"Why don't we wait until he earns the 'Giant Axe Warrior' title, then find an opportunity to deal with him?" Seren hesitated before making the suggestion.
"Once he earns the 'Giant Axe Warrior' title, he should return to Mulan Planet. The Giant Axe Arena's surveillance over him will also be withdrawn. Then we can send someone to find an opportunity to kill him." As Seren said this, his eyes brimmed with killing intent.
"We absolutely cannot give him the chance to return to Wunuo Star."
As long as he did not return to Wunuo Star, the secret there would not be discovered!
The wealth brought by a D6-Grade Metal Mine was simply too immense. It was worth taking the risk.
"Let's do that." Aodeyu nodded in satisfaction, lowered his head and pinched the perky butt of the rabbit girl in his arms before rubbing it. His effeminate voice echoed through the private room.
"After all, only the dead can keep secrets!"
No one knew about the conversation in the private room, while the audience outside continued their heated discussions.
"Both of them have comprehended their Domains to the ninth level. Li Yilin has already won 999 matches. As long as he wins this one, he can claim the 'Giant Axe Warrior' title. Having come this far, he'll definitely be cautious and won't give Vida a chance to turn things around."
"Hahaha, I bet on Li Yilin too—five million Universe Coins! I've already made at least ten million Universe Coins off Li Yilin. At this crucial moment when he wins his final match and earns the 'Giant Axe Warrior' title, I'm going to make a fortune!" A young man dressed in a luxurious robe laughed loudly.
"Luckily, although I bet on Vida, I didn't bet much—only a hundred thousand Universe Coins. Even if I lose, I can afford it!" said a tall, thin man with scales on his face, looking immensely relieved.
"I watched Vida fight his way up from his hundredth match to his current 927 victories. I believe in him!" Someone had not taken their eyes off the battlefield, praying that the person they had bet on would win.
"Vida, go! Don't be a coward! You're making me look down on you!"
Boom!
"Waaah..."
At that moment, everyone cheered at once. The two fighters on the field had finally moved.
The real world.
On the pitch-black Desolate Planet, raging cosmic hurricanes relentlessly ravaged the planet's surface. Sand and gravel danced wildly through the air, making it impossible to keep one's eyes open.
Li Yilin stood atop a meteorite. There was not the slightest sign of nervousness from fighting a battle of life and death on his resolute face—only fearlessness.
He leaped into the air and spread his arms. Violent purple Thunder and Lightning instantly covered his body, then rapidly expanded at a visible rate. In nearly the blink of an eye, it blanketed a vast stretch of open ground.
Violent purple Thunder and Lightning danced madly within the Domain, leaving nowhere for light to escape.
Li Yilin's gaze sharpened. Gripping his saber, he slashed diagonally toward the air at one o'clock to his right.
The violent purple Thunder and Lightning instantly transformed into roaring thunder serpents that shot forward, turning everything in their path incandescent white.
Vida, who had been hidden in the void and searching for an opportunity, underwent a drastic change in expression. Without hesitation, he dodged to the side while raising his Force Weapon to block. The instant he moved, the surrounding lightning caught him.
Li Yilin did not hesitate. He stomped the ground hard, his entire body flashing forward like a bolt of lightning. His speed was incredibly fast. From spreading his Domain, to slashing and forcing his opponent to reveal himself, to shooting forward, less than a second had passed. The entire sequence flowed seamlessly, decisive and astonishing!
The spectators who witnessed this in the Virtual Universe could not help but cheer.
"Handsome! That was so damn handsome!"
"Li Yilin, kill him!"
Some people watched with sweat pouring down their faces, their eyes fixed tightly on the battle. The moment they saw Li Yilin shoot forward, they could not help crying out!
"A Lightning Domain! Such a violent Lightning Domain is simply rare!" In an upstairs private room, someone knelt on the floor, clutching their face as they gazed obsessively at the magnificent image of Li Yilin in the virtual projection, like the Thunder God descending into the world.
Even Domains had been recreated without reservation in the Virtual Universe by the mysterious Virtual Universe Company. He could sense that every strand of lightning within the Domain contained its master's comprehension of Thunder and Lightning.
It was too profound!
A Domain!! When will I ever possess one?!
"Li Yilin's comprehension of his Domain is definitely extremely deep. He has probably already sensed the laws!" someone said gravely as they watched the Domain Li Yilin had unleashed.
"Easy for you to say. How could laws be so easily comprehended? Merely sensing them is one thing, but who knows how many years it would take to cross that threshold."
"Vida is dead for sure. His movement technique and bodily reactions are completely inferior to Li Yilin's. Li Yilin has already found him."
"Why isn't he using his Light Domain? He's actually drawing it in? Trash, what a piece of garbage!" Seeing Vida contract his Domain to a range of less than ten meters, many gamblers who had bet on him cursed furiously in despair.
"It's over. It's all gone!"
"Ahhh, my money!"
Some people dropped to their knees and wailed, already imagining the horrifying sight of their money visibly vanishing from their pockets.
"Vida, my Vida! Pick up that spear in your hand and kill him, kill him!!!" Others roared in rage, their voices hoarse.
