"Brave adventurer, welco to the Manor of the Empty Prince. I am Chunju, the prince's maid. Now, all I want to do is either to kill you or be killed by you!"
Chunju spoke faintly with a smile on her face. Although she looked indistinguishable from a real person, Yu Qingtan's Purifying Buddha Eyes imdiately recognized her as a puppet, crafted from a living person and exuding a strength that had reached the Divine Transformation Mid Stage.
Yu Qingtan entered the pavilion fearlessly and imdiately sensed that the space inside had expanded tens of thousands of tis—this pavilion was also a spatial-class treasure artifact.
Soon after, Yu Qingtan felt as if needles were on her back as nurous fine needles suddenly appeared ten ters around her and sped towards her with extre velocity.
Yu Qingtan, now also imnsely experienced in magical combat, instantly summoned the Five Elents Canglan Umbrella. Using it as a base, she ford a solid Five Elents Protective Barrier that blocked the attack of these fine needles, each with the strength of a blow in the Divine Transformation Mid Stage.
"Not bad, you easily blocked my Soul-Extinguishing Needles, but if that's all you got, it won't be enough. Space-Shattering Sword Technique!" Chunju laughed, and then a thin sword also broke through space, appeared around Yu Qingtan, and repeatedly stabbed, seemingly puncturing holes in space itself.
"A Superior Dao Artifact!" Yu Qingtan exclaid. The previous almost a thousand Soul-Extinguishing Needles must have been part of a dium Grade Dao Artifact set, but this Space-Shattering Sword was directly a Superior Dao Artifact.
Yu Qingtan had Little Wu control the Five Elents Canglan Umbrella to defend against the Soul-Extinguishing Needles, while she herself drew out the Superior Dao Artifact True Dragon's Fang that she had acquired in the Qianlong Abyss Secret Realm to counter the Space-Shattering Sword.
Yu Qingtan, wielding the True Dragon's Fang, moved agilely through the Sword Qi of the Space-Shattering Sword, each swing accompanied by the sound of a dragon's roar. It was as if a real dragon was dancing in her hand, intertwining sword qi and dragon roars into an awe-inspiring spectacle.
"You also have a Superior Dao Artifact, not bad, not bad!" Chunju praised and, in a flash, disappeared from the spot and reappeared behind Yu Qingtan, where the Space-Shattering Sword silently aid for Yu Qingtan's vital points.
Yu Qingtan was not flustered at all and countered with an upward flick of the True Dragon's Fang, parrying the Space-Shattering Sword. However, Chunju seed capable of instantaneous movent and was extrely fast, possibly having mastered the Origin of Space to the Third Level.
"Five Elents Cycle Sword Array, Five Elents Origin, strike in succession!" Yu Qingtan pulled out the Five Elents Canglan Sword, the Formless Sword she had obtained from Venerable Liangchen, and two other inferior quality Dao Artifact longswords, along with the True Dragon's Fang to form the Five Elents Chain Sword Array. She also enhanced it with the power of the Five Elents Origin from the Third Level to counterattack.
The strength of the Five Elents Chain Sword Array depended directly on the grade of the five swords used in its formation. Now, one Superior Dao Artifact, two dium Grade Dao Artifacts, and two Inferior Dao Artifacts made up the array, suddenly turning the tables for Yu Qingtan who was sowhat at a disadvantage.
Although Chunju was fast, the range of the Five Elents Chain Sword Array enveloped Yu Qingtan's entire vicinity, preventing Chunju's attacks from reaching Yu Qingtan while allowing Yu Qingtan's attacks to reach Chunju.
"Huh? I didn't expect you to have such tactics." Chunju was visibly surprised by Yu Qingtan's Five Elents Chain Sword Array; though agile, she struggled to find a breach within the array.
A look of seriousness flashed across Chunju's face; she brought her hands together and silently recited an incantation, causing the space around her to start distorting as if a powerful force was gathering.
