Chapter 2428 - 2144: Absolutely Refusing to Admit It

However, the next scene, Lyu Bu might never forget for the rest of his life. Su grasped the lightning with his hand; in truth, it can’t be said to have completely captured it. With Lyu Bu’s eyesight, he could clearly see the tiny gap between the lightning and Su’s fingers, but the manner in which the lightning flowed at his fingertips undeniably indicated that Su possessed the ability to wield lightning.

Accompanied by this scene, as Lyu Bu was nearly obliterated by the lightning, his expression suddenly twisted with ferocity. His body, long past its limits, exploded with a formidable will. The form that was about to be erased condensed abruptly, stubbornly enduring the refinement of Heavenly Thunder.

This reckless act caused the lightning at Su’s fingertips to jitter suddenly, almost losing control. Fortunately, he was only affected by the lightning a few times.

Super lightning passed in an instant, and the two figures covered by lightning reappeared in the sight of many Romans. Seeing Lyu Bu nearly disperse while Su Linlarry remained unharmed, everyone knew Su had won.

Therefore, the many Roman experts who had been watching anxiously due to the fierce thunder cheered when they saw Su emerge almost intact before them.

"Can you wield the lightning?" Lyu Bu coldly stared at Su Linlarry.

"No." Su calmly looked at Lyu Bu, but this calmness was unbearably vexing to Lyu Bu. "You are indeed worthy of the title Celestial God."

"Humph!" Lyu Bu coldly looked at Su. This was nearly his sole shameful defeat in a duel with anyone. Whether the opponent intentionally hid his strength and exploded at the end, or deployed other means, the ability to conceal strength itself indicates exceptional power.

"Looking forward to your next visit. Hopefully, next time we can fight with full strength." Su’s face even showed a hint of respect, then he lifted the Cross Spear and flew it back to his body before the next wave of lightning struck, after which he slowly stood the body placed flat at the frontline.

Lyu Bu merely glanced at Su Linlarry, filled with endless anger and humiliation. But constrained by current severe injuries to his Heart Spirit, he could only slowly dissipate.

"It seems even the Celestial God is not your match!" Perennius looked at the unharmed Su Linlarry and said with admiration, "Both sides are indeed unexpectedly strong."

"No, he is very strong, worthy of the title Celestial God." Su stopped, turned his head, and looked at Perennius with utmost seriousness.

"But still lost to you." Perennius said with a smile.

"Only his avatar lost." Su shook his head, "He himself hasn’t lost, I’m here, while he is probably on the horizon."

Unlike Central Plains, where the Legion Talent is acquired after Breakthroughs, or strengthened, Romans entrusted the potential Legion Talent to the Eagle Banner early in the Inner Qi Separation stage, hence they gain a form of compensation when surpassing Breakthrough Level.

It’s not exactly compensation, since Breakthrough Level is life’s sublimation, the absence of strengthening inherent Legion Talent leads Romans to gain various abilities.

For instance, Ludwig’s ability to control the wind, or Su Linlarry’s ability.

Frankly speaking, Su Linlarry’s solid strength isn’t the strongest in Rome, but he earned the title of Supreme Being partly due to his terrifying Divine Will, and partly due to his nearly inexplicable Breakthrough Ability.

In the endless branches of future possibilities, as long as there is one future where I defeat you, then victory is a certain inevitability for me. In countless futures, as long as there’s one where I evade this attack, I surely will avoid it.

This also explains why Su’s battles appear somewhat elegant, for he has rehearsed numerous times against his opponents. As he himself is strong enough, even without this ability, the chances of victory are plenty among endless possibilities; with it, most opponents seem insignificant to him.

Lyu Bu is the strongest opponent he has ever faced. He doesn’t believe in the title Celestial God, settling the outcome in ninety-nine moves; he realized it upon seeing Lyu Bu. However, unlike others, facing Lyu Bu’s future, his ways of winning were few.

Finally acknowledging Lyu Bu as a Celestial God is because, in the last moment, Lyu Bu stepped out of the future Su foresaw. Under Heavenly Thunder, Lyu Bu did not vanish, rewriting countless futures directly with his will, or else Su would not have extended an invitation to Lyu Bu.

Su’s ability isn’t precognition or any inferior form like mind-reading; it’s the embodiment of future possibilities.

In fact, it can’t be said to embody the future, but rather it brings the endless future probabilities into reality, although this ability only works when Su battles.

Simply put, in endless futures with countless possibilities, as long as this possibility exists, Su can transform this possibility into reality.

