Chapter 105 Xu Jingming's Methods

Xu Jingming’s expression changed slightly.

He really didn’t want to provoke an Abyss Lord. The Ultimate Land was located deep within the abyss, where Abyss Lords were comparable to invincible Third Realm half-step experts! Xu Jingming knew very well that there was still a gap between him and them.

Although he was confident in protecting himself, he had never truly fought an invincible Third Realm half-step expert or an Abyss Lord. Xu Jingming was somewhat unsure of himself.

If it were any other time, he would’ve fought.

But now that he possessed a valuable treasure, he naturally wanted to protect it.

“Lord Chanming, there are countless experts in the Ultimate Land, and all the treasures have been snatched away by them. Why must you pressure a weakling like me?” Xu Jingming said.

“I want to snatch from invincible Third Realm half-step experts as well!” Lord Chanming’s eyes revealed a longing. “Unfortunately, we’re evenly matched, and I can’t snatch anything at all. It’s easier to snatch from you weaklings. Well, you’ve survived in the Ultimate Land until now, so you must have collected quite a few treasures. Hand them over obediently! As long as you hand them all over, I can spare your life!”

His life?

For a Third Realm half-step expert of the Heart Realm lineage, their avatar’s life wasn’t worth much!

Treasures were the most important thing!

“I have plenty of lives to spare,” Xu Jingming said with a sigh. “But I have no treasures to give!”

As he spoke, Xu Jingming instantly split into more than a dozen avatars, scattering and fleeing into the distance.

“Hahaha…” Lord Chanming laughed loudly at the sight. His body released a billowing black aura, instantly enveloping a vast area. Xu Jingming’s dozen or so avatars felt as if their surroundings were sealed off, and they couldn’t break through at all.

“My luck in the Ultimate Land has been average, but I’ve obtained a few curios,” Lord Chanming said with a laugh. “These curios all have some wonderful uses, and you can savor them later.”

The dozen or so Xu Jingmings observed their surroundings. Under the rolling black aura, the surrounding space seemed to have solidified, impossible to break or penetrate.

“Among the few curios, there’s one I particularly like, but I’ve never had a suitable opponent,” Lord Chanming said, feeling confident of his victory and relaxed. “You’re the first to taste the power of this curio.”

As soon as he finished speaking—

“Void Abyss!” Xu Jingming made the first move, instantly activating the curio sphere ‘Void Abyss.’ The curio sphere instantly expanded, transforming into a vast illusory abyss! This illusory abyss naturally enveloped Lord Chanming.

During the time he had obtained the curio, Xu Jingming had modified and perfected the curio sphere ‘Void Abyss’ several times, making the Void Abyss even more vast and immense, with increasingly unfathomable power.

The moment it descended, it dragged down Lord Chanming’s mind and consciousness.

“This is?” Lord Chanming felt everything before him change. He had left the Ultimate Land and appeared in an ordinary abyss space.

“I’ve fallen into an illusion?”

Lord Chanming realized this. His powerful mind and consciousness instantly shattered the abyss space before him, but what appeared before him were densely packed layers upon layers of abyss spaces.

“Even though I know it’s a Void Abyss illusion, I can’t struggle free,” Lord Chanming exclaimed in shock. “This Wu Ming actually has such illusionary means!”

…

Xu Jingming, who controlled the curio sphere ‘Illusionary Void Abyss,’ trapped Lord Chanming’s mind and consciousness. He also sensed that Lord Chanming’s mind and consciousness were like a huge trapped beast struggling.

“The mind and consciousness originate from the physical body. His physical body is too strong, and his mind and consciousness are also very strong. He’ll probably break free soon,” Xu Jingming felt a bit strained. “If it weren’t for the curio, my illusion would probably be negligible to him.”

The curio sphere qualitatively changed the power of the illusion, giving Xu Jingming another trump card.

“Go.”

With a thought from Xu Jingming, three Xu Jingmings each held a Heart Realm spear, each transforming into a streak of black light.

The fourth move of the *Jin Ge* spear technique—Black Night!

