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The Desolate Era - Volume 35 - Chapter 10




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Chapter 10

Book 35, The Aeonian Race, Chapter 10 – Uprooting the Tree

The nearby Ninedust sent mentally, “Darknorth, should we use our Hegemonic treasures?”

“No, we don’t have that many of them to begin with . Once we use them up, we’ll be out,” Ji Ning refused mentally . “We’re keeping those to keep ourselves alive at critical moments . I’ll try a few things out first . Even if it takes me a million years or a hundred million years, that’ll be better than wasting a Hegemonic treasure . Besides… even if we did use it, it wouldn’t be of that much use to us!”

Ning knew that by now, he might be at a disadvantage when fighting against an actual Archon of the Sacred Cities but he was definitely on their overall level! His Omega Sword Dao – Heavenbreaker was capable of unleashing enormous power with a full-strength spike… and yet, it still probably wouldn’t be able to burst open one of those barriers instantly . Although the Hegemonic treasures were formidable and on a higher level of power than Ning, and they would most likely be able to shatter through a number of barriers, it was likely that they would at most be able to shatter through just a thousand barriers with each go . Unfortunately, there were over 80,000 barriers here!

“Let me try first . ” Ning’s body blurred as he transformed into his three-headed, six-armed form and drew his six Northbow swords . Ninedust stepped back to watch from the side; all he could do was watch and wait . There was nothing he could do to assist .

“Omega Sword Dao – Blood Drop!” A cold light flashed through Ning’s eyes as he immediately executed his most penetrating attack .

Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish!

Six streams of mist-formed energy consecutively stabbed against the exact same spot upon the barrier in front of Ning . The powerful piercing force instantly caused the outermost layer of formations to flicker with light as countless runes began to flow over its surface .

“Omega Sword Dao – Heavenbreaker!” Next, Ning switched to a different stance . There were differences amongst barriers as well; some were extremely flexible and soft, making brute force useless and requiring penetrative power to break through . Others were extremely rigid and unyielding; in this case, the overwhelming power of the Heavenbreaker stance would be the most appropriate and effective . Some barriers were actually illusory!

This was very different from when he had to defeat the formations at Crimsonwave Temple . Those formations were there as part of a test! The formations here, however, had been set down by the Aeonians as a defensive measure to prevent others from stealing their treasures . They naturally poured everything they had into these formations .

“Haha, without anyone controlling these formations, they won’t be able to heal as quickly as I deplete their power . The end result will definitely be their destruction . ” Ning quickly discovered a weakness in the formation, then immediately used his Blood Drop stance as the primary attack to break through it .

Just a single hour later, the barrier fell . Although it was able to automatically regenerate, it wasn’t able to keep up with the rate at which its power was being depleted . After breaking through the formation, Ning casually destroyed one of its formation-bases! If he didn’t do so, the formation would quickly regenerate and trap Ning inside of it .

……

One formation after another . Some were actually linked together, making it very hard for Ning to break through them . He was actually forced to use his Immortal energy to control the Northbow swords in attacking different formations in different regions simultaneously .

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Break, break, break… one layer of barriers after another was breached by Ning’s attacks . Although the Aeonians had paid enormous prices to set up these barriers, they were weakened by the fact that they were unmanned .

Time slowly passed on . One year, two years, three years… ten years, a hundred years, a thousand years…

While breaking through the formations, Ning continuously worked on his sword-arts . He felt as though he was virtually sparring with these many generations of departed formations masters . Some of these formations had been set up by the Aeonians themselves, while others they had purchased from the outside . Every single formation was difficult to breach, and while doing so Ning gained more and more insights into his sword-arts .

“A pity that my [Heartsword] art has yet to make a breakthrough . It seems as though going from the tenth stance to the eleventh stance truly is difficult,” Ning sighed .

Every single strike of his was reinforced by the [Heartsword] art, which showed itself as a mist-formed layer of sword energy . It must be remembered that when one truly trained in the [Heartsword] art, the eighth to tenth stances were considered part of the first stage . The eleventh and twelfth stances were part of the second stage, the thirteenth and fourteenth stances were part of the third stage, and the fifteenth stance was the final stage .



Ning was still stuck in the first stage, and breaking through to the second stage was very, very difficult . Although the three hundred-plus Hegemonic legacies he had gained included a few similar techniques which also involved fusing heartforce with divine power and Immortal energy, in the end Ning was an expert of the Dao of the Sword; studying through this Dao was the fastest solution, making the [Heartsword] art the most appropriate art for him . The others could at most be used as references to use .

After reviewing the other techniques, Ning understood that gaining true mastery of the [Heartsword] art was possible only through one way – true and utter devotion to this Dao!

