t stop.
His face devoid of expression, Ding Hao used his machete and sword together. The machete and sword light gave out the power of bewilderment. Ding Hao rolled up layers of fog waves in the void, which shrouded the whole hall with ghastly sword and machete intents, as if to crush everything.
“Don’t you want to know why we took away some disciples of the human sect?” Ning Huxiao said while trying to avoid Ding Hao’s attacks.
He truly felt wronged, so his heart started to bleed.
Once he came to think of himself as a dignified strong man in the Half-Step Martial Emperor realm. He activated his magic weapon given by the Sect. Unexpectedly, he was so embarrassed by the boy toy who had just relied on his physical strength and machete intent. It was really detestable that the suppression created by the primordial inscription in the ancient city’s military station was that strong. His Qi was less than half of the planned reinforcement; otherwise, if the power of his Magic Armor with Water Intent was really inspired, he would have killed Ding Hao in an instant.
Ding Hao hesitated for a while.
He was also confused. Why did the people of the Heaven-Splitting Swordsmanship Sect want to take disciples of five or six other sects to arrest them. If it was because of killing and snatching treasures, it didn’t have to be so troublesome. At the time, they could kill those disciples directly, but they were locked in the underground water dungeon, as if being raised like livestock, which seemed to be for some purpose.
However, such curiosity about the secret couldn’t suppress Ding Hao’s killing intent.
That day, when Ning Huxiao said that he would insult Ximen Qianxue to death, Ding Hao had no intention of letting the cruel and tyrannical sword cultivator leave the Sage Battlefield alive. What’s more, he had to kill Ning Huxiao to prevent the disclosure of the secret; he couldn’t let the Heaven-Splitting Swordsmanship Sect to find out what had happened that soon.
After all, Ding Hao couldn’t stir up a great sect like the Heaven-Splitting Swordsmanship Sect for the time being.
“You… Don’t push me too hard! ” Ning Huxiao was heavily pressured, so much that he was in a frenzy of rage.
Ding Hao was unfazed. His moves were as fast as lightning, exerting continuous pressure on Ning Huxiao.
Ning Huxiao was hit again.
His Magic Armor with Water Intent began to show small cracks.
The mysteries of Ding Hao’s machete and sword intents were beyond the scope of ordinary moves. Every attack was unpredictable, as if it coincided with the changing track of the moving sun and moon in the world. The great truth was simple and the transcendental charm was nowhere to be found. With Ding Hao’s unskilled and impeccable cutting style, Ning Huxiao was still hit again and again despite he tried to dodge Ding Hao’s attacks like lightning.
His nose and mouth were already ejecting blood.
The Magic Armor with Water Intent was a rare weapon; it couldn’t isolate the enormous shock force without available Qi support. Ning Huxiao could clearly feel that the bones in his body were being gradually broken.
His face changed again and again, and finally he couldn’t help shouting, “Stop… Listen… Let me explain… I didn’t mean to embarrass your senior martial sister, because I want to ignite the sacred fire of the inscription formation in the mysterious site. I must use the blood and flesh of the human sect as sacrifices, or I would be killed. I will tell you the secret, you can take the map to find the mysterious site and ignite the sacred fire of the inscription formation… We… We don’t owe each other…”
” I see.”
“No wonder the Heaven-Splitting Swordsmanship Sect caught people of other sects to raise them.”
The last doubt in Ding Hao’s mind was cleared. Ding Hao’s eyes were clear and bright; his battle spirit was even higher, and he was merciless.
“You… You’re pushing me too hard… I must fight you to the death…”
Ning Huxiao became aware that he couldn’t escape that day. His eyes with tears were twinkling. He suddenly shouted. He didn’t retreat; he advanced. The Magic Armor with the Water Intent broke away from his body, and the power elements on the surface became violent. He struggled not trying to be hit by Ding Hao with the skill of the Seven Black Cut—Stabbing and Cutting. His body was almost cut in half and finally he approached Ding Hao.
“Boom!”
A terrible explosion of energy was generated in the hall.
Ding Hao felt a sweetness in the throat and he flew out.
The entire hall was suddenly thrown off the dome by the terrifying explosion, the gravel splashed, and the sunlight outside shone in. Ding Hao only felt that his body seemed to have been stabbed by countless sharp swords. A kind of strange alien Qi blew through his body protection Qi, then rushed into the Qi channel in his body and broke it. Ding Hao felt that it was quite painful, as he were cut by a knife!
