Chapter 722 - 715: Blood Jade Red Lotus

A single punch shattered Zhou Yuanjue's defensive Sacred Lotus form. The massive fist drove straight through, striking his body head-on.

What Zhou Yuanjue felt was an extremely primitive physical Power. It didn't seem to contain any Power from the True Realm, yet it was terrifyingly strong.

His solid bones were instantly pulverized under the immense force. His skin and muscles burst open. The part of his body struck by the fist exploded like a shattered watermelon, sending blood and flesh flying. Propelled by the sheer momentum, his body was sent hurtling backward.

GASP!!

Everyone in the spectator stands gasped at the sight.

'Even against Zhou Yuanjue, the result is the same?'

'Just like all the others, utterly crushed by that savage, terrifying Power, no questions asked?!'

Zhou Yuanjue flew back several dozen kilometers before managing to stabilize himself.

By now, his right chest and entire shoulder had been blown away, leaving behind a mangled mess of flesh and blood.

Seeing Zhou Yuanjue's horrific injuries, the spectators couldn't help but shake their heads. 'Is this how the final match is going to end?'

'Physical Strength alone could never achieve something like this.'

'Is it some kind of biological modification? Maybe he infused all his Energy into his body through some special process, turning himself into the ultimate weapon?'

'He hasn't hidden any special abilities throughout the entire tournament. Is his greatest Power simply his own body?'

'An eighty-percent Transformation Level and a racial potential even higher than Debaka's... He's truly strong...'

'I was careless. I should have used my strongest form and Power from the start.'

Zhou Yuanjue thought to himself, his expression still calm as he watched his distant opponent.

'Anke's strength is even greater than I imagined.'

'But that's what makes this fight interesting...'

GURGLE GURGLE!!

Just as the crowd thought the battle was decided, the flesh and blood of Zhou Yuanjue's injuries began to squirm and proliferate, rapidly restoring his body to its original state.

'Is that... an incredibly powerful regeneration ability?'

The spectators were somewhat astonished. They hadn't expected an individual from a low-potential race like Zhou Yuanjue to possess such a Talent.

"A Recovery Ability? And a high-level one, at that. It seems this battle isn't over just yet."

"But what's the point? It just means you'll have to endure more pain."

"You can't stop this body of mine."

Anke was slightly surprised to see Zhou Yuanjue restored, but his expression quickly returned to one of calm.

BOOM!!!

His terrifying body moved once more.

'A Recovery Ability is meaningless to me. It's just the difference between killing him once and killing him a hundred times.'

'No difference at all!!'

WHOOSH!!

The giant, black-scaled fist rapidly grew larger in Zhou Yuanjue's vision, carrying with it a seemingly unstoppable and terrifying Power.

"No difference, you say?"

Zhou Yuanjue's pupils contracted. Then, with his body's Nine Great Furnaces at their core, fine, blood-red veins spread rapidly, enveloping the entire surface of his skin.

The blood-red veins quickly expanded, covering his body completely and turning his skin the color of Blood Jade.

The Sacred Lotus form surrounding him followed suit, instantly taking on the same blood-stained jade hue.

His Physical Strength, Energy Intensity, and all other forms of Power instantly transcended his current limits.

This was the ultimate ability he had developed by fusing a new structure.

Blood Jade Red Lotus.

The new structure he had fused was called "Deadly Crimson."

This was a special life structure, recorded among those that allowed one to break past their racial limits. It wasn't documented because it brought a breakthrough to its owner's life essence, but because its ability granted its user the formidable combat power to overcome structural barriers.

The original masters of this modified structure were an alien race possessing an extremely high-level Recovery Ability and incredibly strong Life Force. With sufficient Energy and a long enough lifespan, they had a near-Immortal Recovery Ability. This, in turn, led to their desperate and frenzied style of combat.

It was under these conditions that this modified structure came into being.

Pushed by this modified structure's ability, the capabilities of the Sacred Lotus form's roots would change. Instead of rooting into the void to draw Power from the True Realm, they would disperse and embed themselves into every single Life Unit of the host's body. From there, they would recklessly extract the greatest possible Power from these Life Units.

The blood-red veins covering Zhou Yuanjue and the surface of his Sacred Lotus form were, in fact, the crimson roots plunged into his own cells. The more bodily Energy these roots extracted, the thicker they became. When the crimson engulfed his entire body, it marked the organism's most dangerous—but also its most powerful—moment.

Without immense Recovery Power and vast Energy reserves to support it, an ordinary life form couldn't even dream of mimicking this modification. Even if they possessed the structure and used its ability, they would be completely drained of all Life Energy in a short time and die.

The race that created this structure once used the immense Power it unleashed to overcome an opponent with a nearly fifty percent higher Transformation Level. This incredible feat was the primary reason the structure was recorded in the Data.

Unfortunately, the conditions for its use were too demanding.

For Zhou Yuanjue, however, the ability couldn't be more perfect.

His near-Immortal body's recovery speed could completely keep up with Deadly Crimson's rate of cellular destruction. Furthermore, because he had fused the abilities of the Qiluo Structure, the Furnace Structure, and the Prokaryotic Structure, his control and explosive output with the Deadly Crimson Structure were even greater than the original!

The only thing he had to worry about was his own Energy reserves.

Therefore, the Blood Jade Red Lotus state could not be maintained for long.

This was why he hadn't used this state at the start of the fight.

This was his ultimate trump card, prepared for the final battle over the qualification slot!

Facing the incoming giant black fist, Zhou Yuanjue did not back down this time either.

Blood Jade Red Lotus: Rebirth!!

The countless Sacred Lotus Roots plunged into his cells suddenly activated, wringing out the maximum possible Power from his body.

Visibly, his massive, swollen body seemed to shrink by an entire size in an instant.

But at the same time, the Power he unleashed—amplified by the combined abilities of Deadly Crimson, the Qiluo Structure, the Furnace Structure, and the Prokaryotic Structure—became unbelievably terrifying.

The truly terrifying Power of the Simulation's essence was gradually revealing the tip of the iceberg as he fused more and more structures.

'Transcend this current limit!'

BOOM!!

The two fists collided with a deafening crash.

This time, Zhou Yuanjue didn't budge an inch!