The Chessmaster's Capture

While Ji Ning and the Omnipotent Servant were locked in combat, the situation for the great army of the Seamless Gate on the battlefield had already deteriorated severely.

Because the moment Ji Ning had slain the 'Limitless God', the brilliantly strategic Yellow Emperor Xuan Yuan had already given his command: "Immortal Jimin, Woodboy. Pursue with full force." At the same time, Daofather Demonhand was ordering his own armies: "Full retreat."

Clearly, both commanders understood the shift in the battle's momentum.

"Yes."

Pangu Immortal Jimin immediately increased his speed, his eruption leaving the main army far behind.

At the same time, a second Pangu God appeared beside the first. The face of this new Pangu God was youthful and handsome—it was 'Woodboy', commanding his own Pangu Genesis Formation! The Seamless Gate's speculation had been correct; Xuan Yuan had previously been unable to think of a way to deal with the Omnipotent Servant, and could only rely on numbers.

He prepared to have two Pangu Gods join forces to contend with the Omnipotent Servant. Woodboy was one of the five great童子 of Mother Nuwa's household. The Pangu God he commanded wielded a 'Primal Chaos Divine-Iron Staff', and together with Pangu Immortal Jimin, they advanced at an identical speed.

Whoosh. Whoosh.

The two Pangu Gods charged directly into the Seamless Gate's army. They were like tigers entering a flock of sheep. In terms of raw speed, perhaps only the Omnipotent Servant among all the Seamless Gate's forces could barely match them. The various formations, puppets, and even the 'Limitless Gods' were utterly incomparable. At this moment, the Seamless Gate's army had suffered a massive decrease in effective power.

The strongest weapon, the Omnipotent Servant, was being stalled by Ji Ning.

As for the Limitless Gods—only one remained! Originally, two Limitless Gods were barely enough to match a single Pangu God.

Even one of the two Seamless Limitless Formations had been destroyed.

These two 'Pangu Gods' could be considered to possess the combat power of top-tier Daofathers, and they swept across the battlefield unimpeded.

...

"Damn it." Daofather Demonhand watched with gritted teeth, hurriedly dispatching puppets and formations to tie down the two Pangu Gods.

These two Pangu Gods were too powerful.

The combined forces of their various formations and puppets could still tangle with them. But if this dragged on, the armies of Nuwa's camp would be upon them.

"All because of that Darknorth." Daofather Demonhand looked at the distant combatants, the Omnipotent Servant and the Fiendgod Ji Ning. "He's completely tying down the Omnipotent Servant."

"What are we to do?" The Blackclad Godking was even more frantic. If even the tactically brilliant Daofather Demonhand was panicked, the Godking felt the entire situation was on the verge of collapse.

"Ji Ning."

The Blackclad Godking stared at the distant Fiendgod Ji Ning. "This Ji Ning is the root cause. He destroyed the status quo and has even managed to tie down the Omnipotent Servant."

Ji Ning and the Omnipotent Servant were locked in a life-or-death struggle. No other armies dared to approach their vicinity.

Their battlefield was the most terrifying place in the entire war zone.

"Mmm. There are still flaws in the Omnipotent Servant."

Even as he fought, Ji Ning observed carefully, seeking out the hope of his own 'victory'. "The Omnipotent Servant puppet itself is incredibly powerful. However... the one controlling it is, after all, merely a True Immortal or Empyrean God. As a result, the Servant's attack patterns, its speed of execution, are relatively mediocre."

Ji Ning was, by nature, a peerless Sword Immortal who walked the path of supreme technique. His sword-art was hailed by even Fuxi and Suiren as the number one sword-art in the Three Realms.

In his eyes, the close-combat technique of the Omnipotent Servant before him was naturally mediocre.

"The flaw of the Omnipotent Servant lies with the True Immortal Empyrean God piloting it."

"To deal with it, I must push my technique to the absolute limit."

During the ceaseless exchange of blows, a battle plan rapidly crystallized in Ji Ning's mind. Battle was, after all, about 'using one's own strengths to attack the enemy's weaknesses'.

Suddenly—

"Ji Ning! Cease hostilities this instant!" The Blackclad Godking's voice directly transmitted into his mind.

"Godking?"

Ji Ning's gaze swept towards the distant walls of the Seamless City, locking eyes with the Blackclad Godking standing atop it. Ji Ning merely sneered coldly.

"If you continue, I will immediately kill your senior apprentice-sister, Yu Wei, utterly destroying her soul and extinguishing her very truesoul!" The Blackclad Godking roared in fury through his transmission. Extinguishing a truesoul was incredibly difficult, but a Daofather-tier power was capable of it.

"Oh?"

The Omnipotent Servant, who was fighting Ji Ning, suddenly felt the killing intent radiating from the Fiendgod Ji Ning intensify dramatically.

"I know you are on the battlefield, aligned with Nuwa's camp. You cannot simply abandon the fight. If you did, those great powers of Nuwa's camp would surely hold it against you. All I ask of you... is to feign a flaw in your attacks after a long period of fighting, allowing the Omnipotent Servant to wound you, forcing you to withdraw from the battle." The Blackclad Godking transmitted.

Feign a flaw?

Allow the Omnipotent Servant to wound him?

A feigned flaw was not so easily executed. A single slip, and the Rahu Formation might collapse entirely.

"You have supreme mastery of the sword. You can control this perfectly." The Blackclad Godking transmitted urgently. "Hurry. I need you to do this now. No matter what other plans you have, I want you to withdraw from this battle immediately. Otherwise, Yu Wei will die, here and now, her soul scattered, her truesoul annihilated."

"You... are truly despicable."

Ji Ning finally replied.

