[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-god-of-pets":3,"chapter-god-of-pets-god-of-pets-chapter-453":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","God of Pets",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1372322,1813,"Chapter 453: Hard Counter","god-of-pets-chapter-453",453,"\u003Cp>Aging is a rather terrifying power. As aging progresses, not only does the skin’s condition deteriorate, but the body functions and various abilities also decline, and combat strength weakens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Guan knew that Fujimura Reiko was, in fact, already defeated. Since her Red Dust Palm could not incapacitate Shang Qingtian, the outcome was already decided.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if Fujimura Reiko admits defeat now, where would she get the Inner Core for Shang Qingtian? She could only run away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I admit defeat,\" Fujimura Reiko admitted aloud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was unwilling to continue aging and become an old woman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Since you’ve admitted defeat, bring out the Inner Core,\" Shang Qingtian said calmly without drawing back his palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fujimura Reiko’s expression changed: \"I’ve already said it; the Inner Core is not with me. After I return, the King will naturally send someone to deliver it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I want it now,\" Shang Qingtian remained unmoved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fujimura Reiko found herself unable to escape Shang Qingtian’s grasp, unable to break free.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Guan’s mind stirred, and he quickly walked toward Fujimura Reiko.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What are you doing?\" Zhao Fuguo immediately stepped over, shouting at Chen Guan while standing guard by Shang Qingtian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Guan ignored him and merely approached Fujimura Reiko, whispering a sentence in her ear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After hearing, Fujimura Reiko’s pupils slightly contracted, and then her gaze changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Guan slowly retreated, returning to his previous position.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fujimura Reiko no longer spoke of surrendering. The Primordial Energy on her continuously gathered into her palm, trying to resist the aging power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But her Alien Elemental Energy, upon contacting Shang Qingtian’s Palm Power, wilted like her own aging body, struggling to exert power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Regardless, Fujimura Reiko continued to concentrate the Alien Elemental Energy onto her palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The aging Primordial Energy gathered more and more. Although its destructive power diminished due to Shang Qingtian’s Palm Power, as the quantity accumulated to a certain degree, Fujimura Reiko suddenly erupted her Palm Power again. The Red Dust Palm exploded once more, channeling all her Primordial Energy into Shang Qingtian’s palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A cushion of air formed between the two palms, forcefully bouncing both away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"City Lord, did I take that palm?\" Fujimura Reiko asked Shang Qingtian, neither proud nor arrogant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang Qingtian’s emotion-exhalting hand was indeed formidable. Had it not been a duel but a life-and-death battle, she wouldn’t have had time to counter it, and would have already turned into an old lady, or even aged to death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not bad, you won,\" Shang Qingtian had no intention of arguing, his gaze turning towards Chen Guan among the crew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sudden change in Fujimura Reiko occurred after that person whispered something to her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fujimura Reiko was formidable, but Shang Qingtian wanted to know what Chen Guan whispered to her that caused her to find a way to break free from the emotion-exalting hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang Qingtian’s creation, the Emotion-Exalting Hand, once it ensnared the enemy, they couldn’t shake free of its perpetual aging force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fujimura Reiko, able to devise a self-severing method, forcibly channeling the aging energy into his body instead of resisting it, practically putting herself on the brink of death to be reborn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she couldn’t sever it, the aging force could advance unchecked within her, rapidly aging her to the extreme, or directly lead her to death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such courage and decisiveness, along with execution ability, Shang Qingtian truly admired.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Shang Qingtian was more concerned with whoever thought of this method—it was believed to be Chen Guan, who conveyed the method to Fujimura Reiko.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In reality, it wasn’t so; Chen Guan merely whispered to Fujimura Reiko: \"Believe in yourself; you are Fujimura Reiko; you can do it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These days, Chen Guan had repeatedly imbued Fujimura Reiko with the Spirit of the Cheerleaders, fully understanding what words could ignite her fighting spirit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such a simple phrase allowed Fujimura Reiko to calm her mind and devise the death-defying, rebirth-breaking method herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, she broke Shang Qingtian’s Emotion-Exalting Hand on her own; Chen Guan only cheered from the side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, this breaking method was limited to this situation. In a real life-and-death fight, Shang Qingtian wouldn’t give Fujimura Reiko such time and opportunity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How might I address you?\" Shang Qingtian asked as he looked at Chen Guan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A nameless person, City Lord needn’t remember,\" Chen Guan said, altering his voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To break my Emotion-Exalting Hand, how can you be nameless? Even if you were before, you won’t remain so in the future; leave your name,\" Shang Qingtian insisted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"City Lord, this is between you and me; it has nothing to do with him,\" Fujimura Reiko broke Shang Qingtian’s gaze and said with a frown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang Qingtian remained noncommittal, speaking to himself: \"I lost, I acknowledge; whatever I promised to the King, I will fulfill. But that person must leave either his name or himself, one or the other.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What if I choose neither?\" Chen Guan replied coldly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then try and see if your method can break my Emotion-Exalting Hand,\" Shang Qingtian said as he took a step forward, moving like a mirage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fujimura Reiko intervened to block, but her palm seemed to strike mere illusion, shattering Shang Qingtian into fragments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The real Shang Qingtian had already moved behind her and struck towards Chen Guan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Guan gathered Primordial Energy, striking out with Purple Qi from the East.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This 39th-level Unparalleled Secret Skill, with the Secret Technique of One’s double power boosting it, was far more than just 39th level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among the Third Awakening, Chen Guan thought there wouldn’t be many who could withstand the Purple Qi from the East head-on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Purple Qi like the glow of sunset; its force could shatter stones and mountains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, such power, upon contact with Shang Qingtian’s Palm Power, wilted suddenly, going soft and ineffective, shattered by Shang Qingtian’s single palm strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The palm imbued with the Emotion-Exalting Hand’s energy struck Chen Guan’s chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang Qingtian’s palm hit like striking iron; not only did the power capable of causing everything to wither and age fail to affect Chen Guan, but it also numbed his palm, making him retreat a step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang Qingtian’s expression slightly changed, surprised as he looked at Chen Guan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Fuguo was astonished, full of disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In all these years, he had never seen Shang Qingtian’s Emotion-Exalting Hand falter; even if someone could resist or break free, it usually came at a certain cost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such a setback for Shang Qingtian, Zhao Fuguo hadn’t even dared to imagine in his dreams.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What an impressive Body Protection Divine Skill,\" Shang Qingtian refrained from further attack, examining Chen Guan and praising.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Guan couldn’t believe that the Body Protection Divine Skill he created by combining Azure Heaven Dominating Body and Vajra Unbreakable Divine Skill could restrain the Emotion-Exalting Hand so effectively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the 39th-level Purple Qi from the East was easily broken by the Emotion-Exalting Hand, yet the 25th-level Body Protection Divine Skill directly repelled Shang Qingtian, something Chen Guan hadn’t anticipated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He thought even if he could withstand it, he would sustain some damage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"City Lord overpraises; it’s just a trivial trick,\" Chen Guan said calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Quite the trivial trick,\" Shang Qingtian laughed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To withstand his Emotion-Exalting Hand—if that’s a trivial trick, then what is his Emotion-Exalting Hand worth?\u003C\u002Fp>",1201,"2026-06-05T21:49:24.129Z",1,"novelbin.me","14a16d4deb40af8b69f9b287006be3bfcf04275574cbd2e85fda0c2973fbecc5","god-of-pets-chapter-454","god-of-pets-chapter-452",883,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fgod-of-pets-cover.jpg"]