On a special viewing platform in the distance, Meng Ke'er and Chu Yue looked at each other, their expressions changing slightly. Meng Ke'er sighed, "I never expected the Eight Steps of the Heavenly Demon to reappear in the world!"
The most outstanding successors of the Path of Passion, Nangong Yin and Nangong Xian'er, a brother and sister duo, exchanged a change of expression. Nangong Yin sighed softly, "This is truly unexpected! He is indeed at the Eighth Step of the Heavenly Demon! If you are to fight him, you must never get close. In a battle of the same level, there are probably few who can match him within the Eighth Step!"
Nangong Xian'er's eyes shone with an unusual light as she smiled and said, "What a pleasant surprise, brother! If I were to master the Eight Steps of the Heavenly Demon, who among the Six Paths would be my match?"
Not far away, Qi Teng, the successor of the Heartless Path, also changed color. Even though his face was usually icy cold, it was now filled with surprise. He sighed softly, "Interesting. A worthy opponent!"
When the crowd outside the arena saw Chen Nan unleash the lost Heavenly Demon Eight Steps, knocking the Chaotic Little Demon King to the ground, they erupted in cheers. Tens of thousands of people shouted in unison, their voices truly shaking the heavens and earth. But to Xiang Tian, these sounds were particularly grating, and he felt deeply humiliated.
The mischievous little devil threw away the broken halberd and drew a long sword from his waist. The cold sword light was like autumn water, clearly a divine weapon.
"You guys in the Chaos Heaven Path have quite a few divine weapons and treasures! But this sword is still far inferior to this divine halberd," Chen Nan sighed.
Enraged, Xiang Tian roared, "The Eight Steps of the Heavenly Demon are nothing! Today I will show you the true supreme martial arts manual in the cultivation world. The Chaotic Void Dao is the most revered under heaven!"
After shouting, the Mischievous Little Demon King suddenly disappeared into thin air, and then abruptly reappeared beside Chen Nan in an instant, raising his sword and thrusting fiercely. The chilling sword light seemed to come from the Netherworld, its cold gleam terrifying.
Chen Nan was shocked; his opponent was incredibly fast, like a ghost. However, among the Eight Steps of the Heavenly Demon, only he was the fastest. The instant he sensed the Chaotic Little Demon King, he transformed into a bolt of purple lightning and retreated three zhang away.
However, what happened next was even more surprising. The Little Demon King disappeared out of thin air again, and then suddenly appeared beside him. If he hadn't mastered the Eight Steps of the Heavenly Demon, he probably would have been injured by Xiang Tian's sword long ago.
The crowd outside the arena erupted in uproar. Everyone was incredulous; the Little Demon King's movement technique was incredibly fast, truly leaving no trace. He was like a ghost. Only Chen Nan, who had mastered the Eight Steps of the Heavenly Demon, was fighting him; otherwise, even experts of the same level would likely find it difficult to resist his mysterious and unpredictable movement techniques!
In this world, only the Heavenly Demon Eight Steps is the fastest over short distances. However, Xiang Tian's movement technique has overturned people's understanding. Today, everyone has witnessed a movement technique that can rival the Heavenly Demon Eight Steps. This is a major event that has shocked the cultivation world!
People discussed it amongst themselves, and the older generation of experts shook their heads.
"This is definitely not a unique skill from the Chaotic Void Path. I have never seen them possess such extraordinary abilities before."
"Could it be that a peerless genius has emerged in the Chaotic Heaven Path, creating this mysterious movement technique?"
"It's highly possible. Perhaps some ancient beings from the Chaotic Heaven Path are still alive and have recently created this unique skill!"
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The crowd was abuzz with discussion, with everyone saying all sorts of things. Some even went so far as to claim that this
was a lost art that had reappeared in the cultivation world.
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Chen Nan repeatedly shifted positions, frequently unleashing the Eight Steps of the Heavenly Demon. He constantly changed locations within the arena. However, the Little Demon King of Chaos followed him like a shadow, relentlessly pursuing him with his divine sword.
"Such petty tricks, let's see how you deal with me!" Chen Nan coldly shouted, then closed his eyes. His keen divine sense replaced his eyes. Holding the divine halberd, he pointed east and west, south and north, as if he could predict from which direction the Mischievous Little Demon King would appear.
The two engaged in another fierce battle. A smile gradually appeared on Chen Nan's face, and finally, he opened his eyes and laughed, "I finally know the secret of your movement technique. At first, I thought it was no less than the Eight Steps of the Heavenly Demon, but now it seems it's ultimately inferior. In a battle of equal strength, if the opponent hasn't practiced the Eight Steps of the Heavenly Demon like me, even if they know your secret, I'm afraid few could stand against you. I regret that your opponent is me. The Eight Steps of the Heavenly Demon breaks all laws; you can hardly do anything to me!"
