The Assassin Sect Leader blinked and saw the giant dragon blurring as she sped toward him. 'Fast!'
She was still within his reaction time, but the current speed and the previous one were incomparable.
He grabbed his large harpoon-like spear with two hands and prepared to retaliate. However, Yasenia changed tactics.
When she was about 200 meters apart, neither too long nor short distance, the dragon abruptly stopped and took a deep breath…
ROAAARR!!!!
Her energy and soul circulated and burst in an ethereal golden light. The water around her shook, and the dragon's voice spread in a tidal wave.
The Assassin leader didn't know what it was, but either way, he tried to use his defensive skills to harden his body.
Then, the golden shockwave hit him like a hammer in the head would.
BANG!
His vision flashed white, and his ear rang. His body burned because the [Sun Dragon Roar] directly attacked his soul.
Being completely unprepared, he was wholly dazed for a moment, which Yasenia took advantage of.
With [Celestial Dragon Body], [Celestial Cosmos Dress], [Ursa's Grasp], [War Intent], and other similar buffing skills active, the dragon appeared in front of the man and punched at him using one of her strongest melee skills. "[Empyrean Sun Collapse]!"
The water around them boiled, and as her arm descended, the scales on Yasenia's right arm became golden.
From the outside, it felt as if the enormous dragon had suddenly grabbed a golden star that dyed part of her body in it, radiating intense heat.
The small-building-sized fist descended like a golden meteor and impacted him.
BOOOM!
The merman felt a scorching heat impacting his body, and all his muscles, bones, and organs cried in protest at the ridiculously strong attack.
Still, he was a high-level Epoch Core, so his defenses didn't crumble completely, managing to resist the sneak attack. Moreover, he had defended himself previously, and that defense remained half-erect after the Sun Dragon Breath struck, which is what saved him from receiving a heavy injury.
Seeing their leader being blasted like a shooting star against the distant cliff, many wanted to move and help, but some elders stopped them.
They had been observing the small group of 70 for a while, and the threat level they felt from them gave their souls chills as their limbs became numb. 'The moment that person moved to help, most of the people on the other side had shifted their eyes toward them. The feeling of death became extremely clear at that time.'
As assassins, they were trained to sense these things. Of course, with a limit, but this time, the threat was so clear that the elders that noticed doubted their senses and had to confirm with others.
Meanwhile, Yasenia knew that although her attack did damage, the fight was long from over. 'My attack power and lethality are still lacking against high-level Epoch Core defenses.'
She used her senses to feel her skills and frowned. 'My [Celestial Dragon Body] is soon coming to an end. Once it ends, I'll need to use another buffing Celestial Skill, which will take one chance to finish off the battle. After all, killing him with anything else but a Celestial Skill seems impossible.'
BOOM!
The cliff exploded, and from the dust cloud, the Merman appeared, his body scalded in many parts as blood poured out of his mouth. However, he didn't stop at all and rushed toward Yasenia with cold rage burning in his eyes.
Yasenia rushed forward to meet him as well and controlled her [Empyrean Galaxy Domain].
A profound ripple spread around, and the stars in the sky began falling.
Hundreds of stars, one after another, descended like meteors of light. When they were close, Yasenia didn't make contact as she switched to a ranged attack method. "[Celestial Field Master], [Starfall], [Cosmic Sun Nova]."
A golden explosion of flames, this time physical, burst around Yasenia and caused a reaction with the water, forcing a massive underwater detonation to occur that hurt even Yasenia.
However, thanks to that, whatever attack the merman was prepared to retaliate with was completely nullified as he used it to defend himself.
A massive spear of water pierced through the explosion, creating a void that connected both Yasenia and him.
Still, the merman couldn't use the gap he created as the hundreds of descending stars were already on top of him.
The perfectly layered attack made it impossible to approach for the time being as the enormous dragon began throwing ranged attacks without pause.
A giant silver crescent, a wave of stars, phantom palm strikes, dragon breaths, and many more skills flew the merman's way.
Yasenia fought with otherworldly proficiency. Her breath attacks pierced the water as if it were air, her claws released hundreds of shadows when [Sun Dragon Claw] and similar skills were used, and her tail constantly intertwined with her attacks, releasing [Draconic Crescent Moon] one after another.
Then, with the help of her Body Path skills, like the nova skill and the palm skills, she managed to fill the gaps the sect leader managed to create, pushing him out constantly even when the Assassin Leader used his skills to close the gap suddenly.
