The crowd didn’t have time to think much, their gaze collectively fell on Long Drake’s figure, as swift as lightning. "This Long Drake is a peak Earth Saint Realm martial artist!" Soon, many disciples of the Black Tortoise Altar confirmed Long Drake’s cultivation level. "Peak Earth Saint Realm? Wyatt Barnes seems to be just at the ’early Earth Saint Realm’... Though Wyatt has mastered some impressive divine abilities, his strength seems inadequate against a peak Earth Saint Realm martial artist, doesn’t it?" "If the elders don’t intervene in time, Wyatt is undoubtedly doomed!" "With Long Drake’s power, killing Wyatt is very easy and very quick... Even if the elders are coming, they might not arrive in time before Wyatt is killed." "It seems Wyatt is destined to die in vain! Long Drake is blessed with ’Azure roots’; even if he violates the sect regulations, he won’t face substantial punishment, perhaps only symbolic punishment." "Obviously! There are fewer than a hundred martial dao geniuses with ’Azure roots’ throughout the entire Fire Worship Sect... Such individuals are the focus of the sect’s cultivation. How could they make him compensate for the life of a mere disciple with ’Yellow roots’!" While the Black Tortoise Altar disciples whispered to each other, their gaze toward Wyatt was filled with pity. Perhaps fearing the arrival of elders from the Black Tortoise Altar, Long Drake didn’t hold back, immediately activating his domain. A domain condensed entirely from ’Holy Power’, in comparison to one condensed from ’True Origin’, is naturally incomparable, much stronger. Once Long Drake’s domain appeared, it exuded a series of fierce auras. Upon closer inspection, one can notice that Long Drake’s domain formed a picture: In the picture, various knives either thrust into the ground or floated in the air, some long, some short, some new, some old. This scene resembled a ’Blade Grave’. This is indeed Long Drake’s ’Thousand Blade Domain’! "This domain is somewhat similar to my ’Ten Thousand Sword Domain’... However, I can now be a hundred percent sure: This Long Drake is indeed just a peak Earth Saint Realm martial artist!" As Long Drake approached, Wyatt’s solar sacred power surged within him as he began preparing the divine ability ’Minor Devouring Technique’. Without using the Minor Devouring Technique, he couldn’t possibly be a match for Long Drake! After all, currently, his cultivation is just at the ’early Human Saint Realm’, even though his solar sacred power is somewhat special, his strength is comparable to the general ’early Earth Saint Realm martial artist’. Compared to the peak Earth Saint Realm Long Drake, there’s still a significant gap. And the disparity between him and Long Drake can only be bridged through the ’Minor Devouring Technique’. "However, it must be resolved quickly... If the elders from the Black Tortoise Altar come, I’ll inevitably lose the chance to kill him! I must take him down before those elders arrive!" With this thought, Wyatt operated the solar sacred power just cultivated, directly executing the ’Minor Devouring Technique’! Suddenly, with Wyatt as the center, the void trembled, and an indistinct vortex appeared. The vortex’s rotational speed increased rapidly, finally creating a strong suction. More accurately, it was ’Devouring Force’! Upon the emergence of the devouring force, the spiritual energy from the surrounding heavens and earth surged into Wyatt’s body at an incredibly exaggerated speed, eventually drawing it completely empty. "Is this the divine ability you rely on to suppress my younger brother? I will soon show you that against absolute power disparity, any struggle from you is futile!" As Wyatt executed the ’Minor Devouring Technique’, Long Drake sensed it, yet he merely sneered dismissively. Just an early Earth Saint Realm martial artist! Whereas he was a peak Earth Saint Realm existence! Even if the divine ability executed by the opponent might not be ’advanced divine ability’, even if it is advanced divine ability, in front of absolute power disparity, it wouldn’t have any effect! After all, even advanced divine abilities rely on the power within the executor’s body. If the executor’s internal strength is weak, even advanced divine abilities wield little power. Therefore, facing Wyatt’s Minor Devouring Technique, Long Drake felt no fear at all. "Wyatt Barnes, on the Netherworld Path, remember well... the one who kills you is me, ’Long Drake’!" Under everyone’s watchful eyes, Long Drake roared, the holy power within him surged out with no restraint. In an instant, his speed increased by several degrees. Simultaneously, the hundred-patterned sacred sword in his hand also transformed into a streak of light, swiftly moving around his body in very regular patterns. The speed of movement increased progressively over time. ... Nᴇw ɴovel chaptᴇrs are published on 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭·𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮·𝙣𝙚𝙩 Upon careful sensing, it’s noticeable that with every movement around Long Drake, the hundred-patterned sacred sword’s power surged a few degrees. Eventually, the hundred-patterned sacred sword was imbued with explosively charged forces. "This... this seems to be the divine ability ’Nine Layers of Spirit Imbuement’!" At the same time, a disciple from the Black Tortoise Altar recognized the divine