Published: February 12, 2025
The pressure that the water steward exerted on Jin Zhongyuan was indeed substantial.
The ability "Eight Directions Storm" relied on Jin Zhongyuan possessing two golden shields, which made his defensive capabilities comparable to any powerful defender. If it had been anyone else, they would have long been killed.
However, blocking the water steward's attacks was no easy feat. Previously, Jin Zhongyuan's internal organs had been shaken, and without recovering, he forcibly activated the door god ability from his shields, making him endure immense pressure.
He had to expend a large amount of his own stamina and energy to activate this skill.
Although the final outcome had yet to unfold, Jin Zhongyuan believed he would be the ultimate victor. However, now the situation had changed; he had to face Ye Zhongming's attacks.
And it was Ye Zhongming’s newly upgraded myriad-bodied blade slash after his level-up.
This ability had once been Ye Zhongming's strongest attack skill. Once unleashed, it could produce ten blade shadows, each possessing fifty percent of the main body’s power, and it could inscribe three types of seals, providing different yet complementary effects.
Previously, this skill was at the basic level, and the myriad-bodied blade sage was also a quality class of the same rank.
Later, Ye Zhongming gradually acquired many excellent weapons and gear, elemental spirits, and the Wind and Thunder Twin Birth Shattered Soul Bone Staff, among others, which transformed his strongest attack, no longer making it the myriad-bodied blade slash.
However, Ye Zhongming never forgot to strengthen his abilities. While he continuously solidified his foundation at Cloud Summit, he also kept advancing himself.
Moreover, even if Ye Zhongming didn’t think about it, Xia Lei and the other members at Cloud Summit wouldn’t forget.
After evolving into an eight-star evolver, avoidance and Lu Yi sent over several scrolls, including skill level-up scrolls, Class Promotion Scrolls, and universal equipment upgrade scrolls, among other precious items.
This was the last command Xia Lei had issued before handing over the control of avoidance, and naturally, Lu Yi was also instructed by Xia Lei.
This woman used Cloud Summit's vast funds, along with the characteristics of avoidance, employing various means—both overt and covert—to acquire these items for Ye Zhongming as a gift for his evolution into an eight-star.
Now, Ye Zhongming had upgraded the myriad-bodied blade sage profession to a good level, and the myriad-bodied blade slash had been upgraded to the corresponding intermediate level. Considering the blade shadows enhanced by proficiency, when he unleashed his full power, he could now produce hundreds of blade shadows.
Each shadow possessed sixty percent of the main body’s power.
Also, with the rise in profession level, he unlocked the upper three seals he had never activated before, including one radiant seal. This allowed Ye Zhongming to inscribe four seals when using the myriad-bodied blade slash, including the lower three seals: mountain character seal, fire seal, metal character seal, and one of the upper three seals, the radiant seal.
The mountain character seal dominated and could impose pressure on everything. The fire seal represented flame radiance, capable of burning all things. The metal character seal was sharp and could pierce through all evil.
This time, the radiant seal represented brightness, dispelling illusions and drawing in spirits.
With four seals combined with hundreds of blade radiances moving at lightning speed, Jin Zhongyuan could only gasp in shock and continuously throw things out from his space.
His choices were correct because the skill was already enveloping a large area centered around him. In such a brief moment, he couldn’t evade; all he could do was use every means possible to resist this attack.
A stone statue enlarged, transforming into a stone Buddha, forming a hand seal and shooting up light.
But as the blade light passed, the Buddha statue shattered, leaving nothing in its wake.