Chapter 2705: Void Hunter’s Second Appearance

"Won’t leave without me? That’s not something you’re qualified to say, Supreme General or not," Yuan said boldly. "If you don’t leave now, you’ll really die."

"Sounds like early retirement to me," Supreme General Tian remarked with a cold smile.

Still, Yuan saw the corner of his mouth tremble slightly.

"And how am I supposed to explain things to General Mei and the others if I return alone?" Yuan sighed. "Even if I don’t die here, I’ll die back home when they execute me for your death."

"Don’t worry. I’m recording everything, and the footage will automatically be sent back to base the moment the recording ends. They’ll know you weren’t responsible."

Yuan silently shook his head, no longer bothering to convince him. Instead, he focused his full attention on the Void Hunter rapidly approaching them, its presence radiating a menacing aura.

Once the Void Hunter was close enough, Yuan muttered, "Sorry, old man, but I won’t be able to fight it properly with you in the way."

"O-Old man?! How dare—"

"This is for your own good," Yuan interrupted.

Before Supreme General Tian could comprehend it, Yuan tapped his shoulder and used Void Manipulation to teleport him far away.

"T-That bastard!" Supreme General Tian trembled in anger after realizing what had happened, but he was also astonished, as he’d never seen anyone use Void Control to teleport someone else away.

He wanted to rush back to Yuan, but the moment he sensed their auras clashing and the pressure in their area, Supreme General Tian swallowed nervously and decided to stay out of it.

Despite his outward bravery, he had never truly wanted to fight the Void Hunter, and Yuan had just given him the perfect excuse to back down.

Meanwhile, the Void Hunter took its sweet time approaching Yuan, almost as though it knew he had no intention of running away.

Eventually, the two stood face-to-face, their auras colliding with such intensity that the space around them visibly warped, resembling the shimmering air above a desert during a heat wave.

"I am life..."

The Void Hunter suddenly started speaking.

"I am death..."

"I am—"

Before it could finish, Yuan pulled his hand back and launched a punch straight at its face, putting almost all ten trillion years’ worth of Eternal Essence into it, essentially using his full strength from the get-go.

Yuan expected the Void Hunter to arrogantly tank his hit like before, but to his surprise, it actually dodged the attack.

’I have a chance!’ Yuan thought to himself after seeing it.

After evading Yuan’s attack, the Void Hunter immediately retaliated.

And just like that, Yuan’s second battle with the Void Hunter began, their clashes shaking the heavens nonstop.

Supreme General Tian watched from afar, his mouth hanging open wide enough to fit an entire apple.

It was the first time he had ever witnessed such a fierce battle. To him, it looked as though two gods of war, equal in both skill and power, were locked in a relentless clash.

After several hundred exchanges with the Void Hunter, Yuan became confident that he had grown strong enough to fight it on relatively even footing. Of course, that didn’t necessarily mean he could defeat it.

Their fight continued for hours without rest. Fortunately, they were far away from the other cities, so their fight didn’t affect them in the slightest. In fact, nobody even knew such a fight was happening.

’This won’t do! Although I am strong enough to fight it properly, it’s not enough to defeat him. At this rate, we’ll just keep on fighting until one of us gets bored.’ Yuan thought to himself, and he started contemplating how he could defeat the Void Hunter.

Suddenly, Yuan had a realization.

’Surely, there has to be a better way to use Eternal Essence. The way I’m using it right now is no different from those cultivators in Gaia’s Sanctum!’ Yuan cried inwardly.

He realized his current method of wielding Eternal Essence was incredibly crude—almost no different from an inexperienced cultivator blindly throwing around their spiritual energy without using any proper techniques.

However, to wield Eternal Essence properly, Yuan needed a suitable technique—one specifically designed to utilize its power. Unfortunately, he did not have anything like that.

’Wait a second... I do have a technique I can use!’

Some time later, when he recovered enough energy, Yuan’s aura abruptly changed, and the temperature around them dropped even further, plummeting so much that the ground around them began to freeze.

The moment Yuan saw an opening, he unleashed the technique.

<Shiva’s Eternal Frost!>

In the next instant, ten trillion years’ worth of Eternal Essence erupted as an unfathomably cold energy, instantly freezing the Void Hunter along with everything within tens of thousands of miles.

In a single moment, the surrounding landscape was transformed into an entirely new frozen biome.

Not only that, but the temperature across the entire world plummeted drastically—enough for everyone to notice, as their breaths suddenly became visible as clouds of mist.

Supreme General Tian, who was the second closest person to Yuan, nearly froze into a statue himself.

"What in Gaia’s name is this power?!" he cried out, shivering uncontrollably as he stared at the frozen landscape before him in terror.

He’d seen and experienced many things throughout his life, but nothing could’ve prepared him for this.

Meanwhile, Yuan stayed focused on the Void Hunter who was encased in a mountain of ice, certain it hadn’t been defeated yet.

Sure enough, half a minute later, the ice mountain trembled.

The next moment, Yuan watched as the massive mountain, tall enough to pierce the sky, vaporized into nothingness.

Seeing this, he immediately prepared to continue fighting the Void Hunter.

However, the Void Hunter merely lifted its head to look at Yuan in silence, almost as if it were contemplating something.

Eventually, it spoke in a low voice, "You are...not worthy."

Then, without explanation, it vanished into thin air, disappearing as suddenly as it appeared, leaving Yuan speechless.