ability used by Long Drake. "Nine Layers of Spirit Imbuement? I’ve heard of it... it’s an intermediate divine ability! However, it’s said that this intermediate divine ability is considered one of the best among many intermediate divine abilities, infinitely close to advanced divine abilities!" "This Long Drake has almost mastered the Nine Layers of Spirit Imbuement... he’s reached the level of ’Eight Layers’!" "With high talent and strong perception... this Long Drake is indeed a rare martial arts genius!" Many disciples from the Black Tortoise Altar praised. Nine Layers of Spirit Imbuement is a type of intermediate divine ability that emphasizes imbuing nine layers of force into sacred artifacts, known as ’Nine Layers of Power’. If you look carefully now, you can see: On Long Drake’s Hundred Pattern Sacred Sword, there’s clearly eight layers of power stacked, precisely ’Eight Layers of Power’, just one step away from the strongest ’Nine Layers of Power’. "An Earth Saint Realm peak expert wielding a divine ability of such extent, ’Nine Layers of Spirit Imbuement’, against a martial artist at the early Earth Saint Realm... It seems Long Drake is also worried about the elders arriving and wants to eliminate Wyatt Barnes as quickly as possible!" "Though Wyatt Barnes is using an unusual divine ability, and I can’t see through it... his cultivation is too weak, even if he’s wielding an advanced divine ability, he can’t possibly be Long Drake’s match!" "Indeed. His cultivation level is only at ’early Earth Saint Realm’." No one held hope for Wyatt Barnes, only believing Wyatt was doomed! Yet, in their discourse, they unanimously judged Wyatt Barnes as an ’early Earth Saint Realm martial artist’. Who knows, if they learned Wyatt Barnes’s actual cultivation was ’early Human Saint Realm’, what their expressions would be like. Moreover, they were unaware Wyatt Barnes was now using a divine ability, not just an advanced divine ability, but an existence defying heaven among advanced divine abilities, the Minor Devouring Technique! Minor Devouring Technique stresses swallowing and absorbing all surrounding forces to rapidly enhance one’s own power. Although Wyatt Barnes’s grasp of the Minor Devouring Technique now isn’t as refined as the elder he encountered in the divine ability relic that recorded the ’Minor Devouring Technique’, he is also not far off. Currently, with a solar holy power equivalent to ’early Earth Saint Realm holy power’, he swallows the surrounding spiritual energy, enhancing his power in a short time to a level comparable to ’late Earth Saint Realm holy power’! Just one step from Long Drake’s peak Earth Saint Realm holy power! As Long Drake swiftly approached Wyatt Barnes, Wyatt had already used the ’Minor Devouring Technique’, depleting the surrounding area of spiritual energy, forcing his solar holy power within to a level equivalent to ’late Earth Saint Realm holy power’. At this moment, he only felt the force within him was close to exploding! It was the first time he felt such powerful force! As the energy aura emanating from Wyatt Barnes changed, many disciples from the Black Tortoise Altar were astounded, "This force... can perhaps rival ’late Earth Saint Realm holy power’?" "This seems not to be late Earth Saint Realm holy power... but its strength can indeed rival ’late Earth Saint Realm holy power’!" "My God! Just what divine ability is Wyatt Barnes using to forcibly elevate his power two levels!" "He must be using an auxiliary divine ability... similar to the one from the Azure Dragon Altar derived from Dragonsmith Clan’s legacy divine ability ’Body Berserk’, it shouldn’t last long and likely has significant aftereffects!" "Wyatt Barnes’s current power will only sustain for a while... Soon, he’ll not only revert to his original state, but also suffer aftereffects, further weakening his strength!" Soon, many discerned Wyatt Barnes was using an auxiliary divine ability that temporarily boosts one’s strength. This auxiliary divine ability is similar to the advanced divine ability from the Azure Dragon Altar. Because the auxiliary divine ability from the Azure Dragon Altar has significant aftereffects, the Black Tortoise Altar disciples collectively believed Wyatt Barnes’s auxiliary divine ability also has aftereffects. "Auxiliary divine ability? Temporarily raising one’s power to a level comparable to ’late Earth Saint Realm holy power’?" Long Drake showed disdain. Even if Wyatt Barnes raises his power to rival ’late Earth Saint Realm holy power’, so what? He’s an Earth Saint Realm peak martial artist, possessing ’peak Earth Saint Realm holy power’! Shouting again, Long Drake’s voice was like thunder, making many Black Tortoise Altar disciples with weaker cultivation feel a twitch in their eardrums, having a sensation of ear buzzing. Simultaneously, within Long Drake’s condensed domain, thousands of blades, along with the Hundred Pattern Spiritual Sword enhanced by the divine ability ’Nine Layers of Spirit Imbuement’ in his hand, flew towards Wyatt Barnes, akin to a ’rain of blades’. Of course, it was a horizontal ’rain of blades’. Forming the ’rain of blades’ was not only Long Drake’s Hundred Pattern Spiritual Sword and thousands of blades within his domain, but also the blade beams manifested by his Hundred Pattern Spiritual Sword. Precisely the blade martial arts technique exhibited by Long Drake!