Ryu's body was enveloped by a radiant golden light. Ti bent and his speed defied logic. He slipped through the countless runes and formations that had suddenly begun forming around Iam, his elbow connecting with the Dao God's nose without the slightest hint of fear for the Karmic Flas.
Karma should fear him.
BANG!
Iam was sent flying, colliding on the ground below only to use the rebound to bounce to his feet with a flip. Gliding backward under the montum, formations appeared beneath his feet to accelerate him back as he slapped his palms together.
A roar ca from his lips, a small formation appearing before his hands before a slightly larger one appeared before it. The third was ford even faster, slightly larger once again.
They accelerated upward like a ladder of magic circles, the last so large it seed to swallow up the skies themselves.
Ryu was so small before it that he was barely half the size of a single rune that made it up. And yet, his grin remained, the calm coolness of his eyes belying how wild his aura was.
"If you want to battle , I suggest you change your path. Using formations before , even if you are a Dao God…
"Only ans death."
BANG!
[Death Acupoint].
Ryu pointed out a single finger, his Empyrean Warfra activating for the briefest of instances. And yet, it was enough.
BANG!
The entire formation collapsed, but Ryu was far from done.
[Fate Reversal].
Grabbing at the air, the formation suddenly reversed, the largest of the magic circles appearing right before Iam while the small one landed in Ryu's palms.
The air solidified, the wild grin on Ryu's face practically dripping with blood.
BOOM!
Eternal Dawn blood, a beam of concentrated light coming from Ryu's chest and entering the first.
Everything else happened so fast that even a half blink would have caused you to miss it. It all rushed through in a single breath, growing large to the point it could have swallowed a moon in a single blast.
Iam was swallowed whole. There was no place for him to escape, and the power was turned right back onto him.
Those observing couldn't believe what they were seeing. The things that Ryu was doing with his eyes weren't thods that the Mysteries of Heaven and Earth Pupils should be able to apply.
Death Acupoint was ant to sense the death of a living being, not find the weakness in a formation. Fate Reversal was supposed to undo damage suffered by the user from a specific opponent, not steal control of a technique cast by a Dao God of all things.
Ryu was dancing between the line of animate and inanimate, gliding across the blade of Fate as though he had forged it himself.
And that he was.
One half of his Dao dealt with life. The other half dealt with laws and their reality. Karma and Dharma intertwined, and now the line was no longer so clear.
Who cared if [Death Acupoint] and [Fate Reversal] were only ant to be used on people? With his Dao, the difference no longer mattered.
This was his strength.
Iam stumbled back. It was hard to tell how much damage he had suffered, even after the beam of blinding light vanished. The Karmic Flas blazing across his body were far too plentiful.
He coughed, but what blood might have co out burned away. Even so, he wiped his lip with a sleeve out of habit.
A chuckle ca from his mouth. Strong, indeed.
Ryu's Dao could only be said to be the strongest he had ever seen. He never thought that a comprehension Dao could possibly be so powerful. Usually, in battle, their use was decided by what training the cultivator had already done. It didn't often impact the imdiate situation.
But Ryu's…
Iam had no idea how much effort it had taken for Ryu to reach this point, though maybe to others it might be a joke. How many years had Ryu truly spent cultivating? Was it even much more than a hundred?
But it was now that the fruits of his labors were finally manifesting. How long had he spent trying to get his talents to synergize properly?
And now…
They finally were.
Ryu vanished, his fist driving into Iam's gut.
Before the Dao God could even fly far, Ryu appeared behind him, driving a knee into the small of his back.
Every ti Ryu attacked, booms of thunder would echo. He withstood the shattering of his bone and flesh, using his replenished Embryonic Qi to heal himself and his Cosmos Fog to absorb much of the excess energy.
This was the first ti he had used his Nine Revolution Skybreaker Bone Structure to its fullest extent, and its power was absolutely intoxicating.
No… power in general was intoxicating.
He had lost track of how many tis he had been forced to suffer at the hands of soone with a stronger cultivation than him.
Never again.
He refused.
Not even a Dao God this powerful.
Jadebound Clearheart.
Ryu's leg kicked up to the skies, his heel driving up Iam's jaw and sending him flying to the clouds.
Then he spread out his arms, the platform of rainbow clouds rumbling beneath his might.
Shock peeled across the faces of those present akin to lightning across dark clouds. This was the platform of the Title Stele, there was no earth affinity strong enough to move it, let alone control it.
And yet.
Chi.
A javelin ford out of it, wrapped in clouds of rainbow, sparkling with violet, blues, and pinks. Ryu caught it out of the air, stomping a foot that caused the world to tremble.
His torso flexed, his shoulder rippling with veins and pulsing might.
BANG!
He released the javelin, sending it flying into the skies.
Iam watched it approach, sighing on the inside. Change his entire Dao? He had tried… he had truly done the best he could.
It just wasn't enough.
His Dao was precisely the kind Ryu countered the easiest.
But at least… he had found a little bit of his pride before he died.
A rumble ca from his back.
The skies split in two, a golden gate opened wide.
A blinding light followed it, making it feel almost as though the Title Stele itself was lting away.
And with it…
The javelin did as well.
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