Bloody Battle

Watching the Tiger Armor Zerg lunging toward him, Bai Muye felt alarm bells ringing in his heart. He knew full well that he could never go head-to-head with this creature, or he would be crushed into paste within a few blows.

The gap between a first-rank Domain Lord and a peak World Lord was vast, with the difference in their base stats alone being countless times over.

He strained to shrink his domain, covering only the charging Tiger Armor Zerg. Within the domain, lights of various colors flared, shifting between nets and shields to obstruct it.

Although every attempt at binding was torn apart by its sharp claws, it still managed to create an effective delay.

"It's fortunate that this type of Tiger Armor Zerg doesn't have a domain..."

Bai Muye unfolded his movement technique, dodging incessantly, a thought drifting through his mind.

Not only did it lack a domain, but this type of Tiger Armor Zerg also lacked an internal world. It was a stroke of luck; otherwise, if it were to expand its internal world, it could crush his domain in a matter of seconds.

The desperate dodging caused Bai Muye to gradually enter a strange state. He had crossed the threshold of the Lightning Law decades ago, but despite practicing all these years, his progress had been minimal.

He had always wanted to integrate the Lightning Law into his movement technique, but the results were poor; even "studying" in the Virtual Universe hadn't yielded much success.

But now, facing a life-or-death crisis, he cast aside all distracting thoughts, his mind focused solely on making himself faster.

During the century of life-and-death battles before coming to the Outer Battlefield, he had absorbed the insights of numerous Universe Rank opponents. Each had some merit in their movement techniques, but they were too chaotic, and fusing them into one was incredibly difficult. Now, under this pressure, the various techniques he had practiced began to merge, making his movement speed slightly faster.

The first wave of attacks had left the other Domain Lords, including Zhan Qiu, heavily injured, but they were still gritting their teeth and continuing their assault. Unfortunately, the Tiger Armor Zerg was extremely "stubborn," ignoring the attacks of the others and chasing only Bai Muye.

Its sharp claws slashed continuously, tearing the domain binding it apart time and time again, only to be entangled once more by the reforming domain.

Suddenly, its two compound eyes glowed slightly. A beam of light shot from the center of its right foreclaw toward Bai Muye's chest and abdomen. Simultaneously, its left claw slashed down, tearing a hole in the domain, and its massive insect body lunged forward.

The energy attack was so fast it was nearly at the speed of light. Bai Muye only had time to tilt his body slightly before it pierced through his left abdomen. A hole appeared in his body, visible from front to back. Fortunately, the diameter of the energy beam was small, only about ten centimeters; if it had been any larger, it might have cut him in half.

After being hit, his speed inevitably dropped, and the Tiger Armor Zerg immediately closed in, its two sharp claws reaching out to tear him apart.

Forced into a corner, Bai Muye could only use his Three-Pointed Double-Edged Spear to block. Although he used a technique to deflect the force, the power of a peak World Lord was immense. He was still shaken so violently that his wrists fractured and his weapon flew from his hands.

Under the massive impact, blood sprayed from his mouth as if it were worthless, but he used the momentum to fly backward, narrowly dodging the Tiger Armor Zerg's second claw.

The crisis was not over. Now that the Tiger Armor Zerg had closed the distance, it erupted with unprecedented speed, pursuing the retreating Bai Muye.

The third claw arrived right on schedule!

At this moment, Bai Muye's arms were fractured, his wrists broken, his internal organs severely damaged, and he had a puncture wound in his abdomen. He was at the end of his rope, holding on by a single breath.

Facing those five-meter-long giant claws, his expression remained calm. Nearly a hundred life-and-death battles and over a decade of bloody fighting on the Outer Battlefield had long since made him fearless of death, allowing him to unleash even greater potential between life and death.

As the sharp claws were about to grab his head, a spark of lightning seemed to be born within Bai Muye's eyes!

Swish!

His movement technique suddenly underwent a qualitative leap. In an instant, like a bolt of lightning, he slipped out of the range of the Tiger Armor Zerg's two giant claws.

