Vol 1 CH 56 (1/2)

A Martial Odyssey Edmund Shen 201560K 2022-07-20

Chapter 56: The Universal Force

Many years ago, Ding Jun was one of the followers of the Heavenly Temptress He had pretended to join Xiao Boyi, Yuan Tieqi and You Nikuang in a rebellion against the Heavenly Te who had died in defense of the Heavenly Te Jun and they were actually a loving secret couple

So when Xiao Boyi, Yuan Tieqi and You Nikuang had killed Jing Xing in the ensuring rebellion, Ding Jun secretly sworn to avenge her and founded the Sacred Divine Sect to continue the legacy of the Invincible Divine Clan

Dugu Zhen said coldly, “So you want to knoho is our Holy leader is? Only the elders of the Sacred Divine Clan knoho the Holy Leader really is Not even the likes of Gongsun Bai have that knowledge”

Lingfeng interrupted coldly, “The heretic sect can clai but a coho hides in the darkness”

Dugu Zhen hu Yun

Ding Yun gazed at everyone intently before she said, “Look no further I am the Holy Leader of the Sacred Divine Clan”

Ji Wuzheng was in disbelief that the Holy Leader would actually be a young maiden, “You…you are the Holy Leader of the Sacred Divine Clan?”

Gongsun Jing, Nangong Le, Qiu Wufeng, Yu’Er, Mei’Er, Lingfeng and Huo Fu were equally startled!

Ding Yun said with quiet demeanor, “You only have this one chance to kill me”

Xiao Youxue had already raised her hands and her fingers were surrounded by a golden halo as she said ive ivable I really have no choice but to fight you today”

Ding Yun clapped her hands gently and immediately, the Three Evils of the West had sped forward and were standing beside her! “But you must also know that the Holy Leader of the Sacred Divine Clan cannot be so easily killed”

Dugu Zhen added coldly, “No one can stop us fro to be Celestials today!”

The Blood Heretic hummed coldly in his old voice, “What a pity, what a pity that we have to kill so many beauties today”

The Moon Heretic said, “Remember, don’t kill them so fast We need their blood and hearts after we have ascended to be Celestials in order to recuperate Just disable them will do”

The Blade Heretic sighed, “You know that each time I draw my blade, I have to feed it with the lifeblood of its victims? This is really too hard for me…”

The Blood Heretic laughed wickedly, “You can kill the weaker ones We have no use for them Remember, our next opponent is the Celestial Palace So we need to recuperate fast”

Ji Wuzheng interrupted quickly, “Zhen, listen to me It is not as easy to ascend to be a Celestial as you think What you intending to do is the unorthodox way and will result in divine retribution It will turn you into bloodthirsty monsters and many will be sacrificed Do you really want that to happen?”

Dugu Zhen s as I can be a Celestial and have an immortal life, does it really matter? What does the life of others matter to me?”

Ji Wuzheng was startled! “Zhen, you have changed…”

Dugu Zhen hu It just that you have never really understands me How much time have you been with me? You just too busy for your martial cultivations Even if I don’t want to take the Heavenly Relic from you, do you know that Xiao Shuai and his conspirators are all eyeing the Heavenly Relic as well? It is because they too, want to be a Celestial and have been planning for decades They are all waiting for the Seven Stars to be aligned, a Celestial Omen that could make their ascendant much easier”

She walked gently to Ding Yun and tapped lightly, “Do you know that before I have u Yunzi, today you can finally use the Dugu clan name”

Ji Wuzheng, Lingfeng, Youxue and the others were stunned…

Ji Wuzheng stahter?”

Dugu Yunzi was treht She isclan found the Sacred Divine Clan, we have since taken Dugu as our secret clan na Clan while in the Virtuous Palace”

The Moon Heretic had suddenly raised his hands with a , “That’s enough talk already No one can stop us fro Celestials today The Heavenly Relic must be seized today and the Holy Maiden must be the blood sacrifice!”

Immediately after the Moon Heretic had displayed hishad immediately reacted with a counter blow As both clashed with their palms, there were a thunderous ihed out blood as he was forced to slide five steps backward!

The Moon Heretic was his superior in internal strength and martial power!

But before the Moon Heretic could continue on his advantage, Youxue and Lingfeng had immediately attacked him!

The Moon Heretic laughed coldly, “I am in luck I have two beauties here that are interested in me”

Lingfeng interrupted coldly, “Shameless!”

Xiao Youxue and Lingfeng were experts in swiftness agility and movement skills as they immediately unleashed dozens of shadowy flurries on the Moon Heretic However to their astonishment, the Moon Heretic had hed coldly “Is that what you got? I a better!”

