Person Against Person

"Got it!"

Xiao Kong immediately began searching the area for any possible life forms. Before they could begin, they had to clear the field first.

After confirming that there were no creatures nearby with obvious signs of life, they began to act.

Yu Yuan summoned his soul rings again after a long time.

The Temporal Saint Dragon's 990,000-year red soul ring had gradually begun to show traces of gold as Xiao Kong's origin power continued to recover.

"Come forth, Unexisting False World Self."

The soul ring flashed. The power of time and space began flowing backward along the timeline. After locating the original point in time, it began spreading toward another timeline.

He had found it.

After locking onto that blood-red figure atop Jialing Pass, the power of time and space began to operate.

First, it constructed a six-year-old version of Yu Yuan beside him.

Then, two years passed. The Golden Sacred Dragon Bloodline was refined and awakened, and he bore his first human life on his back.

As the energy body grew, all manner of wounds constantly appeared on it—hidden weapons, poison, lightning. Blood Abyss's energy body had teetered on the brink of collapse countless times.

Yet every time, it repaired itself with scarlet energy.

Only when Blood Abyss reached level fifty-five did time finally stop advancing.

This was Yu Yuan's current strength, roughly comparable to Blood Abyss at level fifty-five.

He could not pull over a stronger version.

After seizing Yu Xiaogang's bloodline, Blood Abyss had taken about five years to grow to level fifty-five, with combat power comparable to Yu Yuan's current level forty-four.

How should he put it?

Compared to the original characters of Douluo Continent—

Whether it was the two years spent in disguise, or the fact that he could still cultivate so quickly to level fifty-five while being hunted afterward—

He could be called a peerless genius.

Tang San had not even reached level forty at thirteen.

But compared to Yu Yuan now, that was a little lacking.

Blood Abyss's level fifty-five combat power was only equal to Yu Yuan's level forty-four. Yu Yuan had even cultivated for less than three years.

After all, although both Yu Yuan and Blood Abyss had thirteen-year-old bone ages, Yu Yuan had not truly spent seven years growing up.

So Xiao Kong's importance really was undeniable.

The Temporal Saint Dragon's all-in sacrifice had been far too important to Yu Yuan.

Without him, Yu Yuan would have had to waste time plotting for Yu Xiaogang's bloodline, and he would have been easily exposed and hunted down.

He would have lacked a good cultivation environment while also being unable to study and conduct research.

Not to mention that Xiao Kong had allowed Yu Yuan to enter his rapid growth period much earlier.

Xiao Kong, Yu Yuan's indispensable good partner.

Or, in Xiao Kong's own words, his most loyal dog subordinate.

"Why does this guy look so much more built than me?"

Blood Abyss stood half a head taller than him, his entire body wrapped in dense blood aura. His crude clothes had even been torn apart by his bulging muscles.

This guy had taken the path of sanctifying the flesh.

"It looks like the effect of having too much blood aura that he failed to refine in time."

Floating in the air, Xiao Kong scanned him and discovered that Blood Abyss had not fully absorbed the blood aura within his body.

He had spent most of his time being hunted. Then, after killing his pursuers, he would absorb their blood aura.

As a result, a great amount of Blood Abyss's blood aura had dispersed outside his body, unable to be refined into origin power or Soul Power in time.

Unexpectedly, though, that blood aura had provided a layer of protection during battle. Whenever he was attacked, it would passively merge into Blood Abyss's flesh, giving him an incomparably powerful physique.

Of course, Yu Yuan was confident that, with the enhancement of four bloodlines, he would not lose to him. But clearly, their fighting styles would be vastly different.

"Then let's begin the first stage of testing."

Yu Yuan temporarily released his control over Blood Abyss. Now, the mindless Blood Abyss would fight according to his own combat habits.

Then Yu Yuan found a figure appearing before his eyes.

So fast!

Dragonification!

His dragonified right hand blocked the right leg kicking toward his head.

But caught off guard, Yu Yuan was still sent flying by the kick.

What followed was a torrential barrage of strikes. After dragonifying, Blood Abyss began attacking with every part of his body that could be used offensively.

His hands, feet, forehead, even the tail that had appeared after his dragonification.

Every attack changed. Even after Yu Yuan activated Dragon Eye, all he could see through Future Sight was the opponent's endless assaults.

For the first time, multiple futures even appeared in Future Sight. In other words, Blood Abyss was ready at any moment to alter his moves according to Yu Yuan's reactions.

How outrageous.

Yu Yuan could not help thinking as he was forced into passive defense for the first time.

Having grown through battle, every one of Blood Abyss's attacks was meant to inflict greater damage. At times, he would even deliberately forgo defense just to leave a wound on Yu Yuan's body.

Naturally, Yu Yuan would never trade wounds with him.

Damn it, Blood Abyss was an energy body right now. If he got injured and needed to simulate that bastard's recovery ability, it would still consume Yu Yuan's own Soul Power!

Hmm!

Sizzle.

Yu Yuan was injured. His opponent had attacked along a route that no normal person would ever choose.

He had actively moved forward and used his body to block Yu Yuan's fist. While preventing Yu Yuan from defending, he launched simultaneous attacks with his tail, left hand, and left leg.

To accomplish this, Blood Abyss had even forcibly torn his own muscles apart.

The instant Yu Yuan kicked him away to create distance, he noticed something wrong with the wound.

The tiny wound contained blood aura with an extremely complex composition, obstructing its recovery while continuously increasing the bleeding.

The blood that flowed out was also swiftly converted into blood aura, which then surged toward the already-charging Blood Abyss.

As for the wound Blood Abyss had inflicted on himself just now, it had already healed with the aid of blood aura.

"You really are a pain."

Yu Yuan had originally wanted to test himself in a battle of pure physique, but he activated the Ice Dragon King martial soul instead. While freezing the wound, he formed a thin layer of ice armor over his body.

He simply could not beat Blood Abyss in a pure contest of flesh. Blood Abyss was not afraid of injury, because blood aura would help him recover.

You could not afford to be injured, because blood aura would cling to your wounds and stop them from healing, then convert the blood you spilled into blood aura to restore Blood Abyss.

This was a combination that could never lose in a same-level battle of physical bodies. He could even trade injuries and wear down opponents of a higher level to death.

But unfortunately, I'm not like you. I don't only have blood aura.

"Again!"

This time, Yu Yuan took the initiative to attack. After blocking twice and realizing it was useless, Blood Abyss decisively chose to exchange blows as well.

But unlike before, after discovering the defensive power of the ice armor, the original blood aura mixed with light element and became bloodlight with piercing power.

Tch, what kind of skill set is this?

When Yu Yuan discovered that the bloodlight could actually penetrate directly into his body and attack him, he quickly realized the prototype of this skill.

You can actually unleash radiation?

Clearly, engaging in close-quarters combat was a dead end.

Fortunately, the preparations were complete.

The air around us has already turned cold.

Permafrost · Dragon-Scale Frost Coffin!