The surface of his body was already covered with scars.
But Ning Huxiao was blown into pieces on the spot. His bones were flying in disorder. Obviously, he couldn’t live. However, a little blue fluorescence flew out of his eyebrows before his head was broken, and fled hurriedly and swiftly towards the outside of the hall.
If it was said that Ning Huxiao didn’t have any regrets at that moment, it was impossible.
Unfortunately, it was impossible for him to go back and aim for a reconciliation.
In addition to his shock, his intent of killing Ding Hao was even deeper.
Ding Hao as a threat had to be killed as soon as possible. Otherwise, the whole Heaven-Splitting Swordsmanship Sect would be destroyed in the future.
“By the way, the boy toy is gone. Is the map still in the city?”
Ning Huxiao first thought of the map on the sapphire stone tablet.
There was a last fluke in his heart. Maybe Ding Hao didn’t know about the ancient ruins, so he neglected the stone tablet. Looking at the silver aeroboat that was going to disappear in the distance, he knew that he didn’t have much time. He had to go to the city to find the map. If the stone tablet wasn’t there, he had to follow the silver aeroboat closely and wait for an opportunity to work it out.
If he waited for the boat to disappear to then enter the city, he might lose the trace of Ding Hao and others.
It was impossible to find someone in the vast Sage Battlefield just by relying on himself; it was like looking for a needle in a haystack.
So without any hesitation, he turned into a streamer. When he entered the ancient city’s military station, he went to the main hall of the city for the first time.
“Still there?”
When Ning Huxiao saw the sapphire stone tablet in the inner hall, he couldn’t help having a burst of uncontrollable ecstasy. He had just gone there to have a look with the last bit of hope. Unexpectedly, Ding Hao didn’t find the secret of the stone tablet. Hahaha, it’s true that even the God of Luck was on his side.
Like lightning, he rushed to the stone tablet. Ning Huxiao operated his Qi; he wanted to break the stone tablet and take it away.
Just then—
The dazzling brilliance suddenly flickered in the entire hall without any warning. An invisible but mad pressure was permeating. On the walls around the hall, the dazzling inscription light was in motion. The hall door was closed with a bang, which isolated all the breath outside and turned the hall into an airtight, suffocating prison.
“I’ve been waiting for you for a long time.”
Ding Hao’s voice sounded in the hall.
For Ning Huxiao, that voice was like a thunderbolt. It suddenly exploded around him. He shuddered with fear. A great danger suddenly struck. He proactively responded, rushing to the nearest wall, wanting to break it and leave without any delay.
Unfortunately, at that time, the stone walls, which were usually like thin paper, became extremely tough. The golden inscriptions were shining brightly. Ning Huxiao hit the wall, which was like an unbreakable wall of eternity. His shoulder felt numb. He was bounced back by a monstrous backlash…
“Howl!”
Without any hesitation, Ning Huxiao roared.
His burning Qi flare seemed to be wrapped in the flame. The sharp sword Qi burst out in the flame. It broke through the void and hit the wall like a storm. He almost turned into a peerless sword and stabbed the wall like lightning again.
He knew he had to run away.
He had to run away within the shortest time.
Because he no longer had the Magic Doll of Scapegoat.
In that ancient city’s military station where a suppression power of the primordial inscription was in place, his strength had greatly been reduced; it was less than half of his previous state, and many of his final cards had become ineffective. He had lost in the previous head-on battle. Ning Huxiao didn’t admit his defeat. If he were given another chance, he still had the possibility of defeating Ding Hao. Ding Hao’s crushing performance made him fell shocked; it even impressed him with a little psychological shadow.
Unfortunately, his second collision and escape ended in failure.
The stone wall glittering with golden light seemed to be an insurmountable eternal barrier, which could not be broken even though he exerted all his strength.
“Really? Is this the genius of the Heaven-Splitting Swordsmanship Sect you mentioned?” Evil Moon stood on Ding Hao’s shoulder, holding his forelegs and said disdainfully: “Why does he look like a mouse who has seen a cat? He intends to run away before a fight?”
Ding Hao didn’t speak.
He took the Heaven Sword and the Moon-Cutting Machete out of the storage ring.
He wanted to fight a quick battle.
