The Final Battle

"The spaceship is about to enter space travel. Three, two, one... Travel complete."

The voice of the spaceship's central artificial intelligence echoed through the control room.

"Do you see that?" Bastian pointed toward a massive celestial body in the distant starry sky, with a diameter of fully five hundred thousand kilometers. "That is 'Purple Crown Planet', one of the eight administrative planets of the Wild Peak Universe Kingdom..."

Luoluobai Muye looked at the planet with its purple atmosphere, a flicker of heat igniting deep within his eyes—he would complete his final life-and-death battle on this planet. If he did not die, he would regain his freedom.

As for why he was allowed in the control room, it was naturally Bastian's arrangement; he intended to have one last conversation with Luoluobai Muye here.

"According to custom, every contestant participating in a life-and-death battle has their final match arranged on the arena of Purple Crown Planet. The winner will receive the 'Giant Axe Warrior' medal." Bastian squeezed a smile onto his chubby face. "Luoluobai Muye, after this battle, you will regain your freedom."

The antennae on his forehead began to turn red, and the look in his eyes held a hint of expectation. "Over these past hundred years, I haven't treated you too badly, have I? You could say I never treated you like a slave. Now that you are about to gain your freedom, do you have any plans for the future?"

In truth, throughout these hundred years, Bastian had been using his connections in the Giant Axe Arena to arrange stronger opponents for him, hoping that a "chosen one" would appear to kill the man before him. Unfortunately, he had never succeeded.

"I haven't thought about it yet." These four understated words from Luoluobai Muye caused the antennae on Bastian's forehead to flush red rapidly, and his breathing grew slightly hurried—this was not the answer he wanted.

Luoluobai Muye naturally knew what answer he wanted. If it were someone else, he might have said some insincere words while his life and death were in another's hands, but the deep memories in his mind made it impossible for him to do so.

Even if he did, it would be useless; the bio-chip in his brain was not just for show. Although it could not probe his true thoughts or trigger a countermeasure, it was perfectly capable of judging truth from falsehood.

This was also why Bastian did not fear that he was an "acting genius"—Bastian could basically judge Luoluobai Muye's attitude toward him based on the bio-chip's reactions.

Bastian took a deep breath, the blood-red color on his antennae beginning to fade. He looked up at Luoluobai Muye and said slowly, "Since you haven't thought about it, then don't bother. Go and prepare for battle!"

Watching Luoluobai Muye's departing back, he raised his wrist and dialed a communication.

The massive arena was over a hundred kilometers in length and width. Although for a Universe Rank, this distance was merely a single stride, it was sufficient for combat.

The floor of the arena was made of D5 grade material; it was very difficult for Universe Rank attack power to damage such high-grade material. The surroundings and the top were covered by a D9 grade transparent energy shield.

This was a decisive battle broadcast simultaneously in reality and the Virtual Universe. Countless people were watching in the Virtual Universe, and the tiered steps surrounding the arena, with their millions of densely packed seats, were also filled with spectators.

If Luoluobai Muye could see every face clearly, he would have noticed a man in a certain corner who looked very similar to "Xia", watching him with indifference.

"Dear audience, this is an ultimate decisive battle. Two opponents with 999 wins will determine life and death today. The person who remains standing at the end will receive the incomparably glorious 'Giant Axe Warrior' medal."

The host's resonant and powerful voice echoed through the air.

"Today, this Giant Axe Warrior medal will be personally awarded to the winner by Lord 'Samao' of the Giant Axe Arena!"

"Without further ado, let us invite the two contestants: Luoluobai Muye and Ye Yunqing to the stage."

The detailed profiles of the two contestants were already known to everyone, so there was naturally no need for further introduction.

The two entered through the "door" opened in the energy shield, and the shield closed behind them.

Looking at his opponent on the diagonal of the arena, Luoluobai Muye held his Thunder Staff, as immovable as a mountain.

Ye Yunqing had long, ink-green hair, and his matching ink-green pupils appeared somewhat demonic. He held a long weapon that resembled a trident.

