“Seal!”
The black-clothed man Harks floated in mid-air, surrounded by flying sand and gravel. Following his low shout, the snow-white dragon that had originally been circling around him suddenly stopped.
It turned out that the dragon was formed from countless silver-white needles with complex secret patterns engraved on their surfaces. The silver-white streams of light released by the countless needles combined together to form the dragon.
Boom!
A large number of fine needles scattered and quickly spread throughout the surrounding area. Every needle released a silver stream of light. In an instant, the entire world transformed into a silver realm.
Harks’ domain, the Ice and Snow Domain!
“This cannot stop me!”
A blue-robed figure walked step by step towards Harks. Although his pace seemed slow, he was actually as fast as lightning. While moving forward, the blue-robed figure unexpectedly produced three afterimages. For a moment, it was impossible to determine which of the three moving figures was his true body.
The three blue-robed figures stared at Harks at the same time, their eyes sharp like needles.
“Useless!” The black-clothed Harks’ eyes turned cold.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Thirty-nine fine needles quickly formed a silver snake and shot towards the three blue-robed afterimages like lightning. With two sounds of “puff”, two of the afterimages shattered.
Only the true body remained, the blue-robed Gaich surrounded by faint green streams of light. Gaich held a shield in his hand. As he swung the shield, it formed a completely sealed defensive formation. The silver needle snake could not bypass the shield at all.
The blue-robed man continued walking forward step by step. His momentum grew stronger invisibly.
He held a battle blade in his hand, yet he had still not attacked.
…
Inside the private box of the Virtual Universe battle arena.
The foreheads of Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunder God were covered with sweat.
“Too incredible.” Hong exclaimed softly. “Relying only on a shield, he can create such a defence. It is as if there are no weaknesses around his body at all, completely sealed off. This is simply unbelievable. His shield technique has reached an unimaginable level.”
“It is extremely impressive.” Thunder God also held his breath.
“Powerful.” Luo Feng, who also used a shield, understood Gaich’s terrifying ability even more clearly. “That Harks is also very powerful. He actually merged his telekinetic weapon with his domain to form such a powerful Ice and Snow Domain.”
There was always someone stronger beyond oneself.
Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunder God had always been extremely confident in themselves. But now, after seeing these two powerhouses fighting to the death, they realised that whether it was their mental state, domain comprehension, shield techniques, or telekinetic weapon techniques, both fighters far surpassed the three of them.
“However, it looks like Gaich might win.” Thunder God frowned.
“Yes.” Luo Feng nodded.
“Indeed.” Hong sighed softly. “Gaich’s momentum has completely suppressed his opponent. His shield technique is practically flawless, while his blade technique has been continuously accumulating power. Once he attacks, it will definitely be incredibly powerful.”
…
On the barren planet.
The blue-armoured youth Gaich appeared to move slowly, but in an instant, he had crossed several kilometres. Harks, floating in the air and desperately controlling his telekinetic weapons to attack, looked increasingly grim. He gritted his teeth and shouted.
“Three Dragons, Break!”
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The fine needles quickly combined into three silver snakes and crazily surrounded Gaich.
“Hmph!”
Gaich snorted coldly. His feet suddenly exerted force.
Boom!
A series of afterimages remained behind him. His entire body shot forward, and the battle blade in his hand transformed into a continuous wave of green blade shadows, enveloping Harks floating in the air.
At the same time, Harks pulled out the two curved blades from his waist with both hands. Holding the two blades, he immediately transformed into two arcs of light.
Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!
The battle between Universe Grade powerhouses created terrifying shockwaves from their weapon collisions. The ground was instantly sliced away, sinking dozens of metres. The surrounding area within dozens of kilometres turned into ruins, and the shockwaves spread in all directions.
Layer after layer of violent waves of air swept outward.
“Hold on!”
“Hold on!”
“Hold on!”
Gaich muttered these words from his lips. His battle blade, however, moved with incredible elegance, repeatedly striking towards Harks. The blade transformed into dreamlike green shadows.
Looking at these blade shadows was like watching a small blade of grass breaking through the soil and growing with stubborn vitality. That endless life force made people feel powerless.
Sweat appeared on Harks’ forehead.
He gritted his teeth and continuously dodged while using his twin blades to block attacks. At the same time, he controlled his telekinetic weapons to fiercely attack Gaich. Occasionally, he even used soul attack techniques.
However…
Gaich was completely unaffected!
The blade shadows filled with endless vitality continued one after another, becoming stronger and stronger…
Inside the private box.
“Gaich has won. Harks cannot hold on much longer.” Luo Feng said, looking at the man in the centre of the battle arena projection. That man’s eyes were filled with hope, and his blade technique contained endless vitality.
“Third brother, if Gaich wins, we will make a profit.” Thunder God revealed a smile.
“It is not over yet.” Hong remained serious.
Among the three, Luo Feng resonated with Gaich’s past, while Hong resonated with Harks’ life. Both hoped that their chosen person would win. Of course, if Harks died, Luo Feng would still feel regret. However, this death battle required one side to die, and there was no other choice.