Lingfeng was now displaying the Sacred Heart Skill as she made dozens of flurry strokes in front of the Moon Heretic It was a deadly skill that was part of the Holy Hex et Now that she was back to the Holy Hex Sect, there was now no need for her to conceal her true skills Her attacking speed, her swiftness skill and even her amate Force!

Lingfeng said coldly to the Moon Heretic, “You don’t dare to kill ht? Then it may be a costly mistake for you and you will never be able to ascend!”

The Moon Heretic said coldly as he looked at her lustfully, “There is worst fate than death itself I can let you have a taste of that”

Even as she changed her stances rapidly, executing deadly secretpower of the Asper Horizon Hand, she still could not scratched the Moon Heretic even though Youxue was also fighting beside her and were using all her best techniques as well!

Just as Ji Wuzheng had recovered from the blow that he had just received frou Zhen had attacked hi towards hi the third and fifth stance of her Cherry Blossoms techniques, the Windchaser Slide and the Mirror Reflection Splitting Ies!

Huo Fu immediately intercepted as he shouted, “Brother, watch out!”

At the sau Zhen had made her move, the Blade Heretic had already drawn his sword and had leapt towards the Heavenly Relic!

Ji Wuzheng shouted, “Don’t let them seize the Heavenly Relic!”

Gongsun Jing, Nangong Le and Qiu Wufeng had immediately displayed their best swordplay techniques at the Blade Heretic!

The Blade Heretic i with lightning speed, slashi+ng the their blood! “If you want to stop me, I am afraid that you are still early by tens of decades!”

If it were not for Yu’Er and Mei’Er who had also made their sun Jing, Nangong Le and Qiu Wufeng would have been killed in an instant!

The Blade Heretic was startled to see such an astonishi+ng sword display from the twin sisters Even as he slashed his sword at them with pin-point accuracy, he was met with a sudden resistant “The Divine Emerald Skill? You are from the Eternal Ice Palace?”

Yu’Er said coldly, “That’s right! Prepare to…”

But before she could finish, the Blade Heretic had iy and broke her Divine E backward!

Mei’Er immediately blocked the second stroke of the Blade Heretic with her cold sword energy, preventing the Blade Heretic fro forward as she cried panicky “Sister, watch out…”

Yu’Er gasped as she quickly recovered froain, “The shi+fting Stellar Duo Sword Formation, sister! Two in one, one into two!”

The shi+fting Stellar Duo Sword For Stellar Trio Sword Formation was an intricate formation created to confuse and to utilize the speed techniques and defense techniques of the Eternal Ice Palace

The shi+fting Stellar Duo Sword Formation was even more deadly when it was used by Yu’Er and Mei’Er, precisely because they were splitting ies of each other!

This was their last critical death strike technique for theainst so many powerful foes, they did not use it as they did not want to disclose their secret martial techniques to anyone

Yu’Er was now attacking and Mei’Er had vanished behind her, taking the Blade Heretic by surprise!

As soon as he had attacked Yu’Er, she had deflected his attack with a flurrying of sword strokes and displaying the Divine Emerald Force All of a sudden, Mei’Er had reappeared fro him by surprise

Just as he had parried Mei’Er’s attacks, she had switched to the Divine Eain!

Because these two sisters were splitting ies of each other, the Blade Heretic was momentarily confused which of the sister would be the attacker and which one was drawing hi!

Gongsun Jing was clutching his blood soaked chest as he got up weakly, “Brothers, are you alright?”

Qiu Wufeng was treet on his knee He had never expected to be defeated by a mere stroke despite his expertise in swordplay! When the sword stroke of the Blade Heretic had slashed across his body, he was also injured by a deadly sword energy as well But he said weakly, “I aht…”

Nangong Le’s swordplay was the weakest but he was less affected by the sword energy due to his Exuberant Divine Skill But his wound was also the heaviest He smiled weakly, “I am not defeated yet Yu’Er and Mei’Er need our help The three of us can still display the Celestial Star Forain…”

Gongsun Jing nodded as his war to die for a worthy cause to stop the heretic sect I a to wash away all the sins of ed towards the Blade Heretic!

Qiu Wufeng too, had ed at the Blade Heretic at al!

The Blood Heretic had displayed his hands into claws as he sreat disdain at the resistances even as he sped towards the Heavenly Relic, “They didn’t kno futile it is to oppose us”

But before he could seize the Heavenly Relic, Yi Ping had intercepted hihty thunderous thunderclap that shook the chamber aloud as the Blood Heretic retaliated with a blow!