Three black lines instantly pierced through Lord Chanming’s defenseless body. Two of the black lines were instantly annihilated, and only one black line desperately held on inside Lord Chanming’s body. However, Lord Chanming’s body continuously eroded the wisp of black line, and after about a breath’s time, the wisp of black line was completely annihilated.

“My Heart Realm spear technique can only barely injure him with a Third Realm weapon? And he completely recovered in one breath?” Xu Jingming felt a chill in his heart.

Abyss Lords, invincible Third Realm half-step experts… represented the ceiling of power.

The gap between them was already very small. Even a ‘Third Realm half-step invincible expert’ who specialized in Heart Realm weapons would find it difficult to defeat Lord Chanming, let alone Xu Jingming at his current level.

Xu Jingming was exceptionally talented, but unfortunately, he had cultivated for a relatively short period. Although the fourth move of the *Jin Ge* spear technique was powerful, it still couldn’t be considered invincible at the Third Realm half-step level!

“They are powerful in all aspects and also have special strengths. Lord Chanming is favored by the abyss and possesses a massive lifeform at the pinnacle of the Third Realm half-step level,” Xu Jingming understood this very well.

For the Abyss Will, the easiest way to bestow power upon those who offered sacrifices was to grant them a powerful body.

Therefore, Abyss Lords and Abyss Monarchs generally excelled in their physical bodies! They might seem a little clumsy when fighting opponents of the same level. But when bullying the weak, the weak would despair to find that… they couldn’t injure them at all.

“If I were a small wild beast, then he would be a mountain! His physical body is far too strong compared to mine!” Xu Jingming understood this even more after the exchange. “Even if he doesn’t fight back and allows me to attack, I can’t threaten him.”

Xu Jingming hurriedly observed his surroundings.

The surrounding black gas flowed naturally, and the domain was still maintained. He couldn’t escape at all.

“He’s clearly trapped in an illusion, so why is the domain still maintained?” Xu Jingming’s avatars tried one by one, but they couldn’t break through.

“Your illusion is quite interesting. It actually trapped me for so long,” Lord Chanming opened his eyes, looking at Xu Jingming with a smile that wasn’t a smile. “But your Heart Realm weapons are a bit weak. Are they just tickling me?”

Lord Chanming had become an Abyss Lord through sacrifices.

Therefore, his physical body was terrifyingly strong, and his mind and consciousness only had such strength because it relied on his physical body. It was considered weak among those of the same level, which was why he had been trapped for so long.

If he had become an invincible Third Realm half-step expert on his own, Xu Jingming’s illusions, aided by the curio, might not have been able to trap him.

“You can’t escape.”

Lord Chanming shook his head. “My body comes with its own domain. I deliberately restrained my domain earlier to be cautious. Releasing my domain… is my most relaxed and comfortable state. I don’t need to focus on maintaining it at all.”

“As long as I’m here, there will naturally be a domain. You can never escape,” Lord Chanming said, flipping his hand. A ray of golden light appeared in his palm. “I really like this curio. You…”

“Void Abyss!” Xu Jingming once again manipulated the illusion. The curio sphere illusion once again tried to trap Lord Chanming.

“Buzz.”

A light lit up in Lord Chanming’s left hand. A transparent long staff slowly transformed, turning into a gorgeous scepter.

Lord Chanming’s expression was ugly as he held the transparent scepter. He could barely maintain his clarity under the influence of the Void Abyss illusion. He stared at Xu Jingming. “My luck is really good. I just obtained a curio, and having it is like putting on armor for my mind and consciousness.”

“He can stay clear-headed?” Xu Jingming’s expression changed slightly. This transparent scepter was exactly the treasure he had seen Lord Chanming obtain earlier.

If it weren’t for this treasure, his confrontation with Lord Chanming might have gone smoother.

Now, it was troublesome.

“Now, it’s my turn, right?” Lord Chanming leisurely wasn’t in a rush at all, but Xu Jingming had no way to deal with it.

His strongest methods—

Neither the curio sphere ‘Void Abyss’ nor the Heart Realm weapons could threaten his opponent. What else could he do? He couldn’t escape, so he could only fully control the curio Void Abyss illusion, trying his best to influence and interfere with his opponent.

