Chapter 798: Bet
Such words made Jian Wushuang's face become quite unsightly. She was proud to the point of being supercilious, so Li Qiye's words were simply dampening her confidence and self-esteem.
"Li Qiye, you are too arrogant!" Jian Wushuang snapped: "One move to defeat me? And bare-handed at that? Who do you think you are? A God-Monarch, a Godking, an invincible existence across the eons?!"
One had to at least be of the Virtuous Paragon level to defeat her in one move with brute strength alone. She even came prepared this time. If she activated her powerful defense, then even a paragon couldn’t defeat her in such a manner. Even more astonishingly, a God-Monarch without an imperial true treasure wouldn't be able to defeat her either!
When she had her full defenses up, she believed that very few in the world could defeat her bare-handed, let alone someone from the younger generation.
"No, but I have methods that Godkings and even Immortal Emperors cannot compete with." Li Qiye smirked and leisurely spoke: "To be honest, do not look down on me. Although I am not as strong as Godkings or Immortal Emperors right now, my invincibility is not something you can imagine!"
Jian Wushuang quivered with rage after hearing this. She scowled: "Li Qiye, you are too arrogant to think that you can defeat me in one move without a weapon! Hmm, no one from the younger generation can do this, not even Ye Qingcheng!"
Her arrogance was neither without basis nor reason. Her power was definitely formidable. If Li Qiye didn't use the Nine Words True Bow last time to kill her, she wouldn't have lost so easily.
Li Qiye nonchalantly said: "Ye Qingcheng is nothing." He was neither boasting nor exaggerating. He was simply stating a fact, but she didn't think of it in that manner at all.
Jian Wushuang shouted: "Enough!" Li Qiye had to be the most arrogant person she had ever met!
Many would retreat before Ye Qingcheng, the current number one of the younger generation. Though she was confident enough to go challenge him as well, she couldn't haughtily claim that "Ye Qingcheng was nothing."
"Are you betting or not? If so, then I'll only need one move to decide this. If not, then I'm going to go now. Feel free to try and stop me."
Jian Wushuang grew hesitant. Even someone who was always confident like her felt unsure about this duel. She couldn't believe this nonsense of defeating her in one move without a weapon. In her eyes, this kind of bet was simply a way to humiliate and insult her.
However, for some unknown reason, she felt sapped of her power as if there was an indescribable phenomenon occurring.
"If you are unsure, then I can give you a term to work for me. Once you lose, you just have to work for me for some years. After this period is over and you feel that you want to stay, then I would welcome it. Should you choose to leave afterward, then you can do so then." Li Qiye smiled.
He certainly did not like her prior to this. Nevertheless, he appreciated her at this moment, appreciated her arrogance and confidence and her unceasing courage to walk forward. Cultivation required just this, a powerful heart that remained confident in the face of defeat, an inextinguishable will to rise again! She was able to overcome the looming shadow of defeat from the previous battle.
No matter what, she came again and was unaffected by the previous failure. This made Li Qiye aware of her potential.
Perhaps her talent was not the best, but she had the potential to become an Immortal Emperor! An unwavering dao heart! A heart without fear of death!
Li Qiye had seen many geniuses after so many millions of years. More often than not, the most brilliant geniuses failed to become Immortal Emperors in the end. Across the ages, there were quite a lot of geniuses with three saint talents. However, very few of them obtained the throne.
On the contrary, a few emperors with ordinary talents at a young age could persist to the end of the road and become emperors.
Although there were many reasons for this, one stood out among the rest — they had no fear of defeat or death! This was essential to reach the peak of the grand dao.
Jian Wushuang didn't only lose, she actually died. Anyone would be haunted by this and become afraid of battle. Many geniuses had the talent to become an emperor, but after suffering a single defeat, all thoughts of treading that road were dispelled from their minds! Jian Wushuang, instead, was still as arrogant and confident as before. She still held no one in her eyes and had no fear of battle! In Li Qiye's mind, this was completely admirable!
"Don't tell me you will use another devilish art." Jian Wushuang spoke after gazing at Li Qiye for a while. She had heard many things about Li Qiye's strange arts.
Most recently, people said that Li Qiye was able to control a Phoenix which allowed for him to fight against the entire Alchemy Realm.