I around the and the Blood Heretic had both taken several steps backward!

Yi Ping was carrying theon him with his left hand and had beaten off the Blood Heretic with his right palm!

Yi Ping said with a soleh you are not with us anymore but your spirit will lives on

Everyone was startled

Yu’Er and Mei’Er broke into tears as they ’Er isn’t with us anymore…”

Yu’Er stared at the Blade Heretic and Ding Yun with cold hatred as she said, “It is either you die or I die today!”

When she had finished speaking, she had immediately attacked the Blade Heretic with a startled speed but her stroke was immediately countered by the Heretic Blade!

The Blade Heretic hu Le and Qiu Wufeng raised their long swords at the same time as they attacked him from all sides

The Blade Heretic said coldly, “It is only a matter of time before I can break your sword for with exhaustion while I have barely even used any strength”

At the sa forced back, he was secretly startled “This young th to forceonly one hand? Is that possible?”

The reason he was startled was because with his coth, there was not many exponents in the fraternity that could stop hi man!

Dugu Yunzi was looking at the heartbroken Yi Ping She had never seen him with this type of expression before

Yi Ping glanced at the Blood Heretic and Ding Yun as he coarsely said, “Yun, I don’t believe you will betray us There must be a reason for you to do so Noto listen…”

Dugu Yunzi interrupted, “Forget it Yi Ping You are still in denial It is an undeniable fact that I am the Holy Leader of the Sacred Divine Clan Moreover, I have killed Lie Qing…”

Yi Ping smiled weakly, “I…I don’t kno to explain this but the last time, the last time…in my dreams…I seem to have made htforward…”

Youxue had broken free of the Moon Heretic as she sped towards Ding Yun, “Yi Ping, stop saying so much to her!”

Yi Ping said, “Youxue don’t attack her, I al to happen again Yun, please come back Surely we can talk over…”

Dugu Yunzi sie as she raised her scabbard that had been i her to evade it and back to the entangleain who hummed coldly as he dealt her a direct blow on her back, “Not so fast, young beauty Do you think I am non-existent?”

Youxue had ihed out blood! The blow that she had received was simply too heavy even for her Golden Invincible Body!

Yi Ping was about to dash to aid Youxue when the Blood Heretic had attacked him with multiple waves of powerful windforce that had been directed at him!

He was forced to halt and retaliated with his Divine Horizon Hands!

The Blood Heretic had sent blows after blows of shados, displaying intrigue strokes one after another with thunderous i up windforce in all directions!

Even though Yi Ping eating now but he still refused to put down Lie Qing and fight back blow for blow, stroke for stroke and counter for counter!

The Blood Heretic was now startled It was because he had already used all hiswith just one hand Even though he knew that the fight would eventually turn on his favor as his opponent got more and more tired, he was not happy It was because with his present state of divinity andman down

The Moon Heretic, the Blade Heretic and even Dugu Zhen were all having an easier tiin their martial differences with their opponents that they did not even need to use all their strength Their mere strokes could cause their opponents to evade, parry, block or retaliate hence wearing down their physical strength and internal strength

Lingfeng quickly gasped to Yi Ping panicky, “Yi Ping, put down Lie Qing She is dead now You are only endangering yourself!”

Yi Ping refused to heed her and instead he willed himself with the Absolute Spirits as he displayed several stances of the Divine Horizon Hands once again!

Yi Ping ’Er…Yun…why…”

The reason why Yi Ping eating profusely was not because he was reaching his limit and was hard pressed by the Blood Heretic as everyone had thought, since sweating was a good indication of one’s limitation had been reached and current state of physical conditioning

The real reason why he eating profusely was because he was still transferring his internal strength into Lie Qing’s lifeless body and that action was snapping his stamina at a rapid rate!

All of a sudden, Yi Ping experienced a great discomfort in his heart and his strokes faltered

The Blood Heretic im speed of Yi Ping by increasing his own h his Divine Horizon Hand and sent a thunderous cracking i!

Yi Ping irind even stones into dust as he was sent flying through the air!

But the weird thing was the Blood Heretic was also thrown back by a rebounding force that was so alhty that even with the full execution of his martial power, he was not able to stop it!

Yu’Er gasped, “Master!”

In her moment of distraction, the Blade Heretic had slashed her on her shoulder Even Mei’Er was slashed as she tried to parry for her sister!

