Chapter 275: Death of the Fourth-Turn 14

Following a roar suppressed by an antimatter explosion.

The qi force from the swing of his fists sent out massive ripples across the antimatter turbulence that was drawing closer bit by bit.

Emperor Xiang Hongtu Hongtu forcibly tore open a narrow vacuum tunnel with sheer strength, but it quickly closed back up.

Yet this small breach instantly brought a dawn-like glimmer of life into his eyes.

If one punch won't do, then ten punches, a hundred, a thousand, ten thousand!

So long as he keeps swinging his fists, a path will spread forth on its own.

He would use his own pair of invincible iron fists to blast out a road to survival!

Under the gaze of the surrounding Fourth-Turns, Emperor Xiang Hongtu Hongtu charged up against the antimatter turbulence.

Letting the massive qi force from his punches shield his body, he stubbornly pushed through the energy turbulence and vanished from everyone's sight.

It wasn't only him.

Many Fourth-Turns on the scene had already begun racking their brains amid this great extinction.

Like a cicada shedding its shell, seeking a way out—several figures had already vanished from this space at some unknown moment.

The simplest method to escape this place was spatial teleportation!

"Hehe, since Mr. Xiang has already left, then I'll take my leave as well. You're on your own."

"If you die, I'll bring Ji Donglai's head back to offer you as a libation."

A shrill, caustic voice transmitted through the heart-phase suddenly rang out.

Tuoba Yu's withered knuckles abruptly shimmered with a jade-white glow, and he fiercely thrust his hand forward.

Tuoba Yu's inheritance 【Skillful Empty Hand】 possessed the property of stealing anything within a range of ten zhang.

Including stealing objects from folded space, as well as other people's memories.

If that was the case, then stealing himself out of this sky-filling sea of fire—plucking life from the jaws of death—was no difficult feat.

As Tuoba Yu reached out his hand, arms brimming with light appeared from the void, directly wrapping up his entire body.

Whoosh!

In the next instant, his figure swapped places with the energy turbulence ten zhang away, placing himself within its embrace.

Steal again!

Steal again!

Steal again!

With the inheritance used in rapid succession.

Tuoba Yu forcibly stole himself away, vanishing from within this blood-colored lotus.

……

And on the side of the Kingdom of Chi.

The Fourth-Turns, who as ordinary people should have died instantly.

Were at this moment all completely unharmed, emitting a faint golden light.

As Fourth-Turns whose fleshly bodies were fragile and who relied on sacrificial artifacts, they naturally had preparations against surprise ambushes and assassinations.

【Fourth-Turn · Golden Body Relic】: A single-use item. When faced with lethal danger, it shatters to protect its master, granting one Fourth-Turn and any marked Third-Turn allied units within ten meters one second of invulnerability.

This was an item almost on the level of a national treasure of the Kingdom of Chi, yet now it was utterly consumed to save lives.

Similar relics—one for each tier from First-Turn to Fourth-Turn—had been brought along, but the first three showed no reaction whatsoever, as if their power was insufficient.

The leading Fourth-Turn of the Jushan Chaoliba lineage looked at a disciple beside him protected by the golden body and said:

"Quickly use the Super Energy Device to transform into Flash Star and teleport us out."

"Got it!" a Third-Turn disciple nodded and said: "It's you! Flash Star!"

With a great shout, he then fiercely slapped the watch flickering with fluorescent light, but nothing happened at all.

"What's going on! Damn cheap watch! Why isn't it responding!" That Third-Turn kept slapping his own palm hard,

And as despair set in, Baixiaosheng's words echoed in everyone's mind:

"It's a Magic-Sealing Domain!"

"The martial inheritances of warriors below Third-Turn are completely cut off by the Super Energy Ability's Magic-Sealing Domain—even Third-Turn sacrificial artifacts are no exception."

Since this was a laid trap, with three days and three nights of preparation time.

While Fang Can was sweating it out at Suxin Studio to stall for time for the Super Energy users.

Ji Donglai naturally had to consider every aspect with perfect clarity.

How could he not prepare for an inheritance like spatial teleportation? So upon leaving, he had the Sacred Divider leave a Magic-Sealing Domain on the spot.

"How could there be such an outrageous ability? Is heaven trying to destroy me?" a Third-Turn left a message of utter despair through the heart-phase.

In that long, drawn-out instant, his body had already begun to crumble.

"If Third-Turn won't work, then Fourth-Turn! Qianyuan Heavy Spirit, Myriad Phenomena Renewed! Hun Tian Bracelet, activate for me!"

A great shout was heard from afar, a pale-gold light flickered, and everyone felt their bodies relax.

It turned out to be the Fourth-Turn of Liantian Sect—the Hun Tian Bracelet on his hand expanded, transforming into a golden energy shield that unfurled and enveloped everyone, shielding them from the terrifying pressure outside.

This item had been tempered and blessed by the heart-light of over a hundred Heaven-Climbing Road warriors of Liantian Sect.

It could be called the most all-around Fourth-Turn sacrificial artifact.

It encompassed nearly every ability: split body, body protection, attack, lock-on, healing, true damage, teleportation, great strength, enlargement, and so on.

The Sacred Divider's Magic-Sealing Domain could seal anything below Fourth-Turn, but it could not suppress a Fourth-Turn sacrificial artifact itself.

Under the warriors' delighted gazes, the bracelet enveloping everyone slowly pressed inward, contracting.

It looked as if it was about to give out, when inside Ji Donglai's inner-body space.

Borrowing the effect of Baixiaosheng's All Eyes Watching, Fang Can felt a sudden sense of familiarity: "So it's that bracelet."

He knew this thing very well.

