Wait, How Did My Digital Girlfriend Become a Sword Immortal? Chapter 750: Nirvana Rebirth

"Huh? Dead?"

Chen Niu struggled to accept this reality.

Was the elusive opponent, with whom he'd clashed in a tense game of strategy for ages, truly smashed flat by his own hands so easily?

Yet the firm, real feeling in his grip seemed utterly genuine.

It was pulverized into a bloody mush—how could that deceive anyone?

"If he's dead, then he's dead..." Chen Niu flung the gore and blood from his palm—even with the foe gone, Soul Searching could still yield the secrets he craved.

Chen Niu extended his arms broadly, unleashing the Soul Searching art to snare the spirits scattering across a hundred-mile span.

In typical scenarios like this, the freshly departed soul of someone slain before his eyes would get seized without delay.

However, the spirits pulled from the skies and lands turned out to be solely those of wild beasts and creatures.

"What's happening?!" Chen Niu's face twisted in bewilderment. Could the enemy's soul have bolted over a hundred miles the moment death struck?

Such a potent Escape Technique would have pinged his senses for sure, but moments ago, not a whisper.

"Exactly." Chen Niu's eyes scanned the surroundings.

He recalled that Sword Cultivators wielded blades, yet after smashing the Sword Cultivator, none of the fellow's valuables had appeared. This struck him as highly suspicious.

He had pulverized the adversary to oblivion, not incinerated him with flames or invoked a power to vaporize him into nothingness.

Thus, the Storage Ring, flying swords, and various treasures belonging to this Sword Cultivator ought to remain intact on the scene.

But after scouring every direction...

Zero. Not a trace.

Besides the puddle of mangled remains and a broken mask, the Sword Cultivator had vanished without leaving any proof of demise.

"Blast it!" Even with his sluggish wits, Chen Niu finally pieced it together: "I've been duped! That slippery foe isn't finished!"

"The rascal must have pulled off an advanced fake-death skill, seamlessly swapping his True Form for a False Body.

To such an extent that when I squashed him, I figured I'd nailed the real deal, but his actual self had escaped ages ago... What a sly fox!"

Chen Niu balled his hands into fists, gnashing his teeth in fury.

So all his elaborate trap outside had boiled down to what?

Fetching water in a sieve—total waste. The shot at slaying the foe evaporated, leaving him empty-handed.

"No way I'm quitting now." Chen Niu shook his head, mustering fresh resolve.

No matter how elite the getaway method, the gap between True Form and False Body stayed limited.

That implied the enemy's genuine self lurked close by.

Deploying such a mighty swap art would surely demand a hefty price.

Else, if this power let him dodge peril at will, who could ever take down this pest?

Chen Niu wouldn't buy that for a second.

Heaven and earth's laws demand equal exchange for every gain.

At present, that foe's True Form was likely drained or badly hurt, tucked away with its presence masked. A full sweep of Shenlongjia might unearth the hiding spot.

With that in mind, Chen Niu didn't dawdle. He shot skyward at once and began a thorough blanket hunt over all of Shenlongjia.

He could also stir the Shenlongjia demon beasts into a wild uproar, sparking a beast tide to boost the odds of the enemy's blunder.

...

Atop the Demon Sealing Pagoda.

Chen Huaian's form emerged amid blazing infernos.

He blinked open his eyes, surveyed the area, and exhaled in relief.

"Darn, that Chen Niu packs a real punch..." Thinking back to the earlier chaos, a chill still gripped him.

He'd anticipated Chen Niu dispatching a tougher projection, but never dreamed it would outclass the previous one by such a margin.

Previously, Chen Niu's grasp on gravity powers was merely adequate.

Now, this projection's command of gravity brushed against the "Dao."

Clearly, Chen Niu's authentic body was a Demon Immortal who'd fully conquered gravity's laws. In this domain, his main form's might rivaled Cangyun Realm's True Immortals, with little difference.

It hinged on whose command of the 'Dao' proved more refined.

Then, a clash over dominance in that 'Dao' would erupt.

The victor in claiming dominance would wield the laws more adeptly.

The loser would stand no chance, reduced to fleeing in disgrace.

Chen Huaian had yet to witness a Cangyun Realm True Immortal or Chen Niu's core self.

How Dao principles from two realms would divide up, he couldn't say for certain.

But given Cangyun Realm's average cultivators outshone Earth Star's, their True Immortals likely did too...

Pushing aside these random musings.

Chen Huaian gazed at his frame slowly reshaping in the Phoenix Fire and inwardly marveled.

"No doubt about it—this Nirvana power lives up to its name, what a beast!"

This Nirvana art ignored any notion of True Form versus False Body.

What Chen Niu had demolished was truly his True Form.

Yet with a Phoenix Fire seed planted beforehand,

upon death, his body and spirit would revive together from that seed, keeping all his gear safe.

The seed had to stay near the death site. At his mid-stage Unity Realm level, it triggered only within a kilometer.

And in rebirth, no aura escaped.

The main flaw might be his present condition.

In the Nirvana revival, his form stayed immobile. Movement came only after Phoenix Fire fully mended the flesh.

So, when threats loomed, he simply hid the seed in a secure spot ahead of time.

"Chen Niu would never guess This Venerable One remains within the Demon Sealing Pagoda, right?"

A faint smirk tugged at his lips. Launching the offensive was meant to draw off the Chen Niu posted at the Demon Sealing Pagoda's entrance.

Nirvana revival hid all traces. Even if Chen Niu pierced the ruse, he'd scour the realms far and wide for him.

The pagoda wouldn't cross his mind.

He was taking a calculated risk.

Wagering on the enemy's expectations backfiring.

But for caution, once his arms reformed fully, Chen Huaian swiftly grabbed the VR Headset and slipped it on.

Heading to Cangyun Realm for body fixes—he doubted Chen Niu could nab him even there!

And when the Sect Summoning Token's timer expired,

his chance to strike back would dawn.

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