“Seal!”
Harks, the man in black, hovered in midair, sand swirling around him. With a low shout, the snow-white dragon that had been circling him halted. It was, in fact, a collection of silver-white needles, each adorned with intricate mystical patterns. These needles emitted streams of silvery light, forming the shape of the dragon.
Peng! The needles scattered, quickly spreading throughout the surrounding area. Each needle radiated silvery light, transforming the world into a silver expanse!
Harks’ domain—Domain of Snow and Ice!
“This won’t stop me!”
A figure in blue robes advanced toward Harks, step by step. Though it seemed slow, he moved as fast as lightning. As he walked, three illusions of the blue-robed figure appeared, making it impossible to determine which was the real one. All three figures fixed their piercing gazes on Harks.
“It’s useless!” Harks’ eyes narrowed coldly.
Xiu! Xiu! Xiu!
Thirty-nine needles swiftly formed into a silvery snake, darting like lightning toward the three illusions. With two sharp ‘puff’ sounds, two illusions shattered. Only the blue-robed man ‘Gaichi,’ surrounded by greenish light, remained. Gaichi held a shield, which he waved to form a sealed defensive formation, completely blocking the silvery snake.
The blue-robed figure continued to advance, his invisible pressure intensifying with each step.
He held a war blade in his hand, but had yet to strike.
…
Inside a private box at the Douwu Arena in the Virtual Universe.
Luo Feng and the other two watched with sweat on their brows. Hong murmured in amazement, “It’s incredible. Just with a shield, he can defend like that. It’s as if there are no blind spots around his body at all. This is just too exaggerated. His shield techniques have reached an unbelievable level.”
“It’s impressive,” Thunder God also held his breath.
“Amazing,” Luo Feng, who also used a shield, understood more clearly how terrifying Gaichi was. “Harks is also very strong. He managed to fuse his mental power weapon with his domain, creating an incredibly powerful Snow and Ice Domain.”
There’s always someone stronger.
Luo Feng and the others had always held themselves in high esteem, but the two powerful warriors engaged in this life-and-death battle surpassed them in terms of mindset, domain mastery, shield techniques, and mental power weapon skills.
“But it looks like Gaichi might win,” Thunder God frowned.
“Yeah,” Luo Feng nodded.
“Right,” Hong murmured with a soft sigh. “Gaichi’s aura utterly dominates his foe, his shieldwork is impeccable. His blade techniques have been gathering momentum—once unleashed, they’ll be unstoppable.”
…
On the desolate planet.
The young man ‘Gaichi’ in the blue battle robe seemed to move slowly, yet in an instant, he covered several kilometers. Harks, desperately controlling his mental power weapon while hovering in midair, grew increasingly grim. He gritted his teeth and roared, “Three Dragons—Break!”
Xiu! Xiu! Xiu!
Needles swiftly combined, forming three silvery snakes that furiously attacked Gaichi.
“Hmph!”
Gaichi grunted, his foot suddenly pushing off the ground with a bang, leaving a trail of afterimages. His war blade transformed into a chain of emerald-green blade shadows, enveloping the hovering Harks. Harks swiftly drew two curved blades from his waist, creating arcs of light.
Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!
The clash of weapons between these cosmic-level warriors generated intense shockwaves. The ground was stripped away, sinking dozens of meters, and the surrounding area for tens of kilometers turned into ruins. The shockwaves radiated outward in all directions, forming violent gusts of wind that swept everything away. Wave after wave of these shockwaves created an incredibly fierce storm, spreading in all directions.
“Block it!”
“Block it!”
“Block it!” Gaichi murmured, his war blade gracefully slicing toward Harks again and again. The blade transformed into a series of dreamlike green blade shadows. Watching these blade shadows was like seeing a small blade of grass breaking through the soil, growing resiliently. That endless vitality was overwhelming.
Sweat beaded on Harks’ forehead.
He bit his lip, dodging constantly, using his twin blades to block, while controlling his mental power weapon to attack Gaichi. At times, he even employed soul-attacking techniques…
To no avail…
Gaichi remained unaffected! The blade shadows full of vitality kept coming, growing stronger and stronger…
…
Inside the private box.
“Gaichi has won. Harks can’t hold on much longer,” Luo Feng said, watching the projection in the center of the arena, where the man’s eyes brimmed with hope and his blade techniques overflowed with endless vitality.
“Third brother, if Gaichi wins, we profit,” Thunder God smiled slightly.
“Not until the very end,” Hong remained serious.
Among the three, Luo Feng empathized with Gaichi’s past, while Hong resonated with Harks’ life. Both hoped for their respective favorites to win. Of course, if Harks died, Luo Feng would feel regret. However, in such a life-and-death battle, one side must perish, with no alternative.
“Hmm?” Luo Feng’s expression changed.
“There’s hope!” Hong’s eyes lit up.
“That’s strange,” Thunder God widened his eyes.