"Spatial Confinent!" Chunju shouted softly. The space around Yu Qingtan instantly solidified, causing the attacks from the Five Elents Chain Sword Array to halt in this frozen space.
"This..." Yu Qingtan's expression changed, she had not expected Chunju to have such a tactic. Under the Spatial Confinent, her movents beca extrely laborious as if bound by an invisible force.
At that mont, the Space-Shattering Sword was already piercing towards Yu Qingtan's skull through a crack in the Five Elents Linked Sword Formation, which had been suspended in stasis.
"Origin Law Manifestation True Body!" In the nick of ti, Yu Qingtan summoned her Origin Law Manifestation True Body. Although it was also breached by the Space-Shattering Sword, she finally broke free from the Spatial Confinent and dodged the attack using the Five Elents Blood Escape Technique.
"Great Universal Zen Light, Soul-Purging Bewildernt!" Yu Qingtan used the Great Universal Zen Light on Chunju and took out the Roaming Zither to execute the Soul-Purging Bewildernt Technique, thinking that as a Puppet, Chunju's soul might be her weak point.
Buddha Light enveloped the entire space inside the pavilion, and the sound of the zither surged towards Chunju like a tide, attempting to penetrate her defenses and strike directly at her soul.
Indeed, just as Chunju was about to continue using Spatial Confinent, her movents halted. Yu Qingtan seized the opportunity, her Divine Sense controlling the Five Elents Linked Sword Formation to attack Chunju.
"Five Elents Unite, Dragon Tooth Breaks Enemy!"
"Puff puff puff~" Five blades instantly dismbered Chunju. Only then did Yu Qingtan discover that although Chunju had a flesh and blood body, many Spirit Ore materials had been integrated into her flesh, and her control core was a Soul Pearl in her head.
"Impressive strength. You are worthy of inheriting the treasure of the Empty Son. My mission is finally over!" Chunju's voice transmitted from within the Soul Pearl, and then her soul self-dissipated.
Yu Qingtan collected the Space-Shattering Sword and a thousand Soul-Extinguishing Needles that had fallen to the ground. In a drawer of a stone table inside the pavilion, she found two sheets of paper made of unknown materials, which contained thods to cultivate two Origin Dao Techniques, naly, the Shrinking Earth Technique and Spatial Confinent.
Yu Qingtan was overjoyed and then went outside the pavilion to make sure there were no other dangers before happily collecting all the Void Stones used to build the rockery.
Yu Qingtan searched the courtyard ticulously once again. Aside from the pavilion, which was only of Superior Treasure Artifact grade, she found no other gains. However, at the back of the courtyard, there was another round arch gate. Yu Qingtan found she could not enter it; it seed that one needed to reach the third level of comprehension in the Origin of Space to pass through.
She decided not to take the pavilion but instead began a retreat inside it to refine the dium Grade Dao Artifact Soul-Extinguishing Needle and the Superior Dao Artifact Space-Shattering Sword and to cultivate Shrinking Earth Technique and Spatial Confinent. Most importantly, she used the Void Stones to delve into the comprehension of the Origin of Space.
Ti swiftly passed, and before long, a year had gone by. During this year, Yu Qingtan had been in retreat, cultivating, and her strength had greatly improved.
The Soul-Extinguishing Needles and the Space-Shattering Sword had been completely refined, and she had mastered the two Origin Dao Techniques. More crucially, she finally reached the third level of control over the Origin of Space and condensed the Origin of Space Body.
The Void Stones indeed greatly aided in understanding the Origin of Space. Comprehending the origins of Space and Ti was extrely difficult, and previously Yu Qingtan had relied on a system to forcefully "cheat." If she had to comprehend it on her own with her current level of insight, it would have taken her at least a decade to reach the third level.
One day, Yu Qingtan finally ended her retreat. She stood up, feeling the surging power within her and a deep understanding of the Origin of Space, filled with confidence and anticipation.
She walked out of the pavilion and approached the round arch gate. This ti, she stepped through without hesitation. As she entered, the space behind the door began to twist and change, as if bringing her into an entirely new world...
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