Chapter 794 - 787: A Beast’s Instinct

Chapter 794: Chapter 787: A Beast’s Instinct

WHOOSH!! WHOOSH!! WHOOSH!!

A violent wind howled past Zhou Yuanjue’s ears. A terrifying shockwave of Energy washed over him, sending powerful tremors through his entire body.

In terms of pure, violent Energy, Nirut was like a primordial Fierce Beast.

BOOM!!

Before his body could even break free from the paralyzing vibrations, another terrifying explosion rang out. The immense pressure followed him like a shadow.

Pressing the advantage!

A hunter stalking its prey never shows courtesy. It only uses every method at its disposal to endlessly expand its existing advantage.

Those crimson eyes were filled with greed for its "food." The countless, abyss-like pores on its enormous body suddenly opened and closed, inhaling and exhaling.

Intense power poured into its body. A massive hand, nearly as large as Zhou Yuanjue’s current height, smashed down on him from mid-air.

VMMMM!!

A terrifying depression of Energy appeared in the air.

Impact!!

BOOM!!

Zhou Yuanjue raised both arms to block, and the giant hand descended from the heavens, striking him.

His body’s trajectory instantly changed, and he shot diagonally downward. With a deafening crash, he slammed heavily onto the white floor of the Dream Realm battlefield.

The smooth ground was completely undamaged, but the immense force of the impact caused Zhou Yuanjue’s body to bounce back up. The shock from the previous blow was still in effect; after rebounding, his body continued to skid across the floor.

The four-legged shadow then continued its charge, its arms relentlessly swinging and smashing down. Amidst the terrifying torrent of Energy, black light shot into the sky, merging into a single mass and violently distorting the surrounding Energy.

Watching from the sidelines, Anjina’s face twitched.

’What kind of creatures are these? Is he really being restricted by the Scales Battlefield? An eruption of power at this level from someone under the First Layer Transformation Boundary? Does he truly have a bottomless abyss of Energy inside him?’

Nearby, Dorobaku and Bodante, who had both fought Nirut before, also had grim expressions, as if recalling some unpleasant memories.

Bodante had been burst apart by the creature’s immense power. Dorobaku’s fate had been even worse; he had personally experienced a brutal beating just like the one Zhou Yuanjue was enduring now. Their opponent was like a True Beast in the flesh, ignoring his attacks and defenses to destroy everything with the crudest methods.

’Zhou Yuanjue... he can’t hold on, can he?’

A sense of worry rose in Dorobaku’s heart.

Though Zhou Yuanjue looked miserable under the barrage, the attacks and injuries were actually minor to him, incapable of causing any fundamental damage.

Amidst the clashes, he was analyzing his opponent’s abilities.

’Ninety-nine secret apertures...’

’These secret apertures are, in fact, miniature life-sustaining organs that supply Energy. The principle behind them is actually somewhat similar to my Energy Crystal ability.’

’My Energy Crystals are formed by separating Life Units, allowing them to grow wild and devour Energy, then putting them into a dormant state. This allows me to extract the vast, compressed Energy within the crystals when needed.’

’And Nirut’s ninety-nine secret apertures have a similar function. In normal times, he uses this system of miniature power supplies to accumulate several times more Energy than other geniuses at his level. Whenever he wishes, he can instantly draw upon the Energy in those ninety-nine apertures to elevate his explosive power.’

’Furthermore, when his Energy is depleted, these ninety-nine miniature power systems can rapidly restore it, allowing him to maintain prolonged bursts of pure, violent power.’

’One could say that this secret aperture ability is even more powerful and practical than my Energy Crystals. In other words, even if I could use my Energy Crystals right now, I probably still wouldn’t gain the upper hand in a direct, violent clash. Not to mention, here in the Dream Realm battlefield, I can’t use them at all.’

Every civilization’s top genius walks their own path and possesses their own unique strength.

Even he could not completely transcend everything.

But that was precisely what gave battle its value.

In each of these different clashes, he could constantly see his own shortcomings. He could try, think, comprehend, and ultimately, transcend his old self.

That was the true meaning of battle.

He realized this was a rare opportunity.

BOOM!!

As a heavy punch from his opponent sent him flying backward, he seized the moment. He violently manipulated his Energy to erupt, stabilizing his body. In an instant, facing the charging Nirut, he slowly arched his back and assumed a fighting stance.

HFF!! HFF!!

It seemed to be a static posture, but his pores opened and closed as his muscles, skin, and Energy achieved a kind of resonance, causing a transparent film to appear around his body.

Technique Domain!

He was finally getting serious.

SCREECH!!

Just as everyone’s spirits lifted, ready to watch the two collide, the charging Nirut abruptly halted, stopping several dozen meters away from Zhou Yuanjue.

His powerful, bestial intuition seemed to sense some kind of threat from Zhou Yuanjue. His crimson eyes filled with vigilance.

He stood on all fours, his gaze fixed on Zhou Yuanjue as he began to slowly circle him from a distance, as if searching for an opening.

He circled once.

Twice.

Three times...

After circling more than ten times, Nirut still hadn’t launched another attack. He found that he simply could not find any opening in the prey before him.

His mood grew increasingly agitated. The potent scent of his prey tantalized him. In the end, his desire triumphed over his reason, causing him to abandon his caution.

ROAR!!

With a furious roar, a dense layer of black light covered his body. At that moment, he seemed to have activated the power of all the secret apertures within him.

Entwined in a dense web of black lightning, he charged with an even more terrifying presence toward Zhou Yuanjue, who was cloaked in the transparent film.

At this moment, Zhou Yuanjue slowly closed his eyes.

The flow of Energy became clearer in his perception—a thousand threads, like flowing water or streams of light.

He felt as if he could control everything around him.

He spread his arms like a pair of wings and began to slowly rotate them clockwise, as if forming a great circle.

WHOOSH!! WHOOSH!! WHOOSH!!

The Energy around him moved in concert with his arms, and the transparent film covering his body grew more distinct as the Energy swirled.

His pores and his breath opened and closed in rapid succession. The absorbing and releasing functions of his Rebirth’s Tendrils activated simultaneously. He absorbed Energy while at the same time releasing it, achieving a strange harmony.

Perfectly whole, without flaw or leak. Yin and Yang in an endless cycle, all things returning to one!

Just then, Nirut, wreathed in black lightning, arrived before Zhou Yuanjue and struck out with his claw.