《The Desolate Era》Book 16. Chapter 12. No Way Out
Advertisement
After using the Heavenly Transformations technique and [Three Heads, Six Arms], Ji Ning’s power had increased substantially. He was able to just barely fend off those ten black-caped warriors, but maintaining this state resulted in his divine power being continuously depleted.
“He’s actually still able to hold on?” This caused the distant, violet-caped warrior to frown. He immediately ordered, “The entire squad, go and capture this alien!”
“Yes!”
Accompanied by a series of roars, a total of ninety massive black-caped warriors flew towards Ji Ning’s direction. This caused Ning’s face to instantly change. “They really are giving me no chance at all. A hundred Celestial Immortals…how am I supposed to withstand them?” Although all of these foes focused on close combat, meaning that only a number of them were able to engage with him at any given moment, they clearly had some sort of mysterious combination formation technique; the more warriors that joined, the more powerful each black-caped warrior grew.
“Senior bear, what should I do?” Ning asked frantically, “Are there any options? If I hide in the underwater estate, can I survive this tribulation?”
“It’s useless.” The giant yellow bear was both frantic and helpless. “If you hide inside the underwater estate, it will end up being exposed as well…although Loose Immortals and Celestial Immortals are unable to forcibly bind me, some truly powerful figures are still capable of it. I’m only a Protocosmic spirit-treasure, after all; the master of this so-called Snaphorn world has to be at least at the level of a Pure Yang True Immortal.”
Ning felt misery in his heart.
Indeed.
Given that they were able to send out a squad of soldiers like this, as well as set up an enormous space formation that spanned tens of millions of kilometers…it would be bizarre if the Snaphorn world’s strongest experts were not at the Pure Yang True Immortal level! Anyone who reached that level could forcibly bind the Starseizing Manor.
“If I hide, I die…but if I don’t hide, I still die!” Ning had no idea as to what he should do.
“All you can do is hope and pray that your master, Patriarch Subhuti, can find you,” the giant yellow bear said. “Your master possesses the [Dream of the Three Realms]…but this place is outside the Three Realms. In fact, many of the Heavenly Daos don’t exist here; only the Heavenly Dao of Primordial Chaos holds sway here. Your master might not be able to sense things here.”
Ning was stunned.
His only hope was his master, Patriarch Subhuti! The Patriarch’s power was utterly unearthly; at a time like this, only he might be capable of rescuing Ning. But…the giant yellow bear was right. This was the Nihilum Zone of the Primordial Ruinworld; even though Patriarch Subhuti was extremely powerful, if he was unable to find Ning, what could he do?
“Can it be that I, Ji Ning, am going to die here?” Ning felt an unwillingness to accept this within his heart. “Senior apprentice-sister took on Patriarch Lu as her master…and we agreed that we would meet again! Father, mother…I haven’t even had a chance to see if their reincarnations are living happily or not. And Earth…I haven’t gone back to Earth to take a look…”
Advertisement
He didn’t want to accept this.
He truly didn’t!
“If I had known this would happen, I would’ve left my Primaltwin at Swallow Mountain.” Ning was filled with unbearable regret for having brought his Primaltwin with him as he fought the Youngflame clan. He had felt that as long as he had the underwater estate and Greater Teleportation Dao-seals, he would be able to escape without issues. Who would’ve imagined that the descent of karmic sinflames rendered him incapable of escaping, resulting in him being sent into this danger zone?
“Can it be that my life truly is going to end here?”
The ninety black-caped warriors joined the ten earlier black-caped warriors into a formation. Instantly, their auras grew even more powerful as they continued to assault Ning.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
After just a few exchanges, the previously indestructible Ning suddenly blew apart! In fact, some of his flesh and blood transformed into dust from the blows of the enemy swords and sabers.
“What just happened?” The hundred attacking black-caped warriors were all amazed.
