Aspiring to the Immortal Path

'Broken Mirror'!

Just as described, this formation was like a broken mirror, the spatial fissures the cracks spread across the glass.

These fissures were created from the overlap and intersection of two worlds, randomly scattered about and only occasionally visible. Only the formation layer knew exactly where they were.

The moment this formation appeared, Flowing Wind knew that they were in trouble.

Tang Jie waved his hands, and there was a whistle in the air. A silver wave of light suddenly flew over, and Flowing Wind swiftly evaded, recognizing it to be a spatial fissure.

Tang Jie was the one who had laid down this Broken Mirror Formation, and it seemed like he could actually control the spatial fissures.

Stunned, Flowing Wind finally realized that Tang Jie had to be a formation grandmaster. Alas, this realization had come too late.

The countless spatial fissures swept toward them like the sharpest blades, and even Immortal Platform experts could only dodge.

But Tang Jie began to retreat.

His foes were too busy evading the spatial fissures to stop him.

Perhaps because he was too arrogant, Tang Jie retreated rather slowly.

Seeing this, Origin Defender roared, "Don't even think about running!" and chased after Tang Jie. Several spatial fissures immediately shot toward him, slicing him into several chunks. But he instantly put himself back together and continued the chase.

Having lost his Dao armament, he hated Tang Jie the most, and he was willing to push through any obstacles to capture Tang Jie.

He extended a hand, and a giant hand appeared in the distance.

There was a sharp whistle and a flash of light, and a finger fell from that hand. It just so happened that the hand had passed through a spatial fissure, which had cut off one of Origin Defender's fingers.

Tang Jie chuckled. "When fighting here, 'bigger' doesn't mean 'better'."

He continued flying away.

This giant hand ignored all, surging forward, sputtering blood as if it was a boar charging through a forest of spears. In a flash, that domineering hand had been chopped and diced, and by the time it reached Tang Jie, only half of a hand was left.

Even so, its power could not be underestimated, and as it flew at Tang Jie, Origin Defender thunderously roared, "Die!"

Tang Jie simply grunted and retreated again, using Nearby Horizon to appear far off in the distance. When his attack missed, Origin Defender simply lashed out again, crazily pursuing Tang Jie with little regard for his body.

A spatial fissure swept across his palm, cutting it open, but the wound instantly healed, surging Immortal energy even regrowing the lost fingers.

The two continued their chase and had soon traveled a great distance. Origin Defender was so focused on killing Tang Jie that he utterly ignored the cries from Flowing Wind and the others.

He was getting closer and closer, and perhaps because Tang Jie had sent most of his spatial fissures to deal with Flowing Wind and the others, he was also encountering fewer of them.

Origin Defender picked up speed, closing the distance to Tang Jie. Origin Defender roared, "I'm an Immortal, undying and everlasting! Your puny tricks are useless against me! Today, I'll teach you what it means to be an Immortal! Have a taste of my Immemorial Lightning Incantation!"

As he roared, frenzied bolts of lightning appeared in the air, turning the entire region into a lightning hell.

These lightning bolts were all golden, and like the Pale Cloud Flame, they took on the forms of birds, beasts, bugs, and fish. They had a mind of their own and could find their own targets.

But Tang Jie viewed this all with disdain.

How could this lightning compare to the Heavenly Tribulation he had encountered in the Martial Lord's hidden realm?

The way of the Martial Lord was to grow stronger the longer one fought, and after that Heavenly Tribulation, Tang Jie's lightning resistance had attained new heights. Origin Defender using lightning on him was simply suicidal.

Seeing that they were far enough from the others, Tang Jie snorted, "What dogshit Immemorial Lightning Incantation is this? Break!"

With a roar, he assumed his three-headed, six-armed form. Although he didn't gigantify his body, he nevertheless exuded a domineering majesty.

Gazing up at the thunderclouds, he threw out punch after punch, each punch blasting through the firmament, and those clouds soon showed signs of dispersing.

Origin Defender hadn't expected Tang Jie's physical strength to be this terrifying, his fists alone enough to destabilize his lightning art. Shocked and enraged, he unleashed his lightning before it had time to fully gather. The golden lightning rained down, blasting at Tang Jie's flesh.

Tang Jie simply laughed like a madman.

This lightning brought immense damage, but the greater his wounds, the more power Tang Jie accumulated.

Raising his six arms in the face of the lightning, Tang Jie roared, "Taste my attack as well!"

With a bellow, Tang Jie swung the Sovereign Blade at Origin Defender.

He had gathered all his power into the sword, even imbuing it with Origin Defender's own lightning, and the sword erupted with an overpowering radiance. Origin Defender instantly applied numerous barriers on himself, but in the face of this heaven-shaking strike, all defenses were useless.

Whoosh!

The sword chopped down.

A line of blood appeared down the center of Origin Defender's forehead, and then more and more appeared, spreading across his entire body. Boom! Origin Defender exploded into a cloud of flesh and blood.

"Success." Tang Jie exhaled.

His attack just now had seemed simple, but it had actually contained all his strength. Besides that, it had also simulated the power of a divine treasure called the Ten Thousand Slayer Sword, which was said to kill ten thousand times in a single strike.

The Tang Jie of the past wasn't capable of this, but since his return from the Martial Lord's hidden realm, simulating all weapons was no longer a problem. He could have the Sovereign Blade simulate any weapon it had shattered at any time.

Origin Defender hadn't known of this attribute, so he had been slain in a single blow.

But a moment later, Immortal energy began to gather, consolidating into the form of Origin Defender.