With a flash, he followed a zigzag trajectory, ghosting behind the Tiger Armor Zerg to avoid the bone spurs on its back, and delivered a kick.

But the attack power of this kick was negligible, merely causing the Tiger Armor Zerg to stumble forward one step in mid-air.

A flicker of confusion crossed the Tiger Armor Zerg's compound eyes. Fighting purely on instinct, it didn't understand what had just happened; it only felt that the little human had gone from a snail to an annoying fly.

Xiao Si sensed Bai Muye's injuries and, without hesitation, extended a root, dripping a drop of pale golden liquid from its tip. It appeared in the Singularity, carrying a strange fragrance.

"Old Bai, quickly guide this liquid out. It will heal your injuries in no time..."

"What is this? It smells so good..." Bai Muye probed a sliver of consciousness into the Singularity, his soul nearly intoxicated by the exotic scent of the pale golden droplet.

With a slight guidance of his consciousness, the droplet transformed into pale golden energy and diffused throughout his body. In an instant, the injuries to his internal organs were healing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"This is my origin—Spirit Marrow Fat!" Xiao Si said, sounding a bit pained. "It's very rare. It's only because I've devoured so many souls over the last dozen years that I've managed to produce a few drops until now..."

In one breath, the injuries to Bai Muye's internal organs were completely healed. At the wound on his abdomen, granulation tissue grew and intertwined frantically. The bones in his arms, wrists, and fingers, along with the previously torn flesh, were all in the process of repair.

Enduring the numbness and itching of his healing wounds, he flashed over to where his Three-Pointed Double-Edged Spear had fallen and snatched it into his hands.

"Muye, that was incredible..." Watching his elusive movement technique, Zhan Qiu muttered in a daze.

The other Domain Lords were equally shocked; even Peng Donghan, a ninth-rank Domain Lord, did not possess such a movement technique.

"He definitely grasped the threshold of the Law..."

"It's a pity he's on the Outer Battlefield. Otherwise, with his grasp of the Law's threshold, it wouldn't be hard for him to join some major factions..." A Domain Lord shook his head with a sigh of regret.

"That's a paradox," another Domain Lord countered. "If he weren't on the Outer Battlefield, facing life and death, would the threshold of the Law be so easy to grasp?"

"That's true..."

While they discussed, they didn't stop their hands, continuing to attack the Tiger Armor Zerg with great effort. Unfortunately, the creature seemed to have lost its mind, chasing only Bai Muye. Even when its compound eyes frequently lost track of him, it didn't give up, continuing to turn and pursue him.

With continuous flashes of movement, Bai Muye arrived at the back of the Tiger Armor Zerg once more. This time, he thrust his spear with all his might. Although the blade pierced through the carapace, it only entered a little before being pushed out by the power erupting from within the Tiger Armor Zerg.

At this moment, Bai Muye's movement speed was slightly faster than the Tiger Armor Zerg, which was bound by the Mixed Domain. If he were to withdraw the domain, their speeds would be roughly equal.

Bai Muye considered for a moment, then used his speed to reach the top of the Tiger Armor Zerg's head. With his body straight and his head pointing downward, he instantly retracted the domain that was binding the creature. It flowed back into his hands and then snaked down the shaft of the Three-Pointed Double-Edged Spear, reaching the tip.

The spear blade in his hand first emitted an incomparable light, then all that light condensed onto the tip.

He thrust the spear down!

Crack!

The tip pierced directly through the protection of the carapace on the Tiger Armor Zerg's head. The entire blade sank into its skull. Bai Muye's arm muscles bulged suddenly, and with a hundredfold force, he drove the entire spear into the Tiger Armor Zerg's head.

The entire spear began to vibrate, and the domain, compressed to a single point at the tip, erupted inside the Tiger Armor Zerg's skull.

BOOM!!

The Tiger Armor Zerg's head exploded entirely, followed by its entire insect body shattering segment by segment!