The distant commander shouted, “The Queen Mother commands you! Even if the alien is transformed into bits of mushmeat, you need to collect every single piece of flesh and blood; you can’t spare even a single bit of dust. He won’t die easily!”
“Yes.”
Instantly, the group of black-caped warriors became filled with eagerness. The Queen Mother had personally given them an order! They felt incomparably honored. They sent their minds sweeping forth through space. They wouldn’t let even a hint of dust escape their senses.
“Damn.”
Whoosh.
Far away, a human rematerialized; it was Ning, his eyes bloodshot. His [Eight-Nine Arcane Art] wasn’t something these Celestial Immortals could breach; just now, he had voluntarily caused his divine body to detonate while focusing all of his divine power within a single piece of flesh. Through the [Eight-Nine Arcane Art], he had then transformed that piece of flesh into a speck of dust.
Alas…it seemed as though the enemy knew what abilities he had available. They didn’t want to give him any chance at all.
“He really didn’t die.”
“He was blown up into tiny bits but didn’t die?”
“When our cores are broken, we’ll die…but he was blown into tiny bits and remained alive? This is too terrifying.” The black-caped warriors quietly sent messages to each other; clearly, they were all quite stunned. Whether it was Ning’s unbreakable body or the fact that he stayed alive even after being blown apart…they were truly stunned and uneasy.
What a terrifying race this was!
……
“Senior apprentice-sister, your junior apprentice-brother was unable to live up to his promise!”
“Father, mother…”
“Master…”
One image after another flashed through Ning’s mind.
That senior apprentice-sister of his, who had kept everything hidden with her heart for so long, but who had eventually become his Dao-companion within the Conclave of Immortal Destiny, under the watchful gazes of countless people.
That seemingly cold but actually warm-hearted master of his, Immortal Diancai.
His teacher, Subhuti, who gazed down upon the Three Realms from his lofty, exalted position.
Advertisement
And his ordinary parents…they had done everything for him, and had chosen to forget about revenge, so that their son might have a better chance of living a good life…
His junior apprentice-brother…his sister, Autumn Leaf…Uncle White…Little Qing…
“Farewell!”
In dying here, not even reincarnation would be possible.
“Farewell, my loved ones.” Ning stared at the hundred black-caped warriors charging towards him, as well as the even more numerous foes in the distance. His eyes actually turned calm, a calmness that transcended both blazing rage and freezing coldness. It was a sort of absolute calmness…a perfect mastery of the self.
In this instant…Ning’s heartforce was actually able to leap from the peak of the ‘iceheart’ level all the way to the third level, the ‘ruler’ level. Even amongst the divine archers of the Three Realms, he would now be considered an absolute top-tier expert.
But alas, heartforce was invisible and formless; it wasn’t able to help out Ning at this moment.
“You want me to die?” Ning said softly, “Then I’ll make you all die!” These were words from his homeland; the foes before him were completely unable to understand it.
The six divine swords suddenly vanished.
“His swords vanished?”
“What’s going on?”
The hundred black-caped warriors charging towards Ning all halted. They could tell that Ning was skilled in using the sword, but despite being such a powerful swordsman, he had…actually put away his swords?
Was he giving himself up for capture?
BOOM!
Ning’s fingers formed sword-fingers. They suddenly expanded to be more than nine hundred meters long as the full power of the Fourth Cycle of the [Starseizing Hand] exploded forth. Ning’s power instantly rose to an utterly terrifying level; he was actually able to knock an enemy shuttle aside, then with a slashing sound, pierce straight into the chest of a black-caped warrior. With a simple flick of his sword-fingers, the warrior was cut in half.
“What?” The distant violet-caped warrior’s face completely changed. “How did his power increase this much?!”
Whoosh!
Crunch!
Slash!
