Demon Sword Sect’s Undercover
Chapter 854: 853: Five Elements Ravage

Chapter 854: Chapter 853: Five Elements Ravage

Mu Fan was not surprised about not defeating his opponent; instead, he was surprised by his opponent’s complete lack of resistance under his fire techniques.

Of course, the opponent was also smart and did not choose to contest mana with him. Had he done so, the battle’s outcome would already be decided.

The fire techniques lack penetration capability, and more importantly, the opponent’s Body Sword Integration made it difficult for his fire techniques to exert their full power. Though at an advantage, he couldn’t secure victory; however, it was fine. After all, this was an emissary from the Upper Realm. If he were taken down by just a round of fire techniques, Mu Fan would have doubted this person’s true identity.

As thoughts swirled in his mind, he kept maneuvering; within his Sea Of Consciousness, a blue Dao God descended, pushing away the Fire Governor, and settled in his consciousness, immediately transforming his temperament from fiery restlessness to calmness like water.

The Water Dragon King was another Dao God of his; once in place, his fire techniques’ abilities vanished completely, but his mind was filled with how to wield the Water Element.

Hou Niao suddenly felt as if he had entered another space, from Purgatory Flames to overwhelming blue waves. During the transformation from fire to water, a large amount of mist rose, making it impossible to see beyond thirty feet. The entire space was filled with the violent power of the Five Elements, with the Water Element taking the dominant position.

This time, he did not use Body Sword Skill because he had a deep understanding of the Water Element. Seeing a multitude of water techniques attacking, he finally had the chance to rise with his Flying Sword and search for his opponent’s shadow amidst the steaming mist.

The lack of mana cultivation was a hard weakness that prevented him from using many skills. The Mysterious Light could only flash momentarily but couldn’t be sustained. If there wasn’t a suitable opportunity, it was better not to use it at all.

The Flying Sword finally found his opponent, but like before, it got caught up in endless waves, unable to find a good opportunity to burst forth.

A single Flying Sword was very thin, and the opponent could easily target it. At this moment, he recalled the benefits of Sword Light Division.

Facing obstacles everywhere, making do with limited resources, this wasn’t his problem; it was an issue between someone with two hundred years in the Golden Core Realm and another with only two years. It was a matter of having a System Skill inheritance versus one still seeking masters all around.

Having handled the Fire Governor, Water Dragon King, Earth Duke, Wood Thorn Elder, and finally the Gold General, the series of operations left Hou Niao struggling,

More astonishing was that such an incredibly gifted person existed in the world, achieving the pinnacle in every aspect of the Five Elements. In Jinxiu and Hell Star, he had seen countless talented Magic Cultivators but never anyone close to this level. How did this person achieve it?

He couldn’t believe such a genius truly existed, as it didn’t conform to the rules of cultivation. Observing the Daoist’s different external aura each time he used a different Daoist Method, he speculated.

The cultivation world has countless divine skills and secret techniques. He had just entered the universe and knew little, yet he felt certain something was assisting such power? Was it a special elixir or an extraordinary artifact?

Even if the truth was elusive, it didn’t stop him from contemplating a countermeasure; the oddity lay in the opponent’s extensive effort in rotating the Five Elements instead of focusing on just one. Was it habitual, or was there no choice?

If this was a flaw of the opponent, it might also be his last chance.

The gap was too vast; his mana cultivation was crushed, unable to explode with force, and his swordsmanship system was incomplete. Damn it, why, after a century of swordsmanship, hadn’t he broken free from this cycle of an incomplete swordsmanship system?

… Mu Fan found this opponent somewhat strange, like an unkillable cockroach, always able to dodge his trump card at the last moment.

His mana was weak, which was expected; but this person’s swordsmanship was strange, a Body Sword Integration technique he had never seen before. Honestly, he wasn’t even sure if it was a Sword Sect inheritance?

If it truly was the legendary powerful Sword Sect, how could he be at a disadvantage the whole time? Where were the various powerful swordsmanship techniques? What about Sword Light Division?

No distinctive features throughout, that was the only characteristic of this Sword Cultivator.

But he remained cautious because all Sword Cultivators had a particular problem – they were especially desperate, embodying what they often called fighting to the bitter end, which was the opposite of Magic Cultivators who excelled in wearing you down over time.

He didn’t want to push to the end or to grind with time. What he really wanted was to suppress to death using his deep mana from two hundred years in the Golden Core Realm; it was the safest and smartest method.

The true essence of combat is always to use what you are best at to strike what your enemy finds most embarrassing. In two years of Core Formation, what cultivation can he have? This was the opponent’s fatal flaw, and it was the fundamental reason why the top of the Anchor Chain believed these people could kill these emissaries from the Upper Realm in the Trial Arena.

In a few more decades, the gap in cultivation would not be as apparent; the advantage of Daoist inheritance would return to these extraterrestrial visitors, making it increasingly difficult to kill them.

There were no secret moves, just the Five Elements Rotation, finding the Sword Cultivator’s weakness in the process, to see which element was truly his shortcoming.

Now that one cycle was complete, he discovered the Sword Cultivator was quite adept in the Water Element? It was somewhat unexpected.

The rotation of the Five Elements tested one’s understanding of the Great Dao, even if their current comprehension at the Golden Core Realm was somewhat laughable; but in continuing to fight this way, he could maximize the prevention of the Sword Cultivator’s desperate struggle, avoiding mutual destruction, which was what he truly cared about.

He wouldn’t forget that he was now battling with his true form, with no chance to start again.

On the second cycle of the Five Elements Rotation, he discovered another small secret of the Sword Cultivator; he was quite profound in the Earth Element as well? Why would a Sword Cultivator not excel in Gold Fire but waste time in other areas?

His probing was due to the characteristics of the Dao God during combat. In the normal conversion of elemental techniques, the five Dao Gods could be used interchangeably, choosing whichever was most suitable, but using the core strike of a Dao God would result in temporary rejection of the other four Dao Gods, causing a pause in the Five Elements Rotation, which was risky if it failed to kill the opponent and led to a brief weakness.

He didn’t want to take risks, so he had to find the Five Element direction the opponent was least adept in.

In the third cycle of the Five Elements Rotation, it was still the same as the last cycle, the Sword Cultivator was strongest in Water and Earth elements, weakest in Gold and Fire, and average in the Wood element.

Having this knowledge, he certainly wouldn’t choose the Water Dragon King or Earth Duke, as that would be asking for trouble; but neither would he choose the Fire Governor or Gold General, because his rich combat experience taught him that what his opponent deliberately exposed were often traps.

He chose the Wood Thorn Elder as the Dao God for the final strike.

Throughout the battle, with explosive power rare among Magic Cultivators, he pressed down the Sword Cultivator, which was something he was most proud of, but such output was difficult even for him to sustain for long.

The Dao God was indeed unparalleled in spells, yet the mana consumption was equally astonishing…

The core secret technique of the Wood Thorn Elder was Thorny Kill.