Chapter 1618 - 834: Wolf's Mouth

At this moment, Ni Lin, purely in terms of stats, was already no worse than the Legion. This was even under the premise that he was holding back due to Ji Jue, always using flat A and not unleashing any outrageous skills to burst.

If paired with White Deer's special attack, it might only take a face-off to break Ji Jue apart into pieces!

Now it was not far off.

If not for the Circle Realm, it would only be a matter of time.

Unfortunately, Ji Jue had it.

And it's activated!

Bang!

In the midst of the raging wind, Ni Lin, who suddenly appeared behind him, didn't even have a chance to swing his claws when he felt a hand grasp his wrist.

The brief startup time was caught so quickly it was almost negligible!

Wha—

Ni Lin's pupils contracted, sensing the terrifying power erupting from the fingertips, forcibly tearing the outer scales apart, and causing cracks in the wrist.

Almost torn off by Ji Jue directly!

When he wanted to counter-shock, that hand suddenly released.

In a sweeping motion, the five fingers naturally spread open, pressing towards his heart, Jing Zhen!

And when he instinctively dodged and appeared from the other side, he saw Ji Jue's pupils already looking over at him.

His throat tightened.

A finger shrouded in electric light silently aimed at his throat, severing the impending shout rising from his chest, dissipating the burgeoning [Feng Xiao] into the Invisible.

Ji Jue surprisingly began to move forward.

Towards him, launching a counterattack!

Switching to a different strategy, simply dodging and bracing was ultimately unsustainable.

Rather than letting the opponent fully unleash their power unrestrained, it was better to... use offense as defense, interrupt the skill cooldown during the opponent's casting!

Although reality can't be like some hardcore game, where breaking the opponent's moves and exhausting their endurance always reveals an execution flaw, the disruption it causes is undeniable.

It's just that the startup time is so short, fleeting, making it difficult to grasp and capture.

But now, all of this was not a problem for Ji Jue!

The timing was already within his grasp!

Thus, Ni Lin started being jailed—getting interrupted during casting, intercepted during movement, errors at lock-on, miscalculations in distance estimation...

He was restrained, his entire body feeling out of sorts!

Obviously, Ji Jue didn't inflict any damage, yet he was increasingly anxious, increasingly frustrated, feeling restricted everywhere, not even able to string together a decent combo anymore!

No more previous stormy assaults, just constant probing while maintaining distance itself.

Except for executing flat hits without advancing, if you jump, he's ready with a heavy punch, it's essentially bullying Ni Lin for being an honest man, Ji Jue started playing dirty!

Faced with Wolf Lord's such underhanded tactics, Ni Lin... truly just behaved, followed Ji Jue's requirements and thoughts, suppressing his inner irritability and depression, accompanying him again and again in the exercise.

Even though he couldn't understand what the Wolf Lord was trying to achieve, the Wolf Lord must have his reasons for doing so.

Since the Wolf Lord hasn't called for a stop, then just continue!

If it's just at this level, then he could go at it all night long!

Unfortunately, after more than ten minutes, Ji Jue chose to give up first.

Having gotten used to the response methods, the experiences gained were already in decline, and the restrained Ni Lin could no longer provide him with the high pressure from the beginning.

After roughly mastering the techniques of Circle Realm application, he already had some clues and ideas about the use and initiation of [Moshou].

Continuing like this would only foster bad habits and instinctive reactions, aside from bullying an honest person.

"Inaya."

Ji Jue's movements halted, suddenly asking, "Can you be stronger?"

"..."

Ni Lin hesitated for a moment, the sinister and fierce beast falling into deliberation.

[Bone Stripping], [Residual Form], [Annihilation], [Absolute Death]…

Too many.

Some moves, if executed, would definitely cause destruction. But if genuine malice and a life-or-death resolve aren't imbued, they're nothing more than empty shapes.

After brief hesitation, Ni Lin sighed, "If you insist."

"What if I said Circle Realm?" Ji Jue asked.

"...I understand."

Ni Lin lowered his head, finally reminding, "I know that opposing it probably won't have any use, so, I ask you to be extra careful."

At that moment, the last glimmer of dusk faded entirely, casting the world into darkness.

In the pitch-black night, the stars vanished, replaced by endless crimson, blood flowing zigzagged across the sky, engulfing everything!

Blood as sharp as knives poured down like a torrential rain, covering everything. And endless blades like teeth pierced forth from the scorched earth, jagged and stretching infinitely.

The oncoming gale carried ash as if it were a blizzard, the scorching air akin to a flood gushing from the Melting Furnace.

It was as though in an instant, he had fallen into Hell, at odds with the entire world.

But even struggling with all his might, it proved futile...

He had already fallen into the [Wolf's Mouth]!

Now the blood-red sky, the scorched earth was the giant mouth of the wolf, the storm and blades its sharp teeth, the scorching wind its breath.

