Chapter 1430 Curious


    The Ice Phoenix represented Life. The Fire Phoenix represented Rebirth. The Dark Phoenix represented Death. The Emperor Phoenix represented Creation. The Fire Dragon represented Rage, the truest kernel of fire, of Kingship and Emperorship, of rulership. The Lightning Qilin represented Judgment.


    As Ryu continued to battle, he continued to think about what it truly meant for his Bloodlines to be fused into one, but even more important than that, he wanted to understand how he could match it with the rest of his talents, but he had made little progress, mostly because he couldn''t understand the first question.


    He stood just outside the territory of yet another Golden Protector Spirit, one of his great swordstaffs was held out, trembling with a surge of micro movements. The condensation of Spatial Qi upon it was enough to tear through the void several times over.


    Suddenly, he moved.


    When he appeared again, he stood to the back of a gorilla spirit beast, slowly lowering his blade.


    The gorilla spirit beast was completely frozen in place, space pressing down around it until it exploded. It was shredded to pieces by countless sharp blades of qi that looked like swirling disks of concentrated galaxies. And then, the spirit fell, broken into pieces.


    Ryu turned back with an indifferent expression.


    Space was said to be the sharpest qi there was, but Ryu felt that this was the analysis of the ignorant. It was all dependent on several factors, and ultimately there was no sharper qi than blade qi. The sharpness of space was dependent on creating a space of nothingness that everything else was forced to bend around or disappear within. When this was used cleverly enough, and with enough skill, it could match up and surpass a blade.


    However, it was also easier to deal with, at least in Ryu''s opinion.


    When he jumped through space, it was foolish to only open a single tunnel when opening many would be just as easy for him. When he was distorting time, why only speed things up or slow them down? Why not stratify them with countless minor changes, each stacking atop of one another either both positively and negatively to form holistic change? And....


    When he was slicing through space, why only use one blade? Why form a simple line that could be followed even by a child? Why not rely on the chaos of space, the raging fury of a blackhole?


    Looking toward the pieces of the gorilla spirit beast, he felt like he had comprehended something else once again.


    For once, chasing effortlessness was leading him down the wrong road. He had to take advantage of his sight, of his sharpness in the ways of space and time, and crush everyone else with sights they had never seen before.


    It had been over three months since he had started hunting Golden Protector Spirits, and he had finally felled one in a single strike. His spirits brimmed with power and his combat prowess could only be calculated on an entirely new scale.


    Ryu took a deep breath and closed his eyes, absorbing the new insights. Then, he moved.


    "Hm?"


    Ryu came to a stop not long afterward. Down below, he saw the cadavers of three individuals. He didn''t know exactly who they were, but he recognized the emblems that rested on their chests. This was Iroh and the others, but they were part of another segment of potent Sixth Heaven.


    There were two main alchemy powerhouses, the Heavenly Dew Pavilion, and the Tranquil Hand Pavilion. From Ryu''s understanding, these three should be a part of the latter, and they should be no less potent than Iroh.


    The fact they were dead, and seemingly not with the ability to struggle at all was... curious.