1479 Tit For Tat
'His fighting skills are weird,' Wang Wei thought. 'Are they from another Chaos World?' Chaos Worlds have different cultivation systems, and even after Tier 10, where everything blends together, the influence of the Mortal stages of cultivation has not disappeared. That's why Wang Wei felt Ti Eater's skills were odd; it's as if he had spent most of his ti influenced by a foreign cultivation system and skill set.
'No, I've seen other worlds' fighting skills and by their standard, there is sothing still odd about Ti Eater,' Wang Wei analyzed. 'How can I describe it? Foreign? Ancient? Hmm, it would make sense if those ancient powerhouses trained him.' Wang Wei's theory that he was one of these creature's pawns is getting more attractive.
The clashes continued, each individual analyzing the other. 'He's powerful with well-mastered skills,' Ti Eater thought. 'However, it's apparent that he's young and lacks fighting experience. The number of worthy opponents he's faced in the sa realm can be counted on one hand.
"He's made up for his lack of experience with his ability to learn and adapt to any situation, aning the longer this fight goes on, the lesser chance I have at winning.'
Now that Ti Eater had an inkling of his opponent's capabilities, it was ti to stop testing the water. He waved his hand to manifest ti chains that surrounded Wang Wei, with each string capable of aging the essence of their target. In other words, Wang Wei's body and soul will age, thus weakening him in the process.
Wang Wei calmly watched the chains, deciding his next course of action. Instead of evading, he chose to counter, or to be precise, bouncing and returning them to their creators. However, Ti Eater seed to have predicted his move.
As soon as he countered, Ti Eater countered his counter, even increasing the string's potency in the first place. Wang Wei did not hesitate to redirect these chains by opening space-ti tears that led to other dinsions. However, with a thought, a ti corridor appeared to guide these chains to their original destination.
Wang Wei changed tactics to evading, but the chains' number drastically increased and instantly cornered him, leaving no room for any escape maneuver. So, he used Dao Freedom to be free of any chains, shackles, or restraints from ti.
Wang Wei's reaction was excellent, but not good enough. Right before the chains touched him, they suddenly changed their properties. They switched from a pure Ti Dao Technique to a physical technique powered by Ti Dao. The chains beca tangible materials powered by the energy from the River of Ti.
Wang Wei's body flew a few ters away, but before he could hit anything, or even react, another chain hit him. For a few seconds, his body was swung away worse than children playing with ragdolls. How terrifying was the weight of the River of Ti? Wang Wei did not know, but given how easily it tore apart his Nothingness Skin Shield and devastated his body, it was a terrifying number.
Despite his terrible situation or the pain, Wang Wei's mind did not falter. Since the opponent could use the weight of the River of Ti, couldn't he too? Wang Wei went even further and added the River of Fate in the equation. With one punch, he tore apart these chains. The intensity of his attack did not stop here as it rushed toward Ti Eater.
The forr ruler of the Moon Council displayed his mastery of ti. He channelled twice the amount of power from the River of Ti than Wang Wei to counter this punch. While doing all this, he also condensed new ti chains to entangle Wang Wei, who copied him by creating ti chains of his own.
The chains confront each other, sending temporal waves with devastating effects on the surrounding environnt. Trees suddenly aged and withered, the temperature changed due to a sudden change in season, houses suddenly disappeared after being lost to ti, new landscapes materialized out of nowhere, and ti echoes of different eras superimposed on certain areas. 'Fast learner, isn't he?' Ti Eater thought as he watched Wang Wei stole his technique by learning from him. He remained calm since he expected this to happen. A sword condensed before him, and Ti Eater took a stance for a quick-drawing strike. He then moved so fast that he resembled an intense white light cutting through Heaven and Earth.
Ti Eater manipulated ti so that it had one purpose: to reach his destination as fast as possible. Did he manipulate his surroundings to a ti in which there was no friction to hinder endless acceleration? Yes. Did he skip into the future to arrive at his destination? Yes. Did he gather kinetic energy across space-ti to boost his speed? Yes, he did. His technique used ti in all ways that could increase his speed.
Ti Eater moved so fast that Wang Wei could barely perceive him, but even that did not matter since his body could not react. However, Wang Wei had seen his father's battle with Ji Langfan and had the experience on how to deal with these speed freaks. As soon as Ti Eater's acceleration reached a level beyond his reflexes, Wang Wei's body, like a program, instinctively released a Fate Domain Technique.
The domain influenced any dangerous attack coming his way, manipulating them to have only one outco: miss him. Ti Eater's sword shaved off the left side of his hair, but the sword did not damage him in the slightest. However, what Wang Wei saw was not surprising or a thoughtful Ti Eater thinking of his next move; he saw a smirk.
"Do you know why my title is Ti Eater? Well, I guess you'll find out soon."
A terrifying sense of dread enveloped Wang Wei, and he wanted nothing but to distance himself from his opponent. His body even tried to move on its own to protect him, but it was useless. A large mouth materialized from Ti Eater's body and ate a mouthful of white clouds from Wang Wei's body.
Ti Eater was not playing around. As soon as the creature succeeded in its sneak attack, 13 white swords more than 15 ters tall materialized above the sky, positioning themselves in what appeared to be a sealing formation.
Wang Wei looked at these swords, panic flashing in his eyes. 'What should I do? What should I do? Is this an attack? Or a seal? Which is it, and how do I respond to either?' As the panic was about to settle in, his intuition — not the one built from his long cultivation journey but the innate talent he had even back on Earth — kicked in, and he realized sothing: his thoughts were weird. Wang Wei believed in his situation, so he cald down and analyzed his thoughts. Then, it hit him: 'Damn it, this bastard ate my experience.' Ti Eater's attack essentially ate all of the battle experience Wang Wei had gathered during his cultivation journey. Such a subtle manipulation of ti and history was truly brilliant, mainly since it targeted one of Wang Wei's weaknesses.
Without his experience, Wang Wei was similar to a recluse cultivator who focuses only on increasing their realm, and has fought less than 20 battles in their entire life. He had nurous spells, skills, and techniques at his disposal, but he did not know which was the best to use in any situation.
'What a frustrating feeling,' Wang Wei complained. He knew ti was running out, and he understood he should have a way to deal with the situation, but his mind imdiately beca chaotic when he tried. He beca indecisive and full of fear of making the wrong choice.
'Since I can't decide, let's rely on my intuition,' Wang Wei thought. His body moved on its own as he activated his [Fate Shackle Innate Talent], putting a shackle on Ti Eater's maw, changing the fact that it ate his experience. Instead, the mouth took his lifespan.
Due to the nature of this Chaos Universe, lifespan is both the most important thing and the most useless. It's crucial to the Mortal Stage of cultivation, and all sentient beings fight desperately for it. However, at the Immortal Stage, it's useless. Wang Wei knew this and took full advantage of this fact.
His action was correct for the situation, but there were repercussions. His hair turned gray-white, his body beca thin, almost like a mummy, age spots materialized all over his body, and wrinkles appeared on his face. Even his eyes beca slightly murky. Additionally, his action only dealt with the [Ti Eating Technique], not the Ti Sealing Swords heading toward him with unparalleled speed.
Wang Wei calmly raised his head to look at these swords. His eyes seed to contain endless wisdom. Was he wise, or just the result of his current appearance? Well, it didn't matter.
"All things must co to an end, including ti," Wang Wei uttered. The sealed domain turned black, and the thirteen swords slowly dissipated.
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