Chapter 18: The Limitless Gives Rise to the Supreme Polarity

On the desolate wilderness.

Ji Ning in white robes and Feiyou in animal skins stood far apart, while in the distance over a hundred gods watched from afar.

"On this Ten Thousand Mountains Island, although there are no attacks every thousand years, when a new god arrives, it is an even more terrible calamity. How formidable are the gods who can reach this place? Yet almost every time a calamity descends, some gods die." Xiuke shook his head and sighed.

"It is precisely this threat of life and death that forces these already formidable gods to become even more powerful, giving them a greater hope of reaching the next island." Kulong said solemnly.

This was already the third island.

The next would be the fourth.

As for the fifth... there was no danger there. Upon reaching the fifth, one could leave. Thus, the gods who could reach the third island were already extremely powerful, and those on the fourth island were only one step away from final departure. The calamity on Ten Thousand Mountains Island did not target those who had given up, but only those who had arrived here through their own strength.

"Brother Beiming, be careful." Feiyou produced two black short halberds in his hands.

"Short halberds?" Ji Ning was surprised.

According to the intelligence he had obtained, in ancient times Feiyou's weapon was not short halberds.

"In the Moon Under the Pool, on the body of Lianyu, I found a weapon more suited to me." Feiyou looked at Ji Ning. "Although Lianyu and I both use twin halberds, I am far more powerful than him."

"Please." Ji Ning produced two blood-colored divine swords in his hands.

...

The over a hundred gods watching from afar held their breath. They also wanted to see through this battle just how strong this Beiming, who had arrived on his own, really was! If Beiming was very strong, then the chances of survival when the calamity descended would be greater. Of course, the calamity posed no danger to those who had long given up.

But although they had given up, they had followed those who had not given up to reach this place. Those who had not given up died one by one in successive calamities. They also hoped that fewer would die.

"Swoosh." Feiyou turned into a streak of light and charged straight at Ji Ning.

Ji Ning also turned into a streak of light and met him.

Bang bang bang~~~

In midair, the twin swords and twin halberds clashed repeatedly. As soon as they engaged, Ji Ning was surprised: "Hmm, Feiyou's short halberd technique is exactly the same as Lianyu's?" Having fought Lianyu for a long time before, Ji Ning handled it easily. He also gave full play to his sword arts. The purpose of this sparring was more to let the other nine gods see his methods, so they could cooperate better when facing the calamity.

"Whoosh."

A bizarre and unpredictable sword light swept past Feiyou's neck, but the halberd shaft blocked it.

Another strange black sword light slashed upward from below toward Feiyou's body. Feiyou twisted his halberd and barely blocked it.

"Brother Beiming's sword art is so strange and swift."

"The sword art is both fast and bizarre. This path of the sword is truly adept at offense."

"Impressive."

"Indeed impressive. With this sword art alone, he can match Lianyu."

Yunhen, Dongxu, Jibu, and the others all marveled. Although they had also made it through, none of them walked the path of the sword! From Ji Ning's sword art, they sensed the deadly sharpness of a sword expert.

As for Xiuke and Qilong, their eyes lit up. Although Ji Ning had brought them along, they had never seen him fully display his sword art.

"Bang."

The two separated and landed on the ground.

Feiyou said excitedly, "Brother Beiming, although I was at a disadvantage, that was just warming up, getting familiar with each other. Now I'm going to get serious." As he spoke, his aura subtly changed. He turned into a streak of light and charged at Ji Ning again. As soon as they engaged, Ji Ning sensed the change. Feiyou's short halberd technique...

was no longer the same as Lianyu's. It was more profound.

Although he was good at offense, for a moment Ji Ning could not gain the upper hand. Clearly, Feiyou had spent a long time on Ten Thousand Mountains Island, and his halberd technique had been honed to near perfection, far more perfect than Ji Ning's sword art.

"Impressive, impressive." After fighting for a while, Ji Ning laughed. "I wonder how Brother Feiyou's protective divine ability is?"

With that, Ji Ning stopped defending against the opponent's attacks, letting the short halberd stab into his body, while at the same time his sword art struck at the opponent. Feiyou's face changed drastically, and he frantically altered his moves to block Ji Ning's attacks.

Bang bang bang~~~~

Feiyou was forced back repeatedly, and he shouted, "Is this the Eight Nine Arcane Art?"

"The ninth cycle of the Eight Nine Arcane Art." Ji Ning laughed.

"You're cheating!" Feiyou was furious. If Ji Ning were weaker than him, even with the Eight Nine Arcane Art protecting him, he could completely suppress Ji Ning. But Ji Ning's strength was equal to his. At this point, Ji Ning didn't need to protect himself, giving him a huge advantage.

"Who is your master?" Feiyou shouted. "To let you cultivate the Eight Nine Arcane Art to the ninth cycle."

"My master is Patriarch Bodhi." Ji Ning laughed heartily. "Jealous? Envious?"

"Patriarch Bodhi? You really stepped in dog shit." Feiyou was both fighting and fuming, looking very flustered. "Alright, alright, I know your divine body's protective ability is formidable. Can you stop bullying me like this?"

Ji Ning knew when to stop. After showing off the power of his divine body, he resumed normal combat, naturally blocking the opponent's short halberd strikes.