Ding Hao had to kill Ning Huxiao within the shortest time since he had to go back to the boat to take care of Ximen Qianxue. There were dangers in the wilderness of the Sage Battlefield. Zhang Fan was there alone. Ding Hao was really worried about them.
“Well, that’s a good scheme!” Noticing that he couldn’t escape, Ning Huxiao calmed down and prepared for the coming fight.
He was a really decisive man.
From the first choice to escape to the immediate decision to fight after finding that he couldn’t escape, he didn’t have any worries because of his own status and fame. He wasn’t afraid of being laughed at by others, since he could advance or retreat. As an ambitious person, he had to fight even if he was trapped.
“You’re too greedy.” With the machete in his left hand and the sword in his right one, he was approaching Ning Huxiao step by step.
That was correct. If Ning Huxiao had kept the map in his mind, he wouldn’t have fallen into that trap. Unfortunately, under that day’s situation, Ning Huxiao really had no choice. He didn’t know if Ai Qing was alive or not. He had no idea that Ai Qing had revealed the map information to Ding Hao. He only hated that he didn’t take away the green jade tablet in the first place, because he was in such a hurry out of the defeat, so he clearly knew that it was a trap; he had to jump into it, otherwise once he missed the chance, he would become a big sin of the Sect.
“So let’s fight!”
Ning Huxiao took a deep breath and an idea came to his mind. Suddenly, a set of water blue armor appeared on his body, which seemed to cover him completely like a thin layer of water, only exposing his hands and face. It was shining and circulating. With a bizarre breath, it turned out to be a defense armor at the treasure level.
“Whew!”
Ding Hao took action first.
People like Ning Huxiao always had some trump cards like precious weapons with him. Just as Ding Hao expected; he was not surprised at all.
The Moon-Cutting Machete drew a silver light in the air. It was illusory and dreamy. As Ding Hao struck out, he revealed his saber intent.
“Ding!”
Ning Huxiao’s blue armor brilliance on the arms was extended, turning into two long swords attached to his arms. With a knock in a backhand manner, a sound of metal impact without smoke and fire was heard. The Moon-Cutting Machete was separated from the blue long sword in a flash.
Ning Huxiao was shaken greatly and he had to step back.
In terms of physical strength, he was not Ding Hao’s opponent, despite he had an armor at the precious magic weapon level.
Ding Hao stepped in further. He used the technique of the Seven Black Cut—Horizontal Cutting.
“Mystery of Sword!” Ning Huxiao shouted loudly. The blue long sword in his hand suddenly parried Ding Hao’s massive Heaven Sword. At an inconceivable angle, it burst out a subtle sword light and pointed towards Ding Hao’s eyebrow like lightning.
“Meow!” Evil Moon stretched out his claws casually and broke the sword light like a scrap of paper.
“How could it be…?” Ning Huxiao’s eyes were about to burst out. In his slight daze, he was cut by Ding Hao’s Moon-Cutting Machete by the waist.
“Boom!”
He was directly blasted on the stone wall of the main hall.
“Poof…” A stream of blood spurted out of his mouth. Without a word, with the force of his back, he struggled to get out of the wall hollow at the first time. He flashed quickly to one side. At the same time, with the move of the Seven Black Cut—”Stabbing and Cutting,” Ding Hao emitted a strong power. The Heaven Sword had stabbed where he had hit before.
It was just a match of lightning. He was at an absolute disadvantage.
It was hard for Ning Huxiao to hide his shock. He found inconceivable that compared with the Ding Hao of more than ten days prior, Ding Hao’s strength had grown crazily. The pressure on him was far greater than before. If it weren’t for that face that had not changed, Ning Huxiao really thought that the person he was facing at the moment was actually another one.
“Terrifying cultivation accomplishments, a monstrous talent…”
Ning Huxiao’s figure retreated quickly. Once again, he immediately dodged the sword light cutting his waist immediately.
“Maybe we can stop here and have a talk…” Ning Huxiao shouted.
Ding Hao didn’t stop.
His face devoid of expression, Ding Hao used his machete and sword together. The machete and sword light gave out the power of bewilderment. Ding Hao rolled up layers of fog waves in the void, which shrouded the whole hall with ghastly sword and machete intents, as if to crush everything.
“Don’t you want to know why we took away some disciples of the human sect?” Ning Huxiao said while trying to avoid Ding Hao’s attacks.