The merman snarled. "Arrogant Dragon! Did you really think that you could win with such strength!? No matter how many of these skills you use, you are courting death! Once you get tired, it will be my win! [Water Traversing Silent Step]."
He used his tail to accelerate and tanked many attacks, receiving injuries but reaching Yasenia's side. The dragoness's eyes flashed. '[Celestial Dragon Body] is going to fizzle at any moment. This is a good chance.'
Yasenia used her wing and tail to shift her colossal body through the water extremely agilely, aided by [Pegasus Gallop]'s explosive acceleration and not losing to the merman's dexterity.
Instead of widening the distance to continue with her ranged bombardment, she retaliated.
Once the merman missed his attack, creating a massive blue wave that twisted the ocean in terrifying whirlpools, her enormous tail used her position shift momentum and fell at him, reinforced by [Draconic Dawn].
Her tail glowed silver and golden as it descended, squarely landing on the merman's back. Blood exploded as Dawn's opposing chill and heat and Yasenia's hard scales peeled off the skin.
At the same time, all her accumulated Moon energy transformed into Sun Energy, and Yasenia's scales gained a golden sheen.
BANG!
The merman was thrown into the cliff, but the dragoness never showed satisfaction.
Yasenia extended her arm and growled. "Come, [Draconic Heart]."
ROAR!
Followed by a low and echoing dragon cry, a massive sword scaled up enough for Yasenia to hold appeared in her grasp.
The hill-sized sword, blueish scales covering its entire length, swirled with terrifying energies as Yasenia lifted it upward.
After the merman burst out from the rock, an enormous explosion occurred on the cliff, and the sand wave spread for a few kilometers, large chunks of rocks falling toward the chasm below them.
When the merman appeared with a twisted expression of anger, his eyes spewing killing intent at being played, Yasenia's sword radiated golden light.
Yasenia slashed down with a terrifyingly cold face. "[Draconic Noon]."
The people looking from a distance saw the enormous sword descending, and then they saw white.
A Sun was born in the depths of the ocean, illuminating the dark chasm as the water around Yasenia superheated.
Thanks to the pressure, the boiling point was much higher, so instead of water, those outside the evaporation radius felt as if they had fallen inside lava.
WHOOM!
The Titanic dragon-shaped golden beam rushed toward the merman with unstoppable momentum.
This was the strongest Noon Yasenia ever used.
Feeling actual danger from the attack, he stopped his charge forward and unleashed his strongest defensive skill. "[Oceanic Barrier]!"
The water in front of him solidified, creating a giant shield, and Noon impacted with enough might to raze a few mountains to the ground.
The explosion blinded everyone, but since the weakest present were at the peak of the Ethereal Soul realm, they were quick to recover and see the result.
The sect leader was primarily unharmed, with a few burns on his skin, but he had blocked the attack successfully. "Your attack was powerful, but you can't kill me. You lack firepower."
Yasenia opened her maw, and the deep blackness at the back of her throat got illuminated.
"I know. [Celestial Dragon Breath]."
The Sect Leader's eyes widened as a bluish light instantly swallowed his vision.
Yasenia's dragon breath's recoil pushed her body back into the water, and she used her Spiritual Sense to aim at the person swallowed by her attack.
Her neck muscles strained as she twisted her face, following the leader trying to escape. Her throat burned, her meridians swelled, and right as [Celestial Dragon Body]'s effects disappeared, Yasenia finally lost the Sect Leader's position, and her [Celestial Dragon Breath] also stopped.
Yasenia's attack had left a massive hole in the cliff that extended far into the distance, changing the landscape around her attack.
After she lost him, she stopped attacking, her mouth numb because of the burns created by her own breath attack.
Still, her self-healing kicked in, and with [Celestial Cosmos Dress] enhancing its effects, she regenerated her body quickly.
Yasenia didn't lower her guard even if she couldn't feel or see the leader. Her eyes constantly moved as she floated in the water, creating small whirlpools around her with her mere presence.
However, after a few moments, nobody appeared around her, confusing her. 'Where did he go? Is he preparing an ambush? He is, after all, an assassin. Has he concealed his aura enough for even my dragon sense not to feel him?'
Yasenia looked around warily, and her senses stretched to the limit. She could even hear the breathing of a few fish nearby that had miraculously survived until now.
