Chapter 821 - 814: Surprise

Chapter 821: Chapter 814: Surprise

A massive shadow, blazing eyes, a storm-like aura, and energy as vast as the mountains and seas.

A pair of giant hammers descended from the sky.

Simple, yet irresistible.

This was the charm of grand, sweeping moves. Majestic and imposing, like the heavens decreeing the Dao.

Fuya’s strength lay in the eerie abilities granted by her True Beast Bloodline. Toxins, strategic setups, control, sneak attacks... She was even quite accomplished in the Technique Domain.

Usually, her opponents would have their strength drastically reduced by various unexpected weakenings, crowd controls, and toxins. Ultimately, they would be slain by her exquisite killing techniques. It was just like the Mother of Crimson hunting its prey—weaving webs, setting traps, chipping away at the opponent bit by bit, and completely grinding down their will to resist on all levels, both mental and physical, before finally killing and absorbing them.

However, the opponent before her completely exceeded her capacity to cope. It was as if a massive brown bear had barged right into her perilous spiderweb. Everything she relied on suddenly seemed so fragile.

WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH!! The terrifying fists plummeted from the sky.

She let out a shriek toward the sky, swinging her sharp arms at the giant hammers above in a final struggle of resistance. Unfortunately, a spider without its web was like a turtle without its shell—completely defenseless.

BOOM BOOM!!

After two consecutive hammer strikes, a burst of golden light erupted from her body, forming dense patches of Rune Chains. Her Life Protection Mechanism had been triggered.

BOOM BOOM BOOM!!

Zhou Yuanjue hammered down a few more times to ensure his opponent had no strength left to resist before finally stopping his attack.

Looking at Fuya’s limp body collapsed on the ground, Zhou Yuanjue slowly raised his arms. Surprisingly, his two enormous fists were covered with a trace of dark red, and this dark red color was continuously spreading.

"Are these toxins?" he wondered.

His two fists jolted violently.

CRACK CRACK!!

Two spine-chilling sounds of bone fracturing rang out. The two enormous fists snapped off just like that, detaching from his body and smashing heavily onto the magma. Blood sprayed briefly from the stumps before the wounds quickly stopped bleeding.

Meanwhile, the two severed giant fists rapidly turned dark red, and eventually pitch black. The fists shriveled to the extreme, with an unknown liquid oozing out from them.

"What a potent toxin." A trace of marvel appeared in Zhou Yuanjue’s eyes. During the final strike, due to the clash of their forces, his fists were ultimately pierced by her sharp spikes. The terrifying energy toxin of the Mother of Crimson had spread, leading to this current situation.

"With a toxin this strong, I wouldn’t be able to block it once it takes effect. I’d only be able to resort to self-mutilation to forcibly peel off my flesh and cut off the energy connection. Although it still wouldn’t have much of an impact on me, it would definitely add a lot of trouble and ’fun’ to the battle. Why didn’t you use it earlier? It seems you still looked down on me..." Zhou Yuanjue asked, glancing with a sigh at the limp Fuya on the ground.

Fuya opened her mouth but couldn’t speak. She and her partner had indeed underestimated their enemy. If they could do it all over again, the outcome probably wouldn’t be like this. At the very least, with their abilities and realms, they would still have the strength to put up a fight.

However, they couldn’t really be blamed. Who could have known that a guy at the First layer Transformation Boundary could be this ridiculously strong?! It was like an adult trying to extort protection money from an elementary schooler, only for the kid to suddenly whip out an AK-47 and gun them down. They didn’t even get to use their full strength. But what normal creature would ever expect that? It was simply a nonsensical comedy defying all common sense bleeding into reality!!

HISS!!!

Suddenly, a large amount of water vapor sparkling with crystalline dots of light dissipated from Zhou Yuanjue’s body. This was a phenomenon caused by excess cells being expelled after their energy had been extracted. His massive physique rapidly shrank, returning to its normal form.

GRUMBLE...

An immediate rumble echoed from his stomach as a long-lost sense of hunger welled up inside him.

The ultimate form of Free Will, despite only being a brief burst, consumed a truly massive amount of energy. His energy reserves were nowhere near enough; even the Energy Crystal had been depleted by a third. He originally thought that after remodeling his digestive system, his energy shortage would be greatly alleviated. But looking at it now, no matter what, energy reserves would never be enough.

Zhou Yuanjue shook his head slightly and began absorbing the Energy Crystal he carried to ease his digestive system’s starvation. At the same time, he continued to ask Fuya, "I’m very curious. I have absolutely no connection to your Ghost Ruins Organization, so why did you suddenly come looking for me and insist that I join you?"

Hearing this, Fuya fell into a slight silence and did not answer.

"Forget it. It’s fine if you don’t say anything. I’m just curious, and I don’t necessarily need an answer. Judging from your performance, this probably won’t be the last attack. As long as I don’t join you, there should be even stronger guys coming, right?" A hint of a smile appeared on the corner of Zhou Yuanjue’s mouth.

"You’re right about that. Don’t think that defeating us is the end. Our Ten Great Organizations will once again rule the Chaotic Paradise. Unstable factors like you must be eliminated. After this, existences stronger than us will come for you, perhaps even those in the top hundred of the main rankings!

"You are very strong, unimaginably so, but you haven’t reached the point of transcending everything. In fact, if we hadn’t underestimated you this time, we might have had a chance to take you down—not to mention what stronger existences could do. When we return, we will provide the organization with detailed intelligence on you. Unless you hide in the safe zone for the rest of your life, next time will mark the beginning of your defeat. Constant deaths will consume all your time and delay your progress.

"Joining us brings only benefits. But as for going against us... you should be able to weigh the consequences for yourself..." Fuya said to Zhou Yuanjue in a deep voice.

"Please, be sure to constantly send experts my way," Zhou Yuanjue interrupted before she could even finish her sentence.

The rest of her words were choked back in her throat. From the corner of her eye, she looked at Zhou Yuanjue’s face. There was no panic or heaviness caused by her words; there was only a look of pleasant surprise.

A question mark practically materialized over Fuya’s head.

"Is there something wrong with this guy’s head?!" she wondered. "What is there to be pleasantly surprised about in this kind of situation? If it were any other candidate who found out they had been targeted by the Ten Great Organizations, they would probably be worried sick right now."

But how could she possibly know what Zhou Yuanjue was thinking?

Originally, he had planned to travel all over the place to seek out experts, a task that sounded utterly exhausting just thinking about it. Now, all he had to do was focus on his Cultivation in the safe zone. Once he came out of seclusion, there would be an endless stream of experts waiting for him right outside.

Was there anything more wonderful in the world?