This Young Master is not Cannon Fodder-Novel

Unlike most of Tianyi’s self-created techniques, like Stellar Silence or Constellation Cessation, Nebulous Negation was a supportive and defensive technique. Within it, Tianyi could be called absolutely invincible.

No matter how powerful an immortal was, they had to rely on qi in order to power their attacks. The technique targeted all qi, be it spiritual, true, or immortal, within its range. Martial immortals fared better, but only a little. They still needed energy to perform their attacks, after all.

It seemed invincible, but it had three major drawbacks. The first two drawbacks made it all but impractical for anyone but Tianyi to cast this technique.

Drawback number one was that it could only negate certain types of qi. For example, if a user mastered the Law of Fire, they could negate spiritual, true, and immortal qi of fire. Normally, negating only one type or aspect of qi was useless, but Tianyi had mastered numerous worldly laws, so he could negate almost all types of qi.

Since he mastered all five elemental laws, any immortal monarch within his domain would almost instantly become weaker than a first-step monarch. Normally, the Nebulous Negation would take much longer to strip the five elemental aspects of an immortal emperor’s qi, but since Tianyi had initial success in comprehending the Law of Five Phases, even an immortal emperor’s energy would become weaker than a first-step monarch.

The second flaw was the massive amount of energy needed to support the technique. Tianyi’s technique wasn’t like Bao Ling’s Ten Thousand Immortal Sword Formation, which could refine and extract external energy and supplant them for its own usage. The Nebulous Negation produced a special form of qi that Tianyi dubbed antithesis qi.

Of course, the antithesis qi wasn’t universal. There were many types, such as antithesis immortal qi of fire, antithesis true qi of fire, antithesis spiritual qi of fire, etc. To create antithesis qi, the user naturally needed to master the corresponding law.

The role of the antithesis qi was to nullify a certain type of qi. This meant that for every drop of qi nullified, the caster would also lose the corresponding amount. In other words, the energy requirements were terrifying. Thus, only someone like Tianyi, who had access to an endless amount of qi, could effectively use this technique.

The third drawback was that it affected everyone with range, including the caster. This meant that it would be useless in group battles, and even the caster of the technique would have to rely on his physical body to deal damage to the opponent.

There was another drawback, but that was more of a result of the technique being unfinished. In Tianyi’s estimation, it won’t negate all qi instantly. So although the immortals within its range would feel their qi leak out and disappear, it wouldn’t be instant. As long as they kept the qi within their body, they could struggle for a long time.

‘So why can he still display such a terrifying amount of strength?!’ Tianyi screamed in his mind.

Tianyi had an expression of disbelief as he held his chest. His wound had just healed, and now another wound sliced open his chest, allowing observers to peek into his Nine Heavens Universe. His body blurred as he retreated, but Bao Ling did not intend to let him go.

White wisps wafted off of Bao Ling’s body, meaning that he was losing his immortal qi. However, it still exuded the aura of an immortal emperor’s qi. ‘As someone who used the Law of Metal to form his immortal body, Bao Ling should be especially restrained by my technique, but this isn’t the case at all.’

‘Should I use essence qi and completely suppress him?’ Because of his unique cultivation method, the abilities unique to those in the Origin Immortal Realms were not unavailable to him. ‘No, it’s a secret trump card I can use against immortal sovereigns. Until then, I can’t reveal it. Although my Nebulous Negation should already be shocking as it is.’

‘Not that it seems effective against Bao Ling,’ Tianyi sulkily thought. ‘In that case.’

Just as Bao Ling caught up and unleashed another sword strike, a seemingly ordinary steel sword appeared in Tianyi’s hand. Surprise flashed across Bao Ling’s eyes, but his hand didn’t stop.

Cyan blade met metal. Tianyi smiled. ‘No matter how strong your attacks are, can they damage a divine artifact? Can they damage my Immortal Confining Sword?’

Tianyi increased his strength. Although Bao Ling’s sword technique was immaculate, it didn’t mean his pure muscle strength was greater than Tianyi’s. Tianyi had confidence that even martial sovereigns could only claim second in pure strength.

‘Is he talking about the Almighty?’ Tianyi thought. However, why did Bao Ling compare him to the Almighty? The more Tianyi talked to Bao Ling, the more confused he became. It was as if Bao Ling lived through the primordial era. ‘Is he a survivor of the primordial era?’

“Alright, let’s end this spar,” Bao Ling said as he sheathed his sword. “I’m afraid if I don’t stop here, that woman will come charging at with reckless abandon.”

“Ah,” Tianyi turned toward Shangri-La and saw Minister Vastlight hugging Mengfei and begging her not to do something she will regret. “Okay.”

After seeing Bao Ling’s sword attack, he knew that he was inferior. Even if he used essence qi to power the Nebulous Negation, he would still lose. The qi in Bao Ling’s body wasn’t pure immortal qi of metal, but the prototype immortal qi of the sword. Not to mention the prototype Law of the Sword. Tianyi would have fared better against an actual immortal sovereign.

Bao Ling was practically the fourth drawback of the Nebulous Negation.ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʙʏ ɴovelꜰɪre.ɴet

Tianyi released his control of the Nebulous Negation and allowed it to dissipate. Then, he stored the Immortal Confining Sword back into his inner universe and reconstructed his arm and lower half. Although he appeared healed, only he knew that his current conduit’s strength had dropped by around thirty to forty percent.

The two of them flew back to Shangri-La. Bao Ling returned to his previous aloof expression, while Tianyi had a bitter smile. He thought he would be able to avenge his previous loss, but it turned out the gap had only become bigger. ‘No, it’s a momentary setback. Bao Ling is probably the reincarnation of a divinity in the primordial era. It’s only natural to lose now. But it won’t be so in the future. I will defeat him.’

He was broken out of his thoughts when he entered Shangri-La’s range. Upon sensing the turbulent qi, his expression changed. Shangri-La wasn’t a realm artifact, but a medium powered by his conduit. In other words, Shangri-La was a facade.

When Shangri-La’s turbulent qi returned to its peaceful state, Bao Ling only glanced at him, but said nothing.

When the two entered the palace, Sovereign Yanxu smiled at his disciple.

In contrast, Mengfei directly appeared in front of Tianyi and started touching him all over. “Yi’er, are you okay? Does it hurt?”

Tianyi’s face flushed. “Mother, I’m fine. Can’t you see?”

“Are you sure?”

Only after a hundred reassurances did Mengfei let up. When the two returned to their seats, Mengfei was visibly glaring at Bao Ling despite her emotionless expression.

“Grand Elder Nine Heavens, you did well. Even compared to immortal sovereigns, you can exchange several moves,” Minister Vastlight said.

Sovereign Yanxu also piped in. “Yes. Aside from Bao Ling, there has never been a genius greater than you.”

Tianyi’s lips twitched. ‘Are you praising me or Bao Ling?’

After Tianyi’s duel with Bao Ling, the Jade and Numinous Conference came to an end. The conference was only to establish an initial agreement. The finer details on the alliance will be hammered out by envoys from both sides.