Even the people from the Assassin sect looked around with puzzled expressions.
After ten more minutes, Tatyana's message reached her. 'Little treasure, he escaped. I felt a spatial fluctuation, so he probably used a life-saving treasure to flee.'
Yasenia blinked a few times, and she began stopping to use her auras one by one.
Even if Tatyana told her that he left, she needed to be careful. One aura disappeared, then another, then another, and finally, all auras except [Celestial Cosmos Dress] had vanished.
She then carefully returned to the maid's side, her long body moving from side to side as her wings undulated and her tail swished behind her to propel her forward.
Dragons were excellent swimmers, and Yasenia proved it perfectly in this battle. Naturally, without the pill Kali concocted before they entered, she might've had more problems when fighting the High-level Epoch Core cultivator.
Yasenia was somewhat confused as to why he fled. 'While my attacks were strong, even [Celestial Dragon Breath] should not be able to kill him after one hit. I had calculated that I needed to hit at least three or four of them before I managed to weaken him enough to kill him then. Whether my energy would last until then is a complete mystery, so my chances of winning this battle were actually less than ten percent.'
Her body was riddled with injuries created during their close-combat exchange, leaving an actual trail of blood as she swam back to her group.
The burden of receiving a High-level Epoch Core's all-out attacks was significant. 'It hurts everywhere, sigh.'
However, she was very happy with the result.
While a level five intent was powerful, her intents could match up after being taken into account as a combination. 'If he had a level 6 intent, I would have received quite a harsh beating.'
Moreover, his specialization was assassination, so he was at least ten percent weaker in a fight head on because he couldn't use many of his tricks.
'All in all, I assessed the situation correctly and placed myself in a winning situation that otherwise would've been impossible.'
Facing a high-level Fifth realm person at the peak of the fourth was nothing but insanity, but thanks to Yasenia's many considerations, even when she did them while utterly enraged, resulted in her winning.
She was dissatisfied that he managed to escape; after all, she very much wanted to capture him and lock him up in her torture rooms because of his decision to attack her precious Kaleina. 'Still, it was a perfect situation to test my strength against a proper enemy that could force me to use my all.'
She shook her head, finally seeing the people she had left behind while they moved around and fought. 'Well, I need to deal with the Assassin sect now.'
one of the best action chapters, Morty you out did yourself
Arrogance! Victory?! What win? Tatyana your child is being bratty again!
Yassy, what have you learned from all the tales of Tatyana's life she's told you? The winniner is the one who lives longer. Is he dead yet? No?!?!?!?!?! Then you didn't win yet!!!!!
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The Assassin leader didn't know what it was, but he either way tried to use his defensive skill to harden his body.
but he either way tried to use -> but either way he tried to use
Damn.
Thanks for the chapter
TFTC
TFTC!
Well, combat experience is combat experience.
A sect without elders cannot function and is structurally weak. So some cleanup is needed now. And I bet the maids won't have any problems spilling some blood after someone attacked Kaleina..
Tftc.
Has she concealed his aura
Should be “he”.
Action scene was amazing but Yasenia is extremely weak. Advantages she had-
1. Being a dragon ( which is inherently strong compared to Merman)
2. Bloodline ( which should be specially effective against other beasts even during fights)
3. Strong soul ( which is a big weakness of people in this continent)
4. Skill level ( the skills she posses are much profound, harder to comprehend)
5. Weapons like her sword which is very lethal
6. The opponent is an assassian whose specaillity is not direct combat.
With all these advantages She couldn't even defeate him let alone kill him. Someone who is just an average cultivator.
All the sacrifices she makes and the tribulations that can almost kill her, not to mention she is a Progenitor who is supposed to be very strong. All these seem like a waste that doesn't affect the result of a fight very much.
Anyway, I suppose the others won't disappoint and not let him escape, someone who tried to kill Yas's daughter.
the one thing you are missing is that he is a realm above her. Even with all the advantages she has, it is extremely difficult to punch up, even in lower realms. As they progress, the differences between ranks, even stages only grows.
I think it was mentioned that in Tatyanas realm, the stage decides who wins the fight, as the differences in strength only multiply.
@Sar4h So in this universe it is basically impossible to fight above ranked opponents.
Even below the Transandent realm.
Why bother through building strong base, one can simply race through cultivation and any and everyone below their realm are just bugs to be crushed no matter what advantages they have.
