Tyrant Qian Ni! The Ascension of the Human Form! Perception of the Mechanism Opens the Door to Ultimate Power!

The instant Qian Ni and Meng Yiran formed an Entwined Branches bond over a distance!

In contrast to the activation of Heavenly Tyrant on Qian Ni's body, Meng Yiran's Soul Power surged explosively!

She already possessed thirty levels of Soul Power, and with Qian Ni's forty levels added to it—

At that moment, Meng Yiran's temporary Soul Power Level still exceeded level forty-three! It was close to 0.618 times the sum of their levels.

The golden ratio! What a wondrous proportion!

Yet Meng Yiran felt utterly miserable!

The quality of Qian Ni's Soul Power was extraordinarily high! If her Soul Power was like thin mountain mist, then Qian Ni's was a roaring river.

Every moment, every second, filled Meng Yiran with swelling pain that seemed to come from everywhere.

If it had merely been level forty-three Soul Power, Meng Yiran would not have found it unbearable. But Qian Ni's Soul Power was too scorching! Too wild and unruly!

Meng Yiran's cheeks flushed crimson. She felt as though the blazing Soul Power, even after being merged, was still rushing recklessly through her body and could ignite her at any moment!

But she could not admit defeat!

She had to hold on!

For Qian Ni! To repay him for saving her life! To live up to her own feelings!

During the days she had spent following Zhu Zhuqing, Meng Yiran had already learned some things about Qian Ni.

She knew the abilities of Qian Ni's martial soul.

Entwined Branches!

What a beautiful, yearning-inspiring phrase!

Whenever she thought of it, Meng Yiran could not help imagining a future where she and Qian Ni became entwined branches and flew side by side like a Twin-Winged Bird.

It was an ability that allowed one to completely entrust Soul Power to a Soul Master of the opposite sex!

After forming Entwined Branches, Qian Ni's own Soul Power would drop to zero, and he would be unable to use his soul skills.

With the Titan Giant Ape, such a formidable enemy, right before them, Qian Ni had still used Entwined Branches on her and entrusted all his Soul Power to her!

Qian Ni must have had his reasons for doing this!

And the sight before Meng Yiran was enough to shake her to the core! It was the answer!

At the edge of Star Lake, a man and an ape were locked in battle!

No! Qian Ni was suppressing the Titan Giant Ape single-handedly!

His body seemed to split into several figures, attacking the Titan Giant Ape from different directions!

This was not a soul skill! It was simply extreme speed!

His high-speed movements and rapid shifts made him appear to have clones.

But every Qian Ni was the real body!

Every punch and kick carried the power to shatter mountains and split seas!

How could this human be possible!

His body is actually stronger than mine, a Hundred-Thousand-Year Titan Giant Ape!

Er Ming was kicked upward by Qian Ni, sent flying into the air.

The Titan Giant Ape's body, over ten meters tall, seemed to be made of foam—it was launched airborne just like that!

In a flash, Qian Ni appeared above Er Ming's head and slammed down with both fists clasped together!

Amid a sonic boom, Er Ming turned into a cannonball and crashed straight into the ground!

The overwhelming force left Er Ming suffering beyond words!

It simply could not understand what kind of thing the Soul Master fighting it was.

He did not use any of those awful soul skills from before.

Instead, he started fighting with fists and feet!

It had no time to deal with the injury behind it! Even if it did, it could not crush it into fragments and expel it like it had the Whale Bone Spear.

Because the Alien was a living creature!

And the command Qian Ni had given this pitiful Alien was: remain within this monkey's warm-hearted passage!

Thus, the Alien struggled to its heart's content, making full use of its savage bone spurs and body structure. Even at the cost of damaging itself and releasing acidic blood, it rooted itself inside the Titan Giant Ape's torn backside! Only its long tail remained outside the Titan Giant Ape's body.

It! The tailless Titan Giant Ape had somehow acquired a tail after birth!

Er Ming could only endure ultimate pain and humiliation! While dragging the Alien's long tail behind it, it continued fighting Qian Ni!

Yet Qian Ni before and after forming Entwined Branches was an entirely different level of Soul Master!

Before forming Entwined Branches, his first three soul skills had limited effect on the Titan Giant Ape.

After forming Entwined Branches, his Soul Power fell to zero, but the enhancement to Qian Ni's body was more than tenfold!

Not only his physical strength, but also the sharpness of his senses, his absolute microscopic control over his body, and even his vague sixth sense had all been pushed to their limits by the passive restriction of [Heavenly Tyrant]!

Qian Ni's body had already surpassed the pinnacle of human Soul Masters on Douluo Continent after being transformed by Ultimate Power and tempered by deep-sea pressure!

Now, after the amplification of Heavenly Tyrant, he far surpassed even a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast like the Titan Giant Ape!

Most importantly, Qian Ni discovered that the Twin-Winged Bird's Entwined Branches ability had no effect whatsoever on his Ultimate Power.

Yet the bodily perception brought by Heavenly Tyrant's amplification had extended to his Ultimate Power!

Qian Ni's body had already reached a critical point. He stood before the door to Ultimate Power, yet a gate always stood between him and the next step, impossible to open.

Even though his transformation time had reached ten minutes, he still could not take that further step in mastering Ultimate Power.