"The decisive battle—" the host drew out the sound, "begins!"

Boom!

Both men unleashed their domains simultaneously. Ye Yunqing actually possessed a ninth-level Gold Domain; it was clear he had been hiding his strength, as public records showed him at the eighth level.

However, his ninth-level domain was quickly suppressed. The domain that had originally occupied a fifty-kilometer radius was soon forced back to within ten kilometers of Ye Yunqing's body by the pressure of Luoluobai Muye's domain.

"Luoluobai Muye has seized the advantage right from the start. It is clear that in terms of domain, Ye Yunqing's strength is slightly inferior..." the host's commentary echoed outside the arena.

Samao, sitting in the main seat, nodded slightly. He had followed all of Luoluobai Muye's matches over these hundred years; even if he didn't have time to watch the live broadcast, he would watch the replays afterward.

Therefore, he was very clear about Luoluobai Muye's strength. Although Ye Yunqing's strength was not low, in his view, unless he had a breakthrough during the fight, Ye Yunqing had no chance.

Watching his domain being suppressed, Ye Yunqing did not choose to hold his ground. Instead, he took the initiative to attack. He raised the trident in his hand, kicked off the ground, and instantly covered dozens of kilometers.

Although his speed was significantly affected by the pressure of Luoluobai Muye's mixed domain, a distance of one hundred kilometers took less than half a second to cover with the explosive power of a Universe Rank.

Luoluobai Muye naturally would not stay in the corner waiting for him. With a single step, he crossed sixty kilometers, blocking Ye Yunqing in his own half of the field.

"Die!"

A flash of golden light lit up on the trident in Ye Yunqing's hand as he thrust it toward Luoluobai Muye. The speed was like a meteor streaking across the sky. The air was compressed by the tip of the trident, exploding into a violent wave of air. With a sharp whistle, the air wave surged, slamming into the energy shield and causing ripples to spread across it.

Luoluobai Muye's pupils constricted; the power of the opponent's trident was clearly wrong!

He swung his long staff diagonally, striking the front half of the trident.

Clang!

With a loud bang, the force on the trident was so fierce that it completely exceeded the scope of what a seventh-stage Universe Rank should possess. Even though Luoluobai Muye's long staff trembled continuously, unleashing waves of force, it only managed to change the angle of the trident slightly, causing it to graze past his shoulder.

"A hundred-fold force amplification? It must be a hundred-fold to possess such immense power..."

Luoluobai Muye felt a slight shock in his heart. Over these past hundred years, he had integrated the cultivation insights of over seventy Universe Ranks, many of which had force amplifications of around fifty. After merging them and continuing to refine, his own force amplification had only just reached 68 times.

Such a force amplification was already unique among all his previous opponents. He had not expected to encounter an opponent with a hundred-fold force amplification in this final battle.

One must know that one of the conditions for breaking through from World Lord to Immortal was to achieve perfect control over oneself, reaching a force amplification of 100. It was evident that even some World Lords could not reach the perfect 100, let alone a Universe Rank.

Failing to kill Luoluobai Muye in one blow, Ye Yunqing thought to himself that things were looking bad. He had unleashed his full power from the start, hoping to secure victory in one strike, relying on the perfect force amplification he had never revealed in previous life-and-death battles.

But such a tactic could only work by surprise; it had to succeed in one hit. If the opponent was prepared, it would no longer be effective.

He had not expected Luoluobai Muye's force amplification to be so high. If Luoluobai Muye's force amplification had been under fifty, the doubled force would have been enough to break through the suppression of the domain and form a crushing advantage in power, perhaps severely injuring or even killing him in a single move.

After deflecting the trident, Luoluobai Muye unleashed his staff technique. At times it was fierce and unstoppable, like blooming thunder, shattering everything; at other times it was as agile as a dragon, like a spirit snake flicking its tongue, swift and peerless.

Ye Yunqing's trident technique was broad and open, yet it did not lack delicacy and agility. With the support of his perfect force amplification, he did not show signs of defeat in the short term.