Ning ignored all enemy assaults; his body, protected by the [Eight-Nine Arcane Art], was completely capable of withstanding any assaults. The only attacks he needed to defend against were the ones that were meant to bind him! In the Three Realms, there were some powerful magic treasures that had powerful binding forces that were hard to defend against, but these warriors of the Snaphorn world were only skilled in close combat; thus, the only tools they had for binding an opponent were simple ones like chains or whips. Ning was less than two meters tall; he was able to dodge with incomparable nimbleness through the many massive black-caped warriors, making it hard for them capture him.
The black-caped warriors seemed strong, but their bodies were still unable to withstand Ning’s sword! Thus, they were easily chopped apart in close combat.
“…He died?” Ning was suddenly startled.
Through cutting, chopping, decapitating, or other strikes, he was able to neutralize twenty-five of the black-caped warriors within a short period of time. However, they all healed quite quickly…but the twenty-sixth actually lost its entire aura. It had completely, truly died.
Ning instantly thought back to what had just happened. “Right. That green sphere.”
All of the black-caped warriors had a green sphere within their bodies. Ning had originally thought that the green spheres were nothing more than organs. They were very small; the warriors were three thousand meters tall, while the green sphere was merely three meters long. He hadn’t damaged the green sphere in killing the first twenty-five warriors, but he had in the last one.
Boom!
Slash!
The black-caped warriors watched as the tiny little Ji Ning’s sword-fingers suddenly expanded to become a thousand meters long. The sword-fingers tore through their bodies, plunging through their chest to snatch at and claw apart their cores. One black-caped warrior after another began to fall, and a large amount of baleful auras began to flood towards Ning, swirling into him.
“Careful, he’s discovered our cores!”
“He knows about the cores!”
“His fingers are extremely terrifying, far more so than his swords.”
“Our weapons are completely unable to block him.”
“His body is completely unbreakable.”
“He’s too tiny; there’s no way we can use our chains to capture him.” The black-caped warriors were actually on the losing side now.
The Celestial Immortals of the Three Realms could’ve joined forces and used various binding techniques to capture Ning from far away…but these aliens were only skilled in close combat! Although they had battle formations that could be used to kill him, the Queen Mother had commanded that they capture this person alive. Thus, they didn’t dare unleash their most powerful killing techniques for fear of killing him.
“Hmph.” The distant violet-caped warrior’s face sank when he saw this. He could tell that there were only two methods for dealing with this tiny little alien.
The first method was to use formation-based killing techniques, like the ones they used in their planetary wars, to forcibly crush the foe. However, if they did that, they might accidentally kill this alien, which would be a violation of the Queen Mother’s command. The Queen Mother’s decree was very important; in comparison, even the destruction of their entire army meant nothing.
The second method was to fight him personally, or perhaps with several supporters! To overcome him with absolute strength, then capture him.
“Out of the way.” The violet-caped warrior transformed into a violet streak of light.
“He’s coming.” This entire time, Ning had kept part of his attention on the violet-caped warrior, who was the person who truly caused Ning to feel threatened. Now that the violet-caped warrior was charging forward at full speed, Ning’s heart instantly clenched. This speed was even faster than the speed which he had displayed earlier; it was absolutely superior to Ning when using the [Obscuring Wind of the Nine Heavens].
“Is this my final battle before I die?” Ning didn’t feel any fear; his gaze was incomparably calm as he stared at the violet-caped warrior. “If I die…I’ll drag you down into death with me!”
Advertisement
- In Serial69 Chapters
A Goblin's Tale
This is the story of a nameless Goblin. He lives alone in the dark dungeon, battling Mimics and Slimes in the darkness. Everyday in the dark dungeon is to live with Death breathing down your shoulder. It is a place where only the strong survive and the weak is devoured. But this particular Goblin is different. He raids the dungeon not for weapons and armor to arm himself, but for books and knowledge stashed away in some forgotten corner. But life isn't that simple. What happens when adventurers that fight monsters for a living and a Goblin that avoids adventurers to live accidentally stumble paths with each other? This is the story of a nameless Goblin and how his life changed. Both for the worse, and for the better. Word Count: 2,000 Words Minimum per Chapter Update Schedule: Once a week, maybe.