But after Heavenly Tyrant discarded Soul Power, its enhancement of the flesh extended into the spirit.

The body and spirit were not relatively independent; they influenced one another.

On Douluo Continent, debating whether matter or spirit came first was meaningless.

Either could be possible. That was the answer.

Perhaps all paths would converge in the end.

In the state of Tyrant Qian Ni, Qian Ni's spirit quietly crossed that boundary.

Ultimate Power, which normally required deliberate effort to activate, unexpectedly revealed many more and deeper details he had never noticed.

This was the change brought by pouring all potential into his body! Into his brain!

It reminded him of a saying: if it could be observed, it could be interfered with; if it could be interfered with, it could be controlled.

In an instant, Qian Ni felt as if he had attained enlightenment, his heart filled with joy and delight.

The gate that had trapped Qian Ni for six years finally opened a crack for him!

His understanding and mastery of Ultimate Power silently rose to another level!

It was an indescribable kind of emotion.

Nothing could be more profound and mysterious than this.

Every one of his movements underwent a subtle change.

He was still just as fast!

He still possessed that overwhelming strength!

But Qian Ni's bearing was now completely different from moments ago!

Elegant! At ease! Leisurely strolling through a garden!

It was as though he and the Titan Giant Ape had agreed beforehand to perform a fight scene together!

Every counterattack from Er Ming came only after Qian Ni had taken a step!

Every dodge it made was actively throwing its vital points into Qian Ni's fists!

It looked as if they were throwing the match!

But that was the truth!

The more the Titan Giant Ape fought, the more stifled it felt! The more it fought, the more terrified it became! The more it fought, the more powerless it felt, as though sinking into the deep sea!

"Monkey! Do you still not understand?"

Qian Ni evaded Er Ming's enormous descending fist.

No!

The scene looked more like Er Ming had directly smashed his fist into the grass behind Qian Ni!

And Qian Ni? He even had time to turn his face aside, letting the oncoming gale lift the curls at his temples before smoothly brushing them back into place with one hand.

His entire body seemed covered by the perfect-dodge filter of a protagonist from an Indian action game.

"Struggling is meaningless!

"You, and that little snake in the water, are no longer in the same dimension as me!"

Qian Ni lightly leaped into the sky, head down and feet up, directly facing the Titan Giant Ape.

There was nothing but pure joy on his face!

Everything happening now made him feel incomparably delighted!

"I have already grasped it! The core of Ultimate Power!"

Qian Ni extended his hand and, with incomparably natural ease, flicked a finger at Er Ming's brow.

Thud!

A dull sound!

A sonic boom!

The Titan Giant Ape's enormous body was instantly sent flying backward!

It crossed above Star Lake and crashed into the forest on the opposite shore!

Boom—

Countless towering trees were destroyed once again.

Qian Ni hung upside down in the air, one hand pointing at the heavens and the other at the earth.

"Above and below heaven, I alone am supreme!"

Ripples spread across Star Lake below. A massive ox-headed serpent with two horns emerged from the water.

Between the horns on its head, a tiny sphere of lightning silently condensed as it faced Qian Ni in the sky.

Qian Ni pointed with one hand.

He was clearly in his human form!

Yet Microscopic Particle Manipulation obeyed his will with perfect freedom.

Instantly generated plasma erupted from his fingertip.

A scarlet line flashed from the tip of the left horn, and Supernatural Flame erupted! Everything along that line was annihilated!

An unimaginable temperature and terrifying energy reaction were all restrained by Qian Ni within that line spanning Star Lake, no more than half a meter in diameter.

The lake surface split apart! Earth and stone melted and charred!

Even the surrounding grass instantly dehydrated, withered, and ignited.

The Sky Azure Bull Python's left horn had vanished completely from the root, its cross-section resembling a charred yet incomparably smooth mirror!

The Sky Azure Bull Python froze in the lake, not daring to move at all!

Qian Ni vanished, taking Meng Yiran with him.

Only the words he left behind were deeply branded into the Sky Azure Bull Python's mind.

"The next time we meet, try to bring me more amusement.

"At the very least... find some more Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.

"Otherwise, I will not even have the interest to play!"

Only then did the Titan Giant Ape Er Ming crawl out in a sorry state from the shattered trunks, earth, and fallen leaves.

It could not understand. Its face was filled with terror.

He is clearly only a Soul Ancestor! Why did things turn out like this!

And Da Ming! Why did you only watch! Could it be that even you have betrayed me?!

It looked toward Star Lake in grief and fury.

Before its eyes lay nothing but scorched grass, Star Lake evaporated into mist, and...

The Sky Azure Bull Python, standing motionless in the lake with only one horn remaining.

"Human! Just who... are you!"

The Sky Azure Bull Python raised its head and roared furiously toward the direction in which Qian Ni had vanished.

From afar, a wind brimming with killing intent carried back the answer.

"A passing transmigrator.

"Whether you are Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts or transformed forms, use all your strength and entertain me to your heart's content.

"Your future has already been decided!"

The frigid killing intent echoed above Star Lake along with his voice.

In the Sky Azure Bull Python's eyes, the world shook violently at that moment, as though it would collapse beneath the killing intent!

"I am Qian Ni, the ultimate darkness of this world. My words shall not be defied!"

Star Dou Forest had been branded eternally by the Tyrant.