"Despicable? To win, I care about nothing. I walk the path of the Heartfiend. I am a demon. Ji Ning, your side has already gained a massive advantage in this battle. You have already slaughtered many True Immortals and Empyrean Gods. You should be satisfied. As long as you withdraw, I will immediately release your senior apprentice-sister to you. I guarantee it! Absolutely! I will! Now, withdraw from the battle right this moment. Quickly!" The Blackclad Godking urged frantically.

Because every second that passed, the two Pangu Gods wrought more slaughter. Although their formations and puppets were desperately trying to hold them back, the armies of Nuwa's camp were rapidly approaching. Without the Omnipotent Servant's help, this battle's losses would be catastrophic.

"Hurry! Hurry! Hurry!" The Blackclad Godking was frantic.

...

The Blackclad Godking stood on the walls of the Seamless City, watching with desperate anticipation. He was scraping the bottom of the barrel. He knew that after his previous 'game' with Ji Ning, the chances Ji Ning would trust him were slim. But the Godking had no other options. He also believed that Ji Ning's feelings for Yu Wei were genuine.

The annihilation of a truesoul meant that it could never be retrieved from the River of Fate. He was confident that Ji Ning would never allow Yu Wei's truesoul to be destroyed.

"Whoosh."

"He moved." The Blackclad Godking's eyes lit up. The distant Ji Ning had suddenly erupted. His six arms wielded six divine swords, furiously attacking the Omnipotent Servant from all directions.

The Omnipotent Servant only had two claws; Ji Ning had six arms.

And Ji Ning's sword-art was terrifying.

In an instant, countless blurs of sword-light enveloped the Omnipotent Servant, completely suppressing it.

"Why is he attacking even more ferociously?" The Blackclad Godking was initially angered, but then he calmed down, deep in thought.

"This Ji Ning is truly clever." The Blackclad Godking's eyes lit up. "Now that he's attacking maniacally with all six arms, his defense is naturally reduced. No matter how vicious his attacks, they can't truly harm the Omnipotent Servant. But with less defense, he gives the Servant a chance to wound him. As long as he's injured, Ji Ning can withdraw from the battle and have a perfect excuse for Nuwa's camp. He was simply too eager to win, and the Omnipotent Servant took advantage of it."

"Truly clever." The Blackclad Godking was full of anticipation.

"But this attack is too insane. It's completely suppressing the Omnipotent Servant's own attacks." The Blackclad Godking frowned slightly.

He immediately transmitted again: "Ji Ning, you have to give the Servant an opportunity."

It was at that moment...

BANG!

The Omnipotent Servant, which had been completely shrouded by countless sword-shadows, suddenly staggered. Ji Ning, wielding the six Northsea Swords—one of which was a Chaos treasure level divine sword—unleashed a single sword-stroke that contained boundless power. It was the most ferocious, the most domineering technique he had, the same one he had used earlier to send two Violet-Light Puppets flying back across the entire Seamless Gate army.

The Heavenbreaker Stance of the Brightmoon Sword-Art!

BOOM!

A ruthlessly powerful strike.

The sword was like a divine axe that could cleave apart heaven and earth, smashing directly into the back of the Omnipotent Servant's knee. With a thunderous crash, the Servant lost its footing and collapsed to the ground.

Making the Omnipotent Servant trip was incredibly difficult. Its legs were extremely stable. Even knocking it flying was hard; at this level, a being's 'center of gravity' was exceptionally well-guarded. Making it lose its center of gravity and fall was nearly impossible. The countless sword-strikes Ji Ning had unleashed earlier, seemingly useless, had all been carefully calculated to affect its center of gravity.

Relying on his absolute technical superiority, he forcibly altered its center of gravity, then followed up with the Heavenbreaker Stance directly onto its knee joint.

Bang. It fell.

"No!" The Omnipotent Servant was panicked.

But what greeted it was a series of fierce sword-lights that its own claws were completely powerless to resist.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh~~~" The Fiendgod Ji Ning had six arms. Four arms were currently wielding divine swords, while the other two arms gripped a rope that shimmered with black light. The rope rapidly wrapped itself around the fallen Omnipotent Servant, completely suppressed and unable to fight back. It was bound into tight coils. No matter how powerful a puppet was, if it was completely tied up, it was helpless. Although the Omnipotent Servant roared and struggled with all its might, it could not break free of the innate spirit-treasure rope.

The entire battlefield fell silent.

Even the two rampaging Pangu Gods paused. The seven great powers of Nuwa's camp, who had been chatting and laughing, fell silent. The frantic and nervous Blackclad Godking, and the livid-faced Daofather Demonhand—all of them were silent, stunned.

They stared blankly at the sight before them.

The Omnipotent Servant... was tightly bound by the innate spirit-treasure rope, trussed up like a zongzi, and lying on the ground. It could not break free.

The Fiendgod Ji Ning raised his head to look at the Seamless City, at the Blackclad Godking standing on the city wall.

"You... you..." The Blackclad Godking was dumbfounded.

Even Daofather Demonhand was stunned.

The countless Immortals and Fiends across the entire battlefield were all stunned.

Even the seven great powers of Nuwa's camp were stunned.

He captured it?

The Omnipotent Servant was captured?

This was the most precious, most valuable combat treasure! If a Daofather were to control it, they would immediately be able to unleash an absolutely terrifying level of power. The Seamless Gate must have paid an incalculable price to forge just one Omnipotent Servant. It had only been deployed here because this war was of paramount importance.

And right now...

A green-skinned gourd appeared in the Fiendgod Ji Ning's hand. He pulled out the stopper.

"Collect." Ji Ning let out a single soft word. In a flash, the Omnipotent Servant on the ground, bound like a zongzi, instantly shrank and flew into the gourd's opening. Ji Ning then gently replaced the stopper.

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