The Cheating Beyonder
Chen Tian in the sky, his brows furrowed, surrounded by a deep blue expanse.
"The teleportation distance is correct... why am I still in this area?" He looked down at his feet, and the battlefield on the ground had vanished. There was nothing beneath his feet except for a blue expanse.
He had just torn through space in an attempt to jump to the vacuum of space, but in the blink of an eye, he was still floating in the sky!
Something's not right!
Buzz!
He looked up abruptly, and his pale blue iris suddenly contracted! The deep black, like ink that devours everything, instantly soaked into his entire iris!
Only at the center of his pupils, a single, cold, pale blue starlight burned fiercely!
Open the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception!
A dramatic shift in perspective!
The world's colors were instantly stripped away, leaving only a deathly gray background!
Countless thin black lines, representing the concept of "The End," are like the most intricate and cruel spider web, densely imprinted on the air, the energy turbulence, and even space itself!
This is the trajectory of the End of all things!
"Found you!" Chen Tian roared inwardly, his gaze like an invisible probe, scanning the locked space with precision exceeding the speed of light!
Gray walls... ash clouds... shattered dimensional fragments...
No
The most crucial "Death Line," representing the entrance to the Beyonder Domain, has vanished without a trace!
"Impossible!" A sense of anxiety crept into his mind.
The seemingly endless torrent of 'Death Line' that filled the field of vision was like crashing into a flawless wall of sighs!
"Dimensional gaps... are both barriers and passages..." He took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing his surging emotions.
Impatience is a fatal flaw!
Close your eyes!
The moment the eyelids closed, the gray world of death in first sight did not disappear; instead, it spread out instantly like a reflection on the surface of water!
Buzz--
A slight burning sensation came from between my eyebrows.
The "Omnidirectional Perception" of the Heavenly Eye has been pushed to its limit!
Centered on himself, all the images in all directions were directly poured into his mind!
An aerial view!
Like a supreme deity, this sealed, strange space was laid bare on the table of his mind!
The trajectory of every speck of dust, the disturbance of every ripple in the energy flow, is revealed in minute detail!
On the gray-white background, the Death Line, representing the End of ordinary dimensions, twisted and shifted restlessly like a disturbed swarm of snakes...
Found it!
Right at the edge of his "overlooking" view!
A line that is thinner and deeper than the other Death Line, almost blending into the gray and white background!
It is not stationary, but rather "leaping" at a high speed at a frequency that transcends the rules of space!
One moment they were here, the next they were a hundred meters away!
Like a cunning fish, it frantically evades the predator's lock!
If it weren't for the all-perspective vision of the Heavenly Eye capturing that subtle, almost non-existent dimensional ripple, it would have been completely undetectable!
"So that's how it is... a living 'door'!"
This entrance itself is endowed with the "life" quality of evading detection!
A cold smile curled at the corner of his mouth, and his eyes snapped open!
Deep within the iris, a single, intensely concentrated azure Blue Planet suddenly shone brightly!
Locking
His gaze was like a sharp arrow piercing through time and space, ignoring all the distorted light and the trajectory of the leaps, fixing itself firmly on that frantically fleeing, dark Death Line!
Chen Tian thrust his right hand fiercely into the Void!
Clang--
The metallic hum ripped through the silence!
His five fingers suddenly clenched, forcefully pulling out a Neon Blade reaching two meters in length from the distorted space— Masamune (Ross's weapon in Final Fantasy)!
"Escape?" Chen Tian sneered.
Swish!
His figure vanished into thin air! The next instant—
Boom
The Masamune, imbued with the power to sever dimensions, precisely struck that Death Line of frantic leaping!
The instant the blade touched the Death Line, the space shattered like glass struck by a heavy hammer, cracking open with countless spiderweb-like fissures!
"Open!" Chen Tian roared.
Click--
At the center of the crack, a white rift piercing the heavens and earth suddenly tore open!
A blindingly pure light erupted forth like a flood!
Beyond the rift, a pure white realm was clearly visible— Beyonder Domain, opened!
Chen Tian glanced at Masamune, who had turned to ashes, and casually tossed the hilt of his sword aside.
"Found you."
Chen Tian stepped into the white light rift. The spatial rift behind him, cleaved open like a solidified wound, its edges shimmering with an ominous blackish-purple light—a dimension severed by the 'Mystic Eyes of Death Perception,' never to heal!
