Chapter 33

A tall man in white secretly emerged from the water at a distance, watching the battle between the Sky Blue Snake King and the human youth from afar.

"This human youth is truly remarkable," the tall man in white couldn't help but exclaim softly, "He actually forced the King to shrink his body to fight him. In terms of strength, I am not even as good as this human youth... It seems I will have to be more careful when I encounter human youths in the future. Hmm, but it looks like this human youth is about to die!"

"Once he dies, I must try some of his flesh. Such a powerful human youth, I haven't seen one in over three hundred years of cultivation."

"Hmm."

"What a pity," the tall man in white shook his head.

At this moment, Ji Ning's animal skin clothes were already heavily damaged, his chest stained with blood, and his hair tie broken, leaving his hair completely disheveled. However, his hands holding the Beiming Sword remained as steady as ever, and his eyes were as bright as ever, as if a flame was burning within them!

Desire!

The desire for victory, even in an absolute disadvantage, even after being injured repeatedly, Ji Ning never gave up.

...

"So what if he has a divine and demonic body?" the tall man in white sighed, "After all, he is only a postnatal. Injured again and again, recovering again and again. Each time his body recovers, it consumes a large amount of divine power! Once the divine power in his body is exhausted... and he is exhausted, he will have no resistance."

He seemed to already see the scene of this impressive youth falling and then being devoured by the great demons.

"Pity, a hero who could become famous throughout the vast land is about to die here," the tall man in white stared, afraid of missing a single moment.

"Hmm?"

The tall man in white's expression changed slightly, "What's wrong with his sword technique..."

...

The Sky Blue Snake King was too powerful. After shrinking, the Sky Blue Snake King's body was like a steel whip, even more resilient, and more agile and swift! In terms of strength, defense, speed, and agility, it was all above Ji Ning... The only thing Ji Ning relied on was his sword technique and the Beiming Sword in his hand.

The pressure brought by the Sky Blue Snake King made Ji Ning completely enter a state of emptiness... Only battle remained in his mind! He had no other thoughts, only battle!

Kill!

Kill!

The Sky Blue Snake King in front of him was like a nightmare, its attacks faster than Ji Ning's fastest 'Lightning Flash'! Its entanglement was more resilient than Ji Ning's 'Trickle Stream'! Its tail strikes made Ji Ning feel suffocated, fortunately, his two Beiming Swords could support each other.

One sword couldn't block it, so two swords would!

"Clang!" "Clang!" "Clang!"...

At first, he would still get injured from time to time.

However, due to his divine and demonic physique and the detoxifying spirit pills he had taken, although the Sky Blue Snake King's poison made him feel slightly numb, it did not affect his strength. As for bleeding and injuries... Ji Ning didn't care at all!

Gradually...

The Sky Blue Snake King seemed to find it difficult to break through the blockade of the two Beiming Swords, and it was hard to leave wounds on Ji Ning's body.

"Swish swish swish~~~" The sword technique was like a flowing ribbon, drawing the power of heaven and earth.

The Sky Blue Snake King transformed into a green light, circling around Ji Ning, attacking fiercely, but the perfect sword technique that drew the power of heaven and earth was so continuous... The sword light shone like mercury spilling, leaving no gaps, making the Sky Blue Snake King return empty-handed time and time again.

"Hmm?" Ji Ning finally had the mental capacity to think.

Previously, the threat and pressure from the Sky Blue Snake King were so great that he couldn't afford to be distracted, all his mind was immersed in the battle. Now that the 'pressure' had decreased, he could think about other things. Once he had the mental capacity, Ji Ning realized that his sword technique had become so perfect and flawless under the unprecedented pressure, with no flaws in the transitions and buildup of the sword moves.

"My sword technique..." A smile gradually appeared on Ji Ning's face.

"Ha ha ha!!!"

Ji Ning suddenly laughed heartily, "I have broken through, ha ha ha, Sky Blue Snake King, thank you for helping me break through, I have finally reached the realm of unity with heaven and earth in my sword technique."

Unity with heaven and earth!

After two intense battles, especially under the unprecedented pressure brought by the Sky Blue Snake King, Ji Ning finally took that step, reaching the realm of unity with heaven and earth in his sword technique! In fact, Ji Ning had already entered the realm with all the moves of the two sets of sword techniques, and was very close to breaking through, needing only an opportunity.

If he had continued to practice slowly in Xifu City, relying on gradual improvement, it might have taken him several years to break through.

...

"Hisss~~" A low hiss, the Sky Blue Snake King was somewhat enraged. Proud as it was, it never expected such a scene to occur while hunting a youth.

"So what if you're angry?" Ji Ning, radiant, stepped on the water, "I'm not afraid of you now!"

"Hisss~~"

The Sky Blue Snake King hissed and attacked Ji Ning fiercely, even more crazily, sometimes not caring about its own injuries. The previous Sky Blue Snake King, being in an absolute advantage, was still unwilling to be injured, but now the Sky Blue Snake King was willing to be injured to kill this human who challenged it.

