Chapter 1403 Too Long

Ryu tried to regulate his breathing. He didn't even waste the energy to create a larger space around himself, it would not only be an effort he couldn't afford to put out right now, it wouldn't be easy and it would cause a disturbance that he wasn't willing to deal with.

This many kilometers beneath the surface, the pressure was off the charts, and the hardness of the rocks reflected that. The density of material in a nigh Seventh Heaven environment was already sturdy enough to withstand the battle of high level Sky Gods, let alone Ryu's fists, especially so far beneath the surface. So, he had to make do for now.

On the surface, Pierthron was in his own bind. He had actually lose track of Ryu. At first, he thought it would be easy to find the little bastard even after he slipped away. Those orbs of light that he had left in his wake had shrunk Ryu's chances of escape by even more. They were essentially ranged probes that could act as stand-ins for his own Spiritual Sense. So long as someone passed by within a certain range of it, or there was an odd energy fluctuation around it, or even another Spiritual Sense passed over it, he would be in the know.

But Ryu seemed to have vanished into thin air.

Pierthorn's expression became frighteningly cold. He was no longer worried about Ryu escaping, so he was easily able to remain calm. He could even take his time to adjust his condition and be prepared for when Ryu appeared again, but he didn't do this. He had barely used any energy, and the stamina of a Sky God was far more than a World Sea Realm expert could fathom. He wouldn't give Ryu an opening to do this.

'He'll need to recover. The moment he starts pulling qi in from his surroundings, it will be a simple matter to find him. Even a concealment formation can't hide qi outside of its bounds...'

What he didn't know was that Ryu had absolutely no need to draw in qi from the outside. Why would he with access to an entire Plane's qi within him?

...

Ryu's Embryonic Qi finally recovered a drop and he immediately used it, but not long after, his expression turned dark. A single drop of his Embryonic Qi could even cause large changes in a Sky God like Isemeine, so why didn't it fully heal him?

'Taboo...'

Ryu's annoyance increased, but there was no need to panic. Pierthorn still couldn't find him, so it didn't matter if he took a few more minutes to fully recover.

It was clear that because his body had firmly stepped onto a Taboo Path now, it would take more than just one drop of Embryonic Qi to heal him now. It was also probably in part due to the fact that it was Infinity Mist that had harmed him so much as well. This was an extremely high level of energy, and its effects couldn't be easily waved away with a hand. If not for the fact it was partially under his control, he would have died.

Despite feeling that this made some sense, Ryu wasn't satisfied with this explanation. Embryonic Qi was also an exceptionally high level energy, one existing on the same level as Essence and Chaos Qi. Why was it restrained by the Taboo Path?

The reality wasn't that it was restrained, but rather that the Taboo Path was restrained. Matters of Faith, Karma and Fate intertwined themselves with every aspect of the martial world, and this was only doubly so in the True Martial World.

A complex formation lay in its depths, at the center of which was a flickering white flame, the name of which Ryu had still never tried to pronounce. With this white flame as the center, waving about like a ball of content, his soul always seemed to tend toward perfection.

What breaking into the Soul Ascension Realm had taught him was that there was, indeed, a limit to the Perfect Blackbody, a limit that went beyond what the soul could do, and rather pushed up against what the Heavens could allow... And this formation would help him reach that.

It would have to do at least that much since it made him abandon a Dao Sovereign's self-created technique. It went to show just how much confidence Ryu had in himself now.

Maybe what he liked most about this formation, though... was how it perfectly melded with his Magus Lock, intertwining and even becoming a part of it. This was the reason his Magus Lock had actually been able to withstand Pierthorn's blow.

Suddenly, Ryu's eyes flashed open, a dense coldness within. He was now in his peak condition.

There was no one here? He faced a Sky God alone? And he even had a protective talisman in that old bastard?

Good. It was about time he found out what the true extent of his power was. What did it mean for Ryu Tatsuya to use 100% of everything he had?

Right now, Ryu wasn't the only one struggling. The mighty Seventh Heaven geniuses came across their own partial Sky Gods one after another, unlucky enough to have not broken through themselves. In fact, it almost felt as though the Heavenly Path had done it on purpose for one reason or another...

However, at the moment, Ryu wasn't thinking about the Fate of others. He had revenge on his mind.

BANG!

The earth exploded as Chaos Qi spilled out in all directions.

His Chaotic Silk Meridians screamed to life, suppressed for far too long.

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