"Clap clap clap clap--"
Harsh laughter, accompanied by applause, echoed through the pure white space.
Chen Tian looked up the Beyonder sitting cross-legged, suspended in mid-air.
"Fantastic! Absolutely fantastic!" The Beyonder wiped away tears of laughter. "No wonder he's an 'outsider'!"
Chen Tian's eyes were filled with Death Line.
This seemingly mischievous man is covered in countless black 'Death Line'!
"Your game is over, the Beyonder!" Chen Tian's voice was as cold as ice.
The Beyonder's smile faltered for a moment, then he burst into an even more exaggerated laugh, "Come on! Try killing me!"
Boom
Blue demonic flames soared into the sky! Chen Tian's body swelled, and demonic bone armor covered his entire body— the Devil Trigger was complete!
His right hand pierced into the Void, and the drawn Ryūjin Jakka it touched his fingertips!
The blue flames were instantly replaced by pure white, and the temperature in the entire Beyonder Domain soared!
Chen Tian disappeared from the spot.
When it reappeared, it was already in front of the Beyonder.
With his right hand, fingers joined like a knife—the fingertips wreathed in white flames—he deftly sliced across the thickest Death Line on the Beyonder's chest!
Hiss!
Like tearing apart rotten wood, a pitch-black rift ripped open across the chest of the Beyonder Transcendent One, piercing through his torso!
"Ah--!" The Beyonder let out an exaggerated, distorted scream, dramatically clutching his chest with both hands (even though it had already been cleaved open), his body staggering and spinning in the air.
"I... I'm dead! It hurts so much! It's so cruel!" He tumbled twice in the air like a clumsy stage actor.
She even gave Chen Tian a resentful look that said, "You're so cruel," before finally sprawling out her limbs and becoming stiff and motionless like a puppet with its strings cut.
Chen Tian's pupils contracted slightly.
The feedback from the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception was crystal clear— the Death Line had been severed! Vital signs instantly dropped to zero!
Buzz!
The air distorted silently ten meters to Chen Tian's right.
Another the Beyonder, dressed in a pure white jacket, appeared without warning. He stroked his chin, "admiring" the stiff, lifeless clone in the air with great interest, clicking his tongue. "Oh dear, how ruthless, how cruel."
He even shook his head regretfully.
The Death Line in Chen Tian's pupils throbbed wildly—all the life characteristics, soul fluctuations, and energy core of this newly appeared the Beyonder being pointed to the same conclusion: the true form!
"Kill!"
The figure vanished again! The white flame hand blade tore through the air!
Hiss!
The second the Beyonder's smile froze, and the black lines on his chest exploded! He crashed to the ground with a thud!
Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!
The pure white realm was like a boiling surface of water, and dozens of the Beyonder emerged from all directions without warning!
Their postures varied; some crossed their arms and sneered, others rubbed their fists together, yet they all spoke at the same time, their voices rising in waves like a tsunami:
Come on!
"Keep killing!"
"Look, you're the one who's exhausted first—"
"May I all die first! Hahahaha!"
Chen Tian ignored it!
Swish! Swish! Swish!
He transformed into a streak of blazing white lightning that refracted wildly in the pure white space!
With each flash, a hand blade wreathed in white flames tears through the Void!
Thud! The Beyonder's head flew off!
Sizzle! Another one was cut in half!
Boom! The third one was pierced through the heart by a white flame hand chop and exploded into light fragments!
The laughter, screams, and mockery of the Beyonder mingled into a frenzied symphony within the realm!
The corpses fell like raindrops, then vanished into specks of light the instant they touched the pure white ground.
However!
For every one Execute, two or three new the Beyonder would coalesce from even further away! Their numbers didn't decrease; instead, they increased exponentially!
Ten... fifty... one hundred...!
The densely packed white figures almost filled the field of vision! The simultaneous roars of all the clones created a tangible sonic impact:
"Not enough! Not fast enough!"
"Push harder, Chen Tian!"
"Is this your limit? Hahahaha!"
Chen Tian suddenly stopped beside a dissipating corpse; from the gaps in the Devil Trigger bone armor, blazing white flames surged violently.