"Come on, little snake!" Ji Ning wielded his sword technique with both hands, feeling that performing the sword technique was like a kind of enjoyment, naturally having a beautiful rhythm.

Each move of the sword technique, the transitions, everything was perfect.

A simple horizontal slash, a thrust, all were perfect without any flaws!

"Let's end it here today, Sky Blue Snake King, thank you for helping me break through," Ji Ning laughed and started running away.

Holding the Beiming Sword in both hands, he performed the 'Drip Water' technique from the *Drip Water Sutra*, clearly not seeking to win but to avoid mistakes, making the Sky Blue Snake King unable to do anything to Ji Ning... In a blink, Ji Ning had run far away.

After a long time—

"Roar~~"

The Sky Blue Snake King, swimming back, could only raise its head and let out a low roar to vent its dissatisfaction. In its growth, it had even encountered innate humans who had reached the realm of unity with heaven and earth, and they were still beaten to a sorry state... But the youth just now used dual swords, which were like two people surrounding and attacking, with perfect coordination, indeed increasing the power tenfold.

Even if Ji Ning was only in the realm of entry, and one sword was temporarily out of the state of unity with heaven and earth while in the buildup, the other sword would remain in the state of unity with heaven and earth. His combat power was no less than that of innate humans who could only use one sword.

And now...

After Ji Ning completely reached the realm of unity with heaven and earth, his strength increased even more. He could leave safely in front of this innate divine beast.

******

Whoosh!

Running fast like a gale.

"Ha ha ha..." Ji Ning laughed heartily, running wildly, stepping on the water out of Dongshan Marsh and into the forest, running for a long time, Ji Ning leaped onto a big tree, stepped over a tree crown, and directly floated over dozens of feet to land on a rock, and with just a few leaps, he reached the top of the small mountain.

Sitting on the mountain top, he leisurely took out a bamboo tube of fruit wine from his storage crystal and took a sip, Ji Ning roared contentedly, "What a great day, today is really great."

He had fought two great demons, and the Water Rhinoceros King was directly slain by him! The other, the more powerful Sky Blue Snake King, was indeed very strong, bringing him great pressure, but under that pressure, his sword technique finally broke through and reached the realm of unity with heaven and earth.

"Unity with heaven and earth!"

Ji Ning couldn't help but feel a bit proud, "Although the innate divine beings in Xifu City can use magical treasures, in terms of realm, most of them are probably not as good as me."

"I just don't know what realm my father is in. My father was already the first person in the Ji family's Xifu City before he went out to explore, and he had already reached the realm of unity with heaven and earth at that time. After that, he wandered for nearly ten years, met my mother... and then came back and stayed in Xifu City. No one knows his strength!" Ji Ning thought, "But when the Winged Snake Great Demon attacked, the sword my father slashed from a distance..."

That sword was really terrifying.

"My father's realm should be stronger than mine," Ji Ning shook his head, "I won't think about it, I'm not even an innate being yet."

Innate divine beings, with extraordinary strength.

Even cultivators of qi can use various magical treasures, talismans, and arrays. And those who practice divine and demonic body techniques... will undergo a tremendous transformation, truly becoming divine and demonic. After all, in the ancient era of divine and demonic beings, those born were innate divine beings.

"I practice the divine and demonic body technique known as the *Chi Ming Nine Heavens Chart*, which is the most difficult technique. In the history of the Ji family, no one who practiced it has become an innate being," Ji Ning was troubled, "How can I break through?"

The *Chi Ming Nine Heavens Chart* is too difficult!

In fact, with Ji Ning's talent, a body as pure as an innate dao body, and the powerful divine soul created by the visualization technique *Nüwa Chart* that grows stronger every day, his advantages in body cultivation are very significant, and his cultivation speed should be very fast. If he practiced a general divine and demonic body technique, he would have already broken through to the innate stage.

In qi cultivation, Ji Ning's talent was slightly lacking.

Due to injuries in the womb, his meridians were damaged. When his father Ji Yichuan and the Lord of the Manor Ji Youyang examined the infant, they found that the internal meridians were partially damaged, and his talent was very average. Most beings rely on qi cultivation to step onto the path of immortality, and divine and demonic body techniques are even more difficult. They didn't expect that although Ji Ning's qi cultivation was a bit lacking, his body cultivation was incredibly strong.

"The *Chi Ming Nine Heavens Chart* also records it."

"To achieve 'yin and yang convergence, water and fire fusion,' the power of the Great Yin and the Great Yang must be integrated into the Chi Ming divine power," Ji Ning thought, "But how can water and fire be fused? How can the Great Yin and the Great Yang be integrated into one?"

Ji Ning only knew that water and fire do not mix! How can water and fire be fused?

This step is very difficult.

"I must achieve the innate stage!" Ji Ning suddenly stood up, standing on the peak of the mountain, his eyes filled with boundless desire, "For innate divine beings, it is just the starting point in the distant Heavenly Realm! For the ancient divine and demonic beings, they were born as innate divine beings! If I can't even break through to the innate stage, how can I talk about controlling my own destiny?"

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