Li Qiye rejected this accusation: "You worry too much. If I actually use a devilish art to defeat you like you said, then you will definitely not be convinced. I hope that you will be my general, so I naturally will defeat you in a convincing fashion."
Jian Wushuang took a deep breath and stared at Li Qiye before sneering: "Very well, since you dare to bet, why should I be afraid?! Remember well, if you lose, I will let you be my slave forever!"
"Don't worry. If I lose, I will listen to everything you say. I will be whatever you want." Li Qiye smilingly said.
"Let's go!" Jian Wushuang glared at him and proclaimed: "I will obliterate you right now so that you will never come back to life!"
"I can satiate your fury." Li Qiye smiled and spread out his arms to expose himself completely: "Come, do your best and annihilate me with all of your attacks! I'm waiting!"
"Hmph! I want to see just how you will revive this time!" Jian Wushuang snorted. She didn't believe that he was unkillable since she had never heard of someone like that before.
Of course, this whole event was very frustrating to her. Li Qiye leaving her to attack freely was simply humiliating to someone as proud as her, but she couldn't help it. She wanted to try again to see if she could dispel his devilish art and kill him.
Li Qiye, with his guard down, leisurely said with a grin on his face: "Come, I'm sure it will feel very good." It was as if this was not a battle but a type of pleasure to him.
"I'll kill you!" The furious Jian Wushuang also understood that Li Qiye was using her for her attacks.
After the last battle, she knew that he was using the injuries inflicted by her and converting them into death energy. That was the reason why he let her kill him.
Despite knowing this full well, she still had to attack. Without trying to slay Li Qiye once more, she wouldn't be able to give up. Ultimately, she was a stubborn person!
She slowly took out her longbow, a crescent bow that was pure white and emitted a sacred light. The moment she held it in her hands, it looked more like a sacred artifact than a weapon.
"This is a bit surprising." Li Qiye looked at her longbow and said: "I thought you would use your forefather's bow to kill me. After all, that bow is extremely powerful and is famous among the emperors' weapons…
"In your Jian Clan, outside of your forefather's true weapon, this bow is the second mightiest. However, you came challenging me without using those bows… I almost can't believe it. How amazing and impressive! It seems that I have to look at you in a different light now." These words were a sincere praise and not mere mockery.
That other bow of the Jian Clan was infamous for its destructive power. People once called it a brutal weapon for murder. However, Jian Wushuang didn't use Immortal Emperor Diyi Jian's bow. This was quite a strange matter. 1
Jian Wushuang simply scowled in response to Li Qiye's praise and coldly countered: "I'm just afraid that if I used my clan's bow, you would die without a doubt! It wouldn't be skillful to use my forefather's bow to kill you! Plus, you would remain unconvinced about my abilities as well!"
Her words were imperious and full of confidence. She could have used the other bow at any time to kill Li Qiye. However, she chose not to do so; it would fill her with regrets because killing him in this manner wouldn't be using her real power! Thus, she must use her own strength to slay Li Qiye.
Li Qiye nodded his head approvingly in the face of her pride: "Not bad at all. Still so much confidence after dying once, truly worthy of admiration. Although you annoyed me before, it seems that I'm liking you more and more now."
"Bah! Ivory can't grow from the mouth of a dog." Jian Wushuang scoffed: "This bow might not be as great as my ancestor's, but I personally crafted it to deal with you. I will absolutely not let you revive this time!"
798 TeaserSuch words made Jian Wushuang's face become quite unsightly. She was proud to the point of being supercilious, so Li Qiye's words were simply dampening her confidence and self-esteem.
"Li Qiye, you are too arrogant!" Jian Wushuang snapped: "One move to defeat me? And bare-handed at that? Who do you think you are? A God-Monarch, a Godking, an invincible existence across the eons?!"
One had to at least be of the Virtuous Paragon level to defeat her in one move with brute strength alone. She even came prepared this time. If she activated her powerful defense, then even a paragon couldn’t defeat her in such a manner. Even more astonishingly, a God-Monarch without an imperial true treasure wouldn't be able to defeat her as well!
When she had her full defenses up, she believed that very few in the world could defeat her bare-handed, let alone someone from the younger generation.