Within just a few seconds that saw Yi Ping flew backith a thunderous i, Huo Fu, Nangong Le, Qiu Wufeng, Gongsun Jing, Yu’Er and Mei’Er, with the exception of Lingfeng and Youxue were all rolling in agony froround!

The Blade Heretic and the Blood Heretic had immediately joined the Moon Heretic as they joined hands to attack Lingfeng and Youxue, ere already faltering from attacks from all sides!

Dugu Zhen said, “In the end, there are just two capable fighters standing Ji Wuzheng, you call yourself the Holy Sectarian Master, yet you can’t even hold a candle to your sister”

Ji Wuzheng sled to stand, “If I am not injured, do you think you can really defeat me? If you are not my wife, do you think I will hold back?”

Dugu Zhen hu measures? A win is a win and a loss is a loss”

Ji Wuzheng replied, “Don’t underestimate the Holy Hex Sect and my sister She has after all, taken the Golden Rejuvenation Pill Her internal strength is a match for the Three Evils!”

Even though he was saying so, Lingfeng was reaching her limited as evidenced by the sweat on her face Youxue was also sweating profusely while the Three Evils had not even broke into a sweat yet!

Youxue and Lingfeng knew that in terth,outclassed! What kept the was sheer willpower and determination not to be defeated by these vile heretics!

Just as Lingfeng took a step back and was about to seized by the Moon Heretic, Yi Ping had displayed the Asper Horizon Hand with abackward!

The Blood Heretic was startled, “You are not dead yet?”

The crashi+ng blow that had landed on Yi Ping was a hit with all his martial power Even a super exponent may not survive such a direct hit!

Yi Ping staggered weakly with Lie Qing in his eht hand, “So this is the Heavenly Relic that you want?”

He was clutching the Heavenly Relic in his right hand!

He had picked it up when he was flung back

Ji Wuzheng was startled as he thought, “Without the Great Dissolution Skill, he can grab the Heavenly Relic?” But he got no further time to ponder , don’t give them the Heavenly Relic!”

Youxue and Lingfeng staggered weakly beside Yi Ping even as the Moon Heretic, Blood Heretic and the Blade Heretic stopped in their tracks

Yi Ping shouted angrily as he raised the Heavenly Relic in front of theht?!”

All of a sudden, there was a cracking sound as Yi Ping crushed the Heavenly Relic in front of them!

Everyone could see heat and dust vaporizing as Yi Ping crushed the Heavenly Relic with his hand!

Dugu Zhen, Dugu Yunzi, the Moon Heretic, the Blood Heretic and the Blade Heretic was startled and were in disbelief as they muttered, “The Heavenly Relic can be crushed by mortal hand!?”

Even Ji Wuzheng was astonished and was staring in disbelief!

Yi Ping had used all his mented by the Aspire Invocation Force as he broke the Heavenly Relic into five se! He scarcely even knohat he had been doing He was just preparing his martial power for the next attack but because he had not attacked yet and he had the Heavenly Relic in his hand, he vented all his anger and martial power onto the Heavenly Relic instead!

By the time, he had realized that he had accidentally caused the Heavenly Relic to be broken into five pieces as it dropped onto the ground, he himself was stunned!

When Yi Ping had suffered a heartbreaking pain in his heart earlier, it was not because his sentiered the side effect of the E devotion to Lie Qing and his undying forgiveness for Dugu Yunzi had caused his Eh froma Divine Ascendant to the Absolute Divine Ascendant!

Aside fro devoid of all worldly attachments, there was actually another way for a practitioner to achieve a breakthrough in the Emptiness Translucence But it was almost impossible to attain; the practitioner had to be devoid of hatred and also had undying love for the one that he loves It was either hate or love; both conditions could not be possible to exist at the sa love for someone at the same time?

Yi Ping had refused to put down Lie Qing, refusing to believe that she had died and even transferred his internal injuries to her dead body even though he was facing a terrible powerful foe at the sa devoted love!

Even though he had witnessed Dugu Yunzi injuring and reat denial He believed fir so and that he would be willing to believe her even though he was in great grief! That was undying faith and true forgiveness!

In that very instant when Yi Ping had suffered a heartbreaking pain in his heart, he had actually killed off the doubt e the Absolute Divine Ascendant of the Emptiness Translucence!

At the same moment, the divine force power release of the Eest So when the Blood Heretic had struck Yi Ping fatally on his chest, instead of causing Yi Ping a fatal wound, he had unwittingly helped Yi Ping by distributing the powerful divine force throughout all hisYi Ping’s internal strength and ht!