Back during the Great Competition of the States, a contestant had used this thing to attack himself repeatedly.

Who would have thought to see it here again.

On the ruins of Guiyun Peak, the nameless Fourth-Transcendence controlling the Hun Tian Bracelet frantically drove its spatial teleportation ability.

If it were just himself, that Fourth-Transcendence could teleport away in a single instant.

But this Fourth-Transcendence was being greedy, thinking to take everyone present away.

The stretched Hun Tian Bracelet was seen struggling to resist the terrifying energy torrent from the outside while churning space, attempting to teleport everyone in the arena.

Feeling the surrounding space begin to move, the martial artists present were each filled with excitement.

"Excellent, it's the Hun Tian Bracelet, we are saved."

"We will live! You must take us alive!"

"Hold on, Fourth-Transcendence senior, we rely entirely on you."

Sensing the heart-thoughts transmitted by the various martial artists, that Fourth-Transcendence revealed a smile of pride on his face, which immediately froze.

A figure like the Grim Reaper appeared behind him.

Ji Donglai rushed in through teleportation, staring mockingly at the spell-casting Fourth-Transcendence.

"Hold on! Let's see what you hold on with!"

"Bai Xiaosheng's livestream told me you were trying to run; do you think I'm blind?"

"One or two smuggling through is one thing, but you are eating and taking everything, so arrogant!"

"If you really let so many of you escape, would I not lose face?"

Following the mocking words, Ji Donglai's clenched right fist swung out violently.

His arm pierced the Fourth-Transcendence's heart at supersonic speed, and blood sprayed out violently.

The moment his main body was severely injured, the Hun Tian Bracelet, which was already struggling to operate and resist, could no longer hold up.

The originally stable space shattered instantly, and the external pressure compressed inward at an even more terrifying speed, cutting off the life force of all who had not yet escaped.

"Boom!!!"

In real-time flow, less than one second had passed since the antimatter explosion.

This antimatter weapon, equivalent to 100,000 Tsar Bombs, formed a massive fireball that shot skyward, sweeping in all directions.

Originally, with the power of 100,000 Tsar Bombs, theoretically, 99% of the people in the States could have been killed.

But those above Third-Transcendence all knew a little-known secret: World Suppression.

Simply put, since ancient times, a peculiar rule has existed within the entire Martial World.

If power is condensed to a single point and struck, there is no problem.

But if it is a dispersed bombardment, the farther the distance affected, the more an invisible wall suppresses that scattered energy within a certain range.

Energy capable of destroying a nation would be forcibly suppressed to the area of a city.

Forcibly reducing the destruction range by an order of magnitude.

It was as if this heaven and earth could not bear to see living beings slaughtered.

Therefore, as the energy of the antimatter weapon dispersed at this moment, a mysterious cylindrical high wall contained all the boiling energy.

Immediately, the energy unable to spread outward began to react like a pressure cooker.

Under the increasing internal pressure, the red fireball, like a rising thermometer, poured out toward the unobstructed sky.

At that very moment, all living beings in the States saw it.

A massive fire pillar shot skyward, like a fire dragon flying to the heavens, constantly ascending.

Under the internal high-pressure reaction, the blinding light would likely last for several days without dimming.

In the following days, there would be no concept of night, always in the daylight illuminated by the light pillar.

Outside the fire pillar, Emperor Xiang Hongtu Hongtu, covered in soot, had punched his way out of the bombing zone using only his fists.

In the distance, a dazed blond youth, unharmed, dragged his Third-Transcendence grandfather out of the fire pillar calmly.

Underground, the elders of the Chess Pavilion and the master of the Pure Heart Studio escaped from within the fire pillar, their souls still unsettled.

Inside the fire pillar, the Fourth-Transcendence of the Jushan Chaoliba lineage, utilizing the invincible frame effect during the transformation of the sacrificial artifact, rushed out of the fire pillar with a massive body of 53 meters.

Beneath Ji Donglai's feet lay four corpses, all Fourth-Transcendences!

Through Bai Xiaosheng's livestream, taking advantage of the moment the Fourth-Transcendences were focused on escaping, he directly launched a sneak attack and easily claimed the lives of four more Fourth-Transcendences.

Among these four corpses was the body of Tuoba Yu, which had only his head remaining.

One must admit, these Fourth-Transcendences truly had many methods and life-saving treasures.

Out of nineteen people, ten actually had the ability to escape this meticulously planned ambush.

Had Ji Donglai not delivered the finishing blows in time, a scene of one against ten would likely have occurred.

However, looking at the five remaining Fourth-Transcendences who survived.

Ji Donglai knew that the time for the true test of their team coordination had arrived.

This second battle to follow is the main event!

Semi-circular Interview Theater:

A few days later, after the battle ended.

Bai Xiaosheng conducted a post-battle interview with everyone once again.

Fang Can: You ask which person in our superpower group had the greatest impact?

Bai Xiaosheng: (Nodding seriously, taking notes with a pen)

Fang Can: "Rating is the alienation of people. Everyone tried hard; there's no need to judge."

Ji Donglai: "It's Fang Can, right? He solved two Fourth-Transcendents alone."

Divine Person: "Ji Laoda was good too; after all, he bore most of the damage and output."

Li Huowang: "(Frowning, silent)"

Sacred Separator: "It should be Fang Can, Ji Laoda, and Lan Huowang."

Lan Huowang: "I, Fang Can, and Ji Laoda are the MVPs. Divine Person, Li Huowang, and Sacred Separator scored 9.0. F Superman just rode to victory..."

(Before he could finish, F Superman punched him hard in the head and dragged him away.)

(End of this chapter.)