Third update today: Chapter 1146! 3/4!
Having held back until now, he had first relied on the Eight-Race Alliance, then on the Nine Gods Power!
As steady as Zhu Jiu was, unless Xu Kun had truly exhausted every last trick, he would not personally enter the fray!
Of course, when he had summoned the Nine Gods Power earlier, Zhu Jiu himself had also lacked the strength to do more!
Summoning the Nine Gods Power consumed his own source power—his Candle Sunfire!
During the summoning, it was like staging a shadow play. The Nine Gods were the silhouettes, while Zhu Jiu himself was the candle, burning himself to illuminate the Nine Gods so they could appear across the ages and battle Xu Kun!
Now, after battle upon battle, Xu Kun had already expended seventy to eighty percent of his strength.
Zhu Jiu had no more cards to play, but he no longer needed to play the role of a candle either!
Now it came down to who would claim the final victory!
The smile faded from Xu Kun's face. Though he had constantly mocked Zhu Jiu for being cowardly and unwilling to face him head-on, that was strategic contempt. Tactically, he had never dared underestimate Zhu Jiu!
If Zhu Jiu in his Eternal Night form had been a cold appetizer, and the Nine Gods Power the hot dishes, then Zhu Jiu in his Candle Sun form was the true grand finale—the toughest dish on the table!
Like braised pork knuckle at a Jiangnan feast, or the rolling egg soup of the Central Plains~
(I'm curious, what are the finale dishes where you're from?~)
Once that was eaten, the feast was over!
Then what dish were the Eight-Race Alliance and the SSS-tier prodigies of the various races?
In Xu Kun's eyes,