However, knowing and doing are two completely separate concepts . He knew what he had to do, but he still was unable to make the necessary breakthroughs . If breaking through was that easy, Emperor Heartsword wouldn’t have been the only person in all of history to have been able to truly master this [Heartsword] art .

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More than eighteen million years went by .

The six Northbow swords were hanging in the air, furiously stabbing downwards in an illusory manner . Finally, with a popping sound, the last barrier was broken through by Ning .

“Success . ” The distant Ninedust revealed a delighted look .

“He was actually able to break through over 80,000 barriers with just sword-arts . ” The two clan leaders were both rather startled . These formations encompassed every type of barrier possible, including bewildering and illusory ones . Thankfully, Ning was a Heartforce Cultivator and thus wouldn’t be misled by them . Otherwise, he probably wouldn’t have been able to resolve those formations .

The white-robed Ning just stood there, his six Northbow swords hanging in the air . The swords descended in unison, flying back into the sheath on his back .

“Whew . ” Ning let out a sigh of relief . He could sense that the past eighteen million years of formation-breaking had been a form of tempering for his sword-arts . He now had gained quite a few new insights into them .



“But I still have no clue as to how I am going to reach the fourth stage with the Omega Sword Dao . Becoming a Daolord of the Fourth Step truly is difficult,” Ning sighed to himself . He really didn’t have much hope; all he could do was to continuously advance . Sooner or later, he would break through .

“My young friend Darknorth, these fruits are all quite extraordinary . They are far more valuable than ordinary omnigeddon bloodfruits,” the sea dragon leader said .

Ning turned to glance at it . The two clan leaders were both staring at Ning, as were the nearly two hundred beasts off in the distance . To them, the past eighteen million years had been nothing at all .

Ning and Ninedust exchanged a glance . Both of them knew what had to be done .

“Be careful,” Ninedust sent mentally .

“Don’t worry,” Ning replied mentally .

Boom! Ning’s body blurred as it suddenly expanded dramatically in size . He instantly became the size of a towering mountain that was three million meters tall, the same height as the omnigeddon bloodfruit tree itself .

“You grew pretty big,” the flaming equine leader said with a laugh .

“It makes harvesting easier . ” Ning reached out with his hand, easily plucking one of the flame-colored fruits at the very crown of the omnigeddon bloodfruit tree, then putting it away .



There were some fruits which could only be harvested in certain ways; for example, there were certain fruits which would vanish when touched by the hand . The omnigeddon bloodfruit, however, could only grow if they underwent ten thousand tribulations during their growing process! It was fine to harvest them by hand; they weren’t delicate at all .

Soon, the thirty-six fruits growing throughout the tree were completely harvested . Ning lowered his head to harvest the final fruit located at the base of the tree . He pulled the fruit into his estate-world with a thought, then reached out with both hands to grasp the trunk of the omnigeddoon bloodfruit tree . He immediately sent out his divine power to cover every inch of the tree, protecting its roots and branches .

“Get up . ” Ning exerted his power, allowing his full might to be unleashed . Boom! In the end, the omnigeddon bloodfruit tree was nothing more than a tree; the Azureflower Estate world’s fruit trees had been warded by the master of the estate, which was why Ning was unable to damage them . In fact, he had been restricted to harvesting just a single fruit . The omnigeddon bloodfruit tree, however, was ‘only’ protected by those 80,000+ barriers . By now, Ning had long since destroyed those barriers, and without them blocking his path he was able to easily harvest all of the fruit from the tree .

Whoosh! The entire massive omnigeddon bloodfruit tree was uprooted from the earthy ground . Countless roots began to rise up out of the earth, but the layer of divine power covering the tree ensured that it was completely undamaged .

“Ah?”

“This…”

“He’s…” the two clan leaders and all of the spectating beasts stared in amazement at this sight . The massive tree had just been uprooted by the similarly massive Ji Ning, who moved so fast that they weren’t even able to react in time .

“In you go . ” With but a thought, Ning easily drew the uprooted omnigeddon bloodfruit tree into his estate-world .

“Ah?!” After putting away the tree, Ning had been feeling quite excited and planning to flee alongside Ninedust . In fact, Ninedust had already flown towards him like a streak of light… but the look on Ning’s face had changed .

Boom! After he uprooted the omnigeddon bloodfruit tree, an enormous crevice had revealed itself underneath him . This enormous crevice was extremely deep, and at the very bottom of it there was a small pool of red liquid! This small pool of what looked like congealed blood was also thirty thousand meters in size! It rolled about like a miniature red sun .

Previously, the omnigeddon bloodfruit tree had been blocking it out, with Ning not having sensed its aura at all . Now that Ning had already uprooted the tree, he could sense a stately and ancient power instantly emanate outwards .





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