Beside Chu Tianjiao.
The Ninth Prince Chu Wudao looked at Lin Yuan on the arena floor, who appeared like a demon god descended into the mortal world, then glanced at Su Yu, who remained completely motionless.
His brows drew tightly together.
“Father.”
Chu Wudao could not help speaking, his voice carrying a deep note of confusion.
“You said before that Su Yu’s physical body was comparable to a black hole-level powerhouse?”
“But in his current state, combined with the nine-hundredfold amplification from the Star Abyss Gravity…”
“Lin Yuan’s punch has absolutely reached the threshold of the black hole level.”
Chu Wudao stared at the arena, analyzing the situation with impressive precision.
“Even a true black hole-level powerhouse wouldn’t dare stand there and take such an extremely compressed burst of pure physical force head-on, would they?”
“Can Su Yu withstand it?”
Hearing his son’s question, Great Chu Emperor Chu Tianjiao slowly turned his head.
A strange smile flickered across his deep-set eyes.
He did not answer directly.
Instead, he turned his gaze back toward the arena and calmly uttered a few words.
“You’ll know soon enough.”
At that moment.
In the center of the Void Arena, on the platform shrouded by a terrifying gravitational field, the hard astral meteorite iron floor was continuously collapsing.
Su Yu stood in a black combat suit, the fabric snapping wildly in the violent gravitational storm.
He calmly watched the three-zhang-tall Star-Devouring Demon Body before him, its entire form covered in dark-red lava-like runes.
There was not the slightest hint of panic.
“Close-quarters combat?”
Su Yu silently considered his options.
If he truly cut loose and unleashed the forty-five thousand drops of flawless source blood hidden deep within his flesh, defeating Lin Yuan would not be difficult.
But there was no need for that.
He had only just learned Soul-Annihilating Starlight. Why not test its effects?
Su Yu’s thoughts shifted.
His consciousness instantly sank into the vast sea of his mind.
At this moment, the terrifying spiritual-power foundation formed by four hundred and fifty million meteors began to surge ever so slightly.
The runic patterns of Soul-Annihilating Starlight rapidly took shape within his sea of consciousness.
A seven-hundredfold amplification of spiritual power was like a volcano on the verge of eruption, building up power as it awaited its moment.
“As long as he dares come close…”
“One blast of starlight will destroy his consciousness outright.”
Su Yu prepared to end the battle as quickly as possible.
However, the spectators in the stands and the elders of the various major factions had no idea what Su Yu was planning.
All they could see was Lin Yuan’s terrifying, world-shattering might.
“Su Yu is in danger!”
An elder from a reclusive sect gripped the railing tightly, his voice filled with urgency.
“Lin Yuan’s power is far too terrifying in this state!”
“With only a thousand drops of source blood supporting his physical body, Su Yu definitely can’t withstand even one of his punches!”
“Su Yu is certain to lose this attack!”
A clan patriarch beside him nodded repeatedly and offered his own analysis.
“That’s right!”
“Under the circumstances, Su Yu absolutely cannot meet force with force!”
“He must use the suppressive power of his Domain Spear Intent while relying on his movement technique to evade at full speed!”
“As long as he can survive the peak of this divine ability’s burst of power, then once Lin Yuan’s vital energy is depleted, he may still have a chance to fight back!”
Hearing these analyses from those around them, the viewing area belonging to the Ziwei Star Lin Family erupted in undisguised laughter.
The Lin Family Patriarch sat in his large chair, his eyes filled with the arrogant confidence of someone certain of victory.
“Evade?”
“Endure until it passes?”
The Lin Family Patriarch scoffed, his voice carrying throughout the surrounding stands.
“You’re all making the Star Abyss Gravity sound far too simple!”
“Do you really think it’s that easy to evade?!”
“The gravitational field created by this divine ability comes with an absolute spatial-locking effect!”
“Within a hundred zhang of range, Yuan’er doesn’t need to cross space to move at all!”
“He can teleport!”
Before the words had even faded—
A sudden change erupted on the arena!
Boom!
Lin Yuan’s Star-Devouring Demon Body, massive as a mountain, made no movement to run.
Without warning—
It vanished from where it stood!
The next one ten-thousandth of a second—
A suffocating shadow of death descended over Su Yu.
Lin Yuan had appeared directly in front of him!
The distance between them was less than half a meter!
“Die!!!”
Lin Yuan’s layered, hoarse demonic voice exploded beside Su Yu’s ears.
He gave Su Yu no time to react.
His thick, pillar-like right arm, covered in dark-red formation patterns, suddenly pulled backward, like an apocalyptic bow drawn to its limit.
Then—
He unleashed the ultimate punch, empowered by three thousand drops of flawless source blood, a twelve-hundredfold technique amplification, and a nine-hundredfold surge in strength!
Carrying enough terrifying force to shatter the stars, it slammed viciously into Su Yu’s chest!
Too fast!
So fast that even the holographic projection’s cameras could only capture afterimages!
So fast that Su Yu didn’t even have time to raise the invisible spear in his hand.
Much less unleash the psychic divine ability still charging within his sea of consciousness.
There was nowhere to dodge!
Nothing to block it with!
“It’s over!”
At that moment, the hearts of the tens of billions of spectators clenched painfully.
Countless people instinctively shut their eyes, unable to bear witnessing the gruesome sight of that peerless genius being blown apart, his flesh and blood sent flying.
The members of the Lin family stood up in excitement, ready to welcome their victory with cheers.
But in the next instant—
The earth-shaking energy explosion everyone expected did not occur.
