Chapter 796: Sacrifice of Luck
Little did he know that Zhang Qian secretly controlled the broken jade and flew silently behind Taiyi.

"It's now!"

With a low shout in his heart, Zhang Qian suddenly rushed out. In his hand, he held a magic sword that was the manifestation of four swords combined into one. A stream of innate chaotic sword energy from the tip of the sword pointed directly at Taiyi's forehead!

The sudden appearance of Zhang Qian made Taiyi's face change drastically. He was horrified and reacted immediately. However, Zhang Qian was too close to him, and the stab was too sudden and too fast, leaving Taiyi no time to dodge!
Chi!
With a slight sound, the innate chaotic sword energy at the tip of the sword, carrying the four supreme original killing sword intents of killing, trapping and destruction, pierced Taiyi's eyebrows.

But before the sword energy could continue to penetrate forward, a ball of chaotic and void energy suddenly appeared between Taiyi's eyebrows.

This ball of nothingness actually blocked the innate chaotic sword energy!

The incomparably sharp sword energy came to a sudden stop, and the innate chaos in the sword energy collided with the mass of nothingness, but neither could do anything to the other, and they were stuck there.

After all, the air of nothingness is a Taoist energy of the same level as the innate chaotic energy, and they are equally superior. Zhang Qian tried hard with his arms, but was unable to break through the barrier of the air of nothingness.

Swish!
Tai Yi's body exploded backwards, leaving a trace of blood between his eyebrows. He was almost, just almost, pierced through the center of his eyebrows and his true spirit was destroyed.

Taiyi, who was sweating coldly, thought about how he almost died and his ambitions that he had been planning for tens of thousands of years almost became a fantasy. After he was deeply afraid, he was filled with boundless anger. His eyes were filled with extremely malicious hatred. He stretched out his hand and waved it, and billions of void air swarmed towards Zhang Qian. That was not all. Taiyi directly activated the barrier of three thousand worlds, wanting to use the suppressive power of the world barrier to suppress Zhang Qian again.

Zhang Qian felt very sorry that he failed to kill Taiyi. That was a great opportunity just now. Seeing Taiyi's extremely angry counterattack, Zhang Qian did not stop, disappeared in an instant, and hid in the broken jade again.

"Where have you gone?"

Taiyi was stunned when he saw Zhang Qian suddenly disappear. Thinking about the previous situation, he knew that Zhang Qian had a treasure in his hand that was not afraid of the air of nothingness and could hide in it at any time. What shocked Taiyi the most was that this unknown treasure was hidden so well that he could not even find it.

Chi!
At this moment, another dazzling sword light, accompanied by an innate chaotic sword energy, appeared on Taiyi's side, pointing directly at his head.

Bang!
This time, it was the air of nothingness that blocked the sword energy again. Taiyi's air of nothingness seemed to have spirituality, blocking the edge of the innate chaotic sword energy twice in a row, making Zhang Qian return empty-handed.

However, this scared Taiyi again.

"you wanna die!"

After being secretly assassinated by Zhang Qian twice, Taiyi was furious, but he did not continue to attack. Instead, he thought about it and took back all the air of nothingness, surrounded himself, turned it into a ball of nothingness, and wrapped himself in the middle.

Zhang Qian was helpless at this moment. The air of nothingness could block the innate chaotic sword energy, but now it was easily protected by a layer of nothingness body, leaving no gap at all. He had no chance to attack.

"I thought that after refining the Nine-Nine Heavenly Luo Huagai and offering this treasure, I would be invincible under the nine-layer rays of light. Now it seems that this old man Taiyi is the one who is truly invincible. He uses the energy of nothingness to protect himself like this. Who in the world can break through this layer of energy of nothingness?"

Only the Taoist energy of this level, the energy of chaos, can counteract the energy of nothingness. Apart from that, any killing techniques, magic weapons, or treasures will be melted into nothingness upon touching this layer of energy of nothingness.

At this moment, Taiyi seems to be truly invincible. He is even like a hedgehog, and anyone who touches him will feel pain.

