In another part of the sky, there was a body floating. Ning Tianxing's hair was disheveled and his clothes were ragged. Blood flowed all over his body, and his pale face revealed endless sorrow.
Below his left rib, there was a visible sword hole through his abdomen. Blood was gushing out, and through the flesh and blood between the wound, one could see that there were several chess pieces embedded in it, which were emitting a strong light of law particles.
In the chess game, if not for the divine power that blocked the power of the indestructible law and reversed the direction of the sword light at the critical moment, perhaps Qin Hao would have killed Ning Tianxing on the spot.
Now, the chess pieces of heaven and earth were doing their best to help Crown Prince Ning Wu suppress his injuries so that they would not be melted by the power of the divine path.
Ning Tianxing slowly raised his head and looked at Qin Hao with an incomparably sorrowful expression. Even though he had trapped Dendi in the chess game, isolated him from the heavens, and had the advantage of time.
He had still lost to Qin Hao.
He had lost.
Ning Tianxing was not afraid of losing. One loss was not enough to destroy his fighting spirit, but in this battle, he could not afford to lose.
He looked down at the vast battlefield and saw that the killing on the walls of Feng City was extremely tragic. Sadly, Ning Wu's army had not yet passed the Zheng clan's defense and destroyed the city walls.
Now, with the death of Great Ancestor Ning Wu, the clan's masters and elders had suffered heavy casualties, and the Fox Ancestor was trapped in the poison barrier by Holy Emperor Jiang and could not help the battlefield. Ning Tianxing's defeat had basically pushed Ning Wu into a desperate situation.
If he had not lost, he could have turned the situation around.
But if he lost to Qin Hao, what could he do to save Ning Wu's future?
"You're not very good at chess."
Qin Hao said.
The chess master?
Acting according to heaven's will?
Sad, but he was also one of the chess pieces, at the mercy of the implement spirit.
"How did you do it?"
Ning Tianxing spat out a weak voice and looked at Qin Hao's face in confusion.
In the chessboard, the Heaven and Earth Chess Deities performed the Great Path of the Heavens. Even with such a powerful suppression, they were unable to shake Dendi. The Great Path of the Heavens was even swallowed up by his opponent's divine item. This continued until Ning Tianxing was unable to withstand the backlash of the rules and was utterly defeated.
He couldn't figure out the reason behind it.
When Qin Hao heard this, he slowly raised the Great Void Sword in his hand. The surrounding divine light dissipated, and a layer of complex textures appeared on the sword. These textures were like inscriptions, but also like the pattern of an array. They exuded a mysterious and unpredictable aura. It was definitely not set up by an ordinary person.
Next, Qin Hao took out a withered yellow sword grass. This was a plant unique to the Southern Territory. It was abnormally hard and was often used as a sword by poor low-level martial artists.
This kind of sword grass was prevalent in the Great Ding Duchy.
"I'm returning it to you."
Qin Hao threw the sword grass in his hand toward Ning Tianxing.
Back then, Ning Tianxing was a man of his word. When Feng City was in trouble, he faced the siege of the Xuanyuan Army and personally delivered the sword grass to Qin Hao.
Qin Hao was a nostalgic person. He had kept this sword grass to remind himself not to forget the people who had helped him.
Today, he returned this sword grass to Ning Tianxing.
"I see."
Ning Tianxing held the sword grass in his hand and looked at the complex textures on the Great Void Sword. He had been born in the Southern Territory since he was a child, so he naturally knew about the strange people in the Southern Territory. If he guessed correctly, this texturing technique should be an enchantment method.
It was the work of Li Wanji, the Spirit Emperor of the Southern Territory.
Qin Hao used the power of the Dharma as a support point to expand the effect of the enchantment method. The textures were bred and strengthened by the sword grass, so in the chessboard, they absorbed the power of the gods and led to Ning Tianxing's failure.
He had really lost to himself.
Thinking of this, Ning Tianxing's face became more sorrowful. If he had known this would happen, he would not have done what he did. However, he did not regret what happened back then. At that time, when he met Qin Hao, he cherished Qin Hao's talent and wanted to use Qin Hao to expand his territory and become a hegemon.