"No, but I have methods that Godkings and even Immortal Emperors cannot compete with." Li Qiye smirked and leisurely spoke: "To be honest, do not look down on me. Although I am not as strong as Godkings or Immortal Emperors right now, my invincibility is not something you can imagine!"
[collapse] Diyi Jian = Best Archer Immortal Emperor. ↩Chapter 799: Unkillable
Li Qiye only smiled in response to Jian Wushuang's haughtiness. He gently shook his head and spoke: "I have to remind you of a few points regarding this matter. First, even your ancestor's bow wouldn't be able to kill me. It is truly a brutal weapon, but this is only by your standards since you haven't seen a real merciless weapon. Second, you are gravely mistaken."
"Hmph, about which part?" Jian Wushuang snorted and was unconvinced.
Li Qiye looked at her bow and smiled: "I know exactly what you were thinking when you created this bow. You considered my undead creatures and immortal technique to be evil!"
"Am I wrong?" Jian Wushuang sneered: "Only the legendary evil undead from underground would be able to absorb death energy to reach an unkillable state!"
"Little missy, do not be so shortsighted. Not all undead creatures are evil." Li Qiye shook his head: "First, I am not an undead but a happy, living being. Second, I cultivate the grand path, the most stately of them all, the true profundities of the grand dao. Only when you become enlightened in these true profundities would you be able to see the real peak, the thing called eternal life and immortality, understand?"
Li Qiye had zero patience for Jian Wushuang in the past, and he also gave her zero respect. However, he had a rare moment of patience when talking with her right now.
Jian Wushuang raised her bow and vaingloriously said: "I'll find out with my bow if you are an undead or not." She exerted great efforts in order to create this bow and believed that it could nullify Li Qiye's undying characteristic.
Li Qiye couldn't help but shake his head in response: "Girl, your bow can indeed stop the dead, but it cannot stop me. Your bow was made from the oldest root of the Sacred Sandalwood Tree. After being polished, it was then immersed in Flawless Soul-Destroying Aqua to take shape. Not only this, you also used the Five Elements Evil Slaying Chant for its refinement. The next step was to carve the Godslaying Eighteen Arrows created by your Jian Ancestors. And finally, the last step was to use the Soul Suppressing Immortal Incantation during the refinement in a cauldron." 1
Li Qiye praised with a tinge of emotion: "This is indeed a good bow. There is no doubt that you have an incredible talent for the dao of archery. In fact, it's no weaker than your forefather's in the past. The only regrettable thing is that you have wrongly mistaken me for an undead."
Jian Wushuang was stunned. No one knew about the creation of this bow since she personally refined it. There were no other witnesses. Her techniques were the most powerful and ancient methods known to very few people!
But Li Qiye was able to reveal the process so easily as if he knew it like the palm of his hands, as if he was the one who created it! This made her suspect that Li Qiye was spying nearby when she was refining this bow. Of course, that would be impossible.
"Less words! We'll know once you have a taste!" Jian Wushuang sneered and prepped her bow to lock onto Li Qiye.
"Very well, begin. I want to see just to what level you will be able to injure me." Li Qiye stood there defenselessly without a care in the world.
"Pluff!" An arrow shot out in a peerless manner, causing blood to spurt. It pierced through Li Qiye in the blink of an eye. Jian Wushuang didn't stop at all; she unleashed a storm-like barrage of arrows that drilled countless holes in Li Qiye's body.
It didn't stop there. After adding holes to his body, Jian Wushuang shot a buzzing arrow made out of a universal law. It emerged all around his wounds and sealed his entire body. This type of law tore apart his wounds as waves of power intertwined around his body to create a sacred marking like myriad Buddhas expelling evil!
Sure enough, it was effective at this time. Li Qiye's death energy grew weaker from the suppression, and his wounds took longer to heal.
"Not bad at all. Using arrows as the seal, you are really proficient at archery." Li Qiye was in writhing pain during this murderous process, but he was still able to laugh.
"Zzz—" A very faint sound rang. Just when Jian Wushuang thought that her method was effective in suppressing Li Qiye's evil technique, the Death Seal emerged from his body in an instant, causing his wounds to heal ten times faster than normal. It seemed as if Jian Wushuang's suppression not only failed to stop his evil art, but it had become its nourishment instead.