"Oh, my money!"
"Damn Vida, he should just die! Ahhh, my poor money!"
Seeing this, no one believed Vida could turn the tables. After all, accidents could happen in such life-and-death battles, but they were rare! Such battles relied on the strength of both sides. Vida did indeed have the upper hand over Li Yilin in terms of raw strength. Whether it was his shield technique or spear technique, one defensive and one offensive, both had already neared perfection.
Yet compared to Vida, whose strength level was one rank higher, Li Yilin was the truly terrifying one.
At the fifth stage of the Domain Lord Level, his will was terrifyingly powerful, already comparable to that of the most ordinary World Master. His soul defense was also extremely strong. Neither soul attacks nor illusion attacks could affect him.
Therefore, even the odds given by the Giant Axe Arena favored Li Yilin, clearly indicating that they believed Li Yilin was considerably stronger than Vida.
In the private room, Aodeyu's expression grew increasingly ugly as he watched Li Yilin prepare to defeat Vida.
D6 Grade Metal was too precious. A single ton was worth roughly forty Universe Coins. An entire vein would be worth at least several hundred, several thousand, or even over ten thousand Hunyuan Units. If it could also produce E6 Grade Metal Wunuo Essence or even F6 Grade Metal Wunuo Mother, its value would only be greater.
Li Yilin had to die!
The real world.
On the Desolate Planet.
Vida, also clad in a black battle robe, stepped forward. Like a black lightning bolt, he crossed several kilometers in an instant.
In the next instant, the two afterimages collided. An invisible shockwave erupted, blasting countless grains of sand into the air.
Vida grunted softly, then forcefully pushed off with his feet. With a boom, he left behind a string of afterimages, while the spear in his hand transformed into a chain of black spear shadows that enveloped Li Yilin in midair.
Li Yilin also drew the other Black Blade hanging from his waist. Holding a Black Blade in each hand, he instantly transformed into two purple lightning bolts and charged forward.
Clang! Clang clang!
When Domain Lord Level experts clashed, their weapons generated incomparably intense shockwaves. The ground was immediately sheared away by a layer and sank hundreds of meters. Everything within dozens or even hundreds of kilometers was reduced to ruins, while the shockwaves spread in all directions.
Wave after wave of shockwaves formed savage blasts of air that swept outward in every direction.
"Block it!"
"Block it!" Vida muttered, his spear repeatedly chopping, thrusting, and sweeping toward Li Yilin. The spear transformed into dreamlike black shadows. Those spear shadows were like a faint beam of light piercing through heavy clouds and falling upon the world—dim, yet dazzling.
Beads of sweat seeped from Vida's forehead. He possessed twice the genetic level, as well as a special secret technique that tripled his combat power. No one knew that his force amplitude had actually reached 100 as well. With perfect force exertion at its limit, bolstered by his secret technique and genes, he could only barely keep up with Li Yilin's attack speed.
Why was his attack speed so fast?
He tightly pursed his lips and kept dodging. While attacking with his spear, he also used a soul attack secret technique...
Yet...
Li Yilin's soul will was simply too powerful. The moment Vida's spiritual attack entered his body, it was like a drop of water falling into the ocean, without the slightest response.
Even with a mental amplitude as high as 38, attacking with all his strength could not affect Li Yilin's soul.
He's practically a rabbit with a turtle shell, Vida gritted his teeth.
Not only did Li Yilin fail to stop his mental attacks, he even seemed pleased by them.
His soul had passed through two worlds and been nurtured for tens of thousands of years. For an ordinary Domain Lord to shake it was almost impossible.
Clang! Clang clang! Clang clang clang!
The dense metallic collisions almost merged into one continuous sound, showing just how fast their attacks were.
"Yes, just like that!"
"Kill him! Kill him, Vida!" The gamblers who could not even withstand one frontal exchange with Vida suddenly regained their spirits at this sight, roaring and cheering. Those who had bet on Li Yilin could not help but grow tense, afraid that the money about to enter their pockets would fly away again.
No one thought about why Vida had suddenly become capable of resisting Li Yilin's attacks head-on!
They only cared whether the person they had bet on could win. As for those they had not bet on, why were they not dead yet?!
"A frontal clash between Domain Lord Level experts is truly intense!"
"Vida can't block Li Yilin's attacks at all. His hands are trembling!"
"Vida, counterattack! Don't just dodge, you coward!"
"Damn it, kill him!"
"Vida, my entire fortune depends on you. You have to win!"
The real world.
Seeing Vida seemingly grow braver as the battle continued, Li Yilin felt a wave of unease. Just as he feared an unforeseen change and resolved to kill Vida in one stroke even at the cost of serious injury—
Bzzzz—
A mysterious, heart-palpitating ripple suddenly emerged from Vida's incoming spear. Empowered by that ripple, Vida's attack instantly became more than twice as fast.
"Light, this is true light!"
Unbound by the void—ultimate speed!
Ultimate light!!
Vida's eyes grew brighter and brighter. The spear in his hand almost transformed into a streak of black light. Wherever it passed, cracks appeared in the void, and tiny hurricanes burst from those fissures, throwing the surrounding space into chaos.
