“Alright, let’s get this over with,” said Xiao Tiandi. “Don’t expect me to go easy on you.”
“That’s my line,” replied Wang Wei before rushing to his opponent. He immediately appeared in front of Xiao Tiandi and punched him.
Boom!
‘So fast,’ was the last thought of Xiao Tiandi before flying away, ribs cracked and heart squished. Midway through his fly, a white flame appeared on his body, healing his injuries.
Meanwhile, Wang Wei went on the offensive. He used his [Fate Escape Technique] to fly at an unimaginable speed. He also used the tips he received from the Rainbow Emperor.
He used the Rabbit Zodiac to boost his strength further. He used the Sheep Zodiac, which granted him dominance of the elements. And with this dominance, he used lightning, wind, light, and space-time to boost his strength further.
So, with a speed that appeared as if he had teleported, he appeared before Xiao Tiandi. Bang! He exploded the latter’s head with one punch.
‘How is he so fast that I can’t even react?’ thought Xiao Tiandi as his body reformed. ‘I need to do something, or I will spend this fight in mystery.’
Bang!
His entire upper body exploded in a pool of blood. However, Xiao Tiandi regenerated like a phoenix with a bright white flame. Ans this time, things were different: his aura drastically changed.
It went up from the 6-Leaf Immortal Venerable to 9-Leaf, making Wang Wei frown.
‘A secret technique?’ thought Wang Wei as he analyzed his opponent. Meanwhile, Xiao Tiandi raised his hand to shoot a yellow beam, forcing Wang Wei to dodge. Unfortunately, he was not fast enough, and his right hand was gone as if it had never existed.
“The power of Grandmist: it’s been a while since I last saw it,” he said calmly. During the Heaven Chosen Selection Trial at the Academy, Lin Fan used Grandmist in his battle against Su Ya.
Grandmist is considered one of the first powers or energy that existed at the beginning of the universe; it is a manifestation of chaos. So, it can return anything it touched back to chaos.
Grandmist is divided into Yin and Yang. The Yin side is referred to as Final Grandmist and has the power of erasure; it returns things to their original state.
Meanwhile, Yang Grandmist is called Cosmos Grandmist and is used to mold chaos into all matter; it molds chaos into all things in existence. Cultivators must condense a Grandmist Wheel in their Sea of Consciousness to enter the Empyrean Realm. Through this wheel, they can control Cosmos Grandmist to create life and other things.
Many thoughts flashed in Wang Wei’s mind as he looked at his missing arm. Then, a purple flame appeared on the missing arm, burning off the power of Grandmist with the Chaos Flame in his heart.
Xiao Tiandi did not give his opponent time to breathe. He turned his Final Grandmist into a sword that resembled a lightsaber. Then, he rushed toward Wang Wei to slash him.
Oddly though, the opponent easily dodged his attack. With his 9-Leaf Immortal Venerable strength, he should be able to overwhelm the latter with his sheer speed–just like he suffered previously.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
Xiao Tiandi swung his sword more than a million times in less than a second. But not one of his attacks touched his opponent. So, he condensed the Grandmist Sword into a bomb, spreading its attack in a wide area. However, Wang Wei moved quickly out of the attack’s range.
Xiao Tiandi paused as he looked at Wang Wei. “You’re using the Battle Maniac Paragon’s Ultimate Evasion Technique.”
“So, you’ve noticed.”
“I’ve read about it in books. I thought it was a legend.” it is said after creating this method, he has never lost a battle in his life.
“Well, it’s true,” Wang Wei replied. The Ultimate Evasion Technique allowed him to synchronize his body to his opponent’s aura, energy signature, spiritual strength, and laws. After the synchronization, his body will naturally evade all the opponent’s attacks.
No matter the attack, his body would move on its own to evade; it was as if it was allergic to everything about his opponent and would naturally avoid it. After creating and mastering this technique, Battle Maniac never lost a battle. It did not mean he was invincible, but he never suffered defeat.
Of course, it was not only because of this technique.
The flaw of this method is to use overwhelming speed to counter it. However, as a peak Paragon, Battle Maniac was on the top echelon regarding speed in all the Paragon in the universe. So, he never met someone who could overwhelm him with speed.
Additionally, this technique had higher levels.
