Chapter 23: The Power of the Dao
Tang Chi looked at Zhu Ganglie in surprise, "You can move already? It seems I've underestimated you."
"Just underestimated?" Zhu Ganglie's hands tightened around his rake, and the next moment his eyes burst into a blue flame, "Heavenly River Reversed!"
Boom!
The ground beneath Tang Chi exploded, a river surged skyward, and Tang Chi was blasted into the sky!
Zhu Ganglie spread his fingers and grasped fiercely at Tang Chi in the air, "Did you really think you were the only one who could cast spells? Taste my move, Celestial River Funeral!"
Heavenly River Water transformed into a gigantic tombstone in the air and slammed down onto Tang Chi, who was then crushed towards the ground! The ground shook violently, and a mushroom cloud of water vapor shot into the sky!
The blue water vapor swept across the area, turning everything it touched into nothingness!
When the vapor cleared, centered around Tang Chi, there was a crater hundreds of kilometers wide!
Within this vast crater, only the area protected by Golden Cicada's barrier and Tang Caiyi, who was shielded by Zhu Ganglie, remained unaffected. Even Chen Wei had vanished in the explosion…
This human woman had never dreamt that she would die so abruptly.
Yet, what was even more shocking were the global leaders watching through satellites, who had kept raising their threat assessments of Tang Sanzang, Zhu Ganglie, and others. These individuals had repeatedly overturned their assessments and now, they couldn't even begin to assess them.
The force generated by Zhu Ganglie's strike was just too terrifying…
"Kid, never underestimate your grandfather Zhu! Remember, the one who killed you is the Marshal of Heavenly Canopy, Zhu Ganglie!" Zhu Ganglie struck a pose and said proudly.
However, at that moment, applause sounded behind Zhu Ganglie.
Zhu Ganglie turned around sharply and was shocked to find Tang Chi floating unscathed in the air, clapping and smiling at him!
Zhu Ganglie blurted out in disbelief, "You actually dodged it? How is that possible? I clearly saw..."
Tang Chi shook his head and said, "Native is just native, you still don't understand where our difference lies.
However, since you've pleased me today, I'll explain it to you.
Whether it's swinging your rake or your recent water control, to me, it's all the same; I call it 'force'!
But what I command is not force, but 'path'!
No matter how powerful, in the face of the path, force is worthless!
Looking at your expression, it seems you didn't understand, but that doesn't matter anymore.
Next, I will let you see what a real 'path' is!
My path—The Path of Tang Chi!"
Zhu Ganglie furrowed his brows, for he truly couldn't understand what the other was saying. Force, path?
Hadn't he just used the power of nature to perform an attack from the path?
What was the difference?
But what irritated Zhu Ganglie the most was the way the other looked at him, as though he was looking at trash.
This made Zhu Ganglie extremely furious!
So, Zhu Ganglie got angry and cursed, "Your damn 'path,' my path is the one that will kill you, Heavenly River Across the Sky!"
Zhu Ganglie soared into the air, his nine-toothed rake slicing through, and a river of stars appeared out of nowhere, covering the entire sky!
In that instant, the Milky Way filled the sky, and all the satellites were swept away by the galaxy, turned to dust…
However, those on the ground didn't need satellites to see this, for the galaxy was larger than the planet and visible to the naked eye!
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At that moment, they finally realized what kind of beings they were facing, true deities, who with a single thought could decide the life and death of planets!
It was laughable, for they had previously thought about how to deal with them, even to use them...
Suddenly, officials from various countries all showed a bitter smile of helplessness.
They had never imagined that the fate of their planet would be controlled by others, and that they were not even the main targets, but were merely swept along incidentally.
It felt as if someone had carelessly spilled boiling water, which then poured into an anthill.
The ants, watching the overwhelming boiling water and having no escape, were left with nothing but despair and powerlessness.
All they could do was resign themselves to fate!
"Kill!"
Zhu Ganglie's nine-tooth rake fell!
The Milky Way tumbled, crashing down with a boom!
However, during its fall, the Milky Way continued to shrink and solidify, ultimately slamming heavily towards Tang Chi!
Tang Chi spoke disdainfully, "Such brute force is useless no matter how much strength you exert."
After speaking, Tang Chi pointed towards the sky, "Slow down!"
A green light shot towards the Milky Way, which instantly dimmed, its flowing speed drastically reduced, and its falling speed was almost nil!
Although it seemed within reach, that short distance felt as distant as the ends of the earth, and the Milky Way could not fall and injure Tang Chi in any way!
Tang Chi looked at Zhu Ganglie and arrogantly said, "Now, do you see the gap between us?"
Zhu Ganglie was also stunned by this scene, having battled through countless fights and seen many scenes.
But such a bizarre battle was a first for him.
"Damn it, I don't believe I can't kill you!" Zhu Ganglie incredulously swung his rake again, this time gathering his strength within and striking with all his might!
Tang Chi casually pointed at Zhu Ganglie, a green light shot forth, and Zhu Ganglie was hit instantly, then he frustratingly found that his speed had been reduced to a snail's pace again!
He watched helplessly as Tang Chi yawned in front of him, stretched lazily, and then slowly dodged his full-powered strike.
"You are too slow," Tang Chi said with a scornful smile.
Zhu Ganglie roared in his heart, "Faster, faster, faster!"
Amidst his roars, Zhu Ganglie swung his rake back.
Although slightly faster, it was still terrifyingly slow, and Tang Chi, growing impatient after dodging a few of his attacks, said, "Is that all you've got? If that's the case, I've had enough fun!"
With that, Tang Chi laughed, his smile bearing a trace of ferocity and murderous intent!
Gasping for breath, Zhu Ganglie stood his ground, not pursuing further. He was well aware that unless he found a way to break this damnable slowdown, no amount of effort would lead to victory.
But what drove him mad was that he didn't understand what divine skill this "slowdown" was. Even though it was cast on him, there was no oddity either on his skin, within his meridians, or even in his Resentment Energy spirit. Yet, his speed simply would not increase.
The feeling of being powerless to retaliate was truly suffocating.
Seeing Tang Chi approaching step by step, Zhu Ganglie's eyes turned red with urgency...
"The final strike!" Unable to escape the slowdown and with Tang Chi within three steps, Zhu Ganglie roared and swung his rake downward with all his might!
Unfortunately, the speed was still painfully slow...