"You whelp! How dare you!"
Seeing Shi Ming dare to touch the treasures beside his body, Ron’s spiritual form let out a roar, ignoring the attacks from `[Bore]` and the ten-fold backlash from `[River’s End]`.
The chaotic universe froze solid, then shattered into pieces.
His body was still suffused with the aura of death.
Under the effect of `[Zero]`, he had lost all his `[Life]`. Now, the one behind Fisherman’s Concealment was using a fishing line to pull his body away, intending to disappear with the treasures!
"And why wouldn’t I dare?"
Shi Ming was even faster than the mysterious fisherman. He planted a kick right on the Six-armed Sovereign’s meddlesome face.
’Mine now!’
The lifeless body went flying backward. Meanwhile, Shi Ming’s Spiritual Power locked onto two supreme treasures: one in Ron’s second left hand and one on his back. The `[Bore]` worms took advantage of the opening, swiftly severing the connection between the two treasures and Ron. The twelve-layered wheel of destiny was now missing two of its rings. Then, the two supreme treasures were forcefully ripped from the whole set and instantly vanished into Shi Ming’s personal inventory.
If even a dog bit Shi Ming, he would make sure to rip out a tuft of its fur in return.
And once a treasure entered Shi Ming’s inventory, there was no precedent for it ever being returned.
The twelve destiny treasures were a complete set that had taken Ron tens of thousands of years to collect, all to complement his destiny system. They constituted half of his entire foundation! Lacking even one would cause a drastic drop in their collective power.
The Sovereign’s spiritual form let out a helpless roar, watching as his two most important supreme treasures were snatched away by Shi Ming. Then, with the help of the mysterious fisherman, his endangered physical body and the other ten treasures entered a state of `Fisherman’s Concealment`, evading the fatal combination of `[Bore]`, `[Zero]`, and `[River’s End]`.
Beyond the sealed and chaotic battlefield, a rift tore open in the stable Dark Cosmos.
The Star Queen emerged elegantly from within.
Five different Nirvana Powerhouses followed close behind her. They stared at the current battlefield in disbelief, then prepared to rush in at top speed to support their allies and gang up on the lone enemy!
Seven Nirvana Powerhouses were enough to turn the tide.
Shi Ming sneered.
"One isn’t enough, so you bring two?"
"Two aren’t enough, so you bring a whole pile?"
"But no matter how many of you show up, whether I fight or flee today is my decision alone!"
The secret treasure, the `Wishing Star of All Worlds`, appeared. Shi Ming immediately activated its second skill. The Wishing Star instantly merged into his body, causing his entire being to become brilliantly radiant.
In the blink of an eye, his body became like a shooting star.
He ignored the lockdown from the Ten Thousand Vault Radiance and the Star Queen, ignored the chaotic Dark Cosmos, and broke through the boundary like a beam of light. He escaped with ease, as if passing through an unguarded realm.
The Star Queen tried to stop him,
but found she couldn’t get a purchase on him at all.
This was the second skill of the secret treasure, the `Wishing Star of All Worlds`: `[Brilliance]`.
By fusing the `Wishing Star of All Worlds` with oneself, one’s body can become a Brilliant Light. This Brilliant Light can ignore all seals, prisons, and barriers of pseudo-god level and below... allowing one to directly break through barriers and leave at the speed of light.
If he wanted to fight, he could fight as he pleased!
If he wanted to leave, no one could stop him!
Shi Ming escaped like a beam of light, leaving behind nothing but a chaotic battlefield.
The seven Nirvana Powerhouses stared at the shattered space, the chaotic Dark Cosmos, the Sovereign’s lifeless body, and his incandescently furious spiritual form. For a moment, they were as silent as cicadas in late autumn, trembling and not daring to make a sound.
The last time their siege failed, the Sovereign became a laughingstock among the Pillar Stones of the neighboring Cosmic Countries.
This time, he had stumbled in the exact same place...
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...
’`[Zero]` is truly powerful.’
’Normally, the best way to fight Ron would be to zero out his destiny. But Ron’s Destiny has very little effect on me—the `Destiny` I locked onto last time still hasn’t arrived, so I can ignore it for now. Therefore, directly zeroing out his life was the best choice.’
’Once his life is zeroed out, his powerful body loses all vitality. All skills and techniques that rely on a physical form become unusable.’
’And the skills that rely on Spiritual Power have no effect on me. They can’t break through the defense of the Hundred-Floor Celestial Tower. To me, they’re just a harmless breeze. If he’s not careful, he might even suffer a backlash.’
’Thus, for the 1,024 seconds that `[Zero]` is active, I’m in an invincible position.’
’But that’s only in a one-on-one situation.’
’If I’m facing a siege, I’m at a much greater disadvantage.’
’I was aware of the hidden fisherman all along. While the `Fisherman’s Concealment` at the critical moment appeared to save Ron’s life, it didn’t matter whether he intervened or not. I couldn’t have made the Sovereign fall so quickly with just a ten-fold destiny backlash. As the master of `[River’s End]` and with twelve destiny treasures in hand, Ron has a certain degree of immunity to it.’
’But corroding his treasures, stealing the two most precious ones, and then calmly leaving under the watch of all his subordinates—that is the ultimate insult.’
’An enemy’s face is meant to be kicked, and kicked hard!’
’In any case, I definitely enjoyed that fight.’
’I just hope Bai Yimo can still get her one million Cosmic Crystals.’
The great shuttle sped away from this Star Domain, traversing the Dark Cosmos. Shi Ming took out the two supreme treasures he had snatched from the Sovereign and began to study his spoils of war.
They were both rare, destiny-attribute supreme treasures. One was called the `Ten Thousand Flowers Jade`, and the other was the `Silver Scissors`.
[Ten Thousand Flowers Jade]
[Level: 20]
[Hailed as Destiny’s Kaleidoscope, it allows one to see the splendid life of a living being. If you find their fate too dull, you can also insert a fun little "choose one of three" entry for them, bringing about an unexpected gift or development. (Each target can only have an entry inserted once.)]