CHAPTER 1785: CHAPTER 1785: MINOR DEVOURING TECHNIQUE

Indeed, it makes sense.

This elder, who can even be associated with the divine relic ’Abyssal Marsh’ where he is now, couldn’t possibly be an ordinary person.

Such a person, even if he suppresses his cultivation level to the same stage as Wyatt Barnes, still holds an advantage.

His combat experience and martial arts techniques are not something that an ordinary early Middle Saint Realm martial artist can compare to.

Currently, Wyatt Barnes was most thankful that the elder in front of him couldn’t simulate his Solar True Origin.

He knew that the reason he was able to crush his opponents all the way through with strength comparable to an early Great Saint Realm martial artist, even with an avatar, was due to the extraordinary nature of Solar True Origin.

The power of early Middle Saint Realm’s Solar True Origin is not weaker than the ordinary True Origin of an early Great Saint Realm.

"He accelerated again!"

When Wyatt Barnes timely dodged the elder’s attack, he was surprised to find that the elder’s speed had increased once more.

Wyatt Barnes’s Divine Sense could confirm that there was no change in the elder’s True Origin; it was still the ordinary True Origin of an early Middle Saint Realm, and the reason for the increased speed was that the elder had fully demonstrated his body technique.

It was an extraordinarily elusive and swift body technique.

"Even among the supreme-level martial arts at the highest stage, a body technique might not be this superb."

In the face of the elder’s current speed, Wyatt Barnes couldn’t help but click his tongue in astonishment.

The elder’s current speed might not even be matched by an average mid Middle Saint Realm existence.

If Wyatt Barnes didn’t have the Solar True Origin and was just an ordinary early Middle Saint Realm, he wouldn’t have any speed advantage.

However, the attack techniques displayed by the elder with a wave of his hand were exceedingly powerful, significantly stronger than those of a typical mid Middle Saint Realm martial artist.

However, since Wyatt Barnes’s speed suppressed the elder, the elder couldn’t touch Wyatt Barnes, rendering his attack’s strength useless.

Although Wyatt Barnes was only at the early Middle Saint Realm in terms of cultivation, his speed, empowered by Solar True Origin, was comparable to that of an early Great Saint Realm martial artist.

Facing an elder with strength akin to a mid Middle Saint Realm martial artist, Wyatt Barnes felt no pressure.

"It was fortunate that it was me who encountered this checkpoint... If it were any other martial artist or Taoist cultivator facing this, passing through would be nearly impossible!"

Wyatt Barnes knew in his heart that it was only him who could handle this checkpoint so effortlessly.

Had it been another early Middle Saint Realm martial artist without the Solar True Origin to rely on, they would have likely been defeated long ago.

"Hmm? Why did he stop moving?"

At the same time, Wyatt Barnes noticed that after pursuing him for a while, the elder suddenly halted his form and looked at him somewhat woodenly, saying plainly, "Young one, it seems you are the one I’ve been waiting for... If, after I perform the ’Minor Devouring Technique’, you can still defeat me, I will then teach you the ’Minor Devouring Technique’!"

Wyatt Barnes didn’t pay much attention to the elder’s earlier words.

However, when the elder mentioned later, Wyatt Barnes’s pupils couldn’t help but constrict.

I will teach you the Minor Devouring Technique!

Doesn’t this imply that the Minor Devouring Technique is his divine ability?

"Could it be... that this ’Abyssal Marsh’ is left behind by this senior?"

At that thought, Wyatt Barnes felt his heartbeat quicken a bit.

Although he had previously passed through three divine relics, none of those had an entity like the elder in front of him appear, much less communicate with him.

Yet here in the Abyssal Marsh, not only did this elder appear, but he also said that as long as Wyatt defeats him, he would teach him the Minor Devouring Technique!

How could he not let his imagination run wild?

"Hmm?"

As Wyatt Barnes’s thoughts wandered, he was shocked to discover that the Solar True Origin within him began to pour out without his deliberate control.

Fortunately, he reacted in time, exerting some control.

Otherwise, a significant amount of his Solar True Origin would have poured out.

Returning to his senses, Wyatt Barnes found the elder standing not far away, his robe billowing.

Around his body, the void vibrated, eventually turning into a massive ripple that continuously spread out, forming a gigantic vortex.

This vortex was constantly devouring the Spiritual Energy around them and funneling it into the elder’s body.

"His aura seems to be strengthening!"

At the same time, Wyatt Barnes’s Divine Sense extended clearly detecting that the elder’s aura was constantly rising, until eventually, when the surrounding air sort of paused, his aura stopped increasing.

Simultaneously, the vortex enveloping him also vanished.

Whirl!

With a burst of void tremors, with the elder at the center, a domain quickly took shape within a hundred meters radius.

However, the True Origin forming this domain was not that of an early Middle Saint Realm.

It was the True Origin of a pinnacle Middle Saint Realm!

Of course, it couldn’t compare to the actual True Origin of a pinnacle Middle Saint Realm because the True Origin forming the elder’s domain was significantly unstable.

The instability was due to it being forcibly enhanced; at its core, it was still initially Middle Saint Realm True Origin.