For example, Wang Wei also synchronized with Xiao Tiandi’s Fate and Karma to aid him in his evasion. For the level of this technique, he needed to have some Fate or Karmic connection with Xiao Tiandi, and he did:
Xiao Tiandi’s master was Xu Junyao, the woman Wang Wei had a Love Fate Connection besides Wu Hong. Wang Wei had to sigh at how wonderful fate could be.
Is it a coincidence that he met him now? Most likely, no.
[Domain Expansion: Grandmist Erasure.]
Xiao Tiandi controlled the entire area and filled it with Grandmist, not giving any room for Wang Wei to dodge. As such, he surrounded himself with a purple flame, protecting himself. At the same time, he finally figured out the secret technique the latter used.
‘He borrowed the power of an alternate version of himself; a variant of himself that failed in accomplishing the Nine Extremity Foundation and ended up with 9-Leaf Immortal Venerable strength. What a wonderful secret technique. It’s a shame I cannot use it.’
Based on his analysis, divination, and calculator, Heavenly Dao only allowed cultivators to access parallel timelines in the upper dimension. Although only Paragons should be able to travel or access parallel timelines, Xiao Tiandi’s secret technique granted the ability to borrow strength from his parallel self, with the only limitation that he could not acquire the power of Dao Ancestor.
So, 9-Leaf was the limit he could achieve.
Xiao Tiandi observed his opponent with a frown, rapidly calculating the best attack mode.
Secret Technique: Roc Infinite Speed
Two large energy wings appeared behind him, while the phantom of a bird or fish manifested behind him; it was the image of a Roc.
Rocs are known as one of the fastest creatures in the universe. With this technique, Xiao Tiandi’s speed approached the infinity domain– a realm of speed that at least 1-Root Dao Ancestor can reach. As a comparison, a 2-Root Dao Ancestor has a base speed of 20 times infinity.
With this speed, Wang Wei’s mind could perceive Xiao Tiandi’s movement. After all, he is connected to his other clones to [Existence] and technically has the reflex of a 2-Root Dao Ancestor.
However, his main body, with only 6-Leaf, cannot move in time to evade.
Bang!
Xiao Tiandi flew back with half of his body destroyed. Meanwhile, Wang Wei remained intact. At the last minute, he used the Pig Zodiac Ability to absorb the attack and redirected it before his opponent could even react.
Xiao Tiandi frowned as he felt something was wrong.
‘He should not be able to absorb an attack approaching 1-Root Dao Ancestor. Is he secretly a Nine Extremity Foundation?’
He thought of how Wang Wei previously hid his battle with Ao Tianyi, making him a little suspicious. So, he used another technique to manifest a third eye on his forehead.
‘He stored the power in his Acupoints? That would make sense.’ I also sensed Devour Law.
While Xiao Tiandi analyzed the situation, his body rapidly regenerated, making Wang Wei frown as he also detected something.
‘I thought his main Dao was Lesser Chaos. But now, I know his main Dao is Dream. He converted his injury into a dream. So, it was as if they never occurred.’
Wang Wei always knew there were two different Chaos Dao, but he never knew the exact classification until he received Ao Tianyi’s memories. Lesser Chaos Dao referred to the Dao Lin Fan cultivated before he became an Outlaw.
Lesser Chaos Dao directly cultivates Chaos Law, which involves things like Grandmist, sub-laws like Destruction, Creation, Absolute Beginning and Absolute End, Origin, and others.
Meanwhile, Great Chaos Dao is when cultivated decided to cultivate all 3800 Primary Daos to a high level before fusing them; this Dao is on the path of becoming nigh omnipotent. It’s the Dao of mastering all concepts, laws, and rules; it’s the Dao of becoming the embodiment of all things in existence.
Of course, both Daos are outlaws, but people with the Absolute Chaos Physique and other exceptional physiques can cultivate Lesser Chaos Dao without a problem. Meanwhile, Great Chaos Dao is an Outlaw to everyone.
Wang Wei snapped his finger:
Order: No Secret Technique.
Immediately, Xiao Tiandi lost all his strength, returning to his original power. Wang Wei instantly appeared before him and held him by his throat, even sealing all his strength.
‘I know why I didn’t like him, and I could use it to my advantage. The only issue is whether it was worth the risk.’