Chapter 793: Black Abyss Secret Hole

Abyssal Artifact, Nirut!

Outside the arena, Anjina and the others instantly recognized the identity of Zhou Yuanjue’s opponent.

Bodante and Dorobaku, in particular, were extremely familiar with this figure, as they had both been defeated by him not long ago.

‘What a coincidence. I just lost to this guy, and now Zhou Yuanjue is facing him.’

Dorobaku grumbled to himself, but he quickly came to terms with it.

At this stage of the tournament, there weren’t many people left. It was highly probable that they would end up facing each other.

‘That big guy really gave me a hard time. How will Zhou Yuanjue handle him?’

“As expected, another one of the strongest from this batch of civilizations. If he wins this match, his next opponent will probably be the strongest of another civilization too. If he can win it all, doesn’t that mean he’ll have single-handedly defeated all the strongest fighters from this batch?”

Anjina muttered to herself, her eyes shining with excitement.

‘If he really pulls this off, it’ll become a legend, even in Chaotic Paradise.’

In the arena, Zhou Yuanjue and Nirut stood facing each other. Neither spoke.

Or rather, at this moment, words were completely unnecessary.

Nirut didn’t know Zhou Yuanjue at all; he’d never even heard of him. However, he had his own principles for choosing opponents. To put it another way, he was utterly unaffected by external factors like reputation.

On his home planet, he was the apex predator at the top of a vast food chain. Everything beneath him was qualified only to be his food.

As the ultimate hunter, he naturally had his own method of sizing up his opponents.

It was the simplest thing: “desire.”

When humans see a rich, mellow broth, golden-brown crispy fried food, beef marbled like snowflake patterns, or seared and roasted meats that have undergone the Maillard reaction, our mouths can’t help but salivate. Our throats and esophagi instinctively try to swallow, and our stomachs issue commands of hunger.

All of this is a craving for high-quality, delicious food etched into our genes, into the deepest parts of our desires.

This is the means by which we identify food.

And Nirut’s standard for hunting, his deepest craving, was for sufficient strength.

Only sufficiently powerful prey possessed greater nourishment, could be used to sharpen himself, and was more worthy of being hunted.

This craving went beyond rational analysis, steeped in the most primal instinct.

He didn’t know Zhou Yuanjue, but the moment he saw him, it was as if a human had laid eyes on a delectable meal.

His blood began to boil, his brain grew engorged with blood, and the madness in his eyes began to squeeze out the space for reason. His breathing grew heavy, and a clear, viscous fluid even began to secrete from the corners of his mouth.

THUMP!! THUMP!!

Amidst the intense pounding of his power core, Nirut’s body began to change.

The muscles all over his body became even more terrifying. His spine twisted and coiled like a great dragon. The dark nails on his hands extended, and the savage fangs in his mouth grew longer.

His figure hunched over. His already long arms supported him on the ground, making him look like a four-legged beast.

A terrifying pressure and intimidating aura emanated from his body, transmitting all its might through his gradually reddening eyes.

Even Anjina and the others, who were outside the arena, could feel that intimidating presence through the light screen.

The most eye-catching feature was on the surface of his body. Beneath his tough skin, countless tiny points of light flickered. Then, one by one, dark holes appeared on his skin, pulsing like hearts. They seemed to be some kind of organ, yet also like tiny black holes that could devour a person’s very mind.

“He’s revealing such a terrifying form right from the start? When he fought me, he never once showed an expression like that.”

Dorobaku muttered to himself.

“Don’t be discouraged. You’re not the only one. It was the same for me.”

Beside him, Bodante patted Dorobaku’s shoulder comfortingly.

‘Is that your idea of comforting someone?’

Dorobaku grumbled.

“My luck seems to have been pretty good so far.”

Zhou Yuanjue watched Nirut instantly enter his explosive combat state, a hint of interest in his eyes.

For anyone else, facing one strong enemy after another would be the worst luck imaginable.

But for him, it was a godsent stroke of good fortune.

Right from the start, his opponent seemed to have unleashed his true power, like a beast using its full strength for the hunt.

‘Also, are those holes on his body the reason he’s called “Abyssal Artifact”?’

From those holes, Zhou Yuanjue could feel an extremely terrifying fluctuation of Energy.

He slowly squatted down, his arms spread slightly. His powerful latissimus dorsi muscles, connecting to his waist, looked like a pair of unfurled wings.

Fist frame, opening stance!!

BANG!!

The instant he assumed his opening stance, Nirut moved.

With all four limbs on the ground, he launched forward in a beast-like posture, exploding with unimaginable speed.

A streak of black light appeared on the pure white battlefield of the Dream Realm.

WHOOSH!!

The roar of the wind instantly filled Zhou Yuanjue’s ears. The hair on his body stood on end as the massive shadow in his vision rapidly enlarged.

Something seemed to pour out from within that shadow.

RUMBLE!! RUMBLE!!

It was like a tsunami—vast and terrifying.

At that moment, Zhou Yuanjue actually felt a sense of insignificance, as if he had returned to being an ordinary person facing a tide that could devour everything.

A huge black fist magnified before his eyes.

His body suddenly sank, and he met it with a fist of his own.

Collision…

BOOM!!

Zhou Yuanjue felt every Life Unit in his body tremble. With the opponent’s fist as the epicenter, a terrifying, fan-shaped wave of black Energy instantly spread out, reaching a size dozens of times larger than his current body.

It was an absolutely magnificent sight.

In an instant, the immense Power of the impact sent his body flying backward.

In terms of pure Energy Intensity and density, among all the opponents he had faced so far, Nirut was without a doubt number one!

“This is the terror of the ‘Black Abyss Secret Hole.’ Ninety-nine secret holes, equivalent to ninety-nine small power supply organs, created through our Holy Descendant Civilization’s Life Life Transformation Technique.”

“Normally, these secret holes provide him with a terrifying reserve of Energy. But when they are fully activated, the Power he can release increases exponentially.”

“This is pure violence, unique to Nirut. He tears his opponents apart with brute strength like a beast. In a way, a being like him is the nemesis of skill-based Warriors.”

“So, Zhou Yuanjue, how will you deal with an opponent like this?”

Evil Dragon Life watched the battle on the light screen and spoke softly.