Chen Nan slammed out a palm with his left hand, striking the Hun Tian Little Demon King who had suddenly appeared to his left. The vast and unparalleled palm force was like the rolling Yangtze River, like a mighty river, as if it were about to sweep across the heavens and the earth. The purple divine light on the square was dazzling.
The Mischievous Little Demon King raised his palm to resist, and a blazing blood-red aura burst forth from his palm, colliding with the unparalleled purple light. In mid-air, it was as if a thunderbolt had struck, and a fierce energy storm raged throughout the thousand-foot square, making the entire world seem to tremble.
The mischievous little devil retreated after his attack, and the next moment he appeared out of thin air behind Chen Nan. However, Chen Nan seemed to have expected him to appear there. He quickly slashed backward with his halberd, and the blazing purple light almost cut Xiang Tian in two. He broke out in a cold sweat and quickly used his movement technique to appear in another location.
Only at this moment did the Little Demon King of Chaos truly change color, as his opponent seemed to have him firmly restrained. Chen Nantian Demon Eight Steps was frequently unleashed, his figure like a dream, constantly changing positions, his halberd pointing directly at Xiang Tian's vitals each time.
The two fought with incredible speed, like two streaks of light clashing together.
Among the spectators, the successors of the two holy lands of righteousness and evil were most interested in the unique skills of the two people in the arena.
Meng Ke'er frowned slightly and said, "What kind of ultimate technique is this? Why have I never heard of it before? It seems that Xiang Tian has really been pushed to the limit this time. Otherwise, he would never have used such an ultimate technique so easily in front of the world. If he uses such an ultimate technique to attack me, how can I fight back? This technique is too mysterious. In a battle between equals, I'm afraid there are very few who can contend with it!"
Chu Yue comforted her, "Senior Sister, don't worry too much. You have a Taoist treasure and a lotus platform, allowing you to move freely in the air. Xiang Tian will find it very difficult to do anything to you."
Meng Ke'er shook her head and said, "Whenever strong people clash, there will inevitably be close combat. Besides, Xiang Tian can also fly. Such a strange movement technique is really hard to defend against! The emergence of the Heavenly Demon Eight Steps already surprised me greatly, but I didn't expect that such a mysterious and unpredictable movement technique would appear now. If one can master either the Heavenly Demon Eight Steps or Xiang Tian's movement technique, one will almost be invincible in a battle of the same level!"
The stunningly beautiful Nangong Xian'er showed a look of astonishment. With a unique and captivating demeanor, she exclaimed in surprise, "I've never heard of such a unique skill in the Chaotic Heaven Path. Where did this guy learn this movement technique from? Hmm, if I were to master this movement technique as well, and combine it with the Eight Steps of the Heavenly Demon, who in this world could stop me?"
Nangong Yin smiled and said, "You really are greedy. But if you want to master it, it will depend on your methods. Don't disappoint your brother, little sister. I'm also very envious of the Heavenly Demon Eight Steps and Xiang Tiandi's extraordinary movement technique!"
In the distance, the successor of the Heartless Path frowned slightly. Although his face was cold, two strange lights shot out from his eyes. He muttered to himself in a cold voice, "Strange...not bad!"
At this moment, apart from Chen Nan, only Kelly, one of the top ten experts of the Western Continent, noticed something amiss, and a look of suspicion began to appear in his eyes. Then, he closed his eyes and focused on sensing the fluctuations of the surrounding magical elements. After a short while, he opened his eyes in shock, staring intently at the Little Demon King, his eyes radiating a fiery and intense light.
"Spatial magic. It's actually lost spatial magic!" He murmured to himself in a barely audible voice, "Legend has it that a thousand years ago, the Hun Tian Dao invited a great master from the West who was proficient in spatial magic to forge the Divine Demon Wings. Presumably, those magical wings must have contained spatial arrays. The people of the Hun Tian Dao must have obtained some secrets from them…" Kelly's eyes could no longer be taken off the Divine Demon Wings on Xiang Tian's back.
At this moment, the battle between Chen Nan and Xiang Tian had reached a fever pitch. Sword energy and halberd light crisscrossed the square, and the two had exchanged more than a thousand blows. It was truly a fierce battle between dragons and tigers.
The Mischievous Little Demon King had already taken to the air once more. His Divine Demon Wings allowed him to move with lightning speed, and his spatial magic made him appear like a ghost, though he was still unable to defeat Chen Nan. However, he still greatly alarmed the disciples of several righteous and evil holy lands outside the arena.
The Eight Steps of the Heavenly Demon, capable of breaking all laws, is no exaggeration. In martial arts battles, close combat is inevitable, and under the power of these eight rapid steps, any other technique seems pale and powerless. Seeing Chen Nan rely on these Eight Steps of the Heavenly Demon to neutralize all the various supernatural abilities of the Chaotic Little Demon King, the spectators were all filled with envy.
