Chapter 335

The four great elements surrounding it stabilized in an instant, ceased destroying anything, and the Unicorn Beetle Ancient Bright Base, staggering to its feet from the pit, saw a scene it would remember for a lifetime.

Originally like a sculpture, devoid of any vitality, the Empty Self slowly rose; its red but not vivid pupils slowly lit up in the darkness, and its aura began to solidify.

It was like a force bursting from extreme stillness—slow but pure, with no grandiose attack effects, not even the slightest special reaction.

The moment he lifted his head, everything in the world fell completely silent; the vast white rain hung suspended in midair, the violently raging wind sound was hit with a pause button, the earth's trembling also stopped, and the flowing magma, in an instant, condensed into gray‑white stone.

Everything began to reverse.

"How could I……be unable to move?"

The Unicorn Beetle Ancient Bright Base had just been preparing to continue fighting, but suddenly discovered its body was as if fixed by ten thousand tons of cement—every muscle from head to toe could make no movement.

Clearly, just moments ago the two of them were trading blows, but now he couldn't even control his own movements.

"Ultimate power—this power truly intoxicates."

Jiang Xia controlled his body, gazing at the motionless Unicorn Beetle Ancient Bright Base in the distance, and stepped forward slowly toward it.

Compared to the Astonishing Empty Self, the Ultimate Empty Self's change is not major—just some added adornments on the shoulders, and the spirit stone at the waist turned utterly black.

But their powers are worlds apart: Astonishing Omnipotence is merely a form created by stacking power upgrades onto the omnipotent form, whereas Ultimate Empty Self is a special form that, after unifying the four elements—earth, fire, wind, and water—fully unleashes the spirit stone's power to the extreme, enabling control of all things in the world solely by spirit.

They are practically two different species; the gap between these two forms exceeds that between humans and monkeys, and cannot be explained by mere resemblance.

Moreover, the excess redundant information generated by the Pegasus form is also fully controlled, allowing free command of wind‑borne information while also being able to limit the scope of information acquisition, preventing oneself from being drowned by infinite data.

The power of idealism was exerted to the extreme on the Ultimate Empty Self's body.

Jiang Xia's Red‑Eyed Ultimate Empty Self, which he had assumed, gazed at the Unicorn Beetle Ancient Bright Base immobilized by his spiritual power, lightly raised his right hand, opened his palm, and the battle was already over.

"No—what kind of power is this!"

The Unicorn Beetle Ancient Bright Base seemed to sense something and began to struggle desperately; its fierce hissing already filled the deep forest, but no matter how it drove its body, it could not shake the force that immobilized it.

Its heart was already shrouded in extreme fear; in its field of vision, a deep blackness was devouring its world, turning everything pitch black, as if only its pair of crimson pupils remained.

Jiang Xia sensed the Unicorn Beetle Ancient Bright Base's despair and terror, yet took no initiative.

Orange‑yellow flames sprang up from the Unicorn Beetle Ancient Bright Base's body out of nowhere; in an instant they had already enveloped it entirely.

But the Unicorn Beetle Ancient Bright Base seemed unaware that its body was being burned, felt no pain, and still tried to struggle.

In fact, it was not that it felt no pain; its body had not even reacted before it vanished, which amounts to a painless death. The supernatural combustion merely appears as orange‑yellow flames; its true effect is actually microscopic particle control, altering the object's nature—the flame transmutes matter into plasma, enabling silent, soundless death of the enemy.

According to the abilities of Ultimate Empty Self, the moment it senses an enemy, if there is no opposing force of equal rank, the enemy is directly decomposed into particles.

No bodily release is needed; this is why Da Gu Ba can kill tens of thousands without lifting a hand—merely the most basic ability can slay anyone weaker than him, and before this ability, numbers are meaningless.

As long as you cannot withstand this move, no matter how many people or helpers you have, it's useless.

Jiang Xia lowered his hand, and the crimson in the darkness faded.

Seeing Jiang Xia's back as he turned and left, the Unicorn Beetle Ancient Bright Base only then realized the battle had long ended; it lowered its head, unsurprisingly saw its own empty body, and before finally vanishing, gazed at the sky and slowly said, "Ultimate collision—alas, I cannot see it."

The Unicorn Beetle Ancient Bright Base's body was completely decomposed into particles, vanishing from this world.

There was no fiery explosion shooting up, nor any sealing energy linking with the belt; rather, as a gentle breeze blew, it simply vanished silently into this world.

And the power of the extraterrestrial meteorite it possessed was also, after its death, entirely absorbed by Jiang Xia into his body, becoming one of the materials for his evolution.

Jiang Xia approached the Rose Woman, who was likewise immobilized, released her bonds, and said, "Tell me Da Gu Ba's exact location."

The Rose Woman felt her whole body slacken; she lost all strength, her legs gave way, and she knelt before Jiang Xia. Her beautiful face had turned as pale as paper, yet it also held a different charm.

Jiang Xia had no leisure to look; his perspective differed greatly from a human's, and in his eyes, unless he deliberately controlled his field of view, the Rose Woman lying on the ground would appear as her monster form.

Asking him to pity a pitiful, weakened monster—don't joke.

After that vast, smoke‑like power vanished from her body, the Rose Woman lifted her head to look at Jiang Xia, whose body and facial attire bore not a single tear, and weakly revealed the Ancient Bright Base's lair and Da Gu Ba's current location.

This is not hard‑to‑say news; two people who already wield the same power share a tacit understanding—when to begin fighting, where to fight—these are already settled.

Jiang Xia will surely keep the appointment, and Da Gu Ba will surely await this battle; no extensive communication is needed.

So it's there? It's very close to the position I predicted based on the data.

In the answer obtained from the Dao‑attained Rose Woman, Jiang Xia made a gesture, and the Aurora Curtain instantly rose from behind him.

It then swiftly engulfed his entire body; with accurate coordinates, the Aurora Curtain can also serve as a means of spatial transfer.

……

In the depths of the Ancient Bright Base's cave, Da Gu Ba, emanating a majestic aura like a mountain, took the Amatadium spirit stone from the wolf‑formed Ancient Bright Base's hand, then seized it and stuffed it into his own body.

(End of chapter)