Chen Ping's Sword

"Your sword isn’t bad either; earlier, the tip of the sword was dripping with water droplets, as if a lake were rushing towards me, along with a bone-chilling cold. If I’m not mistaken, this should be the Profound Nether Heavy Water."

Chen Ping was also the first time seeing someone who could withstand his sword force of over six hundred thousand pounds, only retreating seven steps, and yet not suffering severe injuries.

The opponent’s sword strike was indeed extremely powerful, unmatched in his experience.

Only under the spiritual artifact Sun and Moon Essence Ring.

In terms of lethality, it not only compared to Yan Beifei’s Profound Frost Yin Thunder without being in the least inferior, but surpassed it by thirty percent.

"Shui Woyan, I’m unclear about one thing: how did you cause these over three hundred people to simultaneously lose balance in the five elements, and suffer great loss in vitality?"

Possessing the miracle power of Profound Nether Heavy Water, cultivating the Profound Water Scripture, water shapeless, clouds without form, the name "Woyan" is exceedingly fitting.

Because he can, like water, change his appearance at any time and place.

Moreover, it’s not fake; it’s his true form.

Even those closest to him can’t tell the difference between real and fake.

Used for assassination, it’s ingeniously perfect.

If not for the opponent’s insistence on fooling around, creating rumors and diseases to sow discord, Chen Ping might not always be watching every person mixed beside him.

Of course, it may be that Shui Woyan’s way of doing things is like this; he never gambles on luck, either doesn’t make a move or when he does, he forces the opponent into a position where they must fall for the trap.

Thus, his arrangements are normal.

Directly reckless assassination is what’s abnormal.

"It’s very simple. After a major disaster followed by soldiers’ chaos, people are frightened; despite your good reputation, King Ping, people can’t be known completely, and ordinary folks naturally seek divine intervention for peace of mind."

Shui Woyan, whether disdainful of hiding his plans or reluctant to let his strategy’s brilliance remain unnoticed, naturally spoke up, and somewhat admired Chen Ping for detecting his plot.

"And in Guangyun Prefecture City, the Divine Water Well of Queen Qingyi Temple in the North City is renowned; regardless of wealth or poverty, everyone desires a bowl of water to drink, to ensure they remain free of disease and disaster."

"Therefore, you placed Profound Nether Heavy Water in the well, allowing people to drink it, thus manipulating the five elements within them..." Chen Ping finally understood how the opponent managed to simultaneously ’infect’ so many people.

Also, he realized that the opponent hiding amongst them wasn’t intending to kill this group of people, but to entice him to approach, to soothe the five elements and restore vitality using the Cyan Wood Longevity Skill.

Once close, while operating the Cyan Wood Longevity Skill, with the aura interconnected and divine will linked, being suddenly attacked and injected with Profound Nether Heavy Water would mean certain death.

This was why previously, Chen Ping sensed traces of danger.

Shui Woyan indeed can disguise with perfection.

But the more one does, the more flaws appear.

With a flash of insight, Chen Ping saw through the opponent’s plot, then countered water with fire, exposing their true form; the so-called strategy couldn’t withstand a single attack.

"You’re talking to me now, without hastily escaping; are you thinking there’s still a chance to turn the tables?"

Gazing deeply at Shui Woyan, Chen Ping turned his head towards the surrounding buildings, chuckling.

"No wonder you’re as meticulous as fine hair, seeing through miles, King Ping; now, take my move, ’Infinite Ocean’."

Shui Woyan’s face seemed like a faceless void, yet also rapidly morphed into hundreds of faces, making it impossible to discern his true appearance.

His body became translucent at that moment.

In his hand, the Profound Nether Fine Sword swung, as if lifting mountains and rivers.

The sword came crashing down.

Falling overhead.

Meanwhile, amidst the twanging of bowstrings.

Dozens of arrows pierced the air with fierce whistles.

Enveloping Chen Ping and his generals, including Feng Yuantu and Qin Guanhai.

"Soul-Eating Cone!"

Chen Ping glanced and saw the arrows’ flight paths were unusual, with arrowheads spinning frantically like cones.

Just a glance made the divine soul sway.

A chilling warning arose in his heart.

Then he understood what was flying towards him: the Beizhou Black Dragon Platform’s specially developed poisonous arrows targeting top experts.

This poison isn’t blood poison, nor True Qi poison, but a divine soul poison.

Moreover, runes etched on the arrowheads could break armor, Qi, and Gang.

A slight mistake, using a True Gang Qi Shield to block, and one would fall into a trap.

Regarding this insidious method by Beizhou’s Black Dragon Platform, Ji Mingyue’s Celestial Heart Pavilion sacrificed dozens of elite spies to uncover its secret.

Since learning that the Black Dragon Platform’s Grand Commander Shui Woyan led a group southward.

Chen Ping had contemplated countless countermeasures.

Among them, none included using one’s body to withstand the attack; that would be the worst option.

Just as he wouldn’t take the gamble of getting close to test whether the Infinite Water Poison could harm him.

He wouldn’t try testing the penetrating power of the Soul-Eating Cone now either.

"Sword Swing in Eight Directions"

At this moment, Chen Ping disregarded Shui Woyan’s ferocious attack, focusing instead on the dozens of seemingly insignificant arrows.

Moreover, he neither stirred Qi and Blood nor circulated True Qi, but used his body’s natural force to deploy exquisite perfection in sword skill.

Surrounded by layers of sword light, the Black Dragon Sword flickered, unpredictably, and in a blink of an eye, he executed tens to hundreds of sword strikes.

While striking fast to the extreme.

As the sword tip landed, it was gentle as spring water.

The swarming Soul-Eating Cones halted simultaneously in mid-air the next moment, as if trapped in a web, unable to move.

Above Shui Woyan’s head, a red and white Jade Ring spun, transforming into a massive, sun-like blazing orb, and with a boom, it descended.

Clearly aware that your half-body becomes water, yet competing in sword and strength is foolish.

You can transform into water; then try the Sun and Moon Essence Ring.

See if the Power of Sun and Moon’s heat prevails, or the Profound Nether Heavy Water’s cold.

It must be said.

Spiritual artifacts like this aren’t something easily handled by a Unity Realm expert who hasn’t broken through to the Divine Martial Realm.

Even if one has cultivated Divine Sense, with most of one’s body transformed into Water Elemental Body, close to the Divine Martial Realm like Shui Woyan.

Facing the Sun and Moon Essence Ring left him with few options.

Watching the blazing fireball, as it solidly approached him, tracking him as he moved.

Shui Woyan finally realized it was time to abandon.

In a flash, he flicked his left hand, releasing a pitch-black Lotus petal, transforming into a light screen covering his head.

And he himself turned into a stream of water light, evading into the creek, slipping into the lake, shimmering briefly, and already escaped ten miles away.

"Setting trap after trap, filled with danger; even if not successful, possessing the formidable Lotus Talisman for protection, capable of resisting spiritual artifact attacks..."

The most absurd thing was staying at the level of exchanging sword techniques when the opponent used water escape.

This was ridiculous, wasn’t it?

Watching the Lotus petal turn to ash, disappearing beneath the Sun and Moon Ring’s radiant blaze, Chen Ping’s eyes were as cold as ice; his brow glowed faintly, and the soul at the Manifest Saint Realm operated to the fullest.

"Such a formidable figure can’t be left, or they’ll cause endless trouble."

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