The Situation

He was flawless, using Thunder Method from a distance, and could also unleash fist techniques if the opponent got close. The level of his fist techniques was quite high, and he used them very skillfully.

Without hesitation, Zhang Zong took two steps forward again, his arms bent and striking with short, powerful strokes, like a taut bowstring and a thunderclap. His movements were fluid and his spirit was in perfect harmony. He attacked with both hands, and instantly, thunderous roars filled the air. The force was so strong that it penetrated the internal organs, leaving a straight, long gash on the victim's body from which blood gushed out.

It injured the other party's physical body.

Li Qi realized that this was not martial arts, but Daoist magic!

All parts of the human body correspond to the universe. The head resembles the sky, the feet resemble the earth, the four limbs resemble the four seasons, and the five internal organs resemble the five elements. The essence, qi, and Essence, Qi, and Spirit of the human body are all connected and resonate with the universe, hence the name 'the human body is a microcosm'.

If that's the case, then why should the method of influencing the greater world through the smaller world be limited to the form of long-range Technique Method?

Li Qi often used his inner world to influence the outer world, but he usually used Technique Method and never thought about what would happen if he used a method similar to martial arts.

That's right. If you consider the physical body as an extension of your inner world, then every punch and kick you throw will naturally have the power of your inner world. If you use martial arts techniques to strike your opponent with these punches and kicks, wouldn't you be able to quickly cause a lot of damage if you are skilled enough?

With these thoughts running through his mind, Li Qi was also quickly dismantling the Technique Method surging from all around him.

Yes, the current battle is that the two are engaged in hand-to-hand combat, namely the Legalist School Perfected Person and the combined form of Li Qi Zhang Zong.

While engaging in hand-to-hand combat, Zhang Zong continued to extend his Thunder Method, multitasking and bombarding his opponent from a distance.

However, the Legalist School Perfected Person did not fall into a disadvantageous position. While fighting Zhang Zong hand-to-hand, he was also defending against Zhang Zong's Thunder Method. He was also able to use his own Technique Method to seize opportunities and attack from both sides, and even gained the upper hand.

It can be said that while Zhang Zong's actions were as fierce as a tiger, displaying his prowess, he unknowingly fell into a disadvantageous position.

The methods of Perfected Person are indeed formidable.

These opportunistic Technique Method were extremely tricky, but Zhang Zong simply ignored them and left them all to Li Qi to handle.

Zhang Zong's expression was serious because after the initial advantage, his opponent began to use his rich experience to suppress him.

It can be said that without Li Qi, the Little Heavenly Master would have already lost.

These ranged Technique Method, launched intermittently, were too tricky for Zhang Zong to handle. If he were to deal with them himself, he would have no choice but to withstand them head-on, and the Thunder Method was currently weakened by the surrounding rules...

Fortunately, Li Qi focused on defense and was able to handle the situation, keeping the battle at a stalemate and preventing a quick defeat.

This stalemate lasted for half an hour.

Under normal circumstances, Zhang Zong could fight continuously for ten years without needing to recover his energy.

But at this moment, only a quarter of an hour had passed, and he was already feeling dizzy. His Law Power was still sufficient, but his mental strength was severely depleted. The pressure of fighting against the Perfected Person was too great.

He didn't even need to think about defense, because Li Qi would take care of everything for him, but even so, he felt like his brain was being drained dry.

On the other side, Li Qi suddenly spoke up, "A solution will be found soon. Let's change the person."

Zhang Zong's spirits lifted!

That's right, this was something the two of them had agreed upon.

In terms of mental strength and patience, Li Qi is much stronger than Zhang Zong.

Therefore, Zhang Zong handed over all the solutions to Li Qi. He couldn't handle these troublesome matters, but Li Qi could handle them very easily.

It's roughly equivalent to asking you to process a hundred documents. Zhang Zong felt overwhelmed just hearing about it, but Li Qi was able to sit down and process them one by one.

A typical data-driven, hard-working personality.

The change of personnel mentioned here means that Li Qi will take the lead in the offensive, while Zhang Zong will be responsible for taking a look at the solution that Li Qi had developed on his own, offering his own suggestions and modifications, and finally completing the final product.

Yes, the two of them are working together to break the rules!

The rules of a third-rank Perfected Person suppressed the essence of Thunder Method, which is why Zhang Zong had such a difficult time fighting.

Therefore, Zhang Zong confronted Li Qi, who analyzed and deciphered the strategy. In the end, they switched roles: Li Qi went to fight, while Zhang Zong stepped in to conduct the final review, and then they exchanged opinions.

This was the solution they came up with after discussing it.