The moment the Circle Realm appeared, all remaining spiritual form dissipated completely, even Ji Jue's own spiritual form began depleting rapidly; in just a few seconds, it would be entirely drained.

There's simply no way to resist.

Since we've already fallen deep into the Wolf's Mouth, the essence of this legacy will permeate every 'prey' without exception!

The biting and tearing that follows is unavoidable bloodletting and ravaging.

Ni Lin doesn't need to do anything; it only needs to roam leisurely, naturally devouring the prey clean and eventually delivering the absolute death blow!

No escape, left to be slaughtered.

"...Have I already been locked on?"

Ji Jue attempted to move his body, trying to shake off the chilling fear that clung to him like a bone tumor, but no matter how he moved or deceived, the fear followed him like a shadow.

"This feeling of passivity is really novel."

He turned his head, looking behind him.

Right behind him, amidst blood rain and between blades, the burning metal wolf slowly revealed itself, its four scarlet eyes fixed intensely on Ji Jue.

Under the overlap of Circle Realm and rebirth form, Inaya had completely transformed into a wolf!

Swallowing massive flames and souls, yet still gaunt and skeletal. Having consumed countless lives and deaths, still ravenously hungry!

Eternally thirsty, eternally insane.

Even if the dense forests are ignited and turned into a Melting Furnace, before everything is burnt out, the essence twisted after mutation remains, even intensifies beyond the past!

The wolf of flame opened its mouth and decisively bit down.

Thus, heaven and earth closed in.

All of heaven and earth closed in, blood-stained sky and scorched earth colliding as if a giant mouth was chewing, friction of blood and blades grinding everything into powder!

Amidst the endless rain of blood and blade, the figure was completely swallowed, never to be seen again.

Boom!!!

Demonstration ends, the outcome is decided.

The sound of the Circle Realm collapsing echoed with a final sigh.

Leaving Inaya stunned in place.

"…In the end, still fell short."

Whether it's himself or Ni Lin.

When the Circle Realm disintegrated, everything returned to reality, and the final result appeared before them.

The beast-like Inaya had already killed Ji Jue in its mouth, needing only a little more strength to bite the prey into pieces.

Ji Jue lost.

Unfortunately, Ni Lin didn't win either.

Just a bit short...

Contrary to expectations, the giant wolf bit not Ji Jue's head and body but only an arm, Ji Jue's left hand!

This is the most bizarre part, it's not that he deliberately held back, but the Circle Realm's accurate lock-ons had a fatal deviation!

If it were a life-and-death struggle, the result might be different; perhaps Ni Lin also has many lethal skills and dark techniques to use, perhaps Ji Jue would no longer be restricted to his Circle Realm, resorting to any means.

But if it's confined to the competition within Circle Realms, then the result is inevitably mutual destruction. Ji Jue lost an arm, while Inaya would suffer severe injury under the counterattack of the other hand!

"What a pity, time is not enough."

Ji Jue sighed, withdrawing his arm from Inaya's loosened giant mouth, the tooth marks clear, beneath the cracks, a trace of oil silently emerged.

As if as agreed beforehand, using bleeding as the boundary.

It ends here.

His grasp over the Circle Realm is still insufficient, difficult to directly confront the strategically refined and enhanced Wolf's Mouth circle realm after the Furnace Wolf's transformation of Ni Lin.

Crushed in terms of training.

Seems like still lacking experience, the completion level is far from satisfactory, too much grinding and investment needed.

Ji Jue pondered, conducting a post-battle analysis.

While the returned human-shaped Inaya's expression twitched several times, hesitating many times, ultimately unable to resist asking for advice: "How did you do it? Is there something I'm still lacking..."

"Ah, it's not your problem, the Wolf's Mouth circle realm itself doesn't have the kind of defect you're thinking about."

Ji Jue waved his hand, explaining: "I should thank you for holding back."

There's no perfect thing in the world.

Hexagonal warriors only exist in ideal states; with limited points, when there's strength, there must be weaknesses. Besides, weaknesses can be compensated for with strategy and skills.

Inaya has always been diligently acting as a sparring partner, one could say due to the Wolf Lord's influence, in the situation where the killing blow can't be delivered, the constraints are just too many.

It's not his fault.

According to the functional system of Ni Lin's circle realm, he should progressively roam and deplete the opponent trapped within, using his health and hardness.

All battle losses within the Circle Realm are supplemented to Ni Lin—the opponent weakens by one point, he strengthens by one point, and the final move, should be the thorough harvest.

After the final chew comes the swallow.

Circle Realm collapses, heaven and earth converge, consuming all remaining fragments entirely!

But the premise is the opponent is already weakened to have no resistance left...

But Ji Jue's state remained complete, even out of awe, Inaya specifically restrained the extraction and devouring by the Wolf's Mouth.

Thus giving him room to maneuver.

Ji Jue raised his hand, with his index finger and thumb pinched together, outlining a slender gap.

"I merely created a small gap."