The gray world in his eyes had been submerged by countless writhing black Death Line —each clone exuded the same "The End" trajectory as the original body!
Infinite clones? Immortality?
"Out of energy?"
A thousand the Beyonder simultaneously grinned!
"Let's begin then--"
Boom
Countless attacks instantly engulfed the spot where Chen Tian stood!
A pure white beam of energy warps the laws of physics! A pitch-black gravitational singularity tears dimensions apart! Purple ripples containing a time Paradox freeze causality!
A true, cosmic-level saturation strike!
Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!
A dense, deafening metallic explosion erupted!
Where Chen Tian stood, only a wildly flickering white-gold core remained! The Devil Trigger bone armor trembled violently under the raging onslaught!
"Too slow!"
"Too light!"
"Is this all you've got to intrude into my territory?!"
The Beyonder roared madly, their attack frequency soaring once more! The entire pure white realm was churned into a chaotic energy vortex!
Click!
A faint yet distinct cracking sound pierced the noise!
A crack exploded on Chen Tian's left shoulder!
"Ha! A flaw!"
The three closest the Beyonder flashed with murderous intent!
One person spread his five fingers, and from his palm spewed out a concentrated singularity powerful enough to Oblivion galaxies!
A person crossed their arms and unleashed a cross-shaped death ray that cleaved through time and space!
The last one grinned maliciously, his entire body transforming into a chaotic cannonball that crashed into the Multiverse!
A decisive victory from three sides!
"Roll!"
A burst of Blue Planet starlight erupted in Chen Tian's eyes! The white flames that enveloped his body suddenly collapsed—condensing into his right fist!
Boom--!!!
A punch strikes! Tremor-Shattering Death Shatter!
The condensed singularity of the Beyonder ahead Oblivion like a soap bubble! The cross-shaped death ray shattered inch by inch!
The moment the Chaos Cannonball struck the fist, the grin on the Beyonder's face froze—the bone-armored fist pierced straight through his chest!
"Huh?!" The pupils of the other two the Beyonder shrank dramatically!
Chen Tian didn't stop! The arm that had pierced through his chest suddenly tore horizontally!
Sizzle--!
The Chaos Cannonball the Beyonder was torn in two! The blazing white demonic flames instantly burned the two pieces of its remains to ashes!
At the same time!
His left foot swung up like a battle axe, wreathed in white flames, and kicked hard into the arms of the left-hand the Beyonder was blocking!
Click!
The sound of bones cracking was crisp! The Beyonder's arms, along with half of his shoulder, were shattered by a single kick! White flames surged wildly along the fractured surfaces!
"Aaaaaah--!" The scream had barely begun when Chen Tian appeared before him! His head slammed down with tremendous force!
Bang
The entire skull was smashed like a watermelon by a heavy hammer! Red and white fragments mixed with shattered bone shards scattered everywhere! Then it was instantly purified by the white flames!
The last remaining the Beyonder was terrified and retreated instantly!
"Trying to run?"
Chen Tian's voice was icy cold, as if it came from the deepest hell! He clenched his right hand in the Void as the retreating the Beyonder made a violent clenching motion!
Buzz!
The space around the Beyonder instantly froze!
The next second--
Chen Tian appeared before him! A demonic claw wreathed in white flames gripped his face tightly!
Pfft!
The head exploded! The headless corpse convulsed in the white flames and turned to ashes!
Silence!
Laugh--!
In the deathly silent, pure white realm, Chen Tian hovered in the air, with his Transcendent the Beyonder surging like waves beneath his feet.
Each one Central City a perfectly clear "original form" in the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception!
That was so easy!
Those three Transcendence the Beyonder rushed in for a fatal blow were as fragile as paper in front of him!
Chen Tian didn't even use his full power.
Each attack response was terrifyingly "real," and the cold, unmistakable judgment of the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception told him—this was the real body, and he was dead!
Absurd!
If this is all the Beyonder capable of, then the original manga setting before their time travel is a joke!
"Where is he?" Chen Tian's mind raced.
The Beyonder being must exist, and it is hidden within this realm, hidden in some "layer" beyond conventional perception!
Chen Tian sneered inwardly: 'Since that's how it is, then I'll enjoy the data you've provided!'
Swish!
Without any warning, Chen Tian made his move! This time, he wasn't on the defensive counter-attack, but rather taking the initiative!