“Hmm?” Luo Feng’s expression suddenly changed.
“There is hope!” Hong’s eyes lit up.
“Strange.” Thunder God widened his eyes.
“Wow!”
“A special situation has appeared.”
“Haha, the tide is turning.”
The entire battle arena suddenly erupted with cries of surprise and discussion.
Although unexpected events could happen in death battles, they were still rare. Death battles relied on the strength of both sides. Gaich was indeed stronger than Harks in terms of strength. Whether it was his shield technique or blade technique, one for defence and one for attack, both had reached an almost perfect level.
Furthermore, Gaich’s willpower was extremely terrifying, and his soul defence was extremely strong. Other people’s soul attacks and illusion techniques could not affect him.
Therefore, even the odds given by the Giant Axe Battle Arena showed that Gaich had very low odds, clearly indicating that they believed Gaich was much stronger than Harks.
But now…
“Heaven-defying.”
“This Harks actually comprehended an Origin Law at the moment of life and death?”
“It is indeed an Origin Law. It should be the Origin Law of Water. Although he has only just comprehended it, he has already stepped through that door.”
“Haha, to witness this scene in a death battle, it was worth coming.”
…
Luo Feng and the others also heard the discussions from the audience seats below. They knew very little about Origin Laws, but at this moment, they could clearly see the sudden change in the battle between Gaich and Harks.
On the trembling ground, where shockwaves created terrifying waves of air.
Two figures moved like lightning.
“Chi!” “Chi!” “Chi!”
A sharp light flashed in Harks’ eyes. His Ice and Snow Domain covered the surrounding area. The three silver snakes seemed to come alive, like three slippery little snakes, crazily attacking Gaich.
Gaich used his shield to defend, but he had already become somewhat flustered. He no longer had the relaxed rhythm from before.
“Clang!” “Clang!”
Gaich not only used his shield, but even had to rely on his battle blade to defend.
“No.”
“No!” Sweat appeared on Gaich’s forehead. The defence of his shield and blade had already exceeded their limits.
The black-clothed Harks floating in the distance looked down at this scene. A sharp light flashed in his eyes. The attack speed of the three silver snakes suddenly increased again.
Gaich became even harder pressed to resist.
A streak of silver light brushed past the shield. Gaich smashed his shield against the silver snake, causing it to explode apart.
However, the front half of the silver snake transformed into countless fine needles, becoming a silver needle-like beam.
Whoosh!
It passed through Gaich’s head.
Silence!
All the fine needles stopped attacking and floated in mid-air. They quickly gathered together with all the other needles controlling the surrounding space, eventually forming a disc that fell beside Harks.
The blue-robed Gaich suddenly dropped to his knees.
Then his upper body slowly collapsed.
“Hehehe…”
“Run faster, come to daddy.”
“Daddy, daddy.”
Within Gaich’s fading eyes, he vaguely saw a beautiful grassland. On the grassland, a cute five or six-year-old girl was laughing and chasing after a tall figure.
“Daddy, daddy…”
It was the grassland from his dream, the most beautiful grassland in Gaich’s heart.
His home.
The place he wanted to protect.
“Luxiu… Luxiu…”
At the moment his soul shattered, Gaich called out the name of his hometown.
Boom!
His body crashed onto the ground. Blood seeped from the centre of his forehead. Although there was no obvious injury on the surface, his internal consciousness sea had already been pierced, and his soul had shattered.
The wind howled.
The black-clothed Harks flew over from a distance and landed beside the body of the blue-robed man.
Harks slowly crouched down and gently touched Gaich’s eyes, closing them.
However, Harks felt liquid on his hands.
He looked at his palm. The liquid was transparent.
“Tears?”
“Sorry.”
Harks lowered his head and looked at Gaich’s corpse.
“I just want to go home.”
Every time Harks fought, he never showed any mercy. However, after every battle ended, he would say sorry.
Harks closed his eyes.
In his memories was that beautiful planet, his hometown.
He had not returned there for thousands of years.
“822 victories, 178 more. Then I can go home.”
Harks stood up.
Boom!
He soared into the sky, leaving behind only ice particles and sand filling the sky. The snow-white ice and sand soon buried Gaich’s corpse.
A Universe Grade sixth-level powerhouse, a powerhouse who might have had a bright future ahead of him, had fallen on a barren planet.
…
Inside the private box.
The recording equipment of the Giant Axe Battle Arena was incredibly advanced. Even the two lines of tears left by Gaich before his death were captured with perfect clarity.
The ending was decided.
Gaich died.
Harks won.
Luo Feng and Thunder God lost their bets, while Hong won.
However, Luo Feng, Thunder God, and Hong remained silent for a long time. Even Hong, who had won the bet, stared silently at the scene of the corpse finally being buried beneath the sand.
“Gaich is dead.” Luo Feng said softly. “Harks also needs to win another 178 battles before he can return alive.”
Hong and Thunder God remained silent.
In the universe, trying to struggle and rise was truly extremely difficult.
Any genius could fall because of a single mistake.
And the strongest members of the entire Earth human race were the three of them.
After watching this battle, Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunder God all felt the pressure.