How could he have known that Qin Hao was Dendi's reincarnation? How could Qin Hao be willing to be his subordinate?
Everything seemed to be predestined.
As for what kind of enchantment Magic Li Wanji had engraved that could absorb the Divinity Law, it was not important. Seeing was believing. The Spirit Emperor Land was indeed a strange genius.
Qin Hao looked at Ning Tianxing and felt a little emotional. Originally, they would not have reached this step. At this time, the orderly textures and patterns on the Great Void Sword gradually broke, and the strands of light melted. Li Wanji's enchantment method finally could not withstand the erosion of the Divinity Law, and the Lingtian Jade completely lost its effect.
Qin Hao also did not expect that the move he left for the 12 Villains would eventually be used on Ning Tianxing.
Perhaps it was destined.
"It's time to end everything."
A cold voice sounded. On Qin Hao's divine sword, a strong flame rose again. Under the operation of the Athanasia Samsara Technique, the Emperor's Will of the Great Path covered the battlefield, resonating with the Heavenly Path. At this moment, Qin Hao finally took that step. The Unblemished Will on his body was majestic and vast, like a god descending to the world, dominating the battlefield.
Ning Tianxing looked at Qin Hao with sorrowful eyes, feeling the powerful and terrifying Emperor's Will. Putting aside the divine items they had, the gap between their realms was so huge.
Indeed, it was time to end it.
"Don't hurt my son."
At this moment, an urgent shout was heard. In a battle in the distance, Emperor Ning Wuming, who was covered in wounds, unleashed the Emperor's Light from his palm. He threw out his clan's ancestral holy artifact, the Chaos Origin Golden Chalice. The terrifying might of Dao forced Mu Yunzong to retreat. Then, Emperor Ning Wuming leaped into the air and charged toward Qin Hao without a care for anything else.
"Don't come over."
Ning Tianxing looked at his father. His soul was touched, and he desperately shouted for him to stop.
Emperor Ning Wuming turned a deaf ear to him. In his eyes, the determination to save Ning Tianxing was very firm. As a father, how could he watch his son be killed? Moreover, Ning Tianxing was his future.
Whoosh!
A cold black light pierced through the space and stabbed toward Emperor Ning Wuming's back. This light contained an extremely terrifying Will of the Way of the Slaughter. How could Ye Ninghong, the Palace Lord of the Night Net Palace, allow him to interfere with Qin Hao's battle?
Emperor Ning Wuming seemed to be unaware of the killing intent behind him. He rushed over without hesitation. He didn't even bother to release his Emperor's Qi to protect himself. He used all his strength to save his son from Qin Hao's sword.
Two rays of Emperor's Light, one in front and one behind, chased crazily. Qin Hao glanced at them indifferently. Ye Ninghong's speed was much faster than Emperor Ning Wuming's. Perhaps because he had been trapped by two Extreme Realm experts for too long, Emperor Ning Wuming had suffered a lot of injuries. Right now, his condition was far inferior to Ye Ninghong's. The black sword light finally caught up.
Puchi!
Piercing into the back of Ning Tianxing's father, Emperor Ning Wuming's body suddenly erupted with an incomparably resplendent Emperor's Aura. A mighty Dili burst out. His flesh and muscles clamped down on the incoming sword. The Extreme Realm Dili heavily slammed toward Ye Ninghong. Palace Lord Ye felt a majestic wave hit her. She spat out vermillion blood and was sent flying back into the Feng City.
Whoosh!
At this moment, a ray of Sword Qi suddenly fell from the sky. It pierced through Emperor Ning Wuming's skull and twisted into his internal organs, nailing him to the ground. Along with the surging Dili, countless Sword Qi particles flew out from billions of pores. Emperor Ning Wuming's body turned into light foam and dissipated just like the Ning Clan's Old Ancestor.
"No!"
Ning Tianxing's eyes were covered in blood. Blue veins protruded on his face as he watched Makumonji kill his father with a single sword strike.
Emperor Ning Wuming was so focused on saving Ning Tianxing that he didn't even have time to say a word of regret at the moment of his death.