He truly felt wronged, so his heart started to bleed.
Once he came to think of himself as a dignified strong man in the Half-Step Martial Emperor realm. He activated his magic weapon given by the Sect. Unexpectedly, he was so embarrassed by the boy toy who had just relied on his physical strength and machete intent. It was really detestable that the suppression created by the primordial inscription in the ancient city’s military station was that strong. His Qi was less than half of the planned reinforcement; otherwise, if the power of his Magic Armor with Water Intent was really inspired, he would have killed Ding Hao in an instant.
Ding Hao hesitated for a while.
He was also confused. Why did the people of the Heaven-Splitting Swordsmanship Sect want to take disciples of five or six other sects to arrest them. If it was because of killing and snatching treasures, it didn’t have to be so troublesome. At the time, they could kill those disciples directly, but they were locked in the underground water dungeon, as if being raised like livestock, which seemed to be for some purpose.
However, such curiosity about the secret couldn’t suppress Ding Hao’s killing intent.
That day, when Ning Huxiao said that he would insult Ximen Qianxue to death, Ding Hao had no intention of letting the cruel and tyrannical sword cultivator leave the Sage Battlefield alive. What’s more, he had to kill Ning Huxiao to prevent the disclosure of the secret; he couldn’t let the Heaven-Splitting Swordsmanship Sect to find out what had happened that soon.
After all, Ding Hao couldn’t stir up a great sect like the Heaven-Splitting Swordsmanship Sect for the time being.
“You… Don’t push me too hard! ” Ning Huxiao was heavily pressured, so much that he was in a frenzy of rage.
Ding Hao was unfazed. His moves were as fast as lightning, exerting continuous pressure on Ning Huxiao.
Ning Huxiao was hit again.
His Magic Armor with Water Intent began to show small cracks.
The mysteries of Ding Hao’s machete and sword intents were beyond the scope of ordinary moves. Every attack was unpredictable, as if it coincided with the changing track of the moving sun and moon in the world. The great truth was simple and the transcendental charm was nowhere to be found. With Ding Hao’s unskilled and impeccable cutting style, Ning Huxiao was still hit again and again despite he tried to dodge Ding Hao’s attacks like lightning.
His nose and mouth were already ejecting blood.
The Magic Armor with Water Intent was a rare weapon; it couldn’t isolate the enormous shock force without available Qi support. Ning Huxiao could clearly feel that the bones in his body were being gradually broken.
His face changed again and again, and finally he couldn’t help shouting, “Stop… Listen… Let me explain… I didn’t mean to embarrass your senior martial sister, because I want to ignite the sacred fire of the inscription formation in the mysterious site. I must use the blood and flesh of the human sect as sacrifices, or I would be killed. I will tell you the secret, you can take the map to find the mysterious site and ignite the sacred fire of the inscription formation… We… We don’t owe each other…”
” I see.”
“No wonder the Heaven-Splitting Swordsmanship Sect caught people of other sects to raise them.”
The last doubt in Ding Hao’s mind was cleared. Ding Hao’s eyes were clear and bright; his battle spirit was even higher, and he was merciless.
“You… You’re pushing me too hard… I must fight you to the death…”
Ning Huxiao became aware that he couldn’t escape that day. His eyes with tears were twinkling. He suddenly shouted. He didn’t retreat; he advanced. The Magic Armor with the Water Intent broke away from his body, and the power elements on the surface became violent. He struggled not trying to be hit by Ding Hao with the skill of the Seven Black Cut—Stabbing and Cutting. His body was almost cut in half and finally he approached Ding Hao.
“Boom!”
A terrible explosion of energy was generated in the hall.
Ding Hao felt a sweetness in the throat and he flew out.
The entire hall was suddenly thrown off the dome by the terrifying explosion, the gravel splashed, and the sunlight outside shone in. Ding Hao only felt that his body seemed to have been stabbed by countless sharp swords. A kind of strange alien Qi blew through his body protection Qi, then rushed into the Qi channel in his body and broke it. Ding Hao felt that it was quite painful, as he were cut by a knife!
The surface of his body was already covered with scars.
But Ning Huxiao was blown into pieces on the spot. His bones were flying in disorder. Obviously, he couldn’t live. However, a little blue fluorescence flew out of his eyebrows before his head was broken, and fled hurriedly and swiftly towards the outside of the hall.