Nor did the horrific scene of flesh and blood flying through the air.
At the center of the arena, there was only an exceptionally dull impact—a muffled thud that made even the souls of those who heard it ache.
Thud!
Immediately afterward—
Crack! Crack! Crack!
A dense succession of bone-shattering sounds rang out clearly through the deathly silent arena, like beans popping in a pan.
Everyone abruptly opened their eyes.
The instant they saw what was happening on the platform—
The entire arena fell into a grave-like silence!
In their line of sight—
Su Yu was still standing quietly where he had been.
It was just that, beneath the terrifying impact comparable to a black-hole-level attack, his body had sunk slightly backward, and his feet had forcibly plowed half a step’s worth of grooves into the solid star-forged iron floor.
Rumble—!
The arena floor within dozens of zhang beneath his feet instantly collapsed under the terrifying force transmitted through his body, turning into countless shattered fragments.
The black combat suit covering his chest had also been ripped open by the berserk force of the punch, leaving behind a long gash.
But he had not been sent flying!
Nor had he been smashed into a bloody pulp!
Lin Yuan’s world-destroying punch, which had gathered every ounce of his accumulated power, had struck Su Yu squarely in the chest.
Yet it had merely caused the blood and vital force within Su Yu’s body to ripple almost imperceptibly for an instant!
It was as if the punch had struck an unparalleled divine metal forged from a cosmic singularity!
No!
The force had not disappeared!
Rather, it had been forcefully reflected back by a defense of unimaginable dimensional height and terrifying mass!
“Ahhhhhhh—!!!”
A scream of utter anguish, as if his very soul were being torn apart, burst from Lin Yuan’s mouth.
The recoil!
A recoil so terrifying that it defied all common sense!
Like a storm of stars rolling backward through the heavens, it surged madly back along Lin Yuan’s fist!
Bang!
Lin Yuan’s indestructible demonic right arm—
starting from the finger bones,
then the wrist bones, ulna, radius…
shattered inch by inch!
His dark flesh exploded with a thunderous roar, transforming into a cloud of blood mist!
A pulverizing fracture!
In the blink of an eye, his entire right arm had vanished completely!
But it wasn’t over yet!
The residual shockwave still carried an unstoppable force. Following Lin Yuan’s shoulder, it surged straight toward his heart meridian!
“Not good!”
At the edge of the arena, the referee responsible for this quarterfinal battle—a peak Black Hole-level powerhouse possessing eight million drops of source blood—suddenly paled.
He had keenly sensed the terrifying power contained within that recoil.
If he didn’t intervene, the recoil would absolutely shatter Lin Yuan’s heart, along with his thirty thousand drops of flawless source blood, into dust!
Lin Yuan would die!
Boom!
Without the slightest hesitation, the referee’s body transformed into a streak of light and instantly cut into the battlefield.
“Disperse!”
The referee let out an enraged roar as the vitality of a peak Black Hole-level powerhouse erupted without restraint.
He slammed both hands onto Lin Yuan’s back, attempting to dispel the residual shockwave surging toward his heart.
s + Rent Collection Wealth】 At the start, he inherited a rundown house in the urban village from his grandfather. The house had no tenants, but the moment he was diagnosed with a terminal illness, a self-proclaimed empress from the Tianxuan Continent arrived as his first tenant. Ye Chuan soon discovered that with every new tenant moving in, not only did he receive massive daily payments, but he also obtained unique items related to their backgrounds. 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Tiger Strength Pill—dramatically enhances physical power!】 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Deer Blood Pill—significantly boosts vitality!】 …… From that day on, all sorts of bizarre tenants began appearing in the house: the empress from Tianxuan Continent, an apocalyptic sorceress from the Magic Realm, a mysterious scientific girl who fell through a spacetime rift… Every single day, he received strange, powerful items and endless money. Then one day, he suddenly realized—he had become invincible. Enough, enough! Stop giving me more!
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
't think I'm that capable, I'm just trying my best to stay alive. I've been kind all my life, never did anything bad, yet worldly suffering spared me not one bit. The human world is a nice place, but I won't come back in my next life. A kind young man, who wanted to just get by singing, but through repeated deceits and betrayals, has gone down an irredeemable path.
] [Lone Wolf, No Male Gaze] [Protagonist is pursued early on; extreme protagonist-stans, stay away!] The "Carnival Paradise" descends and slowly devours the real world in the form of a game. By chance, Zhu Yan awakens the talent [Roleplay], becoming one of the first beta players. He thought he could develop safely, but after clearing the first instance, he is branded by humanity as the chief culprit behind the game's spread—a traitorous villain. A villain? Who would ever... become one! He'll be the villain! From then on, Zhu Yan is not only a player but also a lackey for the Carnival Paradise. Between the straight path and the crooked path, he chooses the con. With his left hand, he dons the villain's mantle, staging scenes within instances, infuriating players who decry him as a despicable traitor, all while the game happily promotes him. With his right hand, he joins the non-human organization "Fangcun Mountain," which opposes the Carnival Paradise, transforming into a mysterious player who slaughters game bosses, earning cheers of "Long live the expert!" from fellow players. Gradually, Zhu Yan rises to become an S-rank human player in Fangcun Mountain's archives, while also being the Carnival Paradise's certified top game Boss. But when the final war erupts and both major factions place their hopes in him— Players tag his various aliases: "Experts, this offensive depends on you." The Carnival Paradise's supreme Boss throws an arm around his neck: "Bro, you're the iron, I'm the steel; you can't let me down again!"