Before the divine force power release of the Eed with his Aspire Invocation Force to forly use the only force in the entire universe that was capable of breaking orthe Heavenly Relic, which was actually called the Universal Force by the Celestials as he crushed the Heavenly Relic with his bare hands!

The Universal Force was a rare occurrence that only happened at the creation or destruction of a new state of celestial divinity, enabling the Celestials to create Celestial Weapons and to divine the mysteries of the Ninth Heavens Certain Celestial Weapons were so powerful that they could create the Universal Force on impact with one another; however the result was not benevolent Creation Universal force but the Destructive Universal Force that brought forth chaos and mayhems

Lingfeng smiled weakly, “Just nice You can now distribute these five pieces to them and everyone can have a share”

Even though she was in a precaution situation, Lingfeng’s huo away

Dugu Zhen was so stunned that she stammered, “You…you…you…actually broke it!”

The Moon Heretic stammered as well, “Is this Heavenly Relic a fake?”

The Blade Heretic was shouting angrily, “Who wants this broken Heavenly Relic no you have really enraged me!”

The Moon Heretic, the Blood Heretic and the Blade Heretic were obviously extre malevolent aura had suddenly intensified!

All of a sudden, there were six bursts of visible blue glow around them as they mustered their martial power!

Youxue gasped, “The Divine Virtuous Force!?”

Dugu Yunzi said coolly, “That’s right The three elders have not only mastered the epitome levels of the Divine Virtuous Force but they had also successfully a now is their true strength”

Lingfeng broke into cold sweat This combination of martial force was extremely deadly and had no weakness! The dissolution force of the Holy Aath at close ly impenetrable force of the Divine Virtuous Force that could only be penetrated by superior martial poould make them invincible!

No wonder, they see the Divine Calamity!

Even Ji Wuzheng was dismayed when he had seen their martial display He knew instantly that even if he was not injured, he could not even be able to defeat one of them, let alone there were three of them now!

Everyone seeiven up hope now…

Even Youxue’s will to fight was faltering; she had forced herself with the Absolute Spirits to stand up against their overwhelth! The results were just plain obvious…

Yi Ping said stubbornly as he displayed the Horizon Heavens, the opening stance of the Divine Horizon Hand “Life and death is predestined I will fight you and bring Yun back to my side!”

Dugu Yunzi looked at him curiously…

Even Youxue and Lingfeng were startled at his stubbornness Until this point, he had not given up on Dugu Yunzi! But did he know that he was facing an impossible odds and he had only one hand that was free?

Lingfeng signed with a soft resignation as she ht with you to bring Sister Yun back to us!”

Youxue nodded too, “Ping’Er, ill bring her back even if ere to die fighting!”

Yi Ping was deeply moved as he nodded in appreciation at them…

Even Yu’Er and Mei’Er were sobbing, “Yes, bring Sister Yun back…”

They had all beendetermination and devotion!

Dugu Yunzi put her slender fingers to her back because she did not want others to see her treers even as she said coldly, “Don’t waste your efforts It is allyour lives Just quietly surrender the Heavenly Relic”

Yi Ping said quietly, “Youxue, Lingfeng Step aside please…”

Youxue and Lingfeng both shook their heads in protest!

Yi Ping said with a heartbreaking voice, “Even though you have tried to hide it but I know that both of you have already sustained grievous internal injuries”

He had already seen the blood tickling down froht!

All of a sudden, Lingfeng gasped weakly as she pointed to the five broken pieces of the Heavenly Relic that were on the ground!

The five broken pieces of Heavenly Relic were hissing with vapor and wereas intensive heat melted its outer metal shells rapidly to reveal five yellow pearls!

Everyone was baffled at this curious sight and not knohat to react, including the Three Evils, Dugu Zhen and Dugu Yunzi!

Lingfeng had gasped with a startled cry, “The Divine Dragon Pills!!!”

Yi Ping quickly said as he recalled that it looked exactly like the Divine Dragon Pill that he previously had, “That’s right…looks like it”

Xiao Youxue had also recognized the Divine Dragon Pills! But her reaction was even swifter as she shouted quickly, “Yi Ping! Grab the pills and don’t let them have it!”

The Three Evils were astonished as well and were not slow to react as they , Xiao Youxue and Ji Lingfeng!

Everyone other than Yi Ping, Lingfeng and Youxue had heard of the Divine Dragon Pill before and they had thought that it was just a legend! The Dragon Divine Pill was said to possess the ability to increase thethe state of divinity of the practitioner or even havethe dead back to life!

The Moon Heretic shouted, “Don’t let theon Pills are even more precious than the Heavenly Relic!”