Published: March 2, 2025
Time rewound a few minutes.
At the Tenth Layer of the Heavenly Palace, in front of the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance Treasure Vault, Bai stood expressionless, silently calculating the time as he watched the increasingly intense battle in the distance.
When a gigantic mushroom cloud rose into the sky at a certain moment, Bai felt as if he had pronounced the death sentence for Da Luo in his heart.
At this moment, Da Luo was radiating overwhelming energy fluctuations, causing the entire Tenth Layer of the Heavenly Palace to tremble. The thick layer of soil on the ground had long been shattered, revealing a hazy, cloud-like gray mist beneath.
While the spectacle seemed grand, the truth of the situation was well understood by Bai, the former eleventh level strongman.
As a rising pride of heaven and a peak figure in the Immortal Heroic World, Bai deeply understood that every being worthy of being called a strongman was not strong merely due to some trump cards that could alter the very fabric of reality, but rather because of their comprehensive prowess.
For instance, their mastery over energy and their bodies!
Da Luo's seemingly domineering and destructive attacks did not have much effect in reality. Due to the dispersed nature of the energy, the energy waves that struck Wen Yu were immediately blocked by the dragon scales that emerged from Wen Yu's body. The residual energy from the waves exploded around Wen Yu, merely causing unnecessary harm to the unfortunate soil.
In contrast, when Wen Yu first engaged Da Luo, he was vaguely at a disadvantage—despite having countless skill enhancements, Wen Yu was indeed no match for the weakened Da Luo in terms of physical attributes. However, the difference between having consciousness and lacking it was profound.
In a short amount of time, Wen Yu had grasped Da Luo's strengths and weaknesses and had significantly improved his energy control. At this moment, Wen Yu floated around Da Luo like a ghost, constantly using void walking to evade Da Luo's attacks. Each sword strike or punch he landed on Da Luo created blood holes in Da Luo's body without harming the surrounding environment in the slightest.
One side's attacks were dispersed, unable to touch the opponent, resembling a beast that frantically bombarded the air, while the other side maneuvered effortlessly, with tactical goals that were remarkably precise. Their attacks sliced through the enemy's vital points as if wielded by a surgical knife.
The outcome had already been determined from the start!
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Da Luo's head had been severed, leaving him with less than half of his brain matter—this was a wound inflicted by a direct strike from Kuang Ge.
Blood poured from his body, and his once formidable outer defenses had nearly vanished, thick, mercury-like blood soaking the surrounding soil. From several transparent holes in his fists, one could vaguely see the scenery behind Da Luo.
Even so, Da Luo still retained a considerable degree of combat ability!
At this moment, Da Luo threw a punch, and Wen Yu had no choice but to take half a step back. Thanks to the super strong defensive ability brought by the demon dragon armor, he managed to withstand the attack. The cost was almost negligible…
Eighty percent of the force Da Luo exerted had been wasted in the air.
On the surface, this appeared to be an evenly matched battle, but the reality was that Wen Yu was merely testing his limits.
Unfortunately for Wen Yu, Da Luo, devoid of consciousness, truly could not gauge Wen Yu's current capacity!
This was a rather inadequate sharpening stone…
"Void walking has certain weaknesses. Once physical attributes are enhanced to a certain level, it's sufficient to break through the void with pure physical strength. Apart from its outstanding stealth capabilities, it can't adapt to this level of combat as a means of defense."
Void walking was the skill Wen Yu focused on experimenting with in this battle. The hidden ambush effect had proven to be indeed powerful upon the first strike, but the defensive capability did not satisfy Wen Yu.