"This feeling is really not bad. The most sacred power turning into death energy, pure and full of life. Nothing is more delicious than this." Li Qiye commented with an indescribable enjoyment despite the pain!
Jian Wushuang was astonished since she didn't expect this development. She cried out again before unleashing another attack.
"Pluff!" Another arrow struck Li Qiye and instantly turned him into a block of ice.
She didn't stop after unleashing this terrifying ice arrow, she immediately added an invisible arrow on top of that. It met Li Qiye's body, causing his blood to stain the ice while he was sealed inside.
She wanted to use this powerful ice element to seal Li Qiye's death energy to prevent him from reviving. Thus, the moment he was frozen, a flurry of invisible arrows gave him one fatal blow after another!
Under the sealing of the ice and the barrage of arrows, he definitely couldn't survive or come back to life afterward.
However, the mysteries and power of the Death Scripture were not something within her scope of comprehension. Another buzzing sound appeared. Li Qiye's wounds quickly healed once more. She was unable to kill him!
"Girl, although you are stronger than before and came up with great ideas on how to kill me, unfortunately for you, your attacks are mere feasts for me." Li Qiye smiled and shook his head in jest.
The injuries caused by her attacks were all turned into death energy, filling himself up to the brim. This sensation was incredible despite the pain!
"Expel!" Jian Wushuang unleashed a spatial arrow. The moment it struck Li Qiye, his body was immediately dismembered. The space around him fragmented so that his mutilated body couldn't come back together.
"Pluff!" One more arrow left the bow. The hottest arrow in this world instantly pierced and immolated what was left of him with true fire, aiming to render him to ashes.
The worst had yet to come. The true fire from the arrow invaded every corner of Li Qiye's body like maggots. It would not stop until his entire being was burned to ashes.
One must admit that Jian Wushuang's archery was supreme. She had an unparalleled perception for the quintessential way of the bow and arrow.
"Zzz—" However, all of this killing only turned into death energy under the Death Seal. The graver the injury, the more powerful the Death Seal became!
"Just die already!" Jian Wushuang wasn't ready to see Li Qiye recover again. In the blink of an eye, she unleashed all of her archery techniques that included incantation magic, exorcism magic, and the evil destroying affinity… All forms of destruction and suppressive methods came at him at once.
Blood splashed everywhere from this onslaught. Jian Wushuang even ground Li Qiye into pieces. But ultimately, the wounds turned into more death energy, and Li Qiye was still alive and kicking as if nothing had happened.
After this shot, even if Jian Wushuang had more confidence and pride, she would still have to give up! She was completely helpless because Li Qiye was unkillable regardless of her archery techniques!
She was only helping him; the wounds she inflicted in an attempt to kill him were being turned into the tastiest of delicacies! If was as if she was doing him a favor!
She had no choice but to give up without saying anything. At this moment, she couldn't even express her rage or unwillingness to give up.
"I'm not attacking anymore!" She simply couldn't suppress Li Qiye's undying method, let alone break through it.
Of course, if she was able to defeat it, then the Death Scripture would not be worthy of its name. It would not live up to its fame as one of the Nine Grand Heavenly Scriptures.
Eventually, Li Qiye heaved a long sigh and movingly said: "Living feels really good. Of course, dying doesn't feel that bad sometimes."
Jian Wushuang's attacks were indeed frightening and painful. However, this was nothing to Li Qiye. In the distant past, he had experienced far more painful and frightening things!
Jian Wushuang raised her brows and couldn't help but stare at Li Qiye to ask: "What is this merit law?!"
She was no longer imperious or aggressive and didn't call it a devilish art.
She had no choice but to be convinced without the strength to refute. This type of unkillable technique would be able to dispel all doubts!
"Well, it's a secret." Li Qiye touched his chin and revealed a mysterious smile: "Wait until you pledge loyalty to me and are trustworthy enough. When that day comes, maybe I can think about it and tell you this secret."
"Hmph, stop dreaming." She held her head high once more in her usual proud and unreachable manner to sneer: "There is no way you will be able to defeat me bare-handed in one blow."
