Chapter 4: Raising 8 Million Ghost Soldiers, Breaking Through the 18 Hells by Force (Part 2)
Even Pudu Temple, the foremost sect with a thousand-year history, couldn't possibly find one hundred and eighty Dao Foundation Stage Martial Artists who practice dark attribute Tao Foundation. As a result, this sword formation has never appeared in the history of the Daluo Sect.
It was not until the appearance of Qing Xie that this sword formation truly came to light!
His second divine ability is—[Myriad Awareness].
This is a divine ability that allows one to multitask; when mastered to perfection, one can even manage myriad tasks at once!
It is precisely because of the [Myriad Awareness] divine ability that Qing Xie became the number one swordsman of the Daluo Sect, able to cultivate to the peak of the Mysterious Realm with his Tao Power.
Relying on [Myriad Awareness], he can single-handedly form an array and display the Eighteen Hell Netherworld Sword Formation!
Tongue-pulling, limb-cutting, iron tree, wicked mirror, steaming basket... knife mountain, oil cauldron, blood pool... ghostly shadows abound, wails ceaseless, drawing one's heart and spirit to eternally sink within.
Tens of thousands of Sword Qi formed a Sword Qi, seemingly evolving the eighteen layers of hell one by one, entrapping Li Fei within these layers of hell.
This is both a sword array and the pinnacle of Mysterious Realm's Tao Power!
Previously in the Illusion Realm, Li Fei had never forced out Qing Xie's Eighteen Hell Netherworld Sword Formation, nor had he encountered the peak Tao Power of the Mysterious Realm.
But now, after only a few moves, Qing Xie went all out, indicating how great a threat Li Fei posed to him.
Li Fei was trapped in layer upon layer of 'hell,' unable to use [No Distance] to directly traverse the sword formation.
The space contains countless 'interlayers.' Through these 'interlayers,' one can instantaneously appear from one point to another; this is the principle of the [No Distance] divine ability.
But after Qing Xie laid down the Eighteen Hell Netherworld Sword Formation, each layer of hell became a self-contained world, forming eighteen 'faults' in space.
Li Fei could teleport within a single small world but could not directly move from one small world to another.
Sword Qi, like tides, attacked from all directions.
Li Fei executed the Sword State·Golden Body Jade Marrow, and after activating the [Mixed Heaven Golden Palace] divine ability, the Sword State·Golden Body Jade Marrow was a combination of Mixed Element Heavenly Gold Body and Flying Sword Body.
In terms of pure defensive power, aside from Martial Arts Masters with the [Indestructible] divine ability, few martial artists could be 'harder' than Li Fei!
One after another, Sword Qi struck Li Fei's body and were annihilated, yet Li Fei remained unmoved.
However, each annihilated Sword Qi left a bit of black in the golden light around Li Fei's body.
As more and more Sword Qi were annihilated, the black within the golden light grew denser.
This was Qing Xie's third divine ability—[Ghost Mark]!
Any attack that hits the opponent leaves a mark on their body. The more marks there are, and when finally detonated, the greater the damage caused.
Such is [Ghost Mark].
Each [Ghost Mark] is composed of divine power, impervious to any Martial Arts or Magic, and cannot be removed!
Thus, Li Fei's Protective Force and extraordinary abilities like Golden Body Jade Marrow are useless, even employing 'Ding'e Vajra Form' Tao Power is equally ineffective.
However, his Sword State also incorporates the 'Mixed Element Heavenly Gold Body,' containing the divine power of [Mixed Heaven Golden Palace], which can provide some resistance against [Ghost Mark].
As [Mixed Heaven Golden Palace] continuously absorbs the Heaven and Earth Qi, Li Fei can constantly negate the power of [Ghost Mark] on his body.
But the surrounding Sword Qi was simply too much!
Li Fei's rate of clearing [Ghost Mark] couldn't keep up with its rate of accumulation.
As long as he remained in the sword formation, the number of [Ghost Mark] on him would continue to increase until the moment of their final detonation.
Right now, Qing Xie couldn't penetrate Li Fei's defense, but when enough [Ghost Mark] were accumulated, the outcome would be different.
[Prison Gate], [Myriad Awareness], [Ghost Mark], Qing Xie's three divine abilities complemented each other, combined with his peak Mysterious Realm Tao Power, created a combat power stronger than many Four Divine Abilities Martial Arts Masters!
Suddenly, countless streams of golden Sword Qi burst from within Li Fei.
Golden Sword Qi clashed with blood-red Sword Qi, explosively confronting each other.
Soon, the golden light spread outward, eventually forming a golden 'lake' in this ghostly, eerie 'Hell.'
Sword State·Mixed Element Sword Realm!
A Mixed Element Sword Realm, like the prototype of the Martial Arts Domain, particularly with Li Fei activating [Mixed Heaven Golden Palace], supported by a continuous supply of Heaven and Earth Qi, this sword realm became even more powerful.
Li Fei forcefully erected a small world within the sword formation set by Qing Xie!
As this small world emerged, [Ghost Mark] could only stack upon the sword realm, unable to directly harm Li Fei anymore.
Li Fei quietly maintained the Mixed Element Sword Realm, standing motionless within the sword array.
For other Martial Arts Masters, if they were not cultivating dark attribute Tao Foundation, it would be nearly impossible to replenish Primordial Qi in Qing Xie's sword formation; using force would deplete it little by little.
But Li Fei has [Mixed Heaven Golden Palace], able to absorb even the dark attribute ghostly Qi.
Moreover, as more Sword Qi was annihilated around him, the more ghostly Qi he could absorb.
So he wasn't afraid of a war of attrition.
Qing Xie had to maintain three divine abilities simultaneously, consuming far more than he, and if this continued, he'd definitely be the one laughing last!
Qing Xie clearly realized this as well and decisively changed tactics.
He thrust out a sword, causing the eighteen layers of hell, the eighteen small worlds, to begin overlapping!
The pressure on Mixed Element Sword Realm increased, and when Qing Xie detonated [Ghost Mark] for the first time, this sword realm was shattered with a roar!
Li Fei suffered backlash, and over two hundred Blood Souls immediately fell.
He switched to Sword State·Golden Body Jade Marrow, and the overlapping sword array continued to crush toward him.