Asura Emperor Venerable
Chapter 511: Battle with Ma Chou

Chapter 511: Chapter 511: Battle with Ma Chou

Shi Hao sighed, strength truly was his weakness.

In fact, his monstrous abilities should have allowed him to overpower an ordinary practitioner in the ninth realm of strength, but the problem is that he was not the only genius in the world, even if not as monstrous as him, surpassing an ordinary ninth realm was not out of reach for others.

Regardless, Shi Hao was currently only in the second realm, which was an unchangeable fact.

However, strength was just one aspect of combat power, and the higher the realm, the smaller the proportion of strength that mattered.

He smiled lightly, opened his domain, and struck back at Ma Chou.

Within his domain, Shi Hao was godlike!

Ma Chou immediately discovered, shocked, that Shi Hao’s attacks had become exceedingly sharp, each targeting his weakest points, thereby completely compensating for his own lack of strength.

—I won’t directly clash with you, but will target your weakest defense points, forcing you into disarray so you have to retract your moves to protect yourself.

This mode of fighting sounds simple, but it’s about playing to one’s strengths and avoiding weaknesses.

Even though their levels of strength were not on the same plane, now it had somehow become a tie, with Shi Hao even slightly gaining the upper hand.

This is the power of the domain.

Ma Chou was puzzled, wondering how his opponent’s piercing power was so terrifying; every time he moved his hand or lifted his foot, the opponent had already sharply perceived his intent and preemptively countered.

How can one fight this kind of battle?

"Eh?" Lin Wei showed a doubtful expression, eyeing Shi Hao and bursting with a thought he dared not believe.

A domain, that was an ability only the Great Sacrificial Heaven should possess—how could it appear in a mere Martial Artist from Self-Observation?

After a few more moves, Ma Chou finally changed his tactics.

It could not go on like this, his vast strength was completely unusable, instead, he was constantly targeted and suppressed by Shi Hao.

No matter, the power of Self-Observation did not rely on strength.

With a buzz, a blood-colored broadsword suddenly emerged above his head.

Dharma appearance.

As a disciple of the Blood Blade Butcher, his Dharma appearance naturally involved a blade, in fact, his visualized goal was Lin Wei’s Blood Blade.

Instantly, a fierce aura spread, sufficient to weaken one’s knees.

Ma Chou displayed a proud air, he was in the ninth realm, and his nine Dharma appearances, all visualizing the Blood Blade and merging into a single blade, which further enhanced its power.

He believed that, as long as the realms were equal, he could cleave anything in the world.

Eh, merging of the nine realms?

Shi Hao was intrigued, but upon sensing in his domain, he realized that the Blood Blade was actually made up of nine separate Dharma appearances, seemingly merged, but actually still distinct, just like Chen Yunfan’s Golden Giant Dharma Appearance.

However, an idea struck him, wondering if after attaining the tenth realm, could he consider merging all ten realms into one?

The Map of the Heavens and Stars, it’s impossible to blindly mash together, but he could merge the ten realms into one entity, which would then embody a complete cosmos.

A Map of the Heavens and Stars!

Not bad at all.

Shi Hao thought to himself, but just then, the Blood Blade was slashing towards him.

Boom, it was terrifyingly powerful, countless times stronger than Chen Feiyu’s Golden Giant Dharma Appearance.

If Ma Chou were to fully utilize his true form, his combat power could possibly rank among the top ten.

Shi Hao extended his hand to block the incoming Blood Blade.

"Arrogant!" Ma Chou scoffed coldly, "You’re indeed presumptuous to think you could catch his Dharma appearance with your bare hands?"

Don’t you know my Dharma appearance can cleave all?

Fine, I’ll oblige you!

Boom, the Blood Blade came slashing down.

With a muffled sound, the Blood Blade was firmly caught.

Ma Chou couldn’t help but widen his eyes in disbelief, staring at Shi Hao, whose hands were... completely unharmed.

How could that be?

"Hmm?" Lin Wei furrowed his brows. He was a Great Sacrificial Heaven, not only qualified to touch the rules but also to ponder and study them in order to develop terrifying combat power.

Thus, he immediately noticed that Shi Hao had an invisible layer on his hands.

Rules!

Although it was faint, it was definitely rules.

He was shocked. Just a mere Self-Observation, he had only just stepped on the threshold of the rules, capable only of using them in a very limited, passive manner. How could he possibly wrap the rules around his hands like Shi Hao did?

With his previous suspicions, he even doubted whether Shi Hao was actually a Great Sacrificial Heaven in disguise.

But how could there be such a young Great Sacrificial Heaven?

On the matter of age, he was absolutely sure. Shi Hao was only about twenty years old, the same as his own disciples.

At that age, even in the South Wood Continent, even the very top forces’ disciples of cultivation, the Holy Maiden, would at most be part of the Founding King Court, how could he possibly be a Great Sacrificial Heaven?

That’s why he was baffled. What exactly was going on?

Shi Hao gave a slight shake, sending the Blood Blade flying away. It was merely Dharma appearance, strong in rules, but its strength was ordinary.

"Is this the extent of your ability?" Shi Hao said, seeming very disappointed.

To disdain his opponent as weak, what kind of humiliation was that?

Ma Chou, furious, charged forward, his Blood Blade slashing forward. Both he and his Dharma appearance moved, immediately elevating his combat power to a higher level.

Shi Hao opened his domain, choosing mostly to dodge Ma Chou’s attacks, and if he couldn’t avoid them, he didn’t mind taking them head-on. After all, his physique was formidable; even if his strength was lesser, blows of this caliber could not hope to hurt him.

As for the Blood Blade Dharma appearance, he faced it with the Net of Rules, making it even easier.

Ma Chou’s face turned extremely unsightly. He had fully unleashed his combat power, yet he hadn’t even been able to force out Shi Hao’s Dharma appearance?

Simply humiliating.

"Show me your Dharma appearance," he bellowed.

He didn’t know what method Shi Hao had used to make his body immune to the might of his Blood Blade, but he believed that the opponent’s Dharma appearance wouldn’t have the same capabilities.

Therefore, Dharma appearance against Dharma appearance, he could definitely crush the opponent’s Dharma appearance. Once it was destroyed, the opponent would suffer a great blow, with severe soul damage and a drop in combat power, allowing him to win easily.

Shi Hao smiled. "I didn’t want to bully you, but if you insist on demanding this, then I’ll accommodate you!"

"You truly are arrogant!" Ma Chou said between gritted teeth.

Buzzing, the Stone Sphere Dharma Appearance appeared, gently swaying in front of Shi Hao.

Ma Chou was astonished. Is this your Dharma appearance?

So ordinary?

He suddenly realized; no wonder Shi Hao hadn’t shown his Dharma appearance. It was because it was utterly weak, and even showing it wouldn’t affect the battle at all. It was better not to use it, to maintain an air of mystery instead.

"Heh," he sneered. The Blood Blade swung, slashing towards the Stone Sphere.

Let it split into two then.

"Have you ever heard this saying?" Shi Hao asked indifferently.

Boom!

The Blood Blade had already struck. It did not result in the splitting in two as Ma Chou had anticipated, but rather, his Blood Blade shattered—first transforming into nine blades, and then, each of those nine blades fractured, turning into countless shards.

"It’s called ’striking a stone with an egg’," Shi Hao’s words trailed leisurely.

What!

Ma Chou spat out blood, his face filled with disbelief.

He had wanted to shatter Shi Hao’s Dharma appearance to strike at Shi Hao’s flesh. Unexpectedly, the opposite happened: it was his own Dharma appearance that was destroyed, injuring his soul and affecting his physical body.

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