"Is this the Minor Devouring Technique?"

Seeing this, Wyatt Barnes couldn’t help but take a deep breath, his heart trembling.

The Minor Devouring Technique, allowing a Martial Artist at the early Middle Saint Realm to devour surrounding energies and forcibly elevate their True Origin to the peak of the Middle Saint Realm in a short period?

This Divine Ability is truly defying the heavens!

The elder’s domain was a dark domain, with pythons wrapped in blood mist occasionally jumping out, rolling around a few times before hiding back into the domain.

Looking around, Wyatt Barnes clearly noticed that there were over a thousand pythons appearing simultaneously within the elder’s domain.

Over a thousand pythons, wrapped in blood mist, rolling in the domain, appearing and disappearing at times, giving off a sinister and terrifying feeling.

Woosh!

With a gust of wind, Wyatt saw that after the elder condensed his domain, he rushed towards him swiftly.

And the unstable True Origin that permeated his body also showed signs of weakening during this process, although this trend was very slow.

"It seems that the True Origin enhanced by the Minor Devouring Technique cannot be maintained for long... He wants to take advantage of the peak Middle Saint Realm True Origin to finish me in one go!"

At this thought, Wyatt Barnes also began to move.

It must be said, the speed displayed by the elder with peak Middle Saint Realm True Origin was extremely fast, even faster than over ninety-nine percent of peak Middle Saint Realm Martial Artists.

However, faced with Wyatt, whose speed was comparable to that of a Martial Artist at the early Great Saint Realm, he still couldn’t catch up.

While he could use early Middle Saint Realm True Origin to display a speed comparable to that of an average mid Middle Saint Realm Martial Artist.

Yet, with peak Middle Saint Realm True Origin, he could not exhibit a speed comparable to that of an early Great Saint Realm Martial Artist.

Although the peak Middle and early Great Saint Realms differ by one level like the difference between the early and mid Middle Saint Realms, the latter is a realm level within a major realm, while the former spans across major realms, and are simply worlds apart.

The latter has the slightest difference; the former is worlds apart!

Therefore, even if the elder used the Minor Devouring Technique to temporarily elevate his True Origin to the peak of the Middle Saint Realm, he still couldn’t touch Wyatt Barnes.

Woosh! Woosh! Woosh! Woosh! Woosh!

...

Of course, the elder wasn’t battling alone. The thousand pythons wrapped in blood mist within his domain soon joined the fray, surrounding Wyatt Barnes.

"Domain?"

Facing the assault of the elder’s domain, Wyatt Barnes smiled faintly, and the solar True Origin wrapped around his body began to spread.

Ten Thousand Sword Domain!

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

...

Everywhere the countless sword rays passed, the pythons were all annihilated, and the elder’s domain was shattered by the Ten Thousand Sword Domain.

A domain depends on True Origin.

Wyatt Barnes’ True Origin, comparable to that of early Great Saint Realm solar True Origin, formed a domain that naturally crushed the domain formed by the elder’s peak Middle Saint Realm True Origin.

"Hm? Weakened?"

At the same time, Wyatt Barnes noticed that the elder’s True Origin had already weakened to the mid Middle Saint Realm level.

"It’s time to end this."

With a glint in his eye, Wyatt Barnes moved his mind, and the Ten Thousand Sword Domain suddenly contracted, with tens of thousands of sword rays converging in his hand, merging into a heavy greatsword.

From afar, it looked like a blazing radiant sun.

Suddenly, Wyatt Barnes moved.

Like a scorching sun, the massive sword in his hand flew effortlessly. Facing the elder, who was attempting to use the Minor Devouring Technique again to elevate his True Origin back to the peak Middle Saint Realm, the massive sword howled down, smashing into him fiercely.

The elder’s True Origin, painstakingly elevated back to the peak Middle Saint Realm, crumbled under the strike of Wyatt Barnes’ solar True Origin and the mysterious essence of the Supreme Heart Sword, along with his body sublimating into nothing, disappearing before Wyatt’s eyes.

"I really didn’t expect the final checkpoint to be the easiest."

As Wyatt Barnes moved his mind, the massive sword in his hand dissipated. As he slowly descended, a faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

Indeed.

Since entering the Abyssal Marsh, until before the ninth checkpoint, he had faced challenges every step of the way.

The ninth checkpoint, as the final barrier, was naturally the hardest in Wyatt’s eyes.

Before truly confronting it, he appeared nonchalant on the surface but was very anxious inside, not knowing if he could smoothly overcome the final checkpoint to obtain the Divine Ability within the Abyssal Marsh.

And now, he had passed the final checkpoint, and with absolute advantage, effortlessly passed through.

Of course, the reason for this was the solar True Origin within him.

For anyone else, passing through was almost impossible.

This point had been mentioned several times before.

"This Abyssal Marsh is truly perverse... But that Divine Ability, the Minor Devouring Technique, is even more so!"

Recalling the elder’s use of the Minor Devouring Technique earlier, Wyatt Barnes’ eyes shone, and his heart surged with an irrepressible excitement.