"Chaotic Void Dao!" Xiang Tian suddenly shouted, plunging straight down from the sky. At this moment, he had already sheathed his longsword, crossed his arms in front of his chest, and space tore open, revealing a black hole like the abyss of hell in front of him, from which a huge energy wave surged forth.
Kelly, a master of magic, exclaimed, "The Way of Void? The Way of Void! Now I understand why they changed the original name of this ultimate technique, the Way of Chaos, to the Way of Chaos Void."
At this moment, he realized that this so-called Void Path was closely related to spatial magic. The combination of Eastern mysticism and Western top-tier magic to create a completely new martial art left him utterly astonished.
Just as Kelly had predicted, the ultimate techniques of the Hun Tian Dao were not originally like this. A thousand years ago, in order to refine the Divine Demon Wings, the Hun Tian Dao invited a Western magic master and an Eastern Taoist eccentric. Through the techniques displayed by the two, they saw the wondrous aspects of magic and Taoist arts.
Later, the Taoist master departed, and the Divine Demon Wings were not completed. The Hun Tian Dao Di Ren then began to work on this unfinished product themselves. A genius within the sect used his supreme profound skill to probe the Divine Demon Wings with his true energy, and, without damaging the masterpiece, copied the second half of the spatial array.
Through the tireless efforts of several generations of geniuses in the Hun Tian Dao sect, they finally grasped about 30-40% of the mysteries of this spatial array. Combining this with their own martial arts, they created the Void Dao, a profound art that lies between magic and the Dao.
Until recently, a powerful figure within the sect, through repeated attempts, combined martial arts movement techniques with spatial magic to create the "Martial Magic Movement Technique." This technique allows for movement as swift as a ghost, avoiding the drawbacks of spatial magic, which requires chanting and is slow. This is the strange movement technique that the Mischievous Little Demon King just used.
Chen Nan was able to restrain him because he later sensed faint fluctuations in magical elements, allowing him to predict from which direction the little demon king would appear. However, without the Heavenly Demon Eight Steps footwork, even if Chen Nan could see through the true nature of the Chaotic Little Demon King, he would still find it difficult to dodge his ghostly attacks.
At this moment, the black hole in front of the Mischievous Little Demon King gradually expanded, slowly growing from the size of a bowl to the size of a washbasin. A terrifying surge of energy erupted from it, rushing towards Chen Nan.
Chen Nanji learned from Nangong Xian'er about the terrifying nature of this extraordinary skill. The seniors of the Path of Passion had deduced that this extraordinary skill originated from the spatial array within the Wings of Gods and Demons, and that the user could draw upon the power of an unknown space.
He unleashed the Eight Steps of the Heavenly Demon, swiftly dodging the energy storm erupting from the black hole, and then struck forward with a palm. The immense, unparalleled palm force unleashed a dazzling purple light, surging into the air.
However, something astonishing happened: this immense palm strike was utterly ineffective against the black hole, and all its power was swallowed up by the pitch-black hole, which resembled the entrance to hell.
Chaos erupted outside the stadium, with spectators exclaiming in alarm:
"The Supreme Technique of the Chaotic Heaven Path: The Void Path!"
"This is truly bizarre!"
"Truly worthy of being among the supreme techniques of the Heavenly Martial Arts Manuals!"
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A tremendous suction force pulled Chen Nan off the ground, crashing him into the black hole. Only now did he realize how terrifying the Void Dao was. The person who created this technique was indeed a genius. Manipulating the power of unknown space to eliminate opponents—what a terrifying technique!
If this technique can be further perfected, there is no doubt that the caster will be able to freely manipulate the power of certain spaces. Just imagine, who could rival him? He would be invincible in the mortal realm!
Essentially, an attack is about delivering energy to the opponent as quickly as possible. Cultivators, mages, and martial artists use different powers, but they all pursue the ultimate speed. The path of cultivation is vast and varied, and when differentiating the strength of various cultivators, speed and power are the foundation of all methods!
Faced with the irresistible force in the air, Chen Nan could only respond with extreme speed. He repeatedly unleashed the Eight Steps of the Heavenly Demon, charging at such extreme speed. In the end, he broke free from the shackles of that terrifying force and escaped the dangerous area.
The Mischievous Little Demon King was extremely unwilling and kept using his Martial Demon Movement Technique to get closer to Chen Nan, trying to devour him with the unknown space opened up by the Void Path. However, the Martial Demon Movement Technique was ultimately inferior to the Heavenly Demon's Eight Steps, and the space opened up by the Void Path could not restrain Chen Nan, who had the ultimate speed. The two moved across the square at lightning speed.
The onlookers were stunned. The various supernatural powers displayed by the Little Demon King were truly amazing. If he hadn't encountered Chen Nan, who was proficient in the ancient martial art of the Eight Steps of the Heavenly Demon, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that he was invincible in battles of the same level.