Chapter 309: Opening the Battle

The near‑perfect body that crushes the dust slowly appears before Ancient Ooz.

Although it looks like an ordinary combined Ooz, its aura and perception cannot be deceived.

The extreme sense of oppression seems to warp the surrounding space.

When Ancient Ooz sees Jiang Xia Ooz successfully transform, a Gold Light blade condenses in his hand, and a powerful energy wave bursts forth.

He mercilessly hurls it straight at Jiang Xia's body; that attack could probably cut through a mountain.

The few who were battling Zhen Mu Qingren also felt their hearts lift as they watched Jiang Xia face this near‑lethal attack.

The Gold Light sword blade, radiating destructive, all‑cutting energy, rapidly expands within those crimson pupils.

In Yi Da Ming's and Hou Tou's astonished gazes, Jiang Xia beneath his battle suit does not even furrow a brow; his crimson eyes turn violet the instant he meets the attack.

Boom!

Accompanied by a soaring dragon‑like roar, Jiang Xia's hands flash with light, instantly solidify, and two weapons materialize from thin air.

He holds a Holy Emblem Slash Sword in his left hand and a Holy Emblem Ferocious‑Bite Dragon in his right, giving the rushing attack a light swing.

Crack!

With no added special power, the Ancient Ooz's attack is sliced cleanly the moment it reaches Jiang Xia, encountering no resistance.

The golden crescent that Jiang Xia nonchalantly cuts through the ground erupts, raising towering clouds of sand.

Finally, amid the surrounding horrified gazes, a cataclysmic explosion occurs.

The ground, like glass struck by immense force, shatters piece by piece before the attack.

The contained power seems to be triggered at the moment of collision, unabashedly displaying its might behind Jiang Xia.

Who knows how many were startled awake by the fiery explosion; the central blaze sweeps in all directions, followed by an ear‑splitting blast.

The building behind Jiang Xia is cleanly sliced by the impact; windows emit a massive cracking roar, and the ten‑ton mass of earth collapses to the opposite side.

"You possess such strength; I must admit, you truly can inherit Ooz's title!"

Ancient Ooz watches Jiang Xia casually receive his attack, his deep, ancient‑tinged voice expressing slight amazement.

"Integrate you into my body, and conquering the world will be within reach."

Seeing Jiang Xia stride slowly toward him, Ancient Ooz's entire body erupts with dim red energy.

Hong Shangguangsheng's form within his body flickers, then fully merges into Ancient Ooz's body.

Roar!

Ancient Ooz lets out a howl; Hong Shangguangsheng and Ancient Ooz, heirs whose bloodlines span 800 years, have their desires fused at this moment.

From his shoulders, fierce rhino‑like horns jut upward; behind him a pair of jagged bone wings spread dramatically, and his cracked skull is entirely replaced by a pitch‑black, devilish visage.

Originally, the Core Coin caused upper, middle, and lower sections to differ in color and features; now they all become a fierce black, with lava‑like flames subtly coursing over the body.

On Ancient Ooz's left hand, a long spear forged from lava is also formed.

This is the Ooz that, after fully containing Hong Shangguangsheng's body and Ancient Ooz's immense desire, commands all Core Coins to forge a beyond‑limit, infinite‑comparable Ooz.

Unsurprisingly, after Ancient Ooz's night‑long effort, Hong Shangguangsheng's will can no longer affect the battle, and Ancient Ooz now controls his body.

On the battlefield, Jiang Xia's gaze shows little change upon seeing this; he calmly watches the Evolution‑enhanced Ancient Ooz, merely tightening his grip on his weapon.

In an instant, both bodies vanish simultaneously, the two‑generation, limit‑surpassing Oozes colliding in a flash.

If Hong Shangguangsheng hadn't been possessed and were staying in the office, he would probably be shouting excitedly at the camera now,

"This is the true, limit‑surpassing Ooz that reaches the divine realm!"

However, in the current situation, Hong Shangguangsheng's desire would likely be fulfilled.

Because one of the Oozes stepping into the divine realm relies on his flesh—what a stroke of luck that is!

Their collision speed is so great that even the few people at the battlefield's center cannot see clearly, only a near‑distorted, constantly colliding shadow.

Each impact between Jiang Xia and Ancient Ooz triggers a rampage of desire power, with Core Coin energy trembling rapidly under supersonic blows.

Then two beams of light dart rapidly amid the swift collision, spiraling through the sky and bursting outward, an invisible vibration constantly erupting from the center.

Everything around shatters in succession under that exquisite impact, and desire‑formed energy ripples begin spreading from the battlefield's core outward.

This force, generated by the energy collision, blankets the entire Dreamtown, continually evoking the deep‑seated longings of those nearby.

The colorful ripples, constantly expanding from the source of desire, seem like the purest, most fantastical energy in the world.

It is also the true desire energy that, using desire as its driving force, propels humanity's evolution.

All sorts of coveted, fantasy‑only things begin to surface in everyone's mind, then quickly fade, until the moment when the most yearning, most desired thing since birth appears, and the desire within the heart finally erupts and grows.

On the other side, Huo Ye Yingsi and his companions, also in battle, are likewise affected by this power, the most coveted thing constantly surfacing in their minds.

The instant the coverage occurs, Huo Ye Yingsi's movements pause slightly.

That all‑encompassing desire is so immense that, the instant it activates, Huo Ye Yingsi's consciousness seems to lose its way.

In fact, it's not lost; rather, the overwhelming desire makes Huo Ye Yingsi's wish to protect the world even purer.

In other words, Huo Ye Yingsi uses this chance, driven solely by desire, to step into the infinite realm.

"Later, were you instead influenced by desire energy?"

A flash of violet light glints in Zhen Mu Qingren's eyes; he is the first among them to awaken, which also means his desire is the most illusory.

With the presence of the Dinosaur Greed coin's nullifying effect, he regains combat ability in the shortest time.

Zhen Mu Qingren watches as the attack on Ooz and Birth halts, in a near‑static world,

His body erupts a violet shockwave, effortlessly blasting the surrounding Birth and Birth‑X away.

He raises his now fully monstrous purple beast‑shaped hand, violet flames rising in his palm.

The deep black lightning also crackles with a hissing sound.

"Huo Ye Yingsi, let me grant you a beautiful end to your life."

Dinosaur Greed (the Greedy One)'s near‑full‑force attack rushes unhesitatingly toward Huo Ye Yingsi's chest.

"Yingsi!"

Anku, who had just realized from his own desires, had just opened his eyes when he saw the deadly attack about to strike Huo Ye Yingsi's body, and he let out a furious roar like a wild beast.

(End of chapter)