When facing someone like Ling Tianhou, Shen Qian dared not take any chances, nor did he dare let the other party make the first move. He could only try to seize the initiative to increase even the slightest chance of winning.
The moment Shen Qian made his move, he secretly shattered a jade pendant in his arms.
Seeing the halberd slashing towards him by Shen Qian's clone, Ling Tianhou smiled calmly. He seemed unsurprised by Shen Qian's sudden attack, but remained unmoved and showed no intention of dodging.
“Shen Qian, I actually admire you very much. You have already touched the way of kings and nobles before you are even twenty years old. You are the first person in history to do so.”
The space trembled, and the imposing halberd had already drawn a black ripple that was a hundred feet long. Ling Tianhou, however, simply said to himself, "Today, I will teach you again what a battle between kings and marquises should be like."
Boom!
As Ling Tianhou spoke, the Heavenly Nether Halberd slashed down, but it seemed to miss its target, causing no harm to Ling Tianhou whatsoever.
"this……"
The child's eye shrank slightly before sinking.
Under the lock of mental power, this attack could not possibly miss. Normally, it would either be easily dodged by Ling Tianhou or be defeated head-on by the opponent. The scene in front of us is particularly strange.
He could see clearly that Ling Tianhou made no move and was clearly within Tianming's lock, yet Tianming could not touch him.
Unconvinced, Shen Qian's clone swung his hand back, and after a brief pause, the massive Tianming once again slashed upwards, attempting to cut Ling Tianhou in two.
Boom!
The void trembled, but Ling Tianhou still made no move, and Tianming missed again.
This time, however, he activated his "Eye of Truth" before sinking, and in that instant, he finally saw clearly what had happened.
The moment Tianming and Lingtianhou passed each other, the space was cleverly divided. In other words, Tianming and Lingtianhou were in two completely independent spaces, which is why Lingtianhou was able to be so composed.
However, the division was too subtle and ingenious, like a folding of a mirror image. It was completely different from the use of space by other kings and nobles that Shen Qian had seen. If it weren't for the existence of the "Eye of Truth", Shen Qian might not have been able to capture that trace.
Shen Qian gasped. This was the first time he had ever witnessed such a use of the "Dao" without any trace of worldly affairs. It was not some extraordinary supernatural power or magic, but simply a thought that made him invincible.
If Chen Qian had switched places with him, it wouldn't have been difficult for him to forcibly cut through space with his rudimentary understanding of the principles of space. However, to grasp it with such precision, to do it so effortlessly, and to even achieve an "instantaneous" effect, was simply wishful thinking.
This contains a profound immersion in the "Tao," and the ultimate understanding of the "Tao is integrated into oneself" in the realm of kings and nobles!
Even with the "Eye of Truth" assisting him, and having vaguely grasped the key to it, imitating it would still be incredibly difficult.
After all, the law of space is also one of the seven supreme laws.
If this is the "Dao" that King Jiangling mainly cultivates, then the possibility of turning the tide before and after his downfall will be infinitely reduced.
"Huh, the Prince of Jiangling actually left the 'Eye of Truth' to you?"
At this moment, Ling Tianhou saw the golden light appearing in Shen Qian's eyes and let out a soft exclamation of surprise. Then he smiled and sighed, "Shen Qian, I'm even more curious about the secrets you hold."
Does he know about the "Eye of Truth"?
Shen Qian felt a chill in his heart. Ling Tianhou's understanding of the first generation of the Nine Kings was far deeper than he had imagined.
"Your physical body seems quite weak. It seems that your method of relying on the Ten Apertures Body has significant side effects... Let's end this sooner rather than later."
Seeing that Shen Qian remained silent, Ling Tianhou smiled and shook his head, then suddenly waved his hand casually.
He even knew that I had ten orifices...
As Shen Qian grew increasingly shocked, the space where the three of them were located shattered like a mirror with Ling Tianhou's wave of his hand, and then quickly pieced itself back together, like a large, three-dimensional sliding jigsaw puzzle. When Shen Qian finally reacted, his expression changed drastically.
In that brief second, he and his clone had switched positions. Not only that, the clone was moved thousands of meters away, while Shen Qian appeared less than a hundred meters away from Ling Tianhou.
"Imprisoned!"
Ling Tianhou reached out and grabbed, and the surrounding space collapsed as if it were a cage, trying to bind Shen Qian inside.
In almost a few seconds, Shen Qian was nearly driven to the brink of despair.
Ling Tianhou was far more troublesome than Shen Qian had imagined. Unlike Jiang Chengye, who had just entered the ranks of kings, or Xu Nian, who had only forcibly risen to the rank of king through mysterious means, Ling Tianhou was a true top figure among kings. The pressure of simply facing him head-on made Shen Qian feel breathless.
Without hesitation, he issued the AFK command, skipping the impossible task of "defeating Ling Tianhou" and simply letting the system take him away from this place.
After a one-second delay, the system came online, and Shen Qian's eyes became as deep as the starry sky. With a wave of his hand, the surrounding space shattered instantly, just like Ling Tianhou's method.
With the aid of the "Eye of Truth," the system easily replicated Ling Tianhou's methods, something that was impossible for Shen Qian.
As space shattered, Shen Qian was immediately freed. At this moment, his clone also arrived, slashing down with his halberd and forcefully repelling Ling Tianhou's palm, thus averting a crisis.
"Can you replicate something just by looking at it?"
Ling Tianhou seemed to realize something, and looked deeply at Chen Qian, "Is this a talent given to you by your ten-aperture body, or a method granted to you by the secret within your body?"
"you guess!"
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