Chapter 1653: Fifth Stage Battle 1

Bang

Instantly erupting rule power almost tore open the judgment space.

Lin An's spiritual world instantly trembled as if struck by a heavy hammer!

Beneath the mask, blood flowed freely.

If anyone could see his current state, they would surely realize that Lin An at this moment has suffered grave injury!

"Still... too strained..."

"Buzz!"

Spiritual power surged in wildly.

Almost simultaneously, Lin An unreservedly mobilized all spiritual power to stabilize the space.

Points were consumed like water.

Without worrying about waste.

White light flashed wildly across his surface as if it were free.

As a special space constructed from spiritual power, once it is destroyed, even his own will would be shattered!

But knowing full well that he must not reveal his strength, he can only fight within the judgment space.

Lin An clearly knows that even if he risks bursting, he must kill his opponent here!

"Weak! Too weak!"

"Hahaha!!!"

The Fifth Stage's reaction is incredibly fast!

The Flame Ghost dragged into the judgment space instantly sensed a disturbance in Lin An's aura; even the power suppressing him wavered under his casual burst.

He could almost see the worm's panicked appearance!

A Fourth Stage pretending to be Shattered Star Level!

He doesn't know how this trash could have such gall!

"Boom!!"

Without Hesitation.

The Flame Ghost instantly condensed a huge light ball in his hand, gave a feral grin, and prepared to smash it onto Lin An.

But as soon as he made a move, the originally fully erupted rule power weakened somewhat.

Not out of arrogance or leniency, but he suddenly thought of something.

If he accidentally killed this worm, then Lin An's secret would truly become a secret.

Being able to let the system judge Fourth Stage as Shattered Star...

The value of this is even greater than simply killing Lin An!

Upon this thought, he simply exerted force with his legs, directly breaking this ridiculous restraining force and rushing to Lin An's front.

Capture alive! He wants to capture this trash alive!

But in the instant of a thought, the Flame Ghost felt his vision brighten, seeing a silver flash suddenly erupt from Lin An's hand.

The light was blinding; time power like that of the stars instantly shone.

"Huh?!"

"You dare attack me?!"

"Courting death!"

Carrying explosive kinetic energy, even the simplest rule, upon reaching the Fifth Stage, its destructive power cannot be matched by the Fourth Stage.

Realizing the worm still dared to resist him, the Flame Ghost simply condensed his fusion rule in his right hand and slapped Lin An.

Although he held back power in this strike, it is absolutely enough to beat this trash to the brink of death!

Both sides' attacks erupted simultaneously.

Only seen in a dark space, the silver causal sequence and red fusion rule collided like supernovas.

But the result is obvious.

Accompanied by a violent explosion sound, Lin An's flesh instantly melted.

Centered on his chest, a hole the size of a basketball rapidly expanded.

Facing a casual strike from the Fifth Stage, his body, capable of withstanding a nuclear blast, before the fusion rule was as flimsy as paper on a candle, easily torn apart.

"Boom!!"

Enduring unimaginable immense pain.

Lin An grunted, feeling as if his body were ignited, a violent explosion to the extreme threatening to utterly blast him apart.

The eternal rule was instantly broken.

Even with the damage spread over triple time, he could not withstand this endless destructive force!

The Flame Ghost's casual strike was like a fusion-born sun burning inside his body!

The gap...

Too great...

A bitter laugh rose in his heart.

Facing the Flame Ghost who could almost instant-kill him with a single blow, Lin An, though a sense of helplessness welled up in his heart, this meaningless emotion lasted only a moment.

Having rehearsed countless times in desperate situations, he would never give up!

You want to burn my flesh with fusion rule and then capture me?

The more critical the life-and-death moment, the calmer Lin An becomes.

Upon realizing the Flame Ghost's intent, Lin An's eyes flashed fiercely, and he instantly exploded his own body!

Bang!!

In the astonished gaze of the Flame Ghost.

Only to see Lin An at this moment actually shatter his own body, flesh flying everywhere, as white light flashed, in the blink of an eye, he 'reborn' right before his eyes!

What is this!!

Never before have I seen such a perverse scene.

Watching Lin An stubbornly discard his body, splitting and regenerating himself, even the battle‑scarred Flame Ghost was momentarily stunned.

He indeed intended to burn this worm with rules.

It could prevent the worm from any resistance, yet not kill it.

But he never expected that, faced with his fusion rules as deadly as bone‑eating poison, Lin An would simply 'commit suicide'!

Blowing himself to pieces, leaving only a head!?

Madman!

Truly a madman!

The feeling of surprise lasted only an instant.

After regaining his senses, the Flame Ghost grew even angrier, simply turning his hands into boundless purgatory and suddenly enveloping Lin An within!

"How many more times can you regenerate?!"

"Little worm! Do you think you can defy me?!"

In his vicious grin, as the Flame Ghost coalesced the rules, a strange feeling suddenly welled up from his heart.

Dazed, shifting.

In the blink of an eye, he felt as if he had forgotten what he intended to do, and the rule power in his hand abruptly retreated into his body.

Seconds later.

Under a slight temporal disorientation, the Flame Ghost suddenly sobered, looking with mixed shock and anger at Lin An who had escaped the rule's range.

What was that just now!?

"Time rules!!"

"Wrong!"

"Is it a time‑rule type prop?!"

He turned pale with shock, greedy.

Watching Lin An struggle to mobilize the silver light to 'attack' himself, with the reaction speed of the Fifth Stage, he failed to notice what had just happened.

This little worm actually wields a rare time‑rule prop!

His time was just reversed!

A flash of wariness, and... greed, crossed his eyes instantly.

Especially at this moment, he imagined the secret of Lin An reaching the Star‑Shatter level at the Fourth Stage!

Time rules are the easiest to exploit loopholes in!

Powerful and mysterious, it can be called the most bizarre of all rules!

This brat could disguise himself as Star‑Shatter level, could it not be thanks to that hourglass!?

"Hand over the hourglass!"

"I'll give you a quick end!!"

The sky‑filling high‑energy fusion once again enveloped Lin An.

But this time, awaiting him was a blade light of extreme sorrow.