The figure enveloped in demonic flames transformed into a bolt of lightning that tore through pure white space, crashing headlong into the boundless ocean of the Beyonder!
Boom! Bang bang bang! Splat--!
The battle escalates instantly!
Wherever Chen Tian passed, the space was torn open with dark cracks by his extreme power!
Fists, elbows, knees, and even heads wreathed in white flames have become the most deadly weapons!
Each collision unleashed an energy shockwave capable of Oblivion a star!
The Beyonder being attempted to block his powerful punch with its arms.
Click!
His arms and half his chest were blasted into dust by the absolute force of the punch! White flames followed closely behind, burning away the fragments!
Another clone unleashed a dimension-tearing energy blade from the side.
Without even looking, Chen Tian swung his left arm, covered in bone armor, backward!
Clang! Boom!
The energy blade shattered like glass! The arm's momentum didn't wane, slashing fiercely at the clone's waist!
Puff
The clone was smashed in half at the waist! While its upper body was still spinning in the air, its head was crushed by the right claw that caught up with it!
The third, the fourth, the fifth... more clones, carrying power enough to destroy galaxies, rushed in from all directions! Energy beams, gravitational singularities, time chains, mental shocks... the power surge completely engulfed the area where Chen Tian was located!
Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!
The dense, almost physical, metallic clanging sounds exploded like popping beans!
That was the sound of Chen Tian enduring countless attacks!
He was like a demon god swimming against the current in a cataclysmic tsunami, enduring a barrage of attacks powerful enough to collapse the Multiverse.
One step, one kill! Every punch lands with a visceral impact! Every claw shatters a soul!
White flames surged wildly across his body, repairing the tiny cracks that kept appearing on the demon scales.
With each repair, the scales seemed to become a little stronger!
The frenzied roars and mockery of the Beyonder resounded throughout the heavens and earth:
"Didn't you eat? Push harder!"
"Your demonic flames are tickling me!"
Kill him! Kill him! Tear him to pieces!
The realm is trembling! Space itself is groaning! The intensity of this battle has surpassed the realm of common sense!
However, even in the midst of fierce battle, Chen Tian's core thoughts remained a cold, absolute rationality.
The taunts of the Beyonder, the attacks from the clones, the constant feedback of the "original body judgment" from the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception...
All these information flows were captured, analyzed, and dissected at lightning speed by his eyes!
Attack patterns, energy flow trajectories, spatial structure ripples, minute anomalies of dimensional folding... In a fraction of a second, countless data surged through his consciousness like a galaxy waterfall!
That's enough! Data collection complete!
Just as tens of thousands of the Beyonder clones were preparing for an even more ferocious attack—
Buzz!
The blazing white demonic flames surrounding Chen Tian were extinguished instantly without warning!
The hideous Devil Trigger receded like the tide, revealing his human form.
All the violent energy vanished without a trace.
A sudden stillness descended upon the Beyonder Domain.
The ferocious expressions on all the clones' faces froze instantly, followed by a deafening burst of laughter!
"Hahahaha! I give up!"
"I've turned back into a human! An insect is an insect!"
"Kneel down and beg for mercy, you piece of trash!" The shouts surged like a tsunami, filled with utter contempt.
Chen Tian remained steadily suspended in mid-air, completely ignoring the soul-shattering mockery.
He slowly raised his right hand, palm facing upward.
The blazing white flames that had just enveloped his body condensed in his hand.
Clang!
A clear, melodious metallic clang rang out!
Ryūjin Jakka appeared in his hand.
Just as all the Beyonder were laughing so hard they were doubled over, preparing to tear their "surrendered" prey to shreds—
Chen Tian slightly raised his face, his cold gaze sweeping over the endless white figures, a smile playing on his lips.
He clearly uttered two words:
"Thanks."
The laughter stopped abruptly!
The smiles of countless the Beyonder froze on their faces simultaneously, as if a collective pause button had been pressed.
What are you thanking me for?!
"You think you can wear me down, but little do you know, all of this is providing me with data about your presence."
A blue light screen suddenly appeared on Chen Tian's right side.
The blue screen displayed a chilling line of text: 89.648947%, hit!
(You can guess where this ability comes from; it's a conceptual ability. Hehe, guess what? It's a weakened version, with the added step of data collection.)