Chapter 2314 - Second Astral Phase, Field Expansion

Lin Jianxing was one with his swordheart, cosmic artifact sword, and cosmic impulse. His sword was called the Celestial Stardragon, and it was quite a well-known blade in the Lin Clan. Its cosmic impulse, the Viridian Flash, was rather rare. Viridian flash sword ki was exceedingly fast, making it almost impossible to defend against. That was what he had used to attack Lin Linglin with moments ago. The sword ki that was derived from the cosmic impulse looked like a flowing green river, gathering around his six swordbeasts as vortices. Before the sword ki shot out, all six heavenly stardragons unleashed their multi-elemental abilities as both sides and their beasts charged toward each other.

"Let me go first!" Meow Meow turned into the Regal Chaosfiend. The lightning it had been gathering over time was unleashed in a single instant, resulting in a dense concentration of Genesis Bolts and Chaos Fiendbolts shooting all over the place, turning the tens of thousands of meters around them into an electrical field. Then the black-and-white lightning bolts concentrated together to form three halls of lightning, the Triworld Afterlife Halls!

𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

This time around, the ability seemed to be on a wholly different level of power. The hall that represented the ancestral world was the strongest, having gathered a lot of primeval source energy. The other two halls, on the other hand, drew their energy from the astralscape of order and Xenoworld, respectively. Meow Meow's ability had already granted it access to energies from three different worlds, it just hadn't unlocked the capability to use them directly inside its body yet.

With Meow Meow's barrage opening up a path, Ying Huo, Lan Huang, Yin Chen, and Xian Xian sent their abilities shooting in. The abilities of the enemy dragons fused together in a spiraling fashion, magnificently clashing with those of Tianming's beasts. Beast abilities, when used on that scale, could be far more powerful than the battle arts of cultivators. However, fights on this level could only be decided by powerful and focused battle arts infused with cosmic impulses. Without those, heptastar organs wouldn't be badly damaged.

With a loud rumble, a blinding light drowned out Dongshen Xiaoli and the others' vision. They’d been forced back, unable to tell which side had the edge in this fight.

"Even though I'm six levels below Lin Jianxing, my beasts aren't that much weaker than his at all!" Tianming's confidence ballooned after the abilities clashed. Meow Meow's Triworld Afterlife Halls ability was far too terrifying; the path it opened even exposed openings in the combined barrage of the six dragons, allowing Sixpath Infernal Lotus, Demise Greenloti, and the other abilities to force the dragons back. The sheer impact caused them to profusely bleed.

"Keep it up!" Tianming pushed when he saw the chance.

Meow Meow excitedly chained its abilities together like there was no tomorrow. As it could reabsorb its Genesis Bolts and Chaos Fiendbolts, it didn't fear running out of power. "Perish!"

Before Lin Jianxing even managed to reach Tianming, he was being driven back by the barrage of abilities. The whole world was in shock at how the fight was turning out, let alone the Infinitum Swordsea. The duel between the two Lin Clan scions marked the highest point of conflict between the second and third branches.

Thus, the moment Tianming gained an edge, those of the second branch experienced total elation. 'Lin Feng' was chanted nonstop across the Infinitum Swordsea, and his reputation began eclipsing Lin Jianxing's, and much of it was due to the dastardly actions of the latter, especially how he had treated Lin Linglin. If it weren’t for that, Tianming would still be a popular person to ridicule.

Yet the one who felt most vexed was Lin Jianxing himself. I was able to crush him with my fingers two years ago! How can the abilities of his lifebound beasts push me back?! Why?! His eyes widened in complete disbelief; the fight had completely upended his expectations. He was even more vexed than ever before. I must kill him no matter what, or I'll be a laughingstock for the rest of my life! His bloodthirstiness seemed to have changed him into a different person altogether.

"Order!" he growled. His dragons, who were being suppressed by the abilities of Tianming's beasts, finally reacted. Their orders were different and could be used in various combinations, which was one of Lin Jianxing's trump cards. He also used his own orders in tandem with his lifebound beasts', channeling them toward Tianming and the rest and fueling it with their cosmoforce.

Tianming immediately felt it. Wind, water, fire, earth, lightning, wood... there's too many! The power of different elements began suppressing him. The whole area seemed to be in Lin Jianxing's control, even the flow of primeval source. Is this an order field of the second astral phase?

Unlike Shuntian Bohan, Miao Miaomiao, and the others, who were in the first astral phase, Lin Jianxing was an entirely different beast. His power perfectly expanded into a wide-area field. The coordination of different orders allowed them to seep into every single centimeter in the immediate area, permeating it all with windstar and waterstar orders. The powers of wind and water, accurately controlled, even began seeping inside Tianming's body, stopping him from breathing!

The first level of the Order stage was called the first astral phase, star setting. During that phase, one’s divine will was converted into order, which would then seep into one of the heptastar organs. Setting a place for it in one of the 'star clusters' was called star setting. The second level of the Order stage was called the second astral phase, field expansion. Lin Jianxing, Qi Xuanzi, and Yi Zhuojun were all powerful disciples on that level.

Lin Jianxing had manifested his swordheart and expanded his field, putting huge pressure on Tianming and his lifebound beasts as a counterattack! Their abilities were heavily cut back. "Kill them!" He used the chance to burst through the field of lightning and reach Tianming.