The switch was initiated, and the next moment, Li Qi took over, imitating the Little Heavenly Master's close combat techniques, simulating the opponent's Fist Intent, and combining it with his own understanding of martial arts, and launched a close-quarters melee!

The Perfected Person before me clearly sensed the difference in style.

"Huh?" He immediately sensed that the enemy in front of him had become much more refined in his fighting style, paying attention to many details and handling them quite well.

But... it has become weaker.

He seemed to be a step behind in everything he did, lacking the previous ease and naturalness, the feeling of doing things as he pleased. Instead, he seemed clumsy and lacked the previous agility.

Is this a scam?

But after two probing moves, he was certain that it wasn't a trap.

The other person has really become stupid.

Then he won't hold back.

The Perfected Person doesn't dwell on why, because there's no need. So many questions would only distract him during a fight and make him as clumsy as his opponent.

Just do as you please.

His energy surged through his entire body, making him fierce and powerful. His fierce aura was mixed with other Technique Method, and his energy flew wildly. Mars flew up from the battle, and a nauseating hissing sound wave resounded all around.

Bang bang bang! A series of rapid-fire attacks left Li Qi completely disoriented, and all his moves were broken!

Fortunately, his defense was decent; he wasn't hit by Technique Method, but he was beaten up in close combat and couldn't fight back.

Seeing this, he simply abandoned hand-to-hand combat and retreated into his shell. His Dharma form expanded behind him, summoning a Star Official, intending to overwhelm others with his power!

However, the larger the operation, the greater the consumption.

Li Qi expended a great deal of Law Power to maintain the existence of the Star Official.

However, the Perfected Person only looked up once.

Li Qi's Star Official directly collapsed and shrunk back into the inner world!

An immature Star Official, forcibly linked to Divine Path Method, doesn't even need to take action; a mere glance is enough to cause such an immature Divine Ability to collapse on its own.

This is the 'law'.

But even a glance takes time, even if it takes much longer than throwing a punch.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Li Qi immediately distanced himself and stopped fighting hand-to-hand.

The Little Heavenly Master might be good at hand-to-hand combat, but he really isn't.

At this moment, the Perfected Person decisively seized the opportunity and rushed forward.

He could tell that there was clearly more than one person on the other side. Although they were working together very well, as if they were one person, it was obviously two people working together.

With his rich experience and vision far surpassing Li Qi's, he didn't use any special tricks at all; he simply overwhelmed Li Qi and Zhang Zong with his combat skills.

There were no fancy tricks, no methods of seeking restraint, surprise attacks, or mysterious schemes. Even after falling from his cultivation level, his cultivation was not much stronger than Li Qi's. The absolute strength of the two sides was about the same.

It's simply Technique Method or hand-to-hand combat—the two most common choices.

However, they managed to overwhelm the combined forces of Li Qi and the Little Heavenly Master. The two of them combined were no match for the opponent, and could only try to delay their defeat as much as possible.

Just as the Demon Prince said before—

Considering tactics is something the weak do.

This Perfected Person didn't need to consider tactics; his exquisite skills alone were enough to keep the two of them busy and flustered.

It was Li Qi's turn to think of a way to break the deadlock.

Li Qi retreated to a greater distance.

Like a tsunami, the Technique Method swept in, filling hundreds of millions of miles around, while the rules became increasingly strict, suppressing the Thunder Method protecting Li Qi and the Little Heavenly Master.

Fortunately, it was all within Li Qi's control. He unleashed the corresponding Technique Method with minimal effort, and even managed to release a portion of them, allowing the protective Thunder Method to destroy that part.

A very clever method.

However, the Perfected Person had already mingled himself within the network of Technique Method and charged forward as well.

At that very moment, Li Qi's inner world suddenly expanded!

The inner world of Shaman is real; directly expanding one's inner world is equivalent to putting the other person into one's own body.

You either crush the opponent, or the opponent breaks through you from the inside and causes an implosion.

In any case, this is probably not a good choice, because the opponent is a Perfected Person, and it is almost foreseeable that this move will be broken by the opponent.

Implosion is no joke.

The Perfected Person quickly made a decision and began to analyze the composition of Li Qi's inner world.

It would have been better if he hadn't analyzed it at all; the moment he started analyzing, a terrifying flow of information surged into his thinking organs!

Even a once- Perfected Person, after losing their composure, was stunned for a few seconds by such a massive flow of information.

This wasn't a fleeting moment, but rather several seconds.

In a battle of this intensity, a few seconds of mental blankness is enough to do far too much.

When the Perfected Person awoke, he immediately realized what had happened to him.