“You can taste the power of my favorite curio,” Lord Chanming casually flicked the ray of golden light in his hand.

The ray of golden light instantly transformed into thousands upon thousands of golden flying knives, then changed again into even smaller, countless ‘flying knives,’ and then changed again into a hazy golden mist! It was an immeasurable number of ‘tiny flying knives’ flying over together.

They were too small, smaller than the smallest unit of Heart Realm power. Xu Jingming couldn’t block them at all.

“It can divide to the extreme, smaller than even my thoughts,” Lord Chanming said. “It’s unbelievable. The curio left behind by an Ultimate existence is truly miraculous. With such a curio, Wu Ming, do you have a way to block it?”

*Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!*

A hazy golden mist swept over. When it touched Xu Jingming’s first avatar, all the other avatars merged into one body.

“When it’s small to the extreme, smaller than even my thoughts, it’s impossible to block. I can only withstand it head-on.” Xu Jingming’s other avatars hid, leaving one avatar to withstand the attack head-on. His body was made of Heart Realm power, vast like a void abyss. When the golden mist swept past, his body naturally etherealized, but his body was still destroyed by 30% of its power in an instant.

Xu Jingming’s body instantly replaced itself with a brand new avatar, and the injured avatar hid to recover.

“I can sense that you’re having trouble manipulating this curio?” Xu Jingming observed his opponent. At their level, their perception was extremely sharp.

“Hmph.” Lord Chanming held the transparent scepter, barely maintaining his clarity under the influence of the Void Abyss illusion.

“How is his illusion so powerful? I can barely maintain my clarity, and my mind and consciousness can’t control Third Realm weapons at all,” Lord Chanming was also very vexed. This kind of Abyss Lord who was elevated through external forces had a relatively weak mind and consciousness.

“The curio ‘Flying Daggers’ is the easiest to control, so I can barely use it,” Lord Chanming manipulated the hazy golden mist, attacking Xu Jingming again and again.

Xu Jingming couldn’t dodge, so he could only withstand it head-on again and again!

*Rumble!*

The hundreds of hidden Xu Jingming avatars began to work together, frantically devouring external energy. This was him absorbing energy to the greatest extent possible! Replenishing his own consumption. An energy vortex had already begun to form around him.

“Absorbing so much energy?” Lord Chanming said at the sight. “How many avatars are absorbing energy together to absorb it so quickly?”

“The rate at which I’m consuming energy isn’t as fast as the rate at which he’s absorbing it, right?” Lord Chanming sensed that this Wu Ming was difficult to deal with.

While more than 500 avatars were fully absorbing energy, preparing for a protracted battle, Xu Jingming also controlled the curio sphere ‘Void Abyss,’ constantly dragging down Lord Chanming’s mind and consciousness.

He could sense that Heart Realm weapons posed no threat to Lord Chanming, but the illusion he cast with the aid of the curio was still very useful.

“Hehehe.” Lord Chanming laughed, laughing maniacally. “Wu Ming, I admit you have some strength. Your strength is enough to protect yourself, but… can you protect the human race behind you?”

Xu Jingming’s expression changed as he stared intently at Lord Chanming. “Lord Chanming!”

Using a low-dimensional lifeform behind a high-dimensional life as a threat was taboo! Any high-dimensional lifeform would go crazy.

“Do you know my greatest hobby?” Lord Chanming looked at Xu Jingming. “My greatest hobby is slaughter. I slaughter a batch of living beings when I’m happy, and I slaughter a batch of living beings when I’m unhappy. Now, I’ve taken a liking to your human race.”

“Either obediently hand over the curio treasure, or my avatar will arrive in the Southport 3609 Sector and slaughter your human race,” Lord Chanming said with a bright smile, looking at Xu Jingming’s expression at the moment.

He loved to admire those expressions of despair, anger, and madness. He especially loved it when a strong person was forced into a corner by him. This was his greatest pleasure.

“Make your choice, Wu Ming!” Lord Chanming looked at Xu Jingming.