Chapter 146 - 126: [Supreme Destruction Cannon] VS [Solitary Supremacy]

Chapter 146: Chapter 126: [Supreme Destruction Cannon] VS [Solitary Supremacy]

He really wanted to curse out the designers.

’How did they balance this? What kind of stats did they even use?’

’Is this really the power of an A-rank?’

"Clown, you should feel fortunate," Elaven said. "Because I will end your life with a move I have never used on any foe. This is an honor no living creature has ever experienced."

Zhang Ji’s expression turned incredibly grim.

’Elaven’s Destruction Stance, combined with words like that...’

’There’s no doubt about it. It has to be *that* move, right?’

’Supreme Destruction Cannon!!!’

’The name was pretty cringey, but its destructive power—capable of leveling half a city and turning it into an ocean of magma—was no laughing matter.’

’He could joke about it when he saw it in the game, but facing it for real, he couldn’t even manage a smirk.’

’At this point, there’s only one thing left to rely on!’

’The sixth form of the Tathagata Divine Palm, [Unrivaled]—a move that requires A+ rank Spirit and A+ rank Qi to perform.’

Zhang Ji had never used it before. His stats didn’t meet the requirements. If he forced it, he would definitely injure himself.

It was like a child swinging a sledgehammer—he was almost guaranteed to hurt himself, and he would have absolutely no control.

In the game, you couldn’t even learn a skill like this if you didn’t meet the prerequisites.

But in reality, Zhang Ji could use it.

He just might not be able to execute it completely, or use it well.

’I have about fifty percent of my Qi left. Let’s settle this in one move!’

Zhang Ji never would have dreamed that he would be forced into a life-or-death battle with the strongest Saint King at a time like this.

He had been given no time to prepare in advance.

No, he had prepared, just not completely. Otherwise, he never could have forced Elaven into his Destruction Stance.

He didn’t know if this was just how reality was, or if fate was pushing him along.

It always seemed to deliver a crushing blow just as he was about to smoothly ascend to the next level.

’But he was no longer the same person he used to be—one who could only dodge, endure, and swallow his pride!’

’If fate insists on standing in my way, blocking my path, then I’ll just have to smash fate to pieces along with everything else!’

A domineering, Supreme aura radiated from Zhang Ji.

At this moment, Zhang Ji disregarded everything in the outside world.

’I alone am honored. Besides me, all is illusion; all can be molded by the will.’

VMMMMMM!

Elaven’s furnace flared. Infinite energy was Gathering in his abdomen, burning even hotter, causing space itself to twist slightly.

This wasn’t an illusion caused by light refraction; space was truly distorting.

The furnace possessed spatial properties. Though it looked no bigger than his stomach, the energy within was immense. In the entire fight so far, Elaven had used, at most, one-tenth of his energy.

And now, Elaven was about to use half of that remaining energy to form a single attack!

The two were separated by several hundred meters.

For B-rank fighters, this distance was practically arm’s length, to say nothing of two A-rank fighters capable of moving at over ten times the speed of sound.

For them, this was already close-quarters combat range.

The Spirit Particles of the two men formed their respective auras, their invisible energy Force Fields clashing.

In an instant, as if by prior agreement, they both made their move.

BOOM!

A massive, violent torrent of crimson Energy Particles erupted from the furnace in Elaven’s abdomen, covering half the sky in a fan shape and enveloping everything.

Any matter that came into contact with it was vaporized and melted by the extreme heat, instantly forming a hellish sea of fire.

On the other side, however, Zhang Ji sat down in the full lotus position, his form like a Buddha, his hands pressed together.

Then, he struck!

RUMBLE!

[Unrivaled]!

The moment the surging Energy Particles neared him, they were decomposed and reshaped by an energy field constructed from his Spirit and Qi, transforming into harmless flower petals that drifted away, not touching his body in the slightest.

Zhang Ji’s Qi was being consumed at a frantic rate. The faint purple glow surrounding his body dimmed, and he could barely maintain his Qi Body.

The drain on his Spirit was also immense; he simply couldn’t withstand it.

This move was too advanced. It wasn’t a technique he should have been able to use with his current stats. His energy reserves were also no match for Elaven’s.

’However, Elaven definitely can’t last long either. Once his momentum wanes, I can seize the opportunity to land a killing blow.’