"Don't be so sure." Li Qiye laughed: "Here is your chance. Get ready, you can attack or defend but there is only one chance. Your defeat is imminent the moment I attack."
These words left Jian Wushuang with quite an unsightly expression!
My lord, so many names… ↩Chapter 800: Heaven Suppression Fist
Jian Wushuang took a deep breath and summoned her most powerful defensive weapon. With a buzzing sound, a sacred light engulfed the sky with its grand imperial might. A huge imperial city stood before her.
In the blink of an eye, she took charge of the entire city. Immortal Emperor's universal laws intertwined around the city with multi-layer barriers. It was the ultimate, impregnable defense.
"Immortal Emperor Diyi Jian's Imperial City." After seeing her treasure, Li Qiye nodded approvingly: "Although the defense of this weapon can't be listed among the top ten, it is not a bad imperial weapon at all."
Imperial City was the name of Jian Wushuang's life treasure. After being summoned, it would turn into a city that seemed to have an emperor inside with their universal laws for protection.
"Boom!" Another series of explosions rang. Jian Wushuang's life wheel emerged like an endless sea of blood under the stars. She channeled her longevity law to its limit, causing her longevity blood to soar like a phoenix. The moment the creature flapped its wings, endless tidal waves of surging blood energy covered the sky.
Under the empowerment of Jian Wushuang's blood energy, the imperial laws came together to form huge runic shields that added another layer of defense to the imperial city.
The city alone was strong enough, but the addition of the shields fortified it even further. It seemed as if nothing could break through it at this moment!
Under this barrier, defeating Jian Wushuang with just one move was impossible even for a Virtuous Paragon. Perhaps a God-Monarch would be unable to carry out this task.
The impenetrable city boosted her confidence. She coldly stared at Li Qiye and uttered: "Go ahead, I want to see just how you will defeat me in one strike!"
"Okay, you need to be mentally prepared so that you won't break from this." Li Qiye chuckled.
His eyes turned serious as his life wheel rose to the sky as well. In the blink of an eye, the Yin Yang Sea of Blood erupted into a furor. His blood energy continued to rise with no signs of slowing down, causing the sky to shake. This blood energy was far stronger than Jian Wushuang's.
She became alarmed at such domineering blood energy. The reason for its might was not only because of his amazing longevity treasure, but more due to the fact that his longevity blood was impeccably pure. It might be the purest in this world!
This was due to his great foundation in the previous levels, allowing his longevity blood to contain absolutely no impurities.
"Boom!" With a loud detonation, Li Qiye's thirteen fate palaces ascended! The thirteenth palace immediately took control of everything! With the opening of these palaces, an endless worldly energy proliferated into a vast expanse. If this kept the current trend, then the earth vein taken from the Tiger Emperor City inside the fate palace would eventually become an ancestral vein and reach an unfathomable level!
"Impossible…" Jian Wushuang was shocked after seeing this. No matter how arrogant she might be, even she wasn’t able to keep her cool. An earth vein inside a fate palace was terrifying enough, but what was even more frightening was the thirteen palaces! This was completely unheard of!
Four palaces to form a domain, eight to establish a kingdom, twelve to bring the heavens into existence, then what would thirteen palaces turn into?
The thirteenth palace lingered up high as the ruler of all realms and the nine worlds. Even the high heavens would not be able to reach its soaring profundity.
"Heaven Suppression Fist!" Li Qiye instantly attacked. He unleashed one fist without any transformations or techniques!
This fist contained a wave of condensed worldly energy from the palaces that seemed to be controlling the entire world for their own use.
The most terrifying thing, however, was what was inside Li Qiye's true fate. A blinding item emerged like a little boat.
This tiny vessel seemed to be able to shoulder the entire world, allowing Li Qiye to have boundless vitality. He was no longer a single person for he was shouldering the high heavens and ruling the ten worlds! Within his vitality were countless living beings. At this very second, he appeared to have gained the ability to create life. This was the ultimate and most supreme ability. Just him alone was comparable to billions of existences!
This fist was unstoppable. Even imperial laws were suppressed under this mighty force. The heavenly dao were screaming even though they belonged to an Immortal Emperor. Even the laws of the heavens were eclipsed at this moment!