8 175 - In Serial37 Chapters
Embrace the Blade
Born crippled, it was no surprise when James Ransom died young, but he was offered an opportunity - a mission: to go to a new world and become strong enough to kill the hidden boss behind the final boss. Now in a new world he must research and study the system to take advantage of it, find his strengths; form alliances and find party members to become strong enough to face the end. This story does use Multiple perspectives and tells stories that add to the MC's. I've been given this feedback enough that I feel the need to mention that growth (levels, skills, classes, etc.) is slow, intentionally so, but constant. Credit for the cover goes to a commission for KemptBones from DeviantArt for the cover. This book is a rewrite of the original Embrace the Blade. The timeline for this one is completely separate and you do not need to read the original to understand what is going on. If you want to check out the original you can find it here (just a warning that they are NOT good): ETB Drafts 1&2 If you came here from the original EtB, WELCOME!!
8 201 - In Serial39 Chapters
Joe in medieval fantasy world
Plot:Joel nickname Joe is a not so handsome and not so bad guy but has a boring life. One night while reading LN's on his smartphone, a message appeared stating "Do you want to elevate your life?" Sender: True GodHe then was teleported to Infanadah, a harsh world of magic and conflicts, where anything you can think of can lead to death. By gaining knowledge from two worlds, he tries to develop his survival and magical skills or any other methods as he tries to live here and make his life enjoyable.Why did True God choose him? Why is he sent there? Does he have a mission?He is not your typical pitiful bullied or betrayed MC. He is just bored.This is my first time writing a novel so please don't be harsh on your reviews.Tags might change in the future.
8 138 - In Serial50 Chapters
Aoi
The sea of stars. The momentaneous lifeforms that flicker far away. Our futures — a sea brimming with light. Each and every shimmer in the starry canvas serves as one’s infinite opportunities in the vast sea of the future. On a once unremarkable day, a mysterious girl displayed powers beyond the capabilities of humans in front of many onlookers who knew only the ordinary: Powers of Ice creation. Riki, a normal young man in the midst of the crowd, was astonished to see such a spectacle, but this astonishment quickly transforms into dismay. From the appearance of calm, yet scorching blue flames, he realized the sole reason she was using powers in the first place was to only protect herself from two who have possession of powers akin to hers. And in failing to do so, the last thing Riki saw was the angst look in her eyes before she disappeared from his sight. That was the only one remaining memory he can recall. Thrusted into an organization filled with supernatural stargazers, Riki's only goal is to retake everything back: a journey to take back both his past and his future. Through this journey, it will mean to discover the underlying truths of the world. Any illustrations I use for covers and chapters are illustrations I have drawn myself unless otherwise stated.
8 165 - In Serial55 Chapters
Sinfully Imperfect
"You make me commit sins, I never fucking thought I'd ever come across.""You're such an alluring sin that I'd love to commit every fucking time." ___________________________Sophronia Jasper is all set to let go of her past and embark on a journey at her dream college, but things spiral out of control when she encounters her college's oh-so-hot-mysterious-senior, whose poker face and emotionless eyes captivate her to a deep extent. Catch up on their exotic stories to unravel a new life with their perspectives. ____________________________cover made by amazing @lovely-riaRanking--- #2 in New Adult#1 in Bad boy#1 in College #2 in Sibling goals#1 in Perspective#1 in Façade#2 in Troubled Past#7 in Emotionalrollercoaster #6 in Alpha male#8 in Race#9 in Romantic-thriller#16 in Dark Humor#56 in Sin©All Rights Reserved
8.18 538 - In Serial33 Chapters
All The Lonely People
Based on a true story. A love is lost and a love remains. Our narrator has lost his wife to cancer and struggles to understand her loss while trying to raise his daughter. His journey of loss and discovery takes him across past and present, space and time.
8 104

