Qi Yuan's first-stage Susanoo seized the violently struggling Earth Grudge Fear and Zhao Hua's real body!!
Then it squeezed hard again, crushing the Earth Grudge Fear monster first.
Zhao Hua's real body, meanwhile, was covered in hard earth.
His primary attribute was Earth Release.
Not only his exterior but even the inside of his body had been reinforced with a hardening technique.
Yet he was suffering immense pain now.
Although this was a Shapeshifting Technique Body, his real self felt every bit of its pain!!
Under Susanoo's tremendous strength, he was crushed outright without question!
Congratulations, host. You have suppressed Zhao Hua. Reward: 5,000 Enhancement Points!!
Qi Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly. This man was unexpectedly valuable. He had actually earned this many Enhancement Points??
Then he frowned. The mangled body crushed by Susanoo seemed to have become someone else, no longer resembling Zhao Hua!!
"Was it a puppet? But how could a puppet change its original appearance??"
A thought surfaced in his mind. It seemed very much like that technique he remembered.
Meanwhile, Gu Huan kept struggling beneath Susanoo's arm. Suddenly, his mouth opened wide, and another body was impossibly disgorged from it!!
Qi Yuan suddenly felt a repulsive force. Standing inside Susanoo, he focused both eyes on Gu Huan!!
The body that had emerged was still soaking wet and was the size of a normal human.
Yet the instant he raised his head, Qi Yuan's pupils contracted sharply.
It was a feline head, and it looked utterly horrifying.
What concerned him even more, however, was that this thing actually had a Rinnegan in its right eye socket!!
So their bodies really were created by the Shapeshifting Technique!!
Qi Yuan was deeply shaken. He had already suspected the Shapeshifting Technique earlier.
But he had found it hard to believe that anyone could have obtained the Rinnegan.
Seeing this person's appearance brought a host of connections to Qi Yuan's mind!!
Capture him!! I need to know everything about him!!
Although his opponent possessed a Rinnegan, this was still only a Shapeshifting Technique Body!!
The techniques he could use were limited.
Gu Huan, over on the other side, had the same thought.
Qi Yuan had actually forced him to reveal his true form.
If this brat let it slip, word that he possessed the Rinnegan would spread like wildfire.
"Damn it, I never expected a little entertainment to turn into this!!"
Looking at the Susanoo around Qi Yuan, Gu Huan found it extraordinarily difficult to deal with.
He was merely a Shapeshifting Technique Body that had inherited less than a tenth of his real body's power.
Normally, he had plenty of options even against someone who had just entered the King realm.
But against this Susanoo that combined offense and defense, he was almost helpless!!
"I can only give it a try!"
"This is only a Shapeshifting Technique Body anyway. It doesn't matter if I use up all its chakra!!"
The Rinnegan in his right eye suddenly opened wide.
His entire body began to shrivel, as though all the chakra in it were being concentrated in his right eye.
"Banshō Ten'in!!"
He extended his palm forward, and an incredibly powerful attractive force erupted!!
Within Susanoo, Qi Yuan felt his body escape his control, hurtling toward Gu Huan's hand at tremendous speed!!
"Is this Banshō Ten'in?? But if this is all it amounts to, you're really underestimating me!!"
Qi Yuan neither dodged nor evaded, and Gu Huan could not help feeling delighted.
"The Rinnegan truly lives up to its name. Even the Mangekyō Sharingan's Susanoo can't stop it!!"
The powerful attraction pulled Qi Yuan's body out in an instant.
Yet during that process, Qi Yuan opened the fifth gate of the Eight Gates of Limitless!!
His physical strength rose to another level.
At this point, Banshō Ten'in's pull could not restrain him at all!!
His body suddenly paused in midair, then continued toward Gu Huan!!
This time, however, Qi Yuan was attacking of his own accord.
Carried by the momentum of the attraction, Qi Yuan, radiating green light, kicked Gu Huan squarely in the palm!!
The arm casting Banshō Ten'in was shattered outright, and the flesh connected to it collapsed instantly!!
Gu Huan's entire body split straight down the middle.
His chakra was almost exhausted.
Yet Qi Yuan grabbed his head!!
The Rinnegan could grant immunity to the vast majority of visual genjutsu, but Qi Yuan did not believe a severely incomplete imitation Rinnegan had that ability!
Deliberately avoiding the Rinnegan simulated by the Shapeshifting Technique, he fixed his Mangekyō Sharingan on Gu Huan's amber feline left eye before his chakra ran out!!
"Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique!!"
Genjutsu cast through the Mangekyō Sharingan was even stronger, and Gu Huan's Living Corpse Reincarnation already left his mental power relatively weak.
Under the genjutsu, Gu Huan succumbed outright!!
His remaining head trembled incessantly, as though enduring tremendous pressure.
Through the genjutsu, Qi Yuan learned where his real body was, learned where his Rinnegan had come from, learned...
Meanwhile, far away in Huangyan City.
Gu Huan's real body, which had been controlling the other body through the Shapeshifting Technique, fell into a daze.
He had only recently seized the body of a member of the Foreign Races, and his mental power was extremely unstable.
On top of that, he was being tormented by the Rinnegan. His current condition could not compare to his peak at all.
He had thought he would merely use the Shapeshifting Technique to test the Rinnegan's power, never expecting the test to uncover a powerful human who could perfectly control the Mangekyō Sharingan.
And his opponent had actually seized the opportunity to invade his mind and extract information through genjutsu!!
Beside him, Zhao Hua had just recovered from the destruction of his Shapeshifting Technique Body when he noticed that something was wrong with his teacher.
"Has he fallen under genjutsu??"
"How is that possible? How could even someone with Teacher's abilities fall into his hands??"
But on second thought, their opponent was a bizarre being capable of using the Mangekyō Sharingan's Dōjutsu. With less than a tenth of his strength remaining, his teacher might not be able to resist.
His expression changed abruptly, and he hurriedly reached into Gu Huan's body.
The influx of chakra directly disrupted Qi Yuan's genjutsu.
"Release!!"
Meanwhile, Qi Yuan, who was interrogating Gu Huan, was forced out of the genjutsu world!!
Gu Huan's remaining head suddenly regained consciousness, and he stared at Qi Yuan with hatred.
A mere brat had actually invaded his mental world!!
It was an utter humiliation!!
He opened his mouth wide, and his remaining head suddenly elongated in a bizarre fashion.
Then he lunged savagely at Qi Yuan!!
"Damn brat!! Receive my Cursed Seal! You..."
His expression was vicious, but then it suddenly froze!!
As mucus dripped from his mouth, his teeth sank into a blue arm instead.
Around his upper body, Qi Yuan had raised a blue arm formed by Susanoo, blocking Gu Huan's final attack.
"You-you brat, you're still using Susanoo to guard against me at a time like this??"
With his final resort thwarted as well, Gu Huan's head began to crumble away before vanishing!!
Congratulations, host. You have suppressed Gu Huan. Reward: 8,000 Enhancement Points!!
At that moment, Qi Yuan raised his head. An incomparably powerful surge of chakra was approaching from afar!!
At the same time, a steady, weathered voice rang out!!
"Gu Huan's chakra signature. He really isn't dead!!"
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