After the imperial laws were suppressed, even the Imperial City couldn't withstand this fist. "Pop!" It swiftly struck Jian Wushuang and blew her away as she spurted a mouthful of blood.
She couldn't move at all as she tried to stand back up. Her entire body was sealed. Her dao foundation, true fate, fate palaces, and the imperial weapon were all imprisoned by this fist!
The world seemed to have turned quiet at this moment as if time stood still. Li Qiye slowly put down his fist.
Li Qiye basked in this ultimate power and said with felicity: "This is the right feeling, above the high heavens and being the sole sovereign!"
At this moment, he looked towards the sky and saw a tribulation cloud with pulsing lightning condensing. How terrifying was this?! That one fist had alarmed the high heavens!
However, this tribulation did descend. The clouds dissipated and the sky became bright again.
"Old villainous heavens, it seems like I still haven't reached a level high enough to threaten you, so you won't try to suppress me." Li Qiye faintly smiled after seeing the clouds disperse.
This fist was more terrifying than people could imagine. It was his own creation and had the name of Heaven Suppression Fist. This name was not an exaggeration. Li Qiye was aiming towards the high heavens. One day, when he reached full mastery, he would seal the heavens!
This fist contained too many ultimate profundities and mysteries of the thirteen fate palaces, including the vessel of life! When he created this fist, he used it to connect the mysteries of the thirteen palaces with the mysteries of the vessel of life!
The vessel of life was a supreme merit law obtained from the other side of the golden sea back at Necropolis. It was related to the enigma of life and its creation.
After his recent meditation sessions, Li Qiye began to develop something to complement this merit law. Although it had yet to be completed and could even be said to be only twenty to thirty percent complete, it still had an exhaustive framework. If this merit law could be completed, then in the future, perhaps he would be able to create life and become a real creator of all existences!
Li Qiye named this supreme art the vessel of life, and the meaning of the name was quite apparent.
Under the ultimate power of the thirteen palaces and the vessel of life, Li Qiye was able to create the most powerful fist in this world. When empowered by both laws, its power was unfathomable and could even cause the high heavens to turn furious and try to suppress Li Qiye!
In Li Qiye's eyes, this fist would come to be unbeatable in all eons. Countless Immortal Emperors had created fist techniques; however, none of theirs would be able to compare to his own. His fist was the true sovereign of fists!
This was inevitable since no one besides him had thirteen palaces and the vessel of life. Just having one of these alone was more than enough for someone to become an Immortal Emperor, let alone both of them.
"How was my fist?" Li Qiye looked away from the sky and stared at Jian Wushuang before chuckling.
No outsiders could watch this fight. Because of this, Li Qiye chose to test his newly created Heaven Suppression Fist.
Despite its power, he wouldn't easily use it because the high heavens would not allow for this technique to exist. Once either the vessel of life or the fist technique reached a level where they could threaten the heavens, the heavens would absolutely suppress Li Qiye!
Jian Wushuang was stunned on the spot. Even if Li Qiye's fist didn't seal her, she would still be dazed silly.
Thirteen palaces had exceeded the confinements of rationality. Everyone knew that the ultimate pinnacle for cultivators was twelve palaces, but Li Qiye had thirteen. Throughout history, this was an unprecedented occurrence.
She had no way of describing this fist that was capable of suppressing the heavens. She had seen countless imperial laws, but they were not comparable to this fist. It had no variations or transformations, just a simple sealing affinity; however, this direct fist was related to an ultimate profundity. She wouldn't be able to learn it even if she tried for the rest of her life.
She was completely shaken and couldn't calm down. Ye Qingcheng and Mei Aonan were both brilliant geniuses in present times. This was especially true for Ye Qingcheng. Although she was arrogant, she had to admit that he had incomparable talents.
However, when compared to this Li Qiye standing before her, both of them were not enough to reach the apex. Li Qiye's fist alone was enough for Ye Qingcheng to spend a lifetime to reach enlightenment!
In the past, the Stone Medicine World praised Ye Qingcheng and believed that he would surely become the Immortal Emperor. After seeing this fist, Jian Wushuang couldn't help but want to utter: "Ye Qingcheng is nothing!"
She finally understood why Li Qiye said such words earlier and realized that compared to Li Qiye, all other geniuses in this world were nothing!