Thus they exchanged blows, making for a splendid fight.

...

"I didn't expect Brother Beiming to have cultivated the Eight Nine Arcane Art to the ninth cycle. This is great." Wuqi squinted and smiled. "For this calamity, when the demon army comes, Brother Tongqu, you won't have to be the sole shield. Brother Beiming can also go with you to withstand them head-on."

Indeed, facing a demon army required an extremely strong divine body to withstand them.

The burly man with a bronze complexion, Tongqu, said in a low voice, "Brother Beiming's Eight Nine Arcane Art is the foremost divine ability below true gods. Although I have had some opportunities, my divine body is still inferior to Brother Beiming's. For this vanguard to withstand the enemy, we'll have to rely on Brother Beiming."

"My god, Tongqu, you big fool, you've learned to use people."

"You even know to let others charge ahead now."

Everyone laughed.

Tongqu glared: "It's because none of you have strong enough divine bodies. I only reluctantly charged ahead before. Now that Ji Ning's divine body is stronger than mine, with the ninth cycle of the Eight Nine Arcane Art, his divine body rivals the peak of Pure Yang magic treasures. Even if true gods or patriarchs attacked, it would be hard to destroy such a divine body."

"Those who can cultivate the Eight Nine Arcane Art to the ninth cycle are very rare in ancient times and the Three Realms. They are the darlings of true gods and patriarchs, with extremely high talent. There's no need for them to take risks in the Moon Under the Pool."

"Yes."

"Indeed, those favored by true gods and patriarchs have no need to come to the Moon Under the Pool."

They also found it strange.

Generally, those who entered the Moon Under the Pool were those who saw no hope of breaking through to become true gods or patriarchs in the ancient times or the Three Realms, and came to take a gamble. Moreover, even if they left the Moon Under the Pool, they were not guaranteed to become true gods or patriarchs. Even the Buddha Jue Ming... only became a Buddha after a considerable period after leaving.

Thus, the Moon Under the Pool was a chicken rib. Those who entered were all taking a gamble. Peerless geniuses like Lü Dongbin, Hongxue, and Sun Wukong never entered.

Of course, gods like Feiyou and Wuqi were originally average in strength, but through the tempering of the Moon Under the Pool, they had shown their brilliance. All nine of them had reached the fourth level of the Supreme Polarity force or other powers. In the Three Realms, they would also be valued by true gods and patriarchs. This shows the tempering effect of the Moon Under the Pool.

...

"Boom."

Suddenly a loud noise, the shockwave causing the earth to tremble and crack, and the nearest mountain to shake, sending large amounts of rocks tumbling down.

The power of this strike startled even the watching gods from afar.

"So fierce."

Feiyou retreated far away, looking at Ji Ning in shock.

"You blocked it?" Ji Ning was also extremely surprised.

"What just happened? How did your sword art suddenly become so powerful?" Feiyou asked in surprise.

"That was the fourth level of heartforce infused into the sword art." Ji Ning said. "With heartforce added, the power naturally skyrockets."

Feiyou was shocked: "Fourth level heartforce? You have both swordforce at the fourth level and heartforce at the fourth level? And... even if it's the fourth level of heartforce, how can you infuse it into the sword? Have you comprehended the Heartforce Sword Art?"

Heartforce is ethereal and elusive. How to use heartforce has always troubled the mighty.

"And you?" Ji Ning was also puzzled. "What was that halberd technique of yours just now?" He had unleashed his strongest strike, with swordforce, heartforce, and even Star Picking Hand, yet although Feiyou was pushed back, he had blocked it. The twin halberds had formed a vague Supreme Polarity diagram, and his attack seemed to sink into an endless vortex.

"That is a technique I recently figured out." Feiyou laughed. "My Limitless force has reached the fourth level, and my Supreme Polarity force is at the second level. But... the Limitless gives rise to the Supreme Polarity. These two forces can be combined. This move is my initial creation, combining the Limitless and Supreme Polarity, giving it such defensive power."

Ji Ning couldn't help but marvel.

Impressive.

He naturally knew that some top-tier powers could be combined, such as the power of time and the power of space... Like Hongxue, who combined these two into the 'power of spacetime,' truly entering the path of spacetime, which delighted Bodhi into accepting him as a disciple.

Only those that are compatible can be combined.

It wouldn't do to forcibly combine Ji Ning's swordforce and bladeforce, which had nothing to do with each other.

The Limitless gives rise to the Supreme Polarity; the two can be perfectly combined. Even though the Supreme Polarity force was only at the second level, once combined, it produced astonishing effects.

"That's why I am the most stable. Even the most ferocious attacker, Zhenbu, I can withstand." Feiyou looked at Ji Ning and exclaimed, "But in terms of ferocity, you are slightly above Zhenbu. Impressive, impressive."

Ji Ning quickly said, "Heartforce is different from other powers; it cannot be sustained. Such a ferocious attack, I can only maintain it for about a dozen strikes."

"Oh..." Feiyou understood, shaking his head. "What a pity..."

"But your strength has exceeded my expectations. We'll make good arrangements, and then all we have to do is wait. In about ten days or half a month, the demon army of the Moon Under the Pool will attack." Feiyou laughed. "Then the ten of us will have to fight."