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Many years ago, Chen Qing was but a shadow of himself; many suspected Chen Qing was the King of Qin, many dreaded Chen Qing.

The King of Qin did not mind this, for it proved that even twenty years on, despite having vanished for two decades, and despite the young Siao scion having established his dominion for twenty years, the world was still full of his own shadows.

It was he who brought about these twenty years of peace!

Yet in recent years, the King of Qin spoken of in the world was Chen Qing; perhaps no one remembers himself anymore.

Even he had to admit, with the Divine Path Sect, Chen Qing had created a Mortal World golden era, one that he himself could not have achieved back then.

But it was not because Chen Qing was more capable; it was because he possessed information that he himself lacked. From obscurity to wealth, and even now quickly rising to become a ruler in just a few years, it was all thanks to that information superiority he had.

But what if there was no advantage in information?

"Come and try then..." The King of Qin’s voice came through countless prisms, with a reverberating echo as if everything around was a precipice under his folding.

"Equal conditions, same techniques, if only one of us can survive, who will it be!"

"Equal conditions?" Chen Qing struggled to maintain the technique in his eyes, the sensation of being on the verge of bursting grew stronger, yet he knew not to rush, he needed to patiently find a weakness in the other’s information.

"Aren’t you being a bit shameless? How many years have you been in touch with this Forbidden Technique? How long have I just begun?"

"I do not have more experience than you," the King of Qin patiently responded to Chen Qing, "The cost of the Four Fiends’ techniques is enormous, I wouldn’t use them unless it was extreme circumstances. After coming out of the Demon Void Realm and concealing myself in this world for many years, I finally nested within a decent family’s young scion, and nearly ended the chaos; I’ve used it in total three times—including saving Ziyue with the Time Scale and the Time Stop Magic Array in cooperation with you just now. "

"That is to say, to be exact, I’ve only used the Forbidden Technique of it once."

Chen Qing was suddenly speechless; he did not think the other party would lie to him about this, and logically, it made sense. The Four Fiends’ techniques were to be sparingly used as each carried its traps.

Just like the one he was using at the moment...

The Heavenly Demon Wheel is one of the ultimate Forbidden Techniques that combines space and matter, artificially creating black holes using the technique’s principle. At close range, even the binary would be stripped away; it’s an extremely terrifying technique.

But its flaws were also apparent...

The more elements it absorbed, the greater the mental strain on you, the sensation of countless materials swirling into your field of vision would cause excruciating mental pressure, and while you used spiritual power to control the technique, you must stay clear-headed, not to be sunk by pain, otherwise, if you lose consciousness, you yourself would become an uncontrollable black hole, pulling everything nearby into it!

How much destruction it can cause depends on your mental limits, if a King Level Magician were to use this technique and lose control, it could almost wipe out the entirety of Jiangnan, the materials caught in the black hole would become condensed essence collected as nutrients by the true master—the Four Fiends Totem—while the caster would vanish into smoke, becoming a tool to create the black hole.

This is the Demon Void Realm, even if I lose control, it won’t affect the world, Chen Qing used this technique because it has the strongest destructive power and can be caught off guard the easiest.

Just a moment of his hesitation, and he would lose any chance to oppose.

Indeed, this man was decisively resolved; the near-completed Guard Commander had already absorbed enough and was on the brink of success.

At that crucial moment, he actually gave up without hesitation—truly a remarkable figure.

It seemed that his rise to the top was not merely due to information from the Reincarnator.

"You should recognize this technique with your intelligence, right?" The King of Qin spoke again, his voice echoing around as if there were thousands of him speaking.

Chen Qing’s power shattered countless mirrors, but the opponent was able to produce countless new ones as if they were endless.

"Forbidden Technique: Thousand Illusions!"

Bearing an increasingly heavy burden, Chen Qing still managed to recall the opponent’s technique from his memory.

It is one of the eight great Forbidden Techniques held by the Four Fiends Totem, the pinnacle of Spatial Art!

This is not your average space folding; it’s the genuine usage of space distortion to create refraction, and the energy produced would also amplify as the number of mirrors increased.

Once it reaches a certain scale, whatever technique is released within that Mirror Folding will be amplified a hundredfold, even a thousandfold!

If he really lets out such a huge amount of energy, I’d burst in an instant. It could be said this technique is particularly effective in restraining the Heavenly Demon Wheel.

But the technique also carries great risk.

Within the folded space, the reflection that it generates also possesses consciousness—essentially your shadow.

However, not all shadows willingly fade away after the technique concludes.

The more powerful and intelligent the individual, the less likely they are to accept their demise.

The shadows inherit your personality, so the more you fold, the more will wish to replace you.

If not carefully managed, the practitioner could be devoured by the backlash!

The backlash shadows are without roots, turning into energy once the technique ends.

To avoid their own demise, they will try every possible means to maintain the existence of the technique, and then.

.. the images will continue to fold, absorbing every living being they see into the mirror.

Each Magician melted into it with spiritual power would prolong the duration of the technique until it devours everything it can.

This technique makes it very easy to create a crisis with mirror demons, which was also one of the disasters Chen Qing designed in the fourth version.

Upon seeing this technique, Chen Qing knew the opponent was seeing who could last longer...

Amplifying the power of the Heavenly Demon Wheel, the pressure on myself multiplies, and I could drain myself to death at any moment.

On the other side due to the pressure of their technique, the shadows in the prism would desperately help maintain the technique, stacking madly, without opportunity for rebellion.

But if I reduce the power of the Heavenly Demon Wheel, the opponent’s prism will form thousands, even tens of thousands of facets rapidly due to the lack of suppression.

Once a technique is launched, Ziyue and I would be facing the equivalent of a hundred, even a thousand King of Qin-level Magicians unleashing energy—an image so horrifying Chen Qing dared not even think of it.

Should I endure the hardship, or should I take a gamble?

Chen Qing’s mind was racing. Both were at the King’s Perfect Circle, equipped the same, only the choice of technique differed, and victory relied solely on reaction. As the opponent said, this might be the fairest duel yet.

There were only two options before me: either to persevere with the Heavenly Demon Wheel and recklessly amplify energy, betting that the opponent wouldn’t dare to continue multiplying, or that the rate of multiplication couldn’t keep up with the rate of consumption of the Heavenly Demon Wheel.

However, doing so could easily cause one to lose oneself in the technique, a moment’s loss of control and I would become a black hole.

Or... I could disengage the technique. At this moment, the opponent’s mirrors already contain hundreds, thousands of shadows, still multiplying infinitely. If the external threat disappears, they might instantaneously rebel!

At that time, he will be too busy to care for himself, and I might have the chance to finish him off.

But if I do that, it’s like putting down my weapons. If the opponent can control the situation then, I... would have no power to resist!

What’s the choice?