Li Yilin could not react in time and was struck in the shoulder by the spear, sent flying.
"Wah—"
He spat out a huge mouthful of blood in midair, flipped twice, then slammed heavily into a distant rocky hill. Under the enormous impact, the hill exploded outright, scattering sand and rocks as dust filled the air!
If he had not acquired the Thunder Dragon Art and Thunder Dragon Bloodline through the Sign-in System thirty thousand years ago, granting him physical strength far beyond that of an ordinary Domain Lord, that strike alone could have killed him on the spot!
Even so, he felt that his left arm had completely lost all sensation!
Foreign energy ravaged his body as his blood and energy churned. He spat out another mouthful of blood, and purple lightning even flickered within the blood mist.
That was a sign that his injuries were so severe that he could no longer fully control even his bodily energy.
Vida's force amplitude had definitely reached 100. At that moment, this was the only thought that flashed through Li Yilin's mind.
His own force amplitude was 36. With a fivefold genetic level, his combat power had been multiplied five times, reaching 150. It seemed far beyond Vida's, but Vida clearly possessed a secret technique similar to one that could increase body amplitude, and its multiplier was definitely not low.
The Body Amplitude Secret Technique he cultivated, the Thunder Dragon Art, had only reached its first level and could increase his combat power threefold.
Calculating his combined combat power, it was only 450 times.
If Vida's amplitude secret technique increased his power by more than 4.5 times, that would be enough to crush him.
As expected, someone chosen by the Giant Axe Arena to be his opponent in his thousandth life-and-death battle could not possibly be simple.
Li Yilin laughed bitterly inwardly.
Whoosh— Amid the swirling dust, a streak of black light shot forward and pierced straight into the billowing smoke. Li Yilin retreated hundreds of meters at high speed, while Vida followed close behind. His expression was icy, and his moves became increasingly ruthless and decisive.
Clang! Clang clang! Clang!
The powerful shockwaves kicked up even more dust. The two fought fiercely, but the entire scene was obscured by smoke and dust, leaving nothing visible.
Virtual Universe Company.
"Monstrous!" The gamblers who saw this erupted into an uproar.
"This Vida actually comprehended an Origin Law at the moment of life and death?"
"It really is an Origin Law. It should be the Origin Law of Light. Though he has only just comprehended it, he has still stepped through that door."
"Hahaha, being able to witness this in a life-and-death battle was worth it."
"Li Yilin is dead for sure! Three million Universe Coins, hahaha!"
"Vida! Vida!" Everyone cheered, celebrating Vida's breakthrough. Those who had bet on him directly hugged the people beside them and began celebrating.
"Damn it, the dust is blocking the entire view!"
"I need to see their battle."
On the ground that trembled beneath the shockwaves, amid the terrifying blasts of air.
Two figures moved like lightning.
Hiss! Hiss! Hiss!
A sharp gleam shot from Vida's eyes. His Light Domain covered the surrounding heavens and earth, while six black rays of light seemed to come alive at once. Like slippery little snakes, they madly besieged Li Yilin.
Li Yilin continuously swung his Black Blades. Though he still managed to defend himself, he no longer maintained that relaxed rhythm and was beginning to struggle.
The power of laws and the power of the Domain he wielded were already existences on two entirely different levels. His ability to resist relied wholly on his fivefold genetic physical constitution and the enhancement of his one-percent Thunder Dragon Bloodline.
Clang! Clang! The black threads constantly struck the blades. Powerful recoil surged up the blades, tearing open the webs between his thumbs and forefingers as blood sprayed out.
"No."
"No!" Sweat beaded on Li Yilin's forehead. Blood also slowly seeped from the wound on his shoulder due to his intense movements, while the defense of his fourth-rank Force Weapon had reached its limit, cracks even appearing on it.
As expected of a Domain Lord who had survived more than nine hundred life-and-death battles, nearly every strike landed on the same spot, as if Vida would not stop until he crippled both of Li Yilin's hands.
"How can I fall here? No, I absolutely can't!
"I, Li Yilin... can't die yet!" Li Yilin muttered softly. The combat blades in his hands swung faster and faster. He no longer focused on the black rays of light, instead swinging by instinct.
Vida, floating not far away, flashed a fierce light in his eyes. The law fluctuations around him grew increasingly intense. With all his strength, the black threads' attack speed surged once more, while he raised his spear and advanced.
Li Yilin immediately found it even harder to withstand the attacks. He continuously swung his combat blades, and every time he blocked, the tears in his wrists suffered another violent shock.
Clang! A black thread sliced through the void at a strange angle. At the same time, a faint lightning bolt flashed almost simultaneously. The void trembled, and Li Yilin felt as if his consciousness had been pulled into an unusual place.
Within it, countless purple lightning bolts leaped and flashed at all sorts of strange angles—some violent, some gentle, some like a breeze brushing past...
Li Yilin's eyes became incomparably bright. His consciousness seemed to split into countless fragments, following those lightning bolts as they leaped, cheered, and experienced their transformations.
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