Chapter 1118 Give me names

Chapter 1118 Give me names

Why were immortals so much more powerful than mortals? It was not just because it was, obviously, a higher realm in cultivation. Immortals were a higher form of existence.

For someone following the normal route of progressing, reaching the Nascent realm made them barely strong enough to just detect the laws of the universe vaguely. It was mere detection, not interaction or manipulation. It was, instead, when they became immortals that their bodies and souls would be strengthened enough to tolerate the burden of touching upon laws, and their tenets could act as anchors to keep them from being swept away when they touched the laws in any way.

So, in essence, their base strength came from the fact that they had to be strong enough for their body to not fall apart under the burden of laws, while the limits of their individual power came from how much or how deeply they could influence those laws. That was also why tenets were so important: they directly impacted how an immortal not only perceived laws, but how they interacted with them.

For an ordinary person, that was not a simple divide to cross. For Lex, it was something he had been doing for years already. A part of him wondered if he should take this opportunity to whet his sword as well, but then decided against it.

Lex watched as a portal opened and an Earth Immortal walked out of it. Unlike the realms before it, which were divided into early, middle, late and peak, the immortal realms were divided into nine sub-levels though he did not yet understand the significance of those levels.

Either way, this immortal who suddenly arrived seemed like he was close to the beginning of the immortal realm. Heck, even Qawain and Lilith seemed stronger.

The immortal ignored Lex and looked towards Moon, who still lay in her hammock. Even now, she did not really have the energy to move too much. The immortal smiled, and took in a deep whiff. The air, it smelled so...

Before the immortal could enjoy the prelude to his victory, Lex appeared in front of him and pushed his hand right into the immortal's chest.

"Hmm, you have thirteen tenets. No wait, fourteen tenets. Don't you think that's too many?" Lex asked.

Moon smiled, and finally relaxed. It seemed like she had underestimated Lex.

"This is no joking matter. The Fuegan have taken notice of the saintess. One way or another, they will get their hands on her. This is not something someone at your level can resist."

Before Moon could process what she heard, and once again start to get worried, Lex asked, remaining nonchalant, "so like, the entire Fuegan race? Or like some specific Fuegan members? Like I said, names would really help."

The immortal was frustrated to see that his attempt to intimidate Lex failed, but either way he never intended to let Lex leave alive. Even if he could not use laws, he could still use other attacks!

A black, three pronged dagger appeared in his hand suddenly which he stabbed into Lex's neck! Lex was too close, he didn't get an opportunity to dodge at all.

With all his strength, as well as a special technique to increase the sharpness of the knife, the immortal cut Lex's neck, but... but nothing happened. The tip of the knife got stuck against the earliest signs of stubble Lex had just begun to show. Let alone skin, the knife could not even cut his not even fully grown facial hair!

"You know what, I'll just find out later."

In truth, Lex had not really dropped his guard this entire time. He was fully ready to unleash his power and crush the immortal's tenets at a moment's notice, but it turned out he was just too strong even before his final seal was opened.

Maybe he was a little too successful in his efforts to reach towards the strength of a Heavenly immortal dragon during his cultivation the past few years.