"Is Taiyi invincible? Who can be his opponent with this layer of nothingness energy? I don't believe that there is a price to pay for exerting so much nothingness energy." Zhang Qian hid in the broken jade and watched with a headache, while Taiyi, with a defensive look on his face, did not move, but with a layer of nothingness energy, constantly scanning with his spiritual sense, trying to find Zhang Qian hiding in the dark.

After a while, Zhang Qian finally discovered a clue. He saw that when Taiyi was maintaining this layer of nothingness, his face was aging silently, but the aging process was so slow that it could not be noticed without careful observation.

"So that's how it is. Taiyi's use of the energy of nothingness actually consumes his own lifespan!"

This discovery shocked Zhang Qian. He knew that if Taiyi could use the energy of nothingness at will, then Taiyi would not have hidden in the East China Sea to establish the Michen Realm. He would have already ruled over the thirty-six states.

After all, no one can be his opponent since he can use the energy of nothingness at will.

Obviously, Taiyi's trump card cannot be used at will, but Zhang Qian was puzzled again. When Mengyouxian visualized the Supreme Immortal of the Nine Heavens in his dreams, his lifespan would also be quickly consumed. However, Mengyouxian had the treasure house of Tianji Pavilion in his hands, and he could recover the consumed lifespan at any time.

As the lord of the Michen Realm, Taiyi has lived for several eras, so he must have plenty of elixirs to restore his lifespan. In this case, Taiyi should be able to use the energy of nothingness at will. Compared with the power of the energy of nothingness, the little bit of lifespan consumed should be negligible.

But Taiyi regarded the Energy of Nothingness as his trump card and would not use it easily. According to Zhang Qian's idea, if he had the Energy of Nothingness as a trump card, he would definitely use it to dominate the world, claim to be the ancestor, rule over the thirty-six states, and use the endless resources of the thirty-six states for his own benefit.

But Taiyi didn't do so. Zhang Qian thought to himself, "The price of using the Void Energy should not be as simple as consuming lifespan. I think there is a heavier price, and that price is what Taiyi doesn't want to face. That's why he hides the trump card of the Void Energy and won't use it easily. So what is the price?"

Zhang Qian was curious and continued to hide in the dark and watch, but Taiyi was very anxious.

In order to guard against Zhang Qian's assassination at any time, he had to maintain the aura of nothingness around him to protect his vital parts. However, feeling his lifespan being consumed bit by bit and his luck power decreasing rapidly, he became a little anxious.

"Zhang Qian is such a hateful villain! If he keeps hiding like this, my life span will be wasted, but my luck will be completely wasted!"

When he uses the Energy of Nothingness, not only will it consume his lifespan, but most importantly, it will consume his luck.

And luck is the key to his ability to use the energy of nothingness.

The consumption of lifespan is nothing but the secret influence of the air of nothingness, and the reason why Taiyi can manifest the air of nothingness is all due to the power of luck. The air of nothingness he manifests is not like the innate chaotic sword energy manifested by Zhang Qian, which relies on the magical power of swordsmanship and the magic of the Four Swords of Zhu Xian.

The reason why he can manifest the energy of nothingness is a transaction, a secret method that comes at a great cost.

This secret method was obtained by Taiyi in the ancient times. It allows one to sacrifice one's own luck to borrow the energy of nothingness from the omnipresent universe!

This is both a transaction and a sacrifice. This kind of secret technique is ranked among the top secret techniques even if it is placed in the heavens and all realms, or in many vast worlds.

After all, he had just demonstrated the horror of the air of nothingness, but Taiyi never expected that Zhang Qian actually had an unknown treasure that made him not afraid of the air of nothingness and could hide at any time, making it impossible for him to find him. He only had the terrifying air of nothingness but couldn't do anything to Zhang Qian.

The current situation is that it is too easy to fall into a passive position. As long as Zhang Qian hides in the dark, he has to protect himself with the energy of nothingness all the time, which causes his lifespan to be consumed and his luck to dissipate rapidly!
Zhang Qian didn't know what was going on. He just saw Taiyi's expression slowly changing from anger to anxiety, and he couldn't help feeling puzzled.

(End of this chapter)