He wasn't analyzing Li Qi's inner world, but rather the Immortal Heaven itself!

What had just washed over his brain was a stream of information from the Celestial Realm. In other words, the young man in front of him had received information from the Celestial Realm and then used the opportunity of his investigation to instill it into him.

If that's the case, he should have experienced the same impact as me, so why is he acting like nothing happened, even though there are already formations set up around him?!

He can handle information from the Celestial Realm? That's information leaked by a first-grade beast!

However, what he didn't know was that Li Qi's observations over a total of 2.5 billion reincarnations, his understanding of the Immortal Heaven, and the information flow he had previously analyzed were now proving useful.

Rather, it's more accurate to say that the fact that the other party could wake up in a few seconds after Li Qi spent 2.5 billion processing attempts on the information only highlighted the terrifying power of a third-rank cultivator.

Although his quality has declined, his thinking ability has clearly not diminished.

However... in those few seconds, Li Qi also completed his plan.

His inner world has completely converged with the celestial realm.

At this moment, he was not mobilizing his own power, but rather the power of the celestial realm that he could control!

Li Qi's understanding of the Celestial Realm, his own state of 'harmony with the Dao,' and the Shaman's control over the power of heaven and earth enabled him to accomplish this feat at this moment.

He was able to use the power of the immortals to suppress his enemies!

If you directly apply the laws of the Immortal Realm, can the other party still change the rules? Can you change the laws of a first-grade world?

This is the way Li Qi and the Little Heavenly Master discussed breaking the rules.

The Perfected Person began to break the formation. The formation that Li Qi had created in a few seconds could not stop him at all. He easily broke through it and rushed out. The whole process took only a moment.

The Little Heavenly Master and Li Qi had already been replaced again at this point.

This time, however, it was Little Heavenly Master who was not restrained by the rules.

"A good strategy," the Perfected Person praised.

Li Qi expanded his inner world, simulating the Celestial Realm, and drew upon the true power of the Celestial Realm to devour this place. Therefore, if he wants to change the rules, he must confront the true Celestial Realm.

It was really difficult, so the Perfected Person simply gave up on the move, and the Little Heavenly Master's Thunder Method returned to its normal power.

Leveraging external forces is a skill that Shaman at, and he is no exception, even here at this moment.

The battle resumed, the rules dissipated, the power of Thunder Method was restored, and the Little Heavenly Master was able to suppress his opponent once again. After all, the previous battle had already proven their strength in Technique Method combat.

The Little Heavenly Master is better than him.

The power of the immortals enveloped the surroundings, suppressing the power of the Perfected Person far too much. When he could no longer use the rules, the restrictions on him became extremely great.

For Li Qi, this was like a fish in water. The Shaman was not picky about the environment, and after he merged with the Dao, he could borrow even more power from heaven and earth. The immortal heaven did not refuse this borrowing, because it was also part of Li Qi's ability.

One side was thriving, while the other seemed to be struggling. With the addition of the Little Heavenly Master's formidable strength, the situation seemed to be gradually turning around.

The battle was incredibly fierce.

In the next quarter of an hour, trillions of Technique Method filled the surrounding void; any one of them could shatter a planet, destroy the sun, or even wipe out a whole world.

However, such Technique Method are only a small part of a vast network.

This is a battle between fourth-rank officials. If the aftershocks of their battle were to occur in a star system in a real universe, they could even stir up an arm of the Milky Way.

For the first time, the Little Heavenly Master felt this power, and for the first time personally experienced the manipulation of the world by a fourth-rank being, a situation that was about to become real.

To be honest, both he and Li Qi's strength are increasing rapidly.

The Little Heavenly Master had been quite anxious for a long time because of the practical matters Li Qi had mentioned. He only felt a little better after Zhu Fengdan promised to let Li Qi help him resolve them.

But now, as a fourth-rank cultivator, he is no longer bound by the Principle of the real world. After merging with the Dao, the Principle from the Immortal Heaven allow him to be free from the Heavenly Way Limit, such as the speed of light, and from the constraints of physical rules.

He wants to follow his own way, not the way of the world, and the rules of the objective world have become increasingly less binding on him.

He and Li Qi were gradually becoming familiar with this feeling.

As the battle progressed, the two geniuses' combat power was soaring. They were becoming more and more adept at using their strength, and even began to fight to a draw with that Perfected Person in direct combat.

This rate of growth is simply astonishing. Although the battle lasted for less than 35 minutes, the two geniuses had already transformed from novices into veterans.

The Little Heavenly Master's confidence also swelled.

But... at that moment, his physical body collapsed.

Wait, what happened?