Longevity Martial Arts: Starting from Inner Core Skill - Chapter 1167 - 54: The Reason for the Attack (Part 2)
Chapter 1167: Chapter 54: The Reason for the Attack (Part 2)
“So it really is you, Flying Knife Saint Emperor…impostor?”
Flying Knife Saint Emperor, one of the many Saint Emperors of the Old Land Starry Sky, wields a flying knife with unparalleled prowess, epitomizing the essence of speed. He ascended from a common mortal to a Cultivator and now holds the status of a Saint Emperor with just a single flying knife.
Of course, after reaching the Saint Emperor Realm, he is not as conspicuous.
Currently, he serves as an elder in the Shattered Star Sacred Land.
It was quite normal that Wang Sheng found him familiar.
After all, Flying Knife Saint Emperor was a participant in the Immortal Fruit Conference.
During the battle against the Devouring Sect, he also showcased his Flying Knife Skill.
Although he did not pay particular attention, at Wang Sheng’s current level, even a glance is enough to remember.
As for the feeling of unfamiliarity…
Wang Sheng looked at this familiar face.
To be honest, aside from appearance and the flying knife skill, the person before him bore no resemblance to the Flying Knife Saint Emperor.
Whether it be in aura or strength.
A fragmented Thirteen Realms at best is barely considered Thirteen Realms.
Even in front of a genuine Thirteen Realms, this amount of strength counts for little but still has a qualitative difference with the Twelfth Realm.
The Flying Knife Saint Emperor was still a long way from this realm.
Most critically—
His gaze fell upon the Shattered Star Sacred Land.
Now, most Saint Emperors have moved to the headquarters of the True Saint Alliance, the Central Star.
But the original planets of the various forces have not been abandoned, and there are always guards present.
Currently, the Flying Knife Saint Emperor is stationed on the Mother Star of the Shattered Star Sacred Land.
After his gaze fell, he saw a face identical to the one before him, which belonged to the Flying Knife Saint Emperor of the Shattered Star Sacred Land.
After merely a glance, he quickly withdrew his sight.
The Flying Knife Saint Emperor in the secret chamber shuddered.
“Why does it feel like something bad is happening…”
However, no matter how hard he thought, he couldn’t figure out what was happening.
After retracting his sight, Wang Sheng once again looked at the “Flying Knife Saint Emperor” in front of him.
“Impostor?”
After hearing this, “Flying Knife Saint Emperor” sneered, “You say I’m an impostor, which might not be true…”
Unfortunately, at the crucial moment, the “Flying Knife Saint Emperor” was unwilling to say more.
Revealing his true appearance was only intended to provoke Wang Sheng.
Even that sentence served the same purpose.
He simply wanted to see Wang Sheng confused, hopefully enraged, but Wang Sheng remained utterly unmoved, without any psychological fluctuation.
“Looks like you don’t want to continue speaking, huh…”
Since no answers could be extracted, keeping him around was meaningless.
With an expressionless face, Wang Sheng rotated the Destruction Spear.
Innate Destruction Divine Light manifested, directly grinding his body into fragments.
The “Flying Knife Saint Emperor” showed no intention of pleading for mercy and instead revealed a sickly smile, “Hehehe…don’t think it’s over. You, who violated taboos, won’t have a good ending…”
Having said that, before Wang Sheng could act further, he self-annihilated.
Bit by bit, he turned into ash, disappearing without a trace, and in the process of disappearing, he seemed to attempt erasing the surrounding, even the Starry Sky Rules couldn’t stop it.
But with a genuine Thirteen Realms present, the starry sky was rock-solid, and the ash could accomplish nothing.
Wang Sheng watched the disappearance of the “Flying Knife Saint Emperor” for a long time, then sneered coldly, “Fool, don’t you know the way you die exposes your identity?”
Originally, the existence of two Flying Knife Saint Emperors, one powerful, one weak, already led him to suspect.
The manner of disappearance of the Thirteen Realms “Flying Knife Saint Emperor” directly confirmed it.
“Is there any other than a Dust Beast with such a unique way of dying?”
The Dust Beast’s way of dying is to slowly turn into ash, with the additional ability to erase the starry sky’s power.
“So, does this mean that the impostor Flying Knife Saint Emperor is essentially a Dust Beast?”
“If it truly is a Dust Beast, does that represent that the Dust Beast’s limit is Thirteen Realms, or even less?”
“In this case, this would be good news, but could it really be that simple?”
