Chapter 72: Peak Battle, Pinnacle of Glory

The earth beneath his feet emitted a teeth-aching groan, and the light gushing out from the cracks almost blinded Ji Chen's eyes.

He retracted the foot he had stepped on the black-robed man and leaped backward.

"The real hell? The tone is not small." Ji Chen said with a playful remark, but the alarm bell rang in his heart.

This energy gushing from the depths of the earth was cold, domineering, and carried a suffocating sense of oppression.

The circular pattern unfolded completely, like a huge eye, exuding ghostly green light.

A figure slowly rose from the "eye pupil", and the surrounding air seemed to have frozen, carrying heart-palpitating fluctuations.

This was a tall man, wrapped in a black cloak, his face unclear.

He just stood there quietly, but exuded a momentum of looking down on the world, much stronger than the black-robed man before.

Ji Chen felt the surrounding air become sticky, and even breathing was difficult.

This powerful aura made him feel like a rabbit stared at by a giant python, unable to move.

"Damn, this is the final BOSS, right? The previous ones were all small fry?" Ji Chen muttered to himself in his heart, while quickly operating his Ability, adjusting his state to the best.

He took a deep breath, suppressing the unease that welled up in his heart.

"No matter who you are, today I will let you see my power!" Ji Chen shouted in a low voice, clenching his fists, and the Ability energy all over his body surged out like a volcanic eruption.

Golden light flowed on him, illuminating the surrounding darkness.

He rushed toward the black-robed man violently, threw a punch, and the air emitted an explosive sound.

However, his fist seemed to hit cotton, without any point of force.

The black-robed man just turned slightly, dodging his attack.

"Little tricks." The black-robed man let out a low sneer, the voice like it came from the depths of hell, carrying chilling coldness.

He slowly raised his hand, and black energy condensed in his palm, forming a black energy ball.

"Let you taste... true despair!" The black-robed man's black energy ball was like a meteor, cutting through the air, rushing toward Ji Chen at extreme speed.

Ji Chen tried his best to dodge, but the speed of that energy was too fast, and his body was instantly hit.

The severe pain penetrated his whole body like an electric current, making him tremble all over, as if countless needles had been stabbed into his bone marrow.

He felt a sense of dizziness, everything before his eyes became blurry, and the whole world was shaking.

"Uh..." Ji Chen spat out a mouthful of blood with difficulty, the blood gushing from his mouth like a fountain, dripping onto the ground, emitting a "patter" sound.

His body could barely support him, his knees softened, almost kneeling to the ground.

The surrounding air seemed to become sticky, and every breath was like draining his life force.

He felt like he had been swallowed into the belly of a huge monster, and the pressure all around made him almost suffocate.

"It's over." The black-robed man's voice was as cold as ice, as if announcing Ji Chen's death sentence.

He slowly raised his other hand, and more black energy began to condense in his palm, forming a larger energy ball.

"This time, you can't escape anymore."

Ji Chen's vision gradually blurred, and only his rapid breathing and the light of the constantly condensing energy ball remained in his ears.

He felt his power dissipating rapidly, and his body could barely move.

However, at this desperate moment, a thought suddenly emerged in his mind, an unprecedented inspiration.

He remembered that he had once inadvertently tried a brand-new way of using Ability during training, but it didn't succeed at the time.

Now, he had no choice but to try his best.

He took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the severe pain, and concentrated all his Ability energy on his heart.

His heart seemed to be ignited, and golden light surged from his chest, instantly spreading to his whole body.

His body was wrapped in golden flames, and the whole person seemed to have turned into a golden god of war.

At this moment, he felt his power increase several times, even surpassing his previous limits.

"I'm not so easily defeated!" Ji Chen shouted, his eyes burning with unyielding light, his hands turned into golden claws, launching a fatal blow toward the black-robed man.

The golden light turned into a lightning bolt, striking the black-robed man's chest directly.

That powerful power shook the black-robed man back repeatedly, and finally he was blown away, hitting the wall in the distance heavily, emitting a deafening loud sound.

"No... this is impossible!" The black-robed man's voice was full of shock and disbelief.

He struggled to stand up, but Ji Chen was already close at hand, defeating him completely with one punch.

Everything returned to silence, and the air was filled with the smell of scorching.

Ji Chen stood on the spot, the golden light gradually dissipated, his body was exhausted, but his heart was full of the joy of victory.

He finally did it, defeating this seemingly invincible enemy.

However, just then, he suddenly felt a sense of unease, as if something had not ended yet.

"Did I win...?" Ji Chen muttered to himself, looking forward. Ji Chen stood up shakily, feeling like his body had been hollowed out.

That blow just now had almost exhausted all his energy.

He looked down at his hands, the golden light had dissipated, replaced by strands of black aura, slowly seeping into his skin.

"What the hell is this?" He shook his hands, but couldn't shake off these black auras no matter what.

Suddenly, he felt a sense of dizziness, and the world before his eyes began to twist and deform.

The black-robed man who had already fallen actually turned into a mass of black mist, slowly rising and merging into the surrounding air.

Immediately after, the entire space began to vibrate, the cracks on the ground became larger and larger, and the light gushing out became more and more intense.

"Damn, still endless?" Ji Chen couldn't help but burst out a curse.

He felt like he had fallen into an infinite loop, never finishing the monsters.

At this time, a voice rang in his ear, low and cold, like from the depths of hell.

"Did you think you won? You just destroyed a puppet. The real game has only just begun..."

Ji Chen felt a chill in his heart, and a chill rushed from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.

He realized that his previous victory was just a trap set by someone else.

His originally relaxed expression instantly became solemn, and the surrounding atmosphere became tense again.

He thought of Zeng Yue, the woman who was cold and spoke little but fought side by side with him.

He knew he couldn't fall, he had to guard the Supernatural World and protect those who needed his protection.

His eyes became firm, and the surrounding atmosphere was filled with firm belief, like an unshakable high mountain.

At this moment, he was more mature and steady than ever before.

The ground stopped vibrating, and the light gradually dissipated.

Ji Chen looked around and found himself standing on an empty plaza. Everything around had returned to peace, as if nothing had happened.

Only a trace of black aura remaining in the air reminded him that what he had just experienced was not an illusion.

He took a deep breath, suppressing the unease that welled up in his heart.

He knew that greater challenges were still to come.

He looked into the distance, his eyes deep and firm.

"The game has only just begun... then come on!" Ji Chen said in a low voice and walked forward. ===== CHAPTER 73 =====