Chapter 38: The Trap

“Boom, boom, boom~~~” The three black puppets and the rock giant coordinated perfectly, rotating and advancing slowly, slaughtering all the way.

“I must kill this monstrous Ancestral God before the four puppets arrive.” Wulai World God sensed the crisis. His eyes reddened, and his attack changed. If before he had been using speed and agility to seek opportunities, his blade techniques appearing eerie and unpredictable, now the frenzied Wulai World God’s blade techniques became wild and domineering!

The dazzling six warblades—each seemed capable of splitting open a chaotic world, with boundless might all condensed within a single blade.

Every strike was brutal.

“Bang, bang, bang.” Explosive sounds rang out as Ji Ning’s Eternal Divine Weapon blocked again and again, but he seemed somewhat strained.

“Right, I’m such a fool! This monstrous Ancestral God only uses one sword; clearly his other weapons are weaker. This sword is probably an Eternal Divine Weapon.” Seeing Ji Ning struggling, Wulai World God was overjoyed. “I have six divine blades, he only has one sword… When I sought opportunities one by one like before, he could easily block, but now that I’m attacking wildly, he can’t hold on.”

“No matter how well you defend with your sword, as long as it clashes with my blades, flaws will appear.”

“Bang.”

The two divine-might experts exchanged hundreds of blows in an instant. Under the frenzied assault of Wulai World God, driven by the threat of death, Ji Ning struggled to defend.

“A flaw!” Wulai World God’s eyes lit up; he had finally found Ji Ning’s flaw.

“Whoosh.”

Without hesitation, the moment he spotted the flaw, a cold blade light flashed and slipped through Ji Ning’s sword defense circle. As they say, ‘strike while the iron is hot’—a single critical change could shift the battle. So Wulai World God’s other warblades also slashed simultaneously.

“No—” Ji Ning’s expression changed drastically, and he struggled to block. One misstep led to another.

“Pfft, pfft~~”

Two blade lights, one after the other, struck Ji Ning almost simultaneously.

“Haha…” For an instant, Wulai World God’s eyes held surprise and joy, but then they turned to shock and anger.

When the two warblades struck Ji Ning’s armor, it was like pushing a spring—the spring would rebound. The armor, upon receiving the impact, stored that force and then rebounded it back. Those two strikes were Wulai World God’s ultimate, life-risking blows.

But now, without any guard or mental preparation, two terrifying forces surged back along the warblades.

“Boom~~~” The two surging impacts sent Wulai World God flying backward almost instantly.

The difference between being mentally prepared and unprepared was immense!

Even a mortal, knowing someone was about to push him, would at most step back a couple of steps if pushed.

But if caught off guard, a sudden push could knock him to the ground! A skilled expert, ambushed without warning, could even be killed by a weaker opponent!

Such was the vast difference between preparation and its lack.

“Die.”

Though struck by two blades, Ji Ning only staggered back heavily a few steps, each step shaking the entire Life-and-Death Millstone. At the same time, he swung his Eternal Divine Weapon, which instantly expanded to a hundred zhang long. Just as Wulai World God was flying backward, the sword struck before him.

Wulai World God could only desperately raise his warblades to block.

“Bang!!!”

Already flying backward, Wulai World God was sent tumbling to the ground by the fierce sword strike.

This blow only made things worse for him.

“It’s a trap.” Wulai World God understood instantly.

“Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh~~~” The countless golden-armored soldiers that had been frenziedly attacking without success now threw out ropes. The moment Wulai World God was knocked down, ropes bound his legs. He struggled, roared, and resisted, slashing with his warblades in a desperate attempt to break free.

He knew that if he couldn’t break free, he was doomed.

“It’s useless.” Ji Ning stood in the distance, occasionally swinging his sword to block the golden-armored soldiers attacking him.

…

“Lost?” The blood-robed youth A Luoyi found it hard to believe, but when he saw Wulai World God knocked to the ground, especially when a rope bound his legs, he knew it was over.

On the Life-and-Death Millstone, the golden-armored soldiers were extremely dangerous.

A World God at the perfected level could hold them off, but once something went wrong—like falling—such a dangerous situation almost meant life was slipping away and death was descending. The countless golden-armored soldiers, all at the threshold of World-level, would never give you a chance to get back up.

“To be defeated by an Ancestral God.” The golden-robed youth in the distance also stared at Ji Ning on the Life-and-Death Millstone. Though very proud, he felt a great threat from Ji Ning. He understood that if this Ancestral God continued to grow, he would surpass him.

…

“Get off!”

“Open up!”

Wulai World God struggled desperately, but it was useless. When a second rope bound him, his resistance weakened greatly. More ropes bound him one after another. Despair filled his eyes as he turned to look at the distant Ancestral God Ji Ning and growled, “A trap, it’s a trap. Just one wrong step…”

Ji Ning stood there. The four puppets had arrived, protecting him and blocking countless golden-armored soldiers.

Ji Ning watched silently.

Yes.

It was indeed his trap. Strictly speaking, it wasn’t a particularly clever scheme, but in a life-and-death battle between experts, there was no room for elaborate plots. He had only used a small ‘trap’.

After fighting Wulai World God, Ji Ning knew it would be hard to kill him. They were evenly matched. Even if the four puppets came, given Wulai World God’s speed and agility, he could easily weave through the golden-armored soldiers and stay far away.

So Ji Ning gave the order: “Come quickly, join me in surrounding and killing this Wulai World God.”

He gave the order loud enough for Wulai World God to hear. Hearing it, Wulai World God naturally panicked. Though he could flee, running away all the time was no solution—he wanted to win this duel. So he became even more frenzied.

At that moment, Ji Ning deliberately showed a slight flaw, leaving Wulai World God with no suspicion.

Then he took the hits!

The ‘Water Element Armor’ Ji Ning had bought at the Treasure Gathering for six hundred and ninety square bottles of Chaos Liquid played its role. The two rebound forces caught Wulai World God completely off guard, causing him great harm. In truth, the Water Element Armor wasn’t that overpowering; with mental preparation, it wouldn’t have been so devastating. Ji Ning, for instance, was prepared!

Though struck by two blades, he only stepped back a few steps. At the same time, having prepared, Ji Ning swung his fatal sword as he retreated, striking the flying Wulai World God and knocking him to the ground.

That sword was the last straw that broke the camel’s back!

Being knocked to the ground…

Especially under the siege of many golden-armored soldiers, being knocked down almost meant death, unless one was extremely lucky to get back up. Unfortunately, Wulai World God wasn’t that lucky.

“Whoosh.” A golden-armored soldier holding a gourd directly sucked Wulai World God inside, grinding him into powder.

As he was being taken into the gourd, Wulai World God stared fixedly at Ji Ning.

Ji Ning simply watched.

Because between him and Wulai World God, one had to die.

“Third match ends.” The three-eyed bald man’s voice rang out. All the golden-armored soldiers stopped and then vanished.

Ji Ning waved his hand, withdrawing the three puppets. Su Youji also revealed her true form.

“Let’s go.”

Ji Ning and Su Youji, side by side, turned into streaks of light and flew out of the Life-and-Death Millstone.

At this moment, the other cultivators on the vast square, including A Luoyi and Fu Kai, who had looked down on Ji Ning and the others, were silent, staring at the descending Ji Ning and Su Youji—or rather, their gazes were fixed on Ji Ning.

“I, A Luoyi!” The blood-robed youth A Luoyi stared at Ji Ning and said, “Tell me your name.”

Ji Ning said, “A Luoyi, you’d better focus on the duel on the Life-and-Death Millstone. It’s your turn now.”

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