The fact that the impostor Flying Knife Saint Emperor is the transformation of a Dust Beast roughly indicates its limitation.
However, Wang Sheng knew this was only the best-case speculation.
In reality, it was probably not so.
First was the impostor Flying Knife Saint Emperor’s declaration that “things are far from over.”
This meant that the fragmented Thirteen Realms was just the first wave of attacks.
After which, new enemies might arrive, and these enemies would be even more formidable.
“Dangerous things are better believed to exist than not.”
Whether it’s true or not, he will assume that enemies will still come.
“The impostor Flying Knife Saint Emperor having the characteristics of a Dust Beast is indisputable, although it’s different from ordinary Dust Beasts, the source is certainly similar, coming from the Corrosive Fate Dao…”
“Why has the Corrosive Fate Dao targeted me and specifically sent people here? It’s evident they want to eliminate me.”
Wang Sheng immediately thought of his success in creating the Fate Dao.
“The impostor Flying Knife Saint Emperor said I violated a taboo, which should be the Fate Dao I created. The Corrosive Dao is also a Fate Dao, did this affront it?” Wang Sheng chuckled.
Being hunted by the Corrosive Dao was something he hadn’t anticipated.
Of course, other possibilities existed.
His alter ego had once entered the Corrosive Dao himself, even attempting to bring someone out, over thousands of years, the avatar’s frequent entry and exit could have made him a target of “persecution.”
“But since it originated from the Corrosive Fate Dao, perhaps the ’Flying Knife Saint Emperor’ just now wasn’t actually an impostor.”
He pondered over why an impostor Flying Knife Saint Emperor would appear.
Yet if it stemmed from the Corrosive Fate Dao, it could barely be explained.
“The Flying Knife Saint Emperor I killed might indeed be a potential future of the true Flying Knife Saint Emperor… implying that in the original plan of Fate Dao, the Flying Knife Saint Emperor does have the potential for the Thirteen Realms.”
“Furthermore, this time, the Corrosive Fate Dao sent the potential future of the Flying Knife Saint Emperor instead of a Dust Beast, which might subtly indicate that a Dust Beast has limits. However, the limit isn’t what I previously suspected, as stopping at Thirteen Realms.”
“The Dust Beast’s limit might be the limit of a particular Cultivator’s future in the original fate lines; the Flying Knife Saint Emperor has a Thirteen Realms fate pathway. If someone within the fate lines can reach the Fourteenth Realm, perhaps a future self of that Cultivator at the Fourteenth Realm would appear.”
This hypothesis was more easily verifiable compared to the prior guess.
If indeed more individuals continue to arrive and they are familiar faces, the truth will be confirmed.
Wang Sheng had a premonition that it might not be long.
“I don’t know when the next attack will be; it seems I need to ascend to immortality soon. Otherwise, if a Fourteenth Realm truly arrives, even a fragmented one poses a tremendous problem.”
The Dao, after all, is a Dao, part of the Starry Sky Rules, with unimaginable strength.
It can directly transcend time, bringing a Cultivator’s future self into the present.
Though there are many flaws, such as compromised strength, drastic personality change, in essence, it is incredibly powerful.
Even his current self cannot achieve such a feat — of course, a Thirteen Realm or higher avatar is necessary.
If of weaker strength, he could manage it.
Not just him, even the former master of the Three Saints Stars managed it.
“Yet, who knows when it will come? Will it be a Fourteenth Realm? If it continues as Thirteen Realms, wouldn’t that be quite pathetic…”
If the Fourteenth Realm never arrives, that would surely be favorable to him.
However, for this starry sky, it would mean that currently, no one in the original fate lines has become a Fourteenth Realm.
For the multitude of Cultivators in the starry sky, this wouldn’t be a delightful realization.
Although they currently aren’t in Thirteen Realms, realizing their path stops at the Thirteen Realms would shatter their Dao hearts.
That’s how Cultivators are.
“Forget it, instead of worrying about them, better to worry about the next attack, find a way to hasten the growth of the Fate Dao…”
As the Fate Dao grows, his strength will also increase.
In parallel,
“What the enemy resists is what should be vigorously developed.”
This statement will never become obsolete.
Since the Corrosive Dao might have targeted him due to his creation of the Fate Dao,
it is all the more reason to enhance the Fate Dao.
He did not believe that if he halted the development of the Fate Dao, even destroyed it altogether, that things would come to an end.
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