Eternal Cultivation of Alchemy

Chapter 3957: Blade’s Effect

The jitteriness in Nightslayer vanished slowly, but even if it had fully disappeared, Alex would not be using it anymore. He had already used the sword for its purpose, so there was nothing left.

The attack on the Fire God had done its job.

Around the audience, he could hear people theorizing what his sword could do, but only a few managed to realize that it was thanks to his Dao Sword that the attack had actually landed.

Had it just been a regular Destroyer’s Yang Blade, the result would have been completely different.

The attack carved into his sword had done a single thing. Like the Sun outside of the atmosphere, it ate away at Qi, destroying it directly, rather than fighting against it.

During a regular attack, that aura would eat through any Qi that it came across, which would end up spreading the attack at a wider radius, quickly weakening it.

That was where his Dao Sword came into effect.

Even though most saw the Sword Qi for the Dao it now held, it was still his Sword Qi in the end. The tiny, sharp Sword Qi that would relentlessly attack in a single direction, continuing at it until it was used up.

When combined with the Destroyer’s Yang Blade, it would give the entirety of the attack a direction and a purpose. And that alone was what was enough to eat through the Fire God’s defensive Qi and reach his palm.

Then, it ate away at the palm too, destroying the Qi that made it up.

Momentarily, it also ate up his connection to that region of the palm, making it so that his body could not recognize it anymore. Not only did that mean that he could no longer feel anything from that region, it also meant that he could not heal it passively.

The Fire God needed to first restore the connection, mostly through Intent, which he had unconsciously done with the red flames, as he had intentionally used them to heal his palm.

As the crowd slowly grew quieter over time, still holding onto whispers and murmurs, the Fire God spoke up.

"Congratulations," he said, his voice dripping with hatred. "You’ve managed to do something no one had done in a long time. You’ve hurt me. But of course, that won’t happen again."

"I would hope so," Alex said with a smile.

"What next?" the Fire God spat out, without really responding to Alex’s words. "It’s your turn now."

"My turn? I thought we were going to continue this."

"Continue?" the man asked, his eyes narrowing immediately.

The crowds grew louder as well, many of them surprised by Alex’s words.

"Do you have some more artifacts to show us?" the Fire God asked, clearly hesitant to see anything else being produced. He could not allow more of this, and yet he couldn’t stop it.

"Well, it’s not exactly an artifact," Alex said with a bit of hesitation. "But since we’ve used Artifacts made from the bodies of various beasts, I thought we could show off our own body next."

"Your body? You mean your physique and constitution?" the Fire God asked.

"Precisely," Alex said. "Since we’ve already done so much, let’s get that done with as well, shall we?"

The Fire God crossed his arms, slightly hesitant. Alex hadn’t really been secretive about his body from the start, so the Fire God knew just enough so that he needed to consider this.

"If you wish to make that our next duel, go ahead," the Fire God said.

Alex frowned. "Why does it have to be the next one? We can simply add it to this one."

"This is about artifacts."

"Our bodies might as well be artifacts as well," Alex replied. "Unless you wish to refuse."

"If you are proposing it as the next duel, I will accept," the Fire God said.

Neither of the men backed down.

Alex wanted the Fire God to add the comparison of their bodies into the ongoing duel. That would allow him to propose another duel afterward, which he was intending to make a duel of Daos. He had already done so earlier, but it had been regarding fire. And now he wanted to make it regarding Yang.

The Fire God refused due to a similar reason as well. He understood that allowing Alex to make the comparison right then would mean Alex would gain the next opportunity to make the choice, which he would no doubt use for something that would help him.

Ashmaker knew he needed a win very soon, so he wanted to move on to another duel where he knew he could win without a doubt. For that, he needed to end this as quickly as he could.

As neither of them could come to a compromise, the Sky God had to step in.

"The decision shall be lifted off your hands and into the audience as the two of you have not been able to decide," she said, turning toward the crowd. "I wish to see a raise of hands for those who believe their physiques and constitutions should be considered alongside the Artifacts."

Several hands rose at once, a few raising after some delayed considerations.

The Sky God looked through the crowd and nodded.

"Now I wish to see a raise of hands for those who believe physiques and constitution should be a separate duel of its own."

Alex watched the hands rise and immediately sighed as a result. He had lost.

"The decision is made," the Sky God said as she turned toward the two. "You shall stick to artifacts during this duel. If you have more artifacts to reveal, please continue. If not, it is young Dawnblade’s turn to choose the next duel."

The Fire God turned toward him with a smirk on his face.

"We can compare our physiques now if you wish to," he said.

Alex considered that for a moment, but he couldn’t miss out on Dao either. In the end, he made the choice he thought was correct.