“Wow!”
“There’s an unexpected development.”
“Haha, the tide is turning.”
The entire arena erupted in exclamations and discussions. It was known that such life-and-death battles could have surprises, but they were rare! These battles relied on the strength of both sides, and Gaichi was indeed stronger than Harks, whether in shield techniques or blade techniques, defense or offense, nearly perfect.
Moreover, Gaichi’s will was terrifyingly strong, with formidable soul defenses, unaffected by soul attacks or illusion techniques.
Therefore, even the Ax Battle Arena’s odds gave Gaichi low betting odds, clearly indicating his significant superiority over Harks.
But now—
“Unbelievable.”
“This Harks actually comprehended the Origin Laws at the moment of life and death?”
“It’s indeed the Origin Laws, likely the Water Origin Law. Though newly comprehended, he has indeed crossed that threshold.”
“Haha, to witness such a scene in this life-and-death battle is worth it.”
…
Luo Feng and the other two also heard the discussions from the audience below. They knew little about the Origin Laws, but now, they clearly saw the sudden change in the battle scene between Gaichi and Harks.
The shockwaves made the earth tremble, creating terrifying gusts of wind across the battlefield.
Two figures moved like lightning.
“Chi!” “Chi!” “Chi!”
Harks’ eyes gleamed with sharp light as his Snow and Ice Domain enveloped the surrounding area. The three silvery snakes seemed to come alive, like slippery little snakes, furiously attacking Gaichi. Gaichi used his shield for defense but now looked somewhat flustered, lacking his previous ease and rhythm.
“Qiang!” “Qiang!” Gaichi not only used his shield but also had to rely on his war blade for defense.
“No.”
“No!” Sweat beaded on Gaichi’s forehead as his shield and blade defenses reached their limit.
From afar, the man in black, ‘Harks,’ looked on, his eyes flashing with a cruel gleam. The attack speed of the three silvery snakes suddenly surged, making it even harder for Gaichi to resist. A streak of silver light grazed the shield, and Gaichi’s shield struck one of the silvery snakes, causing it to explode.
But the front part of the silvery snake, composed of countless needles, transformed into a silvery needle beam, swiftly slicing across Gaichi’s head.
Silence!
All the needles ceased their attacks, hovering in midair. They rapidly converged, merging with the other needles that controlled the battlefield, finally forming a disk that settled beside the man in black, Harks.
Gaichi, clad in the blue battle robe, crashed onto the ground on his knees, then slowly toppled forward with his upper body.
“Hehehe…”
“Come quickly, come to Daddy.”
“Daddy, Daddy.”
In Gaichi’s hazy vision, he faintly saw a beautiful grassland. On the grassland, a lovely little girl, about five or six years old, laughed and chased after a tall figure, calling out, “Daddy, Daddy…” That was a dream of the grassland, the most beautiful grassland in Gaichi’s dreams.
His home!
The place he longed to protect.
“Ruxiu… Ruxiu…” At the moment his soul shattered, Gaichi called out the name of his hometown.
Peng!
His body crashed onto the ground, blood trickling from his forehead. Though there were no obvious injuries on the surface, his mind had been pierced, and his soul shattered.
The wind howled!
The man in black, Harks, flew from afar and landed on the ground, looking at the corpse of the blue-robed man before him.
Harks slowly crouched down, gently brushing his fingers over Gaichi’s eyes, closing them. Yet… Harks felt a liquid on his hands.
Harks looked at his palm, the liquid was transparent: “Tears?”
“I’m sorry.”
Harks looked down at Gaichi’s corpse, whispering, “I just want to go home!” In every battle, Harks never held back. Yet after every battle, he would say sorry…
Harks closed his eyes.
In his memories, the beautiful planet, his hometown… He hadn’t returned for thousands of years.
“822, 178 more matches. Then I can go home.” Harks stood up.
Boom!
He shot up into the sky, leaving behind swirling ice and sand. The swirling snow-white ice and sand quickly covered Gaichi’s corpse. A sixth-stage cosmic warrior, a potential rising star, had perished on this desolate planet.
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Inside the private box.
The Ax Battle Arena’s filming equipment was incredibly advanced, capturing even the two tears that fell from Gaichi’s eyes at the moment of his death with crystal clarity.
The outcome: Gaichi died, Harks won.
Luo Feng and Thunder God lost their bets, while Hong won.
Yet, Luo Feng, Thunder God, and Hong remained silent for a long time. Even Hong, who had won, gazed silently at the corpse now buried beneath the dust.
“Gaichi is dead,” Luo Feng said softly. “Harks still needs to win 178 more matches to return home alive.”
Hong and Thunder God remained silent.
In the universe, striving for power was indeed incredibly difficult! Any genius could fall if they were careless in some place. And the strongest among the Earthlings… were the three of them. After watching this battle, Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunder God all felt the pressure.
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