Chapter 161 - The First Incarnation
Chapter 161 – The First Incarnation
The moment the artifact activated a white light covered a large portion of the cave. Once the light that covered the cave disappeared a man with very tall stature, long black hair tied in a ponytail, with facial features that might make you think he was a beautiful woman stood beside Lance Resteti. The body of Lance Resteti started to move away, even though his soul was able to materialize into a full functioning body, he was still connected to the body where his soul resided.
“You forced me to use my trump card so early, but now you will regret it.” The beautiful looking man who was Wang Lin was a bit disappointed that he was forced to use his artifact that could only be used once, but he still felt elated that he could once again feel his old power coursing through his veins. Though this will only last for half an hour Wang Lin felt that it was too much time for him to deal with someone on Ren’s level.
As he was getting exhilarated by getting his former power back, he looked at his opponent. He was surprised to see that Ren’s soul was also of a different person.
‘So he really was like me.’
Right in front of Wang Lin was someone different from Ren. It was a man that wasn’t too tall, nor too short. His facial features based on the standards he knew weren’t ugly but at the same time, he wasn’t handsome. He was the very definition of average.
Not only that even Ren’s awe-inspiring presence was gone, as the man currently in front of him also exuded nothing. In fact, he was so average that it was hard to get a feel of him. It was like he was part of the background. Wang Lin was confused about what he was seeing. How can someone he thought was powerful turn out to be someone like this?
The man didn’t even bother moving his now empty husk of a body. He was simply standing there looking at his own materialized Spirit body.
“Hmph, so that’s what you truly look like. Seeing how weak you are in your current form makes me feel a little bad, so I will allow you the first hit.” Wang Lin gestured Ren(?) to come at him. Ren(?) then finally took notice of him and looked like he was scanning him. After a short look, Ren(?) tilted his head confused.
“Why should I attack someone weak like you?” Ren(?) asked in a nonchalant manner. Hearing what Ren(?) said and looking at his expression just served to make Wang Lin angrier.
“You really don’t know how immense the heavens are! Fine, I will show you the difference between you and me!” Wang Lin then summoned a thousand blades that floated beside him, he also coated himself in an immense amount of Ki. With this much power he would end up blowing away the whole cave and fortress, but that doesn’t matter since no one else was here. All of his men already died, and his current family was in a different location. So destroying everything right now wasn’t a problem. Still, he was wondering if that woman who was standing at the back would take action.
Well, it didn’t matter if she makes a move or not he just needs to kill her as well. Wang Lin then charged at Ren(?) with a thousand blades. But the moment he got two meters near Ren(?) he felt an invincible force blocking his path. He could not move, not even a single finger. He then used all of his Ki to strengthen his body but that didn’t do anything at all as he remained frozen.
Wang Lin then tried to make the thousand floating blades attack Ren(?), but same as him they were frozen at the same spot. So it turns out Ren(?) wasn’t as weak as Wang Lin thought he was. If this continues won’t he die without being able to retaliate at all? Him the once feared Heaven’s sword was treated like an ant. Just the mere thought of that made Wang Lin furious.
“What kind of sorcery is this?! Isn’t this suppose to be a fight using only our sword skills?! Why are you using magic now?!” Wang Lin knew what he was shouting was nonsensical, but at this point, he was grasping at straws. It hurt his pride to even speak such words, but he had no choice at the moment.
Ren(?) looked at Wang Lin even more confused. “A fight using only sword skills? Was this that kind of fight? Hmmm…” Ren(?) then looked to be contemplating deeply, after a short while he looked at Wang Lin and nodded his head.
“I see you’re right this is a battle using sword skills.”
“That’s right! So stop using this bizarre ability that makes me unable to move!”
“Huh? That’s not an ability or anything, I mean I didn’t do anything at all.”
This time it was Wang Lin who showed a confused expression.
“If this isn’t an ability or a spell of some kind then why can’t I move?”
“Isn’t that because your body is instinctively fearing me?”
When Wang Lin heard Ren’s(?) answer he was shocked. He was scared? His body was unable to move onward because he was scared? Wang Lin then shouted in anger, not at Ren(?) but anger at himself. He was then able to charge onward and using a thousand blades attack Ren(?). But before any of the attacks hit Ren’s(?) body they stopped.
“I see, even though you’re so weak and scared, you still wish to challenge me. I don’t really like fighting such weak opponents but seeing your spirit excited me a wee bit.” While saying this Ren(?) raised his hands upward and was in a stance that looked like he was holding a sword overhead.
Wang Lin who was watching Ren’s(?) every movement in close range, saw a sword forming in Ren’s empty hands. It wasn’t a sword created by mana nor Ki. Wang Lin couldn’t truly understand it but he was sure that sword was created by Ren’s very soul.
“Origin Swordsmanship, first stance, {GOD SLAYER}.” Ren(?) then swung his newly formed sword downward. It wasn’t fast that one couldn’t see the motion of the swing, but that move still felt undodgeable.
Wang Lin who was witnessing this attack from up close felt like the very heavens were coming down on him. That sword move felt like it had the very essence of swordsmanship within it. The sword that was meant to kill him came down, but for some reason, he was still intact. 𝒃𝒆𝙙𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝙡．𝙤𝒓𝙜
Wang Lin then noticed a breeze coming from behind. When Wang Lin saw what happened behind him he was shaken to his very core. The cave they were in was sliced open, and when he looked out he saw the night sky. The moment he saw the night sky he thought that he went crazy. The clouds were also cut in half, and even the full moon was sliced, there was now a perfectly sliced moon up in the night sky. If that wasn’t enough the sea of stars that were in the direction of the slash disappeared. That would mean Ren(?) was able to cut everything. A sword that was able to cut everything in its path.
Wang Lin was trembling in fear, what kind of monster was he facing. Even back in the immortal world where powerful beings could destroy planets with but a single fist, this was the first time he has ever witnessed someone this powerful. While he was in a dazed state, he heard Ren(?) talking to himself.
“I didn’t kill him as you asked… What are you talking about, I already held back a lot, and that was already my weakest attack. It was just the first stance.”
Wang Lin didn’t know who Ren(?) was talking to, but hearing Ren(?) say that attack was his weakest and he held back a lot, just shattered any pride Wang Lin had left. The man that was once feared as the Heaven’s sword started to laugh awkwardly at himself.
‘What greatest swordsman under the heavens? What true power?’ Wang Lin remembered how Ren acted in front of him with a smile on his face as if he was playing with a child. ‘So in the end, I was nothing more than a clown in front of his eyes.’