’If the "Overload Stance" was, for Elaven, a case of "injuring the enemy by a thousand while losing three hundred,"...’

’...then the Destruction Stance was "injuring the enemy by ten thousand while losing eight thousand."’

’His body couldn’t withstand that level of heat.’

’So once he activated his Destruction Stance, he would basically end the fight by unleashing this one "Supreme Destruction Cannon" attack.’

Sure enough, after only a dozen seconds, Elaven’s energy blast became unstable.

Zhang Ji mustered all his remaining Qi and Spirit and pressed forward with all his might.

"So you’re the ’Saint King,’ huh? Fucking die!!!"

His body charged through the stream of energy, his bare palm practically pressing against the furnace.

The endless stream of Energy Particles slammed into his body, instantly shattering Zhang Ji’s Qi Body defenses. The pain arrived a step slower than the high temperature that was dissolving his flesh. By the time Zhang Ji felt the agony, half of his body had already melted away, and even most of his jaw was gone.

Before him, Elaven’s body was covered by Zhang Ji’s palm. The purple Qi and Spirit Particles broke through Elaven’s energy Force Field, forcibly decomposing and reshaping the particles of his body.

His body dissolved, and a mangled lotus flower formed of flesh and blood replaced most of his face.

Elaven’s final gaze was filled with disbelief. He couldn’t imagine that he would die here.

His face was a mask of shock and bewilderment, unable to comprehend how this clown could have killed him.

Zhang Ji was even more surprised. He never thought this man, who was supposed to become the Saint King, would fight him to the death here before the Ultimate Fighting tournament even began, all because of a sudden whim, ultimately forcing Zhang Ji to kill him while sustaining grievous injuries.

RUMBLE RUMBLE RUMBLE!

The Alchemy Furnace, now without a master, unleashed countless streams of energy that also enveloped Zhang Ji.

His mangled body and depleted Qi made it impossible for him to escape the blast radius.

But at that very moment, a crimson-gold flame emerged from between Zhang Ji’s eyebrows.

The high-temperature particles from the furnace were absorbed by this crimson-gold flame, which grew rapidly, managing to save the remaining half of Zhang Ji’s head.

’True Solar Flame!’

When it was all over, the surrounding area had become a sea of magma spanning more than ten kilometers. In the very center of this magma sea, under the shroud of the crimson-gold True Solar Flame, the flesh and blood of Zhang Ji’s half-head slowly began to regenerate.

That’s right. Although most of his jaw was gone, his brain was intact, the True Solar Flame was still there, and Zhang Ji was not dead!

His Spirit Particles were somewhat damaged, but his mind could still think, albeit a bit sluggishly.

The True Solar Flame was rapidly absorbing the surrounding high-temperature energy to grow, converting it into a different kind of Energy Particles to repair Zhang Ji’s body. His cells began to divide rapidly, and below his nose, flesh and blood intertwined and grew back at high speed.

’The Blood of Dela plus the True Solar Flame is just that incredible!’

’Say what you will, but its life-saving ability is second to none!’

’As long as my brain remains and the True Solar Flame continues to burn, I won’t truly die.’

’My True Solar Flame doesn’t even have a single essence yet. Otherwise, my regenerative "nirvana" would probably be even faster.’

[Hint: Obtained [True Solar Flame] (Epic) Fighting Skill Essence x1. Can be extracted and stored in the Limited Space.]

Just as he had that thought, Zhang Ji obtained his first fighting skill essence for the True Solar Flame. Instantly, the speed at which the True Solar Flame absorbed heat increased significantly.

’An Epic-level skill can gain an essence in such a short time? Is Elaven’s Alchemy Furnace that nourishing? Eat more, eat more!!!’

Without a second thought, Zhang Ji frantically controlled the True Solar Flame, spreading it outward to absorb the Energy Particles dissipating from the surrounding furnace.

After the better part of a day, the temperature in the several-hundred-meter radius around Zhang Ji had dropped to near-freezing.

It had almost all been devoured by his True Solar Flame.

And he now possessed two True Solar Flame essences.

Furthermore, Zhang Ji’s body had also been almost completely repaired.

He sat half-upright on the ground, looking at the surrounding destruction with a strange expression. "Elaven’s gone. Who’s going to run the Ultimate Fighting tournament now?"