This also explains why Su doesn’t control lightning but can manifest the fact of wielding lightning under celestial power. In boundless futures, there always exists a Su Linlarry beneath celestial power, dancing along with the lightning.

In conclusion, while Su cannot control thunder and lightning, it is indeed easy for Su to cooperate with the actions of thunder and lightning, as for him, it’s merely elegance in following the natural flow.

Well, this is based on the result of a rare possibility becoming true within the many futures where Su’s attempt at coolness fails and he gets struck half-dead by lightning.

Similarly, this is why Sulinarari never minds the chaos of battle. As long as there is one possible future where he defeats his opponent unscathed, then that is the destined reality.

It can be said that among the opponents besieging Sulinarari, if none can single-handedly defeat Su, then in the endless future, there will certainly be a future where Sulinarari defeats them without harm.

This is also why Su always seems so elegant and powerful; unless one transcends the possibility of future failure, then facing Su, victory is absolutely impossible.

And just now, under the Heavenly Thunder, Su saw in the endless futures that the chances of defeating Lyu Bu were less than one percent, but ultimately, the possibility exists.

Based on this, Su determined he would inevitably achieve victory on the ninety-ninth move.

The initial development of reality also unfolded as Su anticipated, though not as leisurely as before, elegantly achieving victory, but he still witnessed the conclusion without any harm, as he first grasped the outcome.

Until the final moment of victory, Lyu Bu’s figure, though incredibly blurred, showed some discrepancies compared to the future Sulinarari had witnessed, a sight unseen before.

Simply put, at the final moment, despite Lyu Bu’s defeat, he had already transcended the inevitable defeat seen across countless futures.

This means, at that moment, the inevitable future was unbound, and Lyu Bu opened another path with his will and belief.

This is why Su finally bowed slightly with one hand and respectfully called Lyu Bu "Celestial God," acknowledging that Lyu Bu had lost but achieved a victory unlike any Su had ever achieved—transcending the inevitable future for even a moment, worthy of respect from Su.

[Celestial God Lyu Bu, huh?] After visiting Severus, Sulinarari walked with equal-length strides towards the place of his previous combat with Lyu Bu, silently recalling Lyu Bu’s image in his mind. [I anticipate your true form will arrive, a powerful being able to shatter the void. I believe we have another chance to meet.]

On the other side, sitting on the snowy plains north of Lake Baikal, Lyu Bu spat out a mouthful of blood, then, ignoring the thunder-shattered will and his brain on the verge of exploding, angrily leaped up.

"Damn it, damn it!" At this moment, Lyu Bu was incomparably furious. Over the years, this was the most stifling instance; despite having boundless power left unused, he was struck down by lightning. More importantly, he fell despite the opponent not exerting their full strength.

Even when he heard the other side’s arrogant counting of moves, he specifically struck on what was said to be the ninety-eighth move, preparing to end the opponent’s arrogance with a pinnacle strike. Yet, he still lost, he actually lost!

As the strongest, he was defeated by the opponent, despite remote manipulation, despite some power being drained by Zhao Yun, despite being attacked by Heavenly Thunder, despite...

No, no matter how many reasons, it cannot explain his defeat!

"Unbearable, unbearable!" Lyu Bu roared angrily, suppressing the explosive anger pounding inside his head.

Though it was just a simple strike, not having experienced the joy of defeating his opponent, forcibly ended by Heavenly Thunder, and compelled to fail, this deep-seated depression made Lyu Bu inexplicably restless.

More importantly, regardless of the reason, his opponent, without exerting full strength, defeated him one-on-one; to Lyu Bu, this is a disgrace, an inexplicable disgrace.

Since when could Lyu Bu be single-handedly defeated? No, rather, since when could anyone defeat Lyu Bu!

Absolutely, absolutely do not acknowledge.

"I must kill him!" At this moment, Lyu Bu’s murderous intent and pride escalated to some extreme, the kind of berserk fury after being humiliated profoundly pierced him with shame yet simultaneously exploded in an ability that transcended limits.

At this moment, Zhao Yun, having awaited Lyu Bu’s reaction from the side, planned to inquire as Lyu Bu flew into a rage. However, before he could speak, Lyu Bu burst out with true power beyond limits.

Accompanied by Lyu Bu’s roar, a berserk will suddenly appeared within a hundred-mile radius around Lake Baikal. Accompanied by Lyu Bu’s "unforgivable" roar, the Heaven and Earth Essence Qi surged wildly towards Lyu Bu.