@Devis_22 the problem with "racing through cultivation" is that your cultivation base becomes less stable and further advancement is getting more and more difficult, even impossible as you further destabilize it with rushing.
IIRC, you cannot build up your full strength that you would have at that tier when you have a unstable cultivation base/foundation and are weaker than the opponents in the same tier.
Imagine building a house on sand compared to bedrock. The house built on sand is much more likely to sink or crack since the ground is unstable.
Normally, cultivation is a balancing act between speed and stability.
Yes, it is normally impossible or VERY difficult to punch up, that's also why sects exist where the weak are protected by the strong. It's the law of the jungle after all. You might be able to punch up as a peak against a cultivator at the very start of the next realm, but even that is only possible for geniuses.
Yase and the girls are a very big exception here. Yases dual cultivation technique is advancing the cultivation of herself and the girls without destabilizing the base, even stabilizing it. That's why they can somewhat rush. They are able to destabilize their base by advancing more quickly, but then are able get the stability back, without using the time it would take to do so normally, by using the dual cultivation technique together with Yase. All of Yases techniques are the top of the line, and where they are currently, there isn't anything stronger available. Even higher tier worlds would kill and genocide for such techniques, they are that stong and rare.
Hell, if I'm correct, the angels are searching for Yases body cultivation technique and that's the only reason they are on Distancia ATM.
@Devis_22 Yasenia and the other girls are proving otherwise, right? It's just that the Assassin leader has a Level 5 Intent plus the advantage in cultivation. He has tens of times the experience in combat, plus as a High-Level Epoch Core, he has more energy and can last longer. As a Body Cultivator, his defenses are also abnormally high.
If Yasenia could fight him and overwhelm him, then she would be as strong as Tengliu already. She is far from it, though. Her intents are low level, and her overall strength is lacking. Only because of her many "multiplying skills" can Yasenia reach those heights.
If Yasenia has, for example, 100 power at the base. The Assassin leader has 5,000.
So, Yasenia went from 100->200->800->3000->15,000... etc
while the leader went from 5,000->20,000, and that's that.
In short, Yasenia closed the absurd gap and even managed to fight him head-on.
What Sarah wrote as well is a big factor.
@Sar4h Observing the boost that the 'higher tier techniques' provided not even allowing her to defeat him, I don't think it's that big of a deal that Higher tier would kill and genocide to get.
The story Hypes for 50-100 chapters about how legendary the technique is, and adding those grand name like It's the most amazing technique in the world and when the time finally comes for a fight suddenly all those only amount to be able to stand equally against an average cultivator of a low backwards world who doesn't even have an average soul strength. Not to mention all the other advantages that are equally grand on their own right.
And I think the soul aspects is heavily ignored in this fight, as someone who doesn't even have a average soul, Yas's soul which is much greater in strength and Quality as she is a Progenitor Dragon should have a greater affect against him.
@Mortrexo If Yasenia is at the peak of her realm has only the power of 100 what would you say about those who are average and at the peak 50? What about early stage 5?
What about cultivators below that realm -10 power? If the power level is as big as you say even below transcendent realm than after transcendent she won't be able stand against anyone who is above her cultivation realm even in the same realm. Than I think she should just build a strong enough base and aim for the next stage as in the future as her cultivation increase it won't matter much.
Also I was wondering if Yasenia is keen on getting stronger and helping her mother fight the war against the demons, why is she wasting her time playing sect in this low level world.
@Devis_22 The numbers were nothing but a representation. These are not accurate numbers.
Strength is accumulative. It's not like what she has previously built resets to zero each time she breaks through. Her advantage will carry over and slowly build up.
She is getting stronger. However, she needs a place to get stronger. She is "playing sect," as you say, because she intended to gain body cultivation methods of all-around distancia, which she has achieved. Now, after the summit, which is something they are participating in to refine and solidify their foundations, they'll start breaking through.
How else will she become stronger, otherwise? Exploring the unknown? She might die even before she can achieve her objective. Senseless exploring is the fastest way to meet something you shouldn't have and die off in a corner of the universe.
Yasenia is doing her best while not losing focus on helping her dears and also aiming not to become stronger alone. Moreover, rushing things is nothing but a one-way ticket to die for Yasenia. Do you remember her Heavenly Tribulations? They are ridiculous. If she makes just one mistake, she will die.
There is a sentence in the first five chapters that says. "Haste makes waste; step by step, I will become wise!"
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